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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2164
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an extension in 
the period of eligibility for survivors’ and dependents’ education benefits 
for members of the National Guard who are involuntarily ordered to 
full-time National Guard duty. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2003
Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire (for himself and Mr. MICHAUD) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an 
extension in the period of eligibility for survivors’ and 
dependents’ education benefits for members of the Na-
tional Guard who are involuntarily ordered to full-time 
National Guard duty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION IN PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR 
SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION 
BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN-
VOLUNTARILY ORDERED TO FULL-TIME NA-
TIONAL GUARD DUTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3512(h) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or is invol-
untarily ordered to full-time National Guard duty under 
section 502(f) of title 32,’’ after ‘‘title 10,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect September 11, 2001.
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(i) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply with respect to the filing of 
an action by an attorney general of a State 
under this subsection, if the attorney gen-
eral determines that it is not feasible to 
provide the notice described in that sub-
paragraph before the filing of the action. 
(ii) NOTIFICATION.—In an action de-
scribed in clause (i), the attorney general 
of a State shall provide notice and a copy 
of the complaint to the Commission at the 
same time as the attorney general files the 
action. 
(b) INTERVENTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—On receiving notice under 
subsection (a)(2), the Commission shall have the 
right to intervene in the action that is the subject 
of the notice. 
(2) EFFECT OF INTERVENTION.—If the Com-
mission intervenes in an action under subsection (a), 
it shall have the right—
(A) to be heard with respect to any matter 
that arises in that action; and 
(B) to file a petition for appeal.
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 Guard and
Reserves Reform Act for the 21st Century’’.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIRED PAY FOR NON-REGULAR
SERVICE.
(a) AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection
(a) of section 12731 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (c), a person
is entitled, upon application, to retired pay computed
under section 12739 of this title, if the person—
‘‘(A) satisfies one of the combinations of re-
quirements for minimum age and minimum number
of years of service (computed under section 12732 of
this title) that are specified in the table in para-
graph (2);
‘‘(B) performed the last six years of qualifying
service while a member of any category named in
section 12732(a)(1) of this title, but not while a
member of a regular component, the Fleet Reserve,
or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, except that in
the case of a person who completed 20 years of serv-
ice computed under section 12732 of this title before
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2167
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the disabled 
surviving spouse of an individual to elect to retain private health insur-
ance as the primary payor of health insurance benefits under the Medi-
care Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2003
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee 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 permit 
the disabled surviving spouse of an individual to elect 
to retain private health insurance as the primary payor 
of health insurance benefits under the Medicare Pro-
gram.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELECTION OF PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE AS 
PRIMARY PAYOR UNDER THE MEDICARE 
PROGRAM 
FOR 
DISABLED 
SURVIVING 
SPOUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1862(b)(1)(E) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(1)(E)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) ELECTION
OF
DISABLED
SUR-
VIVING
SPOUSES
TO
RETAIN
GROUP 
HEALTH PLAN AS PRIMARY PAYOR.—In the 
case of a surviving spouse who is a dis-
abled person and who, on the date that 
preceded the death of the deceased spouse, 
was covered under a group health plan by 
virtue of the deceased spouse, the surviving 
spouse may elect, in a form and manner 
specified by the Secretary, to retain the 
group health plan as primary payor under 
this title. Unless otherwise provided, such 
an election shall take effect immediately 
upon its execution. Such an election, once 
made, may not be revoked.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) Subject to paragraph 
(2), the amendment made by subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall 
apply with respect to elections made on or after such date.
(2) In the case of an election under paragraph (1) 
by the disabled surviving spouse of an individual who died 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, the disabled 
surviving spouse may only make an election during the 
6-month period that begins on such date.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2170
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit desecration of Veterans’ 
memorials. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2003
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. KELLY, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. MCNULTY, and Mr. OWENS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit 
desecration of Veterans’ memorials.
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 ‘‘Veterans’ Memorials 
Protection Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. DESECRATION OF VETERANS’ MEMORIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 65 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘§ 1369. Desecration of veterans’ memorials 
‘‘(a) Whoever, in a circumstance described in sub-
section (b), willfully injures or commits any depredation 
against any structure, plaque, statue, or other monument 
on public property commemorating the service of any per-
son or persons in the armed forces of the United States, 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
10 years, or both, but if the damage or attempted damage 
does not exceed the sum of $1,000, the defendant shall 
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both. 
‘‘(b) The circumstance referred to in subsection (a) 
is that in committing the offense, the defendant travels 
or causes another to travel in interstate or foreign com-
merce, or uses the mail or an instrumentality of interstate 
or foreign commerce.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 65 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘1369. Desecration of veterans’ memorials.’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2171
To provide that Federal reserve banks and the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System be covered under chapter 71 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to labor-management relations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2003
Mrs. MALONEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide that Federal reserve banks and the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System be covered 
under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, relating 
to labor-management relations.
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 ‘‘Federal Reserve 
Labor-Management Relations Accountability Act’’.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AND THE 
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RE-
SERVE SYSTEM UNDER CHAPTER 71 OF TITLE 
5, UNITED STATES CODE. 
Section 7103(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘a Federal reserve bank, the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,’’ after ‘‘the 
Government Printing Office,’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2172
To establish the position of Under Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing 
in the Department of Commerce. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2003
Mr. MCCOTTER (for himself, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. HOEK-
STRA, and Mr. ROGERS of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish the position of Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Manufacturing in the Department of Commerce.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR MANU-
FACTURING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Department 
of Commerce the position of Under Secretary of Com-
merce for Manufacturing. The Under Secretary shall be 
appointed by the President by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate.
(b) DUTIES.—The Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Manufacturing shall—
(1) represent and advocate for the interests of 
the manufacturing sector; 
(2) aid in the development of policies that pro-
mote the expansion of the manufacturing sector; 
(3) review policies that may adversely impact 
the manufacturing sector; and 
(4) perform such other duties as the Secretary 
of Commerce shall prescribe. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Under Sec-
retary of Commerce for Manufacturing shall submit to 
Congress an annual report that contains the following: 
(1) An overview of the state of the manufac-
turing sector in the United States. 
(2) A forecast of the future state of the manu-
facturing sector in the United States. 
(3) An analysis of current and significant laws, 
regulations, and policies that adversely impact the 
manufacturing sector in the United States. 
(d) COMPENSATION.—Section 5314 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to Level III of the Executive Sched-
ule, is amended by inserting before ‘‘and Under’’ in the 
item relating to the Under Secretaries of Commerce the
following: ‘‘Under Secretary of Commerce for Manufac-
turing,’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2173
To establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations 
to children, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2003
Mr. PASCRELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye 
examinations to children, 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 ‘‘Children’s Vision Im-
provement and Learning Readiness Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Eighty percent of what children learn is ac-
quired through the visual processing of information.
(2) Visual impairment is one of the 10 most 
common causes of disability in America. In children, 
visual impairment is associated with developmental 
delays and the need for special education, vocational, 
and social services. At least 20 percent of children 
with learning disabilities have been found to have 
prominent visual information processing problems. 
(3) It is estimated that more than 10,000,000 
children (from birth to age 10) suffer from vision 
problems, with one in 20 preschoolers and one in 
four school aged children affected. 
(4) It is estimated that only 14 percent of chil-
dren under the age of 6 receive a comprehensive eye 
examination. Only one-third of all children have had 
an eye examination or vision screening prior to en-
tering school. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE EYE EXAMI-
NATIONS FOR CHILDREN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ may make grants to States for the purpose of—
(1) providing comprehensive eye examinations 
for children identified or considered at high risk of 
vision impairment, with priority given to school-
based programs for children who are under the age 
of 9; 
(2) providing subsequent treatment or services 
necessary to correct vision problems; and 
(3) developing and disseminating, to parents, 
teachers, health care practitioners, and the public, 
educational materials on recognizing signs of visual 
impairment in children, and the State’s vision im-
provement initiatives. 
