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plan for carrying out the program under this part.
Such plan shall describe the program, including the
selection process for participating students and the
districts, the services rendered, and the strategy to
be used to shift the funding responsibility from the
Federal Government to the private sector.
‘‘(2) The plan submitted pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall be in such form, contain or be accompanied
by such information, and be submitted at such time
as the Secretary may require by regulation and
shall—
‘‘(A) describe the activities for which as-
sistance under this section is sought; and
‘‘(B) provide such additional assurances to
ensure compliance with the requirements of this
part.
‘‘SEC. 10995C. EARLY INTERVENTION.
‘‘In order to receive payments under this part, an or-
ganization shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary that the organization will provide comprehensive
mentoring, outreach, and supportive services to students,
parents, and schools participating under this part to pro-
mote enrollment of first generation, low-income students
in colleges and universities across the Nation. Such indi-
vidual services shall begin not later than the end of the
10th grade and shall continue until completion of college.
Such counseling must involve the students’ parents or
legal guardians and shall be conducted on an individual
and confidential basis. The primary focus of the coun-
seling services shall be college selection, college admis-
sions, and college funding. In order to assure completion
of college, the program shall have participating students
select and attend colleges across the Nation based upon
their appropriateness for the student rather than the cost.
‘‘SEC. 10995D. USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, by regula-
tion, establish criteria for determining whether com-
prehensive mentoring, counseling, outreach, and sup-
portive services programs may be used to meet the re-
quirements of this part.
‘‘(b) ALLOWABLE PROVIDERS.—To meet the require-
ments of this part, the organization may contract on a
limited basis certain services from other providers.
‘‘SEC. 10995E. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this part $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through
2005.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3387
To repeal the fiscal year 2000 prohibition on the use of Department of
Defense funds to pay environmental fines and penalties imposed against
the Department.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 16, 1999
Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. BALDWIN,
Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN,
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BROWN of Ohio,
Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms.
DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. FARR of California, Mr.
FORBES, Mr. FORD, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr.
GUTIERREZ, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOLT, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mrs.
JOHNSON of Connecticut, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island,
Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUTHER, Mr.
MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York,
Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr.
MEEHAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. NAD-
LER, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. OLVER, Mr. RO-
MERO-BARCELO´, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr.
STARK, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mex-
ico, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VENTO, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr.
WEYGAND, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. WU) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To repeal the fiscal year 2000 prohibition on the use of
Department of Defense funds to pay environmental fines
and penalties imposed against the Department.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 8149 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79; 113 Stat. 1271),
is repealed.
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land described in subparagraphs (C) through 
(F) of such paragraph. 
(6) SERVICE AND CONSERVATION CORPS.—The 
term ‘‘service and conservation corps’’ means any or-
ganization established by a State or local govern-
ment, nonprofit organization, or Indian tribe that— 
(A) has a research-validated demonstrable 
capability to provide productive work to individ-
uals; 
(B) gives participants a combination of 
work experience, basic and life skills, education, 
training, and support services; and 
(C) provides participants with the oppor-
tunity to develop citizenship values through 
service to their communities and the United 
States. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
(D) Guam; 
(E) American Samoa; 
(F) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; 
(G) the Federated States of Micronesia;
(H) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 
(I) the Republic of Palau; and 
(J) the United States Virgin Islands. 
(8) YOUNG ADULTS.—The term ‘‘young adults’’ 
means individuals between 16 and 25 years of age. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 
2009. 
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lished under section 7901 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(4) INTERAGENCY
PROGRAM
OFFICE.—The 
term ‘‘interagency program office’’ means the office 
established under section 4(d). 
SEC. 4. INTEGRATED OCEAN AND COASTAL OBSERVING 
SYSTEM. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
President, 
acting 
through the Council, shall carry out a pilot program to 
establish an integrated ocean and coastal observing system 
of monitoring, data communication and management, 
analysis, modeling, and research designed to provide data 
and information for the timely detection and prediction 
of changes occurring in the marine and coastal environ-
ment that impact the Nation’s social, economic, and eco-
logical systems. The IOOS shall provide for continuous 
and quality-controlled observations of the oceans and 
coasts for the following purposes: 
(1) Improving the health of the Nation’s 
oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes. 
(2) Protecting human lives and livelihoods from 
hazards. 
(3) Supporting national defense and homeland 
security efforts.
