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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2121
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 7, 2004
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To amend the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 
to authorize additional appropriations for the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund, and for other 
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eisenhower Exchange 
Fellowship Program Trust Fund Enhancement Act of 
2004’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) 2003 marks the 50th anniversary of the es-
tablishment of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship 
program. 
(2) The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship pro-
gram was founded to honor the 34th President, 
Dwight D. Eisenhower, for his character, courage, 
patriotism, and commitment to international under-
standing through exchange. 
(3) Over the past 50 years the Eisenhower Ex-
change Fellowship program has exposed thousands 
of leaders throughout the world to the values of 
American political institutions, private sector com-
merce, educational opportunities, and cultural and 
societal traditions. 
(4) Eisenhower Exchange Fellows worldwide 
have assumed positions of leadership in their respec-
tive countries, whether in the fields of government, 
industry, or civil society, and they retain links to the 
United States through their membership in Eisen-
hower Exchange Fellowships.
HR 2121 RFS 
(5) The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship is de-
veloping a new program to broaden its geographic 
base to emphasize the relationship of the United 
States with the Arab world. 
(6) Congress has previously recognized the im-
portance of the work of the Eisenhower Exchange 
Fellowship program when it granted the program a 
Federal Charter under section 3(a) of Public Law 
101–454. 
(7) The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship is one 
of the best examples of public and private partner-
ships. 
(8) Additional resources are required to achieve 
the goals and objectives of the Eisenhower Exchange 
Fellowship program in the 21st century. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR THE EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOW-
SHIP PROGRAM TRUST FUND. 
Section 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship 
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–454; 20 U.S.C. 5204) is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘To provide’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
INITIAL ENDOWMENT.––To provide’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
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‘‘(b) ENHANCED ENDOWMENT.—In addition to the 
amount initially appropriated pursuant to the authoriza-
tion of appropriation under subsection (a), there is author-
ized to be appropriated to the Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowship Program Trust Fund $12,500,000 for fiscal year 
2004.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 6, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
PROVISIONS.—In carrying out 
this title, the Commissioner pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall provide for the following: 
‘‘(A) Approval and disapproval of plans as 
qualified health plans. 
‘‘(B) Negotiation of plan benefits (includ-
ing cost-sharing) and plan premiums. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH BENEFITS AD-
MINISTRATION.—There is hereby established, as an inde-
pendent agency in the executive branch of Government, 
a Health Benefits Administration (in this title referred to 
as the ‘Administration’). 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the 
Administration to administer the program under this 
title and, with respect to application of any provi-
sions of FEHBP under this title, any reference in 
FEHBP to the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget is deemed a reference to the Com-
missioner of Health Benefits appointed under sub-
section (d)(1). 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF AHBP REGIONS.—For 
purposes of carrying out this title, the Commissioner 
shall divide the United States into, and establish, 
AHBP regions.
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‘‘(2) AWARD BASIS; PRIORITY.—
‘‘(A) AWARD BASIS.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), loan repayment under this section 
shall be on a first-come, first-served basis and 
subject to the availability of appropriations. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give 
priority in providing loan repayment under this 
section for a fiscal year to student borrowers 
who received loan repayment under this section 
for the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary is author-
ized to prescribe such regulations as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this section. 
‘‘(c) LOAN REPAYMENT.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE AMOUNT.—The amount the Sec-
retary may repay on behalf of any individual under 
this section shall not exceed—
‘‘(A) 80 percent of the sum of the principal 
amounts outstanding of the individual’s quali-
fying loans at the end of 3 consecutive complete 
school years of service described in subsection 
(b)(1)(A); 
‘‘(B) an additional 10 percent of such sum 
at the end of each of the next 2 consecutive 
complete school years of such service; and
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ommendation under subparagraph (A). Such 
notice shall include an explanation of the deci-
sion to make available the special reserve fund 
under paragraph (10) for procurement of such 
a countermeasure, including, where available, 
the identification of the potential supplier or 
suppliers of such countermeasure, and whether 
other potential suppliers of the same or similar 
countermeasures were considered and rejected 
for procurement under this section and the rea-
sons therefor. 
‘‘(D) SUBSEQUENT
SPECIFIC
COUNTER-
MEASURES.—Procurement 
under 
this 
sub-
section of a security countermeasure for a par-
ticular purpose does not preclude the subse-
quent procurement under this subsection of any 
other security countermeasure for such purpose 
if the Secretary has determined under para-
graph (5)(A) that such countermeasure is ap-
propriate for inclusion in the stockpile and if, 
as determined by the Secretary, such counter-
measure provides improved safety or effective-
ness, or for other reasons enhances prepared-
ness to respond to threats of use of a biological, 
chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent. Such a
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this paragraph, 
shall identify specific security countermeasures 
that the Secretary determines, in consultation 
with the Homeland Security Secretary, to be 
appropriate for inclusion in the stockpile under 
subsection (a) pursuant to procurements made 
with amounts in the special reserve fund under 
paragraph (10) (referred to in this subsection 
individually as a ‘procurement under this sub-
section’). 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—In making a deter-
mination under subparagraph (A) with respect 
to a security countermeasure, the Secretary 
shall determine and consider the following: 
‘‘(i) The quantities of the product 
that will be needed to meet the needs of 
the stockpile. 
‘‘(ii) The feasibility of production and 
delivery within five years of sufficient 
quantities of the product. 
‘‘(iii) Whether there is a lack of a sig-
nificant commercial market for the product 
at the time of procurement, other than as 
a security countermeasure.
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‘‘(6) RECOMMENDATION FOR PRESIDENT’S AP-
PROVAL.—
‘‘(A) RECOMMENDATION
FOR
PROCURE-
MENT.—In the case of a security counter-
measure that the Secretary has, in accordance 
with paragraphs (3) and (5), determined to be 
appropriate for procurement under this sub-
section, the Homeland Security Secretary and 
the Secretary shall jointly submit to the Presi-
dent, in coordination with the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, a rec-
ommendation that the special reserve fund 
under paragraph (10) be made available for the 
procurement of such countermeasure. 
‘‘(B) PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL.—The spe-
cial reserve fund under paragraph (10) is avail-
able for a procurement of a security counter-
measure only if the President has approved a 
recommendation under subparagraph (A) re-
garding the countermeasure. 
‘‘(C) NOTICE TO DESIGNATED CONGRES-
SIONAL COMMITTEES.—The Secretary and the 
Homeland Security Secretary shall notify the 
designated congressional committees of each de-
cision of the President to approve a rec-
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Calendar No. 214
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2122
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 17, 2003
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To enhance research, development, procurement, and use 
of biomedical countermeasures to respond to public 
health threats affecting national security, and for other 
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Project BioShield Act 
of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. BIOMEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title III of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 319F the following section: 
‘‘SEC. 319F–1. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF CERTAIN PROCE-
DURES REGARDING QUALIFIED COUNTER-
MEASURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In conducting and sup-
porting research and development activities regard-
ing 
biomedical 
countermeasures 
under 
section 
319F(h), the Secretary may conduct and support 
such activities in accordance with this section if the 
activities concern qualified countermeasures. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED COUNTERMEASURE.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘qualified counter-
measure’ means a priority countermeasure (as de-
fined in section 319F(h) and as determined by the 
Secretary in accordance with such section and con-
sistent with sections 302(2) and 304(a) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002) against a chemical,
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‘‘(ii) a middle or secondary school, 
holds a bachelor’s degree and demonstrates 
a high level of competency in all subject 
areas in which he or she teaches through—
‘‘(I) a high level of performance 
on a rigorous State or local academic 
subject areas test; or 
‘‘(II) completion of an academic 
major in each of the subject areas in 
which he or she provides instruction. 
‘‘(f) EVALUATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct, by grant or contract, an independent national 
evaluation of the impact of the program assisted 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—The grant or con-
tract described in subsection (b) shall be awarded on 
a competitive basis. 
‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The evaluation described in 
this subsection shall—
‘‘(A) determine the number of individuals 
who were encouraged by the program assisted 
under this section to pursue teaching careers; 
‘‘(B) determine the number of individuals 
who remain employed in teaching mathematics,
is currently in violation of, or was, during the 3-
year period preceding the date of application, found 
to be in violation of any of the following and if so, 
a brief explanation of the facts involved, including 
identification of the site and the nature of the viola-
tion: 
(A) Any provision of this Act or any regu-
lation under this Act.
(B) Any applicable toxic substance, solid 
waste, air, water quality, or fish and wildlife 
conservation law or regulation at any site where 
mining, beneficiation, or processing activities 
are occurring or have occurred. 
(C) The Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 and fol-
lowing) or the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
181 and following) or any regulation under 
those Acts at any site where surface coal min-
ing operations have occurred or are occurring. 
(4) A statement of any current or previous per-
mits or plans of operations issued under the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 1201 and following) or the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 and following).
money transmitting business, or international, na-
tional, regional, or local network utilized to effect a
credit transaction, electronic fund transfer, or money
transmitting service, or a participant in such net-
work, the Federal functional regulators and the Fed-
eral Trade Commission shall consider the following
factors:
(A) The extent to which such person is ex-
tending credit or transmitting funds knowing
the transaction is in connection with unlawful
Internet gambling.
(B) The history of such person in extend-
ing credit or transmitting funds knowing the
transaction is in connection with unlawful
Internet gambling.
(C) The extent to which such person has
established and is maintaining policies and pro-
cedures in compliance with regulations pre-
scribed under this subsection.
(D) The feasibility that any specific rem-
edy prescribed can be implemented by such per-
son without substantial deviation from normal
business practice.
(E) The costs and burdens the specific
remedy will have on such person.
‘‘(c) SELF-EMPLOYMENT CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The self-employment credit 
of a qualified self-employed taxpayer for any taxable 
year is equal to the excess, if any, of—
‘‘(A) the self-employed taxpayer’s average 
daily self-employment income for the taxable 
year over 
‘‘(B) the average daily military pay and al-
lowances received by the taxpayer during the 
taxable year, while participating in qualified re-
serve component duty to the exclusion of the 
taxpayer’s normal self-employment duties for 
the number of days the taxpayer participates in 
qualified reserve component duty during the 
taxable year, including time spent in a travel 
status. 
‘‘(2) AVERAGE
DAILY
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
IN-
COME AND AVERAGE DAILY MILITARY PAY AND AL-
LOWANCES.—As used with respect to a self-em-
ployed taxpayer—
‘‘(A) the term ‘average daily self-employ-
ment income’ means the self-employment in-
come (as defined in section 1402) of the tax-
payer for the taxable year plus the amount paid 
for insurance which constitutes medical care for
percent shareholder, or shareholder-em-
ployee for purposes of rules applicable to
employee benefit plans maintained by such
certified professional employer organiza-
tion.
‘‘(iii) LISTED
REQUIREMENTS.—The
requirements listed in this clause are:
‘‘(I) NONDISCRIMINATION
AND
QUALIFICATION.—Sections 
79(d),
105(h), 125(b), 127(b)(2) and (3),
129(d)(2), (3), (4), and (5), 132(j)(1),
274(j)(3)(B), 401(a)(4), 401(a)(17),
401(a)(26), 
401(k)(3) 
and 
(12),
401(m)(2) and (11), 404 (in the case
of a plan subject to section 412),
410(b), 412, 414(q), 415, 416, 419,
422, 423(b), 505(b), 4971, 4972,
4975, 4976, 4978, and 4979.
‘‘(II) 
SIZE.—Sections 
220,
401(k)(11), 401(m)(10), 408(k), and
408(p).
‘‘(III) 
ELIGIBILITY.—Section
401(k)(4)(B).
SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM OF GRANTS TO 
AFFILIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
8222 of title 38, United States Code, is amended––
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) There is authorized to be appropriated for car-
rying out programs authorized under this subchapter 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subsection (c). 
(b) CRITERIA FOR GRANTS.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 8223 of such title is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘and will increase the num-
ber of medical or nursing students attending the 
school’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) the application sets forth demonstrated 
benefits to the Department and to the care of vet-
erans; and’’.
(1) The city of Taunton, Massachusetts, is 
home to 9 distinct historic districts, with more than 
600 properties on the National Register of Historic 
Places. Included among these districts are the 
Church Green Historic District, the Courthouse His-
toric District, the Taunton Green Historic District, 
and the Reed and Barton Historic District. 
(2) All of these districts include buildings and 
building facades of great historical, cultural, and ar-
chitectural value. 
(3) Taunton Green is the site where the Sons 
of Liberty first raised the Liberty and Union Flag 
in 1774, an event that helped to spark a popular 
movement, culminating in the American Revolution, 
and Taunton citizens have been among the first to 
volunteer for America’s subsequent wars. 
(4) Robert Treat Paine, a citizen of Taunton, 
and the first Attorney General of Massachusetts, 
was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
(5) Taunton was a leading community in the 
Industrial Revolution, and its industrial area has 
been the site of many innovations in such industries 
as silver manufacture, paper manufacture, and ship 
building.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2128
To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow members 
of the Armed Forces to sue the United States for damages for certain 
injuries caused by improper medical care. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2003
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, and Mr. 
GRIJALVA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, 
to allow members of the Armed Forces to sue the United 
States for damages for certain injuries caused by im-
proper medical care.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CLAIMS FOR IMPROPER MEDICAL CARE. 
(a) COGNIZABLE CLAIMS.—Chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:
‘‘§ 2681. Certain claims by members of the Armed 
Forces 
‘‘(a) CLAIMS OF MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES.—
Subject to all the provisions of this chapter, claims may 
be brought under this chapter for damages against the 
United States for personal injury or death of a member 
of the Armed Forces serving on active duty or on full-
time National Guard duty (as defined in section 101(42) 
of title 10), under the conditions prescribed in this section. 
‘‘(b) WHERE CARE PERFORMED.—The personal in-
jury or death referred to in subsection (a) must have aris-
en out of medical or dental care furnished the member 
of the Armed Forces in a fixed medical treatment facility 
operated by the Secretary of a military department or any 
other fixed medical facility operated by the United States. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, a 
fixed medical facility is a medical center, hospital, or clinic 
that is located in a building, structure, or other improve-
ment to real property. 
‘‘(d) REDUCTION
OF CLAIMS
BY OTHER BENE-
FITS.—The payment of any claim of a member of the 
Armed Forces under this section shall be reduced by the 
present value of other benefits received by the member and 
the member’s estate, survivors, and beneficiaries, under 
title 10, title 37, or title 38 that are attributable to the 
physical injury or death from which the claim arose.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘2681. Certain claims by members of the Armed Forces.’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Section 2681 of title 28, United States Code, as 
added by section 1, shall apply only with respect to per-
sonal injuries or deaths occurring on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 212
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the exemption from 
income tax for social clubs found to be practicing prohibited discrimination. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. TOWNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the 
exemption from income tax for social clubs found to 
be practicing prohibited discrimination.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DENIAL OF EXEMPTION FROM TAX FOR SOCIAL 
CLUBS PRACTICING PROHIBITED DISCRIMI-
NATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (i) of section 501 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to prohibition 
of discrimination by certain social clubs) is amended—
(1) by inserting before the period at the end of 
the first sentence ‘‘, or if, at any time during the
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taxable year or a prior taxable year, a determination 
by an appropriate government agency or court that 
such organization has a pattern or practice of so dis-
criminating against any person became final’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: 
‘‘A final determination shall cease to be taken into account 
under the first sentence after the date it is established 
to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the organization 
no longer engages in discrimination of the type involved 
in such determination.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2130
AN ACT
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Serv-
ice located at 121 Kinderkamack Road in River Edge,
New Jersey, as the ‘‘New Bridge Landing Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 121 Kinderkamack Road in River Edge, New Jer-
sey, and known as the North Hackensack Station Post
Office, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘New Bridge
Landing Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘New Bridge Landing Post Office’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 18,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2130
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four
An Act
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 121
Kinderkamack Road in River Edge, New Jersey, as the ‘‘New Bridge Landing
Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at
121 Kinderkamack Road in River Edge, New Jersey, and known
as the North Hackensack Station Post Office, shall be known and
designated as the ‘‘New Bridge Landing Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘New Bridge
Landing Post Office’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.