(b) CRITERIA AND COORDINATION.—
(1) CRITERIA.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with appropriate professional and consumer organi-
zations including individuals with knowledge of age 
appropriate vision services, shall develop criteria—
(A) governing the operation of the grant 
program; and 
(B) for the collection of data related to vi-
sion assessment and the utilization of followup 
services. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall, as 
appropriate, coordinate the program under sub-
section (a) with the program under section 330 of 
the Public Health Service Act (relating to health 
centers), the program under title XIX of the Social 
Security Act (relating to the Medicaid program), the
a member of the Armed Forces before, on, or after 
July 1, 1985. 
‘‘(2) The individual has served on active duty 
without a break in service since the date the indi-
vidual first became such a member or first entered 
on active duty as such a member and continues to 
serve on active duty for some or all of the one-year 
period referred to in subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) The individual, before applying for benefits 
under this section, has completed the requirements 
of a secondary school diploma (or equivalency certifi-
cate) or has successfully completed (or otherwise re-
ceived academic credit for) the equivalent of 12 se-
mester hours in a program of education leading to 
a standard college degree. 
‘‘(4) The individual, when discharged or re-
leased from active duty, is discharged or released 
therefrom with an honorable discharge. 
‘‘(c)(1) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this 
subsection, with respect to a qualified individual who 
makes an election under this section to become entitled 
to basic educational assistance under this chapter—
‘‘(A) the basic pay of the qualified individual 
shall be reduced (in a manner determined by the
program under title XXI of such Act (relating to the 
State children’s health insurance program), and with 
other Federal or State program that provide services 
to children. 
(c) APPLICATION.—A grant may be made under sub-
section (a) only if an application for the grant is submitted 
to the Secretary and the application is in such form, is 
made in such manner, and contains such information as 
the Secretary may require, including—
(1) information on existing Federal, Federal-
State, or State-funded children’s vision screening 
programs; 
(2) a plan for the use of grant funds, including 
how funds will be used to compliment existing State 
efforts; 
(3) a plan to determine if a grant eligible child 
has received an age appropriate vision screening; 
and 
(4) a description of how funds will be used to 
provide items or services only as a secondary payer 
to—
(A) any State compensation program, 
under an insurance policy, or under any Fed-
eral or State health benefits program; or
(B) by any entity that provides health 
services on a prepaid basis. 
(d) EVALUATIONS.—A grant may be made under 
subsection (a) only if the State involved agrees that, not 
later than 1 year after the date on which amounts under 
the grant are first received by the State, and annually 
thereafter while receiving amounts under the grant, the 
State will submit to the Secretary an evaluation of the 
operations and activities carried out under the grant, in-
cluding—
(1) an assessment of the utilization of vision 
services and the status of children receiving these 
services as a result of the activities carried out 
under the grant; 
(2) the collection, analysis, and reporting of 
children’s vision data according to guidelines pre-
scribed by the Secretary; and 
(3) such other information as the Secretary 
may require. 
(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘comprehensive eye examination’’ includes an assess-
ment of a patient’s history, general medical observation, 
external and ophthalmoscopic examination, visual acuity, 
ocular alignment and motility, refraction, and as appro-
priate, binocular vision or gross visual fields, performed 
by an optometrist or an ophthalmologist. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2005 through 2007.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2177
For the relief of Shwa-Chen Chai. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2003
Mr. BROWN of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Shwa-Chen Chai.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ENTITLEMENT TO AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF 
ANNUITY. 
For purposes of any determination of rights under 
subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States 
Code, Dr. An-Ti Chai, the late husband of Shwa-Chen 
Chai of Oberlin, Ohio, shall be deemed—
(1) to have been retired under section 
8336(d)(2) of such title 5 at the time of his death; 
and
(2) to have made an election of a lump-sum 
payment under section 8343a of such title 5.
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nization, if such medical quality assurance 
record or testimony is needed by such board, 
agency, society, or organization to perform li-
censing, credentialing, or the monitoring of pro-
fessional standards with respect to any health 
care provider who is or was an employee of any 
Indian Health Program or Urban Indian Orga-
nization. 
‘‘(D) To a hospital, medical center, or 
other institution that provides health care serv-
ices, if such medical quality assurance record or 
testimony is needed by such institution to as-
sess the professional qualifications of any health 
care provider who is or was an employee of any 
Indian Health Program or Urban Indian Orga-
nization and who has applied for or been grant-
ed authority or employment to provide health 
care services in or on behalf of such program or 
organization. 
‘‘(E) To an officer, employee, or contractor 
of any Indian Health Program or Urban Indian 
Organization who has a need for such record or 
testimony to perform official duties. 
‘‘(F) To a criminal or civil law enforce-
ment agency or instrumentality charged under
‘‘(i) result in the transfer of assets or 
records outside the territorial limits of the 
United States; 
‘‘(ii) result in improper conversion of 
investor assets; 
‘‘(iii) impede the ability of the Com-
mission to identify, trace, or freeze funds 
involved in any securities transaction; 
‘‘(iv) endanger the life or physical safe-
ty of an individual; 
‘‘(v) result in flight from prosecution; 
‘‘(vi) result in destruction of or tam-
pering with evidence; 
‘‘(vii) result in intimidation of poten-
tial witnesses; or 
‘‘(viii) otherwise seriously jeopardize 
an investigation or unduly delay a trial. 
‘‘(C) TRANSFER OF RECORDS TO GOVERN-
MENT
AUTHORITIES.—The Commission may 
transfer financial records or the information 
contained therein to any government authority, 
if the Commission proceeds as a transferring 
agency in accordance with section 1112 of the 
Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (12 
U.S.C. 3412), except that a customer notice shall
ing government securities brokers and dealers) relating to
capital, custody, margin, financial responsibility, record-
keeping, bonding, or financial or operational reporting or
disclosure that differ from or are in addition to the re-
quirements in those areas established under the securities
laws (as such term is defined in section 3(a)(47) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(47))),
or by the Commission or by any national securities ex-
change or self-regulatory organization under such laws,
and such agreement or judgment includes civil penalties
or an order requiring disgorgement, the amount of such
penalty or disgorgement shall be remitted to the Commis-
sion for distribution in accordance with subsection (a).
‘‘(d) UNDISTRIBUTED FUNDS TO BE USED FOR IN-
VESTOR EDUCATION.—In any judicial or administrative
action in which a fund is created pursuant to subsection
(a) 
or 
in 
which 
the 
Commission 
had 
obtained
disgorgement, if the Commission determines (due to the
size of the fund to be distributed, the number of investors,
the nature of the underlying violation, or for other rea-
sons) that it would be infeasible to distribute such fund
or disgorgement to the victims of the violation, or if after
distribution of the fund or disgorgement to victims there
are excess monies remaining, the Commission may move
for an order in a judicial action, or may issue an order
in an administrative proceeding, requiring that the undis-
tributed amount of the fund or disgorgement be used for
investor education programs administered by an estab-
lished not-for-profit or governmental organization whose
purposes include investor education and financial lit-
eracy.’’.
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ployment following completion of service in the uni-
formed services or National Guard. 
‘‘(c) Any amount payable under this section to an em-
ployee shall be paid—
‘‘(1) by such employee’s employing agency; 
‘‘(2) from the appropriation or fund which 
would be used to pay the employee if such employee 
were in a pay status; and 
‘‘(3) to the extent practicable, at the same time 
and in the same manner as would basic pay if such 
employee’s civilian employment had not been inter-
rupted. 
‘‘(d) The Office of Personnel Management shall, in 
consultation with Secretary of Defense, prescribe any reg-
ulations necessary to carry out the preceding provisions 
of this section. 
‘‘(e)(1) The head of each agency referred to in section 
2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) shall, in consultation with the Office, 
prescribe procedures to ensure that the rights under this 
section apply to the employees of such agency. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration shall, in consultation with the Office, pre-
scribe procedures to ensure that the rights under this sec-
tion apply to the employees of that agency. 
‘‘(f) For purposes of this section—
Footprint Preserve’’ means the property (and all fa-
cilities and other appurtenances thereon) described 
in subsection (d). 
(2) UNION CHAPEL MINE.—The term ‘‘Union 
Chapel Mine’’ means the surface coal mine in Union 
Chapel, Alabama. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior.
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