E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 108 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

Vol. 149 WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2003 No. 60 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, April 28, 2003, at 12 noon. House of Representatives SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2003

The House met at 10 a.m. Mr. ISAKSON led the Pledge of Alle- S. 763. An act to designate the Federal The Reverend Stephen J. Rossetti, giance as follows: building and United States courthouse lo- President, Saint Luke Institute, Silver I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the cated at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Spring, Maryland, offered the following United States of America, and to the Repub- Indiana, as the ‘‘Birch Bayh Federal Build- ing and United States Courthouse’’. prayer: lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Good and gracious God, during this indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The message also announced that the season of the year, springtime follows f Senate has passed joint resolution ti- tles in which the concurrence of the winter, and we witness the emergence MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE of new life. We see how You bring life House is requested. A message from the Senate by Mr. out of death, light out of darkness, and S.J. Res. 8. Joint resolution expressing the Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- hope supplants fear. sense of Congress with respect to raising nounced that the Senate has passed awareness and encouraging prevention of Fill us with Your goodness, so that without amendment bills of the House sexual assault in the United States and sup- we might be instruments of Your of the following titles: porting the goals and ideals of National Sex- hands. May we, filled with this divine ual Assault Awareness and Prevention H.R. 145. An act to designate the Federal grace, be agents of a new springtime in Month. building located at 290 Broadway in New our country and in our world. York, New York, as the ‘‘Ted Weiss Federal The message also announced that the Help us to bring Your freedom where Building’’. Senate has passed concurrent resolu- there has been tyranny and Your heal- H.R. 258. An act to ensure continuity for tions of the following titles in which ing where there has been much pain. the design of the 5-cent coin, establish the the concurrence of the House is re- You are our hope. As we stretch out Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, and quested: for other purposes. our hands into this country and into S. Con. Res. 36. Concurrent resolution ex- this world, may they be Your hands, of- H.R. 1770. An act to provide benefits and other compensation for certain individuals pressing the sense of the Congress regarding fering a springtime of freedom and a with injuries resulting from administration the Blue Star Service Banner and the Gold message of new life. of smallpox countermeasures, and for other Star. S. Con. Res. 37. Concurrent resolution ex- As always, we raise our eyes to You, purposes. and give thanks. pressing support for the celebration of Patri- The message also announced that the ot’s Day on April 19th and honoring the Na- f Senate has passed without amendment tion’s first patriots. THE JOURNAL a concurrent resolution of the House of S. Con. Res. 38. Concurrent resolution pro- the following title: viding for a conditional adjournment or re- The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- H. Con. Res. 109. Concurrent resolution ex- cess of the Senate and a conditional adjourn- ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- pressing the sense of the Congress regarding ment of the House of Representatives. ceedings and announces to the House the Blue Star Flag and the Gold Star. f his approval thereof. The message also announced that the CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1559, Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Senate has passed bills of the following nal stands approved. EMERGENCY WARTIME SUPPLE- titles in which the concurrence of the MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, f House is requested. 2003 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE S. 703. An act to designate the regional Mr. YOUNG of Florida submitted the headquarters building for the National Park The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman Service under construction in Omaha, Ne- following conference report and state- from Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON) come for- braska, as the ‘‘Carl T. Curtis National Park ment on the bill (H.R. 1559) making ward and lead the House in the Pledge Service Midwest Regional Headquarters emergency wartime supplemental ap- of Allegiance. Building’’. propriations for the fiscal year ending

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VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:31 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.000 H12PT1 H3358 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 September 30, 2003, and for other pur- LEGAL ACTIVITIES RELATED AGENCY poses: SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS MARSHALS SERVICE INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT (H. REPT. 108–76) For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and For an additional amount for ‘‘International The committee of conference on the dis- Expenses, United States Marshals Service’’ for Broadcasting Operations’’ for activities related agreeing votes of the two Houses on the necessary expenses, $8,000,000, to remain avail- to the Middle East Television Network broad- amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. able until September 30, 2004. casting to the Middle East and radio broad- 1559), ‘‘making emergency wartime supple- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION casting to Iraq, $30,500,000, to remain available mental appropriations for the fiscal year until September 30, 2004. 2003, and for other purposes’’, having met, SALARIES AND EXPENSES after full and free conference, have agreed to For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Bu- GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER recommend and do recommend to their re- reau of Investigations, Salaries and Expenses’’, SEC. 1201. Funds appropriated under this spective Houses as follows: $367,192,000, to remain available until September Chapter for the Broadcasting Board of Gov- That the House recede from its disagree- 30, 2004: Provided, That the funds provided ernors and the Department of State may be obli- ment to the amendment of the Senate and under this heading shall not be available for ob- gated and expended notwithstanding section 313 agree to the same with an amendment as fol- ligation or expenditure except in compliance of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis- lows: with the procedures set forth in section 605 of cal Years 1994 and 1995, and section 15 of the In lieu of the matter proposed to be in- the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, serted by the Senate amendment, insert the State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap- as amended. following: That the following sums are appro- propriations Act, 2003. CHAPTER 3 priated, out of any money in the Treasury not OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year end- COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES MILITARY PERSONNEL ing September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, For an additional amount for ‘‘Community MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY namely: Oriented Policing Services’’, $54,750,000, to re- For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Per- main available until December 31, 2003, shall be TITLE I—WAR-RELATED APPROPRIATIONS sonnel, Army’’, $7,700,000,000. CHAPTER 1 for the Community Oriented Policing Services, Interoperable Communications Technology Pro- MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE gram, for grants to States and localities to im- For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Per- AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE prove communications within and among law sonnel, Navy’’, $1,600,000,000. BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES enforcement agencies: Provided, That the funds MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and provided under this heading shall not be avail- For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Per- Facilities’’, $110,000,000, to remain available able for obligation or expenditure except in com- sonnel, Marine Corps’’, $1,200,000,000. pliance with the procedures set forth in section until expended. MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Per- (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Appropriations Act, 2003. sonnel, Air Force’’, $2,800,000,000. For additional expenses during the current THE JUDICIARY RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unre- For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Per- SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES covered prior years’ costs, including interest sonnel, Army’’, $3,000,000. SALARIES AND EXPENSES thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop- NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY ment and Assistance Act of 1954, $369,000,000, to For an additional amount for ‘‘Supreme Court of the United States, Salaries and Expenses’’ for For an additional amount for ‘‘National remain available until expended, for commod- Guard Personnel, Army’’, $100,000,000. ities supplied in connection with dispositions police enhancements, $1,535,000, to remain avail- abroad under title II of said Act: Provided, That able until September 30, 2004. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE from this amount, to the maximum extent pos- UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY sible, funding shall be restored to the previously FEDERAL CIRCUIT For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and approved fiscal year 2003 programs under sec- SALARIES AND EXPENSES Maintenance, Army’’, $16,000,000,000. tion 204(a)(2) of the Agricultural Trade Develop- For an additional amount for ‘‘United States OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided fur- Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Sala- For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and ther, That of the funds provided under this ries and Expenses’’ for court security officer ex- Maintenance, Navy’’, $5,100,000,000. heading, the Secretary of Agriculture shall penses, $973,000, to remain available until Sep- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS transfer to the Commodity Credit Corporation tember 30, 2004. $69,000,000 to acquire a quantity of commodities For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL for use in administering the Bill Emerson Hu- Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, $1,650,000,000. TRADE manitarian Trust: Provided further, That the OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE SALARIES AND EXPENSES authority contained in 7 U.S.C. 1736f–1(c)(4) For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and shall not apply during fiscal year 2003 for any For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Maintenance, Air Force’’, $7,100,000,000. Court of International Trade, Salaries and Ex- release of commodities after the date of enact- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE ment of this Act. penses’’ to enhance security, $50,000. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED CHAPTER 2 Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $1,200,000,000. AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE DEPARTMENT OF STATE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SALARIES AND EXPENSES Maintenance, Army Reserve’’, $3,000,000. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS For an additional amount for ‘‘General Ad- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic ministration, Salaries and Expenses’’, $5,000,000, and Consular Programs’’, $88,420,000, to remain For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and to remain available until September 30, 2004. available until December 31, 2003: Provided, Maintenance, Navy Reserve’’, $7,000,000. COUNTERTERRORISM FUND That $35,800,000 shall be available for costs as- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS For an additional amount for sociated with the re-establishment of a United RESERVE ‘‘Counterterrorism Fund’’, $20,000,000, to remain States diplomatic presence in Baghdad, Iraq. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and available until December 31, 2003: Provided, In addition, for the costs of worldwide secu- Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, That funds provided under this paragraph shall rity upgrades, $10,000,000, to remain available $20,000,000. be available only after the Attorney General no- until December 31, 2003. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL tifies the Committees on Appropriations of the EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND GUARD House of Representatives and the Senate in ac- MAINTENANCE For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and cordance with section 605 of division B of Public For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Secu- Law 108–7. Maintenance, Army National Guard’’, rity, Construction, and Maintenance’’, $75,000,000. DETENTION TRUSTEE $149,500,000, to remain available until expended. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL For an additional amount for ‘‘Detention EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR GUARD Trustee’’ for the detention of Federal prisoners SERVICE For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and in the custody of the United States Marshals For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergencies in Maintenance, Air National Guard’’, $20,000,000. Service, $40,000,000. the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, IRAQ FREEDOM FUND For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of In- which may be transferred to, and merged with, (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) spector General’’, $2,500,000, to remain available the appropriations for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con- There is established in the Treasury of the until September 30, 2004. sular Programs’’. United States a special account to be known as

VerDate Jan 31 2003 23:43 Apr 12, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\K12AP7.002 H12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3359 the ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’. For additional ex- sources Risk Remediation Fund may be made RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND penses for ongoing military operations in Iraq, available for expenses necessary, in and around EVALUATION and those operations authorized by Public Law Iraq, to address emergency fire fighting, repair RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 107–40, and other operations and related activi- of damage to oil facilities and related infrastruc- EVALUATION, ARMY ties in support of the global war on terrorism, ture, and preserve a distribution capability, and For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, De- not otherwise provided for, necessary to finance may remain available until expended: Provided, velopment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, the estimated partial costs of combat, stability That up to $489,300,000 of the funds appro- $11,500,000. operations (including natural resource risk re- priated to the Iraq Freedom Fund in this Act RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND mediation activities), force reconstitution, re- may be transferred to this fund: Provided fur- EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE placement of munitions and equipment, and ther, That the Secretary of Defense may accept For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, De- other costs, there is hereby appropriated from any person, foreign government, or inter- velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense- $15,678,900,000, to remain available for transfer national organization, and credit to this fund, Wide’’, $70,000,000, to remain available for obli- until September 30, 2004: Provided, That any contribution of money for such purposes: gation until September 30, 2004. amounts provided under this heading shall be Provided further, That funds available in the available for transfer for the following activi- Defense Cooperation Account may be trans- OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ties: ferred to and merged with the Natural Re- PROGRAMS Not less than $1,771,180,000 for classified pro- sources Risk Remediation Fund: Provided fur- DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM grams, which shall be in addition to amounts ther, That the Secretary of Defense may trans- For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense provided for elsewhere in this chapter, and fer funds available in the Natural Resources Health Program’’, $501,700,000 for Operation under this heading, for procurement and re- Risk Remediation Fund to other appropriations and maintenance. search, development, test and evaluation; or funds of the Department of Defense to carry DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG Not less than $1,100,000,000 for increased fuel out such purposes, or to reimburse such appro- ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE costs, for transfer to ‘‘Defense Working Capital priations or funds for expenses incurred for For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdic- Funds’’; such purposes: Provided further, That funds so tion and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, Up to $1,400,000,000 for transfer to ‘‘Operation transferred shall be merged with and shall be $34,000,000. and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, only for pur- available for the same purposes and for the GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER poses further specified in section 1310 of this same time period as the appropriation or fund to SEC. 1301. Except as otherwise specifically chapter; which transferred: Provided further, That the provided in this chapter, amounts provided to Up to $489,300,000 for transfer to the ‘‘Natural transfer authority provided in this paragraph is the Department of Defense under each of the Resources Risk Remediation Fund’’; in addition to any other transfer authority Up to $400,000,000 for transfer to Department headings in this chapter shall be available for available to the Department of Defense: Pro- the same time period, and subject to the same of Homeland Security, ‘‘United States Coast vided further, That upon a determination that Guard, Operating Expenses’’, to support mili- terms and conditions, as the amounts appro- all or part of the funds transferred from this ap- priated or otherwise made available in the De- tary activities in connection with operations in propriation are not necessary for the purposes and around Iraq and the global war on ter- partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 provided, such amounts may be transferred back (Public Law 107–248) and Making Further Con- rorism; to this appropriation: Provided further, That in Up to $57,600,000 for research, development, tinuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2003, administering the Natural Resources Risk Reme- and for Other Purposes (Public Law 108–7). test, and evaluation; and diation Fund during fiscal year 2003, the Sec- Up to $25,000,000 for counter-terrorism mili- SEC. 1302. None of the funds provided in this retary of Defense may transfer funds from the chapter may be used to finance programs or ac- tary training activities for foreign governments Iraq Freedom Fund only to the extent that in connection with the global war on terrorism, tivities denied by Congress in previous fiscal amounts transferred from the Defense Coopera- year 2003 appropriations acts which make ap- including equipment, supplies and services, on tion Account and amounts accepted pursuant to such terms as the Secretary of Defense, with the propriations to the Department of Defense or to the authority of the second proviso of this para- initiate a procurement or research, development, concurrence of the Secretary of State and 15 graph are not currently available: Provided fur- days following submission of a financial plan test and evaluation new start program without ther, That, hereafter, contributions of money prior notification to the congressional defense for the use of such funds to the congressional deposited into the Natural Resources Risk Reme- defense committees, may determine: committees. diation Fund shall be reported to the Congress SEC. 1303. None of the funds in this chapter Provided further, That in addition to the trans- in the same report, and under the same terms may be used to develop or procure any item or fers authorized in the preceding proviso, the and conditions, as the report required for con- capability that will not be fielded within four Secretary of Defense may transfer the funds tributions to the Defense Cooperation Account years of enactment of this Act. provided herein to appropriations for military under section 2608, chapter 155 of title 10, SEC. 1304. (a) Title II of the Department of De- personnel; operation and maintenance; Overseas United States Code: Provided further, That the fense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107– Humanitarian, Disaster Assistance, and Civic Secretary of Defense shall submit a report no 248), is amended under the heading ‘‘Operation Aid; procurement; research, development, test later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ by striking and evaluation; military construction; the De- quarter to the congressional defense committees ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. fense Health Program appropriation; and work- of any transfer of funds from this appropria- (b) During fiscal year 2003 and notwith- ing capital funds: Provided further, That the tion. standing the limitations in section 166a(e)(1) of funds transferred under this heading shall be title 10, United States Code, of the total amount merged with and shall be available for the same PROCUREMENT available under such heading for the CINC ini- purposes and for the same time period, as the AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY tiative fund account (as amended by subsection appropriation to which transferred: Provided (a)), not more than $15,000,000 may be used for For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Pro- further, That the transfer authority provided in the purpose described in subparagraph (A) of curement, Army’’, $4,100,000. this paragraph is in addition to any other trans- such section 166a(e)(1), not more than fer authority available to the Department of De- MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY $10,000,000 may be used for the purpose de- scribed in subparagraph (B) of such section, fense: Provided further, That upon a determina- For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Pro- and not more than $10,000,000 may be used for tion that all or part of the funds transferred curement, Army’’, $3,100,000. from this appropriation are not necessary for the purpose described in subparagraph (C) of the purposes provided herein, such amounts PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED such section. may be transferred back to this appropriation: COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY SEC. 1305. Title II of the Department of De- fense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107– Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement 248), is amended under the heading ‘‘Operation shall, not fewer than five days prior to making of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ by striking transfers from this appropriation, notify the Army’’, $53,300,000. congressional defense committees in writing of ‘‘$34,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. the details of any such transfer: Provided fur- PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement SEC. 1306. Section 8005 of the Department of a report no later than July 1, 2003, and then 30 of Ammunition, Army’’, $447,500,000. Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law days after the end of each fiscal quarter to the 107–248), is amended— OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY congressional defense committees summarizing (1) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’, and inserting the details of the transfer of funds from this ap- For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procure- ‘‘$2,500,000,000’’; (2) by striking the date ‘‘May 31, 2003’’, and propriation. ment, Army’’, $241,800,000. inserting ‘‘June 30, 2003’’; and NATURAL RESOURCES RISK REMEDIATION FUND OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE (3) by striking the sixth proviso, as added by (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procure- section 112 of division M of Public Law 108–7, There is established in the Treasury of the ment, Air Force’’, $113,600,000. beginning with ‘‘: Provided further’’ and ending United States a special account to be known as with ‘‘to which transferred’’. PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE the ‘‘Natural Resources Risk Remediation (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Fund’’. Funds transferred to, appropriated to, For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, SEC. 1307. In addition to amounts made avail- and contributions made to, the Natural Re- Defense-Wide’’, $451,000,000. able elsewhere in this Act for the Department of

VerDate Jan 31 2003 23:43 Apr 12, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.011 H12PT1 H3360 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 Defense, $165,000,000 is appropriated to the De- other than those additional amounts provided (3) Under the heading, ‘‘Procurement, De- partment of Defense to reimburse applicable ap- herein shall be made available for any payments fense-Wide’’, strike ‘‘purchase of 4’’ and insert propriations for the value of drawdown support intended to fulfill the purposes specified in this ‘‘purchase of 6’’; and provided by the Department of Defense under section and similar reimbursement authorities (4) Upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002: expressly provided in section 304 of Public Law of Defense shall make the following transfers of Provided, That this appropriation shall not in- 107–117 and within the ‘‘Operation and Mainte- funds provided in Public Law 107–248 for the crease the limitation set forth in section 202(b) nance, Defense-Wide’’ appropriation account Dismounted Intelligence Situation Mapboard of that Act: Provided further, That the Sec- enacted in Public Law 107–206: Provided fur- (DISM) program, and such funds, once trans- retary of Defense may transfer the funds pro- ther, That not later than July 1, 2003, the Sec- ferred, are available for the Dismounted Intel- vided herein to the applicable appropriations of retary of Defense shall submit a report in writ- ligence Situation Mapboard (DISM) program: the Department of Defense: Provided further, ing to the Committees on Appropriations that Provided, That the amounts transferred shall be That the funds transferred shall be merged with includes a financial plan for the obligation and available for the same purpose as the appropria- and shall be available for the same purposes expenditure of such funds: Provided further, tions to which transferred, and for the same and for the same time period as the appropria- That if such report is not provided to the Com- time period as the appropriation from which tion to which transferred: Provided further, mittees on Appropriations by the date specified transferred: Provided further, That the amounts That the transfer authority provided in this sec- in the previous proviso, unobligated balances of shall be transferred between the following ap- tion is in addition to any other transfer author- funds that are available from the amounts pro- propriations in the amount specified: ity available to the Department of Defense: Pro- vided in this chapter for the purposes specified From: vided further, That notwithstanding any other under this section shall be returned to the Under the heading, ‘‘Other Procurement, provision of law, none of the funds provided in Treasury of the United States: Provided further, Army, 2003/2005’’, $5,600,000; and this or any other appropriations Act for the De- That, beginning not later than July 1, 2003, the Under the heading, ‘‘Research, Development, partment of Defense may be used for the draw- Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly re- Test and Evaluation, Army, 2003/2004’’, down authority in section 202 of the Afghani- ports to the Committees on Appropriations on $2,800,000; stan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (Public Law the uses of funds made available for payments To: 107–327) prior to notifying in writing the House to Pakistan, Jordan, and other key cooperating Under the heading, ‘‘Procurement, Marine and Senate Committees on Appropriations of the nations for logistical and military support pro- Corps, 2003/2005’’, $2,800,000; source of the funds to be used for such purpose. vided to United States military operations in Under the heading, ‘‘Procurement, Defense- SEC. 1308. Funds appropriated in this Act, or connection with military action in and around Wide, 2003/2005’’, $2,800,000; made available by the transfer of funds in or Iraq and the global war on terrorism. Under the heading, ‘‘Research, Development, pursuant to this Act, for intelligence activities (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Test and Evaluation, Navy, 2003/2004’’, are deemed to be specifically authorized by the SEC. 1311. Upon determination by the Sec- $1,400,000; and Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na- retary of Defense that such action is necessary Under the heading, ‘‘Research, Development, tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414). in the national interest, he may transfer be- Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 2003/2004’’, SEC. 1309. (a) Of the amounts available to the tween appropriations up to $2,000,000,000 of the $1,400,000. Secretary of Defense, $63,500,000 may be used to funds made available in this chapter: Provided, SEC. 1315. Section 811(b) of the Bob Stump Na- reimburse applicable appropriations for the That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal value of support provided by the Department of Congress promptly of all transfers made pursu- Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 2608; 10 Defense under the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998: ant to this authority: Provided further, That the U.S.C. 2406c note) is amended by striking ‘‘on or Provided, That this appropriation shall not in- transfer authority provided in this section is in after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and crease the limitation set forth in section addition to any other transfer authority avail- inserting ‘‘on or after January 1, 2004’’. (4)(a)(2)(B) of that Act. able to the Department of Defense: Provided SEC. 1316. (a) INCREASE IN IMMINENT DANGER (b) Section (4)(a)(2) of the Iraq Liberation Act further, That the authority in this section is SPECIAL PAY.—Section 310(a) of title 37, United of 1998 is amended by adding the following new subject to the same terms and conditions as the States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$150’’ and subparagraph at the end: authority provided in section 8005 of Public Law inserting ‘‘$225’’. ‘‘(C) The aggregate value (as defined in sec- 107–248 except for the fourth proviso. (b) INCREASE IN FAMILY SEPARATION ALLOW- tion 644(m) of the Foreign Assistance Act of SEC. 1312. The Secretary of Defense shall no- ANCE.—Section 427(a)(1) of title 37, United 1961) of assistance provided under this para- tify the congressional defense committees no States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$100’’ and graph may not exceed $86,500,000 in fiscal year later than 15 days after the obligation of funds inserting ‘‘$250’’. 2003.’’. appropriated in this Act for military construc- (c) EXPIRATION.—(1) The amendments made (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of tion activities or minor construction in excess of by subsections (a) and (b) shall expire on Sep- law, none of the funds provided in this or any $7,500,000. tember 30, 2003. other appropriations Act for the Department of (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) (2) Effective on September 30, 2003, sections Defense may be used for the drawdown author- SEC. 1313. As of October 31, 2003, all balances 310(a) of title 37, United States Code, and ity in section (4)(a)(2) of the Iraq Liberation Act of funds remaining in the ‘‘Defense Emergency 427(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, as in ef- of 1998 (including the drawdown authority of Response Fund’’ shall be transferred to, and fect on the day before the date of the enactment this section) unless the House and Senate Com- merged with, the ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’, and of this Act are hereby revived. mittees on Appropriations are notified in writing shall be available for the same purposes, and (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made of the sources of the funds to be used for such under the same terms and conditions, as funds by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on purpose not later than seven days following the appropriated to the ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’ in October 1, 2002 and shall apply with respect to exercise of the drawdown authority. this chapter. months beginning on or after that date. (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) (RESCISSION OF FUNDS) SEC. 1310. Up to $1,400,000,000 of funds trans- SEC. 1314. TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO PUBLIC SEC. 1317. Of the funds appropriated in De- ferred under the authority provided under the LAW 107–248. Notwithstanding any other provi- partment of Defense Appropriations Acts, the heading ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’ to ‘‘Operation sion of law, the following adjustments and following funds are hereby rescinded from the and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be used, transfers shall apply to funds previously made following account in the specified amount: ‘‘Re- notwithstanding any other provision of law, for available, and to restrictions, in the Department search, Development, Test and Evaluation, payments to reimburse Pakistan, Jordan, and of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law Navy, 2003/2004’’, $3,400,000. other key cooperating nations, for logistical and 107–248): SEC. 1318. In the case of a member of the military support provided, or to be provided, to (1) Under the heading, ‘‘Operation and Main- Armed Forces who is ill or injured as described United States military operations in connection tenance, Army National Guard’’, not more than in section 411h of title 37, United States Code, as with military action in Iraq and the global war $3,000,000 is available to build an Infantry Bri- a result of service on active duty in support of on terrorism: Provided, That such payments gade Rifle Range for the South Carolina Na- Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring may be made in such amounts as the Secretary tional Guard; and, in addition, appropriations Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in addi- of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec- available during fiscal year 2003 under the tion to the transportation benefits authorized retary of State and in consultation with the Di- heading, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, under that section, travel allowances may be rector of the Office of Management and Budget, not more than $2,000,000 is available for training provided to members of the family of the ill or may determine, in his discretion, based on docu- range enhancements at Fort Indiantown Gap, injured member without regard to whether there mentation determined by the Secretary of De- Pennsylvania and, further, appropriations is a determination that the presence of the fam- fense to adequately account for the support pro- available for the Air Battle Captain program at ily member may contribute to the member’s vided, and such determination is final and con- the University of North Dakota may be used to health and welfare. clusive upon the accounting officers of the provide summer flight training to the United SEC. 1319. (a) For a member of the Armed United States, and 15 days following notifica- States Military Academy cadets; Forces medically evacuated for treatment in a tion to the appropriate congressional commit- (2) Under the heading, ‘‘Operation and Main- medical facility, or for travel to a medical facil- tees: Provided further, That unless expressly tenance, Air Force’’, not more than $6,800,000 is ity or the member’s home station, by reason of provided in an appropriations act enacted after available to build and install fiber optic and an illness or injury incurred or aggravated by the date of enactment of this Act, and notwith- power improvements and upgrades at the 11th the member while on active duty in support of standing any other provision of law, no funds Air Force Range; Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring

VerDate Jan 31 2003 23:43 Apr 12, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.012 H12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3361 Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Sec- Act, shall be in addition to the amount that may the Committees on Appropriations, except that retary of the military department concerned be obligated in any fiscal year under that sec- notifications shall be transmitted at least 5 days may procure civilian attire suitable for wear by tion: Provided further, That during the remain- in advance of the obligation of funds. the member during the travel. der of fiscal year 2003 the authority referenced ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND (b) The Secretary may not expend more than in the preceding proviso may not be utilized un- For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Sup- $250 for the procurement of civilian attire for less written notice has been provided to the port Fund’’, $2,422,000,000, of which: any member under subsection (a). Committees on Appropriations not less than 5 (1) not less than $700,000,000 shall be made CHAPTER 4 days prior to the exercise of such authority. available for assistance for Jordan; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES (2) $300,000,000, to remain available until Sep- AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY tember 30, 2005, shall be made available only for For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Ex- grants for Egypt: Provided, That during the pe- CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL penses of the United States Agency for Inter- riod beginning March 1, 2003, and ending Sep- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL national Development’’, $24,500,000, of which tember 30, 2005, loan guarantees may be made to For an additional amount for homeland secu- not less than $3,500,000 may be transferred to Egypt, the principal amount, any part of which rity expenses, for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, and merged with ‘‘Operating Expenses of the is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed General’’, $39,000,000, to remain available until United States Agency for International Develop- $2,000,000,000: Provided further, That the Gov- expended. ment Office of Inspector General’’ for financial ernment of Egypt will incur all the costs, as de- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR and program audits of the Iraq Relief and Re- fined in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform construction Fund and other assistance for Act of 1990, as amended, associated with these BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Iraq. loan guarantees, including any non-repayment WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC exposure risk: Provided further, That all fees as- For an additional amount for homeland secu- ASSISTANCE sociated with these loan guarantees, including rity expenses, for ‘‘Water and Related Re- FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT subsidy and administrative costs, shall be paid sources’’, $25,000,000, to remain available until by the Government of Egypt to the Government expended. IRAQ RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND of the United States: Provided further, That DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) funds made available under this paragraph and ENERGY PROGRAMS For necessary expenses for humanitarian as- other funds appropriated to carry out chapter 4 sistance in and around Iraq and to carry out of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 SCIENCE the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of and made available for assistance for Egypt may For an additional amount for ‘‘Science’’ for 1961 for rehabilitation and reconstruction in be used by the Government of Egypt to pay such expenses necessary to support safeguards and Iraq, there is appropriated to the President, fees to the United States Government: Provided security of nuclear and other facilities and for $2,475,000,000, to remain available until Sep- further, That such guarantees shall constitute other purposes, $11,000,000, to remain available tember 30, 2004, including for the costs of: (1) obligations, in accordance with the terms of until expended. water/sanitation infrastructure; (2) feeding and such guarantees, of the United States and the ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES food distribution; (3) supporting relief efforts re- full faith and credit of the United States is here- NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION lated to refugees, internally displaced persons, by pledged for full payment and performance of and vulnerable individuals, including assistance such obligations: Provided further, That the WEAPONS ACTIVITIES for families of innocent Iraqi civilians who suf- President shall determine the terms and condi- For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Ac- fer losses as a result of military operations; (4) tions for issuing the economic assistance author- tivities’’ for expenses necessary to safeguard nu- electricity; (5) healthcare; (6) telecommuni- ized by this paragraph and should take into clear weapons and nuclear material, $67,000,000, cations; (7) economic and financial policy; (8) consideration budgetary and economic reforms to remain available until expended: Provided, education; (9) transportation; (10) rule of law undertaken by Egypt: Provided further, That if That $20,000,000 of the funds provided shall be and governance; (11) humanitarian demining; the President determines that these terms and available for secure transportation asset activi- and (12) agriculture: Provided, That these funds conditions have been breached, the President ties: Provided further, That $47,000,000 of the shall be apportioned only to the Department of may suspend or terminate the provision of all or funds provided shall be available to meet in- State, the United States Agency for Inter- part of such economic assistance not yet creased safeguards and security needs through- national Development, the Department of the outlayed under this paragraph; out the nuclear weapons complex. Treasury, the Department of Defense, and the (3) not to exceed $1,000,000,000, to remain DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION Department of Health and Human Services, as available until September 30, 2005, for grants for For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Nu- appropriate, for expenses to meet such costs: Turkey: Provided, That during the period begin- clear Nonproliferation’’, $148,000,000, to remain Provided further, That funds appropriated ning March 1, 2003 and ending September 30, available until expended. under this heading shall be used to fully reim- 2005, direct loans or loan guarantees may be ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE burse accounts administered by the Department made to Turkey, the principal amount of direct ACTIVITIES of State, the Department of the Treasury and loans or loans, any part of which is to be guar- the United States Agency for International De- anteed, shall not exceed $8,500,000,000: Provided DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND velopment, not otherwise reimbursed from funds further, That the Government of Turkey will WASTE MANAGEMENT appropriated by this chapter, for obligations in- incur all the costs, as defined in section 502 of For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Envi- curred for the purposes provided under this the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as ronmental Restoration and Waste Manage- heading prior to enactment of this Act from amended, associated with these loans or loan ment’’, for expenses necessary to support safe- funds appropriated for foreign operations, ex- guarantees, including any non-repayment expo- guards and security activities at nuclear and port financing, and related programs: Provided sure risk: Provided further, That all fees associ- other facilities, $6,000,000, to remain available further, That prior to the initial apportionment ated with these loans or loan guarantees, in- until expended. of funds made available under this heading to cluding subsidy and administrative costs, shall OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES any agency or department, the President, or his be paid by the Government of Turkey to the For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Defense designee, shall consult with the Committees on Government of the United States: Provided fur- Activities’’, $4,000,000, to remain available until Appropriations on plans for the use of the funds ther, That funds made available under this expended. appropriated under this heading that will be paragraph and other funds appropriated to used for assistance for Iraq: Provided further, carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As- CHAPTER 5 That upon a determination that all or part of sistance Act of 1961 and made available for as- BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE the funds transferred from this appropriation sistance for Turkey may be used by the Govern- FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE are not necessary for the purposes provided ment of Turkey to pay such fees to the United PRESIDENT herein, such amounts may be transferred back States Government: Provided further, That such UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL to this appropriation: Provided further, That guarantees shall constitute obligations, in ac- DEVELOPMENT the United States may accept from any person, cordance with the terms of such guarantees, of foreign government, or international organiza- the United States and the full faith and credit CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND tion, and credit to this Fund, any contribution of the United States is hereby pledged for the For an additional amount for ‘‘Child Survival of money for such purposes: Provided further, full payment and performance of such obliga- and Health Programs Fund’’, $90,000,000, to re- That funds appropriated under this heading tions: Provided further, That none of the funds main available until September 30, 2004. shall be available notwithstanding any other made available by this paragraph may be made INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE provision of law, including section 10 of Public available for assistance for Turkey if the Sec- For an additional amount for ‘‘International Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Depart- retary of State determines and reports to the Disaster Assistance’’, $143,800,000, to remain ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956: Provided Committees on Appropriations of the House and available until expended: Provided, That further, That funds appropriated under this Senate, the Committee on Foreign Relations of amounts made available pursuant to section heading or transferred under provisions of this the Senate and Committee on International Re- 492(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for chapter or section 632 of the Foreign Assistance lations of the House that the Government of the purpose of addressing relief and rehabilita- Act of 1961 that are made available for assist- Turkey is not cooperating with the United tion needs in Iraq, prior to enactment of this ance for Iraq shall be subject to notification of States in Operation Iraqi Freedom, including

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For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping bunal to bring these individuals to justice; DEPARTMENT OF STATE Operations’’, $100,000,000, to remain available (5) regional funds made available under this INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW until September 30, 2004. heading for assistance that are not specified in GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER paragraphs (1) through (4) shall be subject to ENFORCEMENT SEC. 1501. Any appropriation made available the regular notification procedures of the Com- For an additional amount for ‘‘International in this chapter under the headings ‘‘Inter- mittees on Appropriations; and Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, (6) unless otherwise specified herein, funds $25,000,000, to remain available until September national Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘United States appropriated under this heading shall remain 30, 2004. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, available until September 30, 2004. ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peace- LOAN GUARANTEES TO ISRAEL For an additional amount for the ‘‘Andean keeping Operations’’, or ‘‘Iraq Relief and Re- During the period beginning March 1, 2003, Counterdrug Initiative’’, $34,000,000, to remain construction Fund’’ may be transferred between and ending September 30, 2005, loan guarantees available until September 30, 2004: Provided, such appropriations for use for any of the pur- may be made available to Israel, guaranteeing That of the funds appropriated under this head- poses for which the funds in the such receiving 100 percent of the principal and interest on such ing that are made available for Colombia, not account may be used: Provided, That the total loans, the principal amount, any part of which less than $5,000,000 should be made available for amount transferred from funds appropriated is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $9,000,000,000, programs and activities to assist persons who under these headings shall not exceed of which up to $3,000,000,000 may be issued prior have been displaced as a result of armed con- $100,000,000: Provided further, That the Sec- to October 1, 2003, or thereafter and of which flict. retary of State shall consult with the Commit- $3,000,000,000 may be issued subsequent to Sep- UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND tees on Appropriations prior to exercising the tember 30, 2004: Provided, That such guarantees MIGRATION ASSISTANCE FUND authority contained in this section: Provided shall constitute obligations, in accordance with For an additional amount for ‘‘United States further, That funds made available pursuant to the terms of such guarantees, of the United Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance the authority of this section shall be subject to States and the full faith and credit of the Fund’’, $80,000,000, to remain until expended, the regular notification procedures of the Com- United States is hereby pledged for the full pay- notwithstanding section 2(c)(2) of the Migration mittees on Appropriations, except that notifica- ment and performance of such obligations: Pro- and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended tion shall be transmitted at least 5 days in ad- vided further, That if less than the full amount (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(2)). vance of the obligations of funds. of guarantees authorized to be made available is SEC. 1502. Assistance or other financing under issued prior to September 30, 2005, the authority NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING this chapter may be provided for Iraq notwith- to issue the balance of such guarantees shall ex- AND RELATED PROGRAMS standing any other provision of law: Provided, tend to the subsequent fiscal year: Provided fur- For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonprolifera- That the authority contained in this section ther, That guarantees may be issued under this tion, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related shall not apply to section 553 of Public Law 108– section only to support activities in the geo- Programs’’, $28,000,000: Provided, That funds 7: Provided further, That funds made available graphic areas which were subject to the admin- appropriated by this paragraph shall be avail- for Iraq pursuant to this authority shall be sub- istration of the Government of Israel before June able notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law ject to the regular reprogramming procedures of 5, 1967: Provided further, That the amount of 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department the Committees on Appropriations and section guarantees that may be issued shall be reduced Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, ex- by an amount equal to the amount extended or MILITARY ASSISTANCE cept that notification shall be transmitted at estimated to have been extended by the Govern- FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE least 5 days in advance of obligation: Provided ment of Israel during the period from March 1, PRESIDENT further, That the notification requirements of 2003, to the date of issue of the guarantee, for this section may be waived if failure to do so activities which the President determines are in- FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM would pose a substantial risk to human health consistent with the objectives and under- For an additional amount for the ‘‘Foreign or welfare: Provided further, That in case of standings reached between the United States Military Financing Program’’, $2,059,100,000: any such waiver, notification to the appropriate and the Government of Israel regarding the im- Provided, That funds appropriated by this para- congressional committees, shall be provided as plementation of the loan guarantee program: graph shall be available notwithstanding sec- early as practicable, but in no event later than Provided further, That the President shall sub- tion 10 of Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of 3 days after taking the action to which such no- mit a report to Congress no later than September the State Department Basic Authorities Act of tification requirement was applicable, in the 30 of each fiscal year during the pendency of 1956: Provided further, That of the funds appro- context of the circumstances necessitating such the program specifying the amount calculated priated under this heading, not less than waiver: Provided further, That any notification under the preceding proviso and that will be de- $406,000,000 shall be made available for grants provided pursuant to such a waiver shall con- ducted from the amount of guarantees author- only for Jordan and not less than $1,000,000,000 tain an explanation of the emergency cir- ized to be issued in the next fiscal year: Pro- shall be available for grants only for Israel: Pro- cumstances. vided further, That the interest rate for loans vided further, That the funds appropriated by SEC. 1503. The President may suspend the ap- guaranteed under this heading may include a this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed plication of any provision of the Iraq Sanctions reasonable fee to cover the costs and fees in- within 30 days of the enactment of this Act: Act of 1990: Provided, That nothing in this sec- curred by the borrower in connection with this Provided further, That to the extent that the tion shall affect the applicability of the Iran- program or financing under this heading in the Government of Israel requests that funds be Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 (Public event the borrower elects not to finance such used for such purposes, grants made available Law 102–484), except that such Act shall not costs or fees out of loan principal: Provided fur- for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed to apply to humanitarian assistance and supplies: ther, That no appropriations under this heading by the United States and Israel, be available for Provided further, That the President may make

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inapplicable with respect to Iraq section 620A of as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The re- UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other port shall include the following: OPERATING EXPENSES provision of law that applies to countries that (1) The distribution of duties and responsibil- For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Ex- have supported terrorism: Provided further, ities regarding such activities among agencies of penses’’ for necessary expenses related to con- That military equipment, as defined by Title the United States Government, including the ducting Operation Liberty Shield, $30,000,000, to XVI, section 1608(1)(A) of Public Law 102–484, Department of State, the United States Agency remain available until expended: Provided, That shall not be exported under the authority of this for International Development, and the Depart- the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap- section: Provided further, That section 307 of ment of Defense (to be provided within 30 days propriations of the Senate and House of Rep- the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not of enactment of this Act). resentatives 15 days prior to the obligation of apply with respect to programs of international (2) A detailed plan describing the roles and re- any amount of these funds. organizations for Iraq: Provided further, That sponsibilities of foreign governments and inter- BORDER AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY provisions of law that direct the United States national organizations including the United Na- Government to vote against or oppose loans or tions, in carrying out activities related to post- CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION other uses of funds, including for financial or conflict security, humanitarian assistance, gov- For necessary expenses for ‘‘Customs and Bor- technical assistance, in international financial ernance, and reconstruction in Iraq. der Protection’’ related to conducting Operation institutions for Iraq shall not be construed as (3) A strategy for coordinating such activities Liberty Shield and for other purposes, applying to Iraq: Provided further, That the among the United States Government, foreign $333,000,000, to remain available until expended: President shall submit a notification 5 days governments and international organizations, Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the prior to exercising any of the authorities de- including the United Nations. Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and scribed in this section to the Committee on Ap- (4) An initial estimate of the costs expected to House of Representatives 15 days prior to the propriations of each House of the Congress, the be associated with such activities. obligation of any amount of these funds. Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, (5) A strategy for distributing the responsi- IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT and the Committee on International Relations of bility for paying costs associated with recon- For necessary expenses for ‘‘Immigration and the House of Representatives: Provided further, struction activities in Iraq among the United Customs Enforcement’’ related to conducting That not more than 60 days after enactment of States, foreign governments, and international Operation Liberty Shield and for other pur- this Act and every 90 days thereafter the Presi- organizations, including the United Nations, poses, $170,000,000, to remain available until ex- dent shall submit a report to the Committee on and an estimate of the revenue expected to be pended: Provided, That the Secretary shall no- Appropriations of each House of the Congress, generated by Iraqi oil production that could be tify the Committees on Appropriations of the the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen- used to pay such costs. Senate and House of Representatives 15 days ate, and the Committee on International Rela- (b) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later than 90 prior to the obligation of any amount of these tions of the House of Representatives containing days after the date of enactment of this Act, funds. a summary of all licenses approved for export to and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Iraq of any item on the Commerce Control List 2004, the President shall submit to the Commit- For necessary expenses for ‘‘Transportation contained in the Export Administration Regula- tees on Appropriations a report that contains: Security Administration’’, $665,000,000, to re- tions, 15 CFR Part 774, Supplement 1, including (1) A list of significant United States Govern- main available until expended: Provided, That identification of end users of such items: Pro- ment-funded activities related to reconstruction $130,000,000 of this amount shall not be made vided further, That the authorities contained in in Iraq that, during the 90-day period ending 15 available until September 30, 2003: Provided fur- this section shall expire on September 30, 2004, days prior to the date the report is submitted to ther, That of the total amount provided, the fol- or on the date of enactment of a subsequent Act the Committees on Appropriations— lowing amounts are made available solely for authorizing assistance for Iraq and that specifi- (A) were initiated; or the purposes specified below: cally amends, repeals or otherwise makes inap- (B) were completed. (1) physical modification of commercial service plicable the authorities of this section, which- (2) A list of the significant activities related to airports for the purposes of installing checked ever occurs first. reconstruction in Iraq that the President antici- baggage explosive detection systems into airport SEC. 1504. Notwithstanding any other provi- pates initiating during the 90-day period begin- baggage systems, $235,000,000; sion of law, the President may authorize the ex- ning on the date the report is submitted to the (2) port security grants, $20,000,000; and port to Iraq of any nonlethal military equipment Committees on Appropriations, including: (3) passenger screener hiring, training and re- controlled under the International Trafficking (A) Cost estimates for carrying out the pro- lated costs, $280,000,000, which shall not be obli- in Arms Regulations on the United States Muni- posed activities. gated (a) until the President transmits an offi- tions List established pursuant to section 38 of (B) The source of the funds that will be used cial budget request for such amount to the Con- the Arms Export Control Act, (22 U.S.C. 2778), if to pay such costs. gress and (b) until the Administrator of the the President determines and notifies within 5 (3) Updated strategies, if changes are pro- Transportation Security Administration submits days prior to export the Committee on Appro- posed regarding matters included in the reports a fiscal year 2003 budget execution plan ap- priations of each House of the Congress, the required under subsection (a). proved by the Office of Management and Budg- Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, (4) An updated list of the financial pledges et detailing spending levels by budget line item, and the Committee on International Relations of and contributions made by foreign governments program, project and activity: Provided, That the House of Representatives that the export of or international organizations to fund activities such plan shall fully fund all programs and ac- such nonlethal military equipment is in the na- related to humanitarian, governance, and re- tivities specifically funded by Congress in Public tional interest of the United States: Provided, construction assistance in Iraq. Laws 107–206 and 108–7: That the limitation regarding nonlethal military CHAPTER 6 Provided further, That the Secretary shall no- equipment shall not apply to military equipment tify the Committees on Appropriations of the DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY designated by the Secretary of State for use by Senate and House of Representatives 15 days a reconstituted (or interim) Iraqi military or po- DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT prior to the obligation of any amount of these lice force: Provided further, That the authorities COUNTERTERRORISM FUND funds. contained in this section shall expire on Sep- For an additional amount for the FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER tember 30, 2004, or on the date of enactment of ‘‘Counterterrorism Fund’’ for necessary ex- OPERATING EXPENSES a subsequent Act authorizing assistance for Iraq penses as determined by the Secretary of Home- For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Ex- and that specifically amends, repeals or other- land Security, $150,000,000, to remain available penses’’ related to conducting Operation Liberty wise makes inapplicable the authorities of this until expended, to reimburse any Department of Shield, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex- section, whichever occurs first. Homeland Security organization for the costs of pended: Provided, That the Secretary shall no- SEC. 1505. Division E of Public Law 108–7, providing support to prevent, counter, inves- tify the Committees on Appropriations of the under the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Inde- tigate, respond to, or prosecute unexpected Senate and House of Representatives 15 days pendent States of the Former Soviet Union’’, is threats or acts of terrorism: Provided, That the prior to the obligation of any amount of these amended in subsection (f) by: (1) striking ‘‘as- Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro- funds. sistance for the Government’’ and inserting ‘‘as- priations of the Senate and House of Represent- OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS sistance for the central Government’’; and (2) atives 15 days prior to the obligation of any striking ‘‘unless’’ and inserting ‘‘if’’; and strik- amount of these funds in accordance with sec- For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office for ing ‘‘not facilitated’’ and inserting ‘‘facili- tion 1601 of this Act. Domestic Preparedness’’, $2,230,000,000, to re- tated’’. main available until December 31, 2003, as au- CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES SEC. 1506. REPORTS ON UNITED STATES STRAT- thorized by Sections 403(5) and 430 of the Home- EGY FOR RELIEF AND RECONSTRUC- OPERATING EXPENSES land Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) TION IN IRAQ. For necessary expenses for ‘‘Operating Ex- and Section 1014 of the USA PATRIOT Act of (a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 45 days penses’’ related to conducting Operation Liberty 2001 (Public Law 107–56), for grants, contracts, after the date of enactment of this Act, the Shield, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex- cooperative agreements, and other activities, in- President shall submit to the Committees on Ap- pended: Provided, That the Secretary shall no- cluding grants to State and local governments propriations a report on the United States strat- tify the Committees on Appropriations of the for terrorism prevention activities, which shall egy regarding activities related to post-conflict Senate and House of Representatives 15 days be allocated as follows: security, humanitarian assistance, governance, prior to the obligation of any amount of these (1) $1,300,000,000 for grants pursuant to Sec- and reconstruction in Iraq that are undertaken funds. tion 1014 of Public Law 107–56: Provided, That

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Section 1113(d) of the Social Secu- local governments within 45 days of the grant House or Senate Committees on Appropriations rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1313(d)), is amended by strik- award; for a different purpose, unless the Committees ing ‘‘1991’’ and inserting ‘‘2003’’. (2) $30,000,000 for technical assistance; on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress (3) $200,000,000 for formula-based grants for are notified 15 days in advance of such re- CHAPTER 8 critical infrastructure protection, subject to Sec- programming of funds. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH tion 1014(c)(3) of Public Law 107–56: Provided, (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the That the application for these grants shall be SALARIES AND EXPENSES made available to States within 15 days of en- agencies in or transferred to the Department of actment of this Act; that States shall submit ap- Homeland Security that remain available for ob- For an additional amount for salaries and ex- plications within 30 days of the grant an- ligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2003, or penses of the House of Representatives, nouncement; that the Office for Domestic Pre- provided from any accounts in the Treasury of $11,000,000, as follows: paredness shall act on each application within the United States derived by the collection of COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 15 days of receipt; and that each State shall fees available to the agencies funded by this STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT transfer no less than 50 percent of the total Act, shall be available for obligation or expendi- For an additional amount for salaries and ex- amount of the grant to local governments within ture for programs, projects, or activities through penses of standing committees, special and se- 45 days of the grant award; and a reprogramming of funds in excess of $5,000,000 lect, authorized by House resolutions, (4) $700,000,000 for discretionary grants for use or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) aug- $11,000,000: Provided, That such amount shall in high-density urban areas, high-threat areas, ments existing programs, projects, or activities; remain available for such salaries and expenses and for protection of critical infrastructure, as (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist- until December 31, 2004. ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of determined by the Secretary of Homeland Secu- CAPITOL POLICE rity: Provided, That no less than 80 percent of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Con- any grant to a State shall be transferred by the gress; or (3) results from any general savings GENERAL EXPENSES State to local governments within 45 days of the from a reduction in personnel which would re- For an additional amount for ‘‘General ex- receipt of funds: Provided further, That Section sult in a change in existing programs, projects penses’’, $37,758,000, to remain available until 1014(c)(3) of Public Law 107–56 shall not apply or activities, as approved by Congress; unless expended. to these grants: the Committees on Appropriations of both OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE Provided, That none of the funds appropriated Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in ad- SALARIES AND EXPENSES vance of such reprogramming of funds. under this heading shall be used for the con- For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and SEC. 1602. (a) The Under Secretary of Home- struction or renovation of facilities: Provided expenses’’, $111,000. further, That funds appropriated in subsections land Security for Border and Transportation Se- ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL (3) and (4) under this heading shall be available curity may issue letters of intent to airports to for operational costs, to include personnel over- provide assistance for the installation of explo- CAPITOL BUILDING time as needed: Provided further, That the Sec- sive detection systems by the date prescribed by For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol build- retary of Homeland Security shall notify the section 44901(d)(2)(i) of title 49, United States ing’’, $1,100,000. Code. Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and CAPITOL POWER PLANT House of Representatives 15 days prior to the (b) Beginning 30 days after the date of enact- ment of this Act, and every 60 days thereafter in For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol power obligation of any amount of the funds provided plant’’, $22,679,000, which shall remain avail- under this heading. calendar year 2003, the Under Secretary shall transmit a classified report to the House of Rep- able until September 30, 2007. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD resentatives Committee on Appropriations, the CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS OPERATING EXPENSES Senate Committee on Appropriations, the House For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol police For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Ex- of Representatives Committee on Transportation buildings and grounds’’, $40,140,000, to remain penses’’ for expenses related to conducting Op- and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee available until September 30, 2007. eration Liberty Shield and for other purposes, on Commerce, Science, and Transportation de- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS $228,000,000, to remain available until expended: scribing each letter of intent issued by the SALARIES AND EXPENSES Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Under Secretary under subsection (a). Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and SEC. 1603. In accordance with section 873(b) of For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and House of Representatives 15 days prior to the the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. expenses’’, $5,500,000 to remain available until obligation of any amount of these funds. 453(b)), the Bureau of Customs and Border Pro- September 30, 2007. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE tection may accept donations of body armor for CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE United States Border Patrol agents and United OPERATING EXPENSES SALARIES AND EXPENSES States Border Patrol canines if such donations For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and For necessary expenses for ‘‘Operating Ex- would further the mission of protecting our Na- penses’’ related to conducting Operation Liberty expenses’’, $1,863,000, to remain available until tion’s borders and ports of entry as determined September 30, 2004. Shield, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex- by the Under Secretary for Border and Trans- GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE pended: Provided, That the Secretary shall no- portation Security. tify the Committees on Appropriations of the SALARIES AND EXPENSES CHAPTER 7 Senate and House of Representatives 15 days For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN prior to the obligation of any amount of these expenses’’, $4,849,000. funds. SERVICES GENERAL PROVISONS, THIS CHAPTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND SEC. 1801. POSTAL PATRON POSTCARDS. The ASSISTANCE PREVENTION matter under the subheading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING ITEMS’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EX- Management Planning and Assistance’’, For an additional amount for ‘‘Centers for PENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under title I of the Leg- $54,750,000, for grants for interoperable commu- Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Con- islative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public nications equipment: Provided, That the Sec- trol, Research, and Training’’, $16,000,000 for Law 108–7) is amended by striking ‘‘with a pop- retary shall notify the Committees on Appro- costs associated with the prevention and control ulation of less than 250,000’’. priations of the Senate and House of Represent- of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). CHAPTER 9 atives 15 days prior to the obligation of any OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY amount of these funds. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER FUND MILITARY CONSTRUCTION SEC. 1601. (a) None of the funds provided by For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY this Act, or provided by previous Appropriations and Social Services Emergency Fund’’, for the For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Con- Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the De- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, struction, Navy’’, $48,100,000, to remain avail- partment of Homeland Security that remain $100,000,000, to remain available until expended. able until September 30, 2007: Provided, That available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public notwithstanding any other provision of law, year 2003, or provided from any accounts in the Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’, such funds may be obligated or expended to Treasury of the United States derived by the $42,000,000, to remain available until expended, carry out military construction projects not oth- collection of fees available to the agencies fund- for costs associated with compensating individ- erwise authorized by law.

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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE CHAPTER 10 ‘‘(A) consult with— ‘‘(i) the Secretary of Commerce; For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Con- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ‘‘(ii) the National Organic Standards Board struction, Air Force’’, $152,900,000, to remain MARITIME ADMINISTRATION established under section 2119; available until September 30, 2007: Provided, MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ‘‘(iii) producers, processors, and sellers; and That notwithstanding any other provision of ACCOUNT ‘‘(iv) other interested members of the public; law, such funds may be obligated or expended to For the cost of guaranteed loans, as author- and carry out planning and design and military con- ized, $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep- ‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, ac- struction projects not otherwise authorized by tember 30, 2005: Provided, That such costs, in- commodate the unique characteristics of the in- law. cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall dustries in the United States that harvest and FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional process wild seafood.’’. AIR FORCE Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided fur- SEC. 2106. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CON- ther, That none of the funds under this heading SERVATION PROGRAMS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Hous- may be obligated or expended until the Depart- 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. ing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, ment of Transportation Inspector General cer- 3841) is amended by striking subsection (b) and $1,800,000. tifies to the House and Senate Committees on inserting the following: GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER Appropriations that the recommendations of re- ‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning on the SEC. 1901. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Subject port CR–2003–031 have been implemented to his date of enactment of the Agricultural Assistance to subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may satisfaction. Act of 2003, subject to paragraph (2), Commodity transfer not more than $150,000,000 of the funds TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS AND Credit Corporation funds made available under appropriated or otherwise made available to the TECHNICAL APPROPRIATIONS paragraphs (4) through (7) of subsection (a) Department of Defense in this Act to the contin- CHAPTER 1 shall be available for the provision of technical gency construction account, authorized under SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL assistance (subject to section 1242) for the con- section 2804 of title 10, United States Code, for DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES servation programs specified in subsection (a). the purpose of carrying out military construc- GENERAL PROVISIONS ‘‘(2) CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM.—Ef- tion projects not otherwise authorized by law. SEC. 2101. (a) Section 756 in Division A of fective for fiscal year 2004 and subsequent fiscal The transfer authority under this section is in years, Commodity Credit Corporation funds addition to any other transfer authority avail- Public Law 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘sec- tion 7404’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘sections made available to carry out the conservation se- able to the Department of Defense. curity program under subsection (a)(3)— (b) CONDITIONS ON TRANSFER.—A transfer of 7404(a)(1) and 7404(c)(1)’’. (b) Section 7404(e) of Public Law 107–171 is ‘‘(A) shall be available for the provision of funds under subsection (a) may not be made technical assistance for the conservation secu- until the end of the seven-day period beginning amended by striking ‘‘0.1 percent of the amount of appropriations available to the Agricultural rity program; and on the date the Secretary of Defense submits ‘‘(B) shall not be available for the provision of Research Service’’ and inserting in lieu thereof written notice to the appropriate committees of technical assistance for conservation programs ‘‘$499,000 of the amount of appropriations avail- Congress certifying that the transfer is nec- specified in subsection (a) other than the con- able to the Department of Agriculture’’. essary to respond to, or protect against, acts or servation security program.’’. SEC. 2102. Section 210 of the Agricultural As- threatened acts of terrorism or to support De- (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made sistance Act of 2003, ‘‘Assistance to Agricultural partment of Defense operations in Iraq, and by subsection (a) takes effect on February 20, Producers Located in New Mexico for specifying the amounts and purposes of the 2003. Tebuthiuron Application Losses’’, is amended in transfer, including a list of proposed projects subsection (a)— CHAPTER 2 and their estimated costs. (1) by inserting ‘‘all’’ before ‘‘losses’’; DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND (c) NOTICE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Notwith- (2) by inserting after ‘‘losses’’ the following: RELATED AGENCIES standing section 2804(b) of title 10, United States ‘‘to crops, livestock, and trees, and interest and RELATED AGENCIES Code, when a decision is made to carry out a loss of income, and related expenses’’; OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE military construction project using funds trans- (3) by striking ‘‘during calendar years 2002 REPRESENTATIVE ferred to the contingency construction account and 2003’’; and EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES MUSIC LICENSING under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense (4) by deleting ‘‘August’’ and inserting in lieu DISPUTE shall submit written notice to the appropriate thereof ‘‘July’’. committees of Congress no later than fifteen SEC. 2103. LIVESTOCK COMPENSATION PRO- For the payment to the European Commu- days after the obligation of the funds for the GRAM. Section 203(a) of the Agricultural Assist- nities with regard to the European Communities project, specifying the estimated cost of the ance Act of 2003 (title II of division N of Public music licensing dispute, $3,300,000. project and including form 1391. Law 108–7)) is amended by adding at the end DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec- the following: NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC tion, the terms ‘‘appropriate committees of Con- ‘‘(3) GRANTS.— ADMINISTRATION gress’’, ‘‘military construction’’, and ‘‘military ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To provide assistance to el- PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION installation’’ have the meanings given such igible applicants under paragraph (2)(B), the For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, terms in section 2801 of title 10, United States Secretary shall provide grants to appropriate Acquisition and Construction’’ for satellite pro- Code, except that, with respect to military con- State departments of agriculture (or other ap- grams, $65,000,000, to remain available until struction in a foreign country, the term ‘‘mili- propriate State agencies) that agree to provide September 30, 2004: Provided, That funds pro- tary installation’’ includes, not only buildings, assistance to eligible applicants. vided under this heading for the National Polar- structures, and other improvements to real prop- ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The total amount of grants orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite erty under the operational control of the Sec- provided under subparagraph (A) shall be equal System shall only be made available on a dollar retary of a military department or the Secretary to the total amount of assistance that the Sec- for dollar matching basis with funds provided of Defense, but also any building, structure, or retary determines all eligible applicants are eli- for the same purpose by the Department of De- other improvement to real property to be used by gible to receive under paragraph (2)(B).’’. fense. SEC. 2104. USE OF ORGANICALLY PRODUCED the Armed Forces, regardless of whether such RELATED AGENCIES use is anticipated to be temporary or of longer FEED FOR CERTIFICATION AS ORGANIC FARM. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION duration. Section 771 of the Agriculture, Rural Develop- ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Re- SALARIES AND EXPENSES SEC. 1902. (a) The Secretary of the Army may lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (divi- accept funds from the State of Utah, and credit For an additional amount for ‘‘Equal Employ- sion A of Public Law 108–7) is repealed. them to the appropriate Department of the Army ment Opportunity Commission, Salaries and Ex- SEC. 2105. WILD SEAFOOD. Section 2107 of the accounts for the purpose of funding the costs penses’’, $15,000,000. Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. associated with extending the runway at Mi- NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS 6503) is amended— UPON THE UNITED STATES chael Army Airfield, Dugway Proving Ground, (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as SALARIES AND EXPENSES Utah, as part of a previously authorized mili- subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and tary construction project. (2) by inserting after section (b) the following: For an additional amount for ‘‘National Com- (b) The Secretary may use the funds accepted ‘‘(c) WILD SEAFOOD.— mission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United for the refurbishment, in addition to funds au- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the re- States, Salaries and Expenses’’, $11,000,000, to thorized and appropriated for the project. The quirement of section 2107(a)(1)(A) requiring remain available until September 30, 2004. authority to accept a contribution under this products be produced only on certified organic GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER section does not authorize the Secretary of the farms, the Secretary shall allow, through regu- SEC. 2201. Section 501(b) of title V of division Army to reduce expenditures of amounts appro- lations promulgated after public notice and op- N of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolu- priated for the refurbishment project. The funds portunity for comment, wild seafood to be cer- tion, 2003 is amended— accepted shall remain available until expended. tified or labeled as organic. (1) by striking ‘‘program authorized for the (c) The authority provided in this section ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION AND ACCOMMODATION.—In fishery in Sec. 211’’ and inserting ‘‘programs au- shall be effective upon the date of the enactment carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary thorized for the fisheries in sections 211 and of this Act. shall— 212’’; and

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(2) by striking ‘‘program in section 211’’ and REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST ‘‘under the authority of Section 504 of the Re- inserting ‘‘programs in sections 211 and 212’’. (INCLUDING RESCISSION) scissions Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–19)’’ in the CHAPTER 3 Of the funds appropriated under this heading proviso. CHAPTER 5 SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003, $2,466,000 are rescinded. SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS WILSON BUILDING SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED OPERATING EXPENSES (INCLUDING RESCISSION) AGENCIES DIVISION OF EXPENSES Of the funds appropriated under this heading DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, SERVICES 2003, $700,000 are rescinded. (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES Of the funds appropriated under this heading WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS ADMINISTRATION in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, (INCLUDING RESCISSION) HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES 2003, $8,752,000 are rescinded (including Of the funds appropriated under this heading The matter under the heading ‘‘Department of $8,655,000 from local funds and $97,000 from in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, Health and Human Services, Health Resources other funds). 2003, $2,000,000 are rescinded. and Services Administration, Health Resources and Services’’, in Public Law 108–7 is amend- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION NON-DEPARTMENTAL AGENCY (INCLUDING RESCISSION) ed— (INCLUDING RESCISSION) (1) by striking ‘‘Heart Beat, New Bloomfield, Of the funds appropriated under this heading For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic De- PA,’’ and inserting ‘‘Heart Beat, Millerstown, in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, velopment and Regulation’’, $13,428,000 (includ- PA,’’ in lieu thereof; 2003, $5,799,000 are rescinded. ing a rescission of $1,282,000 from local funds (2) by striking ‘‘Tressler Lutheran Services, appropriated under this heading in the District GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER Harrisburg, PA, for abstinence education and of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003, and an SEC. 2301. The District of Columbia is hereby related services’’ and inserting ‘‘DIAKON Lu- additional amount of $14,710,000 from other authorized to transfer an amount not to exceed theran Social Ministries, Allentown, PA, for ab- funds). $12,081,000, to remain available until expended, stinence education and related services in Cum- from funds identified in the fiscal year 2002 com- PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE berland and Dauphin counties’’ in lieu thereof; prehensive annual financial report as the Dis- (3) by striking ‘‘Community Ministries of the For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Safety trict of Columbia’s undesignated, unreserved Lutheran Home at Topton, Reading, PA, for ab- and Justice’’, $11,462,000 from local funds. fund balance to the local general fund to cover stinence education and related services’’ and in- PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM revenue shortfalls: Provided, That nothing in serting ‘‘DIAKON Lutheran Social Ministries of (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) this provision shall be deemed as granting the Allentown, PA, for abstinence education and re- District additional authority to expend funds Of the funds appropriated under this heading lated services in Berks county’’ in lieu thereof; from the emergency or contingency reserves es- in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, (4) by striking ‘‘$298,153,000’’ and inserting tablished under section 450A of the District of 2003, $11,435,000 are rescinded (including a re- ‘‘$296,638,000’’ in the first proviso; and Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, (5) by inserting after ‘‘a study regarding deliv- scission of $13,546,000 from local funds and an sec. 1–204.50a(b)). ery of pediatric health care in northeastern additional amount of $2,111,000 from other SEC. 2302. The authority which the Chief Fi- Oklahoma,’’ ‘‘$225,000 is available for the Men- funds), to be allocated as follows: nancial Officer of the District of Columbia exer- tal Health Association of Tarrant County, Ft. (1) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.— cised with respect to personnel, procurement, Worth, Texas to provide school-based mental An increase of $2,029,000 (including a rescission and the preparation of fiscal impact statements health education to schools in Tarrant County, of $29,000 from local funds and an additional during a control period (as defined in Public $200,000 is available for the AIDS Research In- amount of $2,058,000 from other funds); Law 104–8) shall remain in effect through Sep- stitute at the University of California, San (2) STATE EDUCATION OFFICE.—A rescission of tember 30, 2004. Francisco for a Developing Country Medical $181,000 from local funds; SEC. 2303. In the statement of the managers of Program to facilitate clinician exchange be- (3) PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—Notwith- the committee of conference accompanying H.J. tween the United States and developing coun- standing any other provision of law, a rescission Res. 2 (Public Law 108–7; House Report 108–10), tries, $1,000,000 is available for the Geisinger of $12,000,000 from local funds; in the matter in title I of Division C, under the Health System, Harrisburg, PA to establish cen- (4) UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the Chief Finan- ters of excellence for the treatment of autism’’. BIA.—A rescission of $1,040,000 from local funds; cial Officer of the District of Columbia’’ the pro- OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (5) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRAR- vision specifying $100,000 to Friends of Fort Du- IES.—A rescission of $237,000 (including a rescis- pont to restore and upgrade unused Fort Du- PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY sion of $290,000 from local funds and an addi- pont baseball fields shall be deemed to read as FUND tional amount of $53,000 from other funds); and follows: ‘‘$100,000 to Friends of Fort Dupont to The matter under the heading ‘‘Office of the (6) COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMAN- restore and upgrade unused Fort Dupont base- Secretary, Public Health and Social Services ITIES.—A rescission of $6,000 from local funds. ball fields and to support the Fort Dupont’s Emergency Fund’’, in Public Law 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘, to remain available until HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES Kids on Ice program’’. expended’’ after the ‘‘$5,000,000’’. (INCLUDING RESCISSION) CHAPTER 4 GENERAL PROVISIONS For an additional amount for ‘‘Human Sup- SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED (TRANSFER AUTHORITY) port Services’’, $30,258,000 (including an addi- AGENCIES tional amount of $34,292,000 from local funds DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SEC. 2501. Section 207 of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- and a rescission of $4,034,000 from other funds UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations appropriated under this heading in the District STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003. Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7; Division G) is Division F of Public Law 108–7 is hereby amended by striking ‘‘or any other’’. In addition, this heading in the District of Co- amended under the heading ‘‘United States Fish INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES lumbia Appropriations Act, 2003, is amended by and Wildlife Service, State and Tribal Wildlife striking the following proviso, ‘‘: Provided fur- SEC. 2502. (a) In addition to the authority pro- Grants’’ by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting vided in section 215 of the Departments of ther, That $37,500,000 in local funds, to remain ‘‘$5,000,000’’. available until expended, shall be deposited in Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- the Medicaid and Special Education Reform NATIONAL PARK SERVICE cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Fund.’’ and inserting the following proviso ‘‘: OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7, Division G), in Provided further, That $74,500,000 in local funds Division F of Public Law 108–7 is hereby order for the Centers for Disease Control and may be deposited in the Medicaid and Special amended under the heading ‘‘National Park Prevention to carry out international health ac- Education Reform Fund and shall then remain Service, Operation of the National Park Sys- tivities, including HIV/AIDS and other infec- available until expended.’’. tem’’ by striking ‘‘$1,565,565,000’’ and inserting tious disease, chronic and environmental dis- ‘‘$1,574,565,000’’. ease, and other health activities abroad during PUBLIC WORKS BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS fiscal year 2003, the Secretary of Health and (INCLUDING RESCISSION) Human Services may exercise authority equiva- CONSTRUCTION For an additional amount for ‘‘Public lent to that available to the Secretary of State in Works’’, $2,420,000 (including a rescission of Within thirty days of enactment of this Act, section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Au- $8,998,000 from local funds appropriated under the Secretary of the Interior shall make avail- thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2669(c)). this heading in the District of Columbia Appro- able for obligation funds previously appro- (b) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv- priations Act, 2003, and an additional amount priated in Public Law 107–63 for construction of ices shall consult with the Secretary of State of $11,418,000 from other funds): Provided, That the Ojibwa Indian School. and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the $512,000 from other funds shall remain available GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER authority provided in this section is exercised in until expended for the taxicab revolving loan SEC. 2401. Section 328 of Division F, Public a manner consistent with section 207 of the For- fund. Law 108–7 is amended by striking the phrase eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) and

VerDate Jan 31 2003 23:43 Apr 12, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.024 H12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3367 other applicable statutes administered by the ‘‘Community School District 8, Bronx, NY, for of an initiative to provide life-long educational Department of State. after-school programs, $250,000’’; services to Pittsburgh’s regional industry and DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (10) the provision specifying $20,000 for community residents shall be deemed to read as Westside High School, Bakersfield, California, follows: ‘‘Regional Learning Alliance, Marshall SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS for equipment shall be deemed to read: ‘‘West Township in Allegheny County, PA, as part of The matter under the heading ‘‘Department of High School, Bakersfield, California, for equip- an initiative to provide life-long educational Education, School Improvement Programs’’, in ment, $20,000’’; services to Pittsburgh’s regional industry and Public Law 108–7 is amended— (11) the provision specifying $1,000,000 for the community residents, $200,000’’; (1) by striking ‘‘$8,052,957,000’’ and inserting National Science Center Foundation, Atlanta, (4) the provision specifying $150,000 for ‘‘$8,053,507,000’’; Georgia, for educational technology and other Beresford Community Education in Beresford, (2) by striking ‘‘$508,100,000’’ and inserting purposes shall be deemed to read: ‘‘National SD to expand community education programs ‘‘$537,100,000’’; Science Center Foundation, Augusta, Georgia, shall be deleted; (3) by striking ‘‘$4,132,167,000’’ and inserting for educational technology and other purposes, (5) the provision specifying $100,000 for Slip- ‘‘$4,233,167,000’’; $1,000,000’’; pery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsyl- (4) by striking ‘‘$814,660,000’’ and inserting (12) the provision specifying $200,000 for the vania, for the North Hill Educational Alliance ‘‘$815,210,000’’; and, shall be deleted; (5) by striking ‘‘$212,160,000’’ and inserting Golden Gate National Parks Association, San (6) the provision specifying $400,000 for the ‘‘$212,710,000’’. Francisco, CA, for environmental education pro- University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, In the statement of the managers of the com- grams at the Crissy Field Center shall be deemed for telecommunications and technology up- mittee of conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 to read: ‘‘Golden Gate National Parks Conser- grades to support science, engineering and ad- (Public Law 108–7; House Report 108–10), in the vancy, San Francisco, CA, for environmental vanced technology programs shall be deleted matter in title III of Division G, relating to the education programs at the Crissy Field Center, and the provision specifying $600,000 for the Fund for the Improvement of Education under $200,000’’ and a provision shall be added that University of Maine, School of Applied Science, the heading ‘‘School Improvement Programs’’— reads: ‘‘Beresford Community Education in Engineering & Technology for purchase of (1) the provision specifying $150,000 for Illi- Beresford, SD to expand community education equipment and technology shall be deemed to nois State Board of Education, Springfield, Illi- programs, $150,000’’; read as follows: ‘‘University of Southern Maine, nois, for computers, hardware and software for (13) the provision specifying $100,000 for the School of Applied Science, Engineering & Tech- the implementation of Fast ForWord reading University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the nology for purchase of equipment and tech- program to the Pleasant Plains Community Unit Tampa Bay Consortium for the Development of nology, $1,000,000’’; and District #8 and Pleasant Plain Illinois District Educational Leaders and the Preparation and (7) the provision specifying $250,000 to the Na- #18 shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Illinois Recruitment of Teachers shall be deemed to tional Aviary Conservation Education Tech- State Board of Education, Springfield, Illinois, read: ‘‘University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, nology Integration in Pittsburgh shall be for implementation of Fast ForWord reading for the Tampa Bay Consortium for the Develop- deemed to read as follows: ‘‘National Aviary program to the Pleasant Plains Community Unit ment of Educational Leaders, $100,000’’; Conservation Education Technology Integration District #8 and for improving mathematics (14) the provision specifying $25,000 for the in Pittsburgh, for the Remote Audio-Visual En- achievement in Peoria School District #150 and Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabilities Center, gagement Network (RAVEN) project, $250,000’’. Jacksonville School District #117, $150,000’’; Inc., Louisville, Kentucky for technology shall (2) the provision specifying $2,000,000 for be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Meredith-Dunn GENERAL PROVISIONS Pinellas County Florida School District, St. Pe- Learning Disabilities Center, Inc., Louisville, SEC. 2503. Section 1707(3) of the Elementary tersburg, Florida, for technology for Title I Kentucky for school counseling services, and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. schools shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘St. $25,000’’; 6537(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘17’’ and insert- Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida, for (15) the provision specifying $40,000 for the ing ‘‘19’’. the Pinellas County EpiCenter, $2,000,000’’; Father Maloney’s Boys Haven, Louisville, Ken- SEC. 2504. Section 7304(a)(2)(P) of the Elemen- (3) the provision specifying $500,000 for the St. tucky for technology shall be deemed to read as tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is Louis Children’s Museum, MO, for a collabo- follows: ‘‘Father Maloney’s Boys Haven, Louis- amended by striking ‘‘such as’’ and inserting in rative project with the St. Louis Public Library ville, Kentucky for an educational program, lieu thereof ‘‘operated by’’. $40,000’’; to create interactive exhibits and educational RELATED AGENCIES programs shall be deleted; (16) the provision specifying $50,000 for the Joel II Restoration Ministries for education pro- CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY (4) the provision specifying $200,000 for the SERVICE Harford County Board of Education in Aber- grams shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Joel DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, deen, MD, for a collaboration between a science II Restoration Outreach, Inc. for education pro- OPERATING EXPENSES and technology high school and the Aberdeen grams, $50,000’’; and Proving Ground shall be deemed to read as fol- (17) the provision specifying $1,500,000 for the The matter under the heading ‘‘Corporation lows: ‘‘Harford County Board of Education in City of Upland, California, for after school pro- for National and Community Service, Domestic Aberdeen, MD, for a collaboration between a grams shall be deemed to read as follows: Volunteer Service Programs, Operating Ex- science and technology high school and the Ab- ‘‘YMCA of the City of Upland, California, for penses’’, in Public Law 108–7 is amended by in- erdeen Proving Ground, $700,000’’; after-school activities, $1,500,000’’. serting after ‘‘in this Act’’ the following: ‘‘for (5) the provision specifying $25,000 for the HIGHER EDUCATION activities authorized by section 122 of part C of Boys and Girls Club of El Dorado, Arkansas, for The matter under the heading ‘‘Higher Edu- title I and part E of title II of the Domestic Vol- drug prevention and after school programs shall cation’’, in Public Law 108–7 is amended— unteer Service Act of 1973’’. be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Boys and Girls (1) by striking ‘‘$2,100,701,000’’ and inserting CHAPTER 6 Club, Southeast Unit, El Dorado, Arkansas, for ‘‘$2,100,151,000’’; and, SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH drug prevention and after school programs, (2) by striking ‘‘$140,599,000’’ and inserting ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL $25,000’’; ‘‘$140,049,000’’. SEC. 2601. (a) The third sentence of section (6) the provision specifying $100,000 for the In the statement of the managers of the com- 1203(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations American Academy of Liberal Education, Wash- mittee of conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7, division H) is ington, D.C., to develop projects and survey best (Public Law 108–7; House Report 108–10), in the amended by striking ‘‘not later than 90 days’’ practices in the study of American democracy matter in title III of Division G, relating to the and inserting ‘‘not later than 180 days’’. and principles of free government at colleges Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) and universities shall be deleted; Education under the heading ‘‘Higher Edu- shall take effect as if included in the enactment (7) the provision specifying $400,000 for the cation’’— of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, Milwaukee Public Schools, Wisconsin, to ex- (1) the second reference to the provision speci- 2003. pand before- and after-school programs shall be fying $1,000,000 for the University of Massachu- SEC. 2602. Notwithstanding any other provi- deemed to read: ‘‘Milwaukee Public Schools, setts-Boston to purchase research equipment sion of law, the Architect of the Capitol may ob- WI, for before- and after-school programs, and technology infrastructure shall be deleted; ligate and expend such amounts from the Cap- $400,000’’; (2) the provision specifying $500,000 for Har- itol Preservation Fund established under section (8) the provision specifying $200,000 for Tensas ford County Public Schools, Bel Air, MD, for 803 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of Reunion, Inc., Newellton, LA, for instructional support of a math and science magnet school 1988 (2 U.S.C. 2083, formerly 40 U.S.C. 188a–2) as technology training, and after school programs program at Aberdeen High School shall be de- approved by the Capitol Preservation Commis- at the Tensas Charter School shall be deemed to leted and a provision shall be added that reads: sion established under section 801 of such Act (2 read: ‘‘Tensas Reunion, Inc., Newellton, LA, for ‘‘American Academy of Liberal Education, U.S.C. 2081, formerly 40 U.S.C. 188a) for the the TREES Project in Tensas Parish, including Washington, D.C., to develop projects and sur- purposes of planning, engineering, design or activities such as the purchase of computers and vey best practices in the study of American de- construction of the Capitol Visitor Center. educational software, tutoring, and workshops mocracy and principles of free government at to promote parental involvement, $200,000’’; colleges and universities, $100,000’’; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (9) the provision specifying $250,000 for Com- (3) the provision specifying $100,000 for Slip- SEC. 2603. The Legislative Branch Appropria- munity School District 8, Flushing, NY, for pery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, for tions Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7, division H) is after-school programs shall be deemed to read: Knowledge Pointe at Cranberry Woods, as part amended in the item relating to ‘‘Library of

VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:28 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.026 H12PT1 H3368 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 Congress—Salaries and Expenses’’ by striking an urbanized area with a population of at least ture improvements at the Serenity Village home- the period at the end and inserting the fol- 200,000 as determined under the 2000 Federal de- less programs’’ and inserting in lieu thereof lowing: ‘‘: Provided further, That of the amount cennial census of population for a portion of the ‘‘$200,000 for Light of Life Ministries in Alle- transferred under this heading to the edu- area that was not designated as an urbanized gheny County, Pennsylvania for renovation and cational consortium formed to conduct the ‘Join- area as determined under the 1990 Federal de- infrastructure improvements for a homeless serv- ing Hands Across America: Local Community cennial census of population if that portion of ice center on Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh’’. Initiative’, not more than $500,000 may be used the area received assistance under section 5311 The referenced statement of managers under for a math and science education pilot project.’’. of title 49, United States Code. the heading ‘‘Community development fund’’ in SEC. 2604. The Legislative Branch Appropria- SEC. 2708. Section 41743(c)(4) of title 49, United title II of Public Law 108–7 under grant No. 201 tions Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7, division H) is States Code, is amended by inserting before the under the Economic Development Initiatives amended in the item relating to ‘‘Library of period at the end the following: ‘‘in each year program is amended by striking ‘‘the Clearwater Congress—Salaries and Expenses’’ by striking for which funds are appropriated for the pro- Economic Development Association in Clear- ‘‘North Carolina’’ and inserting the following: gram’’. water, Idaho’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the ‘‘North Carolina, and for developing a high-ca- SEC. 2709. Section 626 of title VI of division B State of Idaho’’. pacity computer facility to serve that region’’. of Public Law 108–7 is amended by striking The referenced statement of managers under the heading ‘‘Community development fund’’ in CHAPTER 7 ‘‘previously’’. SEC. 2710. None of the funds in this Act or any title II of Public Law 108–7 under grant No. 873 SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY other Act may be obligated or expended to pay under the Economic Development Initiatives AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT for transportation described in section 41106 of program is amended by striking ‘‘Grant County GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER title 49, United States Code, to be performed by Commission in West Virginia’’ and inserting in SEC. 2701. Section 336 of Division I of Public any air carrier that is not effectively controlled lieu thereof ‘‘Grant County Library Commission Law 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘Transpor- by citizens of the United States: Provided, That in Grant County, West Virginia’’. tation Management’’ and inserting in lieu there- for purposes of implementing section 41106, an INDEPENDENT AGENCIES of ‘‘Urbanized’’. air carrier shall not be considered to be effec- CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SEC. 2702. Section 321 of Division I of Public tively controlled by citizens of the United States SERVICE Law 108–7 is amended by— if the air carrier receives 50 percent or more of NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS (1) inserting ‘‘or underneath’’ in subsection its operating revenue over the most recent three OPERATING EXPENSES (q)(2) before ‘‘the Class B airspace’’; year period from a person not a citizen of the To liquidate obligations previously incurred (2) deleting ‘‘has sufficient capacity and’’ in United States and such person, directly or indi- by the Corporation for National and Community subsection (q)(3) after ‘‘Title 49’’; and rectly, either owns a voting interest in the air Service (‘‘Corporation’’), up to $64,000,000 is (3) inserting ‘‘passenger’’ in subsection (q)(3) carrier or is owned by an agency or instrumen- provided to the National Service Trust: Pro- before ‘‘delays’’. tality of a foreign state: Provided further, That vided, That the Corporation may use these SEC. 2703. Amounts made available to carry this prohibition applies to transportation per- funds only to liquidate the deficiency that it has out sections 1212(k) and 5117(b)(6) of 112 Stat. formed under any contract awarded or re- already incurred and that these funds are not 107 et seq. shall be used to carry out item num- awarded after the date of enactment of this Act: available for obligation, or to liquidate obliga- ber 1278 of the table contained in section 1602 of Provided further, That when the Secretary of tions, for any other purpose whatsoever: Pro- such Act (112 Stat. 263). Defense decides that no air carrier holding a vided further, That the Corporation may not use SEC. 2704. It is the sense of the Senate that— certificate under section 41102 is capable of pro- these funds unless and until it reports these (1) the asset acquisition of Trans World Air- viding, and willing to provide, such transpor- overobligations to the Congress and the Presi- lines by American Airlines was a positive action tation, the Secretary of Defense may make a dent in accordance with the requirements of the that should be commended; contract to provide the transportation with an Antideficiency Act and the guidance of the Of- (2) although the acquisition was a positive ac- air carrier not having a certificate: Provided fice of Management and Budget in OMB Cir- tion, the combination of the two airlines has re- further, That the Secretary of Transportation is cular A–11 (2002): Provided further, That the sulted in a difficult seniority integration for the directed to use an Administrative Law Judge in second proviso under the heading ‘‘Corporation majority of the employee groups involved; a formal proceeding to resolve docket number for National and Community Service’’ in Public (3) airline layoffs from American Airlines OST–2002–13089. Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended by inserting should be conducted in a manner that maintains CHAPTER 8 after ‘‘section 501(a)(4)’’ the following: ‘‘with the maximum level of fairness and equitable not less than $2,500,000 for the Office of the SUBCOMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND treatment for all parties involved; and Chief Financial Officer to enact financial re- HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND INDE- (4) American Airlines should encourage its em- form in the Corporation, without regard to the PENDENT AGENCIES ployee groups to integrate all employees in a provisions of section 501(a)(4)(B) of the Act’’. manner that is fair and equitable for all parties DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS involved. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION SEC. 2705. No provision of this Act may be con- STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS strued as altering or amending the force or ef- GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES The referenced statement of the managers fect of any of the following provisions of law as (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) under this heading in Public Law 106–74 is currently applied: For an additional amount for costs associated deemed to be amended in reference to item num- (1) Sections 2631 and 2631a of title 10, United with processing claims of veterans who may ber 135, as amended, by striking everything after States Code. have incurred injuries with service in the Per- ‘‘135.’’ and inserting, ‘‘$437,000 for the Hun- (2) Sections 901(b) and 901b of the Merchant sian Gulf War combat arena, $100,000,000, to re- tington Sanitary Board of Huntington, West Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1241(b), 1241f). main available until expended: Provided, That Virginia for the construction of wastewater (3) Public Resolution Numbered 17, Seventy- the Secretary may transfer such sums as may be treatment facilities in the Fourpole Watershed; third Congress (48 Stat. 500). necessary to ‘‘Veterans Health Administration, and $513,000 for the Region I Planning and De- (4) Any other similar provision of law requir- Medical Care’’ to provide health care services as velopment Council in Princeton, West Virginia ing the use of privately owned United States authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1710(e)(1)(D) subject to for water and wastewater infrastructure im- flag commercial vessels for certain transpor- a determination by the Secretary of Veterans provements’’: Provided, That the referenced tation purposes of the United States. Affairs that such additional funds are nec- statement of the managers under this heading in SEC. 2706. (a) Notwithstanding any other pro- essary: Provided further, That the Secretary Public Law 107–73 is deemed to be amended by vision of law, projects and activities designated shall notify the Committees on Appropriations striking everything after ‘‘District’’ in reference on pages 1267 through 1278 of the Joint Explan- at least 15 days prior to the transfer or alloca- to item number 222 and inserting, ‘‘for water in- atory Statement of the Committee of Conference tion of any funds provided under this para- frastructure improvements’’: Provided further, for Public Law 108–7 shall be eligible for fiscal graph. That the referenced statement of the managers under this heading in Public Law 108–7 is year 2003 funds made available from the pro- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN deemed to be amended by striking everything gram for which each project or activity is so des- DEVELOPMENT ignated and projects and activities on pages 1305 after the word ‘‘Agency’’ in reference to item through 1307 shall be awarded those grants COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT number 72 and inserting, ‘‘for the Mojave Desert upon receipt of an application. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND Arsenic Demonstration Project’’. (b) Public Law 108–7 is amended in the first The referenced statement of managers under ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION paragraph under the heading ‘‘Federal High- the heading ‘‘Community development fund’’ in Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the way Administration Limitation on Administra- title II of Public Law 108–7 under grant No. 26 Administrator of the Environmental Protection tive Expenses’’ by striking ‘‘$269,700,000’’ and under the Neighborhoods Initiative program is Agency shall adjust each ‘‘maximum annual fee inserting ‘‘$299,745,000’’. amended by striking ‘‘Glendale, Montana’’ and payable’’ pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(5)(D) SEC. 2707. Notwithstanding any other provi- inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Glendive, Montana’’. and (E) in a manner such that maintenance fee sion of law, funds made available under the The referenced statement of managers under collections made to reach the level authorized in heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration For- the heading ‘‘Community development fund’’ in division K of Public Law 108–7 shall be estab- mula Grants’’ for fiscal year 2003 shall be avail- title II of Public Law 106–377 is amended by lished in the same proportion as those mainte- able to finance the operating cost of equipment striking ‘‘$200,000 for Light of Life Ministries in nance fee collections authorized in Public Law and facilities for use in public transportation in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for infrastruc- 107–73.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION rier for such purposes as the carrier determines resentatives, shall have access for the purpose of RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES appropriate: Provided further, That payments audit and examination to any books, accounts, The first sentence under this heading in Pub- made under this heading shall be distributed as documents, papers, and records of air carriers lic Law 108–7 is amended by striking a lump sum payment and made not later than 30 entering into an agreement under this proviso ‘‘$320,000,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof days after the date of enactment of this Act: that relate to the information required to imple- ‘‘$330,000,000’’. Provided further, That the Transportation Se- ment the provisions of this proviso. curity Administration, not later than 30 days (B) The Comptroller General shall transmit a TITLE III—COLUMBIA ORBITER after the last disbursement of funds made pursu- report of any investigation conducted under this MEMORIAL ACT ant to the second proviso under this heading, proviso to the Senate Committee on Appropria- SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. shall certify that such funds were allocated by tions, the Senate Committee on Commerce, This title may be cited as the ‘‘Columbia Or- air carriers for security related expenses or rev- Science, and Transportation, the House of Rep- biter Memorial Act’’. enue forgone as a result of meeting Federal se- resentatives Committee on Appropriations, and SEC. 302. CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORIAL TO curity mandates and shall transmit such certifi- the House of Representatives Committee on CREW OF COLUMBIA ORBITER AT AR- cation to the Senate Committee on Appropria- Transportation and Infrastructure, together LINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. tions, the Senate Committee on Commerce, with a certification as to whether the Comp- (a) CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED.—The Secretary Science, and Transportation, the House of Rep- troller General has had access to sufficient in- of the Army shall, in consultation with the Ad- resentatives Committee on Appropriations, and formation to make informed judgments on the ministrator of the National Aeronautics and the House Committee on Transportation and In- matters covered by this report. Space Administration, construct at an appro- frastructure: Provided further, That the Under (5) In this proviso, the following definitions priate place in Arlington National Cemetery, Secretary for Border and Transportation Secu- apply: Virginia, a memorial marker honoring the seven rity of the Department of Homeland Security (A) The term ‘‘executive officer’’ means the members of the crew of the Columbia Orbiter shall not impose the fees authorized by section two most highly compensated named executive who died on February 1, 2003, over the State of 44940(a) of title 49, United States Code, during officers (as that term is used in section 402(a)(3) Texas during the landing of space shuttle mis- the period beginning June 1, 2003, and ending of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Salaries sion STS–107. September 30, 2003: Provided further, That (1) and Exchange Commission under the Securities (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amount notwithstanding any other provision of law, the and Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR appropriated or otherwise made available by Secretary of Homeland Security may not provide 229.402(a)(3))). title II of the Department of Defense Appropria- assistance to an air carrier pursuant to the sec- (B) The term ‘‘salary’’ means the base salary tions Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248) under the ond proviso under this heading unless that air of an individual, excluding any bonuses, heading ‘‘OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, carrier executes a contract with the Secretary awards of stock, or other financial benefits pro- ARMY’’, $500,000 shall be available for the con- under which the air carrier agrees that— vided by an air carrier to the individual. struction of the memorial marker required by (A) the air carrier will not provide total cash (C) The term ‘‘total cash compensation’’ has subsection (a). compensation during the 12-month period begin- the meaning given the term ‘‘total compensa- SEC. 303. DONATIONS FOR MEMORIAL FOR CREW ning April 1, 2003, to an executive officer in an tion’’ by section 104(b) of the Air Transportation OF COLUMBIA ORBITER. amount equal to more than the annual salary Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. (a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS.—The paid to that officer with respect to the air car- 40101 note), but does not include awards of Administrator of the National Aeronautics and rier’s fiscal year 2002; and stock or stock options or preexisting contracts Space Administration may accept gifts and do- (B) if the air carrier violates the agreement governing retirement. nations of services, money, and property (in- under subparagraph (A), the air carrier will pay (6) Nothing in this proviso shall be construed cluding personal, tangible, or intangible prop- to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 60 days to prohibit or limit an air carrier in providing erty) for the purpose of an appropriate memorial after the date on which the violation occurs, an health benefits, life insurance benefits, or reim- or monument to the seven members of the crew amount, determined by the Secretary of Home- bursement of reasonable expenses to an execu- of the Columbia Orbiter who died on February land Security, equal to the total amount of as- tive officer. 1, 2003, over the State of Texas during the land- sistance received by the air carrier pursuant to GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE ing of space shuttle mission STS–107, whether the second proviso under this heading. such memorial or monument is constructed by (2) For the purpose of applying paragraph (1) SEC. 4001. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, the Administrator or is the memorial marker re- of this proviso to an executive officer— United States Code, is amended by striking quired by section 302. (A) who was employed by an air carrier for ‘‘2003,’’ each place it appears and inserting (b) TRANSFER.—(1) The Administrator may less than 12 months during the air carrier’s fis- ‘‘2004,’’. transfer to the Secretary of the Army any serv- cal year 2002, or whose employment began after (b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by ices, money, or property accepted by the Admin- the last day of the last fiscal year of such air striking ‘‘2003,’’ and inserting ‘‘2004,’’. istrator under subsection (a) for the purpose of carrier ending before the date of enactment of (c) Section 44310 of such title is amended by the construction of the memorial marker re- this Act— striking ‘‘2003.’’ and inserting ‘‘2004.’’. quired by section 302. (i) the salary paid to that executive officer in SEC. 4002. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENDED (2) Any moneys transferred to the Secretary that air carrier’s fiscal year 2002, or in the next UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION under paragraph (1) shall be merged with fiscal year of that air carrier (if such next fiscal FOR DISPLACED AIRLINE AND RE- LATED WORKERS. amounts in the account referred to in subsection year began before the date of enactment of this (a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec- (b) of section 302, and shall be available for the Act), respectively, shall be determined as an an- tion— purpose referred to in that subsection. nual rate of pay; (c) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The author- (ii) that annual rate of pay shall be treated as (1) the term ‘‘eligible individual’’ means an in- ity of the Administrator to accept gifts and do- if it were the annual salary paid to that execu- dividual whose eligibility for temporary ex- nations under subsection (a) shall expire five tive officer during the air carrier’s fiscal year tended unemployment compensation under the years after the date of the enactment of this 2002; and Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensa- Act. (iii) that executive officer shall be deemed to tion Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. TITLE IV—AVIATION-RELATED have been employed during that fiscal year; and 21), as amended by Public Law 108–1 (117 Stat. ASSISTANCE (B) whose employment begins after the date of 3), is or would be based on the exhaustion of regular compensation under State law, entitle- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY enactment of this Act— (i) the annual salary at which that executive ment to which was based in whole or in part on TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION officer is first employed by an air carrier may qualifying employment performed during such For expenses and revenue forgone related to not exceed the maximum salary paid to any ex- individual’s base period; aviation security, $2,395,750,000, to remain ecutive officer by that air carrier during that air (2) the term ‘‘qualifying employment’’, with available until September 30, 2003: Provided, carrier’s fiscal year 2002 with the same or simi- respect to an eligible individual, means employ- That the first $100,000,000 of such amounts shall lar responsibilities; ment— be available, notwithstanding any other provi- (ii) that salary shall be treated as if it were (A) with an air carrier, employment at a facil- sion of this Act, until expended to compensate the annual salary paid to the executive officer ity at an airport, or with an upstream producer air carriers for the direct costs associated with during that air carrier’s fiscal year 2002; and or supplier for an air carrier; and the strengthening of flight deck doors and locks (iii) the executive officer shall be deemed to (B) as determined by the Secretary, separation on aircraft required by section 104(a)(1)(B) of have been employed by that air carrier during from which was due, in whole or in part, to— the Aviation and Transportation Security Act: that air carrier’s fiscal year 2002. (i) reductions in service by an air carrier as a Provided further, That the remaining (3) The Secretary shall not apply any of the result of a terrorist action or security measure; $2,295,750,000 of such amounts shall be remitted conditions of this proviso for receiving assist- (ii) a closure of an airport in the United to United States flag air carriers in the propor- ance pursuant to the second proviso under this States as a result of a terrorist action or security tional share each such carrier has paid or col- heading to any air carrier that operates aircraft measure; or lected as of the date of enactment of this Act in exclusively with 85 seats or less, any Hawaii- (iii) a military conflict with Iraq that has been passenger security and air carrier security fees based carrier or any air carrier that does not op- authorized by Congress; to the Transportation Security Administration: erate trans-Pacific or trans-Atlantic flights. (3) the term ‘‘air carrier’’ means an air carrier Provided further, That payments made under (4)(A) The Comptroller General, or any of the that holds a certificate issued under chapter 411 the preceding proviso may be used by an air car- Comptroller General’s duly authorized rep- of title 49, United States Code;

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(4) the term ‘‘upstream producer’’ means a (B) SPECIAL RULES.—In the case of an eligible (4) review the relationship between— firm that performs additional, value-added, pro- individual for whom a temporary extended un- (A) the command climate for women at the duction processes, including firms that perform employment account was established before the United States Air Force Academy, including fac- final assembly, finishing, or packaging of arti- date of enactment of this Act, the Temporary tors that may have produced a fear of retribu- cles, for another firm; Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of tion for reporting sexual misconduct; and (5) the term ‘‘supplier’’ means a firm that pro- 2002 (as amended by this section) shall be ap- (B) the circumstances that resulted in sexual duces component parts for, or articles and con- plied subject to the following: misconduct at the Academy; tract services considered to be a part of the pro- (i) Any amounts deposited in the individual’s (5) review, evaluate, and assess such other duction process or services for, another firm; temporary extended unemployment compensa- matters and materials as the panel considers ap- (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary tion account by reason of section 203(c) of such propriate for the study; and of Labor; and Act (commonly known as ‘‘TEUC–X amounts’’) (6) review, and incorporate as appropriate, (7) the term ‘‘terrorist action or security meas- before the date of enactment of this Act shall be the findings of ongoing studies being conducted ure’’ means a terrorist attack on the United treated as amounts deposited by reason of sec- by the Air Force General Counsel and Inspector States on September 11, 2001, or a security meas- tion 203(b) of such Act (commonly known as General. ure taken in response to such attack. ‘‘TEUC amounts’’), as deemed to have been (c) REPORT.—(1) Not later than 90 days after (b) ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEM- amended by paragraph (3)(A). its first meeting under section 501(f)(2), the PLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR ELIGIBLE INDI- (ii) For purposes of determining whether the panel shall submit a report on the study re- VIDUAL.—In the case of an eligible individual, individual is eligible for any TEUC–X amounts quired by subsection 502(a) to the Secretary of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Com- under such Act, as deemed to be amended by Defense and the Committees on Armed Services pensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 116 this subsection— of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Stat. 21), as amended by Public Law 108–1 (117 (I) any determination made under section (2) The report shall include— Stat. 3), shall be applied as if it had been 203(c) of such Act before the application of the (A) the findings and conclusions of the panel amended in accordance with subsection (c). amendment described in paragraph (3)(B) shall as a result of the study; and (c) MODIFICATIONS.— be disregarded; and (B) any recommendations for legislative or ad- (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (II) any such determination shall instead be ministrative action that the panel considers ap- (b), the Temporary Extended Unemployment made by applying section 203(c) of such Act, as propriate in light of the study. Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; deemed to be amended by paragraph (3)(B), as SEC. 503. PERSONNEL MATTERS. 116 Stat. 21), as amended by Public Law 108–1 of the time that all amounts established in such (a) PAY OF MEMBERS.—(1) Members of the (117 Stat. 3), shall be treated as if it had been account in accordance with section 203(b) of panel established under section 501(a) shall amended as provided in this subsection. such Act (as deemed to be amended under this serve without pay by reason of their work on (2) PROGRAM EXTENSION.—Deem section 208 of subsection, and including any amounts de- the panel. the Temporary Extended Unemployment Com- scribed in clause (i)) are in fact exhausted. (2) Section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, pensation Act of 2002, as amended by Public TITLE V—PANEL TO REVIEW SEXUAL MIS- shall not apply to the acceptance of services of Law 108–1 (117 Stat. 3), to be amended to read CONDUCT ALLEGATIONS AT UNITED a member of the panel under this title. as follows: STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY (b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the ‘‘SEC. 208. APPLICABILITY. SEC. 501. ESTABLISHMENT OF PANEL. panel shall be allowed travel expenses, includ- ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates au- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a an agreement entered into under this title shall panel to review sexual misconduct allegations at thorized for employees of agencies under sub- apply to weeks of unemployment— the United States Air Force Academy. chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States ‘‘(1) beginning after the date on which such (b) COMPOSITION.—The panel shall be com- Code, while away from their homes or regular agreement is entered into; and posed of seven members, appointed by the Sec- places of business in the performance of services ‘‘(2) ending before December 29, 2003. retary of Defense from among private United for the panel. ‘‘(b) TRANSITION FOR AMOUNT REMAINING IN States citizens who have expertise in behavioral TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACCOUNT.— and psychological sciences and standards and ACT ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in practices relating to proper treatment of sexual SEC. 6001. No part of any appropriation con- the case of an individual who has amounts re- assault victims (to include their medical and tained in this Act shall remain available for ob- maining in an account established under section legal rights and needs), as well as the United ligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 203 as of December 28, 2003, temporary extended States military academies. expressly so provided herein. HAIRMAN.—The Secretary of Defense unemployment compensation shall continue to (c) C This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency shall, in consultation with the Chairmen of the be payable to such individual from such Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and amounts for any week beginning after such date 2003’’. for which the individual meets the eligibility re- House of Representatives, select the Chairman And the Senate agree to the same. quirements of this title. of the panel from among its members under sub- section (b). BILL YOUNG, ‘‘(2) NO AUGMENTATION AFTER DECEMBER 28, (d) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— RALPH REGULA, 2003.—If the account of an individual is ex- Members shall be appointed for the life of the JERRY LEWIS, hausted after December 28, 2003, then section panel. Any vacancy in the panel shall be filled HAL ROGERS, 203(c) shall not apply and such account shall in the same manner as the original appointment. FRANK WOLF, not be augmented under such section, regardless (e) MEETINGS.—The panel shall meet at the JIM KOLBE, of whether such individual’s State is in an ex- call of the Chairman. JAMES T. WALSH, tended benefit period (as determined under (f) INITIAL ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.—(1) CHARLES H. TAYLOR, paragraph (2) of such section). All original appointments to the panel shall be DAVID L. HOBSON, ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—No compensation shall be made not later than May 1, 2003. ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., payable by reason of paragraph (1) for any (2) The Chairman shall convene the first meet- HENRY BONILLA, week beginning after December 26, 2004.’’. ing of the panel not later than May 8, 2003. JOE KNOLLENBERG, (3) ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF BENEFITS.—Deem SEC. 502. DUTIES OF PANEL. JACK KINGSTON, section 203 of the Temporary Extended Unem- (a) IN GENERAL.—The panel established under RODNEY P. ployment Compensation Act of 2002, as amended section 501(a) shall carry out a study of the FRELINGHUYSEN, by Public Law 108–1 (117 Stat. 3), to be amend- policies, management and organizational prac- DAVID OBEY, ed— tices, and cultural elements of the United States JOHN P. MURTHA, (A) in subsection (b)(1)— Air Force Academy that were conducive to al- NORMAN DICKS, (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘50’’ and lowing sexual misconduct (including sexual as- MARTIN OLAV SABO, inserting ‘‘150’’; and saults and rape) at the United States Air Force ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, (ii) by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘39’’; and Academy. MARCY KAPTUR, (B) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘1⁄3 of’’ (b) REVIEW.—In carrying out the study re- PETER J. VISCLOSKY, after ‘‘equal to’’. quired by subsection (a), the panel shall— NITA M. LOWEY, (4) EFFECTIVE DATE OF MODIFICATIONS DE- (1) review the actions taken by United States JOSE E. SERRANO, SCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (3).— Air Force Academy personnel and other Depart- JAMES P. MORAN, (A) IN GENERAL.—The amendments described ment of the Air Force officials in response to al- CHET EDWARDS, in paragraph (3)— legations of sexual assaults at the United States Managers on the Part of the House. (i) shall be deemed to have taken effect as if Air Force Academy; included in the enactment of the Temporary Ex- (2) review directives issued by the United TED STEVENS, tended Unemployment Compensation Act of States Air Force pertaining to sexual misconduct THAD COCHRAN, 2002; but at the United States Air Force Academy; ARLEN SPECTER, (ii) shall be treated as applying only with re- (3) review the effectiveness of the process, pro- PETE V. DOMENICI, spect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or cedures, and policies used at the United States CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, after the date of enactment of this Act, subject Air Force Academy to respond to allegations of MITCH MCCONNELL, to subparagraph (B). sexual misconduct; CONRAD BURNS,

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RICHARD SHELBY, CHAPTER 2 any of these funds, the conferees direct the JUDD GREGG, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Attorney General to notify the Committees ROBERT F. BENNETT, on Appropriations in accordance with sec- GENERAL ADMINISTRATION BEN NIGHTHORSE tion 605 of Division B of Public Law 108–7. SALARIES AND EXPENSES CAMPBELL, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS ARRY RAIG The conference agreement includes L C , COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, $5,000,000 for the Office of Intelligence Policy The conference agreement provides MIKE DEWINE, and Professional Responsibility as proposed $54,750,000 for the Office of Community Ori- SAM BROWNBACK, in the House bill for increased operational ented Policing Services, Interoperable Com- ROBERT C. BYRD, support for the Federal Bureau of Investiga- munications Technology Program, instead of DANIEL K. INOUYE, tion (FBI), primarily through the application $109,500,000 as proposed by the Senate and no PATRICK J. LEAHY, of warrants under the Foreign Intelligence funding as proposed by the House. funding TOM HARKIN, Surveillance Act. Of the amount provided, should be used to improve State and local BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, $2,000,000 is for additional personnel costs, law enforcement cross-jurisdictional commu- HARRY REID, and $3,000,000 is for information technology nication and information sharing. HERB KOHL enhancements. The Senate did not provide (except for P.L. 480), funding for this program. THE JUDICIARY PATTY MURRAY, The conferees adopt by reference House SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES language regarding submission of a proposal BYRON L. DORGAN, SALARIES AND EXPENSES on enhanced oversight of the FBI. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, The conference agreement provides DICK DURBIN, COUNTERTERRORISM FUND $1,535,000 for the Supreme Court of the TIM JOHNSON, The conference agreement includes United States for police enhancements as MARY L. LANDRIEU, $70,274,000 for the Counterterrorism Fund, in- proposed in the House bill. The Senate pro- Managers on the Part of the Senate. stead of $100,274,000 as proposed in the House posed no funding for this account. JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT bill, to cover extraordinary costs associated UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE The managers on the part of the House and with a terrorist threat or incident. This FEDERAL CIRCUIT amount includes $20,000,000 in new direct ap- the Senate at the conference on the dis- SALARIES AND EXPENSES agreeing votes of the two Houses on the propriations, and $50,274,000 in unobligated The conference agreement provides $973,000 amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. balances currently available in the Fund. for the United States Court of Appeals for 1559) making emergency wartime supple- The Senate did not fund this program. the Federal Circuit for court security offi- mental appropriations for the fiscal year The Counterterrorism Fund was estab- cers as proposed in the House bill. The Sen- ending September 30, 2003, and for other pur- lished in 1995 after the bombing of the Alfred ate proposed no funding for this account. poses, submit the following joint statement P. Murrah Building in Okaloma City, and is to the House and the Senate in explanation under control and direction of the Attorney UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL of the effects of the action agreed upon by General. These funds may be used to reim- TRADE the managers and recommended in the ac- burse any Department of Justice organiza- SALARIES AND EXPENSES companying conference report. tion for the costs incurred from the reestab- The conference agreement provides $50,000 Report language included by the House in lishment of an office or facility damaged or for the United States Court of International the report accompanying H.R. 1559 (H. Rept. destroyed as a result of a domestic or inter- Trade for a security system upgrade as pro- 108–55) and included by the Senate in the re- national terrorist incident, and to cover ex- posed by the House. The Senate proposed no port accompaning S. 762 (S. Rept. 108–33) traordinary expenses necessary to counter, funding for this account. investigate, or prosecute domestic or inter- should be complied with unless specifically DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED national terrorism activities. The conferees addressed in this statement of the managers. AGENCY include language requiring the Attorney The statement of the managers, while re- DEPARTMENT OF STATE peating some report language for emphasis, General to notify the Committees on Appro- is not intended to negate the language re- priations in accordance with section 605 of ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ferred to above unless expressly provided Division B of Public Law 107–7 prior to obli- DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS herein. gation of funds from this account. The conference agreement includes TITLE I—WAR-RELATED DETENTION TRUSTEE $88,420,000 for costs related to evacuations, APPROPRIATIONS The conference agreement provides emergency response, increased security, and CHAPTER 1 $40,000,000 for the detention of prisoners in re-establishing a mission in Iraq. The con- the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, in- ference agreement includes $32,000,000 for re- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE stead of $45,000,000 as proposed by the Senate quirements related to the provision of con- AGRICULTURE RESEARCH SERVICE and $15,000,000 as proposed by the House. sular services; $35,801,000 for costs associated BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL with the re-establishment of a diplomatic mission in Iraq; $15,619,000 for medical and The conference agreement includes The conference agreement includes $110,000,000 for continued modernization of vaccination services; and $5,000,000 for public $2,500,000 as proposed in the House bill for diplomacy surge activities in Iraq and facilities in Ames, Iowa, which will provide a the Office of Inspector General to provide ad- laboratory building, fixed equipment, and as- throughout the Middle East. The amount ditional oversight to expanded Department provided for re-establishing a diplomatic sociated infrastructure as a complete and us- authorities and activities, including over- able phase of construction. mission in Iraq includes $17,862,000 for post sight related to the implementation of the operations and $17,939,000 for diplomatic se- PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS USA PATRIOT Act. The Senate did not pro- curity. (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) vide funding for this program. In addition, the conference agreement in- The conference agreement includes LEGAL ACTIVITIES cludes $10,000,000 for increased security $369,000,000 for Public Law 480 title II grants. SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES measures at United States diplomatic mis- Within this amount, the confees provide MARSHAL SERVICE sions worldwide. $69,000,000 to the Bill Emerson Humanitarian The conference agreement provides The conferees expect the Department to in- Trust. In addition, the conferees recommend $8,000,000 for the Marshals Service, instead of tensify public diplomacy activities in the language to prohibit the exchange of an eli- $26,080,000 as proposed by the House and no Middle East, including the establishment of gible commodity for another commodity of funding as proposed by the Senate. The rec- an Information Center in the Gulf region. equal value. It is the intention of the con- ommendation includes $5,800,000 to be allo- The conferees further expect the Department ferees that no restriction is imposed on the cated to those districts with the highest pri- to aggressively develop new public diplo- purchase of any authorized commodity for ority needs for the protection of the judicial macy approaches and initiatives. In this re- replenishment of the Bill Emerson Humani- process and $2,200,000 to upgrade the Mar- gard, the conferees expect the Department to tarian Trust. shals Service secure communications capa- establish an advisory group on public diplo- The conference agreement for Public Law bility. macy for the Arab and Muslim world as de- 480 title II grants will allow the restoration scribed in the House report. of funds to on-going food aid programs which FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION The conference agreement includes lan- were redirected as a result of prioritizing SALARIES AND EXPENSES guage requiring the Department to conduct food aid funds to respond to the conflict in To respond to immediate or emerging ter- bimonthly reviews of Machine Readable Visa Iraq. The conferees expect that these funds rorism-related prevention and response re- fee revenue to monitor and better predict will be utilized for previously approved title quirements in the United States, the con- possible shortfall. The conferees direct the II food aid programs in such countries as ference agreement includes a total of Department, immediately upon identifying Bangladesh, Uganda, Malawi, Haiti, Mozam- $367,192,000 for the FBI instead of $398,862,000 such a shortfall, to reprogram funds as nec- bique, Ghana, Kenya, Bolivia, Guatemala, proposed in the House bill and $63,000,000 pro- essary to maintain the fiscal year 2003 Bor- Peru, and Ethiopia. posed in the Senate bill. Prior to obligating der Security Program, as described in the

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Budget request House Senate Conference

Transfer Funds: Defense Emergency Response Fund ...... 59,863,200 ...... 11,019,000 ...... Operation Iraqi Freedom Response Fund ...... 59,682,500 ...... Combat, Stability Operations and Force Reconstitution Costs ...... [25,436,400] ...... Iraq Freedom Fund ...... 15,678,900 Military Personnel: Military Personnel, Army ...... [6,974,500] 7,724,500 7,700,000 Military Personnel, Navy ...... [1,984,300] 1,784,300 1,600,000 Military Personnel, Marine Corps ...... [1,204,900] 1,254,900 1,200,000 Military Personnel, Air Force ...... [1,834,800] 2,834,800 2,800,000 Reserve Personnel, Army ...... [3,000] 6,000 3,000 National Guard Personnel, Army ...... [93,000] 110,000 100,000 Total Military Personnel ...... 13,714,500 13,403,000 [Total, Miliary Personnel transfers] ...... [12,094,500] ......

Operation and Maintenance: O&M, Army ...... [10,481,500] 16,142,500 16,000,000 O&M, Navy ...... [3,904,300] 5,296,600 5,100,000 O&M, Marine Corps ...... [1,383,700] 1,752,700 1,650,000 O&M, Air Force ...... [3,668,200] 7,209,200 7,100,000 O&M, Defense-Wide ...... 1,400,000 1,400,000 4,007,700 1,200,000 [O&M, Defense-Wide transfer] ...... [901,900] ...... 1 [1,400,000] O&M, Army Reserve ...... 3,000 O&M, Navy Reserve ...... 15,000 7,000 O&M, Marine Corps Reserve ...... 50,000 20,000 O&M, Army National Guard ...... [58,400] 88,400 75,000 O&M, Air National Guard ...... 20,000 20,000 Natural Resources Risk Remediation Fund ...... 489,300 1 [489,300] 489,300 1 [489,300] Total, O&M ...... 1,889,300 1,400,000 35,071,400 31,175,000 [Total, O&M transfers] ...... [20,434,000] ......

Procurement: Aircraft Procurement, Army ...... [4,100] 4,100 4,100 Missile Procurement, Army ...... [3,100] 3,100 3,100 Procurement of W&TCV, Army ...... [53,300] 53,300 53,300 Procurement of Ammunition, Army ...... [447,500] 447,500 447,500 Other Procurement, Army ...... [241,800] 241,800 241,800 Other Procurement, Air Force ...... [113,600] 113,600 113,600 Procurement, Defense-Wide ...... [451,000] 451,000 451,000 Total, Procurement ...... 1,314,400 1,314,400 [Total, Procurement transfers] ...... [1,314,400] ...... Research, Development, Test and Evaluation: RDT&E, Army ...... [11,500] 11,500 11,500 RDT&E, Defense-Wide ...... [90,000] ...... 70,000 Total, RDT&E ...... 11,500 81,500 [Total, RDT&E transfers] ...... [101,500] ...... Revolving and Management Funds: Defense Working Capital Funds ...... 430,000 1,100,000 550,000 2 [1,100,000] Other Department of Defense Programs: Defense Health Program ...... [301,700] 501,700 501,700 Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense ...... 34,000 34,000 34,000 34,000 Total, Other DoD Programs ...... 34,000 34,000 535,700 535,700 [Total, Other DoD Programs transfers] ...... [301,700] ...... General Provisions: Sec. 1307 Reimburse O&M Accounts for Drawdowns [Afghan Freedom Support Act] ...... 165,000 165,000 165,000 165,000 Defense Cooperation Account ...... 28,000 28,000 ...... 28,000 Sec. 1317 RDT&E, Navy Rescissions ...... ¥3,400 ¥3,400 Total, General Provisions ...... 193,000 193,000 161,600 189,600

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Budget request House Senate Conference

Grand Total, Chapter 3 ...... 62,409,500 2,727,000 62,378,100 62,378,100 [Grand Total, Transfers] ...... [59,682,500] ...... Note.—Brackets in the House column indicate transfers from Operation Iraqi Freedom Response Fund. 1 Dollars are not included in the total. Indicates the maximum amount that may be received from transfer fund. 2 Dollars are not included in the total. Indicates the minimum amount that must be received from transfer fund.

FISCAL YEAR 2003 APPROPRIATIONS REPORTING priation for the ‘‘Defense Emergency Re- The conferees also recommend that amounts REQUIREMENT sponse Fund’’. available in the ‘‘Defense Cooperation Ac- The conferees recommend supplemental OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM RESPONSE FUND count’’ may be transferred to and merged funds based on the best financial estimates The House recommended $59,682,500,000 in with this fund, and that the Secretary of De- available at the time the President’s request the ‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom Response fense may transfer funds available in the was submitted. In providing funds, the con- Fund’’ of which $34,246,100,000 was for trans- NRRRF to other appropriations. The Sec- ferees held public hearings and had extensive fer to service appropriation accounts, and retary of Defense may transfer funds appro- briefings by senior Department of Defense of- $25,436,400,000 was for transfer to a new priated to the ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’ only to ficials and representatives of the military ‘‘Combat, Stability Operations and Force Re- the extent that amounts transferred from departments. The conferees have endeavored constitution Costs’’ account. The Senate the ‘‘Defense Cooperation Account’’ and to achieve a workable balance between con- provided no appropriation for either account. other contributions are not available. To the gressional oversight, providing the Depart- The conference agreement recommends no extent that it becomes necessary to transfer ment with financial flexibility to meet the appropriation in the ‘‘Operation Iraqi Free- funds from appropriations made in this chap- unknowns of ongoing combat operations, and dom Response Fund’’. ter, and contributions become available later in the fiscal year, the conferees intend that responding promptly to the Department’s ur- IRAQ FREEDOM FUND gent financial requirements. these contributions shall be used to reim- The conference agreement recommends an burse the ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’. The conferees understand that ongoing, dy- appropriation of $15,678,900,000 for a new ap- namic combat operations generate an equal- propriation called the ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’. COUNTER-TERRORISM TRAINING ly dynamic situation for the Department. As These funds will be available to the Sec- The conference agreement includes lan- operations are carried out, financial plan- retary of Defense for transfer. In exercising guage that provides up to $25,000,000 for ning assumptions are replaced with actual their oversight role in the use of these funds, counter-terrorism military training activi- data. Over time, even the best fiscal projec- the conferees provide language requiring five ties for foreign governments in connection tions become real costs and financial obliga- day prior notification to the congressional with the global war on terrorism 15 days fol- tions. defense committees, in writing, of the de- lowing submission of a financial plan to the As fiscal year 2003 progresses, the conferees tails of any transfer of funds, as well as quar- congressional defense committees. expect that Department of Defense and the terly reports. PROCUREMENT military departments will be able to provide The conference agreement creates a frame- The conferees have reviewed possible allo- actual fiscal execution information, and bet- work within which these funds are expressly cations of funding requested by the Presi- ter, more refined projections of expected provided to maximize flexibility for the dent and believe that there are sufficient costs. President and the Department of Defense. Accordingly, the conferees direct the Sec- funds in the ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’ for pro- The conferees provide the authority for the curement of items to meet anticipated re- retary of Defense to submit to the congres- Department of Defense to transfer not less sional defense committees, no later than quirements for weapons, and equipment such than $1,771,180,000 for classified programs; as munitions, unmanned aerial vehicles, July 1, 2003, a comprehensive financial anal- not less than $1,100,000,000 for increased fuel ysis and update for fiscal year 2003. This re- communications equipment, and other items costs; up to $1,400,000,000 for payments to key required for military operations in Iraq, Af- port will detail both actual and projected ob- cooperating nations; up to $489,300,000 for the ligations of appropriations provided in this ghanistan, and the global war on terrorism. ‘‘Natural Resources Risk Remediation The conferees note that in addition to equip- Act, the Department of Defense Appropria- Fund’’; up to $400,000,000 for the United tions Act, 2003 (P.L. 107–248), and the Consoli- ment lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the States Coast Guard; up to $57,600,000 for re- Department has also sustained losses in Af- dated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (P.L. search, development, test, and evaluation; 108–7). ghanistan, as well as losses due to mishaps. and up to $25,000,000 for counter-terrorism Among these losses are high-demand, low- CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS training activities. density items such as Special Operations Recommended adjustments to classified The conferees direct the Department of De- MH–47 helicopters and Marine Corps CH–46 programs are addressed in a classified annex fense give priority in using the ‘‘Iraq Free- helicopters. The conferees believe that the accompanying this report. dom Fund’’ to ensure that military per- Department of Defense should consider re- MILITARY PERSONNEL sonnel accounts and the Defense Health Pro- placing or seeking safety improvements to gram are adequately supported. The conference agreement recommends these assets as well as those described in the PAYMENTS TO REIMBURSE KEY COOPERATING $13,403,000,000 for the military personnel ac- President’s request. NATIONS counts, instead of $12,094,500,00 as proposed Within the total recommended by the con- by the House (by transfer from the ‘‘Oper- The conference agreement includes lan- ferees, funds are also available to restock ation Iraqi Freedom Response Fund’’) and guage under the ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’ and in munitions, including precision munitions, $13,714,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The section 1310 of the general provisions that expended in combat or in training. Preci- conferees’ recommendation will fund the provides up to $1,400,000,000 in authority to sion-guided weapons may include Laser known incremental costs of pays and allow- make payments to reimburse Pakistan, Jor- Guided Bombs, Wind Corrected Munitions ances for active duty and Reserve personnel dan, and other key cooperating nations for Dispenser (WCMD), Joint Standoff Weapon through the end of the fiscal year. The con- certain expenses. The conference agreement (JSOW), Affordable Weapon System, Javelin, ferees recommend including section 1316, as limits funds available for such reimburse- Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guid- proposed by the Senate, which increases Im- ments to those provided in this chapter. The ed (TOW) Anti-tank Missile, Laser and minent Danger Pay and Family Separation conference agreement includes language Longbow Hellfire, Army Tactical Missile Allowance. similar to the House bill on notification and System (ATACMS), Multiple Launch Rocket reporting requirements. System (MLRS) Rockets, and Stinger. In OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE NATURAL RESOURCES RISK REMEDIATION FUND some cases, this is not intended to be a one- The conference agreement recommends The conference agreement includes lan- for-one replacement of expended munitions $31,175,000,000 for the Operation and Mainte- guage creating a new account called ‘‘Nat- and precision-guided weapons, but should in- nance accounts, instead of $21,834,000,000 ural Resources Risk Remediation Fund’’ stead be used to acquire upgraded versions of ($1,400,000,000 by direct appropriation in ‘‘Op- (NRRRF). Funds may be transferred to, ap- these munitions, such as Tactical Tomahawk eration and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, propriated to, and contributions made to the and Patriot missiles. The conferees agree to and $20,434,000,000 by transfer from the ‘‘Op- NRRRF in order to cover expenses incurred the reporting requirements concerning preci- eration Iraqi Freedom Response Fund’’) as in and around Iraq for emergency fire fight- sion-guided munitions, as proposed by the proposed by the House, and $35,071,400,000 as ing, repairing damage to oil facilities and re- House. proposed by the Senate. lated infrastructure, and preservation of a APPROPRIATE USE OF FUNDS FOR ACQUISITION DEFENSE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND distribution capability. Up to $489,300,000 of Theconferees agree with the House direc- The President requested $59,863,200,000 for the funds appropriated to the ‘‘Iraq Freedom tion regarding the appropriate use of funds the ‘‘Defense Emergency Response Fund’’. Fund’’ in this Act may be transferred to this for acquisition with the following changes: The House proposed no appropriation. The fund. (1) Items or capabilities that can be fielded Senate recommended $11,019,000,000 for this In addition, the Secretary of Defense is au- in less than 18 months (from the date of obli- fund. The conferees recommend no appro- thorized to accept contributions for the fund. gation) require no additional notification.

VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:28 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.039 H12PT1 H3374 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 (2) Items or capabilities requiring greater The conferees agree to retain and amend $7,500,000 for the Armed Forces Institution of than 18 months (from the date of obligation) section 1309, as proposed by the House and Pathology (AFIP) and halted any decrease in to operationally field require submission of a the Senate, which allows for the use of the number of personnel, but expect the De- prior approval reprogramming. $63,500,000 of the amounts available to the partment of Defense to provide sufficient OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of Defense to reimburse appro- funds and personnel to meet the mission of PROGRAMS priations accounts for the value of support AFIP through the end of this fiscal year. provided under the Iraq Liberation Act of The conferees agree to retain section 1317, DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 1998. Senate language is also included that as proposed by the Senate, which rescinds The conference agreement recommends provides for specific transfer authority in ad- $3,400,000 of the Public Law 107–248 ‘‘Re- $501,700,000 for Defense Health Program oper- dition to other transfer authorities available search, Development, Test and Evaluation, ation and maintenance costs. From within to the Department of Defense. The con- Navy’’ appropriation, for Treatment of Radi- this amount, the conferees direct that the ference report amends House language that ation Sickness Research. Department of Defense give priority to the provides that the aggregate value of draw- The conferees agree to retain and amend direct care system and military medical down authority in fiscal year 2003 may not section 1318, as proposed by the Senate, treatment facilities. exceed $86,500,000. The Department of De- which provides certain authorities to cover DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG fense is required to provide the congressional travel and transportation benefit for family ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE defense committees written notification not members of military personnel injured dur- The conference agreement provides later than seven days following the use of ing Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Endur- $34,000,000, as requested by the President, to the drawdown authority under the Iraq Lib- ing Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom. fund increased operational tempo in Colom- eration Act of the sources of the funds to be The conferees agree to retain section 1319, bia’s unified campaign against narcotics used for such purpose. The conferees note as proposed by the Senate, which provides trafficking and terrorist activities. The con- that the net remaining drawdown authority certain authorities for the procurement of ferees also agree to the reporting require- available in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 under civilian attire for medically evacuated mili- ment concerning the obligation of these the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 is $120,000,000. tary personnel. The conference agreement includes a new funds proposed by the House. The conferees agree to retain section 1319, provision, section 1310, similar to language GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER as proposed by the Senate, which provides in the House bill and the Senate amendment certain authorities for the procurement of The conferees agree to retain section 1301, that provides guidance and restrictions on civilian attire for medically evacuated mili- as proposed by the House, which directs that the use of up to $1,400,000,000 for the reim- tary personnel. amounts in the bill shall be available for the bursement of key cooperating nations, as The conferees agree to delete section 607 of same time period and subject to the same discussed elsewhere in this Statement. title VI in the Senate pass bill. terms and conditions as in Public Law 107– The conferees agree to include a new provi- CHAPTER 4 248 and Public Law 108–7. sion, section 1311, regarding additional trans- The conferees agree to retain and amend fer authority for funds provided in this chap- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL section 1302, as proposed by the Senate, ter. While the conferees believe that the al- DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY which prohibits the financing of activities location of funding recommended in this bill CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL specifically denied by Congress or the initi- will closely reflect the needs of the military OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL ation of a procurement or research, develop- services, they also recognize that the unpre- ment, test and evaluation new start program dictable nature of conflict could require The conference agreement provides without prior notification to the congres- some reallocation of funds. As such, the con- $39,000,000 to support increased security sional defense committees. The conferees di- ference agreement provides the Secretary of measures at Corps of Engineers owned and rect the Department of Defense to submit a Defense with an additional $2,000,000,000 in operated infrastructure facilities instead of prior approval reprogramming in any in- transfer authority for the funds provided in $29,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. stance in which it seeks to use funds in this this chapter. The conferees direct that the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Act for any program denied in previous fiscal use of this transfer authority should be in BUREAU OF RECLAMATION accordance with the restrictions in section year 2003 Appropriations Acts as delineated WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES in either the Act or the Statement of the 8005 of the fiscal year 2003 Department of De- The conference agreement provides Managers accompanying those Acts. fense Appropriations Act (PL 107–248). Fur- The conferees agree to retain section 1303, thermore, the conferees direct that the De- $25,000,000 to support increased security as proposed by the House, which prohibits fense Department shall comply with accept- measures at Bureau of Reclamation owned the use of funds provided for programs that ed reprogramming practices to include the and operated infrastructure facilities as pro- require greater than four years to operation- submission of DD Form 1415 prior approval posed by the Senate. The conferees expect ally field. reprogramming requests in using this ex- that the funds provided in this act will be The conferees agree to retain and amend panded authority. used primarily for facility hardening activi- section 1304, as proposed by the House and The conferees agree to retain section 1312, ties, additional vulnerability assessments, the Senate, which provides additional funds as proposed by the Senate, and deletes lan- and guards and law enforcement. for the CINC Initiative Fund. guage as proposed by the House which pro- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY vides for notification 15 days after obligation The conferees agree to retain and amend ENERGY PROGRAMS of military construction funds in excess of section 1305, as proposed by the House and SCIENCE the Senate, which amends the limitation on $7,500,000. The conference agreement provides an ad- the amount of ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, The conferees agree to amend section 1313, as proposed by the House, which transfers all ditional $11,000,000 for the Office of Science Defense-Wide’’ funds that may be used for balances of funds remaining in the ‘‘Defense to enhance safeguards and security at its emergency and extraordinary expenses. The conferees agree to retain and amend Emergency Response Fund’’ on October 31, laboratories, to meet the requirements of a 2003 to the ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’. section 1306, as proposed by the House and revised design basis threat, to fund the costs The conferees agree to delete language, as the Senate, which amends section 8005 of of maintaining those facilities at an elevated proposed by the Senate, that would have al- Public Law 107–248 and Public Law 108–7, ad- security condition in fiscal year 2003, and for lowed for the use of unobligated Cooperative other purposes. dressing transfer authority. Threat Reduction funds outside the states of ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES The conferees agree to retain and amend the former Soviet Union. The House bill did section 1307, as proposed by the House and not address this matter. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY the Senate, which appropriates $165,000,000 to The conferees agree to amend and retain ADMINISTRATION reimburse appropriations accounts for the section 1314, which amends three sections as WEAPONS ACTIVITIES value of drawdown support provided by the proposed by the Senate, making certain The conference agreement includes Department of Defense under the Afghan technical adjustments regarding funds in the $67,000,000 for the National Nuclear Security Freedom Support Act. The conference agree- fiscal year 2003 Department of Defense Ap- Administration (NNSA) to meet increased ment includes House language that requires propriations Act (P.L. 107–248). safeguards and security needs throughout prior written notification of the source of Conferees agree to retain section 1315, as the nuclear weapons complex. The funding funds in any future drawdown. The conferees proposed by the Senate, which makes a tech- provided includes $20,000,000 for the activities note that the net remaining drawdown au- nical correction to the National Defense Au- of the Secure Transportation Asset and thority under the Afghan Freedom Support thorization Act of 2003 with respect to cer- $47,000,000 to meet increased safeguards and Act of $135,000,000. tain multi-year services contracts. security needs throughout the nuclear weap- The conferees agree to retain section 1308, The conferees agree to retain section 1316, ons complex. as proposed by the Senate, which provides as proposed by the Senate, which increases that funds appropriated in this Act are the monthly allowance for Imminent Danger DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION deemed specifically authorized for the pur- Pay and Family Separation Allowance for The conference agreement provides poses of section 504 of the National Security fiscal year 2003. $148,000,000 for Defense Nuclear Nonprolifera- Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414). The House in- The conferees agree to delete language, as tion activities by the National Nuclear Secu- cluded similar language. proposed by the Senate, which provided rity Administration. This funding includes:

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$84,000,000 under the International Nuclear UNITED STATES EMERGENCY FUND FOR COMPLEX water/sanitation infrastructure. The con- Materials Protection and Cooperation pro- FOREIGN CRISES ferees expect the Office of Foreign Disaster gram to develop and deploy radiation detec- The President requested $150,000,000 for a Assistance in cooperation with the Office of tors at mega seaports, in coordination with new United States Emergency Fund for Com- Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assist- the Department of Homeland Security, Bu- plex Foreign Crises. The Senate provided the ance to initially focus on provision of clean reau of Customs and Border Protection; President’s request; the House did not. The water, food, electricity and other forms of di- $17,000,000 to expand efforts under the Inter- conferees believe that this request should be rect relief to vulnerable communities. As re- national Nuclear Materials Protection and considered within the context of the fiscal gions of Iraq are declared to be secure by the Cooperation program to secure radioactive year 2004 appropriations and authorization United States Central Command, economic materials that may be used to construct a processes and therefor do not provide funds stabilization technical assistance of the De- radioactive dispersal device (RDD), and to for this initiative in fiscal year 2003. The partment of the Treasury and longer-term develop standards for the cleanup of con- conference agreement distributes amounts reconstruction activities the United States tamination resulting from a potential RDD requested for this account to similar existing Agency for International Development would event; $15,000,000 under Nonproliferation and accounts and the new Iraq Relief and Recon- be mobilized within Iraq. The conference agreement designates the International Security Assistance to expand struction Fund (Iraq Fund). nonproliferation assistance to countries Iraq Fund as bilateral economic assistance OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES other than the former Soviet Union; under the authorities of the Foreign Assist- AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT $15,000,000 under Nonproliferation and ance Act of 1961, as amended. The funds are The conference agreement appropriates Verification R&D for nuclear nonprolifera- appropriated to the President who custom- $24,500,000 for Operating Expenses of United tion programs, including $2,500,000 for the arily has apportioned them to the Depart- States Agency for International Develop- Caucasus Seismic Network; $5,000,000 under ment of State and the United States Agency ment instead of $23,000,000 as proposed by the Nonproliferation and International Security for International Development. Because of House and $23,600,000 as proposed by the Sen- for international export controls; $5,000,000 the special circumstances in Iraq, the con- ate. These funds are to be used to implement under International Nuclear Materials Pro- ferees also provide for direct apportionment programs recommended elsewhere in this tection and Cooperation to support activities from the Fund, as necessary, to the Depart- chapter and for security costs in Afghanistan in Iraq; $5,000,000 under Nonproliferation and ments of Treasury, Defense, and Health and and Pakistan. The conferees intend for Verification R&D for materials and devices Human Services for activities such as Treas- $1,000,000 to be provided to reimburse the to detect nuclear materials; and $2,000,000 ury technical assistance, Army Corps of En- USAID Bureau for Asia and the Near East for under Nonproliferation and International Se- gineers, civil affairs team grants, and for de- costs incurred in connection with the evacu- curity to conduct vulnerability assessments ployment of personnel of the Centers for Dis- ation of its mission in Jakarta, Indonesia, for spent nuclear fuel casks. ease Control. for which no request was received. The conferees request that the relevant of- ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE Not less than $3,500,000 from this account ficials of the Departments of the Treasury, ACTIVITIES may be transferred and merged with ‘‘Oper- Defense, and Health and Human Services DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND ating Expenses of the United States Agency promptly consult with the Subcommittee on WASTE MANAGEMENT for International Development Office of In- Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and The conference recommendation provides spector General’’ to support financial and Related Programs regarding modalities for $6,000,000 for the Office of Environmental program audits of the Iraq Relief and Recon- provisions of financial data regarding Iraq Management to meet safeguards and secu- struction Fund. The conferees expect the In- activities under this account, including rity requirements at its defense cleanup and spector General of USAID to monitor, in par- memoranda of understanding with the waste disposal sites. ticular, the contracts and awards that utilize USAID Inspector General and notification OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES the Iraq Fund, and to report promptly to the documentation. The conference agreement The conference recommendation provides Committees any credible information he also provides that obligations from the Iraq $4,000,000 under Other Defense Activities, in- may receive regarding impediments to rapid Fund are subject to notification to the Com- cluding $1,000,000 for additional security test- program implementation or irregularities in mittees on Appropriations 5 days in advance ing by the Office of Independent Oversight contracting. In making awards to contrac- of the obligation of such funds. The conferees and Performance Assessment, and $3,000,000 tors engaged in the reconstruction of Iraq, intend such notifications to be treated by to meet increased intelligence and counter- the conferees request the Administrator of the Administration as having the same force intelligence mission requirements. the U.S. Agency for International Develop- and effect as notifications provided to the ment to actively seek to include significant Committees on Appropriations in accordance CHAPTER 5 participation by small, minority, and dis- with the Committees’ regular notification BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE advantaged American-owned business enter- procedures. FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT prises. In addition, transfers to agencies other UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE than the Department of State and USAID under section 632 of the Foreign Assistance DEVELOPMENT FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUNDS Act and under the general provisions of this IRAQ RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND chapter are made subject to notification pro- The conference agreement appropriates (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) cedures of the Committees on Appropria- $90,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead The conference agreement appropriates to tions. of $40,000,000 as proposed by the House. The the President $2,475,000,000 for a new Iraq Re- The conference agreement includes lan- recommended level is provided to reimburse lief and Reconstruction Fund, to remain guage directing that the Iraq Fund shall be the account for funds previously borrowed available until September 30, 2004, instead of used to fully and promptly reimburse ac- and provided to preposition personnel and $2,483,300,000 as proposed by the House and counts administered by the Departments of commodities to address humanitarian needs $2,468,300,000 as proposed by the Senate. State and the Treasury and the United anticipated prior to the commencement of The conferees note that this appropriation, States Agency for International Develop- the conflict with Iraq. The conferees include some of which is requested to meet imme- ment, not otherwise reimbursed from funds language that provides that funds are made diate relief requirements, is likely to be a appropriated by this chapter, for obligations available until September 30, 2004. down payment on a much larger United incurred for the purposes provided under this INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE States contribution toward the longer-term heading prior to enactment of this Act from The conference agreement appropriates reconstruction of Iraq. funds appropriated for foreign operations, ex- $143,800,000, to remain available until ex- As requested by the President, the Iraq Re- port financing, and related programs. In par- pended, instead of $160,000,000 as proposed by lief and Reconstruction Fund (the Iraq Fund) ticular, $150,000,000 ‘‘borrowed’’ for purchase the House and $112,500,000 as proposed by the will be used for such programs as (1) water/ of food under the authority of section 507 of Senate. These funds include $112,500,000 to re- sanitation infrastructure; (2) feeding and the fiscal year 2003 Foreign Operations, Ex- imburse the account for funds used to prepo- food distribution; (3) supporting relief efforts port Financing and Related Programs Appro- sition in the vicinity of Iraq the necessary related to refugees, internally displaced per- priations Act from the Development Assist- personnel, supplies and commodities re- sons, and vulnerable individuals, including ance account and the Economic Support quired to rapidly commence implementation assistance for families of innocent Iraqi ci- Fund should be reimbursed without delay. of humanitarian assistance in Iraq. vilians who suffer losses as the result of mili- The conferees expect rapid reimbursement of The conference agreement includes lan- tary operations; (4) electricity; (5) an additional $50,000,000 that was ‘‘borrowed’’ guage requested by the President that would healthcare; (6) telecommunications; (7) eco- from the Development Assistance account allow additional ‘‘borrowing’’ from other for- nomic and financial policy; (8) education; (9) for Iraq assistance under the provisions of eign assistance accounts within this Act. In transportation; (10) rule of law and govern- section 492(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act. the event that additional ‘‘borrowing’’ is ance; (11) humanitarian demining; and (12) The conference agreement provides that contemplated, the conferees expect to be agriculture. funds made available for rehabilitation and consulted by USAID simultaneously with the The conferees expect that initial obliga- reconstruction in Iraq should include assist- initiation of any discussions with the Office tions from the Iraq Fund will focus on the ance to families of innocent Iraqi civilians of Management and Budget. first six priorities listed above, especially who suffer losses as a result of the military

VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:28 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.044 H12PT1 H3376 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 operations. The managers intend that take into consideration budgetary and eco- States determines are inconsistent with the USAID and the Department of State, in co- nomic reforms undertaken by Turkey; and objectives and understandings reached be- ordination with the Department of Defense (3) specifies that loan guarantees are backed tween the United States and the Government and nongovernmental organizations, will by the full faith and credit of the United of Israel regarding the implementation of seek to identify families of non-combatant States. the loan guarantee program, as was proposed Iraqis who were killed or injured or whose The conference agreement includes not by the House and Senate bills. The con- homes were damaged during recent military less than $30,000,000 for assistance for the ference agreement provides that the Presi- operations, and to provide appropriate as- Philippines to further the prospects for peace dent shall take into consideration budgetary sistance. in Mindanao. The Senate Bill included and economic reforms undertaken by Israel. The conference agreement also includes a $50,000,000 for this purpose and the House bill The conferees expect the State Department general provision requiring two reports from did not address this issue. The conferees en- to provide to the appropriate Committees of the President: (1) within 30 days of enact- dorse the Senate report language related to Congress any letters of understanding ment on this Act on the proposed Iraq Fund this assistance. reached between the government of the management structure and (2) within 45 days The conference agreement includes United States and Israel on economic reform on strategies for reconstruction and the es- $167,000,000 for Afghanistan to continue ef- measures and settlement related activities tablishment of an independent civil govern- forts to support security and economic that pertain to the issuance of these loan ment in Iraq, coordination with other gov- growth in that nation, of which up to guarantees. ernments and international organizations, $100,000,000 is provided to accelerate the com- As was previously the case with the 1992 burden-sharing, and estimated costs. pletion of the major Kabul = Kandahar road; loan guarantees, all associated fees are to be Beginning not later than 90 days following $10,000,000 is provided, as necessary, for paid by the Government of Israel to the enactment of this Act and every 90 days grants by provincial reconstruction teams; United States Government, and the con- thereafter until September 2004, the con- and $57,000,000 is provided for implementa- ference agreement includes language, not in ference agreement requires the President to tion of the Bonn electoral process and oper- the House or Senate bills, clarifying that the submit periodic reports on significant ongo- ational support for the Afghanistan Govern- interest rate for loans guaranteed may in- ing and proposed United States-funded re- ment. clude a reasonable fee to cover the costs and construction activities in Iraq and the ex- The conferees note the continued impor- fees incurred by the borrower in connection tent of financial pledges and actual contribu- tance of ensuring that women are active par- with this financing. tions for assistance in Iraq by foreign gov- ticipants in all facets of the reconstruction DEPARTMENT OF STATE ernments and international organizations. process in Afghanistan, particularly as the INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND Afghan people assume greater responsibility for Afghan development. The conferees sup- ENFORCEMENT The conference agreement appropriates port efforts by women-led, Afghan non- The conference agreement appropriates $2,422,000,000 instead of $2,342,000,000 as pro- governmental organizations to expand their $25,000,000 as proposed by the House and the posed by the House and $2,357,900,000 as pro- capacity to manage critical programs and Senate. These funds would remain available posed by the Senate. services. The conferees also urge that United for obligation until September 30, 2004, as The conference agreement includes not States funds be used to bolster the role of proposed by the House and the Senate. less than $700,000,000 for Jordan, as proposed women in the Bonn electoral process. by both the Senate and the House. ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE The conference agreement includes The conference agreement includes The conference agreement appropriates $10,000,000 for investigations and research $300,000,000, to remain available until Sep- $34,000,000 as proposed by the House and the into allegations of war crimes, crimes tember 30, 2005, only for grants to Egypt, Senate. The conference agreement provides against humanity, or genocide committed by which may be used to guarantee loans of not that funds shall remain available for obliga- Saddam Hussein or other Iraqis, and for a to exceed $2,000,000,000 as proposed by both tion until September 30, 2004 as proposed by contribution to an international tribunal to the House and Senate. The conference agree- the House and by the Senate. bring these individuals to justice. This pro- ment: (1) provides that all fees associated The conferees are concerned with reports viso is similar to language included in the with Egypt’s loan guarantees shall be paid of rising numbers of impoverished Colom- Senate bill as section 505. The House bill did by the Government of Egypt to the Govern- bians who are displaced from their homes as not address this issue. The conferees request ment of the United States; (2) allows funds in a result of armed conflict. Therefore, the that not later than 120 days after enactment this Act and prior appropriated funds for conference agreement provides that not less of this Act the Secretary of State report to Egypt to be used for the cost of loan guaran- than $5,000,000 should be made available for the Committees on Appropriations on plans tees; (3) provides that the President should assistance to these people, and encourages for the prosecution of these individuals. take into consideration budgetary and eco- USAID and the State Department’s Bureau The conference agreement also includes nomic reforms undertaken by Egypt; and (4) of Population, Refugees and Migration to $40,000,000 to reimburse the Economic Sup- provides that loan guarantees are backed by support organizations such as the League of port Fund account for resources advanced to the full faith and credit of the United States. Displaced Women in Bolivar, which work to fund supplies, commodities and services The conference agreement includes permis- protect the rights and needs of displaced prior to the conflict in Iraq. sive language that allows the President to women and children. As all fiscal year 2003 funds that were provide not to exceed $1,000,000,000 for Tur- transferred from this account to accommo- UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND key similar to the Senate bill and the same date pre-positioning of Iraq relief and recon- MIGRATION ASSISTANCE FUND as the House bill. These funds remain avail- struction are being fully reimbursed and re- The conference agreement appropriates able until September 30, 2005 and may be stored by this Act, the conferees expect the $80,000,000 as proposed by the House instead used to provide or guarantee loans up to Department of State to revise its current of $75,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The $8,500,000,000. The conferees agree to the Sen- 653(a) country allocation report, consistent President has drawn down $40,000,000 to date ate provision that any balance of funds not with the intent of Congress in Division E of from ERMA for Iraq-related costs. Including made available to Turkey under this para- Public Law 108–7 and House Report 108–10, the President’s request for ERMA replenish- graph shall be transferred to, and merged with regard to the Special Court for Sierra ment, the ERMA balance is considerably with, funds appropriated for the Iraq Relief Leone, the Muslim Exchange Program, and lower than recent historical levels. There- and Reconstruction Fund. technical assistance to implement the Kim- fore the conferees recommend an additional The conference agreement provides that berley Process Certification Scheme. $40,000,000 for ERMA to meet unforeseen none of the funds for Turkey in this Act emergency needs. under the Economic Support Fund may be LOAN GUARANTEES TO ISRAEL made available for Turkey if the Secretary The conference agreement includes NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, of State determines and reports to the Com- $9,000,000,000 in loan guarantees for Israel DEMINING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS mittees on Appropriations of the House and during the period beginning March 1, 2003 The conference agreement appropriates Senate, the Committee on Foreign Relations and ending September 30, 2005 as included in $28,000,000 as proposed by the House and the of the Senate and the Committee on Inter- both the House and Senate bills. Of this as- Senate for Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, national Relations of the House that the sistance, $3,000,000,000 may be issued in fiscal Demining and Related Programs. Government of Turkey is not cooperating year 2003 or thereafter, and $3,000,000,000 may MILITARY ASSISTANCE with the United States in Operation Iraqi be issued subsequent to September 30, 2004. FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT Freedom, including the facilitation of hu- The conference agreement provides that manitarian assistance to Iraq, or has unilat- these guarantees shall be backed by the full FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM erally deployed forces into northern Iraq. faith and credit of the United States. The The conference agreement recommends The conference agreement also: (1) allows agreement restricts these resources to sup- $2,059,100,000 for Foreign Military Financing funds in this Act and prior appropriated port activities in the geographic areas which Program as provided by the House and Sen- funds for Turkey to be used by the Govern- were subject to the administration of the ate. ment of Turkey to pay the United States for Government of Israel before June 5, 1967 and The conference agreement includes not all fees associated with loans and loan guar- that guarantees may be reduced for any ac- less than $1,000,000,000 for grants only for antees; (2) provides that the President should tivities that the President of the United Israel, requires these funds to be disbursed

VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:28 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.046 H12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3377 within 30 days of enactment of this Act, and to Iraq section 620A and section 307 of the States and other activities in Iraq and asso- specifies $263,000,000 of this allocation shall Foreign Assistance Act with respect to Iraq. ciated costs. be available for acquisition of defense serv- The conference agreement includes a provi- CHAPTER 6 ices and articles in Israel. The conference sion similar to that proposed by the House HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS, 2003 agreement also provides not less than and Senate stating that nothing in this sec- SUPPLEMENTAL $406,000,000 for Jordan. tion shall affect the applicability of the Iran- The conference agreement on the Home- The conference agreement assumes the fol- Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992, but land Security chapter of the Emergency lowing allocations as supported in the House the conferees allow for an exception as it ap- Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, and Senate reports; $170,000,000 for Afghani- plies to humanitarian assistance and sup- 2003, incorporates some of the language and stan to train, equip and support the Afghan plies. The purpose of this proviso is to clarify allocations set forth in House Report 108–55 National Army; $175,000,000 to provide Paki- that the suspension of the Iraq Sanctions and some of the language and allocations set stan with improved border security and Act is not intended to affect the continued forth in Senate Report 108–33. The language counter-terrorism capabilities, and applicability of that Act to Iran pursuant to in House Report 108–55 and Senate Report $30,000,000 for counter-terrorism assistance section 1603 of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Pro- 108–33 should be complied with unless specifi- to the Philippines. liferation Act of 1992. The exception in the cally addressed in the accompanying state- The conferees agree to Senate language proviso for humanitarian assistance and sup- that provides up to $20,000,000 may be trans- ment of managers. plies will permit, notwithstanding section Throughout the accompanying explanatory ferred to and merged with the Andean 1603, the issuance of export licenses for Iran statement, the managers refer to the Com- Counterdrug Initiative account for aircraft, that support the provision of humanitarian mittee and Committees on Appropriations. training and other assistance for the Colom- assistance and supplies to Iraq. The con- Unless otherwise noted, in both instances, bian Armed Forces. ference agreement provides that military The conferees have included language re- the managers are referring to the House Sub- equipment as defined by Title XVI, section committee on Homeland Security and the quiring regular notification procedures of 1608(1)(A) of Public Law 102–484 shall not be the Committees on Appropriations in ad- Senate Subcommittee on Homeland Secu- exported. The conference agreement requires rity. vance of commitment of funds and clarifying that the exercise of authorities of section DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY the basis for such notifications. The Senate 1503 are subject to notification, and the con- bill included language that required notifica- ferees require a periodic report containing a DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT tion in advance of obligation of funds and summary of all licenses approved for export COUNTERTERRORISM FUND the House did not address the issue. to Iraq if the item is on the Commerce Con- The conferees agree to provide $150,000,000 The conferees expect that notifications to trol List contained in the Export Adminis- for the Counterterrorism Fund, instead of the Committees of deviation from the notifi- tration Regulations, including the identi- $1,135,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The cation report in terms of the amount, and fication of end users of such items. The con- Counterterrorism Fund exists to reimburse significant deviation in terms of the kind of ferees do not intend for the authorities con- any Department of Homeland Security orga- assistance being provided, will be trans- tained in this section to be permanent, and nization for the unanticipated costs of pro- mitted to the Committee five days in ad- the section will expire on September 30, 2004 viding support to prevent, counter, inves- vance of commitment. unless a prior Iraq authorization bill has tigate, respond to, or prosecute unexpected PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS been enacted that amends, repeals or makes threats or acts of terrorism. Funds shall re- The conference agreement appropriates the section inapplicable. main available until expended, but may not $100,000,000 for Peacekeeping Operations in- Under section 1504, the conference agree- be obligated until 15 days after notification stead of $115,000,000 as provided by the House ment provides for the export to Iraq of any of the Committees on Appropriations. In ad- and $150,000,000 as recommended by the Sen- nonlethal military equipment notwith- dition, the funds are subject to the re- ate. The conferees include language that pro- standing any other provision of law. The programming requirements set forth in Sec- vides that the funds are available until Sep- conference agreement provides an exception tion 1601 of this chapter. tember 30, 2004. The conferees note that the to the non-lethal military equipment limita- CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES tion for equipment designated by the Sec- supplemental budget request provided little OPERATING EXPENSES retary of State for use by a reconstituted (or detail in support of the $200,000,000 request. The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 for interim) Iraqi military or police force. The The conferees note that section 1501 provides additional expenses related to Operation Lib- conferees intend that such exports be limited not to exceed $100,000,000 in transfer author- erty Shield, instead of $1,000,000 as proposed ity should peacekeeping activities occur in to small arms and ammunition. The section provides the President with by the House. Funds shall remain available excess of the amounts provided in this agree- until expended, but may not be obligated ment. the flexibility to authorize exports to Iraq upon determining that they are in the na- until 15 days after notification of the Com- GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER tional interest of the United States. The con- mittees on Appropriations. Under section 1501, the conference report ferees do not intend for the authority con- UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE includes language similar to section 501 of tained in this section to be permanent, and OPERATING EXPENSES the Senate amendment that allows transfers the section will expire on September 30, 2004 The conferees agree to provide $30,000,000 among certain international assistance pro- unless a prior authorization bill has been en- for additional expenses related to Operation grams in this chapter in an amount not to acted that amends, repeals or makes the sec- Liberty Shield, as proposed by the House. exceed $100,000,000. The section requires con- tion inapplicable. Funds shall remain available until expended, sultation and a five-day notification. The The conference agreement does not include but may not be obligated until 15 days after Senate amendment included an amount not section 505 of the Senate amendment. This notification of the Committees on Appro- to exceed $200,000,000 and the House bill did provision is addressed under the Economic priations. not address this matter. Support Fund. The House did not address BORDER AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY Under section 1502 of the general provi- this matter. sions, language is included similar to that in The conference agreement does not include CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION the House bill and Senate amendment that section 506 of the Senate amendment that The conferees agree to provide $333,000,000 would extend the authority to provide assist- expressed the Sense of the Senate regarding for additional expenses related to Operation ance for Iraq notwithstanding any other pro- the awarding of contracts and grants for re- Liberty Shield and for other homeland secu- vision of law. The conference agreement pro- lief and reconstruction in Iraq from funds in rity purposes, instead of $428,000,000 as pro- vides that funds made available for assist- this chapter. The House addressed this mat- posed by the House. Funds shall remain ance for Iraq under this chapter are subject ter in section 3002 of Title III. available until expended, but may not be ob- to section 553 of Public Law 108–7. However, The conference agreement does not include ligated until 15 days after notification of the the conferees recognize that the uniquely in- section 507 of the Senate amendment that Committees on Appropriations. This amount secure conditions in Iraq may necessitate expressed the Sense of the Senate that re- includes $35,000,000 to support the Container some modification of normal vetting proce- construction of Iraq should be funded from Security Initiative and $25,000,000 to fully dures under section 553 until the security Iraqi oil revenues. The House did not address fund the transfer of 285 Border Patrol Agents conditions improve. this matter. to the Northern Border. Use of the notwithstanding provision in Under section 1505 the conference agree- In addition, the conferees include section 1502 is subject to a five day notifica- ment amends current law restrictions on fis- $60,000,000 for the cost of additional inspec- tion in advance of obligation. Similar to the cal year 2003 funding for Ukraine to limit as- tors and associated positions on the North- House provision, the section allows a waiver sistance to the central Government of ern Border and at maritime ports of entry, of notification in the case of substantial risk Ukraine if the Secretary of State reports and $90,000,000 for portal radiation detection to human health or welfare. that the Government of Ukraine has facili- and monitoring technology and non-intru- The conference agreement, under section tated arms sales or arms transfers to Iraq. sive inspection technology. In addition to 1503, includes a provision similar to the The Senate proposed a waiver of current law, the requirement for a 15-day prior notifica- House bill that would make inapplicable the and the House did not address this matter. tion, the conferees direct that none of these Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990 and authorize the Under section 1506 the conference agree- funds may be obligated (1) for additional per- President to make inapplicable with respect ment requires reports related to United sonnel until the Commissioner of the Bureau

VerDate Jan 31 2003 00:28 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.048 H12PT1 H3378 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 of Customs and Border Protection submits to availability of these funds for obligation and should detail the following: (1) fiscal year the Committees on Appropriations a detailed expenditure shall be governed by reprogram- 2003 obligations by budget line item as of budget execution plan for hiring and deploy- ming guidelines set forth in Section 1601 of March 31, 2003, (2) TSA’s fiscal year 2003 ing the additional personnel, including time- this Act. The conferees expect that the ex- yearly obligation estimates by budget line frame and locations; or (2) for new detection, penditure plan will contain sufficient detail item, (3) how the yearly estimates by budget monitoring and inspection technology until and documentation to explain planned capa- line item were derived, and (4) a detailed ex- the Commissioner submits to the Commit- bilities and benefits, timeframes for deliv- planation of why and how these costs have tees a revised technology investment plan ery, costs, and progress in meeting prior ex- changed since the July and December 2003 that includes the impact of this additional penditure plan targets. The plan should also budget documents. The conferees expect all funding on agency performance, as well as describe the management actions being programs and activities specifically funded proposed deployment schedules and loca- taken to assure that the Entry Exit system by Congress either in bill or report language tions. will meet established goals for system capa- in Public Laws 107–206 and 108–7 to be fully funded in this plan. For those items that COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SCREENING AT KEY bility, benefits, schedule, and cost. The con- TSA believes should be reprogrammed, a de- BRIDGES ferees also direct that the Bureau and De- partment, in their quarterly briefings to the tailed explanation of why this reprogram- The conferees are concerned about the vul- ming should occur must accompany the plan. nerability of bridge ports of entry on the Committee, include information on any changes in previously submitted expenditure TSA shall follow the reprogramming guide- U.S-Canada border to vehicle traffic that lines contained in this Act. might contain radioactive material and di- plans and documentation. As the Entry Exit project is now the re- PORT SECURITY GRANTS rect the Bureau of Customs and Border Pro- sponsibility of the Department of Homeland The conferees are aware of approximately tection to implement its current plan to in- Security, the conferees direct the Depart- $1,000,000,000 in port security requirements in stall a portal radiation monitor in May of ment to develop a close cooperative working the first year and $4,400,000,000 over 10 years, 2003 at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry relationship with GAO. In order for GAO to as estimated by the Coast Guard. To date, at Port Huron, Michigan. The conferees also support the Committees in their oversight of $368,000,000 has been appropriated to these ef- direct that inspectors at the port of entry be this important and expensive project, the forts and an additional $20,000,000 is provided fully trained in the detection of radioactive Department should allow access to working in this Act. However, TSA has only issued materials in cargo and equipped, as appro- documents and consultation and Depart- port security grants totaling $93,000,000. The priate, with both personal radiation detec- mental, Directorate, Bureau and project conferees direct TSA to issue grants for the tors and isotope identifiers. Because com- staff on a routine, confidential and profes- remainder of these previous appropriations mercial motor vehicles carrying municipal sional basis prior to submission of spending no later than 60 days after enactment of this solid waste may be used intentionally or ac- plans to the Committees. The Department Act. cidentally to transport radioactive or other should establish the same relationship with TRUCKING INDUSTRY GRANTS hazardous material, the conferees direct the GAO on Entry Exit as has been established Of the funds provided under Public Law Bureau to screen and inspect such vehicles with the Automated Commercial Environ- 108–7 for trucking industry grants, the con- as necessary to enforce federal law and, as ment (ACE) project. The Committees on Ap- ferees direct that $20,000,000 (as adjusted by appropriate, State law governing such traf- propriations will take no action on funding section 601 of Division N of Public Law 108– fic. The Bureau should give particular atten- requests until GAO has completed its review 7) be used to fund nation-wide trucking secu- tion to traffic using the Ambassador Bridge of proposed plans and shares its evaluation rity and safety initiative utilizing the exist- port of entry in Detroit, Michigan, and the with the Committees. If GAO has been per- ing joint industry-government Highway Blue Water Bridge port of entry in Port mitted to develop sufficient understanding of Watch program. Huron, Michigan. The Bureau of Customs the overall management of the Entry Exit and Border Protection shall also reevaluate OPERATION SAFE COMMERCE program, and is provided adequate informa- whether municipal solid waste should con- Of the funds provided under Public Law tion of a plan before its submission, the re- tinue to be classified as a ‘‘low risk com- 108–7 for Maritime and Land Security, the view should be completed within 30 days. If modity’’ under the Border Release Advanced conferees direct that $30,000,000 (as adjusted GAO is afforded insufficient advance infor- Screening and Selectivity (BRASS) System. by section 601 of Division N of Public Law mation, the time will be as long as reason- 108–7) be used for Operation Safe Commerce. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ably required for GAO to conduct its review FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING The conferees agree to provide $170,000,000 to assess compliance of the plan with estab- CENTER for additional expenses related to Operation lished requirements. OPERATING EXPENSES Liberty Shield and related homeland secu- TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION rity missions, instead of $185,000,000 as pro- The conferees agree to provide $2,000,000 for The conferees agree to provide $665,000,000 additional expenses of the Federal Law En- posed by the House. Funds shall remain for the Transportation Security Administra- available until expended, but may not be ob- forcement Training Center as proposed by tion (TSA) instead of $390,000,000 as proposed the House. Funds shall remain available ligated until 15 days after notification of the by the House. Funds shall remain available Committees on Appropriations. This amount until expended, but may not be obligated until expended but may not be obligated until 15 days after notification of the Com- includes $15,000,000 for additional special until 15 days after notification of the Com- agents, intelligence analysts, and air and mittees on Appropriations. mittees on Appropriations. The Act includes OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS marine enforcement personnel at the North- funding for critically needed transportation The conferees agree to provide $2,230,000,000 ern Border and maritime ports of entry. security requirements as follows: However, none of these funds may be obli- for the Office for Domestic Preparedness gated until the Assistant Secretary for Im- Physical modifications of (ODP) instead of $2,200,000,000 as proposed by migration and Customs Enforcement sub- commercial service air- the House and the Senate. The conferees mits to the Committees on Appropriations a ports to install checked agree that none of these funds may be used detailed budget execution plan for hiring and baggage explosive detec- for construction activities and further agree deploying the additional personnel, includ- tion machines ...... $235,000,000 that these funds shall be used for purposes ing timeframe and locations. Port security grants ...... 20,000,000 consistent with State domestic preparedness Passenger screener hiring, ENTRY EXIT SYSTEM plans. training, and related Within the amounts provided, the con- The Department has not formally sub- costs ...... 280,000,000 ferees include $1,300,000,000 for a formula mitted a budget execution plan for the use of No funding has been provided in this Act to grant program to be allocated to the States the $380,000,000 appropriated for the Entry subject to Section 1014 of Public Law 107–56. Exit project as provided by Public Law 108– hire additional staff, particularly aviation screeners, or to otherwise supplement pre- The conferees agree that funds shall be dis- 7. However, in order to avoid significant bursed within 60 days of enactment of this delays, the conferees approve the Depart- viously appropriated funding for TSA staff- ing requirements. Act; the conferees further agree that not less ment’s use of up to $5,000,000 of these funds than 80 percent of funding provided to each to support contract work on critical pre- FISCAL YEAR 2003 FUNDING REQUIREMENTS State shall be transferred to local govern- requisite elements to include privacy im- By May 1, 2003, the conferees direct the Ad- ments within 45 days of the State’s receipt of pacts, system security, cost-benefit analysis, ministrator of the Transportation Security funds. statement of work, and systems require- Administration to submit a budget execution An additional $200,000,000 is provided for ments specifications. The conferees direct plan, approved by the Office of Management critical infrastructure formula-based grants that no additional obligations shall be made and Budget, detailing spending levels, by subject to Section 1014(c)(3) of Public Law until an expenditure plan has been approved budget line item, program, project, and ac- 107–56. The conferees agree that funds shall by the Department and by the Office of Man- tivity. The conferees expect the budget line be disbursed within 60 days of enactment of agement and Budget, reviewed by the Gen- items included in this plan to be the same this Act; the conferees further agree that not eral Accounting Office (GAO), and approved line items informally submitted by TSA to less than 50 percent of funding provided to by the Committee on Appropriations. Such the Committees on Appropriations in July of each State shall be transferred to local gov- plan must meet the requirements specified 2002 and modified in December of 2002. In de- ernments within 45 days of the State’s re- in Public Law 108–7, with the exception that veloping this budget execution plan, TSA ceipt of funds.

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:03 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.051 H12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3379 The conferees also provide $700,000,000 for Guard to complete port security assessments For purposes of this section, the term discretionary grants to high-threat, high- at all tier one strategic ports. ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall mean density urban areas, and for the protection SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY any item for which a dollar amount is con- of critical infrastructure. The conferees ex- The conferees direct the Under Secretary tained in an appropriations Act (including pect that ODP will allocate these funds no joint resolutions providing continuing appro- for Science and Technology to prepare a pro- later than 30 days after enactment of this priations) or accompanying reports of the gram plan for the development of an anti- Act. The conferees also agree that no less House and Senate Committees on Appropria- missile device for commercial aircraft. The than 80 percent of discretionary grants pro- tions, or accompanying conference reports plan should identify the process for delivery vided to any State shall be transferred to and joint explanatory statement of the com- and certification of a prototype and the pro- local governments within 45 days of the mittee of conference. posed cost and schedule for such an activity. State’s receipt of funds. In making grants to The conferees further expect the Depart- The report should be provided to the Com- State and local governments, the conferees ment to comply with directives in the state- mittees on Appropriations within 30 days of further direct the Secretary of Homeland Se- ments of managers accompanying any appro- enactment of this Act. curity to take into consideration credible priations conference report relative to ap- threat, vulnerability, the presence of infra- EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE propriations for programs, projects and ac- structure of national importance, popu- OPERATING EXPENSES tivities transferred to the Department. lation, and identified needs of public agen- The conferees agree to provide $45,000,000 Sec. 1602. The conferees agree to include a cies. Grants may be made to single or mul- as proposed by the House. Funds shall re- provision proposed by the Senate allowing tiple jurisdictions in the same urban area. main available until expended, but may not the Under Secretary of Homeland Security Finally, the conferees agree to provide be obligated until 15 days after notification for Border and Transportation Security to $30,000,000 for direct technical assistance to of the Committees on Appropriations. issue letters of intent to airports to provide States. assistance for the installation of explosive The conferees agree that overtime ex- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND detection systems and requiring status re- penses incurred and related to heightened se- ASSISTANCE ports. curity levels are an eligible use of funds pro- The conferees agree to provide $54,750,000 Sec. 1603. The conferees agree to include a vided for both critical infrastructure grants for the Emergency Management Planning provision proposed by the Senate allowing and discretionary grants to high-threat, and Assistance account for interoperable the Bureau of Customs and Border Protec- high-density urban areas and for the protec- communications, instead of $109,500,000 as tion to accept donations of body armor for tion of critical infrastructure. proposed by the Senate. Funds may not be United States Border Patrol agents and Bor- The conferees direct ODP to submit a plan, obligated until 15 days after notification of der Patrol canines. no later than 120 days after enactment of the Committees on Appropriations. Senate Bill Sec. 601. —The conferees agree this Act, on overtime accountability. This INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND INFRASTRUCTURE not to include a provision proposed by the report shall include how overtime costs in PROTECTION Senate requiring inspection of all commer- cial motor vehicles entering the United direct support of increased security can be OPERATING EXPENSES properly measured at the State and local States through specific ports of entry. This The conferees agree to provide no funds for government levels and a plan for reimburse- issue has been addressed in the Bureau of the Information Analysis and Infrastructure ment of these expenses. Customs and Border Protection section of In addition to reports to be submitted to Protection Directorate, instead of $10,000,000 the statement of managers. the Committees on Appropriations in accord- as proposed by the House. CHAPTER 7 ance with Senate Report 108–33, the con- GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN ferees further direct the Department to pro- Sec. 1601. The conferees agree to modify a SERVICES vide a report that lists all federal programs provision proposed by the House providing CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND within the Department of Homeland Secu- reprogramming guidelines for the Depart- PREVENTION rity that make grants to States and/or local ment of Homeland Security. DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING governments, including those for emergency Section 1601 requires the Department of preparedness and support for first respond- Homeland Security to promptly and fully in- The conference agreement includes ers, public health agencies, local law en- form the Committees on Appropriations $16,000,000 for costs associated with the pre- forcement agencies and other security pro- when a change in program execution and vention and control of Severe Acute Res- viders. The report shall be submitted by May funding is required during the fiscal year. To piratory Syndrome (SARS) as proposed by 30, 2003 and include: (1) the amount of funds assist the Department in this effort, the fol- the House. The Senate had provided the appropriated for each of fiscal years 2002 and lowing guidance is provided for reprogram- same amount within the Office of the Sec- 2003; (2) the amount of appropriated funds ming during fiscal year 2003. retary. The conferees understand that sufficient that have been obligated by the Department A reprogramming shall be submitted for funds were made available to the CDC for in- of Homeland Security and the grantee and any action that (1) creates a new program; jury prevention and control to maintain sup- expended by the grantee; (3) the point of con- (2) eliminates a program, project or activity; port for activities to better understand the tact in the federal government responsible (3) increases funds for any program, project, scope of child abuse and neglect and its con- for responding to inquiries on the status of or activity for which funds have been denied sequences at the FY2002 level. grant funds; and (4) the administrative or or restricted by Congress; or (4) proposes to other impediments that may delay the obli- use funds directed for a specific activity in OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY gation of grant funds. an appropriations Act or accompanying re- PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ports of the House and Senate Committees EMERGENCY FUND OPERATING EXPENSES on Appropriations, or accompanying con- The conference agreement includes ference reports and joint explanatory state- $100,000,000 within the Public Health and So- The conferees agree to provide a total of ments of the committee of conference, for a cial Services Emergency Fund for the Cen- $228,000,000 for additional operating expenses different purpose. ters for Disease Control and Prevention to of the Coast Guard instead of $230,000,000 as A reprogramming shall be submitted when assist State and local health authorities proposed by the House and $580,000,000 as pro- any Departmental action results in the with the costs associated with the civilian posed by the Senate. In addition to the movement of funds to or from any program, smallpox vaccination program, instead of $228,000,000 provided under this heading, project, or activity in excess of $5,000,000 or $94,000,000 as proposed by the House. The $400,000,000 is provided to the Coast Guard by 10 percent, whichever is less. Senate had provided $105,000,000 for this pur- transfer from the Department of Defense. The Department must notify the Commit- pose within the Office of the Secretary. Be- Funds shall remain available until expended, tees on Appropriations on both Houses of cause many State and local health depart- but may not be obligated until 15 days after Congress 15 days in advance of such ments have already devoted substantial re- notification of the Committees on Appro- reprogrammings. The Department must also sources to the smallpox vaccination pro- priations. Funds are provided as follows: notify the Committees at the end of each gram, often at the expense of other impor- Deployment of Coast quarter during the fiscal year of all re- tant public health and bioterrorism pre- Guard personnel and as- programming actions that have been com- paredness tasks, the conferees intend that sets overseas ...... $180,000,000 pleted during that quarter involving less these funds be available to assist health de- Military outload security .. 220,000,000 then $5,000,000 or 10 percent. partments in covering costs already incurred Targeted increase to home- Clearly stated and detailed documentation as well as to assist with costs that will be in- land security activities presenting justification for the reprogram- curred in the future. related to Operation Lib- ming shall accompany each request. Addi- In addition, the conference agreement in- erty Shield ...... 180,000,000 tionally, each request shall include a dec- cludes $42,000,000 within the Public Health Port security assessments 38,000,000 laration that, as of the date of the request, and Social Services Emergency Fund for Merchant mariners docu- none of the funds included in the request costs associated with compensating individ- mentation ...... 10,000,000 have been obligated, and none will be obli- uals with injuries resulting from smallpox The conferees expect that the funding pro- gated, until the Committees on Appropria- vaccine and related countermeasures, in- vided under this act will allow the Coast tions have approved the request. stead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the House

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:03 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.054 H12PT1 H3380 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 and $35,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. and $18,779,000 is provided for Phase II of the The following projects are included in the The funds are made available subject to the West Refrigeration Plant Expansion. account: enactment of authorizing legislation and re- CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Location/installation Project title Cost main available until expended as proposed by Appropriates a total of $40,140,000 for the both the House and Senate. The conferees in- Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds. Of Diego Garcia ...... Explosive Ordnance Pad ...... $3,200,000 tend the funds to be used to provide com- this amount, $14,140,000 is provided to be Classified Location ...... Millennium Village ...... 110,500,000 pensation under the rules and conditions Guam: Andersen AFB ...... Aircraft Maintenance Hangar 35,500,000 used, in addition, to previously appropriated Worldwide Various ...... Planning and Design ...... 3,700,000 specified in legislation authorizing a small- fund for the Headquarters requirements. The Total ...... 152,900,000 pox vaccine compensation program. conferees anticipate that additional funding SMALLPOX AND OTHER BIOTERRORISM for construction will be requested in the fu- FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND INOCULATION ACTIVITIES ture through the normal budget process. In MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE The conference agreement does not include addition, the Architect of the Capitol is di- The conference agreement includes funds within this new account to support rected to have the Naval Facilities Com- $1,800,000 for ‘‘Family Housing Operation and grants to States for smallpox and other bio- mand serve as the primary executing agency Maintenance, Air Force,’’ as proposed by the terrorism inoculation activities as proposed for this project. A total of $10,000,000 is for House instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the by the Senate. Funds for this purpose have the cost of leasing interim space, pending Senate. The funding is provided for the fol- been provided within the Public Health and execution of the facilities master plan. The lowing purpose: Social Services Emergency Fund account as remaining $16,000,000 shall be used to con- proposed by the House. struct the Tactical Training Facility in Location/installation Project title Cost SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS) Cheltenham, Maryland, for the sole use of Guam: Andersen AFB ...... Family Housing Repairs ...... $1,800,000 The conference agreement does not include the United States Capitol Police. funds within this new account to support LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER costs associated with the prevention and SALARIES AND EXPENSES This chapter contains two provisions. control of Severe Acute Respiratory Syn- Appropriates $5,500,000 for the purchase and The conferees agree to provide authority drome as proposed by the Senate. Funds for installation of a public address system for for the Department of Defense (DOD) to ex- this purpose have been provided within the the Library buildings. The conferees direct pend up to $150,000,000 of funds from the Act Centers for Disease Control and Prevention procurement and installation of any public for military construction, not otherwise au- account as proposed by the House. address system to conform with any system thorized by law, which is certified necessary GENERAL PROVISION selected by the United States Capitol Police. to support the war on terrorism or oper- ations in Iraq. Section 1901 establishes guide- REPATRIATION The Librarian of Congress, in conjunction with the Chief of the Capitol Police, shall re- lines for transferring funds from other ac- Section 1701 of the conference agreement counts into the contingency construction ac- includes a provision proposed by the Admin- port to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate no later than June count under the auspices of section 2804 of istration and included in both the House and title 10. The provision creates a notification Senate bills that removes, for fiscal year 1, 2003 that the system meets the require- ments as specified by the Capitol Police. system that informs Congress of the transfer 2003, the $1,000,000 statutory cap included in and justifies the need for the project without the Social Security Act on funds used to pro- CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE slowing down the obligation of funds for ur- vide assistance to U.S. citizens and their de- SALARIES AND EXPENSES gent requirements. The provision clarifies pendents returning from foreign countries Appropriates $1,863,000 for the implementa- the definition of military construction to who have been determined by the Depart- tion of the Congressional Research Service’s preclude interpretations that would permit ment of State to be destitute, mentally ill, portion of the alternate computer facility. the expenditure of inappropriate funds for or requiring emergency evacuation due to military construction purposes. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE threatened armed conflict, civil strife, or Approximately $750,000,000 appropriated to natural disasters. SALARIES AND EXPENSES operation and maintenance accounts has CHAPTER 8 Appropriates $4,849,000 for the security of been obligated for construction activities GAO facilities and information systems. supporting the global war on terrorism and LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER operations in Iraq. Funds for these projects HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have been expended without providing notice A general provision is included making a SALARIES AND EXPENSES to Congress despite repeated requests for in- technical correction relative to a Senate formation by both House and Senate Appro- COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES STANDING COMMITTEES, item regarding town meeting notices. Inas- SPECIAL AND SELECT priations Committees and House and Senate much as this item relates solely to the Sen- Armed Services Committees and as required Appropriates $11,000,000 for Committee Em- ate, and in accord with long practice under by law. ployees Standing Committees, Special and which each body determines its own house- Some of these projects are, by definition, Select, to fund the Select Committee on keeping requirements and the other concurs military construction projects. Under title Homeland Security authorized by House Res- without intervention, the managers on the 10, chapter 169, military construction olution 5, adopted January 7, 2003. Inasmuch part of the House, at the request of the man- projects require congressional authorization as this item relates solely to the House, and agers on the part of the Senate, have receded and appropriation before funds can be obli- in accord with the long practice under which to the Senate. gated. Exceptions exist but are limited. Ad- each body determines its own housekeeping CHAPTER 9 mittedly, the statutorily-mandated military requirements and the other concurs without DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE construction process is cumbersome and can intervention, the managers on the part of be slow. Another complication is the lack of the Senate, at the request of the managers MILITARY CONSTRUCTION a dedicated source of funding for contin- on the part of the House, have receded to the MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY gency construction needs. These problems amendments of the House. The conference agreement includes a pro- impede timely response to urgent require- CAPITOL POLICE viso, as proposed by the House, which pro- ments of armed conflict. To circumvent these obstacles, DOD cre- GENERAL EXPENSES vides project authorization pursuant to sec- tion 2802, title 10, United States Code. The ated a class of construction activities for Appropriates $37,738,000 for general ex- Senate did not include a similar provision. which it deemed operation and maintenance penses of the Capitol Police. The conferees The following project is included in the ac- funds could be expended. Effectively, with- note that no part of such amount may be ob- count: out benefit of legal authority or regulation, ligated without prior approval of the Com- the statutory definition of ‘‘military con- mittee on Appropriations of the House of Location/installation Project title Cost struction’’ was obviated for certain types of Representatives and the Senate. construction projects. Formalized in a Cuba: Guantanamo Bay ...... JTF Military Commission $48,100,000 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE memorandum issued by the Under Secretary Complex. of Defense/Comptroller on February 27, 2003, SALARIES AND EXPENSES DOD purported to establish a ‘‘practice of ex- Appropriates $111,000 to cover contracted MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE pending operation and maintenance appro- services of hearing officers and mediators for The conference agreement includes priations for construction activities—apart the increased number of hearings. $152,900,000 for Military Construction, Air from those projects for which [these] appro- ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL Force, instead of $5,100,000 as proposed by the priations are available under Title 10, United House and $127,400,000 as proposed by the CAPITOL BUILDING States Code, Chapter 169—under narrowly Senate. The conference agreement also in- limited conditions.’’ Appropriates $1,100,000 for an emergency cludes a proviso, as proposed by the House, DOD argues that long-standing practice egress project. which provides project authorization pursu- enables it to utilize this legal construct CAPITOL POWER PLANT ant to section 2802, title 10, United States under certain circumstances despite its ef- Appropriates $22,679,000, of which $3,900,000 Code. The Senate did not include a similar fect of vitiating and/or amending the under- is for high voltage switchgear transformers provision. lying statute. Furthermore, DOD asserts

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:59 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.057 H12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3381 that if Congress opposed the practice, then trator of the Agency for International Devel- spending and staffing levels. This informa- Congress would amend the law. The con- opment) shall submit to the Committee on tion will allow the Committees to better un- ferees disagree with this pronouncement, Agriculture of the House of Representatives, derstand EEOC’s fluctuations in cost and which effectively obviates the law and turns the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, staff. This data will also assist the EEOC in an alleged practice into de facto law. Even and Forestry of the Senate and the Commit- making more accurate estimates during the more troubling to the conferees is the lack of tees on Appropriations, a report that de- budget formulation process or, at a min- information and/or notification to Congress scribes the policy of the Secretary with re- imum, making adjustments to the budget re- about this practice despite repeated re- spect to the Bill Emerson Humanitarian quest prior to the commencement of the fis- quests. Trust. This report shall include: whether cal year. This provision is narrowly tailored to af- that policy includes an intent to replenish NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS fect only those military construction the trust; the means by which the Secretary UPON THE UNITED STATES projects that have been construed by the proposes to ensure that the United States re- SALARIES AND EXPENSES February 27, 2003, memorandum to be oper- tains the long-term capability to respond to ation and maintenance construction. The international food shortages; and whether, The conference agreement includes provision neither modifies current law re- and to what extent, other food aid programs $11,000,000 for the Commission, as described garding the use of operation and mainte- conducted by the Secretary and the Adminis- in the Senate report. nance funds nor does it change the threshold trator will be part of that strategy. GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER amounts for operation and maintenance or Senate Section 201(a).—The conference The conference agreement includes lan- unspecified minor construction. The provi- agreement (Section 2101) includes language guage amending a provision of law regarding sions are not intended to, nor do they, ham- regarding a USDA task force. fisheries capacity reduction programs, as string the commanders in the field who need Senate Section 201(b).—The conference proposed in the Senate bill. to execute projects quickly and efficiently. agreement does not include language regard- CHAPTER The conferees have been assured that the au- ing ginseng labeling requirements. thorization committees will investigate this Senate Section 201(c).—The conference SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISTRICT OF matter further and seek to amend the law to agreement (Section 2102) includes language COLUMBIA prevent future actions of this kind. regarding certain losses in New Mexico. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS Section 1902 provides the Secretary of the Senate Section 201(d).—The conference OPERATING EXPENSES Army with authority to accept funds from agreement does not include language regard- DIVISION OF EXPENSES the State of Utah to extend a runway at Mi- ing dairy provisions. chael Army Airfield, Dugway Proving Senate Section 201(e).—The conference On February 20, 2003, the District of Co- Ground, Utah. agreement (Section 2103) includes language lumbia announced additional fiscal year 2003 CHAPTER 10 regarding the Livestock Compensation Pro- budget pressures totaling $128,000,000 result- gram. ing from $52,500,000 in lower estimated reve- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Senate Section 202.—The conference agree- nues and $75,500,000 in higher estimated oper- MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ment (Section 2104) includes language re- ating costs. A revised outlook on March 10, MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) garding organically produced feed. 2003 increased the budget deficit to PROGRAM ACCOUNT Senate Section 203.—The conference agree- $133,567,000. On March 31, 2003, the Council of The conference agreement appropriates ment (Section 2105) includes language re- the District of Columbia enacted the Fiscal $25,000,000 instead of $50,000,000 as proposed garding wild seafood. Year 2003 Supplemental Budget Request by the Senate, for the cost of guaranteed CHAPTER 2 Emergency Act of 2003 to close this budget loans under the Maritime Guaranteed Loan gap. This Chapter of the conference agree- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ment provides the necessary Congressional (title XI) program. As proposed by the Sen- RELATED AGENCIES ate, such funds are to remain available until action to balance the District’s budget. The RELATED AGENCIES September 30, 2005. The House bill contained conferees expect the Chief Financial Officer no similar appropriation. The bill specifies OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE of the District of Columbia to submit a final that none of these funds may be obligated REPRESENTATIVE accounting of all actions taken to close the until the House and Senate Committees on EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES MUSIC LICENSING budget gap no later than May 5, 2003. Appropriations receive a certification from DISPUTE GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT the Department of Transportation Inspector The conference agreement includes (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) General that the Maritime Administration $3,300,000 for a one-time only, lump-sum pay- The conferees rescind $8,752,000 from Gov- has adopted and is implementing the rec- ment of the European Communities to cover ernmental Direction and Support, instead of ommendations of report #CR–2003–031 to his a three-year period for nullification or im- $9,358,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included satisfaction. The Conferees further direct the pairment from Section 110(5) of the U.S. in this amount is a rescission of $8,655,000 Maritime Administration to submit a writ- Copyright Act. from local funds and $97,000 from other ten report to the House and Senate Commit- DEPARATMENT OF COMMERCE funds. The House bill contained no similar tees on Appropriations on the status of im- provision. These funds are attributable to plementation of these recommendations no NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION savings associated with the reduction in risk later than June 1, 2003. It is expected that management functions within the Office of PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION the Maritime Administration will work the Corporation Counsel, a District-wide hir- closely with the Secretary of Defense to en- The conference agreement includes ing freeze, and a reduction of telecommuni- sure that priority is given to vessels that not $65,000,000 for the costs of weather satellite cations costs and contractual obligation sav- only provide commercial viability, but also systems, including $41,000,000 or geo- ings within various agencies. exhibit military utility, such as tank vessels stationary systems and $24,000,000 for polar The conferees authorize the District to ex- capable of transporting refined product as a orbiting systems. pend additional other-type revenues with the business commodity and jet fuel in time of RELATED AGENCIES understanding that these funds will only be war or roll-on/roll-off vessels capable of car- EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY used for the purposes for which they are des- rying automobiles during peacetime and ignated. light military vehicles in time of armed con- COMMISSION flict. SALARIES AND EXPENSES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS AND The conference agreement includes (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) TECHNICAL APPROPRIATIONS $15,000,000 for the salaries and expenses of The conferees provide a net increase of CHAPTER 1 the Equal Employment Opportunity Com- $13,428,000 for Economic Development and mission (EEOC) for fiscal year 2003. The con- Regulation, instead of $14,998,000 as proposed SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL ferees expect the EEOC to use these funds to by the Senate. Included in this amount are a DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES avoid furloughs during fiscal year 2003. The rescission of $1,282,000 from local funds and GENERAL PROVISIONS EEOC may use funds provided to pursue em- an increase of $14,710,000 from other funds. Senate Section 101.—The conference agree- ployee buyouts, as authorized by Public Law The House bill contained no similar provi- ment (Section 2106) includes certain provi- 107–296. sion. The additional funds are attributable sions related to technical assistance for con- The conferees are concerned about the lack to increased costs associated with the Sum- servation programs. of sound managerial and fiscal practices that mer Youth Program, the Home Purchasing Senate Section 102.—The conference agree- resulted in the EEOC’s shortfall in fiscal Assistance Program, the Multi-family Reha- ment does not include bill language proposed year 2003. It is troubling that the Commis- bilitation Program, the Relocation Program by the Senate establishing a statutory re- sion’s shortfall was not uncovered until after and Workers Compensation Fund, and the porting requirement. The conferees direct a quarter of the fiscal year had transpired. Public Charter School Revolving Fund and that not later than 180 days after the date of The conferees direct the EEOC to submit Credit Enhancement Fund. The rescission is enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri- quarterly reports to the Committees on Ap- attributable to reducing various Department culture (in coordination with the Adminis- propriations, including projected and actual of Housing and Community Development

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:03 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.059 H12PT1 H3382 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 programs, the suspension of the Net 200 Part- Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003 to delete pended only when established legal pre- nership Program, and savings associated the earmark for the Interim Disability As- requisites have been met. It is within this re- with a District-wide hiring freeze. sistance Fund. The House bill contained no stricted fund balance that the District main- The conferees authorize the District to ex- similar provision. tains its congressionally-mandated seven pend additional other-type revenues with the The conferees include language proposed percent emergency and contingency cash re- understanding that these funds will only be by the Senate to amend the District of Co- serve of $248,731,000, established under sec- used for the purpose for which they are des- lumbia Appropriations Act, 2003 to increase tion 450A of the District of Columbia Home ignated. the amount of local funds to be deposited in Rule Act (Public Law 93–198). The conference PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE the Medicaid and Special Education Reform agreement allows the District to transfer The conferees provide an increase of Fund from $37,500,000 to $74,500,000. The funds to address revenue shortfalls due to $11,462,000 in local funds for Public Safety House bill contained no similar provision. the economic downturn, but does not provide and Justice instead of $10,422,000 as proposed The conferees authorize the District to ex- authority for the District to draw upon this by the Senate. The House bill contained no pend additional other-type revenues with the restricted portion of the fund balance. Any similar provision. These funds are attrib- understanding that these funds will only be funds expended from the emergency and con- utable to increased costs associated with ad- used for the purposes for which they are des- tingency cash reserves must be replenished ditional overtime for the Metropolitan Po- ignated. during fiscal year 2004. lice Department, the Department of Correc- PUBLIC WORKS Sec. 2302. The conferees include a provision proposed by the Senate to extend the Chief tions, and the Fire and Emergency Manage- (INCLUDING RESCISSION) ment Agency. Financial Officer’s personnel, procurement, The conferees provide a net increase of and preparation of fiscal impact statement PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM $2,420,000 for Public Works instead of authorities through September 30, 2004. The (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) $3,107,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included House bill contained no similar provision. The Conferees rescind $11,435,000 from the in this amount are a rescission of $8,998,000 Sec. 2303. The conferees include a provision Public Education System instead of from local funds and an additional amount of to amend the District of Columbia Appro- $11,667,000 as proposed by the Senate. In- $11,418,000 from other funds. The House bill priations Act, 2003 to allow funds made avail- cluded in this amount is a rescission of contained no similar provision. able to the Friends of Fort Dupont to be used $13,546,000 from local funds and an additional The conferees include language proposed to support the Fort Dupont’s Kids on Ice pro- amount of $2,111,000 from other funds. The by the Senate to extend the availability of gram. The House and Senate bills contained House bill contained no similar provision. $512,000 from other funds for the taxicab re- no similar provision. This funding is to be distributed as follows: volving loan fund until expended. The House CHAPTER 4 bill contained no similar provision. and increase of $2,029,000 for the District of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Columbia Public Schools; a rescission of The conferees authorize the District to ex- NITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE $181,000 from the State Education Office from pend additional other-type revenues with the U savings attributable to a District-wide hiring understanding that these funds will only be STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS freeze; a rescission of $12,000,000 from the used for the purposes for which they are des- The conference agreement includes a tech- District of Columbia Public Charter Schools ignated. nical correction to the fiscal year 2003 appro- from savings attributable to a lower than REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST priation for State and Tribal Wildlife Grants, projected student enrollment; a rescission of correcting a reference to the amount of be (INCLUDING RESCISSION) $1,040,000 from the University of the District deducted for competitive grants to Tribes of Columbia from savings attributable to a The conferees rescind $2,466,000 from Re- prior to the distribution of the remaining District-wide hiring freeze; and a rescission payment of Loans and Interest as proposed grant funds. The House and Senate proposed of $237,000 from the District of Columbia by the Senate. The House bill contained no identical language. similar provision. Public Libraries and $6,000 from the Commis- NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WILSON BUILDING sion on the Arts and Humanities from sav- OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ings attributable to reductions made in the (INCLUDING RESCISSION) The conference agreement corrects the Arts project program. The conferees rescind $700,000 from the Wil- amount provided for the Operation of the Na- The conferees do not include language pro- son Building. The House and Senate bills tional Park System in fiscal year 2003 as pro- posed by the Senate to require that no less contained no similar provision. posed by the the Senate. The agreement adds than $3,000,000 of the $12,000,000 rescinded $9,000,000 for park operations to reflect accu- from the District of Columbia Public Charter WORKFORCE INVESTMENT rately the fiscal year 2003 conference agree- Schools be used for providing adequate char- (INCLUDING RESCISSION) ment for this account. ter school facilities and educational pro- The conferees rescind $2,000,000 from Work- UREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS gramming in public charter schools. The force Investment as proposed by the Senate. B House bill contained no similar provision. The House bill contained no similar provi- CONSTRUCTION The conferees authorize the District to ex- sion. The conference agreement provides for the pend additional other-type revenues with the NON-DEPARTMENTAL AGENCY release of previously appropriated funds for understanding that these funds will only be construction of the Ojibwa Indian School in (INCLUDING RESCISSION) used for the purposes for which they are des- North Dakota as proposed by the Senate. ignated. The conferees rescind $5,799,000 from the The House had no similar provision. HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES Non-Departmental Agency as proposed by GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER the Senate. The House bill contained no (INCLUDING RESCISSION) Sec. 2401. The conference agreement, as similar provision. The conferees provide a net increase of proposed by the Senate, modifies section 328 $30,258,000 for Human Support Services in- General Provisions, This Chapter of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro- stead of $28,278,000 as proposed by the Senate. Sec. 2301. The conferees include a modified priations Act, 2003, dealing with the proc- Included in this amount are an additional Senate provision to allow the District of Co- essing of grazing permits by the Forest Serv- amount of $34,292,000 from local funds and a lumbia to use $12,081,000 from funds identi- ice. The House had no similar provision. rescission of $4,034,000 from other funds. The fied in the fiscal year 2002 Comprehensive The managers are concerned that an ambi- House bill contained no similar provision. Annual Financial Report (CAFR) as the Dis- guity may exist with respect to Section 328 The additional funds are attributable to an trict’s undesignated, unreserved fund bal- of Division F of Public Law 108–7 concerning increase in Health Care Safety Net medical ance to cover revenue shortfalls. The House grazing permits issued by the Forest Service. claims, higher Medicaid costs at nursing fa- bill contained no similar provision. This ambiguity may lead to court decisions cilities, a Medicaid shortfall for the Youth The CAFR is a government-wide financial that are not consistent with Congressional Service Administration and the Child and statement prepared by the Chief Financial intent. The intent of Section 328, among Family Services Agency, enhanced court Officer of the District of Columbia. At the other things, was that no grazing permit order costs associated with the Mental Re- close of fiscal year 2002, the total fund bal- should be invalidated because the Forest tardation and Developmental Disabilities ance was $865,328,000. Of this total, Service had not completed the allotment Agency, unbudgeted costs associated with $115,327,000 is unreserved, undesignated, and analysis prior to the date listed in a 1996 out-of-state tuition for foster care students, available for expenditure pending appropria- Forest Service schedule adopted by the agen- increased unemployment compensation tion authority. The conferees provide au- cy pursuant to Section 504 of the Recissions funds, and a decrease of TANF surplus funds. thority to transfer $12,081,000 of these funds Act. Accordingly, this section has been in- The rescission is attributable to savings as- to the District of Columbia’s operating budg- cluded to remove the clause, ‘‘. . . under the sociated with a District-wide hiring freeze et to partially cover the $52,500,000 reduction authority of Section 504 of the Rescissions and a reduction of telecommunications costs in revenues that is part of the $133,567,000 Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–19)’’ from Section and contractual obligation savings within budget shortfall. 328. The managers reiterate that any Forest various agencies. The conferees note that of the total fund Service grazing permit issued to replace a The conferees do not include language pro- balance amount, $447,431,000 or 52 percent is permit that expired after the date for anal- posed by the Senate to amend the District of restricted. These restricted funds may be ex- ysis of the allotment in the 1996 schedule is

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:59 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.062 H12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3383 valid even though the allotment analysis technical correction to a project contained on providing stipends to certain volunteers may not have been completed by the due in the statement of managers accompanying as proposed by both the House and the Sen- date in the 1996 schedule. H.J. Res. 2. ate. This section does not exempt the Forest ADMINISTRATION ON AGING CHAPTER 6 Service from completing the environmental SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE LEGISLATIVE analysis of grazing allotments on the 1996 AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS BRANCH Schedule. It simply allows for the continu- The conferees concur with language con- ation of ongoing activities while the re- tained in the Senate report that makes tech- Includes two technical corrections related quired environmental analysis is completed. nical corrections to projects contained in the to the ‘‘Library of Congress—Salaries and The managers emphasize that this provision statement of managers accompanying H.J. Expenses’’ of the Legislative Branch Appro- does not prevent the Forest Service from Res. 2. priations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7, Divi- sion H). taking appropriate action consistent with OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY agency policies and procedures to address Includes a technical correction to Section PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES violations of permit terms and conditions. 1203(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropria- The conference agreement does not require EMERGENCY FUND tions Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7, Division the Secretary of the Interior to report on her The conference agreement includes lan- H). intentions with respect to the sale of 983 guage making a technical correction to the Includes a provision related to the Capitol acres in Clark County, Nevada as proposed Public Health and Social Services Emer- Preservation Fund by the Senate. gency Fund as proposed by the Senate. The CHAPTER 7 The conference agreement does not extend House bill had included the same correction DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION the authorization for energy savings per- in section 2003 of Title II. The conference agreement includes a pro- formance contracting as proposed by the GENERAL PROVISIONS vision proposed by the House and Senate Senate in section 602 of title VI. Section 2501 of the conference agreement amending section 336 of division I of Public CHAPTER 5 includes a provision making a technical cor- Law 108–7 by striking ‘‘Transportation Man- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR rection to section 207 of the Departments of agement’’ and inserting ‘‘Urbanized’’. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION Labor, Health and Human Services, and Re- The conference agreement includes a pro- vision proposed by the Senate amending sec- TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 tion 321 of division I of Public Law 108–7 by: The conference agreement does not include (Public Law 108–7, div. G) as proposed by the House. The Senate bill included no similar (1) inserting ‘‘or underneath’’ in subsection language as proposed by the Senate pro- (q)(2) before ‘‘the Class B airspace’’; (2) delet- viding $1,000,000 for the Jobs for America’s provision. ing ‘‘has sufficient capacity and’’ in sub- Graduates program. The House bill did not Section 2502 of the conference agreement section (q)(3) after ‘‘Title 49’’; and (3) insert- have a similar provision. includes a provision making a technical cor- rection to language in Section 215 in title II ing ‘‘passenger’’ in subsection (q)(3) before DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN ‘‘delays’’. The House bill contained no simi- of the Departments of Labor, Health and SERVICES lar provision. Human Services, and Related Agencies Ap- HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES The conference agreement includes a pro- propriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7, div. ADMINISTRATION vision proposed by the House clarifying that G) regarding international health activities HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES amounts made available to carry out sec- as proposed by the House and Senate. The conference agreement includes Senate tions 1212(k) and 5117(b)(6) of 112 Stat. 107 et DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION bill language making technical corrections seq. shall be used to carry out item number to projects funded in the fiscal year 2003 ap- SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 1278 of the table contained in section 1602 of propriations act. The House bill included al- The conference agreement includes lan- 112 Stat. 263. The Senate bill contained no most identical language. In addition to the guage making technical corrections to the similar provision. technical corrections described in the House Math and Science Partnerships program and The conference agreement includes a pro- and Senate reports accompanying the sup- the Troops to Teachers program as proposed vision proposed by the Senate expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the integration plemental appropriations bill, the conferees by both the House and the Senate. The con- of employee groups resulting from the acqui- also include the following technical changes ference agreement also includes technical sition of Trans World Airlines by American to the statement of the managers of the corrections to various projects as proposed Airlines. The conferees reiterate that this committee of conference accompanying H.J. by the House and the Senate. The conferees provision expresses the sense of the Senate. Res. 2 (Public Law 108–7; House Report 108– intend that the amounts provided will still The House bill contained no similar provi- 10) in the matter in title II of Division G: be subject to the across the board cut of 0.65 sion. —the provision specifying Northwestern percent included in Public Law 108–7. Medical Center, St. Albans, Vermont shall be The conference agreement includes a pro- deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Missisquoi Val- HIGHER EDUCATION vision proposed by the Senate which states ley Union High School District, Swanton, The conference agreement includes tech- that no provision of this Act may be con- Vermont’’; nical corrections to various projects as pro- strued as altering or amending provisions of —the provision specifying Springfield Re- posed by the House and the Senate. The law requiring the use of privately-owned gional Outpatient Cancer Center shall be agreement also includes a technical correc- United States flag commercial vessels for deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Mercy Health tion relating to a project for the University certain transportation purposes. The House Partners, Springfield, Ohio’’; of Southern Maine that was not contained in bill contained no similar provision. —the provision specifying St. John Bosco either House or Senate bills. The conferees The conference agreement includes provi- Clinic, Miami, Florida shall be deemed to intend that the amounts provided will still sions clarifying the eligibility of certain read as follows: ‘‘Mercy Hospital, Miami, be subject to the across the board cut of 0.65 projects funded in Public Law 108–7 and ad- Florida’’; percent included in Public Law 108–7. justing the funding for projects under ‘‘Fed- —the provision specifying Oklahoma State eral Highway Administration, limitation on GENERAL PROVISIONS Department of Health, Oklahoma City, Okla- administrative expenses’’ in that bill to con- homa, for a Mississippi-Oklahoma Rural Section 2503 of the conference agreement form to the intent of Congress as referenced Telemedicine Initiative shall be deemed to includes language proposed by the Senate in the Statement of the Managers accom- read as follows: ‘‘Oklahoma State Office of amending the Elementary and Secondary panying that conference agreement. Rural Health’’; and Education Act to raise the maximum age of The conference agreement includes a pro- —the provision specifying Iowa Telecare student eligibility in the Advanced Place- vision relating to the use of Federal Transit Consortium to develop a disease manage- ment program from 17 to 19. The House bill Administration formula grant operating ment demonstration project in Iowa shall be contained no similar provision. funds for certain communities that became deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Iowa Chronic Section 2504 of the conference agreement part of an urbanized area as determined by Care Consortium to develop a disease man- also includes a provision proposed by the the 2000 federal decennial census. This provi- agement demonstration project in Iowa’’. Senate (Title VI, Section 605 of the Senate sion is similar to statutory changes enacted The conferees concur in the description in bill) amending the Elementary and Sec- last year in Public Law 107–232. the Senate report of the grant for the Chil- ondary Education Act to make a technical The conference agreement includes a pro- dren’s Hospital Central California as being in change to the Alaska Native Equity in Edu- vision amending section 41743(c)(4) of title 49, Madera, CA rather than in Fresno, CA as de- cation program. The House bill contained no U.S. Code, to provide flexibility in the award scribed in the House report. similar provision. of grants under the Small Community Air The conferees intend that the amounts Service Development Pilot Program. The re- provided will still be subject to the across RELATED AGENCIES vision will allow the Department of Trans- the board cut of 0.65 percent included in Pub- CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY portation to consider grant requests from ap- lic Law 108–7. SERVICE plicants who are not currently in the pro- ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, gram. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS OPERATING EXPENSES The conference agreement includes a pro- The conferees concur with language con- The conference agreement includes a tech- vision proposed by the Senate amending sec- tained in the Senate report that makes a nical correction clarifying the restrictions tion 626 of title VI of division B of Public

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:03 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.065 H12PT1 H3384 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 Law 108–7 by striking the word ‘‘previously’’. and only after the Corporation provides a tration. Air carriers may use these funds for The House bill contained no similar provi- letter declaring the deficiency pursuant to such purposes as each air carrier determines sion. the Anti deficiency Act and OMB Circular A– appropriate; however, the conferees intend The conference agreement modifies lan- 11. that the direct assistance to air carriers guage proposed by the Senate limiting the The conferees have included a technical made available under this heading should be use of funds for transportation services pro- correction to P.L. 108–7, proposed by both the expended, to the greatest extent possible, to vided under section 41106 of title 49. The House and the Senate, regarding funds pro- address aviation security and should not be agreement limits the obligation of funds in vided to the Office of the Chief Financial Of- used to support non-security related business this or any other Act for transportation de- ficer. entities, ventures or activities including, but scribed in section 41106 to air carriers effec- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY not limited to, ticket agent ventures. tively controlled by citizens of the United The Transportation Security Administra- STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS States. The agreement further provides cri- tion may not remit passenger security and teria to make this determination, and speci- The conferees have included language air carrier security fees to any airline pro- fies that the Secretary of Defense may waive which makes technical corrections to spe- viding compensation as defined in this Act to these provisions in certain instances. The cific grants funded in previous appropria- the two most highly compensated named ex- agreement further directs the Secretary of tions Acts. ecutive officers that exceeds the base com- Transportation to use the services of an ad- ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION pensation that such executives received in ministrative law judge in a formal pro- The conferees have included language as 2002. The Transportation Security Adminis- ceeding to resolve docket number OST–2002– proposed by the Senate making a technical tration shall not apply any conditions of re- 13089. The House bill contained no similar correction in order to maintain the balance ceiving such assistance to any air carrier provision. among payers of the maintenance fees as that operates aircraft exclusively with 85 The conferees direct the Secretary of previously established by FIFRA. The lan- seats or less, any Hawaii-based carrier or Transportation to examine the impact that guage requires the Administrator of EPA to any carrier that does not operate trans-Pa- airlines emerging from bankruptcy could adjust the ‘‘maximum annual fee payable’’ cific or trans-Atlantic flights. have on hub airports as well as the ramifica- (per-company caps) for pesticide mainte- Not later than thirty days after the last tions on airport systems and U.S. capital nance fees proportional to the increase from disbursement of funds made to airlines, the bond markets. The conferees further direct the previous maximum collection level of Transportation Security Administration the Secretary of Transportation to report his $17,000,000 as set forth in Public Law 107–73 to shall certify that such funds were allocated findings to the House and Senate Commit- the newly-established maximum level of by air carriers for security related expenses tees on Appropriations no later than thirty $21,500,000 as set forth in Public Law 108–7. or revenue forgone as a result of meeting days after enactment of this Act. The House bill included no similar provision. Federal security mandates and shall trans- mit such certification to the Senate Com- CHAPTER 8 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs and Hous- mittee on Appropriations, the Senate Com- RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES ing and Urban Development, and Inde- mittee on Commerce, Science and Transpor- pendent Agencies Amends P.L. 108–7 by allowing up to tation, the House of Representatives Com- $330,000,000 of previously appropriated funds mittee on Appropriations and the House DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS to be used for the U.S. Polar Research Pro- Committee on Transportation and Infra- DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION gram as proposed by the Senate. This is an structure. GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES increase of up to $10,000,000 to cover unan- The conference agreement includes a pro- (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) ticipated costs due to weather. The House vision that directs the Undersecretary for The conference agreement includes did not include a similar provision. Border and Transportation Security of the $100,000,000 for providing medical care and for GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE Department of Homeland Security not to im- the evaluation and administration of bene- The conferees have not included funding pose the fees authorized by section 44940(a) of fits to veterans returning from the conflict nor legislative language regarding the Wa- title 49, U.S.C., during the period beginning in the Persian Gulf pursuant to 38 U.S.C. terbury Dam, Vermont, project as proposed June 1, 2003 ending September 30, 2003. 1710(e)(1)(D). The Secretary has the author- by the Senate. The conferees direct the Though the Senate bill proposed appropria- ity to transfer such sums in this paragraph Corps of Engineers to report to Congress tions to compensate airports for operating as necessary to medical care. within 30 days of enactment of this Act on expenses and capital investments related to improvements in aviation security, the con- ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION what is required to address the seepage and ferees have addressed this item in Title I, The conference agreement does not include stability problems at Waterbury Dam for fis- cal year 2004. under Department of Homeland Security. a provision proposed by the House allowing The conferees not that the additional bur- the VA to use funds appropriated in P.L. 108– TITLE III—COLUMBIA ORBITER den placed upon the Transportation Security 7 for the purpose of creating medical re- MEMORIAL ACT Administration in administering these sponse centers. The Senate did not include a The conference agreement includes the Co- grants is nominal and of limited duration similar provision. lumbia Orbiter Memorial Act as proposed by since these payments constitute simple re- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN the Senate. The House did not include a bates. As such, the conferees direct that the DEVELOPMENT similar title. administrative costs associated with this ac- COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TITLE IV—AIRLINE-RELATED tivity to be absorbed within existing staffing COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND ASSISTANCE levels. The conference agreement deletes sections The conference agreement includes modi- The conference agreement includes a sepa- 407 and 408 of the Senate bill. The House bill fied language similar to language proposed rate title providing airline-related assist- contained no similar provisions. The con- by the Senate, making technical corrections ance, as proposed by the Senate. The House ferees direct the General Accounting Office to specific grants funded in prior appropria- bill provided airline-related assistance in to submit a report to the Congress on meas- tions Acts. The House bill did not include Title I, chapter 5 under ‘‘Transportation Se- ures taken by air carriers to reduce costs similar language. curity Administration.’’ and to improve their revenues and profits DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION and to strengthen their balance sheets, as SALARIES AND EXPENSES TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION well as how the funds provided in this Act The conference agreement does not include The conference agreement includes an ap- were expended by the air carriers to offset language proposed by the Senate related to propriation of $2,395,750,000 for grants to air operating expenses. As part of this effort, the the Chief Financial Officer. The House bill carriers. Of this appropriation, the first conferees expect that each carrier receiving did not include similar language. $100,000,000 shall remain available until ex- assistance under this heading will transmit a INDEPENDENT AGENCIES pended and shall compensate air carriers for plan to the Comptroller General within 90 the direct costs associated with the days of enactment of this Act to reduce that CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY strengthening of flight deck doors and locks air carrier’s annual operating expenses by an SERVICE on aircraft required by the Aviation and amount equal to the greater of 10 percent of NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS Transportation Security Act. The remaining that carrier’s annual operating expenses or OPERATING EXPENSES amount, or $2,295,750,000, is for grants to be the amount of financial assistance that the Appropriates $64,000,000 to the Corporation made by the Transportation Security Ad- carrier has received under this heading. for National and Community Service (‘‘Cor- ministration to U.S. flag air carriers based The conference agreement extends the war poration’’) to liquidate prior year obligations on the proportional share of expenses in- risk insurance program under current condi- as proposed by both the House and the Sen- curred related to aviation security each such tions through the end of fiscal year 2004 as ate. The conference agreement includes two carrier has paid or collected by the date of proposed by the Senate. The House bill con- provisions proposed by the Senate limiting enactment of this Act by such air carrier in tained no similar provision. the funds provided under this heading only passenger security and air carrier security The conference agreement contains a pro- for liquidation of the prior year obligations fees to the Transportation Security Adminis- vision providing an additional 26 weeks of

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:03 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP7.069 H12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3385 temporary extended unemployment. com- LARRY CRAIG, House, I call up the conference report pensation for displaced airline related work- KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, on the bill (H.R. 1559) making emer- ers, as proposed by the Senate. The House MIKE DEWINE, gency wartime supplemental appro- bill contained no similar provision. SAM BROWNBACK, priations for the fiscal year ending TITLE V ROBERT C. BYRD, DANIEL K. INOUYE, September 30, 2003, and for other pur- PANEL TO REVIEW SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLE- PATRICK J. LEAHY, poses. GATIONS AT UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TOM HARKIN, ACADEMY The Clerk read the title of the bill. BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the The conferees agree to amend language in HARRY REID, this title, as proposed by the Senate, which HERB KOHL, order of the House of today, the con- establishes a panel to review sexual mis- (except for P.L. 480), ference report is considered as having conduct allegations at the U.S. Air Force PATTY MURRAY, been read. Academy. BYRON L. DORGAN, (For conference report and state- TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS DIANNE FEINSTEIN, ment, see prior proceedings of the ACT DICK DURBIN, House of today.) The conference agreement includes a pro- TIM JOHNSON, vision, as proposed by the House, that limits MARY L. LANDRIEU, The SPEAKER. The gentleman from the availability of funds provided in this Act Managers on the Part of the Senate. Florida (Mr. YOUNG) and the gentleman to the current fiscal year unless provided f from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) each will otherwise in this Act. The Senate bill con- control 30 minutes. tained no similar provision. RECESS The Chair recognizes the gentleman CONFERENCE TOTAL—WITH COMPARISONS The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause from Florida (Mr. YOUNG). The total new budget (obligational) au- 12(a) of rule I, the Chair declares the thority for the fiscal year 2003 recommended House in recess subject to the call of Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, by the Committee of Conference, with com- the Chair. I yield myself such time as I might parisons to the fiscal year 2003 budget esti- Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 6 min- consume. I want to begin, Mr. Speaker, mates, and the House and Senate bills for utes a.m.), the House stood in recess by thanking the Speaker for all of the 2003 follow: subject to the call of the Chair. tremendous effort that he put into this [In thousands of dollars] f process to let us get to where we are today and also to the gentleman from Budget estimates of new b 1201 (obligational) authority, Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) and especially to fiscal year 2003 ...... $74,725,028 AFTER RECESS the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. House bill, fiscal year 2003 77,903,328 The recess having expired, the House HOYER), who played an important role Senate bill, fiscal year 2003 77,947,209 was called to order at 12 o’clock and 1 in the process of getting us where we Conference agreement, fis- minute p.m. are. cal year 2003 ...... 78,459,520 Conference agreement f Mr. Speaker, we visited with the compared with: MAKING IN ORDER AT ANY TIME President just a little over 2 weeks ago, Budget estimates of new CONSIDERATION OF CON- and we promised the President that we (obligational) author- FERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1559, would deal with his supplemental re- ity, fiscal year 2003 ...... +3,734,492 EMERGENCY WARTIME SUPPLE- quest to, number one, pay for the war House bill, fiscal year that has already taken place, provide 2003 ...... +556,192 MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2003 additional money to fight the Iraqi Senate bill, fiscal year Freedom operation. 2003 ...... +512,311 Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, BILL YOUNG, I ask unanimous consent that it shall In just about three weeks, we have RALPH REGULA, be in order at any time to consider the done that, Mr. Speaker. We have pro- JERRY LEWIS, conference report to accompany H.R. duced the legislation in the House. Our HAL ROGERS, 1559; all points of order against the colleagues in the Senate produced a FRANK WOLF, conference report and against its con- similar bill, although they added some JIM KOLBE, sideration are waived; the conference extraneous material, most of which we JAMES T. WALSH, were able to take out in conference, CHARLES H. TAYLOR, report shall be considered as read; and but Mr. Speaker, this conference re- DAVID L. HOBSON, clause 10 of rule XX shall not apply to ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., the question of adoption of the con- port, I have been on this Committee on HENRY BONILLA, ference report. Appropriations for a long, long time. JOE KNOLLENBERG, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to This is probably the cleanest supple- JACK KINGSTON, the request of the gentleman from mental conference report that this RODNEY P. Florida? House has seen, and so I feel pretty FRELINGHUYSEN, There was no objection. good about the product that we have, DAVID OBEY, and we did what the President asked. JOHN P. MURTHA, f NORMAN DICKS, GENERAL LEAVE He asked for certain amounts of MARTIN OLAV SABO, money for the war. He asked for cer- ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, tain amounts of money for homeland MARCY KAPTUR, I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- defense. He asked for certain amounts PETER J. VISCLOSKY, bers may have 5 legislative days within of money to deal with our colleagues in NITA M. LOWEY, which to revise and extend their re- the coalition, and Mr. Speaker, we pro- JOSE E. SERRANO, marks on the conference report accom- vided that, while at the same time pre- JAMES P. MORAN, panying H.R. 1559 and that I may in- serving some of the constitutional re- CHET EDWARDS, clude tabular and extraneous material. Managers on the Part of the House. sponsibility of the Congress to be in- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there volved in the appropriation and to have TED STEVENS, objection to the request of the gen- some knowledge of how the appropria- THAD COCHRAN, tleman from Florida? tion was going to be used. ARLEN SPECTER, There was no objection. PETE V. DOMENICI, So, all in all, I think we have a great f CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, product here and over 400 Members MITCH MCCONNELL, CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1559, voted for bill when it went through the CONRAD BURNS, EMERGENCY WARTIME SUPPLE- House early on so I think that we can RICHARD SHELBY, MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, move this bill expeditiously, get it to JUDD GREGG, 2003 ROBERT F. BENNETT, the President, and then, Mr. Speaker, BEN NIGHTHORSE Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, begin our work on the 13 regular 2004 CAMPBELL, pursuant to the previous order of the appropriations bill.

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VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:03 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K12AP7.004 H12PT1 Insert offset folio 173/15 here EH12AP03.015 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3401 Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of The President asked for $2.4 billion in tending that they are independent my time. money to rehabilitate Iraq. He asked business operations, I think they ought Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- that money be directly appropriated to to be regulated as a publicly necessary self 10 minutes. him for obligation to any agency. The public utility, but they are not, and in Mr. Speaker, I want to express my conference report, in contrast, provides order to keep the economy functioning, gratification that we are, in fact, here the money to the President but re- the Congress had to provide something. with this legislation today. Frankly, it stricts it to the authorities under the The problem was that the Congress had many shortcomings. We fought out Foreign Assistance Act and designates took care of business, but they did not a lot of them on the floor earlier when specific agencies that can receive di- take care of the workers who were los- the bill was first before us, and among rect apportionment of funds. It also re- ing their jobs. So we included a provi- the most serious shortcomings, in my quires, again, a 5-day prior notification sion which guarantees an additional 26 view, would be what I consider to be to Congress before that money can be weeks in all States in the Union for still serious lack of funds for homeland obligated, which is as it should be. workers in the airline industry and as- security, but we fought that fight and Next, the administration asked for a sociated industries, at least upstream lost. $1.5 billion unallocated fund under the associated industries, and I think that This bill is focused on other fights total control of the Secretary of Home- that again represented the minimum of which I think are institutionally just land Security. In other words, they economic justice that was required. as important for the Congress. wanted us to just give them a blank So, in my view, this is not a perfect This bill began when the administra- check to spend a billion and a half dol- package. There are a number of items tion asked for a series of blank checks lars on anything he wanted. In con- that we had to accept from the Senate totaling almost $70 billion. The bill trast, the conference report reduces as part of the negotiating process. that is here today does not provide the this to $150 million instead of a billion When you negotiate in these cir- administration with those blank and a half, and it appropriated the re- cumstances, you are not dealing with checks and, instead, reintroduces them maining $1.35 billion to specific ac- an empty chair. You do have people on to the concept of checks and balances, counts within the Department of the other side of the table, and they do and I would like to explain how. Homeland Security so that this have opposite views sometimes, and we The administration requested total might like to not take that into ac- flexibility and unaccountability for amounts to congressionally-deter- mined funding rather than the agency count, but we have no choice. roughly $59.9 billion for the Pentagon’s So there are five provisions origi- determining it. defense emergency response fund. This nating in the Senate that the com- conference report reduces that fund to Next, the conference report rejected the President’s request to have a $250 mittee had to accept, but we turned $15.7 billion and requires 5-day prior down far more, and I expect that in the notification to the Congress before the million fund under the control of the President, no questions asked, and I end there will be far more gnashing of Pentagon can obligate any of that teeth on the Senate side of the Capitol think the Congress was right to do money. That preserves to the Congress than there will on the House side of the that. the right to review proposals for the Capitol with respect to the commit- spending of taxpayers’ money. Lastly, the administration requested a $500 million fund to be under the tee’s disposition of those provisions. The reason that is important is be- I want to say to my Republican total discretion of the Attorney Gen- cause almost the sole reason for Con- friends on the committee that I think eral. The conference report reduces gress’ existence is so that somebody every Member of Congress can feel that to $20 million and requires that outside of that narrow circle of people good about the way this conference the Justice Department must make a who run any administration will have proceeded because it was one of the few reprogramming request to the Congress an opportunity to review the way the times in recent years when I have seen before disbursing any funds from this administration wants to spend public legislators able to behave like legisla- account. The remaining $480 million re- money and be able to say to the admin- tors rather than politicians, and that is quested for the Justice Department, istration, wait a minute, we think that important. is a mistake, we want you to look at it again, was specifically appropriated to again. That is why it was so important other specific accounts by the Con- b 1215 to have that 5-day prior notification gress, not by an anonymous agency bu- We all come here as politicians, but requirement, and I am pleased that the reaucrat. then we need, especially in committee, conferees provided it. So I believe that for those Members, to deal with a lot of complicated issues Second, the administration asked for and I assume it is all of us, for those requiring give and take, and it some- what they call an indigenous forces Members who are concerned with pro- times gets very heated. But I think we fund. The President requested $150 mil- tecting our constitutional obligation made decisions which were in the pub- lion for the Pentagon to support so- to maintain firm control of the power lic interest. They were certainly in the called indigenous forces, which are of the purse, I think that this legisla- interest of the Constitution. forces other than the formal military tion lives up to that responsibility, and I am sure the administration does units of a nation, in countries where I think that Members of both parties not like the fact that we did not give the Department of Defense felt such can be highly pleased for that perform- them the blank check which they re- support would be appropriate. This ance. quested, but they have ample flexi- conference report eliminates that $150 I have never yet met an administra- bility to meet their requirements million. tion that did not think that Article I of under the Constitution, and we have Third, the administration asked for the Constitution was not a mistake, maintained our prerogatives. That is what they called an allied nations and I think it is helpful from time to not important to our egos, but it is im- fund. In plain language, they wanted time that the Congress remind all ad- portant to the system of checks and authority for the Department of De- ministrations that we have obligations balances that we are sent here to pre- fense to establish a new and parallel which we have to meet, also. serve. military assistance program, parallel I would also like to take just a mo- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of to that which already exists, which is ment to discuss the unemployment my time. under, at least initially under the au- compensation provision in this bill. Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, thority of the State Department. This The bill provides $3.8 billion in assist- I yield such time as he may consume to conference report reduces that request ance to airlines. As Members know, I the gentleman from Texas (Mr. to $25 million, limits it only for mili- have minimum high regard for the idea DELAY), the very distinguished major- tary counterterrorism training and re- that the airline industry even con- ity leader, and I thank him for sched- quires 15-day prior notification to Con- stitutes an industry. In my belief, the uling this bill for consideration today. gress and requires that the Secretary airline industry is composed of let-us- Mr. DELAY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the of State concur in any such obligation. pretend capitalists. Every couple years, gentleman for yielding me this time, Also, the administration asked for a they come to the Congress for another and, Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of $2.4 billion Iraqi rebuilding program. bailout, and I think that instead of pre- this conference report.

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It is right and proper people, and the American people sup- insists on having little, parochial that they do so in this Democratic in- port this effort. We need to support our spending. So I have to inform the Mem- stitution. But I urge all our Members, troops, and this bill does that. We need bers that there is a provision in this as the majority leader has urged his to support our troops and replace the bill for a lab in Ames, Iowa, that there Members, to support this legislation ammunition, the resources that have is a provision relating to wild seafood which supports our troops, supports been expended so that we do not put being deemed as organic, a provision our effort and does so in a way, as the our Armed Forces in a vulnerable posi- relating to payments to State agri- gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) tion. culture to pay catfish farmers, a provi- has pointed out so eloquently, that is Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this sion related to Forest Service grazing, consistent with the Constitution of the because I support the chairman of the and some provision, I cannot figure United States. Committee on Appropriations and the out, relating to an Indian school. Our Founding Fathers did not draft ranking member. I do not think I have But that is all that we can be upset that document by mistake. It was their ever been as proud as I am now of the about. And we have to really focus on considered judgment that the collec- Committee on Appropriations and the what this is all about, my colleagues, tive wisdom in a democracy is what chairman and the ranking member. and remove the appetite of some in this preserved freedom, is what preserved a The chairman and the ranking member body, not in this body, in this town, Nation, a free people, as opposed to a of the Committee on Appropriations and understand that the most impor- people who would be overseen by one understood how important this effort tant part about this is to support our individual or one small group of indi- was. When the President of the United troops and support the war in Iraq. So viduals in the executive department. States sent up his request for addi- I urge my Members to vote for this bill In closing, let me say that there is a tional moneys to fight the war, they and I urge our Members to thank the picture in the Rotunda of the Capitol went right to work and put together a chairman and the ranking member of of the United States. It is of particular significance to me, as the former Presi- package that we can all be proud of, the Committee on Appropriations. kept it clean and focused on the war, Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 dent of the Maryland Senate. It depicts on homeland security, on our respon- minutes to the gentleman from Mary- the old Senate Chamber in Annapolis. In that picture, George Washington on sibilities around the world in order to land (Mr. HOYER), the distinguished mi- fight the war on terrorism, and they nority whip. December 23, 1783, is resigning his com- brought a very good bill to this floor. Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank mission as commander in chief of the This House of Representatives passed the ranking member for yielding me Continental Army. My colleagues will that clean bill and sent it to the other this time, and I rise on behalf of those note, when they look at that picture, side of the rotunda. Now, unfortu- on my side of the aisle, and I join the that the members of the legislature of nately, Mr. Speaker, in this town, we majority leader in urging all our Mem- the Continental Congress are seated. They are seated at the request of Gen- have people that will take advantage of bers to vote for this piece of legisla- eral Washington, so that they would even a war situation and a war supple- tion. I stand with him also in congratu- indicate their superior stature to Gen- mental. Mr. Speaker, we have people in lating our chairman and ranking mem- this town that just cannot stop their eral Washington. ber of the Committee on Appropria- Of course, at that point in time, appetite for spending money. tions. there was no superior person to Gen- In the other body, Mr. Speaker, in There are no two more faithful Mem- eral Washington, perhaps in the his- the bill that they passed, they loaded bers to this institution than the gen- tory of our country, but certainly at the war supplemental, the bill that is tleman from Florida (Mr. YOUNG) and that time. But it was his conviction to support our troops, with items such the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. that it was the Representatives of the as a dairy provision in California, an OBEY). They have worked together, people who ought to rule. And it has item such as $5 million for a commu- they have overcome disagreements to been stated over and over in this nications system in Louisville, Ken- bring to this floor a piece of legislation House, the people rule. tucky, an item such as a dam in that deserves bipartisan support. This bill preserves that principle, an Vermont, an item such as a $1 million There are differences, deep dif- important principle for democracy. earmark for jobs of America’s grad- ferences, in this body, deep convictions I thank the chairman and the rank- uates in Alexandria, Virginia, an item held by Members on both sides of the ing member, I thank the Speaker on such as $529,000 for local law enforce- aisle with respect to the war and the behalf of all the Members for bringing ment costs related to the nightclub fire rectitude of our action, but that is not us to this point where we can together, in Rhode Island, not exactly a Federal what this bill is about. This bill is as Americans, not as Democrats, not as responsibility, an item such as a land about ensuring the support for the Republicans, support our troops, sup- exchange in Nevada, an item such as a troops that we have sent abroad to port our country. provision on ginseng labeling. What carry out objectives of the United Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, could I in- does ginseng have to do with fighting States of America and, indeed, of a quire of the chairman if he is prepared the war in Iraq? large number of the international com- to yield back? If he is, I have just 1 Mr. Speaker, I could go on and on, munity. minute of closing comments and I probably for the rest of the afternoon, We will be united in that support of would be happy to yield back. listing the items that were put in the our troops and united in support of the Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, war supplemental. Yet our chairman success of that effort. We see countless I would respond to the gentleman that and our ranking member stood up and Iraqis waving and welcoming American I have one member of the leadership, a said, this is not going to happen. We troops to their land, and we have seen subcommittee chairman would like a are not going to allow this to happen the fact that there is also distress in brief period, and then I would be pre- and we are going to try our best to that land and we want to assist, assist pared to make a final closing state- send the President of the United States quickly, the humanitarian relief and ment and yield back the time. a supplemental appropriation that sup- assist quickly in the rebuilding. Mr. OBEY. So the chairman has a ports our troops and our homeland se- So on behalf of my side of the aisle, subcommittee chairman who wants to curity. They fought into the wee hours Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate make a comment? of the night in trying to maintain not you, as well, for your leadership. Today Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Yes. only the integrity of the work done by is a day of bipartisanship. Today is a Mr. OBEY. In that case, we will have the House of Representatives, but also day when we will reflect to America a subcommittee ranking member who

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If Members will recall that ing member on one of the subcommit- ed rebuke of the Secretary of State’s long list of projects that he referred to tees working with the gentleman from important key role in foreign policy. that the other body came to conference Florida (Mr. YOUNG) and the gentleman Let me conclude by saying thank you with, that first long list, we took them from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY). I thank again. I think we are putting forth an out. We did not accept them. It was them for their leadership. excellent bill that is important to ad- quite a battle, but we took those out. I am pleased in the bill in addition to dress the current situation today. I So in case there was any doubt as to the money for humanitarian aid and thank our chairman and our ranking what was on the list he was reading, reconstruction, there is over $7 billion member for their leadership on these they are gone. They are not in this bill. for our critical allies in the region, and issues. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the I think this is very important because Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- gentleman from New York (Mr. they are in a hot spot, and they are self 3 minutes. WALSH), the chairman of the Sub- very important, and I think it is im- Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to say committee on VA, HUD and Inde- portant that we acknowledge their role thank you to the people who are really pendent Agencies of the Committee on and assistance to us. responsible for putting this package to- Appropriations. I just want to make one point as we gether. That would be the staff of the Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to close out the debate. I certainly pre- committee on this side of the Capitol, support this emergency war supple- ferred the House-passed language on certainly led by Jim Dyer, the most mental and to congratulate and thank Iraq relief and reconstruction to what able staff chief on the Republican side our leadership, the chairman, the gen- we decided on yesterday. However, as of the aisle, and led by Scott Lilly, the tleman from Florida (Mr. YOUNG), and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. staff chief on our side of the aisle, and ranking member, the gentleman from OBEY) and the gentleman from Florida all of the staff who work with them. Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY), for the way they (Mr. YOUNG) stated, there was some It has become routine on the com- conducted themselves in that con- compromise and I am very pleased that mittee for that staff to be without ference last night. They brought great the role of the Congress and the over- sleep for one or two days in the row. I credit upon this House, and I think sight function of the Congress was fi- appreciate how hard they work. that the will of the House was ably de- nally acknowledged in giving us 5 days I would like to say a special thank fended in that conference. to review so many of the provisions you to the gentleman from Florida This bill provides billions of dollars that were included in the bill. (Mr. YOUNG), who has performed in his I felt that the House language stated for our national defense, for the re- gracious and effective manner, helping more clearly that carrying out United building of Iraq, and for homeland se- us to balance the many equities in- States foreign policy is primarily the curity. What a remarkable statement volved, and a special thanks to the sub- responsibility of the Secretary of by a nation, a nation 227 years old and committee chairs on that side, espe- State, not OMB or any other agency. yet still altruistic, idealistic, idealistic cially the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. enough to provide funds to complete That said, prosecuting the war and KOLBE), the gentleman from California the defeat of the Hussein regime, to managing its aftermath is serious busi- (Mr. LEWIS) and the gentleman from liberate the people of Iraq, and then to ness, and the White House was explicit Ohio (Mr. REGULA), for helping us that it wanted the President to have provide the funds to rebuild that coun- through some very tough problems, try. And what a great debt we owe to flexibility in carrying out both of these and Senators BYRD, STEVENS and our soldiers and sailors who fought so important functions. In the end, I think we did provide LEAHY. brilliantly throughout. To those Members who are unhappy There are funds for homeland secu- that flexibility to the administration. about the fact that we were not able to rity that will go to all States and lo- That is why at one point in the debate eliminate all of the Senate proposals, calities, with major help for my State, yesterday it really seemed nonsensical let me say batting 750 percent is not New York State and New York City, to me that the ultimate sticking point bad. Even Babe Ruth struck out 1,300 $800 million to high-density, high-risk on this language was over the mere times, and I do not think any Member urban areas to protect critical infra- mention of the Foreign Assistance Act, in this House comes close to Babe Ruth structure and to make sure an attack the skeleton of the United States for- or pretending to be Babe Ruth. like September 11 never happens again. eign assistance programs. This set of I would also say to the Department Lastly, Mr. Speaker, an additional laws which has been developed and of Defense because I know they do not $100 million has been provided to the fine-tuned by Congress in consultation like the fact that they did not get all Secretary of the Veterans Administra- with various administrations since the of the authority that they wanted, I tion to provide health care and dis- 1960s provides the basic framework to would simply say to them the Depart- ability compensation for our returning carry out foreign aid, including relief ment of Defense may not get all of the soldiers and sailors. That is the very and reconstruction. It has governed money and all the power that they least we can do. every United States relief and recon- asked for, but they would do well to re- And in closing, I would just like to struction effort in recent years, and member that every bit of money and again congratulate the House leader- the assertion that it hemmed in the every bit of power that they have got- ship, the Committee on Appropriations President did not make any sense to ten they have gotten from this institu- leadership, both parties, for the re- me. We all acknowledge that the Presi- tion. I think they would be well off to markable job they did in keeping this dent is the Commander in Chief and remember that. bill on course. has the ultimate authority and respon- sibility. Let me simply say again as I said at b 1230 Appropriating these funds pursuant the beginning, this proposal came to Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 to the Foreign Assistance Act simply the Congress as a blank check. It minutes to the gentlewoman from New keeps the Secretary of State under the leaves here as a reaffirmation of York (Mrs. LOWEY), the ranking mem- President, at the direction of the Presi- checks and balances. That is the way it ber of the Subcommittee on Foreign dent, as the primary overseer of our ought to be. Operations. foreign assistance program. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I want to We have to ask, in conclusion, why of my time. first thank the gentleman from Florida the administration made such a big Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, (Mr. YOUNG) and the ranking member, deal about this once they had gotten I yield myself the balance of my time.

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:03 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K12AP7.009 H12PT1 H3404 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 Mr. Speaker, since September 11 and There was objection. velous tribute to their skills as legisla- our war against terrorism and the inju- f tors, and to the gentleman from Illi- ries to our troops coming from Afghan- nois (Mr. HASTERT) and the gentle- PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONAL RE- istan, my wife and I, and actually my woman from California (Ms. PELOSI) as CESS OR ADJOURNMENT OF THE wife more than I, have been regular Speaker and minority leader here in SENATE AND ADJOURNMENT OF visitors to the Army Hospital at Wal- the House, they have my commenda- THE HOUSE ter Reed and to the Naval Hospital in tions. I am pleased to be here and be Bethesda to provide gifts, provide some The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- part of this momentous occasion. comfort, and to do what they need and fore the House the following privileged f their families need in a time of real Senate concurrent resolution (S. Con. AMERICA LOVES HER TROOPS crisis in their life. Res. 38) providing for a conditional ad- It brings tears to my eyes when I see journment or recess of the Senate and (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked these young kids with a leg or arm a conditional adjournment of the and was given permission to address missing. One soldier was blinded. There House of Representatives. the House for 1 minute and to revise are a lot of them out there now, sail- The Clerk read the Senate concur- and extend her remarks.) ors, soldiers, Marines, and even some rent resolution, as follows: Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Air Force folks. It is a sad time. But S. CON. RES. 38 Speaker, I rise to confirm my support the sadness goes away when I talk to Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- for the Emergency Wartime Supple- these kids. They are unbelievable. resentatives concurring), That when the Sen- mental Appropriations Act that we They are laying there with their whole ate recesses or adjourns at the close of busi- just passed unanimously in this House. life changed for the balance of their ness on Friday, April 11, 2003, or Saturday, I rise to answer the question of the life. They love this country. They be- April 12, 2003, on a motion offered pursuant chairman of the Committee on Appro- lieve in the defense of this country, and to this concurrent resolution by its Majority priations and say resoundingly that Leader or his designee, it stand recessed or America loves her troops, loves the they want to get back to the action, al- adjourned until noon on Monday, April 28, though many of them will not be able 2003, or until such other time on that day as young men and women who are serv- to because of their injuries. may be specified by its Majority Leader or ing, respects them, and offers our sym- But throughout the many, many con- his designee in the motion to recess or ad- pathy to those who lost their lives, versations that we have through the journ, or until Members are notified to reas- their love to those who are now mend- day or on the weekends, one thing semble pursuant to section 2 of this concur- ing. And, as well, we will never forget comes to the fore: How does my coun- rent resolution, whichever occurs first; and our MIAs and POWs. try feel about me? Am I going to come that when the House adjourns on any legisla- I, too, have visited our troops in our tive day from Saturday, April 12, 2003, hospitals in this region, visited the back and be ridiculed like some of my through Friday, April 18, 2003, on a motion colleagues were from Vietnam? offered pursuant to this concurrent resolu- Veterans Hospital, reinforced the fact Mr. Speaker, they worry about how tion by its Majority Leader or his designee, that we believe in those who have been does America feel about them. We do it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Tues- willing to offer the ultimate sacrifice. our best to convince them that Amer- day, April 29, 2003, or until Members are no- I think it is important today, Mr. ica loves them, America appreciates tified to reassemble pursuant to section 2 of Speaker, to acknowledge as well that them. I think a strong vote on passage this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs the beauty of America is that we ac- of this bill is a strong message to those first. knowledge and appreciate dissent. Just SEC. 2. The Majority Leader of the Senate a few blocks away today there are pro- injured in our hospitals today and and the Speaker of the House, acting jointly those still on the battlefield today after consultation with the Minority Leader testers against the continuation of this risking their lives, a strong message to of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the war. There will be those who will be them, young Americans, young sol- House, shall notify the Members of the Sen- promoting and supporting the troops. I diers, your country loves you and re- ate and House, respectively, to reassemble at agree with both because America is a spects you and appreciates you. such place and time as they may designate place that fondles and cherishes its de- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance whenever, in their opinion, the public inter- mocracy. I have dissented against the of my time. est shall warrant it. war, but I have not dissented against The SPEAKER. Without objection, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without America or its troops, and I believe in the previous question on the con- objection, the Senate concurrent reso- order to be prosperous we must work ference report is ordered. lution is concurred in. together, as we have done in this emer- There was no objection. There was no objection. gency wartime supplemental which I The SPEAKER. The question is on A motion to reconsider was laid on have supported, so we can have a last- the conference report. the table. ing peace. The conference report was agreed to. f Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the A motion to reconsider was laid on HOUSE PASSES WARTIME chairman of the Committee on Appro- the table. SUPPLEMENTAL UNANIMOUSLY priations and the ranking member and f all the staff for their steadfastness. I (Mr. OSE asked and was given per- want to thank them for providing to APPOINTMENT OF HON. MAC mission to address the House for 1 THORNBERRY TO ACT AS SPEAK- airline employees the 26 extra weeks minute and to revise and extend his re- that we fought for since September 11. ER PRO TEMPORE TO SIGN EN- marks.) ROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESO- Many have been laid off and not work- Mr. OSE. Mr. Speaker, we just passed ing. LUTIONS THROUGH APRIL 29, 2003 a wartime supplemental, and I wanted The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- to make a note that it was unani- b 1245 fore the House the following commu- mously done. I think it is a marvelous I want to thank them, as well, for the nication from the Speaker: tribute to this country and this body homeland security moneys that will WASHINGTON, DC, that when this country is faced with help some of our cities and rural areas, April 12, 2003. the challenges that we have in front of and I want to fight with them for more I hereby appoint the Honorable MAC us and our young people are deployed money for the many cities who have THORNBERRY or, if not available to perform to protect us and our interests, that we paid out moneys, Mr. Speaker, and this duty, the Honorable WAYNE T. GILCHREST to act as Speaker pro tempore to bind together as a team, that we bind have yet not been able to be reim- sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions together as a country and that our bursed. through April 29, 2003. leadership is able to take us to where I would like to thank them in par- J. DENNIS HASTERT, we need to go. ticular for the judgment that they Speaker of the House of Representatives. The work that the gentleman from have used with the defense funds so The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Florida (Mr. YOUNG) and the gentleman that there is not such a discretion, but THORNBERRY). Without objection, the from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) have done it has been put in certain position to be appointment is accepted. in working with the Senate is a mar- oversight, or given oversight by this

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:03 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K12AP7.011 H12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3405 Congress. I would like to thank them So I am very pleased to have voted American freedom and may we never for recognizing the importance, Mr. ‘‘aye’’ for the supplemental. Let us ever forget those who gave their all to Speaker, of the need to provide for the bring our troops home. Let us see that pay for it. Coast Guard and to provide for the first they have the services and that they f responders. are well. I commend them. We all love Mr. Speaker, as I close, we are not them. DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR yet finished with this work, and I God bless America. WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2003 would hope that we will go forward f supporting our troops and, as well, sup- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I ask IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO HAVE porting America in its effort for long- unanimous consent that the business SACRIFICED FOR FREEDOM lasting peace that will only make us in order under the Calendar Wednesday the great Nation that our promise indi- (Mr. FRANKS of Arizona asked and rule be dispensed with on Wednesday, cates we can be. was given permission to address the April 30, 2003. House for 1 minute and to revise and f The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. extend his remarks.) THORNBERRY). Is there objection to the IN SUPPORT OF OUR TROOPS Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speak- request of the gentleman from Texas? (Mr. SHAYS asked and was given per- er, today I rise to express a deep and There was no objection. abiding gratitude to the families living mission to address the House for 1 f minute.) in the Second District of Arizona who Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, congratu- have lost their children in the Iraqi SENATE BILLS REFERRED lations to the Appropriations chair- conflict. Those families include Carol Bills of the Senate of the following man, ranking member and all who Howland of Kingman, who lost her son titles were taken from the Speaker’s worked on the Wartime Supplemental James Kiehl in battle; Sandy Watson of table and, under the rule, referred as conference report. They did a tremen- Peoria, who lost her son Michael Wil- follows: dous job. liams in battle; the Piestewa family, S. 703. An act to designate the regional As a returned Peace Corps volunteer and the entire Hopi Nation, who today headquarters building for the National Park who strongly supported the President’s mourn the loss of their daughter Lori Service under construction in Omaha, Ne- effort to get Saddam Hussein’s Iraq to Ann. I have spoken to each and have braska, as the ‘‘Carl T. Curtis National Park cooperate with the UN inspectors and been inspired by their unwavering faith Service Midwest Regional Headquarters dismantle its weapons of mass destruc- and their enduring strength. Building’’; to the Committee on Transpor- Mr. Speaker, I know that the tragic tation and Infrastructure. tion, I am proud, so proud, of our men S. 763. An act to designate the Federal and women who serve our great Nation. stories of this war are not unique to building and United States courthouse lo- Our job in Congress, when we send our Arizona. So many of this Congress have cated at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, men and women into battle, is to make fallen heroes from their communities Indiana, as the ‘‘Birch Bayh Federal Build- sure it is never a fair fight. We need to and they represent those noble families ing and United States Courthouse’’; to the make sure those who risk their lives in who personify the sacrifice of war, but Committee on Transportation and Infra- service to this country have every ad- America’s sons and daughters have structure. vantage. We have done our job and we fought so bravely in this battle, and S.J. Res. 8. Joint resolution expressing the some have died defending their home- sense of Congress with respect to raising are doing our job. awareness and encouraging prevention of As another returned Peace Corps vol- land and to bring freedom to a people sexual assault in the United States and sup- unteer, JIM WALSH, said, we are sup- they have never met. And today, Mr. porting the goals and ideals of National Sex- porting our troops who brought free- Speaker, the American flag flies at ual Assault Awareness and Prevention dom to a troubled land and we are help- half-mast in the hearts of all of us as Month; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ing to rebuild that land and nation and this Nation tearfully lays these valiant f the good people who live there. sons and daughters of freedom in the ADJOURNMENT This is a good sign of a great Nation. loving arms of God. May God continue to bless the United Mr. Speaker, words fail me to truly Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, pursu- States of America. express the unspeakable debt of grati- ant to Senate Concurrent Resolution f tude that we all owe to these families 38, 108th Congress, I move that the of America who have sacrificed their House do now adjourn. COMMENDING THE TROOPS own loved ones to the cause of freedom. The motion was agreed to. (Ms. WATSON asked and was given So may I respectfully appropriate the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- permission to address the House for 1 words of Abraham Lincoln, who found ant to Senate Concurrent Resolution minute and to revise and extend her re- himself in a similar dilemma as he 38, 108th Congress, the House stands ad- marks.) sought to offer comfort in a letter to a journed until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, I want to precious mother who had lost five of 29, 2003. add my voice to the voices of the oth- her sons on the battlefield. It is my Thereupon (at 12 o’clock and 54 min- ers in commending our troops for the prayer, Mr. Speaker, that these words utes p.m.), pursuant to Senate Concur- bravery, the courage, in following their can be received into the hearts of all of rent Resolution 38, 108th Congress, the command. I too am not a war sup- those who mourn the loss of their be- House adjourned until Tuesday, April porter, but I support Americans. I sup- loved soldier this day. 29, at 2 p.m. port America. Mr. Lincoln wrote: ‘‘I feel how weak f I am so pleased that in the supple- and fruitless must be any words of mental budget we were able to recog- mine which should attempt to beguile EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, nize that those on the home front have you from the grief of a loss so over- ETC. to respond and that there is money in whelming, but I cannot refrain from Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive this budget for the hometown response, tendering to you the consolation that communications were taken from the because that is what it is going to boil may be found in the thanks of the Re- Speaker’s table and referred as follows: down to. public that they died to save. I pray 1813. A letter from the Congressional Re- Mr. Speaker, as we exit the battle- that our Heavenly Father may assuage view Coordinator, Department of Agri- field, as we leave Iraq, we must address the anguish of your bereavement and culture, transmitting the Department’s final our attention to the constant threat of leave you only the cherished memory rule — Recognition of Animal Disease Status terrorism that I am sure we are going of the loved and lost, and a solemn of Regions in the European Union [Docket to have to endure; and I would hope No. 98-090-5] (RIN: 0579-AB03) received April pride that must be yours, to have laid 10, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to that we would address our attention to such a costly sacrifice upon the altar of the Committee on Agriculture. finding Osama bin Laden, because he freedom.’’ 1814. A letter from the Director, Regu- indeed has been very effective in the Mr. Speaker, may all of us this day latory Review and Foreign Investment Dis- threat to this Nation. take poignant personal inventory of closure Group, Department of Agriculture,

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:03 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K12AP7.015 H12PT1 H3406 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 12, 2003 transmitting the Department’s final rule — 1826. A letter from the Deputy Congres- gation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 2002 Farm Bill Regulations-General Credit sional Liaison, Board of Governors of the Massachusetts; Amendment to 310 CMR 7.06, Provisions (RIN: 0560-AG78) received March Federal Reserve System, transmitting the Visible Emissions Rule [MA-088-7216a; A-1- 31, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Board’s final rule — Rules Regarding Equal FRL-7466-2] received April 4, 2003, pursuant the Committee on Agriculture. Opportunity [Docket No. R-1096] received to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 1815. A letter from the Administrator, April 10, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Energy and Commerce. Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Depart- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial 1837. A letter from the Acting Principal ment of Agriculture, transmitting the De- Services. Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- partment’s final rule — Methodology and 1827. A letter from the General Counsel, mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Formulas for Allocation of Loan and Grant Department of the Treasury, transmitting Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promul- Program Funds (RIN: 0570-AA30) received the Department’s draft bill entitled, ‘‘To au- gation of Air Quality Implementation Plan; April 8, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); thorize the United States participation in South Dakota [SIP NO. SD-001-0013, SD-001- to the Committee on Agriculture. and appropriations for the United States 0014, SD-001-0015; FRL-7475-1] received April 1816. A letter from the Acting Principal contribution to the ninth replenishment of 4, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- the resources of the African Development the Committee on Energy and Commerce. mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Fund’’; to the Committee on Financial Serv- 1838. A letter from the Acting Principal Agency’s final rule — Decanoic Acid; Exemp- ices. Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- tion from the Requirement of a Pesticide 1828. A letter from the General Counsel, mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Tolerance; Technical Correction [OPP-2002- Department of the Treasury, transmitting Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promul- 0272; FRL-7296-9] received April 4, 2003, pursu- the Department’s draft bill entitled, ‘‘To au- gation of State Implementation Plans; Wis- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee thorize the United States participation in consin [WI-113-7343A; FRL-7466-6] received on Agriculture. and appropriations for the United States April 4, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 1817. A letter from the Acting Principal contribution to the seventh replenishment of to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- the resources of the Asian Development 1839. A letter from the Acting Principal mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Fund’’; to the Committee on Financial Serv- Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- Agency’s final rule — Pesticides; Tolerance ices. mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Exemptions for Active and Inert Ingredients 1829. A letter from the General Counsel, Agency’s final rule — Protection of Strato- for Use in Antimicrobial Formulations Department of the Treasury, transmitting spheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for (Food-Contact Surface Sanitizing Solutions); the Department’s draft bill entitled, ‘‘To au- Ozone-Depleting Substances; Correction Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule [OPP-2002- thorize the United States participation in [FRL-7477-7] (RIN: 2060-A612) received April 0278; FRL-7299-4] received March 24, 2003, pur- and appropriations for the United States 4, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- contribution to the thirteenth replenishment the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 1840. A letter from the Acting Principal mittee on Agriculture. of the resources of the International Devel- Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- 1818. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, opment Association’’; to the Committee on mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Department of Defense, transmitting notifi- Financial Services. Agency’s final rule — Revision to the Guide- cation of the transport of a chemical warfare 1830. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, line on Air Quality Models: Adoption of a agent, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1512(4); to the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Preferred Long Range Transport Model and Committee on Armed Services. Department of Labor, transmitting the De- Other Revisions [AH-FRL-7478-3] (RIN: 2060- 1819. A letter from the Secretary of the partment’s final rule — Employee Retire- AF01) received April 4, 2003, pursuant to 5 Navy, Department of Defense, transmitting ment Income Security Act of 1974; Plans Es- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- notification that certain major defense ac- tablished or Maintained Under or Pursuant ergy and Commerce. quisition programs have breached the unit to Collective Bargaining Agreements Under 1841. A letter from the Acting Principal cost by more than 15 percent, pursuant to 10 Section 3(40)(A) of ERISA (RIN: 1210-AA48) Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- U.S.C. 2433(e)(1); to the Committee on Armed received April 9, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Services. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education Agency’s final rule — Revisions to the Cali- 1820. A letter from the Secretary of the and the Workforce. fornia State Implementation Plan, Lake Army, Department of Defense, transmitting 1831. A letter from the Assistant Secretary County Air Quality Control District and San a Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) for a for Mine and Safety Health, Department of Diego County Air Pollution Control District breach of 15 percent or more for the Program Labor, transmitting the Department’s final [CA 275-0384a; FRL-7471-4] received April 4, Acquistion Unit Cost (PAUC) and Average rule — Alternate Locking Devices for Plug 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Procurement Unit Cost (APUC) thresholds and Receptacle-Type Connectors on Mobile Committee on Energy and Commerce. which have been exceeded for both Army Battery-Powered Machines (RIN: 1219-AA98) 1842. A letter from the Acting Principal Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)/Bat end received March 25, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- items, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2433(e)(1); to the 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Committee on Armed Services. and the Workforce. Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promul- 1821. A letter from the Under Secretary, 1832. A letter from the General Counsel, gation of Implementation Plans and Ap- Department of Defense, transmitting the Consumer Product Safety Commission, proval Under Sections 110 and 112(1); State of 2003 Report on National Defense Stockpile transmitting the Commission’s final rule — Kansas [KS 172-1172a; FRL-7471-9] received Requirements, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 98h—5; Requirements for Low-Speed Electric Bicy- March 24, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. to the Committee on Armed Services. cles — received April 7, 2003, pursuant to 5 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 1822. A letter from the Under Secretary, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- Commerce. Department of Defense, transmitting a letter ergy and Commerce. 1843. A letter from the Acting Principal on the approved retirement of Lieutenant 1833. A letter from the Regulations Coordi- Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- General Larry R. Jordan, United States nator, Department of Health and Human mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Army, and his advancement to the grade of Services, transmitting the Department’s Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promul- lieutenant general on the retired list; to the final rule — Control of Communicable Dis- gation of Implementation Plans; State of Committee on Armed Services. eases (RIN: 0920-AA03) received April 10, 2003, Missouri [MO 177-1177a; FRL-7471-6] received 1823. A letter from the Deputy Chief of pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- March 24, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Naval Operations, Department of Defense, mittee on Energy and Commerce. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and transmitting notification of a decision to 1834. A letter from the Attorney Advisor, Commerce. implement performance by the Most Effi- NHTSA, Department of Transportation, 1844. A letter from the Acting Principal cient Organization (MEO) of the public transmitting the Department’s final rule — Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- works utilities functions of Naval District Light Truck Average Fuel Economy Stand- mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Washington DC; to the Committee on Armed ards Model Years 2005-2007 [Docket No. 2002- Agency’s final rule — Clean Water for Sus- Services. 11419; Notice 3] (RIN: 2127-AI70) received tainable Cities in China — received March 24, 1824. A letter from the Deputy Chief of April 11, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Naval Operations, Department of Defense, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Committee on Energy and Commerce. transmitting notification of a decision to Commerce. 1845. A letter from the Acting Principal implement performance by the Most Effi- 1835. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- cient Organization (MEO) of the regional ment of Veterans Affairs, transmitting the mental Protection Agency, transmitting the maintenance functions of Fleet Technical Department’s report entitled, ‘‘Fleet Alter- Agency’s final rule — Minor Clarification of Support Center, San Diego, CA; to the Com- native Fuel Vehicles Program Report for National Primary Drinking Water Regula- mittee on Armed Services. Fiscal Year 2002’’; to the Committee on En- tion for Arsenic [FRL-7472-5] received March 1825. A letter from the Principal Deputy, ergy and Commerce. 24, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Department of Defense, transmitting the De- 1836. A letter from the Acting Principal the Committee on Energy and Commerce. partment’s report that covers two areas in- Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- 1846. A letter from the Acting Principal volving the Armed Services’ aviation pro- mental Protection Agency, transmitting the Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- grams; to the Committee on Armed Services. Agency’s final rule — Approval and Promul- mental Protection Agency, transmitting the

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:03 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L12AP7.000 H12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3407 Agency’s final rule — Significant New Uses 03-ACE-17] received April 11, 2003, pursuant nal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance energy of Certain Chemical Substances [OPP-2002- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on conservation and to provide for reliability 0060; FRL-6758-7] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received Transportation and Infrastructure. and diversity in the energy supply for the March 24, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1859. A letter from the Program Analyst, American people, and for other purposes; 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- with an amendment (Rept. 108–67). Referred Commerce. mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- to the Committee of the Whole House on the 1847. A letter from the Chairman, Nuclear worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-600, State of the Union. Regulatory Commission, transmitting the -700, -700C, -800, and -900 Series Airplanes; [Submitted April 12, 2003] Commission’s report entitled, ‘‘Report to Model 747 Series Airplanes; and Model 757 Se- Mr. YOUNG of Florida: Committee of Con- Congress on Abnormal Occurrences, Fiscal ries Airplanes [Docket No. 2002-NM-309-AD; ference. Conference report on H.R. 1559. A Year 2002,’’ pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5848; to the Amendment 39-12992; AD 2002-24-51] (RIN: bill making emergency wartime supple- Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2120-AA64) received April 11, 2003, pursuant mental appropriations for the fiscal year 1848. A letter from the Assistant Secretary to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on ending September 30, 2003, and for other pur- for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Transportation and Infrastructure. poses (Rept. 108–76). Ordered to be printed. transmitting notification regarding a report 1860. A letter from the Program Analyst, entitled, ‘‘Country Reports on Human Rights FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- f Practices for 2002’’; to the Committee on mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- International Relations. worthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Tex- TIME LIMITATION OF REFERRED 1849. A letter from the Attorney/Advisor, tron Canada Model 407 Helicopters [Docket BILL Department of Transportation, transmitting No. 2001-SW-53-AD; Amendment 39-13079; AD Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XII the a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies 2003-05-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received April 11, following action was taken by the Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Government Reform. Committee on Transportation and Infra- Speaker: 1850. A letter from the Attorney/Advisor, structure. [Omitted from the Record of April 11, 2003] Department of Transportation, transmitting 1861. A letter from the Program Analyst, H.R. 810. Referral to the Committee on En- a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- ergy and Commerce extended for a period Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- ending not later than April 29, 2003. Government Reform. worthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney 1851. A letter from the Chairman, Federal JT8D-1, -1A, -1B, -7, -7A, -7B, -9, -9A, -11, -15, f Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting -15A, -17, -17A, -17R, and 17AR Turbofan En- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS copy of the Corporation’s Annual Report for gines [Docket No. 2002-NE-27-AD; Amend- calendar year 2002, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. ments 39-13083; AD 2003-05-07] (RIN: 2120- Under clause 2 of rule XII, public 1827(a); to the Committee on Government AA64) received April 11, 2003, pursuant to 5 bills and resolutions were introduced Reform. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on and severally referred, as follows: 1852. A letter from the Chairman, Federal Transportation and Infrastructure. By Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Ms. ROS- Maritime Commission, transmitting the 1862. A letter from the Program Analyst, Final Annual Performance Plan for FY 2004; LEHTINEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BACHUS, FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BELL, Ms. BERK- to the Committee on Government Reform. mitting the Department’s final rule — Modi- 1853. A letter from the Director, Office of LEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BRADY of Penn- fication of Class E Airspace; Sikeston, MO sylvania, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. Personnel Management, transmitting the Of- [Docket No. FAA-2003-14221; Airspace Docket fice’s final rule — Agency Use of Appro- CANTOR, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. JO ANN No. 03-ACE-2] received April 11, 2003, pursu- DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ- priated Funds for Child Care Costs for Lower ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee Income Employees (RIN: 3206-AJ77) received BALART of Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ- on Transportation and Infrastructure. BALART of Florida, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. March 31, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1863. A letter from the Acting Principal 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Govern- FROST, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. Deputy Associate Administrator, Environ- HOEFFEL, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JANKLOW, ment Reform. mental Protection Agency, transmitting the 1854. A letter from the Chief Judge, Supe- Mr. KING of New York, Mr. LANTOS, Agency’s final rule — Beaches Environ- rior Court of the District of Columbia, trans- Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. MALONEY, mental Assessment and Coastal Health Act mitting the Superior Court’s Family Court Mr. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New — received April 4, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Transition Plan; to the Committee on Gov- York, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. MCNULTY, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- ernment Reform. Mr. MICA, Mr. MOORE, Mr. NADLER, tation and Infrastructure. 1855. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PENCE, Ms. PRYCE 1864. A letter from the Assistant Adminis- ment of the Interior, transmitting the an- of Ohio, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. ROSS, Mr. trator for Procurement, National Aero- nual report entitled, ‘‘Outer Continental SAXTON, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SMITH of nautics and Space Administration, transmit- Shelf Lease Sales: Evaluation of Bidding Re- New Jersey, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TURNER ting the Administration’s final rule — NASA sults’’ for fiscal year 2002, pursuant to 43 of Texas, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. Grant and Cooperative Agreement Hand- U.S.C. 1337(a)(9); to the Committee on Re- VITTER, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WELLER, book-Approvals and Reviews (RIN: 2700-AC53) sources. and Mr. WEXLER): received March 31, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1856. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- H.R. 1828. A bill to halt Syrian support for 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Science. fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, 1865. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- stop its development of weapons of mass de- ment of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a re- tion, transmitting the Administration’s final struction, cease its illegal importation of port covering those cases in which equitable rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Iraqi oil and illegal shipments of weapons relief was granted in calendar year 2002, pur- Zone off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Ves- and other military items to Iraq, and by so suant to 38 U.S.C. 210(c)(3)(B); to the Com- sels 60 Feet (18.3 m) Length Overall and doing hold Syria accountable for the serious mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. Longer Using Hook-and-line Gear in the Ber- international security problems it has 1866. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- ing Sea and Aleutian Islands [Docket No. caused in the Middle East, and for other pur- ment of the Treasury, transmitting notifica- 021212307-3037-02; I.D. 032703E] received April poses; to the Committee on International tion of the Secretary’s determination that 9, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Relations. by reason of the public debt limit, the Sec- the Committee on Resources. By Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. retary will be unable to fully invest the por- 1857. A letter from the Deputy Assistant FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. COL- tion of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis- Administrator for Regulatory Programs, LINS, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. SENSEN- ability Fund (CSRDF) not immediately re- NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric BRENNER, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COBLE, quired to pay beneficiaries, pursuant to 5 Administration, transmitting the Adminis- Mr. WATT, Mr. MANZULLO, Ms. VELAZ- U.S.C. 8348(l)(2); to the Committee on Ways tration’s final rule — Endangered and QUEZ, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. GEORGE MIL- and Means. Threatened Species; Final Endangered Sta- LER of California, Mr. TOM DAVIS of tus for a Distinct Population Segment of f Virginia, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. TOOMEY, Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON Mr. NADLER, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. DIN- the United States [Docket No. 000303059-3034- GELL, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. CANTOR, Ms. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 03; I.D. 021700B] (RIN: No. 0648-XA49) received BALDWIN, Mr. NORWOOD, Ms. WOOL- April 8, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of SEY, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. FERGUSON, Ms. to the Committee on Resources. committees were delivered to the Clerk SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. KING- 1858. A letter from the Program Analyst, for printing and reference to the proper STON, Ms. HART, Ms. LEE, Mr. FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- calendar, as follows: HOSTETTLER, Mr. FILNER, Mr. BART- mitting the Department’s final rule — Modi- LETT of Maryland, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. fication of Class D and Class E Airspace; St. [Omitted from the Record of April 9, 2003] ENGLISH, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. DEMINT, Louis, Spirit of St. Louis Airport, MO [Dock- Mr. THOMAS: Committee on Ways and Mr. FLAKE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, et No. FAA-2003-14549; Airspace Docket No. Means. H.R. 1531. A bill to amend the Inter- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr.

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CULBERSON, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. DELAURO, Mr. SHAYS, and Mr. By Mr. PAYNE: FORBES, Mr. GOODE, Mrs. NORTHUP, LARSON of Connecticut): H. Con. Res. 154. Concurrent resolution Mr. OLVER, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. PRYCE of H.R. 1832. A bill to name the Department of concerning the transition to democracy in Ohio, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located in the Republic of Burundi; to the Committee CRAMER, Mr. CAMP, Mr. ROGERS of New London, Connecticut, as the ‘‘John P. on International Relations. Michigan, Mr. LEACH, Mr. PENCE, Mr. McGuirk Department of Veterans Affairs By Mr. RODRIGUEZ: HILL, Mr. UPTON, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. Outpatient Clinic‘‘; to the Committee on H. Con. Res. 155. Concurrent resolution ex- LANGEVIN, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. Veterans’ Affairs. pressing the sense of Congress regarding the OSBORNE, Mr. HAYES, Mr. WAMP, Mr. By Mr. SIMMONS (for himself, Mr. establishment of a National Librarians TERRY, Mr. KLECZKA, Mrs. MYRICK, WALSH, Mr. MCINNIS, Mrs. JOHNSON of Week; to the Committee on Government Re- Mr. NEY, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. form. Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mrs. JONES of THOMPSON of California, Mr. GIBBONS, f Ohio, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. HAYES, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. CUBIN, Mrs. BRADLEY of New Hampshire, Mr. PRIVATE BILLS AND CAPITO, Mr. BURR, Mr. CLAY, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. PORTER, Mr. SHAYS, RESOLUTIONS KNOLLENBERG, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. SHAW, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. PORTER, Mr. MCGOV- Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. Under clause 3 of rule XII, ERN, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. DEAL of REHBERG, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced a bill Georgia, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. KENNEDY RAMSTAD, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, (H.R. 1834) to authorize the Secretary of of Rhode Island, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. PAUL, Transportation to issue a certificate of docu- ISAKSON, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. WELLER, Mr. NOR- mentation with appropriate endorsement for THORNBERRY, Mrs. WILSON of New WOOD, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of employment in the coastwise trade and fish- Mexico, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. KLINE, Mr. Florida, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. KLINE, Mr. eries for the vessel True Blue; which was re- KUCINICH, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. TIAHRT, MCCOTTER, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. GOOD- ferred to the Committee on Transportation Mr. QUINN, Mr. WILSON of South LATTE, Mr. CRANE, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. and Infrastructure. Carolina, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. OTTER, Mr. RYAN of MCDERMOTT, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mrs. Wisconsin, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. f MUSGRAVE, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. GILCHREST, Ms. JACK- GINGREY, Mr. NUNES, and Mr. BURNS): SON-LEE of Texas, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 1829. A bill to amend title 18, United SANDLIN, Mr. NEY, Mr. YOUNG of Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors States Code, to require Federal Prison Indus- Alaska, Mr. CAMP, and Mr. HASTINGS were added to public bills and resolu- tries to compete for its contracts minimizing of Washington): tions as follows: its unfair competition with private sector H.R. 1833. A bill to reduce temporarily the firms and their non-inmate workers and em- duty on certain articles of natural cork; to H.R. 277: Mr. NORWOOD. powering Federal agencies to get the best the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 331: Mr. PAUL. value for taxpayers’ dollars, to provide a By Mr. OSE: H.R. 391: Mr. CULBERSON. five-year period during which Federal Prison H.J. Res. 53. A joint resolution proposing H.R. 648: Mr. BURGESS. Industries adjusts to obtaining inmate work an amendment to the Constitution of the H.R. 834: Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. opportunities through other than its manda- United States to require Members of Con- LAHOOD, and Mr. DAVIS OF TENNESSEE. tory source status, to enhance inmate access gress and the President to forfeit the com- H.R. 1202: Mr. BURGESS and Mr. BEAUPREZ. to remedial and vocational opportunities and pensation paid to them starting at the con- H.R. 1625: Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. other rehabilitative opportunities to better clusion of each fiscal year until all of the FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SAXTON, prepare inmates for a successful return to so- general appropriations bills for the following and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. ciety, to authorize alternative inmate work fiscal year are enacted; to the Committee on H.R. 1714: Ms. DUNN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. opportunities in support of non-profit orga- DICKS, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. nizations, and for other purposes; to the the Judiciary. By Mr. OSE: PEARCE, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ- Committee on the Judiciary. BALART of Florida, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. H.J. Res. 54. A joint resolution proposing a By Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas: MCCOTTER, and Mr. MORAN of Kansas. tax limitation amendment to the Constitu- H.R. 1830. A bill to amend the Immigration H. Con. Res. 143: Mr. ENGLISH. tion of the United States; to the Committee and Nationality Act to provide for perma- H. Res. 198: Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mr. PORTER, Mr. on the Judiciary. nent resident status for certain long-term MURPHY, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, and Mr. By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire: resident workers and college-bound students, GERLACH. to modify the worldwide level of family- H. Con. Res. 153. Concurrent resolution sponsored immigrants in order to promote honoring the 129 sailors and civilians lost f family unification, and for other purposes; to aboard the U.S.S. Thresher on April 10, 1963, the Committee on the Judiciary. and urging the Secretary of the Army to DISCHARGE PETITIONS— By Mr. RENZI (for himself and Mr. erect a memorial to this tragedy in Arling- ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS CANNON): ton National Cemetery; to the Committee on The following Members added their H.R. 1831. A bill to extend the grace period Armed Services, and in addition to the Com- for personal watercraft use in Glen Canyon mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to names to the following discharge peti- National Recreation Area; to the Committee be subsequently determined by the Speaker, tions: on Resources. in each case for consideration of such provi- Petition 1, by Mr. FROST on S. 121: Mike By Mr. SIMMONS (for himself, Mrs. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the McIntyre, Julia Carson, James P. McGovern, JOHNSON of Connecticut, Ms. committee concerned. and Michael R. McNulty.

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TRIBUTE TO KAY PATTERSON Trustees in 1983. He was elected Chairman of The bill improves the existing program by the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus requiring the FEMA Director to notify by reg- HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN in 1990, and was awarded an honorary Doctor istered mail the Chief Executive Officer of OF SOUTH CAROLINA of Laws degree from South Carolina State each community affected by the changes in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES University in 2000. And on a personal note is Flood Insurance Rate Maps, rather than by Chair of Friends of Jim Clyburn, my political first class mail as is the case currently. The Friday, April 11, 2003 organization. Director will be required to provide a copy of Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have been the revised map, along with a statement ex- pay tribute to a native South Carolinian, a asked to deliver the Keynote address at Kay’s plaining the process of appeal. The Director close personal friend, and exemplary public induction ceremony and ask you and my col- will also provide the affected community suffi- figure in the State of South Carolina and his leagues to join me in applauding Senator Pat- cient information to identify which homes are community, Senator Kay Patterson. On April terson for a lifetime of lofty achievements. My affected. 17, 2003, the Columbia Housing Authority will most sincere congratulations go out to him for It also requires the Director to notify by reg- honor Senator Patterson’s lifetime of achieve- his endless accomplishments, and loyal and istered mail, rather than first class mail, the ments by placing his likeness on its Wall of dedicated friendship. Chief Executive Officer of each community of Fame. This recognition comes on the heels of f FEMA’s response to the community’s appeal BellSouth’s recognition of his accomplish- of the flood insurance rate maps. This change INTRODUCTION OF THE NATIONAL ments by honoring him on its 2003 African will ensure that the community receives the FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM American History Calendar. notice of changes and has ample time to com- FAIRNESS ACT Born in Darlington County, SC, Senator Pat- ply with the map changes within the statutory terson was raised by his grandmothers, Meta effective date. B. Patterson and Emma Joseph. After gradua- HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK The bill improves upon current law by re- tion from Lincoln High School in Sumter, OF CALIFORNIA quiring the Director to notify by first class mail South Carolina, he enrolled at Claflin College IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES each owner of property affected by the for two years before leaving to serve in the Friday, April 11, 2003 changes in the flood insurance rate maps. U.S. Marine Corps and rose to the rank of Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I am here today Currently, the community is responsible for buck-sergeant. Upon completing his military to re-introduce the National Flood Insurance making sure that the residents are aware of service, Senator Patterson returned to South Program Fairness Act. A few years ago many the flood map changes. Requiring FEMA to Carolina and matriculated at Allen University of my constituents were placed into a special notify residents expedites the process by where he earned a B.A. Degree in Social flood hazard area, indicated by FEMA’s Flood eliminating the middleman. Sciences. Several years later, he would earn Rate Maps, that requires them to purchase Finally, it requires FEMA to reimburse a a Masters Degree in Education from South flood insurance that can cost over $1,000 per resident or property owner for reasonable Carolina State University. year. costs incurred in connection with a surveyor or Like myself, he started his professional ca- These residents were not notified that they engineer for a successful request to be re- reer as a middle school teacher. His commit- would be required to purchase flood insurance moved from the special flood hazard area to ment to educating our youth provided the until 2 months or less before the maps be- the Director. This does not include legal serv- foundation for Senator Patterson’s illustrious came effective, even though the law is sup- ices incurred by the resident. career. His 14 years of service as an educator posed to give them six months notice and It is my hope that this legislation will allow at W.A. Perry Middle School, C.A. Johnson ample time to purchase flood insurance. communities to work more effectively with High School and Benedict College and 16 Needless to say, this took many of my con- FEMA to ensure that residents are given suffi- years as a UniServ Representative for the stituents by surprise when they were required cient, fair, and timely notice if they are re- South Carolina Education Association are tes- to purchase costly insurance at a moments quired to purchase flood insurance and to en- timony of his willingness and tenaciousness notice, having not seen flooding in decades or sure that homeowners are not held financially on behalf of students and teachers. even a lifetime. liable when a change in a community’s flood Senator Patterson began his successful od- Several residents who did not believe they insurance rate map does not affect their prop- yssey toward high achievement as a politician were in the flood zone hired surveyors at their erty. In the last Congress I had members from in 1974, when he was elected to the South own expense, and many residents continue to both sides of the aisle cosponsor the bill. I Carolina House of Representatives. He would hire surveyors. The private surveyors’ data hope to receive even greater support for the serve in the House until 1985, when he was has resulted in removal of homes from the bill in the current Congress and look forward elected to his current position in the South special flood hazard area, thus removing them to working with my colleagues to see enact- Carolina Senate. Renowned as a fiery and in- from their obligation to purchase flood insur- ment of the National Flood Insurance Program spirational orator, Patterson has been a dy- ance. In the long run, while these residents Act. namic force in promoting change in his native are not required to purchase flood insurance, f state. He represents the constituents in Rich- they have spent over $200 each for surveyor land County Senate District 19 on the Sen- costs. Unfortunately, this cost burden is the re- INTRODUCTION OF FERN LAKE ate’s Banking & Insurance, Corrections & Pe- sponsibility of the property owner. They were CONSERVATION AND RECRE- nology, Education, Finance & Transportation told by FEMA that under current law property ATION ACT Committees. In addition, Senator Patterson owners who challenge the presumed flood currently serves as Chairman of the Richland classification are responsible for the surveyor HON. HAROLD ROGERS County Legislative Delegation. expense even though the incorrect classifica- OF KENTUCKY Among Senator Patterson’s numerous civic tion is no fault of their own. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES activities are membership in the North Colum- Clearly, the National Flood Insurance Pro- Friday, April 11, 2003 bia Civic Club and life membership in the gram needs to be revised to give homeowners NAACP, and I am proud to claim him as my more notice, due process, and financial pro- Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, brother in the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., tection when they succeed in removing their today, I am joined by Congressman ZACH to which he became a member while enrolled property from the base flood elevation classi- WAMP in reintroducing legislation to protect at Claflin. fication. That is why I am proposing the Na- Fern Lake, an important part of our shared Senator Patterson was elected by the South tional Flood Insurance Program Fairness Act scenic heritage. Senator MITCH MCCONNELL Carolina House Education Committee to serve The National Flood Insurance Program Fair- will be introducing identical legislation in the on the University of South Carolina’s Board of ness Act does the following: U.S. Senate today.

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VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.001 E12PT1 E766 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 12, 2003 This legislation will allow the National Park Bill was ordained Deacon in 1973 from RURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE Service to purchase Fern Lake and incor- Southhaven Baptist Church, Springfield, Mis- FAIRNESS ACT OF 2003 porate these lands into the Cumberland Gap souri, and was a member of Westside Baptist National Historic Park boundary. Further, this Church, Waynesville, Missouri. HON. BARBARA CUBIN legislation will secure a clean and reliable Mr. Speaker, Bill Sellers was a man who OF WYOMING water source for the city of Middlesboro, Ken- never met a stranger and was always willing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tucky. to help his fellow man. He had a steadfast Friday, April 11, 2003 This bill authorizes the purchase of land dedication to his family, church, community, now neighboring the Gap boundary and the and business. I know the members of the Mrs. CUBIN. Mr. Speaker, in the dark of 150–acre lake. The measure would also allow House will join me in extending heartfelt con- night on August 27, 2002, the town of Kaycee, the Park Service to acquire another 4,500 dolences to his family: his wife Melba; his Wyoming was overwhelmed by a four-foot acres of adjoining watershed from willing sell- three children Connie Sexton, Billie Jean Dal- surge of water from the Powder River caused ers if funds become available. By buying this ton, and J. Craig Sellers; and his five grand- by a severe and destructive rainstorm pouring property, we will protect this important national children. down two-thirds of the town’s annual rainfall passageway for generations and address the within a six-hour period. The damage was dis- resource needs of our local communities f astrous, over 80 percent of Kaycee’s busi- today. nesses and one-third of their residences were This legislation began with a petition, deliv- HONORING THE 50TH damaged or destroyed. But despite Kaycee’s ered to me by Ben Hickman, the mayor of ANNIVERSARY OF NEWS40 massive loss—one that would have cost bil- Middlesboro. From there, we sat down with lions had Manhattan, Los Angeles or Chicago the National Park Service and brought them lost 80 percent of their businesses—there was together with local officials to create this win- HON. RICHARD E. NEAL no disaster declaration. win opportunity for the park and the entire re- OF MASSACHUSETTS This flood effectively erased the community gion both in Kentucky and Tennessee. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of Kaycee, and it’s absolutely preposterous This important acquisition fits into our efforts that a disaster of this magnitude does not to create jobs, protect our environmental re- Friday, April 11, 2003 qualify as a disaster. A comparable disaster in sources, and promote economic development Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I Washington, D.C. would have destroyed by enhancing our potential for tourism. I am would like to take this opportunity to honor the 96,196 homes and 15,575 businesses. Wash- proud to have the support of Congressman 5th anniversary of NEWS40, which is currently ington, D.C. would not function after such a WAMP and look forward to its passage at a serving Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire disaster and neither can Kaycee, Wyoming. In later date. counties in Massachusetts. fact, under today’s criteria, a majority of Wyo- f NEWS40 originally aired on April 14, 1953 ming’s communities could be destroyed with- TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM ‘‘BILL’’ on Channel 55 as an affiliate of CBS and Du- out receiving a disaster designation, as SELLERS mont Television Networks. However, in 1956 Kaycee has shown. The federal disaster des- the station was reallocated to Channel 40, and ignation criteria need to be re-calibrated. in 1959 changed affiliations to join the ABC In the Stafford Act, the law that governs dis- HON. IKE SKELTON aster relief, Congress prohibited discrimination OF MISSOURI network. The Guy Gannett Publishing Com- against small communities by outlawing the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pany of Maine purchased the radio portion of use of formulas and scales based on income Friday, April 11, 2003 the network in 1979, which necessitated new call letters for the television station. After an and population. Somehow, however, the rules Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep in-house contest, WHYN–TV became WGGB– that came after the Congressional action ne- sadness that I inform the House of the death TV, named after the publishing company. In glected to observe these guidelines. That’s of Mr. William ‘‘Bill’’ Sellers of Waynesville, April of 1999, the Sinclair Broadcast Group of why I am drafting legislation that will reinstate Missouri. Baltimore, MD purchased NEWS40 and facili- fairness in disaster relief. My bill will send Mr. Sellers was born in Davisville, Missouri, tated the use of a digital transmitter while on FEMA back to the drawing board to create on August 5, 1926. Bill was married to his the air. Despite a variety of administrative rules that will respect Congressional intent and wonderful wife, Melba, on November 2, 1945. changes throughout its history, NEWS40 re- not freeze out cities and towns across the He has always been a community, religious, mains a dominant leader in local news. country simply because they are small towns. and business leader. It will also create an office of rural advocacy Located in the heart of Springfield, MA, Mr. Sellers has thirty-two years of sales ex- to assist small states in the application for dis- NEWS40 sets the standard in entertainment, perience in the automobile industry. He served aster assistance and advocate for rural con- news, and community involvement. It is the as the General Manager of Springfield Lincoln- cerns in rulemakings and other administrative home of hits such as Nightline, 20/20, Mercury in Springfield, Missouri, and Sales actions. When federal agencies promulgate N.Y.P.D. Blue, and The Practice, as well as Coordinator of Craig Distributing Company of rules that are counter to the intent of Con- quality children programming. Moreover, Salem, Missouri. Bill went on to form Sellers- gress, it is our obligation as a body to reassert NEWS40 is an essential participant in local Sexton Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, and Mazda those intentions and have the appropriate community events. NEWS40 was among the Dealership, in St. Robert, Missouri, with his agency correct its errors. Passage of this bill earliest stations to carry the Muscular Dys- partner Larry Sexton. Mr. Sellers was the will do just that. trophy telethon, and has been televising the Vice-President of Sellers-Sexton, Inc. He was f also a member of the Missouri Automobile event for 35 years. Also, the station collects Dealers Association and a member of the Na- over 10,000 coats to distribute throughout the TRIBUTE TO ANGELA L. STONE tional Automobile Dealers Association. winter for the ‘‘Coats for Kids’’ campaign, and Mr. Sellers was a successful businessman, collaborates with the Salvation Army to pro- HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN vide Thanksgiving meals for over 600 families. but above that, he was a caring community OF SOUTH CAROLINA As an active partner with Head Start, the sta- leader and a loving Christian man. Bill was the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES past President of the Fort Leonard Wood Mid- tion is a vehicle to collect toys, clothing, and Missouri Chapter of Association of the United housewares from viewers for the ‘‘All I Want Friday, April 11, 2003 States Army, a member and past Chairman of for Christmas’’ campaign. The station’s annual Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the Committee of Fifty, and past board mem- contribution to the community demonstrates pay tribute to a native South Carolinian and ber of the Waynesville/St. Robert Chamber of the essential role of NEWS40 in the greater multi-talented dignitary in the entertainment in- Commerce. He was a 32nd degree Mason, Springfield area. dustry, Angela L. Stone. By proudly rep- member of Tyro Lodge No. 12 in Caledonia, As the station celebrates its 50th anniver- resenting her home state in her enormously member of Abou Ben Adheim Shrine in sary I would like to commend their continuous successful recording career, Ms. Stone will be Springfield, Missouri, and member of the Mis- role in the community. From the days of live inducted to the Columbia Housing Authority’s souri Association of State Troopers Emer- news broadcasts to the beginning of the digital Wall of Fame on April 17, 2003. gency Relief Society. transmitter, NEWS40 is truly coverage you Like so many successful recording artists, Mr. Sellers was a strong Christian man who can count on to be an active and essential Ms. Stone began her singing career in the was not afraid to share his beliefs with others. member of the community. church. At the age of 11, she performed her

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Phil once yelled at me, ‘‘If I’m shouting at TRIBUTE TO AMERICA’S TROOPS Johnson High School, Stone spent much of you, it means I love you!’’ To be on the receiv- her spare time nurturing her artistic talents by ing end of such tough love was not always HON. IKE SKELTON writing poetry. Upon graduation, she turned pleasant, but it was effective. And, it explains, OF MISSOURI down college basketball scholarship offers to in part, why Phil was a legislator’s legislator. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pursue her passion and embarked upon a ca- One of his biographers describes him as Friday, April 11, 2003 reer in the music industry. ‘‘one of the most effective and forceful con- Ms. Stone saved money to record her demo gressmen ever to pass through [these con- Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, let me take at a Columbia studio called PAW. Shortly gressional] halls.’’ She adds that, ‘‘His force this means to bring to your attention a poem thereafter, her self-taught keyboard skills would be missed by those who shared his that was read at a ‘‘Support the Troops Rally’’ along with her naturally melodious singing views after he was gone.’’ That is very true. on March 22, 2003, in Jefferson City, Missouri. voice would quickly garner the attention of the But what is also true is that his force is still felt These words were given to the crowd by Rita music industry. Her professional career took by those of us who were lucky enough to Turley of Jefferson City, though they were off in the mid–80s when she joined the rap trio know and serve with him. written by an unknown author. Ms. Turley un- Sequence. After the group disbanded, she I learned much from Phil Burton and con- derstands the words of the poem, as she has began collaborations with rap group Mantronix tinue to use those lessons today. a son serving in Iraq, in the Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Bri- and rock singer Lenny Kravitz. She then f formed the neo-soul trio Vertical Hold, who gade. first reached the R&B charts in 1988 with TRIBUTE TO KAREN ENGLE Mr. Speaker, I believe that the members of ‘‘Summertime.’’ The group’s 1993 single, the House should welcome these words of ‘‘Seems You’re Much Too Busy’’ reached HON. HAROLD ROGERS support and dedication. number 17 on the charts. OF KENTUCKY I am a small and precious child, my mom’s been sent to fight. Ms. Stone signed a contract with Arista IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The only place I’ll see her face is in my Records in 1997. While with Arista, she re- Friday, April 11, 2003 dreams at night. corded her first album, Black Diamond, in Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I She will be gone too many days for my 1999. The title of the album’s first hit single young mind to track. was ‘‘No More Rain (In This Cloud),’’ was in- rise today to pay tribute to a dedicated public I may be sad, but I am proud. God, protect spired by a phrase her father would use when servant, all around great Kentuckian, and her in Iraq. Stone would ask for money: ‘‘There’s no more someone I am proud to call a friend, Karen I am a strong and loving wife, with a hus- rain in this cloud.’’ Engle. As Executive Director of the PRIDE band soon to go. Several movie soundtracks feature Ms. program, Karen has worked tirelessly to im- There are times I’m terrified in a way most Stone’s talent. They include ‘‘Disappearing prove the lives of people throughout southern never know. Acts,’’ ‘‘Bamboozled’’ and ‘‘Love & Basket- and eastern Kentucky. I want to take this op- I bite my lip, and force a smile as I watch my ball.’’ She released her second album, Mahog- portunity to express my deepest gratitude for husband pack. her many contributions. My heart may break, but I am proud. God, any Soul, in 2001. The album made Entertain- protect him in Iraq. ment Weekly’s Top 100 list of albums for that Born and raised in Pike County, Kentucky, I am a caring mother, my son has gone to year. Ms. Stone was also a 2003 Grammy Karen has spent much of her life working to make her region a better place. I first had the war. Nominee. My mind is filled with worries that I have Ms. Stone made her ‘‘big screen’’ debut in opportunity to get to know Karen when she never known before. the movie Hot Chicks. She has recently com- joined my congressional staff in 1994. From Everyday I try to keep my thoughts from pleted filming of her second movie, The Fight- the very beginning, it was clear that she was turning black. ing Temptations starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. bright, motivated, and a natural born leader. I may be scared, but I am proud. God, protect She can currently be seen in Coca-Cola and For almost five years, she served as a Project him in Iraq. Gap television commercials, and is preparing Manager and Field Representative in my I am a Soldier, Serving Proudly, Standing for her first appearance on Broadway in the Pikeville District office. Her knowledge of the Tall. musical, Chicago. region and its people, along with her profes- I fight for freedom, yours and mine, by an- sionalism and commitment to service, made swering this call. Mr. Speaker, I plan to be present for Ms I do my job while knowing, the thanks it Stone’s induction ceremony on Thursday April her a most valuable part of my team. In 1999, 1 asked Karen to put her insight sometimes lacks. 17th, and ask you and my colleagues to join Say a prayer that I’ll come home.... God, me in commending Angela L. Stone for her and leadership skills to work by taking the protect me in Iraq. helm of the PRIDE program. Under Karen’s achievements in the entertainment industry. f Her status and visibility in music and film is leadership, this federal, state, and local part- worthy of much praise and pride from her fam- nership has made significant strides in clean- HONORING WWLP–TV22 ily, friends, and all in her native state of South ing up our region’s rivers and streams, helping Carolina. our counties address sewage and trash prob- HON. RICHARD E. NEAL lems, and educating our children about the im- f OF MASSACHUSETTS portance of a clean environment. Since the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF PHIL program’s creation in 1997, more than 74,500 BURTON PRIDE volunteers have worked over 225,000 Friday, April 11, 2003 hours cleaning up 286 streams, 1,294 illegal Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK dumps, and 3,000 roadways. Additionally, would like to take this opportunity to honor the OF CALIFORNIA PRIDE has eliminated 20,560 straight pipes 50th anniversary of WWLP–TV22, which on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and failing septic systems that have long pol- March 17, 1953 became the first station to luted our region’s waterways. Thanks to broadcast on the air in Western Massachu- Friday, April 11, 2003 Karen’s unwavering commitment, the PRIDE setts. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, as the Dean of program has soared to amazing heights and is As an NBC affiliate, WWLP is a leader in the California Delegation and someone who going strong. There is no doubt that the peo- broadcasting, news, and ratings in Western was honored to serve in Congress with Phil ple of Kentucky will continue to benefit from Massachusetts. In 2003, the station was rec- Burton, I wanted to join with my colleagues in her contributions for many years to come. ognized by the Massachusetts/Rhode Island celebrating the life of this remarkable man. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my colleagues Associated Press as having the Best TV When I hear the name Phil Burton what and myself, I want to thank my friend Karen Newscast, the Best Sportscast, and the Best comes to mind is the memory of an elemental Engle for the time, energy, and devotion she Public Affairs Program. Also, the station hosts

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.008 E12PT1 E768 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 12, 2003 the longest running high school program in the poses, the only way that a small business an increase of more than 8000 percent in country, ‘‘As Schools Match Wits.’’ WWLP’s could enjoy the corporate protections of limited funds for unit operations. Computer and tech- history of public service programming includes liability without being burdened with corporate nology assets have also increased by more the live broadcast of the Gubernatorial Demo- taxation. Taxed much the same way as part- than 700 percent. cratic Debate, which originated in the new, all nerships, many older, family-owned, small Colonel Watson was recently selected as an digital studio, in Chicopee. The corporate own- businesses operate as S corps. Outstanding Senior Aerospace Science In- ers of WWLP, the LIN Television Corporation, Clearly, the original intent for creating the S structor during the 1997–98 and 2001–02 opened the Northeast Operations Center out Corp structure was the same reasoning that school years. He was also chosen as C.A. of the Chicopee office to accommodate five led to the creation of LLCs—to provide a sim- Johnson High School’s Teacher of the Year in television stations being controlled out of a ple and flexible tax category for small and 1998–99. single, state of the art facility. family-owned businesses. However, despite Mr. Speaker, I plan to be on hand for Mr. WWLP continues to provide quality service the similarities to LLCs, S Corps are not grant- Watson’s induction and ask you and my col- to the community through their innovative ed the same conversion flexibility as other leagues to join me in recognition of Colonel Skylink program, which utilizes mobile satellite partnership-like entities and are instead Watson’s lifetime of high achievement. I con- technology to broadcast live from anywhere grouped with larger companies under a cum- gratulate him on his induction, and wish good within driving distance. Additionally, WWLP bersome corporate structure. My bill would luck and Godspeed to him and his family. has a back up generator on Provin Mountain, modernize the tax treatment of S Corps, allow- f and a UPS system and back up generator in ing them the same choice-of-entity flexibility Chicopee. Therefore, the back up systems will offered to other small businesses operating as CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON provide uninterrupted service to the viewers LLCs. This is a common sense change that is THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR even in the event of a power outage at the overdue. 2004 transmitter or studio location. f As the station celebrates its 50th anniver- SPEECH OF sary, I would like to express my deepest grati- TRIBUTE TO COLONEL WALTER L. HON. MICHAEL N. CASTLE tude to their continuous service to the commu- WATSON OF DELAWARE nity. WWLP is the only weekday morning IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES news at 5 am, and the only weekend morning HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN newscast in the area. Through the 31 hours of OF SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, April 10, 2003 weekly news broadcasting and live Doppler IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House in Committee of the Whole radar updates, WWLP is a leader in news cov- Friday, April 11, 2003 House on the State of the union had under erage. consideration the bill Concurrent resolution Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker I rise today to f (H. Con. Res. 95) establishing the congres- pay tribute to a native South Carolinian and an sional budget for the United States Govern- SMALL BUSINESS TAX outstanding member of our community, Colo- ment for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth FLEXIBILITY ACT OF 2003 nel Walter L. Watson, Jr. For his more than 25 appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years years of service to our country and to the field 2003 and 2005 through 2013: HON. BARBARA CUBIN of Aerospace Science, the Columbia Housing Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Chairman, I must oppose OF WYOMING Authority will induct Colonel Watson into its the conference report on the Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Resolution. I am saddened that I must IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wall of Fame on April 17, 2003. A native of Columbia, Colonel Watson at- oppose the conference report, because I be- Friday, April 11, 2003 tended public schools in Richland County lieve passage of a budget resolution is very Mrs. CUBIN. Mr. Speaker, one of the most School District One. Upon graduation from important. A budget resolution is essential to important decisions for the founder of a busi- C.A. Johnson High School in 1967, Watson allow the House and Senate set the overall ness is ‘‘choice-of-entity,’’ or the decision to enrolled at Howard University where he would limits for spending and taxes that guide all operate as a corporation, partnership, limited earn a Bachelor of Science Degree in Me- other legislation for the rest of the year. This liability company (LLC), or other form of busi- chanical Engineering in 1971. In addition, he final conference report is an improvement over ness. earned a commission through Reserve Offi- the House budget resolution, but still falls The law regarding choice-of-entity has cers Training Corps and entered the Air Force short of a balanced plan for fiscal responsi- changed enormously in the last 15 years, par- as an avionics maintenance officer. bility at a time when we are facing the tremen- ticularly with the widespread adoption of laws In 1973, Colonel Watson was selected for dous challenges of international terrorism, war authorizing the creation of the LLC. As a re- aviation training, beginning a career that would and reconstruction in Iraq, domestic needs sult, many small business owners have more take him around the globe. His many assign- here at home and the return of large federal ‘‘choice of entity’’ flexibility than ever before. ments included flight instructor, flight com- budget deficits which could hinder future eco- First authorized in Wyoming in 1977, LLCs mander in tactical fighter and strategic recon- nomic growth. are organized under state law, and are now naissance squadrons flying F–4C/D/E, F111 D This conference report is an improvement recognized in all 50 states. In essence, LLCs and SR–71 aircraft. Colonel Watson was the over the House budget resolution because it are allowed corporate treatment for local law first and only African American to qualify as a provides for limited but fair funding for key purposes and partnership treatment for Fed- crewmember of the SR–71, a super secret air- programs like education, Medicaid, Medicare, eral income tax purpose. LLCs also provide craft that set altitude and speed records that and veterans, while meeting the essential for more than one class of ownership, allowing still stand today. needs of national defense and homeland se- for increased flexibility to allocate income or Holding a Masters Degree in Human Re- curity. I am pleased that the budget nego- losses to different investors. The flexibility and source Management from Chapman College, tiators listened to those of us who said that protections of the LLC has led to a rapid ex- Colonel Watson is also a graduate of Squad- the reductions in the original House budget pansion in the number of small businesses ron Officer School, Air Command and Staff resolution were not sustainable and restored electing to operate in this manner. College, and Air War College. His military funding for key areas like education, health In 1995, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meri- care and veterans. I appreciate Chairman adopted the position that general partnerships torious Service Medal with two oak leaf clus- NUSSLE’S responsiveness to these concerns. could be converted into LLCs with little or no ters, the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters, The spending limits for domestic discretionary tax effects. Unfortunately, as incorporated enti- Air Force Commendation Medal, Armed programs will be tight, but probably manage- ties, this does not hold true for small busi- Forces Expeditionary Medal with two oak leaf able at a time when spending must be re- nesses operated as subchapter S corporations clusters, and the Humanitarian Service Medal strained. (S Corp). with one oak leaf cluster. However, this resolution does not apply the Created in 1958, the S Corp structure al- Colonel Watson’s steadfast commitment to same restraint to tax cuts. It calls for a total of lows for no more than 75 shareholders, can educating our youth is evidenced by his cur- $1.2 trillion in tax cuts over the next ten years, issue only one class of stock, and cannot rent position as the Senior Aerospace Science and more important, it sets up an expedited have partnerships or corporations as share- Instructor for the C.A. Johnson High School process to assure passage of up to $550 bil- holders. Yet, until the rise of the LLC, the S Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) unit. lion in tax cuts. It is simply not sound policy Corp structure provided, for all practical pur- Under his tutelage, the unit has experienced to go forward with tax cuts of this size at a

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.012 E12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E769 time when we are facing the growing and, as plan, I hope more reason and fairness are ap- Over the years, I have been contacted by yet, unknown total costs of completing the war plied and we take action that helps the Amer- many seniors who live in adult-restricted com- against Iraq, fighting terrorism, protecting the ican people now without mortgaging their fu- munities and receive their mail in ‘‘cluster’’ homeland, while meeting essential needs like ture. mailboxes. This means that their mail is deliv- health care for our seniors and education for f ered to one central location instead of being our young people. The Federal Government’s placed in a mailbox at their own doorstep. CONGRESSMAN PHILLIP BURTON role in addressing these issues is especially With this type of mail delivery, seniors are important at this time because state govern- forced to endure steps, curbs, bad weather, ments, including my state of Delaware, are ex- HON. BARBARA LEE and moving cars in order to pick up their mail. periencing severe budget problems forcing OF CALIFORNIA Under these circumstances, something as them to reduce funding for virtually every pro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES simple as receiving mail can be one of the gram at the state level. Friday, April 11, 2003 most inconvenient and dangerous daily tasks The fact of the matter is that deficits do mat- Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to share my for those who are elderly. ter. Due in part to the economic slowdown and great appreciation for and admiration of the Therefore, I am introducing this legislation to the costs of the war on terrorism, we are now late Congressman Phillip Burton. During his require the U.S. Postal Service to make door- facing federal deficits over the next ten years two decades in the House of Representa- to-door deliveries in senior housing areas. that could approach $4.2 trillion. Adding debt tives—from 1964 to 1983—Congressman Bur- Under this bill, 80 percent of the residents in at these levels can hurt the economy. In addi- ton was a great champion for the interests of a community must be 55 and older in order to tion, they will come at a time when we will the people of the Bay Area. Time and time qualify to receive this service. Door-to-door begin to face tremendous demands to fund again, Congressman Burton fought for the little deliveries would begin six months after enact- the retirement of the Baby Boom generation people, ranging from the underprivileged to ment. Also, the bill clarifies that senior apart- and the growing health care needs of an aging seniors to workers. His voice was loud and ment buildings are specifically excluded from population. If the tax cuts called for in this strong for these people. And his voice was this bill. budget resolution are ultimately approved, we persuasive in bringing people of all back- It is imperative that we help our seniors re- are really rolling the dice on whether they will grounds and different ways of life together. ceive their mail without putting their lives in strengthen the economy significantly or add to I had the privilege to know Congressman danger, and I hope my colleagues will join me the growing deficit challenges we face. Burton while serving as a Hill staffer to Con- in supporting this important bill. I must also oppose this resolution based on gressman Ronald V. Dellums. He was brilliant, f the poor process that has brought us to this compassionate, and a political whiz. During a REMEMBERING REPRESENTATIVE point. We are voting on this budget in the mid- reapportionment year, I remember Phil ex- PHILLIP BURTON dle of the night because a compromise on a plaining to Ron the rationale for the bound- more realistic tax cut level could not be aries of Ron’s proposed new long District, and reached and the decision was made to try to he said, ‘‘Don’t worry, Ron, you are in your HON. GEORGE MILLER OF CALIFORNIA force this through. Instead of attempting to find brother’s arms.’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES consensus on a more limited level of tax cuts Powerful voice that he was for his constitu- of $350 billion, which would provide more ents, Congressman Burton will probably best Friday, April 11, 2003 rapid tax relief for families and small busi- be known for his respect for the environment. Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. nesses, this resolution not only expresses His record of establishing and preserving Speaker, for those of us who served in this support for a total package of $1.2 trillion in parks, wilderness areas, trails, and rivers may House with the late Phillip Burton, who re- tax cuts, it attempts to get around the fact that be unparalleled in the history of this country. member his vibrant, unrelenting and pas- the Senate is on record for limiting the tax cut As the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Na- sionate leadership, and who share his dreams to $350 billion. This resolution creates an un- tional Parks, the Congressman did everything for an America where every resident enjoys precedented loophole in the budget process to that he could to protect our precious natural dignity and equality—for those of us fortunate protect up to $550 billion in tax cuts through resources. His National Parks and Recreation enough to have known and collaborated with an expedited Senate vote. Despite the fact Act of 1978 represents one of the most him, today is a day of rededication. that budget resolutions are supposed to estab- sweeping pieces of environmental legislation It is almost impossible to believe that 20 lish one set of rules for considering tax legisla- ever to pass Congress. That legislation dou- years have passed since Phil Burton departed tion. This resolution makes it possible for a bled the national wild and scenic rivers sys- this scene, far too early and, I am sure he second, higher tax cut bill to get a protected tem, tripled our national trails systems, and, by would admit, with far too much work left un- vote in the Senate. adding more than 2 million acres, doubled the done. He served with distinction in this Cham- This is not a time when Congress should be wilderness acreage in the National Park Serv- ber from 1964 to the day he died, 20 years attempting to force through the largest tax cut ice. ago today. They simply do not make politi- possible regardless of its economic effective- In California, the Congressman’s legislation cians like Phil Burton anymore, or at least, not ness when we face the costs of war, serious ultimately protected nearly 5 percent of the enough of them, and this House and the coun- challenges at home and the return of long- state’s land, including Redwood National Park. try are much the worse for the shortage. term budget deficits. Even closer to my 9th Congressional District, Those who worked with Phil never forgot My constituents tell me that it does not Congressman Burton strengthened the beau- the experience, for good or bad. He was a make sense to rush forward with tax cuts of tiful Golden Gate National Recreation Area. brilliant tactician, an unrelenting liberal, and a this size before we have won the war with Congressman Burton’s contribution to our tireless advocate. He was not especially lov- Iraq, understand its true cost, and evaluate the state and country has become recognized as able, but he wasn’t looking for love; he was recovery of the economy and what is needed an impressive legacy in the two decades since looking for results, and he won the respect of to help working Americans. his death. Our appreciation of Congressman friends and adversaries alike. A better solution would have been to seek Burton and his efforts will no doubt grow only Phil would not like what he would see in agreement on a more affordable tax relief stronger in the coming decades as we strug- American politics today. After decades of package that would help the economy now; gle to preserve our precious, finite resources. struggle and a decade of unparalleled eco- allow us to pay for our national security needs f nomic prosperity, Americans work the longest abroad and at home; and provide limited, but INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION work hours, for the lowest disposable income, fair funding for key needs like education and REQUIRING DOOR-TO-DOOR DE- with the smallest pensions and health insur- health care, all within a realistic long-term plan LIVERY SERVICE FOR SENIORS ance coverage and the least vacation time or to balance the federal budget. maternity leave of any Western industrial na- Unfortunately, because of the decision to HON. JIM SAXTON tion. Today, the distribution of wealth in this push for maximum tax cuts over the reserva- country is more unequal than at any time OF NEW JERSEY tions of Members of both parties, this resolu- since the New Deal, and is the most unequal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion does not meet the overall test of fiscal re- of any society in the advanced industrial sponsibility and common sense. This budget Friday, April 11, 2003 world. This is not the world Phil Burton would plan is seriously flawed and I must oppose it. Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro- have wanted two decades after his death. When it comes time to pass the actual tax and ducing legislation that would require door-to- And yet our country in 2003, however en- spending legislation to implement this budget door delivery service for senior citizens. during its problems, is a vastly better place for

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.015 E12PT1 E770 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 12, 2003 Phillip Burton’s service. Virtually all of the im- RECOGNIZING THE DR. SAMUEL D. Please join me in supporting this national portant steps forward taken in America during HARRIS NATIONAL MUSEUM OF treasure by becoming a cosponsor of this im- the turbulent 60’s and 70’s—civil rights, labor DENTISTRY AS THE OFFICIAL portant resolution. Thank you. protections, pension security, education, land NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DEN- f preservation, national parks—were deeply af- TISTRY IN THE UNITED STATES fected by Phillip Burton’s tireless efforts. He UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR was, in the words of Ted Simon in the Los An- HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS STATE OF ISRAEL geles Times, a ‘‘stupendous and original fig- OF MARYLAND ure’’ who changed the political and legislative IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. MAJOR R. OWENS OF NEW YORK landscape as few before him ever dared to Friday, April 11, 2003 imagine. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased Surely the greatest disappointment of his life Friday, April 11, 2003 to rise today to announce the introduction of a was his failure to become Majority Leader, a resolution to recognize the Dr. Samuel D. Har- Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, the following race he lost by a single vote. And yet how ris National Museum of Dentistry, located in brief statement speaks for itself with respect to proud he would be to know that one of his po- Baltimore, Maryland, as the official national my appreciation for the State of Israel. Israel litical godchildren—of which I happily count museum of dentistry in the United States. is presently in the midst of an intense violent myself as one—would two decades later oc- As the most comprehensive dental museum struggle which has led to the accumulation of cupy the highest position in this House held by in the world, it is a national and international many progressive critics. While I sympathize a Democrat, and the first woman to ever lead resource whose primary mission is to educate with the plight of the Palestinian people, I am a party in Congress, his fellow San Franciscan people, especially children, about the history also convinced that they are primarily the vic- NANCY PELOSI. of dentistry and the importance of good oral tims of their own leaders—and the jihad fanat- I knew Phil Burton throughout my entire life. hygiene. The museum uses state-of-the-art, ics around the world who insist on the use of He and my father worked together to build the interactive exhibitions and expert presen- savage violence to achieve their goals. Israel modern California Democratic Party in the tations to deliver the message that oral health has no choice but to meet the fanatic violence years after World War II. Many of the out- is important to achieve overall health. Cur- with violence. Arafat and the Palestinian lead- standing political leaders of our state, includ- rently, the museum is displaying an exhibit en- ership have set the stage and made the rules ing George Moscone, Willie Brown, scores of titled, ‘‘The Future Is Now! African Americans for this ongoing destructive engagement. Even members of the Legislature and Congress—in- in Dentistry.’’ if you accept the assumption that the Pales- cluding our current senate president John L. The museum is affiliated with the University tinian people have some legitimate griev- Burton—were students, friends and collabo- of Maryland at Baltimore, home of the world’s ances, one can still not condone the method rators of Phil Burton. first dental school, founded in 1840. It contains they have chosen to seek solutions. For any When I came to Congress in 1975, I was hundreds of interesting and significant dental group confronted by an overwhelming gov- placed on the same committees as Phil—Inte- artifacts, not the least of which is George erning power, Gandhi, Martin Luther King and rior and Education and Labor. As a junior Washington’s dentures. It also serves as a na- Nelson Mandela have shown the way. The member, I saw first hand his extraordinary po- tional center of learning with an extensive li- use of nonviolence to petition for the redress litical acumen in meeting after meeting, often brary from which scholars may study the evo- of assumed grievances was and still is a in his secret office in the Longworth Building, lution of dental treatment and learn of the nu- choice for the constructive forces among the as he planned everything from minimum wage merous accomplishments of the dental profes- Palestinians. On the other hand it is a cer- increases to welfare policy, to his historic sion over the years. tainty that Israel will never negotiate any mega-parks bill, or his even more impressive Most importantly, this museum is a reminder change while confronted with the savagery of reapportionment map in 1982. Phil knew more to all of us that oral and general health are in- suicide bombings. We would all like to see this details about any issue than just about anyone separable, and good dental care is critical to kingpin conflict in the Middle East resolved. I I have known here, and he knew more about our overall physical health and well-being. am convinced that it can be resolved perma- almost everyone’s district, too. Members might While oral health in America has improved nently and peacefully because Israel is not beg him to draw a line a little more in their dramatically over the last 50 years, these im- just another government held together by favor, but Phil would be able to recite from provements have not occurred evenly across greed and military power. Israel is the demo- memory, and without computers, the precise all sectors of our population, particularly cratic nation guided by a long history of suf- registration numbers in the newly configured among low-income individuals and families. fering and inspiring human spirits that I de- district. ‘‘You’re in your mother’s arms,’’ he’d Too many Americans today lack access to scribe in this speech at the AIPAC Capitol tell disappointed colleagues, ‘‘now get to dental care. According to the report, ‘‘Oral Club Dinner on March 30, 2003: work.’’ Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General’’, an estimated 25 million Americans I consider it an honor to have an opportunity The Congress and the Nation are very dif- live in areas lacking adequate dental services. to reaffirm my unconditional support for the ferent from when Phil served here. The tone Unfortunately, states are facing extremely State of Israel. On any major matter involving is different; the agenda is different; and our tight budgets, and have been forced to imple- Israel my vote is always there. I believe firmly dedication to using the power granted us by ment difficult cost containment measures and and fervently that the salvation of the kind of the voters to improve the lives of the working unpopular proposals to generate revenue sav- civilization I want my grandchildren to inherit people, minorities, the poor, the immigrants ings—tax increases, cuts in education and and enjoy cannot be realized unless we estab- and to improve the environment—well, that’s cuts/elimination of Medicaid services. As a re- lish many more truly democratic nations all very different, too. I’d like to believe we’d be sult, Medicaid programs have taken a direct over the globe. Those who believe that more a better country if Phil Burton had gotten to be hit, and dentistry has already become a target democracy is the answer should also auto- Majority Leader and Speaker of the House. for program cuts—17 states reducing or elimi- matically be advocates for Israel. Starting with Instead, 20 years ago today, we lost a nating adult dental services between 2002– a constitution which is probably more thorough ‘‘brawling character and legislative strategist 2003. As a result, medically needy groups, in- and more practical than even the United extraordinaire,’’ in the words of Richard cluding the frail elderly, will no longer have ac- States Constitution, Israel is a model democ- Cohen. In the sprawling, wildly popular Golden cess to necessary dental treatment. racy. And woven into the tapestry that makes Gate National Recreation Area that he cre- Passage of my resolution to make the Dr. Israel a great nation are the spirits of Golda ated—the Nation’s most popular urban park— Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Den- Meir, David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and stands for all time an imposing statute of Phil tistry the official national museum of dentistry other similar great sages. These spirits ac- Burton, tie askew, jacket flapping, arm out- in the United States will shine a bright light on complish for Israel what the spirits of Jeffer- stretched. It is Phil at full throttle, in command, the problem some Americans face in access- son, Lincoln, Truman and others contribute to perpetually barking out a command direction ing dental care. the definition of America as a nation. We all and organizing the troops. There are a num- The museum is endorsed by the American agree that a nation is more than anyone ad- ber of smaller models of that statute in some Dental Association, National Dental Associa- ministration or one set of policies and diplo- offices on the Hill, reminding us what it was tion, American Dental Education Association, macy postures. Founding principles and ideals like to serve with a true congressional legend, American College of Dentists, International interwoven with the great spirits permanently and continuing to summon up the best we College of Dentists, and the American Acad- define a nation. Those who say that Israel is have to offer for all the people of this nation. emy of the History of Dentistry, among others. a Middle East outpost for the U.S. or that the

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.019 E12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E771 enduring interests of Israel are inextricably earn their four-year teaching certificates. In ex- same time, certain industries are constantly interwoven with the interests of the U.S. may change, these scholarship recipients would be improving and updating the fire protection not be correct in a formal and legal sense, but required to teach for at least four years in a equipment to take advantage of new, state-of- the spirit of these positions should be wel- public school or three years in a low-per- the-art innovation. Sometimes, the surplus comed and appreciated. From the ashes of forming school following graduation. equipment may be almost new or has never any temporary crisis or stresses we expect The No Child Left Behind Act requires that been used to put out a single fire. Sadly, the Israel and the U.S. to emerge strongly, fighting every teacher be ‘‘highly-qualified’’ by the threat of civil liability causes many organiza- together for the same long-term principles and 2005–06 school year. In order to meet that tions to destroy, rather than donate, millions of ideals. Temporary disagreements about strat- need, we must embark on an unprecedented dollars of quality fire equipment. egy and tactics must never be allowed to sep- teacher recruitment and retention effort. The Not only do volunteer fire departments pro- arate us. Based on our individual perceptions Teaching Fellows Act gets to the heart of the vide an indispensable service, some estimates and interpretations some of us oppose the war need for quality and quantity in America’s indicate that the nearly 800,000 volunteer fire- in Iraq; and some others support it. This dif- teaching force. We know that such programs fighters nationwide save state and local gov- ference does not break out along any clear work, and with the federal support this bill ernments $36.8 billion a year. While volun- ethnic, racial or religious lines. What we must would provide, these state programs could be teering to fight fires, these same, selfless indi- jointly never forget during this current crisis is building blocks for the intensive national re- viduals are asked to raise funds to pay for that there are hostile enemies of democracy cruitment and retention effort that is essential new equipment. Bake sales, pot luck dinners, and that Israel must be kept strong in order to to strengthening our public education system. and raffles consume valuable time that could remain as a model on the front lines fighting I would like to invite all members of the be better spent training to respond to emer- to save the kind of government which Abra- House to cosponsor the Teaching Fellows Act, gencies. All this, while surplus equipment is ham Lincoln said should never perish from the and I look forward to working with my col- being destroyed. earth. leagues to make sure our schools will have In states that have removed liability barriers, f the teachers they need to be successful. such as Texas, fire companies have received f millions of dollars in quality fire fighting equip- INTRODUCTION OF THE TEACHING ment. The generosity and good will of private FELLOWS ACT PERSONAL EXPLANATION entities donating surplus fire equipment to vol- unteer fire companies are well received by the HON. DAVID E. PRICE HON. ALLEN BOYD firefighters and the communities. The donated OF NORTH CAROLINA OF FLORIDA fire equipment will undergo a safety inspection IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by the fire company to make sure firefighters Friday, April 11, 2003 Friday, April 11, 2003 and the public are safe. We can help solve this problem. Congress Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, Mr. BOYD. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall votes can respond to the needs of fire companies by today I am introducing the Teaching Fellows 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, and 126 I removing civil liability barriers. This bill accom- Act of 2003 with fourteen original cosponsors. was unavoidably detained. Had I been plishes this by raising the current liability The most critical education issue we face is present, I would have voted: ‘‘Aye’’ on rollcall standard from negligence to gross negligence. the recruitment and retention of high-quality vote 119; ‘‘No’’ on rollcall vote 120; ‘‘No’’ on I urge my colleagues to cosponsor this legisla- teachers. In order to keep pace with antici- rollcall vote 121; ‘‘No’’ on rollcall vote 122; tion and look forward to working with the Judi- pated retirements and the growing student ‘‘No’’ on rollcall vote 123; ‘‘Aye’’ on rollcall ciary Committee to bring this bill to the House population, local school districts will need to vote 124; ‘‘Aye’’ on rollcall vote 125; and Floor. hire an estimated 2.5 million teachers over the ‘‘Aye’’ on rollcall vote 126. f next ten years! These projected shortages are f especially serious in some states and dis- CRACKDOWN IN CUBA tricts—especially inner cities and the rapidly THE GOOD SAMARITAN VOLUN- growing West and South—and in subjects TEER FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE such as special education, mathematics, phys- ACT OF 2003 HON. BARBARA LEE ical sciences, and foreign languages. OF CALIFORNIA While all the education improvements and HON. MICHAEL N. CASTLE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reforms we envision are dependent on a first- OF DELAWARE Friday, April 11, 2003 rate teaching force, neither political party has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to submit the given teacher recruitment and retention top following interesting and insightful article for billing on its education agenda or has moved Friday, April 11, 2003 the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. beyond stereotypical responses to the chal- Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in- WHY THE CRACKDOWN IN CUBA? lenge. troduce the ‘‘Good Samaritan Volunteer Fire- Neither offering federal stipends or student fighter Assistance Act of 2003.’’ This legisla- (By Wayne S. Smith) loan forgiveness to prospective teachers—as tion removes a barrier which has prevented Various newspaper articles reporting the proposed by the Clinton administration—nor some organizations from donating surplus fire deplorable crackdown on dissidents in Cuba have correctly noted that the situation there exhorting individuals to pursue teaching ca- fighting equipment to needy fire departments. earlier had seemed to be inching toward reers—an approach favored by the current ad- Under current law, the threat of civil liability somewhat greater tolerance. During his trip ministration—is likely to produce the kind of in- has caused some organizations to destroy fire to Cuba in May of last year, for example, tensive, sustained effort we need to nurture equipment, rather than donating it to volun- President Carter met with Cuban dissidents prospective teachers, strengthen their profes- teer, rural and other financially-strapped de- and in his televised speech to the nation sional identity, and help them succeed once partments. spoke of the Varela Project, an initiative of they enter the classroom. We know that every day, across the United theirs calling for greater political freedoms. There is no single, simple solution, but I be- States, firefighters respond to calls for help. And both before and after Carter’s visit, many other Americans, myself included, reg- lieve that North Carolina’s successful Teach- We are grateful that these brave men and ularly and openly met with the dissidents as ing Fellows program offers a model for na- women work to save our lives and protect our part of a broad effort to expand dialogue and tional emulation. The Teaching Fellows Act homes and businesses. We presume that improve relations between our two coun- would create two federal programs to encour- these firefighters work in departments which tries. age our best and brightest students to enter have the latest and best firefighting and pro- Oswaldo Paya, the principal architect of and remain in the field of teaching by offering tective equipment. What we must recognize is the Varela Project, was even recently al- them scholarships as well as professional de- that there are an estimated 30,000 firefighters lowed to come to the United States to re- velopment and mentoring assistance. One who risk their lives daily due to a lack of basic ceive the W. Averell Harriman award from the National Democratic Institute in Wash- program would offer fellowships and intensive Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). In both ington, and from there he went on to Europe. training for high school seniors and college rural and urban fire departments, limited budg- The Cuban government may not have liked sophomores who want to become teachers, ets make it difficult to purchase more than fuel what he had to say while abroad, but he while another would enable teaching assist- and minimum maintenance. There is not wasn’t punished for it when he returned ants and other community college students to enough money to buy new equipment. At the home. It did indeed seem that things might

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While the USA PATRIOT Act war in Iraq, that no one would notice or ficial put it to me recently: ‘‘This new pre- allowed these individuals to stay in the United react to the detention of a few dissidents in emptive-strike policy of yours puts us in a States until September 10, 2002, that reprieve Cuba? new ball game, and in that new game, we has expired. These individuals should not be No, that explanation simply doesn’t hold must make it clear that we can’t be pushed forced to leave the country because of the ac- up. First of all, no one in his right mind (and around.’’ tions of the terrorists. whatever else he is, Castro is that) would It was this kind of mind set that led to the have expected the arrest of over 80 dis- crackdown and that turned the latter into a f sidents, many of them well-known inter- massive overreaction. The Cubans did ex- GUY LEWIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN national figures, to go unremarked. The Cu- actly what the Bush Administration had ELECTED INTO THE BASKET- bans expected a firestorm, and they got it. hoped they would do. Virtually the whole ac- Second, the timing could hardly be worse tive dissident community has now not only BALL HALL OF FAME from Castro’s standpoint. The UN Human been arrested but put on trial (or notified Rights Commission has just begun its annual that they soon will be) and given extremely HON. GENE GREEN deliberations to decide, among other things, heavy sentences. Tragic. This is a blot that OF TEXAS whether to condemn Cuba for violations of will not be easily erased and that will im- human rights. Given the greater tolerance pede any significant progress in U.S.-Cuban IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES discussed above, there had seemed a good relations until there is some amelioration of Friday, April 11, 2003 chance that Cuba would not be condemned conditions in Cuba. The Bush Administra- this year. The crackdown, coming just now, tion meanwhile will certainly continue the Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I was makes that far less likely. pressures, and the provocations, so as to pre- disappointed to learn that this past Monday, Given all that, why the crackdown and vent any such amelioration. Guy V. Lewis was not elected into the Basket- why now? To answer those questions, we It has been argued that Castro simply saw ball Hall of Fame, despite of his obvious quali- must first note that the greater leeway for this as a propitious moment to halt dissent fications and contributions to the game. dissent noted above came in response to the in Cuba, and there are doubtless some ele- Coach Lewis has had a tremendous impact overtures of groups in the American Con- ments of truth to that argument. Castro has gress and the American public, not to any on the game of basketball throughout our never liked to be criticized. Still, over the country and in Texas, having coached the Uni- easing of the hard line on the part of the past few years, he had tolerated criticism of Bush Administration. Quite the contrary, its the system. All things being equal, he might versity of Houston Cougars for more than 30 policies and rhetoric remained as hostile and have continued to do so. But the situation years. This university is my alma mater, and as threatening as ever. It ignored all Cuban has changed, not just between the U.S. and the school pride that he instilled during the offers to begin a dialogue and instead held to Cuba, but internationally, in ways that the tenure still lingers today. an objective of regime change. As Mr. James U.S. public is just beginning to understand. This exemplary coach led the Cougars to Cason, the Chief of the U.S. Interests Section In the dark days that lie ahead, people of 592 wins, 5 final fours, 14 NCAA title games, has stated publicly, one of his tasks was to good will in the United States who want to promote ‘‘transition to a participatory form and 2 NCAA titles. see a more normal relationship between our He also coached his team in the historical of government.’’ two countries, and to see a more open soci- Now, we would all like to see a more open ety in Cuba, should hold to the demonstrable 1968 UH vs. UCLA game, which was the first society in Cuba; that indeed, is what we are truth that the best way to bring about both collegiate game ever nationally televised and all working toward. But it is not up to the is through the reduction of tensions, the be- the largest crowd to watch a collegiate game United States to orchestrate it. In fact, it is ginning of a meaningful dialogue and in- at that time. I’m proud to say I was there as not up to the United States to decide what creased contacts. As Elizardo Sanchez, a University of Houston student. form of government Cuba should have. Cuba Cuba’s leading human rights activist, has Star players Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde is, after all, a sovereign country. To the Cu- often put it, ‘‘the more American citizens in bans, for the chief U.S. diplomat in Cuba to Drexler, and Elvin Hayes, all named among the streets of Cuban cities, the better for the the NBA’s 50 greatest players of all time, got seem to be telling them what kind of govern- cause of a more open society; so why do you ment they should have seemed a return to maintain travel controls?’’ The policies fol- their start at the University of Houston with the days of the Platt Amendment. lowed by one administration after another Coach Lewis. But despite all of Coach Lewis’ The Bush Administration was uncomfort- over the past 44 years have accomplished accomplishments, he was still over looked for able with signs of greater tolerance on Cas- nothing positive. True to form, the policy the Hall of Fame. tro’s part, for that simply encouraged those followed by the Bush Administration, and in the United States who wanted to ease Coach Lewis is only 81 years old, and al- the clumsy tactics of the U.S. Interests Sec- travel controls and begin dismantling the though he may not have been elected this tion, have produced only a crackdown. Ex- embargo. New initiatives along those lines time around, I want him to know that sports actly what we should not want! were expected in the Congress this spring. fans everywhere consider him to be a true pio- What to do to head them oft? Wayne S. Smith, now a Senior Fellow at neer of basketball. What the Administration did is clear the Center for International Policy, was I know that I speak for all Houstonians when enough. It ordered the Chief of the U.S. In- Third Secretary of Embassy at the American Embassy in Havana from 1958 until the U.S. I say that we are very proud of Coach Lewis. terests Section in Havana to begin a series of I look forward to congratulating him on his high-profile and provocative meetings with broke relations in January of 1961, and was dissidents, even holding seminars in his own Chief of the U.S. Interests Section there election into the Basketball Hall of Fame in the residence and passing out equipment of var- from 1979 until 1982. very near future. ious kinds to them. He even held press con- f f ferences after some of the meetings. The Ad- ministration knew that such ‘‘bull-in-the- REINTRODUCTION OF THE TER- COMMENDING MR. RONNIE RAPER china-shop’’ tactics would provoke a Cuban RORIST VICTIM CITIZENSHIP RE- reaction—hopefully an overreaction. And LIEF ACT HON. ZACH WAMP given that the purpose was ‘‘regime change’’, OF TENNESSEE the Cubans came to see them as ‘‘subver- sive’’ in nature and as increasingly provoca- HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tive. Those arrested were not charged with OF NEW YORK Friday, April 11, 2003 expressing themselves against the state, but IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with ‘‘plotting with American diplomats.’’ Mr. WAMP. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to The circumstances are different, but to un- Friday, April 11, 2003 honor the bravery of Rhea County Commis- derstand Cuban sensitivities in this case, let Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, today, I intro- sion Chairman Ronnie Raper. Earlier this us imagine the reaction of the U.S. Govern- duce legislation that would grant citizenship to week, Chairman Raper risked his own life to ment if Cuban diplomats here were meeting the spouses and children of legal immigrants save Melinda Andrews, 13, from the raging with members of the Puerto Rican Independ- ence Party to help them promote Puerto who were killed on September 11, 2001. Addi- waters of the Richland Creek in Rhea County, Rico’s transition from commonwealth to tionally, this legislation would grant honorary Tennessee. independence. Perhaps the Attorney General citizenship to those legal immigrants who were On Monday, April 7th Ronnie Raper, a would not arrest everyone involved, but I killed in the attacks. The terrorist attacks of building inspector, happened to be in his car wouldn’t take any bets on it. September 11, 2001, left approximately 100 and heard a 911 call over his radio indicating

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.026 E12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E773 that a 13-year-old girl had fallen into the dan- Lieutenant Colonel Freed has received nu- Therefore, the Job Protection Act of 2003 gerous Richmond Creek and needed imme- merous awards including the Meritorious Serv- provides a permanent new deduction, which is diate assistance. Mr. Raper ran 200 yards to ice Medal with third Oak Leaf Cluster for out- an effective rate reduction for U.S. manufac- the creek and instinctively jumped into the standing achievement in Public Affairs, the turers, that is consistent with our trade agree- freezing water to help the young girl. Risking Department of the Army Keith L. Ware jour- ments. It is structured in such a manner as to his own safety, he quickly secured her to a nalism award for the World Trade Center Me- preserve and strengthen U.S. jobs. Surely, Mr. large concrete structure in the middle of the morial Issue of the Liberty Torch. She has Speaker, that is a goal we should all support! creek until firefighters were able to throw them also received six awards for excellence in Mr. Speaker, I would like to be clear as to a rope. Mr. Raper calmed the young girl and broadcast or print journalism from First U.S. the process we should follow as we debate led her to the shore. Army, Second U.S. Army, Forces Command, how best to replace FSC/ETI. We have faced The doctor who treated Ms. Andrews said and Department of the Army. challenges to export-related benefits in years the freezing temperatures of the creek water I wish Lieutenant Colonel Freed all the best past. As in the past, it is my fervent belief that could have been detrimental to the 13-year-old in this new stage of life, and continued health our common goal must be to protect the inter- girl if she hadn’t been pulled to safety so and success for many years to come. ests of the United States, not our foreign com- quickly. f petitors. While I expect a great deal of vig- This story did not have a terrible ending be- orous debate as we seek to comply with our cause a man like Ronnie Raper was there and JOB PROTECTION ACT OF 2003 WTO obligations, I remain hopeful that we will was willing to put the safety of another person resolve any differences in a dignified manner, above his own. He is not only an excellent HON. PHILIP M. CRANE not giving our opponents the benefit of a pub- public servant through his work as the Chair- OF ILLINOIS lic spectacle. man of the Rhea County Commission; Mr. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A summary of the provisions of the legisla- Raper is good neighbor and a heroic man. tion follows. I ask the United States House of Represent- Friday, April 11, 2003 THE JOB PROTECTION ACT OF 2003—STRENGTH- atives to join me in commending Mr. Ronnie Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, I am very ENING U.S. MANUFACTURING AND ADDRESS- Raper for this brave act. pleased to introduce the Jobs Protection Act ING THE WTO CHALLENGE TO FSC/ETI f of 2003, legislation which will respond to a re- (APRIL 2003) EXPRESSING HIS SALUTATIONS cent World Trade Organization ruling that held REPEAL OF FSC/ETI AND CONGRATULATIONS TO that our export-related tax benefit, the FSC/ The Job Protection Act of 2003 (the ‘‘pro- ETI provision in our tax code, violates our posal’’) would repeal the current-law FSC/ LIEUTENANT COLONEL ANN S. ETI benefit effective for transactions after FREED, 77TH REGIONAL SUP- trade agreements. It is my distinct pleasure to be joined in this effort by my good friends the date of enactment. PORT COMMAND, CHIEF OF PUB- Transition relief: The proposal would pro- CHARLES RANGEL and DON MANZULLO. LIC AFFAIRS vide two types of transition relief— This legislation achieves two goals: it brings (1) Binding Contracts: The proposal would the United States into compliance with the not affect transactions pursuant to binding HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY WTO, and it keeps the playing field level for contracts in effect on the date of introduc- OF NEW YORK our manufacturers, which will keep jobs here. tion of the legislation. This provision en- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I’d like to address each of those issues. sures that pre-existing arrangements of U.S. Friday, April 11, 2003 As Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee, I taxpayers are not retroactively penalized have a strong interest in preserving and pro- merely because of the WTO ruling. Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to (2) General Transition Relief: The proposal salute and congratulate Lieutenant Colonel moting free trade throughout the world. Trade also would provide general transition relief Ann S. Freed, 77th Regional Support Com- is fundamental to our relations with other na- based on the company’s average FSC/ETI mand, Chief of Public Affairs, on her retire- tions, and free trade has been the greatest benefit during 2001. A company would receive ment this week after 28 years of active duty civilizing force throughout modern history. I a deduction for 100 percent of its base period service. have fought ardently for many years to ensure amount (indexed for inflation) for 2004 and Lieutenant Colonel Freed has been exem- that the United States, which is the largest ex- 2005, 75 percent for 2006 and 2007, and 50 per- plary in her field. She is an award-winning porter in the world, maintains its rightful role cent for 2008 (no general transition relief public relations professional with 28 years of as world leader when it comes to trade. thereafter). A permanent benefit for produc- tion activities in the U.S., described below, experience in public and internal communica- Like my colleagues who have joined me in would begin to phase-in as the general tran- tions including public affairs support for mili- introducing this legislation, I believe that we sition relief phases out. The general transi- tary exercises, operations, and events. She must comply with our international agree- tion relief is not contingent upon future ex- has run media relations campaigns at home ments. To do otherwise could precipitate a ports and, therefore, is WTO compliant. and overseas; directed the Combined and trade war, which would be an unacceptable PERMANENT BENEFIT FOR MANUFACTURING Joint Information Bureau in the Philippines in result. Therefore, this legislation repeals FSC/ ACTIVITIES IN U.S 2000 and 2001 during the overthrow of Presi- ETI and brings the United States into compli- Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing: The dent Estrada and the return of the U.S. mili- ance with our WTO obligations. proposal would provide a permanent new de- tary to the Philippines, handled media rela- The issue, then, is how to best replace duction which reduces the effective cor- tions for the 77th Regional Support Command FSC/ETI. In recognition of the fact that the re- porate tax rate that would apply to so much during Desert Shield/Desert Storm to include peal of FSC/ETI raises the tax burden of cur- of the company’s taxable income as is attrib- utable to ‘‘U.S. production activities’’. U.S. planning and execution of the reserve partici- rent beneficiaries by at least $50 billion over production activities would be defined as the pation in the NYC ‘‘Welcome Home’’ parade ten years, this legislation returns that money manufacture, production, growth, or extrac- down the canyon of heroes. During the post– to the U.S. manufacturers. In order to under- tion of property eligible for the current FSC/ 9/11 era, Lieutenant Colonel Freed published stand why that is so crucial to protecting our ETI benefit whether or not actually ex- the award winning 77th RSC Liberty Torch job base, it is important to understand why the ported. magazine for the soldiers of the 77th, handled FSC/ETI benefit exists in the first place. Calculating U.S. Production: The portion media relations for New York and New Jersey U.S. corporations that export manufactured of the taxable income attributable to U.S. goods pay a 35 percent corporate tax rate on production activities would be calculated by Army Reservists during their mobilization and computing total gross receipts from sale, deployment in support of the Global War on their profits. In addition, the corporation pays rental or license of eligible property pro- Terror (GWT) and Operation Iraqi Freedom. an additional value added tax when they it duced in whole or part by the taxpayer in the Most recently, Lieutenant Colonel Freed has sells its products in Europe. However, Euro- United States, and then subtracting from run public affairs operations for the 12,000 sol- pean manufacturers get a portion of their VAT those gross receipts inventory costs, directly dier 77th Regional Support Command. She rebated. FSC/ETI compensates manufacturers allocable deductions, and a pro rata portion has conducted media relations, produced the for this double taxation, thus leveling the play- of other deductions. Allocation would be command magazine, and developed commu- ing field between U.S. and European manu- done in a manner similar to the method used nity relations projects. Lieutenant Colonel facturers. That means jobs stay here. Were in allocating deductions between U.S. and foreign source income. Freed has worked hard to ensure that the this benefit to be repealed with no replace- Corporate Tax Rate Reduction: For compa- New York and New Jersey publics are aware ment, U.S. jobs and wealth would be artificially nies with 100 percent domestic production, of the legacy, and continuing contribution of transferred to Europe. This is another unac- the effective rate reduction would be 31⁄2 the 77th to America’s Army. ceptable result. points (35 percent corporate tax rate reduced

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to 311⁄2 percent) once fully phased-in. Other Chosen by the people in a broad-based Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States companies would receive a sliding-scale ef- election, the oak tree represents the true char- and its Ladies Auxiliary, is especially signifi- fective rate reduction based on the value of acteristics of this great Nation: strength, beau- cant this year given America’s fight for democ- their U.S. production of eligible products compared to the value of their worldwide ty and endurance. Please join me in making racy at home and abroad. The theme for this production. official what we have known for many years— year’s contest, ‘‘Freedom’s Obligation’’ is REVENUE NEUTRAL that the oak tree is America’s national tree. echoed poignantly in the words of Ms. Taylor. The bill has been structured to be roughly f I share with you these words, and applaud revenue neutral year-by-year and over the Ms. Taylor not only for her success, but her 10–year budget period. The proposal does not CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON desire to champion the cause of liberty. include any extraneous revenue offsets. THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR The tone of America has changed and it is f 2004 a sound that is comforting us in times of pain. Growing up in America, I am familiar THE OAK TREE BILL SPEECH OF with the grand tradition of the country, but it is in the present I can truly identify what HON. BOB GOODLATTE HON. EARL BLUMENAUER patriotism is. A flame has been lit inside my OF OREGON OF VIRGINIA soul and I understand that with my freedom comes an obligation. An obligation to sac- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rifice, and to believe. Friday, April 11, 2003 Thursday, April 10, 2003 I work in the Hospital on a Geriatric unit. Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, it is my The House in Committee of the Whole My job is to talk with the patients, most of pleasure today, as the Commonwealth of Vir- House on the State of the Union had under whom were either veterans, or lost loved consideration the concurrent resolution (H. ones in one of the wars. I listen to their sto- ginia celebrates its Arbor Day, to introduce ries, and watch the pain in their faces as legislation to recognize the people’s selection Con. Res. 95) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for they recount the price they paid for my free- of the oak tree as America’s national tree. Se- fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate dom. One woman’s sacrifice stands out in my lected by the American people during a 4- budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 mind. Her father fought in World War I. He month-long open voting process sponsored by through 2013: came home a changed man, abusive and suf- fering from posttraumatic stress syndrome. the National Arbor Day Foundation, the oak Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, it is iron- tree earned the title of America’ s Chosen Na- He terrorized her, until finally she became ic that we are voting on this resolution today tional Tree. To recognize this distinction, I am old enough to leave home. Eventually she when not one of the working people or busi- proud to introduce legislation today that offi- got married and her husband served in World ness leaders visiting my office recently has War II. While he faired well fighting in the cially establishes the oak tree as America’s asked me to support this budget or its tax war, she was left alone raising three young national tree. cuts. Rather, they want the Federal Govern- children. One of those children would grow As a member of Congress representing a up to die in Vietnam; a victim of Agent Or- heavily forested district in Virginia, I know first- ment to pass a budget that will help jump start the economy and improve our communities in ange. The entire time I sat and chatted with hand how trees add to our quality of life. As this woman, she never expressed resentment chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Oregon and across the country by investing in toward her country or the men she lost who I appreciate how trees and forests enhance transportation infrastructure, environmental served it. She understood her obligation of the environment, add recreational opportuni- cleanup, ‘‘hometown’’ security, education, and sacrifice as I do. If I refuse this duty, the ties and provide for the livelihoods of millions health care. millions before me who lost their lives will of individuals in the forest industry. Whether The concerns I voiced last month regarding have lost their lives in vain. the budget resolution remain valid and It also is my obligation to support free- enjoying a product generated from a forest, or dom. Believing in a system that has sup- the simple satisfaction of lying under a shaded unaddressed in this conference report. It sets the stage for the largest budget deficit in our ported me is the least I can do. I study cur- giant, trees contribute to all Americans. rent events, and problems through out the The strong and stately oak tree is of par- history and without even taking into consider- world. Every time I read about the plight ticular importance in America’s history and cul- ation our significant financial commitment to people in non democratic countries face, I re- ture. Not only is this majestic tree an aesthetic rebuild and stabilize Iraq and Afghanistan. As alize how fortunate I am to have the oppor- beauty that characterizes the landscape of our economy remains stagnant, this budget tunity to make something of my life. Be- much of our great Nation, it also provides us provides little help for our states, which are cause of these opportunities I am obligated with wood products in our homes, our offices struggling to balance their budgets among de- to support freedom by becoming a productive member of society. It is my obligation to pay and our places of gathering. Common to all 50 creasing revenues, higher Medicaid costs, and colossal homeland security demands. taxes and more importantly to vote. While I states, the oak has played a huge role in am not old enough to vote in this year’s elec- America’s history as a valuable resource. It Our Nation’s cities are paying an estimated tion, I convinced both of my parents to reg- helped our founding fathers establish a new $70 million per week on additional homeland ister to vote. My solitary voice caused two Nation, supplying building materials for the security as a result of the war and high ter- people to cast ballots this election year. Sin- ever-expanding 13 original colonies. It served rorism threat alerts. Instead of helping our gle voices being heard is what freedom is all as a familiar sight to pioneers as they forged communities with these costs, the proposed about. across the new republic to the west coast. elimination of the dividend tax would reduce More than anything I am beginning to un- And to this day it has remained an enduring, Oregon’s 2003 revenue by $91 billion, contrib- derstand what patriotism feels like. Last uting to Oregon’s current budget gap of $1.3 Friday night I played America the Beautiful valuable, and highly prized raw material from on the xylophone with our high school which beautifully crafted furniture, sturdy door billion. I oppose this budget which sacrifices marching band during half time. The fans and window framing, ornate flooring and pan- these fundamental priorities and long-term fis- sang along, and never in my life have I felt eling, and the like, are made. This enduring cal stability. so united with my country. I drive down the and mighty tree, which has long been a part f road with an American flag sticker on my of our national heritage and strength, fully car, and I see that hundreds of others have merits the distinction of America’s National CONGRATULATING CHARLOTTE done the same. On the Wednesday after the tree. TAYLOR FOR WINNING THE 2003 world trade center attacks I went to the hos- The oak tree has also played a key role in VOICE OF DEMOCRACY CONTEST pital to see if I could help the blood bank. I was turned away because so many volunteers many specific historic moments in our Nation’s had already come to offer their services. The history. Abraham Lincoln found his way across HON. CHRIS CHOCOLA Senior Auxiliary was touched that so many a river near Homer, IL, using the Salt River OF INDIANA young people were trying to help and that Ford Oak as a marker. The Richards White IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more importantly we understood the mag- Oak in Cecil County, MD once served as a nitude of what was happening. At a time in landmark on a 1681 map used by William Friday, April 11, 2003 our lives when much of what we do is cen- Penn. Andrew Jackson took shelter under Mr. CHOCOLA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tered around ourselves, Young people do un- Louisiana’s Sunnybrook Oaks on his way to congratulate Charlotte Taylor, a senior at Elk- derstand our obligation to defend America’s Freedom with our time and energy, or even the Battle of New Orleans. And ‘‘old iron- hart Memorial High School, in Elkhart, Indiana, our lives. sides,’’ the USS Constitution, earned its nick- who has been named a National Winner in the The tone of America is changing, and it is name from the strength of its live oak hull, fa- 2003 Voice of Democracy Scholarship Pro- the pleasant sound of unity. While the coun- mous for easily repelling British cannonballs. gram. This annual contest, sponsored by the try may not be singing the same song, at

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.033 E12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E775 least we have the freedom to do so. My Peers Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Chairman, HONORING LEXISNEXIS FOR THIR- and I are beginning to understand the sac- in his State of the Union address to the Nation TY YEARS OF ONLINE LEGAL rifices and support Veterans made to give us RESEARCH the freedom we enjoy today. I Thank vet- in January, President Bush acknowledged that erans for fulfilling their obligation to free- the country faces many challenges and rightly dom as I am beginning to fulfill mine. said that ‘‘(w)e will not deny, will not ignore, HON. MICHAEL R. TURNER f we will not pass on our problems to other OF OHIO Congresses and future generations.’’ These IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL SCHOOL OF THE MONTH were noble words that spoke to the true spirit Friday, April 11, 2003 HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY of America. Mr. TURNER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, today I OF NEW YORK Unfortunately, the budget conference report recognize LexisNexis, a Dayton, Ohio com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES denies or ignores many of the challenges we pany celebrating a very important milestone. LexisNexis, the first commercial, full-text legal Friday, April 11, 2003 face and passes them along to our children and to our future leaders. information service, is celebrating its Thirtieth Ms. MCCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, Anniversary this year. This company has more I have named Gotham Avenue School in the By insisting on new tax cuts for the wealthi- than 3,000 employees in Ohio and is Elmont Union Free School District as School est that we simply cannot afford, the budget headquartered in my district. It provides a of the Month in the Fourth Congressional Dis- blueprint will explode Federal deficits and debt service that has become a valuable informa- trict for April 2003. Mr. Marshal Zucker is the for years to come. These piles of debt will be tion research tool to a wide range of profes- Principal at Gotham Avenue School, and Dr. passed on to future generations and will se- sionals in the legal, government, business, Maria Palandra is the Superintendent of verely weaken our ability to meet the funding and academic arenas. Schools in the Elmont Union Free School Dis- challenges facing Social Security and Medi- Thirty years ago, LexisNexis launched the trict. I also acknowledge Joy Madera, a Trust- care because of the retirement of the baby first online legal research system, an innova- ee on the Elmont Union Free School District boom generation. tion that revolutionized the way legal and busi- Board of Education who helped arrange the ness research was conducted. Today, school’s selection. The school has 840 stu- This budget projects record deficits while LexisNexis continues to revolutionize legal and dents in grades Prekindergarten through 6, paving the way for up to $550 billion in new business research by providing up-to-date in- with 65 members on staff. tax cuts. This budget agreement marks the formation covering a variety of topics from The Gotham Avenue School Community is worst deficits in our Nation’s history. This his- legal documents to worldwide publications to a close-knit body of parents, teachers, stu- toric achievement is at the same time that Re- legislative records. LexisNexis provides over a dents, and administrators. Their goal is to en- publicans control both the Congress and the million and a half subscribers with a wealth of sure each child a stable early education White House. What a sad legacy that is. knowledge that is easily accessible. through an enriched curriculum that keeps the As a lawyer and a lawmaker, I rely on the The result of this budget will be higher inter- children excited, and unique programs that ap- services provided by LexisNexis and am hon- est rates, the crowding out of private sector in- peal to a wide variety of younger children. The ored to recognize them today as a global lead- Elmont Union Free School District is a model vestment, and a reduction in long-tern eco- er in legal, news, and business information of excellency with over 4,000 elementary nomic growth. Amazingly, in just two and a services. I congratulate LexisNexis on the suc- school kids, which encompass over 70 spoken half years the $5.6 trillion surplus that was cess it has achieved over the past 30 years languages. projected when President Bush took office has and wish the company and all of its 13,000 The school was one of two schools in the been eliminated. employees worldwide, continued success. district, and one of the total 24 chosen schools And not surprisingly, to make room for the LexisNexis is truly deserving of this recogni- in New York State, to win the 2003 Business latest round of non-stimulative tax cuts, the tion and I am confident that it will maintain its Council of New York State Pathfinder Award. commitment to deliver superior services and budget conference agreement again proposes The award is given for Outstanding Edu- solutions to its customers over the next 30 cutbacks in domestic priorities like education, cational Improvement. The recognition and years. health care, transportation, and law enforce- honor is truly extraordinary in light of the 2,900 f New York State elementary schools eligible for ment—cuts that would have a significant neg- the Pathfinder Award. ative impact on the vast majority of Ameri- FALLEN HEROES IMMIGRANT Principal Zucker credits Gotham Avenue’s cans. SPOUSE FAIRNESS ACT recent success to the school district’s new cur- I am not here just to condemn the Repub- riculum initiative. The school is focusing more lican plan. In fact, I voted for an alternative, as HON. WALTER B. JONES attention on teacher planning and class cur- did a few Republicans who objected to the OF NORTH CAROLINA riculum mapping. Teachers try to instill in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES every student that every one of them has the Speaker’s budget plan. The Democratic reso- Friday, April 11, 2003 capability of being a successful learner. lution would have adequately provided for Long Island students receive a better edu- education, would have provided $528 billion Mr. JONES of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, cation thanks to the faculty and teachers of for Medicare prescription drug benefit, and I rise today to introduce legislation, the Fallen Gotham Avenue School and I am proud to would have provided some tax cuts. We want- Heroes Immigrant Spouse Fairness Act, to ad- name them school of the month for April. ed to put some money in the pockets of Amer- dress a situation of fundamental unfairness f ican consumers likely to spend it to give this under current immigration law. Many of our economy a boost, a jump. We wanted to give active duty military are married to alien CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON some money to businesses to encourage spouses who have applications pending for THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR permanent legal residence. As the current law them to invest, some tax cuts to businesses to 2004 is written, should the U.S. citizen spouse die encourage them to invest. We had tax cuts before a 2-year period of marriage is reached, SPEECH OF too, just not as massive as those included in the pending application of the non-citizen HON. TOM UDALL the president’s proposal. Our proposal would spouse is vacated. Widows and widowers of OF NEW MEXICO have been balanced in the year 2010. We ac- our men and women in uniform who are in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cumulated a trillion dollars less debt than the process of applying for a green card should Republicans. We had a budget that was com- Thursday, April 10, 2003 not have their application process terminated if mendable. It was rejected. they are unfortunate enough to have lost their The House in Committee of the Whole Mr. Speaker, the sad truth is that this budg- loved one prior to reaching the 2 year thresh- House on the State of the Union had under old. consideration the concurrent resolution (H. et takes us further down the wrong path. This In the 3rd District of North Carolina, where Con. Res. 95) establishing the congressional policy threatens the long-term fiscal health of there are numerous military installations and budget for the United States Government for our nation. fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate facilities, one of my constituents, a Marine, budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 I am proud to vote against this flawed pol- was killed in the line of duty during Operation through 2013: icy. Iraqi Freedom. The spouse of this Marine is a

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.036 E12PT1 E776 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 12, 2003 legal immigrant seeking to become a citizen I wish Aynor High School further successes versity in the energy supply for the Amer- and had been living in the 3rd District for 2 and achievements in the future. ican people, and for other purposes: years and one month prior to her husband’s f Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Chairman, I rise in death. Consequently her paperwork for a opposition to this amendment that will do little green card will proceed. However, it is incom- HONORING LUNA ODLAND more than punish the auto industry for the sin prehensible to me that should this foreign of building cars that people want to buy. spouse have been married for 1 year and 364 HON. DUNCAN HUNTER This amendment will force Americans to days her paper work would have been voided OF CALIFORNIA drive smaller cars that are less safe than what due to the death of her husband. That is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES we drive now. Smaller cars mean more traffic wrong. The time limit should be eliminated for fatalities, as noted by the National Highway Friday, April 11, 2003 foreign spouses whose loved ones have given Traffic Safety Administration and confirmed by their life serving our Nation. Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the National Academy of Sciences. Safety The Fallen Heroes Immigrant Spouse Fair- recognize Luna Odland, a volunteer who will should not be sacrificed. ness Act would amend Section 201(b)2(A)(i) be receiving the President’s Award of the Alz- The auto industry is already moving on its of Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate heimer’s Association for her work and tireless own to increase fuel economy through the de- the 2 year marriage requirement for foreign effort on behalf of those suffering from Alz- velopment and use of advance technologies spouses of U.S. citizens who die while serv- heimer’s disease. The non-profit Alzheimer’s such as hybrids and fuel cells. But they are ing. Additionally this legislation seeks to rem- Association currently has 81 local chapters doing so in a way that will produce cars that edy a practice of charging families of non-cit- throughout the Nation. For the past 25 years are safe and that people will actually want to izen soldiers who are killed in the line of duty as a volunteer of the San Diego Chapter of buy. That is what we should be supporting. an $80 fee for processing an application for the Alzheimer’s Association, Luna Odland has I urge my colleagues to oppose this amend- posthumous citizenship. These brave men and been leading a support group for caregivers ment and support the American people’s right women have made the ultimate sacrifice pro- and professionals dealing with the challenges to drive safer cars and the ability of the auto tecting the freedom and interests of the United of Alzheimer’s disease. She has served as a industry to finish the job it is already doing. States. There is no action more patriotic than volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association f dying for one’s country. As such, the imposi- longer than anyone else in the Nation, and her DON’T RUSH TO EXTEND PATRIOT tion of a fee to restart the application process group in Escondido, CA, is the Nation’s long- ACT for posthumous citizenship is an insult to the est running Alzheimer’s support group. contribution these service men and women Luna began her group unofficially in August made to our national defense. of 1978 from her home before the San Diego HON. MARK UDALL Please join me in supporting these common Chapter was incorporated. She went on to be- OF COLORADO sense changes to our immigration process. come one of the founding members of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We should not punish the families of our sol- Chapter, serving on its Board of Directors from Friday, April 11, 2003 diers simply because they are unfortunate 1980 until 1990, and chairing the Patient and Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, re- enough to have incurred the greatest loss of Family Services Committee. cent news reports indicate that some are pro- all with the death of their loved one in the Little was known about Alzheimer’s disease posing that Congress make permanent some service of our country. back in the late 1970’s, and Luna ’s group or all of the provisions of the ‘‘USA PATRIOT quickly began drawing large numbers of peo- f Act’’ now scheduled to expire at the end of ple from as far away as Santa Barbara, CA. 2005. I find that a matter of concern. COMMENDING AYNOR HIGH When her group moved to the Joslyn Senior Terrorist attacks must not go unanswered, SCHOOL Center in 1980, where it still meets today, the and our law enforcement authorities need ade- second meeting was so large it had to be relo- quate tools to fight terrorists. However, I think HON. HENRY E. BROWN, JR. cated to the auditorium. that need must be carefully balanced with the OF SOUTH CAROLINA Luna does not limit her involvement with need to preserve our civil liberties. In that con- caregivers to simply facilitating her group IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES text, I have had serious reservations about the every month. She phones group members in Friday, April 11, 2003 additional authorities provided by the ‘‘Patriot between meetings to inquire how they are Act.’’ Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speak- doing or remind them of the next meeting. She My concerns have been somewhat allayed er, I rise today to commend Aynor High also assists them in locating resources and by the fact that many provisions of the Act are School, of Aynor, South Carolina, for earning contacting the Association to help with what- not permanent. So, I share the view ex- the prestigious Palmetto’s Finest Award, rec- ever current issues that need attention. pressed by an editorial in today’s Rocky ognizing it as the best high school in the state. Luna was also instrumental in the develop- Mountain News: ‘‘The jury is still very much The Carolina First Palmetto’s Finest Award ment of the ‘‘Morning Out Club’’, which was out on whether the Patriot Act and its adminis- is sponsored through a partnership between the first early-stage daycare program in the tration are consistent with constitutional safe- Carolina First Bank and SCASA. The award is country for Alzheimer’s patients. The ‘‘Morning guards and basic civil liberties. The sunset based on extensive evaluations by colleagues Out Club’’ model is still in operation today and provisions should stay and the law should be and educators, and the school and community has been replicated in many sites. subjected to a strong dose of sunshine. ‘‘ share the honor. This is the 25th anniversary Mr. Speaker, people who take the time to of the award. The award was announced by For the information of our colleagues, I am care for others in need are the best example attaching the full text of the editorial: Governor Mark Sanford on March 11, 2003. of being an American. It is the dedication and Last fall, 38 schools submitted 17-page ap- [From the Rocky Mountain News, Apr. 11, selfless efforts of people like Luna Odland that 2003] plications. The application process included make our country great and I ask that you join DON’T DROP SUNSET OF PATRIOT ACT elements on student achievement, faculty me in congratulating her for receiving this As a precautionary measure to ensure that training, program goals and delivery systems, award, an honor which is well deserved. office practices and community involvement. legislation works as planned, Congress often f Each nominee received an on-site visit by a adds a ‘‘sunset’’ date, meaning that the tar- geted provisions of the law will expire after peer review committee, and the 13 finalists re- ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2003 a certain period unless Congress reauthorizes ceived a second visit. From this process the them. four most outstanding schools are selected: SPEECH OF The idea is to ensure Congress returns to two elementary schools, one middle school HON. JOE KNOLLENBERG the law for a thorough re-examination. and one high school. Congress wisely added sunset provisions to OF MICHIGAN Dr. Darrell W. Ricketts, Principal of Aynor the USA Patriot Act, the anti-terrorism bill High School, as well as the teachers, staff, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES it passed one month after Sept. 11, 2001. Thursday, April 10, 2003 That 342-page act gave federal law enforce- and students, have all worked incredibly hard ment sweeping new search-surveillance pow- to reach this milestone. Through their hard The House in Committee of the Whole ers, including covert access to computers work and dedication, they serve as a great ex- House on the State of the Union had under and financial records—even the right to take ample to other schools in the First District and consideration the bill (H.R. 6) to enhance and a secret peek at what’s being checked out of the state. development, to provide for security and di- the local library.

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.040 E12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E777 Congress has still not thoroughly exam- In 42 years of teaching Dr. Julander has in- unfair and complex tax code. Unfortunately, ined how the act is being used—or abused. fluenced thousands of students. He has we can no longer justify our own system of But the sunset provisions don’t kick in until through his teaching, inspired, taught and taxation. The marriage penalty and the death Dec. 31, 2005, so there’s still plenty of time— except that congressional Republicans want been an example for all those whom he came tax epitomize the unjust taxation millions of to lift those provisions now, making those in contact. We wish to add our thanks to Dr. families are impacted by each year. broad new powers permanent. Julander for his long time service to Weber Duplicative taxes also plague our tax code. Why there’s a sudden rush to make the Pa- State University, its students and the state of The double taxation of dividends, for example, triot Act permanent is something of a puz- Utah. impacts the 52% of Americans invested in the zle. The old axiom ‘‘act in haste, repent at His lovely wife Paula served four years in stock market—half of which are seniors. The leisure’’ comes to mind. the Utah State House and is currently serving elimination of this injustice will create over The jury is still very much out on whether her second term as a Utah State Senator. Be- 500,000 jobs each year and will eliminate a the Patriot Act and its administration are consistent with constitutional safeguards tween them, Rod and Paula have 5 children great burden on American investors. and basic civil liberties. The sunset provi- and 14 grandchildren. Therefore, we are proud Americans deserve a tax code that is sim- sions should stay and the law should be sub- to join with his many colleagues and former ple, fair and encourages economic growth, not jected to a strong dose of sunshine. students in extending our congratulations and financial crisis. Our tax code provides dis- f heartfelt thanks to Dr. Julander for his years of incentives for marriage, jobs and savings. dedicated service to Weber State University. While many in this Chamber have spoken RECOGNIZING DR. ROD JULANDER We wish him luck in all his future endeavors. about reforming our tax codes, it has become f clear that rhetoric does not produce results. HON. CHRIS CANNON Comprehensive tax reform and reform of the TRIBUTE TO THE TRAVERSE BAY OF UTAH IRS must take place in order to ensure the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COR- economic stability of America and the financial HON. ROB BISHOP PORATION stability of the American family. OF UTAH I urge my colleagues to support H. Con. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DAVE CAMP Res. 141, which acknowledges that our tax Friday, April 11, 2003 OF MICHIGAN code is in desperate need of major reforms. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Let us all stand committed to reforming a sys- Mr. CANNON of Utah. Mr. Speaker, we rise Friday, April 11, 2003 tem that is sacrificing job growth, financial sta- today to honor and recognize Dr. Rod bility and economic recovery in order to build Julander for his devotion and dedication to the Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay more bureaucracies like the IRS. I stand in students, faculty and staff of Weber State Uni- tribute to the Traverse Bay Economic Devel- strong support of this resolution. versity. For 43 years, he has been an integral opment Corporation for their outstanding serv- f part of the Political Science Department. ice to the small businesses of the Traverse Dr. Julander began his teaching career at Bay area. THE GUARD AND RESERVE SELEC- Weber State College in 1960 after receiving a The Traverse Bay Economic Development TIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS EQ- Bachelors of Science from the University of Corporation is highly dedicated to the small UITY ACT OF 2003. APRIL 11, 2003 Utah in 1958 and a Masters Degree in Philos- businesses and commerce of its region. This ophy in 1963. He returned to the University of tremendous organization has greatly assisted HON. SUSAN A. DAVIS Utah in 1986 for his Ph.D. and has been a to improve the quality of life in the community OF CALIFORNIA highly valued member of the faculty through- it serves. Its unwavering commitment has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES out his years of service. been rewarded by the Michigan Economic De- His hard work and dedication has been ac- velopment Corporation, which has recognized Friday, April 11, 2003 knowledged at the local and national level. He them as America’s top small town for business Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise has received numerous National, Regional, growth. This is not the first time TBEDC has today to introduce the Guard and Reserve Se- State and Community recognition and honors, been recognized for its efforts to attract and lective Reenlistment Bonus Equity Act of including the Dello Dayton Teaching Award in expand business in the Grand Traverse Coun- 2003. Joining me today are my colleagues 1992, the Crystal Crest Mater Teacher Award ty area. Rep. MARK KIRK, himself a Navy reservist, and in 1995 and the Coretez Honors Award in I am honored today to recognize the Tra- Reps. STEVE BUYER and GENE TAYLOR, Co- 1974, and was Social Work Legislative Advo- verse Bay Economic Development Corporation chairs of the House Guard and Reserve Cau- cate of the Year. for their commitment to their region. cus. His exceptional service has also been ap- f This bill would correct an unfortunate situa- preciated by the University and Alumni Asso- tion affecting guard members and reservists ciation, where he has served as a member of EXPRESSING SENSE OF CONGRESS across the country that were mobilized for the Executive Committee of the WSU Faculty REGARDING REFORM OF INTER- service to their country. Many have found that senate, Past President of the WSU UUAP NAL REVENUE CODE they can no longer receive payments on their Chapter, a member of the Search Committee reenlistment bonuses because of their mobili- for the WSU Assistant to the President for Di- SPEECH OF zation status. versity, and part of the WSU Continuing Edu- HON. MARIO DIAZ-BALART The primary purpose of the reenlistment cation Lecture Series. Rod Julander has also OF FLORIDA bonus has been to maintain an adequate level been active in the community through his in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of experienced and qualified enlisted per- volvement in civic and public service. Dr. sonnel in the peacetime forces of the military Julander was a Utah State Senator in 1972, a Wednesday, April 9, 2003 services. In fact, legislative authority for a re- Member of the Utah Radiation Control Board, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. enlistment bonus of one form or another has a Legislative Consultant for the National Asso- Speaker, American families have fallen victim existed continuously since shortly after the ciation of Social Workers and has served as to an unfair and burdensome tax code. Dupli- Revolutionary War under a number of different the Vice Chair for the Utah State Democratic cative and outdated tax policies—even dating names. Party from 1997 to the present. back to the Spanish American War—are forc- However, our experience with Operation En- Dr. Julander’s research has been published ing families across the Nation to sacrifice during Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Western Political Science Quarterly, the health insurance, car payments or their child’s has highlighted the fact that payments to mo- Institute of Public Administration and in unpub- education in order to fulfill their tax obligations. bilized guard members and reservists are sus- lished reports for the United States Air Force. The IRS plays too big of a role in the every- pended while they serve on active duty. For In 1993, Dr. Julander became the chair of the day lives of American families. In 2001, alone, many, this creates a financial hardship and for Political Science department at Weber State the IRS spent close to $9 billion administering others, a significant speed bump in their finan- University. Under his direction the department the tax system. Americans spent $135 billion cial plans. This legislation would enable them has grown and thrived. Dr. Julander has dis- and three billion hours complying with the tax to receive the payments due to them. tinguished himself throughout his career as a code that same year. Currently, for U.S. operations pertaining to devoted educator, teacher, mentor and skillful As we quickly approach April 15th, Ameri- Homeland Security, and deployments in Af- leader. cans struggle to comply with an increasingly ghanistan, and Iraq, 275,000 reserve troops

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.044 E12PT1 E778 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 12, 2003 and National Guardsman have been mobi- proposal would include binding contract transi- net for people in this category, who face high lized. The activated troops serve along side tion relief and general transition relief. The federal tax burdens. The 15.3 credit percent- active duty men and women. general transition relief would be based on the age is the amount needed to fully offset the It surprises me that inequities still exist be- company’s FSC/ETI benefit for 2001. The amount of the payroll tax, including the em- tween reservists and active-duty service mem- company would receive a deduction of 100% ployer’s share. bers serving side by side to protect the inter- of its base period amount for 2004 and 2005, In addition, the bill will increase EITC bene- ests of the United States and I am pleased to 75% for 2006 and 2007 and 50% for 2008, fits for all family categories by raising the max- work with my colleagues in correcting one of with no general transition relief thereafter. imum creditable earnings used to calculate the them. As the general transition relief phases out, a credit. For all eligible individuals with children, Knowing that the Senate has already acted new permanent benefit for U.S. manufacturers this amount for the year 2002 will be $10,710, on a similar measure, I am confident that this would be phased in. The new benefit would the annual wages of a full-time worker earning bill will enjoy swift approval by the House and reduce the effective corporate tax rate on in- the minimum wage. For childless workers, the will soon be at the President’s desk for enact- come attributable to U.S. production activities. maximum creditable earnings will rise to ment into law. Purely domestic companies would receive an $6,000, approximately 60 percent of those f effective rate reduction of 3.5 points (reducing wages. In order to balance program costs, the 35% rate to 31.5%). Companies with oper- benefits will phase out at the same income JOB PROTECTION ACT OF 2003 ations offshore would receive a smaller rate level, as is the case under current law. reduction based on the value of their U.S. and The creation of the additional EITC category HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL world-wide production. That adjustment would involving three or more children will benefit ap- OF NEW YORK create positive incentives for companies to proximately 3.2 million households and further IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES keep operations in the United States. reduce poverty among these larger families. Friday, April 11, 2003 f The economic stimulus function of my bill can- not be overlooked, as it will benefit the U.S. Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I am very INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION economy by providing additional incentives for pleased today to be joining my good friend, TO EXPAND THE EARNED IN- more people, especially low-income women, to Philip Crane, in introducing the Job Protection COME TAX CREDIT join the work force. Act of 2003. I am very pleased both with the Mr. Speaker, at a time when our country is substance of this bill and the bipartisan co- HON. XAVIER BECERRA facing so many economic challenges, we must operation exhibited by everyone in its develop- OF CALIFORNIA not forget that our low-income families con- ment. This bill is a model for how we should IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tinue to remain at the margins of our economy be addressing national issues in this Con- Friday, April 11, 2003 and are the first to suffer the effects of an eco- gress. nomic downturn. I urge all my colleagues to The bill responds to the recent World Trade Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, the earned in- join me in this effort to further enhance the Organization ruling that held that our export- come tax credit (EITC) provides cash assist- highly successful EITC by cosponsoring this related tax benefit, the FSC/ETI provision, vio- ance to lower income working parents and in- legislation. lates our trade agreements. I believe that it is dividuals through the tax system and is an im- f necessary for this country to comply with its portant part of the Federal ‘‘safety net’’ of pro- international agreements. But I believe that the grams for Americans living in poverty. CONCERN FOR AMERICA’S response to the ruling must be designed in a Under current law, there are three cat- TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY way that preserves jobs in the United States. egories of EITC recipients: those with no chil- The FSC/ETI provisions currently benefit dren, those with one child, and those with two HON. JOHN SHIMKUS companies manufacturing and producing or more children. One does not need to owe OF ILLINOIS goods in the United States. One company ex- taxes at tax time in order to benefit—the EITC IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ecutive described the beneficiaries of FSC/ETI benefit amount may exceed tax liability and be as companies ‘‘doing business the old-fash- received in the form of a payment from the Friday, April 11, 2003 ioned way,’’ producing goods in the United U.S. Treasury after the tax year’s end. More- Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker. I rise today out States and selling them overseas. over, certain eligible workers with children may of concern for America’s telecommunications Merely repealing FSC/ETI without returning choose to receive a portion of the EITC in the industry. the revenues to companies producing in the form of advance payments throughout the tax Service providers and equipment manufac- United States could result in further job losses year. turers are going out of business, workers have in the United States. This would be unaccept- While the EITC has been tremendously suc- been laid off, and capital investment is frozen. able, particularly now when there has been a cessful and has lifted more children out of Experts agree the industry is experiencing an steady erosion in U.S. manufacturing jobs. poverty than has any other government pro- ‘‘economic meltdown.’’ Once an engine of eco- Our bill will comply with the WTO ruling by gram, I believe that our efforts to use this im- nomic prosperity in the 1990s, this important repealing the FSC/ETI benefit, but it also will portant tax credit to fight poverty can be fur- sector is now a driver of the current recession. provide a permanent effective rate reduction ther improved. Recent studies have shown Why is this happening? for U.S. manufacturers that is consistent with that 29 percent of all children in families hav- In order to spur competition in the local our trade agreements. It will create positive in- ing three or more children subsist at incomes phone market, the Telecommunications Act of centives for companies to expand their oper- below the poverty level. This is more than 1996 required the local Bell companies to rent ations in the United States, not overseas. It double the poverty rate among children in out their networks to competitors while they will preserve, not threaten U.S. jobs. smaller families. Nearly three of every five developed a customer base and built their Mr. Speaker, we have had similar chal- poor children in this country live in families own facilities. lenges to our export-related benefits in the with three or more children. Our former col- That is fine. However, many state regulators past. We always have responded in a bipar- league Rep. Bill Coyne introduced legislation set the Bells’ leasing rates significantly below tisan, bicameral basis. Such a response is ap- during the 107th Congress that targeted this the cost of maintaining their lines. For some propriate because that type of challenge is not particular problem and made other needed im- time now, the incumbent phone companies a partisan issue. It is a legal dispute between provements to the EITC program. Today I re- have been bleeding money while big players, our country and our foreign competitors. In introduce that bill. such as Worldcom, take advantage of these that dispute we all represent the same client, The bill will create a new EITC benefit level artificially low rates that were designed to help the United States. We should proceed just like for families with 3 or more children, with a new entrants gain access to the market. With- a group of lawyers representing the same cli- credit percentage of 45 percent, to provide a out contributing to the local infrastructure, ent, perhaps disagreeing in private, but never higher benefit than what they currently receive these companies are cherry picking lucrative sharing those disagreements or competing under the ‘‘two or more children’’ category business and select residential customers, legal briefs with our opponent. (which has a 40 percent credit rate). The bill while leaving the Bells to serve everyone else. Attached is a summary of the provisions of would also double the credit percentage for Instead of helping the little guys get started the bill. workers with no qualifying children from 7.65 and bringing true competition to the local The proposal would repeal the FSC/ETI percent to 15.3 percent. This change recog- phone market, this regulation is a boondoggle benefit effective on date of enactment. The nizes the fact that there is virtually no safety for a few big companies at the expense of the

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.048 E12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E779 regional Bells. This is not a sustainable eco- While the Medicare program pays for about of Puget Sound graduating with a Commu- nomic model, as we are now witnessing. 75 percent of dialysis care, there is currently nications degree, all the way to the intelligent, Recently, the Federal Communications no mechanism to update the reimbursement to poised and personable young woman with a Commission had the opportunity to turn things account for inflation, new technology, labor, great sense of humor she is today. Maura was around in their Triennial Review. They failed to and other cost increases. In fact, the dialysis an active and valuable participant in her moth- do so. reimbursement is the only Medicare prospec- er’s two successful Las Vegas mayoral races Instead of correcting the rate structure and tive payment system that does not have an and also her run at the Nevada governorship. creating the regulatory certainty necessary to updating framework. As a result, in their Maura is now a trusted and valuable mem- stabilize the industry, the FCC managed to March 2003 Report to Congress, the Medicare ber of my staff. Her first day at work was Sep- produce even more uncertainty by punting to Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) tember 11, 2001. Reporting to work at 9 a.m. the states the rate decision they were sup- states that Medicare is on average paying that morning, new to this city and without a posed to establish. This means that the rate three percent less than the cost of a dialysis network of friends, within less than 45 minutes structure for local telephone service will now treatment. This payment disparity is even America and the world changed and Maura’s have to go through lengthy legal battles in 50 greater for small and rural dialysis facilities, own personal world became even more unset- different states and in the District of Columbia which experience about an 11 percent pay- tled. My staff, rallying together in the face of before it is resolved. Unless something is ment shortfall per treatment. their own unknown terror, embraced ‘‘the new done, for years to come, lawyers will profit and A primary concern about this underfunding girl’’ and kept her with them as they sought the status quo will prevail. is the inability of dialysis facilities to compete and found a safe place to wait out the day’s I urge the FCC to reconsider its decision. with other providers—who do receive annual events. In the chaotic days following 9/11—in- You cannot fool an industry into recovery by updates—for nurses and other health care cluding the anthrax scare—Maura established creating a fac¸ade of competition. workers. According to a study completed by herself as a tireless, reliable and dedicated f Abt Associates, a dialysis center in Baltimore, public servant, despite her short time on the Maryland is only able to pay $25.75 per hour Hill. HONORING THE WINNER OF THE while the local hospital has the resources to Much has transpired since that day and 2003 VOICE OF DEMOCRACY pay $35.00 per hour. Similarly, in northern Maura now is an experienced and knowledge- BROADCAST SCRIPTWRITING California, a dialysis center pays staff $32.00 able Hill veteran, much loved and respected CONTEST, ‘‘FREEDOM’S OBLIGA- per hour while the hospital pays $40 per hour. by her colleagues. She has her own network TION’’ Across the nation, nursing salaries have in- of friends and has continued her volunteer ef- creased an average of 27 percent (from forts on behalf of candidates and causes. HON. HEATHER WILSON $23,140 to $31,720) from 1992 to 2002. It has Maura is an excellent representative of her OF NEW MEXICO become more and more difficult for the renal home State of Nevada in the Cherry Blossom IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES community to keep up with these rising labor Festival. costs and recruit and retain trained staff for di- The story of the Cherry Blossoms has been Friday, April 11, 2003 alysis facilities when other providers have the told many times—the Japanese Government, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, capabilities to pay higher salaries. working with then First Lady Helen Taft, do- I rise today to recognize Mr. Darshan N. Patel, Even more importantly, reports show that nated 2000 cherry blossom trees. When they a National winner of the 2003 Voice of De- low reimbursement rates have started to cre- arrived, they were found to be diseased and mocracy Program. The contest theme this ate access to care problems for Medicare end unfortunately had to be destroyed to prevent year was ‘‘Freedom’s Obligation.’’ stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. In 2001, the spread of the disease to our own agricul- Mr. Patel is a sophomore at Albuquerque on average 77 percent of patients treated at tural products. The Japanese Government Acaderny in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I think renal facilities were Medicare beneficiaries. was gracious enough to provide another dona- you will agree that his entry earned the award. However, among the dialysis facilities that tion—this time 3000 gorgeous cherry blossom Mr. Patel has communicated a powerful mes- closed in 2001, Medicare beneficiaries com- trees. These were planted not only in the Tidal sage regarding ‘‘Freedom’s Obligation.’’ I sub- prised 88 percent of patients. This evidence Basin, but all throughout Washington, DC. mit his winning entry for the CONGRESSIONAL indicates the economic challenge that dialysis There are now less than 200 of the original RECORD to honor Darshan’s tribute to the centers face in treating Medicare beneficiaries. trees remaining, and efforts are underway American men and women of the military who I am pleased that this legislation is sup- through new research and cuttings to regrow have given us the many freedoms we enjoy ported by the Renal Leadership Council and these trees so there will always be descend- today. the National Kidney Foundation. ants of Japan’s gracious gift to America. Mr. Speaker, I also extend my appreciation Mr. Speaker, providing for an inflationary Maura and the other Cherry Blossom to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United annual update would allow the Secretary of Princesses are an integral part of this time- States for their sponsorship of this program. HHS to make appropriate, data-driven deci- honored tradition fostering continued good will This year more than 80,000 secondary school sions each year on fair dialysis payment rates. of our two countries and the beauty the trees students participated in this contest competing We must ensure that dialysis care for Medi- provide. for the 59 national scholarships. Darshan was care beneficiaries is not jeopardized due to in- Maura spent a whirlwind week of customs sponsored by VFW Post 401 and its Ladies adequate reimbursement. I urge my col- and ceremonies as Nevada’s representative to Auxiliary in Albuquerque, New Mexico. leagues to cosponsor and support this impor- the Cherry Blossom Festival. I was filled with Please join me in congratulating Mr. tant legislation. pride when I escorted her in the introduction Darshan Patel as a National winner and f ceremony at the Congressional Reception, at- thanking him for his patriotism. tended by the Ambassador of Japan and Mrs. f CONGRATULATIONS TO MAURA Ryozo Kato. Las Vegans and all Nevadans LYLE LASATER can be proud to have Maura Lasater as their ENSURE ACCESS TO CRITICAL representative. I look forward to Maura’s con- DIALYSIS CARE UNDER MEDICARE HON. SHELLEY BERKLEY tinued success in life and wish her all the best OF NEVADA as she pursues her dreams and goals. HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f OF WISCONSIN Friday, April 11, 2003 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF MARY LOU DAVIDSON Friday, April 11, 2003 honor and congratulate Maura Lyle Lasater of Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, today Con- Las Vegas, NV, Nevada’s 2003 Cherry Blos- HON. BART GORDON gressman CAMP and I are introducing legisla- som Princess and dear friend of mine. OF TENNESSEE tion, the Medicare Renal Dialysis Payment I have known Maura since she was a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fairness Act of 2003, which would require the youngster. I have watched her grow from an U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv- energetic toddler, through her competitive ice Friday, April 11, 2003 ices (HHS) to create and implement by Janu- skating and horseback riding years as a young Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ary 2004 an annual updating mechanism for girl, high school at Bishop Gorman High wish a happy 100th birthday to a dear cousin dialysis reimbursement under Medicare. School in Las Vegas, college at the University of mine, Mary Lou Gordon Davidson. She is a

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.051 E12PT1 E780 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 12, 2003 remarkable woman who continues to remain Phil Burton. He said, ‘‘Few in the House of the Ben Bradlee Jr. and Mark S. Morrow, pro- an active and vibrant part of her community. past or in the present can match his contribu- duced nearly 800 stories related to the scan- Mrs. Davidson was born April 29, 1903, to tion.’’ ‘‘Phil had his losses, but he always dal. the late Dr. Alfred Nelson Gordon and Sallie shoved adversity aside. He fought for the hun- The Globe executed courageous and timely Holden Gordon on a farm in my hometown gry and the sick and against bigotry with tre- reporting and coverage of the scandal. They community of Rutherford County, TN. She has mendous energy and commitment.’’ reached a level of reporting and coverage un- lived through 18 U.S. presidents and has wit- Some people describe Phil Burton as an paralleled in recent times in its depth and nessed a dizzying array of technological ultra-liberal and very difficult to work with be- force of reporting. As a result of their cov- achievements, including traveling to town by cause of his so-called ideology. But I consid- erage, the scandal received international at- horse and buggy to reaching the stars by way ered Phil a very unique kind of liberal, one tention, and culminated with the resignation of of powerful rockets. She has watched tele- who was able to foster relationships with other Cardinal Bernard F. Law in December. communications advance from a simple hand- Members, despite differences in ideologies. It At a time when we need public servants, crank telephone hanging on the wall to a was not uncommon to find Phil in a corner of and we call on our citizens to offer their serv- hand-held digital telephone using signals deliv- this chamber talking to a conservative Repub- ices to our communities and to our country, ered by way of satellite. lican or conservative Democrat. I remember the Globe proved that newspapers too can After receiving her bachelor’s degree from well one of Phil’s famous proverbial expres- rise to the challenge and provide an incredible the old Tennessee College for Women in my sions, ‘‘Cut the B.S. and let’s be operational.’’ public service. There is no doubt that the thou- hometown of Murfreesboro, Mrs. Davidson Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues are well sands of families, who found a voice through raised a child, Sara, and taught school for aware, one of the most ideologically-based the pages of the newspaper’s coverage of this more than four decades before retiring in committees in this institution is the Committee scandal, are far better off for the Globe’s work. 1968. Through her active life, Mrs. Davidson on Resources. A committee composed mainly We all owe them our thanks and a debt of enjoyed a multitude of hobbies, including gar- of Members from Western states, whose dis- gratitude for their service. dening, cooking and sewing. In fact, she cur- tricts are significantly effected by the involve- f rently leads a knitting class at her home in the ment of the Federal Government regarding the FREEDOM’S OBLIGATION BY McKendree Retirement Village. And she has control and administration of millions of acres KACEY L. REYNOLDS won nearly a dozen gold medals while partici- of land which are located in these states. pating in the Senior Olympics. Recognizing the atmosphere that existed in Mrs. Davidson is the epitome of living life to the Committee, I once asked former Con- HON. ED WHITFIELD the fullest. Her keen wit and positive attitude gressman Sam Steiger, a senior Republican OF KENTUCKY have given her a wonderful disposition, one from Arizona, how he was able to get along IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that we should wish to have. I congratulate with a liberal like Phil. Congressman Steiger Friday, April 11, 2003 Mrs. Davidson for her countless contributions replied, ‘‘Two things Eni. First, Phil is among Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to her community and her country. the few liberals who at least comes and talks to congratulate a young lady in my District, to us on this side of the aisle, and second, in f Ms. Kacey L. Reynolds of Calvert City, Ken- all the years that I’ve known and worked with tucky. Ms. Reynolds is the Kentucky winner of TRIBUTE TO PHILLIP BURTON him, Phil Burton has never broken a promise.’’ the 2003 Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Mr. Speaker, Phil Burton was a man of his Democracy broadcast script writing contest. HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA word. Ms. Reynolds’s script, entitled ‘‘Freedom’s Ob- OF AMERICAN SAMOA Long before I knew that I was going to be ligation,’’ has great meaning as our armed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a member of this great institution, I served as forces are in the process of liberating the Iraqi a member of Phil’s staff. From him I learned Friday, April 11, 2003 people and giving them the freedoms we a lesson that I have carried with me ever enjoy everyday. At sixteen years old, Ms. Rey- Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I want since. ‘‘Eni,’’ he told me, ‘‘the only thing that nolds has a true understanding of what free- to commemorate the life of the late Congress- matters and is worth anything working in this dom means and what individuals must do to man Phil Burton, who in my humble opinion place—is your word. Don’t ever forget that.’’ was one of the greatest and most brilliant leg- Mr. Speaker, I haven’t forgotten this lesson, preserve it. I have attached a copy of Ms. islators in modern times. and the many others I learned from Phil. He Reynolds’s script to be placed in the RECORD. Those of us who had the privilege of work- was a man of principle, conviction and deter- I urge all my colleagues to read her inspiring ing with Phil Burton can certainly attest to his mination. A man who left behind a legacy of thoughts on the true value of freedom. unique and outstanding leadership capabilities integrity. A man who was my mentor and [From the 2002–2003 VFW Voice of Democracy Scholarship Contest] and his tremendous influence still being felt friend. FREEDOM’S OBLIGATION today. No doubt we all have our Phi Burton f stories to tell, most of which center around the (By Kacey Reynolds—Kentucky Winner) life and times of a man who is one of the TRIBUTE TO PULITZER PRIZE Our forefathers viewed freedom as a great legislative giants of our times. WINNING BOSTON GLOBE quest—a goal they lived, and gave, their Twenty years ago, over 125 Members of lives fearlessly pursuing. Today, most of us Congress, including House Speaker ‘‘Tip’’ view freedom as a privilege we deserve, a HON. MARTIN T. MEEHAN complimentary right owed to us, simply be- O’Neill, traveled to San Francisco to attend a OF MASSACHUSETTS cause we are American. But our liberty must special memorial service in honor of Phil Bur- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES never be taken for granted and we must ton. It was one of the largest delegations of Friday, April 11, 2003 never delude ourselves into believing free- Members, perhaps even the largest, to attend dom is free. Independence has always come a memorial service of one of its own col- Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to at a price, and we have a responsibility to leagues. congratulate the Boston Globe on their Pul- ensure that it continues so the heroic sac- I remember former California Assembly itzer Prize for public service, journalism’s high- rifices made to secure it were not in vain. Speaker and now Mayor of San Francisco, est honor, for their coverage of the clergy Freedom is a blessing and a responsibility and our obligation to it is threefold. Mayor Willie Brown, a close personal friend abuse scandal in Boston. They are to be com- Our first obligation to freedom is that of and associate of Phil Burton, made an inter- mended for their outstanding and comprehen- education. Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘‘If a esting observation of Phil’s life and career. sive reporting. nation expects to be ignorant AND free, in a Mayor Brown said, ‘‘Now I know some of you In January of last year the Globe ran a state of civilization, then it expects what Members of Congress are here to pay your re- Spotlight series, which showed a widespread never was and never will be.’’ Ignorance is spects and truly offer your sympathies to Sala pattern of sexual abuse by priests, covered up the first enemy of liberty. It is through edu- (Phil’s wife) and the family. But I also sense by the Archdiocese of Boston. Throughout the cation that we possess the freedom, not only that some of you are here to be absolutely year, a team of reporters, including Spotlight to provide for ourselves, but to choose the manner in which we do so. It is through certain that Phil Burton is dead and to be sure reporters Walter V. Robinson, Matthew Carroll, learning that we open our minds to new con- that you will never have to confront him Sacha Pfeiffer, and Michael Rezendes; inves- cepts and courageous ideals to better govern again.’’ tigative reporters Kevin Cullen, Thomas ourselves. It is through a knowledge of our At the memorial service, House Speaker Tip Farragher, and Stephen Kurkjian; and religion history that we take pride in who we are and O’Neill also made this comment concerning reporter Michael Paulson, managed by editors our rich heritage as Americans. Education

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.055 E12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E781 provides opportunity—the opportunity to be May 2000, the Tax Code contained 1,395,028 PERSONAL EXPLANATION self-sufficient, the opportunity to under- words—nearly 319 times the number of words stand, the opportunity to be free. in the U.S. Constitution. The average taxpayer Our second obligation to freedom is that of HON. SILVESTRE REYES obedience. America’s government is ‘‘of the pays $1,839 per household in compliance OF TEXAS people, by the people and for the people’’, but costs. In other words, that taxpayer must work IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES our founding fathers knew that no people 6 days per year just to pay for the cost of pre- Friday, April 11, 2003 can be truly free if any individual person is paring his or her taxes for that year. These allowed to violate the rights of others. Obe- complexities are completely unnecessary. Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to dience to the law is essential for equality cast votes today due to memorial services and security. If we expect our government to I believe Americans need to keep more of being held in my district of El Paso in memory provide freedom for us, then we have a re- their money they work for each day. Valuable of the nine soldiers of the 507th Maintenance sponsibility to respect each other. Crime is resources are being lost to taxes; resources Company who were killed in Operation Iraqi the second enemy of liberty. President Theo- that could be used for productive, job-creating Freedom. If present, I would have voted no on dore Roosevelt said, ‘‘No man is above the economic behavior or for spending time with the Rahall Amendment (rollcall 143) which did law and no man is below it. Nor do we ask our families. As you can see, the costs im- not provide for the productive use of petro- any man’s permission when we require him posed by our tax system are just too high. to obey it. Obedience is demanded as a right, leum resources in Alaska that could benefit not asked as a favor.’’ Obedience by each in- It is for this reason that I am introducing the local indigenous populations and our energy dividual provides freedom for all. Freedom Flat Tax Act. This legislation will security. On the motion to recommit (rollcall Our third obligation to freedom is that of allow Americans to opt out of the current con- 144), 1 would have voted aye. On final pas- service, of giving back to our community, voluted and complex tax system and into a sage of H.R. 6 (rollcall 145), I would have our government, and our country. We, as pro-growth tax system that will restore fair- voted no. I am concerned that the energy bill citizens of that freedom, hold a responsi- ness, simplicity, and efficiency to our Tax we voted on today lacks sufficient consumer bility to dedicate our time, our resources, protections and provides too many taxpayer our passion, and, sometimes, even our lives Code. Congress has the obligation to remove for the greater good. It is in serving one an- those obstacles to American economic growth handouts at a time when our federal budget is other that we become united. If we fail to and health. under the strain of record deficits and the costs of war. give of ourselves, then we fail the memory of The Freedom Flat Tax will phase-in the flat those brave souls who went before us to sac- f rifice everything. Selfishness is the third tax over a 3-year period, with a 19-percent enemy of liberty, but volunteering our serv- rate for the first 2 years and a 17-percent rate CONGRATULATIONS TO MAINE ice affords us the opportunity to give back in subsequent years. It will have no deduc- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL CONSTITU- what we receive. Only in this service can our tions or loopholes, but will allow some per- TION TEAM country provide us with true freedom. sonal exemptions, including a $5,510 exemp- Without education, how can we be free to tion for each dependent. govern ourselves? Without obedience to our HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY OF ILLINOIS laws, how can we ensure safety and security We’ve heard of the flat tax before. Here’s for all people? Without service, how can we how my proposal differs from other versions of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES expect others to fight and die for our free- the flat tax bill: First of all, it is optional. This Friday, April 11, 2003 dom? We cannot. We must dauntlessly pur- bill will allow individuals and businesses to Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, Twenty- sue education, bravely stand up for what is choose if and when they will opt into the sys- right through obedience and unselfishly give four exceptional students from the 9th Con- tem. Second, it is permanent. The decision to gressional District are ready to compete of ourselves through service so freedom can opt into the flat tax system will be permanent continue to flourish. This is our obligation. against the smartest and the brightest from It is in being the ‘‘home of the brave’’ that to prevent possible tax evasion resulting from around the country in the national finals of the makes us ‘‘the land of the free’’. taxpayers jumping back and forth from the We the People . . . The Citizen and the Con- current income-based system to the flat tax f stitution. The 24 students, all seniors from system. Maine South High School in Park Ridge, IL, THE FREEDOM FLAT TAX ACT The Freedom Flat Tax will create a system have recently won the Illinois State competi- that promotes fairness and economic pros- tion and will represent our great State in the HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS perity by treating everyone the same, regard- national finals. OF TEXAS less of income or occupation, and removing What does it take to make it into the finals IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the special preferences and disincentives for of this prestigious contest? What does it take Friday, April 11, 2003 economic growth that characterize our current to make it this far? The answer is clear: Dedi- tax system. cation, hard work, and countless hours read- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to The goal of the Freedom Flat Tax is to cre- ing, researching, and studying the great docu- introduce the Freedom Flat Tax Act. ment that is the foundation of our democracy: Albert Einstein once said, ‘‘The hardest ate a tax system that minimizes the number of market-distorting investment decisions that are the Constitution of the United States of Amer- thing in the world to understand is the income ica—the symbol of personal freedom and pro- tax.’’ If you look at the current Tax Code, it is made as a result of the current tax system; people will base their financial decisions on tection. easy to see his genius. Each year, the ‘‘We the People’’ foundation common-sense economics, not the tax code. The cost of the current income tax system hosts district, State and national level Con- When savings are no longer taxed twice, peo- in both time and dollars is just too high. Each gressional-style hearings on the history and ple will save and invest more, leading to high- year, Americans spend 6.1 billion hours pre- principles of Constitutional democracy in the er productivity and greater take-home pay. paring their tax forms and businesses spend United States. Participants are tested on their The flat tax will spur economic growth by 800 million hours complying with the Tax knowledge of the Constitution and its founda- eliminating the current tax code’s bias against Code. In 2001 alone, Americans lost at least tions and applications to our country. $183 billion in opportunity costs—calculated at savings and investment. Because the flat tax The ‘‘We the People’’ contest is an invalu- $30/hour—that people spent working on their treats all economic activity equally, it will pro- able learning experience for Maine South High taxes instead of working on money-producing mote greater economic efficiency and in- School students and other students from activities for themselves. creased prosperity. around the country. The program helps pro- Two-thirds of Americans think the income It is estimated that the flat tax system will mote democracy and encourages civic partici- tax system is too complex. We need a simpler save taxpayers more than $100 billion per pation in the issues of critical importance to system for all Americans to understand. Tax- year. This increase in take home pay will give our freedoms by young men and women and payer phone calls to the IRS help line doubled people more money to spend in the economy, I am hopeful they will carry those lessons with during the 1990s from 56 million to 111 mil- which will help boost economic activity. In them into the future. lion, even though the number of taxpayers these difficult times, Congress will soon be de- I would like to commend the students of only grew by 12 percent. The Federal tax bating the need for an economic stimulus. Mr. Maine South High School’s Constitution Team rules are over 45,500 pages in length, which Speaker, I ask everyone to stop and imagine and their academic advisor Dan States for is double the number of pages since the what a stimulus that $100 billion would provide their hard work and great scholastic achieve- 1970s, including the full Tax Code, IRS rules to our economy if we put it in the hands of av- ment and I wish them the best of luck in the and regulations, and tax court rulings. As of erage Americans! I yield the floor. national finals.

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.058 E12PT1 E782 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 12, 2003 TRIBUTE TO LIZA JACKSON The Youth Pride Alliance sponsors Youth er, a great listener, and steadfast peacemaker. PREPARATORY SCHOOL Pride Day. The Alliance was founded in 1996, Those who know him best would say he has and its mission is to celebrate the dignity and a quiet dignity, an implicit trustworthiness, and HON. JEFF MILLER courage of all young people as they discover a tireless devotion to the people of America. OF FLORIDA their identities as gay, lesbian, bisexual, Pulitzer prize-winning columnist George Will IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES transgender, or straight. The Alliance chal- said it best: Friday, April 11, 2003 lenges society to stop hate, violence, fear, iso- One glance tells you. God had a Congressman lation, and denial as it reminds us every young in mind when he made John Rhodes. And he Mr. JEFF MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, person deserves to live, to love, and to be is just what the Founding Fathers had in I rise today to congratulate Liza Jackson Pre- loved. mind when they designed the House of Rep- paratory School in Fort Walton Beach, Florida We, who live in our Nation’s Capital and are resentatives, the body intended to be the on their recent designation as a Model Charter taxed without representation, feel a special af- closest to the common man. School. As one of only six schools in the state finity to any other group that has been denied I can think of few equals to John Rhodes of Florida to receive this designation, Liza the full rights and privileges, which most whose life and legislative careers merit the Jackson Preparatory has proven itself to be in United States citizens enjoy. I remind the Congressional Distinguished Service Medal. a class of its own when it comes to the edu- House that Washingtonians are taxed without We cannot thank him enough for his service to cation of our young individuals in Northwest representation. this Chamber and to our great country. I am Florida. It is an honor and a privilege to ex- I ask this House to join with me in wel- truly honored to be able to present him with press my sincere congratulations to the entire coming all those attending Youth Pride Day. this award. Liza Jackson Preparatory community on their f f well-deserved recognition. Founded by a group of education profes- PERSONAL EXPLANATION TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH G. ROBERTS sionals who wanted more from public edu- cation than what was available through the HON. JOHN A. BOEHNER HON. JON C. PORTER traditional district schools, dedicated staff and OF OHIO OF NEVADA extraordinarily involved parents have built Liza IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jackson Preparatory into the remarkable insti- tution that it is today. It is a place where the Friday, April 11, 2003 Saturday, April 12, 2003 children come first and are taught to obtain Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, I regret that I Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the highest levels of achievement that they was absent for roll No. 140 and 141. I respect- honor and pay tribute to Joseph G. Roberts, can. fully request the RECORD to reflect that, had I beloved husband of Lia Roberts. Joe will be Liza Jackson Preparatory prides itself on been here, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on each. laid to rest on Saturday, April 12, 2003, in Las bringing together its dedicated parents in an f Vegas, Nevada. Joe was born on September effort to help guide and design the school’s 19, 1915 in Springfield, Missouri and died on mission. Liza Jackson Preparatory used infor- HONORING JOHN JACOB RHODES April 7, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada. mation gathered by organized parent groups WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL DIS- Growing up during the depression, Joe was to write its charter, which was subsequently TINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL best known for being a man of great integrity submitted to the Okaloosa County’s school and honor. In 1941, Joe enlisted in the United board in 2000 and unanimously approved. Ini- HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT States Air Force and served as a captain and tially, the school opened its doors to 560 stu- OF ILLINOIS pilot during World War II. He was later dis- dents in August of 2001 and today I am proud IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES charged with honors. to say that enrollment is filled to capacity with In 1949, Joe moved to Las Vegas and Saturday, April 12, 2003 an additional 700 children on the waiting list. founded Roberts Roofing and went on to be- Mr. Speaker, over its first 2 years, Liza Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, it is a great come a very successful businessman in the Jackson Preparatory School has shown that it honor to announce that John Jacob Rhodes, Las Vegas community. His dedication and is succeeding in its mission; to provide a com- former Republican Leader of the House of generous contributions to the many charities prehensive approach to education in order for Representatives, is one of the first recipients he helped support will not be forgotten. students to successfully compete in the global of the Congressional Distinguished Service Joe, we thank you for your true spirit of life community. On this occasion, I offer my sin- Medal. Together with Leader GEPHARDT, I es- and your gracious manner. You will be missed cere and heartfelt congratulations to Liza tablished this award to recognize former Mem- by your many friends and loved ones. Jackson Preparatory School on their designa- bers of the House who served the American We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Lia and tion as a Model Charter School, and wish people with extraordinary distinction and self- family during this time of sorrow. them the greatest of success in all that is to less dedication. Leader GEPHARDT chose to f come. honor Louis Stokes as his first award recipi- f ent, and I can think of no better person than INTRODUCTION OF THE ‘‘STICK A CORK IN THE CORK TARIFF ACT YOUTH PRIDE DAY John Rhodes to share this first tribute. John Rhodes was born in Council Grove, OF 2003’’ Kansas, attending public schools and eventu- HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON ally Kansas State University. After moving OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HON. ROB SIMMONS east and graduating from Harvard Law School IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CONNECTICUT in 1941, he practiced law in Mesa, Arizona. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, April 11, 2003 He started his service to our Nation early as Saturday, April 12, 2003 Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, this Saturday, a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps and a April 12 marks the culmination of Youth Pride staff judge advocate of the Arizona National Mr. SIMMONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise before Week in Washington, DC with our Seventh Guard. These experiences served him well you today to introduce my ‘‘Stick A Cork In Annual Youth Pride Day. during his thirty year career in the United The Cork Tariff Act of 2003,’’ a bill that will as- Youth Pride Day occurs every April in States Congress. sist small business and sportsmen by reducing Washington, DC. It is the annual celebration First elected as a Republican to the 83rd the unfairly high import duty on cork. for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Congress, John Rhodes went on to serve in Makers of fishing rods, and particularly fly- young people, which has brought over 10,000 fourteen succeeding Congresses. After twenty fishing rods, are under pressure to significantly youth together since its start in 1997. The years in Congress, he had earned the respect increase the price of their equipment because celebration has grown from just 900 partici- of his peers and was elected Minority Leader of prohibitively high duties on cork. Cork is the pants in 1997 to over 2,800 young people last of the House for the 93rd through 96st Con- primary component of a fishing pole’s grip. It year. Youth Pride Day has evolved into Youth gresses. These years saw John Rhodes lead is not available domestically and must be im- Pride Week, which comprises over a dozen his party from the dark days of Watergate to ported. While the tariff on already-finished cork events ranging from a conference, dances, the resurgent presidency of Ronald Reagan. is 6 percent and lower, unfinished cork is sub- and poetry readings, to Youth Pride Day on And through it all, John Rhodes was consid- ject to a 14 percent duty. Such unfinished cork Saturday. ered a man of exemplary values, a true lead- is imported and subsequently handcrafted by

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11AP8.063 E12PT1 April 12, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E783 American workers onto the custom-made fly Director of the Rotary Club of Sacramento tory Medal, American Theatre Medal, Asiatic fishing rods that so many sportsmen enjoy. since August 1991. Established in 1913, this Pacific Theatre Medal and Philippine Libera- Mr. Speaker, it just doesn’t make sense that club is one of the oldest Rotary Clubs in the tion Medal. Customs would charge a 6 percent tariff on a world, and the 12th largest, made up of nearly When John J. McGuirk’s contractual obliga- pre-finished product while levying a much- 500 members representing the top business, tion to the United States Navy ended with an higher 14 percent duty on a good that is fin- civic, and professional leaders in the region. honorable discharge, his personal obligation to ished with American hands. In May 2003, Peggy will be retiring to enjoy his country and fellow veterans’ remained en- the personal passions of her life . . . husband In my own district, REC Components of En- graved upon his heart and became a lifelong Bob, her children, and grandchild, travel, and field (CT) employs more than twenty highly commitment. skilled individuals to create such fly fishing golf . . . to name only a few of her interests. rods. Mr. Speaker, REC Components and the What she leaves behind is a legacy of leader- His efforts helped to contribute to the VA working men and women at the company are ship that will be missed by all who came to Connecticut Healthcare system planning and dependent upon imported cork. The current rely on her professionalism, graciousness, and operating a series of CBOC’s across the state, duty being levied upon such cork jeopardizes warm smile. providing primary care on a daily basis. Addi- this company and these jobs. Other manufac- Devotion to the non-profit world has always tionally, John played an instrumental role in turers in this industry face the same problem. been her passion, and is reflected throughout the opening of the Veterans’ Outreach Clinic Whether in Wisconsin, Washington, Montana, her life. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, she located at the Coast Guard Academy in New or Georgia, small businesses are being made began her career as associate director of the London, CT. to bear this unfair burden for no good reason. YWCA, and YMCA, and then continued in that John actively served in Post #9 American This is why my legislation has such bipar- capacity in Salt Lake City, Modesto and Fres- Legion for the remainder of his life: twice as tisan, national support, including the American no, California. For a time she worked as direc- the Legion’s Commander, additionally as the Sportfishing Association, the American Fly tor of development for Central Catholic High Finance officer and the Service officer. He Fishing Trade Association, and the Congres- School in Modesto, before becoming district was also a member of the Disabled Veterans sional Sportsmen’s Caucus. chief of staff for a State Assemblyman. Her of America and U.S. Submarine Veterans Inc. Mr. Speaker, It has always been my under- next move was to Sacramento where she be- standing that Customs duties were established came the director of development of United Mr. Speaker, John J. McGuirk was constant to protect American industry. If cork is not Cerebral Palsy. in his mission to serve his nation and fellow available in the United States and it is the only It was in 1988, that Peggy joined the Rotary veterans. On behalf of the Members of the product that can be used to manufacture the Club of Modesto, but her involvement with Ro- Connecticut House delegation, Disabled Vet- grips on fly fishing rods, I fail to see why we tary began earlier when she assisted her hus- erans of America, Paralyzed Veterans of are charging such a duty. band with the leadership of a Group Study Ex- America, American Legion, Veterans of For- At a time when many Americans are still ex- change Team to Melbourne, Australia. As eign Wars and AMVETS, I would like to ex- periencing economic insecurity, it is critical women were welcomed into Rotary, she was tend the opportunity for Members of the Sub- that we take steps in the Congress to create one of the first to join, and with the move to committee to support this measure and honor more jobs and strengthen the ones we have. Sacramento, became a member here in April the memory of John J. McGuirk. While Congress is working to craft a jobs and 1991. growth package, we also must consider other During this past 12 years, with Peggy’s f measures that, although less comprehensive, dedication, patience, and guidance, the Rotary similarly take steps to boost our economy. Club of Sacramento has continued to grow in RECOGNIZING BOULDER CITY Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to membership, prestige, and has been a contrib- join me in support of small businesses, Amer- utor of well over two million dollars to the local ican workers, outdoor retailers, sportsmen ev- and world community. Leadership within the HON. JON C. PORTER erywhere. Support the ‘‘Stick A Cork In The membership changes yearly, but Peggy has OF NEVADA Cork Tariff Act of 2003.’’ continued to be the one person that we have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f all come to appreciate as the significant con- tributor of our success. None of us will forget Saturday, April 12, 2003 TRIBUTE TO TOMMY NELSON how we have come to rely on her organiza- tional skills, her adeptness at multi-tasking, Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to HON. JON C. PORTER problem solving, and talent for diplomacy as recognize Boulder City on a number of awards OF NEVADA she interfaces with hundreds of volunteers it has received over the last year. I have had IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . . . all of which she greets by name at our the tremendous honor of representing Boulder weekly meetings. Saturday, April 12, 2003 City as a Councilman, Mayor, and now as We thank you, Peggy, and wish you and Congressman. The following awards show the Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to your family all the blessings life has to offer. quality of life Boulder City is famous for. honor and pay tribute to one of Nevada’s fin- f These awards include: the Howland Award, est. One of the legends of the west passed on given by the National League of Cities to the JOHN J. MCGUIRK DEPARTMENT to his reward last week. Ninety-year-old best small community in the country; the ‘‘Ex- Tommy Nelson came to Nevada in 1931 to OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OUT- PATIENT CLINIC cellence in Aquatics Award’’ from the National help build the mighty Hoover Dam and wound Recreation and Parks Association. This honor up being employed forty years on the site. was given for the exceptional quality of all the Tommy was an outstanding individual who HON. ROB SIMMONS aquatic programs offered through the Parks was admired by all who knew him. He was OF CONNECTICUT and Recreation Department; the ‘‘Excellence also an excellent musician and played his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in Education Hall of Fame Award’’ from the trumpet at many patriotic ceremonies and fu- Saturday, April 12, 2003 Clark County School District; the Boulder City nerals of our service men and women. Municipal Golf Course was recognized state- Nevada has lost a great American whose Mr. SIMMONS. Mr. Speaker, l rise today in wide as number 10 in top values throughout spirit will live on in the hearts of Nevadans. support of the naming of the U.S. Department the State and best course under $100 in f of Veterans Affairs Community Based Out- reach Clinic, located on the grounds of the southern Nevada by the ‘‘Las Vegas Golfer TRIBUTE TO PEGGY A. CROWTHER United States Coast Guard Academy in New Magazine;’’ National Geographic Adventure London, CT, as the ‘‘John J. McGuirk Depart- Magazine named Boulder City’s Bootleg Can- HON. DOUG OSE ment of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.’’ yon Mountain Bike Trail facility as one of the As an enlisted salvage diver in the United top 50 Favorite Adventure Places, November, OF CALIFORNIA 2002. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES States Navy during World War II, John McGuirk worked his way across the South Pa- I urge my colleagues in this House and peo- Saturday, April 12, 2003 cific from Pearl Harbor to Manila, Philippines ple across the country to visit Boulder City, Mr. OSE. Mr. Speaker, Peggy A. Crowther aboard the USS Layson Island. For his serv- Nevada, and see this wonderful, award-win- has served, with distinction, as the Executive ice, John was awarded the World War II Vic- ning community first hand.

VerDate Jan 31 2003 01:37 Apr 13, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12AP8.003 E12PT1 E784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 12, 2003 FAMILIES LIVING IN THE SECOND athlete, he excelled in baseball during his col- hometown, has proclaimed April 10th as Roel DISTRICT OF ARIZONA WHO lege years and later played in Italy’s baseball C. Campos Day to celebrate the success of HAVE LOST CHILDREN IN THE major league in Nettuno. He participated in the their native son, someone who has worked IRAQI CONFLICT 1984 Los Angeles Olympics as part of the hard, stayed true to his values, and found suc- Italian Baseball Team. cess as an Air Force officer, a lawyer, a pros- HON. TRENT FRANKS After retiring in the late 1980s, he remained ecutor, a businessman, and now the first His- OF ARIZONA involved in coaching and pursued another panic commissioner of the Securities and Ex- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES passion, cycling. About a year and a half ago, change Commission. Sworn in on August 20, 2002, Commis- Saturday, April 12, 2003 while preparing for a race, he collapsed and was later diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He sioner Campos has proven himself an inde- Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, today refused to let the diagnosis stop him from fol- pendent-minded commissioner who advocates I rise to express a deep and abiding gratitude lowing his dreams. He continued running and for protecting investors and eliminating cor- to the families living in the second district of cycling, and he is now qualifying for the long- porate abuses. Both Democrats and Repub- Arizona who have lost children in the Iraqi est and most difficult race in the history of cy- licans have been impressed with his commit- Conflict. They include: Carol Howland of King- cling, the Paris-Brest-Paris. ment to restoring fairness and integrity to the man, who lost her son James Kiehl; Sandy Although living in Italy, Tony Lonero has al- financial markets. Mr. Campos also focuses Watson of Peoria whose son Michael Williams ways remained a patriotic American. He has on supporting emerging companies and minor- was killed in action, the Piestewa family—and maintained his U.S. citizenship and always ity entrepreneurs. the entire Hopi Nation—who mourn the loss of carries out his civic responsibilities by voting He has used his position to make the secu- their daughter Lori Ann. I have spoken to via absentee ballot. rities industry and corporations aware of the each, and have been inspired by their unwav- Mr. Speaker, let us join in offering our changing demographics of America, and the ering faith and enduring strength. warmest congratulations and best wishes for great potential the Hispanic, African American Mr. Speaker, the tragic stories of this war continued success to this outstanding athlete and Asian American communities have to offer are not unique to Arizona. So many Members and American, Mr. Tony Lonero, as he re- in the financial markets. These important seg- of this Congress can recall fallen heroes from ceives the special honor of being inducted into ments of American society have historically the communities they represent, and those the Pennsylvania Hills Sports Hall of Fame. been overlooked by corporate America. noble families who personify the sacrifice of Commissioner Campos, born in Harlingen, war. America’s sons and daughters have f Texas to Mexican American parents, was the fought bravely in this battle and some have RECOGNIZING THE MEN AND first in his family to attend college. He earned died defending their homeland and bringing WOMEN OF THE NEVADA NA- his law degree from Harvard Law School in freedom to a people they have never met. TIONAL GUARD 1979, an M.B.A. from UCLA in 1972, and a Today, Mr. Speaker, the American flag flies at B.S. from the U.S. Air Force Academy in half-staff in all of our hearts as this Nation HON. JON C. PORTER 1971. Mr. Campos began his career serving tearfully lays these valiant sons and daughters as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. After his OF NEVADA of freedom in the loving arms of God. stint in the U.S. Air Force, he worked for major Words fail me to express the unspeakable IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES law firms in Los Angeles as a corporate trans- debt of gratitude owed to the families of Amer- Saturday, April 12, 2003 actions/securities lawyer and litigator for fifteen ica who have sacrificed their own loved ones Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to years. Beginning in 1985, he served as a fed- for the cause of human freedom. So may I re- honor the men and women of the Nevada Na- eral prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s Office spectfully appropriate the words of Abraham tional Guard and their Commanding General, in Los Angeles. After several years as a fed- Lincoln who sought to offer comfort in a letter Major General Giles E. Vanderhoof. eral prosecutor, he returned to private practice to a precious mother who had lost five sons Since September 11 the Nevada National and co-founded El Dorado Communications, on the battlefield. It is my prayer that his Guard has been on the front lines of the war Inc. He is married to Mini Villarreal and has words can be received into the hearts of all of on terror, providing troops for Operations two sons. those who mourn the loss of their beloved sol- Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi I commend Commissioner Campos for his dier: Mr. Lincoln wrote: ‘‘I feel how weak and Freedom. With more than 700 soldiers and efforts on behalf of minority communities, busi- fruitless must be any words of mine which airmen activated, Nevada has one of the high- nesses and investors. His actions demonstrate should attempt to beguile you from the grief of est percentages of mobilized troops in the his commitment to expanding opportunities for a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain country. The 152nd Airlift Wing, 152nd Secu- all Americans, regardless of background. His from tendering to you the consolation that may rity Police Squadron, 72nd Military Police dedication to proper enforcement actions be found in the thanks of the Republic they Company, 152nd Intelligence Squadron, 777th against those who commit corporate fraud will died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father Engineer Detachment, and other units have all help restore the American people’s confidence may assuage the anguish of your bereave- responded with valor and dedication to their in our financial institutions. Perhaps most important, though, is that his ment, and leave you only the cherished mem- country’s call. impressive resume and achievements have ory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride The Nevada National Guard has a long his- not changed the strong character of this man that must be yours, to have laid so costly a tory of service to this nation, serving in the from South Texas. I appreciate his commit- sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.’’ Pueblo crisis, the Persian Gulf War, and Bos- ment to people, his understanding of the chal- May all of us this day take poignant inven- nia. I salute each and every member of the lenges that so many Americans face, and his tory of American freedom, and may we never National Guard and pledge my full support for desire to create an SEC that responds to their forget those who paid for it. them and their families. General Vanderhoof needs. Roel C. Campos is a true asset to the f and his staff are to be commended for their Securities and Exchange Commission and the success in training and leading such a force. CONGRATULATIONS TO TONY American people. LONERO, SPORTS HALL OF FAME f f INDUCTEE IN HONOR OF SECURITIES AND EX- EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR RE- CHANGE COMMISSIONER ROEL C. NEWED EFFORT TO FIND PEACE- HON. DONALD M. PAYNE CAMPOS OF NEW JERSEY FUL, JUST, AND LASTING SET- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TLEMENT TO THE CYPRUS PROB- HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ LEM Saturday, April 12, 2003 OF TEXAS Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPEECH OF my colleagues here in the United States Saturday, April 12, 2003 HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF House of Representatives to join me in hon- OF CALIFORNIA oring a very special person, Mr. Tony Lonero, Mr. RODRIGUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as he is inducted into the Pennsylvania Hills to honor Securities and Exchange Commis- Sports Hall of Fame on April 25, 2003. sioner Roel C. Campos for the dignity with Wednesday, April 9, 2003 Mr. Lonero’s story is one of courage and in- which he has assumed his responsibilities at Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to spiration which makes all of us proud. An avid the SEC. The City of Harlingen, Texas, his join my colleagues in expressing my support

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HIGHLIGHTS The House and Senate agreed to the conference report on H. Con. Res. 95, Congressional Budget Resolution for FY 2004 on April 11. The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 1559, Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations, and, pursuant to a Senate unanimous consent agreement, when the Senate receives the con- ference report from the House, and with the concurrence of the two Senate Leaders, the conference report shall be agreed to the Senate. The Senate and House agreed to S. Con. Res. 38, providing for a condi- tional adjournment or recess of the Senate until noon on Monday, April 28 and a conditional adjournment of the House of Representa- tives until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29. Senate Chamber Action Committee Meetings The Senate was not in session today. It will next No committee meetings were held. meet on Monday, April 28, 2003 at 12 noon. h House of Representatives Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropria- Chamber Action tions Conference Report: The House agreed to the Measures Introduced: 6 public bills, H.R. conference report on H.R. 1559, making emergency 1828–1833; 1 private bill, H.R. 1834; and 5 resolu- wartime supplemental appropriations for the fiscal tions, H.J. Res. 53–54, and H. Con. Res. 153–155, year ending September 30, 2003, by voice vote. were introduced Pages H3407–08 Pages H3385–H3404 Additional Cosponsors: Page H3408 The conference report was considered pursuant to the unanimous consent order to consider the con- Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: ference report at any time, that all points of order Conference report on H.R. 1559, making emer- and against its consideration be waived, that it be gency wartime supplemental appropriations for the considered as read, and that clause 10 of Rule XX, fiscal year ending September 30, 2003 (H. Rept. dealing with the automatic yeas and nays on adop- 108–76). Pages H3357–85, H3407 tion of a conference report making general appro- Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the priations, shall not apply to the question of adoption guest Chaplain, Rev. Stephen J. Rossetti, Ph.D., D. of the conference report. Page H3385 Min., President, Saint Luke Institute of Silver Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Spring, Maryland. Page H3357 Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Thorn- Recess: The House recessed at 10:06 a.m. and re- berry or, if not available to perform this duty, Rep- convened at 12:01 p.m. Page H3385 resentative Gilchrest to act as Speaker pro tempore D406

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to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions through CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD April 29. Page H3404 Week of April 14 through April 19, 2003 Calendar Wednesday: Agree to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, April Senate Chamber 30. Page H3405 Senate stands in adjournment until Monday, Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page H3357. April, 28, 2003. Referrals: S. 703 and S. 763 were referred to the Senate Committees Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; S.J. (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Res. 8 was referred to the Committee on the Judici- ary; and S. Con. Res. 36 and S. Con. Res. 37 were No meetings/hearings schedule. held at the desk. Page H3405 House Chamber Quorum Calls—Votes: No quorum calls or re- House stands in adjournment until Tuesday, April corded developed during the proceedings of the 29, 2003. House today. Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at House Committees 12:54 p.m. the House stands adjourned pursuant to Committee on International Relations, April 16, hearing on S. Con. Res. 38, until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29. Castro’s Brutal Crackdown on Dissidents, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. Committee Meetings No committee meetings were held.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12 noon, Monday, April 28 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 29

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: After the transaction of any Program for Tuesday: To be announced. morning business (not to extend beyond 1 p.m.), Senate will begin consideration of the nomination of Jeffrey S. Sutton, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Faleomavaega, Eni F.H., American Samoa, E780 Porter, Jon C., Nev., E782, E783, E783, E784, E785 Franks, Trent, Ariz., E784 Price, David E., N.C., E771 Becerra, Xavier, Calif., E778 Goodlatte, Bob, Va., E774 Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E778 Berkley, Shelley, Nev., E779 Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E779 Reyes, Silvestre, Tex., E781 Bishop, Rob, Utah, E777 Green, Gene, Tex., E772 Rodriguez, Ciro D., Tex., E784 Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E774 Hastert, J. Dennis, Ill., E782 Boehner, John A., Ohio, E782 Hunter, Duncan, Calif., E776 Rogers, Harold, Ky., E765, E767 Boyd, Allen, Fla., E771 Jones, Walter B., N.C., E775 Saxton, Jim, N.J., E769 Brown, Henry E., Jr., S.C., E776 Kleczka, Gerald D., Wisc., E779 Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E781 Burgess, Michale C., Tex., E781 Knollenberg, Joe, Mich., E776 Schiff, Adam B., Calif., E784 Camp, Dave, Mich., E777 Lee, Barbara, Calif., E769, E771 Shimkus, John, Ill., E778 Cannon, Chris, Utah, E777 McCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E775 Simmons, Rob, Conn., E782, E783 Castle, Michael N., Del., E768, E771 Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E772 Skelton, Ike, Mo., E766, E767 Chocola, Chris, Ind., E774 Meehan, Martin T., Mass., E780 Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E765, E767 Clyburn, James E., S.C., E765, E766, E768 Miller, George, Calif., E769 Turner, Michael R., Ohio, E775 Crane, Philip M., Ill., E773 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E782 Crowley, Joseph, N.Y., E773 Neal, Richard E., Mass., E766, E767 Udall, Mark, Colo., E776 Cubin, Barbara, Wyo., E766, E768 Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E782 Udall, Tom, N.M., E775 Cummings, Elijah E., Md., E770 Ose, Doug, Calif., E783 Wamp, Zach, Tenn., E772 Davis, Susan A., Calif., E777 Owens, Major R., N.Y., E770 Whitfield, Ed, Ky., E780 Diaz-Balart, Mario, Fla., E777 Payne, Donald M., N.J., E784 Wilson, Heather, N.M., E779

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