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‘‘(2) In the case of a protected individual for whom 
more than one individual is designated under clause (ii), 
(iii), (iv), or (v) of paragraph (1)(B), the prohibition under 
subsection (a) shall apply unless permission is obtained 
from each designated individual.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘988. Unauthorized use of names and images of members of the armed 
forces.’’. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2008 increase in military basic pay. 
Sec. 602. Basic allowance for housing for reserve component members without 
dependents who attend accession training while maintaining a 
primary residence. 
Sec. 603. Income replacement payments for reserve component members experi-
encing extended and frequent mobilization for active duty serv-
ice. 
Sec. 604. Participation of members of the uniformed services in Thrift Savings 
Plan. 
Sec. 605. Enhancement of referral bonus to encourage service in the Army. 
Sec. 606. Guaranteed pay increase for members of the Armed Forces of one- 
half of one percentage point higher than Employment Cost 
Index. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for reserve 
forces. 
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for health care 
professionals. 
Sec. 613. Extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers. 
Sec. 614. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and 
special pays. 
Sec. 615. Increase in incentive special pay and multiyear retention bonus for 
medical officers. 
Sec. 616. Increase in dental officer additional special pay. 
Sec. 617. Definition of sea duty for career sea pay to include multi-crew ships. 
Sec. 618. Reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve.
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this subsection shall apply to property purchased 
after December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 233. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CREDIT FOR AMER-
ICAN SAMOA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 119 of di-
vision A of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘first two taxable years’’ and in-
serting ‘‘first 3 taxable years’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘January 1, 2009’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2007. 
SEC. 234. ENHANCED CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR CON-
TRIBUTIONS OF FOOD INVENTORY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (iv) of section 170(e)(3)(C) 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply to contributions made after December 
31, 2007. 
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SEC. 235. ENHANCED CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR CON-
TRIBUTIONS OF BOOK INVENTORY TO PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (iv) of section 170(e)(3)(D) 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply to contributions made after December 
31, 2007. 
SEC. 236. ENHANCED DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED COM-
PUTER CONTRIBUTIONS. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (G) of section 
170(e)(6) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply to contributions made during taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 237. BASIS ADJUSTMENT TO STOCK OF S CORPORA-
TIONS MAKING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS 
OF PROPERTY. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The last sentence of section 
1367(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply to contributions made in taxable years 
beginning after December 31, 2007. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 663 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as 
the ‘‘Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
apply to items and services performed in a facil-
ity setting. 
‘‘(C) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—In the case 
of items and services furnished on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2008, the payment rates described in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall, subject to the 
minimum payment amounts established in such 
subparagraphs, be adjusted annually as pro-
vided in section 1848.’’. 
(b) NO EFFECT ON HOPD PAYMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall not take into 
account the provisions of section 1834(d)(4) of the Social 
Security Act, as added by subsection (a), in determining 
the amount of payment for any covered OPD service under 
the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient de-
partment services under section 1833(t) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(t)). 
SEC. 4. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF OFFICE VISIT OR CON-
SULTATION 
PRIOR 
TO 
A 
SCREENING 
COLONOSCOPY OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH A 
BENEFICIARY’S DECISION TO OBTAIN SUCH A 
SCREENING. 
(a) COVERAGE.—Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (Z), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (AA), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(BB) an outpatient office visit or con-
sultation for the purpose of beneficiary edu-
cation, assuring selection of the proper screen-
ing test, and securing information relating to 
the procedure and sedation of the beneficiary, 
prior to a colorectal cancer screening test con-
sisting of a screening colonoscopy or in conjunc-
tion with the beneficiary’s decision to obtain 
such a screening, regardless of whether such 
screening is medically indicated with respect to 
the beneficiary;’’. 
(b) PAYMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833(a)(1) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(V)’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end the following: ‘‘, and (W) with respect 
to an outpatient office visit or consultation 
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SEC. 632. ALLOWANCE FOR CIVILIAN CLOTHING FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TRAVELING IN 
CONNECTION WITH MEDICAL EVACUATION. 
Section 1047(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and luggage’’ after ‘‘civilian cloth-
ing’’ both places it appears. 
SEC. 633. MOVING EXPENSES FOR JROTC INSTRUCTORS 
WHO AGREE TO SERVE IN HARD-TO-FILL PO-
SITIONS. 
Section 2031(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2)(A) An individual so employed may, if the 
institution concerned so agrees, be reimbursed by 
the institution for the moving expenses incurred by 
the individual to fill the position concerned, separate 
from any other amount paid to the individual. Sub-
ject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary concerned 
may enter into an agreement with such an institu-
tion under which the Secretary reimburses the insti-
tution for the amount the institution reimburses the 
individual. Reimbursements by the Secretary con-
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cerned under this paragraph shall be made from 
funds appropriated for that purpose. 
‘‘(B) Such a reimbursement by the Secretary 
concerned may be made only if, as determined by 
the Secretary concerned— 
‘‘(i) the position to be filled by the indi-
vidual is a hard-to-fill position, based on geo-
graphic or economic factors; 
‘‘(ii) the individual has entered into a writ-
ten agreement with the institution to serve in 
that position for at least two years; and 
‘‘(iii) making the reimbursement is in the 
national interest.’’. 
