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title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$3,099,629,000. 
TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author-
ized by law; and not to exceed $12,478,000 can be used 
for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex-
pended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of 
the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate 
of
necessity
for
confidential
military
purposes, 
$34,581,321,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, as authorized by law; and not to exceed 
$14,804,000 can be used for emergencies and extraor-
dinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or author-
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‘‘(1) HEALTH SERVICES SUPPLEMENTAL POLI-
CIES
DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, a
‘health services supplemental policy’ is a health in-
surance policy or other health benefit plan offered by
a private entity to an individual which provided re-
imbursement for expenses incurred, or services, for
catastrophic and long-term care which is certified by
the Secretary under paragraph (2) of this sub-
section; including any such policy or plan of one or
more employers of labor organizations, or of the
trustees of a fund established by one or more em-
ployers or labor organization (or combination there-
of), for employees or former employees (or combina-
tion thereof) of the labor organizations.
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION
OF
HEALTH
SERVICES
SUPPLEMENTAL POLICIES.—
‘‘(A) The Secretary shall establish mini-
mum standards and requirements for the cer-
tification of health services supplemental poli-
cies.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall establish a proce-
dure whereby health services supplemental poli-
cies may be certified by the Secretary. Such
procedure shall provide an opportunity for any
insurer to submit any such policy, and such ad-
(2) a lesser number of those vessels that the
Secretary determines to be practicable based on the
appropriations available for that fiscal year for
maintenance of vessels in that Force.
SEC. 9. VESSEL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PILOT PRO-
GRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation
shall conduct a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility
of using long-term contracts for the maintenance and re-
pair of outported vessels in the Ready Reserve Force to
enhance the readiness of those vessels. Under the pilot
program, the Secretary, subject to the availability of ap-
propriations and within 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, shall award 9 contracts for this
purpose.
(b) USE
OF
VARIOUS
CONTRACTING
ARRANGE-
MENTS.—In conducting a pilot program under this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Transportation shall use contracting
arrangements similar to those used by the Department of
Defense for procuring maintenance and repair of its
vessels.
(c) CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.—Each contract with
a shipyard under this section shall—
(1) subject to subsection (d), provide for the
procurement from the shipyard of all repair and
maintenance (including activation, deactivation, and
drydocking) for one vessel in the Ready Reserve
Force that is outported in the geographical vicinity
of the shipyard; and
(2) be effective for 3 years.
(d) LIMITATION ON WORK UNDER CONTRACTS.—A
contract under this section may not provide for the pro-
curement of operation or manning for a vessel that may
be procured under another contract for the vessel to which
section 11(d)(2) of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946
(50 App. U.S.C. 1744(d)(2)) applies.
(e) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary
shall seek to award contracts under this section to ship-
yards that are distributed throughout the United States.
(f) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to the
Congress—
(1) an interim report on the effectiveness of
each contract under this section in providing for eco-
nomic and efficient repair and maintenance of the
vessel covered by the contract, by not later than 20
months after the date of the enactment of this Act;
and
(2) a final report on that effectiveness, by not
later than 6 months after the termination of all con-
tracts awarded pursuant to this section.
SEC. 10. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF READY RESERVE
FORCE VESSELS.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall submit a report to the Congress which de-
scribes where vessels in the Ready Reserve Force will be
located in fiscal year 1994.
(b) CONSIDERATION OF PORTS IN LOCATING VES-
SELS.—In selecting locations where Ready Reserve Force
Vessels will be outported, the Secretary of Transportation
shall consider ports that have historically been involved in
outporting of those vessels.
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‘‘(ii) the first issuance of a merchant mariner’s
document under chapter 73 of that title;
‘‘(iii) an evaluation or examination for such a
license or merchant mariner’s document conducted be-
fore the end of the period described in subparagraph
(D)(ii); or
‘‘(iv) an application for such a license, merchant
mariner’s document, evaluation, or examination.
‘‘(B) A State maritime academy shall reimburse quali-
fied individuals under subparagraph (A) to the extent
amounts are available under subparagraph (C).
‘‘(C) In addition to annual payments under para-
graph (1)(A) and subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the Secretary shall annually pay to each State mari-
time academy that enters into an agreement under para-
graph (1) amounts to reimburse qualified individuals under
subparagraph (A).
‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘qualified individual’
means an individual who—
‘‘(i) is attending or is a graduate of a State
maritime academy;
‘‘(ii) fulfills the requirements for a license or
merchant mariner’s document described in subpara-
graph (A) not later than three months after the date
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‘‘(1) care of the distributee at a skilled nursing
facility (as defined in section 1861(j) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(j));
‘‘(2) care of the distributee at an intermediate
care facility (as defined in section 1905(c) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396(c));
‘‘(3) care at any other long-term facility, li-
censed by the State, which provides nursing or cus-
todial care,
‘‘(4) home health care of the distributee pre-
scribed by, and under the supervision of, a qualified
physician that is provided by a home health care
agency, licensed by the State;
‘‘(5) medicare supplemental policies for the dis-
tributee (as defined in section 1882(g)(1) of the So-
cial Security Act) which have been certified by the
Secretary under the authority of section 1882 of the
Social Security Act; or
‘‘(6) health services supplemental policies for
the distributee (as established under subsection (e)).
