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Calendar No. 330
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2739
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 20 (legislative day, DECEMBER 18), 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
MARCH 19, 2002
Reported by Mr. BIDEN, without amendment
AN ACT
To amend Public Law 107–10 to authorize a United States
plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan
at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly
in May 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 107–10.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 1(a) of Public Law 107–10
(115 Stat. 17) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
HR 2739 RS
‘‘(12) On May 11, 2001, President Bush stated
in his letter to Senator Murkowski that the United
States ‘should find opportunities for Taiwan’s voice
to be heard in international organizations in order to
make a contribution, even if membership is not pos-
sible’, further stating that his Administration ‘has
focused on finding concrete ways for Taiwan to ben-
efit and contribute to the WHO.’.
‘‘(13) On May 16, 2001, as part of the United
States delegation to the World Health Assembly
meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Secretary of Health
and Human Services Tommy Thompson announced
to the American International Club the Administra-
tion’s support of Taiwan’s participation in the activi-
ties of the WHO.’’.
(b) PLAN.—Section 1(b)(1) of Public Law 107–10
(115 Stat. 17) is amended by striking ‘‘May 2001’’ and
inserting ‘‘May 2002’’.
Passed the House of Representatives December 19,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 330
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 2739
AN ACT
To amend Public Law 107–10 to authorize a
United States plan to endorse and obtain ob-
server status for Taiwan at the annual summit of
the World Health Assembly in May 2002 in Ge-
neva, Switzerland, and for other purposes.
MARCH 19, 2002
Reported without amendment
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2740
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the
receipt of donated prescription drug samples by charitable health care entities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. BURR of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. KLECZKA) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with
respect to the receipt of donated prescription drug sam-
ples by charitable health care entities.
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 ‘‘Drug Access Act of
2001’’.
SEC. 2. DONATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG SAMPLES TO
CHARITABLE HEALTH CARE ENTITIES.
Section 503(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2) and
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) through (4)’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following para-
graph:
‘‘(4)(A) A charitable health care entity may receive
a drug sample donated by a person described in subpara-
graph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) or by another
charitable health care entity for dispensing to a patient
of the charitable institution, and a charitable health care
entity may donate a drug sample to another charitable
health care entity for dispensing to its patients, if the fol-
lowing requirements are met:
‘‘(i) Delivery of the donated drug sample to the
charitable health care entity is completed by mail or
common carrier, collection by an authorized agent or
employee of the recipient charitable health care enti-
ty, or personal delivery by a licensed practitioner or
an agent or employee of the donating charitable
health care entity.
‘‘(ii) The charitable health care entity receiving
the donated drug sample executes a written receipt
for the drug sample upon its delivery and provides
for the return of the receipt to the donating entity.
‘‘(iii) The donated drug sample received by the
charitable health care entity is in its original, un-
opened packaging with its labeling intact.
‘‘(iv) Before dispensing such sample to a pa-
tient, the sample is examined by a licensed practi-
tioner or registered pharmacist to confirm that the
sample is not adulterated or misbranded.
‘‘(B) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘chari-
table health care entity’ means an entity that provides di-
agnostic, medical, surgical, or dental treatment or provides
chronic or rehabilitative care; is described in section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and is
under section 501(a) of such Code exempt from tax-
ation.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2741
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to decrease the class life
for petroleum refinery property placed in service to comply with petro-
leum product specifications as promulgated by rule by the Administrator
of Environmental Protection Agency under, and to provide compliance
with refinery site, terminal, and other infrastructure air emissions re-
quirements under, the Clean Air Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to decrease
the class life for petroleum refinery property placed in
service to comply with petroleum product specifications
as promulgated by rule by the Administrator of Environ-
mental Protection Agency under, and to provide compli-
ance with refinery site, terminal, and other infrastructure
air emissions requirements under, the Clean Air Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLASS LIFE FOR PETROLEUM REFINERY UP-
GRADE PROPERTY.
