datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(I) a current subscriber to com-
mercial mobile services who has not 
provided express prior consent to a 
commercial mobile service provider to 
be included in a wireless directory as-
sistance service database; and 
‘‘(II) a new subscriber to com-
mercial mobile service who has exer-
cised the right contained in subpara-
graph (B)(ii) to decline or refuse to 
such inclusion.’’. 
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3557
To designate the United States courthouse located at 95 Seventh Street 
in San Francisco, California, as the ‘‘James R. Browning United States 
Courthouse’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2003
Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mr. COX, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. 
LANTOS, Ms. LOFGREN, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture 
A BILL 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 95 
Seventh Street in San Francisco, California, as the 
‘‘James R. Browning United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The United States courthouse located at 95 Seventh 
Street in San Francisco, California, shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘James R. Browning United States 
Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the United 
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the ‘‘James R. Browning United 
States Courthouse’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 355
To provide wage parity for certain Department of Defense prevailing rate 
employees in Alabama. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2003
Mr. EVERETT (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, and Mr. ROGERS of Ala-
bama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide wage parity for certain Department of Defense 
prevailing rate employees in Alabama.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. WAGE PARITY FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE EMPLOYEES IN ALABAMA. 
The wage schedules and rates applicable to prevailing 
rate employees (as defined in section 5342 of title 5, 
United States Code) of the Department of Defense in the 
Montgomery, Alabama, wage area shall be the same as 
the wage schedules and rates applicable to prevailing rate
employees of the Department of Defense in the Bir-
mingham, Alabama, wage area. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect beginning with the first pay 
period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2504 
AN ACT 
To ensure fair treatment in licensing requirements for the 
export of certain echinoderms. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3561
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery 
period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2003
Mr. SHAW 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 
a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain 
improvements to retail space.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RECOVERY PERIOD FOR DEPRECIATION OF 
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO RETAIL SPACE. 
(a) 10-YEAR
RECOVERY
PERIOD.—Subparagraph 
(D) of section 168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to 10-year property) is amended by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i), by striking the period at 
the end of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding 
at the end the following new clause:
‘‘(iii) any qualified retail improvement 
property.’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED RETAIL IMPROVEMENT PROPERTY.—
Subsection (e) of section 168 of such Code is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) QUALIFIED RETAIL IMPROVEMENT PROP-
ERTY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
retail improvement property’ means any im-
provement to an interior portion of a building 
which is nonresidential real property if—
‘‘(i) such portion is open to the gen-
eral public and is used in the trade or 
business of selling tangible personal prop-
erty or services to the general public; and 
‘‘(ii) such improvement is placed in 
service more than 3 years after the date 
the building was first placed in service. 
‘‘(B) CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS
NOT
IN-
CLUDED.—Such term shall not include any im-
provement for which the expenditure is attrib-
utable to—
‘‘(i) the enlargement of the building, 
‘‘(ii) any elevator or escalator, or
‘‘(iii) the internal structural frame-
work of the building.’’. 
(c) REQUIREMENT TO USE STRAIGHT LINE METH-
OD.—Paragraph (3) of section 168(b) of such Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(G) Qualified retail improvement property 
described in subsection (e)(6).’’. 
(d) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—The table contained in 
section 168(g)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to subparagraph (D)(ii) the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘(D)(iii) .................................................................................
10’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to qualified retail improvement 
property placed in service after September 11, 2004.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3565
To provide that a grantee may not receive the full amount of a block 
grant under the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program unless 
that grantee adopts a health standard establishing a legal presumption 
that heart, lung, and respiratory disease are occupational diseases for 
public safety officers and to provide that such diseases are presumed 
to be sustained in the performance of duty, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2003
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide that a grantee may not receive the full amount 
of a block grant under the Local Law Enforcement Block 
Grant program unless that grantee adopts a health 
standard establishing a legal presumption that heart, 
lung, and respiratory disease are occupational diseases 
for public safety officers and to provide that such dis-
eases are presumed to be sustained in the performance 
of duty, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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under the procedures that apply under subsection 
(h)(1)(A) to a provider of services that is dissatisfied 
with a determination by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) ENROLLMENT
PROCESS.—The Secretary 
shall provide for the establishment of the enrollment 
process under section 1866(j)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, as added by subsection (a)(2), within 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Section 1866(j)(1)(C) of 
the Social Security Act, as added by subsection 
(a)(2), shall apply with respect to changes in pro-
vider enrollment forms made on or after January 1, 
2004. 
