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The term ‘‘providing’’, with respect to an adoption
service, includes facilitating the provision of the serv-
ice.
(4) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means any
person other than an individual.
(5) APPROVED
PERSON.—The term ‘‘approved
person’’ means a person approved under title II to
provide adoption services in the United States in
cases subject to the Convention.
(6) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Except as used in sec-
tion 404, the term ‘‘Attorney General’’ means the At-
torney General, acting through the Commissioner of
Immigration and Naturalization.
(7) CENTRAL
AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘central
authority’’ means the entity designated as such by
any Convention country under Article 6(1) of the
Convention.
(8) CENTRAL AUTHORITY FUNCTION.—The term
‘‘central authority function’’ means any duty re-
quired to be carried out by a central authority under
the Convention.
(9) 
CONVENTION.—The 
term 
‘‘Convention’’
means the Convention on Protection of Children and
Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption,
done at The Hague on May 29, 1993.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 2909
AMENDMENT
TO
SENATE AMENDMENT
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
September 18, 2000.
Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the
Senate to the bill (H.R. 2909) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide
for implementation by the United States of the Hague Con-
vention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Re-
spect of Intercountry Adoption, and for other purposes’’, with
the following
AMENDMENT:
Page 36 of the Senate engrossed amendment, strike
lines 22 and 23, and insert: ‘‘and the natural parents has
been terminated (and in carrying out both obligations
under this subclause the Attorney General may consider
whether there is a petition pending to confer immigrant sta-
tus on one or both of such natural parents); and’’.
Attest:
Clerk.
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‘‘(ii) the distribution of all funds re-
ceived under the unified application will be
equal to the amount of funds provided by
the applicable agency to which each of
such schools is entitled under law;
‘‘(B) includes assurances from the tribal
governing body that the tribal department of
education funded under this section will admin-
ister all contracts or grants (except those cov-
ered by the other provisions of this title and the
Tribally Controlled Community College Assist-
ance Act of 1978) for education programs ad-
ministered by the tribe and will coordinate all
of the programs to the greatest extent possible;
‘‘(C) includes assurances for the moni-
toring and auditing by or through the tribal de-
partment of education of all education pro-
grams for which funds are provided by contract
or grant to ensure that the programs meet the
requirements of law; and
‘‘(D) provides a plan and schedule for—
‘‘(i) the assumption over the term of
the grant by the tribal department of edu-
cation of all assets and functions of the
Bureau agency office associated with the
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i) SPECIAL RULE FOR FOREIGN PRESS.—An alien 
may be classified as a nonimmigrant under section 
101(a)(15)(B) for purposes of this section, notwith-
standing that the alien is a representative of foreign press, 
radio, film, or other foreign information media seeking to 
enter the United States to engage in such vocation.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
101(a)(15)(B) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘unskilled labor or’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, except as provided in section 217(i),’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress recognizes—
(1) the international character of the Conven-
tion on Protection of Children and Co-operation in
Respect of Intercountry Adoption (done at The
Hague on May 29, 1993),
(2) the need for uniform interpretation and im-
plementation of the Convention in the United States
and abroad,
and therefore finds that enactment of a Federal law gov-
erning adoptions and prospective adoptions subject to the
Convention involving United States residents is essential.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to provide for implementation by the United
States of the Convention;
(2) to protect the rights of, and prevent abuses
against, children, birth families, and adoptive par-
ents involved in adoptions (or prospective adoptions)
subject to the Convention, and to ensure that such
adoptions are in the children’s best interests; and
(3) to improve the ability of the Federal Gov-
ernment to assist United States citizens seeking to
adopt children from abroad and residents of other
countries party to the Convention seeking to adopt
children from the United States.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) ACCREDITED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘accred-
ited agency’’ means an agency accredited under title
II to provide adoption services in the United States
in cases subject to the Convention.
(2) ACCREDITING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘accred-
iting entity’’ means an entity designated under sec-
tion 203(a) to accredit agencies and approve persons
under title II.
(3) ADOPTION SERVICE.—The term ‘‘adoption
service’’ means—
(A) identifying a child for adoption and ar-
ranging an adoption;
(B) securing necessary consent to termi-
nation of parental rights and to adoption;
(C) performing a background study on a
child or a home study on a prospective adoptive
parent, and reporting on such a study;
(D) making determinations of the best in-
terests of a child and the appropriateness of
adoptive placement for the child;
(E) providing professional counseling serv-
ices for a child, a birth parent, or a prospective
adoptive parent with respect to adoption;
(F) post-placement monitoring of a case
until final adoption;
(G) where made necessary by disruption
before final adoption, assuming custody and
providing child care or any other social service
pending an alternative placement; and
(H) post-adoption services, other than ac-
tivities relating to identifying or locating birth
parents or siblings.
The term ‘‘providing’’, with respect to an adoption
service, includes facilitating the provision of the
service.
(4) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means any
person other than an individual.
(5) APPROVED PERSON.—The term ‘‘approved
person’’ means a person approved under title II to
provide adoption services in the United States in
cases subject to the Convention.
(6) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Attorney
General’’ means the Attorney General, acting
through the Commissioner of Immigration and Nat-
uralization.
(7) CENTRAL AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘central
authority’’ means the entity designated as such by
any Convention country under Article 6.1 of the
and therefore finds that enactment of a Federal law gov-
erning adoptions and prospective adoptions subject to the
Convention involving United States residents is essential.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to provide for implementation by the United
States of the Convention;
(2) to protect the rights of, and prevent abuses
against, children, birth families, and adoptive parents
involved in adoptions (or prospective adoptions) sub-
ject to the Convention, and to ensure that such adop-
tions are in the children’s best interests; and
(3) to improve the ability of the Federal Govern-
ment to assist United States citizens seeking to adopt
children from abroad and residents of other countries
party to the Convention seeking to adopt children
from the United States.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) ACCREDITED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘accredited
agency’’ means an agency accredited under title II to
provide adoption services in the United States in
cases subject to the Convention.
(2) ACCREDITING
ENTITY.—The term ‘‘accred-
iting entity’’ means an entity designated under sec-
23), such excess shall be carried to the succeeding taxable
year and added to the credit allowable under subsection
(a) for such taxable year. No credit may be carried for-
ward under this subsection to any taxable year following
the fifth taxable year after the taxable year in which the
residence is purchased. For purposes of the preceding sen-
tence, credits shall be treated as used on a first-in first-
out basis.
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—If the Secretary requires informa-
tion reporting under section 6045 by a person described
in subsection (e)(2) thereof to verify the eligibility of tax-
payers for the credit allowable by this section, the excep-
tion provided by section 6045(e)(5) shall not apply.
‘‘(f) RECAPTURE FOR CERTAIN DISPOSITIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), if the taxpayer disposes of prop-
erty with respect to the purchase of which a credit
was allowed under subsection (a) at any time within
36 months after the date the taxpayer acquired the
property as his principal residence, then the tax im-
posed under this chapter for the taxable year in
which the disposition occurs is increased by an
amount equal to the amount allowed as a credit for
the purchase of such property.
of the Delta region, in cooperation with Federal,
State, and local agencies, universities and other non-
profit groups where appropriate, which will further
the purposes of this Act;
(3) review and study, in cooperation with the
agency involved, Federal, State, and local public and
private programs and, where appropriate, rec-
ommend modifications or additions which will in-
crease their effectiveness in the Delta region;
(4) formulate and recommend, where appro-
priate, interstate compacts and other forms of inter-
state cooperation, and work with State and local
agencies in developing appropriate model legislation;
(5) encourage the formation of, build the capac-
ity of, and provide support for, local development
districts;
(6) encourage private investment in industrial,
commercial, 
and 
other 
economic 
development
projects;
(7) serve as a focal point and coordinating unit
for Delta programs; and
(8) provide a forum for consideration of prob-
lems of the Delta region and proposed solutions and
establish and utilize, as appropriate, citizens and
special advisory councils and public conferences.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4833 
To direct the Secretary of Education to extend the same level of increased 
flexibility to all rural local educational agencies under part A of title 
I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2004 
Mr. JOHN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to extend the same 
level of increased flexibility to all rural local educational 
agencies under part A of title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
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 ‘‘Rural Education Eq-
uity Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR RURAL LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Education 
takes any action (whether by regulation, guidance, or oth-
erwise) to authorize increased flexibility for any category 
of rural local educational agencies, the Secretary shall ex-
tend the same level of increased flexibility to all rural local 
educational agencies. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INCREASED FLEXIBILITY.—The term ‘‘in-
creased flexibility’’ means increased flexibility under, 
or facilitated compliance with, part A of title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 
(2) RURAL
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘rural local educational agency’’ includes 
any local educational agency described in section 
6211(b) or section 6221(b)(1) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7345(b), 7351(b)(1)). 
(c) APPLICATION.—This section applies to any action 
described in subsection (a) that occurs on or after January 
8, 2002 (the date of the enactment of the No Child Left 
Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–110)). 
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not apply to contract awards for military construction on 
Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re-
sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense is to inform the 
appropriate committees of Congress, including the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate, of the plans and scope of any proposed mili-
tary exercise involving United States personnel 30 days 
prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for construc-
tion, either temporary or permanent, are anticipated to ex-
ceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds 
made available in this Act which are limited for obligation 
during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during 
the last 2 months of the fiscal year. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 
current session of Congress. 
SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec-
be available until expended, $30,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2001 through 2005.
SEC. 302. DEFINITION OF DELTA REGION.
In this Act, the term ‘‘Delta region’’ means those
areas within the States of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee as de-
fined in section 4 of the Lower Mississippi Delta Develop-
ment Act (Public Law 100–460).
SEC. 303. RECORDS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Authority shall maintain accu-
rate and complete records of its doings and transactions
and of all transactions and activities financed with Federal
funds. The records of the Authority shall be available for
audit and examinations by the Comptroller General or the
duly authorized representative of the Comptroller General.
(b) RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—Recipi-
ents of Federal assistance under this Act shall, as required
by the Authority, maintain accurate and complete records
of transactions and activities financed with Federal funds
and report thereon to the Authority. Such records shall
be available for audit by the Comptroller General and the
Authority or their duly authorized representatives.
SEC. 304. ANNUAL REPORT.
Not later than 6 months after the last day of each
fiscal year, the Authority shall prepare and submit to the
of oral communications by or among drivers, train
employees, or other operating employees responsible
for the movement and direction of the vehicle or ves-
sel, or between such operating employees and com-
pany communication centers, related to an accident
investigated by the Board. However, the Board shall
make public any part of a transcript or any written
depiction of visual information that the Board decides
is relevant to the accident—
‘‘(A) if the Board holds a public hearing on
the accident, at the time of the hearing; or
‘‘(B) if the Board does not hold a public
hearing, at the time a majority of the other fac-
tual reports on the accident are placed in the
public docket.
‘‘(2) REFERENCES TO INFORMATION IN MAKING
SAFETY
RECOMMENDATIONS.—This subsection does
not prevent the Board from referring at any time to
voice or video recorder information in making safety
recommendations.’’.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The first sen-
tence of section 1114(a) is amended by striking ‘‘and
(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d), and (f)’’.
(c) DISCOVERY AND USE OF COCKPIT AND SURFACE
VEHICLE RECORDINGS AND TRANSCRIPTS.—
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2911
To provide economic development assistance and the planning and coordina-
tion needed to assist in development of the lower Mississippi Delta
region.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 22, 1999
Mr. BERRY (for himself, Mr. FORD, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. TANNER, Mr. SNY-
DER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. JOHN, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. JEF-
FERSON, Mr. HUTCHINSON, and Mr. DICKEY) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial
Services
A BILL
To provide economic development assistance and the planning
and coordination needed to assist in development of the
lower Mississippi Delta region.
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 ‘‘Delta Regional Author-
ity Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the
following:
‘‘(8) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out part J of this title, $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2000, 2001, and 2002.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2912
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the termination
of additional Federal payments to States under the Medicaid Program
for administrative costs related to certain outreach and eligibility deter-
minations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 22, 1999
Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate
the termination of additional Federal payments to States
under the Medicaid Program for administrative costs
related to certain outreach and eligibility determinations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF TERMINATION OF INCREASED
FEDERAL MATCHING RATE FOR ADMINISTRA-
TIVE COSTS RELATED TO OUTREACH AND
ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS.
(a) REPEAL OF SUNSET.—Section 1931(h) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–1(h)) is amended—
(1) in the heading preceding paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘TRANSITIONAL’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘RELATED TO CERTAIN
OUTREACH
AND
ELIGIBILITY
DETERMINA-
TIONS’’ after ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘either’’ after
‘‘attributable’’ and by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ‘‘or to administrative costs of
determinations of the eligibility of children and preg-
nant women for benefits under the State plan under
this title or title XXI, outreach to children and preg-
nant women likely to be eligible for such benefits,
and such other outreach- and eligibility-related ac-
tivities as the Secretary may approve’’;
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for the pe-
riod beginning with fiscal year 1997 and ending with
fiscal year 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years be-
ginning on or after October 1, 1996’’; and
(4) by striking paragraph (4).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) take effect September 1, 1999.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2917
To condition certain justice assistance grants to the States on the
implementation of handgun registration systems.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 22, 1999
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. WEINER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LEE, and Mr.
GUTIERREZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To condition certain justice assistance grants to the States
on the implementation of handgun registration systems.
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 ‘‘Handgun Registration
Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. GRANT REDUCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
(a) GRANT REDUCTION.—Section 506 of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 3756) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(g) INFORMATION ACCESS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The funds available under
this subpart for a State shall be reduced by 25 per-
cent and redistributed under paragraph (2) unless
the State has in effect throughout the State a law
which requires—
‘‘(A) that each individual to whom a hand-
gun is transferred to complete a handgun reg-
istration form that includes, at a minimum—
‘‘(i) information identifying the trans-
feree, including name, address, date of
birth, and State handgun license number;
and
‘‘(ii) information identifying the hand-
gun, including make, model, caliber, and
serial number; and
‘‘(iii) proof of insurance coverage for
the transferee’s liability to any person who,
while engaged in lawful activity, suffers
bodily injury or death through the misuse
of that handgun resulting from the trans-
feree’s negligence; and
‘‘(B) the chief law enforcement officer of
the State to furnish information from handgun
registration forms to Federal, State, and local
law enforcement authorities upon request.
‘‘(2) REDISTRIBUTION.—Any funds available
for redistribution shall be redistributed to partici-
pating States that have in effect a law referred to
in paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) 
COMPLIANCE.—The 
Attorney 
General
shall issue regulations to ensure compliance with the
requirements of paragraph (1).’’.
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph
(1), the term—
‘‘(A) ‘State handgun registration form’
means a form prescribed under State law con-
sistent with this paragraph; and
‘‘(B) ‘chief law enforcement officer of the
State’ means the chief, or equivalent officer, of
the State police force, or the designee of that
officer.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 506(a) of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (f),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (f) and (g),’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of each
fiscal year succeeding the first fiscal year beginning 2
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(c) REVOCATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Secretary shall not
revoke a determination that a school is eligible for
assistance under this part if—
‘‘(i) the Indian tribe or tribal organization
submits the reports required under subsection
(b) with respect to the school; and
‘‘(ii) at least one of the following sub-
clauses applies with respect to the school:
‘‘(I) The school is certified or accred-
ited by a State or regional accrediting as-
sociation or is a candidate in good stand-
ing for such accreditation under the rules
of the State or regional accrediting asso-
ciation, showing that credits achieved by
the students within the education pro-
grams are, or will be, accepted at grade
level by a State certified or regionally ac-
credited institution.
‘‘(II) A determination made by the
Secretary that there is a reasonable expec-
tation that the accreditation described in
subclause (I), or the candidacy in good
standing for such accreditation, will be
reached by the school within 3 years and
(1) include a financial statement addressing the
Freedom Center’s costs incurred to date and pro-
jected costs, and funds raised to date and projected
fundraising goals;
(2) include a comprehensive and detailed de-
scription of the Freedom Center’s activities for the
preceding and succeeding fiscal years; and
(3) include a description of the activities taken
to assure compliance with this Act.
SEC. 8. AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD NETWORK TO FREEDOM ACT OF
1998.
The National Underground Railroad Network to
Freedom Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 679; 16 U.S.C. 469l and
following) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 4. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SITES OR STRUC-
TURES.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Secretary
of the Interior may make grants in accordance with this
section for the preservation and restoration of historic
buildings or structures associated with the Underground
Railroad, and for related research and documentation to
sites, programs, or facilities that have been included in
the national network.