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(i) The purchase of media time and 
space. 
(ii) Creative and talent costs. 
(iii) Testing and evaluation of adver-
tising. 
(iv) Evaluation of the effectiveness of 
the media campaign. 
(B) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Operational 
and management expenses. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall allocate not less than 85 percent 
of funds made available under subsection (e) for 
each fiscal year for the advertising functions speci-
fied under paragraph (1)(A). 
(d) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall annually submit 
to Congress a report that describes— 
(1) the strategy of the national media campaign 
and whether specific objectives of the campaign were 
accomplished, including— 
(A) determinations concerning the rate of 
change of energy consumption, in both absolute 
and per capita terms; and 
(B) an evaluation that enables consider-
ation whether the media campaign contributed 
to reduction of energy consumption; 
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SEC. 3. FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
Section 303 of the Hydrographic Services Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Act of 1947,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act (33 
U.S.C. 883a et seq.)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘data;’’ 
and inserting ‘‘data and provide hydrographic 
services;’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Act of 1947,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act (33 
U.S.C. 883a et seq.)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘title IX 
of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949; and’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
chapter VI of chapter 10 of title 40, United 
States Code;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4) by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) may create, support, and maintain a Joint 
Hydrographic Institute.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
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II 
Calendar No. 697 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3352 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 14, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
APRIL 14, 2008 
Committee discharged; ordered to be placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services 
Improvement 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 ‘‘Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act Amendments of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 302 of the Hydrographic Services Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892) is amended— 
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Union Calendar No. 442
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4746
[Report No. 103–769]
A BILL
To provide for the exchange of lands within Gates
of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, and
for other purposes.
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 334 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4933 
[Report No. 110–551] 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to protect captive wildlife 
and to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2008 
Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, and Mr. GEORGE 
MILLER of California) introduced the following bill 
JANUARY 15, 2008 
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
MARCH 31, 2008 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to protect 
captive wildlife and to make technical corrections, and 
for other 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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(2) steps taken to ensure that the national 
media campaign operates in an effective and effi-
cient manner consistent with the overall strategy 
and focus of the campaign; 
(3) plans to purchase advertising time and 
space; 
(4) policies and practices implemented to ensure 
that Federal funds are used responsibly to purchase 
advertising time and space and eliminate the poten-
tial for waste, fraud, and abuse; and 
(5) all contracts or cooperative agreements en-
tered into with a corporation, partnership, or indi-
vidual working on behalf of the national media cam-
paign. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
(2) DECREASED OIL CONSUMPTION.—The Sec-
retary shall use not less than 50 percent of the 
amount that is made available under this section for 
each fiscal year to develop and conduct a national 
media campaign to decrease oil consumption in the 
United States over the next decade. 
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(D) represent a partnership of public and 
private entities; and 
(E) exceed the minimum requirements of 
subsection (c)(1)(B). 
(e) PILOT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall 
provide not more than $20,000,000 in Federal as-
sistance under the pilot program to any applicant. 
(2) COST SHARING.—The non-Federal share of 
the cost of any activity relating to renewable fuel in-
frastructure development carried out using funds 
from a grant under this section shall be not less 
than 20 percent. 
(3) MAXIMUM PERIOD OF GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary shall not provide funds to any applicant under 
the pilot program for more than 2 years. 
(4) DEPLOYMENT
AND
DISTRIBUTION.—The 
Secretary shall seek, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, to ensure a broad geographic distribution of 
project sites funded by grants under this section. 
(5) TRANSFER OF INFORMATION AND KNOWL-
EDGE.—The Secretary shall establish mechanisms to 
ensure that the information and knowledge gained 
by participants in the pilot program are transferred 
among the pilot program participants and to other 
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interested parties, including other applicants that 
submitted applications. 
(f) SCHEDULE.— 
(1) INITIAL GRANTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register, 
Commerce Business Daily, and such other pub-
lications as the Secretary considers to be appro-
priate, a notice and request for applications to 
carry out projects under the pilot program. 
(B) DEADLINE.—An application described 
in subparagraph (A) shall be submitted to the 
Secretary by not later than 180 days after the 
date of publication of the notice under that sub-
paragraph. 
(C) INITIAL SELECTION.—Not later than 
90 days after the date by which applications for 
grants are due under subparagraph (B), the 
Secretary shall select by competitive, peer-re-
viewed proposal up to 5 applications for 
projects to be awarded a grant under the pilot 
program. 
