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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq., and the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., $15,665,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal
lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Departmental Administration, $37,398,000, to
provide for necessary expenses for management support
services to offices of the Department and for general ad-
ministration and disaster management of the Department,
repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies
and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for
the practical and efficient work of the Department, includ-
ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5
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U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for
travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re-
quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $2,993,000, to remain available
until expended.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to
carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro-
grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison
within the executive branch, $3,718,000: Provided, That
these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per-
sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no other
funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall
be available to the Department for support of activities
of congressional relations.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,
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for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the
coordination of information, work, and programs author-
ized by Congress in the Department, $8,975,000, includ-
ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000
may be used for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$71,429,000, including such sums as may be necessary for
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978, including not to exceed
$50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and includ-
ing not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper-
ational expenses, including the payment of informants, to
be expended under the direction of the Inspector General
pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Pub-
lic Law 97–98.
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OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $32,937,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco-
nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul-
tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service,
and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex-
tension Service, $578,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research
Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $67,620,000: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em-
ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta-
tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur-
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‘‘(e) The Administrator shall work with the Adminis-
trator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
and with other offices within the Office of Management 
and Budget to oversee implementation of electronic Gov-
ernment under this chapter, chapter 35, the E-Govern-
ment Act of 2002, and other relevant statutes, in a man-
ner consistent with law, relating to—
‘‘(1) capital planning and investment control for 
information technology; 
‘‘(2) the development of enterprise architec-
tures; 
‘‘(3) information security; 
‘‘(4) privacy; 
‘‘(5) access to, dissemination of, and preserva-
tion of Government information; 
‘‘(6) accessibility of information technology for 
persons with disabilities; and 
‘‘(7) other areas of electronic Government. 
‘‘(f) Subject to requirements of this chapter, the Ad-
ministrator shall assist the Director by performing elec-
tronic Government functions as follows: 
‘‘(1) Advise the Director on the resources re-
quired to develop and effectively administer elec-
tronic Government initiatives.
Calendar No. 263
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2336
[Report No. 107–111]
AN ACT
To make permanent the authority to redact finan-
cial disclosure statements of judicial employees
and judicial officers.
DECEMBER 7, 2001
Reported without amendment
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2334
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to dedicate revenues from
recent tobacco tax increases for use in buying out tobacco quota.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 2001
Mr. BURR of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. JONES of North Carolina)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to dedicate
revenues from recent tobacco tax increases for use in
buying out tobacco quota.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TOBACCO FARMER TRUST FUND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to trust fund
code) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 9511. TOBACCO FARMER TRUST FUND.
‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund
to be known as the ‘Tobacco Farmer Trust Fund’, con-
sisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or cred-
ited to such Trust Fund as provided in this section or sec-
tion 9602(b).
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here-
by appropriated to the Tobacco Farmer Trust Fund
amounts equivalent to the taxes received after the date
of the enactment of this section in the Treasury under
chapter 52 (relating to cigars, cigarettes, smokeless to-
bacco, pipe tobacco, and cigarette papers and tubes) to
the extent such amounts exceed the amounts that would
have been received under the rates of tax that applied for
1999.
‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in the Tobacco
Farmer Trust Fund shall be available, as provided in ap-
propriation Acts, only for purposes of making expendi-
tures to carry out a program established by the Secretary
of Agriculture to buyout tobacco quota and to study the
future of growing tobacco in the United States.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
‘‘Sec. 9511. Tobacco Farmer Trust Fund.’’
SEC. 2. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON FUTURE OF GROWING
TOBACCO IN THE UNITED STATES.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) there should be an advisory committee to
advise the Secretary of Agriculture as to how the
Federal Government plans to address tobacco grow-
ing in the future and how the future can be more
predictable and stable for tobacco growing in the
United States, and
(2) such committee should be composed of rep-
resentatives appointed by the Majority Leader of the
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, and the President.
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‘‘(f)(1) The Director shall report annually to Con-
gress on the operation of the Fund, through the report 
established under section 3606. 
‘‘(2) The report under paragraph (1) shall describe—
‘‘(A) all projects which the Director has ap-
proved for funding from the Fund; and 
‘‘(B) the results that have been achieved to date 
for these funded projects. 
‘‘(g)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Fund—
‘‘(A) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; 
‘‘(B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
‘‘(C) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
‘‘(D) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 
‘‘(E) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 
2007. 
‘‘(2) Funds appropriated under this subsection shall 
remain available until expended. 
‘‘§ 3605. Program to encourage innovative solutions 
to enhance electronic Government serv-
ices and processes 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish and promote a Governmentwide pro-
gram to encourage contractor innovation and excellence in
In the Senate of the United States,
December 11, 2001.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2336) entitled ‘‘An Act to make permanent the
authority to redact financial disclosure statements of judicial
employees and judicial officers.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF SUNSET PROVISION.
Section 105(b)(3)(E) of the Ethics in Government Act
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ‘‘2001’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2005’’.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to extend for
4 years, through December 31, 2005, the authority to re-
dact financial disclosure statements of judicial employees
and judicial officers.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2336
AN ACT
To make permanent the authority to redact finan-
cial disclosure statements of judicial employees
and judicial officers.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2336
AN ACT
To make permanent the authority to redact financial disclo-
sure statements of judicial employees and judicial offi-
cers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.
Section 105(b)(3)(E) of the Ethics in Government
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is repealed.
Passed the House of Representatives October 16,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2336
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
An Act
To extend for 4 years, through December 31, 2005, the authority to redact financial
disclosure statements of judicial employees and judicial officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section
105(b)(3)(E) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.) is amended by striking ‘‘2001’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘2005’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
through service or otherwise, of the initial written notice
of the class action.
‘‘(e) REVIEW OF ORDERS REMANDING CLASS AC-
TIONS
TO STATE COURTS.—The provisions of section
1447 shall apply to any removal of a case under this sec-
tion, except that, notwithstanding the provisions of section
1447(d), an order remanding a class action to the State
court from which it was removed shall be reviewable by
appeal or otherwise.
‘‘(f) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any
class action brought by shareholders that solely involves—
‘‘(1) a claim concerning a covered security as
defined under section 16(f)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933 and section 28(f)(5)(E) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934;
‘‘(2) a claim that relates to the internal affairs
or governance of a corporation or other form of busi-
ness enterprise and arises under or by virtue of the
laws of the State in which such corporation or busi-
ness enterprise is incorporated or organized; or
‘‘(3) a claim that relates to the rights, duties
(including fiduciary duties), and obligations relating
to or created by or pursuant to any security (as de-
fined under section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933 and the regulations issued thereunder).’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2336
To make permanent the authority to redact financial disclosure statements
of judicial employees and judicial officers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 2001
Mr. COBLE (for himself and Mr. BERMAN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To make permanent the authority to redact financial disclo-
sure statements of judicial employees and judicial offi-
cers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.
Section 105(b)(3)(E) of the Ethics in Government
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is repealed.
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IIB
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2336
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 17, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To make permanent the authority to redact financial disclo-
sure statements of judicial employees and judicial offi-
cers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.
Section 105(b)(3)(E) of the Ethics in Government
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is repealed.
Passed the House of Representatives October 16,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
IB
Union Calendar No. 142
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2336
[Report No. 107–239]
To make permanent the authority to redact financial disclosure statements
of judicial employees and judicial officers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 2001
Mr. COBLE (for himself and Mr. BERMAN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
OCTOBER 12, 2001
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To make permanent the authority to redact financial
disclosure statements of judicial employees and judicial
officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.
Section 105(b)(3)(E) of the Ethics in Government
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is repealed.
Union Calendar No. 142
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2336
[Report No. 107–239]
A BILL
To make permanent the authority to redact finan-
cial disclosure statements of judicial employees
and judicial officers.
OCTOBER 12, 2001
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Calendar No. 263
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2336
[Report No. 107–111]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 17, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
DECEMBER 7, 2001
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment
AN ACT
To make permanent the authority to redact financial disclo-
sure statements of judicial employees and judicial offi-
cers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.
Section 105(b)(3)(E) of the Ethics in Government
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is repealed.
‘‘§ 1717. Definitions
‘‘In this chapter—
‘‘(1) CLASS ACTION.—The term ‘class action’
means any civil action filed in a district court of the
United States pursuant to rule 23 of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure or any civil action that is
removed to a district court of the United States that
was originally filed pursuant to a State statute or
rule of judicial procedure authorizing an action to be
brought by one or more representatives on behalf of
a class.
‘‘(2) CLASS COUNSEL.—The term ‘class coun-
sel’ means the persons who serve as the attorneys
for the class members in a proposed or certified
class action.
‘‘(3) CLASS MEMBERS.—The term ‘class mem-
bers’ means the persons who fall within the defini-
tion of the proposed or certified class in a class ac-
tion.
‘‘(4) PLAINTIFF
CLASS
ACTION.—The term
‘plaintiff class action’ means a class action in which
class members are plaintiffs.
‘‘(5) PROPOSED SETTLEMENT.—The term ‘pro-
posed settlement’ means an agreement that resolves
claims in a class action, that is subject to court ap-
resented in commerce, as a means of preventing the
unintentional discharge of a handgun.
(2) The terms ‘‘licensed importer’’, ‘‘licensed
manufacturer’’, ‘‘licensed dealer’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and
‘‘handgun’’ have the meanings given in paragraphs
(9), (10), (11), (18), and (29), respectively, of sec-
tion 921(a) of title 18, United States Code.
TITLE III—EDUCATION
PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. PORTION OF FIREARMS TAX REVENUE TO BE
USED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION ON SAFE
STORAGE OF FIREARMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, an amount equal to 2 percent of the net reve-
nues received in the Treasury from the tax imposed by
section 4181 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relat-
ing to firearms) for each of the first 5 fiscal years begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be
available, as provided in appropriation Acts, to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to carry out public education pro-
grams on the safe storage and use of firearms. Amounts
otherwise transferred or made available for any other pur-
pose by reason of such tax shall be reduced by the
amounts made available to such Secretary under the pre-
ceding sentence.
(b) NET REVENUES.—For purposes of subsection
(a), the term ‘‘net revenues’’ means, with respect to the
tax imposed by such section 4181, the amount estimated
by the Secretary of the Treasury based on the excess of—
(1) the taxes received in the Treasury under
such section, over
(2) the decrease in the tax imposed by chapter
1 of such Code resulting from such tax.
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facilitating the development and enhancement of electronic 
Government services and processes. 
‘‘(b) ISSUANCE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS SEEKING INNO-
VATIVE SOLUTIONS.—Under the program, the Adminis-
trator, in consultation with the Council and the Adminis-
trator for Federal Procurement Policy, shall issue an-
nouncements seeking unique and innovative solutions to 
facilitate the development and enhancement of electronic 
Government services and processes. 
‘‘(c) 
MULTIAGENCY
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE 
TEAM.—(1) The Administrator, in consultation with the 
Council and the Administrator for Federal Procurement 
Policy, shall convene a multiagency technical assistance 
team to assist in screening proposals submitted to the Ad-
ministrator to provide unique and innovative solutions to 
facilitate the development and enhancement of electronic 
Government services and processes. The team shall be 
composed of employees of the agencies represented on the 
Council who have expertise in scientific and technical dis-
ciplines that would facilitate the assessment of the feasi-
bility of the proposals. 
‘‘(2) The technical assistance team shall—
‘‘(A) assess the feasibility, scientific and tech-
nical merits, and estimated cost of each proposal; 
and
(2) Paragraph (1) of section 4975(e) is amend-
ed by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as
subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively, and by in-
serting after subparagraph (D) the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(E) a FFARRM Account described in
section 468C(d),’’.
(d) FAILURE TO PROVIDE REPORTS ON FFARRM
ACCOUNTS.—Paragraph (2) of section 6693(a) (relating
to failure to provide reports on certain tax-favored ac-
counts or annuities) is amended by redesignating subpara-
graphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), re-
spectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) 
section 
468C(g) 
(relating 
to
FFARRM Accounts),’’.
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for subpart C of part II of subchapter E of chapter 1 is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section
468B the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 468C. Farm, Fishing and Ranch Risk Management Ac-
counts.’’.
(f ) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2001.
SEC. 3. WRITTEN AGREEMENT RELATING TO EXCLUSION
OF CERTAIN FARM RENTAL INCOME FROM
NET EARNINGS FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT.
(a) 
INTERNAL
REVENUE
CODE.—Section
1402(a)(1)(A) (relating to net earnings from self-employ-
ment) is amended by striking ‘‘an arrangement’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a lease agreement’’.
(b) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 211(a)(1)(A) of
the Social Security Act is amended by striking ‘‘an ar-
rangement’’ and inserting ‘‘a lease agreement’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2001.
SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF CONSERVATION RESERVE PRO-
GRAM PAYMENTS AS RENTALS FROM REAL
ESTATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1402(a)(1) (defining net
earnings from self-employment) is amended by inserting
‘‘and including payments under section 1233(2) of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3833(2))’’ after
‘‘crop shares’’.
(b) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 211(a)(1) of
the Social Security Act is amended by inserting ‘‘and in-
cluding payments under section 1233(2) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3833(2))’’ after ‘‘crop
shares’’.