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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 747
To improve the Telecommunications Development Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2003
Mr. TOWNS (for himself, Mr. UPTON, and Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To improve the Telecommunications Development Fund.
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 ‘‘Telecommunications 
Development Fund Improvement Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND. 
(a) DEPOSITS AND USE OF AUCTION ESCROW AC-
COUNTS.—Section 309(j)(8) of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) by striking ‘‘DEPOSIT
AND
USE
OF 
AUCTION
ESCROW
ACCOUNTS’’ and inserting 
‘‘DEPOSITS AND USE OF AUCTION ESCROW AC-
COUNTS FOR UP-FRONT PAYMENTS’’; AND 
(B) by striking ‘‘deposits’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘up-front payments’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) DEPOSITS AND USE OF AUCTION ES-
CROW ACCOUNTS FOR DOWN PAYMENTS.—Any 
down payment that the Commission may re-
quire any bidder to submit before issuance of a 
license or permit in a system of competitive bid-
ding pursuant to this subsection shall be depos-
ited in an interest-bearing account at a finan-
cial institution designated for purposes of this 
subsection by the Commission (after consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Treasury). With-
in 45 days following the issuance of a license or 
permit—
‘‘(i) the down payments of successful 
bidders shall be paid to the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) the interest accrued to the ac-
count shall be transferred to the Tele-
communications Development Fund estab-
lished pursuant to section 714.’’
(b) LENDING AND CREDIT OPERATIONS.—Section 
714(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
614(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal Credit Re-
form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) and any other’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Within 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications 
Commission shall make such modifications to its rules as 
are necessary to carry out the amendments made by this 
section. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply only to spectrum license auctions 
initiated by the Federal Communications Commission on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Nothing 
in this Section shall affect the down payments of any suc-
cessful bidder in the Federal Communications Commis-
sion’s C and F block broadband personal communications 
service spectrum auction, also referred to as ‘‘auction 35’’, 
or the claim of any person to any entitlement to interest 
on any such down payment upon return of such down pay-
ment to such person for any reason.
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6749 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove the record of default 
on a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under title IV from a borrower’s 
credit history upon repayment of the full amount due on such loan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2022 
Ms. ROSS (for herself, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. ADAMS, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. NORTON, Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. 
MANNING, Mr. COSTA, Ms. DEGETTE, and Ms. SCANLON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove 
the record of default on a loan made, insured, or guaran-
teed under title IV from a borrower’s credit history upon 
repayment of the full amount due on such loan. 
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 ‘‘Clean Slate through 
Repayment Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF RECORD OF DEFAULT. 
Part G of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 495. REMOVAL OF RECORD OF DEFAULT. 
‘‘Upon repaying in full the amount due on a defaulted 
loan made, insured, or guaranteed under this title, the 
Secretary, guaranty agency, or other holder of the loan 
shall request any consumer reporting agency to which the 
Secretary, guaranty agency, or holder, as applicable, re-
ported the default of the loan, to remove any adverse item 
of information relating to such loan from the borrower’s 
credit history.’’. 
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SEC. 2. NEGOTIATED PRICE CONCESSIONS FOR INSULIN AT 
POINT-OF-SALE UNDER PART D OF MEDI-
CARE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1860D–2(d)(1) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(d)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Under’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (D), 
under’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) NEGOTIATED
PRICE
CONCESSIONS 
FOR INSULIN AT POINT-OF-SALE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For drugs dis-
pensed in plan year 2022 or a subsequent 
plan year, the minimum percentage de-
scribed in clause (ii) for such plan year of 
price concessions negotiated between man-
ufacturers and a prescription drug plan or 
MA–PD plan (or any entity that provides 
pharmacy benefits management services 
under a contract with any such prescrip-
tion drug plan or MA–PD plan) and taken 
into account under subparagraph (B) in 
determining negotiated prices for the plan 
year for covered part D drugs that are in-
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not to exceed the general level of short-term in-
terest rates. 
‘‘(B) REGULATIONS
RELATING
TO
PAY-
MENTS AND DISTRIBUTION.—The Board may 
prescribe regulations concerning—
‘‘(i) the payment of earnings in ac-
cordance with this paragraph; 
‘‘(ii) the distribution of such earnings 
to the depository institutions which main-
tain balances at such banks or on whose 
behalf such balances are maintained; and 
‘‘(iii) the responsibilities of depository 
institutions, Federal home loan banks, and 
the National Credit Union Administration 
Central Liquidity Facility with respect to 
the crediting and distribution of earnings 
attributable to balances maintained, in ac-
cordance with subsection (c)(1)(A), in a 
Federal reserve bank by any such entity on 
behalf of depository institutions. 
‘‘(C) 
DEPOSITORY
INSTITUTIONS
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘depository institution’, in addition to the 
institutions described in paragraph (1)(A), in-
cludes any trust company, corporation orga-
(e) TITLE; ENFORCEMENT.—Title to a conservation 
easement acquired with a grant under this section may 
be held and enforced only by an eligible entity. 
(f) STATE CERTIFICATION.—As a condition of the re-
ceipt by an eligible entity of a grant under subsection (a), 
the attorney general of the State in which the conservation 
easement is to be acquired using the grant funds must 
certify that the conservation easement to be acquired is 
in a form that is sufficient, under the laws of the State, 
to achieve the conservation purposes of the easement and 
the terms and conditions of the grant. 
(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 
not use more than 10 percent of the amount that is avail-
able for any fiscal year to carry out this Act to provide 
technical assistance to carry out this section. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means—
(A) an agency of a State or local govern-
ment; 
(B) a federally recognized Indian tribe; or 
(C) any organization that is organized for, 
and at all times since its formation has been 
operated principally for, one or more of the con-
servation purposes specified in clause (i), (ii), or
(iii) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and—
(i) is described in section 501(c)(3) of 
the Code; 
(ii) is exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of the Code; and 
(iii)(I) is described in paragraph (2) 
of section 509(a) of the Code; or 
(II) is described in paragraph (3) of 
such section, but is controlled by an orga-
nization described in paragraph (2) of such 
section. 
(2) TRADITIONAL USE.—The term ‘‘traditional 
use’’ means the uses of land that are in practice at 
the time of the submission of an application for a 
grant under this section. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of the Interior to carry out this Act $100,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2009.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 752
To prohibit oil and gas drilling in Finger Lakes National Forest in New 
York. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2003
Mr. WALSH (for himself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. RAHALL, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. PASCRELL, 
Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. GEORGE 
MILLER of California, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Mr. TOWNS, 
Mr. WEINER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. 
STUPAK, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CROWLEY, and Mr. BOEH-
LERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources 
A BILL 
To prohibit oil and gas drilling in Finger Lakes National 
Forest in New York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. OIL AND GAS DRILLING IN FINGER LAKES NA-
TIONAL FOREST IN NEW YORK PROHIBITED. 
No Federal permit or lease shall be issued for oil or 
gas drilling in Finger Lakes National Forest in New York.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 755
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a minimum 
geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians’ services furnished 
under the Medicare Program of 1. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2003
Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish 
a minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for 
physicians’ services furnished under the Medicare Pro-
gram of 1.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Medicare Access Equity Act of 2003’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Americans have paid taxes in to the medi-
care program equally across the country and every 
American should have access to quality health care. 
(2) There is a national market for health care 
providers. 
(3) Increasingly, private insurance companies 
tie their reimbursement rates to those paid by medi-
care. 
(4) The physician fee schedule formula for 
medicare currently includes several adjustments for 
variable costs throughout the nation. While it is ap-
propriate for the cost of running a practice to reflect 
overhead differences, physicians should not be com-
pensated for their time differently based on where 
they live. 
(5) Medicare beneficiaries pay the same part B 
premium regardless of location which forces sub-
sidization of higher reimbursement areas by seniors 
in lower reimbursement areas without any cor-
responding benefit. 
(6) Areas of the country that currently receive 
the lowest reimbursement from medicare are often 
the same areas that are experiencing the greatest 
shortage of physicians. Attracting more physicians
to these areas cannot be achieved without greater 
equity in medicare reimbursement. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FLOOR ON WORK GEOGRAPHIC 
ADJUSTMENT. 
