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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4648
To amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 to establish a pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2004
Mr. NUSSLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget 
A BILL 
To amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish a pay-as-you-
go requirement for mandatory spending.
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 ‘‘Mandatory Spending 
Control Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENT. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 252(a) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to as-
sure that any legislation that is enacted before October 
1, 2009, that causes a net increase in direct spending will 
trigger an offsetting sequestration.’’. 
(b) TIMING.—Section 252(b)(1) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended by striking ‘‘any net deficit increase’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘2002,’’ and by inserting ‘‘any net 
increase in direct spending enacted before October 1, 
2009,’’. 
(c) CALCULATION
OF
DIRECT
SPENDING
IN-
CREASE.—Section 252(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘deficit’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘direct spending’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and re-
ceipts’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘and re-
ceipts’’; and 
(4) by amending the heading to read as follows: 
‘‘CALCULATION
OF
DIRECT
SPENDING
INCREASE.—’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading 
of section 252(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
‘‘(ii) When the President submits the budget 
under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 
for fiscal year 2006, 2007, 2008, or 2009, OMB 
shall adjust the estimates made in clause (i) by the 
adjustments by subparagraphs (B) and (C). 
‘‘(E) OMB shall consult with the Committees 
on the Budget and include a report on adjustments 
under subparagraphs (B) and (C) in the preview re-
port.’’. 
SEC. 4. LEVEL OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS. 
(a) HIGHWAY CATEGORY.—For the purposes of sec-
tion 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, the level of obligation limitations 
for the highway category is— 
(1) for fiscal year 2004, $34,309,000,000; 
(2) for fiscal year 2005, $35,671,000,000; 
(3) for fiscal year 2006, $36,719,000,000; 
(4) for fiscal year 2007, $37,800,000,000; 
(5) for fiscal year 2008, $38,913,000,000; and 
(6) for fiscal year 2009, $40,061,000,000. 
(b) MASS TRANSIT CATEGORY.—For the purposes of 
section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the level of obligation limita-
tions for the mass transit category is— 
(1) for fiscal year 2004, $7,266,000,000;
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘ELIMINATING A DIRECT SPENDING INCREASE.—’’. 
(2) Paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 252(d) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 are amended by striking ‘‘or receipts’’ each 
place it appears. 
(3) Section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by 
striking ‘‘or receipts’’ and by striking ‘‘, outlays, and re-
ceipts’’ and inserting ‘‘and outlays’’. 
(4) Section 254(c)(3) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘net deficit 
increase or decrease’’ and by inserting ‘‘net increase 
or decrease in direct spending’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘amount 
of deficit increase or decrease’’ and by inserting ‘‘in-
crease or decrease in direct spending’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘a deficit 
increase’’ and by inserting ‘‘an increase in direct 
spending’’. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
Section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(20)(A) Except as provided by subparagraph 
(B), the term ‘emergency requirement’ means any 
provision that provides new budget authority and re-
sulting outlays for a situation that poses a threat to 
life, property, or national security and is—
‘‘(i) sudden, quickly coming into being, and 
not building up over time; 
‘‘(ii) an urgent, pressing, and compelling 
need requiring immediate action; 
‘‘(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), unfore-
seen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; and 
‘‘(iv) not permanent, temporary in nature. 
‘‘(B) An emergency that is part of an aggregate 
level of anticipated emergencies, particularly when 
normally estimated in advance, is not unforeseen.’’. 
SEC. 4. EXCEPTION FOR OUTLAY COMPONENTS OF EXPIR-
ING RECEIPTS LEGISLATION. 
Section 252(d)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B), and by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(C) extending provisions in the Economic 
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of
2001 or provisions in sections 101 through 104, 
section 202, or sections 301 and 302 of the 
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 
of 2003.’’. 
SEC. 5. EXPIRATION. 
Section 275(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking 
‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’.
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SEC. 2. EQUUS BEDS DIVISION. 
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the construc-
tion of the Cheney division, Witchita Federal reclamation 
project, Kansas, and for other purposes’’ (Public Law 86–
787; 74 Stat. 1026) is amended by adding the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 10. EQUUS BEDS DIVISION. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may assist in the funding and implementation of the 
Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Component 
which is a part of the ‘Integrated Local Water Supply 
Plan, Wichita, Kansas’ (referred to in this section as the 
‘Equus Beds Division’). Construction of the Equus Beds 
Division shall be in substantial accordance with the plans 
and designs. 