‘‘(2) USE OF PAYMENTS.—Payments under this
subsection may be used—
‘‘(A) first, for erosion control and water
quality projects; and
‘‘(B) second, unless emergency projects
arise, for projects to address other threshold
categories after thresholds for water quality and
soil conservation have been achieved and main-
tained.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a
payment under this subsection, a political sub-
division shall annually submit a priority list of
proposed projects to the Secretary of Agri-
culture.
‘‘(B) COMPONENTS OF LIST.—A priority
list under subparagraph (A) shall include, for
each proposed project listed—
‘‘(i) a description of the need for the
project;
‘‘(ii) all projected costs and benefits;
and
‘‘(iii) a detailed budget.
‘‘(C) USE
OF
PAYMENTS.—A payment
under this subsection shall be used only to
carry out a project or proposed project that is
part of the environmental improvement pro-
gram adopted by the Tahoe Regional Planning
Agency in February 1998 and amendments to
the program.
‘‘(D) FEDERAL OBLIGATION.—All projects
funded under this subsection shall be part of
Federal obligation under the environmental im-
provement program.
‘‘(4) DIVISION OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The total amounts ap-
propriated for payments under this subsection
shall be allocated by the Secretary of Agri-
culture based on the relative need for and mer-
its of projects proposed for payment under this
section.
‘‘(B) MINIMUM.—To the maximum extent
practicable, for each fiscal year, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall ensure that each political
subdivision in the Lake Tahoe basin receives
amounts appropriated for payments under this
subsection.
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In
addition to the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out section 6 of the Lake Tahoe
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ber 15, 1998 (64 Fed. Reg. 2876) (until the com-
mittee is terminated);
(4) Federal representatives and all political sub-
divisions of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management
Unit; and
(5) the Lake Tahoe Transportation and Water
Quality Coalition.
(b) DUTIES.—The Secretary shall consult with and
seek advice and recommendations from the entities de-
scribed in subsection (a) with respect to—
(1) the administration of the Lake Tahoe Basin
Management Unit;
(2) the development of the priority list;
(3) the promotion of consistent policies and
strategies to address the Lake Tahoe basin’s envi-
ronmental and recreational concerns;
(4) the coordination of the various programs,
projects, and activities relating to the environment
and recreation in the Lake Tahoe basin to avoid un-
necessary duplication and inefficiencies of Federal,
State, local, tribal, and private efforts; and
(5) the coordination of scientific resources and
data, for the purpose of obtaining the best available
science as a basis for decisionmaking on an ongoing
basis.
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The total amounts ap-
propriated for payments under this subsection
shall be allocated by the Secretary of Agri-
culture based on the relative need for and mer-
its of projects proposed for payment under this
section.
‘‘(B) MINIMUM.—To the maximum extent
practicable, for each fiscal year, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall ensure that each political
subdivision in the Lake Tahoe basin receives
amounts appropriated for payments under this
subsection.
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In
addition to the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out section 6 of the Lake Tahoe
Restoration Act, there is authorized to be appro-
priated for making payments under this subsection
$10,000,000 for the first fiscal year that begins
after the date of enactment of this paragraph and
for each of the 9 fiscal years thereafter.’’.
SEC. 8. FIRE RISK REDUCTION ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In conducting fire risk reduction
activities in the Lake Tahoe basin, the Secretary shall, as
appropriate, coordinate with State and local agencies and
Restoration Act, there is authorized to be appro-
priated for making payments under this subsection
$10,000,000 for the first fiscal year that begins
after the date of enactment of this paragraph and
for each of the 9 fiscal years thereafter.’’.
SEC. 8. FIRE RISK REDUCTION ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In conducting fire risk reduction
activities in the Lake Tahoe basin, the Secretary shall, as
appropriate, coordinate with State and local agencies and
organizations, including local fire departments and volun-
teer groups.
(b) GROUND DISTURBANCE.—The Secretary shall, to
the maximum extent practicable, minimize any ground dis-
turbances caused by fire risk reduction activities.
SEC. 9. AVAILABILITY AND SOURCE OF FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds authorized under this Act
and the amendment made by this Act—
(1) shall be in addition to any other amounts
available to the Secretary for expenditure in the
Lake Tahoe basin; and
(2) shall not be drawn from an appropriation
for any other unit of the National Forest System.
(b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided
in subsection (c), funds for activities under section 6 of
this Act and section 2(g) of Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat.
3381) shall be available for obligation on a 1-to-1 basis
with funding of restoration activities in the Lake Tahoe
basin by the States of California and Nevada.
(c) RELOCATION COSTS.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide 2⁄3 of necessary funding to local utility districts for
the costs of relocating facilities in connection with environ-
mental restoration projects under section 6 and erosion
control projects under section 2 of Public Law 96–586.
