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(1) develop technologies that will enable a 10 
percent increase in aircraft engine energy efficiencies 
by 2013 as compared to the most energy efficient 
engine in the United States commercial aircraft fleet 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) develop air transportation management 
operational concepts and procedures that will enable 
a 15 percent increase in the energy efficiency of the 
overall air transport system on a per flight basis by 
2013 as compared to the efficiency as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for 
carrying out activities to achieve the goals described in 
subsection (a)—
(1) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; 
(2) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
(4) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
(5) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 104. ASSESSMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RE-
SOURCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN FLOOR FOR TREATMENT AS AN EX-
TREMELY LOW DSH STATE TO 3 PERCENT IN 
FISCAL YEAR 2003. 
(a) INCREASE IN DSH FLOOR.—Section 1923(f)(5) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(5)) is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1999’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2001’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘August 31, 2000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘August 31, 2002’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘3 percent’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2001’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2003’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect as if enacted on October 1, 
2002, and apply to DSH allotments under title XIX of 
the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal 
year thereafter.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1344
For the relief of Pamela S. Konkel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. SHIMKUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Pamela S. Konkel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ENTITLEMENT TO WIDOW’S INSURANCE BENE-
FITS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE WIDOW’S INSURANCE 
BENEFITS.—For purposes of determining the entitlement 
of Pamela S. Konkel (social security number 000–00–
5889) of Troy, Illinois, to widow’s insurance benefits 
under section 202(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(e)) on the basis of the wages and employment of her 
husband, Robert Konkel (social security number 000–00–
9184), Pamela S. Konkel shall be deemed, effective as of 
October 31, 2002—
(1) to be a widow within the meaning of section 
216(c)(5) of such Act, and 
(2) to have attained the age of 60, in satisfac-
tion of section 202(e)(1)(B)(i) of such Act. 
(b) PAYMENT OF BENEFITS.—Any widow’s insurance 
benefits to which Pamela S. Konkel is entitled for the pe-
riod prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
paid to her in a lump sum.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1346
To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to provide an addi-
tional function of the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy 
relating to encouraging Federal procurement policies that enhance energy 
efficiency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2003
Mr. TURNER of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
to provide an additional function of the Administrator 
for Federal Procurement Policy relating to encouraging 
Federal procurement policies that enhance energy effi-
ciency.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF OFFICE OF FEDERAL PRO-
CUREMENT POLICY ACT. 
Section 6 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act (41 U.S.C. 405) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(12); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (13) and inserting ‘‘and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(14) encouraging Federal procurement policies 
that enhance the energy efficiency of the Federal 
Government and decrease the Government’s depend-
ency on non-renewable energy resources.’’.
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the end and inserting ‘‘, including by conducting a public 
service announcement campaign.’’. 
SEC. 12. APPLICATION. 
The provisions of and amendments made by sections 
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 apply to a petition filed under sec-
tion 2111 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300aa–11) if the petition is pending on or filed after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 134
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit Kentucky to operate 
a separate retirement system for certain public employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky (for himself and Mrs. NORTHUP) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit Ken-
tucky to operate a separate retirement system for certain 
public employees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COVERAGE UNDER DIVIDED RETIREMENT SYS-
TEM FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN KENTUCKY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 218(d)(6)(C) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 418(d)(6)(C)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘Kentucky,’’ after ‘‘Illinois,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) takes effect on January 1, 2003.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1347
To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the requirement that 
for former prisoners of war to be eligible for Department of Veterans 
Affairs dental benefits they must have been interned for a specified 
minimum period of time. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2003
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the require-
ment that for former prisoners of war to be eligible 
for Department of Veterans Affairs dental benefits they 
must have been interned for a specified minimum period 
of time.
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 ‘‘Former Prisoners of 
War Equitable Dental Benefits Act’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REQUIRED MINIMUM PERIOD OF IN-
TERNMENT FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF 
WAR TO BE ELIGIBILE FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS DENTAL BENEFITS. 
Section 1712(a)(1)(F) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘for a period of not less than 
90 days’’.
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(2) Procedures and requirements to provide 
for—
(A) an initial review of a participant’s pri-
vacy statement and privacy policy, and subse-
quent review whenever such statement or policy 
is substantively changed, to determine whether 
the participant complies with the self-regulatory 
program’s guidelines; 
(B) an initial self-review and self-certifi-
cation of a participant’s privacy policy and 
practices to ensure compliance with the guide-
lines, procedures, requirements, and restrictions 
of the program established under this sub-
section; 
(C) subsequent periodic self-reviews and 
self-certifications, which shall occur at least an-
nually, of the participant’s privacy policy and 
practices to ensure continued compliance with 
such guidelines, procedures, requirements, and 
restrictions; 
(D) submission of self-reviews and self-cer-
tifications under this paragraph to any adminis-
trator of the program; and 
(E) random compliance testing of partici-
pants, which may concentrate on selected com-
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(12) the provision specifying $200,000 for the 
Golden Gate National Parks Association, San Fran-
cisco, CA, for environmental education programs at 
the Crissy Field Center shall be deemed to read: 
‘‘Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San 
Francisco, CA, for environmental education programs 
at the Crissy Field Center, $200,000’’ and a provision 
shall be added that reads: ‘‘Beresford Community 
Education in Beresford, SD to expand community 
education programs, $150,000’’; 
(13) the provision specifying $100,000 for the 
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the 
Tampa Bay Consortium for the Development of Edu-
cational Leaders and the Preparation and Recruit-
ment of Teachers shall be deemed to read: ‘‘University 
of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the Tampa Bay 
Consortium for the Development of Educational Lead-
ers, $100,000’’; 
(14) the provision specifying $25,000 for the 
Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabilities Center, Inc., 
Louisville, Kentucky for technology shall be deemed to 
read as follows: ‘‘Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabil-
ities Center, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky for school 
counseling services, $25,000’’;
(A) two-thirds of extremely low-income and 
very low-income rural households do not have 
access to affordable rental housing units; 
(B) more than 900,000 rural rental house-
holds (10.4 percent) live in either severely or 
moderately inadequate housing; and 
(C) substandard housing is a problem for 
547,000 rural renters, and approximately 
165,000 rural rental units are overcrowded. 
(2) Many rural United States households live 
with serious housing problems, including a lack of 
basic water and wastewater services, structural 
insufficiencies, and overcrowding, as shown by the 
fact that—
(A) 28 percent, or 10,400,000, rural 
households in the United States live with some 
kind of serious housing problem; 
(B) approximately 1,000,000 rural renters 
have multiple housing problems; and 
(C) an estimated 2,600,000 rural house-
holds live in substandard housing with severe 
structural damage or without indoor plumbing, 
heat, or electricity. 
(3) In rural America—
H. R. 1350—19
‘‘(i) PRECEDING
YEAR
ALLOCATION.—No State’s
allocation shall be less than its allocation under this
section for the preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(ii) MINIMUM.—No State’s allocation shall be less
than the greatest of—
‘‘(I) the sum of—
‘‘(aa) the amount the State received under
this section for fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(bb) 1⁄3 of 1 percent of the amount by
which the amount appropriated under sub-
section (i) for the fiscal year exceeds the
amount appropriated for this section for fiscal
year 1999;
‘‘(II) the sum of—
‘‘(aa) the amount the State received under
this section for the preceding fiscal year; and
‘‘(bb) that amount multiplied by the
percentage by which the increase in the funds
appropriated for this section from the pre-
ceding fiscal year exceeds 1.5 percent; or
‘‘(III) the sum of—
‘‘(aa) the amount the State received under
this section for the preceding fiscal year; and
‘‘(bb) that amount multiplied by 90 percent
of the percentage increase in the amount
appropriated for this section from the pre-
ceding fiscal year.
‘‘(iii) MAXIMUM.—Notwithstanding clause (ii), no
State’s allocation under this paragraph shall exceed
the sum of—
‘‘(I) the amount the State received under this
section for the preceding fiscal year; and
‘‘(II) that amount multiplied by the sum of
1.5 percent and the percentage increase in the
amount appropriated under this section from the
preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(C) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount available for
allocations under this paragraph is insufficient to pay those
allocations in full, those allocations shall be ratably
reduced, subject to subparagraph (B)(i).
‘‘(4) DECREASE
IN
FUNDS.—If the amount available for
allocations to States under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year
is less than the amount allocated to the States under this
section for the preceding fiscal year, those allocations shall
be calculated as follows:
‘‘(A) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN FISCAL YEAR 1999 ALLOCA-
TIONS.—If the amount available for allocations is greater
than the amount allocated to the States for fiscal year
1999, each State shall be allocated the sum of—
‘‘(i) the amount the State received under this sec-
tion for fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(ii) an amount that bears the same relation to
any remaining funds as the increase the State received
under this section for the preceding fiscal year over
fiscal year 1999 bears to the total of all such increases
for all States.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1350
AN ACT
To reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, and for other purposes.
‘‘(C) includes an assurance that there are 
public hearings, adequate notice of such hear-
ings, and an opportunity for comment afforded 
to members of tribes, tribal governing bodies, 
and affected local school boards before the 
adoption of the policies, programs, and proce-
dures described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(D) includes an assurance that the Sec-
retary of the Interior will provide such informa-
tion as the Secretary of Education may require 
to comply with section 618; 
‘‘(E) includes an assurance that the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services have entered into 
a memorandum of agreement, to be provided to 
the Secretary of Education, for the coordination 
of services, resources, and personnel between 
their respective Federal, State, and local offices 
and with State and local educational agencies 
and other entities to facilitate the provision of 
services to Indian children with disabilities re-
siding on or near reservations (such agreement 
shall provide for the apportionment of respon-
sibilities and costs including, but not limited to, 
child find, evaluation, diagnosis, remediation or
with disabilities in order to improve results for such 
children and to ensure equal protection of the law. 
‘‘(6)(A) A more equitable allocation of resources 
is essential for the Federal Government to meet its 
responsibility to provide an equal educational oppor-
tunity for all individuals. 
‘‘(B) America’s ethnic profile is rapidly chang-
ing. In the year 2000, nearly one of every three per-
sons in America was a member of a minority group 
or was limited English proficient. 
‘‘(C) Minority children comprise an increasing 
percentage of public school students. 
‘‘(D) With such changing demographics, re-
cruitment efforts for special education personnel 
should focus on increasing the participation of mi-
norities in the teaching profession. 
‘‘(7)(A) Greater efforts are needed to prevent 
the intensification of problems connected with 
mislabeling and high dropout rates among minority 
children with disabilities. 
‘‘(B) More minority children continue to be 
served in special education than would be expected 
from the percentage of minority students in the gen-
eral school population.
‘‘(C) African-American children are overidenti-
fied as having mental retardation and emotional dis-
turbance at rates greater than their white counter-
parts. 
‘‘(d) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are—
‘‘(1)(A) to ensure that all children with disabil-
ities have available to them a free appropriate public 
education that emphasizes special education and re-
lated services designed to meet their unique needs 
and prepare them for further education, employ-
ment, and independent living; 
‘‘(B) to ensure that the rights of children with 
disabilities and parents of such children are pro-
tected; and 
‘‘(C) to assist States, localities, educational 
service agencies, and Federal agencies to provide for 
the education of all children with disabilities; 
‘‘(2) to assist States in the implementation of 
a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisci-
plinary, interagency system of early intervention 
services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and 
their families; 
‘‘(3) to ensure that educators and parents have 
the necessary tools to improve educational results for 
children with disabilities by supporting systemic-
change activities; coordinated research and personnel 
preparation; coordinated technical assistance, dis-
semination, and support; and technology develop-
ment and media services; and 
‘‘(4) to assess, and ensure the effectiveness of, 
efforts to educate children with disabilities. 
‘‘SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘Except as otherwise provided, as used in this Act: 
‘‘(1) ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGY
DEVICE.—The 
term ‘assistive technology device’ means any item, 
piece of equipment, or product system, whether ac-
quired commercially off the shelf, modified, or cus-
tomized, that is used to increase, maintain, or im-
prove functional capabilities of a child with a dis-
ability. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGY
SERVICE.—The 
term ‘assistive technology service’ means any service 
that directly assists a child with a disability in the 
selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive tech-
nology device. Such term includes—
‘‘(A) the evaluation of the needs of such 
child, including a functional evaluation of the 
child in the child’s customary environment;
‘‘(B) purchasing, leasing, or otherwise pro-
viding for the acquisition of assistive technology 
devices by such child; 
‘‘(C) selecting, designing, fitting, custom-
izing, adapting, applying, maintaining, repair-
ing, or replacing of assistive technology devices; 
‘‘(D) coordinating and using other thera-
pies, interventions, or services with assistive 
technology devices, such as those associated 
with existing education and rehabilitation plans 
and programs; 
‘‘(E) training or technical assistance for 
such child, or, where appropriate, the family of 
such child; and 
‘‘(F) training or technical assistance for 
professionals (including individuals providing 
education and rehabilitation services), employ-
ers, or other individuals who provide services to, 
employ, or are otherwise substantially involved 
in the major life functions of such child. 
‘‘(3) CHILD WITH A DISABILITY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘child with a 
disability’ means a child—
‘‘(i) with mental retardation, hearing 
impairments (including deafness), speech
or language impairments, visual impair-
ments (including blindness), serious emo-
tional disturbance (hereinafter referred to 
as ‘emotional disturbance’), orthopedic im-
pairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, 
other health impairments, or specific learn-
ing disabilities; and 
‘‘(ii) who, by reason thereof, needs 
special education and related services. 
‘‘(B) CHILD
AGED
THROUGH
9.—The 
term ‘child with a disability ’ for a child aged 3 
through 9 or any subset of that age range, in-
cluding ages 3 through 5, may, at the discretion 
of the State and the local educational agency, 
include a child—
‘‘(i) 
experiencing 
developmental 
delays, as defined by the State and as 
measured by appropriate diagnostic instru-
ments and procedures, in one or more of 
the following areas: physical development, 
cognitive development, communication de-
velopment, social or emotional develop-
ment, or adaptive development; and 
‘‘(ii) who, by reason thereof, needs 
special education and related services.
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(20) PARENT.—The term ‘parent’—
‘‘(A) includes a legal guardian; and 
‘‘(B) except as used in sections 615(b)(2) 
and 639(a)(5), includes an individual assigned 
under either of those sections to be a surrogate 
parent. 
‘‘(21) PARENT ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘par-
ent organization’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 671(g). 
‘‘(22) PARENT AND COMMUNITY TRAINING AND 
INFORMATION CENTER.—The term ‘parent and com-
munity training and information center’ means a 
center assisted under section 671. 
‘‘(23) RELATED SERVICES.—The term ‘related 
services’ means transportation, and such develop-
mental, corrective, and other supportive services (in-
cluding speech-language pathology and audiology 
services, psychological services, physical and occupa-
tional therapy, recreation, including therapeutic 
recreation, social work services, counseling services, 
including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and 
mobility services, and medical services, except that 
such medical services shall be for diagnostic and
evaluation purposes only) as may be required to as-
sist a child with a disability to benefit from special 
education, and includes the early identification and 
assessment of disabling conditions in children. 
‘‘(24) SECONDARY
SCHOOL.—The term ‘sec-
ondary school’ means a nonprofit institutional day or 
residential school that provides secondary education, 
as determined under State law, except that it does 
not include any education beyond grade 12. 
‘‘(25) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of Education. 
‘‘(26) SPECIAL EDUCATION.—The term ‘special 
education’ means specially designed instruction, at 
no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of a 
child with a disability, including—
‘‘(A) instruction conducted in the class-
room, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, 
and in other settings; and 
‘‘(B) instruction in physical education. 
‘‘(27) SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘specific 
learning disability ’ means a disorder in one or 
more of the basic psychological processes in-
volved in understanding or in using language, 
spoken or written, which disorder may manifest
itself in imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, 
read, write, spell, or do mathematical calcula-
tions. 
‘‘(B) DISORDERS INCLUDED.—Such term 
includes such conditions as perceptual disabil-
ities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, 
dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. 
‘‘(C) DISORDERS
NOT
INCLUDED.—Such 
term does not include a learning problem that 
is primarily the result of visual, hearing, or 
motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of 
emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cul-
tural, or economic disadvantage. 
‘‘(28) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, and each of the outlying 
areas. 
‘‘(29) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘State educational agency’ means the State 
board of education or other agency or officer pri-
marily responsible for the State supervision of public 
elementary and secondary schools, or, if there is no 
such officer or agency, an officer or agency des-
ignated by the Governor or by State law.
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‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—Subject to the provisions of this 
chapter, the functions of the Copyright Royalty Judges 
shall be as follows: 
‘‘(1) To make determinations and adjustments 
of reasonable terms and rates of royalty payments as 
provided in sections 112(e), 114, 115, 116, 118, 119 
and 1004. The rates applicable under sections 
114(f)(1)(B), 115, and 116 shall be calculated to 
achieve the following objectives: 
‘‘(A) To maximize the availability of cre-
ative works to the public. 
‘‘(B) To afford the copyright owner a fair 
return for his or her creative work and the 
copyright user a fair income under existing eco-
nomic conditions. 
‘‘(C) To reflect the relative roles of the 
copyright owner and the copyright user in the 
product made available to the public with re-
spect to relative creative contribution, techno-
logical contribution, capital investment, cost, 
risk, and contribution to the opening of new 
markets for creative expression and media for 
their communication.