datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘3521. Establishment of task force on feasibility of streamlining information
collection requirements and dissemination.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 15,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
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HR 3338 EAS
ers Compensation Programs’’, $175,000,000, to remain
available until expended, to be obligated from amounts
made available in Public Law 107–38: Provided, That, of
such amount, $125,000,000 shall be for payment to the New
York State Workers Compensation Review Board, for the
processing of claims related to the terrorist attacks: Pro-
vided further, That, of such amount, $25,000,000 shall be
for payment to the New York State Uninsured Employers
Fund, for reimbursement of claims related to the terrorist
attacks: 
Provided 
further, 
That, 
of 
such 
amount,
$25,000,000 shall be for payment to the New York State
Uninsured Employers Fund, for reimbursement of claims
related to the first response emergency services personnel
who were injured, were disabled, or died due to the terrorist
attacks.
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For emergency expenses to respond to the September
11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, for ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, $1,600,000, to remain available until
expended, to be obligated from amounts made available in
Public Law 107–38.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building and United States courthouse referred to in sec-
tion 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘J. Robert
Elliott Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’.
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according to their terms following approval by the Com-
mission and shall remain in effect until (1) withdrawn,
disapproved, or superseded by an Organization Standard,
issued or approved by the Electric Reliability Organization
and made effective by the Commission under subsection
(e); or (2) disapproved by the Commission if, upon com-
plaint or upon its own motion and after notice and an
opportunity for comment, the Commission finds the stand-
ard, guidance, or practice unjust, unreasonable, unduly
discriminatory, or preferential or not in the public inter-
est. Standards, guidances, or practices in effect pursuant
to the provisions of this subsection shall be enforceable
by the Commission.
‘‘(d) ORGANIZATION APPROVAL.—(1) Following the
issuance of a final Commission rule under subsection
(b)(3), an entity may submit an application to the Com-
mission for approval as the Electric Reliability Organiza-
tion. The applicant shall specify in its application its gov-
ernance and procedures, as well as its funding mechanism
and initial funding requirements.
‘‘(2) The Commission shall provide public notice of
the application and afford interested parties an oppor-
tunity to comment.
‘‘(3) The Commission shall approve the application
if the Commission determines that the applicant—
or State court or agency shall enforce any Federal or State
law holding any person, or any State or political subdivi-
sion thereof, liable for any damages arising out of the hi-
jacking and subsequent crashes of American Airlines
flights 11 or 77, or United Airlines flights 93 or 175, on
September 11, 2001.’’;
(3) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the
following new paragraphs:
‘‘(4) DAMAGES.—If any party to any action
brought under this subsection is determined to be
liable—
‘‘(A) no damages in the aggregate ordered
by the court to be paid by such party shall ex-
ceed the amount of insurance, minus any pay-
ments made pursuant to a court approved set-
tlement, which such party is determined to have
obtained prior to September 11, 2001, and
which is determined to cover such party’s liabil-
ity for any damages arising out of the hijacking
and subsequent crashes of American Airlines
flights 11 or 77, or United Airlines flights 93
or 175, on September 11, 2001;
‘‘(B) such party shall not be liable for in-
terest prior to the judgment or for punitive
damages intended to punish or deter; and
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relating to English language and academic content
instruction for limited English proficient students;
or
‘‘(4) implementing, within the entire jurisdic-
tion of a local educational agency, agency-wide pro-
grams for restructuring, reforming, and upgrading
all relevant programs and operations relating to lan-
guage and academic content instruction for limited
English proficient students.
‘‘(c) USES OF FUNDS.—Grants under this section
may be used—
‘‘(1) to upgrade program objectives and effec-
tive instructional strategies;
‘‘(2) to improve the instruction program for
limited English proficient students by identifying,
acquiring, and upgrading curricula, instructional
materials, educational software, and assessment pro-
cedures;
‘‘(3) to provide—
‘‘(A) tutorials and academic or vocational
education for limited English proficient chil-
dren; and
‘‘(B) intensified instruction;
‘‘(4) to develop and implement comprehensive
preschool or elementary or secondary school lan-
foreign intelligence information (as defined in subsection
(19) of section 2510 of this title), to assist the official
who is to receive that information in the performance of
his official duties. Any Federal official who receives infor-
mation pursuant to this provision may use that informa-
tion only as necessary in the conduct of that person’s offi-
cial duties subject to any limitations on the unauthorized
disclosure of such information.’’.