‘‘(b) OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPLACE-
MENT.—Operation, maintenance, and replacement of the 
Equus Beds Division, including funding for those pur-
poses, shall be the sole responsibility of the City of Wich-
ita, Kansas. The Equus Beds Division shall be operated 
in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. 
‘‘(c) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into, or agree to amendments of, cooperative 
agreements and other appropriate agreements to carry out 
this section.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4650
To amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the construction of the 
Cheney division, Witchita Federal reclamation project, Kansas, and for 
other purposes’’ to authorize the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita 
Project. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2004
Mr. TIAHRT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the con-
struction of the Cheney division, Witchita Federal rec-
lamation project, Kansas, and for other purposes’’ to 
authorize the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita 
Project.
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 ‘‘Wichita Project Equus 
Beds Division Authorization Act of 2004’’.
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—From funds made 
available for this section, the Secretary of the Interior may 
charge an appropriate share related to administrative 
costs incurred. 
‘‘(e) PLANS AND ANALYSES CONSISTENT WITH FED-
ERAL LAW.—Before obligating funds for design or con-
struction under this section, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall work cooperatively with the City of Wichita, Kansas, 
to use, to the extent possible, plans, designs, and engineer-
ing and environmental analyses that have already been 
prepared by the City for the Equus Beds Division. The 
Secretary of the Interior shall assure that such informa-
tion is used consistent with applicable Federal laws and 
regulations. 
‘‘(f) TITLE; RESPONSIBILITY; LIABILITY.—Nothing 
in this section or assistance provided under this section 
shall be construed to transfer title, responsibility, or liabil-
ity related to the Equus Beds Division (including portions 
or features thereof) to the United States. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated as the Federal share of 
the total cost of the Equus Beds Division, an amount not 
to not exceed 25 percent of the total cost or $30,000,000 
(January, 2003 prices), whichever is less, plus or minus 
such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of
ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by 
engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construc-
tion involved herein, whichever is less. Such sums shall 
be nonreimbursable.’’.
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(B) 
Clauses 
(i) 
and 
(ii) 
of 
section 
1861(s)(2)(K) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(s)(2)(K)), as amended by section 3(a)(2)(B), 
are each amended by striking ‘‘subsections (ww)(1) 
and (bbb)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (ww)(1), 
(bbb), and (ccc)’’. 
(b) SERVICES DESCRIBED.—Section 1861 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x), as amended by sec-
tion 3(b), is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘Chronic Care Management Services; Chronic Care 
Manager; Eligible Individual 
‘‘(ccc)(1) The term ‘chronic care management serv-
ices’ means services that are furnished to an eligible indi-
vidual (as defined in paragraph (3)) by a chronic care 
manager (as defined in paragraph (2)) under a plan of 
care prescribed by such chronic care manager for the pur-
pose of chronic care management, which may include any 
of the following services: 
‘‘(A) The development of an initial plan of care, 
and subsequent appropriate revisions to that plan of 
care. 
‘‘(B) The management of, and referral for, 
medical and other health services, including multi-
disciplinary care conferences and management with 
other providers. 
‘‘(C) The monitoring and management of medi-
cations. 
‘‘(D) Patient education and counseling services. 
‘‘(E) Family caregiver education and counseling 
services. 
‘‘(F) 
Self-management 
services, 
including 
health education and risk appraisal to identify be-
havioral risk factors through self-assessment. 
‘‘(G) Providing access for consultations by tele-
phone with physicians and other appropriate health 
care professionals, including 24-hour availability of 
such professionals for emergency consultations. 
‘‘(H) Management with the principal nonprofes-
sional caregiver in the home. 
‘‘(I) Managing and facilitating transitions 
among health care professionals and across settings 
of care, including the following: 
‘‘(i) Pursuing the treatment option elected 
by the individual. 
‘‘(ii) Including any advance directive exe-
cuted by the individual in the medical file of the 
individual.
termine the extent to which current procurement re-
quirements, when fully implemented in accordance
with subsection (b), may realize energy savings and
environmental benefits attainable with substitution
of recovered mineral component in cement used in
cement or concrete projects.
‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—The study
shall—
‘‘(A) quantify the extent to which recov-
ered mineral components are being substituted
for Portland cement, particularly as a result of
current procurement requirements, and the en-
ergy savings and environmental benefits associ-
ated with that substitution;
‘‘(B) identify all barriers in procurement
requirements to fuller realization of energy sav-
ings and environmental benefits, including bar-
riers resulting from exceptions from current
law; and
‘‘(C)(i) identify potential mechanisms to
achieve greater substitution of recovered min-
eral component in types of cement or concrete
projects for which recovered mineral compo-
nents historically have not been used or have
been used only minimally;
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local currency of the beneficiary country and deposited in the Trop-
ical Forest Fund of the country in the same manner as the provi-
sions relating to payment of interest on new obligations under
section 706 of this Act.’’.
(b) AUTHORITY UNDER TITLE I OF THE AGRICULTURAL TRADE
DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1954.—Section 807(c) of
the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2431e(c))
is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The
following’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) The following’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) In addition to the application of the provisions relating
to repayment of principal under section 605 of the Agricultural
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to the reduction
of debt under subsection (a)(1) (in accordance with paragraph (1)(A)
of this subsection), repayment of principal on a new obligation
established under subsection (b) may be made in the local currency
of the beneficiary country and deposited in the Tropical Forest
Fund of the country in the same manner as the provisions relating
to payment of interest on new obligations under section 606 of
such Act.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 810(a) of the Tropical
Forest Conservation Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2431h(a)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘and principal’’ after ‘‘interest’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
H. R. 4654
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 reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year
2007, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF DEBT UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
ACT OF 1961 AND TITLE I OF THE AGRICULTURAL TRADE
DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1954.
Section 806(d) of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998
(22 U.S.C. 2431d(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraphs:
‘‘(4) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
‘‘(5) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
‘‘(6) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.’’.
SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS TO CONDUCT PROGRAM AUDITS AND EVALUA-
TIONS.
Section 806 of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998
(22 U.S.C. 2431d) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS TO CONDUCT PROGRAM AUDITS AND EVALUA-
TIONS.—Of the amounts made available to carry out this part for
a fiscal year, $200,000 is authorized to be made available to carry
out audits and evaluations of programs under this part, including
personnel costs associated with such audits and evaluations.’’.
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO ALLOW FOR PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND
PRINCIPAL IN LOCAL CURRENCIES.
(a) AUTHORITY UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—
Section 806(c) of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998
(22 U.S.C. 2431d(c)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The
following’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) The following’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) In addition to the application of the provisions relating
to repayment of principal under section 705 of this Act to the
reduction of debt under subsection (a)(1) (in accordance with para-
graph (1)(A) of this subsection), repayment of principal on a new
obligation established under subsection (b) may be made in the
under the responsibility of the Pension Fund Trustee as
the Secretary may prescribe.
‘‘SEC. 11086. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS TO D.C.
FEDERAL PENSION FUND.
‘‘The following provisions of this subtitle shall apply
with respect to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund in the
same manner as such provisions applied with respect to
the Trust Fund prior to October 1, 2004:
‘‘(1) Section 11023(b) (relating to the repay-
ment by the District Government of costs attrib-
utable to errors or omissions in transferred records).
‘‘(2) Section 11034 (relating to the treatment
of the Trust Fund under certain laws).
‘‘(3) Section 11061 (relating to annual valu-
ations and reports by the enrolled actuary), except
that in applying section 11061(b) to the D.C. Fed-
eral Pension Fund, the annual report required under
such section shall include a determination of the an-
nual payment to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund
under section 11084.
‘‘(4) Section 11062 (relating to reports by the
Comptroller General).
‘‘(5) Section 11071 (relating to judicial review).
Subtitle B—Other Matters
SEC. 211. REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE NO-
TICE 
OF 
RIGHTS 
AND 
DUTIES 
UNDER
USERRA.
(a) NOTICE.—Chapter 43 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘§ 4334. Notice of rights and duties
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT
TO PROVIDE NOTICE.—Each
employer shall provide to persons entitled to rights and
benefits under this chapter a notice of the rights, benefits,
and obligations of such persons and such employers under
this chapter. The requirement for the provision of notice
under this section may be met by the posting of the notice
where employers customarily place notices for employees.
‘‘(b) CONTENT
OF NOTICE.—The Secretary shall
provide to employers the text of the notice to be provided
under this section.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘4334. Notice of rights and duties.’’.
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—(1) Not later than the date
that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Labor shall make available to em-
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‘‘Sec. 11083. Transfer of Assets and Obligations of Trust Fund and Federal 
Supplemental Fund. 
‘‘Sec. 11084. Determination of Annual Federal Payment Into D.C. Federal 
Pension Fund. 
‘‘Sec. 11085. Administration Through Pension Fund Trustee. 
‘‘Sec. 11086. Applicability of Other Provisions to D.C. Federal Pension Fund.’’.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUDI-
CIAL RETIREMENT AND SURVIVORS ANNUITY 
FUND. 
(a) PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DENIED BENEFIT 
CLAIMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11—1570(c), D.C. 
Official Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) In accordance with procedures ap-
proved by the Secretary, the Secretary shall provide 
to any individual whose claim for a benefit under 
this subchapter has been denied in whole or in 
part—
‘‘(i) adequate written notice of such denial, 
setting forth the specific reasons for the denial 
in a manner calculated to be understood by the 
average participant in the program of benefits 
under this subchapter; and 
‘‘(ii) a reasonable opportunity for a full 
and fair review of the decision denying such 
claim.
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‘‘(B) Any factual determination made by the 
Secretary pursuant to this paragraph shall be pre-
sumed correct unless rebutted by clear and con-
vincing evidence. The Secretary’s interpretation and 
construction of the benefit provisions of this sub-
chapter shall be entitled to great deference.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to claims 
for benefits which are made after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(b) TREATMENT OF MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUND 
AMOUNTS AS FEDERAL CRIME.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11—1570, D.C. Of-
ficial Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(l) The provisions of section 664 of title 18, United 
States Code (relating to theft or embezzlement from em-
ployee benefit plans), shall apply to the Fund.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF RETIREMENT PROGRAM FOR 
POLICE 
OFFICERS, 
FIRE 
FIGHTERS, 
AND 
TEACHERS BY OTHER THAN CHIEF FINAN-
CIAL OFFICER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 424(c)(21) of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1—204.24c(21), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘systems’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘systems (other than the retirement 
system for police officers, fire fighters, and teachers)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 
and each succeeding fiscal year.
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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SEC. 14006. REPORTS.
Section 170 p. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2210(p)) is amended by striking ‘‘August 1, 1998’’
and inserting ‘‘August 1, 2013’’.
SEC. 14007. INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.
Section 170 t. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2210(t)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and
(2) by adding after paragraph (1) the following:
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall adjust the amount of indem-
nification provided under an agreement of indemnification
under subsection d. not less than once during each 5-year
period following July 1, 2002, in accordance with the ag-
gregate percentage change in the Consumer Price Index
since—
‘‘(A) that date, in the case of the first adjust-
ment under this paragraph; or
‘‘(B) the previous adjustment under this para-
graph.’’.
SEC. 14008. PRICE-ANDERSON TREATMENT OF MODULAR
REACTORS.
Section 170 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2210(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4659
To amend chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, to extend the period 
for which an individual may elect to continue employer-sponsored health 
care coverage under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemploy-
ment Rights Act of 1994, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2004
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. MICHAUD, and Mr. SMITH 
of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, to 
extend the period for which an individual may elect to 
continue employer-sponsored health care coverage under 
the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment 
Rights Act of 1994, 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 ‘‘USERRA Health Care 
Coverage Extension Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF CONTINUATION OF EM-
PLOYER-SPONSORED 
HEALTH 
CARE 
COV-
ERAGE. 
(a) IMPROVEMENT IN PERIOD OF COVERAGE.—Sub-
section (a)(1)(A) of section 4317 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘18-month period’’ and in-
serting ‘‘24-month period’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to elections made under such 
section 4317 on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 3. REINSTATEMENT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 4332 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by strik-
ing ‘‘no later than February 1, 1996, and annually there-
after through 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘no later than Feb-
ruary 1, 2005, and annually thereafter’’.
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