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‘‘Treatment as Monthly Insurance Benefits
‘‘(d) For purposes of subsections (t) and (u) of sec-
tion 202, a monthly benefit under this section shall be
treated as a monthly insurance benefit payable under sec-
tion 202.
‘‘Annual Reimbursement of Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
‘‘(e) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, such sums as the Commissioner of
Social Security deems necessary on account of—
‘‘(1) payments made under this section during
the second preceding fiscal year and all fiscal years
prior thereto to individuals entitled to benefits under
this section,
‘‘(2) the additional administrative expenses re-
sulting from the payments described in paragraph
(1), and
‘‘(3) any loss in interest to such Trust Fund re-
sulting from such payments and expenses,
in order to place such Trust Fund in the same position
at the end of such fiscal year as it would have been in
if such payments had not been made.’’.
sifiable under Executive Order 12958 or a successor
executive order.
(3) INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL
COURT.—The
term ‘‘International Criminal Court’’ means the
court established by the Rome Statute.
(4) PARTY TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
COURT.—The term ‘‘party to the International
Criminal Court’’ means a government that has de-
posited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, ap-
proval, or accession to the Rome Statute, and has
not withdrawn from the Rome Statute pursuant to
Article 127 thereof.
(5) ROME STATUTE.—The term ‘‘Rome Stat-
ute’’ means the Rome Statute of the International
Criminal Court, adopted by the United Nations Dip-
lomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Es-
tablishment of an International Criminal Court on
July 17, 1998.
(6) UNITED
STATES
SERVICEMEMBER.—The
term ‘‘United States servicemember’’ means any per-
son that is subject to the provisions of chapter 47
of title 10, United States Code (relating to the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice).
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2696
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to require automobile manufacturers to provide automatic door
locks and interior-opening trunk locks on new passenger cars manufac-
tured after 2003.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 2001
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Transportation to require automobile manufac-
turers to provide automatic door locks and interior-open-
ing trunk locks on new passenger cars manufactured
after 2003.
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 ‘‘Auto Safety Assurance
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. ANTICARJACKING AUTOMOBILE SAFETY LOCKS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 49 of the United States
Code is amended by inserting after section 30127 the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 30128. Occupant safety locks
‘‘Not later than January 1, 2002, the Secretary of
Transportation shall prescribe under this chapter an
amendment to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
206 (49 C.F.R. 571.206) issued under the National Traf-
fic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. The amendment
shall require that all passenger cars (as such term is de-
fined in section 30127(a)(3)) manufactured after Decem-
ber 31, 2003, shall be fitted with—
‘‘(1) equipment that automatically locks the
doors of the vehicle when—
‘‘(A) the vehicle transmission is engaged;
or
‘‘(B) the vehicle reaches a specified rate of
speed; and
‘‘(2) vehicle trunk lock mechanisms that permit
unlatching from inside the trunk.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of subtitle IV of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding after the item related to sec-
tion 30127 the following new item:
‘‘30128. Occupant safety locks.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2697
To authorize grants to States to fund arrangements between local police
departments and public accommodations to have the accommodations
serve as emergency domestic violence shelters.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 2001
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To authorize grants to States to fund arrangements between
local police departments and public accommodations to
have the accommodations serve as emergency domestic
violence shelters.
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 ‘‘Domestic Violence
Shelter Coordination Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. STATE GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE SHELTERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make
grants to States to enable the States to provide local police
departments within the States with funds to pay to have
hotels, motels, and other places of public accommodation
serve as emergency domestic violence shelters.
(b) APPLICATION.—The Attorney General shall by
regulation prescribe the manner in which grant funds
under subsection (a) are to be made available to local po-
lice departments for emergency domestic violence shelters.
Such regulation shall include—
(1) a requirement that a State may not receive
funds from the Attorney General under subsection
(a) unless the State demonstrates, to the satisfaction
of the Attorney General, that—
(A) there is a shortage of emergency do-
mestic violence shelters in the State;
(B) appropriate measures will be taken
with respect to a public accommodation to be
used as an emergency domestic violence shelter
for privacy of, and security for, the users of the
shelter; and
(C) there will be cooperation between the
emergency domestic violence shelters in the
State and the local police departments; and
(d) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Attorney General for grants under sub-
section (a) such sums as may be necessary.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 269
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote the development
of domestic wind energy resources, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote
the development of domestic wind energy resources, 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 ‘‘Winning in New Devel-
opment for Electricity Act’’ or ‘‘WIND for Electricity
Act’’.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR ELEC-
TRICITY PRODUCED FROM WIND FACILITIES;
CLARIFICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.
