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108hr4989ih | If the Secretary makes such a determination, the Secretary shall disclose such identification (and associated assessment) in a classified annex. (g) Definitions
In this section: (1) Annual Report
The term Annual Report means the Annual Report on the Promotion of Religious Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights in Forei... |
108hr4989ih | (3) Media group or organization
The term media group or organization means a group or organization that gathers and disseminates news and information to the public (through any medium of mass communication) in a foreign country in which the group or organization is located, except that the term does not include a grou... |
108hr4989ih | (4) Nongovernmental organization
The term nongovernmental organization means an organization that works at the local level to promote religious freedom, democracy, or human rights in a foreign country in which the organization is located, except that the term does not include an organization that is primarily an agenc... |
108hr4989ih | (5) Religious freedom
The term religious freedom means the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion and religious belief and practice, as set forth in the international instruments referred to in paragraph (2) of section 2(a) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6401(a) ) and a... |
108hr4071ih | 1. Extension of time for filing claims under September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Section 405(a)(3) of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 ( 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking 2 and inserting 3. |
108hr4389ih | 1. Definitions
For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) District
The term District means the Fallbrook Public Utility District, San Diego County, California. (2) Project
The term Project means the impoundment, recharge, treatment, and other facilities the construction, operation, and ma... |
108hr4389ih | 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, as far as those laws are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain to make the yield of the Lower Santa Margarita Conjunctive Use Project to be located below the confluence of De Luz Creek with the Sant... |
108hr4389ih | (b) Conditions
The Secretary of the Interior may construct the Project only after the Secretary of the Interior determines that the following conditions have occurred: (1) The District has entered into a contract under section 9(d) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to repay to the United States appropriate portio... |
108hr4389ih | (2) The officer or agency of the State of California authorized by law to grant permits for the appropriation of water has granted such permits to the Bureau of Reclamation for the benefit of the Department of the Navy and the District as permitees for rights to the use of water for storage and diversion as provided in... |
108hr4389ih | (3) The District has agreed that it will not assert against the United States any prior appropriative right the District may have to water in excess of the quantity deliverable to it under this Act, and will share in the use of the waters impounded by the Project on the basis of equal priority and in accordance with th... |
108hr4389ih | (4) The Secretary of the Interior has determined that the Project has economic and engineering feasibility. 3. Costs
The Department of the Navy shall not be responsible for any costs in connection with the Project, except upon completion and then shall be charged in reasonable proportion to its use of the Project unde... |
108hr4389ih | Operation; yield allotment; delivery
(a) Operation
The operation of the Project may be by the Secretary of the Interior or otherwise as agreed upon by the Secretaries of the Interior and the Navy and the District, under regulations satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy with respect to the Navy’s share of the impo... |
108hr4389ih | (b) Yield allotment
Except as otherwise agreed between the parties, the Department of the Navy and the District shall participate in the water impounded by the Project on the basis of equal priority and in accordance with the following ratio: (1) 60 percent of the Project’s yield is allotted to the Secretary of the Na... |
108hr4389ih | (c) Contracts for delivery of water
(1) In general
If the Secretary of the Navy certifies that the Secretary does not have immediate need for any portion of the 60 percent yield allotted under subsection (b), the official agreed upon to administer the Project may enter into temporary contracts for the delivery of the... |
108hr4389ih | The first right to water available under paragraph (1) shall be given the District, if otherwise consistent with the laws of the State of California. (3) Disposition of funds
Moneys paid in to the United States under a contract under this subsection shall be covered into the general Treasury or to the Secretary of the... |
108hr4389ih | (4) Modification of rights and obligations related to water yield
The rights and obligations of the United States and the District regarding the ratio or amounts of Project yield delivered may be modified by an agreement between the parties. 5. Repayment obligation of the District
