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Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 
apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro-
mulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions im-
posed pursuant to this section to the same extent that 
such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 
act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 
may exercise all authorities provided to the President 
under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 
for purposes of carrying out this section. 
(e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall, 
not later than 10 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the 
implementation of this section. 
(f) REPEAL
OF
NATIONAL
INTEREST
WAIVER 
UNDER PROTECTING EUROPE’S ENERGY SECURITY ACT 
OF 2019.—Section 7503 of the Protecting Europe’s En-
ergy Security Act of 2019 (title LXXV of Public Law 
116–92; 22 U.S.C. 9526 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (h)’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (f); 
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(3) by redesignating subsections (g) through (k) 
as subsections (f) through (j), respectively; and 
(4) in subsection (i), as redesignated by para-
graph (3), by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (g)’’. 
SEC. 4. NATURAL GAS EXPORTS. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that expanding nat-
ural gas exports will lead to increased investment and de-
velopment of domestic supplies of natural gas that will 
contribute to job growth and economic development. 
(b) NATURAL GAS EXPORTS.—Section 3(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or any other nation not ex-
cluded by this section’’ after ‘‘trade in natural gas’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(c) For purposes’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(c) EXPEDITED
APPLICATION
AND
APPROVAL 
PROCESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any nation subject to 
sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the 
United States is excluded from expedited ap-
proval under paragraph (1). 
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‘‘(B) DESIGNATION
BY
PRESIDENT
OR 
CONGRESS.—The President or Congress may 
designate nations that may be excluded from 
expedited approval under paragraph (1) for rea-
sons of national security. 
‘‘(3) ORDER NOT REQUIRED.—No order is re-
quired under subsection (a) to authorize the export 
or import of any natural gas to or from Canada or 
Mexico.’’. 
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(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 
(F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) In any case in which the person described in 
subparagraph (A) or (D) receiving payments on behalf of 
another fails to submit a report required by the Commis-
sioner of Social Security under subparagraph (A) or (D), 
the Commissioner may, after furnishing notice to such 
person and the individual entitled to such payment, re-
quire that such person appear in person at a field office 
of the Social Security Administration serving the area in 
which the individual resides in order to receive such pay-
ments.’’. 
(b) TITLE VIII AMENDMENTS.—Section 807(h) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1007(h)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY TO REDIRECT DELIVERY OF 
BENEFIT
PAYMENTS
WHEN
A
REPRESENTATIVE 
PAYEE
FAILS
TO
PROVIDE
REQUIRED
ACCOUNT-
ING.—In any case in which the person described in 
paragraph (1) or (2) receiving benefit payments on
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U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)(G)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(G)(i) In addition to such other reviews of rep-
resentative payees as the Commissioner of Social Security 
may otherwise conduct, the Commissioner shall provide for 
the periodic onsite review of any person or agency that 
receives the benefits payable under this title (alone or in 
combination with benefits payable under title II or title 
VIII) to another individual pursuant to the appointment 
of the person or agency as a representative payee under 
this paragraph, section 205(j), or section 807 in any case 
in which—
‘‘(I) the representative payee is a person who 
serves in that capacity with respect to 15 or more 
such individuals; 
‘‘(II) the representative payee is a certified 
community-based nonprofit social service agency (as 
defined in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph or 
section 205(j)(9)); or 
‘‘(III) the representative payee is an agency 
(other than an agency described in subclause (II)) 
that serves in that capacity with respect to 50 or 
more such individuals. 
‘‘(ii) Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal 
year, the Commissioner shall submit to the Committee on
paragraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (C) and 
(D), respectively; and 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(c)(1)(A) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
461(c)(1)(A)), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(4)(C)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’. 
SEC. 5. INCREASED FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD FLEXIBILITY 
IN SETTING RESERVE REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 19(b)(2)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 
U.S.C. 461(b)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the ratio of 3 per 
centum’’ and inserting ‘‘a ratio not greater than 3 
percent (and which may be zero)’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and not less than 
8 per centum,’’ and inserting ‘‘(and which may be 
zero),’’. 
