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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1988
To establish the National Commission on Youth Crime and School Violence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 27, 1999
Ms. GRANGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce.
A BILL
To establish the National Commission on Youth Crime and
School Violence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is established a commission to be known as the
‘‘National Commission on Youth Crime and School Vio-
lence’’ (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
SEC. 2. DUTY OF COMMISSION.
The Commission shall make recommendations on how
to deter youth crime and protect children from violence
in schools.
SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP.
(a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Commission
shall be composed of 8 members appointed from among
persons who are not officers or employees of any govern-
ment, as follows:
(1) 2 members appointed by the President.
(2) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
(3) 2 members appointed by the Majority Lead-
er of the Senate.
(4) 1 member appointed by the Minority Leader
of the Senate.
(5) 1 member appointed by the Minority Leader
of the House of Representatives.
(b) TERM OF OFFICE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each member shall be ap-
pointed for the life of the Commission.
(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—A member who is ap-
pointed to the Commission and who becomes an offi-
cer or employee of a government may not continue
as a member.
(c) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission shall
be filled in the manner in which the original appointment
was made.
(d) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the Com-
mission shall be elected by the members. For purposes of
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than May 31, 2000,
the Commission shall transmit to the officials specified in
subsection (a) a final report. The final report shall contain
a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the
Commission, together with its recommendations for legis-
lation, administrative action, and such other action as the
Commission considers appropriate.
SEC. 7. TERMINATION.
The Commission shall terminate 15 days after sub-
mitting its final report pursuant to section 6(b).
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of this
subchapter—
‘‘(A) qualifying director shares shall not be
treated as a second class of stock, and
‘‘(B) no person shall be treated as a share-
holder of the corporation by reason of holding
qualifying director shares.
‘‘(2) 
QUALIFYING
DIRECTOR
SHARES
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the term
‘qualifying director shares’ means any shares of
stock in a bank (as defined in section 581) or in a
bank holding company registered as such with the
Federal Reserve System—
‘‘(i) which are held by an individual
solely by reason of status as a director of
such bank or company or its controlled
subsidiary; and
‘‘(ii) which are subject to an agree-
ment pursuant to which the holder is re-
quired to dispose of the shares of stock
upon termination of the holder’s status as
a director at the same price as the indi-
vidual acquired such shares of stock.
‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTIONS.—A distribution (not in
part or full payment in exchange for stock) made by
(1) Section 2252A(b)(1) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, but, if’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘30 years’’.
(2) Section 2252A(b)(2) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, but, if’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘10 years’’.
(e) SECTION 2426.—Section 2426 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, unless section
3559(e) applies’’ before the final period.
(f) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Sections 2252(c)(1)
and 2252A(d)(1) of title 18, United States Code, are each
amended by striking ‘‘less than three’’ and inserting
‘‘fewer than 3’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 198
To limit the types of commercial nonpostal services which may be offered
by the United States Postal Service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. COX, Mrs.
BONO, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. TALENT,
Mr. STUMP, and Mr. CALVERT) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To limit the types of commercial nonpostal services which
may be offered by the United States Postal Service.
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 ‘‘Postal Service Core
Business Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
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(1) the United States Postal Service is a quasi-
government corporation and receives certain benefits
and privileges pursuant to that status;
(2) the United States Postal Service has a stat-
utory monopoly on the delivery of letters;
(3) economic development should be promoted
through small business enhancement; and
(4) the United States Postal Service has re-
cently entered into direct competition with private
companies in the offering of commercial nonpostal
services.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ACTIVITIES ALLOWABLE.
(a) POSTAL POLICY.—Section 101 of title 39, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(h)(1) The Postal Service may not make available
to the public any commercial nonpostal service except if
or to the extent that such service was made available na-
tionwide by the Postal Service to the public (whether
under the Domestic Mail Manual or otherwise) as of Janu-
ary 1, 1994.
‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term
‘commercial nonpostal service’ includes such services as
volume retail photocopying, packaging services (including
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gift-wrapping services), notary public services, and the
sale of office supplies.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered—
‘‘(A) to affect any governmental function or
services in support of any governmental function; or
‘‘(B) to be applicable to the extent contrary to
statute or any treaty or international agreement.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall take effect 4 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1991
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that natural gas
gathering lines are 7-year property for purposes of depreciation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 27, 1999
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. WATKINS, Mr.
HOUGHTON, Mr. MCINNIS, and Mr. CAMP) 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 clarify
that natural gas gathering lines are 7-year property for
purposes of depreciation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NATURAL GAS GATHERING LINES TREATED AS
7-YEAR PROPERTY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section
168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to classification of certain property) is amended by redes-
ignating clause (ii) as clause (iii) and by inserting after
clause (i) the following new clause:
‘‘(ii) any natural gas gathering line,
and’’.
(b) NATURAL GAS GATHERING LINE.—Subsection (i)
of section 168 of such Code is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(15) NATURAL
GAS
GATHERING
LINE.—The
term ‘natural gas gathering line’ means—
‘‘(A) the pipe, equipment, and appur-
tenances determined to be a gathering line by
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or
‘‘(B) the pipe, equipment, and appur-
tenances used to deliver natural gas from the
wellhead or a common point to the point at
which such gas first reaches—
‘‘(i) a gas processing plant,
‘‘(ii) an interconnection with a trans-
mission pipeline certificated by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission as an
interstate transmission pipeline,
‘‘(iii) an interconnection with an
intrastate transmission pipeline, or
‘‘(iv) a direct interconnection with a
local distribution company, a gas storage
facility, or an industrial consumer.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to property placed in service be-
fore, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(A) a high-need local educational agency;
‘‘(B) a school of arts and sciences; and
‘‘(C) an institution that prepares teachers;
and
‘‘(2) may include other local educational agen-
cies, a public charter school, a public or private ele-
mentary or secondary school, an educational service
agency, a public or private nonprofit educational or-
ganization, or a business.
‘‘(e) COORDINATION.—Partnerships receiving grants
under section 203 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
shall coordinate the use of such funds with any related
activities carried out by such partnership with funds made
available under this section.
‘‘Subpart 3—Subgrants to Local Educational
Agencies
‘‘SEC. 2031. LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each local educational
agency that receives a subgrant under this subpart
shall use the subgrant to carry out the activities de-
scribed in this subsection.
‘‘(2) MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount made
available to each local educational agency under
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1992
To provide for a reduction in regulatory costs by maintaining Federal average
fuel economy standards applicable to automobiles in effect at current
levels until changed by law.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 27, 1999
Mr. KLINK (for himself, Mr. UPTON, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr.
HALL of Texas, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr.
SAWYER, Mr. REGULA, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr.
LEVIN, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. CAMP, Mr. TRAFICANT,
Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, and Mr.
STUMP) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Commerce
A BILL
To provide for a reduction in regulatory costs by maintaining
Federal average fuel economy standards applicable to
automobiles in effect at current levels until changed by
law.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS.
The average fuel economy standards established,
whether directly or indirectly, under regulations promul-
gated by the Secretary of Transportation under section
32901 et seq. of title 49, United States Code, prior to
the date of the enactment of this Act for automobiles (as
defined in section 32901 of such title) shall continue to
apply without amendment, change, or other modification
of any kind for the model years and the applicable auto-
mobiles specified in the regulation last promulgated for
such automobiles and for each model year thereafter until
such regulations are specifically amended or otherwise
changed by law enacted after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5016
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2004
Received 
AN ACT 
To extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, 
Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, 
Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—No State receiving
an allotment under clause (i) may receive
less than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the total ex-
cess amount allotted under clause (i).
‘‘(3) REALLOTMENT.—If any State does not
apply for an allotment under this subsection for any
fiscal year, the Secretary shall reallot such amount
to the remaining States in accordance with this sub-
section.
‘‘SEC. 2012. WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATIONS.
‘‘(a) USE OF FUNDS.—Each State receiving a grant
under this subpart shall use the funds provided under the
grant in accordance with this section to carry out activities
for the improvement of teaching and learning.
‘‘(b) 
REQUIRED
AND
AUTHORIZED
EXPENDI-
TURES.—
‘‘(1) REQUIRED
EXPENDITURES.—The Sec-
retary may make a grant to a State under this sub-
part only if the State agrees to expend at least 95
percent of the amount of the funds provided under
the grant for the purpose of making, in accordance
with this part, subgrants to local educational agen-
cies under subpart 3 and subgrants to eligible part-
nerships under subpart 2.
duties imposed by law. The Secretary shall provide by reg-
ulation that, to the maximum extent practicable, the taxes
imposed by this section on imported property and services
are collected and administered in conjunction with any ap-
plicable import duties.
‘‘(c) LIABILITY FOR COLLECTION AND REMITTANCE
OF THE TAX.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL
RULE.—The tax imposed by
subsection (a) shall be collected and remitted by the
seller, except as provided in subsection (2).
‘‘(2) TAX TO BE PAID BY PURCHASER IN CER-
TAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.—
‘‘(A) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of tax-
able property or services purchased outside of
the United States for use, consumption or en-
joyment in the United States, the purchaser
shall remit the tax imposed by subsection (a).
‘‘(B) In the case of a purchaser electing to
pay tax in installments pursuant to section 12,
the purchaser shall remit the tax imposed by
subsection (a).
‘‘(C) Employers that pay wages that are
taxable services within the meaning of section
21(n) shall be responsible for paying and remit-
ting the tax.
(4) by inserting after the second undesignated
paragraph the following:
‘‘There shall be a Chairman and a Vice Chairman
of the Board, both of whom shall be designated by the
President of the United States from among the Directors
of the Board other than those appointed under the second
sentence of the first paragraph of this subsection.’’.
SEC. 8. STRATEGIC EXPORT PLAN.
Section 2312(c) of the Export Enhancement Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(5);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (6) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) ensure that all export promotion activities
of the Agency for International Development are
fully coordinated and consistent with those of other
agencies;
‘‘(8) identify means for providing more coordi-
nated and comprehensive export promotion services
to, and on behalf of, small and medium-sized busi-
nesses; and
‘‘(9) establish a set of priorities to promote
United States exports to, and free market reforms
in, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and
other emerging markets, that are designed to stimu-
late job growth both in the United States and those
regions and emerging markets.’’.
SEC. 9. IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIMARY OBJECTIVES.
The Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee
shall—
(1) report on the actions taken or efforts cur-
rently underway to eliminate the areas of overlap
and duplication identified among Federal export pro-
motion activities;
(2) coordinate efforts to sponsor or promote
any trade show or trade fair;
(3) work with all relevant State and national
organizations, including the National Governors’ As-
sociation, that have established trade promotion of-
fices;
(4) report on actions taken or efforts currently
underway to promote better coordination between
State, Federal, and private sector export promotion
activities, including co-location, cost sharing between
Federal, State, and private sector export promotion
programs, and sharing of market research data; and
(5) by not later than September 30, 1999,
March 30, 2000, and annually thereafter, include the
matters addressed in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and
(4) in the annual report required to be submitted
under section 2312(f) of the Export Enhancement
Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(f)).
SEC. 10. TIMING OF TPCC REPORTS.
Section 2312(f) of the Export Enhancement Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 1995, and annually thereafter,’’ and inserting
‘‘March 30 of each year,’’.
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED
EXPENDITURES.—A State
that receives a grant under this subpart may expend
not more than 5 percent of the amount of the funds
provided under the grant for one or more of the au-
thorized State activities described in subsection (d)
(of which percent, the State may use up to 5 percent
for planning and administration related to carrying
out such activities and making subgrants to local
educational agencies under subpart 3).
‘‘(c) DISTRIBUTION OF SUBGRANTS.—
‘‘(1) FORMULA FOR 80 PERCENT OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State receiving a
grant under this subpart shall distribute 80
percent of the amount described in subsection
(b)(1) through a formula under which—
‘‘(i) 50 percent is allocated to local
educational agencies in accordance with
the relative enrollment in public and pri-
vate nonprofit elementary and secondary
schools within the boundaries of such
agencies; and
‘‘(ii) 50 percent is allocated to local
educational agencies in proportion to the
number of children, aged 5 to 17, who re-
side within the geographic area served by
shall consent for the shares owned by such or-
ganization, and
‘‘(G) in the case of a partnership or lim-
ited liability company described in subsection
(c)(8)—
‘‘(i) all general partners shall consent
with respect to shares owned by such part-
nership,
‘‘(ii) all managers shall consent with
respect to shares owned by such company
if management of such company is vested
in 1 or more managers, and
‘‘(iii) all members shall consent with
respect to shares owned by such company
if management of such company is vested
in the members.’’
(c) TREATMENT OF NONCONSENTING SHAREHOLDER
STOCK.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1361 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 9(a),
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) TREATMENT
OF
NONCONSENTING
SHARE-
HOLDER STOCK.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of this
subchapter—
‘‘(A) nonconsenting shareholder stock shall
not be treated as a second class of stock,
‘‘(B) such stock shall be treated as C cor-
poration stock, and
‘‘(C) the shareholder’s pro rata share
under section 1366(a)(1) with respect to such
stock shall be subject to tax paid by the S cor-
poration at the highest rate of tax specified in
section 11(b).
‘‘(2) NONCONSENTING
SHAREHOLDER
STOCK
DEFINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the
term ‘nonconsenting shareholder stock’ means stock
of an S corporation which is held by a shareholder
who did not consent to an election under section
1362(a) with respect to such S corporation.
‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTIONS.—A distribution (not in
part or full payment in exchange for stock) made by
the corporation with respect to nonconsenting share-
holder stock shall be includible as ordinary income
of the holder and deductible to the corporation as an
expense in computing taxable income under section
1363(b) in the year such distribution is received.’’
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
1361(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended by section 9(b)(1), is amended by striking
‘‘subsections (f) and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections
(f), (g), and (h)’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to elections made in taxable years
beginning after December 31, 1999.
SEC. 11. INFORMATION RETURNS FOR QUALIFIED SUB-
CHAPTER S SUBSIDIARIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1361(b)(3)(A) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to treatment of cer-
tain wholly owned subsidiaries) is amended by inserting
‘‘and in the case of information returns required under
part III of subchapter A of chapter 61’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1999.
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‘‘(1)(A) such State has failed on a regular and
sustained basis to timely remit to the United States
taxes collected under this chapter on behalf of the
United States, or
‘‘(B) such State has on a regular and sustained
basis otherwise materially breached the agreement
referred to in subsection (b)(2),
‘‘(2) the State has failed to cure such failures
and alleged breaches within a reasonable time,
‘‘(3) the Secretary provides such State with
written notice of such failures and alleged breaches,
and
‘‘(4) a district court of the United States within
such State has rendered a decision permitting such
administration.
‘‘(g) The Secretary shall administer the tax imposed
by this chapter in any State or other jurisdiction that is
not an administering State.
‘‘(h) It shall be permissible for a conforming State
to contract with another conforming State to administer
its sales tax for an agreed fee. In this case, the agreement
contemplated by subsection (d) shall have both States and
the Federal Government as parties.
‘‘(i) COORDINATION AMONG CONFORMING STATES.—
any professional development program that meets the cri-
teria set forth in subsection (a) or (b) of section 2033.
‘‘Subpart 4—National Activities
‘‘SEC. 2041. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO TEACHING.
‘‘(a) TEACHER EXCELLENCE ACADEMIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award
grants on a competitive basis to eligible consortia to
carry out activities described in this subsection.
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible consortium
receiving funds under this subsection shall use
the funds to pay the costs associated with the es-
tablishment or expansion of a teacher academy
in an elementary or secondary school facility
that carries out the activities promoting alter-
native routes to State teacher certification speci-
fied in subparagraph (B), the model professional
development activities specified in subparagraph
(C), or all such activities.
‘‘(B) PROMOTING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO
TEACHER
CERTIFICATION.—The activities pro-
moting alternative routes to State teacher certifi-
cation specified in this subparagraph are the de-
sign and implementation of a course of study
‘‘(1) EXEMPTION
CERTIFICATES.—Conforming
States shall honor exemption certificates issued by
other conforming States.
‘‘(2) AUDITS.—Conforming States shall not
conduct audits at facilities in other Conforming
States but shall instead cooperate with other Con-
forming States using the mechanisms established by
section 32 of this subchapter or by other agreement
or Compact.
‘‘SEC. 
32. 
FEDERAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
SUPPORT 
FOR
STATES.
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall administer a program to fa-
cilitate information sharing among States.
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall facilitate and may be a party
to a Compact Among Conforming States for purposes of
facilitating the taxation of interstate purchases and for
other purposes that may facilitate implementation of this
chapter.
‘‘(c) The Secretary shall have the authority to pro-
mulgate regulations and guidelines to assist States in ad-
ministering the national sales tax, to provide for uni-
formity in the administration of the tax and to provide
guidance to taxpayers and administrators.
‘‘SEC. 1302. INCOME FROM BACKPAY AND FRONTPAY RE-
CEIVED ON ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN UNLAW-
FUL EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—If employment discrimination
backpay or frontpay is received by a taxpayer during a
taxable year, the tax imposed by this chapter for such tax-
able year shall not exceed the sum of—
‘‘(1) the tax which would be so imposed if—
‘‘(A) no amount of such backpay or
frontpay were included in gross income for such
year, and
‘‘(B) no deduction were allowed for such
year for expenses (otherwise allowable as a de-
duction to the taxpayer for such year) in con-
nection with making or prosecuting any claim
of unlawful employment discrimination by or on
behalf of the taxpayer, plus
‘‘(2) the product of—
‘‘(A) the number of years in the backpay
period and frontpay period, and
‘‘(B) the amount of tax that would be im-
posed on the average annual net backpay and
frontpay amount, determined as if such average
amount were the only income of the taxpayer
for the taxable year and the taxpayer had no
deductions for such year.