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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1777 
To amend the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 to make permanent 
the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under the antitrust 
laws. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 
to make permanent the favorable treatment of need- 
based educational aid under the antitrust laws. 
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 ‘‘Need-Based Edu-
cational Aid Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 
Subsection (d) of section 568 of the Improving Amer-
ica’s Schools Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is repealed. 
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water systems, the heating, cooling, ventilation, 
and hot water system shall be treated as meet-
ing the target under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) if it 
would meet the requirement in subsection 
(c)(1)(D) if combined with a building envelope 
system and lighting system which met their re-
spective targets under paragraph(1)(A)(ii) (in-
cluding interim targets in effect under sub-
sections (f) and subparagraph (A)).’’. 
(e) MODIFICATIONS TO LIGHTING STANDARDS.— 
(1) STANDARDS
TO
BE
ALTERNATE
STAND-
ARDS.—Subsection (f) of section 179D is amended 
by— 
(A) striking ‘‘INTERIM’’ in the heading and 
inserting ‘‘ALTERNATIVE’’, and 
(B) inserting ‘‘, or, if the taxpayer elects, 
in lieu of the target set forth in such final regu-
lations’’ after ‘‘lighting system’’ at the end of 
the matter preceding paragraph (1). 
(2) 
QUALIFIED
INDIVIDUALS.—Section 
179D(d)(6)(C) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘For purposes of certification of whether 
the alternative target for lighting systems under 
subsection (f) is met, individuals qualified to deter-
mine compliance shall include individuals who are 
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certified as Lighting Certified (LC) by the National 
Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Profes-
sions, Certified Energy Managers (CEM) by the As-
sociation of Energy Engineers, and LEED Accred-
ited Professionals (AP) by the U.S. Green Buildings 
Council.’’. 
(3) REQUIREMENT FOR BILEVEL SWITCHING.— 
Section 179D(f)(2) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF SUBSECTION TO BILEVEL 
SWITCHING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (2)(C)(i), this subsection shall apply to a 
system which does not include provisions for 
bilevel switching if the reduction in lighting 
power density is at least 37.5 percent of the 
minimum requirements in Table 9.3.1.1 or 
Table 9.3.1.2 (not including additional interior 
lighting allowances) of Standard 90.1–2001. 
‘‘(B) REDUCTION IN DEDUCTION.—In the 
case of a system to which this subsection ap-
plies by reason of subparagraph (A), paragraph 
(2) shall be applied— 
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SEC. 329. DEDUCTION ALLOWABLE WITH RESPECT TO IN-
COME ATTRIBUTABLE TO DOMESTIC PRODUC-
TION ACTIVITIES IN PUERTO RICO. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 
199(d)(8) (relating to termination) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘first 2 taxable years’’ and in-
serting ‘‘first 3 taxable years’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘January 1, 2009’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2007. 
SEC. 330. MODIFICATION OF TAX TREATMENT OF CERTAIN 
PAYMENTS TO CONTROLLING EXEMPT ORGA-
NIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (iv) of section 512(b)(13)(E) 
(relating to termination) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply to payments received or accrued after 
December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 331. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CREDIT TO 
HOLDERS OF QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY 
BONDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 1397E (re-
lating to limitation on amount of bonds designated) is 
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1777 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 1, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 
to make permanent the favorable treatment of need- 
based educational aid under the antitrust laws. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 1777 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Need-Based Edu-
cational Aid Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 
Subsection (d) of section 568 of the Improving Amer-
ica’s Schools Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is repealed. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 30, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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‘‘(i) by substituting ‘50 percent’ for 
‘40 percent’ in subparagraph (A) thereof, 
and 
‘‘(ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii) there-
of— 
‘‘(I) by substituting ‘37.5 per-
centage points’ for ‘25 percentage 
points’, and 
‘‘(II) by substituting ‘12.5’ for 
‘15’.’’. 
(f) PUBLIC PROPERTY.—Paragraph (4) of section 
179(d) is amended by striking ‘‘the Secretary shall pro-
mulgate a regulation to allow the allocation of the deduc-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘the deduction under this section shall 
be allowed’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service in 
taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 215. DEDUCTION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT LOW-RISE 
BUILDINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VI of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1, as amended by section 404 of division A of the Tax 
Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, is amended by insert-
ing after section 179E the following new section: 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 355 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1777 
[Report No. 110–577] 
To amend the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 to make permanent 
the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under the antitrust 
laws. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
APRIL 10, 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 Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 
to make permanent the favorable treatment of need- 
based educational aid under the antitrust laws. 
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 ‘‘Need-Based Edu-
cational Aid Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 
Subsection (d) of section 568 of the Improving Amer-
ica’s Schools Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is repealed. 
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Union Calendar No. 355 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1777 
[Report No. 110–577] 
A BILL 
To amend the Improving America’s Schools Act of 
1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment 
of need-based educational aid under the antitrust 
laws. 
APRIL 10, 2008 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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‘‘SEC. 179F. ENERGY EFFICIENT LOW-RISE BUILDINGS DE-
DUCTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be allowed as a de-
duction an amount equal to the amount of qualified energy 
efficiency expenditures paid or incurred by the taxpayer 
during the taxable year. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount allowed as a 
credit under subsection (a) with respect to any 
dwelling unit shall not exceed the product of— 
‘‘(A) the qualified energy savings achieved, 
and 
‘‘(B) $12,000. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM AMOUNT OF QUALIFIED ENERGY 
SAVINGS.—No credit shall be allowed under sub-
section (a) with respect to any dwelling unit in a 
qualified low-rise building which achieves a qualified 
energy savings of less than 20 percent. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED ENERGY EFFICIENCY EXPENDI-
TURES.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified energy 
efficiency expenditures’ means any amount paid or 
incurred which is related to producing qualified en-
ergy savings in any dwelling unit located in a quali-
fied low-rise building of the taxpayer which is lo-
cated in the United States. 
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‘‘(2) NO DOUBLE BENEFIT FOR CERTAIN EX-
PENDITURES.—The term ‘qualified energy efficiency 
expenditures’ shall not include any expenditure for 
any property for which a deduction has been allowed 
to the taxpayer under section 179G. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED
LOW-RISE
BUILDING.—The 
term ‘qualified low-rise building’ means a building— 
‘‘(A) with respect to which depreciation is 
allowable under section 167, 
‘‘(B) which is used for multifamily hous-
ing, and 
‘‘(C) which is not within the scope of 
Standard 90.1–2001 (as defined under section 
179D(c)(2)). 
‘‘(d) QUALIFIED ENERGY SAVINGS.—For purposes of 
this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified energy 
savings’ means, with respect to any dwelling unit in 
a qualified low-rise building, the amount (measured 
as a percentage) by which— 
‘‘(A) the annual energy use with respect to 
such dwelling unit after qualified energy effi-
ciency expenditures are made, as certified under 
paragraph (2), is less than 
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‘‘(B) the annual energy use with respect to 
such dwelling unit before the qualified energy 
efficiency expenditures were made, as certified 
under paragraph (2). 
In determining annual energy use under subpara-
graph (B), any energy efficiency improvements 
which are not attributable to qualified energy effi-
ciency expenditures shall be disregarded. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall 
prescribe the procedures and method for the 
making of certifications under this paragraph 
based on the Residential Energy Services Net-
work (RESNET) Technical Guidelines in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.—Any cer-
tification made under this paragraph may only 
be made by an individual who is recognized by 
an organization certified by the Secretary for 
such purposes. 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this section, 
rules similar to the rules under paragraphs (8) and (9) 
of section 25D(e) shall apply. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5316 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recovery rebates 
to certain individuals receiving Social Security or certain veterans benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2008 
Mr. WALZ of Minnesota 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 provide 
recovery rebates to certain individuals receiving Social 
Security or certain veterans benefits. 
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 ‘‘Universal Economic 
Stimulus Act of 2008’’. 
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‘‘(II) as a Head Start teacher for 5 
consecutive complete program years under 
the Head Start Act; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) if employed as an elementary 
school or secondary school teacher, is highly 
qualified as defined in section 9101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
or meets the requirements of subsection (g)(3); 
and 
‘‘(II) if employed as a Head Start teacher, 
has demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills 
in reading, writing, early childhood develop-
ment, and other areas of a preschool cur-
riculum, with a focus on cognitive learning; 
and’’; 
(B) in subsection (g), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(4) HEAD START.—An individual shall be eli-
gible for loan forgiveness under this section for serv-
ice described in subclause (II) of subsection 
(b)(l)(A)(i) only if such individual received a bacca-
laureate or graduate degree on or after the date of 
enactment of the Loan Forgiveness for Head Start 
Teachers Act of 2007.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2011 and succeeding fiscal years 
to carry out loan repayment under this section for service 
described in subclause (II) of subsection (b)(1)(A)(i).’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FFEL PROGRAM.—Section 428J of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10) 
is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or 
fifth complete program year’’ after ‘‘fifth com-
plete school year of teaching’’; 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(b)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(1)(A)(i)’’; 
(C) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)(1)(A)(i)’’; and 
(D) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘except 
as part of the term ‘program year’,’’ before 
‘‘where’’. 
(2) DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM.—Section 460 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087j) is amended— 
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(A) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or 
fifth complete program year’’ after ‘‘fifth com-
plete school year of teaching’’; 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(b)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(1)(A)(i)(I)’’; 
(C) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)(1)(A)(i)(I)’’; and 
(D) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘except 
as part of the term ‘program year’,’’ before 
‘‘where’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 177 
To provide that no funds made available to the Department of the Treasury 
may be used to implement, administer, or enforce regulations to require 
specific licenses for travel-related transactions directly related to edu-
cational activities in Cuba. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on For-
eign Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide that no funds made available to the Department 
of the Treasury may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce regulations to require specific licenses for trav-
el-related transactions directly related to educational ac-
tivities in Cuba. 
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 ‘‘Pursuit of Inter-
national Education (PIE) Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT, AD-
MINISTER, OR ENFORCE REGULATIONS TO 
REQUIRE SPECIFIC LICENSES FOR TRAVEL- 
RELATED 
TRANSACTIONS 
DIRECTLY 
RE-
LATED 
TO 
EDUCATIONAL 
ACTIVITIES 
IN 
CUBA. 
(a) LIMITATION.—No funds made available to the 
Department of the Treasury may be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce the amendments made to para-
graphs (a) and (b) of section 515.565 of title 31, Code 
of Federal Regulations (relating to specific licenses for 
United States academic institutions and other specific li-
censes), as published in the Federal Register on June 16, 
2004 (69 Fed. Reg. 33772). 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to the implementation, administration, or 
enforcement of section 515.560(c)(3) of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
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H. Res. 283
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
November 8, 2001.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is
hereby, elected to the following standing committees of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Mr. Jeff Miller of
Florida.
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS: Mr. Jeff Miller of
Florida.
Attest:
Clerk.
serting after subparagraph (L) the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(M) expenditures for which a deduction is 
allowed under section 179G.’’. 
(2) Section 312(k)(3)(B), as amended by sec-
tion 203, is amended by striking ‘‘179, 179A, 179B, 
179C, 179D, 179E, or 179F’’ each place it appears 
in the heading and text and inserting ‘‘179, 179A, 
179B, 179C, 179D, 179E, 179F, or 179G’’. 
(3) Section 1016(a), as amended by section 
203, is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
paragraph (38), by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (39) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(40) to the extent provided in section 
179G(e).’’. 
(4) Section 1245(a), as amended by section 203 
is amended by inserting ‘‘179G,’’ after ‘‘179F,’’ both 
places it appears in paragraphs (2)(C) and (3)(C). 
(5) The table of sections for part VI of sub-
chapter B is amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 179F the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 179G. Energy efficient property.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service in 
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taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 217. CREDIT FOR ENERGY SAVINGS CERTIFICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 45O. ENERGY SAVINGS CERTIFICATION CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38, the 
energy savings certification credit determined under this 
section for any taxable year is an amount equal to the 
sum of— 
‘‘(1) the qualified training and certification 
costs paid or incurred by the taxpayer which may be 
taken into account for such taxable year, plus 
‘‘(2) the qualified certification equipment ex-
penditures paid or incurred by the taxpayer which 
may be taken into account for such taxable year. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED
TRAINING
AND
CERTIFICATION 
COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified train-
ing and certification costs’ means costs paid or in-
curred for training which is required for the tax-
payer or employees of the taxpayer to be certified by 
the Secretary under section 25D(d)(2)(B) or 
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179F(d)(2)(B) for the purpose of certifying energy 
savings. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The qualified training and 
certification costs taken into account under sub-
section (a)(1) for the taxable year with respect to 
any individual shall not exceed $500 reduced by the 
amount of the credit allowed under subsection (a)(1) 
to the taxpayer (or any predecessor) with respect to 
such individual for all prior taxable years. 
‘‘(3) YEAR
COSTS
TAKEN
INTO
ACCOUNT.— 
Qualified training and certifications costs with re-
spect to any individual shall not be taken into ac-
count under subsection (a)(1) before the taxable 
year in which the individual with respect to whom 
such costs are paid or incurred has performed 25 
certifications under sections 25E(d)(2)(A) and 
179F(d)(2)(A). 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION EQUIPMENT EX-
PENDITURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified train-
ing equipment expenditures’ means costs paid or in-
curred for— 
‘‘(A) blower doors, 
‘‘(B) duct leakage testing equipment, 
‘‘(C) flue gas combustion equipment, and 
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‘‘(D) digital manometers. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The qualified certifi-
cation equipment expenditures taken into ac-
count under subsection (a)(2) with respect to 
any taxpayer for any taxable year shall not ex-
ceed $1,000. 
‘‘(B) 
LIMITATION
ON
INDIVIDUAL 
ITEMS.—The qualified certification equipment 
expenditures taken into account under sub-
section (a)(2) shall not exceed— 
‘‘(i) $500 with respect to any blower 
door or duct leakage testing equipment, 
and 
‘‘(ii) $100 with respect to any flue gas 
combustion equipment or digital manom-
eter. 
‘‘(3) YEAR
EXPENDITURES
TAKEN
INTO
AC-
COUNT.—The qualified certification equipment ex-
penditures of any taxpayer shall not be taken into 
account under subsection (a)(2) before the taxable 
year in which the taxpayer has performed 25 certifi-
cations 
under 
sections 
25E(d)(2)(A) 
and 
179F(d)(2)(A). 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES.— 
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