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be responsible for coordination of the State’s respon-
sibilities under such Act;
(2) the terms ‘‘election’’ and ‘‘Federal office’’
have the meanings given such terms in section 301
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 431); and
(3) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.
SEC. 7. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.
(a) NO EFFECT ON OTHER ELECTIONS.—Nothing in
this Act may be construed to affect the eligibility of any
individual to vote or register to vote in any election other
than an election for Federal office.
(b) NO EFFECT ON VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND NA-
TIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT.—The rights and
remedies established by this Act shall be in addition to
any other rights and remedies provided by law. No provi-
sion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973
et seq.) or the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
(42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.) shall be superseded, restricted,
or otherwise limited by the rights and remedies established
by this Act or any other provision of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2842
To provide that Federal civilian retirees shall not be allowed to receive
veterans’ disability compensation while receiving retirement benefits, ex-
cept to the extent that retired members of the Armed Forces are allowed
to receive such compensation while receiving military retirement pay.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
Mr. SCARBOROUGH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on
Veterans’ Affairs, 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 provide that Federal civilian retirees shall not be allowed
to receive veterans’ disability compensation while receiv-
ing retirement benefits, except to the extent that retired
members of the Armed Forces are allowed to receive
such compensation while receiving military retirement
pay.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PARITY OF TREATMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall by regulation provide, with respect to benefits
many died. Re-education camp survivors and their
families were often forced into internal exile in ‘‘New
Economic Zones’’. Many of these former allies of the
United States, as well as members of their families,
continue until the present day to suffer various
forms of harassment and discrimination, including
denial of basic social benefits and exclusion from
higher education and employment.
(6)(A) The Government of Viet Nam has been
particularly harsh in its treatment of members of
the Montagnard ethnic minority groups of the Cen-
tral Highlands of Viet Nam, who were the first line
in the defense of South Viet Nam against invasion
from the North and who fought courageously beside
members of the Special Forces of the United States
Army, suffering disproportionately heavy casualties,
and saving the lives of many of their American and
Vietnamese comrades-in-arms.
(B) Since 1975 the Montagnard peoples have
been singled out for severe repression, in part be-
cause of their past association with the United
States and in part because their strong commitment
to their traditional way of life and to their Christian
religion is regarded as inconsistent with the absolute
SEC. 222. UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH VIET NAM.
It is the policy of the United States that programs
of educational and cultural exchange with Viet Nam
should actively promote progress toward freedom and de-
mocracy in Viet Nam by providing opportunities to Viet-
namese nationals from a wide range of occupations and
perspectives to see freedom and democracy in action and,
also, by ensuring that Vietnamese nationals who have al-
ready demonstrated a commitment to these values are in-
cluded in such programs.
Subtitle D—United States Refugee
Policy
SEC. 232. REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT FOR NATIONALS OF
VIET NAM.
(a) POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.—It is the pol-
icy of the United States to offer refugee resettlement to
nationals of Viet Nam (including members of the
Montagnard ethnic minority groups) who were eligible for
the Orderly Departure Program or any other United
States refugee program and who were deemed ineligible
due to administrative error or who for reasons beyond the
control of such individuals (including the inability to pay
bribes demanded by officials of the Government of Viet
Nam) were unable to apply for such programs in compli-
ance with deadlines imposed by the Department of State.
(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITY.—Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Department of State
for Migration and Refugee Assistance for each of the fiscal
years 2001, 2002, and 2003, such sums as may be nec-
essary are authorized to be made available for the protec-
tion (including resettlement in appropriate cases) of Viet-
namese 
refugees 
and 
asylum 
seekers, 
including
Montagnards in Cambodia.
Subtitle 
E—Annual 
Report 
on
Progress Toward Freedom and
Democracy in Viet Nam
SEC. 241. ANNUAL REPORT.
Not later than May 31 of each year, the Secretary
of State shall submit to Congress a report for the 12-
month period ending on the date of submission of the re-
port, on the following:
(1)(A) The determination and certification of
the President that the requirements of subpara-
graphs (A) through (D) of section 201(a)(2) have
been met, if applicable.
(B) The determination of the President under
section 201(b)(2) and any alternative measures
taken under section 201(b)(3)(B), if applicable.
(2) Efforts by the United States Government to
secure transmission sites for Radio Free Asia in
countries in close geographical proximity to Viet
Nam in accordance with section 221(a).
(3) Efforts to ensure that programs with Viet
Nam promote the policy set forth in section 222 and
with section 102 of the Human Rights, Refugee, and
Other Foreign Policy Provisions Act of 1996 regard-
ing participation in programs of educational and cul-
tural exchange.
(4) Steps taken to carry out the policy under
section 232(a).
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4870
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the effective date for 
payment of lump sums to persons awarded the Medal of Honor who 
are in receipt of special pension pursuant to section 1562 of such title, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2004
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the effective 
date for payment of lump sums to persons awarded 
the Medal of Honor who are in receipt of special pension 
pursuant to section 1562 of such title, 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. EFFECTIVE DATE FOR PAYMENT OF LUMP 
SUMS TO PERSONS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF 
HONOR. 
Section 1562(f) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘on or after 
April 27, 1916,’’ after ‘‘under this section’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘or (4)’’ after 
‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) If a person otherwise eligible for payment under 
paragraph (1) is deceased, the Secretary shall make the 
payment to the living person first listed below: 
‘‘(A) The decedent’s spouse. 
‘‘(B) The decedent’s children (in equal shares). 
‘‘(C) The decedent’s dependent parents (in 
equal shares). 
‘‘(4) If a person is awarded the Medal of Honor post-
humously on or after April 27, 1916, the Secretary shall 
pay, in a lump sum, an amount equal to the total amount 
of special pension that the person would have received dur-
ing the period beginning on the first day of the first month 
beginning after the date of the act for which the person 
was awarded the Medal of Honor and ending on the last 
day of the month preceding the month in which the person 
died to the living person first listed below: 
‘‘(A) The decedent’s spouse. 
‘‘(B) The decedent’s children (in equal shares).
(A) the number and importance for children
of drugs that are being tested as a result of such
amendments, and the importance for children,
health care providers, parents, and others of la-
beling changes made as a result of such testing;
(B) the number and importance for children
of drugs that are not being tested for their use
notwithstanding the amendments, and possible
reason for this; and
(C) the number of drugs for which pediatric
testing has been done, for which a period of mar-
ket exclusivity has been granted, and for which
labeling changes required the use of the dispute
resolution process established pursuant to the
amendments, together with a description of the
outcomes of such process, including a description
of the disputes and the recommendations of the
advisory committee.
(2) The economic impact of the amendments
made by this Act, including an estimate of—
(A) costs to taxpayers in the form of higher
expenditures by Medicaid and other government
programs;
(B) costs to consumers as a result of any
delay in the availability of lower cost generic
(4) Steps taken to carry out the policy under
section 232(a).
Passed the House of Representatives September 6,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2833
AN ACT
To promote freedom and democracy in Viet Nam.
(2) in section 572(a)—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘President by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and
(B) by striking the second sentence;
(3) in section 573—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (b),
by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the
Federal Housing Commissioner and the Sec-
retary’’; and
(B) by repealing subsection (d);
(4) by repealing sections 576 and 578; and
(5) in section 579, by striking ‘‘2001’’ the three
places it appears and inserting ‘‘2004’’.
(b) PROGRAM CHANGES.—Such Act is amended—
(1) in section 514(f)(3)(A), by adding the fol-
lowing new sentence at the end: ‘‘If tenant groups,
nonprofit organizations, and public entities are de-
termined eligible under section 517(a)(5), such
groups, organizations, and entities shall also be eligi-
ble under this paragraph.’’;
(2) in section 524(e), by adding the following
new paragraph at the end:
‘‘(3) MORTGAGE RESTRUCTURING AND RENTAL
ASSISTANCE SUFFICIENCY PLANS.—Notwithstanding
(4) Steps taken to carry out the policy under
section 232(a).