SEC. 634. TRANSPORTATION OF ADDITIONAL MOTOR VEHI-
CLE OF MEMBERS ON CHANGE OF PERMA-
NENT STATION TO OR FROM NONFOREIGN 
AREAS OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT ADDITIONAL MOTOR 
VEHICLE.—Subsection (a) of section 2634 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the sentence following paragraph 
(4);
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), re-
spectively; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) One additional motor vehicle of a member (or 
a dependent of the member) may be transported as pro-
vided in paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(A) the member is ordered to make a change 
of permanent station to or from a nonforeign area 
outside the continental United States and the mem-
ber has at least one dependent of driving age who 
will use the motor vehicle; or 
‘‘(B) the Secretary concerned determines that a 
replacement for the motor vehicle transported under 
paragraph (1) is necessary for reasons beyond the 
control of the member and is in the interest of the 
United States and the Secretary approves the trans-
portation in advance.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such subsection is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘his dependents’’ and inserting 
‘‘a dependent of the member’’;
under section 1861(s)(2)(BB), the amounts 
paid shall be 80 percent of the lesser of the ac-
tual charge or the amount established under 
section 1848’’. 
(2) PAYMENT UNDER PHYSICIAN FEE SCHED-
ULE.—Section 1848(j)(3) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(j)(3)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘(2)(BB),’’ after’’(2)(AA),’’. 
(3) REQUIREMENT
FOR
ESTABLISHMENT
OF 
PAYMENT AMOUNT UNDER PHYSICIAN FEE SCHED-
ULE.—Section 1834(d) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395m(d)), as amended by section 3, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) PAYMENT FOR OUTPATIENT OFFICE VISIT 
OR
CONSULTATION
PRIOR
TO
SCREENING 
COLONOSCOPY.—With respect to an outpatient office 
visit or consultation under section 1861(s)(2)(BB), 
payment under section 1848 shall be consistent with 
the payment amounts for CPT codes 99203 and 
99243.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to items and services provided on 
or after January 1, 2008. 
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SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO WAIVER OF DEDUCT-
IBLE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING 
TESTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833(b)(8) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(b)(8)), as inserted by sec-
tion 5113(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109-171), is amended by inserting ‘‘, regardless of 
the code applied, a particular diagnosis, or whether a con-
nected procedure is performed’’ after ‘‘1861(pp)(1))’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to items and services furnished on 
or after January 1, 2008. 
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‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘SECTION 1. The House of Representatives shall be 
composed of Members chosen every fourth year by the peo-
ple of the several States. Immediately after the first elec-
tion, they shall be assembled and divided as equally as 
may be into two classes. The seats of the Representatives 
of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the 
second year and the second class at the expiration of the 
fourth year, so that one half may be chosen every second 
year. 
‘‘SECTION 2. This article shall not be so construed 
as to affect the election or term of any Representative cho-
sen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. 
‘‘SECTION 3. This article shall apply to the 1st elec-
tion of Representatives which occurs after ratification but 
no earlier than 2012. 
‘‘SECTION 4. The Congress shall have power to en-
force this article by appropriate legislation.’’. 
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SEC. 12015. FIVE-YEAR APPLICABLE RECOVERY PERIOD 
FOR DEPRECIATION OF QUALIFIED ENERGY 
MANAGEMENT DEVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(e)(3)(B) (relating to 
5-year property) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 
of clause (v), by striking the period at the end of clause 
(vi) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after clause 
(vi) the following new clause: 
‘‘(vii) any qualified energy manage-
ment device.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED ENERGY MANAGE-
MENT DEVICE.—Section 168(i) (relating to definitions 
and special rules) is amended by inserting at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(18) QUALIFIED
ENERGY
MANAGEMENT
DE-
VICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
energy management device’ means any energy 
management device which is installed on real 
property of a customer of the taxpayer and is 
placed in service by a taxpayer who— 
‘‘(i) is a supplier of electric energy or 
a provider of electric energy services, and 
‘‘(ii) provides all commercial and resi-
dential customers of such supplier or pro-
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II 
Calendar No. 608 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 685 
[Report No. 111–322] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 
Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study regarding the proposed United States 
Civil Rights Trail, 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 ‘‘United States Civil 
Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009’’. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 689 
AN ACT 
To interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain Fed-
eral lands between the Forest Service and the Bureau 
of Land Management, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
H. Res. 391
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
April 18, 2002.
Resolved, That the following Members be, and are here-
by, elected to the following standing committees of the House
of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE: Mr.
Wilson of South Carolina.
COMMITTEE
ON TRANSPORTATION
AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE: Mr. Sullivan of Oklahoma.
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 696 
To prohibit United States military assistance for Egypt and to express the 
sense of Congress that the amount of military assistance that would 
have been provided for Egypt for a fiscal year should be provided in 
the form of economic support fund assistance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2009 
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit United States military assistance for Egypt and 
to express the sense of Congress that the amount of 
military assistance that would have been provided for 
Egypt for a fiscal year should be provided in the form 
of economic support fund assistance. 
