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sport to hundreds of thousands of people with intel-
lectual disabilities within the United States and 
worldwide over the next 5 years. 
(6) Special Olympics has demonstrated its abil-
ity to provide a major positive effect on the quality 
of life of people with intellectual disabilities, improv-
ing their health and physical well-being, building 
their confidence and self-esteem, and giving them a 
voice to become active and productive members of 
their communities. 
(7) In society as a whole, Special Olympics has 
become a vehicle and platform for breaking down ar-
tificial barriers, improving public health, changing 
negative attitudes in education, and helping athletes 
overcome the prejudice that people with intellectual 
disabilities face in too many places. 
(8) The Government of the United States en-
thusiastically supports Special Olympics, recognizes 
its importance in improving the lives of people with 
intellectual disabilities, and recognizes Special Olym-
pics as a valued and important component of the 
global community. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this Act are to—
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5314
AN ACT
To amend title 10, United States Code, to facilitate the
adoption of retired military working dogs by law enforce-
ment agencies, former handlers of these dogs, and other
persons capable of caring for these dogs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROMOTION OF ADOPTION OF MILITARY
WORKING DOGS.
(a) ADOPTION
OF MILITARY WORKING DOGS.—
Chapter 153 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 2582. Military working dogs: transfer and adoption
at end of useful working life
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY FOR ADOPTION.—The Secretary
of Defense shall make a military working dog of the De-
partment of Defense available for adoption by a person
or entity referred to in subsection (c) at the end of the
dog’s useful working life or when the dog is otherwise ex-
cess to the needs of the Department, unless the dog has
been determined to be unsuitable for adoption under sub-
section (b).
‘‘(b) SUITABILITY
FOR ADOPTION.—The decision
whether a particular military working dog is suitable or
unsuitable for adoption under this section shall be made
by the commander of the last unit to which the dog is
assigned before being declared excess. The unit com-
mander shall consider the recommendations of the unit’s
veterinarian in making the decision regarding a dog’s
adoptability.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED RECIPIENTS.—Military working
dogs may be adopted under this section by law enforce-
ment agencies, former handlers of these dogs, and other
persons capable of humanely caring for these dogs.
‘‘(d) CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary may authorize
the transfer a military working dog under this section
without charge to the recipient.
‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY FOR TRANSFERRED
DOGS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
United States shall not be subject to any suit, claim, de-
mand or action, liability, judgment, cost, or other fee aris-
ing out of any claim for personal injury or property dam-
age that results from, or is in any manner predicated
upon, the act or omission of a former military working
dog transferred under this section, including any training
provided to the dog while a military working dog.
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit
to Congress an annual report specifying the number of
military working dogs adopted under this section during
the preceding year, the number of these dogs currently
awaiting adoption, and the number of these dogs
euthanized during the preceding year. With respect to
each euthanized military working dog, the report shall
contain an explanation of the reasons why the dog was
euthanized rather than retained for adoption under this
section.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘2582. Military working dogs: transfer and adoption at end of useful working
life.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 10,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
(3) require the payment of royalty as provided
for in section 507 of this title;
(4) require that exploration activities pursuant
to any lease issued or maintained under this title
shall be conducted in accordance with an exploration
plan or a revision of such plan approved by the Sec-
retary;
(5) require that all development and production
pursuant to a lease issued or maintained pursuant
to this title shall be conducted in accordance with
development and production plans approved by the
Secretary;
(6) require posting of bond as required by sec-
tion 509 of this title;
(7) provide that the Secretary may close, on a
seasonal basis, portions of the Coastal Plain to ex-
ploratory drilling activities as necessary to protect
caribou calving areas and other species of fish and
wildlife;
(8) contain such provisions relating to rental
and other fees as the Secretary may prescribe at the
time of offering the area for lease;
(9) provide that the Secretary may direct or as-
sent to the suspension of operations and production
under any lease granted under the terms of this title
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(ii) PRODUCER-HANDLERS.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (3), a producer-handler
shall be considered the first handler of
those Hass avocados that are produced by
that producer-handler and packed by that
producer-handler for sale at wholesale or
retail.
(iii) IMPORTERS.—The assessment on
imported Hass avocados shall be paid by
the importer to Customs at the time of
entry into the United States and shall be
remitted by Customs to the Board. Impor-
tation occurs when Hass avocados origi-
nating outside the United States are re-
leased from custody of Customs and intro-
duced into the stream of commerce within
the United States. Importers include per-
sons who hold title to foreign-produced
Hass avocados immediately upon release
by Customs, as well as any persons who
act on behalf of others, as agents, brokers,
or consignees, to secure the release of Hass
avocados from Customs and the introduc-
tion of the released Hass avocados into the
current of commerce.
trols such claim holder or operator shall be jointly and
severally liable for payment of such royalties.
(b) DUTIES OF CLAIM HOLDERS, OPERATORS, AND
TRANSPORTERS.—(1) A person—
(A) who is required to make any royalty pay-
ment under this section shall make such payments
to the United States at such times and in such man-
ner as the Secretary may by rule prescribe; and
(B) shall notify the Secretary, in the time and
manner as may be specified by the Secretary, of any
assignment that such person may have made of the
obligation to make any royalty or other payment
under a mining claim.
(2) Any person paying royalties under this section
shall file a written instrument, together with the first roy-
alty payment, affirming that such person is liable to the
Secretary for making proper payments for all amounts due
for all time periods for which such person as a payment
responsibility. Such liability for the period referred to in
the preceding sentence shall include any and all additional
amounts billed by the Secretary and determined to be due
by final agency or judicial action. Any person liable for
royalty payments under this section who assigns any pay-
ment obligation shall remain jointly and severally liable
for all royalty payments due for the claim for the period.
one or more United States shipyards for the con-
struction of a total of 2 or more cruise vessels with
a total combined berth or stateroom capacity equal
to at least the total combined berth or stateroom ca-
pacity of that vessel. If certificates of documentation
are issued under section 101(a) for more than 1 ves-
sel for an operator, the construction contract re-
quired by the preceding sentence shall provide for
the construction of 1 more vessel than the number
of vessels for which certificates of documentation are
issued with a total combined berth or stateroom ca-
pacity equal to at least the total combined berth or
stateroom capacity of the vessels for which the cer-
tificates of documentation are issued.
(2) DEMONSTRATION
OF
CAPABILITY
RE-
QUIRED.—For purposes of this subsection, a con-
struction contract for which financing is not pro-
vided under title XI of the Merchant Marine Act,
1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1101 et seq.) shall not be rec-
ognized as meeting the requirements of paragraph
(1) unless both the operator and the shipyard are
capable of completing the contract. For purposes of
this paragraph—
(A) an operator shall be considered to be
capable of completing such a contract if the op-
(3) A person conducting mineral activities shall—
(A) develop and comply with the site security
provisions in operations permit designed to protect
from theft the locatable minerals, concentrates or
products derived therefrom which are produced or
stored on a mining claim, and such provisions shall
conform with such minimum standards as the Sec-
retary may prescribe by rule, taking into account the
variety of circumstances on mining claims; and
(B) not later than the 5th business day after
production begins anywhere on a mining claim, or
production resumes after more than 90 days after
production was suspended, notify the Secretary, in
the manner prescribed by the Secretary, of the date
on which such production has begun or resumed.
(4) The Secretary may by rule require any person en-
gaged in transporting a locatable mineral, concentrate, or
product derived therefrom to carry on his or her person,
in his or her vehicle, or in his or her immediate control,
documentation showing, at a minimum, the amount, ori-
gin, and intended destination of the locatable mineral, con-
centrate, or product derived therefrom in such cir-
cumstances as the Secretary determines is appropriate.
(c) RECORDKEEPING
AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—(1) A claim holder, operator, or other person di-
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to the amount of the expenditure made for each
dwelling unit.
‘‘(5) ALLOCATION IN CERTAIN CASES.—If less
than 80 percent of the use of an item is for nonbusi-
ness residential purposes, only that portion of the
expenditures for such item which is properly allo-
cable to use for nonbusiness residential purposes
shall be taken into account. For purposes of this
paragraph, use for a swimming pool shall be treated
as use which is not for residential purposes.
‘‘(6) WHEN EXPENDITURE MADE; AMOUNT OF
EXPENDITURE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), an expenditure with respect
to an item shall be treated as made when the
original installation of the item is completed.
‘‘(B) EXPENDITURES PART OF BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION.—In the case of an expenditure
in connection with the construction or recon-
struction of a structure, such expenditure shall
be treated as made when the original use of the
constructed or reconstructed structure by the
taxpayer begins.
‘‘(C) AMOUNT.—The amount of an ex-
penditure shall be the cost thereof.
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‘‘(e) BASIS ADJUSTMENTS.—For purposes of this
subtitle, if a credit is allowed under this section for any
expenditure with respect to any property, the increase in
the basis of such property which would (but for this sub-
section) result from such expenditure shall be reduced by
the amount of the credit so allowed.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subsection (a) of section 1016 of such Code
is amended by striking ‘and’ at the end of paragraph
(26), by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(27) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(28) to the extent provided in section 25B(e),
in the case of amounts with respect to which a credit
has been allowed under section 25B.’’.
