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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 425
To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish false statements during
debate on the floor of either House of Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 1997
Mrs. MYRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 18, United States Code, to punish false
statements during debate on the floor of either House
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 ‘‘Integrity in Congress
Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. FALSE STATEMENTS DURING CONGRESSIONAL
DEBATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘§ 1036. False statements during congressional de-
bate
‘‘Whoever, being a Senator or Representative, know-
ingly makes any false statement during any speech or de-
bate in either House of Congress shall be fined not more
than $10,000.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 47 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘1036. False statements during congressional debate.’’.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SUSPENSION OF
FLOOR PRIVILEGES.
It is the sense of Congress that any Senator or Rep-
resentative who knowingly or willfully makes any false
statement during any speech or debate in either House
of Congress should be prohibited from participating in any
speech or debate in Congress for a 60-day period.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4260
To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the number of years a
Member of Congress may participate in the Civil Service Retirement
System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, to deny Federal
retirement benefits to any Member convicted of a felony, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 16, 1998
Mr. SNOWBARGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the number
of years a Member of Congress may participate in the
Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employ-
ees’ Retirement System, to deny Federal retirement ben-
efits to any Member convicted of a felony, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
fits, service, license, permit, certificate, or financial
assistance pending on the effective date of this sec-
tion before an office whose functions are transferred
by this section, but such proceedings and applica-
tions shall be continued. Orders shall be issued in
such proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom,
and payments shall be made pursuant to such or-
ders, as if this section had not been enacted, and or-
ders issued in any such proceeding shall continue in
effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or re-
voked by a duly authorized official, by a court of
competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. Noth-
ing in this subsection shall be considered to prohibit
the discontinuance or modification of any such pro-
ceeding under the same terms and conditions and to
the same extent that such proceeding could have
been discontinued or modified if this section had not
been enacted.
(3) SUITS.—This section shall not affect suits
commenced before the effective date of this section,
and in all such suits, proceeding shall be had, ap-
peals taken, and judgments rendered in the same
manner and with the same effect as if this section
had not been enacted.
(1) the Four Corners Monument is nationally
significant as the only geographic location in the
United States where 4 State boundaries meet;
(2) the States with boundaries that meet at the
Four Corners area are Arizona, Colorado, New Mex-
ico, and Utah;
(3) between 1868 and 1875 the boundary lines
that created the Four Corners were drawn, and in
1899 a monument was erected at the site;
(4) a United States postal stamp will be issued
in 1999 to commemorate the centennial of the origi-
nal boundary marker;
(5) the Four Corners area is distinct in char-
acter and possesses important historical, cultural,
and prehistoric values and resources within the sur-
rounding cultural landscape;
(6) although there are no permanent facilities
or utilities at the Four Corners Monument Tribal
Park, each year the park attracts approximately
250,000 visitors;
(7) the area of the Four Corners Monument
Tribal Park falls entirely within the Navajo Nation
or Ute Mountain Ute Tribe reservations;
(8) the Navajo Nation and the Ute Mountain
Ute Tribe have entered into a Memorandum of Un-
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding after paragraph (2) the following:
‘‘(3) is convicted of an offense described in sub-
section (d), to the extent provided by that sub-
section.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The last sentence of section
8312(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(C) with respect to an offense described in
subsection (d), to the period after the date of convic-
tion.’’.
(c) DESCRIPTION OF OFFENSES.—Section 8312 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(d) An offense described in this subsection is any
act or omission of an individual—
‘‘(1) which is a felony under Federal or State
law;
‘‘(2) committed while the individual is a Mem-
ber of Congress;
‘‘(3) which occurs in connection with the indi-
vidual’s service as a Member of Congress; and
‘‘(4) which occurs after the date of enactment
of this subsection.’’.
(d) ABSENCE
FROM UNITED STATES
TO AVOID
PROSECUTION.—Section 8313(a)(1) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(A);
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B) and inserting ‘‘or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) after the date of enactment of sub-
section (d) of section 8312, for an offense de-
scribed in such subsection; and’’.
(e) REFUND OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEPOSITS TO
BE WITHOUT INTEREST.—Section 8316(b) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) if the individual was convicted of an of-
fense named by subsection (d) of section 8312, for
the period after the conviction.’’.
(f) RESTORATION OF ANNUITY OR RETIRED PAY.—
(1) EFFECT OF PARDON BY GOVERNOR.—Sec-
tion 8318(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after ‘‘is pardoned by the
President’’ the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of a fel-
ony under State law described in section 8312(d), by
the Governor)’’.
(2) LIMITATION.—Section 8318(c) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after
‘‘President’’ the following: ‘‘(or a Governor)’’.
(g) DEFINITION.—As used in the amendments made
by this section, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ or ‘‘Mem-
ber’’ includes a Delegate to the House of Representatives
and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4261
To designate the Federal building located at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau,
Alaska, as the ‘‘Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 16, 1998
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To designate the Federal building located at 709 West 9th
Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the ‘‘Hurff A. Saunders
Federal Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building located at 709 West 9th Street
in Juneau, Alaska, shall be known and designated as the
‘‘Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
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SEC. 4250. REPEAL OF SURVEY OF ENERGY SAVING POTEN-
TIAL. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 550 of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258b) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The table of contents for the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (Public Law 95–619; 92 
Stat. 3206; 106 Stat. 2851) is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 550. 
(2) Section 543(d)(2) of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(d)(2)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘, incorporating any relevant 
information obtained from the survey conducted pur-
suant to section 550’’. 
SEC. 4251. REPEAL OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Part 4 of title V of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8271 et seq.) is re-
pealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
for the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (Public 
Law 95–619; 92 Stat. 3206) is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to part 4 of title 
V; and 
(2) by striking the items relating to sections 561 
through 570. 
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building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4262
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of docu-
mentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
trade for the vessel ORCA.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 16, 1998
Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorse-
ment for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel
ORCA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine
Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), section 8 of the Act of
June 19, 1886 (46 App. U.S.C. 289), and section 12106
of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may issue a certificate of documentation with ap-
propriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
trade for the vessel ORCA (United States official number
665270).
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4265
To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide for the advance
payment, in full, of the fiscal year 1999 payments otherwise required
under production flexibility contracts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 1998
Mr. SMITH of Oregon (for himself, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska,
Mr. EWING, Mr. POMBO, Mr. THUNE, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. LUCAS of
Oklahoma, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. BRYANT, Mrs.
EMERSON, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. BOEHNER, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. EVER-
ETT, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. MORAN of Kansas,
Mr. JENKINS, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr.
HOSTETTLER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado, Mr. THORN-
BERRY, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. BUYER, Mr. JONES, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma,
Mr. WATKINS, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr.
SKEEN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. WHITE, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr.
CRAPO, Mr. GANSKE, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. LEACH, Mr.
BUNNING, Mr. STUMP, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. PAUL, Mr. MCCRERY,
and Mr. MCINTOSH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide
for the advance payment, in full, of the fiscal year 1999
payments otherwise required under production flexibility
contracts.
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 ‘‘Emergency Farm Fi-
nancial Relief Act’’.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 PAYMENT
UNDER 
PRODUCTION 
FLEXIBILITY 
CON-
TRACTS.
Section 112(d) of the Agricultural Market Transition
Act (7 U.S.C. 7212(d)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.—
Notwithstanding the times for making an annual
contract payment specified in paragraph (1) or (2),
at the option of the owner or producer, the Sec-
retary shall pay the full amount (or such portion as
the owner or producer may specify) of the contract
payment required to be paid during fiscal year 1999
at such time or times during that fiscal year as the
owner or producer may specify, so long as the full
payment is completed by the end of that fiscal
year.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4267
To modify the requirements for paying Federal timber sale receipts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 1998
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon) introduced the follow-
ing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To modify the requirements for paying Federal timber sale
receipts.
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 ‘‘Timber-Dependent
Counties Stabilization Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. SHARING OF FOREST SERVICE TIMBER SALE RE-
CEIPTS.
(a) PAYMENTS.—
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration.
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means
the Director of the National Park Service.
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SEC. 4252. REPEAL OF ENERGY AUDITOR TRAINING AND 
CERTIFICATION. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subtitle F of title V of the Energy Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 8285 et seq.) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Energy Security Act (Public Law 96–294; 94 Stat. 
611) is amended by striking the items relating to subtitle 
F of title V. 
CHAPTER 4—USE OF EXISTING FUNDS 
SEC. 4261. USE OF EXISTING FUNDS. 
Amounts required for carrying out this Act, other than 
section 1201, shall be derived from amounts appropriated 
under authority provided by previously enacted law. 
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(1) Does your household have a personal com-
puter?
(2) Is your household currently connected to
the Internet through a personal computer or other
device?
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term
‘‘census of population’’ has the meaning given such term
by section 141(g) of title 13, United States Code.
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‘‘(ii) the designation of a new eligible
entity; or
‘‘(iii) severe economic dislocation; or
‘‘(B) the failure of an eligible entity to
comply with the terms of an agreement to pro-
vide services under this subtitle; and
‘‘(2) a termination, the term ‘cause’ includes
the material failure of an eligible entity to comply
with the terms of such an agreement and the State
plan to provide services under this subtitle or the
consistent failure of the entity to achieve perform-
ance measures as determined by the State.
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES
AND INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary may prescribe procedures only for the purpose of
assessing the effectiveness of eligible entities in carrying
out the purposes of this subtitle.
