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which all benefits consist of health insurance coverage. 
Under such procedure, the applicable authority shall pro-
vide for the granting of certification under this part to 
the plans in each class of such association health plans 
upon appropriate filing under such procedure in connec-
tion with plans in such class and payment of the pre-
scribed fee under section 807(a). 
‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION OF SELF-INSURED ASSOCIATION 
HEALTH PLANS.—An association health plan which offers 
one or more benefit options which do not consist of health 
insurance coverage may be certified under this part only 
if such plan consists of any of the following: 
‘‘(1) a plan which offered such coverage on the 
date of the enactment of the Small Business Growth 
Act of 2007, 
‘‘(2) a plan under which the sponsor does not 
restrict membership to one or more trades and busi-
nesses or industries and whose eligible participating 
employers represent a broad cross-section of trades 
and businesses or industries, or 
‘‘(3) a plan whose eligible participating employ-
ers represent one or more trades or businesses, or 
one or more industries, consisting of any of the fol-
lowing: agriculture; equipment and automobile deal-
erships; barbering and cosmetology; certified public 
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accounting practices; child care; construction; dance, 
theatrical and orchestra productions; disinfecting 
and pest control; financial services; fishing; food 
service establishments; hospitals; labor organiza-
tions; logging; manufacturing (metals); mining; med-
ical and dental practices; medical laboratories; pro-
fessional consulting services; sanitary services; trans-
portation (local and freight); warehousing; whole-
saling/distributing; or any other trade or business or 
industry which has been indicated as having average 
or above-average risk or health claims experience by 
reason of State rate filings, denials of coverage, pro-
posed premium rate levels, or other means dem-
onstrated by such plan in accordance with regula-
tions. 
‘‘SEC. 803. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO SPONSORS AND 
BOARDS OF TRUSTEES. 
‘‘(a) SPONSOR.—The requirements of this subsection 
are met with respect to an association health plan if the 
sponsor has met (or is deemed under this part to have 
met) the requirements of section 801(b) for a continuous 
period of not less than 3 years ending with the date of 
the application for certification under this part. 
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‘‘(b) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—The requirements of 
this subsection are met with respect to an association 
health plan if the following requirements are met: 
‘‘(1) FISCAL CONTROL.—The plan is operated, 
pursuant to a trust agreement, by a board of trust-
ees which has complete fiscal control over the plan 
and which is responsible for all operations of the 
plan. 
‘‘(2) RULES
OF
OPERATION
AND
FINANCIAL 
CONTROLS.—The board of trustees has in effect 
rules of operation and financial controls, based on a 
3-year plan of operation, adequate to carry out the 
terms of the plan and to meet all requirements of 
this title applicable to the plan. 
‘‘(3) RULES
GOVERNING
RELATIONSHIP
TO 
PARTICIPATING
EMPLOYERS
AND
TO
CONTRAC-
TORS.— 
‘‘(A) BOARD MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clauses (ii) and (iii), the members 
of the board of trustees are individuals se-
lected from individuals who are the owners, 
officers, directors, or employees of the par-
ticipating employers or who are partners in 
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the participating employers and actively 
participate in the business. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(I) GENERAL RULE.—Except as 
provided in subclauses (II) and (III), 
no such member is an owner, officer, 
director, or employee of, or partner in, 
a contract administrator or other 
service provider to the plan. 
‘‘(II) LIMITED
EXCEPTION
FOR 
PROVIDERS OF SERVICES SOLELY ON 
BEHALF OF THE SPONSOR.—Officers 
or employees of a sponsor which is a 
service provider (other than a contract 
administrator) to the plan may be 
members of the board if they con-
stitute not more than 25 percent of 
the membership of the board and they 
do not provide services to the plan 
other than on behalf of the sponsor. 
‘‘(III) 
TREATMENT
OF
PRO-
VIDERS
OF
MEDICAL
CARE.—In the 
case of a sponsor which is an associa-
tion whose membership consists pri-
marily of providers of medical care, 
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subclause (I) shall not apply in the 
case of any service provider described 
in subclause (I) who is a provider of 
medical care under the plan. 
‘‘(iii) CERTAIN
PLANS
EXCLUDED.— 
Clause (i) shall not apply to an association 
health plan which is in existence on the 
date of the enactment of the Small Busi-
ness Growth Act of 2007. 
‘‘(B) SOLE
AUTHORITY.—The board has 
sole authority under the plan to approve appli-
cations for participation in the plan and to con-
tract with a service provider to administer the 
day-to-day affairs of the plan. 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF FRANCHISE NETWORKS.—In 
the case of a group health plan which is established and 
maintained by a franchiser for a franchise network con-
sisting of its franchisees— 
‘‘(1) the requirements of subsection (a) and sec-
tion 801(a) shall be deemed met if such require-
ments would otherwise be met if the franchiser were 
deemed to be the sponsor referred to in section 
801(b), such network were deemed to be an associa-
tion described in section 801(b), and each franchisee 
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were deemed to be a member (of the association and 
the sponsor) referred to in section 801(b); and 
‘‘(2) the requirements of section 804(a)(1) shall 
be deemed met. 
The Secretary may by regulation define for purposes of 
this subsection the terms ‘franchiser’, ‘franchise network’, 
and ‘franchisee’. 
‘‘SEC. 804. PARTICIPATION AND COVERAGE REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) COVERED EMPLOYERS AND INDIVIDUALS.—The 
requirements of this subsection are met with respect to 
an association health plan if, under the terms of the 
plan— 
‘‘(1) each participating employer must be— 
‘‘(A) a member of the sponsor, 
‘‘(B) the sponsor, or 
‘‘(C) an affiliated member of the sponsor 
with respect to which the requirements of sub-
section (b) are met, 
except that, in the case of a sponsor which is a pro-
fessional association or other individual-based asso-
ciation, if at least one of the officers, directors, or 
employees of an employer, or at least one of the in-
dividuals who are partners in an employer and who 
actively participates in the business, is a member or 
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such an affiliated member of the sponsor, partici-
pating employers may also include such employer; 
and 
‘‘(2) all individuals commencing coverage under 
the plan after certification under this part must 
be— 
‘‘(A) active or retired owners (including 
self-employed individuals), officers, directors, or 
employees of, or partners in, participating em-
ployers; or 
‘‘(B) the beneficiaries of individuals de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(b) COVERAGE OF PREVIOUSLY UNINSURED EM-
PLOYEES.—In the case of an association health plan in 
existence on the date of the enactment of the Small Busi-
ness Growth Act of 2007, an affiliated member of the 
sponsor of the plan may be offered coverage under the 
plan as a participating employer only if— 
‘‘(1) the affiliated member was an affiliated 
member on the date of certification under this part; 
or 
‘‘(2) during the 12-month period preceding the 
date of the offering of such coverage, the affiliated 
member has not maintained or contributed to a 
group health plan with respect to any of its employ-
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‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—This chapter shall apply to all 
cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, and 
smokeless tobacco and to any other tobacco products that 
the Secretary by regulation deems to be subject to this 
chapter. 
‘‘(c) SCOPE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this chapter, or 
any policy issued or regulation promulgated there-
under, or in sections 101(a), 102, or 103 of title I, 
title II, or title III of the Family Smoking Preven-
tion and Tobacco Control Act, shall be construed to 
affect, expand, or limit the Secretary’s authority 
over (including the authority to determine whether 
products may be regulated), or the regulation of, 
products under this Act that are not tobacco prod-
ucts under chapter V or any other chapter. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this 
chapter shall not apply to tobacco leaf that is 
not in the possession of a manufacturer of to-
bacco products, or to the producers of tobacco 
leaf, including tobacco growers, tobacco ware-
houses, and tobacco grower cooperatives, nor 
shall any employee of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration have any authority to enter onto a
ees who would otherwise be eligible to participate in 
such association health plan. 
‘‘(c) INDIVIDUAL MARKET UNAFFECTED.—The re-
quirements of this subsection are met with respect to an 
association health plan if, under the terms of the plan, 
no participating employer may provide health insurance 
coverage in the individual market for any employee not 
covered under the plan which is similar to the coverage 
contemporaneously provided to employees of the employer 
under the plan, if such exclusion of the employee from cov-
erage under the plan is based on a health status-related 
factor with respect to the employee and such employee 
would, but for such exclusion on such basis, be eligible 
for coverage under the plan. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION
OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST 
EMPLOYERS
AND EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE
TO PARTICI-
PATE.—The requirements of this subsection are met with 
respect to an association health plan if— 
‘‘(1) under the terms of the plan, all employers 
meeting the preceding requirements of this section 
are eligible to qualify as participating employers for 
all geographically available coverage options, unless, 
in the case of any such employer, participation or 
contribution requirements of the type referred to in 
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section 2711 of the Public Health Service Act are 
not met; 
‘‘(2) upon request, any employer eligible to par-
ticipate is furnished information regarding all cov-
erage options available under the plan; and 
‘‘(3) the applicable requirements of sections 
701, 702, and 703 are met with respect to the plan. 
‘‘SEC. 805. OTHER REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PLAN 
DOCUMENTS, CONTRIBUTION RATES, AND 
BENEFIT OPTIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this section 
are met with respect to an association health plan if the 
following requirements are met: 
‘‘(1) 
CONTENTS
OF
GOVERNING
INSTRU-
MENTS.—The instruments governing the plan in-
clude a written instrument, meeting the require-
ments of an instrument required under section 
402(a)(1), which— 
‘‘(A) provides that the board of trustees 
serves as the named fiduciary required for plans 
under section 402(a)(1) and serves in the ca-
pacity of a plan administrator (referred to in 
section 3(16)(A)); 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 158 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legisla-
tive day of Thursday, May 24, 2007, Friday, May 25, 
2007, or Saturday, May 26, 2007, on a motion offered 
pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority 
Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. 
on Tuesday, June 5, 2007, or until the time of any
•HCON 158 EH 
reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolu-
tion, whichever occurs first; and that when the Senate re-
cesses or adjourns on Friday, May 25, 2007, Saturday, 
May 26, 2007, or on any day from Monday, May 28, 2007, 
through Saturday, June 2, 2007, on a motion offered pur-
suant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader 
or his designee, it stand recessed or adjourned until noon 
on Monday, June 4, 2007, or such other time on that day 
as may be specified by its Majority Leader or his designee 
in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until the time of 
any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 
resolution, whichever occurs first. 
SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority 
Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting 
jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the 
House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify 
the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, 
to reassemble at such place and time as they may des-
ignate if, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant 
it. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 24, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 158 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the 
House of Representatives and a conditional re-
cess or adjournment of the Senate.
H. Con. Res. 158 
Agreed to May 24, 2007 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 
Concurrent Resolution 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring), That when the House adjourns on the legislative day of 
Thursday, May 24, 2007, Friday, May 25, 2007, or Saturday, May 
26, 2007, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution 
by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 
2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 2007, or until the time of any reassembly 
pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs 
first; and that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on Friday, 
May 25, 2007, Saturday, May 26, 2007, or on any day from Monday, 
May 28, 2007, through Saturday, June 2, 2007, on a motion offered 
pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or 
his designee, it stand recessed or adjourned until noon on Monday, 
June 4, 2007, or such other time on that day as may be specified 
by its Majority Leader or his designee in the motion to recess 
or adjourn, or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 
2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first. 
SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader 
of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after 
consultation with the Minority Leader of the House and the 
Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members of the 
House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place 
and time as they may designate if, in their opinion, the public 
interest shall warrant it. 
Attest: 
Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
Attest: 
Secretary of the Senate.
farm owned by a producer of tobacco leaf with-
out the written consent of such producer. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (A), if a producer of tobacco leaf is 
also a tobacco product manufacturer or con-
trolled by a tobacco product manufacturer, the 
producer shall be subject to this chapter in the 
producer’s capacity as a manufacturer. The ex-
ception in this subparagraph shall not apply to 
a producer of tobacco leaf who grows tobacco 
under a contract with a tobacco product manu-
facturer and who is not otherwise engaged in 
the manufacturing process. 
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this chapter shall be construed to grant the 
Secretary authority to promulgate regulations 
on any matter that involves the production of 
tobacco leaf or a producer thereof, other than 
activities by a manufacturer affecting produc-
tion. 
‘‘(d) RULEMAKING PROCEDURES.—Each rulemaking 
under this chapter shall be in accordance with chapter 5 
of title 5, United States Code. This subsection shall not 
be construed to affect the rulemaking provisions of section
III 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 158 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 24, 2007 
Received 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of 
Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment 
of the Senate. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legisla-
tive day of Thursday, May 24, 2007, Friday, May 25, 
2007, or Saturday, May 26, 2007, on a motion offered 
pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority 
Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. 
on Tuesday, June 5, 2007, or until the time of any 
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reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolu-
tion, whichever occurs first; and that when the Senate re-
cesses or adjourns on Friday, May 25, 2007, Saturday, 
May 26, 2007, or on any day from Monday, May 28, 2007, 
through Saturday, June 2, 2007, on a motion offered pur-
suant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader 
or his designee, it stand recessed or adjourned until noon 
on Monday, June 4, 2007, or such other time on that day 
as may be specified by its Majority Leader or his designee 
in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until the time of 
any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 
resolution, whichever occurs first. 
SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority 
Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting 
jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the 
House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify 
the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, 
to reassemble at such place and time as they may des-
ignate if, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant 
it. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 24, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 158 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas in 2009, 1,479,350 new cases of cancer will be diag-
nosed in the United States; 
Whereas the most common types of cancer in the United 
States are nonmelanoma skin cancer, breast cancer in 
women, prostate cancer in men, lung cancer, and 
colorectal cancers;
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 15 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of Iraq should not 
grant blanket amnesty to persons known to have attacked, killed, or 
wounded members of the United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2007 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of 
Iraq should not grant blanket amnesty to persons known 
to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of the 
United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
Whereas United States Armed Forces and coalition military 
forces have served bravely in Iraq since the beginning of 
military operations in March 2003 and are continuing to 
serve heroically in Iraq to provide all the people of Iraq 
a better future; and 
Whereas more than 3,000 members of the United States 
Armed Forces and coalition military forces have been 
killed and more than 22,500 members have been injured 
in operations to bring peace and stability to all the people 
of Iraq: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Government of Iraq should not grant 
blanket amnesty to persons known to have attacked, 
killed, or wounded members of the United States 
Armed Forces and should not grant any amnesty to 
persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded 
members of the United States Armed Forces subse-
quent to December 15, 2005, the date on which the 
people of Iraq elected a permanent government of 
Iraq; 
(2) the President should immediately notify the 
Government of Iraq that the Government of the 
United States strongly opposes granting blanket am-
nesty to persons known to have attacked, killed, or 
wounded members of the United States Armed 
Forces; and 
(3) the Government of Iraq should be encour-
aged to inform and educate the people of Iraq about 
the civic-minded and selfless nature of American 
military personnel serving in Iraq who have built 
schools and hospitals, repaired roads and bridges, 
and risked their lives to secure a future of peace and 
freedom for the men, women, and children of Iraq. 
Æ 
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III 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 159 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 30, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the fifth anniversary of the declaration by the 
United States Congress of genocide in Darfur, Sudan. 
Whereas, on July 22, 2004, the Senate of the United States 
and the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. Con. 
Res. 133 and H. Con. Res. 467, respectively, thereby de-
claring genocide in Darfur, Sudan; 
Whereas, on September 9, 2004, then-Secretary of State 
Colin Powell concurred with the Congress, asserting that, 
‘‘genocide 
has 
been 
committed 
in 
Darfur’’ 
and 
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102(a) of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco 
Control Act. 
‘‘(e) CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this chapter, 
the Secretary shall establish within the Food and Drug 
Administration the Center for Tobacco Products, which 
shall report to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs in 
the same manner as the other agency centers within the 
Food and Drug Administration. The Center shall be re-
sponsible for the implementation of this chapter and re-
lated matters assigned by the Commissioner. 
‘‘(f) OFFICE TO ASSIST SMALL TOBACCO PRODUCT 
MANUFACTURERS.—The Secretary shall establish within 
the Food and Drug Administration an identifiable office 
to provide technical and other nonfinancial assistance to 
small tobacco product manufacturers to assist them in 
complying with the requirements of this Act. 
‘‘(g) CONSULTATION PRIOR TO RULEMAKING.—Prior 
to promulgating rules under this chapter, the Secretary 
shall endeavor to consult with other Federal agencies as 
appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 902. ADULTERATED TOBACCO PRODUCTS. 
‘‘A tobacco product shall be deemed to be adulterated 
if—