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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3194
To expand the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to include
individuals diagnosed with anthrax.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 31, 2001
Mr. CAPUANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To expand the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
of 2001 to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax.
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 ‘‘Anthrax Victims As-
sistance Act’’.
SEC. 2. COMPENSATION FOR ANTHRAX VICTIMS.
(a) EXPANSION OF PROGRAM.—The Attorney Gen-
eral, acting through the Special Master appointed under
the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001
(title IV of the Air Transportation Safety and System Sta-
bilization Act (Public Law 107–42; 115 Stat. 237 et seq.;
49 U.S.C. 40101 note)), shall expand the compensation
program carried out under that title to include as an eligi-
ble individual any individual diagnosed with anthrax dur-
ing the period beginning September 11, 2001, and ending
December 31, 2001.
(b) BASIS FOR PARTICIPATION.—The compensation
program and all other provisions of that title shall apply
with respect to an individual made eligible pursuant to
subsection (a) to the same extent, on the same basis, and
subject to the same conditions and limitations, as that title
applies with respect to any other eligible individual.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3195
To extend the Medicare community nursing organization (CNO)
demonstration project.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 31, 2001
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. RAN-
GEL, Mr. RAMSTAD, and Mr. KOLBE) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 extend the Medicare community nursing organization
(CNO) demonstration project.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF MEDICARE COMMUNITY NURS-
ING ORGANIZATION (CNO) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 532(b)(2) of the Medi-
care, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement
Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1501A–388), as enacted into law
‘‘§ 2671A. Amendment of claims and notice respecting
claims.
‘‘(a) Any individual having a claim before a Federal
agency may amend such claim—
‘‘(1) before final action is taken on it by the
agency, or
‘‘(2) before the individual brings a civil action
under section 2675(a) against the United States,
whichever may be later if the claim as amended relates
to the same transaction or occurrence which gave rise to
the original claim. The claim as amended shall be consid-
ered as part of the original claim for all purposes.
‘‘(b) Any individual having a claim before a Federal
agency shall be given notice by such agency if it deter-
mines that the claim fails to state a claim upon which such
agency may take action under section 2675.
‘‘(c) Each Federal agency shall have attached to any
claim form it distributes notice in clear and explicit lan-
guage that the claim may be amended as provided in sub-
section (a).’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 171 of title 28, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 2671 the following new item:
‘‘2671A. Amendment of claims and notice respecting claims.’’.
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by section 1000(a)(6) of Public Law 106–113, and as
amended by section 632(a) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and
SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000
(114 Stat. 2763A–566), as enacted into law by section
1(a)(6) of Public Law 106–554, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DECEM-
BER 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘DECEMBER 2002’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘15-month’’ and inserting
‘‘27-month’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause
(i);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iii) 2002 shall be the capitation rate
determined under clause (ii), increased by
the national per capita Medicare+Choice
growth percentage for 2002 determined
under section 1853(d)(6) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–23(d)(6)).’’;
(3) in subparagraph (B)(i)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I); and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
‘‘(III) 2002 shall be the fee de-
termined under subclause (II), in-
creased by the national per capita
Medicare+Choice growth percentage
for 2002 determined under such sec-
tion 1853(d)(6); and’’; and
(4) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘15-
month’’ and inserting ‘‘27-month’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of section 632 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and
SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000
(114 Stat. 2763A–566).
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3197
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain machines designed for children’s
education.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 31, 2001
Ms. LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain machines
designed for children’s education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CERTAIN CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL DEVICES.
(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:
‘‘
9902.85.43
Electrical ma-
chines and appa-
ratus principally
designed for the
education of chil-
dren (provided
for in subheading
8543.89.96) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2004
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 31
To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms
in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement
of such right.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland (for himself, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. BRADY of Texas,
Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr.
HAYWORTH, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. BARCIA, Mr.
STUMP, and Mr. SIMPSON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and
to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and
to provide for the enforcement of such right.
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 ‘‘Citizens’ Self-Defense
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
in accordance with the procedures respecting a joint reso-
lution set forth in section 4.
(d) PETITIONS FOR REVIEW.—A petition for review
under subsection (a) shall contain the following:
(1) Any rule affected by the petition and the
contents of that rule as it would exist if a joint reso-
lution revising or revoking that rule pursuant to the
petition were enacted.
(2) For a petition in the Senate, the signatures
of 30 Senators, or for a petition in the House of
Representatives, the signatures of 120 Members.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5,
United States Code (relating to administrative pro-
cedure).
(2) SESSION DAY AND LEGISLATIVE DAY.—The
terms ‘‘session day’’ and ‘‘legislative day’’ do not in-
clude, with respect to a House of the Congress, any
day throughout which that House is not in session.
(3) RULE.—(A) The term ‘‘rule’’ has the mean-
ing given such term by section 551 of title 5, United
States Code, except that such term does not
include—
(i) any rule of particular applicability in-
cluding a rule that approves or prescribes—
(I) future rates, wages, prices, serv-
ices, or allowances therefor,
(II) corporate or financial structures,
reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions
thereof, or
(III) accounting practices or disclo-
sures bearing on any of the foregoing, or
(ii) any rule of agency organization, per-
sonnel, procedure, practice, or any routine mat-
ter.