SEC. 10. AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC LAW 96–586.
Section 3(a) of Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3383)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) WILLING
SELLERS.—Land within the
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit subject to ac-
quisition under this section that is owned by a pri-
vate person shall be acquired only from a willing
seller.’’.
SEC. 11. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.
Nothing in this Act exempts the Secretary from the
duty to comply with any applicable Federal law.
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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of comprehensive health education materials and informa-
tion on existing health programs and resources.
‘‘(d) The Secretary, in consultation with Indian
tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organiza-
tions, shall establish criteria for the review and approval
of applications for funding provided pursuant to this sec-
tion.
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in cooperation with the
Secretary and the affected Indian tribes and tribal organi-
zations, shall develop a comprehensive school health edu-
cation program for children from preschool through grade
12 in schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
‘‘(2) Such programs shall include—
‘‘(A) school programs on nutrition education,
personal health, oral health, and fitness;
‘‘(B) mental health wellness programs;
‘‘(C) chronic disease prevention programs;
‘‘(D) substance abuse prevention programs;
‘‘(E) injury prevention and safety education
programs; and
‘‘(F) activities for the prevention and control of
communicable diseases.
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the Interior shall—
(2) to minimize adverse socio-economic impacts
on United States commercial fishermen and their
families, small fishing business entities, and fishing
communities consistent with National Standard (8)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the requirements
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, resulting from the
conservation actions taken under this Act;
(3) to enhance both the socio-economic viability
of the remaining United States pelagic longline fish-
ing industry and recreational fishing opportunities
for highly migratory species;
(4) to minimize bycatch, including regulatory
discards, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act
and the international obligations of the United
States;
(5) to support and encourage the United States
Government’s efforts to obtain international agree-
ments that provide for effective fishery conservation
and management consistent with the policies set
forth in section 2(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
and to provide the necessary leadership for achieving
greater international conservation of highly migra-
tory species;
(6) to reduce conflicts within the exclusive eco-
nomic zone of the United States between the pelagic
(2) shall not be drawn from an appropriation
for any other unit of the National Forest System.
(b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in
subsection (c), funds for activities under section 6 of this
Act and section 2(g) of Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3381)
shall be available for obligation on a 1-to-1 basis with fund-
ing of restoration activities in the Lake Tahoe basin by the
States of California and Nevada.
(c) RELOCATION COSTS.—The Secretary shall provide
2⁄3 of necessary funding to local utility districts for the costs
of relocating facilities in connection with environmental
restoration projects under section 6 and erosion control
projects under section 2 of Public Law 96–586.
(d) SOURCE OF LAND ACQUISITION FUNDS.—To the
extent activities under section 6 of this Act or section 2(g)
of Public Law 96–586 involve the acquisition of land or
an interest in land, amounts necessary to provide for the
acquisition of such land or interest may be appropriated
from the land and water conservation fund established
under section 2 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–5). The appropriation of funds
under this subsection shall be subject to—
(1) any overall funding limitation in effect on
use of the land and water conservation fund; and
(2) the funding limitation specified in section
6(g), in the case of acquisition carried out as part of
an activity under section 6.
SEC. 10. AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC LAW 96–586.
Section 3(a) of Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3383)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) WILLING
SELLERS.—Land within the Lake
Tahoe Basin Management Unit subject to acquisition under
this section that is owned by a private person shall be ac-
quired only from a willing seller.’’.
SEC. 11. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.
Nothing in this Act exempts the Secretary from the
duty to comply with any applicable Federal law.
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
are necessary to carry out this Act.
Union Calendar No. 491
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3388
[Report No. 106–833 Part I]
A BILL
To promote environmental restoration around the
Lake Tahoe basin.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2000
Reported from the Committee on Resources with an
amendment
SEPTEMBER 7, 2000
Referral to the Committees on Agriculture, and Trans-
portation and Infrastructure extended for a period end-
ing not later than September 7, 2000
SEPTEMBER 7, 2000
The Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and
Infrastructure discharged; committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3389
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the gross
income of an employee certain housing incentives provided by such em-
ployee’s employer to purchase and reside in housing located in qualified
urban areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 16, 1999
Mr. ENGLISH (for himself, Mr. FATTAH, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr.
OWENS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. FORBES, Ms. DELAURO, and Mrs.
CHRISTENSEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude
from the gross income of an employee certain housing
incentives provided by such employee’s employer to pur-
chase and reside in housing located in qualified urban
areas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. QUALIFIED HOUSING FRINGE BENEFIT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 132(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to the exclusion from
gross income of certain fringe benefits) is amended by
striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (5), by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting ‘‘, or’’
and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) qualified urban housing fringe.’’
