datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
highest degree offered is predominantly the associate 
degree. 
‘‘(e) AGGREGATION RULE.—For purposes of sub-
section (b), all persons treated as a single employer under 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 or subsection (n) or 
(o) of section 414 shall be treated as one person. 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 170(b).—The 
limitation which would (but for this subsection) apply 
under section 170(b) for any taxable year shall be reduced 
(but not below zero) by the fair market value of property 
taken into account in determining the credit allowed under 
subsection (a)(1) for such year.’’. 
(b) CREDIT TO BE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS 
CREDIT.—
(1) Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code 
(relating to general business credit) is amended by 
striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (14), by 
striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) and 
inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(16) in the case of a corporation (as defined 
in section 170(e)(4)(D)), the vocational education 
donation credit determined under section 45G(a).’’.
(2) Section 39(d) of such Code (relating to transition 
rules) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(11) NO
CARRYBACK
OF
VOCATIONAL
EDU-
CATION
DONATION
CREDIT
BEFORE
EFFECTIVE 
DATE.—No portion of the unused business credit for 
any taxable year which is attributable to the voca-
tional education donation credit determined under 
section 45G may be carried to a taxable year begin-
ning before January 1, 2003.’’. 
(c) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—Section 280C of 
such Code (relating to certain expenses for which credits 
are allowable) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) VOCATIONAL EDUCATION DONATIONS.—The 
deduction otherwise allowed for amounts taken into ac-
count under section 45G shall be reduced by the amount 
of the credit determined under section 45G(a) with respect 
to such amounts.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 
1 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 45F the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 45G. Donations to high schools and community colleges for vocational 
education purposes.’’.
(e) 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. 2764
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to all members of the 
Armed Forces eligible for educational assistance under the Montgomery 
GI Bill the authority to transfer entitlement to such educational assist-
ance to dependents, and to provide a six month period for enrollment 
under the Montgomery GI Bill. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2003
Mr. SMITH of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee 
on Armed Services, 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 38, United States Code, to extend to all 
members of the Armed Forces eligible for educational 
assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill the authority 
to transfer entitlement to such educational assistance 
to dependents, and to provide a six month period for 
enrollment under the Montgomery GI Bill.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
representation expenses related to Community Supervision
and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to
exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to
the implementation of the Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002;
of which $100,460,000 shall be for necessary expenses of
Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to
include expenses relating to the supervision of adults sub-
ject to protection orders or the provision of services for
or related to such persons; of which $37,411,000 shall be
available to the Pretrial Services Agency; and of which
$25,210,000 shall be transferred to the Public Defender
Service for the District of Columbia: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the
Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding chapter 33 of title 40, United
States Code, the Director may acquire by purchase, lease,
condemnation, or donation, and renovate as necessary,
Building Number 17, 1900 Massachusetts Avenue, South-
east, Washington, District of Columbia to house or super-
vise offenders and defendants, with funds made available
for this purpose in Public Law 107–96: Provided further,
H. R. 3108—19
to all judicial and administrative actions or other proceedings
pending on such date of enactment.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Education 
for Military Families Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ENTITLEMENT TO BASIC EDU-
CATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR ALL MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 3020 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); and 
(3) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Such section 
is further amended—
(A) in the heading, by striking 
‘‘: members of the Armed Forces with critical mili-
tary skills’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘with critical 
military skills’’; and 
(C) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’. 
(2) The item relating to section 3020 in the table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 30 of such title is 
amended by striking the following:
‘‘: members of the Armed Forces with critical military skills’’.
SEC. 3. SIX MONTH PERIOD FOR ELECTION TO ENROLL 
UNDER MONTGOMERY GI BILL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of section 
3011(c)(1) and section 3012(d)(1) of title 38, United 
States Code, are each amended to read as follows: ‘‘Any 
such election shall be made at any time during the 180-
day period that begins on the date the individual initially 
enters on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—(1) The first sen-
tence of section 3011(b) of such title is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘that begins after the individual indicates (in such 
form and manner as the Secretary may prescribe) the in-
tent to receive educational assistance under this chapter’’ 
before ‘‘that such individual is entitled to such pay’’. 
