datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(c) COMPLETION DATE.—The results of the study de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be transmitted to the Con-
gress not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 208. AERO-SPACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY IN-
TEGRATION.
(a) INTEGRATION PLAN.—The Administrator shall
develop a plan for the integration of research, develop-
ment, and experimental demonstration activities in the
aeronautics transportation technology and space transpor-
tation technology areas. The plan shall ensure that inte-
gration is accomplished without losing unique capabilities
which support the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration’s defined missions. The plan shall also in-
clude appropriate strategies for using aeronautics centers
in integration efforts.
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall transmit to the Congress a report containing
the plan developed under subsection (a). The Adminis-
trator shall transmit to the Congress annually thereafter
for 5 years a report on progress in achieving such plan,
to be transmitted with the annual budget request.
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tion, but does obtain a criminal indictment con-
taining an allegation that the property is subject to
forfeiture, the government shall either—
‘‘(I) send notice within the 60 days and
continue the nonjudicial civil forfeiture pro-
ceeding under this section; or
‘‘(II) terminate the nonjudicial civil for-
feiture proceeding, and take the steps necessary
to preserve its right to maintain custody of the
property as provided in the applicable criminal
forfeiture statute.
‘‘(iv) In a case in which the property is seized
by a State or local law enforcement agency and
turned over to a Federal law enforcement agency for
the purpose of forfeiture under Federal law, notice
shall be sent not more than 90 days after the date of
seizure by the State or local law enforcement agency.
‘‘(v) If the identity or interest of a party is not
determined until after the seizure or turnover but is
determined before a declaration of forfeiture is en-
tered, notice shall be sent to such interested party not
later than 60 days after the determination by the
Government of the identity of the party or the party’s
interest.
the national laboratories shall include authority over, and
responsibility for, the following:
‘‘(A) Strategic management.
‘‘(B) Policy development and guidance.
‘‘(C) Budget formulation and guidance.
‘‘(D) Resource requirements determination and
allocation.
‘‘(E) Program management.
‘‘(F) Safeguard and security operations.
‘‘(G) Emergency management.
‘‘(H) Integrated safety management.
‘‘(I) Environment, safety, and health oper-
ations.
‘‘(J) Administration of contracts to manage and
operate the nuclear weapons production facilities
and the national laboratories.
‘‘(K) Oversight.
‘‘(L) Relationships within the Department of
Energy and with other Federal agencies, the Con-
gress, State, tribal, and local governments, and the
public.
‘‘(M) Each of the functions described in sub-
section (f).
‘‘(e) The head of each nuclear weapons production
facility and of each national laboratory shall report di-
(A) when it—
(i) reduces the cost of undertaking
missions the United States Government
would pursue unilaterally;
(ii) enables the United States to pur-
sue missions that it could not otherwise af-
ford to pursue unilaterally; or
(iii) enhances United States capabili-
ties to use and develop space for the ben-
efit of United States citizens; and
(B) when it—
(i) is undertaken in a manner that is
sensitive to the desire of United States
commercial providers to develop or explore
space commercially;
(ii) is consistent with the need for
Federal agencies to use space to complete
their missions; and
(iii) is carried out in a manner con-
sistent with United States export control
laws.
(7) The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration and the Department of Defense can co-
operate more effectively in leveraging their mutual
capabilities to conduct joint space missions that im-
Subtitle A—Authorizations
Sec. 101. International Space Station.
Sec. 102. Launch Vehicle and Payload Operations.
Sec. 103. Science, Aeronautics, and Technology.
Sec. 104. Mission Support.
Sec. 105. Inspector General.
Sec. 106. Total authorization.
Sec. 107. Aviation systems capacity.
Subtitle B—Limitations and Special Authority
Sec. 121. Use of funds for construction.
Sec. 122. Availability of appropriated amounts.
Sec. 123. Reprogramming for construction of facilities.
Sec. 124. Limitation on obligation of unauthorized appropriations.
Sec. 125. Use of funds for scientific consultations or extraordinary expenses.
Sec. 126. Earth science limitation.
Sec. 127. Competitiveness and international cooperation.
Sec. 128. Trans-hab.
Sec. 129. Consolidated Space Operations Contract.
TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Requirement for independent cost analysis.
Sec. 202. National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 amendments.
Sec. 203. Commercial space goods and services.
Sec. 204. Cost effectiveness calculations.
Sec. 205. Foreign contract limitation.
Sec. 206. Authority to reduce or suspend contract payments based on substan-
tial evidence of fraud.
Sec. 207. Space Shuttle upgrade study.
Sec. 208. Aero-space transportation technology integration.
Sec. 209. Definitions of commercial space policy terms.
Sec. 210. External tank opportunities study.
Sec. 211. Eligibility for awards.
Sec. 212. Notice.
Sec. 213. Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan Act of 1949 amendments.
Sec. 214. Innovative technologies for human space flight.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration should continue to pursue actions and
reforms directed at reducing institutional costs, in-
cluding management restructuring, facility consoli-
dation, procurement reform, and convergence with
defense and commercial sector systems.
(2) The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration must continue on its current course of
returning to its proud history as the Nation’s leader
in basic scientific, air, and space research.
(3) The overwhelming preponderance of the
Federal Government’s requirements for routine, un-
manned space transportation can be met most effec-
tively, efficiently, and economically by a free and
competitive market in privately developed and oper-
ated space transportation services.
(4) In formulating a national space transpor-
tation service policy, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration should aggressively promote
the pursuit by commercial providers of development
of advanced space transportation technologies in-
cluding reusable space vehicles, and human space
systems.
(5) The Federal Government should invest in
the types of research and innovative technology in
which United States commercial providers do not in-
vest, while avoiding competition with the activities in
which United States commercial providers do invest.
(6) International cooperation in space explo-
ration and science activities serves the United States
national interest—
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‘‘(B) A supervisory official in the headquarters
office of the seizing agency may extend the period for
sending notice under subparagraph (A) for a period
not to exceed 30 days (which period may not be fur-
ther extended except by a court), if the official deter-
mines that the conditions in subparagraph (D) are
present.
‘‘(C) Upon motion by the Government, a court
may extend the period for sending notice under sub-
paragraph (A) for a period not to exceed 60 days,
which period may be further extended by the court for
60-day periods, as necessary, if the court determines,
based on a written certification of a supervisory offi-
cial in the headquarters office of the seizing agency,
that the conditions in subparagraph (D) are present.
‘‘(D) The period for sending notice under this
paragraph may be extended only if there is reason to
believe that notice may have an adverse result,
including—
‘‘(i) endangering the life or physical safety
of an individual;
‘‘(ii) flight from prosecution;
‘‘(iii) destruction of or tampering with evi-
dence;
‘‘(iv) intimidation of potential witnesses; or
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(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and
with insured community development financial
institutions’’ before the period at the end;
(B) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘which have been determined to be qualified in-
surers under section 302(b)(2)(C)’’;
(C) in the second sentence, by inserting
‘‘and insured community development financial
institutions’’ after ‘‘private mortgage insurance
companies’’;
(D) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph:
‘‘(1) assume the first loss on any mortgage in-
sured pursuant to section 203(b), 234, or 245 that
covers a one- to four-family dwelling and is included
in the program under this section, up to the percent-
age of loss that is set forth in the risk-sharing con-
tract;’’; and
(E) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘carry out (under ap-
propriate delegation) such’’ and inserting
‘‘delegate underwriting,’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘function’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘functions’’;
(5) in subsection (c)—
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tember 30 of each year, report to the Comptroller
General of the United States, the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate regarding the
progress being made in the modernization of the
Customs Service computer systems. Each report
shall—
(i) include explicit criteria used to
identify, evaluate, and prioritize invest-
ments for computer systems modernization
planned for the Customs Service for each of
fiscal years 2000 through 2004;
(ii) provide a schedule for mitigating
any deficiencies identified by the General
Accounting Office and for developing and
implementing all computer systems mod-
ernization projects;
(iii) provide a plan for expanding the
utilization of private sector sources for the
development and integration of computer
systems; and
(iv) contain timely schedules and re-
source allocations for implementing the
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(2) DRUG FORFEITURES.—Paragraphs (4), (6)
and (7) of section 511(a) of the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 881(a) (4), (6) and (7)) are each
amended by striking ‘‘, except that’’ and all that fol-
lows before the period at the end.
(3) AUTOMOBILES.—Section 518 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 888) is repealed.
(4) FORFEITURES IN CONNECTION WITH SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.—Paragraphs (2) and
(3) of section 2254(a) of title 18, United States Code,
are each amended by striking ‘‘, except that’’ and all
that follows before the period at the end.
(d) LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION REPRESENTA-
TION.—Section 1007(a) of the Legal Services Corporation
Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the
semicolon;
(2) In paragraph (10), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) ensure that an indigent individual whose
primary residence is subject to civil forfeiture is rep-
resented by an attorney for the Corporation in such
civil action.’’
(b) CERTAIN DEBTS NOT DISCHARGEABLE IN BANK-
RUPTCY.—Section 523 of title 11, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) A discharge under section 727, 1141, 1228(a),
1228(b), or 1328(b) does not discharge a debtor from a
debt owed for violating section 3729 of title 31.’’.
(c) REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN DEBTS CONSIDERED
FINAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 11, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘§ 111. False claims
‘‘No transfer on account of a debt owed to the United
States for violating 3729 of title 31, or under a com-
promise order or other agreement resolving such a debt
may be avoided under section 544, 545, 547, 548, 549,
553(b), or 742(a).’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis
for chapter 1 of title 11, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘111. False claims.’’.
SEC. 604. FORFEITURE FOR RETIREMENT OFFENSES.
(a) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE.—Section 982(a) of title
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(9) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE.—
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (O) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(P) describe how the State will administer
a mentoring system to ensure consistent imple-
mentation of mentoring programs across local
jurisdictions, ensure the participation of teach-
ers who are members of a minority group, pro-
vide a structure for local mentoring program
evaluation, provide technical assistance to local
mentoring programs, ensure compliance by local
mentoring programs with State teacher training
requirements, and provide incentives for local
educational agencies to take mentoring into
consideration in assessing instructional staff
hiring needs.’’.
(d) EISENHOWER
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM LOCAL ACTIVITIES.—Section 2210(b)(2) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6650(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
or Associate Director (except for the Office of Laboratory
Policy and the Office of Resource Management), or Direc-
tor, Office of Planning and Analysis within the Depart-
ment’s Office of Science unless such individual holds a
postgraduate degree in science or engineering.
(f) TRAVEL.—Not more than 1 percent of the funds
authorized by this Act may be used either directly or indi-
rectly to fund travel costs of the Department or travel
costs for persons awarded grants, contracts, subcontracts,
or any other form of financial assistance by the Depart-
ment. As part of the Department’s annual budget request
submission to the Congress, the Secretary shall submit a
report to the Committee on Science and the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, that
identifies—
(1) the estimated amount of travel costs by the
Department and for persons awarded grants, con-
tracts, subcontracts, or any other form of financial
assistance by the Department for the fiscal year of
such budget submission, as well as for the 2 pre-
vious fiscal years;
(2) the major purposes for such travel; and
(3) the sources of funds for such travel.
than 20 percent of the governing body of an-
other person.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to obligations issued after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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(c) LIMITATIONS.—In no event may funds be used
pursuant to subsection (a) for a program, project, or activ-
ity for which funding has been requested to the Congress
but which has not been funded by the Congress.
(d) NOTICE OF REORGANIZATION.—The Secretary
shall provide notice to the Committee on Science and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives, and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources and the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate, not later than 15 days before any major reorganiza-
tion of any civilian energy or scientific research, develop-
ment, or demonstration or related commercial application
of energy technology program, project, or activity of the
Department.
(e) COPY OF REPORTS.—The Secretary shall provide
copies to the Committee on Science and the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, of any
report relating to the civilian energy or scientific research,
development, or demonstration or related commercial ap-
plication of energy technology programs, projects, and ac-
tivities of the Department prepared at the direction of any
committee of Congress.
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SEC. 3. COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE TO SEIZED PROP-
ERTY.
(a) TORT CLAIMS ACT.—Section 2680(c) of title 28,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘any goods or merchandise’’ and
inserting ‘‘any goods, merchandise, or other prop-
erty’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘law-enforcement’’ and inserting
‘‘law enforcement’’; and
(3) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘, except that the provisions of this chapter
and section 1346(b) of this title apply to any claim
based on injury or loss of goods, merchandise, or other
property, while in the possession of any officer of cus-
toms or excise or any other law enforcement officer,
if—
‘‘(1) the property was seized for the purpose of
forfeiture under any provision of Federal law pro-
viding for the forfeiture of property other than as a
sentence imposed upon conviction of a criminal of-
fense;
‘‘(2) the interest of the claimant was not for-
feited;
‘‘(3) the interest of the claimant was not remit-
ted or mitigated (if the property was subject to for-
feiture); and
(c) APPLICATION.—This section shall not apply to the
Ames Laboratory, the Environmental Measurement Labora-
tory, the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Lab-
oratory, the Federal Energy Technology Center, the Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratory, the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory, the Princeton Plasma Physics Labora-
tory, the Radiological and Environmental Sciences Labora-
tory, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, or the Thomas
Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
SEC. 9. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR FEDERAL LABORA-
TORY PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARIES.
