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Calendar No. 126
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 588
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 25 (legislative day, APRIL 19), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
JUNE 30, 1993
Reported by Mr. GLENN, without amendment
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 20 South Main in Beaver, Utah, as the ‘‘Abe
Murdock United States 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 facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 20 South Main in Beaver, Utah, is designated
as the ‘‘Abe Murdock United States Post Office
Building’’.
SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.
Any reference in any law, regulation, document,
record, map, or other paper of the United States to the
facility referred to in section 1 is deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Abe Murdock United States Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 24, 1993.
Attest:
Clerk.
through regulated gathering lines, in
those rural locations that are outside
the limits of any incorporated or un-
incorporated city, town, or village, or
any other designated residential or
commercial area (such as a subdivi-
sion, business, shopping center, or
community development) or any simi-
lar populated area which the Sec-
retary of Transportation may define
as a nonrural area; but
‘‘(C) includes the movement of gas
through regulated gathering lines.’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(23) ‘best estimate’ means a scientif-
ically 
appropriate 
estimate 
which 
is
based, to the extent feasible, on one of
the following:
‘‘(A) Central estimates of risk
using the most plausible assumptions.
‘‘(B) An approach which combines
multiple estimates based on different
scenarios and weighs the probability
of each scenario.
‘‘(C) Any other methodology de-
signed to provide the most unbiased
representation of the most plausible
level of risk, given the current sci-
entific information available to the
Secretary.
‘‘(24) ‘benefits’ means the reasonably
identifiable significant health, safety, en-
vironmental, social, and economic bene-
fits that are expected to result directly or
indirectly 
from 
implementation 
of 
a
standard, regulatory requirement, or op-
tion.
‘‘(25) ‘costs’ means the direct and indi-
rect costs to the United States Govern-
ment, to State, local, and tribal govern-
ments, and to the private sector, wage
earners, consumers, and the economy of
implementing 
and 
complying 
with 
a
standard, regulatory requirement, or op-
tion.
‘‘(26) 
‘risk 
assessment 
document’
means a document containing—
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1683
To establish a Federal cause of action for failure of State and local public
employee pension plans to meet the terms of such plans, subject to
differing burdens of proof depending on whether changes in the plan
relating to employer contributions are subject, under the law of the
principal State involved, to qualified review boards.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 23, 1995
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Economic
and Educational Opportunities, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To establish a Federal cause of action for failure of State
and local public employee pension plans to meet the
terms of such plans, subject to differing burdens of proof
depending on whether changes in the plan relating to
employer contributions are subject, under the law of the
principal State involved, to qualified review boards.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 58
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey vessels in the National
Defense Reserve Fleet to certain nonprofit organizations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mrs. BENTLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet to certain
nonprofit organizations.
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 ‘‘Merchant Marine
Memorial Enhancement Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE VESSELS.
(a) AUTHORITY
TO CONVEY.—The Secretary of
Transportation may convey without consideration all
right, title, and interest of the United States in 2 vessels
described in subsection (b) to any nonprofit organization
which are not used in accordance with paragraph
(2).
(d) DEPOSIT OF AMOUNTS RETURNED.—Amounts
returned to the United States pursuant to subsection
(c)(3) shall be deposited in the Vessel Operations Revolv-
ing Fund created by the Act of June 2, 1951 (65 Stat.
59; 46 App. U.S.C. 1241a).
(e) DELIVERY OF VESSELS.—The Secretary shall de-
liver each vessel conveyed under this section—
(1) at the place where the vessel is located on
the date of the approval of the conveyance by the
Secretary;
(2) in its condition on that date; and
(3) without cost to the Government.
(f) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—The
authority of the Secretary under this section to convey ves-
sels shall expire on the date that is 2 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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‘outstanding record of meeting community credit needs’
in the most recent examination of such institution under
section 804 of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977.
