datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
may be used for training under section 311(a) in
any fiscal year.’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘1987, 1988,
1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004’’.
(b) Section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) is amended by striking para-
graph (6).
(c) Section 311(b) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(b) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘Each such
project’’ and inserting ‘‘The Administrator may
enter into agreements with persons, public entities
(including the Department of Defense, the Depart-
ment of Energy, and other Federal agencies), and
nonprofit private entities, to arrange for the use of
other sites appropriate for carrying out hazardous
substances research, testing, evaluation, develop-
ment, and demonstration projects. Each project
under this paragraph’’;
(2) in paragraph (5)(B) by inserting ‘‘or other
appropriate sites’’ after ‘‘section 104’’;
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(17) ‘‘Yury Goresha’’, a part of the novel
‘‘From Beneath the Ground’’;
(18) ‘‘Alte Boherim’’ (‘‘The Bachelors’’);
(19) ‘‘In Gerangl mitn Malah’’ (‘‘Wrestling with
the Angel’’), subtitle is ‘‘Lieder un Elegyes’’
(‘‘Poems and Elegies’’); Collected Poems, 1932–82;
(20) ‘‘Chaim Nachman Bialik’’;
(21) ‘‘H. Leivik, der Poet fun Laydn un Goyrl’’
(‘‘H. Leivik, The Poet of Suffering and Fate’’);
(22) ‘‘H. Leivik in Mayn Lehn and Shafn’’
(‘‘H. Leivik in my Life and my Works)’’;
(23) ‘‘Itzik Manger, der Poet fun Shaynkayt un
Shpil’’ (‘‘Itzik Manger, the Poet of Beauty and
Play);
(24) ‘‘Dray Yiddishe Classiker, Mendele, I.L.
Peretz, Sholem-Alaychem’’ (Three Yiddish Classics,
Mendel, I.L. Peretz, Sholem-Alaychem);
(25) ‘‘Anski, der Maskl, Revolutioner un Baal
Tshuvah’’ (‘‘Anski, the Champion of Enlightenment,
the Revolutionary and the Penitent’’);
(26) ‘‘Problemen fun a Yiddishen Shrayber un
Problemen fun der Yiddisher Literatur’’ (‘‘Problems
of a Yiddish Writer and Problems of the Yiddish
Literature’’);
(3) in paragraph (5)(E) by striking ‘‘10 sites at
which a response may be undertaken under section
104’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘suitable sites’’;
(4) by striking paragraph (6); and
(5) in paragraph (8)—
(A) by inserting after the first sentence the
following: ‘‘As part of such technology transfer
program, the Administrator shall strive to enter
into agreements with the Department of De-
fense, the Department of Energy, and other
Federal agencies to ensure the effective transfer
to those agencies and their contractors of tech-
nologies potentially applicable to remediation or
containment of hazardous substances at sites
owned or operated by such agencies.’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘for such information’’ and
inserting ‘‘for information collected under this
paragraph’’.
(d) Section 311(d) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking the last sentence of paragraph
(1);
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF CENTERS.—The re-
sponsibilities of each hazardous substance research
center established under this subsection shall in-
clude, but not be limited to, the conduct of research
and training, and the provision of technical assist-
ance and technology transfer to local, State, and re-
gional entities, relating to the manufacture, use,
transportation, disposal, treatment, effects, detec-
tion, characterization, and management of haz-
ardous substances, and publication and dissemina-
tion of information related thereto.’’;
(3) in paragraph (7) by inserting ‘‘or the acqui-
sition, expansion, remodeling, or alteration of an ex-
isting building (including site grading and improve-
ment and architect fees)’’ after ‘‘any building’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(11) FUNDING LEVELS.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Administrator shall
maintain funding for each hazardous substance re-
search center established under this subsection at a
level not less than that funded in fiscal year 1999
until such time as the Administrator completes the
next competitive selection process for the centers.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3209
To provide grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase firearms needed
to perform law enforcement duties.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 3, 1999
Mr. BLAGOJEVICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase
firearms needed to perform law enforcement duties.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) Buford Furrow, a white supremacist, used
a Glock pistol decommissioned and sold by a law en-
forcement agency in the State of Washington, to
shoot children at a Jewish community center in Los
Angeles and kill a postal worker.