Section 23 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno-
vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3715) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by inserting ‘‘, institu-
tions of higher education as defined in section
1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1141(a)), or educational institutions within
the meaning of section 2194 of title 10, United
States Code’’ after ‘‘small business firms’’; and
(2) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘, institutions
of higher education as defined in section 1201(a) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1141(a)), or educational institutions within the
meaning of section 2194 of title 10, United States
Code,’’ after ‘‘small business firms’’.
SEC. 10. REPORTS ON UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL TECH-
NOLOGY.
(a) AGENCY ACTIVITIES.—Section 11 of the Steven-
son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C.
3710) is amended—
(1) by striking the last sentence of subsection
(b);
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(f) AGENCY REPORTS ON UTILIZATION.—
House Calendar No. 122
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1663
[Report No. 106–351]
A BILL
To designate as a national memorial the memorial
being built at the Riverside National Cemetery in
Riverside, California to honor recipients of the
Medal of Honor.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1999
Reported with amendments, referred to the House
Calendar, and ordered to be printed
‘‘(2) Within one year after the date of enactment of
this paragraph, and annually thereafter, the Secretary,
acting through the National Toxicology Program, shall
publish a list of substances or mixtures of substances
which are toxic due to their carcinogenic, neurotoxic, or
reproductive toxic effects. Such list shall include any
chemical that has been identified by any Federal agency
as a carcinogen, neurotoxin, or reproductive toxin. At a
minimum, such list shall include each chemical identified
as a Group A or Group B carcinogen in 53 Federal Reg-
ister 41118 et seq., each chemical identified as adversely
affecting the nervous system in criteria documents of the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
each chemical identified by the Consumer Product Safety
Commission as having sufficient evidence in humans or
animals of carcinogenicity, neurotoxicity, human develop-
mental toxicity, or male or female reproductive toxicity,
each chemical regulated as a neurotoxin or reproductive
toxin or developmental toxin by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency and each chemical on the Biennial List of
Carcinogens submitted to the Congress by the Secretary
of Health and Human Services. The Secretary shall in-
clude with such information reasonably available informa-
tion on adverse health effects which have resulted in the
listing of the substance or mixture of substances as toxic.
(d) QUARTERLY REPORT.—(1) Not later than 30 days
after the commencement of each fiscal quarter, the Inspector
General shall submit to the Committee on Science and other
relevant committees of the House of Representatives, and
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and
other relevant committees of the Senate, a report on the in-
vestigations undertaken under subsection (b)(1)(B) during
the preceding fiscal quarter, including a summary of the
results of such investigations.
(2) A report under paragraph (1) shall not identify
or otherwise provide any information on a person submit-
ting a complaint under this section without the consent of
the person.
Union Calendar No. 367
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1656
[Report No. 106–492, Part I]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000
and 2001 for the commercial application of en-
ergy technology and related civilian energy and
scientific programs, projects, and activities of the
Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
JUNE 9, 2000
Committees on Commerce, and Education and the Work-
force, discharged; committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered
to be printed
(7) during the Second World War, at least
6,830 members of the United States Merchant Ma-
rine were killed at sea;
(8) during the Second World War, 11,000
members of the United States Merchant Marine
were wounded, at least 1,100 of whom later died
from their wounds;
(9) during the Second World War, 604 mem-
bers of the United States Merchant Marine were
taken prisoner;
(10) 1 in 32 members of the United States
Merchant Marine serving in the Second World War
died in the line of duty, suffering a higher percent-
age of war-related deaths than any of the other
armed services of the United States; and
(11) the United States Merchant Marine con-
tinues to serve the United States, promoting free-
dom and meeting the high ideals of its former mem-
bers.
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO CONSTRUCT ADDITION TO AMERICAN
MERCHANT MARINE MEMORIAL WALL OF
HONOR.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation
may make grants to the American Merchant Marine Vet-
erans Memorial Committee, Inc., to construct an addition
SEC. 612. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section 2 of title 35, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘§ 2. Powers and duties
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Patent and
Trademark Office, subject to the policy direction of the
Secretary of Commerce—
‘‘(1) shall be responsible for the granting and
issuing of patents and the registration of trade-
marks; and
‘‘(2) shall be responsible for disseminating to
the public information with respect to patents and
trademarks.
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC POWERS.—The Office—
‘‘(1) shall adopt and use a seal of the Office,
which shall be judicially noticed and with which let-
ters patent, certificates of trademark registrations,
and papers issued by the Office shall be authenti-
cated;
‘‘(2) may establish regulations, not inconsistent
with law, which—
‘‘(A) shall govern the conduct of pro-
ceedings in the Office;
‘‘(B) shall be made in accordance with sec-
tion 553 of title 5;