(2) DEFINITION.—Section 2510 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by—
(A) in paragraph (17), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (18), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by inserting at the end the following:
‘‘(19) ‘foreign intelligence information’ means—
‘‘(A) information, whether or not con-
cerning a United States person, that relates to
the ability of the United States to protect
against—
‘‘(i) actual or potential attack or other
grave hostile acts of a foreign power or an
agent of a foreign power;
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(c) USES OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by grants
under this section may include—
(1) projects that specifically aim to increase the
number of traditionally underrepresented students in
the physical or information sciences, mathematics,
engineering, or technology, such as mentoring pro-
grams;
(2) projects that expand the capacity of institu-
tions of higher education to incorporate current ad-
vances in science and technology into the under-
graduate learning environment;
(3) bridge projects that enable students at com-
munity colleges to matriculate directly into bacca-
laureate physical or information science, mathe-
matics, engineering, or technology programs, includ-
ing those targeted at traditionally underrepresented
groups in such disciplines;
(4) projects including interdisciplinary ap-
proaches to undergraduate physical and information
science, mathematics, engineering, and technology
education;
(5) projects that focus directly on the quality of
student learning, including those that encourage—
(A) high-caliber teaching, including ena-
bling faculty to spend additional time teaching
creases in the number of students proposed pur-
suant to subparagraph (E).
(C) PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR.—At least 1
principal investigator for each grant awarded
under this section must be in a position of ad-
ministrative leadership at the institution of
higher education, and at least 1 principal inves-
tigator must be a faculty member from an aca-
demic department included in the work of the
project.
(D) SUBSEQUENT GRANTS.—An institution
of higher education that has completed a grant
awarded under this section may apply for a sub-
sequent grant under this section.
(E) INCREASES.—
(i) INSTITUTIONS
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION
WITH
BACCALAUREATE
DEGREE
PROGRAMS.—An institution of higher edu-
cation that awards baccalaureate degrees
and desires to receive a grant under this
section shall propose in its application spe-
cific increases in the number of students
who are United States citizens or perma-
nent resident aliens obtaining baccalaureate
degrees at the institution within the phys-
commercial motor vehicle combinations prohib-
ited under paragraph (1) may not operate on a
highway described in paragraph (1) except as
published on the list.
‘‘(E) INACCURACIES.—On the Secretary’s
own motion or on request by any person (in-
cluding a State), the Secretary shall review the
list published under subparagraph (D). If the
Secretary decides there is reason to believe a
mistake was made in the accuracy of the list,
the Secretary shall begin a proceeding to decide
whether a mistake was made. If the Secretary
decides there was a mistake, the Secretary shall
publish the correction.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 31112(g)
of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (g)(1) (as redesignated by
subsection (a) of this section) by inserting ‘‘126(e)
or’’ before ‘‘127(d)’’;
(2) in subsection (g)(3) (as redesignated by
subsection (a) of this section) by inserting ‘‘(or Au-
gust 1, 2001, with respect to highways described in
subsection (f)(1))’’ after ‘‘June 2, 1991’’; and
(3) in paragraph (h)(2) (as redesignated by
subsection (a) of this section)—
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3134
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make a technical correction
to the definition of hard cider for purposes of the excise tax on alcohol.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 16, 2001
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Ms. LEE) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make
a technical correction to the definition of hard cider
for purposes of the excise tax on alcohol.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO DEFINITION OF
HARD CIDER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (6) of section 5041(b)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rates
of tax) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(6) 22.6 cents per wine gallon on hard cider
which is a still, carbonated, or sparkling wine—
‘‘(A) which is prepared by fermenting
apple or pear juice, either fresh or diluted,
without at any time—
‘‘(i) adding alcoholic liquors or for-
tifying with alcohol, or
‘‘(ii) using any fruit product other
than apples and pears, except that fla-
voring may be added as provided in sub-
paragraph (C)(iii),
‘‘(B) which contains at least one-half of 1
percent and less than 7 percent alcohol by vol-
ume, and
‘‘(C) with respect to which, at any time be-
fore or after fermentation—
‘‘(i) apple juice, pear juice, water, or
sugar, or any combination, may be added,
and
‘‘(ii) the cider may be flavored using
natural flavorings or natural food products
other than apples or pears, but only if such
flavorings and products do not exceed 5
percent by volume of the finished cider.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3135
To provide for the issuance of certificates to Social Security beneficiaries
guaranteeing their right to receive Social Security benefits under title
II of the Social Security Act in full with an accurate annual cost-
of-living adjustment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 16, 2001
Mr. DEMINT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide for the issuance of certificates to Social Security
beneficiaries guaranteeing their right to receive Social
Security benefits under title II of the Social Security
Act in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjust-
ment.
