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(2) Before the Columbia started its tragic de-
scent, the shuttle crew completed some 80 scientific 
experiments and much of their research data had al-
ready been relayed to Houston where it has added 
to the pool of scientific knowledge. 
(3) The Nation pays tribute to the memory of 
Colonel Rick Husband, Lieutenant Colonel Michael 
Anderson, Commander Laurel Clark, Captain David 
Brown, Commander William McCool, Dr. Kapana 
Chawla, and Ilan Ramon, a colonel in the Israeli air 
force. The diversity of crew represented the ideals of 
our Nation. 
(4) These seven courageous explorers paid the 
ultimate price to improve our understanding of the 
universe, to advance our medical and engineering 
sciences, to make the Nation safer and more secure, 
and to keep the United States economy on the cut-
ting edge of technology. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is 
authorized, on behalf of the Congress, to award a gold 
medal of appropriate design to each of the 7 crew mem-
bers of the space shuttle Columbia— 
(1) Rick D. Husband; 
(2) Michael P. Anderson; 
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(3) Laurel Clark; 
(4) David M. Brown; 
(5) William C. McCool; 
(6) Kapana Chawla; and 
(7) Ilan Ramon. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, 
and at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, includ-
ing labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead 
expenses, and the cost of the gold medal. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 
The medals struck under this Act are national medals 
for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. FUNDING. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund an amount not to exceed $30,000 
to pay for the cost of the medals authorized by this Act. 
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(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 
deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 
Fund. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 28 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction 
for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to 
$500 and to extend it through 2011. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mrs. BIGGERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase 
the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and 
secondary school teachers to $500 and to extend it 
through 2011. 
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 ‘‘Teacher Tax Reduction 
Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE AND EXTENSION OF DEDUCTION FOR 
CERTAIN EXPENSES OF ELEMENTARY AND 
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (D) of section 
62(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to certain trade and business deductions of employees) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$250’’ and inserting ‘‘$500’’, 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘during 2002’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘after 2001 and 
before 2012’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2900 
To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon 
Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2009 
Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself and Mr. MACK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as 
the Davis-Bacon Act. 
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 ‘‘Davis-Bacon Repeal 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DAVIS-BACON WAGE REQUIREMENTS. 
Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
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SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS REPEAL. 
Section 276c of title 40, United States Code, is re-
pealed. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE AND LIMITATION. 
The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall take 
effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
but shall not affect any contract in existence on such date 
of enactment or made pursuant to invitation for bids out-
standing on such date of enactment. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2903 
To establish an assistance program for the construction of digital TV trans-
lators to fill coverage gaps that are created from the transition from 
analog to digital signals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2009 
Mr. MICHAUD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish an assistance program for the construction of 
digital TV translators to fill coverage gaps that are cre-
ated from the transition from analog to digital signals. 
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 ‘‘DTV Cliff Effect As-
sistance Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. DIGITAL TRANSLATOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary for 
Communications and Information of the Department 
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of Commerce shall make payments of not to exceed 
$125,000,000, in the aggregate, during fiscal years 
2009 through 2012 from the Digital Television 
Transition and Public Safety Fund established 
under section 309(j)(8)(E) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(E)) to implement 
and administer a program through which a local civil 
government body may receive funding for the con-
struction and equipment of digital TV translators to 
fill gaps in the digital coverage for full-power sta-
tions, where such gaps were created from the con-
version of the signal of such station from analog to 
digital format. 
(2) FACILITATION
OF
COLLOCATION.—Any 
translator tower that is constructed pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall reasonably facilitate the colloca-
tion of any wireless communications or broadband 
equipment. The requirement under this paragraph 
shall not apply if there is clear evidence of any sig-
nal interference issues that cannot be resolved as a 
result of such collocation. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
certify with the Federal Communications Commission that 
the location of any proposed digital TV translator de-
scribed under subsection (a) is in an area where signal 
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coverage was lost due to the transition from analog to dig-
ital broadcast signals. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2905 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time home-
buyer tax credit and to modify the credit by repealing the first-time 
homebuyer requirement and waiving recapture. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2009 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
the first-time homebuyer tax credit and to modify the 
credit by repealing the first-time homebuyer requirement 
and waiving recapture. 
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 ‘‘Homebuyer Tax Credit 
Expansion Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER CRED-
IT. 
(a) REPEAL OF FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) Subsection (a) of section 36 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
striking ‘‘who is a first-time homebuyer of a 
principal residence’’ and inserting ‘‘who pur-
chases a principal residence’’. 
(B) Subsection (c) of section 36 of such 
Code is amended by striking paragraph (1) (de-
fining first-time homebuyer) and by redesig-
nating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) as 
paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading 
for section 36 of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘FIRST-TIME’’. 
(b) WAIVER OF RECAPTURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 36 of such Code is 
amended by striking subsection (f) and by redesig-
nating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (f) and 
(g), respectively. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (f) 
of section 36 of such Code (as redesignated by this 
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section) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (c) and 
(f)(4)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’. 
(c) EXTENSION.—Subsection (g) of section 36 of 
such Code (as redesignated by this section) is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 1, 2009’’ and inserting January 
1, 2012. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall apply to residences purchased after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendments made 
by subsection (b) shall take effect as included in the 
enactment of section 3011(a) of the Housing Assist-
ance and Tax Relief Act of 2008. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2906 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to specifically include problem 
and pathological gambling in programs of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration and to establish a national pro-
gram to address the harmful consequences of problem gambling. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2009 
Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. TERRY, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. BER-
MAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to specifically in-
clude problem and pathological gambling in programs 
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad-
ministration and to establish a national program to ad-
dress the harmful consequences of problem gambling. 
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 ‘‘Comprehensive Prob-
lem Gambling Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 264 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for financial services and general gov-
ernment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 
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 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2909 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved 
method to measure poverty so as to enable a better assessment of 
the effects of programs under the Social Security Act, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2009 
Mr. MCDERMOTT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide 
for an improved method to measure poverty so as to 
enable a better assessment of the effects of programs 
under the Social Security Act, 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 ‘‘Measuring American 
Poverty Act of 2009’’. 
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(b) TREATMENT IMPROVEMENT PROTOCOL.—The 
President, acting through the Administrator of the Sub-
stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
shall develop a treatment improvement protocol specific to 
problem gambling. 
SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that every State should 
contribute a percentage of its revenue from gambling to-
wards prevention and treatment of problem gambling and 
towards research services and education about problem 
gambling. 
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SEC. 2. REPAYMENT OF TARP FUNDS. 
Section 111(g) of the Emergency Economic Stabiliza-
tion Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5221(g)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘if, subsequent to such repay-
ment, the TARP recipient is well capitalized (as de-
termined by the appropriate Federal banking agency 
having supervisory authority over the TARP recipi-
ent)’’ after ‘‘waiting period,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘, and when such assistance is 
repaid, the Secretary shall liquidate warrants associ-
ated with such assistance at the current market 
price’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 265 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2019 
Mr. BISHOP of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 
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(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘in the individual’s 
medical record’’ and inserting ‘‘in a promi-
nent part of the individual’s current med-
ical record’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and if presented by 
the individual, to include the content of 
such advance directive in a prominent part 
of such record’’ before the semicolon at the 
end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) to provide each individual with the oppor-
tunity to discuss issues relating to the information 
provided to that individual pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) with an appropriately trained profes-
sional.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a written’’ 
and inserting ‘‘an’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following para-
graph: 
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121 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1902 (42 
U.S.C. 1396a), as amended by section 203(c), 
is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a)(46)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after 
‘‘(46)’’; 
(II) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) provide, with respect to an individual de-
claring to be a citizen or national of the United 
States for purposes of establishing eligibility under 
this title, that the State shall satisfy the require-
ments of— 
‘‘(i) section 1903(x); or 
‘‘(ii) subsection (ee);’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(ee)(1) For purposes of subsection (a)(46)(B)(ii), 
the requirements of this subsection with respect to an indi-
vidual declaring to be a citizen or national of the United 
States for purposes of establishing eligibility under this 
title, are, in lieu of requiring the individual to present sat-
isfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nation-
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2910 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for S corporation 
reform, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2009 
Mr. KIND (for himself, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. REICHERT, and Mr. HERGER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
for S corporation reform, 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, REFERENCE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘S 
Corporation Modernization Act of 2009’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
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distributed to the State in fiscal year 2012), 
multiplied by the allotment increase factor 
under paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2013. 
‘‘(D) FIRST HALF RATIO.—The first half 
ratio described in this subparagraph is the ratio 
of— 
‘‘(i) the sum of— 
‘‘(I) the amount made available 
under subsection (a)(16)(A); and 
‘‘(II) the amount of the appro-
priation for such period under section 
108 of the Children’s Health Insur-
ance Program Reauthorization Act of 
2009; to 
‘‘(ii) the sum of the— 
‘‘(I) amount described in clause 
(i); and 
‘‘(II) the amount made available 
under subsection (a)(16)(B). 
‘‘(4) PRORATION RULE.—If, after the applica-
tion of this subsection without regard to this para-
graph, the sum of the allotments determined under 
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) for a fiscal year (or, in 
the case of fiscal year 2013, for a semi-annual pe-
riod in such fiscal year) exceeds the amount avail-
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2917 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for 
advertising prescription drugs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2009 
Mr. LIPINSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any 
deduction for advertising prescription drugs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR ADVERTISING 
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part IX of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
items not deductible) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2912 
To authorize and request the President to award the congressional Medal 
of Honor posthumously to Captain Felix Sosa-Camejo for his gallant 
and heroic actions during the Vietnam War, ending with his death 
in combat on February 13, 1968. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2009 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. 
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, and 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To authorize and request the President to award the congres-
sional Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Felix 
Sosa-Camejo for his gallant and heroic actions during 
the Vietnam War, ending with his death in combat on 
February 13, 1968. 
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. POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF CONGRESSIONAL 
MEDAL OF HONOR TO CAPTAIN FELIX SOSA- 
CAMEJO. 
The President is authorized and requested to award 
the congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Cap-
tain Felix Sosa-Camejo of the State of Florida for his ac-
tions during the Vietnam War, ending with his death in 
combat on February 13, 1968. Such an award may be 
made without regard to the provisions of section 3744 of 
title 10, United States Code, and may be made in accord-
ance with award criteria applicable at the time of his 
death. 
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