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Union Calendar No. 425
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4608
[Report No. 103–777]
To authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the
Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 21, 1994
Mr. HUGHES (for himself and Mr. MOORHEAD) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 21, 1994]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark
Office in the Department of Commerce for fiscal year
1995, 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 ‘‘Patent and Trademark
Office Authorization Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO THE
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Patent
and Trademark Office for Salaries and necessary expenses
the sum of $107,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, to be derived
from deposits in the Patent and Trademark Office Fee Sur-
charge Fund established under section 10101 of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (35 U.S.C. note).
SEC. 3. AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE CARRIED OVER.
Amounts appropriated or made available pursuant to
this Act shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 4. EMPLOYMENT LEVEL IN PATENT AND TRADEMARK
OFFICE.
Section 3 of title 35, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f)(1) During the 5-year period beginning on October
1, 1994, no reductions may be made in the number of full-
time equivalent employees of the Patent and Trademark Of-
fice, except to the extent that—
‘‘(A) a law is enacted that requires reductions in
personnel or positions specifically in the Patent and
Trademark Office, or
‘‘(B) the Commissioner determines that a reduc-
tion in the number of full-time equivalents is in the
best interests of the Patent and Trademark Office and
the public.
‘‘(2) During the 5-year period referred to in paragraph
(1), any law imposing a restriction on hiring by executive
agencies, or requiring reductions in force in executive agen-
cies, for the purpose of achieving reductions in the Federal
work force shall not apply to the Patent and Trademark
Office.
‘‘(3) A law may not be construed as suspending or
modifying this subsection, except to the extent such law spe-
cifically refers to or amends this subsection.’’.
SEC. 5. COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONER.
Section 3(d) of title 35, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘Assistant’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Under’’.
SEC. 202. REPEALING PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH 
FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002 of the Patient Pro-
tection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–11) is 
repealed. 
(b) RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Of the 
funds made available by such section 4002, the unobli-
gated balance is rescinded. 
SEC. 203. RESCINDING UNOBLIGATED BALANCES FOR CO- 
OP PROGRAM. 
Of the funds made available under section 1322(g) 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 
U.S.C. 18042(g)), the unobligated balance is rescinded. 
Subtitle B—Medicaid 
SEC. 211. REVISION OF PROVIDER TAX INDIRECT GUAR-
ANTEE THRESHOLD. 
Section 1903(w)(4)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)(4)(C)(ii)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘and for portions of fiscal years beginning on or after 
June 1, 2013,’’ after ‘‘October 1, 2011,’’. 
SEC. 212. REBASING OF STATE DSH ALLOTMENTS FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2022. 
Section 1923(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396r–4(f)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (10);
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 460
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a minimum tax
on certain foreign or foreign controlled corporations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1993
Mr. HUNTER 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 impose
a minimum tax on certain foreign or foreign controlled
corporations.
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 and Equity
Tax Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. MINIMUM TAX ON FOREIGN AND FOREIGN-OWNED
CORPORATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to determination
of tax liability) is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new part:
‘‘PART VIII—MINIMUM TAX ON CERTAIN FOREIGN
AND FOREIGN-OWNED CORPORATIONS
‘‘Sec. 59B. Minimum tax on certain foreign and foreign-owned
corporations.
‘‘SEC. 59B. MINIMUM TAX ON CERTAIN FOREIGN AND FOR-
EIGN-OWNED CORPORATIONS.
‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—In the case of a corpora-
tion to which this section applies, there is hereby imposed
(in addition to any other tax imposed by this subtitle) a
tax equal to the excess (if any) of—
‘‘(1) 34 percent of the product of—
‘‘(A) 9 percent, and
‘‘(B) the gross receipts of the taxpayer
from the sale or leasing of property manufac-
tured by the taxpayer or by any foreign person
that is a related party of the taxpayer, over
‘‘(2) the aggregate tax imposed under sections
11, 55, and 1201 for such year.
‘‘(b) TAXPAYERS TO WHICH SECTION APPLIES.—
This section shall apply to a corporation for the taxable
year if such corporation is—
‘‘(1) a domestic corporation which is 25-percent
foreign-owned, or
‘‘(2) a foreign corporation engaged in a trade or
business within the United States.
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘25-percent foreign-owned’, ‘foreign person’, and ‘re-
lated party’ have the respective meanings given such terms
by section 6038A(c).’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of parts for
such subchapter A is amended by adding at the end there-
of the following new item:
‘‘Part VIII. Minimum tax on certain foreign and foreign-owned
corporations.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1992.
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4610
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage
of self-administered betaseron treatments for multiple sclerosis under
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 21, 1994
Mr. LAFALCE introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for coverage of self-administered betaseron treatments
for multiple sclerosis under the Medicare program, 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 ‘‘Multiple Sclerosis
Home Treatment Equity Act of 1994’’.
HR 4610 IH
SEC. 2. COVERAGE AND PAYMENT OF SELF-ADMINISTERED
BETASERON UNDER MEDICARE.
Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (P);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (Q) and adding in lieu thereof, ‘‘; and’’;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(R) betaseron (Interferon beta-1b) for pa-
tients with multiple sclerosis competent to use
such biological without medical or other super-
vision with respect to the administration of
such biological, subject to methods and stand-
ards established by the Secretary by regulation
for the safe and effective use of such biological,
and terms related to the administration of such
biological.’’.
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall,
not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, issue final regulations setting forth standards
and methods for safe and effective use of betaseron for
purposes of payments under section 2 of this Act.
HR 4610 IH
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 of this Act shall
apply to payments for items and services furnished on or
after October 1, 1994.
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paid by the permittee on a monthly, quarterly, annual or
other schedule as determined appropriate by the Secretary
in consultation with the permittee. Unless mutually agreed
otherwise by the Secretary and the permittee, the payment
or prepayment schedule shall conform to the permittee’s
schedule in effect prior to enactment of this Act. To reduce
costs to the permittee and the Forest Service, the Secretary
shall each year provide the permittee with a standardized
form and worksheets (including annual rental charge cal-
culation brackets and rates) to be used for rental charge
calculation and submitted with the rental charge payment.
Information provided on such forms shall be compiled by
the Secretary annually and kept in the Office of the Chief,
United States Forest Service.
(d) The ski area permit rental charge set forth in this
section shall become effective on June 1, 1996 and cover re-
ceipts retroactive to June 1, 1995: Provided however, That
if a permittee has paid rental charges for the period June
1, 1995, to June 1, 1996, under the graduated rate rental
charge system formula in effect prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act, such rental charges shall be credited to-
ward the new rental charge due on June 1, 1996. In order
to ensure increasing rental charge receipt levels to the Unit-
ed States during transition from the graduated rate rental
ance of a Federal agency applicable to the loan 
at the time of loan origination; 
(D) in the case of the public sector asset 
class— 
(i) any security issued by a State, mu-
nicipality, or other governmental authority; 
(ii) any loan made to a State, munici-
pality, or other governmental authority; 
and 
(iii) any loan, security, or other obli-
gation that is insured or guaranteed, in 
full or substantially in full, by the full faith 
and credit of the United States Govern-
ment (whether or not such loan, security, 
or other obligation is also part of another 
eligible asset class); 
(E) in the case of the auto asset class, any 
auto loan or lease that is in compliance with 
any rule or supervisory guidance of a Federal 
agency applicable to the loan or lease at the 
time of loan or lease origination; 
(F) in the case of the student loan asset 
class, any student loan (whether guaranteed or 
nonguaranteed) that is in compliance with any 
rule or supervisory guidance of a Federal agen-
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‘‘(B) results in property damage (including the
cost of any lost natural gas) and environmental
damage (including the cost of any environmental re-
mediation) in an amount in excess of $250,000.
‘‘(3) The amount that the Secretary may recover
under this subsection with respect to an accident may not
exceed $500,000.
‘‘(4)(A) Amounts recovered by the Secretary under
this subsection shall be available to the Secretary for pur-
poses of the payment of the costs of investigating and
overseeing responses to accidents under this subsection.
