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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4669
To protect America’s citizen soldiers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 15, 2000
Mrs. CHENOWETH-HAGE (for herself, Mr. DELAY, Mr. PITTS, Mr. TRAFI-
CANT, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. PAUL, and Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Armed Services
A BILL
To protect America’s citizen soldiers.
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 ‘‘Citizen Soldier Protec-
tion Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS, PURPOSES, AND STATEMENT OF CON-
STITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) in some instances members of the Armed
Forces are being compelled, without lawful author-
ity, to wear as part of their military uniform badges,
symbols, helmets, headgear, and other visible indicia
or insignia of the United Nations and foreign states;
and
(2) in some instances members of the Armed
Forces are being compelled, without lawful author-
ity, to serve under military and other officers of the
United Nations and foreign states.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to clarify existing law in order to protect
United States citizens serving in the Armed Forces
from involuntary service under military and other of-
ficers of foreign states; and
(2) to restore to Congress its rightful constitu-
tional authority governing the deployment of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces in service alongside and
in conjunction with foreign states with which the
United States from time to time is allied.
(c) CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.—The specific con-
stitutional powers authorizing the enactment of this Act
are—
(1) that this Act is necessary to provide for the
common defense and to secure the blessings of lib-
erty to the people of the United States; and
(2) as provided in Article I, sections 8 and 9—
(A) Congress shall have power to raise and
support armies;
(B) Congress shall provide and maintain a
navy;
(C) Congress shall make rules for the gov-
ernment and regulation of the land and naval
forces; and
(D) Congress shall provide for organizing,
arming, and disciplining the militia, and for
governing such part of them as may be em-
ployed in the service of the United States.
(d) LIMITATION UNDER ARTICLE II.—This Act is
enacted to effect the limits of Article II, section 2, of the
Constitution in which—
(1) the President has the nondelegable power,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
to appoint all executive officers of the United States,
except in the case of inferior executive officers
wherein Congress may vest appointment of such in-
ferior officers, as they think proper, in the President
alone or in the heads of executive departments; and
(2) in no case may the President or Congress
vest any of the executive power of the United States
in officers of a foreign state or delegate to an officer
of a foreign state such executive power, except in
ly benefits accruing thereafter and of medical benefits that
have been found payable. If an operator fails to timely
make any payment required by an initial determination
or by an award, such determination or award shall be con-
sidered final as of the date of its issuance.’’.
SEC. 3. EVIDENCE.
Section 422 (30 U.S.C. 932) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(m)(1)(A) During the course of all proceedings on
a claim for benefits under this part, the results of not
more than 3 medical examinations offered by the claimant
may be received as evidence to support eligibility for bene-
fits.
‘‘(B) During the course of all proceedings on a claim
for benefits under this part, the responsible operator and
the trust fund—
‘‘(i) may each require, at no expense to the
claimant, not more than one medical examination of
the miner, and
‘‘(ii) may not each offer as evidence the results
of more than one medical examination of the miner.
‘‘(C) An administrative law judge may require the
miner to submit to a medical examination by a physician
assigned by the District Director if the administrative law
judge determines that, at any time, there is good cause
time of military necessity in a lawfully declared state
of war and as authorized by Congress.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST REQUIRING MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES TO WEAR UNIFORMS OR
OTHER INSIGNIA OF THE UNITED NATIONS
AND FOREIGN STATES.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 45 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 777. Insignia of the United Nations and foreign
states: prohibition on requirement of
wearing
‘‘No member of the armed forces may be required to
wear as part of the military uniform any badge, symbol,
headgear, or other visible indicia or insignia of the United
Nations or any foreign state.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘777. Insignia of the United Nations and foreign states: prohibition on require-
ment of wearing.’’
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION AGAINST REQUIRING MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES TO SERVE UNDER FOR-
EIGN OFFICERS.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 39 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 692. Service under United Nations or other foreign
command: prohibition
‘‘No member of the armed forces may be required to
serve in any capacity under an officer of the United Na-
tions or any foreign state, except as specifically provided
by law and, then, only during time of war declared by Con-
gress in accordance with Article I, section 8, of the Con-
stitution.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘692. Service under United Nations or other foreign command: prohibition.’’.
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‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the
Secretary.
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in
bronze of the gold medal struck under section 3 at a price
sufficient to cover the costs of the bronze medals (includ-
ing labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead
expenses) and the cost of the gold medal.
SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck under this Act are national medals
for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 6. FUNDING AND PROCEEDS OF SALE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There is hereby authorized to
be charged against the United States Mint Public Enter-
prise Fund an amount not to exceed $30,000 to pay for
the cost of the medals authorized by this Act.
