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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4589
To provide for expedited decisions on wilderness study areas, to provide
that lands designated as wilderness study areas for more than 15 years
shall be used in accordance with the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act
of 1960, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 25, 2002
Mr. DOOLITTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture,
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 for expedited decisions on wilderness study areas,
to provide that lands designated as wilderness study
areas for more than 15 years shall be used in accordance
with the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960, 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 ‘‘Wilderness Study Area
Release Act’’.
SEC. 2. AREAS DESIGNATED AS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS
FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS.
All wilderness study areas so designated more than
15 years before the date of the enactment of this Act
which are in wilderness study area status on the date of
the enactment of this Act are hereby released from wilder-
ness study area status and are available for use in accord-
ance with the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960
(16 U.S.C. 528–531).
SEC. 3. SUBSEQUENT WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.
(a) TIME PERIOD FOR DESIGNATION AS WILDER-
NESS.—Any wilderness study area so designated after the
date of enactment of this Act shall remain in wilderness
study area status until the earlier of the following:
(1) 5 years after the date of such designation;
(2) the area is determined not to meet the cri-
teria of a wilderness area pursuant to the Wilder-
ness Act;
(3) the area is determined to meet the criteria
of a wilderness area pursuant to the Wilderness Act;
or
(4) the area is designated as a wilderness area
by an Act of Congress.
(b) RESULT OF NO WILDERNESS AREA DESIGNA-
TION.—If a wilderness study area so designated after the
date of the enactment of this Act meets the criteria of
subsection (a)(2) or, after the 5-year period referred to
in subsection (a)(1), has not met the criteria of paragraph
(2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a), that wilderness study
area shall be immediately released from wilderness study
area status and shall be available for use in accordance
with the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (16
U.S.C. 528–531).
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‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.—(1) It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives to consider a rule or order that waives the
application of this section.
‘‘(2)(A) This subsection shall apply only to the House
of Representatives.
‘‘(B) In order to be cognizable by the Chair, a point
of order under this section must specify the precise lan-
guage on which it is premised.
‘‘(C) As disposition of points of order under this sec-
tion, the Chair shall put the question of consideration with
respect to the proposition that is the subject of the points
of order.
‘‘(D) A question of consideration under this section
shall be debatable for 10 minutes by each Member initi-
ating a point of order and for 10 minutes by an opponent
on each point of order, but shall otherwise be decided with-
out intervening motion except one that the House adjourn
or that the Committee of the Whole rise, as the case may
be.
‘‘(E) The disposition of the question of consideration
under this subsection with respect to a bill or joint resolu-
tion shall be considered also to determine the question of
consideration under this subsection with respect to an
amendment made in order as original text.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 458
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that Federal prisons
may not provide cable television and similar luxuries to their inmates.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 2001
Mr. KELLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that
Federal prisons may not provide cable television and
similar luxuries to their inmates.
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 ‘‘No Frills Prison Act
of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN LUXURIES IN FEDERAL
PRISONS.
Section 4007 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Money from
the Treasury of the United States shall not be used to
purchase cable television services, to rent or purchase vid-
eocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other audiovisual
or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational
purposes. The preceding sentence does not preclude the
rental or purchase of audiovisual or electronic equipment
for inmate training or educational programs.’’.
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SEC. 9. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACT WAIVERS IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Clause 6 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(h) It shall not be in order to consider any resolution
from the Committee on Rules for the consideration of any
reported bill or joint resolution which waives section 302,
303, 311, or 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, unless the report accompanying such resolution in-
cludes a description of the provision proposed to be
waived, an identification of the section being waived, the
reasons why such waiver should be granted, and an esti-
mated cost of the provisions to which the waiver applies.’’.
SEC. 10. CBO SCORING OF CONFERENCE REPORTS.
(a) The first sentence of section 402 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended as follows:
(1) Insert ‘‘or conference report thereon,’’ be-
fore ‘‘and submit’’.
