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‘‘(A) MUST
BE
OFFERED
BY
CERTIFIED 
ELIGIBLE
ENTITY.—The Tier III Investment 
Option is offered by an eligible entity certified 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(B) APPROPRIATE
ALLOCATION
OF
IN-
VESTMENTS BETWEEN EQUITIES AND FIXED IN-
COME INSTRUMENTS.—The amount credited to 
a participating individual’s personal social secu-
rity savings account which is held for invest-
ment in any Tier III Investment Option is in-
vested in a combination of equities and fixed in-
come instruments so as to ensure, to the max-
imum extent practicable, that the percentage of 
such amount invested in equities is not more 
than 85 percent and not less than 45 percent. 
‘‘(C) QUALITY FACTORS MET.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Tier III In-
vestment Option meets qualifications which 
shall be prescribed by the Board relating 
to the quality factors described in clause 
(ii). 
‘‘(ii) QUALITY FACTORS.—The quality 
factors described in this clause are—
‘‘(I) the safety and soundness of 
the Tier III Investment Option’s pro-
posed investment policy; 
‘‘(II) the experience and record 
of performance of the proposed invest-
ment option, if any; 
‘‘(III) the experience and record 
of performance of the entity issuing or 
offering such option; and 
‘‘(IV) such other factors as the 
Board may determine appropriate. 
‘‘(d) CONSIDERATIONS FOR CERTIFICATION AND AP-
PROVAL.—In determining whether to certify an eligible en-
tity under subsection (b) or to approve a Tier III Invest-
ment Option under subsection (c), the Board shall—
‘‘(1) act in the best interests of the partici-
pating individuals; 
‘‘(2) base its determination solely on consider-
ations of balancing safety and soundness of the Tier 
III Investment Option with the maximization of re-
turns of such option; and 
‘‘(3) not base any determination related to the 
entity or option on political or other extraneous con-
siderations.
‘‘(e) SPONSORSHIP OF TIER III INVESTMENT OP-
TIONS BY MEMBERSHIP AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A membership or labor or-
ganization (as defined by the Board) may sponsor 
Tier III Investment Options under contracts with el-
igible entities certified under subsection (b) who 
shall administer the investment option if such invest-
ment option is approved by the Board under sub-
section (c). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
TO
MEMBERSHIP.—A mem-
bership or labor organization (as so defined) may 
limit to the members of such organization participa-
tion in a Tier III Investment Option sponsored by 
such organization. 
‘‘(f) DISTRIBUTIONS IN CASE OF DEATH.—Upon the 
death of a participating individual, the amount of any as-
sets held under a Tier III Investment Option credited to 
the personal social security savings account of such indi-
vidual shall be distributed in accordance with section 
259(e). 
‘‘SEC. 259. PERSONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SAVINGS ANNUITY 
AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) DATE OF INITIAL DISTRIBUTION.—Except as 
provided in subsection (e), distributions may be made to 
a participating individual only from amounts credited to
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House of Representatives, which acted first on the con-
ference report.
Passed the House of Representatives October 10,
2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 508
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolving all disagreements between the House of
Representatives and Senate with respect to H.R.
3295.
IV
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 509
Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established an
annual National Visiting Nurse Associations Week.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 10, 2002
Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania) submitted the
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Government Reform
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be
established an annual National Visiting Nurse Associa-
tions Week.
Whereas visiting nurse associations (VNAs) are nonprofit
home health agencies that, for over 120 years, have been
united in their mission to provide cost-effective and com-
passionate home and community-based health care to in-
dividuals, regardless of the individuals’ condition or abil-
ity to pay for services;
Whereas there are more than 500 visiting nurse associations,
which employ more than 90,000 clinicians, provide health
care to more than 4,000,000 people each year, and pro-
vide a critical safety net in communities by developing a
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network of community support services that enable indi-
viduals to live independently at home;
Whereas visiting nurse associations have historically served as
primary public health care providers in their commu-
nities, and are today one of the largest providers of mass
immunizations in the medicare program (delivering over
2,500,000 influenza immunizations annually);
Whereas visiting nurse associations are often the home health
providers of last resort, serving the most chronic of con-
ditions (such as congestive heart failure, chronic obstruc-
tive pulmonary disease, AIDS, and quadriplegia) and in-
dividuals with the least ability to pay for services (more
than 50 percent of all medicaid home health admissions
are by visiting nurse associations);
Whereas any visiting nurse association budget surplus is rein-
vested in supporting the association’s mission through
services, including charity care, adult day care centers,
wellness clinics, Meals-on-Wheels, and immunization pro-
grams;
Whereas visiting nurse associations and other nonprofit home
health agencies care for the highest percentage of termi-
nally ill and bedridden patients;
Whereas thousands of visiting nurse association volunteers
across the Nation devote time serving as individual agen-
cy board members, raising funds, visiting patients in
their homes, assisting in wellness clinics, and delivering
meals to patients; and
Whereas the establishment of an annual National Visiting
Nurse Associations Week would increase public aware-
ness of the charity-based missions of visiting nurse asso-
ciations and of their ability to meet the needs of chron-
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ically ill and disabled individuals who prefer to live at
home rather than in a nursing home, and would spotlight
preventive health clinics, adult day care programs, and
other customized wellness programs that meet local com-
munity need: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that there
should be established an annual National Visiting Nurse
Associations Week.
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IV
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 50
Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a
National Athletic Training Month.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 6, 2001
Mr. SESSIONS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Government Reform
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be
established a National Athletic Training Month.
Whereas quality health care is vital for individuals engaged
in physical activity;
Whereas certified athletic trainers, based on knowledge and
skills acquired through nationally regulated educational
processes, have a long history of providing quality health
care for athletes and other individuals engaged in phys-
ical activity;
Whereas certified athletic trainers provide prevention, rec-
ognition, evaluation, immediate care, and rehabilitation
for injuries and offer education, guidance, and health
care administration;
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Whereas athletic training was recognized by the American
Medical Association in 1990 as an allied health care pro-
fession;
Whereas more than 20,000 certified athletic trainers nation-
wide are employed in high schools, colleges, universities,
clinics, and hospitals, and in professional sports, cor-
porate, and industrial settings;
Whereas leading organizations concerned with athletic train-
ing and health care have joined together to raise public
awareness of the importance of the athletic training pro-
fession and of quality health care for athletes and other
individuals engaged in physical activity; and
Whereas the establishment of a National Athletic Training
Month for the month of March 2001 would help to im-
prove health care for athletes and other individuals en-
gaged in physical activity and promote certified athletic
trainers as allied health professionals: Now, therefore, be
it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that there
should be established a National Athletic Training Month.
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IV
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 510
Commending the Minority Business Development Agency for its history of
achievement in helping to create minority businesses enterprises and
in helping those enterprises effectively compete in the national and global
marketplace.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 10, 2002
Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma submitted the following concurrent resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to
the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Commending the Minority Business Development Agency for
its history of achievement in helping to create minority
businesses enterprises and in helping those enterprises
effectively compete in the national and global market-
place.
Whereas the success of minority business enterprises is a
critical component of a robust economy in the United
States;
Whereas minority business enterprises are growing at acceler-
ated rates but remain far behind their level of potential
growth;
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Whereas minority individuals are far less likely than non-mi-
nority individuals to own their own businesses;
Whereas the Minority Business Development Agency was cre-
ated by Executive Order in 1969 as the first Federal
agency with the explicit goal of fostering the creation and
expansion of minority business enterprises in the United
States;
Whereas since 1969, the Minority Business Development
Agency has served more than 500,000 minority business
enterprises and assisted minority business enterprises in
securing more than $22,000,000,000 in loans and bond-
ing;
Whereas the Minority Business Development Agency operates
a network of development centers throughout the United
States which, in 2001, provided management and tech-
nical assistance to more than 6,000 minority business en-
terprises;
Whereas the Minority Business Development Agency is devel-
oping an initiative designed to increase the competitive-
ness and viability of minority business enterprises in the
global marketplace; and
Whereas the Minority Business Development Agency is fo-
cused on achieving entrepreneurial parity so that minor-
ity business enterprises are in proportion to the minority
population: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That Congress—
(1) commends the Minority Business Develop-
ment Agency for its history of achievement in help-
ing to create minority business enterprises and in
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helping those enterprises effectively compete in the
national and global marketplace; and
(2) encourages the Minority Business Develop-
ment Agency to continue its efforts to assist minor-
ity business enterprises as such enterprises continue
to strengthen communities, create wealth and jobs,
and contribute to the health of the economy in the
United States.
