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impose fees upon the organizations applying for the award 
in amounts sufficient to provide such additional sums. The 
Secretary may use appropriated funds to carry out respon-
sibilities under this Act. 
‘‘(g) SMALL BUSINESS DEFINED.—As used in this 
section the term ‘small business’ means a small business 
concern as defined in section 2 of Public Law 85–539 (15 
U.S.C. 632) and implementing regulations of the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting at the 
end of the items relating to title II the following:
‘‘Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 
‘‘251. Liberty Shield Award for Innovation and Excellence in Critical Infra-
structure Protection.’’.
SEC. 402. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRIVATE SEC-
TOR PARTICIPATION IN THE HOMELAND SE-
CURITY OPERATIONS CENTER. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Department of 
Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Operations Cen-
ter should increase on-site participation of representatives 
from the private sector critical infrastructure sectors. 
SEC. 403. TREATMENT OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM 
AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
Section 201(d)(5) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the
civilian Global Positioning System (GPS) infrastructure,’’ 
after ‘‘communications systems,’’. 
SEC. 404. COORDINATION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 
GRANTS. 
The Under Secretary for Information Analysis and 
Infrastructure Protection and the Director of the Office 
for Domestic Preparedness shall coordinate their activities 
and develop mechanisms to—
(1) ensure that grants related to critical infra-
structure protection are consistent with priorities, 
recommendations, and activities of the Under Sec-
retary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure 
Protection under section 201(d) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)); and 
(2) track and provide reporting on such grants 
by recipient, type of activity funded, and critical in-
frastructure sector addressed. 
SEC. 
405. 
CRITICAL 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROTECTION 
AWARENESS. 
Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop 
and distribute print, video, and interactive critical infra-
structure protection awareness and education materials 
for emergency response providers (as that term is defined 
in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 101)) and owners and operators of such infrastruc-
ture, that describe critical infrastructure and its inter-
dependent nature, its implications for local communities, 
and resources available for responding to critical infra-
structure catastrophic events. 
TITLE V—EMERGENCY 
PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
SEC. 501. TERRORISM EXERCISE PROGRAM REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 
that terrorism preparedness exercises conducted by the 
Department of Homeland Security and related informa-
tion and training—
(1) enhance coordination and preparedness for 
acts of terrorism at all levels of Federal, State, and 
local governments and the private sector; 
(2) are—
(A) multidisciplinary in nature, including, 
as appropriate, cybersecurity components; 
(B) as realistic as practicable and risk-
based; 
(C) evaluated against performance meas-
ures and followed by corrective action to solve 
identified deficiencies; and
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(2) organizational models that can be applied to
new or existing harbor safety committees or to pro-
totype harbor safety committees established under
subsection (b);
(3) technological assistance that will help har-
bor safety committees overcome local impediments to
safety, mobility, environmental protection, and port
security; and
(4) recurring resources necessary to ensure the
success of harbor safety committees.
(b) PROTOTYPE COMMITTEES.—The Coast Guard
shall test the feasibility of expanding the harbor safety
committee concept to small and medium-sized ports that
are not generally served by a harbor safety committee by
establishing 1 or more prototype harbor safety commit-
tees. In selecting a location or locations for the establish-
ment of a prototype harbor safety committee, the Coast
Guard shall—
(1) consider the results of the study conducted
under subsection (a);
(2) consider identified safety issues for a par-
ticular port;
(3) compare the potential benefits of estab-
lishing such a committee with the burdens the estab-
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 10
AN ACT
To provide for pension reform, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
administrator shall provide written notice to each
applicable individual (and to each employee organi-
zation representing applicable individuals).
‘‘(2) NOTICE.—The notice required by para-
graph (1) shall be written in a manner calculated to
be understood by the average plan participant and
shall provide sufficient information (as determined
in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary) to allow applicable individuals to under-
stand the effect of the plan amendment. The Sec-
retary may provide a simplified form of notice for,
or exempt from any notice requirement, a plan—
‘‘(A) which has fewer than 100 partici-
pants who have accrued a benefit under the
plan, or
‘‘(B) which offers participants the option
to choose between the new benefit formula and
the old benefit formula.
‘‘(3) TIMING OF NOTICE.—Except as provided
in regulations, the notice required by paragraph (1)
shall be provided within a reasonable time before the
effective date of the plan amendment.
‘‘(4) DESIGNEES.—Any notice under paragraph
(1) may be provided to a person designated, in writ-
this section, except that such plan shall be combined
or aggregated with another plan which is not such
a multiemployer plan solely for purposes of deter-
mining whether such other plan meets the require-
ments of subsections (b)(1)(A) and (c).’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT FOR AGGREGA-
TION OF PLANS.—Subsection (g) of section 415 (re-
lating to aggregation of plans) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in subsection (f)(3), the Secretary’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to years beginning after December
31, 2001.
