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SEC. 203. REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE PARTICIPATION.
(a) NOTIFICATION OF STATE OFFICIALS.—Section
31311(a)(9) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘operating a commercial motor
vehicle’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘commercial’’ before ‘‘driver’s
license’’.
(b) PROVISIONAL LICENSES.—Section 31311(a)(10)
of such title is amended by inserting after ‘‘commercial
driver’s license’’ the following: ‘‘(including a provisional or
temporary commercial driver’s license)’’.
(c) RECORDKEEPING.—Section 31311(a) of such title
is amended by striking paragraph (13) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(13) The State shall (A) record in the driving
record of an individual who has a commercial driv-
er’s license issued by the State, and (B) make avail-
able to all authorized persons and governmental en-
tities having access to such record, all information
the State receives under paragraph (9) with respect
to the individual and every conviction by the State
of the individual for a violation involving a motor ve-
hicle (including a commercial motor vehicle) of a
State or local law on traffic control (except a park-
ing violation), not later than 10 days after the date
‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Postal Service shall
assess civil penalties under this section.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, is amended
by adding after the item relating to section 3015 the fol-
lowing:
‘‘3016. Nonmailable skill contests or sweepstakes matter; notification to prohibit
mailings.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
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H. R. 4827
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four
An Act
To amend the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and Black Ridge
Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 to rename the Colorado Canyons National Con-
servation Area as the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MCINNIS CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.
(a) PURPOSE.—The Colorado Canyons National Conservation
Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
460mmm et seq.) is amended in section 2(b) by striking ‘‘Colorado
Canyons’’ and inserting ‘‘McInnis Canyons’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of such Act is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Colorado’’ and inserting
‘‘McInnis’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Colorado’’ and inserting
‘‘McInnis’’.
(c) COLORADO CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.—Sec-
tion 4 of such Act is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COLORADO’’ and inserting
‘‘MCINNIS’’; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Colorado Canyons’’ and
inserting ‘‘McInnis Canyons’’.
(d) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 8(a) of such Act is amended
by striking ‘‘Colorado Canyons’’ and inserting ‘‘McInnis Canyons’’.
(e) SHORT TITLE.—Section 1 of such Act is amended by striking
‘‘Colorado’’ and inserting ‘‘McInnis’’.
(f) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu-
ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the ‘‘Colorado
Canyons National Conservation Area’’ shall be deemed to be a
reference to the ‘‘McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area’’.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendments made
by this section take effect on January 1, 2005.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
(ii) obtain the appropriate State or
local licenses for the facility.
(B) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this
Act—
(i) the entity shall comply, or make
substantial progress (as determined by the
Administrator) toward complying, with
subparagraph (A); and
(ii) any contract or licensing agree-
ment used by an Executive agency for the
operation of such a child care center shall
include a condition that the child care be
provided by an entity that complies with
the appropriate State or local licensing re-
quirements related to the provision of child
care.
(2) HEALTH, SAFETY, AND FACILITY STAND-
ARDS.—The Administrator shall by regulation estab-
lish standards relating to health, safety, facilities, fa-
cility design, and other aspects of child care that the
Administrator determines to be appropriate for child
care in executive facilities, and require child care fa-
cilities, and entities sponsoring child care facilities,
in executive facilities to comply with the standards.
HR 2679 RFS
SEC. 104. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR MOTOR CARRIER
SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account) for the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to carry out section 31102 of title 49, United States
Code, $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through
2003.
(b) INCREASED AUTHORIZATIONS FOR MOTOR CAR-
RIER SAFETY GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4003 of the Trans-
portation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112
Stat. 395–398) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(i) INCREASED AUTHORIZATIONS FOR MOTOR CAR-
RIER SAFETY GRANTS.—The amount made available to
incur obligations to carry out section 31102 of title 49,
United States Code, by section 31104(a) of such title for
each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003 shall be increased
by $65,000,000.’’.
(2) CORRESPONDING
REDUCTION
TO
OBLIGA-
TION
CEILING.—Section 1102 of such Act (23
U.S.C. 104 note; 112 Stat. 1115–1118) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j) REDUCTION IN OBLIGATION CEILING.—The lim-
itation on obligations imposed by subsection (a) for each
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A dispute, grievance, or
claim arising under this section is subject to
resolution—
‘‘(A) under section 3 of the Railway Labor
Act (45 U.S.C. 553); or
‘‘(B) through a tort action brought by the
employee in a district court of the United
States.
‘‘(2) EXPEDITED RESOLUTION UNDER RAILWAY
LABOR ACT.—In a proceeding by the National Rail-
road Adjustment Board, a division of delegate of the
Board, or another board of adjustment established
under section 3 (45 U.S.C. 553) to resolve the dis-
pute, grievance, or claim, the proceeding shall be ex-
pedited and the dispute, grievance, or claim shall be
resolved not later than 180 days after it is filed.
‘‘(3) VENUE.—A tort action under paragraph
(1)(B) of this subsection may be brought in the judi-
cial district in which the dispute, grievance, or claim
arose or the defendant has its principal executive of-
fice.
‘‘(4) RELIEF.—If the employee has been found
by the Board, division, delegate, or other board of
adjustment or by the court, as applicable, to have
been discharged, suspended, or otherwise discrimi-
(C) DEFINITIONS.—Section 733(d) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1186(d)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) GENETIC INFORMATION; GENETIC TEST.—
(A) The term ‘genetic information’ means the infor-
mation about genes, gene products, or inherited
characteristics that may derive from an individual or
a blood-relative of the individual.
‘‘(B) The term ‘genetic test’ means a test for
determining the presence or absence of genetic char-
acteristics in an individual.’’.
‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Section 731(a)(1) shall
not be construed as superseding a State law de-
scribed in paragraph (1).’’.
(D) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(i) Sec-
tion 731(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1191(c)) is
amended by striking ‘‘section 711’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘sections 711 and 714’’.
(ii) Section 732(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C.
1191a(a)), as amended by section 603(b)(2) of Pub-
lic Law 104–204, is amended by striking ‘‘section
711’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 711 and 714’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 267
To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the installation of
emergency locator transmitters on aircraft.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Ms.
DELAURO, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. LARSON, and Mr. NEAL
of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the
installation of emergency locator transmitters on aircraft.
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 ‘‘Airplane Emergency
Locator Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On December 24, 1996, a plane piloted by
Johan Schwartz and Patrick Hayes disappeared
near Lebanon, New Hampshire.
(2) An extensive search was conducted by the
States of New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont,
New York, Maine, and Massachusetts, in coopera-
tion with the Federal Government, in an unsuccess-
ful effort to locate the plane and any survivors.
(3) The plane was not required under law to
carry an emergency locator transmitter.
(4) Emergency locator transmitters have been
found to be very helpful in locating downed aircraft
and saving lives.
SEC. 3. AIRPLANE EMERGENCY LOCATORS.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 44712(b) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) NONAPPLICATION.—Subsection (a) does not
apply to aircraft when used in—
‘‘(1) scheduled flights by scheduled air carriers
holding certificates issued by the Secretary of Trans-
portation under subpart II of this part;
‘‘(2) training operations conducted entirely
within a 50-mile radius of the airport from which
the training operations begin;
‘‘(3) flight operations related to the design and
testing, manufacture, preparation, and delivery of
aircraft;
‘‘(4) showing compliance with regulations;
‘‘(5) an exhibition or air racing; or
‘‘(6) the aerial application of a substance for an
agricultural purpose.’’.
(b) COMPLIANCE.—Section 44712 is amended by re-
designating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by insert-
ing after subsection (b) the following:
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE.—An aircraft is deemed to meet
the requirement of subsection (a) if it is equipped with
an emergency locator transmitter that transmits on the
121.5/243 megahertz frequency or the 406 megahertz fre-
quency, or with other equipment approved by the Sec-
retary for meeting the requirement of subsection (a).’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE; REGULATIONS.—
(1) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Trans-
portation shall promulgate regulations to carry out
section 44712(b) of title 49, United States Code, as
amended by this section not later than January 1,
2002.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in
paragraph (1), the amendments made by this section
shall take effect on January 1, 2002.
