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erative agreement awarded to a public or private
nonprofit entity under subsection (a)(1) shall be de-
termined by the Secretary based on the application
submitted by such an entity.
‘‘(2) STATES.—The amount of a block grant
awarded to a State under subsection (a)(2) shall be
determined by the Secretary based on the formula
contained in section 1933.
‘‘(d) DURATION OF GRANTS.—The Secretary shall
award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under
subsection (a) for periods not to exceed 5 fiscal years.
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT OF MATCHING FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3),
the Director may not make a grant, contract or co-
operative agreement under subsection (a) unless the
entity or State involved agrees, with respect to the
costs of the program to be carried out by the entity
or State pursuant to such subsection, to make avail-
able (directly or through donations from public or
private entities) non-Federal contributions toward
such costs in an amount that is—
‘‘(A) for the first fiscal year for which the
entity or State receives such a grant, contract
or cooperative agreement, not less than $1 for
(1) a college or university, including a histori-
cally black college or university, or a foundation
maintained by a college or university; and
(2) a private organization or corporation, in-
cluding grassroots organizations, with an established
and demonstrated capacity to carry out such a bilat-
eral exchange program.
(d) TERMS OF PROGRAM.—(1) It is the goal of the
Program that at least 1,000 farmers participate in the
training program by December 31, 2005, of which at least
800 will be African farmers or farmers in Caribbean Basin
countries and 200 will be American farmers.
(2) Training under the Program will be provided to
eligible farmers in groups to ensure that information is
shared and passed on to other eligible farmers. Eligible
farmers will be trained to be specialists in their home com-
munities and will be encouraged not to retain enhanced
farming technology for their own personal enrichment.
(3) Through partnerships with American businesses,
the Program will utilize the commercial industrial capa-
bility of businesses dealing in agriculture to train eligible
farmers on state-of-the-art equipment and to introduce eli-
gible farmers to the use of insurance as a risk manage-
ment tool.
(e) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—(1) The selection
of eligible farmers, as well as African-American and other
American farmers and agricultural farming specialists, to
participate in the Program shall be made by grant recipi-
ents using an application process approved by the Sec-
retary.
(2) Participating farmers must meet certain edu-
cational requirements and targets regarding the produc-
tivity of their farm or agribusiness.
(f) GRANT
PERIOD.—The Secretary may make
grants under the Program during a period of 5 years be-
ginning on October 1 of the first fiscal year for which
funds are made available to carry out the Program.
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1895
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a 2-year recovery
period for depreciation of computers and peripheral equipment used
in manufacturing.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 2001
Mr. COLLINS (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. SAM
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. HORN, Mr. SHOWS,
and Mr. MILLER of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish
a 2-year recovery period for depreciation of computers
and peripheral equipment used in manufacturing.
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 ‘‘Computer Equipment
Common Sense Depreciation Act’’.
SEC. 2. 2-YEAR APPLICABLE RECOVERY PERIOD FOR DE-
PRECIATION OF COMPUTERS AND PERIPH-
ERAL 
EQUIPMENT 
USED 
IN 
MANUFAC-
TURING.
(a) 2-YEAR APPLICABLE RECOVERY PERIOD.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section
168(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relat-
ing to applicable recovery period) is amended by in-
serting before the first item in the table the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘Computers or peripheral equipment used in manufac-
turing ....................................................................................
2 years’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause (iv) of
section 168(e)(3)(B) of such Code (relating to 5-
year property) is amended by inserting ‘‘(except
computers or peripheral equipment used in manufac-
turing)’’ before the comma.
(b) 2-YEAR RECOVERY PERIOD UNDER ALTER-
NATIVE DEPRECIATION SYSTEM FOR TAX-EXEMPT USE
PROPERTY, ETC.—Subparagraph (C) of section 168(g)(3)
of such Code (relating to alternative depreciation system
for certain property) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIP-
MENT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), in the case of any
qualified technological equipment, the re-
covery period used for purposes of para-
graph (2) shall be 5 years.
‘‘(ii) COMPUTERS
OR
PERIPHERAL
EQUIPMENT USED IN MANUFACTURING.—
In the case of any computer or peripheral
equipment used in manufacturing, the re-
covery period used for purposes of para-
graph (2) shall be 2 years.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to property placed in service after
December 31, 2001.