(2) In paragraph (1), strike ‘‘bill or resolution’’
and insert ‘‘bill, joint resolution, or conference re-
port’’.
(3) At the end of paragraph (2) strike ‘‘and’’,
at the end of paragraph (3) strike the period and in-
sert ‘‘; and’’, and after such paragraph (3) add the
following new paragraph:
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is
authorized to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal
of appropriate design to Muhammad Ali in recognition of
his contributions to the Nation.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary
of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the
Secretary.
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in
bronze of the gold medal struck under section 2 at a price
sufficient to cover the cost of the bronze medals (including
labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead ex-
penses) and the cost of the gold medal.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck under this Act are national medals
for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 5. FUNDING AND PROCEEDS OF SALE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise
Fund an amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay for the
cost of the medals authorized by this Act.
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be
deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise
Fund.
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
Notwithstanding section 531 of title 38, United
States Code, the chapel located in the national cemetery
located in Los Angeles, California, shall after the date of
the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the
‘‘Bob Hope Veterans Chapel’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference to such chapel in any law, regulation,
map, document, record, or other paper of the United
States shall be considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Bob
Hope Veterans Chapel’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 4592
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To name the chapel located in the national cemetery in Los Angeles, California,
as the ‘‘Bob Hope Veterans Chapel’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
Notwithstanding section 531 of title 38, United States Code,
the chapel located in the national cemetery located in Los Angeles,
California, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be
known and designated as the ‘‘Bob Hope Veterans Chapel’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the chapel referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Bob Hope
Veterans Chapel’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4592
To name the chapel located in the national cemetery in Los Angeles,
California, as the ‘‘Bob Hope Veterans Chapel’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 25, 2002
Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. BONO, Mr. DREIER, Mr. ROHR-
ABACHER, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. POMBO, Mr. CAL-
VERT, and Mr. MCKEON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To name the chapel located in the national cemetery in
Los Angeles, California, as the ‘‘Bob Hope Veterans Chapel’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NAME OF CHAPEL LOCATED IN THE NATIONAL
CEMETERY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
Notwithstanding section 531 of title 38, United
States Code, the chapel located in the national cemetery
located in Los Angeles, California, shall after the date of
the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the
‘‘Bob Hope Veterans Chapel’’. Any reference to such chap-
el in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other
paper of the United States shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4898
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the Medicare 
Program by ensuring that appropriate preventive services are covered 
under such program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2004
Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. STARK, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. PALLONE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize 
the Medicare Program by ensuring that appropriate pre-
ventive services are covered under such program.
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 ‘‘Medicare Preventive 
Services Coverage Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF ADDITIONAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES 
DETERMINED APPROPRIATE BY THE SEC-
RETARY. 
(a) COVERAGE.—Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)), as amended by section 
642(a) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 
and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173; 117 
Stat. 2322), is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (Y), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (Z), by adding ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(AA) additional preventive services (as defined 
in subsection (bbb)(1));’’. 
(b) SERVICES DESCRIBED.—Section 1861 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x), as amended by sec-
tion 706(b) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improve-
ment, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–
173; 117 Stat. 2339), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(bbb) ADDITIONAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES.—(1) 
The term ‘additional preventive services’ means items and 
services, including mental health services, not otherwise 
covered under this title that the Secretary determines to
HR 4592 RDS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
Notwithstanding section 531 of title 38, United
States Code, the chapel located in the national cemetery
located in Los Angeles, California, shall after the date of
the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the
‘‘Bob Hope Veterans Chapel’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference to such chapel in any law, regulation,
map, document, record, or other paper of the United
States shall be considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Bob
Hope Veterans Chapel’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2002.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
‘‘(5) be coordinated with existing programs to
prevent duplication.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a schol-
arship, loan, or fellowship under this section, an individual
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time,
in such manner, and containing such information as the
Secretary reasonably requires. In such application, such
individual shall demonstrate the intent to seek training to
get a certificate, license, or postsecondary degree in health
care, or in the case of licensed health care professionals,
the intent to seek professional development to upgrade
skills and knowledge or to obtain specialized knowledge ac-
cording to criteria developed by the Secretary.
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant, schol-
arship, loan, or fellowship under this section may use
funds from such grant, scholarship, loan, or fellowship to
pay the costs of tuition and fees for training in—
‘‘(1) care and treatment of cancer patients and
survivors;
‘‘(2) quality of life and symptom management;
‘‘(3) cancer screening and early detection;
‘‘(4) cancer prevention;
‘‘(5) genetic testing and counseling;
‘‘(6) language and cultural competency in can-
cer care; and
‘‘(34) a separate report on a homeland security
budget, including recommendations regarding (A)
guidelines for which spending should be considered
as part of a homeland security budget, predicated on
a 
homeland 
security 
strategy 
describing 
the
vulnerabilities and threats to terrorist attack and the
goals of the homeland security budget, (B) the
amount of funding that should be walled off within
the discretionary spending limits for homeland secu-
rity programs, and (C) whether the discretionary
spending limits need to be increased to accommodate
the funding needs identified in the President’s re-
view of homeland security spending.’’.
SEC. 203. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION REQUIRED IF BAL-
ANCED BUDGETS AND SOCIAL SECURITY
PROTECTION GOALS ARE NOT BEING MET.
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR LEGISLATION RESTORING
BALANCED BUDGET AND PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY
SURPLUS.—Whenever the President submits a plan to re-
store balanced budgets and restore the social security sur-
plus under the preceding section, the Committee on the
Budget of the House shall report, not later than Sep-
tember 15, a revised concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2003 with instructions to committees to
achieve reductions in outlays or increases in revenues, or
both, sufficient to meet the goals of balancing the budget
and protecting social security, and appropriately revised
section 302(a) allocations to the Committee on Appropria-
tions.
(b) PROCEDURE
IF HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE
FAILS TO REPORT REQUIRED RESOLUTION.—
(1) AUTOMATIC DISCHARGE OF HOUSE BUDGET
COMMITTEE.—If the Committee on the Budget fails
to report the resolution required by subsection (a),
then the legislation introduced pursuant to the pre-
ceding section (legislation implementing the Presi-
dent’s plan) shall be automatically discharged from
consideration by the committee or committees to
which it was referred and it shall be placed on the
appropriate calendar.
(2) CONSIDERATION
BY
HOUSE.—Ten days
after the applicable committee or committees have
been discharged under paragraph (1), any Member
may move that the House proceed to consider the
resolution. Such motion shall be highly privileged
and not debatable.
(c) APPLICATION
OF
CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET
ACT.—To the extent that they are relevant and not incon-
sistent with this title, the provisions of title III of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 shall apply in the House
of Representatives and the Senate to resolutions and legis-
lation under this title and reconciliation legislation re-
ported pursuant to directives included in those resolutions.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4595
To amend title 32, United States Code, to revise the matching funds require-
ments for States participating in the National Guard Challenge Program,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 25, 2002
Mr. BAKER (for himself and Mr. SCHROCK) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 32, United States Code, to revise the match-
ing funds requirements for States participating in the
National Guard Challenge Program, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PRO-
GRAM.
(a) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection
(d) of section 509 of title 32, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.—The amount of
assistance provided under this section to a State program
of the National Guard Challenge Program for a fiscal year
may not exceed 75 percent of the costs of operating the
State program during that fiscal year.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Such
section is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of De-
fense to carry out the National Guard Challenge Program
$143,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’.
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struction and material (including nuclear, biological, and
chemical weapons) and scientific and technical expertise
necessary to design and build weapons of mass destruc-
tion.
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) It is in the national security interest of the
United States to reduce the number of nuclear war-
heads in the United States and Russian arsenals, to
reduce the quantity of nuclear weapons materials in
the United States and Russia, and to expand exist-
ing programs to prevent diversion and proliferation
of Russian nuclear weapons and fissile materials.
(2) The President should have at his disposal
the ability to successfully implement cooperative
threat reduction programs that prevent the prolifera-
tion of weapons of mass destruction.
(3) As part of the effort to prevent the pro-
liferation of weapons of mass destruction, the United
States should work with the Russian Federation to
create a comprehensive inventory and data exchange
of all United States and Russian nuclear weapons-
grade material.
(4) There should be a clear plan for the imple-
mentation of the reductions in nuclear arsenals
be reasonable and necessary for the prevention or early 
detection of an illness or disability. 
‘‘(2) In making determinations under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) take into account evidence-based rec-
ommendations by the United States Preventive Serv-
ices Task Force and other appropriate organizations; 
and 
‘‘(B) use the process for making national cov-
erage 
determinations 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
1869(f)(1)(B)) under this title.’’. 
(c) PAYMENT
AND ELIMINATION
OF COST-SHAR-
ING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833(a)(1) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)), as 
amended by section 302(b)(2) of the Medicare Pre-
scription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173; 117 Stat. 2229), 
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(V)’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end the following: ‘‘, and (W) with respect 
to additional preventive services (as defined in 
section 1861(bbb)(1)), the amount paid shall be 
100 percent of the lesser of the actual charge
for the services or the amount determined 
under a fee schedule established by the Sec-
retary for purposes of this subparagraph’’. 
(2) ELIMINATION
OF
COINSURANCE
IN
OUT-
PATIENT HOSPITAL SETTINGS.—
(A) EXCLUSION FROM OPD FEE SCHED-
ULE.—Section 1833(t)(1)(B)(iv) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(1)(B)(iv)), as 
amended by section 614 of the Medicare Pre-
scription Drug, Improvement, and Moderniza-
tion Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173; 117 
Stat. 2306), is amended by striking ‘‘and diag-
nostic mammography’’ and inserting ‘‘, diag-
nostic mammography, or additional preventive 
services (as defined in section 1861(bbb)(1))’’. 
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1833(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(a)(2)) is amended—
(i) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by strik-
ing the comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(G)(ii) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(H) with respect to additional preventive 
services (as defined in section 1861(bbb)(1)) 
furnished by an outpatient department of a hos-
pital, the amount determined under paragraph 
(1)(W),’’. 
(3) WAIVER
OF
APPLICATION
OF
DEDUCT-
IBLE.—The first sentence of section 1833(b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(b)) is amend-
ed—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(6)’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and (7) such deductible shall not 
apply with respect to additional preventive serv-
ices (as defined in section 1861(bbb)(1))’’. 
(d) INCLUSION AS PART OF INITIAL PREVENTIVE 
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION.—Section 1861(ww)(2) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(ww)(2)), as added 
by section 611(b) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Im-
provement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108–173; 117 Stat. 2303), is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(L) Additional preventive services (as defined 
in subsection (bbb)(1)).’’.
SEC. 10. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.
(a) VACCINE INJURY.—
(1) To the extent that title XXI of the Public
Health Service Act establishes a Federal rule of law
applicable to a civil action brought for a vaccine-re-
lated injury or death—
(A) this Act does not affect the application
of the rule of law to such an action; and
(B) any rule of law prescribed by this Act
in conflict with a rule of law of such title XXI
shall not apply to such action.
(2) If there is an aspect of a civil action
brought for a vaccine-related injury or death to
which a Federal rule of law under title XXI of the
Public Health Service Act does not apply, then this
Act or otherwise applicable law (as determined
under this Act) will apply to such aspect of such ac-
tion.
(b) OTHER FEDERAL LAW.—Except as provided in
this section, nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect
any defense available to a defendant in a health care law-
suit or action under any other provision of Federal law.
SEC. 11. STATE FLEXIBILITY AND PROTECTION OF STATES’
RIGHTS.
(a) HEALTH CARE LAWSUITS.—The provisions gov-
erning health care lawsuits set forth in this Act preempt,