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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 426
For the relief of Mounir Adel Hajjar.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Ms. PELOSI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Mounir Adel Hajjar.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR MOUNIR
ADEL HAJJAR.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a)
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, Mounir Adel Hajjar shall be eligible for issuance of
an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of
an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon
filing an application for issuance of an immigrant visa
under section 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status
to lawful permanent resident.
(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF
STATUS.—If Mounir Adel
Hajjar enters the United States before the filing deadline
specified in subsection (c), he shall be considered to have
entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligi-
ble, be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245
of the Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.—
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Mounir Adel Hajjar, the Secretary of State shall
instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the cur-
rent or next following fiscal year, the total number of im-
migrant visas that are made available to natives of the
country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the
total number of immigrant visas that are made available
to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under section
202(e) of such Act.
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shed shall be considered a high priority water-
shed.
‘‘(C) To solicit, encourage, and facilitate
the formation of watershed councils for high
priority watersheds and support the formation
of watershed councils voluntarily proposed in
other watersheds.
‘‘(D) To develop, in cooperation with ap-
propriate State fish and wildlife agencies and
the State technical committee, and provide to
designated watershed councils, a uniform sys-
tem for assigning priority rankings to rec-
ommended projects and measures contained in
plans submitted for review under the program.
Priority ranking systems shall be based pri-
marily on the likelihood that such recommenda-
tions would achieve significant progress toward
protection or restoration of habitat or enhance-
ment of uses for important (or potentially im-
portant) recreational and subsistence fisheries.
‘‘(E) To review, in cooperation with appro-
priate State fish and wildlife agencies, and issue
decisions with respect to all fisheries habitat
protection, restoration, and enhancement plans
and all interim recommendations developed, re-
Yagudin shall each be eligible for issuance of an immi-
grant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing an
application for issuance of an immigrant visa under sec-
tion 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to lawful
permanent resident.
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Oleg Rasulyevich
Rafikov, Alfia Fanilevna Rafikova, Evgenia Olegovna
Rafikova, or Ruslan Khamitovich Yagudin enters the
United States before the filing deadline specified in sub-
section (c), he or she shall be considered to have entered
and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, be
eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.—
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Oleg Rasulyevich Rafikov, Alfia Fanilevna
Rafikova, Evgenia Olegovna Rafikova, and Ruslan
Khamitovich Yagudin, the Secretary of State shall in-
face water body, the drainage area that contributes
water to that river, stream, or water body.
‘‘(6) URBAN
WATERSHED.—The term ‘urban
watershed’ means a watershed or portion of a water-
shed located wholly or substantially within the
boundaries of an urbanized area, as designated by
the Bureau of the Census, or a municipality of
10,000 or more persons.
‘‘(7) STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCY.—The
term ‘State fish and wildlife agency’ means the com-
mission, department, agency, or agencies within each
State that has primary legal authority for the con-
servation of fish and wildlife in the State.
‘‘(8) HIGH PRIORITY WATERSHED.—The term
‘high priority watershed’ means a watershed des-
ignated pursuant to State law, as described in sub-
section (a), for which available information dem-
onstrates a high likelihood that the planning and
other activities authorized under this section could
achieve significant progress toward protection or res-
toration of habitat for fisheries that exhibit substan-
tial existing or potential biological, commercial, or
recreational value.
‘‘(9) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any 1, or
a combination, of the following authorities acting
pursuant to jurisdiction provided under State law:
‘‘(A) The Governor.
‘‘(B) A State agency charged with ensur-
ing water quality standards.
‘‘(C) A State fish and wildlife agency.
‘‘(10) STATE
TECHNICAL
COMMITTEE.—The
term ‘State technical committee’ means a technical
committee established by the Secretary pursuant to
section 1261 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3861).’’.
(b) INCLUSION OF INDIAN TRIBES.—Section 518(e)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1377(e)) is amended by inserting ‘‘321,’’ after ‘‘319,’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 319(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1329(j)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsections
(h) and (i) of this section and section 321 such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4279
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow all computers to
be expensed.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 2000
Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. TAUZIN, Ms. DUNN,
Mr. GOODLATTE, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. SWEENEY, and
Mr. ISAKSON) 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 allow all
computers to be expensed.
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 ‘‘Computer Depreciation
Reform Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. EXPENSING OF COMPUTERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VI of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
by inserting after section 179A the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 179B. DEDUCTION FOR COMPUTERS.
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.—There shall be
allowed as a deduction an amount equal to the cost of any
computer (to which section 168 applies) which is placed
in service during the taxable year and which is for use
in the active conduct of a trade or business.
‘‘(b) COMPUTER.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘computer’ means any computer or peripheral equip-
ment (as defined in section 168(i)(2)(B)).
‘‘(c) BASIS REDUCTION.—For purposes of this title,
the basis of any computer shall be reduced by the cost
of such computer taken into account under subsection (a).
‘‘(d) BUSINESS USE REQUIRED FOR AT LEAST 1
YEAR.—The Secretary shall, by regulations, provide for
recapturing the benefit under any deduction allowable
under subsection (a) with respect to any computer which
is not used predominantly in a trade or business at any
time during the 1-year period beginning on the date that
the computer is placed in service.’’
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 263(a) of such
Code is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (G), by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (H) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(I) expenditures for which a deduction is
allowed under section 179B.’’
(2) Subparagraph (B) of section 312(k)(3) of
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘or 179A’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘, 179A, or 179B’’.
(3) Subsection (a) of section 1016 of such Code
is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (26), by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (27) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(28) to the extent provided in section
179A(c).’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to computers purchased after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 427
For the relief of Oleg Rasulyevich Rafikov, Alfia Fanilevna Rafikova, Evgenia
Olegovna Rafikova, and Ruslan Khamitovich Yagudin.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Ms. PELOSI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Oleg Rasulyevich Rafikov, Alfia Fanilevna
Rafikova, Evgenia Olegovna Rafikova, and Ruslan
Khamitovich Yagudin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR OLEG
RASULYEVICH RAFIKOV, ALFIA FANILEVNA
RAFIKOVA, EVGENIA OLEGOVNA RAFIKOVA,
AND RUSLAN KHAMITOVICH YAGUDIN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a)
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, Oleg Rasulyevich Rafikov, Alfia Fanilevna Rafikova,
Evgenia Olegovna Rafikova, and Ruslan Khamitovich
struct the proper officer to reduce by 4, during the current
or next following fiscal year, the total number of immi-
grant visas that are made available to natives of the coun-
try of the aliens’ birth under section 203(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the total
number of immigrant visas that are made available to na-
tives of the country of the aliens’ birth under section
202(e) of such Act.
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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 ‘‘ICCVAM Authoriza-
tion Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ALTERNATIVE
TEST
METHOD.—The term
‘‘alternative test method’’ means a test method
that—
(A) includes any new or revised test meth-
od; and
(B)(i) reduces the number of animals re-
quired;
(ii) refines procedures to lessen or elimi-
nate pain or distress to animals, or enhances
animal well-being; or
(iii) replaces animals with non-animal sys-
tems or 1 animal species with a phylogenetically
lower animal species, such as replacing a mam-
mal with an invertebrate.
(2) ICCVAM TEST
RECOMMENDATION.—The
term ‘‘ICCVAM test recommendation’’ means a
summary report prepared by the ICCVAM charac-
the Director of NIH shall reserve not to exceed 10
percent for carrying out subsection (b).
‘‘(3) 
ALLOCATION
REGARDING
FORMULA
GRANTS FOR INCREASING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY;
ALLOCATION REGARDING COFUNDING PROGRAM.—Of
the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for
a fiscal year and available after compliance with
paragraph (2), the Director of NIH shall reserve—
‘‘(A) with respect to fiscal year 2001—
‘‘(i) 80 percent of such amounts for
awards under subsection (c); and
‘‘(ii) 20 percent of such amounts for
awards under subsection (d)(1);
‘‘(B) with respect to fiscal year 2002—
‘‘(i) 70 percent of such amounts for
awards under subsection (c); and
‘‘(ii) 30 percent of such amounts for
awards under subsection (d)(1);
‘‘(C) with respect to fiscal year 2003—
‘‘(i) 60 percent of such amounts for
awards under subsection (c); and
‘‘(ii) 40 percent of such amounts for
awards under subsection (d)(1); and
‘‘(D) with respect to each of fiscal years
2004 and 2005—
‘‘(i) 50 percent of such amounts for
awards under subsection (c); and
‘‘(ii) 50 percent of such amounts for
awards under subsection (d)(1).
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL
FUNDING
FOR
COFUNDING
PROGRAM.—In addition to amounts reserved under
paragraph (3) for making awards under subsections
(c) and (d)(1), the Director of NIH shall reserve for
making such awards all savings in the indirect costs
of projects of research supported by the national re-
search institutes that are achieved as a result of car-
rying out projects in EPSCoR States rather than in
other States. Such savings shall be calculated based
on the previous 5 year average of the actual
amounts paid to each State in indirect costs. Such
additional funding from indirect cost savings shall be
allocated in a manner consistent with paragraph (3).
‘‘(f) REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) TO THE STATE.—The NIH EPSCoR com-
mittee of a State shall annually submit to the State
a report on the activities carried out under this sec-
tion in the State.
‘‘(2) TO NIH.—The State shall forward a copy
of each report received under paragraph (1) to the
Director of NIH.’’.
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(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the head of a participating Federal lake manage-
ment agency may conduct at a National Demonstra-
tion Lake managed by the agency any activity to ex-
periment with fees, concessions agreements, and in-
novative management structures, notwithstanding
any requirement or restriction under any other law.
(2) ENHANCEMENT
OF
RECREATION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The head of a participating Federal lake
management agency may not conduct any activity
under this subsection unless the activity enhances
opportunities for recreation activities that occur on
a National Demonstration Lake managed by the
agency or other recreation activities that occur in
proximity to such a lake.
(d) LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of a participating
Federal lake management agency shall establish, for
each National Demonstration Lake managed by the
agency, an advisory committee comprised of State
and local government and private sector representa-
tives.
(2) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)
H. R. 4281
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To establish, wherever feasible, guidelines, recommendations, and regulations that
promote the regulatory acceptance of new or revised scientifically valid toxicological
tests that protect human and animal health and the environment while reducing,
refining, or replacing animal tests and ensuring human safety and product effec-
tiveness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ICCVAM Authorization Act
of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ALTERNATIVE TEST METHOD.—The term ‘‘alternative test
method’’ means a test method that—
(A) includes any new or revised test method; and
(B)(i) reduces the number of animals required;
(ii) refines procedures to lessen or eliminate pain or
distress to animals, or enhances animal well-being; or
(iii) replaces animals with non-animal systems or one
animal species with a phylogenetically lower animal spe-
cies, such as replacing a mammal with an invertebrate.
(2) ICCVAM TEST RECOMMENDATION.—The term ‘‘ICCVAM
test recommendation’’ means a summary report prepared by
the ICCVAM characterizing the results of a scientific expert
peer review of a test method.
SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE VALIDA-
TION OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the interagency coordinating
committee that is known as the Interagency Coordinating Com-
mittee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (referred to in
this Act as ‘‘ICCVAM’’) and that was established by the Director
of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for
purposes of section 463A(b) of the Public Health Service Act, the
Director of the Institute shall designate such committee as a perma-
nent interagency coordinating committee of the Institute under
the National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evalua-
tion of Alternative Toxicological Methods. This Act may not be
construed as affecting the authorities of such Director regarding
ICCVAM that were in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act, except to the extent inconsistent with this
Act.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the ICCVAM shall be to—
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ICCVAM Authoriza-
tion Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE
VALIDATION OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Coordinating
Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (re-
ferred to in this Act as ‘‘ICCVAM’’) shall be sustained
as a permanent standing committee and continued to be
administered by the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences. The purposes of ICCVAM shall be to—
(1) increase the efficiency and effectiveness of
Federal agency test method review;
(2) eliminate duplicative efforts and share expe-
riences across Federal regulatory agencies;
(3) optimize utilization of scientific expertise
outside the Federal Government;
(4) ensure that new test methods meet the
needs of Federal agencies; and
(5) reduce, refine, and replace the use of ani-
mals in testing.
(b) COMPOSITION.—ICCVAM shall be comprised of
a representative from each of the following agencies and
organizations:
(1) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
gal immigration and criminal alien activity imple-
mented on the southwest border.
SEC. 103. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES AND POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS FOR INDIRECT COSTS RELAT-
ING TO THE INCARCERATION OF ILLEGAL
ALIENS.
Section 501 of the Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 1365) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a State for’’
and all that follows through the end and inserting
the following: ‘‘a State (or, if appropriate, a political
subdivision of the State) for—
‘‘(1) the costs incurred by the State or political
subdivision for the imprisonment of any illegal alien
or Cuban national who is convicted of a felony by
such State; and
‘‘(2) the indirect costs related to the imprison-
ment described in paragraph (1).’’;
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(c) INDIRECT COSTS DEFINED.—In subsection (a),
the term ‘indirect costs’ includes—
‘‘(1) court costs, county attorney costs, and
criminal proceedings expenditures that do not in-
volve going to trial;
interest, beginning on the date of the conveyance, at
an annual rate of 3 percent on the unpaid balance.
(c) RELEASE.—Subject to compliance with all Fed-
eral environmental laws prior to conveyance, the Center,
upon acquisition of the property under this section, shall
agree in writing to hold the United States harmless from
any and all claims to the property, including all claims
resulting from hazardous materials conveyed on the lands.
(d) RIGHT OF REENTRY.—At any time before full
payment is made for the conveyance of the property under
this section, the conveyance shall be subject to a right of
reentry in the United States if the Secretary determines
that—
(1) the Center has not complied with the re-
quirements of this section or the conditions pre-
scribed by the Secretary in the deed of conveyance;
or
(2) the conveyed land is converted to a nonedu-
cational or for profit use.
(e) ALTERNATIVE PROPERTY DISPOSAL AUTHOR-
ITY.—In the event that the Center does not contract with
the Secretary to acquire the property described in this sec-
tion within 18 months of the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary may dispose of the property in the
manner provided in section 2.
HR 4841 RFS 
(i) any transaction occurring before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, 
(ii) any property acquired before such 
date of enactment, or 
(iii) any item of income, loss, deduc-
tion, or credit taken into account before 
such date of enactment, and 
(B) the treatment of such transaction, 
property, or item under such provision would 
(without regard to the amendments made by 
subsection (a)) affect the liability for tax for pe-
riods ending after such date of enactment, 
nothing in the amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall be construed to affect the treatment of such 
transaction, property, or item for purposes of deter-
mining liability for tax for periods ending after such 
date of enactment.
Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
scribe. The Secretary may reject any offer made under
this section if the Secretary determines that the offer is
not adequate or not in the public interest.
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF TEXAS NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
LAND 
TO 
NEW 
WAVERLY 
GULF 
COAST
TRADES CENTER.
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—Subject to the terms
and conditions specified in this section, the Secretary of
Agriculture may convey to the New Waverly Gulf Coast
Trades Center (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Cen-
ter’’), all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to a parcel of real property (including improvements
thereon) consisting of approximately 57 acres of land lo-
cated within the Sam Houston National Forest, Walker
County, Texas, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘New Wa-
verly Gulf Coast Trades Center’’, dated September 15,
1999. A complete legal description of the property to be
conveyed shall be available for public inspection at an ap-
propriate office of the Sam Houston National Forest and
in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service.
(b) CONSIDERATION.—
(1) FAIR MARKET VALUE.—As consideration for
the conveyance authorized by this section, the Cen-
ter shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to
the fair market value of the property, as determined
H. R. 4285—4
(2) the acquisition of lands or interests in lands in the
State of Texas.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4286
AN ACT
To provide for the establishment of the Cahaba
River National Wildlife Refuge in Bibb County,
Alabama.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4286
AN ACT
To provide for the establishment of the Cahaba River
National Wildlife Refuge in Bibb County, Alabama.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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behaviors, and other skills necessary for effec-
tively relating to others without violence; and
‘‘(B) provide effective strategies for nur-
turing and supporting the emotional, social, and
cognitive growth of children; and
‘‘(3) to provide training, information, and sup-
port to families to enable the families to participate
effectively in their children’s education, and to help
their children meet challenging standards, including
assisting families to—
‘‘(A) understand the accountability sys-
tems, including content standards, performance
standards, and local assessments, in place for
the State involved, the participating local edu-
cational agency, and the participating elemen-
tary school or secondary school;
‘‘(B) understand their children’s edu-
cational needs, their children’s educational per-
formance in comparison to State and local
standards, and the steps the school is taking to
address the children’s needs and to help the
children meet the standards; and
‘‘(C) communicate effectively with per-
sonnel responsible for providing educational
services to the families’ children, and to partici-