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property owners. I fully expect that as 

this measure continues through the 

legislative process, Congress will ensure that funding offsets are provided 

to it and every other spending measure 

as we work to restore fiscal discipline 

to Washington in a bipartisan manner. 

Fossil Creek is a unique Arizona 

treasure, and would benefit greatly 

from the protection and recognition offered through Wild and Scenic designation. 

By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and 

Mr. CORNYN): 

S. 49. A bill to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public 

corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law; to the Committee on Finance. 

Mr. LEAHY. Mr. Presdient, I am 

pleased to join with Senator CORNYN

once again to introduce the Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act 

of 2009, a bill that will strengthen and 

clarify key aspects of Federal criminal 

law and provide new tools to help investigators and prosecutors attack 

public corruption nationwide. 

The start of a new Congress presents 

a unique opportunity to restore the 

faith of the American people in their 

government. That is why I sought to 

offer an early version of this bill as my 

first amendment two years ago when 

that new Congress began. Regrettably, 

a Republican objection to it prevented 

its adoption at that time. 

As we have seen in recent months, 

public corruption can erode the trust 

the American people have in those who 

are given the privilege of public service. Too often, though, loopholes in existing laws have meant that corrupt 

conduct can go unchecked. 

Make no mistake: The stain of corruption has spread to all levels of government. This is a problem that victimizes every American by chipping 

away at the foundations of our democracy. Rooting out the kinds of public 

corruption that have resulted in convictions of members of both the Senate 

and the House, and many others, requires us to give prosecutors the tools 

and resources they need to investigate 

and prosecute criminal public corruption offenses. This bill will do exactly 

that. 

The bill Senator CORNYN and I introduce today will provide investigators 

and prosecutors more time and, even 

more crucially, more resources to pursue public corruption cases. It also 

amends several key statutes to broaden 

their application in corruption contexts and to prevent corrupt public officials and their accomplices from 

evading or defeating prosecution based 

on existing legal ambiguities. 

The bill provides significant and 

much-needed additional funding for 

public corruption enforcement. Since 

September 11, 2001, Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, FBI, resources have been 

shifted away from the pursuit of white 

collar crime to counterterrorism. Director Mueller has said that public corruption is among the FBI’s top investigative priorities, but a September 

2005 report by the Department of Justice Inspector General found that, from 

2000 to 2004, there was an overall reduction in public corruption matters handled by the FBI. More recently, a study 

by the research group Transactional 

Records Access Clearinghouse found 

that the prosecution of all kinds of 

white collar crimes is down 27 percent 

since 2000, and official corruption cases 

have dropped in the same period by 14 

percent. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2007 that the investigation of 

an elected Federal official stalled for 

six months because the investigating 

U.S. Attorney’s Office could not afford 

to replace the prosecutor who had previously handled the case. We must reverse this trend and make sure that 

law enforcement has the tools and the 

resources it needs to confront these serious and corrosive crimes. 

Efforts to combat terrorism and public corruption are not mutually exclusive. A bribed customs official who allows a terrorist to smuggle contraband 

into our country, or a corrupt consular 

officer who illegally supplies U.S. 

entry visas to would-be terrorists can 

cause grave harm to our national security. 

The bill also extends the statute of 

limitations from 5 to 6 years for the 

most serious public corruption offenses. Public corruption cases are 

among the most difficult and time-consuming cases to investigate. Bank 

fraud, arson and passport fraud, among 

other offenses, all have 10-year statutes 

of limitations. Public corruption offenses cut to the heart of our democracy. This modest increase to the statute of limitations is a reasonable step 

to help our corruption investigators 

and prosecutors do their jobs. 

This bill goes further by amending 

several key statutes to broaden their 

application in corruption and fraud 

contexts and to eliminate legal ambiguities that can hinder prosecution of 

serious corruption. The bill includes a 

fix to the gratuities statute that 

makes clear that public officials may 

not accept anything of value, other 

than what is permitted by existing 

rules and regulations, given to them 

because of their official position. This 

important provision contains appropriate safeguards to ensure that only 

corrupt conduct is prosecuted, but it 

puts teeth behind the ethical reforms 

the Senate adopted under the leadership of Senator Obama. 

The bill also appropriately clarifies 

the definition of what it means for a 

public official to perform an ‘‘official 

act’’ for the purposes of the bribery 

statute and closes several other gaps in 

current law. The bill adds two corruption-related crimes as predicates for 

the Federal wiretap and racketeering 

statutes, lowers the transactional 

amount required for Federal prosecution of bribery involving federallyfunded State programs, and expands 

the venue for perjury and obstruction 

of justice prosecutions. 

Finally, the bill raises the statutory 

maximum penalties for several laws 

dealing with official misconduct, including theft of Government property 

and bribery. These increases reflect the 

serious and corrosive nature of these 

crimes, and would harmonize the punishment for these crimes with other 

similar statutes. 

If we are serious about addressing the 

kinds of egregious misconduct that we 

have witnessed over the past several 

years in high-profile public corruption 

cases, Congress should enact meaningful legislation to give investigators and 

prosecutors the tools and resources 

they need to enforce our laws. Passing 

ethics and lobbying reform in the last 

Congress was a step in the right direction. Now we should finish the job by 

strengthening the criminal law to enable federal investigators and prosecutors to bring those who undermine the 

public trust to justice. I am disappointed that Republican objections 

prevented the full Senate from passing 

this critical bill early in the last Congress. I hope that this year all Senators will support this bipartisan bill 

and take firm action to stamp out intolerable corruption. 

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed 

in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be printed in 

the RECORD, as follows: 

S. 49 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act’’. 

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS 

FOR SERIOUS PUBLIC CORRUPTION 

OFFENSES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 18, 

United States Code, is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘§ 3299A. Corruption offenses 

‘‘Unless an indictment is returned or the 

information is filed against a person within 

6 years after the commission of the offense, 

a person may not be prosecuted, tried, or 

punished for a violation of, or a conspiracy 

or an attempt to violate the offense in— 

‘‘(1) section 201 or 666; 

‘‘(2) section 1341 or 1343, when charged in 

conjunction with section 1346 and where the 

offense involves a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services of a public official; 

‘‘(3) section 1951, if the offense involves extortion under color of official right; 

‘‘(4) section 1952, to the extent that the unlawful activity involves bribery; or 

‘‘(5) section 1962, to the extent that the 

racketeering activity involves bribery 

chargeable under State law, involves a violation of section 201 or 666, section 1341 or 1343, 

when charged in conjunction with section 

1346 and where the offense involves a scheme 

or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services of a public official, or section 1951, if the offense involves 

extortion under color of official right.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

sections at the beginning of chapter 213 of 

title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

adding at the end the following: 

‘‘3299A. Corruption offenses.’’. 


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(c) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The 

amendments made by this section shall not 

apply to any offense committed before the 

date of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF MAIL AND WIRE FRAUD 

STATUTES TO LICENCES AND OTHER 

INTANGIBLE RIGHTS. 

Sections 1341 and 1343 of title 18, United 

States Code, are each amended by striking 

‘‘money or property’’ and inserting ‘‘money, 

property, or any other thing of value’’. 

SEC. 4. VENUE FOR FEDERAL OFFENSES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The second undesignated 

paragraph of section 3237(a) of title 18, 

United States Code, is amended by adding 

before the period at the end the following: 

‘‘or in any district in which an act in furtherance of the offense is committed’’. 

(b) SECTION HEADING.—The heading for section 3237 of title 18, United States Code, is 

amended to read as follows: 

‘‘§ 3237. Offense taking place in more than 

one district’’. 

(c) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 211 of title 

18, United States Code, is amended so that 

the item relating to section 3237 reads as follows: 

‘‘3237. Offense taking place in more than one 

district.’’. 

SEC. 5. THEFT OR BRIBERY CONCERNING PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 

Section 666(a) of title 18, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by— 

(A) striking ‘‘anything of value’’ and inserting ‘‘any thing or things of value’’; and 

(B) striking ‘‘of $5,000 or more’’ and inserting ‘‘of $1,000 or more’’; 

(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

follows: 

‘‘(2) corruptly gives, offers, or agrees to 

give any thing or things of value to any person, with intent to influence or reward an 

agent of an organization or of a State, local 

or Indian tribal government, or any agency 

thereof, in connection with any business, 

transaction, or series of transactions of such 

organization, government, or agency involving anything of value of $1,000 or more;’’; and 

(3) in the matter following paragraph (2), 

by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 

years’’. 

SEC. 6. PENALTY FOR SECTION 641 VIOLATIONS. 

Section 641 of title 18, United States Code, 

is amended by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 years’’. 

SEC. 7. PENALTY FOR SECTION 201(b) VIOLATIONS. 