(2) ADDITIONAL GRANTS.— 
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(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) the student successfully passes two 
unannounced drug tests conducted by a drug 
rehabilitation program that complies with such 
criteria as the Secretary shall prescribe in regu-
lations for purposes of subparagraph (A)(i); 
or’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(s) STUDENTS
WITH
INTELLECTUAL
DISABIL-
ITIES.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
sub-
sections (a), (c), and (d), in order to receive any 
grant or work assistance under section 401, subpart 
3 of part A, and part C of this title, a student with 
an intellectual disability (as defined in section 
768(2)) shall— 
‘‘(A) be enrolled or accepted for enrollment 
in a comprehensive transition and postsec-
ondary education program for students with in-
tellectual disabilities at an institution of higher 
education; 
‘‘(B) be maintaining satisfactory progress 
in the program as determined by the institu-
Union Calendar No. 359
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4751
[Report No. 103–662]
A BILL
To reauthorize appropriations for the weatheriza-
tion program under section 422 of the Energy
Conservation and Production Act.
AUGUST 3, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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(1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) HYDROGRAPHIC DATA.—The term ‘hydro-
graphic data’ means information that— 
‘‘(A) is acquired through— 
‘‘(i) hydrographic, bathymetric, photo-
grammetric, lidar, radar, remote sensing, 
or shoreline and other ocean- and coastal- 
related surveying; 
‘‘(ii) geodetic, geospatial, or geo-
magnetic measurements; 
‘‘(iii) tide, water level, and current ob-
servations; or 
‘‘(iv) other methods; and 
‘‘(B) is used in providing hydrographic 
services.’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (4)(A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) the management, maintenance, inter-
pretation, certification, and dissemination of 
bathymetric, hydrographic, shoreline, geodetic, 
geospatial, geomagnetic, and tide, water level, 
and current information, including the produc-
tion of nautical charts, nautical information 
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(C) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 6 months after conducting an evaluation 
under subparagraph (B)(ii), the Director shall 
prepare and submit a report to Congress based 
on the evaluation. In the report, the Director 
shall include such recommendations, including 
recommendations concerning the continuing 
need for Federal support of the program car-
ried out under this section, as may be appro-
priate. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry 
out this section $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009 
through 2011. 
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imity to California Highway 190 near Lake Success, or 
any other Tribal casino, except— 
(1) the casino in its current form and dimen-
sions operated by the Tribe on the Tule River Res-
ervation; and 
(2) any lodging, dining, entertainment, meeting 
space, parking, or other similar facilities which may 
be constructed in the future in support of current 
on-Reservation gaming activities, or in support of 
any future expansion of on-Reservation gaming ac-
tivities. 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register, 
Commerce Business Daily, and such other pub-
lications as the Secretary considers to be appro-
priate, a notice and request for additional appli-
cations to carry out projects under the pilot 
program that incorporate the information and 
knowledge obtained through the implementation 
of the first round of projects authorized under 
the pilot program. 
(B) DEADLINE.—An application described 
in subparagraph (A) shall be submitted to the 
Secretary by not later than 180 days after the 
date of publication of the notice under that sub-
paragraph. 
(C) INITIAL SELECTION.—Not later than 
90 days after the date by which applications for 
grants are due under subparagraph (B), the 
Secretary shall select by competitive, peer-re-
viewed proposal such additional applications for 
projects to be awarded a grant under the pilot 
program as the Secretary determines to be ap-
propriate. 
(g) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
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(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date on which grants are awarded under 
this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
a report containing— 
(A) an identification of the grant recipients 
and a description of the projects to be funded 
under the pilot program; 
(B) an identification of other applicants 
that submitted applications for the pilot pro-
gram but to which funding was not provided; 
and 
(C) a description of the mechanisms used 
by the Secretary to ensure that the information 
and knowledge gained by participants in the 
pilot program are transferred among the pilot 
program participants and to other interested 
parties, including other applicants that sub-
mitted applications. 
(2) EVALUATION.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter until the termination of the pilot program, 
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report con-
taining an evaluation of the effectiveness of the pilot 
program, including an assessment of the petroleum 
displacement and benefits to the environment de-
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databases, and other products derived from hy-
drographic data;’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (5). 
SEC. 3. FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
Section 303 of the Hydrographic Services Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Act of 1947,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act (33 
U.S.C. 883a et seq.)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘data;’’ 
and inserting ‘‘data and provide hydrographic 
services;’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Act of 1947,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act (33 
U.S.C. 883a et seq.)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘title IX 
of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949; and’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
chapter VI of chapter 10 of title 40, United 
States Code;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4) by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
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tion, in accordance with standards established 
by the institution; and 
‘‘(C) meet the requirements of paragraphs 
(3), (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, unless enacted with specific ref-
erence to this section, the Secretary is authorized to 
waive any statutory provision applicable to the stu-
dent financial assistance programs under section 
401, subpart 3 of part A, or part C of this title, or 
any institutional eligibility provisions of this title, as 
the Secretary deems necessary to ensure that pro-
grams enrolling students with intellectual disabilities 
otherwise determined to be eligible under this sub-
section may receive such financial assistance. 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—Notwithstanding regula-
tions applicable to grant or work assistance awards 
made under section 401 of part A, subpart 3 of part 
A, and part C of this title, including with respect to 
eligible programs, instructional time, credit status, 
and enrollment status as described in section 481, 
the Secretary shall promulgate regulations allowing 
programs enrolling students with intellectual disabil-
ities otherwise determined to be eligible under this 
subsection to receive such awards.
rived from the projects included in the pilot pro-
gram. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 122. BIOENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 931(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16231(c)) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$251,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$377,000,000’’; and 
(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(3), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$274,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$398,000,000’’. 
SEC. 123. BIORESEARCH CENTERS FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 
PROGRAM. 
Section 977(a)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 16317(a)(1)) is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including the estab-
lishment of at least 11 bioresearch centers of varying 
sizes, as appropriate, that focus on biofuels, of which at 
least 2 centers shall be located in each of the 4 Petroleum 
Administration for Defense Districts with no subdistricts 
and 1 center shall be located in each of the subdistricts 
of the Petroleum Administration for Defense District with 
subdistricts’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 339 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3352 
[Report No. 110–556] 
To reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2007 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
MARCH 31, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 2, 2007] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services 
Improvement 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 ‘‘Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act Amendments of 2008’’. 
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‘‘(iv) the term ‘educational loans’ has the 
meaning provided in section 151, except that 
such term does not include loans under section 
499(b) or under parts D or E of this title. 
‘‘(25) The institution will submit to the Sec-
retary annually, in such form as the Secretary may 
prescribe, data on— 
‘‘(A) the number and percentage of stu-
dents taking classes in whole or in part on-line 
or through distance education; 
‘‘(B) of such students, the number and 
percentage of those taking their classes exclu-
sively on-line or through distance education; 
and 
‘‘(C) the number and percentage of courses 
offered by the institution that are offered on- 
line or through distance education.’’. 
(b) REPORTS ON DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 487(a) (20 U.S.C. 
1094(a)) is further amended by adding after para-
graph (25), as added by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(26) The institution will, upon request, dis-
close to the alleged victim of any crime of violence 
(as that term is defined in section 16 of title 18),
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3647 
To delay for 6 months the requirement to use tamper-resistant prescription 
pads under the Medicaid Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 
Mr. WILSON of Ohio (for himself, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BERRY, and 
Mr. ADERHOLT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To delay for 6 months the requirement to use tamper- 
resistant prescription pads under the Medicaid Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. 6-MONTH DELAY IN REQUIREMENT TO USE 
TAMPER-RESISTANT 
PRESCRIPTION 
PADS 
UNDER MEDICAID. 
Effective as if included in the enactment of section 
7002(b) of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, 
Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations 
Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28, 121 Stat. 187), paragraph 
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(2) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2008’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 810 
To amend certain provisions of the Federal Power Act added by the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 relating to the use of eminent domain authority 
for the construction of electric power lines, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2007 
Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HALL of New 
York, and Mr. MCHUGH) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend certain provisions of the Federal Power Act added 
by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to the use 
of eminent domain authority for the construction of elec-
tric power lines, 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 ‘‘Protecting Commu-
nities from Power Line Abuse Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY. 
Section 216 of the Federal Power Act (as added by 
section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) is amend-
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 302 of the Hydrographic Services Improve-
ment Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) HYDROGRAPHIC DATA.—The term ‘hydro-
graphic data’ means information that— 
‘‘(A) is acquired through— 
‘‘(i) hydrographic, bathymetric, photo-
grammetric, lidar, radar, remote sensing, or 
shoreline and other ocean- and coastal-re-
lated surveying; 
‘‘(ii) 
geodetic, 
geospatial, 
or 
geo-
magnetic measurements; 
‘‘(iii) tide, water level, and current ob-
servations; or 
‘‘(iv) other methods; and 
‘‘(B) is used in providing hydrographic 
services.’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (4)(A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) the management, maintenance, inter-
pretation, certification, and dissemination of 
bathymetric, hydrographic, shoreline, geodetic, 
geospatial, geomagnetic, and tide, water level, 
and current information, including the produc-
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