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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 722
To amend the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to establish
a presumption of eligibility for disability benefits in the case of certain
coal miners who filed claims under part C of such Act between July
1, 1973, and April 1, 1980.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Mr. KANJORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
of 1969 to establish a presumption of eligibility for dis-
ability benefits in the case of certain coal miners who
filed claims under part C of such Act between July
1, 1973, and April 1, 1980.
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. PRESUMPTION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABIL-
ITY BENEFITS UNDER THE BLACK LUNG BEN-
EFITS PROGRAM.
Section 422 of the Federal Coal Mine Health and
Safety Act of 1969 (30 U.S.C. 932) is amended by adding
after subsection (l) the following new subsection:
‘‘(m)(1) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or reg-
ulation, in the case of any claim filed under this part be-
tween July 1, 1973, and April 1, 1980, with respect to
a miner who has engaged in coal mining employment for
at least 10 years, such miner shall be presumed to be to-
tally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, or to have been to-
tally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, or the death of such
miner shall be presumed to be due to pneumoconiosis,
arising out of that employment, if any of the following
medical requirements is met:
‘‘(A) A single positive chest roentgenogram (X-
ray), biopsy, or autopsy indicates the existence of
pneumoconiosis.
‘‘(B) A single set of positive ventiliatory studies
indicates the presence of a chronic respiratory or
pulmonary disease.
‘‘(C) A single set of positive blood gas studies
indicates the presence of an impairment in the
transfer of oxygen from the lungs to the blood.
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‘‘(D) Other medical evidence, including the doc-
umented opinion of a physician exercising reasonable
medical judgment, indicates the presence of totally
disabling respiratory impairment.
‘‘(2) The presentation of evidence which meets any
of the requirements under subparagraphs (A) through (D)
of paragraph (1) shall be sufficient to invoke the presump-
tion under such paragraph.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
require proof of any such medical requirement by a pre-
ponderance of the evidence or by any higher evidentiary
standard.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 724
To assist State and local governments in conducting community gun buy
back programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island (for himself and Mr. BLAGOJEVICH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary
A BILL
To assist State and local governments in conducting
community gun buy back programs.
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 ‘‘Gun Buy Back Part-
nership Grant Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) 36,000 Americans are killed by guns every
year;
(2) 10 children are killed by handguns every
day;
(3) guns are present in almost 35 percent of all
American homes, and the presence of a gun in a
home triples the risk of homicide in that home;
(4) nearly $4,000,000,000 is spent every year
on health care expenditures for firearms-related in-
juries; and
(5) according to studies, between 1985 and
1994, 709 law enforcement officers in the United
States were feloniously killed in the line of duty, and
more than 92 percent of such law enforcement offi-
cers were killed by the use of a gun.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to reduce
the number of guns on the streets by helping State and
local law enforcement departments conduct community
gun buy back programs.
SEC. 3. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) GRANTS.—The Director of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance may make grants to States or units of local
government to conduct community gun buy back pro-
grams.
(b) DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF FUNDS.—The Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall distribute
each grant made under subsection (a) directly to the State
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each State shall be allotted an amount which bears the
same ratio to such sums as the population of older individ-
uals in such State bears to the population of older individ-
uals in all States.
‘‘(2) In determining the amounts allotted to States
from the sums appropriated under section 303 for a fiscal
year, the Assistant Secretary shall first determine the
amount allotted to each State under paragraph (1) and
then proportionately adjust such amounts, if necessary, to
meet the requirements of paragraph (3).
‘‘(3)(A) No State shall be allotted less than 1⁄2 of 1
percent of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for
which the determination is made.
‘‘(B) Guam and the United States Virgin Islands
shall each be allotted not less than 1⁄4 of 1 percent of the
sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the deter-
mination is made.
‘‘(C) American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allotted not less
than 1⁄16 of 1 percent of the sum appropriated for the fis-
cal year for which the determination is made. For the pur-
poses of the exception contained in subparagraph (A) only,
the term ‘‘State’’ does not include Guam, American
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 725
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage
penalty in the standard deduction.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Mr. KLECZKA (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr.
