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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3260
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study
regarding the ability of Mexico to carry out its obligations under the
North American Free Trade Agreement and the NAFTA Supplemental
Agreements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 1993
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To require the Comptroller General of the United States
to conduct a study regarding the ability of Mexico to
carry out its obligations under the North American Free
Trade Agreement and the NAFTA Supplemental Agree-
ments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STUDY.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall
undertake a study regarding the ability, on both a short-
term and a long-term basis, of the Government of Mexico
to carry out its obligations under the North American
Free Trade Agreement and the NAFTA Supplemental
Agreements. The study shall specifically address the effect
of the Government of Mexico’s performance in carrying
out such obligations on manufacturing and employment
in the United States, as well as the ability of that Govern-
ment to enforce its environmental or other regulatory obli-
gations under such Agreements.
SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—
(1) complete the study required under section
1; and
(2) submit to the Congress a report containing
the results of the study.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3261
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that Internal
Revenue Service employees shall be personally liable for litigation costs
resulting from arbitrary, capricious, or malicious acts, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 1993
Mr. TRAFICANT 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 provide
that Internal Revenue Service employees shall be person-
ally liable for litigation costs resulting from arbitrary,
capricious, or malicious acts, 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. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE EMPLOYEES
PERSONALLY LIABLE IN CERTAIN CASES.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Section 7430 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) PERSONAL LIABILITY OF INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN CERTAIN CASES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In any proceeding in which
the prevailing party is awarded a judgment for rea-
sonable litigation costs under this section, the court
may assess a portion of such costs against any In-
ternal Revenue Service employee (and such employee
shall not be reimbursed by the United States for the
costs so assessed) if the court determines that such
proceeding resulted from any arbitrary, capricious,
or malicious act of such employee.
‘‘(2) REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE.—Upon
the request of any Internal Revenue Service em-
ployee, such employee may be represented by the
United States in any proceeding with respect to the
issue of whether there is to be an assessment against
such employee under paragraph (1). If, in any case
in which such an employee is so represented by the
United States, it is finally determined that such em-
ployee is liable for an assessment under paragraph
(1), such employee shall also be liable to repay the
United States for the cost of its representation
under this paragraph.’’
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3262
To impose an additional duty on imported goods and to provide that amounts
equal to the revenues delivered therefrom be available for the national
health care purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 1993
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To impose an additional duty on imported goods and to
provide that amounts equal to the revenues delivered
therefrom be available for the national health care
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL IMPORT DUTY.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, with respect to any good that is entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in the cus-
toms territory of the United States on or after January
1, 1994, there is imposed—
(1) if the good is, without regard to this Act,
dutiable, an additional duty of 4 percent ad valorem;
and
(2) if the good is, without regard to this Act,
duty-free, a duty of 4 percent ad valorem.
(b) EXEMPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply to
any good that is imported for the use of a Federal agency
if the head of that agency certifies to the Commissioner
of Customs that the good is—
(1) for use by the agency outside the United
States;
(2) not mined, produced, or manufactured in
the United States—
(A) in sufficient and reasonably available
commercial quantities, or
(B) at a level of quality considered satis-
factory by the agency; or
(3) required for national security purposes.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within
the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be
known as the Trust Fund (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the National Health Care Trust Fund), con-
sisting of such amounts as may be transferred to the
Trust Fund as provided in this section.
(b) TRANSFER.—(1) The Secretary of the Treasury
shall transfer to the Trust Fund out of the general fund
of the Treasury of the United States amounts determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury to be equivalent to the
amounts received into such general fund that are attrib-
utable to the duty imposed by section 1(a).
(2) The amounts which are required to be transferred
under paragraph (1) shall be transferred at least quarterly
from the general fund of the Treasury of the United
States to the Trust Fund on the basis of estimates made
by the Secretary of the Treasury of the amounts referred
to in paragraph (1) that are received into the Treasury.
Proper adjustments shall be made in the amounts subse-
quently to the extent prior estimates were in excess of,
or less than, the amounts required to be transferred.