(a) PERMANENT EXTENSION.—Subparagraph (A) of
section 45(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (de-
fining qualified facility) is amended by striking ‘‘1993,
and before January 1, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘1993’’.
(b) CLARIFICATION OF REDUCTION OF CREDIT FOR
OTHER CREDITS.—Clause (iv) of section 45(b)(3)(A) of
such Code (relating to reduction of the credit) is amended
by inserting ‘‘under this title’’ after ‘‘credit allowable’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (b) shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. TEN-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE RENEWABLE EN-
ERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVE FOR WIND-
POWERED GENERATION FACILITIES.
Subsection (f) of section 1212 of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) SUNSET.—No payment may be made under this
section to any facility that generates electric energy from
wind after fiscal year 2023, and no payment may be made
under this section to any facility after a payment has been
made with respect to such facility for a 10-fiscal year pe-
riod.’’.
SEC. 4. NONDISCRIMINATORY TRANSMISSION SERVICE FOR
WIND GENERATION FACILITIES.
Section 212 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
824k), relating to transmission service, is amended by in-
serting after subsection (k) the following new subsection:
‘‘(l) The Commission shall issue such orders as may
be necessary to insure that transmission services—
‘‘(1) provide equitable allocation of congested
capacity among competing users including options
such as long-term, non-firm transmission agree-
ments, and
‘‘(2) achieve nondiscriminatory interconnection
of wind generation facilities.’’.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided by section 2(c), the amendments
made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 26
To waive certain prohibitions with respect to nationals of Cuba coming to
the United States to play organized professional baseball.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. SERRANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To waive certain prohibitions with respect to nationals of
Cuba coming to the United States to play organized
professional baseball.
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 ‘‘Baseball Diplomacy
Act’’.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
(a) RESTRICTION ON EMBARGO AUTHORITY.—The
authorities of section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, those authorities under section 5(b) of the Trad-
ing with the Enemy Act that were being exercised with
respect to Cuba on July 1, 1977, as a result of a national
emergency declared before that date, and are being exer-
cised on the date of the enactment of this Act, and section
203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
may not be exercised to regulate or prohibit—
(1) those transactions permitted under section
515.564 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as
in effect on July 1, 1994, by or on behalf of a
Cuban national who enters the United States from
Cuba on a visa issued by the State Department
under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act for the purpose of playing
organized professional baseball; and
(2) a Cuban national described in paragraph
(1) from returning to Cuba the earnings made in
playing organized professional baseball.
(b) RESTRICTION ON IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY.—
The authority contained in section 212(f) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act may not be used to deny a visa
described in subsection (a)(1) to a Cuban national for the
purpose of playing organized professional baseball.
(c) INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER RESTRICTIONS.—
This section applies notwithstanding section 102(h) of the
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD)
Act of 1996.
SEC. 3. DURATION OF VISA.
A visa described in section 2(a)(1)—
(1) shall permit the alien to whom the visa is
issued to remain in the United States only for the
duration of the baseball season; and
(2) need not be renewed for subsequent entries
into the United States for the duration of a valid
contract entered into between the alien and the pro-
fessional baseball team with which the alien played
in the preceding baseball season.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2701
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow children enrolled
in the State children’s health insurance program to be eligible for benefits
under the pediatric vaccine distribution program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 2001
Ms. HARMAN (for herself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BOR-
SKI, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. FARR of Cali-
fornia, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FRANK, Mr. FROST, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr.
HINCHEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. LEE, Mr.
MATSUI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD,
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. RIVERS, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr.
STARK, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr. WAXMAN, and
Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow
children enrolled in the State children’s health insurance
program to be eligible for benefits under the pediatric
vaccine distribution program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE
STATE 
CHILDREN’S 
HEALTH 
INSURANCE
PROGRAM FOR THE PEDIATRIC VACCINE DIS-
TRIBUTION PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1928(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396s(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I))
is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than a State child health
plan under title XXI)’’ after ‘‘policy or plan’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies with respect to vaccines adminis-
tered on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2702
To prohibit certain abortions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 2001
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mrs. JOHNSON
of Connecticut, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. KIND, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr.
BALDACCI, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. WYNN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms.
SANCHEZ, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut,
Mr. KOLBE, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. MOORE) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To prohibit certain abortions.
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 ‘‘Late Term Abortion
Restriction Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ABORTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful, in or affect-
ing interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly to perform
an abortion after the fetus has become viable.
(b) EXCEPTION.—This section does not prohibit any
abortion if, in the medical judgment of the attending phy-
sician, the abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the
woman or to avert serious adverse health consequences to
the woman.
(c) CIVIL PENALTY.—A physician who violates this
section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed
$10,000. The civil penalty provided by this subsection is
the exclusive remedy for a violation of this section.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2703
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain steam turbines and generators
for power generation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 2001
Mr. ISAKSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain steam turbines
and generators for power generation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON CERTAIN STEAM
TURBINES AND GENERATORS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following
new headings:
ing civil monetary penalties in an amount not to exceed
$1,000 per nurse per violation, with the total penalty not
to exceed $10,000 per violation) as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. Upon receipt of such notice, the
Attorney General shall not approve petitions filed with re-
spect to a facility during a period of at least one year for
nurses to be employed by the facility.
‘‘(v) In addition to the sanctions provided for under
clause (iv), if the Secretary finds, after notice and an op-
portunity for a hearing, that a facility has violated the
condition attested to under subparagraph (A)(ii) (relating
to payment of registered nurses at the prevailing wage
rate), the Secretary shall order the facility to provide for
payment of such amounts of back pay as may be required
to comply with such condition.
‘‘(G)(i) The Secretary shall impose on a facility filing
an attestation under subparagraph (A) a filing fee, in an
amount prescribed by the Secretary based on the costs of
carrying out the Secretary’s duties under this subsection,
but not exceeding $250.
‘‘(ii) Fees collected under this subparagraph shall be
deposited in a fund established for this purpose in the
Treasury of the United States.
‘‘(iii) The collected fees in the fund shall be available
to the Secretary, to the extent and in such amounts as
‘‘
9902.84.06
Steam turbines
for power genera-
tion exceeding 40
MW, other than
stationary steam
turbines (pro-
vided for in sub-
heading
8406.81.10) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2005
9902.84.08
AC generators
for power genera-
tion exceeding
10,000 kVA
(provided for in
subheading
8501.64.00) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2005
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, after the date that is 15 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2704
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 to allow States and localities to provide primary and preven-
tive care to all individuals.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 2001
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow States and localities
to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Personal Responsibility and Work Op-
portunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 states that
aliens may receive ‘‘assistance for health care items
and services that are necessary for the treatment of
an emergency medical condition’’.
(2) The Attorney General of Texas, John
Cornyn, made a recent decision based on the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 that undocumented aliens
could not receive nonemergency medical care from
hospitals with public funds.
(3) In his decision, the Texas Attorney General
states that Federal law prohibits hospitals from pro-
viding nonemergency health care, which consists of
primary and preventive care, to undocumented aliens
with public money.
(4) If hospitals do not comply with the opinion
of the Texas Attorney General, they face the possi-
bility of losing Federal money or face criminal
charges for misuse of public funds.
(5) The opinion of the Texas Attorney General
is unfair to undocumented aliens and endangers the
public health of all residents.
(6) It is necessary to amend the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 to correct this injustice.
SEC. 2. PERMITTING STATES AND LOCALITIES TO PROVIDE
PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE TO ALL IN-
DIVIDUALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(b)(1) of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1621(b)(1)) is amended by inserting
‘‘or for primary and preventive care’’ after ‘‘Act)’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to primary and preventive care
furnished before, on, or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 270
To amend title 1, United States Code, to eliminate any Federal policy on
the definition of marriage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. FRANK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 1, United States Code, to eliminate any
Federal policy on the definition of marriage.
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 ‘‘State Regulation of
Marriage Is Appropriate Act’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF FEDERAL POLICY ON THE DEFINI-
TION OF MARRIAGE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 1, United States Code, is
amended by striking section 7.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 1 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 7.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2711
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that retired members
of the Armed Forces shall be eligible for priority health care from
the Department of Veterans Affairs on the same basis as former pris-
oners of war.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 2001
Mr. SHOWS (for himself, Mr. FROST, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. MCGOVERN,
Mr. NORWOOD, and Mr. PAUL) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that
retired members of the Armed Forces shall be eligible
for priority health care from the Department of Veterans
Affairs on the same basis as former prisoners of war.
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 ‘‘Military Retiree Vet-
erans Health Care Eligibility Act’’.
SEC. 2. PRIORITY CATEGORY FOR MILITARY RETIREES IN
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MED-
ICAL SYSTEM.
(a) PRIORITY OF CARE.—(1) Section 1705(a)(3) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘who are’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘, veterans’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and (C)’’
and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)’’.
(2) Section 1710(a)(2)(D) of such title is amended
by inserting after ‘‘former prisoner of war’’ the following:
‘‘, who is entitled to retired or retainer pay (or would be
entitled to retired pay under chapter 1223 of title 10 but
for being under age 60),’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to hospital care and
medical services provided by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs on or after January 1, 2002.
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