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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3054
AN ACT
To amend the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement
and Disability Act to permit military service pre-
viously performed by members and former mem-
bers of the Metropolitan Police Department of
the District of Columbia, the Fire Department of
the District of Columbia, the United States Park
Police, and the United States Secret Service to
count as creditable service for purposes of calcu-
lating retirement annuities payable to such mem-
bers upon payment of a contribution by such
members, and for other purposes.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3054
AN ACT
To amend the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Dis-
ability Act to permit military service previously per-
formed by members and former members of the Metro-
politan Police Department of the District of Columbia,
the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the
United States Park Police, and the United States Secret
Service to count as creditable service for purposes of
calculating retirement annuities payable to such members
upon payment of a contribution by such members, 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 ‘‘District of Columbia
Military Retirement Equity Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. PERMITTING INCLUSION OF PREVIOUS MILITARY
SERVICE AS CREDITABLE SERVICE FOR CER-
TAIN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREES.
Subsection (c)(8) of the Policemen and Firemen’s Re-
tirement and Disability Act (sec. 5–704(h), D.C. Official
Code) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(8) Notwithstanding’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(8)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), notwithstanding’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(B)(i)(I) Except as provided in subclause (II), and
subject to clause (iv), each member or former member who
has performed military service before the date of the sepa-
ration on which the entitlement to any annuity under this
Act is based may elect to retain credit for the service by
paying (in accordance with such regulations as the Mayor
shall issue) to the office by which the member is employed
‘‘(2) ELECTION
NOT
TO
PARTICIPATE.—For 
provisions relating to election not to be a partici-
pating individual, see section 254(3)(B). 
‘‘(b) DEPOSITS TO PERSONAL RETIREMENT SAVINGS 
ACCOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which the 
total amount in the Interim Investment Fund cred-
ited under section 252 to a participating individual 
as of the end of any annual reporting month, ad-
justed so as to reflect net earnings and net losses at-
tributable to such amount from investment of the 
balance in the Fund under section 252(c), equals or 
exceeds the minimum deposit amount, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall, within 30 days after the end 
of such month, notify the individual of the amount 
credited to such individual in the Fund. If such total 
amount credited to such individual as of the end of 
such individual’s annual reporting month is at least 
equal to the minimum deposit amount, pursuant to 
the written election of such individual which is filed 
in accordance with regulations of the Board of 
Trustees and received by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury during the 90-day period following the individ-
ual’s annual reporting month, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall transfer such total amount from such
H. R. 3054
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, two thousand and three
An Act
To amend the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act to permit
military service previously performed by members and former members of the
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, the Fire Department
of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police, and the United States
Secret Service to count as creditable service for purposes of calculating retirement
annuities payable to such members upon payment of a contribution by such
members, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Military
Retirement Equity Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. PERMITTING INCLUSION OF PREVIOUS MILITARY SERVICE AS
CREDITABLE 
SERVICE 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
DISTRICT 
OF
COLUMBIA RETIREES.
Subsection (c)(8) of the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement
and Disability Act (sec. 5–704(h), D.C. Official Code) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(8) Notwithstanding’’ and inserting ‘‘(8)(A)
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), notwithstanding’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B)(i)(I) Except as provided in subclause (II), and subject to
clause (iv), each member or former member who has performed
military service before the date of the separation on which the
entitlement to any annuity under this Act is based may elect
to retain credit for the service by paying (in accordance with such
regulations as the Mayor shall issue) to the office by which the
member is employed (or, in the case of a former member, to the
appropriate benefits administrator) an amount equal to 7 percent
of the amount of the basic pay paid under section 204 of title
37, United States Code, to the member for each period of military
service after December 1956. The amount of such payments shall
be based on such evidence of basic pay for military service as
the member may provide, or, if the Mayor determines sufficient
evidence has not been so provided to adequately determine basic
pay for military service, such payment shall be based upon esti-
mates of such basic pay provided to the Mayor under clause (iii).
Payment of such amount by an active member must be completed
prior to the member’s date of retirement or October 1, 2006, which-
ever is later, for the member to retain credit for the service.
‘‘(II) In any case where military service interrupts creditable
service under this subsection and reemployment pursuant to
chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, occurs on or after
August 1, 1990, the deposit payable under this clause may not
ports concerning the status of the account which shall 
meet the requirements of section 531(g)(2) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and of this section. Each periodic 
report shall be furnished to the account holder on at least 
a semiannual basis on or before the 60th day following 
the period for which the report is required.
‘‘(b) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED.—
The periodic report shall contain the following information 
for transactions occurring during the period for which the 
report is provided: 
‘‘(1) The balance in the account. 
‘‘(2) The rate of return for the period covered. 
‘‘(3) The amount of authorized personal retire-
ment savings account contributions. 
‘‘(4) The amount of distributions. 
‘‘(5) The name and address of the trustee. 
‘‘(6) Commission fees and fees for administra-
tive expenses charged in connection with the ac-
count. 
‘‘(7) Other information which may be required 
from time to time by the Board of Trustees. 
The language of the report shall be written in a form so 
as to be understood by the average participating indi-
vidual.
H. R. 3054—2
exceed the amount that would have been deducted and withheld
under this Act from basic pay during the period of creditable service
if the member had not performed the period of military service.
‘‘(ii) Any deposit made under clause (i) more than 2 years
after the later of—
‘‘(I) October 1, 2004; or
‘‘(II) the date on which the member making the deposit
first becomes a member following the period of military service
for which such deposit is due,
shall include interest on such amount computed and compounded
annually beginning on the date of the expiration of the 2-year
period. The interest rate that is applicable in computing interest
in any year under this paragraph shall be equal to the interest
rate that is applicable for such year under paragraph (5)(B).
‘‘(iii) The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation,
the Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, as appropriate, shall furnish such information to the
Mayor as the Mayor may determine to be necessary for the adminis-
tration of this subsection.
‘‘(iv) Effective with respect to any period of military service
after November 10, 1996, the percentage of basic pay under section
204 of title 37, United States Code, payable under clause (i) shall
be equal to the same percentage as would be applicable under
subsection (d) of this section for that same period for service as
a member subject to clause (i)(II).’’.
SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENT IN FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN
POLICE AND FIRE RETIREES TO TAKE MILITARY SERVICE
ADJUSTMENT INTO ACCOUNT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11012 of the National Capital Revital-
ization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (sec. 1–
803.02, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASED BY
CERTAIN POLICE AND FIRE RETIREES.—For purposes of subsection
(a), in determining the amount of a Federal benefit payment made
to an officer or member, the benefit payment to which the officer
or member is entitled under the District Retirement Program shall
include any amounts which would have been included in the benefit
payment under such Program if the amendments made by the
District of Columbia Military Retirement Equity Act of 2003 had
taken effect prior to the freeze date.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 11003(5) of such Act
(sec. 1–801.02(5), D.C. Official Code) is amended by inserting ‘‘and
(f)’’ after ‘‘section 11012(e)’’.
H. R. 3054—3
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to Federal benefit payments made after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
IB 
Union Calendar No. 385
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3056
[Report No. 108–641] 
To clarify the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coast Barrier Resources 
System Cedar Keys Unit P25 on Otherwise Protected Area P25P. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2003
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Resources 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 10, 2003] 
A BILL 
To clarify the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coast 
Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys Unit P25 on Oth-
erwise Protected Area P25P.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1581 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to add access to telecommuni-
cations and information services in Indian country and areas with high 
populations of Indian people to the universal service principle relating 
to access to such services in rural, insular, and high cost areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2017 
Mr. RUIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to add access 
to telecommunications and information services in Indian 
country and areas with high populations of Indian people 
to the universal service principle relating to access to 
such services in rural, insular, and high cost areas. 
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 ‘‘Tribal Digital Access 
Act of 2017’’. 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(b)(2)(B) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–7(b)(2)(B)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘requirement’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘requirement (or, in the case of an applicant who is 
under the minimum legal voting age, an attestation 
that the applicant will reach such age prior to vot-
ing)’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
REGARDING 
CHECK-OFF BOX FOR AGE.—Section 303(b)(4)(A)(ii) 
of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
15483(b)(4)(A)(ii)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) The question ‘If you are under 
the minimum legal voting age, will you cer-
tify that you understand that this applica-
tion will not become effective and you will 
not be able to vote in any election prior to 
reaching that age?’ and boxes for the ap-
plicant to check to indicate whether or not 
the applicant will so certify.’’. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING MINIMUM 
AGE FOR SUBMISSION OF FORMS.—Section 8 of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–
6) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k); and
except that the term does not include an organiza-
tion that is primarily an agency or instrumentality 
of the government of the foreign country. The term 
includes an individual who is an agent or employee 
of the nongovernmental organization who acts within 
the scope such agency or employment. 
‘‘(5) RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.—The term ‘reli-
gious freedom’ means the internationally recognized 
right to freedom of religion and religious belief and 
practice, as set forth in the international instru-
ments referred to in paragraph (2) of section 2(a) 
of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(22 U.S.C. 6401(a)) and as described in paragraph 
(3) of such section. 
‘‘(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of State.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 116A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a), shall 
apply to reports submitted more than one year after such 
date. 
Æ
SECTION 1. REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN JOHN H. CHAFEE
COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM MAP.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the 2 maps subtitled ‘‘P25/
P25P’’ that relate to the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier
Resources System unit designated as Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System Cedar Keys Unit P25/P25P and are in-
cluded in the set of maps entitled ‘‘Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System’’ referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal
Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), the map de-
picting the northernmost area of that unit is hereby re-
placed by another map relating to that unit entitled ‘‘John
H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys
Unit P25/P25P’’ and dated February 9, 2004.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall keep the replacement map referred to in subsection
(a) on file and available for inspection in accordance with
section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16
U.S.C. 3503(b)).
Passed the House of Representatives September 13,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 3056
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four
An Act
To clarify the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coast Barrier Resources System
Cedar Keys Unit P25 on Otherwise Protected Area P25P.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL
BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM MAP.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the 2 maps subtitled ‘‘P25/P25P’’ that
relate to the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System
unit designated as Coastal Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys
Unit P25/P25P and are included in the set of maps entitled ‘‘Coastal
Barrier Resources System’’ referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal
Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), the map depicting the
northernmost area of that unit is hereby replaced by another map
relating to that unit entitled ‘‘John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier
Resources System Cedar Keys Unit P25/P25P’’ and dated February
9, 2004.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the Interior shall keep
the replacement map referred to in subsection (a) on file and avail-
able for inspection in accordance with section 4(b) of the Coastal
Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(b)).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3056
To clarify the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coast Barrier Resources 
System Cedar Keys Unit P25 on Otherwise Protected Area P25P. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2003
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To clarify the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coast 
Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys Unit P25 on 
Otherwise Protected Area P25P.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN JOHN H. CHAFEE 
COASTAL 
BARRIER 
RESOURCES 
SYSTEM 
MAPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The 2 maps subtitled ‘‘P25/
P25P’’, relating to the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System unit designated as Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System Cedar Keys Unit P25/P25P, that are in-
cluded in the set of maps entitled ‘‘Coastal Barrier Re-
HR 3056 IH 
sources System’’ and referred to in section 4(a) of the 
Coast Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), are 
hereby replaced by 2 other maps relating to those units 
entitled ‘‘John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources Sys-
tem Cedar Keys Unit P25/P25P’’ and dated September 
10, 2003. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—the Secretary of the Interior 
shall keep the maps referred to in subsection (a) on file 
and available for inspection in accordance with the provi-
sions of section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3503(b)).
Æ
IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3056 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To clarify the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coast 
Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys Unit P25 on Oth-
erwise Protected Area P25P. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3056 RFS 
SECTION 1. REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN JOHN H. CHAFEE 
COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM MAP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the 2 maps subtitled ‘‘P25/ 
P25P’’ that relate to the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System unit designated as Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System Cedar Keys Unit P25/P25P and are in-
cluded in the set of maps entitled ‘‘Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System’’ referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal 
Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), the map de-
picting the northernmost area of that unit is hereby re-
placed by another map relating to that unit entitled ‘‘John 
H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys 
Unit P25/P25P’’ and dated February 9, 2004. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall keep the replacement map referred to in subsection 
(a) on file and available for inspection in accordance with 
section 4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 
U.S.C. 3503(b)). 
Passed the House of Representatives September 13, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
HR 3076 RFS 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4); 
(3) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) to award Thurgood Marshall Fellowships 
to eligible law school students—
‘‘(A) who participated in summer institutes 
authorized by subsection (d) and who are en-
rolled in an accredited law school; or 
‘‘(B) who are eligible law school students 
who have successfully completed a comparable 
summer institute program certified by the 
Council on Legal Educational Opportunity.’’. 
(b) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Section 721(d)(1)(D) (20 
U.S.C. 1136(d)(1)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘in ana-
lytical skills and study methods’’ after ‘‘courses’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
721(h) (20 U.S.C. 1136(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘1999 
and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting 
‘‘2004 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years’’. 
(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—Subsection (e) of section 
731 (20 U.S.C. 1137(e)) is repealed.
SECTION 1. REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN JOHN H. CHAFEE 
COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM MAP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the 2 maps subtitled ‘‘P25/
P25P’’ that relate to the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System unit designated as Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System Cedar Keys Unit P25/P25P and are in-
cluded in the set of maps entitled ‘‘Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System’’ referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal 
Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), the map depict-
ing the northernmost area of that unit is hereby replaced 
by another map relating to that unit entitled ‘‘John H. 
Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys Unit 
P25/P25P’’ and dated February 9, 2004. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
keep the replacement map referred to in subsection (a) on 
file and available for inspection in accordance with section 
4(b) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 
3503(b)).
Union Calendar No. 385
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3056
[Report No. 108–641] 
A BILL 
To clarify the boundaries of the John H. Chafee 
Coast Barrier Resources System Cedar Keys 
Unit P25 on Otherwise Protected Area P25P. 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2004
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed
(iii) A collection of information gath-
ered, organized, or maintained to perform 
the function of providing schedule and pro-
gram information for multichannel audio 
or video programming. 
(iv) A collection of information gath-
ered, organized, or maintained to register 
domain name registrant contact data main-
tained by a domain name registration au-
thority, unless such registration authority 
takes appropriate steps to ensure the integ-
rity and accuracy of such information and 
provides real-time, unrestricted, and fully 
searchable public access to the information 
contained in such collection of information. 
(C) DISCRETE SECTIONS.—The fact that a 
database is a subset of a database shall not pre-
clude such subset from treatment as a database 
under this Act. 
(5) DOMAIN NAME.—The term ‘‘domain name’’ 
means any alphanumeric designation which is reg-
istered with or assigned by any domain name reg-
istrar, domain name registry, or other domain name 
registration authority as part of an electronic address 
on the Internet.