Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002
PL 107-174 (H.R.169), enacted 05/15/2002

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PUBLIC LAW 107-174—MAY 15, 2002 
Public Law 107-174 
107th Congress 
May 15, 2002 
[H.R. 169] 
Notification and 
Federal 
Employee 
Antidiscrimina-
tion and 
Retaliation Act of 
2002. 
5 u s e 2301 note. 
An Act 
To require that Federal agencies be accountable for violations of antidiscrimination 
and whistleblower protection laws; to require that each Federal agency post 
quarterly on its pubUc Web site, certain statistical data relating to Federal sector 
equal employment opportunity complaints filed with such agency; eind for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Notification 
and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 
2002". 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 103. Definitions. 
Sec. 104. Effective date. 
TITLE II—FEDERAL EMPLOYEE DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION 
Sec. 201. Reimbursement requirement. 
Sec. 202. Notification requirement. 
Sec. 203. Reporting requirement. 
Sec. 204. Rules and guidelines. 
Sec. 205. Clarification of remedies. 
Sec. 206. Studies by General Accounting Ofltice on exhaustion of remedies and cer-
tain Department of Justice costs. 
TITLE III—EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMPLAINT DATA 
DISCLOSURE 
Sec. 301. Data to be posted by employing Federal agencies. 
Sec. 302. Data to be posted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 
Sec. 303. Rules. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC.lOl. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) Federal agencies cannot be run effectively if those agen-
cies practice or tolerate discrimination; 
(2) Congress has heard testimony from 
individuals, 
including representatives of the National Association for the 
Advancement of Colored People and the American Federation 
of Government Employees, that point to chronic problems of 
discrimination and retaliation against Federal employees; 
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(3) in August 2000, a jury found that the Environmental 
Protection Agency had discriminated against a senior social 
scientist, and awarded that scientist $600,000; 
(4) in October 2000, an Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration investigation found that the Environmental 
Protection Agency had retaliated against a senior scientist for 
disagreeing with that agency on a matter of science and for 
helping Congress to carry out its oversight responsibilities; 
(5) there have been several recent class action suits based 
on discrimination brought against Federal agencies, including 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, and Firearms, the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the United States 
Marshals Service, the Department of Agriculture, the United 
States Information Agency, and the Social Security Administra-
tion; 
(6) notifying Federal employees of their rights under 
discrimination and whistleblower laws should increase Federal 
agency compliance with the law; 
(7) requiring annual reports to Congress on the number 
and severity of discrimination and whistleblower cases brought 
against each Federal agency should enable Congress to improve 
its oversight over compliance by agencies with the law; and 
(8) requiring Federal agencies to pay for any discrimination 
or whistleblower judgment, award, or settlement 
should 
improve agency accountability with respect to discrimination 
and whistleblower laws. 
SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) Federal agencies should not retaliate for court judg-
ments or settlements relating to discrimination and whistle-
blower laws by targeting the claimant or other employees with 
reductions in compensation, benefits, or workforce to pay for 
such judgments or settlements; 
(2) the mission of the Federal agency and the emplo3rment 
security of employees who are blameless in a whistleblower 
incident should not be compromised; 
(3) Federal agencies should not use a reduction in force 
or furloughs as means of funding a reimbursement under this 
Act; 
(4)(A) accountability in the enforcement of employee rights 
is not furthered by terminating— 
(i) the employment of other employees; or 
(ii) the benefits to which those employees are entitled 
through statute or contract; and 
(B) this Act is not intended to authorize those actions; 
(5)(A) nor is accountability furthered if Federal agencies 
react to the increased accountability under this Act by taking 
unfounded disciplinary actions against managers or by violating 
the procedural rights of managers who have been accused of 
discrimination; and 
(B) Federal agencies should ensure that managers have 
adequate training in the management of a diverse workforce 
and in dispute resolution and other essential communication 
skills; and 
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(6)(A) Federal agencies are expected to reimburse the Gren-
eral Fund of the Treasury within a reasonable time under 
this Act; and 
(B) a Federal agency, particularly if the amoimt of 
reimbursement under this Act is large relative to annual appro-
priations for that agency, may need to extend reimbursement 
over several years in order to avoid— 
(i) reductions in force; 
(ii) furloughs; 
(iii) other reductions in compensation or benefits for 
the workforce of the agency; or 
(iv) an adverse effect on the mission of the agency. 
