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(63) thence south along said western right-of- 
way of 15th Street NW to its intersection with a line 
extending northwest from the southern right-of-way 
of the portion of Pennsylvania Avenue NW north of 
Pershing Square; 
(64) thence southeast along said line extending 
the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW to the southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW and continuing southeast along said 
southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW 
to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
14th Street NW; 
(65) thence south along said western right-of- 
way of 14th Street NW to its intersection with a line 
extending west from the southern right-of-way of D 
Street NW; 
(66) thence east along said line extending west 
from the southern right-of-way of D Street NW to 
the southern right-of-way of D Street NW, and con-
tinuing east along said southern right-of-way of D 
Street NW to its intersection with the eastern right- 
of-way of 131⁄2 Street NW; 
(67) thence north along said eastern right-of- 
way of 131⁄2 Street NW to its intersection with the 
southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW; 
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(68) thence east and southeast along said 
southern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW 
to its intersection with the western right-of-way of 
12th Street NW; 
(69) thence south along said western right-of- 
way of 12th Street NW to its intersection with a line 
extending to the west the southern boundary of the 
property designated as Square 324 Lot 809; 
(70) thence east along said line to the south-
west corner of said property designated as Square 
324 Lot 809, and continuing northeast along the 
southern boundary of said property designated as 
Square 324 Lot 809 to its eastern corner, which it 
shares with the property designated as Square 323 
Lot 802; 
(71) thence east along the southern boundary 
of said property designated as Square 323 Lot 802 
to its southeast corner, which it shares with the 
property designated as Square 324 Lot 808; 
(72) 
thence 
counter-clockwise 
around 
the 
boundary of said property designated as Square 324 
Lot 808 to its northeastern corner along the south-
ern right-of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW; 
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‘‘(D) subject to paragraph (3), has a provider 
agreement in effect with the Secretary and is open 
to the public as of January 1, 2003; and 
‘‘(E) applies to the Secretary for such designa-
tion. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), beds in a 
psychiatric or rehabilitation unit of the hospital which is 
a distinct part of the hospital shall not be counted. 
‘‘(3) Subparagraph (1)(D) shall not be construed to 
prohibit any of the following from qualifying as a rural 
community hospital: 
‘‘(A) A replacement facility (as defined by the 
Secretary in regulations in effect on January 1, 
2003) with the same service area (as defined by the 
Secretary in regulations in effect on such date). 
‘‘(B) A facility obtaining a new provider num-
ber pursuant to a change of ownership. 
‘‘(C) A facility which has a binding written 
agreement with an outside, unrelated party for the 
construction, reconstruction, lease, rental, or financ-
ing of a building as of January 1, 2003. 
‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
prohibiting a critical access hospital from qualifying as a 
rural community hospital if the critical access hospital
(73) thence southeast along said southern right- 
of-way of Pennsylvania Avenue NW to its intersec-
tion with the eastern right-of-way of 4th Street NW; 
(74) thence north along a line extending north 
from said eastern right-of-way of 4th Street NW to 
its intersection with a line extending west from the 
southern right-of-way of C Street NW; 
(75) thence east along said line extending west 
from the southern right-of-way of C Street NW to 
the southern right-of-way of C Street NW, and con-
tinuing east along said southern right-of-way of C 
Street NW to its intersection with the eastern right- 
of-way of 3rd Street NW; 
(76) thence north along said eastern right-of- 
way of 3rd Street NW to its intersection with the 
southern right-of-way of D Street NW; 
(77) thence east along said southern right-of- 
way of D Street NW to its intersection with the 
western right of way of 1st Street NW; 
(78) thence south along said western right-of- 
way of 1st Street NW to its intersection with the 
northern right-of-way of C Street NW; 
(79) thence west along said northern right-of- 
way of C Street NW to its intersection with the 
western right-of-way of 2nd Street NW; 
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 937
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for improvements 
in access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2003
Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. TURNER of Texas, Mr. BERRY, Mr. 
OTTER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Washington, Mr. PAUL, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. KIND, Mr. 
TIAHRT, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. STENHOLM, and Mr. 
FROST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for improvements in access to services in rural hospitals 
and critical access hospitals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECU-
RITY ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act of 2003’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this 
Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered a reference to that section or other 
provision of the Social Security Act.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RURAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 
(RCH) PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1861 (42 U.S.C. 1395x) 
is amended by adding at the end of the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘Rural Community Hospital; Rural Community Hospital 
Services 
‘‘(ww)(1) The term ‘rural community hospital’ means 
a hospital (as defined in subsection (e)) that—
‘‘(A) is located in a rural area (as defined in 
section 1886(d)(2)(D)) or treated as being so lo-
cated pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E); 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), has less than 51 
acute care inpatient beds, as reported in its most re-
cent cost report; 
‘‘(C) makes available 24-hour emergency care 
services;
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‘‘(i) no prior determination to the contrary 
has been made by a court or the Internal Rev-
enue Service; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) the retirement fund is in substan-
tial compliance with the applicable requirements 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or 
‘‘(II) the retirement fund fails to be in 
substantial compliance with the applicable re-
quirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and the debtor is not materially respon-
sible for that failure. 
