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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 255
To provide grant funds to units of local government that comply with certain
requirements and to amend certain Federal firearms laws.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. GILMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education
and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide grant funds to units of local government that
comply with certain requirements and to amend certain
Federal firearms laws.
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 ‘‘Safer America For
Everyone’s Children (SAFE Children) Act’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000
for fiscal year 2002 to carry out titles I, II, and IV.
TITLE I—SAFE COMMUNITIES
SEC. 101. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
The Attorney General is authorized to provide grants
to units of local government that comply with the require-
ments of section 102(a).
SEC. 102. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—To be a eligible to receive a grant
under this title, a unit of local government shall have in
effect, for a period of not less than 1 year, the following
programs:
(1) GUN BUYBACK.—A program under which—
(A) the unit of local government offers to
purchase any semiautomatic firearm for $100,
and to purchase any other firearm for $50;
(B) the offer is renewed not less frequently
than every 6 months; and
(C) the unit of local government transmits
to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
arms, with respect to each 6-month period dur-
ing which the program is in effect, a report on
the volume and types of firearms obtained
through the program during the period.
(2) SCHOOL VIOLENCE INITIATIVES.—School vi-
olence initiatives that implement comprehensive
is, immediately before the date of the enactment of this
Act, in receipt of the pension payable under section 1562
of title 38, United States Code (as amended by subsection
(a)). Such payment shall be in the amount equal to the
total amount of special pension that the person would have
received had the person received special pension during the
period beginning as of the first day of the first month that
began after the date of the act for which that person was
awarded the Medal of Honor and ending with the last day
of the month preceding the month that such person’s spe-
cial pension in fact commenced. For each month of such
period, the amount of special pension shall be determined
using the rate of special pension that was in effect for
that month.
SEC. 3. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED PUR-
CHASE OR POSSESSION OF MEDAL OF HONOR
OR FOR FALSE PERSONATION AS A RECIPI-
ENT OF MEDAL OF HONOR.
(a) UNAUTHORIZED PURCHASE OR POSSESSION.—
Section 704 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘IN
GEN-
ERAL.—Whoever’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—
Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever’’; and
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—Each appli-
cation from a local educational agency for a grant
under subsection (b)(2) shall include information re-
lating to each of the following:
‘‘(A) The strategies and methods the local
educational agency intends to use to create each
smaller learning community.
‘‘(B) The curriculum and instructional
practices, including any particular themes or
emphases, to be used in the learning environ-
ment.
‘‘(C) The degree of involvement of teach-
ers, and other school personnel, in inves-
tigating, designing, implementing, and sus-
taining each smaller learning community.
‘‘(D) The process to be used for involving
students, parents, and other stakeholders in the
development and implementation of each small-
er learning community.
‘‘(E) Any cooperation or collaboration
among community agencies, organizations, busi-
nesses, and others to develop or implement a
plan to create each smaller learning community.
‘‘(F) The training and professional devel-
opment activities that will be offered to teachers
with the medical exigencies of the case and as soon
as possible, but not later than 30 days after the date
on which the plan or issuer receives information that
is reasonably necessary to enable the plan or issuer
to make a determination on the claim, or, if earlier,
60 days after the date of receipt of the claim for
benefits.
‘‘(c) NOTICE OF A DENIAL OF A CLAIM FOR BENE-
FITS.—Written notice of a denial made under an initial
claim for benefits shall be issued to the participant or ben-
eficiary (or authorized representative) and the treating
health care professional in accordance with the medical ex-
igencies of the case and as soon as possible, but in no
case later than 2 days after the date of the determination
(or, in the case described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of
subsection (b)(1), within the 72-hour or applicable period
referred to in such subparagraph).
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS OF NOTICE OF DETERMINA-
TIONS.—The written notice of a denial of a claim for bene-
fits determination under subsection (c) shall be provided
in printed form and written in a manner calculated to be
understood by the participant or beneficiary and shall
include—
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2562
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act to direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
to establish a minority emergency preparedness demonstration program,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 2001
Mr. BISHOP (for himself, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs.
