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‘‘(2) SATISFACTORY
PARTICIPATION
IN
DES-
IGNATED PROGRAM.—A prisoner shall be awarded 
credit under paragraph (1) if the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons determines that the prisoner has 
earned, or is making satisfactory progress toward 
earning, a certificate of completion in a designated 
program, has satisfactorily participated in a des-
ignated program, or has taught or conducted a des-
ignated program. 
‘‘(3) NUMBER
OF
DAYS
OF
CREDIT
AWARD-
ED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons shall determine and establish 
a policy setting forth the rate of the number of 
days of credit which a prisoner may be awarded 
under this subsection with respect to any des-
ignated program. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS.—In de-
termining the number of days of credit a pris-
oner may be awarded with respect to a des-
ignated program, the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons shall consider— 
‘‘(i) the level of difficulty of the pro-
gram;
‘‘(ii) the time required by the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(iii) the level of responsibility ex-
pected of the prisoner with respect to the 
program; 
‘‘(iv) the rehabilitative benefits the 
program provides the prisoner; and 
‘‘(v) the benefits the program provides 
the Bureau of Prisons. 
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY TO PRISONERS.—The 
Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall make 
the policy applicable to credit awarded under 
this subsection available for each prisoner to re-
view prior to that prisoner’s participation in 
any designated program. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY.—Any person sentenced to a 
term of imprisonment under custody of the Attorney 
General, whether sentenced or convicted prior to or 
after November 1, 1987, shall be eligible for the 
credits described in this subsection. 
‘‘(5) DESIGNATED PROGRAM.—The term ‘des-
ignated program’ means a program which has been 
designated by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
as a program which benefits either prisoners or the 
Bureau of Prisons, including—
‘‘(A) educational and vocational programs, 
such as courses and programs through which a 
prisoner may earn a high school diploma or an 
equivalent degree or certification through an ac-
credited vocational training program, college, or 
university; 
‘‘(B) treatment programs, such as inter-
ventional rehabilitation programs, including 
mental health and drug abuse programs; and 
‘‘(C) assigned work and developmental pro-
grams.’’. 
(b) PRISONERS
TRANSFERRED
FROM
FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES TO THE CUSTODY OF THE ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of sec-
tion 4105(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and for participation in des-
ignated programs under section 3624(c)’’ after ‘‘sat-
isfactory behavior’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
4105(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘at the rate provided in 
section 3624(b)’’ each place it appears and in-
3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and
representation expenses, $82,175,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$42,351,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall
be available for payment for information and detection of
fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards
to employees of other Federal agencies and private citi-
zens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in
enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT (E-GOV) FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in support of interagency
projects that enable the Federal Government to expand
its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the
development and implementation of innovative uses of the
Internet and other electronic methods, $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That these
funds may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry
out the purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans-
fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That
such transfers may not be made until 10 days after a
•HRES 158 IH
from a highly centralized Communist-led state toward a
full-fledged multiparty democracy’’;
Whereas Mongolia continues its efforts to develop a market
economy;
Whereas the United States has sought to assist Mongolia’s
movement toward democracy and market-oriented re-
forms by granting most-favored-nation status and provid-
ing insurance by the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration, supporting Mongolia in international assistance
organizations, and providing $35,000,000 in bilateral as-
sistance; and
Whereas United States-funded programs of nongovernment
organizations, such as the National Endowment for De-
mocracy and the Asia Foundation, have helped build de-
mocracy in Mongolia: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) commends Mongolia for courageous efforts
to transform itself from a single-party state to a
multiparty state and from a controlled to a free
market economy;
(2) congratulates Mongolia for the swift and
peaceful changes that have taken place since the ap-
pearance of the internal reform movement in Decem-
ber 1989;
(3) cites for particular praise Mongolia’s first
multiparty democratic elections on July 29, 1990,
and first direct presidential election on June 6,
1993;
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(4) urges the Government of Mongolia to con-
tinue to strengthen and deepen democratic reform
and human rights in order to enhance representative
and accountable government;
(5) commends the parallel movement in Mongo-
lia toward a free market economy through economic
reforms;
(6) notes that the best hope for accelerated eco-
nomic growth is to attract more foreign investment
by further liberalizing the economy and expanding
trade with nontraditional partners, including the
United States; and
(7) pledges its continued support for democ-
racy, human rights, and the development of a free
market in Mongolia.
Æ
IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 15
Requiring that travel awards that accrue by reason of official travel of
a Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives be
used only with respect to official travel.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. KLUG, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. PETRI, Ms. DANNER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. CANADY, Mr.
PORTMAN, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. SKAGGS, Mr. GOSS, Mr. SPRATT, Mr.
BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. TORKILDSEN, and Mr. BROWDER) submit-
ted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
House Oversight
RESOLUTION
Requiring that travel awards that accrue by reason of official
travel of a Member, officer, or employee of the House
of Representatives be used only with respect to official
travel.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON USE OF TRAVEL AWARDS.
Notwithstanding any provision of law or any rule,
regulation, or other authority, any travel award that ac-
crues by reason of official travel of a Member, officer, or
•HRES 15 IH
employee of the House of Representatives may be used
only with respect to official travel.
SEC. 2. REGULATIONS.
The Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regula-
tions to carry out this resolution.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this resolution—
(1) the term ‘‘travel award’’ means any fre-
quent flier mileage, free travel, discounted travel, or
other travel benefit, whether awarded by coupon,
membership, or otherwise; and
(2) the term ‘‘official travel’’ means, with re-
spect to the House of Representatives, travel per-
formed for the conduct of official business of the
House of Representatives.
Æ
IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 161
Amending clause 4 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House to abolish the
Consent Calendar and to establish in its place a Corrections Calendar.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 6, 1995
Mrs. VUCANOVICH (for herself, Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. MCINTOSH, and Mr. SOLO-
MON) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending clause 4 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
to abolish the Consent Calendar and to establish in its
place a Corrections Calendar.
Resolved, That clause 4 of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘4. (a) After a bill has been favorably reported and
placed on either the Union or House Calendar, the Speak-
er may file with the Clerk a notice requesting that such
bill also be placed upon a special calendar to be known
as the ‘‘Corrections Calendar’’. On the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month, immediately after the reading
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of the Journal, the Speaker may direct the Clerk to call
the bills in numerical order which have been on the Correc-
tions Calendar for three legislative days.
‘‘(b) Bills so called shall be considered in the House,
debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by
the chairman and ranking minority member of the pri-
mary committee of jurisdiction reporting the bill, shall not
be subject to amendment except those amendments rec-
ommended by the primary committee of jurisdiction or
those offered by the chairman of the primary committee,
and the previous question shall be considered as ordered
on the bill and any amendment thereto to final passage
without intervening motion.
‘‘(c) A three-fifths vote of the members voting shall
be required to pass any bill called from the Corrections
Calendar but the rejection of any such bill, or the sustain-
ing of any point of order against it or its consideration,
shall not cause it to be removed from the Calendar to
which it was originally referred.’’.
Æ
IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 162
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for the
consideration in each Congress of a congressional reform resolution,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 7, 1995
Mr. HAMILTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
provide for the consideration in each Congress of a con-
gressional reform resolution, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That clause 4 of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(j)(1) During each Congress, the Committee on
Rules shall consider submitting to the House a bill or reso-
lution to improve the functioning of the legislative branch.
To obtain this objective, this bill or resolution may change
the rules of the House of Representatives and its organiza-
tion, operations, and procedures (such as committee juris-
•HRES 162 IH
dictions, floor procedures, scheduling of committee activi-
ties and hearings, referral of legislation, staffing, and bi-
cameral relations), the congressional budget process, and
relations between Congress and the executive branch. If
the Committee on Rules does not submit such a bill or
resolution during a Congress, then it shall include in the
report referred to in subparagraph (3) for that Congress
an explanation of why such a bill or resolution was not
needed.
‘‘(2) During general debate in the House on a bill
making appropriations for the legislative branch and pur-
suant to specific time set aside for that purpose, members
of the Committee on Rules and members of other commit-
tees with jurisdiction over the organization, operations,
procedures, and structure of the legislative branch shall
be given time to conduct a general discussion of the func-
tioning of the legislative branch, including House proc-
esses and procedures, with a view toward identifying prob-
lem areas and suggesting improvements.
‘‘(3) To facilitate implementation of subparagraphs
(1) and (2), and to provide continuing review and analysis
of the standing rules and other legislative branch proce-
dures, statutes, and operations related directly or indi-
rectly thereto, in its report submitted under clause 1(d)
of rule XI, the Committee on Rules shall (after consulta-
•HRES 162 IH
tion with the Committees on Appropriations, Government
Reform and Oversight, and House Oversight) include a
separate and clearly identified section on the organization,
operations, procedures, and workload of the House of Rep-
resentatives during the Congress ending at noon on Janu-
ary 3 of the year that report is required to be filed. The
report should address such issues as the effectiveness of
floor procedures, the committee system, oversight, and use
of staff resources, the need for budget process reform, and
the effectiveness of the application of the requirements of
certain laws to Congress.’’.
Æ
IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 163
Commending the Police Athletic League.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 7, 1995
Mr. MILLER of California (for himself, Mrs. FOWLER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr.
BERMAN, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FATTAH, Mr.
FOX, Mr. FROST, Ms. FURSE, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr.
HEINEMAN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. KLECZ-
KA, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. MCKINNEY, Ms.
MOLINARI, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. RIVERS, Mr.
SERRANO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. ACKER-
MAN, and Ms. DELAURO) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Commending the Police Athletic League.
Whereas juvenile crime in the United States is on the rise
and contributes to the increasing amount of fear and ap-
prehension in the communities of the Nation;
Whereas one of the best hopes of reducing crime is by involv-
ing police officers in community efforts to prevent crime;
Whereas the Police Athletic League (also known as the Police
Activities League and PAL) involves police officers in
prevention as well as law enforcement activities;
Whereas PAL has been in existence for more than 50 years;
•HRES 163 IH
Whereas PAL has 246 local organizations throughout the
United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands;
Whereas more than 25,000 police officers volunteer many
hours protecting the communities of the Nation, thus ful-
filling the PAL motto ‘‘Filling Playgrounds, Not Pris-
ons’’;
Whereas one of PAL’s principal purposes is to promote trust
and understanding between youth and police officers in
an atmosphere of cooperation rather than confrontation;
Whereas PAL provides recreational and educational pro-
grams, including athletic tournaments, police cadet clubs,
and computer training, for more than 3,000,000 youth
nationwide; and
Whereas PAL provides at-risk youth with an alternative to
drugs and crime: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives com-
mends the Police Athletic League for establishing a bond
between youth and police officers, and for contributing to
the national effort to prevent crime.
Æ
IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 165
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Children are
America’s Greatest Assets.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 8, 1995
Mr. RANGEL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
Children are America’s Greatest Assets.
Whereas it is a tradition of long standing and significance for
twenty-three years that all Americans observe and cele-
brate such special occasions as Children’s Day, the sec-
ond Sunday in June;
Whereas as a group of citizens of the State of New York, led
by Dr. Benjamin W. Watkins, Locality Mayor of Harlem,
is planning various activities to educate our children
about drugs, AIDS, and the polarization of races;
Whereas it is our hope that democracy is not a finished prod-
uct but a constant goal, and that in the struggle to attain
perfection of that goal, our children are the hope of this
world today and the leaders of the world tomorrow; and
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Whereas although we live in a time of many complicated
problems, we are aware that we must constantly strive to
improve our world so that our children may reap the ben-
efits of peace and increasing universal love and brother-
hood: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that children are America’s greatest assets.
We call upon all of the citizens of the United States of
America to honor, nurture, and love our children not only
on Children’s Day, but on every day of the year.
Æ
IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 166
Electing certain Members to standing committees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 13, 1995
Mrs. KENNELLY submitted the following resolution; which was considered and
agreed to
RESOLUTION
Electing certain Members to standing committees.
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and
they are hereby, elected to the following standing commit-
tees of the House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVER-
SIGHT: Mr. Brewster of Oklahoma.
COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES: Mr. Pickett of Virginia
and Mr. Pallone of New Jersey, both of whom will rank
in order after Mr. Ortiz of Texas.
COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS: Mr. Skelton of
Missouri, who will rank after Mr. LaFalce of New York,
and Mr. Baldacci of Maine.
HRES 166 ATH
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
AND
INFRA-
STRUCTURE: Ms. McCarthy of Missouri.
Æ
Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress a certification of the 
amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated and expended 
for each development project: Provided further, That 
amounts made available for salaries and expenses, oper-
ations and maintenance, and information technology sys-
tems development, modernization, and enhancement may 
be transferred among the three subaccounts after the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the author-
ity to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor-
mation Technology Systems’’ account for development, 
modernization, and enhancement may be transferred 
among projects or to newly defined projects: Provided fur-
ther, That no project may be increased or decreased by 
more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a re-
quest to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress to make the transfer and an approval is 
issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed: Provided further, That funds under this heading 
may be used by the Interagency Program Office through 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to define data stand-
ards, code sets, and value sets used to enable interoper-
ability: Provided further, That of the funds made available
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 
behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex-
aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 
13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; 
pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 
by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle-
ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi-
cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi-
cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur-
ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 
of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec-
tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 
53,
55,
and
of
title
38,
United
States
Code, 
$166,271,436,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $87,146,761,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2016: Provided, That not to exceed $15,562,000 of the 
amount
made
available
for
fiscal
year
2016
and 
$16,021,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year
States and the acquisition is subject to this title or to title 
III of this Act, provided that the head of an element of 
the intelligence community— 
‘‘(A) reasonably determines that a lapse in the 
targeting of such non-United States person poses a 
threat of death or serious bodily harm to any per-
son; 
‘‘(B) promptly notifies the Attorney General of 
a determination under subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) requests, as soon as practicable, the em-
ployment of emergency electronic surveillance under 
subsection (e) or the employment of an emergency 
physical search pursuant to section 304(e), as war-
ranted. 
‘‘(2) The authority under this subsection to continue 
the acquisition of foreign intelligence information is lim-
ited to a period not to exceed 72 hours and shall cease 
upon the earlier of the following: 
‘‘(A) The employment of emergency electronic 
surveillance under subsection (e) or the employment 
of an emergency physical search pursuant to section 
304(e). 
‘‘(B) An issuance of a court order under this 
title or title III of this Act.
H. Res. 166
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
June 13, 1995.
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and
they are hereby, elected to the following standing committees
of the House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE
ON GOVERNMENT REFORM
AND OVER-
SIGHT: Mr. Brewster of Oklahoma.
COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES: Mr. Pickett of Virginia and
Mr. Pallone of New Jersey, both of whom will rank in order
after Mr. Ortiz of Texas.
COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS: Mr. Skelton of Mis-
souri, who will rank after Mr. LaFalce of New York, and Mr.
Baldacci of Maine.
COMMITTEE
ON TRANSPORTATION
AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE: Ms. McCarthy of Missouri.
Attest:
Clerk.
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‘‘(c) A three-fifths vote of the members voting shall
be required to pass any bill called from the Corrections
Calendar but the rejection of any such bill, or the sustain-
ing of any point of order against it or its consideration,
shall not cause it to be removed from the Calendar to
which it was originally referred.’’.
House Calendar No. 58
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 168
[Report No. 104–144]
RESOLUTION
Amending clause 4 of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House to abolish the Consent Calendar and to
establish in its place a Corrections Calendar.
JUNE 16, 1995
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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to the House with such amendments as may have been adopt-
ed. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on
the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in-
tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or with-
out instructions.
Attest:
Clerk.
(3) by striking subsection (d); 
(4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting 
after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, section 
2280a, section 2281, and section 2281a, the term— 
‘‘(1) ‘applicable treaty’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Convention for the Suppression of 
Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, done at The 
Hague on 16 December 1970; 
‘‘(B) the Convention for the Suppression of 
Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Avia-
tion, done at Montreal on 23 September 1971; 
‘‘(C) the Convention on the Prevention and 
Punishment of Crimes against Internationally 
Protected 
Persons, 
including 
Diplomatic 
Agents, adopted by the General Assembly of the 
United Nations on 14 December 1973; 
‘‘(D) International Convention against the 
Taking of Hostages, adopted by the General 
Assembly of the United Nations on 17 Decem-
ber 1979; 
‘‘(E) the Convention on the Physical Pro-
tection of Nuclear Material, done at Vienna on 
26 October 1979;