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Secretary shall in addition assist Federal agencies in im-
plementing programs for such placement.
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN GOALS FOR SUR-
VIVAL RATES.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall consider the goals established by national public-
health organizations for improving the survival rates of
individuals who experience cardiac arrest in nonhospital
settings, including goals for minimizing the time elapsing
between the onset of cardiac arrest and the initial medical
response.
‘‘(c) CERTAIN
PROCEDURES.—The matters ad-
dressed by the Secretary in the recommendations under
subsection (a) shall include the following:
‘‘(1) Procedures for implementing appropriate
nationally recognized training courses in performing
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of auto-
matic external defibrillators.
‘‘(2) Procedures for proper maintenance and
testing of such devices, according to the guidelines
of the manufacturer of the devices.
‘‘(3) Procedures for ensuring direct involvement
of a licensed medical professional and coordination
with local emergency medical services in the over-
sight of training and notification of incidents of the
use of the devices.
‘‘(4) Procedures for ensuring notification of an
agent of the local emergency medical system dis-
patch center of the location and type of device.
‘‘(d) CERTAIN CRITERIA.—In making recommenda-
tions under subsection (a), the Secretary shall determine
the following:
‘‘(1) Criteria for selecting the Federal public
buildings in which automatic external defibrillators
should be placed, taking into account the typical
number of employees and visitors in the buildings,
the extent of the need for security measures regard-
ing the buildings, buildings or portions of buildings
in which there are special circumstances such as
high electrical voltage or extreme heat or cold, and
such other factors as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.
‘‘(2) Criteria regarding the maintenance of such
devices (consistent with the labeling for the devices).
‘‘(3) Criteria for coordinating the use of the de-
vices in public buildings with providers of emergency
medical services for the geographic areas in which
the buildings are located.’’.
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‘‘(i) by an individual who is employed by a
State or political subdivision thereof to relieve
such individual from unemployment,
‘‘(ii) in a hospital, home, or other institu-
tion by a patient or inmate thereof as an em-
ployee of a State or political subdivision thereof
or of the District of Columbia,
‘‘(iii) by an individual, as an employee of
a State or political subdivision thereof or of the
District of Columbia, serving on a temporary
basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake,
flood, or other similar emergency,
‘‘(iv) by any individual as an employee in-
cluded under section 5351(2) of title 5, United
States Code (relating to certain interns, student
nurses, and other student employees of hos-
pitals of the District of Columbia Government),
other than as a medical or dental intern or a
medical or dental resident in training.
‘‘(v) by an election official or election
worker if the remuneration paid in a calendar
year for such service is less than $1,000 with
respect to service performed during calendar
year 2000, and the adjusted amount determined
under subparagraph (C) for any subsequent
‘‘(A) knowingly to make any false statement or
representation with respect to the information re-
quired by this chapter to be kept in the records or
reports of any person who ships, sells, or distributes
any quantity of cigarettes in excess of 30,000 in a
single transaction or tobacco products in such equiv-
alent quantities as shall be determined by regulation,
or
‘‘(B) knowingly to fail to maintain records or
reports, alter or obliterate required markings, or
interfere with any inspection, required under this
chapter, with respect to such quantity of cigarettes
or other tobacco products.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly
to transport tobacco products under a false bill of lading
or without any bill of lading.’’.
(c) RECORDKEEPING.—Section 2343 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘trans-
action’’ the following: ‘‘, or, in the case of other to-
bacco products an equivalent quantity as determined
by regulation,’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘60,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘30,000’’;
of lines during which the commission shall approve
or deny the application;
‘‘(D) procedures limiting ex parte communica-
tions pertaining to the application for transfer of li-
censes or the acquisition and operation of lines and
requiring all ex parte communications pertaining to
the application for transfer of licenses or the acquisi-
tion and operation of lines to be placed in a public
record; and
‘‘(E) such other procedures as will ensure that
the commission’s processes for consideration of all
applications for transfer of licenses or the acquisi-
tion and operation of lines are fair, predictable,
timely, open to public scrutiny, and subject to judi-
cial review.
