datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(H) for fiscal year 2009, $9,000,000,000;
‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2010, $10,000,000,000;
and
‘‘(J) for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal
year thereafter, the amount of the allotment
provided under this paragraph for the preceding
fiscal year increased by the percentage increase
(if any) in the medical care expenditure cat-
egory of the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers (United States city average).
‘‘(2) STATE AND TERRITORIAL ALLOTMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the al-
lotments provided under subsections (b) and
(c), subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), of the
amount available for the additional allotments
under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall allot to each State with a State
child health plan approved under this title—
‘‘(i) in the case of such a State other
than a commonwealth or territory de-
scribed in clause (ii), the same proportion
as the proportion of the State’s allotment
under subsection (b) (determined without
regard to subsection (f)) to 98.95 percent
of the total amount of the allotments
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 263
To establish an Election Administration Commission to study Federal, State,
and local voting procedures and election administration and provide
grants to modernize voting procedures and election administration, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. THOMAS M. DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. KENNEDY
of Rhode Island, Mrs. WILSON, Mr. DREIER Mr. HASTINGS of Florida,
Mr. FILNER, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MCDERMOTT,
Ms. RIVERS, Mr. WHITFIELD, and Mr. CROWLEY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 establish an Election Administration Commission to study
Federal, State, and local voting procedures and election
administration and provide grants to modernize voting
procedures and election administration, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(l)(1)(D)) or, at the option of the State, who is
eligible for medical assistance as the parent of
such a child’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a
period (not to exceed 12 months) ’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the 12-month period beginning on the
date’’.
(2) TITLE
XXI.—Section 2102(b)(2) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(b)(2)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ‘‘Such methods shall pro-
vide 12-months continuous eligibility for children
under this title in the same manner that section
1902(e)(12) provides 12-months continuous eligi-
bility for children described in such section under
title XIX. If a State has elected to apply section
1902(e)(12) to parents, such methods may provide
12-months continuous eligibility for parents under
this title in the same manner that such section pro-
vides 12-months continuous eligibility for parents
described in such section under title XIX.’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect on October
1, 2001 (or, if later, 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act), whether or not reg-
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SEC. 2. TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCTS.
Section 1365 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
‘‘(f)(1) Whoever, without the consent of the manufac-
turer, retailer, or distributor, intentionally tampers with
a consumer product that is sold in interstate or foreign
commerce by knowingly placing or inserting any writing
in the consumer product, or in the container for the con-
sumer product, before the sale of the consumer product to
any consumer shall be fined under this title, imprisoned
not more than 1 year, or both.
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1),
if any person commits a violation of this subsection after
a prior conviction under this section becomes final, such
person shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not
more than 3 years, or both.
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘writing’ means any
form of representation or communication, including hand-
In the Senate of the United States,
October 16, 2002.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2621) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 18, United
States Code, with respect to consumer product protection.’’,
do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Product Packaging Pro-
tection Act of 2002’’.
Union Calendar No. 290
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2621
[Report No. 107–485]
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, with
respect to consumer product protection.
MAY 23, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
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bills, notices, or advertising, that contain letters, words, or
pictorial representations.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2621
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, with
respect to consumer product protection.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2621
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to
consumer product protection.
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 ‘‘Consumer Product
Protection Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. UNAUTHORIZED PLACEMENT OF WRITING WITH A
CONSUMER PRODUCT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1365 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
(g) and (h) respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(f)(1) Whoever knowingly stamps, prints, places, or
inserts any writing in or on any consumer product that
affects interstate or foreign commerce, or the box, pack-
age, or other container of any such product, prior to its
sale to any consumer, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply in any case in
which the manufacturer, retailer, or distributor of the
product in the due course of business consents to the
stamping, printing, placing, or inserting of a writing.’’;
and
(3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1))—
(A) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking
‘‘and’’;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(5) the term ‘writing’ means any form of rep-
resentation or communication (including handbills,
notices, or advertising) that contains letters, words,
graphic, or pictorial representations.’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
2332b(g)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘1365(g)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘1365’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2621
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to consumer product protection.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Product Packaging Protection
Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCTS.
Section 1365 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections
(g) and (h), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
‘‘(f)(1) Whoever, without the consent of the manufacturer,
retailer, or distributor, intentionally tampers with a consumer
product that is sold in interstate or foreign commerce by knowingly
placing or inserting any writing in the consumer product, or in
the container for the consumer product, before the sale of the
consumer product to any consumer shall be fined under this title,
imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if any
person commits a violation of this subsection after a prior conviction
under this section becomes final, such person shall be fined under
this title, imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both.
