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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2987

To repeal the tax increase on social security benefits and to reduce Federal

spending as necessary to offset such repeal.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 6, 1993

Mr. NADLER (for himself and Mrs. LOWEY) introduced the following bill;

which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means,

Science, Space, and Technology, Armed Services, Agriculture, and Natural Resources

A BILL

To repeal the tax increase on social security benefits and

to reduce Federal spending as necessary to offset such repeal.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 TITLE I—REPEAL OF TAX IN4 CREASE ON SOCIAL SECU5 RITY BENEFITS

6 SEC. 101. REPEAL OF TAX INCREASE ON SOCIAL SECURITY

7 BENEFITS.

8 Section 13215 of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of

9 1993 is hereby repealed, and the Internal Revenue Code
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1 of 1986 shall be applied and administered as if such sec2 tion (and the amendments made thereby) had not been

3 enacted.

4 TITLE II—REDUCTIONS IN

5 SPENDING

6 SEC. 201. TERMINATION OF SPACE STATION.

7 The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and

8 Space Administration shall terminate the Space Station

9 Freedom program. After the date of enactment of this

10 Act, no funds may be obligated for such program except

11 as necessary to meet required contract termination costs.

12 SEC. 202. TERMINATION OF PROCUREMENT OF F–16 AIR13 CRAFT.

14 The Secretary of Defense shall terminate procure15 ment of new production F–16 aircraft for the Air Force.

16 After the date of the enactment of this Act, no funds may

17 be obligated for production of such aircraft except as nec18 essary to meet required contract termination costs. The

19 Secretary shall carry out this section so as to achieve sav20 ings in defense budgets during the period of fiscal year

21 1994 through fiscal year 1998 of not less than

22 $1,700,000,000.

23 SEC. 203. DELAY IN PROCUREMENT OF F–22 AIRCRAFT.

24 The Secretary of Defense shall extend current pro25 curement schedules for procurement under the F–22 air-
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1 craft program of the Air Force so as to achieve savings

2 in defense budgets during the period of fiscal year 1994

3 through fiscal year 1998 of not less than $2,200,000,000.

4 SEC. 204. REDUCTION IN ATTACK SUBMARINE FORCE.

5 The Secretary of Defense shall, not later than the

6 end of fiscal year 1998, reduce the number of attack sub7 marines in active Navy forces to not more than 40. The

8 Secretary shall carry out this section so as to achieve sav9 ings in defense budgets during the period of fiscal year

10 1994 through fiscal year 1998 of not less than

11 $2,900,000,000.

12 SEC. 205. REDUCTION IN BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE

13 FORCE.

14 (a) TERMINATION OF PRODUCTION OF D–5 MIS15 SILE.—The Secretary of Defense shall terminate procure16 ment of Trident II (D–5) sea-launched ballistic missiles

17 for the Navy. After the date of the enactment of this Act,

18 no funds may be obligated for procurement of such mis19 siles except as necessary to meet required contract termi20 nation costs.

21 (b) REDUCTION IN SUBMARINE FORCE.—The Sec22 retary of Defense shall, not later than the end of fiscal

23 year 1998, reduce the number of Trident ballistic missile

24 submarines in active Navy forces to not more than 14.
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1 (c) SAVINGS.—The Secretary shall carry out this sec2 tion so as to achieve savings in defense budgets during

3 the period of fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998

4 of not less than $5,300,000,000.

5 SEC. 206. DELAY IN PROCUREMENT OF TRISERVICE STAND6 OFF ATTACK MISSILE.

7 The Secretary of Defense shall delay procurement of

8 the Tri-Service Stand-Off Attack Missile for five years and

9 shall, during the period of fiscal year 1994 through fiscal

10 year 1998, continue research, development, test, and eval11 uation for that missile at the fiscal year 1993 level so as

12 to achieve savings in defense budgets during that period

13 of not less than $1,400,000,000.

14 SEC. 207. ELIMINATION OF HONEY PRICE SUPPORT PRO15 GRAM.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 207 and 405A of the Ag17 ricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h and 1425a, respec18 tively) are repealed.

19 (b) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—Section 1001(2) of the

20 Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(2)) is amend21 ed—

22 (1) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ‘‘(other

23 than honey)’’; and

24 (2) by striking subparagraph (C).
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1 (c) DESIGNATED NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COM2 MODITIES.—Section 201(a) of the Agricultural Act of

3 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘honey,’’.

4 (d) OTHER NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMOD5 ITIES.—Section 301 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7

6 U.S.C. 1447) is amended by inserting after ‘‘nonbasic ag7 ricultural commodity’’ the following: ‘‘(other than

8 honey)’’.

9 (e) DEFINITIONS.—Section 408(k) of the Agricul10 tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1428(k)) is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘honey,’’ each place it appears.

12 (f) POWERS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORA13 TION.—Section 5(a) of the Commodity Credit Corporation

14 Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(a)) is amended by inserting

15 after ‘‘agricultural commodities’’ the following: ‘‘(other

16 than honey)’’.

17 (g) TRANSITION.—The amendments made by this

18 section shall not affect the liability of any person under

19 any provision of law as in effect before the application of

20 the amendments in accordance with subsection (d).

21 (h) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend22 ments made by this section shall apply beginning with the

23 crop year that begins after the date of enactment of this

24 Act.
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1 SEC. 208. ELIMINATION OF BELOW-COST TIMBER SALES.

2 (a) RULES REQUIRED.—Not later than six months

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

4 of Agriculture shall issue rules relating to the conditions

5 under which the Forest Service may approve of sales of

6 trees, portions of trees, or forest products from National

7 Forest System lands.

8 (b) CONTENT OF RULES.—The rules required under

9 subsection (a) shall—

10 (1) require that after the end of the one-year

11 period beginning on the date of the enactment of

12 this Act, the total cost to the United States of carry13 ing out each timber sale described in subsection (a)

14 (including the advertising, planning, review, ap15 proval, and monitoring costs attributable to the sale

16 and road building costs incurred for the sale) is not

17 greater than the amount paid to the United States

18 Service for the sale; and

19 (2) establish a procedure to phase in the appli20 cation of such requirement during that period.

21 (c) PHASE-IN PERIOD.—The rules required under

22 subsection (a) shall provide that, during the phase-in pe23 riod, the Forest Service in determining whether to approve

24 a below-cost timber sale shall give priority to those below25 cost timber sales that would have the least adverse envi26 ronmental effects.
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1 SEC. 209. FEES CHARGED FOR GRAZING ON PUBLIC LANDS.

2 (a) INCREASE TO FAIR MARKET VALUE.—Notwith3 standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agri4 culture, with respect to National Forest lands in the 16

5 contiguous western States (except National Grasslands)

6 administered by the United States Forest Service where

7 domestic livestock grazing is permitted under applicable

8 law, and the Secretary of the Interior with respect to pub9 lic domain lands administered by the Bureau of Land

10 Management where domestic livestock grazing is per11 mitted under applicable law, shall increase domestic live12 stock grazing fees beginning with the grazing season

13 which commences on March 1, 1994, so that for the graz14 ing season commencing on March 1, 1998, and thereafter

15 such fees are equal to fair market value, as determined

16 by the Secretary concerned.

17 (b) ANNUAL CAP ON FEE CHANGES.—The fee for

18 grazing charged for any given year under this section may

19 not increase or decrease by more than 33.3 percent from

20 the previous year’s grazing fee.

21 SEC. 210. ROYALTY ON HARDROCK MINERALS.

22 (a) RESERVATION OF ROYALTY.—Production of

23 locatable minerals from a claim located on lands open to

24 mineral entry under the Mining Law of 1872 shall be sub25 ject to an annual royalty of not less than 8 percent of

26 the gross income from such production.
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1 (b) PAYMENT OF ROYALTY.—Royalty payments shall

2 be made according to regulations established by the Sec3 retary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior may

4 require to be filed with the royalty payment a copy of the

5 parts of the tax return filed with the Internal Revenue

6 Service determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be

7 applicable to determining gross income. The Commissioner

8 of the Internal Revenue Service shall cooperate with the

9 Secretary of the Interior to verify the information submit10 ted with such royalty payment.

11 (c) FAILURE TO PAY.—(1) Upon failure to pay the

12 royalty required by this section, the claim shall be deemed

13 conclusively to be abandoned and shall be null and void

14 by operation of law.

15 (2) The claimant shall be prohibited from locating a

16 new claim on the lands included in such abandoned claim

17 for one year from the date such claim is deemed aban18 doned and null and void by operation of law.

19 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

20 on the date of enactment in the case of any claim de21 scribed in subsection (a) which is located after the date

22 of enactment of this Act. In the case of any claim located

23 on or before such date of enactment, this section shall take

24 effect on the later of October 1 of 1993 or such date of

25 enactment.
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1 (e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

2 (1) The term ‘‘locatable minerals’’ means any

3 mineral not subject to disposition under—

4 (A) the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.

5 181 et seq.);

6 (B) the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970

7 (30 U.S.C. 1000 et seq.); or

8 (C) the Act of July 31, 1947 (30 U.S. 601

9 et seq.), as amended by this Act.

10 (2) The term ‘‘gross income’’ means ‘‘gross in11 come from the property’’ as defined in section

12 613(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and in regu13 lations promulgated by the Treasury Department

14 pursuant to section 613(c)(1) of the Internal Reve15 nue Code. Any amendments or revisions of section

16 613(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code or of regula17 tions promulgated by the Treasury Department pur18 suant to section 613(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue

19 Code, shall be deemed applicable to the definition of

20 ‘‘gross income’’ as used in this section.

21 (3) The term ‘‘Mining Law of 1872’’ means the

22 general mining laws of the United States which gen23 erally comprise chapters 2, 12A, and 16, and sec24 tions 161 and 162 of title 30, United States Code.

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