datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
of the credits allowable under subparts A, B, D, E,
and F of this part.’’
(12) Subsection (b) of section 59A (relating to
environmental tax) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘For purposes of this subsection, references to sections
55 and 56 shall be treated as references to such sections
as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment
of the Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Act of 1999.’’.
(13)(A) Paragraph (2) of section 148(b) (relat-
ing to higher yield investments) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new flush sentence:
‘‘Such term shall not include any tax-exempt bond.’’
(B) Paragraph (3) of section 148(b) is hereby
repealed.
(14) Subparagraph (B) of section 149(g)(3)
(relating to hedge bonds) is amended—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BONDS NOT
SUBJECT
TO
MINIMUM
TAX.—’’ and inserting
‘‘BONDS.—’’, and
(B) by striking all that follows ‘‘invested in
bonds’’ and inserting ‘‘the interest on which is not
includible in gross income under section 103.’’
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 235
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. RILEY (for himself, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. THUNE, and Mr.
BRADY of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee
on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of
Congress.
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 ‘‘Congressional Pay In-
tegrity and Accountability Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.
Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 601. (a) Until adjusted under section 225 of
the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351 and follow-
ing) or other provision of law, the annual rate of pay for—
‘‘(1) each Senator, Member of the House of
Representatives, and Delegate to the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Resident Commissioner from
Puerto Rico,
‘‘(2) the President pro tempore of the Senate,
the majority leader and the minority leader of the
Senate, and the majority leader and the minority
leader of the House of Representatives, and
‘‘(3) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives,
shall be the rate payable for such position as of the date
of enactment of the Congressional Pay Integrity and Ac-
countability Act of 1999.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2360
To provide that benefits under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code,
may be afforded for covered services provided by a licensed or certified
chiropractor, acupuncturist, massage therapist, naturopathic physician,
or midwife, without supervision or referral by another health practitioner.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 24, 1999
Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. BURTON of Indiana) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To provide that benefits under chapter 89 of title 5, United
States Code, may be afforded for covered services pro-
vided 
by 
a 
licensed 
or 
certified 
chiropractor,
acupuncturist, massage therapist, naturopathic physician,
or midwife, without supervision or referral by another
health practitioner.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8902(k) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘chiropractor,
acupuncturist, massage therapist, naturopathic physician’’
after ‘‘nursing school administered clinic,’’ each place it
appears, and by striking ‘‘nurse midwife,’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘nurse midwife or other midwife,’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts entered
into or renewed on or after the date of enactment of this
Act.
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(15) Section 173 (relating to circulation ex-
penditures) is amended by striking ‘‘(a) GENERAL
RULE.—’’ and by striking subsection (b).
(16) Subsection (f) of section 174 (relating to
research and experimental expenditures) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(f) CROSS REFERENCE.—
‘‘For adjustments to basis of property for amounts
allowed as deductions as deferred expenses under
subsection (b), see section 1016(a)(14).’’
(17) Subsection (c) of section 263 (relating to
capital expenditures) is amended by striking ‘‘59(e)
or’’.
(18) Subsection (c) of section 263A (relating to
capitalization and inclusion in inventory costs of cer-
tain expenses) is amended by striking paragraph (6).
(19) Section 382(l) (relating to limitation on
net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in
losses following ownership change) is amended by
striking paragraph (7) and by redesignating para-
graph (8) as paragraph (7).
(20) Section 443 (relating to adjustment in
computing minimum tax and tax preferences) is
amended by striking subsection (d) and by redesig-
nating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
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(b) RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAW.—This title super-
sedes a State law only to the extent that the State law ap-
plies to an issue covered by this title. Any issue that is not
governed by this title, including any standard of liability
applicable to a manufacturer, shall be governed by any ap-
plicable Federal or State law.
(c) EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this title
shall be construed to—
(1) waive or affect any defense of sovereign im-
munity asserted by any State under any State law;
(2) supersede or alter any Federal law;
(3) waive or affect any defense of sovereign im-
munity asserted by the United States;
(4) affect the applicability of any provision of
chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code;
(5) preempt State choice-of-law rules with re-
spect to claims brought by a foreign nation or a cit-
izen of a foreign nation;
(6) affect the right of any court to transfer venue
or to apply the law of a foreign nation or to dismiss
a claim of a foreign nation or of a citizen of a foreign
nation on the ground of inconvenient forum; or
(7) supersede or modify any statutory or com-
mon law, including any law providing for an action
to abate a nuisance, that authorizes a person to insti-
SEC. 17. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL
POWER ACT.
Section 318 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
825q) is repealed.
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Union Calendar No. 278
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2366
[Report No. 106–494, Part I]
To provide small businesses certain protections from litigation excesses and
to limit the product liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 25, 1999
Mr. ROGAN (for himself, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. BURR of North Carolina, and Mr.
MORAN of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
FEBRUARY 7, 2000
Additional sponsors: Mr. NUSSLE, Mr. BAKER, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr.
DEMINT, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. RYUN
of Kansas, Mr. PITTS, Mr. TALENT, Mr. HILL of Montana, Ms. PRYCE
of Ohio, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. GOODE, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CANNON, Mr.
CONDIT, Mr. VITTER, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. COMBEST, Mrs.
NORTHUP, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. STUMP, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr.
WHITFIELD
FEBRUARY 7, 2000
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment and
ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
FEBRUARY 7, 2000
Referral to the Committee on Commerce extended for a period ending not
later than February 14, 2000
FEBRUARY 14, 2000
Additional sponsors: Mr. CHABOT, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma,
Mrs. MYRICK, and Mr. GOODLATTE
(35) Subparagraph (B) of section 6015(d)(2)
(relating to relief from joint and several liability on
joint return) is amended by striking ‘‘or 55’’.
(36) Subparagraph (A) of section 6425(c)(1)
(defining income tax liability) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘plus’’ at the end of
clause (i), and
(B) by striking clause (ii) and redesig-
nating clause (iii) as clause (ii).
(37) Section 6654(d)(2) (relating to failure by
individual 
to 
pay 
estimated 
income 
tax) 
is
amended—
(A) in clause (i) of subparagraph (B), by
striking ‘‘, alternative minimum taxable in-
come,’’, and
(B) in clause (i) of subparagraph (C), by
striking ‘‘, alternative minimum taxable in-
come,’’.
(38) Subparagraph (C) of section 6662(e)(3)
(relating to imposition of accuracy-related penalty)
is amended by inserting ‘‘, as in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of the Alternative
Minimum Tax Repeal Act of 1999’’ after ‘‘55(c)’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of parts for
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item
relating to part VI.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect in taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1998.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2365
To authorize the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
to enter into negotiations with representatives of the Government of
Cuba to provide for increased cooperation between Cuba and the United
States on drug interdiction efforts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 25, 1999
Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To authorize the Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy to enter into negotiations with representa-
tives of the Government of Cuba to provide for increased
cooperation between Cuba and the United States on drug
interdiction efforts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Illegal drug abuse is a national security
issue affecting every region, economic group, race
and religion in the United States.
(2) Drug abuse-related crime is costing the
United States economy at least $5,000,000,000 per
year.
(3) At least 30 percent of the illegal drugs that
enter the United States are transported through the
Caribbean region.
(4) The airspace and territorial waters of Cuba
are attractive havens for drug smugglers and are
vital to flow of illegal drugs to the United States.
(5) There is no evidence of the involvement of
the Government of Cuba in drug trafficking.
(6) Although Cuba is receiving limited drug
interdiction assistance from the United Kingdom,
France, and other allies of the United States, Cuba
is unable to control the movement of illegal drugs in
its country.
(7) Cuban authorities have cooperated with
United States authorities on a case-by-case basis to
interdict illegal drug shipments.
(8) The Government of Cuba has expressed its
desire to expand cooperation with the United States
on drug interdiction efforts.
(9) The flow of illegal drugs through the Carib-
bean region cannot be stopped without cooperation
from the Government of Cuba.
(10) Numerous United States law enforcement
authorities have expressed the need for increased co-
operation with Cuban authorities on this matter.
SEC. 2. NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA
TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED COOPERATION
ON DRUG INTERDICTION EFFORTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Di-
rector of the Office of National Drug Control Policy is
authorized to enter into negotiations with representatives
of the Government of Cuba to provide for increased co-
operation between Cuba and the United States on drug
interdiction efforts.
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fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and 
transportation of excess defense articles transferred under 
the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Bul-
garia, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslavian Republic of 
Macedonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lat-
via, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, 
Slovakia, 
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, 
Ukraine, 
and 
Uzbekistan. 
CUBA 
SEC. 572. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’ may be made available for assistance 
to the Government of Cuba. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE COALITION 
PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY 
SEC. 573. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW OFFICE.—
(1) The Office of the Inspector General of the Coalition 
Provisional Authority shall be reconstituted as a separate 
office within the Department of State and redesignated 
the Office of the Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruc-
tion (hereinafter ‘‘the Office’’). 
(2) Any reference in title III of Public Law 108–106 
to the ‘‘Office of the Inspector of the Coalition Provisional 
Authority’’ or to the ‘‘Inspector General of the Coalition 
Provisional Authority’’ shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the Office of the Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruc-
125
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tion or the Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, re-
spectively. 
(3) Any reference in title III of Public Law 108–106 
to ‘‘appropriated funds’’ shall be deemed to be a reference 
to funds appropriated in that Act and in Public Law 108–
11 under the heading ‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction 
Fund’’. 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE OFFICE.—The In-
spector General of the Coalition Provisional Authority 
(hereinafter ‘‘the Inspector General’’) and Assistant In-
spectors General of that office should be reappointed by 
the Secretary of State to serve in the same capacity in 
the Office established by subsection (a). 
