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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1482
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve certain veterans programs
and benefits.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 7, 1995
Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. FILNER, and
Mr. GUTIERREZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve certain
veterans programs and benefits.
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 ‘‘Veterans Programs
Amendments of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION TO ALL BENEFITS OF CERTAIN EXCEP-
TIONS TO SERVICE REQUIREMENT.
Section 5303A(b)(3)(F) is amended by striking out
‘‘benefits under chapter 30 or chapter 37 of this title’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘any other benefits under this
title’’.
SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM FOR USE OF CONTRACT PHYSI-
CIANS FOR DISABILITY EXAMINATIONS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
may conduct a pilot program under this section under
which examinations with respect to medical disability of
applicants for benefits under laws administered by the
Secretary that are carried out through the Under Sec-
retary for Benefits may be made by persons other than
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant
to contracts entered into with those persons.
(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may carry out the
pilot program under this section through not more than
10 regional offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(c) SOURCE
OF FUNDS.—Payments for contracts
under the pilot program under this section shall be made
from amounts available to the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs for payment of examinations of applicants for bene-
fits.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than three
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report on the effect of
the use of the authority provided by subsection (a) on the
timeliness and thoroughness of medical disability examina-
tions.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE OF DISCONTINUANCE OF COM-
PENSATION UPON DEATH OF CERTAIN VET-
ERANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5112 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(d) The effective date of the discontinuance of com-
pensation by reason of the death of a veteran, in the case
of a veteran who, at time of death, was in receipt of com-
pensation for a disability rated as totally disabling with
an additional amount being paid for a spouse, shall be the
last day of the month in which such death occurred if the
surviving spouse of the veteran is not eligible for depend-
ency and indemnity compensation.’’.
(b) COORDINATION OF BENEFITS.—Section 5310 of
such title is amended by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘This section shall not apply in a case to
which section 5112(d) of this title applies.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to deaths
occurring after September 30, 1995.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1839 
AN ACT 
To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt certain 
transactions involving purchases by accredited investors, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 5. INCREASE IN AUTOMOBILE ALLOWANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3902(a) of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘$5,500’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$6,000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to purchases of
automobiles and other conveyances after October 1, 1995.
SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION FOR
PENSION RECIPIENTS.
Section 1524(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘December 31, 1995’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 1997’’.
SEC. 7. INCREASE IN PERIOD FOR WHICH ACCRUED BENE-
FITS PAYABLE.
Section 5121(a) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘one year’’ in the matter preced-
ing paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘two
years’’.
SEC. 8. RECOVERY OF COSTS OF DEBT COLLECTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 53 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘§ 5320. Debt collection: recovery of costs
‘‘The Secretary may retain from any amount recov-
ered by the Secretary on an indebtedness owed to the
United States by any person by virtue of such person’s
participation in a benefits program administered by the
Secretary a sum equivalent to the costs incurred by the
Secretary in recovering such amount. Sums retained under
this section shall be credited to the account from which
such costs were incurred.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘5320. Debt collection: recovery of costs.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 5320 of title 38,
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall
apply with respect to amounts collected on or after Octo-
ber 1, 1995.
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System identified pursuant to section 
411(d)(4)(A)(iii) of the Tariff Act of 1930; 
‘‘(ii) U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection’s remaining priorities for processing 
entry summary data elements, cargo mani-
fest data elements, cargo financial data 
elements, and export elements in the Auto-
mated Commercial Environment computer 
system, and the objectives and plans for 
implementing these remaining priorities; 
‘‘(iii) the components of the National 
Customs Automation Program specified in 
subsection (a)(2) of section 411 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 that have not been im-
plemented; and 
‘‘(iv) any additional components of the 
National Customs Automation Program 
initiated by the Commissioner to complete 
the development, establishment, and imple-
mentation of the Automated Commercial 
Environment computer system. 
