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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2713
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney
General to create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence
for certain aliens who entered the United States at least 15 years
prior to the application date.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 2001
Ms. WATERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit
the Attorney General to create a record of lawful admis-
sion for permanent residence for certain aliens who en-
tered the United States at least 15 years prior to the
application date.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RECORD OF ADMISSION FOR PERMANENT RES-
IDENCE FOR CERTAIN ALIENS WHO ENTERED
15 YEARS BEFORE APPLICATION DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 249(a) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1259(a)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(a) entered the United States at least 15 years
before the application date;’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of sec-
tion 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1259) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘RECORD
OF
ADMISSION
FOR
PERMANENT
RESIDENCE
FOR
CERTAIN
ALIENS
WHO
ENTERED
UNITED
STATES AT LEAST 15 YEARS BEFORE APPLICATION
DATE’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by
amending the item relating to section 249 to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘Sec. 249. Record of admission for permanent residence for certain aliens who
entered United States at least 15 years before application
date.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2715
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study
to evaluate the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Rim of
the Valley Corridor as a unit of the Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr.
SHERMAN, Ms. SOLIS, and Mr. DREIER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special
resources study to evaluate the suitability and feasibility
of establishing the Rim of the Valley Corridor as a
unit of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation
Area.
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 ‘‘Rim of the Valley Cor-
ridor Study Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The greater Southern California metropoli-
tan region is the second largest urban concentration
in the United States, with almost one-tenth of the
total population of the country, yet it has one of the
lowest ratios of park-and-recreation-lands-per-thou-
sand-population of any urban area in the country.
Unless action is taken soon, this situation will only
become worse as the region continues to be subjected
to intense growth.
(2) The lack of park, recreation, natural open
space, and habitat protection in close proximity to
the greater Southern California metropolitan region
deprives the individuals who reside there of—
(A) the health and spiritual welfare bene-
fits of proximity to nature; and
(B) the quantifiable benefits of reduced
crime, lower social tension, and increased edu-
cational opportunities that are associated with
the provision of open space in geographic prox-
imity to and accessible to urban populations.
(3) The Rim of the Valley Corridor encircling
the San Fernando and La Crescenta valleys provides
important scenic, environmental, recreational, edu-
cational, scientific, and economic assets to the great-
er Southern California metropolitan region. These
HR 2716 EAS
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT TO MONITOR EXPENDITURES OF
FUNDS.—(1) The Secretary of Labor shall collect such in-
formation as that Secretary considers appropriate to mon-
itor and evaluate the distribution and expenditure of funds
appropriated to carry out this section. The information
shall include data with respect to the results or outcomes
of the services provided to each homeless veteran under this
section.
‘‘(2) Information under paragraph (1) shall be fur-
nished in such form and manner as the Secretary of Labor
may specify.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY
OF LABOR
FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT
AND
TRAINING.—The Secretary of Labor shall carry out this sec-
tion through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’
Employment and Training.
‘‘(d) BIENNIAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not less than
every two years, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the programs conducted under this section.
The Secretary of Labor shall include in the report an eval-
uation of services furnished to veterans under this section
and an analysis of the information collected under sub-
section (b).
HR 2716 EAS
SEC. 3. NATIONAL GOAL TO END HOMELESSNESS AMONG
VETERANS.
(a) NATIONAL GOAL.—Congress hereby declares it to
be a national goal to end chronic homelessness among vet-
erans within a decade of the enactment of this Act.
(b) COOPERATIVE EFFORTS ENCOURAGED.—Congress
hereby encourages all departments and agencies of Federal,
State, and local governments, quasi-governmental organiza-
tions, private and public sector entities, including commu-
nity-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and in-
dividuals to work cooperatively to end chronic homelessness
among veterans within a decade.
SEC. 4. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE NEEDS
OF HOMELESS VETERANS AND THE RESPON-
SIBILITY OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) homelessness is a significant problem in the
veterans community and veterans are disproportion-
ately represented among homeless men;
(2) while many effective programs assist home-
less veterans to again become productive and self-suf-
ficient members of society, current resources provided
to such programs and other activities that assist
homeless veterans are inadequate to provide all needed
essential services, assistance, and support to homeless
veterans;
(H) the city council of the city of
Calabasas;
(I) the city council of the city of Burbank;
(J) the city council of the city of Glendale;
(K) the city council of the city of La Can-
ada-Flintridge;
(L) the city council of the city of Pasa-
dena;
(M) the city council of the city of Sierra
Madre;
(N) the city council of the city of South
Pasadena;
(O) the city council of the city of Santa
Clarita;
(P) the city council of the city of Moor-
park; and
(Q) the board of supervisors of Los Ange-
les county to represent the unincorporated com-
munities within the jurisdiction of the East Rim
of the Valley Trail Corridor, after consultation
with the Town Council of Altadena and the
Crescenta Valley Town Council.
(2) The Superintendent of the Santa Monica
Mountains National Recreation Area, or a designee
of such Superintendent.
(3) The Supervisor of the Angeles National
Forest, or a designee of such Supervisor.
(4) The Superintendent of the Angeles District
of the State of California Department of Parks and
Recreation, or a designee of such Superintendent.
(5) The Director of the Santa Monica Moun-
tains Conservancy, or a designee of such Director.
(6) One representative of the Rancho Simi
Recreation and Park District, nominated by the
Board of Directors of such district.
(7) One representative of the Conejo Recreation
and Park District, nominated by the Board of Direc-
tors of such district.
(8) One representative of the Pleasant Valley
Recreation and Park District, nominated by the
Board of Directors of such district.
(d) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The
Committee shall select from among its members a chair-
person and a vice chairperson.
(e) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.—The members
of the Committee shall serve without compensation, but
shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of the Interior for
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties.
(f) QUORUM.—13 members of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.
(g) TERMINATION.—The Committee shall terminate
upon the submittal by the Secretary of the special re-
sources study under section 3 to the Congress.
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‘‘(2) The information under paragraph (1) shall be
furnished to the Secretary of Labor in such form as the
Secretary considers appropriate.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION THROUGH
THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT
AND TRAINING.—The Secretary of Labor shall carry out
this section through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Veterans’ Employment and Training.
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary of Labor shall submit to Congress an annual report
that evaluates services furnished to veterans under this
section, and includes an analysis of the information col-
lected under subsection (c).
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—(1)
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section amounts as follows:
‘‘(A) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
‘‘(B) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
‘‘(C) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
‘‘(D) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
‘‘(2) Funds appropriated to carry out this section
shall remain available until expended. Funds obligated in
any fiscal year to carry out this section may be expended
in that fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year.
‘‘(C) has an adult head of household with 
a disabling condition, defined as a diagnosable 
substance use disorder, serious mental illness, 
developmental disability, or chronic physical ill-
ness or disability, including the co-occurrence of 
two or more of these conditions. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘disabling condition’ means a 
condition that limits an individual’s ability to work 
or perform one or more activities of daily living. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘homeless’ means sleeping in a 
place not meant for human habitation or in an emer-
gency homeless shelter. 
‘‘(4)(A) The term ‘permanent supportive hous-
ing’ means permanent, affordable housing with flexi-
ble support services that are available and designed 
to help the tenants stay housed and build the nec-
essary skills to live as independently as possible. 
Such term does not include housing that is time-lim-
ited. Supportive housing offers residents assistance 
in reaching their full potential, which may include 
opportunities to secure other housing that meets 
their needs and preferences, based on individual 
choice instead of the requirements of time-limited 
transitional programs. Under this section, perma-
nent affordable housing includes but is not limited
SEC. 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Definition. 
Sec. 3. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 101. Purpose. 
Sec. 102. Health information technology grants. 
Sec. 103. Standards for interoperability of health information technology sys-
tems. 
Sec. 104. Loans. 
Sec. 105. Safe harbor for equipment and services provided for the development 
or implementation of a health information infrastructure. 
Sec. 106. Exception to medicare limitations on physician self-referral. 
Sec. 107. Adjustments to medicare payments to providers of service and sup-
pliers participating in health information exchanges. 
Sec. 108. Medicaid payments for information infrastructure for health informa-
tion exchange and information technology. 
Sec. 109. Definitions. 
TITLE II—HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES, BEST PRACTICES, AND 
EFFICIENCY 
Sec. 201. Research on Outcomes of Health Care Items and Services. 
Sec. 202. Consortium for Health Outcomes Research Priorities. 
Sec. 203. Center for Clinical Decision-Support Technology. 
Sec. 204. Scholarships for study in health care quality and patient safety. 
Sec. 205. Standardized measures of health care provider performance. 
Sec. 206. Definitions. 
TITLE III—INCENTIVES FOR HEALTH CARE QUALITY 
Sec. 301. Access to medicare health care claims databases. 
Sec. 302. Incorporation of measures of health care practitioner performance in 
Federal programs. 
Sec. 303. Interim claims-based practitioner performance database. 
Sec. 304. Clinical-based practitioner performance database. 
Sec. 305. Availability of performance measurements and data. 
Sec. 306. Use of health care provider performances measure for pay for per-
formance. 
Sec. 307. Study comparing practitioner performance database. 
Sec. 308. Regulations on auditing. 
Sec. 309. AHRQ access to practitioner performance databases.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—HOUSING ASSISTANCE
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
‘‘§ 2061. Annual report on assistance to homeless vet-
erans
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than April 15 of
each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the activities of the Department
during the calendar year preceding the report under pro-
grams of the Department under this chapter and other
programs of the Department for the provision of assist-
ance to homeless veterans.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report under
subsection (a) shall include the following:
‘‘(1) The number of homeless veterans provided
assistance under those programs.
‘‘(2) The cost to the Department of providing
such assistance under those programs.
‘‘(3) Any other information on those programs
and on the provision of such assistance that the Sec-
retary considers appropriate.
‘‘(4) The Secretary’s evaluation of the effective-
ness of the programs of the Department (including
residential work-therapy programs, programs com-
Calendar No. 201
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2716
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise,
improve, and consolidate provisions of law pro-
viding benefits and services for homeless vet-
erans.
OCTOBER 17, 2001
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
TITLE I—NATIONAL HEALTH IN-
FORMATION 
INFRASTRUC-
TURE 
SEC. 101. PURPOSE. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
implement this title with a view to developing a national 
health information infrastructure. 
SEC. 102. HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GRANTS. 
(a) PHASE I GRANTS.—
(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make not 
more than 20 grants to health information infra-
structure organizations to enable each grantee to de-
velop and implement over a 4-year period a commu-
nity health information technology plan that pro-
vides for a health information exchange to serve a 
geographic area in 1 or more States. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant to a health information infrastructure 
organization under this section unless the organiza-
tion agrees to use the grant—
(A) in the first year of the grant, to de-
velop a community health information tech-
nology plan described in paragraph (3) for sub-
mission to the Secretary under paragraph (4); 
and
(5) the sixteenth amendment to the Constitu-
tion should be repealed.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX, ESTATE AND GIFT
TAXES, AND CERTAIN EXCISE TAXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 are hereby repealed:
(1) Chapter 1 (relating to income tax).
(2) Chapter 5 (relating to tax on transfers to
avoid income tax).
(3) Chapter 6 (relating to consolidated returns).
(4) Chapter 24 (relating to collection of income
tax at source).
(5) Subtitle B (relating to estate and gift
taxes).
(6) Chapter 31 (relating to retail excise taxes).
(7) Chapter 32 (relating to manufacturers ex-
cise taxes).
(8) Subtitle E (relating to alcohol, tobacco, and
certain other excise taxes).
(9) Subtitle F (relating to procedure and ad-
ministration of the income tax and certain other
taxes) except for section 6103 (relating to confiden-
tiality), chapter 66 (relating to limitations), chapter
67 (relating to interest), section 6656 (relating to
failure to make deposit of taxes), section 6657 (re-
lating to bad checks), section 6658 (relating to co-
ordination with title 11), chapter 75 (relating to
crimes), chapter 76 (relating to Judicial Pro-
ceedings), section 7431 (relating to damages for un-
authorized disclosure), section 7432 (relating to
damages for failure to release lien), section 7433
(relating to damages for unauthorized collection
data) and chapter 77 (relating to miscellaneous pro-
visions). References to provisions repealed by the
preceding sentence shall be treated as references to
such provisions as in effect on the day before the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on July 1, 2003.
(2) INCOME
TAX.—The amendment made by
subsection (a)(1) shall apply to taxable years begin-
ning after June 30, 2003.
(3) SALES TAX.—The amendment made by sec-
tion 4 shall take effect on July 1, 2003.
(4) SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.—The amend-
ment made by section 9 shall take effect on January
1, 2003.
State, or local governmental unit or political subdivi-
sion from paying any tax imposed by this subtitle on
any sale, purchase, use, consumption or enjoyment
by such a unit.
‘‘(2) NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Dues, contributions
and payments to qualified not-for-profit organi-
zations shall not be considered gross payments
for taxable property or services for purposes of
this subtitle.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (2)(A), payments of any form to a
qualified not-for-profit organization shall be
considered gross payments for taxable property
or services unless said organization establishes
that the property or service provided in ex-
change is—
‘‘(i) substantially related to the pur-
poses of the qualified not-for-profit organi-
zation, or
‘‘(ii) is not commercially available.
‘‘(C) For purposes of this section, qualified
not-for-profit organization means a not-for-prof-
it 
organization 
organized 
and 
operated
exclusively—
‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 2005, the amount
necessary to provide 1,500 vouchers for
rental assistance under this subsection; and
‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 2006, the amount
necessary to provide 2,000 vouchers for
rental assistance under this subsection.
‘‘(C) FUNDING THROUGH INCREMENTAL AS-
SISTANCE.—In any fiscal year, to the extent that
this paragraph requires the Secretary to set aside
rental assistance amounts for use under this
paragraph in an amount that exceeds that set
aside in the preceding fiscal year, such require-
ment shall be effective only to such extent or in
such amounts as are or have been provided in
appropriation Acts for such fiscal year for incre-
mental rental assistance under this subsection.’’.
Union Calendar No. 145
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2716
[Report No. 107–241, Part I]
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise,
improve, and consolidate provisions of law pro-
viding benefits and services for homeless vet-
erans.
OCTOBER 16, 2001
Reported from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs with
an amendment
OCTOBER 16, 2001
Referral to the Committee on Financial Services extended
for a period ending not later than October 16, 2001
OCTOBER 16, 2001
Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
‘‘(D) beginning in 2004, the amount the
Secretary determines under subsection (g), as
adjusted for the cost of living;’’.
(b) COST OF LIVING INCREASE.—Section 6 of the
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(g)(1) Beginning in 2003, not later than 5 days
after the date on which the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity publishes the applicable increase percentage under
section 215(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
415(i)), the Secretary shall determine and publish the
amount of the minimum wage applicable for the next cal-
endar year, which shall be—
‘‘(A) for wages payable in 2004, the rate under
subsection (a)(1)(C) increased by the cost of living
adjustment applicable between July 1, 2001, and
such date of publication by the Commissioner; and
‘‘(B) for wages payable in each year after 2004,
the rate for the current calendar increased by the
cost of living adjustment.
‘‘(2) In this subsection and subsection (a)(1), the
term ‘cost of living adjustment’ means the applicable in-
crease percentage under section 215(i) of the Social Secu-
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2718
To take the 50 Peacekeeper (MX) missiles off of high-alert status, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mrs. TAUSCHER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To take the 50 Peacekeeper (MX) missiles off of high-alert
status, 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 ‘‘MX Missile Stand-
Down Act’’.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF WARHEADS FROM PEACEKEEPER MIS-
SILES.
During fiscal year 2002, the Secretary of Defense
shall remove the warheads from the 50 Peacekeeper (MX)
intercontinental ballistic missiles.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO LOWER ALERT STATUS
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
Congress urges the Secretary of Defense to take such
measures to lengthen the time for launch of United States
nuclear weapons, in addition to the measures required by
section 2, as can be accomplished consistent with national
security.
SEC. 4. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress
a preliminary report by April 15, 2002, and a final report
by November 1, 2002, on the implementation of section
2. The reports shall be submitted in an unclassified form,
but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT ON RUSSIAN SYSTEMS.
Not later than April 15 each year, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to Congress a report describing—
(1) the inventory of Russian nuclear forces and
the alert status of those forces; and
(2) the condition of Russian early-warning sys-
tems.
Each such report shall be submitted in an unclassified
form, but may include a classified annex.
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