SEC. 103. DEFDWTIONS. 
For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term "applicant for Federal employment" meems 
an individual applying for employment in or under a Federal 
agency; 
(2) the term 'Tbasis of gJleged discrimination" shall have 
the meaning given such term under section 303; 
(3) the term "Federal agency" means an Executive agency 
(as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code), the 
United States Postal Service, or the Postal Rate Commission; 
(4) the term "Federal employee" means an individual 
employed in or under a Federal agency; 
(5) the term "former Federeil employee" means an indi-
vidual formerly employed in or under a Federsd agency; and 
(6) the term "issue of alleged discrimination" shall have 
the meaning given such term under section 303. 
SEC. 104. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year beginning more than 
180 days eifter the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—FEDERAL EMPLOYEE 
DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION 
SEC. 201. REDIBURSEMENT REQUIREMENT. 
(a) ApPLiCABiLiry.—This section applies with respect to any 
payment made in accordance with section 2414, 2517, 2672, or 
2677 of title 28, United States Code, and under section 1304 of 
title 31, United States Code (relating to judgments, awards, and 
compromise settlements) to any Federal employee, former Federal 
employee, or applicant for Federal emplojonent, in connection with 
any proceeding brought by or on behalf of such employee, former 
employee, or applicant under— 
(1) any provision of law cited in subsection (c); or 
(2) any other provision of law which prohibits any form 
of discrimination, as identified under rules issued under section 
204. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—^An amoimt equal to the amount of each 
pa3anent described in subsection (a) shall be reimbursed to the 
fund described in section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, 
out of any appropriation, fiuid, or other accoimt (excluding any 
part of such appropriation, of such fund, or of such account available 
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for the enforcement of any Federal law) available for operating 
expenses of the Federal agency to which the discriminatory conduct 
involved is attributable as determined under section 204. 
(c) SCOPE.—The provisions of law cited in this subsection are 
the following: 
(1) Section 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code, as applied 
to discriminatory conduct described in paragraphs (1) and (8), 
or described in paragraph (9) of such section as applied to 
discriminatory conduct described in paragraphs (1) and (8), 
of such section. 
(2) The provisions of law specified in section 2302(d) of 
title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 202. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Written notification of the rights and protec-
tions available to Federal employees, former Federal employees, 
and applicants for Federal emplo3maent (as the case may be) in 
connection with the respective provisions of law covered by para-
graphs (1) and (2) of section 201(a) shall be provided to such 
employees, former employees, and applicants— 
(1) in accordance with otherwise applicable provisions of 
law; or 
(2) if, or to the extent that, no such notification would 
otherwise be required, in such time, form, and manner as 
shall under section 204 be required in order to carry out the 
requirements of this section. 
(b) POSTING ON THE INTERNET.—^Any written notification under 
this section shall include, but not be limited to, the posting of 
the information required under paragraph (1) or (2) (as applicable) 
of subsection (a) on the Internet site of the Federal agency involved. 
(c) EMPLOYEE TRAINING.—Each Federal agency shall provide 
to the employees of such agency training regarding the rights 
and remedies applicable to such employees under the laws cited 
in section 201(c). 
SEC. 203. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
Deadline. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Subject to subsection (b), not later than 
180 days after the end of each fiscal year, each Federal agency 
shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
President pro tempore of the Senate, the Committee on Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Government Reform 
of the House of Representatives, each committee of Congress with 
jurisdiction relating to the agency, the Equal Emplojonent Oppor-
tunity Commission, and the Attorney General £ui annual report 
which shall include, with respect to the fiscal year— 
(1) the number of cases arising under each of the respective 
provisions of law covered by paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
201(a) in which discrimination on the part of such agency 
was alleged; 
(2) the status or disposition of cases described in paragraph 
(1); 
(3) the amount of money required to be reimbursed by 
such agency under section 201 in connection with each of such 
cases, separately identifying the aggregate amount of such 
reimbursements attributable to the pajnnent of attorneys' fees, 
if any; 
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President. 
Deadline. 
(4) the number of employees disciplined for discrimination, 
retaliation, harassment, or any other infraction of any provision 
of law referred to in paragraph (1); 
(5) the final ye£tr-end data posted imder section 301(c)(1)(B) 
for such fiscal year (without regard to section 301(c)(2)); 
(6) a detailed description of— 
(A) the policy implemented by that agency relating 
to appropriate disciplinary actions against a Federal 
employee who— 
(i) discriminated against any individual in viola-
tion of any of the laws cited under section 201(a) 
(Dor (2); or 
(ii) committed another prohibited personnel prac-
tice that was revealed in the investigation of a com-
plaint alleging a violation of any of the laws cited 
under section 201(a) (1) or (2); and 
(B) with respect to each of such laws, the number 
of employees who are disciplined in accordance with such 
policy and the specific nature of the disciplinary action 
taken; 
(7) an analysis of the information described under para-
graphs (1) through (6) (in conjunction with data provided to 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in compliance 
with part 1614 of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations) 
including— 
(A) an examination of trends; 
(B) causal analysis; 
(C) practical knowledge gained through experience; and 
(D) any actions planned or taken to improve complaint 
or civil rights programs of the agency; and 
(8) any adjustment (to the extent the adjustment can be 
ascertained in the budget of the agency) to comply with the 
requirements under section 201. 
(b) FIRST REPORT.—The 1st report submitted under subsection 
(a) shall include for each item under subsection (a) data for each 
of the 5 immediately preceding fiscal years (or, if data are not 
available for all 5 fiscal years, for each of those 5 fiscal years 
for which data are available). 
SEC. 204. RULES AND GUTOELINES. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF RULES AND GUIDELINES.—The President (or 
the designee of the President) shall issue— 
(1) rules to carry out this title; 
(2) rules to require that a comprehensive study be con-
ducted in the executive bremch to determine the best practices 
relating to the appropriate disciplinary actions against Federal 
employees who commit the actions described under clauses 
(i) and (ii) of section 203(aX6)(A); and 
(3) based on the results of such study, advisory guidelines 
incorporating best practices that Federal agencies may follow 
to take such actions against such employees. 
(b) AGENCY 
NOTIFICATION IteOARDiNc IMPLEMENTATION OF 
GUIDELINES.—Not later than 30 days after the issuance of guide-
lines under subsection (a), each Federal agency shall submit to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, the Equal Employment 
Opportunity 
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Commission, and the Attorney General a written statement speci-
fying in detgiil— 
(1) whether such agency has adopted £ind will fully follow 
such guidelines; 
(2) if such agency has not adopted such guidelines; the 
reasons for the failure to adopt such guidelines; and 
(3) if such agency will not fully follow such guidelines, 
the reasons for the decision not to fully follow such guidelines 
and an explanation of the extent to which such agency will 
not follow such guidelines. 
SEC. 205. CLARIFICATION OF REMEDIES. 
Consistent with Federal law, nothing in this title shall prevent 
any Federal employee, former Federal employee, or applicant for 
FedergJ employment from exercising any right otherwise available 
under the laws of the United States. 
SEC. 206. STUDIES BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ON EXHAUSTION 
Deadlines. 
OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES AND ON ASCERTAIN-
MENT OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COSTS. 
(a) STUDY ON EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES.— 
(1) STUDY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the General Accounting 
Office shall conduct a study relating to the effects of elimi-
nating the requirement that Federal employees aggrieved 
by violations of any of the laws specified under section 
201(c) exhaust administrative remedies before filing com-
plaints with the Equal Emplojmaent Opportunity Commis-
sion. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The study shall include a detailed 
summary of matters investigated, information collected, 
and conclusions formulated that lead to determinations 
of how the elimination of such requirement will— 
(i) expedite handling of allegations of such viola-
tions within Federal agencies and will streamline the 
complaint-filing process; 
(ii) affect the workload of the Commission; 
(iii) affect established alternative dispute resolu-
tion procedures in such agencies; and 
(iv) affect any other matters determined by the 
General Accounting Office to be appropriate for consid-
eration. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after completion of 
the study required by paragraph (1), the General Accounting 
Office shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Attorney Gen-
eral a report containing the information required to be included 
in such study. 
(b) STUDY ON ASCERTAINMENT OF CERTAIN COSTS OF THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE 
IN DEFENDING 
DISCRIMINATION AND 
WHISTLEBLOWER CASES.— 
(1) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the General Accounting Office shall 
conduct a study of the methods that could be used for, and 
the extent of any administrative burden that would be imposed 
on, the Department of Justice to ascertain the personnel and 
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administrative costs incurred in defending in each case arising 
from a proceeding identified under section 201(a) (1) Eind (2). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after completion of 
the study required by paragraph (1), the General Accounting 
Office sheJl submit to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the President pro tempore of the Senate a report 
containing the information required to be included in the study. 
(c) STUDIES ON STATUTORY EFFECTS ON AGENCY OPERATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the General Accoimting Office shall 
conduct— 
(A) a study on the effects of section 201 on the oper-
ations of Federal agencies; and 
(B) a study on the effects of section 13 of the Contract 
Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 612) on the operations 
of Federal agencies. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each study under paragraph (1) shall 
include, with respect to the applicable statutes of the study— 
(A) a summary of the number of cases in which a 
pa3maent was made in accordance with section 2414, 2517, 
2672, or 2677 of title 28, United States Code, and under 
section 1304 of title 31, United States Code; 
(B) a summary of the length of time Federal agencies 
used to complete reimbiu*sements of pajonents described 
under subparagraph (A); and 
(C) conclusions that assist in making determinations 
on how the reimbursements of payments described under 
subparagraph (A) will affect— 
(i) the operations of Federal agencies; 
(ii) funds appropriated on an annual basis; 
(iii) employee relations and other hiunan capital 
matters; 
(iv) settlements; and 
(v) any other matter determined by the General 
Accovmting Office to be appropriate for consideration. 
(3) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the completion 
of each study under paragraph (1), the Genersd Accounting 
Office shall submit a report on each study, respectively, to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President 
pro tempore of the Senate, the Committee on Grovemmental 
Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Government Reform 
of the House of Representatives, and the Attorney General. 
(d) STUDY ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND PERSONNEL COSTS INCURRED 
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 yeeir after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the General Accounting Office shall 
conduct a study on the extent of any administrative £uid per-
sonnel costs incurred by the Department of the Treasury to 
account for payments made in accordance with section 2414, 
2517, 2672, or 2677 of title 28, United States Code, and under 
section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, as a result of— 
(A) this Act; and 
(B) the Contracts Dispute Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 
note; Public Law 95-563). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the completion 
of the study under paragraph (1), the General Accounting Office 
shall submit a report on the study to the Speaker of the 
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House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the 
Senate, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Attorney General. 
TITLE III—EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OP-
PORTUNITY COMPLAINT DATA DIS-
CLOSURE 
SEC. 301. DATA TO BE POSTED BY EMPLOYING FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency shall post on its public 
Web site, in the time, form, and manner prescribed under section 
303 (in conformance with the requirements of this section), sum-
mary statistical data relating to equal employment opportunity 
compl£iints filed with such agency by employees or former employees 
of, or applicants for employment with, such agency. 
(b) CONTENT REQUIREMENTS.—The data posted by a Federal 
agency under this section shall include, for the then current fiscal 
year, the following: 
(1) The number of compleiints filed with such agency in 
such fiscal year. 
(2) The number of individuals filing those complaints 
(including as the agent of a class). 
(3) TTie number of individuals who filed 2 or more of 
those complaints. 
(4) The number of complaints (described in paragraph (1)) 
in which each of the vairious bases of alleged discrimination 
is alleged. 
(5) The number of complaints (described in paragraph (1)) 
in which each of the various issues of alleged discrimination 
is alleged. 
(6) The average length of time, for each step of the process, 
it is taking such agency to process complaints (taking into 
account all complaints pending for any length of time in such 
fiscal year, whether first filed in such fiscal year or earlier). 
Average times under this paragraph shall be posted— 
(A) for all such complaints, 
(B) for £ill such complaints in which a hearing before 
an administrative judge of the Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission is not requested, and 
(C) for all such complaints in which a hearing before 
an administrative judge of the Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission is requested. 
(7) The total number of final agency actions rendered in 
such fiscal year involving a finding of discrimination and, of 
that number— 
(A) the number and percentage that were rendered 
without a hearing before an administrative judge of the 
Equal Emplo5anent Opportunity Commission, and 
(B) the number and percentage that were rendered 
after a hearing before an administrative judge of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission. 
(8) Of the total number of final agency actions rendered 
in such fiscal year involving a finding of discrimination— 
Internet. 
Public 
information. 
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(A) the nximber and percentage involving a finding 
of discrimination based on each of the respective bases 
of alleged discrimination, and 
(B) of the number specified imder subparagraph (A) 
for each of the respective bases of alleged discrimination— 
(i) the number and percentage that were rendered 
without a hearing before an administrative judge of 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and 
(ii) the number and percentage that were rendered 
£ifter a he£iring before an administrative judge of the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 
(9) Of the total number of final agency actions rendered 
in such fiscal year involving a finding of discrimination— 
(A) the number and percentage involving a finding 
of discrimination in connection with each of the respective 
issues of alleged discrimination, and 
(B) of the number specified under subparagraph (A) 
for each of the respective issues of alleged discrimination— 
(i) the number and percentage that were rendered 
without a hearing before an administrative judge of 
the EqugJ Employment Opportunity Commission, and 
(ii) the niunber and percentage that were rendered 
after a hearing before an administrative judge of the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 
(10)(A) Of the total niunber of complaints pending in such 
fiscal year (as described in the parenthetical matter in para-
graph (6)), the niunber that were first filed before the start 
of the then current fiscal year. 
(B) With respect to those pending complaints that were 
first filed before the start of the then current fiscal year— 
(i) the number of individuals who filed those com-
plaints, and 
(ii) the number of those complaints which Eire at \he 
various steps of the complaint process. 
(C) Of the totsd number of complaints pending in such 
fiscal year (as described in the parenthetical matter in peira-
graph (6)), the total number of complaints with respect to 
which the agency violated the requirements of section 
1614.106(eX2) of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(as in effect on July 1, 2000, and amended from time to time) 
by failing to conduct within 180 days of the filing of such 
complaints an impartial and appropriate investigation of such 
complaints. 
(c) TIMING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) CURRENT YEAR DATA.—Data posted under this section 
for the then current fiscal year shall include both— 
(A) interim year-to-date data, updated quarterly, and 
(B) final year-end data. 
(2) DATA FOR PRIOR YEARS.—The data posted by a Federal 
agency under this section for a fiscal ye£ir (both interim and 
final) shall include, for each item under subsection (b), such 
agency's corresponding year-end data for each of the 5 imme-
diately preceding fiscal years (or, if not available for all 5 
fiscal years, for however many of those 5 fiscal years for which 
data are available). 
information. 
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SEC. 302. DATA TO BE POSTED BY THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPOR- 
Internet. 
TUNITY COMMISSION. 
Public 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Equal Employment Opportunity Commis-
sion shall post on its public Web site, in the time, form, and 
manner prescribed under section 303 for purposes of this section, 
summary statistical data relating to— 
(1) hearings requested before an administrative judge of 
the Commission on complaints described in section 301, and 
(2) appeals filed with the Commission from final agency 
actions on complaints described in section 301. 
(b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—The data posted under this sec-
tion shall, with respect to the hearings and appeals described in 
subsection (a), include summary statistical data corresponding to 
that described in paragraphs (1) through (10) of section 301(b), 
and shall be subject to the same timing and other requirements 
as set forth in section 301(c). 
(c) COORDINATION.—The data required under this section shall 
be in addition to the data the Commission is required to post 
under section 301 as an employing Federal agency. 
SEC. 303. RULES. 
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall issue 
any rules necessary to carry out this title. 
Approved May 15, 2002. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-H.R. 169: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-101, Pt. 1 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 107-143 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 147 (2001): Oct. 2, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 148 (2002): Apr. 23, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Apr. 30, House concurred in Senate amendments.