(c) PURPOSE AND AUTHORITIES.—(1) The Inspector 
General shall—
(A) conduct independent and objective audits 
and investigations relating to the programs and op-
erations funded with amounts appropriated for the 
‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’; 
(B) make independent and objective rec-
ommendations on policies designed to promote econ-
omy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administra-
tion of such programs and operations, and to pre-
vent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse in such pro-
grams and operations; and
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ucts, they may also have a direct effect on interstate
commerce and consumers of the United States by in-
creasing the cost of, and decreasing the availability
of, products;
(2) some of the rules of law governing product
liability actions are inconsistent within and among
the States, resulting in differences in State laws that
may be inequitable with respect to plaintiffs and de-
fendants and may impose burdens on interstate com-
merce;
(3) product liability awards may jeopardize the
financial well-being of individuals and industries,
particularly the small businesses of the United
States;
(4) because the product liability laws of a State
may have adverse effects on consumers and busi-
nesses in many other States, it is appropriate for the
Federal Government to enact national, uniform
product liability laws that preempt State laws; and
(5) under clause 3 of section 8 of article I of
the United States Constitution, it is the constitu-
tional role of the Federal Government to remove
barriers to interstate commerce.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title, based on
the powers of the United States under clause 3 of section
SEC. 2. CERTAIN RETURN CHECK FEES PROHIBITED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 607 of the Expedited
Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 4006) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) FEES ON RETURNED CHECKS.—
‘‘(1) 
ORIGINATING
DEPOSITORY
INSTITU-
TION.—An originating depository institution may
not impose any fee in connection with handling or
returning any check drawn on an account at such
depository institution, or otherwise suspending pay-
ment or delaying settlement for such check, due to
the lack of sufficient funds in such account to make
the payment, other than a fee imposed directly on
such account with respect to such check.
‘‘(2) RECEIVING DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—In
the case of a check drawn on an account at an origi-
nating institution which is dishonored by the origi-
nating institution due to the lack of sufficient funds
in such account to pay the check, a receiving deposi-
tory institution may not impose any fee in connec-
tion with handling such check, or any chargeback of
any provisional settlement of such check, due to
such dishonorment.’’.
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SEC. 205. FEDERAL CAUSE OF ACTION PRECLUDED.
The district courts of the United States shall not
have jurisdiction under this title based on section 1331
of title 28, United States Code.
TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect with respect to any civil
action commenced after the date of the enactment of this
Act without regard to whether the harm that is the subject
of the action occurred before such date.
Passed the House of Representatives February 16,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 476
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2366
AN ACT
To provide small businesses certain protections
from litigation excesses and to limit the product
liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers.
MARCH 28, 2000
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply after the end of the 180-day period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2367
AN ACT
To reauthorize a comprehensive program of support
for victims of torture.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2367
AN ACT
To reauthorize a comprehensive program of support for
victims of torture.
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 ‘‘Torture Victims Relief
Reauthorization Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FOREIGN TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF
TORTURE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years
2001, 2002, and 2003 pursuant to chapter 1 of part I
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are author-
ized to be appropriated to the President $10,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 to carry out section 130
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to this section shall remain available
until expended.
SEC. 3. DOMESTIC TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF
TORTURE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services for fiscal years 2001,
2002, and 2003, there are authorized to be appropriated
to carry out subsection (a) of section 5 of the Torture Vic-
tims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152) $10,000,000
for fiscal year 2001, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
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(1) efforts by the Department of State to imple-
ment the specialized training requirement;
(2) the curriculum that is being used in the
specialized training;
(3) the number of foreign service officers who
have received the specialized training as of the date
of the Report; and
(4) the nongovernmental organizations that
have been involved in the development of the special-
ized training curriculum or in providing the special-
ized training, and the nature and extent of that in-
volvement.
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H. R. 2367
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
To reauthorize a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Torture Victims Relief Reauthor-
ization Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FOREIGN TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and
2003 pursuant to chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 to carry out section 130 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant
to this section shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 3. DOMESTIC TREATMENT CENTERS FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Health and
Human Services for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003, there are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) of section
5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152)
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant
to this section shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 4. MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 for ‘‘Voluntary Contributions
to International Organizations’’ pursuant to chapter 3 of part I
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to
be appropriated for a United States contribution to the United
Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (in this section
referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’) the following amounts for the following
fiscal years:
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2001.—For fiscal year 2001, $5,000,000.
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2002.—For fiscal year 2002, $5,000,000.
(3) FISCAL YEAR 2003.—For fiscal year 2003, $5,000,000.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant
to subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
106TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2368 
AN ACT 
To assist in the resettlement and relocation of the 
people of Bikini Atoll by amending the terms of 
the trust fund established during the United 
States administration of the Trust Territory of 
the Pacific Islands. 
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