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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1848 
To afford students and parents with private civil remedies for the violation 
of their privacy rights under the General Education Provisions Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2003 
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To afford students and parents with private civil remedies 
for the violation of their privacy rights under the General 
Education Provisions Act. 
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 ‘‘Student Privacy Pro-
tection Act of 2003’’. 
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SEC. 2. REMEDY ESTABLISHED. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 444 of the General Edu-
cation Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) PRIVATE REMEDIES.— 
‘‘(1) ACTIONS
AUTHORIZED.—No educational 
agency or institution subject to the requirements of 
this section shall deprive any parent or student (or 
person applying for admission as a student) of any 
of the rights of privacy of and access to educational 
records established by this section. Any such parent, 
student, or person aggrieved by an action or inaction 
in violation of this section or the regulations there-
under by such an educational agency or institution 
may bring, in an appropriate United States district 
court— 
‘‘(A) an action based on a violation of this 
section or the regulation prescribed thereunder 
to enjoin such violation; 
‘‘(B) an action to recover damages from 
such a violation, as determined by the court; or 
‘‘(C) both such actions. 
‘‘(2) TREBLE
DAMAGES.—If the court finds 
that the defendant willfully or knowingly violated 
this section or the regulations thereunder, the court 
may, in its discretion, increase the amount of the 
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‘‘(2) DIAGNOSTIC
AND
ANNUAL
SCREENING 
MAMMOGRAPHY
DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
section—
‘‘(A) The term ‘diagnostic mammography’ 
means a radiologic procedure that is medically 
necessary for the purpose of diagnosing breast 
cancer and includes a physician’s interpretation 
of the results of the procedure. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘annual screening mam-
mography’ means a radiologic procedure pro-
vided to an individual, not more frequently than 
on an annual basis, for the purpose of early de-
tection of breast cancer and includes a physi-
cian’s interpretation of the results of the proce-
dure. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—A group health plan, and a 
health insurance issuer offering group health insurance 
coverage in connection with a group health plan, may 
not—
‘‘(1) deny coverage described in subsection 
(a)(1) on the basis that the coverage is not medically 
necessary or on the basis that the annual screening 
mammography is not pursuant to a referral, con-
sent, or recommendation by any health care pro-
vider;
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1853
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the preparation 
of audit reports based upon the financial auditing of Medicare+Choice 
organizations and to make such reports available to the public. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS 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 require 
the preparation of audit reports based upon the financial 
auditing of Medicare+Choice organizations and to make 
such reports available to the public.
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 ‘‘Medicare+Choice 
Audit Reports Act’’.
SEC. 2. PREPARATION AND AVAILABILITY OF AUDIT RE-
PORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1857(d)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–27(d)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) AUDIT REPORTS.—Upon completion 
of each audit under subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall prepare and make available an 
audit report stating the analysis and conclu-
sions of the Secretary regarding such audit. 
Each audit report shall include a detailed sum-
mary of the financial information upon which 
the analysis and conclusions of the Secretary 
are based, including the data referred to in sub-
paragraph (A). Section 552(b)(4) of title 5, 
United States Code, shall not apply to any 
audit report prepared under this subpara-
graph.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to any audit completed after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1854
To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reimburse 
Medicare+Choice plans located in the same metropolitan statistical area 
the same payment rate. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS 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 part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
to reimburse Medicare+Choice plans located in the same 
metropolitan statistical area the same payment rate.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. UNIFORM MEDICARE+CHOICE PAYMENT RATES 
FOR ALL AREAS WITHIN A METROPOLITAN 
STATISTICAL AREA. 
Section 1853(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w–23(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(D), by inserting ‘‘and in 
paragraph (4)’’ after ‘‘in subparagraph (C)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) CONSOLIDATED
TREATMENT
OF
AREAS 
WITHIN A METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Effective beginning 
with 2004, all the portions of each metropolitan 
statistical area (regardless of whether they are 
located in one or more States) shall be treated 
as a single Medicare+Choice payment area. 
