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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 351
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating
any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from
one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid
Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. FOLEY, Mr.
SANDERS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. COOKSEY,
and Mr. DEUTSCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services
from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as
part of State litigation from one or more tobacco compa-
nies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 351 IH
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON TREATING ANY MEDICAID-RE-
LATED FUNDS RECOVERED FROM ONE OR
MORE TOBACCO COMPANIES AS AN OVER-
PAYMENT.
(a) PROHIBITION
ON TREATMENT
AS OVERPAY-
MENT.—Section 1903(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396b(d)(3)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘The’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) and paragraph (2)(B) shall
not apply to any amount recovered or paid to a State as
part of a settlement or judgment reached in litigation initi-
ated or pursued by a State against one or more manufac-
turers of tobacco products, as defined in section 5702(d)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies to amounts recovered or paid to a
State before, on, or after the date of enactment of this
Act.
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if those criteria are not applicable, within 12 months
of submission of the plan or revision), the Adminis-
trator shall act on the submission in accordance with
paragraph (3).
(3) FULL AND PARTIAL APPROVAL AND DIS-
APPROVAL.—In the case of any submittal on which
the Administrator is required to act under para-
graph (2), the Administrator shall approve such sub-
mittal as a whole if it meets all of the applicable re-
quirements of this Act. If a portion of the plan revi-
sion meets all the applicable requirements of this
Act, the Administrator may approve the plan revi-
sion in part and disapprove the plan revision in part.
The plan revision shall not be treated as meeting the
requirements of this Act until the Administrator ap-
proves the entire plan revision as complying with the
applicable requirements of this Act.
(4) CONDITIONAL
APPROVAL.—The Adminis-
trator may approve a plan revision based on a com-
mitment of the State to adopt specific enforceable
measures by a date certain, but not later than 1
year after the date of approval of the plan revision.
Any such conditional approval shall be treated as a
disapproval if the State fails to comply with such
commitment.
HR 3520 RH
with the White Clay Creek Watershed Management Com-
mittee as provided for in the Management Plan.
SEC. 6. FEDERAL ROLE IN MANAGEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National Park
Service (or a designee) shall represent the Secretary in the
implementation of the Management Plan, this Act, and the
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act with respect to each of the seg-
ments designated by the amendment made by section 3, in-
cluding the review, required under section 7(a) of the Wild
and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1278(a)), of proposed fed-
erally-assisted water resources projects that could have a di-
rect and adverse effect on the values for which the segment
is designated.
(b) ASSISTANCE.—To assist in the implementation of
the Management Plan, this Act, and the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act with respect to each of the segments designated
by the amendment made by section 3, the Secretary may
provide technical assistance, staff support, and funding at
a cost to the Federal Government in an amount, in the ag-
gregate, of not to exceed $150,000 for each fiscal year.
(c) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—Any cooperative
agreement entered into under section 10(e) of the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(e)) relating to any of
the segments designated by the amendment made by section
3—
HR 3520 RH
(1) shall be consistent with the Management
Plan; and
(2) may include provisions for financial or other
assistance from the United States to facilitate the
long-term protection, conservation, and enhancement
of the segments.
(d) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 10(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C.
1281(c)), any portion of a segment designated by the
amendment made by section 3 that is not in the National
Park System as of the date of the enactment of this Act
shall not, under this Act—
(1) be considered a part of the National Park
System;
(2) be managed by the National Park Service; or
(3) be subject to laws (including regulations)
that govern the National Park System.
SEC. 7. STATE REQUIREMENTS.
State and local zoning laws and ordinances, as in ef-
fect on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be consid-
ered to satisfy the standards and requirements under section
6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1277(c))
with respect to the segment designated by the amendment
made by section 3.
HR 3520 RH
SEC. 8. NO LAND ACQUISITION.
The Federal Government shall not acquire, by any
means, any right or title in or to land, any easement, or
any other interest along the segments designated by the
amendment made by section 3 for the purpose of carrying
out the amendment or this Act.
Union Calendar No. 474
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3520
[Report No. 106–813]
A BILL
To designate segments and tributaries of White
Clay Creek, Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a
component of the National Wild and Scenic Riv-
ers System.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3522
To amend the Clean Air Act to establish certain rules regarding motor
vehicle inspection and maintenance in States that have contracted out
vehicle testing and inspection services, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 24, 2000
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to establish certain rules regard-
ing motor vehicle inspection and maintenance in States
that have contracted out vehicle testing and inspection
services, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION AND MAINTE-
NANCE IN STATES THAT CONTRACT OUT FOR
SERVICES.
