datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
only as necessary in the conduct of that person’s offi-
cial duties subject to any limitations on the unau-
thorized disclosure of such information, and any
State, local, or foreign official who receives informa-
tion pursuant to this provision may use that infor-
mation only consistent with such guidelines as the At-
torney General and Director of Central Intelligence
shall jointly issue.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 203(c) of
that Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘section 2517(6)’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraphs (6) and (8) of section 2517 of title 18,
United States Code,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘and (VI)’’ after ‘‘Rule
6(e)(3)(C)(i)(V)’’.
SEC. 9. INFORMATION ACQUIRED FROM AN ELECTRONIC
SURVEILLANCE.
Section 106(k)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1806) is amended by inserting
after ‘‘law enforcement officers’’ the following: ‘‘or law en-
forcement personnel of a State or political subdivision of
a State (including the chief executive officer of that State
or political subdivision who has the authority to appoint
or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or
political subdivision)’’.
SEC. 10. INFORMATION ACQUIRED FROM A PHYSICAL
SEARCH.
Section 305(k)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1825) is amended by inserting
after ‘‘law enforcement officers’’ the following: ‘‘or law en-
forcement personnel of a State or political subdivision of
a State (including the chief executive officer of that State
or political subdivision who has the authority to appoint
or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or
political subdivision)’’.
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‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—If the Secretary establishes
observation of job performance as a standard for the
evaluation of qualifications, no such evaluation may
be based solely on that standard.’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 601 is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘60129. Pipeline personnel qualification programs.’’.
(b) TIME FOR INITIAL SUBMITTAL.—Each entity op-
erating a pipeline facility (within the meaning of section
60101(18) of title 49, United States Code, shall first sub-
mit a personnel qualification program under section 60129
of such title (as added by subsection (a)) not later than
December 31, 2002.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall submit to Congress a report evaluating
the effectiveness of the qualification and training ef-
forts operators of pipeline facilities.
(2) CONTENT.—The report shall include the
following:
(A) Actions taken by inspectors.
(B) Recommendations made by inspectors
for changes to operator qualification and train-
ing programs.
(1) The term ‘‘Board-certified’’, with respect to
a teacher, means certified by the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards.
(2) The term ‘‘low-income, low-performing
school’’ means a public elementary school or sec-
ondary school—
(A) served by a local educational agency in
which at least 50 percent of the students are
counted under section 1124(c) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6333(c)); and
(B) identified for improvement under sec-
tion 1116(b)(1)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
6316(b)(1)(A)).
(3) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘secondary
school’’, and ‘‘local educational agency’’ have the
meanings given those terms in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7801).
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riod at the end of subparagraph (H) and inserting ‘‘, or’’,
and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(I) a long-term family assistance recipi-
ent.’’
(b) LONG-TERM FAMILY ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT.—
Subsection (d) of section 51 of such Code is amended by
redesignating paragraphs (10) through (12) as para-
graphs (11) through (13), respectively, and by inserting
after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(10) LONG-TERM FAMILY ASSISTANCE RECIPI-
ENT.—The term ‘long-term family assistance recipi-
ent’ means any individual who is certified by the
designated local agency—
‘‘(A) as being a member of a family receiv-
ing assistance under a IV-A program (as de-
fined in paragraph (2)(B)) for at least the 18-
month period ending on the hiring date,
‘‘(B)(i) as being a member of a family re-
ceiving such assistance for 18 months beginning
after August 5, 1997, and
‘‘(ii) as having a hiring date which is not
more than 2 years after the end of the earliest
such 18-month period, or
‘‘(C)(i) as being a member of a family
which ceased to be eligible for such assistance
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to services furnished on or after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4600
To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved
medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places
on the health care delivery system.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 25, 2002
Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Mr. COX, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr.
MORAN of Virginia, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr.
LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. PICKERING, and Mr. WELDON of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To improve patient access to health care services and provide
improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden
the liability system places on the health care delivery
system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4628 EAS
(6) INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACTS.—(A)
Section 809 of the Counterintelligence and Security
Enhancements Act of 1994 (title VIII of Public Law
103–359; 108 Stat. 3454; 50 U.S.C. 2170b) is
amended—
(i) by striking subsection (b) and inserting
the following new subsection (b):
‘‘(b) ANNUAL UPDATE.—
‘‘(1) SUBMITTAL
TO
CONGRESSIONAL
INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMITTEES.—Not later each year than the
date provided in section 507 of the National Security
Act of 1947, the President shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a report updating the
information referred to in subsection (a)(1)(D).
‘‘(2) SUBMITTAL
TO
CONGRESSIONAL
LEADER-
SHIP.—Not later than April 14 each year, the Presi-
dent shall submit to the congressional leadership a re-
port updating the information referred to in sub-
section (a)(1)(D).
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(A) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COM-
MITTEES.—The term ‘congressional intelligence
committees’ has the meaning given that term in
section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 401a).
subject to subsections (b) and (c), State law to the extent
that State law prevents the application of any provisions
of law established by or under this Act. The provisions
governing health care lawsuits set forth in this Act super-
sede chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to the
extent that such chapter—
(1) provides for a greater amount of damages
or contingent fees, a longer period in which a health
care lawsuit may be commenced, or a reduced appli-
cability or scope of periodic payment of future dam-
ages, than provided in this Act; or
(2) prohibits the introduction of evidence re-
garding collateral source benefits, or mandates or
permits subrogation or a lien on collateral source
benefits.
(b) PROTECTION OF STATES’ RIGHTS.—Any issue
that is not governed by any provision of law established
by or under this Act (including State standards of neg-
ligence) shall be governed by otherwise applicable State
or Federal law. This Act does not preempt or supersede
any law that imposes greater protections (such as a short-
er statute of limitations) for health care providers and
health care organizations from liability, loss, or damages
than those provided by this Act.
(c) STATE FLEXIBILITY.—No provision of this Act
shall be construed to preempt—
(1) any State statutory limit (whether enacted
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this
Act) on the amount of compensatory or punitive
damages (or the total amount of damages) that may
be awarded in a health care lawsuit, whether or not
such State limit permits the recovery of a specific
dollar amount of damages that is greater or lesser
than is provided for under this Act, notwithstanding
section 4(a); or
(2) any defense available to a party in a health
care lawsuit under any other provision of State or
Federal law.
SEC. 12. APPLICABILITY; EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall apply to any health care lawsuit
brought in a Federal or State court, or subject to an alter-
native dispute resolution system, that is initiated on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that
any health care lawsuit arising from an injury occurring
prior to the date of the enactment of this Act shall be
governed by the applicable statute of limitations provisions
in effect at the time the injury occurred.
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‘‘(2) DISCRIMINATION.—For the purposes of
paragraph (1), a manufacturer of a prescription
drug shall be considered to discriminate against a
pharmacist or wholesaler if the manufacturer enters
into a contract for sale of a prescription drug, places
a limit on supply, or employs any other measure,
that has the effect of—
‘‘(A) providing pharmacists or wholesalers
access to prescription drugs on terms or condi-
tions that are less favorable than the terms or
conditions provided to a foreign purchaser
(other than a charitable or humanitarian orga-
nization) of the prescription drug; or
‘‘(B) restricting the access of pharmacists
or wholesalers to a prescription drug that is
permitted to be imported into the United States
under this section.
‘‘(j) 
CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, section
801(d)(1) continues to apply to a prescription drug that
is donated or otherwise supplied at no charge by the man-
ufacturer of the drug to a charitable or humanitarian or-
ganization (including the United Nations and affiliates)
or to a government of a foreign country.
(A) the land use inventory, planning, and
management activities for the Federal lands ad-
ministered by the Federal land manager; and
(B) the land use planning and manage-
ment activities of other Federal agencies, agen-
cies of the State in which the Federal lands are
located, and local and tribal governments in the
vicinity of the Federal lands.
(7) INTERAGENCY COOPERATION AND COORDI-
NATION.—To the extent practicable, when the plans
and activities of two or more Federal land agencies
are anticipated to have an impact on a gateway com-
munity, the Federal land agencies involved shall con-
solidate and coordinate their plans and planning
processes to facilitate the participation of the gate-
way community in the planning processes.
(8) TREATMENT AS COOPERATING AGENCIES.—
Upon request of a gateway community, a Federal
land manager shall certify the gateway community
as a cooperating agency for purposes of complying
with the requirements of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et.seq.)
with respect to Federal lands administered by the
Federal land manager.
(e) GRANTS TO ASSIST GATEWAY COMMUNITIES.—
all that follows through ‘‘subscriber or customer’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the information specified in section 2703(c)(2)’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
SEC. 12. APPLICABILITY; EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall apply to any health care 
lawsuit brought in a Federal or State court, 
or subject to an alternative dispute resolution 
system, that is initiated on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, except that any 
health care lawsuit arising from an injury oc-
curring prior to the date of the enactment of 
this Act shall be governed by the applicable 
statute of limitations provisions in effect at 
the time the injury occurred. 
SEC. 13. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that a health 
insurer should be liable for damages for harm 
caused when it makes a decision as to what 
care is medically necessary and appropriate.
Union Calendar No. 431
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4600
[Report No. 107–693, Parts I and II] 
A BILL 
To improve patient access to health care services 
and provide improved medical care by reducing 
the excessive burden the liability system places 
on the health care delivery system. 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
with an amendment; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4601
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of Land Manage-
ment land in Douglas County, Oregon, to the county to improve manage-
ment of and recreational access to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation
Area, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 25, 2002
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau
of Land Management land in Douglas County, Oregon,
to the county to improve management of and recreational
access to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area,
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. LAND CONVEYANCE, BUREAU OF LAND MAN-
AGEMENT LAND IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, OR-
EGON.
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
the Interior shall convey, without consideration, to Doug-
las County, Oregon (in this section referred to as the
‘‘County’’), all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to a parcel of real property consisting of
approximately 68.8 acres under the administrative juris-
diction of the Bureau of Land Management in Douglas
County, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Umpqua River
Lighthouse and Coast Guard Museum Master Plan
Study’’, dated April, 17, 2002, for the purpose of permit-
ting the County to use the parcel for recreational pur-
poses.
(b) PURPOSES OF CONVEYANCE.—The purposes of
the conveyance under subsection (a) are as follows:
(1) To improve public safety and to reduce traf-
fic congestion along Salmon Harbor Drive (County
Road No. 251) in Douglas County.
(2) To provide a staging area for Off Highway
Vehicles.
(3) To improve management of and access to
the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.
(4) To facilitate policing of unlawful camping
and parking along Salmon Harbor Drive and adja-
cent areas.
(c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary de-
termines that the real property conveyed under subsection
(a) is not being used by the County for recreational pur-
poses, all right, title, and interest in and to the property,
including any improvements thereon, shall revert to the
United States, and the United States shall have the right
of immediate entry onto the property. Any determination
of the Secretary under this subsection shall be made on
the record after an opportunity for a hearing.
(d) 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 County.
(e) 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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ments of local gateway communities in the develop-
ment of land use plans, programs, land use regula-
tions, land use decisions, transportation plans, gen-
eral management plans, and any other plans, deci-
sions, or policies for Federal public lands under the
jurisdiction of these agencies that will have a signifi-
cant impact on these gateway communities. To fa-
cilitate such involvement, the Federal land agencies
shall provide these officials, at the earliest possible
time, with a summary in nontechnical language of
the assumptions, purposes, goals, and objectives of
such a plan, decision, or policy and a description of
any anticipated significant impact of the plan, deci-
sion, or policy on gateway communities.
(2) EARLY NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISIONS.—
To the extent practicable, the Federal land agencies
shall provide local gateway communities with early
public notice of proposed decisions of these agencies
that may have a significant impact on gateway com-
munities.
(3) TRAINING
SESSIONS.—The Federal land
agencies shall offer training sessions for elected and
appointed officials of gateway communities at which
such officials can obtain a better understanding of—
(A) agency planning processes; and
(B) the methods by which they can partici-
pate most meaningfully in the development of
the agency plans, decisions, and policies re-
ferred to in paragraph (1).
(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—At the request of
the government of a gateway community, a Federal
land agency shall assign, to the extent practicable,
an agency employee or contractor to work with the
community to develop data and analysis relevant to
the preparation of agency plans, decisions, and poli-
cies referred to in paragraph (1).
(5) REVIEW OF FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT
PLANNING.—At the request of a gateway commu-
nity, a Federal land manager shall assist the gate-
way community to conduct a review of land use,
management, or transportation plans of the Federal
land manager likely to affect the gateway commu-
nity.
(6) COORDINATION OF LAND USE.—To the ex-
tent consistent with the laws governing the adminis-
tration of the Federal public lands, a Federal land
manager may enter into a cooperative agreement
with a gateway community to provide for coordina-
tion between—
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4603
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the segment
tax on domestic air transportation shall not apply to segments to or
from certain islands.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 25, 2002
Mr. GILLMOR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
that the segment tax on domestic air transportation shall
not apply to segments to or from certain islands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM SEGMENT TAX ON DOMES-
TIC AIR TRANSPORTATION FOR SEGMENTS
TO AND FROM CERTAIN ISLANDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 4261(e)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to seg-
ments to and from rural airports) is amended by redesig-
nating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D) and by in-
serting after subparagraph (B) the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION FROM SEGMENT TAX FOR
SEGMENTS TO AND FROM CERTAIN ISLANDS.—
The tax imposed by subsection (b)(1) shall not
apply to any domestic segment if—
‘‘(i) such segment is 30 miles or less,
and
‘‘(ii) such segment begins or ends at
an airport located on an island—
‘‘(I) which is not connected to
the mainland by any land bridge, and
‘‘(II) which has a resident popu-
lation of 1,000 or less (determined on
the basis of the most recent decennial
census for which data are available).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to transportation beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act, but shall not apply
to amounts paid before such date.
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‘‘(1) IMPORTER.—The term ‘importer’ means a
pharmacist or wholesaler.
‘‘(2) PHARMACIST.—The term ‘pharmacist’
means a person licensed by a State to practice phar-
macy, including the dispensing and selling of pre-
scription drugs.
‘‘(3) PRESCRIPTION
DRUG.—The term ‘pre-
scription drug’ means a drug subject to section
503(b), other than—
‘‘(A) a controlled substance (as defined in
section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 802));
‘‘(B) a biological product (as defined in
section 351 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 262));
‘‘(C) an infused drug (including a peri-
toneal dialysis solution);
‘‘(D) an intravenously injected drug; or
‘‘(E) a drug that is inhaled during surgery.
‘‘(4) QUALIFYING
LABORATORY.—The term
‘qualifying laboratory’ means a laboratory in the
United States that has been approved by the Sec-
retary for the purposes of this section.
‘‘(5) WHOLESALER.—
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4605
To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 with respect to
transportation of nuclear waste.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 25, 2002
Mr. KUCINICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 with respect
to transportation of nuclear waste.
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 ‘‘Nuclear Waste Trans-
portation Protection Amendments Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The transportation of nuclear waste to a
Yucca Mountain repository would require a massive
transportation undertaking. More nuclear waste
would be shipped in the first full year of repository
operations than has been transported in the entire
five-decade history of nuclear waste shipments in the
United States.
(2) The transportation of this waste would re-
quire over 96,000 truck shipments over four dec-
ades. Almost every major east-west interstate high-
way and mainline railroad in the country would ex-
perience nuclear waste shipments as waste is moved
from reactors and other sites in 39 States.
(3) The Department of Energy proposes to di-
rectly impact 44 States, many of the major metro-
politan areas in the Nation, and at least 109 cities
with populations exceeding 100,000. Highway ship-
ments alone will impact at least 703 counties with
a combined population of 123,000,000 people. Na-
tionally, between 7,000,000 and 11,000,000 people
reside within one-half mile of the anticipated truck
or rail routes.
(4) This never-before-attempted nuclear waste
transportation effort would bring with it a constella-
tion of hazards and risks, including potentially seri-
ous economic damage and property value losses in
cities and communities along shipping routes. Also
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘wholesaler’
means a person licensed as a wholesaler or dis-
tributor of prescription drugs in the United
States under section 503(e)(2)(A).
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘wholesaler’
does not include a person authorized to import
drugs under section 801(d)(1).
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, after consulta-
tion with the United States Trade Representative and the
Commissioner of Customs, shall promulgate regulations
permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import pre-
scription drugs from Canada into the United States.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The regulations under subsection
(b) shall—
‘‘(1) require that safeguards be in place to en-
sure that each prescription drug imported under the
regulations complies with section 505 (including
with respect to being safe and effective for the in-
tended use of the prescription drug), with sections
501 and 502, and with other applicable require-
ments of this Act;
‘‘(2) require that an importer of a prescription
drug under the regulations comply with subsections
(d)(1) and (e); and