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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2005
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, and the Public Health Service Act to
extend the basic period for health care continuation coverage from 18
months to 5 years, to permit a further extension of continuation coverage
for individuals age 55 or older, and to provide for a 50 percent refund-
able tax credit towards premiums for COBRA continuation coverage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 2001
Mr. STARK (for himself and Mr. MOAKLEY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and Energy and
Commerce, 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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Public
Health Service Act to extend the basic period for health
care continuation coverage from 18 months to 5 years,
to permit a further extension of continuation coverage
for individuals age 55 or older, and to provide for a
50 percent refundable tax credit towards premiums for
COBRA continuation coverage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(A) the basic pay of the qualified individual
shall be reduced (in a manner determined by the
Secretary concerned) until the total amount by
which such basic pay is reduced is $2,700; and
‘‘(B) to the extent that basic pay is not so re-
duced before the qualified individual’s discharge or
release from active duty as specified in subsection
(b)(5), at the election of the qualified individual—
‘‘(i) the Secretary concerned shall collect
from the qualified individual; or
‘‘(ii) the Secretary concerned shall reduce
the retired or retainer pay of the qualified indi-
vidual by,
an amount equal to the difference between $2,700
and the total amount of reductions under subpara-
graph (A), which shall be paid into the Treasury of
the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary concerned shall provide for an
18-month period, beginning on the date the qualified indi-
vidual makes an election under this section, for the quali-
fied individual to pay that Secretary the amount due
under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed
as modifying the period of eligibility for and entitlement
ner as if it were a combat zone (as determined under sec-
tion 112 of such Code):
(1) Section 2(a)(3) (relating to special rule
where deceased spouse was in missing status).
(2) Section 112 (relating to the exclusion of
certain combat pay of members of the Armed
Forces).
(3) Section 692 (relating to income taxes of
members of Armed Forces on death).
(4) Section 2201 (relating to members of the
Armed Forces dying in combat zone or by reason of
combat-zone-incurred wounds, etc.).
(5) Section 3401(a)(1) (defining wages relating
to combat pay for members of the Armed Forces).
(6) Section 4253(d) (relating to the taxation of
phone service originating from a combat zone from
members of the Armed Forces).
(7) Section 6013(f )(1) (relating to joint return
where individual is in missing status).
(8) Section 7508 (relating to time for per-
forming certain acts postponed by reason of service
in combat zone).
(b) QUALIFIED HAZARDOUS DUTY AREA.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘qualified hazardous duty
area’’ means any area of the Sinai during the period
(which includes the date of the enactment of this Act) that
any member of the Armed Forces of the United States
is serving with the Multinational Force and Observers of
the United Nations.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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age, the applicable Consumer Price Index shall be
deemed to be the Consumer Price Index for Elderly
Consumers and such primary insurance amount
shall be deemed adjusted under this subsection using
such Index’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (1) shall apply to determinations made
by the Commissioner of Social Security under sec-
tion 215(i)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
415(i)(2)) with respect to cost-of-living computation
quarters ending on or after September 30 of the sec-
ond calendar year following the calendar year in
which this Act is enacted.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE XVIII.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title XVIII of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) is amended—
(A) in section 1814(i)(2)(B), by inserting
‘‘(i) for accounting years ending before October
1 of the second calendar year following the cal-
endar year in which the Consumer Price Index
for Elderly Consumers Act was enacted,’’ after
‘‘for a year is’’, and by inserting after ‘‘fifth
month of the accounting year’’ the following:
‘‘, and (ii) for accounting years ending after
October 1 of such calendar year, the cap
HR 2048 RS
SECTION 1. REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ON STATE
JUSTICE INSTITUTE.
Section 213 of the State Justice Institute Act of 1984
(42 U.S.C. 10712) is amended by striking ‘‘On October
1, 1987’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than October 1, 2002’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 5,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 290
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2048
AN ACT
To require a report on the operations of the State
Justice Institute
DECEMBER 13, 2001
Reported without amendment
to basic educational assistance under this chapter applica-
ble under section 3031 of this title.
‘‘(d) With respect to qualified individuals referred to
in subsection (c)(1)(B), no amount of educational assist-
ance allowance under this chapter shall be paid to the
qualified individual until the earlier of the date on which—
‘‘(1) the Secretary concerned collects the appli-
cable amount under clause (i) of such subsection; or
‘‘(2) the retired or retainer pay of the qualified
individual is first reduced under clause (ii) of such
subsection.
