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(8) Section 3402(q)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘equal to
28 percent of such payment’’ and inserting ‘‘equal to the product
of the third lowest rate of tax applicable under section 1(c)
and such payment’’.
(9) Section 3402(r)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘31 percent’’
and inserting ‘‘the fourth lowest rate of tax applicable under
section 1(c)’’.
(10) Section 3406(a)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘equal to
31 percent of such payment’’ and inserting ‘‘equal to the product
of the fourth lowest rate of tax applicable under section 1(c)
and such payment’’.
(11) Section 13273 of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of
1993 is amended by striking ‘‘28 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘the
third lowest rate of tax applicable under section 1(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2000.
(2) 
AMENDMENTS
TO
WITHHOLDING
PROVISIONS.—The
amendments made by paragraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), and
(11) of subsection (c) shall apply to amounts paid after the
60th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. References
to income brackets and rates of tax in such paragraphs shall
be applied without regard to section 1(i)(1)(D) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
SEC. 102. REPEAL OF PHASEOUT OF PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 151(d) (relating to
exemption amount) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subparagraphs:
‘‘(E) REDUCTION OF PHASEOUT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2005, and before January
1, 2010, the reduction under subparagraph (A) shall
be equal to the applicable fraction of the amount which
would (but for this subparagraph) be the amount of
such reduction.
‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE FRACTION.—For purposes of clause
(i), the applicable fraction shall be determined in
accordance with the following table:
‘‘For taxable years beginning
The applicable
in calendar year—
fraction is—
2006 and 2007 ............................................................................
2⁄3
2008 and 2009 ............................................................................
1⁄3.
‘‘(F) TERMINATION.—This paragraph shall not apply
to any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2009.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section
shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005.
SEC. 103. PHASEOUT OF OVERALL LIMITATION ON ITEMIZED DEDUC-
TIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 68 is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsections:
‘‘(f ) PHASEOUT OF LIMITATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of taxable years beginning
after December 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2010, the
reduction under subsection (a) shall be equal to the applicable
(7) Section 3402(p)(2) is amended by striking
‘‘equal to 15 percent of such payment’’ and inserting
‘‘equal to the product of the lowest rate of tax under
section 1(c) and such payment’’.
(8) Section 3402(q)(1) is amended by striking
‘‘equal to 28 percent of such payment’’ and inserting
‘‘equal to the product of the third to the lowest rate
of tax under section 1(c) and such payment’’.
(9) Section 3402(r)(3) is amended by striking
‘‘31 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘the third to the lowest
rate of tax under section 1(c)’’.
(10) Section 3406(a)(1) is amended by striking
‘‘equal to 31 percent of such payment’’ and inserting
‘‘equal to the product of the third to the lowest rate
of tax under section 1(c) and such payment’’.
(11) Section 13273 of the Revenue Reconcili-
ation Act of 1993 is amended by striking ‘‘28 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘the third to the lowest rate of
tax under section 1(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2000.
(2) AMENDMENTS
TO
WITHHOLDING
PROVI-
SIONS.—The amendments made by paragraphs (6),
(7), (8), (9), (10), and (11) of subsection (c) shall
apply to amounts paid after the 60th day after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
The amounts transferred to any trust fund under the
Social Security Act shall be determined as if this Act had
not been enacted.
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1836
AN ACT
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section
104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2002.
the administrative costs in carrying out this
subsection.
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made avail-
able under subparagraphs (A) and (B) are au-
thorized to remain available until expended.’’.
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If any amount after adjustment under the pre-
ceding sentence is not a multiple of $50, such
amount shall be rounded to the next lowest
multiple of $50.
‘‘(2) REDUCTIONS IN RATES AFTER 2001.—In
the case of taxable years beginning in a calendar
year after 2001, the corresponding percentage speci-
fied for such calendar year in the following table
shall be substituted for the otherwise applicable tax
rate in the tables under subsections (a), (b), (c), (d),
and, to the extent applicable, (e).
‘‘In the case of taxable years
beginning during calendar year:
The corresponding percentages shall
be substituted for
the following percentages:
12%
28%
31%
36%
39.6%
2002 ............................................................
12%
27%
30%
35%
38%
2003 ............................................................
11%
27%
29%
35%
37%
2004 ............................................................