Such funds shall be available to the Secretary for such
purposes without fiscal year limitation.
‘‘(B) Such amounts shall be used to supplement and
not to supplant other funds made available to the Sec-
retary for such purposes.’’.
(b) HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE ACCIDENTS.—
Section 211 of the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act
of 1979 (title II of Public Law 96–129; 49 U.S.C. App.
2010) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g)(1)(A) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the
Secretary may recover from any person who engages in
the transportation of hazardous liquids, or who owns or
operates pipeline facilities, the costs incurred by the Sec-
retary—
‘‘(i) in investigating an accident with respect to
such transportation or facilities; and
‘‘(ii) in overseeing the response of the person to
the accident.
‘‘(B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the costs
incurred by the Secretary in an investigation of an acci-
dent may include the cost of hiring additional personnel
(including personnel to support monitoring activities by
the Office of Pipeline Safety), the cost of tests or studies,
and travel and administrative costs associated with the in-
vestigation.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not recover costs under this
subsection with respect to an accident unless the acci-
dent—
‘‘(A) results in death or personal injury; or
‘‘(B) results in property damage (including the
cost of any lost hazardous liquid) and environmental
damage (including the cost of any environmental re-
mediation) in an amount in excess of $250,000.
‘‘(3) The amount that the Secretary may recover
under this subsection with respect to an accident may not
exceed $500,000.
‘‘(4)(A) Amounts recovered by the Secretary under
this subsection shall be available to the Secretary for pur-
poses of the payment of the costs of investigating and
ant to section 251A of such Act shall have no force or 
effect. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 20, 
2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6684 
AN ACT 
To provide for spending reduction.
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4612
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt gain from the
sale of a principal residence from tax.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 21, 1994
Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida (for himself, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. WILSON, Mr.
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. CANADY, Mr. ROYCE, and Mr. LIPINSKI) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt
gain from the sale of a principal residence from tax.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE OF PRIN-
CIPAL RESIDENCE.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—The section heading and sub-
section (a) of section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 are amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 121. EXCLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE OF PRINCIPAL
RESIDENCE BY INDIVIDUAL.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Gross income does not in-
clude gain from the sale or exchange of property if, during
the 5-year period ending on the date of the sale or ex-
change, such property has been owned and used by the
taxpayer as the taxpayer’s principal residence for periods
aggregating 3 years or more.’’
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 121 of such Code is amended by
striking subsections (b) and (c) and by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (b).
(2) Paragraph (1) of section 121(b) of such
Code (as so redesignated) is amended by striking
‘‘age, holding, and use’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘holding and use’’.
(3) Paragraph (2) of section 121(b) of such
Code is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) PROPERTY OF DECEASED SPOUSE.—For
purposes of this section, in the case of an unmarried
individual whose spouse is deceased on the date of
the sale or exchange of property, if the deceased
spouse (during the 5-year period ending on the date
of the sale or exchange) satisfied the holding and
use requirements of subsection (a) with respect to
such property, then such individual shall be treated
paid to the Federal Government on another lease is-
sued pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act, or a combination of currency with such forgive-
ness; and
(3) shall not exceed the amount that would be
provided for under the rules described in paragraph
(1).
(d) NO STATE REQUIREMENT.—The State of Florida
shall not be required to provide any compensation for the
cancellation of a lease under section 3(b).
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act—
(1) terms defined in the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act have the meaning given such terms
in that Act;
(2) references to the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Planning Area shall be to the area so designated in
the Department of the Interior Outer Continental
Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management
Comprehensive Program 1992–1997 Proposed Final,
dated April 1992; and
(3) the term ‘‘preleasing activities’’ means ac-
tivities conducted before a lease sale is held, and in-
cludes the scheduling of a lease sale, requests for in-
dustry interest, calls for information and nomina-
as satisfying the holding and use requirements of
subsection (a) with respect to such property.’’
(4) Paragraph (3) of section 121(b) of such
Code (as so redesignated) is amended by striking
‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a)’’.
(5) Paragraph (9) of section 121(b) of such
Code (as so redesignated) is amended by striking
‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.
(6) Sections 1033(i)(3), 1034(l), 1038(e)(1)(A),
1250(d)(7)(B), and 6012(c) of such Code are each
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘one-time’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘who has attained age 55’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code
is amended by striking the item relating to section 121
and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 121. Exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence by
individual.’’
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to sales and exchanges after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(k) 
COMBINED
SEWER
OVERFLOW
TECH-
NOLOGIES.—
‘‘(1) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—The Admin-
istrator is authorized to make grants to State, inter-
state, regional, and local entities for projects that
demonstrate innovative and cost-effective tech-
nologies and methods for reducing discharges from
combined sewer overflows into navigable waters of
interstate significance.
‘‘(2) CONSISTENCY
WITH
EPA
POLICY.—The
Administrator may make a grant for a project under
this subsection only if the Administrator determines
that the project is consistent with any national com-
bined sewer overflow policy of the Environmental
Protection Agency in effect during the period of re-
view of the application for the project.
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this
subsection, the Administrator shall give priority con-
sideration to projects that provide for the transfer of
technologies demonstrated under the project to other
areas of the United States.
‘‘(4) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The Administrator
may make an individual grant under this subsection
for carrying out each the following elements of a
project:
‘‘(A) A feasibility study.
‘‘(B) Engineering and design.
‘‘(C) Construction.
‘‘(5) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of
the costs of a project carried out using amounts
from grants under this subsection shall not exceed—
‘‘(A) 100 percent of the cost of a feasibility
study for the project;
‘‘(B) 80 percent of the cost of engineering
and design for the project; and
‘‘(C) 80 percent of the cost of construction
of the project.
‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subsection $100,000,000 per fiscal year for each
of fiscal years 1995 through 2000.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4615
To make applicable the provisions of the Act commonly known as the ‘‘Warren
Act’’ to the Central Utah Project, Utah, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 21, 1994
Mr. ORTON (for himself and Ms. SHEPHERD) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To make applicable the provisions of the Act commonly
known as the ‘‘Warren Act’’ to the Central Utah Project,
Utah, 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. APPLICATION OF THE WARREN ACT.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Interior
may—
(1) enter into contracts with private entities
pursuant to the Act of February 21, 1911 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Warren Act’’) (36 Stat. 925
et seq., chapter 141; 43 U.S.C. 523), for the im-
pounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water
for domestic, municipal, fish and wildlife, industrial,
and other beneficial purposes, using any facilities as-
sociated with the Central Utah Project, Utah; and
(2) enter into agreements, under terms and
conditions authorized for contracts under such Act,
with appropriate officials of other Federal agencies,
municipalities, public water districts and agencies,
and States for impounding, storage, and carriage of
nonproject water for purposes described in para-
graph (1) using facilities referred to in such para-
graph.
(b) NONPROJECT WATER DEFINED.—In subsection
(a), the term ‘‘nonproject water’’ means water that is not
from a Federal Reclamation project.
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Union Calendar No. 437
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4615
[Report No. 103–791]
A BILL
To make applicable the provisions of the Act com-
monly known as the ‘‘Warren Act’’ to the Central
Utah Project, Utah, and for other purposes.
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
overseeing responses to accidents under this subsection.
Such funds shall be available to the Secretary for such
purposes without fiscal year limitation.
‘‘(B) Such amounts shall be used to supplement and
not to supplant other funds made available to the Sec-
retary for such purposes.’’.
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO STATES AND ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION
SYSTEMS TO PROMOTE USE OF SUCH SYS-
TEMS.
(a) GRANTS TO STATES.—Subsection (c) of section
20 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49
U.S.C. App. 1687) is amended by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘The Secretary may make a grant to a State
for development and establishment of a one-call notifica-
tion system only if the State ensures that the cost of estab-
lishing and operating the system are shared equitably by
persons owning or operating underground facilities.’’.
(b) GRANTS TO SYSTEMS.—Such subsection is fur-
ther amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘GRANTS TO STATES.—’’ and
inserting ‘‘GRANTS
TO STATES
AND SYSTEMS.—
(1)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: