datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
emissions from fossil fuels as well as from substan-
tial improvements in the efficiency and affordability
of solar, wind, biomass conversion, and other renew-
able energy sources. Department of Energy basic en-
ergy research is also playing a central role in helping
to create new technologies—such as fuel cells—
which will eliminate harmful automobile emissions.
Our future economic strength will be strongly tied
to the cost and availability of energy.
(7) Fully half the growth of the United States
economy in the last 50 years was due to the Federal
investment in scientific and technological innovation,
much of which flowed from our Nation’s research
universities and national laboratories. Computers,
the Internet, fiber optics, communications equipment
and technology, consumer electronics, defense tech-
nologies, global positioning systems, and catalytic
converters are but a few examples of the contribu-
tions of the physical sciences to the overall strength
of our economy.
(8) The Office of Science has prime responsi-
bility for developing, constructing and operating
some of the Nation’s most advanced research and
development facilities, located at national labora-
tories and universities. These national research fa-
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(1) regulations, rulings, and interpretations
issued by such Secretaries relating to the same mat-
ter over which such Secretaries have responsibility
under the provisions of this division (and the amend-
ments made thereby) are administered so as to have
the same effect at all times; and
(2) coordination of policies relating to enforcing
the same requirements through such Secretaries in
order to have a coordinated enforcement strategy
that avoids duplication of enforcement efforts and
assigns priorities in enforcement.
SEC. 503. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by
this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made
by this Act, and the application of the provisions of such
to any person or circumstance shall not be affected there-
by.
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‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.—Clause (i) does
not authorize—
‘‘(I) a civil action to correct pat-
ent information filed under subpara-
graph (B); or
‘‘(II) an award of damages in a
civil action under clause (i).
‘‘(F) NO CLAIM FOR PATENT INFRINGE-
MENT.—A person with standing to bring an in-
fringement action on a patent with respect to
which a holder of an application fails to file in-
formation on or before the date required under
subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be barred from
bringing a civil action for infringement of the
patent against a person that—
‘‘(i) has filed an application under
subsection (b)(2) or (j); or
‘‘(ii) manufactures, uses, offers to sell,
or sells a drug approved under an applica-
tion under subsection (b)(2) or (j);
unless, neither the holder of the application nor
any of its affiliates has any rights under the
patent, including without limitation, ownership,
license, option, or right of refusal, in which case
an infringement action may be brought if the
tion 209, there shall be in the Department seven Assistant
Secretaries’’.
(2) It is the sense of the House of Representatives
that the leadership for departmental missions in nuclear
energy should be at the Assistant Secretary level.
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 202 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7132) is further amended by adding
the following at the end:
‘‘(d) There shall be in the Department an Under Sec-
retary, who shall be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall
perform such functions and duties as the Secretary shall
prescribe, consistent with this section. The Under Sec-
retary shall be compensated at the rate provided for level
III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title
5, United States Code.
‘‘(e) There shall be in the Department a General
Counsel, who shall be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The General
Counsel shall be compensated at the rate provided for level
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title
5, United States Code.’’.
(2) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘Under Secretaries of Energy (2)’’
and inserting ‘‘Under Secretaries of Energy (3)’’.
(3) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by—
(A) striking ‘‘Director, Office of Science, De-
partment of Energy.’’; and
(B) striking ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of Energy
(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of Energy
(8)’’.
(4) The table of contents for the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 note) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Section 209’’ and inserting
‘‘Sec. 209’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘213.’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec.
213.’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘214.’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec.
214.’’;
(D) by striking ‘‘215.’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec.
215.’’; and
(E) by striking ‘‘216.’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec.
216.’’.
SEC. 202. SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE OFFICE OF
SCIENCE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the Office
of Science a Science Advisory Board, comprising the
chairs of the advisory panels for each of the programs.
(b) 
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 
Science 
Advisory
Board shall—
(1) serve as the science advisor to the Assistant
Secretary of Science;
(2) advise the Assistant Secretary with respect
to the well-being and management of the multipur-
pose laboratories;
(3) advise the Assistant Secretary with respect
to education and workforce-training activities re-
quired for effective short- and long-term basic and
applied research activities of the Office of Science;
and
(4) advise the Assistant Secretary with respect
to the well-being of the university research programs
supported by the Office of Science.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5271
To waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal
of Honor to be awarded to Gary Lee McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio,
for acts of valor while a helicopter crew chief and door gunner with
the 1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. BONIOR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow
the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Gary Lee McKiddy,
of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor while a helicopter
crew chief and door gunner with the 1st Cavalry Division
during the Vietnam War.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO AWARD MEDAL OF HONOR TO
GARY LEE MCKIDDY FOR VALOR DURING THE
VIETNAM WAR.
(a) WAIVER
OF
TIME
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing the time limitations in section 3744(b) of title
‘‘(aa) a drug substance;
‘‘(bb) a drug formulation;
‘‘(cc) a drug composition; or
‘‘(dd) a method of use;
‘‘(iv) if the patent claims a method of
use, the approved use covered by the claim;
‘‘(v) the identity of the owner of the
patent (including the identity of any agent
of the patent owner); and
‘‘(vi) a declaration that the applicant,
as of the date of the filing, has provided
complete and accurate patent information
for all patents described in subparagraph
(A).
‘‘(D) PUBLICATION.—On filing of patent
information required under subparagraph (A)
or (B), the Secretary shall—
‘‘(i) immediately publish the informa-
tion described in clauses (i) through (iv) of
subparagraph (C); and
‘‘(ii) make the information described
in clauses (v) and (vi) of subparagraph (C)
available to the public on request.
‘‘(E) CIVIL ACTION FOR CORRECTION OR
DELETION OF PATENT INFORMATION.—
10, United States Code, or any other time limitation, the
President is authorized and requested to award the Medal
of Honor under section 3741 of such title to Gary Lee
McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio, for the acts of valor re-
ferred to in subsection (b).
(b) ACTION DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor referred
to in subsection (a) are the conspicuous acts of gallantry
and intrepidity at the risk of his life and beyond the call
of duty of Gary Lee McKiddy, between October 25, 1969,
and May 6, 1970, and particularly on May 6, 1970, the
day he died during a combat operation in Cambodia while
serving as a Specialist Four in the 1st Cavalry Division
of the United States Army.
(c) POSTHUMOUS AWARD.—The Medal of Honor may
be awarded under this section posthumously as provided
in section 3752 of title 10, United States Code.
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(1) by striking ‘‘Such rates and terms shall dis-
tinguish’’ and all that follows through ‘‘capital in-
vestment, cost, and risk.’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘as the parties may
agree.’’ the following: ‘‘The copyright arbitration
royalty panel shall establish rates and terms in ac-
cordance with the objectives set forth in section
801(b)(1).’’.
SEC. 4. COSTS OF PROCEEDINGS; REGULATING FLEXI-
BILITY.
(a) COSTS OF PROCEEDINGS.—Section 802(c) of title
17, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘In ratemaking pro-
ceedings, the parties to the proceedings’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, except for small entities that are parties
to 
ratemaking 
proceedings 
under 
section
114(f)(2)(B),’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In this
subsection, the term ‘small entity’ means a small
business, small organization, or small governmental
jurisdiction, as those terms are defined in section
601 of title 5.’’.
(b) REGULATING FLEXIBILITY.—Section 701(e) of
title 17, United States Code, is amended by inserting be-
amended by inserting after section 168 the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 168A. HIGH PRODUCTIVITY INVESTMENT DEDUC-
TION.
‘‘(a) TREATMENT AS EXPENSES.—A taxpayer may
elect to treat the cost of any high productivity property
as an expense not chargeable to capital account. Any cost
so treated shall be allowed as a deduction in the taxable
year in which the high productivity property is placed in
service.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF HIGH PRODUCTIVITY PROP-
ERTY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the term ‘high productivity property’
means any—
‘‘(A) computer,
‘‘(B) computer related peripheral equip-
ment,
‘‘(C) computer based machinery,
‘‘(D) electronic diagnostic equipment,
‘‘(E) electronic control equipment,
‘‘(F) other electronic, electromechanical,
laser or computer based equipment,
‘‘(G) computer software,
years each) after such an extension is recommended
in a report under subsection (d).
(b) STATE DEMONSTRATION GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall enter into a demonstration
project with States (as defined for purposes of title
XIX of the Social Security Act) in order to provide
funds to States in order to use information identi-
fied under subsection (a), and other appropriate in-
formation, in order to do ex parte determinations or
other methods for identifying and enrolling poten-
tially eligible individuals.
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to the Secretary for the purpose
of making grants under this subsection.
(c) ADDITIONAL CMS FUNDING FOR OUTREACH AND
ENROLLMENT
PROJECTS.—There are hereby appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services. $100,000,000 which shall be used only for the
purpose of providing grants to States to fund projects to
improve outreach and increase enrollment in Medicare
Savings Programs. Such projects may include cooperative
grants and contracts with community groups and other
groups (such as the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and
the Indian Health Service) to assist in the enrollment of
eligible individuals.
(d) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall submit to Congress periodic reports on the
projects conducted under this section. Such reports shall
include such recommendations for extension of such
projects, and changes in laws based on based projects, as
the Secretary deems appropriate.
SEC. 8. NOTICES TO CERTAIN NEW MEDICARE BENE-
FICIARIES.
(a) SSA NOTICE.—At the time that the Commis-
sioner of Social Security sends a notice to individuals that
they have been determined to be eligible for benefits under
part A or B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the
Commissioner shall send a notice and application for bene-
fits under title XIX of the Social Security Act to those
individuals the Commissioner identifies as being likely to
be eligible for benefits under clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of sec-
tion 
1902(a)(10)(E) 
of 
such 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
1396a(a)(10)(E)). Such notice and application shall be ac-
companied by information on how to submit such an appli-
cation and on where to obtain more information (including
answers to questions) on the application process.
(b) INCLUDING INFORMATION IN MEDICARE & YOU
HANDBOOK.—The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall include in the annual handbook distributed
under section 1804(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395b–2(a)) information on the availability of
Medicare Savings Programs and a toll-free telephone num-
ber that medicare beneficiaries may use to obtain addi-
tional information.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5277
To clarify the tax status of the Young Men’s Christian Association retirement
fund.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. ENGLISH (for himself, Mr. POMEROY, and Mr. CAMP) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To clarify the tax status of the Young Men’s Christian
Association retirement fund.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF STATUS OF YOUNG MEN’S
CHRISTIAN 
ASSOCIATION 
RETIREMENT
FUND.
Section 1012(c)(4)(C)(i) of the Tax Reform Act of
1986 (100 Stat. 2394) is amended by adding before the
comma at the end thereof the following: ‘‘(which shall be
treated 
as 
an 
organization 
described 
in 
section
414(e)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and
whose retirement plans (including the reserve accounts for
such plans) are deemed to be plans described in section
403(b)(9) for years on or after January 1, 2002)’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 527
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt State and local
political committees from duplicative notification and reporting require-
ments made applicable to political organizations by Public Law 106–
230.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 8, 2001
Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. BAKER, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. GOODE, Mr.
ISAKSON, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin,
Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. COOKSEY, and Mr. STUMP) intro-
duced 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
State and local political committees from duplicative noti-
fication and reporting requirements made applicable to
political organizations by Public Law 106–230.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FOR STATE AND LOCAL POLITICAL
COMMITTEES FROM NOTIFICATION AND RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY PUB-
LIC LAW 106–230.
(a) EXEMPTION
FROM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Paragraph (5) of section 527(i) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to organizations must no-
tify Secretary that they are section 527 organizations) is
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (A),
by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and
inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) which—
‘‘(i) engages in exempt function activ-
ity solely in the attempt to influence the
selection, nomination, election, or appoint-
ment of any individual to any State or
local public office or office in a State or
local political organization, and
‘‘(ii) is subject to State or local con-
tribution and expenditure reporting re-
quirements relating to selections, nomina-
tions, elections, and appointments to such
offices, and reports under such require-
ments are publicly available.’’.
(b) 
EXEMPTION
FROM
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Paragraph (5) of section 527(j) of such Code
(relating to required disclosures of expenditures and con-
tributions) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (D), by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(F) to any organization which—
‘‘(i) engages in exempt function activ-
ity solely in the attempt to influence the
selection, nomination, election, or appoint-
ment of any individual to any State or
local public office or office in a State or
local political organization, and
‘‘(ii) is subject to State or local con-
tribution and expenditure reporting re-
quirements relating to selections, nomina-
tions, elections, and appointments to such
offices, and reports under such require-
ments are publicly available.’’.
(c) EXEMPTION FROM REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNUAL
RETURN BASED ON GROSS RECEIPTS.—Paragraph (6) of
section 6012(a) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion)’’ and inserting ‘‘section and an organization de-
scribed in section 527(i)(5)(C)’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the amend-
ments made by Public Law 106–230.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5280
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Robert A. Borski 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. ROBERT A. BORSKI POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 2001 East Willard Street in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated
as the ‘‘Robert A. Borski 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 Robert A. Borski Post
Office Building.
Passed the House of Representatives November 15
(legislative day, November 14), 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5280
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 2001 East Willard Street in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Robert A.
Borski Post Office Building’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5280
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Robert
A. Borski Post Office Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. FATTAH (for himself, Mr. HOEFFEL, and Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 2001 East Willard Street in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Robert A. Borski 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. ROBERT A. BORSKI POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 2001 East Willard Street in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated
as the ‘‘Robert A. Borski 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 Robert A. Borski Post
Office Building.
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I
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5281
To provide temporary legal exemptions for certain land management activities
of the Federal land management agencies undertaken in federally de-
clared disaster areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr.
CANNON, and Mr. HAYWORTH) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, 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 provide temporary legal exemptions for certain land man-
agement activities of the Federal land management agen-
cies undertaken in federally declared disaster areas.
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 ‘‘Federally Declared
Disaster Area Exemption Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN LAWS FOR
LAND 
MANAGEMENT 
ACTIVITIES 
UNDER-
TAKEN IN FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTER
AREAS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—
The term ‘‘Federal land management agency’’
means the National Park Service, United States
Forest Service, United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.
(2) FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTER AREA.—
The term ‘‘federally declared disaster area’’ means
an area covered by a Presidential declaration of
major disaster issued under section 401 of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170).
(b) EXEMPTION.—Due to the extraordinary cir-
cumstances present in a federally declared disaster area,
land management activities of the Federal land manage-
ment agencies undertaken in the federally declared dis-
aster area in response to the conditions that necessitated
the Presidential declaration shall proceed immediately and
to completion notwithstanding any other provision of law
including, but not limited to, the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Na-
tional Forest Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
In addition, such activities shall not be subject to the no-
tice, comment, and appeal requirements of section 322 of
Public Law 102–381 (commonly known as the Appeals
Reform Act; 16 U.S.C. 1612 note) or to judicial review
by any court of the United States.
(c) DURATION.—Subsection (b) shall apply to a fed-
erally declared disaster area during the two-year period
beginning on the date of the Presidential declaration and
to any land management activity described in such sub-
section commenced in the area during such period.
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14 N., R. 4 E., Gila and Salt River Base and
Meridian, Yavapai County, Arizona, containing
511 estimated acres, more or less, subject to
confirmation by an approved survey providing
an acceptable legal description and acreage.
(G) WETZEL
SCHOOL.—(Coconino Na-
tional Forest), described as lots 8 and 9 of sec.
11, T. 21 N., R. 7 E., Gila and Salt River Base
and Meridian, Coconino County, Arizona, con-
taining 11.13 record acres, more or less (lot 8
was created by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment to designate a subdivision encroachment).
(H) SWISS
MANOR
PARCEL.—(Coconino
National Forest), described as lot 7 of sec. 7,
T. 21 N., R. 8 E., Gila and Salt River Base
and Meridian, Coconino County, Arizona, con-
taining 17.21 record acres, more or less.
SEC. 9. EQUALIZATION IF NON-FEDERAL LAND APPRAISED
VALUE IS HIGHER.
If the final approved appraised value of non-Federal
land is greater than the final approved appraised value
of the Federal land, the land shall be adjusted in the fol-
lowing order and priority:
(1) Add portions of sec. 30, T. 20 N., R. 6 W.,
Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yavapai