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 ‘‘Social Security Bene-
fits Guarantee Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. GUARANTEE OF FULL SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
WITH ACCURATE ANNUAL COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall issue a benefit guarantee certificate to each
individual who is determined by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security as of the date of the issuance of the certifi-
cate to be entitled to benefits under title II of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). The Secretary shall
also issue such a certificate to any individual on the date
such individual is determined thereafter to be entitled to
benefits under such title.
(b) BENEFIT GUARANTEE CERTIFICATE.—The ben-
efit guarantee certificate issued pursuant to subsection (a)
shall represent a legally enforceable guarantee—
(1) of the timely payment of the full amount of
future benefit payments to which the individual is
entitled under title II of the Social Security Act (as
determined under such title as in effect on the date
of the issuance of the certificate); and
(2) that the benefits will be adjusted thereafter
not less frequently than annually to the extent pre-
scribed in provisions of such title (as in effect on the
date of the issuance of the certificate) providing for
accurate adjustments based on indices reflecting
changes in consumer prices as determined by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics or changes in wages as
determined by the Commissioner of Social Security.
(c) OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS AS GUAR-
ANTEED.—Any certificate issued under the authority of
this section constitutes budget authority in advance of ap-
propriations Acts and represents the obligation of the Fed-
eral Government to provide for the payment to the indi-
vidual to whom the certificate is issued benefits under title
II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) in
amounts in accordance with the guarantee set forth in the
certificate.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3136
To develop and implement a plan to allow general aviation aircraft to fly
using certain rules.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 16, 2001
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To develop and implement a plan to allow general aviation
aircraft to fly using certain rules.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION.
(a) PLAN.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Authority shall work with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, the National Security Council, and the Director of
the Office of Homeland Security to prepare and publish
in the Federal Register an interim plan to allow general
aviation aircraft to fly using visual flight rules inside the
15 enhanced class B airspace areas not later than 10 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The interim plan described in
subsection (a) may include a recommendation to allow pis-
ton engine aircraft weighing 6,000 pounds gross takeoff
weight or less to resume operations.
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 60 days after
the date on which the interim plan is published, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
implement a final plan to fly general aviation aircraft
using visual flight rules inside the 15 enhanced class B
airspace areas.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3137
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income
certain terrorist attack zone compensation of civilian uniformed personnel.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 16, 2001
Mr. FORBES (for himself and Mr. FOSSELLA) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude
from gross income certain terrorist attack zone com-
pensation of civilian uniformed personnel.
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 ‘‘Terrorist Response
Tax Exemption Act’’.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN TERRORIST ATTACK ZONE
COMPENSATION OF CIVILIAN UNIFORMED
PERSONNEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
items specifically excluded from gross income) is amended
by inserting after section 112 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 112A. CERTAIN TERRORIST ATTACK ZONE COM-
PENSATION OF CIVILIAN UNIFORMED PER-
SONNEL.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Gross income does not include
compensation received by a civilian uniformed employee
for any month during any part of which such employee
provides security, safety, fire management, or medical
services in a terrorist attack zone.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) CIVILIAN
UNIFORMED
EMPLOYEE.—The
term ‘civilian uniformed employee’ means any non-
military individual employed by a Federal, State, or
local government (or any agency or instrumentality
thereof) for the purpose of maintaining public order,
establishing and maintaining public safety, or re-
sponding to medical emergencies.
‘‘(2) TERRORIST
ATTACK
ZONE.—The term
‘terrorist attack zone’ means any area designated by
the President or any applicable State or local au-
thority (as determined by the Secretary) to be an
area in which occurred a violent act or acts which—
‘‘(A) were dangerous to human life and a
violation of the criminal laws of the United
States or of any State, and
‘‘(B) would appear to be intended to in-
timidate or coerce a civilian population, influ-
ence the policy of a government by intimidation,
or affect the conduct of a government by assas-
sination or kidnapping.
‘‘(3) COMPENSATION.—The term ‘compensa-
tion’ does not include pensions and retirement pay.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 3401(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ‘‘or section
112A (relating to certain terrorist attack zone com-
pensation of civilian uniformed personnel)’’ after
‘‘United States)’’.
(2) The table of sections for part III of sub-
chapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 112 the
following new item:
‘‘Sec. 112A. Certain terrorist attack zone compensation of civilian
uniformed personnel.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending on or after
September 11, 2001.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3139
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for capital gains
treatment for certain termination payments received by former insurance
salesmen.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 16, 2001
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. KLECZKA) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
for capital gains treatment for certain termination pay-
ments received by former insurance salesmen.
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 ‘‘Fair Tax Treatment
for Insurance Agents’ Termination Payments Act of
2001’’.
SEC. 2. CAPITAL GAINS TREATMENT OF QUALIFIED TERMI-
NATION PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY FORMER
INSURANCE SALESMEN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part IV of subchapter P of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 
1261. 
QUALIFIED 
TERMINATION 
PAYMENTS 
RE-
CEIVED BY FORMER INSURANCE SALESMEN.
‘‘(a) GENERAL.—A qualified termination payment re-
ceived during the taxable year from an insurance company
by an individual in the capacity of a former insurance
salesman for such company shall be considered a sale or
exchange of a capital asset held for more than 12 months.
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED TERMINATION PAYMENT.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘qualified termination pay-
ment’ means any amount received by a former insurance
salesman if—
‘‘(1) such amount is received after termination
of such individual’s agreement to perform services as
an insurance salesman for such company,
‘‘(2) such individual performs no services for
such company after such termination and before the
close of such taxable year,
‘‘(3) such individual enters into a covenant not
to compete against such company which applies to at
least the 1-year period beginning on the date of such
termination, and
‘‘(4) the amount of such payment depends pri-
marily on policies sold by or credited to the account
of such individual or the extent to which such poli-
cies remain in force for some period after such ter-
mination, or both.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for such part IV is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
‘‘Sec. 1261. Qualified termination payments received by former
insurance salesmen.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 313
For the relief of Mrs. Marie Marlow of Friendswood, Texas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. LAMPSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Mrs. Marie Marlow of Friendswood, Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pay to Mrs.
Marie Marlow of Friendswood, Texas, a sum equal to—
(1) the difference between the amount of vet-
erans’ disability benefits that her late father, Albert
A. Mokal, received, and the amount that he would
have received had the correct special monthly com-
pensation rate been applied from May 12, 1946,
through March 24, 1980; and
(2) the amount of interest that the Secretary
calculates would have accrued on such additional
amounts from March 24, 1980, to the date payment
is made pursuant to this act, if such additional
amounts had been paid correctly on March 24,
1980.
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allowed as deduction) is amended by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘In the case of expenses paid or incurred
during the period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this sentence and ending on December 31, 2002, the
preceding sentence shall be applied by substituting ‘80
percent’ for ‘50 percent’.’’.
(b) PERSONAL DEDUCTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 262 of such Code
(relating to personal, living, and family expenses) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(c) DOMESTIC TRAVEL EXPENSES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) shall not
apply for the first taxable year beginning after De-
cember 31, 2001, to an amount equal to 50 percent
of domestic travel expenses.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The deduction allowed by
paragraph (1) for such taxable year shall not exceed
the sum of—
‘‘(A) $1,000 ($2,000 in the case of a joint
return) in the case of qualified personal travel
expenses, plus
‘‘(B) $500 ($1,000 in the case of a joint
return) in the case of qualified meals, lodging,
and entertainment expenses.
with experts cautioning against the use of the
antiterrorism effort as an excuse for arbitrary
abuses and proliferation of anti-sect laws and lists
such as those used by European countries to mon-
itor or restrict particular religious groups.
SEC. 3. DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS.
(a) GENERAL EFFORTS.—The President and the
Secretary of State—
(1) shall raise violations of freedom of thought,
conscience, religion, or belief at every appropriate
level with representatives of European countries that
have failed to implement their international commit-
ments and obligations in this regard;
(2) shall make full use of existing meetings and
structures of international organizations and multi-
lateral fora to raise violations by Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mem-
ber countries of freely undertaken international com-
mitments both to protect and to provide for the full
and effective exercise of the freedom of thought, con-
science, religion, or belief under their respective ju-
risdictions; and
(3) to the maximum extent practicable, shall
appoint experts on religious liberty to United States