Section 201(b) of title 18, United States 

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fifteen years’’ 

and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 

SEC. 8. INCREASE OF MAXIMUM PENALTIES FOR 

CERTAIN PUBLIC CORRUPTION RELATED OFFENSES. 

(a) SOLICITATION OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 602(a) of title 18, United 

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘three 

years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 

(b) PROMISE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR POLITICAL

ACTIVITY.—Section 600 of title 18, United 

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘one 

year’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 

(c) DEPRIVATION OF EMPLOYMENT FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITY.—Section 601(a) of title 18, 

United States Code, is amended by striking 

‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 

(d) INTIMIDATION TO SECURE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 606 of title 18, United 

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘three 

years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 

(e) SOLICITATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS IN FEDERAL OFFICES.—Section 

607(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 

amended by striking ‘‘3 years’’ and inserting 

‘‘10 years’’. 

(f) COERCION OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Section 610 of title 18, 

United States Code, is amended by striking 

‘‘three years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 

SEC. 9. ADDITION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO 

THEFT OF PUBLIC MONEY OFFENSE. 

Section 641 of title 18, United States Code, 

is amended by inserting ‘‘the District of Columbia or’’ before ‘‘the United States’’ each 

place that term appears. 

SEC. 10. ADDITIONAL RICO PREDICATES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1961(1) of title 18, 

United States Code, is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘section 641 (relating to 

embezzlement or theft of public money, 

property, or records),’’ after ‘‘473 (relating to 

counterfeiting),’’; and 

(2) by inserting ‘‘section 666 (relating to 

theft or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds),’’ after ‘‘section 664 (relating to embezzlement from pension and welfare funds),’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 

1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is 

amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘section 641 (relating to 

public money, property, or records),’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘section 666 (relating to 

theft or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds),’’. 

SEC. 11. ADDITIONAL WIRETAP PREDICATES. 

Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States 

Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘section 641 

(relating to embezzlement or theft of public 

money, property, or records), section 666 (relating to theft or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds),’’ after ‘‘section 224 (bribery in sporting contests),’’. 

SEC. 12. CLARIFICATION OF CRIME OF ILLEGAL 

GRATUITIES. 

Section 201(c)(1) of title 18, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(1) by striking the matter before subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘otherwise than as 

provided by law for the proper discharge of 

official duty, or by rule or regulation—’’; 

(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after 

‘‘, or person selected to be a public official,’’ 

the following: ‘‘for or because of the official’s or person’s official position, or for or 

because of any official act performed or to be 

performed by such public official, former 

public official, or person selected to be a 

public official’’; and 

(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking all 

after ‘‘, anything of value personally,’’ and 

inserting ‘‘for or because of the official’s or 

person’s official position, or for or because of 

any official act performed or to be performed 

by such official or person;’’. 

SEC. 13. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF OFFICIAL ACT. 

Section 201(a)(3) of title 18, United States 

Code, is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(3) the term ‘official act’ means any action within the range of official duty, and 

any decision or action on any question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding or controversy, 

which may at any time be pending, or which 

may by law be brought before any public official, in such public official’s official capacity or in such official’s place of trust or profit. An official act can be a single act, more 

than one act, or a course of conduct.’’. 

SEC. 14. CLARIFICATION OF COURSE OF CONDUCT BRIBERY. 

Section 201 of title 18, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘anything 

of value’’ each place it appears and inserting 

‘‘any thing or things of value’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘anything 

of value’’ each place it appears and inserting 

‘‘any thing or things of value’’. 

SEC. 15. EXPANDING VENUE FOR PERJURY AND 

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE PROCEEDINGS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1512(i) of title 18, 

United States Code, is amended by striking 

‘‘A prosecution under this section or section 

1503’’ and inserting ‘‘A prosecution under 

this chapter’’. 

(b) PERJURY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 79 of title 18, 

United States Code, is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘§ 1624. Venue 

‘‘A prosecution under this chapter may be 

brought in the district in which the oath, 

declaration, certificate, verification, or 

statement under penalty of perjury is made 

or in which a proceeding takes place in connection with the oath, declaration, certificate, verification, or statement.’’. 

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

sections at the beginning of chapter 79 of 

title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

adding at the end the following: 

‘‘1624. Venue.’’. 

SEC. 16. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO INVESTIGATE AND 

PROSECUTE PUBLIC CORRUPTION 

OFFENSES. 

There are authorized to be appropriated to 

the Offices of the Inspectors General and the 

Department of Justice, including the United 

States Attorneys’ Offices, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division, 

$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009, 

2010, 2011, and 2012, to increase the number of 

personnel to investigate and prosecute public corruption offenses including sections 201, 

203 through 209, 641, 654, 666, 1001, 1341, 1343, 

1346, and 1951 of title 18, United States Code. 

SEC. 17. AMENDMENT OF THE SENTENCING 

GUIDELINES RELATING TO CERTAIN 

CRIMES. 

(a) DIRECTIVE TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.— 

Pursuant to its authority under section 

994(p) of title 28, United States Code, and in 

accordance with this section, the United 

States Sentencing Commission shall review 

and amend its guidelines and its policy 

statements applicable to persons convicted 

of an offense under sections 201, 641, and 666 

of title 18, United States Code, in order to reflect the intent of Congress that such penalties be increased in comparison to those 

currently provided by the guidelines and policy statements. 

(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out this 

section, the Commission shall— 

(1) ensure that the sentencing guidelines 

and policy statements reflect Congress’ intent that the guidelines and policy statements reflect the serious nature of the offenses described in subsection (a), the incidence of such offenses, and the need for an 

effective deterrent and appropriate punishment to prevent such offenses; 

(2) consider the extent to which the guidelines may or may not appropriately account 

for— 

(A) the potential and actual harm to the 

public and the amount of any loss resulting 

from the offense; 

(B) the level of sophistication and planning 

involved in the offense; 

(C) whether the offense was committed for 

purposes of commercial advantage or private 

financial benefit; 

(D) whether the defendant acted with intent to cause either physical or property 

harm in committing the offense; 

(E) the extent to which the offense represented an abuse of trust by the offender 

and was committed in a manner that undermined public confidence in the Federal, 

State, or local government; and 


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(F) whether the violation was intended to 

or had the effect of creating a threat to public health or safety, injury to any person or 

even death; 

(3) assure reasonable consistency with 

other relevant directives and with other sentencing guidelines; 

(4) account for any additional aggravating 

or mitigating circumstances that might justify exceptions to the generally applicable 

sentencing ranges; 

(5) make any necessary conforming 

changes to the sentencing guidelines; and 

(6) assure that the guidelines adequately 

meet the purposes of sentencing as set forth 

in section 3553(a)(2) of title 18, United States 

Code. 

By Mr. INOUYE: 

S. 50. A bill to amend chapter 81 of 

title 5, United States Code, to authorize the use of clinical social workers to 

conduct evaluations to determine 

work-related emotional and mental illnesses; to the Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs. 

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, today I 

introduce the Clinical Social Workers’ 

Recognition Act to correct a continuing problem in the Federal Employees Compensation Act. This bill 

will also provide clinical social workers the recognition they deserve as 

independent providers of quality mental health care services. 

Clinical social workers are authorized to independently diagnose and 

treat mental illnesses through public 

and private health insurance plans 

across the nation. However, Title V of 

the United States Code, does not permit the use of mental health evaluations conducted by clinical social 

workers for use as evidence in determining workers’ compensation claims 

brought by Federal employees. The bill 

I am introducing corrects this problem. 

It is a sad irony that Federal employees may select a clinical social worker 

through their health plans to provide 

mental health services, but may not go 

to this same professional for workers’ 

compensation evaluations. The failure 

to recognize the validity of evaluations 

provided by clinical social workers unnecessarily limits Federal employees’ 

selection of a provider to conduct the 

workers’ compensation mental health 

evaluations. Lack of this recognition 

may well impose an undue burden on 

federal employees where clinical social 

workers are the only available providers of mental health care. 

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed 

in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be printed in 

the RECORD, as follows: 

S. 50 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clinical Social Workers’ Recognition Act of 2009’’. 

SEC. 2. EXAMINATIONS BY CLINICAL SOCIAL 

WORKERS FOR FEDERAL WORKER 

COMPENSATION CLAIMS. 

Section 8101 of title 5, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and osteopathic practitioners’’ and inserting ‘‘osteopathic practitioners, and clinical social 

workers’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘osteopathic practitioners’’ and inserting ‘‘osteopathic practitioners, clinical social workers,’’. 

