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SEC. 904. ELIMINATION OF ANTITRUST REVIEW BY THE NU-
CLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.
Section 105 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2135) is amended by adding the following after
subsection c.:
‘‘d. Following the effective date of this subsection,
subsection 105 c. shall not apply to any pending or future
application filed for a license to construct or operate a uti-
lization facility under sections 103 or 104 b. This Act shall
not affect the Commission’s authority to enforce antitrust
conditions included in licenses issued under sections 103
or 104 b. before the date of enactment of this sub-
section.’’.
SEC. 905. ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS SAVINGS CLAUSE.
Nothing in this Act alters or affects environmental
requirements imposed by Federal or State law, including,
but not limited to, the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401
et seq.); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C
791a et seq.); and the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.).
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SEC. 906. GENERATING PLANT EFFICIENCY STUDY.
Part C of title VI of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act is amended by adding after section 662, the
following new section:
‘‘GENERATING PLANT EFFICIENCY STUDY
‘‘SEC. 663. Within three years following the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue a re-
port comparing the impact of wholesale and retail competi-
tion on the efficiency of new and existing electric gener-
ating facilities.’’.
SEC. 907. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) The Table of Contents of PURPA is amended
by—
(1) inserting after the listing for section 117
under subtitle B of title I:
‘‘Sec. 118. Authority to impose reciprocity requirements.
‘‘Sec. 119. Aggregation for purchase of retail electric energy.
‘‘Sec. 119A. Consumer information disclosure.
‘‘Sec. 119B. Access to electric service for low-income consumers.
‘‘Sec. 119C. Residential electricity consumer database.
‘‘Sec. 119D. Model code for retail suppliers.
‘‘Sec. 119E. Model code for electric utility workers.’’, and
(2) inserting after the listing for section 608:
‘‘Sec. 609. Retail competition.
‘‘Sec. 610. Public Benefits Fund.
‘‘Sec. 611. Federal renewable portfolio standard.
‘‘Sec. 612. Net metering for renewable energy.
‘‘Sec. 613. Interconnections for certain facilities.’’.
(b) The Table of Contents of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992 is amended by inserting after the listing for sec-
tion 2606:
‘‘Sec. 2607. Tribal electricity assistance.’’.
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(c) The Table of Contents of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act is amended by—
(1) inserting after the listing for section 212:
‘‘Sec. 213. Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs.
‘‘Sec. 214. Electricity Outage Investigation Board.’’, and
(2) inserting after the listing for section 662:
‘‘Sec. 663. Generating plant efficiency study.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 182
To clarify that retirement income from pension plans of the government
of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be exempt from nonresident
taxation in the same manner as State pension plans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. MCCOLLUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Judiciary
A BILL
To clarify that retirement income from pension plans of
the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
shall be exempt from nonresident taxation in the same
manner as State pension plans.
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 ‘‘Puerto Rican Source
Tax Fairness Act.’’
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF PENSION
PLANS OF PUERTO RICO AS GOVERNMENTAL
PLANS FOR PURPOSES OF LIMITATION ON
STATE INCOME TAXATION OF PENSION IN-
COME.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (G) of section
114(b)(1) of title 4, United States Code (relating to limi-
tation on State income taxation of certain pension in-
come), is amended by striking ‘‘of such Code’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of such Code, determined by treating the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico as a State’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to amounts received after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1831
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor post-
humously to Charles Richmond Metchear for his actions at Cienfuegos,
Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 1999
Mr. MEEHAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal
of Honor posthumously to Charles Richmond Metchear
for his actions at Cienfuegos, Cuba during the Spanish-
American War.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President is authorized and requested to award
the Medal of Honor posthumously to Charles Richmond
Metchear, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for his
actions as a crewmember of the U.S.S. Marblehead at
Cienfuegos, Cuba during the Spanish-American War on
May 11, 1898. Such an award may be made without re-
gard to sections 6248 and 6250 of title 10, United States
Code, and may be made in accordance with award criteria
applicable at the time of the actions referred to in the first
sentence.
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In the Senate of the United States,
April 7, 2000.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1832) entitled ‘‘An Act to reform unfair and anti-
competitive practices in the professional boxing industry.’’, do
pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Ω1æPage 6, after line 17, insert:
‘‘(c) PROTECTION FROM COERCIVE CONTRACTS WITH
BROADCASTERS.—Subsection (a) of this section applies to
any contract between a commercial broadcaster and a
boxer, or granting any rights with respect to that boxer,
involving a broadcast in or affecting interstate commerce,
regardless of the broadcast medium. For the purpose of this
subsection, any reference in subsection (a)(1)(B) to ‘pro-
moter’ shall be considered a reference to ‘commercial broad-
caster’.
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Ω2æPage 17, after line 24, insert:
(1) in paragraph (9) by inserting after ‘‘match.’’
the following: ‘‘The term ‘promoter’ does not include
a hotel, casino, resort, or other commercial establish-
ment hosting or sponsoring a professional boxing
match unless—
‘‘(A) the hotel, casino, resort, or other com-
mercial establishment is primarily responsible
for organizing, promoting, and producing the
match; and
‘‘(B) there is no other person primarily re-
sponsible for organizing, promoting, and pro-
ducing the match.’’;
Ω3æPage 18, line 1, strike out ø(1)¿ and insert: (2)
Ω4æPage 18, line 4, strike out ø(2)¿ and insert: (3)
Attest:
Secretary.
sanctioning organization may require a boxer, in a
contract arising from a professional boxing match
that is a mandatory bout under the rules of the
sanctioning organization, to grant promotional rights
to any promoter for a future professional boxing
match.
‘‘(b) EMPLOYMENT AS CONDITION OF PROMOTION,
ETC.—No person who is a licensee, manager, match-
maker, or promoter may require a boxer to employ, retain,
or provide compensation to any individual or business en-
terprise (whether operating in corporate form or not) rec-
ommended or designated by that person as a condition
of—
‘‘(1) such person’s working with the boxer as a
licensee, manager, matchmaker, or promoter;
‘‘(2) such person’s arranging for the boxer to
participate in a professional boxing match; or
‘‘(3) such boxer’s participation in a professional
boxing match.
‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT.—
‘‘(1) PROMOTION AGREEMENT.—A provision in
a contract between a promoter and a boxer, or be-
tween promoters with respect to a boxer, that vio-
lates subsection (a) is contrary to public policy and
unenforceable at law.
‘‘(2) EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT.—In any ac-
tion brought against a boxer to recover money
(whether as damages or as money owned) for acting
as a licensee, manager, matchmaker, or promoter for
the boxer, the court, arbitrator, or administrative
body before which the action is brought may deny
recovery in whole or in part under the contract as
contrary to public policy if the employment, reten-
tion, or compensation that is the subject of the ac-
tion was obtained in violation of subsection (b).’’.
(b) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—Section 9 of such Act
(15 U.S.C. 6308) is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘No member’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)
REGULATORY PERSONNEL.—No member’’; and
(2) adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(b) FIREWALL BETWEEN PROMOTERS AND MAN-
AGERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It is unlawful for—
‘‘(A) a promoter to have a direct or indi-
rect financial interest in the management of a
boxer; or
‘‘(B) a manager—
‘‘(i) to have a direct or indirect finan-
cial interest in the promotion of a boxer; or
more of the criteria set forth in subsection
(c).’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) The President may, after the requirements of
subsection (a)(2) and paragraph (2) have been met—
‘‘(i) withdraw or suspend the designation of any
country as a CBTEA beneficiary country; or
‘‘(ii) withdraw, suspend, modify, or limit the ap-
plication of preferential treatment under section
213(b)(2) and (3) to any article of any country,
if the President determines that such action is appropriate
based on an evaluation of the criteria listed in section
213(b)(5)(D).’’; and
(2) by adding after paragraph (2) the following
new paragraphs:
‘‘(3) In the event the President withdraws, suspends,
or limits the application of duty-free treatment accorded
to a country under the Generalized System of Preferences
based on one or more of the eligibility criteria in section
502 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462) that are
the same or similar to one or more of the eligibility criteria
set forth in this title, the President shall likewise with-
draw, suspend or limit the application of preferential
treatment accorded to that country under this title.
HR 4818 RH 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$51,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until 
September 30, 2005, unless otherwise specified herein, as 
follows: 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, for child survival, health, and family plan-
ning/reproductive health activities, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, $1,648,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, 
That this amount shall be made available for such activi-
ties as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration 
programs; (3) health, nutrition, water and sanitation pro-
HR 1833 RFS
(D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband
detectors (busters) to be distributed among
ports where the current allocations are inad-
equate.
