datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
such center have been reviewed by an appropriate
technical and scientific peer review group established
by the Director and if such group has recommended
to the Director that such period be extended.
‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
For the purpose of carrying out this subsection,
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
2001 through 2005.’’.
SEC. 203. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LOAN REPAYMENT
PROGRAM REGARDING RESEARCH ON FRAG-
ILE X.
Part G of title IV of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 487E the following section:
‘‘LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM REGARDING RESEARCH ON
FRAGILE X
‘‘SEC. 487F. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in
consultation with the Director of the National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development, shall establish
a program under which the Federal Government enters
into contracts with qualified health professionals (includ-
ing graduate students) who agree to conduct research re-
garding fragile X in consideration of the Federal Govern-
ment’s agreement to repay, for each year of such service,
not more than $35,000 of the principal and interest of
the educational loans owed by such health professionals.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—
With respect to the National Health Service Corps Loan
Repayment Program established in subpart III of part D
of title III, the provisions of such subpart (including sec-
tion 338B(g)(3)) shall, except as inconsistent with sub-
section (a) of this section, apply to the program estab-
lished in such subsection in the same manner and to the
same extent as such provisions apply to the National
Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program estab-
lished in such subpart.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.’’.
TITLE III—JUVENILE ARTHRITIS
AND RELATED CONDITIONS
SEC. 301. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUS-
CULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES; RE-
SEARCH ON JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AND RE-
LATED CONDITIONS.
Subpart 4 of part C of title IV of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285d et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 442 the following section:
‘‘JUVENILE ARTHRITIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS
‘‘SEC. 442A. (a) EXPANSION AND COORDINATION OF
ACTIVITIES.—The Director of the Institute, in coordina-
tion with the Director of the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, shall expand and intensify the
programs of such Institutes with respect to research and
related activities concerning juvenile arthritis and related
conditions.
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—The Directors referred to in
subsection (a) shall jointly coordinate the programs re-
ferred to in such subsection and consult with the Arthritis
and Musculoskeletal Diseases Interagency Coordinating
Committee.
‘‘(c) PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY.—The Secretary,
acting through the appropriate agencies of the Public
Health Service, shall develop a coordinated effort to help
ensure that a national infrastructure is in place to train
and develop pediatric rheumatologists to address the
health care services requirements of children with arthritis
and related conditions.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.’’.
‘‘(B) bring an action on behalf of the resi-
dents of the State to enforce compliance with
this subtitle and the regulations prescribed
thereunder by the Federal Trade Commission,
to obtain damages, restitution, or other com-
pensation on behalf of the residents of such
State, or to obtain such further and other relief
as the court may deem appropriate.
‘‘(2) RIGHTS OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS-
SION.—The State shall serve prior written notice of
any action under paragraph (1) upon the Federal
Trade Commission and shall provide the Commission
with a copy of its complaint; provided that, if such
prior notice is not feasible, the State shall serve such
notice immediately upon instituting such action. The
Federal Trade Commission shall have the right—
‘‘(A) to move to stay the action, pending
the final disposition of a pending Federal mat-
ter as described in paragraph (4);
‘‘(B) to intervene in an action under para-
graph (1);
‘‘(C) upon so intervening, to be heard on
all matters arising therein;
‘‘(D) to remove the action to the appro-
priate United States district court; and
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Subtitle B—Prevention Activities
Sec. 521. Preventive health and health services block grant; systems for reduc-
ing asthma-related illnesses through urban cockroach manage-
ment.
Subtitle C—Coordination of Federal Activities
Sec. 531. Coordination through National Institutes of Health.
Subtitle D—Compilation of Data
Sec. 541. Compilation of data by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
TITLE VI—BIRTH DEFECTS PREVENTION ACTIVITIES
Subtitle A—Folic Acid Promotion
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Program regarding effects of folic acid in prevention of birth defects.
Subtitle B—National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Sec. 611. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
TITLE VII—EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT
REGARDING HEARING LOSS IN INFANTS
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Purposes.
Sec. 703. Programs of Health Resources and Services Administration, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Institutes of
Health.
TITLE VIII—CHILDREN AND EPILEPSY
Sec. 801. National public health campaign on epilepsy; seizure disorder dem-
onstration projects in medically underserved areas.
TITLE IX—SAFE MOTHERHOOD; INFANT HEALTH PROMOTION
Subtitle A—Safe Motherhood Monitoring and Prevention Research
Sec. 901. Short title.
Sec. 902. Monitoring; prevention research and other activities.
Subtitle B—Pregnant Mothers and Infants Health Promotion
Sec. 911. Short title.
Sec. 912. Programs regarding prenatal and postnatal health.
TITLE X—REVISION AND EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS
Subtitle A—Pediatric Research Initiative
Sec. 1001. Short title.
Sec. 1002. Establishment of pediatric research initiative.
Sec. 1003. Investment in tomorrow’s pediatric researchers.
Subtitle B—Other Programs
‘‘(C) NEW CORPORATIONS.—A corporation
shall be treated as a qualified personal service
corporation for each taxable year preceding the
first taxable year for which the corporation has
gross receipts if the corporation is a qualified
personal service corporation for such first tax-
able year.
‘‘(D) CERTAIN
STOCK
NOT
TAKEN
INTO
ACCOUNT.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The determination
of whether an employee-owned corporation
is a qualified personal service corporation
shall be made without regard to stock in
such corporation which is held by employ-
ees of unaffiliated controlled entities. The
preceding sentence shall not apply to em-
ployees described in clause (v) or (vi) of
paragraph (2)(B).
‘‘(ii) 
EMPLOYEE-OWNED
CORPORA-
TION.—For purposes of clause (i), the
term ‘employee-owned corporation’ means
any corporation at least 50 percent of the
value of the outstanding stock of which is
owned (directly or indirectly) by employees
described in paragraph (2)(B) (without re-
the United States. Upholstered furniture fire data
from the National Fire Incident Reporting System
(NFIRS), the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA), and the United States Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC) shows that upholstered
furniture products continue to be a major contrib-
utor to fire deaths, injuries, and property loss in the
United States.
(2) While the fire death rates for furniture fires
have dropped during the period 1982 through 1994
for both California and the entire Nation, death
rates in California have dropped by a larger percent-
age than the Nation as a whole. In 1994, the theo-
retical number of California fire deaths due to up-
holstered furniture would be 65.2, based on actual
national figures. However, the actual number of fur-
niture fire deaths in California in that year was 10.
Over this 13-year period, the number of furniture
fire deaths in the United States has dropped from
1,159 (1982) to 652 (1994). The number of similar
fire deaths in California has dropped from 56
(1982) to 10 (1994). Thus, while United States fur-
niture fire deaths decreased to 56.3 percent of the
1982 value, California furniture fire deaths during
fire and provide a safe environment for employ-
ees and visitors.
SEC. 4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF ARCHITECT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Capitol shall
provide the Director of Fire Safety and Protection with
such staff and other resources as the Director may reason-
ably require to carry out duties under this Act, except that
the Architect of the Capitol shall assign not fewer than
12 full-time-equivalent employees to the Director for car-
rying out such duties.
(b) BUDGET REQUEST.—Beginning with fiscal year
2002, the Architect of the Capitol shall include in the
budget request for the Architect for a fiscal year a sepa-
rate statement of the total amount to be used to carry
out the duties of the Director of Fire Safety and Protec-
tion in the fiscal year.
(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—The Architect shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and Ad-
ministration of the Senate the semi-annual reports pre-
pared by the Director of Fire Safety and Protection under
section 3(c)(2)(E).
SEC. 5. ARCHITECT PROPERTIES DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ‘‘Architect properties’’ means
any properties under the jurisdiction of the Architect of
the Capitol, including the Capitol, House and Senate Of-
fice Buildings, the Library of Congress, the United States
Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Power Plant.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4367
To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the ability of States
and local governments to participate in projects conducted under the
alternative authority of the Department of Defense to acquire and im-
prove military housing.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 3, 2000
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the
ability of States and local governments to participate
in projects conducted under the alternative authority of
the Department of Defense to acquire and improve mili-
tary housing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PRIORITY FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS UNDER
ALTERNATIVE AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION
AND IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY HOUSING.
Section 2872 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF ALTER-
NATIVE AUTHORITY.—’’ before ‘‘In addition’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) PRIORITY FOR PARTICIPATION OF STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—(1) Whenever the Secretary con-
cerned elects to carry out a project using any authority
or combination of authorities provided under this sub-
chapter for the acquisition or construction of military fam-
ily housing or military unaccompanied housing for a mili-
tary installation, the Secretary shall give the State in
which the installation is located and local governments in
the vicinity of the installation a right-of-first refusal to
participate in the project.