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the personal social security savings account of such indi-
vidual on and after the earliest of—
‘‘(1) the date the participating individual at-
tains retirement age (as defined in section 216(l)(1)) 
or, if elected by the individual, early retirement age 
(as defined in section 216(l)(2)); or 
‘‘(2) the date on which the amount credited to 
the participating individual’s personal social security 
savings account is sufficient to purchase a personal 
social security savings annuity with a monthly ben-
efit that is at least equal to the minimum annuity 
payment 
amount 
(as 
defined 
in 
subsection 
(b)(2)(C)(iii)). 
‘‘(b) PERSONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SAVINGS ANNU-
ITIES.—
‘‘(1) NOTICE OF AVAILABLE ANNUITIES.—Not 
later than the date determined under subsection (a), 
the Board shall notify each participating individual 
of—
‘‘(A) the most recent listing of personal so-
cial security savings annuities approved by the 
Board under paragraph (3); and 
‘‘(B) the entitlement of the participating 
individual to purchase such an annuity. 
‘‘(2) PURCHASE OF ANNUITIES.—
‘‘(A) SELECTION OF ANNUITY.—Subject to 
subparagraph (C), on the date elected by the 
participating individual, but no earlier than the 
date determined under subsection (a), a partici-
pating individual may purchase a personal so-
cial security savings annuity selected from 
among the annuities approved by the Board 
under paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) TRANSFER
OF
ASSETS.—Upon the 
selection of an annuity by a participating indi-
vidual under subparagraph (A), the Board shall 
provide for the transfer of assets, credited to 
the personal social security savings account of 
the participating individual and held in the Tier 
II Investment Fund or under 1 or more Tier 
III Investment Options (or any combination 
thereof), in a total amount sufficient to pur-
chase the annuity selected by the participating 
individual under such subparagraph. 
‘‘(C) 
MINIMUM
ANNUITY
PAYMENT 
AMOUNT.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If, at the time a 
personal social security savings annuity is 
purchased under subparagraph (A), the as-
sets credited to the personal social security
savings account of the participating indi-
vidual are sufficient to purchase a personal 
social security savings annuity approved by 
the Board under paragraph (3) with a 
monthly payment that is at least equal to 
the minimum annuity payment amount, 
the amount of the monthly benefit pro-
vided by such annuity may not be less then 
the minimum annuity payment amount. 
‘‘(ii) 
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in 
this subparagraph shall be construed to 
prohibit a participating individual from 
using personal social security savings ac-
count assets to purchase a personal social 
security savings annuity which provides for 
a monthly payment in excess of the min-
imum amount required under clause (i). 
‘‘(iii) MINIMUM
ANNUITY
PAYMENT 
AMOUNT DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
part, the term ‘minimum annuity payment 
amount’ means, in connection with any 
participating individual, the excess of—
‘‘(I) the deemed total part A 
monthly benefit amount with respect 
to the participating individual, deter-
HR 5025 RH 
guideway systems $1,030,827,000, which shall include 
$39,827,000 transferred from the ‘‘Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Cor-
poration’’, together with $4,307,395 in unobligated bal-
ances made available in Public Law 106–69, $26,259,689 
in unobligated balances made available in Public Law 
106–346, and $127,347,021 in unobligated balances 
made available in Public Law 107–87, to carry out sec-
tion 3037 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, to be 
available as follows:
Atlanta, Georgia, North Springs Extension, 
$260,000; 
Baltimore, Maryland, Central Light Rail Dou-
ble Track, $29,010,000; 
Chicago, Illinois, Douglas Branch Reconstruc-
tion, $85,000,000; 
Chicago, Illinois, Metra Commuter Rail Expan-
sions and Extensions, $52,000,000; 
Chicago, Illinois, Ravenswood Line Extension, 
$40,000,000; 
Denver, Colorado, Southeast Corridor LRT, 
$80,000,000; 
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, South Florida Com-
muter Rail Upgrades, $11,210,000;
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Whereas among the rights and freedoms provided to the peo-
ple of India under the constitution is universal suffrage 
for all men and women over the age of 18; 
Whereas with more than 1,000,000,000 people, India is the 
world’s largest democracy; 
Whereas in the half-century since its first elections, India has 
on a regular basis held elections for governments at the 
local, regional, and national levels; 
Whereas elections in India provide voters with a choice be-
tween thousands of candidates representing a vast array 
of political parties without limitations or restrictions on 
participation; 
Whereas the election process in India is controlled by an 
independent elections commission that ensures that elec-
tions are held in a free and fair manner; 
Whereas the Department of State and a wide range of inter-
national organizations have regularly determined the elec-
tions in India to be free and fair; 
Whereas India’s most recent national parliamentary elections 
in 1999 attracted more than 600,000,000 voters; 
Whereas in February 2002, on the 50th anniversary of In-
dia’s first national elections, voters went to the polls to 
elect members of the state assemblies in four of India’s 
states, 
Manipur, 
Punjab, 
Uttaranchal, 
and 
Uttar 
Pradesh; and 
Whereas despite the ongoing threat of terrorism from outside 
forces, India moved forward with state assembly elections 
in the State of Jammu and Kashmir and completed the 
election process in a free and fair manner: Now, there-
fore, be it
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress—
(1) commends the Government and people of 
the Republic of India for a 50-year tradition of free 
and fair elections and the orderly transfer of polit-
ical power; and 
(2) reiterates its support for continued close 
ties between the United States and India in the full 
range of issues, and, particularly, in joint efforts to 
promote democracy around the world.
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IV 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 513
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mammography Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 17, 2002
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mammography 
Day.
Whereas National Mammography Day is the third Friday in 
October each year; 
Whereas in 2002, approximately 192,200 new cases of 
invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among women, 
and 40,200 women are expected to die from this disease; 
Whereas regular mammograms reduce breast cancer mor-
tality by up to 44 percent, and mammography will detect 
about 90 percent of the breast cancers found in women 
without symptoms; 
Whereas National Mammography Day was created in 1993 
by the Board of Sponsors of National Breast Cancer 
Awareness Month, to encourage women to obtain free or
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discounted mammograms nationwide at facilities accred-
ited by the American College of Radiology; 
Whereas in 1999, more than 2,200 such facilities took part 
in National Mammography Day; 
Whereas throughout October, the American College of Radi-
ology works with the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention in a special mobile screening program across 
the Nation for women in medically underserved and rural 
areas; 
Whereas in 2002, October 18 is National Mammography 
Day; and 
Whereas on National Mammography Day and throughout Oc-
tober, radiologists will provide discounted and free mam-
mograms at clinics and hospitals throughout the Nation: 
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress supports the goals and 
ideals of National Mammography Day.
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IV 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 514
Concerning expedited security determinations relating to nonimmigrant visa 
requests for certain artists and entertainers from countries that are 
state sponsors of international terrorism. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2002
Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri (for herself and Mr. CONYERS) submitted the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Concerning expedited security determinations relating to non-
immigrant visa requests for certain artists and enter-
tainers from countries that are state sponsors of inter-
national terrorism.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) to the extent possible, in making determina-
tions under section 306 of the Enhanced Border Se-
curity and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–173) with respect to the application for a 
nonimmigrant visa of an artist or entertainer seek-
ing to enter the United States to attend a public
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awards ceremony to recognize excellence in the arts 
where the alien has been nominated or selected to 
receive an award, the Secretary of State and the 
heads of other appropriate United States agencies 
should expedite their determinations relating to such 
applications to ensure the attendance of the appli-
cant if a visa is approved; 
(2) to the extent possible, the Secretary of 
State, the Attorney General, the Director of Central 
Intelligence, and the heads of other appropriate 
United States agencies should coordinate their deter-
minations to facilitate the issuance of visas in the 
circumstances described in paragraph (1); and 
(3) in any expedited determination relating to 
the issuance of visas in such circumstances, the na-
tional security interests of the United States should 
continue to be of paramount importance.
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