(3) HEARING RIGHTS.—Section 1866(j)(2) of 
the Social Security Act, as added by subsection 
(a)(2), shall apply to denials occurring on or after 
such date (not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act) as the Secretary specifies. 
SEC. 237. PROCESS FOR CORRECTION OF MINOR ERRORS 
AND OMISSIONS WITHOUT PURSUING AP-
PEALS PROCESS. 
(a) CLAIMS.—The Secretary shall develop, in con-
sultation with appropriate medicare contractors (as de-
fined in section 1889(g) of the Social Security Act, as in-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 356
To nullify the effect of certain provisions of various Executive orders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2003
Mr. EVERETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To nullify the effect of certain provisions of various Executive 
orders.
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 ‘‘Terrorist Elimination 
Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that—
(1) past Presidents have issued Executive or-
ders which severely limit the use of the military 
when dealing with potential threats against the 
United States;
(2) these Executive orders limit the swift, sure, 
and precise action needed by the United States to 
protect our national security; 
(3) present strategy allows United States mili-
tary forces to bomb large targets hoping to eliminate 
a terrorist leader, but prevents the United States 
from designing a limited action which would specifi-
cally accomplish that purpose; 
(4) on several occasions the United States mili-
tary forces have been ordered to use a military 
strike hoping, in most cases unsuccessfully, to re-
move a terrorist leader who has committed crimes 
against the United States; 
(5) as the threat from terrorism grows, the 
United States must continue to investigate effective 
ways to combat the menace posed by those who 
would murder United States citizens simply to make 
a political point; and 
(6) actions by the United States Government to 
remove such persons is a remedy which should be 
used sparingly and considered only after all other 
reasonable options have failed or are not available; 
however, this is an option the United States must 
maintain for cases in which international threats 
cannot be eliminated by other means.
SEC. 3. NULLIFICATION OF EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROVI-
SIONS OF VARIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
Section 2.11 of Executive Order 12333, and any com-
parable provision contained in any other Executive order, 
regulation, or other order of a department or agency of 
the executive branch, whether issued before or after the 
enactment of this Act, shall have no force or effect.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3570
To prohibit the closure or realignment of inpatient services at the Aleda 
E. Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Saginaw, 
Michigan, as proposed under the Capital Asset Realignment for En-
hanced Services initiative. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2003
Mr. KILDEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the closure or realignment of inpatient services 
at the Aleda E. Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan, as proposed under 
the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services 
initiative.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CLOSURE OR REALIGNMENT 
OF INPATIENT SERVICES AT ALEDA E. LUTZ 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MED-
ICAL CENTER IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall not carry out 
the closure or realignment of inpatient services at the 
Aleda E. Lutz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center in Saginaw, Michigan, as proposed under the Cap-
ital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) 
initiative.
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(2) a reduction of tariff and nontariff barriers 
and other obstacles to trade between the countries of 
sub-Saharan African and the United States, with 
particular emphasis on reducing barriers to trade in 
emerging sectors of the economy that have the 
greatest potential for development; 
(3) development of sub-Saharan Africa’s phys-
ical and financial infrastructure; 
(4) international efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, 
malaria, tuberculosis, other infectious diseases, and 
serious public health problems; 
(5) the aims of the New Partnership for Afri-
can Development (NEPAD), which include—
(A) reducing poverty and increasing eco-
nomic growth; 
(B) promoting peace, democracy, security, 
and human rights; 
(C) promoting African integration by deep-
ening linkages between African countries and 
by accelerating Africa’s economic and political 
integration into the rest of the world; 
(D) attracting investment, debt relief, and 
development assistance; 
(E) promoting trade and economic diver-
sification;
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3571
To modify the boundary of the San Juan Island National Historical Park. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2003
Mr. LARSEN of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To modify the boundary of the San Juan Island National 
Historical Park.
