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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2505
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney
General to permit certain United States citizens traveling by small pleas-
ure craft to enter the United States from Canada without obtaining
a landing permit or applying for admission at a port of entry and
to authorize the Attorney General to eliminate the fee associated with
the issuance of an I–68 landing permit.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
Mr. LAFALCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize
the Attorney General to permit certain United States
citizens traveling by small pleasure craft to enter the
United States from Canada without obtaining a landing
permit or applying for admission at a port of entry
and to authorize the Attorney General to eliminate the
fee associated with the issuance of an I–68 landing per-
mit.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN RECREATIONAL
BOATERS ENTERING FROM CANADA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title II of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘TREATMENT OF CERTAIN RECREATIONAL BOATERS
ENTERING FROM CANADA
‘‘SEC. 244A. (a) CITIZEN PASSENGERS.—The Attor-
ney General may permit a United States citizen to enter
the United States from Canada in a pleasure craft de-
scribed in subsection (c) without applying for admission
at a United States port of entry or inspection by an immi-
gration officer and without obtaining any special permit
that might otherwise be required, if the citizen is neither
an owner nor an operator of the craft.
‘‘(b) OTHER PERSONS.—The Attorney General may
eliminate the fee for any of the following persons in con-
nection with the processing or issuance of a landing permit
that allows the person to enter the United States from
Canada in a pleasure craft described in subsection (c)
without applying for admission at a United States port
of entry or inspection by an immigration officer:
‘‘(1) A United States citizen who is an owner
or an operator of the craft.
‘‘(2) A lawful permanent resident of the United
States.
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‘‘(3) The monies in a special account shall be
available for distribution to the extent of actual as-
sessment (including interest).
‘‘(4) Consistent with the requirements of para-
graph (c), the Commissioner shall by regulation pre-
scribe the time and manner in which distribution of
funds from special accounts will be made.
‘‘(5) The special accounts will remain in exist-
ence until all entries relating to an order which has
been terminated are liquidated and duties assessed
collected and the Commissioner has provided one
last notice of opportunity to obtain distribution pur-
suant to paragraph (c). Amounts unclaimed within
90 days of the time of such final distribution shall
be turned over to the general Treasury.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The continued antidumping
or subsidy offset will apply with regard to all assessments
made on or after October 1, 1996, on outstanding anti-
dumping findings or orders or countervailing duty orders.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2508
To provide for the conveyance of Federal land in San Joaquin County,
California, to the City of Tracy, California.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
Mr. POMBO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To provide for the conveyance of Federal land in San
Joaquin County, California, to the City of Tracy, California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, FEDERAL LAND, SAN JOA-
QUIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any
provision of law (including the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.)),
the Administrator of General Services shall convey, by quit
claim deed and without consideration, to the City of
Tracy, California (in this section referred to as the
‘‘City’’), the interest of the United States in a parcel of
real property consisting of approximately 200 acres lo-
cated in San Joaquin County, California, and currently
administered by the Federal Bureau of Prisons of the De-
partment of Justice.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage
and legal description of the real property to be conveyed
under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Administrator. The cost of the survey shall
be borne by the City.
(c) CONDITIONS
OF CONVEYANCE.—The Adminis-
trator shall require that the real property conveyed under
subsection (a) be used as follows:
(1) Approximately 50 acres of the parcel shall
be used for at least 30 years as the location for a
secondary school and for other educational purposes,
as approved by the Secretary of Education.
(2) Approximately 100 acres of the parcel shall
be used as a public park and for other recreational
purposes, as approved by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior.
(3) Approximately 50 acres of the parcel shall
be available to the City for economic development, as
approved by the Administrator.
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(g) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage
and legal description of the real property to be conveyed
under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Attorney General. The cost of the survey
shall be borne by the City.
(h) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The At-
torney General may require such additional terms and
conditions in connection with the conveyance under sub-
section (a) as the Attorney General considers appropriate
to protect the interests of the United States.
Passed the House of Representatives September 14,
1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
(d) REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.—(1) If the Sec-
retary of Education determines at any time that the por-
tion of the real property conveyed under subsection (a)
that is subject to the condition imposed under paragraph
(1) of subsection (c) is not being used in accordance with
such paragraph, all right, title, and interest in and to that
portion of the property, including any improvements there-
on, shall revert to the United States.
