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SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. 
The Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new title: 
‘‘TITLE 
XXII—STATE 
COMPREHENSIVE 
HEALTH CARE AND COST CONTAINMENT 
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
‘‘SEC. 2201. PLANNING GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—A State may apply to the Sec-
retary for a State planning grant under this section to 
develop a State plan to offer universal comprehensive 
health care, with simplified administration, and to improve 
the cost-effectiveness of the health care delivery system. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The Secretary may not approve 
such a State planning grant for a State unless the applica-
tion for the grant includes or provides for the following: 
‘‘(1) BUDGET.—A budget and a budget jus-
tification. 
‘‘(2) PLANNING
PROCESS.—A description of 
how under the grant the State shall—
‘‘(A) identify options to provide a uni-
versal, comprehensive, and cost-effective system 
of health care, with simplified administration, 
that is affordable and accessible to all eligible 
beneficiaries in the State; and 
‘‘(B) conduct an analysis that compares 
projected overall health expenditures over a 7-
‘‘(A) the applicable recapture percentage, 
and 
‘‘(B) 10 percent of the taxpayer’s adjusted 
basis in the property on the date such property 
was transferred to the taxpayer. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE RECAPTURE PERCENTAGE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the applicable recapture percentage 
shall be determined from the following table:
‘‘If the recapture event occurs in: 
The applicable recapture 
percentage is: 
Years 1 through 5 .....................................................
100
Year 6 ........................................................................
Year 7 ........................................................................
Year 8 ........................................................................
Year 9 ........................................................................
Years 10 and thereafter ............................................
0.
‘‘(B) YEARS.—For purposes of subpara-
graph (A), year 1 shall begin on the date of the 
sale or exchange described in paragraph (1) or 
(2) of subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) RECAPTURE EVENT DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘recapture event’ 
means—
‘‘(A) CESSATION
OF
OPERATION.—The 
cessation of the operation of any property the 
sale or exchange of which to the taxpayer is de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 
(a) as a farm for farming purposes.
‘‘(B) CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), the disposition of a 
taxpayer’s interest in any property the sale 
or exchange of which to the taxpayer is de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(ii) AGREEMENT TO ASSUME RECAP-
TURE
LIABILITY.—Clause (i) shall not 
apply if the person acquiring such interest 
in the property agrees in writing to assume 
the recapture liability of the person dis-
posing of such interest in effect imme-
diately before such disposition. In the 
event of such an assumption, the person 
acquiring the interest in the property shall 
be treated as the taxpayer for purposes of 
assessing any recapture liability (computed 
as if there had been no change in owner-
ship). 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(A) NO CREDITS AGAINST TAX.—Any in-
crease in tax under this subsection shall not be 
treated as a tax imposed by this chapter for
purposes of determining the amount of any 
credit under subpart A, B, or D of this part. 
‘‘(B) NO
RECAPTURE
BY
REASON
OF 
HARDSHIP.—The increase in tax under this 
subsection shall not apply to any disposition of 
property or cessation of the operation of any 
property as a farm for farming purposes by rea-
son of any hardship as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 121 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 121A. Exclusion of gain from sale of qualified farm property.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to any sale or exchange on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years 
ending after such date.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 297
To require any amounts remaining in a Member’s Representational Allowance 
at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used 
for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2003
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. KIRK) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To require any amounts remaining in a Member’s Represen-
tational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be 
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction 
or to reduce the Federal debt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEM-
BERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO 
BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO RE-
DUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any amounts appropriated for Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowances for the House of Representatives 
for a fiscal year which remain after all payments are made 
under such Allowances for the year shall be deposited in 
the Treasury and used for deficit reduction, except that 
in the case of a fiscal year for which there is no Federal 
budget deficit, such amounts shall be used to reduce the 
Federal debt (in such manner as the Secretary of the 
Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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(b) Section 24301(c) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘‘11123,’’ after ‘‘except for sec-
tions’’.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration’s programs, $14,500,000: Pro-
vided, That no more than $72,500,000 of budget authority
shall be available for these purposes: Provided further,
That of the funds available not to exceed $948,000 shall
be available for the Office of the Administrator; not to
exceed $6,126,000 shall be available for the Office of Ad-
ministration; not to exceed $3,848,000 shall be available
for the Office of the Chief Counsel; not to exceed
$1,067,000 shall be available for the Office of Commu-
nication and Congressional Affairs; not to exceed
$7,303,000 shall be available for the Office of Program
Management; not to exceed $6,027,000 shall be available
for the Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed
$4,328,000 shall be available for the Office of Demonstra-
tion and Innovation; not to exceed $2,657,000 shall be
available for the Office of Civil Rights; not to exceed
$3,732,000 shall be available for the Office of Planning;
not to exceed $17,697,000 shall be available for regional
offices; and not to exceed $16,567,000 shall be available
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tional Railroad Passenger Corporation agrees to continue 
abiding by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 
11 of the summary of conditions for the direct loan agree-
ment of June 28, 2002, in the same manner as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. To authorize the Surface Transportation 
Board to direct the continued operation of certain com-
muter rail passenger transportation operations in emer-
gency situations, and for other purposes: 
(a) Section 11123 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘failure of existing com-
muter rail passenger transportation operations 
caused by a cessation of service by the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation,’’ after ‘‘ces-
sation of operations,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (3); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (4)(C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2983
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility of 
Indian tribal organizations for grants for the establishment of veterans 
cemeteries on trust lands. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2003
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants for 
the establishment of veterans cemeteries on trust lands.
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 ‘‘Native American Vet-
erans Cemetery Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF INDIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS 
FOR GRANTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 
VETERANS CEMETERIES ON TRUST LANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2408 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary may make grants under this 
subsection to any tribal organization to assist the tribal 
organization in establishing, expanding, or improving vet-
erans’ cemeteries on trust land owned by, or held in trust 
for, the tribal organization. 
‘‘(2) Grants under this subsection shall be made in 
the same manner, and under the same conditions, as 
grants to States are made under the preceding provisions 
of this section. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘tribal organization’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3764(4) of this 
title. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘trust land’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 3764(1) of this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a)(2) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘under paragraph 
(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘under this section’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4968
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Received 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 25 McHenry Street in Rosine, Kentucky, as 
the ‘‘Bill Monroe Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 25 McHenry Street in Rosine, Kentucky, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Bill Monroe Post Of-
fice’’. 
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 ‘‘Bill Monroe Post Office’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 6, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
SECTION 1. PEAR MARKETING ORDERS.
Section 8c(7)(C) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
(7 U.S.C. 608c(7)(C)), reenacted with amendments by the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amend-
ed in the last sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘or pears’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘: Provided,’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘be equal’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 5,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2984
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four
An Act
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the requirement that proc-
essors be members of an agency administering a marketing order applicable
to pears.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PEAR MARKETING ORDERS.
Section 8c(7)(C) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C.
608c(7)(C)), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Mar-
keting Agreement Act of 1937, is amended in the last sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘or pears’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘: Provided,’’ and all that follows through
‘‘be equal’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2984
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the requirement that 
processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order 
applicable to pears. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2003
Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. 
NETHERCUTT, and Mr. LARSEN of Washington) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the 
requirement that processors be members of an agency 
administering a marketing order applicable to pears.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PEAR MARKETING ORDERS. 
Section 8c(7)(C) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 
(7 U.S.C. 608c(7)(C)), reenacted with amendments by the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amend-
ed in the last sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘or pears’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘: Provided,’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘be equal’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2984 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 6, 2004 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to remove the 
requirement that processors be members of an agency 
administering a marketing order applicable to pears. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 2984 RDS 
SECTION 1. PEAR MARKETING ORDERS. 
Section 8c(7)(C) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 
(7 U.S.C. 608c(7)(C)), reenacted with amendments by the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amend-
ed in the last sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or pears’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘: Provided,’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘be equal’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 5, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2985
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a review of the 
proposed project for construction of a remote passenger check-in facility 
at Los Angeles International Airport, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2003
Ms. WATERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct 
a review of the proposed project for construction of a 
remote passenger check-in facility at Los Angeles Inter-
national Airport, 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. REVIEW OF PROPOSED PROJECT AT LOS ANGE-
LES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall conduct a review of the proposed project for con-
struction of a remote passenger check-in facility at Los 
Angeles International Airport to determine whether the
project as designed will protect the safety and security of 
air passengers and the general public. 
(b) REPORT.—Upon completion of the review, the 
Secretary shall transmit to Congress and the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration a report 
containing the results of the review. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—The Administrator shall not allow 
construction of the proposed project until such time, if 
any, as the Secretary has completed the review and deter-
mined that the proposed project as designed will protect 
the safety and security of air passengers and the general 
public and will offer greater protection than is currently 
available at the existing facilities of Los Angeles Inter-
national Airport.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2988
For the relief of Silvia Lorenia Parra. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2003
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Silvia Lorenia Parra.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CITIZENSHIP FOR SILVIA LORENIA PARRA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Silvia Lorenia Parra shall be a 
citizen of the United States as of July 28, 1962, the date 
of her birth. 
(b) ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP.—
Upon payment of the required fee, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall furnish to Silvia Lorenia Parra a cer-
tificate of citizenship.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4969
To require the annual poverty estimate and the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress to be subject to certain guidance on the release 
of information to the public. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2004
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself and Mr. CLAY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To require the annual poverty estimate and the National 
Assessment of Educational Progress to be subject to 
certain guidance on the release of information to the 
public.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC RE-
LEASE OF ANNUAL POVERTY ESTIMATE AND 
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL 
PROGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The annual poverty estimate and 
the National Assessment of Educational Progress shall be
treated as if they were principal economic indicators and 
subject to the provisions of the Statistical Policy Directive 
on Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of Principal Fed-
eral Economic Indicators of the Office of Management and 
Budget (50 Fed. Reg. 38932; September 25, 1985). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘annual poverty estimate’’ means 
the Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 
Current Population Survey, or any successor docu-
ment that is the basis for the official national esti-
mate of the levels of poverty, of the Bureau of the 
Census. 
(2) The term ‘‘National Assessment of Edu-
cational Progress’’ means the National Assessment 
of Educational Progress established pursuant to sec-
tion 303 of the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act (title II of the Act of 
November 5, 2002; Public Law 107–279).
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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 ‘‘Potash Royalty Reduc-
tion Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. POTASSIUM AND POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS FROM 
SYLVITE. 
(a) 
ROYALTY
RATE.—Notwithstanding 
section 
102(a)(9) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701(a)(9)), section 2 of the Act 
of February 7, 1927 (30 U.S.C. 282) and the term of any 
lease issued under such section 2, the royalty rate on the 
quantity or gross value of the output from Federal lands 
of potassium and potassium compounds from the mineral 
sylvite at the point of shipment to market in the 5-year 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
shall be 1.0 percent. 
(b) RECLAMATION FUND.—Fifty percentum of any 
royalties paid pursuant to this Act during the 5-year pe-
riod referred to in subsection (a), together with any inter-
est earned from the date of payment, shall be paid by the 
Secretary of the Treasury to the payor of the royalties 
to be used solely for land reclamation purposes in accord-
ance with a schedule to implement a reclamation plan for 
the lands for which the royalties are paid. No payment
shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant 
to this subsection until the Secretary of the Interior re-
ceives from the payor of the royalties, and approves, the 
reclamation plan and schedule, and submits the approved 
schedule to the Secretary of the Treasury. The share of 
royalties held by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant 
to this subsection, and interest earned thereon, shall be 
available until paid pursuant to this subsection, without 
further appropriation; shall not be considered as money 
received under section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 191) for the purpose of revenue allocation; and 
shall not be reduced by any administrative or other costs 
incurred by the United States. 
(c) STUDY AND REPORT.—After the end of the 4- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and before the end of the 5-year period beginning 
on that date, the Secretary of the Interior shall report to 
the Congress on the effects of the royalty reduction under 
this Act, including a recommendation on whether the re-
duced royalty rate for potassium from sylvite should apply 
after the end of the 5-year period.
Union Calendar No. 457 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4984 
[Report No. 108–739] 
A BILL 
To provide that the royalty rate on the output from 
Federal lands of potassium and potassium com-
pounds from the mineral sylvite in the 5-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act shall be reduced to 1.0 percent, and for 
other purposes. 
OCTOBER 6, 2004 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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‘‘(5) in the case of a failure of existing freight 
or commuter rail passenger transportation oper-
ations caused by a cessation of service by the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation, direct the 
continuation of the operations and dispatching, 
maintenance, and other necessary infrastructure 
functions related to the operations.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
when’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) In the case of a failure of existing freight or 
commuter rail passenger transportation operations caused 
by a cessation of service by the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation, the Board shall provide funding to 
fully reimburse the directed service provider for its costs 
associated with the activities directed under subsection 
(a), including the payment of increased insurance pre-
miums. The Board shall order complete indemnification 
against any and all claims associated with the provision 
of service to which the directed rail carrier may be ex-
posed.’’;
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(3) by adding the following new paragraph at 
the end of subsection (c): 
‘‘(4) In the case of a failure of existing freight or 
commuter rail passenger transportation operations caused 
by cessation of service by the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation, the Board may not direct a rail carrier to 
undertake activities under subsection (a) to continue such 
operations unless—
‘‘(A) the Board first affirmatively finds that the 
rail carrier is operationally capable of conducting the 
directed service in a safe and efficient manner; and 
‘‘(B) the funding for such directed service re-
quired by subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(3) is 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(e) For purposes of this section, the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation and any entity providing com-
muter rail passenger transportation shall be considered 
rail carriers subject to the Board’s jurisdiction. 
‘‘(f) For purposes of this section, the term ‘commuter 
rail passenger transportation’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 24102(4).’’.