‘‘(C) A direct transfer of retirement funds from 
1 fund or account that is exempt from taxation 
under section 401, 403, 408, 408A, 414, 457, or 
501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, under 
section 401(a)(31) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, or otherwise, shall not cease to qualify for ex-
emption under paragraph (3)(C) or subsection 
(d)(12) by reason of such direct transfer. 
‘‘(D)(i) Any distribution that qualifies as an eli-
gible rollover distribution within the meaning of sec-
tion 402(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or 
that is described in clause (ii) shall not cease to 
qualify for exemption under paragraph (3)(C) or 
subsection (d)(12) by reason of such distribution.
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise specified, 
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed 
in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or 
other provision, the references shall be considered to be 
made to that section or other provision of the Social Secu-
rity Act. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; references; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO COVERAGE 
Sec. 101. Deadlines for implementing national coverage, coding, and payment 
determinations. 
Sec. 102. Council for Technology and Innovation. 
Sec. 103. Improvements to the medicare coverage determination appeals proc-
ess. 
Sec. 104. Medicare coverage of routine costs associated with certain clinical 
trials. 
TITLE II—PROVISIONS RELATING TO CODING 
Sec. 201. Improvements to the HCPCS coding assignment, inpatient coding as-
signment, and DRG assignment processes. 
Sec. 202. Process for adoption of ICD–10–PCS as data standard. 
TITLE III—PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAYMENT 
Sec. 301. Use of internal and external data for annual adjustments to hospital 
payment systems. 
Sec. 302. Limitation on use of foreign payer data in determining medicare pay-
ment amounts. 
Sec. 303. Recognition of new medical technologies under inpatient hospital 
PPS. 
Sec. 304. Preservation of local medical review process under medicare adminis-
trative contractor reforms. 
Sec. 305. Inherent reasonableness.
TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING 
TO COVERAGE 
SEC. 101. DEADLINES FOR IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL COV-
ERAGE, CODING, AND PAYMENT DETERMINA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1862 (42 U.S.C. 1395y) 
is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d)(1)(A)(i) Subject to the succeeding provisions of 
this paragraph, upon receipt of a request for a national 
coverage determination from an interested party, the Sec-
retary shall make and implement (if applicable) the na-
tional coverage determination for that new technology 
within the following time frames: 
‘‘(I) In the case of a national coverage deter-
mination that does not require a technology assess-
ment described in subparagraph (D), not later than 
the end of the 6-month period that begins on the 
date a request for the national coverage determina-
tion has been received by the Secretary, notwith-
standing the receipt by the Secretary of new evi-
dence (if any) during such period. 
‘‘(II) In the case of a national coverage deter-
mination that requires such a technology assess-
ment, not later than the end of the 12-month period
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 938
To prohibit Federal payments to any individual, business, institution, or 
organization that engages in human cloning. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2003
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit Federal payments to any individual, business, 
institution, or organization that engages in human cloning.
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 ‘‘Human Cloning Pre-
vention Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), no Federal agency shall—
(1) make any grant, contract, or other pay-
ment; or
(2) enter into any obligation for making any 
such grant, contract, or payment, 
to any individual, business, institution, or organization 
that within the past 1 year has engaged in human cloning, 
or to any individual, business, institution, or organization 
that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control 
with any individual, business, institution, or organization 
that within the past 1 year has engaged in human cloning. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply 
to any payment a Federal agency is obligated to make. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘human cloning’’ 
means human asexual reproduction, accomplished by in-
troducing nuclear material from one or more human so-
matic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose 
nuclear material has been removed or inactivated so as 
to produce a living organism (at any stage of development) 
that is genetically identical to an existing or previously ex-
isting human organism.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 939
To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish persons who use false 
or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not 
appropriate for children. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2003
Mr. PENCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish persons 
who use false or misleading domain names to attract 
children to Internet sites not appropriate for children.
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 ‘‘Truth in Domain 
Names Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MISLEADING DOMAIN NAMES ON THE INTERNET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2252A 
the following:
‘‘§ 2252B. Misleading domain names on the Internet 
‘‘Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name 
with the intent to attract a minor into viewing a visual 
depiction of sexually explicit conduct on the Internet shall 
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 
years, or both. For the purposes of this section, a domain 
name that includes the word ‘sex’ is not misleading.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 110 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the time relating to 
section 2252A the following new item:
‘‘2252B. False or misleading domain names on the Internet.’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 93
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the arbitration of 
initial contract negotiation disputes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the 
arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes, 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 ‘‘Labor Relations First 
Contract Negotiations Act of 2002’’. 
SEC. 2. INITIAL CONTRACT DISPUTES. 
Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 158) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
‘‘(h)(1) If, not later than 60 days after the certifi-
cation of a new representative of employees for the pur-
pose of collective bargaining, the employer of the employ-
ees and the representative have not reached a collective 
bargaining agreement with respect to the terms and condi-
tions of employment, the employer and the representative 
shall jointly select a mediator to mediate those issues on 
which the employer and the representative cannot agree. 
‘‘(2) If the employer and the representative are un-
able to agree upon a mediator, either party may request 
the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to select 
a mediator and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service shall upon the request select a person to serve as 
mediator. 
‘‘(3) If, not later than 30 days after the date of the 
selection of a mediator under paragraph (1) or (2), the 
employer and the representative have not reached an 
agreement, the employer or the representative may trans-
fer the matters remaining in controversy to the Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service for binding arbitra-
tion.‘‘.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 940
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the foreign 
tax credit not be redetermined with respect to refunds of unlawful foreign 
taxes to taxpayers who successfully challenge those taxes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2003
Mr. RAMSTAD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
that the foreign tax credit not be redetermined with 
respect to refunds of unlawful foreign taxes to taxpayers 
who successfully challenge those taxes.
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 ‘‘Foreign Tax Credit 
Revenue Enhancement Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. FOREIGN TAX CREDIT NOT REDETERMINED FOR 
TAXPAYER 
SUCCESSFULLY 
CHALLENGING 
UNLAWFUL FOREIGN TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 905 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to adjust-
ments to accrued taxes) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) EXCEPTION
FOR
TAXPAYERS
SUCCESS-
FULLY
CHALLENGING
UNLAWFUL
TAXES.—Para-
graph (1) shall not apply to any taxpayer to whom 
a tax is refunded in whole or in part if, pursuant to 
an action brought by the taxpayer, such refund re-
sults from a determination by a court of competent 
jurisdiction in the country with respect to which 
such tax was imposed that such tax is unlawful.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to refunds received in taxable years 
beginning after December 31, 2002.
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has been made by a court or the Internal Rev-
enue Service; and
‘‘(ii)(I) the retirement fund is in substan-
tial compliance with the applicable requirements
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
‘‘(II) the retirement fund fails to be in
substantial compliance with the applicable re-
quirements of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 and the debtor is not materially respon-
sible for that failure.
‘‘(C) A direct transfer of retirement funds from
1 fund or account that is exempt from taxation
under section 401, 403, 408, 408A, 414, 457, or
501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, under
section 401(a)(31) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, or otherwise, shall not cease to qualify for ex-
emption under paragraph (3)(C) or subsection
(d)(12) by reason of such direct transfer.
‘‘(D)(i) Any distribution that qualifies as an eli-
gible rollover distribution within the meaning of sec-
tion 402(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or
that is described in clause (ii) shall not cease to
qualify for exemption under paragraph (3)(C) or
subsection (d)(12) by reason of such distribution.
appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment. 
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 942
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide student loan 
borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2003
Mr. REGULA (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. GOODLATTE, 
Mr. HAYES, Mr. OTTER, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. 
SCHROCK, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WICKER, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr. 
HOEKSTRA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan 
consolidation.
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 ‘‘Consolidation Student 
Loan Flexibility Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. STUDENT LOAN BORROWER CHOICE OF LOAN 
CONSOLIDATOR. 
Section 428C(b)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–3(b)(1)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and (i) the lender holds’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘selected for consolidation)’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 943
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against 
income tax for the purchase of hearing aids. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2003
Mr. RYUN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. WALSH, Mr. PAYNE, and Mrs. MCCAR-
THY of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 
credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.
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 ‘‘Hearing Aid Assist-
ance Tax Credit Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR HEARING AIDS FOR SENIORS AND DE-
PENDENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is
amended by inserting after section 25B the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 25C CREDIT FOR HEARING AIDS. 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—In the case of an in-
dividual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax 
imposed by this chapter an amount equal to the amount 
paid during the taxable year, not compensated by insur-
ance or otherwise, by the taxpayer for the purchase of any 
qualified hearing aid. 
‘‘(b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount allowed as a 
credit under subsection (a) shall not exceed $500. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED HEARING AID.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘qualified hearing aid’ means a hear-
ing aid—
‘‘(1) which is described in section 874.3300 of 
title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, and is author-
ized under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act for commercial distribution, and 
‘‘(2) which is intended for use—
‘‘(A) by the taxpayer, but only if the tax-
payer (or the spouse intending to use the hear-
ing aid, in the case of a joint return) is age 65 
or older, or 
‘‘(B) by an individual with respect to 
whom the taxpayer, for the taxable year, is al-
lowed a deduction under section 151(c) (relat-
ing to deduction for personal exemptions for de-
pendents). 
‘‘(d) ELECTION ONCE EVERY 5 YEARS.—This sec-
tion shall apply to any taxpayer for any taxable year only 
if such taxpayer elects (at such time and in such manner 
as the Secretary may be regulations prescribe) to have this 
section apply for such taxable year. An election to have 
this section apply may not be made for any taxable year 
if such election is in effect with respect to such taxpayer 
for any of the 4 taxable years preceding such taxable year. 
‘‘(e) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—No credit shall 
be allowed under subsection (a) for any expense for which 
a deduction or credit is allowed under any other provision 
of this chapter.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 25B the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 25C. Credit for hearing aids.’’.
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2002.
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