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members of the Armed Forces of the United States
present in that country; or
(3) the United States has taken other appro-
priate steps to guarantee that members of the
Armed Forces of the United States participating in
the operation will not be prosecuted by the Inter-
national Criminal Court for actions undertaken by
such personnel in connection with the operation.
SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON DIRECT OR INDIRECT TRANSFER
OF CERTAIN CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECU-
RITY INFORMATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL COURT.
(a) DIRECT TRANSFER.—Not later than the date on
which the Rome Statute enters into force, the President
shall ensure that appropriate procedures are in place to
prevent the transfer of classified national security infor-
mation to the International Criminal Court.
(b) INDIRECT TRANSFER.—Not later than the date
on which the Rome Statute enters into force, the President
shall ensure that appropriate procedures are in place to
prevent the transfer of classified national security infor-
mation relevant to matters under consideration by the
International Criminal Court to the United Nations and
to the government of any country that is a party to the
International Criminal Court unless the United Nations
mittee on Research on Women’s Health (referred to
in this subsection as the ‘Coordinating Committee’).
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Coordinating Com-
mittee shall be composed of the Directors of the Na-
tional Centers.
‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director of the Of-
fice shall serve as the chairperson of the Coordi-
nating Committee.
‘‘(4) DUTIES.—With respect to women’s health,
the Coordinating Committee shall assist the Director
of the Office in—
‘‘(A) identifying the need for programs and
activities that focus on women’s health;
‘‘(B) identifying needs regarding the co-
ordination of activities, including intramural
and extramural multidisciplinary activities; and
‘‘(C) making recommendations to the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention concerning findings made under
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 31, 2003,
and January 31 of each second year thereafter, the Direc-
tor of the Office shall prepare and submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report describing the ac-
People’s Republic of China and the Dalai Lama or his rep-
resentatives.
SEC. 6. REPORTING ON TIBET.
In accordance with to section 536(b) of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995
(Public Law 103–236), whenever a report is transmitted
to the Congress on a country-by-country basis there shall
be included in such report, where applicable, a separate
section on Tibet. The reports referred to in the preceding
sentence include reports transmitted under sections
116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (relating to human rights).
SEC. 7. UNITED STATES SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR TI-
BETAN ISSUES.
(a) UNITED STATES SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR TI-
BETAN ISSUES.—There shall be within the Department of
State a United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan
Issues.
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall
consult with the Chairman and Ranking Member of the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives prior to the designation of the Special Co-
ordinator.
‘‘(F) QUALIFIED
REAL
PROPERTY.—The
term ‘qualified real property’ means property
for which depreciation is allowable under sec-
tion 168 and which is described in subclause
(I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph (D)(ii).
‘‘(G) RESERVATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN-
VESTMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘reserva-
tion 
infrastructure 
investment’ 
means
qualified personal property or qualified real
property which—
‘‘(I) benefits the tribal infrastruc-
ture;
‘‘(II) is available to the general
public; and
‘‘(III) is placed in service in con-
nection with the taxpayer’s active con-
duct of a trade or business within an
Indian reservation.
‘‘(ii) PROPERTY
MAY
BE
LOCATED
OUTSIDE
THE
RESERVATION.—Qualified
personal property and qualified real prop-
erty used or located outside an Indian res-
ervation shall be reservation infrastructure
investment only if its purpose is to connect
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5133
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 11110 Sunset Hills Road in Reston, Virginia,
as the ‘‘Martha Pennino Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
credit, or Indian reservation credit other than with respect
to any expenditure for new reservation construction prop-
erty’’.
(e) CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL USE PROPERTY TO
QUALIFY.—Paragraph (4) of section 50(b) of such Code
(relating to property used by governmental units or for-
eign persons or entities) is amended by redesignating sub-
paragraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F),
respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (C) the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) EXCEPTION
FOR
RESERVATION
IN-
FRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.—This paragraph
shall not apply for purposes of determining the
Indian reservation credit with respect to res-
ervation infrastructure investment.’’.
(f) APPLICATION
OF AT-RISK RULES.—Subpara-
graph (C) of section 49(a)(1) of such Code is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii), by striking
the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘, and’’,
and by adding at the end the following new clause:
‘‘(iv) the qualified investment in quali-
fied Indian reservation property.’’.
(g) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 48 of such Code is amended by
striking the heading and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 48. ENERGY CREDIT; REFORESTATION CREDIT; IN-
DIAN RESERVATION CREDIT.’’.
(2) The table of sections for subpart E of part
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by
striking the item relating to section 48 and inserting
the following:
‘‘Sec. 48. Energy credit; reforestation credit; Indian reservation
credit.’’.
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to property placed in service after
December 31, 2001.
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ward the goal of producing practical fusion energy
has been excellent;
(7) each of these reviews stressed the need for
the Fusion Energy Sciences Program to move for-
ward to a magnetic fusion burning plasma experi-
ment, capable of producing substantial fusion power
output and providing key information for the ad-
vancement of fusion science;
(8) the National Academy of Sciences has also
called for a broadening of the Fusion Energy
Sciences Program research base as a means to more
fully integrate the fusion science community into the
broader scientific community; and
(9) the Fusion Energy Sciences Program budg-
et is inadequate to support the necessary science and
innovation for the present generation of experiments,
and cannot accommodate the cost of a burning plas-
ma experiment constructed by the United States, or
even the cost of key participation by the United
States in an international effort.
SEC. 3. PLAN FOR FUSION EXPERIMENT.
(a) PLAN FOR UNITED STATES FUSION EXPERI-
MENT.—The Secretary of Energy (in this Act referred to
as ‘‘the Secretary’’), on the basis of full consultation with,
and the recommendation of, the Fusion Energy Sciences
Advisory Committee (in this Act referred to as
‘‘FESAC’’), shall develop a plan for United States con-
struction of a magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment
for the purpose of accelerating scientific understanding of
fusion plasmas. The Secretary shall request a review of
the plan by the National Academy of Sciences, and shall
transmit the plan and the review to the Congress by July
1, 2004.
(b) REQUIREMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan described
in subsection (a) shall—
(1) address key burning plasma physics issues;
and
(2) include specific information on the scientific
capabilities of the proposed experiment, the rel-
evance of these capabilities to the goal of practical
fusion energy, and the overall design of the experi-
ment including its estimated cost and potential con-
struction sites.
(c) UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN AN INTER-
NATIONAL EXPERIMENT.—In addition to the plan de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary, on the basis of
full consultation with, and the recommendation of,
FESAC, may also develop a plan for United States par-
ticipation in an international burning plasma experiment
for the same purpose, whose construction is found by the
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1782
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for the position of Assistant
United States Trade Representative for Small Business.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 2001
Mr. MANZULLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for the position
of Assistant United States Trade Representative for
Small Business.
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 ‘‘Small Business Export
Enhancement Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANT USTR FOR SMALL BUSINESS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.—Section 141(c)
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(c)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
•HR 1782
‘‘(6)(A) There is established in the Office the position
of Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small
Business. The Assistant United States Trade Representa-
tive for Small Business shall be appointed by the United
States Trade Representative.
‘‘(B) The primary function of the Assistant United
States Trade Representative for Small Business shall be
to promote the trade interests of small businesses, to re-
move foreign trade barriers that impede small business ex-
porters, and to enforce existing trade agreements bene-
ficial to small businesses. The Assistant United States
Trade Representative for Small Business shall be a vig-
orous advocate on behalf of small businesses. In carrying
out that advocacy function, the Assistant United States
Trade Representative for Small Business shall conduct
meetings throughout the United States on a regular basis
in order to solicit views and recommendations from small
business exporters in the formulation of trade policy. The
Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small
Business shall perform such other functions as the United
States Trade Representative may direct.
‘‘(C) The Assistant United States Trade Representa-
tive for Small Business shall be paid at the level of a mem-
•HR 1782
ber of the Senior Executive Service with equivalent time
and service.’’.
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women’s health professionals, and other individuals 
and groups, as appropriate, on the policy of the Cen-
ters with regard to women; and 
‘‘(5) serve as a member of the Department of 
Health and Human Services Coordinating Com-
mittee on Women’s Health (established under sec-
tion 229(b)(4)). 
‘‘(c) COORDINATING COMMITTEE.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In carrying out sub-
section (b), the Director of the Office shall establish 
a committee to be known as the Coordinating Com-
mittee on Research on Women’s Health (referred to 
in this subsection as the ‘Coordinating Committee’). 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Coordinating Com-
mittee shall be composed of the directors of the na-
tional centers and other appropriate officials of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director of the Of-
fice shall serve as the Chairperson of the Coordi-
nating Committee. 
‘‘(4) DUTIES.—With respect to women’s health, 
the Coordinating Committee shall assist the Director 
of the Office in—
‘‘(A) identifying the need for programs and 
activities that focus on women’s health;
‘‘(i) a dependent of a deceased member or
former member described in section 1076(b) or
1076(a)(2)(B) of this title or of a member who
died while on active duty for a period of more
than 30 days; and
‘‘(ii) a member of family as defined in sec-
tion 8901(5) of title 5; or
‘‘(D) an individual who is—
‘‘(i) a dependent of a living member or
former member described in section 1076(b)(1)
of this title; and
‘‘(ii) a member of family as defined in sec-
tion 8901(5) of title 5.
‘‘(2) Eligible beneficiaries may enroll in a Federal
Employees Health Benefit plan under chapter 89 of title
5 under this section for self-only coverage or for self and
family coverage which includes any dependent of the mem-
ber or former member who is a family member for pur-
poses of such chapter.
‘‘(3) A person eligible for coverage under this sub-
section shall not be required to satisfy any eligibility cri-
teria specified in chapter 89 of title 5 (except as provided
in paragraph (1)(C) or (1)(D)) as a condition for enroll-
ment in health benefits plans offered through the Federal
Employees Health Benefits program under this section.
SEC. 202. RESEARCH REGARDING BEST MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES AND SEDIMENT AND NUTRIENT
LOSS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall
evaluate the benefits and costs of best management prac-
tices designed to reduce sediment and nutrient loss.
(b) EVALUATION PRACTICES.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall work with other partnering agencies, wheth-
er Federal, State, tribal, and local, and with other public
and nonpublic agencies to evaluate the benefits of best
management practices designed to reduce nutrient and
sediment loss.
(c) ECONOMIC RISK ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of
Agriculture shall assess the economic risks associated with
new best management practices designed to reduce sedi-
ment and nutrient loss.
SEC. 203. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS REGARDING NEW
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO REDUCE
SEDIMENT AND NUTRIENT LOSS.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer a grant
program to supplement non-Federal funds being used by
State, tribal, local, and private projects to demonstrate
new best management practices designed to reduce sedi-
ment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River
Basin.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1785
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the avoidance
of gain recognition through swap funds.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 2001
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts 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 prevent
the avoidance of gain recognition through swap funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RECOGNITION OF GAIN ON TRANSFERS TO
SWAP FUNDS.
(a) INTERESTS SIMILAR
TO PREFERRED STOCK
TREATED AS STOCK.—Clause (vi) of section 351(e)(1)(B)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to transfer
of property to an investment company) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(vi) except as otherwise provided in
regulations prescribed by the Secretary—
‘‘(I) any interest in an entity if
the return on such interest is limited
and preferred, and
‘‘(II) interests (not described in
subclause (I)) in any entity if substan-
tially all of the assets of such entity
consist (directly or indirectly) of any
assets described in subclause (I), any
preceding clause, or clause (viii).’’
(b) CERTAIN TRANSFERS DEEMED TO BE TO IN-
VESTMENT COMPANIES.—Subsection (e) of section 351 of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(3) TRANSFERS OF MARKETABLE SECURITIES
TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS.—A transfer of property
to a corporation if—
‘‘(A) such property is marketable securities
(as defined in section 731(c)(2)), and
‘‘(B) such corporation—
‘‘(i) is registered under the Invest-
ment Company Act of 1940 as an invest-
ment company, or is exempt from registra-
tion as a investment company under sec-
tion 3(c)(7) of such Act because interests
in such corporation are offered to qualified
purchasers within the meaning of section
2(a)(51) of such Act, or
‘‘(ii) is formed or availed of for pur-
poses of allowing persons who have signifi-
cant blocks of marketable securities with
unrealized appreciation to diversify those
holdings without recognition of gain.’’
(c) TRANSFERS TO PARTNERSHIPS.—Subsection (b)
of section 721 of such Code is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Subsection (a) shall not apply
to gain realized on a transfer of property to a partnership
if, were the partnership incorporated—
‘‘(1) such partnership would be treated as an
investment company (within the meaning of section
351), or
‘‘(2) section 351 would not apply to such trans-
fer by reason of section 351(e)(3).’’
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to transfers after the date of action
by the Committee on Ways and Means.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1791
To provide a grant under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
of 1965 to assist in the development of a Millennium Cultural Coopera-
tive Park in Youngstown, Ohio.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 2001
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide a grant under the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 to assist in the development of a
Millennium Cultural Cooperative Park in Youngstown,
Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT
GRANT FOR NONPROFIT YOUNGSTOWN PLAY-
HOUSE OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.
