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HR 2217 RS
training, and cooperation with United States and inter-
national organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service
under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the provi-
sions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless
the proposed transfer is approved in advance by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance
with the reprogramming procedures contained in House Re-
port No. 105–163.
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the procedures contained in House Report
No. 105–163.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department
of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of the For-
est Service.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available
to conduct a program of not less than $2,000,000 for high
priority projects within the scope of the approved budget
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps,
defined in section 250(c)(4)(E)(xii) of the Balanced Budget
Calendar No. 78
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H.R. 2217
[Report No. 107–36]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2002, and for other pur-
poses.
JUNE 22, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations
JUNE 29, 2001
Reported with an amendment
HR 221 IH
mit a complete and accurate application to the Sec-
retary at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS.—An eligible individual may
apply for loan repayment under this section after
completing the required number of years of quali-
fying employment.
‘‘(3) FULLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS.—An appli-
cation for loan repayment under this section shall
include such information as is necessary to dem-
onstrate that the applicant—
‘‘(A) if teaching in a public elementary or
secondary school (other than as a teacher in a
public charter school), has obtained State cer-
tification as a teacher (including certification
obtained through alternative routes to certifi-
cation) or passed the State teacher licensing
exam and holds a license to teach in such State;
and
‘‘(B) if teaching in—
‘‘(i) an elementary school, holds a
bachelor’s degree and demonstrates knowl-
edge and teaching skills in reading, writ-
ing, mathematics, science, and other areas
of the elementary school curriculum; or
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary, using information provided by
the Director of the Bureau of the Census, shall biannually
compile, and make available to the public, data from re-
spective State employment security agencies and from
other sources in all the States concerning—
‘‘(A) the types of industries and occupations in
which children under the age of 18 years are em-
ployed; and
‘‘(B) cases in which the Secretary determines
that such children were employed in violation of this
section.
‘‘(2)(A) Each employer who employs an employee
under the age of 18 years shall report to the Secretary
and the appropriate State employment security agency any
injury (including an injury resulting in death) to such em-
ployee that results in lost employment time of at least one
working day or any illness such employee incurred in the
course of employment.
‘‘(B) Such report shall be made not later than five
days after such injury or illness and shall include—
‘‘(i) the age of the child;
‘‘(ii) the nature of the job in which the em-
ployee is employed (including large-scale, commercial
agriculture);
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2218
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for
coverage under that Act of employees of States and political subdivisions
of States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 2001
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
to provide for coverage under that Act of employees
of States and political subdivisions of States.
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 ‘‘Fairness for State and
Local Workers Act’’.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF STATE AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
EMPLOYEES.
Section 3(5) of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 652(5)) is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘employees,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘including a State or political subdivision of
a State,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘or any State or political sub-
division of a State’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2219
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Hope Scholarship
Credit to cover fees, books, supplies, and equipment and to exempt
Federal Pell Grants and Federal supplemental educational opportunity
grants from reducing expenses taken into account for the Hope Scholar-
ship Credit.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 2001
Mr. CAMP (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. LEWIS of Geor-
gia, Mr. FOLEY, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan,
and Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland) 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 allow the
Hope Scholarship Credit to cover fees, books, supplies,
and equipment and to exempt Federal Pell Grants and
Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants
from reducing expenses taken into account for the Hope
Scholarship Credit.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES AL-
LOWED AS PART OF HOPE SCHOLARSHIP
CREDIT.
(a) QUALIFIED TUITION AND RELATED EXPENSES
EXPANDED TO INCLUDE BOOKS, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIP-
MENT.—Paragraph (1) of section 25A(f) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (defining qualified tuition and re-
lated expenses) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL
EXPENSES
ALLOWED
FOR
HOPE
SCHOLARSHIP
CREDIT.—For pur-
poses of the Hope Scholarship Credit, such
term shall include fees, books, supplies, and
equipment required for courses of instruction at
the eligible educational institution.’’.
(b) HOPE SCHOLARSHIP CREDIT NOT REDUCED BY
FEDERAL PELL GRANTS
AND SUPPLEMENTAL EDU-
CATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GRANTS.—Subsection (g) of sec-
tion 25A of such Code (relating to special rules) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) PELL AND SEOG GRANTS.—For purposes
of the Hope Scholarship Credit, paragraph (2) shall
not apply to amounts paid for an individual as a
Federal Pell Grant or a Federal supplemental edu-
cational opportunity grant under subparts 1 and 3,
respectively, of part A of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a and 1070b et
seq., respectively).’’.
(c) EXPANDED HOPE EXPENSES NOT SUBJECT TO
INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection
(e) of section 6050S of such Code (relating to definitions)
is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (g)(2)’’ and inserting
‘‘subsections (f)(1)(D) and (g)(2)’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to expenses paid after December
31, 2000 (in tax years ending after such date), for edu-
cation furnished in academic periods beginning after such
date.
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ment is operated by a board of directors
which—
(i) is elected by the participating em-
ployers, with each employer having one
vote; and
(ii) has complete fiscal control over
the arrangement and which is responsible
for all operations of the arrangement;
(D) the requirements of section 804(a) of
such Act shall be deemed met with respect to
such arrangement; and
(E) the arrangement may be certified by
any applicable authority with respect to its op-
erations in any State only if it operates in such
State on the date of certification.
The provisions of this subsection shall cease to apply
with respect to any such arrangement at such time
after the date of the enactment of this Act as the
applicable requirements of this subsection are not
met with respect to such arrangement.
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the terms ‘‘group health plan’’, ‘‘medical
care’’, and ‘‘participating employer’’ shall have the
meanings provided in section 812 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, except
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2220
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payment
under the Medicare Program for four hemodialysis treatments per week
for certain patients, to provide for an increased update in the composite
payment rate for dialysis treatments, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 2001
Mr. CAMP (for himself, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. LEWIS of Geor-
gia, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. RANGEL,
Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. KLECZKA) introduced the following bill; which
was referred 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 con-
cerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for payment under the Medicare Program for four hemo-
dialysis treatments per week for certain patients, to pro-
vide for an increased update in the composite payment
rate for dialysis treatments, 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 ‘‘Medicare Dialysis Ben-
efit Improvement Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF FOUR HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENTS
PER WEEK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1881(b) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)) is amended by inserting
after the first sentence the following: ‘‘Payment shall be
made under this paragraph for a fourth hemodialysis
treatment session per week for pediatric patients, patients
who weigh more than 80 kilograms, or for patients with
a fluid-induced cardiovascular disease (as determined by
the Secretary), and the Secretary shall provide for pay-
ment for such fourth treatment session at the same per
session composite rate that otherwise applies under this
paragraph.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to dialysis services furnished on
or after January 1, 2002.
SEC. 3. UPDATE IN RENAL DIALYSIS COMPOSITE RATE FOR
2002.
The last sentence of section 1881(b) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)), as amended by section
422(a) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits
Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat.
2763A–516), as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of
Public Law 106–554, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘for such serv-
ices’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period the following:
‘‘and for such services furnished on or after January
1, 2002, by 2.6 percent above such composite rate
payment amounts for such services furnished on De-
cember 31, 2001’’.
SEC. 4. RESTORATION OF EXCEPTION TO COMPOSITE
RATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 422(a) of the Medicare,
Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2763A–516), as enacted into
law by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106–554, is amended
by striking paragraph (2) (relating to prohibition on ex-
ceptions).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of such section 422(a).
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that the reference in paragraph (7) of such section
to an ‘‘association health plan’’ shall be deemed a
reference to an arrangement referred to in this sub-
section.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2223
To amend chapter 51 of title 38, United States Code, to pay certain benefits
received by veterans through the date of their death rather than through
the last day of the preceding month.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 2001
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend chapter 51 of title 38, United States Code, to
pay certain benefits received by veterans through the
date of their death rather than through the last day
of the preceding month.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. VETERANS BENEFITS PAID THROUGH DATE OF
DEATH.
(a) DISCONTINUANCES AT DEATH.—Section 5112(b)
of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through
(10) as paragraphs (2) through (11), respectively;
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph:
‘‘(1) by reason of the death of a payee who was
a veteran shall be the day before such death;’’; and
(3) by amending paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘,
or death of a payee’’ and inserting ‘‘of a payee, or
by reason of death of a payee who was not a vet-
eran,’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO RE-
CEIPT OF BENEFITS BY SURVIVING SPOUSE.—Section
5110(d) of such title is amended in paragraphs (1) and
(2) by striking ‘‘first day of the month in which the death
occurred’’ and inserting ‘‘date of death’’.
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‘‘§ 6309. Assistance to families of passengers involved
in maritime disasters
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after
being notified of a maritime disaster within the United
States involving a covered vessel operator that results in
the death or disappearance of 2 or more individuals, the
Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) designate and publicize the name and
phone number of an employee of the Coast Guard as
a director of family support services, who shall be
responsible for acting as a point of contact within
the Federal Government for the families of pas-
sengers involved in the disaster and as a liaison be-
tween the covered vessel operator and the families;
and
‘‘(2) designate an independent nonprofit organi-
zation, with experience in disasters and post-trauma
communication with families, that shall have pri-
mary responsibility for coordinating the emotional
care and support of the families of passengers in-
volved in the disaster.
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY.—The
Secretary shall have primary Federal responsibility for—
‘‘(1) 
investigating 
the 
circumstances 
sur-
rounding a maritime disaster and, in the case of a
disappearance of a covered vessel, searching for such
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2226
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to protect the equal
participation of eligible voters in campaigns for election for Federal office.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 2001
Mr. GILLMOR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
protect the equal participation of eligible voters in cam-
paigns for election for Federal office.
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 ‘‘Equal Political Oppor-
tunity Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. PROTECTING EQUAL PARTICIPATION OF ELIGIBLE
VOTERS IN CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘PROTECTING EQUAL PARTICIPATION OF ELIGIBLE
VOTERS IN CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
‘‘SEC. 323. Nothing in this Act may be construed to
prohibit any individual eligible to vote in an election for
Federal office from making contributions or expenditures
in support of a candidate for such an election (including
voluntary contributions or expenditures made through a
separate segregated fund established by the individual’s
employer or labor organization) or otherwise participating
in any campaign for such an election in the same manner
and to the same extent as any other individual eligible to
vote in an election for such office.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2227
To amend title 10, United States Code, to give certain rights to Department
of Defense employees with respect to actions or determinations under
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 2001
Mr. GONZALEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Ju-
diciary, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 10, United States Code, to give certain rights
to Department of Defense employees with respect to
actions or determinations under Office of Management
and Budget Circular A–76.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RIGHTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EM-
PLOYEES WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS OR DE-
TERMINATIONS UNDER OMB CIRCULAR A–76.
Section 2467 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘; appeal
rights’’ after ‘‘employees’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘; APPEAL
RIGHTS’’ after ‘‘EMPLOYEES’’; and
(B) by adding at the end of paragraph
(2)(A) the following: ‘‘Such an organization
shall be considered to be an interested party
under subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 31
and section 1491(b) of title 28 for purposes of
any action or determination under Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–76, and
shall have all the rights provided to such an in-
terested party in connection with such an action
or determination.’’.
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(ii) by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) in the case of a request made under sub-
section (a)(2), set forth reasons demonstrating that,
in view of the evidence provided, a substantial new
question of patentability exists in light of the re-
quirements of section 102(a), (b), or (e), section
103, or the first or second paragraph of section 112
(other than the best mode requirement), as the case
may be, for each claim of the patent for which reex-
amination is requested.’’.
(b) REEXAMINATIONS ORDERED
BY
THE DIREC-
TOR.—Section 312(a) of title 35, United States Code, is
amended in the first sentence by inserting after ‘‘patents
or printed publications’’ the following: ‘‘, or, within 12
months after the date of issue of the patent, on the
grounds specified in section 311(a)(2)’’.
(c) BASIS FOR APPEAL.—Section 315(c) of title 35,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘an order
under section 313’’ and inserting ‘‘a final decision in
an inter partes reexamination proceeding that is fa-
or more passengers, regardless of its cause or
suspected cause; or
‘‘(B) a fishing vessel carrying 2 or more
individuals.
‘‘(2) COVERED VESSEL OPERATOR.—The term
‘covered vessel operator’ means the operator of—
‘‘(A) a passenger vessel or small passenger
vessel providing interstate transportation of
passengers on such vessel; or
‘‘(B) a fishing vessel.
‘‘(3) 
PASSENGER.—Notwithstanding 
section
2101(21) of this title, the term ‘passenger’
includes—
‘‘(A) an employee of a person who is a cov-
ered vessel operator aboard a vessel operated by
such person, including a crew member on a
fishing vessel;
‘‘(B) any other person aboard the vessel,
without regard to whether the person paid for
the transportation, occupied a seat, or held a
reservation for transportation on the vessel; and
‘‘(C) any other person injured or killed in
the maritime disaster.
‘‘(4) 
SECRETARY.—Notwithstanding 
section
2101(34) of this title, the term ‘Secretary’ means—
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the head of the department in which the
Coast Guard is operating, acting through the
Coast Guard; or
‘‘(B) the National Transportation Safety
Board, in the case of a maritime disaster in
which primary responsibility for investigation of
the disaster is vested in such board.
‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—
Nothing in this section may be construed as limiting the
actions that a covered vessel operator may take, or the
obligations that a covered vessel operator may have, in
providing assistance to the families of passengers involved
in a maritime disaster.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The heading for such chapter is amended by
inserting ‘‘AND RESPONDING TO’’ after ‘‘INVES-
TIGATING’’.
(2) The table of sections for such chapter is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘6309. Assistance to families of passengers involved in maritime disasters.’’.
(3) The analysis for subtitle II of title 46,
United States Code, is amended in the item relating
to chapter 63 by inserting ‘‘and responding to’’
after ‘‘Investigating’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2229
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the unearned
income of children attributable to personal injury awards shall not be
taxed at the marginal rate of the parents.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 2001
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut 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 provide
that the unearned income of children attributable to per-
sonal injury awards shall not be taxed at the marginal
rate of the parents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF UNEARNED INCOME OF CHIL-
DREN ATTRIBUTABLE TO PERSONAL INJURY
AWARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (4) of section 1(g) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to taxation
of unearned income of minor children at parent’s rate) is
amended by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara-
graph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR UNEARNED INCOME
ATTRIBUTABLE
TO
PERSONAL
INJURY
AWARDS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—There shall not be
taken into account under subparagraph
(A)(i) any qualified injury award income.
‘‘(ii) QUALIFIED INJURY AWARD IN-
COME.—For purposes of clause (i), the
term ‘qualified injury award income’ means
income attributable to an amount excluded
from the gross income of the child by rea-
son of section 104(a)(2) if—
‘‘(I) the excluded amount is re-
ceived by the child in a lump sum,
and
‘‘(II) the income accrues on the
excluded amount while in a custodial
account (other than a trust) the
amounts in which are prohibited
under State law from being used to
satisfy any person’s obligation to sup-
port or maintain the child.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2001.
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(2) PROGRAM
ACCEPTANCE
AND
CONTINUED
PARTICIPATION.—Decisions 
regarding 
acceptance
into the program and continued participation in the
program will be based on the applicant’s superior
safety and health performance, as determined by the
Secretary or the Secretary’s authorized representa-
tives.
(3) PROGRAM
PARTICIPATION.—Decisions re-
garding participation in a program are in the sole
discretion of the Secretary or an authorized rep-
resentative of the Secretary.
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