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‘‘(2) The Secretary of State shall redetermine the un-
funded liability of the Fund as of the close of the fiscal
year, for each fiscal year beginning after September 30,
2002, through the fiscal year ending September 30, 2037,
and shall establish a new amortization schedule, including
a series of annual installments commencing on October 1
of the second subsequent fiscal year, which provides for
the liquidation of such liability by October 1, 2042.
‘‘(3) The Secretary of State shall redetermine the un-
funded liability of the Fund as of the close of the fiscal
year for each fiscal year beginning after September 30,
2037, and shall establish a new amortization schedule, in-
cluding a series of annual installments commencing on Oc-
tober 1 of the second subsequent fiscal year, which pro-
vides for the liquidation of such liability over five years.
‘‘(4) Amortization schedules established under this
subsection shall be set in accordance with generally accept-
ed actuarial practices and principles, with interest com-
puted at the rate used in the most recent valuation of the
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.
‘‘(b) At the beginning of each fiscal year, beginning
on October 1, 2003, the Secretary of State shall notify
the Secretary of the Treasury of the amount of the first
installment under the most recent amortization schedule
established under paragraph (1). The Secretary of the
‘‘(A) the administration of the collection,
distribution, and calculation of the royalties;
‘‘(B) the settlement of disputes relating to
the collection and calculation of the royalties;
and
‘‘(C) the licensing and enforcement of
rights with respect to the making of ephemeral
recordings and performances subject to licens-
ing under section 112 and this section, includ-
ing those incurred in participating in negotia-
tions or arbitration proceedings under section
112 and this section.’’.
(c) 
DIRECT
PAYMENT
TO
ARTISTS.—Section
114(g)(2) of title 17, United States Code, is amended to
read:
‘‘(2) An agent designated to distribute receipts
from the licensing of transmissions in accordance
with subsection (f) shall distribute such receipts as
follows:
‘‘(A) 50 percent of the receipts shall be
paid to the copyright owner of the exclusive
right under section 106(6) of this title to pub-
licly perform a sound recording by means of a
digital audio transmission.
such Act, the President shall require, as a prerequisite for
approval of an export license for a test article required
by subsection (a) of this section, that an applicant for such
license—
(1) identify each clinical investigation for which
the test article is intended; and
(2) submit proof that each of the protocols for
every clinical investigation identified under para-
graph (1) has been reviewed by an institutional re-
view board and has, at a minimum, met substan-
tially the same standards for the protection of the
rights and welfare of human subjects as the stand-
ards that would be required for IRB approval of the
protocol if the protocol were for a clinical investiga-
tion of such test article pursuant to the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter, the President shall prepare and submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report regard-
ing the approval of export licenses required by subsection
(a). Such report shall include—
(1) the names of the applicants for such export
licenses;
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5248
To provide legal exemptions for certain activities of the National Park Service,
United States Forest Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
or the Bureau of Land Management undertaken in federally declared
disaster areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself, Mr. STUMP, and Mr. SHADEGG) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and in
addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide legal exemptions for certain activities of the Na-
tional Park Service, United States Forest Service, United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Bureau of Land
Management undertaken in federally declared disaster
areas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN LAWS FOR LAND
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN IN
FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTER AREAS.
Due to the extraordinary circumstances present in a
federally declared disaster area, land management activi-
ties of the National Park Service, United States Forest
Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the
Bureau of Land Management undertaken in an area cov-
ered by a Presidential declaration of major disaster issued
under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) in
response to the conditions that necessitated the Presi-
dential declaration shall proceed immediately and to com-
pletion notwithstanding any other provision of law includ-
ing, but not limited to, the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the National
Forest Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). In addi-
tion, such activities shall not be subject to the notice, com-
ment, and appeal requirements of section 322 of Public
Law 102–381 (commonly known as the Appeals Reform
Act; 16 U.S.C. 1612 note) or to judicial review by any
court of the United States.
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purchased from, qualified renewable energy, by
(ii) 0.004, and dividing by 2,000.
‘‘(G) PROHIBITIONS.—
‘‘(i) No allowances shall be allocated
under this subsection for the implementa-
tion of programs that are exclusively infor-
mational or educational in nature.
‘‘(ii) No allowances shall be allocated
for energy conservation measures or renew-
able energy that were operational before
January 1, 1992.
‘‘(3) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this
subsection precludes a State or State regulatory
authority from providing additional incentives
to utilities to encourage investment in demand-
side resources.
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator
shall implement this subsection under 40 CFR
part 73 (2001), amended as appropriate by the
Administrator. Such regulations shall list en-
ergy conservation measures and renewable en-
ergy sources which may be treated as qualified
energy conservation measures and qualified re-
newable energy for purposes of this subsection.
Allowances shall only be allocated if all require-
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 524
AN ACT
To require the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology to assist small and
medium-sized manufacturers and other such
businesses to successfully integrate and utilize
electronic commerce technologies and business
practices, and to authorize the National Institute
of Standards and Technology to assess critical
enterprise integration standards and implementa-
tion activities for major manufacturing industries
and to develop a plan for enterprise integration
for each major manufacturing industry.
‘‘(5) the term ‘loss’ means an amount paid or
to be paid by a person engaged in the business of
medical malpractice insurance to (or for the benefit
of) a claimant to satisfy a claim on a medical mal-
practice insurance policy, and includes any attorney,
investigatory, or litigation expenses that are sepa-
rately incurred, identified, and allocated by such per-
son with respect to that particular claim;
‘‘(6) the term ‘loss development factor’ means
an adjustment to be made to the aggregate of losses
incurred during a prior period of time that have
been paid or for which claims have been received and
reserves are being held, in order to estimate the ag-
gregate of the losses incurred during such period
that will ultimately be paid;
‘‘(7) the term ‘medical malpractice insurance’
means insurance against loss caused by the action or
inaction of any health care provider;
‘‘(8) the term ‘public necessity market mecha-
nism’ means a plan established by State law or by
the State entity that regulates the business of med-
ical malpractice insurance under State law—
‘‘(A) for providing a type of medical mal-
practice insurance in a State;
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‘‘(2) The term ‘coal-fired’ with regard to a unit
means, for purposes of section 424, combusting coal
or any coal-derived fuel alone or in combination with
any amount of any other fuel in any year during
1997 through 2001 or, for a unit that commenced
operation during 2001–2004, a unit designed to
combust coal or any coal-derived fuel alone or in
combination with any other fuel.
‘‘(3) The term ‘Eastern bituminous’ means bi-
tuminous that is from a mine located in a State east
of the Mississippi River.
‘‘(4) The term ‘general account’ means an ac-
count in the Allowance Tracking System under sec-
tion 403(c) established by the Administrator for any
person under 40 CFR § 73.31(c) (2001), amended
as appropriate by the Administrator.
‘‘(5) The term ‘oil-fired’ with regard to a unit
means, for purposes of section 424, combusting fuel
oil for more than ten percent of the unit’s total heat
input, and combusting no coal or coal-derived fuel,
in any year during 1997 through 2001 or, for a unit
that commenced operation during 2001–2004, a unit
designed to combust oil for more than ten percent
of the unit’s total heat input and not to combust any
coal or coal-derived fuel coal.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5254
To require the Secretary of Education to provide assistance to the immediate
family of a teacher or other school employee killed in an act of violence
while performing school duties.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the
Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Education to provide assistance
to the immediate family of a teacher or other school
employee killed in an act of violence while performing
school duties.
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 ‘‘Teacher Victims’ Fam-
ily Assistance Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. TEACHER VICTIM FAMILY ASSISTANCE.
The Secretary of Education shall provide to each ap-
plicable recipient the following amounts and forms of as-
sistance:
(1) FUNERAL ASSISTANCE.—A payment of up
to $1,500 to the surviving spouse, dependent child,
or other next of kin, as determined by the Secretary,
to assist with any funeral expenses of the victim.
(2) DEATH BENEFIT.—A payment of $75,000
to the surviving spouse, dependent child, or other
next of kin, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) LIVING ASSISTANCE.—Beginning one year
after the date of death of the victim, a payment of—
(A) $900 per month to the surviving
spouse, until the earlier of the spouse’s death or
remarriage; and
(B) $225 per month to each dependent
child, until reaching the age of 18 years.
(4) DEPENDENT UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
ASSISTANCE.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For each dependent
child enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a
part-time or full-time program of under-
graduate instruction at an institution of higher
education, an annual amount not to exceed the
(7) since the enactment of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, more than 50 bills addressing
a two-year budget cycle have been introduced, 10 bi-
ennial budget related provisions were reported by
congressional committees, 7 passed either chamber
and 4 were enacted; more than 40 congressional or
special committee hearings addressed the issue of bi-
ennial budgeting; and the Congressional Budget Of-
fice, the Office of Management and Budget, and 5
different special task forces or joint committees of
Congress have either recommended biennial budg-
eting or further studies of it;
(8) the adoption of a biennial budget process
was recommended by President Reagan in the fiscal
year 1989 budget submission, by President Bush in
the fiscal year 1990 and 1991 budget submissions,
by President Clinton in the fiscal year 1995, 2000,
and 2001 budget submissions, and by President
Bush in the fiscal year 2002 budget submission; and
(9) a bipartisan majority of Members of the
House of Representatives support a biennial budget
process.
SEC. 112. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.
Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
(2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5255
To endorse expansion of the Peace Corps to 14,000 volunteers by 2007,
to authorize appropriations for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2003
through 2007, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. KIRK (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. WALSH, Mr.
CROWLEY, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ISSA, Mr. DIN-
GELL, Mr. PETRI, and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To endorse expansion of the Peace Corps to 14,000 volun-
teers by 2007, to authorize appropriations for the Peace
Corps for fiscal years 2003 through 2007, 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 ‘‘Peace Corps Expan-
sion Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In his State of the Union address on Janu-
ary 29, 2002, President George W. Bush called for
doubling the number of Peace Corps volunteers to
14,000 by the end of fiscal year 2007.
(2) The Peace Corps currently is operating in
70 countries with 7,000 Peace Corps volunteers and
an annual budget of approximately $275,000,000.
(3) Section 2(b) of the Peace Corps Act states
that ‘‘it is the policy of the United States and a pur-
pose of the Peace Corps to maintain . . . a volun-
teer corps of at least 10,000 individuals’’, and in
1999 legislation was enacted authorizing the appro-
priation of funds sufficient to achieve this goal by
the end of fiscal year 2003.
(4) The Peace Corps was established in 1961 to
promote world peace and friendship through the
service of American volunteers abroad.
(5) Since its establishment, the Peace Corps
has operated in 135 countries with a total of ap-
proximately 165,000 Peace Corps volunteers.
(6) After more than 40 years of operation, the
Peace Corps remains the world’s premier inter-
national service organization dedicated to promoting
grassroots development.
(7) The Peace Corps remains committed to
sending well-trained and well-supported volunteers
overseas to promote peace, friendship, and grass-
roots development.
SEC. 3. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
Congress declares its support for the goal announced
by President Bush of doubling the number of Peace Corps
volunteers to 14,000 by 2007.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL
YEARS 2003 THROUGH 2007 TO CARRY OUT
THE PEACE CORPS ACT.
Section 3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C.
2502(b)(1)) is amended to striking ‘‘and $365,000,000
fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$320,000,000 for fiscal
year 
2003, 
$362,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2004,
$404,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, $446,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2006, and $488,000,000 for fiscal year 2007’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5256
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
2777 Logan Avenue in San Diego, California, as the ‘‘Cesar E. Chavez
Post Office’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Serv-
ice located at 2777 Logan Avenue in San Diego, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Cesar E. Chavez Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CESAR E. CHAVEZ POST OFFICE.
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 2777 Logan Avenue in
San Diego, California, and known as the Southeastern
Post Office, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Cesar
E. Chavez Post Office’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the Cesar E. Chavez Post
Office.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5257
To provide private school parity with public schools in obtaining criminal
background checks of employees, volunteers, and applicants, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. FLETCHER (for himself and Mr. CAPUANO) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To provide private school parity with public schools in obtain-
ing criminal background checks of employees, volunteers,
and applicants, 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 ‘‘Keeping All Children
Safe in Schools Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In order to protect schoolchildren in the
United States, the Congress facilitated national
criminal history background checks of America’s ele-
mentary and secondary school employees, volunteers,
and applicants.
(2) All children enrolled in elementary and sec-
ondary schools deserve the same level of protection
from sexual predators and other dangerous persons.
(3) Some States, in providing national criminal
history background checks for elementary and sec-
ondary schools in the State, do not provide to pri-
vate schools in the State the same access to such
background checks of employees, volunteers, and ap-
plicants.
(4) Legislation is necessary to ensure that all
private elementary and secondary schools have effec-
tive access to the same protections currently af-
forded to public elementary and secondary schools in
such States.
SEC. 3. PRIVATE SCHOOL ACCESS TO CRIMINAL BACK-
GROUND CHECKS.
(a) EQUITABLE TREATMENT.—A private elementary
school or secondary school that pays all applicable costs
shall have the same access and responsibilities as a public
elementary school or secondary school for purposes of ob-
taining a national criminal history background check of
a school employee or volunteer (or an applicant for such
a position).
(b) RULEMAKING.—The Secretary of Education, in
consultation with the Attorney General, may prescribe reg-
ulations to carry out this section.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘ele-
mentary school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the mean-
ings given those terms in section 9101 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5258
To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to provide incentives for
small business investment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mrs. KELLY (for herself and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to provide
incentives for small business investment.
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 ‘‘Increased Capital Ac-
cess for Growing Businesses Act’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
OF 1940.
Section 2(a)(46)(C) of the Investment Company Act
of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a)(46)(C)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (iii);
(2) by redesignating subclause (iv) as clause
(v); and
(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following
new clause:
‘‘(iv) the aggregate value of its out-
standing equity securities is not more than
$1,000,000,000; or’’.
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—TRUTH IN BUDGETING
Subtitle A—Limit on the Public Debt
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Purpose.
Sec. 103. Limit on public debt.
Subtitle B—Establishment of Biennial Budgeting
Sec. 111. Findings.
Sec. 112. Revision of timetable.
Sec. 113. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974.
Sec. 114. Amendments to rules of House of Representatives.
Sec. 115. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.
Sec. 116. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriation acts.
Sec. 117. Multiyear authorizations.
Sec. 118. Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis.
Sec. 119. Biennial appropriation bills.
Sec. 120. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate
and the House of Representatives.
Sec. 121. Report on two-year fiscal period.
Sec. 122. Special transition period for the 108th Congress.
Sec. 123. Effective date.
TITLE II—TRUTH IN SPENDING
Subtitle A—Emergency Spending Legislation
Sec. 201. Emergency spending legislation and the baseline.
Sec. 202. OMB emergency criteria.
Sec. 203. Point of order to enforce definition of emergency.
Subtitle B—The Byrd Rule
Sec. 211. Limitation on Byrd rule.
Subtitle C—Spending Accountability Reserve
Sec. 231. Short title.
Sec. 232. Spending accountability reserve ledger.
Sec. 233. Downward adjustment of section 302(a) allocations and section
302(b) suballocations.
Sec. 234. Periodic reporting of ledger statements.
Sec. 235. Downward adjustment of discretionary spending limits.
Sec. 236. Reduction in revenues.
Subtitle D—Enhanced Rescissions of Budget Authority Identified by the
President as Wasteful Spending
Sec. 251. Short title.
Sec. 252. Enhanced consideration of certain proposed rescissions.
Subtitle E—Extension of Discretionary Spending Limits and Paygo
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5259
To reform Federal budget procedures to restrain congressional spending,
foster greater oversight of the budget, account for accurate Government
agency costs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Budget, for a period ending not later than August
31, 2002, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Rules,
and Government Reform, for a period to be determined subsequently by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To reform Federal budget procedures to restrain congres-
sional spending, foster greater oversight of the budget,
account for accurate Government agency costs, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited at the
‘‘Budget Fraud Elimination Act of 2002’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
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‘‘(A) the administration of the collection, 
distribution, and calculation of the royalties; 
‘‘(B) the settlement of disputes relating to 
the collection and calculation of the royalties; 
and 
‘‘(C) the licensing and enforcement of 
rights with respect to the making of ephemeral 
recordings and performances subject to licens-
ing under section 112 and this section, includ-
ing those incurred in participating in negotia-
tions or arbitration proceedings under section 
112 and this section.’’. 
(c) 
DIRECT
PAYMENT
TO
ARTISTS.—Section 
114(g)(2) of title 17, United States Code, is amended to 
read: 
‘‘(2) An agent designated to distribute receipts 
from the licensing of transmissions in accordance 
with subsection (f) shall distribute such receipts as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) 50 percent of the receipts shall be 
paid to the copyright owner of the exclusive 
right under section 106(6) of this title to pub-
licly perform a sound recording by means of a 
digital audio transmission.