(2) The first sentence of section 3011(c) of such title 
is amended by inserting ‘‘that begins after the individual 
indicates (in such form and manner as the Secretary may 
prescribe) the intent to receive educational assistance 
under this chapter’’ before ‘‘that such individual is entitled 
to such pay’’.
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‘‘(ii) the filing status of such tax-
payer, 
‘‘(iii) the adjusted gross income of 
such taxpayer, 
‘‘(iv) the amounts excluded from such 
taxpayer’s gross income under sections 135 
and 911 to the extent such information is 
available, 
‘‘(v) the interest received or accrued 
during the taxable year which is exempt 
from the tax imposed by chapter 1 to the 
extent such information is available, 
‘‘(vi) the amounts excluded from such 
taxpayer’s gross income by sections 931 
and 933 to the extent such information is 
available, and 
‘‘(vii) the taxable year with respect to 
which the preceding information relates. 
‘‘(B) RESTRICTION ON USE OF DISCLOSED 
INFORMATION.—Return information disclosed 
under subparagraph (A) may be used by offi-
cers, employees, and contractors of the Health 
Benefits Administration only for the purposes 
of, and to the extent necessary in, establishing 
the appropriate amount of any cost-sharing
subsidies under section 2205 of the Social Secu-
rity Act.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Paragraph (3) of section 6103(a) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘or (20)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(20), or (21)’’. 
(B) Paragraph (4) of section 6103(p) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘(l)(16), 
(17), (19), or (20)’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘(l)(16), (17), (19), (20), or (21)’’. 
(C) Paragraph (2) of section 7213(a) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘or (20)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(20), or (21)’’. 
(e) DISCLOSURE OF TAXPAYER RETURN INFORMA-
TION
TO CARRY OUT PREMIUM SUBSIDIES.—Section 
6103(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AD-
MINISTER PREMIUM SUBSIDY UNDER SECTION 36.—
To the extent that Secretary determines that disclo-
sure is necessary to permit the effective administra-
tion of section 36, the Secretary may disclose the 
modified adjusted gross income (as defined in sec-
tion 36) of any individual whose modified adjusted
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(i) any program for rental assistance 
under section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437f); and 
(ii) the program under section 7 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437e) for desig-
nating public housing for occupancy by 
certain populations; 
(I) activities funded under title I, II, III, 
or IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.); or 
(J) the food stamp program as defined in 
section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 2012(h)). 
(c) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The head of a 
State entity or of a sub-State entity administering 2 or 
more qualified programs proposed to be included in a dem-
onstration project under this section shall (or, if the 
project is proposed to include qualified programs adminis-
tered by 2 or more such entities, the heads of the admin-
istering entities (each of whom shall be considered an ap-
plicant for purposes of this section) shall jointly) submit 
to the administering Secretary of each such program an 
application that contains the following: 
(1) PROGRAMS INCLUDED.—A statement identi-
fying each qualified program to be included in the
H. R. 2912—2
(3) ELECTIONS
AND
REFERENDA.—At the request of the
Osage Tribe, the Secretary of the Interior shall assist the
Osage Tribe with conducting elections and referenda to imple-
ment this section.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
(C) demonstrate that the facility has the 
means to obtain the necessary resources and 
tools, other than personnel, to implement the 
specified 
evidence-based 
preventive-screening 
tool; 
(D) demonstrate that the facility has exist-
ing staff, will hire new staff, or will partner 
with staff from a local, licensed mental health 
or medical organization, and has the ability to 
train staff—
(i) to implement the specified evi-
dence-based screening tool; 
(ii) to case manage youth with symp-
toms or indicators for mental illness, suici-
dal ideation, or suicide attempts; and 
(iii) to work with the parents or 
guardians of youth with symptoms or indi-
cators for mental illness, suicidal ideation, 
or suicide attempts to help them under-
stand the youth’s outcome and treatment 
options; 
(E) identify the location (which need not 
be at the facility) where the specified evidence-
based preventive-screening tool will be imple-
mented;
keters, distributors, advertisers, or sellers of a quali-
fied product.
Passed the House of Representatives March 10, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
crime and should be punished as such, including, 
where appropriate, as a felony. 
