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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3323
To provide that rates of pay for the President and Members of Congress
shall be made equivalent to the rates of pay for their counterparts
in the United Mexican States if legislation implementing the North
American Free Trade Agreement is enacted.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 20, 1993
Mr. SANDERS introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Post Office and Civil Service and House Administration
A BILL
To provide that rates of pay for the President and Members
of Congress shall be made equivalent to the rates of
pay for their counterparts in the United Mexican States
if legislation implementing the North American Free
Trade Agreement is enacted.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. METHOD FOR DETERMINING RATES OF PAY.
(a) FOR THE PRESIDENT.—Section 102 of title 3,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘compensa-
tion in the aggregate amount of $200,000 a year,’’ and
inserting ‘‘compensation equivalent to the annual rate of
pay (as of the start of such term) for the President of
the United Mexican States,’’.
(b) FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Subsection (a) of
section 601 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
(2 U.S.C. 31) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) The annual rate of pay for service in any
Congress as—
‘‘(A) a Senator shall be equivalent to the an-
nual rate of pay in effect, as of the start of such
Congress, for a Senator in the Congress of the
Union of the United Mexican States; or
‘‘(B) a Member of the House of Representatives
shall be equivalent to the annual rate of pay in ef-
fect, as of the start of such Congress, for a Deputy
in the Congress of the Union of the United Mexican
States.
‘‘(2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term
‘Member of the House of Representatives’ includes a Dele-
gate to the House of Representatives and the Resident
Commissioner from Puerto Rico.’’.
SEC. 2. CONDITION PRECEDENT; EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) CONDITION
PRECEDENT.—The amendments
made by section 1 shall not take effect unless the United
States enacts legislation implementing the North Amer-
ican Free Trade Agreement.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—If the condition under sub-
section (a) is met—
(1) the amendment made by section 1(a) shall
take effect as of the beginning of the first term be-
ginning after the date of the enactment of this Act;
and
(2) the amendment made by section 1(b) shall
take effect as of the beginning of the first Congress
beginning after the first election of Representatives
which occurs after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3324
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of providing
information and education to the public on the prevention and treatment
of eating disorders.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 20, 1993
Mrs. SCHROEDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pro-
gram of providing information and education to the pub-
lic on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
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 ‘‘Eating Disorders In-
formation and Education Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa,
bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, as well
as eating disorders not otherwise defined.
(2) Anorexia nervosa and bulimia each can re-
sult in death, cardiac impairments, depression, sub-
stance abuse, osteoporosis, infertility, amenorrhea,
anemia, and other medical conditions.
(3) Medical authorities are uncertain to what
extent eating disorders are caused by physiological
factors, by psychosocial factors, or by both.
(4) Such disorders primarily affect women. As
many as 7 percent of women may be experiencing
eating disorders, and the rate of new cases is in-
creasing. As many as 80 percent of women may dur-
ing their lifetimes display symptoms of eating dis-
orders.
(5) There are effective treatments for some eat-
ing disorders.
SEC. 3. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ON EATING
DISORDERS.
Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-31 et seq.), as added by sec-
tion 115 of Public Law 102–321 (106 Stat. 346), is
amended by adding at the end the following section:
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3326
To delay the effective date of regulations issued by the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development governing the admission of single persons into
public and assisted housing for the elderly.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 20, 1993
Mr. KLINK (for himself and Mr. COYNE) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To delay the effective date of regulations issued by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development governing
the admission of single persons into public and assisted
housing for the elderly.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITED MORATORIUM.
(a) DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, parts 812, 905, 912, and 960 of title
24, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended to imple-
ment section 573(a) of the National Affordable Housing
‘‘EATING DISORDERS
‘‘SEC. 520C. (a) INFORMATION AND EDUCATION.—
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Center
for Mental Health Services, shall carry out a program to
provide information and education to the public on the
prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
‘‘(b) TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS.—
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide
for the operation of toll-free telephone communications to
provide information to the public on eating disorders, in-
cluding referrals for services for the prevention and treat-
ment of such disorders. Such communications shall be
available on a 24-hour, 7-day basis.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1994 through 1996.’’.
