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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2660
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare and
publish annually a consumer guide to prescription drug prices.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2001
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
prepare and publish annually a consumer guide to pre-
scription drug prices.
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 ‘‘Prescription Drug
Consumer Information Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. PREPARATION OF CONSUMER GUIDE.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this
Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall prepare and pub-
lish in accordance with this Act a consumer guide to pre-
scription drug prices (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘con-
sumer guide’’).
SEC. 3. INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN CONSUMER
GUIDE.
The consumer guide shall contain—
(1) a list of the prices of all prescription drugs
in an easy-to-understand format organized by thera-
peutic category; and
(2) such other related information as the Sec-
retary determines will assist—
(A) consumers in reducing expenses for
prescription drugs; and
(B) health care providers in determining
the cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs as
compared to other prescription drugs and to
other therapies.
SEC. 4. PUBLICATION.
The Secretary shall publish the first consumer guide
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act
and shall publish an updated version of the consumer
guide annually thereafter. In addition, the Secretary may
publish periodically bulletins which describe changes in the
prices of prescription drugs between the dates of the an-
nual publication of the consumer guide.
Northern Mariana Islands with a temporary exemp-
tion from the minimum wage provisions of the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 in order to assist the
growth of the Islands’ economy.
(12) The economy of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands has grown significantly and, in 2000, the gar-
ment industry alone sent over $1,025,000,000 worth
of garments to the United States mainland; yet the
current minimum wage in the Northern Mariana Is-
lands is as low as $3.05 per hour.
(13) The legislature of the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands reversed a law that
would have provided for small, incremental increases
in the minimum wage in the Northern Mariana Is-
lands until that wage reached the federally man-
dated wage.
(14) All workers on United States soil should
be paid a living wage.
(15) Garments made in the Northern Mariana
Islands may carry a ‘‘Made in USA’’ label, deceiving
consumers as to the conditions under which the gar-
ments have been made and competing directly with
garments made on the United States mainland by
workers paid a living wage, working in a safe envi-
ronment.
voluntarily and the subject of abuse does not qualify
for an extension of coverage under part 6 of subtitle
B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Se-
curity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1161 et seq.) or sec-
tion 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(2) PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS.—Nothing in para-
graph (1) shall be construed to prohibit the insurer
from requiring that the subject of abuse pay the full
premium for the subject’s coverage under the health
plan if the requirements are applied to all insured of
the health carrier.
(3) EXCEPTION.—An insurer may terminate
group coverage to which this subsection applies after
the continuation coverage period required by this
subsection has been in force for 18 months if it of-
fers conversion to an equivalent individual plan.
(4) CONTINUATION
COVERAGE.—The continu-
ation of health coverage required by this subsection
shall be satisfied by any extension of coverage under
part 6 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
1161 et seq.) or section 4980B of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 provided to a subject of abuse
and is not intended to be in addition to any exten-
SEC. 5. AVAILABILITY OF CONSUMER GUIDE.
The Secretary shall—
(1) provide the consumer guide to public librar-
ies;
(2) provide for the dissemination of the con-
sumer guide widely to consumers of prescription
drugs and health care providers;
(3) encourage organizations representing senior
citizens, health care consumers, and health care pro-
fessionals to make the consumer guide available to
the members of those organizations; and
(4) make the consumer guide available through
a computer network which is easily accessible to the
general public, as well as in print.
SEC. 6. FEES FOR CONSUMER GUIDE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the Secretary shall charge a reasonable fee for pro-
viding the consumer guide which may not exceed an
amount reasonably related to the costs of publishing and
distributing the consumer guide.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary shall not charge a
fee for providing the consumer guide to public libraries.
(c) FEES COLLECTED.—Fees collected in exchange
for providing the consumer guide shall be available to the
Secretary to cover the costs of publishing and distributing
the consumer guide.
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means a small business development center described
in section 21.
‘‘(5) STATE
SMALL
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
CENTER.—The term ‘State small business develop-
ment center’ means a small business development
center from each State selected by the Adminis-
trator, in consultation with the Association and giv-
ing substantial weight to the Association’s rec-
ommendations, to carry out the program on a state-
wide basis in such State.
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall establish a program under
which the Administrator shall make grants to State small
business development centers to enable such centers to
provide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to sec-
ondary schools, or to postsecondary vocational or technical
schools, for the development and implementation of cur-
ricula designed to promote vocational and technical entre-
preneurship.
‘‘(c) MINIMUM GRANT.—The Administrator may
make no grant under the program for an amount less than
$200,000.
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each State small business de-
velopment center seeking a grant under the program shall
submit to the Administrator an application in such form
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2664
For the relief of Brenda Jean Nellis.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2001
Mr. DAVIS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Brenda Jean Nellis.
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 BRENDA
JEAN NELLIS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a)
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, Brenda Jean Nellis 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
filing 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 Brenda Jean
Nellis enters the United States before the filing deadline
specified in subsection (c), she shall be considered to have
entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligi-
ble, 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 Brenda Jean Nellis, the Secretary of State shall
instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the cur-
rent or next following fiscal year, the total number of im-
migrant visas that are made available to natives of the
country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the
total number of immigrant visas that are made available
to natives 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 Brenda Jean Nellis shall
not, by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right,
privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality
Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2665
To authorize the use of a vessel to transport the former naval medium
harbor tug USS HOGA to Port Everglades, Florida, for use as a memo-
rial to veterans and for providing vocational seamanship training.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2001
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize the use of a vessel to transport the former
naval medium harbor tug USS HOGA to Port Ever-
glades, Florida, for use as a memorial to veterans and
for providing vocational seamanship training.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. USE OF VESSEL TO TRANSPORT USS HOGA FOR
USE AS MEMORIAL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 27 of the
Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883) and
section 8 of the Act of June 19, 1886 (46 App. U.S.C.
289), a transporter vessel described in subsection (b) may
be used before the expiration of the 24-month period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, to trans-
port the former naval medium harbor tug USS HOGA
from San Francisco, California, to Port Everglades, Flor-
ida, pursuant to a contract between the owner of the
transport vessel and the USS Hoga Association (a not-
for-profit corporation established under the laws of the
State of Florida), for use—
(1) as a memorial to veterans of World War II
and other wars and conflicts; and
(2) for providing seamanship training to voca-
tional high school students.
(b) VESSEL DESCRIBED.—A transporter vessel re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is either of the following:
(1) SUPER SERVANT 3 (American Bureau of
Shipping identification number 8202517).
(2) SUPER SERVANT 4 (Lloyds Registry
number 8025343).
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2666
To amend the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration to establish a vocational and technical entrepre-
neurship development program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2001
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to direct the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration to establish
a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development
program.
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 ‘‘Vocational and Tech-
nical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2001’’.
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as the Administrator may require. The application shall
include information regarding the applicant’s goals and
objectives for the educational programs to be assisted.
‘‘(e) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—The Adminis-
trator shall make a condition of each grant under the pro-
gram that not later than 18 months after the receipt of
the grant the recipient shall transmit to the Administrator
a report describing how the grant funds were used.
‘‘(f) 
COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS
AND
CON-
TRACTS.—The Administrator may enter into a cooperative
agreement or contract with any State small business devel-
opment center receiving a grant under this section to pro-
vide additional assistance that furthers the purposes of
this section.
‘‘(g) EVALUATION
OF PROGRAM.—Not later than
March 31, 2004, the Administrator shall transmit to Con-
gress a report containing an evaluation of the program.
‘‘(h) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The Association shall act as
a clearinghouse of information and expertise regarding vo-
cational and technical entrepreneurship education pro-
grams. In each fiscal year in which grants are made under
the program, the Administrator shall provide additional
assistance to the Association to carry out the functions
described in this subsection.
SEC. 2. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR-
SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 36 as section 37;
and
(2) by inserting after section 35 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 36. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR-
SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following
definitions apply:
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration.
‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means
the program established under subsection (b).
‘‘(3) SMALL
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
CEN-
TER.—The term ‘small business development center’
means a small business development center described
in section 21.
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall establish a program under
which the Administrator shall make grants to small busi-
ness development centers to enable such centers to provide
technical assistance to secondary schools, or to postsec-
ondary vocational or technical schools, for the development
and implementation of curricula designed to promote voca-
tional and technical entrepreneurship.
‘‘(c) MINIMUM GRANT.—The Administrator may
make no grant under the program for an amount less than
$200,000.
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each small business develop-
ment center seeking a grant under the program shall sub-
mit to the Administrator an application in such form as
the Administrator may require. The application shall in-
clude information regarding the applicant’s goals and ob-
jectives for the educational programs to be assisted.
‘‘(e) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR.—The Adminis-
trator shall make a condition of each grant under the pro-
gram that not later than 18 months after the receipt of
the grant the recipient shall transmit to the Administrator
a report describing how the grant funds were used.
‘‘(f) 
COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS
AND
CON-
TRACTS.—The Administrator may enter into a cooperative
agreement or contract with a small business development
center receiving a grant under this section to provide addi-
tional assistance that furthers the purposes of this section.
‘‘(g) EVALUATION
OF PROGRAM.—Not later than
March 31, 2004, the Administrator shall transmit to Con-
gress a report containing an evaluation of the program.
‘‘(h) CLEARINGHOUSE.—
‘‘(1) SELECTION.—Before making grants under
the program, the Administrator shall select an asso-
ciation established pursuant to section 21(a)(3)(A)
to act as a clearinghouse of information and exper-
tise regarding vocational and technical entrepreneur-
ship education programs.
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—
In each fiscal year in which grants are made under
the program, the Administrator shall provide addi-
tional assistance to the association selected under
paragraph (1) to carry out the functions described
in such paragraph.
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002, 2003, and 2004.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2666
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 3, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship
AN ACT
To amend the Small Business Act to direct the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration to establish
a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development
program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vocational and Tech-
nical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR-
SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 36 as section 37;
and
(2) by inserting after section 35 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 36. VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR-
SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following
definitions apply:
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration.
‘‘(2) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘Association’
means the association of small business development
centers recognized under section 21(a)(3)(A).
‘‘(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means
the program established under subsection (b).
‘‘(4) SMALL
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
CEN-
TER.—The term ‘small business development center’
and House of Representatives a joint interim report on
the conduct of programs under this Act through the end
of the preceding fiscal year. The Secretaries shall include
in the report a description of the measures taken, or
planned to be taken, to implement the demonstration
project under section 3 and the other provisions of this
Act and any cost savings anticipated at facilities partici-
pating in the demonstration project.
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than February 1,
2006, the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall submit to the committees of Congress speci-
fied in subsection (a) a joint report on the conduct of pro-
grams under this Act through the end of the preceding
fiscal year. The Secretaries shall include in the report the
following:
(1) A description of activities under this Act.
(2) Identification of cost savings, access im-
provements, and other efficiencies realized under the
demonstration project carried out under section 3.
(3) Analysis of measurable changes achieved by
the demonstration project, including the use of data
sources and performance indicators described in sec-
tion 3(b)(2)(C).
(4) Transmittal of the report resulting from the
review required by section 5(b), accompanied by ap-
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2668
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the disposition of a
firearm to, and the possession of a firearm by, non-permanent resident aliens.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2001
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the dis-
position of a firearm to, and the possession of a firearm
by, non-permanent resident aliens.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION AGAINST THE DISPOSITION OF A
FIREARM TO, AND THE POSSESSION OF A
FIREARM BY, NON-PERMANENT RESIDENT
ALIENS.
(a) PROHIBITIONS.—Paragraph (5) of each of sub-
sections (d) and (g) of section 922 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or is not lawfully
admitted for permanent residence in the United States
under the Immigration and Nationality Act’’ before the
semicolon.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
922(s)(3)(B)(v) of such title is amended by inserting
‘‘, or not lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the
United States under the Immigration and Nationality
Act’’ before the semicolon.
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(5) by striking ‘‘the second sentence of’’ each
place it appears;
(6) by striking ‘‘In the case of any individual
who died outside the fifty’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(6) In the case of any individual who died outside
the fifty’’; and
(7) by striking ‘‘the provisions of the third sen-
tence of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(4)’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with
respect to deaths occurring after 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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retary of Agriculture not more than $2,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2002 through 2011.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 266
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of
lump-sum death payments upon the death of a spouse.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. DUNCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide
for payment of lump-sum death payments upon the death
of a spouse.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF LUMP-SUM DEATH PAYMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(i) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 402(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘(i)
Upon the death’’ and all that follows through ‘‘individual’s
death.’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(i)(1) Upon the death of an individual who died as
a fully or currently insured individual or as the spouse
of a fully or currently insured individual, an amount equal
to the lesser of—
‘‘(A) three times the applicable primary insur-
ance amount determined under paragraph (3), or
‘‘(B) $255,
shall be payable under this subsection.
‘‘(2) Payments under this subsection in connection
with a deceased individual shall be paid—
‘‘(A) to the surviving spouse of the individual,
or
‘‘(B) if no person qualifies for payment under
subparagraph (A), or if such person dies before re-
ceiving payment, in equal shares to each person who
is entitled (or would have been so entitled had a
timely application been filed), either on the basis of
the wages and self-employment income of any such
person who dies before receiving payment or on the
basis of the wages and self-employment income of
the deceased individual referred to in paragraph (1),
to benefits under subsection (d) of this section for
the month in which the relevant death occurred.
‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the applica-
ble primary insurance amount determined under this para-
graph is the larger of—
‘‘(A) the deceased individual’s primary insur-
ance amount (if any), determined without regard to
the amendments made by section 2201 of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, relating to
repeal of the minimum benefit provisions, or
‘‘(B) the primary insurance amount (if any)
which would be so determined with respect to the
surviving spouse of the deceased individual if such
spouse had died on the date of the death of the de-
ceased individual.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 202(i) of
such Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘No payment’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(4) No payment’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘such insured individual’’ each
place it appears and and inserting ‘‘the deceased in-
dividual referred to in paragraph (1)’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘In the case of any individual
who died outside the forty-eight’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(5) In the case of any individual who died outside
the forty-eight’’;
(4) by striking ‘‘the provisions of the preceding
sentence’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’;
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not exercise the authority
provided by subsection (b)(1) during the five-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this paragraph,
and any increase before that date in the copayment
amount in effect under subsection (a) shall not be in effect
during that five-year period.’’.
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