I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1999
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the availability 
of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of eligible individ-
uals and to extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2003
Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. QUINN, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
MURTHA, Mr. NEY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, 
Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. LAHOOD, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. HART, Mr. 
STUPAK, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. 
RANGEL, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. SPRATT, Ms. KAPTUR, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. KENNEDY
of Rhode Island, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
HOLDEN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, 
Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. WYNN, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Ms. 
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. 
SANDERS, Mr. OLVER, Mr. BACA, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. NORTON, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. MATHESON, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. MICHAUD, 
Mr. KILDEE, Mr. REYES, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Mr. EVANS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. FILNER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 
Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
KILPATRICK, and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) 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 expand 
the availability of the refundable tax credit for health
insurance costs of eligible individuals and to extend the 
steel import licensing and monitoring program.
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 ‘‘Health Care Tax Cred-
it Enhancement for Workers and Steel Security Act of 
2003’’. 
SEC. 2. HEALTH CARE TAX CREDIT ENHANCEMENT. 
(a) DECREASE
IN
AGE
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Subparagraph (A) of section 35(c)(4) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining eligible PBGC pen-
sion recipient) is amended by striking ‘‘age 55’’ and in-
serting ‘‘age 50’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF 3-MONTH REQUIREMENT OF EXIST-
ING COVERAGE.—Clause (i) of section 35(e)(2)(B) of such 
Code (defining qualifying individual) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘9801(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘9801(c) (prior to the em-
ployment separation necessary to attain the status of an 
eligible individual)’’. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSE OF CERTAIN INDIVID-
UALS ENTITLED TO MEDICARE.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 35 of such Code (defining eligible coverage month) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
SPOUSE
OF
INDI-
VIDUAL
ENTITLED
TO
MEDICARE.—Any month
which would be an eligible coverage month with re-
spect to a taxpayer (determined without regard to 
subsection (f)(2)(A)) shall be an eligible coverage 
month for any spouse of such taxpayer.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply as if included in the amendments 
made by section 201 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Reform Act of 2002.
SEC. 3. MAINTENANCE OF STEEL IMPORT LICENSING AND 
MONITORING PROGRAM. 
(a) MAINTENANCE OF PROGRAM.—The steel import 
licensing and monitoring program established by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce 
pursuant to the Memorandum signed by the President on 
March 5, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 10593 through 10597) (pur-
suant to the authority of the President under section 
203(g) of the Trade Act of 1974), shall, notwithstanding 
any other action taken by the President under section 203 
of the Trade Act of 1974 concerning the steel products 
described in the Memorandum, remain in effect until not 
later than March 6, 2010. In carrying out the program 
in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Secretary 
of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce shall ex-
pand the program to include all iron and steel, and all
articles of iron or steel, described in chapters 72 and 73 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce are hereby au-
thorized and directed to take such actions as are necessary 
to maintain or expand as necessary and appropriate the 
operation of the program described in subsection (a).
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