SEC. 506. PROTECTION OF INVESTMENT OF EMPLOYEE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO 401(K) PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1524(b) of the Taxpayer
Relief Act of 1997 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall apply to elective deferrals for plan years begin-
ning after December 31, 1998.
‘‘(2) NONAPPLICATION
TO
PREVIOUSLY
AC-
QUIRED PROPERTY.—The amendments made by this
section shall not apply to any elective deferral which
(A) by striking ‘‘or any of the 4 preceding
plan years’’ in the matter preceding clause (i);
(B) by striking clause (i) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(i) an officer of the employer having
an annual compensation greater than
$150,000,’’;
(C) by striking clause (ii) and redesig-
nating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (ii) and
(iii), respectively; and
(D) by striking the second sentence in the
matter following clause (iii), as redesignated by
subparagraph (C).
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
416(i)(1)(B)(iii) is amended by striking ‘‘and sub-
paragraph (A)(ii)’’.
(b) MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS TAKEN INTO AC-
COUNT FOR MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.—
Section 416(c)(2)(A) (relating to defined contribution
plans) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Employer matching contributions (as defined in section
401(m)(4)(A)) shall be taken into account for purposes
of this subparagraph.’’.
(c) DISTRIBUTIONS DURING LAST YEAR BEFORE
DETERMINATION DATE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section
457(b)(2) (relating to salary limitation on eligible
deferred compensation plans) is amended by striking
‘‘331⁄3 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘100 percent’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by this subsection shall apply to years beginning
after December 31, 2001.
SEC. 
303. 
FASTER 
VESTING 
OF 
CERTAIN 
EMPLOYER
MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) AMENDMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—
Section 411(a) (relating to minimum vesting standards)
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘A plan’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (12), a plan’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(12) FASTER VESTING FOR MATCHING CON-
TRIBUTIONS.—In the case of matching contributions
(as defined in section 401(m)(4)(A)), paragraph (2)
shall be applied—
‘‘(A) by substituting ‘3 years’ for ‘5 years’
in subparagraph (A), and
‘‘(B) by substituting the following table for
the table contained in subparagraph (B):
(B) DEFERRAL LIMIT DETERMINED WITH-
OUT REGARD TO ROLLOVER AMOUNTS.—Section
457(b)(2) (defining eligible deferred compensa-
tion plan) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than
rollover amounts)’’ after ‘‘taxable year’’.
(C) DIRECT ROLLOVER.—Paragraph (1) of
section 457(d) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the pe-
riod at the end of subparagraph (B) and insert-
ing ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after subpara-
graph (B) the following:
‘‘(C) in the case of a plan maintained by
an employer described in subsection (e)(1)(A),
the plan meets requirements similar to the re-
quirements of section 401(a)(31).
Any amount transferred in a direct trustee-to-trustee
transfer in accordance with section 401(a)(31) shall
not be includible in gross income for the taxable year
of transfer.’’.
(D) WITHHOLDING.—
(i) Paragraph (12) of section 3401(a)
is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(E) under or to an eligible deferred com-
pensation plan which, at the time of such pay-
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of
subparagraph (A)(ii), the applicable dollar
amount shall be the amount determined in
accordance with the following table:
‘‘For taxable years
The applicable
beginning in
dollar amount:
calendar year:
2002 ............................................................................
$7,000
2003 ............................................................................
$8,000
2004 ............................................................................
$9,000
2005 or thereafter ......................................................
$10,000.
‘‘(ii) COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENT.—
In the case of a year beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2005, the Secretary shall adjust the
$10,000 amount under clause (i) at the
same time and in the same manner as
under section 415(d), except that the base
period taken into account shall be the cal-
endar quarter beginning July 1, 2004, and
any increase under this subparagraph
which is not a multiple of $500 shall be
rounded to the next lower multiple of
$500.’’.
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) 
Subclause 
(I) 
of 
section
401(k)(11)(B)(i) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking
‘‘$6,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount in effect
under section 408(p)(2)(A)(ii)’’.
States personnel and equipment. Upon termination of
United States membership, no payments shall be made to
the United Nations or any organ, specialized agency, com-
mission or other formally affiliated body thereof, out of
any funds appropriated prior to such termination or out
of any other funds available for such purposes.
(b) APPLICATION.—The provisions of this section
shall apply to all agencies of the United Nations, including
independent or voluntary agencies.
SEC. 5. UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.
(a) TERMINATION.—No funds are authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available for any United
States contribution to any United Nations military oper-
ation.
