datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
315 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 
(2) REPORTS ON DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 
Not later than 30 months after the commencement 
of any demonstration project under subsection (e), 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report on the demonstra-
tion project. The report shall include a description of 
the project, the results of the evaluation under sub-
section (e)(6) with respect to the project, and a de-
scription of plans for the further provision of serv-
ices for eligible dependents under the project. 
(h) COVERED
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
PLAN.— 
After completing the assessment required by subsection 
(a) and the report required by subsection (g)(1), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall develop a plan that would ensure 
that all eligible dependents are able to obtain covered edu-
cational services. In the event that eligible members are 
assigned to military installations that are not identified 
in the report required by subsection (g)(1), the plan 
should ensure that such eligible dependents are still able 
to obtain covered educational services, including by the use 
of authority granted to the Secretary under section 2164 
of title 10, United States Code. The plan shall also include
122 
HR 2123 PCS 
all full-time employees who provide direct services to chil-
dren.’’. 
SEC. 20. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EVALUATION. 
(a) 
NEW
IDEAS
AND
APPROACHES.—Section 
649(a)(1)(B) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
9844(a)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) use the Head Start programs to de-
velop, test, and disseminate new ideas and ap-
proaches based on existing scientifically based 
research, for addressing the needs of low-in-
come preschool children (including children with 
disabilities and children determined to be 
abused or neglected) and their families and 
communities (including demonstrations of inno-
vative non-center based program models such as 
home-based and mobile programs), and other-
wise to further the purposes of this sub-
chapter.’’. 
(b) STUDY.—Section 649(d) of the Head Start Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9844(d) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (9) by striking the semicolon 
and inserting a period; 
(3) by striking paragraph (10); and
SEC. 4. CERTIFICATIONS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT CON-
TRIBUTIONS. 
(a) 
SUPPLEMENTAL
GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon such showing as the 
Executive Director may require to establish the basis 
for certification, the Executive Director shall, with 
respect to each eligible account holder, certify to the 
Secretary of the Treasury the supplemental amount 
with respect to such account holder. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
ACCOUNT
HOLDER.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible account 
holder’’ means an account holder of a KIDS Ac-
count who, for the last taxable year ending before 
such account holder’s certification under section 
3(b), has a modified adjusted gross income which is 
below the applicable national median adjusted gross 
income amount. 
(3) SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
Act, the term ‘‘supplemental amount’’ means 
$500. 
(B) INCOME PHASE-OUT.—With respect to 
any account holder who has a modified adjusted 
gross income for the last taxable year ending 
before such account holder’s certification under
section 3(b) which is in excess of 50 percent of 
the applicable national median adjusted gross 
income amount, the $500 amount in subpara-
graph (A) shall be reduced (but not below zero) 
by an amount which bears the same ratio to 
$500 as such excess bears to 50 percent of the 
applicable national median adjusted gross in-
come amount. 
(C) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—For each fifth cal-
endar year beginning after 2006, each of 
the $500 amounts under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) shall be increased by such dol-
lar amount multiplied by the cost-of-living 
adjustment 
determined 
under 
section 
1(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 determined by substituting ‘‘calendar 
year 2005’’ for ‘‘calendar year 1992’’ in 
subparagraph (B) thereof. 
(ii) ROUNDING.—If any amount ad-
justed under clause (i) is not a multiple of 
$50, such amount shall be rounded to the 
next lowest multiple of $50. 
(b) GOVERNMENT MATCHING CONTRIBUTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon such showing as the 
Executive Director may require to establish the basis 
for certification, the Executive Director shall, with 
respect to each private contribution to the account 
of an account holder which is made before such ac-
count holder attains age 18, certify to the Secretary 
of the Treasury the matching amount with respect 
to such contribution. 
(2) MATCHING AMOUNT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
subsection, 
the 
term 
‘‘matching 
amount’’ 
means, with respect to the first $1,000 of pri-
vate contributions to an account during any cal-
endar year, an amount equal to 100 percent of 
such contribution. 
(B) INCOME PHASE-OUT.—With respect to 
any account holder who has a modified adjusted 
gross income for the last taxable year ending 
before such contribution which is in excess of 
100 percent of the applicable national median 
adjusted gross income amount, the $1,000 
amount in subparagraph (A) shall be reduced 
(but not below zero) by an amount which bears 
the same ratio to $1,000 as such excess bears
filed under paragraph (1) in the same manner as such
section applies to a claim arising under section 717 of
such Act.
‘‘(d)(1) If an individual aggrieved by a violation of
this section does not file a complaint under subsection
(c)(1), such individual may commence a civil action—
‘‘(A) not less than 30 days after filing with the
Commission a notice of intent to commence such ac-
tion; and
‘‘(B) not more than 2 years after the alleged
violation of this section occurs;
in an appropriate district court of the United States for
de novo review of such violation.
‘‘(2) On receiving such notice, the Commission
shall—
‘‘(A) promptly notify all persons named in such
notice as prospective defendants in such action; and
‘‘(B) take any appropriate action to ensure the
elimination of any unlawful practice.
‘‘(3) Sections 717(m) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(42 U.S.C. 2000e–16(m)) shall apply to civil actions com-
menced under this subsection in the same manner as such
section applies to civil actions commenced under section
717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.’’.
‘‘(8) to comply with such other terms and con-
ditions as the Secretary may establish to carry out 
this subtitle in an effective and efficient manner.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c); 
(3) in the first sentence of subsection (c) (as so 
redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection), by 
striking ‘‘recipient’’ and inserting ‘‘recipient or 
project sponsor’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (e); 
(5) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and 
(h), as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; 
(6) in the first sentence of subsection (e) (as so 
redesignated by paragraph (5) of this section), by 
striking ‘‘recipient’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘recipient or project sponsor’’; 
(7) by striking subsection (i); and 
(8) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (g). 
SEC. 305. SELECTION CRITERIA, ALLOCATION AMOUNTS, 
AND FUNDING. 
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is 
amended— 
(1) by repealing section 429 (42 U.S.C. 11389); 
and 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
04:20 Apr 07, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00071
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1877.IH
H1877
rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with BILLS
361 
‘‘§ 408a. Travel and transportation allowances: inac-
tive duty training outside of normal com-
muting distances 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary con-
cerned may reimburse an eligible member of the Selected 
Reserve of the Ready Reserve for travel expenses for travel 
to an inactive duty training location to perform inactive 
duty training when the member is required to commute 
a distance from the member’s permanent residence to the 
inactive duty training location that is outside the normal 
commuting distance (as determined under the regulations 
prescribed under subsection (d)) for that commute. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—To be eligible for reim-
bursement under subsection (a), a member of the Selected 
Reserve of the Ready Reserve must be— 
‘‘(1) qualified in a skill designated as critically 
short by the Secretary concerned; 
‘‘(2) assigned to a unit of the Selected Reserve 
with a critical manpower shortage or in a pay grade 
in the member’s reserve component with a critical 
manpower shortage; or 
‘‘(3) assigned to a unit or position that is dis-
established or relocated as a result of defense base 
closure or realignment or another force structure re-
allocation.
123 
HR 2123 PCS 
(4) by striking the last sentence. 
(c) EXPERT PANEL.—Section 649(g) of the Head 
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9844(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) by striking clause (i); and 
(B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 
as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and 
(2) in paragraph (7)(C)(i) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) Not later than September 30, 
2007, the Secretary shall transmit to the 
committees specified in clause (ii) the final 
report.’’. 
(d) NAS STUDY.—Section 649(h) of the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9844(h)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) NAS STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
funds allocated in section 640(a)(2)(C)(iii) to con-
tract with the National Academy of Sciences for the 
Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Na-
tional Research Council to establish an independent 
panel of experts to review and synthesize research, 
theory and applications in the social, behavioral and 
biological sciences and to make recommendations on
the species and may require special manage-
ment considerations or protection; and 
‘‘(ii) areas that are not within the geographical 
area referred to in clause (i)(I) and that the Sec-
retary determines are essential for the survival of 
the species at the time the areas are designated as 
critical habitat in accordance with section 4.’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesig-
nating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i) the term 
‘geographical area determined by field survey data to be 
occupied by the species’ means the specific area that, at 
the time the area is designated as critical habitat in ac-
cordance with section 4, is being used by the species for 
breeding, feeding, sheltering, or another essential behav-
ioral pattern.’’.
Æ
of such account holders who have the rights with respect 
to such accounts under section 3(i). 
Æ
374 
‘‘(E) for months during fiscal year 2013, 
$90; and 
‘‘(F) for months after fiscal year 2013, 
$100. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The amount of the allow-
ance paid to an eligible survivor under paragraph 
(1) for any month may not exceed the amount of the 
annuity for that month that is subject to offset 
under subsection (c). 
‘‘(4) STATUS
OF
PAYMENTS.—An allowance 
paid under this subsection does not constitute an an-
nuity, and amounts so paid are not subject to ad-
justment under any other provision of law. 
‘‘(5) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The special survivor 
indemnity allowance shall be paid from amounts in 
the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund established under section 1461 of this title. 
‘‘(6) EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION.—This 
subsection shall only apply with respect to the 
month beginning on October 1, 2008, and subse-
quent months through the month ending on Feb-
ruary 28, 2016. Effective on March 1, 2016, the au-
thority provided by this subsection shall terminate. 
No special survivor indemnity allowance may be paid 
to any person by reason of this subsection for any
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 129 
To allow a waiver or exemption of certain requirements for restricted airspace 
if security is not reduced. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mrs. JONES of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To allow a waiver or exemption of certain requirements for 
restricted airspace if security is not reduced. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN RESTRICTED AIR SPACE WAIVER. 
Section 521(a)(2) of the Transportation, Treasury, 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 
(Public Law 108–199, div. F) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B)(v);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting the following: ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) to allow the operation of an aircraft 
participating in an air show in restricted air-
space if the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, determines that the safety of an event is 
not compromised.’’. 
Æ
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1768
To amend the provision of law establishing the Presidential 9/11 Heroes 
Medals of Valor to make certain technical corrections to carry out the 
intent of the provision. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005
Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself and Mr. CROWLEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the provision of law establishing the Presidential 
9/11 Heroes Medals of Valor to make certain technical 
corrections to carry out the intent of the provision.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That subsection (d) of section 124 (31 U.S.C. 5111 note) 
of division B of Public Law 108–447 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury for the Secretary to prepare 
and strike, on a reimbursable basis,’’ and inserting 
‘‘for striking’’; and
2 (2) by striking paragraph (3). O eHR 1768 IH
127 
HR 2123 PCS 
and the geographical distribution of such chil-
dren receiving such services; 
‘‘(B) the nature of the Head Start services 
and of the Early Head Start services provided 
to limited English proficient children and their 
families, including the types, content, duration, 
intensity, and costs of family services, language 
assistance, and educational services; 
‘‘(C) procedures in Head Start programs 
for assessing language needs and for making 
the transition of limited English proficient chil-
dren to kindergarten, including the extent to 
which Head Start programs meet the require-
ments of section 642A for limited English pro-
ficient children; 
‘‘(D) the qualifications and training pro-
vided to Head Start teachers and Early Head 
Start teachers who serve limited English pro-
ficient children and their families; 
‘‘(E) the rate of progress made by limited 
English proficient children and their families in 
Head Start programs and in Early Head Start 
programs, including— 
‘‘(i) the rate of progress made by lim-
ited English proficient children toward
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 12
To amend the Education Land Grant Act to require the Secretary of Agri-
culture to pay the costs of environmental reviews with respect to convey-
ances under that Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005
Mr. HAYWORTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Education Land Grant Act to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to pay the costs of environ-
mental reviews with respect to conveyances under that 
Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COSTS OF REVIEWS FOR CONVEYANCES UNDER 
EDUCATION LAND GRANT ACT. 
Section 202 of the Education Land Grant Act (16 
U.S.C. 479a) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(f) COSTS OF REVIEW.—The Secretary shall pay the 
costs of all actions required under section 102(2)(C) of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)) with respect to any conveyance under this 
section.’’.
Æ
128 
HR 2123 PCS 
meeting the additional educational stand-
ards described in section 641A(a)(1)(B)(ii) 
while enrolled in Head Start programs; 
‘‘(ii) the correlation between such 
progress and the type and quality of in-
struction and educational programs pro-
vided to limited English proficient children; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the correlation between such 
progress and the health and family services 
provided by Head Start programs to lim-
ited English proficient children and their 
families; and 
‘‘(F) the extent to which Head Start pro-
grams make use of funds under section 
640(a)(3) to improve the quality of Head Start 
services provided to limited English proficient 
children and their families.’’. 
(f) NATIONAL ASSESSMENET SYSTEM.—Section 649 
of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9834), as amended by 
subsection (d), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM.—The Secretary 
shall temporarily suspend the implementation of the Na-
tional Reporting System pending the completion of the
(1) To establish a national memorial to honor 
the final resting place of some of those lost at the 
World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. 
(2) To establish the memorial advisory commis-
sion to assist with consideration and formulation of 
plans for a permanent memorial to those lost at the 
World Trade Center, including its nature, design, 
and construction. 
(3) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to coordinate and facilitate the activities of the Me-
morial Advisory Commission and administer a vic-
tim’s memorial at the site of the Fresh Kills Landfill 
operation on Staten Island, New York. 
SEC. 3. MEMORIAL TO HONOR THE FINAL RESTING PLACE 
OF THOSE LOST AT THE WORLD TRADE CEN-
TER ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. 
There is established a memorial at the Staten Island 
recovery site to honor the final resting place of those lost 
at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. 
SEC. 4. ADVISORY COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com-
mission to be known as the ‘‘September 11th Heroes Me-
morial Park Advisory Commission’’ (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
grieved person may, in a civil action obtain declaratory 
or injunctive relief with respect to the violation. 
(3) If the violation occurred within 30 days before 
the date of an election for Federal office, the aggrieved 
person need not provide notice to the chief election official 
of the State under paragraph (1) before bringing a civil 
action to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief with re-
spect to the violation. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘correctional institution or facil-
ity’’ means any prison, penitentiary, jail, or other in-
stitution or facility for the confinement of individ-
uals convicted of criminal offenses, whether publicly 
or privately operated, except that such term does not 
include any residential community treatment center 
(or similar public or private facility); 
(2) the term ‘‘election’’ means—
(A) a general, special, primary, or runoff 
election; 
(B) a convention or caucus of a political 
party held to nominate a candidate; 
(C) a primary election held for the selec-
tion of delegates to a national nominating con-
vention of a political party; or
(D) a primary election held for the expres-
sion of a preference for the nomination of per-
sons for election to the office of President; and 
(3) the term ‘‘Federal office’’ means the office 
of President or Vice President of the United States, 
or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the 
United States. 
SEC. 6. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS. 
(a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit 
the States enacting any State law which affords the right 
to vote in any election for Federal office on terms less 
restrictive than those established by this Act. 
(b) The rights and remedies established by this Act 
are in addition to all other rights and remedies provided 
by law, and neither rights and remedies established by this 
Act shall supersede, restrict, or limit the application of 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) 
or the National Voter Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 1973–
gg). 
SEC. 7. FEDERAL PRISON FUNDS. 
No State, unit of local government, or other person 
may receive or use, to construct or otherwise improve a 
prison, jail, or other place of incarceration, any Federal 
grant amounts unless that person has in effect a program
under which each individual incarcerated in that person’s 
jurisdiction who is a citizen of the United States is noti-
fied, upon release from such incarceration, of that individ-
ual’s rights under section 3.
Æ
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall consist of 
15 members as follows: 
(1) The Director of the National Park Service, 
or the Director’s designee. 
(2) 7 members appointed by the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
(3) 5 members appointed by the Member of 
Congress representing the 13th Congressional Dis-
trict of the State of New York. 
(4) 1 member appointed by the mayor of the 
City of New York, New York. 
(5) 1 member appointed by the governor of the 
State of New York. 
(c) TERM.—The term of the members of the Commis-
sion shall be for the life of the Commission. 
(d) CHAIR.—The members of the Commission shall 
select the Chair of the Commission. 
(e) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commission 
shall not affect its powers if a quorum is present, but shall 
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 
(f) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the 
call of the Chairperson or a majority of the members, but 
not less often than quarterly. Notice of the Commission 
meetings and agendas for the meetings shall be published 
in local newspapers and in the Federal Register. Meetings
of the Commission shall be subject to section 552b of title 
5, United States Code (relating to open meetings). 
(g) QUORUM.—A majority of the members serving on 
the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of any business. 
(h) NO COMPENSATION.—Members of the Commis-
sion shall serve without compensation, but may be reim-
bursed for expenses incurred in carrying out the duties 
of the Commission. 
(i) DUTIES.—The Commission shall— 
(1) not later than 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, submit to the Secretary of 
the Interior and Congress a report containing rec-
ommendations for the planning, design, construc-
tion, and long-term management of a permanent me-
morial at the memorial site; 
(2) advise the Secretary of the Interior on the 
boundaries of the memorial site; 
(3) advise the Secretary of the Interior in the 
development of a management plan for the memo-
rial; 
(4) consult and coordinate closely with the city 
of New York, the State of New York, and other in-
terested parties, including coordination with the City
of New York’s Master Planning for the Fresh Kills 
Landfill site; 
(5) ensure a plan for adequate Federal funding 
of long-term operation and maintenance of the me-
morial; 
(6) provide significant opportunities for public 
participation in the planning and design of the me-
morial; and 
(7) officially name the memorial. 
(j) POWERS.—The Commission may— 
(1) make such expenditures for services and 
materials for the purpose of carrying out this Act as 
the Commission considers advisable from funds ap-
propriated or received as gifts for that purpose; 
(2) accept gifts to be used in carrying out this 
section or to be used in connection with the con-
struction or other expenses of the memorial; 
(3) hold hearings, enter into contracts for per-
sonal services and otherwise; 
(4) do such other things as are necessary to 
carry out this Act; and 
(5) by a vote of the majority of the Commis-
sion, delegate such of its duties as it determines ap-
propriate to employees of the National Park Service 
staff.