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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2822
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude working capital 
in applying the accumulated earnings tax. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2003
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina 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 exclude 
working capital in applying the accumulated earnings tax.
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 ‘‘Accumulated Earnings 
Tax Modification Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. WORKING CAPITAL EXCLUDED FROM ACCUMU-
LATED EARNINGS TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 537 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) a delivery pursuant to an interstate sale is 
deemed to have been initiated or ordered by the sell-
er. 
‘‘SEC. 3. CIVIL ACTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other rem-
edies available under other Federal or State or local law, 
the Attorney General of a State may in a civil action ob-
tain any appropriate relief, including money damages 
where appropriate, against—
‘‘(1) any person who violates, or is about to en-
gage in a violation of, section 2; or 
‘‘(2) any person who knowingly assists or par-
ticipates, or knowingly is about to engage, in such 
a violation. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE.—It is the sense of Congress that, if 
the Attorney General of a State commences a civil action 
under subsection (a), that Attorney General should inform 
the Attorney General of the United States, and that the 
Attorney General of the United States should make infor-
mation about the case publicly available, through posting 
the information on the Internet and through other means. 
‘‘SEC. 4. CIVIL PENALTY. 
‘‘Whoever violates section 2 is subject to a civil pen-
alty not to exceed $5,000 in the case of a first violation, 
and not to exceed $10,000 in any other case.
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 
Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 
the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 
shall be paid to the Disabled Veterans’ LIFE Memorial 
Foundation for the purpose of establishing an endowment 
to support the construction of American Veterans’ Dis-
abled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall have the right to examine such books, records, 
documents, and other data of the Disabled Veterans’ 
LIFE Memorial Foundation as may be related to the ex-
penditures of amounts paid under subsection (b).
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the Khan proliferation network and any 
successor networks; and 
(B) 30 days have elapsed since making the 
certification under subparagraph (A). 
(2) BRIEFING.—Within 5 days after making a 
certification under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State shall brief the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on the degree to which Pakistan has or has 
not satisfied the conditions set forth in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of subsection (a)(1). 
(3) LIMITATION.—The waiver authority under 
paragraph (1) may not be exercised in two succes-
sive fiscal years. 
SEC. 302. IDENTIFICATION OF PROLIFERATION NETWORK 
HOST COUNTRIES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
a report to the appropriate congressional committees that 
identifies any country in which manufacturing, brokering, 
shipment, transshipment, or other significant activity oc-
curs that is related to the transactions carried out by the 
various elements and entities of the A.Q. Khan nuclear 
proliferation network. 
(b) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—After the report is 
submitted under subsection (a), the President shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees any addi-
tional information described in subsection (a) with respect 
to any country, as such information becomes available. 
SEC. 303. SUSPENSION OF ARMS SALES LICENSES AND DE-
LIVERIES 
TO 
PROLIFERATION 
NETWORK 
HOST COUNTRIES. 
(a) SUSPENSION.—Upon submission of the report 
and any additional information under section 302 to the 
appropriate congressional committees, the President shall 
suspend all licenses issued under the Arms Export Control 
Act, and shall prohibit any licenses to be issued under that 
Act, to any country identified in the report or additional 
information, until such time as the President certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that such coun-
try—
(1) has—
(A) fully investigated the activities of any 
person or entity within its territory that has 
participated in the Khan nuclear proliferation 
network; and 
(B) taken effective steps to permanently 
halt all such activities; 
(2) is fully cooperating with the United States 
in investigating and eliminating the Khan nuclear
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2826
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 1000 Avenida Sanchez Osorio in Carolina,
Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Roberto Clemente Walker Post
Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 1000 Avenida Sanchez Osorio in Carolina, Puerto
Rico, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Roberto
Clemente Walker 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 ‘‘Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 23,
2003.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2826
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, two thousand and three
An Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1000 Avenida
Sanchez Osorio in Carolina, Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Roberto Clemente Walker Post
Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at
1000 Avenida Sanchez Osorio in Carolina, Puerto Rico, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Roberto Clemente Walker 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 ‘‘Roberto
Clemente Walker Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2826
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1000 Avenida Sanchez Osorio in Carolina, 
Puerto Rico, as the ‘‘Roberto Clemente Walker Post 
Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 2826 RFS 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 1000 Avenida Sanchez Osorio in Carolina, Puerto 
Rico, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Roberto 
Clemente Walker 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 ‘‘Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 23, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
including the timing of discharges to
optimize their assimilation.
(III) The acquisition from willing
sellers of water from streams tribu-
tary to the San Joaquin River or
other sources to provide flow, dilute
discharges from wildlife refuges, and
to improve water quality in the San
Joaquin River below the confluence of
the Merced and San Joaquin rivers
and to reduce the reliance on New
Melones Reservoir for meeting water
quality and fishery flow objectives.