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 ‘‘San Juan Island Na-
tional Historical Park Boundary Addition Act of 2003.’’
SEC. 2. ADDITION TO BOUNDARY OF PEAK. 
The first section of the Act of September 9, 1966 
(Public Law 89–565; 80 Stat 737; 16 U.S.C. 282a) is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘That the’’ and inserting the 
following:
‘‘SECTION 1. (a) The’’. 
(2) by adding after subsection (a) (as so redes-
ignated by paragraph (1)) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
acquire, by donation or exchange only, the property known 
as the Mitchell Hill, as generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘lllllllllllllllllll’, num-
bered llllll, and dated llllll. The map 
shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service.’’.
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(1) The economies of North Korea and South 
Korea are dramatically different. The 2002 per cap-
ita gross domestic product of North Korea is esti-
mated to be $762; in South Korea it is estimated to 
be $10,013. North Korea’s 2002 gross domestic 
product real growth rate is estimated at 1.2 percent, 
while South Korea’s is estimated at 6.3 percent. 
North Korea’s 2002 exports are estimated at 
$730,000,000, while South Korea’s are estimated at 
$162,000,000,000. 
(2) The health of the North Korean people as 
a whole is significantly worse than the health of the 
people of South Korea. UNICEF estimates the in-
fant mortality rate in 2001 in North Korea to be 42 
deaths per 1,000 live births, while in South Korea 
it is 5 deaths per 1,000 live births. The estimated 
life expectancy for babies born in 2002 is 3.5 years 
longer in South Korea than it is in North Korea. 
(3) Nearly 1 North Korean child in 10 suffers 
from acute malnutrition, and 4 out of every 10 chil-
dren are chronically malnourished, according to a 
United Nations-European Union survey in 2002. 
(4) The differences in the economic perform-
ance of North Korea and South Korea and the 
health of the people living in those countries cannot
be accounted for by differences in land area or nat-
ural resources. 
(5) The people of the Korean peninsula are un-
justly divided into 2 different countries, one of which 
offers its citizens freedom, prosperity, and hope for 
the future, and one of which oppresses its people 
and threatens them with imprisonment, starvation, 
and death. 
(6) The people of South Korea are able to exer-
cise their basic rights, and in doing so have impres-
sively created and sustained a peaceful, just, and 
prosperous society over the past 60 years. The peo-
ple of South Korea have maintained and are contin-
ually improving upon this success. 
(7) The people of North Korea deserve the 
same rights, freedom, and prosperity enjoyed by 
their relatives in South Korea, but the current Gov-
ernment of North Korea has denied them those 
rights by—
(A) forbidding the exercise of free speech 
and religion; 
(B) imprisoning citizens and their families 
in a system of prison and labor camps for exer-
cising basic rights;
applies to the corresponding rate of duty set forth in sub-
heading 8704.90.90 of such Schedule (as added by sub-
section (a)).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to the arti-
cles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consump-
tion, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON EXPENSING AND ECONOMIC IM-
PACT STUDY. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 19(b) of the Securities 
Act of 1933 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION
ON
EXPENSING
STAND-
ARDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
not recognize as ‘‘generally accepted’’ any ac-
counting principle established by a standard 
setting body relating to the expensing of stock 
options unless—
‘‘(i) it complies with the requirements 
of subparagraph (B); and 
‘‘(ii) the economic impact study re-
quired under section 3(b) of the Stock Op-
tion Accounting Reform Act of 2003 has 
been completed. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—A standard re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) shall require 
that—
‘‘(i) if an option to purchase the stock 
of an issuer that is subject to the require-
ments of section 13(m) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 is exercised, for-
feited, or expires unexercised, any expense
that had been reported under that section 
13(m) with respect to such option shall be 
reported in the fiscal year in which the op-
tion expires or is forfeited as a reduction 
of the total expense required to be reported 
under that section 13(m) during that fiscal 
year; and 
‘‘(ii) to the extent that any reduction 
required under clause (i) exceeds total op-
tion expenses for any fiscal year, such ex-
cess shall be reported as income with re-
spect to options to purchase the stock of 
the issuer.’’. 