NEAL of Massachusetts, and Mr. MATSUI) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate
the marriage penalty in the standard deduction.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF MARRIAGE PENALTY IN
STANDARD DEDUCTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 63(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to standard
deduction) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ in subparagraph (A)
and inserting ‘‘twice the dollar amount in effect
under subparagraph (C) for the taxable year’’,
(2) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(B),
(3) by striking ‘‘in the case of’’ and all that fol-
lows in subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘in any
other case.’’, and
(4) by striking subparagraph (D).
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subparagraph (B) of section 1(f)(6) of such
Code is amended by striking ‘‘(other than with’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘shall be applied’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(other than with respect to sections
63(c)(4) and 151(d)(4)(A)) shall be applied’’.
(2) Paragraph (4) of section 63(c) of such Code
is amended by adding at the end the following flush
sentence:
‘‘The preceding sentence shall not apply to the
amount referred to in paragraph (2)(A).’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1998.
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eral universal service support, including rural, high-
cost, lifeline, programs under subsection (h), or any
other program of Federal universal service support.
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
year 1999 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years,
from the Telecommunications Trust Fund estab-
lished by section 9511 of the Internal Revenue Code,
such sums as may be necessary to provide Federal
universal service support pursuant to this section,
including support pursuant to subsection (h) of this
section.
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY ON SCHOOL YEAR BASIS.—
Appropriations for any fiscal year that are available
to carry out subsection (h) may, in accordance with
regulations of the Commission, be made available for
obligation by the recipient on the basis of an aca-
demic or school year differing from such fiscal year.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unless
enacted in specific limitation of the provisions of this
subsection, any funds from such appropriations dur-
ing any fiscal year which are not obligated and ex-
pended prior to the beginning of the fiscal year suc-
ceeding the fiscal year for which such funds were ap-
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938;
‘‘(3) the factory or other business concern pro-
ducing or manufacturing the product, as certified by
the Secretary of Labor, has full-time employees in
nonmanagerial positions who are citizens or nation-
als of the United States, aliens lawfully admitted
into the United States for permanent residence, citi-
zens of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
or the Federated States of Micronesia, persons ad-
mitted into the United States under section 207 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1157), or aliens granted asylum in the United States
under section 208 of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), in
the following percentages: 25 percent within 6
months after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, 50 percent within 1 year after such date of en-
actment, and 75 percent within 18 months after
such date of enactment;
‘‘(4) the factory or other business concern pro-
ducing or manufacturing the product does not em-
ploy individuals under conditions of indentured ser-
vitude; and
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF PAYMENTS UPON REMARRIAGE
OF FORMER SPOUSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1408(c) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) Payment from the monthly disposable retired
pay of a member to a former spouse of the member pursu-
ant to this section shall terminate upon the remarriage
of that former spouse, except to the extent that the
amount of such payment includes an amount other than
an amount resulting from the treatment by the court
under paragraph (1) of disposable retired pay of the mem-
ber as property of the member or property of the member
and his spouse. Any such termination shall be effective
as of the last day of the month in which the remarriage
occurs.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to marriages termi-
nated by court orders issued before, on, or after the date
of the enactment of this Act. In the case of such a court
order issued before the date of the enactment of this Act,
such amendment shall apply only with respect to amounts
of a member’s retired pay that are payable for months
beginning more than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 731
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a five-year schedule
to double, relative to fiscal year 1999, the amount appropriated for
the National Eye Institute.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for
a five-year schedule to double, relative to fiscal year
1999, the amount appropriated for the National Eye
Institute.
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 ‘‘National Eye Institute
Authorization Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) 80,000,000 Americans are at risk of devel-
oping diseases that potentially can cause blindness;
(2) 12,000,000 Americans have some degree of
uncorrected visual impairment;
(3) 1,100,000 Americans are legally blind;
(4) the annual direct and indirect cost of health
care in the United States for eye and vision dis-
orders is $42,000,000,000;
(5) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is
the leading cause of blindness in individuals over age
65;
(6) of the 34,000,000 Americans over age 65,
1,700,000 have visual impairment that resulted from
AMD;
(7) AMD is expected to become an even greater
public health problem as the number of Americans
over age 65 increases dramatically over the next 30
years;
(8) diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of
blindness among individuals in the age group 20 to
74, accounting for 24,000 new cases of blindness
each year;
(9) glaucoma, another leading cause of blind-
ness, has caused 120,000 individuals in the United
States to become blind;
(10) it is estimated that, of individuals in the
United States with glaucoma, only about 50 percent
are aware that they have the disease;
(11) more than 6,000,000 Americans suffer
from retinal degenerative diseases such as retinitis
pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome,
and Stargardt disease; and
(12) retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration,
Usher syndrome and Stargardt disease are inherited
diseases, and the number of individuals who suffer
from these diseases will increase dramatically.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA-
TIONAL EYE INSTITUTE; FIVE-YEAR SCHED-
ULE FOR DOUBLING OF APPROPRIATIONS
RELATIVE TO FISCAL YEAR 1999.
Subpart 9 of part C of title IV of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285i et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following section:
‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
‘‘SEC. 456A. For the purpose of carrying out this
subpart, there are authorized to be appropriated
$395,857,000 for fiscal year 1999, $474,857,000 for fis-
cal year 2000, $553,857,000 for fiscal year 2001,
$632,857,000 for fiscal year 2002, $711,857,000 for fis-
cal year 2003, and $791,714,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.
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tion under the plan in accordance with sec-
tion 417, the transfer is made with the
consent of the participant’s spouse (if
any), and such consent meets requirements
similar to the requirements imposed by
section 417(a)(2), and
‘‘(vi) the transferee plan allows the
participant or beneficiary described in
clause (iii) to receive any distribution to
which the participant or beneficiary is enti-
tled under transferee plan in the form of
a single sum distribution.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 204(g) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(29 U.S.C. 1054(g)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) A defined contribution plan (in this paragraph
referred to as the ‘transferee plan’) shall not be treated
as failing to meet the requirements of this subsection
merely because the transferee plan does not provide some
or all of the forms of distribution previously available
under another defined contribution plan (in this para-
graph referred to as the ‘transferor plan’) to the extent
that—
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TITLE II—PLANNING GRANTS
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce, act-
ing through the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, and in consultation with the
Secretary of Labor, shall provide grants to States to en-
able the States to assist businesses, organizations, and
agencies described in section 101(b) in conducting plan-
ning to form consortia described in such section.
(b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of
a grant provided to a State under subsection (a) may not
exceed $500,000 for any fiscal year.
SEC. 202. APPLICATION.
The Secretary may not provide a grant under section
201 to a State unless such State submits to the Secretary
an application at such time, in such manner, and contain-
ing such information as the Secretary may reasonably re-
quire.
SEC. 203. REQUIREMENT OF MATCHING FUNDS.
The Secretary may not provide a grant under section
201 to a State unless such State agrees that it will make
available non-Federal contributions toward the costs of
carrying out activities under this title in an amount that
is not less than $1 for each $1 of Federal funds provided
under a grant under section 201.
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SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this title $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 734
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from discounting loan deficiency
payments under the Agricultural Market Transition Act for club wheat
and to compensate club wheat producers who received discounted loan
deficiency payments as a result of the erroneous decision of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to assess a premium adjustment against club wheat.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Mr. NETHERCUTT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from discounting
loan deficiency payments under the Agricultural Market
Transition Act for club wheat and to compensate club
wheat producers who received discounted loan deficiency
payments as a result of the erroneous decision of the
Department of Agriculture to assess a premium adjust-
ment against club wheat.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EQUALIZATION OF LOAN DEFICIENCY PAY-
MENTS FOR CLUB WHEAT PRODUCERS.
(a) PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT PROHIBITED.—In mak-
ing loan deficiency payments available under section 135
of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235)
to producers of club wheat, the Secretary of Agriculture
may not assess a premium adjustment on the amount that
would otherwise be computed for club wheat under the sec-
tion to reflect the premium that is paid for club wheat
to ensure its availability to create a blended specialty prod-
uct known as western white wheat.
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—
(1) COMPENSATION
REQUIRED.—As soon as
practicable after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a pay-
ment to each producer of club wheat that received
a discounted loan deficiency payment under section
135 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7
U.S.C. 7235) before that date as a result of the as-
sessment of a premium adjustment against club
wheat. The amount of the payment for a producer
shall be equal to the difference between—
(A) the loan deficiency payment that would
have been made to the producer in the absence
of the premium adjustment; and
(B) the loan deficiency payment actually
received by the producer.
(2) FUNDING
SOURCE.—The Secretary shall
use funds available to provide marketing assistance
loans and loan deficiency payments under subtitle C
of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C.
7231 et seq.) to make the payments required by this
subsection.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 737
To amend the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979
to eliminate restrictions on the provision of air transportation to and
from Love Field, Texas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, and Mr. MORAN of Kansas)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the International Air Transportation Competition
Act of 1979 to eliminate restrictions on the provision
of air transportation to and from Love Field, Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 29 of the International Air Transportation
Competition Act of 1979 (94 Stat. 48; 49) is repealed.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 735
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide specific penalties for
taking a firearm from a Federal law enforcement officer.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Mr. NEY (for himself, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr.
OXLEY, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. BURR of North Carolina, and Mr. WELLER)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide specific
penalties for taking a firearm from a Federal law en-
forcement officer.
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 ‘‘Gun Retention Act
of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. TAKING A FIREARM FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘§ 117. Taking a firearm from a law enforcement
officer
‘‘(a) Whoever knowingly takes a firearm—
‘‘(1) from the person of a law enforcement offi-
cer, while such officer is engaged in the performance
of official duties; and
‘‘(2) against that officer’s will;
or attempts to do so, shall be punished as provided in sub-
section (b).
‘‘(b) The punishment for an offense under this sec-
tion is—
‘‘(1) in the case of an offense other than an at-
tempt, or an offense that is an attempt during which
the firearm is discharged (other than intentionally
by the officer), a fine under this title and imprison-
ment for not less than 10 nor more than 15 years;
and
‘‘(2) in the case of any other offense that is an
attempt, a fine under this title and imprisonment for
not less than 5 nor more than 10 years.
‘‘(c) A term of imprisonment imposed under this sec-
tion shall not run concurrently with any other term of im-
prisonment imposed with respect to the same criminal
episode.
‘‘(d) As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘firearm’ has the meaning given
that term in section 921 of this title; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘law enforcement officer’ means
a person designated in section 1114 of this title.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 7 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘117. Taking a firearm from a law enforcement officer.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 736
To repeal the Davis-Bacon Act and the Copeland Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To repeal the Davis-Bacon Act and the Copeland Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DAVIS-BACON ACT.
(a) REPEAL.—The Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C.
276a et seq.) (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon
Act) is repealed.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law to a
wage requirement of the Act of March 3, 1931, shall after
the date of the enactment of this Act be null and void.
SEC. 2. COPELAND ACT.
Section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C.
276c) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Copeland Act’’) is
repealed.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by sections 1 and 2 shall take
effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act
but shall not affect any contract in existence on such date
of enactment or made pursuant to invitation for bids out-
standing on such date of enactment.
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‘‘(C) increasing community awareness of
and involvement in addressing the needs of resi-
dents of long-term care facilities;
‘‘(8) provide that case management services
provided under this title through the area agency on
aging will—
‘‘(A) not duplicate case management serv-
ices provided through other Federal and State
programs;
‘‘(B) be coordinated with services described
in subparagraph (A); and
‘‘(C) be provided by a public agency or a
nonprofit private agency that—
‘‘(i) gives each older individual seek-
ing services under this title a list of agen-
cies that provide similar services within the
jurisdiction of the area agency on aging;
‘‘(ii) gives each individual described in
clause (i) a statement specifying that the
individual has a right to make an inde-
pendent choice of service providers and
documents receipt by such individual of
such statement;
‘‘(iii) has case managers acting as
agents for the individuals receiving the