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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1383
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow registered vendors
to administer refunds of Federal excise taxes on kerosene used in
unvented heaters for home heating purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1999
Mr. BATEMAN 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 reg-
istered vendors to administer refunds of Federal excise
taxes on kerosene used in unvented heaters for home
heating purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. VENDOR REFUNDS OF FEDERAL EXCISE TAXES
ON KEROSENE USED IN UNVENTED HEATERS
FOR HOME HEATING PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section
6427(l)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to sales of kerosene not for use in motor fuel) is amended
section (c). Entitlement to continuous monthly incentive
pay ceases in all cases upon completion of 25 years of avia-
tion service; thereafter, the member is entitled to monthly
incentive pay under subsection (c)(3) for the frequent and
regular performance of operational flying duty.
‘‘(c) 
OPERATIONAL
FLYING
DUTY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—(1) A member must perform operational flying
duties (as defined in subsection (f)) for 6 of the first 10,
9 of the first 15, and 14 of the first 20 years of aviation
service, to be entitled to continuous monthly incentive pay.
‘‘(2) Upon completion of 10, 15, or 20 years of avia-
tion service, a member who has not performed the min-
imum required operational flying duties established in this
subsection during the prescribed period loses the entitle-
ment to continuous monthly incentive pay. For the needs
of the Service, the Secretary concerned may permit, on
a case-by-case basis, a member to continue to receive con-
tinuous monthly incentive pay despite the member’s fail-
ure to perform the operational flying duty required during
the first 10, 15, or 20 years of aviation service, but only
if the member has performed at least 5 years of oper-
ational flying duties during the first 10 years of aviation
service, 8 years of operational flying duties during the first
15 years of aviation service, or 12 years of operational
flying duty during the first 20 years of aviation service.
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, that is based on any law (in-
cluding any treaty, Executive order, agreement, or Act of
Congress).
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1385
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the financial
limitation on rehabilitation services under part B of the Medicare Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1999
Mrs. EMERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, 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 title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal
the financial limitation on rehabilitation services under
part B of the Medicare Program.
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 ‘‘Reinstatement of the
Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FINANCIAL LIMITATION ON REHABILI-
TATION SERVICES.
(a) REPEAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (g).
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply to services furnished on
or after January 1, 2000.
(b) OFFSETTING PORTION OF ADDITIONAL EXPEND-
ITURES THROUGH PAYMENT REFORM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for outpatient physical therapy
services, outpatient occupational therapy services,
and outpatient speech-language pathology services
covered under title XVIII of the Social Security Act
and furnished on or after January 1, 2001, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall imple-
ment a new payment methodology based on the clas-
sification of individuals by diagnostic category, func-
tional status, and prior use of services in both inpa-
tient and outpatient settings.
(2) BUDGET
NEUTRALITY
IN
IMPLEMENTA-
TION.—Such payment methodology shall be designed
so that the methodology, taking into account the in-
creased expenditures resulting from the amendment
made by subsection (a), does not result in any in-
crease or decrease in the expenditures under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act on a fiscal year
basis.
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gram’’ means a clinical trial program which is approved
by—
(1) the National Institutes of Health;
(2) a National Institutes of Health cooperative
group or a National Institutes of Health center;
(3) the Food and Drug Administration (in the
form of an investigational new drug or device exemp-
tion);
(4) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(5) the Department of Defense; or
(6) a qualified nongovernmental research entity
identified in the guidelines issued by the National
Institutes of Health for center support grants.
(d) ROUTINE PATIENT CARE COSTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this Act,
‘‘routine patient care costs’’ shall include the costs
associated with the provision of items and services
that—
(A) would otherwise be covered under the
Medicare Program if such items and services
were not provided in connection with an ap-
proved clinical trial program; and
(B) are furnished according to the design
of an approved clinical trial program.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to sales occurring on or after the
date of enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1387
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for Government furnished
headstones or markers for the marked graves of veterans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1999
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. SHOWS, Mrs.
CHENOWETH, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island,
Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. NEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BOEHLERT,
Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. DOYLE, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr.
STRICKLAND, Mr. WYNN, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr.
DIAZ-BALART, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. METCALF, Mr. HALL
of Ohio, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. HILL of Montana, Mr. LAMPSON,
Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr.
GOODLING, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. GONZALEZ, and Mr.
SPRATT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for Gov-
ernment furnished headstones or markers for the marked
graves of veterans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT HEADSTONES
FOR MARKED GRAVES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2306(a) of title 38,
United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘appropriate Government
headstones or markers at the expense of the United States
for the unmarked graves of the following:’’ and inserting
‘‘one appropriate Government headstone or marker at the
expense of the United States, other than for replacement,
to mark the grave of the following:’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies with respect to applications for Gov-
ernment headstones or markers received by the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs for individuals dying on or after No-
vember 1, 1990.
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‘‘(C) The person provided all legally required
notices with respect to the discovery or release of
any hazardous substances at the facility.