Section 182(a)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act is amended
by adding the following at the end thereof:
‘‘(iii) Within 12 months after the date of the
enactment of this clause, the Administrator shall re-
vise and republish in the Federal Register the guid-
ance for the States for motor vehicle inspection and
maintenance programs required by this Act to estab-
lish additional requirements applicable to States that
contract out emissions testing and inspection serv-
ices to a private vendor. No later than 2 years after
the Administrator publishes such revised guidance,
each State that contracts out emissions testing and
inspection services shall submit a revision of such
program to meet the requirements of such revised
guidance. The revised guidance shall require such
programs to use a voucher system for vehicle inspec-
tion. Vehicle owners may use the voucher to have a
vehicle inspected either by the State’s chosen vendor
for emissions testing and vehicle inspection services,
or by choosing to use the voucher to defray a portion
of the cost of an inspection by a private concern li-
censed to do emissions tests and car inspections.
The State shall estimate the cost of vehicle inspec-
tion, varying the price for different vehicles. The
value of the voucher shall be equal to the reimburse-
ment rate per vehicle established under the State’s
contract with the principal vendor providing inspec-
tion services.’’.
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements of this
section shall not apply with respect to health insur-
ance coverage if there is a State law (as defined in
section 2723(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act)
for a State that regulates such coverage that is de-
scribed in any of the following subparagraphs:
(A) Such State law requires such coverage
to provide for at least a 48-hour hospital length
of stay following a mastectomy performed for
treatment of breast cancer and at least a 24-
hour hospital length of stay following a lymph
node dissection for treatment of breast cancer.
(B) Such State law requires, in connection
with such coverage for surgical treatment of
breast cancer, that the hospital length of stay
for such care is left to the decision of (or re-
quired to be made by) the attending provider in
consultation with the woman involved.
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Section 2723(a)(1) of the
Public Health Service Act and section 731(a)(1) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 shall not be construed as superseding a State
law described in paragraph (1).
(5) CALLS
FOR
PLAN
REVISIONS.—Whenever
the Administrator finds that the applicable imple-
mentation plan for any area is substantially inad-
equate to comply with any requirement of this Act,
the Administrator shall require the State to revise
the plan as necessary to correct such inadequacies.
The Administrator shall notify the State of the inad-
equacies, and may establish reasonable deadlines
(not to exceed 6 months after the date of such no-
tice) for the submission of such plan revisions. Such
findings and notice shall be public.
(6) CORRECTIONS.—Whenever the Adminis-
trator determines that the Administrator’s action
approving, disapproving, or promulgating any plan
or plan revision (or part thereof) was in error, the
Administrator may in the same manner as the ap-
proval, disapproval, or promulgation revise such ac-
tion as appropriate without requiring any further
submission from the State. Such determination and
the basis thereof shall be provided to the State and
public.
(d) PLAN REVISIONS.—Each revision to an imple-
mentation plan submitted by a State under this Act shall
be adopted by such State after reasonable notice and pub-
lic hearing. The Administrator shall not approve a revision
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1011 of such Act (2
U.S.C. 682(5)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1013’’ and
inserting ‘‘1014’’; and
(2) in paragraph (5)—
(A) by striking ‘‘1016’’ and inserting
‘‘1017’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘1017(b)(1)’’ and inserting
‘‘1018(b)(1)’’.
(d) TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES.—Section 1015 of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) (as redesignated) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 1014’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘1012’’
and inserting ‘‘1012 or 1013’’;
(3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘1013’’
and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and
(4) in subsection (e)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A);
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
subparagraph (C);
(C) by striking ‘‘1013’’ in subparagraph
(C) (as so redesignated) and inserting ‘‘1014’’;
and
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (A)
the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) he has transmitted a special message
under section 1013 with respect to a proposed
rescission; and’’.
(e) REPORTS.—Section 1016 of such Act (2 U.S.C.
686) (as redesignated) is amended by striking ‘‘1012 or
1013’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘1012, 1013,
or 1014’’.
(f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Section 1017 of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 687) (as redesignated) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or a limited tax benefit is re-
quired to be implemented and is not implemented,’’
before ‘‘the Comptroller General is hereby expressly
empowered’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘or such limited tax benefit to
be implemented’’ before ‘‘, and such court is hereby
expressly empowered’’; and
(3) by inserting ‘‘or to implement such limited
tax benefit’’ after ‘‘to make such budget authority
available for obligation’’.
SEC. 7. APPLICATION.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to leg-
islation enacted during the second session of the One Hun-
dred Sixth Congress and thereafter.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3525
To require the Federal Communications Commission to follow normal rule-
making procedures in establishing additional requirements for non-
commercial educational television broadcasters.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 24, 2000
Mr. OXLEY (for himself, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. LARGENT, Mr.
COBURN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr.
BAKER, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SCAR-
BOROUGH, MR. BURR of North Carolina, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina,
Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. MAN-
ZULLO, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. WICKER, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. RILEY, Mr.
ENGLISH, Mr. METCALF, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr.
BONILLA, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr.
DELAY, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr.
GOODE, 
Mr. 
HOBSON, 
Mr. 
FOSSELLA, 
Mr. 
GUTKNECHT, 
Mr.
NETHERCUTT, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr.
RYUN of Kansas, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. LINDER, Mr. HYDE, Mr. MORAN of
Kansas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. TALENT, Mr.
COLLINS, Mr. GORDON, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. WOLF, Mr.
DICKEY, Mr. HILL of Montana, and Mr. RAMSTAD) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To require the Federal Communications Commission to fol-
low normal rulemaking procedures in establishing addi-
tional requirements for noncommercial educational tele-
vision broadcasters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Religious Broadcasting
Freedom Act’’.
SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH RULEMAKING PROCEDURES RE-
QUIRED.
(a) LIMITATION.—After the date of enactment of this
Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall not
establish, expand, or otherwise modify requirements relat-
ing to the service obligations of noncommercial educational
television stations except by means of agency rulemaking
conducted in accordance with chapter 5 of title 5, United
States Code, and other applicable law.
(b) TERMINATION OF EFFECT OF ADDITIONAL GUID-
ANCE.—The additional guidance contained in the Commis-
sion’s memorandum opinion and order in WQED Pitts-
burg (FCC 99–393), adopted December 15, 1999, and re-
leased December 29, 1999, shall not be effective after the
date of enactment of this Act except to the extent such
guidance is prescribed in accordance with subsection (a).
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‘‘(2) PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS.—At the request
of an employee to which paragraph (1) applies, the
relevant Federal administrator of the Federal health
insurance program involved shall provide for the
payment of the employee share of the premium as-
sessed for coverage under the qualifying health ben-
efit plan involved. For purposes of title XIX of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the re-
quirement of this paragraph shall be deemed to be
a requirement under the appropriate State plan
under such title XIX.
‘‘(3) FEDERAL
HEALTH
INSURANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—As used in this subsection, the term ‘Fed-
eral health insurance program’ means—
‘‘(A) the medicare or medicaid program
under title XVIII or XIX of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 or 1396 et seq.);
‘‘(B) the Federal employee health benefit
program under chapter 89 of title V, United
States Code; or
‘‘(C) the Civilian Health and Medical Pro-
gram of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS),
as defined in section 1073(4) of title 10, United
States Code.
‘‘(d) LARGE EMPLOYERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this title
shall only apply to large employers.
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As used in paragraph
(1), the term ‘large employer’ means, with re-
spect to a calendar year and plan year, an em-
ployer that employed an average of at least 50
full-time employees on business days during the
preceding calendar year and who employs not
less than 50 employees on the first day of the
plan year.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The provisions of this
title shall apply with respect to an employer
that is not a large employer under subpara-
graph (A) if the majority of the services per-
formed by such employer consist of services per-
formed on behalf of a single large employer.
‘‘(3) CONTRACT
WORKERS.—For purposes of
this title, a contract worker of an employer shall be
considered to be an employee of the employer.
‘‘SEC. 202. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TIMING OF COV-
ERAGE AND WITHHOLDING.
‘‘(a) DATE OF INITIAL COVERAGE.—In the case of
an employee enrolled under a qualifying health benefit
plan provided by a large employer, the coverage under the
‘‘(2) PERIOD OF PAYMENT.—In the case of an
individual who participates in the program estab-
lished by this title, the base monthly premium shall
be payable for the period commencing with the first
month of the individual’s coverage period and ending
with the month in which the individual’s coverage
under this title terminates.
‘‘(b) PAYMENT OF DEFERRED PREMIUM FOR INDI-
VIDUALS COVERED AFTER ATTAINING AGE 62.—
‘‘(1) RATE OF PAYMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an indi-
vidual who is covered under this part for a
month pursuant to an enrollment under section
1859(b), subject to subparagraph (B), the indi-
vidual is liable for payment of a deferred pre-
mium in each month during the period de-
scribed in paragraph (2) in an amount equal to
the full deferred monthly premium rate deter-
mined 
for 
the 
individual 
under 
section
1859B(c).
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
THOSE
WHO
DISENROLL EARLY.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If such an individ-
ual’s enrollment under such section is ter-
minated under clause (i) or (ii) of section
‘‘(ii) in the case of a mechanism
under paragraph (3)(B), the rate deter-
mined under section 2741(h)(2)(A).’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by—
(1) section 2(a) shall apply to health insurance
coverage offered, sold, issued, renewed, in effect, or
operated in the individual market on the date that
is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act;
and
(2) section 2(b) shall apply with respect to a
State that adopted an alternative mechanism under
section 2744 of the Public Health Service at (42
U.S.C. 300gg–44) on the date that is 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act.
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HR 3538 IH
TITLE I—CREDIT FOR PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION 
COM-
MUTING EXPENSES
SEC. 101. CREDIT FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COM-
MUTING EXPENSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is
amended by inserting after section 25A the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 25B. COMMUTING EXPENSES ON PUBLIC TRANSPOR-
TATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual,
there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed
by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to
20 percent of the aggregate amount paid by the taxpayer
during the taxable year for transportation by public tran-
sit between the taxpayer’s place of abode and place where
the individual is employed, attending school, or receiving
job training.
‘‘(b) MAXIMUM CREDIT.—The credit allowed by sub-
section (a) for the taxable year shall not exceed $175 for
each individual.
‘‘(c) PUBLIC TRANSIT.—For purposes of subsection
(a), the term ‘public transit’ means any public transpor-
including a work of authorship, shall not itself be consid-
ered a substantial part of a collection of information under
section 1402. Nothing in this subsection shall permit the
repeated or systematic extraction or use of individual
items or insubstantial parts of a collection of information
so as to circumvent the prohibition contained in section
1402.
‘‘(c) GATHERING
OR USE
OF INFORMATION OB-
TAINED THROUGH OTHER MEANS.—Nothing in this
chapter shall restrict any person from independently gath-
ering information or using information obtained by means
other than extracting it from a collection of information
gathered, organized, or maintained by another person
through the investment of substantial monetary or other
resources.
‘‘(d) USE OF INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION.—
Nothing in this chapter shall restrict any person from ex-
tracting or using a collection of information within any
entity or organization, for the sole purpose of verifying
the accuracy of information independently gathered, orga-
nized, or maintained by that person. Under no cir-
cumstances shall the information so used be extracted
from the original collection and made available to others
in a manner that harms the actual or potential market
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nizations and nations committed for 1999 and 2000
for humanitarian assistance in Kosovo;
(C) provided at least 85 percent of the amount
of the assistance that those organizations and na-
tions committed for 1999 and 2000 for the Kosovo
Consolidated Budget; and
(D) deployed at least 90 percent of the number
of police, including special police, that those organi-
zations and nations pledged for the United Nations
international police force for Kosovo.
(d) REPORT ON COMMITMENTS AND PLEDGES BY
OTHER NATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.—The President
shall submit to Congress a report containing detailed in-
formation on—
(1) the commitments and pledges made by the
European Commission, each of the member nations
of the European Union, and each of the European
member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization for reconstruction assistance in Kosovo, hu-
manitarian assistance in Kosovo, the Kosovo Con-
solidated Budget, and police (including special po-
lice) for the United Nations international police
force for Kosovo;
(2) the amount of assistance that has been pro-
vided in each category, and the number of police
Union Calendar No. 360
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3535
[Report No. 106–650]
A BILL
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva-
tion and Management Act to eliminate the
wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark
finning.
JUNE 6, 2000
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3530
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that
the Act will not apply to employment performed in a workplace located
in the employee’s residence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 24, 2000
Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. BACHUS, Mr.
PORTMAN, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. FRANKS of
New Jersey, Mr. HILL of Montana, Mr. WAMP, Mr. KUYKENDALL, Mr.
COBURN, Mr. THORNBERRY, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. BURTON of Indi-
ana, Mr. GOSS, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. EWING, Mr. GIBBONS, and
Mr. GOODLATTE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
to provide that the Act will not apply to employment
performed in a workplace located in the employee’s resi-
dence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Home Workplace Pres-
ervation Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ACT OF 1970.
Section 4(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653(b)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(5) Nothing in this Act shall apply to employment
performed in a workplace which is located in the residence
of the employee engaged in such employment.’’.
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