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U.S.C. 923(b)), and section 14 of the Act of August 29, 
1935 (45 U.S.C. 231m).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2004. 
SEC. 311. MAINTENANCE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
FUNDING. 
Section 452(j) (42 U.S.C. 652(j)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or the amount appropriated under this paragraph 
for fiscal year 2002, whichever is greater,’’ before ‘‘which 
shall be available’’. 
SEC. 312. MAINTENANCE OF FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR 
SERVICE FUNDING. 
Section 453(o) (42 U.S.C. 653(o)) is amended—
(1) in the 1st sentence, by inserting ‘‘or the 
amount appropriated under this paragraph for fiscal 
year 2002, whichever is greater,’’ before ‘‘which 
shall be available’’; and 
(2) in the 2nd sentence, by striking ‘‘for each 
of fiscal years 1997 through 2001’’. 
TITLE IV—CHILD WELFARE 
SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO APPROVE DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS. 
Section 1130(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9(a)(2)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’.
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives—
‘‘(1) the identity of each State that failed to 
make the certification; and 
‘‘(2) the amount of taxes, fees, or other charges 
described in subsection (a)(1)(A) imposed by that 
State that were expended for any purpose other than 
the purposes for which such taxes, fees, or charges 
were designated or presented. ’’. 
SEC. 4. REGULATION REVISION REQUIRED. 
Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall revise 
section 20.18(j) of its regulations (47 C.F.R. 20.18(j)) to 
provide that a public safety answering point in any State 
shall not be considered to have a mechanism in place for 
recovering the public safety answering point’s cost of 
phase II enhanced 911 service for purposes of such section 
during any period that such State continues, after the 
30th day after the date on which the certification was due, 
to fail to make the certification required by section 
715(a)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934. 
SEC. 5. FCC REVIEW OF ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS IN 
RURAL AREAS. 
Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall com-
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sioner to assist in confirming (or not con-
firming) the identity and employment eligibility 
of an individual in a manner that is determined 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be re-
liable, secure, not susceptible to identity theft, 
and to minimize fraud. The Commissioner shall 
not disclose or release social security informa-
tion (other than such confirmation or noncon-
firmation). 
‘‘(6) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY.—
As part of the confirmation system, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with the entity 
responsible for administration of the system, shall 
establish a reliable, secure method, which, within the 
time periods specified under paragraphs (2) and (3), 
compares the name of the alien, the alien identifica-
tion or authorization number, the date, and the 
workplace location which are provided in an inquiry 
against such information maintained by the Sec-
retary in order to confirm (or not confirm) the iden-
tity and employment eligibility of an individual in a 
manner that is determined by the Secretary to be re-
liable, secure, not susceptible to identity theft, and 
to minimize fraud.
(I) How the State will assist local edu-
cational agencies receiving subgrants under this 
title in providing one-on-one counseling to de-
velop graduation plans for students at risk of 
not graduating on time. 
(J) How the State will assess and evaluate 
the effectiveness of eligible local educational 
agency activities on a regular basis. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—
(1) SUBGRANTS.—Each State shall allocate 80 
percent of the funds the State receives under this 
title to local educational agencies, utilizing a com-
petitive priority based upon the graduation rate for 
students attending middle schools and high schools. 
(2) STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational 
agency shall use 20 percent of the grant funds 
the State educational agency receives under this 
title—
(i) to carry out State-level activities 
described in subsection (c); 
(ii) to provide technical support to 
local educational agencies and high-quality 
professional development to teachers and 
literacy coaches;
‘‘(3) the preparation of faculty and students to 
participate in distance education programs; 
‘‘(4) the quality and frequency of interaction 
between faculty and students in distance education 
programs; 
‘‘(5) the availability of current and recognized 
learning resources and support services for students 
in distance education programs; and 
‘‘(6) measures to ensure the integrity of student 
and faculty participation in distance education pro-
grams.’’.
