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HR 2069 EAS
‘‘(2) The Secretary is authorized to use the authority
contained in section 1 of the Act of April 18, 1930 (46 Stat.
177; 22 U.S.C. 291) and section 1 of the Foreign Service
Buildings Act (22 U.S.C. 292) directly or through contract,
grant, or cooperative agreement to lease, alter, or renovate
facilities in foreign countries as necessary to conduct pro-
grams of assistance for international health activities, in-
cluding activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec-
tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and
other health activities abroad.
‘‘(e) In exercising the authority set forth in paragraphs
(1) and (2) of subsection (d), the Secretary shall consult
with the Secretary of State to ensure that planned activities
are within the legal strictures of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 and other applicable laws.’’.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for
foreign countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, tuber-
culosis, and malaria; to amend the Public Health Service
Act with respect to the authority of the Department of
Health and Human Services to act internationally with
respect to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria; and for
other purposes.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4858
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance 
for the construction, improvement, and rehabilitation of farmers markets. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2004
Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. KILPATRICK, 
Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 
SERRANO, and Ms. SLAUGHTER) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial 
assistance for the construction, improvement, and reha-
bilitation of farmers markets.
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 ‘‘Farmers Markets In-
frastructure Assistance Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR FARMERS MAR-
KETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to exercising authority 
to make loans and loan guarantees under other law, the
Secretary shall make loans, loan guarantees, and grants 
to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the con-
struction of new farmers markets, or the improvement or 
rehabilitation of existing farmers markets. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a loan, 
loan guarantee, or grant under subsection (a) with respect 
to a farmers market the public agency or nonprofit organi-
zation involved shall—
(1) demonstrate financial need as determined 
by the Secretary; and 
(2) commit to reserving at least 50 percent of 
the floor area of the farmers market for the sale of 
products that are produced locally by farmers, 
ranchers, or associations of farmers or ranchers. 
(c) COST SHARING.—
(1) GRANTS.—The amount of a grant shall not 
exceed 25 percent of the cost of the activity funded 
under subsection (a). 
(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF COMBINED GRANT 
AND LOAN.—The combined amount of a grant and 
loan made or guaranteed shall not exceed 80 percent 
of the cost of the activity funded under subsection 
(a). 
(d) INTEREST RATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A loan made by the Sec-
retary under subsection (a) shall bear interest at the 
rate equivalent to the rate of interest charged on 
Treasury securities of comparable maturity on the 
date the loan is approved. 
(2) DURATION.—The interest rate for each loan 
will remain in effect for the term of the loan. 
(e) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity Cred-
it Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry 
out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
through 2007. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on 
October 1, 2004.
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(2) NATIONAL CORRIDOR PLANNING AND DE-
VELOPMENT
AND
COORDINATED
BORDER
INFRA-
STRUCTURE PROGRAMS.—Section 1101(a)(9) of such 
Act (112 Stat. 112; 117 Stat. 1114; 118 Stat. 480; 
118 Stat. 628; 118 Stat. 699) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$2003 and $116,666,667 for the period of Oc-
tober 1, 2003, through July 31,’’. 
(3) CONSTRUCTION
OF
FERRY
BOATS
AND 
FERRY TERMINAL FACILITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1101(a)(10) of 
such Act (112 Stat. 113; 117 Stat. 1114; 118 
Stat. 480; 118 Stat. 628; 118 Stat. 699) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2003 and $31,666,667 
for the period of October 1, 2003, through July 
31,’’. 
(B) SET ASIDE FOR ALASKA, NEW JERSEY, 
AND WASHINGTON.—Section 5(a)(3)(B) of the 
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 
(117 Stat. 1114; 118 Stat. 480; 118 Stat. 628; 
118 Stat. 700) is amended— 
(i) 
in 
clause 
(i) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$8,333,333’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’;
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tivities in accordance with family self-suffi-
ciency plans developed pursuant to section 
408(b).’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
PLANS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 408(b) (42 U.S.C. 
