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HR 4850 PP 
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS 
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority, 
$275,289,000 from other funds, of which $15,180,402 
shall be apportioned for repayment of loans and interest 
incurred for capital improvement projects and payable to 
the District’s debt service fund. For construction projects, 
$371,040,000, to be distributed as follows: $181,656,000 
for
the
Blue
Plains
Wastewater
Treatment
Plant, 
$43,800,000 for the sewer program, $9,118,000 for the 
stormwater program, $122,627,000 for the water pro-
gram, and $13,839,000 for the capital equipment pro-
gram; in addition, $10,000,000 from funds previously ap-
propriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Pay-
ment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Au-
thority’’: Provided, That the requirements and restrictions 
that are applicable to general fund capital improvement 
projects and set forth in this Act under the Capital Outlay 
appropriation account shall apply to projects approved 
under this appropriation account. 
WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT 
For
operation
of
the
Washington
Aqueduct, 
$47,972,000 from other funds.
rights related to such benefits, to individuals in the United
States.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Assistant Secretary
shall award grants under this section to—
‘‘(1) State agencies or area agencies on aging;
and
‘‘(2) nonprofit organizations with a proven
record of providing—
‘‘(A) services related to retirement of older
individuals;
‘‘(B) services to Native Americans; or
‘‘(C) specific pension counseling.
‘‘(d) CITIZEN ADVISORY PANEL.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall establish a citizen advisory panel to advise the
Assistant Secretary regarding which entities should re-
ceive grant awards under this section. Such panel shall
include representatives of business, labor, national senior
advocates, and national pension rights advocates. The As-
sistant Secretary shall consult such panel prior to award-
ing grants under this section.
‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this section, an entity shall submit an application
to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information as the Assistant Sec-
retary may require, including—
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invalidity of, a claim or its amount, or otherwise as
evidence of conduct or statements made in com-
promise negotiations.
(3) PRESUMPTIVE TIME OF RECEIPT.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), a notice under subsection
(a) is presumed to be received 7 days after it was
sent.
(c) FAILURE TO RESPOND.—If a prospective defend-
ant fails to respond to a notice provided pursuant to sub-
section (a) within the 30-day period specified in subsection
(b) or does not describe the action, if any, that the pro-
spective defendant has taken or will take to remedy the
problem identified by the prospective plaintiff within the
subsequent 60 days, the 90-day period specified in sub-
section (a) shall terminate at the end of that 30-day period
as to that prospective defendant and the prospective plain-
tiff may thereafter commence its action against that pro-
spective defendant.
(d) FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE.—If a defendant
determines that a plaintiff has filed a year 2000 action
without providing the notice specified in subsection (a)
and without awaiting the expiration of the 90-day period
specified in subsection (a), the defendant may treat the
plaintiff’s complaint as such a notice by so informing the
court and the plaintiff in its initial response to the com-
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ACTUAL DAMAGES.—The term ‘‘actual dam-
ages’’ means damages for injury to tangible prop-
erty, and the cost of repairing or replacing defective
products.
(2) CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘contract’’ means a
contract, tariff, license, or warranty.
(3) 
DEFENDANT.—The 
term 
‘‘defendant’’
means any person against whom a year 2000 claim
has been asserted.
(4) ECONOMIC
LOSS.—The term ‘‘economic
loss’’—
(A) means any damages other than dam-
ages arising out of personal injury or damage
to tangible property;
(B) includes, but is not limited to, dam-
ages for lost profits or sales, for business inter-
ruption, for losses indirectly suffered as a result
of the defendant’s wrongful act or omission, for
losses that arise because of the claims of third
parties, for losses that must be pleaded as spe-
cial damages, or for items defined as con-
sequential damages in the Uniform Commercial
Code or analogous State commercial law; and
(C) does not include non-economic dam-
ages.
(5) MATERIAL DEFECT.—The term ‘‘material
defect’’ means a defect in any item, whether tangible
or intangible, or in the provision of a service, that
substantially prevents the item or service from oper-
ating or functioning as designed or intended. Defects
that have an insignificant or de minimis effect on
the operation or functioning of an item, or that af-
fect only a component of an item that, as a whole,
substantially operates or functions as designed, or
that have an insignificant or de minimis effect on
the efficacy of the service provided, are not material
defects within the meaning of this definition.
(6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means any
natural person and any entity, organization, or en-
terprise, including but not limited to corporations,
companies, joint stock companies, associations, part-
nerships, trusts, and governmental entities.
