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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2649
To reduce Federal spending in several programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 29, 1999
Mr. SHAYS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and
Infrastructure, Resources, Science, Commerce, and International Rela-
tions, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
A BILL
To reduce Federal spending in several programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—DEFENSE
SEC. 101. RECOVERY OF FULL COST OF MILITARY EX-
PORTS.
(a) RECOUPMENT
OF
CERTAIN
NONRECURRING
COSTS IN COMMERCIAL EXPORT SALES OF MAJOR DE-
FENSE EQUIPMENT.—
‘‘(1) the terms and conditions of payment and
contract termination rights required under section
52;
‘‘(2) a statement that the customer may avoid
entering into the contract by not making the initial
payment to the invention promoter;
‘‘(3) a full, clear, and concise description of the
specific acts or services that the invention promoter
undertakes to perform for the customer;
‘‘(4) a statement as to whether the invention
promoter undertakes to construct, sell, or distribute
one or more prototypes, models, or devices embody-
ing the invention of the customer;
‘‘(5) the full name and principal place of busi-
ness of the invention promoter and the name and
principal place of business of any parent, subsidiary,
agent, independent contractor, and any affiliated
company or person who it is known will perform any
of the services or acts that the invention promoter
undertakes to perform for the customer;
‘‘(6) if any oral or written representation of es-
timated or projected customer earnings is given by
the invention promoter (or any agent, employee, offi-
cer, director, partner, or independent contractor of
such invention promoter), a statement of that esti-
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to other rights
provided by this section, a patent shall include the
right to obtain a reasonable royalty from any person
who, during the period beginning on the date of pub-
lication of the application for such patent pursuant
to section 122(b), or in the case of an international
application filed under the treaty defined in section
351(a) designating the United States under Article
21(2)(a) of such treaty, the date of publication of
the application, and ending on the date the patent
is issued—
‘‘(A)(i) makes, uses, offers for sale, or sells
in the United States the invention as claimed in
the published patent application or imports
such an invention into the United States; or
‘‘(ii) if the invention as claimed in the pub-
lished patent application is a process, uses, of-
fers for sale, or sells in the United States or
imports into the United States products made
by that process as claimed in the published pat-
ent application; and
‘‘(B) had actual notice of the published
patent application, and in a case in which the
right arising under this paragraph is based
upon an international application designating
the United States that is published in a lan-
guage other than English, a translation of the
international application into the English lan-
guage.
‘‘(2) RIGHT BASED ON SUBSTANTIALLY IDEN-
TICAL INVENTIONS.—The right under paragraph (1)
to obtain a reasonable royalty shall not be available
under this subsection unless the invention as claimed
in the patent is substantially identical to the inven-
tion as claimed in the published patent application.
‘‘(3) TIME LIMITATION ON OBTAINING A REA-
SONABLE ROYALTY.—The right under paragraph (1)
to obtain a reasonable royalty shall be available only
in an action brought not later than 6 years after the
patent is issued. The right under paragraph (1) to
obtain a reasonable royalty shall not be affected by
the duration of the period described in paragraph
(1).
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL AP-
PLICATIONS.—
‘‘(A) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The right under
paragraph (1) to obtain a reasonable royalty
based upon the publication under the treaty de-
fined in section 351(a) of an international ap-
plication designating the United States shall
retary, without further appropriation, such amounts 
as the Secretary determines are necessary to provide 
assistance under section 4. 
(2) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the 
amounts in the Fund available for each fiscal year, 
the Secretary may expend not more than three per-
cent, or up to $80,000, whichever is greater, to pay 
the administrative expenses necessary to carry out 
this Act. 
(c) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall invest such portion of the Fund as is not, 
in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
required to meet current withdrawals. Investments 
may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of 
the United States. 
(2) ACQUISITION
OF
OBLIGATIONS.—For the 
purpose of investments under paragraph (1), obliga-
tions may be acquired—
(A) on original issue at the issue price; or 
(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations 
at the market price. 
(3) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obligation ac-
quired by the Fund may be sold by the Secretary of 
the Treasury at the market price.