(2) If the Secretary of the Interior determines at any
time that the portion of the real property conveyed under
subsection (a) that is subject to the condition imposed
under paragraph (2) of subsection (c) is not being used
in accordance with such paragraph, all right, title, and in-
terest in and to that portion of the property, including
any improvements thereon, shall revert to the United
States.
(3) If the Administrator determines at any time that
the portion of the real property conveyed under subsection
(a) that is subject to the condition imposed under para-
graph (3) of subsection (c) is not being used in accordance
with such paragraph, all right, title, and interest in and
to that portion of the property, including any improve-
ments thereon, shall revert to the United States.
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Ad-
ministrator may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection
(a) as the Administrator considers appropriate to protect
the interests of the United States.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 250
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs to extend priority health care to veterans who served
during the Persian Gulf War in Israel or Turkey.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. QUINN (for himself, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. DOYLE,
Mr. FILNER, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. DEAL of Geor-
gia, and Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide authority
for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to extend priority
health care to veterans who served during the Persian
Gulf War in Israel or Turkey.
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 ‘‘Persian Gulf Syndrome
Health Benefits Extension Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO EXTEND PRIORITY HEALTH CARE
FOR SERVICE DURING THE PERSIAN GULF
WAR IN ISRAEL OR TURKEY.
Section 1710(e)(1)(C) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or in Israel or Turkey,
’’ after ‘‘Southwest Asia theater of operations’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2510
To prevent Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay
adjustment which might otherwise take effect in 1998.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
Mr. SANDLIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on House Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To prevent Members of Congress from receiving any auto-
matic pay adjustment which might otherwise take effect
in 1998.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NO AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The rate of pay for each office
or position referred to in section 601(a)(1) of the Legisla-
tive Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(1))—
(1) shall not be increased by reason of any ad-
justment which, but for this section, would otherwise
take effect under section 601(a)(2) of such Act in
1998; or
(2) if so increased before this Act becomes law,
shall be restored, as of the date of enactment of this
Act, to the rate of pay which was in effect for such
office or position immediately before such date of en-
actment.
(b) SPECIFIC
REFERENCE
REQUIREMENT.—Sub-
section (a) shall not be superseded except by a provision
of law that specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes
such subsection.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2511
To prohibit the Student Loan Marketing Association from conditioning the
waiver of redemption premiums, otherwise chargeable in connection with
the refinancing of securities acquired by the Association while it was
a government-sponsored enterprise, on the use of its own investment
banking subsidiary.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
Mr. SKAGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To prohibit the Student Loan Marketing Association from
conditioning the waiver of redemption premiums, other-
wise chargeable in connection with the refinancing of
securities acquired by the Association while it was a
government-sponsored enterprise, on the use of its own
investment banking subsidiary.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Student Loan Marketing Association
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Association’’) was
established as a government-sponsored enterprise,
but is now being transformed into a wholly private
business entity.
(2) The Association has established a subsidiary
(Educational Securities, Inc.) that functions as a fi-
nance broker dealer which competes with other such
dealers with regard to financing of higher education.
(3) While it was a government-sponsored enter-
prise, the Association purchased for its own portfolio
tax-exempt municipal bonds issued by various edu-
cational institutions.
(4) The Association has informed some of the
institutions issuing such bonds that it will waive re-
demptions premiums otherwise chargeable in connec-
tion with refunding such bonds if the institutions
agree to retain the Association’s subsidiary to carry
out such transaction.
(5) To the extent that such a condition involves
securities obtained by the Association during the pe-
riod when it was a government-sponsored enterprise,
such requirement constitutes unfair competition with
other broker dealers who have not been associated
with government-sponsored enterprises.
ance contract except that paragraph (4)(B)(i)
shall not apply.
‘‘(D) LOCATED.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The determination
of where a customer is located shall be
made under rules prescribed by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED
BUSINESS
UNITS.—Gross income derived
by a corporation’s qualified business unit
(within the meaning of section 989(a))
from transactions with customers which
are located in the country in which the
qualified business unit both maintains its
principal office and conducts substantial
business activity shall be treated as derived
from transactions with customers which
are located within the country under the
laws of which the controlled foreign cor-
poration is created or organized.
‘‘(E) CUSTOMER.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘cus-
tomer’ means, with respect to any con-
trolled foreign corporation, any person
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to prohibit
the Association from engaging in the practice described
in subsection (a)(4).
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AND REGULATIONS.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Association, and any other entity
obtaining securities from the Association pursuant to a re-
structuring of the common stock ownership of the Associa-
tion under section 440 of the Higher Education Act of
1965, shall not engage in the practice described in section
1(a)(4) with respect to any securities acquired by the As-
sociation prior to January 1, 1997.
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury
shall issue regulations to implement this Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2512
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of docu-
mentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
trade and fisheries for the vessel OLD JOE.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
Mr. SISISKY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorse-
ment for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries
for the vessel OLD JOE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine
Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), section 8 of the Act of
June 19, 1886 (46 App. U.S.C. 289), and sections 12106
and 12108 of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary
of Transportation may issue a certificate of documentation
with appropriate endorsement for employment in the
coastwise trade and fisheries for the vessel OLD JOE (for-
merly TEMPTRESS; United States official number
991150).
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In the Senate of the United States,
October 21 (legislative day, October 2), 1998.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2513) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to restore and modify the provision of
the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 relating to exempting active
financing income from foreign personal holding company in-
come and to provide for the nonrecognition of gain on the
sale of stock in agricultural processors to certain farmers’ co-
operatives, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the follow-
ing
AMENDMENTS:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL TAXATION OF RE-
WARD PAID IN UNABOMBER CASE IF USED TO
COMPENSATE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES
OR TO PAY CERTAIN ATTORNEYS’ FEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986, if the requirements of subsection (b) are
met with respect to the amounts received by David R.
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Kaczynski of Schenectady, New York, and his wife, Linda
E. Patrik, from the United States as a reward for informa-
tion leading to the arrest of Theodore J. Kaczynski in the
‘‘Unabomber’’ case, then—
(1) their gross income shall not include (and no
deduction shall be allowed to them with respect to)
such amounts; and
(2) any payment by them to victims and their
families in such case shall not be treated as a gift for
purposes of subtitle B of such Code and shall not be
included in gross income of the recipients.
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—For purposes of subsection (a),
the requirements of this subsection are met if all of the
amounts described in subsection (a) are used only for the
following purposes:
(1) Payment by Mr. David R. Kaczynski and
Ms. Linda E. Patrik before September 15, 1998, to
their attorneys for attorneys’ fees incurred by them in
connection with the ‘‘Unabomber’’ case.
(2) Payment by Mr. David R. Kaczynski and
Ms. Linda E. Patrik of State and local taxes on such
amounts.
(3) Payment of all remaining amounts by Mr.
David R. Kaczynski and Ms. Linda E. Patrik no
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of
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this Act to the victims and their families in the
‘‘Unabomber’’ case or to an irrevocable trust estab-
lished exclusively for the benefit of such victims and
their families.
(c) VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.—For purposes of
this section, the Attorney General of the United States or
her delegate shall identify the individuals who are to be
treated as victims and their families in the ‘‘Unabomber’’
case.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to provide
tax-free treatment of reward monies donated to the vic-
tims of ‘‘Unabomber’’ Theodore Kaczynski.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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ance contract except that paragraph (4)(B)(i)
shall not apply.
‘‘(D) LOCATED.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The determination
of where a customer is located shall be
made under rules prescribed by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE FOR QUALIFIED
BUSINESS
UNITS.—Gross income derived
by a corporation’s qualified business unit
(within the meaning of section 989(a))
from transactions with customers which
are located in the country in which the
qualified business unit both maintains its
principal office and conducts substantial
business activity shall be treated as derived
from transactions with customers which
are located within the country under the
laws of which the controlled foreign cor-
poration is created or organized.
‘‘(E) CUSTOMER.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘cus-
tomer’ means, with respect to any con-
trolled foreign corporation, any person
sions of this section shall be considered to have been en-
acted as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
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Union Calendar No. 413 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4909 
[Report No. 114–537] 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2016 
Mr. THORNBERRY (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Washington) (both by re-
quest) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
MAY 4, 2016 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 12, 2016] 
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penses, and attorneys’ fees incurred after judgment or
trial) in the action under this section is not more favorable
to the offeree with respect to the claim or claims than the
last such offer, the offeror may file with the court, within
10 days after the final judgment, verdict, or order is is-
sued, a petition for payment of costs and expenses, includ-
ing attorneys’ fees, incurred with respect to the claim or
claims from the date the last such offer was made or, if
the offeree made an offer under this subsection, from the
date the last such offer by the offeree was made.
‘‘(6) If the court finds, pursuant to a petition filed
under paragraph (5) with respect to a claim or claims,
that the judgment, verdict, or order finally obtained is not
more favorable to the offeree with respect to the claim or
claims than the last offer, the court shall order the offeree
to pay the offeror’s costs and expenses, including attor-
neys’ fees, incurred with respect to the claim or claims
from the date the last offer was made or, if the offeree
made an offer under this subsection, from the date the
last such offer by the offeree was made, unless the court
finds that requiring the payment of such costs and ex-
penses would be manifestly unjust.
‘‘(7) Attorney’s fees under paragraph (6) shall be a
reasonable attorney’s fee attributable to the claim or
claims involved, calculated on the basis of an hourly rate
trators, and school food nutrition directors), 
certify that the regulations are— 
‘‘(I) appropriate for the age of 
children participating in the school 
meal programs, including for the 
health of children; 
‘‘(II) in compliance with the pre-
ponderance of the latest high-quality 
research based on school-aged children 
conducted to examine the health and 
safety of children participating in the 
school meal programs; 
‘‘(III) not increasing the cost to 
implement the requirements of the 
school meal programs (which costs 
shall be considered the total costs to 
implement the regulations and not lim-
ited to the cost of any changes to the 
regulations); and 
‘‘(IV) not discouraging students 
from participating in the school meal 
programs; 
‘‘(iii) if necessary to meet the require-
ments of clause (ii), revise the regulations to 
meet such requirements; 
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zation to which part I of subchapter T applies and
which is engaged in the marketing of agricultural or
horticultural products.
‘‘(4) REPLACEMENT PERIOD.—The term ‘replace-
ment period’ means the period which begins 3 months
before the date on which the sale of qualified agricul-
tural processor stock occurs and which ends 12
months after the date of such sale.
‘‘(5) QUALIFIED REPLACEMENT PROPERTY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the term ‘qualified replace-
ment property’ has the meaning given such term
by section 1042(c)(4).
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘qualified re-
placement property’ shall not include any secu-
rity issued by the taxpayer or by any corpora-
tion controlled by the taxpayer immediately after
the purchase. For purposes of the preceding sen-
tence, the term ‘control’ has the meaning given
such term by section 304(c) (determined by sub-
stituting ‘10 percent’ for ‘50 percent’ each place
it appears in paragraph (1) thereof).
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided
in this subsection, rules similar to the rules of para-
‘‘(B) the taxpayer may elect to treat any 
indebtedness of either spouse as indebtedness of 
the other spouse.’’. 
(c) COORDINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 108(a)(2) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) PRECEDENCE
OF
INDIVIDUAL
IN-
DEBTEDNESS EXCLUSION.— 
‘‘(i) INDIVIDUAL INDEBTEDNESS EX-
CLUSION
TAKES
PRECEDENCE
OVER
IN-
SOLVENCY
EXCLUSION
UNLESS
ELECTED 
OTHERWISE.—Paragraph (1)(B) shall not 
apply to a discharge to which paragraph 
(1)(F) applies unless the taxpayer elects to 
apply paragraph (1)(B) in lieu of para-
graph (1)(F). 
‘‘(ii) OTHER EXCLUSIONS TAKE PREC-
EDENCE.—Subparagraph (F) shall not 
apply to a discharge to which subpara-
graph (C), (D), or (E) applies.’’. 
(2) TITLE
EXCLUSION
TAKES
PRECE-
DENCE.—Section 108(a)(2)(A) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E), and (F)’’. 
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