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grams and activities which bring together individuals of 
different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from 
areas of civil conflict and war. 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING AUTHORITY 
SEC. 569. Funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’ in title II of the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense 
and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 
(Public Law 108–106) may be made available for the 
costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and loan 
guarantees for Iraq, without regard to the sectoral alloca-
tions and related provisos under that heading in such Act: 
Provided, That the authority of this section shall be used 
subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That the obligation of 
funds pursuant to the authority provided in this section 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
amounts made available pursuant to the authority of this 
section are designated as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), 
as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. 
Res. 649 (108th Congress): Provided further, That 
amounts made available pursuant to the authority of this
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1762
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to expand the scope of the respite care program of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 1999
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. STEARNS, and Mr.
SAXTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the scope of
the respite care program of the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS RESPITE
CARE PROGRAM.
Section 1720B of title 38, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘eligible’’ and
inserting ‘‘enrolled’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘the term ‘respite care’
means hospital or nursing home care’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the term ‘respite care services’ means
care and services’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘is’’ at the beginning of
each of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and insert-
ing ‘‘are’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘in a Department facility’’
in paragraph (2); and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) In furnishing respite care services, the Secretary
may enter into contract arrangements.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1763
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that the cost
of mitigation required under that Act for a public construction project
may not exceed 10 percent of the total project costs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1999
Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide
that the cost of mitigation required under that Act for
a public construction project may not exceed 10 percent
of the total project costs.
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 ‘‘Reasonable Mitigation
Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON COST OF MITIGATION REQUIRED
UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973
FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS.
(a) MITIGATION REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO FED-
ERAL AGENCY ACTIONS.—Section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(q) LIMITATION ON REQUIRED MITIGATION.—
‘‘(1) MITIGATION
PURSUANT
TO
OPINION
OF
SECRETARY.—This section does not require mitiga-
tion for any covered agency action, and the Sec-
retary may not specify any measure under clause (ii)
or (iii) of subsection (b)(4)(C) and may not require
compliance with any term or condition under para-
graph subsection (b)(4)(C)(iv) for any covered agen-
cy action, if the aggregate of the cost of all such
mitigation, implementing all such measures, and
complying with all such terms and conditions, re-
spectively, for the covered agency action will exceed
10 percent of the total project costs of activities
comprising or (in the case of a covered agency action
consisting of issuance of a permit or license) author-
ized by the covered agency action.
‘‘(2) MITIGATION
PURSUANT
TO
COMMITTEE
EXEMPTION.—The Committee may not establish any
mitigation and enhancement measures under sub-
section (h)(1)(B) for any covered agency action if
the cost of implementing such measures will exceed
10 percent of the total project costs of activities
comprising or (in the case of a covered agency action
involving a permit or license applicant) authorized
by the covered agency action.
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—
(A) the term ‘covered agency action’
means—
‘‘(i) any construction project that is
carried out or funded (in whole or in part)
by a Federal agency; and
‘‘(ii) the issuance by any Federal
agency of a license or permit that would
authorize any construction project that is
carried out or funded (in whole or in part)
by a State or local government agency; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘total project costs’ means
the aggregate costs of acquiring land and car-
rying out construction.’’.
(b) MITIGATION REQUIRED FOR INCIDENTAL TAKE
PERMITS.—Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(k) LIMITATION ON REQUIRED MITIGATION.—
subsection to address the needs identified under
subparagraph (A); and
‘‘(C) a description of how the local edu-
cational agency will ensure that its allocation
under this subsection is used only to supple-
ment, and not supplant, the amount of school
construction, rehabilitation, or repair in the lo-
cality that would have occurred in the absence
of such allocation.
A rule similar to the rule of the last sentence of sub-
section (c)(5) shall apply for purposes of this sub-
section.
