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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall make transfers from the general fund of 
the Treasury to the KIDS Account Fund as follows: 
(A) AUTOMATIC
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Upon 
receipt of each certification under section 3(b), 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer 
$500. 
(B) SUPPLEMENTAL
CONTRIBUTIONS.—
Upon receipt of each certification under section 
4(a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall trans-
fer the supplemental amount. 
(C) MATCHING
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Upon 
receipt of each certification under section 4(b), 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer the 
matching amount. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—For each fifth calendar 
year beginning after 2005, the $500 amount in 
paragraph (1)(A) shall be increased by such 
dollar amount multiplied by the cost-of-living 
adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 determined 
by substituting ‘‘calendar year 2004’’ for ‘‘cal-
endar year 1992’’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Flood Insur-
ance Program Reauthorization Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.—The National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 is amended—
(1) 
in 
section 
1309(a)(2) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
4016(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2003’’; 
(2) in section 1319 (42 U.S.C. 4026), by strik-
ing ‘‘after’’ and all that follows through the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘after December 31, 
2003.’’; 
(3) in section 1336(a) (42 U.S.C. 4056(a)), by 
striking ‘‘ending’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ending December 31, 2003, in’’; and 
(4) in section 1376(c) (42 U.S.C. 4127), by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2003’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall be considered to have taken effect on 
December 31, 2002.
Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
HR 1209 RFS 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 10(b) of that Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘section 8(b)(1) of that 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8906(b) of such 
title’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 23, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
procedures and radiation therapy procedures; 
and 
‘‘(B) ensure that the standards are at least 
as protective of the public health as standards 
issued under the Consumer-Patient Radiation 
Health and Safety Act of 1981. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
STANDARDS.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that standards under paragraph (1) are 
in accordance with the following: 
‘‘(A) The standards shall specify the edu-
cational requirements for an individual to ob-
tain a medical radiation license, including, if 
applicable, requirements regarding practical ex-
perience. 
‘‘(B) The standards shall provide that an 
educational requirement under subparagraph 
(A) is that the education involved be provided 
by an educational institution or program that is 
accredited by a nonprofit private entity recog-
nized by the Secretary for purposes of this sub-
section.
‘‘(C) The standards shall specify the cri-
teria that an entity is required to meet in order 
to be recognized by the Secretary as an accred-
iting entity under subparagraph (B). Such cri-
ian of such an individual is permitted to pre-enroll 
in the month prior to the expected month of birth; 
‘‘(2) individuals who are born outside the 
United States after such date and who become eligi-
ble to enroll by virtue of immigration into (or an ad-
justment of immigration status in) the United 
States are deemed enrolled at the time of entry or 
adjustment of status; 
‘‘(3) eligible individuals may otherwise be en-
rolled at such other times and manner as the Sec-
retary shall specify, including the use of outstationed 
eligibility 
sites 
as 
described 
in 
section 
1902(a)(55)(A) and the use of presumptive eligi-
bility provisions like those described in section 
1920A; and 
‘‘(4) at the time of automatic enrollment of a 
child, the Secretary provides for issuance to a parent 
or custodian of the individual a card evidencing cov-
erage under this title and for a description of such 
coverage. 
The provisions of section 1837(h) apply with respect to 
enrollment under this title in the same manner as they 
apply to enrollment under part B of title XVIII. 
‘‘(c) DATE COVERAGE BEGINS.—
715s), popularly known as the refuge revenue shar-
ing fund, and of the balance remaining in the fund
at the end of the reporting period.
‘‘(6) A listing of all concession contracts and
other arrangements that were terminated or not re-
newed within the reporting period.
‘‘(7) A summary of all improvements in visitor
services in the System that were completed by con-
cessionaires and volunteers during the reporting pe-
riod.
‘‘(8) A summary of all backlogged repair and
maintenance, facility enhancement, and resource
preservation projects completed by concessionaires
and volunteers during the reporting period.’’.
(b) DEADLINE FOR FIRST REPORT.—The Secretary
of the Interior shall submit the first report under the
amendment made by subsection (a) by not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives November 18,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.
(c) DEADLINE
FOR REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING 
STANDARDIZED CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall issue regulations under section 
5(c) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administra-
tion Act of 1966, as amended by this section, by not later 
than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(d) COMPREHENSIVE
CONSERVATION
PLAN
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 4(e) of the National Wildlife Ref-
uge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 
668dd) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) The Secretary shall include, in the comprehen-
sive conservation plan for each refuge under this sub-
section, a description of the activities that may be con-
ducted in the refuge, and the lands, waters, and facilities 
of the refuge that may be used, under concession contracts 
awarded under section 5(a).’’. 
(e) PRIOR AMENDMENTS NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing 
in this section shall be construed to affect any amendment 
made by section 6 of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of 1966, as in effect before the enact-
ment of this Act, or any provision of law amended by such 
section.
(g) OATH.—Each member appointed under this Act 
shall qualify within 30 days after appointment by filing 
with the Secretary of Commerce an oath that he will faith-
fully perform the duties imposed upon him by law. 
(h) REMOVAL FOR CAUSE.—Each member appointed 
under this Act shall be removable for cause by the Sec-
retary of Commerce. 
(i) LIMITATION
ON APPLICABILITY.—This section 
shall not be applicable to ex officio members or State high-
way department members of the Commission. 
SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) SUBMISSION.—The Commission shall submit an 
annual report covering its operations and fiscal trans-
actions during the preceding fiscal year and its financial 
condition and a statement of all receipts and expenditures 
during such period to the Governors of the States of Indi-
ana and Illinois and to the Secretary of Commerce not 
later than 4 months following the last day of the fiscal 
year for which the audit required under section 1 of this 
Act is made. 
(b) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review such an-
nual reports and audit reports submitted under section 
1(b) of this Act and shall make recommendations to Con-
gress based upon such review, or take such other action 
as the Secretary may consider necessary, to effectuate the
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1201
To posthumously revoke the naturalization of Eriberto Mederos. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2003
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. 
FOLEY, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
Mr. WEXLER, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and Mr. ENGEL) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To posthumously revoke the naturalization of Eriberto 
Mederos.
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 ‘‘Cuban Victims of Tor-
ture Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Eriberto Mederos, a native of Cuba, was 
naturalized as a citizen of the United States in 
1993. 
(2) On August 1, 2002, the jury returned a 
guilty verdict in a proceeding instituted for the pur-
pose of revoking the order admitting Eriberto 
Mederos to citizenship on the ground that such 
order was procured by concealment of material facts 
and willful misrepresentations. 
(3) For almost two weeks preceding the verdict, 
the jury heard gruesome testimony from a series of 
witnesses revealing that, in the forensic wings of the 
Mazorra Psychiatric Hospital outside of Havana, 
Eriberto Mederos directed tortures against political 
prisoners, such as dragging, administration of elec-
tric shocks, and forced drug injections. He some-
times let his victims know that the cause of their 
suffering was ‘‘counter-revolutionary’’ opposition to 
the Communist dictatorship in Cuba. 
(4) These acts of torture were not revealed on 
Eriberto Mederos’s application for naturalization. 
(5) On August 23, 2002, Eriberto Mederos died 
before a sentence was imposed. 
(6) The jury verdict was abated solely because 
of his death.
(7) Had Eriberto Mederos not died before sen-
tencing, the guilty verdict of the jury would have led 
to the revocation of his naturalization. 
(8) The significance of the jury verdict is in no 
way depreciated by the fortuitous death of Eriberto 
Mederos. It stands as an established record that 
Eriberto Mederos illegally procured United States 
citizenship by concealing his role in torturing polit-
ical prisoners on behalf of the Communist govern-
ment of Cuba. 
(9) The suffering and indignity Eriberto 
Mederos inflicted on his victims should be recognized 
and addressed. 
(10) Eriberto Mederos should never have been 
granted United States citizenship. 
SEC. 3. REVOCATION OF NATURALIZATION. 
The Attorney General shall take such actions as may 
be necessary to revoke and set aside the order admitting 
Eriberto Mederos to citizenship, and to cancel the certifi-
cate of naturalization that was issued pursuant to such 
order, on the ground that such order and certificate were 
procured by concealment of material facts and willful mis-
representations. Such revocation and setting aside of the 
order, and such canceling of the certificate of naturaliza-
tion, shall be effective as of the original date of the order 
and certificate, respectively.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1202
To provide for a period of quiet reflection at the opening of certain schools 
on every school day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2003
Mr. SCOTT of Georgia (for himself, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. TANNER, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. FROST, Mr. LUCAS of 
Kentucky, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. RENZI, 
Ms. BORDALLO, and Mr. BISHOP of Georgia) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force 
A BILL 
To provide for a period of quiet reflection at the opening 
of certain schools on every school day.
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 ‘‘Moment of Quiet Re-
flection in Schools Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In today’s hectic society, all too few of the 
Nation’s citizens are able to experience even a mo-
ment of quiet reflection before plunging headlong 
into the day’s activities. 
(2) The Nation’s young citizens are particularly 
affected by this absence of an opportunity for a mo-
ment of quiet reflection. 
(3) The Nation’s youth, and society as a whole, 
would be well served if students were afforded a mo-
ment of quiet reflection at the beginning of each day 
in the public schools. 
SEC. 3. MOMENT OF QUIET REFLECTION. 
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 9536 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 9537. MOMENT OF QUIET REFLECTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agency 
receiving funds under this Act shall ensure that, at the 
opening of school on every school day, the teacher in 
charge of each classroom in each school served by the 
agency conducts a brief period of quiet reflection for not 
more than 60 seconds with the participation of all the stu-
dents assembled in the classroom. 
‘‘(b) CONDUCT.—A period of quiet reflection under 
this section shall not be conducted as a religious service
or exercise, but shall be considered as an opportunity for 
a moment of silent reflection on the anticipated activities 
of the day. 
‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not be con-
strued as prohibiting or restricting constitutionally pro-
tected prayer. 
‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION.—As a condition of receiving 
funds under this Act, a local educational agency shall cer-
tify in writing to the State involved that the agency is in 
compliance with this section.’’.
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IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1204
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2003
Received, read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administra-
tion Act of 1966 to establish requirements for the award 
of concessions in the National Wildlife Refuge System, 
to provide for maintenance and repair of properties lo-
cated in the System by concessionaires authorized to 
use such properties, and for other purposes.
HR 1204 RFS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LEASES, PERMITS, AND CONTRACTS FOR 
BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND PROPERTIES IN 
THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Wildlife Refuge 
System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et 
seq.) is amended by—
(1) striking section 6 (relating to amendments 
to other laws, which have executed); 
(2) redesignating section 5 (16 U.S.C. 668ee) 
as section 6; and 
(3) inserting after section 4 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5. CONCESSION CONTRACTS. 
‘‘(a) CONTRACT REQUIREMENT.—(1) The Secretary 
shall not authorize a person to use any land or water in 
the System for any activity described in subsection (b), 
except under a contract that complies with the require-
ments established under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not award a contract re-
quired under this subsection except under a competitive 
bidding process. 
‘‘(3) This subsection does not apply with respect to 
any administrative site, visitors facility, or revenue pro-
ducing visitor service mandated or authorized pursuant to
‘‘(A) authorize the person to maintain or repair 
any improvement on or in such land or water that 
the person is authorized to use for such activity; and 
‘‘(B) treat costs incurred by the person for such 
maintenance or repair as consideration otherwise re-
quired to be paid to the United States for such use. 
‘‘(2) This subsection does not authorize any mainte-
nance or repair that is not directly related to an activity 
described in subsection (b) that is authorized by the con-
tract. 
‘‘(3) The United States shall retain title to all real 
property that is maintained or repaired under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(e) NO COMPENSABLE INTEREST.—Nothing in this 
Act shall be considered to convey to any person any right 
to compensation for—
‘‘(1) the value of any maintenance activities, re-
pairs, construction, or improvements on or in land or 
water in the System; or 
‘‘(2) buildings, facilities, fixtures, and non-mov-
able equipment that the person is authorized to use 
under this Act. 
‘‘(f) EXPENDITURE
OF
FEES
AND
OTHER
PAY-
MENTS.—(1) Amounts received by the United States as fees 
or other payments required under any agreement, lease,
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1207
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to withhold Federal student 
financial assistance from students who have engaged in hazing, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2003
Ms. WATSON (for herself, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. 
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. OWENS, and Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to withhold 
Federal student financial assistance from students who 
have engaged in hazing, 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 ‘‘Hazing Prohibition 
Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. LOSS OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY FOR 
HAZING. 
Section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (51 
U.S.C. 20 U.S.C. 1091) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(s) LOSS OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY 
FOR HAZING.—
‘‘(1) SUSPENSION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIRED.—
A student who has been subjected to an official 
sanction for hazing, or for being an accessory to 
hazing, shall not be eligible to receive any grant, 
loan, or work assistance under this title during the 
period beginning on the date of such sanction and 
ending after an interval of one year. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘hazing’ means any as-
sumption of authority by a student whereby an-
other student suffers or is exposed to any cru-
elty, intimidation, humiliation, embarrassment, 
hardship, or oppression, or is required to per-
form exercises to excess, to become sleep de-
prived, to commit dangerous activities, to curry 
favor from those in power, to submit to physical 
assaults, to consume offensive foods or alcohol,
or the threat of bodily harm or death, or the 
deprivation or abridgement of any right. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘official sanction’—
‘‘(i) means expulsion, suspension, pro-
bation, censure, condemnation, reprimand, 
or any other disciplinary, coercive, or ad-
verse action taken by an institution of 
higher education or administrative unit of 
the institution; and 
‘‘(ii) includes an oral or written warn-
ing made by an official of an institution of 
higher education acting in the official ca-
pacity of the official.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORTING OF HAZING CRIMES TO STUDENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 485(f)(1)(E) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(E)) is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (vii); 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at 
the end of clause (viii); and 
(3) by inserting after clause (viii) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(ix) hazing;’’.
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 485(f) of such Act is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘haz-
ing’ has the meaning provided in section 484(s)(2).’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1208
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for United States 
contributions to the International Fund for Ireland, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2003
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. HYDE, Mr. NEAL of Massachu-
setts, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. WALSH, and Mr. 
PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 
for United States contributions to the International 
Fund for Ireland, 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 ‘‘Northern Ireland 
Peace and Reconciliation Support Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has been effectively en-
gaged in the Northern Ireland peace process through
both participating in negotiations and contributing 
to the economic development of the region. 
(2) Both the Government of Ireland and the 
Irish people and the Government of the United 
Kingdom and the British people are long-standing 
friends of the United States and the American peo-
ple. 
(3) In 1986, the United States, in support of 
the Agreement Between the Government of Ireland 
and the Government of the United Kingdom 
(‘‘Anglo-Irish Agreement’’) dated November 15, 
1985, initiated annual contributions to the Inter-
national Fund for Ireland (‘‘International Fund’’) to 
help bolster economic development and support pro-
grams that would foster peace and reconciliation in 
Northern Ireland and the affected border areas of 
the Republic of Ireland. 
(4) The United States has been a generous and 
faithful donor to the International Fund, contrib-
uting more than $386,000,000 to help improve rela-
tions between Catholics and Protestants in Northern 
Ireland through the creation of thousands of jobs 
and cross community business development. 
(5) More than 80 percent of the International 
Fund’s investments have been in disadvantaged
cooperation with several European insurance compa-
nies, European regulators, and survivor advocates to 
expeditiously address the issue of unpaid insurance 
policies issued to Holocaust victims. 
(6) On July 17, 2000, the United States and 
Germany signed an Executive Agreement in support 
of the German Foundation ‘‘Remembrance, Respon-
sibility, and the Future’’, which designated the 
ICHEIC to resolve all Holocaust-era insurance poli-
cies issued by German companies and their subsidi-
aries. 
(7) On January 17, 2001, the United States 
and Austria signed an Executive Agreement, which 
designated the ICHEIC to resolve all Holocaust-era 
insurance policies issued by Austrian companies and 
their subsidiaries. 
(8) More than 5 years after the establishment 
of ICHEIC, companies holding Holocaust-era insur-
ance policies continue to withhold names on thou-
sands of dormant accounts. 
(9) As of February, 2003, more than 80 per-
cent of the 88,000 claims applications filed with the 
ICHEIC remained unresolved because the claimants 
could not identify the company holding the policy.
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUC-
TION OF MEMORIAL TO MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JR.
Subsection (b) of section 508 of the Omnibus Parks
and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–333; 110 Stat. 4157; 40 U.S.C. 8903 note) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS
FOR COM-
MEMORATIVE WORKS.—The establishment of the memo-
rial shall be in accordance with chapter 89 of title 40,
United States Code. Notwithstanding section 8903(e) of
such title, the authority provided by this section expires
November 12, 2006.’’.
SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
Section 508 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands
Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333; 110 Stat.
4157; 40 U.S.C. 8903 note) is further amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Com-
memorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.)’’
and inserting ‘‘chapter 89 of title 40, United States
Code’’; and
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘section 8(b) of the Com-
memorative Works Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section
8906(b) of title 40, United States Code’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘section 10(b) of that Act’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘section 8(b)(1) of that
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8906(b) of such
title’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 23,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.