‘‘(e) BRANCH DEFINED.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘branch’ shall not include—
‘‘(1) an automated teller machine;
‘‘(2) a branch acquired through merger, consoli-
dation, purchase, assumption or other method that
is located in a local market area currently served by
another branch of the acquiring institution;
‘‘(3) a branch that is closed and reopened in
another location within the same local market area
which would continue to provide banking services to
substantially all of the customers currently served by
the branch that is closed;
‘‘(4) a branch that is closed in connection
with—
‘‘(A) an emergency acquisition under—
‘‘(i) section 11(n); or
‘‘(ii) subsections (f) or (k) of section
13; or
‘‘(B) any assistance provided by the Cor-
poration under section 13(c); and
‘‘(5) any other branch that is closed and for
which exemption from the notice requirements of
‘‘(D) Other medical evidence, including the doc-
umented opinion of a physician exercising reasonable
medical judgment, indicates the presence of totally
disabling respiratory impairment.
‘‘(2) The presentation of evidence which meets any
of the requirements under subparagraphs (A) through (D)
of paragraph (1) shall be sufficient to invoke the presump-
tion under such paragraph.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
require proof of any such medical requirement by a pre-
ponderance of the evidence or by any higher evidentiary
standard.’’.
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sels shall expire on the date that is 2 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 590
To require that any request by the President for a declaration of war include
a cost/benefit statement, and to require that any declaration of war
by the Congress include such a statement.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1993
Mr. JACOBS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To require that any request by the President for a declara-
tion of war include a cost/benefit statement, and to re-
quire that any declaration of war by the Congress include
such a statement.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. PRESIDENTIAL REQUEST FOR DECLARATION
OF 
WAR 
MUST 
INCLUDE 
COST/BENEFIT
STATEMENT.
Whenever the President submits a request to the
Congress for a declaration of war, the President shall in-
clude with that request a cost/benefit statement that shall
identify areas of risk and uncertainty in terms of the cost
in dollars as well as human misery and sorrow and de-
scribe them clearly so that the decision whether to declare
war can be made with knowledge of the degree of reliabil-
ity of the estimated benefits and costs and the effective-
ness of alternate plans.
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF WAR MUST INCLUDE COST/BENE-
FIT STATEMENT.
Any declaration of war by the Congress shall include
a cost/benefit statement that shall identify areas of risk
and uncertainty in terms of the cost in dollars as well as
human misery and sorrow and describe them clearly so
that the decision to declare war is made with knowledge
of the degree of reliability of the estimated benefits and
costs and the effectiveness of alternate plans.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 591
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption
from income tax for certain common investment funds.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1993
Mr. JACOBS 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
an exemption from income tax for certain common in-
vestment funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS FOR
CERTAIN FOUNDATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 (relating to exemption from tax on cor-
porations, certain trusts, etc.) is amended by redesignat-
ing subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after
subsection (m) the following new subsection:
this section would not produce a result inconsistent
with the purposes of this section, as determined by
the appropriate Federal banking agency by regula-
tion.’’.
SEC. 110. REGULATORY BURDEN REVIEW.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Before the end of each 4-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act,
each Federal banking agency, in consultation with individ-
uals representing insured depository institutions, consum-
ers, community groups, and other interested parties,
shall—
(1) review the regulations, policies and proce-
dures, and recordkeeping and documentation re-
quirements used to monitor and enforce compliance
with all laws under the jurisdiction of the Federal
banking agencies;
(2) determine whether such regulations, poli-
cies, procedures, and requirements impose unneces-
sary burdens on insured depository institutions; and
(3) identify and prescribe any revisions of such
regulations, policies, procedures, and requirements
that could reduce unnecessary burdens on insured
depository institutions without in any respect—
‘‘(n) COOPERATIVE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
FOR
CERTAIN FOUNDATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title,
if an organization—
‘‘(A) is organized and operated solely for
purposes referred to in subsection (f)(1),
‘‘(B) is composed solely of members which
are exempt from taxation under subsection (a)
and are—
‘‘(i) private foundations, or
‘‘(ii) community foundations as to
which section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) applies,
‘‘(C) has at least 20 members,
‘‘(D) does not at any time after the second
taxable year beginning after the date of its or-
ganization or, if later, beginning after the date
of the enactment of this subsection, have a
member which holds more than 10 percent (by
value) of the interests in the organization,
‘‘(E) is organized and controlled by its
members but is not controlled by any one mem-
ber and does not have a member which controls
another member of the organization, and
‘‘(F) permits members of the organization
to require the dismissal of any of the organiza-
tion’s investment advisors, following reasonable
notice, if members holding a majority of inter-
est in the account managed by such advisor
vote to remove such advisor,
then such organization shall be treated as an organi-
zation organized and operated exclusively for chari-
table purposes.