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4827
To amend the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and Black 
Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 to rename the Colorado Canyons 
National Conservation Area as the McInnis Canyons National Conserva-
tion Area. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2004
Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself and Mr. POMBO) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area 
and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 to 
rename the Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
Area as the McInnis Canyons National Conservation 
Area.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MCINNIS CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION 
AREA. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The Colorado Canyons National Con-
servation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 460mmm et seq.) is amended in sec-
‘‘(2) To take such actions as may be necessary
to provide an environment in which the families may
grieve in private.
‘‘(3) To meet with the families who have trav-
eled to the location of the accident, to contact the
families unable to travel to such location, and to
contact all affected families periodically thereafter
until such time as the organization, in consultation
with the director of family support services des-
ignated for the accident under subsection (a)(1), de-
termines that further assistance is no longer needed.
‘‘(4) To arrange a suitable memorial service, in
consultation with the families.
‘‘(d) PASSENGER LISTS.—
‘‘(1) REQUESTS FOR PASSENGER LISTS.—
‘‘(A) REQUESTS BY DIRECTOR OF FAMILY
SUPPORT SERVICES.—It shall be the responsi-
bility of the director of family support services
designated for an accident under subsection
(a)(1) to request, as soon as practicable, from
the rail passenger carrier involved in the acci-
dent a list, which is based on the best available
information at the time of the request, of the
names of the passengers that were aboard the
rail passenger carrier’s train involved in the ac-
tion 2(b) by striking ‘‘Colorado Canyons’’ and inserting 
‘‘McInnis Canyons’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of such Act is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Colorado’’ 
and inserting ‘‘McInnis’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Colorado’’ 
and inserting ‘‘McInnis’’. 
(c) COLORADO CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION 
AREA.—Section 4 of such Act is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COLORADO’’ 
and inserting ‘‘MCINNIS’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Colorado 
Canyons’’ and inserting ‘‘McInnis Canyons’’. 
(d) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 8(a) of such Act 
is amended by striking ‘‘Colorado Canyons’’ and inserting 
‘‘McInnis Canyons’’. 
(e) SHORT TITLE.—Section 1 of such Act is amended 
by striking ‘‘Colorado’’ and inserting ‘‘McInnis’’. 
(f) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the ‘‘Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
Area’’ shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘McInnis 
Canyons National Conservation Area’’.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section take effect on January 1, 
2005.
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cident. A rail passenger carrier shall use rea-
sonable efforts, with respect to its unreserved
trains, and passengers not holding reservations
on its other trains, to ascertain the names of
passengers aboard a train involved in an acci-
dent.
‘‘(B) REQUESTS BY DESIGNATED ORGANI-
ZATION.—The organization designated for an
accident under subsection (a)(2) may request
from the rail passenger carrier involved in the
accident a list described in subparagraph (A).
‘‘(2) USE OF INFORMATION.—The director of
family support services and the organization may
not release to any person information on a list ob-
tained under paragraph (1) but may provide infor-
mation on the list about a passenger to the family
of the passenger to the extent that the director of
family support services or the organization considers
appropriate.
‘‘(e) 
CONTINUING
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE
BOARD.—In the course of its investigation of an accident
described in subsection (a), the Board shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, ensure that the families of pas-
sengers involved in the accident—
by the rail passenger carrier under subsection (b), unless
such liability was caused by conduct of the rail passenger
carrier which was grossly negligent or which constituted
intentional misconduct.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
‘‘(1) the terms ‘rail passenger accident’ and
‘rail passenger carrier’ have the meanings such
terms have in section 1137 of this title; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘passenger’ means a person
aboard a rail passenger carrier’s train that is in-
volved in a rail passenger accident.
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—
Nothing in this section may be construed as limiting the
actions that a rail passenger carrier may take, or the obli-
gations that a rail passenger carrier may have, in pro-
viding assistance to the families of passengers involved in
a rail passenger accident.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap-
ters for subtitle V of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding after the item relating to chapter 249
the following new item:
‘‘251. FAMILY ASSISTANCE ..........................................................
25101’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 4,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
Union Calendar No. 188 
106TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2681 
[Report No. 106–313] 
A BILL 
To establish a program, coordinated by the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board, of assistance 
to families of passengers involved in rail pas-
senger accidents. 
SEPTEMBER 13, 1999 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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Union Calendar No. 188 
106TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2681 
[Report No. 106–313] 
To establish a program, coordinated by the National Transportation Safety 
Board, of assistance to families of passengers involved in rail passenger 
accidents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 1999 
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PETRI, and Mr. RAHALL) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
SEPTEMBER 13, 1999 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To establish a program, coordinated by the National Trans-
portation Safety Board, of assistance to families of pas-
sengers involved in rail passenger accidents. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rail Passenger Dis-
aster Family Assistance Act of 1999’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE BY NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFE-
TY BOARD TO FAMILIES OF PASSENGERS IN-
VOLVED IN RAIL PASSENGER ACCIDENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 11 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 1137. Assistance to families of passengers involved 
in rail passenger accidents 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
being notified of a rail passenger accident within the 
United States involving a rail passenger carrier and result-
ing in a major loss of life, the Chairman of the National 
Transportation Safety Board shall— 
‘‘(1) designate and publicize the name and 
phone number of a director of family support serv-
ices who shall be an employee of the Board and shall 
be responsible for acting as a point of contact within 
the Federal Government for the families of pas-
sengers involved in the accident and a liaison be-
tween the rail passenger carrier and the families; 
and 
‘‘(2) designate an independent nonprofit organi-
zation, with experience in disasters and posttrauma 
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HR 3081 PCS
‘‘(ii) in connection with the construc-
tion of any qualified revitalization building
which was not previously placed in service
or in connection with the substantial reha-
bilitation (within the meaning of section
47(c)(1)(C)) of a building which was
placed in service before the beginning of
such rehabilitation; and
‘‘(iii) for land (including land which is
functionally related to such property and
subordinate thereto).
‘‘(B) DOLLAR
LIMITATION.—The aggre-
gate amount which may be treated as qualified
revitalization expenditures with respect to any
qualified revitalization building for any taxable
year shall not exceed the excess of—
‘‘(i) $10,000,000, reduced by
‘‘(ii) any such expenditures with re-
spect to the building taken into account by
the taxpayer or any predecessor in deter-
mining the amount of the deduction under
this section for all preceding taxable years.
‘‘(C) CERTAIN
EXPENDITURES
NOT
IN-
CLUDED.—The term ‘qualified revitalization ex-
penditure’ does not include—
under this Act a slot of a dominant air carrier at a high-
density airport if—
(1) the Secretary determines that the slot has
been used by the carrier for direct flights between
the airport and a low-competition airport throughout
at least 24 of the preceding 30 calendar months; or
(2) the slot is used for international flights.
SEC. 3. AUCTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—After a withdrawal of slots at a
high-density airport pursuant to section 2, the Secretary
shall auction such slots to new entrant air carriers and
limited incumbent air carriers at the airport and shall
award each slot, pursuant to this section, to the highest
bidder for the slot.
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF SLOTS.—The Secretary,
in a manner which to the extent practicable represents the
times and characteristics of all slots available for auction
pursuant to this subsection, shall ensure that—
(1) 40 percent of the slots redistributed under
this Act at each high-density airport other than
John F. Kennedy International Airport; and
(2) 10 percent of the slots redistributed under
this Act at John F. Kennedy International Airport,
are distributed for use for flights between the airport and
low-competition airports.
HR 2684 EAS
out the guaranteed loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C.
chapter 37, subchapter VI.
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL CARE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili-
ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and
outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treatment
in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department;
and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equip-
ment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto
for beneficiaries receiving care in the Department; adminis-
trative expenses in support of planning, design, project
management, real property acquisition and disposition,
construction and renovation of any facility under the juris-
diction or for the use of the Department; oversight, engineer-
ing and architectural activities not charged to project cost;
repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the
several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the
Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract
or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of ma-
terials; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; aid to State homes as authorized by
38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal expenses of the
in the amount provided in advance in appropriations acts.
Such fees are authorized to be appropriated to remain
available until expended.’’; and
(3) by striking subsections (d) and (e).
SEC. 604. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 20117(a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘chapter’’
and inserting ‘‘part and to carry out chapter 51 of
this title with respect to the railroad mode of trans-
portation’’ and by striking subparagraphs (A)
through (F);
(2) by striking subsection (a)(2); and
(3) by redesignating subsection (a)(1) as sub-
section (a), and inserting the following at the end:
‘‘(1) $117,262,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000.
‘‘(2) Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
years 2001 through 2003.’’.
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