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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4110
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on an ultraviolet dye.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 2002
Mr. MATSUI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on an ultraviolet
dye.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF EXISTING DUTY SUSPENSION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.28.19 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended
in the effective period column by striking the date con-
tained therein and inserting ‘‘12/31/2005’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to goods entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after
the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4111
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old Spanish
Trail as a National Historic Trail.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 2002
Mr. MCINNIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the
Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail.
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 ‘‘Old Spanish Trail Rec-
ognition Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16
U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating the second paragraph (21)
as paragraph (22); and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(23) OLD SPANISH NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Old Spanish National
Historic Trail, an approximately 3,500 mile long
trail extending from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Los
Angeles, California, that served as a major trade
route between 1829 and 1848, as generally depicted
on the map contained in the report prepared under
subsection (b) entitled ‘Old Spanish Trail National
Historic Trail Feasibility Study’, dated July 2001.
‘‘(B) MAP.—A map generally depicting the trail
shall be on file and available for public inspection in
the office of the Director of the National Park Serv-
ice.
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be ad-
ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Director of the National Park Service
(referred to in this paragraph as the ‘Secretary’).
‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United States
shall not acquire for the trail any land or interest
in land outside the exterior boundary of any feder-
ally-managed area without the consent of the owner
of the land or interest in land.
‘‘(E) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall
consult with other Federal, State, local, and tribal
agencies in the administration of the trail.
‘‘(F) ADDITIONAL
ROUTES.—The Secretary
may designate additional routes to the trail if—
‘‘(i) the additional routes were included in
the Old Spanish Trail National Historic Trail
Feasibility Study, but were not recommended
for designation as a national historic trail; and
‘‘(ii) the Secretary determines that the ad-
ditional routes were used for trade and com-
merce between 1829 and 1848.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4112
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve
access of Medicare beneficiaries to health care in rural areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 2002
Mr. MCINNIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect
and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries to health
care in rural 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Medicare Rural Access Preservation Act of 2002’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. 2 year hold-harmless for sole community hospitals under outpatient pro-
spective payment schedule.
Sec. 3. 20 percent increase in medicare payment for home health care furnished
in a frontier area.
Sec. 4. Adjustment in critical access hospital bed limit.
Sec. 5. 15 percent increase in medicare payment for hospice care furnished in
a frontier area.
Sec. 6. Treatment of eligibility for hospice care.
SEC. 2. 2 YEAR HOLD-HARMLESS FOR SOLE COMMUNITY
HOSPITALS UNDER OUTPATIENT PROSPEC-
TIVE PAYMENT SCHEDULE.
Section 1833(t)(7)(D) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395l(t)(7)(D)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new clause:
‘‘(iii) TEMPORARY
TREATMENT
FOR
SOLE
COMMUNITY
HOSPITALS.—In the
case of a hospital described in section
1886(d)(5)(C)(iii), for covered OPD serv-
ices furnished during 2003 or 2004 for
which the PPS amount is less than the
pre-BBA amount, the amount of payment
under this subsection shall be increased by
the amount of such difference.’’.
SEC. 3. 20 PERCENT INCREASE IN MEDICARE PAYMENT
FOR HOME HEALTH CARE FURNISHED IN A
FRONTIER AREA.
Section 1895(b)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395fff(b)(4)(A)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new clause:
(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
United 
States
Trade Representative, pursuant to section 135(c)(2)
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(c)(2),
shall establish within the Office of the United States
Trade Representative a Trade, Gender, and Develop-
ment Policy Advisory Committee (hereafter in this
section referred to as the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’) to
provide policy advice on issues involving trade, gen-
der, and international development.
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—
(A) NUMBER
AND
APPOINTMENT.—The
Advisory Committee shall be composed of not
more than 35 members, appointed by the Trade
Representative, who shall include, but not be
limited to, representatives from women’s inter-
est groups, private voluntary organizations,
international aid organizations, and appropriate
representatives from Federal departments and
agencies. The membership of the Advisory Com-
mittee shall be broadly representative of key
sectors and groups of the economy with an in-
terest in trade, gender, and international devel-
opment policy issues.