(7) PERSONAL
INJURY.—The term ‘‘personal
injury’’ means any physical injury to a natural per-
son, including death of the person. It does not in-
clude mental suffering, emotional distress, or like
elements of injury that do not constitute physical
harm to a natural person.
(8) PLAINTIFF.—The term ‘‘plaintiff’’ means
any person who asserts a year 2000 claim.
(9) PUNITIVE DAMAGES.—The term ‘‘punitive
damages’’ means damages that are awarded against
any person to punish such person or to deter such
person, or others, from engaging in similar behavior
in the future.
(10) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any
State of the United States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern
Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, and any other territory or
possession of the United States, and any political
subdivision thereof.
(11) YEAR 2000 ACTION.—The term ‘‘year 2000
action’’ means any civil action of any kind brought
in any court under Federal or State law, in which—
(A) a year 2000 claim is asserted; or
(B) any claim or defense, other than a
claim or defense based on personal injury, is re-
lated, directly or indirectly, to an actual or po-
tential year 2000 failure.
(12) YEAR 2000 CLAIM.—The term ‘‘year 2000
claim’’ means any claim or cause of action of any
kind, other than a claim based on personal injury,
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gotiate a resolution of the dispute on behalf of the
prospective plaintiff.
The notice under this subsection does not require descrip-
tions of technical specifications or other technical details
with respect to the material defect at issue. Except as pro-
vided in subsection (c), the prospective plaintiff shall not
commence an action in Federal or State court until the
expiration of 90 days after the date on which such notice
is received. Such 90-day period shall be excluded in the
computation of any applicable statute of limitations.
(b) RESPONSE TO NOTICE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after
receipt of the notice specified in subsection (a), each
prospective defendant shall send by certified mail
with return receipt requested to each prospective
plaintiff a written statement acknowledging receipt
of the notice and describing any actions it has taken
or will take by not later than 60 days after the end
of that 30-day period, to remedy the problem identi-
fied by the prospective plaintiff.
(2) INADMISSIBILITY.—A written statement re-
quired by this subsection is not admissible in evi-
dence, under Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evi-
dence or any analogous rule of evidence in any
State, in any proceeding to prove liability for, or the
(2) a series of recent events related to weather
and management-labor relations have heightened
concerns regarding airline passenger rights and wel-
fare;
(3) airline passengers should have more infor-
mation about their rights and the level of service to
which they are entitled;
(4) the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 was
intended to open markets and result in increased
competition and service for the United States public;
(5) airline competition benefits communities
and consumers and is under the jurisdiction of, and
should be promoted by, the Federal government;
(6) the Department of Transportation has pro-
posed rules to address complaints of unfair exclu-
sionary conduct engaged in by major air carriers
against new entrant air carriers, including drastic
price cuts and flooding the market with new low-fare
capacity;
(7) unfair exclusionary conduct hurts consum-
ers in the long run because it deprives the public of
the benefits of competition and alternative carriers;
(8) due to mergers and alliances, there is in-
creasing concentration within the airline industry
and most major hub airports are dominated by one
carrier;
(9) the introduction of low-fare competition into
certain markets has enabled more consumers to fly
in those markets, resulting in enormous economic
growth for those communities;
(10) although the deregulation of the domestic
airline industry has led to lower fares for many air
travelers, the promised benefits of airline deregula-
tion have yet to be fully realized;
(11) the Secretary of Transportation would be
aided by additional authority to promulgate and en-
force standards of fair competition in the airline in-
dustry under section 41712 of title 49, United
States Code;
(12) studies by the General Accounting Office
and independent entities show that concentration in
the domestic airline industry continues to increase
and that, where such concentration exists, consum-
ers pay prices for air transportation more than 20
percent higher than consumers traveling in competi-
tive markets;
(13) in addition, the General Accounting Office
has identified a number of issues that the Depart-
ment of Transportation could address to lower bar-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 776
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for
coverage under that Act of employees of States and political subdivisions
of States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 23, 1999
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
to provide for coverage under that Act of employees
of States and political subdivisions of States.
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 ‘‘Fairness for State and
Local Workers Act’’.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF STATE AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
EMPLOYEES.
