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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2101
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and permanently
extend the work opportunity tax credit and to allow certain tax-exempt
organizations a credit against employment taxes in an amount equivalent
to the work opportunity tax credit allowable to taxable employers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 9, 1999
Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. WELLER, Mr. LEWIS of Geor-
gia, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr.
HAYWORTH, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr.
MCNULTY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. DUNN, Mr.
SWEENEY, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. MCINNIS, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr.
JEFFERSON, Mr. COYNE, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. STARK, Mr. NUSSLE, and
Mrs. LOWEY) 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 modify
and permanently extend the work opportunity tax credit
and to allow certain tax-exempt organizations a credit
against employment taxes in an amount equivalent to
the work opportunity tax credit allowable to taxable em-
ployers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(ii) a portion of which occurs within
the taxable year.
Such term shall not include any individual oth-
erwise meeting the requirements of the pre-
ceding sentence unless within the 12 month pe-
riod ending on such due date (or such other pe-
riod as the Secretary prescribes) a physician (as
so defined) has certified that such individual
meets such requirements.
‘‘(B) INDIVIDUALS WITH LONG-TERM CARE
NEEDS.—An individual is described in this sub-
paragraph if the individual meets any of the fol-
lowing requirements:
‘‘(i) The individual is at least 6 years
of age and—
‘‘(I) is unable to perform (with-
out substantial assistance from an-
other individual) at least 3 activities
of daily living (as defined in section
7702B(c)(2)(B)) due to a loss of
functional capacity, or
‘‘(II) requires substantial super-
vision to protect such individual from
threats to health and safety due to se-
vere cognitive impairment and is un-
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(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—
(1) If assistance is made available to the government of 
a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chap-
ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assist-
ance, that country shall be required to maintain such 
funds in a separate account and not commingle them with 
any other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended not-
withstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with 
the nature of this assistance including provisions which 
are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the 
Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Res-
olution 648 (House Report No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obli-
gating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist-
ance, the President shall submit a notification through the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations, which shall include a detailed description of 
how the funds proposed to be made available will be used, 
with a discussion of the United States interests that will 
be served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a 
description of the economic policy reforms that will be pro-
moted by such assistance).
‘‘(I) a nonpoint source;
‘‘(II) a facility subject to the
Comprehensive 
Environmental 
Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.);
or
‘‘(III) a factory or other oper-
ating facility that generates, treats,
stores, disposes of, or releases a mate-
rial regulated or reported under—
‘‘(aa) the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1251 et seq.);
‘‘(bb) the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et
seq.);
‘‘(cc) the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); or
‘‘(dd) section 313 of the
Superfund Amendments and Re-
authorization Act of 1986 (42
U.S.C. 11023); or
‘‘(vi) is monitored by the United
States Geological Survey under the Na-
tional Water Quality Assessment program;
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$442,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; $486,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2003; and $515,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 shall
be available for grants for long-term basic research on net-
working and information technology, with priority given
to research that helps address issues related to high end
computing and software; network stability, fragility, reli-
ability, security (including privacy and counterinitiatives),
and scalability; and the social and economic consequences
(including the consequences for healthcare) of information
technology.
‘‘(2) In each of the fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the
National Science Foundation shall award under this sub-
section up to 25 large grants of up to $1,000,000 each,
and in each of the fiscal years 2002, 2003, and 2004, the
National Science Foundation shall award under this sub-
section up to 35 large grants of up to $1,000,000 each.
‘‘(3)(A) Of the amounts described in paragraph (1),
$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; $45,000,000 for fiscal
year 2001; $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; $55,000,000
for fiscal year 2003; and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2004
shall be available for grants of up to $5,000,000 each for
Information Technology Research Centers.
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘Infor-
mation Technology Research Centers’ means groups of six
or more researchers collaborating across scientific and en-
with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the
sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assist-
ance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only
American-made equipment and products.