(B) TERM.—Members of the Advisory
Committee shall be appointed for a term of 2
MORE THAN 12 BEDS.—The 15-bed limitation
specified in subparagraph (B)(iii) and sub-
section (f) shall not apply to a hospital that
provides assurances satisfactory to the Sec-
retary that it will maintain (on an annual basis)
an average daily inpatient census of acute care
patients of not more than 12.’’; and
(2) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘except as
permitted under subsection (c)(2)(E)’’ after ‘‘15
beds’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2003.
SEC. 5. 15 PERCENT INCREASE IN MEDICARE PAYMENT
FOR HOSPICE CARE FURNISHED IN A FRON-
TIER AREA.
Section 1814(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395f(i)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) With respect to routine home care and other
services included in hospice care furnished in a frontier
area on or after January 1, 2003, and before January 1,
2007, the payment rates otherwise established for such
care and services shall be increased by 15 percent. For
purposes of this clause, the term ‘frontier area’ means a
county in which the population density is less than 7 per-
sons per square mile.’’.
SEC. 6. TREATMENT OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICE CARE.
(a) DEEMED ELIGIBILITY BASED
ON DEATH
IN
FACT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1814(i) of the Social
Security Act is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) For purposes of section 1814(a)(7)(A), the Sec-
retary and a fiscal intermediary shall not take any action
to deny payment for hospice care for an individual on the
basis that the individual is not terminally ill if the indi-
vidual dies within 6 months of the date the individual is
initially admitted into the hospice program for the receipt
of hospice care.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on January 1,
2003.
(b) CMS REPORT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall
evaluate the standards used by fiscal intermediaries
in denying physician certifications under section
1814(a)(7) of the Social Security Act that an indi-
vidual is terminally ill (and thereby making such in-
dividuals ineligible to elect the hospice care alter-
native) and the impact of such decisions on length
of stay. Such evaluation shall review the impact of
the amendments made by section 322(a) of the
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improve-
ment and Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2763A–
501), as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of Pub-
lic Law 106–554 and the results of the study con-
ducted under section 322(b) of such Act of 2000.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act, such Adminis-
trator shall submit to Congress a report on such
evaluation.
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(e) ELIGIBLE
AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITY
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible agricultural
commodity’’ means—
(1) barley, corn, grain sorghum, oats, rice,
wheat, soybeans, sunflower seed, canola, crambe,
rapeseed, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, and cel-
lulosic crops, such as switchgrass and short rotation
trees, grown on farms in the United States for the
purpose of producing ethanol or biodiesel fuels; or
(2) any other commodity or commodity by-prod-
uct produced in the United States that the Secretary
determines is suitable for use in ethanol and bio-
diesel fuel production.
(f) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use up to
$200,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration each fiscal year to make payments under this sec-
tion.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4118
To suspend temporarily the duty on a certain polymer.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 2002
Mr. RAMSTAD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on a certain polymer.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON A CERTAIN POLY-
MER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by striking heading 9902.39.04 and inserting the
following:
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4116
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to provide emergency financial assistance to agricul-
tural producers that have incurred income losses in calendar year 2001.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 2002
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds of
the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide emergency
financial assistance to agricultural producers that have
incurred income losses in calendar year 2001.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCOME LOSS ASSISTANCE FOR AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall
use $1,800,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to make emergency financial assistance avail-
able to producers on a farm that have incurred qualifying
income losses in calendar year 2001, including losses due
to army worms.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall make as-
sistance available under this section in the same manner
as provided under section 815 of the Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law
106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), including using the same
loss thresholds for the quantity and economic losses as
were used in administering that section.
(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR CASH PAYMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may use funds made available under this section
to make, in a manner consistent with this section, cash
payments not for crop disasters, but for income loss to
carry out the purposes of this section.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4117
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain filter media.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 2002
Mr. RAMSTAD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain filter media.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON CERTAIN FILTER
MEDIA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following
new heading:
‘‘
9902.59.00
Nonwoven filter
cloth, comprising
a nonwoven web
of electro-
statically-charged
split-film poly-
propylene fibers
weighing 20–70
grams per square
meter, inclusive,
needle-tacked to
an open poly-
ethylene scrim
support having
no more than 12
threads per cm
(provided for in
subheading
5911.40.00) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2005
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘
9902.39.04
Fluoropolymers
containing 95
percent or more
by weight of the
3 monomer units
tetrafluoro-
ethylene,
hexafluoropropyl-
ene, and vinyli-
dene fluoride
(provided for in
subheading
3904.69.50) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2005
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4119
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a voluntary leave sharing
program for members of the Armed Forces.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 2002
Mr. RYUN of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a vol-
untary leave sharing program for members of the Armed
Forces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. VOLUNTARY LEAVE SHARING PROGRAM FOR
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 40 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 709. Voluntary transfers of leave
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary concerned shall, by
regulation, establish a program under which leave accrued
by a member of an armed force may be transferred to an-
other member of the same armed force who requires addi-
tional leave because of a qualifying emergency. Any such
transfer of leave may be made only upon the voluntary
written application of the member whose leave is to be
transferred.
‘‘(b) APPROVAL
OF COMMANDING OFFICER RE-
QUIRED.—Any transfer of leave under a program under
this section may only be made with the approval of the
commanding officer of the leave donor and the leave re-
cipient.
‘‘(c) QUALIFYING EMERGENCY.—In this section, the
term ‘qualifying emergency’, with respect to a member of
the armed forces, means a circumstance that—
‘‘(1) is likely to require the prolonged absence
of the member from duty; and
‘‘(2) is due to—
‘‘(A) a medical condition of a member of
the immediate family of the member; or
‘‘(B) any other hardship that the Secretary
concerned determines appropriate for purposes
of this section.
‘‘(d) MILITARY DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS.—Reg-
ulations prescribed under this section by the Secretaries
of the military department shall be as uniform as prac-
ticable and shall be subject to approval by the Secretary
of Defense.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘709. Voluntary transfers of leave.’’.
(b) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.—
Regulations to implement section 709 of title 10, United
States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be pre-
scribed not later than six months after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 411
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an inflation adjust-
ment of the dollar limitation on the exclusion of gain on the sale of
a principal residence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 2001
Mr. ANDREWS 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 provide
an inflation adjustment of the dollar limitation on the
exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence.
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 ‘‘Homeowners’ Benefit
Protection Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. INFLATION ADJUSTMENT OF LIMITATION ON EX-
CLUSION OF GAIN ON SALE OF PRINCIPAL
RESIDENCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 121 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exclusion
of gain from sale of principal residence) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) EXCLUSION LIMITATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this
subsection, the exclusion limitation is $250,000.
‘‘(B) INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—In the
case of any sale or exchange during any cal-
endar year after 2000, the dollar amount con-
tained in subparagraph (A) shall be increased
by an amount equal to—
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for such
calendar year by substituting ‘calendar
year 1999’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in sub-
paragraph (B) thereof.
If any increase under the preceding sentence is
not a multiple of $1,000, such increase shall be
rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000.’’
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 121(b) of such
Code is amended by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the exclusion limitation’’.
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 121(b) of such
Code is amended by striking so much of such para-
graph as precedes subparagraph (A) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(2) LIMITATION FOR JOINT RETURNS.—Para-
graph (1) shall be applied by substituting ‘twice the
exclusion limitation’ for ‘the exclusion limitation’
if—’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to sales and exchanges after De-
cember 31, 2001.
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4120
To suspend temporarily the duty on para ethylphenol.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 2002
Mr. SPRATT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on para ethylphenol.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
SUSPENSION 
OF 
DUTY 
ON 
PARA
ETHYLPHENOL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by striking heading 9902.31.21 and inserting the
following:
‘‘
9902.31.21
Para ethylphenol
(CAS No. 123–
07–9) (provided
for in subheading
2907.19.20) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2005
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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