CHRISTENSEN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. DAVIS
of Illinois, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. LEE, Mr. WATT of North Carolina,
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. WYNN, Mr. OWENS, Ms. WATERS,
Mr. PAYNE, Ms. MCKINNEY, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia,
Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. RUSH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CLYBURN, and Ms. DELAURO)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to direct the Director of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency to establish a mi-
nority emergency preparedness demonstration program,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
later than 28 days after the date the request
for the appeal is received.
‘‘(B) EXPEDITED DETERMINATION.—Not-
withstanding subparagraph (A), a group health
plan, and a health insurance issuer offering
health insurance coverage in connection with
the group health plan, shall expedite a prior au-
thorization determination on an appeal of a de-
nial of a claim for benefits described in sub-
paragraph (A), when a request for such an ex-
pedited determination is made by a participant
or beneficiary (or authorized representative) at
any time during the process for making a deter-
mination and a health care professional cer-
tifies, with the request, that a determination
under the procedures described in subparagraph
(A) would seriously jeopardize the life or health
of the participant or beneficiary or the ability of
the participant or beneficiary to maintain or re-
gain maximum function. Such determination
shall be made in accordance with the medical
exigencies of the case and as soon as possible,
but in no case later than 72 hours after the
time the request for such appeal is received by
the plan or issuer under this subparagraph.
‘‘(b) 
SPACE-AVAILABLE
TRANSPORTATION
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘space-available trans-
portation’ means transportation on Department of De-
fense aircraft on a space-available basis, within the conti-
nental United States or otherwise.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘2647. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: spouses ac-
companying medal of honor recipients for official Department
of Defense activities.’’.
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(1) before the proposed rescission would take
effect, a report certifying that—
(A) there has been a fundamental change
in the leadership and policies of the government
of the country concerned;
(B) that government is not supporting acts
of international terrorism; and
(C) that government has provided assur-
ances that it will not support acts of inter-
national terrorism in the future; or
(2) at least 45 days before the proposed rescis-
sion would take effect, a report justifying the rescis-
sion and certifying that—
(A) the government concerned has not pro-
vided any support for international terrorism
during the preceding 6-month period; and
(B) the government concerned has pro-
vided assurances that it will not support acts of
international terrorism in the future.
(e) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN NOTIFICA-
TION.—The Secretary and the Secretary of State shall in-
clude in the notification required by subsection (b)—
(1) a detailed description of the item to be of-
fered, including a brief description of the capabilities
of any item for which a license to export is sought;
HR 2657 RFS
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 ‘‘District of Columbia
Family Court Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF FAMILY DIVISION AS FAMILY
COURT OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11–902, District of Co-
lumbia Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 11–902. Organization of the court.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Superior Court shall consist
of the Family Court of the Superior Court and the fol-
lowing divisions of the Superior Court:
‘‘(1) The Civil Division.
‘‘(2) The Criminal Division.
‘‘(3) The Probate Division.
‘‘(4) The Tax Division.
‘‘(b) BRANCHES.—The divisions of the Superior
Court may be divided into such branches as the Superior
Court may by rule prescribe.
‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF PRESIDING JUDGE OF FAMILY
COURT.—The chief judge of the Superior Court shall des-
ignate one of the judges assigned to the Family Court of
the Superior Court to serve as the presiding judge of the
Family Court of the Superior Court.
House Calendar No. 149
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2672
[Report No. 107–428]
A BILL
To designate the United States courthouse to be
constructed at 8th Avenue and Mill Street in Eu-
gene, Oregon, as the ‘‘Wayne Lyman Morse
United States Courthouse’’.
MAY 2, 2002
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
HR 2563 PCS
‘‘(4) PLAN WAIVER OF INTERNAL REVIEW.—A
group health plan, or health insurance issuer offer-
ing health insurance coverage in connection with the
group health plan, may waive the internal review
process under this section. In such case the plan or
issuer shall provide notice to the participant or bene-
ficiary (or authorized representative) involved, the
participant or beneficiary (or authorized representa-
tive) involved shall be relieved of any obligation to
complete the internal review involved, and may, at
the option of such participant, beneficiary, or rep-
resentative proceed directly to seek further appeal
through external review under section 503C or oth-
erwise.
‘‘(b) TIMELINES FOR MAKING DETERMINATIONS.—
‘‘(1) ORAL REQUESTS.—In the case of an ap-
peal of a denial of a claim for benefits under this
section that involves an expedited or concurrent de-
termination, a participant or beneficiary (or author-
ized representative) may request such appeal orally.
