datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(ii) by striking ‘‘or (5)(D)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (3), by amending clause 
(B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall promulgate no later than 
30 days after receiving an evaluation from an Independent 
Scientific Reviewer regulations that authorize use on la-
bels and in labeling of all claims of the type described in 
subparagraph (1)(B) recommended for approval by the 
Independent Scientific Reviewer together with such dis-
claimer or disclaimers as the Independent Scientific Re-
viewer may also recommend. 
‘‘(ii) The duties of the Secretary described in sub-
clause (i) are nondelegable and may be discharged only 
by the Secretary.’’; 
(3) by striking subparagraph (4) and redesig-
nating subparagraph (5) as subparagraph (4); and 
(4) in subparagraph (4) (as so redesignated), 
by striking clause (D). 
SEC. 6. INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC REVIEW. 
Chapter IV of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 403C the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 403D. INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) INVITATIONS TO PARTICIPATE.—No later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of the Health In-
‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Army, in the 
case of the Army National Guard of the Dis-
trict of Columbia; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Air Force, in the 
case of the Air National Guard of the District 
of Columbia.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:
‘‘16402. District of Columbia National Guard: college financial assistance pro-
gram.’’.
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—Financial as-
sistance may be provided under section 16402 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), to eligible 
members of the National Guard of the District of Colum-
bia described in such section for periods of instruction that 
begin on or after January 1, 2004.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4001
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use the Agricultural Research 
Service to conduct research regarding the likelihood and risks of the 
transfer between animal species of the proteinaceous infectious particles, 
known as prions, that cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2004
Mr. LATHAM (for himself, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, and Mr. LEACH) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use the Agricul-
tural Research Service to conduct research regarding 
the likelihood and risks of the transfer between animal 
species of the proteinaceous infectious particles, known 
as 
prions, 
that 
cause 
transmissible 
spongiform 
encephalopathies, 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. 
AGRICULTURAL 
RESEARCH 
SERVICE 
RE-
SEARCH ON INTERSPECIES TRANSFER OF 
PROTEINACEOUS 
INFECTIOUS 
PARTICLES 
CAUSING 
TRANSMISSIBLE 
SPONGIFORM 
ENCEPHALOPATHIES. 
(a) RESEARCH PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture may establish a research program 
under which the Agricultural Research Service will con-
duct research regarding the likelihood and risks of the 
transfer between animal species of the proteinaceous infec-
tious particles, known as prions, that cause transmissible 
spongiform encephalopathies. In carrying out the research 
program, the Agricultural Research Service shall specifi-
cally study the risks associated with feeding livestock by-
products to other animals, such as chickens, turkeys, and 
hogs, which are subsequently slaughtered and the by-prod-
ucts of which are feed to livestock or whose offspring are 
slaughtered and the by-products of which are feed to live-
stock. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agri-
culture to carry out the research program $15,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2005, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 
$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4002
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with respect 
to teacher qualifications, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2004
Mr. MATHESON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 with respect to teacher qualifications, 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 ‘‘No Qualified Teacher 
Left Behind Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ESEA RELATING TO TEACHER 
QUALIFICATIONS. 
(a) HIGHLY QUALIFIED DEFINITION.—Paragraph 
(23) of section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) is amended—
than 3200 foster care youth who attended a commu-
nity college from 1992 through 2000, 39 percent 
earned between 1 and 17 credits. Forty percent of 
the foster care youth earned no credits. Many did 
not attempt to take classes for credit, but rather 
were enrolled in remedial or other non-credit classes. 
SEC. 3. FOSTER CARE YOUTH OUTREACH AND HOUSING 
SERVICES. 
Subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 4—FOSTER CARE YOUTH 
OUTREACH AND HOUSING SERVICES 
‘‘SEC. 408A. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERV-
ICES. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 
appropriated under section 408E(a), the Secretary shall 
provide competitive grants to public and private institu-
tions of higher education to provide technical assistance 
and supportive services to foster care youth who are pro-
spective students to prepare for, enter, and remain in such 
institutions. 
