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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3597
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclama-
tion, to conduct a feasibility study on the Alder Creek water storage 
and conservation project in El Dorado County, California, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2003
Mr. DOOLITTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on 
the Alder Creek water storage and conservation project 
in El Dorado County, California, 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. STUDY AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Pursuant to reclamation laws, 
the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Secretary’’), through the Bureau of Reclamation, 
and in consultation and cooperation with the El Dorado 
Irrigation District, is authorized to conduct a study to de-
termine the feasibility of constructing a project on Alder 
Creek in El Dorado County, California, to store water and 
provide water supplies during dry and critically dry years 
for consumptive use, recreation, in-stream flows, irriga-
tion, and power production. 
(b) REPORT.—
(1) TRANSMISSION.—Upon completion of the 
study authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall transmit to Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report 
containing the results of the study. 
(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall 
contain appropriate cost sharing options for the im-
plementation of the project based upon the use and 
possible allocation of any conserved water. 
(3) USE OF AVAILABLE MATERIALS.—In devel-
oping the report under this section, the Secretary 
shall use reports and any other relevant information 
supplied by the El Dorado Irrigation District. 
(c) COST SHARE.—
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the costs of the feasibility study authorized by this 
section shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost 
of the study.
(2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION FOR NON-FEDERAL 
SHARE.—The Secretary may accept as part of the 
non-Federal cost share the contribution such in-kind 
services by the El Dorado Irrigation District as the 
Secretary determines will contribute to the conduct 
and completion of the study. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $500,000 to carry out 
this section.
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II 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3597 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 
Received 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on 
the Alder Creek water storage and conservation project 
in El Dorado County, California, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3597 RDS 
SECTION 1. STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY.—Pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 
1902 (32 Stat. 388) and Acts amendatory thereof and 
supplemental thereto, the Secretary of the Interior (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), through the 
Bureau of Reclamation, and in consultation and coopera-
tion with the El Dorado Irrigation District, is authorized 
to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of con-
structing a project on Alder Creek in El Dorado County, 
California, to store water and provide water supplies dur-
ing dry and critically dry years for consumptive use, recre-
ation, in-stream flows, irrigation, and power production. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) TRANSMISSION.—Upon completion of the 
study authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall transmit to the Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report 
containing the results of the study. 
(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall 
contain appropriate cost sharing options for the im-
plementation of the project based upon the use and 
possible allocation of any stored water. 
(3) USE OF AVAILABLE MATERIALS.—In devel-
oping the report under this section, the Secretary
HR 3597 RDS 
shall use reports and any other relevant information 
supplied by the El Dorado Irrigation District. 
(c) COST SHARE.— 
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the costs of the feasibility study authorized by this 
section shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost 
of the study. 
(2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION FOR NON-FEDERAL 
SHARE.—The Secretary may accept as part of the 
non-Federal cost share the contribution such in-kind 
services by the El Dorado Irrigation District as the 
Secretary determines will contribute to the conduct 
and completion of the study. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out this 
section. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
States manufacturing through the support and 
coordination of Federal manufacturing re-
search, development, technology transfer, stand-
ards, and technical training; 
(B) propose a coordinated interagency 
budget for manufacturing research and develop-
ment to the Office of Management and Budget 
that will ensure the maintenance of a balanced 
research portfolio and ensure that each agency 
is allocated the level of funding required to 
meet the goals and priorities established for 
manufacturing research and development; and 
(C) developing, within 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and updating 
every 3 years, a strategic plan, to be trans-
mitted to the Committee on Science of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate, and to the President, for manufac-
turing research and development that in-
cludes—
(i) an analysis of the research, devel-
opment, technology transfer, standards, 
technical training, and integration needs of 
the manufacturing sector important to en-
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com-
merce for the Teacher Science and Technology Enhance-
ment Institute program of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology—
(1) $773,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $796,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(3) $820,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(4) $844,000 for fiscal year 2008.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) MANUFACTURING
EXTENSION
PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary of Commerce, or other appropriate Federal
agencies, for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
program under sections 25 and 26 of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k
and 278l)—
(1) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, of which
not more than $4,000,000 shall be for the competi-
tive grant program under section 25(e) of such Act
(15 U.S.C. 278k(e));
(2) $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, of which
not more than $4,100,000 shall be for the competi-
tive grant program under section 25(e) of such Act
(15 U.S.C. 278k(e));
(3) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, of which
not more than $4,200,000 shall be for the competi-
tive grant program under section 25(e) of such Act
(15 U.S.C. 278k(e)); and
(4) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which
not more than $4,300,000 shall be for the competi-
tive grant program under section 25(e) of such Act
(15 U.S.C. 278k(e)).
In any fiscal year for which appropriations are
$106,000,000 or greater, none of the funds appropriated
pursuant to this subsection shall be used for a general re-
competition of Centers established under section 25 of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15
U.S.C. 278k).
(b) COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING RESEARCH
PILOT GRANTS PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for the Col-
laborative Manufacturing Research Pilot Grants program
under section 33 of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology Act—
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(3) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
(c) FELLOWSHIPS.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Commerce for Manufac-
turing Fellowships at the National Institute of Standards
and Technology under section 18(b) of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology Act, as added by section
4 of this Act—
(1) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2005;
(2) $1,750,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(3) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(4) $2,250,000 for fiscal year 2008.
Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
HR 3598 RFS 
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 ‘‘Manufacturing Tech-
nology Competitiveness Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE. 
(a) INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall es-
tablish or designate an interagency committee on 
manufacturing research and development, which 
shall include representatives from the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology, the Science and 
Technology Directorate of the Department of Home-
land Security, the National Science Foundation, the 
Department of Energy, and any other agency that 
the President may designate. The Interagency Com-
mittee shall be chaired by the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Technology. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Interagency Committee 
shall be responsible for the planning and coordina-
tion of Federal efforts in manufacturing research 
and development through—
Energy, and any other agency that the President may 
designate. The Interagency Committee shall be 
chaired by the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Technology. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Interagency Committee 
shall be responsible for the planning and coordination 
of Federal efforts in manufacturing research and de-
velopment through— 
(A) establishing goals and priorities for 
manufacturing research and development, in-
cluding the strengthening of United States man-
ufacturing through the support and coordination 
of Federal manufacturing research, development, 
technology transfer, standards, and technical 
training; 
(B) developing, within 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and updating 
every 3 years for delivery with the President’s 
annual budget request to Congress, a strategic 
plan, to be transmitted to the Committee on 
Science of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, for manufacturing research 
and development that includes an analysis of the 
research, development, technology transfer, stand-
ards, technical training, and integration needs of 
the manufacturing sector important to ensuring 
and maintaining United States competitiveness; 
(C) proposing an annual coordinated inter-
agency budget for manufacturing research and 
development to the Office of Management and 
Budget; and 
(D) developing and transmitting to Con-
gress an annual report on the Federal programs 
involved in manufacturing research, develop-
ment, technical training, standards, and integra-
tion, their funding levels, and their impacts on 
United States manufacturing competitiveness, 
including the identification and analysis of the 
manufacturing research and development prob-
lems that require additional attention, and rec-
ommendations of how Federal programs should 
address those problems. 
(3) RECOMMENDATIONS
AND
VIEWS.—In car-
rying out its functions under paragraph (2), the 
Interagency 
Committee 
shall 
consider 
the 
rec-
ommendations of the Advisory Committee and the 
views of academic, State, industry, and other entities 
involved in manufacturing research and development. 
(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—
of the period of the work contract under which the 
H–2A worker who is in the job was hired has 
elapsed. 
‘‘(7) PROVISION OF INSURANCE.—If the job for 
which the nonimmigrant is, or the nonimmigrants 
are, sought is not covered by State workers’ com-
pensation law, the employer will provide, at no cost 
to the worker, insurance covering injury and disease 
arising out of, and in the course of, the worker’s em-
ployment which will provide benefits at least equal to 
those provided under the State workers’ compensa-
tion law for comparable employment. 
‘‘(8) REQUIREMENTS FOR PLACEMENT OF H–2A 
WORKERS WITH OTHER EMPLOYERS.—The employer 
will not place the nonimmigrant with another em-
ployer unless—
‘‘(A) the nonimmigrant performs duties in 
whole or in part at 1 or more work sites owned, 
operated, or controlled by such other employer; 
‘‘(B) there are indicia of an employment 
relationship between the nonimmigrant and 
such other employer; and 
‘‘(C) the employer has inquired of the 
other employer as to whether, and has no actual 
knowledge or notice that, during the period of
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 359
To amend title XVIII to revise the payment methodology under the Medicare 
Program for extra-depth shoes with inserts or custom molded shoes 
with inserts for individuals with diabetes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2003
Mr. FOLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII to revise the payment methodology 
under the Medicare Program for extra-depth shoes with 
inserts or custom molded shoes with inserts for individ-
uals with diabetes.
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 ‘‘Fair and Equitable 
Expenses for Treatment Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN SHOES AND INSERTS 
UNDER THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR ORTHOTICS 
AND PROSTHETICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833(o) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(o)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘no more than 
the limits established under paragraph (2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘no more than the amount of payment appli-
cable under paragraph (2)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), to read as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided by the Secretary under 
subparagraphs (B) and (C), the amount of payment under 
this paragraph for custom molded shoes, extra depth 
shoes, and inserts shall be the amount determined for such 
items by the Secretary under section 1834(h). 
‘‘(B) The Secretary or a carrier may establish pay-
ment amounts for shoes and inserts that are lower than 
the amount established under section 1834(h) if the Sec-
retary finds that shoes and inserts of an appropriate qual-
ity are readily available at or below the amount established 
under such section. 
‘‘(C) In accordance with procedures established by 
the Secretary, an individual entitled to benefits with re-
spect to shoes described in section 1861(s)(12) may sub-
stitute modification of such shoes instead of obtaining one 
(or more, as specified by the Secretary) pair of inserts
(other than the original pair of inserts with respect to such 
shoes). In such case, the Secretary shall substitute, for 
the payment amount established under section 1834(h), 
a payment amount that the Secretary estimates will assure 
that there is no net increase in expenditures under this 
subsection as a result of this subparagraph.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1834(h)(4)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(h)(4)(C)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(and includes shoes described in 
section 1861(s)(12))’’ after ‘‘in section 1861(s)(9)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to items furnished on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2004.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 35
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the Act, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mrs. BIGGERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on House Administration and Government Reform, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to 
clarify the Act, 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 ‘‘Family and Medical 
Leave Clarification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following:
‘‘(B) RETIREE.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the term ‘retiree’ means, with re-
spect to a qualified steel company, an individual 
(including any eligible surviving spouse of an 
individual) who has met any years of service or 
disability requirements under an employee ben-
efit plan described in subparagraph (A)(ii) 
which are necessary to receive retiree health 
benefits under the plan, and at least 50 percent 
of whose years of service were performed in the 
United States on behalf of a qualified steel 
company. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED
STEEL
COMPANY.—The 
term ‘qualified steel company’ means—
‘‘(i) a person who was engaged on or 
before January 1, 2003, in—
‘‘(I) the production or manufac-
ture of a steel mill product, 
‘‘(II) the mining or processing of 
iron ore or beneficiated iron ore prod-
ucts, or 
‘‘(III) the production of coke for 
use in a steel mill product, or 
‘‘(ii) a labor organization that, in the 
aggregate at one or more qualified steel
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2600 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the 
reversionary interest held by the United States in certain 
land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(I) not later than the date the 
leave commences; or 
‘‘(II) during such additional pe-
riod as may be necessary, if the em-
ployer is physically or mentally in-
capable of providing the notification; 
and 
‘‘(ii) submits any written application 
required by the employer for the leave—
‘‘(I) not later than 5 working 
days after providing the notice to the 
employer; or 
‘‘(II) during such additional pe-
riod as may be necessary, if the em-
ployee is physically or mentally in-
capable of submitting the applica-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 6. SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE. 
Section 102(d)(2) of the Family and Medical Leave 
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(d)(2)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) 
PAID
ABSENCE.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), with respect to 
leave provided under subparagraph (D) of sub-
section (a)(1), where an employer provides a
paid absence under the employer’s collective 
bargaining agreement, a welfare benefit plan 
under the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), or 
under any other sick leave, sick pay, or dis-
ability plan, program, or policy of the employer, 
the employer may require the employee to 
choose between the paid absence and unpaid 
leave provided under this title.’’. 
SEC. 7. REGULATIONS. 
(a) REVISED
REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall issue revised regulations that implement the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and reflect the 
amendments made by this Act. In issuing such revised reg-
ulations, the Secretary shall—
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act—
(A) review all regulations issued before 
such date of enactment, including the regula-
tions published in sections 825.114 and 
825.115 of title 29, Code of Federal Regula-
tions; and 
(B) issue proposed regulations; and 
(2) not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, issue final regulations, which
shall take effect not later than 90 days after the 
date of their issuance. 
(b) APPLICATION
OF EXISTING REGULATIONS.—
Regulations and opinion letters issued by the Secretary 
of Labor before the effective date of the revised regula-
tions under subsection (a) shall not apply to actions taken 
by an employer after the effective date of such revised reg-
ulations with respect to leave under the Family and Med-
ical Leave Act of 1993. 
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AMENDMENTS. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on the date of issuance of the final regulations required 
under section 7(a)(2).
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2611 
AN ACT 
To modify the boundary of the Little Rock Central High 
School National Historic Site, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3602
To establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations 
to children, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2003
Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself and Mrs. KELLY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye 
examinations to children, 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 ‘‘Children’s Access to 
Vision Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Good vision is essential for proper physical 
development and educational progress in growing 
children.
‘‘(3) NONDISPLACEMENT
OF
UNITED
STATES 
WORKERS.—The employer did not displace and will 
not displace a United States worker employed by the 
employer during the period of employment and dur-
ing a period of 30 days preceding the period of em-
ployment in the occupation at the place of employ-
ment for which the employer seeks approval to em-
ploy H–2A workers. 
‘‘(4) POSITIVE
RECRUITMENT.—The employer 
has made positive recruitment efforts within a multi-
state region of traditional or expected labor supply. 
The obligation to engage in positive recruitment 
under this paragraph shall terminate on the date the 
H–2A workers depart for the employer’s place of 
employment. 
‘‘(5) OFFERS TO UNITED STATES WORKERS.—
The employer has offered or will offer the job for 
which the nonimmigrant is, or the nonimmigrants 
are, sought to any eligible United States worker who 
applies and is equally or better qualified for the job 
and who will be available at the time and place of 
need. 
‘‘(6) 50 PERCENT
RULE.—The employer will 
provide employment to any qualified United States 
worker who applies to the employer until 50 percent
$1,000 per violation) as the Secretary of Labor de-
termines to be appropriate; and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary may disqualify the employer 
from the employment of H–2A workers for a period 
of 1 year. 
‘‘(j) WILLFUL FAILURES AND WILLFUL MISREPRE-
SENTATIONS.—If the Secretary of Labor finds, after no-
tice and opportunity for hearing, a willful failure to meet 
a condition of subsection (a), or a willful misrepresenta-
tion of a material fact in an application under subsection 
(a), or a violation of subsection (h)(1)—
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Labor shall notify the 
Secretary of such finding and may, in addition, im-
pose such other administrative remedies (including 
civil money penalties in an amount not to exceed 
$5,000 per violation) as the Secretary of Labor de-
termines to be appropriate; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of Labor may seek appro-
priate legal or equitable relief to effectuate the pur-
poses of subsection (h)(1); and 
‘‘(3) the Secretary may disqualify the employer 
from the employment of H–2A workers for a period 
of 2 years. 
‘‘(k) DISPLACEMENT
OF UNITED STATES WORK-
ERS.—If the Secretary of Labor finds, after notice and