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H. Res. 818
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 7 (legislative day, October 6), 2004.
Whereas the 1944 Treaty Relating to the Utilization of Wa-
ters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio
Grande between the United States and the United Mexi-
can States provided for the construction of the Falcon
International Dam on the Rio Grande River to provide
flood control, water conservation, and hydroelectric power
for the benefit of communities on both sides of the bor-
der;
Whereas on October 19, 1953, as construction on the dam
neared completion, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and
President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines of Mexico met at the cen-
ter of the Falcon International Dam to dedicate it to the
well-being of the residents of both countries;
Whereas the dam was completed on April 8, 1954, and the
Falcon Power Plant generated power for commercial use
for the first time on October 11, 1954;
Whereas the Falcon International Dam is 26,394 feet long,
and its construction created a beautiful 60-mile-long res-
ervoir known as Falcon Lake;
Whereas the construction of the dam and reservoir resulted
in the submersion and relocation of 5 townships in the
(1) in section 62(c), by striking ‘‘shall be trans-
mitted’’ and all that follows through ‘‘organization
or country’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be transmitted not
less than 30 calendar days before the agreement is
entered into or renewed in the case of an agreement
with a country other than a country which is a mem-
ber of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
Japan, Australia, or New Zealand, or any other or-
ganization’’; and
(2) in section 63(a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘15-day or’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘section 62(c) (1) or (2),
as the case may be,’’ and inserting ‘‘section
62(c)’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1899
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to municipal
deposits.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 2001
Mr. GILLMOR (for himself, Mr. BEREUTER, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, and Mr.
NEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect
to municipal deposits.
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 ‘‘Municipal Deposit In-
surance Protection Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. FDIC INSURANCE OF MUNICIPAL DEPOSITS.
Section 11(a)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act (12 U.S.C. 1821(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(C) MUNICIPAL DEPOSITORS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subpara-
graph (A), the deposits of in-State municipal deposi-
tors at an insured depository institution shall be in-
sured in an aggregate amount not to exceed the
total equity capital of the institution.
‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—In this subparagraph—
‘‘(I) the term ‘in-State municipal depositor’
means a municipal depositor that is located in
the same State as the office or branch of the
insured depository institution at which the de-
posits of that depositor are held; and
‘‘(II) the term ‘municipal depositor’ means
a depositor described in any of clauses (i)
through (v) of subparagraph (A).’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 189
To repeal the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. STUMP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on House Administration
A BILL
To repeal the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION
ACT OF 1993.
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42
U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.) is repealed.
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H. Res. 835
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 8 (legislative day, October 7), 2004.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and he
is hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM: Mr. Putnam, to
rank after Mr. Cannon.
Attest:
Clerk.
mandatory holding period for not less than 24 
hours) for juveniles who bring a gun on school 
grounds without permission from appropriate school 
authorities; and 
‘‘(25) other activities that are likely to prevent 
juvenile delinquency. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE INDIAN TRIBES.—The 
Administrator may make grants to eligible Indian tribes 
from funds allocated under section 242(b), to carry out 
projects of the kinds described in subsection (a). 
‘‘SEC. 242. ALLOCATION. 
‘‘(a) ALLOCATION AMONG ELIGIBLE STATES.—Sub-
ject to subsection (b), funds appropriated to carry out this 
part shall be allocated among eligible States proportion-
ately based on the population that is less than 18 years 
of age in the eligible States. 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION AMONG INDIAN TRIBES COLLEC-
TIVELY.—Before allocating funds under subsection (a) 
among eligible States, the Administrator shall allocate 
among eligible Indian tribes as determined under section 
246(a), an aggregate amount equal to the amount such 
tribes would be allocated under subsection (a), and with-
out regard to this subsection, if such tribes were treated 
collectively as an eligible State.
this Act, under the State program funded under 
part A of this title, under the State plan approved 
under part E of this title, and under other State 
programs having a relationship to the program 
under this part, with a view to provision of welfare 
and related services which will best promote the wel-
fare of such children and their families; 
‘‘(3) provides that the standards and require-
ments imposed with respect to child day care under 
title XX of this Act shall apply with respect to day 
care services under this part, except insofar as eligi-
bility for such services is involved; 
‘‘(4) provides for the training and effective use 
of paid paraprofessional staff, with particular em-
phasis on the full-time or part-time employment of 
persons of low income, as community service aides, 
in the administration of the plan, and for the use of 
nonpaid or partially paid volunteers in providing 
services and in assisting any advisory committees es-
tablished by the State agency; 
‘‘(5) contains a description of the steps which 
the State will take to provide child welfare services 
and to make progress in—
‘‘(A) covering additional political subdivi-
sions,
HR 1900 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of
2001’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purpose.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
Sec. 5. Concentration of Federal effort.
Sec. 6. Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Sec. 7. Annual report.
Sec. 8. Allocation.
Sec. 9. State plans.
Sec. 10. Juvenile delinquency prevention block grant program.
Sec. 11. Research; evaluation; technical assistance; training.
Sec. 12. Demonstration projects.
Sec. 13. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 14. Administrative authority.
Sec. 15. Use of funds.
Sec. 16. Limitation on use of funds.
Sec. 17. Rules of construction.
Sec. 18. Leasing surplus Federal property.
Sec. 19. Issuance of rules.
Sec. 20. Content of materials.
Sec. 21. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 22. Effective date; application of amendments.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Section 101 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘FINDINGS
‘‘SEC. 101. (a) The Congress finds the following:
‘‘(1) Although the juvenile violent crime arrest
rate in 1999 was the lowest in the decade, there re-
mains a consensus that the number of crimes and
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives October 16,
2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
creased the income eligibility threshold under the medicaid
program.
(d) APPLICATIONS, ETC.—No grant shall be made to
a State under this section unless the Secretary has ap-
proved an application by the State that meets such condi-
tions as the Secretary establishes.
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after funding
is first made available to States under this section, the
Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the success
of such grants under this section and shall include in the
report such recommendations as the Secretary deems ap-
propriate.
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this
section $30,000,000 for the 5-fiscal-year period beginning
with fiscal year 2002. Amounts appropriated under this
subsection shall be available for obligation without fiscal
year limitation through the end of such period.
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) GROUP HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘‘group
health plan’’ has the meaning given such term in
section 2791(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(a)(1)).
(2) MEDICAID PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘medicaid
program’’ means a State plan established under title
XIX of the Social Security Act.
(3) PREMIUM.—The term ‘‘premium’’ includes,
with respect to a group health plan, the cost of pro-
viding coverage under the plan, including the cost to
employees of such coverage.
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term for purposes of the medicaid
program.
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(1) in section 202(b) by striking ‘‘prescribed for 
GS–18 of the General Schedule by section 5332’’ and 
inserting ‘‘payable under section 5376’’, 
(2) in section 221(b)(2) by striking the last sen-
tence, 
(3) in section 299D by striking subsection (d), 
and 
(4) by striking titles IV and V, as originally en-
acted by Public Law 93–415 (88 Stat. 1132–1143). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The Victims of 
Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in section 214(b)(1) by striking ‘‘262, 293, 
and 296 of subpart II of title II’’ and inserting 
‘‘299B and 299E’’, 
(B) in section 214A(c)(1) by striking ‘‘262, 293, 
and 296 of subpart II of title II’’ and inserting 
‘‘299B and 299E’’, 
(C) in section 217(c)(1) by striking ‘‘sections 
262, 293, and 296 of subpart II of title II’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sections 299B and 299E’’, and 
(D) in section 223(c) by striking ‘‘section 262, 
293, and 296’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 262, 299B, and 
299E’’.
(2) Section 404(a)(5)(E) of the Missing Children’s As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5773) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 313’’ and inserting ‘‘section 331’’. 
SEC. 22. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amendments 
made by this Act shall apply only with respect to fiscal 
years beginning after September 30, 2001.
Union Calendar No. 120 
107TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1900 
[Report No. 107–203] 
A BILL 
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 to provide quality preven-
tion programs and accountability programs relat-
ing to juvenile delinquency; and for other pur-
poses. 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 
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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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1901
To modify the manner in which the wage index adjustment to payments
under the Medicare Program to hospitals for inpatient hospital services
is calculated.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 2001
Mr. KIND introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To modify the manner in which the wage index adjustment
to payments under the Medicare Program to hospitals
for inpatient hospital services is calculated.
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 ‘‘Medicare Equitable
Payment Enhancement Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CALCULATION OF MEDICARE IN-
PATIENT HOSPITAL WAGE INDEX.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective with respect to cost re-
porting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2002, in
determining what proportion of operating costs of inpa-
tient hospital services (as defined in section 1886(a)(4)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(a)(4))) are
attributable to wages and wage-related costs, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall exclude the
following cost categories:
(1) ‘‘Professional fees’’.
(2) ‘‘Postal services’’.
(3) Under the cost category of ‘‘All other labor
intensive’’, the following:
(A) ‘‘Business services’’.
(B) ‘‘Computer and data processing’’.
(C) ‘‘Other membership organizations’’.
(b) USE OF MORE RECENT DATA IN UPDATING THE
WAGE INDEX.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services, in updating the factor (established by the Sec-
retary) reflecting the relative hospital wage level in the
geographic area of a hospital compared to the national av-
erage hospital wage level under the second sentence of sec-
tion 1886(d)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395ww(d)(3)(E)) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall use
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1906
AN ACT
To amend the Act that established the Pu’uhonua O
Honaunau National Historical Park to expand the
boundaries of that park.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
data from the cost reports beginning during the third fis-
cal year that precedes the fiscal year involved.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1902
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit forced overtime
hours for certain health care employees who provide care to patients.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 2001
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, and Mr. FRANK)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit
forced overtime hours for certain health care employees
who provide care to patients.
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 ‘‘Patient Care Employ-
ees Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. NURSES AND OVERTIME HOURS.
Section 7(j) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(29 U.S.C. 207(j)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘No employer’’ and inserting
‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no employer’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) An employer described in paragraph (1) may not
require an employee covered by an agreement or under-
standing described in such paragraph (other than a physi-
cian) who provides health care to patients to work more
than 8 hours in any workday or 80 hours in any 14-day
work period, except in the case of a natural disaster or
while a Federal, State, or local declaration of a state of
emergency is in effect in the locality in which such em-
ployee is employed. No such employer may discriminate
or take any other adverse action against such an employee
for declining to work more than 8 hours in a workday or
80 hours in a 14-day work period. Such an employee may
voluntarily work more than 8 hours in any workday or
more than 80 hours in a 14-day work period, at the re-
quest of the employee’s employer. Notwithstanding any
provision of title 5 or title 38, United States Code, to the
contrary, this paragraph applies to an employee appointed
under either such title (other than a physician) who pro-
vides health care to patients.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1903
To establish a demonstration grant program to assist States in providing
subsidies for group health insurance premiums for low-income, Medicaid-
eligible individuals.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 2001
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, and Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce
A BILL
To establish a demonstration grant program to assist States
in providing subsidies for group health insurance pre-
miums for low-income, Medicaid-eligible individuals.
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 ‘‘Making Health Care
Available for Low-Income Workers Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. WORKING POOR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM
SUBSIDY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall provide grants to States for dem-
onstration programs under which payments are made to
reduce the premiums for health benefits coverage under
group health plans for individuals—
(1) who are eligible for benefits under a State’s
medicaid program (or, at the option of a State, who
would be so eligible but for their eligibility or cov-
erage under a group health plan); and
(2) whose income does not exceed 185 percent
of the income official poverty line (as defined by the
Office of Management and Budget, and revised an-
nually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Om-
nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981) applicable
to a family of the size involved.
(b) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of a grant to
a State under this section may not exceed 50 percent of
the premiums for health benefits coverage under a group
health plan for which coverage is provided under the dem-
onstration program for eligible low-income workers de-
scribed in subsection (a). Of the amount so provided—
(1) the amount shall first be used to reduce the
employee share (if any) of any premiums; and
(2) the remainder (if any) shall be used to re-
duce the employer’s cost of providing the coverage.
(c) PREFERENCE.—In carrying out this section, the
Secretary shall provide preference for States that have in-
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2311
AN ACT
Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
opment for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2002, and for other purposes.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act and shall apply with respect to the 2001 and
subsequent crops of peanuts.
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