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(c) INITIATIVE.—The Commercial Director, in part-
nership with the Consortium, shall implement an initiative 
to carry out the strategy that may include— 
(1) support for industry efforts to develop ad-
vanced materials, equipment, controls, practices, and 
integrated building systems aimed at achieving zero- 
net-energy commercial buildings and monitoring and 
benchmarking commercial building energy use; 
(2) training, education, and awareness pro-
grams, including— 
(A) programs in cooperation with industry 
and professional associations and educational 
institutions to provide education on achieving 
sustainable and energy-efficient performance 
through proper system and structure design, 
construction, and operation to— 
(i) architects; 
(ii) mechanical, electrical, and plumb-
ing engineers; 
(iii) contractors; and 
(iv) construction managers and facil-
ity managers; 
(B) programs to incorporate energy effi-
ciency and sustainability elements into architec-
ture, engineering, and vocational training and 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1503 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2007 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Avra/Black Wash Rec-
lamation and Riparian Restoration Project. 
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 ‘‘Avra/Black Wash Rec-
lamation and Riparian Restoration Project’’. 
SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 
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575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding after section 16ll the following: 
‘‘SEC. 16ll. AVRA/BLACK WASH RECLAMATION AND RI-
PARIAN 
RESTORATION 
PROJECT, 
PIMA 
COUNTY, ARIZONA. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with Pima County, Arizona, may participate in the 
planning, design, and construction of water recycling fa-
cilities and to enhance and restore riparian habitat in the 
Black Wash Sonoran Desert ecosystem in Avra Valley 
west of the metropolitan Pima County area. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Federal funds provided under 
this section shall not be used for operation or maintenance 
of the project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$14,000,000.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for Public Law 102–575 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 16ll the following: 
‘‘Sec. 16ll. Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration 
Project.’’. 
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or planned to be stationed at Fort Car-
son are at home station.
(B) A report of need for any proposed addi-
tion of training land to support units stationed
or planned to be stationed at Fort Carson, in-
cluding the following:
(i) A description of additional training
activities, and their benefits to operational
readiness, which would be conducted by
units stationed at Fort Carson if, through
leases or acquisition from consenting land-
owners, the Site were expanded to include—
(I) the parcel of land identified as
‘‘Area A’’ in the Potential PCMS Land
expansion map;
(II) the parcel of land identified
as ‘‘Area B’’ in the Potential PCMS
Land expansion map;
(III) the parcels of land identified
as ‘‘Area A’’ and ‘‘Area B’’ in the Po-
tential PCMS Land expansion map;
(IV) acreage sufficient to allow si-
multaneous exercises of a light infan-
try brigade and a heavy infantry bri-
gade at the Site;
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(V) acreage sufficient to allow si-
multaneous exercises of two heavy in-
fantry brigades at the Site;
(VI) acreage sufficient to allow si-
multaneous exercises of a light infan-
try brigade and a battalion at the Site;
and
(VII) acreage sufficient to allow
simultaneous exercises of a heavy in-
fantry brigade and a battalion at the
Site.
(ii) An analysis of alternatives for ac-
quiring or utilizing training land at other
installations in the United States to sup-
port training activities of units stationed at
Fort Carson.
(iii) An analysis of alternatives for
utilizing other federally owned land to sup-
port training activities of units stationed at
Fort Carson.
(C) An analysis of alternatives for enhanc-
ing economic development opportunities in
southeastern Colorado at the current Site or
through any proposed expansion, including the
consideration of the following alternatives:
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(i) The leasing of land on the Site or
any expansion of the Site to ranchers for
grazing.
(ii) The leasing of land from private
landowners for training.
(iii) The procurement of additional
services and goods, including biofuels and
beef, from local businesses.
(iv) The creation of an economic devel-
opment fund to benefit communities, local
governments, and businesses in southeastern
Colorado.
(v) The establishment of an outreach
office to provide technical assistance to local
businesses that wish to bid on Department
of Defense contracts.
(vi) The establishment of partnerships
with local governments and organizations to
expand regional tourism through expanded
access to sites of historic, cultural, and envi-
ronmental interest on the Site.
(vii) An acquisition policy that allows
willing sellers to minimize the tax impact of
a sale.
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1503 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 24, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Avra/Black Wash Rec-
lamation and Riparian Restoration Project. 
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 ‘‘Avra/Black Wash Rec-
lamation and Riparian Restoration Project’’. 
SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 
575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 16ll. AVRA/BLACK WASH RECLAMATION AND RI-
PARIAN 
RESTORATION 
PROJECT, 
PIMA 
COUNTY, ARIZONA. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with Pima County, Arizona, may participate in the 
planning, design, and construction of water recycling fa-
cilities and to enhance and restore riparian habitat in the 
Black Wash Sonoran Desert ecosystem in Avra Valley 
west of the metropolitan Pima County area. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Federal funds provided under 
this section shall not be used for operation or maintenance 
of the project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$14,000,000. 
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‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Federal funds provided under 
this section shall only be used for the design, planning 
and construction of water-related infrastructure.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for Public Law 102–575 is amended by inserting after the 
last item relating to title XVI the following: 
‘‘Sec. 16ll. Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project, 
Pima County, Arizona.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
By DEBORAH M. SPRIGGS, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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(viii) Additional investments in Army
missions and personnel, such as stationing
an active duty unit at the Site, including—
(I) an analysis of anticipated
operational benefits; and
(II) an analysis of economic im-
pacts to surrounding communities.
(3) POTENTIAL PCMS LAND EXPANSION MAP DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘Potential
PCMS Land expansion map’’ means the June 2007
map entitled ‘‘Potential PCMS Land expansion’’.
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF REPORT.—
Not later than 180 days after the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits the report required under subsection (a), the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to Congress
a review of the report and of the justification of the Army
for expansion at the Site.
(c) PUBLIC COMMENT.—After the report required
under subsection (b) is submitted to Congress, the Army
shall solicit public comment on the report for a period of
not less than 90 days. Not later than 30 days after the pub-
lic comment period has closed, the Secretary shall submit
to Congress a written summary of comments received.
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SEC. 2868. REPEAL OF MORATORIUM ON IMPROVEMENTS AT
FORT BUCHANAN, PUERTO RICO.
Section 1507 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–
398; 114 Stat. 1654A–355) is repealed.
TITLE XXIX—WAR-RELATED MILI-
TARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
AU-
THORIZATIONS
SEC. 2901. AUTHORIZED WAR-RELATED ARMY CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS.
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2902(1), the Secretary
of the Army may acquire real property and carry out mili-
tary construction projects for the installations or locations
outside the United States, and in the amounts set forth in
the following table:
Army: Outside the United States
Country
Installation or Location
Amount
Afghanistan ..........................
Bagram Air Base .......................................
$116,800,000
Iraq ........................................
Camp Adder ................................................
$80,650,000
Al Asad ........................................................
$86,100,000
Camp Anaconda .........................................
$88,200,000
Fallujah .......................................................
$880,000
Camp Marez ...............................................
$880,000
Mosul ...........................................................
$43,000,000
Q-West .........................................................
$26,000,000
Camp Ramadi ............................................
$880,000
Scania .........................................................
$5,000,000
Camp Speicher ...........................................
$103,700,000
Camp Taqqadum ........................................
$880,000
Tikrit ...........................................................
$43,000,000
Camp Victory .............................................
$34,400,000
Camp Warrior ............................................
$880,000
Various Locations .......................................
$102,000,000
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SEC. 2902. AUTHORIZATION OF WAR-RELATED MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal years beginning after September 30, 2007, for military
construction, land acquisition, and military family housing
functions of the Department of the Army in the total
amount of $752,650,000 as follows:
(1) For military construction projects outside the
United 
States 
authorized 
by 
section 
2901(a),
$733,250,000.
(2) For architectural and engineering services
and construction design under section 2807 of title
10, United States Code, $19,400,000.
DIVISION 
C—DEPARTMENT 
OF
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND
OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE 
XXXI—DEPARTMENT 
OF
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY
PROGRAMS
Subtitle A—National Security
Programs Authorizations
SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of
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Energy for fiscal year 2008 for the activities of the National
Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs
necessary for national security in the amount of
$9,539,693,000, to be allocated as follows:
(1) For weapons activities, $6,472,172,000.
(2) For defense nuclear nonproliferation activi-
ties, $1,809,646,000.
(3) For naval reactors, $808,219,000.
(4) For the Office of the Administrator for Nu-
clear Security, $399,656,000.
(5) For the International Atomic Energy Agency
Nuclear Fuel Bank, $50,000,000.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.—
From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available
for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy
may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear
Security Administration as follows:
(1) For readiness in technical base and facilities,
the following new plant projects:
Project 08–D–801, High pressure fire loop,
Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $7,000,000.
Project 08–D–802, High explosive pressing
facility, 
Pantex 
Plant, 
Amarillo, 
Texas,
$25,300,000.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1505 
AN ACT 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 131 
East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James 
A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The United States courthouse located at 131 East 
4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘James A. Leach United States Court-
house’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the United 
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the ‘‘James A. Leach United States 
Courthouse’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1505 
AN ACT 
To designate the United States courthouse located 
at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as 
the ‘‘James A. Leach United States Court-
house’’.
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Project 08–D–804, Technical Area 55 rein-
vestment project, Los Alamos National Labora-
tory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $6,000,000.
(2) For facilities and infrastructure recapitaliza-
tion, the following new plant projects:
Project 08–D–601, Mercury highway, Ne-
vada Test Site, Nevada, $7,800,000.
Project 08–D–602, Potable water system up-
grades, Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
$22,500,000.
(3) For safeguards and security, the following
new plant project:
Project 08–D–701, Nuclear materials safe-
guards and security upgrade, Los Alamos Na-
tional Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico,
$49,496,000.
(4) For naval reactors, the following new plant
projects:
Project 08–D–901, Shipping and receiving
and warehouse complex, Bettis Atomic Power
Laboratory, 
West 
Mifflin, 
Pennsylvania,
$9,000,000.
Project 08–D–190, Project engineering and
design, Expended Core Facility M–290 Recov-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1505 
To designate the Federal building located at 131 East 4th Street in 
Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James A. Leach Federal Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2007 
Mr. LOEBSACK (for himself and Mr. BRALEY of Iowa) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To designate the Federal building located at 131 East 4th 
Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James A. Leach 
Federal Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The Federal building located at 131 East 4th Street 
in Davenport, Iowa, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘James A. Leach Federal Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 
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building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the ‘‘James A. Leach Federal Building’’. 
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certification curricula, including professional 
certification and continuing education pro-
grams; and 
(C) regional and national public education 
campaigns to educate real estate, finance, and 
other commercial buildings professionals and 
the general public about the opportunities for 
energy and cost savings and associated environ-
mental and health benefits associated with 
high-performance green buildings; 
(3) pilot projects to demonstrate and document 
the performance of scalable and replicable tech-
nologies, practices, and policies to achieve high-per-
formance green buildings and zero-net-energy com-
mercial buildings, including— 
(A) pilot projects representing each market 
segment or building type in each climate region 
that include current best practice in integrated 
design, technology and systems, construction, 
commissioning, operation, and building infor-
mation management; 
(B) pilot projects, in cooperation with 
State and local governments, in public build-
ings; and 
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1505 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 16, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 131 
East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ‘‘James 
A. Leach United States Courthouse’’. 
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. DESIGNATION. 
The United States courthouse located at 131 East 
4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘James A. Leach United States Court-
house’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the United 
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the ‘‘James A. Leach United States 
Courthouse’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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(3) AVAILABILITY OF UNUTILIZED FUNDS UNDER
CERTIFICATION OF PARTIAL USE.—If the aggregate
amount of funds certified under paragraph (1) as to
be obligated for the Fissile Materials Disposition pro-
gram in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 is less than the
amount of the fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Dis-
position program funds, an amount within fiscal
year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program
funds that is equal to the difference between the
amount of fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposi-
tion program funds and such aggregate amount shall
not be available for the Fissile Materials Disposition
program, but shall be available instead for any de-
fense nuclear nonproliferation activities (other than
the Fissile Materials Disposition program) for which
amounts are authorized to be appropriated by section
3101(a)(2).
(c) FISCAL YEAR 2008 FISSILE MATERIALS DISPOSI-
TION PROGRAM FUNDS DEFINED.—In this section, the term
‘‘fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program
funds’’ means amounts authorized to be appropriated by
section 3101(a)(2) and available for the Fissile Materials
Disposition program.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4403 
To extend the temporary duty suspension on methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose 
products. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2007 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary duty suspension on methyl 
hydroxyethyl cellulose products. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. METHYL HYDROXYETHYL CELLULOSE PROD-
UCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.11.84 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose products) is amended by 
striking the date in the effective period column and insert-
ing ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
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