(2) Twelve firearms were recently stolen during
shipment from the Miami-Dade Police Department
to Chicago, Illinois. Four of these firearms have
been traced to crimes in Chicago, Illinois, including
a shooting near a playground.
(3) In the past 9 years, decommissioned fire-
arms once used by law enforcement agencies have
been involved in more than 3,000 crimes, including
293 homicides, 301 assaults, and 279 drug-related
crimes.
(4) Many State and local law enforcement de-
partments also engage in the practice of reselling
firearms involved in the commission of a crime and
confiscated. Often these firearms are assault weap-
ons that were in circulation prior to the restrictions
imposed by the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994.
(5) Law enforcement departments in the States
of New York and Georgia, the City of Chicago, and
other localities have adopted the practice of destroy-
ing decommissioned firearms.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to reduce
the number of firearms on the streets by assisting State
and local law enforcement agencies to eliminate the prac-
tice of transferring decommissioned firearms to any per-
son.
SEC. 3. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) GRANTS.—The Attorney General may make
grants to States or units of local government—
(1) to assist States and units of local govern-
ment in purchasing new firearms without transfer-
ring decommissioned firearms to any person; and
(2) to destroy decommissioned firearms.
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), to be eligible to receive a grant under this
Act, a State or unit of local government shall certify
that it has in effect a law or official policy that—
(A) eliminates the practice of transferring
any decommissioned firearm to any person; and
(B) provides for the destruction of a de-
commissioned firearm.
(2) EXCEPTION.—A State or unit of local gov-
ernment may transfer a decommissioned firearm to
another law enforcement agency.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State or unit of local govern-
ment that receives a grant under this Act shall use such
grant only to purchase new firearms.
(2) the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco
Health Education Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C. 4401 et
seq.), other than sections 3(f), 5, and 6, is repealed.
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SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS.
(a) STATE APPLICATIONS.—To request a grant
under this Act, the chief executive of a State shall submit
an application, signed by the Attorney General of the
State requesting the grant, to the Attorney General in
such form and containing such information as the Attor-
ney General may reasonably require.
(b) LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—To request a grant
under this Act, the chief executive of a unit of local gov-
ernment shall submit an application, signed by the chief
law enforcement officer in the unit of local government
requesting the grant, to the Attorney General in such form
and containing such information as the Attorney General
may reasonably require.
SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Attorney General shall promulgate regula-
tions to implement this Act, which shall specify the infor-
mation that must be included and the requirements that
the States and units of local government must meet in
submitting applications for grants under this Act.
SEC. 6. REPORTING.
A State or unit of local government shall report to
the Attorney General not later than 2 years after funds
are received under this Act, regarding the implementation
of this Act. Such report shall include budget assurances
that any future purchase of a firearm by the law enforce-
ment agency will be possible without transferring a decom-
missioned firearm.
SEC. 7. DEFINITION.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘firearm’’ has the same meaning
given such term in section 921(a)(3) of title 18,
United States Code;
(2) the term ‘‘decommissioned firearm’’ means
a firearm—
(A) no longer in service or use by a law en-
forcement agency; or
(B) involved in the commission of a crime
and confiscated and no longer needed for evi-
dentiary purposes; and
(3) the term ‘‘person’’ has the same meaning
given such term in section 1 of title 1 of the United
States Code.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001
through 2005.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3211
To provide incentive for United States corporations to invest in developing
nations to provide debt relief to poor, emerging, and developing nations,
to provide a method of repayment of moneys owed to the United States,
and to provide for the reduction of the deficit.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 3, 1999
Mr. HILLIARD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Banking and Financial Services, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide incentive for United States corporations to invest
in developing nations to provide debt relief to poor,
emerging, and developing nations, to provide a method
of repayment of moneys owed to the United States, and
to provide for the reduction of the deficit.
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 ‘‘American Foreign In-
vestment Incentive and Deficit Reduction Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. REPAYMENT OF DEBT OWED TO THE UNITED
STATES BY POOR, EMERGING, AND DEVEL-
OPING COUNTRIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall allow poor,
emerging, and developing nations to repay their debt to
the United States by permitting the countries to repay
their debts in their currency, providing that they repay
the debt in full by September 29, 2000. The countries de-
fined in this Act shall be allowed to repay their debt to
the United States in their own currency in accordance
with the established market exchange rate in effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act, or at a time the agree-
ment to repay the debt, pursuant to this Act, is con-
summated. The Secretary of the Treasury shall decide
which date to use in establishing the market exchange
rate.
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of
the Treasury shall then conduct the sale of the currency
to United States corporations at a reduced rate. The
United States investors who purchase the currency must
agree to invest those funds in new and active businesses
and industrial developments in the original debtor’s coun-
try. This investment shall be of a long-term basis (as de-
fined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
terms of the members do not all expire in the same
year.
‘‘(4) COMPENSATION.—Members of the advi-
sory council who are officers or employees of the
United States shall not receive any compensation for
service on the advisory council. The remaining mem-
bers shall receive, for each day (including travel
time) they are engaged in the performance of the
functions of the advisory council, compensation at
rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual
rate in effect for an individual at grade GS–18 of
the General Schedule.
‘‘(c) TERMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term of office of an in-
dividual appointed to the advisory council under sub-
section (b)(3) shall be 4 years, except that any indi-
vidual appointed to fill a vacancy on the advisory
council shall serve for the remainder of the unex-
pired term. A member may serve after the expiration
of the member’s term until a successor has been ap-
pointed.
‘‘(2) REAPPOINTMENTS.—A member of the ad-
visory council who has been appointed under sub-
section (b)(3) for a term of 4 years may not be re-
appointed to the advisory council prior to the expira-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3212
To provide for increased cooperation on extradition efforts between the United
States and foreign governments, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 3, 1999
Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. GOSS,
Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. TRAFICANT, and Mr. MICA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Rela-
tions, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Banking
and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide for increased cooperation on extradition efforts
between the United States and foreign governments, 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 ‘‘International Extra-
dition Enforcement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON EXTRADITION EFFORTS BE-
TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS.
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1 of
each year, the Secretary of State, in conjunction
with the Attorney General, shall prepare and submit
to the Congress an annual report on efforts between
the United States and the governments of foreign
countries to extradite to the United States individ-
uals described in paragraph (2) during the preceding
year.
(2) INDIVIDUALS
DESCRIBED.—An individual
described in this paragraph is an individual who is
being held in custody by the government of a foreign
country (or who is otherwise known to be in the for-
eign country), and with respect to which a com-
petent authority of the United States—
(A) has charged with a major extraditable
offense described in paragraph (3);
(B) has found guilty of committing a
major extraditable offense described in para-
graph (3); or
(C) is seeking extradition in order to com-
plete a judicially pronounced penalty of depriva-
tion of liberty for a major extraditable offense
described in paragraph (3).
(3) MAJOR
EXTRADITABLE
OFFENSES
DE-
SCRIBED.—A major extraditable offense described in
this paragraph is an offense of murder, attempted
murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, kidnap-
ping, abduction, or other false imprisonment, or
rape.
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The annual re-
port required under subsection (a) shall also include the
following:
(1) The aggregate number of individuals de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2) who are being held in
custody by all governments of foreign countries (or
are otherwise known to be in the foreign countries)
during the preceding year.
(2) With respect to each individual described in
subsection (a)(2), the reasons why the individual has
not been extradited to the United States and the
specific actions the United States has taken to ob-
tain extradition.
Union Calendar No. 418
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3468
[Report No. 106–737]
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to
certain water rights to Duchesne City, Utah.
JULY 17, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
tion of the 2-year period beginning on the date on
which the prior term expired.
‘‘(3) VACANCY.—If a vacancy occurs on the ad-
visory council among the members under subsection
(b)(3), the Secretary shall make an appointment to
fill that vacancy not later than 90 days after the
date on which the vacancy occurs.
‘‘(d) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson of the advi-
sory council shall be selected by the Secretary from among
the members appointed under subsection (b)(3), except
that the Secretary may select the Director of the Center
to be the chairperson of the advisory council. The term
of office of the chairperson shall be 2 years.
‘‘(e) MEETINGS.—The advisory council shall meet at
the call of the chairperson or upon the request of the Di-
rector of the Center, but not less than 3 times each fiscal
year. The location of the meetings of the advisory council
shall be subject to the approval of the Director of the Cen-
ter.
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—The Director of
the Center shall designate a member of the staff of the
Center to serve as the executive secretary of the advisory
council. The Director of the Center shall make available
to the advisory council such staff, information, and other
assistance as the council may require to carry out its func-
(1) GENERALLY.—Chapter 49 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘§ 1075. Transfers to persons resisting extradition
‘‘Whoever knowingly transfers from the United
States anything of value to a person who is in a foreign
place with the intent to assist that person in resisting ex-
tradition to the United States shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.’’
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 49 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘1075. Transfers to persons resisting extradition.’’.
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act, or in any amendment made by
this Act, shall be construed to affect any provision of an
extradition treaty between the United States and a foreign
government.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3213
To amend the Small Business Act to extend the authorization for the drug-
free workplace program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 3, 1999
Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MICA, Ms.
GRANGER, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. SOUDER, and Mr. BAR-
TON of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to extend the
authorization for the drug-free workplace program.
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 ‘‘Drug-Free Workplace
Fair Demonstration Act’’.
SEC. 2. DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE PROGRAM EXTENSION.
Section 27(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 654(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000
for fiscal years 1999 and 2000’’ and inserting
‘‘$20,000,000 for fiscal years 1999 through 2002’’.
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228.15(d)(6) of title 40, Code of Federal Regu-
lations (as in effect on July 1, 1999).
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
DREDGED
MATERIAL.—
The term ‘qualified dredged material’ means
material that is qualified dredged material
under regulations issued under paragraph (2).’’.
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to any loss described in paragraph (1), and any such
loss shall not be taken into account under that sub-
section in determining the amount of any personal
casualty loss for a taxable year.’’.
(b) CASUALTY LOSS DEDUCTION
FOR DISASTER
LOSS ALLOWED WHETHER OR NOT TAXPAYER ITEMIZES
OTHER DEDUCTIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 62 of
such Code (defining adjusted gross income) is amended
by inserting after paragraph (17) the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(18) DISASTER
LOSSES.—The deduction al-
lowed by section 165 for any loss attributable to a
disaster occurring in an area subsequently deter-
mined by the President to warrant assistance by the
Federal Government under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to losses sustained after July 31,
1999, by individuals residing in areas warranting assist-
ance as determined by the President after such date.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3216
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that geographic
reclassifications of hospitals from one urban area to another urban area
do not result in lower wage indexes in the urban area in which the
hospital was originally classified.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 3, 1999
Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. KANJORSKI) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
that geographic reclassifications of hospitals from one
urban area to another urban area do not result in lower
wage indexes in the urban area in which the hospital
was originally classified.
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 ‘‘Medicare Geographic
Reclassifications Equity Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF WAGE INDEX FLOOR FOR HOS-
PITAL 
GEOGRAPHIC 
RECLASSIFICATIONS
FROM 
ONE 
URBAN 
AREA 
TO 
ANOTHER
URBAN AREA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1886(d)(8)(C)(ii) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(8)(C)(ii)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(ii)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
clause:
‘‘(II) If the application of subparagraph (B) or a de-
cision of the Medicare Geographic Classification Review
Board or the Secretary under paragraph (10), by treating
hospitals located in one urban area as being located in
another urban area reduces the wage index for that one
urban area (as applied under this subsection), the Sec-
retary shall calculate and apply such wage index under
this subsection as if the hospitals so treated had not been
excluded from the calculation of the wage index for that
one urban area.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply to cost reporting periods beginning
on or after October 1, 1999.
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