(a) 5-YEAR PROPERTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section
168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re-
lating to classification of certain property) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (v), by
striking the period at the end of clause (vi) and in-
serting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after clause (vi)
the following new clause:
‘‘(vii) any refinery compliance upgrade
property.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph
(B) of section 168(g)(3) of such Code (relating to
special rules for determining class life) is amended
by inserting after the item relating to subparagraph
(B)(iii) in the table contained therein the following
new item:
‘‘(B)(vii) .....................................................................................................
7.5’’.
(b) REFINERY COMPLIANCE UPGRADE PROPERTY.—
Subsection (i) of section 168 of such Code is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(15) REFINERY COMPLIANCE UPGRADE PROP-
ERTY.—The term ‘refinery compliance upgrade
property’ means property which is an upgrade to re-
finery infrastructure in service on the date of the en-
actment of this paragraph—
‘‘(A) to comply with petroleum product
specifications as promulgated by rule by the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, or
‘‘(B) to provide for compliance with refin-
ery site, terminal, and other infrastructure air
emissions requirements under the Clean Air
Act.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to property placed in service on
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(D) A description of actions to be taken
by the operator to promptly address any integ-
rity issue raised by such evaluations.
‘‘(E) A method for conducting an analysis
on a continuing basis that integrates all avail-
able information about the integrity of the facil-
ity and the consequences of releases from the
facility.
‘‘(F) A description of actions to be taken
by the operator to prevent and mitigate the
consequences of releases from the facility.
‘‘(G) A method for monitoring cathodic
protection systems throughout the pipeline sys-
tem of the operator.
‘‘(H) A description of the actions to be
taken by the operator to address any safety
concerns raised by the Secretary, including
issues raised with the Secretary by States and
local authorities.
‘‘(3) INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) INSPECTIONS
BY
DIRECT
ASSESS-
MENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall
prescribe standards for inspection of a pipeline
facility by direct assessment.
stem cells from embryos and fetal tissue in accordance
with the National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Re-
search Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, as published
in the Federal Register on August 25, 2000 (65 FR
51976), and corrected on November 21, 2000 (65 FR
69951).
SEC. 3. STUDY ON STEM CELLS BY THE NATIONAL INSTI-
TUTES OF HEALTH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In-
stitutes of Health shall conduct a study on the following:
(1) The current state of knowledge about the
following:
(A) Biological properties of stem cells ob-
tained from embryos, fetal tissues, and adult
tissues.
(B) Biological differences among stem cells
obtained from embryos, fetal tissues, and adult
tissues and the significance of these differences
for research and medicine.
(C) Ability of stem cells to generate tis-
sues, including neurons and heart, kidney,
blood, and liver tissues, and the potential clin-
ical uses of these tissues.
(2) Emerging stem cell applications.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2744
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify qualified rental
office furniture as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. COLLINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify
qualified rental office furniture as 5-year property for
purposes of depreciation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLASSIFICATION OF QUALIFIED RENTAL OF-
FICE FURNITURE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 168
(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
5-year property) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end
of clause (v), by striking the period at the end of clause
(vi) and inserting ‘‘, and,’’ and by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(B) INSPECTIONS BY INTERNAL INSPEC-
TION
DEVICES.—After reviewing an integrity
management program, the Secretary may re-
quire a pipeline facility that is located in an
area identified pursuant to subsection (a)(1)
and that can accommodate an internal inspec-
tion device to be inspected by such a device
under section 60108.
‘‘(C) FREQUENCY
OF
INSPECTIONS.—In
adopting an integrity management program
under paragraph (1), an operator shall deter-
mine whether to require inspection of a facility
at more frequent intervals than the minimum
intervals required under paragraph (2)(B) after
consideration of the following factors:
‘‘(i) The potential for development of
new defects in the facility (including the
potential for damage by an outside force).
‘‘(ii) The operational characteristics of
the facility, including age, operating pres-
sure, block valve location, corrosion his-
tory, spill history, and any known defi-
ciencies in the method of pipeline construc-
tion or installation.
‘‘(vii) any qualified rental office fur-
niture.’’
(b) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—The table contained in
section 168(g)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by inserting after the third item the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(B)(vii) ....................................................................................................
9’’.
(c) DEFINITION
OF QUALIFIED RENTAL OFFICE
FURNITURE.—Subsection (i) of section 168 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(15) 
QUALIFIED
RENTAL
OFFICE
FUR-
NITURE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
rental office furniture’ means office furniture
held by an office furniture rental dealer pri-
marily for purposes of leasing to customers by
means of a short-term office furniture rental
contract.
‘‘(B) OFFICE FURNITURE RENTAL DEAL-
ER.—The term ‘office furniture rental dealer’
means a person that, in the ordinary course of
business, regularly enters into short-term office
furniture rental contracts with customers for
the use of office furniture.
‘‘(C) SHORT-TERM
OFFICE
FURNITURE
RENTAL CONTRACT.—The term ‘short-term of-
fice furniture rental contract’ means any lease
with a term of 18 months or less, between unre-
lated parties, for the use of office furniture.’’.
(d) OPTIONS TO RENEW NOT TO BE AUTOMATI-
CALLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (3) of sub-
section (i) of section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
OPTIONS
ON
SHORT-TERM OFFICE FURNITURE RENTAL CON-
TRACTS.—For purposes of clause (i) of sub-
paragraph (A), in the case of a short-term of-
fice furniture rental contract, there shall not be
taken into account any option to renew at a
price equal to or in excess of the price applica-
ble to the initial term of the lease.’’.
(e) APPLICABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall apply to property placed in service on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) TRANSITION RULE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A taxpayer may elect
(in such form and manner as the Secretary of
the Treasury may prescribe) to have the
amendments made by this section apply to
property placed in service before the date of the
enactment of this section.
(B) METHOD OF ACCOUNTING.—For pur-
poses of section 481, an election under subpara-
graph (A) shall be treated as a change in meth-
od of accounting made with the consent of the
Secretary of the Treasury and any adjustment
necessary by reason of such change shall be in-
cluded in the year of the change.
(C) ELECTION DEEMED MADE.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), a taxpayer which
has consistently treated qualified rental office
furniture (as defined in section 168(i)(15) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) as 5-year
property shall be treated as having made the
election under such subparagraph with respect
to the property.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2745
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify the coordination
of benefits among health plans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. COLLINS (for himself and Mr. POMEROY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 XI of the Social Security Act to clarify
the coordination of benefits among health plans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION RELATING TO TRANSFER OF
INFORMATION AMONG HEALTH PLANS.
Section 1173(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1320d–2(f)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘coordi-
nation of benefits’ means provisions that meet the stand-
matter which the Commission is empowered to investigate
by this Act. The attendance of witnesses and the produc-
tion of evidence may be required from any place within
the United States at any designated place of hearing with-
in the United States.
SEC. 7. REPORT.
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Commission shall transmit to Congress
a report on its findings and recommendations.
SEC. 8. TERMINATION.
The Commission shall terminate on the date of trans-
mission of its report under section 7.
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ards and requirements of the 1996 NAIC Group Coordina-
tion of Benefits Model Regulation.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2752
To protect school web pages from fraud and related activity.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. FERGUSON (for himself, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mrs. ROUKEMA,
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr.
ANDREWS, and Mr. PALLONE) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To protect school web pages from fraud and related activity.
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 ‘‘School Safety En-
hancement and Website Protection Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF SCHOOL WEB PAGES FROM FRAUD
AND RELATED ACTIVITY.
Section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in section (a)(2)(A), by inserting before the
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, or contained
in an educational record of an educational institu-
tion’’;
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘a financial institution’’
and inserting ‘‘an educational institution, a fi-
nancial institution,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the financial institution’’
and inserting ‘‘the educational institution, the
financial institution,’’;
(3) in subsection (e)(8)(D), by striking ‘‘; and’’
and inserting ‘‘, or poses a threat to public health
or safety;’’;
(4) in subsection (e)(9), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(5) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(10) the term ‘educational institution’ includes
an elementary school (as defined in section 14101 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)), secondary school (as de-
fined in such section), and institution of higher edu-
cation (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)).’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2753
To require a housing impact analysis of any new rule of a Federal agency
that has an economic impact of $100,000,000 or more.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr.
JONES of North Carolina, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GONZALEZ, and Mr. SOUDER)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To require a housing impact analysis of any new rule of
a Federal agency that has an economic impact of
$100,000,000 or more.
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 ‘‘Housing Affordability
Assurance Act’’.
SEC. 2. HOUSING IMPACT ANALYSIS.
(a) APPLICABILITY.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the requirements of this section shall apply
with respect to—
(1) any proposed rule, unless the agency pro-
mulgating the rule—
(A) has certified that the proposed rule
will not, if given force or effect as a final rule,
have a significant deleterious impact on housing
affordability; and
(B) has caused such certification to be
published in the Federal Register at the time of
publication of general notice of proposed rule-
making for the rule, together with a statement
providing the factual basis for the certification;
and
(2) any final rule, unless the agency promul-
gating the rule—
(A) has certified that the rule will not, if
given force or effect, have a significant delete-
rious impact on housing affordability; and
(B) has caused such certification to be
published in the Federal Register at the time of
publication of the final rule, together with a
statement providing the factual basis for the
certification.
Any agency making a certification under this subsection
shall provide a copy of such certification and the state-
laborer shall not exceed 3 percent of the day laborer’s
daily wages. Any motor vehicle that is owned or operated
by the day labor service agency or a third party employer,
or a contractor of either, which is used for the transpor-
tation of day laborers shall have proof of financial respon-
sibility as provided for in applicable State insurance laws
of the area.
(c) DAY LABORER EQUIPMENT.—For any safety
equipment, clothing, accessories, or any other items re-
quired by the nature of the work, either by law, custom
or as a requirement of the third party employer, the day
labor service agency or the third party employer may
charge the day laborer the market value of the item tem-
porarily provided to the day laborer by the third party em-
ployer if the day laborer fails to return such items to the
third party employer or the day labor service agency. For
any other equipment, clothing, accessories, or any other
items the day labor service agency makes available for pur-
chase, the day laborer shall not be charged more than the
actual market value for the item.
SEC. 8. AGENCY REGISTRATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A day labor service agency shall
register with the Secretary in accordance with rules adopt-
ed by the Secretary for day labor service agencies and with
State departments of labor which require such registra-
tion.
(b) FEES.—The Secretary may assess each day labor
agency a registration fee not exceeding $250.
SEC. 9. DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall adopt rules
and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of
this Act, including provisions for hearings and imposition
of penalties for violations of this Act.
(b) POSTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall
cause to be posted in each day labor service agency a no-
tice which informs the public of a toll-free telephone num-
ber for day laborers and the public to file wage dispute
complaints and other alleged violations by day labor serv-
ice agencies.
(c) FINES.—The Secretary shall have the authority
to fine a day labor service agency that fails to register
with the Department of Labor in accordance with this Act
$1,000 for the first offense and $5,000 for the second of-
fense.
(d) SUSPENSIONS
AND REVOCATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall have the authority to suspend or revoke the
registration of a day labor service agency if warranted by
public health and safety concerns or violations of this Act.
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After receiving such notice, Commission may request
consultations with the administering authority re-
garding the temporary exception. Upon the request
of the Commission, the administering authority shall
consult with the Commission and any such consulta-
tion shall be completed within 15 days after the date
of the request. If, after consultation, the Commis-
sion believes that a significant injury issue is pre-
sented by the proposed temporary exception to the
application of the order or finding, the Commission
may provide written advice to the administering au-
thority as to whether the proposed exception will sig-
nificantly depress prices in the industry. If the Com-
mission decides to provide such written advice, it
shall promptly notify the administering authority of
its intention to do so and must provide such advice
within 30 days after the date of notification under
this paragraph.
‘‘(5) EXTENSION OF ALLOWANCE.—An allow-
ance granted pursuant to this section may be ex-
tended for additional quantities or for additional pe-
riods of not more than one year each, based on a re-
quest for extension filed by a potentially affected
party. The administering authority shall provide an