‘‘(e) REVISIONS AND INSPECTION.—
‘‘(1) REVISIONS.—The chief executive officer of
each State may revise any plan prepared under this
section and shall submit the revised plan to the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(2) PUBLIC INSPECTION.—Each plan or re-
vised plan prepared under this section shall be made
available for public inspection within the State in
‘‘(7) an assurance that the State will permit and
cooperate with Federal investigations undertaken in
accordance with section 678D;
‘‘(8) an assurance that any eligible entity that
received funding in the previous fiscal year under this
subtitle will not have its funding terminated under
this subtitle, or reduced below the proportional share
of funding the entity received in the previous fiscal
year unless, after providing notice and an oppor-
tunity for a hearing on the record, the State deter-
mines that cause exists for such termination or such
reduction, subject to review by the Secretary as pro-
vided in section 678C(b);
‘‘(9) an assurance that local eligible entities in
the State will, to the maximum extent possible, co-
ordinate programs with and form partnerships with
other organizations serving low-income residents of
the communities and members of the groups served by
the State, including faith-based organizations, chari-
table groups, and community organizations;
‘‘(10) an assurance that the State will require
each eligible entity to establish procedures under
which a low-income individual, community organiza-
tion, or faith-based organization, or representative of
low-income individuals that considers its organiza-
‘‘(1) receives a request from the governing body
of an Indian tribe or tribal organization within the
State that assistance under this subtitle be made di-
rectly to such tribe or organization; and
‘‘(2) determines that the members of such tribe or
tribal organization would be better served by means
of grants made directly to provide benefits under this
subtitle,
the Secretary shall reserve from amounts that would other-
wise be allotted to such State under section 675B for the
fiscal year the amount determined under subsection (b).
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF RESERVED AMOUNT.—The
Secretary shall reserve for the purpose of subsection (a) from
amounts that would otherwise be allotted to such State, not
less than 100 percent of an amount that bears the same
ratio to the State allotment for the fiscal year involved as
the population of all eligible Indians for whom a determina-
tion has been made under subsection (a) bears to the popu-
lation of all individuals eligible for assistance under this
subtitle in such State.
‘‘(c) AWARDS.—The sums reserved by the Secretary on
the basis of a determination made under subsection (a) shall
be made available by grant to the Indian tribe or tribal
organization serving the individuals for whom such a deter-
mination has been made.
‘‘(d) PLAN.—In order for an Indian tribe or tribal or-
ganization to be eligible for a grant award for a fiscal year
under this section, the tribe or organization shall submit
to the Secretary a plan for such fiscal year that meets such
criteria as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The
terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal organization’ mean a
tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians rec-
ognized in the State in which the tribe, band, or
group resides, or considered by the Secretary of the
Interior, to be an Indian tribe or an Indian organi-
zation for any purpose.
‘‘(2) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means a mem-
ber of an Indian tribe or of a tribal organization.
‘‘SEC. 678. OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.
‘‘(a) OFFICE.—The Secretary shall carry out the func-
tions of this subtitle through an Office of Community Serv-
ices, which shall be established in the Department of Health
and Human Services. The Office shall be headed by a Direc-
tor.
‘‘(b) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretary shall carry out functions of this
subtitle through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments.
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‘‘(264) THOROFARE, WYOMING.—The segment of the 
main stem within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from 
the headwaters downstream approximately 25 miles to the 
confluence with the Yellowstone River, and the headwaters 
of Open Creek downstream 10 miles to the confluence with 
the main stem, which shall be administered by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture. 
‘‘(265) ATLANTIC CREEK, WYOMING.—The segment 
within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the Part-
ing of the Waters downstream approximately 10 miles to 
the confluence with the Yellowstone River, which shall be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
‘‘(266) YELLOWSTONE, WYOMING.—The segment 
within the Bridger-Teton National Forest from the head-
water downstream approximately 28 miles to the boundary 
of Yellowstone National Park, which shall be administered 
by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
‘‘(267) YELLOWSTONE RIVER, WYOMING AND MON-
TANA.—The segment within the Custer Gallatin National 
Forest and Yellowstone National Park from the southern 
boundary of Yellowstone National Park downstream ap-
proximately 102 miles to the mouth of Yankee Jim can-
yon, which shall be administered by the Secretaries of the 
Interior and Agriculture.’’. 
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referred to in such paragraph significantly exceeds 
the average customs processing time to enter the 
United States through a preclearance operation. 
(3) SUBMISSION.—Based on the assessment 
conducted under paragraph (2), if the Commissioner 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection determines 
that the average customs processing time referred to 
in paragraph (1) significantly exceeds the average 
customs processing time to enter the United States 
through a preclearance operation described in para-
graph (2), the Commissioner shall, not later than 60 
days after making such determination, provide to 
the appropriate congressional committees a remedi-
ation plan for reducing such average customs proc-
essing time referred to in paragraph (1). 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after submitting the remediation plan referred to in 
paragraph (3), the Commissioner of United States 
Customs and Border Protection shall implement 
those portions of such plan that can be carried out 
using existing resources, excluding the transfer of 
personnel. 
(5) SUSPENSION.—If the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection does not submit the 
remediation plan referred to in paragraph (3) within
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4269
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to reduce fees on securities
transactions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 1998
Mr. FORBES (for himself and Mrs. KELLY) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to reduce
fees on securities transactions.
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 ‘‘Fairness in Securities
Transactions Act’’.
SEC. 2. FEE REDUCTION.
Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78ee) is amended by striking ‘‘1⁄300 of one per-
cent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘1⁄600 of one per-
cent’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall apply with
respect to transactions occurring on or after 
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