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LCAC
landing
craft
air
cushion
program,
$31,776,000; and
For craft, outfitting, post delivery, conversions,
and first destination transportation, $171,119,000;
In all: $6,656,554,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2004: Provided, That additional obli-
gations may be incurred after September 30, 2004, for
engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such
budgeted work that must be performed in the final stage
of ship construction: Provided further, That none of the
funds provided under this heading for the construction or
conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in ship-
yards in the United States shall be expended in foreign
facilities for the construction of major components of such
vessel: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
under this heading shall be used for the construction of
any naval vessel in foreign shipyards.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For procurement, production, and modernization of
support equipment and materials not otherwise provided
for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new
ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase
of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; lease of passenger motor vehicles; expansion
of public and private plants, including the land necessary
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the disclosure of the identity of any complainant, or
resident of a long-term care facility, with respect to
whom the State agency maintains such files or
records unless—
‘‘(i) the complainant or resident, or the
legal representative of the complainant or resi-
dent, consents to the disclosure and the consent
is given in writing,
‘‘(ii) the complainant or resident gives con-
sent orally and the consent is documented con-
temporaneously in writing made by a program
representative of the State agency in accord-
ance with such requirements as the State agen-
cy shall establish, or
‘‘(iii) the disclosure is required by court
order.
‘‘(7) CONSULTATION.—In planning and oper-
ating the State long-term care ombudsman program,
the State agency shall consider the views of area
agencies on aging, older individuals, and providers of
long-term care.
‘‘(8) CONFLICT
OF
INTEREST.—The State
agency shall develop procedures to prevent conflicts
of interest with respect to individuals and entities
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SEC. 8106. (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may
obtain transportation for operational support purposes, in-
cluding transportation for combatant Commanders in
Chief, by lease of aircraft, on such terms and conditions
as the Secretary may deem appropriate, consistent with this
section, through an operating lease consistent with OMB
Circular A–11.
(b) The term of any lease into which the Secretary en-
ters under this section shall not exceed ten years from the
date on which the lease takes effect.
(c) The Secretary may include terms and conditions
in any lease into which the Secretary enters under this sec-
tion that are customary in the leasing of aircraft by a non-
governmental lessor to a nongovernmental lessee.
(d) The Secretary may, in connection with any lease
into which the Secretary enters under this section, to the
extent the Secretary deems appropriate, provide for special
payments to the lessor if either the Secretary terminates or
cancels the lease prior to the expiration of its term or the
aircraft is damaged or destroyed prior to the expiration of
the term of the lease. In the event of termination or cancella-
tion of the lease, the total value of such payments shall not
exceed the value of one year’s lease payment.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law any
payments required under a lease under this section, and
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(4) The office of the commander, McGregor
Range.
(5) The office of the installation commander,
Fort Richardson, Alaska.
(d) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall
reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for any costs in-
curred by the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out this
section.
SEC. 9004. MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN LANDS. (a)
MANAGEMENT BY SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—(1) The
Secretary of the Interior shall manage the lands withdrawn
by this chapter pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and other
applicable law, including the Recreation Use of Wildlife
Areas Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k et seq.) and this chapter.
The Secretary shall manage such lands through the Bureau
of Land Management.
(2) To the extent consistent with applicable law and
Executive orders, the lands withdrawn by this chapter may
be managed in a manner permitting—
(A) the continuation of grazing pursuant to ap-
plicable law and Executive orders where permitted on
the date of the enactment of this Act;
(B) protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat;
(C) control of predatory and other animals;
(4) The Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
(Public Law 93–275) is amended—
(A) in section 12 (15 U.S.C. 771), by adding
after subsection (f) the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) This section does not apply to information des-
ignated solely for statistical purposes under section
205(m)(1) of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(Public Law 95–91).’’;
(B) in section 20(a)(3) (15 U.S.C. 779(a)(3)),
by inserting ‘‘, excluding information designated
solely 
for 
statistical 
purposes 
under 
section
205(m)(1) of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7135)’’ after ‘‘information’’; and
(C) in the first sentence of section 59 (15
U.S.C. 790h), by inserting ‘‘, excluding information
designated solely for statistical purposes under sec-
tion 205(m)(1) of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C 7135)’’ after ‘‘information’’.
