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Union Calendar No. 38
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1298
[Report No. 108–60] 
To provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, 
and malaria, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2003
Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Ms. LEE, and 
Mr. LEACH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations 
APRIL 7, 2003 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 17, 2003] 
A BILL 
To provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/
AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (D) and inserting ‘‘: and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal years after fiscal year 2004.’’.
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(12) 
For 
the 
Defense 
Inspector 
General, 
$160,049,000. 
(13) For the United States Court of Appeals for 
the Armed Forces, $10,333,000. 
(14) For Environmental Restoration, Army, 
$396,018,000. 
(15) For Environmental Restoration, Navy, 
$256,153,000. 
(16) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, 
$384,307,000. 
(17) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-
wide, $24,081,000. 
(18) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly 
Used Defense Sites, $252,619,000. 
(19) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and 
Civic Aid programs, $59,000,000. 
(20) For Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug 
Activities, Defense-wide, $817,371,000. 
(21) 
For 
Defense 
Health 
Program, 
$14,862,900,000. 
(22) For Cooperative Threat Reduction pro-
grams, $450,800,000. 
SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2004 for the use of the Armed Forces and other
‘‘(2) An activity to establish international codes, 
standards, and safety protocols for the use and man-
ufacture of domestic and foreign products. 
‘‘(3) Interagency, intergovernmental, and inter-
national programs and activities for education, infor-
mation exchange, and cooperation. 
‘‘(4) A survey of private sector hydrogen energy 
research and development activities worldwide to en-
sure that Federal research and development activi-
ties do not—
‘‘(A) unnecessarily duplicate any available 
research and development; or 
‘‘(B) displace or compete with the privately 
funded hydrogen energy research and develop-
ment activities of United States industry. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Advisory Committee’ means the 
Hydrogen Technical and Fuel Cell Advisory Com-
mittee established under section 108 of this Act. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Department’ means the Depart-
ment of Energy. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘fuel cell’ means a device that di-
rectly converts the chemical energy of a fuel and an 
oxidant into electricity by an electrochemical process 
taking place at separate electrodes in the device.
‘‘(I) the fourth sentence of subparagraph 
(A) by substituting ‘100 percent’ for ‘95 per-
cent’; 
‘‘(II) subparagraph (B)(i) by substituting 
‘100 percent’ for ‘85 percent’; and 
‘‘(III) subparagraph (B)(ii) by substituting 
‘100 percent’ for ‘75 percent’.
‘‘(ii) For purposes of clause (i) of this subpara-
graph, the term ‘exempt claims’ means claims with 
respect to loans for which it is determined that the 
borrower (or the student on whose behalf a parent 
has borrowed), without the lender’s or the institu-
tion’s knowledge at the time the loan was made, pro-
vided false or erroneous information or took actions 
that caused the borrower or the student to be ineli-
gible for all or a portion of the loan or for interest 
benefits thereon.’’. 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘in 
writing’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(10) 
DOCUMENTATION
OF
FORBEARANCE 
AGREEMENTS.—For the purposes of paragraph (3), 
the terms of forbearance agreed to by the parties 
shall be documented by confirming the agreement of
to the amount which would be so taken into ac-
count as—
‘‘(i) the excess of—
‘‘(I) the taxpayer’s modified ad-
justed gross income for such taxable 
year, over 
‘‘(II) $40,000 ($80,000 in the 
case of a joint return), bears to 
‘‘(ii) $10,000 ($20,000 in the case of 
a joint return). 
‘‘(3) MODIFIED
ADJUSTED
GROSS
INCOME.—
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘modified 
adjusted gross income’ means the adjusted gross in-
come of the taxpayer for the taxable year increased 
by any amount excluded from gross income under 
section 911, 931, or 933.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) 
of section 25A(h) of such Code is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) INCOME LIMITS.—
‘‘(A) HOPE CREDIT.—In the case of a tax-
able year beginning after 2003, the $50,000 
and 
$100,000 
amounts 
in 
subsection 
(d)(1)(B)(i)(II) shall be increased by an amount 
equal to—
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
endar year in which the taxable year be-
gins, determined by substituting ‘calendar 
year 2002’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in sub-
paragraph (B) thereof. 
