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H. R. 4302
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 amend title 21, District of Columbia Official Code, to enact the provisions
of the Mental Health Civil Commitment Act of 2002 which affect the Commission
on Mental Health and require action by Congress in order to take effect.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Mental
Health Civil Commitment Modernization Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 
2. 
COMPOSITION, 
APPOINTMENT, 
AND 
ORGANIZATION 
OF
COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21–502, District of Columbia Official
Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 21–502. Commission on Mental Health; composition;
appointment and terms of members; organiza-
tion; chairperson; salaries
‘‘(a) The Commission on Mental Health is continued. The Chief
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall
appoint the members of the Commission, and the Commission shall
be composed of 9 members and an alternate chairperson. One
member shall be a magistrate judge of the Court appointed pursuant
to title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, who shall be a
member of the bar of the Court and has engaged in active practice
of law in the District of Columbia for a period of at least 5 years
prior to his or her appointment. The magistrate judge shall be
the Chairperson of the Commission and act as the administrative
head of the Commission. The Chairperson shall preside at all
hearings and direct all of the proceedings before the Commission.
Eight members of the Commission shall be psychiatrists or qualified
psychologists, as those terms are defined in section 21–501, who
have not had less than 5 years of experience in the diagnosis
and treatment of mental illness.
‘‘(b)(1) Appointment of members of the Commission shall be
for terms of 4 years.
‘‘(2) The initial appointment of a psychiatrist or a qualified
psychologist shall be for a probationary period of one year. After
the initial one-year probationary appointment, subsequent appoint-
ments of the psychiatrist or qualified psychologist shall be for
terms of 4 years.
‘‘(c) The psychiatrist or qualified psychologist members of the
Commission shall serve on a part-time basis and shall be rotated
by assignment of the Chief Judge of the Court, so that at any
HR 4302 RDS 
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 
Mental Health Civil Commitment Modernization Act of 
2004’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENT, AND ORGANIZATION 
OF COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21–502, District of Co-
lumbia Official Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 21–502. Commission on Mental Health; composi-
tion; appointment and terms of members; 
organization; chairperson; salaries 
‘‘(a) The Commission on Mental Health is continued. 
The Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia shall appoint the members of the Commission, 
and the Commission shall be composed of 9 members and 
an alternate chairperson. One member shall be a mag-
istrate judge of the Court appointed pursuant to title 11, 
District of Columbia Official Code, who shall be a member 
of the bar of the Court and has engaged in active practice 
of law in the District of Columbia for a period of at least 
5 years prior to his or her appointment. The magistrate 
judge shall be the Chairperson of the Commission and act 
as the administrative head of the Commission. The Chair-
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person shall preside at all hearings and direct all of the 
proceedings before the Commission. Eight members of the 
Commission shall be psychiatrists or qualified psycholo-
gists, as those terms are defined in section 21–501, who 
have not had less than 5 years of experience in the diag-
nosis and treatment of mental illness. 
‘‘(b)(1) Appointment of members of the Commission 
shall be for terms of 4 years. 
‘‘(2) The initial appointment of a psychiatrist or a 
qualified psychologist shall be for a probationary period 
of one year. After the initial one-year probationary ap-
pointment, subsequent appointments of the psychiatrist or 
qualified psychologist shall be for terms of 4 years. 
‘‘(c) The psychiatrist or qualified psychologist mem-
bers of the Commission shall serve on a part-time basis 
and shall be rotated by assignment of the Chief Judge of 
the Court, so that at any one time the Commission shall 
consist of the Chairperson and 2 members, each of whom 
is either a psychiatrist or a qualified psychologist. Mem-
bers of the Commission who are psychiatrists or qualified 
psychologists may practice their professions during their 
tenures of office, but may not participate in the disposition 
of a case of a person in which they have rendered profes-
sional service or advice.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4302
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend title 21, District of Columbia Official Code, to 
enact the provisions of the Mental Health Civil Commit-
ment Act of 2002 which affect the Commission on Men-
tal Health and require action by Congress in order to 
take effect.
network a list, aggregated by designated
market 
area 
(as 
defined 
in 
section
122(j)(2)(C)), that identifies that sub-
scriber by name and address (street or
rural route number, city, State, and zip
code) and specifies the distant signals re-
ceived by the subscriber.
‘‘(ii) In a case in which the satellite
carrier does not make available to that
subscriber, on January 1, 2005, the sec-
ondary transmission of the primary trans-
mission of a local network station affiliated
with the same television network pursuant
to the statutory license under section 122,
the statutory license under paragraph (2)
shall apply only to secondary transmissions
by that satellite carrier of the distant sig-
nal of a station affiliated with the same
network to that subscriber if—
‘‘(I) that subscriber seeks to sub-
scribe to such distant signal before
the date on which such carrier com-
mences to provide pursuant to the
statutory license under section 122
the secondary transmissions of the
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4303
To authorize the Secretary of State to make grants to American-sponsored 
schools in Arab and other predominantly Muslim countries to provide 
full or partial merit-based scholarships for children from lower- and 
middle-income families of such countries to attend such schools, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2004
Mr. BERMAN (for himself and Mr. KNOLLENBERG) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of State to make grants to Amer-
ican-sponsored schools in Arab and other predominantly 
Muslim countries to provide full or partial merit-based 
scholarships for children from lower- and middle-income 
families of such countries to attend such schools, 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 ‘‘American Schools 
Abroad Support Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) During the 2003–2004 school year, the Of-
fice of Overseas Schools of the Department of State 
is financially assisting 189 elementary and sec-
ondary schools in other countries. 
(2) These ‘‘American-sponsored’’ schools serve 
99,318 students, of whom 27,412 are United States 
citizens. 
(3) 
Twenty 
of 
these 
American-sponsored 
schools—serving 10,907 students—are located in the 
Near East and South Asia region, and other Amer-
ican-sponsored schools are located in countries with 
significant Muslim populations in Africa, Central 
Asia, and East Asia. 
(4) American-sponsored schools provide an 
American-style education in English, with curricula 
that typically include an emphasis on the develop-
ment of critical thinking and analytical skills. 
(5) In response to growing anti-American senti-
ment in Arab and other predominantly Muslim coun-
tries, the United States has placed a renewed em-
phasis on public diplomacy programs, with education 
at the elementary, secondary, and university levels 
representing an important part of that effort.
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(A) in subsection (f)(1)(B)(iii), strike ‘‘section 16(3) of the Of-
fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(3))’’ and 
substitute ‘‘section 1702(c) of title 41’’; 
(B) in subsection (f)(1)(C), strike ‘‘section 18 of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 416)’’ and substitute 
‘‘section 1707 of title 41’’; 
(C) in subsection (f)(2)(D), strike ‘‘the Javits-Wagner-O’Day 
Act (41 U.S.C. 46 et seq.)’’ and substitute ‘‘chapter 85 of title 
41’’; 
(D) in subsection (g)(4), strike ‘‘section 31(f) of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 427)’’ and substitute 
‘‘section 1901(f) of title 41’’; and 
(E) in subsection (h)(1), strike ‘‘The Walsh-Healey Act (41 
U.S.C. 35 et seq.)’’ and substitute ‘‘Chapter 65 of title 41’’. 
(13) In section 2304b—
(A) in subsection (c), strike ‘‘section 18 of the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 416)’’ and substitute ‘‘section 
1707 of title 41’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(3), strike ‘‘section 18 of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 416)’’ and substitute 
‘‘section 1707 of title 41’’. 
(14) In section 2304c(a)(1), strike ‘‘section 18 of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 416)’’ and substitute ‘‘section 
1707 of title 41’’. 
(15) In section 2306a(h)(3), strike ‘‘section 4(12) of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12))’’ and substitute 
‘‘section 103 of title 41’’. 
(16) In section 2314, strike ‘‘Sections 3709 and 3735 of the Revised 
Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5 and 13)’’ and substitute ‘‘Sections 6101(b)–(d) 
and 6304 of title 41’’. 
