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‘‘(6) PENALTY
FOR
CEASING
TO
MEET
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) FAILURES
CORRECTED.—An issue
which fails to meet 1 or more of the require-
ments of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be
treated as meeting such requirements if—
‘‘(i) the issuer and any principal user
in good faith attempted to meet such re-
quirements, and
‘‘(ii) any failure to meet such require-
ments is corrected within a reasonable pe-
riod after such failure is first discovered.
‘‘(B) LOSS OF DEDUCTIONS WHERE FACIL-
ITY CEASES TO BE QUALIFIED.—No deduction
shall be allowed under this chapter for interest
on any financing provided from any bond to
which paragraph (1) applies with respect to any
facility to the extent such interest accrues dur-
ing the period beginning on the first day of the
calendar year which includes the date on
which—
‘‘(i) substantially all of the facility
with respect to which the financing was
provided ceases to be used in an border
empowerment zone or border enterprise
community, or
‘‘(ii) the principal user of such facility
ceases to be an enterprise zone business
(as defined in section 1399B, but treating
references to the border empowerment
zones as including references to border en-
terprise communities).
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION IF ZONE CEASES.—Sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply solely
by reason of the termination or revocation of a
designation as a border empowerment zone or a
border enterprise community.
‘‘(D) EXCEPTION
FOR
BANKRUPTCY.—
Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply to
any cessation resulting from bankruptcy.
‘‘(c) ENTERPRISE ZONE FACILITY BONDS NOT SUB-
JECT TO INTEREST DEDUCTION LIMITATIONS ON FINAN-
CIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Any tax-exempt bond described in
subsection (b)(1)—
‘‘(1) shall be treated as acquired before August
8, 1986, for purposes of sections 265(b) and
291(e)(1)(B), and
‘‘(2) shall not be taken into account in deter-
mining whether any issuer is a qualified small issuer
for purposes of section 265(b).
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL LOW-INCOME HOUSING CREDIT
AMOUNT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State which includes
a border empowerment zone or border enterprise
community shall receive an additional State housing
credit ceiling amount for purposes of section 42 of
$818,000 for each such zone or community.
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
AMOUNT
MUST
BE
ALLO-
CATED TO BUILDINGS IN DESIGNATED AREAS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The portion of the ad-
ditional amount received under paragraph (1)
by reason of any border empowerment zone or
border enterprise community which may be ap-
plied to increase the State housing credit ceiling
for any calendar year shall not exceed the lesser
of—
‘‘(i) the unused portion of such addi-
tional amount with respect to such zone or
community, or
‘‘(ii) the aggregate housing credit dol-
lar amount allocated from such ceiling for
technology literacy, through the effective use of tech-
nology. 
‘‘(3) A description of the priority area upon 
which the State educational agency will focus its as-
sistance under this subpart, which shall be identified 
from among the core academic subjects, grade levels, 
and student subgroup populations that may be caus-
ing the most number of local educational agencies in 
the State to not make adequate yearly progress, as 
defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C). 
‘‘(4) A description of how the State educational 
agency will support local educational agencies to im-
plement, professional development programs pursu-
ant to section 2416(b)(1)(A). 
‘‘(5) A description of how the State educational 
agency will ensure that teachers, paraprofessionals, 
school librarians, and administrators possess the 
knowledge and skills to use technology— 
‘‘(A) for curriculum redesign to change 
teaching and learning and improve student 
achievement; 
‘‘(B) for assessment, data analysis, and to 
personalize learning; 
‘‘(C) to improve student technology lit-
eracy; and 
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business and the taxpayer retains a sub-
stantial interest in such trade or business.
‘‘SEC. 1397. OTHER DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.
‘‘(a) WAGES.—For purposes of this subpart—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘wages’ has the
same meaning as when used in section 51.
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
TRAINING
AND
EDUCATIONAL
BENEFITS.—
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
following
amounts shall be treated as wages paid to an
employee:
‘‘(i) Any amount paid or incurred by
an employer which is excludable from the
gross income of an employee under section
127, but only to the extent paid or in-
curred to a person not related to the em-
ployer.
‘‘(ii) In the case of an employee who
has not attained the age of 19, any
amount paid or incurred by an employer
for any youth training program operated
by such employer in conjunction with local
education officials.
‘‘(B) RELATED PERSON.—A person is re-
lated to any other person if the person bears a
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‘‘(A) the taxpayer files a claim for a credit
or refund for any overpayment of tax imposed by
this title, and
‘‘(B) such overpayment is refunded within
45 days after such claim is filed,
no interest shall be allowed on such overpayment from
the date the claim is filed until the day the refund is
made.
‘‘(3) IRS INITIATED ADJUSTMENTS.—If an ad-
justment initiated by the Secretary, results in a re-
fund or credit of an overpayment, interest on such
overpayment shall be computed by subtracting 45
days from the number of days interest would other-
wise be allowed with respect to such overpayment.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 6611(e) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended by subsection
(a)) shall apply in the case of returns the due date
for which (determined without regard to extensions) is
on or after January 1, 1994.
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 6611(e) of such
Code (as so amended) shall apply in the case of
claims for credit or refund of any overpayment filed
on or after January 1, 1995, regardless of the taxable
period to which such refund relates.
V 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 259 
For the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2011 
Mr. KING of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
PERMANENT 
RESIDENT 
STATUS 
FOR 
ALEMSEGHED MUSSIE TESFAMICAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical shall be eligible for 
issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status 
to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence upon filing an application for issuance of an immi-
grant visa under section 204 of such Act or for adjustment 
of status to lawful permanent resident. 
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relationship to such other person specified in
section 267(b) or 707(b)(1), or such person and
such other person are engaged in trades or
businesses under common control (within the
meaning of subsections (a) and (b) of section
52). For purposes of the preceding sentence, in
applying section 267(b) or 707(b)(1), ‘10 per-
cent’ shall be substituted for ‘50 percent’.
‘‘(b) CONTROLLED GROUPS.—For purposes of this
subpart—
‘‘(1) all employers treated as a single employer
under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 shall be
treated as a single employer for purposes of this
subpart, and
‘‘(2) the credit (if any) determined under sec-
tion 1396 with respect to each such employer shall
be its proportionate share of the wages giving rise
to such credit.
‘‘(c) CERTAIN OTHER RULES MADE APPLICABLE.—
For purposes of this subpart, rules similar to the rules
of section 51(k) and subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section
52 shall apply.
‘‘(d) NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF ADVANCE PAY-
MENT
OF EARNED INCOME CREDIT.—Each employer
shall take reasonable steps to notify all qualified zone em-
(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF
STATUS.—If Alemseghed 
Mussie Tesfamical enters the United States before the fil-
ing deadline specified in subsection (c), he shall be consid-
ered to have entered and remained lawfully and shall, if 
otherwise eligible, be eligible for adjustment of status 
under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical, the Secretary of 
State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, dur-
ing the current or next following fiscal year, the total num-
ber of immigrant visas that are made available to natives 
of the country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, 
the total number of immigrant visas that are made avail-
able to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under 
section 202(e) of such Act. 
(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural 
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parents, brothers, and sisters of Alemseghed Mussie 
Tesfamical shall not, by virtue of such relationship, be ac-
corded any right, privilege, or status under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act. 
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(B) PAYEE STATEMENTS.—Paragraph (2)
of section 6724(d) (defining payee statement) is
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (R), by striking the period at the
end of subparagraph (S) and inserting ‘‘, or’’,
and by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(T) section 6050O(b) (relating to returns
on nondeductible lobbying expenditures).’’
(C) EXCESSIVE
UNDERREPORTING.—Sec-
tion 6721 (relating to failure to file correct in-
formation returns) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) 
PENALTY
IN
CASE
OF
EXCESSIVE
UNDERREPORTING ON NONDEDUCTIBLE DUES.—If the
aggregate amount of nondeductible dues which is reported
on the return required to be filed under section 6050O(a)
for any calendar year is less than 75 percent of the aggre-
gate amount required to be so reported—
‘‘(1) subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall not
apply, and
‘‘(2) the penalty imposed under subsection (a)
shall be equal to the product of—
‘‘(A) the amount required to be reported
which was not so reported, and
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means a cab-
inet-level department listed in section 101 of title 5,
United States Code, or any executive agency, as de-
fined in section 105 of such title 5, whose budget ex-
ceeded $1,000,000,000 in fiscal year 1993.
(2) AGENCY SELF-STUDY.—The term ‘‘agency
self-study’’ means the initial collection, analysis, and
report of performance data developed by each agency
at the direction of the Commission. An agency self-
study is the basis for the subsequent analysis and
recommendations embodied in the Commission’s per-
formance review.
(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’
means the Permanent Performance Review Commis-
sion established by section 4.
(4) IMPLEMENTATION BILL.—The term ‘‘imple-
mentation bill’’ means a bill introduced pursuant to
a recommendation from a committee that receives a
performance review from the Commission and holds
hearings regarding the performance review.
(5) PERFORMANCE GOAL.—The term ‘‘perform-
ance goal’’ means a target level of performance ex-
pressed as a tangible, measurable objective against
which actual achievement shall be compared, includ-
‘‘(D) for their own ongoing professional de-
velopment and for access to teaching resources 
and tools. 
‘‘(6) A description of the process, activities, and 
performance measures that the State educational 
agency will use to evaluate the impact and effective-
ness of activities described in section 2414. 
‘‘(7) Identification of the State challenging aca-
demic content standards and challenging student 
academic achievement standards that the State edu-
cational agency will use to ensure that each student 
is technology literate consistent with the definition 
of student technology literacy, and a description of 
how the State educational agency will assess student 
performance in gaining technology literacy, only for 
the purpose of tracking progress towards achieving 
the 8th grade technology literacy goal and not for 
meeting adequate yearly progress goals, including 
through embedding such assessment items in other 
State tests or performance-based assessments port-
folios, or through other valid and reliable means. 
Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to require 
States to develop a separate test to assess student 
technology literacy. 
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ing a goal expressed as a quantitative standard,
value, or rate.
(6) 
PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR.—The 
term
‘‘performance indicator’’ refers to a particular value
or characteristic used to measure, in either a quali-
tative or quantitative form, the results of a program
activity and how they compare to the program’s in-
tended results or performance goals.
(7) PERFORMANCE REVIEW.—The term ‘‘per-
formance review’’ refers to the Commission’s de-
scription and analysis of an agency’s programs
based on the programs’ performance goals and rel-
evant performance indicators, accompanied by a line-
by-line set of legislative recommendations developed
by the Commission, reviewed by the appropriate
Congressional committees, and then, if approved,
submitted in bill form by the chairpersons of the ap-
propriate Congressional committees.
(8) PROGRAM ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘program
activity’’ means a specific activity or project as listed
in the program and financing schedules of the an-
nual budget of the United States Government.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
There is established a commission to be known as the
‘‘Permanent Performance Review Commission’’.
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obligations established in Public Law 102–393 is hereby
reduced by such amounts.
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public
Law 101–509 for the Northern Virginia Naval Systems
Commands $25,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public
Law 102–389, $20,500,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOMEOWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE GRANTS (HOPE GRANTS)
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public
Law 102–389, $164,500,000 are rescinded: Provided,
That of the foregoing amount, $114,500,000 shall be de-
ducted from amounts earmarked for HOPE for the Public
and Indian Housing Homeownership Program and
$50,000,000 shall be deducted from amounts earmarked
for the HOPE for Homeownership of Multifamily Units
Program.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public
Law 102–389, $100,000,000 are rescinded.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public
Law 102–389, $25,000,000 are rescinded.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM
SEC. 302. None of the funds made available for the
Community Investment Program by Public Law 102–368
shall be available prior to September 30, 1993.
SEC. 303. None of the funds in this Act, or any other
Act, may be used to pay for the relocation of the Human
Nutrition Information Service.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Supplemental
Appropriations Act of 1993’’.
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the nominated area and the private/public part-
nerships to be used, which may include partici-
pation by, and cooperation with, universities,
medical centers, and other private and public
entities,
‘‘(D) identifies the funding requested
under any Federal program in support of the
proposed economic, human, community, and
physical development and related activities,
‘‘(E) identifies baselines, methods, and
benchmarks for measuring the success of carry-
ing out the strategic plan, including the extent
to which poor persons and families will be em-
powered to become economically self-sufficient,
‘‘(F) contains a plan for—
‘‘(i) providing water and wastewater
services to a substantial portion of any
substandard residential subdivisions in the
nominated area which lack such services,
‘‘(ii) restraining the construction of
substandard housing on undeveloped par-
cels within any existing substandard resi-
dential subdivisions in the nominated area,
and
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2247
To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on 4,4′ biphenol.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 1993
Mr. BALLENGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on 4,4′ biphenol.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 4,4′ BIPHENOL.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tar-
iff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting
in numerical sequence the following new heading:
‘‘
9902.31.12
4,4′ biphenol
(CAS No. 92–
88–6) (provided
for in sub-
heading
2907.29.60) ......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/94
’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.
The amendment made by section 1 applies with re-
spect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2248
To provide that petitioners for immigration classification on the basis of
immediate relative status to a citizen shall be required to pay only
one fee when such petitions are filed at the same time.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 1993
Mr. DORNAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide that petitioners for immigration classification on
the basis of immediate relative status to a citizen shall
be required to pay only one fee when such petitions
are filed at the same time.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING IMMIGRANT STA-
TUS.
Section 204 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1154) is amended by inserting at the end of
subsection (a)(1)(A) ‘‘Regardless of the number of peti-
tions, a citizen shall be required to pay only one fee for
petitions filed under the first sentence, if such petitions
are filed at the same time.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2249
To preserve the integrity of certain athletic competition in sports.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 1993
Mr. EDWARDS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To preserve the integrity of certain athletic competition in
sports.
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 ‘‘Sports Standards Act
of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. IMMUNITY TO LIABILITY.
A sports organization that—
(1) is incorporated under the laws of any of the
several States or of the District of Columbia;
(2) is described in section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(c)(3) of such Code;
(3) has as its purpose the advancement of ath-
letic competition in a sport;
(4) consults with a similarly situated foreign
sports organization for the purpose of establishing
and interpreting all rules and equipment standards
for national and international competition in such
sport; and
(5) publishes such rules and such standards so
established for the benefit of its members and the
general public;
shall not be liable under any law relating to restraints of
trade or commerce for engaging in such consultations or
for so establishing or interpreting such rules or such
standards in good faith pursuant to such consultations.
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(1) Subsection (c) of section 4221 is amended by
striking ‘‘4002(b), 4003(c), 4004(a)’’ and inserting
‘‘4001(d)’’.
(2) Subsection (d) of section 4222 is amended by
striking ‘‘4002(b), 4003(c), 4004(a)’’ and inserting
‘‘4001(d)’’.
(3) The table of subchapters for chapter 31 is
amended by striking the item relating to subchapter
A and inserting the following:
‘‘Subchapter A. Luxury passenger vehicles.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on January 1, 1993.
SEC. 8162. EXEMPTION FROM LUXURY EXCISE TAX FOR
CERTAIN EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON PAS-
SENGER VEHICLES FOR USE BY DISABLED IN-
DIVIDUALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 4004(b)
(relating to separate purchase of article and parts and ac-
cessories therefor), as in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of this Act, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(A),
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C),
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraph (3), and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as
paragraph (3), and
(2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘section—’’
and all that follows through the period, and insert-
ing ‘‘section, any party may demand a jury trial.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 224
To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes to equalize the remedies
available to all victims of intentional employment discrimination, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mrs. KENNELLY (for herself, Mrs. MINK, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. SCHROEDER,
Ms. PELOSI, Mrs. LOWEY of New York, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. FAZIO, Ms.
SHEPHERD, Ms. FURSE, Mrs. UNSOELD, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ED-
WARDS of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred
jointly to the Committees on Education and Labor and the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes to equalize
the remedies available to all victims of intentional em-
ployment discrimination, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Remedies Act
of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. EQUALIZATION OF REMEDIES.
Section 1977A of the Revised Statutes, as added by
section 102 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, is amended—