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘writing’ means any form
of representation or communication, including hand-bills, notices,
H. R. 2621—2
or advertising, that contain letters, words, or pictorial representa-
tions.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2621
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to consumer product
protection.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2001
Ms. HART (for herself and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to
consumer product protection.
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 ‘‘Consumer Product
Protection Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. UNAUTHORIZED PLACEMENT OF WRITING WITH A
CONSUMER PRODUCT.
(a) Section 1365 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
(g) and (h) respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(f)(1) Whoever knowingly stamps, prints, places, or
inserts any writing in or on any consumer product that
affects interstate or foreign commerce, or the box, pack-
age, or other container of any such product, prior to its
sale to any consumer, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply in any case in
which the manufacturer, retailer, or distributor of the
product in the due course of business consents to the
stamping, printing, placing, or inserting of a writing for
promotional or sales purposes.’’; and
(3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1))—
(A) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking
‘‘and’’;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(5) the term ‘writing’ means any form of rep-
resentation or communication (including handbills,
notices, or advertising) that contains letters, words,
graphic, or pictorial representations.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Sections 2261A
and 2332b(g)(3) of title 18, United States Code, are each
amended by striking ‘‘1365(g)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘1365’’.
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Calendar No. 415
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2621
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 12, 2002
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to
consumer product protection.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consumer Product
Protection Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. UNAUTHORIZED PLACEMENT OF WRITING WITH A
CONSUMER PRODUCT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1365 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
(g) and (h) respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(f)(1) Whoever knowingly stamps, prints, places, or
inserts any writing in or on any consumer product that
affects interstate or foreign commerce, or the box, pack-
age, or other container of any such product, prior to its
sale to any consumer, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
‘‘(2) This subsection shall not apply in any case in
which the manufacturer, retailer, or distributor of the
product in the due course of business consents to the
stamping, printing, placing, or inserting of a writing.’’;
and
(3) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1))—
(A) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking
‘‘and’’;
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(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(5) the term ‘writing’ means any form of rep-
resentation or communication (including handbills,
notices, or advertising) that contains letters, words,
graphic, or pictorial representations.’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
2332b(g)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘1365(g)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘1365’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 2002.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
By MARTHA C. MORRISON,
Deputy Clerk.
Calendar No. 415
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2621
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, with
respect to consumer product protection.
JUNE 12, 2002
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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ment or the Bureau of Indian Affairs performing
law enforcement or public safety functions on any
Indian lands may be used to provide the non-Federal
share of a matching requirement funded under this
subsection.
(e) APPLICATIONS.—To request a grant under this
section, the chief executive of a State, unit of local govern-
ment, or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the
Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and ac-
companied by such information as the Attorney General
may require.
(f) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than
November 30 of each year, the Attorney General shall sub-
mit a report to the Congress regarding the activities car-
ried out under this section. Each such report shall include,
for the preceding fiscal year, the number of grants funded
under this section, the amount of funds provided under
those grants, and the activities for which those funds were
used.
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2623
To extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to individuals
who die while on active-duty service in the Armed Forces.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2001
Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. FRANK) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship
to individuals who die while on active-duty service in
the Armed Forces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Posthumous Citizen-
ship Restoration Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.
Section 329A(c)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440–1(c)(1)(A)) is amended by
striking ‘‘this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Posthumous
Citizenship Restoration Act of 2001,’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2625
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate consideration
of the amount of a student’s tuition in determining the amount of
a student’s basic grant.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2001
Mr. HORN (for himself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. HONDA, and Ms. WATERS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate
consideration of the amount of a student’s tuition in
determining the amount of a student’s basic grant.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF THE AMOUNT OF A STU-
DENT’S 
TUITION 
IN 
DETERMINING 
THE
AMOUNT OF A STUDENT’S FEDERAL PELL
GRANT.
Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended by striking paragraph
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2627
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit uninsured families
and individuals to obtain coverage under the medicaid program, to assure
coverage of doctor’s visits, prescription drugs, mental health services,
long-term care services, alcohol and drug abuse treatment services, and
all other medically necessary services, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2001
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. BONIOR, Mrs. JONES of
Ohio, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. LEE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr.
THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. RUSH) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit
uninsured families and individuals to obtain coverage
under the medicaid program, to assure coverage of doc-
tor’s visits, prescription drugs, mental health services,
long-term care services, alcohol and drug abuse treat-
ment services, and all other medically necessary services,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(3) and redesignating the subsequent paragraphs in order
as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7).
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(III) how the agreement serves
the interests of United States com-
merce;
(IV) how the implementing bill
meets the standards set forth in sec-
tion 3(b)(3); and
(V) how and to what extent the
agreement makes progress in achiev-
ing the applicable purposes, policies,
and objectives referred to in section
2(c) regarding the promotion of cer-
tain priorities.
(3) RECIPROCAL BENEFITS.—In order to en-
sure that a foreign country that is not a party to a
trade agreement entered into under section 3(b)
does not receive benefits under the agreement unless
the country is also subject to the obligations under
the agreement, the implementing bill submitted with
respect to the agreement shall provide that the bene-
fits and obligations under the agreement apply only
to the parties to the agreement, if such application
is consistent with the terms of the agreement. The
implementing bill may also provide that the benefits
and obligations under the agreement do not apply
uniformly to all parties to the agreement, if such ap-
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not less than 97.5 percent of the rate of duty that
applied to such article on December 31, 1994; or
(C) increases any rate of duty above the
rate that applied on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(3) AGGREGATE REDUCTION; EXEMPTION FROM
STAGING.—
(A) AGGREGATE
REDUCTION.—Except as
provided in subparagraph (B), the aggregate re-
duction in the rate of duty on any article which
is in effect on any day pursuant to a trade
agreement entered into under paragraph (1)
shall not exceed the aggregate reduction which
would have been in effect on such day if—
(i) a reduction of 3 percent ad valorem
or a reduction of one-tenth of the total re-
duction, whichever is greater, had taken ef-
fect on the effective date of the first reduc-
tion proclaimed under paragraph (1) to
carry out such agreement with respect to
such article; and
(ii) a reduction equal to the amount
applicable under clause (i) had taken effect
at 1-year intervals after the effective date of
such first reduction.
torical societies, and other appropriate organizations, shall
conduct a study regarding the suitability and feasibility
of designating the study area described in section 3 as
the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area. The study
shall include analysis, documentation, and determination
regarding whether the study area—
(1) has an assemblage of natural, historic, and
cultural resources that together represent distinctive
aspects of American heritage worthy of recognition,
conservation, interpretation, and continuing use, and
are best managed through partnerships among pub-
lic and private entities and by combining diverse and
sometimes noncontiguous resources and active com-
munities;
(2) reflects traditions, customs, beliefs, and
folklife that are a valuable part of the national story;
(3) provides outstanding opportunities to con-
serve natural, historic, cultural, or scenic features;
(4) provides outstanding recreational and edu-
cational opportunities;
(5) contains resources important to the identi-
fied theme or themes of the study area that retain
a degree of integrity capable of supporting interpre-
tation;
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2628
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability
and feasibility of establishing the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area
in Alabama, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2001
Mr. CRAMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study
of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Mus-
cle Shoals National Heritage Area in Alabama, 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 ‘‘Muscle Shoals Na-
tional Heritage Area Study Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. STUDY.
The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with
appropriate State historic preservation officers, States his-
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
Section 501(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290aa(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (17), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (18), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(19) design national strategies for providing 
services in supportive housing that will assist in end-
ing chronic homelessness; 
‘‘(20) collaborate with Federal departments and 
programs that are part of the President’s Inter-
agency Council on Homelessness, particularly the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
the Department of Labor, and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and with other agencies within the 
Department of Health and Human Services, particu-
larly the Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion, the Administration on Children and Families, 
and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
to implement programs that address chronic home-
lessness;
(b) SIZE VARIATION.—A special area may vary in 
size to encompass the outstanding biological, scenic, rec-
reational, or cultural value or values to be protected. 
(c) DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL AREAS.—There are 
designated the following special areas, which shall be sub-
ject to the management restrictions specified in section 
204: 
(1) ALABAMA.—
(A) SIPSEY WILDERNESS HEADWATERS.—
Certain land in the Bankhead National Forest, 
Bankhead Ranger District, in Lawrence Coun-
ty, totaling approximately 22,000 acres, located 
directly north and upstream of the Sipsey Wil-
derness, and directly south of Forest Road 213. 
(B) BRUSHY FORK.—Certain land in the 
Bankhead National Forest, Bankhead Ranger 
District, in Lawrence County, totaling approxi-
mately 6,200 acres, bounded by Forest Roads 
249, 254, and 246 and Alabama Highway 33. 
(C) REBECCA MOUNTAIN.—Certain land in 
the Talladega National Forest, Talladega Rang-
er District, Talladega County and Clay County, 
totaling approximately 9,000 acres, comprised 
of all Talladega National Forest lands south of 
Forest Roads 621 and 621 B, east of Alabama