‘‘(B) 
BUDGET
NEUTRALITY
ADJUST-
MENT.—The Secretary shall beginning with 
2004 and annually thereafter adjust the pay-
ment rates otherwise established under this sec-
tion for Medicare+Choice payment areas in a 
manner so that the aggregate of the payments 
under this section in the State shall not exceed 
the aggregate payments that would have been 
made under this section for Medicare+Choice 
payment areas in the State in the absence of 
the change effected under subparagraph (A).’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1855
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require home health 
agencies participating in the Medicare Program to conduct criminal back-
ground checks for all applicants for employment as patient care pro-
viders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS 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 require 
home health agencies participating in the Medicare Pro-
gram to conduct criminal background checks for all ap-
plicants for employment as patient care providers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIRING MEDICARE HOME HEALTH AGEN-
CIES TO CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND 
CHECKS ON ALL APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOY-
MENT AS PATIENT CARE PROVIDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1891(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395bbb(a)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) The agency submits to the Attorney Gen-
eral a criminal background request described in sec-
tion 124(a) of the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 
101(b) of division A of Public Law 105–277) for 
each applicant for employment in a position involved 
in direct patient care.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to applications for employment 
made on or after 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1856
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 8, 2004
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia 
Research and Control Act of 1998, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The management entity 
shall develop a management plan for the Heritage Area 
that—
(1) presents comprehensive strategies and rec-
ommendations for conservation, funding, manage-
ment, and development of the Heritage Area; 
(2) takes into consideration existing State, 
county, and local plans and involves residents, public 
agencies, and private organizations working in the 
Heritage Area; 
(3) includes a description of actions that units 
of government and private organizations have agreed 
to take to protect the resources of the Heritage 
Area; 
(4) specifies the existing and potential sources 
of funding to protect, manage, and develop the Her-
itage Area; 
(5) includes an inventory of the resources con-
tained in the Heritage Area, including a list of any 
property in the Heritage Area that is related to the 
themes of the Heritage Area and that should be pre-
served, restored, managed, developed, or maintained 
because of its natural, cultural, historic, recreational, 
or scenic significance;
‘‘[I]n Africa, promise and opportunity sit side-by-
side with disease, war and desperate poverty. This 
threatens both a core value of the United States pre-
serving human dignity and our strategic priority 
combating global terror. American interests and 
American principles, therefore, lead in the same di-
rection: we will work with others for an African con-
tinent that lives in liberty, peace, and growing pros-
perity.’’. 
(2) On March 19, 2002, the Director of Central 
Intelligence testified before Congress that ‘‘[T]he 
chronic problems of sub-Saharan Africa make it, too, 
fertile ground for direct and indirect threats to 
United States interests. Governments without ac-
countability and natural disasters have left Africa 
with the highest concentration of human misery in 
the world.’’. 
(3) Sub-Saharan Africa has been far more se-
verely affected by HIV/AIDS than any other part of 
the world. In fact, AIDS has surpassed malaria as 
the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, 
and it kills many times more people than Africa’s 
armed conflicts. 
(4) Africa, where an estimated 3,500,000 peo-
ple were newly infected with HIV in 2002, has ap-
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1857
To authorize assistance to combat the growing HIV/AIDS problem in 
countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2003
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To authorize assistance to combat the growing HIV/AIDS 
problem in countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Car-
ibbean.
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 ‘‘Humanitarian Assist-
ance to Combat HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and the 
Caribbean and National Security Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The National Security Strategy of the 
United States, dated September 17, 2002, states:
‘‘(22) for any qualified property tax rebate or 
other benefit (as defined in section 140(b).’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(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.’’. 
(c) CREDIT MADE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS 
CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code (re-
lating to current year business credit) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (14), by striking the 
period at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, 
and by adding at the end thereof the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(16) the clean-fuel credit determined under 
section 45G.’’. 
(d) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—Section 280C of 
such Code (relating to certain expenses for which credits 
are allowable) is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ZONE CLEAN FUELS EXPENSES.—No deduction 
shall be allowed for that portion of expenses for clean-
burning fuel otherwise allowable as a deduction for the 
taxable year which is equal to the amount of the credit 
determined for such taxable year under section 45G.’’. 
(e) CREDIT ALLOWED AGAINST REGULAR AND MIN-
IMUM TAX.—
SEC. 4. GRANTS TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AF-
RICA AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES. 
The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development is authorized to award grants 
to nongovernmental organizations for the prevention, 
treatment, and control of HIV/AIDS in countries in sub-
Saharan Africa and Caribbean countries, including by ex-
panding activities to prevent the mother-to-child trans-
mission of HIV by providing treatment, medical care, and 
support services to HIV-infected parents and their chil-
dren. In carrying out the preceding sentence, it is the 
sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention, should provide 
appropriate medical and technical expertise to the Admin-
istrator and recipient governments. 
SEC. 5. APPOINTMENT OF HEALTH OFFICERS TO UNITED 
STATES EMBASSIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 
AND THE CARIBBEAN. 
The Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, is authorized to ap-
point to the country team in each United States embassy 
in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean a health officer 
to advise the United States Ambassador and assist in co-
ordination of the effort to combat HIV/AIDS with local 
governments.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $500,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2004 through 2008. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) 
are authorized to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AIDS.—The term ‘‘AIDS’’ means acquired 
immune deficiency syndrome. 
(2) CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES.—The term ‘‘Carib-
bean countries’’ means the countries described in 
section 212(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Re-
covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2702(b)). 
(3) HIV.—The term ‘‘HIV’’ means the human 
immunodeficiency virus, the pathogen that causes 
AIDS. 
(4) HIV/AIDS.—The term ‘‘HIV/AIDS’’ means, with 
respect to an individual, an individual who is infected with 
HIV or living with AIDS. 
(5) COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.—The 
term ‘‘countries in sub-Saharan Africa’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 107 of the Afri-
can Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3706).
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to enhance 
a cooperative management framework to assist the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania, its units of local government, 
and area citizens in conserving, enhancing, and inter-
preting the significant features of the lands, water, and 
structures of the Oil Region, in a manner consistent with 
compatible economic development for the benefit and in-
spiration of present and future generations in the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States. 