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2834
To amend section 526 of the National Housing Act to provide that any
certification of a property for meeting energy efficiency requirements
for mortgage insurance under such Act shall be conducted by an indi-
vidual certified by an accredited home energy rating system provider.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend section 526 of the National Housing Act to pro-
vide that any certification of a property for meeting
energy efficiency requirements for mortgage insurance
under such Act shall be conducted by an individual cer-
tified by an accredited home energy rating system pro-
vider.
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 ‘‘FHA Energy Effi-
ciency Act’’.
SEC. 2. ENERGY EFFICIENCY CERTIFICATIONS.
Section 526(a) of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1735f–4(a)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall require, with respect to any
single- or multi-family residential housing subject to a
mortgage insured under this Act, that any approval or cer-
tification of the housing for meeting any energy efficiency
or conservation criteria, standards, or requirements pursu-
ant to this title and any approval or certification required
pursuant to this title with respect to energy conserving
improvements or any solar energy system, shall be con-
ducted only by an individual certified by a home energy
rating system provider who has been accredited to conduct
such ratings by the Home Energy Ratings System Coun-
cil, the Residential Energy Services Network, or such
other appropriate national organization, as the Secretary
may provide.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2836
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for equitable
reimbursement rates under the Medicare Program to Medicare+Choice
organizations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. GRUCCI) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for equitable reimbursement rates under the Medicare
Program to Medicare+Choice organizations.
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 ‘‘Medicare+Choice Eq-
uity and Access Act of 2001’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2838
To require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to conduct
or support research using certain human pluripotent stem cells, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To require the Director of the National Institutes of Health
to conduct or support research using certain human
pluripotent stem cells, 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 ‘‘New Century Health
Advantage Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, anemia, arthri-
tis, birth defects, cancer, diabetes, heart disease,
SEC. 2. OPTION TO RECEIVE PAYMENT BASED ON ANNUAL
AREA-SPECIFIC MEDICARE+CHOICE CAPITA-
TION RATE.
Section 1853(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395w–23(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘or (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C), or,
in the case of payments for months beginning
on or after January 1, 2002, (D)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(D) 
ANNUAL
AREA-SPECIFIC
MEDICARE+CHOICE
CAPITATION
RATE.—The
annual area-specific Medicare+Choice capita-
tion rate for the Medicare+Choice payment
area, as determined under paragraph (3) for
the year.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(1)(A)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (D) of paragraph
(1)’’.
SEC. 3. PERMANENTLY REMOVING APPLICATION OF BUDG-
ET NEUTRALITY TO BLENDED CAPITATION
RATE.
Section 1853(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395w–23(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), in the matter following
clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘(for years before 2002)’’
after ‘‘multiplied’’; and
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘(before
2002)’’ after ‘‘for each year’’.
SEC. 4. REVISION OF FORMULA USED TO CALCULATE THE
NATIONAL 
STANDARDIZED 
ANNUAL
MEDICARE+CHOICE CAPITATION RATE TO
REFLECT MEDICARE+CHOICE ENROLLMENT.
Section 1853(c)(4)(B)(i)(II) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–23(c)(4)(B)(i)(II)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of calculations for payments for
months beginning on or after January 1, 2002, the aver-
age number of medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a
Medicare+Choice plan that are)’’ after ‘‘medicare bene-
ficiaries’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2837
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from
an employee’s gross income for employer-provided health coverage of
the employee’s spouse to coverage provided to the employee’s domestic
partner.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
Mr. MCDERMOTT 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 extend
the exclusion from an employee’s gross income for em-
ployer-provided health coverage of the employee’s spouse
to coverage provided to the employee’s domestic partner.
