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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1121
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require retailers of
beef, lamb, and pork to inform consumers, at the final point of sale
to consumers, of the country of origin of the commodities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2001
Mr. POMEROY (for himself, Mr. THUNE, and Mr. UDALL of New Mexico) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require
retailers of beef, lamb, and pork to inform consumers,
at the final point of sale to consumers, of the country
of origin of the commodities.
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 ‘‘Country of Origin
Meat Labeling Act of 2001’’.
in sections 2(e)(1) and 2(e)(2) of this Act and the require-
ment that an application be filed.’’.
(f) APPLICATION
DEEMING
PROVISION.—Section
5(b) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C.
231d(b)) is amended by striking the second sentence and
inserting the following new sentence: ‘‘An application filed
with the Board for an employee annuity, spouse annuity,
or divorced spouse annuity on the basis of the employment
record of an employee who will have completed less than
ten years of service shall be deemed to be an application
for any benefit to which such applicant may be entitled
under this Act or section 202(a), section 202(b), or section
202(c) of the Social Security Act. An application filed with
the Board for an annuity on the basis of the employment
record of an employee who will have completed ten years
of service shall, unless the applicant specified otherwise,
be deemed to be an application for any benefit to which
such applicant may be entitled under this Act or title II
of the Social Security Act.’’.
(g) CREDITING SERVICE UNDER THE SOCIAL SECU-
RITY ACT.—Section 18(2) of the Railroad Retirement Act
of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231q(2)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(or less than five years of
service, all of which accrues after December 31,
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1122
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress
to Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. in recognition of his outstanding and enduring
contributions to the Nation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2001
Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf
of the Congress to Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. in recognition
of his outstanding and enduring contributions to the
Nation.
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 makes the following findings:
(1) Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. was born on Octo-
ber 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina.
(2) In 1965 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. joined the
civil rights movement full-time, beginning his activ-
ism as a student leader in the sit-in movement and
continuing as a young organizer for the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference as an assistant to
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(3) On June 30, 1968, Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
became an ordained minister, having attended the
Chicago Theological Seminary.
(4) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. served as the national
director for Operation Breadbasket and, in 1971 in
Chicago, Illinois, founded People United to Save Hu-
manity, known as PUSH.
(5) In 1984 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. founded the
National Rainbow Coalition, a national social justice
organization devoted to political empowerment and
to expanding educational and employment opportuni-
ties for disadvantaged people and for communities of
color.
(6) In 1996 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. merged the
National Rainbow Coalition and PUSH to continue
the philosophies of both organizations and to maxi-
mize their resources.
(7) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is, and has been for
more than 30 years, one of the foremost political fig-
ures in the United States, playing a pivotal role in
virtually every movement for human rights, civil
ury under sections 3211(b),’’ and all that follows through
the end of the subsection and inserting a period.
(d) TRANSFER.—
(1) DETERMINATION.—As soon as possible
after December 31, 2001, the Railroad Retirement
Board shall—
(A) determine the amount of funds in the
Railroad Retirement Supplemental Account
under section 15(c) of the Railroad Retirement
Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n(c)) as of the date
of such determination; and
(B) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to
transfer such funds to the National Railroad
Retirement Investment Trust under section
15(j) of such Act (as added by section 105).
(2) TRANSFER
BY
THE
SECRETARY
OF
THE
TREASURY.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall
make the transfer described in paragraph (1).
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and
(c) shall take effect January 1, 2002.
(2) ACCOUNT IN EXISTENCE UNTIL TRANSFER
MADE.—The Railroad Retirement Supplemental Ac-
count under section 15(c) of the Railroad Retire-
rights, peace, gender equality, empowerment, and
economic and social justice.
(8) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. has been and con-
tinues to be counted on to serve as a champion and
spokesman for a segment of the population whose
voices all too often are not heard.
(9) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. has been called the
‘‘conscience of the Nation’’ and the ‘‘great unifier’’,
challenging the United States to establish just and
humane priorities.
(10) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. has led a myriad of
successful delegations, marches, and missions for
justice, peace, and reconciliation.
(11) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is a highly respected
world leader who has acted on many occasions as an
international diplomat.
(12) In 1984 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. secured the
release of a captured Navy pilot, Lieutenant Robert
Goodman, who was shot down over Lebanon. He
also negotiated the release of 22 Americans and 26
Cubans in Cuba during 1984.
(13) In 1990 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. won the re-
lease of hundreds of foreign nationals, including 47
Americans, being held in Iraq and Kuwait by Sad-
dam Hussein.
(14) In October 1997 Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
was appointed by President William Jefferson Clin-
ton and by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright
as the Special Envoy of the President and the Sec-
retary of State for the Promotion of Democracy in
Africa.
(15) On May 2, 1999, Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
obtained the negotiated release of Army Specialist
Steven M. Gonzales and Staff Sergeants Christopher
J. Stone and Andrew Ramirez, 3 United States sol-
diers who had spent 32 days in captivity in Yugo-
slavia as prisoners of war and hostages.
(16) Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. has dedicated his
life to the principles of freedom, peace, justice, inter-
national good will, and the struggle for civil rights
and equality for Americans and for all peoples, at
home and abroad.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is
authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold
medal of appropriate design to Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. in
recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions
to the Nation.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary
of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the
Secretary.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—Effective
February 1, 2001, there are authorized to be appropriated
$30,000 to carry out this section.
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
(a) STRIKING
AND SALE.—The Secretary of the
Treasury may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the
gold medal struck under section 2 under such regulations
as the Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient to
cover the cost thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use
of machinery, and overhead expenses, and the cost of the
gold medal.
(b) REIMBURSEMENT OF APPROPRIATION.—The ap-
propriation used to carry out section 2 shall be reimbursed
out of the proceeds of sales under subsection (a).
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck under this Act are national medals
for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1123
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
153 East 110th Street in New York, New York, as the ‘‘Tito Puente
Post Office Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2001
Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 153 East 110th Street in New York, New
York, as the ‘‘Tito Puente Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TITO PUENTE POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 153 East 110th Street in New
York, New York, shall be known and designated as the
‘‘Tito Puente Post Office Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the Tito Puente Post Office
Building.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1124
To authorize the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
to enter into negotiations with representatives of the Government of
Cuba to provide for increased cooperation between Cuba and the United
States on drug interdiction efforts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2001
Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To authorize the Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy to enter into negotiations with representa-
tives of the Government of Cuba to provide for increased
cooperation between Cuba and the United States on drug
interdiction efforts.
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) Illegal drug abuse is a national security
issue affecting every region, economic group, race
and religion in the United States.
(2) Drug abuse-related crime is costing the
United States economy at least $5,000,000,000 per
year.
(3) At least 30 percent of the illegal drugs that
enter the United States are transported through the
Caribbean region.
(4) The airspace and territorial waters of Cuba
are attractive havens for drug smugglers and are
vital to flow of illegal drugs to the United States.
(5) There is no evidence of the involvement of
the Government of Cuba in drug trafficking.
(6) Although Cuba is receiving limited drug
interdiction assistance from the United Kingdom,
France, and other allies of the United States, Cuba
is unable to control the movement of illegal drugs in
its country.
(7) Cuban authorities have cooperated with
United States authorities on a case-by-case basis to
interdict illegal drug shipments.
(8) The Government of Cuba has expressed its
desire to expand cooperation with the United States
on drug interdiction efforts.
(9) The flow of illegal drugs through the Carib-
bean region cannot be stopped without cooperation
from the Government of Cuba.
(10) Numerous United States law enforcement
authorities have expressed the need for increased co-
operation with Cuban authorities on this matter.
SEC. 2. NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA
TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED COOPERATION
ON DRUG INTERDICTION EFFORTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Di-
rector of the Office of National Drug Control Policy is
authorized to enter into negotiations with representatives
of the Government of Cuba to provide for increased co-
operation between Cuba and the United States on drug
interdiction efforts.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1125
To redesignate the Federal building located at 1 Federal Plaza in New
York, New York, as the ‘‘Ronald H. Brown Federal Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2001
Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To redesignate the Federal building located at 1 Federal
Plaza in New York, New York, as the ‘‘Ronald H. Brown
Federal Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RONALD H. BROWN FEDERAL BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building located at
1 Federal Plaza in New York, New York, and known as
the United States Court of International Trade, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Ronald H. Brown Federal
Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the Federal building referred to in subsection
(a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Ronald H.
Brown Federal Building.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1128
To reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health
care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider
education, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2001
Mr. THORNBERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee
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 reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment
policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and
abuse through health care provider education, 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 ‘‘Health Care Paper-
work Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2001’’.
ment Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n(c)) shall con-
tinue to exist until the date that the Secretary of the
Treasury makes the transfer described in subsection
(d)(2).
SEC. 107. TRANSFER AUTHORITY REVISIONS.
(a) RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNT.—Section 15
of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n)
is amended by adding after subsection (j) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(k) TRANSFERS TO THE TRUST.—The Board shall,
upon establishment of the National Railroad Retirement
Investment Trust and from time to time thereafter, direct
the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer, in such manner
as will maximize the investment returns to the Railroad
Retirement system, that portion of the Railroad Retire-
ment Account that is not needed to pay current adminis-
trative expenses of the Board to the National Railroad Re-
tirement Investment Trust. The Secretary shall make that
transfer.’’.
(b) TRANSFERS FROM
THE NATIONAL RAILROAD
RETIREMENT INVESTMENT TRUST.—Section 15 of the
Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n), as
amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding
after subsection (k) the following new subsection:
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 112
To prohibit the making, importation, exportation, distribution, sale, offer
for sale, installation, or use of an information collection device without
proper labeling or notice and consent.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. HOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To prohibit the making, importation, exportation, distribu-
tion, sale, offer for sale, installation, or use of an infor-
mation collection device without proper labeling or notice
and consent.
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 ‘‘Electronic Privacy Pro-
tection Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO INFORMATION COL-
LECTION DEVICES.
(a) PROHIBITION.—It is unlawful for any person to
knowingly make, import, export, distribute, sell, offer for
sale, install, or use an information collection device in a
manner that violates any regulation issued under sub-
section (b).
(b) REGULATIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Fed-
eral Trade Commission shall issue regulations that
make it unlawful under subsection (a) for any
person—
(A) to knowingly make, import, export, dis-
tribute, sell, or offer for sale an information col-
lection device, unless the device has a label that
discloses in a manner that is readily apparent
and understood that the device may transmit
from a computer information that is identifiable
to that computer, to a primary user of that
computer, or to an individual who operates that
computer but is not a primary user thereof;
(B) to knowingly install an information
collection device on a computer that is not
under general management and control of that
person, unless that person in accordance with
regulations issued under paragraph (2)—
(i) has given a primary user of that
computer notice of such installation; and
(ii) after providing such notice to a
primary user, has obtained the consent of
the primary user to such installation; or
(C) to knowingly use an information collec-
tion device to transmit from a computer that is
not under general management and control of
that person, any information that is identifiable
to that computer, to a primary user of that
computer, or to an individual who operates that
computer but is not a primary user thereof, un-
less that person in accordance with regulations
issued under paragraph (2)—
(i) has given a primary user of that
computer notice that the device may trans-
mit such information; and
(ii) after providing such notice to a
primary user, has obtained consent by the
primary user to such a transmission.
(2) NOTICE AND CONSENT.—For purposes of
notice and consent required by paragraph (1), regu-
lations shall require that—
accrue on the later of (A) the date on which the benefit
under section 202(a), section 202(b), or section 202(c) of
the Social Security Act began, or (B) the date on which
the individual first met the conditions for entitlement to
an age reduced annuity under this Act other than the con-
ditions set forth in sections 2(e)(1) and 2(e)(2) of this Act
and the requirement that an application be filed.’’.
(c) SURVIVORS’ ANNUITIES.—Section 2(d)(1) of the
Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231a(d)(1))
is amended by inserting ‘‘(or five years of service, all of
which accrues after December 31, 1995)’’ after ‘‘ten years
of service’’.