‘‘(e) The Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary
of Defense, shall provide for notice of the opportunity
under this section to elect to become entitled to basic edu-
cational assistance under this chapter.’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
3017(b)(1) of such title, as amended by section 3(b), is
further amended in each of subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C)—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘3018D(d)’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘, or 3018E(c)’’ before ‘‘of this
title’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 30 of such title, as amended
by section 3(c), is further amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 3018D the following new item:
‘‘3018E. Opportunity for certain active-duty personnel to enroll.’’.
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mence the construction of the project to and including
September 24, 2002. Thereafter the Commission shall, at
the request of the licensee for the project and after reason-
able notice, in accordance with the good faith, due dili-
gence, and public interest requirements of that section and
the Commission’s procedures under that section, extend
the time period during which the licensee is required to
commence the construction of the project for 2 consecutive
2-year periods.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect on September 24, 1999, the date of the previous expi-
ration of the extension issued by the Commission for Fed-
eral Energy Regulatory Commission project numbered
3218.
(c) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSE.—If the
period required for commencement of construction of the
project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall
reinstate the license effective as of the date of its expira-
tion and the first extension authorized under subsection
(a) shall take effect on the date of such expiration and
shall continue through and including September 24, 2002.
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‘‘(B) The Federal, State, interstate, and local
substantive and procedural requirements referred to
in subparagraph (A) include, but are not limited to,
all administrative orders and all civil and adminis-
trative penalties and fines, regardless of whether
such penalties and fines are punitive or coercive in
nature or are imposed for isolated, intermittent, or
continuing violations. The United States hereby ex-
pressly waives any immunity otherwise applicable to
the United States with respect to any such sub-
stantive or procedural requirement (including, but
not limited to, any injunctive relief, administrative
order, or civil or administrative penalty or fine re-
ferred to in the preceding sentence or any reasonable
service charge).
‘‘(C) The reasonable service charges referred to
in this paragraph include, but are not limited to,
fees or charges assessed in connection with the proc-
essing and issuance of permits, renewal of permits,
amendments to permits, review of plans, studies,
and other documents, and inspection and monitoring
of facilities, as well as any other nondiscriminatory
charges that are assessed in connection with a State,
interstate, or local response program.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to payments made after December
31, 2001.
SEC. 5. EXEMPTION OF AGRICULTURAL BONDS FROM
STATE VOLUME CAP.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 146(g) (relating to excep-
tion for certain bonds) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end of paragraph (3), by striking the period at the
end of paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by insert-
ing after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) any qualified small issue bond described in
section 144(a)(12)(B)(ii).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to bonds issued after December
31, 2001.
SEC. 6. MODIFICATIONS TO SECTION 512(b)(13).
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (13) of section 512(b)
is amended by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (F) and by inserting after subparagraph (D)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(E) PARAGRAPH TO APPLY ONLY TO EX-
CESS PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A)
shall apply only to the portion of a speci-
fied payment received by the controlling
or pest threatens the livestock of the United States,
the Secretary may—
(A) hold, seize, treat, apply other remedial
actions to, destroy (including preventive slaugh-
ter), or otherwise dispose of any animal, article,
facility, or means of conveyance if the Secretary
determines such action is necessary to prevent
the dissemination of the disease or pest; and
(B) prohibit or restrict the movement or
use within a State, portion of a State, or prem-
ises of any animal or article, means of convey-
ance, or facility if the Secretary determines that
the prohibition or restriction is necessary to
prevent the dissemination of the disease or pest.
(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may take ac-
tion under this subsection only upon finding, after
review and consultation with the Governor or other
appropriate official of the State, that measures being
taken by the State are inadequate to control and
eradicate the disease or pest. Before any action is
taken in any State under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall notify the Governor and animal health
official, issue a public announcement, and, except as
provided in the following sentence, file for publica-
tion in the Federal Register a statement of the Sec-
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM BIO-
MASS.
(a) EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF PLACED-IN-
SERVICE RULES.—Paragraph (3) of section 45(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting
the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) CLOSED-LOOP BIOMASS FACILITY.—
In the case of a facility using closed-loop bio-
mass to produce electricity, the term ‘qualified
facility’ means any facility—
‘‘(i) owned by the taxpayer which is
originally placed in service after December
31, 1992, and before January 1, 2007, or
‘‘(ii) owned by the taxpayer which is
originally placed in service on or before
December 31, 1992, and modified to use
closed-loop biomass to co-fire with coal be-
fore January 1, 2007.’’,
(2) by striking ‘‘2002’’ in subparagraph (C)
and inserting ‘‘2007’’, and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs:
‘‘(D) BIOMASS FACILITIES.—In the case of
a facility using biomass (other than closed-loop
biomass) to produce electricity, the term ‘quali-
Sec. 5. Exportation.
