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‘‘(A) LIMITATION ON INITIATION OF
NON-RANDOM
PREPAYMENT
REVIEW.—A
medicare contractor may not initiate non-
random prepayment review of a provider of
services, physician, practitioner, or supplier
based on the initial identification by that
provider of services, physician, practitioner,
or supplier of an improper billing practice
unless there is a sustained or high level of
payment error (as defined in paragraph
(4)(A)).
‘‘(B) TERMINATION OF NON-RANDOM
PREPAYMENT
REVIEW.—The 
Secretary
shall issue regulations relating to the ter-
mination, including termination dates, of
non-random prepayment review. Such reg-
ulations may vary such a termination date
based upon the differences in the cir-
cumstances triggering prepayment review.
‘‘(8) PAYMENT AUDITS
‘‘(A) WRITTEN
NOTICE
FOR
POST-PAY-
MENT AUDITS.—Subject to subparagraph (C), if
a medicare contractor decides to conduct a
post-payment audit of a provider of services,
physician, practitioner, or supplier under this
such woman does not exceed the maximum income
level established by the State for the woman to be
eligible for medical assistance under the State plan
(as a result of pregnancy or otherwise).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply to medical assistance provided on and
after October 1, 2001.
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Federal Government. Subparagraph (B) shall
apply to a transfer under this subparagraph.
‘‘(ii) A lease under clause (i) shall be for
a term of not to exceed 50 years, but may pro-
vide for options for renewal or extension of the
term by the department or agency concerned.
‘‘(iii) Except as provided in clause (v)
below, a lease under clause (i) may not require
rental payments by the United States.
‘‘(iv) A lease under clause (i) shall include
a provision specifying that if the department or
agency concerned ceases requiring the use of
the leased property before the expiration of the
term of the lease, the remainder of the lease
term may be satisfied by the same or another
department or agency of the Federal Govern-
ment using the property for a use similar to the
use under the lease. Exercise of the authority
provided by this clause shall be made in con-
sultation with the redevelopment authority con-
cerned.
‘‘(v) Notwithstanding clause (iii) or chap-
ter 137 of title 10, United States Code, where
the department or agency concerned leases a
substantial portion of the installation, the de-
‘‘(4) Emergency preparedness and response capa-
bilities have been established at the site and in the
surrounding communities to respond to emergencies
involving risks to public health or safety that are
identified by the Secretary of Defense as being risks
resulting from the storage or destruction of lethal
chemical agents and munitions at the site.
‘‘(5) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion, Technology, and Logistics recommends initi-
ation of destruction at the site after considering the
recommendation by the board established by sub-
section (g).’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(g) OVERSIGHT BOARDS.—(1) The Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall
convene, for each site at which the chemical munitions
stockpile is stored, an independent oversight board com-
posed of—
‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Army;
‘‘(B) the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency;
‘‘(C) the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency;
(1) accept, collect, and maintain information on
incidents described in subsection (a) that is sub-
mitted to the clearinghouse by Federal, State, and
local law enforcement agencies, by law enforcement
agencies of foreign countries, and by victims of such
incidents;
(2) collate and index such information for pur-
poses of cross-referencing; and
(3) upon request from a Federal, State, or local
law enforcement agency, or from a law enforcement
agency of a foreign country, provide such informa-
tion to assist in the investigation of an incident de-
scribed in subsection (a).
(c) SCOPE
OF
INFORMATION.—The information
maintained by the clearinghouse for each incident shall,
to the extent practicable, include—
(1) the date, time, and place of the incident;
(2) details of the incident;
(3) any available information on suspects or
perpetrators of the incident; and
(4) any other relevant information.
(d) DESIGN
OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—The clearing-
house shall be designed for maximum ease of use by par-
ticipating law enforcement agencies.
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Sec. 2102. Family housing.
Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army.
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2001
projects.
TITLE XXII—NAVY
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2202. Family housing.
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2204. Authorization of Appropriations, Navy.
Sec. 2205. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000
project.
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2302. Family housing.
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.
Sec. 2305. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2001
project.
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES
Sec. 2401. Authorized defense agencies construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2402. Energy conservation projects.
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, defense agencies.
Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2001
project.
Sec. 2405. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000
projects.
Sec. 2406. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1999
project.
Sec. 2407. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1995
project.
Sec. 2408. Prohibition on expenditures to develop forward operating location on
Aruba for United States Southern Command counter-drug de-
tection and monitoring flights.
TITLE XXV—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.
TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FACILITIES
Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition
projects.
TITLE XXVII—EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF
AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified
by law.
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(A) by inserting the following catchline
after the subsection designator: ‘‘ADDITIONAL
ITEMS TO BE DONATED BY THE SECRETARY
OF THE NAVY.—’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘books, manuscripts, works
of art, drawings,’’ and all that follows to the
dash and inserting ‘‘obsolete combat or ship-
board material not needed by the Department
of the Navy, to’’;
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘World
War I or World War II’’ and inserting ‘‘a for-
eign war’’;
(D) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘sol-
diers’’ and inserting ‘‘servicemen’s’’; and
(E) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘or me-
morial’’ after ‘‘a museum’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting the following
catchline after the subsection designator: ‘‘MAINTE-
NANCE OF THE RECORDS OF THE GOVERNMENT.—
’’;
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting the following
catchline after the subsection designator: ‘‘SECRE-
TARIAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE GIFTS OR LOANS.—
’’; and
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(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER A PORTION OF A
VESSEL.—The Secretary may lend, give or otherwise
transfer any portion of the hull or superstructure of a ves-
sel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register and designated
for scrapping to a qualified organization listed under sub-
section (a). The terms and conditions of any agreement
for the transfer of a portion of a vessel under this section
shall include a requirement that the transferee will main-
tain the material conveyed in a condition that will not di-
minish the historical value of the material or bring dis-
credit upon the Navy.’’.
(b) LOAN, GIFT, OR EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS,
HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS, AND CONDEMNED
OR OBSO-
LETE, COMBAT MATERIAL.—Section 2572(a)(1) of such
title 10 is amended by striking the period after ‘‘A munic-
ipal corporation’’ and inserting county or other political
subdivision of a state.’’.
SEC. 923. REPEAL OF THE JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVER-
SIGHT COUNCIL SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 916 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–
398; 114 Stat. 1654) is repealed.
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(g) EDUCATIONAL LEAVE FOR PUBLIC AND COMMU-
NITY SERVICE.—Section 4463(f) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 1143a
note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(h) TRANSITIONAL HEALTH BENEFITS.—Subsections
(a)(1), (c)(1), and (e) of section 1145 of title 10, United
States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(i) TRANSITIONAL COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE BEN-
EFITS.—Section 1146 of such title is amended by striking
‘‘December 31, 2001’’ both places it appears and inserting
‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(j) TRANSITIONAL USE
OF MILITARY HOUSING.—
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1147(a) of such title are
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting
‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(k) CONTINUED ENROLLMENT OF DEPENDENTS IN DE-
FENSE
DEPENDENTS’ 
EDUCATION
SYSTEM.—Section
1407(c)(1) of the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of
1978 (20 U.S.C. 926(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(l) FORCE REDUCTION TRANSITION PERIOD DEFINED
FOR CERTAIN GUARD AND RESERVE BENEFITS.—Section
4411 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
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distributed from the Fund in the previous fiscal
year, except the Director may distribute up to 120
percent of the amount distributed in the previous
fiscal year in any fiscal year that the total amount
available in the Fund is more than 2 times the
amount distributed in the previous fiscal year.
‘‘(2) In each fiscal year, the Director shall dis-
tribute amounts from the Fund in accordance with
subsection (d). All sums not distributed during a fis-
cal year shall remain in reserve in the Fund to be
distributed during a subsequent fiscal year. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all sums depos-
ited in the Fund that are not distributed shall re-
main in reserve in the Fund for obligation in future
fiscal years, without fiscal year limitation.’’.
(c) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS
FOR
COSTS
AND
GRANTS.—Section 1402(d)(4) of the Victims of Crime Act
of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(4)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘deposited in’’ and inserting ‘‘to
be distributed from’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘48.5’’
and inserting ‘‘47.5’’;
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘48.5’’
and inserting ‘‘47.5’’; and
Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report if—
‘‘(i) the enactment of that bill or reso-
lution, as reported;
‘‘(ii) the adoption and enactment of
that amendment; or
‘‘(iii) the enactment of that bill or res-
olution in the form recommended in that
conference report,
would cause the surplus for any fiscal year cov-
ered by the most recently agreed to concurrent
resolution on the budget to be less than the sur-
plus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
Fund for that fiscal year.
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph 
(A)
shall not apply to social security reform legisla-
tion or medicare reform legislation.
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—
‘‘(1) BUDGETARY LEVELS WITH RESPECT TO
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—For
purposes of enforcing any point of order under sub-
section (a)(1), the surplus for any fiscal year shall
be—
‘‘(A) the levels set forth in the later of the
concurrent resolution on the budget, as re-
(i) IN
GENERAL.—An agency shall
repay to the Bank the principal amount of
the energy efficiency project loan plus in-
terest at a rate determined by the Presi-
dent, in consultation with the Secretary
and the Secretary of the Treasury. The re-
payment period shall be 10 years in the
case of water conservation and renewable
energy projects.
(ii) WAIVER.—The Secretary may
waive the requirement of clause (i) if the
Secretary determines that payment of in-
terest by an agency is not required to sus-
tain the needs of the Bank in making en-
ergy efficiency project loans.
(E) AGENCY ENERGY BUDGETS.—Until a
loan is repaid, an agency budget submitted to
Congress for a fiscal year shall not be reduced
by the value of energy savings accrued as a re-
sult of the energy conservation measure imple-
mented with funds from the Bank.
(F) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—An agency
shall not rescind or reprogram funds made
available by this section. Funds loaned to an
agency shall be retained by the agency until ex-
pended, without regard to fiscal year limitation.
(d) SELECTION CRITERIA.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish
criteria for the selection of energy efficiency projects
to be awarded loans in accordance with paragraph
(2).
(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary may
make loans only for energy efficiency projects that—
(A) are technically feasible;
(B) are determined to be cost-effective
using life cycle cost methods established by the
Secretary by regulation;
(C) include a measurement and manage-
ment component to—
(i) commission energy savings for new
Federal facilities; and
(ii) monitor and improve energy effi-
ciency management at existing Federal fa-
cilities;
(D) have a project payback period of 10
years or less; and
(E) gives funding priority to projects with
the quickest payback and least total cost.
(e) REPORTS AND AUDITS.—
ported, or in the conference report on the con-
current resolution on the budget; and
‘‘(B) adjusted to the maximum extent al-
lowable under all procedures that allow budg-
etary aggregates to be adjusted for legislation
that would cause a decrease in the surplus for
any fiscal year covered by the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget (other than procedures de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)).
‘‘(2) CURRENT
LEVELS
WITH
RESPECT
TO
SPENDING AND TAX LEGISLATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of en-
forcing subsection (a)(2), the current levels of
the surplus for any fiscal year shall be—
‘‘(i) calculated using the following
assumptions—
‘‘(I) direct spending and revenue
levels at the baseline levels underlying
the most recently agreed to concur-
rent resolution on the budget; and
‘‘(II) for the budget year, discre-
tionary spending levels at current law
levels and, for outyears, discretionary
spending levels at the baseline levels
underlying the most recently agreed to
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garding a qualifying advanced clean coal tech-
nology facility.’’.
(d) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—Section 39(d) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to transitional rules),
as amended by section 202(c), is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(13) NO CARRYBACK OF SECTION 48B CREDIT
BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE.—No portion of the unused
business credit for any taxable year which is attrib-
utable to the qualifying advanced clean coal tech-
nology facility credit determined under section 48B
may be carried back to a taxable year ending before
the date of enactment of section 48B.’’.
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 49(a)(1)(C) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended by section 521(e)(1), is
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii),
by striking the period at the end of clause (iv) and
inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(v) the portion of the basis of any
qualifying advanced clean coal technology
facility attributable to any qualified invest-
ment (as defined by section 48B(c)).’’.
‘‘SEC. 48A. BROADBAND CREDIT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 46, the
broadband credit for any taxable year is equal to 20 per-
cent of the cost of qualified equipment capable of pro-
viding next generation broadband services to rural sub-
scribers or urban subscribers. Qualified expenditures shall
be taken into account during the taxable year in which
such expenditures are paid or incurred by the taxpayer.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL ALLOCATION RULES.—For purposes of
determining the next generation broadband credit under
subsection (a), if the qualified equipment is capable of
serving rural, urban, and other subscribers, the qualified
expenditures shall be multiplied by a fraction—
‘‘(1) the numerator of which is the sum of the
total potential subscriber populations within the
rural areas and urban areas which the equipment is
capable of serving with next generation broadband
services, and
‘‘(2) the denominator of which is the total po-
tential subscriber population of the area which the
equipment is capable of serving with next generation
broadband services.
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) CABLE OPERATOR.—The term ‘cable oper-
ator’ has the meaning given such term by section
(1) REPRESENTATION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.—
Section 1212 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) Except as provided in section 518 of title 28,
relating to litigation before the Supreme Court, attorneys
designated by the Special Counsel may appear for the Spe-
cial Counsel and represent the Special Counsel in any civil
action brought in connection with section 2302(b)(8) or
subchapter III of chapter 73, or as otherwise authorized
by law.’’.
(2) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF MERIT SYSTEMS PRO-
TECTION BOARD DECISIONS.—Section 7703 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(e) The Special Counsel may obtain review of any
final order or decision of the Board by filing a petition
for judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit if the Special Counsel determines,
in the discretion of the Special Counsel, that the Board
erred in deciding a case arising under section 2302(b)(8)
or subchapter III of chapter 73 and that the Board’s deci-
sion will have a substantial impact on the enforcement of
section 2302(b)(8) or subchapter III of chapter 73. If the
Special Counsel was not a party or did not intervene in
a matter before the Board, the Special Counsel may not
petition for review of a Board decision under this section
unless the Special Counsel first petitions the Board for
reconsideration of its decision, and such petition is denied.
In addition to the named respondent, the Board and all
other parties to the proceedings before the Board shall
have the right to appear in the proceedings before the
Court of Appeals. The granting of the petition for judicial
review shall be at the discretion of the Court of Appeals.’’.
(e) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Section 7703 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (b)(1) by
inserting before the period ‘‘or the United States
court of appeals for the circuit in which the peti-
tioner resides’’; and
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit’’ and inserting ‘‘any appellate court of
competent jurisdiction as provided under sub-
section (b)(2)’’; and
(B) in the third and fourth sentences by
striking ‘‘Court of Appeals’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘court of appeals’’ in each
such place.
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in paragraph 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘in paragraphs (3) and (4)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$2,500 per 
dwelling unit average provided in paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘dwelling unit averages provided in 
paragraphs (1) and (4)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The expenditure of financial assistance provided 
under this part for labor, weatherization materials, and 
related matters for a renewable energy system shall not 
exceed an average of $3,000 per dwelling unit. 
‘‘(5)(A) The Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development and other ap-
propriate Federal officers, shall by regulations— 
‘‘(i) establish the criteria which are to be used 
in prescribing performance and quality standards 
under paragraph (6)(A)(ii) or in specifying any form 
of renewable energy under paragraph (6)(A)(i)(I); 
and 
‘‘(ii) establish a procedure under which a manu-
facturer of an item may request the Secretary to 
certify that the item will be treated, for purposes of 
this paragraph, as a renewable energy system.
I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 258
To provide wage parity for certain Department of Defense prevailing rate
employees in Georgia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. CHAMBLISS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To provide wage parity for certain Department of Defense
prevailing rate employees in Georgia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WAGE PARITY FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE EMPLOYEES IN GEORGIA.
The wage schedules and rates applicable to prevailing
rate employees (as defined in section 5342 of title 5,
United States Code) of the Department of Defense in the
Macon, Georgia, wage area shall be the same as the wage
schedules and rates applicable to prevailing rate employees
of the Department of Defense in the Atlanta, Georgia,
wage area.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 1 shall take effect beginning with the first
pay period beginning on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may in-
crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than
2 percent.
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation
by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase
by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De-
partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That
the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant
Secretary for Management.
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Financial Man-
agement Service, to the Debt Services Account as nec-
essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That
Jordan’’ if it is wholly the growth, product, or manu-
facture of Jordan.
(3) SPECIAL RULES.—
(A) CERTAIN MADE-UP ARTICLES, TEXTILE
ARTICLES IN THE PIECE, AND CERTAIN OTHER
TEXTILES
AND
TEXTILE
ARTICLES.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1)(D) and except as pro-
vided in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this
paragraph, subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of
paragraph (1), as appropriate, shall determine
whether a good that is classified under one of the
following headings or subheadings of the HTS
shall be considered to meet the requirements of
paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a): 5609, 5807,
5811, 6209.20.50.40, 6213, 6214, 6301, 6302,
6304, 6305, 6306, 6307.10, 6307.90, 6308, and
9404.90.
(B) CERTAIN KNIT-TO-SHAPE TEXTILES AND
TEXTILE
ARTICLES.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graph (1)(D) and except as provided in subpara-
graphs (C) and (D) of this paragraph, a textile
or apparel article which is knit-to-shape in Jor-
dan shall be considered to meet the requirements
of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a).