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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2833 
To suspend temporarily the duty on NaMBT. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2005 
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on NaMBT. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NAMBT. 
(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: 
‘‘ 
9902.11.11 
2 (3H)-benzothiazolethione 
sodium salt (CAS No. 2492– 
26–4) as a 50% solution 
(provided for in subheading 
2934.20.20) .........................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2009 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from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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(2) LABELING
RULEMAKING.—The Federal 
Trade Commission shall conduct a rulemaking to 
consider the effectiveness of current lamp labeling 
requirements and to consider alternative labeling ap-
proaches that will help consumers to understand new 
high-efficiency lamp products. Such labeling shall in-
clude, at a minimum, information on lighting output 
(lumens), input power (watts), efficiency (lumens per 
watt), lamp rated lifetime (hours), annual or lifetime 
energy operating cost, and any hazardous materials 
(such as mercury) that may be contained in lamp 
products. The Federal Trade Commission shall com-
plete this rulemaking within one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(3) NATIONAL
SALES
DATA
TRACKING
SYS-
TEM.—The Secretary of Energy shall develop and 
implement within one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act a national sales data tracking sys-
tem in conjunction with the National Electrical 
Manufacturers Association and other stakeholders 
for lamp technologies, including Light Emitting Di-
odes, halogens, incandescents, and compact fluores-
cent lamps. 
(c) REPORT ON MERCURY USE AND RELEASE.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act,
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SEC. 16. DEFINITIONS. 
Chapter 307 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 4131. Definitions 
‘‘As used in this chapter— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘assembly’ means the process of 
uniting or combining articles or components (includ-
ing ancillary finished components or assemblies) so 
as to produce a significant change in form or utility, 
without necessarily changing or altering the compo-
nent parts; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘current market price’ means, 
with respect to a specific product, the fair market 
price of the product within the meaning of section 
15(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(a)), 
at the time that the contract is to be awarded, 
verified through appropriate price analysis or cost 
analysis, including any costs relating to transpor-
tation or the furnishing of any ancillary services; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘import-sensitive product’ means 
a product which, according to Department of Com-
merce data, has experienced competition from im-
ports at an import to domestic production ratio of 
25 percent or greater; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘labor-intensive manufacture’ 
means a manufacturing activity in which the value 
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of inmate labor constitutes at least 10 percent of the 
estimate unit cost to produce the item by Federal 
Prison Industries; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘manufacture’ means the process 
of fabricating from raw or prepared materials, so as 
to impart to those materials new forms, qualities, 
properties, and combinations; 
‘‘(6) the term ‘reasonable share of the market’ 
means a share of the total purchases by the Federal 
departments and agencies, as reported to the Fed-
eral Procurement Data System for— 
‘‘(A) any specific product during the 3 pre-
ceding fiscal years, that does not exceed 20 per-
cent of the Federal market for the specific 
product; and 
‘‘(B) any specific service during the 3 pre-
ceding fiscal years, that does not exceed 5 per-
cent of the Federal market for the specific serv-
ice; and 
‘‘(7) the term ‘services’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘service contract’ by section 37.101 of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. 36.102), 
as in effect on July 1, 2004.’’. 
SEC. 17. IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES. 
(a) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.— 
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(1) PROPOSED REVISIONS.—Proposed revisions 
to the Governmentwide Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion to implement the amendments made by this Act 
shall be published not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and provide not 
less than 60 days for public comment. 
(2) FINAL
REGULATIONS.—Final regulations 
shall be published not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and shall be effec-
tive on the date that is 30 days after the date of 
publication. 
(3) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—The proposed 
regulations required by subsection (a) and the final 
regulations required by subsection (b) shall afford 
an opportunity for public participation in accordance 
with section 22 of the Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 418b). 
(b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board of Directors of 
Federal Prison Industries shall issue regulations de-
fining the terms specified in paragraph (2). 
(2) TERMS TO BE DEFINED.—The Board of Di-
rectors shall issue regulations for the following 
terms: 
(A) Prison-made product. 
