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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 19 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 20, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
Administration 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for the appointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as 
a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithso-
nian Institution. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That in accordance with section 5581 of the Revised
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Statutes of the United States (20 U.S.C. 43), the vacancy 
on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 
in the class other than Members of Congress, occurring 
by reason of the expiration of the term of Hanna H. Gray 
of Illinois on April 13, 2005, is filled by the appointment 
of Shirley Ann Jackson of New York. The appointment 
is for a term of 6 years, beginning on the later of April 
14, 2005, or the date of the enactment of this joint resolu-
tion. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 19, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 1 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding 
presidential election voting rights for residents of all United States terri-
tories and commonwealths. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself and Ms. BORDALLO) introduced the following 
joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States regarding presidential election voting rights for 
residents of all United States territories and common-
wealths. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled 
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
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States within seven years after the date of its submission 
for ratification: 
‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United 
States to vote in the election for President and Vice Presi-
dent shall not be denied or abridged by the United States 
or by any State on account of residency in a territory or 
commonwealth of the United States. 
‘‘SECTION 2. The Congress shall have power to en-
force this article by appropriate legislation.’’. 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 135
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Calling for the United States to take further steps
to establish an international fishery agreement
for conservation and management of living ma-
rine resources in international waters of the Ber-
ing Sea known as the Donut Hole.
109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 20
JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod
as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution.
109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 20
JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a
citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithso-
nian Institution.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, in accordance with section 5581 of the Revised Stat-
SEC. 203. SPECIAL RULES FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY- 
BASED LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES. 
(a) QUALIFYING INDIVIDUALS.—For purposes of sec-
tion 201(a)(5)(C), individuals described in this subsection 
are the following individuals: 
(1) ADULTS.—Individuals 18 years of age or 
older determined (in a manner specified by the 
Board)— 
(A) to be unable to perform, without the 
assistance of an individual, at least 2 of the fol-
lowing 5 activities of daily living (or who has a 
similar level of disability due to cognitive im-
pairment)— 
(i) bathing; 
(ii) eating; 
(iii) dressing; 
(iv) toileting; and 
(v) transferring in and out of a bed or 
in and out of a chair; 
(B) due to cognitive or mental impair-
ments, to require supervision because the indi-
vidual behaves in a manner that poses health or 
safety hazards to himself or herself or others; 
or
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 136
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Providing for an adjournment of the House from
Friday, August 6, 1993, Saturday, August 7,
1993, Monday, August 9, 1993, or Tuesday, Au-
gust 10, 1993, to Wednesday, September 8,
1993, and a recess or adjournment of the Senate
from Friday, August 6, 1993, Saturday, August
7, 1993, or Sunday, August 8, 1993, to Tuesday,
September 7, 1993.
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utes of the United States (20 U.S.C. 43), the vacancy on
the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in
the class other than Members of Congress, occurring by
reason of the expiration of the term of Wesley S. Williams,
Jr. of the District of Columbia, on April 13, 2005, is filled
by the appointment of Robert P. Kogod of the District
of Columbia. The appointment is for a term of 6 years,
beginning on the later of April 14, 2005, or the date of
the enactment of this joint resolution.
Passed the House of Representatives April 19, 2005.
Attest:
Clerk.
(C) due to cognitive or mental impair-
ments, to require queuing to perform activities 
of daily living. 
(2) CHILDREN.—Individuals under 18 years of 
age determined (in a manner specified by the Board) 
to meet such alternative standard of disability for 
children as the Board develops. Such alternative 
standard shall be comparable to the standard for 
adults and appropriate for children. 
(b) LIMIT ON SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The aggregate expenditures 
by a State health security program with respect to 
home and community-based long-term care services 
in a period (specified by the Board) may not exceed 
65 percent (or such alternative ratio as the Board 
establishes under paragraph (2)) of the average of 
the amount of payment that would have been made 
under the program during the period if all the home- 
based long-term care beneficiaries had been resi-
dents of nursing facilities in the same area in which 
the services were provided. 
(2) ALTERNATIVE RATIO.—The Board may es-
tablish for purposes of paragraph (1) an alternative 
ratio (of payments for home and community-based 
long term care services to payments for nursing fa-
cility services) as the Board determines to be more 
consistent with the goal of providing cost-effective 
long-term care in the most appropriate and least re-
strictive setting. 
SEC. 204. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 201(e), benefits 
for service are not available under this Act unless the serv-
ices meet the standards specified in section 201(a). 
(b) SPECIAL DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEN-
TAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SERV-
ICES PROVIDED TO AT-RISK CHILDREN.—
(1) REQUIRING
SERVICES
TO
BE
PROVIDED 
THROUGH ORGANIZED SYSTEMS OF CARE.—A State 
health security program shall ensure that mental 
health services and substance abuse treatment serv-
ices are furnished through an organized system of 
care, as described in paragraph (2), if—
(A) the services are provided to an indi-
vidual less than 22 years of age; 
(B) the individual has a serious emotional 
disturbance or a substance abuse disorder; and 
(C) the individual is, or is at imminent risk 
of being, subject to the authority of, or in need 
of the services of, at least 1 public agency that 
serves the needs of children, including an agen-
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 140
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 60th
anniversary of the Ukraine famine of 1932–1933
should serve as a reminder of the brutality of
Stalin’s repressive policies toward the Ukrainian
people.
H. J. Res. 20
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five
Joint Resolution
Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the Board
of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in accordance
with section 5581 of the Revised Statutes of the United States
(20 U.S.C. 43), the vacancy on the Board of Regents of the Smithso-
nian Institution, in the class other than Members of Congress,
occurring by reason of the expiration of the term of Wesley S.
Williams, Jr. of the District of Columbia, on April 13, 2005, is
filled by the appointment of Robert P. Kogod of the District of
Columbia. The appointment is for a term of 6 years, beginning
on the later of April 14, 2005, or the date of the enactment of
this joint resolution.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 20
Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of 
the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2005
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself and Mr. REGULA) introduced the 
following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a 
citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithso-
nian Institution.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That, in accordance with section 5581 of the Revised Stat-
utes of the United States (20 U.S.C. 43), the vacancy on 
the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in 
the class other than Members of Congress, occurring by 
reason of the expiration of the term of Wesley S. Williams, 
Jr. of the District of Columbia, on April 13, 2005, is filled 
by the appointment of Robert P. Kogod of the District
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of Columbia. The appointment is for a term of 6 years, 
beginning on the later of April 14, 2005, or the date of 
the enactment of this joint resolution.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 20 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 20, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
Administration 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a 
citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithso-
nian Institution. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That, in accordance with section 5581 of the Revised
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Statutes of the United States (20 U.S.C. 43), the vacancy 
on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 
in the class other than Members of Congress, occurring 
by reason of the expiration of the term of Wesley S. Wil-
liams, Jr. of the District of Columbia, on April 13, 2005, 
is filled by the appointment of Robert P. Kogod of the 
District of Columbia. The appointment is for a term of 
6 years, beginning on the later of April 14, 2005, or the 
date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 19, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
SEC. 302. QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROVIDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A health care provider is consid-
ered to be qualified to provide covered services if the pro-
vider is licensed or certified and meets— 
(1) all the requirements of State law to provide 
such services; 
(2) applicable requirements of Federal law to 
provide such services; and 
(3) any applicable standards established under 
subsection (b). 
(b) MINIMUM PROVIDER STANDARDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall establish, 
evaluate, and update national minimum standards to 
assure the quality of services provided under this 
Act and to monitor efforts by State health security 
programs to assure the quality of such services. A 
State health security program may also establish ad-
ditional minimum standards which providers must 
meet. 
(2) NATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARDS.—The na-
tional minimum standards under paragraph (1) shall 
be established for institutional providers of services, 
individual health care practitioners, and comprehen-
sive health service organizations. Except as the 
Board may specify in order to carry out this title, 
a hospital, nursing facility, or other institutional
provider of services shall meet standards for such a 
facility under the medicare program under title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act. Such standards 
also may include, where appropriate, elements relat-
ing to— 
(A) adequacy and quality of facilities; 
(B) training and competence of personnel 
(including continuing education requirements); 
(C) comprehensiveness of service; 
(D) continuity of service; 
(E) patient satisfaction (including waiting 
time and access to services); and 
(F) performance standards (including or-
ganization, facilities, structure of services, effi-
ciency of operation, and outcome in palliation, 
improvement of health, stabilization, cure, or 
rehabilitation). 
(3) TRANSITION
IN
APPLICATION.—If the 
Board provides for additional requirements for pro-
viders under this subsection, any such additional re-
quirement shall be implemented in a manner that 
provides for a reasonable period during which a pre-
viously qualified provider is permitted to meet such 
an additional requirement.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 21 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating 
to school prayer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2005 
Mr. MURTHA introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to school prayer. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two- 
thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States within seven years after the date of its submission 
for ratification:
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‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to 
prohibit individual prayer in public schools or to prohibit 
school officials from including voluntary prayer in official 
school ceremonies and meetings. Neither the United 
States nor any State shall prescribe the content of any 
such prayer.’’. 
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(4) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.—The Board 
shall provide for an exchange, at least annually, 
among State health security programs of informa-
tion with respect to quality assurance and cost con-
tainment. 
SEC. 303. QUALIFICATIONS FOR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH 
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this Act, a com-
prehensive health service organization (in this section re-
ferred to as a ‘‘CHSO’’) is a public or private organization 
which, in return for a capitated payment amount, under-
takes to furnish, arrange for the provision of, or provide 
payment with respect to— 
(1) a full range of health services (as identified 
by the Board), including at least hospital services 
and physicians services; and 
(2) out-of-area coverage in the case of urgently 
needed services; 
to an identified population which is living in or near a 
specified service area and which enrolls voluntarily in the 
organization. 
(b) ENROLLMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All eligible persons living in 
or near the specified service area of a CHSO are eli-
gible to enroll in the organization; except that the
number of enrollees may be limited to avoid over-
taxing the resources of the organization. 
(2) MINIMUM ENROLLMENT PERIOD.—Subject 
to paragraph (3), the minimum period of enrollment 
with a CHSO shall be twelve months, unless the en-
rolled individual becomes ineligible to enroll with the 
organization. 
(3) WITHDRAWAL
FOR
CAUSE.—Each CHSO 
shall permit an enrolled individual to disenroll from 
the organization for cause at any time. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR CHSOS.— 
(1) ACCESSIBLE
SERVICES.—Each CHSO, to 
the maximum extent feasible, shall make all services 
readily and promptly accessible to enrollees who live 
in the specified service area. 
(2) CONTINUITY OF CARE.—Each CHSO shall 
furnish services in such manner as to provide con-
tinuity of care and (when services are furnished by 
different providers) shall provide ready referral of 
patients to such services and at such times as may 
be medically appropriate. 
(3) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—In the case of a 
CHSO that is a private organization— 
(A) 
CONSUMER
REPRESENTATION.—At 
least one-third of the members of the CHSO’s
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 23
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture relating 
to the establishment of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of 
bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 17, 2005
Ms. HERSETH (for herself and Mrs. CUBIN) introduced the following joint 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Agri-
culture relating to the establishment of minimal-risk re-
gions 
for 
the 
introduction 
of 
bovine 
spongiform 
encephalopathy into the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the De-
partment of Agriculture relating to the establishment of 
minimal-risk regions for introduction of bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy into the United States (published in the
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Federal Register on January 4, 2005, at 70 Fed. Reg. 
460), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
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board of directors must be consumer members 
with no direct or indirect, personal or family fi-
nancial relationship to the organization. 
(B) PROVIDER
REPRESENTATION.—The 
CHSO’s board of directors must include at 
least one member who represents health care 
providers. 
(4) PATIENT
GRIEVANCE
PROGRAM.—Each 
CHSO must have in effect a patient grievance pro-
gram and must conduct regularly surveys of the sat-
isfaction of members with services provided by or 
through the organization. 
(5) MEDICAL STANDARDS.—Each CHSO must 
provide that a committee or committees of health 
care practitioners associated with the organization 
will promulgate medical standards, oversee the pro-
fessional aspects of the delivery of care, perform the 
functions of a pharmacy and drug therapeutics com-
mittee, and monitor and review the quality of all 
health services (including drugs, education, and pre-
ventive services). 
(6) PREMIUMS.—Premiums or other charges by 
a CHSO for any services not paid for under this Act 
must be reasonable.
(7) UTILIZATION AND BONUS INFORMATION.— 
Each CHSO must— 
(A) comply with the requirements of sec-
tion 1876(i)(8) of the Social Security Act (re-
lating to prohibiting physician incentive plans 
that provide specific inducements to reduce or 
limit medically necessary services); and 
(B) make available to its membership utili-
zation information and data regarding financial 
performance, including bonus or incentive pay-
ment arrangements to practitioners. 
(8) PROVISION OF SERVICES TO ENROLLEES AT 
INSTITUTIONS
OPERATING
UNDER
GLOBAL
BUDG-
ETS.—The organization shall arrange to reimburse 
for hospital services and other facility-based services 
(as identified by the Board) for services provided to 
members of the organization in accordance with the 
global operating budget of the hospital or facility ap-
proved under section 611. 
(9) BROAD
MARKETING.—Each CHSO must 
provide for the marketing of its services (including 
dissemination of marketing materials) to potential 
enrollees in a manner that is designed to enroll indi-
viduals representative of the different population 
groups and geographic areas included within its
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are already being provided under a contract 
awarded by the Department of Defense; and 
(F) procedures for ensuring that defense 
procurement requirements are identified and 
communicated to outside agencies involved in 
interagency contracting. 
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH DEFENSE PROCUREMENT 
REQUIREMENTS.—For the purposes of this section, a non- 
defense agency is compliant with defense procurement re-
quirements if the procurement policies, procedures, and 
internal controls of the non-defense agency applicable to 
the procurement of products and services on behalf of the 
Department of Defense, and the manner in which they are 
administered, are adequate to ensure the compliance of 
the non-defense agency with the requirements of laws and 
regulations (including applicable Department of Defense 
financial management regulations) that apply to procure-
ments of property and services made directly by the De-
partment of Defense. 
(e) TREATMENT
OF PROCUREMENTS
FOR FISCAL 
YEAR PURPOSES.—For the purposes of this section, a 
procurement shall be treated as being made during a par-
ticular fiscal year to the extent that funds are obligated 
by the Department of Defense for the procurement in that 
fiscal year. 
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service area and meets such requirements as the 
Board or a State health security program may speci-
fy. 
(10) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—Each 
CHSO must meet— 
(A) such requirements relating to min-
imum enrollment; 
(B) such requirements relating to financial 
solvency; 
(C) such requirements relating to quality 
and availability of care; and 
(D) such other requirements, 
as the Board or a State health security program 
may specify. 
(d) PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO NON-
ENROLLEES.—A CHSO may furnish emergency services 
to persons who are not enrolled in the organization. Pay-
ment for such services, if they are covered services to eligi-
ble persons, shall be made to the organization unless the 
organization requests that it be made to the individual 
provider who furnished the services. 
SEC. 304. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PHYSICIAN REFERRALS. 
(a) APPLICATION TO AMERICAN HEALTH SECURITY 
PROGRAM.—Section 1877 of the Social Security Act, as 
amended by subsections (b) and (c), shall apply under this
Act in the same manner as it applies under title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act; except that in applying such 
section under this Act any references in such section to 
the Secretary or title XVIII of the Social Security Act are 
deemed references to the Board and the American Health 
Security Program under this Act, respectively. 
(b) EXPANSION OF PROHIBITION TO CERTAIN ADDI-
TIONAL DESIGNATED SERVICES.—Section 1877(h)(6) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395nn(h)(6)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(L) Ambulance services. 
‘‘(M) Home infusion therapy services.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1877 of 
such Act is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘for 
which payment otherwise may be made under this 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘for which a charge is imposed’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘under 
this title’’; 
(3) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection 
(g) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) DENIAL OF PAYMENT.—No payment may 
be made under a State health security program for 
a designated health service for which a claim is pre-
sented in violation of subsection (a)(1)(B). No indi-