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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2524

To eliminate certain Federal programs in order to significantly reduce annual

budget deficits.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 24, 1993

Ms. HARMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To eliminate certain Federal programs in order to

significantly reduce annual budget deficits.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cut Spending First

5 Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER.

7 The United States shall not, after the date of enact8 ment of this Act, obligate any funds for the

9 superconducting super collider project.
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1 SEC. 3. ADVANCED SOLID ROCKET MOTOR.

2 No Federal funds shall be expended for the National

3 Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Advanced Solid

4 Rocket Motor program, except as is necessary to terminate

5 contracts in effect before the date of enactment of this

6 Act.

7 SEC. 4. REPEAL OF MARKET PROMOTION PROGRAM.

8 (a) REPEAL.—Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade

9 Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) is repealed.

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Agricultural

11 Trade Act of 1978 is amended—

12 (1) in section 211 (7 U.S.C. 5641), by striking

13 subsection (c); and

14 (2) in section 402(a)(1) (7 U.S.C. 5662(a)(1)),

15 by striking ‘‘203,’’.

16 (c) EFFECT OF REPEAL ON EXISTING AGREE17 MENTS.—The repeal by subsection (a) of the market pro18 motion program established pursuant to section 203 of the

19 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 shall not affect the validity

20 or continued operation of an agreement entered into be21 fore the date of the enactment of this Act to provide as22 sistance under such section.

23 SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT AND

24 PRODUCTION ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS.

25 (a) PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM.—
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1 (1) PARITY PRICE SUPPORT.—Section 101 of

2 the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441) is

3 amended—

4 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (a),

5 by striking ‘‘tobacco (except as otherwise pro6 vided herein), corn,’’ and inserting ‘‘corn’’;

7 (B) by striking subsections (c), (g), (h),

8 and (i);

9 (C) in subsection (d)(3)—

10 (i) by striking ‘‘, except tobacco,’’;

11 and

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘and no price support

13 shall be made available for any crop of to14 bacco for which marketing quotas have

15 been disapproved by producers;’’; and

16 (D) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub17 section (c).

18 (2) NO NET COST PROVISIONS.—Sections 106,

19 106A, and 106B of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1445, 1445–

20 1, and 1445–2) are repealed.

21 (3) DEFINITION OF BASIC AGRICULTURAL COM22 MODITY.—Section 408(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C.

23 1428(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’.
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1 (4) REVIEW OF BURLEY TOBACCO IMPORTS.—

2 Section 3 of Public Law 98–59 (7 U.S.C. 625) is re3 pealed.

4 (5) POWERS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORA5 TION.—Section 5(a) of the Commodity Credit Cor6 poration Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(a)) is amend7 ed by inserting after ‘‘agricultural commodities’’ the

8 following: ‘‘(other than tobacco)’’.

9 (b) ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS AND MARKETING

10 QUOTAS.—

11 (1) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 2 of

12 the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C.

13 1282) is amended by striking ‘‘tobacco,’’.

14 (2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 301(b) of such Act

15 (7 U.S.C. 1301(b)) is amended—

16 (A) in paragraph (3)—

17 (i) by striking subparagraph (C); and

18 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph

19 (D) as subparagraph (C);

20 (B) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘to21 bacco,’’;

22 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking the fol23 lowing:

24 ‘‘Tobacco (flue-cured), July 1–June 30;
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1 ‘‘Tobacco (other than flue-cured), October

2 1–September 30;’’;

3 (D) in paragraph (10)—

4 (i) by striking subparagraph (B); and

5 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph

6 (C) as subparagraph (B);

7 (E) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ‘‘and

8 tobacco’’;

9 (F) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘to10 bacco,’’;

11 (G) in paragraph (14)—

12 (i) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; and

13 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (B),

14 (C), and (D);

15 (H) by striking paragraph (15);

16 (I) in paragraph (16)—

17 (i) by striking subparagraph (B); and

18 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph

19 (C) as subparagraph (B); and

20 (J) by redesignating paragraphs (16) and

21 (17) as paragraphs (15) and (16), respectively.

22 (3) PARITY PAYMENTS.—Section 303 of such

23 Act (7 U.S.C. 1303) is amended by striking ‘‘rice,

24 or tobacco,’’ and inserting ‘‘or rice,’’.
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1 (4) MARKETING QUOTAS.—Part I of subtitle B

2 of title III of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is

3 repealed.

4 (5) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—Section 361

5 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1361) is amended by striking

6 ‘‘tobacco,’’.

7 (6) ADJUSTMENT OF QUOTAS.—Section 371 of

8 such Act (7 U.S.C. 1371) is amended—

9 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘peanuts,

10 or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’; and

11 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘peanuts

12 or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’.

13 (7) REPORTS AND RECORDS.—Section 373 of

14 such Act (7 U.S.C. 1373) is amended—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘peanuts, or tobacco’’ each

16 place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and

17 inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’; and

18 (B) in subsection (a)—

19 (i) in the first sentence, by striking

20 ‘‘all persons engaged in the business of

21 redrying, prizing, or stemming tobacco for

22 producers,’’; and

23 (ii) in the last sentence, by striking

24 ‘‘$500;’’ and all that follows through the
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1 period at the end of the sentence and in2 serting ‘‘$500.’’.

3 (8) REGULATIONS.—Section 375(a) of such Act

4 (7 U.S.C. 1375(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘peanuts,

5 or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or peanuts’’.

6 (9) EMINENT DOMAIN.—Section 378 of such

7 Act (7 U.S.C. 1378) is amended—

8 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (c),

9 by striking ‘‘cotton, tobacco, and peanuts’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘cotton and peanuts’’; and

11 (B) by striking subsections (d), (e), and

12 (f).

13 (10) BURLEY TOBACCO FARM RECONSTITU14 TION.—Section 379 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1379) is

15 amended—

16 (A) in subsection (a)—

17 (i) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and

18 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘,

19 but this clause (6) shall not be applicable

20 in the case of burley tobacco’’; and

21 (B) by striking subsections (b) and (c).

22 (11) ACREAGE-POUNDAGE QUOTAS.—Section 4

23 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Agricul24 tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, to pro25 vide for acreage-poundage marketing quotas for to-
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1 bacco, to amend the tobacco price support provisions

2 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and for

3 other purposes’’, approved April 16, 1965 (7 U.S.C.

4 1314c note), is repealed.

5 (12) BURLEY TOBACCO ACREAGE ALLOT6 MENTS.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to bur7 ley tobacco farm acreage allotments under the Agri8 cultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended’’, ap9 proved July 12, 1952 (7 U.S.C. 1315), is repealed.

10 (13) TRANSFER OF ALLOTMENTS.—Section 703

11 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 U.S.C.

12 1316) is repealed.

13 (14) ADVANCE RECOURSE LOANS.—Section

14 13(a)(2)(B) of the Food Security Improvements Act

15 of 1986 (7 U.S.C. 1433c–1(a)(2)(B)) is amended by

16 striking ‘‘tobacco and’’.

17 (15) TOBACCO FIELD MEASUREMENT.—Section

18 1112 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

19 1987 (Public Law 100–203) is amended by striking

20 subsection (c).

21 (c) TRANSITION PROVISIONS.—

22 (1) LIABILITY.—The amendments made by this

23 section shall not affect the liability of any person

24 under any provision of law as in effect before the ap-
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1 plication of the amendments in accordance with sub2 section (d).

3 (2) TOBACCO STOCKS AND LOANS.—The Sec4 retary of Agriculture shall issue regulations that re5 quire—

6 (A) the orderly disposition of tobacco

7 stocks; and

8 (B) the repayment of all tobacco price sup9 port loans outstanding on the date of enact10 ment of this Act by not later than 1 year after

11 the effective date of this Act.

12 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

13 this Act shall apply beginning with the marketing year

14 that begins after the date of enactment of this Act.

15 SEC. 6. ELIMINATION OF WOOL AND MOHAIR PRICE SUP16 PORT PROGRAM.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Wool Act of 1954

18 (7 U.S.C. 1781 et seq.) is repealed.

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 256(a) of

20 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

21 of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 906(a)) is amended—

22 (1) by striking paragraph (1); and

23 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as

24 paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
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1 (c) TRANSITION.—The amendments made by this

2 section shall not affect the liability of any person under

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

4 the amendments in accordance with subsection (d).

5 (d) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend6 ments made by this section shall apply beginning with the

7 marketing year beginning on or after the date of the en8 actment of this Act.

9 SEC. 7. ELIMINATION OF HONEY PRICE SUPPORT PRO10 GRAM.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 207 and 405A of the Ag12 ricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h and 1425a, respec13 tively) are repealed.

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

15 Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(2)) is amend16 ed—

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

18 than honey)’’; and

19 (2) by striking subparagraph (C).

20 (c) DESIGNATED NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COM21 MODITIES.—Section 201(a) of the Agricultural Act of

22 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘honey,’’.

23 (d) OTHER NONBASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMOD24 ITIES.—Section 301 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7

25 U.S.C. 1447) is amended by inserting after ‘‘nonbasic ag-
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1 ricultural commodity’’ the following: ‘‘(other than

2 honey)’’.

3 (e) DEFINITIONS.—Section 408(k) of the Agricul4 tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1428(k)) is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘honey,’’ each place it appears.

6 (f) POWERS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORA7 TION.—Section 5(a) of the Commodity Credit Corporation

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

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

10 than honey)’’.

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

12 section shall not affect the liability of any person under

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

14 the amendments in accordance with subsection (d).

15 (h) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend16 ments made by this section shall apply beginning with the

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

18 Act.

19 SEC. 8. ELIMINATION OF PEANUT PRICE SUPPORT PRO20 GRAM.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 108A and 108B of the

22 Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445c-2 and 1445c23 3) are repealed.

24 (b) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PRICE SUPPORT

25 PROVISIONS.—The first sentence of section 101 of the Ag-
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1 ricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441) is amended by in2 serting ‘‘(except peanuts)’’ after ‘‘basic agricultural com3 modity’’.

4 (c) REPEAL OF MARKETING QUOTA PROVISIONS.—

5 (1) Part VI of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

6 (7 U.S.C. 1357 et seq.) is repealed.

7 (2) Section 361 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act

8 of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1361) is amended by striking ‘‘pea9 nuts,’’.

10 (3) Section 371 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act

11 of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1371) is amended—

12 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘peanuts,’’;

13 and

14 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘peanuts’’.

15 (d) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend16 ments made by this section shall apply beginning with the

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

18 Act.

19 SEC. 9. ROYALTY ON HARDROCK MINERALS.

20 (a) RESERVATION OF ROYALTY.—Production of

21 locatable minerals from a claim located on lands open to

22 mineral entry under the Mining Law of 1872 shall be sub23 ject to an annual royalty of not less than 5 percent of

24 the gross income from such production. In no event shall

25 a royalty be less than the following—
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1 (1) $5 per acre per year during years one

2 through five commencing after the applicable year.

3 (2) $10 per acre per year during years six

4 through ten commencing after the applicable year.

5 (3) $15 per acre per year during years eleven

6 through fifteen commencing after the applicable

7 year.

8 (4) $20 per acre per year for each year there9 after.

10 For purposes of paragraphs (1) through (4), the applica11 ble year shall be the calendar year in which the claim is

12 recorded in the case of a claim recorded after the enact13 ment of this Act or the calendar year 1993 in the case

14 of a claim recorded on or before the enactment of this

15 Act.

16 (b) PAYMENT OF ROYALTY.—Royalty payments shall

17 be made according to regulations established by the Sec18 retary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior may

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

20 parts of the tax return filed with the Internal Revenue

21 Service determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be

22 applicable to determining gross income. The Commissioner

23 of the Internal Revenue Service shall cooperate with the

24 Secretary of the Interior to verify the information sub25 mitted with such royalty payment.
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1 (c) FAILURE TO PAY.—(1) Upon failure to pay the

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

3 conclusively to be abandoned and shall be null and void

4 by operation of law.

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

6 new claim on the lands included in such abandoned claim

7 for one year from the date such claim is deemed aban8 doned and null and void by operation of law.

9 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE..—This section shall apply to

10 any claim described in subsection (a) which is located after

11 the date of enactment of this Act. In the case of any claim

12 located on or before such date of enactment, this section

13 shall take effect on January 1 of the first calendar year

14 beginning more than 3 years after the enactment of this

15 Act.

16 (e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

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

18 mineral not subject to disposition under—

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

20 181 et seq.);

21 (B) the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970

22 (30 U.S.C. 1000 et seq.); or

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

24 et seq.), as amended by this Act.
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1 (2) The term ‘‘gross income’’ means ‘‘gross in2 come from the property’’ as defined in section

3 613(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and in regu4 lations promulgated by the Treasury Department

5 pursuant to section 613(c)(1) of the Internal Reve6 nue Code. Any amendments or revisions of section

7 613(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code or of regula8 tions promulgated by the Treasury Department pur9 suant to section 613(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue

10 Code, shall be deemed applicable to the definition of

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

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

13 general mining laws of the United States which gen14 erally comprise chapters 2, 12A, and 16, and sec15 tions 161 and 162 of title 30, United States Code.

16 SEC. 10. ANNUAL DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK GRAZING FEE.

17 Section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage18 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), is hereby amended

19 by adding at the end the following new subsections:

20 ‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

21 the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National For22 est lands in the 16 contiguous western states (except Na23 tional Grasslands) administered by the United States For24 est Service where domestic livestock grazing is permitted

25 under applicable law, and the Secretary of the Interior
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1 with respect to public domain lands administered by the

2 Bureau of Land Management where domestic livestock

3 grazing is permitted under applicable law, shall establish

4 beginning 30 days after the date of enactment of this sub5 section an annual domestic livestock grazing fee equal to

6 fair market value: Provided, That the fee charged for any

7 given year shall not increase nor decrease by more than

8 33.3 percent from the previous year’s grazing fee.

9 ‘‘(2)(A) For purposes of this subsection, the term

10 ‘fair market value’ is defined as follows:

Fair Market Value=

Appraised Base Value×Forage Value Index

100

11 ‘‘(B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A)—

12 ‘‘(i) the term ‘Forage Value Index’ means the

13 Forage Value Index (FVI) computed annually by the

14 Economic Research Service, United States Depart15 ment of Agriculture, and set with the 1993 FVI

16 equal to 100; and

17 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘Appraised Base Value’ means

18 the 1983 Appraisal Value conclusions for mature

19 cattle and horses (expressed in dollars per head or

20 per month), as determined in the 1986 report pre21 pared jointly by the Secretary of Agriculture and the

22 Secretary of the Interior entitled ‘Grazing Fee Re23 view and Evaluation’, dated February 1986, on a
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1 westwide basis using the lowest appraised value of

2 the pricing areas adjusted for advanced payment

3 and indexed to 1993.

4 ‘‘(3) Executive Order No. 12548, dated February 14,

5 1986, shall not apply to grazing fees established pursuant

6 to this Act.

7 ‘‘(d) The grazing advisory boards established pursu8 ant to Secretarial action, notice of which was published

9 in the Federal Register on May 14, 1986 (51 Fed. Reg.

10 17874), are hereby abolished, and the advisory functions

11 exercised by such boards, shall, after the date of enact12 ment of this sentence, be exercised only by the appropriate

13 councils established under this section.

14 ‘‘(e) Funds appropriated pursuant to section 5 of the

15 Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C.

16 1904) or any other provision of law related to disposition

17 of the Federal share of receipts from fees for grazing on

18 public domain lands or National Forest lands in the 16

19 contiguous western States shall be used for restoration

20 and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat, for restora21 tion and improved management of riparian areas, and for

22 implementation and enforcement of applicable land man23 agement plans, allotment plans, and regulations regarding

24 the use of such lands for domestic livestock grazing. Such

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1 deems advisable after consultation and coordination with

2 the advisory councils established pursuant to section 309

3 of this Act and other interested parties.’’.

4 SEC. 11. ELIMINATION OF BELOW-COST TIMBER SALES.

5 (a) RULES REQUIRED.—Within 90 days of the date

6 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture

7 shall publish in the Federal Register an interim timber

8 sale policy to eliminate below-cost timber sales in units

9 of the National Forest System effective immediately upon

10 publication. After considering the public comments re11 ceived on the interim policy, and within 2 years after the

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pub13 lish in the Federal Register a final timber sale policy to

14 eliminate such sales.

15 (b) DESCRIPTION OF BELOW-COST SALES.—The in16 terim timber sale policy required by subsection (a) shall

17 contain a description of—

18 (1) the manner and criteria by which the Sec19 retary will determine whether a timber sale is below

20 cost; and

21 (2) any types of timber sales that the Secretary

22 proposes to exempt from the prohibition against

23 below-cost timber sales.
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1 SEC. 12. REPEAL OF FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE ACT AND

2 RELIANCE ON ANNUAL DISASTER ASSIST3 ANCE AUTHORITY.

4 (a) REPEAL.—The Federal Crop Insurance Act (7

5 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is repealed.

6 (b) EFFECT OF REPEAL ON EXISTING CON7 TRACTS.—The repeal by subsection (a) of the Federal

8 Crop Insurance Act shall not affect the validity or contin9 ued operation of any contract of insurance or reinsurance

10 entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act

11 with respect to crops to be harvested in 1993 or 1994.

12 SEC. 13. DEFENSE BURDENSHARING AGREEMENTS FOR IN13 CREASED HOST NATION SUPPORT.

14 Section 1301(e) of the National Defense Authoriza15 tion Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106

16 Stat. 2545) is amended—

17 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘should’’ and

18 inserting ‘‘shall’’;

19 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘assumes an increased

21 share of the costs’’ and inserting ‘‘assumes at

22 least 75 percent of the share of the costs’’; and

23 (B) by inserting ‘‘excluding the costs of

24 United States military and civilian personnel

25 and’’ after ‘‘in that country,’’; and
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1 (3) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘with re2 spect to’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(ii) a foreign

3 country’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to a foreign

4 country’’.

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