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SECTION 1. GREATER FISCAL AUTONOMY.
(a) ISSUANCE.—Section 8(b)(ii)(A) of the Revised
Organic 
Act 
of 
the 
Virgin 
Islands 
(48 
U.S.C.
1574(b)(ii)(A)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting after
‘‘other evidence of indebtedness’’ the following: ‘‘, in-
cluding but not limited to notes in anticipation of
the collection of taxes or revenues, ’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘to construct, improve, extend’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Provided, That no pub-
lic’’ and inserting ‘‘for any public purpose authorized
by the legislature: Provided, That no such’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘and payable semiannually. All
such bonds shall be sold for not less than the prin-
cipal amount thereof plus accrued interest’’.
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
AND CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—
(1) REPEAL.—Section 8(b)(ii)(B) of the Re-
vised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C.
1574(b)(ii)(B)) is repealed.
(2) REDESIGNATION.—Section 8(b)(ii)(C) of
the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48
U.S.C. 1574(b)(ii)(C)) is redesignated as section
8(b)(ii)(B).
(3) REDUNDANT
PROVISION.—Section 1 of
Public Law 94–392 (90 Stat. 1193) is amended by
striking subsection (d).
SEC. 2. AGREEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to enter into an agreement with the Governor
of the Virgin Islands establishing mutually agreed finan-
cial accountability and performance standards for the fis-
cal operations of the Government of the Virgin Islands.
(b) TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Upon ratification
of the agreement authorized in subsection (a) by both par-
ties, the Secretary shall forward a copy of the agreement
to the Committee on Resources in the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources in the Senate.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subsection
(b), the amendments made by section 1 shall apply to
those instruments of indebtedness issued by the Govern-
ment of the Virgin Islands after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(b) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO REACH AGREEMENT.—
If the agreement authorized in section 2(a) is not ratified
by both parties on or before December 31, 1999, the
amendments made by section 1—
(A) shall not apply to instruments of indebted-
ness issued by the Government of the Virgin Islands
on or after December 31, 1999; and
(B) shall continue to apply to those instruments
of indebtedness issued by the Government of the
Virgin Islands after the date of the enactment of
this Act and before December 31, 1999.
SEC. 4. CONSTRUCTION.
These amendments to the Revised Organic Act of the
Virgin Islands are not intended to modify the internal rev-
enue laws. Thus, the bonds authorized by this bill must
comply with subsection (c) of section 149 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (which requires the new bonds com-
ply with the appropriate requirements of the Internal Rev-
enue Code).
Passed the House of Representatives September 27,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
cluding but not limited to notes in anticipation of
the collection of taxes or revenues, ’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘to construct, improve, extend’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Provided, That no pub-
lic’’ and inserting ‘‘for any public purpose authorized
by the legislature: Provided, That no such’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘and payable semiannually. All
such bonds shall be sold for not less than the prin-
cipal amount thereof plus accrued interest’’
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
AND CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—
(1) REPEAL.—Section 8(b)(ii)(B) of the Re-
vised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C.
1574(b)(ii)(B)) is repealed.
(2) REDESIGNATION.—Section 8(b)(ii)(C) of
the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48
U.S.C. 1574(b)(ii)(C)) is redesignated as section
8(b)(ii)(B).
(3) REDUNDANT
PROVISION.—Section 1 of
Public Law 94–392 (90 Stat. 1193) is amended by
striking subsection (d).
SEC. 2. AGREEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to enter into an agreement with the Governor
of the Virgin Islands establishing mutually agreed finan-
cial accountability and performance standards for the fis-
cal operations of the Government of the Virgin Islands.
(b) TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Upon ratification
of the agreement authorized in subsection (a) by both par-
ties, the Secretary shall forward a copy of the agreement
to the Committee on Resources in the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources in the Senate.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subsection
(b), the amendments made by section 1 shall apply to
those instruments of indebtedness issued by the Govern-
ment of the Virgin Islands after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(b) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO REACH AGREEMENT.—
If the agreement authorized in section 2(a) is not ratified
by both parties on or before December 31, 1999, the
amendments made by section 1—
(A) shall not apply to instruments of indebted-
ness issued by the Government of the Virgin Islands
on or after December 31, 1999; and
(B) shall continue to apply to those instruments
of indebtedness issued by the Government of the
Virgin Islands after the date of the enactment of
this Act and before December 31, 1999.
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an employee and his or her family in the FEHB Pro-
gram when a State court orders the employee to provide
health insurance coverage for a child of the employee
but the employee fails to provide the coverage.
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 Employees
Health Benefits Children’s Equity Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN.
Section 8905 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h)(1) An unenrolled employee who is required by a
court or administrative order to provide health insurance
coverage for a child who meets the requirements of section
8901(5) may enroll for self and family coverage in a health
benefits plan under this chapter. If such employee fails to
enroll for self and family coverage in a health benefits plan
that provides full benefits and services in the location in
which the child resides, and the employee does not provide
documentation showing that such coverage has been pro-
vided through other health insurance, the employing agency
shall enroll the employee in a self and family enrollment
in the option which provides the lower level of coverage
under the Service Benefit Plan.
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‘‘SEC. 5206. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.
‘‘(a) RULES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A tribally controlled school
is eligible for assistance under this part if the
school—
‘‘(A) on April 28, 1988, was a contract
school under title XI of the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 and the tribe or tribal organiza-
tion operating the school submits to the Sec-
retary a written notice of election to receive a
grant under this part;
‘‘(B) was a Bureau operated school under
title XI of the Education Amendments of 1978
and has met the requirements of subsection (b);
‘‘(C) is a school for which the Bureau has
not provided funds, but which has met the re-
quirements of subsection (c); or
‘‘(D) is a school with respect to which an
election has been made under paragraph (2)
and which has met the requirements of sub-
section (b).
‘‘(2) NEW
SCHOOLS.—Any application which
has been submitted under the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act by an Indian
tribe for a school which is not in operation on the
date of the enactment of the Student Results Act of
‘‘date—
‘‘(I) the taxpayer acquired or re-
acquired the property,
‘‘(II) construction of the property
is substantially completed in the case
of property constructed by the tax-
payer for its own use in its trade or
business and which is not inventory
with respect to the taxpayer, or
‘‘(III) the property was originally
sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of
by the taxpayer in the case of prop-
erty reacquired by the taxpayer.’’.
(c) REACQUIRED COMPUTERS ELIGIBLE FOR DONA-
TION.—Clause (iii) of section 170(e)(6)(B) of such Code
(defining qualified elementary or secondary educational
contribution) is amended by inserting ‘‘, the person from
whom the donor reacquires the property,’’ after ‘‘the
donor’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to contributions made in taxable
years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2844
To direct the Secretary of Energy to convey to the city of Bartlesville,
Oklahoma, the former site of the NIPER facility of the Department
of Energy.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
Mr. ISTOOK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Science
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Energy to convey to the city
of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the former site of the NIPER
facility of the Department of Energy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of Energy shall convey to the city of
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, for no consideration, the approxi-
mately 15.644 acres of land (together with any improve-
ments thereon) comprising the former site of the National
Institute of Petroleum Energy Research of the Depart-
ment of Energy.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2846
To confer citizenship posthumously on Jose J. Casillas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
Mr. THOMPSON of California introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To confer citizenship posthumously on Jose J. Casillas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. POSTHUMOUS CITIZENSHIP FOR JOSE J.
CASILLAS.
(a) GRANTING OF POSTHUMOUS CITIZENSHIP.—The
Attorney General shall provide, in accordance with this
section, for the granting of posthumous citizenship at the
time of death to Jose J. Casillas upon the approval of an
application for that posthumous citizenship under sub-
section (b).
(b) REQUEST FOR POSTHUMOUS CITIZENSHIP.—A
request for the granting of posthumous citizenship to Jose
amounts otherwise payable to each New Markets
Venture Capital company under such subsection.
‘‘(b) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administration may
make supplemental grants to any New Markets Ven-
ture Capital company, containing such terms as the
Administration may require, to provide additional
marketing, management, and technical assistance for
the benefit of smaller enterprises financed, or ex-
pected to be financed, by the New Markets Venture
Capital company.
‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis-
tration may require, as a condition of any supple-
mental grant made under this subsection, that the
New Markets Venture Capital company provide from
resources (in cash or in-kind) other than those pro-
vided by the Administration an amount equal to the
amount of the supplemental grant.
‘‘SEC. 356. ISSUANCE AND GUARANTEE OF TRUST CERTIFI-
CATES.
‘‘(a) ISSUANCE.—The Administration may issue trust
certificates representing ownership of all or a fractional
part of debentures issued by New Markets Venture Cap-
ital companies and guaranteed by the Administration
under this Act, if such certificates are based on and
J. Casillas may be filed on his behalf only by the next-
of-kin (as defined by the Attorney General) or another
representative (as defined by the Attorney General). The
Attorney General shall approve such a request if it is filed
not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this section.
(c) DOCUMENTATION
OF POSTHUMOUS CITIZEN-
SHIP.—If the Attorney General approves the request
under subsection (b), the Attorney General shall send to
the individual who filed the request a suitable document
which states that the United States considers Jose J.
Casillas to have been a citizen of the United States at the
time of his death.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2847
To provide for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate
if there were violations of Federal law in the raid on the Branch Davidian
compound in Waco, Texas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for the appointment of an independent counsel
to investigate if there were violations of Federal law
in the raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco,
Texas.
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 ‘‘Waco Independent In-
vestigation Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT COUNSEL FOR INVESTIGATION OF
RAID ON BRANCH DAVIDIAN COMPOUND.
(a) APPOINTMENT.—Within 90 days of the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall ap-
point an independent counsel in the manner independent
counsels were appointed under chapter 40 of title 28,
United States Code, but without regard for the prelimi-
nary investigation requirement. Such an appointment shall
be made for a term of 2 years. During that period, an
independent counsel appointed under this subsection shall
have all the authority, jurisdiction, and responsibilities of
an independent counsel appointed under such chapter be-
fore its termination.
(b) AUTHORITY.—An independent counsel appointed
under subsection (a) shall undertake a comprehensive in-
vestigation of the actions of Federal agencies in the raid
on the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas on
April 19, 1993. Such an investigation shall determine if
Federal laws, including civil rights and posse comitatus
laws, were violated in the course of such raid.
(c) REPORT.—An independent counsel appointed
under subsection (a) shall make a report and terminate
the independent counsel’s investigation as if such chapter
40 applied.
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HR 2884 EAS
gether with any personal property located on or used
with the land.’’; and
(C) in subsection (g)—
(i) by striking ‘‘implementation’’ and
inserting ‘‘development’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Plan’’;
(D) by striking subsections (h) and (i);
(E) by amending subsection (j) to read as
follows:
‘‘(j) If the Secretary determines expansion beyond
700,000,000 barrels of petroleum product inventory is ap-
propriate, the Secretary shall submit a plan for expansion
to the Congress.’’; and
(F) by amending subsection (l) to read as
follows:
‘‘(l) During a drawdown and sale of Strategic Petro-
leum Reserve petroleum products, the Secretary may issue
implementing rules, regulations, or orders in accordance
with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, without re-
gard to rulemaking requirements in section 523 of this Act,
and section 501 of the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7191).’’;
(14) in section 160 (42 U.S.C. 6240)—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking all before
the dash and inserting the following—
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‘‘(D) Applications submitted under
paragraph (1)(A) shall include information
on the factors described in subparagraph
(B)(i), but the applicant may also provide
the Secretary such information relative to
the factors described in subparagraph
(B)(ii) as the applicant considers appro-
priate.
‘‘(E) If the Secretary fails to make a
determination under subparagraph (A)
with respect to an application within 180
days after the date on which the Secretary
received the application, the Secretary
shall be treated as having made a deter-
mination that the tribally controlled school
is eligible for assistance under the title and
the grant shall become effective 18 months
after the date on which the Secretary re-
ceived the application, or on an earlier
date, at the Secretary’s discretion.
‘‘(d) FILING OF APPLICATIONS AND REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—All applications and reports
submitted to the Secretary under this part, and any
amendments to such applications or reports, shall be
filed with the education line officer designated by
455
‘‘(A) a Bureau school with assistance
under this part shall be entitled to the transfer
or use of buildings, equipment, supplies, and
materials to the same extent as if it were con-
tracting under the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act; or
‘‘(B) a contract school with assistance
under this part shall be entitled to the transfer
or use of buildings, equipment, supplies and
materials that were used in the operation of the
contract school to the same extent as if it were
contracting under the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act.
‘‘(2) FUNDS.—Any tribe or tribal organization
which assumes operation of a Bureau school with as-
sistance under this part and any tribe or tribal orga-
nization which elects to operate a school with assist-
ance under this part rather that to continue as a
contract school shall be entitled to any funds which
would carryover from the previous fiscal year as if
such school were operated as a contract school.
‘‘(e) EXCEPTIONS, PROBLEMS, AND DISPUTES.—Any
exception or problem cited in an audit conducted pursuant
to section 5207(b)(2), any dispute regarding a grant au-
thorized to be made pursuant to this part or any amend-
tract or division does not exceed 80 per-
cent of the statewide median family in-
come; and
‘‘(B) any area located within—
‘‘(i) a HUBZone (as defined in sec-
tion 126.103 of title 13, Code of Federal
Regulations);
‘‘(ii) an Urban Empowerment Zone or
an Urban Enterprise Community, as des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development;
or
‘‘(iii) a rural Empowerment Zone or a
Rural Enterprise Community, as des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture; and
‘‘(3) the term ‘participation agreement’ means
an agreement between the Administration and a
New Markets Venture Capital company—
‘‘(A) detailing the company’s operating
plan and investment criteria; and
‘‘(B) requiring that investments be made
in smaller enterprises at least 60 percent of
which are located in low- or moderate-income
geographic areas.
‘‘(4) which apply the provisions of this section
to newly formed entities.’’
(b) CREDIT MADE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS
CREDIT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 38
of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the
end of paragraph (11), by striking the period at the
end of paragraph (12) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(13) the new markets tax credit determined
under section 45D(a).’’
(2) LIMITATION
ON
CARRYBACK.—Subsection
(d) of section 39 of such Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(9) NO CARRYBACK OF NEW MARKETS TAX
CREDIT BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2000.—No portion of
the unused business credit for any taxable year
which is attributable to the credit under section 45D
may be carried back to a taxable year ending before
January 1, 2000.’’
(c) DEDUCTION FOR UNUSED CREDIT.—Subsection
(c) of section 196 of such Code is amended by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (7), by striking the period
at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(9) the new markets tax credit determined
under section 45D(a).’’
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘Sec. 45D. New markets tax credit.’’
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to investments made after Decem-
ber 31, 1999.
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appropriated for the fiscal year for which the
determination is made.
‘‘(C) For each fiscal year each State shall be al-
lotted an amount that is not less than the amount
allotted to such State under section 304(a)(1) of the
Older Americans Act of 1965 for fiscal year 1987.
‘‘(D) For the purposes of subparagraphs (B)(i)
and (C), the term ‘State’ does not include Guam,
American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United
States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands.
‘‘(E) The number of individuals 60 years of age
or older in any State and in all States shall be deter-
mined by the Assistant Secretary on the basis of the
most recent data available from the Bureau of the
Census and other reliable demographic data satisfac-
tory to the Assistant Secretary.
‘‘(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—(A) If the As-
sistant Secretary finds that a State fails to qualify
under the State plan requirements of section 304,
the Assistant Secretary shall withhold from the
State funds allotted under paragraph (1) for the fis-
cal year for which such plan is submitted.
‘‘(B) The Assistant Secretary shall disburse the
funds so withheld directly to any public or nonprofit
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 284
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require employers
to give employees who are members of a reserve compo-
nent a leave of absence for participation in an honor
guard for a funeral of a veteran.
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 ‘‘Honor Guard for Vet-
erans Empowerment Act’’.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYERS REQUIRED TO GRANT LEAVE OF AB-
SENCE FOR EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN
HONOR GUARDS FOR FUNERALS OF VET-
ERANS.
(a) DEFINITION OF SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES.—Section 4303(13) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘National Guard
duty’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘,
and a period for which a person is absent from em-
ployment for the purpose of performing funeral hon-
ors duty as authorized by section 12503 of title 10
or section 115 of title 32.’’.
(b) REQUIRED LEAVE OF ABSENCE.—Section 4316
of such title is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(e)(1) An employer shall grant an employee who is
a member of a reserve component an authorized leave of
absence from a position of employment to allow that em-
ployee to perform funeral honors duty as authorized by
section 12503 of title 10 or section 115 of title 32.
‘‘(2) For purposes of section 4312(e)(1) of this title,
an employee who takes an authorized leave of absence
under paragraph (1) is deemed to have notified the em-
ployer of the employee’s intent to return to such position
of employment.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives October 3,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 284
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require employers to give employees
who are members of a reserve component a leave of absence for participa-
tion in an honor guard for a funeral of a veteran.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. SWEENEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require employers
to give employees who are members of a reserve compo-
nent a leave of absence for participation in an honor
guard for a funeral of a veteran.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EMPLOYERS REQUIRED TO GRANT LEAVE OF
ABSENCE FOR EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE
IN HONOR GUARDS FOR FUNERALS OF VET-
ERANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4316 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(e) An employer shall grant an employee who is a
member of a reserve component an authorized leave of ab-
sence from a position of employment to allow participation
by that employee in a military honor guard at the funeral
of a veteran. For purposes of section 4312(e)(1) of this
title, an employee who takes an authorized leave of ab-
sence under this subsection is deemed to have notified the
employer of the employee’s intent to return to such posi-
tion of employment.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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