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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3614
To repeal the provision of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
of 2001 that requires the reduction of a claimant’s compensation by
the amount of any collateral source compensation payments the claimant
is entitled to receive, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 23, 2002
Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. ROTHMAN, and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To repeal the provision of the September 11th Victim Com-
pensation Fund of 2001 that requires the reduction of
a claimant’s compensation by the amount of any collat-
eral source compensation payments the claimant is enti-
tled to receive, 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 ‘‘September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund Fairness Act’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF COLLATERAL COMPENSATION PROVI-
SION.
(a) REPEAL OF COLLATERAL COMPENSATION PROVI-
SION.—Section 405(b)(6) of the September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is
hereby repealed.
(b) APPLICATION OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH VICTIM
COMPENSATION FUND OF 2001.—The compensation pro-
gram established under the September 11th Victim Com-
pensation Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) shall be
administered as if section 405(b)(6) of that Act had not
been enacted.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF COLLATERAL SOURCE DEFINI-
TION.
Paragraph (6) of section 402 of the September 11th
Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101
note) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The
term ‘collateral source’ shall not include payments or other
assistance received from a nonprofit organization, if such
organization is described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3615
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health
and Human Services to make grants to designated eligible entities to
train school nurses as ‘‘first responders’’ in the event of a biological
or chemical attack on the Nation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 23, 2002
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services to make grants
to designated eligible entities to train school nurses as
‘‘first responders’’ in the event of a biological or chemical
attack on the Nation.
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 ‘‘Protecting Our Schools
Homeland Defense Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) There are more than 47,000 nurses in the
Nation’s elementary and secondary schools.
(2) Some children spend up to 10 hours in
school each day.
(3) School nurses are the only professional
health care providers in many schools.
(4) If a child becomes sick or arrives at school
sick, a school nurse is often the first medical profes-
sional to see, assess, and treat the child.
(5) In the event of a biological or chemical at-
tack on the United States, school nurses would be
among the first medical professionals to respond,
would put themselves at risk, and would be respon-
sible for a school’s children and teachers, including
those not subject to the attack.
(6) School children, including a large number of
mainstreamed children with disabilities, may be
more vulnerable to biological or chemical attack, and
therefore show symptoms sooner than the general
population.
(7) School nurses must be prepared for the
kind of response that would be necessary if a biologi-
cal or chemical attack occurs.
(8) The proper training of school nurses could
provide for early detection and dramatically slow the
spread of disease.
(9) If school nurses were trained to respond to
biological or chemical attacks, school nurses could
serve as critical ‘‘first responders’’ in the event of
such an emergency.
(10) School nurses would perform a valuable
service by recognizing a disease early and alerting
local public health officials.
SEC. 3. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to provide for grants to
train school nurses as ‘‘first responders’’ in the event of
a biological or chemical attack on the Nation.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 296 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘PART H—TRAINING NURSES FOR RESPONDING
TO BIOTERRORISM
‘‘SEC. 851. GRANTS FOR BIOTERRORISM RESPONSE.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall award
grants to designated eligible entities to train nurses to re-
spond to an act of biological or chemical terrorism.
(B) a development district recognized by
the State; or
(C) where an entity described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) does not exist—
(i) organized and operated in a man-
ner that ensures broad-based community
participation and an effective opportunity
for other nonprofit groups to contribute to
the development and implementation of
programs in the region;
(ii) governed by a policy board with at
least a simple majority of members con-
sisting of elected officials or employees of
a general purpose unit of local government
who have been appointed to represent the
government;
(iii) certified to the Authority as hav-
ing a charter or authority that includes the
economic development of counties or parts
of counties or other political subdivisions
within the region—
(I) by the Governor of each State
in which the entity is located; or
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3617
To withdraw certain benefits of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act from auditors that perform non-audit functions, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 23, 2002
Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To withdraw certain benefits of the Private Securities Litiga-
tion Reform Act from auditors that perform non-audit
functions, 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 ‘‘Accountability for Ac-
countants Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (A) of section
21D(f)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. 78u–4(f)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) SCHOOL MATERIALS ORGANIZATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘school ma-
terials organization’ means any organization de-
scribed in section 170(c)(2) if—
‘‘(i) the primary function of the orga-
nization is to raise funds for elementary or
secondary schools, and
‘‘(ii) the annual disbursements of the
organization for qualified school materials
which are provided to elementary and sec-
ondary schools are normally not less than
90 percent of the sum of such organiza-
tion’s annual gross income and contribu-
tions and gifts.
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
SCHOOL
MATERIALS.—
The term ‘qualified school materials’ means—
‘‘(i) instructional materials and equip-
ment, including library books and mate-
rials, computers, and computer software,
and
‘‘(ii) materials and equipment for
school-sponsored extracurricular activities.
‘‘(d) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—No deduction
shall be allowed under this chapter for any contribution
for which a credit is allowed under this section.
(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
SEC. 102. INITIAL SECURITY EVALUATIONS AND PORT VUL-
NERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.
Section 7 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33
U.S.C. 1226) is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(e) INITIAL SECURITY EVALUATIONS
AND PORT
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.—
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS.—The Sec-
retary, in consultation with appropriate public and
private sector officials and organizations, shall de-
velop standards and procedures for conducting ini-
tial security evaluations and port vulnerability as-
sessments.
‘‘(2) INITIAL
SECURITY
EVALUATIONS.—The
Secretary shall conduct an initial security evaluation
of all port authorities, waterfront facilities, and pub-
lic or commercial structures located within or adja-
cent to the marine environment. The Secretary shall
consult the local port security committee while devel-
oping the initial security evaluation, and may require
each port authority, waterfront facility operator, or
operator of a public or commercial structure located
within or adjacent to the marine environment to
submit security information for review by the local
port security committee.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3620
To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the four-year requirement
for the time following retirement from active duty during which a retired
member of the Armed Forces must have received a disability rating
in order to be eligible for the special disability compensation provided
under section 1413 of that title.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 23, 2002
Mr. JEFF MILLER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the four-
year requirement for the time following retirement from
active duty during which a retired member of the Armed
Forces must have received a disability rating in order
to be eligible for the special disability compensation pro-
vided under section 1413 of that title.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(3) PORT
VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENTS.—
The Secretary shall review initial security evalua-
tions and conduct a port vulnerability assessment for
each port for which the Secretary determines such
an assessment is appropriate. If a port vulnerability
assessment has been conducted within 5 years by or
on behalf of a port authority or marine terminal op-
erator, and the Secretary determines that it was
conducted in a manner that is generally consistent
with the standards and procedures specified under
this subsection, the Secretary may accept that as-
sessment rather than conducting another port vul-
nerability assessment for that port.
‘‘(4) REVIEW AND COMMENT OPPORTUNITY.—
The Secretary shall make each initial security eval-
uation and port vulnerability assessment for a port
available for review and comment by the local port
security committee, officials of the port authority,
marine terminal operator representatives, and rep-
resentatives of other entities connected to or affili-
ated with maritime commerce or port security as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate, based on the
recommendations of the local port security com-
mittee.
HR 3620 IH1S
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF FOUR-YEAR DISABILITY DETER-
MINATION REQUIREMENT FOR ELIGIBILITY
FOR SPECIAL DISABILITY COMPENSATION.
(a) REPEAL OF FOUR-YEAR REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 1413(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘disabling—’’ and all that follows through
‘‘uniformed services.’’ and inserting ‘‘disabling.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the first
month beginning on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act and shall apply to payments under section
1413 of title 10, United States Code, for months that
begin on or after that date.
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TITLE I—CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN GRANTS
Sec. 101. Family assistance grants.
Sec. 102. Bonus to reward high performance States.
Sec. 103. Extension of supplemental grants.
Sec. 104. Additional grants for States with low Federal funding per poor child.
Sec. 105. Contingency fund.
TITLE II—POVERTY REDUCTION
Sec. 201. Additional purpose of TANF program.
Sec. 202. Child poverty reduction grants.
Sec. 203. Review and conciliation process.
Sec. 204. Replacement of caseload reduction credit with employment credit.
Sec. 205. Restoration of funding of the Social Services Block Grant.
TITLE III—REQUIRING AND REWARDING WORK
Sec. 301. Effect of wage subsidies on 5-year limit.
Sec. 302. Child care.
Sec. 303. Competitive grants to improve access to various benefit programs.
Sec. 304. Assessments for TANF recipients.
TITLE IV—HELPING WELFARE LEAVERS CLIMB THE
EMPLOYMENT LADDER
Sec. 401. State plan requirement on employment advancement.
Sec. 402. Employment Advancement Fund.
Sec. 403. Elimination of limit on number of TANF recipients enrolled in voca-
tional education or high school who may be counted towards
the work participation requirement.
Sec. 404. Counting of up to 2 years of vocational and educational training as
work activity.
Sec. 405. Limited counting of certain activities leading to employment as work
activity.
Sec. 406. Clarification of authority of States to use TANF funds carried over
from prior years to provide TANF benefits and services.
TITLE V—PROMOTING FAMILY FORMATION AND RESPONSIBLE
PARENTING
Sec. 501. Family Formation Fund.
Sec. 502. Distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of children
receiving certain welfare benefits.
Sec. 503. Elimination of separate work participation rate for 2-parent families.
Sec. 504. Ban on imposition of stricter eligibility criteria for 2-parent families;
State opt-out.
TITLE VI—RESTORING FAIRNESS FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
Sec. 601. Treatment of aliens under the TANF program.
Sec. 602. Treatment of aliens under the SSI program.
Sec. 603. Effective date and applicability.
TITLE VII—ENSURING STATE ACCOUNTABILITY
Sec. 701. Inflation adjustment of maintenance-of-effort requirement.
(E) Federal/State Weather Modification
Grants.
(F) The Southeast Storm Research Ac-
count.
(G) The Southeast United States Carib-
bean Fisheries Oceanographic Coordinated In-
vestigations Program.
(H) National Institute for Environmental
Renewal.
(I) The Lake Champlain Study.
(J) The Maine Marine Research Center.
(K) The South Carolina Cooperative Geo-
detic Survey Account.
(L) Pacific Island Technical Assistance.
(M) Sea Grant Oyster Disease Account.
(O) National Weather Service non-Federal,
non-wildfire Weather Service.
(P) National Weather Service Regional Cli-
mate Centers.
(Q) National Weather Service Samoa
Weather Forecast Office Repair and Upgrade
Account.
(R) Dissemination of Weather Charts (Ma-
rine Facsimile Service).
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) harboring, supporting, or providing aid or
protection to individuals or entities engaged in ter-
rorist activity against the United States, its citizens,
or its allies will be considered to be acts of aggres-
sion against the United States; and
(2) failing to assist the United States or its al-
lies in the identification, suppression, or prosecution
of individuals or entities engaged in terrorist activity
will be considered to be acts of aggression against
the United States.
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.
(a) SANCTIONS.—The President may impose the
sanctions under subsection (b) on—
(1) any country determined, for purposes of
section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of
1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)), section 620A of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371),
or section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2780(d)), to be a country the government of
which has repeatedly provided support for acts of
international terrorism;
(2) any country identified under section 40A of
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2781) to
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 362
To ensure that law enforcement agencies determine, before the release or
transfer of a person, whether that person has an outstanding charge
or warrant, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 31, 2001
Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri (for herself, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. MOORE, Mr. LAN-
TOS, and Mr. GRAVES) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To ensure that law enforcement agencies determine, before
the release or transfer of a person, whether that person
has an outstanding charge or warrant, 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 ‘‘Justice through As-
sured Knowledge and Enforcement Act’’.
SEC. 2. PRE-RELEASE RECORDS CHECKS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish guidelines for pre-release records check programs car-
ried out by States.
(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—A pre-release records
check program established under this section shall contain
the following elements:
(1) CHECK BEFORE EACH RELEASE OR TRANS-
FER.—A law enforcement agency shall not release a
person from custody, or transfer a person in custody
to the custody of another such agency, unless that
agency first carries out a pre-release records check
on that person.
(2) NOTIFICATIONS.—If that check indicates an
unresolved warrant or charge, that agency shall not
release or transfer that person unless that agency
first—
(A) provides notice that the person is in
custody to the law enforcement agency initi-
ating that warrant or charge, and provides that
agency with a reasonable opportunity to resolve
that warrant or charge; and
(B) provides notice of that warrant or
charge to the law enforcement agency to which
the person is to be transferred, if applicable.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of parts for
such subchapter A is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
‘‘Part IX. Designation for Homeland Security.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 102. HOMELAND SECURITY FUND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to trust fund
code) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 9511. HOMELAND SECURITY FUND.
‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund
to be known as the ‘Homeland Security Fund’, consisting
of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to
such Trust Fund as provided in this section or section
9602(b).
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here-
by appropriated to the Homeland Security Fund amounts
equivalent to the amounts designated under section 6097
(relating to designation for homeland security).
‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in the Homeland
Security Fund shall be available, as provided in appropria-
(3) PENALTIES.—If an official is responsible
for a violation of a requirement of this subsection,
that official shall be subject to administrative dis-
cipline by that agency.
(c) COMPLIANCE.—
(1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Each State shall have
not more than 3 years from the date of enactment
of this Act in which to implement this section, ex-
cept that the Attorney General may grant an addi-
tional 2 years to a State that is making good faith
efforts to implement this section.
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—
(A) A State that fails to implement the
program as described in this section shall not
receive 10 percent of the funds that would oth-
erwise be allocated to the State under section
506 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3765).
(B) Any funds that are not allocated for
failure to comply with this section shall be re-
allocated to States that comply with this sec-
tion.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘pre-release records check’’
means an inquiry to determine whether an unre-
solved warrant or charge is indicated in criminal his-
tory records databases prescribed by the Attorney
General in accordance with subsection (a), which
may include—
(A) the database of the National Crime In-
formation Center of the Department of Justice,
or any comparable Federal database; and
(B) any comparable database maintained
by the State, or in which the State participates.
(2) The term ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ in-
cludes jails and correctional institutions.
(3) The term ‘‘custody’’ includes detention on
suspicion of charges and incarceration.
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ceive, solicit, or accept from an employee payment of
any dues or fees not related to core purposes and ex-
clusive representation.
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘core purposes’’ includes collective
bargaining, contract administration, and grievance
adjustment.
(b) DISCREPANCY
IN
AMOUNT
OF
FEES
COL-
LECTED.—
(1) LIABILITY.—If an employee disputes the
amount of fees collected by the labor organization,
such employee may bring a civil action against the
labor organization—
(A) for total damages, for each employee,
equal to—
(i) 10 times the amount of the dues or
fees accepted in violation of this section;
(ii) the interest on the amount de-
scribed in clause (i) calculated at the pre-
vailing rate;
(iii) an additional amount as liq-
uidated damages equal to the sum of the
amount described in clause (i) and the in-
terest described in clause (ii); and
(2) whether any additional staff, facilities, or
other resources would be necessary to administer the
Miami Circle as a unit of the Park; and
(3) any impact on the local area that would re-
sult from the inclusion of Miami Circle in the Park.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after comple-
tion of the study, the Secretary shall submit a report de-
scribing the findings and recommendations of the study
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the United
States House of Representatives.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this Act.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) on April 19, 1995, Public Law 100–440 set
a minimum staffing level of Federal Police Officers
at 1,000 Full Time Equivalent personnel for the
Federal Protective Service;
(2) on April 19, 1995, and before the Federal
Protective Service and its parent agency the General
Services Administration was charged with providing
security and law enforcement for Federal properties;
(3) on April 19, 1995, and before that the Fed-
eral Protective Service failed to meet the required
minimum staffing level by a significant margin in
excess of 60 percent of the mandate;
(4) on April 29, 1995, and before the Federal
Protective Service provided only one non-law en-
forcement guard for three or more buildings (includ-
ing the Murrah Federal Building) in the downtown
area of Oklahoma City;
(5) on April 19, 1995, and before the Federal
Protective Service and its parent Agency the General
Services Administration were aware of the non-
compliance with Public Law 100–440 and the pos-
sible liabilities resulting therefrom;
(6) on April 19, 1995, and before the Federal
Protective Service and its parent Agency the General