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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5323
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the double taxation
of dividends.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
Mr. COX (for himself, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. KERNS, Mr. OTTER, and Mr. WILSON
of South Carolina) 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 eliminate
the double taxation of dividends.
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 ‘‘Investor Protection,
Market Stabilization, and Tax Fairness Restoration Act
of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that:
(1) Corporate earnings paid out as dividends
are taxed once at the full corporate rate, and again
at the full individual rate, leading to an effective
rate that can be in excess of 60%.
(2) This confiscatory taxation of dividends has
contributed to a steady diminution of dividend pay-
out ratios and the virtual elimination of dividends as
the primary method of rewarding equity investors
for risk.
(3) When taxation makes dividend distributions
uneconomical, investors are forced to look at sale or
collateralization of stock as essentially the only ways
of achieving an adequate rate of return on invest-
ment.
(4) As a result, even companies with healthy
earnings are unable to protect their investors from
loss during a stock market downturn.
SEC. 3. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to protect taxpaying inves-
tors in America’s equity markets, promote a greater cor-
relation between earnings and equity prices, and encour-
age economic growth by eliminating the unfair double tax-
ation of dividends.
SEC. 4. ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE TAX ON DIVIDENDS.
(a) DIVIDENDS RECEIVED BY INDIVIDUALS.—
(1) CREDIT FOR TAX PAID BY DISTRIBUTING
CORPORATION.—Part IV of subchapter A of chapter
1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
by adding at the end thereof the following new sub-
part:
‘‘Subpart H—Individual Shareholder Credit
‘‘Sec. 54. Allowance of shareholder credit.
‘‘Sec. 54A. Determination of shareholder credit.
‘‘Sec. 54B. Inclusion of shareholder credit.
‘‘SEC. 54. ALLOWANCE OF SHAREHOLDER CREDIT.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of a taxpayer
other than a corporation, there shall be allowed as a credit
against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable
year an amount equal to the shareholder credits deter-
mined with respect to dividends from domestic corpora-
tions received by the taxpayer during the taxable year.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The amount allowed as a credit
under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed
the sum of—
‘‘(1) the regular tax liability of the taxpayer for
the taxable year reduced by the sum of the credits
allowable under this part (other than subpart C),
and
‘‘(2) the minimum tax imposed by section 55.
‘‘(c) NONRESIDENT ALIENS.—No credit shall be al-
lowed under this section to any nonresident alien with re-
spect to any dividend unless such dividend is taxable under
section 871(b) (relating to income effectively connected
with United States business).
in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1934, and prior fiscal years, to provide
supplemental general and emergency appropriations
for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1934, and June
30, 1935, and for other purposes’, approved June
19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1021);
‘‘(J) the Federal-State Cooperative Veterans’
educational programs, including part-time instruc-
tion in on-the-farm training programs, as provided
for in title II, chapter IV, ‘Education of Veterans’,
of the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944, ap-
proved June 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 287), and subse-
quent amendments and Acts pertaining thereto;
‘‘(K) the Federal-State cooperative programs in
wildlife restoration and in fish restoration and man-
agement authorized respectively by the Acts entitled
‘An Act to provide that the United States shall aid
these States in wildlife restoration projects, and for
other purposes’, approved September 2, 1937 (50
Stat. 917), and popularly referred to as the Pitt-
man-Robertson Act, and ‘An Act to provide that the
United States shall aid the States in fish restoration
and management projects, and for other purposes’,
approved August 9, 1950, and popularly referred to
as the Dingell-Johnson Act (64 Stat. 431) and the
‘‘
9902.02.75
Esters and so-
dium esters of 
Parahydroxyben-
zoic Acid (CAS 
Nos. 99–76–3, 
94–13–3, 120–
47–8, 94–26–8, 
94–18–8, 5026–
62–0, 35285–69–
9, 35285–68–8, 
36457–20–2) 
(provided for in 
subheadings 
2918.29.75 and 
2918.29.65) .......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2005
’’. 
SEC. 1275. SANTOLINK EP 560. 
Subchapter II of chapter 99 is amended by inserting 
in numerical sequence the following new heading:
‘‘
9902.02.76
Phenol-Form-
aldehyde Polymer 
Butylated (CAS 
No. 96446–41–
2) (provided for 
in subheading 
3909.40.00) .......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2005
’’. 
SEC. 1276. PHENODUR VPW 1942. 
Subchapter II of chapter 99 is amended by inserting 
in numerical sequence the following new heading:
‘‘
9902.02.77
Polymer of phe-
nol, 4,4′-(1-
methylethyliden-
e)bis-, polymer 
with 
(chloromethy-
l)oxiranel and 
phenol polymer 
with formalde-
hyde modified 
with chloro acetic 
acid (provided 
for in subheading 
3909.40.00) .......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2005
’’. 
SEC. 1277. PHENODUR PR 612. 
Subchapter II of chapter 99 is amended by inserting 
in numerical sequence the following new heading:
(2) INDIVIDUAL
HEALTH
INSURANCE
COV-
ERAGE.—The amendments made by subsection (b)
apply with respect to health insurance coverage of-
fered, sold, issued, renewed, in effect, or operated in
the individual market on or after such date.
(3) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EXCEPTION.—In
the case of a group health plan maintained pursuant
to 1 or more collective bargaining agreements be-
tween employee representatives and 1 or more em-
ployers ratified before the date of enactment of this
Act, the amendments made subsection (a) shall not
apply to plan years beginning before the later of—
(A) the date on which the last collective
bargaining agreements relating to the plan ter-
minates (determined without regard to any ex-
tension thereof agreed to after the date of en-
actment of this Act), or
(B) January 1, 2003.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), any plan amend-
ment made pursuant to a collective bargaining
agreement relating to the plan which amends the
plan solely to conform to any requirement added by
subsection (a) shall not be treated as a termination
of such collective bargaining agreement.
(d) COORDINATION OF ADMINISTRATION.—The Sec-
retary of Labor, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ensure,
through the execution of an interagency memorandum of
understanding among such Secretaries, that—
(1) regulations, rulings, and interpretations
issued by such Secretaries relating to the same mat-
ter over which two or more such Secretaries have re-
sponsibility under the provisions of this Act (and the
amendments made thereby) are administered so as
to have the same effect at all times; and
(2) coordination of policies relating to enforcing
the same requirements through such Secretaries in
order to have a coordinated enforcement strategy
that avoids duplication of enforcement efforts and
assigns priorities in enforcement.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5328
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander
County, Nevada, and the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain
land to Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
Mr. GIBBONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain
land to Lander County, Nevada, and the Secretary of
the Interior to convey certain land to Eureka County,
Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE TO LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the historical use by settlers and travelers
since the late 1800’s of the cemetery known as
‘‘Kingston Cemetery’’ in Kingston, Nevada, predates
to make emergency financial assistance authorized under 
this section available to producers on a farm that have 
incurred qualifying crop losses for the 2001 or 2002 crop 
due to damaging weather or related condition, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall make as-
sistance available under this section in the same manner 
as provided under section 815 of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), including using the same 
loss thresholds for the quantity and quality losses as were 
used in administering that section. 
SEC. 3. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use such 
sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation as are necessary to make and administer pay-
ments for livestock losses to producers for 2001 and 2002 
losses in a county that has received an emergency designa-
tion by the President or the Secretary after January 1, 
2001, and January 1, 2002, respectively, of which an 
amount determined by the Secretary shall be made avail-
able for the American Indian livestock program under sec-
tion 806 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
HR 5333 RFS 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 4 East Central Street in Worcester, Massachu-
setts, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Joseph D. 
Early Post Office Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Joseph D. Early Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 
2002. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5329
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act with 
respect to public health pesticides. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
Mr. GOODLATTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act with respect to public health pesticides.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PUBLIC HEALTH PESTICIDES; AMENDMENT TO 
FEDERAL 
INSECTICIDE, 
FUNGICIDE, 
AND 
RODENTICIDE ACT. 
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 2, by amending subsection (nn) to 
read as follows:
‘‘(nn) PUBLIC HEALTH PESTICIDE.—The term ‘pub-
lic health pesticide’ means any pesticide product that—
‘‘(1) is a minor use pesticide product registered 
for use and used predominantly in public health pro-
grams for vector control or for other recognized 
health protection uses, including the prevention or 
mitigation of viruses, bacteria, or other microorga-
nisms (other than viruses, bacteria, or other micro-
organisms on or in living man or other living ani-
mal) that pose a threat to public health; or 
‘‘(2) is a pesticide product registered for use 
and used for vector control or for other recognized 
health protection uses, including the prevention or 
mitigation of viruses, bacteria, or other microorga-
nisms, or their toxins (other than viruses, bacteria, 
and other microorganisms on or in living man or 
other living animal) that pose a threat to public 
health.’’; and 
(2) in section 4—
(A) in subsection (i)—
(i) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting 
‘‘described in section 2(nn)(1)’’ after ‘‘pub-
lic health pesticide’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (5)(F), by inserting 
‘‘described in section 2(nn)(1)’’ after ‘‘pub-
lic health pesticide’’; 
(B) in subsection (k)(3)(A)(iii), by insert-
ing ‘‘described in section 2(nn)(1)’’ before the 
period; and 
(C) in subsection (n)—
(i) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8); and 
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (6) 
the following paragraph: 
‘‘(7) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection does not 
apply to any public health pesticide described in sec-
tion 2(nn)(2).’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 532
To provide funding for MTBE contamination.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 8, 2001
Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. WAXMAN, and Mrs. DAVIS of Califonria) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce
A BILL
To provide funding for MTBE contamination.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR MTBE CONTAMINATION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency from the Leaking Un-
derground 
Storage 
Trust 
Fund 
not 
more 
than
$200,000,000 to be used for taking such action as the Ad-
ministrator deems necessary to protect human health and
SEC. 2. FATAL HEART ATTACK OR STROKE ON DUTY PRE-
SUMED TO BE DEATH IN LINE OF DUTY FOR 
PURPOSES OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER SUR-
VIVOR BENEFITS. 
Section 1201 of the Omibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) For purposes of this section, if a public safety 
officer dies as the direct and proximate result of a heart 
attack or stroke suffered while on duty or within 24 hours 
after participating in a training exercise or responding to 
an emergency situation, that officer shall be presumed to 
have died as the direct and proximate result of a personal 
injury sustained in the line of duty.’’. 
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY. 
Subsection (k) of section 1201 of such Act (as added 
by section 2) shall apply to deaths occurring on or after 
January 1, 2002.
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the environment from releases of methyl tertiary butyl
ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5330
To amend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to exclude
monthly Social Security survivor benefits and Social Security lump sum
death benefit as collateral sources.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
of 2001 to exclude monthly Social Security survivor bene-
fits and Social Security lump sum death benefit as collat-
eral sources.
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 ‘‘September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund Family Benefits Fairness Act’’.
SEC. 2. COLLATERAL SOURCE EXEMPTION.
Paragraph (6) of section 402 of the September 11th
Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101
note) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The
term does not include benefits under subsection (d), (e),
(f), (g), (h), or (i) of section 202 of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 402) based on the wages and self-employ-
ment income of an individual who died as a result of such
crashes.’’.
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vide such fiscal control and fund accounting proce-
dures as may be necessary to assure proper dis-
bursement and accounting for Federal revenues paid 
to the State under this title. 
(2) FAILURE TO MAKE SUFFICIENT PROGRESS 
AT
DEVELOPING
OR
IMPLEMENTING
A
REGIONAL 
OCEAN ECOSYSTEM PLAN.—At the end of each fiscal 
year, the Administrator shall return to the Fund any 
amount that the Administrator allocated, but did not 
disburse, in that fiscal year to a coastal State that, 
in the judgment of the Administrator, has failed to 
make sufficient progress in developing or imple-
menting a Regional Ocean Ecosystem Plan under 
title VII before the end of the fiscal year in which 
such grant is allocated, except that the Adminis-
trator shall hold in escrow until the final resolution 
of the appeal any amount allocated, but not dis-
bursed, to a coastal State that has appealed the dis-
approval of such funding. 
(b) ALLOCATION AMONG COASTAL STATES.—
(1) ALLOCABLE SHARE FOR EACH STATE.—For 
each coastal State, the Administrator shall deter-
mine the State’s allocable share of the total amount 
transferred from the Fund under section 1101(b)(1)
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for each fiscal year using the following weighted for-
mula: 
(A) Thirty-five percent of such amount 
shall be allocated to each coastal State based on 
the ratio of each State’s shoreline miles to the 
shoreline miles of all coastal States. 
(B) Sixty-five percent of such amount shall 
be allocated to each coastal State based on the 
ratio of each State’s coastal population to the 
coastal population of all coastal States. 
(2) MINIMUM STATE SHARE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The allocable share de-
termined by the Administrator under this sub-
section for each coastal State with a manage-
ment program approved by the Secretary of 
Commerce under the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), or that 
is making satisfactory progress toward one, 
shall not be less in any fiscal year than 0.50 
percent of the total amount transferred by the 
Secretary of the Treasury to the Administrator 
for that fiscal year under section 1101(b)(1). 
For any other coastal State the allocable share 
shall not be less than 0.25 percent of such 
transferred amount.
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL EDUCATION PROVI-
SIONS ACT.
Paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of section 444 of the
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g; also
known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
of 1974) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than a person
educated at a home school, whether or not a home school
is treated as a home school or a private school under State
law)’’ after ‘‘does not include a person’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 7,
2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5331
AN ACT
To amend the General Education Provisions Act to
clarify the definition of a student regarding fam-
ily educational and privacy rights.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5331
To amend the General Education Provisions Act to clarify the definition
of a student regarding family educational and privacy rights.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota (for himself and Mr. BOEHNER) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
A BILL
To amend the General Education Provisions Act to clarify
the definition of a student regarding family educational
and privacy rights.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL EDUCATION PROVI-
SIONS ACT.
Paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of section 444 of the
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g; also
known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
of 1974) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than a person
educated at a home school, whether or not a home school
is treated as a home school or a private school under State
law)’’ after ‘‘does not include a person’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5332
To provide for a pilot program to be conducted by the Department of
Veterans Affairs to assess the benefits of providing for pharmacies of
the Department of Veterans Affairs to fill prescriptions for drugs and
medicines written by private physicians.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To provide for a pilot program to be conducted by the
Department of Veterans Affairs to assess the benefits
of providing for pharmacies of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs to fill prescriptions for drugs and medicines
written by private physicians.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM FOR DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS PHARMACIES TO DISPENSE
MEDICATIONS TO VETERANS ON PRESCRIP-
TIONS 
WRITTEN 
BY 
PRIVATE 
PRACTI-
TIONERS.
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall conduct a pilot program to assess the advan-
tages and disadvantages of furnishing to veterans through
Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacies drugs and
medicines ordered on prescription of any duly licensed
physician in the treatment of any illness or injury of a
veteran.
(b) LOCATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot pro-
gram shall be conducted through health-care facilities of
the Department of Veterans Affairs located in the service
region of the Veterans Health Administration designated
as Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 (‘‘VISN 1’’).
(c) DURATION
OF PROGRAM.—The pilot program
shall be conducted during the two-year period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—Under the pilot pro-
gram, the Secretary shall provide for health-care facilities
of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the area speci-
fied in subsection (b) to furnish to a veteran such drugs
and medicines as may be ordered on prescription of a duly
SEC. 1343. DISPERSE ORANGE 30, DISPERSE BLUE 79:1, DIS-
PERSE RED 167:1, DISPERSE YELLOW 64, DIS-
PERSE RED 60, DISPERSE BLUE 60, DISPERSE 
BLUE 77, DISPERSE YELLOW 42, DISPERSE 
RED 86, AND DISPERSE RED 86:1. 
Subchapter II of chapter 99 is amended by inserting 
in numerical sequence the following new heading:
‘‘
9902.03.45
Propanenitrile, 3-
[[2-(acetyloxy)- 
ethyl][4-[(2,6-
dichloro -4-nitro- 
phenyl)azo]- 
phenyl]amino]- 
(CAS No. 5261–
31–4) (provided 
for in subheading 
3204.12.50) .......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2005
‘‘
9902.03.46
Acetamide, N-[5-
[bis[2-
(acetylox-
y)ethyl]amino]-2-
[(2-bromo-4,6-
dinitrophenyl)- 
azo]-4-
methoxyphenyl]- 
(CAS No. 3618–
72–2) (provided 
for in subheading 
3204.12.50) .......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2005
‘‘
9902.03.47
Acetamide, N-[5-
[bis[2-
(acetyloxy)- 
ethyl]amino]-2-
[(2-chloro-4-
nitropheny-
l)azo]phenyl]- 
(CAS No. 1533–
78–4) (provided 
for in subheading 
3204.11.50) .......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2005
‘‘
9902.03.48
1H-Indene-
1,3(2H)-dione, 2-
(4-bromo-3-hy-
droxy-2-quino-
linyl)- (CAS No. 
10319–14–9) 
(provided for in 
subheading 
3204.11.50) .......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2005
licensed physician in the treatment of any illness or injury
of the veteran.
(e) REQUIRED
COPAYMENT.—The furnishing of
drugs and medicines under the pilot program shall be sub-
ject to the copayment requirement in section 1722A of
title 38, United States Code.
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the end
of the pilot program under this section, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress a report on the pilot program. The
Secretary shall include in the report the following:
(1) The Secretary’s assessment of the benefits
to veterans of the pilot program.
(2) The Secretary’s assessment of the effect of
the pilot program on the Department of Veterans
Affairs, including the effect on delivery of health
care to veterans.
(3) Any other findings and conclusions of the
Secretary with respect to the pilot program.
(4) Any recommendations of the Secretary for
continuation of the pilot program or for extension of
the pilot program to other service regions or to all
service regions.
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