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Sec. 102. Contributions to International Organizations. 
Sec. 103. Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities. 
Sec. 104. International Commissions. 
Sec. 105. Migration and Refugee Assistance. 
Sec. 106. National Endowment for Democracy. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND 
ACTIVITIES 
Subtitle A—Basic Authorities and Activities 
Sec. 201. Transfer of inspections back to the Secretary of State. 
Sec. 202. International Litigation Fund. 
Sec. 203. Actuarial valuations. 
Sec. 204. Special agents. 
Sec. 205. Diplomatic security program contracting. 
Sec. 206. Statement of policy on existing United States understandings with 
Israel. 
Sec. 207. Recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and re-
location of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem. 
Subtitle B—Consular Services and Related Matters 
Sec. 211. Extension of authority to assess passport surcharge. 
Sec. 212. Tibet. 
Sec. 213. Maintenance cost sharing program. 
Sec. 214. Border crossing card fee for minors. 
TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 301. Suspension of Foreign Service members without pay. 
Sec. 302. Repeal of recertification requirement for Senior Foreign Service. 
Sec. 303. Limited appointments in the Foreign Service. 
Sec. 304. Limitation of compensatory time off for travel. 
TITLE IV—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 401. Goals of United States assistance. 
Sec. 402. United States Agency for International Development. 
Sec. 403. Bilateral Economic Assistance. 
Sec. 404. Microfinance and microenterprise programs. 
Sec. 405. Development credit authority. 
Sec. 406. Millennium Challenge Corporation. 
Sec. 407. Prohibition on assistance to countries that fail to meet the Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation’s Corruption Performance Indi-
cator. 
Sec. 408. Democracy Fund. 
Sec. 409. Report on aid commitments and disbursements by other donors and 
international organizations. 
Sec. 410. Transfer of liquidated assets of certain Enterprise Funds to the 
United States Treasury. 
Sec. 411. Limitation on funds for United States Agency for International De-
velopment’s Office of Budget and Resource Management. 
Sec. 412. Preventing taxpayer funding for foreign organizations that promote 
or perform abortion. 
Sec. 413. Sense of Congress relating to microenterprise development assistance 
to sub-Saharan Africa. 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2222
To amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to allow foreign trade zones to
be established where a regional commission involving more than one
State will coordinate zone activities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. MACHTLEY) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to allow foreign
trade zones to be established where a regional commis-
sion involving more than one State will coordinate zone
activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Act of June 18,
1934 (commonly known as the Foreign Trade Zones Act
(19 U.S.C. 81b)), is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE
FOR APPLICATIONS
BY RE-
GIONAL COMMISSIONS.—
‘‘(1) Notwithstanding subsection (b), additional
zones may be authorized in the case of an applica-
tion by a regional commission if the requirements of
paragraph (2) are met.
‘‘(2) A regional commission may apply for and
be granted the privilege of establishing and main-
taining a foreign-trade zone which is located in 2 or
more States, if—
‘‘(A) a plan to operate such zone is ap-
proved by the State legislature of each State
within such zone,
‘‘(B) the overall commercial interests of
the United States will be served by the estab-
lishment of such zone,
‘‘(C) the economic conditions of the region
in which the zone is to be located justify the es-
tablishment of the zone, and
‘‘(D) the zone will be operated in accord-
ance with section 14.’’.
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 1 of such Act (19 U.S.C.
81a) is amended by redesignating subsection (i) as sub-
section (j) and inserting after subsection (h) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(i) The term ‘regional commission’ means a commis-
sion authorized by the legislature of 2 or more States to
engage in regional planning efforts for the purpose of es-
tablishing and coordinating the activities of 1 or more for-
eign trade zones in such States.’’.
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priate Federal banking agency to examine
any bank or branch of a bank for which
the agency is the appropriate Federal
banking agency.
‘‘(ii) REVIEW OF INTERSTATE AGREE-
MENTS.—If the appropriate Federal bank-
ing authority determines that the States
have failed to reach an agreement under
subparagraph (C), or that such an agree-
ment fails to adequately protect the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Fund, the appro-
priate Federal banking authority shall not
defer to State examinations of the out-of-
State branches.
‘‘(12) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section—
‘‘(A) HOST STATE.—The term ‘host State’
means the State in which a bank establishes or
maintains a branch other than the State in
which the bank is chartered and engaging in
banking business.
‘‘(B) OUT-OF-STATE
BANK.—The term
‘out-of-State bank’ means, with respect to any
State, a bank the main office of which is lo-
cated outside the State.’’.
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lien is paramount to all other liens and is effective imme-
diately upon the first payment, without filing, notice, or
other action by the United States.
‘‘(2) Advance payments made under subsection (a) for
commercial items may include payments, in a total amount
of not more than 15 percent of the contract price, in ad-
vance of any performance of work under the contract.
‘‘(3) The conditions of subsections (c) and (d) do not
apply to payments made for commercial items in accord-
ance with this subsection.
‘‘(f) ACTION IN CASE OF FRAUD.—(1) In any case in
which the remedy coordination official of an executive agen-
cy finds that there is substantial evidence that the request
of a contractor for advance, partial, or progress payment
under a contract awarded by that executive agency is based
on fraud, the remedy coordination official shall recommend
that the agency head reduce or suspend further payments
to such contractor.
‘‘(2) An agency head receiving a recommendation
under paragraph (1) in the case of a contractor’s request
for payment under a contract shall determine whether there
is substantial evidence that the request is based on fraud.
Upon making such a determination, the agency head may
reduce or suspend further payments to the contractor under
such contract.
date of the enactment of the Interstate Banking Ef-
ficiency Act of 1993 and ending on the expiration of
3 years from such date of enactment, a consolidation
authorized by paragraph (1) is effected resulting in
the conversion of a bank into a branch located in a
State which, after such consolidation, has enacted a
law that applies equally to national and State banks
and that expressly prohibits all out-of-State banks
from establishing or acquiring branches located in
that State, then such branch shall, under regulations
of the Federal or State banking authority having ju-
risdiction of the bank prior to its conversion into a
branch, be promptly converted back into the bank as
it existed prior to such consolidation.
‘‘(4) APPLICABLE LAW.—Any branch of a na-
tional bank established or acquired in connection
with a consolidation or other transaction under
paragraph (1) shall be subject to the laws of the
host State with respect to intrastate branching,
consumer protection, fair lending, and community
reinvestment as if it were a branch of a bank char-
tered by that State, unless such State law, is pre-
empted by Federal law regarding the same subject.
There shall be no discriminatory effect in the appli-
cation of such laws between a branch of a bank
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inserting after the item relating to section 2302 the follow-
ing new items:
‘‘2302a. Simplified acquisition threshold.
‘‘2302b. Implementation of FACNET capability.’’.
SEC. 4004. IMPLEMENTATION IN CIVILIAN AGENCIES.
Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 is amended by inserting after section
302 the following new sections:
‘‘SEC. 302A. SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.
‘‘(a) SIMPLIFIED
ACQUISITION
THRESHOLD.—For
purposes of acquisitions by executive agencies, the sim-
plified acquisition threshold is as specified in section 4A
of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as in effect
on the effective date of section 4001 of the Federal Acquisi-
tion Improvement Act of 1994.
‘‘SEC. 302B. IMPLEMENTATION OF FACNET CAPABILITY.
‘‘(a) IMPLEMENTATION OF FACNET CAPABILITY.—(1)
The head of each executive agency shall implement the Fed-
eral acquisition computer network (‘FACNET’) capability
required by section 29 of the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy Act.
‘‘(2) In implementing the FACNET capability pursu-
ant to paragraph (1), the head of an executive agency shall
consult with the Administrator for Federal Procurement
Policy.
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‘‘(C) specifically states that the procurement
from that source is required by such provision of law
in contravention of the policy set forth in paragraph
(1).’’.
(b) CIVILIAN AGENCY ACQUISITIONS.—Section 303 of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (41 U.S.C. 253) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(5), by inserting ‘‘subject to
subsection (h),’’ after ‘‘(5)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(h)(1) It is the policy of Congress that no legislation
should be enacted that requires a procurement by an execu-
tive agency to be made from a specified non-Federal Gov-
ernment source.