‘‘(B) UPDATE
OF
REPORTS.—Not later 
than September 30, 2017, the Commissioner 
shall submit to the Committee on Appropria-
tions and the Committee on Finance of the 
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(C) by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting
‘‘board of directors of the bank’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) BORROWING THROUGH THE OFFICE OF FI-
NANCE
CORPORATION
ONLY.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), all notes, bonds, and debentures is-
sued by any Federal home loan bank shall be issued
through the Office of Finance Corporation.’’
(2) Subsection (b) of section 11 of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1431(b)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) ISSUANCE
OF FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK
BONDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective as of the date the
Finance Board transfers the functions of the Office
of Finance to the Office of Finance Corporation pur-
suant to section 4(a)(3), the Office of Finance Cor-
poration may issue consolidated Federal home loan
bank bonds and other consolidated obligations on be-
half of the banks.
‘‘(2) JOINT AND SEVERAL OBLIGATION; TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—Consolidated obligations issued
by the Office of Finance Corporation under para-
graph (1) shall—
(1) by striking ‘‘in the event such investment
company is not a registered investment company,’’;
and
(2) by inserting ‘‘in the event such investment
company is a unit investment trust,’’ after ‘‘(bb)’’.
(g) DEFINITION
OF
MAJORITY
VOTE.—Section
2(a)(42) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15
U.S.C. 80a–2(a)) is amended by striking the last sentence
and inserting the following: ‘‘The vote of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities of a company on any
matter means the affirmative vote of a majority of the
shares represented at a meeting at which a quorum is
present and voting on such matter. For these purposes,
the presence in person or by proxy of holders of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities of such company con-
stitutes a quorum.’’.
SEC. 3. INVESTMENT COMPANY ADVERTISING PROSPEC-
TUS.
Section 24 of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a–24) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(g) In addition to the prospectuses permitted or re-
quired in section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Commission shall by rules or regulations deemed nec-
essary or appropriate in the public interest or for the pro-
graph (1), the court, in its discretion, may allow the
prevailing plaintiff a reasonable attorney’s fee as
part of the costs.
(3) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—An action may
not be brought under paragraph (1) after the 5-year
period that begins with the date the violation de-
scribed in paragraph (1) is discovered.
SEC. 9. REPEAL OF THE BAN ON SEMIAUTOMATIC FIRE-
ARMS AND THE BAN ON LARGE CAPACITY
AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking subsections (v) and
(w) and by striking the appendix.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS.—
(1) Section 921(a) of such title is amended by
striking paragraphs (30) and (31).
(2) Section 924(a)(1)(B) of such title is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘(r), (v), or (w)’’ and inserting ‘‘or
(r)’’.
(3) Section 923(i) of such title is amended by
striking the last 2 sentences.
(4) Section 110104 of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (18 U.S.C.
921 note) is hereby repealed.
(5) Section 110501 of such Act (28 U.S.C. 994
note) is hereby repealed.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) RETROACTIVE
EFFECT
GENERALLY.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments
made by this section shall take effect as if such
amendments had been included in subtitle A of title
XI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 on the date of the enactment of
such Act. Any liability, penalty, or forfeiture in-
curred by reason of any amendment made by section
110102 or 110103 of such Act is hereby extin-
guished, and any action or prosecution for the en-
forcement of any such liability, penalty, or forfeiture
shall not be sustained.
(2) EXCEPTION.—The amendment made by
subsection (b)(5) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1489
To designate the United States Post Office building located at 508 S.
Burleson, McCamey, Texas, as the ‘‘Claude W. Brown Post Office Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 7, 1995
Mr. BONILLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To designate the United States Post Office building located
at 508 S. Burleson, McCamey, Texas, as the ‘‘Claude
W. Brown Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office building located at 508
S. Burleson, McCamey, Texas, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Claude W. Brown Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States Post Office building referred to in section 1 shall
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Claude W. Brown
Post Office Building’’.
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tection of investors permit the use of a prospectus for the
purposes of section 5(b)(1) of such Act which makes an
offer in the form of an advertisement for securities issued
by a registered investment company. Such a prospectus
shall be deemed to be permitted by section 10(b) of the
Securities Act of 1933.’’.
SEC. 4. BOOKS, RECORDS AND INSPECTIONS.
Section 31 of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a–30) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(a) Every registered investment company, and every
underwriter, broker, dealer, or investment adviser that is
a majority-owned subsidiary of such a company, shall
maintain and preserve such records (as defined in section
3(a)(37) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) for such
period or periods as the Commission, by rules and regula-
tions, may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the
public interest or for the protection of investors. Every in-
vestment adviser not a majority-owned subsidiary of, and
every depositor of any registered investment company, and
every principal underwriter for any registered investment
company other than a closed-end company, shall maintain
and preserve for such period or periods as the Commission
shall prescribe by rules and regulations, such records as
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 148
To require random drug testing of Federal legislative branch officers and
employees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
A BILL
To require random drug testing of Federal legislative branch
officers and employees.
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 ‘‘Legislative Branch
Drug Testing Act’’.
SEC. 2. RANDOM DRUG TESTING IN LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
Each House of Congress, and each other entity with-
in the legislative branch, shall require random drug testing
of officers and employees within their respective bodies.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1490
To expedite the naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla
units in Laos.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 7, 1995
Mr. VENTO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To expedite the naturalization of aliens who served with
special guerrilla units in Laos.
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 ‘‘Hmong Veterans’ Nat-
uralization Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
FOR CERTAIN ALIENS WHO SERVED WITH
SPECIAL GUERRILLA UNITS IN LAOS.
The requirement of paragraph (1) of section 312(a)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1423(a)) shall not apply to the naturalization of any per-
son who—
(1) served with a special guerrilla unit operat-
ing from a base in Laos in support of the United
States at any time during the period beginning Feb-
ruary 28, 1961, and ending September 18, 1978, or
(2) is the spouse or widow of a person described
in paragraph (1).
SEC. 3. NATURALIZATION THROUGH SERVICE IN A SPECIAL
GUERRILLA UNIT IN LAOS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of subsection
(a) and subsection (b) (other than paragraph (3)) of sec-
tion 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1440) shall apply to an alien who served with a special
guerrilla unit operating from a base in Laos in support
of the United States at any time during the period begin-
ning February 28, 1961, and ending September 18, 1978,
in the same manner as they apply to an alien who has
served honorably in an active-duty status in the military
forces of the United States during the period of the Viet-
nam hostilities.
(b) PROOF.—The Immigration and Naturalization
Service shall verify an alien’s service with a guerrilla unit
described in subsection (a) through—
(1) review of refugee processing documentation
for the alien,
(2) the affidavit of the alien’s superior officer,
(3) original documents,
(4) two affidavits from persons who were also
serving with such a special guerrilla unit and who
personally knew of the alien’s service, or
(5) other appropriate proof.
The Service shall liberally construe the provisions of this
subsection to take into account the difficulties inherent in
proving service in such a guerrilla unit.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1491
To expand credit availability by lifting the growth cap on limited service
financial institutions, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 7, 1995
Mr. CASTLE (for himself, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. BAKER of Lou-
isiana, Mr. KING, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. ROYCE, Mrs.
MALONEY, Mr. CHRYSLER, and Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Fi-
nancial Services
A BILL
To expand credit availability by lifting the growth cap on
limited service financial institutions, 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 ‘‘Limited Purpose Bank
Growth Cap Relief Act’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE BANK HOLDING COMPANY
ACT OF 1956.
Section 4(f)(3)(B) of the Bank Holding Company Act
of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1843(f)(3)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the
semicolon at the end;
(2) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ at the end
and inserting a period; and
(3) by striking clause (iv).
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1492
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that service per-
formed for an elementary or secondary school operated primarily for
religious purposes is exempt from the Federal unemployment tax.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 7, 1995
Mr. CRANE 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 provide
that service performed for an elementary or secondary
school operated primarily for religious purposes is exempt
from the Federal unemployment tax.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That (a) section 3309(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to exemption from unemployment tax)
is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end
thereof the following: ‘‘, or (C) an elementary or secondary
school which is operated primarily for religious purposes,
which is described in section 501(c)(3), and which is ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a)’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to services performed after December 31, 1995.
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taxpayer Protection
Act of 1995.’’
SEC. 2. TAXPAYER PROTECTION.
No funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under any provision of law, for any fiscal year, may be
used in any way, directly or indirectly, for the purpose
of any swap, loan, loan guarantee, or grant to Mexico un-
less and until Congress has affirmatively approved such
swap, loan, loan guarantee, or grant to Mexico.
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SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITIONS OF DIRECTOR,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND SENIOR DIRECTORS
OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 101 of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c)(1) The Council shall have a director and a dep-
uty director, both of whom shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
‘‘(2) The Council may have such additional senior di-
rectors as the President determines necessary. Such senior
directors shall be appointed by the President, by and with
the consent of the Senate.
‘‘(3) The director may appoint and fix the compensa-
tion of such additional personnel as may be necessary to
perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Council
in connection with the performance of its functions.
‘‘(4) The director, deputy director, senior directors,
and such additional personnel shall be appointed subject
to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-
chapters III and VIII of chapter 53 of that title relating
to classification and General Schedule and Senior Execu-
tive Service pay rates.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act and shall apply with respect to any individual
serving on such date in one of the following positions: the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs,
the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Secu-
rity Affairs, and any Special Assistant to the President
and Senior Director of the National Security Council.
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‘‘(f) ACTIVITIES REGARDING PROSTATE CANCER.—
The Administrator shall, with respect to prostate cancer—
‘‘(1) conduct and support research on the out-
comes, effectiveness, and appropriateness of health
services and procedures; and
‘‘(2) in carrying out section 912(a), provide for
the development, periodic review, and updating of
clinically relevant guidelines, standards of quality,
performance measures, and medical review criteria.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1499
AN ACT
To improve the criminal law relating to fraud
against consumers.
SEC. 2. FORFEITURE OF FRAUD PROCEEDS.
Section 982(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) The Court, in sentencing a defendant for
an offense under section 2326, shall order that the
defendant forfeit to the United States any real or
personal property—
‘‘(A) used or intended to be used to com-
mit or to promote the commission of such of-
fense, if the court in its discretion so deter-
mines, taking into consideration the nature,
scope, and proportionality of the use of the
property in the offense; and
‘‘(B) constituting, derived from, or trace-
able to the gross receipts that the defendant ob-
tained directly or indirectly as a result of the
offense,.’’.
SEC. 3. SENTENCING GUIDELINES CHANGES.
Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title
28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing
Commission shall review and amend the sentencing guide-
lines to provide a sentencing enhancement for any offense
listed in section 2326 of title 18, United States Code—
(1) by at least 4 levels if the circumstances au-
thorizing an additional term of imprisonment under
section 2326(1) are present; and
(2) by at least 8 levels if the circumstances au-
thorizing an additional term of imprisonment under
section 2326(2) are present.
SEC. 4. INCREASED PUNISHMENT FOR USE OF FOREIGN
LOCATION TO EVADE PROSECUTION.
Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title
28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing
Commission shall amend the sentencing guidelines to in-
crease the offense level for any fraud offense by at least
2 levels if the defendant conducted activities to further
the fraud from a foreign country.
SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF ENHANCEMENT OF PENALTIES.
Section 2327(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘under this chapter’’ and inserting
‘‘for which an enhanced penalty is provided under section
2326 of this title’’.
SEC. 6. ADDITION OF CONSPIRACY OFFENSES TO SECTION
2326 ENHANCEMENT.
Section 2326 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘, or a conspiracy to commit such
an offense,’’ after ‘‘or 1344’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 25,
1996.
Attest:
Clerk.