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(21) ANNUITIES TO SURVIVING SPOUSES AND
DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF JUDGES.—
(A) Paragraph (2) of section 7448(a) of
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘or under
section 1106 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1939’’ and by striking ‘‘or pursuant to section
1106(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1939’’.
(B) Subsection (g) of section 7448 of such
Code is amended by striking ‘‘or other than
pursuant to section 1106 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1939’’.
(C) Subsections (g), (j)(1), and (j)(2) of
section 7448 of such Code are each amended by
striking ‘‘at 4 percent per annum to December
31, 1947, and at 3 percent per annum there-
after’’ and inserting ‘‘at 3 percent per annum’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
(2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—If—
(A) any provision amended or repealed by
subsection (a) applied to—
(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:
Clerk.
or prevent serious injury and to facilitate ad-
justment by the domestic industry to import
competition and whether there is evidence that
the industry is making a positive adjustment to
import competition.
(ii) The Commission shall publish notice of
the commencement of any proceeding under
this subparagraph in the Federal Register and
shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, hold
a public hearing at which the Commission shall
afford interested parties and consumers an op-
portunity to be present, to present evidence,
and to respond to the presentations of other
parties and consumers, and otherwise to be
heard.
(iii) The Commission shall transmit to the
President a report on its investigation and de-
termination under this subparagraph not later
than 60 days before the action under subsection
(a) is to terminate, unless the President speci-
fies a different date.
(C) PERIOD OF IMPORT RELIEF.—Any im-
port relief provided under this section, including
any extensions thereof, may not, in the aggre-
gate, be in effect for more than 5 years.
(e) RATE AFTER TERMINATION
OF IMPORT RE-
LIEF.—When import relief under this section is termi-
nated with respect to an article, the rate of duty on that
article shall be the rate that would have been in effect,
but for the provision of such relief, on the date on which
the relief terminates.
(f) ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM RELIEF.—No import
relief may be provided under this section on any article
that—
(1) is subject to an assessment of additional
duty under section 202(b); or
(2) has been subject to import relief under this
subtitle after the date on which the Agreement en-
ters into force.
SEC. 314. TERMINATION OF RELIEF AUTHORITY.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subject to subsection (b), no
import relief may be provided under this subtitle with re-
spect to a good after the date that is 5 years after the
date on which duty-free treatment must be provided by
the United States to that good pursuant to Annex IV of
the Agreement.
(b) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION.—Import relief
may be provided under this subtitle in the case of a Moroc-
can article after the date on which such relief would, but
for this subsection, terminate under subsection (a), if the
HR 517 RFS 
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF DECOMMISSIONED COAST 
GUARD CUTTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall convey all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to a vessel described in subsection 
(b) to the person designated in subsection (b) with respect 
to the vessel (in this section referred to as the ‘‘recipi-
ent’’), without consideration, if the person complies with 
the conditions under subsection (c). 
(b) VESSELS DESCRIBED.—The vessels referred to in 
subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) The Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, to be 
conveyed to the Port Huron Museum of Arts and 
History (a nonprofit corporation under the laws of 
the State of Michigan), located in Port Huron, 
Michigan. 
(2) The Coast Guard Cutter PLANETREE, to 
be conveyed to Jewish Life (a nonprofit corporation 
under the laws of the State of California), located in 
Sherman Oaks, California. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of any conveyance 
of a vessel under subsection (a), the Commandant shall 
require the recipient to—
(1) agree—
(A) to use the vessel for purposes of edu-
cation and historical display;
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich
Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 4169
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 designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Vassar
Street in Reno, Nevada, as the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at
2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, shall be known and designated
as the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Barbara
F. Vucanovich Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4169
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, as the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich
Post Office Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2000
Mr. GIBBONS (for himself and Ms. BERKLEY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, as the
‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Ne-
vada, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Barbara F.
Vucanovich Post Office Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucano-
vich Post Office Building’’.
Æ
IIB
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4169
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 13, 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, as the
‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4169 RFS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich
Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
II
Calendar No. 870
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 4169
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 13, 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
SEPTEMBER 29, 2000
Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of September 28
(legislative day, September 22), 2000, by Mr. THOMPSON, without amendment
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, as the
‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich
Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building’’.
