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tion 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while un-
dergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or
equivalent duty or other duty, and for members of the Air
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses authorized
by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund, $1,061,160,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under section 10211, 10302,
or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States
Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of
title 10 or section 502(f ) of title 32, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$4,052,695,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
tional Guard on duty under section 10211, 10305, or 12402
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3119
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $1,000 the
maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit and to allow for pay-
ment of such a benefit, in the absence of an eligible surviving spouse
or child, to the legal representative of the estate of the deceased indi-
vidual.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 2001
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase
to $1,000 the maximum amount of the lump-sum death
benefit and to allow for payment of such a benefit,
in the absence of an eligible surviving spouse or child,
to the legal representative of the estate of the deceased
individual.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM LUMP-SUM DEATH
BENEFIT AND ELIGIBILITY OF LEGAL REP-
RESENTATIVE OF ESTATE.
Section 202(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
402(i)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$255’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’;
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
end;
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘death.’’ and
inserting ‘‘death; or’’; and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(3) if there is no person who qualifies for pay-
ment under paragraph (1) or (2), or if such person
dies before receiving payment, to the legal represent-
ative of the estate of the deceased individual, if
any.’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to deaths occurring on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 311
To prohibit a State from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent
uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the
State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud, to direct the Secretary
of Defense to prepare and submit a plan for electronic voting by absent
uniformed services voters, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on House Administration
A BILL
To prohibit a State from determining that a ballot submitted
by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly
or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and
convincing evidence of fraud, to direct the Secretary of
Defense to prepare and submit a plan for electronic
voting by absent uniformed services voters, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armed Services Absen-
tee Ballot Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. STANDARD FOR INVALIDATION OF BALLOTS CAST
BY ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS
IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State may not refuse to count
a ballot submitted in an election for Federal office by an
absent uniformed services voter on the grounds that the
ballot was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State
finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud in the prepa-
ration or casting of the ballot by the voter. For purposes
of the previous sentence, the lack of a witness signature,
address, postmark, or other identifying information may
not be considered clear and convincing evidence of fraud
(absent any other information or evidence).
(b) NO EFFECT
ON FILING DEADLINES UNDER
STATE LAW.—Nothing in this section may be construed
to affect the application to ballots submitted by absent
uniformed services voters of any ballot submission dead-
line applicable under State law.
(c) NO EFFECT ON BALLOT REQUEST REQUIRE-
MENTS OR EFFORTS TO PROHIBIT CASTING OF MUL-
TIPLE BALLOTS.—Nothing in this section may be con-
strued to prohibit a State from refusing to count a ballot
submitted by an absent uniformed services voter in an
election for Federal office—
(1) in the case of a voter who had not pre-
viously requested an absentee ballot as required by
State law; or
(2) to the extent necessary to ensure that the
voter does not cast more than one ballot in the elec-
tion, whether by absentee ballot or by a ballot cast
at a polling place.
SEC. 3. PLAN FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING BY ABSENT UNI-
FORMED SERVICES VOTERS.
Not later than April 1, 2002, the Secretary of De-
fense shall prepare and submit to Congress a plan for es-
tablishing a uniform electronic voting system for the use
of absent uniformed services voters in elections for Federal
office.
SEC. 4. ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTER DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ‘‘absent uniformed services
voter’’ has the meaning given such term in section 107(1)
of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–6(1)).
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3120
To provide for a study on the feasibility of giving airlines access by computer
to lists of suspected terrorists.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 2001
Mr. KELLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for a study on the feasibility of giving airlines
access by computer to lists of suspected terrorists.
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 ‘‘Airline Check for Ter-
rorist Act (ACT)’’.
SEC. 2. STUDY OF ACCESS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31,
2002, the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall study and
report to Congress on the feasibility of providing to air-
lines access via computer to the names of passengers who
are suspected of terrorist activity by Federal officials.
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated for fiscal years 2002 though 2003 not more
than $250,000 to carry out subsection (a).
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$5,000,000 is for the Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority.