(17) In section 2318—
(A) in subsection (a)(1), strike ‘‘section 20(a) of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 418(a))’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘section 1704(a) of title 41’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a)(2), strike ‘‘sections 20(b) and 20(c) of the 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 418(b), (c))’’ 
and substitute ‘‘section 1704(b) and (c) of title 41’’. 
(18) In section 2321(h), strike ‘‘the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 
(41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)’’ and substitute ‘‘chapter 69 of title 41’’. 
(19) In section 2324—
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4305 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase protections for children 
from obscene material on the Internet. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2004 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase protec-
tions for children from obscene material on the Internet. 
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 ‘‘Children’s Online Safe-
ty Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASED PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN FROM OB-
SCENE MATERIAL ON THE INTERNET. 
Subsections (b) and (c) of section 2252B of title 18, 
United States Code, are each amended by inserting ‘‘or 
meta tag’’ after ‘‘domain name’’. 
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year, the then 4th preceding fiscal 
year.’’. 
(d) SUPERACHIEVER CREDIT.—Section 407(b) (42 
U.S.C. 607(b)) is amended by striking paragraphs (4) and 
(5) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) SUPERACHIEVER CREDIT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The participation 
rate, determined under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
of this subsection, of a superachiever State for 
a fiscal year shall be increased by the lesser 
of—
‘‘(i) the amount (if any) of the super-
achiever credit applicable to the State; or 
‘‘(ii) the number of percentage points 
(if any) by which the minimum participa-
tion rate required by subsection (a) for the 
fiscal year exceeds 50 percent. 
‘‘(B) SUPERACHIEVER
STATE.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), a State is a super-
achiever State if the State caseload for fiscal 
year 2001 has declined by at least 60 percent 
from the State caseload for fiscal year 1995. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNT
OF
CREDIT.—The super-
achiever credit applicable to a State is the num-
ber of percentage points (if any) by which the
decline referred to in subparagraph (B) exceeds 
60 percent. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) STATE
CASELOAD
FOR
FISCAL 
YEAR 2001.—The term ‘State caseload for 
fiscal year 2001’ means the average 
monthly number of families that received 
assistance during fiscal year 2001 under 
the State program funded under this part. 
‘‘(ii) STATE
CASELOAD
FOR
FISCAL 
YEAR 1995.—The term ‘State caseload for 
fiscal year 1995’ means the average 
monthly number of families that received 
aid under the State plan approved under 
part A (as in effect on September 30, 
1995) during fiscal year 1995.’’. 
(e) COUNTABLE HOURS.—Section 407 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 607) is amended by striking subsections (c) 
and (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) COUNTABLE HOURS.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In subsection (b)(2), the 
term ‘countable hours’ means, with respect to a fam-
ily for a month, the total number of hours in the 
month in which any member of the family who is a 
work-eligible individual is engaged in a direct work
activity or other activities specified by the State (ex-
cluding an activity that does not address a purpose 
specified in section 401(a)), subject to the other pro-
visions of this subsection. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—Subject to such regula-
tions as the Secretary may prescribe: 
‘‘(A) MINIMUM WEEKLY AVERAGE OF 24 
HOURS
OF
DIRECT
WORK
ACTIVITIES
RE-
QUIRED.—If the work-eligible individuals in a 
family are engaged in a direct work activity for 
an average total of fewer than 24 hours per 
week in a month, then the number of countable 
hours with respect to the family for the month 
shall be zero. 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM WEEKLY AVERAGE OF 16 
HOURS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES.—An average of 
not more than 16 hours per week of activities 
specified by the State (subject to the exclusion 
described in paragraph (1)) may be considered 
countable hours in a month with respect to a 
family. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of para-
graph (1): 
‘‘(A) PARTICIPATION
IN
QUALIFIED
AC-
TIVITIES.—
SECTION 
1. 
IMPROVEMENTS 
TO 
EMPLOYMENT
VERIFICATION SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 274A(b) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting before ‘‘A
person or entity has complied’’ the following: ‘‘Such
attestation may be manifested by either a hand-writ-
ten or an electronic signature.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘Such attestation may be manifested by
either a hand-written or an electronic signature.’’;
and
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘a paper,
microfiche, microfilm, or electronic version of’’ after
‘‘must retain’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the earlier of—
(1) the date on which final regulations imple-
menting such amendments take effect; or
(2) 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives October 6,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 4306
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 amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the
process for verifying an individual’s eligibility for employment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENTS TO EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 274A(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting before ‘‘A person or
entity has complied’’ the following: ‘‘Such attestation may be
manifested by either a hand-written or an electronic signature.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Such attestation may be manifested by either a hand-written
or an electronic signature.’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘a paper, microfiche,
microfilm, or electronic version of’’ after ‘‘must retain’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection
(a) shall take effect on the earlier of—
(1) the date on which final regulations implementing such
amendments take effect; or
(2) 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4306 
To amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve 
the process for verifying an individual’s eligibility for employment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2004 
Mr. CANNON (for himself and Mr. ANDREWS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to improve the process for verifying an individual’s 
eligibility for employment. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
IMPROVEMENTS 
TO 
EMPLOYMENT 
VERIFICATION SYSTEM. 
Section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before ‘‘A 
person or entity has complied’’ the following: 
‘‘Such attestation may be manifested by either 
a hand-written or an electronic signature.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘Such attestation may be manifested by either a 
hand-written or an electronic signature.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘a paper or 
electronic version of’’ after ‘‘must retain’’. 
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II 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4306
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to improve the process for verifying an individual’s 
eligibility for employment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4306 RDS 
SECTION 
1. 
IMPROVEMENTS 
TO 
EMPLOYMENT 
VERIFICATION SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 274A(b) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting before ‘‘A 
person or entity has complied’’ the following: ‘‘Such 
attestation may be manifested by either a hand-writ-
ten or an electronic signature.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Such attestation may be manifested by 
either a hand-written or an electronic signature.’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘a paper, 
microfiche, microfilm, or electronic version of’’ after 
‘‘must retain’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the earlier of—
(1) the date on which final regulations imple-
menting such amendments take effect; or
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(2) 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives October 6, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
IB 
Union Calendar No. 451 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4306 
[Report No. 108–731] 
To amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve 
the process for verifying an individual’s eligibility for employment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2004 
Mr. CANNON (for himself and Mr. ANDREWS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
OCTOBER 5, 2004 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. FORD, Ms. 
LOFGREN, Ms. DUNN, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Ms. HART, Mr. FLAKE, 
Mr. CARTER, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. 
ENGLISH, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 
FORBES, Mr. BOUCHER, and Mr. GORDON 
OCTOBER 5, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to improve the process for verifying an individual’s 
eligibility for employment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION
1.
IMPROVEMENTS
TO
EMPLOYMENT 
VERIFICATION SYSTEM. 
Section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before ‘‘A 
person or entity has complied’’ the following: 
‘‘Such attestation may be manifested by either 
a hand-written or an electronic signature.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘Such attestation may be manifested by either a 
hand-written or an electronic signature.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘a paper or 
electronic version of’’ after ‘‘must retain’’. 
SECTION 
1. 
IMPROVEMENTS 
TO 
EMPLOYMENT 
VERIFICATION SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 274A(b) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting before ‘‘A 
person or entity has complied’’ the following: ‘‘Such 
attestation may be manifested by either a hand-writ-
ten or an electronic signature.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Such attestation may be manifested by ei-
ther a hand-written or an electronic signature.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘a paper, 
microfiche, microfilm, or electronic version of’’ after 
‘‘must retain’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the earlier of— 
(1) the date on which final regulations imple-
menting such amendments take effect; or 
(2) 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
Union Calendar No. 451 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4306 
[Report No. 108–731] 
A BILL 
To amend section 274A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to improve the process for 
verifying an individual’s eligibility for employ-
ment. 
OCTOBER 5, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed