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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2226
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the pre-1986
exclusion for scholarships for degree candidates.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Mr. LEWIS of Florida (for himself, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr.
WALSH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore
the pre-1986 exclusion for scholarships for degree candidates.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF PRE-1986 EXCLUSION FOR
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DEGREE CANDIDATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified scholarships) is
amended by striking all that precedes subsection (d) and
inserting the following:
of all candidates (whether or not recipients of scholarships
or fellowship grants) for a particular degree as a condition
to receiving such degree, such teaching, research, or other
services shall not be regarded as part-time employment
within the meaning of this subsection.’’
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subsection (d) of section 117 of such Code
is redesignated as subsection (c).
(2) The item relating to section 117 in the table
of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter
1 of such Code is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 117. Scholarships and fellowship grants.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(A) impose export controls with respect to
Cuba under section 5, 6(j), 6(l), or 6(m) of the
Export Administration Act of 1979, and
(B) exercise the authorities he has under
the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act with respect to Cuba pursuant to a declara-
tion of national emergency required by that Act
that is made on account of an unusual and ex-
traordinary threat, that did not exist before the
enactment of this Act, to the national security,
foreign policy, or economy of the United States.
(d) CUBAN DEMOCRACY ACT.—The Cuban Democ-
racy Act (title XVII of Public Law 102–484) is repealed.
(e) TERMINATION
OF DENIAL
OF FOREIGN TAX
CREDIT WITH RESPECT TO CUBA.—Subparagraph (A) of
section 901(j)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to denial of foreign tax credit, etc., with respect
to certain foreign countries) is amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new flush sentence:
‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this
subsection shall not apply to Cuba after the
date which is 60 days after the date of the en-
actment of this sentence.’’
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SEC. 3. TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND FACILI-
TIES.
Any common carrier within the meaning of section
3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)
is authorized to install, maintain, and repair telecommuni-
cations equipment and facilities in Cuba, and otherwise
provide telecommunications services between the United
States and Cuba. The authority of this section includes
the authority to upgrade facilities and equipment.
SEC. 4. TRAVEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Travel to and from Cuba by indi-
viduals who are citizens or residents of the United States
may not be regulated or prohibited if such travel would
be lawful in the United States.
(b) TRANSACTIONS INCIDENT
TO TRAVEL.—Any
transactions ordinarily incident to travel which may not
be regulated or prohibited under subsection (a) include,
but are not limited to—
(1) transactions ordinarily incident to travel or
maintenance in Cuba; and
(2) normal banking transactions involving for-
eign currency drafts, traveler’s checks, or other ne-
gotiable instruments incident to such travel.
SEC. 5. DIRECT MAIL DELIVERY TO CUBA.
The United States Postal Service shall take such ac-
tions as are necessary to provide direct mail service to and
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from Cuba, including, in the absence of common carrier
service between the 2 countries, the use of charter
providers.
SEC. 6. NEGOTIATIONS WITH CUBA.
(a) NEGOTIATIONS.—The President should take all
necessary steps to conduct negotiations with the Govern-
ment of Cuba—
(1) for the purpose of settling claims of nation-
als of the United States against the Government of
Cuba for the taking of property by such government;
and
(2) for the purpose of securing the protection of
internationally recognized human rights.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the terms
‘‘national of the United States’’ and ‘‘property’’ have the
meanings given those terms in section 502 of the Inter-
national Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C.
1643a).
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL
FUNDS.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, the term ‘funds from
non-Federal sources’ includes amounts from
nonprofit organizations, public housing agen-
cies, States, units of general local government,
and Indian housing authorities, private con-
tributions, any salary paid to staff (other than
from grant amounts under paragraph (1)(A))
to carry out the program of the eligible entity,
in-kind contributions to carry out the program
(as determined by the Secretary after consulta-
tion with the Advisory Committee), the value of
any donated material, equipment, or building,
the value of any lease on a building, the value
of any utilities provided, and the value of any
time and services contributed by volunteers to
carry out the program of the eligible entity.
‘‘(C) PROHIBITION ON SUBSTITUTION OF
FUNDS.—Grant 
amounts 
under 
paragraph
(1)(A) and amounts provided by States and
units of general local government to supplement
grant amounts may not be used to replace other
public funds previously used, or designated for
use, under this section.
‘‘(D) MAXIMUM
AND
MINIMUM
GRANT
AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary
may not make a grant under paragraph
(1)(A) to any single eligible entity in an
amount less than $55,000 or exceeding
$130,000, except as provided in clause (ii).
‘‘(ii) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
LARGE
LEAGUES.—In the case of a league having
more than 80 players, a grant under para-
graph (1)(A) may exceed $130,000, but
may not exceed the amount equal to 35
percent of the cost of carrying out the mid-
night basketball league program.
‘‘(E) DISBURSEMENT.—Amounts provided
under a grant under paragraph (1)(A) shall be
disbursed to the eligible entity receiving the
grant over the 5-year period beginning on the
date that the entity is selected to receive the
grant, as follows:
‘‘(i) In each of the first 2 years of
such 5-year period, 23 percent of the total
grant amount shall be disbursed to the en-
tity.
(B) by inserting after the item relating to
section 1012 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions.’’.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION.
The amendments made by this section shall apply to
items of budget authority (as defined in subsection (f)(1)
of section 1013 of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974, as added by section 2
of this Act) provided by appropriation Acts (as defined
in subsection (f)(3) of such section) that become law after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2677
AN ACT
To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithso-
nian Institution to plan, design, and construct
the West Court of the National Museum of Natu-
ral History building.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2233
To deny, under certain conditions, most-favored-nation treatment to the
products of countries that engage in nuclear explosive device testing.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Mr. STARK (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, and Mr. SABO) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To deny, under certain conditions, most-favored-nation treat-
ment to the products of countries that engage in nuclear
explosive device testing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That General Note 3(b) of the Harmonized Tariff Sched-
ule of the United States is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘Notwithstand-
ing’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(ii) If the President determines that a foreign country
has tested a nuclear explosive device at any time during
a period in which the United States is—
‘‘(A) observing a moratorium on the testing of nu-
clear explosive devices; or
‘‘(B) party to a comprehensive nuclear explosive test
ban treaty;
the President shall proclaim that the rates of duty
shown in column 2 shall apply to the products of
that country, whether imported directly or indirectly,
that are entered during the 1-year period beginning
on the date of such determination.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2234
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make S corporations eligible
for the rules applicable to real property subdivided for sale by
noncorporate taxpayers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Mr. STARK 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
S corporations eligible for the rules applicable to real
property subdivided for sale by noncorporate taxpayers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. S CORPORATIONS ELIGIBLE FOR RULES APPLI-
CABLE TO REAL PROPERTY SUBDIVIDED FOR
SALE BY NONCORPORATE TAXPAYERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1237 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to real prop-
erty subdivided for sale) is amended by striking ‘‘other
than a corporation’’ and inserting ‘‘other than a C cor-
poration’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to sales after January 1, 1992
(and to sales and exchanges on or before such date for
purposes of determining whether the treatment under sec-
tion 1237(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 applies
to any sale after such date).
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United States Code, or section 5384, 5406, or 5407
of such title.
(2) RESTRICTION.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no cash award may be awarded
during the period beginning on October 1, 1993, and
ending on September 30, 1998.
(e) REDUCTION
OF
FEDERAL
WORKFORCE
BY
150,000.—
(1) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘civilian employees in the executive
branch’’ means all civilian employees within the ex-
ecutive branch of the Government (other than in the
United States Postal Service or the Postal Rate
Commission).
(2) LIMITATIONS.—The average total number
of civilian employees in the executive branch may
not exceed—
(A) 2,095,200 in fiscal year 1994;
(B) 2,044,100 in fiscal year 1995;
(C) 2,010,100 in fiscal year 1996;
(D) 1,998,500 in fiscal year 1997; or
(E) 1,996,700 in fiscal year 1998.
(3) AVERAGING.—The average total number of
civilian employees in the executive branch in a fiscal
year shall, for purposes of this subsection, be the av-
(4) $20,000,000 shall be available to the Ad-
ministration only to carry out section 501(b).
Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall
remain available until expended.
TITLE II—CERTIFICATION
PROGRAMS
SEC. 201. CERTIFICATION OF CDFI’S.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall carry
out a program to review and certify financial institutions
and other entities as community development financial in-
stitutions for purposes of this Act.
(b) STANDARDS.—The Board shall establish stand-
ards for certification of financial institutions and other en-
tities as community development financial institutions,
which shall—
(1) provide for the certification of—
(A) depository institutions (as such term is
defined in section 3(c) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act) and credit unions (including
community development credit unions, savings
and loan associations, and other depository in-
stitutions) that meet the requirements pursuant
to this section; and
(B) such other corporations, partnerships,
organizations, agencies, persons, and other enti-
ties as the Administration considers appropriate
(which may include for-profit and nonprofit en-
tities, community development loan funds,
microenterprise loan funds and organizations,
and community organizations) and that meet
the requirements pursuant to this section;
(2) require for certification that any such entity
have among its principal purposes making credit and
credit-related services available to low-income fami-
lies and in low-income communities and promoting
the development and revitalization of low-income
communities;
(3) require for certification that any such entity
carry out such purpose in a target community by—
(A) providing financing to individuals,
families, businesses, organizations, and other
entities, which may include mortgage loans,
loans for housing development, rehabilitation,
and weatherization, business development and
assistance loans, personal loans, operating
loans, construction loans, loans for community
and economic development activities, and other
repayable assistance; and
(B) conducting such other activities and
services relating to making loans (such as loan
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2236
To extend Federal restrictions on the export of unprocessed timber to timber
harvested in the State of Texas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Mr. WILSON introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Agriculture and Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To extend Federal restrictions on the export of unprocessed
timber to timber harvested in the State of Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF FOREST RESOURCES CON-
SERVATION AND SHORTAGE RELIEF ACT OF
1990 TO THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.
(a) EXTENSION OF RESTRICTIONS.—Section 489(a)
of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief
Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 620a(a)) is amended by inserting
‘‘or from Federal lands in the State of Texas’’ after
‘‘100th meridian in the contiguous 48 States’’.
(b) SUBSTITUTION.—Section 490 of such Act (16
U.S.C. 620b) is amended—
(1) in subsections (a)(1), (a)(2)(D)(i), and
(b)(1), by inserting ‘‘or from Federal lands in the
State of Texas’’ after ‘‘100th meridian in the contig-
uous 48 States’’ each place it appears; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or from
a sourcing area in the State of Texas’’ after ‘‘100th
meridian in the contiguous 48 States’’.
(c) MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT.—Section 492
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 620d) is amended in subsections
(a) and (b) by inserting ‘‘or from Federal lands in the
State of Texas’’ after ‘‘100th meridian in the contiguous
48 States’’ each place it appears.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 493 of such Act (16
U.S.C. 620e) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or in the
State of Texas’’ after ‘‘48 States’’; and
(2) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘or from
Federal lands in the State of Texas’’ after ‘‘100th
meridian in the contiguous 48 States’’.
(e) TREATMENT OF WOOD CHIPS.—Section 493(7)
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 620e(7)) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the
term ‘unprocessed timber’ includes chips processed
from timber originating in the State of Texas.’’.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE
AND EFFECT
OF AMEND-
MENTS.—
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this section shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS.—For purposes
of applying the amendments made by this section to
lands in the State of Texas not previously covered
by the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage
Relief Act of 1990, references in such Act to the
date of the enactment of such Act shall be deemed
to be references to the date of the enactment of this
section.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2237
To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require
that testimony before the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Com-
mission be given under oath.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 1993
Mr. BOEHLERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act
of 1990 to require that testimony before the Defense
Base Closure and Realignment Commission be given
under oath.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TESTIMONY BEFORE DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE
AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION.
(a) OATHS REQUIRED.—Section 2903(d)(1) of the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part
A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘All testimony before the Commission at a pub-
lic hearing conducted under this paragraph shall be pre-
sented under oath.’’.
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The amendment
made by this section shall apply with respect to all public
hearings conducted by the Defense Base Closure and Re-
alignment Commission after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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tities to the general public), the regulations
shall preclude the consideration of sales to
the government, including the percentage of
an item’s overall sales that are made to the
Government, when determining whether the
item has been sold in substantial quantities to
the public.
(3) The regulations also shall establish
reasonable limitations on requests for sales
data relating to commercial items.
SEC. 122. DEFINITIONS.
(a) OFPP ACT.—Section 4 of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.
403) is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (10);
(2) striking the period at the end of
paragraph (11) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(12) the term ‘commercial items’
means items regularly used in the course
of normal business operations for other
than Government purposes, that—
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‘‘(2) Any temporary rate established under this
section shall take effect upon such date as the
Postal Service may determine, except that—
‘‘(A) such a rate may take effect only after
10 days’ notice in the Federal Register; and
‘‘(B) no such rate may take effect after
September 30, 1998.
‘‘(3) A temporary rate under this section may
remain in effect no longer than the last day of the
fiscal year in which it first takes effect.
‘‘(4) Authority under this section may not be
exercised in a manner that would result in more
than 1 change taking effect under this section, dur-
ing the same fiscal year, in the rates of postage for
a particular class of mail or kind of mailer, except
as provided in paragraph (5).
‘‘(5) Nothing in paragraph (4) shall prevent an
adjustment under this section in rates for a class of
mail or kind of mailer with respect to which any
rates took effect under this section earlier in the
same fiscal year if—
‘‘(A) the rates established for such class of
mail or kind of mailer by the earlier adjustment
are superseded by new rates established under
subchapter II; and
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‘‘(3) The extent of any reduction or suspension of pay-
ments by an agency head under paragraph (2) on the basis
of fraud shall be reasonably commensurate with the antici-
pated loss to the United States resulting from the fraud.
‘‘(4) A written justification for each decision of the
agency head whether to reduce or suspend payments under
paragraph (2), and for each recommendation received by
the agency head in connection with such decision, shall be
prepared and be retained in the files of the executive agency.
‘‘(5) Each agency head shall prescribe procedures to
ensure that, before the agency head decides to reduce or sus-
pend payments in the case of a contractor under paragraph
(2), the contractor is afforded notice of the proposed reduc-
tion or suspension and an opportunity to submit matters
to the head of the agency in response to such proposed reduc-
tion or suspension.
‘‘(6) Not later than 180 days after the date on which
an agency head reduces or suspends payments to a contrac-
tor under paragraph (2), the remedy coordination official
of the executive agency shall—
‘‘(A) review the determination of fraud on which
the reduction or suspension is based; and
‘‘(B) transmit a recommendation to the agency
head whether the suspension or reduction should con-
tinue.
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(2) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (3) the following: ‘‘The Secretary of De-
fense shall ensure that this subparagraph is imple-
mented in a uniform manner, to the extent prac-
ticable, throughout the Department of Defense.’’.
(g) DEADLINE REVISION.—Subsection (f) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking out ‘‘60 days’’ in the first sen-
tence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘45 days’’.
(h) ELIMINATION OF PRELIMINARY REPORT.—Such
subsection is further amended by striking out the second
sentence.
(i) TERMINOLOGY CORRECTIONS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (b)(3)(A) is amended by striking
out ‘‘full scale development or’’ in clause (i).
(2) Subsection (c)(3) is amended by striking out
‘‘full-scale engineering’’ in subparagraph (A) and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘engineering and manufactur-
ing’’.
(3) Subsection (h)(1) is amended by striking out
‘‘full-scale engineering’’ both places it appears and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘engineering and manufactur-
ing’’.
SEC. 3003. UNIT COST REPORT REQUIREMENT.
(a) REVISION OF BASELINE REPORT DEFINITIONS.—
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SEC. 3023. USE OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS BY CONTRAC-
TORS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 931 of title 10, United
States Code, as amended by section 3022, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section 9513:
‘‘§ 9513. Use of military installations by Civil Reserve
Air Fleet contractors
‘‘(a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary of the
Air Force—
‘‘(A) may, by contract entered into with any
contractor, authorize such contractor to use one or
more Air Force installations designated by the Sec-
retary; and
‘‘(B) with the consent of the Secretary of another
military department, may, by contract entered into
with any contractor, authorize the contractor to use
one or more installations, designated by the Secretary
of the Air Force, that is under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of such other military department.
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Air Force may include in
the contract such terms and conditions as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate to promote the national defense or to
protect the interests of the United States.
‘‘(b) PURPOSES
OF USE.—A contract entered into
under subsection (a) may authorize use of a designated in-
stallation as a weather alternate, a technical stop not in-
SEC. 134. The second proviso of section 1801(a)(3) of 
Public Law 112–10 is amended by striking ‘‘appropriation 
under this subparagraph’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriations 
made available by this Act’’. 
SEC. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Federal Mine Safety and Health Review 
Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate for oper-
ations of $14,510,000. 
SEC. 136. Sections 399AA(e), 399BB(g), and 399CC(f) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280i(e), 280i– 
1(g), 280i–2(f)) shall be applied by substituting the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 
2011’’. 
SEC. 137. Notwithstanding section 101, section 2005 
of division B of Public Law 112–10 shall be applied by 
substituting ‘‘$0’’ for each dollar amount. 
SEC. 138. The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 
U.S.C. 635 et seq.) shall be applied by substituting the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 
2011’’ in section 7 of such Act of 1945. 
SEC. 139. Section 209 of the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied by 
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act 
for ‘‘September 30, 2011’’.