(4) CREDITS TO FUND.—The interest on, and 
the proceeds from the sale or redemption of any obli-
gations held in the Fund shall be credited to and 
form a part of the Fund. 
(d) TRANSFERS OF AMOUNTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amounts required to be 
transferred to the Fund under this section shall be 
transferred at least monthly from the general fund 
of the Treasury to the Fund on the basis of esti-
mates made by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—Proper adjustment shall 
be made in amounts subsequently transferred to the 
extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than 
the amounts required to be transferred. 
(e) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF DONATIONS.—The 
Secretary may accept and use donations to provide assist-
ance under section 4. Amounts received by the Secretary 
in the form of donations shall be transferred to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury for deposit into the Fund. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OR APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund 
$5,000,000 for each fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to 
carry out this Act.
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IIB
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2647
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 10, 2000
Recieved; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
AN ACT
To amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to the water
rights of the Ak-Chin Indian Community’’ to clarify cer-
tain provisions concerning the leasing of such water
rights, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.
The Constitutional authority for this Act rests in ar-
ticle I, section 8, authorizing Congress to ‘‘regulate Com-
merce with foreign Nations, and among the several States,
and with the Indian tribes’’.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO AK-CHIN WATER USE
ACT OF 1984.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 2000’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF WATER.—Section
2(j) of the Act of October 19, 1984 (Public Law 98–530;
98 Stat. 2698), as amended by section 10 of the Act of
October 24, 1992 (Public Law 102–497; 106 Stat. 3258),
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(j)(1) The Ak-Chin Indian Community (hereafter in
this Act referred to as the ‘Community’) shall have the
right to devote the permanent water supply provided for
by this Act to any use, including agricultural, municipal,
industrial, commercial, mining, recreational, or other ben-
eficial use, in the areas initially designated as the Pinal,
Phoenix, and Tucson Active Management Areas pursuant
to the Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980,
laws 1980, fourth special session, chapter 1. The Commu-
nity is authorized to lease or enter into options to lease,
to renew options to lease, to extend the initial terms of
leases for the same or a lesser term as the initial term
placement on board aircraft departing for foreign
destinations.
‘‘(3) RULES
FOR
TREATMENT
OF
INTER-
NATIONAL
TRAVEL
MERCHANDISE
AND
BONDED
WAREHOUSES AND STAGING AREAS.—(A) The pro-
prietor of a bonded warehouse established for the
storage and manipulation of international travel
merchandise shall give a bond in such sum and with
such sureties as may be approved by the Secretary
of the Treasury to secure the Government against
any loss or expense connected with or arising from
the deposit, storage, or manipulation of merchandise
in such warehouse. The warehouse proprietor’s bond
shall also secure the manipulation of international
travel merchandise in a staging area.
‘‘(B) A transfer of liability from the inter-
national carrier to the warehouse proprietor occurs
when the carrier assigns custody of international
travel merchandise to the warehouse proprietor for
purposes of entry into warehouse or for manipula-
tion in the staging area.
‘‘(C) A transfer of liability from the warehouse
proprietor to the international carrier occurs when
the bonded warehouse proprietor assigns custody of
international travel merchandise to the carrier.
HR 2647 RFS
of the lease, to renew leases for the same or a lesser term
as the initial term of the lease, to exchange or temporarily
dispose of water to which it is entitled for the beneficial
use in the areas initially designated as the Pinal, Phoenix,
and Tucson Active Management Areas pursuant to the Ar-
izona Groundwater Management Act of 1980, laws 1980,
fourth special session, chapter 1.
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the initial term
of any lease entered into under this subsection shall not
exceed 100 years and the Community may not perma-
nently alienate any water right. In the event the Commu-
nity leases, enters into an option to lease, renews an option
to lease, extends a lease, renews a lease, or exchanges or
temporarily disposes of water, such action shall only be
valid pursuant to a contract that has been accepted and
ratified by a resolution of the Ak-Chin Indian Community
Council and approved and executed by the Secretary.’’.
(c) APPROVAL
OF LEASE
AND AMENDMENT
OF
LEASE.—The option and lease agreement among the Ak-
Chin Indian Community, the United States of America,
and Del Webb Corporation, dated as of December 14,
1996, and the Amendment Number One thereto among
the Ak-Chin Indian Community, the United States of
America, and Del Webb Corporation, dated as of January
7, 1999, are hereby ratified and approved. The Secretary
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of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to execute
Amendment Number One, and the restated agreement as
provided in Amendment Number One, not later than 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives May 9, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2648
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the rules for treatment of
international travel merchandise and bonded warehouses and staging areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 29, 1999
Mr. SHAW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the rules for
treatment of international travel merchandise and bonded
warehouses and staging areas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 555 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1555) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL MERCHANDISE.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this
section—
‘‘(A) the term ‘international travel mer-
chandise’ means duty-free or domestic merchan-
dise which is placed on board aircraft on inter-
national flights for sale to passengers, but
which is not merchandise incidental to the oper-
ation of a duty-free sales enterprise;
‘‘(B) the term ‘staging area’ is an area
controlled by the proprietor of a bonded ware-
house outside of the physical parameters of the
bonded warehouse in which manipulation of
international travel merchandise in carts occurs;
‘‘(C) the term ‘duty-free merchandise’
means merchandise on which the liability for
payment of duty or tax imposed by reason of
importation has been deferred pending expor-
tation from the customs territory;
‘‘(D) the term ‘manipulation’ means the
repackaging, cleaning, sorting, or removal from
or placement on carts of international travel
merchandise; and
‘‘(E) the term ‘cart’ means a portable con-
tainer holding international travel merchandise
on an aircraft for exportation.
‘‘(2) 
BONDED
WAREHOUSE
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL
TRAVEL
MERCHANDISE.—The Secretary
shall by regulation establish a separate class of
bonded warehouse for the storage and manipulation
of international travel merchandise pending its
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by sections 2 through 4 and
6 and 7 of this Act apply to referrals made on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act, regardless of wheth-
er or not regulations are promulgated to carry out such
amendments.
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I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2651
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the
restrictions on physician self-referral.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 29, 1999
Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. CRANE, Mrs. JOHNSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. CAMP, and Mr. RAMSTAD)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect
to the restrictions on physician self-referral.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Physician Self-Referral Amendments of 1999’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
commence on the date on which the Patent and
Trademark Office receives a copy of the publi-
cation under the treaty of the international ap-
plication, or, if the publication under the treaty
of the international application is in a language
other than English, on the date on which the
Patent and Trademark Office receives a trans-
lation of the international application in the
English language.
‘‘(B) COPIES.—The Director may require
the applicant to provide a copy of the inter-
national application and a translation thereof.
‘‘(5) ISSUANCE
OF
PATENTS
ON
INDIVIDUAL
CLAIMS.—If the Director in a notification to the ap-
plicant under section 132 indicates that one or more
claims of a published application are allowable, the
applicant may request the issuance of a patent in-
corporating those claims. The applicant may con-
tinue prosecution of the remaining claims as pro-
vided in chapter 12 of this title. Any subsequently
allowed claims may be incorporated into the patent
or issued in a separate patent, in accordance with
regulations adopted by the Director. The Director
may establish appropriate fees to cover the costs of
sensus on the proposed contents of the plan or an
amendment to the plan, then—
‘‘(i) the railroad carrier shall file the plan
or amendment with the Secretary; and
‘‘(ii) directly affected employees and labor
organizations representing a class or craft of di-
rectly affected employees may, at their option,
file a statement with the Secretary explaining
their views on the plan or amendment on which
consensus was not reached.
‘‘(6) TEMPORARY
COMPLIANCE
RULES.—Dur-
ing the first two years after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, compliance with a fatigue man-
agement plan approved by the Secretary not requir-
ing a waiver of a provision of law is not required.
However, compliance with a plan approved by the
Secretary involving waiver of one or more statutory
provisions under subsection (c) of this section is
mandatory.
‘‘(7) PERMANENT COMPLIANCE RULES.—Effec-
tive two years after the date of the enactment of this
section:
‘‘(A) Compliance with a fatigue manage-
ment plan and amendments becomes mandatory
and enforceable by the Secretary.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2653
To exempt certain entries of titanium disks from antidumping duties
retroactively applied by the United States Customs Service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 29, 1999
Mr. WU introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To exempt certain entries of titanium disks from anti-
dumping duties retroactively applied by the United
States Customs Service.
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 ENTRIES OF TITA-
NIUM DISKS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 514 of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 15144) or any other
provision of law, the United States Customs Service
shall—
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, liquidate or reliquidate the
entries listed in subsection (b) as exempt from anti-
dumping duties under antidumping case number A–
462–103; and
(2) not later than 90 days after such liquida-
tion or reliquidation under paragraph (1), refund
any antidumping duties paid with respect to such
entries, including interest from the date of entry, if
the importer of the entries files a request therefor
with the Customs Service within such 90-day period.
(b) ENTRIES.—The entries referred to in subsection
(a) are as follows:
Entry Number
Date of Entry
EE1–0001115–8 ......................................................
January 26, 1995
EE1–0001313–9 ......................................................
June 23, 1995
EE1–0001449–1 ......................................................
September 25, 1995
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4827
AN ACT
To amend the Colorado Canyons National Con-
servation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilder-
ness Act of 2000 to rename the Colorado Can-
yons National Conservation Area as the McInnis
Canyons National Conservation Area.
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4827
AN ACT
To amend the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area
and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 to
rename the Colorado Canyons National Conservation
Area as the McInnis Canyons National Conservation
Area.
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‘‘(B) the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act; and
‘‘(C) any other Federal education law, that
are allocated to such schools for such fiscal year.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—(A) Funds allocated to a
tribally controlled school by reason of paragraph (1)
or (2) of subsection (a) shall be subject to the provi-
sions of this part and shall not be subject to any ad-
ditional restriction, priority, or limitation that is im-
posed by the Bureau with respect to funds provided
under—
‘‘(i) title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965;
‘‘(ii) the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act; or
‘‘(iii) any Federal education law other than
title XI of the Education Amendments of 1978.
‘‘(B) Indian tribes and tribal organizations to
which grants are provided under this part, and trib-
ally controlled schools for which such grants are pro-
vided, shall not be subject to any requirements, obliga-
tions, restrictions, or limitations imposed by the Bu-
reau that would otherwise apply solely by reason of
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dures the State educational agency will use to iden-
tify such children and youth in the State and to as-
sess their special needs, and shall—
‘‘(A) describe procedures for the prompt res-
olution of disputes regarding the educational
placement of homeless children and youth;
‘‘(B) describe programs for school personnel
(including principals, attendance officers, teach-
ers, enrollment personnel, and pupil services per-
sonnel) to heighten the awareness of such per-
sonnel of the specific needs of runaway and
homeless youth;
‘‘(C) describe procedures that ensure that
homeless children and youth who meet the rel-
evant eligibility criteria are able to participate
in Federal, State, or local food programs;
‘‘(D) describe procedures that ensure that—
‘‘(i) homeless children have equal ac-
cess to the same public preschool programs,
administered by the State agency, as pro-
vided to other children; and
‘‘(ii) homeless children and youth who
meet the relevant eligibility criteria are able
to participate in Federal, State, or local
before- and after-school care programs;
informed about the employee’s work schedule with
each of the other employing railroad carriers and
independent contractors.
‘‘(3) A railroad carrier or independent contractor re-
ceiving written notification of dual employment shall re-
tain a copy of the notification for a period of two years
after the termination of such dual employment status. A
copy of such notification shall be made available to rep-
resentatives of the Secretary of Transportation for inspec-
tion and copying during normal business hours at the rail-
road carrier’s or independent contractor’s system head-
quarters and at such subsystem headquarters as may be
required by the Secretary by regulation.’’.
SEC. 103. LIMITATIONS ON DUTY HOURS OF SIGNAL EM-
PLOYEES.
(a) GENERAL
RULES.—Section 21104(a)(2) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘officers’’ and inserting ‘‘man-
agers, supervisors, officers,’’; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘In the case of a dually employed employee, a railroad
carrier shall not be held responsible for violating this para-
graph because of the employee’s work schedule for another
employer if none of the railroad carrier’s managers, super-