(IV) Use of existing funding
mechanisms.--In 
implementing 
the
Program, the Secretary may use
money collected pursuant to Section
3407 of the Central Valley Project
Improvement Act (Public Law 102–
575; 106 Stat. 4727) to acquire from
voluntary sellers water from streams
tributary to the San Joaquin River or
other sources for the purposes set
forth in subclauses (I) through (III)
of clause (iv).
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TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 201. SALTON SEA STUDY PROGRAM.
Not later than December 31, 2006, the Secretary of the
Interior, in coordination with the State of California and
the Salton Sea Authority, shall complete a feasibility study
on a preferred alternative for Salton Sea restoration.
SEC. 202. ALDER CREEK WATER STORAGE AND CONSERVA-
TION PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY AND RE-
PORT.
(a) STUDY.—Pursuant to Federal reclamation law
(the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093),
and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43
U.S.C. 371 et seq.)), the Secretary of the Interior (referred
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), through the Bureau
of Reclamation, and in consultation and cooperation with
the El Dorado Irrigation District, is authorized to conduct
a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project
on Alder Creek in El Dorado County, California, to store
water and provide water supplies during dry and critically
dry years for consumptive use, recreation, in-stream flows,
irrigation, and power production.
(b) REPORT.—
(1) TRANSMISSION.—On completion of the study
authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall
transmit to the Committee on Resources of the House
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of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing
the results of the study.
(2) CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—The report shall
contain appropriate cost sharing options for the im-
plementation of the project based on the use and pos-
sible allocation of any stored water.
(3) USE OF AVAILABLE MATERIALS.—In devel-
oping the report under this section, the Secretary
shall use reports and any other relevant information
supplied by the El Dorado Irrigation District.
(c) COST SHARE.—
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the
costs of the feasibility study authorized by this section
shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the
study.
(2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION FOR NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The Secretary may accept as part of the
non-Federal cost share the contribution such in-kind
services by the El Dorado Irrigation District as the
Secretary determines will contribute to the conduct
and completion of the study.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$3,000,000.
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SEC. 203. FOLSOM RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE CONTROL
DEVICE AUTHORIZATION.
Section 1(c) of Public Law 105–295 (112 Stat. 2820)
(as amended by section 219(b) of Public Law 108–137 (117
Stat. 1853)) is amended in the second sentence by striking
‘‘$3,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,250,000’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
proliferation network and any successor networks 
operating within its territory; and 
(3) has enacted new laws, promulgated decrees 
or regulations, or established practices designed to 
prevent future such activities from occurring within 
its territory. 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the require-
ments of subsection (a) in a fiscal year if—
(1) the President has certified to the appro-
priate congressional committees that the waiver is in 
the vital interest of the national security of the 
United States; and 
(2) 5 days have elapsed since making the cer-
tification under paragraph (1). 
TITLE IV—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) EXCESS
DEFENSE
ARTICLE.—The term 
‘‘excess defense article’’ has the meaning given that
term in section 644(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(g)). 
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person other than a United States 
person. 
(4) ITEMS OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN.—The 
term ‘‘items of proliferation concern’’ means any 
equipment, materials, or technology that could mate-
rially support the research, development, manufac-
turing, or acquisition by any means of a nuclear ex-
plosive device, a chemical or biological weapon, or 
missile with a payload of 500 kilograms or greater 
and with a range of 300 kilometers or greater. 
(5) NON-NUCLEAR WEAPON STATE.—The term 
‘‘non-nuclear weapon state’’ means any state other 
than the United States, the United Kingdom, 
France, the Russian Federation, or the People’s Re-
public of China. 
(6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’—
(A) means a natural person as well as a 
corporation, business association, partnership, 
society, trust, any other nongovernmental enti-
ty, organization, or group, and any govern-
mental entity, or subsidiary, subunit, or parent
entity thereof, and any successor of any such 
entity; and 
(B) in the case of a country where it may 
be impossible to identify a specific governmental 
entity referred to in subparagraph (A), means 
all activities of that government relating to the 
development or production of any nuclear 
equipment or technology. 
(7) UNITED
STATES
ASSISTANCE.—The term 
‘‘United States assistance’’ means assistance under 
the foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs appropriations Act for a fiscal year, and 
assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961. 
(8) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 14 of the Iran and Libya Sanctions 
Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 1701 note).
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2828
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to implement water supply tech-
nology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying 
domestic water resources. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2003
Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. 
ORTIZ, Mr. NUNES, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. BACA, Mr. RENZI, 
Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. DREIER, Mr. 
HUNTER, Mrs. BONO, Mr. COX, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. GARY G. MILLER 
of California, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. ROHR-
ABACHER, Mr. ISSA, Mr. OSE, and Mr. POMBO) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to implement 
water supply technology and infrastructure programs 
aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water re-
sources.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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restoration action carried out by or 
for the Secretary, the Secretary shall 
submit an annual ecosystem program 
plan report to the appropriate author-
izing and appropriating committees of 
the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives. The purpose of the re-
port is to describe the projects and 
programs to implement the activities 
under this subsection in the following 
fiscal year, and to establish priorities 
for funding in subsequent years. For 
the ecosystem program, and each eco-
system project the report shall de-
scribe— 
(aa) the goals and objec-
tives; 
(bb) program accomplish-
ments; 
(cc) major activities; 
(dd) the administration re-
sponsibilities of land and water 
areas and associated environ-
mental resources, in the affected 
project area including an ac-
SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM FOR CREATION OF ELEC-
TRONIC DATABASE OF AUTHORIZED PATIENT 
INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall conduct a pilot program to determine the feasibility 
of electronically sharing individually identifiable health in-
formation of patients of a facility of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs with State veterans homes. In order to 
conduct this pilot program, the Secretary shall enter into 
an agreement with the appropriate state official of Iowa 
to create an electronic database system that contains indi-
vidually identifiable health information on any individual 
who is a patient of both a facility of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in Iowa and the State of Iowa Veterans 
Home and who gives an authorization for inclusion of that 
information in the database. 
(b) TERMS OF AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall require that the agreement under sub-
section (a) include: 
(1) Standards for determining which officials at 
the Iowa Veterans Home and at the Department of 
Veterans Affairs may access the database. 
(2) Provisions for an individual to revoke any 
authorization given by that individual under sub-
section (a).
the program, the State or political subdivision 
will, to the extent feasible and appropriate—
‘‘(i) consult with public and private 
community entities, including religious or-
ganizations, and including, as appropriate, 
Indian tribal organizations and urban In-
dian organizations, and with family mem-
bers of potential clients; 
‘‘(ii) coordinate the programs and ac-
tivities under the program with other Fed-
eral, State, and local programs serving 
children and youth; and 
‘‘(iii) consult and coordinate with ap-
propriate Federal, State, and local correc-
tions, workforce development, and sub-
stance abuse and mental health agencies. 
‘‘(F) EQUAL ACCESS FOR LOCAL SERVICE 
PROVIDERS.—An assurance that public and pri-
vate entities and community organizations, in-
cluding religious organizations and Indian orga-
nizations, will be eligible to participate on an 
equal basis. 
‘‘(G) RECORDS, REPORTS, AND AUDITS.—
An agreement that the State or political sub-
division will maintain such records, make such
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2829
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits 
for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2003
Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. FROST, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
MCINTYRE, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. LEE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. WATSON, Mr. 
REYES, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. EVANS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve com-
pensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impair-
ment of vision involving both eyes.
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 ‘‘Dr. James Allen Dis-
abled Veterans Equity Act’’.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR VET-
ERANS IN CERTAIN CASES OF IMPAIRMENT 
OF VISION INVOLVING BOTH EYES. 
Section 1160(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘blindness’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘impairment of vision compen-
sable to a degree of 10 percent or more’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and blindness’’ and inserting 
‘‘and impairment of vision’’.
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Newlands Project
Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer
Act’’.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF NEWLANDS PROJECT HEAD-
QUARTERS AND MAINTENANCE YARD FACIL-
ITY.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall convey to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District,
Nevada, as soon as practicable after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and in accordance with all applicable law
and the terms of the memorandum of agreement between
the District and the Secretary dated June 9, 2003 (Con-
tract No. 3–LC–20–8052), all right, title, and interest of
the United States in and to real property within the
Newlands Projects, Nevada, known as 2666 Harrigan
Road, Fallon, Nevada, and identified for disposition on the
map entitled ‘‘Newlands Project Headquarters and Main-
tenance Yard Facility’’.
(b) TREATMENT
OF
PROCEEDS
FROM
FALLON
FREIGHT YARD
AS CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law to the contrary, amounts re-
ceived by the United States for the lease and sale of
Newlands Project lands comprising the Fallon Freight
Yard shall, for purposes of this section, be treated as pay-
ment in full of consideration for the property conveyed
under subsection (a).
(c) REPORT.—If the Secretary has not completed
such conveyance within 12 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to
the Congress explaining the reasons the conveyance has
not been completed and stating the date by which the con-
veyance will be completed.
(d) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, REMEDIATION, AND
REMOVAL.—The Secretary may not make any conveyance
under this section until the completion with respect to the
conveyance, in accordance with the memorandum of agree-
ment referred to in subsection (a), of—
(1) compliance with requirements relating to
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. et seq. 4321 et seq.) and cultural resources;
and
(2) environmental site assessments, remedi-
ation, or removal.
(e) LIABILITY.—The United States shall not be liable
for damages of any kind arising out of any act or omission
by, or occurrence relating to, the Truckee-Carson Irriga-
tion District or its employees, agents, or contractors relat-
ing to the property conveyed under this section and occur-
ring prior to, on, or after the date of such conveyance.
Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.