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 4 shall be
deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise
Fund.
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At State option, subject to
paragraph (2), paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of sub-
section (a), and subsections (b), (d), (e), and (f),
this section shall not apply to any amounts collected
by a State as child support and retained by the
State to provide services described in paragraph (3).
‘‘(2) 
REQUIREMENT
TO
MAKE
ELECTION
UNDER SUBSECTION (g).—This subsection shall only
apply to a State which has made an election under
subsection (g)(1) with respect to the first $75 of any
monthly amount collected on behalf of a family as
support by the State and elects to disregard under
section 408(a)(12)(B) the total amount distributed
for purposes of determining the amount of assist-
ance for such families under the State program
funded under part A.
‘‘(3) FATHERHOOD SERVICE.—A service is de-
scribed in this paragraph if it is a service that en-
courages the appropriate involvement of both par-
ents in the life of any child of the parents, with a
priority for programs that specifically address the
issue of responsible fatherhood for low income non-
custodial fathers.
‘‘(4) RELEASE OF OBLIGATION TO PAY FED-
ERAL SHARE.—If a State provides services described
in paragraph (3) using amounts described in para-
graph (1), the State is released from—
‘‘(A) calculating the Federal share of the
lesser of—
‘‘(i) the State expenditures for the fis-
cal year for such services; or
‘‘(ii) the amount collected on behalf of
each family as support by the State for the
fiscal year but only to the extent that such
Federal share does not exceed an amount
equal to the first $50 of each monthly
amount (determined, at the option of the
State, in the aggregate or on a case-by-
case basis); and
‘‘(B) paying such share to the Federal
Government.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section take effect on October 1, 2000.
SEC. 204. TANF BONUS TO REWARD HIGH PERFORMANCE
STATES.
Section 403(a)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(4)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘The formula shall provide for the awarding of
grants under this paragraph based on a State’s effort to
encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent
families.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4673
To assist in the enhancement of the development and expansion of inter-
national economic assistance programs that utilize cooperatives and credit
unions, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 15, 2000
Mr. BEREUTER (for himself and Mr. POMEROY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To assist in the enhancement of the development and expan-
sion of international economic assistance programs that
utilize cooperatives and credit unions, and for other pur-
poses.
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 ‘‘Support for Overseas
Cooperative Development Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS
The Congress makes the following findings:
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
at the beginning of each such 3-year
period, in accordance with clause (iv).
‘‘(iii) SUFFICIENCY OF RESERVES.—
Notwithstanding clause (ii), if any increase
pursuant to clause (ii) in the maximum net
amount due to any depositor at an insured
depository institution under clause (i)
would cause the reserve ratio of any de-
posit insurance fund to decrease below the
reserve ratio of that fund as of the date of
the enactment of the Federal Deposit In-
surance Adjustment and Protection Act,
that portion of the increase under clause
(ii), with respect to deposits insured by
that fund, which would cause a decrease
below such reserve ratio shall not take ef-
fect until such time as the Corporation de-
termines that the reserve ratio of such de-
posit insurance fund is sufficient to allow
such increase to be effective without caus-
ing such result.
‘‘(iv) RULE
OF
APPLICATION.—Sec-
tion 1(f)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 shall be applied, for purposes
defined in subsection (d)(5)(D)(iii)))’’ after ‘‘for
hospitals’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and the market basket
percentage increase for any hospital that is lo-
cated in a rural area and that has less than
100 
beds, 
is 
classified 
under 
subsection
(d)(5)(C), or is a sole community hospital (as
defined in subsection (d)(5)(D)(iii))’’ after ‘‘in
all areas’’.
TITLE II—CAPITAL RELIEF FOR
RURAL HEALTH CARE INFRA-
STRUCTURE
SEC. 201. CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLVING LOAN
PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title XVI of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300q et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 1603. (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE AND GUAR-
ANTEE LOANS.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE LOANS.—The Sec-
retary may make loans from the fund established
under section 1602(d) to any rural entity for
projects for capital improvements, including—
vider to the Secretary in connection with an applica-
tion submitted under the United States Commercial
Space Transportation Vehicle certification program
and deemed by the commercial provider to be con-
fidential, and that contain trade secrets or propri-
etary commercial, financial, or technical information
of a kind not customarily disclosed to the public,
shall not be disclosed by the Secretary to persons
other than Government officers or employees not-
withstanding any other provision of law.
(5) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-
sult to the extent deemed necessary for effective im-
plementation of the Act with appropriate Federal
agencies, congressional, and space transportation in-
dustry representatives.