(c) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV-
ICES.—Section 306 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 242k) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(o) SHARING OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR
STATISTICAL PURPOSES.—
fined in the Commerce Control List of the
Export Administration Regulations;
‘‘(vii) an offense with respect to which
the United States would be obligated by a
multilateral treaty either to extradite the
alleged offender or to submit the case for
prosecution, if the offender were found
within the territory of the United States;
or
‘‘(viii) the misuse of funds of, or pro-
vided by, the International Monetary Fund
in contravention of the Articles of Agree-
ment of the Fund or the misuse of funds
of, or provided by, any other international
financial institution (as defined in section
1701(c)(2) of the International Financial
Institutions Act) in contravention of any
international treaty or other international
agreement to which the United States is a
party, including any articles of agreement
of the members of such international fi-
nancial institution.’’;
(2) in subparagraph (D)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘section 541 (relating to
goods falsely classified),’’ before ‘‘section 542’’;
diction of the Commission as is expressly provided in the
compact and is necessary or appropriate for carrying out
the siting responsibilities of the agency. The Commission’s
determination under this section may be subject to any
terms and conditions the Commission determines are nec-
essary or appropriate to ensure that the compact is in the
public interest.
‘‘(c) RULES.—(1) The Commission shall prescribe by
rule—
‘‘(A) criteria for determining whether a com-
pact is consistent with subsection (a); and
‘‘(B) standards for its administration of a re-
gional transmission siting agency established under
the compact.
‘‘(2) The rule shall require that—
‘‘(A) a regional transmission siting agency oper-
ate within a region that includes all or part of each
State that is a party to the compact;
‘‘(B) a regional transmission siting agency be
composed of one or more members from each State
that is a party to the compact;
‘‘(C) each participating State vest in the re-
gional transmission siting agency the authority to
carry out the compact and this section; and
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(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) EXEMPTION
FROM
REQUIREMENTS
FOR 
SERVICES
FURNISHED
UNDER
PRIVATE
CON-
TRACTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 
1802(b)(1), paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) do not 
apply with respect to physicians’ services (and 
services described in section 1861(s)(2)(A)) fur-
nished to an individual by (or under the super-
vision of) a physician if the conditions described 
in section 1802(b)(1) are met with respect to 
the services. 
‘‘(B) NO RESTRICTIONS FOR ENROLLEES 
IN MSA PLANS.—Such paragraphs do not apply 
with respect to services furnished to individuals 
enrolled with MSA plans under part C, without 
regard to whether the conditions described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of section 
1802(b)(1) are met. 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION
TO
ENROLLEES
IN 
OTHER PLANS.—Subject to subparagraph (B) 
and section 1852(k)(2), the provisions of sub-
paragraph (A) shall apply in the case of an in-
dividual enrolled under a contract under section
systems and after notice and opportunity for comment,
may adopt, by rule, additional control and testing require-
ments for on-site generating facilities and net metering
systems that the Commission determines are necessary to
protect public safety and system reliability.
‘‘(e) INTERCONNECTION STANDARDS.—(1) The Com-
mission shall promulgate regulations requiring that the
owners or operators of eligible on-site generating facilities
and net metering systems comply with uniform national
standards, consistent with this section, for the physical
connection between such facilities and systems and local
distribution systems. At the election of the owner or oper-
ator of the generation facility concerned connections meet-
ing such standards may be made—
‘‘(A) by such owner or operator at such owner’s
or operator’s expense, or
‘‘(B) by the owner or operator of the local dis-
tribution system upon the request of the owner or
operator of the generating facility and pursuant to
an offer by the owner or operator of the generating
facility to reimburse the local distribution system in
an amount equal to the minimum cost of such con-
nection, consistent with the procurement procedures
of the State in which the facility is located.
(14) Richard F. Gordon Jr. of Apollo 12.
(15) Virgil I. Grissom of Apollo 1.
(16) Fred W. Haise Jr. of Apollo 13.
(17) James B. Irwin of Apollo 15.
(18) James A. Lovell Jr. of Apollo 8 and Apollo
13.
