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Calendar No. 727
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4878
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 11 (legislative day, JULY 10), 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
OCTOBER 15, 2002
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To provide for estimates and reports of improper payments 
by Federal agencies.
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 ‘‘Improper Payments 
Information Act of 2002’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTIMATES OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS AND RE-
PORTS ON ACTIONS TO REDUCE THEM. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION
OF SUSCEPTIBLE PROGRAMS 
AND ACTIVITIES.—The head of each agency shall, in ac-
cordance with guidance prescribed by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, annually review all 
programs and activities that it administers and identify 
all such programs and activities that may be susceptible 
to significant improper payments. 
(b) ESTIMATION OF IMPROPER PAYMENT.—With re-
spect to each program and activity identified under sub-
section (a), the head of the agency concerned shall—
(1) estimate the annual amount of improper 
payments; and 
(2) include that estimate in its annual budget 
submission. 
(c) REPORTS ON ACTIONS TO REDUCE IMPROPER 
PAYMENTS.—With respect to any program or activity of 
an agency with estimated improper payments under sub-
section (b) that exceed one percent of the total program 
or activity budget or $1,000,000 annually (whichever is 
less), the head of the agency shall provide with the esti-
mate under subsection (b) a report on what actions the 
agency is taking to reduce the improper payments, includ-
ing—
(1) a statement of whether the agency has the 
information
systems
and
other
infrastructure
it 
needs in order to reduce improper payments to mini-
mal cost-effective levels;
(2) if the agency does not have such systems 
and infrastructure, a description of the resources the 
agency has requested in its budget submission to ob-
tain the necessary information systems and infra-
structure; and 
(3) a description of the steps the agency has 
taken to ensure that agency managers (including the 
agency head) are held accountable for reducing im-
proper payments. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means an 
executive agency, as that term is defined in section 
102 of title 31, United States Code. 
(2) IMPROPER PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘improper 
payment’’—
(A) means any payment that should not 
have been made or that was made in an incor-
rect amount (including overpayments and un-
derpayments) under statutory, contractual, ad-
ministrative, or other legally applicable require-
ments; and 
(B) includes any payment to an ineligible 
recipient, any payment for an ineligible service, 
any duplicate payment, payments for services
‘‘(3) RELINQUISHMENT
OF
CITIZENSHIP.—A
citizen shall be treated as relinquishing his United
States citizenship on the earliest of—
‘‘(A) the date the individual renounces his
United States nationality before a diplomatic or
consular officer of the United States pursuant
to paragraph (5) of section 349(a) of the Immi-
gration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1481(a)(5)),
‘‘(B) the date the individual furnishes to
the United States Department of State a signed
statement 
of 
voluntary 
relinquishment 
of
United States nationality confirming the per-
formance of an act of expatriation specified in
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of section 349(a)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1481(a)(1)–(4)),
‘‘(C) the date the United States Depart-
ment of State issues to the individual a certifi-
cate of loss of nationality, or
‘‘(D) the date a court of the United States
cancels a naturalized citizen’s certificate of nat-
uralization.
Subparagraph (A) or (B) shall not apply to any indi-
vidual unless the renunciation or voluntary relin-
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 487
AN ACT
For the relief of Eugene Makuch.
(1) served as a foreign counterintelligence agent
and dedicated his life to assist the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in its efforts at the height of the
Cold War to combat communism, the Komitet
Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB), and the So-
viet Union, and
(2) has not received employment assistance or
health, social security, or pension benefits, despite
assurances that he would receive such benefits upon
his retirement,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of funds not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000 to Eugene
Makuch of East Amherst, New York, in compensation for
the lifetime aggregate value of benefits earned but not re-
ceived by Eugene Makuch.
SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.
The sum paid under section 1 shall be in full satisfac-
tion of any claims that Eugene Makuch may have against
the United States arising out of his service for the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY FEES.
Not more than 10 percent of the sum paid under sec-
tion 1 shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney
for services rendered in connection with the recovery of
such sum. Any person who violates this section shall be
fined under title 18, United States Code.
Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 487
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
For the relief of Eugene Makuch.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT.
In consideration of the fact that Eugene Makuch—
(1) served as a foreign counterintelligence agent and dedi-
cated his life to assist the Federal Bureau of Investigation
in its efforts at the height of the Cold War to combat com-
munism, the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB),
and the Soviet Union, and
(2) has not received employment assistance or health, social
security, or pension benefits, despite assurances that he would
receive such benefits upon his retirement,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of funds not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000 to Eugene Makuch of East
Amherst, New York, in compensation for the lifetime aggregate
value of benefits earned but not received by Eugene Makuch.
SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.
The sum paid under section 1 shall be in full satisfaction
of any claims that Eugene Makuch may have against the United
States arising out of his service for the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY FEES.
Not more than 10 percent of the sum paid under section 1
shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney for services
rendered in connection with the recovery of such sum. Any person
H. R. 487—2
who violates this section shall be fined under title 18, United
States Code.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
V
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 487
For the relief of Eugene Makuch.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 2001
Mr. REYNOLDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Eugene Makuch.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT.
In consideration of the fact that Eugene Makuch—
(1) served as a foreign counterintelligence agent
and dedicated his life to assist the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in its efforts at the height of the
Cold War to combat communism, the Komitet
Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB), and the So-
viet Union, and
(2) has not received employment assistance or
health, social security, or pension benefits, despite
assurances that he would receive such benefits upon
his retirement,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of funds not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000 to Eugene
Makuch of East Amherst, New York, in compensation for
the lifetime aggregate value of benefits earned but not re-
ceived by Eugene Makuch.
SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.
The sum paid under section 1 shall be in full satisfac-
tion of any claims that Eugene Makuch may have against
the United States arising out of his service for the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY FEES.
Not more than 10 percent of the sum paid under sec-
tion 1 shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney
for services rendered in connection with the recovery of
such sum. Any person who violates this section shall be
fined under title 18, United States Code.
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VIII
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 487
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 22, 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
For the relief of Eugene Makuch.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT.
In consideration of the fact that Eugene Makuch—
HR 487 RFS
(1) served as a foreign counterintelligence agent
and dedicated his life to assist the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in its efforts at the height of the
Cold War to combat communism, the Komitet
Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB), and the So-
viet Union, and
(2) has not received employment assistance or
health, social security, or pension benefits, despite
assurances that he would receive such benefits upon
his retirement,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of funds not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000 to Eugene
Makuch of East Amherst, New York, in compensation for
the lifetime aggregate value of benefits earned but not re-
ceived by Eugene Makuch.
SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.
The sum paid under section 1 shall be in full satisfac-
tion of any claims that Eugene Makuch may have against
the United States arising out of his service for the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY FEES.
Not more than 10 percent of the sum paid under sec-
tion 1 shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney
for services rendered in connection with the recovery of
HR 487 RFS
such sum. Any person who violates this section shall be
fined under title 18, United States Code.
Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2002.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
VII
Private Calendar No. 6
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 487
[Report No. 107–446]
For the relief of Eugene Makuch.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 2001
Mr. REYNOLDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
MAY 7, 2002
Referred to the Private Calendar and ordered to be printed
A BILL
For the relief of Eugene Makuch.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT.
In consideration of the fact that Eugene Makuch—
(1) served as a foreign counterintelligence agent
and dedicated his life to assist the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in its efforts at the height of the
Cold War to combat communism, the Komitet
Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB), and the So-
viet Union, and
(2) has not received employment assistance or
health, social security, or pension benefits, despite
assurances that he would receive such benefits upon
his retirement,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of funds not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000 to Eugene
Makuch of East Amherst, New York, in compensation for
the lifetime aggregate value of benefits earned but not re-
ceived by Eugene Makuch.
SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.
The sum paid under section 1 shall be in full satisfac-
tion of any claims that Eugene Makuch may have against
the United States arising out of his service for the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY FEES.
Not more than 10 percent of the sum paid under sec-
tion 1 shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney
for services rendered in connection with the recovery of
such sum. Any person who violates this section shall be
fined under title 18, United States Code.
Private Calendar No. 6
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 487
[Report No. 107–446]
A BILL
For the relief of Eugene Makuch.
MAY 7, 2002
Referred to the Private Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Calendar No. 531
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 487
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 22, 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JULY 31, 2002
Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment
AN ACT
For the relief of Eugene Makuch.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT.
In consideration of the fact that Eugene Makuch—
(1) served as a foreign counterintelligence agent
and dedicated his life to assist the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in its efforts at the height of the
Cold War to combat communism, the Komitet
Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB), and the So-
viet Union, and
HR 487 RS
(2) has not received employment assistance or
health, social security, or pension benefits, despite
assurances that he would receive such benefits upon
his retirement,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of funds not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000 to Eugene
Makuch of East Amherst, New York, in compensation for
the lifetime aggregate value of benefits earned but not re-
ceived by Eugene Makuch.
SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIM.
The sum paid under section 1 shall be in full satisfac-
tion of any claims that Eugene Makuch may have against
the United States arising out of his service for the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY FEES.
Not more than 10 percent of the sum paid under sec-
tion 1 shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney
for services rendered in connection with the recovery of
such sum. Any person who violates this section shall be
fined under title 18, United States Code.
Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2002.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 531
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 487
AN ACT
For the relief of Eugene Makuch.
JULY 31, 2002
Reported without amendment
‘‘(A) The panel shall consist of 15 voting
members who shall be appointed by the Admin-
istrator. The Director of the Joint Hydro-
graphic Institute and no more than 2 employees
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration appointed by the Administrator
shall serve as nonvoting members of the panel.
The voting members of the panel shall be indi-
viduals who, by reason of knowledge, experi-
ence, or training, are especially qualified in one
or more of the disciplines and fields relating to
hydrographic surveying, tide, current geodetic
and geospatial measurement, marine transpor-
tation, port administration, vessel pilotage, and
coastal and fishery management.
‘‘(B) An individual may not be appointed
as a voting member of the panel if the indi-
vidual is a full-time officer or employee of the
United States.
‘‘(C) Any voting member of the panel who
is an applicant for, or beneficiary (as deter-
mined by the Secretary) of, any assistance
under this Act shall disclose to the panel that
relationship, and may not vote on any matter
pertaining to that assistance.
II 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4883
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2002
Received 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act 
of 1998, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
HR 4883 RDS 
Sec. 1. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES IMPROVEMENT 
Sec. 101. Short title; references. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Functions of Administrator. 
Sec. 104. Quality assurance program. 
Sec. 105. Hydrographic Services Review Panel. 
Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
SUBTITLE A—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 211. Commissioned officer corps. 
Sec. 212. Definitions. 
Sec. 213. Authorized number on the active list. 
Sec. 214. Strength and distribution in grade. 
Sec. 215. Authorized number for fiscal years 2003 through 2005. 
SUBTITLE B—APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS 
Sec. 221. Original appointments. 
Sec. 222. Personnel boards. 
Sec. 223. Promotion of ensigns to grade of lieutenant (junior grade). 
Sec. 224. Promotion by selection to permanent grades above lieutenant (junior 
grade). 
Sec. 225. Length of service for promotion purposes. 
Sec. 226. Appointments and promotions to permanent grades. 
Sec. 227. General qualification of officers for promotion to higher permanent 
grade. 
Sec. 228. Positions of importance and responsibility. 
Sec. 229. Temporary appointments and promotions generally. 
Sec. 230. Temporary appointment or advancement of commissioned officers in 
time of war or national emergency. 
Sec. 231. Pay and allowances; date of acceptance of promotion. 
Sec. 232. Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion pur-
poses. 
Sec. 233. Suspension during war or emergency. 
SUBTITLE C—SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS 
Sec. 241. Involuntary retirement or separation. 
Sec. 242. Separation pay. 
Sec. 243. Mandatory retirement for age. 
Sec. 244. Retirement for length of service. 
Sec. 245. Computation of retired pay. 
Sec. 246. Retired grade and retired pay. 
Sec. 247. Retired rank and pay held pursuant to other laws unaffected. 
Sec. 248. Continuation on active duty; deferral of retirement. 
Sec. 249. Recall to active duty. 
SUBTITLE D—SERVICE OF OFFICERS WITH THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS
H. R. 4883—25
(B) remove facilities, equipment, fixtures, improve-
ments, modifications, or alterations and restore the prop-
erty to as good a condition as existed at the time the
property was retained under subsection (c), taking into
account ordinary wear and tear and exposure to natural
elements or phenomena; or
(C) surrender all facilities, equipment, fixtures,
improvements, modifications, or alterations to the Board
in lieu of restoration, whereupon title shall vest in the
Board of Trustees, and whereby all obligations of restora-
tion under this subsection shall be waived, and all interests
retained under subsection (c) shall be revoked.
(f) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—All right, title, and interest in and to
all property and interests conveyed by the United States under
this section shall revert to the United States on the date
on which the Board uses any of the property for any purpose
other than the purposes described in subsection (b)(1).
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF REVERTED PROPERTY.—Any property
that reverts to the United States under this subsection shall
be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Administrator
of General Services.
(3) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—One year after the date of
a conveyance made pursuant to subsection (a), and annually
thereafter, the Board shall certify to the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services or his or her designee that the Board and its
designees are in compliance with the conditions of conveyance
under subsections (b) and (e).
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Board of Trustees
of the California State University.
(2) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the Romberg
Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies at San Francisco
State University.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Commerce.
SEC. 
403. 
EMERGENCY 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
SUBSISTENCE 
WHALE
HUNTERS.
Notwithstanding any provision of law, the use of a vessel to
tow a whale taken in a traditional subsistence whale hunt permitted
by Federal law and conducted in waters off the coast of Alaska
is authorized, if such towing is performed upon a request for emer-
gency assistance made by a subsistence whale hunting organization
formally recognized by an agency of the United States Government,
H. R. 4883—26
or made by a member of such an organization, to prevent the
loss of a whale.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
SEC. 2. REPORTS RELATING TO OFFICIAL TIME.
Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e)(1) Each agency shall submit to each House of
the Congress, the Office of Personnel Management, and
the Office of Management and Budget, at the time the
budget is submitted by the President to the Congress in
each calendar year, a report on the use of official time
within such agency during the fiscal year last ending be-
fore the date of the report’s submission.
‘‘(2) Each such report shall include, with respect to
the fiscal year to which it pertains—
‘‘(A) the number of hours of official time that
employees spent on labor organization activities;
‘‘(B) the number of employees who used official
time for labor organization activities;
‘‘(C) the number of employees who spent 100
percent of their time on labor organization activities;
‘‘(D) the dollar value of the official time spent
on labor organization activities;
‘‘(E) the dollar value of the office space, equip-
ment, telephone use, and supplies provided to em-
ployees using official time for labor organization ac-
tivities; and
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4885
To suspend temporarily the duty on Thiophanate-Methyl.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2002
Mr. BORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on Thiophanate-Methyl.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. THIOPHANATE-METHYL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following
new heading:
‘‘
9902.30.59
Thiophanate-
Methyl (CAS No.
23564–05–8)
(provided for in
subheading
2930.90.20) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2005
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies with respect to goods entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after
the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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I
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4888
To reauthorize the Mammography Quality Standards Act, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2002
Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.
ENGEL, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. WYNN, Mr.
BROWN of Ohio, Mr. RUSH, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. SERRANO, Ms.
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr.
WAXMAN, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. HARMAN, Mr.
GREEN
of Texas, Ms. MCCARTHY
of Missouri, Ms. ESHOO, Ms.
DEGETTE, Mr. MCNULTY, and Mr. JOHN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To reauthorize the Mammography Quality Standards Act,
and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Mammography Quality
Standards Reauthorization Act of 2002’’.