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(18)(A) many of the 417,000 boats that are 
registered in the State of Ohio are used in the west-
ern basin, in part to fish for the estimated 
10,000,000 walleye that migrate from the lake to 
spawn; and 
(B) that internationally renowned walleye fish-
ery drives much of the $2,000,000,000 sport fishing 
industry in the State of Ohio; 
(19) coastal wetland in the western basin has 
been subjected to intense pressure for 150 years; 
(20) prior to 1850, the western basin was part 
of an extensive coastal marsh and swamp system 
consisting of approximately 122,000 hectares that 
comprised a portion of the Great Black Swamp; 
(21) by 1951, only 12,407 wetland hectares re-
mained in the western basin; 
(22) 50 percent of that acreage was destroyed 
between 1972 and 1987, leaving only approximately 
5,000 hectares in existence today; 
(23) along the Michigan shoreline, coastal wet-
land was reduced by 62 percent between 1916 and 
the early 1970s;
(24) the development of the city of Monroe, 
Michigan, has had a particularly significant impact
on the coastal wetland at the mouth of the Raisin 
River; 
(25) only approximately 100 hectares remain 
physically unaltered today in an area in which, 70 
years ago, marshes were 10 times more extensive; 
(26) in addition to the actual loss of coastal 
wetland acreage along the shores of Lake Erie, the 
quality of much remaining dike wetland has been de-
graded by numerous stressors, especially excessive 
loadings of sediments and nutrients, contaminants, 
shoreline modification, exotic species, and the diking 
of wetland; and 
(27) protective peninsula beach systems, such 
as the former Bay Point and Woodtick, at the bor-
der of Ohio and Michigan near the mouth of the Ot-
tawa River and Maumee Bay, have been eroded over 
the years, exacerbating erosion along the shorelines 
and negatively affecting breeding and spawning 
grounds. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
REFUGE.—The 
term 
‘‘International Refuge’’ means the Detroit River 
International Wildlife Refuge established by section 
5(a) of the Detroit River International Wildlife Ref-
H. R. 289—6
those resources, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-
ments with the State of Ohio or Michigan, any political subdivision
of the State, or any person for the management, in a manner
consistent with this Act, of land that—
(1) is owned by the State, political subdivision, or person;
and
(2) is located within the boundaries of the Refuge Complex.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary—
(1) to acquire land and water within the Refuge Complex
under section 4(c);
(2) to carry out the study under section 4(e); and
(3) to develop, operate, and maintain the Refuge Complex.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
istering agency, be transferred without consideration to 
the Secretary for the purpose of this Act. 
(e) STUDY OF ASSOCIATED AREA.—
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, shall conduct a study of fish and 
wildlife habitat and aquatic and terrestrial commu-
nities in and around the 2 dredge spoil disposal sites 
that are—
(A) referred to by the Toledo-Lucas Coun-
ty Port Authority as ‘‘Port Authority Facility 
Number Three’’ and ‘‘Grassy Island’’, respec-
tively; and 
(B) located within Toledo Harbor near the 
mouth of the Maumee River. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary 
shall—
(A) complete the study under paragraph 
(1); and 
(B) submit to Congress a report on the re-
sults of the study.
Secretary, all information contained in or 
derived from that assessment or plan, and 
other information obtained under section 
8, is maintained in a secure location; and 
(ii) except as provided in paragraph 
(3)(B), access to the copies of the vulner-
ability assessments and site security plans 
submitted to the Secretary, and other in-
formation obtained under section 8, shall 
be limited to persons designated by the 
Secretary. 
(3) PENALTIES
FOR
UNAUTHORIZED
DISCLO-
SURE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), any individual referred to in 
paragraph (2)(B)(ii) who acquires any informa-
tion described in paragraph (2)(A) (including 
any reproduction of that information or any in-
formation derived from that information), and 
who knowingly or recklessly discloses the infor-
mation, shall—
(i) be imprisoned not more than 1 
year, fined in accordance with chapter 227 
of title 18, United States Code (applicable 
to class A misdemeanors), or both; and
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 28
To amend section 501 of the American Homeownership and Economic Oppor-
tunity Act of 2000 to provide for the establishment of the Lands Title 
Report Commission for Indian trust lands. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. BEREUTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend section 501 of the American Homeownership and 
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 to provide for the 
establishment of the Lands Title Report Commission for 
Indian trust lands.
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 ‘‘American Indian 
Lands Title Report Commission Corrections Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LANDS TITLE REPORT COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 501(a) of the Amer-
ican Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of
(ii) be removed from Federal office or 
employment. 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to a person described in 
that subparagraph that discloses informa-
tion described in paragraph (2)(A)—
(I) to an individual designated by 
the 
Secretary 
under 
paragraph 
(2)(B)(ii); or 
(II) for use in any administrative 
or judicial proceeding to impose a 
penalty for failure to comply with a 
requirement of this Act. 
(ii) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS 
AND
FIRST
RESPONDERS.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A), an individual 
referred to in paragraph (2)(B)(ii) who is 
an officer or employee of the United States 
may share with a State or local law en-
forcement or other official (including a 
first responder) the contents of a vulner-
ability assessment or site security plan, or 
other information described in that para-
2000 (25 U.S.C. 4043 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Sub-
ject to sums being provided in advance in appropriations 
Acts, there’’ and inserting ‘‘There’’. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—Section 501(b)(1) 
of the American Homeownership and Economic Oppor-
tunity Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4043 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the American Indian 
Lands Title Report Commission Corrections Act’’. 
(c) INITIAL MEETING.—Section 501(c) of the Amer-
ican Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 
2000 (25 U.S.C. 4043 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
Chairperson of the Commission determines that sums suf-
ficient for the Commission to carry out its duties under 
this Act have been appropriated for such purpose’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the completion of the appointment of the initial 
members pursuant to subsection (b)(1)’’.
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SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘program’’—
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), means 
a system of services or projects that is provided by 
the Federal Government; and 
(2) does not include a service or project that—
(A) exists for the purposes of research and 
development in the broad public interest on the 
basis of a peer reviewed or other open, competi-
tive, merit-based procedure; or 
(B) primarily benefits public health, safety, 
homeland security, the environment, or edu-
cation. 
SEC. 5. THE COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inde-
pendent commission to be known as the ‘‘Program Reform 
Commission’’ (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—The Commission shall—
(1) examine the programs of the Federal Gov-
ernment and identify programs that are no longer 
necessary; 
(2) review unnecessary programs; and 
(3) submit the report required under section 
6(c) to the Congress, making recommendations re-
(1) Regional inequities in medicare reimburse-
ment has created barriers to care for seniors and the 
disabled. 
(2) The regional inequities in medicare reim-
bursement penalize States that have cost-effective 
health care delivery systems and rewards those 
States with high utilization rates and that provide 
inefficient care. 
(3) Over a lifetime, those inequities can mean 
as much as a $50,000 difference in the cost of care 
provided per beneficiary. 
(4) Regional inequities have resulted in creating 
very different medicare programs for seniors and the 
disabled based on where they live. 
(5) Because the Medicare+Choice rate is based 
on the fee-for-service reimbursement rate, regional 
inequities have allowed some medicare beneficiaries 
access to plans with significantly more benefits in-
cluding prescription drugs. Beneficiaries in States 
with lower reimbursement rates have not benefited 
to the same degree as beneficiaries in other parts of 
the country. 
(6) Regional inequities in medicare reimburse-
ment have created an unfair competitive advantage 
for hospitals and other health care providers in
States that receive above average payments. Higher 
payments mean that those providers can pay higher 
salaries in a tight, competitive market. 
(7) Regional inequities in medicare reimburse-
ment can limit timely access to new technology for 
beneficiaries in States with lower reimbursement 
rates. 
(8) Regional inequities in medicare reimburse-
ment, if left unchecked, will reduce access to medi-
care services and impact healthy outcomes for bene-
ficiaries. 
(9) Regional inequities in medicare reimburse-
ment are not just a rural versus urban problem. 
Many States with large urban centers are at the bot-
tom of the national average for per beneficiary costs. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVING FAIRNESS OF PAYMENTS TO PRO-
VIDERS UNDER THE MEDICARE FEE-FOR-
SERVICE PROGRAM. 
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘IMPROVING PAYMENT EQUITY UNDER THE ORIGINAL 
MEDICARE FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 1897. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall establish a system for making adjustments to the
amount of payment made to entities and individuals for 
items and services provided under the original medicare 
fee-for-service program under parts A and B. 
‘‘(b) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) INCREASE FOR STATES BELOW THE NA-
TIONAL
AVERAGE.—Under the system established 
under subsection (a), if a State average per bene-
ficiary amount for a year is less than the national 
average per beneficiary amount for such year, then 
the Secretary (beginning in 2004) shall increase the 
amount of applicable payments in such a manner as 
will result (as estimated by the Secretary) in the 
State average per beneficiary amount for the subse-
quent year being equal to the national average per 
beneficiary amount for such subsequent year. 
‘‘(2) REDUCTION FOR CERTAIN STATES ABOVE 
THE
NATIONAL
AVERAGE
TO
ENHANCE
QUALITY 
CARE AND MAINTAIN BUDGET NEUTRALITY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that the increase in payments under 
paragraph (1) does not cause the estimated 
amount of expenditures under this title for a 
year to increase or decrease from the estimated 
amount of expenditures under this title that 
would have been made in such year if this sec-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2905
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to recognize the services 
of respiratory therapists under the plan of care for home health services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2003
Mr. RENZI (for himself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. TERRY, Mr. 
ROSS, and Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to recognize 
the services of respiratory therapists under the plan of 
care for home health services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MEDICARE RECOGNITION OF SERVICES OF 
RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS UNDER A PLAN 
OF CARE FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1861(m) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(m)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘For purposes of paragraphs (1)
and (2), when respiratory therapy services are furnished 
as part-time or intermittent nursing care or physical ther-
apy services under a home health plan of care, a res-
piratory therapist, acting within the therapist’s scope of 
practice, may furnish such services.’’. 
(b) NO IMPACT ON PAYMENT.—The provision of res-
piratory therapy services as part of home health services 
under the amendment made by subsection (a) shall not 
affect the Low Utilization Payment Adjustment (LUPA), 
the outlier adjustment, or the therapy threshold under the 
system of prospective payment for home health agencies 
under section 1895 of the Social Security Act. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished on or after 
January 1, 2004. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON MEDICARE COVERAGE OF RES-
PIRATORY THERAPY SERVICES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall conduct a study on the impact of paying 
for the services of respiratory therapists as a separate ben-
efit under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
and as an explicit component of the several benefits under 
part A of such title. The Secretary shall include in such 
study data on the utilization of respiratory therapists 
under the amendment made by section 1(a).
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report of the findings of the study conducted 
under subsection (a).
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2906
To clarify that federally licensed firearms dealers may transfer firearms 
to other federally licensed firearms dealers at places other than the 
business premises specified on the license of the transferor dealer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2003
Mr. RENZI (for himself, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. OTTER, Mr. 
MILLER of Florida, Mr. GOODE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. PAUL, Mr. 
SESSIONS, Mr. VITTER, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, and Mr. HALL) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To clarify that federally licensed firearms dealers may trans-
fer firearms to other federally licensed firearms dealers 
at places other than the business premises specified on 
the license of the transferor dealer.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION THAT LICENSED FIREARMS 
DEALERS 
MAY 
TRANSFER 
FIREARMS 
TO 
OTHER LICENSED FIREARMS DEALERS AT 
PLACES OTHER THAN THE BUSINESS PREM-
ISES SPECIFIED ON THE LICENSE OF THE 
TRANSFEROR DEALER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 923(j) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘conduct ‘curios or 
relics’ firearms transfers’’ and inserting ‘‘conduct firearms 
transfers’’. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 923 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) This chapter shall not be interpreted to prohibit 
a person licensed under this chapter from transferring a 
firearm to another person so licensed, at a location other 
than the premises from which the person is licensed to 
conduct business under this chapter, or to require the pay-
ment of a separate fee under this section for doing so.’’.
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