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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3959
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Home-
land Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Border and Trans-
portation Security, to provide air marshal training to law enforcement 
personnel of foreign countries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2004
Mr. LOBIONDO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the 
Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, 
to provide air marshal training to law enforcement per-
sonnel of foreign countries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL TRAINING. 
Section 44917 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) TRAINING FOR FOREIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PERSONNEL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary may 
direct the Federal Air Marshal Service to provide air 
marshal training to law enforcement personnel of 
foreign countries. 
‘‘(2) FEES.—The Under Secretary shall estab-
lish reasonable fees and charges to pay expenses in-
curred in carrying out this subsection. Money col-
lected under this subsection shall be credited to the 
account in the Treasury from which the expenses 
were incurred and shall be available to the Under 
Secretary for those expenses.’’.
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igible for reimbursement but for this sub-
section); and 
‘‘(B) allocated for reimbursement to the 
program under this title under a plan submitted 
by a State to the Secretary to allocate adminis-
trative costs for public assistance programs; 
except that, for purposes of subparagraph (A), the 
reference in clause (iii) of that section to ‘subsection 
(a)’ is deemed a reference to subsection (a)(7) and 
clause (iv)(II) of that section shall be applied as if 
‘medicaid program’ were substituted for ‘food stamp 
program’.’’. 
TITLE IX—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 901. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided, the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a State plan under 
part A or D of title IV of the Social Security Act which 
the Secretary determines requires State legislation in 
order for the plan to meet the additional requirements im-
posed by the amendments made by this Act, the effective 
date of the amendments imposing the additional require-
ments shall be 3 months after the first day of the first 
calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first reg-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 395
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Received 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees 
for the implementation and enforcement of a ‘‘do-not-
call’’ registry, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 395 RDS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Do-Not-Call Imple-
mentation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TELEMARKETING SALES RULE; DO-NOT-CALL REG-
ISTRY FEES. 
The Federal Trade Commission may promulgate reg-
ulations establishing fees sufficient to implement and en-
force the provisions relating to the ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry 
of 
the 
Telemarketing 
Sales 
Rule 
(16 
CFR 
310.4(b)(1)(iii)), promulgated under the Telemarketing 
and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 
U.S.C. 6101 et seq.). Such regulations shall be promul-
gated in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United 
States Code. Fees may be collected pursuant to this sec-
tion for fiscal years 2003 through 2007, and shall be de-
posited and credited as offsetting collections to the ac-
count, Federal Trade Commission—Salaries and Ex-
penses, and shall remain available until expended. No 
amounts shall be collected as fees pursuant to this section 
for such fiscal years except to the extent provided in ad-
vance in appropriations Acts. Such amounts shall be avail-
able for expenditure only to offset the costs of activities 
and services related to the implementation and enforce-
ment of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and other activities 
resulting from such implementation and enforcement.
HR 395 RDS 
registry with the enforcement activities of the Fed-
eral Communications Commission pursuant to the 
Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. 227 
et seq.); and 
(6) a review of the enforcement proceedings 
under the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 CFR 310), 
in the case of the Federal Trade Commission, and 
under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 
U.S.C. 227 et seq.), in the case of the Federal Com-
munications Commission.
Passed the House of Representatives February 12, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
(2) identification of the foreign agencies to 
which the Commission has provided nonpublic inves-
tigative information under this Act; 
(3) the number of times the Commission has 
used compulsory process on behalf of foreign law en-
forcement agencies pursuant to section 6 of the Fed-
eral Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 46), as 
amended by section 4 of this Act; 
(4) a list of international agreements and 
memoranda of understanding executed by the Com-
mission that relate to this Act; 
(5) the number of times the Commission has 
sought delay of notice pursuant to section 21A of 
the Federal Trade Commission Act, as added by sec-
tion 7 of this Act, and the number of times a court 
has granted a delay; 
(6) a description of the types of information 
private entities have provided voluntarily pursuant to 
section 21B of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 
as added by section 8 of this Act; 
(7) a description of the results of cooperation 
with foreign law enforcement agencies under section 
21 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
57–2) as amended by section 6 of this Act;
(8) an analysis of whether the lack of an ex-
emption from the disclosure requirements of section 
552 of title 5, United States Code, with regard to 
information or material voluntarily provided relevant 
to possible unfair or deceptive acts or practices, has 
hindered the Commission in investigating or engag-
ing in enforcement proceedings against such prac-
tices; and 
(9) a description of Commission litigation 
brought in foreign courts. 
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DUCTED BY, A SINGLE STATE.—The Secretary shall not 
impose any limit on the number of waivers that may be 
granted to a State, or the number of demonstration 
projects that a State may be authorized to conduct, under 
this section.’’. 
SEC. 405. STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION OF 
AMENDMENTS TO AND EXTENSIONS OF DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS REQUIRING WAIV-
ERS. 
Section 1130 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9) is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION 
OF AMENDMENTS
AND EXTENSIONS.—The Secretary 
shall develop a streamlined process for consideration of 
amendments and extensions proposed by States to dem-
onstration projects conducted under this section.’’. 
SEC. 406. AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS. 
Section 1130 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9) is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) AVAILABILITY
OF REPORTS.—The Secretary 
shall make available to any State or other interested party 
any report provided to the Secretary under subsection 
(f)(2), and any evaluation or report made by the Secretary 
with respect to a demonstration project conducted under
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this section, with a focus on information that may promote 
best practices and program improvements.’’. 
SEC. 407. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Section 1130(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9(b)(1)) is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘422(b)(9)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘422(b)(10)’’. 
TITLE V—SUPPLEMENTAL 
SECURITY INCOME 
SEC. 501. REVIEW OF STATE AGENCY BLINDNESS AND DIS-
ABILITY DETERMINATIONS. 
Section 1633 (42 U.S.C. 1383b) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(e)(1) The Commissioner of Social Security shall re-
view determinations, made by State agencies pursuant to 
subsection (a) in connection with applications for benefits 
under this title on the basis of blindness or disability, that 
individuals who have attained 18 years of age are blind 
or disabled as of a specified onset date. The Commissioner 
of Social Security shall review such a determination before 
any action is taken to implement the determination. 
‘‘(2)(A) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall review—
‘‘(i) at least 20 percent of all determinations re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) that are made in fiscal 
year 2004;
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The tables of chapters 
at the beginning of subtitle E, and at the beginning of 
part II of subtitle E, of title 10, United States Code, are 
amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 
1215 the following new item:
‘‘1216. Ready Reserve Mobilization Loan Program ................................. 12591’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3963
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to extend to employ-
ees of the legislative branch certain protections available to other employ-
ees of the Federal Government under certain laws, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2004
Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. ENGLISH, and Mr. MORAN of Virginia) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 
and the Judiciary, 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 the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to 
extend to employees of the legislative branch certain pro-
tections available to other employees of the Federal Gov-
ernment under certain laws, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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ular session of the State legislature that begins after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the 
preceding sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-
year legislative session, each year of the session shall be 
considered to be a separate regular session of the State 
legislature.
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Union Calendar No. 266 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3970 
[Report No. 108–462] 
A BILL 
To provide for the implementation of a Green 
Chemistry Research and Development Program, 
and for other purposes. 
APRIL 14, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ROTC and Military
Recruiter Equal Access to Campus Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Reserve Officers Training Corps
(ROTC) program is the most common path for un-
dergraduates to become United States military offi-
cers.
(2) The inclusion of both public and private un-
dergraduate institutions in the ROTC program in-
sures a more racially, ethnically, and socially diverse
pool for leadership in the higher ranks of the Armed
Forces.
(3) The majority of both minority officers and
female officers in the Armed Forces are acquired
through undergraduate ROTC programs.
(4) The presence of ROTC programs on college
campuses benefits even those students who are not
enrolled by making them aware of the presence and
role of the United States military.
(5) Land-grant colleges received land from the
United States on the condition that they offer some
military instruction in addition to their regular cur-
riculum, forming the basis for the Nation’s tradition
‘‘SEC. 507. REQUIRING EMPLOYING OFFICES TO POST NO-
TICE OF RIGHTS OF COVERED EMPLOYEES. 
‘‘Each employing office shall post and keep posted 
(in conspicuous places upon its premises where notices to 
covered employees are customarily posted) notices of the 
rights and protections applicable to covered employees of 
the office under this Act or any other Federal law relating 
to the terms and conditions of employment or access to 
public services and accommodations.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 303(a) (2 
U.S.C. 1383(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘hearing offi-
cers,’’ and inserting ‘‘hearing officers and procedures 
under section 507 for requiring employing offices to post 
notices of the rights and protections applicable to covered 
employees,’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
is amended by amending the item relating to section 507 
to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 507. Requiring employing offices to post notice of rights of covered 
employees.’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3964
To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit 
the operation of the Medicare comparative cost adjustment (CCA) pro-
gram in California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2004
Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Mr. MATSUI, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 
BECERRA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FILNER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. WOOL-
SEY, Mr. FARR, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. LEE, Mr. BACA, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 
HONDA, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. WATSON, and Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee 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 part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
to prohibit the operation of the Medicare comparative 
cost adjustment (CCA) program in California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3964 IH1S 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON OPERATION OF MEDICARE 
COMPARATIVE 
COST 
ADJUSTMENT 
(CCA) 
PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA. 
Section 1860C–1(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–29(b)(2)), as added by section 241(a) of 
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Mod-
ernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173), is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) NO PART IN CALIFORNIA.—No part 
of the MSA is in California.’’.
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HR 3966 RFS 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to funds appropriated for fiscal year 2005 and 
thereafter. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 30, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Sec. 441. Additional authorizations for formula grants. 
Sec. 442. Federal transit program obligation ceiling. 
Sec. 443. Uniform dollar limitation for all types of transportation fringe bene-
fits. 
Subtitle E—Aviation Infrastructure Investment 
Sec. 451. Increased funding for airport planning and development. 
Sec. 452. Increased funding for airway facilities improvement. 
Subtitle F—Maritime Infrastructure Investment 
Sec. 461. Marine transportation system infrastructure. 
Subtitle G—Economic Development Infrastructure Investment 
Sec. 471. Public works and economic development. 
Sec. 472. Appalachian regional development. 
Sec. 473. Delta regional development. 
Subtitle H—Water Resources Infrastructure Investment 
Sec. 481. Increased funding for corps of engineers projects. 
Subtitle I—Public Buildings Infrastructure Investment 
Sec. 491. Security enhancements for GSA properties. 
Sec. 492. Security enhancements for John F. Kennedy center. 
Sec. 493. Security enhancements for Smithsonian Institution. 
Subtitle J—General Provisions 
Sec. 495. Priority consideration for security projects. 
Sec. 496. Temporary waiver of non-Federal share. 
Sec. 497. Maintenance of effort. 
Sec. 498. Labor standards. 
Sec. 499. Buy America. 
TITLE V—ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 501. Elementary and secondary education infrastructure. 
Sec. 502. Labor standards. 
TITLE VI—REVENUE OFFSETS 
Sec. 601. Top individual income tax marginal rate not reduced below 2003 
level. 
Sec. 602. Reinstatement of estate tax for estate over $5,000,000; repeal of car-
ryover basis.
‘‘(C) what changes, if any, in law would fa-
cilitate both the participation of part-time stu-
dents in higher education and increased gradua-
tion rates amongst these students. 
‘‘(4) SEPARATE
AUTHORIZATIONS
OF
APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out the program authorized by sub-
section (b)(9), $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
five succeeding fiscal years.’’.
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into account the benefit provided with respect to such alco-
hol under section 6427(f).’’. 
(2) Subparagraph (B) of section 40(d)(4) is 
amended by striking ‘‘under section 4041(k) or 
4081(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 6427(f)’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall apply to fuel sold or used after September 30, 
2004. 
(2) SUBSECTION (c).—The amendments made 
by subsection (c) shall apply to taxes imposed after 
September 30, 2003. 
SEC. 102. ALCOHOL FUEL SUBSIDIES BORNE BY GENERAL 
FUND. 
(a) TRANSFERS TO FUND.—Section 9503(b)(1) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new flush sen-
tence: 
‘‘For purposes of this paragraph, the amount of 
taxes received under section 4081 shall include any 
amount treated as a payment under section 
6427(f)(1)(A) and shall not be reduced by the 
amount paid under section 6427(f)(1)(B).’’. 
(b) TRANSFERS FROM FUND.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 9503(c)(2) is amended by adding at the end the
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3970 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 22, 2004 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry 
Research and Development Program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 207. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER AND 
FAILURE TO REPORT. 
(a) INCREASED PENALTY.—Subsection (a) of section 
7272 (relating to penalty for failure to register) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘($10,000 in the case of a failure to reg-
ister under section 4101)’’ after ‘‘$50’’. 
(b) INCREASED CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Section 7232 
(relating to failureto register under section 4101, false 
representations of registration status, etc.) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’. 
(c) ASSESSABLE PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REG-
ISTER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter B of 
chapter 68 (relating to assessable penalties) is 
amended by inserting after section 6717 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 6718. FAILURE TO REGISTER. 
‘‘(a) FAILURE TO REGISTER.—Every person who is 
required to register under section 4101 and fails to do 
so shall pay a penalty in addition to the tax (if any). 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.—The amount of the 
penalty under subsection (a) shall be—
‘‘(1) $10,000 for each initial failure to register, 
and 
‘‘(2) $1,000 for each day thereafter such person 
fails to register.
‘‘(H) to analyze and implement programs 
to reduce tax evasion associated with foreign 
imported fuel.’’. 
(c) FUEL REPORTING SYSTEM.— Section 143(c)(1) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than Au-
gust 1, 1998,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than April 1, 
2004,’’. 
(d) IRS REPORT.—Section 143(c)(2) of such title is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘: and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) the Internal Revenue Service shall 
provide a report to the Secretary on the status 
of the Internal Revenue Service projects funded 
under this section by March 30 and September 
30 of each year. The report shall include up-
dates on the automated fuel tracking system 
project.’’. 
(e) FUNDING.—Section 143(c)(3) of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section for each of fiscal years
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‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the Bu-
reau shall serve as the Secretary’s senior advisor on data 
and statistics and be responsible for carrying out the fol-
lowing duties: 
‘‘(1) Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating 
data concerning the domestic and international 
movement of freight. 
‘‘(2) Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating 
data concerning travel patterns for local and long-
distance travel, at the local, State, national, and 
international levels. 
‘‘(3) Developing, analyzing, and disseminating 
information on the economics of transportation. 
‘‘(4) Building and disseminating the transpor-
tation layer of the National Spatial Data Infrastruc-
ture, including coordinating the development of 
transportation geospatial data standards, compiling 
intermodal geospatial data, and collecting geospatial 
data that is not being collected by others. 
‘‘(5) Developing, publishing, and disseminating 
a comprehensive set of measures of investment, use, 
costs, performance, and impacts of the national 
transportation system, including publishing an an-
nual transportation statistics abstract.
a loan or extension of credit to a consumer which re-
finances an existing mortgage when the new loan or 
extension of credit does not have reasonable, tan-
gible net benefit to the consumer considering all of 
the circumstances, including the terms of both the 
new and the refinanced loans or credit, the cost of 
the new loan or credit, and the consumer’s cir-
cumstances. 
‘‘(3) TANGIBLE
NET
BENEFIT.—The Board 
may prescribe regulations, in the discretion of the 
Board, defining the term ‘tangible net benefit’ for 
purposes of this subsection. 
‘‘(b) SINGLE PREMIUM CREDIT INSURANCE PROHIB-
ITED.—No creditor may finance, directly or indirectly, in 
connection with any consumer credit transaction that is 
secured by the consumer’s principal dwelling, any credit 
life, credit disability, credit unemployment or credit prop-
erty insurance, or any other accident, loss-of-income, life 
or health insurance, or any payments directly or indirectly 
for any debt cancellation or suspension agreement or con-
tract, except that insurance premiums or debt cancellation 
or suspension fees calculated and paid in full on a monthly 
basis shall not be considered financed by the creditor.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 2 of the Truth in Lending Act is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 129 the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘129A Protections for all home loans.’’.
SEC. 9. REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System shall publish regulations imple-
menting this Act and the amendments made by this Act 
in final form before the end of the 6-month period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) CONSUMER MORTGAGE EDUCATION.—
(1) REGULATIONS.—The Board may prescribe 
regulations requiring or encouraging creditors to 
provide consumer mortgage education to prospective 
customers or direct such customers to qualified con-
sumer mortgage education or counseling programs 
in the vicinity of the residence of the consumer. 
(2) COORDINATION WITH STATE LAW.—No re-
quirement established by the Board pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall be construed as affecting or su-
perseding any requirement under the law of any 
State with respect to consumer mortgage counseling 
or education.
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