(c) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the head of
each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient of the
assistance a notice describing the statement made in sub-
section (b) by the Congress.
Passed the House of Representatives February 15,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
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gineering disciplines on large-scale long-term research
projects which will significantly advance the science sup-
porting the development of information technology or the
use of information technology in addressing scientific
issues of national importance.
‘‘(d) MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT.—(1) In addi-
tion to the amounts authorized under subsection (b), there
are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science
Foundation 
$70,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2000,
$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $80,000,000 for fiscal
year 2002, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and
$85,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 for grants for the devel-
opment of major research equipment to establish terascale
computing capabilities at one or more sites and to promote
diverse computing architectures. Awards made under this
subsection shall provide for support for the operating ex-
penses of facilities established to provide the terascale
computing capabilities, with funding for such operating
expenses derived from amounts available under subsection
(b).
‘‘(2) Grants awarded under this subsection shall be
awarded through an open, nationwide, peer-reviewed com-
petition. Awardees may include consortia consisting of
members from some or all of the following types of institu-
tions:
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‘‘(A) Academic supercomputer centers.
‘‘(B) State-supported supercomputer centers.
‘‘(C) Supercomputer centers that are supported
as part of federally funded research and development
centers.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation, or
agency policy, a federally funded research and develop-
ment center may apply for a grant under this subsection,
and may compete on an equal basis with any other appli-
cant for the awarding of such a grant.
‘‘(3) As a condition of receiving a grant under this
subsection, an awardee must agree—
‘‘(A) to connect to the National Science Foun-
dation’s Partnership for Advanced Computational
Infrastructure network;
‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, to co-
ordinate with other federally funded large-scale com-
puting and simulation efforts; and
‘‘(C) to provide open access to all grant recipi-
ents under this subsection or subsection (c).
‘‘(e) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AND
TRAINING GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
GRANTS.—
The National Science Foundation shall provide
grants under the Scientific and Advanced Tech-
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nology Act of 1992 for the purposes of section 3(a)
and (b) of that Act, except that the activities sup-
ported pursuant to this paragraph shall be limited to
improving education in fields related to information
technology. The Foundation shall encourage institu-
tions with a substantial percentage of student enroll-
ments from groups underrepresented in information
technology industries to participate in the competi-
tion for grants provided under this paragraph.
‘‘(2) 
INTERNSHIP
GRANTS.—The 
National
Science Foundation shall provide—
‘‘(A) grants to institutions of higher edu-
cation to establish scientific internship pro-
grams in information technology research at
private sector companies; and
‘‘(B) supplementary awards to institutions
funded under the Louis Stokes Alliances for Mi-
nority Participation program for internships in
information technology research at private sec-
tor companies.
‘‘(3) MATCHING FUNDS.—Awards under para-
graph (2) shall be made on the condition that at
least an equal amount of funding for the internship
shall be provided by the private sector company at
which the internship will take place.
(b) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall transmit to the Congress
a report on the results of the study undertaken under sub-
section (a).
SEC. 8. RESEARCH CREDIT MADE PERMANENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to credit for increasing re-
search activities) is amended by striking subsection (h).
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of
section 45C(b) of such Code is amended by striking sub-
paragraph (D).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after
June 30, 1999.
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SEC. 103. ELIGIBILITY FOR CARE OF COMBAT-INJURED
VETERANS.
(a) PRIORITY OF CARE.—Chapter 17 is amended —
(1) in section 1710(a)(2)(D), by inserting ‘‘or
who was injured in combat’’ after ‘‘former prisoner
of war’’; and
(2) in section 1705(a)(3), by inserting ‘‘or who
were injured in combat’’ after ‘‘former prisoners of
war’’.
(b) DEFINITION OF INJURED IN COMBAT.—Section
1701 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(10) The term ‘injured in combat’ means
wounded in action as the result of an act of an
enemy of the United States or otherwise wounded in
action by weapon fire while directly engaged in
armed conflict (other than as the result of willful
misconduct by the wounded individual).’’.