(d) LIMITATION ON ANNUITY AMOUNTS.—Section 2
of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231a)
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(i) An individual entitled to an annuity under this
section who has completed five years of service, all of
which accrues after 1995, but who has not completed ten
years of service, and the spouse, divorced spouse, and sur-
vivors of such individual, shall not be entitled to an annu-
ity amount provided under section 3(a), section 4(a), or
section 4(f) of this Act unless the individual, or the indi-
vidual’s spouse, divorced spouse, or survivors, would be en-
titled to a benefit under title II of the Social Security Act
(A) notice be given and consent be ob-
tained for each instance of installation or use of
an information collection device; and
(B) consent is effective only if the person
obtaining the consent has a good faith belief
that the person giving the consent—
(i) has attained 18 years of age; and
(ii) has authority to give such consent.
(c) LIMITATION
ON
APPLICATION
OF
REGULA-
TIONS.—Regulations issued under subsection (b)(1)(A)
shall not prohibit the making, importation, exportation,
distribution, sale, or offer for sale of any information col-
lection device made before the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(d) PENALTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
whoever violates this section shall be fined $500 for
the first such violation and $1,500 for each subse-
quent violation.
(2) INFORMATION
ABOUT
MINORS.—Whoever
commits a violation of a regulation issued under
subsection (b)(1)(C) shall be fined twice the amount
of the fine that would otherwise apply under this
subsection if such violation results in the trans-
mission from a computer of information that is iden-
tifiable to—
(A) an individual who operates that com-
puter and has not attained 18 years of age; or
(B) that computer if a primary user of
that computer is an individual who has not at-
tained such age.
(3) SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.—Each violation
of a regulation issued under subsection (b)(1), in-
cluding each transmission of information in violation
of subsection (b)(1)(C), constitutes a separate viola-
tion for purposes of this subsection.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘computer’’ means
a programmable electronically activated device
that—
(A) is capable of accepting information,
applying prescribed processes to the informa-
tion, and supplying the results of those proc-
esses with or without human intervention; and
(B) consists of a central processing unit
containing extensive storage, logic, and control
capabilities.
(2) INFORMATION COLLECTION DEVICE.—The
term ‘‘information collection device’’ means any de-
vice that—
(A) is a computer program that is capable
of collecting and transmitting from a computer
to a person other than a primary user of that
computer, information that is identifiable to
that computer, to a primary user of that com-
puter, or to an individual who operates that
computer but is not a primary user thereof; and
(B) does not consist of only a simple iden-
tifying string of computer code, commonly re-
ferred to as a ‘‘cookie’’.
(3) PRIMARY USER.—The term ‘‘primary user’’
means any individual with general authority over
management and use of a computer or any person
on whose behalf an individual exercises such general
authority.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1130
To establish a research program at the National Science Foundation to
quantify the relationship between the physical characteristics of elemen-
tary and secondary schools and student academic achievement in those
schools, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2001
Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Mr. ETHERIDGE, and Mr. HONDA)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science
A BILL
To establish a research program at the National Science
Foundation to quantify the relationship between the
physical characteristics of elementary and secondary
schools and student academic achievement in those
schools, 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 ‘‘High Performance
Schools Research Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the physical plant of the Nation’s elemen-
tary and secondary schools is inadequate;
(2) in a 1995 study the General Accounting Of-
fice estimated the overall price tag to repair and up-
grade school facilities to be $112,000,000,000;
(3) there is evidence that educational achieve-
ment suffers for students in shabby school buildings
and that some specific environmental factors, such
as noise level and type of lighting, can significantly
affect student learning;
(4) the details of the linkages between the spe-
cific characteristics of the physical environment of a
school and student learning in the school have not
been quantified satisfactorily; and
(5) to guide future investments in new and up-
graded school facilities, a focused research effort is
needed to determine rigorously how specific physical
characteristics of school buildings influence student
learning and which physical characteristics are most
important for creating a positive learning environ-
ment.
SEC. 3. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
The Director of the National Science Foundation (in
this Act referred to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall establish a
competitive, merit-based research program to investigate