‘‘(B) LIFETIME
LEARNING
CREDIT.—In 
the case of a taxable year beginning after 2001, 
the $40,000 and $80,000 amounts in sub-
section (d)(2)(B)(i)(II) shall be increased by an 
amount equal to—
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
endar year in which the taxable year be-
gins, determined by substituting ‘calendar 
year 2000’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in sub-
paragraph (B) thereof. 
‘‘(C) ROUNDING.—If any amount as ad-
justed under subparagraph (A) or (B) is not a 
multiple of $1,000, such amount shall be 
rounded to the next lowest multiple of $1,000.’’. 
(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER HIGHER EDU-
CATION BENEFITS.—Section 25A(g) of such Code is
amended by striking paragraph (5) and by redesignating 
paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respec-
tively. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to expenses paid after December 
31, 2002 (in taxable years ending after such date), for 
education furnished in academic periods beginning after 
such date. 
SEC. 4. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TUITION AND FINANCIAL 
AID. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an annual study to examine whether 
the Federal income tax incentives to provide education as-
sistance affect higher education tuition rates in order to 
identify if institutions of higher education are absorbing 
the intended savings by raising tuition rates. 
(b) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall report the results of the study required 
under subsection (a) to Congress on an annual basis. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RE-
GARDING PELL GRANTS. 
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the maximum Pell Grant should be increased to $4,700 
to pay approximately—
(1) 20 percent of the tuition, fees, room and 
board, and other expenses of the average college, or 
(2) the tuition and fees of the average public 
college.
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justment of status. If the Attorney General denies a 
stay of a final order of exclusion, deportation, or re-
moval, or if the Attorney General renders a final ad-
ministrative determination to deny the application 
for adjustment of status, the order shall be effective 
and enforceable to the same extent as if the applica-
tion had not been made. If the Attorney General 
grants the application for adjustment of status, the 
Attorney General shall cancel the order.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Subsection (a) shall not apply to an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, un-
less the alien is applying for relief under that sub-
section in deportation or removal proceedings.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Nothing in this section requires the 
Attorney General to stay the removal of an alien 
who is ineligible for adjustment of status under this 
section.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)—
(A) by amending the subsection heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(d) SPOUSES, CHILDREN, AND UNMARRIED SONS 
AND DAUGHTERS.—’’;
(B) by amending the heading of paragraph 
(1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—’’; 
(C) by amending paragraph (1)(A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) the alien entered the United States 
on or before the date of the enactment of the 
Central American Security Act;’’; 
(D) by amending paragraph (1)(B) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) the alien— 
‘‘(i) is the spouse, child, or unmarried 
son or daughter of an alien whose status is 
adjusted to that of an alien lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence under sub-
section (a) or pursuant to the amendments 
made by section 203, except that—
‘‘(I) any determination of wheth-
er the alien satisfies the age require-
ment in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A) of section 101(b)(1) 
shall be made using the age of the 
alien on the date on which the prin-
cipal alien filed for adjustment under
States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Texas on such date. 
(3) JURIES NOT AFFECTED.—This section and 
the amendments made by this section shall not af-
fect the composition, or preclude the service, of any 
grand or petit jury summoned, impaneled, or actu-
ally serving in the Eastern Judicial District of Texas 
on the effective date of this section. 
SEC. 103. CONDITIONS OF PROBATION AND SUPERVISED 
RELEASE. 
(a) 
CONDITIONS
OF
PROBATION.—Section 
3563(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘(b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(13)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(b)(2) or (b)(12)’’. 
(b) SUPERVISED RELEASE AFTER IMPRISONMENT.—
Section 3583(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘section 3563(b)(1)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘appropriate.’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3563(b) 
and any other condition it considers to be appropriate, ex-
cept that a condition set forth in subsection 3563(b)(10) 
shall be imposed only for a violation of a condition of su-
pervised release in accordance with subsection (e)(2) of 
this section and only when facilities are available.’’.