By Mr. INOUYE: 

S. 51. A bill to amend title 10, United 

States Code, to recognize the United 

States Military Cancer Institute as an 

establishment within the Uniformed 

Services University of the Health 

Sciences, to require the Institute to 

promote the health of members of the 

Armed Forces and their dependents by 

enhancing cancer research and treatment, to provide for a study of the epidemiological causes of cancer among 

various ethnic groups for cancer prevention and early detection efforts, and 

for other purposes; to the Committee 

on Armed Services. 

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, today, I 

am, again, introducing the United 

States Military Cancer Institute Research Collaborative Act. This legislation, twice passed by the Senate yet 

unsuccessful in the House, would formally establish the United States Military Cancer Institute, USMCI, and support the collaborative augmentation of 

research efforts in cancer epidemiology, prevention and control. Although the USMCI already exists as an 

informal collaborative effort, this bill 

will formally establish the institution 

with a mission of providing for the 

maintenance of health in the military 

by enhancing cancer research and 

treatment, and studying the epidemiological causes of cancer among various 

ethnic groups. By formally establishing 

the USMCI, it will be in a better position to unite military research efforts 

with other cancer research centers. 

Cancer prevention, early detection, 

and treatment are significant issues for 

the military population, thus the 

USMCI was organized to coordinate the 

existing military cancer assets. The 

USMCI has a comprehensive database 

of its beneficiary population of 9 million people. The military’s nationwide 

tumor registry, the Automated Central 

Tumor Registry, has acquired more 

than 180,000 cases in the last 14 years, 

and a serum repository of 30 million 

specimens from military personnel collected sequentially since 1987. This population is predominantly Caucasian, 

African-American, and Hispanic. 

The USMCI currently resides in the 

Washington, D.C., area, and its components are located at the National Naval 

Medical Center, the Malcolm Grow 

Medical Center, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and the Armed 

Forces Radiobiology Research Institute. There are more than 70 research 

workers, both active duty and Department of Defense civilian scientists, 

working in the USMCI. 

The Director of the USMCI, Dr. John 

Potter, intends to expand research activities to military medical centers 

across the nation. Special emphasis 

will be placed on the study of genetic 

and environmental factors in carcinogenesis among the entire population, 

including Asian, Caucasian, AfricanAmerican and Hispanic subpopulations. 

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed 

in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be printed in 

the RECORD, as follows: 

S. 51 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. THE UNITED STATES MILITARY CANCER INSTITUTE. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 104 of title 10, 

United States Code, is amended by adding at 

the end the following new section: 

‘‘§ 2118. United States Military Cancer Institute 

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) There is a United 

States Military Cancer Institute in the University. The Director of the United States 

Military Cancer Institute is the head of the 

Institute. 

‘‘(2) The Institute is composed of clinical 

and basic scientists in the Department of Defense who have an expertise in research, patient care, and education relating to oncology and who meet applicable criteria for participation in the Institute. 

‘‘(3) The components of the Institute include military treatment and research facilities that meet applicable criteria and are 

designated as affiliates of the Institute. 

‘‘(b) RESEARCH.—(1) The Director of the 

United States Military Cancer Institute 

shall carry out research studies on the following: 

‘‘(A) The epidemiological features of cancer, including assessments of the carcinogenic effect of genetic and environmental 

factors, and of disparities in health, inherent 

or common among populations of various 

ethnic origins. 

‘‘(B) The prevention and early detection of 

cancer. 

‘‘(C) Basic, translational, and clinical investigation matters relating to the matters 

described in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 

‘‘(2) The research studies under paragraph 

(1) shall include complementary research on 

oncologic nursing. 

‘‘(c) COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH.—The Director of the United States Military Cancer Institute shall carry out the research studies 

under subsection (b) in collaboration with 

other cancer research organizations and entities selected by the Institute for purposes 

of the research studies. 

‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—(1) Promptly after 

the end of each fiscal year, the Director of 

the United States Military Cancer Institute 

shall submit to the President of the University a report on the results of the research 

studies carried out under subsection (b). 

‘‘(2) Not later than 60 days after receiving 

the annual report under paragraph (1), the 

President of the University shall transmit 

such report to the Secretary of Defense and 

to Congress.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

sections at the beginning of chapter 104 of 

such title is amended by adding at the end 

the following new item: 

‘‘2118. United States Military Cancer Institute.’’. 

By Mr. INOUYE: 

S. 52. A bill to amend title XIX of the 

Social Security Act to provide 100 percent reimbursement for medical assistance provided to a Native Hawaiian 

through a Federally qualified health 


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