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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2477
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the expansion of the
passenger or cargo capacity of any airport that is located in a county
with a population of more than 9,000,000 and that has the capacity
to serve 80,000,000 or more air passengers annually.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 11, 2001
Ms. WATERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the ex-
pansion of the passenger or cargo capacity of any airport
that is located in a county with a population of more
than 9,000,000 and that has the capacity to serve
80,000,000 or more air passengers annually.
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 ‘‘Large Capacity Airport
Limitation Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXPANSION OF CERTAIN AIR-
PORTS.
Section 47101(c) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘It is in the public interest’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It is in the public interest’’;
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON EXPANSION OF CERTAIN
AIRPORTS.—To carry out the policy of paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall prohibit the construction of
any project for expansion of the passenger or cargo
capacity of any airport that is located in a county
with a population of more than 9,000,000 and that
has the capacity to serve 80,000,000 or more air
passengers annually.’’; and
(3) by aligning the remainder of paragraph (1)
(as designated by paragraph (1) of this section) with
paragraph (2) (as added by paragraph (2) of this
section).
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‘‘(3) in the case of a program of education lead-
ing to a baccalaureate degree, laboratory expenses;
and
‘‘(4) such other expenses as deemed appropriate
by the Secretary.
‘‘(d) The amount of financial assistance provided to
a member under this section shall be prescribed by the Sec-
retary, but may not exceed $25,000 for any academic year.
‘‘(e) Financial assistance may be provided to a mem-
ber under this section for up to five consecutive academic
years.
‘‘(f) A member who receives financial assistance under
this section may be ordered to active duty in the Coast
Guard Reserve by the Secretary to serve in a designated
enlisted grade for such period as the Secretary prescribes,
but not more than four years, if the member—
‘‘(1) completes the academic requirements of the
program and refuses to accept an appointment as a
commissioned officer in the Coast Guard Reserve
when offered;
‘‘(2) fails to complete the academic requirements
of the institution of higher education involved; or
‘‘(3) fails to maintain eligibility for an original
appointment as a commissioned officer.
to these lands and the Secretary shall then adjust the
boundaries accordingly.
SEC. 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) CONVEYANCE OF NAVY PERSONAL PROPERTY.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and for the
purposes of the transfer of property authorized by this
Act, Department of Navy personal property that remains
on Adak Island is deemed related to the real property and
shall be conveyed by the Department of the Navy to The
Aleut Corporation, at no additional cost, when the related
real property is conveyed by the Department of the Inte-
rior.
(b) ADDITIONAL CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of
the Interior shall convey to the Aleut Corporation those
lands identified in the Agreement as the former landfill
sites without charge to the Aleut Corporation’s entitle-
ment under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
(c) VALUATION.—For purposes of section 21(c) of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the receipt of
all property by The Aleut Corporation shall be entitled to
a tax basis equal to fair value on date of transfer. Fair
value shall be determined by replacement cost appraisal.
(d) CERTAIN PROPERTY TREATED AS NOT DEVEL-
OPED.—Any property, including, but not limited to, ap-
purtenances and improvements, received pursuant to this
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 247
AN ACT
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974 to authorize communities to use community de-
velopment block grant funds for construction of tornado-
safe shelters in manufactured home parks.
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 ‘‘Tornado Shelters Act’’.
SEC. 2. CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5305(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (23) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(24) the construction or improvement of
tornado- or storm-safe shelters for manufactured
housing parks and residents of other manufactured
housing, the acquisition of real property for sites for
such shelters, and the provision of assistance (in-
cluding loans and grants) to nonprofit or for-profit
entities (including owners of such parks) for such
construction, improvement, or acquisition, except
that a shelter assisted with amounts made available
pursuant to this paragraph shall be located in a
neighborhood consisting predominantly of persons of
low and moderate income, except that a shelter as-
sisted with amounts made available pursuant to this
paragraph may not be made available exclusively for
use of the residents of a particular manufactured
housing park or of other manufactured housing, but
shall generally serve the residents of the area in
which it is located; and’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to any amounts otherwise made available for grants
under title I of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), there is authorized
to be appropriated for assistance only for activities pursu-
ant to section 105(a)(24) of such Act $50,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2002.
SEC. 3. USE OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS.
(a) PURCHASE
OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Congress that, to
the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available for the activities au-
thorized under the amendment made by this Act should
be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any enti-
ty using funds made available for the activities authorized
under the amendment made by this Act, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, to the greatest extent
practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing
the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
Passed the House of Representatives March 22,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 247
AN ACT
To amend the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 to authorize communities to
use community development block grant funds
for construction of tornado-safe shelters in man-
ufactured home parks.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 247
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize
communities to use community development block grant funds for con-
struction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. BACHUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974 to authorize communities to use community de-
velopment block grant funds for construction of tornado-
safe shelters in manufactured home parks.
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 ‘‘Tornado Shelters Act’’.
SEC. 2. CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (23) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(24) the construction or improvement of tor-
nado-safe shelters located in manufactured housing
parks, and the provision of assistance (including
loans and grants) to nonprofit or for-profit entities
(including owners of such parks) for such construc-
tion or improvement, except that—
‘‘(A) a shelter assisted with amounts pro-
vided pursuant to this paragraph may be lo-
cated only in a manufactured housing park
that—
‘‘(i) has not less than 20 manufac-
tured housing units; and
‘‘(ii) is located in a State within which
a tornado has occurred during the fiscal
year for which the amounts to be used
under this paragraph were made available
or any of the 3 preceding fiscal years, as
determined by the Secretary after con-
sultation with the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency;
‘‘(B) such a shelter shall comply with
standards for construction and safety as the
Secretary, after consultation with the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
shall provide to ensure protection from torna-
does;
‘‘(C) such a shelter shall be of a size suffi-
cient to accommodate all occupants of the man-
ufactured housing park at a single time; and
‘‘(D) amounts may not be used for a shel-
ter as provided under this paragraph unless
there is located, within 1000 feet of the manu-
factured housing park in which the shelter is lo-
cated, a warning siren that is operated in ac-
cordance with such local, regional, or national
disaster warning programs or systems as the
Secretary, after consultation with the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
considers appropriate to ensure adequate notice
of occupants of the park of a tornado; and’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 247
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 22, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs
AN ACT
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974 to authorize communities to use community de-
velopment block grant funds for construction of tornado-
safe shelters in manufactured home parks.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tornado Shelters Act’’.
SEC. 2. CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5305(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (23) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(24) the construction or improvement of
tornado- or storm-safe shelters for manufactured
housing parks and residents of other manufactured
housing, the acquisition of real property for sites for
such shelters, and the provision of assistance (in-
cluding loans and grants) to nonprofit or for-profit
entities (including owners of such parks) for such
construction, improvement, or acquisition, except
that a shelter assisted with amounts made available
pursuant to this paragraph shall be located in a
neighborhood consisting predominantly of persons of
low and moderate income, except that a shelter as-
sisted with amounts made available pursuant to this
paragraph may not be made available exclusively for
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use of the residents of a particular manufactured
housing park or of other manufactured housing, but
shall generally serve the residents of the area in
which it is located; and’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to any amounts otherwise made available for grants
under title I of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), there is authorized
to be appropriated for assistance only for activities pursu-
ant to section 105(a)(24) of such Act $50,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2002.
SEC. 3. USE OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS.
(a) PURCHASE
OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Congress that, to
the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available for the activities au-
thorized under the amendment made by this Act should
be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any enti-
ty using funds made available for the activities authorized
under the amendment made by this Act, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, to the greatest extent
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practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing
the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
Passed the House of Representatives March 22,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
if that cable is owned by, operated by, or operated
for the United States Government.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘eligible vessel’’ means—
(A) a United States-flag vessel, if before
July 1, 2001, it was a United States-flag vessel
used in the course of any of the services speci-
fied in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection
(a); or
(B) a vessel documented under section
12105 of title 46, United States Code; and
(2) the term ‘‘navigable waters of the United
States’’ includes all waters of the territorial sea of
the United States as described in Presidential Proc-
lamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988.
SEC. 4. VESSEL ESCORT OPERATIONS AND TOWING ASSIST-
ANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case of a vessel in
distress, only a vessel of the United States (as that term
is defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code)
may perform the following vessel escort operations and
vessel towing assistance within the navigable waters of the
United States:
(1) Operation or assistance that commences or
terminates at a port or place in the United States.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2482
To repeal the tuition-sensitivity trigger in the Pell Grant program and to
expand qualifying expenses and income eligibility for the Hope Scholar-
ship and Lifetime Learning Credits.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 12, 2001
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. LANTOS,
Mr. FILNER, Ms. SANCHEZ, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. FARR of Cali-
fornia, Mr. FRANK, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. HONDA, and Ms. WATERS)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and
the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To repeal the tuition-sensitivity trigger in the Pell Grant
program and to expand qualifying expenses and income
eligibility for the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learn-
ing Credits.
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 ‘‘Access to Higher Edu-
cation Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF TUITION-SENSITIVITY TRIGGER IN PELL
GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) REPEAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 401(b) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(3))
is repealed.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply to
the award of Federal Pell Grants for periods of enrollment
beginning on or after July 1, 2002.
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF QUALIFYING EXPENSES UNDER
HOPE SCHOLARSHIP AND LIFETIME LEARN-
ING CREDITS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 25A of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to hope and lifetime learning
credits) is amended by striking ‘‘qualified tuition and re-
lated expenses’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘quali-
fied higher education expenses’’.
(b) QUALIFIED HIGHER EDUCATION EXPENSES.—So
much of paragraph (1) of section 25A(f) of such Code as
precedes subparagraph (B) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED
HIGHER
EDUCATION
EX-
PENSES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
higher education expenses’ means the cost of
attendance (as defined in section 472 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087ll), as in effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this subparagraph) of—
‘‘(i) the taxpayer,
‘‘(ii) the taxpayer’s spouse, or
‘‘(iii) any dependent of the taxpayer
with respect to whom the taxpayer is al-
lowed a deduction under section 151,
at an eligible educational institution for courses
of instruction of such individual at such institu-
tion.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to expenses paid after December
31, 2001 (in taxable years ending after such date), for
education furnished in academic periods beginning after
such date.
SEC. 4. INCREASE IN FAMILY INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR
HOPE SCHOLARSHIP AND LIFETIME LEARN-
ING CREDITS.
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section
25A(d)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by striking ‘‘$40,000 ($80,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$50,000 ($100,000’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
25A(h)(2)(A) of such Code is amended—
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1052 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop best practices for 
caring for high-risk military occupation veterans as part of the evaluation 
of mental health care and suicide prevention programs administered 
by the Secretary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2017 
Ms. MENG (for herself and Mr. MAST) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop best 
practices for caring for high-risk military occupation vet-
erans as part of the evaluation of mental health care 
and suicide prevention programs administered by the 
Secretary. 
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 ‘‘High-Risk Military Oc-
cupation Veteran Suicide Prevention Act’’. 
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(1) by striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’,
and
(2) by striking ‘‘$40,000 and $80,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$50,000 and $100,000’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to expenses paid after December
31, 2001 (in taxable years ending after such date), for
education furnished in academic periods beginning after
such date.
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1058 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role 
of podiatrists in the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(2) any liability of the beneficiary with respect
to such items and services.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Medicare Payment Advisory Commis-
sion, shall promulgate regulations to carry out this
section.
‘‘(2) PROTECTING
RURAL
COMMUNITIES.—In
promulgating the regulations pursuant to paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall give special consideration to
rural areas.
‘‘(e) BUDGET NEUTRALITY.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that the provisions contained in this section do not
cause the estimated amount of expenditures under this
title for a year to increase or decrease from the estimated
amount of expenditures under this title that would have
been made in such year if this section had not been en-
acted.’’.
SEC. 3. IMPROVING FAIRNESS OF PAYMENTS FOR PHYSI-
CIANS’ SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICARE
FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM.
(a) ADJUSTMENT TO GEOGRAPHIC INDICES UNDER
THE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE.—Section 1848(e)(1) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(B) and
(C)’’ and inserting (B), (C), and (D)’’ in the matter
preceding clause (i);
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); and
(3) by adding after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) FLOOR
AND
CEILING
ON
GEO-
GRAPHIC
INDICES.—If any index established
under clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph
(A) or under subparagraph (B), after applica-
tion of the second sentence of subparagraph
(C), is—
‘‘(i) less that 0.950, the Secretary
shall increase such index to 0.950; and
‘‘(ii) greater that 1.05, the Secretary
shall reduce such index to 1.05.’’.
(b) BUDGET NEUTRALITY ADJUSTMENT FOR APPLI-
CATION OF FLOOR AND CEILING ON GEOGRAPHIC AD-
JUSTMENT.—Section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘The con-
version’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (5),
the conversion’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) BUDGET
NEUTRALITY
ADJUSTMENT
FOR APPLICATION OF FLOOR AND CEILING ON
GEOGRAPHIC
ADJUSTMENT.—Before applying
an update for a year under this subsection, the
Secretary shall (if necessary) provide for an ad-
justment to the conversion factor for that year
to ensure that the aggregate payments under
this part in that year shall be equal to aggre-
gate payments that would have been made
under such part in that year if subsection
(e)(1)(D) had not been enacted.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to payments for items and services
provided on and after January 1, 2002.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2484
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve outpatient
vision services under part B of the Medicare Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 12, 2001
Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WELDON of Florida,
Mr. BUYER, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition
to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve
outpatient vision services under part B of the Medicare
Program.
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 ‘‘Medicare Vision Reha-
bilitation Services Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF OUTPATIENT VISION SERVICES
UNDER PART B.
(a) COVERAGE UNDER PART B.—Section 1861(s)(2)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)), as
amended by sections 102(a) and 105(a) of the Medicare,
Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protec-
tion Act of 2000, as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6)
of Public Law 106–554, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (U), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(2) in subparagraph (V), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at
the end; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(W) vision rehabilitation services (as defined
in subsection (ww)(1));’’.
(b) SERVICES DESCRIBED.—Section 1861 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x), as amended by sec-
tions 102(b) and 105(b) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and
SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of
2000, as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law
106–554, is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection: