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to take corrective action to bring the State into com-
pliance. 
(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 
days after the earlier of the implementation of a cor-
rective action plan or a directive to implement such 
a plan under paragraph (2), the Attorney General 
shall submit a report to Congress as to whether the 
State has taken corrective action and is in compli-
ance with the terms and conditions of the grant. 
(c) PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the State 
fails to take the prescribed corrective action under sub-
section (b) and is not in compliance with the terms and 
conditions of the grant, the Attorney General shall dis-
continue all further funding under sections 321 and 322 
and require the State to return the funds granted under 
such sections for that fiscal year. Nothing in this para-
graph shall prevent a State which has been subject to pen-
alties for noncompliance from reapplying for a grant under 
this subtitle in another fiscal year. 
(d) PERIODIC REPORTS.—During the grant period, 
the Inspector General shall periodically review the compli-
ance of each State with the terms and conditions of the 
grant. 
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not less than 2.5 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to carry out this subtitle
for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009 shall be 
made available to the Inspector General for purposes of 
carrying out this section. Such sums shall remain available 
until expended. 
SEC. 326. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANTS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out this subtitle. 
(b) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS TO ENSURE 
EQUAL ALLOCATION.—Each State receiving a grant 
under this subtitle shall allocate the funds equally between 
the uses described in section 321 and the uses described 
in section 322. 
Subtitle C—Compensation for the 
Wrongfully Convicted 
SEC. 331. INCREASED COMPENSATION IN FEDERAL CASES 
FOR THE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. 
Section 2513(e) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘exceed the sum of $5,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘exceed $100,000 for each 12-month period of in-
carceration for any plaintiff who was unjustly sentenced 
to death and $50,000 for each 12-month period of incar-
ceration for any other plaintiff.’’.
SEC. 332. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COMPENSA-
TION IN STATE DEATH PENALTY CASES. 
It is the sense of Congress that States should provide 
reasonable compensation to any person found to have been 
unjustly convicted of an offense against the State and sen-
tenced to death.
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1698 
AN ACT 
To expand sanctions against Iran with respect to the ballistic 
missile program of Iran, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1700 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize the SCORE 
program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1702 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to improve the small 
business development centers program, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(3) SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN.—For purposes 
of this subsection, the term ‘‘Survivor Benefit Plan’’ 
means the program under subchapter II of chapter 
73 of title 10, United States Code.
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lumbia Accident Investigation Board and make rec-
ommendations to the Administrator as appropriate 
with respect to the plans’ adequacy and responsive-
ness to the findings and recommendations of the Co-
lumbia Accident Investigation Board; 
(2) monitor and assess the implementation of 
the Columbia Accident Investigation Board rec-
ommendations by NASA and report the committee’s 
findings on a semi-annual basis to the Adminis-
trator; 
(3) provide technical oversight of any required 
design activities and test or certification procedures 
and plans; 
(4) review and evaluate the results of any re-
quired test or certification programs; and 
(5) each year for five years after the date of 
termination 
of 
NASA’s 
Return-to-Flight 
Task 
Force, determine whether NASA is still complying 
with all of the Columbia Accident Investigation 
Board’s Return-to-Flight recommendations. 
(d) SUPPORT.—The Administrator shall provide to 
the committee in a timely manner—
(1) all information and technical data necessary 
to complete the committee’s tasks;
tomer contact information to comply with other 
forms of notification, in the form of—
‘‘(i) an e-mail notice, if the financial 
institution has access to an e-mail address 
for the affected customer that it has rea-
son to believe is accurate; 
‘‘(ii) a conspicuous posting on the 
Internet website of the financial institu-
tion, if the financial institution maintains 
such a website; or 
‘‘(iii) notification through the media 
that a breach of personal information has 
occurred or is suspected that compromises 
the security, confidentiality, or integrity of 
customer information of the financial insti-
tution; or 
‘‘(D) in such other form as the Federal 
Trade Commission may by rule prescribe; and 
‘‘(2) to consumer reporting agencies and law 
enforcement agencies (where appropriate), in such 
form as the Federal Trade Commission may pre-
scribe, by rule. 
‘‘(f) CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION.—Each notification 
to a customer under subsection (b) shall include—
‘‘(1) a statement that—
this Act or provision established under this Act. Section 
5 shall supersede or preempt any provision of such chapter 
or State law which prohibits the introduction of evidence 
regarding collateral source benefits or mandates or per-
mits subrogation or a lien on the plaintiff’s award for the 
cost of providing collateral source benefits. Any issue that 
is not governed by any provision of this Act shall be gov-
erned by otherwise applicable Federal or State law. 
(d) EFFECT ON SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AND CHOICE 
OF LAW OR VENUE.—Nothing in subsection (c) shall be 
construed to—
(1) waive or affect any defense of sovereign im-
munity asserted by any State under any provision of 
law; 
(2) waive or affect any defense of sovereign im-
munity asserted by the United States; 
(3) affect the applicability of any provision of 
the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976; 
(4) preempt State choice-of-law rules with re-
spect to claims brought by a foreign nation or a cit-
izen of a foreign nation; or 
(5) affect the right of any court to transfer 
venue or to apply the law of a foreign nation or to 
dismiss a claim of a foreign nation or of a citizen
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1726 
AN ACT 
To amend title 14, United States Code, to improve the 
organization of such title and to incorporate certain 
transfers and modifications into such title, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
ant to secure the right to such collateral source pay-
ments. 
(2) NO SUBROGATION.—No provider of collat-
eral source payments shall recover any amount 
against the claimant or receive any lien or credit 
against the claimant’s recovery or be equitably or le-
gally subrogated the right of the claimant in a 
health care liability action. 
(3) APPLICATION TO SETTLEMENTS.—This sub-
section shall apply to an action that is settled as well 
as an action that is resolved by a fact finder. 
SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON CONTINGENT FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The total of all contingent fees 
for representing all claimants in a health care liability 
claim or action shall not exceed the following limits: 
(1) 40 percent of the first $50,000 recovered by 
the claimant. 
(2) 331⁄3 percent of the next $50,000 recovered 
by the claimant. 
(3) 25 percent of the next $50,000 recovered by 
the claimant.
(4) 15 percent of any amount by which the re-
covery by the claimant exceeds $600,000. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The limitations shall apply 
whether the recovery is by judgment, settlement, medi-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3216
To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow a participant in the military 
Survivor Benefit Plan who has designated an insurable interest bene-
ficiary under that plan to designate a new beneficiary upon the death 
of the previously designated beneficiary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow a participant 
in the military Survivor Benefit Plan who has designated 
an insurable interest beneficiary under that plan to des-
ignate a new beneficiary upon the death of the previously 
designated beneficiary.
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 ‘‘Survivor Benefit Plan In-
surable Interest Fairness Act’’.
SEC. 
2. 
MILITARY 
SURVIVOR 
BENEFIT 
PLAN 
BENE-
FICIARIES 
UNDER 
INSURABLE 
INTEREST 
COVERAGE. 
(a) AUTHORITY
TO
DESIGNATE
NEW
BENE-
FICIARY.—Section 1448(b)(1) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘under subparagraph (F)’’ in 
the second sentence of subparagraph (E) after ‘‘elec-
tion’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(F) ELECTION OF NEW BENEFICIARY UPON 
DEATH OF PREVIOUS BENEFICIARY.—If the reason 
for discontinuation in the Plan is the death of the 
beneficiary, the participant in the Plan may des-
ignate a new beneficiary. Any such beneficiary must 
be a natural person with an insurable interest in the 
participant. Such an election may be made only dur-
ing the 180-day period beginning on the date of the 
death of the previous beneficiary. Such an election 
shall be in writing, signed by the participant, and 
made in such form and manner as the Secretary 
concerned may prescribe. Such an election shall be 
effective the first day of the first month following 
the month in which the election is received by the 
Secretary.’’.
(b) TRANSITION.—
(1) TRANSITION PERIOD.—In the case of a per-
son who made a covered insurable-interest election 
under the Survivor Benefit Plan and whose des-
ignated beneficiary under that election dies before 
the date of the enactment of this Act or during the 
18-month period beginning on such date, the time 
period applicable for purposes of the limitation in 
the third sentence of subparagraph (F) of section 
1448(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a), shall be the two-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act (rath-
er than the 180-day period specified in that sen-
tence). 
(2) 
COVERED
INSURABLE-INTEREST
ELEC-
TIONS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), a covered 
insurable-interest election is an election under sec-
tion 1448(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
made before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
or during the 18-month period beginning on such 
date, by a participant in the military Survivor Ben-
efit Plan to provide an annuity under that plan to 
a natural person with an insurable interest in that 
person.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
LAND 
CONVEYANCE, 
APALACHICOLA 
NA-
TIONAL FOREST, FLORIDA.
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
Agriculture may convey, without consideration, to the Mt.
Trial Primitive Baptist Church of Wakulla County, Flor-
ida, all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to four parcels of real property in the Apalachicola
National Forest, Florida, located in section 5 of township
5 south, range 2 west, Tallahassee meridian, and con-
sisting of approximately 9.95 acres, 0.09 acres, 0.09 acres,
and 0.096 acres, respectively, as depicted on a map, plat
number 5–118, prepared as part of a 1983 Forest Service
survey.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage
and legal description of the real property to be conveyed
under subsection (a) shall be determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
The Secretary may require such additional terms and
conditions in connection with the conveyance under sub-
section (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to pro-
tect the interests of the United States.
Passed the House of Representatives November 17,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 3217
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four
An Act
To provide for the conveyance of several small parcels of National Forest System
land in the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida, to resolve boundary discrep-
ancies involving the Mt. Trial Primitive Baptist Church of Wakulla County,
Florida, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, APALACHICOLA NATIONAL FOREST,
FLORIDA.
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Agriculture
may convey, without consideration, to the Mt. Trial Primitive Bap-
tist Church of Wakulla County, Florida, all right, title, and interest
of the United States in and to four parcels of real property in
the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida, located in section 5 of
township 5 south, range 2 west, Tallahassee meridian, and con-
sisting of approximately 9.95 acres, 0.09 acres, 0.09 acres, and
0.096 acres, respectively, as depicted on a map, plat number 5–
118, prepared as part of a 1983 Forest Service survey.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage and legal
description of the real property to be conveyed under subsection
(a) shall be determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions
in connection with the conveyance under section 1 as the Secretary
considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3217
To provide for the conveyance of several small parcels of National Forest 
System land in the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida, to resolve 
boundary discrepancies involving the Mt. Trial Primitive Baptist Church 
of Wakulla County, Florida, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2003
Mr. BOYD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To provide for the conveyance of several small parcels of 
National Forest System land in the Apalachicola Na-
tional Forest, Florida, to resolve boundary discrepancies 
involving the Mt. Trial Primitive Baptist Church of 
Wakulla County, Florida, 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, 
APALACHICOLA 
NA-
TIONAL FOREST, FLORIDA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture may convey, without consideration, to the Mt. 
Trial Primitive Baptist Church of Wakulla County, Flor-
ida, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to four parcels of real property in the Apalachicola 
National Forest, Florida, located in section 5 of township 
5 south, range 2 west, Tallahassee meridian, and con-
sisting of approximately 9.95 acres, 0.09 acres, 0.09 acres, 
and 0.096 acres, respectively, as depicted on a map, plat 
number 5–118, prepared as part of a 1983 Forest Service 
survey. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the real property to be conveyed 
under subsection (a) shall be determined by the Secretary. 
(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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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3217
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of several small parcels of 
National Forest System land in the Apalachicola Na-
tional Forest, Florida, to resolve boundary discrepancies 
involving the Mt. Trial Primitive Baptist Church of 
Wakulla County, Florida, and for other purposes.
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(B) to investigate the correlation between 
low health literacy and health and healthcare; 
(C) to clarify which aspects of health lit-
eracy have an effect on health outcomes; and 
(D) for any other activity determined ap-
propriate by the Director of the Agency. 
(2) HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES AD-
MINISTRATION.—Grants awarded under subsection 
(a) through the Health Resources and Services Ad-
ministration shall be used to conduct demonstration 
projects for interventions for patients with low 
health literacy that may include—
(A) the development of new disease man-
agement programs for patients with low health 
literacy; 
(B) the tailoring of existing disease man-
agement programs for patients with low health 
literacy; 
(C) the translation of written health mate-
rials for patients with low health literacy; 
(D) the identification, implementation, and 
testing of low health literacy screening tools; 
(E) the conduct of educational campaigns 
for patients and providers about low health lit-
eracy; and
HR 3217 RFS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
LAND 
CONVEYANCE, 
APALACHICOLA 
NA-
TIONAL FOREST, FLORIDA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture may convey, without consideration, to the Mt. 
Trial Primitive Baptist Church of Wakulla County, Flor-
ida, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to four parcels of real property in the Apalachicola 
National Forest, Florida, located in section 5 of township 
5 south, range 2 west, Tallahassee meridian, and con-
sisting of approximately 9.95 acres, 0.09 acres, 0.09 acres, 
and 0.096 acres, respectively, as depicted on a map, plat 
number 5–118, prepared as part of a 1983 Forest Service 
survey. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the real property to be conveyed 
under subsection (a) shall be determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
The Secretary may require such additional terms and 
conditions in connection with the conveyance under sub-
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section (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to pro-
tect the interests of the United States.
Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3218
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that willful failure 
to depart from the United States by an alien against whom a final 
order of removal is outstanding is a continuing criminal offense, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2003
Mr. FLAKE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify 
that willful failure to depart from the United States 
by an alien against whom a final order of removal is 
outstanding is a continuing criminal offense, 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 ‘‘Failure to Depart 
Act’’.
SEC. 2. PENALTIES RELATED TO REMOVAL. 
Section 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1253) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by amending paragraph (1)(A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) will fully remain in the United States 
on or after the date that is 90 days after the 
date of the final order of removal under admin-
istrative processes, or if judicial review is had, 
90 days after the date of the final order of the 
court,’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘not more 
than $1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under title 18, United 
States Code,’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3221
To amend the War Powers Resolution to require the President to include 
post-conflict strategy in the report required under the Resolution, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2003
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To amend the War Powers Resolution to require the Presi-
dent to include post-conflict strategy in the report re-
quired under the Resolution, 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. INCLUSION OF POST-CONFLICT STRATEGY. 
(a) PURPOSE AND POLICY.—Section 2 of the War 
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541) is amended—
(1) 
in 
subsection 
(a) 
by 
striking 
‘‘cir-
cumstances, and to the continued use of such forces 
in hostilities or in such situations’’ and inserting 
‘‘circumstances, to the continued use of such forces
in hostilities or in such situations, and to the post-
conflict strategy’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) Given the difficulty of post-conflict strategy, de-
veloping a clear plan of action at the outset is decisive 
to success. Such a plan should articulate the interests of 
the United States at stake, define the policy objectives of 
the United States for the introduction of Armed Forces 
into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involve-
ment in hostilities is clearly indicated by the cir-
cumstances, and lay out the strategy for achieving these 
policy objectives and a clear division of labor regarding 
responsibilities for implementation of the plan.’’. 
(b) REPORTING.—Section 4(a) of the War Powers 
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) the post-conflict strategy.’’.
600,000 Italian-born and 300,000 German-born 
United States resident aliens and their families and 
required them to carry Certificates of Identification, 
limited their travel, and seized their personal prop-
erty. At that time, these groups were the two largest 
foreign-born groups in the United States. 
(6) During World War II, the United States 
Government arrested, interned or otherwise detained 
thousands of European Americans, some remaining 
in custody for years after cessation of World War II 
hostilities, and repatriated, exchanged, or deported 
European Americans, including American-born chil-
dren, to hostile, war-torn European Axis nations, 
many to be exchanged for Americans held in those 
nations. 
(7) Pursuant to a policy coordinated by the 
United States with Latin American countries, many 
European Latin Americans, including German and 
Austrian Jews, were captured, shipped to the United 
States and interned. Many were later expatriated, 
repatriated or deported to hostile, war-torn Euro-
pean Axis nations during World War II, most to be 
exchanged for Americans and Latin Americans held 
in those nations.
(c) INTERPRETATION OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—Sec-
tion 8 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1547) 
is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) For purposes of this joint resolution, the term 
‘post-conflict strategy’ includes reconstruction, peace-
keeping, peace enforcement, and nation-building.’’.
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