(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—During each of the fiscal
years 2002 through 2006, the Secretary of the Interior
is authorized to use the land and water conservation fund
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established under section 2 of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–5) to make
a grant to the nonprofit Youngstown Playhouse of
Youngstown, Ohio, to assist the grant recipient to develop
a Millennium Cultural Cooperative Park in Youngstown,
Ohio. The amount of the grant for a fiscal year shall be
equal to $2,000,000.
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, acting
through the National Park Service, shall provide technical
assistance to the grant recipient in developing this unique
type of urban park.
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Gaza Strip of 1995, and the Wye River Memo-
randum of 1998:
(A) To resolve disputes arising out of any
agreements pertaining to the interim period by
negotiations, arbitration, or other mutually
agreed upon mechanisms of conciliation.
(B) To take all measures necessary in
order to prevent acts of terrorism, crime and
hostilities directed against the State of Israel.
(C) To abstain from incitement, including
hostile propaganda, against the State of Israel,
and to take legal measures to prevent such in-
citement by organizations, groups, or individ-
uals under their control.
(D) To arrest and prosecute individuals
suspected of perpetrating acts of violence and
terror and to punish all persons involved in acts
of violence and terror.
(E) To provide for the protection of Jewish
holy sites in areas under the administration of
the Palestinian Authority, as well as persons
visiting them, and to ensure the peaceful use of
such sites, to prevent any instances of disorder
and to respond to any incident.
es its officials and other persons working on its be-
half to be exempted from the jurisdiction of the
International Criminal Court.
(4) COVERED UNITED STATES PERSONS.—The
term ‘‘covered United States persons’’ means mem-
bers of the Armed Forces of the United States,
elected or appointed officials of the United States
Government, and other persons employed by or
working on behalf of the United States Government,
for so long as the United States is not a party to
the International Criminal Court.
(5) EXTRADITION.—The terms ‘‘extradition’’
and ‘‘extradite’’ include both ‘‘extradition’’ and ‘‘sur-
render’’ as those terms are defined in article 102 of
the Rome Statute.
(6) INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL
COURT.—The
term ‘‘International Criminal Court’’ means the
court established by the Rome Statute.
(7) MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY.—The term ‘‘major
non-NATO ally’’ means a country that has been so
designated in accordance with section 517 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(8) PARTY TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
COURT.—The term ‘‘party to the International
Criminal Court’’ means a government that has de-
posited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, ap-
proval, or accession to the Rome Statute, and has
not withdrawn from the Rome Statute pursuant to
Article 127 thereof.
(9) PEACEKEEPING OPERATION UNDER CHAP-
TER VI OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS
OR PEACE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION UNDER CHAP-
TER
VII
OF
THE
CHARTER
OF
THE
UNITED
NA-
TIONS.—The term ‘‘peacekeeping operation under
chapter VI of the charter of the United Nations or
peace enforcement operation under chapter VII of
the charter of the United Nations’’ means any mili-
tary operation to maintain or restore international
peace and security that—
(A) is authorized by the United Nations
Security Council under chapter VI or VII of the
charter of the United Nations; and
(B) is paid for from assessed contributions
of United Nations members that are made
available for peacekeeping or peace enforcement
activities.
(10) ROME STATUTE.—The term ‘‘Rome Stat-
ute’’ means the Rome Statute of the International
Criminal Court, adopted by the United Nations Dip-
lomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Es-
tablishment of an International Criminal Court on
July 17, 1998.
(11) SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘support’’ means as-
sistance of any kind, including financial support,
material support, services, intelligence sharing, law
enforcement cooperation, the training or detail of
personnel, and the arrest or detention of individuals.
(12) UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE.—
The term ‘‘United States military assistance’’
means—
(A) assistance provided under chapters 2
through 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.);
(B) defense articles or defense services fur-
nished with the financial assistance of the
United States Government, including through
loans and guarantees; or
(C) military training or education activities
provided by any agency or entity of the United
States Government.
Such term does not include activities reportable
under title V of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.).
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1799
To designate a United States Post Office located in Nathalie, Virginia, as
the ‘‘Lewis F. Payne United States Post Office’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 2001
Mr. GOODE (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. TOM DAVIS of
Virginia, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of
Virginia, Mr. WOLF, Mr. SCOTT, and Mr. BOUCHER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate a United States Post Office located in Nathalie,
Virginia, as the ‘‘Lewis F. Payne United States Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Post Office lo-
cated at 2663 Rockfish Valley Highway in Nathalie, Vir-
ginia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lewis F.
Payne United States Post Office’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the post office referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed a reference to the ‘‘Lewis F. Payne United
States Post Office’’.
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