(b) QUALIFIED URBAN HOUSING FRINGE.—Section
132 of such Code is amended by redesignating subsections
(h) through (m) as subsections (i) through (n), respec-
tively, and by inserting after subsection (g) the following
new subsection (h):
‘‘(h) QUALIFIED URBAN HOUSING FRINGE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘qualified urban housing fringe’ means
1 or more payments by an employer described in
clause (ii) or (iii) of section 170(b)(1)(A) to an em-
ployee under a written program adopted by such em-
ployer for the purpose of supporting the acquisition
of qualified urban housing by employees of such em-
ployer.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON EXCLUSION.—The amount
excluded from the gross income of an employee
under subsection (a)(7) for the taxable year shall
not exceed the excess of—
‘‘(A) $25,000 over
‘‘(B) the amount excluded from the gross
income of such employee or such employee’s
‘‘(III)(aa) An authorization obtained by the Commis-
sioner of Social Security pursuant to this clause shall be
considered to meet the requirements of the Right to Fi-
nancial Privacy Act for purposes of section 1103(a) of
such Act, and need not be furnished to the financial insti-
tution, notwithstanding section 1104(a) of such Act.
‘‘(bb) The certification requirements of section
1103(b) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act shall not
apply to requests by the Commissioner of Social Security
pursuant to an authorization provided under this clause.
‘‘(cc) A request by the Commissioner pursuant to an
authorization provided under this clause is deemed to meet
the requirements of section 1104(a)(3) of the Right to Fi-
nancial Privacy Act and the flush language of section
1102 of such Act.
‘‘(IV) The Commissioner shall inform any person who
provides authorization pursuant to this clause of the dura-
tion and scope of the authorization.
‘‘(V) If an applicant for, or recipient of, benefits
under this title (or any such other person referred to in
subclause (I)) refuses to provide, or revokes, any author-
ization made by the applicant or recipient for the Commis-
sioner of Social Security to obtain from any financial insti-
tution any financial record, the Commissioner may, on
spouse under this subsection for all prior tax-
able years.
In the case of a husband and wife both of whom are
employees of the employer, the limitation under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be divided equally between such
employees unless they agree on a different alloca-
tion.
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this
subsection—
‘‘(A) QUALIFIED
URBAN
HOUSING.—The
term 
‘qualified 
urban 
housing’ 
means
property—
‘‘(i) which is used as the employee’s
principal residence (within the meaning of
section 121), and
‘‘(ii) which is located in an area
which, at the time of the employee’s acqui-
sition of the property, is a qualified census
tract.
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
CENSUS
TRACT.—The
term ‘qualified census tract’ means any census
tract if—
‘‘(i) for the most recent year for
which census data are available on house-
hold income in such tract, 20 percent or
more of the households in such tract have
an income which is less than 60 percent of
the area median gross income for such
year,
‘‘(ii) the census tract is located in an
urban area (as defined in section 1393),
and
‘‘(iii) the census tract would meet the
requirements of section 1391 if such tract
were a nominated area.
‘‘(C) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘employee’ in-
cludes individuals described in subparagraph
(A) or (B) of subsection (i)(1).
‘‘(4) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of any
taxable year beginning in a calendar year after
1999, the dollar amount contained in paragraph
(2) shall be increased by an amount equal to—
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
endar year in which the taxable year be-
gins by substituting ‘calendar year 1998’
for ‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph
(B) thereof.
‘‘(B) ROUNDING.—If any increase deter-
mined under subparagraph (A) is not a multiple
of $500, such increase shall be rounded to the
next lowest multiple of $500.’’.
(c) NO DISCRIMINATION IN FAVOR OF HIGHLY COM-
PENSATED.—Paragraph (1) of subsection 132(k) of such
Code (as redesignated by subsection (b)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(1) EXCLUSIONS
UNDER
SUBSECTION
(a)(1),
(2), AND (7) APPLY TO HIGHLY COMPENSATED EM-
PLOYEES
ONLY
IF
NO
DISCRIMINATION.—Para-
graphs (1), (2), and (7) of subsection (a) shall apply
with respect to any fringe benefit described therein
provided with respect to any highly compensated em-
ployee only if such fringe benefit is available on sub-
stantially the same terms to each member of a group
of employees which is defined under a reasonable
classification set up by the employer which does not
discriminate in favor of highly compensated employ-
ees.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1998.
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