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$6,500,000 to carry out recreational projects
and, subject to section 11(a)(2), $25,000,000 to
carry out section 11. Of the funds authorized
for recreational projects, up to $1,500,000 may
be used to fund a wetland interpretive center in
the State of North Dakota.’’;
(B) in the last sentence, by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘(including the
mitigation and enhancement features).’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Expenditures for operation and maintenance
of features substantially completed and features
constructed before the date of enactment of the
Dakota Water Resources Act of 1997, including
funds expended for such purposes since the
date of enactment of Public Law 99–294, shall
not be subject to the authorization limits in this
section. When the features authorized by sec-
tion 8(a) are operational, a separate account in
the Natural Resources Trust authorized in sec-
tion 11 shall be established for operation and
maintenance of the mitigation and enhancement
lands associated with the unit.’’;
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘portion of the
$61,000,000 authorized for Indian municipal, rural,
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tions for policy, practice, or legislative changes relating
to—
(1) the short-term and long-term effects on the
protection of trademark rights and consumer inter-
ests of increasing or decreasing the number of ge-
neric top-level domains;
(2) trademark rights clearance processes for do-
main names, including—
(A) whether domain name databases
should be readily searchable through a common
interface to facilitate the clearing of trademark
rights and proposed domain names across a
range of generic top-level domains;
(B) the identification of what information
from domain name databases should be acces-
sible for the clearing of trademark rights; and
(C) whether generic top-level domain reg-
istrants should be required to provide certain
information;
(3) domain name trademark rights dispute res-
olution mechanisms, including how to—
(A) reduce trademark rights conflicts asso-
ciated with the addition of any new generic top-
level domains; and
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(1) in subsection (b)(2) by inserting before the
semicolon the following: ‘‘and, in the case of an air-
port located within 5 miles of a State boundary, the
sponsor has complied with subsection (f)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENT FOR AIRPORTS LOCATED NEAR
A STATE BOUNDARY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may approve
an application under this subchapter for an airport
development project grant for an airport located
within 5 miles of a State boundary only if the Sec-
retary is satisfied that a committee has been estab-
lished in accordance with this subsection and that
the sponsor has fully considered the findings of the
committee with respect to the project.
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—A committee under para-
graph (1) shall consist of—
‘‘(A) 3 members appointed by the Gov-
ernor of each of the States located within 5
miles of the airport; and
‘‘(B) 3 members appointed from the State
in which the airport is located.
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—A committee under paragraph
(1) shall review the impact of airport development
projects on surrounding communities before the
(h) REPORT.—Not later than September 1, 1998, the
commission shall submit to the Congress a report with any
recommendations agreed to by a majority of its members
stipulating any limitations to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child that are advisable to facilitate ratifica-
tion.
(i) TERMINATION.—Ninety days after the submission
of the report under subsection (h) the commission shall
cease to exist.
SEC. 6. INTERIM MEASURES IN SUPPORT OF INTERNATION-
ALLY-RECOGNIZED RIGHTS OF THE CHILD.
(a) ILO.—In addition to such amounts as are other-
wise authorized to be appropriated, there are authorized
to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 for a United States
contribution to the International Labor Organization for
the activities of the International Program on the Elimi-
nation of Child Labor.
(b) UNCHR.—In addition to such amounts as are
otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there are author-
ized to be appropriated $100,000 for each of the fiscal
years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 for a United
States contribution to the United Nations Commission on
Human Rights for programs relating to bonded child labor
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3109
[Report No. 105–695]
A BILL
To establish the Thomas Cole National Historic
Site in the State of New York, and for other pur-
poses.
SEPTEMBER 9, 1998
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
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sponsor submits a project grant application under
this subchapter with respect to the projects.
‘‘(4) POLICYMAKING AUTHORITY.—A committee
under paragraph (1) shall possess policymaking au-
thority with respect to airport development projects
that impact communities adjoining the airport, in-
cluding projects that affect the noise levels, environ-
ment, traffic congestion, or safety of a community.
‘‘(5) SUBMISSION OF COMMITTEE FINDINGS.—
A sponsor shall submit the findings of a committee
established under this subsection on the community
impact of an airport development project as part of
any grant application for the project under this sub-
chapter.’’.
SEC. 3. APPROVAL OF PASSENGER FACILITY FEES TO FI-
NANCE SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
Section 40117(d) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(2);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) if the project is for an airport located
within 5 miles of a State boundary, the eligible
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 300
To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit a State located within
5 miles of an airport in another State to participate in the process
for approval of airport development projects at the airport.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. SHAYS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit a State
located within 5 miles of an airport in another State
to participate in the process for approval of airport devel-
opment projects at the airport.
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 ‘‘Airport Community
Representation Act’’.
SEC. 2. APPROVAL OF AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Section 47106 is amended—
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agency has complied with the requirements of sec-
tion 47106(f) of this title in the same manner and
to the same extent as the sponsor of an airport de-
velopment project under subchapter I of chapter 471
of this title is required to comply with such sec-
tion.’’.
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(D) by inserting ‘‘augmented stream flows,
ground water recharge,’’ after ‘‘flood control,’’;
and
(E) by inserting ‘‘(as modified by this
Act)’’ before the period at the end;
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘terminated,’’
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘terminated.’’; and
(4) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(f) NONREIMBURSABILITY OF FEATURES.—All fea-
tures constructed by the Secretary before the date of en-
actment of the Dakota Water Resources Act of 1997, in-
cluding the Oakes Test Area, shall be nonreimbursable.
‘‘(g) AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SECRETARY AND
THE STATE.—The Secretary shall enter into an agreement
with the State of North Dakota providing for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the completed unit facilities and
the design and construction of authorized new unit facili-
ties by the State. The Secretary shall be responsible for
the cost of operation and maintenance of the proportionate
share attributable to the facilities which remain unused.
‘‘(h) MITIGATION AND ENHANCEMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall be responsible for operation, maintenance, and
replacement of mitigation and enhancement measures as-
sociated with features constructed under this Act.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3011
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain severance
payment amounts from income.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 9, 1997
Mr. PASCRELL 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 exclude
certain severance payment amounts from income.
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 ‘‘Layoff Tax Relief
Act’’.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME OF SEVERANCE PAY-
MENT AMOUNTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
items specifically excluded from gross income) is amended
by redesignating section 139 as section 140 and by insert-
ing after section 138 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 139. SEVERANCE PAYMENTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual,
gross income shall not include any qualified severance pay-
ment.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The amount to which the exclu-
sion under subsection (a) applies shall not exceed $3,000
with respect to any separation from employment.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED SEVERANCE PAYMENT.—For pur-
poses of this section—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified sever-
ance payment’ means any payment received by an
individual if—
‘‘(A) such payment was paid by such indi-
vidual’s employer on account of such individ-
ual’s separation from employment, and
‘‘(B) such separation was in connection
with a reduction in the work force of the em-
ployer.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Such term shall not include
any payment received by an individual if the aggre-
gate payments received with respect to the separa-
tion from employment exceed $150,000.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—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 139
and inserting the following new items:
‘‘Sec. 139. Severance payments.
‘‘Sec. 140. Cross references to other Acts.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1997.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3013
To reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 9, 1997
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio (for herself, Mr. EWING, and Mr. GREENWOOD) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary
A BILL
To reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect, 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 ‘‘Child Abuse Preven-
tion and Enforcement Act’’.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF ACCESS TO CERTAIN COURT
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS TO PRE-
VENT CHILD ABUSE.
(a) DESCRIPTION
OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Section
1402 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796aa–1) is amended by adding be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘or to provide
child protective workers and child welfare workers (in pub-
lic and private agencies, who, in the course of their official
duties, are engaged in the assessment of risk and other
actions related to the protection of children, including
placement of children in foster care) access to criminal
conviction information and orders of protection based on
a claim of domestic or child abuse, or to improve law en-
forcement access to judicial custody orders, visitation or-
ders, protection orders, guardianship orders, stay away or-
ders, or other similar judicial orders’’.
(b) APPLICATION TO RECEIVE GRANTS.—Section
1403 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796aa–2) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘or to provide
child protective workers and child welfare workers
(in public and private agencies, who, in the course
of their official duties, are engaged in the assess-
ment of risk and other actions related to the protec-
tion of children, including placement of children in
foster care) access to criminal conviction information
and orders of protection based on a claim of domes-
tic or child abuse, or to improve law enforcement ac-
cess to judicial custody orders, visitation orders, pro-
relevant information to other Federal agencies or to
committees of the Congress.
‘‘(d) INVESTIGATION AND ANNUAL REPORTS.—The
Board shall investigate all matters relating to the tobacco
industry and public health and report annually on the re-
sults of the investigation to Congress. Each annual report
to Congress shall, at a minimum, disclose—
‘‘(1) whether tobacco manufacturers are in
compliance with the provisions of this Act;
‘‘(2) any efforts by tobacco manufacturers to
conceal research relating to the adverse health ef-
fects or addiction caused by the use of tobacco prod-
ucts;
‘‘(3) any efforts by tobacco manufacturers to
mislead the public or any Federal, State, or local
elected body, agency, or court about the adverse
health effects or addiction caused by the use of to-
bacco products;
‘‘(4) any efforts by tobacco manufacturers to
sell or market tobacco products to children; and
‘‘(5) any efforts by tobacco manufacturers to
circumvent, repeal, modify, impede the implementa-
tion of, or prevent the adoption of any Federal,
State, or local law or regulation intended to reduce
tection orders, guardianship orders, stay away or-
ders, or other similar judicial orders’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘or to provide child
protective workers and child welfare workers (in
public and private agencies, who, in the course of
their official duties, are engaged in the assessment
of risk and other actions related to the protection of
children, including placement of children in foster
care) access to criminal conviction information and
orders of protection based on a claim of domestic or
child abuse, or to improve law enforcement access to
judicial custody orders, visitation orders, protection
orders, guardianship orders, stay away orders, or
other similar judicial orders’’.
(c) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 1404(a) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796aa–3(a)) is amended in the mat-
ter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after ‘‘to receive
a grant’’ the following: ‘‘for closed circuit televising of tes-
timony of children who are victims of abuse’’.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1409(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 3796aa–8(2)) is amended by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ‘‘or the taking of a child
in violation of a court order’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Part N of title I of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796aa) is amended in the heading
to read as follows:
‘‘PART N—GRANTS FOR CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELE-
VISING OF TESTIMONY OF CHILDREN WHO
ARE VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND FOR IMPROV-
ING ACCESS TO COURT AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT RECORDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRE-
VENTING CHILD ABUSE’’.
SEC. 3. USE OF FUNDS UNDER BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM
FOR CHILD PROTECTION.
Section 501(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end paragraph
(25);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (26) and adding ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(27) enforcing child abuse and neglect laws
and programs designed to prevent child abuse and
neglect.’’.
SEC. 4. INCREASE IN SET ASIDE FOR CHILD ABUSE VIC-
TIMS UNDER THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT OF
1984.
Section 1402(d)(2) of the Victims of Crime Act of
1984 is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$20,000,000’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3014
To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
to expand the number of county operated health insuring organizations
authorized to enroll Medicaid beneficiaries.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 9, 1997
Mr. RADANOVICH (for himself, Mr. BILBRAY, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MILLER of
California, Mr. ROGAN, Mr. LEWIS of California, Ms. PELOSI, Mr.
POMBO, and Mr. FARR of California) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1985 to expand the number of county operated
health insuring organizations authorized to enroll Medic-
aid beneficiaries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF MED-
ICAID COUNTY ORGANIZED HEALTH INSUR-
ING ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9517(c)(3) of the Consoli-
dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (42
U.S.C. 1396b note), as added by section 4734 of the Om-
nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘up to 3’’
and inserting ‘‘up to 7’’, and
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘10 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘20 percent’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall be effective as if included in the enact-
ment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3015
To provide additional appropriations for certain nutrition programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 9, 1997
Mr. SANDERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
To provide additional appropriations for certain nutrition
programs.
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 ‘‘Senior Nutrition Fund-
ing Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
In addition to any other sums appropriated for such
purposes, there is hereby appropriated, out of any sums
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated—
(1) for the purposes of making grants under
subpart 1 of part C of title III of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (relating to congregate nutrition
services)—
(A) $659,303,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
(B) $692,268,000 for fiscal year 2000; and
(2) for the purposes of making grants under
subpart 2 of part C of title III of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (relating to home delivered nutri-
tion services)—
(A) $277,596,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
(B) $291,476,000 for fiscal year 2000.
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or, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture,
for the purchase of the individual mineral interest of
the United States under section 2.
(2) Any lands acquired by the sale, exchange,
or other disposition of the real property subject to
the reversionary interests shall become a part of the
State forest in which the acquired lands are located
and shall be subject to the condition that the ac-
quired lands be used for public purposes.
(3) The total land base of such State forests
shall not be reduced below the original acreage of
the real property included in the conveyances de-
scribed in subsection (a), except in the case of any
lands conveyed at the request of the United States,
and the total land base shall be managed in perpetu-
ity as State forest land.
(4) All proceeds from the sale, exchange, or
other disposition of the real property subject to the
reversionary interests shall be maintained by the
State of Florida in a separate fund. The record of
all transactions involving such fund shall be open to
inspection by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may require such additional terms or conditions
in connection with the release of the reversionary interests
(B) by striking the third sentence and in-
serting the following: ‘‘In any such action in
which a person seeking to place, construct, or
modify a tower facility is a party, such person
shall bear the burden of proof.’’.
(b) PROHIBITION ON ADOPTION OF RULE.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Federal Commu-
nications Commission may not adopt as a final rule the
proposed rule set forth in ‘‘Preemption of State and Local
Zoning and Land Use Restrictions on Siting, Placement
and Construction of Broadcast Station Transmission Fa-
cilities’’, MM Docket No. 97–182, released August 19,
1997.
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‘‘(A) advising the debtor whether to file bank-
ruptcy or whether chapter 7, 11, 12 or 13 is more
appropriate for the debtor;
‘‘(B) advising the debtor whether the debtor’s
debts will be eliminated or discharged in a bank-
ruptcy case;
‘‘(C) advising the debtor whether the debtor will
be able to keep the debtor’s home, car, or other
property after filing a bankruptcy case;
‘‘(D) advising the debtor as to the tax con-
sequences of a bankruptcy or the dischargeability of
tax claims;
‘‘(E) advising the debtor whether the debtor
may or should promise to repay or ‘reaffirm’ debts
to creditors;
‘‘(F) advising the debtor how to characterize
the nature of the debtor’s interests in property or
the debtor’s debts; or
‘‘(G) advising the debtor about bankruptcy pro-
cedures and rights.’’.
(4) MOTIONS.—Section 110(h)(3) of title 11,
United States Code, is amended by inserting before
the period at the end the following:
‘‘or may move the court for an order to disgorge fees paid
to the bankruptcy petition preparer for any violation of
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3020
To establish a program, primarily through the States and municipalities,
and their agents, to facilitate the environmental assessment, cleanup,
and reuse of abandoned or underutilized, potentially contaminated prop-
erties not on, or proposed for inclusion on, the National Priorities List.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 9, 1997
Mr. STOKES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation
and Infrastructure and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To establish a program, primarily through the States and
municipalities, and their agents, to facilitate the environ-
mental assessment, cleanup, and reuse of abandoned or
underutilized, potentially contaminated properties not on,
or proposed for inclusion on, the National Priorities List.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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‘‘(C) any debt, executory contract, or unexpired 
lease of an affiliate (other than a qualified financial 
contract); or 
‘‘(D) any agreement under which an affiliate 
issued or is obligated for debt. 
‘‘(3) The stay under this subsection terminates— 
‘‘(A) for the benefit of the debtor, upon the ear-
liest of— 
‘‘(i) 48 hours after the commencement of 
the case; 
‘‘(ii) assumption of the debt, contract, 
lease, or agreement by the bridge company 
under an order authorizing a transfer under 
section 1185; 
‘‘(iii) a final order of the court denying the 
request for a transfer under section 1185; or 
‘‘(iv) the time the case is dismissed; and 
‘‘(B) for the benefit of an affiliate, upon the 
earliest of— 
‘‘(i) the entry of an order authorizing a 
transfer under section 1185 in which the direct 
or indirect interests in the affiliate that are 
property of the estate are not transferred under 
section 1185; 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3025
AN ACT
To amend the Federal charter for Group Hospitalization
and Medical Services, Inc., and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,