(2) Many States have classified Domestic Vio-
lence crimes as misdemeanors, others as felonies. 
States are the proper authority, rather than the 
Federal Government, to classify Domestic Violence 
offenses. 
(3) Where appropriate, States should classify 
Domestic Violence offenses as a felony. 
(4) Section 658 of Public Law 104–208, com-
monly referred to as the Lautenberg amendment, 
oversteps Federal authority, violating States’ rights, 
because no nexus has been shown to exist between 
Domestic Violence and interstate commerce. 
(5) The Lautenberg amendment does not deal 
with a subject delegated to Congress under article I, 
section 8 of the Constitution of the United States 
and is therefore unconstitutional under the tenth 
amendment to the Constitution, as interpreted by 
United States v. Lopez. 
(6) The Lautenberg amendment oversteps 
Congress’s power to regulate commerce as delineated 
by the Commerce Clause of the United States Con-
stitution.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘treat-
ment’ does not include brief office visits (as defined by 
the Secretary) for the sole purpose of monitoring or 
changing drug prescriptions used in the treatment of such 
disorders or partial hospitalization services that are not 
directly provided by a physician.’’.
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 146 
AN ACT 
To take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for 
the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(5) the term ‘interstate or foreign commerce’ 
means commerce between a State and any place out-
side that State, commerce between a State and any 
Indian lands in that State, or commerce between 
points in the same State but through any place out-
side that State; 
‘‘(6) the term ‘interstate distribution of ciga-
rettes or smokeless tobacco’ means a delivery or 
other distribution of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco 
pursuant to an interstate sale of cigarettes or 
smokeless tobacco; 
‘‘(7) the term ‘State’ means a State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or pos-
session of the United States; 
‘‘(8) the term ‘person’ means an individual, a 
corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, 
society, joint stock company, an Indian tribal organi-
zation, or an Indian tribal government; 
‘‘(9) the term ‘tribal organization’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 450b); and 
‘‘(10) the term ‘Indian lands’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 3 of the Archaeological
Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 
470bb).’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect 
on the first day of the first month beginning on or after 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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gross income is taken into account in determining 
the amount of any credit under such section.’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on January 1, 2007. 
(2) SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (b).—The amend-
ments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply 
to months beginning after December 31, 2006, in 
taxable years ending after such date. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE MEDICAID AND SCHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) INCREASE
IN FMAP UNDER MEDICAID
FOR 
AHBP-COVERED SERVICES.—Section 1905 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘subsection 
(x) and’’ after ‘‘Subject to’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:: 
‘‘(x)(1) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this 
subsection, the Federal medical assistance percentage 
under this title for calendar quarters in a fiscal year (be-
ginning with the calendar quarter that begins on the effec-
tive date of the American Health Benefits Program under 
title XXII) shall be increased by a number of percentage
points (rounded to the nearest 1/100th of a percentage 
point) equal to 40 percent of the number of percentage 
points by which 100 percent exceeds the Federal medical 
assistance percentage otherwise determined for the State 
without regard to this subsection. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall only apply with respect to 
medical assistance for AHBP-eligible individuals (as de-
fined in section 2207(2)) and only for items and services 
for which benefits are generally provided under qualified 
health plans under title XXII, as determined by the Sec-
retary in consultation with the Commission of Health Ben-
efits. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall provide for such special 
rules concerning the application of this subsection to the 
territories as the Secretary finds appropriate and equi-
table.’’. 
(b) SUNSET OF SCHIP FUNDING.—Section 2105 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) SUNSET OF PROGRAM UPON INITIATION OF 
AMERICAN HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM.—No payment 
shall be made under this title to a State for items and 
services furnished after the effective date of the American 
Health Benefits Program under title XXII.’’.
HR 2766 RFS 
without further action or authorization by the Secretary, 
except that, prior to initiating any such construction, the 
City shall execute and convey to the Secretary a legal doc-
ument that permanently holds the United States harmless 
for any and all liability arising from the construction of 
such water pipeline and indemnifies the United States 
against all costs arising from the United States’ ownership 
of the Federal land, and any actions, operations or other 
acts of the City or its licensees, employees, or agents in 
constructing such water pipeline or engaging in other acts 
on the Federal land prior to its transfer to the City. Such 
encumbrance on the Federal land prior to conveyance shall 
not be considered for purposes of the appraisal. 
(f) ALTERNATIVE SALE AUTHORITY.—If the land ex-
change is not completed for any reason, the Secretary is 
hereby authorized and directed to sell the Federal land 
identified in subsection (b) to the City at its final ap-
praised value, as approved by the Secretary. Any money 
received by the United States in such sale shall be consid-
ered money received and deposited pursuant to Public 
Law 90–171 (16 U.S.C. 484(a); commonly known as the 
‘‘Sisk Act’’, and may be used, without further appropria-
tion, for the acquisition of lands for addition to the Na-
tional Forest System in the State of Colorado.
conveyance shall not be considered for purposes of the ap-
praisal. 
(f) ALTERNATIVE SALE AUTHORITY.—If the land ex-
change is not completed for any reason, the Secretary is 
hereby authorized and directed to sell the Federal land 
identified in subsection (b) to the City at its final ap-
praised value, as approved by the Secretary. Any money 
received by the United States in such sale shall be consid-
ered money received and deposited pursuant to Public 
Law 90–171 (16 U.S.C. 484(a)); commonly known as the 
‘‘Sisk Act’’, and may be used, without further appropria-
tion, for the acquisition of lands for addition to the Na-
tional Forest System in the State of Colorado. 
(g) INCORPORATION, MANAGEMENT, AND STATUS OF 
ACQUIRED LANDS.—Land acquired by the United States 
under the land exchange shall become part of the Arapaho 
and Roosevelt National Forests, and the exterior boundary 
of such forest is hereby modified, without further action 
by the Secretary, as necessary to incorporate the non-Fed-
eral lands identified in subsection (a)(1) and an additional 
40 acres as depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Arapahoe and 
Roosevelt National Forest Boundary Adjustment—Cub 
Creek’’, dated June 2003. Upon their acquisition, lands 
or interests in land acquired under the authority of this 
Act shall be administered in accordance with the laws,
rules and regulations generally applicable to the National 
Forest System. For purposes of Section 7 of the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of l965 (16 U.S.C. 
460l–9), the boundaries of the Arapaho and Roosevelt Na-
tional Forests, as adjusted by this subsection shall be 
deemed to be the boundaries of such forest as of January 
1, 1965. 
(h) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary, with 
the agreement of the City, may make technical corrections 
or correct clerical errors in the maps referred to in this 
section or adjust the boundaries of the Federal lands to 
leave the United States with a manageable post-exchange 
or sale boundary. In the event of any discrepancy between 
a map, acreage estimate, or legal description, the map 
shall prevail unless the Secretary and the City agree other-
wise. 
(i) REVOCATION OF ORDERS AND WITHDRAWAL.—
Any public orders withdrawing any of the Federal lands 
identified in subsection (b) from appropriation or disposal 
under the public land laws are hereby revoked to the ex-
tent necessary to permit disposal of the Federal lands. 
Upon the enactment of this Act, if not already withdrawn 
or segregated from the entry and appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing 
laws and the Geothermal Steam Act of l970 (30 U.S.C.
1001 et. seq.), the Federal lands are hereby withdrawn 
until the date of their conveyance to the City.
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HR 2800 PCS 
credibly alleged to have committed gross viola-
tions of human rights, including extra-judicial 
killings, or to have aided or abetted para-
military organizations, and is punishing those 
members of the Colombian Armed Forces found 
to have committed such violations of human 
rights or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 
organizations. 
(C) The Colombian Armed Forces are co-
operating with civilian prosecutors and judicial 
authorities in such cases (including providing 
requested information, such as the identity of 
persons suspended from the Armed Forces and 
the nature and cause of the suspension, and ac-
cess to witnesses, relevant military documents, 
and other requested information). 
(D) The Colombian Armed Forces are sev-
ering links (including denying access to military 
intelligence, vehicles, and other equipment or 
supplies, and ceasing other forms of active or 
tacit cooperation) at the command, battalion, 
and brigade levels, with paramilitary organiza-
tions. 
(E) The Colombian Armed Forces are exe-
cuting orders for capture of leaders of para-