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Union Calendar No. 240
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 912
[Report No. 108–418] 
To authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration to establish an awards program in honor of Charles ‘‘Pete’’ 
Conrad, astronaut and space scientist, for recognizing the discoveries 
made by amateur astronomers of asteroids with near-Earth orbit trajec-
tories. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2003
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science 
FEBRUARY 11, 2004
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 25, 2003] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration to establish an awards pro-
gram in honor of Charles ‘‘Pete’’ Conrad, astronaut and 
space scientist, for recognizing the discoveries made by 
amateur astronomers of asteroids with near-Earth orbit 
trajectories.
SEC. 3. PETE CONRAD ASTRONOMY AWARD PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish 
the Charles ‘‘Pete’’ Conrad Astronomy Awards Program. 
(b) AWARDS.—The Administrator shall make awards 
under the Program based on the recommendations of the 
Minor Planet Center. 
(c) AWARD CATEGORIES.—The Administrator shall 
make one annual award, unless there are no eligible discov-
eries or contributions, for each of the following categories: 
(1) The amateur astronomer or group of amateur 
astronomers who in the preceding calendar year dis-
covered the intrinsically brightest near-Earth asteroid 
among the near-Earth asteroids that were discovered 
during that year by amateur astronomers or groups 
of amateur astronomers. 
(2) The amateur astronomer or group of amateur 
astronomers who made the greatest contribution to the 
Minor Planet Center’s mission of cataloguing near-
Earth asteroids during the preceding year. 
(d) AWARD AMOUNT.—An award under the Program 
shall be in the amount of $3,000. 
(e) GUIDELINES.—(1) No individual who is not a cit-
izen or permanent resident of the United States at the time 
of his discovery or contribution may receive an award 
under this Act.
(2) The decisions of the Administrator in making 
awards under this Act are final. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—From 
sums otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out this Act.
Union Calendar No. 240
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 912
[Report No. 108–418] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration to estab-
lish an awards program in honor of Charles 
‘‘Pete’’ Conrad, astronaut and space scientist, for 
recognizing the discoveries made by amateur as-
tronomers of asteroids with near-Earth orbit tra-
jectories. 
FEBRUARY 11, 2004
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 914
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives 
for investing in companies involved in space-related activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2003
Mr. ROHRABACHER 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 
tax incentives for investing in companies involved in 
space-related activities.
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 ‘‘Zero Gravity, Zero 
Tax Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF SPACE-RELATED INCOME FROM 
GROSS INCOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
items specifically excluded from gross income) is amended
by redesignating section 140 as section 140A and insert-
ing after section 139 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 140. SPACE-RELATED INCOME. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Gross income shall not in-
clude space-related income. 
‘‘(b) SPACE-RELATED INCOME.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘space-related income’ means—
‘‘(A) income derived from the sale by the 
taxpayer to an unrelated person of—
‘‘(i) any product or article which is 
produced by the taxpayer in outer space, 
and 
‘‘(ii) any service provided by the tax-
payer in or from outer space, 
‘‘(B) income of an individual attributable 
to services performed in or from outer space by 
such individual in a trade or business, and 
‘‘(C) any amount not described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) which is interest, rent, roy-
alty, or similar amount received with respect to 
production or service described in subparagraph 
(A) or (B).
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICES, ETC.—Paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall not 
apply to—
‘‘(A) any telecommunications service pro-
vided from earth orbit, 
‘‘(B) any service provided by a weather or 
other earth observation satellite, and 
‘‘(C) any other service provided on or be-
fore the date of the enactment of this section of 
transporting property to or from outer space. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR WAGES.—Paragraph (1) 
shall not apply to wages (as defined in section 3401) 
received by any employee of an employer. 
‘‘(4) PROPORTIONAL
ALLOCATION
BETWEEN 
SPACE-BASED
AND
EARTH-BASED
ACTIVITIES.—In 
the case of any product or article which is produced 
partly in space, space-related income shall be an 
amount which bears the same ratio to the amount 
of gross income attributable to the sale of such prod-
uct or article as the expenses attributable to pro-
ducing such product or article in space bears to the 
total expenses incurred in producing such product or 
article. 
‘‘(5) PRODUCED.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘produced’ includes created, fabricated, de-
provide services to such individuals in a cul-
turally competent manner; 
‘‘(D) developing model practices for patient 
navigators, including with respect to—
‘‘(i) coordination of health services, 
including 
psychosocial 
assessment 
and 
care; 
‘‘(ii) appropriate follow-up care, in-
cluding psychosocial assessment and care; 
‘‘(iii) 
determining 
coverage 
under 
health insurance and health plans for all 
services; 
‘‘(iv) ensuring the initiation, continu-
ation and/or sustained access to care pre-
scribed by the patients’ health care pro-
viders; and 
‘‘(v) aiding patients with health insur-
ance coverage issues; 
‘‘(E) requiring training for patient naviga-
tors to ensure the ability of navigators to per-
form all of the duties required in this sub-
section and in subsection (a), including training 
to ensure that navigators are informed about 
health insurance systems and are able to aid 
patients in resolving access issues; and
premier certified lender designated by the Ad-
ministrator as a qualified high loss reserve PCL 
for such year. The Administrator shall not des-
ignate a company under the preceding sentence 
unless the Administrator determines that—
‘‘(i) the amount of the loss reserve of 
the company is not less than $100,000; 
‘‘(ii) the company has established and 
is utilizing an appropriate and effective 
process for analyzing the risk of loss associ-
ated with its portfolio of PCLP loans and 
for grading each PCLP loan made by the 
company on the basis of the risk of loss as-
sociated with such loan; and 
‘‘(iii) the company meets or exceeds 4 
or more of the specified risk management 
benchmarks as of the most recent assessment 
by the Administration or the Administra-
tion has issued a waiver with respect to the 
requirement of this clause. 
‘‘(G) SPECIFIED RISK MANAGEMENT BENCH-
MARKS.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘specified risk management benchmarks’ 
means the following rates, as determined by the 
Administrator:
‘‘(1) such corporation is organized exclusively 
for providing to unrelated persons—
‘‘(A) any product or article which is pro-
duced (within the meaning of section 140(b)(5)) 
by the corporation in outer space, or 
‘‘(B) any service provided by the corpora-
tion in or from outer space, and 
‘‘(2) At least 90 percent of the expenses of such 
corporation are attributable to the active conduct of 
a trade or business of providing a product, article, 
or service described in paragraph (1). 
Such term shall not include a corporation providing a serv-
ice, product, or article described in section 140(b)(2).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part I of subchapter P of such Code is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 1203. Exclusion for gains from sale or exchange of stock 
of qualified space corporations.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2003.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 916
To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to conduct or support research 
on the cloning of humans, and to express the sense of the Congress 
that other countries should establish substantially equivalent restrictions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2003
Mr. STEARNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Science, 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 prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to conduct 
or support research on the cloning of humans, and to 
express the sense of the Congress that other countries 
should establish substantially equivalent restrictions.
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 Re-
search Prohibition Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL 
FUNDS FOR RESEARCH ON CLONING HU-
MANS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds made available 
in any Federal law may be obligated or expended to con-
duct or support any project of research that includes the 
use of human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology to 
produce an oocyte that is undergoing cell division toward 
development of a fetus. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘human somatic cell nuclear trans-
fer’’ means transferring the nucleus of a human so-
matic cell into an oocyte from which the nucleus has 
been removed or rendered inert; and 
(2) the term ‘‘somatic cell’’ means a cell of an 
embryo, fetus, child, or adult which is not and will 
not become a sperm or egg cell. 
SEC. 3. REVIEW. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall enter into an agreement with the National Research 
Council for a review of the implementation of this Act. 
Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director shall transmit to the Congress 
a report containing the results of that review, including 
the conclusions of the National Research Council on—
(1) the impact that the implementation of this 
Act has had on research; and 
(2) 
recommendations 
for 
any 
appropriate 
changes to this Act. 
SEC. 4. PROTECTED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 
Nothing in this Act shall restrict other areas of sci-
entific research not specifically prohibited by this Act, in-
cluding important and promising work that involves—
(1) the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer or 
other cloning technologies to clone molecules, DNA, 
cells other than human embryo cells, or tissues; or 
(2) the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer 
techniques to create animals other than humans. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL 
PROHIBITION. 
It is the sense of the Congress that each foreign coun-
try should establish a prohibition substantially equivalent 
to the prohibition established in section 2(a).
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(C) AVAILABILITY.—Any amounts col-
lected by the Commission pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be available without further ap-
propriation to the Commission for the purpose 
of enforcing and administering this Act, includ-
ing the implementation and maintenance of 
such centralized system and hashed registries 
and the promotion of public awareness of the 
centralized system. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT BY THE COMMISSION.— 
(1) UNFAIR
OR
DECEPTIVE
ACTS
OR
PRAC-
TICES.—A violation of subsection (a) or (b) or a reg-
ulation promulgated under this Act shall be treated 
as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or decep-
tive act or practice under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the 
Federal 
Trade 
Commission 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
57a(a)(1)(B)). 
(2) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
enforce this section in the same manner, by the 
same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 
powers, and duties as though all applicable 
terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in-
corporated into and made a part of this Act. 
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South
Carolina, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Floyd
Spence 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 ‘‘Floyd Spence Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 26,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 917
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, two thousand and three
An Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1830 South
Lake Drive in Lexington, South Carolina, as the ‘‘Floyd Spence 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
1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South Carolina, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Floyd Spence 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 ‘‘Floyd Spence
Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 917
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South Carolina, as the ‘‘Floyd 
Spence Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2003
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, 
Mr. DEMINT, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. SPRATT, and Mr. 
CLYBURN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South 
Carolina, as the ‘‘Floyd Spence 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. FLOYD SPENCE POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1830 South Lake Drive in Lex-
ington, South Carolina, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Floyd Spence 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 Floyd Spence Post Of-
fice Building.
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IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 917
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 27, 2003
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 1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South 
Carolina, as the ‘‘Floyd Spence Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 917 RFS 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South 
Carolina, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Floyd 
Spence 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 ‘‘Floyd Spence Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 26, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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Calendar No. 154
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 917
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 27, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
JUNE 20, 2003
Reported by Ms. COLLINS, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South 
Carolina, as the ‘‘Floyd Spence 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 1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South 
Carolina, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Floyd 
Spence 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 ‘‘Floyd Spence Post Office Building’’.
Calendar No. 154
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 917
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 1830 South Lake Drive in 
Lexington, South Carolina, as the ‘‘Floyd Spence 
Post Office Building’’. 
JUNE 20, 2003
Reported without amendment
ice contract, the survivor shall submit to the covered 
provider a line separation request that— 
‘‘(A) verifies that an individual who uses a 
line under the shared mobile service contract 
has committed or allegedly committed a covered 
act against the survivor or an individual in the 
survivor’s care, by providing— 
‘‘(i) a copy of a signed affidavit from 
a licensed medical or mental health care 
provider, licensed military medical or men-
tal health care provider, licensed social 
worker, victim services provider, or licensed 
military victim services provider, or an em-
ployee of a court, acting within the scope 
of that person’s employment; or 
‘‘(ii) a copy of a police report, state-
ments provided by police, including mili-
tary police, to magistrates or judges, 
charging documents, protective or restrain-
ing orders, military protective orders, or 
any other official record that documents 
the covered act; 
‘‘(B) in the case of relief sought under 
subsection (b)(1)(A), with respect to—
formation as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
(5) EVALUATIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Indian Health Serv-
ice, shall, directly or through grants or con-
tracts, provide for evaluations to determine the 
effects of the services of patient navigators on 
the individuals of health disparity populations 
for whom the services were provided, taking 
into account the matters referred to in para-
graph (1)(C). 
(B) DISSEMINATION
OF
FINDINGS.—The 
Secretary shall as appropriate disseminate to 
public and private entities the findings made in 
evaluations under subparagraph (A). 
(6) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS.—
The Secretary shall coordinate the program under 
this subsection with the program under subsection 
(a) and with the program under section 417D. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FEES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A condition for the receipt 
of a grant under subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) is that 
the program for which the grant is made have in ef-
fect—
gress on the demonstration grant program under
this section at such intervals as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate.
‘‘(3) INTERIM
REPORTS
BY
GRANTEES.—The
Secretary may require grant recipients under this
section to submit interim reports on grant program
outcomes.
‘‘(i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall
not be construed to authorize funding for the delivery of
health care services (other than the patient navigator du-
ties listed in subsection (b)).
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible entity’ means a public
or nonprofit private health center (including a Fed-
erally qualified health center (as that term is defined
in section 1861(aa)(4) of the Social Security Act)),
a health facility operated by or pursuant to a con-
tract with the Indian Health Service, a hospital, a
cancer center, a rural health clinic, an academic
health center, or a nonprofit entity that enters into
a partnership or coordinates referrals with such a
center, clinic, facility, or hospital to provide patient
navigator services.
‘‘(2) The term ‘health disparity population’
means a population that, as determined by the Sec-
retary, has a significant disparity in the overall rate
of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mor-
tality, or survival rates as compared to the health
status of the general population.
‘‘(3) The term ‘patient navigator’ means an in-
dividual who has completed a training program ap-
proved by the Secretary to perform the duties listed
in subsection (b).
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this section,
there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000
for fiscal year 2006, $5,000,000 for fiscal year
2007, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $6,500,000
for fiscal year 2009, and $3,500,000 for fiscal year
2010.
‘‘(2) 
AVAILABILITY.—The 
amounts 
appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain
available for obligation through the end of fiscal year
2010.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 5,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hometown Heroes 
Survivors Benefits Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FATAL HEART ATTACK OR STROKE ON DUTY PRE-
SUMED TO BE DEATH IN LINE OF DUTY FOR 
PURPOSES OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER SUR-
VIVOR BENEFITS. 
Section 1201 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) For purposes of this section, if a public safety 
officer dies as the direct and proximate result of a heart 
attack or stroke suffered while on duty or within 24 hours 
after participating in a training exercise or responding to 
an emergency situation, that officer shall be presumed to 
have died as the direct and proximate result of a personal 
injury sustained in the line of duty.’’. 
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY. 
Subsection (k) of section 1201 of such Act (as added 
by section 2) shall apply to deaths occurring on or after 
January 1, 2002.
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