Section 3(5) of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 652(5)) is amended—
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(1) by inserting after ‘‘employees,’’ the follow-
ing: ‘‘including a State or political subdivision of a
State,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘or any State or political sub-
division of a State’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 777
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act and the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 to require that a minimum percentage of participants in
summer youth employment programs carried out under those Acts are
students who have high attendance rates.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 23, 1999
Mr. FATTAH (for himself, Mr. SANDLIN, and Mr. VENTO) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act and the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 to require that a minimum
percentage of participants in summer youth employment
programs carried out under those Acts are students who
have high attendance rates.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT THAT MINIMUM PERCENTAGE
OF PARTICIPANTS IN SUMMER YOUTH EM-
PLOYMENT 
PROGRAMS 
UNDER 
THE 
JOB
TRAINING 
PARTNERSHIP 
ACT 
AND 
THE
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998 ARE
STUDENTS WITH HIGH ATTENDANCE RATES.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP
ACT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 254 of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1633) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT THAT MINIMUM PERCENTAGE
OF PARTICIPANTS ARE STUDENTS WITH HIGH ATTEND-
ANCE RATES.—Not less than 90 percent of the partici-
pants in the program under this part in each service deliv-
ery area shall be individuals who are students and who
have a 90 percent or higher school attendance rate, as de-
termined by the applicable school.’’.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 254
of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1633), as amended by paragraph (1), is further
amended by redesignating the second subsection (c)
(as added by section 1016(a)(2)(C) of the Goals
2000: Educate America Act) as subsection (d).
(b) AMENDMENT TO WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
OF 1998.—Section 129(c) of the Workforce Investment
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Act of 1998 is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(9) REQUIREMENT THAT MINIMUM PERCENT-
AGE
OF
PARTICIPANTS
IN
SUMMER
EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAMS ARE STUDENTS WITH HIGH ATTENDANCE
RATES.—Not less than 90 percent of the partici-
pants in a summer employment program carried out
under this chapter in each local area shall be indi-
viduals who are students and who have a 90 percent
or higher school attendance rate, as determined by
the applicable school.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 778
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to require the use of recycled
materials in the construction of Federal-aid highway projects.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 23, 1999
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to require the
use of recycled materials in the construction of Federal-
aid highway projects.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE USE OF RECYCLED
MATERIALS.
The Secretary of Transportation may issue regula-
tions requiring the use of recycled materials in the con-
struction of any Federal-aid highway.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 779
To require the allocation of certain surface transportation program funds
for the purchase of recycled materials.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 23, 1999
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To require the allocation of certain surface transportation
program funds for the purchase of recycled materials.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. ALLOCATION OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF
RECYCLED MATERIALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 133(d) of title 23, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(6) FOR
PURCHASE
OF
RECYCLED
MATE-
RIALS.—10 percent of the funds apportioned to a
State under section 104(b)(3) for the surface trans-
portation program for a fiscal year shall only be
available for the purchase of recycled materials.’’.
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall issue regulations to carry out the amendment
made by subsection (a).
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 77
To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, 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 ‘‘Hate Crimes Preven-
tion Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the incidence of violence motivated by the
actual or perceived race, color, national origin, reli-
gion, sexual orientation, gender, or disability of the
victim poses a serious national problem;
(2) such violence disrupts the tranquility and
safety of communities and is deeply divisive;
(3) existing Federal law is inadequate to ad-
dress this problem;
(4) such violence affects interstate commerce in
many ways, including—
(A) by impeding the movement of members
of targeted groups and forcing such members to
move across State lines to escape the incidence
or risk of such violence; and
(B) by preventing members of targeted
groups from purchasing goods and services, ob-
taining or sustaining employment or participat-
ing in other commercial activity;
(5) perpetrators cross State lines to commit
such violence;
(6) instrumentalities of interstate commerce are
used to facilitate the commission of such violence;
(7) such violence is committed using articles
that have traveled in interstate commerce;
(8) violence motivated by bias that is a relic of
slavery can constitute badges and incidents of slav-
ery;
(9) although many local jurisdictions have at-
tempted to respond to the challenges posed by such
violence, the problem is sufficiently serious, wide-
spread, and interstate in scope to warrant Federal
intervention to assist such jurisdictions; and
(10) many States have no laws addressing vio-
lence based on the actual or perceived race, color,
national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender,
or disability, of the victim, while other States have
laws that provide only limited protection.
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF HATE CRIME.
In this Act, the term ‘‘hate crime’’ has the same
meaning as in section 280003(a) of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (28 U.S.C.
994 note).
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
Section 245 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c)(1) Whoever, whether or not acting under color
of law, willfully causes bodily injury to any person or,
through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive device,
attempts to cause bodily injury to any person, because of
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State shall be proportional to their fiscal year
2000 level of activities; or
‘‘(B) greater than the amount necessary to
maintain the fiscal year 2000 level of activities,
no State shall be provided a percentage increase
above the fiscal year 2000 level of activities for
State grantees in the State that is less than 30
percent of such percentage increase above the
fiscal year 2000 level of activities for State
grantees in all of the States.
‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—Allotments for States not
affected by paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of this sub-
section shall be reduced proportionally to satisfy the
conditions in such paragraphs.
‘‘(f) ALLOTMENT PERCENTAGE.—For the purposes
of subsections (d) and (e)—
‘‘(1) the allotment percentage of each State
shall be 100 percent less that percentage which
bears the same ratio to 50 percent as the per capita
income of such State bears to the per capita income
of the United States, except that (A) the allotment
percentage shall in no case be more than 75 percent
or less than 33 percent, and (B) the allotment per-
centage for the District of Columbia and the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico shall be 75 percent;
‘‘(B) the railroad retirement program
under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45
U.S.C. 231 et seq.);
‘‘(C) the government retirement benefits
programs under the Civil Service Retirement
System set forth in chapter 83 of title 5,
United States Code, the Federal Employees Re-
tirement System set forth in chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, or other Federal retire-
ment systems; or
‘‘(D) employee pension benefit plans as de-
fined in section 3(2) of the Employee Retire-
ment Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
1002(2)).
‘‘(2) PENSION COUNSELING AND INFORMATION
PROGRAM.—The term ‘pension counseling and infor-
mation program’ means a program described in sub-
section (b).
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall award grants to eligible entities to establish
and carry out pension counseling and information pro-
grams that create or continue a sufficient number of pen-
sion assistance and counseling programs to provide out-
reach, information, counseling, referral, and other assist-
ance regarding pension and other retirement benefits, and
‘‘(ii) threatens the capacity of the indi-
vidual to live independently.
‘‘(26) IN-HOME SERVICES.—The term ‘in-home
services’ includes—
‘‘(A) homemaker and home health aides,
‘‘(B) visiting and telephone reassurance,
‘‘(C) chore maintenance,
‘‘(D) in-home respite care for families, and
adult day care as a respite service for families,
‘‘(E) minor modification of homes that is
necessary to facilitate the ability of older indi-
viduals to remain at home and that is not avail-
able under other programs, but not at a cost to
exceed the cost established by the State agency,
‘‘(F) personal care services, and
‘‘(G) other in-home services as defined—
‘‘(i) by the State agency in the State
plan submitted in accordance with section
304, and
‘‘(ii) by the area agency on aging in
the area plan submitted in accordance with
section 305.
‘‘(27) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means an In-
dian who is a member of an Indian tribe.
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‘‘(C) in the case of funds placed in all such
accounts having the same designated beneficiary
not earlier than 720 days nor later than 365
days before such date, only so much of such
funds as does not exceed $5,000;
‘‘(7) funds used to purchase a tuition credit or
certificate or contributed to an account in accordance
with section 529(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 under a qualified State tuition program
(as defined in section 529(b)(1) of such Code) not
later than 365 days before the date of filing of the pe-
tition, but—
‘‘(A) only if the designated beneficiary of
the amounts paid or contributed to such tuition
program was a son, daughter, stepson, step-
daughter, grandchild, or step-grandchild of the
debtor for the taxable year for which funds were
paid or contributed;
‘‘(B) with respect to the aggregate amount
paid or contributed to such program having the
same designated beneficiary, only so much of
such amount as does not exceed the total con-
tributions permitted under section 529(b)(7) of
such Code with respect to such beneficiary, as
adjusted beginning on the date of the filing of the
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‘‘(i) as to all creditors if—
‘‘(I) 2 or more previous cases under
this title in which the individual was a
debtor were pending within the 1-year pe-
riod;
‘‘(II) a previous case under this title in
which the individual was a debtor was dis-
missed within the time period stated in this
paragraph after the debtor failed to file or
amend the petition or other documents as
required by this title or the court without
substantial excuse (but mere inadvertence or
negligence shall not be substantial excuse
unless the dismissal was caused by the neg-
ligence of the debtor’s attorney), failed to
pay adequate protection as ordered by the
court, or failed to perform the terms of a
plan confirmed by the court; or
‘‘(III) there has not been a substantial
change in the financial or personal affairs
of the debtor since the dismissal of the next
most previous case under this title, or any
other reason to conclude that the later case
will not be concluded, if a case under chap-
ter 7, with a discharge, and if a case under