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Act of 1990, shall not apply to public and assisted housing
developed as an elderly housing project with the approval
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Department’’)
before the date on which the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development (hereafter in this section referred to
as the ‘‘Secretary’’) issues final regulations implementing
section 621 of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992.
(b) APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.—During the period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending
on the date on which the Secretary issues final regulations
implementing section 621 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992, parts 812, 905, 912, and 960
of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, as such parts
existed prior to the effective date of the regulations issued
to implement section 573(a) of the National Affordable
Housing Act of 1990, shall apply to public and assisted
housing developed as an elderly project with the approval
of the Department.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3327
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect domestic and foreign
tourists and other travelers in interstate and foreign commerce.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 21, 1993
Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, and Mr. BACCHUS of Flor-
ida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect domestic
and foreign tourists and other travelers in interstate
and foreign commerce.
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 ‘‘Traveler Protection
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. TITLE 18 AMENDMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 89 the follow-
ing:
‘‘CHAPTER 90—PROTECTION OF TRAVELERS
‘‘Sec.
‘‘1831. Crimes of violence directed against travelers.
‘‘§ 1831. Crimes of violence directed against travelers
‘‘(a) Whoever engages in conduct that—
‘‘(1) is a crime of violence in the State where
the conduct occurs; and
‘‘(2) is directed at a victim who is an individual
not domociled in that State;
shall be guilty of a like offense against the United States
and subject to a like punishment in a Federal prosecution.
‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘State’ includes
Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and any other terri-
tory or possession of the United States.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters
for part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after the item relating to chapter 89 the follow-
ing new item:
‘‘90. Protection of Travelers .......................................................... 1831’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3328
To prohibit the United States Postal Service from expending any further
funds in connection with instituting a new logo until such time as
its operations are no longer being conducted at an annual loss.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 21, 1993
Ms. BYRNE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To prohibit the United States Postal Service from expending
any further funds in connection with instituting a new
logo until such time as its operations are no longer
being conducted at an annual loss.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Unit-
ed States Postal Service may not, in any year, expend any
amounts in connection with instituting a new logo if the
total obligations and expenditures incurred by the Postal
Service in connection with its operations in the previous
year exceeded the total revenues and other amounts which
it received in connection therewith.
SEC. 2. USE OF ANNUAL REPORTS.
For purposes of this Act, a determination as to
whether or not the condition under section 1 has been sat-
isfied shall be made based on information contained in the
comprehensive statement of postal operations required
under section 2401(g) of title 39, United States Code.
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to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities
secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
(b) EXTENT OF LIABILITY.—The liability created by
this section shall exist whether or not the employee is per-
sonally liable and whether or not the employee had an ob-
jectively reasonable good faith belief in the lawfulness of
the conduct.
(c) EXCEPTION.—Liability may not be imposed under
this section for any conduct for which the individual caus-
ing such conduct is entitled to absolute immunity.
SEC. 3. SUIT BY UNITED STATES.
(a) GENERALLY.—The United States may bring a
civil action to establish liability under section 2. The ac-
tion may be brought only against the unit of State or local
government that employed the person whose conduct
caused the liability. The action may be brought only with
the consent of the injured party and may be brought
whether or not the injured party has brought an action
to establish that liability. An action brought by the United
States under this section may be consolidated with an ac-
tion brought by the injured party.
(b) DAMAGES.—In an action under this section, com-
pensatory damages may be awarded to the injured party,
and punitive damages may be awarded either to the in-
jured party, or to the United States, or partly to each.