A group health plan, or health insurance issuer of-
fering health insurance coverage in connection with
the group health plan, may require that the partici-
pant or beneficiary (or authorized representative)
provide written confirmation of such request in a
atives of the governments of members of the multi-
lateral export control regime for the purpose of co-
ordinating export control policies and issuing policy
guidance to members of the regime.
(7) COMMON LIST OF CONTROLLED ITEMS.—
There is agreement on a common list of items con-
trolled by the multilateral export control regime.
(8) REGULAR
UPDATES
OF
COMMON
LIST.—
There is a procedure for removing items from the
list of controlled items when the control of such
items no longer serves the objectives of the members
of the multilateral export control regime.
(9) TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
COUNTRIES.—
There is agreement to prevent the export or diver-
sion of the most sensitive items to countries whose
activities are threatening to the national security of
the United States or its allies.
(10) HARMONIZATION OF LICENSE APPROVAL
PROCEDURES.—There is harmonization among the
members of the regime of their national export li-
cense approval procedures, practices, and standards.
(11) UNDERCUTTING.—There is a limit with re-
spect to when members of a multilateral export con-
trol regime—
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(2) INFORMATION OBTAINED AFTER JUNE 30,
1980.—Except as otherwise provided by the third
sentence of section 502(c)(2) and by section
507(b)(2), information obtained under this Act,
under the Export Administration Act of 1979 after
June 30, 1980, or under the Export Administration
regulations as maintained and amended under the
authority of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1706), may be withheld from
disclosure only to the extent permitted by statute,
except that information submitted, obtained, or con-
sidered in connection with an application for an ex-
port license or other export authorization (or record-
keeping or reporting requirement) under the Export
Administration Act of 1979, under this Act, or
under the Export Administration regulations as
maintained and amended under the authority of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1706), including—
(A) the export license or other export au-
thorization itself,
(B) classification requests described in sec-
tion 401(h),
(C) information or evidence obtained in the
course of any investigation,
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized,
under such terms and conditions as the President may de-
termine, to carry out a program of assistance under chap-
ter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.; relating to development assistance)
to improve international building construction practices in
Latin American countries.
(b) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION.—Assistance under the
program shall be in the form of grants to support the fol-
lowing activities:
(1) TRAINING.—The training of selected profes-
sionals in the public and private sectors in eligible
Latin American countries in the ICC International
Codes.
(2) TRANSLATION.—The translation into Span-
ish, and publication of, the following international
building codes:
(A) The International Building Code.
(B) The International Residential Code.
(C) The International Fire Code.
(D) The International Plumbing Code.
(E) The International Mechanical Code.
(F) The International Fuel Gas Code.
(G) The International Energy Conserva-
tion Code.
(H) The International Property Mainte-
nance Code.
(I) The International Private Sewage Dis-
posal Code.
(J) The International Zoning Code.
(K) The International Code Council Elec-
trical Code.
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The program shall be car-
ried out through the International Code Council.
(d) ELIGIBLE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible Latin Amer-
ican countries’’ means Ecuador, El Salvador, and such
other Latin American countries as the President may des-
ignate.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2002.—There is authorized to
be appropriated to the President $1,751,122 for fis-
cal year 2002 to carry out section 3, of which
amount $504,492 shall be available to carry out sec-
tion 3(b)(1) and $1,246,630 shall be available to
carry out section 3(b)(2).
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2003.—There is authorized to
be appropriated to the President $1,192,181 for fis-
cal year 2003 to carry out section 3(b)(2).
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2564
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to treat
certain property boundaries as the boundaries of the Lawrence County
Airport, Courtland, Alabama, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 2001
Mr. ADERHOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to treat certain property boundaries as the
boundaries of the Lawrence County Airport, Courtland,
Alabama, 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. LAWRENCE COUNTY AIRPORT, COURTLAND,
ALABAMA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the airport lo-
cated at Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama (formerly
known as the George C. Wallace Airport), the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall treat
as the boundaries of the airport property those boundaries
shown on the airport layout drawing produced by Garver,
Inc., dated March 8, 1999, and approved by the Jackson
Airport District Office of the Administration.
