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tions of the school-based programs for which grants 
under subsection (a) are made. Such evaluations 
shall determine whether the programs have met the 
applicable goals under subsection (e), and shall de-
termine the extent to which the programs have in-
creased the access of the children involved to health 
services, have enhanced the overall health status of 
the children, and have reduced disease rates. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 
2004, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 
report that describes the findings made through 
evaluations under paragraph (1) and that provides 
the recommendations of the Secretary for a com-
prehensive national program to provide grants for 
the establishment and operation of school-based 
health programs, including a recommendation on the 
amount of funds that should be made available for 
the comprehensive national program, taking into ac-
count the savings that can be achieved in Federal 
and State health services programs by reducing the 
incidence of disease in the populations served by the 
program. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4917 
AN ACT 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide 
testimonial subpoena authority, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4921 
AN ACT 
To require the Surface Transportation Board to implement 
certain recommendations of the Inspector General of the 
Department of Transportation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4925 
AN ACT 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration to implement certain recommendations for man-
agement and collection of railroad safety data. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 494 
AN ACT 
To expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National 
Monument in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
shall bear the same ratio to the total amount 
available for allotments under this paragraph 
for the fiscal year as the ratio of the number 
of undocumented alien apprehensions in the 
State in the fiscal year bears to the total of 
such numbers for all such States for such fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(C) DATA.—For purposes of this para-
graph, the highest number of undocumented 
alien apprehensions for a fiscal year shall be 
based on the 4 most recent quarterly apprehen-
sion rates for undocumented aliens in such 
States, as reported by the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service. 
‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed as prohibiting a State 
that is described in both of paragraphs (1) and (2) 
from receiving an allotment under both paragraphs 
for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.—From 
the allotments made for a State under subsection (b) 
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall pay directly to 
local governments, hospitals, or other providers lo-
cated in the State (including providers of services re-
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4969 
AN ACT 
To improve the design and construction of diplomatic posts, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(B) 40 percent of the average current 
per-pupil expenditure in public elementary and 
secondary schools in the United States. 
‘‘(3) NO
INDIVIDUAL
ENTITLEMENT.—Para-
graph (2) shall not be interpreted to entitle any indi-
vidual to assistance under any State program, 
project, or activity funded under this part.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 611 of 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1411) is amended by striking subsection (j). 
(2) Section 611 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411), as amended by para-
graph (1), is further amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘From the 
amount appropriated for any fiscal year under sub-
section (j), the Secretary shall reserve not more than 
one percent, which shall be used’’ and inserting 
‘‘From the amount available for any fiscal year to 
carry out this part (other than section 619), the 
Secretary shall use not more than one percent’’; 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘From the 
amount appropriated for any fiscal year under sub-
section (j), the Secretary shall reserve’’ and inserting 
‘‘From the amount available for any fiscal year to
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Michael J. Healy Post Office Building’’.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4979 
AN ACT 
To extend the Generalized System of Preferences and to 
make technical changes to the competitive need limita-
tions provision of the program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4986 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to reauthorize 
appropriations for the Federal Communications Commis-
sion, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
ceived through an Indian Health Service facility 
whether operated by the Indian Health Service or by 
an Indian tribe or tribal organization) that provide 
uncompensated emergency health services furnished 
to undocumented aliens during that fiscal year, and 
to the State, such amounts (subject to the total 
amount available from such allotments) as the local 
governments, hospitals, providers, or State dem-
onstrate were incurred for the provision of such 
services during that fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON STATE USE OF FUNDS.—
Funds paid to a State from allotments made under 
subsection (b) for a fiscal year may only be used for 
making payments to local governments, hospitals, or 
other providers for costs incurred in providing emer-
gency health services to undocumented aliens or for 
State costs incurred with respect to the provision of 
emergency health services to such aliens. 
‘‘(3) INCLUSION OF COSTS INCURRED WITH RE-
SPECT TO CERTAIN ALIENS.—Uncompensated emer-
gency health services furnished to aliens who have 
been allowed to enter the United States for the sole 
purpose of receiving emergency health services may 
be included in the determination of costs incurred by
Calendar No. 153
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 825
AN ACT 
To redesignate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 7401 West 100th Place 
in Bridgeview, Illinois, as the ‘‘Michael J. Healy 
Post Office Building’’. 
JUNE 20, 2003
Reported without amendment
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4991 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(D) establish continuing education require-
ments for mortgage brokers; 
(E) require the public agency or official in 
the State that is responsible for licensing of 
mortgage brokers to provide, directly or other-
wise to the national mortgage database estab-
lished under subtitle B, such information as 
may be necessary to ensure that such database 
is effective for the purposes for which it is es-
tablished; and 
(F) comply with such standards regarding 
uniformity of information submitted to the na-
tional database of mortgage brokers established 
under subtitle B as the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development considers necessary to 
facilitate the operation of the database. 
(2) EXEMPTIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘mortgage broker’’ has the mean-
ing provided in section 303(3), except that the laws 
and regulations of a State may exempt from treat-
ment as mortgage brokers the following persons: 
(A) Any bank, savings bank, savings and 
loan association, or credit union organized 
under the laws of a State or the United States, 
or a subsidiary or affiliate of a bank, savings
(5) To the Child Study Center Outpatient Clin-
ic, Yale University, for expanding the school-based 
health program operated by such Center in the vicin-
ity of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut. 
(6) To the University of Illinois at Chicago, for 
expanding the school-based health program operated 
by such University in the vicinity of Chicago, in the 
State of Illinois. 
(d) APPLICATION
FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 
grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 
is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 
such agreements, assurances, and information as the sec-
retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 
(e) OUTCOME GOALS.—In making a grant under sub-
section (a) for a school-based health program, the Sec-
retary shall establish goals for the program in terms of 
health outcomes for the children served by the program. 
Such goals shall be based on the objectives established by 
the Secretary as part of the initiative known as Healthy 
People 2010, or on other measures determined by the Sec-
retary to be appropriate. 
(f) EVALUATIONS; REPORT.—
(1) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary, directly or 
through grants or contracts, shall provide for evalua-
★
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(e) APPRAISAL.—
(1) SELECTION OF APPRAISER.—The Secretary 
shall select a qualified appraiser acceptable to both 
the Secretary and Pleasant Country Ltd. to estab-
lish the value of the acquired land and the conveyed 
land. 
(2) STANDARDS.—The selected appraiser shall 
use nationally recognized appraisal standards to es-
tablish the value of the acquired land and the con-
veyed land, including, as appropriate, the following: 
(A) The Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
Federal Land Acquisitions (1992). 
(B) The Uniform Standards of Profes-
sional Appraisal Practice. 
(C) Section 206(d) of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1716(d)). 
(D) The Federal Land Exchange Facilita-
tion Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–409; 102 
Stat. 1086; 43 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(3) APPROVAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
all appraisals of the acquired land and the conveyed 
land shall be completed and submitted to the Sec-
retary and Pleasant Country Ltd. for approval. In
(1) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
(2) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 9101(26) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2008.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 812
To guarantee the right of individuals to receive Social Security benefits 
under title II of the Social Security Act in full with an accurate annual 
cost-of-living adjustment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. JONES of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To guarantee the right of individuals to receive Social Secu-
rity benefits under title II of the Social Security Act 
in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment.
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 ‘‘Social Security Guar-
antee Act of 2003’’ .
SEC. 2. GUARANTEE OF FULL SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS 
WITH ACCURATE ANNUAL COST-OF-LIVING 
ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On a date not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall issue a benefit guarantee certificate 
to each individual who is determined by the Commissioner 
of Social Security as of such date to be entitled to benefits 
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.). The Secretary shall also issue such a certificate 
to any individual on the date such individual is determined 
thereafter to be entitled to benefits under such title. 
(b) Benefit Guarantee Certificate.—The benefit 
guarantee certificate issued pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall represent a legally enforceable guarantee—
(1) of the monthly amount of benefits to which 
the individual is entitled under title II of the Social 
Security Act (as in effect on the date of the issuance 
of the certificate); and 
(2) that the benefits will be adjusted—
(A) not less frequently than annually on 
the basis of an accurate determination of the 
increase in the cost-of-living of the individual; 
and
(B) in accordance with such title (as so in 
effect), to reflect any future changes in the eli-
gibility status of the individual under such title. 
(c) ENTITLEMENT.—Any certificate issued under the 
authority of this section constitutes budget authority in 
advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obliga-
tion of the Federal Government to provide for the payment 
to the individual to whom the certificate is issued benefits 
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.) in the amounts set forth in the certificate and 
adjusted thereafter as described in subsection (b)(2).
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(6) WILDLIFE
WATER
PROJECTS.—The Sec-
retary, in consultation with the State, may authorize 
wildlife water projects (including guzzlers) within 
the Monument. 
(7) HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall allow 
hunting, fishing, and trapping on land and 
water within the Monument in accordance with 
applicable Federal and State law. 
(B) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXCEPTIONS.—The 
Secretary may designate areas in which, and es-
tablish limited periods during which, no hunt-
ing, fishing, or trapping shall be allowed under 
subparagraph (A) for reasons of public safety, 
administration, or compliance with applicable 
law. 
(C) AGENCY AGREEMENT.—Except in an 
emergency, regulations closing areas within the 
Monument to hunting, fishing, or trapping 
under this paragraph shall be made in consulta-
tion with the appropriate agency of the State 
having responsibility for fish and wildlife ad-
ministration. 
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‘‘(6) The potential for the project to improve, 
on a continuing basis, opportunities for employment, 
including opportunities for individuals in populations 
with the highest unemployment rates, the average 
level of income, or the economic and social develop-
ment of the area served by the project, including 
areas where the median income has decreased due to 
significant job losses. 
‘‘(7) The extent to which the project design 
provides for detailed outcome measurements by 
which the project may be evaluated. 
‘‘(8) Whether the project is identified as a pri-
ority in the regional development plan under section 
18515. 
‘‘(9) Whether the project is also funded by a re-
gional commission established under this title or a 
Federal agency and the possibility of partnering and 
sharing costs with such commission or agency to 
carry out the project. 
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SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS MEMORANDUM. 
(a) RESCISSION
OF MEMORANDUM.—The memo-
randum of the Department of Veterans Affairs dated July 
18, 2002, from the Deputy Under Secretary for Health 
for Operations and Management with the subject ‘‘Status 
of VHA Enrollment and Associated Issues’’ is hereby re-
scinded. Marketing activities of Directors of health service 
networks (known as ‘‘Veterans Integrated Service Net-
works’’) of the Department of Veterans Affairs to enroll 
new veterans within their respective networks shall be car-
ried out without regard to such memorandum. 
(b) FUNDING LIMITATION.—No funds available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to carry 
out the memorandum referred to in subsection (a) or oth-
erwise to implement the policy contained in that memo-
randum.
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‘‘(c) WAIVER OF DISCLOSURE AT REQUEST OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR LIMITED TIME.—A finan-
cial institution may delay notifying a consumer that the 
confidentiality or security of any nonpublic personal infor-
mation of the consumer maintained by the financial insti-
tution has been compromised at the request of a law en-
forcement agency investigating such violation for such lim-
ited period of time as the law enforcement agency deter-
mines is essential for carrying out the investigation.’’. 
(c) PENALTIES
FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY CUS-
TOMERS
OF IDENTITY THEFT.—Section 503 of the 
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6803) is amended by 
inserting after subsection (c) (as added by subsection (b) 
of this section) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY AND AS-
SIST CUSTOMERS AFTER IDENTITY THEFT.—The failure 
of any financial institution to promptly notify any con-
sumer that the confidentiality or security of any nonpublic 
personal information of the consumer maintained by the 
financial institution has been compromised in any way by 
an employee of the financial institution or through any 
unauthorized entry into the records of the financial insti-
tution, to provide assistance to such consumer, or to reim-
burse the consumer for any loss or fee described sub-
section (b)(5)(C) shall be treated as a violation of—
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5002 
AN ACT 
To expand the unique research initiatives authority of the 
National Institutes of Health. 
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. 815
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study 
with respect to aneurysms, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. KING of New York (for himself and Mr. GUTIERREZ) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to conduct a study with respect to aneurysms, 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 ‘‘Aneurysm Awareness 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HHS STUDY ON ANEURYSMS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall conduct a study on the following matters 
with respect to occurrence of aneurysms in the population 
of the United States:
(1) The incidence of aneurysms. 
(2) The most common signs and symptoms of 
aneurysms. 
(3) Characteristics of individuals at the highest 
risk for aneurysms. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report on the study conducted under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that there should be 
an increased awareness of and research pertaining to an-
eurysms.
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section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106–554) (relating to pay-
ment for new technologies). 
SEC. 3. IOM STUDY AND REPORT ON MEDICARE REIM-
BURSEMENT FOR GENDER-SPECIFIC SERV-
ICES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall enter into an arrangement with the Institute 
of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to con-
duct a study of—
(1) the relative value units established by the 
Secretary under the medicare physician fee schedule 
under section 1848 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–4) for physicians’ services that are 
gender-specific; and 
(2) adjustments to payment amounts under the 
prospective payment systems for inpatient hospital 
services (under section 1886(d) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395ww(d))) and for covered skilled nursing 
facility services (under section 1888(e) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395yy(e))) that are gender specific. 
(b) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Such arrangement shall pro-
vide that the Institute shall submit to the Secretary 
a report on the study conducted under subsection 
(a) by not later than December 31, 2004.
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term for purposes of title XIX of the 
Social Security Act.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 821
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the manufacture or 
importation, or transfer by a licensed firearms dealer, of a pistol that 
does not have a chamber load indicator and, in the case of a semiauto-
matic pistol that has a detachable magazine, a mechanism that prevents 
the pistol from being fired when the magazine is not attached. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HONDA, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. KENNEDY of 
Rhode Island, Mr. KIRK, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
MORAN of Virginia, Mr. NADLER, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WEXLER, and Ms. WOOLSEY) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the manu-
facture or importation, or transfer by a licensed firearms 
dealer, of a pistol that does not have a chamber load 
indicator and, in the case of a semiautomatic pistol that 
has a detachable magazine, a mechanism that prevents 
the pistol from being fired when the magazine is not 
attached.
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 ‘‘Accidental Shooting 
Prevention Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(z)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to manufac-
ture or import into the United States a pistol, or for a 
person licensed under this chapter to transfer possession 
of or title to a pistol manufactured on or after January 
1, 2006, unless the pistol includes—
‘‘(A) a plainly visible device in a con-
trasting color that clearly indicates whether the 
pistol is loaded; and 
‘‘(B) if the pistol is a semiautomatic pistol 
that has a detachable ammunition magazine, a 
mechanism that prevents the pistol from being 
fired when the magazine is not attached to the 
pistol.’’. 
(b) PENALTY.—Section 924(a) of such title is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: