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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5108
To provide for the geographic reclassification of a county under the Medicare
Program to provide for more equitable payments under that program
to hospitals located in that county.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
Mr. MCINTOSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide for the geographic reclassification of a county
under the Medicare Program to provide for more equi-
table payments under that program to hospitals located
in that county.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. RECLASSIFICATION OF A CERTAIN COUNTY
FOR PURPOSES OF REIMBURSEMENT UNDER
THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, effective for discharges occurring on or after
October 1, 2001, and before October 1, 2003, for purposes
of making payments under section 1886(d) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)) to hospitals in Lake
County, Indiana, such county is deemed to be located in
the Chicago, Illinois, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of such section
1886(d), the reclassification under subsection (a) shall be
treated as a decision of the Medicare Geographic Classi-
fication Review Board under paragraph (10) of that sec-
tion.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4847
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Received 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 560 Bay Isles Road in Longboat Key, Florida, 
as the ‘‘Lieutenant General James V. Edmundson Post 
Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4847 RDS 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 560 Bay Isles Road in Longboat Key, Florida, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lieutenant General 
James V. Edmundson Post Office Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Lieutenant General James V. Edmundson Post 
Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 6, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
HR 4850 PP 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, secs. 1– 
204.62, 1–204.75, and 1–204.90), $347,700,000 from 
local funds. 
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING 
For payment of interest on short-term borrowing, 
$4,000,000 from local funds. 
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION 
For principal and interest payments on the District’s 
Certificates of Participation, issued to finance the ground 
lease underlying the building located at One Judiciary 
Square, $11,252,000 from local funds. 
SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS 
For making refunds and for the payment of legal set-
tlements or judgments that have been entered against the 
District of Columbia government, $20,270,000 from local 
funds: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be con-
strued as modifying or affecting the provisions of section 
103 of this Act. 
WILSON BUILDING 
For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson 
building, $3,633,000 from local funds. 
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS 
For workforce investments, $38,114,000 from local 
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia within the various appropriation headings in
HR 4850 PP 
the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official du-
ties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official 
duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or em-
ployee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 
Chief; 
(3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2005, an inventory, as 
of September 30, 2004, of all vehicles owned, leased or 
operated by the District of Columbia government. The in-
ventory shall include, but not be limited to, the depart-
ment to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and make 
of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general 
condition of the vehicle; annual operating and mainte-
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, and is deemed a part of the rules of each
House of Congress, but—
(A) is applicable only with respect to the
procedure to be followed in that House of Con-
gress in the case of an implementing bill (as de-
fined in subsection (d)); and
(B) supersedes other rules only to the ex-
tent that such rules are inconsistent with this
section; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House of Congress to change the
rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that
House of Congress) at any time, in the same man-
ner and to the same extent as in the case of any
other rule of that House of Congress.
(b) INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL.—
(1) INTRODUCTION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph
(2), on the day on which the President trans-
mits the report pursuant to section 236(c) to
the House of Representatives and the Senate,
the recommendations in legislative form trans-
mitted by the President with respect to such re-
HR 5109 RFS
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of title 38, United States Code.
TITLE I—PERSONNEL MATTERS
SEC. 101. ANNUAL NATIONAL PAY COMPARABILITY AD-
JUSTMENT FOR NURSES EMPLOYED BY DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) REVISED PAY ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES.—Sec-
tion 7451 is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘The rates’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Subject to subsection (e), the rates’’;
and
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting
‘‘and to be by the same percentage’’ after
‘‘to have the same effective date’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Such’’
in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘Except as
provided in paragraph (1)(A), such’’;
(C) in paragraph (3)(B)—
(i) by inserting after the first sentence
the following new sentence: ‘‘To the extent
practicable, the director shall use third-
‘‘(c)(1) A veteran described in paragraph (1) or (2)
of section 1710(a) of this title is eligible to participate in
the pilot program if the veteran—
‘‘(A) is enrolled to receive medical services from
an outpatient clinic operated by the Secretary which
is (i) within reasonable proximity to the principal
residence of the veteran, and (ii) located within the
geographic area in which the Secretary is carrying
out the program described in subsection (a);
‘‘(B) has received care under this chapter within
the 24-month period preceding the veteran’s applica-
tion for enrollment in the pilot program;
‘‘(C) as determined by the Secretary before the
hospitalization of the veteran (i) requires such hos-
pital care and services for a non-service-connected
condition, and (ii) could not receive such services
from a clinic operated by the Secretary; and
‘‘(D) elects to receive such care under a health-
care plan (other than under this title) under which
the veteran is entitled to receive such care.
‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
duce the authority of the Secretary to contract with non-
Department facilities for care of a service-connected dis-
ability of a veteran.
(C) a primary election held for the selec-
tion of delegates to a national nominating con-
vention of a political party; or
(D) a primary election held for the expres-
sion of a preference for the nomination of per-
sons for election to the office of President; and
(2) the term ‘‘Federal office’’ means the office
of President or Vice President of the United States,
or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the
United States.
SEC. 6. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.
(a) STATE LAWS.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to prohibit the States enacting any State law which
affords the right to vote in any election for Federal office
on terms less restrictive than those established by this Act.
(b) FEDERAL LAWS.—The rights and remedies es-
tablished by this Act are in addition to all other rights
and remedies provided by law, and neither rights and rem-
edies established by this Act shall supersede, restrict, or
limit the application of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) or the National Voter Registration
Act (42 U.S.C. 1973–gg).
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Union Calendar No. 519
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5109
[Report No. 106–863]
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve
the personnel system of the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 510
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John
R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyo-
ming, certain land so as to correct an error in the
patent issued to their predecessors in interest.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LOWE FAMILY PROPERTY.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Subject to valid existing rights,
the Secretary of the Interior is directed to issue, without
consideration, a quitclaim deed to John R. and Margaret
J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the land de-
scribed in subsection (b): Provided, That all minerals un-
derlying such land are hereby reserved to the United
States.
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land referred to in
subsection (a) is the approximately 40-acre parcel located
in the SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Section 11, Township 51 North,
Range 96 West, 6th Principal Meridian, Wyoming.
Passed the House of Representatives May 4, 1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 510
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John R. and Margaret
J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land so as to correct
an error in the patent issued to their predecessors in interest.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
Mrs. CUBIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John
R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyo-
ming, certain land so as to correct an error in the
patent issued to their predecessors in interest.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LOWE FAMILY PROPERTY.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Subject to valid existing rights,
the Secretary of the Interior is directed to issue, without
consideration, a quitclaim deed to John R. and Margaret
J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the land de-
scribed in subsection (b): Provided, That all minerals un-
derlying such land are hereby reserved to the United
States.
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land referred to in
subsection (a) is the approximately 40-acre parcel located
in the SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Section 11, Township 51 North,
Range 96 West, 6th Principal Meridian, Wyoming.
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Calendar No. 105
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 510
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 5, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John
R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyo-
ming, certain land so as to correct an error in the
patent issued to their predecessors in interest.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(iii) whether an individual is a sur-
viving spouse or a head of a household
(such terms are defined in section 2).
‘‘(C) 
COMPARABLE
TREATMENT
FOR
EARNED INCOME CREDIT.—For purposes of sec-
tion 32, an individual—
‘‘(i) who is presumed to have been
kidnapped by someone who is not a mem-
ber of the family of such individual or the
taxpayer, and
‘‘(ii) who had, for the taxable year in
which the kidnapping occurred, the same
principal place of abode as the taxpayer for
more than one-half of the portion of such
year before the date of the kidnapping,
shall be treated as meeting the requirement of
section 32(c)(3)(A)(ii) with respect to a tax-
payer for all taxable years ending during the
period that the individual is kidnapped.
‘‘(D) TERMINATION
OF
TREATMENT.—
Subparagraphs (A) and (C) shall cease to apply
as of the first taxable year of the taxpayer be-
ginning after the calendar year in which there
is a determination that the child is dead (or, if
HR 510 PCS
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LOWE FAMILY PROPERTY.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Subject to valid existing rights,
the Secretary of the Interior is directed to issue, without
consideration, a quitclaim deed to John R. and Margaret
J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the land de-
scribed in subsection (b): Provided, That all minerals un-
derlying such land are hereby reserved to the United
States.
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land referred to in
subsection (a) is the approximately 40-acre parcel located
in the SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Section 11, Township 51 North,
Range 96 West, 6th Principal Meridian, Wyoming.
Passed the House of Representatives May 4, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 105
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 510
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer
to John R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn
County, Wyoming, certain land so as to correct
an error in the patent issued to their prede-
cessors in interest.
MAY 5, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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Private Calendar No. 2
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 510
[Report No. 106–68]
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John R. and Margaret
J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land so as to correct
an error in the patent issued to their predecessors in interest.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
Mrs. CUBIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
MARCH 17, 1999
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John
R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyo-
ming, certain land so as to correct an error in the
patent issued to their predecessors in interest.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LOWE FAMILY PROPERTY.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Subject to valid existing rights,
the Secretary of the Interior is directed to issue, without
consideration, a quitclaim deed to John R. and Margaret
J. Lowe of Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the land de-
scribed in subsection (b): Provided, That all minerals un-
derlying such land are hereby reserved to the United
States.