‘‘(2) Each independent regulatory commission shall
promulgate rules defining the terms ‘public interest’, ‘pub-
lic convenience and necessity’ and ‘public interest, conven-
ience, and necessity’ as used in the statutes governing the
proceedings described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) If, in considering an application for transfer of
license or acquisition and operation of lines, an inde-
pendent regulatory commission does not comply with the
rules such commission has promulgated under paragraph
involvement in the preparation and review of envi-
ronmental documents and processing of the ease-
ment application;
(7) on March 13, 1998, Chugach Alaska Cor-
poration and the United States Forest Service en-
tered into a Memorandum of Understanding, pursu-
ant to which the parties reached agreement on—
(A) the information prescribed by the For-
est Supervisor, in a detailed work plan prepared
jointly by United States Forest Service and
Chugach Alaska Corporation representatives;
(B) the process for the preparation and
approval of environmental documentation in
support of the easement; and
(C) the requirement that the United States
Forest Service grant an easement to Chugach
Alaska Corporation within 45 days after receiv-
ing a complete easement application from Chu-
gach Alaska Corporation;
(8) In furtherance of providing the environ-
mental documentation prescribed by the Forest Su-
pervisor, Chugach Alaska Corporation, at its sole
expense—
(A) contracted for the performance of field
surveys and the preparation of resource reports
‘‘(A) an offer is made by the debt collector
to a consumer bringing an action (including any
class action or series of class actions referred to
in subsection (a)(2)(B)) under this title, and
the offer is not accepted; and
‘‘(B) the amount of the final judgment
awarded to the consumer (or, in the case of a
class action or series of class actions, the total
amount awarded to all class members in such
class action or series of class actions) is less
than or equal to the amount of the offer re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A),
the consumer (or the class with regard to a class ac-
tion or series of class actions) may not be awarded
or otherwise recover costs for attorney’s fees in-
curred after the date such offer is rejected.’’.
(d) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—Section 813(b)
of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C.
1692k(b)) is amended—
(1) in the portion of such subsection which pre-
cedes paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘liability in any ac-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘any award’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following new paragraph:
on the cultural resources, wetlands, threatened,
endangered, and sensitive plant and animal spe-
cies, vegetation, and fish and wildlife in the
easement project area, as depicted on the map
entitled ‘‘Project Area and Corridor Carbon
Mountain Access Project 1–14–98’’.
(B) submitted the resource reports to the
United States Forest Service for review and
comment, and contracted for further field sur-
veys and reports as and when requested by the
United States Forest Service;
(C) in conjunction with United States For-
est Service biologists, contracted for the per-
formance of field surveys and the preparation of
reports for waterfowl, goshawk, and goat kid-
ding areas in the easement project area;
(D) contracted for the preparation of
bridge designs and hydrological analyses for
major crossings within the easement project
area, submitted such designs and analyses to
the United States Forest Service for review and
comment, and modified such designs pursuant
to comments received from United States For-
est Service specialists;
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tural commodity under this subsection, the Cor-
poration shall make a risk management payment
to the producer that covers the agricultural com-
modity produced by the producer for the applica-
ble crop.
‘‘(B) BASIS FOR PAYMENT.—The amount of
a risk management payment shall be determined
in accordance with paragraph (5).
‘‘(4) QUALIFYING
RISK
MANAGEMENT
PRAC-
TICES.—To be eligible for a risk management pay-
ment under this subsection for an applicable crop of
an agricultural commodity, a producer shall obtain
or use for the applicable crop a qualifying risk man-
agement practice from at least 2 of the following cat-
egories:
‘‘(A) CROP INSURANCE CATEGORY.—A pro-
ducer may purchase coverage for an agricultural
commodity under a private plan of insurance or
a Federal plan of insurance that is not sub-
sidized.
‘‘(B) MARKETING RISK CATEGORY.—
‘‘(i) FUTURE OR OPTION.—A producer
may enter into a future or option for an ag-
ricultural commodity produced on the farm
of the producer for the applicable crop on a
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‘‘(ii) provide at least monthly reports
to the Board on crop insurance issues,
which shall be based on comments received
from producers, approved insurance pro-
viders, and other sources that the Executive
Director and staff consider appropriate;
‘‘(iii) review policies and materials
with respect to—
‘‘(I) subsidized plans of insurance
authorized under section 508; and
‘‘(II) unsubsidized plans of insur-
ance submitted to the Board under sec-
tion 508(h);
‘‘(iv) make recommendations to the
Board with respect to approval of the poli-
cies and materials, including recommenda-
tions with respect to the disapproval of any
policies and materials that contain terms or
conditions that promote fraud;
‘‘(v) make recommendations to the
Board to encourage cooperation between
United States attorneys, the Corporation,
and approved insurance providers to mini-
mize fraud in connection with an insurance
plan or policy under this title;
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2501
For the relief of Geert Botzen.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1999
Ms. LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Geert Botzen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR GEERT
BOTZEN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a)
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, Geert Botzen shall be eligible for issuance of an immi-
grant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing an
application for issuance of an immigrant visa under sec-
tion 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to lawful
permanent resident.
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Geert Botzen en-
ters the United States before the filing deadline specified
in subsection (c), he shall be considered to have entered
and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, be
eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.—
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Geert Botzen, the Secretary of State shall in-
struct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current
or next following fiscal year, the total number of immi-
grant visas that are made available to natives of the coun-
try of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the total
number of immigrant visas that are made available to na-
tives of the country of the alien’s birth under section
202(e) of such Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2502
For the relief of Lawrence Williams.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1999
Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Lawrence Williams.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WAIVER OF GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF, DE-
NIAL OF ADMISSION TO, LAWRENCE WIL-
LIAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 212(a)
and 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Law-
rence Williams may not be removed or deported from the
United States, or denied admission to the United States,
by reason of any act of his that is a ground for removal
or denial of admission and is reflected in the records of
the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Depart-
ment of Justice, or the Visa Office of the Department of
State, on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) RESCISSION OF OUTSTANDING ORDER OF RE-
MOVAL OR DEPORTATION.—The Attorney General shall
rescind any outstanding order of removal or deportation,
or any finding of deportability or removability, that has
been entered against Lawrence Williams by reason of any
act described in subsection (a).
(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
GOOD
MORAL
CHAR-
ACTER.—Notwithstanding section 101(a) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, any act described in subsection
(a) may not be considered in determining whether Law-
rence Williams is, or during any period has been, a person
of good moral character for purposes of the Immigration
and Nationality Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2504
To authorize the United States participation in and appropriations for United
States contributions to various international financial institutions, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1999
Mr. BACHUS (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To authorize the United States participation in and appro-
priations for United States contributions to various inter-
national financial institutions, 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. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.
The International Development Association Act (22
U.S.C. 284–284s) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘SEC. 22. TWELFTH REPLENISHMENT.
‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The United States Gov-
ernor may agree on behalf of the United States to
contribute $2,410,290,000 to the twelfth replenish-
ment of the resources of the Association.
‘‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—Any com-
mitment made under paragraph (1) shall be effective
only to such extent or in such amounts as are pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts.
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—For any contribution pursuant to a commit-
ment made under subsection (a), there are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury
$2,410,290,000, without fiscal year limitation.’’.
SEC. 2. AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.
The African Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 290i–
290i–10) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 1344. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION OF STOCK.
‘‘(a) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The United States Gov-
ernor of the Bank may subscribe on behalf of the
United States to 56,433 additional shares of the
capital stock of the Bank.
‘‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The au-
thority provided by paragraph (1) shall be effective
(iii) evaluate educational technologies
and their potential for use in instruction;
and
(iv) help students develop their own
technical skills and digital learning envi-
ronments;
(B) developing alternative teacher develop-
ment paths that provide elementary schools and
secondary schools with well-prepared, tech-
nology-proficient educators, that have dem-
onstrated such proficiency;
(C) developing performance-based stand-
ards and aligned assessments to measure the
capacity of prospective teachers to use tech-
nology effectively in their classrooms;
(D) providing technical assistance to other
teacher preparation programs;
(E) developing and disseminating resources
and information in order to assist institutions
of higher education to prepare teachers to use
technology effectively in their classrooms; and
(F) acquiring equipment, networking capa-
bilities, and infrastructure to carry out the
project.
‘‘(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Experts and consult-
ants whose services are obtained under para-
graph (1) shall be paid or reimbursed for their
expenses associated with traveling to and from
their assignment location in accordance with
sections 
5724, 
5724a(a), 
5724a(c), 
and
5726(C) of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Expenses specified in
subparagraph (A) may not be allowed in con-
nection with the assignment of an expert or
consultant whose services are obtained under
paragraph (1) unless and until the expert
agrees in writing to complete the entire period
of assignment, or 1 year, whichever is shorter,
unless separated or reassigned for reasons that
are beyond the control of the expert or consult-
ant and that are acceptable to the Secretary. If
the expert or consultant violates the agreement,
the money spent by the United States for the
expenses specified in subparagraph (A) is recov-
erable from the expert or consultant as a statu-
tory obligation owed to the United States. The
Secretary may waive in whole or in part a right
of recovery under this subparagraph.
cluding any funds attributable to the United States
participation in such arrangements.’’.
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‘‘(3) TERM.—A member of the Commission shall
serve for the life of the Commission.
‘‘(d) DUTIES.—The Commission shall review and
make recommendations concerning the following issues:
‘‘(1) The extent to which approved insurance
providers should bear the risk of loss for federally sub-
sidized crop insurance.
‘‘(2) Whether the Corporation should—
‘‘(A) continue to provide financial assist-
ance for the benefit of agricultural producers by
reinsuring coverage written by approved insur-
ance providers; or
‘‘(B) provide assistance in another form,
such as by acting as an excess insurer.
‘‘(3) The extent to which development of new in-
surance products should be undertaken by the private
sector, and how to encourage such development.
‘‘(4) How to focus research and development of
new insurance products to include the development
of—
‘‘(A) new types of products such as com-
bined area and yield and whole farm revenue
coverages; and
‘‘(B) insurance products for specialty crops.
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 may be held individ-
ually liable for their actions, whether or not any other enti-
ty or individual is also liable. Courts have in general faith-
fully carried out this mandate. Recently, in sexual harass-
ment cases in particular, some courts have failed to hold
individuals liable for their discriminatory conduct that is
otherwise clearly covered by title VII, on grounds that in-
dividuals cannot be held liable under it. This Act will pre-
vent this misreading.
SEC. 3. INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY UNDER TITLE VII.
Section 706 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42
U.S.C. 2000e–5) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(l) Individuals are individually liable for acts of dis-
crimination committed by them in employment, when the
acts are otherwise covered by this title, whether or not
any other party is also liable for their acts.’’.
SEC. 4. NO REDUCTION IN EMPLOYER LIABILITY.
Section 706 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42
U.S.C. 2000e–5), as amended by section 3, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(m) Nothing in subsection (l) shall be interpreted
to reduce the responsibility of employers for discrimination
in employment under this title, except that in awarding
monetary relief against any party, a trier of fact may take
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2507
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow all taxpayers a
credit against income tax for up to $200 of charitable contributions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1999
Mr. BURTON of Indiana 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 allow all
taxpayers a credit against income tax for up to $200
of charitable contributions.
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 ‘‘Charitable Giving Act
of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN CHARITABLE CONTRIBU-
TIONS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subpart B of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 30B. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN CHARITABLE CONTRIBU-
TIONS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—There shall be allowed as a
credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the tax-
able year an amount equal to the charitable contributions
(as defined in section 170(c)) made in cash by taxpayer
during the taxable year.
‘‘(b) MAXIMUM CREDIT.—The credit allowed by sub-
section (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed $200.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION BASED ON LIABILITY FOR TAX.—
The credit allowed by subsection (a) for any taxable year
shall not exceed the excess (if any) of—
‘‘(1) the regular tax for the taxable year re-
duced by the sum of the credits allowable under sub-
part A and the preceding sections of this subpart,
over
‘‘(2) the tentative minimum tax for the taxable
year.
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) CREDIT
IN
LIEU
OF
DEDUCTION.—The
credit provided by subsection (a) for any charitable
contribution shall be in lieu of any deduction other-
wise allowable under this chapter for such contribu-
tion.
‘‘(2) 
ELECTION
TO
HAVE
SECTION
NOT
APPLY.—A taxpayer may elect for any taxable year
to have this section not apply.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of such Code is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 30B. Credit for certain charitable contributions.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1999.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2508
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify the intent
of Congress to hold individuals responsible for discriminatory acts com-
mitted by them in employment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1999
Mr. CAMPBELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to
clarify the intent of Congress to hold individuals respon-
sible for discriminatory acts committed by them in em-
ployment.
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 ‘‘Individual Liability
for Discrimination Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
Congress has always intended that individuals who
discriminate in employment within the meaning of title