SEC. 6. TRANSFER OF FEDERAL RESERVE SURPLUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(b) of the Federal Reserve 
Act (12 U.S.C. 289(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS TO COVER INTER-
EST
PAYMENTS
FOR
FISCAL
YEARS
2003
THROUGH 
2007.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to the 
amounts required to be transferred from the sur-
plus funds of the Federal reserve banks pursuant
The Executive Director shall certify to the certified ac-
count manager managing such account the amount of 
each lump sum payment, and upon receipt of such certifi-
cation, the certified account manager shall transfer such 
certified amount to the Secretary of the Treasury for sub-
sequent transfer to the covered individual. Such certifi-
cation shall also include such information as may be nec-
essary to make each lump sum payment in a timely man-
ner. 
‘‘(d) SPLITTING
OF ACCOUNT ASSETS UPON DI-
VORCE AFTER 1 YEAR OF MARRIAGE.—Upon the divorce 
of a covered individual for whom a Social Security guar-
antee account has been established under this part, from 
a spouse to whom the covered individual had been married 
for at least 1 year—
‘‘(1) if a Social Security guarantee account has 
been established under this part for the divorced 
spouse of the covered individual, the Board shall di-
rect the appropriate certified account manager to 
transfer—
‘‘(A) from the Social Security guarantee 
account with the greater amount of accruals 
(including earnings) during the time of the 
marriage, 
‘‘(B) to the other such account,
the subsequent period ending with her entitlement 
month, and had applied for such benefit during the 
first month for which he would have been eligible for 
such benefit (assuming a primary insurance amount 
for the deceased individual determined under para-
graph (2)(B) of this subsection). 
For purposes of determining the deceased individual’s im-
puted old-age insurance benefit under this clause, the de-
termination of whether the deceased individual was a fully-
insured individual (as defined in section 214(a)) shall be 
made as of the date of his death. In any case in which 
the deceased individual died before attaining age 62 and 
would not have attained age 62 before the end of the enti-
tlement month of the widow (or surviving divorced wife), 
the deceased individual’s imputed old-age insurance ben-
efit shall be deemed to be zero. 
‘‘(iii) The amount of the imputed husband’s insur-
ance benefit of the deceased individual for the entitlement 
month of the widow (or surviving divorced wife) is the 
amount of the husband’s insurance benefit under sub-
section (c) to which he would have been entitled for such 
month (assuming, for purposes of reduction under sub-
section (k)(3)(A), the entitlement to an old-age insurance 
benefit for such month, if any, as described in clause 
(ii))—
another individual pursuant to the appointment of the per-
son or agency as a representative payee under this para-
graph, section 205(j), or section 807 in any case in which—
‘‘(I) the representative payee is a person who 
serves in that capacity with respect to 15 or more 
such individuals; 
‘‘(II) the representative payee is a certified com-
munity-based nonprofit social service agency (as de-
fined in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph or sec-
tion 205(j)(9)); or 
‘‘(III) the representative payee is an agency 
(other than an agency described in subclause (II)) 
that serves in that capacity with respect to 50 or 
more such individuals. 
‘‘(ii) Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, 
the Commissioner shall submit to the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate a report on the results of 
periodic onsite reviews conducted during the fiscal year 
pursuant to clause (i) and of any other reviews of represent-
ative payees conducted during such fiscal year in connec-
tion with benefits under this title. Each such report shall 
describe in detail all problems identified in the reviews and 
any corrective action taken or planned to be taken to correct 
the problems, and shall include—
(3) in paragraph (6)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (10)’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7)(A) If the Commissioner of Social Security or a 
court of competent jurisdiction determines that a represent-
ative payee that is not a Federal, State, or local government 
agency has misused all or part of an individual’s benefit 
that was paid to such representative payee under this sub-
section, the representative payee shall be liable for the 
amount misused, and such amount (to the extent not repaid 
by the representative payee) shall be treated as an overpay-
ment of benefits under this title to the representative payee 
for all purposes of this Act and related laws pertaining to 
the recovery of such overpayments. Subject to subparagraph 
(B), upon recovering all or any part of such amount, the 
Commissioner shall certify an amount equal to the recov-
ered amount for payment to such individual or such indi-
vidual’s alternative representative payee. 
‘‘(B) The total of the amount certified for payment to 
such individual or such individual’s alternative representa-
tive payee under subparagraph (A) and the amount cer-
tified for payment under paragraph (5) may not exceed the 
total benefit amount misused by the representative payee 
with respect to such individual.’’.
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(6) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Deportation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Removal’’. 
(b) CORRECTION
OF CITATION RESPECTING
THE 
TAX DEDUCTION RELATING
TO HEALTH INSURANCE 
COSTS
OF
SELF-EMPLOYED
INDIVIDUALS.—Section 
211(a)(15) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 411(a)(15)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘section 162(m)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
162(l)’’. 
(c) ELIMINATION OF REFERENCE TO OBSOLETE 20-
DAY AGRICULTURAL WORK TEST.—Section 3102(a) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘and the employee has not performed agricultural labor 
for the employer on 20 days or more in the calendar year 
for cash remuneration computed on a time basis’’. 
SEC. 425. TECHNICAL CORRECTION RESPECTING SELF-EM-
PLOYMENT INCOME IN COMMUNITY PROP-
ERTY STATES. 
(a) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT AMENDMENT.—Section 
211(a)(5)(A) 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 411(a)(5)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘all of the 
gross income’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the gross 
income and deductions attributable to such trade or busi-
ness shall be treated as the gross income and deductions 
of the spouse carrying on such trade or business or, if 
such trade or business is jointly operated, treated as the
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gross income and deductions of each spouse on the basis 
of their respective distributive share of the gross income 
and deductions;’’. 
(b) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 AMEND-
MENT.—Section 1402(a)(5)(A) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘all of the gross in-
come’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the gross income 
and deductions attributable to such trade or business shall 
be treated as the gross income and deductions of the 
spouse carrying on such trade or business or, if such trade 
or business is jointly operated, treated as the gross income 
and deductions of each spouse on the basis of their respec-
tive distributive share of the gross income and deductions; 
and’’.
Passed the House of Representatives April 2, 2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4754 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to provide prospective 
construction contractors with information about an agen-
cy’s policies on the administration of change orders to 
allow such contractors to make informed business deci-
sions regarding the pricing of bids or proposals, and 
for other purposes.
Sec. 401. Application of demonstration authority sunset date to new projects. 
Sec. 402. Expansion of waiver authority available in connection with dem-
onstration projects providing for reductions in disability insur-
ance benefits based on earnings. 
Sec. 403. Funding of demonstration projects provided for reductions in dis-
ability insurance benefits based on earnings. 
Sec. 404. Availability of Federal and State work incentive services to additional 
individuals. 
Sec. 405. Technical amendment clarifying treatment for certain purposes of in-
dividual work plans under the Ticket to Work and Self-Suffi-
ciency Program. 
Subtitle B—Miscellaneous Amendments 
Sec. 411. Elimination of transcript requirement in remand cases fully favorable 
to the claimant. 
Sec. 412. Nonpayment of benefits upon removal from the United States. 
Sec. 413. Reinstatement of certain reporting requirements. 
Sec. 414. Clarification of definitions regarding certain survivor benefits. 
Sec. 415. Clarification respecting the FICA and SECA tax exemptions for an 
individual whose earnings are subject to the laws of a total-
ization agreement partner. 
Sec. 416. Coverage under divided retirement system for public employees in 
Kentucky. 
Sec. 417. Compensation for the Social Security Advisory Board. 
Sec. 418. 60-month period of employment requirement for application of gov-
ernment pension offset exemption. 
Subtitle C—Technical Amendments 
Sec. 421. Technical correction relating to responsible agency head. 
Sec. 422. Technical correction relating to retirement benefits of ministers. 
Sec. 423. Technical corrections relating to domestic employment. 
Sec. 424. Technical corrections of outdated references. 
Sec. 425. Technical correction respecting self-employment income in community 
property States.
TITLE I—PROTECTION OF 
BENEFICIARIES 
Subtitle A—Representative Payees 
SEC. 101. AUTHORITY TO REISSUE BENEFITS MISUSED BY 
ORGANIZATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES. 
(a) TITLE II AMENDMENTS.—
(1)
REISSUANCE
OF
BENEFITS.—Section 
205(j)(5)
of
the
Social
Security
Act
(42 
U.S.C. 405(j)(5)) is amended by inserting after the
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4768 
AN ACT 
To require the President to develop a national strategy to 
combat the financial networks of transnational organized 
criminals, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendments made by
this section shall apply to games conducted after Decem-
ber 31, 2003.
SEC. 111. EXCISE TAXES EXEMPTION FOR BLOOD COL-
LECTOR ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) EXEMPTION FROM IMPOSITION
OF SPECIAL
FUELS TAX.—Section 4041(g) (relating to other exemp-
tions) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (3), by striking the period in paragraph (4) and
inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after paragraph (4)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) with respect to the sale of any liquid to a
qualified blood collector organization (as defined in
section 7701(a)(48)) for such organization’s exclu-
sive use, or with respect to the use by a qualified
blood collector organization of any liquid as a fuel.’’.
(b) EXEMPTION FROM MANUFACTURERS EXCISE
TAX.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4221(a) (relating to
certain tax-free sales) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’
at the end of paragraph (4), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the
end of paragraph (5), and by inserting after para-
graph (5) the following new paragraph:
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4771 
AN ACT 
To raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small 
bank holding company policy statement, 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. 4792 
AN ACT 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand 
access to capital for small businesses affected by hurri-
canes or other natural disasters, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
tion 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 
7241). 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
contracts entered into after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 479 
AN ACT 
To require a report on the designation of the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea as a state sponsor of ter-
rorism, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(1) The public lands managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management and the Federal lands within the 
National Forest System provide important opportu-
nities for recreational activities as well as for other 
uses. 
(2) The use of vehicles on such lands for rec-
reational and other purposes is appropriate and 
should be permitted to continue. 
(3) Use of vehicles, whether motorized or non-
motorized, on such lands can result in damage and 
should occur only where consistent with the other 
purposes for which those lands are managed and in 
compliance with all applicable requirements or regu-
lations. 
(4) Violations of such requirements or regula-
tions should be subject to fines commensurate with 
the severity of any damages resulting from such vio-
lations. 
(5) Current law should be revised so that the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture can impose more appropriate fines for viola-
tions of such requirements or regulations and can 
require violators to reimburse the United States for 
restoration or other costs resulting from such viola-
tions.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4809 
AN ACT 
To increase access to agency guidance documents. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 746
To prohibit the Federal Government from entering into contracts with compa-
nies that do not include certifications for certain financial reports re-
quired under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2003
Mr. STRICKLAND (for himself, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. LIPIN-
SKI, and Mr. DEUTSCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Federal Government from entering into con-
tracts with companies that do not include certifications 
for certain financial reports required under the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934.
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 ‘‘Responsibility in Fed-
eral Contracts Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH COMPANIES 
WITHOUT 
FINANCIAL 
REPORT 
CERTIFI-
CATIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH COMPA-
NIES
FAILING
TO
CERTIFY
THEIR
FINANCIAL
RE-
PORTS.—The Federal Government may not enter into, or 
approve any subcontract under, a contract with any com-
pany filing periodic reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m, 
78o(d)) if, before the date on which the contract is ex-
pected to be awarded, the certification required under sec-
tion 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 
7241) has not been made for the most recent periodic re-
port due before such date. 
(b) PERIOD OF PROHIBITION.—A prohibition under 
subsection (a) shall remain in effect with respect to a com-
pany for the one-year period beginning on the date that 
the most recent periodic report was due. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the prohibi-
tion in subsection (a) if he determines that such waiver 
is in the national security interest of the United States. 
(d) LIST OF COMPANIES FAILING TO CERTIFY.—The 
Securities and Exchange Commission shall make available 
to the public on a quarterly basis a list of companies that 
have failed to make the certification required under sec-