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tion 45(c)(3), if such facility is placed in service
during a period in which a qualified facility may
be placed in service under such section, or (ii)
any energy property, as defined in section
48(a)(3).
‘‘(3) FORM AND EFFECT OF ELECTION.—
‘‘(A) An election under paragraph (1) shall
be made in such a manner as the Secretary pre-
scribes and shall be binding on any successor in
interest to, or any related party with respect to,
the electing governmental unit. For purposes of
this paragraph, a governmental unit shall be
treated as related to another governmental unit
if it is a member of the same controlled group.
‘‘(B) A governmental unit that makes an
election under paragraph (1) shall be treated
for purposes of section 141 as a person that is
not a governmental unit and that is engaged in
a trade or business, with respect to its purchase
of electricity generated by an electric output fa-
cility placed in service after such election, if
such purchase is under a contract executed
after such election.
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section:
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4967
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the classifica-
tion of certain hospitals as cancer hospitals for purposes of payment
for inpatient and outpatient hospital services under the Medicare Pro-
gram.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2000
Mr. DAVIS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for the classification of certain hospitals as cancer hos-
pitals for purposes of payment for inpatient and out-
patient hospital services under the Medicare Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1886(d)(1)(B)(v) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(v)) is
amended—
(1) in subclause (I) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;
this subparagraph shall not be taken into
account in computing the national stand-
ardized annual Medicare+Choice capita-
tion rate under paragraph (4)(B).
‘‘(ii) MTF 
AFFECTED
AREA
DE-
FINED.—In this subparagraph, the term
‘MTF affected area’ means, with respect to
a military treatment facility (as defined in
subsection (a)(6) of section 1896), an area
that includes the following:
‘‘(I) The Medicare+Choice pay-
ment area in which a military treat-
ment facility is located.
‘‘(II) Any Medicare+Choice pay-
ment area which is contiguous to the
area described in subclause (I) and lo-
cated not farther than 40 miles from
the facility.
‘‘(iii) MTF PERCENTAGE.—For pur-
poses of clause (i), the MTF percentage
for an MTF affected area is equal to the
ratio of—
‘‘(I) the aggregate amount of
costs incurred by the Department of
Defense in furnishing items and serv-
(2) in subclause (II) by striking the semicolon
at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(III) a hospital that was recognized as a clin-
ical cancer research center by the National Cancer
Institute of the National Institutes of Health as of
February 18, 1998, that has never been reimbursed
for inpatient hospital services pursuant to a reim-
bursement system under a demonstration project
under section 1814(b), that is a freestanding facility
organized primarily for treatment of and research on
cancer and is not a unit of another hospital, that as
of the date of the enactment of this subclause, is li-
censed for 162 acute care beds, and that dem-
onstrates for the 4-year period ending on June 30,
1999, that at least 50 percent of its total discharges
have a principal finding of neoplastic disease, as de-
fined in subparagraph (E);’’ and
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
1886(d)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395ww(d)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘For purposes
of subparagraph (B)(v)(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘For purposes
of subclauses (II) and (III) of subparagraph (B)(v)’’.
(c) PAYMENT.—
(1) APPLICATION
TO
COST
REPORTING
PERI-
ODS.—Any classification by reason of section
1886(d)(1)(B)(v)(III) of the Social Security Act (as
added by subsection (a)) shall apply to 12-month
cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1,
1999.
(2) BASE
YEAR.—Notwithstanding the provi-
sions of section 1886(b)(3)(E) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(E)) or other provisions to the
contrary, the base cost reporting period for purposes
of determining the target amount for any hospital
classified by reason of section 1886(d)(1)(B)(v)(III)
of such Act (as added by subsection (a)) shall be the
12-month cost reporting period beginning on July 1,
1995.
(3) DEADLINE FOR PAYMENTS.—Any payments
owed to a hospital by reason of this subsection shall
be made expeditiously, but in no event later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4969
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act to direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
to develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in areas within
a 50-mile radius of a nuclear power plant.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2000
Mr. ENGLISH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to direct the Director of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency to develop a plan
for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in areas within
a 50-mile radius of a nuclear power plant.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STOCKPILING OF POTASSIUM IODIDE TABLETS.
Subtitle A of title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5196 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 616. STOCKPILING OF POTASSIUM IODIDE TABLETS.
‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—The Director, jointly
with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other appro-
priate Federal agencies, shall develop a plan for stock-
piling potassium iodide tablets in areas within a 50-mile
radius of a nuclear power plant.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The plan shall include a strategy
for the efficient storage and prompt delivery of potassium
iodide tablets to persons that may be affected by a disaster
at a nuclear power plant.
‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this section, the Director
shall transmit the plan to Congress.
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—Following the 60-day pe-
riod beginning on the date of transmittal of the plan under
subsection (c), the Director shall begin implementation of
the plan.’’.