Sec. 6. Interstate movement.
Sec. 7. Seizure, quarantine, and disposal.
Sec. 8. Inspections, seizures, and warrants.
Sec. 9. Detection, control, and eradication of disease and pests.
Sec. 10. Veterinary accreditation program.
Sec. 11. Cooperation.
Sec. 12. Reimbursable agreements.
Sec. 13. Buildings, land, people, claims, and agreements.
Sec. 14. Penalties for violations.
Sec. 15. Enforcement.
Sec. 16. Appropriations and transfer authority.
Sec. 17. Regulations and orders.
Sec. 18. Severability.
Sec. 19. Repeals.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The prevention, detection, control, and
eradication of diseases and pests of animals are es-
sential to protect animal health and the health and
welfare of the people of the United States, the eco-
nomic interests of the United States livestock and
related industries, the environment of the United
States, and interstate and foreign commerce of the
United States in animals and other articles.
(2) Animal diseases and pests are primarily
transmitted by animals and articles regulated under
this Act.
(3) The health of animals is affected by the
methods by which animals and articles are trans-
ported in interstate commerce and foreign com-
merce.
SEC. 5. HARVESTING OF SWITCH GRASS ON CONSERVATION
RESERVE ACREAGE FOR USE IN ENERGY
PRODUCTION.
Section 1232(a)(7)(A) of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(7)(A)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i);
and
(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following
new clause:
‘‘(iii) harvesting of switch grass on
such land when the purpose of the har-
vesting is to provide biomass for energy
production, and such commercial use of
the harvested grass shall be permitted
without reduction in rental payments
under the contact; and’’.
SEC. 6. USE OF BIODIESEL FUEL IN FEDERAL VEHICLES.
Federal agencies shall use biodiesel fuel to operate
any Federal vehicle that uses diesel fuel, unless the cost
of doing so is prohibitive.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2001
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the application
of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 2001
Mr. BARCIA (for himself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. CAMP, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. RYAN
of Wisconsin, Mr. TANNER, Mr. SHAW, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr.
FOLEY, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. WATKINS, Ms. DUNN of Washington, Mr.
ISAKSON, Mr. DICKS, Mr. CANNON, Mr. JOHN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr.
MORAN of Kansas, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. ROGERS of
Michigan, Mr. REHBERG, and Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota) 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 simplify
the application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows.
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 ‘‘Arrow Excise Tax Sim-
plification Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. SIMPLIFICATION OF EXCISE TAX IMPOSED ON
BOWS AND ARROWS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
4161(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to bows and arrows, etc.) are amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) BOWS.—There is hereby imposed on the
sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of
any compound bow or crossbow which has a draw
weight of 30 pounds or more, and any recurve or
long bow which has a draw weight of 30 pounds or
more measured at a draw length of 28 inches, a tax
equal to 11 percent of the price for which so sold.
‘‘(2) ARROWS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby im-
posed on the sale by the manufacturer, pro-
ducer, or importer—
‘‘(i) of any arrow shaft, a tax equal to
11 percent of the price for which so sold,
and
‘‘(ii) of any arrow, a tax equal to 10
percent of the price for which so sold.
The tax imposed by clause (ii) on an arrow
shall not apply if the arrow contains an arrow
shaft subject to the tax imposed by clause (i).
‘‘(B) ARROW SHAFT.—For purposes of this
paragraph, the term ‘arrow shaft’ means any
arrow shaft—
‘‘(i) which measures 16 inches overall
or more in length, or
‘‘(ii) which measures less than 16
inches overall in length but is suitable for
use with a bow described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(C) ARROW.—For purposes of this para-
graph, the term ‘arrow’ means any arrow shaft
to which additional components are attached.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to articles sold by the manufac-
turer, producer, or importer after December 31, 2001.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2004
To provide for the establishment of a Department of Agriculture research
program to enhance and develop the nitrogen-fixing ability of legumes
and other commercial crops.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 2001
Mr. SMITH of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To provide for the establishment of a Department of Agri-
culture research program to enhance and develop the
nitrogen-fixing ability of legumes and other commercial
crops.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RESEARCH
PROGRAM ON NITROGEN-FIXING BY PLANTS.