(19) Thomas K. Mattingly II of Apollo 16.
(20) James A. McDivitt of Apollo 9.
(21) Edgar D. Mitchell of Apollo 14.
(22) Stuart A. Roosa of Apollo 14.
(23) Walter M. Schirra Jr. of Apollo 7.
(24) Harrison H. Schmitt of Apollo 17.
(25) Russell L. Schweickart of Apollo 9.
(26) David R. Scott of Apollo 9 and Apollo 15.
(27) Alan B. Shepard Jr. of Apollo 14.
(28) Thomas P. Stafford of Apollo 10.
(29) John L. Swigert Jr. of Apollo 13.
(30) Edward H. White of Apollo 1.
(31) Alfred M. Worden of Apollo 15.
(32) John W. Young of Apollo 10 and Apollo
16.
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON PROFIT.
No person may use an award presented under this
Act for monetary gain or profit.
the jurisdictions under title 23, United States Code,
or from other sources available to the jurisdictions.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—The Capital Region juris-
dictions shall allocate payment of the matching
funds required under paragraph (1) as the jurisdic-
tions determine to be appropriate.’’.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF TRUST FUND CODE.
Section 9503(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to expenditures from the Highway Trust
Fund) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(except for expenditures
provided for under subparagraph (F))’’ after
‘‘2003’’;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’
at the end;
(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) authorized to be paid out of the
Highway Trust Fund under the Woodrow Wil-
son Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995
(109 Stat. 627).’’; and
I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2562
To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute
to funding for prostate cancer research through the voluntary purchase
of certain specially issued United States postage stamps.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1999
Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. WELDON of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. HORN, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr.
LOBIONDO, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. ENGLISH,
Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. DIXON, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS,
Mr. KUYKENDALL, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. LEWIS of
Georgia, Mr. REYES, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BORSKI, and Mr. SHAYS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform
A BILL
To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal
patrons to contribute to funding for prostate cancer
research through the voluntary purchase of certain
specially issued United States postage stamps.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS TO BENEFIT PROS-
TATE CANCER RESEARCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 39, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 414 the following:
‘‘§ 414a. Special postage stamps for prostate cancer
research
‘‘(a) In order to afford the public a convenient way
to contribute to funding for prostate cancer research, the
Postal Service shall establish a special rate of postage for
first-class mail under this section.
‘‘(b) The rate of postage established under this
section—
‘‘(1) shall be equal to the regular first-class rate
of postage, plus a differential of not to exceed 25
percent;
‘‘(2) shall be set by the Governors in accord-
ance with such procedures as the Governors shall by
regulation prescribe (in lieu of the procedures under
chapter 36); and
‘‘(3) shall be offered as an alternative to the
regular first-class rate of postage.
The use of the special rate of postage established under
this section shall be voluntary on the part of postal pa-
trons.
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘TEA
21 Restoration Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Woodrow Wilson
Bridge Financing Act of 1999’’.
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‘‘(c)(1) Of the amounts becoming available for pros-
tate cancer research pursuant to this section, the Postal
Service shall pay—
‘‘(A) 70 percent to the National Institutes of
Health; and
‘‘(B) the remainder to the Department of De-
fense.
Payments under this paragraph to an agency shall be
made under such arrangements as the Postal Service shall
by mutual agreement with such agency establish in order
to carry out the purposes of this section, except that,
under those arrangements, payments to such agency shall
be made at least twice a year.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘amounts
becoming available for prostate cancer research pursuant
to this section’ means—
‘‘(A) the total amounts received by the Postal
Service that it would not have received but for the
enactment of this section, reduced by
‘‘(B) an amount sufficient to cover reasonable
costs incurred by the Postal Service in carrying out
this section, including those attributable to the
printing, sale, and distribution of stamps under this
section,
as determined by the Postal Service under regulations that
it shall prescribe.
‘‘(d) It is the sense of the Congress that nothing in
this section should—
‘‘(1) directly or indirectly cause a net decrease
in total funds received by the National Institutes of
Health, the Department of Defense, or any other
agency of the Government (or any component or
program thereof) below the level that would other-
wise have been received but for the enactment of
this section; or
‘‘(2) affect regular first-class rates of postage
or any other regular rates of postage.
‘‘(e) Special postage stamps under this section shall
be made available to the public beginning on such date
as the Postal Service shall by regulation prescribe, but in
no event later than 12 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this section.
‘‘(f) The Postmaster General shall include in each re-
port rendered under section 2402 with respect to any pe-
riod during any portion of which this section is in effect
information concerning the operation of this section, ex-
cept that, at a minimum, each shall include—
‘‘(1) the total amount described in subsection
(c)(2)(A) which was received by the Postal Service
during the period covered by such report; and
‘‘(2) of the amount under paragraph (1), how
much (in the aggregate and by category) was re-
quired for the purposes described in subsection
(c)(2)(B).
‘‘(g) This section shall cease to be effective at the
end of the 2-year period beginning on the date on which
special postage stamps under this section are first made
available to the public.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The analysis
for chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended
by striking the item relating to section 414 and inserting
the following:
‘‘414. Special postage stamps to benefit breast cancer research.
‘‘414a. Special postage stamps to benefit prostate cancer research.’’.
(2) The heading for section 414 of title 39, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 414. Special postage stamps to benefit breast can-
cer research.’’.
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I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2563
To amend the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995
to provide an authorization of contract authority for fiscal years 2004
through 2007, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1999
Mr. DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. WYNN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. MORAN of
Virginia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. WOLF, and Mrs. MORELLA) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority
Act of 1995 to provide an authorization of contract au-
thority for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, 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 ‘‘Woodrow Wilson
Bridge Financing Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. ADVANCE AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHOR-
ITY FOR THE WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE.
(a) FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—Section 412(a)(1) of
the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of
1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat. 159) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘2002, and’’ and inserting
‘‘2002,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and $150,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2004 through 2007’’ after ‘‘2003’’.
(b) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—Sec-
tion 412 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Author-
ity Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat. 159) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) LIMITATION
ON FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—
The total amount made available from the Highway Trust
Fund under this section shall not exceed $1,500,000,000.
Amounts from the Highway Trust Fund for the Project
in excess of $1,500,000,000 shall be provided by the Cap-
ital Region jurisdictions.
‘‘(e) CONTRIBUTIONS BY CAPITAL REGION JURISDIC-
TIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years
2004 through 2007, every $1 provided from the
Highway Trust Fund under this section shall be
matched by at least $0.67 provided by the Capital
Region jurisdictions from amounts made available to
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2565
AN ACT
To clarify the quorum requirement for the Board of
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the
United States.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2565
AN ACT
To clarify the quorum requirement for the Board of
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF QUORUM REQUIREMENT
FOR THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE
UNITED STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(c)(6) of the Export-Im-
port Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a(c)(6)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(6) A quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist
of at least three members.’’.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding section 3(c)(6) of
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, if, during the period
that begins on July 21, 1999, and ends on October 1,
1999, there are fewer than three persons holding office
on the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of
the United States, the entire membership of such Board
of Directors shall constitute a quorum until the end of
such period.
Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2565
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
To clarify the quorum requirement for the Board of Directors of the Export-Import
Bank of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF QUORUM REQUIREMENT FOR THE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(c)(6) of the Export-Import Bank
Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a(c)(6)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(6) A quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of at
least three members.’’.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding section 3(c)(6) of the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945, if, during the period that begins on
July 21, 1999, and ends on October 1, 1999, there are fewer than
three persons holding office on the Board of Directors of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States, the entire membership of such
Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum until the end of such
period.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2565
To clarify the quorum requirement for the Board of Directors of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1999
Mr. LEACH (for himself, Mr. CALLAHAN, and Mr. METCALF) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Fi-
nancial Services
A BILL
To clarify the quorum requirement for the Board of
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF QUORUM REQUIREMENT
FOR THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE
UNITED STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(c)(6) of the Export-Im-
port Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a(c)(6)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(6) A quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist
of at least 3 members.’’.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding section 3(c)(6) of
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, if, during the period
that begins with July 21, 1999, and ends with February
1, 2000, there are fewer than 3 persons holding office on
the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the
United States, the entire membership of such Board of
Directors shall constitute a quorum until the end of such
period.
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