datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
clause (i), in such a manner so as to en-
sure that—
‘‘(I) the average annual total
amount of grants to be made under
this paragraph for each bonus year
equals $200,000,000; and
‘‘(II) the total amount of grants
to be made under this paragraph for
all 
bonus 
years 
equals
$1,000,000,000; and
‘‘(iii) use the formula developed under
subparagraph (C)(ii) to assign an addi-
tional score to each immigration pilot pro-
gram State for the fiscal year that imme-
diately precedes the bonus year, which
score shall be used to reward immigration
pilot program States—
‘‘(I) based on their performance,
as 
measured 
under 
subparagraph
(C)(ii); and
‘‘(II) in a manner consistent with
subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (ii).’’;
and
(4) in subparagraph (E), by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(iii) IMMIGRATION
PILOT
PROGRAM
STATE.—The term ‘immigration pilot pro-
gram State’ means, with respect to a fiscal
year immediately preceding a bonus year,
an eligible State—
‘‘(I) within which the Attorney
General is operating the pilot program
under section 2 of the Job Oppor-
tunity and Welfare Reduction Act of
1997;
‘‘(II) that, after each receipt of a
notice of an employment vacancy (or
vacancies) from the Attorney General
under such section 2, provided to the
employer having the vacancy a list
containing, with respect to each such
vacancy, the name, address, and tele-
phone number of not more than 3
adults who are receiving assistance
under the State program funded
under this part and who are deter-
mined by the State, based on the
adult’s training, skills, prior experi-
ence, and availability for employment,
to be qualified to fill the vacancy; and
‘‘(III) that provided to the Sec-
retary, in such form and manner as
the Secretary may have required, a re-
port containing the information nec-
essary for the Secretary to measure
the State’s performance under sub-
paragraph (C)(ii).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the later of July 1,
1998, or the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. REPORT.
Not later than 3 months after the date of the termi-
nation of the pilot program under section 2, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Con-
gress a report, based on the rate of success of the program
in providing referrals leading to job placements, contain-
ing the recommendations of the Secretary of Health and
Human Services concerning whether the program should
be reauthorized, whether the program should be expanded,
and how the program could be improved.
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production of the good, less the value of 
renewable scrap or byproducts. 
(B) 
NONORIGINATING
MATERIAL.—The 
following expenses, if included in the value of a 
nonoriginating material calculated under para-
graph (1), may be deducted from the value of 
the nonoriginating material: 
(i) The costs of freight, insurance, 
packing, and all other costs incurred in 
transporting the material within or be-
tween the territory of Australia, the United 
States, or both, to the location of the pro-
ducer. 
(ii) Duties, taxes, and customs broker-
age fees on the material paid in the terri-
tory of Australia, the United States, or 
both, other than duties or taxes that are 
waived, refunded, refundable, or otherwise 
recoverable, including credit against duty 
or tax paid or payable. 
(iii) The cost of waste and spoilage re-
sulting from the use of the material in the 
production of the good, less the value of 
renewable scrap or byproducts.
(iv) The cost of processing incurred in 
the territory of Australia, the United 
States, or both, in the production of the 
nonoriginating material. 
(v) The cost of originating materials 
used in the production of the nonorigi-
nating material in the territory of Aus-
tralia, the United States, or both. 
(g) ACCESSORIES, SPARE PARTS, OR TOOLS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
accessories, spare parts, or tools delivered with a 
good that form part of the good’s standard acces-
sories, spare parts, or tools shall— 
(A) be treated as originating goods if the 
good is an originating good; and 
(B) be disregarded in determining whether 
all the nonoriginating materials used in the pro-
duction of the good undergo the applicable 
change in tariff classification set out in Annex 
5–A of the Agreement. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 
only if— 
(A) the accessories, spare parts, or tools 
are not invoiced separately from the good;
SEC. 5. DOLPHIN SAFE LABELING STANDARDS.
Section 901(d) of the Dolphin Protection Consumer
Information Act (16 U.S.C. 1385(d)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(d) LABELING STANDARD.—(1) It is a violation of
section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any
producer, importer, exporter, distributor, or seller of any
tuna product that is exported from or offered for sale in
the United States to include on the label of that product
the term ‘Dolphin Safe’ or any other term or symbol that
falsely claims or suggests that the tuna contained in the
product was harvested using a method of fishing that is
not harmful to dolphins, if—
‘‘(A) the tuna product contains tuna harvested
on the high seas by a vessel engaged in driftnet fish-
ing;
‘‘(B) the tuna product contains tuna harvested
in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean by a vessel
using purse seine nets, unless the tuna product is
dolphin safe under paragraph (2);
‘‘(C) the tuna product contains tuna harvested
outside the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean by a fish-
ing vessel using purse seine nets, unless the tuna
product is dolphin safe under paragraph (3); or
‘‘(D) the tuna product contains tuna harvested
outside the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean by a fish-
ing vessel not using purse seine nets while engaged
in any fishery identified by the Secretary as having
a regular and significant incidental mortality or seri-
ous injury of marine mammals, unless the tuna
product is dolphin safe under paragraph (4).
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), a tuna prod-
uct that contains tuna referred to in that paragraph is
dolphin safe if—
‘‘(A) the vessel is of a type and size that the
Secretary has determined is not capable of chasing
and netting, killing, or seriously injuring dolphins
and cannot accommodate an observer on board dur-
ing a tuna fishing voyage; or
‘‘(B)(i) the product is accompanied by a written
statement executed by the captain of the vessel
which harvested the tuna certifying that no dolphins
were netted, killed, or seriously injured on the voy-
age in which the tuna were harvested;
‘‘(ii) the product is accompanied by a written
statement executed by—
‘‘(I) the Secretary or the Secretary’s des-
ignee, or
‘‘(II) a representative of the Inter-Amer-
ican Tropical Tuna Commission,
(b) REFERENCES TO MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION
ACT.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The provisions of the Marine Mammal Pro-
tection Act of 1972 that impose a ban on imports
from nations that fish for tuna in the eastern tropi-
cal Pacific Ocean and the provisions of that Act that
prescribe the conditions under which tuna may be la-
beled as ‘‘dolphin-safe’’ have served as a powerful in-
centive to reduce the incidence of chasing and net-
ting dolphins and the incidence of dolphin mortali-
ties.
(2) The American public has come to rely on
the integrity of the dolphin-safe labeling regime, and
that requirements of that regime have been an effec-
tive means of promoting dolphin conservation
through education and market mechanisms.
(3) In response to United States dolphin con-
servation efforts, in 1993 the Inter-American Tropi-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 125
To make clear that the definition of a base period, under the unemployment
compensation law of a State, is not an administrative provision subject
to section 303(a)(1) of the Social Security Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. CRANE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To make clear that the definition of a base period, under
the unemployment compensation law of a State, is not
an administrative provision subject to section 303(a)(1)
of the Social Security Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFYING PROVISION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No provision of a State law under
which the base period for such State is defined or other-
wise determined shall, for purposes of section 303(a)(1)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 503(a)(1)), be con-
sidered a provision for a method of administration.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
terms ‘‘State law’’, ‘‘base period’’, and ‘‘State’’ shall have
the respective meanings assigned to them under section
205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com-
pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply for
purposes of any period beginning before, on, or after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1261
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain farm rental
income from net earnings from self-employment if the taxpayer enters
into a lease agreement relating to such income.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 1997
Mr. NUSSLE (for himself and Mr. MINGE) 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 exclude
certain farm rental income from net earnings from self-
employment if the taxpayer enters into a lease agreement
relating to such income.
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 ‘‘Farm Independence
Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. LEASE AGREEMENT RELATING TO EXCLUSION OF
CERTAIN FARM RENTAL INCOME FROM NET
EARNINGS FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT.
(a) 
INTERNAL
REVENUE
CODE.—Section
1402(a)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re-
lating to net earnings from self-employment) is amended
by striking ‘‘an arrangement’’ and inserting ‘‘a lease
agreement’’.
(b) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 211(a)(1)(A) of
the Social Security Act is amended by striking ‘‘an ar-
rangement’’ and inserting ‘‘a lease agreement’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1997.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1262
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for the Securities and
Exchange Commission for fiscal years 1998 and
1999, and for other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1262
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for the Securities and Exchange
Commission for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for
other purposes.
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 ‘‘Securities and Ex-
change Commission Authorization Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 35 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78kk) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 35. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other funds
authorized to be appropriated to the Commission, there
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the func-
tions, powers, and duties of the Commission—
‘‘(1) $320,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
‘‘(2) $342,700,000 for fiscal year 1999.
‘‘(b) MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to this section are authorized to be ex-
pended—
‘‘(1) not to exceed $3,000 per fiscal year, for
official reception and representation expenses;
‘‘(2) not to exceed $10,000 per fiscal year, for
funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions;
and
‘‘(3) not to exceed $100,000 per fiscal year, for
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by
the Commission with foreign governmental and other
regulatory officials, members of their delegations,
appropriate representatives, and staff to exchange
views concerning developments relating to securities
matters, for development and implementation of co-
operation agreements concerning securities matters
and provision of technical assistance for the develop-
ment of foreign securities markets, such expenses to
include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and
foreign invitees in attendance at such consultations
and meetings, including—
‘‘(A) such incidental expenses as meals
taken in the course of such attendance;
‘‘(B) any travel or transportation to or
from such meetings; and
‘‘(C) any other related lodging or subsist-
ence.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 13,
1997.
Attest:
Clerk.
the qualified health plan and the employee 
draws amounts from the arrangement in any 
month during which the employee is not so cov-
ered, 
‘‘(B) 50 percent if the employee is covered 
for more than 3 months but less than 6 months 
in the taxable year by the qualified health plan 
and the employee draws amounts from the ar-
rangement in any month during which the em-
ployee is not so covered, 
‘‘(C) 75 percent if the employee is covered 
for more than 6 months but less than 9 months 
in the taxable year by the qualified health plan 
and the employee draws amounts from the ar-
rangement in any month during which the em-
ployee is not so covered, and 
‘‘(D) 100 percent if the employee is cov-
ered for more than 9 months in the taxable 
year by the qualified health plan. 