(6) PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary
shall manage the certification program consistent
with the purposes of this Act.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF SECRETARY TO CERTIFY
VEHICLE PROVIDERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall certify
vehicle providers who demonstrate by the submission
of technical and financial information that they have
a reasonable possibility of developing, operating, or
maintaining a space transportation vehicle or vehi-
cles with space transportation costs significantly
below current levels. Authorization by the Secretary
is deemed granted unless within 120 days of applica-
tion submission the Secretary determines that the
provider has no reasonable possibility of significantly
lowering space transportation costs. Once certified, a
vehicle provider must submit to the Secretary each
year a certified audit opinion letter verifying its use
of funds in substantial compliance with its applica-
tion.
(2) CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURES.—
(A) Failure to submit a certified audit
opinion letter verifying substantial compliance
with its application will result in decertification
of the vehicle provider.
(B) Failure to use funds received after cer-
tification for the development of a space trans-
portation vehicle or vehicles with the goal to re-
duce space transportation costs significantly
below current levels will result in decertifica-
tion.
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application of a higher Federal matching percentage
under section 1935(b).
‘‘(3) TREATMENT IN RELATION TO PART B PRE-
MIUM.—Amounts payable from the Account shall not
be taken into account in computing actuarial rates
or premium amounts under section 1839.
‘‘(c) DEPOSITS INTO ACCOUNT.—
‘‘(1) MEDICAID
TRANSFER.—There is hereby
transferred to the Account, from amounts appro-
priated for Grants to States for Medicaid, amounts
equivalent to the aggregate amount of the reductions
in payments under section 1903(a)(1) attributable to
the application of section 1935(c).
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATIONS TO COVER GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated from time to time, out of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Ac-
count, an amount equivalent to the amount of pay-
ments made from the Account under subsection (b),
reduced by the amount transferred to the Account
under paragraph (1).
‘‘SEC. 1860J. DEFINITIONS; TREATMENT OF REFERENCES
TO PROVISIONS IN PART C.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this part:
been convicted of a crime involving do-
mestic violence or child abuse);
‘‘(II) obtaining a written commit-
ment by the entity that the entity will
help participating fathers who cooper-
ate with the agency in improving their
credit rating; and
‘‘(III) helping fathers arrange and
maintain a consistent schedule of visits
with their children, unless it would be
unsafe;
‘‘(ii) to the extent that the application
includes written agreements of cooperation
with other private and governmental agen-
cies, including the State or local program
funded under this part, the local Workforce
Investment Board, the State or local pro-
gram funded under part D, community-
based domestic violence programs, and the
State or local program funded under part
E, which should include a description of the
services each such agency will provide to fa-
thers participating in the project described
in the application;
‘‘(1) COVERED OUTPATIENT DRUGS.—The term
‘covered outpatient drugs’ is defined in section
1860B(f).
‘‘(2) INITIAL COVERAGE LIMIT.—The term ‘ini-
tial coverage limit’ means the such limit as estab-
lished under section 1860B(b)(3), or, in the case of
coverage that is not standard coverage, the com-
parable limit (if any) established under the coverage.
‘‘(3) MEDICARE
PRESCRIPTION
DRUG
AC-
COUNT.—The term ‘Medicare Prescription Drug Ac-
count’ means the Account in the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund created
under section 1860I(a).
‘‘(4) PDP SPONSOR.—The term ‘PDP sponsor’
means an entity that is certified under this part as
meeting the requirements and standards of this part
for such a sponsor.
‘‘(5) PRESCRIPTION
DRUG
PLAN.—The term
‘prescription drug plan’ means health benefits cov-
erage that—
‘‘(A) is offered under a policy, contract, or
plan by a PDP sponsor pursuant to, and in ac-
cordance with, a contract between the Medicare
Benefits Administrator and the sponsor under
section 1860D(b);
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to make initial determinations under part A or
part B or title XI.
‘‘(H) ENSURING CONSISTENCY IN DETER-
MINATIONS.—Each qualified independent con-
tractor shall monitor its determinations to en-
sure the consistency of its determinations with
respect to requests for reconsideration of simi-
lar or related matters.
‘‘(I) DATA COLLECTION.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with
the requirements of clause (ii), a qualified
independent contractor shall collect such
information relevant to its functions, and
keep and maintain such records in such
form and manner as the Secretary may re-
quire to carry out the purposes of this sec-
tion and shall permit access to and use of
any such information and records as the
Secretary may require for such purposes.
‘‘(ii) TYPE
OF
DATA
COLLECTED.—
Each 
qualified 
independent 
contractor
shall keep accurate records of each deci-
sion made, consistent with standards es-
tablished by the Secretary for such pur-
pose. Such records shall be maintained in
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(5) for so long as a public non-IV-D child sup-
port enforcement agency is participating in the dem-
onstration project, the public non-IV-D agency shall
be considered part of the State agency for purposes
of section 303(e) of such Act but only with respect
to any child support obligation that the public non-
IV-D agency has agreed to collect.