‘‘(D) The person exercised appropriate care
with respect to hazardous substances found at the
facility by taking reasonable steps to stop on-going
releases, prevent threatened future releases of haz-
ardous substances, and prevent or limit human or
natural resource exposure to hazardous substances
previously released into the environment.
‘‘(E) The person provides full cooperation, as-
sistance, and facility access to persons authorized to
conduct response actions at the facility, including
the cooperation and access necessary for the installa-
tion, integrity, operation, and maintenance of any
complete or partial response action at the facility.
‘‘(F) The person is not affiliated with any other
person liable for response costs at the facility,
through any direct or indirect familial relationship,
or any contractual, corporate, or financial relation-
ship other than that created by the instruments by
which title to the facility is conveyed or financed.
‘‘(p) PROSPECTIVE
PURCHASER
AND
WINDFALL
LIEN.—(1) In any case in which there are unrecovered
response costs at a facility for which an owner of the facil-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1393
To provide wage parity for certain Department of Defense employees in
Texas and Oklahoma.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1999
Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To provide wage parity for certain Department of Defense
employees in Texas and Oklahoma.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law limiting
the amounts payable to prevailing wage rate employees (as
defined in section 5342 of title 5, United States Code)
of the Department of Defense, during fiscal year 1999,
such employees who are employed in the Wichita Falls,
Texas and Southwest Oklahoma wage areas shall be paid
the same wages they would receive if they were employed
in the Oklahoma City wage area, beginning with the first
pay period on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1394
To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district judges in the
State of Florida, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1999
Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. GOSS, Mr. YOUNG
of Florida, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. FOLEY,
Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MICA, Mr. WELDON of Flor-
ida, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. MILLER of Florida, and Mr.
HASTINGS of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district
judges in the State of Florida, 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 ‘‘Federal Judges for
Florida Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE FLORIDA DISTRICT
COURTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate—
(1) 5 additional district judges for the middle
district of Florida; and
(2) 2 additional district judges for the southern
district of Florida.
(b) TABLES.—In order that the table contained in
section 133 of title 28, United States Code, will reflect
the changes in the total number of permanent district
judgeships authorized as a result of subsection (a) of this
section, the item relating to Florida in such table is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘Florida:
Northern ...........................................................................................
Middle ...............................................................................................
Southern ............................................................................................
18.’’.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Act, including such sums as may be necessary to provide
appropriate space and facilities for the judicial positions
created by this Act.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment
of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1397
For the relief of Herman J. Koehler, III.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1999
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Herman J. Koehler, III.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RELIEF GRANTED.
Herman J. Koehler, III, of Boonton, New Jersey, is
relieved of any disabilities imposed upon him pursuant to
section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, as a result
of his September 1990 conviction of a violation of section
371 of title 18, United States Code.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1398
To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of certain
fuel additives.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 14, 1999
Mr. POMBO (for himself, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, and Mr. DOOLITTLE) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit
the use of certain fuel additives.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 211.
Section 211(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7545(c)) is amended as follows:
(1) By adding at the end of paragraph (1) the
following: ‘‘The Administrator shall amend the regu-
lations under this paragraph as promptly as prac-
ticable after the date of enactment of this sentence
to prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether
(MTBE) as a fuel additive.’’.
(2) By adding the following new subparagraph
at the end of paragraph (2):
‘‘(D) The Administrator shall prohibit under para-
graph (1) any additive in gasoline registered under sub-
section (a) after the enactment of this subparagraph un-
less it has been determined (through scientific testing and
peer review) not to have any adverse effects on the pub-
lic.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1400
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to improve collection and
dissemination of information concerning bond prices and to improve
price competition in bond markets, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 14, 1999
Mr. BLILEY (for himself, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr.
TOWNS, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. HALL of
Texas, Mr. COX, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr.
BILBRAY, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. GANSKE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. LAZIO, Ms.
DEGETTE, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mrs. WILSON, Mr.
LUTHER, Mr. SHADEGG, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. BLUNT, and
Mr. EHRLICH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to improve
collection and dissemination of information concerning
bond prices and to improve price competition in bond
markets, 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 ‘‘Bond Price Competi-
tion Improvement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TRANSACTION REPORTING TO DEBT
SECURITIES.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subsection (d) of section 11A of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78k–
1(d)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSACTION
INFORMATION ON DEBT SECURITIES.—
‘‘(1) ACTION
REQUIRED.—The Commission
shall adopt such rules and take such other actions
under this section as may be necessary or appro-
priate, having due regard for the public interest, the
protection of investors, and the maintenance of fair
and orderly markets to assure the prompt, accurate,
reliable, and fair collection, processing, distribution,
and publication of transaction information, including
last sale data, with respect to covered debt securities
so that such information is available to all exchange
members, brokers, dealers, securities information
processors, and all other persons. In determining the
rules or other actions to take under this subsection,
the Commission shall take into consideration, among
other factors, private sector systems for the collec-
tion and distribution of transaction information on
corporate debt securities.
