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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3181
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 22, 2003
Received 
DECEMBER 9, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
AN ACT 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster miti-
gation program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3181 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Predisaster Mitigation 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 
Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(m)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2003’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2006’’. 
SEC. 3. HAZARD MITIGATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The last sentence of section 
404(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘7.5’’ and inserting ‘‘15’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to a major disaster 
declared by the President after September 30, 2002. 
SEC. 4. REPAIR ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSE-
HOLDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 408(c)(2) of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5174(c)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘initial’’ 
before ‘‘assistance’’ the first place it appears; 
(2) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) in the subparagraph heading by insert-
ing ‘‘INITIAL’’ before ‘‘ASSISTANCE’’; and
HR 3181 RFS 
(B) by inserting ‘‘initial’’ before ‘‘assist-
ance’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE.—Subject 
to the limitation contained in subsection (h), 
the President may provide additional repair as-
sistance under this paragraph to an individual 
or household that is unable to complete the re-
pairs described in subparagraph (A) using in-
surance proceeds, loans, or other financial as-
sistance, including assistance from the Small 
Business Administration.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to a major disaster 
declared by the President after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. STUDY REGARDING COST REDUCTION. 
Section 209 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 note; 114 Stat. 1571) is amended by
HR 3181 RFS 
striking ‘‘3 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2005’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 21, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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Union Calendar No. 199
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3181
[Report No. 108–340] 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to reauthorize the predisaster mitigation program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
Mr. LATOURETTE (for himself and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
NOVEMBER 4, 2003
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster miti-
gation program, 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 ‘‘Predisaster Mitigation 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 
Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(m)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2003’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2006’’. 
SEC. 3. HAZARD MITIGATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The last sentence of section 
404(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘7.5’’ and inserting ‘‘15’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to a major disaster 
declared by the President after September 30, 2002. 
SEC. 4. REPAIR ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSE-
HOLDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 408(c)(2) of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5174(c)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘initial’’ 
before ‘‘assistance’’ the first place it appears; 
(2) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) in the subparagraph heading by insert-
ing ‘‘INITIAL’’ before ‘‘ASSISTANCE’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘initial’’ before ‘‘assist-
ance’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE.—Subject 
to the limitation contained in subsection (h), 
the President may provide additional repair as-
sistance under this paragraph to an individual 
or household that is unable to complete the re-
pairs described in subparagraph (A) using in-
surance proceeds, loans, or other financial as-
sistance, including assistance from the Small 
Business Administration.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to a major disaster 
declared by the President after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. STUDY REGARDING COST REDUCTION. 
Section 209 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 note; 114 Stat. 1571) is amended by 
striking ‘‘3 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2005’’.
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury has long 
compensated financial institutions for various critical 
depositary and financial agency services provided for 
or on behalf of the United States by—
(A) placing large balances, commonly re-
ferred to as ‘‘compensating balances’’, on de-
posit at such institutions; and 
(B) using imputed interest on such funds 
to offset charges for the various depositary and 
financial agency services provided to or on be-
half of the Government. 
(2) As a result of sharp declines in interest 
rates over the last few years to record low levels, or 
the public debt outstanding reaching the statutory 
debt limit, the Department of the Treasury often 
has had to dramatically increase or decrease the size 
of the compensating balances on deposit at these fi-
nancial institutions. 
(3) The fluctuation of the compensating bal-
ances, and the necessary pledging of collateral by fi-
nancial institutions to secure the value of compen-
sating balances placed with those institutions, have 
created unintended financial uncertainty for the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and for the management by 
financial institutions of their cash and securities.
‘‘(ii) CERTAIN
RETIREES.—In the 
case of a qualifying event described in 
paragraph (3)(G), in applying the first 
sentence of clause (i) and the fourth sen-
tence of subparagraph (C), the coverage 
offered that is the most prevalent coverage 
option (as determined under regulations of 
the Secretary of Labor) continued under 
the group health plan (or, if none, under 
the most prevalent other plan offered by 
the same plan sponsor) shall be treated as 
the coverage described in such sentence, or 
(at the option of the plan and qualified 
beneficiary) such other coverage option as 
may be offered and elected by the qualified 
beneficiary involved.’’.
(d) INCREASED LEVEL OF PREMIUMS PERMITTED.—
Section 4980B(f)(2)(C) of such Code is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case 
of an individual provided continuation coverage by reason 
of a qualifying event described in paragraph (3)(G), any 
reference in clause (i) of this subparagraph to ‘102 per-
cent of the applicable premium’ is deemed a reference to 
‘125 percent of the applicable premium for employed indi-
(4) It is imperative that the process for pro-
viding financial services to the Government be trans-
parent, and provide the information necessary for 
the Congress to effectively exercise its appropriation 
and oversight responsibilities. 
(5) The use of direct payment for services ren-
dered would strengthen cash and debt management 
responsibilities of the Secretary of the Treasury be-
cause the Secretary would no longer need to dra-
matically increase or decrease the level of such bal-
ances when interest rates fluctuate sharply or when 
the public debt outstanding reaches the statutory 
debt limit. 
(6) An alternative to the use of compensating 
balances, such as direct payments to financial insti-
tutions, would ensure that payments to financial in-
stitutions for the services they provide would be 
made in a more predictable manner and could result 
in cost savings. 
(7) Limiting the use of compensating balances 
could result in a more direct and cost-efficient meth-
od of obtaining those services currently provided 
under compensating balance arrangements. 
(8) A transition from the use of compensating 
balances to another compensation method must be
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) $43,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2004 through 2008.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, or under any other 
law for grants under subsection (a),’’ after 
‘‘(1)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting 
‘‘2008’’; 
(6) in subsection (i)(4), by striking ‘‘1998 
through 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2004 through 2006’’; 
and 
(7) by striking subsection (j). 
(b) REPORT
ON ADOPTION
AND OTHER PERMA-
NENCY OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.—Not 
later than October 1, 2004, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate a report on State efforts
to promote adoption and other permanency options for 
children in foster care, with special emphasis on older chil-
dren in foster care. In preparing this report, the Secretary 
shall review State waiver programs and consult with rep-
resentatives from State governments, public and private 
child welfare agencies, and child advocacy organizations 
to identify promising approaches. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE PENALTIES FOR FAILURE 
TO SUBMIT AFCARS REPORT. 
Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
674) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f)(1) If the Secretary finds that a State has failed 
to submit to the Secretary data, as required by regulation, 
for the data collection system implemented under section 
479, the Secretary shall, within 30 days after the date 
by which the data was due to be so submitted, notify the 
State of the failure and that payments to the State under 
this part will be reduced if the State fails to submit the 
data, as so required, within 6 months after the date the 
data was originally due to be so submitted. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary finds that the State has failed 
to submit the data, as so required, by the end of the 6-
month period referred to in paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, then, notwithstanding subsection (a) of this sec-
tion and any regulations promulgated under section
1123A(b)(3), the Secretary shall reduce the amounts oth-
erwise payable to the State under this part, for each quar-
ter ending in the 6-month period (and each quarter ending 
in each subsequent consecutively occurring 6-month period 
until the Secretary finds that the State has submitted the 
data, as so required), by—
‘‘(A) 1⁄6 of 1 percent of the total amount ex-
pended by the State for administration of foster care 
activities under the State plan approved under this 
part in the quarter so ending, in the case of the 1st 
6-month period during which the failure continues; 
or 
‘‘(B) 1⁄4 of 1 percent of the total amount so ex-
pended, in the case of the 2nd or any subsequent 
such 6-month period.’’. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 2003.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3182
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 14, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the adoption incentive payments program 
under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, 
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3182 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adoption Promotion 
Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 1997, the Congress passed the Adoption 
and Safe Families Act of 1997 to promote com-
prehensive child welfare reform to ensure that con-
sideration of children’s safety is paramount in child 
welfare decisions, and to provide a greater sense of 
urgency to find every child a safe, permanent home. 
(2) The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 
1997 also created the Adoption Incentives program, 
which authorizes incentive payments to States to 
promote adoptions, with additional incentives pro-
vided for the adoption of foster children with special 
needs. 
(3) Since 1997, all States, the District of Co-
lumbia, and Puerto Rico have qualified for incentive 
payments for their work in promoting adoption of 
foster children. 
(4) Between 1997 and 2002, adoptions in-
creased by 64 percent, and adoptions of children 
with special needs increased by 63 percent; however, 
542,000 children remain in foster care, and 126,000 
are eligible for adoption.
carefully managed to prevent higher-than-necessary 
transitional costs and enable participating financial 
institutions to modify their planned investment of 
cash and securities. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR SERV-
ICES RENDERED BY DEPOSITARIES AND FI-
NANCIAL AGENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
years beginning after fiscal year 2003 to the Secretary of 
the Treasury such sums as may be necessary for reimburs-
ing financial institutions in their capacity as depositaries 
and financial agents of the United States for all services 
required or directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, or 
a designee of the Secretary, to be performed by such finan-
cial institutions on behalf of the Secretary of the Treasury 
or another Federal agency, including services rendered be-
fore fiscal year 2004. 
SEC. 4. ORDERLY TRANSITION. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—As appropriations authorized 
under section 3 become available, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall promptly begin the process of phasing in 
the use of the appropriations to pay financial institutions 
serving as depositaries and financial agents of the United
States, and transitioning from the use of compensating 
balances to fund these services.
(b) POST-TRANSITION USE LIMITED TO EXTRAOR-
DINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the transition to 
the use of the appropriations authorized under sec-
tion 3, the Secretary of the Treasury may use the 
compensating balances to pay financial institutions 
serving as depositaries and financial agents of the 
United States only in extraordinary situations where 
the Secretary determines that they are needed to en-
sure the fiscal operations of the Government con-
tinue to function in an efficient and effective man-
ner. 
(2) REPORT.—Any use of compensating bal-
ances pursuant to paragraph (1) shall promptly be 
reported by the Secretary of the Treasury to the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR ORDERLY TRANSITION.—In 
transitioning to the use of the appropriations authorized 
in section 3, the Secretary of the Treasury shall take such 
steps as may be appropriate to—
(1) prevent abrupt financial disruption to the 
functions of the Department of the Treasury or to 
the participating financial institutions; and
mediate storage of that communication incidental to the 
electronic transmission thereof,’’ after ‘‘commerce,’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPROPER ACQUISITION OF CONTENTS OF STORED 
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS BY ELEC-
TRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS. 
Section 2701 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) IMPROPER ACQUISITION
BY SERVICE PRO-
VIDER.—Whoever, being a provider of an electronic com-
munication service, or an agent or employee of such a pro-
vider, acquires or uses the contents of a stored electronic 
communication of which that provider, agent, or employee 
is not an intended recipient other than for the purposes 
of providing that electronic communication service, shall 
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 
years, or both.’’. 
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Hugh Gregg Post
Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Hugh Gregg Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 17,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 3185
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, two thousand and three
An Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 38 Spring
Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the ‘‘Hugh Gregg Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at
38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, shall be known and
designated as the ‘‘Hugh Gregg Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Hugh Gregg
Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3185
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the ‘‘Hugh Gregg 
Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
Mr. BASS (for himself and Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, 
as the ‘‘Hugh Gregg Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HUGH GREGG POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, New 
Hampshire, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Hugh 
Gregg Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the Hugh Gregg Post Of-
fice Building.
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Calendar No. 397
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3185
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2003
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, 
as the ‘‘Hugh Gregg Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3185 PCS 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Hugh Gregg Post 
Office Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Hugh Gregg Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 397
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3185
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, 
New Hampshire, as the ‘‘Hugh Gregg Post Of-
fice Building’’. 
NOVEMBER 18, 2003
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
part under this subsection, the individual’s continued 
entitlement to benefits under this part shall not be 
affected by the individual’s subsequent eligibility for 
benefits or coverage described in paragraph (1)(C), 
or entitlement to such benefits or coverage. 
‘‘SEC. 1859A. ENROLLMENT PROCESS; COVERAGE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual may enroll in the 
program established under this part only in such manner 
and form as may be prescribed by regulations, and only 
during an enrollment period prescribed by the Secretary 
consistent with the provisions of this section. Such regula-
tions shall provide a process under which—
‘‘(1) individuals eligible to enroll as of a month 
are permitted to pre-enroll during a prior month 
within an enrollment period described in subsection 
(b); and 
‘‘(2) each individual seeking to enroll under sec-
tion 1859(b) is notified, before enrolling, of the de-
ferred monthly premium amount the individual will 
be liable for under section 1859C(b) upon attaining 
65 years of age as determined under section 
1859B(c)(3). 
‘‘(b) ENROLLMENT PERIODS.—
in a premium area is equal to the average, annual 
per capita amount estimated under paragraph (1) 
for the year, adjusted for such area under paragraph 
(2).
‘‘(c) DEFERRED PREMIUM RATE FOR INDIVIDUALS 
62 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.—The deferred premium 
rate for individuals with a group of individuals who obtain 
coverage under section 1859(b) in a year shall be com-
puted by the Secretary as follows: 
‘‘(1) ESTIMATION OF NATIONAL, PER CAPITA 
ANNUAL
AVERAGE
EXPENDITURES
FOR
ENROLL-
MENT GROUP.—The Secretary shall estimate the av-
erage, per capita annual amount that will be paid 
under this part for individuals in such group during 
the period of enrollment under section 1859(b). In 
making such estimate for coverage beginning in a 
year before 2004, the Secretary may base such esti-
mate on the average, per capita amount that would 
be payable if the program had been in operation over 
a previous period of at least 4 years. 
‘‘(2) DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
ESTIMATED
EX-
PENDITURES
AND
ESTIMATED
PREMIUMS.—Based 
on the characteristics of individuals in such group, 
the Secretary shall estimate during the period of
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section take effect on October 1, 2003.
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ters from the jurisdiction of the Federal courts infe-
rior to the Supreme Court. 
SEC. 3. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY RIGHTS DECLARED. 
(a) DISPLAY OF TEN COMMANDMENTS.—The power 
to display the Ten Commandments on or within property 
owned or administered by the several States or political 
subdivisions of such States is among the powers reserved 
to the States, respectively. 
(b) WORD ‘‘GOD’’ IN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.—The 
power to recite the Pledge of Allegiance on or within prop-
erty owned or administered by the several States or polit-
ical subdivisions of such States is among the powers re-
served to the States, respectively. The Pledge of Allegiance 
shall be, ‘‘I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United 
States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, 
one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and justice 
for all.’’. 
(c) MOTTO ‘‘IN GOD WE TRUST’’.—The power to re-
cite the national motto on or within property owned or 
administered by the several States or political subdivisions 
of such States is among the powers reserved to the States, 
respectively. The national motto shall be, ‘‘In God we 
trust’’. 
(d) EXERCISE OF CONGRESSIONAL POWER TO EX-
CEPT.—The subject matter of subsections (a), (b), and (c)