‘‘(3) RULE FOR SPECIAL ENROLLMENT.—In the 
case of an employee who first becomes covered under 
the qualified small employer health reimbursement 
arrangement by reason of enrollment during a spe-
cial enrollment period for qualifying events (under 
section 603 of Employee Retirement Income and Se-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1262
To authorize appropriations for the Securities and Exchange Commission
for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 1997
Mr. OXLEY (for himself, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. MANTON, Mr. DINGELL, and Mr.
MARKEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Commerce
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Securities and Exchange
Commission for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for
other purposes.
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 ‘‘Securities and Ex-
change Commission Authorization Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 35 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78kk) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 35. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other funds
authorized to be appropriated to the Commission, there
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the func-
tions, powers, and duties of the Commission—
‘‘(1) $320,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
‘‘(2) $342,700,000 for fiscal year 1999.
‘‘(b) MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to this section are authorized to be ex-
pended—
‘‘(1) not to exceed $3,000 per fiscal year, for
official reception and representation expenses;
‘‘(2) not to exceed $10,000 per fiscal year, for
funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions;
and
‘‘(3) not to exceed $100,000 per fiscal year, for
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by
the Commission with foreign governmental and other
regulatory officials, members of their delegations,
appropriate representatives, and staff to exchange
views concerning developments relating to securities
matters, for development and implementation of co-
operation agreements concerning securities matters
and provision of technical assistance for the develop-
ment of foreign securities markets, such expenses to
include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and
foreign invitees in attendance at such consultations
and meetings, including—
‘‘(A) such incidental expenses as meals
taken in the course of such attendance;
‘‘(B) any travel or transportation to or
from such meetings; and
‘‘(C) any other related lodging or subsist-
ence.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1262
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY 27, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for the Securities and Exchange
Commission for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 1262 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securities and Ex-
change Commission Authorization Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 35 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78kk) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 35. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other funds
authorized to be appropriated to the Commission, there
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the func-
tions, powers, and duties of the Commission—
‘‘(1) $320,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
‘‘(2) $342,700,000 for fiscal year 1999.
‘‘(b) MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to this section are authorized to be ex-
pended—
‘‘(1) not to exceed $3,000 per fiscal year, for
official reception and representation expenses;
‘‘(2) not to exceed $10,000 per fiscal year, for
funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions;
and
‘‘(3) not to exceed $100,000 per fiscal year, for
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by
the Commission with foreign governmental and other
regulatory officials, members of their delegations,
HR 1262 RFS
appropriate representatives, and staff to exchange
views concerning developments relating to securities
matters, for development and implementation of co-
operation agreements concerning securities matters
and provision of technical assistance for the develop-
ment of foreign securities markets, such expenses to
include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and
foreign invitees in attendance at such consultations
and meetings, including—
‘‘(A) such incidental expenses as meals
taken in the course of such attendance;
‘‘(B) any travel or transportation to or
from such meetings; and
‘‘(C) any other related lodging or subsist-
ence.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 13,
1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
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Union Calendar No. 154
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1262
[Report No. 105–274]
To authorize appropriations for the Securities and Exchange Commission
for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 1997
Mr. OXLEY (for himself, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. MANTON, Mr. DINGELL, and Mr.
MARKEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Commerce
SEPTEMBER 26, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Securities and Exchange
Commission for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for
other purposes.
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 ‘‘Securities and Ex-
change Commission Authorization Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 35 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78kk) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 35. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other funds
authorized to be appropriated to the Commission, there
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the func-
tions, powers, and duties of the Commission—
‘‘(1) $320,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
‘‘(2) $342,700,000 for fiscal year 1999.
‘‘(b) MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to this section are authorized to be ex-
pended—
‘‘(1) not to exceed $3,000 per fiscal year, for
official reception and representation expenses;
‘‘(2) not to exceed $10,000 per fiscal year, for
funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions;
and
‘‘(3) not to exceed $100,000 per fiscal year, for
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by
the Commission with foreign governmental and other
regulatory officials, members of their delegations,
appropriate representatives, and staff to exchange
views concerning developments relating to securities
matters, for development and implementation of co-
operation agreements concerning securities matters
and provision of technical assistance for the develop-
ment of foreign securities markets, such expenses to
include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and
foreign invitees in attendance at such consultations
and meetings, including—
‘‘(A) such incidental expenses as meals
taken in the course of such attendance;
‘‘(B) any travel or transportation to or
from such meetings; and
‘‘(C) any other related lodging or subsist-
ence.’’.
Union Calendar No. 154
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1262
[Report No. 105–274]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Securities and
Exchange Commission for fiscal years 1998 and
1999, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 26, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed