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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1866
To reinstate and transfer a hydroelectric license under the Federal Power 
Act to permit the redevelopment of a hydroelectric project located in 
the State of New York, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2003
Mr. SWEENEY (for himself and Mr. MCNULTY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To reinstate and transfer a hydroelectric license under the 
Federal Power Act to permit the redevelopment of a 
hydroelectric project located in the State of New York, 
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. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that actions by the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission (FERC) leading to the ac-
ceptance and approval of the surrender of a hydroelectric 
license for Project No. 6032, including, but not limited 
to, the FERC’s failure to ensure, during the effective pe-
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riod of the issued hydroelectric license, that the project’s 
facilities were adequately maintained and operated, pre-
vented the project from generating electricity and thereby 
wasted the hydraulic potential of waters of the United 
States. 
SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT AND TRANSFER. 
(a) REINSTATEMENT AND TRANSFER OF FEDERAL 
LICENSE
FOR PROJECT NUMBERED 6032.—Notwith-
standing section 8 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
801) or any other provision thereof the FERC is directed 
to reinstate the license for Project No. 6032 and to trans-
fer the license, without delay or the institution of any pro-
ceedings, to any prior licensee for Project No. 6032 who 
has not been ordered by the New York Public Service 
Commission to divest its generation facilities, with a li-
cense term of fifty years running from the date of trans-
fer, within 30 days of enactment of this Act. All deadlines 
established under the license, including without limitation 
the deadlines for acquisition of project property and for 
commencement of construction, shall run from the date 
of transfer. 
(b) HYDROELECTRIC
INCENTIVES.—Project No. 
6032 shall be entitled to the full benefit of any legislation 
passed by Congress that promotes hydroelectric develop-
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ment within 2 years either before or after this Act’s effec-
tive date.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1867
To amend title 44, United States Code, to provide for the suspension of 
fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations by 
small business concerns. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2003
Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Busi-
ness, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to provide for the 
suspension of fines under certain circumstances for first-
time paperwork violations by small business concerns.
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 ‘‘Small Business Paper-
work Amnesty Act’’.
‘‘(3) for self and extended family.’’. 
(b) MEMBER OF EXTENDED FAMILY DEFINED.—
Section 8901 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (10), by strik-
ing the period at the end of paragraph (11) and inserting 
‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) ‘member of the extended family’ means, 
with respect to an employee or annuitant, any indi-
vidual who is—
‘‘(A) a member of the family of such em-
ployee or annuitant; or 
‘‘(B) a dependent parent of such employee 
or annuitant.’’. 
(c) TEST FOR DEPENDENCY OF A PARENT.—Para-
graph (9) of section 8901 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘(9)(A)’’, by 
inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon, and by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(B) ‘dependent’, in the case of any parent, 
means a parent who is at least 55 years of age at 
the time of enrollment and who satisfies such other 
tests of dependency as the Office shall by regulation 
prescribe based on section 152 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, but does not include an indi-
vidual who—
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1877
To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to make available 
to Federal employees the option of obtaining health benefits coverage 
for dependent parents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to 
make available to Federal employees the option of obtain-
ing health benefits coverage for dependent parents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NEW ENROLLMENT OPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 8905 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) An employee may enroll in an approved health 
benefits plan described by section 8903 or 8903a either—
‘‘(1) as an individual; 
‘‘(2) for self and family; or
‘‘(B) the carcass, part thereof, meat or 
meat food product bears a label that clearly in-
dicates that the livestock—
‘‘(i) grazed on land on which sewage 
sludge was applied; or 
‘‘(ii) consumed animal feed produced 
on land on which sewage sludge was ap-
plied; or 
‘‘(C) in the case of a carcass, part thereof, 
meat or meat food product generally offered for 
sale without labeling, a sign is posted within 
close proximity of the item to notify consumers 
that the livestock—
‘‘(i) grazed on land on which sewage 
sludge was applied; or 
‘‘(ii) consumed animal feed produced 
on land on which sewage sludge was ap-
plied.’’. 
(d) ADULTERATED FOOD UNDER POULTRY PROD-
UCTS INSPECTION ACT.—Section 4(g) of the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(g)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(7); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(9) effective one year after the date of the en-
actment of the Sewage Sludge in Food Production 
Consumer Notification Act of 2003, if it is derived 
from poultry that were raised, or that consumed ani-
mal feed produced, on land on which sewage sludge 
was applied, unless—
‘‘(A) the application of sewage sludge to 
the land terminated more than one year before 
the date on which the poultry began to be 
raised on the land or the date on which the pro-
duction of the animal feed on the land com-
menced; 
‘‘(B) the poultry product bears a label that 
clearly indicates that the poultry contained in 
the product—
‘‘(i) were raised on land on which sew-
age sludge was applied; or 
‘‘(ii) consumed animal feed produced 
on land on which sewage sludge was ap-
plied; or 
‘‘(C) in the case of a poultry product gen-
erally offered for sale without labeling, a sign is 
posted within close proximity of the item to no-
tify consumers that the poultry contained in the 
product—
‘‘(i) were raised on land on which sew-
age sludge was applied; or 
‘‘(ii) consumed animal feed produced 
on land on which sewage sludge was ap-
plied.’’. 
(e) RELATION TO NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM.—
Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this 
section shall be construed to modify the prohibition con-
tained in part 205 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, 
on the use of sewage sludge, including ash, grit, or 
screenings from the production of sewage sludge, in or-
ganic food production under the National Organic Pro-
gram of the Department of Agriculture.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1870
To amend section 1951 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known 
as the Hobbs Act), and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2003
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 1951 of title 18, United States Code 
(commonly known as the Hobbs Act), 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 ‘‘Freedom From Union 
Violence Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCE BY THREATS OR 
VIOLENCE. 
Section 1951 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) is incidental to otherwise peaceful 
picketing during the course of a labor dispute; 
‘‘(B) consists solely of minor bodily injury, 
or minor damage to property, or threat or fear 
of such minor injury or damage; and 
‘‘(C) is not part of a pattern of violent con-
duct or of coordinated violent activity. 
‘‘(2) STATE
AND
LOCAL
JURISDICTION.—Any 
violation of this section that involves any conduct de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be subject to prosecu-
tion only by the appropriate State and local authori-
ties. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed— 
‘‘(1) to repeal, amend, or otherwise affect— 
‘‘(A) section 6 of the Clayton Act (15 
U.S.C. 17); 
‘‘(B) section 20 of the Clayton Act (29 
U.S.C. 52); 
‘‘(C) 
any 
provision 
of 
the 
Norris-
LaGuardia Act (29 U.S.C. 101 et seq.); 
‘‘(D) any provision of the National Labor 
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or 
‘‘(E) any provision of the Railway Labor 
Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or
‘‘(2) to preclude Federal jurisdiction over any 
violation of this section, on the basis that the con-
duct at issue— 
‘‘(A) is also a violation of State or local 
law; or 
‘‘(B) occurred during the course of a labor 
dispute or in pursuit of a legitimate business or 
labor objective.’’.
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V 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1872
For the relief of the heirs and assigns of Hattie Davis Rogers of the Nez 
Perce Indian Reservation, Idaho. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2003
Mr. OTTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of the heirs and assigns of Hattie Davis 
Rogers of the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Idaho.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PAYMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall pay, out of any money in the United States Treasury 
that is not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $108,000 
to the heirs and assigns of Hattie Davis Rogers who hold 
a title interest in Lot 1, Block 8, in Tolyaulkt’s Addition 
to the Town of Fort Lapwai.
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS.—The money ap-
propriated under subsection (a) shall be distributed to the 
heirs and assigns of Hattie Davis Rogers by the Northern 
Idaho Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in accord-
ance with the shares each of the heirs and assigns of Hat-
tie Davis Rogers holds in Lot 1, Block 8, in Tolyaulkt’s 
Addition to the Town of Fort Lapwai, Idaho. 
SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 
Acceptance of the payments made under section 1 by 
the heirs and assigns of Hattie Davis Rogers shall con-
stitute full satisfaction of all claims of the estate of Hattie 
Davis Rogers, her heirs and assigns, against the United 
States arising out of the loss of the use of Lot 1, Block 
8, in Tolyaulkt’s Addition to the Town of Fort Lapwai, 
Idaho, that is located on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation 
in the State of Idaho and was the subject of Brooks 
against Nez Perce County, Idaho, et al., Civ. 2–72–27 (D. 
ID. 1983), as a result of the acts or omissions of the 
United States. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON FEES. 
No more than 10 percent of the sums authorized to 
be paid under section 1 shall be paid to or received by 
any agent or attorney for services rendered in connection
with the recovery of such sums. Any person violating this 
section shall be fined not more than $1,000.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1873
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the deduction 
for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals be allowed 
in determining self-employment tax. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2003
Mr. MANZULLO (for himself and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) 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 
that the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-
employed individuals be allowed in determining self-em-
ployment tax.
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 ‘‘Self-Employed Health 
Care Affordability Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. SECA TAX DEDUCTION FOR HEALTH INSURANCE 
COSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (l) of section 162 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special 
rules for health insurance costs of self-employed individ-
uals) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and by redes-
ignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS HELD HARM-
LESS.—There are hereby appropriated (out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) for each fiscal 
year to each fund under the Social Security Act an amount 
equal to the reduction in the transfers to such fund for 
such fiscal year by reason of the amendment made by this 
section.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1876
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
to provide, in the case of an employee welfare benefit plan providing 
benefits in the event of disability, an exemption from preemption under 
such title for State tort actions to recover damages arising from the 
failure of the plan to timely provide such benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 to provide, in the case of an employee 
welfare benefit plan providing benefits in the event of 
disability, an exemption from preemption under such title 
for State tort actions to recover damages arising from 
the failure of the plan to timely provide such benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM ERISA PREEMPTION FOR 
STATE CAUSES OF ACTION IN TORT TO RE-
COVER DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE FAIL-
URE OF A PLAN PROVIDING BENEFITS IN THE 
EVENT OF DISABILITY TO TIMELY PROVIDE 
SUCH BENEFITS. 
Section 514(b) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1144(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (10); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) Subsection (a) shall not be construed to pre-
clude, in the case of an employee welfare benefit plan pro-
viding benefits in the event of disability, any cause of ac-
tion in tort under State law to recover damages arising 
from the failure of such plan to timely provide such bene-
fits.’’. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to failures occurring on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(i) is entitled to benefits under part A of 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act; or 
‘‘(ii) has adequate health benefits under 
another group health plan, as determined under 
such regulations;’’. 
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRIBU-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 8906(a) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) enrollments under this chapter for self and 
extended family.’’. 
(b) FIRST-YEAR RULE.—The Office of Personnel 
Management shall by regulation establish the method by 
which the provisions of section 8906 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to computation of Government con-
tributions, shall be applied in connection with coverage for 
self and extended family during the first year in which 
such coverage is provided.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 8902(e) by striking ‘‘exclusive of 
family members,’’ and inserting ‘‘exclusive of family 
members and dependent parents,’’; 
(2) in subsections (g), (j) and (k)(1) of section 
8902, section 8902a(a)(1)(B), and section 8903(1) 
by inserting ‘‘dependent parent,’’ after ‘‘family mem-
ber,’’ each place it appears; 
(3)(A) in section 8903(1) and the first sentence 
of section 8913(c) by inserting ‘‘dependent parents,’’ 
after ‘‘members of their families,’’; 
(B) in section 8903(3) by striking ‘‘and mem-
bers of their families,’’ and inserting ‘‘members of 
their families, and their dependent parents,’’; and 
(C) in section 8903a(b)(4) by striking ‘‘fami-
lies.’’ and inserting ‘‘families and their dependent 
parents.’’; 
(4) in subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 8905 
by inserting ‘‘or extended family’’ after ‘‘family’’; 
(5) in section 8905(e) by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The Office shall by regulation ensure 
that the purposes of this subsection continue to be 
carried after coverage for self and extended family 
becomes available under this chapter.’’;
(6) in section 8906(e)(1)(A) and the second 
sentence of 8913(c) by inserting ‘‘or dependent par-
ents’’ after ‘‘family’’; and 
(7) in section 8907(b) by inserting ‘‘or depend-
ent parents’’ after ‘‘family members’’ each place it 
appears. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to coverage during years beginning at least 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act.
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(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
individual’’ means an individual—
(A) who, as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, has attained 65 years of age and 
was eligible to enroll under part B of title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act, and 
(B) who at the time the individual first 
satisfied paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1836 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395o)—
(i) was not residing in a State (as de-
termined by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services for purposes of such sec-
tion 1836), and 
(ii) did not elect to enroll (or to be 
deemed enrolled) under section 1837 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p) 
during the individual’s initial enrollment 
period. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 410(5) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 610(5)), and includes the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
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 Eddie Mae Steward Post Office.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1879
To direct the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration to 
issue standards for the use of motorized skate boards. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the National Highway Transportation Safety Ad-
ministration to issue standards for the use of motorized 
skate boards.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MOTORIZED SKATE BOARDS. 
The National Highway Transportation Safety Ad-
ministration shall issue appropriate standards for the use 
of a skate board with handle bars, small front wheels, and 
a lawn mower engine to power it, to assure the safety of 
the operator of such a board and persons who come in 
contact with such a board when operated.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 187
To amend the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 
2000 to allow for the financing of agricultural sales to Cuba. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. SERRANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Inter-
national Relations and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhance-
ment Act of 2000 to allow for the financing of agricul-
tural sales to Cuba.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM 
AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2000. 
Section 908 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Ex-
port Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207) is 
amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b);
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘PROHIBITION’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ and 
inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as sub-
section (b) (and conforming the margin accord-
ingly); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as sub-
section (c) (and conforming the margin accord-
ingly); 
(3) in subsection (b) (as redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (c) (as redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.
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‘‘SEC. 2707. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR CER-
TAIN BREAST CANCER TREATMENT. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR MINIMUM HOSPITAL STAY 
FOLLOWING MASTECTOMY
OR LYMPH NODE DISSEC-
TION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A group health plan, and a 
health insurance issuer offering group health insur-
ance coverage, may not—
‘‘(A) except as provided in paragraph 
(2)—
‘‘(i) restrict benefits for any hospital 
length of stay in connection with a mastec-
tomy for the treatment of breast cancer to 
less than 48 hours, or 
‘‘(ii) restrict benefits for any hospital 
length of stay in connection with a lymph 
node dissection for the treatment of breast 
cancer to less than 24 hours, or 
‘‘(B) require that a provider obtain author-
ization from the plan or the issuer for pre-
scribing any length of stay required under sub-
paragraph (A) (without regard to paragraph 
(2)). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1)(A) shall not 
apply in connection with any group health plan or 
health insurance issuer in any case in which the de-
SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE NEED FOR AN 
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR REIM-
BURSEMENT OF THE COSTS OF HEALTH 
CARE COVERAGE FOR FOREIGN SENIOR CITI-
ZENS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the United States 
should enter into an international convention with respect 
to individuals aged 65 or older who live abroad under 
which the nation of which the individual is a citizen agrees 
to reimburse another nation in which the individual law-
fully resides for the costs of health care furnished to the 
individual while residing in that nation.
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