608(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PLANS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State to which a grant 
is made under section 403 shall—
‘‘(A) assess, in the manner deemed appro-
priate by the State, the skills, prior work expe-
rience, and employability of each work-eligible 
individual (as defined in section 407(b)(2)(C)) 
receiving assistance under the State program 
funded under this part; 
‘‘(B) establish for each family that in-
cludes such an individual, in consultation as the 
State deems appropriate with the individual, a 
self-sufficiency plan that specifies appropriate 
activities described in the State plan submitted 
pursuant to section 402, including direct work 
activities as appropriate designed to assist the 
family in achieving their maximum degree of 
self-sufficiency, and that provides for the ongo-
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(B) effective intervention against opportunistic
diseases requires not only the appropriate drug or
other medication for a given medical condition, but
also the infrastructure necessary to diagnose the
condition, monitor the intervention, and provide
counseling services; and
(9) the United States Agency for International
Development should expand and replicate successful
microenterprise programs in Uganda, Zambia,
Zimbabwe, and other African countries that provide
poor families affected by HIV/AIDS with the means
to care for themselves, their children, and orphans;
(10) the United States Agency for International
Development should substantially increase and im-
prove its capacity to manage and monitor HIV/
AIDS programs and resources;
(11) the United States Agency for International
Development must recruit and retain appropriate
technical expertise in the United States as well as in
foreign countries to help develop and implement
HIV/AIDS strategies in conjunction with multilat-
eral agencies, host country governments, and non-
governmental organizations;
(12) the United States Agency for International
Development must strengthen coordination and col-
the prevention of transmission of HIV/AIDS from
mother to child.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry
out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MULTI-
LATERAL EFFORTS TO PREVENT, TREAT, AND
MONITOR HIV/AIDS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent for each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003 such sums
as may be necessary for United States contributions to
multilateral efforts to prevent, treat, and monitor HIV/
AIDS in sub-Saharan African and other developing coun-
tries. The amount authorized to be appropriated under the
preceding sentence for any fiscal year may not exceed 25
percent of the aggregate amount proposed to be contrib-
uted for such fiscal year by all countries for such efforts.
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I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 206
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the child care
credit for lower-income working parents, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. SWEENEY 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 increase
the child care credit for lower-income working parents,
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 ‘‘Child Care Tax Credit
Reform Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. CHILD CARE CREDIT AMENDMENTS.
(a) INCREASE
IN AMOUNT
OF EMPLOYMENT-RE-
LATED EXPENSES TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—
(1) 1 QUALIFYING INDIVIDUAL.—Paragraph (1)
of section 21(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to dollar limit on amount creditable)
is amended by striking ‘‘$2,400’’ and inserting
‘‘$3,600’’.
(2) 2 OR
MORE
QUALIFYING
INDIVIDUALS.—
Paragraph (2) of section 21(c) of such Code (relat-
ing to dollar limit on amount creditable) is amended
by striking ‘‘$4,800’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,400’’.
(b) DENIAL OF CREDIT TO TAXPAYERS WHOSE AD-
JUSTED GROSS INCOME IS $50,000 OR MORE.—Para-
graph (2) of section 21(a) of such Code (defining applica-
ble percentage) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(but not below 20 percent)’’
and inserting ‘‘(but not below zero)’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘1 percentage point for each
$2,000 (or fraction thereof)’’ and inserting ‘‘11⁄2
percentage points for each full $2,000’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
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I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2070
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain specialized
employees from the minimum wage recordkeeping and overtime com-
pensation requirements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2001
Mr. TIBERI (for himself and Mr. ANDREWS) 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 exempt
certain specialized employees from the minimum wage
recordkeeping and overtime compensation requirements.
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 ‘‘Sales Incentive Com-
pensation Act’’.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION.
Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (17), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(18) any employee employed in a sales position
if—
‘‘(A) the employee has specialized or tech-
nical knowledge related to products or services
being sold;
‘‘(B) the employee’s sales are predomi-
nantly made to persons—
‘‘(i) to whom any employee occupying
the sales position has made previous sales;
or
‘‘(ii) without the employee having ini-
tiated the sales contact;
‘‘(C) the employee has a detailed under-
standing of the needs of those to whom the em-
ployee is selling;
‘‘(D) the employee exercises discretion in
offering a variety of products and services;
‘‘(E) the employee receives—
‘‘(i) base compensation, determined
without regard to the number of hours
worked by the employee, of not less than
an amount equal to one and one-half times
(6) Current nuclear power reactor sites can
safely store high-level radioactive waste for another
100 years (according to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission). By implementing the most advanced
existing technology, nuclear power reactor sites
could store waste for an additional 100 years, thus
eliminating the need to immediately site a central re-
pository.