(E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among ports based on
traffic volume.
(F) $240,000 for 10 portable Treasury
Enforcement Communications Systems (TECS)
terminals to be moved among ports as needed.
(G) $400,000 for 10 narcotics vapor and
particle detectors to be distributed to each bor-
der crossing based on traffic volume.
(3) FLORIDA AND GULF COAST SEAPORTS.—
For Florida and the Gulf Coast seaports, the fol-
lowing:
(A) $4,500,000 for 6 Vehicle and Con-
tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).
(B) $11,800,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.
(C) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays.
(D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband
detectors (busters) to be distributed among
ports where the current allocations are inad-
equate.
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(E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among ports based on
traffic volume.
(b) FISCAL YEAR 2001.—Of the amounts made avail-
able for fiscal year 2001 under section 301(b)(1)(B) of
the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of
1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(B)), as amended by section
101(a) of this Act, $8,924,500 shall be available until ex-
pended for the maintenance and support of the equipment
and training of personnel to maintain and support the
equipment described in subsection (a).
(c) ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGICALLY SUPERIOR
EQUIPMENT; TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of Cus-
toms may use amounts made available for fiscal year
2000 under section 301(b)(1)(A) of the Customs
Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978
(19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A)), as amended by section
101(a) of this Act, for the acquisition of equipment
other than the equipment described in subsection (a)
if such other equipment—
(A)(i) is technologically superior to the
equipment described in subsection (a); and
HR 1833 RFS
(ii) will achieve at least the same results at
a cost that is the same or less than the equip-
ment described in subsection (a); or
(B) can be obtained at a lower cost than
the equipment described in subsection (a).
(2) TRANSFER
OF
FUNDS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this section, the Commissioner
of Customs may reallocate an amount not to exceed
10 percent of—
(A) the amount specified in any of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (R) of subsection
(a)(1) for equipment specified in any other of
such subparagraphs (A) through (R);
(B) the amount specified in any of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (G) of subsection
(a)(2) for equipment specified in any other of
such subparagraphs (A) through (G); and
(C) the amount specified in any of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (E) of subsection
(a)(3) for equipment specified in any other of
such subparagraphs (A) through (E).
Finance of the Senate a report containing the results of
the study conducted under subsection (a).
TITLE 
II—OFFICE 
OF 
THE
UNITED STATES TRADE REP-
RESENTATIVE
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 141(g)(1) of the Trade
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(g)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘not to exceed the following’’ and in-
serting ‘‘as follows’’;
(B) in clause (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) $26,501,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’; and
(C) in clause (ii) to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) $26,501,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(B) by striking clause (ii); and
(C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause
(ii).
(b) SUBMISSION OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC-
TIONS.—Section 141(g) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2171(g)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(3) By no later than the date on which the President
submits to the Congress the budget of the United States
Government for a fiscal year, the United States Trade
Representative shall submit to the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate the projected amount of
funds for the succeeding fiscal year that will be necessary
for the Office to carry out its functions.’’.
TITLE 
III—UNITED 
STATES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COM-
MISSION
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 330(e)(2)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330(e)(2)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) $47,200,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’; and
(2) in clause (ii) to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) $49,750,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.
(b) SUBMISSION OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC-
TIONS.—Section 330(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1330(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(4) By no later than the date on which the President
submits to the Congress the budget of the United States
Government for a fiscal year, the Commission shall submit
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate the projected amount of funds for the succeeding
fiscal year that will be necessary for the Commission to
carry out its functions.’’.
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Union Calendar No. 89
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1833
[Report No. 106–161]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000
and 2001 for the United States Customs Service
for drug interdiction and other operations, for
the Office of the United States Trade Represent-
ative, for the United States International Trade
Commission, and for other purposes.
MAY 24, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
‘‘(D) The term ‘NAFTA’ means the North
American Free Trade Agreement entered into
between the United States, Mexico, and Canada
on December 17, 1992.
‘‘(E) The term ‘‘CBTEA’’ means the
United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Enhance-
ment Act.’’.