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF INCOME OF MEMBERS.—
If any member of an organization described in para-
graph (1) is a private foundation (other than an ex-
empt operating foundation, as defined in section
4940(d)), such private foundation’s allocable share
of the capital gain net income and gross investment
income of the organization for any taxable year of
the organization shall be treated, for purposes of
section 4940, as capital gain net income and gross
investment income of such private foundation
(whether or not distributed to such foundation) for
the taxable year of such private foundation with or
within which the taxable year of the organization de-
scribed in paragraph (1) ends (and such private
foundation shall take into account its allocable share
of the deductions referred to in section 4940(c)(3) of
the organization).
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE EXCISE TAXES.—Subchapter
A of chapter 42 (other than sections 4940 and
4942) shall apply to any organization described in
paragraph (1).’’
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 4945(d) of such Code is amended
by adding at the end the following new flush sen-
tence:
‘‘Paragraph (4)(B) shall not apply to a grant to an organi-
zation described in section 501(n).’’
(2) Section 4942(g)(1)(A) of such Code is
amended by inserting ‘‘or an organization described
in section 501(n)’’ after ‘‘subsection (j)(3))’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years ending on or
after December 31, 1992.
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preparation, filing, or maintenance of such data is re-
quired under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 593
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the business deduction
for any amount paid or incurred for regularly scheduled air transpor-
tation to the extent such amount exceeds the normal tourist class
fare for such transportation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1993
Mr. JACOBS 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 deny the
business deduction for any amount paid or incurred for
regularly scheduled air transportation to the extent such
amount exceeds the normal tourist class fare for such
transportation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That (a) section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to trade or business expenses) is amended
by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n) and by
inserting after subsection (l) the following new subsection:
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‘‘(m) DEDUCTION FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED AIR
TRANSPORTATION LIMITED TO NORMAL TOURIST CLASS
FARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No deduction shall be al-
lowed under subsection (a) or under section 212 for
any amount paid or incurred for the transportation
of any person by air on a regularly scheduled flight
to the extent that such amount exceeds the normal
tourist class fare for such transportation on such
flight.
‘‘(2) NORMAL TOURIST CLASS FARE.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), the term ‘normal tourist
class fare’ means the lowest fare charged for the
transportation of a person by air on a regularly
scheduled flight determined without regard to any
special fares available to groups or certain persons
or under certain special conditions.’’.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the
enactment of this Act for transportation beginning after
such date.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 594
To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide for the payment of
temporary lodging expenses incurred by family members who receive
transportation incident to the hospitalization of a member of the Armed
Forces for a serious illness or serious injury sustained by the member
in the line of duty.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1993
Mr. JACOBS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide for the
payment of temporary lodging expenses incurred by fam-
ily members who receive transportation incident to the
hospitalization of a member of the Armed Forces for
a serious illness or serious injury sustained by the mem-
ber in the line of duty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF TEMPORARY LODGING EXPENSES
INCURRED BY FAMILY MEMBERS VISITING A
HOSPITALIZED 
MEMBER 
OF 
THE 
ARMED
FORCES.
(a) PAYMENT REQUIRED IF ILLNESS OR INJURY IN-
CURRED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.—Section 411h of title
37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) TEMPORARY LODGING EXPENSES.—(1) If a
member described in subsection (a)(2) is hospitalized for
a serious illness or serious injury sustained in the line of
duty, family members provided transportation authorized
by subsection (a) shall be paid or reimbursed for subsist-
ence expenses actually incurred by the family members
while temporarily occupying accommodations at the loca-
tion of the medical facility in which the member is hos-
pitalized.
‘‘(2) The Secretaries concerned shall prescribe uni-
form regulations to carry out this subsection. Such regula-
tions shall include reasonable limitations on the daily and
total amount of subsistence expenses that may be paid or
reimbursed under this subsection.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of
such section is amended to read as follows:
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1684
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint
coins in commemoration of the 150th anniversary
of the death of Dolley Madison.
‘‘§ 411h. Travel and transportation allowances: trans-
portation and temporary lodging ex-
penses of family members incident to the
serious illness or injury of members’’.
(2) The item relating to such section in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘411h. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation and temporary
lodging expenses of family members incident to the serious ill-
ness or injury of members.’’.
(3) Such section is further amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘TRANSPORTATION AUTHOR-
IZED.—’’ after ‘‘(a)’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘FAMILY
MEMBERS
DE-
FINED.—’’ after ‘‘(b)’’;
(C) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘TYPE
OF
TRANSPOR-
TATION.—’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and
(D) by inserting ‘‘MEANS
OF
TRANSPOR-
TATION.—’’ after ‘‘(d)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (e) of section
411h of title 37, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), shall apply with respect to the hospitalization
of members of the Armed Forces occurring after Decem-
ber 15, 1989.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 595
To amend title 32, United States Code, to provide that performance of
honor guard functions at funerals for veterans by members of the Na-
tional Guard may be recognized as a Federal function for National
Guard purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1993
Mr. KANJORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 32, United States Code, to provide that
performance of honor guard functions at funerals for
veterans by members of the National Guard may be
recognized as a Federal function for National Guard
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FEDERAL STATUS OF SERVICE BY NATIONAL
GUARD MEMBERS AS HONOR GUARDS AT FU-
NERALS OF VETERANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 1 of title 32, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘§ 113. Honor guard functions at funerals for veter-
ans
‘‘Subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed by
the Secretary concerned, the performance of honor guard
functions by members of the National Guard at funerals
for veterans of the armed forces may be treated by the
Secretary concerned as a Federal function for which ap-
propriated funds may be used. Any such performance of
honor guard functions at funerals may not be considered
to be a period of drill or training otherwise required.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘113. Honor guard functions at funerals for veterans.’’.
(b) FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1993.—Section 113
of title 32, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a), does not authorize additional appropriations for fiscal
year 1993. Any expenses of the National Guard by reason
of such section during fiscal year 1993 may be paid from
existing appropriations available for the National Guard.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 596
To authorize civil actions for certain violations involving depository
institutions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1993
Mr. KANJORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To authorize civil actions for certain violations involving
depository institutions.
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 ‘‘Savings and Loan
Asset Recovery Act’’.
SEC. 2. CIVIL ACTIONS FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS INVOLV-
ING DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.
(a) Section 951 of the Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C.
1833a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(g) CIVIL ACTIONS FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.—A
person may bring a civil action to assess a civil penalty
for a violation referred to in subsection (c) in the same
manner and subject to the same procedures as a person
may bring an action under section 3730 of title 31, United
States Code, for a violation of section 3729 of such title.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1684
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins
in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death
of Dolley Madison.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 598
To amend the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to establish
a presumption of eligibility for disability benefits in the case of certain
coal miners who filed claims under part C of such Act between July
1, 1973, and April 1, 1980.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1993
Mr. KANJORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
of 1969 to establish a presumption of eligibility for dis-
ability benefits in the case of certain coal miners who
filed claims under part C of such Act between July
1, 1973, and April 1, 1980.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(2) Section 477 of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 is
repealed.
SEC. 107. REDUCTION OF CALL REPORT BURDENS.
(a) ‘‘SHORT FORM’’ CALL REPORT FOR CAPITAL-EF-
FICIENT DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.—Section 44 of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (as added by section 5 of
this Act) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) (as
added by section 8 of this Act) the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) ‘SHORT FORM’ CALL REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provi-
sion of this Act, title LXII of the Revised Statutes,
the Federal Reserve Act, or the Home Owners’ Loan
Act, or any regulation prescribed pursuant to any
such provision, no capital-efficient insured depository
institution shall be required by any appropriate Fed-
eral banking agency to include any information in
any report of condition submitted by such institution
other than the following information:
‘‘(A) Income statement.
‘‘(B) Balance sheet, including risk-based
capital.
‘‘(C) Schedule of off-balance sheet items.