Section 1848(e)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) FLOOR AT 1.0 ON WORK GEOGRAPHIC 
INDICES.—After calculating the work geo-
graphic indices in subparagraph (A)(iii), for 
purposes of payment for services furnished on 
or after January 1, 2004, the Secretary shall 
increase the work geographic index to 1.00 for 
any locality for which such geographic index is 
less than 1.00.’’.
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(13) In 2004, sociologist David Naguib Pellow 
credited Johnson and the People for Community Re-
covery with putting ‘‘the South Side of Chicago on 
the radar screen for activists and policy makers 
around the United States who are concerned about 
environmental racism’’. 
(14) On January 12, 2011, the Illinois General 
Assembly, by way of a House Joint Resolution, des-
ignated ‘‘the portion of 130th Street from the 
Bishop Ford Freeway to State Street in Chicago as 
the ‘Hazel Johnson EJ Way’ ’’. 
(15) Johnson was a visionary, who was able to 
foresee the impacts of failing to address environ-
mental and social justice conditions. 
(16) Johnson’s work earned her the title of 
‘‘mother of the environmental justice movement’’. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and the President pro tem-
pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 
for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of the Con-
gress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemo-
ration to Hazel M. Johnson, in recognition of her achieve-
ments and contributions to the environmental justice 
movement. 
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(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(c) NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIS-
TORY AND CULTURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal under subsection (a), the gold medal 
shall be given to the National Museum of African 
American History and Culture of the Smithsonian 
Institution, where it shall be available for display as 
appropriate and made available for research. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the gold medal received under para-
graph (1) should be made available for display else-
where, particularly at other appropriate locations as-
sociated with Hazel M. Johnson. 
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 
a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 
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materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, 
and the cost of the gold medal. 
SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu-
ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 
51 of title 31, United States Code. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
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to subsection (a)(3), the Federal reserve banks 
shall transfer from such surplus funds to the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem for transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury 
for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury, 
such sums as are necessary to equal the net cost 
of section 19(b)(12) in each of the fiscal years 
2003 through 2007. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION
BY
FEDERAL
RESERVE 
BOARD.—Of the total amount required to be paid 
by the Federal reserve banks under subparagraph 
(A) for fiscal years 2003 through 2007, the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem shall determine the amount each such bank 
shall pay in such fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) REPLENISHMENT OF SURPLUS FUND 
PROHIBITED.—During fiscal years 2003 through 
2007, no Federal reserve bank may replenish 
such bank’s surplus fund by the amount of any 
transfer by such bank under subparagraph (A).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sec-
tion 7(a) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 289(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PAYMENT
TO
TREASURY.—During fiscal 
years 2003 through 2007, any amount in the surplus
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nized under section 25A or having an agree-
ment with the Board under section 25, or any 
branch or agency of a foreign bank (as defined 
in section 1(b) of the International Banking Act 
of 1978).’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR PASS THROUGH RESERVES 
FOR MEMBER BANKS.—Section 19(c)(1)(B) of the Fed-
eral Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 461(c)(1)(B)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘which is not a member bank’’. 
(c) CONSUMER BANKING COSTS ASSESSMENT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Federal Reserve Act 
(12 U.S.C. 221 et seq.) is amended—
(A) by redesignating sections 30 and 31 as 
sections 31 and 32, respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after section 29 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 30. SURVEY OF BANK FEES AND SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL SURVEY REQUIRED.—The Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall obtain an-
nually a sample, which is representative by type and size 
of the institution (including small institutions) and geo-
graphic location, of the following retail banking services 
and products provided by insured depository institutions 
and insured credit unions (along with related fees and 
minimum balances):
TITLE I—SOCIAL SECURITY 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
SEC. 101. SOCIAL SECURITY GUARANTEE REFUNDABLE 
CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 25 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to general provisions relating 
to employment taxes) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 3511. SOCIAL SECURITY GUARANTEE REFUNDABLE 
CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Social Security guarantee 
account established under section 253 of the Social Secu-
rity Act for each individual who has filed an election under 
section 253(b) of such Act shall receive for each calendar 
year following such election, during which such individual 
has earned wages or to which self-employment income of 
such individual is credited, a payment equal to the credit 
amount determined under subsection (b) for the individual 
for such calendar year. 
‘‘(b) CREDIT AMOUNT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), the credit amount determined under this sub-
section for an individual for a calendar year is an 
amount equal to the lesser of—
‘‘(A) 4 percent of the sum of—
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‘‘(B) the average total amount of finance 
charges paid by consumers; and 
‘‘(C) the following credit card rates and 
fees: 
‘‘(i) Application fees. 
‘‘(ii) Annual percentage rates for cash 
advances and balance transfers. 
‘‘(iii) Maximum annual percentage 
rate that may be charged when an account 
is in default. 
‘‘(iv) Fees for the use of convenience 
checks. 
‘‘(v) Fees for balance transfers. 
‘‘(vi) Fees for foreign currency con-
versions.’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 
January 1, 2004. 
(3) REPEAL OF OTHER REPORT PROVISIONS.—
Section 1002 of Financial Institutions Reform, Re-
covery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and section 
108 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and 
Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 are hereby re-
pealed.
banks shall transfer from such surplus funds to 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System for transfer to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for deposit in the general fund of the 
Treasury, such sums as are necessary to equal 
the net cost of section 19(b)(12) in each of the 
fiscal years 2003 through 2007. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION BY FEDERAL RESERVE 
BOARD.—Of the total amount required to be 
paid by the Federal reserve banks under sub-
paragraph (A) for fiscal years 2003 through 
2007, the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System shall determine the amount 
each such bank shall pay in such fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) REPLENISHMENT OF SURPLUS FUND 
PROHIBITED.—During 
fiscal 
years 
2003 
through 2007, no Federal reserve bank may re-
plenish such bank’s surplus fund by the amount 
of any transfer by such bank under subpara-
graph (A).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
Section 7(a) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 
289(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
‘‘(3) PAYMENT
TO
TREASURY.—During fiscal 
years 2003 through 2007, any amount in the sur-
plus fund of any Federal reserve bank in excess of 
the amount equal to 3 percent of the paid-in capital 
and surplus of the member banks of such bank shall 
be transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury for 
deposit in the general fund of the Treasury.’’.
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‘‘(i) the date of the covered individ-
ual’s death, or 
‘‘(ii) if later, the date of the death of 
the covered individual’s spouse (if any), ex-
cept as provided in regulations prescribed 
by the Board pursuant to paragraph (5). 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The monthly annuity amount 
shall be equal to the amount which would be the ini-
tial monthly payment under—
‘‘(A) if the covered individual is not mar-
ried on such date, an immediate single life an-
nuity for the covered individual, or 
‘‘(B) if the covered individual is married 
on such date, an immediate annuity for the 
joint lives of the covered individual and the cov-
ered individual’s spouse, together with a sur-
vivor annuity to the one of them who survives 
the other of them for the life of the survivor 
payable in monthly installments equal to 662⁄3 
percent of the monthly payment of the annuity 
that would be payable if both spouses remained 
alive, 
purchased with the balance of the account (deter-
mined after payment of the initial lump sum pay-
ment under section 256(c)).
medicine and surgery by the State in which the doc-
tor performs such activity, or any other individual 
legally authorized by the State to perform abortions: 
Provided, however, That any individual who is not a 
physician or not otherwise legally authorized by the 
State to perform abortions, but who nevertheless di-
rectly performs a partial-birth abortion, shall be sub-
ject to the provisions of this section. 
‘‘(c)(1) The father, if married to the mother at the 
time she receives a partial-birth abortion procedure, and 
if the mother has not attained the age of 18 years at the 
time of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the 
fetus, may in a civil action obtain appropriate relief, unless 
the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff’s criminal con-
duct or the plaintiff consented to the abortion. 
‘‘(2) Such relief shall include—
‘‘(A) money damages for all injuries, psycho-
logical and physical, occasioned by the violation of 
this section; and 
‘‘(B) statutory damages equal to three times 
the cost of the partial-birth abortion. 
‘‘(d)(1) A defendant accused of an offense under this 
section may seek a hearing before the State Medical Board 
on whether the physician’s conduct was necessary to save 
the life of the mother whose life was endangered by a