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(d) MISSILE DEFENSE EQUIPMENT.—Subject to sub-
section (h), the President is authorized to make available
for sale to Taiwan, at reasonable cost, theater missile de-
fense equipment and related items, including—
(1) ground-based and naval-based missile de-
fense systems; and
(2) reconnaissance and communications sys-
tems, as may be necessary to target and cue missile
defense systems sold to Taiwan.
(e) SATELLITE EARLY WARNING DATA.—Subject to
subsection (h), the President is authorized to make avail-
able for sale to Taiwan, at reasonable cost, satellite early
warning data.
(f) AIR DEFENSE EQUIPMENT.—Subject to sub-
section (h), the President is authorized to make available
for sale to Taiwan, at reasonable cost, modern air-defense
equipment, including the following:
(1) AIM–120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles.
(2) Additional advanced fighters and airborne
warning and control systems (AWACS).
(3) Equipment to better defend airfields from
air and missile attack.
(4) Communications infrastructure that enables
coordinated joint-force air defense of Taiwan.
year of additional such services that are medically
necessary.
‘‘(ii) The individual has a diagnosis that re-
quires the provision of services described in para-
graph (1) or (3) and an additional diagnosis or inci-
dent that exacerbates the individual’s condition,
thereby requiring the provision of additional such
services.
‘‘(iii) The individual will require hospitalization
if the individual does not receive the services de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or (3).
‘‘(iv) The individual meets other criteria that
the Secretary determines are appropriate.
‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as
affecting any requirement for, or limitation on, payment
under this title (other than the financial limitation under
this subsection).
‘‘(D) Any service that is covered under this title by
reason of this paragraph shall be subject to the same rea-
sonable 
and 
necessary 
requirement 
under 
section
1862(a)(1) that is applicable to the services described in
paragraph (1) or (3) that are covered under this title with-
out regard to this paragraph.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Paragraphs (1)
and (3) of section 1833(g) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395l(g)) are each amended by striking ‘‘In the
case’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (4), in the
case’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to services provided on or after
the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. STUDY AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall conduct a study on the amendments to sec-
tion 1833(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395l(g)) made by section 3 of this Act, including a study
of—
(1) the number of medicare beneficiaries that
receive exemptions under paragraph (4) of such sec-
tion (as added by section 3);
(2) the diagnoses of such beneficiaries;
(3) the types of physical, speech-language pa-
thology, and occupational therapy services that are
covered under the medicare program because of such
exemptions;
(4) the settings in which such services are pro-
vided; and
(5) the number of medicare beneficiaries that
reach the financial limitation under section 1833(g)
of the Social Security Act in a year (without regard
signed by the Republic of Korea and the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea on January 1, 1992.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1836
To properly balance the wind and water erosion criteria and the wildlife
suitability criteria to be used in the 18th signup of land in the conserva-
tion reserve program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1999
Mr. BEREUTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To properly balance the wind and water erosion criteria
and the wildlife suitability criteria to be used in the
18th signup of land in the conservation reserve program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CRITERIA FOR SIGNUP OF HIGHLY ERODIBLE
LANDS 
UNDER 
CONSERVATION 
RESERVE
PROGRAM.
(a) COVERED LANDS.—This section applies with re-
spect to highly erodible lands that—
(1) are included, as of the date of the enact-
ment of this section, in the conservation reserve
under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3831 et seq.);
(2) meet the wind and water erosion criteria es-
tablished for conservation reserve lands; and
(3) have an established plant cover.
(b) TREATMENT
OF LANDS
IN SIGNUP.—Highly
erodible lands described in subsection (a) shall be deemed
to meet the criteria regarding suitability for wildlife and
shall receive maximum points for wildlife benefits in the
18th signup of land in the conservation reserve and subse-
quent signups.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1838
[Report No. 106–423, Part I]
To assist in the enhancement of the security of Taiwan, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1999
Mr. DELAY (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr.
ROHRABACHER, Mr. WU, Mr. COX, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. DIAZ-BALART,
Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BURTON of
Indiana, Mr. COOK, and Mr. WELDON of Florida) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Rela-
tions, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
OCTOBER 28, 1999
Reported from the Committee on International Relations with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
OCTOBER 28, 1999
Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period ending
not later than November 5, 1999
NOVEMBER 5, 1999
Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period ending
not later than November 10, 1999
NOVEMBER 10, 1999
Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period ending
not later than November 12, 1999
NOVEMBER 11, 1999
Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period ending
not later than November 17, 1999