(2) The table of sections for subpart A of part
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 25A the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 25B. Residential solar energy property.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after De-
cember 31, 1999 and before December 31, 2004.
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SEC. 
2. 
INCREASE 
IN 
NATIONAL 
PER 
CAPITA
MEDICARE+CHOICE GROWTH PERCENTAGE
IN 2001 AND 2002.
Section 1853(c)(6)(B) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395w–23(c)(6)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘for 2001, 0.5
percentage points’’ and inserting ‘‘for 2001, 0 per-
centage points’’; and
(2) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘for 2002, 0.3 per-
centage points’’ and inserting ‘‘for 2002, 0 percent-
age points’’.
SEC. 
3. 
ELIMINATION 
OF 
REDUCTION 
IN
MEDICARE+CHOICE 
PAYMENT 
RATES 
BY
BUDGET NEUTRALITY ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1853(c)(1)(A) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–23(c)(1)(A)) is
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘With respect
to years beginning on or after January 1, 2001, in no case
shall the budget neutrality adjustment provided for in the
previous sentence result in a reduction of the payment
amount that would otherwise be made under this subpara-
graph but for such adjustment.’’.
SEC. 4. PAYMENT FLOOR FOR MEDICARE+CHOICE PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1853(c)(1) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–23(c)(1)) is amended—
‘‘(2) Subject to the authority, direction, and control
of the Director of Air Force Research, the Deputy Direc-
tor of Air Force Research is—
‘‘(A) responsible for the execution of the Air
Force Research Laboratory technical program; and
‘‘(B) responsible for operational aspects of the
Air Force Research Laboratory.
‘‘(c) The Office of Air Force Research shall perform
such duties as the Secretary of the Air Force prescribes
relating to—
‘‘(1) the encouragement, promotion, planning,
initiation, and coordination of Air Force research;
‘‘(2) the conduct of Air Force research in aug-
mentation of and in conjunction with the research
and development conducted by the bureaus and
other agencies and offices of the Department of the
Air Force; and
‘‘(3) the supervision, administration, and con-
trol of activities within or for the Department relat-
ing to patents, inventions, trademarks, copyrights,
and royalty payments, and matters connected there-
with.
‘‘(d) Subject to the authority, direction, and control
of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Director of Air
Force Research shall ensure that the management and
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5318
To prohibit the exportation of Alaskan North Slope crude oil.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
Mr. ENGLISH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on
Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To prohibit the exportation of Alaskan North Slope crude
oil.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTATION OF ALASKAN
NORTH SLOPE CRUDE OIL.
Effective 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act—
(1) no domestically produced crude oil trans-
ported by pipeline over right-of-way granted pursu-
ant to section 203 of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Au-
thorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1652) may be exported
from the United States, or any commonwealth, terri-
tory, or possession of the United States; and
(2) subsections (s) and (u) of section 28 of the
Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 185(s) and
(u)), and section 7(d) of the Export Administration
Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2406(d)), are repealed.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5319
To expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and
direct student loan programs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
Mr. INSLEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee 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 expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the
guaranteed and direct student loan programs, 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 ‘‘Teachers For Tomor-
row Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) GUARANTEED STUDENT LOANS.—Part B of title
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by—
(1) redesignating section 428K (20 U.S.C.
1078–11) as section 428L; and
(2) by inserting after section 428J the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 428K. EXPANDED LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACH-
ERS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to
expand, subject to the availability of appropriations there-
for, the eligibility of individuals to qualify for loan forgive-
ness for teachers beyond that available under section
428J, in order to provide additional incentives for such
individuals to enter and continue in the teaching profes-
sion.
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the sums appro-
priated pursuant to subsection (i), the Secretary
shall carry out a program, through the holder of the
loan, of assuming the obligation to repay a qualified
loan amount for a loan made under section 428 or
428H, in accordance with subsection (c), for any
new borrower on or after October 1, 1998, who is
in paragraph (1)(E). Any person with such an exist-
ing mining claim shall have all the rights incident to
mining claims, including the rights of ingress and
egress on the land described in paragraph (1)(E).
Any person with such an existing mining claim shall
have the right to occupy and use so much of the sur-
face of the land as is required for all purposes rea-
sonably necessary to mine and remove the minerals
from the land, including the removal of timber for
mining purposes. Such a mining claim shall termi-
nate when the claim is determined to be invalid or
is abandoned.
(c) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
file a legal description of the areas described in subsection
(b) with the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and with the Committee on Indian Affairs
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate. Such legal description shall have the same
force and effect as if the information contained in the de-
scription were included in that subsection except that the
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in
such legal description and in the maps referred to in the
legal description. The legal description shall be on file and
(1) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by
striking ‘‘or (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C), or (D)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(D) TRUE FLOOR BASED ON 90 PERCENT
OF
THE
FEE-FOR-SERVICE
PER
CAPITA
EX-
PENDITURES FOR MEDICARE+CHOICE PLANS.—
In the case of a plan, 90 percent of an amount
equal to the annual per capita rate of payment
described in section 1876(a)(1)(C) for the area
involved.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply to payments for months beginning on
or after January 2001.
SEC. 5. CORRECTING FOR MISESTIMATES IN THE GROWTH
RATE; 
LIMITING 
RETROACTIVE 
ADJUST-
MENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for purposes of payments under section
1853(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–
23(c)) 
to 
Medicare+Choice 
organizations 
offering
Medicare+Choice plans for 2001, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall provide for an increase by 3.6
percent the amount of payment otherwise applicable to
such plans under that section in 2001.
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made by section 504 of the Economic Recovery Tax
Act of 1981.
(e) CORRECTION OF CALCULATION OF AMOUNTS TO
BE DEPOSITED IN HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—
(1) Subsection (b) of section 9503 is amended
by striking paragraph (5) and redesignating para-
graph (6) as paragraph (5).
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall apply with respect to taxes received in the
Treasury after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(f) EXPENDITURES FROM VACCINE INJURY COM-
PENSATION
TRUST
FUND.—Section 9510(c)(1)(A) is
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1999’’ and inserting
‘‘October 18, 2000’’.
SEC. 729. CLERICAL CHANGES.
(1) Clause (i) of section 45(d)(7)(A) is amended
by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (c)(3)(A)’’.
(2) Subsection (f) of section 67 is amended by
striking ‘‘the last sentence’’ and inserting ‘‘the sec-
ond sentence’’.
(3) The heading for paragraph (5) of section
408(d) is amended to read as follows:
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5321
To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to clarify that judgments
in actions brought under the Act are enforceable in any court of com-
petent jurisdiction.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
Mr. LATHAM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to clarify
that judgments in actions brought under the Act are
enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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 ‘‘Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act Amendments of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.
Section 811 of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
(15 U.S.C. 1692i) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT
OF JUDGMENTS.—Subsection
(a) shall not be construed as applying to any proceeding
in a court of competent jurisdiction, or any other action
taken, to enforce a judgment in an action brought in ac-
cordance with subsection (a).’’.
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‘‘(A) the original use of such property com-
mences with the taxpayer, and
‘‘(B) such property meets the standards (if
any) applicable to such property under section
48(a)(3).
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) TENANT-STOCKHOLDER IN COOPERATIVE
HOUSING CORPORATION.—In the case of an indi-
vidual who is a tenant-stockholder (as defined in sec-
tion 216) in a cooperative housing corporation (as
defined in such section), such individual shall be
treated as having made his tenant-stockholder’s pro-
portionate share (as defined in section 216(b)(3)) of
any expenditures of such corporation.
‘‘(2) CONDOMINIUMS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an indi-
vidual who is a member of a condominium man-
agement association with respect to a condo-
minium which he owns, such individual shall be
treated as having made his proportionate share
of any expenditures of such association.
‘‘(B) CONDOMINIUM
MANAGEMENT
ASSO-
CIATION.—For purposes of this paragraph, the
term ‘condominium management association’
means an organization which meets the require-
ments of paragraph (1) of section 528(c) (other
than subparagraph (E) thereof) with respect to
a condominium project substantially all of the
units of which are used as residences.
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION IN CERTAIN CASES.—If less
than 80 percent of the use of an item is for nonbusi-
ness purposes, only that portion of the expenditures
for such item which is properly allocable to use for
nonbusiness purposes shall be taken into account.
‘‘(4) WHEN EXPENDITURE MADE; AMOUNT OF
EXPENDITURE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), an expenditure with respect
to an item shall be treated as made when the
original installation of the item is completed.
‘‘(B) EXPENDITURES PART OF BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION.—In the case of an expenditure
in connection with the construction or recon-
struction of a structure, such expenditure shall
be treated as made when the original use of the
constructed or reconstructed structure by the
taxpayer begins.
‘‘(C) AMOUNT.—The amount of any ex-
penditure shall be the cost thereof.