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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2851
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to improve the 
affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2003
Mr. PENCE (for himself, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. PAUL, Mr. 
RYUN of Kansas, Mr. TERRY, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr. 
FLAKE, Mr. CRANE, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. JONES of North 
Carolina, Mr. OTTER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and Mr. SENSEN-
BRENNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act 
to improve the affordability of health insurance coverage 
for small employers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SEC. 1. REPEAL OF GUARANTEED ISSUE IN SMALL GROUP 
MARKET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 2711 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–11) is 
amended by striking ‘‘in a Statel’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘must accept for enrollment’’ and inserting ‘‘in 
a State must accept for enrollment’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to group health plans, and health insur-
ance coverage offered in connection with group 
health plans, for plan years beginning on or after 
January 1, 2004 (in this subsection referred to as 
the ‘‘general effective date’’) and also shall apply to 
portions of plan years occurring on and after such 
date. 
(2) TREATMENT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 
AGREEMENTS.—In the case of a group health plan 
maintained pursuant to 1 or more collective bar-
gaining agreements between employee representa-
tives and 1 or more employers ratified before the 
date of enactment of this Act, the amendments made 
by this Act 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) the general effective date. 
For purposes of subparagraph (A), any plan amendment 
made pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement relat-
ing to the plan which amends the plan solely to conform 
to any requirement added by this section shall not be 
treated as a termination of such collective bargaining 
agreement.
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the 2002–2003 tenure of Colombian Attorney Gen-
eral Luis Camilo Osorio; 
(15) there is little likelihood of a resumption of 
peace negotiations between the Colombian govern-
ment and the largest rebel force, the FARC, fol-
lowing the collapse of talks in 2002; and 
(16) the violence of the war, which had been 
mostly contained in rural areas prior to 2002, has 
now spread to urban areas, with cities such as 
Medellin experiencing an average of 13 killings a 
day, is daily escalating with no foreseeable relief in 
either rural or urban regions. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that, in view of the 
recent escalation of the current civil war in Colombia, Co-
lombia 
qualifies 
for 
designation 
under 
section 
244(b)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(A)), pursuant to which Colombian na-
tionals would be eligible for temporary protected status in 
the United States. 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION FOR PURPOSES OF GRANTING TEM-
PORARY PROTECTED STATUS TO COLOM-
BIANS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008 
or until the 150,000 unit inventory is successfully ac-
quired.’’.
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full-time equivalent positions in the Environmental
Protection Agency engaged in those activities) over
the costs for fiscal year 2002, excluding costs paid
from fees appropriated for the fiscal year.
‘‘(4) COMPLIANCE.—The requirements of para-
graph (2) shall have been considered to have been met
for any fiscal year if the amount of appropriations
for salaries, contracts, and expenses for the functions
(as in existence in fiscal year 2002) of the Office of
Pesticide Programs of the Environmental Protection
Agency for the fiscal year (excluding the amount of
any fees appropriated for the fiscal year) is not more
than 3 percent below the amount of appropriations
for covered functions for fiscal year 2002 (excluding
the amount of any fees appropriated for the fiscal
year).
‘‘(5) SUBSEQUENT AUTHORITY.—If the Adminis-
trator does not assess registration service fees under
subsection (b) during any portion of a fiscal year as
the result of paragraph (2) and is subsequently per-
mitted to assess the fees under subsection (b) during
the fiscal year, the Administrator shall assess and col-
lect the fees, without any modification in rate, at any
time during the fiscal year, notwithstanding any pro-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2855
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
50-percent bonus depreciation added by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief 
Reconciliation Act of 2003. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2003
Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. UPTON, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. BURR, 
and Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California) 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 permanently 
extend the 50-percent bonus depreciation added by the 
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
PERMANENT 
EXTENSION 
OF 
50-PERCENT 
BONUS DEPRECIATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
168(k)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to special allowance for certain property acquired after 
September 10, 2001, and before January 1, 2005), as 
amended by section 201 of the Jobs and Growth Tax Re-
lief Reconciliation Act of 2003, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(B) 50-PERCENT
BONUS
DEPRECIATION 
PROPERTY.—For purposes of this subsection, 
the term ‘50-percent bonus depreciation prop-
erty’ means property described in paragraph 
(2)(A)(i)—
‘‘(i) the original use of which com-
mences with the taxpayer after May 5, 
2003, and 
‘‘(ii) which is acquired by the taxpayer 
after May 5, 2003, 2005, but only if no 
written binding contract for the acquisition 
was in effect before May 6, 2003.’’
(b) REPEAL OF TERMINATION DATES FOR 30-PER-
CENT BONUS DEPRECIATION PROPERTY.—Subparagraph 
(A) of section 168(k)(2) of such Code, as so amended, is 
amended by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii) and 
by striking clauses (iii) and (iv) and inserting the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(iii) which is—
‘‘(I) acquired by the taxpayer 
after September 10, 2001, but only if 
no written binding contract for the ac-
quisition was in effect before Sep-
tember 11, 2001, or 
‘‘(II) acquired by the taxpayer 
pursuant to a written binding contract 
which was entered into after Sep-
tember 10, 2001.’’
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Paragraph (2) of section 168(k) of such 
Code is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and 
by redesignating the succeeding subparagraphs ac-
cordingly. 
(2) Clause (i) of section 168(k)(2)(C), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1), is amended by striking 
‘‘and before January 1, 2005’’. 
(3) The subsection heading for section 168(k) is 
amended by striking ‘‘, AND BEFORE JANUARY 1, 
2005’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(1) NOTICE
OF
OPPORTUNITY
FOR
HEAR-
ING.—Except in a case of summary punishment or 
emergency suspension (subject to subsection (k)), 
before the imposition of any disciplinary action the 
law enforcement agency shall notify the officer that 
the officer is entitled to a due process hearing by an 
independent and impartial hearing officer or board. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT
OF
DETERMINATION
OF 
VIOLATION.—No disciplinary action may be taken 
against a law enforcement officer unless an inde-
pendent and impartial hearing officer or board de-
termines, after a hearing and in accordance with the 
requirements of this subsection, that the law en-
forcement officer committed a violation of law. 
‘‘(3) TIME LIMIT.—No disciplinary charge may 
be brought against a law enforcement officer un-
less—
‘‘(A) the charge is filed not later than the 
earlier of—
‘‘(i) 1 year after the date on which the 
law enforcement agency filing the charge 
had knowledge or reasonably should have 
had knowledge of an alleged violation of 
law; or
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2858
To prohibit material support for terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2003
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit material support for terrorism, and for other 
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Material Support to 
Terrorism Prohibition Enhancement Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORISM. 
(a) Section 2339A(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by—
(1) designating the first sentence as paragraph 
(1);
(2) designating the second sentence as para-
graph (3); 
(3) inserting after paragraph (1) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Whoever, in or affecting interstate or for-
eign commerce, or while outside the United States 
and a national of the United States (as defined in 
section 1203(c)) or a legal entity organized under 
the laws of the United States (including any of its 
States, districts, commonwealth, territories or pos-
sessions), provides material support or resources or 
conceals or disguises the nature, location, source, or 
ownership of material support or resources, knowing 
or intending that they are to be used in preparation 
for, or in carrying out, an act of international or do-
mestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), or in 
the preparation for, or in carrying out, the conceal-
ment or escape from the commission of any such 
act, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be pun-
ished as provided under paragraph (1) for an offense 
under that paragraph.’’. 
(4) by inserting ‘‘act or’’ after ‘‘underlying’’. 
(b) Section 2339A(b) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by—
(1) inserting ‘‘(including oneself)’’ after ‘‘per-
sonnel’’; and 
(2) adding at the end the following ‘‘As used in 
this subsection, the term ‘training’ means instruc-
tion or teaching designed to impart a specific skill.’’. 
(c) Paragraph (4) of section 2339B(g) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) the term ‘material support or resources’ 
has the same meaning as in section 2339A (includ-
ing the definition of ‘training’ in that section); ’’. 
(d) Section 2339B of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) PROVISION OF PERSONAL.—No person may be 
prosecuted under this section in connection with the term 
‘personnel’ unless that person has knowingly provided, at-
tempted to provide, or conspired to provide a terrorist or-
ganization with one or more individuals (who may be or 
include himself) to work in concert with the organization 
or under its direction or control.’’.
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2859
AN ACT
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2859
AN ACT
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2003.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
DISASTER RELIEF
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ for
necessary expenses in carrying out the functions of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $983,600,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That this amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
cal year 2004.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2003’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2003.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2859
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, two thousand and three
An Act
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2003.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2003, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
DISASTER RELIEF
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ for necessary
expenses in carrying out the functions of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.), $983,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That this amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2004.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations for Disaster Relief Act, 2003’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2859
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2003
Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2003.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ for 
necessary expenses in carrying out the functions of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $983,600,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That this amount 
is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
cal year 2004. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2003’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2859
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 28 (legislative day, JULY 21), 2003
Received 
AN ACT 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2003.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
HR 2859 RDS 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ for 
necessary expenses in carrying out the functions of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $983,600,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That this amount 
is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
cal year 2004. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2003’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk. 
By DAN STRODEL, 
Assistant to the Clerk.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327,
5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law
105–178, $5,807,020,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account
of 
the 
Highway 
Trust 
Fund: 
Provided, 
That
$3,071,200,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s formula grants account: Provided further,
That $97,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s transit planning and research account: Pro-
vided further, That $58,000,000 shall be paid to the Fed-
eral Transit Administration’s administrative expenses ac-
count: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration’s university transpor-
tation 
research 
account: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$64,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration’s job access and reverse commute grants program:
Provided further, That $2,507,220,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration’s capital investment
grants account.
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direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con-
gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 
employment of such other officer or employee or per-
taining to the department or agency of such other of-
ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 
such communication or contact is at the initiative of 
such other officer or employee or in response to the re-
quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub-
committee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi-
nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, 
or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, 
any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 
employee, by reason of any communication or contact 
of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
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visions of subsection (b) relating to the date fees are
to be paid.
‘‘(e) REFORMS TO REDUCE DECISION TIME REVIEW
PERIODS.—To the maximum extent practicable consistent
with the degrees of risk presented by pesticides and the type
of review appropriate to evaluate risks, the Administrator
shall identify and evaluate reforms to the pesticide registra-
tion process under this Act with the goal of reducing deci-
sion review periods in effect on the effective date of the Pes-
ticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 for pesticide
registration actions for covered pesticide registration appli-
cations (including reduced risk applications).
‘‘(f) DECISION TIME REVIEW PERIODS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after
the effective date of the Pesticide Registration Im-
provement Act of 2003, the Administrator shall pub-
lish in the Federal Register a schedule of decision re-
view periods for covered pesticide registration actions
and corresponding registration service fees under this
Act.
‘‘(2) REPORT.—The schedule shall be the same as
the applicable schedule appearing in the Congres-
sional Record on pages S11631 through S11633,
dated September 17, 2003.
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paragraph (1) by the end of the applicable deci-
sion time review period required under sub-
section (f) for the application.
‘‘(B) OTHER ACTIONS.—No other action au-
thorized or required under this section shall be
judicially reviewable by a Federal or State court.
‘‘(3) TIMING.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A person may not ob-
tain judicial review of the failure of the Admin-
istrator to make a determination on the applica-
tion specified in paragraph (1) before the expira-
tion of the 2-year period that begins on the date
on which the decision time review period for the
application ends.
‘‘(B) MEETING WITH ADMINISTRATOR.—To
be eligible to seek judicial review under this sub-
section, a person seeking the review shall first re-
quest in writing, at least 120 days before filing
the complaint for judicial review, a decision re-
view meeting with the Administrator.
‘‘(4) REMEDIES.—The Administrator may not be
required or permitted to refund any portion of a reg-
istration service fee paid in response to a complaint
that the Administrator has failed to make a deter-
mination on the covered pesticide registration appli-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2860
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from 
gross income for qualified national service educational awards. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2003
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. HOUGHTON) 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 provide 
an exclusion from gross income for qualified national 
service educational awards.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF QUALIFIED NATIONAL SERVICE 
EDUCATIONAL AWARDS FROM GROSS IN-
COME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified scholarships) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) QUALIFIED NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL 
AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Gross income shall not in-
clude any qualified national service educational 
award. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
NATIONAL
SERVICE
EDU-
CATIONAL
AWARD.—The term ‘qualified national 
service educational award’ means—
‘‘(A) any amount received by an individual 
under paragraph (2) of section 148(a) of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 
which is used for the qualified tuition and re-
lated expenses (as defined in subsection (b)(2)) 
of the individual; and 
‘‘(B) any amount received by an individual 
under paragraph (1) or (4) of such section.’’. 
(b) COORDINATION WITH HOPE
AND LIFETIME 
LEARNING CREDITS.—Section 25A(g)(2) of such Code 
(relating to adjustments for certain scholarships, etc.) is 
amended by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively, and by inserting 
after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) a qualified national service edu-
cational 
award 
described 
in 
section 
117(e)(2)(A),’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts received in taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 2003.
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