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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1393
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
to provide financial assistance for the prevention of juvenile crime.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2001
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Act of 1974 to provide financial assistance for the pre-
vention of juvenile crime.
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 ‘‘Juvenile Crime Preven-
tion Assistance Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES.
Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-
vention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 et seq.) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating the second part designated
as part I as part K; and
(2) by inserting after the first part designated
as part I the following:
‘‘PART J—AFTER SCHOOL CRIME PREVENTION
‘‘SEC. 292. GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES
FOR EFFECTIVE AFTER SCHOOL CRIME PRE-
VENTION PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Administrator shall make grants in ac-
cordance with this section to public and private agencies
to fund effective after school juvenile crime prevention
programs.
‘‘(b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator
may not make a grant to a public or private agency under
this section unless that agency agrees that, with respect
to the costs to be incurred by the agency in carrying out
the program for which the grant is to be awarded, the
agency will make available non-Federal contributions in
an amount that is not less than a specific percentage of
Federal funds provided under the grant, as determined by
the Administrator.
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall give priority to funding pro-
grams that—
‘‘(B) CROSS REFERENCE.—
‘‘See section 2014(f) for the effect of a deduction
taken under this paragraph on the credit for foreign
death taxes.’’
(6) Subparagraph (A) of section 2056A(b)(10)
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘2011,’’, and
(B) by inserting ‘‘2058,’’ after ‘‘2056,’’.
(7)(A) Subsection (a) of section 2102 is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by section 2101
shall be credited with the amounts determined in accord-
ance with sections 2012 and 2013 (relating to gift tax and
tax on prior transfers).’’
(B) Section 2102 is amended by striking sub-
section (b) and by redesignating subsection (c) as
subsection (b).
(C) Section 2102(b)(5) (as redesignated by sub-
paragraph (B)) and section 2107(c)(3) are each
amended by striking ‘‘2011 to 2013, inclusive,’’ and
inserting ‘‘2012 and 2013’’.
(8) Subsection (a) of section 2106 is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) STATE DEATH TAXES.—The amount which
bears the same ratio to the State death taxes as the
value of the property, as determined for purposes of
this chapter, upon which State death taxes were paid
‘‘(1) are targeted to high crime neighborhoods
or at-risk juveniles;
‘‘(2) operate during the period immediately fol-
lowing normal school hours;
‘‘(3) provide educational or recreational activi-
ties designed to encourage law-abiding conduct, re-
duce the incidence of criminal activity, and teach ju-
veniles alternatives to crime; and
‘‘(4) coordinate with State or local juvenile
crime control and juvenile offender accountability
programs.
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for grants under this section $250,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1394
To increase the maximum amount of defense funds that may be obligated
to carry out the National Guard civilian youth opportunities program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2001
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To increase the maximum amount of defense funds that
may be obligated to carry out the National Guard civilian
youth opportunities program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FUNDING LIMITATION FOR NATIONAL GUARD
YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM.
Section 509(b)(2)(A) of title 32, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘$62,500,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$110,000,000’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1395
To increase discretionary funding for certain grant programs established
under the ‘‘Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement
Assistance Programs’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2001
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To increase discretionary funding for certain grant programs
established under the ‘‘Edward Byrne Memorial State
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR CER-
TAIN 
GRANT 
PROGRAMS 
ESTABLISHED
UNDER THE ‘‘EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAMS’’.
Section 1001(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(25) There is authorized to be appropriated
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 to carry out subpart
2 of part E of this title.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1396
To encourage States to require a holding period for any student expelled
for bringing a gun to school.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2001
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To encourage States to require a holding period for any
student expelled for bringing a gun to school.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. HOLDING PERIOD FOR STUDENTS BRINGING A
GUN TO SCHOOL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 222 of
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5632) or any other provision of law, for
fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter, the
amount that would otherwise be allocated to a State under
that section for a fiscal year shall be increased for preven-
agency for not more than 72 hours in an appro-
priate juvenile justice setting for purposes of
psychological evaluation and for a judicial de-
termination (pursuant to a hearing) regarding
whether the student is a danger to himself or
herself or to others; and
(B) a parent, guardian, or other adult with
responsibility for the student shall be notified of
that detention and the purposes of that deten-
tion; and
(4) if the court makes a determination under
paragraph (3)(A) that the student is a danger to
himself or herself or others, the student shall be
placed in an appropriate juvenile justice setting to
receive professional psychological counseling.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
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the State police force, or the designee of that
officer.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 506(a) of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (f),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (f) and (g),’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of each
fiscal year succeeding the first fiscal year beginning 2
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 304. EXPANSION OF ESTATE TAX RULE FOR CON-
SERVATION EASEMENTS.
(a) REPEAL
OF LOCATION REQUIREMENT.—Sub-
paragraph (A) of section 2031(c)(8) (defining land subject
to a conservation easement) is amended by striking clause
(i) and redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i)
and (ii), respectively.
(b) CLARIFICATION
OF DATE
FOR DETERMINING
VALUE OF LAND AND EASEMENT.—Section 2031(c)(2)
(defining applicable percentage) is amended by adding at
the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The values taken into
account under the preceding sentence shall be such values
as of the date of the contribution referred to in paragraph
(8)(B).’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to estates of decedents dying after
December 31, 2000.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1399
To assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are
available to hospital patients 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week in all
non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2001
Mr. VISCLOSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To assure that the services of a nonemergency department
physician are available to hospital patients 24-hours-a-
day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with
at least 100 licensed beds.
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 ‘‘Physician Availability
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR PHYSICIAN AVAILABILITY IN
ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each covered hospital shall have
a qualified physician available in the hospital 24 hours a
day, seven days a week to attend to the needs of inpatients
of the hospital.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) COVERED HOSPITAL.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the term ‘‘covered hospital’’ means
a subsection (d) hospital (as defined in section
1886(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)) that—
(i) has a participation agreement in
effect under section 1866 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1395cc),
(ii) is participating in the program
under title XIX of such Act, or
(iii) is receiving Federal funds under
a grant or cooperative agreement.
(B) EXCLUSION FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES
AND SMALL HOSPITALS.—Such term does not
include a hospital that—
(i) is a facility of the Federal Govern-
ment, or
(ii) the Secretary of Health and
Human Services determines has fewer than
100 licensed beds (as defined by the Sec-
retary).
(2) PHYSICIAN; QUALIFIED
PHYSICIAN.—(A)
The term ‘‘physician’’ means, with respect to a hos-
pital, an individual who is a doctor of medicine or
osteopathy legally authorized under State law to
practice medicine and surgery in that hospital.
(B) The term ‘‘qualified physician’’ means, with
respect to a hospital, an individual who is a physi-
cian and whose credentials as such a physician have
been verified by the administration of the hospital
(before providing any services at the hospital)
through appropriate means, including verification
through the National Practitioner Databank.
(3) PHYSICIAN AVAILABILITY.—A physician is
considered to be ‘‘available’’ in a hospital if—
(A) the physician is physically present in
the hospital;
(B) the physician’s primary responsibility
is to be in attendance to serve the needs of the
hospital’s inpatients without delay; and
(C) the physician is not physically present
in, assigned to, serving in, or expected to cover,
‘‘(B) that each individual who possesses a
handgun complete a handgun registration form
that includes, at a minimum—
‘‘(i) information identifying the indi-
vidual, including name, address, date of
birth, and State handgun license number,
if applicable; and
‘‘(ii) information identifying the hand-
gun, including make, model, caliber, and
serial number; and
‘‘(C) the chief law enforcement officer of
the State to furnish information from handgun
registration forms to Federal, State, and local
law enforcement authorities upon request.
‘‘(2) 
COMPLIANCE.—The 
Attorney 
General
shall issue regulations to ensure compliance with the
requirements of paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph
(1), the term—
‘‘(A) ‘State handgun registration form’
means a form prescribed under State law con-
sistent with this paragraph; and
‘‘(B) ‘chief law enforcement officer of the
State’ means the chief, or equivalent officer, of
the hospital’s emergency room or emergency de-
partment.
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—
(1) WARNING.—If the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Secretary’’) determines that a hospital has violated
subsection (a), in the first instance the Secretary
shall provide a written warning regarding such viola-
tion to the hospital and shall notify the Inspector
General of the Department of Health and Human
Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘HHS In-
spector General’’) of such violation. Subsequently,
the HHS Inspector General shall monitor the com-
pliance of the hospital with the requirement of sub-
section (a).
(2) SECOND
VIOLATION.—After providing a
warning to a hospital under paragraph (1), if the
Secretary determines that the hospital subsequently
and knowingly violates subsection (a)—
(A) the hospital is subject to a civil money
penalty in an amount not to exceed $100,000,
and
(B) the hospital shall submit to the HHS
Inspector General, by not later than 30 days
after the date of such a determination, a reme-
dial plan to prevent future violations of the re-
quirement of such subsection.
The provisions of section 1128A of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a), other than sub-
sections (a) and (b) of such section, shall apply to
civil money penalties under subparagraph (A) in the
same manner as they apply to a penalty or pro-
ceeding under subsection (a) of such section.
(3) SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.—After imposing
a civil money penalty under paragraph (2) against a
hospital, if the Secretary determines that the hos-
pital subsequently and knowingly violates subsection
(a), the Secretary may issue an order disqualifying
the hospital from participation in the programs
under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security
Act and from receipt of Federal funds under any
grant or cooperative agreement for such period as
the Secretary specifies and until the Secretary re-
ceives satisfactory assurances that the hospital will
be in substantial compliance with the requirement of
subsection (a).
(4) FAILURE TO SUBMIT OR COMPLY WITH RE-
MEDIAL PLAN.—If the Secretary determines, after
consultation with the HHS Inspector General, that
a hospital has failed to submit a satisfactory reme-
dial plan required under paragraph (2)(B) or is fail-
ing to substantially carry out such a plan, the Sec-
retary may suspend payment of funds to the hospital
under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security
Act and under Federal grants or cooperative agree-
ments until the Secretary receives satisfactory assur-
ances that such failures will not continue.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
on the first day of the first month that begins more than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 139
To provide incentive funds to States that have in effect a certain law.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. WEINER, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. LEE, Mr.
ENGEL, Mr. CROWLEY, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide incentive funds to States that have in effect
a certain law.
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 ‘‘Handgun Registration
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. GRANT INCENTIVE FOR COMPLIANCE.
(a) GRANT INCENTIVE.—Section 506 of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 3756) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(g) INCENTIVE FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The funds available under
this subpart for a State shall be increased by 15
percent if a State has in effect throughout the State
a law which requires—
‘‘(A) that each individual to whom a hand-
gun is transferred complete a handgun registra-
tion form that includes, at a minimum—
‘‘(i) information identifying the trans-
feree, including name, address, date of
birth, and State handgun license number,
if applicable;
‘‘(ii) information identifying the hand-
gun, including make, model, caliber, and
serial number;
‘‘(iii) 
information 
identifying 
the
transferor, including name, address, and
date of birth; and
‘‘(iv) proof of insurance coverage for
the transferee’s liability to any person who,
while engaged in lawful activity, suffers
bodily injury or death through the misuse
of that handgun resulting from the trans-
feree’s negligence;
or document been prepared or collected by a financial reg-
ulator, be confidential supervisory information for pur-
poses of this section, the information or document shall
be privileged to the same extent that the information and
documents of financial regulators are privileged under this
title.
(e) OTHER PRIVILEGES NOT WAIVED BY DISCLO-
SURE TO FINANCIAL REGULATOR.—The submission by a
person engaged in the business of conducting financial ac-
tivities of any information to a financial regulator or a
foreign financial regulator in connection with the super-
visory process of such financial regulator or foreign finan-
cial regulator shall not waive, destroy, or otherwise affect
any privilege such person may claim with respect to such
information under Federal or State law as to a party other
than such financial regulator or foreign financial regu-
lator.
(f) DISCOVERY
AND DISCLOSURE
OF INFORMA-
TION.—
(1) INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLY FROM FI-
NANCIAL REGULATOR.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—No person (other than
the financial regulator that created the informa-
tion or requested the information from a person
engaged in the business of conducting financial
the effect of reducing the amount realized
by the manufacturer on the sale of the
drugs; and
(ii) adjustments for any differences in
dosage, formulation, or other relevant
characteristics of the drugs.
(B) EXEMPT
TRANSACTIONS.—The Sec-
retary may, by regulation, exempt from the cal-
culation of the average foreign price of a drug
those prices realized by a manufacturer in
transactions that are entered into for charitable
purposes, for research purposes, or under other
unusual circumstances, if the Secretary deter-
mines that the exemption is in the public inter-
est and is consistent with the purposes of this
Act.
(2) COVERED
FOREIGN
NATION.—The term
‘‘covered foreign nation’ means Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
(3) COVERED OUTPATIENT DRUG.—The term
‘‘covered outpatient drug’’ has the meaning given
that term in section 1927(k)(2) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(k)(2)).
(4) DEBAR.—The term ‘‘debar’’ means to ex-
clude, pursuant to established administrative proce-
dures, from Government contracting and subcon-
tracting for a specified period of time commensurate
with the seriousness of the failure or offense or the
inadequacy of performance.
(5) HOSPICE
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘hospice
program’’ has the meaning given that term under
section 1861(dd)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x(dd)(2)).
(6) 
MEDICARE
BENEFICIARY.—The 
term
‘‘Medicare beneficiary’’ means an individual entitled
to benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social
Security Act or enrolled under part B of such title,
or both.
(7) 
PARTICIPATING
MANUFACTURER.—The
term ‘‘participating manufacturer’’ means any man-
ufacturer of drugs or biologicals that, on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act, enters into a con-
tract or agreement with the United States for the
sale or distribution of covered outpatient drugs to
the United States.
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The Secretary shall implement this Act as expedi-
tiously as practicable and in a manner consistent with the
obligations of the United States.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1401
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income
loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan
Repayment Program established in the Public Health Service Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2001
Mr. PHELPS (for himself, Mr. NETHERCUTT, and Mr. RUSH) 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 exclude
from gross income loan payments received under the
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Pro-
gram established in the Public Health Service Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986; EXCLUSION
FOR LOAN PAYMENTS UNDER NATIONAL
HEALTH SERVICE CORPS LOAN REPAYMENT
PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(e) LOAN PAYMENTS UNDER NATIONAL HEALTH
SERVICE CORPS LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.—Gross in-
come shall not include any amount received under section
338B(g) of the Public Health Service Act.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to amounts received by an indi-
vidual in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2000.
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(e) DISCUSSIONS OPEN TO PUBLIC.—A dis-
cussion held under this section shall be open
to the public.
SEC. 2. AIR CARRIER AGREEMENTS RELATING TO FLIGHT
SCHEDULING.
(a) REQUEST.—An air carrier may file with
the Attorney General a request for approval
of an agreement or cooperative arrangement
relating to interstate air transportation, and
any modification of such an agreement or ar-
rangement, reached as a result of a discussion
held under section 1.
(b) APPROVAL.—Notwithstanding the anti-
trust laws, and subject to subsection (c), the
Attorney General shall approve an agreement,
arrangement, or modification for which a re-
quest is filed under this section if the Attor-
ney General finds that the agreement, ar-
rangement, or modification is not adverse to
the public interest, is necessary to reduce air
travel delays, and will not substantially lessen
competition or tend to create a monopoly and
that a substantial reduction in such delays
cannot be achieved by any other immediately
available means.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1405
To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations
to provide assistance for domestic centers and programs for the treatment
of victims of torture.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2001
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. LANTOS) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to author-
ize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic cen-
ters and programs for the treatment of victims of tor-
ture.
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 ‘‘Torture Victims Relief
Reauthorization Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DOMES-
TIC TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF
TORTURE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
5(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22
U.S.C. 2152 note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of
the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of Health and Human Services for fis-
cal years 2002, 2003, and 2004, there are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a)
(relating to assistance for domestic centers and pro-
grams for the treatment of victims of torture)
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $25,000,000 for
fiscal year 2003, and $30,000,000 for fiscal year
2004.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect October 1, 2001.
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