‘‘(b) 
AUTHORIZED
SERVICES.—Funds 
provided 
under this section may be used to provide—
‘‘(1) academic counseling;
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4009
For the relief of Thomas W. Sikes and Wellington Trade, Inc., doing business 
as Containerhouse. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 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, $1,500,000 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.
(b) PERSONS
TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall compensate the following 
persons under subsection (a): 
(1) Thomas W. Sikes of Cadwell, Georgia. 
(2) Wellington Trade Inc., of Cornelia, Georgia, 
doing business as Containerhouse. 
SEC. 2. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED 
STATES. 
Payment under section 1 shall constitute full settle-
ment of all legal and equitable claims by the persons 
named in section 1(b) against the United States for the 
damages described in section 1(a). 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY AND AGENT FEES. 
Not more than 10 percent of the payment made 
under section 1 may be paid to or received by an agent 
or attorney as consideration for any service rendered in 
connection with this Act. Each violation of this section is 
punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 400
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to require automobile manufacturers to provide automatic door 
locks and interior-opening trunk locks on new passenger cars manufac-
tured after 2005. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2003
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Transportation to require automobile manufac-
turers to provide automatic door locks and interior-open-
ing trunk locks on new passenger cars manufactured 
after 2005.
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 ‘‘Auto Safety Assurance 
Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. ANTICARJACKING AUTOMOBILE SAFETY LOCKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 49 of the United States 
Code is amended by inserting after section 30127 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 30128. Occupant safety locks 
‘‘Not later than January 1, 2004, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall prescribe under this chapter an 
amendment to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 
206 (49 C.F.R. 571.206) issued under the National Traf-
fic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. The amendment 
shall require that all passenger cars (as such term is de-
fined in section 30127(a)(3)) manufactured after Decem-
ber 31, 2005, shall be fitted with—
‘‘(1) equipment that automatically locks the 
doors of the vehicle when—
‘‘(A) the vehicle transmission is engaged; 
or 
‘‘(B) the vehicle reaches a specified rate of 
speed; and 
‘‘(2) vehicle trunk lock mechanisms that permit 
unlatching from inside the trunk.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of subtitle IV of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding after the item related to sec-
tion 30127 the following new item:
‘‘30128. Occupant safety locks.’’.
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(3) The Government of North Korea subjects 
all its citizens to systematic, intensive political and 
ideological indoctrination in support of the cult of 
personality glorifying Kim Jong Il and the late Kim 
Il Sung that approaches the level of a state religion. 
(4) The Government of North Korea divides its 
population into categories, based on perceived loyalty 
to the leadership, which determines access to em-
ployment, higher education, place of residence, med-
ical facilities, and other resources. 
(5) According to the Department of State, 
‘‘[t]he [North Korean] Penal Code is [d]raconian, 
stipulating capital punishment and confiscation of 
assets for a wide variety of ‘crimes against the revo-
lution,’ including defection, attempted defection, 
slander of the policies of the Party or State, listen-
ing to foreign broadcasts, writing ‘reactionary’ let-
ters, and possessing reactionary printed matter’’. 
(6) The Government of North Korea executes 
political prisoners, opponents of the regime, some re-
patriated defectors, some members of underground 
churches, and others, sometimes at public meetings 
attended by workers, students, and schoolchildren. 
(7) The Government of North Korea holds an 
estimated 200,000 political prisoners in camps that
its State Security Agency manages through the use 
of forced labor, beatings, torture, and executions, 
and in which many prisoners also die from disease, 
starvation, and exposure. 
(8) According to eyewitness testimony provided 
to the United States Congress by North Korean 
camp survivors, camp inmates have been used as 
sources of slave labor for the production of export 
goods, as targets for martial arts practice, and as 
experimental victims in the testing of chemical and 
biological poisons. 
(9) According to credible reports, including eye-
witness testimony provided to the United States 
Congress, North Korean Government officials pro-
hibit live births in prison camps, and forced abortion 
and the killing of newborn babies are standard pris-
on practices. 
(10) According to the Department of State, 
‘‘[g]enuine religious freedom does not exist in North 
Korea’’ and, according to the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom, ‘‘[t]he 
North Korean state severely represses public and 
private religious activities’’ with penalties that re-
portedly include arrest, imprisonment, torture, and 
sometimes execution.
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4011
To promote human rights and freedom in the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2004
Mr. LEACH (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. COX, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. 
SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. ACKERMAN, and 
Mr. CHABOT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To promote human rights and freedom in the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea, 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 ‘‘North Korean Human 
Rights Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings. 
Sec. 4. Purposes. 
Sec. 5. Definitions. 
TITLE I—PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF NORTH KOREANS 
Sec. 101. Sense of congress regarding negotiations with North Korea. 
Sec. 102. Support for human rights and democracy programs. 
Sec. 103. Radio broadcasting to North Korea. 
Sec. 104. Actions to promote freedom of information. 
Sec. 105. United Nations Commission on Human Rights. 
TITLE II—ASSISTING NORTH KOREANS IN NEED 
Sec. 201. Report on United States humanitarian assistance. 
Sec. 202. Assistance provided inside North Korea. 
Sec. 203. Assistance provided outside of North Korea. 
TITLE III—PROTECTING NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES 
Sec. 301. United States policy toward refugees and defectors. 
Sec. 302. Eligibility for refugee or asylum consideration. 
Sec. 303. Refugee status. 
Sec. 304. Pursuit of first asylum policy. 
Sec. 305. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 
Sec. 306. Humanitarian parole. 
Sec. 307. North Korean status adjustment. 
Sec. 308. Temporary protected status. 
Sec. 309. Right to accept employment. 
Sec. 310. Annual reports.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) According to the Department of State, the 
Government of North Korea is ‘‘a dictatorship under 
the absolute rule of Kim Jong Il’’ that continues to 
commit numerous, serious human rights abuses. 
(2) The Government of North Korea attempts 
to control all information, artistic expression, aca-
demic works, and media activity inside North Korea 
and strictly curtails freedom of speech and access to 
foreign broadcasts.
Union Calendar No. 368
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4011
[Report No. 108–478, Part I] 
A BILL 
To promote human rights and freedom in the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and for 
other purposes. 
JULY 16, 2004
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed
Calendar No. 659 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4012 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia College Access 
Act of 1999 to reauthorize for five additional 
years the public school and private school tuition 
assistance programs established under the Act. 
JULY 22, 2004 
Reported without amendment
‘‘(3) providing education in new technologies, 
including distance learning methodologies; or 
‘‘(4) developing grant awards to colleges and 
universities to promote development of bachelor’s, 
master’s, and doctoral degree programs for allied 
health professions faculty. 
‘‘(b) PRACTICE PRIORITY AREAS.—The Secretary 
may award grants to, and enter into contracts with, eligi-
ble entities for—
‘‘(1) establishing or expanding allied health pro-
fessions practice arrangements in noninstitutional 
settings to demonstrate methods to improve access 
to primary health care in medically underserved 
communities; 
‘‘(2) providing care for underserved populations 
and other high-risk groups and individuals with 
chronic conditions; 
‘‘(3) providing managed care, quality improve-
ment, and other skills needed to practice in existing 
and emerging organized health care systems; or 
‘‘(4) developing cultural competencies among al-
lied health professionals. 
‘‘(c) RETENTION PRIORITY AREAS.—The Secretary 
may award grants to, and enter into contracts with, eligi-
ble entities to enhance the allied health professions work-
HR 4011 RFS 
significant abdication by the UNHCR of one of its 
core responsibilities. 
SEC. 305. ANNUAL REPORTS. 
(a) IMMIGRATION INFORMATION.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 
12 months thereafter for each of the following 5 years, 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall submit a joint report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees and the Committees on the Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 
the operation of this title during the previous year, which 
shall include— 
(1) the number of aliens who are nationals or 
citizens of North Korea who applied for political asy-
lum and the number who were granted political asy-
lum; and 
(2) the number of aliens who are nationals or 
citizens of North Korea who applied for refugee sta-
tus and the number who were granted refugee sta-
tus. 
(b) COUNTRIES
OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.—The 
President shall include in each annual report on proposed 
refugee admission pursuant to section 207(d) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(d)), informa-
tion about specific measures taken to facilitate access to
HR 4011 RFS 
the United States refugee program for individuals who 
have fled countries of particular concern for violations of 
religious freedom, identified pursuant to section 402(b) of 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6442(b)). The report shall include, for each coun-
try of particular concern, a description of access of the 
nationals or former habitual residents of that country to 
a refugee determination on the basis of— 
(1) referrals by external agencies to a refugee 
adjudication; 
(2) groups deemed to be of special humani-
tarian concern to the United States for purposes of 
refugee resettlement; and 
(3) family links to the United States. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
force by initiating and maintaining allied health profession 
retention programs—
‘‘(1) to promote career advancement for allied 
health professions personnel in a variety of training 
settings, including cross training or specialty train-
ing among diverse population groups; or 
‘‘(2) to assist individuals in obtaining education 
and training required to enter the allied health pro-
fessions and advance within such professions, such 
as by providing career counseling and mentoring. 
‘‘(d) OTHER PRIORITY AREAS.—The Secretary may 
award grants to, and enter into contracts with, eligible en-
tities—
‘‘(1) to study and advance the measurement of 
health outcomes relevant to the allied health profes-
sions; or 
‘‘(2) to address other issues that are of high 
priority to allied health professional education, prac-
tice, and retention, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress before the end of each fiscal year a report on 
the grants awarded and the contracts entered into under 
this section. Each such report shall identify the overall 
number of such grants and contracts and provide an ex-
subsection (a). A copy of the plan shall be transmitted 
to the Committee on Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate. 
(d) REVIEW AND REPORT.—(1) No later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary 
of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, shall complete a review of the status of remedi-
ation, reclamation, and closure actions under the program. 
(2) Upon completion of the review required by para-
graph (1), the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to 
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate—
(A) a report on the results of the review; 
(B) information regarding any wells on lands 
covered by the program that have been abandoned 
since the date of enactment of this section; and 
(C) any recommendations the Secretary may 
choose to make regarding legislative or administra-
tion steps to further the purposes for which the pro-
gram was established. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the
In the Senate of the United States,
November 24, 2004.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4012) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the District of
Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to reauthorize for 5 ad-
ditional years the public school and private school tuition as-
sistance programs established under the Act.’’, do pass with
the following
AMENDMENTS:
Ω1æPage 2, line 7, strike ‘‘10 succeeding’’ and insert:
7 succeeding
Ω2æPage 2, line 11, strike ‘‘10 succeeding’’ and insert:
7 succeeding
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend the
District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to reau-
thorize for 2 additional years the public school and pri-
†
HR 4012 EAS
vate school tuition assistance programs established under
the Act.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4999 
To repeal the provisions of law making reemployed annuitants ineligible for 
physicians comparability allowances under title 5, United States Code, 
and special pay for physicians and dentists under title 38, United States 
Code. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2004 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To repeal the provisions of law making reemployed annu-
itants ineligible for physicians comparability allowances 
under title 5, United States Code, and special pay for 
physicians and dentists under title 38, United States 
Code. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROVISIONS REPEALED. 
(a) PHYSICIANS COMPARABILITY ALLOWANCES.— 
Section 5948(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3). 
(b) SPECIAL PAY.—Section 7431(f) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (3). 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4012
AN ACT
To amend the District of Columbia College Access Act of
1999 to reauthorize for 5 additional years the public
school and private school tuition assistance programs
established under the Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 5-YEAR REAUTHORIZATION OF TUITION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS.
(a) PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM.—Section 3(i) of the
District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (sec.
38—2702(i), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking
‘‘each of the five succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting
‘‘each of the 10 succeeding fiscal years’’.
(b) PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM.—Section 5(f) of
such Act (sec. 38—2704(f), D.C. Official Code) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘each of the five succeeding fiscal years’’
and inserting ‘‘each of the 10 succeeding fiscal years’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.