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(2) by striking ‘‘2012’’ in subparagraph (E) (as 
redesignated by paragraph (1)) and inserting 
‘‘2013’’. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 
Section 179(b)(6)(A) of such Code is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘calendar year 2012, the 
$125,000 and $500,000 amounts in paragraphs 
(1)(C) and (2)(C)’’ in the matter preceding clause 
(i) and inserting ‘‘calendar year 2013, the $100,000 
and $400,000 amounts in paragraphs (1)(D) and 
(2)(D)’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘calendar year 2006’’ in clause 
(ii) and inserting ‘‘calendar year 2002’’. 
(d) 
COMPUTER
SOFTWARE.—Section 
179(d)(1)(A)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(e) SPECIAL RULE
FOR REVOCATION
OF ELEC-
TIONS.—Section 179(c)(2) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2012. 
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or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for
members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and ex-
penses authorized by section 2131 of title 10, United
States Code; and for payments to the Department of De-
fense Military Retirement Fund; $1,398,609,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 265 of title
10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty
under section 672(d) of title 10, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section
678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon
leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 2131 of
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the De-
partment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund;
$354,048,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force
Reserve on active duty under sections 265, 8021, and
8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 672(d) of title 10, United States
194 
(28) Heading 9902.40.70 (relating to 2-Chloro- 
6-Fluorobenzyl Chloride). 
(29) Heading 9902.33.61 (relating to carbamic 
acid 
((3-((Dimethylamino)carbonyl)-2- 
pyridinyl)sulfonyl) carbamic acid, phenyl ester). 
(30) Heading 9902.29.02 (relating to 2- 
Acetylnicotinic acid). 
(31) Heading 9902.24.18 (relating to mixtures 
of 2-amino-2,3-dimethylbutanenitrile and toluene). 
(32) Heading 9902.24.20 (relating to 3,5- 
Difluoroaniline). 
(33) Heading 9902.22.04 (relating to Methyl 
methoxyacetate). 
(34) 
Heading 
9902.24.30 
(relating 
to 
Dinotefuran). 
(35) Heading 9902.02.44 (relating to Reactive 
Red 266). 
(36) Heading 9902.02.75 (relating to esters 
and sodium esters of parahydroxybenzoic acid). 
(37) Heading 9902.22.41 (relating to Isobutyl 
4-hydroxybenzoate and its sodium salt). 
(38) Heading 9902.33.63 (relating to 3- 
(ethylsulfonyl)-2-pyridinesulfonamide). 
(39) Heading 9902.25.30 (relating to certain 
used fuel, lubricating, or cooling medium pumps). 
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Code, in connection with performing duty specified in sec-
tion 678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while un-
dergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or
equivalent duty or other duty, and for members of the Air
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses authorized
by section 2131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund; $782,434,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under section 265, 3021, or
3496 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States
Code, or while serving on duty under section 672(d) of
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section
2131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$3,378,705,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(61);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (62) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (62) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(63) provide that the State agency shall, at
least 4 times annually and upon request of the Im-
migration and Naturalization Service, furnish the
Immigration and Naturalization Service with the
name and address of, and other identifying informa-
tion on, any individual whom the agency knows is
unlawfully in the United States.’’.
(b) AFDC PROGRAM.—Section 402(a)(9) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(9)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating clauses (A), (B), (C), (D),
and (E) as clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v), respec-
tively;
(2) in clause (v) (as so redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(iv)’’;
(3) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and
(4) by adding after and below the end the
following:
‘‘(B) provide that, the State agency shall, at
least 4 times annually and upon request of the Im-
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Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
to support humanitarian relief in and around Rwanda.
Ω134æSEC. 509. (a) No later than March 1, 1995, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report describing the technical coopera-
tion activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency
with countries on the list of terrorist countries.
(b) As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Committees on Appropriations and
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees
on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives; and
(2) the term ‘‘list of terrorist countries’’ means
the list of countries the governments of which have re-
peatedly provided support for acts of international
terrorism, as determined by the Secretary of State
under section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act
of 1979.
Ω135æPAYMENTS-IN-KIND AS ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS
TO UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES
SEC. 510. It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) United States assessed contributions to peace-
keeping operations conducted by the United Nations
may consist of contributions of excess defense articles
HR 4603 RH
and (b) not to exceed $500,000 shall be available to make
grants or enter contracts to carry out the Denial of Fed-
eral Benefits program under the Controlled Substances
Act, as amended by the Crime Control Act of 1990 (21
U.S.C. 862): Provided further, That funds made available
in fiscal year 1995 under subpart 1 of part E of title I
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968, as amended, may be obligated for programs to as-
sist States in the litigation processing of death penalty
Federal habeas corpus petitions.
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance, to be allocated and distrib-
uted in accordance with section 506(a) of part E of title
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3756), notwithstanding the
provisions of section 511 of said Act, $804,280,000, to
remain available until expended, to carry out the provi-
sions of—
(1) subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as
amended, for grants to States under the Edward
Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement
Assistance Programs,
(2) section 501 of the Immigration Reform and
Control Act of 1986, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1365),
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porary basis (not to exceed $700,000 of this appropria-
tion), as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, and entertain-
ment, including official receptions, within the United
States, not to exceed $25,000 as authorized by 22 U.S.C.
1474(3); Ω143æ$476,362,000
$480,362,000: Provided,
That not to exceed $1,400,000 may be used for represen-
tation abroad as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1452 and 4085:
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the
amounts allocated by the United States Information Agen-
cy to carry out section 102(a)(3) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act, as amended (22
U.S.C. 2452(a)(3)), shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall re-
main available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C.
1477b(a), for expenses and equipment necessary for main-
tenance and operation of data processing and administra-
tive services as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1535–1536: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $7,615,000 to remain
available until expended, may be credited to this appro-
priation from fees or other payments received from or in
connection with English teaching, library, motion pictures,
and publication programs as authorized by section 810 of
the United States Information and Educational Exchange
Act of 1948, as amended: Provided further, That not to
exceed $2,000,000 to remain available until expended may
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to reimburse States for costs of incarcerating illegal
aliens, and
(3) section 106(b) of the Brady Handgun Vio-
lence Prevention Act of 1993, Public Law 103–159
(107 Stat. 1536) to upgrade State criminal history
records.
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, includ-
ing salaries and expenses in connection therewith to be
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for
Justice Assistance, $146,500,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 299 of part I of
title II and section 506 of title V of said Act, as amended
by Public Law 102–586, of which: (a) $100,000,000 shall
be available for expenses authorized by parts A, B, and
C of title II of said Act; (b) $7,500,000 shall be available
for expenses authorized by sections 281 and 282 of part
D of title II of said Act for prevention and treatment pro-
grams relating to juvenile gangs; (c) $15,000,000 shall be
available for expenses authorized by section 285 of part
E of title II of said Act; (d) $4,000,000 shall be available
for expenses authorized by part G of title II of said Act
for juvenile mentoring programs; and (e) $20,000,000
shall be available for expenses authorized by title V of said
H. R. 4603
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Act
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and making supplemental appropriations for these departments and
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND RELATED
AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, as amended, and the Missing Children’s Assist-
ance Act, as amended, including salaries and expenses in connection
therewith, and with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended,
$98,100,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by
section 1001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act, as amended by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat. 3524),
of which $750,000 of the funds provided under the Missing Chil-
dren’s Program shall be made available as a grant to a national
voluntary organization representing Alzheimer patients and fami-
lies to plan, design, and operate the ‘‘Safe Return’’ Program.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, for State and Local
Narcotics Control and Justice Assistance Improvements, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 511 of said Act, $62,000,000,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by section 1001
of title I of said Act, as amended by Public Law 102–534 (106
Stat. 3524), of which: (a) $50,000,000 shall be available to carry
out the provisions of chapter A of subpart 2 of part E of title
I of said Act, for discretionary grants under the Edward Byrne
Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs;
under a plan with a tier 3 benefit level under 
section 1860E–24(b); and 
‘‘(B) is risk-adjusted based upon the actu-
arial characteristics of the individual involved. 
‘‘(2) ENROLLMENT
OF
DUAL
ELIGIBLES
IN 
COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State enrolls all 
such individuals in a comprehensive Medicaid 
managed care plan offered by a managed care 
entity under section 1932. 