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‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—The amount of assistance pro-
vided under this section in any fiscal year may not exceed 
$1,000,000. 
‘‘(e) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER ASSISTANCE.— 
The authority to provide assistance under this section is 
in addition to any other authority to provide assistance 
to foreign nations under law. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—(1) Not later than Decem-
ber 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
assistance provided under this section during the fiscal 
year ending in such year. 
‘‘(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, 
for the fiscal year covered by such report, the following: 
‘‘(A) A listing of each foreign nation provided 
assistance under this section. 
‘‘(B) For each nation so provided assistance, a 
description of the type and amount of such assist-
ance.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 20 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘408. Equipment and training of foreign personnel to assist in Department of 
Defense accounting for missing United States Government per-
sonnel.’’.
‘‘Sec. 9537. Assurance of reasonable progress toward equitable access to teach-
er quality.’’. 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1480
AN ACT
To provide for the conservation and development of water
and related resources, to authorize the United States
Army Corps of Engineers to construct various projects
for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United
States, and for other purposes.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2836 
To extend the duty suspension on Allyl isosulfocynate. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2005 
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the duty suspension on Allyl isosulfocynate. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ALLYL ISOSULFOCYNATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.01.41 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
Allyl isosulfocynate) is amended by striking ‘‘12/31/2006’’ 
and inserting ‘‘12/31/2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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in accordance with other law or regulation in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) JAVITS-WAGNER-O’DAY ACT.—Nothing in this 
Act is intended to modify the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act 
(41 U.S.C. 46 et seq.). 
SEC. 19. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 4124 of title 18, United 
States Code, as amended by section 2, shall apply to any 
requirement for a product or service offered by Federal 
Prison Industries needed by a Federal department or 
agency after the effective date of the final regulations 
issued pursuant to section 17(a)(2), or after September 
30, 2007, whichever is earlier. 
SEC. 20. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
The table of sections for chapter 307 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by amending the item relating to section 
4121 to read as follows: 
‘‘4121. Federal Prison Industries; Board of Directors: executive management.’’; 
(2) by amending the item relating to section 
4124 to read as follows: 
‘‘4124. Governmentwide procurement policy relating to purchases from Federal 
Prison Industries.’’; 
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(3) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 4124 the following new items: 
‘‘4124a. Additional inmate work opportunities through public service activities. 
‘‘4124b. Re-entry employment preparation through work-based training and ap-
prenticeship.’’; 
(4) by amending the item relating to section 
4127 to read as follows: 
‘‘4127. Federal Prison Industries report to Congress.’’; 
and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new 
items: 
‘‘4130. Construction of provisions. 
‘‘4131. Definitions.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1487
AN ACT
To provide for public participation in the declara-
tion of national monuments under the Act popu-
larly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2837 
To extend the duty suspension on sodium methylate powder. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2005 
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the duty suspension on sodium methylate powder. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SODIUM METHYLATE POWDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.01.36 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
sodium methylate powder) is amended by striking ‘‘12/31/ 
2006’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2838 
To extend the duty suspension on Trimethyl cyclo hexanol. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2005 
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the duty suspension on Trimethyl cyclo hexanol. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TRIMETHYL CYCLO HEXANOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.05.03 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
Trimethyl cyclo hexanol) is amended by striking ‘‘12/31/ 
2006’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2839 
To extend the duty suspension on 2,2-Dimethyl-3-(3-methylphenyl)proponal. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2005 
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the duty suspension on 2,2-Dimethyl-3-(3- 
methylphenyl)proponal. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. 2,2-DIMETHYL-3-(3-METHYLPHENYL)PROPONAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.01.39 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
2,2-Dimethyl-3-(3-methylphenyl)proponal) is amended by 
striking ‘‘12/31/2006’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2008’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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rently furnished by small businesses during the pre-
vious 3 fiscal years; 
‘‘(iii) the share of the Federal market for the spe-
cific product or specific service projected for Federal 
Prison Industries for the fiscal year in which produc-
tion or performance will commence or expand and the 
subsequent 4 fiscal years; 
‘‘(iv) whether the industry producing the specific 
product or specific service in the private sector— 
‘‘(I) has an unemployment rate higher than 
the national average; or 
‘‘(II) has a rate of unemployment for work-
ers that has consistently shown an increase dur-
ing the previous 5 years; 
‘‘(v) whether the specific product is an import- 
sensitive product; 
‘‘(vi) the requirements of the Federal Government 
and the demands of entities other than the Federal 
Government for the specific product or service during 
the previous 3 fiscal years; 
‘‘(vii) the projected growth or decline in the de-
mand of the Federal Government for the specific prod-
uct or specific service; 
‘‘(viii) the capability of the projected demand of 
the Federal Government for the specific product or 
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(22) in section 4124(b)(4)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘substance abuse and violence problem’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘violence, bullying, gang, and substance abuse 
problem’’; 
(23) in section 4127(c), by striking ‘‘school vio-
lence research’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence, bul-
lying, and gang research’’; 
(24) in section 4128(b)(2), by striking ‘‘such as 
substance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘such as bullying, 
substance abuse’’; 
(25) in section 4128(b)(4), by striking ‘‘school 
violence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence, 
bullying, and gang prevention’’; 
(26) in section 4130(b)(1)(B)(iv), by striking 
‘‘violence, use of dangerous weapons’’ and inserting 
‘‘violence, bullying, gangs, use of dangerous weap-
ons’’; 
(27) in section 4130(b)(5)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘schools with violence problems’’ and inserting 
‘‘schools with violence, bullying, or gang problems’’; 
(28) in section 4151—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘DRUG AND VIOLENCE 
PREVENTION’’ in the heading and inserting
‘‘DRUG, VIOLENCE, BULLYING, AND GANG 
PREVENTION’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘drug and violence 
prevention’’ each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘drug, violence, bullying, and 
gang prevention’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘with respect to violence’’ and inserting 
‘‘with respect to violence, bullying, and 
gangs’’; and 
(B) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking 
‘‘violent behavior’’ and inserting ‘‘violent, bul-
lying, or gang behavior’’; and 
(29) in section 4152(a), by striking ‘‘acts of vi-
olence’’ and inserting ‘‘acts of violence and bul-
lying’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND 
SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968.—Paragraph (13) of section 
1801 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 2796ee; relating to juvenile account-
ability block grants) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(13) establishing and maintaining account-
ability-based programs that are designed to enhance
school safety, which programs may include research-
based bullying and gang prevention programs;’’.
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service to sustain both Federal Prison Industries and 
private vendors; and 
‘‘(ix) whether authorizing the production of the 
new product or performance of a new service will pro-
vide inmates with the maximum opportunity to ac-
quire knowledge and skill in trades and occupations 
that will provide them with a means of earning a 
livelihood upon release. 
‘‘(D)(i) The board of directors may not approve a pro-
posal to authorize the production and sale of a new specific 
product or continued sale of a previously authorized prod-
uct unless— 
‘‘(I) the product to be furnished is a prison-made 
product; or 
‘‘(II) the service to be furnished is to be per-
formed by inmate workers. 
‘‘(ii) The board of directors may not approve a pro-
posal to authorize the production and sale of a new prison- 
made product or to expand production of a currently au-
thorized product if the product is— 
‘‘(I) produced in the private sector by an indus-
try which has reflected during the previous year an 
unemployment rate above the national average; or 
‘‘(II) an import-sensitive product. 
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‘‘(iii) The board of directors may not approve a pro-
posal for inmates to provide a service in which an inmate 
worker has access to— 
‘‘(I) personal or financial information about in-
dividual private citizens, including information relat-
ing to such person’s real property, however described, 
without giving prior notice to such persons or class 
of persons to the greatest extent practicable; 
‘‘(II) geographic data regarding the location of 
surface and subsurface infrastructure providing com-
munications, water and electrical power distribution, 
pipelines for the distribution of natural gas, bulk pe-
troleum products and other commodities, and other 
utilities; or 
‘‘(III) data that is classified. 
‘‘(iv)(I) Federal Prison Industries is prohibited from 
furnishing through inmate labor construction services, un-
less to be performed within a Federal correctional institu-
tion pursuant to the participation of an inmate in an ap-
prenticeship or other vocational education program teach-
ing the skills of the various building trades. 
‘‘(II) For purposes of this clause, the term ‘construc-
tion’ has the meaning given such term by section 2.101 of 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. part 2.101), 
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purchase. The negotiated price shall not exceed a fair and 
reasonable price determined in accordance with the proce-
dures of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
(d) PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Federal Prison Industries 
shall perform the obligations of the contract nego-
tiated pursuant to subsection (c). 
(2) PERFORMANCE DISPUTES.—If the head of the 
contracting activity and the Chief Operating Officer 
of Federal Prison Industries are unable to resolve a 
contract performance dispute to their mutual satisfac-
tion, such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to sec-
tion 4124(e)(3) of title 18, United States Code (as 
added by section 2 of this Act). 
(e) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a percentage of the sales 
made by Federal Prison Industries during the base 
period, the total dollar value of sales to the Govern-
ment made pursuant to subsection (b) and subsection 
(c) of this section shall not exceed— 
(A) 90 percent in fiscal year 2007; 
(B) 85 percent in fiscal year 2008; 
(C) 70 percent in fiscal year 2009; 
(D) 55 percent in fiscal year 2010; and 
(E) 40 percent in fiscal year 2011. 
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(2) SALES
WITHIN
VARIOUS
BUSINESS
SEC-
TORS.—Use of the authority provided by subsections 
(b) and (c) shall not result in sales by Federal Prison 
Industries to the Government that are in excess of its 
total sales during the base year for each business sec-
tor. 
(3) LIMITATIONS RELATING TO SPECIFIC PROD-
UCTS.—Use of the authorities provided by subsections 
(b) and (c) shall not result in contract awards to Fed-
eral Prison Industries that are in excess of its total 
sales during the base period for such product. 
(4) CHANGES IN DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS.—If a 
buying agency directs a change to the design speci-
fication for a specific product, the costs associated 
with the implementation of such specification change 
by Federal Prison Industries shall not be considered 
for the purposes of computing sales by Federal Prison 
Industries for the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(f) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO SUSTAIN INMATE EM-
PLOYMENT.—During the period specified in subsection (g), 
the authority of section 4122(b)(11)(C)(ii) of title 18, 
United States Code (as added by section 3), may be used 
by the Board to sustain inmate employment. 
(g) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—The preferential con-
tracting authorities authorized by subsection (b) may not 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2841
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage, 
as supplies associated with the injection of insulin, of home needle de-
struction devices and the disposal of needles and lancets through a 
sharps-by-mail or similar program under part D of the Medicare Pro-
gram. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2005
Mr. FERGUSON (for himself, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. RYAN 
of Ohio, and Mr. ISSA) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for coverage, as supplies associated with the injection 
of insulin, of home needle destruction devices and the 
disposal of needles and lancets through a sharps-by-mail 
or similar program under part D of the Medicare Pro-
gram.
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 Safe Needle 
Disposal Coverage Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF HOME NEEDLE DESTRUCTION DE-
VICES AND DISPOSAL OF NEEDLES AND 
LANCETS THROUGH A SHARPS-BY-MAIL OR 
SIMILAR PROGRAM UNDER MEDICARE PART 
D. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1860D–2(e)(1)(B) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(e)(1)(B)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘regulations of the Secretary’’ 
the following: ‘‘and including devices approved for home 
use by the Food and Drug Administration for the safe 
and effective destruction of needles and the disposal of 
needles and lancets through a sharps-by-mail or similar 
program as medically appropriate based on volume of 
usage’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2007.
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