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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1329
To amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act to clarify 
the exemption for recreational vessel support employees, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. KELLER (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. SHAW, Mr. ANDREWS, 
Mr. FEENEY, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. STUPAK, 
Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. WELDON of Florida, 
Mrs. KELLY, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. PETRI, and 
Mr. FROST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensa-
tion Act to clarify the exemption for recreational vessel 
support employees, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recreational Marine 
Employment Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF RECREATIONAL VESSEL WORK-
ER EXEMPTION. 
The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation 
Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 2 (33 U.S.C. 902) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) so that subparagraph (C) reads as 
follows: 
‘‘(C) individuals employed by or at, or en-
gaged in the construction or maintenance of, a 
recreational marine facility or structure;’’; 
(ii) so that subparagraph (F) reads as 
follows: 
‘‘(F) individuals employed principally to 
build, repair, test, maintain, accommodate, buy, 
sell, store, restore, transport by land, or dis-
mantle a recreational vessel;’’; and 
(iii) by striking the unenumerated text 
following subparagraph (H) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘if the employer of an individual described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (F) is in compliance with a 
State workers’ compensation law.’’; and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (22) as 
paragraph (24) and inserting after paragraph 
(21) the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(22) The term ‘recreational marine facility or 
structure’ means a place used principally to build, 
repair, test, maintain, accommodate, buy, sell, store, 
restore, or dismantle recreational vessels. 
‘‘(23) The term ‘recreational vessel’ means a 
vessel manufactured principally for pleasure use.’’. 
(2) Section 5(b) (33 U.S.C. 905(b)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘a person covered under this Act’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a person in maritime employment who 
does not qualify as a seaman under section 20 of the 
Act of March 4, 1915 (46 App. U.S.C. 688; Chap. 
153; 38 Stat. 1185) (as such section was amended 
by section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 
(Chap. 250, 41 Stat. 1007; commonly known as the 
Jones Act))’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 132
To create Federal advertising procurement opportunities for minority business 
concerns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Ms. KILPATRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To create Federal advertising procurement opportunities for 
minority business concerns, 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. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Minority business concerns are of vital im-
portance to job growth and the economic strength of 
the United States but have faced historic exclusion 
and underutilization in Federal advertising procure-
ment.
ment with the State or local government had not 
been interrupted by the service on active duty; and 
‘‘(B) the amount of military pay that is payable 
to the employee for the service on active duty and 
is allocable to such pay period. 
‘‘(2) If the pay periods described in subsection (c) 
extend more than nine consecutive months after the first 
day of the first month during which the employee began 
to serve on active duty for a period of more than 30 days, 
the reimbursement rate shall become 100 percent for the 
subsequent payments. However, as is the case under para-
graph (1), reimbursement shall be provided only for the 
difference (if any) between—
‘‘(A) the amount of civilian compensation that 
would otherwise have been payable to the employee 
for such pay period if the employee’s civilian employ-
ment with the State or local government had not 
been interrupted by the service on active duty; and 
‘‘(B) the amount of military pay that is payable 
to the employee for the service on active duty and 
is allocable to such pay period. 
‘‘(c) PAY PERIODS.—Reimbursement shall be pro-
vided under this section with respect to each pay period 
(which would otherwise apply if the employee’s civilian em-
ployment had not been interrupted) that occurs—
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such decision under the provisions of subsection
(g) and paragraph (2).
‘‘(B) DECISION MADE AT APPEAL.—A deci-
sion made under subsection (g) shall be final, ex-
cept that any party may bring an action under
paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) RIGHT TO BRING CIVIL ACTION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any party aggrieved by
the findings and decision made under subsection
(f) or (k) who does not have the right to an ap-
peal under subsection (g), and any party ag-
grieved by the findings and decision under this
subsection, shall have the right to bring a civil
action with respect to the complaint presented
pursuant to this section, which action may be
brought in any State court of competent jurisdic-
tion or in a district court of the United States,
without regard to the amount in controversy.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The party bringing the
action shall have 90 days from the date of the de-
cision of the hearing officer to bring such an ac-
tion, or, if the State has an explicit time limita-
tion for bringing such action under this part, in
such time as the State law allows.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1330
To amend the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention 
Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to issue new rules 
to establish a requirement that telemarketers shall not make any calls 
during the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. KING
of New York (for himself, Mr. LUCAS
of Kentucky, Mr. 
LATOURETTE, Mr. SKELTON, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. TAY-
LOR of Mississippi, and Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
A BILL 
To amend the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and 
Abuse Prevention Act to authorize the Federal Trade 
Commission to issue new rules to establish a requirement 
that telemarketers shall not make any calls during the 
hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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 ‘‘Telemarketing Victims 
Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RULES. 
Section 3(a) of the Telemarketing and Consumer 
Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6102) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) The Commission shall include in such 
rules respecting other abusive telemarketing acts or 
practices a requirement that telemarketers shall not 
make any calls during the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 
p.m.’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1332
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for an energy efficient 
appliance credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. NUSSLE (for himself, Mr. TANNER, Mr. LEACH, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
LATHAM, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. ROGERS of 
Michigan, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of 
Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for 
an energy efficient appliance credit.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to business-related credits) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 45G. ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCE CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, 
the energy efficient appliance credit determined under this 
section for the taxable year is an amount equal to the ap-
plicable amount determined under subsection (b) with re-
spect to the eligible production of qualified energy efficient 
appliances produced by the taxpayer during the calendar 
year ending with or within the taxable year. 
‘‘(b) APPLICABLE
AMOUNT; ELIGIBLE
PRODUC-
TION.—For purposes of subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) APPLICABLE
AMOUNT.—The applicable 
amount is—
‘‘(A) $50, in the case of—
‘‘(i) a clothes washer which is pro-
duced in 2003 with at least a 1.26 MEF 
(at least 1.42 MEF for washers produced 
after 2003 but not after 2006), or 
‘‘(ii) a refrigerator produced in 2003 
which consumes at least 10 percent less 
kWh per year than the energy conservation 
standards for refrigerators promulgated by 
the Department of Energy effective July 1, 
2001, 
‘‘(B) $100, in the case of—
‘‘(i) a clothes washer which is pro-
duced in 2003 with at least a 1.42 MEF
‘‘SEC. 210. GRANTS FOR BROWNFIELD SITE REDEVELOP-
MENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On the application of an eligible 
recipient, the Secretary may make grants for projects to 
alleviate or prevent conditions of excessive unemployment, 
underemployment, blight, and infrastructure deterioration 
associated with brownfield sites, including projects con-
sisting of—
‘‘(1) the development of public facilities; 
‘‘(2) the development of public services; 
‘‘(3) business development (including funding of 
a revolving loan fund); 
‘‘(4) planning; 
‘‘(5) technical assistance; 
‘‘(6) training; and 
‘‘(7) the purchase of environmental insurance 
with respect to an activity described in any of para-
graphs (1) through (3). 
‘‘(b) CRITERIA FOR GRANTS.—The Secretary may 
provide a grant for a project under this section only if—
‘‘(1) the Secretary determines that the project 
will assist the area where the project is or will be lo-
cated to meet, directly or indirectly, a special need 
arising from—
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1333
To clarify the citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono 
O’odham Nation of Arizona, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To clarify the citizenship eligibility for certain members of 
the Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona, 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. ELIGIBILITY FOR UNITED STATES CITIZEN-
SHIP; PASS AND REPASS OF BORDERS. 
(a) APPLICATIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP GRANTED.—
For a period of 3 years beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, any member of the Tohono O’odham 
Nation of Arizona residing on the lands of the Tohono 
O’odham Nation of Arizona in Arizona or Mexico may 
apply for United States citizenship. Such application shall
be made to the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
and, upon receipt of the application, citizenship shall be 
granted to the applicant. 
(b) PASS
AND REPASS
OF BORDERS.—Notwith-
standing the Immigration and Nationality Act, all mem-
bers of the Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona shall be 
entitled to pass and repass freely the borders of the United 
States.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1335
To establish a program to provide funds for deployment of fuel cell and 
hydrogen infrastructure at National Parks, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mr. RADANOVICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a program to provide funds for deployment 
of fuel cell and hydrogen infrastructure at National 
Parks, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘The National Parks 
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FUEL CELLS AT NATIONAL PARKS. 
The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Sec-
retary of Interior and the National Park Service, is au-
thorized to establish a program to provide funds to assist 
in the deployment of fuel cell and hydrogen infrastructure 
at one or more prominent National Parks. The Secretary 
of Energy shall transmit to Congress within 1 year, and 
annually thereafter, a report describing any activities 
taken pursuant to such program. The report shall address 
whether activities taken pursuant to such program reduce 
the environmental impacts of energy use at National 
Parks. There are authorized to be appropriated $2 million 
for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2010 to carry out 
the purposes of this section.
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(6)
the
provision
specifying
$200,000
for 
Tensas Reunion, Inc., Newellton, LA, for instruc-
tional technology training, and after school programs 
at the Tensas Charter School shall be deemed to 
read: ‘‘Tensas Reunion, Inc., Newellton, LA, for the 
TREES Project in Tensas Parish, including activi-
ties such as the purchase of computers and edu-
cational software, tutoring, and workshops to pro-
mote parental involvement, $200,000’’; 
(7) the provision specifying $250,000 for Com-
munity School District 8, Flushing, NY, for after-
school programs shall be deemed to read: ‘‘Commu-
nity School District 8, Bronx, NY, for after-school 
programs, $250,000’’; 
(8)
the
provision
specifying
$20,000
for 
Westside High School, Bakersfield, CA, for equip-
ment shall be deemed to read: ‘‘West High School, 
Bakersfield, CA, for equipment, $20,000’’; 
(9) the provision specifying $1,000,000 for the 
National Science Center Foundation, Atlanta, GA, 
for educational technology and other purposes shall 
be deemed to read: ‘‘National Science Center Foun-
dation, Augusta, GA, for educational technology and 
other purposes, $1,000,000’’;
gle facility. No payment in excess of $1,000,000 may be 
made with respect to improvements at a single facility. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section not more than 
$50,000,000 in each fiscal year after the fiscal year 2003. 
SEC. 5. SMALL HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS. 
Section 408(a)(6) of the Public Utility Regulatory 
Policies Act of 1978 is amended by striking ‘‘April 20, 
1977’’ and inserting ‘‘March 4, 2003’’. 
SEC. 6. INCREASED HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION AT EX-
ISTING FEDERAL FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary 
of the Army, shall conduct studies of the cost-effective op-
portunities to increase hydropower generation at existing 
federally-owned or operated water regulation, storage, and 
conveyance facilities. Such studies shall be completed with-
in two years after the date of enactment of this Act and 
transmitted to the Committee on Commerce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate. An individual study shall 
be prepared for each of the Nation’s principal river basins. 
Each such study shall identify and describe with speci-
ficity the following matters:
(1) Opportunities to improve the efficiency of 
hydropower generation at such facilities through, but 
not limited to, mechanical, structural, or operational 
changes. 
(2) Opportunities to improve the efficiency of 
the use of water supplied or regulated by Federal 
projects where such improvement could, in the ab-
sence of legal or administrative constraints, make 
additional water supplies available for hydropower 
generation or reduce project energy use. 
(3) Opportunities to create additional hydro-
power generating capacity at existing facilities 
through, but not limited to, the construction of addi-
tional generating facilities, the uprating of genera-
tors and turbines, and the construction of pumped 
storage facilities. 
(4) Preliminary assessment of the costs and the 
economic and environmental consequences of such 
measures. 
(b) PREVIOUS STUDIES.—If studies of the type re-
quired by subsection (a) have been prepared by any agency 
of the United States and published within the five years 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Energy may choose not to perform new studies and in-
corporate the information in such studies into the studies 
required by subsection (a). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
the purposes of this section. 
SEC. 7. RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVES 
PROGRAM. 
Section 1212 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 is 
amended in subsection (b) by inserting after ‘‘and which’’ 
the following ‘‘is a small hydroelectric power project (as 
defined in section 408(a)(1) of the Public Utility Regu-
latory Policies Act of 1978) or which’’.
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‘‘(B) meets such other requirements as the Sec-
retary may impose to assure the quality of the inten-
sive residential services provided. 
‘‘(4) No service may be treated as an intensive resi-
dential service under paragraph (1) unless the service is 
furnished in accordance with standards established by the 
Secretary for the management of such services.’’. 
(c) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—Section 1814 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘other than intensive 
residential services,’’ after ‘‘hospice care,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘Payment for Intensive Residential Services 
‘‘(m)(1) The amount of payment under this part for 
intensive residential services under section 1812(a)(5) 
shall be equal to an amount specified under a prospective 
payment system established by the Secretary, taking into 
account the prospective payment system established for 
psychiatric hospitals pursuant to section 124 of the Medi-
care, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement 
Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1501A–332), as enacted into law 
by section 1000(a)(6) of Public Law 106–113.
(c) COORDINATION WITH DEPRECIATION LIMITA-
TION ON CERTAIN AUTOMOBILES.—Clause (i) of section 
280F(a)(1)(B) of such Code is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of this 
clause, the unrecovered basis of any passenger automobile 
shall be treated as including the additional amount deter-
mined under section 168 by reason of subsection (k) there-
of to the extent not allowed as a deduction by reason of 
this paragraph for any taxable year in the recovery pe-
riod.’’
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after De-
cember 31, 2003.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 133
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase 
in income taxes on Social Security benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. KING of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF 1993 INCREASE IN TAX ON SOCIAL 
SECURITY BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 86(a) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to social se-
curity and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘This paragraph shall not apply to any taxable year 
beginning after December 31, 2002.’’
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Paragraph (3) of section 871(a) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘85 percent’’ in sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’. 
(2)(A) Subparagraph (A) of section 121(e)(1) 
of the Social Security Amendments of 1983 (Public 
Law 98–21) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘(A) There’’ and inserting 
‘‘There’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(i)’’ immediately following 
‘‘amounts equivalent to’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘, less (ii)’’ and all that 
follows and inserting a period. 
(B) Paragraph (1) of section 121(e) of such Act 
is amended by striking subparagraph (B). 
(C) Paragraph (3) of section 121(e) of such Act 
is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and by re-
designating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). 
(D) Paragraph (2) of section 121(e) of such 
Act is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2002.
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(10) the provision specifying $200,000 for the 
Golden Gate National Parks Association, San Fran-
cisco, CA, for environmental education programs at 
the Crissy Field Center shall be deemed to read: 
‘‘Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San 
Francisco, CA, for environmental education pro-
grams at the Crissy Field Center, $200,000’’; 
(11) the provision specifying $100,000 for the 
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the 
Tampa Bay Consortium for the Development of 
Educational Leaders and the Preparation and Re-
cruitment of Teachers shall be deemed to read: 
‘‘University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the 
Tampa Bay Consortium for the Development of 
Educational Leaders, $100,000’’; 
(12) the provision specifying $25,000 for the 
Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabilities Center, Inc., 
Louisville, KY, for technology shall be deemed to 
read as follows: ‘‘Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabil-
ities Center, Inc., Louisville, KY, for school coun-
seling services, $25,000’’; 
(13) the provision specifying $40,000 for Fa-
ther Maloney’s Boys Haven, Louisville, KY, for tech-
nology shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Father
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1342
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the floor for 
treatment as an extremely low DSH State to 3 percent in fiscal year 2003. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico (for herself and Mr. KLECZKA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase 
the floor for treatment as an extremely low DSH State 
to 3 percent in fiscal year 2003.
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 ‘‘Medicaid Safety Net 
Improvement Act of 2003’’.