Calendar No. 870
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4169
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno,
Nevada, as the ‘‘Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Of-
fice Building’’.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2000
Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of
September 28 (legislative day, September 22), 2000,
without amendment
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4841 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify certain tax rules 
for individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2004 
Mr. BURNS 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 simplify 
certain tax rules for individuals. 
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 ‘‘Tax Simplification for 
Americans Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. BIRTHDAY RULE FOR DETERMINING ATTAINMENT 
OF AGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7701 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection
(n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) ATTAINMENT OF AGE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title 
(other than the sections referred to in paragraph 
(2)), an individual shall be treated as attaining an 
age on the date of the anniversary of such individ-
ual’s birth which corresponds to such age. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION
WITH
SOCIAL
SECURITY 
ACT.—For 
purposes 
of 
sections 
220(f)(4)(C), 
223(f)(4)(C), and 415(b)(8), an individual shall be 
treated as attaining an age on the day which such 
individual is treated as attaining such age under the 
relevant provisions of the Social Security Act.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply for purposes of determining an in-
dividual’s age on days on or after January 1, 2005. 
(c) TRANSITION RULE.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury may provide for purposes of any provision of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 that an individual be treated 
as attaining an age on the day before the date of the anni-
versary of such individual’s birth which corresponds to 
such age if the Secretary determines that such individual 
took any action during the period beginning on January
President determines that Morocco has consented to such
relief.
SEC. 315. COMPENSATION AUTHORITY.
For purposes of section 123 of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2133), any import relief provided by the Presi-
dent under section 313 shall be treated as action taken
under chapter 1 of title II of such Act.
SEC. 316. CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION.
Section 202(a)(8) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2252(a)(8)) is amended in the first sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘,
and title III of the United States-Morocco Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act’’.
Subtitle B—Textile and Apparel
Safeguard Measures
SEC. 321. COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION FOR RELIEF.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A request under this subtitle for
the purpose of adjusting to the obligations of the United
States under the Agreement may be filed with the Presi-
dent by an interested party. Upon the filing of a request,
the President shall review the request to determine, from
information presented in the request, whether to com-
mence consideration of the request.
required to be CSRS covered, CSRS-Offset covered,
FERS covered, or Social Security-Only covered.
(6) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Execu-
tive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift In-
vestment Board’’ or ‘‘Executive Director’’ means the
Executive Director appointed under section 8474 of
title 5, United States Code.
(7) FERS.—The term ‘‘FERS’’ means the
Federal Employees’ Retirement System.
(8) FERS COVERED.—The term ‘‘FERS cov-
ered’’, with respect to any service, means service
that is subject to chapter 84 of title 5, United States
Code.
(9) GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Government’’
has the meaning given such term by section 8331(7)
of title 5, United States Code.
(10) OASDI 
TAXES.—The term ‘‘OASDI
taxes’’ means the OASDI employee tax and the
OASDI employer tax.
(11) 
OASDI 
EMPLOYEE
TAX.—The 
term
‘‘OASDI employee tax’’ means the tax imposed
under section 3101(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to Old-Age, Survivors and Disabil-
ity Insurance).
(12) 
OASDI 
EMPLOYER
TAX.—The 
term
‘‘OASDI employer tax’’ means the tax imposed
under section 3111(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to Old-Age, Survivors and Disabil-
ity Insurance).
(13) 
OASDI 
TRUST
FUNDS.—The 
term
‘‘OASDI trust funds’’ means the Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Fed-
eral Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
(14) PERIOD OF ERRONEOUS COVERAGE.—The
term ‘‘period of erroneous coverage’’ means, in the
case of a retirement coverage error, the period
throughout which retirement coverage is in effect
pursuant to such error (or would have been in effect,
but for such error).
(15) RETIREMENT
COVERAGE
DETERMINA-
TION.—The term ‘‘retirement coverage determina-
tion’’ means a determination by an employee or
agent of the Government as to whether a particular
type of Government service is CSRS covered, CSRS-
Offset covered, FERS covered, or Social Security-
Only covered.
(16) RETIREMENT
COVERAGE
ERROR.—The
term ‘‘retirement coverage error’’ means a retire-
ment coverage determination that, as a result of any
ceived by the employee (for which an
appropriate 
deposit 
under 
section
8334(d)(1) of title 5, United States
Code, has not been made), the em-
ployee shall be required to repay an
amount equal to the amount of such
deposit, except as provided in clause
(iii)(I).
(II) TREATMENT
AS
A
DEBT
DUE.—If an employee fails to pay the
amount required under subclause (I),
that amount shall be recoverable by
the CSRDF under the same authori-
ties (including to waive a right of re-
covery) 
as 
described 
in 
section
114(b)(2). For purposes of any exer-
cise of authority under the preceding
sentence, the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall be con-
sidered the head of the agency con-
cerned.
(iii) SPECIAL RULES.—
(I) DEPOSIT FOR FERS DEDUC-
TIONS NOT MANDATORY.—Nothing in
this subparagraph shall, in any situa-
eign Service Grievance Board instead of the Merit
Systems Protection Board under section 202; and
(2) the Secretary of State shall perform the
functions and exercise the authority vested in the
Office of Personnel Management or the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management under this Act.
(b) CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY.—Sections
292 and 301 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment Act (50 U.S.C. 2141 and 2151) shall apply with re-
spect to this Act in the same manner as if this Act were
part of—
(1) the Civil Service Retirement System, to the
extent this Act relates to the Civil Service Retire-
ment System; and
(2) the Federal Employees’ Retirement System,
to the extent this Act relates to the Federal Employ-
ees’ Retirement System.
SEC. 302. PROVISIONS TO PREVENT REDUCTIONS IN FORCE
AND ANY UNFUNDED LIABILITY IN THE
CSRDF.
(a) PROVISIONS
TO
PREVENT
REDUCTIONS
IN
FORCE.—
(1) LIMITATION.—An agency required to make
any payments under this Act may not conduct any
reduction in force solely by reason of any current or
anticipated lack of funds attributable to such pay-
ments.
(2) ALTERNATIVE
REQUIRED.—In the cir-
cumstance described in paragraph (1), any cost sav-
ings that (but for this subsection) would otherwise
be sought through reductions in force shall instead
be achieved through attrition and limitations on hir-
ing.
(b) PROVISIONS TO PREVENT UNFUNDED LIABIL-
ITY.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of section
8348(f) of title 5, United States Code, any unfunded
liability in the CSRDF created as a result of an
election made (or deemed to have been made) under
this Act, as determined by the Office of Personnel
Management, shall be considered a new benefit pay-
able from the CSRDF.
(2) COORDINATION RULE.—Paragraph (1) shall
not apply to the extent that subsection (h), (i), or
(m) of section 8348 of title 5, United States Code,
would otherwise apply.
SEC. 303. INDIVIDUAL RIGHT OF ACTION PRESERVED FOR
AMOUNTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
UNDER THIS ACT.
Nothing in this Act shall preclude an individual from
bringing a claim against the Government of the United
States which such individual may have under section
1346(b) or chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code,
or any other provision of law (except to the extent the
claim is for any amounts otherwise provided for under this
Act).
Passed the House of Representatives March 23,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
HR 416 RFS
(12) 
OASDI 
EMPLOYER
TAX.—The 
term
‘‘OASDI employer tax’’ means the tax imposed
under section 3111(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to Old-Age, Survivors and Dis-
ability Insurance).
(13) 
OASDI 
TRUST
FUNDS.—The 
term
‘‘OASDI trust funds’’ means the Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Fed-
eral Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
(14) PERIOD OF ERRONEOUS COVERAGE.—The
term ‘‘period of erroneous coverage’’ means, in the
case of a retirement coverage error, the period
throughout which retirement coverage is in effect
pursuant to such error (or would have been in effect,
but for such error).
(15) RETIREMENT
COVERAGE
DETERMINA-
TION.—The term ‘‘retirement coverage determina-
tion’’ means a determination by an employee or
agent of the Government as to whether a particular
type of Government service is CSRS covered, CSRS-
Offset covered, FERS covered, or Social Security-
Only covered.
(16) RETIREMENT
COVERAGE
ERROR.—The
term ‘‘retirement coverage error’’ means a retire-
ment coverage determination that, as a result of any
pursuant to such error (or would have been in effect,
but for such error).
(15) RETIREMENT
COVERAGE
DETERMINA-
TION.—The term ‘‘retirement coverage determina-
tion’’ means a determination by an employee or
agent of the Government as to whether a particular
type of Government service is CSRS covered, CSRS-
Offset covered, FERS covered, or Social Security-
Only covered.
(16) RETIREMENT
COVERAGE
ERROR.—The
term ‘‘retirement coverage error’’ means a retire-
ment coverage determination that, as a result of any
error, misrepresentation, or inaction on the part of
an employee or agent of the Government (including
an error as described in section 163(b)(2)), causes
an individual erroneously to be enrolled or not en-
rolled in a retirement system, as further described in
the applicable subtitle of title I.
(17) SOCIAL
SECURITY-ONLY
COVERED.—The
term ‘‘Social Security-Only covered’’, with respect to
any service, means Government service that con-
stitutes employment under section 210 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410), and that—
(A) is subject to OASDI taxes; but
‘‘(A) a donation of money or other thing of
value, or to promise expressly or impliedly to
make a donation, in connection with a Federal,
State, or local election; or
‘‘(B) a contribution or donation to a com-
mittee of a political party; or
‘‘(2) a person to solicit, accept, or receive such
a contribution or donation from a foreign national.’’.
(b) PROHIBITING USE OF WILLFUL BLINDNESS AS
DEFENSE AGAINST CHARGE
OF VIOLATING FOREIGN
CONTRIBUTION BAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 319 of such Act (2
U.S.C. 441e) is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the
following new subsection:
‘‘(b) PROHIBITING USE
OF WILLFUL BLINDNESS
DEFENSE.—It shall not be a defense to a violation of sub-
section (a) that the defendant did not know that the con-
tribution originated from a foreign national if the defend-
ant should have known that the contribution originated
from a foreign national, except that the trier of fact may
not find that the defendant should have known that the
the total amount described in sub-
paragraph 
(B)(ii)(II), 
an 
amount
equal to the shortfall shall be made up
(in such manner as the Commissioner
of Social Security shall prescribe) by
the agency in or under which the em-
ployee is then employed, out of
amounts otherwise available in the ap-
propriation, fund, or account from
which any OASDI employer tax or
contribution to the CSRDF (as appli-
cable) may be made, except as pro-
vided in subclause (II) or clause
(iii)(I).
(II) REDUCTION
FOR
DEPOSIT
DUE.—In any case in which a deposit
is required under clause (ii), the
amount required to be made up under
subclause (I) shall be reduced by the
amount of the deposit so required
(but not below zero).
(ii) DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT.—
(I) IN GENERAL.—To the extent
that the shortfall under clause (i) is
due to the any lump-sum credit re-
‘‘(i) are not in excess of the amounts
permitted with respect to contributions to
candidates and political committees under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 315(a);
and
‘‘(ii) are not from sources prohibited
by this Act from making contributions with
respect to an election for Federal office.
‘‘(2) STATE
LAW.—Paragraph (1) does not
apply to the solicitation, receipt, or spending of
funds by an individual who is a candidate for a
State or local office in connection with such election
for State or local office if the solicitation, receipt, or
spending of funds is permitted under State law for
any activity other than a Federal election activity.
‘‘(3) FUNDRAISING EVENTS.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), a candidate may attend, speak, or be
a featured guest at a fundraising event for a State,
district, or local committee of a political party.’’.
SEC. 102. INCREASED CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR STATE
COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND
AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR INDI-
VIDUALS.
(a) CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR STATE COMMITTEES
OF POLITICAL PARTIES.—Section 315(a)(1) of the Fed-