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(1) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Board
may procure by contract, to the extent funds are
available, the temporary or intermittent services of
experts or consultants pursuant to section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code.
(2) LEASING.—The Board may lease space and
acquire personal property to the extent that funds
are available.
(i) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such funds as are necessary to carry out this sec-
tion.
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such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
2002 through 2005.’’.
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‘‘(2) USE OF DATA.—For the purpose of deter-
mining the number of scheduled revenue passenger
miles under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use
data from the latest year for which complete data is
available.
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION
OF
AIR
CARRIER
CON-
CENTRATION.—In making a determination under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall attribute to an air
carrier those scheduled revenue passenger miles in
interstate air transportation of the air carrier that
is consolidated, merged, or acquired that are associ-
ated with routes adopted by the remaining carrier.
‘‘(b) FARES OF AIR CARRIERS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—On the initiative of the
Secretary or on a complaint filed with the Secretary,
the Secretary may undertake an investigation to de-
termine whether an air carrier is charging a fare or
an average fare for interstate air transportation on
a route that is unreasonably high.
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining wheth-
er a fare or an average fare of an air carrier for
interstate air transportation on a route is unreason-
ably high, the Secretary shall consider, among other
factors, whether—
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The post office and courthouse located at 2 Federal
Square, Newark, New Jersey, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and
Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the post
office and courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be
deemed to be a reference to the Frank R. Lautenberg Post
Office and Courthouse.
Passed the House of Representatives September 19,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 4975
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To designate the post office and courthouse located at 2 Federal Square, Newark,
New Jersey, as the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The post office and courthouse located at 2 Federal Square,
Newark, New Jersey, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Frank
R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the post office and courthouse
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the
‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4975
To designate the post office and courthouse located at 2 Federal Square,
Newark, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and
Courthouse’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2000
Mr. LOBIONDO (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. FRANKS of New
Jersey, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. SAXTON,
and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To designate the post office and courthouse located at 2
Federal Square, Newark, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Frank
R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF FRANK R. LAUTENBERG POST
OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE.
The post office and courthouse located at 2 Federal
Square, Newark, New Jersey, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and
Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the post
office and courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be
deemed to be a reference to the Frank R. Lautenberg Post
Office and Courthouse.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4975
To designate the post office and courthouse located at 2 Federal Square,
Newark, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and
Courthouse’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2000
Mr. LOBIONDO (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. FRANKS of New
Jersey, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. SAXTON,
and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
SEPTEMBER 14, 2000
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged
SEPTEMBER 14, 2000
Rereferred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the post office and courthouse located at 2
Federal Square, Newark, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Frank
R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4975 RCH
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF FRANK R. LAUTENBERG POST
OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE.
The post office and courthouse located at 2 Federal
Square, Newark, New Jersey, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and
Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the post
office and courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be
deemed to be a reference to the Frank R. Lautenberg Post
Office and Courthouse.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4975
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 20, 2000
Received
AN ACT
To designate the post office and courthouse located at 2
Federal Square, Newark, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Frank
R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4975 RDS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The post office and courthouse located at 2 Federal
Square, Newark, New Jersey, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and
Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the post
office and courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be
deemed to be a reference to the Frank R. Lautenberg Post
Office and Courthouse.
Passed the House of Representatives September 19,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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total of $800,000 including the salary of the Executive
Director and staff support.
SEC. 632. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 610 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to the
‘‘Policy and Operations’’ account, General Services Ad-
ministration, with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for
fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act, including rebates
from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall
be administered by the Administrator of General Services
to support Government-wide financial, information tech-
nology, procurement, and other management innovations,
initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation
with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the
Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council
and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro-
gram for financial management initiatives, the Chief In-
formation Officers Council for information technology ini-
tiatives, and the Procurement Executives Council for pro-
curement initiatives). The total funds transferred shall not
exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers may only be made 15
days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
HR 4985 IH
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the De-
partment of the Treasury, $47,287,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be
transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support
or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropria-
tions for Information Systems.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed
$2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo-
cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury, $32,899,000.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4984
To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct certain feasibility studies
to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project, Oregon and Cali-
fornia, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2000
Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself and Mr. HERGER introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct certain
feasibility studies to augment water supplies for the
Klamath Project, Oregon and California, 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 ‘‘Klamath Project
Water Supply Enhancement Act’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT FEASIBILITY STUD-
IES.
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, may conduct feasibility studies of the
following proposals related to the Klamath Project, a Fed-
eral reclamation project in Oregon and California:
(1) Increasing the storage capacity or the yield
(or both) of Klamath Project facilities, including the
Gerber Reservoir, Upper Klamath Lake, and Clear
Lake.
(2) The potential for development of additional
Klamath Basin groundwater supplies, including the
effect of such groundwater development on ground-
water and surface water supplies.
SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon completion of the applicable
feasibility study under section 2, the Secretary, subject to
subsection (b), may carry out projects to construct modi-
fications to existing facilities and develop groundwater
supplies to implement the proposals referred to in sub-
section (a).
(b) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—The Secretary
shall not obligate funds for such a project until—
(1) the requirements of applicable Federal laws,
including the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, have been met; and
(2) the applicable feasibility study has been pre-
pared and submitted to the Congress for a period of
not less than 90 days.
(c) PROJECTS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR CONSTRUC-
TION.—Any projects, other than the modifications of exist-
ing facilities and the development of groundwater supplies
meeting the criteria of subsections (a) and (b), not other-
wise authorized under the Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts
supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, must have
a separate construction authorization.
SEC. 4. WATER RIGHTS.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to—
(1) invalidate or preempt State water law or an
interstate compact governing water;
(2) alter the rights of any State to any appro-
priated share of the waters of any body or surface
or groundwater, whether determined by past or fu-
ture interstate compacts or by past or future legisla-
tive or final judicial allocations;
(3) preempt or modify any State or Federal law
or interstate compact dealing with water quality or
disposal; or
(4) confer upon any non-Federal entity the au-
thority to exercise any Federal right to the waters
of any stream or to any groundwater resources.
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(b) QUALIFYING FOREIGN TRADE INCOME.—Part III
of subchapter N of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after
subpart D the following new subpart:
‘‘Subpart E—Qualifying Foreign Trade Income
‘‘Sec. 941. Qualifying foreign trade income.
‘‘Sec. 942. Foreign trading gross receipts.
‘‘Sec. 943. Other definitions and special rules.
‘‘SEC. 941. QUALIFYING FOREIGN TRADE INCOME.
‘‘(a) QUALIFYING FOREIGN TRADE INCOME.—For pur-
poses of this subpart and section 114—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualifying foreign
trade income’ means, with respect to any transaction,
the amount of gross income which, if excluded, will
result in a reduction of the taxable income of the tax-
payer from such transaction equal to the greatest of—
‘‘(A) 30 percent of the foreign sale and leas-
ing income derived by the taxpayer from such
transaction,
‘‘(B) 1.2 percent of the foreign trading gross
receipts derived by the taxpayer from the trans-
action, or
‘‘(C) 15 percent of the foreign trade income
derived by the taxpayer from the transaction.
In no event shall the amount determined under sub-
paragraph (B) exceed 200 percent of the amount de-
termined under subparagraph (C).
a FSC or any related person to which such amend-
ments would apply but for the application of para-
graph (1). Such election shall be effective for the tax-
able year for which made and all subsequent taxable
years, and, once made, may be revoked only with the
consent of the Secretary of the Treasury.
(3) RELATED
PERSON.—For purposes of this
subsection, the term ‘‘related person’’ has the meaning
given to such term by section 943(b)(3) of such Code,
as added by this Act.
(d) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO LEASING TRANS-
ACTIONS.—
(1) SALES INCOME.—If foreign trade income in
connection with the lease or rental of property de-
scribed in section 927(a)(1)(B) of such Code (as in ef-
fect before the amendments made by this Act) is treat-
ed as exempt foreign trade income for purposes of sec-
tion 921(a) of such Code (as so in effect), such prop-
erty shall be treated as property described in section
941(c)(1)(B) of such Code (as added by this Act) for
purposes of applying section 941(c)(2) of such Code
(as so added) to any subsequent transaction involving
such property to which the amendments made by this
Act apply.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4845 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax 
on the termination of retiree prescription drug coverage. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2004 
Mr. ENGEL 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 impose 
an excise tax on the termination of retiree prescription 
drug coverage. 
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 ‘‘Medicare Corporate 
Accountability Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCISE TAX ON TERMINATION OF RETIREE PRE-
SCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to certain group health plans) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
HR 4986 RFS
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘transaction’
means—
‘‘(i) any sale, exchange, or other dis-
position,
‘‘(ii) any lease or rental, and
‘‘(iii) any furnishing of services.
‘‘(B) GROUPING
OF
TRANSACTIONS.—To
the extent provided in regulations, any provision
of this subpart which, but for this subpara-
graph, would be applied on a transaction-by-
transaction basis may be applied by the tax-
payer on the basis of groups of transactions
based on product lines or recognized industry or
trade usage. Such regulations may permit dif-
ferent groupings for different purposes.
‘‘(2) UNITED
STATES
DEFINED.—The term
‘United States’ includes the Commonwealth of Puer-
to Rico. The preceding sentence shall not apply for
purposes of determining whether a corporation is a
domestic corporation.
‘‘(3) RELATED PERSON.—A person shall be re-
lated to another person if such persons are treated
as a single employer under subsection (a) or (b) of
section 52 or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414,
except that determinations under subsections (a)