‘‘(2) A provision of law may not be construed as re-
quiring a procurement by an executive agency to be made
from a specified non-Federal Government source unless that
provision of law—
‘‘(A) specifically refers to this subsection;
‘‘(B) specifically identifies the particular non-
Federal Government source involved; and
‘‘(C) specifically states that the procurement
from that source is required by such provision of law
(d) NONDUPLICATION AND OTHER CONDITIONS.—
The Administrator shall ensure that—
(1) the authority under this section is used only
when the use of standard contracts or grants is not
feasible or appropriate; and
(2) to the maximum extent practicable, a coop-
erative agreement or other arrangement entered into
under this section—
(A) does not provide for research that du-
plicates research being conducted under other
programs carried out by a department, agency,
or independent establishment of the United
States; and
(B) requires the other party to the agree-
ment or arrangement to share the cost of the
project or activity concerned.
SEC. 8. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
(a) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall publish in the Federal Register proposed criteria,
and not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, following a public comment period, final cri-
teria, for the selection of recipients of contracts, leases,
grants, and cooperative agreements under this Act.
‘‘SEC. 117. SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIP GRANTS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of an individual
who is a candidate for a degree at an educational organi-
zation described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii), gross income
does not include—
‘‘(1) any amount received—
‘‘(A) as a scholarship at such an organiza-
tion, or
‘‘(B) as a fellowship grant,
including the value of contributed services and ac-
commodations; and
‘‘(2) any amount received to cover expenses
for—
‘‘(A) travel
‘‘(B) research,
‘‘(C) clerical help, or
‘‘(D) equipment,
which are incident to such a scholarship or to a fel-
lowship grant, but only to the extent that the
amount is so expended by the recipient.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—Subsections (a) and (c) shall not
apply to that portion of any amount received which rep-
resents payment for teaching, research, or other services
in the nature of part-time employment required as a condi-
tion to receiving the scholarship or the fellowship grant.
If the teaching, research, or other services are required
ployees of the availability to eligible individuals of receiv-
ing advanced payments of the credit under section 32 (re-
lating to the earned income credit).
‘‘Subpart B—Zone Resident Empowerment Savings
Credit
‘‘Sec. 1398. Zone resident empowerment savings credit.
‘‘SEC. 1398. ZONE RESIDENT EMPOWERMENT SAVINGS
CREDIT.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38,
the amount of the zone resident empowerment savings
credit determined under this section with respect to any
employer for any taxable year is 50 percent of the quali-
fied savings contributions for the taxable year.
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED
SAVINGS
CONTRIBUTIONS.—For
purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified savings
contribution’ means any contribution by an employer
to a defined contribution plan—
‘‘(A) which is made on behalf of an em-
ployee in connection with services performed by
such employee while such employee is a quali-
fied zone employee, and
‘‘(B) with respect to which the employee
has a nonforfeitable right.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION BASED ON COMPENSATION.—
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sues notices of solicitations through a system with
those functions for all contracting opportunities other
than in cases covered by section 18(c) of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 416(c)).
‘‘(g) IMPLEMENTATION OF FULL FACNET CAPABIL-
ITY.—(1) An agency shall be considered to have imple-
mented a full FACNET capability if (except in the case
of contracting activities (or portions thereof) of the agency
for which the head of the agency determines that implemen-
tation is not cost effective or practicable) the agency has
implemented all of the FACNET functions described in sec-
tion 29(b) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act,
as in effect on the effective date of section 4002 of the Fed-
eral Acquisition Improvement Act of 1994.
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), an agency may
not be considered to have implemented a full FACNET ca-
pability if—
‘‘(A) the head of the agency has determined that
implementation of FACNET capability is not cost ef-
fective or practicable in the case of certain contract-
ing activities (or portions thereof) of the agency; and
‘‘(B) the percentage of the procurement actions
executed by those contracting activities (or portions
thereof) for the preceding fiscal year is greater than
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2223
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building located at 525 Griffin
Street in Dallas, Texas, as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith 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 525 Griffin Street
in Dallas, Texas, is designated as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith
Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, regulation, document, record,
map, or other paper of the United States to the building
referred to in section 1 is deemed to be a reference to
the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith Federal Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 13,
1993.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2223
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Act
To designate the Federal building located at 525 Griffin Street in Dallas, Texas,
as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith Federal Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building located at 525 Griffin Street in Dallas,
Texas, is designated as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, regulation, document, record, map,
or other paper of the United States to the building referred to
in section 1 is deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith
Federal Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2223
To designate the Federal building located at 525 Griffin Street in Dallas,
Texas, as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith Federal Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation
A BILL
To designate the Federal building located at 525 Griffin
Street in Dallas, Texas, as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith 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 525 Griffin Street
in Dallas, Texas, is designated as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith
Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, regulation, document, record,
map, or other paper of the United States to the building
referred to in section 1 is deemed to be a reference to
the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith Federal Building’’.
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2229
To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Energy and Com-
merce, and Post Office and Civil Service
MARCH 8, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mr. COYNE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. OBER-
STAR, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. KOPETSKI, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. ANDREWS of
Maine, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. SABO, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. NADLER, and Mr.
MORAN
MARCH 24, 1994
Additional sponors: Mr. HAMBURG, Mr. BECERRA, Miss COLLINS of Michigan,
Mr. SERRANO, Mr. EDWARDS of California, Mr. LAFALCE, and Mr. FARR
A BILL
To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Free Trade With Cuba
Act’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2223
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 14 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building located at 525 Griffin
Street in Dallas, Texas, as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith 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 525 Griffin Street
in Dallas, Texas, is designated as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith
Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, regulation, document, record,
map, or other paper of the United States to the building
referred to in section 1 is deemed to be a reference to
the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith Federal Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 13,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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House Calendar No. 79
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2223
[Report No. 103–226]
To designate the Federal building located at 525 Griffin Street in Dallas,
Texas, as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith Federal Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation
SEPTEMBER 9, 1993
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To designate the Federal building located at 525 Griffin
Street in Dallas, Texas, as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith 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 525 Griffin Street
in Dallas, Texas, is designated as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith
Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, regulation, document, record,
map, or other paper of the United States to the building
referred to in section 1 is deemed to be a reference to
the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith Federal Building’’.
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Calendar No. 355
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2223
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 14 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
JANUARY 28 (legislative day, JANUARY 25), 1994
Reported by Mr. BAUCUS, without amendment
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building located at 525 Griffin
Street in Dallas, Texas, as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith 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 525 Griffin Street
in Dallas, Texas, is designated as the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith
Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, regulation, document, record,
map, or other paper of the United States to the building
referred to in section 1 is deemed to be a reference to
the ‘‘A. Maceo Smith Federal Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 13,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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(B) STATEMENT OF THE RULE.—For pur-
poses of administering section 6304 of title 5,
United States Code, with respect to any individ-
ual to whom this paragraph applies—
(i) subsection (a) of such section shall
be deemed amended by striking ‘‘30’’ and
inserting the number corresponding to the
number of days determined for such indi-
vidual under subparagraph (A)(i); and
(ii) subsection (b) of such section shall
be deemed amended by striking ‘‘45’’ and
inserting the number corresponding to the
number of days determined for such indi-
vidual under subparagraph (A)(i).
(3) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
6304(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘(d), (e), (f), and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)
and (e)’’.
(d) NO CASH AWARDS BETWEEN FISCAL YEARS
1994 THROUGH 1998.—
(1) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘cash award’’ means any cash
award, performance award, rank, or other form of
recognition entitling the recipient to any monetary
payment under subchapter I of chapter 45 of title 5,
•HR 2229 SC2
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PROVISIONS RESTRICTING TRADE
AND OTHER RELATIONS WITH CUBA.
(a) 
AUTHORITY
FOR
EMBARGO
AND
SUGAR
QUOTA.—Section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)) is repealed.
(b) TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT.—The authori-
ties conferred upon the President by section 5(b) of the
Trading With the Enemy Act, which were being exercised
with respect to Cuba on July 1, 1977, as a result of a
national emergency declared by the President before that
date, and are being exercised on the day before the effec-
tive date of this Act, may not be exercised on or after
such effective date with respect to Cuba. Any regulations
in effect on the day before such effective date pursuant
to the exercise of such authorities, shall cease to be effec-
tive on such date.
(c) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES UNDER OTHER PRO-
VISIONS OF LAW.—
(1) REMOVAL OF PROHIBITIONS.—Any prohibi-
tion on exports to Cuba that is in effect on the day
before the effective date of this Act under the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1979 shall cease to be ef-
fective on such effective date.
(2) AUTHORITY FOR NEW RESTRICTIONS.—The
President may, on and after the effective date of this
Act—