‘‘(e) 
ONE-THIRD
OF
LIMITATION
ALLOCATED
AMONG HIGH-GROWTH SCHOOL DISTRICTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—One-third of the limitation
applicable under subsection (b) for any calendar
year shall be allocated under paragraph (2) by the
Secretary among local educational agencies which
are high-growth local educational agencies for such
year. No qualified school construction bond may be
issued by reason of an allocation to a high-growth
local educational agency under the preceding sen-
tence unless such agency has an approved local ap-
plication (as defined in subsection (d)(4)). A rule
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(2) does not
require, and the Secretary may not require as a
term or condition of a permit under subsection
(a)(1)(B), that a permittee for a public project take
any measures to minimize or mitigate impacts of a
taking under the permit if the costs of implementing
such measures will exceed 10 percent of the total
project costs of the public project.
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘public project’ means any
construction project that is carried out or fund-
ed (in whole or in part) by a Federal, State, or
local agency; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘total project costs’ means
the aggregate costs of acquiring land and car-
rying out construction.’’.
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similar to the rule of the last sentence of subsection
(c)(5) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION FORMULA.—The amount to
be allocated under paragraph (1) for any calendar
year shall be allocated among high-growth local edu-
cational agencies in proportion to the respective
amounts each such agency received for Basic Grants
under subpart 2 of part A of title I of this Act for
the most recent fiscal year ending before such cal-
endar year.
‘‘(3) 
HIGH-GROWTH
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—For purposes of this section, the term
‘high-growth local educational agency’ means, with
respect to a calendar year, any local educational
agency if—
‘‘(A) there has been at least a 7.5 percent
increase in such agency’s enrollment during the
5-year period ending with the preceding cal-
endar year; and
‘‘(B) such enrollment increase exceeds 150
students.
‘‘(f) CARRYOVER OF UNUSED LIMITATION.—If for
any calendar year—
‘‘(1) the amount allocated under subsection (c)
to any State; exceeds
‘‘(2) the amount of bonds issued during such
year which are designated as qualified school con-
struction bonds pursuant to such allocation;
the limitation amount under such subsection for such
State for the following calendar year shall be increased
by the amount of such excess. A similar rule shall apply
to the amounts allocated under subsections (d) and (e).
‘‘(g) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this
section:
‘‘(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term
‘local educational agency’ has the meaning given to
such term by section 14101. Such term includes the
local educational agency that serves the District of
Columbia but does not include any other State agen-
cy.
‘‘(2) BOND.—The term ‘bond’ includes any ob-
ligation.
‘‘(3) PUBLIC
SCHOOL
FACILITY.—The term
‘public school facility’ shall not include any stadium
or other facility primarily used for athletic contests
or exhibitions or other events for which admission is
charged to the general public.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1766
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of
the deduction allowed for meal and entertainment expenses associated
with the performing arts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1999
Mr. ABERCROMBIE 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 increase
the amount of the deduction allowed for meal and enter-
tainment expenses associated with the performing arts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN DEDUCTION FOR MEAL AND EN-
TERTAINMENT EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH
THE PERFORMING ARTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (n) of section 274 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to only 50
percent of meal and entertainment expenses allowed as de-
duction) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR PERFORMING ARTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of any
amount paid or incurred for a ticket to a legiti-
mate attraction of the performing arts, para-
graph (1) shall be applied by substituting ‘80
percent of the first $60 of the face amount of
the ticket and 50 percent of the remaining
amount’ for ‘50 percent of the amount’.
‘‘(B) LEGITIMATE ATTRACTION.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), the term ‘legitimate
attraction’ means any stage attraction per-
formed in person by professional actors, danc-
ers, or musicians, including plays, musicals,
symphony concerts, stock company perform-
ances, and instrumental performances (includ-
ing jazz, ballet, and operettas). Such term shall
not include radio or television performances,
vaudeville, burlesque, or any band perform-
ance.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect for taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1999.
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under section 8336(d)(1) or 8337, paragraph (1) shall be
applied in computing the annuity of such employee.’’; and
(3) in subsection (q)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(q)’’ and inserting
‘‘(q)(1)’’;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) If, at any age and after completing 20 years of
service as a member of the Capitol Police or as a law en-
forcement officer (or any combination of such service to-
taling at least 20 years), a member or former member of
the Capitol Police retires under section 8336(d)(1) or
8337, the annuity of such member or former member shall
be computed under paragraph (1).’’.
(b) Section 8341(d) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by inserting the following immediately after
the first sentence: ‘‘For purposes of the preceding
sentence, subsections (b)-(e) and (q) of section 8339
may be considered as applying with respect to the
employee or Member only if the employee or Member
satisfied the age and service requirements for appli-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 176
To affirm the role of States in setting reeasonable occupancy standards,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, and Mr. BENTSEN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking
and Financial Services
A BILL
To affirm the role of States in setting reasonable occupancy
standards, 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 ‘‘State Occupancy
Standards Affirmation Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF OCCUPANCY STANDARDS.
Section 589 of the Quality Housing and Work Re-
sponsibility Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3608 note) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) STATE STANDARD.—If a State establishes an oc-
cupancy standard, such standard shall be presumed rea-
sonable for the purpose of determining familial status dis-
crimination in residential rental dwellings.
‘‘(d) ABSENCE OF STATE STANDARD.—If a State
fails to establish an occupancy standard, an occupancy
standard of 2 persons per bedroom plus infants that is
established by a housing provider shall be presumed rea-
sonable for the purpose of determining familial status dis-
crimination in residential rental dwellings.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—
‘‘(1) OCCUPANCY STANDARD.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the term ‘occupancy stand-
ard’ means a law, regulation, or housing pro-
vider policy that establishes a limit on the num-
ber of residents a housing provider can manage
in a dwelling for any 1 or more of the following
purposes:
‘‘(i) Providing a decent home and
services for each resident.
‘‘(ii) Enhancing the livability of a
dwelling for all residents, including the
dwelling for each particular resident.
‘‘(iii) Avoiding undue physical deterio-
ration of the dwelling and property.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘occupancy
standard’ does not include a Federal, State, or
local restriction regarding the maximum num-
ber of persons permitted to occupy a dwelling
for the sole purpose of protecting the health
and safety of the residents of a dwelling, includ-
ing building and housing code provisions.
‘‘(2) INFANT.—The term ‘infant’ means a child
who—
‘‘(A) is less than 6 months old; and
‘‘(B) sleeps in the same bedroom as the
child’s parent, guardian, legal custodian, or per-
son applying for that status with respect to that
child.
‘‘(f) INAPPLICABILITY.—This section does not apply
to any purposeful discrimination on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, familial status, handicap, or national
origin.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1770
To amend title 5, United States Code, to revise the overtime pay limitation
for Federal employees, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1999
Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, and Mrs. MORELLA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to revise the overtime
pay limitation for Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may be cited s the ‘‘Federal Employees’
Overtime Pay Limitation Amendments Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. (a) Title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in section 5542(a)—
(A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act of 1999’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—ESTUARY HABITAT RESTORATION
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Purposes.
Sec. 103. Definitions.
Sec. 104. Establishment of Estuary Habitat Restoration Council.
Sec. 105. Establishment of regional councils.
Sec. 106. Estuary habitat restoration strategy.
Sec. 107. Applications for estuary habitat restoration projects.
Sec. 108. Administrative provisions.
Sec. 109. Monitoring and maintenance of estuary habitat restoration projects.
Sec. 110. Funding.
Sec. 111. General provisions.
TITLE II—CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM
Sec. 201. Reauthorization of Chesapeake Bay Program.
TITLE I—ESTUARY HABITAT
RESTORATION
SEC. 101. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) estuaries provide some of the most eco-
logically and economically productive habitat for an
extensive variety of plants, fish, wildlife, and water-
fowl;
(2) the estuaries and coastal regions of the
United States are home to one-half the population of
the United States and provide essential habitat for
75 percent of the Nation’s commercial fish catch
and 80 to 90 percent of its recreational fish catch;
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‘‘(2) For an employee whose basic pay is at a
rate which exceeds the minimum rate of basic pay
for GS–10 (including any applicable locality-based
comparability payment under section 5304 or similar
provision of law and any applicable special rate of
pay under section 5305 or similar provision of law),
the overtime hourly rate of pay is an amount equal
to the greater of—
‘‘(A) one and one-half times the minimum
hourly rate of basic pay for GS–10 (including
any applicable locality-based comparability pay-
ment under section 5304 or similar provision of
law and any applicable special rate of pay under
section 5305 or similar provision of law); or
‘‘(B) the hourly rate of basic pay of the
employee, and all that amount is premium
pay.’’; and
(B) by repealing paragraph (4); and
(2) in section 5547—
(A) by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:
‘‘(a) An employee may be paid premium pay under
sections 5542, 5545(a), (b), and (c), 5545a, and 5546(a)
and (b) only to the extent that the payment does not cause
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the aggregate rate of pay for any pay period for such em-
ployee to exceed the lesser of—
‘‘(1) 150 percent of the minimum rate of basic
pay payable for GS–15 (including any applicable lo-
cality-based comparability payment under section
5304 or similar provision of law and any applicable
special rate of pay under section 5305 or similar
provision of law); or
‘‘(2) the rate payable for level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule.’’;
(B) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read
as follows:
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no em-
ployee referred to in such paragraph may be paid
premium pay under the provisions of law cited in the
first sentence of subsection (a) if, or to the extent
that, the aggregate of the basic pay and premium
pay under those provisions for such employee would,
in any calendar year, exceed the lesser of—
‘‘(A) 150 percent of the minimum rate of
basic pay payable for GS–15 in effect at the
end of such calendar year (including any appli-
cable 
locality-based 
comparability 
payment
under section 5304 or similar provision of law
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and any applicable special rate of pay under
section 5305 or similar provision of law); or
‘‘(B) the rate payable for level V of the
Executive Schedule in effect at the end of such
calendar year.’’; and
(C) by amending subsection (c) to read as
follows:
‘‘(c) This section shall not apply to any employee of
the Federal Aviation Administration or the Department
of Defense who is paid premium pay under section 5546a
of this title.’’.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the first day of the first pay period begin-
ning on or after 180 days following the date of enactment
of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1771
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved
benefit computation formula for workers affected by the changes in
benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments
of 1977 who attain age 65 during the 10-year period after 1981 and
before 1992 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide prospectively for
increases in their benefits accordingly.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1999
Mrs. EMERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide
for an improved benefit computation formula for workers
affected by the changes in benefit computation rules
enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who
attain age 65 during the 10-year period after 1981 and
before 1992 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide
prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(3) estuaries are gravely threatened by habitat
alteration and loss from pollution, development,
overuse, sea level rise, and the introduction of harm-
ful nonindigenous species;
(4) successful restoration of estuaries demands
the coordination of Federal, State, and local estuary
habitat restoration programs; and
(5) the Federal, State, local, and private co-
operation in estuary habitat restoration activities in
existence on the date of enactment of this Act
should be strengthened and new public and public-
private estuary habitat restoration partnerships and
strategies established.
SEC. 102. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to promote the restoration of 1,000,000
acres of estuary habitat by 2010;
(2) to develop strategies to obtain national and
regional objectives for estuary habitat restoration;
(3) to foster coordination of Federal, State, and
community estuary habitat restoration programs,
plans, and studies;
(4) to establish effective estuary habitat res-
toration partnerships among public agencies at all
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1772
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit
to certain senior citizens for premiums paid for coverage under Medicare
Part B.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1999
Mrs. EMERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a
refundable credit to certain senior citizens for premiums
paid for coverage under Medicare Part B.
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 ‘‘Notch Baby Health
Care Relief Act’’.
SEC. 2. PREMIUMS PAID BY CERTAIN SENIOR CITIZENS
FOR MEDICARE PART B.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart C of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to refundable credits) is amended by redes-
ignating section 35 as section 36 and by inserting after
section 34 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 35. PREMIUMS PAID BY CERTAIN SENIOR CITIZENS
FOR MEDICARE PART B.
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—In the case of an eli-
gible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against
the tax imposed by this subtitle for the taxable year an
amount equal to the aggregate premiums paid under sec-
tion 1840 of the Social Security Act by the taxpayer dur-
ing the taxable year for enrollment of the eligible indi-
vidual under part B of title XVIII of such Act.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), the term ‘eligible individual’ means—
‘‘(1) an individual born after 1916 and before
1927 who had wages or self-employment income
credited for one or more years prior to 1979 and
who was not eligible for an old-age or disability in-
surance benefit, and did not die, prior to January
1979,