(B) The term ‘‘final rule’’ means any final rule
or interim final rule.
(4) SIGNIFICANT RULE.—The term ‘‘significant
rule’’ means any rule proposed by an agency that is
specified or described as such in the Act that au-
thorizes the rule.
SEC. 7. EXEMPTION FOR MONETARY POLICY.
Nothing in this Act applies to any rule concerning
monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Fed-
eral Open Market Committee.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3201
To prohibit any department or agency of the United States from transferring
funds to any individual or entity that prohibits the display of the flag
of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 31, 2001
Mr. TANCREDO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit any department or agency of the United States
from transferring funds to any individual or entity that
prohibits the display of the flag of the United States.
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 ‘‘Freedom to be a Pa-
triot Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No department or agency of the
United States may—
(1) transfer any Federal funds to an individual
or entity that prohibits the patriotic display of the
flag of the United States; or
(2) transfer any Federal funds that the head of
such department or agency determines are likely to
be subsequently transferred to an individual or enti-
ty described in paragraph (1).
(b) PATRIOTIC DISPLAY.—For the purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘patriotic display’’ means a display in-
tended to express positive feelings about the United States
and includes any display of the flag of the United States
that conforms to the rules and customs described in sec-
tion 6 of title 4, United States Code.
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instrumentality is or was at any time the legal or
beneficial owner of such right, except upon proof
that—
‘‘(A) on or before the date the infringe-
ment commenced or January 1, 2004, which-
ever is later, the State has waived its immunity,
under the eleventh amendment of the United
States Constitution and under any other doc-
trine of sovereign immunity, from suit in Fed-
eral court brought against the State or any of
its instrumentalities, for any infringement of in-
tellectual property protected under Federal law;
and
‘‘(B) such waiver was made in accordance
with the constitution and laws of the State, and
remains effective.
‘‘(2) The limitation on remedies under para-
graph (1) shall not apply with respect to an exclu-
sive right if—
‘‘(A) the limitation would materially and
adversely affect a legitimate contract-based ex-
pectation in existence before January 1, 2002;
or
‘‘(B) the party seeking remedies was a
bona fide purchaser for value of the exclusive
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3202
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to remove
from a passenger aircraft any baggage that is checked by a passenger
who does not board the aircraft, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 31, 2001
Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air car-
riers to remove from a passenger aircraft any baggage
that is checked by a passenger who does not board
the aircraft, 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. ENHANCED SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR AIR-
CRAFT BAGGAGE.
Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) ENHANCED SAFETY PROCEDURES
FOR AIR-
CRAFT BAGGAGE.—
‘‘(1) REMOVAL OF CHECKED BAGGAGE FROM
PASSENGER
AIRCRAFT.—Effective on the day fol-
lowing the date of enactment of this subsection, the
Secretary of Transportation shall require an air car-
rier to remove from an aircraft for a flight in pas-
senger air transportation or passenger intrastate air
transportation any baggage that is checked by a pas-
senger on the flight who does not check-in with a
representative of the air carrier at the appropriate
airport gate and board the aircraft.
‘‘(2) REPORT ON PROPERTY SCREENING PRO-
GRAM.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Janu-
ary 1, 2002, the Secretary shall transmit to
Congress a report containing a program to pro-
vide for the screening of all property (including
checked baggage) on an aircraft providing pas-
senger air transportation or passenger intra-
state air transportation.
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The report shall con-
tain the Secretary’s recommendations for ad-
ministrative and legislative actions, including a
recommendation as to whether to continue im-
plementation of the requirements of paragraph
(1) after the implementation of the screening
program described in subparagraph (A).’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3203
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of docu-
mentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
trade for the vessel CALEDONIA.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 31, 2001
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorse-
ment for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel
CALEDONIA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine
Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), section 8 of the Act of
June 19, 1886 (46 App. U.S.C. 289), and section 12106
of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may issue a certificate of documentation with ap-
propriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
right, and, at the time of the purchase, did not
know and was reasonably without cause to be-
lieve that a State or State instrumentality was
once the legal or beneficial owner of the right.
‘‘(3) The limitation on remedies under para-
graph (1) may be raised at any point in a pro-
ceeding, through the conclusion of the action. If
raised before January 1, 2004, the court may stay
the proceeding for a reasonable time, but not later
than January 1, 2004, to afford the State an oppor-
tunity to waive its immunity as provided in para-
graph (1).’’.
(c) AMENDMENT TO TRADEMARK LAW.—Section 35
of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1117) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) LIMITATION
ON
REMEDIES
IN
CERTAIN
CASES.—
‘‘(1) No remedies under this section shall be
awarded in any civil action arising under this Act
for a violation of any right of the registrant of a
mark registered in the Patent and Trademark Office
on or after January 1, 2002, or any right of the
owner of a mark first used in commerce on or after
January 1, 2002, if a State or State instrumentality
trade for the vessel CALEDONIA (United States official
number 679530).
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services) and outpatient occupational therapy
services’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘services, outpatient occupational therapy serv-
ices, and outpatient speech-language pathology
services’’; and
(B) in subsection (g)—
(i) in paragraphs (1) and (3), by
striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)’’; and
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as
paragraph (5) and inserting after para-
graph (3) the following:
‘‘(4) Subject to paragraph (5), in the case of
speech-language pathology services (of the type de-
scribed in section 1861(ll)(4) (but not described in
subsection (a)(8)(B)) and speech-language pathology
services of such type that are furnished by a physi-
cian or as incident to physicians’ services), with re-
spect to expenses incurred in any calendar year, no
more than the amount specified in paragraph (2) for
the year shall be considered as incurred expenses for
purposes of subsections (a) and (b).’’.
(3) PROVIDER CLAIMS PROCEDURES.—The sec-
ond sentence of section 1835(a) of such Act (42
(2) despite record home ownership rates, the
ability to pursue the American dream of home own-
ership is not consistent in all geographical areas or
within all demographic groups in the United States;
(3) new home ownership tools are necessary to
bridge the gap for creditworthy borrowers who are
excluded from the present mortgage finance systems;
(4) any new Federal Government liability
should be limited or prevented by providing appro-
priate Federal authority to establish minimum
standards of acceptable risk;
(5) the Federal Housing Administration should
partner with other public and private mortgage fi-
nance systems to develop and access new technology
that will assist in discovering new ways to under-
write affordable home ownership, as well as mitigate
losses;
(6) risk-sharing between the public sector and
the private mortgage insurance industry will provide
consumers greater access to mortgage credit oppor-
tunities; and
(7) the underwriting and financing of home
ownership opportunities should expand and become
more flexible to meet the evolving needs of the citi-
available water supplies and water yields and exist-
ing demand and future needs—
(A) within the units of the Central Valley
Project;
(B) within the area served by Central Val-
ley Project agricultural water service contractors
and municipal and industrial water service con-
tractors; and
(C) within the Bay-Delta solution area.
(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a re-
port to the congressional authorizing committees by
not later than October 1, 2002, describing the findings
of the study. The report shall describe—
(A) water yield and water supply improve-
ments, if any, for Central Valley Project agricul-
tural water service contractors and municipal
and industrial water service contractors, that
would result from projects described in the record
of decision; and
(B) all feasible water management actions
or projects that would improve water yield or
water supply and that, if taken or constructed,
would balance available water supplies and ex-
isting demand for those contractors and other
(d) CONSTRUCTION GRANTS.—No grant may be made
under this section for the construction of any project until
after—
(1) an appraisal investigation and a feasibility
study have been completed;
(2) the implementing entity has determined that
the non-Federal project sponsor is financially capable
of funding the non-Federal share of the project’s costs;
and
(3) the implementing entity has approved a cost-
sharing agreement with the non-Federal project spon-
sor that commits the non-Federal project sponsor to
funding its share of the project’s construction costs on
an annual basis, and ongoing operations and mainte-
nance.
(e) COST SHARING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), and notwithstanding any other provision
of this Act, a grant under this section shall not exceed
the lesser of $50,000,000 (June 2000 prices) or 35
percent of the total cost of the project.
(2) REDUCED NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The im-
plementing entity may reduce the non-Federal share
of the cost of a project carried out with a grant under
this section, including (subject to the availability of
degree or a doctoral degree in the field of health 
care quality and patient safety with a curriculum 
that—
(A) is interdisciplinary; 
(B) includes coursework and training in—
(i) health services research; 
(ii) health care quality; 
(iii) decision analysis; 
(iv) cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness 
analysis; and 
(v) management skills and leadership; 
and 
(C) includes fieldwork in a health care fa-
cility. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 205. STANDARDIZED MEASURES OF HEALTH CARE 
PROVIDER PERFORMANCE. 
(a) PRIORITIES.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Consortium shall identify 
priorities for developing, updating, and endorsing stand-
ardized measures of health care provider performance 
under this section. Such priorities shall—
(1) first be developed for each of the 20 priority 
areas for improvement in health care quality speci-
fied in the report by the Institute of Medicine enti-
tled ‘‘Priority Areas for National Action: Trans-
forming Health Care Quality’’; 
(2) include priorities for measures of health 
care provider performance based on adherence to 
evidence-based medicine, patient outcomes, effi-
ciency, and patient satisfaction; 
(3) include priorities for measures specific to a 
range of practice settings, including individual doc-
tors and small physician groups; 
(4) emphasize the development of reliable, risk-
adjusted outcome measures; and 
(5) be updated on an annual basis. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director shall enter into 
agreements with medical specialty societies, private ac-
crediting organizations, and other appropriate organiza-
tions to develop and update measures of health care pro-
vider performance in accordance with the priorities identi-
fied under subsection (a). 
(c) ENDORSEMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall enter into 
an agreement with the National Quality Forum for