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H. Res. 43
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 16, 2007.
Whereas the Boise State University Broncos football team 
won the 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, defeating the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma Sooners by a score of 43–42 at the 
University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on 
January 1, 2007; 
Whereas the Broncos have won the last 5 consecutive West-
ern Athletic Conference football championships; 
Whereas the Broncos are the Nation’s top scoring Division 
1–A collegiate football team for the last 7 seasons, with 
an average of over 42 points per game; 
Whereas the Broncos are the Nation’s 4th winningest Divi-
sion 1–A collegiate football team for the last 7 seasons, 
with a record of 75–13 and winning percentage of over 
.850. 
Whereas the 2007 Fiesta Bowl is widely considered one of 
the best games in the history of college football; 
Whereas the Broncos are the only Division 1–A collegiate 
football team to complete the 2006–2007 season 
undefeated; 
Whereas Broncos head coach Chris Peterson called some of 
the most creative and courageous offensive plays in bowl-
game history, including the game-saving ‘‘hook-and-lat-
of acquiring and improving military family housing, mili-
tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
SEC. 121. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing 
any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for 
military family housing the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the notice de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a no-
tice of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage 
or rental payments) proposed to be made by the Secretary 
to the private party under the contract involved in the 
event of— 
(A) the closure or realignment of the installa-
tion for which housing is provided under the con-
tract; 
(B) a reduction in force of units stationed at 
such installation; or 
(C) the extended deployment overseas of units 
stationed at such installation. 
(2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify 
the nature of the guarantee involved and assess the extent 
and likelihood, if any, of the liability of the Federal Gov-
ernment with respect to the guarantee.
‘‘TITLE V—COMMUNITY SERVICE 
EMPLOYMENT-BASED TRAIN-
ING FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
‘‘SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Older American Com-
munity Service Employment-Based Training Act’. 
‘‘SEC. 502. OLDER AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE EM-
PLOYMENT-BASED TRAINING PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) To foster individual economic self-sufficiency 
and to increase the number of individuals who may enjoy 
the benefits of unsubsidized employment in both the public 
and private sectors, the Secretary of Labor (hereafter in 
this title referred to as the ‘Secretary’) may establish an 
older American community service employment-based 
training program to foster and promote useful part-time 
public and private-sector employment-based training op-
portunities for unemployed low-income eligible individuals 
who have poor employment prospects and to provide vital 
social and human services to communities by providing 
work experience to eligible individuals in public agencies, 
community-based and faith-based organizations. 
‘‘(b)(1) To carry out this title, the Secretary may 
make grants to public and nonprofit agencies and organi-
zations, agencies of a State, and tribal organizations to 
carry out the program established under subsection (a).
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4899
AN ACT
To establish a commission to promote a consistent
and coordinated foreign policy of the United
States to ensure economic and military security
in the Asia-Pacific region through the promotion
of democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and
for other purposes.
(b) SUBSTITUTION OF CPI FOR NATIONAL AVERAGE 
WAGE INDEX IN COMPUTING AVERAGE INDEXED MONTH-
LY EARNINGS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 215(b)(3) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 415(b)(3)) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I), by striking 
‘‘national average wage index (as defined in sec-
tion 209(k)(1))’’ and inserting ‘‘national aver-
age 
wage 
index 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
209(k)(1)) (for determinations of disability in-
surance benefits and other benefits based on 
the wages and self-employment income of an in-
dividual entitled to disability insurance benefits) 
or the consumer price index (for determinations 
of other benefits)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), by striking 
‘‘national average wage index (as so defined)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘national average wage index (as 
so defined) (for determinations of disability in-
surance benefits and other benefits based on 
the wages and self-employment income of an in-
dividual entitled to disability insurance benefits) 
or the consumer price index (for determinations 
of other benefits)’’;
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4899
AN ACT
To establish a commission to promote a consistent and co-
ordinated foreign policy of the United States to ensure
economic and military security in the Asia-Pacific region
through the promotion of democracy, human rights, the
rule of law, and for other purposes.
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‘‘(2) A retail electric supplier may satisfy the require-
ments of subsection (b)(2) through the submission of Fed-
eral energy efficiency credits issued to the retail electric 
supplier obtained by purchase or exchange pursuant to 
subsection (i). 
‘‘(3) A Federal renewable energy credit may be 
counted toward compliance with subsection (b)(1) only 
once. A Federal energy efficiency credit may be counted 
toward compliance with subsection (b)(2) only once. 
‘‘(e) ISSUANCE
OF CREDITS.—(1) The Secretary 
shall establish by rule, not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this section, a program to verify and issue 
Federal renewable energy credits to generators of renew-
able energy, track their sale, exchange and retirement and 
to enforce the requirements of this section. To the extent 
possible, in establishing such program, the Secretary shall 
rely upon existing and emerging State or regional tracking 
systems that issue and track non-Federal renewable en-
ergy credits. 
‘‘(2) An entity that generates electric energy through 
the use of a renewable energy resource may apply to the 
Secretary for the issuance of renewable energy credits. 
The applicant must demonstrate that the electric energy 
will be transmitted onto the grid or, in the case of a gen-
eration offset, that the electric energy offset would have 
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otherwise been consumed on site. The application shall in-
dicate— 
‘‘(A) the type of renewable energy resource used 
to produce the electricity; 
‘‘(B) the location where the electric energy was 
produced; and 
‘‘(C) any other information the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B), 
(C), and (D), the Secretary shall issue to a generator of 
electric energy one Federal renewable energy credit for 
each kilowatt hour of electric energy generated by the use 
of a renewable energy resource at an eligible facility. 
‘‘(B) For purpose of compliance with this section, 
Federal renewable energy credits for incremental hydro-
power shall be based, on the increase in average annual 
generation resulting from the efficiency improvements or 
capacity additions. The incremental generation shall be 
calculated using the same water flow information used to 
determine a historic average annual generation baseline 
for the hydroelectric facility and certified by the Secretary 
or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The cal-
culation of the Federal renewable energy credits for incre-
mental hydropower shall not be based on any operational 
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changes at the hydroelectric facility not directly associated 
with the efficiency improvements or capacity additions. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall issue 2 renewable energy 
credits for each kilowatt hour of electric energy generated 
and supplied to the grid in that calendar year through the 
use of a renewable energy resource at an eligible facility 
located on Indian land. For purposes of this paragraph, 
renewable energy generated by biomass cofired with other 
fuels is eligible for two credits only if the biomass was 
grown on such land. 
‘‘(D) For electric energy generated by a renewable 
energy resource at an on-site eligible facility and used to 
offset part or all of the customer’s requirements for elec-
tric energy, the Secretary shall issue 3 renewable energy 
credits to such customer for each kilowatt hour generated. 
‘‘(E) If both a renewable energy resource and a non- 
renewable energy resource are used to generate the electric 
energy, the Secretary shall issue the Federal renewable en-
ergy credits based on the proportion of the renewable en-
ergy resources used. 
‘‘(F) When a generator has sold electric energy gen-
erated through the use of a renewable energy resource to 
a retail electric supplier under a contract for power from 
an existing facility, and the contract has not determined 
ownership of the Federal renewable energy credits associ-
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4904
AN ACT
To express the policy of the United States regard-
ing the United States relationship with Native
Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorga-
nization of a Native Hawaiian government and
the recognition by the United States of the Na-
tive Hawaiian government, and for other pur-
poses.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4904
AN ACT
To express the policy of the United States regarding the
United States relationship with Native Hawaiians, to
provide a process for the reorganization of a Native
Hawaiian government and the recognition by the United
States of the Native Hawaiian government, and for other
purposes.
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ated with such generation, the Secretary shall issue such 
Federal renewable energy credits to the retail electric sup-
plier for the duration of the contract. 
‘‘(G) Payments made by a retail electricity supplier, 
directly or indirectly, to a State for compliance with a 
State renewable portfolio standard program, or for an al-
ternative compliance mechanism, shall be valued for the 
purpose of subsection (b)(2) based on the amount of elec-
tric energy generation from renewable resources and elec-
tricity savings that results from those payments. 
‘‘(f) EXISTING FACILITIES.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that a retail electric supplier that acquires Federal 
renewable energy credits associated with the generation of 
renewable energy from an existing facility may use such 
credits for purpose of its compliance with subsection 
(b)(1). Such credits may not be sold or traded for the pur-
pose of compliance by another retail electric supplier. 
‘‘(g) RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDIT TRADING.—A 
Federal renewable energy credit, may be sold, transferred 
or exchanged by the entity to whom issued or by any other 
entity who acquires the Federal renewable energy credit, 
except for those renewable energy credits from existing fa-
cilities. A Federal renewable energy credit for any year 
that is not submitted to satisfy the minimum renewable 
generation requirement of subsection (c) for that year may 
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be carried forward for use pursuant to subsection (b)(1) 
within the next 3 years. 
‘‘(h) RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDIT BORROWING.— 
At any time before the end of calendar year 2012, a retail 
electric supplier that has reason to believe it will not be 
able to fully comply with subsection (b) may— 
‘‘(1) submit a plan to the Secretary dem-
onstrating that the retail electric supplier will earn 
sufficient Federal renewable energy credits within 
the next 3 calendar years which, when taken into ac-
count, will enable the retail electric supplier to meet 
the requirements of subsection (b) for calendar year 
2012 and the subsequent calendar years involved; 
and 
‘‘(2) upon the approval of the plan by the Sec-
retary, apply Federal renewable energy credits that 
the plan demonstrates will be earned within the next 
3 calendar years to meet the requirements of sub-
section (b) for each calendar year involved. 
The retail electric supplier must repay all of the borrowed 
Federal renewable energy credits by submitting an equiva-
lent number of Federal renewable energy credits, in addi-
tion to those otherwise required under subsection (b), by 
calendar year 2020 or any earlier deadlines specified in 
the approved plan. Failure to repay the borrowed Federal 
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‘‘(iv) participant supportive services to enable a 
participant to successfully participate in a project 
under this title, which may include the payment of 
reasonable costs of transportation, special job-related 
or personal counseling, incidentals (such as work 
shoes, badges, uniforms, eyeglasses, and tools), child 
and adult care, temporary shelter, and follow-up 
services; and 
‘‘(v) outreach, recruitment, and selection, in-
take, orientation, and assessments. 
‘‘(B) Not less than 65 percent of the funds made 
available under a grant made under this title (excluding 
a grant made under subsection (d)) shall be used to pay 
wages and benefits for eligible individuals who are em-
ployed under projects carried out under this title. 
‘‘(d) PILOT, DEMONSTRATION, AND EVALUATION 
PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall use funds reserved under 
section 506(a)(1) to carry out demonstration projects, 
pilot projects, and evaluation projects, for the purpose of 
developing and implementing techniques and approaches, 
and demonstrating the effectiveness of the specialized 
methods, in addressing the employment and training 
needs of eligible individuals. Such projects may include— 
‘‘(1) activities linking businesses and eligible in-
dividuals, 
including 
assistance 
to 
participants
transitioning from subsidized activities to private-
sector employment; and 
‘‘(2) demonstration projects and pilot projects 
designed to— 
‘‘(A) attract more eligible individuals into 
the labor force; 
‘‘(B) improve the provision of services to 
eligible individuals under the One-Stop delivery 
system established in accordance with title I of 
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; 
‘‘(C) enhance the technological skills of eli-
gible individuals; and 
‘‘(D) provide incentives to grantees under 
this title for exemplary performance and incen-
tives to businesses to promote their participa-
tion in the program under this title; 
‘‘(3) demonstration projects and pilot projects, 
as described in paragraph (2), for older workers only 
if such demonstration projects and pilot projects are 
designed to assist in developing and implementing 
techniques and approaches in addressing the employ-
ment and training needs of eligible individuals; 
‘‘(4) training and technical assistance to sup-
port any project funded under this title; 
‘‘(5) dissemination of best practices; and
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Restricted 
Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTRICTED BUILDING OR GROUNDS. 
Section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1752. Restricted building or grounds 
‘‘(a) Whoever— 
‘‘(1) knowingly enters or remains in any re-
stricted building or grounds without lawful authority 
to do so; 
‘‘(2) knowingly, and with intent to impede or 
disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business 
or official functions, engages in disorderly or disrup-
tive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any re-
stricted building or grounds when, or so that, such 
conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly con-
duct of Government business or official functions; 
‘‘(3) knowingly, and with the intent to impede 
or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government busi-
ness or official functions, obstructs or impedes in-
gress or egress to or from any restricted building or 
grounds; or 
‘‘(4) knowingly engages in any act of physical 
violence against any person or property in any re-
stricted building or grounds;
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 348 
To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration from 
requiring the replacement of street and highway signs that are in upper 
case letters with such signs that are in mixed case lettering with the 
initial letter in upper case followed by lower case lettering. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2011 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration from requiring the replacement of street 
and highway signs that are in upper case letters with 
such signs that are in mixed case lettering with the 
initial letter in upper case followed by lower case let-
tering. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NO NEW SIGNS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration may 
not require the replacement of street and highway signs 
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authorized by title 38, United States Code, chapters 19 
and 21, $42,300,000, to remain available until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 
authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2009, 
within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 
gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe-
cially adapted housing loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $157,210,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $61,000, as authorized 
by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading are available to sub-
‘‘(6) evaluation of the activities authorized 
under this title. 
‘‘SEC. 503. ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) STATE PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER
SUBMITS 
PLAN.—For a State to be eligible to receive an allot-
ment under section, 506, the chief executive officer 
of the State shall submit to the Secretary for consid-
eration and approval, a single State plan (referred to 
in this title as the ‘State plan’) that outlines a 3-
year strategy for the statewide provision of training 
and related activities for eligible individuals under 
this title. The plan shall contain such provisions as 
the Secretary may require, consistent with this title, 
including a description of the process used to ensure 
the participation of individuals described in para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—In developing the 
State plan prior to its submission to the Secretary, 
the chief executive officer of the State shall seek the 
advice and recommendations of— 
‘‘(A) individuals representing the State 
agency and the area agencies on aging in the 
State, and the State and local workforce invest-
ment boards established under title I of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2801 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) individuals representing public and 
nonprofit private agencies and organizations 
providing employment services, including each 
grantee operating a project under this title in 
the State; and 
‘‘(C) individuals representing social service 
organizations providing services to older individ-
uals, grantees under title III of this Act, af-
fected communities, unemployed older individ-
uals, community-based organizations serving 
the needs of older individuals, business organi-
zations, and labor organizations. 
‘‘(3) COMMENTS.—Any State plan submitted by 
the chief executive officer in accordance with para-
graph (1) shall be accompanied by copies of public 
comments relating to the plan received pursuant to 
paragraph (4) and a summary thereof. 
‘‘(4) PLAN PROVISIONS.—The State plan shall 
identify and address— 
‘‘(A) the relationship that the number of 
eligible individuals in each area bears to the 
total number of eligible individuals, respectively, 
in the State;
that are in upper case letters with signs that are in mixed 
case lettering with the initial letter in upper case followed 
by lower case lettering. 
Æ 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2555
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building located at 100
East Fifth Street in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the
‘‘Potter Stewart United States Courthouse’’.
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renewable energy credits shall subject the retail electric 
supplier to civil penalties under subsection (i) for violation 
of the requirements of subsection (b) for each calendar 
year involved. 
‘‘(i) ENERGY EFFICIENCY CREDITS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) CUSTOMER FACILITY SAVINGS.—The 
term ‘customer facility savings’ means a reduc-
tion in end-use electricity at a facility of an 
end-use consumer of electricity served by a re-
tail electric supplier, as compared to— 
‘‘(i) consumption at the facility during 
a base year; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of new equipment (re-
gardless of whether the new equipment re-
places existing equipment at the end of the 
useful life of the existing equipment), con-
sumption by the new equipment of average 
efficiency; or 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a new facility, 
consumption at a reference facility. 
‘‘(B) ELECTRICITY
SAVINGS.—The term 
‘electricity savings’ means— 
‘‘(i) customer facility savings of elec-
tricity consumption adjusted to reflect any 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 43 
Commending the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning 
the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and completing an undefeated season. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2007 
Mr. SIMPSON (for himself and Mr. SALI) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the Boise State University Broncos football 
team for winning the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and completing 
an undefeated season. 
Whereas the Boise State University Broncos football team 
won the 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, defeating the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma Sooners by a score of 43–42 at the 
University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on 
January 1, 2007; 
Whereas the Broncos have won the last 5 consecutive West-
ern Athletic Conference football championships; 
Whereas the Broncos are the Nation’s top scoring Division 
1–A collegiate football team for the last 7 seasons, with 
an average of over 42 points per game; 
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