(b) TERMINATIONS OF UNITED STATES PARTICIPA-
TION
IN
UNITED
NATIONS
PEACEKEEPING
OPER-
ATIONS.—No funds may be obligated or expended to sup-
port the participation of any member of the Armed Forces
of the United States as part of any United Nations mili-
tary or peacekeeping operation or force. No member of
the Armed Forces of the United States may serve under
the command of the United Nations.
(B) Section 401(k)(11) is amended by strik-
ing subparagraph (E).
(g) ROUNDING RULE RELATING TO DEFINED BENEFIT
PLANS AND DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS.—Paragraph
(4) of section 415(d) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) ROUNDING.—
‘‘(A) 
$160,000 
AMOUNT.—Any 
increase
under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) which
is not a multiple of $5,000 shall be rounded to
the next lowest multiple of $5,000.
‘‘(B) 
$40,000 
AMOUNT.—Any 
increase
under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) which
is not a multiple of $1,000 shall be rounded to
the next lowest multiple of $1,000.’’.
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to years beginning after December 31,
2001.
SEC. 202. PLAN LOANS FOR SUBCHAPTER S OWNERS, PART-
NERS, AND SOLE PROPRIETORS.
(a) AMENDMENT
OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—
Subparagraph (B) of section 4975(f)(6) (relating to exemp-
tions not to apply to certain transactions) is amended by
adding at the end the following new clause:
‘‘(iii) LOAN EXCEPTION.—For purposes
of subparagraph (A)(i), the term ‘owner-em-
‘‘(A) in the case of a contraceptive drug or
device, restricting the type of health care pro-
fessionals that may prescribe such drugs or de-
vices, utilization review provisions, and limits on
the volume of prescription drugs or devices that
may be obtained on the basis of a single con-
sultation with a professional; or
‘‘(B) in the case of an outpatient contra-
ceptive service, restricting the type of health
care professionals that may provide such serv-
ices, utilization review provisions, requirements
relating to second opinions prior to the coverage
of such services, and requirements relating to
preauthorizations prior to the coverage of such
services.
‘‘(d) NOTICE.—A group health plan under this part
shall comply with the notice requirement under section
714(d) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 with respect to the requirements of this section
as if such section applied to such plan.
‘‘(e) PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed to preempt any provision of State law to the
extent that such State law establishes, implements, or con-
tinues in effect any standard or requirement that provides
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 38
of such Code (relating to current year business cred-
it) is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of para-
graph (12), by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (13) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
‘‘(14) the National Education Technology Corps
assistance credit determined under section 45E(a).’’.
(2) LIMITATION
ON
CARRYBACK.—Subsection
(d) of section 39 of such Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(10) NO
CARRYBACK
OF
NATIONAL
EDU-
CATION
TECHNOLOGY
CORPS
ASSISTANCE
CREDIT
BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE.—No portion of the un-
used business credit for any taxable year which is
attributable to the credit determined under section
45E may be carried back to any taxable year ending
before the date of the enactment of this para-
graph.’’.
(3) DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN UNUSED BUSI-
NESS CREDITS.—Subsection (c) of section 196 of
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end
of paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end
of paragraph (9) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by add-
(1) by redesignating section 36 as section 37;
and
(2) by inserting after section 35 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 36. SMALL BUSINESS LOAN OVERSIGHT OFFICE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this section,
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration
shall establish an office within the Administration to con-
duct oversight of the loan programs authorized by section
7(a) (in this section referred to as the ‘loan programs’).
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the office established
under subsection (a) shall include—
‘‘(1) collection and analysis of data related to
loans made under the loan programs;
‘‘(2) identification of any abuse with respect to
the loan programs;
‘‘(3) identification of any unnecessary financial
risk to the United States arising from the loan pro-
grams; and
‘‘(4) collection and analysis of data with respect
to the compliance of lenders participating in the loan
programs with the Small Business Administration’s
program policies.
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after
the date of enactment of the Small Business Loan Over-
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1100
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to improve the ability of
individuals and local, State, and Federal agencies to prevent natural
flood disaster.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2001
Mr. POMBO (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr.
RADANOVICH, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr.
SCHAFFER, Mr. LARGENT, Mrs. BONO, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. SKEEN, Mrs.
EMERSON, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. HERGER, and Mr. REHBERG) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources
A BILL
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to improve
the ability of individuals and local, State, and Federal
agencies to prevent natural flood disaster.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to assist individuals and
local, State, and Federal agencies in complying with the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 in reconstructing or re-
pairing of flood control levee structures to address immi-
nent threats to public health or safety or catastrophic nat-
ural events and in maintaining the structural integrity of
those structures.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF
1973.
(a) ACTIONS EXEMPT FROM CONSULTATION AND
CONFERENCING.—Section 7(a) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(5) Consultation and conferencing under paragraphs
(2) and (4) is not required for any agency action that—
‘‘(A) consists of reconstruction or repair of a
Federal or non-Federal levee structure—
‘‘(i) to address a critical, imminent threat
to public health or safety; or
‘‘(ii) to address a catastrophic natural
event; or
‘‘(B) consists of maintaining the structural in-
tegrity of a Federal or non-Federal levee structure.’’.
(b) EXCLUSION FROM TAKINGS PROHIBITION.—Sec-
tion 9(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1538(a)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, an activity of
a Federal or non-Federal person is not a taking of a spe-
cies if the activity—
‘‘(A) consists of reconstruction or repair of a
Federal or non-Federal levee structure—
‘‘(i) to address a critical, imminent threat
to public health or safety; or
‘‘(ii) to address a catastrophic natural
event; or
‘‘(B) consists of maintaining the structural in-
tegrity of a Federal or non-Federal levee structure.’’.
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calaureate degrees (such as community colleges),
community based organizations, and businesses, may
be included in partnerships under this section.
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this part—
‘‘(1) a ‘minority-serving institution’ means an
institution that is eligible to apply for assistance
under sections 316 or 317, under part B of this
title, or under title V of this Act; and
‘‘(2) a ‘partner institution’ means an institution
of higher education that offers a baccalaureate or
postbaccalaureate degree not awarded by the minor-
ity-serving institutions with which it is partnered.
‘‘(d) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—In addition to
the application requirements under section 391, an eligible
partnership under subsection (b)(1) shall include in its
application—
‘‘(1) the name of each partner and a descrip-
tion of its responsibilities as a member of the part-
nership;
‘‘(2) a copy of the partnership agreement, in-
cluding any articulation agreement between the part-
ners;
‘‘(3) a description of—
(2) To provide a clear national mandate for
subjecting to special scrutiny those foreign jurisdic-
tions, financial institutions operating outside the
United States, and classes of international trans-
actions that pose particular, identifiable opportuni-
ties for money laundering.
(3) To provide the Secretary of the Treasury
with broad discretionary authority to take certain
measures tailored to the particular money laun-
dering problems presented by specific foreign juris-
dictions, financial institutions operating outside the
United States, and classes of international trans-
actions.
(4) To provide domestic financial institutions
with guidance on particular foreign jurisdictions, fi-
nancial institutions operating outside the United
States, and classes of international transactions that
are of primary money laundering concern to the
United States Government.
(5) To clarify the terms of the safe harbor from
civil liability for filing suspicious activity reports.
(6) To strengthen the Secretary’s authority to
issue and administer geographic targeting orders,
and to clarify that violations of such orders or any
other requirement imposed under the authority con-
control, discipline, expel, or suspend a student or
maintain order or control in the classroom or school;
‘‘(3) if appropriate or required, the teacher was
properly licensed, certified, or authorized by the ap-
propriate authorities for the activities or practice in
the State in which the harm occurred, where the ac-
tivities were or practice was undertaken within the
scope of the teacher’s responsibilities;
‘‘(4) the harm was not caused by willful or
criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless mis-
conduct, or a conscious, flagrant indifference to the
rights or safety of the individual harmed by the
teacher; and
‘‘(5) the harm was not caused by the teacher
operating a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other
vehicle for which the State requires the operator or
the owner of the vehicle, craft, or vessel to—
‘‘(A) possess an operator’s license; or
‘‘(B) maintain insurance.
‘‘(b) CONCERNING RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHERS
TO SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.—Nothing
in this section shall be construed to affect any civil action
brought by any school or any governmental entity against
any teacher of such school.
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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tained in chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508
and subchapters II and III of chapter 53 of title 31,
United States Code, may result in criminal and civil
penalties.
(7) To strengthen the ability of financial insti-
tutions to maintain the integrity of their employee
population.
(8) To strengthen measures to prevent the use
of the United States financial system for personal
gain by corrupt foreign officials and to facilitate the
repatriation of any stolen assets to the citizens of
countries to whom such assets belong.
TITLE I—INTERNATIONAL COUN-
TER–MONEY 
LAUNDERING
MEASURES
SEC. 101. SPECIAL MEASURES FOR JURISDICTIONS, FINAN-
CIAL 
INSTITUTIONS, 
OR 
INTERNATIONAL
TRANSACTIONS OF PRIMARY MONEY LAUN-
DERING CONCERN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 53 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
section 5318 the following new section:
such term is defined in section 3(b) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437a(b)) for use as downpayments for the ac-
quisition of principal residences.
‘‘(B) 
CONSUMER
ADVOCACY
ASSIST-
ANCE.—10 percent of any such amounts shall
be available only for the Secretary to provide
assistance for nonprofit organizations that en-
gage in legal advocacy activities relating to pro-
tection of consumer rights, which shall be se-
lected by the Secretary in consultation with the
Attorney General.’’.
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