datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(C) biomass (other than closed-loop bio-
mass).’’.
(2) BIOMASS DEFINED.—Paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 45(c) of such Code is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(2) BIOMASS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘biomass’
means—
‘‘(i) closed-loop biomass, and
‘‘(ii) any solid, nonhazardous, cel-
lulosic waste material, which is segregated
from other waste materials, and which is
derived from—
‘‘(I) any of the following forest-
related 
resources: 
mill 
residues,
precommercial thinnings, slash, and
brush, but not including old-growth
timber,
‘‘(II) waste pallets, crates, and
dunnage, and landscape or right-of-
way tree trimmings, but not including
unsegregated municipal solid waste
(garbage) and post-consumer waste-
paper, or
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2376
To require executive agencies to establish expedited review procedures for
granting a waiver to a State under a grant program administered by
the agency if another State has already been granted a similar waiver
by the agency under such program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 1999
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr.
DEMINT, Mr. HAYES, Mr. OSE, Mr. KUYKENDALL, Mr. RYAN of Wis-
consin, Mr. SWEENEY, and Mrs. BIGGERT) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To require executive agencies to establish expedited review
procedures for granting a waiver to a State under a
grant program administered by the agency if another
State has already been granted a similar waiver by the
agency under such program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(A) the number of such agreements,
(B) the number of such agreements that
were bilateral or multilateral,
(C) the industries to which such agree-
ments applied,
(D) the time required to complete each
such agreement,
(E) the period for which each such agree-
ment is effective, including any retroactive pe-
riod, and
(F) the summary of the methodology used
in each such agreement and a hypothetical illus-
tration of the methodology’s operation.
(3) With respect to advance pricing agreements
renewed during such calendar year, the information
specified in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of para-
graph (2).
(b) PROTECTION
OF CONFIDENTIALITY.—In pre-
paring reports under this section, the Secretary’s primary
concern shall be to protect the identity of the taxpayer
and the confidentiality of the taxpayer’s return informa-
tion, trade secrets, and any other information which could
be used to identify the taxpayer.
(c) ADVANCE PRICING AGREEMENT CONTINGENT ON
AGREEMENT ON SUMMARY OF METHODOLOGY.—An ad-
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH EXPEDITED RE-
VIEW PROCEDURES FOR AN AGENCY TO
GRANT WAIVERS TO STATES UNDER GRANT
PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE AGENCY.
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH EXPEDITED RE-
VIEW PROCEDURES.—The head of each executive agency
shall establish expedited review procedures under which a
State may be granted a waiver by the agency with respect
to a requirement applicable to grant program adminis-
tered by the agency if another State has applied for a simi-
lar waiver under the program and been granted the waiver
by the agency.
(b) REGULATIONS.—The head of each executive
agency shall promulgate regulations to carry out the re-
quirement in subsection (a).
(c) DEFINITION OF EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—In this
section, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the meaning
given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States
Code.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2377
To provide for a study and report to the Congress on the use of antique
firearms in crime.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 1999
Mr. HOEFFEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for a study and report to the Congress on the
use of antique firearms in crime.
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 ‘‘Study of Antique Fire-
arms (SAF) Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) recent events in Norristown, Pennsylvania
have focused the region’s attention on the issue of
antique firearms and their use in violent crimes;
(2) antique firearms are not subject to the
same laws that regulate conventional firearms; and
(3) statistics on the use of antique firearms in
crime are not consistently gathered, and crime per-
petrated with antique firearms is not tracked.
SEC. 3. STUDY; REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall col-
lect statistics on the use of antique firearms in crime, and
shall conduct a study on the use of antique firearms in
crime. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘antique fire-
arms’’ has the meaning given the term in section
921(a)(16) of title 18, United States Code.
(b) REPORT.—Within 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary
of the Senate a written report on the statistics collected
and the results of the study conducted under subsection
(a).
