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Calendar No. 395
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1366
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 11, 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
MAY 23, 2002
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office building located
at 3101 West Sunflower Avenue in Santa Ana, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Hector G. Godinez 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 OF HECTOR G. GODINEZ POST
OFFICE BUILDING.
The United States Post Office building located at
3101 West Sunflower Avenue in Santa Ana, California,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Hector G. Godinez
Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, regulation, map, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States Post Office building referred to in section 1 shall
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Hector G. Godinez
Post Office Building’’.
Calendar No. 395
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1366
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office building
located at 3101 West Sunflower Avenue in Santa
Ana, California, as the ‘‘Hector G. Godinez Post
Office Building’’.
MAY 23, 2002
Reported without amendment
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Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966,
as amended by this section; or
(2) renewed after the end of the 3-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) DEADLINE
FOR REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING
STANDARDIZED CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall issue regulations under section
5(c) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administra-
tion Act of 1966, as amended by this section, by not later
than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(d) COMPREHENSIVE
CONSERVATION
PLAN
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 4(e) of the National Wildlife Ref-
uge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) The Secretary shall include, in the comprehen-
sive conservation plan for each refuge under this sub-
section, a description of the activities that may be con-
ducted in the refuge, and the lands, waters, and facilities
of the refuge that may be used, under concession contracts
awarded under section 5(a).’’.
(e) PRIOR AMENDMENTS NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing
in this section shall be construed to affect any amendment
made by section 6 of the National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as in effect before the enact-
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1368
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove the requirement
of a mandatory beginning date for distributions from individual retire-
ment plans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 3, 2001
Mr. SAXTON 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 remove
the requirement of a mandatory beginning date for dis-
tributions from individual retirement plans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF REQUIREMENT OF MANDATORY
BEGINNING DATE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS FROM
INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (6) of section 408(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to indi-
vidual retirement account) and paragraph (3) of section
408(b) of such Code (relating to individual retirement an-
nuity) are each amended by inserting ‘‘(other than sub-
paragraph (A) thereof)’’ after ‘‘section 401(a)(9)’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1369
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a three-fifths
majority vote in the House of Representatives or Senate to waive the
point of order against considering spending or revenue legislation for
a fiscal year before a concurrent resolution on the budget is in place
for that fiscal year, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 3, 2001
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. MOORE, Mr. HILL, Mr. JOHN,
Mr. BOYD, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TURNER,
Mr. ROSS, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, and Mr. BISHOP) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require
a three-fifths majority vote in the House of Representa-
tives or Senate to waive the point of order against con-
sidering spending or revenue legislation for a fiscal year
before a concurrent resolution on the budget is in place
for that fiscal year, 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 ‘‘Budget First Act’’.
SEC. 2. SUPER-MAJORITY REQUIRED TO WAIVE SECTION
303.
Section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
is amended as follows:
(1) In subsection (c)(1), insert ‘‘303(a),’’ after
‘‘Sections’’.
(2) In subsection (d)(2), insert ‘‘303(a),’’ after
‘‘sections’’.
SEC. 3. RULE WAIVING SECTION 303 IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.
Clause 6(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking the period at
the end of subparagraph (2) and inserting a semicolon and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(3) a rule or order proposing that section
303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 be
waived by a vote of less than three-fifths of the
Members voting, a quorum being present.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 136
To amend section 8339(p) of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the
method for computing certain annuities under the Civil Service Retire-
ment System which are based (in whole or in part) on part-time service,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. THOMAS M. DAVIS of Virginia, Mr.
GILMAN, Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. WYNN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform
A BILL
To amend section 8339(p) of title 5, United States Code,
to clarify the method for computing certain annuities
under the Civil Service Retirement System which are
based (in whole or in part) on part-time service, 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. COMPUTATION OF CERTAIN ANNUITIES BASED
ON PART-TIME SERVICE.
Section 8339(p) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) In the administration of paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) subparagraph (A) of such paragraph
shall apply with respect to any service per-
formed on a part-time basis before, on, or after
April 7, 1986;
‘‘(B) subparagraph (B) of such paragraph
shall apply with respect to all service performed
on or after April 7, 1986 (whether on a part-
time basis or otherwise); and
‘‘(C) any service performed on a part-time
basis before April 7, 1986, shall be credited as
service performed on a full-time basis.’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the amendment made by this Act shall apply only with
respect to an annuity entitlement to which is based on a
separation occurring on or after the date of enactment of
this Act.
(b) RECOMPUTATION OF CERTAIN ANNUITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any individual
who—
(A) before April 7, 1986, performed any
service creditable under subchapter III of chap-
ter 83 of title 5, United States Code, and
(B) was separated from the service on or
after April 7, 1986, and before the date of en-
actment of this Act,
any annuity under subchapter III of chapter 83 of
title 5, United States Code (or under chapter 84 of
such title 5, to the extent of any portion of such an-
nuity which is computed under subchapter III of
such chapter 83) based on the service of such indi-
vidual shall be recomputed to take into account the
amendment made by this Act, if application therefor
is made within 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
(2) AMOUNTS
TO
WHICH
APPLICABLE.—Any
change in an annuity resulting from a recomputation
under paragraph (1) shall be effective with respect
to amounts accruing for months beginning after the
date on which application for such recomputation is
made.
(c) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Office of Personnel
Management shall take such action as may be nec-
essary and appropriate to inform individuals entitled
to have any annuity recomputed under subsection
(b) of their entitlement to such recomputation.
ment of this Act, or any provision of law amended by such
section.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
CONCESSIONS.
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The National Wild-
life Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘SEC. 7. ANNUAL REPORT ON CONCESSION ACTIVITIES IN
THE SYSTEM.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit by
December 31 each year, to the Committee on Resources
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate, a report
on concessions activities conducted in the System.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report under this section
shall describe the following with respect to the period cov-
ered by the report:
‘‘(1) The number of refuge units in which con-
cessions activities were conducted.
‘‘(2) The names and descriptions of services of-
fered in the System by each concessionaire.
‘‘(3) A listing of the different types of legal ar-
rangements under which concessionaires operated in
the System, including contracts, memoranda of un-
‘‘(3) Regulations under this subsection shall require in
each contract provisions that require that any activity con-
ducted in the System under the contract—
‘‘(A) must be a compatible use; and
‘‘(B) must be designed to—
‘‘(i) conserve the natural and cultural re-
sources of the System;
‘‘(ii) facilitate the enjoyment of the lands
and waters of the System by visitors to the Sys-
tem; and
‘‘(iii) enhance the such visitors’ knowledge
of the natural resources of the System.
‘‘(d) MAINTENANCE
AND
REPAIR.—(1) Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall in-
clude, in each contract that authorizes a person to use any
land or water in the System for any activity described in
subsection (b), provisions that—
‘‘(A) authorize the person to maintain or repair
any improvement on or in such land or water that
the person is authorized to use for such activity; and
‘‘(B) treat costs incurred by the person for such
maintenance or repair as consideration otherwise re-
quired to be paid to the United States for such use.
‘‘(2) This subsection does not authorize any mainte-
nance or repair that is not directly related to an activity
derstanding, permits, letters of agreement, and other
arrangements.
‘‘(4) Amounts of fees or other payments re-
ceived by the United States with respect to such ac-
tivities from each concessionaire, and the portion of
such funds expended for purposes under this Act.
‘‘(5) An accounting of the amount of monies
deposited into the fund established by section 401 of
the Act of June 15, 1935 (chapter 261; 16 U.S.C.
715s), popularly known as the refuge revenue shar-
ing fund, and of the balance remaining in the fund
at the end of the reporting period.
‘‘(6) A listing of all concession contracts and
other arrangements that were terminated or not re-
newed within the reporting period.
‘‘(7) A summary of all improvements in visitor
services in the System that were completed by con-
cessionaires and volunteers during the reporting pe-
riod.
‘‘(8) A summary of all backlogged repair and
maintenance, facility enhancement, and resource
preservation projects completed by concessionaires
and volunteers during the reporting period.’’.
(b) DEADLINE FOR FIRST REPORT.—The Secretary
of the Interior shall submit the first report under the
amendment made by subsecton (a) by not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1370
AN ACT
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Ad-
ministration Act of 1966 to establish require-
ments for the award of concessions in the Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge System, to provide for
maintenance and repair of properties located in
the System by concessionaires authorized to use
such properties, and for other purposes.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1370
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for maintenance
and repair of buildings and properties located on lands in the National
Wildlife Refuge System by lessees of such facilities, and for other pur-
poses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 3, 2001
Mr. SOUDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administra-
tion Act of 1966 to authorize the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to provide for maintenance and repair of buildings
and properties located on lands in the National Wildlife
Refuge System by lessees of such facilities, 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. LEASES, PERMITS, AND CONTRACTS FOR
BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND PROPERTIES IN
THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Wildlife Refuge
System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et
seq.) is amended by—
(1) striking section 6 (relating to amendments
to other laws, which have executed);
(2) redesignating section 5 (16 U.S.C. 668ee)
as section 6; and
(3) inserting after section 4 the following:
‘‘SEC. 5. LEASES, PERMITS, AND CONTRACTS FOR BUILD-
INGS, FACILITIES, AND PROPERTIES IN NA-
TIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary may include, in
any agreement, lease, permit, or contract granted by the
Secretary that authorizes a person to use land or water
in the System for purposes of providing accommodations,
facilities, or services to visitors to an area in the System,
provisions that—
‘‘(1) authorize the person to maintain or repair
any improvement on or in such land or water that
the person is authorized to use for such purposes;
and
‘‘(2) treat costs incurred by the person for such
maintenance or repair as consideration otherwise re-
quired to be paid to the United States for such use.
‘‘(b) EXPENDITURE
OF FEES
AND OTHER PAY-
MENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts received by the
United States as fees or other payments required
under any agreement, lease, permit, or contract for
use of real property located in an area in the System
shall be available to the Secretary for expenditure in
accordance with this subsection, without further ap-
propriation, to increase the quality of the visitor ex-
perience and enhance the protection of resources.
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED
USES.—Amounts available
for expenditure under this section may only be used
for the area, site, or project concerned for the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(A) Backlogged repair and maintenance
projects (including projects relating to health
and safety).
‘‘(B) Interpretation, signage, habitat, or
facility enhancement.
‘‘(C) Resource preservation.
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‘‘(B) to increase the quality of the visitor expe-
rience; and
‘‘(C) for purposes of—
‘‘(i) backlogged repair and maintenance
projects (including projects relating to health
and safety);
‘‘(ii) interpretation, signage, habitat, or fa-
cility enhancement;
‘‘(iii) resource protection and preservation;
or
‘‘(iv) administration of agreements, leases,
permits, and contracts from which such
amounts are derived.
‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not affect the application
of the Act of June 15, 1935 (chapter 261; 16 U.S.C.
715s), commonly referred to as the Refuge Revenue Shar-
ing Act, to amounts referred to in paragraph (1) that are
not expended by the Secretary under paragraph (1).’’.
(b) APPLICATION.—Section 5(a) of the National
Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as
amended by this section, shall apply only with respect to
a concession that is—
(1) first awarded after the date of the publica-
tion of regulations under section 5(c) of the National
‘‘(D) Annual operation (including fee col-
lection), maintenance, and law enforcement re-
lating to public use.
‘‘(3) REFUGE
REVENUE
SHARING
ACT
OF
1935.—Paragraph (1) shall not affect the application
of the Act of June 15, 1935 (chapter 261; 16 U.S.C.
715s), commonly referred to as the Refuge Revenue
Sharing Act, to amounts referred to in paragraph
(1) that are not expended by the Secretary under
paragraph (1).’’.
(b) PRIOR AMENDMENTS NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing
in this section shall be construed to affect any amendment
made by section 6 of the National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as in effect before the enact-
ment of this Act, or any provision of law amended by such
section.
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with the States, governing how to obtain the baseline data
described in subsection (b)(3).
(j) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—To carry out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) CHILD
WELFARE
SERVICES.—The term
‘‘child welfare services’’ has the meaning given the
term in section 425 of the Social Security Act.
(2) CHILD
WELFARE
AGENCY.—The term
‘‘child welfare agency’’ means the State agency re-
sponsible for administering subpart 1 of part B of
title IV of the Social Security Act and any public or
private agency under contract with the State agency
to provide child welfare services.
(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act.
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965.
Union Calendar No. 270
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1370
[Report No. 107–455]
A BILL
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Ad-
ministration Act of 1966 to authorize the Sec-
retary of the Interior to provide for maintenance
and repair of buildings and properties located on
lands in the National Wildlife Refuge System by
lessees of such facilities, and for other purposes.
MAY 14, 2002
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1372
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
APRIL 3, 2001
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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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1373
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
310 South State Street in St. Ignace, Michigan, as the ‘‘Robert W.
Davis Post Office Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 3, 2001
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 310 South State Street in St. Ignace, Michi-
gan, as the ‘‘Robert W. Davis 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. ROBERT W. DAVIS POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 310 South State Street in St.
Ignace, Michigan, shall be known and designated as the
‘‘Robert W. Davis Post Office Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
in order to conserve wildlife, fisheries, public recreation,
open space, and other important conservation values
where consistent with the continuation of traditional uses
of those lands by private landowners.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COOPERATIVE LAND-
SCAPE PROTECTION PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall establish and carry out a program, to be known as
the Cooperative Landscape Conservation Program, under
which the Secretary, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, shall provide grants to eligible entities to provide
the Federal share of the cost of acquiring permanent con-
servation easements on private lands that provide impor-
tant wildlife, fisheries, public recreation, open space, or
other conservation benefits to the public, for the purpose
of preventing the loss of those benefits due to development
that is inconsistent with the traditional uses of the land.
(b) APPLICATION FOR EASEMENTS.—To request a
grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit
an application that—
(1) describes the property that will be subject
to the easement and the conservation benefits that
will result from acquiring the easement; and
(2) demonstrates how the traditional use of the
property will be maintained.