(b) ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.—The Secretary of 
Commerce and the Secretary of Labor shall conduct and 
complete a joint study on the economic impact of the man-
datory expensing of all employee stock options, including 
the impact upon—
(1) the use of broad-based stock option plans in 
expanding employee corporate ownership to workers 
at a wide range of income levels, with particular 
focus upon non-executive employees; 
(2) the role of such plans in the recruitment 
and retention of skilled workers;
(3) the role of such plans in stimulating re-
search and innovation; 
(4) the effect of such plans in stimulating the 
economic growth of the United States; and 
(5) the role of such plans in strengthening the 
international competitiveness of businesses organized 
under the laws of the United States.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3575
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alternate release 
date for certain nonviolent offenders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2003
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. PAYNE, 
Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. BALLANCE, Mr. OWENS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. DAVIS of 
Illinois, Mr. CONYERS, and Ms. WATSON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alter-
nate release date for certain nonviolent offenders, 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 ‘‘Federal Prison Bureau 
Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT OF-
FENDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘at the early 
release date provided in subsection (g), if applicable, 
or otherwise’’ after ‘‘A prisoner shall be released by 
the Bureau of Prisons’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT 
OFFENDERS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to a good time pol-
icy, shall release from confinement a prisoner who has 
served one half or more of his term of imprisonment (in-
cluding any consecutive term or terms of imprisonment) 
if that prisoner—
‘‘(1) has attained the age of 45 years; 
‘‘(2) has never been convicted of a crime of vio-
lence; and 
‘‘(3) has not engaged in any violation, involving 
violent conduct, of institutional disciplinary regula-
tions.’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3576
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles 
for the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other 
agricultural use log handling equipment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2003
Mr. NUSSLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States to provide a new subheading for certain log for-
warders used as motor vehicles for the transport of goods 
for duty-free treatment consistent with other agricultural 
use log handling equipment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LOG FORWARDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 87 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended—
(1) by striking subheading 8704.90.00 and in-
serting in numerical sequence the following new sub-
headings and superior text thereto, with such supe-
rior text having the same degree of indentation as 
the article description for subheading 8704.90.00, as 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act:
‘‘
Other.
8704.90.10
Log Forwarders with cranes,
designed for off-highway use 
Free 
Free 
8704.90.90
Other ...........................................
25%
Free (A+, B, 
CA, D, E, IL, 
J) See 
9906.87.01 - 
9906.87.02 
(MX) 20% 
(JO) 
25%
’’; 
and 
(2) inserting in numerical sequence the fol-
lowing new subheading, with the article description 
having the same degree of indentation as the supe-
rior text to subheading 8708.99.52:
‘‘
8708.99.51
Parts of Log Forwarders 
Free 
Free 
’’; 
(b) STAGED RATE REDUCTIONS.—Any staged reduc-
tion of a rate of duty proclaimed by the President before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, that—
(1) would take effect on or after such date of 
enactment, and 
(2) would, but for the amendments made by 
subsection (a), apply to subheading 8704.90.00 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States,
the State or local governmental authority, shall waive the 
requirement of paragraph (1)(C) with respect to the 
project, thereby allowing the State or local governmental 
authority to carry out any pre-construction part of the 
project without regard to whether the Secretary has ap-
proved in advance the plans and specifications for that 
part. If a State or local governmental authority requests 
a waiver for a project under this paragraph, the agreed 
upon non-Federal share shall continue to apply through 
completion of the project.’’. 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY AND PROJECT SE-
LECTION. 
Section 182 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) paragraph (2) by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The application process for a 
new starts project approved for a full funding 
grant agreement under section 5309(g) of title 
49, shall serve jointly as an application for a se-
cured loan, line of credit, and loan guarantee 
under this subchapter.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end 
the following: