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SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the sense of Congress that the United States
should—
(1) maintain a policy of fully supporting the
due process rights of all United States citizens be-
fore foreign tribunals, including before the Inter-
national Criminal Court;
(2) continue to participate in negotiations of
the Preparatory Commission of the International
Criminal Court and as an observer in the Assembly
of States Parties in order to—
(A) ensure that the rules of procedure and
evidence and elements of crimes adopted by the
International Criminal Court conform to United
States standards of due process, are formally
adopted by the Assembly, and fairly applied by
the International Criminal Court’s judges and
prosecutors;
(B) seek a definition of the crime of ag-
gression under the Rome Statute that is con-
sistent with international law and fully respects
the right of self-defense of the United States
and its allies; and
(C) ensure that United States interests are
protected in the negotiations over the remaining
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provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep-
resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol
Police or the Chief’s delegee, and $57,579,000 is provided
to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided,
That, of the amounts appropriated under this heading,
such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred be-
tween the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa-
tives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses
of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu-
nications and other equipment, security equipment and in-
stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train-
ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv-
ices, personal and professional services, the employee as-
sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo-
cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month
for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board
by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
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SEC. 102. (a) The third sentence of section 104(a)(1)
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as
incorporated by reference in section 101(j) of Public Law
99–500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C. 117e(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘for credit to the appropriate ac-
count’’ and all that follows and inserting the following:
‘‘for credit to the appropriate account of the House of
Representatives, and shall be available for expenditure in
accordance with applicable law. For purposes of the pre-
vious sentence, in the case of receipts from the sale or
disposal of any audio or video transcripts prepared by the
House Recording Studio, the ‘appropriate account of the
House of Representatives’ shall be the account of the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding
fiscal year.
SEC. 103. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE
FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
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ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2002. Any
amount remaining after all payments are made under such
allowances for fiscal year 2002 shall be deposited in the
Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no
Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been
made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as
the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration of the House of Representatives shall have
authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner
to, the Congress.
SEC. 104. (a) DAY FOR PAYING SALARIES OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The usual day for paying
salaries in or under the House of Representatives shall
be the last day of each month, except that if the last day
of a month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal public
holiday, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives shall pay such salaries on the first week-
day which precedes the last day.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—(1) The first sec-
tion and section 2 of the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint
resolution authorizing the payment of salaries of the offi-
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cers and employees of Congress for December on the 20th
day of that month each year’’, approved May 21, 1937
(2 U.S.C. 60d and 60e), are each repealed.
(2) The last paragraph under the heading ‘‘Contin-
gent Expense of the House’’ in the First Deficiency Ap-
propriation Act, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 60e–1), is repealed.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect to pay
periods beginning after the expiration of the 1-year period
which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Ω2æJOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $3,424,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $6,733,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House.
For other joint items, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending
Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance
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of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an
allowance of $500 per month each to three medical officers
while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;
(3) an allowance of $500 per month to two assistants and
$400 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the
basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)
$1,253,904 for reimbursement to the Department of the
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as-
signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which
shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria-
tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
able for all the purposes thereof, $1,865,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House
of Representatives.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,
members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow-
ance of not more than $600 each for members required
to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable
employee benefits, $112,592,000, of which $55,013,000 is
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SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated
to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public
Law 104–1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized under
such subsection.
SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of
any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative
Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by
charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except
that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating
legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $252,000.
SEC. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is amended in
the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting
‘‘2002’’.
SEC. 309. Section 5596(a) of title 5, U.S.C., is amended by
deleting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4); by deleting the period
at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting a semicolon, and by
adding the following new paragraphs, which shall be effective for
all personnel actions taken on or after the date of enactment of
this Act:
‘‘(6) the Architect of the Capitol, including employees of
the United States Senate Restaurants; and
‘‘(7) the United States Botanic Garden.’’.
SEC. 310. Section 4(b) of the House Employees Position Classi-
fication Act (2 U.S.C. 293(b)) is amended by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
for purposes of applying the adjustment made by the committee
under this subsection for 2002 and each succeeding year, positions
under the Chief Administrative Officer shall include positions of
the United States Capitol telephone exchange under the Chief
Administrative Officer.’’.
SEC. 311. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with
the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and improve
the landscape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the
irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue,
SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582
on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the south-
east.
SEC. 312. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity
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that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41
U.S.C. 10a–10c).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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CHILD CARE CENTER
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited
in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.
184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget
of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. (a) Effective October 1, 2001, the fol-
lowing four majority positions shall be transferred from
the Clerk to the Speaker:
(1) The position of chief of floor service.
(2) Two positions of assistant floor chief.
(3) One position of cloakroom attendant.
(b) Effective October 1, 2001, the following four mi-
nority positions shall be transferred from the Clerk to the
minority leader:
(1) The position of chief of floor service.
(2) Two positions of assistant floor chief.
(3) One position of cloakroom attendant.
(c) Each individual who is an incumbent of a position
transferred by subsection (a) or subsection (b) at the time
of the transfer shall remain subject to the House Employ-
ees Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 290 et seq.), ex-
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SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $101,766,000, including:
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing not more than $11,000, of which not more than
$10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa-
tion and reception expenses, $15,408,000; for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including
the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including
not more than $750 for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, $4,139,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, $67,495,000,
of which $3,525,000 shall remain available until expended,
including $31,510,000 for salaries, expenses and tem-
porary personal services of House Information Resources,
of which $31,390,000 is provided herein: Provided, That
of the amount provided for House Information Resources,
$8,656,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommuni-
cations: Provided further, That House Information Re-
sources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives and other govern-
mental entities for services provided and such reimburse-
ment shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this
account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In-
spector General, $3,756,000; for salaries and expenses of
‘‘(ii) not more than 20 percent is from 
Federal funds provided under programs 
that—
‘‘(I) are not expressly directed at 
services for homeless individuals, but 
whose purposes are broad enough to 
include the provision of a service or 
services described in subsection (c) as 
authorized expenditures under such 
program; and 
‘‘(II) do not prohibit Federal 
funds under the program from being 
used to provide a contribution that is 
required as a condition for obtaining 
Federal funds. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
CONTRIB-
UTED.—Contributions required in paragraph (1) 
may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including 
plant, equipment, or services. Amounts provided by 
the Federal Government, or services assisted or sub-
sidized to any significant extent by the Federal Gov-
ernment, may not be included in determining the 
amount of non-Federal contributions required in 
paragraph (2)(B)(i).
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A condition for 
the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the ap-
plicant involved agree that not more than 6 percent of the 
grant will be expended for administrative expenses with 
respect to the grant. 
‘‘(g) CERTAIN USES OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 
other provisions of this section, a grantee under subsection 
(a) may expend not more than 20 percent of the grant 
to provide the services described in subsection (c) to home-
less individuals who are not chronically homeless. 
‘‘(h) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 
grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 
is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 
such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(i) DURATION OF INITIAL AND RENEWAL GRANTS; 
ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
RENEWAL 
GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), the period during which payments are made 
to a grantee under subsection (a) shall be in accord-
ance with the following:
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made by the amendments made by this section will
support such plan.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section (other than sub-
section (b)) and the amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or
after the date on which the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate approve the
plan submitted by the Architect of the Capitol under sub-
section (b)(2).
SEC. 111. (a) LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.—The Archi-
tect of the Capitol may not enter into or administer any
construction contract with a value greater than $50,000
unless the contract includes a provision requiring the pay-
ment of liquidated damages in the amount determined
under subsection (b) in the event that completion of the
project is delayed because of the contractor.
(b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The amount of payment
required under a liquidated damages provision described
in subsection (a) shall be equal to the product of—
(1) the daily liquidated damage payment rate;
and
(2) the number of days by which the completion
of the project is delayed.
(c) DAILY LIQUIDATED DAMAGE PAYMENT RATE.—
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the Office of General Counsel, $894,000; for the Office
of the Chaplain, $144,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parlia-
mentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,344,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,107,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the House, $5,456,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Corrections Calendar Office, $883,000; and for other au-
thorized employees, $140,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $157,436,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$3,379,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits,
$152,957,000; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House,
$690,000.
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garding the services of the District government which are
available for the individuals and families served by the
Family Court.
‘‘§ 11–1106. Reports to Congress
‘‘Not later than 90 days after the end of each calendar
year, the chief judge of the Superior Court shall submit a
report to Congress on the activities of the Family Court
during the year, and shall include in the report the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) The chief judge’s assessment of the produc-
tivity and success of the use of alternative dispute res-
olution pursuant to section 11–1102.
‘‘(2) Goals and timetables as required by the
Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 to improve
the Family Court’s performance in the following year.
‘‘(3) Information on the extent to which the
Family Court met deadlines and standards applicable
under Federal and District of Columbia law to the re-
view and disposition of actions and proceedings
under the Family Court’s jurisdiction during the
year.
‘‘(4) Information on the progress made in estab-
lishing locations and appropriate space for the Fam-
ily Court that are consistent with the mission of the
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2648
To ensure excellent recruitment and training of math and science teachers
at institutions of higher education.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2001
Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. BALDACCI, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. FROST, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.
HOLT, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr.
MEEHAN, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr.
PAYNE, Mr. REYES, and Mr. WAXMAN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To ensure excellent recruitment and training of math and
science teachers at institutions of higher education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TEACHER RECRUITMENT.
Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 is amended—
(1) in chapter 3, by redesignating section 407E
(20 U.S.C. 1070a–35) as section 406E; and
(2) by inserting after such chapter 3 the fol-
lowing new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 4—FUTURE MATH AND SCIENCE
TEACHER RECRUITMENT
‘‘SEC. 407A. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This chapter may be cited as
the ‘Recruit and Reward Future Math and Science Teach-
ers of America Act of 2001’.
‘‘(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
‘‘(1) United States high school students rate
16th and 19th, respectively, in science and math out
of 21 countries.
‘‘(2) Of United States high school students who
take math courses, 22 percent are taught by teach-
ers who did not prepare in that field.
‘‘(3) Of United States high school students who
take biology courses, 24 percent are taught by teach-
ers who did not prepare in that field.
‘‘(4) Of United States high school students who
take chemistry courses, 30 percent are taught by
teachers who did not prepare in that field.
‘‘(5) Of United States high school students who
take physics courses, 56 percent are taught by
teachers who did not prepare in that field.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2649
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform
food safety warning notification requirements, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2001
Mr. BURR of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. BORSKI, Mr.
SCARBOROUGH, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. COX, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr.
OXLEY, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. EHRLICH,
Mr. GOODE, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr.
BISHOP, Mr. WYNN, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr.
UPTON, Mr. BRYANT, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. RUSH, and Mr. HALL of
Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
provide for uniform food safety warning notification re-
quirements, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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Family Court until such time as the locations and
space are established.
‘‘(5) Information on any factors which are not
under the control of the Family Court which interfere
with or prevent the Family Court from carrying out
its responsibilities in the most effective manner pos-
sible.
‘‘(6) Information on—
‘‘(A) the number of judges serving on the
Family Court as of the end of the year;
‘‘(B) how long each such judge has served on
the Family Court;
‘‘(C) the number of cases retained outside
the Family Court;
‘‘(D) the number of reassignments to and
from the Family Court; and
‘‘(E) the ability to recruit qualified sitting
judges to serve on the Family Court.
‘‘(7) Based on outcome measures derived through
the use of the information stored in electronic format
under section 11–1104(d), an analysis of the Family
Court’s efficiency and effectiveness in managing its
case load during the year, including an analysis of
the time required to dispose of actions and pro-
ceedings among the various categories of the Family
SEC. 3. LOAN ELIGIBILITY FOR BORROWERS WITH PRIOR
DEBT FORGIVENESS.
Section 373(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008h(b)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(b) LOANS PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN BORROWERS
WHO HAVE RECEIVED DEBT FORGIVENESS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary may not make or guarantee
a loan under subtitle A or B to a borrower who, on
more than 2 occasions, received debt forgiveness on
a loan made or guaranteed under this title.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may make a
direct or guaranteed farm operating loan for paying
annual farm or ranch operating expenses of a bor-
rower who—
‘‘(A) was restructured with a write-down
under section 353; or
‘‘(B) is current on payments under a con-
firmed reorganization plan under chapter 11,
12, or 13 of title 11, United States Code.’’.
SEC. 4. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS.
Section 355(c)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(c)(2)) is amended
by striking ‘‘shall be reallocated within such State’’ and
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 264
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to return to the
cost-based regulation of wholesale interstate sales of electricity, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to
return to the cost-based regulation of wholesale interstate
sales of electricity, 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. RESTORATION OF COST-BASED RATE REGULA-
TION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY AT THE FED-
ERAL LEVEL.
(a) TERMINATION OF ORDERS 888 AND 889.—The
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall regulate the
rates and charges for all sales of electric energy subject
to the jurisdiction of the Commission under Part 2 of the
Federal Power Act on the same basis as such rates and
charges were regulated prior to the issuance of Commis-
sion orders 888 and 889 on April 24, 1996.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect with respect to all contracts for the sale of electric
energy entered into or renewed after the enactment of this
Act.
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