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(1) the term ‘‘pertinent data’’ means the data
to be collected in the standard form as designated
by the central agency. Such term includes, at a min-
imum—
(A) pertinent demographic information on
all persons charged with the crime and all vic-
tims (including race, sex, age, and national ori-
gin);
(B) information on the principal features
of the crime;
(C) information on the aggravating and
mitigating factors of the crime, and on the
background and character of every person
charged with the crime; and
(D) a narrative summary of the crime;
(2) the term ‘‘case of death-eligible crime’’
means a case in which the complaint, indictment, in-
formation, or any other initial or later charging
paper charges any person with a crime for which the
punishment of death is authorized to be imposed
under any circumstances upon conviction.
SEC. 7. CLAIMS BEFORE ENACTMENT NOT BARRED.
A person is not barred from raising a claim under
section 2 on the ground of having failed to raise or to
prosecute the same or a similar claim before the date of
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enactment of this Act, not by reason of any adjudication
before this date.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 332
To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social
Security Act with respect to health professional shortage areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. ROBERTS introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII
of the Social Security Act with respect to health profes-
sional shortage areas.
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 ‘‘Health Professional
Shortage Area Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION IN CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION AS
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA.
(a) NUMBER OF ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS.—Section
332(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
245e(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following subpara-
graph:
‘‘(E) 20 percent or more of the population
being 65 years of age or older.’’.
(b) RELEVANCE OF TRAVEL TIMES WITHIN FRON-
TIER AREAS.—Section 332(a) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 245e(a)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) With respect to meeting the criteria under
paragraph (1)(A) for an area to be designated as a
health professional shortage area, the Secretary
shall, in the case of a frontier area, make the deter-
mination of whether the frontier area is a rational
area for the delivery of health services without re-
gard to—
‘‘(A) the travel time between population
centers in the frontier area; or
‘‘(B) the travel time to contiguous area re-
sources in the frontier area.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 1993, or upon
the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs
later.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL PAYMENT UNDER MED-
ICARE 
FOR 
PHYSICIANS’ 
SERVICES 
FUR-
NISHED IN FORMER SHORTAGE AREAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833(m) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(m)) is amended by striking
‘‘area,’’ and inserting ‘‘area (or, in the case of an area
for which the designation as a health professional shortage
area under such section is withdrawn, in the case of physi-
cians’ services furnished to such an individual during the
3-year period beginning on the effective date of the with-
drawal of such designation),’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to physicians’ services furnished
in an area for which the designation as a health profes-
sional shortage area under section 332(a)(1)(A) of the
Public Health Service Act is withdrawn on or after
January 1, 1994.
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Duplicate compensatory damages may not be awarded
under this Act to the injured party.
SEC. 4. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
The statute of limitations applicable to actions to en-
force the liability created by section 2 is the same as that
applicable to an action under section 1979 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1983).
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3330
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to civil rights related
crimes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 21, 1993
Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to
civil rights related crimes.
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 ‘‘Civil Rights Crimes
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF SECTION 242.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 242 of title 18 of the
United States Code is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 242. Interfering with civil rights
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever—
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‘‘(1) under color of law, intentionally engages in
conduct and thereby recklessly deprives another per-
son of a right, privilege, or immunity secured or pro-
tected by the Constitution or laws of the United
States; or
‘‘(2) intentionally injures, oppresses, threatens,
or intimidates another person because of such other
person’s having exercised a right, privilege, or immu-
nity secured or protected by the Constitution or laws
of the United States;
or attempts to do so, shall be punished as provided in sub-
section (b) of this section.
‘‘(b) PUNISHMENT.—The punishment for an offense
under this section is—
‘‘(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment for
life or for any term of years, or both such fine and
imprisonment, if the defendant intends to produce
bodily injury and recklessly causes the death of any
person;
‘‘(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for
not longer than 10 years, or both such fine and im-
prisonment, if the defendant intentionally causes
bodily injury to another person; and
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‘‘(3) a fine under this title or imprisonment for
not longer than 1 year, or both such fine and impris-
onment, in any other case.
‘‘(c) QUESTION OF LAW.—In a prosecution under
this subsection, it is a question of law (as to which no
state of mind need be proved) whether what the victim
was deprived of or exercised was a right, privilege, or im-
munity secured or protected by the Constitution or laws
of the United States.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 13 of title 18 of the United
States Code is amended so that the item relating to sec-
tion 242 reads as follows:
‘‘242. Injuries and deprivations of rights under color of law.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3331
To protect civil rights.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 21, 1993
Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To protect civil rights.
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 ‘‘Civil Rights Protection
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYER LIABILITY.
(a) GENERALLY.—Any State, county, municipality,
or other unit of State or local government shall be liable
to the party injured and to the United States, in accord-
ance with this Act, for the conduct of such unit’s em-
ployee, that subjects or causes to be subjected, under color
of law, any citizen of the United States or other person
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2576 
AN ACT 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify require-
ments relating to the availability of pipeline safety regu-
latory documents, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
the Department of Defense may not be obligated or ex-
pended for activities of any element of the Armed Forces
that after the date of the enactment of this Act is placed
under the operational control of a foreign national acting
on behalf of the United Nations.
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply
in the case of any proposed placement of United States
Armed Forces under such operational control if, before
such operational control is to become effective, the Presi-
dent certifies to Congress that such operational control is
necessary to protect vital national security interests of the
United States.
(c) REPORT.—Within 10 days after a certification is
made under subsection (b), the President shall submit to
the Congress a report setting forth the following:
(1) A description of the vital national security
interest that requires the placement of United States
Armed Forces under the operational control of a for-
eign national acting on behalf of the United Nations
(2) The mission and objectives of the United
States Armed Forces involved, and an estimate of
the duration of the period during which the United
States Armed Forces involved will serve under such
foreign operational control.
(3) The expected size and composition of the
United States Armed Forces involved.
(4) The incremental cost to the United States
associated with the proposed operation.
(5) The precise command and control relation-
ship between the United States Armed Forces in-
volved and the United Nations.
(6) The precise command and control relation-
ship between the United States Armed Forces in-
volved and the commander of the United States uni-
fied command for the region in which the operation
is proposed.
(7) The extent to which the United States
Armed Forces involved will rely on non-United
States military forces for security and self-defense
and an assessment on the ability of those forces to
provide adequate security to the United States
Armed Forces involved.
(d) CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT.—A report under
subsection (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form and,
if necessary, in classified form.
(e) EXCEPTION FOR SMALL FORCES.—This section
does not apply in the case of elements of the Armed Forces
involving fewer than 100 members of the Armed Forces
in any one country.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3334
To impose limitations on the placing of United States Armed Forces under
the operational control of a foreign national acting on behalf of the
United Nations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 21, 1993
Mr. DOOLITTLE (for himself, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. KYL, Mr. HUN-
TER, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BAKER of California, Mr. BARTON of Texas,
Mr. EWING, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. STUMP, Mr. INHOFE, and
Mr. FIELDS of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred
jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Armed Services
A BILL
To impose limitations on the placing of United States Armed
Forces under the operational control of a foreign national
acting on behalf of the United Nations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON PLACING UNITED STATES
FORCES UNDER OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF
A FOREIGN NATIONAL ACTING ON BEHALF
OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), funds appropriated or otherwise made available for
(f) EXCEPTION
FOR ONGOING OPERATIONS.—(1)
This section does to apply in the case of activities of the
Armed Forces in Somalia pursuant to United Nations Se-
curity Council Resolution 814, adopted March 26, 1993
(or any Security Council resolution that is adopted as a
successor to that resolution), as part of the United Na-
tions operation designed as the United Nations Peacekeep-
ing Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II).
(2) This section does not apply in the case of activi-
ties of the Armed Forces I Macedonia pursuant to United
Nations Security Council Resolutions 795, adopted De-
cember 11, 1992, and 842, adopted June 18, 1993, as
part of the United Nations force designated as the United
Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR).
(g) INTERPRETATION.—Nothing in this section may
be construed as authority for the President to use United
States Armed Forces in any operation.
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