11%
26%
28%
34%
36%
2005 ............................................................
11%
26%
27%
34%
35%
2006 and thereafter ....................................
10%
25%
25%
33%
33%
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT OF TABLES.—The Secretary
shall adjust the tables prescribed under subsection
(f) to carry out this subsection.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF REDUCTION OF REFUNDABLE TAX
CREDITS.—
(1) Subsection (d) of section 24 is amended by
striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph
(3) as paragraph (2).
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of
2001’’.
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(c) SECTION 15 NOT TO APPLY.—No amendment
made by section 2 shall be treated as a change in a rate
of tax for purposes of section 15 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN INCOME TAX RATES FOR INDIVID-
UALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1 is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) RATE REDUCTIONS AFTER 2000.—
‘‘(1) NEW LOWEST RATE BRACKET.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2000—
‘‘(i) the rate of tax under subsections
(a), (b), (c), and (d) on taxable income not
over the initial bracket amount shall be 12
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Calendar No. 44
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1836
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 16 (legislative day, MAY 15), 2001
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(d) SCIENCE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS.—
Activities carried out in accordance with subsections
(c)(11) and (12) shall include elementary and secondary
school programs to encourage the ongoing interest of girls
in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology and
to prepare girls to pursue undergraduate and graduate de-
grees and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, or
technology. Funds made available through awards to part-
nerships for the purposes of this subsection may support
programs for—
(1) encouraging girls to pursue studies in
science, mathematics, engineering, and technology
and to major in such fields in postsecondary edu-
cation;
(2) tutoring girls in science, mathematics, engi-
neering, and technology;
(3) providing mentors for girls in person and
through the Internet to support such girls in pur-
suing studies in science, mathematics, engineering,
and technology;
(4) educating the parents of girls about the dif-
ficulties faced by girls to maintain an interest and
desire to achieve in science, mathematics, engineer-
ing, and technology, and enlisting the help of par-
ents in overcoming these difficulties; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘, or destroyed under the su-
pervision of the Customs Service,’’ after ‘‘exported’’.
SEC. 103. USE OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE ACQUIRED IN
EXCHANGE FOR IMPORTED MERCHANDISE
OF SAME KIND AND QUALITY.
Section 313(k) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1313(k)), is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(k)’’ and inserting ‘‘(k)(1)’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) For purposes of subsections (a) and (b), the use
of any domestic merchandise acquired in exchange for a
drawback product of the same kind and quality shall be
treated as the use of such drawback product if no certifi-
cate of delivery or certificate of manufacture and delivery
pertaining to such drawback product is issued, other than
that which documents the product’s manufacture and de-
livery. As used in this paragraph, the term ‘drawback
product’ means any domestically produced product manu-
factured with imported merchandise that is subject to
drawback.’’.
SEC. 104. PACKAGING MATERIAL.
Section 313(q) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1313(q)), is amended to read as follows:
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(2) AMENDMENTS
TO
WITHHOLDING
PROVI-
SIONS.—The amendments made by paragraphs (6),
(7), (8), (9), (10), and (11) of subsection (c) shall
apply to amounts paid after the 60th day after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
The amounts transferred to any trust fund under the
Social Security Act shall be determined as if this Act had
not been enacted.
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 44
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1836
AN ACT
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section
104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2002.
MAY 16 (legislative day, MAY 15), 2001
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1837
To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to withhold highways funds from any State that permits an indi-
vidual to use a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a motor
vehicle.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 15, 2001
Mr. ACKERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Transportation to withhold highways funds
from any State that permits an individual to use a hand-
held mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle.
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 ‘‘Call Responsibly and
Stay Healthy Act 2001’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF HAND-HELD MOBILE
TELEPHONES BY INDIVIDUALS OPERATING
MOTOR VEHICLES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘§ 165. Prohibition on use of hand-held mobile tele-
phones by individuals operating motor
vehicles
‘‘(a) WITHHOLDING OF APPORTIONMENTS FOR NON-
COMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2004.—The Secretary shall
withhold 5 percent of the amount required to be ap-
portioned to any State under each of paragraphs
(1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) on October 1,
2003, if the State does not meet the requirement of
paragraph (3) on that date.
‘‘(2) THEREAFTER.—The Secretary shall with-
hold 10 percent of the amount required to be appor-
tioned to any State under each of paragraphs (1),
(3), and (4) of section 104(b) on October 1, 2004,
and on October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, if
the State does not meet the requirement of para-
graph (3) on that date.
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State meets the re-
quirement of this paragraph if the State has
enacted and is enforcing a law that makes un-
lawful throughout the State the use of a hand-
held mobile telephone by an individual who is
operating a motor vehicle.
‘‘(B) EMERGENCIES.—A State law de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) may provide an ex-
emption to permit an individual who is oper-
ating a motor vehicle to use a hand-held mobile
telephone in the case of an emergency.
‘‘(C) HANDS-FREE DEVICES.—A State law
described in subparagraph (A) may provide an
exemption to permit an individual who is oper-
ating a motor vehicle to use a hand-held mobile
telephone with a device that permits hands-free
operation of the telephone.
‘‘(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY; EFFECT OF COMPLI-
ANCE AND NONCOMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD
FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) FUNDS WITHHELD ON OR BEFORE
SEPTEMBER
30, 
2005.—Any funds withheld
under subsection (a) from apportionment to any
State on or before September 30, 2005, shall
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1840
AN ACT
To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons
and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
remain available until the end of the third fiscal
year following the fiscal year for which the
funds are authorized to be appropriated.
‘‘(B) FUNDS
WITHHELD
AFTER
SEP-
TEMBER
30, 2005.—No funds withheld under
this section from apportionment to any State
after September 30, 2005, shall be available for
apportionment to the State.
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT
OF
WITHHELD
FUNDS
AFTER COMPLIANCE.—If, before the last day of the
period for which funds withheld under subsection (a)
from apportionment are to remain available for ap-
portionment to a State under paragraph (1), the
State meets the requirement of subsection (a)(3),
the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the
State meets the requirement, apportion to the State
the funds withheld under subsection (a) that remain
available for apportionment to the State.
‘‘(3) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY
OF
SUBSE-
QUENTLY APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Any funds appor-
tioned pursuant to paragraph (2) shall remain avail-
able for expenditure until the end of the third fiscal
year following the fiscal year in which the funds are
so apportioned. Sums not obligated at the end of
that period shall lapse.
‘‘(4) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If, at the
end of the period for which funds withheld under
subsection (a) from apportionment are available for
apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the
State does not meet the requirement of subsection
(a)(3), the funds shall lapse.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
subchapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘165. Prohibition on use of hand-held mobile telephones by individuals operating
motor vehicles.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1840
AN ACT
To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried
sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees.
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR REFUGEE STATUS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR IN-COUNTRY REFUGEE PROC-
ESSING IN VIETNAM.—For purposes of eligibility for in-
country refugee processing for nationals of Vietnam dur-
ing fiscal years 2002 and 2003, an alien described in sub-
section (b) shall be considered to be a refugee of special
humanitarian concern to the United States (within the
meaning of section 207 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157)) and shall be admitted to the
United States for resettlement if the alien would be admis-
sible as an immigrant under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (except as provided in section 207(c)(3) of that
Act).
(b) ALIENS COVERED.—An alien described in this
subsection is an alien who—
(1) is the son or daughter of a qualified na-
tional;
(2) is 21 years of age or older; and
(3) was unmarried as of the date of acceptance
of the alien’s parent for resettlement under the Or-
derly Departure Program or through the United
States Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.
(c) QUALIFIED NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘qualified na-
tional’’ in subsection (b)(1) means a national of Vietnam
who—
(1)(A) was formerly interned in a re-education
camp in Vietnam by the Government of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam; or
(B) is the widow or widower of an individual
described in subparagraph (A);
(2)(A) qualified for refugee processing under
the Orderly Departure Program re-education sub-
program; and
(B) is or was accepted under the Orderly De-
parture Program or through the United States Con-
sulate General in Ho Chi Minh City—
(i) for resettlement as a refugee; or
(ii) for admission to the United States as
an immediate relative immigrant; and
(3)(A) is presently maintaining a residence in
the United States or whose surviving spouse is pres-
ently maintaining such a residence; or
(B) was approved for refugee resettlement or
immigrant visa processing and is awaiting departure
formalities from Vietnam or whose surviving spouse
is awaiting such departure formalities.
Passed the House of Representatives October 30,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 1840
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain
Vietnamese refugees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR REFUGEE STATUS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
IN-COUNTRY
REFUGEE
PROCESSING
IN
VIETNAM.—For purposes of eligibility for in-country refugee proc-
essing for nationals of Vietnam during fiscal years 2002 and 2003,
an alien described in subsection (b) shall be considered to be a
refugee of special humanitarian concern to the United States (within
the meaning of section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157)) and shall be admitted to the United States
for resettlement if the alien would be admissible as an immigrant
under the Immigration and Nationality Act (except as provided
in section 207(c)(3) of that Act).
(b) ALIENS COVERED.—An alien described in this subsection
is an alien who—
(1) is the son or daughter of a qualified national;
(2) is 21 years of age or older; and
(3) was unmarried as of the date of acceptance of the
alien’s parent for resettlement under the Orderly Departure
Program or through the United States Consulate General in
Ho Chi Minh City.
(c) QUALIFIED NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘qualified national’’ in sub-
section (b)(1) means a national of Vietnam who—
(1)(A) was formerly interned in a re-education camp in
Vietnam by the Government of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam; or
(B) is the widow or widower of an individual described
in subparagraph (A);
(2)(A) qualified for refugee processing under the Orderly
Departure Program re-education subprogram; and
(B) is or was accepted under the Orderly Departure Pro-
gram or through the United States Consulate General in Ho
Chi Minh City—
(i) for resettlement as a refugee; or
(ii) for admission to the United States as an immediate
relative immigrant; and
(3)(A) is presently maintaining a residence in the United
States or whose surviving spouse is presently maintaining such
a residence; or
H. R. 1840—2
(B) was approved for refugee resettlement or immigrant
visa processing and is awaiting departure formalities from
Vietnam or whose surviving spouse is awaiting such departure
formalities.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1840
To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters
of certain Vietnamese refugees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 15, 2001
Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. DELAY, Mr. SMITH of New Jer-
sey, Mr. ROHRABACHER, and Ms. SANCHEZ) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons
and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR REFUGEE STATUS.
Section 255 of the Admiral James W. Nance and
Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
Years 2000 and 2001 (section 255 of division A of H.R.
3427, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public
Law 106–113, appendix G; 113 Stat. 1501A–460) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘and 2001,’’
and inserting ‘‘2001, 2002, and 2003,’’;
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘except
as provided in subsection (d), on or after April 1,
1995,’’; and
(3) by striking subsection (d).
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SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR REFUGEE STATUS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR IN-COUNTRY REFUGEE PROC-
ESSING IN VIETNAM.—For purposes of eligibility for in-
country refugee processing for nationals of Vietnam dur-
ing fiscal years 2002 and 2003, an alien described in sub-
section (b) shall be considered to be a refugee of special
humanitarian concern to the United States (within the
meaning of section 207 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157)) and shall be admitted to the
United States for resettlement if the alien would be admis-
sible as an immigrant under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (except as provided in section 207(c)(3) of that
Act).
(b) ALIENS COVERED.—An alien described in this
subsection is an alien who—
(1) is the son or daughter of a qualified na-
tional;
(2) is 21 years of age or older; and
(3) was unmarried as of the date of acceptance
of the alien’s parent for resettlement under the Or-
derly Departure Program or through the United
States Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.
(c) QUALIFIED NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘qualified na-
tional’’ in subsection (b)(1) means a national of Vietnam
who—
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(1)(A) was formerly interned in a re-education
camp in Vietnam by the Government of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam; or
(B) is the widow or widower of an individual
described in subparagraph (A);
(2)(A) qualified for refugee processing under
the Orderly Departure Program re-education sub-
program; and
(B) is or was accepted under the Orderly De-
parture Program or through the United States Con-
sulate General in Ho Chi Minh City—
(i) for resettlement as a refugee; or
(ii) for admission to the United States as
an immediate relative immigrant; and
(3)(A) is presently maintaining a residence in
the United States or whose surviving spouse is pres-
ently maintaining such a residence; or
(B) was approved for refugee resettlement or
immigrant visa processing and is awaiting departure
formalities from Vietnam or whose surviving spouse
is awaiting such departure formalities.
Passed the House of Representatives October 30,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.