(1) the effect that the amendments made by 
section 301 of this Act have had on—
(A) the ability of institutions of higher 
education to provide distance learning opportu-
nities to students; and 
(B) program integrity; 
(2) with respect to distance education or cor-
respondence education courses at institutions of 
higher education to which the information require-
ments of subsection (a)(2) apply, changes from year-
to-year in—
(A) the amount or method of instruction 
offered and the types of programs or courses of-
fered; 
(B) the number and type of students en-
rolled in distance education or correspondence 
education courses; 
(C) the amount of student aid provided to 
such students, in total and as a percentage of 
the institution’s revenue; and 
(D) outcomes for students enrolled in dis-
tance education or correspondence education 
courses, including graduation rates, job place-
ment rates, and loan delinquencies and defaults; 
and
(3) any further improvements that should be 
made to the provisions amended by section 301 of 
this Act (and related provisions), in order to accom-
modate nontraditional educational opportunities in 
the Federal student assistance programs while en-
suring the integrity of those programs.
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‘‘(B) MEDICAL CONDITIONS.—The code set 
established under subparagraph (A) shall—
‘‘(i) take into account the list of med-
ical conditions developed in the course of 
the negotiated rulemaking process con-
ducted under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, be adopted as a standard code 
set under section 1173(c).’’.
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SEC. 6. MOTIONS TO REOPEN. 
Notwithstanding any time and number limitations 
imposed by law on motions to reopen, a national of Cuba 
or Nicaragua who, on the date of the enactment of the 
Act, has a final administrative denial of an application for 
adjustment of status under the Nicaraguan Adjustment 
and Central American Relief Act, and who is made eligible 
for adjustment of status under that Act by the amend-
ments made by this Act, may file one motion to reopen 
an exclusion, deportation, or removal proceeding to have 
the application reconsidered. Any such motion shall be 
filed within 180 days of the date of the enactment of this 
Act. The scope of any proceeding reopened on this basis 
shall be limited to a determination of the alien’s eligibility 
for adjustment of status under the Nicaraguan Adjust-
ment and Central American Relief Act.
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SECTION 1. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF JUDICIAL CON-
FERENCE. 
Section 205(c) of the E-Government Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–347; 44 U.S.C. 3501 note) is amended 
by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) PRIVACY AND SECURITY CONCERNS.—
‘‘(A)(i) The Supreme Court shall prescribe 
rules, in accordance with sections 2072 and 
2075 of title 28, United States Code, to protect 
privacy and security concerns relating to elec-
tronic filing of documents and the public avail-
ability under this subsection of documents filed 
electronically or converted to electronic form. 
‘‘(ii) Such rules shall provide to the extent 
practicable for uniform treatment of privacy 
and security issues throughout the Federal 
courts. 
‘‘(iii) Such rules shall take into consider-
ation best practices in Federal and State courts 
to protect private information or otherwise 
maintain necessary information security. 
‘‘(iv) Except as provided in clause (v), to 
the extent that such rules provide for the redac-
tion of certain categories of information in 
order to protect privacy and security concerns, 
such rules shall provide that a party that wish-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1303
To amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to rulemaking 
authority of the Judicial Conference. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself and Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to 
rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF JUDICIAL CON-
FERENCE. 
Section 205(c) of the E-Government Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–347) is amended by striking paragraph 
(3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) PRIVACY AND SECURITY CONCERNS.—The 
Judicial Conference of the United States may pro-
mulgate rules to protect privacy and security con-
cerns relating to the electronic filing of documents, 
and the public availability of documents filed elec-
tronically, pursuant to this subsection.’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1303
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 14, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to 
rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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es to file an otherwise proper document con-
taining such protected information may file an 
unredacted document under seal, which shall be 
retained by the court as part of the record, and 
which, at the discretion of the court and subject 
to any applicable rules issued in accordance 
with chapter 131 of title 28, United States 
Code, shall be either in lieu of, or in addition 
to, a redacted copy in the public file. 