An amount may be taken into account under this sub-
section only if such amount constitutes medical care (as
defined by section 213(d)).
‘‘(e) ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES SUP-
PLEMENTAL POLICIES.—
assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the
Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in
expending the assistance, purchase only American-made
equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the head of
each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient of the
assistance a notice describing the statement made in sub-
section (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 19. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant
to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and
ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2669
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey to the City of Warsaw,
Kentucky, a vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that is sched-
uled to be scrapped.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1993
Mr. BUNNING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey to
the City of Warsaw, Kentucky, a vessel in the National
Defense Reserve Fleet that is scheduled to be scrapped.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY VESSEL TO WARSAW,
KENTUCKY.
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation
may, subject to subsection (c), convey to the City of War-
saw, Kentucky, without consideration, for use by the City
for the promotion of economic development and tourism,
all right, title, and interest of the United States in a ves-
sel, including related spare parts and vessel equipment,
which—
(1) is in the National Defense Reserve Fleet on
the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) has no usefulness to the United States Gov-
ernment; and
(3) is scheduled to be scrapped.
(b) DELIVERY.—At the request of the City of War-
saw, Kentucky, the Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to deliver the vessel referred to in subsection (a)—
(1) at the place where the vessel is located on
the date of the approval of the conveyance;
(2) in its condition on that date; and
(3) without cost to the United States Govern-
ment.
(c) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of any conveyance
of a vessel under subsection (a), the Secretary shall re-
quire that the City—
(1) raise, before the date of the conveyance, at
least $100,000 from non-Federal sources to support
the intended use of the vessel;
(2) agree to indemnify the United States for
any liability arising from or caused by the vessel
after the date of the conveyance of the vessel, includ-
ing liability—
(A) for personal injury or damage to prop-
erty;
(B) related to the delivery of the vessel to
the City; and
(C) related to asbestos; and
(3) comply with any other conditions the Sec-
retary considers appropriate.
(d) UNITED STATES NOT LIABLE.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Government of the United
States shall not be liable to any person for any liability
described in subsection (c)(2).
(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of
the Secretary of Transportation under this section to con-
vey a vessel to the City of Warsaw, Kentucky, shall expire
24 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3602 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that an employee or 
Member who dies within the 2-year notification period with respect to 
a survivor annuity shall be presumed to have elected to provide a former 
spouse with such an annuity, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee 
on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that an 
employee or Member who dies within the 2-year notifica-
tion period with respect to a survivor annuity shall be 
presumed to have elected to provide a former spouse 
with such an annuity, 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 ‘‘Spouse Equity Election 
Clarification Amendment Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELECTION OF ANNUITY FOR FORMER SPOUSES. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 
8339(j)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the second sentence the following: ‘‘Any 
employee or Member who has a surviving former spouse 
and dies before such 2 year period has ended shall be, 
for purposes of this paragraph, deemed to have elected to 
provide a survivor annuity to such former spouse under 
section 8341(b). The preceding sentence: (i) shall not 
apply to an employee or Member who elected, consistent 
with the requirements of paragraph (1), not to provide an 
annuity to a former spouse; and (ii) shall not be effective 
to the extent that it conflicts with any decree of divorce 
or annulment or any court order or court-approved prop-
erty settlement agreement incident to such decree.’’. 
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
Section 8417(b)(2) of such title is amended by adding at 
the end the following: ‘‘Any employee or Member who has 
a surviving former spouse and dies before such 2 year pe-
riod has ended shall be, for purposes of this subsection, 
deemed to have elected to provide a survivor annuity to 
such former spouse under section 8445. The preceding 
sentence shall not be effective to the extent that it conflicts 
with any decree of divorce or annulment or any court 
order or court-approved property settlement agreement in-
cident to such decree.’’. 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1966
To amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to require
that cigarettes and cigarette advertising bear a label stating the addictive
quality of nicotine.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 4, 1993
Mr. SLATTERY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising
Act to require that cigarettes and cigarette advertising
bear a label stating the addictive quality of nicotine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LABELING REQUIREMENT.
