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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Hospital and
Health Network Preservation Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF RURAL HOSPITALS UNDER OPD
PPS.
(a) MAKING PERMANENT THE HOLD HARMLESS FOR
SMALL RURAL HOSPITALS.—Section 1833(t)(7)(D)(ii) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(7)(D)(ii)) is
amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND
CHIL-
DREN’S HOSPITALS’’ and inserting ‘‘, CHILDREN’S
HOSPITALS, AND SMALL RURAL HOSPITALS’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘section 1886(d)(1)(B)’’
the following: ‘‘and in the case of a hospital located
in a rural area and that has not more than 100
beds’’.
(b) TEMPORARY HOLD HARMLESS FOR SOLE COM-
MUNITY HOSPITALS THAT ARE RURAL REFERRAL CEN-
TERS WITH NOT MORE THAN 400 BEDS.—Section
1833(t)(7)(D)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
1395l(t)(7)(D)(i)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SMALL RURAL
HOSPITALS’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN SOLE COMMU-
NITY HOSPITALS’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘and that has not more than
100 beds’’ and inserting ‘‘, that has more than 100
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2942
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent the
hold harmless treatment for small rural hospitals under the Medicare
prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services
and to provide a transitional adjustment for certain sole community
hospitals in order to limit any decline in payment under that system.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. MCINTYRE, and Mr. ROSS) intro-
duced 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 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make
permanent the hold harmless treatment for small rural
hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system
for hospital outpatient department services and to pro-
vide a transitional adjustment for certain sole community
hospitals in order to limit any decline in payment under
that system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(but not more than 400) beds, that is a sole commu-
nity 
hospital 
(as 
defined 
in 
section
1886(d)(5)(D)(iii)), and that is classified as a rural
referral center under section 1886(d)(5)(C)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the amend-
ments made by section 202(a) of the Medicare, Medicaid,
and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999
(113 Stat. 1501A–342), as enacted into law by section
1000(a)(6) of Public Law 106–113.
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nancial institution has a correspondent account
with a financial institution in the United
States, the funds deposited into the foreign fi-
nancial institution (the respondent bank) shall
be deemed to have been deposited into the cor-
respondent account in the United States, and
any restraining order, seizure warrant, or arrest
warrant in rem regarding such funds may be
served on the correspondent bank, and funds in
the correspondent account up to the value of
the funds deposited into the dollar-denominated
account in the foreign financial institution may
be seized, arrested or restrained.
‘‘(B) AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND.—The At-
torney General, in consultation with the Sec-
retary, may suspend or terminate a forfeiture
under this section if the Attorney General de-
termines that a conflict of law exists between
the laws of the jurisdiction in which the foreign
bank is located and the laws of the United
States with respect to liabilities arising from
the restraint, seizure, or arrest of such funds,
and that such suspension or termination would
be in the interest of justice and would not harm
the national interests of the United States.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR
For a Federal payment to the City Administrator,
$300,000 for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
for the District of Columbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
For a Federal payment to Southeastern University,
$500,000 for a public/private partnership with the District
of Columbia Public Schools at the McKinley Technology
High School campus.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR VOYAGER UNIVERSAL
LITERACY SYSTEM
For a Federal payment to Voyager Expanded Learn-
ing, to implement the Voyager Universal Literacy System
in the District of Columbia public schools and public char-
ter schools, $1,000,000: Provided, That the payment
under this heading is contingent upon a certification by
the Inspector General of the District of Columbia that the
District of Columbia has deposited matching funds to im-
plement such System into an escrow account held by the
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF
TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
For a Federal payment to the Chief Technology Offi-
cer of the District of Columbia to carry out the Local-
Federal Mobile Wireless Interoperability Demonstration
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Project, $500,000: Provided, That the payment under this
heading is contingent upon a certification by the Inspector
General of the District of Columbia that each entity of
the Federal Government which is participating in such
Project has deposited matching funds to carry out the
Project into an escrow account held by the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
for emergency planning, $16,058,000: Provided, That
$4,623,000 of such amount shall be made available imme-
diately for development of an emergency operations plan
for the District of Columbia, to be submitted to the appro-
priate Federal agencies as soon as practicable: Provided
further, That upon submission of such plan, $8,029,000
of such amount shall be made available to begin implemen-
tation of the plan: Provided further, That $3,406,000 of
such amount shall be made available immediately for reim-
bursement of planning and related expenses incurred by
the District of Columbia in anticipation of providing secu-
rity for the planned meetings in September 2001 of the
World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in the
District of Columbia: Provided further, That one-half of
the amounts under the headings ‘‘Federal Payment for
Resident Tuition Support’’, ‘‘Federal Payment to the Fire
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and Emergency Medical Services Department’’, ‘‘Federal
Payment to the Chief Medical Examiner’’, and ‘‘Federal
Payment to the City Administrator’’, shall not be made
available until the emergency operations plan has been
submitted to the appropriate Federal agencies in accord-
ance with the preceding proviso: Provided further, That
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations on the use of the funds under this heading,
beginning not later than January 2, 2002.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer
of
the
District
of
Columbia,
$2,350,000,
of
which
$1,000,000 shall be for payment to the Excel Institute
Adult Education Program to be used by the Institute for
construction and to acquire construction services provided
by the General Services Administration on a reimbursable
basis; $300,000 shall be for payment to the Woodlawn
Cemetery for restoration of the Cemetery; $250,000 shall
be for payment to the Real World Schools concerning 21st
Century reform models for secondary education and the
use of technology to support learning in the District of
Columbia; $300,000 shall be for payment to a mentoring
program and for hotline services; $250,000 shall be for
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payment to a youth development program with a character
building curriculum; and $250,000 shall be for payment
to a basic values training program.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CORRECTIONS TRUSTEE OPERATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia
Corrections Trustee, $32,700,000 for the administration
and operation of correctional facilities and for the admin-
istrative operating costs of the Office of the Corrections
Trustee, as authorized by section 11202 of the National
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement
Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33; 111 Stat. 712) of which
$1,000,000 is to fund an initiative to improve case proc-
essing in the District of Columbia criminal justice system,
$2,500,000 to remain available until September 30, 2003,
for building renovations required to accommodate func-
tions transferred from the Lorton Correctional Complex,
and $2,000,000 to remain available until September 30,
2003, to be transferred to the appropriate agency for the
closing of the sewage treatment plant and the removal of
underground storage tanks at the Lorton Correctional
Complex: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, funds appropriated in this Act for the District
of Columbia Corrections Trustee shall be apportioned
quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and
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obligated and expended in the same manner as funds ap-
propriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal
agencies.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, $111,238,000, to be allocated as follows: for
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $8,003,000,
of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and
representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Su-
perior Court, $66,091,000, of which not to exceed $1,500
is for official reception and representation expenses; for
the District of Columbia Court System, $31,149,000, of
which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and
representation expenses; and $5,995,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2003, for capital improvements
for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act or in any other Act
shall be available for the purchase, installation or oper-
ation of an Integrated Justice Information System until
a detailed plan and design has been submitted by the
courts and approved by the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quar-
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terly by the Office of Management and Budget and obli-
gated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agen-
cies, with payroll and financial services to be provided on
a contractual basis with the General Services Administra-
tion (GSA), said services to include the preparation of
monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be sub-
mitted directly by GSA to the President and to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR FAMILY COURT ACT
For carrying out the District of Columbia Family
Court Act of 2001, $23,316,000, of which $18,316,000
shall be for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
and $5,000,000 shall be for the Mayor of the District of
Columbia: Provided, That the chief judge of the Superior
Court shall submit the transition plan for the Family
Court of the Superior Court required under section
2(b)(1) of the District of Columbia Family Court Act of
2001 to the Comptroller General (in addition to any other
requirements under such section): Provided further, That
the Comptroller General shall prepare and submit to the
President and Congress an analysis of the contents and
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effectiveness of the plan, including an analysis of whether
the plan contains all of the information required under
such section: Provided further, That the funds provided
under this heading to the Superior Court shall not be
made available until the expiration of the 30-day period
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal public holidays, and
any day on which neither House of Congress is in session
because of an adjournment sine die, a recess of more that
3 days, or an adjournment of more than 3 days) which
begins on the date the Comptroller General submits such
analysis to the President and Congress: Provided further,
That the Mayor shall prepare and submit to the President,
Congress, and the Comptroller General a plan for the use
of the funds provided to the Mayor under this heading,
consistent with the requirements of the District of Colum-
bia Family Court Act of 2001, including the requirement
to integrate the computer systems of the District govern-
ment with the computer systems of the Superior Court:
Provided further, That the Comptroller General shall pre-
pare and submit to the President and Congress an anal-
ysis of the contents and effectiveness of the plan: Provided
further, That the funds provided under this heading to the
Mayor shall not be made available until the expiration of
the 30–day period (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal
public holidays, and any day on which neither House of
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Congress is in session because of an adjournment sine die,
a recess of more than 3 days, or an adjournment of more
than 3 days) which begins on the date the Comptroller
General submits such plan to the President and Congress.
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Division of the Superior Court of
the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C.
Official Code, and payments for counsel authorized under
section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor-
ney Act of 1986), $34,311,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the funds provided in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of
Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $5,995,000 provided
under such heading for capital improvements for District
of Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be used for
payments under this heading: Provided further, That, in
addition to the funds provided under this heading, the
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
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trict of Columbia shall use funds provided in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of
Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $5,995,000 provided
under such heading for capital improvements for District
of Columbia courthouse facilities), to make payments de-
scribed under this heading for obligations incurred during
any fiscal year: Provided further, That such funds shall
be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Ad-
ministration in the District of Columbia: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, this ap-
propriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office
of Management and Budget and obligated and expended
in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses
of other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial serv-
ices to be provided on a contractual basis with the General
Services Administration (GSA), said services to include
the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of
which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the President
and to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
and House of Representatives, the Committee on Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representatives.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-
thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–
33; 111 Stat. 712), $147,300,000, of which $13,015,000
shall remain available until expended for construction
project; not to exceed $1,500 is for official receptions re-
lated
to
offender
and
defendant
support
programs;
$94,112,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Commu-
nity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include
expenses relating to supervision of adults subject to pro-
tection orders or provision of services for or related to such
persons; $20,829,000 shall be transferred to the Public
Defender Service; and $32,359,000 shall be available to
the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all amounts under
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office
of Management and Budget and obligated and expended
in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and
expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That
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DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Division of the Superior Court of
the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C.
Official Code, and payments for counsel authorized under
section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor-
ney Act of 1986), $34,311,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the funds provided in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of
Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $5,995,000 provided
under such heading for capital improvements for District
of Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be used for
payments under this heading: Provided further, That, in
addition to the funds provided under this heading, the
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall use funds provided in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of
Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $5,995,000 provided
under such heading for capital improvements for District
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2966
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource
study of sites associated with the life of Ce´sar Estrada Cha´vez and
the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their
preservation and interpretation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
Ms. SOLIS (for herself, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr.
BACA, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mrs.
NAPOLITANO, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SERRANO, Mr.
PASTOR, Mr. REYES, Mr. FROST, Mr. FILNER, Mr. WYNN, and Ms.
MCKINNEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a
special resource study of sites associated with the life
of Ce´sar Estrada Cha´vez and the farm labor movement
to determine appropriate methods for their preservation
and interpretation.
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 ‘‘Ce´sar Estrada Cha´vez
Study Act’’.
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ing to violence at international airports),
81 (relating to arson within special mari-
time and territorial jurisdiction), 175 or
175b (relating to biological weapons), 229
(relating to chemical weapons), subsection
(a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 351 (relating
to congressional, cabinet, and Supreme
Court assassination and kidnaping), 831
(relating to nuclear materials), 842(m) or
(n) (relating to plastic explosives), 844(f)
(2) through (3) (relating to arson and
bombing of Government property risking
or causing death), 844(i) (relating to arson
and bombing of property used in interstate
commerce), 930(c) (relating to killing or
attempted killing during an attack on a
Federal facility with a dangerous weapon),
956(a)(1) (relating to conspiracy to mur-
der, kidnap, or maim persons abroad),
1030(a)(1) (relating to protection of com-
puters), 1030(a)(5)(A)(i) resulting in dam-
age 
as 
defined 
in 
1030(a)(5)(B)(ii)
through (v) (relating to protection of com-
puters), 1114 (relating to killing or at-
tempted killing of officers and employees of
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the United States), 1116 (relating to mur-
der or manslaughter of foreign officials, of-
ficial guests, or internationally protected
persons), 1203 (relating to hostage tak-
ing), 1362 (relating to destruction of com-
munication lines, stations, or systems),
1363 (relating to injury to buildings or
property within special maritime and terri-
torial jurisdiction of the United States),
1366(a) (relating to destruction of an en-
ergy facility), 1751 (a) through (d) (relat-
ing to Presidential and Presidential staff
assassination and kidnaping), 1992 (relat-
ing to wrecking trains), 1993 (relating to
terrorist attacks and other acts of violence
against 
mass 
transportation 
systems),
2155 (relating to destruction of national
defense materials, premises, or utilities),
2280 (relating to violence against maritime
navigation), 2281 (relating to violence
against maritime fixed platforms), 2332
(relating to certain homicides and other vi-
olence against United States nationals oc-
curring outside of the United States),
2332a (relating to use of weapons of mass
(A) an eligible employee is not required to
enroll in training to receive such an allowance;
(B) the reference in section 233(a)(1) of
the Trade Act of 1974 to ‘‘52’’ shall be consid-
ered to be a reference to ‘‘78’’; and
(C) no employee shall receive additional
weeks of assistance under section 233(a)(3) of
such Act.
(4) Job search allowances described in section
237 of the Trade Act of 1974.
(c) SAME INDUSTRY AND OCCUPATION.—If the Sec-
retary determines that an eligible employee described in
subsection (a) meets the requirements of subsection
(a)(3), the employee shall be provided, in the same manner
and to the same extent as an employee covered under a
certification under subchapter A of chapter 2 of title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, 1 or more of the following:
(1) Employment services described in section
235 of the Trade Act of 1974 (including, in the case
of an eligible employee in an affected area, employ-
ment services provided through programs developed
and conducted through partnerships between public
agencies, employers, and labor organizations).