‘‘(v) Such rules may require the use of ap-
propriate redacted identifiers in lieu of pro-
tected information described in clause (iv) in 
any pleading, motion, or other paper filed with 
the court (except with respect to a paper that 
is an exhibit or other evidentiary matter, or 
with respect to a reference list described in this 
subclause), or in any written discovery re-
sponse—
‘‘(I) by authorizing the filing under 
seal, and permitting the amendment as of 
right under seal, of a reference list that—
‘‘(aa) identifies each item of 
unredacted protected information that 
the attorney or, if there is no attor-
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electronic conversion shall comply with, and be 
construed in conformity with, subparagraph 
(A)(iv). 
‘‘(C) Not later than 1 year after the rules 
prescribed under subparagraph (A) take effect, 
and every 2 years thereafter, the Judicial Con-
ference shall submit to Congress a report on 
the adequacy of those rules to protect privacy 
and security.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 7, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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Calendar No. 610 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1303 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 14, 2003 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
JULY 7, 2004 
Reported by Ms. COLLINS, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to 
rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF JUDICIAL CON-
FERENCE. 
Section 205(c) of the E-Government Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–347) is amended by striking paragraph 
(3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) PRIVACY AND SECURITY CONCERNS.—The 
Judicial Conference of the United States may pro-
mulgate rules to protect privacy and security con-
cerns relating to the electronic filing of documents, 
and the public availability of documents filed elec-
tronically, pursuant to this subsection.’’.
Calendar No. 610 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1303 
AN ACT 
To amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with re-
spect to rulemaking authority of the Judicial 
Conference. 
JULY 7, 2004 
Reported without amendment
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1304
To make college debt more affordable, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DOGGETT, 
Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. FARR, Mr. CAPUANO, 
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. LEE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. TOWNS, 
Mr. STARK, Mr. NADLER, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. UDALL of 
New Mexico, Mr. FORD, Mr. OLVER, Mr. WEINER, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, 
Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BACA, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, 
Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FROST, 
Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. OWENS, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MEE-
HAN, Mr. CASE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. MAJETTE, Mr. WEXLER, 
Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. WATSON, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. PETER-
SON of Minnesota, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mrs. 
JONES of Ohio, Mr. EVANS, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. KUCINICH, 
Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mrs. 
LOWEY, and Mr. HINOJOSA) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To make college debt more affordable, 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 ‘‘College Affordability 
and Lifetime Savings Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR INTEREST ON EDUCATION LOANS 
CONVERTED TO CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 221 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to interest on education 
loans) is hereby moved to subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter B of chapter 1 of such Code, inserted after section 
25B, and redesignated as section 25C. 
(b) CONVERSION TO 50 PERCENT CREDIT.—Sub-
section (a) of section 25C of such Code, as redesignated 
by subsection (a), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—In the case of an in-
dividual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax 
imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount 
equal to 50 percent of the interest paid by the taxpayer 
during the taxable year on any qualified education loan.’’. 
(c) LIMITATION BASED
ON MODIFIED ADJUSTED 
GROSS INCOME.—Subsection (b) of section 25C of such 
Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION BASED ON MODIFIED ADJUSTED 
GROSS INCOME.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount which would 
(but for this subsection) be allowed as a credit under
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quishment is subsequently approved by the issuance to
the individual of a certificate of loss of nationality by
the United States Department of State.
‘‘(4) LONG-TERM
RESIDENT.—The term ‘long-
term resident’ has the meaning given to such term by
section 877(e)(2).
‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULES APPLICABLE TO BENEFICIARIES’
INTERESTS IN TRUST.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), if an individual is determined under para-
graph (3) to hold an interest in a trust on the day
before the expatriation date—
‘‘(A) the individual shall not be treated as
having sold such interest,
‘‘(B) such interest shall be treated as a sep-
arate share in the trust, and
‘‘(C)(i) such separate share shall be treated
as a separate trust consisting of the assets allo-
cable to such share,
‘‘(ii) the separate trust shall be treated as
having sold its assets on the day before the expa-
triation date for their fair market value and as
having distributed all of its assets to the indi-
vidual as of such time, and