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er protections to participants and beneficiaries than the 
protections provided under this section. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS AND ENFORCEMENT.—The defini-
tions and enforcement provisions of title XXVII shall 
apply for purposes of this section.’’. 
(2) ERISA AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subpart B of part 7 of 
subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 714. COVERAGE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREEN-
ING. 
‘‘(a) COVERAGE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREEN-
ING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A group health plan, and a 
health insurance issuer offering group health insur-
ance coverage, shall provide coverage for colorectal 
cancer screening consistent with this subsection to— 
‘‘(A) any participant or beneficiary age 50 
or over; and 
‘‘(B) any participant or beneficiary under 
the age of 50 who is at a high risk for 
colorectal cancer.
mate of the time that will be required to complete 
action on the application; and 
(5) establish an administrative procedure for 
processing geothermal development permits, includ-
ing lines of authority, steps in permit processing, 
and timeframes for permit processing. 
(c) FIVE-YEAR LEASING PLAN.—The memorandum 
of understanding shall develop a 5-year plan for leasing 
under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 
et seq.) of public land in the National Forest System. The 
plan for geothermal leasing shall be updated every 5 years. 
(d) DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM.—The memorandum 
of understanding shall establish a joint data retrieval sys-
tem that is capable of— 
(1) tracking lease and permit applications and 
requests; and 
(2) providing to the applicant or requester in-
formation as to their status within the Departments 
of the Interior and Agriculture, including an esti-
mate of the time required for administrative action. 
SEC. 7. REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS OF NEPA ANALYSES, 
DOCUMENTATION, AND STUDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Geothermal Steam Act of 
1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 30. REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS OF NEPA ANAL-
YSES, DOCUMENTATION, AND STUDIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may, through royalty credits, reimburse a person who is 
a lessee, operator, operating rights owner, or applicant for 
a lease under this Act for reasonable amounts paid by the 
person for preparation by the Secretary (or a contractor 
or other person selected by the Secretary) of any project- 
level analysis, documentation, or related study required 
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to the lease. 
‘‘(b) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may provide reim-
bursement under subsection (a) only if— 
‘‘(1) adequate funding to enable the Secretary 
to timely prepare the analysis, documentation, or re-
lated study is not appropriated; 
‘‘(2) the person paid the amounts voluntarily; 
and 
‘‘(3) the person maintains records of its costs 
in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply with respect to any lease entered into 
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall issue regulations implementing the amendment made
by this section by not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
To carry out section 5 through 7 there are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior such 
sums as may be necessary. 
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‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF HIGH RISK.—For purposes 
of subsection (a)(1)(B), the term ‘high risk for 
colorectal cancer’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 1861(pp)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(pp)(2)). 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT
FOR
SCREENING.—The 
group health plan or health insurance issuer shall 
cover methods of colorectal cancer screening that— 
‘‘(A) are deemed appropriate by a physi-
cian (as defined in section 1861(r) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(r))) treating the 
participant or beneficiary, in consultation with 
the participant or beneficiary; 
‘‘(B) are— 
‘‘(i) described in section 1861(pp)(1) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(pp)(1)) or section 410.37 of title 
42, Code of Federal Regulations; or 
‘‘(ii) specified by the Secretary, based 
upon the recommendations of appropriate 
organizations with special expertise in the 
field of colorectal cancer; and 
‘‘(C) are performed at a frequency not 
greater than that—
care services by qualified family caregivers under 
this paragraph.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2005, and 
shall apply to services furnished on or after such date. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as preventing the application of fraud and abuse 
sanctions (including those under sections 1128, 1128A, 
and 1128B of the Social Security Act) with respect to 
family caregivers under section 1891(a)(7) of the Social 
Security Act, as added by subsection (a), in the same man-
ner as such sanctions may be applied to other individuals 
who provide home health aide services or personal assist-
ant care services. 
(d) PROHIBITION OF DENIAL OF SERVICES BECAUSE 
OF REFUSAL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES DURING 
REHABILITATION.—Nothing in title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act shall be construed as authorizing the exclu-
sion of coverage of skilled nursing services for an indi-
vidual who is 75 years of age or older as part of home 
health services solely on the basis of the individual’s re-
fusal of physical therapy services during rehabilitation, re-
gardless of whether such physical therapy services are part 
of the plan of care for the individual.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE 
ACT OF 1993. 
(a) INCLUSION
OF
NURSE
PRACTITIONERS
AS 
HEALTH CARE.—Section 101(6)(C) of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(6)(C)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(A); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) a nurse practitioner; or’’. 
(b) EXTENSION TO DOMESTIC PARTNERS.—Section 
101(13) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2611(13)) is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and 
includes a domestic or civil partner registered or recog-
nized under the applicable domestic or civil partnership 
of State or local law’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF FAMILY OR MEDICAL 
LEAVE FOR SPOUSES EMPLOYED BY SAME EMPLOYER.— 
Section 102(f) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(f)) is amend-
ed ‘‘12 workweeks’’ and inserting ‘‘24 workweeks’’. 
(d) CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE OF OUTPATIENT 
HOSPICE CARE.—Section 101(11) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2611(11)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(A); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) hospice care; or’’. 
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parents, brothers, and sisters of Zhuljeta Zhegra shall not, 
by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right, privi-
lege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
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V 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4098 
For the relief of Zhuljeta Zhegra. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2004 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Zhuljeta Zhegra. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
PERMANENT 
RESIDENT 
STATUS 
FOR 
ZHULJETA ZHEGRA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Zhuljeta Zhegra shall be eligible for issuance of an 
immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon fil-
ing an application for issuance of an immigrant visa under 
section 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to 
lawful permanent resident.
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Zhuljeta Zhegra 
enters the United States before the filing deadline speci-
fied in subsection (c), she shall be considered to have en-
tered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, 
be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Zhuljeta Zhegra, the Secretary of State shall in-
struct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current 
or next following fiscal year, the total number of immi-
grant visas that are made available to natives of the coun-
try of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the total 
number of immigrant visas that are made available to na-
tives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 
202(e) of such Act. 
(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4099 
For the relief of Shpetim Daku. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2004 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Shpetim Daku. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR SHPETIM 
DAKU. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Shpetim Daku shall be eligible for issuance of an im-
migrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing an 
application for issuance of an immigrant visa under sec-
tion 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to lawful 
permanent resident.
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Shpetim Daku en-
ters the United States before the filing deadline specified 
in subsection (c), he shall be considered to have entered 
and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, be 
eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Shpetim Daku, the Secretary of State shall in-
struct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current 
or next following fiscal year, the total number of immi-
grant visas that are made available to natives of the coun-
try of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the total 
number of immigrant visas that are made available to na-
tives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 
202(e) of such Act. 
(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural
parents, brothers, and sisters of Shpetim Daku shall not, 
by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right, privi-
lege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 409
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used 
predominantly within an Indian reservation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2003
Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently 
extend the Indian employment credit and the deprecia-
tion rules for property used predominantly within an 
Indian reservation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF INDIAN EMPLOY-
MENT CREDIT AND DEPRECIATION RULES 
FOR PROPERTY ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS. 
(a) EMPLOYMENT CREDIT.—Section 45A of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking sub-
section (f).
(b) DEPRECIATION RULES.—Subsection (j) of section 
168 of such Code is amended by striking paragraph (8).
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HR 4103 RDS 
parel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-
shape and wholly assembled, or both, in 
one or more lesser developed beneficiary 
sub-Saharan African countries, regardless 
of the country of origin of the fabric or the 
yarn used to make such articles, in an 
amount not to exceed the applicable per-
centage of the aggregate square meter 
equivalents of all apparel articles imported 
into the United States in the preceding 12-
month period for which data are available. 
‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For 
purposes of the subparagraph, the term 
‘applicable percentage’ means—
‘‘(I) 2.3571 percent for the 1-
year period beginning October 1, 
2003; 
‘‘(II) 2.6428 percent for the 1-
year period beginning October 1, 
2004; 
‘‘(III) 2.9285 percent for the 1-
year period beginning October 1, 
2005; and
(1) represent that the price charged for a cash 
advance item is the same as the cost to the funeral 
provider for the item when such is not the case; 
(2) fail to disclose to a person arranging a fu-
neral that the price being charged for a cash ad-
vance item is not the same as the cost to the funeral 
provider for the item when such is the case; or 
(3) fail to place in the itemized statement of fu-
neral goods and funeral services selected, in imme-
diate conjunction with the list of itemized cash ad-
vance items required by section 4(a)(2), the fol-
lowing statements: 
(A) ‘‘We charge for our services in obtain-
ing llll.’’, with the blank space being 
filled with a list of cash advance items, if the 
funeral provider marks up the price for or re-
ceives and retains a rebate, commission, or 
trade or volume discount on a cash advance 
item. 
(B) ‘‘You have the right to arrange for the 
purchase of these items on your own behalf.’’. 
SEC. 12. CONSUMER PROTECTIONS IN PRENEED AND PRE-
PAID FUNERAL SERVICE TRANSACTIONS. 
It shall be a deceptive trade practice under section 
5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C.
‘‘(A) a bird species shall not be treated as 
native to the United States if it occurs in the 
United States solely as a result of intentional or 
unintentional human-assisted introduction; and 
‘‘(B) a migratory bird species shall be treat-
ed as native to the United States if— 
‘‘(i) it was native to the United States 
and extant in 1918; 
‘‘(ii) it was extirpated after 1918 
throughout its range in the United States; 
and 
‘‘(iii) after such extirpation, it was re-
introduced in the United States as a part 
of a program carried out by a Federal 
agency.’’. 
SEC. 103. PUBLICATION OF LIST. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register within 3 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act a list of all non-native, human introduced bird 
species to which the Migratory Bird Treaty Act does not 
apply that belong to biological families of migratory birds 
covered under any of the migratory bird conventions with 
Great Britain (for Canada), Mexico, Russia, or Japan. The 
Secretary shall provide adequate time for public comment. 
Nothing in this section concerning the publication of the
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4106 
To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels 
illegal. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 1, 2004 
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. LOFGREN, and Mr. MCINTYRE) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and 
exporting cartels illegal. 
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 ‘‘No Oil Producing and 
Exporting Cartels Act of 2004’’ or ‘‘NOPEC’’. 
SEC. 2. SHERMAN ACT. 
The Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) is amended 
by adding after section 7 the following:
‘‘SEC. 7A. OIL PRODUCING CARTELS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be illegal and a violation 
of this Act for any foreign state, or any instrumentality 
or agent of any foreign state, to act collectively or in com-
bination with any other foreign state, any instrumentality 
or agent of any other foreign state, or any other person, 
whether by cartel or any other association or form of co-
operation or joint action— 
‘‘(1) to limit the production or distribution of 
oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product; 
‘‘(2) to set or maintain the price of oil, natural 
gas, or any petroleum product; or 
‘‘(3) to otherwise take any action in restraint of 
trade for oil, natural gas, or any petroleum product; 
when such action, combination, or collective action has a 
direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on 
the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil, natural 
gas, or other petroleum product in the United States. 
‘‘(b) SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.—A foreign state en-
gaged in conduct in violation of subsection (a) shall not 
be immune under the doctrine of sovereign immunity from 
the jurisdiction or judgments of the courts of the United 
States in any action brought to enforce this section. 
‘‘(c) INAPPLICABILITY
OF ACT
OF STATE DOC-
TRINE.—No court of the United States shall decline,
based on the act of state doctrine, to make a determina-
tion on the merits in an action brought under this section. 
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.—The Attorney General of the 
United States and the Federal Trade Commission may 
bring an action to enforce this section in any district court 
of the United States as provided under the antitrust 
laws.’’. 
SEC. 3. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. 
Section 1605(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) in which the action is brought under sec-
tion 7A of the Sherman Act.’’. 
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45(a)) for a funeral provider to fail to comply with the 
following prepaid contract requirements: 
(1) Prepaid contracts shall conform to all appli-
cable Federal and State statutes and regulations. 
(2) Prepaid contracts shall be written in plain 
English, and clearly state the merchandise and serv-
ices that purchasers are buying and their prices. Use 
of legal or industry-specific jargon shall be avoided 
to the extent possible. 
(3) Charges for funeral goods or funeral serv-
ices shall be itemized. The itemization shall be in 
greater detail than a recitation of prices and shall 
include a complete description of the services to be 
rendered and an unambiguous description of the 
merchandise to be delivered. 
(4) When prices of merchandise or services to 
be delivered in the future are not guaranteed, or an 
additional payment may be required in the future, a 
statement to that effect shall be included in the pre-
pared contract and initialed by the purchaser. 
(5) The contract must clearly state what hap-
pens if merchandise is not available at delivery time 
and substitution is necessary. The description of the 
merchandise shall be sufficiently complete for the 
person authorized to make funeral arrangements to
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4109
AN ACT
To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on
a new Form 1040S.
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4109
AN ACT
To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new
Form 1040S.
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 ‘‘Simple Tax for Seniors
Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. FORM 1040S FOR SENIORS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury (or
the Secretary’s delegate) shall make available a form, to
be known as ‘‘Form 1040S’’, for use by individuals to file
the return of tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986. Such form shall be as similar as
practicable to Form 1040EZ, except that—
(1) the form shall be available to individuals
who have attained age 65 as of the close of the tax-
able year,
(2) the form may be used even if income for the
taxable year includes—
(A) social security benefits (as defined in
section 86(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986),
(B) distributions from qualified retirement
plans (as defined in section 4974(c) of such
Code), annuities or other such deferred pay-
ment arrangements,
(C) interest and dividends, or
(D) capital gains and losses taken into ac-
count in determining adjusted net capital gain
(as defined in section 1(h)(3)), and
(3) the form shall be available without regard
to the amount of any item of taxable income or the
total amount of taxable income for the taxable year.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The form required by sub-
section (a) shall be made available for taxable years begin-
ning after December 31, 2004.
Passed the House of Representatives June 2, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.