SEC. 104. ACCESS TO CARE FOR MILITARY RETIREES.
(a) IMPROVED ACCESS.—(1) Section 1710(a)(2) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (F);
(B) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (G) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. The
Chairman may fix the compensation of other per-
sonnel without regard to the provisions of chapter
51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5,
United States Code, relating to classification of posi-
tions and General Schedule pay rates, except that
the rate of pay for such personnel may not exceed
the rate payable for level V of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5316 of such title.
(3) DETAIL
OF
GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES.—
Any Federal Government employee, with the ap-
proval of the head of the appropriate Federal agen-
cy, may be detailed to the Commission without reim-
bursement, and such detail shall be without inter-
ruption or loss of civil service status, benefits, or
privilege.
(d) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT-
TENT SERVICES.—The Chairman of the Commission may
procure temporary and intermittent services under section
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individ-
uals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate
of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5316 of such title.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 208
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 21, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow for the
contribution of certain rollover distributions to accounts
in the Thrift Savings Plan, to eliminate certain waiting-
period requirements for participating in the Thrift Sav-
ings Plan, and for other purposes.
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‘‘(2) In any case in which reimbursement is authorized
under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary, in the Secretary’s
discretion, may, in lieu of reimbursing the veteran, make
payment of the reasonable value of the furnished emergency
treatment directly—
‘‘(A) to a hospital or other health care provider
that furnished the treatment; or
‘‘(B) to the person or organization that paid for
such treatment on behalf of such veteran.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—(1) A veteran referred to in sub-
section (a)(1) is an individual who is an active Department
health-care participant who is personally liable for emer-
gency treatment furnished the veteran in a non-Department
facility.
‘‘(2) A veteran is an active Department health-care
participant if the veteran—
‘‘(A) is described in any of paragraphs (1)
through (6) of section 1705(a) of this title;
‘‘(B) is enrolled in the health care system estab-
lished under such section; and
‘‘(C) received care under this chapter within the
12-month period preceding the furnishing of such
emergency treatment.
(B) by amending the second sentence to read as
follows: ‘‘Contributions under this subsection pursu-
ant to such an election shall, with respect to each
pay period for which such election remains in effect,
be made in accordance with a program of regular
contributions provided in regulations prescribed by
the Executive Director.’’.
(2) Section 8432(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘(or any election allowable
by virtue of paragraph (4))’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’.
(3) Section 8432(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding paragraph
(2)(A), an’’ and inserting ‘‘An’’.
(4) Section 8439(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘‘who makes contributions or’’
after ‘‘for each individual’’ and by striking ‘‘section
8432(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8432’’.
(5) Section 8439(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Nothing
in this paragraph shall be considered to limit the dissemi-
nation of information only to the times required under the
preceding sentence.’’.
(6) Sections 8440a(a)(2) and 8440d(a)(2) of title 5,
United States Code, are amended by striking all after
‘‘subject to’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2000, or
such earlier date as the Executive Director (as de-
fined by section 8401 of title 5, United States Code)
may by regulation prescribe, but not before Sep-
tember 1, 2000.
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect at the earliest practicable
date after September 30, 2000, as determined by the
Executive Director in regulations.
(2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this section, until the amendments
made by this section take effect, title 5, United
States Code, shall be applied as if this section had
not been enacted.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
RETIREMENT.
(a) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
Section 8423(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, effective with respect to contributions for pay pe-
riods beginning on or after October 1, 2000, the normal-
centage used for purposes of any computation under this
subsection shall be equal to—
‘‘(A) the percentage that would otherwise apply
if this paragraph had not been enacted, plus
‘‘(B) .01 of 1 percentage point.’’.
(b) SUPPLEMENTAL LIABILITY.—For purposes of ap-
plying section 8423(b) of title 5, United States Code, and
section 857(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
4071f(b)), all amounts shall be determined as if this section
had never been enacted.
(c) LIMITATION
ON SOURCE
OF ADDITIONAL CON-
TRIBUTIONS.—Notwithstanding section 8423(a)(3) of title
5, United States Code, or any other provision of law, the
additional Government contributions required to be made
by reason of the amendment made by subsection (a) shall
be made out of any amounts available to the employing
agency involved, other than any appropriation, fund, or
other amounts available for the payment of employee sala-
ries or benefits.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 307 of the
Federal Employees’ Retirement System Act of 1986 (Public
Law 99–335; 5 U.S.C. 8401 note) is amended by inserting
‘‘, including the additional amount required under section
8423(a)(5)(B) of such title 5,’’ after ‘‘Federal Employees’
Retirement System’’.
Union Calendar No. 47
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 208
[Report No. 106–87]
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow for
the contribution of certain rollover distributions
to accounts in the Thrift Savings Plan, to elimi-
nate certain waiting-period requirements for par-
ticipating in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for
other purposes.
APRIL 13, 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
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IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated or expended to provide—
(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
ees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced 
by such enterprise outside the United States; or 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or ac-
tivity that contributes to the violation of internation-
ally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 
507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 
recipient country, including any designated zone or 
area in that country: Provided, That the application 
of section 507(4) (D) and (E) of such Act should be 
commensurate with the level of development of the 
recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 
assistance for the informal sector in such country, 
micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 
agriculture. 
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 534. (a) AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, MONTE-
NEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, AND
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DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
that are made available for assistance for Afghanistan 
may be made available notwithstanding section 512 of this 
Act or any similar provision of law and section 660 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds appropriated 
in titles I and II of this Act that are made available for 
Montenegro, Pakistan, and for victims of war, displaced 
children, and displaced Burmese, and to assist victims of 
trafficking in persons and, subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to 
combat such trafficking, may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
(b) TROPICAL FORESTRY AND BIODIVERSITY CON-
SERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, 
and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and 
biodiversity conservation activities and energy programs 
aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, 
That such assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 
502B, and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2092
To require that the membership of advisory bodies serving the National
Cancer Institute include individuals who are knowledgeable in com-
plementary and alternative medicine.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 9, 1999
Mr. BURTON of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To require that the membership of advisory bodies serving
the National Cancer Institute include individuals who
are knowledgeable in complementary and alternative
medicine.
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 ‘‘Inclusion of Alternative
Approaches in Cancer Research Act’’.
SEC. 2. MEMBERSHIP OF ADVISORY BODIES OF NATIONAL
CANCER INSTITUTE; INCLUSION OF INDIVID-
UALS 
KNOWLEDGEABLE 
IN 
COMPLEMEN-
TARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The membership of each advisory
body established by the President, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health, or the Director of the National Cancer
Institute for the purpose of providing advice regarding the
programs of the National Cancer Institute, including peer
review groups that make recommendations regarding ap-
plications for financial support, shall include one or more
individuals who are knowledgeable in complementary and
alternative medicine.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) NATIONAL CANCER ADVISORY BOARD.—Sec-
tion 406(h)(2)(A)(iii) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 284a(h)(2)(A)(iii)) is amended by in-
serting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, and
one or more shall be individuals who are knowledge-
able in complementary and alternative medicine’’.
(2) PRESIDENT’S
CANCER
PANEL.—Section
415(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 285a–4(a)(1)) is amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘com-
posed of three persons’’ and inserting ‘‘com-
posed of four persons’’; and
(B) in the last sentence, by inserting be-
fore the period the following: ‘‘, and at least one
member shall be knowledgeable in complemen-
tary and alternative medicine’’.
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The appointment of
an individual to an advisory body under subsection (a) or
(b) is in addition to the individuals who otherwise serve
as members of the advisory body. Subsections (a) and (b)
may not be construed as requiring that the membership
of any individual serving on such a body be terminated.
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