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2378
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that advance pricing
agreements between taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service are
confidential return information.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 1999
Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LEVIN, and
Ms. DUNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify
that advance pricing agreements between taxpayers and
the Internal Revenue Service are confidential return in-
formation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ADVANCE PRICING AGREEMENTS ARE CON-
FIDENTIAL RETURN INFORMATION.
(a) TREATMENT AS RETURN INFORMATION.—Para-
graph (2) of section 6103(b) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (defining return information) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by adding
‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), and’’, and by in-
serting after subparagraph (B) the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(C) any advance pricing agreement en-
tered into by a taxpayer and the Secretary and
any background information related to such
agreements,’’.
(b) EXCEPTION FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION AS WRIT-
TEN
DETERMINATIONS.—Paragraph 
(1) 
of 
section
6110(b) of such Code (defining written determination) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
‘‘Such term shall not include any advance pricing agree-
ment entered into by a taxpayer and the Secretary and
any background information related to such agreements.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on January 1, 1991.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON ADVANCE PRICING AGREEMENTS AND
METHODOLOGIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury
shall prepare and publish a report for each calendar year
which sets forth the following:
(1) The number of advance pricing agreement
applications filed during such calendar year.
(2) With respect to advance pricing agreements
which are entered into during such calendar year—
vance pricing agreement may be entered into only if all
parties to such agreement agree on the summary and illus-
tration referred to in subsection (a)(2)(F) with respect to
such agreement.
(d) MULTIPLE AGREEMENTS USING SAME OR SIMI-
LAR METHODOLOGY.—If 2 or more advance pricing agree-
ments use the same or a similar methodology, the require-
ment of subsection (a)(2)(F) shall be met if—
(1) the Secretary includes in the report one
summary of such methodology and one hypothetical
illustration of such methodology’s operation, and
(2) the Secretary specifies in the report the
number of agreements entered into during the cal-
endar year that use such methodology.
(e) DUE DATE.—The report under this section for
any calendar year shall be published in the Federal Reg-
ister (and otherwise be made available to the public) not
later than July 1 of the following calendar year.
(f) APPLICATION OF SECTION.—This section shall
apply to calendar years beginning after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2379
To ensure that adequate frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum are
available for biomedical telemetry.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 1999
Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. SMITH of Washington)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Commerce
A BILL
To ensure that adequate frequencies of the electromagnetic
spectrum are available for biomedical telemetry.
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 ‘‘Critical Care Spectrum
Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) biomedical telemetry systems can greatly
improve the quality, and significantly decrease the
cost, of certain health care services;
(2) in making prior allocation decisions, the
Federal Communications Commission has not ade-
quately considered the needs of hospitals and other
health care providers for electromagnetic spectrum
for biomedical telemetry that is free of interference
from other sources;
(3) in the absence of affirmative regulatory ac-
tion, the continued operation and growth of these
critical health care systems may be seriously threat-
ened;
(4) the FCC should allocate or authorize the
use of spectrum adequate for the current and future
needs of biomedical telemetry systems.
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING TO ENSURE ADEQUATE SPECTRUM
FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Communications
Commission shall adopt rules to ensure that biomedical
telemetry operations are provided with frequencies ade-
quate to support existing and future need, that—
(1) make primary allocations of bands of fre-
quencies for such operations as are appropriate; and
(2) maintain and expand any secondary alloca-
tions of bands of frequencies for such operations
that are in effect upon the commencement of the
proceeding for such rulemaking.
(b) PROCEEDING.—The rules required by subsection
(a) shall be adopted not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act pursuant to a rulemaking
proceeding commenced not later than 90 days after such
date of enactment.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications
Commission, in consultation with the Joint Working
Group on Telemedicine, shall submit a report to the Con-
gress on the future spectrum needs of telemedicine and
telehealth providers, including emergency medical services
providers.
SEC. 4. MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING SPECTRUM ALLOCA-
TION.
Until the rules issued by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission pursuant to section 3 take effect, the
Commission shall maintain any allocations of bands of fre-
quencies for biomedical telemetry operations that are in
effect upon January 1, 1999, except that any television
broadcast station authorized by the Commission to initiate
digital television service may initiate such service in ac-
cordance with the rules and policies of the Commission
in effect on such date.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 237
To amend title 39, United States Code, to require certain notices in any
mailing using a game of chance for the promotion of a product or
service, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. ROGAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Government Reform
A BILL
To amend title 39, United States Code, to require certain
notices in any mailing using a game of chance for the
promotion of a product or service, 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. NOTICE REQUIRED ON MAILINGS USING
GAMES OF CHANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3001 of title 39, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as
subsections (k) and (l), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(j)(1) Matter otherwise legally acceptable in the
mails that constitutes a solicitation or offer in connection
with the sales promotion for a product or service that uses
any game of chance of winning anything of value (includ-
ing any sweepstakes) shall not be carried or delivered by
mail, and may be disposed of as the Postal Service directs,
unless such matter in conspicuous and legible type in con-
trast by typography, layout, or color with other printing
on its face, in accordance with regulations which the Post-
al Service shall prescribe—
‘‘(A) bears on the envelope—
‘‘(i) the mailing address (and, if different,
the address of the location) of the principal
place of business of the person making the so-
licitation or offer; and
‘‘(ii) the following notice: ‘This is a game
of chance (or sweepstakes, if applicable). You
may not have automatically won.’, or a notice to
the same effect in words which the Postal Serv-
ice may prescribe; and
‘‘(B) bears on the top of the first page of en-
closed printed matter—
‘‘(i) the following notice: ‘This is a game of
chance (or sweepstakes, if applicable). You may
not have automatically won. Your chances of
winning are (insert applicable mathematical
probability). To win a prize (insert statement as
to whether or not any purchase is necessary
and a description of all other conditions that
apply, if any).’, or a notice to the same effect
in words which the Postal Service may pre-
scribe; and
‘‘(ii) a clear and concise statement as to
when and how the official list of winners will be
made available or may be obtained.
‘‘(2) The notice described in paragraph (1)(A)(i)
shall be printed in at least 14-point font.’’.
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 3005(a) of title 39, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘3001(d), (h), or (i)’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘3001(d), (h), (i), or
(j)’’.
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(3) provides, on an annual basis, to the Attor-
ney General, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics a re-
port containing the data referred to in paragraph
(1) and a description of the regulations referred to
in paragraph (2).
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HR 2389 EAS1S
(A) road, trail, and infrastructure mainte-
nance or obliteration;
(B) soil productivity improvement;
(C) 
improvements 
in 
forest 
ecosystem
health;
(D) watershed restoration and maintenance;
(E) restoration, maintenance and improve-
ment of wildlife and fish habitat;
(F) control of noxious and exotic weeds; and
(G) reestablishment of native species.
(3) To improve cooperative relationships among
the people that use and care for Federal lands and the
agencies that manage these lands.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) FEDERAL LANDS.—The term ‘‘Federal lands’’
means—
(A) lands within the National Forest Sys-
tem, as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)) exclusive of the Na-
tional Grasslands and land utilization projects
designated as National Grasslands administered
pursuant to the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C.
1010–1012); and
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2383
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and sell products
and to sell publications relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit
revenues generated from the sales into the Colorado River Dam fund.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 1999
Mr. STUMP (for himself and Mr. GIBBONS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and
sell products and to sell publications relating to the Hoo-
ver Dam, and to deposit revenues generated from the
sales into the Colorado River Dam fund.
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 ‘‘Hoover Dam Miscella-
neous Sales Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the sale and distribution of general public
information about the use of public land and water
areas for recreation, fish, wildlife, and other pur-
poses serve significant public benefits;
(2) publications and other materials educate the
public and provide general information about Bu-
reau of Reclamation programs and projects;
(3) in 1997, more than 1,000,000 visitors, in-
cluding 300,000 from foreign countries, toured the
Hoover Dam;
(4) hundreds of thousands of additional visitors
stopped to view the dam;
(5) visitors often ask to purchase maps, publi-
cations, and other items to enhance their experience
or serve educational purposes;
(6) in many cases the Bureau of Reclamation
is the sole source of those items;
(7) the Bureau is in a unique position to fulfill
public requests for those items; and
(8) as a public agency, the Bureau should be
responsive to the public by having appropriate items
available for sale.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
offer for sale to members of the public that visit the
Hoover Dam Visitor Center educational materials
and memorabilia; and
(2) to use revenue from those sales to repay the
costs relating to construction of the Hoover Dam
Visitor Center.
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT SALES.
With respect to the Hoover Dam, the Secretary of
the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Rec-
lamation, may—
(1) conduct sales of—
(A) materials generated by the Bureau of
Reclamation, such as posters, maps, brochures,
photographs, and similar publications, video-
tapes, and computer information discs, that are
related to programs or projects of the Bureau;
and
(B) memorabilia and other commemorative
items that depict programs or projects of the
Bureau;
(2) convert unneeded property or scrap material
into Bureau memorabilia for sale purposes; and
(3) enter into agreements with nonprofit orga-
nizations, other Federal agencies, State and local
governments, and commercial entities for—
(A) the production or sale of items de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2); and
(B) the sale of publications described in
paragraph (1).
SEC. 5. COSTS AND REVENUES.
(a) COSTS.—All costs incurred by the Bureau of Rec-
lamation under this Act shall be paid from the Colorado
River Dam fund established by section 2 of the Act of
December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a).
(b) REVENUES.—
(1) USE FOR REPAYMENT OF SALES COSTS.—
All revenues collected by the Bureau of Reclamation
under this Act shall be credited to the Colorado
River Dam fund to remain available, without further
Act of appropriation, to pay costs associated with
the production and sale of items in accordance with
section 4.
(2) USE FOR REPAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
COSTS.—All revenues collected by the Bureau of
Reclamation under this Act that are not needed to
pay costs described in paragraph (1) shall be trans-
ferred annually to the general fund of the Treasury
in repayment of costs relating to construction of the
Hoover Dam Visitor Center.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2384
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations for
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 1999
Mr. TAUZIN (for himself, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. DINGELL) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize
appropriations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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 ‘‘Corporation for Public
Broadcasting Authorization Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR COR-
PORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING.
Section 396(k)(1) of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(1)) is amended by striking sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(C) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Fund—
‘‘(I) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
‘‘(II) $340,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
and
‘‘(III) for each of the fiscal years 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, an amount equal
to 40 percent of the total amount of non-Fed-
eral financial support received by public broad-
casting entities during the fiscal year second
preceding each such fiscal year, except that the
amount so appropriated shall not exceed
$475,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
‘‘(ii) 
TRANSITION
TO
DIGITAL
BROAD-
CASTING.—In addition to the amount under clause
(i), there is authorized to be appropriated to the
Fund, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001,
2002, and 2003, for costs associated with the transi-
tion of public broadcasting to provide digital broad-
casting services, including for the support of digital
program production, development, and distribution.
‘‘(iii) ALLOCATION OF DIGITAL BROADCASTING
AMOUNTS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (3), any
amounts appropriated pursuant to clause (ii) shall
be distributed by the Corporation, in consultation
with stations and their national representative, as
grants to licensees and permittees of public tele-
vision and radio broadcast stations or the public
broadcasting entities they designate, or both, only
for the purposes under clause (ii).’’.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
FACILITIES 
PRO-
GRAM GRANTS.
The first sentence of section 391 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 391) is amended to read
as follows: ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated
$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $110,000,000 for fiscal
year 
2001, 
$100,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2002,
$89,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2004, to be used by the Sec-
retary of Commerce to assist in the planning and con-
struction of public telecommunications facilities, including
analog and digital broadcast facilities, as provided in this
subpart.’’.
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