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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 25A the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 25B. Contributions to organizations providing elementary or
secondary school scholarships.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2001.
SEC. 3. CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF AND FOR IN-
STRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND MATERIALS
FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is
amended by inserting after section 25B the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 25C. CONTRIBUTIONS OF AND FOR INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS AND MATERIALS FOR EXTRA-
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—In the case of an in-
dividual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax
imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount
equal to the qualified school materials contributions of the
taxpayer for the taxable year.
arate account for the national committee of each major
party and minor party for the receipt of amounts des-
ignated by individuals under section 6096(a)(2), and shall
deposit in each such account amounts equal to the
amounts so designated.’’.
(2) OTHER
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(A)
The first sentence of section 9006(b) of such Code
is amended by inserting after ‘‘fund’’ the following:
‘‘(drawing from amounts designated by individuals
under section 6096(a)(1))’’.
(B) The third sentence of section 9008(a) of
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 6096’’
and inserting ‘‘section 6096(a)(1)’’.
(C) The second sentence of section 9037(a) of
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘account,’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘account (drawing from
amounts designated by individuals under section
6096(a)(1)),’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to
part VIII in the table of parts for subchapter A of chapter
61 of such Code is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Part VIII. Contributions to Presidential Election Campaign
Fund.’’
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2002.
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(i) in subparagraph (A)—
(I) in clauses (i) through (v), by
moving the margins 4 ems to the
right;
(II) in the matter following
clause (v), by striking ‘‘his account’’
and all that follows through the pe-
riod; and
(III) by striking the semicolon at
the end of clause (v) and inserting a
period;
(ii) by striking ‘‘(2)(A) Notwith-
standing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘a
depositor or member who is—’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(2) MUNICIPAL DEPOSITORS OR MEMBERS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
limitation in this Act or in any other provision
of law relating to the amount of insurance
available to any 1 depositor or member, depos-
its or shares of a municipal depositor or mem-
ber shall be insured in an amount equal to the
standard maximum share insurance amount (as
determined under paragraph (5)), except as
provided in subparagraph (B).
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3712
To provide for the conveyance of the former Army Reserve Training Center
in Buffalo, Minnesota, to the Buffalo Independent School District 877,
which is currently using the property under agreement with the Army.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 8, 2002
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To provide for the conveyance of the former Army Reserve
Training Center in Buffalo, Minnesota, to the Buffalo
Independent School District 877, which is currently
using the property under agreement with the Army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, ARMY RESERVE TRAINING
CENTER, BUFFALO, MINNESOTA.
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
the Army may convey, without consideration, to the Buf-
falo Independent School District 877 of Buffalo, Min-
nesota (in this section referred to as the ‘‘School Dis-
trict’’), all right, title, and interest of the United States
in and to a parcel of real property, including improve-
ments thereon, that is located at 800 8th Street, N.E.,
in Buffalo, Minnesota, and contains a former Army Re-
serve Training Center, which is being used by the School
District as the site of the Phoenix Learning Center.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage
and legal description of the real property to be conveyed
under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be
borne by the School District.
(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection
(a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the
interests of the United States.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3714
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate entry into the
United States by nonimmigrant aliens for brief temporary stays for
the serious illness or death of a member of the alien’s immediate family.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 12, 2002
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate
entry into the United States by nonimmigrant aliens
for brief temporary stays for the serious illness or death
of a member of the alien’s immediate family.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ALIEN NONIMMIGRANT VISAS FOR BRIEF TEM-
PORARY STAYS FOR THE SERIOUS ILLNESS
OR DEATH OF AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEM-
BER.
(a) AMENDMENT
TO IMMIGRATION
AND NATION-
ALITY ACT.—Section 214(b) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)(1)’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘101(a)(15))’’ and inserting
‘‘101(a)(15) or paragraph (2))’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2)(A) In the case of an alien seeking nonimmigrant
status under section 101(a)(15)(B) in order to enter the
United States for a brief temporary stay occasioned by
the serious illness or death of an immediate family mem-
ber the alien shall be presumed to be entitled to such non-
immigrant status unless the consular officer, at the time
of application for a visa, or the immigration officer, at
the time of application for admission, determines, based
on specific facts, that the alien—
‘‘(i) is inadmissible to the United States under
section 212(a); or
‘‘(ii) does not intend to depart from the United
States after the expiration of the alien’s period of
authorized admission.’’.
‘‘(B) In the case of an alien where the consular officer
makes a determination under subparagraph (A)(ii), the
alien may submit an application for such a visa for expe-
dited review by the consular officer if the alien obtains
a sponsor who is a United States citizen or permanent
resident alien who agrees to be responsible for the depar-
ture of the alien at the expiration of the alien’s period
of authorized admission. Such agreement may include the
payment of a bond.
‘‘(C) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
‘immediate family member’ includes a spouse, parent, son,
daughter, brother, or sister of an alien.’’.
(b) TRACKING OF ALIEN ADMISSIONS AND DEPAR-
TURES.—The Attorney General shall establish procedures
to track and match alien admissions and departures under
nonimmigrant visas granted pursuant to the authorities
of section 214(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act as amended by subsection (a).
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3715
To amend section 4531(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to permit
payment for ALS intercept services furnished in areas other than rural
areas, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 12, 2002
Mrs. KELLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on
Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend section 4531(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of
1997 to permit payment for ALS intercept services fur-
nished in areas other than rural areas, 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 Paramedic
Intercept Service Equity Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF COVERAGE OF MEDICARE PARA-
MEDIC INTERCEPT SERVICES.
(a) EXPANSION OF PAYMENT AREAS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4531(c) of the Bal-
anced Budget Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(7)
note, 111 Stat. 452) is amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘in a rural area’’.
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The heading of
such section is amended by striking ‘‘IN RURAL
COMMUNITIES’’.
(b) PAYMENTS NOT COUNTED IN COMPUTING AMBU-
LANCE FEE SCHEDULE.—Payments attributable to the
amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall not be taken
into account in determining an aggregate amount of pay-
ments under section 1834(l)(3)(A) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(3)(A)).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section apply with respect to services furnished on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(C) the enactment of that bill or resolu-
tion in the form recommended in that con-
ference report,
would cause the surplus for any fiscal year covered
by the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution
on the budget to be less than the surplus of the Fed-
eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
for that fiscal year.’’.
(2) By redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as
subsections (g) and (h), respectively, and inserting
after subsection (d) the following new subsections:
‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT.—
‘‘(1) BUDGETARY LEVELS WITH RESPECT TO
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—For
purposes of enforcing any point of order under sub-
section (c)(1), the surplus for any fiscal year shall
be—
‘‘(A) the levels set forth in the later of the
concurrent resolution on the budget, as re-
ported, or in the conference report on the con-
current resolution on the budget; and
‘‘(B) adjusted to the maximum extent al-
lowable under all procedures that allow budg-
etary aggregates to be adjusted for legislation
that would cause a decrease in the surplus for
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3717
AN ACT
To reform the Federal deposit insurance system,
and for other purposes.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3717
AN ACT
To reform the Federal deposit insurance system, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
information as the Secretary of State shall require. PLO
representatives must obtain approval of travel not later
than 48 hours prior to the initiation of travel. Any nec-
essary tickets for transportation and accommodations dur-
ing such travel shall be arranged through the Office of
Foreign Missions of the Department of State.
SEC. 5. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
(a) PLO INVOLVEMENT WITH TERRORISM.—Begin-
ning 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act
and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary of State shall
submit a report on the PLO’s involvement with acts of
terror and terrorist groups to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(b) PLO TRAVEL.—Beginning 6 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act and every 6 months
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report
on travel by PLO diplomatic representatives in the United
States outside of the restricted travel area to the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Oslo Accords’’ means all agree-
ments signed between the Government of Israel and
the Palestine Liberation Organization or Palestinian
Authority since September 13, 1993.
(2) The term ‘‘PLO’’ means Palestine Libera-
tion Organization.
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posed change in the designated reserve ratio in
accordance with subparagraph (A), the Board
of Directors shall include in the published pro-
posal a detailed analysis of the data and projec-
tions on which the proposal is based.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Paragraph (3) of section 3(y) of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(y)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) DESIGNATED RESERVE RATIO.—The term
‘designated reserve ratio’ means the reserve ratio
designated by the Board of Directors for each year
in accordance with section 7(b)(3).’’.
(2) Section 7(b)(2)(A) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(b)(2)(A)) is amend-
ed by striking clause (iii) (as so redesignated by sec-
tion 6 of this Act).
SEC. 8. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE RISK-BASED
ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.
Section 7(b)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. 1817(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subparagraphs:
‘‘(E) INFORMATION CONCERNING RISK OF
LOSS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.—
mission by rule, consistent with the public in-
terest and the protection of investors for pur-
poses of this subsection; and
‘‘(B) the Commission may, by such rules
as it deems necessary or appropriate in the
public interest, define the terms executive offi-
cer and controlling person.’’.
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‘‘(i) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—For
purposes of determining risk of losses at
insured depository institutions and eco-
nomic conditions generally affecting depos-
itory institutions, the Corporation shall col-
lect information from appropriate sources,
including reports of condition, inspection
reports, and other information from all
Federal banking agencies, any information
available from State bank supervisors,
State insurance and securities regulators,
the Securities and Exchange Commission
(including information described in section
35), Secretary of the Treasury, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, Farm Credit
Administration, Federal Trade Commis-
sion, any Federal reserve bank or Federal
home loan bank, and other regulators of fi-
nancial institutions, and any information
available from credit rating entities, and
other private economic and business ana-
lysts.
‘‘(ii) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—No
provision of this paragraph shall be con-
strued as providing any new authority for
(F) in subsection (i), by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (4);
(G) in subsection (m)(3), by striking sub-
paragraph (E) and by redesignating subpara-
graphs (F), (G), and (H) as subparagraphs
(E), (F), and (G), respectively;
(H) in subsection (m)(7)(A), by striking
‘‘during period’’ and inserting ‘‘during the pe-
riod’’; and
(I) in subsection (o)(3)(D), by striking
‘‘sections 5(s) and (t) of this Act’’ and inserting
‘‘subsections (s) and (t) of section 5’’.
(g) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE NATIONAL HOUSING
ACT.—The National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.) is amended—
(1) 
in 
section 
317(b)(1)(B) 
(12 
U.S.C.
1723i(b)(1)(B)), by striking ‘‘Bank Insurance Fund
for banks or through the Savings Association Insur-
ance Fund for savings associations’’ and inserting
‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’; and
(2) in section 536(b)(1)(B)(ii) (12 U.S.C.
1735f–14(b)(1)(B)(ii)), by striking ‘‘Bank Insurance
Fund for banks and through the Savings Association
Insurance Fund for savings associations’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’.
(h) AMENDMENTS TO THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
REFORM, RECOVERY, 
AND
ENFORCEMENT
ACT
OF
1989.—The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and
Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1811 note) is
amended—
(1) 
in 
section 
951(b)(3)(B) 
(12 
U.S.C.
1833a(b)(3)(B)), by inserting ‘‘and after the merger
of such funds, the Deposit Insurance Fund,’’ after
‘‘the Savings Association Insurance Fund,’’; and
(2) in section 1112(c)(1)(B) (12 U.S.C.
3341(c)(1)(B)), by striking ‘‘Bank Insurance Fund,
the Savings Association Insurance Fund,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’.
(i) AMENDMENT TO THE BANK HOLDING COMPANY
ACT OF 1956.—The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
(12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 2(j)(2) (12 U.S.C. 1841(j)(2)), by
striking ‘‘Savings Association Insurance Fund’’ and
inserting ‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’; and
(2) in section 3(d)(1)(D)(iii) (12 U.S.C.
1842(d)(1)(D)(iii)), by striking ‘‘appropriate deposit
insurance fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Deposit Insurance
Fund’’.
(j) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY
ACT.—Section 114 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (12
U.S.C. 1828a) is amended by striking ‘‘any Federal de-
posit insurance fund’’ in subsection (a)(1)(B), paragraphs
(2)(B) and (4)(B) of subsection (b), and subsection
(c)(1)(B), each place that term appears and inserting ‘‘the
Deposit Insurance Fund’’.
(k) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the first
day of the first calendar quarter that begins after the end
of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives May 22, 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3717
To reform the Federal deposit insurance system, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 12, 2002
Mr. BACHUS (for himself, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. LEACH, Mrs. ROU-
KEMA, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. NEY, Mr. KING, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr.
RILEY, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. TIBERI, Mrs.
BIGGERT, Mr. THUNE, and Ms. HART) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To reform the Federal deposit insurance system, 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 ‘‘Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Reform Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. MERGING THE BIF AND SAIF.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
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nization, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of
this Act, in the following manner:
(1) The Commission shall notify the recognized
public regulatory organization and publish notice of
the proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register.
The notice shall include the text of the proposed
amendment to the rules of the recognized public reg-
ulatory organization and a statement of the Com-
mission’s reasons, including any pertinent facts, for
commencing such proposed rulemaking.
(2) The Commission shall give interested per-
sons an opportunity for the oral presentation of
data, views, and arguments, in addition to an oppor-
tunity to make written submissions. A transcript
shall be kept of any oral presentation.
(3) A rule adopted pursuant to this subsection
shall incorporate the text of the amendment to the
rules of the recognized public regulatory organiza-
tion and a statement of the Commission’s basis for
and purpose in so amending such rules. This state-
ment shall include an identification of any facts on
which the Commission considers its determination so
to amend the rules of the recognized public regu-
latory agency to be based, including the reasons for
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(2) by striking ‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘a depositor who is—’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(2) MUNICIPAL DEPOSITORS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
limitation in this Act or in any other provision
of law relating to the amount of deposit insur-
ance available to any 1 depositor—
‘‘(i) a municipal depositor shall, for
the purpose of determining the amount of
insured deposits under this subsection, be
deemed to be a depositor separate and dis-
tinct from any other officer, employee, or
agent of the United States or any public
unit referred to in subparagraph (E); and
‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), the deposits of a municipal de-
positor shall be insured in an amount
equal to the standard maximum deposit in-
surance amount (as determined under
paragraph (1)).
‘‘(B) IN-STATE MUNICIPAL DEPOSITORS.—
In the case of the deposits of an in-State mu-
nicipal depositor described in clause (ii), (iii),
(iv), or (v) of subparagraph (E) at an insured
ance with the purposes of this title. Any pro-
posed rule change so put into effect shall be filed
promptly thereafter in accordance with the pro-
visions of paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(C) Any proposed rule change of a recog-
nized public regulatory organization which has
taken effect pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B)
of this paragraph may be enforced by such orga-
nization to the extent it is not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act, the securities laws, the
rules and regulations thereunder, and applicable
Federal and State law. At any time within 60
days of the date of filing of such a proposed rule
change in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Commission
summarily may abrogate the change in the rules
of the recognized public regulatory organization
made thereby and require that the proposed rule
change be refiled in accordance with the provi-
sions of paragraph (1) of this subsection and re-
viewed in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph (2) of this subsection, if it appears to
the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protec-
tion of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
son’s normal employment or self-employment duties
while participating in qualified reserve component
duty unless in an authorized leave status or other
authorized absence from military duties. If a person
engages in or undertakes any substantial activity re-
lated to the person’s normal employment or self-em-
ployment duties at any time while participating in a
period of qualified reserve component duty, unless
during a period of authorized leave or other author-
ized absence from military duties, the person shall
be deemed to have engaged in or undertaken such
activity for the entire period of qualified reserve
component duty.
‘‘(4) CERTAIN RULES TO APPLY.—Rules similar
to the rules of subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section
52 shall apply for purposes of this section.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 38(b) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general
business credit) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph
(12),
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (13) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
or resource protection plan, including appro-
priate plans and specifications.
(B) LEGAL
AND
INSTITUTIONAL
STRUC-
TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti-
tutional structures as are necessary to ensure
the effective long-term operation of the project
by the non-Federal interest.
(3) COST SHARING.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of
project costs under each project cooperation
agreement entered into under this subsection
shall be 75 percent. The Federal share may be
in the form of grants or reimbursements of
project costs.
(B) CREDIT
FOR
DESIGN
WORK.—The
non-Federal interest shall receive credit for the
reasonable costs of design work completed by
the non-Federal interest before entering into a
project cooperation agreement with the Sec-
retary.
(C) CREDIT
FOR
CERTAIN
FINANCING
COSTS.—In case of a delay in the reimburse-
ment of the non-Federal share of the costs of
a project, the non-Federal interest shall receive
credit for reasonable interest and other associ-