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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN CHILDREN’S PSYCHIATRIC 
HOSPITALS UNDER THE PROGRAM OF PAY-
MENTS TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS THAT OP-
ERATE 
GRADUATE 
MEDICAL 
EDUCATION 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 340E(g)(2) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 256e(g)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘means a’’ and inserting 
‘‘means— 
‘‘(A) a’’; 
(2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) a freestanding psychiatric hospital 
with 90 percent or more inpatients under the 
age of 18, that has its own Medicare provider 
number as of December 6, 1999, and that has 
an accredited residency program.’’. 
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Women, the Inter-American Convention on the Pre-
vention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence 
Against Women, the Declaration on the Elimination 
of Violence against Women, and the Beijing Dec-
laration and Platform for Action. 
(3) Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of 
Human Rights recognizes that ‘‘[a]ll human beings 
are born free and equal in dignity and rights’’, and 
Article 7 recognizes that ‘‘[a]ll are equal before the 
law and are entitled without any discrimination to 
equal protection of the law’’. Article 3 of the Inter-
national Covenant on Civil and Political Rights rec-
ognizes that the State Parties to the Covenant ‘‘un-
dertake to ensure the equal right of men and women 
to the enjoyment of all civil and political rights set 
forth in the Covenant’’. Article 26 of the Covenant 
provides that ‘‘[a]ll persons are equal before the law 
and are entitled without any discrimination to the 
equal protection of the law. In this respect, the laws 
of each State Party shall prohibit any discrimination 
and guarantee to all persons equal and effective pro-
tection against discrimination on any ground such as 
race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other 
opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or 
other status’’. The Preamble of the Charter of the 
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amended by inserting after section 25B the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 25C. CREDIT FOR TAXPAYERS WITH LONG-TERM 
CARE NEEDS. 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—There shall be al-
lowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter 
for the taxable year an amount equal to $4,000 multiplied 
by the number of applicable individuals with respect to 
whom the taxpayer is an eligible caregiver for the taxable 
year. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the credit 
allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced (but 
not below zero) by $100 for each $1,000 (or fraction 
thereof) by which the taxpayer’s modified adjusted 
gross income exceeds $75,000 (twice such amount in 
the case of a joint return). For purposes of the pre-
ceding sentence, the term ‘modified adjusted gross 
income’ means adjusted gross income increased by 
any amount excluded from gross income under sec-
tion 911, 931, or 933. 
‘‘(2) INDEXING.—In the case of any taxable 
year beginning in a calendar year after 2005, the 
$75,000 amount contained in paragraph (1) shall be 
increased by an amount equal to the product of—
‘‘(A) such dollar amount, and 
‘‘(B) the medical care cost adjustment de-
termined under section 213(d)(10)(B)(ii) for 
the calendar year in which the taxable year be-
gins, determined by substituting ‘August of 
2004’ for ‘August of 1996’ in subclause (II) 
thereof. 
If any increase determined under the preceding sen-
tence is not a multiple of $50, such increase shall 
be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $50. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
WITH
OTHER
CREDITS.— 
The credit allowed by subsection (a) for any taxable 
year shall not exceed the excess of— 
‘‘(A) the sum of the regular tax liability 
(as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax im-
posed by section 55, over 
‘‘(B) the sum of the credits allowable 
under this subpart (other than this section) and 
section 27 for the taxable year. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) APPLICABLE INDIVIDUAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘applicable 
individual’ means, with respect to any taxable 
year, any individual— 
‘‘(i) who has attained age 65, and
‘‘(ii) who has been certified, before the 
due date for filing the return of tax for the 
taxable year (without extensions), by a 
physician (as defined in section 1861(r)(1) 
of the Social Security Act) as being an in-
dividual with long-term care needs de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) for a period— 
‘‘(I) which is at least 180 con-
secutive days, and 
‘‘(II) a portion of which occurs 
within the taxable year. 
Such term shall not include any individual oth-
erwise meeting the requirements of the pre-
ceding sentence unless within the 391⁄2 month 
period ending on such due date (or such other 
period as the Secretary prescribes) a physician 
(as so defined) has certified that such indi-
vidual meets such requirements. 
