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the performance of the proposed
projects;
(dd) identify any cost-shar-
ing arrangements with cooper-
ating entities; and
(ee) identify how the pro-
posed projects will comply with
all applicable Federal and State
laws, including the National En-
vironmental Policy Act.
(III) Projects involving acquisi-
tion of private lands shall be included
in subsection (I) of the Annual Eco-
system Program Plan. Each project
identified shall—
(aa) describe the process
and timing of notification of in-
terested members of the public
and local governments;
(bb) minimize and mitigate
impacts on agricultural lands;
(cc) 
include 
preliminary
management plans for all prop-
erties to be acquired with Federal
funds. Such preliminary manage-
Union Calendar No. 186
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3030
[Report No. 108–310] 
A BILL 
To amend the Community Service Block Grant Act 
to provide for quality improvements. 
OCTOBER 10, 2003
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed
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search and knowledge about world regions, for-
eign languages, and international affairs is 
widely disseminated to local educational agen-
cies; 
‘‘(F) make recommendations on how insti-
tutions of higher education that receive a grant 
under this title can encourage students to serve 
the nation and meet national needs in an inter-
national affairs, international business, foreign 
language, or national security capacity; 
‘‘(G) make recommendations on how link-
ages between institutions of higher education 
and public and private organizations that are 
involved in international education, language 
training, and international research capacities 
to fulfill manpower and information needs of 
United States businesses; and 
‘‘(H) make recommendations to the Sec-
retary and the Congress about opportunities for 
underrepresented populations in the areas of 
international relations, international affairs, 
and international economics, in order to effec-
tively carry out the activities of the Institute 
under part C.
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view of the applications, and corresponding risk 
and benefits information and assessments; and 
‘‘(C) advisory committees and other accred-
ited persons or organizations, on the request of 
the Administrator, engage in the peer review of 
risk or benefits information associated with cov-
ered pesticide applications; 
‘‘(2) costs of management of information, and 
the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of computer 
and telecommunication resources (including soft-
ware), used to support review of pesticide applica-
tions, associated tolerances, and corresponding risk 
and benefits information and analyses; and 
‘‘(3) costs of collecting registration service fees 
under subsections (b) and (c) and reporting, auditing, 
and accounting under this section. 
‘‘(b) FEES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning on the ef-
fective date of the Pesticide Registration Improvement 
Act of 2003, the Administrator shall assess and collect 
covered pesticide registration service fees in accord-
ance with this section. 
‘‘(2) COVERED PESTICIDE REGISTRATION APPLI-
CATIONS.—
(C) one shall be appointed by the minority 
leader of the House of Representatives; 
(D) one shall be appointed by the majority 
leader of the Senate; and 
(E) one shall be appointed by the minority 
leader of the Senate. 
Such appointments shall be made not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) CONSULTATION
REQUIRED.—The Speaker 
of the House of Representatives, the minority leader 
of the House of Representatives, the majority leader 
of the Senate, and the minority leader of the Senate 
shall consult among themselves prior to the appoint-
ment of the members of the Commission in order to 
achieve, to the maximum extent possible, fair and 
equitable representation of various points of view 
with respect to the matters to be studied by the 
Commission under subsection (b). 
(3) CHAIRMAN.—The Chairman of the Commis-
sion shall be the member appointed as provided in 
paragraph (1)(A). 
(4) BACKGROUND.—The members shall rep-
resent a broad array of expertise covering, to the ex-
tent practical, all subject matter, programs, and tax 
laws the Commission is likely to review.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1476 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit 
individuals eligible for Indian Health Service assistance 
to qualify for health savings accounts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(4) SERVICE AFTER END OF TERM.—An indi-
vidual may serve as Director after the expiration of 
the term for which appointed until a successor Di-
rector has been appointed. 
‘‘(5) 
TRANSITIONAL
PROVISION.—Notwith-
standing paragraphs (1) and (2), the Director of the 
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
on the effective date under section 107 of the Hous-
ing Finance Regulatory Restructuring Act of 2003 
shall be the Director until the date on which that in-
dividual’s term as Director of the Office of Federal 
Housing Enterprise Oversight would have expired. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON FINANCIAL INTERESTS.—The 
Director shall not have a direct or indirect financial inter-
est in any enterprise, any member of any Federal home 
loan bank, or any holding company of any such member. 
‘‘(d) DEPUTY DIRECTORS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall have two 
Deputy Directors. An individual may not be ap-
pointed as Deputy Director if the individual has 
served as an executive officer or director of an enter-
prise, a Federal home loan bank, or a member of a 
Federal home loan bank at any time during the 3-
year period ending upon the appointment of such in-
Union Calendar No. 249
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2802
[Report No. 108–325, Part I] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Small Business Act and the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for 
other purposes. 
OCTOBER 21, 2003
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Com-
mittee on Government Reform for a period ending not 
later than October 31, 2003, for consideration of such 
provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the 
jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(h), 
rule X 
MARCH 2, 2004
Referral to the Committee on Government Reform ex-
tended for a period ending not later than March 8, 
2004
MARCH 8, 2004
Committee on Government Reform discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2804
To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2003 to ensure the 
inclusion of commonly used pesticides in State source water assessment 
programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2003 
to ensure the inclusion of commonly used pesticides in 
State source water assessment programs, 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. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TO ENSURE 
INCLUSION OF COMMONLY USED PESTICIDES 
IN STATE SOURCE WATER ASSESSMENT PRO-
GRAMS. 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pro-
vide supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2003: 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As-
sistance Grants’’, for grants for the Drinking Water State 
Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) for State expenses of for-
mulating source water assessment programs under section 
1453 of such Act, $85,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
Hereafter, source water assessment programs under 
section 1453 of such Act shall include (1) the assessment 
of the pesticides chlorothalonil, pendimethalin, paraquat, 
cyanazine, bensulide, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, metalaxyl, 
and mecoprop; (2) the assessment of surface water 
sources; (3) the assessment of residential drinking wells; 
and (4) the assessment of contaminated soil.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2805
To allow the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai to distribute grant funds 
received under section 106(d) of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2003
Mr. CASE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To allow the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai to dis-
tribute grant funds received under section 106(d) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 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. ELECTION BY UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT TO DISTRIBUTE GRANT FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106(d)(2) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5306(d)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2807
To establish grant programs to improve the health of border area residents 
and for bioterrorism preparedness in the border area, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2003
Mr. KOLBE (for himself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. PASTOR, and Mr. 
REYES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish grant programs to improve the health of border 
area residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the 
border area, 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 ‘‘Border Health Secu-
rity Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act:
(A) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) by the Secretary, to units of general local 
government located in any nonentitlement area of a 
State that has not elected to distribute such funds 
as of December 31, 2003.’’; and 
(B) by adding after the period at the end 
of the such subparagraph the following: ‘‘Any 
State that does not elect to distribute amounts 
allocated under paragraph (1) as of December 
31, 2003 shall have any amounts allocated 
under this Act distributed by the Secretary to 
units of general local government described in 
subparagraph (A)(ii), and such States may not 
elect to distribute amounts after that date.’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall distribute amounts allo-
cated under paragraph (1) to units of general local govern-
ment of a State, as described in subparagraph (A)(ii), in 
accordance with a formula which bears the same ratio to 
the total amount available for the nonentitlement area of 
the State as the weighted average of the ratios between—
‘‘(I) the population of that eligible unit of gen-
eral local government and the population of all eligi-
ble units of general local government in the non-
entitlement areas of the State; 
‘‘(II) the extent of poverty in that eligible unit 
of general local government and the extent of pov-
erty in all of the eligible units of general local gov-
ernment in the nonentitlement areas of the State; 
and 
‘‘(III) the extent of housing overcrowding in 
that eligible unit of general local government and the 
extent of housing overcrowding in all of the eligible 
units of general local government in the nonentitle-
ment areas of the State. 
‘‘(ii) In determining the weighted average of the ra-
tios described in clause (i)—
‘‘(I) the ratio described in clause (i)(II) shall be 
counted twice; and 
‘‘(II) the ratios described in subclauses (I) and 
(III) of clause (i) shall be counted once. 
‘‘(iii) Any unit of general local government qualifying 
under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall manage its program in 
accordance with the statutes and regulations applicable to 
metropolitan cities and urban counties.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 102(a)(6), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(F) Units of general local government de-
scribed under section 106(d)(2)(A)(ii).’’; and 
(2) in section 106(d)—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and 
(C), respectively; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (7); and 
(C) in the second paragraph designated as 
paragraph (5), as added by section 106(i) of 
the Act making supplemental appropriations for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and 
for other purposes, approved November 30, 
1983—
(i) by striking ‘‘(5) No amount’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(6) No amount’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or the Secretary’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2806
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Prescott, 
Arizona, as the ‘‘Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2003
Mr. KOLBE (for himself, Mr. RENZI, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. 
SHADEGG, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, and Mr. GRIJALVA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 
in Prescott, Arizona, as the ‘‘Bob Stump Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, PRESCOTT, ARI-
ZONA, AS THE BOB STUMP DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER. 
The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 
located in Prescott, Arizona, shall after the date of the 
enactment of this Act be known and designated as the
‘‘Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center’’. Any reference to such medical center in any law, 
regulation, map, document, or other paper of the United 
States shall be considered to be a reference to the Bob 
Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2809
To establish a pilot program of Central Asian scholarships for undergraduate 
and graduate level public policy internships in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2003
Mr. PITTS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on International Relations 
A BILL 
To establish a pilot program of Central Asian scholarships 
for undergraduate and graduate level public policy in-
ternships in the United States.
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 ‘‘Central Asia Education 
Enhancement Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. CENTRAL ASIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR PUB-
LIC POLICY INTERNSHIPS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—As part of the 
educational and cultural exchange programs of the De-
partment of State, the Secretary of State shall establish
a pilot program for the fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006, 
of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students 
from Central Asia for public policy internships in the 
United States. Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, for each fiscal year 50 students shall participate in 
the program established under this section. 
(b) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, the program established pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall be carried out under ap-
plicable provisions of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961. 
(2) 
SCHOLARSHIP
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In addition to such other requirements as 
may be established by the Secretary of State, a 
scholarship recipient under this section—
(A) shall be proficient in the English lan-
guage; 
(B) shall be a student at an undergraduate 
or graduate school level at an accredited insti-
tution of higher education with a record of out-
standing academic achievement and dem-
onstrated intellectual abilities; and
(C) may not have received an academic 
scholarship or grant from the United States 
Government in the 3 years preceding the award 
of a scholarship under this section. 
(3) INTERNSHIPS.—Internships under this sec-
tion shall be for periods of not more than 6 months. 
(4) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—In the award 
of internships under this section, the Secretary shall 
give 
priority 
consideration 
to 
students 
from 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. 
(5) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Central Asia’’ means the countries 
of 
Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, 
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to such amounts as are otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated for the Department of State for educational 
and cultural exchange programs, there are authorized to 
be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2004, 2005, 
and 2006, $600,000 to carry out this section.
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aerospace industry, which is responsible for an esti-
mated 11,200,000 American jobs. 
(6) The industrial and cultural heritage of the 
aviation and aerospace industry in the State of Ohio 
includes the social history and living cultural tradi-
tions of several generations. 
(7) The Department of the Interior is respon-
sible for protecting and interpreting the Nation’s 
cultural and historic resources, and there are signifi-
cant examples of these resources within Ohio to 
merit the involvement of the Federal Government to 
develop programs and projects in cooperation with 
the Aviation Heritage Foundation, Incorporated, the 
State of Ohio, and other local and governmental en-
tities to adequately conserve, protect, and interpret 
this heritage for the educational and recreational 
benefit of this and future generations of Americans, 
while providing opportunities for education and revi-
talization. 
(8) Since the enactment of the Dayton Aviation 
Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 (Public Law 
102–419), partnerships among the Federal, State, 
and local governments and the private sector have 
greatly assisted the development and preservation of 
the historic aviation resources in the Miami Valley.
IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 280
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To establish certain National Heritage Areas, 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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TITLE I—NATIONAL AVIATION 
HERITAGE AREA 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Aviation 
Heritage Area Act’’. 
SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Few technological advances have trans-
formed the world or our Nation’s economy, society, 
culture, and national character as the development 
of powered flight. 
(2) The industrial, cultural, and natural herit-
age legacies of the aviation and aerospace industry 
in the State of Ohio are nationally significant. 
(3) Dayton, Ohio, and other defined areas 
where the development of the airplane and aerospace 
technology established our Nation’s leadership in 
both civil and military aeronautics and astronautics 
set the foundation for the 20th Century to be an 
American Century. 
(4) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Day-
ton, Ohio, is the birthplace, the home, and an inte-
gral part of the future of aerospace. 
(5) The economic strength of our Nation is con-
nected integrally to the vitality of the aviation and
Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883(b)), that is docu-
mented in the United States. 
‘‘(C) Operate under the authority of a foreign 
country a foreign qualified freight vessel used for 
transportation referred to in section 27(b) of the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 
883(b)). 
‘‘(f) To promote the transfer of foreign vessels to be 
documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States 
Code, for use for transportation referred to in section 
27(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 
883(b)), the Secretary may grant approval under sub-
section (c) with respect to such a vessel before the date 
the vessel is documented.’’. 
‘‘(g) In subsections (e) and (f), the term ‘foreign 
qualified freight vessel’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 27(c) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 
App. U.S.C. 883(c)).’’. 
SEC. 4. LABOR PROVISIONS. 
(a) LIABILITY FOR INJURY OR DEATH OF MASTER 
OR CREW MEMBER.—Section 20(a) of the Act of March 
4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1185, chapter 153; 46 U.S.C. App. 
688(a)), is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’;
surveying, mapping, tests, evaluations, con-
sultations, comprehensive planning, pro-
gram 
management, 
conceptual 
design, 
plans and specifications, value engineering, 
construction phase services, design-build, 
design-build-finance, design-build-operate-
maintain, 
design-build-finance-operate-
maintain, soils engineering, drawing re-
views, preparation of operating and main-
tenance manuals, and other related serv-
ices. 
Professional services and activities referred to 
in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) shall be considered en-
gineering without regard to the procurement 
method, delivery method, owner, or service re-
cipient.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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