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penalty imposed with respect to any claim, 
proceeding, or action. 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT.—The term ‘payment’ in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) any direct or indirect transfer of 
any funds or any asset; and 
‘‘(ii) any segregation of any funds or 
assets for the purpose of making, or pursu-
ant to an agreement to make, any payment 
after the date on which such funds or assets 
are segregated, without regard to whether 
the obligation to make such payment is con-
tingent on— 
‘‘(I) the determination, after such 
date, of the liability for the payment of 
such amount; or 
‘‘(II) the liquidation, after such 
date, of the amount of such payment. 
‘‘(6) CERTAIN
COMMERCIAL
INSURANCE
COV-
ERAGE
NOT
TREATED
AS
COVERED
BENEFIT
PAY-
MENT.—No provision of this subsection shall be con-
strued as prohibiting any regulated entity from pur-
chasing any commercial insurance policy or fidelity 
bond, except that, subject to any requirement de-
scribed in paragraph (5)(A)(iii), such insurance pol-
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3967
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate costs 
of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to 
reflect increased demands for municipal, industrial, and 
fish and wildlife purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pactola Reservoir Re-
allocation Authorization Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that—
(1) it is appropriate to reallocate the costs of 
the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to 
reflect increased demands for municipal, industrial, 
and fish and wildlife purposes; and 
(2) section 302 of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152) prohibits such a 
reallocation of costs without congressional approval. 
SEC. 3. REALLOCATION OF COSTS OF PACTOLA DAM AND 
RESERVOIR, SOUTH DAKOTA. 
The Secretary of the Interior may, as provided in the 
contract of August 2001 entered into between Rapid City, 
South Dakota, and the Rapid Valley Conservancy District, 
reallocate, in a manner consistent with Federal reclama-
tion law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 
1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that 
Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.)), the construction costs of 
Pactola Dam and Reservoir, Rapid Valley Unit, Pick-
Sloan Missouri Basin Program, South Dakota, from irri-
gation purposes to municipal, industrial, and fish and 
wildlife purposes.
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3967
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallo-
cate costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, 
South Dakota, to reflect increased demands for 
municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife pur-
poses.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 40 
To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity 
of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 
1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution 
of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic dis-
crimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces 
on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress 
on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. LEE, Mr. MEEK of 
Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mr. OLVER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. THOMP-
SON of Mississippi, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDON-
ALD, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OWENS, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
TOWNS, and Ms. WATSON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, 
and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and 
the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and 
to establish a commission to examine the institution of 
slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and 
economic discrimination against African-Americans, and 
the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, 
to make recommendations to the Congress on appro-
priate remedies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commission to Study 
Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) approximately 4,000,000 Africans and their 
descendants were enslaved in the United States and 
colonies that became the United States from 1619 to 
1865; 
(2) the institution of slavery was constitu-
tionally and statutorily sanctioned by the Govern-
ment of the United States from 1789 through 1865; 
(3) the slavery that flourished in the United 
States constituted an immoral and inhumane depri-
vation of Africans’ life, liberty, African citizenship 
rights, and cultural heritage, and denied them the 
fruits of their own labor; and 
(4) sufficient inquiry has not been made into 
the effects of the institution of slavery on living Afri-
can-Americans and society in the United States. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to estab-
lish a commission to—
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2938 
AN ACT 
To prohibit certain gaming activities on certain Indian lands 
in Arizona. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3967 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate costs of the Pactola 
Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to reflect increased demands for 
municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 3, 2005 
Ms. HERSETH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate costs 
of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to 
reflect increased demands for municipal, industrial, and 
fish and wildlife purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pactola Reservoir Re-
allocation Authorization Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that—
(1) it is appropriate to reallocate the costs of 
the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to 
reflect increased demands for municipal, industrial, 
and fish and wildlife purposes; and 
(2) section 302 of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152) prohibits such a 
reallocation of costs without congressional approval. 
SEC. 3. REALLOCATION OF COSTS OF PACTOLA DAM AND 
RESERVOIR, SOUTH DAKOTA. 
The Secretary of the Interior may, as provided in the 
contract of August 2001 entered into between Rapid City, 
South Dakota, and the Rapid Valley Conservancy District, 
reallocate, in a manner consistent with Federal reclama-
tion law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 
1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that 
Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.)), the construction costs of 
Pactola Dam and Reservoir, Rapid Valley Unit, Pick- 
Sloan Missouri Basin Program, South Dakota, from irri-
gation purposes to municipal, industrial, and fish and 
wildlife purposes. 
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(5) DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA.—The development, 
adoption, and deployment of joint Department of 
Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs evidence- 
based diagnostic criteria for the detection and eval-
uation of the range of traumatic brain injury, post- 
traumatic stress disorder, and other mental health 
conditions in members of the Armed Forces, which 
criteria shall be employed uniformly across the mili-
tary departments in all applicable circumstances, in-
cluding provision of clinical care and assessment of 
future deployability of members of the Armed 
Forces. 
(6) ASSESSMENT.—The development and de-
ployment of evidence-based means of assessing trau-
matic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, 
and other mental health conditions in members of 
the Armed Forces, including a system of pre-deploy-
ment and post-deployment screenings of cognitive 
ability in members for the detection of cognitive im-
pairment. 
(7) MANAGING AND MONITORING.—The devel-
opment and deployment of effective means of man-
aging and monitoring members of the Armed Forces 
with traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress 
disorder, or other mental health conditions in the re-
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Calendar No. 468 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3967 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 13, 2006 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate costs 
of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to 
reflect increased demands for municipal, industrial, and 
fish and wildlife purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pactola Reservoir Re-
allocation Authorization Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) it is appropriate to reallocate the costs of 
the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to 
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reflect increased demands for municipal, industrial, 
and fish and wildlife purposes; and 
(2) section 302 of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152) prohibits such a 
reallocation of costs without congressional approval. 
SEC. 3. REALLOCATION OF COSTS OF PACTOLA DAM AND 
RESERVOIR, SOUTH DAKOTA. 
The Secretary of the Interior may, as provided in the 
contract of August 2001 entered into between Rapid City, 
South Dakota, and the Rapid Valley Conservancy District, 
reallocate, in a manner consistent with Federal reclama-
tion law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 
1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that 
Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.)), the construction costs of 
Pactola Dam and Reservoir, Rapid Valley Unit, Pick- 
Sloan Missouri Basin Program, South Dakota, from irri-
gation purposes to municipal, industrial, and fish and 
wildlife purposes. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 468 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3967 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallo-
cate costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, 
South Dakota, to reflect increased demands for 
municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife pur-
poses. 
JUNE 13, 2006 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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Union Calendar No. 239 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3967 
[Report No. 109–431] 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate costs of the Pactola 
Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to reflect increased demands for 
municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 3, 2005 
Ms. HERSETH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
APRIL 25, 2006 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate costs 
of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to 
reflect increased demands for municipal, industrial, and 
fish and wildlife purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pactola Reservoir Re-
allocation Authorization Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) it is appropriate to reallocate the costs of 
the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to 
reflect increased demands for municipal, industrial, 
and fish and wildlife purposes; and 
(2) section 302 of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152) prohibits such a 
reallocation of costs without congressional approval. 
SEC. 3. REALLOCATION OF COSTS OF PACTOLA DAM AND 
RESERVOIR, SOUTH DAKOTA. 
The Secretary of the Interior may, as provided in the 
contract of August 2001 entered into between Rapid City, 
South Dakota, and the Rapid Valley Conservancy District, 
reallocate, in a manner consistent with Federal reclama-
tion law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 
1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that 
Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.)), the construction costs of 
Pactola Dam and Reservoir, Rapid Valley Unit, Pick- 
Sloan Missouri Basin Program, South Dakota, from irri-
gation purposes to municipal, industrial, and fish and 
wildlife purposes. 
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Union Calendar No. 239 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3967 
[Report No. 109–431] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallo-
cate costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, 
South Dakota, to reflect increased demands for 
municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife pur-
poses. 
APRIL 25, 2006 
Committed to the Committee on the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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excepted from the competitive service because of its 
confidential, policymaking, policy-determining, or 
policy-advocating character. 
(d) REORGANIZATION.—If the Director determines, 
after the end of the 1-year period beginning on the effective 
date of the abolishment under section 1311(a), that a reor-
ganization of the combined workforce is required, that reor-
ganization shall be deemed a major reorganization for pur-
poses of affording affected employee retirement under sec-
tion 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(e) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any employee of the Board 
accepting employment with the Agency as a result of 
a transfer under subsection (a) may retain, for 12 
months after the date on which such transfer occurs, 
membership in any employee benefit program of the 
Agency or the Board, as applicable, including insur-
ance, to which such employee belongs on the effective 
date of the abolishment under section 1311(a) if— 
(A) the employee does not elect to give up 
the benefit or membership in the program; and 
(B) the benefit or program is continued by 
the Director. 
(2) COST DIFFERENTIAL.—
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—The difference in the 
costs between the benefits which would have been 
provided by the Board and those provided by 
this section shall be paid by the Director. 
(B) HEALTH INSURANCE.—If any employee 
elects to give up membership in a health insur-
ance program or the health insurance program is 
not continued by the Director, the employee shall 
be permitted to select an alternate Federal health 
insurance program not later than 30 days after 
the date of such election or notice, without regard 
to any other regularly scheduled open season. 
SEC. 1314. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND FACILITIES. 
Upon the effective date of the abolishment under sec-
tion 1311(a), all property of the Board shall transfer to the 
Agency. 
TITLE IV—HOPE FOR 
HOMEOWNERS 
SEC. 1401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘HOPE for Homeowners 
Act of 2008’’.
H. Res. 320 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
April 25, 2007. 
Whereas, on April 3, 2007, before a crowd of over 20,000 
fans, the University of Tennessee women’s basketball 
team (the ‘‘Lady Vols’’) defeated the Scarlet Knights of 
Rutgers by a score of 59–46 to win the 2007 National 
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Wom-
en’s Basketball Championship; 
Whereas this championship was the first national title for the 
Lady Vols since their 3-year championship run in 1996– 
98, and their 7th national title in the last 20 years; 
Whereas the Lady Vols were successful due to the leadership 
of Coach Pat Summitt, the Nation’s all-time winningest 
NCAA basketball coach (men’s or women’s) with 947 
wins over 33 seasons at the University of Tennessee; 
Whereas Joan Cronan, the Women’s Athletics Director, has 
shown vision and leadership throughout her 24-year ca-
reer at the University of Tennessee and created one of 
the most visible and respected athletic programs in the 
country; 
Whereas the Lady Vols were undefeated in conference games 
during the 2006–2007 season and compiled an impressive 
overall record of 34 wins and 3 losses;
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icy or bond shall not cover any legal or liability ex-
pense of the regulated entity which is described in 
paragraph (5)(A).’’. 
SEC. 1115. REPORTING OF FRAUDULENT LOANS. 
Part 1 of subtitle C of the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 
4631 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1379E. REPORTING OF FRAUDULENT LOANS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT TO REPORT.—The Director shall 
require a regulated entity to submit to the Director a timely 
report upon discovery by the regulated entity that it has 
purchased or sold a fraudulent loan or financial instru-
ment, or suspects a possible fraud relating to the purchase 
or sale of any loan or financial instrument. The Director 
shall require each regulated entity to establish and main-
tain procedures designed to discover any such transactions. 
‘‘(b) PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY FOR REPORTS.— 
Any regulated entity that, in good faith, makes a report 
pursuant to subsection (a), and any entity-affiliated party, 
that, in good faith, makes or requires another to make any 
such report, shall not be liable to any person under any 
provision of law or regulation, any constitution, law, or 
regulation of any State or political subdivision of any 
State, or under any contract or other legally enforceable
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3969 
To provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture disaster liaison 
to assist State and local employees of the Department in coordination 
with other disaster agencies in responding to federally declared disasters. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2005 
Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. BONNER, Mr. ROGERS of Ala-
bama, Mr. PICKERING, and Mr. WICKER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To provide for the designation of a Department of Agri-
culture disaster liaison to assist State and local employ-
ees of the Department in coordination with other disaster 
agencies in responding to federally declared disasters. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LIAISON FOR 
DISASTER EMERGENCIES. 
(a) DEPLOYMENT OF DISASTER LIAISON.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall deploy disaster liaisons to State 
and local Department of Agriculture Service Centers in 
a federally declared disaster area whenever Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency personnel are deployed in that 
area, to coordinate Department programs with the appro-
priate disaster agencies designated under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—Disaster liaisons shall be se-
lected from among employees of the Department of Agri-
culture who have experience providing emergency disaster 
relief in federally declared disaster areas. 
(c) DUTIES.—A disaster liaison shall— 
(1) serve as a liaison to State and Federal 
Emergency Services; 
(2) be deployed to a federally declared disaster 
area to coordinate Department interagency pro-
grams to provide assistance to agricultural producers 
in the federally declared disaster area; 
(3) facilitate the claims and applications of ag-
ricultural producers who are victims of the disaster 
that are forwarded to the Department by the appro-
priate State Department of Agriculture agency di-
rector; and 
(4) coordinate with the Director of the State of-
fice of the appropriate Department agency to assist 
with the application for and distribution of economic 
assistance.
(d) FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTER AREA DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘federally declared dis-
aster area’’ means— 
(1) an area covered by a Presidential declara-
tion of major disaster issued under section 401 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); or 
(2) determined to be a disaster area by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture under subpart A of part 1945 
of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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