‘‘(B) INDIVIDUALS WITH LONG-TERM CARE 
NEEDS.—An individual is described in this sub-
paragraph if the individual is unable to perform 
(without substantial assistance from another in-
dividual) at least 2 activities of daily living (as 
defined in section 7702B(c)(2)(B)) due to a 
loss of functional capacity.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2004 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 4282 Beach Street in Akron, Michigan, as 
the ‘‘Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE CAREGIVER.—A taxpayer shall 
be treated as an eligible caregiver for any taxable 
year with respect to the taxpayer and the taxpayer’s 
spouse and dependents. A taxpayer shall not be 
treated as an eligible caregiver with respect to him-
self for any taxable year beginning in any calendar 
year if any other person is an eligible caregiver with 
respect to the taxpayer for a taxable year which be-
gins in such calendar year. 
‘‘(d) IDENTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—No credit 
shall be allowed under this section to a taxpayer with re-
spect to any applicable individual unless the taxpayer in-
cludes the name and taxpayer identification number of 
such individual, and the identification number of the phy-
sician certifying such individual, on the return of tax for 
the taxable year. 
‘‘(e) TAXABLE YEAR MUST BE FULL TAXABLE 
YEAR.—Except in the case of a taxable year closed by rea-
son of the death of the taxpayer, no credit shall be allow-
able under this section in the case of a taxable year cov-
ering a period of less than 12 months. 
‘‘(f) CARRYFORWARD OF UNUSED CREDIT.—If the 
credit allowable under subsection (a) exceeds the limita-
tion imposed by subsection (b)(4) for the taxable year, 
such excess shall be carried to the succeeding taxable year
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3923 
AN ACT 
To provide for the exchange of certain land located in the 
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colo-
rado, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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tributable to the premium collected under subparagraph (A) 
and without taking into account delinquent payments or 
prepayments). 
‘‘(C) Premium charges under this paragraph shall be 
established in amounts that are sufficient, but do not exceed 
the minimum amounts necessary, to maintain a negative 
credit subsidy for the program under this section for insur-
ance of loans, advances of credit, or purchases in connection 
with a manufactured home or a lot on which to place such 
a home (or both), as determined based upon risk to the Fed-
eral Government under existing underwriting requirements. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary may increase the limitations on 
premium payments to percentages above those set forth in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), but only if necessary, and not 
in excess of the minimum increase necessary, to maintain 
a negative credit subsidy as described in subparagraph 
(C).’’. 
SEC. 257. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) DATES.—Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1703(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘on and after July 1, 1939,’’ each 
place such term appears; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘made after the effective date of 
the Housing Act of 1954’’.
294 
Children and Families, Low Income Home Energy Assist-
ance’’ of division D of Public Law 111–117 shall not apply 
to funds appropriated by this division. 
SEC. 1818. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Admin-
istration for Children and Families, Payments to States 
for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’ shall 
be $2,088,081,000, of which no funds shall be for the 
Child Care Aware toll-free hotline. 
SEC. 1819. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the 
level for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Ad-
ministration for Children and Families, Children and 
Families Services Programs’’ shall be $7,796,499,000, of 
which $405,000,000 shall be for making payments under 
the Community Service Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’), 
except that such level shall include $10,000,000 for sec-
tion 680(a)(3)(B) of the CSBG Act and $6,151,783,000 
shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act. 
(b) The fourteenth and fifteenth provisos under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Ad-
ministration for Children and Families, Children and 
Families Services Programs’’ of division D of Public Law 
111–117 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this di-
vision.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3729 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
427 North Street in Taft, California, as the ‘‘Larry S. Pierce Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 2, 2007 
Mr. MCCARTHY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 427 North Street in Taft, California, as the 
‘‘Larry S. Pierce Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LARRY S. PIERCE POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 427 North Street in Taft, Cali-
fornia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Larry S. 
Pierce 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 
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Office’’. 
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and added to the credit allowable under subsection (a) for 
such taxable year.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 6213(g)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of subparagraph (L), by striking the period at 
the end of subparagraph (M) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, 
and by inserting after subparagraph (M) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(N) an omission of a correct TIN or phy-
sician identification required under section 
25C(d) (relating to credit for taxpayers with 
long-term care needs) to be included on a re-
turn.’’. 
(2) Section 23(b)(4) is amended by striking 
‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘this section and section 
25C’’. 
(3) Section 24(b)(3)(B) is amended by striking 
‘‘23 and 25B’’ and inserting ‘‘23, 25B, and 25C’’. 
(4) Section 25(e)(1)(C) is amended by inserting 
‘‘25C,’’ after ‘‘25B,’’. 
(5) Section 26(a)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘and 25B’’ and inserting ‘‘, 25B, and 25C’’. 
(6) Section 904(h) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
25B’’ and inserting ‘‘, 25B, and 25C’’.
(7) Section 1400C(d) is amended by striking 
‘‘and 25B’’ and inserting ‘‘, 25B, and 25C’’. 
(8) The table of sections for subpart A of part 
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 25B the following new item: 
‘‘25C. Credit for taxpayers with long-term care needs.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL CONSUMER PROTECTIONS FOR LONG- 
TERM CARE INSURANCE. 
(a) ADDITIONAL
PROTECTIONS
APPLICABLE
TO 
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE.—Subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of section 7702B(g)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (relating to requirements of model regulation and 
Act) are amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of 
this paragraph are met with respect to any con-
tract if such contract meets— 
‘‘(i) MODEL
REGULATION.—The fol-
lowing requirements of the model regula-
tion: 
‘‘(I) Section 6A (relating to guar-
anteed renewal or noncancellability), 
and the requirements of section 6B of
‘‘SEC. 803. PRESERVATION OF REMEDIES. 
‘‘Nothing in section 801 or 802 shall be construed 
to preclude or limit any remedy otherwise available under 
other law, including consequential and punitive dam-
ages.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such Act is fur-
ther amended as follows: 
(1) Section 207 (50 U.S.C. App. 527) is 
amended by striking subsection (f). 
(2) Section 301(c) (50 U.S.C. App. 531(c)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) MISDEMEANOR.—Except as provided in sub-
section (a), a person who knowingly takes part in an evic-
tion or distress described in subsection (a), or who know-
ingly attempts to do so, shall be fined as provided in title 
18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 
one year, or both.’’. 
(3) Section 302(b) (50 U.S.C. App. 532(b)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) MISDEMEANOR.—A person who knowingly re-
sumes possession of property in violation of subsection (a), 
or in violation of section 107 of this Act, or who knowingly 
attempts to do so, shall be fined as provided in title 18, 
United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than one 
year, or both.’’.
1429 
(7) In honor of his service in the Marine Corps 
and to his district and the United States, it is fitting 
and proper that the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve 
Center at Rock Island Arsenal be named in honor of 
Representative Evans. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The Navy and Marine Corps Re-
serve Center at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, shall be 
known and designated as the ‘‘Lane Evans Navy and Ma-
rine Corps Reserve Center’’. Any reference in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center at 
Rock Island Arsenal shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the Lane Evans Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center. 
SEC. 2884. NAMING OF RESEARCH LABORATORY AT AIR 
FORCE ROME RESEARCH SITE, ROME, NEW 
YORK, IN HONOR OF THE HONORABLE SHER-
WOOD L. BOEHLERT, A FORMER MEMBER OF 
THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES. 
The new laboratory building at the Air Force Rome 
Research Site, Rome, New York, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Sherwood Boehlert Center of Excellence 
for Information Science and Technology’’. Any reference 
in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to such laboratory facility
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SEC. 2107. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for each of the following accounts shall be as follows: 
‘‘United States Agency for International Development, 
Funds Appropriated to the President, Operating Ex-
penses’’, $1,267,872,000; ‘‘United States Agency for 
International Development, Funds Appropriated to the 
President, Civilian Stabilization Initiative’’, $7,000,000; 
‘‘United States Agency for International Development, 
Funds Appropriated to the President, Capital Investment 
Fund’’, $120,777,000; and ‘‘United States Agency for 
International Development, Funds Appropriated to the 
President, Office of Inspector General’’, $43,710,000. 
SEC. 2108. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for each of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘‘Bi-
lateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the 
President, Development Assistance’’, $1,773,780,000; 
‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to 
the President, Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, $697,134,000; and ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assist-
ance, Independent Agencies, Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration’’, $790,000,000. 
SEC. 2109. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for each of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘‘Bi-
lateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the 
President, Economic Support Fund’’, $5,706,552,000; 
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cept anything of value personally or for any other 
person or entity in return for—
‘‘(A) being influenced in the performance 
of any official act affecting any secure or re-
stricted area or seaport; and 
‘‘(B) knowing that such influence will be 
used to commit, or plan to commit, inter-
national or domestic terrorism, 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 
15 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘secure 
or restricted area’ means an area of a vessel or facility 
designated as secure in an approved security plan, as re-
quired under section 70103 of title 46, United States 
Code, and the rules and regulations promulgated under 
that section.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
The table of sections for chapter 11 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘226. Bribery affecting port security.’’.
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2652
To provide for the establishment of a memorial to the U.S.S. Oklahoma 
as part of the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2005
Mr. COLE of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of a memorial to the U.S.S. 
Oklahoma as part of the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl 
Harbor, Hawaii.
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 ‘‘U.S.S. Oklahoma Me-
morial Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEMORIAL TO U.S.S. OKLA-
HOMA. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF SITE FOR MEMORIAL.—The 
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Navy, shall identify an appropriate site on
Ford Island, Hawaii, for the location of a memorial to the 
U.S.S. Oklahoma, which was sunk during the attack on 
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.—After 
the site for the memorial is identified under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Interior shall establish and ad-
minister a memorial to the U.S.S. Oklahoma as part of 
the USS Arizona Memorial, a unit of the National Park 
System, in accordance with the laws and regulations appli-
cable to lands administered by the National Park Service. 
(c) MEMORIALIZATION PLAN.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a memori-
alization plan for the portion of Pearl Harbor where 
United States naval vessels were attacked on December 
7, 1941. The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare the 
plan in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy.
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‘‘(iv) Section 6J (relating to policy 
summary). 
‘‘(v) Section 6K (relating to monthly 
reports on accelerated death benefits). 
‘‘(vi) Section 7 (relating to incontest-
ability period). 
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the terms ‘model regulation’ and 
‘model Act’ have the meanings given such terms 
by section 7702B(g)(2)(B).’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 
7702B(g) of such Code (relating to consumer pro-
tection provisions) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting a 
comma, and by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) the inflation protection requirement 
of paragraph (5), 
‘‘(E) the lifetime deductible requirement of 
paragraph (6), 
‘‘(F) the interchangeability requirement of 
paragraph (7), and
‘‘(G) the care management/care coordina-
tion requirement of paragraph (8).’’ 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (g) of section 
7702B of such Code is amended by redesignating 
paragraph (5) as paragraph (9) and by inserting 
after paragraph (4) the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) INFLATION PROTECTION REQUIREMENT.— 
The requirement of this paragraph is met if the con-
tract provides for benefit levels to rise at a rate 
which is meaningful to account for reasonably antici-
pated increases in the cost of long-term care services 
covered by the contract. 
‘‘(6) LIFETIME DEDUCTIBLE REQUIREMENT.— 
The requirement of this paragraph is met if the con-
tract requires that no more than 1 deductible 
amount applies for all benefits provided during the 
entire lifetime of the covered individual. 
‘‘(7) INTERCHANGEABILITY
REQUIREMENT.— 
The requirement of this paragraph is met if the pol-
icyholder has the sole discretion to designate how 
any maximum benefit amount under the contract is 
allocated among the benefits provided under the con-
tract. 
‘‘(8) CARE MANAGEMENT/CARE COORDINATION 
REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The requirement of 
this paragraph is met if the contract requires 
that the covered individual is assigned a care 
manager/coordinator. 
‘‘(B) CARE MANAGER/COORDINATOR.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘care 
manager/coordinator’ means an individual who, 
either alone or as part of a team, is responsible 
for performing assessments and reassessments, 
developing plans of care, coordinating the provi-
sion of care, and monitoring the delivery of 
services.’’ 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to policies issued more than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2936 
To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 
that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health 
plans provide coverage for second opinions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2005 
Mrs. DAVIS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Education and the Workforce and Ways and Means, 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 amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and indi-
vidual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
provide coverage for second opinions. 
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 ‘‘Second Opinion Cov-
erage Act of 2005’’.