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned shall give States and
local governments a 30-day period in which to express an
interest in participating in a proposed project under this
subchapter. If no expression of interest is received within
that period, the Secretary concerned may extend the solici-
tation to other eligible entities.
‘‘(3) If one or more governmental entities express an
interest in participating in a proposed project under this
subchapter, the Secretary shall provide a 120-day period
for the interested governmental entities to submit project
proposals to the Secretary, which the Secretary shall use
as the basis for selecting participants in the project. A
project proposal shall include a description of proposed
private sector involvement in the proposed project, as well
as the purpose for which the project cash flow would be
used during both the development of the project and the
operation of the project.
‘‘(4) In this section, the terms ‘State’ and ‘local gov-
ernment’ include any housing authority, housing finance
agency, or redevelopment agency established or recognized
by a State or local government.’’.
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size, if applicable. The frequency of valid debtor com-
plaints shall also be considered in the evaluation criteria.’’.
(2) COLLECTION BY PROGRAM AGENCY.—Sec-
tion 3718 of title 31, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) In attempting to collect under this subsection
through the use of garnishment any debt owed to the
United States, a private collection contractor shall not be
precluded from verifying the current place of employment
of the debtor, the location of the payroll office of the debt-
or’s current employer, the period the debtor has been em-
ployed by the current employer of the debtor, and the com-
pensation received by the debtor from the current em-
ployer of the debtor.
‘‘(i)(1) The head of an executive, judicial, or legisla-
tive agency that contracts with a private collection con-
tractor to collect a debt owed to the agency, or a guaranty
agency or institution of higher education that contracts
with a private collection contractor to collect a debt owed
under any loan program authorized under title IV of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, shall include a provision
in the contract that the contractor shall be subject to pen-
alties under the contract—
this subparagraph shall occur during the period
of availability of the funds transferred under
subparagraph (B) and shall be available to the
same extent and for the same purposes as the
funds originally transferred.’’.
(d) DEPOSIT OF TAX REFUND OFFSET FEES.—The
last sentence of section 3720A(d) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Amounts
paid to the Secretary of the Treasury as fees under this
section shall be deposited into the Debt Services Account
of the Department of the Treasury described in section
3711(g)(7) and shall be collected and accounted for in ac-
cordance with the provisions of that section.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives February 24,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
and may include such recommendations as the
Comptroller General determines appropriate.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply to drugs furnished on or after the
date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4370
For the relief of the Philippine citizens collectively referred to as the ‘‘Marcos
Entourage’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 3, 2000
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of the Philippine citizens collectively referred
to as the ‘‘Marcos Entourage’’.
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 PAROL-
EES FROM THE ‘‘MARCOS ENTOURAGE’’.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a)
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, an alien described in subsection (d) shall be eligible
for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of
status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence upon filing an application for issuance of an im-
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migrant visa under section 204 of such Act or for adjust-
ment of status to lawful permanent resident.
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If an alien described
in subsection (d) enters the United States before the filing
deadline specified in subsection (c), he or she shall be con-
sidered 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 enactment 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) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described in
this subsection is a Philippine citizen who—
(1) was paroled into the United States on Feb-
ruary 26, 1986, in order to travel to Hawaii with
President Ferdinand Marcos; or
(2) is a member of the family of an alien de-
scribed in paragraph (1) and was paroled into the
United States in order to follow to join that family
member.
(e) REDUCTION
OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.—
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
(16 U.S.C. 460l–4 and following), the Act of Sep-
tember 2, 1937 (16 U.S.C. 669 and following), com-
monly referred to as the Federal Aid in Wildlife Res-
toration Act or the Pittman-Robertson Act, the
Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2501 and following), the National His-
toric Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h and fol-
lowing), or the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–127; 16
U.S.C. 3830 note).
(8) The term ‘‘leased tract’’ means a tract,
leased under section 6 or 8 of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1335, 1337) for the
purpose of drilling for, developing, and producing oil
and natural gas resources, which is a unit consisting
of either a block, a portion of a block, a combination
of blocks or portions of blocks, or a combination of
portions of blocks, as specified in the lease, and as
depicted on an Outer Continental Shelf Official Pro-
traction Diagram.
(9) The term ‘‘Outer Continental Shelf’’ means
all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of the
area of ‘‘lands beneath navigable waters’’ as defined
in section 2(a) of the Submerged Lands Act (43
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idence to an alien described in subsection (d), the Sec-
retary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce
by 1, during the current or next following fiscal year, the
total number of immigrant visas that are made available
to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under section
203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act or, if appli-
cable, the total number of immigrant visas that are made
available to natives of the country of the alien’s birth
under section 202(e) of such Act.
(f) DENIAL OF PREFERENTIAL IMMIGRATION TREAT-
MENT FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural parents,
brothers, and sisters of an alien described in subsection
(d) shall not, by virtue of such relationship, be accorded
any right, privilege, or status under the Immigration and
Nationality Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4371
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the retroactive
period of provisions providing for the crediting of service with the Armed
Forces of the United States toward the period of required United States
residence of a citizen parent in order for a person born outside the
United States of a alien parent and a citizen parent to acquire United
States citizenship at birth.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 3, 2000
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend
the retroactive period of provisions providing for the
crediting of service with the Armed Forces of the United
States toward the period of required United States resi-
dence of a citizen parent in order for a person born
outside the United States of a alien parent and a citizen
parent to acquire United States citizenship at birth.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF RETROACTIVE PERIOD OF PRO-
VISION PROVIDING FOR THE CREDITING OF
PERIODS OF SERVICE WITH THE ARMED
FORCES TOWARD THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE
REQUIREMENT OF A CITIZEN PARENT IN
ORDER FOR A PERSON BORN OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES OF AN ALIEN PARENT AND A
CITIZEN 
PARENT 
TO 
ACQUIRE 
UNITED
STATES CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH.
Section 301(g) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1401(g)) is amended in the last sentence
by striking ‘‘December 24, 1952,’’ and inserting ‘‘April
30, 1900,’’.
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U.S.C. 1301(a)), and of which the subsoil and sea-
bed appertain to the United States and are subject
to its jurisdiction and control.
(10) The term ‘‘political subdivision’’ means the
local political jurisdiction immediately below the level
of State government, including counties, parishes,
and boroughs. If State law recognizes an entity of
general government that functions in lieu of, and is
not within, a county, parish, or borough, the Sec-
retary may recognize an area under the jurisdiction
of such other entities of general government as a po-
litical subdivision for purposes of this title.
(11) The term ‘‘producing State’’ means a
State with a coastal seaward boundary within 200
miles from the geographic center of a leased tract
other than a leased tract or portion of a leased tract
that is located in a geographic area subject to a leas-
ing moratorium on January 1, 1999 (unless the
lease was issued prior to the establishment of the
moratorium and was in production on January 1,
1999).
(12) The term ‘‘qualified Outer Continental
Shelf revenues’’ means (except as otherwise provided
in this paragraph) all moneys received by the United
States from each leased tract or portion of a leased
ernment shall serve in a representative capacity and
shall not be considered officers, employees, or special
Government employees for any purpose.’’.
(c) APPLICATION
OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—Section 306(h) of the Convention on Cul-
tural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2605(h))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(h) FEDERAL
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
ACT.—In
order to provide for open meetings and public participa-
tion, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Public Law 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to
the fact-finding phase of the Committee’s actions includ-
ing the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section
10 and section 11 (relating to open meetings, public no-
tice, public participation, and public availability of docu-
ments). The requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of
section 10 and section 11 shall not apply to the delibera-
tive phase of the Committee’s actions if it is determined
by the President or the President’s designee that the dis-
closure of matters involved in the Committee’s delibera-
tions would compromise the Government’s negotiating ob-
jectives or bargaining positions on the negotiation of any
agreement authorized by this title.’’.
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) Sections 306(e) (1) and (2), 306(i)(1)(A) and
306(i)(2) of the Convention on Cultural Property Imple-
mentation Act (19 U.S.C. 2605(e) (1) and (2),
2605(i)(1)(A), and 2605(i)(2)) are each amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Director of the United States Information Agency’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(b) Section 305 of the Convention on Cultural Prop-
erty Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2604) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, after
consultation with the Secretary of State,’’ after
‘‘Secretary’’; and
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘archeo-
logical’’ and inserting ‘‘archaeological’’.
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