(a) SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENT.—Section 4 of the
Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (15
U.S.C. 1333) is amended by redesignating subsection (d)
as subsection (e) and by inserting after subsection (c) the
following:
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‘‘(d)(1)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to
manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution
within the United States any cigarettes the package of
which fails to bear the following label:
‘‘SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: NICO-
TINE IN CIGARETTES IS AN ADDICTIVE
DRUG
‘‘(B) It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or
importer of cigarettes to advertise or cause to be adver-
tised (other than through the use of billboards) within the
United States any cigarette unless the advertising bears
the following label:
‘‘SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: NICO-
TINE IN CIGARETTES IS AN ADDICTIVE
DRUG
‘‘(C) It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or im-
porter of cigarettes to advertise or cause to be advertised
within the United States through the use of billboards any
cigarette unless the advertising bears the following label:
‘‘SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: NICO-
TINE IN CIGARETTES IS AN ADDICTIVE
DRUG
‘‘(2)(A) The label statement required by paragraph
(1)(A) shall be located in a place opposite to the label
statement required by subsection (a)(1).
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‘‘(B) The format of the label statement required by
paragraph (1)(A) shall be identical to the format of the
label statement required by subsection (b)(1). The format
of the label statement required by paragraph (1)(B) shall
be identical to the format of the label statement required
by subsection (b)(2). The format of the label statement
required by paragraph (1)(C) shall be identical to the for-
mat of the label statement required by subsection (b)(3).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (e) of
such section 4 (as so redesignated) is amended by striking
out ‘‘Subsection (a)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Sub-
sections (a) and (d)’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with
respect to cigarettes which are manufactured after one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act and to
cigarette advertising one year after such date.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1968
To provide that periods of training in the Cadet Nurse Corps during World
War II be made creditable for Federal retirement purposes with respect
to annuitants and certain other individuals not included under Public
Law 99–638.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 4, 1993
Mr. SLATTERY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To provide that periods of training in the Cadet Nurse
Corps during World War II be made creditable for Fed-
eral retirement purposes with respect to annuitants and
certain other individuals not included under Public Law
99–638.
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 ‘‘World War II Cadet
Nurse Civil Service Fairness Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF ANNUITANTS.
(a) CONDITIONS FOR ANNUITY REDETERMINATIONS
GENERALLY.—Subject to subsection (b) and the following
sentence, in the case of any individual who—
(1) engaged in at least one year of training as
a student or graduate nurse under a plan approved
under section 2 of the Act of June 15, 1943 (57
Stat. 153), and
(2) was separated from service as an employee
(within the meaning of section 8331(1) of title 5,
United States Code) before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act,
any annuity under subchapter III of chapter 83 of such
title, based on the service of such individual, shall be rede-
termined by taking into account, and treating as creditable
service, any period of such training engaged in by such
individual. An individual shall be ineligible for consider-
ation under this section if such individual could have quali-
fied for a redetermined annuity under the first section of
Public Law 99–638.
(b) APPLICATION AND DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS.—
This section shall not apply with respect to any individual
satisfying subsection (a) unless, within fourteen months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, such individ-
ual—
ity of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be 
made on his certificate of necessity for confidential mili-
tary purposes, $39,385,685,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 
as authorized by law, $6,036,996,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as 
authorized by law; and not to exceed $7,699,000 can be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex-
pended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of 
the Air Force, and payments may be made on his certifi-
cate
of
necessity
for
confidential
military
purposes, 
$36,065,107,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), as authorized by law, $30,682,265,000 (re-
duced by $650,000) (reduced by $3,600,000): Provided, 
That not more than $47,026,000 may be used for the 
Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized under
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(1) submits appropriate written application to
the Office of Personnel Management in such form
and manner as the Office may prescribe; and
(2) makes an appropriate deposit in accordance
with section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code,
with respect to the period of training involved.
(c) PROSPECTIVE APPLICABILITY.—Any change in
an annuity resulting from a redetermination under sub-
section (a) shall be effective only with respect to amounts
accruing for months beginning after the requirements of
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) have been met
by the individual involved.
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any individual who
engaged in at least one year but less than two years of
training (as described in section 1(a)(1)), the total period
of such training shall be treated as creditable civilian serv-
ice for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83, or chap-
ter 84, of title 5, United States Code, as applicable, if—
(1) within fourteen months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, such individual submits ap-
propriate written application to the Office of Person-
nel Management in such form and manner as the
Office may prescribe;
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(2) at the time of filing the application under
paragraph (1), such individual is employed by the
Government and subject to subchapter III of chapter
83, or chapter 84, of such title; and
(3) before the date of the separation on which
is based the individual’s entitlement to an annuity
under subchapter III of chapter 83, or chapter 84,
of such title, as applicable, such individual deposits
into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
Fund the amount required under subsection (b) with
respect to the period of training involved.
(b) DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT.—The amount to be de-
posited under subsection (a)(3) shall be determined by the
Office of Personnel Management in a manner consistent
with applicable provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83,
or chapter 84, of title 5, United States Code, or title III
of the Federal Employees’ Retirement System Act of
1986, as the case may be, relating to deposits for earlier
periods of civilian service for which deductions from basic
pay have not been made.
SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.
The Office of Personnel Management shall, not later
than two months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.
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