(d) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may waive
or vary the applicability of any provision of section 303(e),
454(31), 464, 466(a)(7), 466(a)(17), and 469A of the So-
cial Security Act to the extent necessary to enable the con-
duct of demonstration projects under this section, subject
to the preservation of the data security, privacy protection,
and due process requirements of part D of title IV of such
Act.
(e) FEDERAL AUDIT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of
the United States shall conduct an audit of the dem-
onstration projects conducted under this section for
the purpose of examining and evaluating the manner
in which information and enforcement tools are used
by the public non-IV-D child support enforcement
agencies participating in the projects.
(2) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—
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‘‘(E) PAYMENT OF GRANT IN FOUR EQUAL
ANNUAL
INSTALLMENTS.—During the fiscal
year in which a grant is awarded under this
subsection and each of the succeeding 3 fiscal
years, the Secretary shall provide to the entity
awarded the grant an amount equal to one-
fourth of the amount of the grant.
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each entity to which
a grant is made under this section shall use
grant funds provided under this section in ac-
cordance with the application requesting the
grant, the requirements of this section, and the
regulations prescribed under this section, and
may use grant funds to support community-
wide initiatives to address the purposes of this
section, but may not use grant funds for court
proceedings on matters of child visitation or
child custody or for legislative advocacy.
‘‘(B) NONDISPLACEMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—An adult in a
work activity described in section 407(d)
which is funded, in whole or in part, by
funds provided under this section shall not
be employed or assigned—
subparagraph (E) and redesignating subparagraphs (F)
through (K) as subparagraphs (E) through (J), respec-
tively.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 403(a)(5)(A)(i) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(A)(i)) is amended by striking
‘‘subparagraph (I)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph
(H)’’.
(2) Subclause (I) of each of subparagraphs
(A)(iv) and (B)(v) of section 403(a)(5) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(A)(iv)(I) and (B)(v)(I)) is
amended—
(A) in item (aa)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(I)’’ and inserting
‘‘(H)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘(G), and (H)’’ and
inserting ‘‘and (G)’’; and
(B) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘(F)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(E)’’.
(3) Section 403(a)(5)(B)(v) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(B)) is amended in the matter pre-
ceding subclause (I) by striking ‘‘(I)’’ and inserting
‘‘(H)’’.
(4) Subparagraphs (E) and (F) of section
403(a)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(F) and
(G)), as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this
section, are each amended by striking ‘‘(I)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(H)’’.
(5) Section 412(a)(3)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 612(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking
‘‘403(a)(5)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘403(a)(5)(H)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
TITLE VII—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 701. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sections
101(e), 301(c), 313, 323, 603(b), 605(b) and 606, and
in subsection (b) of this section, this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1,
2001, and shall apply to payments under part D of title
IV of the Social Security Act for calendar quarters begin-
ning on or after such date, and without regard to whether
regulations to implement such amendments are promul-
gated by such date.
(b) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE-
QUIRED.—In the case of a State plan approved under sec-
tion 454 of the Social Security Act which requires State
legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in
order for the plan to meet the additional requirements im-
posed by the amendments made by this Act, the State plan
shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the addi-
tional requirements solely on the basis of the failure of
the plan to meet the additional requirements before the
1st day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the
close of the 1st regular session of the State legislature that
begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. For
purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State
that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such ses-
sion shall be deemed to be a separate regular session of
the State legislature.
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imum cost-sharing described in such subsection
that may be incurred for standard coverage;
‘‘(B) the Medicare Benefits Administrator
shall determine what is ‘nominal’ taking into
account 
the 
rules 
applied 
under 
section
1916(a)(3); and
‘‘(C) nothing in this part shall be con-
strued as preventing a plan or provider from
waiving or reducing the amount of cost-sharing
otherwise applicable.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON CHARGES.—In the case of
an individual receiving cost-sharing subsidies under
subsection (a)(1)(B), the PDP sponsor may not
charge more than a nominal amount in cases in
which the cost-sharing subsidy is provided under
such subsection.
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF SUBSIDY PROGRAM.—The
Medicare Benefits Administrator shall provide a process
whereby, in the case of an individual who is determined
to be a subsidy eligible individual and who is enrolled in
prescription drug plan or is enrolled in a Medicare+Choice
plan under which qualified prescription drug coverage is
provided—
‘‘(1) the Administrator provides for a notifica-
tion of the PDP sponsor or Medicare+Choice orga-