datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(A) provide information to physicians and
other health professionals regarding organ do-
nation and transplantation; and
‘‘(B) collect, analyze, and annually publish
data concerning organ donation and transplan-
tation.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS AND GEN-
ERAL PUBLIC.—The Network shall make available to
patients in need of organ transplants information in
accordance with the following:
‘‘(A) The information shall be transplant-
related information specific to transplant cen-
ters that are Network participants, which infor-
mation has been determined by the Network to
be scientifically and clinically valid.
‘‘(B) The information shall be designed to
assist patients and referring physicians in
choosing a transplant center, including informa-
tion on the supply of and demand for organs.
‘‘(C) With respect to the patient involved,
the information shall (taking into account pa-
tients in similar medical circumstances) include
the following as applied to specific transplant
centers:
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‘‘(A) provide information to physicians and
other health professionals regarding organ do-
nation and transplantation; and
‘‘(B) collect, analyze, and annually publish
data concerning organ donation and transplan-
tation.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS AND GEN-
ERAL PUBLIC.—The Network shall make available to
patients in need of organ transplants information in
accordance with the following:
‘‘(A) The information shall be transplant-
related information specific to transplant cen-
ters that are Network participants, which infor-
mation has been determined by the Network to
be scientifically and clinically valid.
‘‘(B) The information shall be designed to
assist patients and referring physicians in
choosing a transplant center, including informa-
tion on the supply of and demand for organs.
‘‘(C) With respect to the patient involved,
the information shall (taking into account pa-
tients in similar medical circumstances) include
the following as applied to specific transplant
centers:
H. R. 2415
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 enhance security of United States missions and personnel overseas, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2000, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ENACTMENT OF BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT OF 2000.
The provisions of S. 3186 of the 106th Congress, as introduced
on October 11, 2000, are hereby enacted into law.
SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF ACT.
In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United States
Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States
Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the
date of approval an appendix setting forth the provisions referred
to in section 1.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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work nor the Secretary has authority to release the
following information (unless authorized in writing
by the patient or other entity with which the data
is concerned):
‘‘(A) Information that permits direct or in-
direct identification of any patient who is wait-
ing for a transplant, or who is an organ trans-
plant patient or recipient of an organ.
‘‘(B) Information that permits direct or in-
direct identification of any potential or actual
organ donors.
‘‘(C) Information that permits direct or in-
direct identification of participants in Network
deliberations or determinations related to prac-
titioner or institutional qualifications, due proc-
ess proceedings or peer review activities, except
for information announcing final decisions of
the Network.
This paragraph may not be construed as prohibiting
the disclosure of information within the Network, in-
cluding information disclosed in the course of inter-
active organ sharing operations within the Network.
‘‘(e) STUDIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Network shall carry
out studies and demonstration projects for the pur-
(b) PROHIBITION
ON MARKETING VOICE SERV-
ICES.—Section 271 of such Act is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following new subsection:
‘‘(k) PROHIBITION
ON MARKETING VOICE TELE-
PHONE SERVICES.—Until the date on which a Bell oper-
ating company is authorized to offer interLATA services
originating in an in-region State in accordance with the
provisions of this section, such Bell operating company of-
fering any high speed data service or Internet access serv-
ice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (7) of sub-
section (g) may not, in such in-region State market, bill,
or collect for interLATA voice telecommunications service
obtained by means of the high speed data service or Inter-
net access service provided by such company.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 272(a)(2)(B)(i) of such Act is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(i) incidental interLATA services de-
scribed in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5),
(6), and (7) of section 271(g).’’.
(2) Section 272(a)(2)(C) of such Act is re-
pealed.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2418
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs
relating to organ procurement and transplantation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 1, 1999
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. GREEN of Texas, and Mr. PALLONE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Com-
merce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend
programs relating to organ procurement and transplantation.
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 ‘‘Organ Procurement
and Transplantation Network Amendments of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Congress finds as follows:
(1) It is in the public interest to maintain and
improve a system for promoting and supporting a
central network in the private sector to assist organ
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‘‘(J) a brief statement that identifies—
‘‘(i) the balance of the trust fund ac-
counts as of the end of the month preced-
ing the date of the statement;
‘‘(ii) the annual estimated balance of
the trust fund accounts for each of the
succeeding 30 years; and
‘‘(iii) the assumptions used to provide
the information described in clauses (i)
and (ii), including the rates of return and
the nature of the investments of such trust
fund accounts; and
‘‘(K) a simple 1-page summary and com-
parison of the information that is provided to
an eligible individual under subparagraphs (G),
(H), and (I).’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(3) The estimated amounts required to be pro-
vided in a statement under this section shall be de-
termined by the Commissioner using a general meth-
odology for making such estimates, as formulated
and published at the beginning of each calendar year
by the Board of Trustees of the trust fund accounts.
A description of the general methodology used shall
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‘‘(i) The probability of receiving an
organ transplant.
‘‘(ii) The length of time that similarly
situated patients have waited historically to
receive a transplant.
‘‘(iii) Medical outcomes for similarly
situated patients, which information shall
be adjusted to reflect the medical risk fac-
tors for such patients.
‘‘(D) With respect to the patient involved,
the information shall include the information
described in subparagraph (C) as applied to the
service areas of specific qualified organ procure-
ment organizations (other than such areas in
which there is only one transplant center).
‘‘(E) Information under this paragraph
shall be updated not less frequently than once
a year.
‘‘(3) ANNUAL PUBLIC REPORT.—The Network
shall annually make available to the public a report
on the overall status of organ procurement and
transplantation.
‘‘(4) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Except for the re-
lease of information that is authorized under para-
graph (2) or (3) by the Network, neither the Net-
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‘‘(4) The Network shall maintain a twenty-four-
hour telephone and computer service to facilitate
matching organs with individuals included in the
list.
‘‘(5) The Network shall assist organ procure-
ment organizations in the distribution of organs.
The distribution of organs shall be based on medical
criteria established by the Network, and also shall be
based on equity and ethics without regard to eco-
nomic status of those awaiting organ transplants
and without political control or influence.
‘‘(6) The Network shall adopt and use stand-
ards of quality for the acquisition and transportation
of donated organs, including standards regarding
the transmission of infectious diseases.
‘‘(7) The Network shall prepare and distribute,
on a regionalized basis (and, to the extent prac-
ticable, among regions or on a national basis), sam-
ples of blood sera from individuals who are included
on the list and whose immune system makes it dif-
ficult for them to receive organs, in order to facili-
tate matching the compatibility of such individuals
with organ donors.
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‘‘(8) The Network shall coordinate, as appro-
priate, the transportation of organs from organ pro-
curement organizations to transplant centers.
‘‘(9) The Network shall work actively to in-
crease the supply of donated organs.
‘‘(10) The Network shall recognize the dif-
ferences in health and in organ transplantation
issues between children and adults throughout the
system and adopt criteria, policies, and procedures
that address the unique health care needs of chil-
dren.
‘‘(c) SCIENTIFIC REGISTRY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Network shall main-
tain a scientific registry of patients awaiting organ
transplantation, persons from whom organs are re-
moved for transplantation, and organ transplant re-
cipients for the ongoing evaluation of the scientific
and clinical status of organ transplantation.
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Network shall prepare for
inclusion in the report under section 375 an analysis
of scientifically and clinically valid information de-
rived from the scientific registry under paragraph
(1).
‘‘(d) INFORMATION AND DATA.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Network shall—
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through
2005.
‘‘(b) INCREASING ORGAN DONATION AND PROCURE-
MENT.—For the purpose of increasing organ donation and
procurement through the Organ Procurement and Trans-
plantation Network under section 372, there are author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary
for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2005. Such au-
thorization of appropriations is with respect to such pur-
pose in addition to the authorization of appropriations es-
tablished in subsection (a).’’.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act take effect Octo-
ber 1, 1999, or upon the date of the enactment of this
Act, whichever occurs later.
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be provided to the eligible individual as part of the
statement required under this section.
‘‘(4) The Commissioner of Social Security shall
notify an individual who receives a social security ac-
count statement under this section that the individ-
ual may request that the information described in
paragraph (2) be determined on the basis of relevant
information provided by the individual, including in-
formation regarding the individual’s income, marital
status, date of retirement, or race.
‘‘(5) For purposes of this section—
‘‘(A) the term ‘dollars adjusted for infla-
tion’ means—
‘‘(i) dollars in constant or real value
terms on the date on which the statement
is issued; and
‘‘(ii) an amount that is adjusted on
the basis of the Consumer Price Index.
‘‘(B) the term ‘eligible individual’ means
an individual who—
‘‘(i) has a social security account
number;
‘‘(ii) has attained age 25 or over; and
‘‘(iii) has wages or net earnings from
self-employment; and
(1) Internet access services are inherently inter-
state and international in nature, and should there-
fore not be subject to regulation by the States.
(2) The imposition of regulations by the Fed-
eral Communications Commission and the States
has impeded the rapid delivery of high speed Inter-
net access services to the public, thereby reducing
consumer choice and welfare.
(3) The Telecommunications Act of 1996 rep-
resented a careful balance between the need to open
up local telecommunications markets to competition
and the need to increase competition in the provision
of interLATA voice telecommunications services.
(4) In enacting the prohibition on Bell oper-
ating company provision of interLATA services,
Congress recognized that certain telecommunications
services have characteristics that render them in-
compatible with the prohibition on Bell operating
company provision of interLATA services, and ex-
empted such services from the interLATA prohibi-
tion.
(5) High speed data services and Internet ac-
cess services constitute unique markets that are like-
wise incompatible with the prohibition on Bell oper-
ating company provision of interLATA services.
(6) Since the enactment of the Telecommuni-
cations Act of 1996, the Federal Communications
Commission has construed the prohibition on Bell
operating company provision of interLATA services
in a manner that has impeded the development of
advanced telecommunications services, thereby lim-
iting consumer choice and welfare.
(7) Internet users should have choice among
competing Internet service providers.
(8) Internet service providers should have the
right to interconnect with high speed data networks
in order to provide service to Internet users.
(b) PURPOSES.—It is therefore the purpose of this
Act to provide market incentives for the rapid delivery of
advanced telecommunications services—
(1) by deregulating high speed data services
and Internet access services;
(2) by clarifying that the prohibition on Bell op-
erating company provision of interLATA services
does not extend to the provision of high speed data
services and Internet access services;
(3) by ensuring that consumers can choose
among competing Internet service providers; and
(4) by ensuring that Internet service providers
can interconnect with competitive high speed data
had not been implemented (and if the previous
risk adjustment methodology had continued to
be implemented).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) takes effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act and applies to payments for months beginning
on or after January 2000.
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF ANY FURTHER ADJUSTMENT IN
THE 
NATIONAL 
PER 
CAPITA
MEDICARE+CHOICE GROWTH PERCENTAGE.
Section 1853(c)(6)(B) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395w–23(c)(6)(B)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii);
(2) by striking clauses (iii) through (v); and
(3) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1999’’ and redesignating such clause as
clause (iii).
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 241
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the $500,000
exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence shall apply to
certain sales by a surviving spouse.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mrs. ROUKEMA 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 provide
that the $500,000 exclusion of gain on the sale of a
principal residence shall apply to certain sales by a sur-
viving spouse.
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 ‘‘Surviving Spouse Fair-
ness Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. $500,000 EXCLUSION OF GAIN ON SALE OF PRIN-
CIPAL RESIDENCE BY SURVIVING SPOUSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 121(d)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to property
of deceased spouse) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) PROPERTY OF DECEASED SPOUSE.—For
purposes of this section, in the case of an unmarried
individual whose spouse is deceased on the date of
the sale or exchange of property—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The period such un-
married individual owned and used such prop-
erty shall include the period such deceased
spouse owned and used such property before
death.
‘‘(B) $500,000 EXCLUSION
IN
CERTAIN
CASES.—At the election of such an unmarried
individual with respect to any property, sub-
section (b)(1) shall be applied by substituting
‘$500,000’ for ‘$250,000’ if—
‘‘(i) such individual is an unmarried
individual at all times after the date of
death of such deceased spouse and before
the date of the sale or exchange, and
‘‘(ii) the requirements of clauses (i),
(ii), and (iii) of subsection (b)(2)(A) would
have been met if such sale or exchange oc-
curred on such date of death (whether or
not such requirements were in effect as of
such date of death).
In the case of property with respect to which an
election under this subparagraph is in effect,
the basis of such property in the hands of such
unmarried individual shall be determined with-
out regard to section 1014.
‘‘(C) ELECTION.—The election under sub-
paragraph (B) shall be made not later than the
due date (including extensions) for the return
of tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable
year in which the sale occurred. Such an elec-
tion, once made, shall take effect as of such
date of death and may not be revoked without
the consent of the Secretary.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the amend-
ments made by section 312 of the Taxpayer Relief Act
of 1997.
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(2) Part 1509 (commencing with section
1509.1) of title 16 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions;
(3) Part 1303 (commencing with section
1303.1) of title 16 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions;
(4) American Society for Testing Materials Vol-
untary Standards F966;
(5) American Society for Testing Materials Vol-
untary Standards F1169;
(6) American Society for Testing Materials Vol-
untary Standards F1822; and
(7) Any regulations that are adopted in order
to amend or supplement the regulations described in
paragraphs (1) through (6) of this section.
SEC. 6. EXCEPTIONS.
A crib that is not intended for use by an infant, in-
cluding a toy or display item, shall be exempt from this
Act if the crib is accompanied at the time of manufac-
turing, contract to sell or resell, leasing, subletting, or oth-
erwise placed in the stream of commerce by a notice to
be furnished by the commercial user declaring that the
crib is not intended to be used for an infant and is dan-
gerous to use for an infant.
in the executive branch (as such term is used in sec-
tion 104 of title 5, United States Code).
(8) The Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission, which is responsible for enforcing compli-
ance with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
has consistently and properly interpreted title VII as
applying to the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
(9) The United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit established, in the case
of Hilliard v. Volcker, 659 F.2d 1125 (D.C. Cir.
1981), that the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System is an executive agency within the
meaning of section 105 of title 5, United States
Code, and section 717 of title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964.
(10) The Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System did not argue to the contrary while
the case of Hilliard v. Volcker was before the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit.
(11) On October 17, 1994, a jury in the case
Bennett v. Greenspan, C.A. No. 98–0813–RMU,
(Dt. D.C.) found the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve liable for racial discrimination, and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(v) a projectile that may be used in a handgun
and that the Secretary determines, pursuant to sec-
tion 926(d), to be capable of penetrating body
armor.’’.
(b) DETERMINATION OF THE CAPABILITY OF PRO-
JECTILES TO PENETRATE BODY ARMOR.—Section 926 of
such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d)(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall promul-
gate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles
against the Body Armor Exemplar, based on standards
developed in cooperation with the Attorney General of the
United States. Such standards shall take into account,
among other factors, variations in performance that are
related to the length of the barrel of the handgun from
which the projectile is fired and the amount and kind of
powder used to propel the projectile.
‘‘(2) As used in paragraph (1), the term Body Armor
Exemplar’ means body armor that the Secretary, in co-
operation with the Attorney General of the United States,
determines meets minimum standards for protection of
law enforcement officers.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2422
To provide for the determination that Cuba is a major drug-transit country
for purposes of section 490(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 1, 1999
Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself and Mr. GILMAN) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To provide for the determination that Cuba is a major drug-
transit country for purposes of section 490(h) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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 ‘‘Cuban Drug-Traf-
ficking Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION THAT CUBA IS A MAJOR DRUG-
TRANSIT COUNTRY UNDER THE FOREIGN AS-
SISTANCE ACT OF 1961.
(a) DETERMINATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of section
490(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2291j(h)), Cuba shall be deemed to be a
major drug-transit country, notwithstanding any
other provision of law.
(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall apply
with respect to determinations of major drug-transit
countries that are required to be included in the no-
tification to the appropriate committees of the Con-
gress and submitted to such committees not later
than November 1, 1999, and November 1 of each of
the 12 subsequent years, under section 490(h) of
such Act.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not be effec-
tive if the President—
(1) determines, based upon conclusive evidence,
that no substantial portion of the approximately 7.2
metric tons of cocaine seized in December 3, 1998,
in Cartegena, Colombia, was destined for transit to
the United States either directly or indirectly
through Cuba; and
(2) transmits to the appropriate committees of
the Congress a report containing the determination
under paragraph (1), including a description of the
conclusive evidence described in such paragraph.
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United States under the Federal Reserve Act, the
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, the Banking
Act of 1933, the International Banking Act of 1978,
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and other Fed-
eral laws, including the authority to remove direc-
tors, officers, and employees from their positions in
banks and bank holding companies, the authority to
impose large civil money penalties, and the authority
to order the divestiture of banks by bank holding
companies.
(6) The Supreme Court of the United States
has stated in the case of Bowsher, Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States v. Synar, Member of Con-
gress, et al., 478 U.S. 714, 733 (1986), that
‘‘[i]nterpreting a law enacted by Congress to imple-
ment the legislative mandate is the very essence of
‘execution’ of the law’’ and noted that the exercise
of judgment concerning facts that affect the applica-
tion of an Act is typically made by officers charged
with executing a statute, ibid.
(7) The activities of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System clearly constitute ‘‘exe-
cution of the law’’ and the Board is, therefore, clear-
ly and unambiguously an independent establishment