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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1183
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia, as the ‘‘G. Elliot Hagan
Post Office Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2001
Mr. KINGSTON (for himself, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. COLLINS,
Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. CHAMBLISS,
Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. NORWOOD, and Mr. LINDER) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Re-
form
A BILL
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia,
as the ‘‘G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. G. ELLIOT HAGAN POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 113 South Main Street in Syl-
vania, Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘G.
Elliot Hagan Post Office Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the G. Elliot Hagan Post
Office Building.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1183
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 6, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia,
as the ‘‘G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 1183 RFS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia, shall
be known and designated as the ‘‘G. Elliot Hagan Post
Office Building’’.
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 ‘‘G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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Calendar No. 135
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1183
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 6, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AUGUST 2, 2001
Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia,
as the ‘‘G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 113 South Main Street in Sylvania, Georgia, shall
be known and designated as the ‘‘G. Elliot Hagan Post
Office Building’’.
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 ‘‘G. Elliot Hagan Post Office Building’’.
Calendar No. 135
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1183
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 113 South Main Street in
Sylvania, Georgia, as the ‘‘G. Elliot Hagan Post
Office Building’’.
AUGUST 2, 2001
Reported without amendment
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1185
To prohibit through negotiation or otherwise the revocation or revision of
any intellectual property or competition law or policy of a developing
country, including any sub-Saharan African country, that regulates HIV/
AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2001
Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN,
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of
Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, and Ms. KILPATRICK) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Rela-
tions
A BILL
To prohibit through negotiation or otherwise the revocation
or revision of any intellectual property or competition
law or policy of a developing country, including any
sub-Saharan African country, that regulates HIV/AIDS
pharmaceuticals or medical technologies, 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 ‘‘Global Access to HIV/
AIDS Medicines Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.
(a) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to any department or agency of the United
States may not be obligated or expended to seek, through
negotiation or otherwise, the revocation or revision of any
intellectual property law or policy of a developing country
described in subsection (b) that regulates HIV/AIDS
pharmaceuticals or medical technologies if the law or
policy—
(1) promotes access to HIV/AIDS pharma-
ceuticals or medical technologies to the population of
the country; and
(2) provides adequate and effective intellectual
property protection consistent with the Agreement
on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights (as described in section 101(d)(15) of the
Uruguay 
Round 
Agreements 
Act 
(19 
U.S.C.
3511(d)(15))).
(b) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.—A developing country
described in this subsection is a developing country, in-
cluding a sub-Saharan African country—
(1) in which five percent or more of the popu-
lation is infected with HIV; or
(2) the government of which has declared a na-
tional emergency with respect to HIV/AIDS.
SEC. 3. POLICIES TO ADDRESS THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS.
The President shall encourage all developing coun-
tries described in section 2(b) to implement policies de-
signed to address the underlying causes of the HIV/AIDS
crisis by, among other things, making efforts to encourage
practices that will prevent further transmission and infec-
tion and to stimulate development of the infrastructure
necessary to deliver adequate health services, and by en-
couraging policies that provide an incentive for public and
private research on, and development of, vaccines and
other medical innovations that will combat the HIV/AIDS
epidemic, particularly the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) HIV.—The term ‘‘HIV’’ means infection
with the human immunodeficiency virus.
(2) AIDS.—The term ‘‘AIDS’’ means acquired
immune deficiency syndrome.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1188
To encourage the use of technology in the classroom.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2001
Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the
Committee on Ways and Means, 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 encourage the use of technology in the classroom.
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 ‘‘21st Century Teacher
Training Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR CLASSROOM-RELATED COMPUTER
TRAINING FOR TEACHERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education,
through the Office of Educational Technology established
under section 216 of the Department of Education Orga-
nization Act (20 U.S.C. 3425), may award grants on a
competitive basis to local educational agencies (as defined
in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)) to assist such agen-
cies in providing intensive classroom-related computer
training for teachers.
(b) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be for not less than
$10,000,000.
(c) REQUIREMENTS OF GRANT.—A grant awarded
pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that—
(1) the grantee will enter into a contract with
an institution of higher education or another non-
profit educational provider (hereafter in this section
referred to as the ‘‘contractor’’) under which the
contractor will agree to establish, operate, and pro-
vide the non-Federal share of the cost of a teacher
training program described in such subsection;
(2) funds made available by the Secretary to
the grantee pursuant to any contract entered into
under this section will be used to pay the Federal
share of the cost of establishing and operating a
teacher training program as provided in paragraph
(1); and
(3) the grantee will meet such other conditions
and standards as the Secretary determines to be
necessary to assure compliance with the provisions
of this section and will provide such technical assist-
ance as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
of this section.
(d) TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The teacher
training programs authorized in subsection (a)—
(1) shall be conducted during the school year
and during the summer months;
(2) shall train teachers who teach grades kin-
dergarten through college;
(3) shall select teachers to become members of
a teacher network whose members will conduct
workshops for other teachers employed by the local
educational agency; and
(4) shall encourage teachers from all disciplines
to participate in such teacher training programs.
(e) SUPPLEMENT
AND
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Grants
awarded pursuant to this section shall be used to supple-
ment and not supplant State and local funds available for
the purpose set forth in subsection (a).
than that specified in subparagraph (A). Any
such revised staff level shall be effective no ear-
lier than six months after the date on which
Secretary provides notice to States of the new
requirement.
(3) MULTI-YEAR
GRANT
FUNDS.—The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall award
any multi-year grant under this section from
amounts appropriated (or available pursuant to sub-
section (e)(2)) for the first fiscal year of the grant.
(e) APPROPRIATIONS AND AVAILABILITY OF CIVIL
MONEY PENALTY (CMP) COLLECTIONS.—
(1) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are appropriated
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for all costs for carrying out the program
under this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2001 through 2005, such funds to remain
available to the Secretary through the end of the
first succeeding fiscal year.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF CMP COLLECTIONS.—In
addition to the amounts appropriated pursuant to
paragraph (1), there shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services for such costs
for such fiscal years any amounts deposited in the
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1190
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit a husband and
wife to file a combined return to which separate tax rates apply.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2001
Mr. MATHESON 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 permit
a husband and wife to file a combined return to which
separate tax rates apply.
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 ‘‘Marriage Penalty Re-
lief Act’’.
SEC. 2. COMBINED RETURN TO WHICH UNMARRIED RATES
APPLY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart B of part II of sub-
chapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to income tax returns) is amended by in-
serting after section 6013 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 6013A. COMBINED RETURN WITH SEPARATE RATES.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—A husband and wife may
make a combined return of income taxes under subtitle
A under which—
‘‘(1) a separate taxable income is determined
for each spouse by applying the rules provided in
this section, and
‘‘(2) the tax imposed by section 1 is the aggre-
gate amount resulting from applying the separate
rates set forth in section 1(c) to each such taxable
income.
‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF INCOME.—For purposes of this
section—
‘‘(1) earned income (within the meaning of sec-
tion 911(d)), and any income received as a pension
or annuity which arises from an employer-employee
relationship, shall be treated as the income of the
spouse who rendered the services,
‘‘(2) income from property shall be divided be-
tween the spouses in accordance with their respec-
tive ownership rights in such property (equally in
the case of property held jointly by the spouses), and
‘‘(3) any exclusion from income shall be allow-
able to the spouse with respect to whom the income
would be otherwise includible.
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF DEDUCTIONS.—For purposes of
this section—
‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, the deductions described in section 62(a)
shall be allowed to the spouse treated as having the
income to which such deductions relate,
‘‘(2) the deductions allowable by section 151(b)
(relating to personal exemptions for taxpayer and
spouse) shall be determined by allocating 1 personal
exemption to each spouse,
‘‘(3) section 63 shall be applied as if such
spouses were not married, except that the election
whether or not to itemize deductions shall be made
jointly by both spouses and apply to each, and
‘‘(4) each spouse’s share of all other deductions
shall be determined by multiplying the aggregate
amount thereof by the fraction—
‘‘(A) the numerator of which is such
spouse’s gross income, and
‘‘(B) the denominator of which is the com-
bined gross incomes of the 2 spouses.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1191
To amend title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
to ensure that communities receiving community development block
grants use such funds to benefit low- and moderate-income families.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2001
Mrs. MEEK of Florida (for herself, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN,
Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDON-
ALD, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. WATERS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GREEN of Texas,
Mr. STARK, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. WYNN, Mr.
CLYBURN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr.
OWENS, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. BARRETT, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr.
CUMMINGS, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms.
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. FROST, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr.
CLAY, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mrs. CLAYTON,
Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. SERRANO, Mrs. THURMAN, Ms. CARSON of Indi-
ana, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. PAYNE, Mr.
RUSH, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Is-
land, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. DEUTSCH, and Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services
A BILL
To amend title I of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 to ensure that communities receiving
community development block grants use such funds to
benefit low- and moderate-income families.
‘‘SEC. 2753. PARITY IN THE APPLICATION OF TREATMENT
LIMITATIONS 
AND 
FINANCIAL 
REQUIRE-
MENTS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE BENEFITS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 2707
(other than subsections (e) and (g)) shall apply to health
insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer
in the individual market in the same manner as it applies
to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance
issuer in connection with a group health plan in the small
or large group market.
‘‘(b) NOTICE.—A health insurance issuer under this
part shall comply with the notice requirement under sec-
tion 714(f) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 with respect to the requirements referred to
in subsection (a) as if such section applied to such issuer
and such issuer were a group health plan.
‘‘(c) SUNSET.—This section shall not apply to bene-
fits for services furnished on or after January 1, 2007.’’.
(2) Section 2762(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
300gg–62(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 2751’’
and inserting ‘‘sections 2751 and 2753’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—(1) Subject to paragraph
(3), the amendments made by subsection (a) apply with
respect to group health plans for plan years beginning on
or after January 1, 2002.
‘‘(b) RESIDENTS FOR ENTIRE TAXABLE YEAR.—An
individual who is a bona fide resident of the District of
Columbia during the entire taxable year shall be exempt
from taxation under this chapter for such taxable year.
‘‘(c) TAXABLE YEAR OF CHANGE OF RESIDENCE
FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual
who has been a bona fide resident of the District of
Columbia for a period of at least 2 years before the
date on which such individual changes his residence
from the District of Columbia, income which is at-
tributable to that part of such period of District of
Columbia residence before such date shall not be in-
cluded in gross income and shall be exempt from
taxation under this chapter.
‘‘(2) DEDUCTIONS, ETC. ALLOCABLE
TO
EX-
CLUDED AMOUNTS NOT ALLOWABLE.—An individual
shall not be allowed—
‘‘(A) as a deduction from gross income any
deductions (other than the deduction under sec-
tion 151, relating to personal exemptions), or
‘‘(B) any credit,
properly allocable or chargeable against amounts ex-
cluded from gross income under this subsection.
‘‘(d) DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the determination of whether an individual is a
bona fide resident of the District of Columbia shall
be made under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS
REGISTERED
TO
VOTE
IN
OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.—No individual may be
treated as a bona fide resident of the District of Co-
lumbia for purposes of this section with respect to
a taxable year if at any time during the year the in-
dividual is registered to vote in any other jurisdic-
tion.’’.
(b) NO WAGE WITHHOLDING.—Paragraph (8) of
section 3401(a) of such Code is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E) for services for an employer per-
formed by an employee if it is reasonable to be-
lieve that during the entire calendar year the
employee will be a bona fide resident of the Dis-
trict of Columbia unless section 138A is not in
effect throughout such calendar year; or’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
138 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 138A. Residents of the District of Columbia.’’
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) WITHHOLDING.—The amendment made by
subsection (b) shall apply to remuneration paid after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1195
To expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status
under section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending
the deadline for classification petition and labor certification filings.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2001
Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for
adjustment of status under section 245(i) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act by extending the deadline
for classification petition and labor certification filings.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 245(i)(1)(B)(i) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(i)(1)(B)(i))
is amended by striking ‘‘April 30, 2001;’’ and inserting
‘‘April 30, 2002;’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act (as en-
acted into law by Public Law 106–553).
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1196
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow State and local
taxes to be deducted in computing the alternative minimum tax.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2001
Mr. RANGEL 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 allow State
and local taxes to be deducted in computing the alter-
native minimum tax.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEDUCTION FOR STATE AND LOCAL TAXES AL-
LOWED IN COMPUTING ALTERNATIVE MIN-
IMUM TAX.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The last sentence of section
56(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relat-
ing to limitations on deductions) is amended by inserting
before the period ‘‘and shall not apply to State and local
taxes’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1197
To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian
Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease the requisite blood quantum
required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2001
Mr. REYES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to
decrease the requisite blood quantum required for mem-
bership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BLOOD QUANTUM REQUIRED FOR TRIBAL
MEMBERSHIP DECREASED.
Section 108(a)(2)(i) of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and
Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restora-
tion Act (25 U.S.C. 1300g-7) is amended by striking ‘‘1⁄8’’
and inserting ‘‘1⁄16’’.
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other students in terms of readiness factors
such as vocabulary test scores;
‘‘(C) Native Hawaiian students continue to
score below national norms on standardized
education achievement tests at all grade levels;
‘‘(D) both public and private schools con-
tinue to show a pattern of lower percentages of
Native Hawaiian students in the uppermost
achievement levels and in gifted and talented
programs;
‘‘(E) Native Hawaiian students continue to
be overrepresented among students qualifying
for special education programs provided to stu-
dents with learning disabilities, mild mental re-
tardation, emotional impairment, and other
such disabilities;
‘‘(F) Native Hawaiians continue to be
underrepresented in institutions of higher edu-
cation and among adults who have completed 4
or more years of college;
‘‘(G) Native Hawaiians continue to be dis-
proportionately represented in many negative
social and physical statistics indicative of spe-
cial educational needs, as demonstrated by the
fact that—