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 ‘‘Tax Equity for Domes-
tic Partners Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSION FOR EMPLOYER-PRO-
VIDED HEALTH COVERAGE TO DOMESTIC
PARTNERS OF EMPLOYEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to contributions by employer
to accident and health plans) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) COVERAGE PROVIDED FOR DOMESTIC PART-
NERS OF EMPLOYEES.—For purposes of this section, em-
ployer-provided coverage under an accident or health plan
for a domestic partner (other than a spouse) of an em-
ployee shall be treated in the same manner as such cov-
erage for the spouse of an employee.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2839
To provide additional appropriations for the fiscal year 2002 for the Peace
Corps.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD (for herself, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. LEACH, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. JEFFER-
SON, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. HALL of Ohio, and Ms. MCCOLLUM) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations
A BILL
To provide additional appropriations for the fiscal year 2002
for the Peace Corps.
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 ‘‘Peace Corps HIV/
AIDS Training Enhancement Appropriations Act for Fis-
cal Year 2002’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) AIDS is so pervasive that it is destroying
the very fiber of what constitutes civil society in
many regions of the world: individuals, families, and
communities; economic and political institutions;
military and police forces are all affected.
(2) AIDS has claimed 22,000,000 lives—more
than all the soldiers killed in major wars of the 20th
century—and 
currently 
infects 
more 
than
36,000,000 individuals worldwide.
(3) Infant mortality due to AIDS is increasing
throughout the world and AIDS-related mortality
will eliminate the gains made in child survival over
the past 20 years. More than 13,000,000 children
worldwide (95 percent of whom live in Africa) have
lost either their mothers or both parents to AIDS.
(4) Life expectancy in ten countries in Africa
has dropped by over 20 years due to AIDS—wiping
out the gains of 30 years of development.
(5) Teachers and health care workers are the
most heavily HIV/AIDS affected sectors of public
employment. In many African nations it is estimated
that between 25 and 50 percent of all health care
workers may be dead from AIDS by 2005.
(6) Botswanan President Festus Mogae de-
clared that Botswana, once an economically success-
‘‘(B) execute within a Reclamation project or
on Reclamation lands any warrant or other process
issued by a court or officer of competent jurisdiction
for the enforcement of the provisions of any Federal
law or regulation issued pursuant to law for an of-
fense committed within a Reclamation project or on
Reclamation lands; and
‘‘(C) conduct investigations within a Reclama-
tion project or on Reclamation lands of offenses
against the United States committed within a Rec-
lamation project or on Reclamation lands in the ab-
sence of investigation thereof by any other Federal
law enforcement agency having investigative jurisdic-
tion over the offense committed or with the concur-
rence of such other agency.
‘‘(6)(A) Except as otherwise provided in this para-
graph, a law enforcement officer of any State or local gov-
ernment, including Indian tribes, designated to act as a
law enforcement officer under paragraph (4) shall not be
deemed a Federal employee and shall not be subject to
the provisions of law relating to Federal employment, in-
cluding, but not limited to, those relating to hours of work,
rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensa-
tion, and Federal benefits.
The Peace Corps believes that with increased capac-
ity, it can significantly impact communities to take
more responsibility for their own health care. But it
cannot do so without further funding.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR
2002.
In addition to such sums as are otherwise appro-
priated to carry out the provisions of the Peace Corps Act
for the fiscal year 2002, there are appropriated
$5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2002 to carry out the provi-
sions of such Act which shall be available only for addi-
tional health volunteers working with HIV/AIDS treat-
ment and prevention methodologies, particularly the train-
ing of local HIV/AIDS trainers.
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The building located at 1 Federal Plaza in New York,
New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘James
L. Watson United States Court of International Trade
Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the building
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘James L. Watson United States Court of Inter-
national Trade Building’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2840
To suspend temporarily the duty on Dichlorobenzidine Dihydrochloride.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
Mr. PORTMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on Dichlorobenzidine
Dihydrochloride.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
SUSPENSION 
OF 
DUTY 
ON
DICHLOROBENZIDINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following
new heading:
‘‘
9902.29.48
3,3′-
Dichlorobenzidin-
e Dihydrochloride
(CAS No. 612–
83–9) (provided
for in subheading
2921.59.80) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2007
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply with respect to goods entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after
the 15th day after the date of enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(C) The decedent’s dependent parents (in 
equal shares).’’.
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