(a) RESEARCH PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall make it a priority to establish a research pro-
gram, directly or through grants—
(1) to enhance the nitrogen-fixing ability and
efficiency of legumes;
(2) to develop new varieties of legumes that fix
nitrogen more efficiently; and
(3) to develop new varieties of other commer-
cially important crops that potentially are able to fix
nitrogen.
(b) FUNDING SOURCE.—From funds available to the
Secretary for agricultural research, the Secretary shall use
not less than $5,000,000 to carry out this section.
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termination under the timeline described in
clause (i) would seriously jeopardize the
life or health of the participant or bene-
ficiary or the ability of the participant or
beneficiary to maintain or regain maximum
function. Such determination shall be
made as soon as possible based on the
medical exigencies of the case involved and
in no case later than 72 hours after the
time the request for external review is re-
ceived by the qualified external review enti-
ty.
‘‘(iii) ONGOING
CARE
DETERMINA-
TION.—Notwithstanding clause (i), in the
case of a review described in such sub-
clause that involves a termination or reduc-
tion of care, the notice of the determina-
tion shall be completed not later than 24
hours after the time the request for exter-
nal review is received by the qualified ex-
ternal review entity and before the end of
the approved period of care.
‘‘(B) RETROSPECTIVE DETERMINATION.—
The independent medical review panel shall
complete a review under subsection (d) in the
‘‘(D) Neither the United States, nor any agent,
employee, or officer thereof, shall be immune or ex-
empt from any process or sanction of any State or
Federal court with respect to the enforcement of any
injunctive relief.
‘‘(E) No agent, employee, or officer of the
United States shall be personally liable for any civil
penalty under any Federal or State law regarding
response or restoration actions relating to the re-
lease or potential release of hazardous substances,
pollutants, or contaminants, with respect to any act
or omission within the scope of their official duties.
An agent, employee, or officer of the United States
shall be subject to any criminal sanction (including,
but not limited to, any fine or imprisonment) under
any such Federal or State law, but no department,
agency, or instrumentality of the executive, legisla-
tive, or judicial branch of the United States shall be
subject to any such sanction.
‘‘(F) The waiver of sovereign immunity pro-
vided in this paragraph shall not apply to the extent
a State law would apply any standard or require-
ment to such Federal department, agency, or instru-
mentality in a manner that is more stringent than
2670(b), 18235, or 18236 of title 10, United States Code,
shall be deemed to be consistent with this section.’’.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF POLLING PLACES FOR 2002
FEDERAL ELECTIONS.—If a military installation or re-
serve component facility was made available as the site
of a polling place with respect to an election for Federal
office held during 1998 or 2000, the same or a comparable
site shall be made available for use as a polling place with
respect to the general election for Federal office to be held
in November 2002.
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of
section 2670 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘§ 2670. Buildings on military installations: use by
American National Red Cross and as poll-
ing places’’.
(2) The item relating to such section in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 159 of such title is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘2670. Buildings on military installations: use by American National Red Cross
and as polling places.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2007
To assist poor communities with public elementary and secondary school
construction.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 2001
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To assist poor communities with public elementary and
secondary school construction.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE FOR
POOR COMMUNITIES AUTHORIZED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education is au-
thorized to make grants to eligible local educational agen-
cies to assist them in addressing the cost of constructing
new public elementary and secondary school facilities or
building additions to existing public elementary and sec-
ondary school facilities.
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A local educational agency is eligi-
ble to receive funds under this section if 20 percent or
more of the children aged 5 to 17, inclusive, served by
the local educational agency are from families with in-
comes below the poverty line.
(c) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal
funds provided under this section to a local educational
agency may not exceed 10 percent of the total cost of the
project to be assisted under this section.
(d) PURCHASE
OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or prod-
ucts that may be authorized to be purchased with financial
assistance provided under this section, it is the sense of
the Congress that entities receiving such assistance
should, in expending the assistance, purchase only Amer-
ican-made equipment and products.
(e) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this section, the head
of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient of
the assistance a notice describing the statement made in
subsection (d) by the Congress.
(f) USE OF AMERICAN-MADE STEEL.—A local edu-
cational agency receiving financial assistance under this
section for construction shall use American-made steel for
such construction and shall comply with the requirements
of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq., popu-
larly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given
such term in section 14101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).
(2) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’
means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget, and revised annually in
accordance with section 673(2) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) ap-
plicable to a family of the size involved.
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