(7) The United States can create solutions to
the long-term problems of storing high-level radio-
active waste by exploring emerging technologies with
the potential to neutralize highly radioactive waste.
(8) The research, development, and utilization
in the United States of risk-decreasing technologies
for the safe disposal of nuclear waste is not only fea-
sible, but it is our best alternative to storing high-
level nuclear waste at a central repository.
(9) The Nuclear Waste Fund has accumulated
more than $10,000,000,000 to store high-level nu-
clear radioactive waste in a central repository, a
failed concept. Given the scientific evidence against
the Yucca Mountain site, and the health and safety
problems inherent in the concept of a central high-
level radioactive waste repository, the Nuclear Waste
Fund should be directed toward the research, devel-
the minimum wage in effect under section
6(a)(1) multiplied by 2,080; and
‘‘(ii) additional compensation that is
based upon each sale attributable to the
employee;
‘‘(F) the employee’s additional compensa-
tion based upon sales attributable to the em-
ployee is not less than 40 percent of the
amount described in subparagraph (E)(i);
‘‘(G) the employee receives a rate of com-
pensation based upon each sale attributable to
the employee which is beyond sales required to
reach the compensation required by subpara-
graph (F) which rate is not less than the rate
on which the compensation required by sub-
paragraph (F) is determined; and
‘‘(H) the rate of base compensation de-
scribed in subparagraph (E)(i) for any em-
ployee who did not work for an employer for an
entire calendar year is prorated to reflect an-
nual compensation which would have been
earned if the employee had been compensated
at the same rate for the entire calendar year;’’.
SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
The amendments made by section 2 may not be con-
strued to apply to individuals who are employed as route
sales drivers.
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I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2071
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for eligibility
for coverage of home health services under the Medicare Program on
the basis of a need for occupational therapy.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2001
Mr. ANDREWS (for himself, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, and
Mr. GRAHAM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for eligibility for coverage of home health services under
the Medicare Program on the basis of a need for occupa-
tional therapy.
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 Occupational
Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES ON THE
BASIS OF A NEED FOR OCCUPATIONAL THER-
APY.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Sections 1814(a)(2)(C) and
1835(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395f(a)(2)(C) and 1395n(a)(2)(A)) are each amended by
striking ‘‘or speech therapy’’ and all that follows through
‘‘need occupational therapy’’ and inserting ‘‘, occupa-
tional, or speech therapy’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to home health services provided
on or after October 1, 2001.
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never could have gone in over an open beach. We
would have had to change the entire strategy of the
war.’’
(8) Together, Andrew Jackson Higgins and the
employees of Higgins Industries provided a decisive
and essential contribution to the United States and
Allied victory in World War II while practicing racial
and gender workplace equality far in advance of the
norm for the time.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is
authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress—
(1) a gold medal of appropriate design to the
family of Andrew Jackson Higgins in recognition of
his contributions to the Nation and to the Allied vic-
tory in World War II;
(2) a gold medal identical to the medal referred
to in paragraph (1) to the D-Day Museum in New
Orleans, Louisiana, for public display; and
(3) a gold medal of appropriate design to the
D-Day Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, in honor
of the World War II employees of Higgins Industries
and in recognition of their contributions to the Na-
tion and to the Allied victory in World War II.
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (b)’’ in subsection (a);
(B) by striking subsection (b); and
(C) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b).
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The items
in the table of contents of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
of 1982 relating to titles I through V are repealed, and
the following items are inserted after the item relating to
section 9:
‘‘Sec. 10. Financial arrangements for site closure.
‘‘Sec. 11. Nuclear Waste Fund.
‘‘Sec. 12. Nuclear Regulatory Commission training authorization.’’.
SEC. 5. REPEAL OF SPECIAL RULES FOR NUCLEAR DECOM-
MISSIONING COSTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 468A of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is hereby repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subparagraph (B) of section 172(f)(1) of
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘or 468A(a)’’.
(2) The table of sections for subpart C of part
II of subchapter E of chapter 1 of such Code is
amended by striking the item relating to section
468A.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2073
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive the part B late
enrollment penalty for military retirees who enroll by December 31,
2002, and to provide a special part B enrollment period for such retirees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2001
Mr. CARDIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on
Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive
the part B late enrollment penalty for military retirees
who enroll by December 31, 2002, and to provide a
special part B enrollment period for such retirees.
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 ‘‘The TRICARE Retir-
ees Opportunity Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF MEDICARE PART B LATE ENROLLMENT
PENALTY FOR CERTAIN MILITARY RETIREES;
SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD.
(a) WAIVER OF PENALTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1839(b) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(b)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new sentence:
‘‘No increase in the premium shall be effected for a
month in the case of an individual who is 65 years
of age or older, who enrolls under this part during
2001 or 2002, and who demonstrates to the Sec-
retary before December 31, 2002, that the individual
is a covered beneficiary (as defined in section
1072(5) of title 10, United States Code). The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall consult
with the Secretary of Defense in identifying individ-
uals described in the previous sentence.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply to premiums for
months beginning with January 2001. The Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall establish a
method for providing rebates of premium penalties
paid for months on or after January 2001 for which
a penalty does not apply under such amendment but
for which a penalty was previously collected.
(b) MEDICARE PART B SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PE-
RIOD.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any individual
who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is
65 years of age or older, is eligible to enroll but is
not enrolled under part B of title XVIII of the So-
cial Security Act, and is a covered beneficiary (as
defined in section 1072(5) of title 10, United States
Code), the Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall provide for a special enrollment period during
which the individual may enroll under such part.
Such period shall begin as soon as possible after the
date of the enactment of this Act and shall end on
December 31, 2002.
(2) COVERAGE PERIOD.—In the case of an indi-
vidual who enrolls during the special enrollment pe-
riod provided under paragraph (1), the coverage pe-
riod under part B of title XVIII of the Social Secu-
rity Act shall begin on the first day of the month
following the month in which the individual enrolls.
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(1) TERMINATION.—Part VII of subtitle B of
title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
(7 U.S.C. 1359aa–1359jj) is repealed.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
344(f)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1344(f)(2)) is
amended by striking ‘‘sugar cane for sugar, sugar
beets for sugar,’’.
(e) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) ELIMINATION OF PRICE SUPPORT UNDER
NONBASIC
AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITIES
AUTHOR-
ITY.—The Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended—
(A) in section 201(a) (7 U.S.C. 1446(a)),
by striking ‘‘milk, sugar beets, and sugarcane’’
and inserting ‘‘, and milk’’; and
(B) in section 301 (7 U.S.C. 1447), by in-
serting ‘‘(other than sugarcane and sugar
beets)’’ after ‘‘title II’’.
(2) POWERS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORA-
TION.—Section 5(a) of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(a)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘(except for sugarcane and sugar
beets of the 2005 and subsequent crops)’’ after ‘‘ag-
ricultural commodities’’.
(3) SECTION 32 ACTIVITIES.—The second sen-
tence of the first paragraph of section 32 of the Act
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2075
To strengthen the National Defense Features program, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 2001
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN (for himself and Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To strengthen the National Defense Features program, 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 ‘‘National Defense Fea-
tures Program Enhancement Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS CONCERNING NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE FEATURES PROGRAM.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Defense Features program,
which is funded from the National Defense Sealift
Fund established by section 2218 of title 10, United
States Code, is a constituent element of the defense
policy of the United States intended to provide es-
sential sealift capacity in emergencies, strengthen
the national shipbuilding base, and maintain a re-
source of highly trained merchant seamen.
(2) Implementation of the National Defense
Features program would provide significant benefits
both for the United States and for allied nations
during military contingencies.
(3) For the United States and nations allied
with the United States to realize these benefits, it is
essential that vessels built under that program enjoy
commercial opportunities in peacetime on trade
routes between the United States and allied nations
and that those vessels not be excluded from such op-
portunities through restrictive trade practices.
(4) The failure of vessels built, or to be built,
under the National Defense Features program to ob-
tain employment as common carriers or contract
carriers in the particular sector of any trade route
in the foreign commerce of the United States for
which they are designed to operate, together with
long-term domination of that sector of the trade
route by citizens of an allied nation, evidences the
existence of restrictive trade practices.
SEC. 3. ACTION TO PROMOTE NATIONAL DEFENSE FEA-
TURES PROGRAM.
In any case in which the Federal Maritime Commis-
sion finds the existence of the conditions specified in sec-
tion 2(4) to prove the existence of restrictive trade prac-
tices, it shall take action to counteract such practices, uti-
lizing all remedies available under section 10002(e)(1) of
the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988 (46 U.S.C.
App. 1710a).
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