For emergency expenses to respond to the September
11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, for a
Federal payment to the District of Columbia for Special-
ized Hazardous Materials Equipment, to be obligated from
amounts made available in Public Law 107–38 and to re-
main available until expended, $1,032,342, for the Fire
and Emergency Medical Services Department.
For emergency expenses to respond to the September
11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, for a
Federal payment to the District of Columbia for Chemical
and Biological Weapons Preparedness, to be obligated
from amounts made available in Public Law 107–38 and
to remain available until expended, $10,354,415, of which
$204,920 is for the Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Department, $258,170 is for the Metropolitan Policy De-
partment, and $9,891,325 is for the Department of
Health.
For emergency expenses to respond to the September
11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, for a
Federal payment to the District of Columbia for Pharma-
ceuticals for Responders, to be obligated from amounts
made available in Public Law 107–38 and to remain avail-
I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3123
To amend chapter 40 of title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalties
for using an instrumentality of interstate commerce to threaten to kill,
injure, or intimidate any individual or unlawfully to damage or destroy
property by means of fire or an explosive.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 2001
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr.
ROTHMAN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BARCIA, Ms. HOOLEY of
Oregon, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, and Mrs. MCCAR-
THY of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend chapter 40 of title 18, United States Code, to
increase the penalties for using an instrumentality of
interstate commerce to threaten to kill, injure, or intimi-
date any individual or unlawfully to damage or destroy
property by means of fire or an explosive.
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 ‘‘Bomb Threat Respon-
sibility Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR USING AN INSTRUMEN-
TALITY 
OF 
INTERSTATE 
COMMERCE 
TO
THREATEN TO KILL, INJURE, OR INTIMIDATE
ANY INDIVIDUAL OR UNLAWFULLY TO DAM-
AGE OR DESTROY PROPERTY BY MEANS OF
FIRE OR AN EXPLOSIVE.
Section 844(e) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘not less than 1 year (or, if the
person has a prior conviction for a crime under Fed-
eral or State law, not less than 3 years) and’’ before
‘‘not more than 10 years’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the
case of a person’s second or subsequent conviction
under this subsection, the person shall be sentenced
to a term of imprisonment of not less than 6
years.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3124
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the special
tax imposed on the recognition of built-in gain by an S corporation
shall not apply to the extent such gain is reinvested in the business.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 2001
Mr. RAMSTAD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
that the special tax imposed on the recognition of built-
in gain by an S corporation shall not apply to the extent
such gain is reinvested in the business.
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 ‘‘Built-In Gain Eco-
nomic Growth Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. EXCEPTION FROM TAX ON RECOGNIZED BUILT-IN
GAIN OF S CORPORATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1374 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to tax imposed on certain
built-in gains) is amended by redesignating subsection (e)
as subsection (f) and by inserting after subsection (d) the
following new subsection:
‘‘(e) EXCEPTION FOR REINVESTED GAIN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an existing S corporation
has a net recognized built-in gain for any taxable
year in the recognition period and elects the applica-
tion of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the tax (if any) imposed by sub-
section (a) on such gain shall not be imposed
until the second succeeding taxable year, and
‘‘(B) the amount of such gain on which tax
is imposed by subsection (a) for such second
succeeding taxable year shall be only the
amount by which such gain exceeds—
‘‘(i) the aggregate qualified expendi-
tures made by the S corporation during
nonrecognition period, reduced by
‘‘(ii) any portion of such expenditures
previously taken into account under this
subsection.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
EXPENDITURES.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘qualified expendi-
tures’ means—
‘‘(A) amounts for which a deduction is al-
lowed under section 162,
‘‘(B) amounts chargeable to capital ac-
count for property used in a trade or business
of the S corporation,
‘‘(C) payments of principal and interest on
debt of the S corporation, and
‘‘(D) amounts distributed to shareholders
to the extent such amounts do not exceed the
aggregate of such shareholders’ tax imposed by
this chapter and State and local taxes on such
net recognized built-in gain.
‘‘(3) NONRECOGNITION PERIOD.—For purposes
of this subsection, the term ‘nonrecognition period’
means, with respect to a taxable year for which an
S corporation has a net recognized built-in gain, the
first and second succeeding taxable years.
‘‘(4) EXISTING S CORPORATION.—The term ‘ex-
isting S corporation’ means any S corporation for
which an election under section 1362 is filed before
October 12, 2001.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3125
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to impose a temporary cap on credit
card interest rates, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 2001
Mr. SANDLIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to impose a temporary
cap on credit card interest rates, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Credit Card Fairness
Act’’.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY RATE CAP ON CREDIT CARD INTEREST
RATES.
Section 107 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C.
1606) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) TEMPORARY CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATE
CAP.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The annual percentage rate
applicable to an extension of credit outstanding on
a credit card account under an open end credit plan
may not exceed 12 percent.
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—Subsection (f) shall
take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment
of the Credit Card Fairness Act and shall cease to
apply at the end of the 2-year period beginning on
such effective date.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3126
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to impose a temporary cap on credit
card interest rates, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 2001
Mr. SANDLIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to impose a temporary
cap on credit card interest rates, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Credit Card Fairness
Act’’.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY RATE CAP ON CREDIT CARD INTEREST
RATES.
Section 107 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C.
1606) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) TEMPORARY CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATE
CAP.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The annual percentage rate
applicable to an extension of credit outstanding on
a credit card account under an open end credit plan
in any calendar quarter may not exceed an amount
equal to the sum of 5.50 percent and the average
amount of the annual percentage rate on loans made
by banks to their best corporate customers, as pub-
lished in the Wall Street Journal on the last Friday
of the preceding calendar quarter, as determined by
the Board.
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—Subsection (a) shall take
effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Cred-
it Card Fairness Act and shall cease to apply at the end
of the 2-year period beginning on such effective date.’’.
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expended for acquisition and other expenses associated
with implementation and deployment of antiterrorist and
illicit narcotics detection equipment along the United
States-Mexico border, the United States-Canada border,
and Florida and the Gulf Coast seaports, as follows:
(1) UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER.—For the
United States-Mexico border, the following:
(A) $6,000,000 for 8 Vehicle and Con-
tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).
(B) $11,200,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.
(C) $13,000,000 for the upgrade of 8
fixed-site truck x-rays from the present energy
level of 450,000 electron volts to 1,000,000
electron volts (1–MeV).
(D) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays.
(E) $1,000,000 for 200 portable contra-
band detectors (busters) to be distributed
among ports where the current allocations are
inadequate.
(F) $600,000 for 50 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among all southwest bor-
der ports based on traffic volume.
(G) $500,000 for 25 ultrasonic container
inspection units to be distributed among all
I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3128
To authorize the establishment of a National Guard of the Northern Mariana
Islands.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 2001
Mr. UNDERWOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To authorize the establishment of a National Guard of the
Northern Mariana Islands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NATIONAL GUARD OF NORTHERN MARIANA IS-
LANDS.
(a) ORGANIZATION.—Section 101(1) of title 32,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, the North-
ern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘Guam’’.
(b) PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—Section 101 of title 37,
United States Code, is amended in paragraphs (7) and
(9) by inserting ‘‘the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after
‘‘the Canal Zone,’’.
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States involved as the exclusive health informa-
tion infrastructure organization for that area; 
and 
(C) is governed by a board that—
(i) includes representatives of health 
care insurers and other third party payors, 
government health care programs, employ-
ers, physicians and other health care pro-
viders, hospitals, and consumers; and 
(ii) may include representatives of or-
ganized labor. 
(3) The term ‘‘physician’’ has the meaning 
given to that term in section 1861(r) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(r)). 
(4) The term ‘‘small physician group’’ means a 
physician practice group of 10 or fewer physicians. 
(5) The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 50 States 
and the District of Columbia. 
(6) The term ‘‘Working Group’’ means the 
working group convened under section 103.
TITLE II—HEALTH CARE OUT-
COMES, 
BEST 
PRACTICES, 
AND EFFICIENCY 
SEC. 201. RESEARCH ON OUTCOMES OF HEALTH CARE 
ITEMS AND SERVICES. 
Section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Im-
provement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 
299b–7) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in clause (i) of paragraph (1)(A), by 
inserting ‘‘cost-effectiveness,’’ before ‘‘compara-
tive clinical effectiveness,’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) PRIORITIES.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall adopt and implement the prior-
ities established by the Consortium for Health Out-
comes Research Priorities under section 202 of the 
Quality, Efficiency, Standards, and Technology for 
Health Care Transformation Act of 2004.’’; and 
(C) in clause (i) of paragraph (3)(A), by 
inserting ‘‘cost-effectiveness,’’ before ‘‘compara-
tive clinical effectiveness,’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d);
(3) 
in 
subsection 
(e), 
by 
inserting 
‘‘$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $250,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 
2007, 
$750,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2008, 
$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2009,’’ before ‘‘and 
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year 
thereafter’’; and 
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (d). 
SEC. 202. CONSORTIUM FOR HEALTH OUTCOMES RE-
SEARCH PRIORITIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Agency 
for Healthcare Research and Quality shall enter into an 
agreement with the Institute of Medicine to establish the 
Consortium for Health Outcomes Research Priorities. 
(b) MEMBERS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Consortium shall be 
composed of the ex officio members listed in para-
graph (2) and the members appointed by the Insti-
tute of Medicine under paragraph (3). 
(2) EX
OFFICIO
MEMBERS.—The ex officio 
members of the Consortium shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The Administrator of the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services.
of which she is under a disability and in which she 
becomes so entitled to such insurance benefits,’’. 
(2) ELIMINATION OF DEFINED TERM.—Section 
202(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), 
(8), and (9) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and 
(8), respectively. 
(c) WIDOWER’S INSURANCE BENEFITS BASED ON 
DISABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(f)(1)(F) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(1)(F)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(F) if he satisfies subparagraph (B) by reason 
of clause (ii) thereof, the first month during all of 
which he is under a disability and in which he be-
comes so entitled to such insurance benefits,’’. 
(2) ELIMINATION OF DEFINED TERM.—Section 
202(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), 
and (9) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respec-
tively. 
(d) ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR COM-
MENCEMENT
OF
PERIODS
OF
DISABILITY.—Section
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during the fiscal year who had one or more spe-
cialized clinic visits within three days of their
index discharge, with a comparison from 1996
until the date of the report;
‘‘(iv) the percentage of unique outpatients
seen in a facility or geographic service area dur-
ing the fiscal year who had one or more special-
ized clinic visits, with a comparison from 1996
until the date of the report; and
‘‘(v) the rate of recidivism of patients at
each specialized clinic in each geographic serv-
ice area of the Veterans Health Administration.
‘‘(E) For mental health programs, the number
and type of staff that are available at each facility
to provide specialized mental health treatment, in-
cluding satellite clinics, outpatient programs, and
community-based outpatient clinics, with a compari-
son from 1996 to the date of the report.
‘‘(F) The number of such clinics providing men-
tal health care, the number and type of mental
health staff at each such clinic, and the type of men-
tal health programs at each such clinic.
‘‘(G) The total amounts expended for mental
health during the fiscal year.
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(A) the chairpersons and ranking minority
members of—
(i) the Committee on Governmental Af-
fairs and the Committee on Small Business
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and
(ii) the Committee on Government Re-
form and the Committee on Small Business
of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Small Business and Agriculture
Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman designated
under section 30(b) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 657(b)).
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than December
31, 2004, each agency shall submit a final report to
the members and officer described under paragraph
(1) (A) and (B).
(3) CONTENT.—The initial report under para-
graph (1) shall include information with respect to
the 1-year period beginning on October 1, 2002, and
the final report under paragraph (2) shall include in-
formation with respect to the 1-year period beginning
on October 1, 2003, on each of the following:
(A) The number of enforcement actions in
which a civil penalty is assessed.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3129
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 23, 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2002 through
2004 for the United States Customs Service for
antiterrorism, drug interdiction, and other operations,
for the Office of the United States Trade Representative,
for the United States International Trade Commission,
and for other purposes.