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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3875
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain steam or other vapor generating
boilers used in nuclear facilities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 9, 2000
Mr. COLLINS (for himself, Mr. TANNER, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. LEWIS of Geor-
gia, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, and Mrs. THURMAN) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain steam or other
vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON CERTAIN STEAM OR
OTHER VAPOR GENERATING BOILERS USED
IN NUCLEAR FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following
new subheading:
‘‘
9902.84.02
Watertube boilers
with a steam pro-
duction exceeding
45 t per hour,
for use in nuclear
facilities (pro-
vided for in sub-
heading
8402.11.00) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2005
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies with respect to goods entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on
or after the 15th day after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
(2) APPLICATION TO LIQUIDATIONS OR RELIQ-
UIDATIONS.—Notwithstanding section 514 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law and
subject to paragraph (3), any article described in
heading 9902.84.02 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (as added by sub-
section (a)) that was entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption—
(A) on or after January 1, 2000, and
(B) before the date that is 15 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such heading
9902.84.02 applied to such entry or withdrawal, and
the Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any ex-
cess duty paid with respect to such entry.
(3) REQUESTS.—Liquidation or reliquidation
may be made under paragraph (2) with respect to
any entry only if a request therefor is filed with the
Customs Service, within 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient
information to enable the Customs Service—
(A) to locate the entry; or
(B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be
located.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3876
To suspend temporarily the duty on Baytron P.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 9, 2000
Mr. COYNE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on Baytron P.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following
new heading:
‘‘
9902.39.01
A certain mixture
of water and
poly(3,4-ethylene-
dioxythiophene)-
poly
(styrenesulfonate)
(cationic) (CAS
No. 155090–83–
8) (provided for
in subheading
3911.90.25) ........
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2003
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section applies with respect to goods entered, or with-
drawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the
15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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HR 3879 RFS
in arms flows into Sierra Leone, or that a country is in-
volved in illicit sales of Sierra Leonean gold or diamonds
through that country, then the Secretary of State—
(1) shall take all necessary steps to initiate dip-
lomatic efforts to bring about the termination of
such activities by the country; and
(2) if the country has not ceased the proscribed
activity within 3 months of the initiation of such
diplomatic efforts, shall inform the country of the
possibility that United States foreign assistance for
the country may be terminated or suspended if the
country does not cease the proscribed activity.
(c) ASSISTANCE FOR NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.—
United States assistance may be provided to the central
government of a neighboring country of the Republic of
Sierra Leone only if such government—
(1)(A) provides demonstrated support for the
peace process in the Republic of Sierra Leone in ac-
cordance with the Lome Convention of July 7, 1999;
and
(B) does not provide training or other support
for the RUF/AFRC forces or any other forces pro-
scribed under the Lome Convention; and
(2) cooperates with efforts to monitor arms
flows to Sierra Leone.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 3877
To suspend temporarily the duty on dimethyl dicarbonate.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 9, 2000
Mr. COYNE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on dimethyl dicarbonate.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following
new heading:
‘‘
9902.29.01
Dimethyl dicar-
bonate (CAS No.
4525–33–1)
(provided for in
subheading
2920.90.50) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2003
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section applies with respect to goods entered, or with-
drawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the
15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3878
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey land to the town of
Thompson, Connecticut, for fire fighting and emergency services purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 9, 2000
Mr. GEJDENSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey land
to the town of Thompson, Connecticut, for fire fighting
and emergency services purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY LAND, TOWN OF
THOMPSON, CONNECTICUT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army may
convey, without consideration, to the town of Thompson,
Connecticut, all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to the parcel of land described in subsection
(b) for use by the town for fire fighting and related emer-
gency services purposes.
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcel of land re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is the parcel, located in the
West Thompson Lake project area, identified in the sur-
vey, provided by the town of Thompson, on file at the New
England District Office of the Corps of Engineers.
(c) REVERSION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, after making a convey-
ance under this section, the Secretary determines
that the parcel described in subsection (b) is not
being used for fire fighting and related emergency
services, all right, title, and interest in and to the
parcel shall revert, at the option of the United
States, to the United States.
(2) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—Any deter-
mination made by the Secretary under this sub-
section shall be made on the record only after there
has been an opportunity for a hearing.
(3) RIGHT OF ENTRY.—If the United States ex-
ercises its option to seek reversion under paragraph
(1), it shall gain an immediate right of entry onto
the parcel.
(d) APPLICABILITY OF SCREENING PROVISIONS.—
Section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, shall not
apply to any conveyance under this section.
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The
Secretary may require that any conveyance under this sec-
tion be subject to such additional terms and conditions
as the Secretary considers appropriate and necessary to
protect the interests of the United States.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 387
To prohibit certain oil and gas leasing activities on portions of the Outer
Continental Shelf, consistent with the President’s Outer Continental Shelf
moratorium statement of June 26, 1990.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Mr. LOBIONDO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To prohibit certain oil and gas leasing activities on portions
of the Outer Continental Shelf, consistent with the Presi-
dent’s Outer Continental Shelf moratorium statement of
June 26, 1990.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MORATORIUM.
The Secretary of the Interior shall not conduct any
oil and gas preleasing, leasing, or development activities
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in any area
placed under restriction by the President’s moratorium
HR 387 IH
statement of June 26, 1990. This section shall cease to
be effective on January 1, 2003.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3880
To increase the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for service
as a teacher in a school with a high concentration of low-income students.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 9, 2000
Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, and Mr. KIL-
DEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To increase the amount of student loans that may be for-
given for service as a teacher in a school with a high
concentration of low-income students.
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 ‘‘Quality Teacher Re-
cruitment Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF STUDENT LOANS ELIGI-
BLE FOR FORGIVENESS FOR SERVICE AS A
TEACHER.
(a) GUARANTEED LOANS.—Section 428J(c)(1) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10(c)(1))
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$5,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$17,750’’.
(b) DIRECT LOANS.—Section 460(c)(1) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$17,750’’.
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‘‘(C) Appearance of new toxins or increased lev-
els of existing toxins.
‘‘(D) Changes in the functional characteristics
of food.
‘‘(E) Changes in the levels of important nutri-
ents.’’.
(4) CERTAIN
TESTS.—Section 409(c) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended
by paragraph (3), is amended by adding at the end
the following paragraph:
‘‘(7) In the case of genetic food additives:
‘‘(A) If a genetic food additive is a protein from
a commonly or severely allergenic food, the Sec-
retary may not establish a regulation under para-
graph (1)(A) if the petition under subsection (b)(1)
fails to include full reports of investigations that
used serum or skin tests (or other advanced tech-
niques) on a sensitive population to determine
whether such additive is commonly or severely aller-
genic.
‘‘(B)(i) If a genetic food additive is a protein
that has not undergone the investigations described
in subparagraph (A), the Secretary may not estab-
lish a regulation under paragraph (1)(A) if the peti-
tion under subsection (b)(1) fails to include full re-
‘‘(iii) information concerning the bene-
ficial ownership of the funds involved in
any transaction, in accordance with steps
the Secretary has determined to be reason-
able and practicable to obtain and retain
such information; and
‘‘(iv) a description of any transaction.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
RELATING
TO
BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP.—In addition to any other requirement
under any other law, the Secretary may require any
domestic financial institution or domestic financial
agency to take such steps as the Secretary may deter-
mine to be reasonable and practicable to obtain and
retain information concerning the beneficial owner-
ship of any account opened or maintained in the
United States by a foreign person (other than a for-
eign entity whose shares are subject to public report-
ing requirements or are listed and traded on a regu-
lated exchange or trading market), or a representative
of such a foreign person, that involves a jurisdiction
outside the United States, 1 or more financial institu-
tions operating outside the United States, or 1 or
more classes of transactions within, or involving, a
jurisdiction outside the United States, if the Secretary
finds any such jurisdiction, institution, or trans-
action to be of primary money laundering concern.
‘‘(3) INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN PAY-
ABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNTS.—If the Secretary finds a
jurisdiction outside the United States, 1 or more fi-
nancial institutions operating outside the United
States, or 1 or more classes of transactions within, or
involving, a jurisdiction outside the United States to
be of primary money laundering concern, the Sec-
retary may require any domestic financial institution
or domestic financial agency that opens or maintains
a payable-through account in the United States for a
foreign financial institution involving any such juris-
diction or any such financial institution operating
outside the United States, or a payable-through ac-
count through which any such transaction may be
conducted, as a condition of opening or maintaining
such account, to—
‘‘(A) identify each customer (and represent-
ative of such customer) of such financial institu-
tion who is permitted to use, or whose trans-
actions are routed through, such payable-through
account; and
‘‘(B) obtain, with respect to each such cus-
tomer (and each such representative), the same
‘‘(A) equipment to be used in the operation
of the facility when the proposed improvements
are completed and the equipment is installed; or
‘‘(B) a solar energy system (as defined in
subparagraph (3) of the last paragraph of sec-
tion 2(a)) or residential energy conservation
measures (as defined in subparagraphs (A)
through (G) and (I) of section 210(11) of the
National Energy Conservation Policy Act), in
cases in which the Secretary determines that
such measures are in addition to those required
under the minimum property standards and will
be cost-effective over the life of the measure.
‘‘(4) AMORTIZATION
AND
INTEREST.—Each
mortgage insured under this section shall—
‘‘(A) provide for complete amortization by
periodic payments under such terms as the Sec-
retary shall prescribe;
‘‘(B) have a maturity date satisfactory to
the Secretary, but in no event longer than 25
years; and
‘‘(C) bear interest at such rate as may be
agreed upon by the mortgagor and the mort-
gagee, and the Secretary shall not issue any
regulations or establish any terms or conditions
(i) A description of the demonstration
projects conducted under this section.
(ii) An evaluation of—
(I) whether each benefit provided
under the demonstration project is a
cost-effective benefit or a cost-saving
benefit; and
(II) the satisfaction of medicare
beneficiaries under the demonstration
project.
(iii) Any other information regarding
the 
demonstration 
projects 
conducted
under this section that the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate.
(2) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than 1 year
after the conclusion of the demonstration projects
under this section, the Secretary shall submit a final
report to Congress on the demonstration projects
conducted under this section containing the rec-
ommendations of the Secretary regarding whether to
conduct the demonstration projects on a permanent
basis, together with such recommendations for legis-
lation and administrative action as the Secretary
considers appropriate.
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall provide for the
transfer from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
under section 1817 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395i) an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 for the costs
of carrying out the demonstration projects under this sec-
tion and submitting the reports to Congress under sub-
section (c).
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ing HIV. Like today’s spermicides, microbicides
would be used vaginally by women to help protect
themselves, their partners, and their infants from
the sexual transmission of HIV and other STD
pathogens. These compounds could be formulated in
a number of ways—as a gel, film, sponge or time re-
leased-capsule—and could be used in addition to
condoms or as an alternative when condom use is
not possible.
(2) For individuals needing to use them without
partner knowledge or consent, safe, effective, accept-
able, and affordable topical microbicides could be
formulated to be undetectable.
TITLE 
I—MICROBICIDE 
RE-
SEARCH AT THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
SEC. 101. PROGRAM REGARDING MICROBICIDES FOR PRE-
VENTING 
TRANSMISSION 
OF 
SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED DISEASES.
Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
following section:
‘‘MICROBICIDES FOR PREVENTING TRANSMISSION OF
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
‘‘SEC. 409B. (a) EXPANSION AND COORDINATION OF
ACTIVITIES.—The Director of NIH (referred to in this
‘‘(2) Any benefit payment under this section for the
month referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made in ac-
cordance with section 204(d).’’.
(c) BENEFITS AT AGE 72 FOR CERTAIN UNINSURED
INDIVIDUALS.—Section 228 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 428) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘Last Payment of Benefit Terminated by Death
‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of
this section, an individual’s monthly insurance benefit
under this section otherwise payable for the month in
which the individual dies shall be payable only if such indi-
vidual’s date of death occurs after the first 15 days of
such month.
‘‘(2) Any benefit payment under this section for the
month referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made in ac-
cordance with section 204(d).’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to deaths occurring after the month in which this
Act is enacted.
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‘‘(ii) there are no means of using or
disposing of the material other than ocean
dumping.
‘‘(C) INCLUDED
ALTERNATIVE
USES.—
Regulations under this paragraph may treat the
following uses (among others) of dredged mate-
rial as alternative uses for purposes of subpara-
graph (B):
‘‘(i) Land-based structural or non-
structural fill.
‘‘(ii) Non-aquatic habitat develop-
ment.
‘‘(iii) Landfill cover.
‘‘(iv) Agricultural uses.
‘‘(v) Deposit in upland confined dis-
posal facilities.
‘‘(vi) Recycling material for reuse.
‘‘(vii) Land-based storage
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(A) 
HISTORIC
AREA
REMEDIATION
SITE.—The term ‘Historic Area Remediation
Site’ means the dredged material disposal area
known by that name that is located east of
Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and described in part
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3894
To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
to restrict ocean dumping at the site off the coast of New Jersey
known as the ‘‘Historic Area Remediation Site’’, to dumping of dredged
material from States that have developed and made commercially avail-
able alternative uses for dredged material, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 9, 2000
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries
Act of 1972 to restrict ocean dumping at the site off
the coast of New Jersey known as the ‘‘Historic Area
Remediation Site’’, to dumping of dredged material from
States that have developed and made commercially avail-
able alternative uses for dredged material, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dredging Alternatives
Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON OCEAN DUMPING AT THE HIS-
TORIC AREA REMEDIATION SITE.
Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and
Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1413) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) RESTRICTION ON OCEAN DUMPING AT THE HIS-
TORIC AREA REMEDIATION SITE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No permit may be issued
authorizing transportation of material for the pur-
pose of dumping at the Historic Area Remediation
Site, and no permit authorizing such transportation
shall be effective, other than a permit for transpor-
tation of qualified dredged material.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED DREDGED
MATERIAL.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
shall issue regulations that establish require-
ments for material to be considered qualified
dredged material.
‘‘(B) CRITERIA.—Regulations under this
paragraph shall provide that material is not
qualified dredged material unless—
‘‘(i) it is excavated or dredged in a
State that has developed and made com-
mercially available alternative uses for
dredged material; and
under the Constitution and Congress’ authority
thereunder.
SEC. 3. DISCIPLINE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DUE PROCESS
OF OFFICERS.
Part H of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3781 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 820. DISCIPLINE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DUE PROC-
ESS OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT OFFICERS.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) DISCIPLINARY
ACTION.—The term ‘dis-
ciplinary action’ means any adverse personnel action,
including suspension, reduction in pay, rank, or
other employment benefit, dismissal, transfer, reas-
signment, unreasonable denial of secondary employ-
ment, or similar punitive action taken against a law
enforcement officer.
‘‘(2) DISCIPLINARY HEARING.—The term ‘dis-
ciplinary hearing’ means an administrative hearing
initiated by a law enforcement agency against a law
enforcement officer, based on an alleged violation of
law, that, if proven, would subject the law enforce-
ment officer to disciplinary action.
ards in all college facilities, including recommenda-
tions for methods to fund such cost.
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inserting ‘‘to expand access to and improve advanced
education’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘Oakland Unified School Dis-
trict in California for an African American Literacy
and Culture Project’’ and inserting ‘‘California State
University, Hayward, for an African-American Lit-
eracy and Culture Project carried out in partnership
with the Oakland Unified School District in Cali-
fornia’’; and
(4) by striking ‘‘$900,000 shall be awarded to
the Boston Music Education Collaborative com-
prehensive interdisciplinary music program and
teacher resource center in Boston, Massachusetts’’
and inserting ‘‘$462,000 shall be awarded to the
Boston Symphony Orchestra for the teacher re-
source center and $370,000 shall be awarded to the
Boston Music Education Collaborative for an inter-
disciplinary music program, in Boston, Massachu-
setts’’.
SEC. 4303. Section 304 of the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law
by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–113) is repealed.
(28) Section 3(a)(7) and (f) of the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C.
1862(a)(7) and (f)).
(29) Section 7(a) of the National Science Foun-
dation Authorization Act, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 1873
note).
(30) Section 16 of the Federal Fire Prevention
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2215).
Passed the House of Representatives April 3, 2000.
Attest:
Clerk.