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 ‘‘Egyptian Counterter-
rorism and Political Reform Act’’. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 714 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain 
lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1927 
To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the 
Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans dependency and indemnity compensa-
tion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2007 
Mr. ORTIZ (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, Mr. FILNER, Mr. REYES, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, 
Mr. HARE, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. PAS-
TOR, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. ROGERS 
of Alabama, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. 
BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. 
JACKSON of Illinois, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities 
under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans dependency 
and indemnity compensation, 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. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT OF REDUCTION OF 
SBP SURVIVOR ANNUITIES BY DEPENDENCY 
AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION. 
(a) REPEAL.— 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5400
AN ACT
To authorize the President of the United States to
agree to certain amendments to the Agreement
between the Government of the United States of
America and the Government of the United
Mexican States concerning the establishment of a
Border Environment Cooperation Commission
and a North American Development Bank, and
for other purposes.
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vider with net metering upon the request 
of such customer. 
‘‘(B) ENERGY
MANAGEMENT
DEVICE.— 
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term 
‘energy management device’ means any time- 
based meter and related communication equip-
ment which is capable of being used by the tax-
payer as part of a system that— 
‘‘(i) measures and records electricity 
usage data on a time-differentiated basis 
in at least 24 separate time segments per 
day, 
‘‘(ii) provides for the exchange of in-
formation between supplier or provider and 
the customer’s energy management device 
in support of time-based rates or other 
forms of demand response, and 
‘‘(iii) provides data to such supplier or 
provider so that the supplier or provider 
can provide energy usage information to 
customers electronically. 
‘‘(C) NET
METERING.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the term ‘net metering’ 
means allowing customers a credit for providing 
electricity to the supplier or provider.’’. 
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TITLE I—FHA MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2008
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Building American Homeownership 
Sec. 111. Short title. 
Sec. 112. Maximum principal loan obligation. 
Sec. 113. Cash investment requirement and prohibition of seller-funded downpay-
ment assistance. 
Sec. 114. Mortgage insurance premiums. 
Sec. 115. Rehabilitation loans. 
Sec. 116. Discretionary action. 
Sec. 117. Insurance of condominiums. 
Sec. 118. Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. 
Sec. 119. Hawaiian home lands and Indian reservations. 
Sec. 120. Conforming and technical amendments. 
Sec. 121. Insurance of mortgages. 
Sec. 122. Home equity conversion mortgages. 
Sec. 123. Energy efficient mortgages program. 
Sec. 124. Pilot program for automated process for borrowers without sufficient 
credit history. 
Sec. 125. Homeownership preservation. 
Sec. 126. Use of FHA savings for improvements in FHA technologies, procedures, 
processes, program performance, staffing, and salaries. 
Sec. 127. Post-purchase housing counseling eligibility improvements. 
Sec. 128. Pre-purchase homeownership counseling demonstration. 
Sec. 129. Fraud prevention. 
Sec. 130. Limitation on mortgage insurance premium increases. 
Sec. 131. Savings provision. 
Sec. 132. Implementation. 
Sec. 133. Moratorium on implementation of risk-based premiums. 
Subtitle B—Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization 
Sec. 141. Short title. 
Sec. 142. Purposes. 
Sec. 143. Exception to limitation on financial institution portfolio. 
Sec. 144. Insurance benefits. 
Sec. 145. Maximum loan limits. 
Sec. 146. Insurance premiums. 
Sec. 147. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 148. Revision of underwriting criteria. 
Sec. 149. Prohibition against kickbacks and unearned fees. 
Sec. 150. Leasehold requirements. 
TITLE II—MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE PROTECTIONS FOR 
SERVICEMEMBERS 
Sec. 201. Temporary increase in maximum loan guaranty amount for certain 
housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 202. Counseling on mortgage foreclosures for members of the Armed Forces 
returning from service abroad. 
Sec. 203. Enhancement of protections for servicemembers relating to mortgages 
and mortgage foreclosures.
(1) IN
GENERAL.—To apply for assistance 
under this Act, not later than 30 days after receiv-
ing notice in accordance with section 3(b), a mort-
gagor shall attend a face to face meeting with the 
mortgagee or an approved counseling agency to at-
tempt to prevent legal action for which the notice 
was sent by restructuring the mortgage payment 
schedule. A meeting under this paragraph may be 
conducted over the telephone under circumstances 
prescribed by the Secretary. 
(2) NOTICE.—If the mortgagor meets with the 
approved counseling agency within the period speci-
fied in paragraph (1), the approved counseling agen-
cy shall send notice of the meeting which includes, 
but is not limited to, the date of the meeting, to the 
mortgagee not later than 5 business days after the 
meeting. 
(b) PREPARATION; SUBMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the mortgagor is not able 
to resolve the default and prevent foreclosure before 
the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the 
date of the meeting, the mortgagor may file an ap-
plication for mortgage assistance under this Act. At 
the request of the mortgagor, an approved coun-
seling agency shall— 
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