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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2904
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
AN ACT
Making appropriations for military construction, family hous-
ing, and base realignment and closure for the Depart-
ment of Defense for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2002, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for
military construction, family housing, and base realign-
ment and closure functions administered by the Depart-
ment of Defense, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2002, and for other purposes, namely:
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military
installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,739,334,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That
of this amount, not to exceed $163,141,000 shall be avail-
able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer
services, and host nation support, as authorized by law,
unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of his determination and the reasons therefor: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military
Construction, 
Army’’ 
under 
Public 
Law 
106–52,
$36,400,000 is hereby rescinded.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy as
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the
Naval Facilities Engineering Command and other per-
sonal services necessary for the purposes of this appropria-
tion, $1,154,248,000, to remain available until September
30, 2006: Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed
$30,972,000 shall be available for study, planning, design,
architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, un-
less the Secretary of Defense determines that additional
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of his determination and the reasons therefor: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military
Construction, Navy’’ under division A of Public Law 106–
246, $19,588,000 is hereby rescinded.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military
installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force
HR 2904 RH
SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the appro-
priations in Military Construction Appropriations Acts
which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal
year shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the
fiscal year.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the
current session of Congress.
SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec-
tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects
and on subsequent claims, if any.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any funds appropriated to a military department or
defense agency for the construction of military projects
may be obligated for a military construction project or
contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract,
at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after
the fiscal year for which funds for such project were ap-
propriated if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are
(1) The map entitled ‘‘Alaska Rainforest Pro-
tection Proposal for the Chugach National Forest’’,
dated September 2001.
(2) The map entitled ‘‘Alaska Rainforest Pro-
tection Proposal for the Tongass National Forest’’,
dated September 2001.
TITLE I—ADDITIONAL WILDER-
NESS AREAS IN ALASKA NA-
TIONAL FORESTS
SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS, CHUGACH
NATIONAL FOREST.
In furtherance of the provisions of the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain public lands within the
Chugach National Forest in Alaska, which together com-
prise approximately 3,609,934 acres and are depicted as
‘‘Proposed Wilderness’’ on the Alaska Rainforest Map, are
hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as compo-
nents of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
The wilderness areas shall bear the nomenclature and con-
tain approximate acreage as follows:
(1) Russian River-Ascension Wilderness, con-
sisting of approximately 100,200 acres, as generally
depicted on the Alaska Rainforest Map as ‘‘Russian
River-Ascension Wilderness’’.
HR 2904 RH
cycle costs for family housing construction, basic allow-
ance for housing, operation and maintenance, other associ-
ated costs, and a time line for housing completions each
year.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 129. Of the funds made available in this Act,
$4,000,000 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Military
Construction, Air Force’’ and $4,000,000 appropriated
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-wide’’
shall be available to complete a military construction
project for which funds were appropriated in Public Law
107–20 under the heading, ‘‘Military Construction, Air
Force’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction
Appropriations Act, 2002’’.
Union Calendar No. 122
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2904
[Report No. 107–207]
A BILL
Making appropriations for military construction,
family housing, and base realignment and closure
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2002, and for other pur-
poses.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2001
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
HR 2910 RFS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky
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 ‘‘Norman Sisisky Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 30,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2909
To provide for the conveyance of a portion of the Bluegrass Army Depot
in Richmond, Kentucky, to Madison County, Kentucky.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 20, 2001
Mr. FLETCHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To provide for the conveyance of a portion of the Bluegrass
Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky, to Madison County,
Kentucky.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, BLUEGRASS ARMY DEPOT,
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY.
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—(1) The Secretary
of the Army may convey, without consideration, to Madi-
son County, Kentucky (in this section referred to as the
‘‘County’’), all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to a parcel of real property, including any
improvements thereon, consisting of approximately 10
acres at the Bluegrass Army Depot, Richmond, Kentucky,
for the purpose of facilitating the construction of a vet-
erans’ center on the parcel by the State of Kentucky.
(2) The Secretary may not make the conveyance au-
thorized by this subsection unless the Secretary deter-
mines that the State of Kentucky has appropriated ade-
quate funds for the construction of the veterans’ center.
(b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary de-
termines that the real property conveyed under subsection
(a) ceases to be utilized for the sole purpose of a veterans’
center or that reasonable progress is not demonstrated in
constructing the center and initiating services to veterans,
all right, title, and interest in and to the property shall
revert to the United States, and the United States shall
have the right of immediate entry onto the property. Any
determination under this subsection shall be made on the
record after an opportunity for a hearing.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—The Secretary
shall apply section 2695 of title 10, United States Code,
to the conveyance authorized by subsection (a).
(d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage
and legal description of the real property to be conveyed
under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be
borne by the County.
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection
(a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the
interests of the United States.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 290
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the effective date for
an award of disability compensation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
under section 1151 of such title for persons disabled by treatment or
vocational rehabilitation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the effective
date for an award of disability compensation by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 1151 of such
title for persons disabled by treatment or vocational reha-
bilitation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AWARDS OF DISABILITY
COMPENSATION MADE BY THE SECRETARY
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR PERSONS DIS-
ABLED BY TREATMENT OR VOCATIONAL RE-
HABILITATION.
(a) CHANGE
IN RETROACTIVITY RULE.—Section
5110(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘if an application therefor is received within one
year from such date’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any award of
disability compensation by reason of section 1151 of title
38, United States Code, made before, on, or after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2910
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Vir-
ginia, as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky 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. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky
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 ‘‘Norman Sisisky Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 30,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2910
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3131 South
Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia, as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky 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
3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia, shall be known
and designated as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky 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 ‘‘Norman
Sisisky Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2910
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia, as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky
Post Office Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 20, 2001
Mr. FORBES (for himself, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. WOLF, Mr. GOODE, Mr. BOU-
CHER, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. TOM
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. SCOTT, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr.
UNDERWOOD, Mr. TANNER, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. HUNTER, Mr.
LANGEVIN, Mr. BOYD, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. FRANK, Mr. TURNER, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. STENHOLM, and Mr. FROST) 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 3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Vir-
ginia, as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky 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. NORMAN SISISKY POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 3131 South Crater Road in Pe-
tersburg, Virginia, shall be known and designated as the
‘‘Norman Sisisky 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 Norman Sisisky Post
Office Building.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2910
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 31, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Vir-
ginia, as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(2) development of plant biotechnologies that
will advance and expedite the development of im-
proved cultivars, including those that are pest-resist-
ant, produce increased yield, or increase tolerance to
stress;
(3) development of technologies to produce
pharmaceutical compounds such as vaccines and
medications in plants that can be grown in the de-
veloping world; and
(4) research on the impact of plant bio-
technology on the social, political, and economic con-
ditions in countries in the developing world.
(d) COMPETITIVE MERIT REVIEW.—Grants under
this Act shall be awarded on a merit-reviewed competitive
basis.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Science Foundation $6,000,000 for fiscal year
2002, $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and $9,000,000
for fiscal year 2004 to carry out this Act.
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Calendar No. 338
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2910
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 31, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
MARCH 21, 2002
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Vir-
ginia, as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky 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. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky
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 ‘‘Norman Sisisky Post Office Building’’.
Calendar No. 338
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2910
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 3131 South Crater Road in
Petersburg, Virginia, as the ‘‘Norman Sisisky
Post Office Building’’.
MARCH 21, 2002
Reported wihtout amendment
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 3. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION. 
The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and au-
thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry 
out this Act. 
SEC. 4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 
The entire amount made available under this Act is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), 
as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. 
Res. 649 (108th Congress). 
SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to implement this Act. 
(b) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the regula-
tions and administration of this Act shall be made without 
regard to—
(1) the notice and comment provisions of sec-
tion 553 of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of 
Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 
13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking 
and public participation in rulemaking; and
(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 
Act’’). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW
OF AGENCY RULE-
MAKING.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall 
use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, 
United States Code.
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(A) the status of existing health informa-
tion exchanges in the State; and 
(B) the development and implementation 
of new health information exchanges in the 
State in areas not previously served by an ex-
change. 
(6) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amount 
appropriated for each fiscal year to carry out this 
subsection, the Secretary shall use such appropriated 
amount to award a grant to each State receiving a 
grant under this subsection in an amount that bears 
the same relation to the appropriated amount as the 
number of physicians and hospitals in the State 
bears to the total number of physicians and hos-
pitals in all such States. 
(c) PHASE III GRANTS.—The Secretary shall con-
tinue to make grants to States in accordance with the pro-
visions of subsection (b), except that—
(1) grants under this subsection shall be used 
primarily to maintain or upgrade existing health in-
formation exchanges; and 
(2) the Secretary may not make a grant to a 
State under this subsection if less than 75 percent 
of the health care providers in the State are partici-
pating in a health information exchange.
(d) PRIVACY.—Any health information infrastructure 
funded in whole or in part under this section shall—
(1) comply with the regulations promulgated 
pursuant to section 264(c) of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 
U.S.C. 1320d–2(d)); 
(2) allow patients to exclude their health infor-
mation from the health information exchange; 
(3) give patients the option of allowing only 
designated health care providers to access their per-
sonally identifiable information concerning diagnosis 
and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, ad-
diction, and mental illnesses; 
(4) allow health care providers to access individ-
ually identifiable health information through health 
information exchanges only for reasonable purposes 
related to diagnosis and treatment; 
(5) allow other persons to access individually 
identifiable health information available through 
health information exchanges only with express pa-
tient consent; and 
(6) require health care providers, in making a 
transmission of individually identifiable health infor-
mation to payers through the health information in-
frastructure, to restrict the transmission to the min-
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building located at 5100 Paint Branch
Parkway in College Park, Maryland, shall be known and
designated as the ‘‘Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 7, 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2911
To designate the Federal building located at 5100 Paint Branch Parkway
in College Park, Maryland, as the ‘‘Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 20, 2001
Mr. HOYER (for himself and Mrs. MORELLA) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To designate the Federal building located at 5100 Paint
Branch Parkway in College Park, Maryland, as the
‘‘Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building located at 5100 Paint Branch
Parkway in College Park, Maryland, shall be known and
designated as the ‘‘Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2911
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 8, 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building located at 5100 Paint
Branch Parkway in College Park, Maryland, as the
‘‘Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 2911 RFS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building located at 5100 Paint Branch
Parkway in College Park, Maryland, shall be known and
designated as the ‘‘Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 7, 2002.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.