SEC. 3. OIL REGION NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Oil Region National Heritage Area. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Heritage 
Area shall include all of those lands depicted on a map 
entitled ‘‘Oil Region National Heritage Area’’, numbered 
OIRE/20,000 and dated October, 2000. The map shall be 
on file in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service. The Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the 
Federal Register, as soon as practical after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, a detailed description and map 
of the boundaries established under this subsection. 
(c) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The management entity 
for the Heritage Area shall be the Oil Heritage Region, 
Inc., the locally based private, nonprofit management cor-
than $25,000 for each day in which such violation occurs 
or such failure to comply continues. 
(b) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Any owner or operator 
of a chemical source that knowingly violates, or fails to 
comply with, any order issued shall—
(1) in the case of a first violation or failure to 
comply, be fined not less than $2,500 nor more than 
$25,000 per day of violation, imprisoned not more 
than 1 year, or both; and 
(2) in the case of a subsequent violation or fail-
ure to comply, be fined not more than $50,000 per 
day of violation, imprisoned not more than 2 years, 
or both. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.—
(1) PENALTY ORDERS.—If the amount of a civil 
penalty determined under subsection (a) does not ex-
ceed $125,000, the penalty may be assessed in an 
order issued by the Administrator. 
(2) NOTICE AND HEARING.—Before issuing an 
order described in paragraph (1), the Administrator 
shall provide to the person against which the penalty 
is to be assessed—
(A) written notice of the proposed order; 
and
(B) the opportunity to request, not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the notice 
is received by the person, a hearing on the pro-
posed order. 
SEC. 10. NO EFFECT ON REQUIREMENTS UNDER OTHER 
LAW. 
Nothing in this Act affects any duty or other require-
ment imposed under any other Federal or State law. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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‘‘(6) other issues the Secretary deems appro-
priate. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—
‘‘(1) LEAD OFFICIAL.—The Secretary shall des-
ignate one official in the Department of Health and 
Human Services to oversee the campaign established 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) AGENCY
COORDINATION.—The Secretary 
shall ensure the involvement in the public awareness 
campaign under this section of the Surgeon General 
of the Public Health Service, the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 
such other representatives of offices and agencies of 
the Department of Health and Human Services as 
the Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(d) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—In designing 
the public awareness campaign under this section, the Sec-
retary shall take into account the need to reach under-
served populations who are disproportionately under-treat-
ed for pain. 
‘‘(e) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—The Secretary may 
make awards of grants, cooperative agreements, and con-
tracts to public agencies and private non-profit organiza-
tions to assist with the development and implementation 
of the public awareness campaign under this section.
‘‘(B) The term ‘comprehensive multidisciplinary 
pain management program’ means an inpatient or 
outpatient health care facility or program that—
‘‘(i) provides at least medical, nursing, 
mental 
health, 
and 
rehabilitation 
services 
through licensed health care professionals; 
‘‘(ii) provides or arranges for the provision 
of inpatient and outpatient hospital and reha-
bilitation facility services, drugs, devices, and 
other items and services required for the treat-
ment of chronic pain; 
‘‘(iii) provides ongoing patient and profes-
sional education for pain management; 
‘‘(iv) is accredited as a comprehensive pain 
management program by an accrediting organi-
zation approved by the Secretary, including the 
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of 
Health Care Organizations or the Rehabilita-
tion Accreditation Commission; and 
‘‘(v) is directed by 1 or more physicians 
credentialed in pain medicine, or, where appro-
priate, dentistry, by a board or boards approved 
by the Secretary, which shall include the Amer-
ican Board of Pain Medicine and boards recog-
‘‘§ 1951. Interference with commerce by threats or vi-
olence 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), whoever in any way or degree obstructs, 
delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article 
or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion, or at-
tempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens 
physical violence to any person or property in furtherance 
of a plan or purpose to do anything in violation of this 
section, shall be fined not more than $100,000, imprisoned 
for a term of not more than 20 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘commerce’ means any— 
‘‘(A) commerce within the District of Co-
lumbia, or any territory or possession of the 
United States; 
‘‘(B) commerce between any point in a 
State, territory, possession, or the District of 
Columbia and any point outside thereof; 
‘‘(C) commerce between points within the 
same State through any place outside that 
State; and 
‘‘(D) other commerce over which the 
United States has jurisdiction;
‘‘(2) the term ‘extortion’ means the obtaining of 
property from any person, with the consent of that 
person, if that consent is induced— 
‘‘(A) by actual or threatened use of force 
or violence, or fear thereof; 
‘‘(B) by wrongful use of fear not involving 
force or violence; or 
‘‘(C) under color of official right; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘labor dispute’ has the same 
meaning as in section 2(9) of the National Labor 
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(9)); and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘robbery’ means the unlawful tak-
ing or obtaining of personal property from the per-
son or in the presence of another, against his or her 
will, by means of actual or threatened force or vio-
lence, or fear of injury, immediate or future— 
‘‘(A) to his or her person or property, or 
property in his or her custody or possession; or 
‘‘(B) to the person or property of a relative 
or member of his or her family, or of anyone in 
his or her company at the time of the taking or 
obtaining. 
‘‘(c) EXEMPTED CONDUCT.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) does not 
apply to any conduct that—