(c) USE OF FUND AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Trust
Fund shall only be available as provided in appropriation
Acts for expenditures required to carry out national health
care insurance programs.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3263
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to authorize the Consumer
Product Safety Commission to regulate the risk of injury associated
with firearms.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 12, 1993
Mr. DERRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to authorize
the Consumer Product Safety Commission to regulate
the risk of injury associated with firearms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gun Safety Act of
1993’’.
SEC. 2. FIREARMS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO REGULATE.—Section 3(a)(1)(E)
of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C.
2052(a)(1)(E)) is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT.—Section
3(a)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15
U.S.C. 2052(a)(1)) is amended by striking out ‘‘de-
scribed in subparagraph (E) of this paragraph or’’.
(2) AMENDATORY
ACT.—Section 3(e) of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission Improve-
ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 2080 note) is re-
pealed.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST BANNING OF A FIREARM.
Section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15
U.S.C. 2057) is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following: ‘‘This section shall not apply in the Commis-
sion’s regulation of the risk of injury associated with fire-
arms.’’.
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‘‘(2) the income of the individual would not, ex-
cept for his earnings, be equal to or in excess of the
amount which would cause the individual to be ineli-
gible for payments under section 1611(b) (if the in-
dividual were otherwise eligible for such payments);
and
‘‘(3) the earnings of the individual are as de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1)(D), and determined in
accordance with subsection (b)(2).’’.
SEC. 303. SELF-SUPPORT PLANS NOT DISAPPROVED WITH-
IN 30 DAYS TO BE DEEMED APPROVED.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO INCOME EXCLUSION RULES.—
Section 1612(b)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382a(b)(4)(A)) is amended in each of subparagraphs (A)
and (B) by inserting ‘‘and, for purposes of this clause,
a plan for self-support which is not disapproved by the
Secretary within 30 days after the date of submission shall
be deemed to be approved by the Secretary until subse-
quently disapproved by the Secretary,’’ after ‘‘plan,’’.
(b) 
AMENDMENT
TO
RESOURCE
EXCLUSION
RULE.—Section 1613(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1382b(a)(4)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and, for purposes
of this paragraph, a plan for self-support which is not dis-
approved by the Secretary within 30 days after the date
of submission shall be deemed to be approved by the Sec-
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(e) The United States Court of Appeals for the So-
cial Security Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction of an
appeal from an interlocutory order or decree described in
subsection (a) of this section in any case over which the
court would have jurisdiction of an appeal under section
1296 of this title.’’.
(c) 
CIRCUITS
IN
WHICH
DECISIONS
ARE
REVIEWABLE.—Section 1294 of title 28, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and 1295’’ and inserting
‘‘1292(e), 1295, and 1296’’.
(d) GENERAL JURISDICTION.—(1) Chapter 83 of title
28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘§ 1296. Jurisdiction of the United States Court of Ap-
peals for the Social Security Circuit
‘‘The United States Court of Appeals for the Social
Security Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction of an ap-
peal from a final decision of a district court of the United
States, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of
the Virgin Islands, or the District Court for the Northern
Mariana Islands, on a determination of the Secretary of
Health and Human Services under title II or XVI of the
Social Security Act that is subject to judicial review as
provided in section 205(g) of that Act.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
83 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘1296. Jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Social Secu-
rity Circuit.’’.
(e) AMENDMENT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—
Section 205(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
405(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘The judgment of the
court shall be final except that it shall be subject to judi-
cial review in the same manner as a judgment in other
civil actions.’’ and inserting ‘‘The judgment of the court
shall be final except that it may be appealed to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit
under chapter 83 of title 28, United States Code.’’.
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
(a) JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE.—Section 372(c)(18) of
title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and
the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and
the Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit’’.
(b) OFFICIAL DUTY STATION.—Section 456(b) of
title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘the
United States Court of Appeals for the Social Security
Circuit,’’ after ‘‘Federal Circuit,’’.
SEC. 311. SSI ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDENTS TEMPORARILY
ABROAD.
Section 1611(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘The 1st sentence of this subsection shall not apply to
any individual who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the
Secretary that the absence of the individual from the
United States will be temporary and for the purpose of
conducting studies as part of an educational program re-
lated to an educational institution in the United States.’’.
TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day
of the 1st calendar month that begins 90 or more days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(iv) The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services. 
(B) NON-VOTING MEMBERS; CHAIRMAN.— 
Of the members of the Commission described in 
subparagraph (A)— 
(i) the 2 members with the least se-
niority in terms of service as Secretary 
shall be nonvoting members, 
(ii) the member with the most senior-
ity in terms of service as Secretary shall be 
the chairman, and 
(iii) in the event that the head of a 
cabinet department serving as a member of 
this Commission under subparagraph (A) 
is replaced, and that Cabinet Secretary 
was serving as a voting member of the 
Commission or as the Chairman of the 
Commission, the incoming Secretary shall 
assume such a role on the Commission 
without regard to the seniority criteria es-
tablished under this subparagraph. 
(3) APPOINTED MEMBERS.— 
(A) CONGRESSIONAL
APPOINTMENTS.— 
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
the minority leader of the House of Representa-
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tives, the majority leader of the Senate, and the 
minority leader of the Senate shall each appoint 
2 members, who shall each be experts in the 
subject matter of the Commission. 
(B) GOVERNORS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The President shall 
appoint 3 State governors, of whom— 
(I) no more than 1 shall rep-
resent the same political party rep-
resented by the President, 
(II) 1 shall be a governor of a 
State which is ranked in the top third 
on the list of benefit providers estab-
lished under clause (ii), 
(III) 1 shall be a governor of a 
State which is ranked in the middle 
third on the list of benefit providers 
established under clause (ii), and 
(IV) at least 1 shall be a gov-
ernor of a State which is ranked in 
the lowest third on the list of benefit 
providers established under clause (ii). 
(ii) RANKING OF STATES.—The mem-
bers of the Commission described in para-
graph (2)(A) shall establish a list ranking 
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of States from highest benefit providers to 
lowest benefit providers based on the fol-
lowing: 
(I) The level of benefits provided 
in the State under the Temporary As-
sistance to Needy Families under title 
IV of the Social Security Act. 
(II) The average fair-market 
value of rental housing in the State. 
(III) The State share of assist-
ance provided under a State plan 
under the Medicaid program under 
title XIX of the Social Security Act 
and a State child health plan under 
the State Children’s Health Insurance 
Program under title XXI of such Act. 
(C) DATE FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT.— 
The appointing authorities described in para-
graph (1) shall appoint the initial members of 
the Commission not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(D) TERMS OF APPOINTMENT.—The term 
of any appointment shall be for the life of the 
Commission. 
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TITLE I—DISCRETIONARY CAP
ADJUSTMENTS
SECTION 
101. 
DOWNWARD 
ADJUSTMENT 
OF 
DISCRE-
TIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
The discretionary spending limits (new budget au-
thority and outlays) for fiscal year 1994 set forth in sec-
tion 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
as adjusted in strict conformance with section 251 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, shall be reduced, as calculated by the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget, in amounts equal
to the aggregate amounts of rescissions under title II for
that fiscal year.
TITLE II—REDUCTIONS IN
SPENDING
SEC. 201. RESCISSIONS.
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(1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘the sur-
face’’ and inserting ‘‘surface’’; and
(2) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘exits’’ and in-
serting ‘‘exists’’.
SEC. 130. HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROGRAM.
(a) SET ASIDES.—Section 144(g) of title 23, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘103’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1003’’;
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘OFF-SYSTEM
BRIDGES’’ and inserting ‘‘BRIDGES NOT ON FED-
ERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’’;
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘, other than
those on a Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘that
are functionally classified as local or rural minor col-
lectors’’; and
(4) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘bridges not
on a Federal-aid system’’ and inserting ‘‘such
bridges’’.
(b) CROSS REFERENCE.—Section 144(i) of such title
is amended by striking ‘‘307(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘307(h)’’.
(c) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING BRIDGE APPOR-
TIONMENT CRITERIA.—The criteria for apportionment of
funds used by the Department of Transportation under
section 144 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect
‘‘(B) Each year thereafter, the Secretary shall pub-
lish and provide to licensees all amendments to such State
laws and published ordinances.
‘‘(2) If the Secretary fails to provide to a licensee the
information required to be provided under this subsection,
then, in any proceeding for the revocation of the license
or any criminal prosecution of the licensee under this
chapter, the licensee shall be rebuttably presumed to have
had no knowledge of any State law or published ordinance
that is relevant to the revocation proceeding or criminal
prosecution.
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary shall provide a copy of all regu-
lations prescribed and official rulings made under this
chapter, and all regulations prescribed and official rulings
made under chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, to each person licensed under this chapter—
‘‘(A) in the case of a person who became so li-
censed before the effective date of this subsection, as
soon as is practicable after such effective date; or
‘‘(B) in the case of a person who becomes so li-
censed after such effective date, upon the issuance
of the license.
‘‘(2) Not less frequently than quarterly, the Secretary
shall provide to each person licensed under this chapter
a copy of all changes in the regulations, and all new rul-
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 5109A, as added by section 4, the following new
item:
‘‘5109B. Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error.’’.
(b) BVA DECISIONS.—(1) Chapter 71 is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 7111. Revision of decisions on grounds of clear and
unmistakable error
‘‘(a) A decision by the Board is subject to revision
on the grounds of clear and unmistakable error. If evi-
dence establishes the error, the prior decision shall be re-
versed or revised.
‘‘(b) For the purposes of authorizing benefits, a rat-
ing or other adjudicative decision of the Board that con-
stitutes a reversal or revision of a prior decision of the
Board on the grounds of clear and unmistakable error has
the same effect as if the decision had been made on the
date of the prior decision.
‘‘(c) Review to determine whether clear and unmis-
takable error exists in a case may be instituted by the
Board on the Board’s own motion or upon request of the
claimant.
‘‘(d) A request for revision of a decision of the Board
based on clear and unmistakable error may be made at
any time after that decision is made.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of
section 104 of the Tax Extension Act of 1991 is amended
by striking paragraph (2).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1991.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 326
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the exclusion for
amounts received under group legal services plans permanent.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, and Mr. SCHUMER) 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 make
the exclusion for amounts received under group legal
services plans permanent.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF EXCLUSION FOR
EMPLOYER-PROVIDED GROUP LEGAL SERV-
ICES PLANS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Section 120 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection
(e) (relating to termination) and by redesignating sub-
section (f) as subsection (e).
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3271
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for willfully
harming law enforcement animals.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 13, 1993
Mr. GALLEGLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties
for willfully harming law enforcement animals.
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 ‘‘Federal Law Enforce-
ment Animal Protection Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ANIMALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 65 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(2) the term ‘correctional officer’ means an in-
dividual who is elected or appointed by a State or
territory, or a political subdivision thereof, to guard
or supervise prisoners or inmates of jails or other
detention, penal, or correctional facilities.
A ‘law enforcement officer’ or ‘correctional officer’ in-
cludes an individual whether compensated for services or
not, whether full- or part-time, and whether appointment,
election, or term of office is temporary or permanent. Such
terms do not include citizens who are called to assist an
officer in the performance of the officer’s duties unless
such citizen received a deputation or commission of ap-
pointment lasting longer than 30 days.
‘‘(d)(1) As a condition of employment, each State,
territory, or political subdivision thereof, that employs law
enforcement officers or correctional officers shall require
all applicants for appointment to or employment in such
positions before beginning employment—
‘‘(A) to disclose all prior service or employment
as a law enforcement or correctional officer; and
‘‘(B) to submit a written authorization and re-
quest for release of information, on a form pre-
scribed by the Attorney General or designee.
‘‘(2) When a prospective law enforcement or correc-
tional employer obtains an officer’s required written au-
‘‘§ 1368. Harming Federal law enforcement animals
‘‘(a) Whoever willfully kills, harms, or attempts to kill
or harm any animal being used by any Federal law en-
forcement officer in the discharge or attempted discharge
of that officer’s duties shall be fined under this title, im-
prisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘Federal law
enforcement officer’ means any person whose killing is
made unlawful by section 1114 of this title.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 65 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘1368. Harming Federal law enforcement animals.’’.
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