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cers or employees of any health plan, or employees
of a health care provider.
(3) METHOD OF SELECTION.—
(A) ENROLLEES.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), members of a Committee
shall be selected biennially at random from each
of 4 categories of enrollees, in proportion to
their numbers among enrollees represented by
the Committee, as follows: senior citizens; par-
ents of children under 18 years of age; individ-
uals with disabilities; and all other enrollees.
(B) EMPLOYEES OF HEALTH PLAN.—Each
committee shall have as members at least 3, but
in no case more than 5, employees of the health
plan selected biennially at random from each of
3 categories as follows: staff nurses; physicians;
and administrators of the health plan.
(4) RECRUITMENT OF MEMBERS.—The Office
shall establish guidelines and methods for recruit-
ment of members to serve on Committees, including
informational inserts in material distributed by such
Committees.
(b) CHAIR.—Each Committee shall be headed by a
chair who shall be—
(1) a member of the Committee other than a
member who is an employee of a health plan; and
(2) elected by the Committee at its first meet-
ing.
(c) COMPENSATION AND EXPENDITURES FOR SERV-
ICES.—
(1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Members of
each Committee shall serve without compensation,
except that the members shall be reimbursed by the
Committee for the reasonable expenses incurred in
carrying out their duties as members.
(2) EXPENDITURES FOR SERVICES.—The Com-
mittee may provide for acquiring the services of such
staff and temporary consultants as may be necessary
from time to time to carry out the requirements of
this title.
SEC. 303. FUNCTIONS OF COMMITTEE.
(a) OUTREACH PROGRAMS.—Each Committee shall
develop and coordinate programs for outreach to the com-
munity.
(b) FORUM TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION.—Each
Committee shall conduct regular meetings of enrollees and
representatives of the health plan under such procedural
rules as the Committee considers appropriate, so that such
meetings will serve as effective forums for facilitating com-
munication between such plan and enrollees.
(c) ENSURE
ENROLLEE
GRIEVANCES
ARE
AD-
DRESSED.—Each Committee shall conduct such ad hoc
meetings and other activities as may enable the Committee
to ensure that the grievances of enrollees in the area are
generally heard and addressed by the health plan.
(d) DISSEMINATION OF CRITERIA FOR ENROLLEE
CARE QUALITY.—Each Committee shall provide to the
community the enrollee care quality criteria established by
the health plan under section 104(c).
(e) EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF OFFICE OF
CONSUMER ADVOCACY.—Each Committee shall evaluate
annually the performance of the Office for the State in
which the health plan is located and make recommenda-
tions to the Secretary regarding the appropriateness for
continued service of the Office.
SEC. 304. LIABILITY OF MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE.
No member of a Committee established under this
section shall be liable under any law for the good faith
performance of the functions specified in this title.
SEC. 305. ANNUAL REPORT TO OFFICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 31st of
each year, each Committee shall submit to the Office for
the State in which the health plan offers health care serv-
ices a report providing recommendations for improvements
in health care delivery under the plan, and including as-
sessments of—
(1) the accessibility (by location) of offices and
clinics providing items and services under the plan;
(2) the condition of health care facilities em-
ployed under the plan;
(3) the ease with which prescriptions are filled
under the plan;
(4) delays occurring under the plan in receiving
requested medical attention;
(5) the time spent by enrollees in waiting rooms
under the plan;
(6) the complexity of paperwork required under
the plan;
(7) the courtesy of plan personnel; and
(8) such other concerns regarding the plan’s
system of delivering health care services that the
Committee may choose to assess.
(b) DATE OF FIRST REPORT.—Each committee shall
file its first report not later than October 31st of the first
full calendar year after such Committee is established.
SEC. 306. FUNDING FOR COMMITTEES.
(a) ESCROW ACCOUNT FOR COMMITTEES.—In ac-
cordance with procedures which shall be made by rule
under subsection (e), an Office shall establish and main-
tain an escrow account for each Committee established in
the State served by the Office.
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO ESCROW ACCOUNT
FOR COMMITTEES.—The Office shall annually distribute
an amount equal to 25 percent of the total amount remit-
ted for the year to the Secretary by the State under sec-
tion 208, on the basis of which funds are made available
to the Office for the year under title II, in the form of
deposits to the escrow accounts maintained by the Office
for Committees pursuant to subsection (a). The amounts
deposited to such escrow accounts shall be in proportion
to the numbers of enrollees represented by the Committees
for which such escrow accounts are maintained.
(c) WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDS FOR COMMITTEE AT
THE REQUEST OF THE CHAIR.—The funds maintained in
each such escrow account for a Committee shall be made
available for withdrawal by the chair of the Committee
upon request of the chair, specifying in writing the pur-
pose for the withdrawal.
(d) ANNUAL ACCOUNTING.—The Office shall provide
the Secretary an annual accounting of the receipts and
disbursements made with respect to each such escrow ac-
count.
(e) RULES.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make
rules to carry out this section.
(f) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Funds with-
drawn from an escrow account maintained pursuant to
this section for a Committee established pursuant to this
title shall be used by the Committee solely for purposes
of carrying out its duties under this title.
TITLE 
IV—COORDINATION
AMONG 
OFFICE, 
COMMIT-
TEES, AND SECRETARY
SEC. 401. INTERACTION AMONG OFFICE AND OTHER ORGA-
NIZATIONS.
An Office shall establish and maintain a system of
referrals among the Office, other consumer advocacy orga-
nizations, legal assistance providers serving low-income
persons, and protection and advocacy systems for individ-
uals with disabilities.
SEC. 402. ASSISTANCE TO COMMITTEES.
An Office shall provide technical assistance to the
Committees maintained by health plans pursuant to sec-
tion 301, and distribute and account for funding for such
Committees in accordance with section 306.
(B) the effectiveness of Office of Refugee 
Resettlement programs in helping refugees to 
meet self-sufficiency and integration; 
(C) technological solutions for consistently 
tracking secondary migration, including oppor-
tunities for interagency data sharing; 
(D) the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s 
budgetary resources and project the amount of 
additional resources needed to fully address the 
unmet needs of refugees with regard to self-suf-
ficiency and integration; 
(E) the role of community-based organiza-
tions in serving refugees in areas experiencing 
a high number of new refugee arrivals; 
(F) how community-based organizations 
can be better utilized and supported in the Fed-
eral domestic resettlement process; 
(G) recertification processes for high- 
skilled refugees, specifically considering how to 
decrease barriers for Special Immigrant Visa 
holders to use their skills; and 
(H) recommended statutory changes to im-
prove the Office of Refugee Resettlement and 
the domestic refugee program in relation to the 
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matters analyzed under subparagraphs (A) 
through (G). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress the results of the 
study required under this subsection. 
(c) REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE
MADE
AVAILABLE
TO
SEC-
ONDARY MIGRANTS.—Section 412(a)(1) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(a)(1)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) The Director shall ensure that assistance under 
this section is provided to refugees who are secondary mi-
grants and meet all other eligibility requirements for such 
assistance.’’. 
(2) REPORT ON SECONDARY MIGRATION.—Sec-
tion 412(a)(3) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(a)(3)) is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘periodic’’ and inserting 
‘‘annual’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) At the end of each fiscal year, the Director shall 
submit a report to Congress that includes— 
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‘‘(i) States experiencing departures and arrivals 
due to secondary migration; 
‘‘(ii) likely reasons for migration; 
‘‘(iii) the impact of secondary migration on 
States hosting secondary migrants; 
‘‘(iv) the availability of social services for sec-
ondary migrants in those States; and 
‘‘(v) unmet needs of those secondary mi-
grants.’’. 
(3) AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SERVICES FUND-
ING.—Section 412(c)(1)(B) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1522(c)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘a combination of—’’ 
after ‘‘based on’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the total number’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(i) the total number’’; and 
(C) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) the total number of all other eligible popu-
lations served by the Office during the period de-
scribed who are residing in the State as of the be-
ginning of the fiscal year; and 
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‘‘(iii) projections on the number and nature of 
incoming refugees and other populations served by 
the Office during the subsequent fiscal year.’’. 
(4) NOTICE AND RULEMAKING.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and not later than 30 days before the effective date 
set forth in paragraph (5), the Director shall— 
(A) issue a proposed rule for a new for-
mula by which grants and contracts are to be 
allocated pursuant to the amendments made by 
paragraph (3); and 
(B) solicit public comment regarding such 
proposed rule. 
(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall become effective on the first 
day of the first fiscal year that begins after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) RESETTLEMENT DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall expand 
the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s data analysis, 
collection, and sharing activities in accordance with 
the requirements set forth in paragraphs (2) 
through (5). 
(2) DATA ON MENTAL AND PHYSICAL MEDICAL 
CASES.—The Director shall— 
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(A) coordinate with the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, national resettle-
ment agencies, community-based organizations, 
and State refugee health programs to track na-
tional and State trends on refugees arriving 
with Class A medical conditions and other ur-
gent medical needs; 
(B) examine the information sharing proc-
ess, from country of arrival through refugee re-
settlement, to determine if access to additional 
mental health data could— 
(i) help determine placements; and 
(ii) enable agencies to better prepare 
to meet refugee mental health needs; and 
(C) in collecting information under this 
paragraph, utilize initial refugee health screen-
ing data, including— 
(i) a history of severe trauma, torture, 
mental health symptoms, depression, anx-
iety, and posttraumatic stress disorder re-
corded during domestic and international 
health screenings; and 
(ii) Refugee Medical Assistance utili-
zation rate data. 
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(3) DATA ON HOUSING NEEDS.—The Director 
shall partner with State refugee programs, commu-
nity-based organizations, and national resettlement 
agencies to collect data relating to the housing needs 
of refugees, including— 
(A) the number of refugees who have be-
come homeless; and 
(B) the number of refugees who are at se-
vere risk of becoming homeless. 
(4) DATA
ON
REFUGEE
EMPLOYMENT
AND 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY.—The Director shall gather lon-
gitudinal information relating to refugee self-suffi-
ciency, integration, and employment status during 
the 2-year period beginning 1 year after the date on 
which the refugees arrived in the United States. 
(5) AVAILABILITY
OF
DATA.—The Director 
shall annually— 
(A) update the data collected under this 
subsection; and 
(B) submit a report to Congress that con-
tains the updated data. 
(e) GUIDANCE REGARDING REFUGEE PLACEMENT 
DECISIONS.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall provide guidance to national resettlement agen-
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cies and State refugee coordinators on consultation 
with local stakeholders pertaining to refugee resettle-
ment. 
(2) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, in collaboration with the Sec-
retary of State, shall collect best practices related to 
the implementation of the guidance on stakeholder 
consultation on refugee resettlement from voluntary 
agencies and State refugee coordinators and dissemi-
nate such best practices to such agencies and coordi-
nators. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section (except for the 
amendments made by subsection (c)) shall take effect on 
the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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subparagraph) be 10 percent or less, such ratio
for such month shall be zero.
‘‘(D) VALUATION OF ASSETS IN CASE OF
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS.—Nothing
in this paragraph shall require a real estate in-
vestment trust to value its assets more fre-
quently than once each 36 months (except
where such trust ceases to exist). The ratio
under subparagraph (A) for any calendar
month for which there is no valuation shall be
the trustee’s good faith judgment as to such
valuation.
‘‘(E) QUALIFIED INVESTMENT ENTITY.—
For purposes of this paragraph, the term
‘qualified investment entity’ means—
‘‘(i) a regulated investment company
(within the meaning of section 851), and
‘‘(ii) a real estate investment trust
(within the meaning of section 856).
‘‘(f) DISPOSITIONS BETWEEN RELATED PERSONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall not apply
to any sale or other disposition of property between
related persons except to the extent that the basis
of such property in the hands of the transferee is a
substituted basis.
‘‘(2) RELATED PERSONS DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘related persons’
means—
‘‘(A) persons bearing a relationship set
forth in section 267(b), and
‘‘(B) persons treated as single employer
under subsection (b) or (c) of section 414.
‘‘(g) ADDITIONS TO BASIS BY MEANS OF IMPROVE-
MENTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CAPITAL.—If there is an
addition to the adjusted basis of any tangible property or
of any stock in a corporation during the taxable year by
reason of an improvement to such property or a contribu-
tion to capital of such corporation, and the aggregate
amount of such addition during the taxable year with re-
spect to such property or stock is $10,000 or more, such
addition shall be treated as a separate asset acquired at
the close of such taxable year.
‘‘(h) 
SECTION
CANNOT
INCREASE
ORDINARY
LOSS.—To the extent that (but for this subsection) this
section would create or increase a net ordinary loss to
which section 1231(a)(2) applies or an ordinary loss to
which any other provision of this title applies, such provi-
sion shall not apply. The taxpayer shall be treated as hav-
ing a long-term capital loss in an amount equal to the
amount of the ordinary loss to which the preceding sen-
tence applies.
‘‘(i) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) ASSETS WHICH ARE NOT INDEXED ASSETS
THROUGHOUT HOLDING PERIOD.—The applicable in-
flation ratio shall be appropriately reduced for peri-
ods during which the asset was not an indexed asset.
‘‘(2) TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
DISTRIBU-
TIONS.—A distribution with respect to stock in a
corporation which is not a dividend shall be treated
as a disposition.
‘‘(3) ACQUISITION DATE WHERE PRIOR APPLI-
CATION
OF
SUBSECTION
(a)(1)
WITH
RESPECT
TO
SUCH ASSET OF TAXPAYER.—If there has been a
prior application of subsection (a)(1) to an asset
while such asset was held by the taxpayer, the date
of acquisition of such asset by the taxpayer shall be
treated as not earlier than the date of the most re-
cent such prior application.
‘‘(4) COLLAPSIBLE CORPORATIONS.—The appli-
cation of section 341(a) (relating to collapsible cor-
porations) shall be determined without regard to this
section.
‘‘(j) TRANSFERS TO INCREASE INDEXING ADJUST-
MENT OR DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE.—If any person
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ber 1, 1998, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall submit recommendations to Congress on measures—
(1) to ensure the coordination of information
collected and disseminated under the Medicare Medi-
cation Evaluation and Dispensing System estab-
lished under section 1889 of the Social Security Act
(as added by subsection (a)) with information pro-
vided to and collected from similar programs provid-
ing services to Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in
health care plans (including plans of an organization
described in section 1833(a)(1)(A) of such Act or an
eligible organization with an agreement in effect
under section 1876 of such Act, plans serving as pri-
mary plans section 1862(b) of such Act, and Medi-
care supplemental policies described in section 1882
of such Act); and
(2) to avoid the duplication of services provided
under such System with services provided under
such similar programs.
(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR CARRIERS.—
(1) USE
OF
REGIONAL
CARRIERS.—Section
1842(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395u(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
585 
Schedule of Laws Repealed—Continued 
Act 
Section 
United States Code 
Former Classification 
1504(d)(2) ...............................
42 U.S.C. 7545 note.
Public Law 109–59 .................................
10211 .......................................
not classified.
Public Law 110–140 ...............................
204(a) ......................................
42 U.S.C. 7545 note.
Public Law 111–8 ...................................
div. E, title II (3d paragraph 
under heading 
‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF 
FUNDS)’’ (1st sentence), at 123 
Stat. 728.
42 U.S.C. 4370g.
div. E, title II (3d paragraph 
under heading 
‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF 
FUNDS)’’ (last sentence), at 
123 Stat. 728.
not classified.
div. E, title II (last paragraph 
under heading 
‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF 
FUNDS), AT 123 STAT. 729’’.
42 U.S.C. 4370h.
Public Law 112–141 ...............................
div. A, title XIII, § 1319 .........
42 U.S.C. 4332a.
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 118
To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.
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 ‘‘Traffic Stops Statistics
Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO COLLECT.
The Attorney General shall, through appropriate
means, acquire data about all stops for routine traffic vio-
lations by law enforcement officers. Included in this data
shall be information pertaining to—
(1) the number of individuals stopped for rou-
tine traffic violations;
(2) identifying characteristics of the individual
stopped, including the race and or ethnicity as well
as the approximate age of that individual;
(3) the traffic infraction alleged to have been
committed that led to the stop;
(4) whether a search was instituted as a result
of the stop;
(5) how the search was instituted;
(6) the rationale for the search;
(7) whether any contraband was discovered in
the course of the search;
(8) the nature of such contraband;
(9) whether any warning or citation was issued
as a result of the stop; and
(10) whether an arrest was made as a result of
either the stop or the search.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF DATA.
Data acquired under this section shall be used only
for research or statistical purposes and may not contain
any information that may reveal the identity of any indi-
vidual who is stopped or any law enforcement officer.
SEC. 4. ANNUAL SUMMARY.
The Attorney General shall publish an annual sum-
mary of the data acquired under this Act.
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under this paragraph for fiscal year 2002 (as so 
determined). 
‘‘(C) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money 
in the Treasury of the United States not other-
wise appropriated, there are appropriated for 
each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008 
$16,566,542,000 for grants under this para-
graph.’’. 
(c) MATCHING GRANTS FOR THE TERRITORIES.—
Section 1108(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘1997 through 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2004 
through 2008’’. 
SEC. 
103. 
PROMOTION 
OF 
FAMILY 
FORMATION 
AND 
HEALTHY MARRIAGE. 
(a) STATE PLANS.—Section 402(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 
602(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(vii) Encourage equitable treatment 
of married, 2-parent families under the 
program referred to in clause (i).’’. 
(b) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION GRANTS; RE-
PEAL
OF BONUS
FOR REDUCTION
OF ILLEGITIMACY 
RATIO.—Section 403(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows: