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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce
shall not be considered to have any obligation to pro-
mote or otherwise provide for the development of any
form of an economy not dependent on sealing on the
Pribilof Islands, Alaska, including any obligation
under section 206 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 1166) or section 3(c)(1)(A) of Public Law
104–91 (16 U.S.C. 1165 note).
(2) SAVINGS.—This subsection shall not affect
any cause of action under section 206 of the Fur Seal
Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1166) or section 3(c)(1)(A) of
Public Law 104–91 (16 U.S.C. 1165 note)—
(A) that arose before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and
(B) for which a judicial action is filed be-
fore the expiration of the 5-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to imply that—
(A) any obligation to promote or otherwise
provide for the development in the Pribilof Is-
lands of any form of an economy not dependent
on sealing was or was not established by section
206 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
1166), section 3(c)(1)(A) of Public Law 104–91
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(3) submits written medical documentation as
to having contracted a specified disease after begin-
ning employment under paragraph (1) and after be-
ginning being monitored or beginning work at a job
as specified under paragraph (2),
is authorized to receive $100,000, if the claim for payment
is filed with the Attorney General by or on behalf of the
Paducah employee and the Attorney General determines,
in accordance with section 305, that the claim meets the
requirements of this title.
SEC. 305. DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.
(a) FILING PROCEDURES.—The Attorney General
shall establish procedures under which an individual may
submit a claim for payment under this title.
(b) DETERMINATION.—
(1) In accordance with this subsection, the At-
torney General determines whether each claim filed
under this title meets the requirements of this title.
(2) The Attorney General shall—
(A) in consultation with the Surgeon Gen-
eral, establish guidelines for determining what
constitutes 
written 
medical 
documentation,
under section 304(3), that an individual con-
tracted a specified disease; and
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SEC. 107. COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY OR DEATH,
MEDICAL SERVICES, AND VOCATIONAL REHA-
BILITATION.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the following sections, and
subject to the availability of funds in the Energy Employ-
ees’ Compensation Fund, the United States is authorized
to—
(1) pay the compensation specified in sections
8105–8110, 8111(a), 8112–13, 8115, 8117, 8133–
8135, and 8146a(a) and (b) of title 5, United States
Code, for the disability or death from a covered ill-
ness, of a covered employee who was exposed to be-
ryllium while in the performance of duty as deter-
mined in accordance with section 106 of this title;
(2) furnish the services and other benefits spec-
ified in section 8103 of title 5, United States Code,
to a covered employee who sustains a covered illness
as a result of exposure to beryllium while in the per-
formance of duty as determined in accordance with
section 106 of this title; and
(3) direct a permanently disabled individual
whose disability is compensable under this title to
undergo vocational rehabilitation and shall provide
for furnishing vocational rehabilitation service pur-
tion, and the Secretary of Commerce, dated De-
cember 22, 1976.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the definitions set forth in section 101 of
the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1151) shall
apply to this section.
(2) NATIVES OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS.—For
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Natives of the
Pribilof Islands’’ includes the Tanadgusix Corpora-
tion, the St. George Tanaq Corporation, and the city
governments and tribal councils of St. Paul and St.
George, Alaska.
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Public Law 104–91 and the Fur Seal Act of 1966
are amended by—
(1) striking the heading for subsection (d) of sec-
tion 3 of Public Law 104–91; and
(2) moving and redesignating such subsection so
to appear as section 212 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966.
(b) Section 201 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
1161) is amended by striking ‘‘on such Islands’’ and insert
‘‘on such property’’.
(c) The Fur Seal Act of 1966 is amended by inserting
before title I the following:
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘Fur Seal Act of 1966’.’’.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 3 of Public Law 104–91 (16 U.S.C. 1165 note)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘1996, 1997,
and 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘2001, 2002, and 2003’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) LOW INTEREST LOAN PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) CAPITALIZATION OF REVOLVING FUND.—Of
amounts authorized under subsection (f) for each of
fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003, the Secretary may
provide to the State of Alaska up to $2,000,000 per
fiscal year to establish and capitalize a revolving
fund to be used by the State for loans under this sub-
section.
‘‘(2) LOW INTEREST LOANS.—The Secretary shall
require that any revolving fund established with
amounts provided under this subsection shall be used
only to provide low interest loans to Natives of the
Pribilof Islands to assess, respond, remediate, and
monitor contamination from lead paint, asbestos, and
petroleum from underground storage tanks that re-
sulted from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration of the Pribilof Islands under the Fur
Seal Act of 1966.
‘‘(3) NATIVES OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS DE-
FINED.—The definitions set forth in section 101 of the
Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1151) shall apply
to this section, except that the term ‘Natives of the
Pribilof Islands’ shall include the Tanadgusix and
Tanaq Corporations.’’.
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(3) INDIAN LANDS.—The term ‘‘Indian lands’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 203 of 
Public Law 91–378 (commonly known as the Youth 
Conservation Corps Act of 1970; 16 U.S.C. 1722). 
(4) PUBLIC
LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ 
means—
(A) land of the National Forest System (as 
defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))); 
(B) public lands (as defined in section 103 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)) and other land 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior 
through the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; 
(C) land owned by a State or local agency; 
(D) Indian lands, with the approval of the 
applicable Indian tribe; 
(E) Hawaiian home lands, with the ap-
proval of the applicable State agency in the 
State of Hawaii; and 
(F) land under the jurisdiction of an Alas-
ka Native Corporation, with the approval of the 
applicable Alaska Native Corporation.
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(5) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means—
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to land of the National Forest System de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4); 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public land described in subparagraph 
(B) of such paragraph; and 
(C) the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior jointly, with respect to 
land described in subparagraphs (C) through 
(F) of such paragraph. 
(6) SERVICE AND CONSERVATION CORPS.—The 
term ‘‘service and conservation corps’’ means any or-
ganization established by a State or local govern-
ment, nonprofit organization, or Indian tribe that—
(A) has a research-validated demonstrable 
capability to provide productive work to individ-
uals; 
(B) gives participants a combination of 
work experience, basic and life skills, education, 
training, and support services; and 
(C) provides participants with the oppor-
tunity to develop citizenship values through
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service to their communities and the United 
States. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means—
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
(D) Guam; 
(E) American Samoa; 
(F) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; 
(G) the Federated States of Micronesia; 
(H) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 
(I) the Republic of Palau; and 
(J) the United States Virgin Islands. 
(8) YOUNG ADULT.—The term ‘‘young adult’’ 
means an individual between 16 and 25 years of age. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 
2009.
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
(4) Understanding the effects of human activi-
ties and natural variability on the state of the ocean 
and coasts and the Nation’s socioeconomic well- 
being. 
(5) Measuring, explaining, and predicting envi-
ronmental changes. 
(6) Providing for the sustainable use, protec-
tion, and enjoyment of ocean and coastal resources. 
(7) Providing a scientific basis for implementa-
tion and refinement of ecosystem-based manage-
ment. 
(8) Educating the public about the role and im-
portance of the oceans in daily life. 
(9) Tracking and understanding climate change 
and the ocean’s and Great Lake’s roles in it. 
(10) Supplying important information to ma-
rine-related businesses such as marine transpor-
tation, aquaculture, fisheries, and offshore energy 
production. 
(b) SYSTEM ELEMENTS.—In order to fulfill the pur-
poses of this Act, the IOOS shall consist of the following 
program elements: 
(1) A national observation program to fulfill na-
tional priorities, including the Nation’s contribution 
to the Global Ocean Observing System.
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time periods for disqualification for noncommercial
motor vehicle violations be more stringent than those
for offenses or violations involving a commercial
motor vehicle. The Secretary shall determine such
periods based on the seriousness of the offenses on
which the convictions are based.’’; and
(3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection) by striking ‘‘(b)–(e)’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘(b) through
(g)’’.
(c) 
SERIOUS
TRAFFIC
VIOLATIONS.—Section
31301(12) of such title is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C);
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (G); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(D) driving a commercial motor vehicle when
the individual has not obtained a commercial driver’s
license;
‘‘(E) driving a commercial motor vehicle when
the individual does not have in his or her possession
a commercial driver’s license unless the individual
provides, by the date that the individual must ap-
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pear in court or pay any fine with respect to the ci-
tation, to the enforcement authority that issued the
citation proof that the individual held a valid com-
mercial driver’s license on the date of the citation;
‘‘(F) driving a commercial motor vehicle when
the individual has not met the minimum testing
standards—
‘‘(i) under section 31305(a)(3) for the spe-
cific class of vehicle the individual is operating;
or
‘‘(ii) under section 31305(a)(5) for the
type of cargo the vehicle is carrying; and’’.
(d) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
31305(b)(1) of such title is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘to operate the vehicle’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘to
operate the vehicle and has a commercial driver’s li-
cense to operate the vehicle’’.
SEC. 202. REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE PARTICIPATION.
(a) REQUESTS
FOR DRIVING RECORD INFORMA-
TION.—Section 31311(a)(6) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or renewing such a license’’
before the comma; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘commercial’’ the second place
it appears.
(b) 
RECORDING
OF
VIOLATIONS.—Section
31311(a)(8) of such title is amended by inserting before
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and the violation
that resulted in the disqualification, revocation, suspen-
sion, or cancellation shall be recorded’’.
(c) NOTIFICATION OF STATE OFFICIALS.—Section
31311(a)(9) of such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(9) If an individual violates a State or local
law on motor vehicle traffic control (except a park-
ing violation) and the individual—
‘‘(A) has a commercial driver’s license
issued by another State; or
‘‘(B) is operating a commercial vehicle
without a commercial driver’s license and has a
driver’s license issued by another State,
the State in which the violation occurred shall notify
a State official designated by the issuing State of
the violations not later than 10 days after the date
the individual is found to have committed the viola-
tion.’’.
(d) PROVISIONAL LICENSES.—Section 31311(a)(10)
of such title is amended—
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SECTION 1. FINDING.
Congress finds that Jaryd Atadero, a 3-year old boy
from Littleton, Colorado, was last seen the morning of Oc-
tober 2, 1999, 11⁄2 miles from the trailhead of the Big
South Trail in the Comanche Peak Wilderness Area of
Roosevelt National Forest.
SEC. 2. DEDICATION.
Congress dedicates the Big South Trail in the Co-
manche Peak Wilderness Area of Roosevelt National For-
est to Jaryd Atadero and his legacy of promoting safe out-
door recreation for children.
SEC. 3. SIGN.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall recognize the loss
of Jaryd Atadero and the need for increased awareness
of child safety in outdoor recreation settings by posting
an interpretive sign at the Big South Trail trailhead
that—
(1) describes consideration for safe outdoor
recreation with children;
(2) refers to the tragic loss of Jaryd Atadero to
underscore the need for such safety considerations;
(3) refers to the dedication by Congress of this
trail and safety message to the legacy of Jaryd
Atadero; and
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One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Motor Carrier
Safety Improvement Act of 1999’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Secretary defined.
Sec. 3. Findings.
Sec. 4. Purposes.
TITLE I—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 101. Establishment of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Sec. 102. Revenue aligned budget authority.
Sec. 103. Additional funding for motor carrier safety grant program.
Sec. 104. Motor carrier safety strategy.
Sec. 105. Commercial motor vehicle safety advisory committee.
Sec. 106. Saving provisions.
Sec. 107. Effective date.
TITLE II—COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER SAFETY
Sec. 201. Disqualifications.
Sec. 202. Requirements for State participation.
Sec. 203. State noncompliance.
Sec. 204. Checks before issuance of driver’s licenses.
Sec. 205. Registration enforcement.
Sec. 206. Delinquent payment of penalties.
Sec. 207. State cooperation in registration enforcement.
Sec. 208. Imminent hazard.
Sec. 209. Household goods amendments.
Sec. 210. New motor carrier entrant requirements.
Sec. 211. Certification of safety auditors.
Sec. 212. Commercial van rulemaking.
Sec. 213. 24-hour staffing of telephone hotline.
Sec. 214. CDL school bus endorsement.
Sec. 215. Medical certificate.
Sec. 216. Implementation of Inspector General recommendations.
Sec. 217. Periodic refiling of motor carrier identification reports.
Sec. 218. Border staffing standards.
Sec. 219. Foreign motor carrier penalties and disqualifications.
Sec. 220. Traffic law initiative.
Sec. 221. State-to-State notification of violations data.
Sec. 222. Minimum and maximum assessments.
Sec. 223. Motor carrier safety progress report.
Sec. 224. Study of commercial motor vehicle crash causation.
Sec. 225. Data collection and analysis.
Sec. 226. Drug test results study.
Sec. 227. Approval of agreements.
Sec. 228. DOT authority.
(2) The number of Federal and State commer-
cial motor vehicle and operator inspections is insuffi-
cient and civil penalties for violators must be utilized
to deter future violations.
(3) The Department of Transportation is fail-
ing to meet statutorily mandated deadlines for com-
pleting rulemaking proceedings on motor carrier
safety and, in some significant safety rulemaking
proceedings, including driver hours-of-service regula-
tions, extensive periods have elapsed without
progress toward resolution or implementation.
(4) Too few motor carriers undergo compliance
reviews and the Department’s data bases and infor-
mation systems require substantial improvement to
enhance the Department’s ability to target inspec-
tion and enforcement resources toward the most se-
rious safety problems and to improve States’ ability
to keep dangerous drivers off the roads.
(5) Additional safety inspectors and inspection
facilities are needed in international border areas to
ensure that commercial motor vehicles, drivers, and
carriers comply with United States safety standards.
(6) The Department should rigorously avoid
conflicts of interest in Federally funded research.
(7) Meaningful measures to improve safety
must be implemented expeditiously to prevent in-
creases in motor carrier crashes, injuries, and fatali-
ties.
(8) Proper use of Federal resources is essential
to the Department’s ability to improve its research,
rulemaking, oversight, and enforcement activities re-
lated to commercial motor vehicles, operators, and
carriers.
SEC. 4. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to improve the administration of the Fed-
eral motor carrier safety program and to establish a
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in the
Department of Transportation; and
(2) to reduce the number and severity of large-
truck involved crashes through more commercial
motor vehicle and operator inspections and motor
carrier compliance reviews, stronger enforcement
measures against violators, expedited completion of
rulemaking proceedings, scientifically sound re-
search, and effective commercial driver’s license test-
ing, recordkeeping and sanctions.
TITLE I—FEDERAL MOTOR CAR-
RIER 
SAFETY 
ADMINISTRA-
TION
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘§ 113. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Motor Carrier Safe-
ty Administration shall be an administration of the De-
partment of Transportation.
‘‘(b) SAFETY AS HIGHEST PRIORITY.—In carrying
out its duties, the Administration shall consider the as-
signment and maintenance of safety as the highest pri-
ority, recognizing the clear intent, encouragement, and
dedication of Congress to the furtherance of the highest
degree of safety in motor carrier transportation.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of the Administra-
tion shall be the Administrator who shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, and shall be an individual with professional experi-
ence in motor carrier safety. The Administrator shall re-
port directly to the Secretary of Transportation.
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(4) for not less than 1 year, includes a copy of
this Act and an image of Jaryd Atadero.
Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
‘‘(d) DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR.—The Administration
shall have a Deputy Administrator appointed by the Sec-
retary, with the approval of the President. The Deputy
Administrator shall carry out duties and powers pre-
scribed by the Administrator.
‘‘(e) CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER.—The Administration
shall have an Assistant Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-
ministrator appointed in the competitive service by the
Secretary, with the approval of the President. The Assist-
ant Administrator shall be the Chief Safety Officer of the
Administration. The Assistant Administrator shall carry
out the duties and powers prescribed by the Adminis-
trator.
‘‘(f) POWERS AND DUTIES.—The Administrator shall
carry out—
‘‘(1) duties and powers related to motor car-
riers or motor carrier safety vested in the Secretary
by chapters 5, 51, 55, 57, 59, 133 through 149,
311, 313, 315, and 317 and by section 18 of the
Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 4917; 86
Stat. 1249–1250); except as otherwise delegated by
the Secretary to any agency of the Department of
Transportation other than the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, as of October 8, 1999; and
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State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-
search grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the
total costs of the program or project which will be financed
with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal
funds for the project or program; and (3) percentage and
dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program
that will be financed by non-governmental sources.
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under
this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which
funds are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended
for any abortion.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act,
and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds
are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for
health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abor-
tion.
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the
package of services covered by a managed care provider
or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-
ment.
SEC. 509. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion—
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of
rape or incest; or
functions based on the recommendations of the National
Academy of Public Administration.
(b) Bureau of Indian Affairs employees in Central
Office West divisions that are moved due to the implemen-
tation of the National Academy of Public Administration
recommendations, who voluntarily resign or retire from
the Bureau of Indian Affairs on or before December 31,
1999, may receive, from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a
lump sum voluntary separation incentive payment that
shall be equal to the lesser of an amount equal to the
amount the employee would be entitled to receive under
section 5595(c) of title 5, United States Code, if the em-
ployee were entitled to payment under such section; or
$25,000.
(1) 
The 
voluntary 
separation 
incentive
payment—
(A) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(B) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employee.
(2) Employees receiving a voluntary separation
incentive payment and accepting employment with
the Federal Government within 5 years of the date
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‘‘§ 1100. Protection of social security surpluses
‘‘The budget of the United States Government sub-
mitted by the President under this chapter shall not rec-
ommend an on-budget deficit for any fiscal year covered
by that budget unless it includes proposed legislative lan-
guage for social security reform legislation as defined by
section 7(1) of the Social Security and Medicare Lock-box
Act of 2000.’’.
(2) The chapter analysis for chapter 11 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by inserting before the
item relating to section 1101 the following:
‘‘1100. Protection of Social Security Surpluses.’’.
(b) MEDICARE.—(1) Chapter 11 of subtitle II of title
31, United States Code, is amended by adding after sec-
tion 1100 the following:
‘‘§ 1100A. Protection of medicare surpluses
‘‘The budget of the United States Government sub-
mitted by the President under this chapter shall not rec-
ommend an on-budget surplus for any fiscal year that is
less than the projected surplus of the Federal Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year unless it in-
cludes proposed legislative language for medicare reform
legislation as defined by section 7(2) of the Social Security
and Medicare Lock-box Act of 2000 or social security re-
form legislation as defined by section 7(1) of that Act.’’.