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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5231
To designate the Piedras Blancas Light Station and the surrounding public 
land as an Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as a part 
of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2004
Mrs. CAPPS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources 
A BILL 
To designate the Piedras Blancas Light Station and the 
surrounding public land as an Outstanding Natural Area 
to be administered as a part of the National Landscape 
Conservation System, 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; DEFINITIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding 
Natural Area Act of 2004’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
following definitions apply:
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) LIGHT
STATION.—The term ‘‘Light Sta-
tion’’ means Piedras Blancas Light Station. 
(3) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ 
has the meaning stated in section 103(e) of the Fed-
eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1703(e)). 
(4) OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA.—The term 
‘‘Outstanding Natural Area’’ means the Piedras 
Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural 
Area established pursuant to section 3. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The publicly owned Piedras Blancas Light 
Station has nationally recognized historical struc-
tures that should be preserved for present and fu-
ture generations. 
(2) The coastline adjacent to the Light Station 
is internationally recognized as having significant 
wildlife and marine habitat that provides critical in-
formation to research institutions throughout the 
world. 
(3) The Light Station tells an important story 
about California’s coastal prehistory and history in
the context of the surrounding region and commu-
nities. 
(4) The coastal area surrounding the Light Sta-
tion was traditionally used by Indian people, includ-
ing the Chumash and Salinan Indian tribes. 
(5) The Light Station is historically associated 
with the nearby world-famous Hearst Castle (Hearst 
San Simeon State Historical Monument), now ad-
ministered by the State of California. 
(6) The Light Station represents a model part-
nership where future management can be success-
fully accomplished among the Federal Government, 
the State of California, San Luis Obispo County, 
local communities, and private groups. 
(7) Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station 
Outstanding Natural Area would make a significant 
addition to the National Landscape Conservation 
System administered by the Department of the Inte-
rior’s Bureau of Land Management. 
(8) Statutory protection is needed for the Light 
Station and its surrounding Federal lands to ensure 
that it remains a part of our historic, cultural, and 
natural heritage and to be a source of inspiration for 
the people of the United States.
HR 5295 RDS 
‘‘(b) The Office shall make available to each indi-
vidual eligible to enroll in a vision benefits plan, informa-
tion on services and benefits provided by qualified compa-
nies participating under chapter 89. 
‘‘§ 8946. Election of coverage 
‘‘(a) An eligible individual may enroll in a vision bene-
fits plan for self-only, self plus one, or for self and family. 
If an eligible individual has a spouse who is also eligible 
to enroll, either spouse, but not both, may enroll for self 
plus one or self and family. An individual may not be en-
rolled both as an employee, annuitant, or other individual 
eligible to enroll and as a member of the family. 
‘‘(b) The Office shall prescribe regulations under 
which—
‘‘(1) an eligible individual may enroll in a vision 
benefits plan; and 
‘‘(2) an enrolled individual may change the self-
only, self plus one, or self and family coverage of 
that individual. 
‘‘(c)(1) Regulations under subsection (b) shall permit 
an eligible individual to cancel or transfer the enrollment 
of that individual to another vision benefits plan—
‘‘(A) before the start of any contract term in 
which there is a change in rates charged or benefits
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5233
To help American families save, invest, and build a better future, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2004
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To help American families save, invest, and build a better 
future, 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 ‘‘Better Future for 
American Families Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO SAVER’S CREDIT. 
(a) SAVER’S CREDIT.—Section 25B of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the heading 
thereof and inserting ‘‘THE SAVER’S CREDIT.’’.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3823 
AN ACT 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authoriza-
tions for the airport improvement program, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding 
and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund, to provide disaster tax relief, and for other 
purposes.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 24(b)(3)(B) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘and 25B’’. 
(B) Section 25(e)(1)(C) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘, 25B’’. 
(C) Section 26(a)(1) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘24, and 25B’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and 24’’. 
(D) Section 25B of such Code, as moved 
by paragraph (1), is redesignated as section 36. 
(E) Section 904(h) of such Code is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘24, and 25B’’ and inserting 
‘‘and 24’’. 
(F) Section 1400C of such Code is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘24, and 25B’’ and inserting 
‘‘and 24’’. 
(G) The table of sections for subpart C of 
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such 
Code is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 36 and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 36. The Saver’s Credit. 
‘‘Sec. 37. Overpayments of tax.’’.
(H) The table of sections for subpart A of 
part IV of such Code is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 25B.
(I) Section 1324 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or enacted by 
the Better Future for American Families Act’’ 
before the period at the end. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2003.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5234
To remediate groundwater contamination caused by perchlorates in the city 
of Santa Clarita, California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2004
Mr. MCKEON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To remediate groundwater contamination caused by 
perchlorates in the city of Santa Clarita, California.
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 ‘‘Eastern Santa Clara 
River Basin Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EASTERN SANTA CLARA RIVER BASIN GROUND-
WATER RESTORATION. 
(a) EASTERN SANTA CLARA RIVER BASIN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army, 
in cooperation with Federal, State, and local govern-
ment agencies, shall participate in studies and other 
investigative activities and in the construction, plan-
ning, and design of projects determined by the Sec-
retary to offer a long-term solution to the problem 
of groundwater contamination caused by per-
chlorates in the Eastern Santa Clara River Basin, in 
the city of Santa Clarita, California. 
(2) SOURCES
OF
PERCHLORATE.—The inves-
tigative activities and projects described in para-
graph (1) shall include sites that are—
(A) sources of perchlorate; and 
(B) located in the city of Santa Clarita, 
California. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out 
this section. Such sums shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 3. GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION WITHIN THE SANTA 
CLARITA VALLEY FOR PERCHLORATE CON-
TAMINATION. 
Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3835; 113 Stat. 335) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(75) 
SANTA
CLARITA, 
CALIFORNIA.—
$25,000,00 to remediate groundwater contamination
in the Eastern Santa Clara River Basin, Santa 
Clarita, California. The Secretary shall allow credit 
for in-kind services provided by the non-Federal 
sponsor before the initiation of the project, not to 
exceed the non-Federal cost of the project. If the in-
kind services provided by the non-Federal sponsor 
before the initiation of the project exceed the non-
Federal cost of the project, the Secretary shall reim-
burse the non-Federal sponsor for such services.’’.
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tion against screening for suicide that corroborate 
those of the Canadian Preventive Services Task 
Force. ‘‘USPSTF found no evidence that screening 
for suicide risk reduces suicide attempts or mor-
tality. There is limited evidence on the accuracy of 
screening tools to identify suicide risk in the primary 
care setting, including tools to identify those at high 
risk.’’. 
(2) The 1999 Surgeon General’s report on men-
tal health admitted the serious conflicts in the med-
ical literature regarding the definitions of mental 
health and mental illness when it said, ‘‘In other 
words, what it means to be mentally healthy is sub-
ject to many different interpretations that are rooted 
in value judgments that may vary across cultures. 
The challenge of defining mental health has stalled 
the development of programs to foster mental health 
(Secker, 1998). . . .’’. 
(3) The Surgeon General’s report also says, 
‘‘The diagnosis of mental disorders is often believed 
to be more difficult than diagnosis of somatic or 
general medical disorders since there is no definitive 
laboratory test or abnormality in brain tissue that 
can identify the illness.’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5235
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure that the receipts 
and disbursements of the Social Security trust funds are not included 
in a unified Federal budget. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2004
Mr. MOORE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
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 II of the Social Security Act to ensure that 
the receipts and disbursements of the Social Security 
trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST 
FUNDS FROM THE UNIFIED FEDERAL BUDG-
ET. 
Section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
401) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
‘‘(o)(1) The receipts and disbursements of the Fed-
eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (including taxes 
upon which any such receipts are based)—
‘‘(A) shall not be included in the Federal budg-
et baseline for any fiscal year, and 
‘‘(B) shall not be counted as new budget au-
thority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for 
purposes of—
‘‘(i) offsetting any tax decrease, or 
‘‘(ii) offsetting any spending increase. 
‘‘(2) Any official statement issued by the Office of 
Management and Budget or by the Congressional Budget 
Office of surplus or deficit totals of the budget of the 
United States Government as submitted by the President 
or of the surplus or deficit totals of the congressional 
budget, and any description of, or reference to, such totals 
in any official publication or material issued by either of 
such Offices, shall exclude the receipts and disbursements 
totals of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund (including taxes upon which any such receipts are 
based).’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by this Act shall apply to fiscal 
years beginning on or after October 1, 2005.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5236
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental 
health screening program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2004
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Edu-
cation and the Workforce and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or 
mandatory mental health screening 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 ‘‘Let Parents Raise 
Their Kids Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The United States Preventive Services Task 
Force (USPSTF) issued findings and recommenda-
‘‘(2) Each report shall set forth— 
‘‘(A) the number of transfers of entitlement 
under this section that were approved by such Sec-
retary during the preceding fiscal year; or 
‘‘(B) if no transfers of entitlement under this 
section were approved by such Secretary during that 
fiscal year, a justification for such Secretary’s deci-
sion not to approve any such transfers of entitlement 
during that fiscal year.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘16138. Transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance by members of 
the Selected Reserve entitled to retired pay.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3020 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (m) as sub-
section (n); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (l) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(m) COORDINATION WITH AUTHORITY FOR TRANS-
FERS UNDER THE RESERVE MONTGOMERY GI BILL.— 
In carrying out this section and section 16138 of title 10, 
each Secretary concerned shall take such steps as may be 
necessary to ensure that a transfer of entitlement under
‘‘(4) A child to whom entitlement is transferred under 
this section may not use any entitlement so transferred 
after attaining the age of 26 years. 
‘‘(5) The administrative provisions of chapter 30 of 
title 38 (including the provisions set forth in section 
3034(a)(1) of that title) shall apply to the use of entitle-
ment transferred under this section, except that the de-
pendent to whom the entitlement is transferred shall be 
treated as the eligible veteran for purposes of such provi-
sions. 
‘‘(6) The purposes for which a dependent to whom 
entitlement is transferred under this section may use such 
entitlement shall include the pursuit and completion of the 
requirements of a secondary school diploma (or equiva-
lency certificate). 
‘‘(h) OVERPAYMENT.—In the event of an overpay-
ment of basic educational assistance with respect to a de-
pendent to whom entitlement is transferred under this sec-
tion, the dependent and the individual making the transfer 
shall be jointly and severally liable to the United States 
for the amount of the overpayment for purposes of section 
3685 of title 38. 
‘‘(i) APPROVALS OF TRANSFER SUBJECT TO AVAIL-
ABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The Secretary concerned 
may approve transfers of entitlement to basic educational
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL FUNDING OF UNI-
VERSAL OR MANDATORY MENTAL HEALTH 
SCREENING. 
(a) UNIVERSAL OR MANDATORY MENTAL HEALTH 
SCREENING PROGRAM.—No Federal funds may be used 
to establish or implement any universal or mandatory 
mental health screening program. 
(b) REFUSAL TO CONSENT AS BASIS OF A CHARGE 
OF CHILD ABUSE OR EDUCATION NEGLECT.—No Federal 
education funds may be paid to any local educational 
agency or other instrument of government that uses the 
refusal of a parent or legal guardian to provide express, 
written, voluntary, informed consent to mental health 
screening for his or her child as the basis of a charge of 
child abuse or education neglect until the agency or instru-
ment demonstrates that it is no longer using such refusal 
as a basis of a child abuse or education neglect charge. 
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘universal or mandatory mental health screening pro-
gram’’—
(1) means any mental health screening program 
in which a set of individuals (other than members of 
the Armed Forces or individuals serving a sentence 
resulting from conviction for a criminal offense) is 
automatically screened without regard to whether
there was a prior indication of a need for mental 
health treatment; and 
(2) includes—
(A) any program of State incentive grants 
for transformation to implement recommenda-
tions in the July 2003 report of the President’s 
New Freedom Commission on Mental Health; 
and 
(B) any student mental health screening 
program that allows mental health screening of 
individuals under 18 years of age without the 
express, written, voluntary, informed consent of 
the parent or legal guardian of the individual 
involved.
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assistance under this section in a fiscal year only to the 
extent that appropriations for military personnel are avail-
able in that fiscal year for purposes of making deposits 
in the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund 
under section 2006 of this title in that fiscal year to cover 
the present value of future benefits payable from the Fund 
for the Department of Defense portion of payments of 
basic educational assistance attributable to increased 
usage of benefits as a result of such transfers of entitle-
ment in that fiscal year. 
‘‘(j) REGULATIONS.—After consultation with the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations for purposes of this section. Such 
regulations shall specify the manner and effect of an elec-
tion to modify or revoke a transfer of entitlement under 
subsection (e)(2) and shall specify the manner of the ap-
plicability of the administrative provisions referred to in 
subsection (g)(5) to a dependent to whom entitlement is 
transferred under this section. 
‘‘(k) ANNUAL REPORT.—(1) As part of the report re-
quired under section 3020(l) of title 38, (beginning in 
2006), the Secretary of Defense shall include information 
on the transfers of entitlement to basic educational assist-
ance under this section that were approved by each Sec-
retary concerned during the preceding fiscal year.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5238
To direct the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to con-
duct a pilot study under which the Secretary may issue public warnings 
regarding threats to homeland security using an AMBER Alert system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2004
Mr. SHADEGG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland 
Security to conduct a pilot study under which the Sec-
retary may issue public warnings regarding threats to 
homeland security using an AMBER Alert system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PILOT STUDY TO MOVE WARNING SYSTEMS 
INTO THE MODERN DIGITAL AGE. 
(a) PILOT STUDY.—The Attorney General and Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, from funds available for im-
proving the national system to notify the general public 
in the event of a terrorist attack, and in consultation with
the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, the Na-
tional Association of State Chief Information Officers, and 
other stakeholders with respect to public warning systems, 
shall conduct a pilot study under which the Secretary may 
issue public warnings regarding threats to homeland secu-
rity using an AMBER Alert system. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Congress a report regarding the findings, conclu-
sions, and recommendations of the pilot study.
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(6) Oklahoma has 1 U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement office located in Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma. Currently, 12 U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement agents serve 3,500,000 people. 
(7) Oklahoma Interstate Highways I–44 and I– 
75 are major roads through Tulsa and serve for the 
transportation of illegal immigrants to all areas of 
the United States. 
(8) The establishment of a U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations 
field office in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will help enforce 
Federal immigration laws in eastern Oklahoma. 
(9) There are 7 Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion agents, and an estimated 22 Federal Bureau of 
Investigation agents, headquartered in Tulsa, Okla-
homa, while no U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement agents are located in Tulsa. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF I.C.E. FIELD OFFICE IN TULSA. 
Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall estab-
lish a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office 
of Investigations field office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 
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each such section is made pursuant to the applicable re-
quirements of such sections.’’. 
SEC. 7. REQUIREMENT FOR THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS 
TO 
REPORT 
TO 
CONGRESS 
ON 
TRANSFERS OF ENTITLEMENT BY MEMBERS 
OF THE SELECTED RESERVE ENTITLED TO 
RETIRED PAY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 30 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3020A. Annual report on transfers of entitlement to 
basic educational assistance by members 
of the Selected Reserve entitled to retired 
pay 
‘‘(a) INCLUSION IN ANNUAL REPORT.—As part of 
the annual report submitted to the Congress under section 
529 of this title, the Secretary shall include a description 
of the operation of the program for transfer of entitlement 
to basic educational assistance by members of the selected 
reserve entitled to retired pay under section 16138 of title 
10. 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary shall include in the description required under sub-
section (a) the following information:
‘‘(1) The aggregate number of transfers of enti-
tlement made during the preceding year. 
‘‘(2) The type of programs of education pur-
sued by dependents to whom entitlement was so 
transferred. 
‘‘(3) The number of spouses to whom entitle-
ment was so transferred. 
‘‘(4) The number of dependent children to 
whom entitlement was so transferred.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
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