To provide for epidemiological studies on Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam.

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

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SA 2191. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Carper, Mr. Brownback, Mr.
Hagel, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mrs. Murray, and Mr.
DeWine) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA
2150 by Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861,
making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

On page 125, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

SEC. 418. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING/SECTION 8
MOVING TO WORK DEMONSTRATION AGREEMENTS.

(a) Extension.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall extend the term of the Moving to Work
Demonstration Agreement entered into between a public housing
agency and the Secretary under section 204, title V, of the
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of
1996 (Pub. L. 104-134, April 26, 1996) if--
(1) the public housing agency requests such extension in
writing;
(2) the public housing agency is not at the time of such
request for extension in default under its Moving to Work
Demonstration Agreement; and
(3) the Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement to be
extended would otherwise expire on or before December 31,
2004.

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(b) Terms.--Unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development and the public housing agency otherwise agree,
the extension under subsection (a) shall be upon the
identical terms and conditions set forth in the extending
agency's existing Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement,
except that for each public housing agency that has been or
will be granted an extension to its original Moving to Work
agreement, the Secretary shall require that data be collected
so that the effect of Moving to Work policy changes on
residents can be measured.
(c) Extension Period.--The extension under subsection (a)
shall be for such period as is requested by the public
housing agency, not to exceed 3 years from the date of
expiration of the extending agency's existing Moving to Work
Demonstration Agreement.
(d) Breach of Agreement.--Nothing contained in this section
shall limit the authority of the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development to terminate any Moving to Work
Demonstration Agreement of a public housing agency if the
public housing agency is in breach of the provisions of such
agreement.

SEC. 419. STUDY OF MOVING TO WORK PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--The General Accounting Office shall
conduct a study of the Moving to Work demonstration program
to evaluate--
(1) whether the statutory goals of the Moving to Work
demonstration program are being met;
(2) the effects policy changes related to the Moving to
Work demonstration program have had on residents; and
(3) whether public housing agencies participating in the
Moving to Work program are meeting the requirements of the
Moving to Work demonstration program under law and any
agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
(b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the General Accounting Office shall
submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under
subsection (a).
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SA 2192. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms.
Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, making appropriations for the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 106, strike line 14 and all that follows through
``President'' and insert the following:
as determined by the Administrator.

Executive Office of the President

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SA 2193. Mr. DAYTON (for himself and Mr. Coleman) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr.
Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, making
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 58, line 21, strike ``$1,112,130,000'' and insert
``$1,111,030,000''.

On page 125, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
Sec. 418. There shall be made available $1,100,000 to the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the purposes
of making the grant authorized under section 3 of the Paul
and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act.
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SA 2194. Mr. BOND (for Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Graham of
Florida)) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr.
Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, making
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 125, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following
new section:
Sec. 418. (a) Congress makes the following findings:
(1) During Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert
Storm (in this section, collectively referred to as the
``First Gulf War''), the regime of Saddam Hussein committed
grave human rights abuses and acts of terrorism against the
people of Iraq and citizens of the United States.
(2) United States citizens who were taken prisoner by the
regime of Saddam Hussein during the First Gulf War were
brutally tortured and forced to endure severe physical trauma
and emotional abuse.
(3) The regime of Saddam Hussein used civilian citizens of
the United States who were working in the Persian Gulf region
before and during the First Gulf War as so-called human
shields, threatening the personal safety and emotional well-
being of such civilians.
(4) Congress has recognized and authorized the right of
United States citizens, including prisoners of war, to hold
terrorist states, such as Iraq during the regime of Saddam
Hussein, liable for injuries caused by such states.
(5) The United States district courts are authorized to
adjudicate cases brought by individuals injured by terrorist
states.
(b) It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) notwithstanding section 1503 of the Emergency Wartime
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11; 117
Stat. 579) and any other provision of law, a citizen of the
United States who was a prisoner of war or who was used by
the regime of Saddam Hussein and by Iraq as a so-called human
shield during the First Gulf War should have the opportunity
to have any claim for damages caused by the regime of Saddam
Hussein and by Iraq incurred by such citizen fully
adjudicated in the appropriate United States district court;
(2) any judgment for such damages awarded to such citizen,
or the family of such citizen, should be fully enforced; and
(3) the Attorney General should enter into negotiations
with each such citizen, or the family of each such citizen,
to develop a fair and reasonable method of providing
compensation for the damages each such citizen incurred,
including using assets of the regime of Saddam Hussein held
by the Government of the United States or any other
appropriate sources to provide such compensation.
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SA 2195. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Jeffords, Mrs.
Boxer, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Lieberman) proposed an
amendment to amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr. Bond (for himself and
Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, making appropriations for the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other
purposes; as follows:

None of the funds provided in this Act may be expended to
apply, in a numerical estimate of the benefits of an agency
action prepared pursuant to Executive Order 12866 or section
812 of the Clean Air Act, monetary values for adult premature
mortality that differ based on the age of the adult.
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SA 2196. Mr. BOND (for Mr. Daschle) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski)
to the bill H.R. 2861, making appropriations for the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes;
as follows:

At the end of title I, add the following:
Sec. 116. Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine
of the National Academy of Sciences under which agreement the
Institute of Medicine shall develop and evaluate
epidemiological studies on Vietnam veterans in accordance
with the recommendations of the 2003 National Academy of
Sciences report entitled ``Characterizing Exposure of
Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in
Vietnam: Interim Findings and Recommendations''.
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SA 2197. Mr. BOND (for Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski)
to the bill H.R. 2861, making appropriations for the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes;
as follows:

At the end of title I, insert the following:
Sec. 116. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available
for the Department of Veterans Affairs by this Act or any
other Act may be obligated or expended to implement the
policy contained in the memorandum of the Department of
Veterans Affairs dated July 18, 2002, from the Deputy Under
Secretary for Health for Operations and Management with the
subject ``Status of VHA Enrollment and Associated Issues'' or
any other policy prohibiting the Directors of the Veterans
Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) from conducting outreach
or marketing to enroll new veterans within their Networks.
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SA 2198. Mr. BOND (for Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Carper, Mr.
Brownback, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mrs. Murray,
and Mr. DeWine)) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2150 proposed by
Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, making

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appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 125, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

SEC. 418. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING/SECTION 8
MOVING TO WORK DEMONSTRATION AGREEMENTS.

(a) Extension.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall extend the term of the Moving to Work
Demonstration Agreement entered into between a public housing
agency and the Secretary under section 204, title V, of the
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of
1996 (Pub. L. 104-134, April 26, 1996) if--
(1) the public housing agency requests such extension in
writing;
(2) the public housing agency is not at the time of such
request for extension in default under its Moving to Work
Demonstration Agreement; and
(3) the Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement to be
extended would otherwise expire on or before December 31,
2004.
(b) Terms.--Unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development and the public housing agency otherwise agree,
the extension under subsection (a) shall be upon the
identical terms and conditions set forth in the extending
agency's existing Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement,
except that for each public housing agency that has been or
will be granted an extension to its original Moving to Work
agreement, the Secretary shall require that data be collected
so that the effect of Moving to Work policy changes on
residents can be measured.
(c) Extension Period.--The extension under subsection (a)
shall be for such period as is requested by the public
housing agency, not to exceed 3 years from the date of
expiration of the extending agency's existing Moving to Work
Demonstration Agreement.
(d) Breach of Agreement.--Nothing contained in this section
shall limit the authority of the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development to terminate any Moving to Work
Demonstration Agreement of a public housing agency if the
public housing agency is in breach of the provisions of such
agreement.

SEC. 419. STUDY OF MOVING TO WORK PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--The General Accounting Office shall
conduct a study of the Moving to Work demonstration program
to evaluate--
(1) whether the statutory goals of the Moving to Work
demonstration program are being met;
(2) the effects policy changes related to the Moving to
Work demonstration program have had on residents; and
(3) whether public housing agencies participating in the
Moving to Work program are meeting the requirements of the
Moving to Work demonstration program under law and any
agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
(b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the General Accounting Office shall
submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under
subsection (a).

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