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SEC. 4. CERTIFICATIONS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT CON-
TRIBUTIONS. 
(a) 
SUPPLEMENTAL
GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon such showing as the 
Executive Director may require to establish the basis 
for certification, the Executive Director shall, with 
respect to each eligible account holder, certify to the 
Secretary of the Treasury the supplemental amount 
with respect to such account holder. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
ACCOUNT
HOLDER.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible account 
holder’’ means an account holder of a KIDS Ac-
count who, for the last taxable year ending before 
such account holder’s certification under section 
3(b), has a modified adjusted gross income which is 
below the applicable national median adjusted gross 
income amount. 
(3) SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
Act, the term ‘‘supplemental amount’’ means 
$500. 
(B) INCOME PHASE-OUT.—With respect to 
any account holder who has a modified adjusted 
gross income for the last taxable year ending 
before such account holder’s certification under
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1318
AN ACT
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clin-
ic in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, as the ‘‘Thomas
P. Noonan, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Out-
patient Clinic’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic
in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Department of
Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the clinic
referred to in section 1 shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Department of
Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 13,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1318
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2004
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clin-
ic in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, as the ‘‘Thomas 
P. Noonan, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Out-
patient Clinic’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 1318 RFS 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic 
in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Department of 
Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the clinic 
referred to in section 1 shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to the ‘‘Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Department of 
Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 13, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
HR 1320 RFS 
quencies are allocated by the Commission for unlicensed, 
public safety, shared, or non-commercial use.
Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
SEC. 7. EXEMPTION FROM SEQUESTRATION.
The Spectrum Relocation Fund shall be exempt from
reduction under any order issued under section 254 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
SEC. 8. REPORT.
The National Telecommunications and Information
Administration shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and Energy and Commerce of
the House of Representatives and the Committees on Ap-
propriations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate on—
(1) the progress made in adhering to the
timelines applicable to relocation from eligible fre-
quencies required under section 118(d)(2)(A) of the
National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration Organization Act, separately stated on
a communication system-by-system basis and on an
auction-by-auction basis; and
(2) with respect to each relocated communica-
tion system and auction, a statement of the estimate
of relocation costs required under section 113(i)(4)
of such Act, the actual relocations costs incurred,
and the amount of such costs paid from the Spec-
trum Relocation Fund.
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Union Calendar No. 71
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1320
[Report No. 108–137] 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of spectrum from govern-
mental to commercial users. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. UPTON (for himself, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. 
TERRY, Mr. GREEN of Texas, and Mr. STEARNS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
JUNE 3, 2003
Additional sponsors: Mr. KIRK, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. BASS, Mr. WHITFIELD, 
Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. WYNN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GORDON, Mr. ISSA, and 
Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico 
JUNE 3, 2003
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 March 18, 2003] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act to facilitate the re-
allocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial 
users.
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lack of an initial evaluation of the 
child, an IEP meeting with re-
spect to the child, or the develop-
ment of an IEP under this section 
for the child.
‘‘(E) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The screen-
ing of a student by a teacher or specialist to de-
termine appropriate instructional strategies for 
curriculum implementation shall not be consid-
ered to be an evaluation for eligibility for special 
education and related services. 
‘‘(2) REEVALUATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A local educational 
agency shall ensure that a reevaluation of each 
child with a disability is conducted in accord-
ance with subsections (b) and (c)—
‘‘(i) if the local educational agency de-
termines that the educational needs, includ-
ing improved academic achievement, of the 
child warrant a reevaluation; or 
‘‘(ii) if the child’s parent or teacher re-
quests a reevaluation. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—A reevaluation con-
ducted under subparagraph (A) shall occur—
‘‘(3) modifying the manner by which medical 
services are delivered under the plan so that after 
the amendment or action a retired participant, or 
his or her beneficiary, has less ready access to the 
delivery of any such medical services than the partic-
ipant or beneficiary had prior to the amendment or 
action. 
‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF PLAN TERMINATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 
termination of a group health plan shall be treated 
as violating the prohibition contained in this section 
if, after the termination, the plan sponsor of the ter-
minated plan fails to continue to provide to the par-
ticipants who retired prior to the termination and to 
their beneficiaries the same retiree health benefits 
that were provided prior to the termination. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply 
in the case of the termination of a group health plan 
if the Secretary issues a waiver under this para-
graph in connection with such termination. The Sec-
retary shall issue such a waiver if and only if the 
plan sponsor demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 
Secretary, in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary, that such plan sponsor will be un-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1321
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for 
late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice 
the period of no enrollment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. 
BOEHLERT, Mr. GOODE, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of 
Florida, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. 
OLVER, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. FROST, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
BERRY, and Mr. GORDON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit 
the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Pro-
gram to 10 percent and twice the period of no enroll-
ment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITING MEDICARE LATE ENROLLMENT PEN-
ALTY TO 10 PERCENT AND TWICE THE PE-
RIOD OF NO ENROLLMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section 
1839(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(b)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘10 percent of the monthly pre-
mium so determined for each full 10 months’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘10 percent of the monthly premium so determined 
for premiums paid during a period equal to twice the num-
ber of months in each of the full periods of 12 months’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section 
1818(c)(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–2(c)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘may not exceed 10 percent and shall only 
apply to premiums paid during a period equal to twice 
the number of months in the full 12-month periods de-
scribed in that section and’’. 
(2) Section 1818(g)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395i–2(g)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘by sub-
stituting’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘by substituting ‘section 1818 (without any increase re-
sulting from the application of section 1839(b) to such 
section)’ for ‘section 1839 (without any increase under 
subsection (b) thereof)’.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) The amendments made 
by this section shall apply to premiums paid for months
beginning after the end of the 90-day period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) In applying these amendments, months (before, 
during, or after the month in which this Act is enacted) 
in which an individual was or is required to pay an in-
creased premium shall be taken into account in deter-
mining the month in which the premium will no longer 
be subject to an increase.
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‘‘(i) national monetary inflation or de-
flation; or 
‘‘(ii) changes in the average rates 
charged cable subscribers for the basic 
service of providing secondary trans-
missions to maintain the real constant dol-
lar level of the royalty fee per subscriber 
which existed as of the date of October 19, 
1976, 
except that—
‘‘(I) if the average rates charged cable 
system subscribers for the basic service of 
providing 
secondary 
transmissions 
are 
changed so that the average rates exceed 
national monetary inflation, no change in 
the 
rates 
established 
by 
section 
111(d)(1)(B) shall be permitted; and 
‘‘(II) no increase in the royalty fee 
shall be permitted based on any reduction 
in the average number of distant signal 
equivalents per subscriber. 
The Copyright Royalty Judge may consider all 
factors relating to the maintenance of such level 
of payments, including, as an extenuating fac-
tor, whether the industry has been restrained
attained prior to being ordered to such duty without 
loss of academic credits earned, scholarships or 
grants awarded by the institution, or, subject to 
paragraph (2), tuition and other fees paid prior to 
the commencement of the active duty. 
‘‘(2) REFUNDS.—
‘‘(A) OBLIGATION
TO
REFUND; 
WITH-
DRAWAL
NOT
AUTOMATIC.—An institution of 
higher education shall refund tuition or fees 
paid prior to the commencement of the active 
duty. Notwithstanding the 180-day limitation in 
section 484B(a)(2)(B), a student on a military 
leave of absence under this section shall not be 
treated as having withdrawn for purposes of 
section 484B unless the student fails to return 
at the end of the military leave of absence (as 
determined under subsection (a) of this sec-
tion). 
‘‘(B) PROPORTIONATE REDUCTION OF RE-
FUND
FOR
TIME
COMPLETED.—If a student 
taking a military leave of absence for active 
duty requests a refund during a period of en-
rollment, the percentage of the tuition and fees 
that shall be refunded shall be equal 100 per-
cent minus—
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1323
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
higher education to preserve the educational status and financial re-
sources of military personnel called to active duty. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. FROST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 
institutions of higher education to preserve the edu-
cational status and financial resources of military per-
sonnel called to active duty.
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 ‘‘Reservist and National 
Guard Opportunities and Protection of Education Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 
(a) OBLIGATION AS PART OF PROGRAM PARTICIPA-
TION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 487(a)(22) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(22)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘and with the policy on leave of absence 
for active duty military service established pursuant to 
section 484C’’ after ‘‘section 484B’’. 
(b) LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MILITARY SERVICE.—
Part G of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
is amended by inserting after section 484B (20 U.S.C. 
1094) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 484C. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 
‘‘(a) LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUIRED.—Whenever a 
student who is a member of the National Guard or other 
reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United 
States, or a member of such Armed Forces in a retired 
status, is called or ordered to active duty, the institution 
of higher education in which the student is enrolled shall 
grant the student a military leave of absence from the in-
stitution while such student is serving on active duty, and 
for one year after the conclusion of such service. 
‘‘(b) CONSEQUENCES OF MILITARY LEAVE OF AB-
SENCE.—
‘‘(1) PRESERVATION
OF
STATUS
AND
AC-
COUNTS.—A student on a military leave of absence 
from an institution of higher education shall be enti-
tled, upon release from serving on active duty, to be 
restored to the educational status such student had
‘‘(B) before completing such obligated pe-
riod of service, is discharged or released from 
active duty for (i) a service-connected disability, 
(ii) a medical condition which preexisted such 
service and which the Secretary determines is 
not service connected, (iii) hardship, or (iv) a 
physical or mental condition that was not char-
acterized as a disability and did not result from 
the individual’s own willful misconduct but did 
interfere with the individual’s performance of 
duty, as determined by the Secretary of each 
military department in accordance with regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary of Defense (or 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security with re-
spect to the Coast Guard when it is not oper-
ating as a service of the Navy); or 
‘‘(C) before completing such obligated pe-
riod of service, is (i) discharged or released 
from active duty for the convenience of the Gov-
ernment after completing not less than 20 
months of continuous active duty under that pe-
riod of obligated service, if such period was less 
than three years, or 30 months of continuous 
active duty under that period of obligated serv-
ice, if such period was at least three years, or
‘‘(i) the percentage of the period of 
enrollment (for which the tuition and fees 
were paid) that was completed (as deter-
mined in accordance with section 484B(d)) 
as of the day the student withdrew, pro-
vided that such date occurs on or before 
the completion of 60 percent of the period 
of enrollment; or 
‘‘(ii) 100 percent, if the day the stu-
dent withdrew occurs after the student has 
completed 60 percent of the period of en-
rollment. 
‘‘(c) ACTIVE DUTY.—In this section, the term ‘active 
duty’ has the meaning given such term in section 
101(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, except that such 
term—
‘‘(1) does not include active duty for training or 
attendance at a service school; but 
‘‘(2) includes, in the case of members of the 
National Guard, active State duty.’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1324
To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide the Secretary of Defense 
with the authority to make temporary, emergency adjustments in the 
rates of the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed 
services in response to a sudden increase in housing costs in a military 
housing area in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. GOODE, and Mr. BOYD) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide the Sec-
retary of Defense with the authority to make temporary, 
emergency adjustments in the rates of the basic allow-
ance for housing for members of the uniformed services 
in response to a sudden increase in housing costs in 
a military housing area in the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EMERGENCY ADJUSTMENT IN BASIC ALLOW-
ANCE FOR HOUSING RATES. 
Section 403(b)(4) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘An adjustment’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an 
adjustment’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may provide an emergency ad-
justment in the rates of the basic allowance for housing 
for a particular military housing area in response to a sud-
den increase in housing costs in the area as a result of 
higher charges for utilities or other causes. An adjustment 
in the rates of the basic allowance for housing under the 
authority of this subparagraph may take effect in advance 
of the effective date specified in subparagraph (A), and, 
notwithstanding paragraph (6), shall remain in effect for 
a period determined by the Secretary, but not to exceed 
six months. The Secretary shall provide written notice to 
Congress of any rate adjustment made under this sub-
paragraph and the reasons for the adjustment.’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1326
To ensure that tax-exempt status and other benefits afforded under Operation 
Enduring Freedom are also provided to United States Armed Forces 
personnel in Israel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. JANKLOW (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. MARIO 
DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. MCNULTY, and Mr. PLATTS) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means 
A BILL 
To ensure that tax-exempt status and other benefits afforded 
under Operation Enduring Freedom are also provided 
to United States Armed Forces personnel in Israel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF BENEFITS UNDER OPERATION 
ENDURING FREEDOM. 
For purposes of all benefits afforded, as a result of 
the Operational Deployment Order issued by the President 
in January 2003, to United States Armed Forces per-
sonnel participating in Operation Enduring Freedom, the
geographic area encompassed by the applicability of those 
benefits shall be deemed to include Israel. 
SEC. 2. RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Section 1 shall take effect as of February 1, 2003.
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makes an election under this section to become entitled 
to basic educational assistance under this chapter—
‘‘(A) the basic pay of the qualified individual 
shall be reduced (in a manner determined by the 
Secretary concerned) until the total amount by 
which such basic pay is reduced is $2,700; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent that basic pay is not so re-
duced before the qualified individual’s discharge or 
release from active duty as specified in subsection 
(b)(5), at the election of the qualified individual—
‘‘(i) the Secretary concerned shall collect 
from the qualified individual; or 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary concerned shall reduce 
the retired or retainer pay of the qualified indi-
vidual by, 
an amount equal to the difference between $2,700 
and the total amount of reductions under subpara-
graph (A), which shall be paid into the Treasury of 
the United States as miscellaneous receipts. 
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary concerned shall provide for an 
18-month period, beginning on the date the qualified indi-
vidual makes an election under this section, for the quali-
fied individual to pay that Secretary the amount due 
under paragraph (1).
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1327
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain activities 
at the State level from the denial of the deduction for lobbying expenditures. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas 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 exempt 
certain activities at the State level from the denial of 
the deduction for lobbying expenditures.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AT STATE LEVEL EXEMPT 
FROM DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR LOB-
BYING EXPENDITURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 162 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to denial of 
deduction for certain lobbying and political expenditures) 
is amended by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8)
as paragraphs (4) through (9), respectively, and by insert-
ing after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES ON 
THE
STATE
LEVEL.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘influencing legislation’ does not in-
clude service (where such service would otherwise 
constitute the influencing of legislation) on any 
board, commission, or similar body appointed by any 
State governmental body.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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