I think this is near the mid point. Exhausting work, this is!

18 SEC. 322. TAX INCENTIVES FOR INVESTMENT IN THE DIS-
19              TRICT OF COLUMBIA.
20      (a) DESIGNATION OF ZONE.—
21           (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section
22      1400 is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ both places it
23      appears and inserting ‘‘2009’’.
24           (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
25      by this subsection shall apply to periods beginning
26      after December 31, 2007.

Two more years of an undisclosed tax break to DC. If the ethics committee suspected this one came from a bribe, they would have to suspect everyone. It would be like an Agatha Christie mystery.

 7 SEC. 325. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DUTY SUS-
 8               PENSION ON WOOL PRODUCTS; WOOL RE-
 9               SEARCH FUND; WOOL DUTY REFUNDS.
10      (a) EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY DUTY REDUC-
11          TIONS.—Each of the following headings of the Har-
12 monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended
13 by striking the date in the effective period column and
14 inserting ‘‘12/31/2014’’:
15           (1) Heading 9902.51.11 (relating to fabrics of
16      worsted wool).
17           (2) Heading 9902.51.13 (relating to yarn of
18      combed wool).
19           (3) Heading 9902.51.14 (relating to wool fiber,
20      waste, garnetted stock, combed wool, or wool top).
21           (4) Heading 9902.51.15 (relating to fabrics of
22      combed wool).
23           (5) Heading 9902.51.16 (relating to fabrics of
24      combed wool).
(Page 296)
 1        (b) EXTENSION OF DUTY REFUNDS AND WOOL RE-
 2            SEARCH TRUST FUND.—
 3             (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002(c) of the Wool
 4        Suit and Textile Trade Extension Act of 2004 (Pub-
 5        lic Law 108–429; 118 Stat. 2603) is amended—
 6                   (A) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking
 7             ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’; and
 8                   (B) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking
 9             ‘‘through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2014’’.
10             (2) SUNSET.—Section 506(f) of the Trade and
11        Development Act of 2000 (Public 106–200; 114
12        Stat. 303 (7 U.S.C. 7101 note)) is amended by
13        striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’.

Because shepherds vote too.

16 SEC. 401. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR UNDERCOVER OP-
17               ERATIONS.
18      (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7608(c) (relating to rules
19 relating to undercover operations) is amended by striking
20 paragraph (6).
21      (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
22 this section shall apply to operations conducted after the
23 date of the enactment of this Act.

I'm kind of thinking it would be more helpful if they told us what paragraph 6 says. But...maybe it is classified. (My gut tells me this is not a provision to make us more secure.)

 1 SEC. 402. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR DISCLOSURE OF
 2               INFORMATION RELATING TO TERRORIST AC-
 3               TIVITIES.
 4      (a) DISCLOSURE OF RETURN INFORMATION TO AP-
 5         PRISE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OF TERRORIST ACTIVI-
 6         TIES.—Subparagraph (C) of section 6103(i)(3) is amend-
 7 ed by striking clause (iv).
 8      (b) DISCLOSURE UPON REQUEST OF INFORMATION
 9 RELATING  TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.—Paragraph (7) of
10 section 6103(i) is amended by striking subparagraph (E).
11      (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
12 this section shall apply to disclosures after the date of the
13 enactment of this Act.

This kind of feels like the one above. My guess is subparagraph E keeps Congress from learning some secrets they think they 'need to know'.

 6 SEC. 502. PROVISIONS RELATED TO FILM AND TELEVISION
 7               PRODUCTIONS.
 8      (a) EXTENSION  OF EXPENSING RULES FOR QUALI-
 9        FIED FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS.—Section
10 181(f) (relating to termination) is amended by striking
11 ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31,
12 2009’’.
13      (b) MODIFICATION  OF LIMITATION ON EXPENS-
14          ING.—Subparagraph (A) of section 181(a)(2) is amended
15 to read as follows:
16                 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall
17           not apply to so much of the aggregate cost of
18           any qualified film or television production as ex-
19           ceeds $15,000,000.’’.

This one goes on and on and on, with loads of incomprehensible details regarding striking actors and all that. (I feel sorry for the merely good looking and the homely actors, they must feel a bit left out.)

20 SEC. 503. EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX FOR CERTAIN
21             WOODEN ARROWS DESIGNED FOR USE BY
22             CHILDREN.
23     (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 4161(b)
24 is amended by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
(Page 301)
 1 paragraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A)
 2 the following new subparagraph:
 3                  ‘‘(B) EXEMPTION       FOR CERTAIN WOODEN
 4                        ARROW SHAFTS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not
 5             apply to any shaft consisting of all natural
 6             wood with no laminations or artificial means of
 7             enhancing the spine of such shaft (whether sold
 8             separately or incorporated as part of a finished
 9             or unfinished product) of a type used in the
10             manufacture of any arrow which after its as-
11             sembly—
12                       ‘‘(i) measures 5⁄16 of an inch or less in
13                  diameter, and
14                       ‘‘(ii) is not suitable for use with a bow
15                  described in paragraph (1)(A).’’.
16        (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
17 this section shall apply to shafts first sold after the date
18 of enactment of this Act.

This one is just plain wierd. Designed for use by children? And they have to have a diameter of 5/16" or less, and be unsuitable for use in a bow? If they aren't suitable for use in a bow, are they really arrows? Wouldn't it just be a sharp stick made of wood with no laminations, etc.?

This is a stellar example of why there needs to be a law that requires every provision of every bill to identify who put it in there. The ridicule factor alone from a provision like one this would probably singlehandedly reduce the crap added to bills by half.