(a) In general
The general repaymen... |
108hr4389ih | on the long-term loans of the United States outstanding on the date of this Act) to be undertaken pursuant to section 2 shall be spread in annual installments, which need not be equal, over a period of not more than 56 years, exclusive of the development period, or as near thereto as is consistent with the operation of... |
108hr4389ih | (b) Development period
The development period shall begin in the year in which water for use by the District is first available, as announced by the Secretary of the Interior or the Treasury, and shall end in the year in which the Project’s yield to the District exceeds 6,000 acre-feet per annum. |
108hr4389ih | During the development period water shall be delivered to the District under annual water rental notices at rates fixed by the Secretary of the Interior or the Treasury and payable in advance, and any moneys collected in excess of operation and maintenance costs shall be credited to repayment of the capital costs charg... |
108hr4389ih | Transfer of care, operation, and maintenance
The Secretary may transfer to the District, or a mutually agreed upon third party, the care, operation, and maintenance of the Project under conditions satisfactory to that Secretary and the District, and with respect to the portion of the Project that is located within the... |
108hr4389ih | The amount of such costs shall be applied against the indebtedness of the District to the United States. 7. Scope of act
For the purpose of this Act, the basis, measure, and limit of all rights of the United States pertaining to the use of water shall be the laws of the State of California. That nothing in this Act sh... |
108hr4389ih | Pendleton and adjoining naval installations, and the rights to the use of water as a part of that acquisition, or through actual use or prescription or both since the date of that acquisition, if any; (2) to create any legal obligation to store any water in the Project, to the use of which the United States has such ri... |
108hr4389ih | or (4) to require the division under this Act of water to which the United States has such rights. 8. Limitations on operation and administration
Unless otherwise agreed by the Secretary of the Navy, the Project— (1) shall be operated in a manner which allows the free passage of all of the water to the use of which th... |
108hr4389ih | or both, since the date of that acquisition, if any; and (2) shall not be administered or operated in any way which will impair or deplete the quantities of water the use of which the United States would be entitled under the laws of the State of California had the Project not been built. 9. |
108hr4389ih | Authorization of Appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the following: (1) $60,000,000 (the current estimated construction cost of the Project, plus or minus such amounts as may be indicated by the engineering cost indice... |
108hr4389ih | Reports to congress
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and periodically thereafter, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of the Navy shall each report to the Congress regarding if the conditions specified in section 2(b) have been met and if so, the deta... |
108hr5424ih | 1. Repeal of Privacy Officer provision
Section 522 of the Transportation, Treasury, Independent Agencies, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2005 (division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005), is hereby repealed. |
108hr5364ih | 1. Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building
(a) Designation
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5505 Stevens Way in San Diego, California, shall be known and designated as the Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building. (b) References
Any reference in a law, map, regulat... |
108hr5347ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Methamphetamine Abuse Prevention Act of 2004. 2. Findings
Congress finds that— (1) methamphetamine is a dangerous drug distributed throughout the United States; (2) the manufacture, distribution, and use of methamphetamine results in increased crime, damage to the environme... |
108hr5347ih | (4) pseudoephedrine is one of the basic precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine; (5) the United States Drug Enforcement Administration has indicated that methamphetamine manufacturers often obtain pseudoephedrine from retail and wholesale distributors, in both bottles and blister packs , and that... |
108hr5347ih | there is no such limit on the sale of blister-packed pseudoephedrine products; (7) the 9 gram limit on bottled pseudoephedrine allows an individual to purchase approximately 366 thirty-milligram tablets per transaction, which is significantly more than a typical consumer would need for legitimate purposes; (8) reducing... |
108hr5347ih | (9) the United States Drug Enforcement Administration recommended in March 2002 that retail distribution of pseudoephedrine tablets in blister packages should not be exempt from the general retail sales limit; and (10) in recommending legislation to correct the current disparity in the law between bottled and blister-p... |
108hr5347ih | Reduction of retail sales threshold to 6 grams
Section 102(39)(A)(iv)(II) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802(39)(A)(iv)(II) ) is amended— (1) by striking 9 grams each place such term appears and inserting 6 grams ; and (2) by striking and sold in package sizes of not more than 3 grams of pseudoephedrine ... |
108hr5347ih | package sizes of not more than 3.0 grams of pseudoephedrine base or 3.0 grams of phenylpropanolamine base, and packaged in blister packs, each blister containing not more than 2 dosage units, or where the use of blister packs is technically infeasible, packaged in unit dose packets or pouches and, with respect to liqui... |
108hr5347ih | Elimination of blister pack exemption
(a) Regulated transaction
Section 102(39)(A)(iv)(I)(aa) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802(39)(A)(iv)(I)(aa) ) is amended by striking , except that and all that follows through 1996). (b) Definition
Section 102 of the Controlled substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ) is ... |
108hr5347ih | (c) Rule of law
To the extent that there exists a conflict between the amendment made by subsection (a) and section 401(d) of the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 ( 21 U.S.C. 802 note), the amendment shall control. 5. National uniformity for restrictions on the sale of pseudoephedrine products
Sectio... |
108hr5347ih | and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Pseudoephedrine drug product
(1) State and local requirements
(A) In general
No State or political subdivision of a State or State authorized entity may establish with respect to the retail sales of any pseudoephedrine drug product any requirement or restriction that i... |
108hr5347ih | (B) State penalties
Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed as preventing a State or political subdivision of a State from adopting penalties that are different from, or in addition to, or that are otherwise not identical with, the penalties that apply under this Act. |
108hr5347ih | (C) Grandfather clause
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any requirement or restriction regarding the retail sale of pseudoephedrine drug products established by a State or political subdivision of a State or State authorized entity enacted prior to January 1, 2005, other than a requirement or restriction allowing a... |
108hr5347ih | may exempt from paragraph (1)(A), under such conditions as the Attorney General may prescribe, a State or political subdivision requirement upon a determination by the Attorney General that— (i) pseudoephedrine drug products obtained in that State or political subdivision are being used as a significant source of precu... |
108hr5347ih | (B) Judicial review
(i) Review in court of appeals
Within 10 days after a determination by the Attorney General under subparagraph (A), the State or political subdivision involved, or an individual affected by the determination, may file a petition for judicial review of such determination in the United States Court ... |
108hr5347ih | (II) Service regarding petition
With respect to a petition under clause (i), if the court determines that proper service was not made on the Attorney General within 5 days after the date on which the petition was filed with the court, the running of the 20-day period under subclause (I) shall not begin before the day ... |
108hr5347ih | (C) Computation of days
For purposes of this paragraph, Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday in the District of Columbia shall not be counted as the last day of any period. (3) Definitions
As used in this subsection, the term pseudoephedrine drug product means a product containing pseudoephedrine that may be marketed... |
108hr4927ih | 1. Short title; table of contents
(a) Short title
This Act may be cited as the ESRD Modernization Act of 2004. (b) Table of contents
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents Title I—Modernizing the medicare ESRD payment system Sec. 101. Establishment of annual update fr... |
108hr4927ih | 202. Medicare coverage of kidney disease patient education services Sec. 203. Blood flow monitoring demonstration projects Title III—Financing and coverage for ESRD patients Sec. 301. Improving the home dialysis benefit Sec. 302. Institute of Medicine evaluation and report on home dialysis Title IV—Sustainable economic... |
108hr4927ih | GAO study and report on impact of G-codes 101. Establishment of annual update framework for the medicare ESRD composite rate
(a) In general
Section 1881(b)(12)(F) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)(12)(F) ), as added by section 623(d) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act... |
108hr4927ih | the Secretary shall annually increase the basic case-mix adjusted payment amounts established under this paragraph— (i) with respect to the composite rate component of the basic case-mix adjusted system described in subparagraph (B)(i), by the ESRD market basket percentage increase (as defined in paragraph (14)(A) and ... |
108hr4927ih | by— (I) applying the estimated growth in expenditures for drugs and biologicals (including erythropoietin) that are separately billable to such component; and (II) converting the amount determined in subclause (I) to an increase applicable to the basic case-mix adjusted payment amounts established under such subparagra... |
108hr4927ih | 1395rr(b) ), as amended by section 623(d) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–173 ; 117 Stat. 2313) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (14) (A) For purposes of this title, the term ESRD market basket percentage increase means, with res... |
108hr4927ih | the percentage (estimated by the Secretary before the beginning of such year) by which— (i) the cost of the mix of goods and services included in the provision of dialysis services (including the costs described in subparagraph (D)) that is determined based on an index of appropriately weighted indicators of changes in... |
108hr4927ih | (B) In addition to determining the percentage update under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall also take into account any change in the costs of furnishing the mix of goods and services described in such subparagraph resulting from— (i) the adoption of scientific and technological innovations used to provide dialysis... |
108hr4927ih | (C) The Secretary shall annually review and update the items and services included in the mix of goods and services used to determine the percentage under subparagraph (A). |
108hr4927ih | (D) The costs described in this subparagraph include— (i) labor costs, including direct patient care costs and administrative labor costs, vacation and holiday pay, payroll taxes, and employee benefits; (ii) other direct costs, including drugs, supplies, and laboratory fees; (iii) overhead costs, including medical dire... |
108hr4927ih | Support of public and patient education initiatives regarding kidney disease
(a) Chronic kidney disease demonstration projects
(1) In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall establish demonstration projects to— (A) increase public awareness about the f... |
108hr4927ih | (2) Scope and duration
(A) Scope
The Secretary shall select at least 3 States in which to conduct demonstration projects under this subsection. In selecting the States under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall take into account the size of the population of medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease and e... |
108hr4927ih | (3) Evaluation and report
(A) Evaluation
The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the demonstration projects conducted under this subsection. (B) Report
Not later than 6 months after the date on which the demonstration projects under this subsection are completed, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report ... |
108hr4927ih | (b) ESRD self-management demonstration projects
(1) In general
The Secretary shall establish demonstration projects to enable individuals with end-stage renal disease to develop self-management skills. (2) Scope and duration
(A) Scope
The Secretary shall select at least 3 States in which to conduct demonstration pr... |
108hr4927ih | (B) Duration
The demonstration projects under this section shall be conducted for a period that is not longer than 5 years that begins on January 1, 2006. (3) Evaluation and report
(A) Evaluation
The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the demonstration projects conducted under this subsection. (B) Report
Not ... |
108hr4927ih | (4) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.”. 202. Medicare coverage of kidney disease patient education services
(a) Coverage of kidney disease education services
(1) Coverage
Section 1861(s)(2) of t... |
108hr4927ih | 1395x ), as amended by section 642(a)(1) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–173 ; 117 Stat. 2322), is amended— (A) in subparagraph (Y), by striking and after the semicolon at the end; (B) in subparagraph (Z), by adding and after the semicolon at the end; and (... |
108hr4927ih | (2) Services described
Section 1861 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x ), as amended by section 706(b) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–173 ; 117 Stat. 2339), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (bbb) Kidney disease educa... |
108hr4927ih | will require dialysis or a kidney transplant; (B) furnished, upon the referral of the physician managing the individual’s kidney condition, by a qualified person (as defined in paragraph (2)); and (C) designed— (i) to provide comprehensive information regarding— (I) the management of co-morbidities; (II) the prevention... |
108hr4927ih | (2) The term qualified person means— (A) a physician (as described in subsection (r)(1)); (B) an individual who— (i) is— (I) a registered nurse; (II) a registered dietitian or nutrition professional (as defined in subsection (vv)(2)); (III) a clinical social worker (as defined in subsection (hh)(1)); (IV) a physician a... |
108hr4927ih | and (ii) meets such requirements related to experience and other qualifications that the Secretary finds necessary and appropriate for furnishing the services described in paragraph (1); or (C) a renal dialysis facility subject to the requirements of section 1881(b)(1) with personnel who— (i) provide the services descr... |
108hr4927ih | (3) The Secretary shall develop the requirements under paragraphs (1)(C)(i) and (2)(B)(ii) after consulting with physicians, health educators, professional organizations, accrediting organizations, kidney patient organizations, dialysis facilities, transplant centers, network organizations described in section 1881(c)(... |
108hr4927ih | (5) The Secretary shall monitor the implementation of this subsection to ensure that beneficiaries who are eligible for kidney disease education services receive such services in the manner described in paragraph (4). (6) No individual shall be eligible to be provided more than 6 sessions of kidney disease education se... |
108hr4927ih | 1395w–4(j)(3) ), as amended by section 611(c) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–173 ; 117 Stat. 2304), is amended by inserting (2)(AA), after (2)(W),. (4) Payment to renal dialysis facilities
Section 1881(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. |
108hr4927ih | 1395rr(b) ), as amended by section 2(b), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (15) For purposes of paragraph (12), the single composite weighted formulas determined under such paragraph shall not take into account the amount of payment for kidney disease education services (as defined in section... |
108hr4927ih | 1395y(a)(1) ), as amended by section 613(c) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–173 ; 117 Stat. |
108hr4927ih | 2306), is amended— (A) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (L); (B) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (M) and inserting , and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (N) in the case of kidney disease education services (as defined in section 1861(bbb)), which are perform... |
108hr4927ih | the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall submit to Congress a report on the number of medicare beneficiaries who are entitled to kidney disease education services (as defined in section 1861(bbb) of the Social Security Act , as added by paragraph (1)) under title ... |
108hr4927ih | (b) Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to services furnished on and after January 1, 2006. 203. Blood flow monitoring demonstration projects
(a) Establishment
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall establish demonstration projects ... |
108hr4927ih | (c) Evaluation and report
(1) Evaluation
The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the demonstration projects conducted under this section. (2) Report
Not later than 6 months after the date on which the demonstration projects under this section are completed, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the... |
108hr4927ih | to such extent and for such period as the Secretary determines is necessary to conduct the demonstration projects. (e) Authorization of appropriations
(1) In general
Payments for the costs of carrying out the demonstration project under this section shall be made from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust... |
108hr4927ih | Improving the home dialysis benefit
(a) In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall provide appropriate incentives to improve the home dialysis benefit for individuals on behalf of whom payment may be made under section 1881 of the Social Security Act ( ... |
108hr4927ih | 1395w–4 ) so that the amount paid for services related to end-stage renal disease furnished to home dialysis patients is equal to the amount paid for services related to end-stage renal disease furnished to other patients with 4 or more face-to-face physician visits per month. 302. Institute of Medicine evaluation and ... |
108hr4927ih | the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall enter into an arrangement under which the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (in this section referred to as the Institute ) shall conduct an evaluation of the barriers that exist to increasing the nu... |
108hr4927ih | (2) Specific matters evaluated
In conducting the evaluation under paragraph (1), the Institute shall— (A) compare current medicare home dialysis payments with current in-center and hospital dialysis payments; (B) catalogue and evaluate the incentives and disincentives in the current reimbursement system that influence... |
108hr4927ih | (3) Scope of review
The Institute shall consider a variety of perspectives, including the perspectives of physicians, other health care professionals, hospitals, dialysis facilities, health plans, purchasers, and patients. (b) Report
Not later than the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, t... |
108hr4927ih | (c) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for purposes of conducting the evaluation and preparing the report required by this section. 401. Modification of physician surgical reimbursement for dialysis access procedures to align incentives for cost and qu... |
108hr4927ih | 1395l(i)(1) ) the full range of dialysis access procedures when provided to individuals with end stage renal disease who are entitled to benefits under part A and enrolled under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act pursuant to section 226A of that Act ( 42 U.S.C. 426 ). |
108hr4927ih | For purposes of the preceding sentence, the full range of dialysis services includes all reasonable and necessary intervention procedures for the creation, repair, and maintenance of an individual’s dialysis access, such as the placement, insertion, and maintenance services related to fistulas, synthetic grafts, tunnel... |
108hr4927ih | 1395w–4(c)(2) ) that are applicable with respect to physicians’ services for vascular access procedures to encourage clinically appropriate placement of natural vascular access for dialysis patients. 402. Demonstration project for outcomes-based ESRD reimbursement system
(a) Establishment
Subject to the succeeding pr... |
108hr4927ih | (b) Outcomes-based ESRD reimbursement system
(1) In general
Under the demonstration projects, the Secretary shall provide financial incentives to providers of services and renal dialysis facilities that demonstrate improved quality of care to such beneficiaries. (2) Consideration of outcomes and case-mix
In determin... |
108hr4927ih | (3) Incentives described
The financial incentives provided under paragraph (1) shall— (A) reflect the interactions of payments under parts A and B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act ; and (B) recognize improvements based on high quality outcomes during previous periods as well as recent changes in performance t... |
108hr4927ih | (d) Evaluation and report
(1) Evaluation
The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the demonstration projects conducted under this section. (2) Report
Not later than 6 months after the date on which the demonstration projects are completed, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the evaluation conduct... |
108hr4927ih | to such extent and for such period as the Secretary determines is necessary to conduct the demonstration projects. (f) Authorization of appropriations
(1) In general
Payments for the costs of carrying out the demonstration project under this section shall be made from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust... |
108hr4927ih | GAO study and report on impact of G-codes
(a) Study
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the impact of the temporary codes for nephrologists’ services applicable under the fee schedule for physicians’ services under section 1848 of the Social Security Act (commonly known as G-codes ). |
108hr4927ih | (b) Report
Not later than the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a) together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropria... |
108hr4336ih | 1. Prohibition on operation of medicare comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in the District of Columbia
Section 1860C–1(b)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–29(b)(2) ), as added by section 241(a) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–173 ), i... |
108hr5029ih | 1. Air Show Exemption in Certain Cases
Section 521(a)(2) of the Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 ( Public Law 108–199 , div. |
108hr5029ih | F) is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (B)(v); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (D) to allow the operations of an aircraft participating in an air show in restricted airspace if the Administr... |
108hr3831ih | 1. Extension of sunset on assault weapons ban for 10 years
Section 110105(2) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 18 U.S.C. 921 note) is amended by inserting , or in the case of the amendments made by section 110102, 20 years, after 10 years. |
108hr4633ih | 1. Findings
The Congress makes the following findings: (1) Ray Charles, one of America's greatest and most influential musical artists and an international cultural icon, died in Los Angeles on June 10, 2004. (2) In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ray Charles enjoyed immense fame across America and the world... |
108hr4633ih | (3) With his unique baritone voice and vibrant personality, he broke all musical conventions, blending blues, gospel, jazz, pop and rock music to create his own incomparable musical songbook. (4) His rendition of America the Beautiful has been described as the country's national hymn, while his rendition of Georgia was... |
108hr4633ih | (6) Ray Charles, who was as popular among white as Black audiences, shattered traditional divisions between Black and white music. (7) His multiracial appeal enhanced the movement toward racial equality during the Civil Rights movement. (8) As a supporter of that Movement, he performed benefit concerts and provided add... |
108hr4633ih | (10) A financial backer of the state of Israel, Ray Charles once described Blacks and Jews as bound together by a common history of persecution. (11) Ray Charles was born on September 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia, grew up in extreme poverty with his mother and 2 siblings in Greenville, Florida, lost his sight at the ag... |
108hr4633ih | (12) He overcame poverty, racial discrimination, and personal failures to become an immensely respected and dazzling figure in American culture, a fighter against injustice at home and abroad. (13) Whether plaintive or rousing, the music of Ray Charles transformed the everyday lives, pain, and joy of the common people ... |
108hr4633ih | Congressional gold medal
(a) Presentation authorized
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, to the personal representative of Ray Charles a gold medal of appropriate design in recognit... |
108hr4633ih | Duplicate medals
Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck under section 2 at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 4. National medals ... |
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