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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5268
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board to investigate all fatal railroad grade crossing acci-
dents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board to investigate all 
fatal railroad grade crossing accidents.
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 ‘‘Fatal Grade Crossing 
Accident Investigations Act’’.
SEC. 2. GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENTS. 
Section 1131(a)(1)(C) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including a railroad 
grade crossing accident,’’ after ‘‘railroad accident’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5287
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acid yellow 235. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acid yellow 235.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON ACID YELLOW 235. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading:
‘‘
9902.32.06
Acid yellow 235 (CAS Nos. 
73018–84–5, 71562–83–9, 
125408–78–8, 125352–02–
5, and 125352–03–6) (pro-
vided for in subheading 
3204.12.45) .........................
Free 
No Change 
No Change 
On or before 
12/31/2007
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5270
To make careers in public service more feasible for students who graduate 
with high educational loan debt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. RENZI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To make careers in public service more feasible for students 
who graduate with high educational loan debt.
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 ‘‘Education for Public 
Service Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Nation benefits greatly from the con-
tributions of persons who obtain higher education, 
including graduate and professional degrees, and
then devote much of their careers to public service. 
High educational debt is an impediment that dis-
courages borrowers from pursuing low-paying public 
service employment. 
(2) In 1993, Congress created the income-con-
tingent loan repayment option to help high-debt bor-
rowers to have lower-paying public service careers. 
(3) This plan has not yet succeeded in removing 
the barriers to public service created by high edu-
cational debt. The principal problem is that bor-
rowers who elect this option do not receive debt for-
giveness until they have been paying for 25 years. 
Graduates are unable to contemplate such a long pe-
riod of repayment before their educational debts are 
forgiven. Many of them expect to be helping to pay 
for their children’s education within that period. 
(4) The goal of income-contingent repayment 
can be better achieved by reducing the option’s pe-
riod of loan repayment and forgiveness so that pub-
lic service professionals will not be forced to continue 
repaying their debt for 25 years after completion of 
graduate school. 
(5) Some borrowers are discouraged from using 
the income-continent repayment option because it in-
cludes a severe ‘‘marriage penalty’’. It attributes the
‘‘(2) showing compliance with requirements as 
part of the process for obtaining a license under this 
chapter; or 
‘‘(3) crew training prior to obtaining a license 
for a launch or reentry using the design of the rock-
et for which the permit would be issued. 
‘‘(e) Permits issued under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) authorize an unlimited number of launches 
and reentries for a particular suborbital rocket de-
sign for the uses described in subsection (d); and 
‘‘(2) specify the type of modifications that may 
be made to the suborbital rocket without changing 
the design to an extent that would invalidate the 
permit. 
‘‘(f) Permits shall not be transferable. 
‘‘(g) A permit may not be issued for, and a permit 
that has already been issued shall cease to be valid for, 
a particular design for a reusable suborbital rocket after 
a license has been issued for the launch or reentry of a 
rocket of that design. 
‘‘(h) No person may operate a reusable suborbital 
rocket under a permit for carrying any property or human 
being for compensation or hire.
incomes of both spouses to each borrower spouse, so 
that when a borrower marries, the amount of repay-
ment due under the option is vastly increased. The 
option can be made more equitable by attributing 
only half of the income of a couple to each spouse. 
(6) Making adjustments to the income-contin-
gent repayment option will improve access to higher 
education opportunities and will enable more grad-
uates to work in public service. 
SEC. 3. STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 455(d) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(d)(1)(D)) is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting ‘‘and sub-
ject to paragraph (6)’’ after ‘‘prescribed by the Sec-
retary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) MAXIMUM REPAYMENT PERIOD FOR PUB-
LIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES.—
‘‘(A) SHORTENED PERIOD IN RECOGNITION 
OF
SERVICE.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1)(D), in the case of borrowers who, after 
electing to repay a loan on the income contin-
gent repayment plan, have been employed by a
qualified public service employer, whether or 
not continuously, for at least eight years on a 
full-time basis, the extended period of time pre-
scribed by the Secretary shall not exceed 15 
years. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the term ‘qualified public service 
employer’ means any State, local government, 
Federal agency, or other organization (as such 
terms are defined by section 3371 of title 5, 
United States Code), any other office or entity 
of the legislative branch, and any employer that 
is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) 
or section 501(c)(4) of title 26, United States 
Code.’’. 
(b) REPAYMENT SCHEDULES FOR MARRIED BOR-
ROWERS.—Section 455(e)(2) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(e)(2)) is amended by—
(1) by striking ‘‘, or, if the borrower’’ and all 
that follows and inserting a period; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If the 
borrower is married, one-half of the combined ad-
justed gross income of the borrower and of the bor-
rower’s spouse shall be attributed to the borrower.’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5271
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish and award a decoration, 
to be known as the ‘‘Coalition of the Willing Medal’’, to members of 
the military services of nations participating with the United States 
in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself and Mr. LAMPSON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish and award 
a decoration, to be known as the ‘‘Coalition of the Will-
ing Medal’’, to members of the military services of na-
tions participating with the United States in Operation 
Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COALITION OF THE WILLING MEDAL. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish and award a decoration to be known as the ‘‘Coa-
lition of the Willing Medal’’. The medal shall be awarded, 
under procedures and criteria to be prescribed by the Sec-
retary, to members of the military services of nations par-
ticipating with the United States in Operation Enduring 
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, for those mem-
bers who participated in either of those operations. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary shall establish the 
criteria for award of the Coalition of the Willing Medal 
to members of the military services of foreign nations to 
be as similar as practicable as the criteria for award of 
a United States campaign medal to members of the United 
States Armed Forces who participate in Operation Endur-
ing Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
(c) APPLICATIONS; POSTHUMOUS
AWARDS.—The 
Secretary shall establish procedures for the submission to 
the Secretary of applications for the Coalition of the Will-
ing Medal and shall provide for posthumous award of such 
medal to the personal representative of any person eligible 
for the medal who is deceased.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5272
To establish the United States Boxing Commission to protect the general 
welfare of boxers and to ensure fairness in the sport of professional boxing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr. OSBORNE, and Mr. KING of New York) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the United States Boxing Commission to protect 
the general welfare of boxers and to ensure fairness 
in the sport of professional boxing.
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 ‘‘United States Boxing 
Commission Act’’.
(3) Five trustees, not more than 3 of whom 
shall be of the same political party, shall be ap-
pointed by the President with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, from among individuals who have 
shown leadership and interest in strengthening tribal 
self-governance, such as tribal leaders involved in 
health and public policy development affecting Na-
tive American and Alaska Native communities. 
(4) The Secretary of the Interior, or the Sec-
retary’s designee, who shall serve as a voting ex offi-
cio member of the Board but shall not be eligible to 
serve as Chairperson. 
(5) The Secretary of Education, or the Sec-
retary’s designee, who shall serve as a voting ex offi-
cio member of the Board but shall not be eligible to 
serve as Chairperson. 
(6) The President of Portland State University, 
who shall serve as a nonvoting, ex officio member 
and shall not be eligible to serve as Chairperson. 
(c) TERM OF OFFICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each trustee appointed pur-
suant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b) 
shall be appointed for a term of 6 years, except as 
provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this sub-
section.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5288
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acid blue 324. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acid blue 324.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON ACID BLUE 324. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading:
‘‘
9902.32.05
Acid blue 324 (CAS No. 
70571–81–2) (provided for 
in subheading 3204.12.45) ..
Free 
No Change 
No Change 
On or before 
12/31/2007
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5273
To convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, to create 
an additional judgeship for the district of Nebraska and for the eastern 
district of California, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. POMBO, Mr. HERGER, Mr. MAT-
SUI, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. TERRY, Mr. CASE, Mr. OSE, Mr. OSBORNE, 
Mr. NUNES, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. CARDOZA, and 
Mr. MOORE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judge-
ships, to create an additional judgeship for the district 
of Nebraska and for the eastern district of California, 
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. CONVERSION OF TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS TO 
PERMANENT JUDGESHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The existing district judgeships 
for the district of Hawaii, the district of Kansas, and the 
eastern district of Missouri authorized by section 203(c)
of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 
101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) shall, as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, be authorized under section 133 
of title 28, United States Code, and the incumbents in 
those offices shall hold the office under section 133 of title 
28, United States Code (as amended by this Act). 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
The table contained in section 133(a) of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in the item relating to Hawaii by striking 
‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’; 
(2) in the item relating to Kansas by striking 
‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’; and 
(3) in the item relating to the eastern district 
of Missouri by striking ‘‘6’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’. 
SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGESHIP FOR THE DISTRICT OF NE-
BRASKA. 
(a) ADDITIONAL
PERMANENT
DISTRICT
JUDGE-
SHIP.—The President shall appoint, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional district judge 
for the district of Nebraska. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
In order that the table under section 133(a) of title 28, 
United States Code, will reflect the change in the number 
of permanent judgeships authorized for the district of Ne-
braska by subsection (a), such table is amended in the 
item relating to Nebraska by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting 
‘‘4’’. 
SEC. 3. DISTRICT JUDGESHIP FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT 
OF CALIFORNIA. 
(a) ADDITIONAL
PERMANENT
DISTRICT
JUDGE-
SHIP.—The President shall appoint, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional district judge 
for the eastern district of California. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
In order that the table under section 133(a) of title 28, 
United States Code, will reflect the change in the number 
of permanent judgeships authorized for the eastern dis-
trict of California by subsection (a), such table is amended 
in the item relating to the eastern district of California 
by striking ‘‘6’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5276
To require that a conversion to contractor performance of an activity or 
function of the Federal Government may not result in the loss of employ-
ment of any Federal worker with a severe disability employed in that 
activity or function. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BACA, Ms. CARSON of Indi-
ana, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. 
FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FROST, Mr. GORDON, Mr. GREEN of 
Texas, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 
Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. KIND, Ms. LEE, Ms. 
MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 
NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. OLVER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. 
PAYNE, 
Mr. 
PRICE
of 
North 
Carolina, 
Mr. 
RANGEL, 
Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, 
Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WU, and Mr. WYNN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require that a conversion to contractor performance of 
an activity or function of the Federal Government may 
not result in the loss of employment of any Federal 
worker with a severe disability employed in that activity 
or function.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5274
To create an additional judgeship for the eastern district of California, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. POMBO, Mr. HERGER, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. DOO-
LITTLE, Mr. OSE, Mr. NUNES, Mr. RADANOVICH, and Mr. CARDOZA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To create an additional judgeship for the eastern district 
of California, 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. DISTRICT JUDGESHIP FOR THE EASTERN DIS-
TRICT OF CALIFORNIA. 
(a) ADDITIONAL
PERMANENT
DISTRICT
JUDGE-
SHIP.—The President shall appoint, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional district judge 
for the eastern district of California.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
In order that the table under section 133(a) of title 28, 
United States Code, will reflect the change in the number 
of permanent judgeships authorized for the eastern dis-
trict of California by subsection (a), such table is amended 
in the item relating to the eastern district of California 
by striking ‘‘6’’ and inserting ‘‘7’’.
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disabled Federal Em-
ployees Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TERMINATING EMPLOYMENT OF 
FEDERAL WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES EM-
PLOYED IN ACTIVITY OR FUNCTION CON-
VERTED TO CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—In the case of a conversion to 
contractor performance of any activity or function of an 
executive agency under Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–76 or any other policy, directive, or regulation, 
including any Most Efficient Organization plan, the head 
of the executive agency may not terminate the employment 
of any employee in that activity or function if—
(1) the employee is an individual with a dis-
ability (as defined in section 7(20)(A) of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705(20)(A)); and 
(2) the employee was hired under a plan or pro-
gram designated for hiring individuals with such dis-
ability. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
an activity or function that is planned to be changed to 
performance by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind 
or by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi-
capped persons in accordance with the Javits-Wagner-
O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c), if each employee covered
by subsection (a) is offered another position with the Fed-
eral Government, or with the nonprofit agency that will 
perform the activity or function, that is equivalent to the 
position previously held by the employee before the change 
to performance by the nonprofit agency.
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(d) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report de-
scribing efforts by the United States to— 
(1) mitigate the impact of Russian restrictions 
on natural gas, coal, and oil exports to Europe; 
(2) ensure sufficient energy supplies to Europe 
in the event of the imposition of the sanctions under 
subsection (a); and 
(3) implement the requirements under section 
209 to address energy supply shortfalls caused by 
the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) or 
the termination of energy supplies by the Russian 
Federation. 
SEC. 328. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
BELARUS RELATED TO THE BUILD-UP OF 
RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES ALONG UKRAINE’S 
BORDER. 
Upon making an affirmative determination under 
section 321 and not later than 30 days following such a 
determination, if the territory of the Republic of Belarus 
was used as a point of origin for Russian aggression cov-
ered by the determination, the President shall impose the 
sanctions described in section 351 with respect to— 
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5279
To suspend temporarily the duty on Nylosan red F-GS SGR. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Nylosan red F-GS SGR.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON NYLOSAN RED F-GS 
SGR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading:
‘‘
9902.32.04
2-Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 
7-[[4-chloro-6-
(dodecylamino)–1,3,5-
triazin-2-yl]amino]-4-hy-
droxy-3-[[4-[(4-
sulfophenyl)azo]phenyl]azo]-, 
disodium salt (CAS No. 
145703–76–0) provided for 
in subheading 3204.12.45 ...
Free 
No Change 
No Change 
On or before 
12/31/2007
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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