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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2002. 
SEC. 2. TAX TREATMENT OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN COMBAT ZONES. 
(a) EXCLUSION
OF
COMBAT
ZONE
COMPENSA-
TION.—Section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to prisoners of war, etc.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE.—
‘‘(1) SERVICE IN COMBAT ZONE.—Gross income 
does not include so much of the compensation as 
does not exceed the maximum enlisted amount re-
ceived for active service as a civilian employee of the 
Department of Defense serving in support of the 
Armed Forces of the United States for any month 
during any part of which such employee—
‘‘(A) served in a combat zone, or 
‘‘(B) was hospitalized as a result of 
wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serv-
ing in a combat zone. 
Subparagraph (B) shall not apply for any month be-
ginning more than 2 years after the date of the ter-
mination of combatant activities in such zone.
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the terms ‘active service’ and ‘employee’ 
have the respective meanings given to such terms by 
section 5561 of title 5, United States Code, except 
that an individual shall not fail to be treated as an 
employee for purposes of this subsection solely be-
cause such individual is a nonappropriated fund in-
strumentality employee (as defined in section 
1587(a) of title 10, United States Code).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2002.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1134
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the work 
opportunity credit and welfare-to-work credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2003
Mr. JEFFERSON 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 increase 
the work opportunity credit and welfare-to-work credit.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT 
AND WELFARE-TO-WORK CREDIT. 
(a) WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT.—Paragraph (3) of 
section 51(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relat-
ing to only first $6,000 of wages per year taken into ac-
count) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘The preceding sentence shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘$8,500’ for ‘$6,000’ (and appropriate adjust-
ments shall be made under subsection (h)(1)) in the case 
of individuals beginning work for the employer during 
2003 or 2004’’. 
(b) WELFARE-TO-WORK CREDIT.—Paragraph (4) of 
section 51A(b) of such Code (relating to only first $10,000 
of wages per year taken into account) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The preceding 
sentence shall be applied by substituting ‘$12,500’ for 
‘$10,000’ in the case of individuals beginning work for the 
employer during 2003 or 2004’’. 
(c) 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF CREDIT.—Subparagraph 
(B) of section 51(c)(4) of such Code is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2004’’.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1135
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide increased incentives 
for business investments in low-income communities and small businesses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2003
Mr. JEFFERSON 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 provide 
increased incentives for business investments in low-in-
come communities and small businesses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. $1,000,000,000 INCREASE IN NEW MARKETS TAX 
CREDIT FOR 2003 AND 2004. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The table contained in paragraph 
(1) of section 45D(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to national limitation on amount of invest-
ments designated) is amended by striking ‘‘and 2003’’ in 
subparagraph (B), by redesignating subparagraph (D) as
subparagraph (F), and by striking subparagraph (C) and 
inserting the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) $2,500,000,000 for 2003, 
‘‘(D) $3,000,000,000 for 2004, 
‘‘(E) $2,000,000,000 for 2005, and’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to calendar years after 2002. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO TARGET LOW-INCOME POPU-
LATIONS. 
Subsection (e) of section 45D of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (defining low-income community) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) TARGETED POPULATION.—The Secretary 
shall prescribe regulations under which 1 or more 
targeted populations (within the meaning of section 
3(20) of the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 
4702(20))) may be treated as low-income commu-
nities without regard to paragraph (2). Such regula-
tions shall include procedures for determining which 
entities are qualified active low-income community 
businesses with respect to such populations.’’
SEC. 3. SPECIAL STATUS FOR NEW MARKETS VENTURE 
CAPITAL COMPANIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 45D(c) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to quali-
fied community development entity) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking 
the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting 
‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) any conditionally approved New Mar-
kets Venture Capital Company (as defined by 
section 101 of the Community Renewal and 
New Markets Initiatives Act of 2001).’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2003.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1137
To exempt small trailer manufacturers from enhanced early warning reporting 
requirements under the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Account-
ability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2003
Mr. LATHAM (for himself, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. COLE, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. 
RYUN of Kansas, and Mr. NUSSLE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To exempt small trailer manufacturers from enhanced early 
warning reporting requirements under the Transpor-
tation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Docu-
mentation (TREAD) Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. WEIGHT EXEMPTION FOR CLASSIFICATION OF 
TRAILER MANUFACTURERS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pur-
poses of the early warning reporting requirements con-
tained in section 30166(m), title 49, United States Code, 
manufacturers of trailers rated 26,000 pounds or less
HR 1137 IH 
gross vehicle weight shall not, for such trailers, be subject 
to the additional reporting requirements required of man-
ufacturers who produce, import, offer for sale, or sell more 
than 500 vehicles, under section 573 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 113
To establish the HARS-specific PCB effects level, expressed in a certain 
Memorandum of Agreement issued by the Environmental Protection 
Agency and the Corps of Engineers, as a final criterion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. 
LOBIONDO, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. 
ROTHMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To establish the HARS-specific PCB effects level, expressed 
in a certain Memorandum of Agreement issued by the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engi-
neers, as a final criterion.
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 Ocean Preserva-
tion Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECT OF MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The joint Memorandum of Agree-
ment signed in September of 2000 by the Environmental 
Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers es-
tablished an effects level of 113 parts per billion, of poly-
chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) detected in the tissue of 
worms tested in sediments to be used as remediation mate-
rial at the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) off the 
coast of New Jersey. This HARS-specific effects level for 
PCBs is hereby established as final criterion for making 
decisions regarding placement of sediments as remediation 
material at the HARS. The arithmetic mean concentra-
tion, without use of statistical confidence intervals, re-
ported for the analyses of the worm tissue replicates ex-
posed to the tested sediments shall not exceed the cri-
terion. 
(b) MINIMUM LEVEL.—The Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, using the rulemaking au-
thority provided pursuant to the Marine Protection, Re-
search, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, may only promulgate 
a rule, with regard to sediments to be used as remediation 
material at the Historic Area Remediation Site off the 
coast of New Jersey, that is equal or more protective of 
human health and the environment than the 113 PCB cri-
terion.
(c) APPLICATION.—The criterion established in sub-
section (a) shall be effective as of the date of enactment 
of this Act.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1140
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to stimulate economic 
development by enhancing the availability and benefits of small issue bonds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2003
Mr. MEEKS of New York 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 stimulate 
economic development by enhancing the availability and 
benefits of small issue bonds.
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 ‘‘Economic Development 
and Technology Workforce Enhancement Act of 2002’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO QUALIFIED SMALL ISSUE 
BONDS. 
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF QUALIFIED SMALL 
ISSUE BONDS PERMITTED FOR FACILITIES TO BE USED 
BY RELATED PRINCIPAL USERS.—
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(i) 
of 
section 
144(a)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to $10,000,000 limit in certain cases) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$20,000,000’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The heading of 
paragraph (4) of section 144(a) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$20,000,000’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to—
(A) obligations issued after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and 
(B) capital expenditures made after such 
date with respect to obligations issued on or be-
fore such date. 
(b) EXPANSION
OF
EXCEPTIONS
FROM
TERMI-
NATION FOR TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
144(a)(12) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i), by striking the period 
at the end of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and 
by adding at the end the following new clause:
‘‘(iii) any software development facil-
ity, biotechnology facility, and any other 
technology-related research facility.’’
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by this subsection shall apply to obligations issued 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1141
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to 
individuals for credit card interest. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2003
Mr. MEEKS of New York 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 allow a 
deduction to individuals for credit card interest.
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 Credit Card 
Compensation and Economic Incentive Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION FOR INDIVIDUALS FOR 
CREDIT CARD INTEREST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 163(h) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to dis-
allowance of deduction for personal interest) is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (E), by 
striking the period and inserting ‘‘, and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (F), and by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) interest paid on amounts charged to 
a credit card during taxable years beginning 
after December 31, 2002, and before January 
1, 2008.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Section 163(h) of such Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) LIMITATION
ON
CREDIT
CARD
INTER-
EST.—The amount of interest which may be taken 
into account for purposes of paragraph (2)(G) may 
not exceed $5,000 for any taxable year.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply to taxable years beginning after De-
cember 31, 2002.
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sponse training consisting of at least one frontline 
transit employee representative and at least one 
management employee representative. The com-
mittee shall be composed of an equal number of 
frontline transit employee representatives and man-
agement employee representatives. Committee posi-
tions shall not be vacant for any period in the fiscal 
year of more than 30 days. 
(2) REPORT.—The agency shall agree to submit 
to the Secretary before the last day of the fiscal year 
a report on the use of the grant, including a state-
ment of the number of frontline transit employees 
receiving training under the grant. 
(e) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—The Sec-
retary shall allocate amounts made available for grants 
under this section in a fiscal year among eligible transpor-
tation agencies based on the needs of the agencies for 
emergency preparedness and response training and equip-
ment. Not less than 10 percent of such amounts shall be 
allocated to eligible transportation agencies in non-urban 
areas. 
(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of activities funded using amounts from a grant under this 
section may not exceed 90 percent.
(g) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
final regulations to carry out this section. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $8,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal years 
2004, 2005, and 2006. Such amounts shall remain avail-
able until expended.
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pose by reason of such tax shall be reduced by the 
amounts made available to such Secretary under the pre-
ceding sentence. 
(b) NET REVENUES.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), the term ‘‘net revenues’’ means, with respect to the 
tax imposed by such section 4181, the amount estimated 
by the Secretary of the Treasury based on the excess of—
(1) the taxes received in the Treasury under 
such section, over 
(2) the decrease in the tax imposed by chapter 
1 of such Code resulting from such tax.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1150
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to Orange County, 
California, for intercounty express bus service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2003
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. COX, Mr. CALVERT, and 
Mr. ROYCE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants 
to Orange County, California, for intercounty express 
bus service, 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. INTERCOUNTY EXPRESS BUS SERVICE. 
The Secretary of Transportation shall make grants 
under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, to Or-
ange County, California, for the purchase of 46 buses and 
related equipment for intercounty express bus service for 
the following routes:
(1) State Route (SR) 57 Corridor- Industry to 
Anaheim Resort. 
(2) SR–91 Corridor- Corona to Anaheim Indus-
trial. 
(3) SR–91 Corridor- Riverside to Anaheim Re-
sort. 
(4) SR–91 Corridor- Riverside to South Coast 
Plaza. 
(5) SR–91 Corridor- Riverside to University of 
California Irvine. 
(6) Long Beach to South Coast Metro. 
(7) San Clemente to South Coast Metro. 
(8) Long Beach to Orange. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available to the 
Secretary of Transportation from the Mass Transit Ac-
count of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this Act 
$2,520,000 for fiscal year 2004, $2,520,000 for fiscal year 
2005, $3,040,000 for fiscal year 2006, $3,040,000 for fis-
cal year 2007, $3,560,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 
$3,560,000 for fiscal year 2009. Such sums shall remain 
available until expended. 
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—A grant approved by 
the Secretary under this Act is a contractual obligation
of the United States Government to pay the Government’s 
share of the cost of the project.
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of unlawful and unconstitutional criminal prosecu-
tion, with members of the United States Armed 
Forces placed especially at risk of politically moti-
vated arrests, prosecutions, fines, and imprisonments 
for acts engaged in for the protection of the sov-
ereignty and independence of the United States. 
(12) United States citizens generally, and mem-
bers of the United States Armed Forces in par-
ticular, deserve the full protection of the Constitu-
tion of the United States—the very body of law the 
members of the Armed Forces risk life and limb to 
protect. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF FUNDS. 
No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by the United States Government for any purpose may 
be used in any manner for the establishment or operation 
of the International Criminal Court. 
SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES 
ARMED FORCES AND UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS AND NATIONALS. 
(a) ACTIONS AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES.—Any action taken by or on behalf of the Inter-
national Criminal Court against any member of the 
United States Armed Forces shall be considered to be an 
act of aggression against the United States.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1152
To increase the cap on qualified small issue bonds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2003
Mrs. MYRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To increase the cap on qualified small issue bonds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN CAP ON QUALIFIED SMALL ISSUE 
BONDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (i) of section 144(a)(4)(A) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general 
rule for $10,000,000 limit in certain cases) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’. 
(b) AGGREGATE LIMIT PER TAXPAYER.—Subpara-
graph (A) of section 144(a)(10) is amended by striking 
‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’.
(c) ADJUSTMENT OF CAP FOR INFLATION.—Sub-
section (a) of section 144 of such Code (relating to quali-
fied small issue bond) is amended by redesignating para-
graph (12) as paragraph (13) and by inserting after para-
graph (11) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of 
a calendar year after 2003, the $25,000,000 amount 
contained 
in 
paragraph 
(4)(A)(i) 
and 
the 
$100,000,000 
amount 
contained 
in 
paragraph 
(10)(A) shall each be increased by an amount equal 
to—
‘‘(I) such dollar amount, multi-
plied by 
‘‘(II) the cost-of-living adjust-
ment determined under section 1(f)(3) 
for such calendar year by substituting 
‘calendar year 2002’ for ‘calendar 
year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) there-
of. 
Any increase under the preceding sentence 
which is not a multiple of $100,000 shall 
be rounded to the next lowest multiple of 
$100,000.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 144(a)(4) is amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000 LIMIT’’ in the heading thereof and in-
serting ‘‘INCREASED LIMIT’’. 
(2) Section 7871(c)(3)(B)(i) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘144(a)(12)(C)’’ and inserting 
‘‘144(a)(13)(C)’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to bonds issued after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(d) In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’ means—
‘‘(1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate.’’.
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(1) RETAINED
PROCEEDS.—Subject to para-
graph (2), an administrative unit of the Forest Serv-
ice or the Bureau of Land Management may retain 
proceeds from the sale of commercial timber result-
ing from a project described in section 5(b) for use 
in planning and implementing other projects under 
such section and other projects to improve forest 
health on Westside Forest lands. 
(2) RELATION
TO
OTHER
FOREST
RECEIPT 
LAWS.—Nothing in this Act shall affect deposits to 
the Knudsen-Vanderburg Reforestation Trust Fund 
established under section 3 of the Act of June 9, 
1930 (16 U.S.C. 576b), the requirement to make 
payments to States or counties under any provision 
of law, or other obligations related to receipts ob-
tained from the sale of forest products from 
Westside Forest lands.
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1156
AN ACT
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater
Study and Facilities Act to increase the ceiling on the
Federal share of the costs of phase I of the Orange
County, California, Regional Water Reclamation Project.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN CEILING ON FEDERAL SHARE OF
WATER RECLAMATION PROJECT.
Section 1631(d) of the Reclamation Wastewater and
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h–
13(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘paragraph
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) The Federal share of the costs of the project
authorized 
by 
section 
1624 
shall 
not 
exceed
$80,000,000.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1156
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to increase the ceiling on the Federal share of the costs of phase 
I of the Orange County, California, Regional Water Reclamation Project. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2003
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California (for herself and Mr. GARY G. MILLER 
of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to increase the ceiling on the 
Federal share of the costs of phase I of the Orange 
County, California, Regional Water Reclamation Project.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN CEILING ON FEDERAL SHARE OF 
WATER RECLAMATION PROJECT. 
Section 1631(d) of the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h–
13(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) The Federal share of the costs of the project 
authorized 
by 
section 
1624 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$80,000,000.’’.
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