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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1335
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public
Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend
COBRA continuation coverage for surviving spouses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 25, 1999
Mr. LAMPSON (for himself, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. STARK, Mr.
ROMERO-BARCELO´, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. FROST, Mr. GREEN of Texas,
Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr.
SANDLIN, Mr. VENTO, Mr. SHOWS, and Mr. ABERCROMBIE) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and
Ways and Means, 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 amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to extend COBRA continuation
coverage for surviving spouses.
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 ‘‘COBRA Extension Act
of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF COBRA CONTINUATION COVERAGE
FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES.
(a) ERISA AMENDMENT.—Section 602(2)(A) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29
U.S.C. 1162(2)(A)) is amended by inserting after clause
(v) the following new clause:
‘‘(vi) GENERAL RULE FOR SURVIVING
SPOUSES.—In the case of a qualifying
event described in section 603(1), the date
on which the surviving spouse becomes en-
titled to benefits under title XVIII of the
Social Security Act.’’.
(b) PHSA AMENDMENT.—Section 2202(2)(A) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb–2(2)(A)) is
amended by inserting after clause (iv) the following new
clause:
‘‘(v) GENERAL RULE FOR SURVIVING
SPOUSES.—In the case of a qualifying
event described in section 2203(1), the
date on which the surviving spouse be-
comes entitled to benefits under title XVIII
of the Social Security Act.’’.
(c) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AMENDMENT.—Sec-
tion 4980B(f)(2)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to period of continuation coverage) is
amended by inserting after subclause (V) the following
new subclause:
‘‘(VI) GENERAL RULE FOR SUR-
VIVING
SPOUSES.—In the case of a
qualifying event described in section
4980B(f)(3)(A), the date on which the
surviving spouse becomes entitled to
benefits under title XVIII of the So-
cial Security Act.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to qualifying events occurring be-
fore or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN TAX ON VACCINES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 4131(b)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to amount
of tax) is amended by striking ‘‘75 cents’’ and inserting
‘‘25 cents’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
(c) LIMITATION
ON CERTAIN CREDITS
OR RE-
FUNDS.—For purposes of applying section 4132(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to any claim
for credit or refund filed before January 1, 2001, the
amount of tax taken into account shall not exceed the tax
computed under the rate in effect on the day after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1338
To authorize appropriations for the Federal Election Commission for fiscal
year 2000 and succeeding fiscal years.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 25, 1999
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mr. HOYER) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Federal Election
Commission for fiscal year 2000 and succeeding fiscal years.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.
The second sentence of section 314 of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439c) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1978,’’; and
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘, $38,516,000 for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and such sums as may
be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.’’.
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‘‘(3) to refrain, and to take measures reason-
ably designed to prevent their agents, from using,
disclosing, or permitting access to individually iden-
tifiable financial information pertaining to any such
client except—
‘‘(A) for the provision of the financial serv-
ices from which such information is derived, or
services necessary to, or used in, the provision
of such services;
‘‘(B) upon the affirmative written request,
or with the affirmative written consent, of the
client to whom the information pertains; or
‘‘(C) upon request of the Commission or as
otherwise required by law.’’.
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sidiary of such company which is subject to section 18(t)
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act)—
‘‘(1) to protect the confidentiality of financial
information of, and relating to, the customers of the
savings and loan holding company or affiliate;
‘‘(2) to inform a customer of the company or
affiliate whenever—
‘‘(A) financial information is being col-
lected that pertains to such customer; or
‘‘(B) the company or affiliate intends (with
the approval of the customer pursuant to para-
graph (3)(B)) to offer financial information
pertaining to such customer to any other per-
son, including another affiliate or an agent of
such company or affiliate; and
‘‘(3) to refrain, and to take measures reason-
ably designed to prevent their agents, from using,
disclosing, or permitting access to individually iden-
tifiable financial information pertaining to any such
customer except—
‘‘(A) for the provision of the financial serv-
ices from which such information is derived, or
services necessary to, or used in, the provision
of such services;
‘‘(B) upon the affirmative written request,
or with the affirmative written consent, of the
customer to whom the information pertains; or
‘‘(C) upon request of the Director or as
otherwise required by law.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 133
To permit revocation by members of the clergy of their exemption from
Social Security coverage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. ENGLISH (for himself and Mr. COYNE) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To permit revocation by members of the clergy of their
exemption from Social Security coverage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REVOCATION BY MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY OF
EXEMPTION FROM SOCIAL SECURITY COV-
ERAGE.
Notwithstanding section 1402(e)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, any exemption which has been re-
ceived under section 1402(e)(1) of such Code by a duly
ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church,
a member of a religious order, or a Christian Science prac-
titioner, and which is effective for the taxable year in
which this Act is enacted, may be revoked by filing an
application therefor (in such form and manner, and with
such official, as may be prescribed in regulations made
under chapter 2 of such Code), if such application is filed
no later than the due date of the Federal income tax re-
turn (including any extension thereof) for the applicant’s
second taxable year beginning after December 31, 1999.
Any such revocation shall be effective (for purposes of
chapter 2 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title
II of the Social Security Act), as specified in the applica-
tion, either with respect to the applicant’s first taxable
year beginning after December 31, 1999, or with respect
to the applicant’s second taxable year beginning after such
date, and for all succeeding taxable years; and the appli-
cant for any such revocation may not thereafter again file
application for an exemption under such section
1402(e)(1). If the application is filed after the due date
of the applicant’s Federal income tax return for a taxable
year and is effective with respect to that taxable year, it
shall include or be accompanied by payment in full of an
amount equal to the total of the taxes that would have
been imposed by section 1401 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 with respect to all of the applicant’s income
derived in that taxable year which would have constituted
net earnings from self-employment for purposes of chapter
2 of such Code (notwithstanding section 1402 (c)(4) or
(c)(5) of such Code) except for the exemption under sec-
tion 1402(e)(1) of such Code.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 1 shall apply with respect to service per-
formed (to the extent specified in such subsection) in tax-
able years beginning after December 31, 1999, and with
respect to monthly insurance benefits payable under title
II of the Social Security Act on the basis of the wages
and self-employment income of any individual for months
in or after the calendar year in which such individual’s
application for revocation (as described in such section)
is effective (and lump-sum death payments payable under
such title on the basis of such wages and self-employment
income in the case of deaths occurring in or after such
calendar year).
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‘‘Subpart 2—National Innovation Programs
‘‘SEC. 346. INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall
carry out a program for making grants to appropriate en-
tities on a competitive basis to foster the development and
testing of new approaches to—
‘‘(1) sustaining the efforts of family caregivers
and other informal caregivers of older individuals;
and
‘‘(2) serving the needs of particular groups of
caregivers of older individuals, including minority
caregivers and distant caregivers.
‘‘(b) EVALUATION
AND DISSEMINATION
OF RE-
SULTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall provide for evalua-
tion of the effectiveness of programs and activities funded
with grants made under this section, and for dissemina-
tion to States of descriptions and evaluations of the pro-
grams and activities, to enable States to incorporate suc-
cessful approaches into their individual State programs
under this part.
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary
shall reserve not more than 10 percent of the
amount appropriated under section 303(d) for a fis-
cal year to carry out the program of the Assistant
Secretary under this section.
IRA merely because in addition to the beneficiary of
the account, there is a ‘designated beneficiary’ whose
education expenses the beneficiary expects to pay or
have paid with the proceeds of the account. The pay-
ment of such expenses with the proceeds of an ac-
count shall be treated as a distribution from the ac-
count.
‘‘(2) PREPAID TUITION CERTIFICATES.—
‘‘(A) CONTRIBUTION
TO
ACCOUNTS.—An
individual may contribute prepaid tuition cer-
tificates to a Roth IRA before January 1, 2003,
without recognizing gross income on the con-
tribution of such certificates. For purposes of
section 30, the amount contributed shall equal
the cost of the certificates.
‘‘(B) PURCHASE
OF
PREPAID
TUITION
CERTIFICATES.—A Roth IRA account may pur-
chase prepaid tuition certificates without violat-
ing section 408.
‘‘(C) PREPAID TUITION CERTIFICATES.—
‘Prepaid tuition certificates’ means credits or
certificates that entitle a designated beneficiary
of such certificates to the waiver or payment of
qualified higher education expenses of the des-
ignated beneficiary.
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(A) For construction and acquisition, plan-
ning and design and improvement of military
family housing and facilities, $101,791,000.
(B) For support of military family housing
(including functions described in section 2833
of title 10, United States Code), $821,892,000.
(b) ADVANCE
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated
for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2000, for
completion of military construction and family housing
projects authorized in sections 2301, 2302, and 2303, and
subject to the same terms, as follows:
(1) For military construction projects author-
ized by section 2301, $379,867,000.
(2) For military family housing functions au-
thorized 
by 
sections 
2302(a) 
and 
2303,
$215,222,000.
(c) ADVANCE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 BIENNIAL BUDGET.—Funds are
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years be-
ginning after September 30, 2000, for military construc-
tion and family housing projects authorized for fiscal year
2001, as follows:
(1) For military construction projects author-
ized for fiscal year 2001, $534,287,000.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1343
To provide for the continued maintenance and preservation of Governors
Island, New York, by the Administrator of General Services.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 25, 1999
Mr. NADLER (for himself and Mrs. MALONEY of New York) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To provide for the continued maintenance and preservation
of Governors Island, New York, by the Administrator
of General Services.
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 ‘‘Governors Island Pres-
ervation Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. CONTINUED MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF
GOVERNORS ISLAND, NEW YORK, BY THE AD-
MINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.
(a) REPEAL
OF
DISPOSAL
REQUIREMENT.—The
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 is amended by striking sec-
tion 9101 (111 Stat. 670).
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of
General Services for maintenance and preservation of Gov-
ernors Island, New York, including buildings and other
improvements on the island, such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PROCESSING OF
CLAIMS FOR VETERANS’ BENEFITS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) Despite advances in technology, tele-
communications, and training, the Department of
Veterans Affairs currently requires 20 percent more
time to process claims for veterans’ benefits than the
Department required to process such claims in 1997.
(2) The Department does not currently process
claims for veterans’ benefits in a timely manner.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress to urge the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to—
(1) review the program, policies, and procedures
of the Veterans Benefits Administration of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs in order to identify
areas in which the Administration does not currently
process claims for veterans’ benefits in a manner
consistent with the objectives set forth in the Na-
tional Performance Review (including objectives re-
garding timeliness of Executive branch activities);
(2) initiate any actions necessary to ensure that
the Administration processes claims for such bene-
fits in a manner consistent with such objectives; and
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1345
To eliminate the mandate that States require people to provide their Social
Security numbers on applications for recreational licenses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 25, 1999
Mr. OBEY (for himself and Mr. KLECZKA) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To eliminate the mandate that States require people to pro-
vide their Social Security numbers on applications for
recreational licenses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF THE MANDATE THAT STATES
REQUIRE PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THEIR SO-
CIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON APPLICATIONS
FOR RECREATIONAL LICENSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 466(a)(13)(A) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(13)(A)) is amended
by striking ‘‘recreational license,’’.
(b) RETROACTIVITY.—Section 466(a)(13)(A) of the
Social Security Act shall be applied and administered as
if such section had never included the term ‘‘recreational
license,’’.
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(A) The Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Livermore, California.
(B) The Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(C) The Sandia National Laboratories, Al-
buquerque, New Mexico.
(2) The term ‘‘sensitive countries list’’ means
the list prescribed by the Secretary of Energy known
as the Department of Energy List of Sensitive
Countries.
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come tax imposed on individuals by section 1 of
the Code, and
(B) a simplified tax collected from corpora-
tions and other businesses, that for years after
1999 replaces the income tax imposed on cor-
porations by section 11 of the Code.
(3) SIMPLIFIED USA TAX ON GROSS PROFITS.—
Corporations and other businesses pay tax on their
annual gross profits from business conducted in the
United States, except that—
(A) export revenues are excluded, and
(B) imports are taxed.
(4) SIMPLIFIED USA TAX ON INCOME.—Individ-
uals pay tax on their annual income from wages,
dividends, interest, and other financial income (in-
cluding sales of property), except that—
(A) investment earnings on previously
taxed income that is placed in a Roth IRA is
exempt from further taxation,
(B) a portion of each family’s income is ex-
empt from tax, and
(C) deductions are allowed for—
(i) education costs,
(ii) religious, charitable, and other
philanthropic donations,
from prisoners not subject to an order of restitution
issued pursuant to section 3663 or 3663A—
‘‘(A) 75 percent shall be deposited in the
Crime Victims Fund established under section
1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42
U.S.C. 10601); and
‘‘(B) 25 percent shall be available to the
Attorney General for administrative expenses
incurred in carrying out this section.
‘‘(h) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of the Federal Prisoner
Copayment Act of 1999, and annually thereafter, the Di-
rector shall transmit to Congress a report, which shall
include—
‘‘(1) a description of the amounts collected
under this section during the preceding 12-month
period (or 24-month period in the case of the initial
report); and
‘‘(2) an analysis of the effects of the implemen-
tation of this section, if any, on the nature and ex-
tent of heath care visits by prisoners.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘4048. Fees for health care services for prisoners.’’.
SEC. 3. HEALTH CARE FEES FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS IN
NON-FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS.
Section 4013 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) HEALTH CARE FEES FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS
IN
NON-FEDERAL
INSTITUTIONS.—Notwithstanding
amounts paid under subsection (a)(3), a State or local
government may assess and collect a reasonable fee from
the trust fund account (or institutional equivalent) of a
Federal prisoner for health care services, if—
‘‘(1) the prisoner—
‘‘(A) is confined in a non-Federal institu-
tion pursuant to an agreement between the
Federal Government and the State or local gov-
ernment; and
‘‘(B) is not indigent;
‘‘(2) the fee—
‘‘(A) is authorized under State law; and
‘‘(B) does not exceed the amount collected
from State or local prisoners for the same serv-
ices; and
‘‘(3) the services—
‘‘(A) are provided within or outside of the
institution by a person who is licensed or cer-
tified under State law to provide health care
services and who is operating within the scope
of such license;
‘‘(B) are provided at the request of the
prisoner; and
‘‘(C) are not preventative health care serv-
ices.’’.
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(iii) home mortgage interest pay-
ments, and
(iv) contributions to qualified IRAs.
(5) CREDIT FOR FICA PAYROLL TAXES PAID.—
The amount of tax due is reduced by the payroll tax
that is—
(A) in the case of an employee, withheld
from wages, or
(B) in the case of a corporation or other
business, paid by the employer.
(c) CONCEPTS AND STRUCTURE OF NEW TAX SYS-
TEM.—
(1) GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE SIMPLIFIED
USA
TAX
SYSTEM.—The Simplified USA Tax is
based on the following principles:
(A) National wealth and well-being depend
on the work, skill, and savings and investment
of people.
(B) Businesses are people and their capital
working together.
(C) Capital makes people more productive.
(D) Everyone benefits from a growing
stock of national savings which in turn allows
for a growing stock of physical and human cap-
ital.
‘‘(3) NOTICE TO PRISONERS OF LAW.—Each per-
son who is or becomes a prisoner shall be provided
with written and oral notices of the provisions of this
subsection and the applicability of this subsection to
the prisoner. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this subsection, a fee under this section may not be
assessed against, or collected from, such person—
‘‘(A) until the expiration of the 30-day pe-
riod beginning on the date on which each pris-
oner in the prison system is provided with such
notices; and
‘‘(B) for services provided before the expira-
tion of such period.
‘‘(4) NOTICE TO PRISONERS OF STATE OR LOCAL
IMPLEMENTATION.—The implementation of this sub-
section by the State or local government, and any
amendment to that implementation, shall not take ef-
fect until the expiration of the 30-day period begin-
ning on the date on which each prisoner in the prison
system is provided with written and oral notices of
the provisions of that implementation (or amendment,
as the case may be). A fee under this subsection may
not be assessed against, or collected from, a prisoner
pursuant to such implementation (or amendments, as
the case may be) for services provided before the expi-
ration of such period.
‘‘(5) NOTICE
BEFORE
PUBLIC
COMMENT
PE-
RIOD.—Before the beginning of any period a proposed
implementation under this subsection is open to pub-
lic comment, written and oral notice of the provisions
of that proposed implementation shall be provided to
groups that advocate on behalf of Federal prisoners
and to each prisoner subject to such proposed imple-
mentation.’’.
SEC. 4. COMPREHENSIVE HIV/AIDS SERVICES REQUIRED TO
BE INCLUDED IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES
FOR WHICH HEALTH CARE FEES MAY BE AS-
SESSED.
Any health care services for which a person may be
assessed a fee under section 4048 of title 18, United States
Code (as added by section 2) or section 4013(c) of such title
(as added by section 3) shall include comprehensive cov-
erage for services relating to human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(AIDS).
Union Calendar No. 506
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1349
[Report No. 106–851]
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to combat
the overutilization of prison health care services
and control rising prisoner health care costs.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2000
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 201
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1381
[Report No. 106–358]
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that an employ-
ee’s ‘‘regular rate’’ for purposes of calculating overtime compensation
will not be affected by certain additional payments.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1999
Mr. BALLENGER (for himself, Mr. GOODLING, and Mr. DICKEY) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
the Workforce
OCTOBER 1, 1999
Additional sponsors: Mr. PAUL, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr.
HILLEARY, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. MILLER of
Florida, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr.
SKEEN, and Mr. KNOLLENBERG
OCTOBER 1, 1999
Reported with an amendment, 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]
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide
that an employee’s ‘‘regular rate’’ for purposes of calcu-
lating overtime compensation will not be affected by cer-
tain additional payments.