‘‘(2) EFFECT ON OTHER AUTHORITY.—Nothing
in this subsection limits or otherwise alters the Com-
(B) in the matter following paragraph (3),
by inserting ‘‘ and for determining whether the
benefits to be provided under a specific Federal,
State, or local program would alleviate the
harm from such battery or extreme cruelty or
would enable the alien to avoid such battery or
extreme cruelty in the future’’ before the pe-
riod.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
REGARDING
SPONSOR DEEMING.—Section 421(f)(1) of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1631(f)(1)) is
amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or
would alleviate the harm from such battery or
cruelty, or would enable the alien to avoid such
battery or cruelty in the future’’ before the
semicolon; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or
would alleviate the harm from such battery or
cruelty, or would enable the alien to avoid such
battery or cruelty in the future’’ before the pe-
riod.
(d) CONFORMING DEFINITION OF ‘‘FAMILY’’ USED
IN LAWS GRANTING FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFIT ACCESS
FOR BATTERED IMMIGRANTS TO STATE FAMILY LAW.—
Section 431(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1641(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘by a
spouse or a parent, or by a member of the spouse
or parent’s family residing in the same household as
the alien and the spouse or parent consented to, or
acquiesced in, such battery or cruelty,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘by a spouse, parent, son, or daughter, or by
any individual having a relationship with the alien
covered by the civil or criminal domestic violence
statutes of the State or Indian country where the
alien resides, or the State or Indian country in
which the alien, the alien’s child, or the alien child’s
parents received a protection order, or by any indi-
vidual against whom the alien could obtain a protec-
tion order,’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘by a
spouse or parent of the alien (without the active par-
ticipation of the alien in the battery or cruelty), or
by a member of the spouse or parent’s family resid-
ing in the same household as the alien and the
spouse or parent consented or acquiesced to such
battery or cruelty,’’ and inserting ‘‘by a spouse, par-
ent, son, or daughter of the alien (without the active
participation of alien in the battery or cruelty) or by
any individual having a relationship with the alien
covered by the civil or criminal domestic violence
statutes of the State or Indian county where the
alien resides, or the State or Indian country in
which the alien, the alien’s child, or the alien child’s
parent received a protection order, or by any indi-
vidual against whom the alien could obtain a protec-
tion order,’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section apply to Federal means-tested public benefits
provided on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 139
To provide for the extension of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail
into the Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for the extension of the New Jersey Coastal
Heritage Trail into the Township of Woodbridge, New
Jersey.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF NEW JERSEY COASTAL HERIT-
AGE TRAIL.
The second sentence of section 2 of Public Law 100–
515 (102 Stat. 2563; 16 U.S.C. 1244 note) is amended
by inserting ‘‘including sites in the Township of
Woodbridge, New Jersey,’’ after the words ‘‘cultural
sites’’.
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mission’s authority under the other provisions of this
section or any other provision of this title.
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section:
‘‘(A) COVERED
DEBT
SECURITIES.—The
term ‘covered debt securities’ means bonds, de-
bentures, or other debt instruments of an
issuer, other than—
‘‘(i) exempted securities; and
‘‘(ii) securities that the Commission
determines by rule to except from the re-
quirements of this subsection.
‘‘(B) TRANSACTION
INFORMATION.—The
term ‘transaction information’ means informa-
tion concerning such price, volume, and yield
information associated with a transaction in-
volving the purchase or sale of a covered debt
security as may be prescribed by the Commis-
sion by rule for purposes of this subsection.
‘‘(C) FACTORS IN DEFINITIONAL RULES.—
In prescribing rules pursuant to this paragraph,
the Commission shall take into consideration
the extent to which a security is actively traded,
market liquidity, competition, the protection of
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 13
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to
implement reforms to the Liaison and Familiarization Training Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. LAHOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to implement reforms to the Liaison and Famil-
iarization Training Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REFORM OF FAA LIAISON AND FAMILIARIZA-
TION TRAINING PROGRAM.
(a) TRAVEL PROHIBITIONS.—The Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration shall implement re-
forms to the Liaison and Familiarization Training Pro-
gram in order to prohibit travel by employees of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration under the program that—
(1) involves travel on leave days or days off;
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(2) involves scheduled leave days off between an
outgoing flight and a return flight unless the Admin-
istrator (or the Administrator’s designee) determines
in writing that the leave is for a legitimate training
purpose and will not create an appearance of impro-
priety; or
(3) involves foreign overseas travel for any em-
ployee in a facility that does not regulate oceanic
airspace.
(b) APPROVAL OF FLIGHTS.—In addition to the re-
forms required under subsection (a), the Administrator
shall implement appropriate controls under the Liaison
and Familiarization Training program to ensure that each
flight under the program is approved prior to the flight
by supervisory personnel and that such approval is grant-
ed only if the supervisor determines that the flight meets
the training needs of the Federal Aviation Administration.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date
of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall
transmit to Congress a report on reforms implemented by
the Administrator under this section.
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