‘‘(B) PAYMENT OF SUBSIDY AMOUNT TO 
STATE.—In the case of a State that elects the 
option under this paragraph with respect to an 
individual, the Medicare Choices Commission 
established under section 1860E–51 shall pay 
to the State the same amount that the indi-
vidual would be entitled to have paid as an in-
come-related premium subsidy under section 
1860E–41(b)(1)(A) plus the amount that the 
Medicare Choices Commission estimates would 
have been paid with respect to the individual 
under part D (including the actuarial value of 
subsidy payments under sections 1860D–13 
and 1860D–14). Such payment shall be made 
in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital 
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Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Health Individual Retirement Account Fund. 
Sec. 203. Establishment of health individual retirement accounts. 
Sec. 204. Transfer of HIRA contributions to HIRA Fund. 
Sec. 205. Operation of HIRA Fund. 
Sec. 206. Health individual retirement account distributions. 
Subtitle B—Tax Treatment 
Sec. 211. Tax treatment of accounts. 
‘‘PART IX—HEALTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAM 
‘‘Sec. 530A. Health Individual Retirement Account Program. 
Sec. 212. HIRA contributions. 
Sec. 213. Contributions eligible for saver’s credit. 
Sec. 214. Exclusion of certain HIRA transfers. 
‘‘Sec. 139F. Government HIRA subsidies. 
Subtitle C—Other Tax Provisions 
Sec. 221. Health Savings Accounts available to individuals eligible for Medi-
care. 
Sec. 222. Reduction in Medicare portion of payroll tax to incentivize late retire-
ment. 
Sec. 223. 15-percent excise tax on employer-sponsored Medicare supplemental 
coverage. 
‘‘Sec. 4980J. Employer-sponsored Medicare supplemental coverage. 
TITLE III—OTHER HEALTH PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Transparency, Outreach, and Education 
Sec. 301. Public outreach and education initiatives. 
Sec. 302. Annual Medicare beneficiary contributions and benefits statements. 
‘‘Sec. 1143A. Annual Medicare beneficiary contributions and benefits 
statements. 
Subtitle B—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 311. Repeal of IPAB. 
Sec. 312. Repeal of Medicare payment productivity adjustments after 2020. 
Sec. 313. Graduate medical education grant program. 
‘‘Sec. 1899B. Graduate medical education grant program. 
‘‘Sec. 9512. Graduate Medical Education Trust Fund. 
Sec. 314. Report on transitioning payments under Medicare for dispropor-
tionate share hospitals into a grant program. 
Sec. 315. One-year freeze for physician payment update; Sense of Congress re-
lating to the sustainable growth rate (SGR). 
Sec. 316. Improvements to MSA plans; permitting offering of catastrophic plan 
with high deductible and contribution to MSA, HSA, or HIRA. 
Sec. 317. Extension for specialized MA plans for special needs individuals. 
Sec. 318. Conscience protections. 
‘‘Sec. 1899C. Conscience protections; Prohibition against discrimination on 
assisted suicide and abortion services. 
‘‘Sec. 1899D. Prohibition against discrimination on assisted suicide and 
abortions. 
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TITLE I—IMPROVED AND UNI-
FIED 
MEDICARE 
PROGRAM 
THROUGH CHOICE AND COM-
PETITION 
SEC. 101. NEW UNIFIED ELIGIBILITY AND ENROLLMENT 
RULES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating part E as part F; and 
(2) by inserting after part D the following new 
part: 
‘‘PART E—UNIFIED MEDICARE WITH CHOICE AND 
COMPETITION 
‘‘Subpart 1—Eligibility; Enrollment 
‘‘SEC. 1860E–11. UNIFIED ELIGIBILITY AND ENROLLMENT 
UNDER PARTS A AND B. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRING COVERAGE UNDER BOTH PARTS A 
AND B.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective as of the general 
effective date (as specified in section 1860E–62), ex-
cept as provided under paragraph (3), no benefits 
shall be covered under part A or part B for an indi-
vidual unless the individual is both— 
‘‘(A) entitled (or enrolled) for benefits 
under part A; and 
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‘‘(B) enrolled under part B. 
‘‘(2) CLARIFICATION OF PART A ENROLLMENT 
REQUIRED TO OBTAIN PART B BENEFITS.—Effective 
as of the general effective date, except as provided 
under paragraph (3), an individual who is enrolled 
under part B and is not entitled to hospital insur-
ance benefits under part A shall be entitled to bene-
fits under part B only if the individual enrolls under 
part A pursuant to section 1818 or 1818A. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) CONTINUATION
OF
TREATMENT
OF 
WORKING BENEFICIARIES.—Paragraphs (1) and 
(2) shall not apply to an individual with respect 
to whom the provisions of section 1862(b) apply 
because of enrollment in a primary plan (as de-
fined for purposes of such section). 
‘‘(B) GRANDFATHERED
FOR
CURRENT 
PART B ONLY ENROLLEES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) 
and (2) shall not apply to an individual 
who as of the general effective date is en-
rolled under part B but is not entitled to 
benefits (or otherwise enrolled) under part 
A, so long as the individual does not termi-
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nate enrollment under part B or enroll 
under part A. 
‘‘(ii) NEW COST-SHARING APPLIES.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Nothing in 
clause (i) shall be construed to exempt 
an individual described in such clause 
from the application of the provisions 
of subpart 2 (relating to cost-sharing), 
except that the total amount of ex-
penses incurred by the individual dur-
ing a year which would constitute in-
curred expenses for which benefits 
payable under section 1833(a) are de-
terminable shall be reduced by the de-
ductible described in subclause (II) 
for such year instead of the deductible 
described in section 1860E–21. 
‘‘(II) 
APPLICABLE
DEDUCT-
IBLE.—The deductible described in 
this subclause for 2016, is the deduct-
ible that would be applied under sec-
tion 1833(b) (but for the application 
of this section and subpart 2) for such 
year, adjusted by the Secretary to 
take into account any change in the 
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monthly actuarial rate under section 
1839(a)(1) because of the application 
of the out-of-pocket limit under sec-
tion 1860E–23, and for a subsequent 
year the amount of such deductible 
for the previous year increased by the 
annual percentage increase in the 
monthly actuarial rate under section 
1839(a)(1) (taking into account the 
application of the out-of-pocket limit 
under section 1860E–23) ending with 
such subsequent year (rounded to the 
nearest $1). 
‘‘(iii) PREMIUM.—In the case of an 
individual described in clause (i), for 2016 
or a subsequent year, instead of the com-
bined monthly premium under section 
1860E–32(c), there shall be applied to 
such individual the monthly premium that 
would be determined under section 1839 
for such year. 
‘‘(b) PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS TO OPT OUT
OF 
PART A COVERAGE WITHOUT LOSING SOCIAL SECURITY 
BENEFITS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Medicare Choices 
Commission shall establish— 
‘‘(A) a process by which an individual oth-
erwise entitled to benefits under part A may 
elect (at a time and in a manner specified 
under the process) to waive such entitlement; 
and 
‘‘(B) a process by which an individual who 
elects to waive such entitlement may revoke (at 
a time and in a manner specified under the 
process) such waiver. 
The process under subparagraph (B) shall be coordi-
nated with the enrollment process under section 
1837 for part B. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF LATE ENROLLMENT PEN-
ALTY.—An individual who revokes a waiver under 
paragraph (1)(B) shall be subject to a late enroll-
ment penalty as applied under section 1860E– 
32(c)(2)(C). 
‘‘(3) NO IMPACT ON TITLE II BENEFITS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, an election 
of an individual to waive entitlement to benefits 
under part A under paragraph (1)(A) shall not re-
sult in any loss of benefits under title II. 
‘‘(4) DEEMED OPT OUT.— 
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‘‘(A) An election of an individual to waive 
entitlement to benefits under part A under 
paragraph (1)(A) is also deemed the filing of a 
notice of termination of benefits under part B 
pursuant to section 1838(b)(1). 
‘‘(B) The termination of benefits under 
part B pursuant to section 1838(b) is also 
deemed to be a waiver of any entitlement to 
benefits under part A. 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD WITHOUT 
LATE ENROLLMENT PENALTY FOR CURRENT PART A 
ONLY OR PART B ONLY ENROLLEES.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, in the case of an individual 
who as of the general effective date, is entitled to benefits 
under part A but not enrolled under part B, or who is 
enrolled under part B but not entitled to benefits (or en-
rolled) under part A, beginning as of such date, such indi-
vidual shall be deemed to be enrolled under part B or part 
A, respectively, unless such individual elects to be enrolled 
(or entitled to benefits) under neither of such parts during 
a special open enrollment period specified by the Medicare 
Choices Commission. No increase in the monthly premium 
of an individual pursuant to section 1839(b) or section 
1818(c) shall be effected in the case of any such individual 
who is deemed enrolled under part B or part A pursuant 
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