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‘‘(B) in the case of lymphedema treatment serv-
ices (as defined in section 1861(iii)(2)) furnished by 
a provider (as defined in section 1861(iii)(3)) the 
amount described in section 1834(k).’’. 
(B) PAYMENT METHOD.—Section 1834 of 
such Act, as amended by paragraph (1)(B), is 
further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(q) PAYMENT FOR OUTPATIENT LYMPHEDEMA DI-
AGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SERVICES BY PHYSICIANS AND 
NON-PHYSICIAN PRACTITIONERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of section 
1833(a)(11), the amount described in this sub-
section, with respect to a lymphedema diagnosis 
service or lymphedema treatment service, is 80 per-
cent of the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) the actual charge for the service; or 
‘‘(B) the applicable fee schedule amount 
(as defined in paragraph (2)) for the service. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE FEE SCHEDULE AMOUNT.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘applicable fee schedule 
amount’ means, with respect to services furnished in 
a year, the amount determined under the fee sched-
ule established under section 1848 for such services 
furnished during the year.’’. 
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(C) CONFORMING AMENDMENT FOR PAY-
MENTS UNDER 1834(k).—Section 1834(k)(1) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(k)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘or 1833(a)(9)’’ and inserting 
‘‘1833(a)(9), or 1833(a)(11)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to items and services furnished on 
or after the date that is 180 days from the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2674
To provide for a national advisory referendum on an amendment to the
Constitution to limit the terms of Representatives and Senators.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1993
Mr. HOEKSTRA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for a national advisory referendum on an amend-
ment to the Constitution to limit the terms of Represent-
atives and Senators.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NATIONAL ADVISORY REFERENDUM ON LIMIT-
ING THE TERMS OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
SENATORS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall include on the
general election ballot for the year 1994 an advisory ref-
erendum containing the question set forth in subsection
(b).
(b) QUESTION.—The question referred to in sub-
section (a) is as follows: ‘‘Should the Congress propose
an amendment to the Constitution to limit Representatives
to 6 consecutive 2-year terms and to limit Senators to 2
consecutive 6-year terms?’’.
SEC. 2. COMPILATION AND SUBMISSION OF REFERENDUM
RESULTS.
The Secretary of State (or the equivalent official) of
each State shall report to the Federal Election Commis-
sion the results of the referendum provided for in section
1. The Commission shall compile the results and submit
them to the Congress.
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and local response to disasters and emergencies
in the State.
‘‘(B) ACCESS.—A public safety official des-
ignated by a Governor pursuant to a request
under subparagraph (A) shall have direct and
immediate access to the information contained
in the inventory to expedite State and local re-
sponses to disasters and emergencies not de-
clared by the President.
‘‘(6) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $15,000,000 to carry out this subsection.
‘‘(f) CERTIFIED STATES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days
after the date of the enactment of the Federal
Emergency Response Improvement Act of 1993, the
Director shall establish a certification program for
the purpose of encouraging States to prepare for, re-
spond to, and recover from major disasters, cata-
strophic disasters, and emergencies, including eval-
uations of hazards in the State. Applications for cer-
tification shall be reviewed by the Director. The Di-
rector shall grant certification under this subsection
only upon compliance by the applicant State with
the performance standards established under para-
graph (3).
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that denial of em-
ployment opportunities to individuals because they are or 
have been unemployed is discriminatory and burdens com-
merce by— 
(1) reducing personal consumption and under-
mining economic stability and growth; 
(2) squandering human capital essential to the 
Nation’s economic vibrancy and growth; 
(3) increasing demands for State and Federal 
unemployment insurance benefits, reducing trust 
fund assets, and leading to higher payroll taxes for 
employers, cuts in benefits for jobless workers, or 
both; 
(4) imposing additional burdens on publicly 
funded health and welfare programs; and 
(5) depressing income, property, and other tax 
revenues that states, localities and the Federal Gov-
ernment rely on to support operations and institu-
tions essential to commerce. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to prohibit 
consideration of an individual’s status as unemployed in 
screening for or filling positions except where a require-
ment related to employment status is a bona fide occupa-
tional qualification reasonably necessary to successful per-
formance in the job and to eliminate the burdens imposed 
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on commerce by excluding such individuals from employ-
ment. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘employer’’ means any person en-
gaged in commerce or any industry or activity af-
fecting commerce who has 15 or more employees for 
each working day in each of 20 or more calendar 
weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and 
includes— 
(A) any person who acts, directly or indi-
rectly, in the interest of an employer with re-
spect to employing individuals to work for the 
employer; and 
(B) any successor in interest of an em-
ployer. 
(2) the term ‘‘employment agency’’ means any 
person regularly undertaking with or without com-
pensation to procure employees for an employer or 
to procure for individuals opportunities to work for 
an employer and includes an agent of such a person, 
and includes any person who maintains an Internet 
website that publishes advertisements or announce-
ments of job openings; 
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(3) the term ‘‘affected individual’’ means any 
person who was refused consideration for employ-
ment or was not hired by an employer because of the 
person’s current employment status, or any person 
who was not considered, screened, or referred for 
employment opportunities by an employment agency 
because of the person’s current employment status; 
(4) the term ‘‘status as unemployed’’ means an 
individual’s present or past unemployment regard-
less of the length of time such individual was unem-
ployed; and 
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Labor. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
(a) EMPLOYERS.—It shall be an unlawful practice for 
an employer to— 
(1) refuse to consider for employment or refuse 
to offer employment to an individual because of the 
individual’s status as unemployed; 
(2) publish in print, on the Internet, or in any 
other medium, an advertisement or announcement 
for any job that includes— 
(A) any provision stating or indicating that 
an individual’s status as unemployed disquali-
fies the individual for a job; and 
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‘‘(B) any term not exceeding that which is au-
thorized in this section.
‘‘(b)(1)(A) Except for those lands used by the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the new stadium authorized by sub-
section (a), the use of the lands leased to the District of
Columbia for stadium and stadium parking lots purposes
pursuant to section 7(b) shall continue in accord with the
provisions of that section subject to the provisions of sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C).
‘‘(B) The term of the authorized use of the lands
leased to the District of Columbia for stadium and sta-
dium parking lots is extended for a period not to exceed
99 years from the date of enactment of the District of
Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 Amendments of 1993.
‘‘(C) Nothing in section 7(b), or any lease or deed
executed pursuant thereto, or in this section, shall be con-
strued to limit the authority or ability of the District of
Columbia to sublease or otherwise encumber the lands to
a third party, either public or private, for—
‘‘(i) any use consistent with the use authorized
by section 7(b) and this section: and
‘‘(ii) any term not exceeding that which is au-
thorized in this section.
‘‘(2) The responsibility and authority for construc-
tion, maintenance, and operation of the parking lots on
‘‘(20) The term ‘election cycle’ means—
‘‘(A) in the case of a candidate or the author-
ized committees of a candidate, the term beginning
on the day after the date of the most recent general
election for the specific office which such candidate
seeks and ending on the date of the next general
election for such office; and
‘‘(B) for all other persons, the term beginning
on the first day following the date of the last general
election and ending on the date of the next general
election.’’.
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cial review, except as provided in sections 10 and 11 of
title 9 of the United States Code.
(f) COSTS OF ARBITRATION.—The costs of arbitra-
tion shall be paid by the Secretary, but if the tax-equiva-
lency amount determined by an arbitration panel estab-
lished under subsection (d) is closer to the amount speci-
fied by the Secretary than to the amount estimated by
the local government, the costs of arbitration shall be de-
ducted from the tax equivalency amount paid by the Sec-
retary to the local government under this section.
(g) COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TASK FORCE.—(1) The
Secretary shall establish a community assistance task
force (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘task force’’) to over-
see assistance to local communities in those counties that
include lands within the Preserve or contain facilities that
mill timber therefrom at the time of enactment of this Act.
Any local community in the region that is impacted by
loss of Federal timber sales proven to result from imple-
mentation of this Act may request assistance from the
task force. The task force shall verify the stated need for
the claim and, if verified, provide the following types of
assistance—
(A) establishment of local community task
forces, retraining programs for workers, technical
assistance, loans and grants to help communities di-
versify their economies, and job counseling and job
placement services; and
(B) the facilities, equipment, and personnel of
the agencies administered by the Secretary may be
used to provide such assistance.
(2) The task force shall cease to exist 5 years after
the date of its establishment by the Secretary.
(3) Any worker displaced from a job in the timber
industry in the immediate area as a direct consequence
of this Act may request assistance from the task force.
(4) The task force shall encourage and develop em-
ployment opportunities in forest ecosystem restoration,
recreation, and other forms of employment compatible
with the purposes and provisions of this Act.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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HR 2153 IH——2
(2) funds available for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2012 that 
remain available for obligation; 
(3) funds available for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2012 that 
remain available for obligation; 
(4) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for fiscal year 2012 for a category of activity 
not specific to a project; 
(5) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year before 2012 for a category 
of activity not specific to a project; and 
(6) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year after 2012 for a category of 
activity not specific to a project. 
SEC. 6. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
CONGRESSIONAL 
APPROVAL 
OF 
CERTAIN 
MEDICAL FACILITY ACQUISITIONS. 
Section 8104 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘detailed description’’ 
and inserting ‘‘detailed estimate of the total 
costs’’; 
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(b) NOTIFICATIONS.— 
(1) INITIAL NOTIFICATION BY SECRET SERV-
ICE.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the United 
States Secret Service shall notify each covered em-
ployee that the covered employee may execute an 
election under this subsection to have paragraph (1) 
of subsection (b) of the Policemen and Firemen’s 
Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 5–703, D.C. Of-
ficial Code) apply with respect to the covered em-
ployee. 
(2) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSITION COST.—Not 
later than 15 days after determining the amount of 
the transition cost associated with the application of 
paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of the Policemen 
and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act (sec. 
5–703, D.C. Official Code) to a covered employee (in 
accordance with subsection (c)), the Director of the 
United States Secret Service shall notify the covered 
employee of such transition cost. 
(c) TRANSITION COST.— 
(1) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—The transi-
tion cost associated with the application of para-
graph (1) of subsection (b) of the Policemen and 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2156
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to restore
the rate of duty applicable to man-made fiber felt fabric for technical
uses that was in effect under the Tariff Schedules of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 1993
Mr. BUNNING (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States to restore the rate of duty applicable to man-
made fiber felt fabric for technical uses that was in
effect under the Tariff Schedules of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MAN-MADE FIBER FELT FABRIC FOR TECH-
NICAL USES.
Chapter 59 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States is amended by striking subheading
5911.40.00 and inserting the following new superior text
and subheadings, with the superior text having the same
degree of indentation as the article description for sub-
heading 5911.90.00:
‘‘
Straining cloth of a kind used
in oil presses or the like, in-
cluding that of human hair
5911.50.00
Nonlaminated, 
chemically
treated 
or 
coated,
needleloom felt of man-
made fibers .........................
12.5%
Free (B, IL)
8.7% (CA)
74%
5911.60.00
Other ..................................
17%
Free (A, E*,
IL) 11.9%
(CA)
81%
’’.
SEC. 2. STAGED RATE REDUCTIONS.
(a) FOR SUBHEADING 5911.50.00.—Any staged rate
reduction of a rate of duty for subheading 5602.10.90 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States that
was proclaimed by the President before the date of the
enactment of this Act shall also apply to the corresponding
rate of duty set forth in subheading 5911.50.00 (as added
by section 1).
(b) FOR SUBHEADING 5911.60.00.—Any staged rate
reduction of a rate of duty for subheading 5911.40.00 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States that
was proclaimed by the President before the date of the
enactment of this Act and that would otherwise take effect
after the date of enactment of this Act shall also apply
to the corresponding rate of duty set forth in subheading
5911.60.00 (as added by section 1).
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by section
1 apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION TO CERTAIN EN-
TRIES.—Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of
1930 or any other provision of law, upon a request filed
with the appropriate customs officer on or before the 90th
day after the date of the enactment of this Act, any entry,
or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of any
goods described in subheading 5911.50.00 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as added
by section 1) that was made—
(1) after December 31, 1988; and
(2) before the 15th day after the date of the en-
actment of this Act;
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though the amend-
ment made by section 1 applied to such liquidation or re-
liquidation.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2171
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of
bonds eligible for financial institution purchase under small issuer exception.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 1993
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia 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 increase
the amount of bonds eligible for financial institution
purchase under small issuer exception.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CHANGES IN RULE RELATING TO TAX-EXEMPT
BONDS.
(a) EXCEPTION FROM PRO RATA ALLOCATION OF
INTEREST EXPENSE
OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
TO
TAX-EXEMPT INTEREST FOR SMALL ISSUERS INCREASED
TO $25,000,000.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraphs (C) and (D)
of section 265(b)(3) of such Code are each amended
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2157
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate work disincentives
for individuals who are blind.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 1993
Mr. COX introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate
work disincentives for individuals who are blind.
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 ‘‘Social Security Disabil-
ity Benefits for the Blind Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF DISABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223(d)(1)(B) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(d)(1)(B)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(B) blindness (within the meaning of section
216(i)(1)).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 223(d)(4)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 423(d)(4)) is amended—
(1) by striking the second sentence and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘No individual who is blind (as de-
fined in section 216(i)(1)) shall be considered failing
to meet the requirements for disability by reason of
any substantial gainful activity.’’; and
(2) in the third sentence, by inserting ‘‘who is
disabled other than by reason of blindness (as de-
fined in section 216(i)(1))’’ after ‘‘individual’’.
SEC. 3. STANDARD OF REVIEW FOR TERMINATION.
Section 223(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
423(f)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘in the
case of an individual whose disability has been blind-
ness (as defined in section 216(i)(1)), the individual
is no longer blind (within the meaning of ‘blindness’
as so defined), or, in the case of any other individ-
ual,’’ after ‘‘(A)’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘in the case
of an individual whose disability is not ‘blindness’ as
defined in section 216(i)(1),’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘in the case
of an individual whose disability is not ‘blindness’ as
defined in section 216(i)(1),’’ after ‘‘(3)’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply only
with respect to benefits for months beginning after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and, in the case of indi-
viduals who are entitled to neither disability insurance
benefits under section 223 of the Social Security Act for
the month in which this Act is enacted nor benefits under
section 202 of such Act for such month based on disabil-
ity, such amendments shall apply only with respect to ben-
efits for which applications are filed on or after such date.
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‘‘(3) evaluating activities conducted under para-
graphs (1) and (2) through appropriate surveillance
or program-monitoring activities.
‘‘(b) STATUS AS PARTICIPANT IN PROGRAM REGARD-
ING BREAST
AND CERVICAL CANCER.—The Secretary
may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the
State involved agrees that services under the grant will
be provided only through entities that are screening
women for breast or cervical cancer pursuant to a grant
under section 1501.
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING MATCHING FUNDS,
FEES FOR SERVICES, AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS.—
The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a)
unless the State involved agrees that section 1502, and
sections 1504 through 1506, apply to a grant under sub-
section (a) to the same extent and in the same manner
as such sections apply to a grant under section 1501.
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; SUPPLIES AND SERV-
ICES IN LIEU OF GRANT FUNDS.—Section 1507 applies
to a grant under subsection (a) to the same extent and
in the same manner as such section applies to a grant
under section 1501.
‘‘(e) EVALUATIONS
AND REPORTS.—Section 1508
applies to a grant under subsection (a) to the same extent