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lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway, $1,993,754,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2007. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes, $885,340,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2007, of which 
$27,130,000 shall be for the Navy Reserve and Marine 
Corps Reserve.
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SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi-
tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ-
ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 
long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be 
constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 
public and private plants, including land necessary there-
for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title, as follows: 
Carrier Replacement program (AP), $626,084,000; 
NSSN, $1,581,143,000; 
NSSN (AP), $871,864,000; 
SSGN, $469,226,000; 
SSGN (AP), $48,000,000; 
CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $333,061,000; 
SSN 
Submarine 
Refueling 
Overhauls 
(AP), 
$19,368,000; 
SSBN 
Submarine 
Refueling 
Overhauls, 
$262,229,000; 
SSBN 
Submarine 
Refueling 
Overhauls 
(AP), 
$63,971,000;
(ii) Not later than 24 months after 
such initial meeting, a progress report on 
how the improvements identified in the re-
port required under clause (i) are being 
made, whether additional improvements 
are needed, including plans to make those 
improvements, and that includes the report 
of the independent evaluation entity re-
quired under subparagraph (B). 
(iii) Not later than 36 months after 
such initial meeting, a final report that de-
scribes how the programs described in sub-
paragraph (B) have been improved to as-
sist individuals and families with barriers 
to work and identifies ongoing work that 
will be needed to maintain the improve-
ments made. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
PROGRESS
RE-
PORT.—In preparation for the progress report 
required under subparagraph (A)(ii), the advi-
sory panel shall hire an independent evaluation 
entity to assess the State’s progress in meeting 
the goals set forth by the advisory panel. In 
States described in paragraph (2)(C), the inde-
pendent evaluation entity shall also assess the
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while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members 
of the Air Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses 
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States 
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $1,451,950,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under section 10211, 10302, 
or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United 
States Code, or while serving on duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 
section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay-
ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $5,915,229,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
tional Guard on duty under section 10211, 10305, or 
12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States
Science for Nuclear Waste Disposal Act of 
2004, the site where the waste is generated; 
‘‘(2) require the least amount of transportation 
of nuclear waste practicable; and 
‘‘(3) reduce the level of radiation of the nuclear 
waste. 
The Government shall not use any funds for research, de-
velopment, or implementation of a central high-level radio-
active waste and spent nuclear fuel repository.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (d), as so redesignated by 
paragraph (3) of this section, by striking ‘‘sub-
section (d)’’ in paragraph (6) and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’. 
SEC. 4. REPEALS AND REDESIGNATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 151 as section 10 
and moving it to appear after section 9, and by re-
pealing the remainder of title I; 
(2) by repealing title II; 
(3) by redesignating sections 302 and 306 as 
sections 11 and 12, respectively, and moving them to 
appear after section 10, and by repealing the re-
mainder of title III; 
(4) by repealing title IV; and
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cilities are obtained from the non-Federal sponsor for a 
second user along the Port Jersey element: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $6,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated herein to proceed with planning, engi-
neering, design or construction of the Grundy, Buchanan 
County, and Dickenson County, Virginia, elements of the 
Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper 
Cumberland River Project: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engi-
neers, is directed to use funds appropriated for the navi-
gation project, Tampa Harbor, Florida, to carry out, as 
part of the project, construction of passing lanes in an 
area approximately 3.5 miles long, centered on Tampa 
Bay Cut B, if the Secretary determines that such con-
struction is technically sound, environmentally acceptable, 
and cost effective: Provided further, That using $500,000 
of the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the 
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is author-
ized and directed to plan, design, and initiate reconstruc-
tion of the Cape Girardeau, Missouri, project, originally 
authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1950, at an esti-
mated total cost of $9,000,000, with cost sharing on the 
same basis as cost sharing for the project as originally 
authorized, if the Secretary determines that the recon-
rollee is required to pay with respect to such 
claim for benefits; and 
(B) notify a participant, beneficiary, or en-
rollee (or authorized representative) and the 
treating health care professional involved re-
garding a determination on an initial claim for 
benefits made under the terms and conditions 
of the plan or coverage, including any cost-shar-
ing amounts that the participant, beneficiary, 
or enrollee may be required to make with re-
spect to such claim for benefits, and of the 
right of the participant, beneficiary, or enrollee 
to an internal appeal under section 103. 
(2) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—
(A) TIMELY PROVISION OF NECESSARY IN-
FORMATION.—With respect to an initial claim 
for benefits, the participant, beneficiary, or en-
rollee (or authorized representative) and the 
treating health care professional (if any) shall 
provide the plan or issuer with access to infor-
mation requested by the plan or issuer that is 
necessary to make a determination relating to 
the claim. Such access shall be provided not 
later than 5 days after the date on which the 
request for information is received, or, in a case
in a final fiscal year 2005 appropriation estimated at not 
more than $751,800. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Tech-
nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 
203, section 5051, $3,177,000, to be derived from the 
Nuclear Waste Fund, and to remain available until ex-
pended. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deny requests for the public release 
of documents or evidence obtained through or in the West-
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ern Energy Markets: Enron Investigation (Docket No. 
PA02-2), the California Refund case (Docket No. EL00- 
95), the Anomalous Bidding Investigation (Docket No. 
IN03-10), or the Physical Withholding Investigation. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2005’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2004. 
Attest: 
Clerk. 
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termination under the timeline described in 
clause (i) would seriously jeopardize the 
life or health of the participant, bene-
ficiary, or enrollee or the ability of the par-
ticipant, beneficiary, or enrollee to main-
tain or regain maximum function. Such de-
termination shall be made in accordance 
with the medical exigencies of the case and 
as soon as possible, but in no case later 
than 72 hours after the time the request 
for external review is received by the quali-
fied external review entity. 
(iii) 
ONGOING
CARE
DETERMINA-
TION.—Notwithstanding clause (i), in the 
case of a review described in such clause 
that involves a termination or reduction of 
care, the notice of the determination shall 
be completed not later than 24 hours after 
the time the request for external review is 
received by the qualified external review 
entity and before the end of the approved 
period of care. 
(B) RETROSPECTIVE
DETERMINATION.—
The independent medical reviewer (or review-
ers) shall complete a review in the case of a ret-
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uation, or demonstration projects authorized by the
Director.
‘‘(3) Disclosure of patient safety data by a pro-
vider to an accrediting body that accredits that pro-
vider.
‘‘(4) Voluntary disclosure of patient safety data
by a patient safety organization to the Secretary for
public health surveillance if the consent of each pro-
vider identified in, or providing, such data is ob-
tained prior to such disclosure. Nothing in the pre-
ceding sentence shall be construed to prevent the re-
lease of patient safety data that is provided by, or
that relates solely to, a provider from which the con-
sent described in such sentence is obtained because one
or more other providers do not provide such consent
with respect to the disclosure of patient safety date
that relates to such nonconsenting providers. Consent
for the future release of patient safety data for such
purposes may be requested by the patient safety orga-
nization at the time the data is submitted.
‘‘(5) Voluntary disclosure of patient safety data
by a patient safety organization to State of local gov-
ernment agencies for public health surveillance if the
consent of each provider identified in, or providing,
such data is obtained prior to such disclosure. Noth-
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each fiscal year, and total credits and reimbursements for 
all applicable projects not to exceed $50,000,000 in each 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
any other Act may be used by the United States Army 
Corps of Engineers to support activities related to the 
proposed Ridge Landfill in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
any other Act shall be used to demonstrate or implement 
any plans divesting or transferring any Civil Works mis-
sions, functions, or responsibilities of the United States 
Army Corps of Engineers to other government agencies 
without specific direction in a subsequent Act of Con-
gress. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
any other Act may be used by the United States Army 
Corps of Engineers to support activities related to the 
proposed Indian Run Sanitary Landfill in Sandy Town-
ship, Stark County, Ohio. 
SEC. 105. ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO. The project 
for flood protection at Alamogordo, New Mexico, author-
ized by the Flood Control Act of 1962 (P.L. 87–874), is 
modified to authorize and direct the Secretary to con-
struct a flood detention basin to protect the north side 
of the City of Alamogordo, New Mexico, from flooding.
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(B) and (C) and (2) of this subsection. The
Administrator may complete this separate
study prior to the completion of the broader
study of hydraulic fracturing required pur-
suant to subparagraph (A) of this sub-
section.
‘‘(ii) At the conclusion of independent
scientific review for any separate study, the
Administrator shall determine, pursuant to
paragraph (3), whether regulation of hy-
draulic fracturing in the particular type of
geologic formation addressed in the separate
study is necessary under this part to ensure
that underground sources of drinking water
will not be endangered on a nationwide
basis, or within a specific region, State or
portions of a State. Subparagraph (4) of
this subsection shall apply to any such de-
termination by the Administrator.
‘‘(iii) If the Administrator completes a
separate study, the Administrator may use
the information gathered in the course of
such a study in undertaking her broad
study to the extent appropriate. The broader
study need not include a reexamination of
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4615 
To modify the application of the antitrust laws to permit collective develop-
ment and implementation of a standard contract form for playwrights 
for the licensing of their plays. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2004 
Mr. COBLE (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HYDE, and Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To modify the application of the antitrust laws to permit 
collective development and implementation of a standard 
contract form for playwrights for the licensing of their 
plays. 
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 ‘‘Playwrights Licensing 
Antitrust Initiative Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. NONAPPLICATION OF ANTITRUST LAWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the 
antitrust laws shall not apply to any joint discussion, con-
sideration, review, action, or agreement for the express 
purpose of, and limited to, the development of a standard 
form contract containing minimum terms of artistic pro-
tection and levels of compensation for playwrights by 
means of— 
(1) meetings, discussions, and negotiations be-
tween or among playwrights or their representatives 
and producers or their representatives; or 
(2) joint or collective voluntary actions for the 
limited purposes of developing a standard form con-
tract by playwrights or their representatives. 
(b) ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION.—Subject to 
subsection (c), the antitrust laws shall not apply to any 
joint discussion, consideration, review, or action for the 
express purpose of, and limited to, reaching a collective 
agreement among playwrights adopting a standard form 
contract developed pursuant to subsection (a) as the par-
ticipating playwrights sole and exclusive means by which 
participating playwrights shall license their plays to pro-
ducers. 
(c) AMENDMENT OF CONTRACT.—A standard form 
of contract developed and implemented under subsections 
(a) and (b) shall be subject to amendment by individual 
playwrights and producers consistent with the terms of the 
standard form contract.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ANTITRUST
LAWS.—The term ‘‘antitrust 
laws’’ has the meaning given it in section (a) of the 
first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12) ex-
cept that such term includes section 5 of the Federal 
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent 
that such section applies to unfair methods of com-
petition. 
(2) PLAYWRIGHT.—The term ‘‘playwright’’ 
means the author, composer, or lyricist of a dra-
matic or musical work intended to be performed on 
the speaking stage and shall include, where appro-
priate, the adapter of a work from another medium. 
(3) PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘producer’’— 
(A) means any person who obtains the 
rights to present live stage productions of a 
play; and 
(B) includes any person who presents a 
play as first class performances in major cities, 
as well as those who present plays in regional 
and not-for-profit theaters. 
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4616 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend for four years the operation 
of the demonstration project of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
guarantee hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for the construction or pur-
chase of homes by veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2004 
Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. EVANS, and Mr. MICHAUD) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend for four 
years the operation of the demonstration project of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to guarantee hybrid adjust-
able rate mortgages for the construction or purchase 
of homes by veterans. 
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 ‘‘Veterans’ Adjustable 
Rate Home Loan Extension Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION OF HYBRID ADJUSTABLE 
RATE MORTGAGE GUARANTEE DEMONSTRA-
TION PROGRAM. 
Subsection (a) of section 3707A of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘during fiscal years 
2004 and 2005’’and inserting ‘‘during fiscal years 2004 
through 2009’’. 
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Sec. 305. Report on undistributed child support payments. 
Sec. 306. Use of new hire information to assist in administration of unemploy-
ment compensation programs. 
Sec. 307. Decrease in amount of child support arrearage triggering passport 
denial. 
Sec. 308. Use of tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support 
on behalf of children who are not minors. 
Sec. 309. Garnishment of compensation paid to veterans for service-connected 
disabilities in order to enforce child support obligations. 
Sec. 310. Improving Federal debt collection practices. 
Sec. 311. Maintenance of technical assistance funding. 
Sec. 312. Maintenance of Federal Parent Locator Service funding. 
TITLE IV—CHILD WELFARE 
Sec. 401. Extension of authority to approve demonstration projects. 
Sec. 402. Elimination of limitation on number of waivers. 
Sec. 403. Elimination of limitation on number of States that may be granted 
waivers to conduct demonstration projects on same topic. 
Sec. 404. Elimination of limitation on number of waivers that may be granted 
to a single State for demonstration projects. 
Sec. 405. Streamlined process for consideration of amendments to and exten-
sions of demonstration projects requiring waivers. 
Sec. 406. Availability of reports. 
Sec. 407. Technical correction. 
TITLE V—SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME 
Sec. 501. Review of State agency blindness and disability determinations. 
TITLE VI—STATE AND LOCAL FLEXIBILITY 
Sec. 601. Program coordination demonstration projects. 
Sec. 602. State food assistance block grant demonstration project. 
TITLE VII—ABSTINENCE EDUCATION 
Sec. 701. Extension of abstinence education program. 
TITLE VIII—TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 801. Extension of medicaid transitional medical assistance program 
through fiscal year 2004. 
Sec. 802. Adjustment to payments for medicaid administrative costs to prevent 
duplicative payments and to fund extension of transitional 
medical assistance. 
TITLE IX—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 901. Effective date.
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4617
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain
land exchanges involving small parcels of National Forest
System land in the Tahoe National Forest in the State
of California, 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. LAND EXCHANGES, TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST,
CALIFORNIA.
(a) CHRISTENSEN EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—Not-
withstanding section 3 of Public Law 97–465 (16 U.S.C.
521e; commonly known as the Small Tracts Act), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may use the authority of such Act
to convey to Irving N. Christensen all right, title, and in-
terest of the United States in and to a parcel of National
Forest System land lying north of California State High-
way 49 within the N1⁄2N1⁄2 of section 17 of township 19
north, range 9 east, Mount Diablo meridian, in exchange
for lands owned by Irving N. Christensen, as of the date
of the enactment of this Act, in that portion of the
SW1⁄4NW1⁄4 of section 16 of township 19 north, range 9
east, Mount Diablo meridian, lying southwest of California
State Highway 49 and that portion of S1⁄2NE1⁄4 of section
17 of township 19 north, range 9 east, Mount Diablo me-
ridian, lying southwest of California State Highway 49
and northeast of the North Fork Yuba River.
(b) MCCREARY EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—For pur-
poses of Public Law 97–465 (16 U.S.C. 521c et seq.; com-
monly known as the Small Tracts Act), the land exchange
authorized by this subsection is deemed to involve a min-
eral survey fraction. Using the authority of such Act, the
Secretary of Agriculture may convey to Dennis W.
McCreary and Cindy M. McCreary all right, title, and in-
terest of the United States in and to a parcel of National
Forest System land in Lot 121 of section 35 of township
20 north, range 10 east, Mount Diablo meridian, in ex-
change for lands owned by Dennis W. McCreary and
Cindy M. McCreary, as of the date of the enactment of
this Act, in Lot 19 of such section 35.
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights,
all lands to be exchanged under this section are withdrawn
from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws
of the United States.
Passed the House of Representatives September 28,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.