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dependent upon the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic 
National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, represents the 
very epitome of a primeval wilderness ecosystem and 
constitutes the greatest wilderness area and diversity 
of wildlife habitats of its kind in the United States. 
(3) President Dwight D. Eisenhower initiated 
protection of the wilderness values of the Arctic 
coastal plain in 1960 when he set aside 8,900,000 
acres establishing the Arctic National Wildlife Ref-
uge expressly ‘‘for the purpose of preserving unique 
wildlife, wilderness and recreational values’’. 
(4) Congress strengthened the protective man-
agement of the Eisenhower-designated area in 1980 
with the enactment of the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96–487; 94 
Stat. 2371), section 303(2) of which established the 
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, more than doubled 
the size of the wildlife refuge, and extended statu-
tory wilderness protection to most of the original 
area. 
(5) Before the enactment of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act, the House 
of Representatives twice passed legislation that 
would have protected the entire Eisenhower-des-
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 771
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand bonus depreciation 
to expensing for 18 months. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. UPTON, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. CRANE, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Ms. 
DUNN, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HULSHOF, 
Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. CAMP, Mr. HERGER, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. GOODLATTE, 
Mr. COX, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. 
SULLIVAN, Mr. REGULA, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. CHABOT, 
Mr. MURPHY, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. BARRETT of South 
Carolina, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. PENCE, Mr. 
GILCHREST, Mr. WALSH, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 
ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 
FORBES, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. KELLER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
ISAKSON, Ms. HART, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. MILLER 
of Florida, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. 
PORTER, Mr. ISSA, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire, Mr. 
OTTER, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. CAL-
VERT, Mr. GARY
G. MILLER
of California, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. 
NETHERCUTT, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. HAYES, 
Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. KING of Iowa, 
Mr. BONILLA, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. ISTOOK, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. 
OSBORNE, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, 
Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, and Mrs. BIGGERT) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand 
bonus depreciation to expensing for 18 months.
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 ‘‘Full Expensing for 
Economic Growth Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FIRST YEAR BONUS DEPRECIATION TEMPORARILY 
INCREASED TO 100 PERCENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 168(k) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special 
allowance for certain property acquired after September 
10, 2001, and before September 11, 2004) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new flush sentence: 
‘‘The preceding sentence shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘100 percent’ for ‘30 percent’ with respect 
to property acquired during the 18-month period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this sen-
tence, but only if there was no written binding con-
tract in effect before such date, for the acquisition 
of such property or, in the case of property manu-
factured, constructed, or produced for the taxpayer’s 
own use, for the manufacture, construction, or pro-
duction of such property.’’.
(1) As financial institutions more carefully 
scrutinize identifying documents presented by for-
eign nationals seeking to open new accounts, they 
are increasingly accepting the matricula consular as 
the primary form of identification for Mexican citi-
zens residing in the United States. 
(2) The matricula consular is a water-sealed 
photo identification card issued by the Government 
of Mexico to Mexican nationals who—
(A) complete an application form in person 
at any of the 47 consulate offices of the Gov-
ernment of Mexico within the United States; 
and 
(B) submit a certified copy of a birth cer-
tificate, present an official picture ID issued by 
any Mexican or U.S. authority, and show proof 
of residence in the consular district by pre-
senting a phone, rent, or power bill. 
(3) The card known as the matricula consular 
contains a serial number, the individual’s name, date 
and place of birth, the United States address of such 
individual, as well as the card’s date of issuance and 
expiration. 
(4) Mexican consulate offices in the United 
States are also developing a telephone verification
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 772
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that foreign base 
company shipping income shall include only income from aircraft and 
income from certain vessels transporting petroleum and related products. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. WELLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
that foreign base company shipping income shall include 
only income from aircraft and income from certain ves-
sels transporting petroleum and related products.
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 ‘‘RAFT (Restore Access 
to Foreign Trade) Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF MOST VESSEL SHIPPING INCOME 
FROM FOREIGN BASE COMPANY INCOME. 
(a) FOREIGN BASE COMPANY SHIPPING INCOME TO 
INCLUDE ONLY INCOME FROM AIRCRAFT AND PETRO-
LEUM VESSELS.—Subsection (f) of section 954 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to foreign base 
company income) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘petroleum’’ before ‘‘vessel’’ 
each place it appears, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘petroleum vessel’ means any vessel engaged in the 
carriage of petroleum or related products or byprod-
ucts if the controlled group (as defined in section 
267(f)(1) without regard to section 1563(b)(2)(C)) 
of which the taxpayer is a member is engaged prin-
cipally in the trade or business of exploring for, or 
extracting, refining or marketing of, petroleum or 
related products or byproducts.’’
(b) RETENTION OF SEPARATE FOREIGN TAX CREDIT 
BASKET FOR ALL SHIPPING INCOME.—Subparagraph (D) 
of section 904(d)(2) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘(as defined in section 954(f))’’ and inserting ‘‘, as de-
fined in section 954(f), if references in such section to pe-
troleum vessels included references to all vessels’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years of foreign corpora-
tions beginning after December 31, 2002, and to taxable 
years of United States shareholders (within the meaning 
of section 951(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) 
within which or with which such taxable years of such for-
eign corporations end.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 773
To amend section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, to authorize financial 
institutions to accept matricula consular issued in the United States 
as a valid form of identification. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. HINOJOSA
(for himself, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. REYES, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. ORTIZ, 
Mr. BACA, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SERRANO, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, 
to authorize financial institutions to accept matricula 
consular issued in the United States as a valid form 
of identification.
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 ‘‘21st Century Access 
to Banking Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following:
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4824 
AN ACT 
To allow certain State and tribal permitting authority to 
encourage expansion of broadband service to rural and 
tribal communities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
service that will allow financial institutions and 
other persons to confirm the authenticity of any 
matricula consular. 
(5) Accepting matricula consular as a form of 
identification allows Mexican immigrants to enter 
the financial mainstream and provides banks and 
other financial institutions with a new, fast-growing 
market. 
(6) Opening a bank account is often impossible 
for Mexican nationals who lack the generally re-
quired 2 forms of identification and as a con-
sequence, they often use expensive check-cashing 
services to cash payroll checks and wire services to 
send money to relatives in Mexico and carry large 
sums of cash, which has increasingly made them tar-
gets of crime. 
(7) Institutions located in areas with large His-
panic populations have established a variety of pro-
grams to meet the needs of this growing segment of 
the population, including the maintenance of bilin-
gual automated teller machines, the employment of 
bilingual staff, and the establishment of loan pack-
ages and business banking services geared to His-
panic businesses.
(8) The acceptance of the matricula consular 
issued by consulates of the Government of Mexico as 
a form of identification is consistent with the pro-
posed customer identification verification regulations 
prescribed under section 5318(l) of title 31, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 3. ACCEPTANCE OF MATRICULA CONSULAR FOR IDEN-
TIFICATION 
AND 
VERIFICATION 
OF 
CUS-
TOMERS WHO OPEN ACCOUNTS AT FINAN-
CIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (6) of section 5318(l) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(6) MATRICULA CONSULAR.—Subject to regu-
lations prescribed under this subsection, a matricula 
consular issued in the United States by a duly au-
thorized consular officer of the Government of Mex-
ico shall be a valid form of identification of the indi-
vidual to whom the card is issued for purposes of 
this subsection.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall prescribe such regulations in 
final form as may be necessary to give effect to the amend-
ment made by subsection (a) before the end of the 90-
day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 774
To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit any operator of 
an automated teller machine that displays any paid advertising from 
imposing any fee on a consumer for the use of that machine, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit 
any operator of an automated teller machine that dis-
plays any paid advertising from imposing any fee on 
a consumer for the use of that machine, 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 ‘‘Access to Money 
(ATM) Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USER FEES FOR AUTOMATED 
TELLER MACHINES THAT CARRY PAID AD-
VERTISING. 
The Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 
1693 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 918, 919, 920, 
and 921 as sections 919, 920, 921, and 922, respec-
tively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 917 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 918. FEES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If an automated teller machine 
or other cash dispensing machine at which a consumer 
may initiate an electronic fund transfer displays any ad-
vertising on the screen of such machine, whether in the 
form of a banner or a trailer or in any other format, for 
which the operator of such machine has received any pay-
ment or other financial benefit, no fee may be imposed 
on the consumer with respect to such transaction by the 
operator of such machine, whether or not the consumer 
maintains an account with the operator. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING BY THE 
OPERATOR AND PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.—
Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to—
‘‘(1) advertising relating to products or services 
provided by the operator of an automated teller ma-
chine or cash dispensing machine referred to in such 
subsection or by any affiliate of such operator; or 
‘‘(2) any public service announcement.’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 775
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity 
immigrant program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. HALL, Mr. FORBES, 
Mr. BOYD, Mr. GOODE, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. 
CULBERSON, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. BURNS, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Vir-
ginia, and Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate 
the diversity immigrant program.
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—
(1) the ‘‘Security and Fairness Enhancement 
for America Act of 2003’’; or 
(2) the ‘‘SAFE for America Act’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) WORLDWIDE
LEVEL
OF
DIVERSITY
IMMI-
GRANTS.—Section 201 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); and
(2) by striking subsection (e). 
(b) ALLOCATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISAS.—
Section 203 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (c); 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c),’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b),’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) 
and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), and 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) and (b)’’. 
(c) PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING IMMIGRANT STA-
TUS.—Section 204 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking subsection (a)(1)(I); and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2003.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 777
To authorize grants to States to fund arrangements between local police 
departments and public accommodations to have the accommodations 
serve as emergency domestic violence shelters. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize grants to States to fund arrangements between 
local police departments and public accommodations to 
have the accommodations serve as emergency domestic 
violence shelters.
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 ‘‘Domestic Violence 
Shelter Coordination Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. STATE GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE SHELTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 
grants to States to enable the States to provide local police 
departments within the States with funds to pay to have 
hotels, motels, and other places of public accommodation 
serve as emergency domestic violence shelters. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The Attorney General shall by 
regulation prescribe the manner in which grant funds 
under subsection (a) are to be made available to local po-
lice departments for emergency domestic violence shelters. 
Such regulation shall include—
(1) a requirement that a State may not receive 
funds from the Attorney General under subsection 
(a) unless the State demonstrates, to the satisfaction 
of the Attorney General, that—
(A) there is a shortage of emergency do-
mestic violence shelters in the State; 
(B) appropriate measures will be taken 
with respect to a public accommodation to be 
used as an emergency domestic violence shelter 
for privacy of, and security for, the users of the 
shelter; and 
(C) there will be cooperation between the 
emergency domestic violence shelters in the 
State and the local police departments; and
In the Senate of the United States, 
March 22, 2018. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4851) entitled ‘‘An Act to establish the Kennedy- 
King National Commemorative Site in the State of Indiana, 
and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
In section 3, strike subsection (d). 
Attest: 
Secretary.
(2) a requirement that no place of public ac-
commodation may be used as an emergency domestic 
violence shelter without the consent of the owner of 
the accommodation. 
To receive a grant under subsection (a) a State shall sub-
mit an application to the Attorney General which shall in-
clude a plan prepared in accordance with the regulation 
of the Attorney General for the distribution of grant funds 
to local police departments. 
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘domestic violence’’ includes acts or threats of vio-
lence, not including acts of self-defense, committed by a 
current or former spouse of the victim, by a person with 
whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person 
who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim, 
by a person who is or has been in a continuing social rela-
tionship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim, 
by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim 
under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdic-
tion, or by any other person against a victim who is pro-
tected from that person’s acts under the domestic or fam-
ily violence laws of the jurisdiction.
(d) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Attorney General for grants under sub-
section (a) such sums as may be necessary.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 778
To recognize the birthdays of Presidents George Washington and Abraham 
Lincoln. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland (for himself and Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To recognize the birthdays of Presidents George Washington 
and Abraham Lincoln.
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 ‘‘Washington-Lincoln 
Recognition Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY. 
The legal public holiday known as Washington’s 
Birthday, as specified in section 6103 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be referred to by that name and no 
other—
(1) by all entities and officials of the United 
States Government; and 
(2) whenever it appears in any publication 
funded in whole or in part by Federal funds. 
SEC. 3. PROCLAMATION ON LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY. 
The Congress requests that the President issue a 
proclamation each year recognizing the anniversary of the 
birth of President Abraham Lincoln and calling upon the 
people of the United States to observe such anniversary 
with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 779
To allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly 
to the United States from countries in Latin America during World 
War II and were interned in the United States to be provided restitution 
under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. BECERRA (for himself, Mr. WU, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. BACA, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. 
HONDA, Mr. REYES, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. PASTOR, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Mr. 
FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. SERRANO, and Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were 
brought forcibly to the United States from countries 
in Latin America during World War II and were interned 
in the United States to be provided restitution under 
the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, 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 ‘‘Wartime Parity and 
Justice Act of 2003’’.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4851 
AN ACT 
To establish the Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site 
in the State of Indiana, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,