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(b) SSB 
AND
VSI.—Sections 1174a(h)(1) and
1175(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code, are amended by
striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31,
2002’’.
(c) SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT BOARDS.—Sec-
tion 638a(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December
31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(d) TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT FOR RETENTION
OF GRADE UPON VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT.—Section 1370
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’
in subsections (a)(2)(A) and (d)(5) and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2002’’.
(e) MINIMUM COMMISSIONED SERVICE
FOR VOL-
UNTARY RETIREMENT AS AN OFFICER.—Sections 3911(b),
6323(a)(2), and 8911(b) of such title are amended by strik-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31,
2002’’.
(f) TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND STORAGE BENE-
FITS.—Sections 
404(c)(1)(C), 
404(f)(2)(B)(v),
406(a)(2)(B)(v), and 406(g)(1)(C) of title 37, United States
Code, and section 503(c)(1) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (37 U.S.C. 406 note) are
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting
‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
of the United States, a separate statement of the
amount requested for its program budget, the
amount requested for its administrative expenses,
and of the amount requested for its administrative
expenses, the amount requested for technology ex-
penses and the amount requested for expenses for
outreach to small business concerns (as defined
under section 3 of the Small Business Act) employ-
ing fewer than 100 employees.’’.
(c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS.—
(1) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(A) the Export-Import Bank of the United
States is in great need of technology improve-
ments;
(B) part of the amount budgeted for ad-
ministrative expenses of the Export-Import
Bank is used for technology initiatives and sys-
tems upgrades for computer hardware and soft-
ware purchases;
(C) the Export-Import Bank is falling be-
hind its foreign competitor export credit agen-
cies’ proactive technology improvements;
(D) small businesses disproportionately
benefit from improvements in technology;
tity, and length of service of a subscriber’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘entity the—
‘‘(A) name;
‘‘(B) address;
‘‘(C) local and long distance telephone connec-
tion records, or records of session times and dura-
tions;
‘‘(D) length of service (including start date)
and types of service utilized;
‘‘(E) telephone or instrument number or other
subscriber number or identity, including any tempo-
rarily assigned network address; and
‘‘(F) means and source of payment (including
any credit card or bank account number),
of a subscriber’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘and the types of services the
subscriber or customer utilized,’’.
SEC. 211. CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE.
Section 631 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 551) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by inserting at the end the following:
ing an assessment of the effect of the termination on
the security relations between the country and the
United States and on mutual commitments of the
United States under bilateral and multilateral secu-
rity arrangements, such as the North Atlantic Trea-
ty.
(2) NOTIFICATION OF INVOLVED COUNTRIES.—
The President shall transmit to the government of
a country with respect to which the President has
terminated the designation of the country as a pro-
tected country under subsection (b)(2) a copy of the
notification to Congress with respect to such termi-
nation.
SEC. 4. BURDENSHARING CONTRIBUTIONS BY PROTECTED
COUNTRIES.
(a) SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Presi-
dent shall seek financial contributions from each protected
country designated by the President under section 3(b)(1)
commensurate with the country’s proportional share of
protection from the United States missile defense system.
(b) USE
OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—Contributions re-
ceived pursuant to subsection (a) shall be used to offset
costs incurred by the United States for deployment of the
missile defense system, including costs relating to procure-
ment, construction, operations, and personnel.
SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORTS.
(a) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense,
acting through the Ballistic Missile Defense Organi-
zation, shall submit to Congress an annual report
that—
(A) identifies each foreign country that
would receive protection under the missile de-
fense system from ballistic missile attack, irre-
spective of whether or not the country has been
designated by the President under section
3(b)(1) as a protected country; and
(B) describes the nature and extent of the
protection for each such foreign country.
(2) FORM.—The report shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may contain a classified
annex.
(b) REPORT BY THE PRESIDENT.—The President
shall transmit to Congress as part of the annual budget
request a report that—
(1) describes the extent to which each protected
country designated by the President under section
3(b)(1) has provided financial contributions to the
United States in accordance with section 4(a);
(2) describes the proportion of actual and ex-
pected contributions by each protected country as a
share of overall costs of the missile defense system;
and
(3) describes efforts by the United States to ob-
tain payments from protected countries that have
not fully contributed to their share of protection
under the missile defense system.
SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
In this Act, the term ‘‘missile defense system’’ does
not include a theater missile defense system that is de-
signed or deployed to defend elements of the United States
Armed Forces that are deployed outside the United
States.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2515
To amend title 32, United States Code, to remove the limitation on the
use of defense funds for the National Guard civilian youth opportunities
program, to lessen the matching funds requirements under the program,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 2001
Mr. BAKER (for himself and Mr. SCHROCK) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 32, United States Code, to remove the limita-
tion on the use of defense funds for the National Guard
civilian youth opportunities program, to lessen the
matching funds requirements under the program, 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. NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PRO-
GRAM.
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON FEDERAL EXPENDI-
TURES.—Subsection (b)(2)(A) of section 509 of title 32,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, except
that’’ and all that follows through ‘‘$62,500,000’’.
(b) MATCHING FUNDS.—Subsection (d) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘may not exceed—’’ and all
that follows through the end of paragraph (4) and insert-
ing ‘‘for fiscal year 2002 and each subsequent fiscal year
may not exceed 75 percent of the costs of operating the
State program during that fiscal year.’’.
(c) 
REPEAL
OF
CONTINGENT
FUNDING
FOR
JROTC.—(1) Section 2033 of title 10, United States
Code, is repealed.
(2) the table of sections at the beginning of chapter
102 of such title is amended by striking the item relating
to section 2033.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2521
To permit States to place supplemental guide signs relating to veterans
cemeteries on Federal-aid highways.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 2001
Mr. CLEMENT (for himself and Mr. HILLEARY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To permit States to place supplemental guide signs relating
to veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. HIGHWAY SIGNS RELATING TO VETERANS
CEMETERIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the terms of any
agreement entered into by the Secretary of Transportation
and a State under section 109(d) or 402(a) of title 23,
United States Code, a veterans cemetery shall be treated
as a site for which a supplemental guide sign may be
placed on any Federal-aid highway.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply to an
agreement entered into before, on, or after the date of en-
actment of this Act.
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‘‘(B) property that was held other than for
a business purpose (as defined in section
102(b)) on December 31, 2002.
‘‘(17) WAGES AND SALARY.—The terms ‘wage’
and ‘salary’ mean all compensation paid for employ-
ment service including cash compensation, employee
benefits, disability insurance, or wage replacement
insurance payments, unemployment compensation
insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, and the
fair market value of any other consideration paid by
an employer to an employee in consideration for em-
ployment services rendered.
‘‘(b) CROSS REFERENCES.—
‘‘(1) For the definition of business purposes, see
section 102(b).
‘‘(2) For the definition of insurance contract, see
section 206(e).
‘‘(3) For the definition of qualified family, see sec-
tion 302.
‘‘(4) For the definition of monthly poverty level,
see section 303.
‘‘(5) For the definition of large seller, see section
501(e)(3).
‘‘(6) For the definition of hobby activities, see sec-
tion 701.
‘‘(7) For the definition of gaming sponsor, see sec-
tion 701(a).
‘‘(8) For the definition of a chance, see section
701(b).
‘‘(9) For the definition of government enterprise,
see section 704(b).
‘‘(10) For the definition of mixed use property, see
section 705.
‘‘(11) For the definition of qualified not-for-profit
organization, see section 706.
‘‘(12) For the definition of financial intermediation
services, see section 801.
HR 2523 IH 
the case of a member or former member of the Cap-
itol Police, also does not have his or her service as 
a member of the Capitol Police credited in the com-
putation of an annuity under section 8339(b) or (c); 
or 
‘‘(B) dies before retiring under this subchapter 
but leaves a survivor entitled to an annuity under 
section 8341 based on the deceased employee’s serv-
ice, provided that— 
‘‘(i) such survivor annuity is not based on 
an employee annuity computed under section 
8339(d) or (q); and 
‘‘(ii) where the decedent was a member or 
former member of the Capitol Police, such sur-
vivor annuity is not based on an annuity com-
puted under section 8339(b) or (c) which in-
cludes credit for service as a member of the 
Capitol Police— 
the difference between the employee deductions for 
such service at the higher percentage rate and the 
employee deductions that would have been withheld 
at the rate applicable to employees generally under 
section 8334(a)(1), together with interest computed 
in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 
8334(e) and applicable regulations prescribed by the 
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Laguna Niguel, Chet Holifield Federal
Building, $11,711,000
San Diego, Edward J. Schwartz Federal
Building-U.S. Courthouse, $13,070,000
Colorado:
Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, Building
67, $8,484,000
District of Columbia:
Washington, 320 First Street, Federal
Building, $8,260,000
Washington, Internal Revenue Service Main
Building, Phase 2, $20,391,000
Washington, 
Main 
Interior 
Building,
$22,739,000
Washington, Main Justice Building, Phase
3, $45,974,000
Florida:
Jacksonville, Charles E. Bennett Federal
Building, $23,552,000
Tallahassee, U.S. Courthouse, $4,894,000
Illinois:
Chicago, Federal Building, 536 South Clark
Street, $60,073,000
Chicago, Harold Washington Social Secu-
rity Center, $13,692,000
SEC. 210. PROTECTION AGAINST MALICIOUS RECORDING
OF FICTITIOUS LIENS AGAINST FEDERAL
JUDGES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 73 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following:
‘‘§ 1519. Retaliating against a Federal judge by false
claim or slander of title
‘‘(a) Whoever files or attempts to file, in any public
record or in any private record which is generally available
to the public, any lien, encumbrance, civil claim, or other
document against a Federal Judge or against the real or
personal property of a Federal Judge, knowing or having
reason to know that such claim, lien, encumbrance, or doc-
ument is false or contains any materially false, fictitious,
or fraudulent statement or representation, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years,
or both. In the case of an offense under this subsection
which was committed after the defendant had previously
been convicted of an earlier offense under this subsection,
the defendant shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
for not more than ten years, or both.
‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘Federal Judge’
means a justice or judge of the United States as defined
in section 451 of title 28, a judge of the United States
Court of Federal Claims, a United States bankruptcy
judge, a United States magistrate judge, and a judge of
the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces,
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims,
United States Tax Court, District Court of Guam, District
Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, or District Court
of the Virgin Islands.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 73 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘1519. Retaliating against a Federal judge by false claim or slander of title.’’.
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(2) by striking subsection (c) of section 1230;
and
(3) in section 1230A (16 U.S.C. 3830a), by
striking ‘‘chapter’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘title’’.
Subtitle B—Conservation Reserve
Program
SEC. 211. REAUTHORIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1231 of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) is amended in each of sub-
sections (a) and (d) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2011’’.
(b) SCOPE OF PROGRAM.—Section 1231(a) of such
Act (16 U.S.C. 3831(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘and
water’’ and inserting ‘‘, water, and wildlife’’.
SEC. 212. ENROLLMENT.
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 1231(b) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(3) marginal pasturelands to be devoted to
natural vegetation in or near riparian areas or for
similar water quality purposes, including marginal
pasturelands converted to wetlands or established as
wildlife habitat;’’;
judgment of the Secretary be equitably entitled to
the proceeds of the policy.
‘‘(2) Payment of insurance proceeds under paragraph
(1) shall be a bar to recovery by any other person.’’.
(b) USGLI.—Section 1951 is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘United States
Government’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b)(1) Following the death of the insured—
‘‘(A) if the first beneficiary otherwise entitled to
payment of the insurance proceeds does not make a
claim for such payment within three years after the
death of the insured, payment of the proceeds may
be made to another beneficiary designated by the in-
sured, in the order of precedence as designated by
the insured, as if the first beneficiary had pre-
deceased the insured; and
‘‘(B) if within five years after the death of the
insured, no claim has been filed by a person des-
ignated by the insured as a beneficiary and the Sec-
retary has not received any notice in writing that
any such claim will be made, payment of the insur-
ance proceeds may (notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law) be made to such person as may in the
(b) PAYMENT FOR SERVICES.—Section 5143 of title
31, United States Code (relating to payment for services
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing) is amended—
(1) in the 1st sentence, by inserting ‘‘, any for-
eign government, any State, or any political subdivi-
sion of any State’’ after ‘‘agency’’; and
(2) in the last sentence, by inserting ‘‘, foreign
government, State, or political subdivision of a
State’’ after ‘‘agency’’.
SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING LAW REGARDING IN-
CLUSION OF SEIGNIORAGE IN BUDGET.
The 9th proviso of section 522 of Public Law 104–
52 (31 U.S.C. 5136) is amended by inserting ‘‘and such
amount shall be included as an estimated receipt of the
Government and a receipt of the Government under para-
graphs (6) and (7), respectively, of section 1105(a) of title
31, United States Code, in any budget submitted under
such section’’ before the colon after ‘‘miscellaneous re-
ceipts’’.
SEC. 6. REDESIGN OF $1 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE PROHIB-
ITED.
Notwithstanding the authority of the Secretary of the
Treasury under the 8th undesignated paragraph of section
16 of the Federal Reserve Act, the Secretary may not se-
lect or approve any new design for, or implement any
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2526
To make permanent the moratorium enacted by the Internet Tax Freedom
Act; and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 2001
Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. BOUCHER, and Mr. COX) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To make permanent the moratorium enacted by the Internet
Tax Freedom 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 ‘‘Internet Tax Fairness
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF INTERNET TAX FREE-
DOM ACT MORATORIUM.
(a) PERMANENT EXTENSION; INTERNET ACCESS
TAXES.—Section 1101 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act
(47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended—
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2528
To modernize the legal tender of the United States, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 2001
Mr. KOLBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Financial Services
A BILL
To modernize the legal tender of the United States, 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 ‘‘Legal Tender Mod-
ernization Act’’.
SEC. 2. REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF COMMEMORATIVE
CIRCULATING $2 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the authority of
the Secretary of the Treasury under the 8th undesignated
paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, dur-
ing the 5-year period beginning January 1, 2003, $2 Fed-
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 252
To establish a dependent care assistance program for Federal employees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. GILMAN (for himself and Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To establish a dependent care assistance program for Federal
employees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
Subpart G of part III of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after chapter 87 the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 88—DEPENDENT CARE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
‘‘§ 8801. Definitions
‘‘(a) For the purpose of this chapter, ‘employee’
means—
1(b) of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838);
and
‘‘(10) an individual appointed to a position on
the office staff of a former President, or a former
Vice President under section 4 of the Presidential
Transition Act of 1963, as amended (78 Stat. 153),
who immediately before the date of such appoint-
ment was an employee as defined under any other
paragraph of this subsection;
but does not include—
‘‘(A) an employee of a corporation supervised
by the Farm Credit Administration if private inter-
ests elect or appoint a member of the board of direc-
tors;
‘‘(B) an individual who is not a citizen or na-
tional of the United States and whose permanent
duty station is outside the United States, unless the
individual was an employee for the purpose of this
chapter on September 30, 1979, by reason of service
in an Executive agency, the United States Postal
Service, or the Smithsonian Institution in the area
which was then known as the Canal Zone; or
‘‘(C) an employee excluded by regulation of the
Office of Personnel Management under section
8716(b) of this title.
‘‘(b) For the purpose of this chapter, ‘dependent care
assistance program’ has the meaning given such term by
section 129(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
‘‘§ 8802. Dependent care assistance program
‘‘The Office of Personnel Management shall establish
and maintain a dependent care assistance program for the
benefit of employees.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2530
To prohibit issuance of a visa to any citizen of the People’s Republic of
China who participates in or otherwise supports the harvesting, trans-
plantation, or trafficking of organs of executed Chinese prisoners, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 2001
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. TANCREDO,
Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. CHABOT, and Mr. BROWN of Ohio) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit issuance of a visa to any citizen of the People’s
Republic of China who participates in or otherwise sup-
ports the harvesting, transplantation, or trafficking of
organs of executed Chinese prisoners, 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,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN
VISAS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an immi-
grant or nonimmigrant visa shall not be issued to any cit-
izen of the People’s Republic of China who the Secretary
of State determines—
(1) participates in or otherwise supports the
harvesting, transplantation, or trafficking of organs
of executed Chinese prisoners; or
(2) seeks the visa for the purpose of training in
organ or bodily tissue transplantation.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2532
To provide for the establishment of regional plant genome and gene expression
research and development centers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 2001
Mr. SMITH of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To provide for the establishment of regional plant genome
and gene expression research and development centers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CENTERS.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make
grants for the establishment of regional plant genome and
gene expression research and development centers, the
purpose of which shall be to—
(1) develop capabilities in basic plant genome
research;
(2) extend basic plant genomics research
through plant breeding programs and accelerate its
application to the development and testing of new
varieties of enhanced food crops and crops that can
be used as alternative energy sources;
(3) develop alternative uses of agricultural
crops; and
(4) serve as centers for scientific and safety in-
formation on plant genomics.
SEC. 2. GRANT AWARDS.
Grant awards under this Act shall be made through
an open, peer-reviewed competition. When making awards,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that as many dif-
ferent agronomic environments as possible are rep-
resented.
SEC. 3. MATCHING FUNDS.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall not provide under
this Act more than 50 percent of the cost of establishing
any research and development center.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and
$4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003 to carry out this Act.
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