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land referred to in
subsection (a) is the approximately 40-acre parcel located
in the SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Section 11, Township 51 North,
Range 96 West, 6th Principal Meridian, Wyoming.
Private Calendar No. 2
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 510
[Report No. 106–68]
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer
to John R. and Margaret J. Lowe of Big Horn
County, Wyoming, certain land so as to correct
an error in the patent issued to their prede-
cessors in interest.
MARCH 17, 1999
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and
ordered to be printed
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5129
For the relief of Thomas W. Sikes and Wellington Trade, Inc., doing business 
as Containerhouse. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2004
Mr. NORWOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Thomas W. Sikes and Wellington Trade, 
Inc., doing business as Containerhouse.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $990,500, to the persons named in sub-
section (b) for damages sustained by such persons in con-
nection with a 1991 government contract for the purchase 
and delivery of certain ocean freight containers.
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States courthouse located at 3470 12th
Street in Riverside, California, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘George E. Brown, Jr. United States
Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘George E. Brown, Jr. United
States Courthouse’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 17,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 5110
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To designate the United States courthouse located at 3470 12th Street in Riverside,
California, as the ‘‘George E. Brown, Jr. United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States courthouse located at 3470 12th Street in
Riverside, California, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘George
E. Brown, Jr. United States Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the United States courthouse
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the
‘‘George E. Brown, Jr. United States Courthouse’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5110
To designate the United States courthouse located at 3470 12th Street
in Riverside, California, as the ‘‘George E. Brown, Jr. United States
Courthouse’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mrs. BONO, Mr. PACK-
ARD, and Mr. BACA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To designate the United States courthouse located at 3470
12th Street in Riverside, California, as the ‘‘George E.
Brown, Jr. United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States courthouse located at 3470 12th
Street in Riverside, California, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘George E. Brown, Jr. United States
Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘George E. Brown, Jr. United
States Courthouse’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5110
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 18 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000
Received
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located at 3470
12th Street in Riverside, California, as the ‘‘George E.
Brown, Jr. United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 5110 RDS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States courthouse located at 3470 12th
Street in Riverside, California, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘George E. Brown, Jr. United States
Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘George E. Brown, Jr. United
States Courthouse’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 17,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5111
AN ACT
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to treat certain property boundaries as the
boundaries of the Lawrence County Airport, Courtland,
Alabama, 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. LAWRENCE COUNTY AIRPORT, COURTLAND,
ALABAMA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the airport lo-
cated at Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama (formerly
known as the George C. Wallace Airport), the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall treat
as the boundaries of the airport property those boundaries
shown on the airport layout drawing produced by Garver,
Inc., dated March 8, 1999, and approved by the Jackson
Airport District Office of the Administration.
(b) TREATMENT OF NONAIRPORT PROPERTY.—The
Administrator may not treat as airport property any real
property not designated as airport property in the drawing
referred to in subsection (a) regardless of whether such
real property was designated as airport property at any
time prior to March 8, 1999.
Passed the House of Representatives November 13,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5111
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to treat
certain property boundaries as the boundaries of the Lawrence County
Airport, Courtland, Alabama, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
Mr. ADERHOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to treat certain property boundaries as the
boundaries of the Lawrence County Airport, Courtland,
Alabama, 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. LAWRENCE COUNTY AIRPORT, COURTLAND,
ALABAMA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the airport lo-
cated at Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama (formerly
known as the George C. Wallace Airport), the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall treat
as the boundaries of the airport property those boundaries
shown on the airport layout drawing produced by Garver,
Inc., dated March 8, 1999, and approved by the Jackson
Airport District Office of the Administration.
(b) TREATMENT OF NONAIRPORT PROPERTY.—The
Administrator may not treat as airport property any real
property not designated as airport property in the drawing
referred to in subsection (a) regardless of whether such
real property was designated as airport property at any
time prior to March 8, 1999.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5112
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against
income tax to elementary and secondary public school teachers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
Mr. BACA 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 allow a
credit against income tax to elementary and secondary
public school teachers.
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 Recruitment
and Retention Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that:
(1) Adequate compensation is essential to re-
cruit and retain teachers and maintain teacher qual-
ity.
earlier, in which the child would have attained
age 18).’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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