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amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management 
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to 
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information 
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by 
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on her certificate, 
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with 
jointly produced publications for which the cooperators 
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, 
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of 
meeting accepted quality standards: Provided further, 
That section 28 of title 30, United States Code, is amend-
ed: (1) in section 28f(a), by striking ‘‘for years 2002
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through 2003’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘for years 
2004 through 2008’’; and (2) in section 28g, by striking 
‘‘and before September 30, 2003’’ and inserting in lieu 
thereof ‘‘and before September 30, 2008’’. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 
and economic studies, maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, 
general administration, and for the performance of other 
authorized functions related to such resources by direct 
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements 
and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $959,901,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2005, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, 
That not less than $2,000,000 shall be provided to local 
governments in southern California for planning associ-
ated with the Natural Communities Conservation Plan-
ning (NCCP) program and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That $2,000,000 is for high pri-
ority projects, which shall be carried out by the Youth 
Conservation Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$12,286,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
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cies Act, as amended, for species that are indigenous to 
the United States (except for processing petitions, devel-
oping and issuing proposed and final regulations, and tak-
ing any other steps to implement actions described in sub-
section (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which 
not to exceed $8,900,000 shall be used for any activity 
regarding the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to 
subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation support, for species 
already listed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) as of the date 
of enactment this Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount available for law enforcement, up to $400,000 to 
remain available until expended, may at the discretion of 
the Secretary be used for payment for information, re-
wards, or evidence concerning violations of laws adminis-
tered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency ex-
penses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by 
the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on her certifi-
cate: Provided further, That of the amount provided for 
environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may re-
main available until expended for contaminant sample 
analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re-
moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con-
servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti-
‘‘(1) The name of the Indian child involved and 
the actual or anticipated date of birth of the Indian 
child. 
‘‘(2) The Indian child’s residence address and 
domicile, if known, except that in a voluntary child 
custody proceeding, the notice may be limited to de-
scribing in detail facts that substantiate whether the 
Indian child resides or is domiciled on a reservation 
or within any of the areas described in a resolution 
adopted pursuant to section 108(c). 
‘‘(3) A list containing the name, address, date 
of birth, and (if applicable) the maiden name, of 
each Indian parent and grandparent of the Indian 
child and the name and address of each known ex-
tended family member (if any) that has priority in 
placement under section 105, if—
‘‘(A) known after inquiry of—
‘‘(i) the birth parent last having cus-
tody of the child; and 
‘‘(ii) the other birth parent (if avail-
able); or 
‘‘(B) otherwise ascertainable through other 
reasonable inquiry. 
‘‘(4) A statement of the reasons why the child 
involved may be an Indian child.
‘‘(3) $12,800,000 for 2006; 
‘‘(4) $13,300,000 for 2007; and 
‘‘(5) $13,800,000 for 2008.’’. 
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS IN ALASKA.—Section 
119(d) (16 U.S.C. 1388(d)) is amended by striking para-
graphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) $2,000,000 to the Secretary of Commerce for 
each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008; and 
‘‘(2) $1,500,000 to the Secretary of the Interior 
for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008.’’. 
SEC. 6. TAKE REDUCTION PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 118 (16 U.S.C. 1387) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (a) by striking ‘‘commercial’’ 
each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (5). 
(2) In subsection (c)(1) by striking so much as 
precedes subparagraph (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) REGISTRATION AND AUTHORIZATION.—(1) The 
Secretary shall, within 90 days after the date of enactment 
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 
2004— 
‘‘(A) publish in the Federal Register for public 
comment, for a period of not less than 90 days, any 
necessary changes to the Secretary’s list of fisheries
published under section 114(b)(1) in the Federal Reg-
ister on August 24, 1994 (along with an explanation 
of such changes and a statement describing the marine 
mammal stocks interacting with, and the approximate 
number of vessels or persons actively involved in, each 
such fishery), with respect to— 
‘‘(i) commercial and recreational fisheries 
that have frequent incidental mortality and seri-
ous injury of marine mammals; 
‘‘(ii) commercial and recreational fisheries 
that have occasional incidental mortality and se-
rious injury of marine mammals; or 
‘‘(iii) commercial fisheries that have a re-
mote likelihood of or no known incidental mor-
tality or serious injury of marine mammals;’’. 
(3) In subsection (c)(1) in subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) by striking ‘‘commercial’’. 
(4) In subsection (c)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘commer-
cial’’. 
(5) In subsection (c)(3)(A) in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i) by striking ‘‘a commercial fishery’’ 
and inserting ‘‘that fishery’’. 
(6) In subsection (c)(3)(E) by inserting ‘‘com-
mercial’’ after ‘‘any’’.
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lands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
Samoa, to establish or supplement existing landowner in-
centive programs that provide technical and financial as-
sistance, including habitat protection and restoration, to 
private landowners for the protection and management of 
habitat to benefit federally listed, proposed, candidate, or 
other at-risk species on private lands.
STEWARDSHIP GRANTS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for private conservation efforts to be carried 
out on private lands, $10,000,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is for a Stewardship Grants Program established 
by the Secretary to provide grants and other assistance 
to individuals and groups engaged in private conservation 
efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, candidate, 
or other at-risk species.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543), 
as amended, $86,614,000, of which $36,614,000 is to be
increase or decrease incidental mortality and serious 
injury.’’. 
(30) In subsection (f)(2) in the last sentence by 
inserting ‘‘conservation benefits of’’ before ‘‘State or 
regional fishery management plans.’’. 
(31) By amending subsection (f)(4)(A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) a review of the information in the final 
stock assessment published under section 117(b), any 
substantial new information, a review of the con-
servation benefits from current State and regional 
fishery management regulations;’’. 
(b) STOCK
ASSESSMENTS.—Section 117(a)(4) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) potential conservation benefits pro-
vided by State and regional fishery management 
regulations;’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 101(a)(5)(E) 
(16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(E)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or rec-
reational’’ after ‘‘commercial’’ each place it appears.
(b) REPORT ON STRATEGIC NEEDS.—Within 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the United States Fire Administration shall report to 
the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation and the House of Representatives Committee on 
Science on the need for a strategy concerning deployment 
of volunteers and emergency response personnel (as defined 
in section 6 of the Firefighters’ Safety Study Act (15 U.S.C. 
2223e), including a national credentialing system, in the 
event of a national emergency. 
(c) UPDATE OF FEDERAL RESPONSE PLAN.—Within 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall—
(1) revise that Agency’s Federal Response Plan 
to incorporate plans for responding to terrorist at-
tacks, particularly in urban areas, including fire de-
tection and suppression and related emergency serv-
ices; and 
(2) transmit a report to the Senate Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
House of Representatives Committee on Science de-
scribing the action taken to comply with paragraph 
(1).
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2695
To designate Pennsylvania State Route 60 and United States Routes 22 
and 30 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Inter-
state and Defense Highways, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2003
Ms. HART introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To designate Pennsylvania State Route 60 and United States 
Routes 22 and 30 as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, 
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. DESIGNATION TO INTERSTATE SYSTEM. 
Pennsylvania State Route 60 from Interstate Route 
80 south to United States Routes 22 and 30 Interchange 
at Steubenville Pike, Pennsylvania, and United States 
Routes 22 and 30 from Pennsylvania State Route 60 
Interchange to Interstate Route 79 are designated as part
of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Inter-
state and Defense Highways as Interstate Route 376. Any 
segment of such routes shall become a part of the Inter-
state System at such time as the Secretary of Transpor-
tation determines that the segment meets the Interstate 
System design standards approved by the Secretary under 
section 109(b) of title 23, United States Code. On the date 
of the Secretary’s determination, such routes shall be des-
ignated as Interstate Route 376 and the State of Pennsyl-
vania shall erect signs identifying such routes as segments 
of Interstate Route 376. 
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 279 AS 376/
279. 
Interstate Route 279 from Interstate Route 79 east 
to Interstate Route 376 at Point State Park, Pennsyl-
vania, is redesignated as Interstate Route 376/279. The 
State of Pennsylvania shall erect signs identifying such 
segment of Interstate Route 279 as Interstate Route 376/
279.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4963 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal employees to take 
time off from work, without loss of time or pay, for the purpose of 
donating blood. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2004 
Mr. LAMPSON (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. OWENS, and Mr. KUCINICH) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal 
employees to take time off from work, without loss of 
time or pay, for the purpose of donating blood. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TIME OFF FROM WORK TO DONATE BLOOD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6327 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘bone-marrow 
or organ’’ and inserting ‘‘bone-marrow, organ, or 
blood’’;
SEC. 2. ADVANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) APPORTIONMENT
RATIO.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall apportion funds made available under 
section 1101(l) of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century (112 Stat. 111; 118 Stat. 876), as 
amended by this section, to each State in the ratio 
that—
(A) the State’s total fiscal year 2004 obli-
gation authority for funds apportioned for the 
Federal-aid highway program; bears to 
(B) all States’ total fiscal year 2004 obli-
gation authority for funds apportioned for the 
Federal-aid highway program. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The ratios determined under 
this subsection shall be subject to the same adjust-
ments as the adjustments made under section 105(f) 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(b) PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTIONS.—
(1) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds to be appor-
tioned to each State under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall ensure that the State is apportioned an 
amount of the funds, determined under paragraph 
(2), for the Interstate maintenance program, the 
National Highway System program, the bridge pro-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2696
To establish Institutes to demonstrate and promote the use of adaptive 
ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the 
health of fire-adapted forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior 
West. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2003
Mr. RENZI (for himself, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. 
PEARCE, and Mr. TANCREDO) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee 
on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish Institutes to demonstrate and promote the use 
of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk 
of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted forest 
and woodland ecosystems of the interior West.
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 ‘‘The Southwest Forest 
Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2003’’.
ning, implementation, monitoring, research, 
evaluation, and incorporation of new knowledge 
are combined into a management approach 
that—
(i) is based on scientific findings and 
the needs of society; 
(ii) treats management actions as ex-
periments; 
(iii) acknowledges the complexity of 
these systems and scientific uncertainty; 
and 
(iv) uses the resulting new knowledge 
to modify future management methods and 
policy. 
(B) 
CLARIFICATION.—This 
paragraph 
shall not define the term ‘‘adaptive ecosystem 
management’’ for the purposes of the Forest 
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 
Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.). 
(2) AFFECTED ENTITIES.—The term ‘‘affected 
entities’’ includes—
(A) land managers; 
(B) stakeholders; 
(C) concerned citizens; and
Secretary to comply within a period determined 
to be appropriate by the court. 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—If a State establishes a re-
quirement in accordance with paragraph (1), the re-
quirement may remain in effect until the Secretary 
takes final agency action on a petition submitted 
under paragraph (1)(C). 
‘‘(e) NO EFFECT ON PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify or 
otherwise affect the product liability law of any State. 
‘‘(f) NO EFFECT ON IDENTICAL LAW.—Nothing in 
this section relating to a food shall be construed to prevent 
a State or political subdivision of a State from estab-
lishing, enforcing, or continuing in effect a requirement 
that is identical to a requirement of this Act, whether or 
not the Secretary has promulgated a regulation or issued 
a policy statement relating to the requirement. 
‘‘(g) NO EFFECT ON CERTAIN STATE LAW.—Noth-
ing in this section or section 403A relating to a food shall 
be construed to prevent a State or political subdivision of 
a State from establishing, enforcing, or continuing in ef-
fect a requirement relating to—
‘‘(1) freshness dating, open date labeling, grade 
labeling, a State inspection stamp, religious dietary 
labeling, organic or natural designation, returnable
is made on account of such year and is made not 
later than April 15 of the following year. 
‘‘(d) EXCLUSION FROM INCOME.—For purposes of 
this chapter—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULES.—A distribution from a 
Roth IRA shall not be includible in gross income. 
‘‘(2) 
NONQUALIFIED
DISTRIBUTION.—The 
automatic exclusion from gross income under para-
graph (1) shall not apply to any distribution, other 
than a qualified special purpose distribution if—
‘‘(A) it is made within the 5-taxable year 
period beginning with the 1st taxable year for 
which the individual made a contribution to a 
Roth IRA (or such individual’s spouse made a 
contribution to a Roth IRA) established for 
such individual, or
‘‘(B) in the case of a payment or distribu-
tion properly allocable (as determined in the 
manner prescribed by the Secretary) to a quali-
fied rollover contribution from an individual re-
tirement plan other than a Roth IRA (or in-
come allocable thereto), it is made within the 5-
taxable year period beginning with the taxable 
year in which the rollover contribution was 
made.
(B) carry out other transactions under this 
Act; 
(5) may accept funds from other Federal agen-
cies to supplement or fully fund grants made, and 
contracts entered into, by the Secretaries; 
(6) may support a program of internships for 
qualified individuals at the undergraduate and grad-
uate levels to carry out the educational and training 
objectives of this Act; 
(7) shall encourage professional education and 
public information activities relating to the purposes 
of this Act; and 
(8) may promulgate such regulations as the 
Secretaries determine are necessary to carry out this 
Act. 
SEC. 7. MONITORING AND EVALUATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years there-
after, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
the Interior, shall complete and submit to the Committee 
on Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and to the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a detailed eval-
uation of the programs and activities of each Institute—
(1) to ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that the research, communication tools, and 
information transfer activities of each Institute are 
sufficient to achieve the purposes of this Act, includ-
ing—
(A) implementing active adaptive eco-
system management practices at the landscape 
level; 
(B) reducing unnecessary planning costs; 
(C) avoiding duplicative and conflicting ef-
forts; 
(D) increasing public acceptance of active 
adaptive ecosystem management practices; and 
(E) achieving general satisfaction on the 
part of affected entities; 
(2) to determine the extent to which each Insti-
tute has implemented its duties under section 5(c); 
and 
(3) to determine whether continued provision of 
Federal assistance to each Institute is warranted. 
(b) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—If, as a result 
of an evaluation under subsection (a), the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, determines 
that an Institute does not qualify for further Federal as-
sistance under this Act, the Institute shall receive no fur-
ther Federal assistance under this Act until such time as 
the qualifications of the Institute are reestablished to the 
satisfaction of the Secretaries. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $15,000,000 for each fiscal 
year. 
(b) LIMITATION.—No funds made available under 
subsection (a) shall be used to pay the costs of con-
structing any facilities.
Calendar No. 469
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2696
[Report No. 108–252] 
AN ACT 
To establish Institutes to demonstrate and promote 
the use of adaptive ecosystem management to re-
duce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health 
of fire-adapted forest and woodland ecosystems 
of the interior West. 
MARCH 29, 2004
Reported without amendment
bottle labeling, unit pricing, or a statement of geo-
graphic origin; or 
‘‘(2) a consumer advisory relating to food sani-
tation that is imposed on a food establishment, or 
that is recommended by the Secretary, under part 
3–6 of the Food Code issued by the Food and Drug 
Administration and referred to in the notice pub-
lished at 64 Fed. Reg. 8576 (1999) (or any cor-
responding similar provision of such a Code). 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In section 403A and this sec-
tion: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘requirement’, used with respect 
to a Federal action or prohibition, means a manda-
tory action or prohibition established under this Act 
or the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 
1451 et seq.), as appropriate, or by a regulation 
issued under or by a court order relating to, this Act 
or the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, as appro-
priate. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘petition’ means a petition sub-
mitted in accordance with the provisions of section 
10.30 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, con-
taining all data and information relied upon by the 
petitioner to support an exemption or a national 
standard.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 403A(b) of 
such Act (21 U.S.C. 343–1(b)) is amended by adding after 
and below paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘The requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 
403B(c) shall apply to any such petition, in the same man-
ner and to the same extent as the requirements apply to 
a petition described in section 403B(c).’’.
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2003, $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 
through 2009’’.
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