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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1982
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory
time for employees in the private sector.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 2001
Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. NORWOOD, Ms. DUNN of
Washington, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. STENHOLM, Ms. GRANGER, Mrs. ROU-
KEMA, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mrs.
NORTHUP, Mrs. BONO, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr.
MCKEON, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HILLEARY,
Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr.
CULBERSON, Mr. KELLER, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. TAYLOR of North Caro-
lina, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. RILEY, Mr.
CUNNINGHAM, Mr. PITTS, Mr. KOLBE, and Mr. REYNOLDS) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide
compensatory time for employees in the private sector.
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 ‘‘Working Families
Flexibility Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY TIME.
Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(29 U.S.C. 207) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(r) COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR PRIVATE EM-
PLOYEES.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—
‘‘(A) COMPENSATORY TIME OFF.—An em-
ployee may receive, in accordance with this sub-
section and in lieu of monetary overtime com-
pensation, compensatory time off at a rate not
less than one and one-half hours for each hour
of employment for which overtime compensation
is required by this section.
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this
subsection, the term ‘employee’ does not include
an employee of a public agency.
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS.—An employer may provide
compensatory time to employees under paragraph
(1)(A) only if such time is provided in accordance
with—
‘‘(A) applicable provisions of a collective
bargaining agreement between the employer
and the labor organization which has been cer-
tified or recognized as the representative of the
employees under applicable law, or
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education, and economic education, located in el-
igible countries;
‘‘(C) assistance from educators and scholars
in eligible countries in the development of cur-
ricular materials on the history, government,
and economy of such countries that are useful in
United States classrooms;
‘‘(D) opportunities to provide onsite dem-
onstrations of United States curricula and peda-
gogy for educational leaders in eligible countries;
and
‘‘(E) independent research and evaluation
assistance to determine—
‘‘(i) the effects of the Cooperative Edu-
cation Exchange programs on students’ de-
velopment of the knowledge, skills, and
traits of character essential for the preserva-
tion and improvement of constitutional de-
mocracy; and
‘‘(ii) effective participation in and im-
provement of an efficient market economy;
and
‘‘(3) assist participants from eligible countries
and the United States to participate in conferences on
civics and government education, and economic edu-
1677(7)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clauses:
‘‘(iii) In the case of an agricultural in-
dustry involving a perishable product with
a short shelf life, if a request for seasonal
evaluation has been made by the peti-
tioners, the Commission shall consider the
factors in subparagraph (C) on a seasonal
basis during the period identified as rel-
evant.
‘‘(iv) In the case of agricultural prod-
ucts, partially picked or unpicked crops
and abandoned acreage may be considered
in lieu of other measures of capacity and
capacity utilization.
‘‘(v) The impact of other factors, such
as weather, on agricultural production and
producers shall not be weighed against the
contribution of the imported subject mer-
chandise to the condition of the domestic
industry.’’.
(1) in 1948, the average United States family
with children paid only 3 percent of its income in
Federal taxes;
(2) in 1996, the average United States family
with children paid almost 24 percent of its income
in Federal taxes;
(3) United Nations officials have made numer-
ous and repeated proposals to provide financing for
the United Nations outside the scrutiny of Member
States of the United Nations, including borrowing
from international financial institutions, assuming
control of bonds issued by Member States, and im-
posing taxes on an extensive range of transactions,
goods, and services;
(4) the 1994 ‘‘Human Development Report’’ of
the United Nations Development Program stated
that ‘‘[i]t is appropriate that the proceeds of an
international tax be devoted to international pur-
poses and be placed at the disposal of international
institutions.’’;
(5) on January 14, 1996, United Nations Sec-
retary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali stated that an
international tax would mean that ‘‘[he would] not
be under the daily financial will of the Member
States.’’;
years after the date of enactment of the Small
Reclamation Water Resources Project Act of
2001’’.
(E) By striking ‘‘section 4(c)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘title I’’.
SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 404 of the Small Reclamation Projects Act
of 1956 (43 U.S.C. 422j), as redesignated by section
202(d)(1) of this Act, is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘such sums’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘That the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘to
carry out this Act $1,300,000,000 for fiscal years
after fiscal year 2001, of which $800,000,000 may
be appropriated to carry out title I, $300,000,000
may be appropriated to carry out title II, and
$100,000,000 may be appropriated to carry out title
III. The Secretary’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘any single State’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘the Secretary is authorized to
waive’’ and inserting ‘‘in any single State. Funds ob-
ligated or expended for projects by Indian tribes
shall not be considered for purposes of the preceding
sentence. The Secretary may waive’’.
SEC. 204. GUIDELINES.
Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall complete and pub-
lish in the Federal Register such administrative guidelines
as may be necessary to carry out the amendments made
by this title.
SEC. 205. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this title shall take effect
on the date of enactment of this Act. Nothing in this title
or in any amendment made by this title shall affect any
loan or grant that has been approved before the date of
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 206. LIMITATION.
Activities funded under this title shall not be consid-
ered a supplemental or additional benefit under the Act
of June 17, 1902 (82 Stat. 388), and all Acts amendatory
thereof or supplementary thereto.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1986
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the proceeds from
bonds to be used for prepayments for natural gas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 2001
Mr. COLLINS (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. SHAW,
Mr. JOHN, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr.
LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. COOKSEY, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr.
TANNER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BRYANT,
Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. LINDER, and Mr. DEAL of Georgia)
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 allow the
proceeds from bonds to be used for prepayments for
natural gas.
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 ‘‘Municipal Utility Nat-
ural Gas Supply Act Of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. ARBITRAGE RULES NOT TO APPLY TO PREPAY-
MENTS FOR NATURAL GAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 148 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining higher yield-
ing investments) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PREPAYMENTS
TO ENSURE NATURAL GAS SUPPLY.—The term ‘in-
vestment property’ shall not include any prepayment
for the purpose of obtaining a supply of a natural
gas reasonably expected to be used in a business of
one or more utilities each of which is owned and op-
erated by a State or local government, any political
subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or any gov-
ernmental unit acting for or on behalf of such a util-
ity.’’.
(b) PRIVATE LOAN FINANCING TEST NOT TO APPLY
TO PREPAYMENTS FOR NATURAL GAS.—Paragraph (2) of
section 141(c) of such Code (providing exceptions to the
private loan financing test) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’
at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period
at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) arises from a transaction described in
section 148(b)(4).’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the amend-
ments made by section 1301 of the Tax Reform Act of
1986.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1988
To amend United States trade laws to address more effectively import crises.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 2001
Mr. ENGLISH (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. HOUGHTON, and Mr. LEVIN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To amend United States trade laws to address more
effectively import crises.
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 ‘‘Trade Law Reform
Act of 2001’’.
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‘‘(B) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share
under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 75 per-
cent.
‘‘(C) TYPES
OF
PROJECTS.—Projects for
which grants may be made under this subsection
include—
‘‘(i) the improvement of fish passage-
ways;
‘‘(ii) the creation of natural or artifi-
cial reefs or substrata for habitats;
‘‘(iii) the restoration of wetland or sea
grass;
‘‘(iv) the production of oysters for res-
toration projects; and
‘‘(v) the prevention, identification, and
control of nonindigenous species.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following entities
are eligible to receive grants under this subsection:
‘‘(A) The government of a political subdivi-
sion of a State in the Chesapeake Bay watershed,
and the government of the District of Columbia.
‘‘(B) An organization in the Chesapeake
Bay watershed (such as an educational institu-
tion or a community organization)—
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unknown at the time of the conveyance or later
discovered; and
(B) the Board of Trustees hold harmless the
Secretary for any and all costs, liabilities, or
claims by third parties that arise out of any haz-
ardous or toxic substance contamination found
on the property conveyed under subsection (a)
that are not directly attributable to the installa-
tion, operation, or maintenance of the Sec-
retary’s facilities, equipment, fixtures, improve-
ments, modifications, or alterations;
(2) the Secretary shall remediate, at the sole cost
of the United States, all hazardous or toxic substance
contamination on the property retained under sub-
section (c) that is found to have occurred as a direct
result of the installation, operation, or maintenance
of the Secretary’s facilities, equipment, fixtures, im-
provements, modifications, or alterations; and
(3) if the Secretary decides to terminate future
occupancy and interest of the property retained under
subsection (c), the Secretary may—
(A) provide written notice to the Board at
least 60 days prior to the scheduled date when
the property will be vacated;
‘‘(2) If the request filed under paragraph (1) alleges
that an article is being imported into the United States
in such increased quantities as to cause serious injury, or
threat thereof, to a domestic industry, the President, with-
in 45 days after receiving the request, shall determine if
monitoring is appropriate.
‘‘(3) If the determination under paragraph (2) is af-
firmative, the President shall request, under subsection
(g), the Commission to monitor and investigate the im-
ports concerned for a period not to exceed 2 years.’’.
SEC. 303. EARLY RELEASE OF IMPORT DATA.
In order to facilitate the early identification of poten-
tially disruptive import surges, the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget may grant an exception to
the publication dates established for the release of data
on United States international trade in goods and services
in order to permit public access to preliminary inter-
national trade import data, if the Director notifies the
Congress of the early release of the data.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. CONSTRUCTION.
The amendments made by this Act shall not be con-
strued to create any inference with respect to the interpre-
tation of the provisions of law amended by this Act as
such provisions were in effect before the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 402. APPLICATION TO GOODS FROM CANADA AND
MEXICO.
Pursuant to section 1902 of the North American
Free Trade Agreement and section 408 of the North
American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, the
amendments made by this Act shall apply to goods from
Canada and Mexico.
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(6) American taxpayers have paid approxi-
mately $30,000,000,000 to the United Nations since
1945;
(7) the United Nations and its organizations
are replete with mismanagement, waste, corruption,
and inefficiency which cost American taxpayers mil-
lions of dollars each year;
(8) the power to tax is an attribute of sov-
ereignty;
(9) the United Nations does not have the at-
tributes of sovereignty and is not a sovereign power;
and
(10) the United Nations has no legal authority
to impose taxes on United States citizens.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF GLOBAL TAX-
ATION 
OR 
MULTILATERAL 
BANK 
BOR-
ROWING.
The United States may not pay any voluntary or as-
sessed contribution to the United Nations or any of its
specialized or affiliated agencies if the United Nations—
(1) attempts to implement or impose any tax-
ation or fee on any United States persons; or
(2) attempts to borrow funds from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘World Bank’’), the
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 198
To prohibit United States voluntary and assessed contributions to the United
Nations if the United Nations imposes any tax or fee on United States
persons or continues to develop or promote proposals for such taxes
or fees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. SWEENEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To prohibit United States voluntary and assessed contribu-
tions to the United Nations if the United Nations im-
poses any tax or fee on United States persons or con-
tinues to develop or promote proposals for such taxes
or fees.
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 ‘‘Prohibition on United
Nations Taxation Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
International Monetary Fund, or any other similar
or regional international financial institution.
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND
PROMOTION OF GLOBAL TAXATION PRO-
POSALS.
The United States may not pay any voluntary or as-
sessed contribution to the United Nations or any of its
specialized or affiliated agencies (including the United Na-
tions Development Program) unless the President certifies
in writing to the Congress 15 days in advance of such pay-
ment that the United Nations or such agency, as the case
may be, is not engaged in any effort to develop, advocate,
promote, or publicize any proposal concerning taxation or
fees on United States persons in order to raise revenue
for the United Nations or any such agency.
SEC. 5. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
Payments prohibited under this Act include disburse-
ments to the United Nations pursuant to any undertaking
made by the United States before the prohibition becomes
effective.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘person’’ has the meaning given
such term in section 7701(a)(1) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(1)).
(2) The term ‘‘taxation or fees on United
States persons’’ includes any tax or fee assessed on
United States persons on a per capita basis or on
a transaction or user basis, including but not limited
to any tax or fee on international air travel, foreign
exchange transactions, the mails, or extraction or
use of natural resources.
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‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.—In appointing mem-
bers of the Review Panel under this subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall ensure that—
‘‘(i) in order to ensure diversity, a
majority of the number of individuals ap-
pointed under subparagraph (A)(i) rep-
resent disciplines or programs outside the
field of education; and
‘‘(ii) the total number of the individ-
uals appointed under subparagraph (A)(ii)
or (A)(iii) does not exceed 1⁄3 of the total
number of the individuals appointed under
this paragraph.
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Review Panel shall con-
sult with and advise the Secretary—
‘‘(A) to ensure that the assessment con-
ducted under subsection (a) and the study con-
ducted under subsection (c)—
‘‘(i) adhere to the highest possible
standards of quality with respect to re-
search design, statistical analysis, and the
dissemination of findings; and
‘‘(ii) use valid and reliable measures
to document program implementation and
impacts; and
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under subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1) of section
4112; and
‘‘(C) on the State’s efforts to inform parents
of, and include parents in, violence and drug
prevention efforts.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—The report required by
this subsection shall be—
‘‘(A) in the form specified by the Secretary;
‘‘(B) based on the State’s ongoing evalua-
tion activities, and shall include data on the in-
cidence and prevalence, age of onset, perception
of health risk, and perception of social dis-
approval of drug use and violence by youth in
schools and communities; and
‘‘(C) made readily available to the public.
‘‘(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agen-
cy receiving funds under this subpart shall submit to
the State educational agency such information that
the State requires to complete the State report re-
quired by subsection (b), including a description of
how parents were informed of, and participated in,
violence and drug prevention efforts.
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(2) Sections 8001 through 8005 (20 U.S.C. 7701–
7705) are redesignated as sections 6001 through 6005,
respectively.
(3) Sections 8007 through 8014 (20 U.S.C. 7707–
7714) are redesignated as sections 6006 through 6013,
respectively.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Title VI (as
redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended by striking
‘‘8002’’, ‘‘8003’’, ‘‘8004’’, ‘‘8005’’, ‘‘8008’’, ‘‘8009’’,
‘‘8011’’, ‘‘8013’’, and ‘‘8014’’ each place such terms ap-
pear and inserting ‘‘6002’’, ‘‘6003’’, ‘‘6004’’, ‘‘6005’’,
‘‘6007’’, ‘‘6008’’, ‘‘6010’’, ‘‘6012’’, and ‘‘6013’’, respec-
tively.
(2) Section 6005 (as redesignated by subsection (a))
is amended in the heading by striking ‘‘8002 AND 8003’’
and inserting ‘‘6002 AND 6003’’.
(3) Section 6009(c)(1) (as redesignated by subsection
(a)) is amended in the heading by striking ‘‘8003’’ and in-
serting ‘‘6003’’.
(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Funds appropriated for
title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act) shall be available for use under title
VI of such Act, as added by this section.
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sonnel of the specific needs of runaway and
homeless youth;
‘‘(E) describe procedures that ensure that
homeless children and youth who meet the rel-
evant eligibility criteria are able to participate
in Federal, State, or local food programs;
‘‘(F) describe procedures that ensure that—
‘‘(i) homeless children have equal ac-
cess to the same public preschool programs,
administered by the State agency, as pro-
vided to other children;
‘‘(ii) homeless youth and youth sepa-
rated from the public schools are identified
and accorded equal access to appropriate
secondary education and support services;
and
‘‘(iii) homeless children and youth who
meet the relevant eligibility criteria are able
to participate in Federal, State, or local
before- and after-school care programs;
‘‘(G) address problems set forth in the re-
port provided to the Secretary under subsection
(f)(3);
‘‘(H) address other problems with respect to
the education of homeless children and youth, in-
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to be appropriated $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
4 succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(2) EARLY READING FIRST.—For the purpose of 
carrying out subpart 2 of part B, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
4 succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(3) EVEN START.—For the purpose of carrying 
out subpart 3 of part B, there are authorized to be 
appropriated $275,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(4) INEXPENSIVE
BOOK
DISTRIBUTION
PRO-
GRAM.—For the purpose of carrying out subpart 4 of 
part B, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(c) EDUCATION OF MIGRATORY CHILDREN.—For the 
purpose of carrying out part C, there are authorized to be 
appropriated $420,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years. 
‘‘(d) PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR 
YOUTH WHO ARE NEGLECTED, DELINQUENT, OR AT RISK 
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SEC. 2. CLERICAL AMENDMENT.
The table of sections in section 2 of such Act is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section
1634 the following:
‘‘Sec. 1635. Lakehaven, Washington, Water Reclamation and Reuse Project.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives December 5,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
Union Calendar No. 63
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2131
[Report No. 107–119]
A BILL
To reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation
Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2004.
JUNE 28, 2001
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
(3) The term ‘‘personal information’’ means
personally identifiable information and sensitive per-
sonal information.
(4) The term ‘‘personally identifiable informa-
tion’’ includes, with respect to a consumer—
(A) a name;
(B) an address;
(C) a phone number; and
(D) an electronic mail address.
(5) The term ‘‘sensitive personal information’’
includes, with respect to a consumer—
(A) a Social Security identification num-
ber; and
(B) financial information.
(6) The term ‘‘State’’ includes any common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
(7) The term ‘‘violation of this Act’’ includes
violation of a rule made under this Act.
SEC. 11. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Not later than one year after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall prescribe
rules, in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United
States Code, to carry out this Act, which shall take effect
not later than 180 days after their publication in final
form.