(b) TREATMENT OF NONAIRPORT PROPERTY.—The
Administrator may not treat as airport property any real
property not designated as airport property in the drawing
referred to in subsection (a) regardless of whether such
real property was designated as airport property at any
time prior to March 8, 1999.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2565
To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to clarify the responsibil-
ities of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Central Utah
Project, to redirect unexpended budget authority for the Central Utah
Project for wastewater treatment and reuse and other purposes, to pro-
vide for prepayment of repayment contracts for municipal and industrial
water delivery facilities, and to eliminate a deadline for such prepayment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 2001
Mr. CANNON (for himself, Mr. HANSEN, and Mr. MATHESON) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to clarify
the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior with
respect to the Central Utah Project, to redirect unex-
pended budget authority for the Central Utah Project
for wastewater treatment and reuse and other purposes,
to provide for prepayment of repayment contracts for
municipal and industrial water delivery facilities, and
to eliminate a deadline for such prepayment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
AMENDMENTS 
TO 
THE 
CENTRAL 
UTAH
PROJECT COMPLETION ACT.
(a) CLARIFICATION OF SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—Section 201(e) of the Central Utah Project Com-
pletion Act (106 Stat. 4608) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘identified in this Act,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘identified in this title and the Act of April
11, 1956 (Chapter 203; 70 Stat. 110 et seq.), popu-
larly known as the Colorado River Storage Project
Act, relating to the Central Utah Project including
oversight for all phases of the Central Utah Project,
the administration of all prior and future contracts,
and operation and maintenance of previously con-
structed facilities,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘his responsibilities under this
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘such responsibilities’’.
(b) USE OF UNEXPENDED BUDGET AUTHORITY.—
Section 202(c) of the Central Utah Project Completion
Act (106 Stat. 4611) is amended in the first sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘in this title up to $60,000,000’’
and inserting ‘‘for units of the Central Utah
Project’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘including use of reverse osmo-
sis membrane technologies, water recycling, and con-
junctive use’’ after ‘‘conservation measures’’.
(c) PREPAYMENT OF REPAYMENT.—Section 210 of
the Central Utah Project Completion Act (106 Stat. 4624)
is amended—
(1) in the second sentence—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or any additional or sup-
plemental repayment contract’’ after ‘‘1985,’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘of the Central Utah
Project’’ after ‘‘water delivery facilities’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘The District shall exercise’’
and all that follows through the end of that sen-
tence.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2567
To authorize a program of assistance to improve international building
practices in eligible Latin American countries.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 2001
Ms. DELAURO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To authorize a program of assistance to improve inter-
national building practices in eligible Latin American
countries.
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 ‘‘CASA Code and Safety
for the Americas Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Construction products and systems are im-
ported and used in El Salvador and Ecuador without
proper international evaluation, not ensuring the
quality of these products and systems.
(2) Safety issues exist with respect to building
construction in El Salvador and Ecuador when nat-
ural disasters occur such as hurricanes, floods,
earthquakes, and fires.
(3) There is a need in El Salvador, Ecuador,
and other Latin American countries for a complete,
updated family of codes that covers all elements of
building and housing, including zoning, egress, fire
protection, plumbing, electrical installation, mechan-
ical installation, structural engineering, seismic de-
sign, and fire resistive engineering.
(4) The educational system in Latin America
does not offer quality short courses for the labor
force in building codes.
(5) The United States sends vast amounts of
assistance to foreign countries to rebuild in the wake
of natural disasters.
(6) If proper building codes are followed in the
construction of buildings in Latin America, buildings
will be safer, and, therefore, the need for United
States’ disaster assistance in the wake of disasters
will be less.
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to subsection (a) are authorized to re-
main available until expended.
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(9) summary of export license data by export
identification code and dollar value by country;
(10) an identification of processing time by—
(A) overall average, and
(B) top 25 export identification codes;
(11) an assessment of the effectiveness of mul-
tilateral regimes, and a description of negotiations
regarding export controls;
(12) a description of the significant differences
between the export control requirements of the
United States and those of other multilateral control
regime members, and the specific differences be-
tween United States requirements and those of other
significant supplier countries;
(13) an assessment of the costs of export con-
trols;
(14) a description of the progress made toward
achieving the goals established for the Department
dealing with export controls under the Government
Performance Results Act; and
(15) any other reports required by this Act to
be submitted to the Committee on Banking, Hous-
ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives.