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rected to use $500,000 to undertake the Bowie County Levee
Project, which is defined as Alternative B Local Sponsor
Option, in the Corps of Engineers document entitled Bowie
County Local Flood Protection, Red River, Texas, Project
Design Memorandum No. 1, Bowie County Levee, dated
April 1997: Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Army is directed to use $4,000,000 of the funds provided
herein for Dam safety and Seepage/Stability Correction
Program to continue construction of seepage control fea-
tures at Waterbury Dam, Vermont: Provided further, That
the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engi-
neers, is directed to use $2,500,000 of the funds appro-
priated herein to proceed with the removal of the Embrey
Dam, Fredericksburg, Virginia: Provided further, That the
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engi-
neers, is directed to use $41,100,000 of the funds appro-
priated herein to proceed with planning, engineering, de-
sign or construction of the following elements of the Levisa
and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cum-
berland River Project:
$4,500,000 for the Clover Fork, Kentucky, ele-
ment of the project;
$1,000,000 for the City of Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, element of the project;
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1965, as amended, notwithstanding section 405 of said Act
and for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman
and the alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commis-
sion, for payment of the Federal share of the administrative
expenses of the Commission, including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$66,290,000, to remain available until expended.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facili-
ties Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law
100–456, section 1441, $18,500,000, to remain available
until expended.
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Authority
and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta
Regional Authority Act of 2000, $20,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
DENALI COMMISSION
For expenses of the Denali Commission including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment as necessary and other expenses, $40,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
‘‘(E) ACQUISITION; ETC.—
‘‘(i) ACQUISITION.—The term ‘acqui-
sition’ includes construction, reconstruc-
tion, and improvement related to such ac-
quisition.
‘‘(ii) ACQUISITION
COST.—The term
‘acquisition cost’ has the meaning given
such term by section 143(k)(3).
‘‘(F) PRINCIPAL
RESIDENCE.—The term
‘principal residence’ has the same meaning as
when used in section 121.’’.
(b) INVESTMENT NOT A LOAN UNDER DISTRIBU-
TION RULES.—Section 72(p) of such Code (relating to
loans treated as distributions) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE FOR HOME EQUITY PAR-
TICIPATION
ARRANGEMENTS.—Paragraph (1) shall
not apply to a qualified home equity participation
arrangement to which section 4975(h)(1) applies.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 408(b) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(29 U.S.C. 1108(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(14) Any qualified home equity participation
arrangement to which section 4975(h) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 applies to the extent that
the requirements of paragraph (1) thereof are met.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to arrangements entered into after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2309
To amend the Small Business Act to provide loans to eligible small business
concerns for energy costs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2001
Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr BALDACCI, Mr.
ROHRABACHER, and Mrs. BONO) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to provide loans to eligible
small business concerns for energy costs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LOANS TO ELIGIBLE SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERNS FOR ENERGY COSTS.
Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(31) LOANS
TO
ELIGIBLE
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERNS FOR ENERGY COSTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administration
may make loans under this subsection to assist
an eligible small business concern in financing
the energy costs incurred, or to be incurred
(based on estimates), by the concern during the
period beginning on January 1, 2001, and end-
ing on August 30, 2002.
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The Adminis-
tration shall not make a loan under this para-
graph to an eligible small business concern in
an amount that exceeds 5 times the total en-
ergy costs incurred by the concern during the
period beginning on May 1, 1999, and ending
on December 31, 2000.
‘‘(C) MAXIMUM
TERM.—The Administra-
tion shall not make a loan under this paragraph
with a term, including renewals and extensions
thereon, in excess of 10 years.
‘‘(D) ELIGIBLE
SMALL
BUSINESS
CON-
CERN.—For the purposes of this paragraph, the
term ‘eligible small business concern’ means a
small business concern located in a State des-
ignated, for the purposes of this paragraph, by
the Secretary of Energy as a State in which the
wholesale cost of energy has increased 150 per-
cent or more during the period beginning on
January 1, 2000, and ending on August 30,
2002, or during any part of such period.
‘‘(E) ENERGY COSTS.—For the purposes
of this paragraph, the term ‘‘energy costs’’ in-
cludes the cost of electricity and natural gas,
but excludes costs associated with transpor-
tation.’’.
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creased or decreased within the overall appropriation under
this heading: Provided further, That of the total appro-
priated, the amount for program activities that can be fi-
nanced by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Rec-
lamation special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or account: Provided
further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are
available until expended for the purposes for which contrib-
uted: Provided further, That funds advanced under 43
U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are avail-
able until expended for the same purposes as the sums ap-
propriated under this heading: Provided further, That
funds available for expenditure for the Departmental Irri-
gation Drainage Program may be expended by the Bureau
of Reclamation for site remediation on a non-reimbursable
basis: Provided further, That section 301 of Public Law
102–250, Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief
Act of 1991, as amended, is amended further by inserting
‘‘2001, and 2002’’ in lieu of ‘‘and 2001’’: Provided further,
That of the funds provided herein, $1,000,000 may be used
to complete the Hopi/Western Navajo Water Development
Plan, Arizona: Provided further, That using $500,000 of
the funds provided herein, shall be available to begin design
activities related to installation of electric irrigation water
pumps at the Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River, Or-
such case, the clerk of the court, unless otherwise
ordered by the court, shall forthwith enter a decree
enforcing the order and shall transmit a copy of
such decree to the Secretary and the person named
in the complaint.
‘‘(4) EFFECT
ON
ORDERS
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The commencement of proceedings under
this section shall not operate as a stay of an order
of the Secretary under subsection (d), unless specifi-
cally ordered by the court.’’.
SEC. 10. OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
Section 10 of the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of
1967 (7 U.S.C. 2305), as redesignated by section 6(1),
is amended—
(1) by striking the undesignated paragraph at
the end of the section;
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘and shall ex-
ercise’’ and all that follows through the period and
inserting a period and the following: ‘‘No action may
be commenced under subsection (a) or (c)—
‘‘(1) prior to 60 days after the plaintiff has
given notice of the alleged violation to the Secretary
of Agriculture under section 9(a); or
‘‘(2) if the Secretary has commenced and is
diligently prosecuting an action (administrative or
judicial) dealing with the same violation to require
compliance with the Act.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) Orders of the Secretary of Agriculture with re-
spect to which review could have been obtained under sec-
tion 9(f) shall not be subject to judicial review in any pro-
ceeding for enforcement under this section.’’.
SEC. 11. PREEMPTION.
The Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 (7
U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section
10 (as redesignated by section 6(1)) the following new sec-
tion:
‘‘SEC. 11. PREEMPTION.
‘‘This Act shall not invalidate the provisions of any
existing or future State law dealing with the same subjects
as this Act, except that such State law may not permit
any action that is prohibited by this Act. This Act shall
not deprive the proper State courts of jurisdiction under
State laws dealing with the same subjects as this Act.’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4863
To establish the Commission to Establish the National Museum of the Amer-
ican Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment and mainte-
nance within the Smithsonian Institution of the National Museum of 
the American Latino in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2004
Mr. BECERRA (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ORTIZ, 
Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Mr. BACA, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. 
DOGGETT, Mr. FROST, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, 
Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. LEE, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. MENENDEZ, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SOLIS, and 
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To establish the Commission to Establish the National Mu-
seum of the American Latino to develop a plan of action 
for the establishment and maintenance within the Smith-
sonian Institution of the National Museum of the Amer-
ican Latino in Washington, D.C., and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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Calendar No. 87
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2311
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 28, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
JULY 12, 2001
Committee discharged; ordered to be placed on the calendar
AN ACT
Making appropriations for energy and water development
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
The following appropriations shall be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers
and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related pur-
poses.
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses necessary for the collection and study
of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood
control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of
authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and,
when authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and
plans and specifications of projects prior to construction,
$163,260,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the
Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $1,000,000 of the
funds appropriated herein to continue preconstruction en-
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2311
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 2001
Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for energy and water development
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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responsibility of the sponsor, or to continue the
trusteeship;
‘‘(9) to provide for the enrollment of plan par-
ticipants and beneficiaries under appropriate cov-
erage options; and
‘‘(10) to do such other acts as may be nec-
essary to comply with this title or any order of the
court and to protect the interests of plan partici-
pants and beneficiaries and providers of medical
care.
‘‘(c) NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.—As soon as prac-
ticable after the Secretary’s appointment as trustee, the
Secretary shall give notice of such appointment to—
‘‘(1) the sponsor and plan administrator;
‘‘(2) each participant;
‘‘(3) each participating employer; and
‘‘(4) if applicable, each employee organization
which, for purposes of collective bargaining, rep-
resents plan participants.
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—Except to the extent in-
consistent with the provisions of this title, or as may be
otherwise ordered by the court, the Secretary, upon ap-
pointment as trustee under this section, shall be subject
to the same duties as those of a trustee under section 704
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to exceed 17 passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only, $639,317,000, to remain available until expended.
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense
environmental management activities in carrying out the
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant
or 
facility 
acquisition, 
construction 
or 
expansion,
$227,872,000, to remain available until expended.
URANIUM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND REMEDIATION
For necessary expenses to maintain, decontaminate,
decommission, and otherwise remediate uranium proc-
essing facilities, $393,425,000, of which $272,641,000
shall be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decon-
tamination and Decommissioning Fund, all of which shall
remain available until expended.
SCIENCE
For Department of Energy expenses including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment, and other expenses necessary for science ac-
tivities in carrying out the purposes of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2312
To provide for protection of the flag of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2001
Mr. BOUCHER (for himself, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. FROST, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr.
PETRI, Mr. WEINER, and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for protection of the flag of the United States.
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 ‘‘Flag Protection Act
of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF THE FLAG OF THE UNITED
STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 700 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 700. Protection of the flag of the United States
‘‘(a) ACTIONS PROMOTING VIOLENCE.—Any person
who destroys or damages a flag of the United States with
intent to provoke imminent violence or a breach of the
peace, and in circumstances reasonably likely to produce
imminent violence or a breach of the peace, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both.
‘‘(b) DAMAGING
A
FLAG
BELONGING
TO
THE
UNITED STATES.—Any person who steals or knowingly
converts to his or her use, or to the use of another, a flag
of the United States belonging to the United States and
intentionally destroys or damages that flag shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than two years,
or both.
‘‘(c) DAMAGING A FLAG OF ANOTHER ON FEDERAL
LAND.—Any person who, within any lands reserved for
the use of the United States, or under the exclusive or
concurrent jurisdiction thereof, steals or knowingly con-
verts to his or her use, or to the use of another, a flag
of the United States belonging to another person and in-
tentionally destroys or damages that flag shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than two years,
or both.
‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall
be construed as indicating an intent on the part of Con-
gress to deprive any State, territory, possession, or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of jurisdiction over any of-
fense over which it would have jurisdiction in the absence
of this section.
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term
‘flag of the United States’ means any flag of the United
States, or any part thereof, made of any substance, of any
size, in a form that is commonly displayed as a flag and
would be taken to be a flag by the reasonable observer.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for chapter 33 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking out the item relating to section 700 and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following new item:
‘‘700. Protection of the flag of the United States.’’.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the States should
enact prohibitions similar to the provisions of this Act in
an order to provide the maximum protection to the flag
of the United States.
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‘‘§ 3602. Office of Electronic Government 
‘‘(a) There is established in the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget an Office of Electronic Government. 
‘‘(b) There shall be at the head of the Office an Ad-
ministrator who shall be appointed by the President. 
‘‘(c) The Administrator shall assist the Director in 
carrying out—
‘‘(1) all functions under this chapter; 
‘‘(2) all of the functions assigned to the Direc-
tor under title II of the E-Government Act of 2002; 
and 
‘‘(3) other electronic government initiatives, 
consistent with other statutes. 
‘‘(d) The Administrator shall assist the Director and 
the Deputy Director for Management and work with the 
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs in setting strategic direction for implementing elec-
tronic Government, under relevant statutes, including—
‘‘(1) chapter 35; 
‘‘(2) subtitle III of title 40, United States Code; 
‘‘(3) section 552a of title 5 (commonly referred 
to as the ‘Privacy Act’); 
‘‘(4) the Government Paperwork Elimination 
Act (44 U.S.C. 3504 note); and 
‘‘(5) the Federal Information Security Manage-
ment Act of 2002.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2316
To make permanent the tax benefits enacted by the Economic Growth and
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2001
Mr. HULSHOF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To make permanent the tax benefits enacted by the
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
TAX 
BENEFITS 
ENACTED 
BY 
ECONOMIC
GROWTH AND TAX RELIEF RECONCILIATION
ACT OF 2001 MADE PERMANENT.
The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation
Act of 2001 is amended by striking title IX (relating to
sunset of provisions of Act).
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2317
To make permanent the provision of title 39, United States Code, under
which the United States Postal Service is authorized to issue a special
postage stamp in order to help provide funding for breast cancer
research.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2001
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD (for herself, Mr. KING, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr.
HOUGHTON, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms.
BROWN of Florida, and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in ad-
dition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services,
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
committee concerned
A BILL
To make permanent the provision of title 39, United States
Code, under which the United States Postal Service is
authorized to issue a special postage stamp in order
to help provide funding for breast cancer research.
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.
Subsection (g) of section 414 of title 39, United
States Code, is repealed.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2318
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit
the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the
Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2001
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to perma-
nently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the
outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic and North
Atlantic planning areas.
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 ‘‘Clean Ocean and Safe
Tourism Anti-Drilling Act’’ or the ‘‘COAST Anti-Drilling
Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CER-
TAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL
SHELF.
Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(p) PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN
CERTAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any
other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not issue a
lease for the exploration, development, or production of
oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in—
‘‘(1) the Mid-Atlantic planning area; or
‘‘(2) the North Atlantic planning area.’’.
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