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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2319
To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to limit the collection from households
of claims for nonfraudulent overissuance of food stamp benefits.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2001
Mr. SANDERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to limit the collection
from households of claims for nonfraudulent overissuance
of food stamp benefits.
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 ‘‘Food Stamp Overpay-
ment Protection Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.
Section 13 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2022) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON COLLECTION OF NONFRAUDU-
LENT OVERISSUANCES.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, no member of a household shall be liable
for the nonfraudulent overissuance in any calendar year
to such household of coupons having a value of $1000 or
less in the aggregate. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this section, an overissuance for which no member of
a household is liable under the preceding sentence may
not be collected.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend-
ment made by this Act shall take effect on the first day
of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The amendment
made by this Act shall not apply with respect to certifi-
cation periods beginning before the effective date of this
Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 231
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to provide the Secretary
of Agriculture with administrative authority to investigate live poultry
dealers, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 2001
Ms. KAPTUR (for himself, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. CLAYTON, and
Mr. BISHOP) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to provide
the Secretary of Agriculture with administrative author-
ity to investigate live poultry dealers, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REGULATION OF COMMERCE IN POULTRY AND
POULTRY PRODUCTS UNDER PACKERS AND
STOCKYARDS ACT, 1921.
(a) REMOVAL OF POULTRY SLAUGHTER REQUIRE-
MENT FROM DEFINITIONS.—Section 2(a) of the Packers
and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 182), is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) The term ‘poultry grower’ means any person en-
gaged in the business of raising or caring for live poultry
under a poultry growing arrangement, whether the poultry
is owned by such person or by another person;’’;
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and cares for
live poultry for delivery, in accord with another’s in-
structions, for slaughter’’ and inserting ‘‘or cares for
live poultry in accord with another person’s instruc-
tions’’; and
(3) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘for the pur-
pose of either slaughtering it or selling it for slaugh-
ter by another’’.
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE
ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITY
OVER LIVE POULTRY DEALERS.—Sections 203, 204, and
205 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 193, 194, 195) are amended
by inserting ‘‘or live poultry dealer’’ after ‘‘packer’’ each
place it appears.
(c) AUTHORITY TO REQUEST TEMPORARY INJUNC-
TION OR RESTRAINING ORDER.—Section 408 of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 229) is amended by striking ‘‘on account of
poultry’’ and inserting ‘‘on account of poultry or poultry
care’’.
(d) VIOLATIONS BY LIVE POULTRY DEALERS.—Sec-
tion 411 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 228b–2) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘any provision
of section 207 or section 410 of’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘any provi-
sions of section 207 or section 410’’ and inserting
‘‘any provision’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2321
To require that the General Accounting Office study and report on possible
connections between the recurring incidence of violence by postal employ-
ees and workplace-related frustrations experienced by postal workers gen-
erally.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2001
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To require that the General Accounting Office study and
report on possible connections between the recurring inci-
dence of violence by postal employees and workplace-
related frustrations experienced by postal workers gen-
erally.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STUDY AND REPORT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The General Accounting Office
shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which
the incidence of seemingly random yet recurrent violence
on the part of employees and former employees of the
United States Postal Service might be related to the levels
of workplace-related problems and frustrations experi-
enced by postal workers generally.
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the study, the
General Accounting Office shall investigate—
(1) the number of formal or informal pro-
ceedings brought by postal employees in recent years
in which supervisor abuse or other similar mistreat-
ment by the Postal Service was alleged, and how
those proceedings were resolved;
(2) the degree of postal employee satisfaction or
dissatisfaction with the different procedures and
mechanisms available to them for having their work-
place-related frustrations and complaints heard and
resolved, particularly any procedures or mechanisms
provided pursuant to collective bargaining; and
(3) the number of violent incidents committed
by employees or former employees of the Postal
Service in recent years, and whether workplace-re-
lated problems or frustrations may have been a con-
tributing factor.
(c) SPECIFIC MATTERS.—The matters to be inves-
tigated under subsection (b)(1) shall specifically include
discrimination on the basis of gender, race, or disability;
sexual harassment; retaliatory assignments; and irregular-
ities in hiring, training, promotions, and disciplinary ac-
tions.
(d) REPORT.—The General Accounting Office shall
transmit to the Congress and the United States Postal
Service, within 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, a report containing the findings and conclusions of
its study, together with recommendations for any legisla-
tion or administrative actions which it considers appro-
priate.
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(d) QUORUM.—Seven members of the Commission
shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may con-
duct meetings.
(e) APPOINTMENT DEADLINE.—Initial appointments
under subsection (a) shall be made not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.
(f) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the
call of the chairperson. The first meeting of the Commis-
sion shall be held not later than 30 days after the date
on which all members of the Commission are first ap-
pointed under subsection (a) or funds are appropriated to
carry out this Act, whichever occurs later.
(g) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the Commission shall
be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment
is made.
(h) CONSULTATION BEFORE APPOINTMENT.—Before
appointing members of the Commission, the President, the
majority and minority leaders of the Senate, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, and the minority leader
of the House of Representatives shall consult with each
other to ensure fair and equitable representation of var-
ious points of view in the Commission.
SEC. 5. COMPENSATION OF THE COMMISSION.
(a) PAY.—
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out this section $200,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2007 through
2020.
SEC. 204. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy shall estab-
lish a program education and outreach, including innova-
tive education and outreach techniques, on renewable en-
ergy and energy efficiency technologies to manufacturers,
consumers, engineers, architects, builders, energy service
companies, universities, facility planners and managers,
State and local governments, and other appropriate enti-
ties.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy for carrying out this section $100,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006, and such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2007 through
2020.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2325
To establish the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 2001
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. HYDE, and Mr. HUTCHINSON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary
A BILL
To establish the Antitrust Modernization Commission.
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 ‘‘Antitrust Moderniza-
tion Commission Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established the Antitrust Modernization
Commission (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Commis-
sion’’).
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.
The duties of the Commission are—
(1) to investigate and to study issues and prob-
lems relating to the modernization of the antitrust
laws,
(2) to solicit divergent views of all parties con-
cerned with the operation of the antitrust laws,
(3) to evaluate the advisability of proposals and
current arrangements with respect to such issues
and such problems, and
(4) to prepare and to submit to the Congress
and the President a report in accordance with sec-
tion 8.
SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP.
(a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Commission
shall be composed of 12 members appointed as follows:
(1) Four members, no more than 2 of whom
shall be of the same political party, shall be ap-
pointed by the President. One of such members shall
be designated by the President as chairperson of the
Commission.
(2) Two members shall be appointed by the ma-
jority leader of the Senate.
(3) Two members shall be appointed by the mi-
nority leader of the Senate.
(4) Two members shall be appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(5) Two members shall be appointed by the mi-
nority leader of the House of Representatives.
(b) INELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT.—Members of
Congress shall be ineligible for appointment to the Com-
mission.
(c) TERM OF APPOINTMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
members of the Commission shall be appointed for
the life of the Commission.
(2) EARLY TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT.—
If a member of the Commission who is appointed to
the Commission as—
(A) an officer or employee of a government
ceases to be an officer or employee of such gov-
ernment; or
(B) an individual who is not an officer or
employee of a government becomes an officer or
employee of a government;
then such member shall cease to be a member of the
Commission on the expiration of the 90-day period
beginning on the date such member ceases to be
such officer or employee of such government, or be-
comes an officer or employee of a government, as
the case may be.
a request for applications to undertake projects
under the pilot program. Applications shall be due
within 180 days of the publication of the notice.
(2) SELECTION.—Not later than 180 days after
the date by which applications for grants are due,
the Secretary shall select by competitive, peer review
all applications for projects to be awarded a grant
under the pilot program.
SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after
the date grants are awarded under this Act, the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing—
(1) an identification of the grant recipients and
a description of the projects to be funded;
(2) an identification of other applicants that
submitted applications for the pilot program; and
(3) a description of the mechanisms used by the
Secretary to ensure that the information and knowl-
edge gained by participants in the pilot program are
transferred among the pilot program participants
and to other interested parties, including other ap-
plicants that submitted applications.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2327
To repeal the sunset of the provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 2001
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr.
HOSTETTLER, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. CANTOR,
Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. AKIN, Mr. SHADEGG, and Mr.
ADERHOLT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To repeal the sunset of the provisions of the Economic
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF SUNSET OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
AND TAX RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT OF
2001.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IX of the Economic Growth
and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (Public Law
107–16) is hereby repealed.
(b) INCREASE IN ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX EX-
EMPTION MADE PERMANENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) Subparagraph (A) of section 55(d)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to exemption amount for taxpayers other than
corporations) is amended by striking ‘‘$45,000
($49,000 in the case of taxable years beginning
in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004)’’ and inserting
‘‘$49,000’’.
(B) Subparagraph (B) of section 55(d)(1)
of such Code (relating to exemption amount for
taxpayers other than corporations) is amended
by striking ‘‘$33,750 ($35,750 in the case of
taxable years beginning in 2001, 2002, 2003,
and 2004)’’ and inserting ‘‘$35,750’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in
section 701 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2328
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to eliminate an
hours of service requirement for benefits under that Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 2001
Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. FRANK, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. STARK,
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. KILDEE, Mr.
EVANS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. PELOSI, Ms.
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. GEORGE
MILLER of California, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. NADLER, Ms. WATERS, and Mrs. MALONEY of New York) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Govern-
ment Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to
eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits
under that Act.
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 ‘‘Family Fairness Act
of 2001’’.
fied project only if the indebtedness being refinanced
(including any obligation directly or indirectly refi-
nanced by such indebtedness) was originally incurred
by the issuer—
‘‘(A) after the date of the enactment of
this section;
‘‘(B) for a term of not more than 3 years;
‘‘(C) to finance or acquire capital improve-
ments described in paragraph (1); and
‘‘(D) in anticipation of being refinanced
with proceeds of a qualified Amtrak bond.
‘‘§ 26303. State contribution requirements
‘‘(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—For 
purposes 
of 
section
26301(c)(2), the State contribution requirement of this
section is met with respect to any qualified project if the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation has received
from 1 or more States, not later than the date of issuance
of the bond, matching contributions of not less than 20
percent of the cost of the qualified project.
‘‘(b) NO STATE CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT FOR
CERTAIN QUALIFIED PROJECTS.—The State contribution
requirement of this section is zero with respect to the fol-
lowing projects:
‘‘(1) Any qualified project for the acquisition
and installation of platform facilities, performance of
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF HOURS OF SERVICE REQUIRE-
MENT.
Section 101(2)(A) of the Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(A)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible em-
ployee’ means an employee who has been em-
ployed, either as a full-time or part-time em-
ployee, for at least 12 months by the employer
with respect to whom leave is requested under
section 102.’’.
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$1,146,996,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for guar-
anteed loans; operating loans, $2,616,729,000, of which
$1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans
and $505,531,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans;
Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25
U.S.C. 488, $2,000,000; for emergency insured loans,
$25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural disas-
ters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm owner-
ship loans, $8,366,000, of which $4,500,000 shall be for
guaranteed loans; operating loans, $175,780,000, of which
$52,650,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and
$68,550,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; In-
dian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25
U.S.C. 488, $118,400; and for emergency insured loans,
$3,362,500 to meet the needs resulting from natural disas-
ters.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$280,595,000, of which $272,595,000 shall be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 232
To amend the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention
Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to issue new rules
regulating telemarketing firms, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 2001
Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr.
KLECZKA, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. HORN, Mrs. THURMAN, Mrs. MCCARTY
of New York, and Mr. SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and
Abuse Prevention Act to authorize the Federal Trade
Commission to issue new rules regulating telemarketing
firms, 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 ‘‘Telemarketing Victims
Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RULES.
Section 3(a) of the Telemarketing and Consumer
Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6102) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) The Commission shall include in such
rules respecting other abusive telemarketing acts or
practices—
‘‘(A) a requirement that telemarketers
shall notify consumers who are called that they
have the right to be placed on either the Direct
Marketing Association’s do-not-call list or the
appropriate State do-not-call list and if a con-
sumer elects to be place on such a list the tele-
marketer will notify, within a reasonable time,
the Association or State as appropriate;
‘‘(B) a requirement that telemarketers
shall obtain and reconcile on a regular basis the
Direct Marketing Association’s do-not-call list
or the appropriate State list;
‘‘(C) a requirement that telemarketers
shall not make any calls during the hours of
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM; and
‘‘(D) a requirement that telemarketers
may not, in making a telemarketing telephone
call, block the identity of the telephone from
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count; the rural electrification and telecommunications
loans program account; the local television loan guarantee
program; the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Ac-
count; and the rural economic development loans program
account.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31,
United States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural
Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; and the food safety activities of the Food
Safety and Inspection Service may use cooperative agree-
ments to reflect a relationship between the Agricultural
Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-
ice and a state or cooperator to carry out agricultural mar-
keting programs, to carry out programs to protect the na-
tion’s animal and plant resources, or to carry out edu-
cational programs or special studies to improve the safety
of the nation’s food supply.
SEC. 714. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the
Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub-
account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
which they are making the call to evade devices
designed to identify callers.’’.
SEC. 3. STUDY.
The Federal Trade Commission shall conduct a study
of the violations of the Telemarketing and Consumer
Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act by telemarkerters espe-
cially of repeated violations by a single telemarketer and
of the provisions for penalizing telemarketers for such vio-
lations, including new provisions which would allow appro-
priate Federal action against telemarketers. The Commis-
sion shall complete the study within one year of the date
of enactment of this Act and report its findings to the
Congress.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2330
AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL
PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities
of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
alterations and other actions needed for this Department
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of
General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-
provement,
and
repair
of
Agriculture
buildings,
$187,647,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in the event an agency within the Department
should require modification of space needs, the Secretary
of Agriculture may transfer a share of an agency’s appro-
priation made available by this Act to this appropriation,
or may transfer a share of this appropriation to an agen-
cy’s appropriation to cover the costs of new or replacement
space for such agency, but such transfers shall not exceed
5 percent of the funds made available for space rental and
related costs to or from this account.