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Calendar No. 866
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 3454
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 7, 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
SEPTEMBER 29, 2000
Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of September 28, 2000
(legislative day, September 22), 2000, by Mr. THOMPSON, without amendment
AN ACT
To designate the United States post office located at 451
College Street in Macon, Georgia, as the ‘‘Henry McNeal
Turner 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.
The United States post office located at 451 College
Street in Macon, Georgia, shall be known and designated
as the ‘‘Henry McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
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SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Henry McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
Calendar No. 866
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 3454
AN ACT
To designate the United States post office located
at 451 College Street in Macon, Georgia, as the
‘‘Henry McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2000
Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of
September 28 (legislative day, September 22), 2000
without amendment
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3456
To amend statutory damages provisions of title 17, United States Code.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Mr. COBLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; considered and passed
A BILL
To amend statutory damages provisions of title 17, United
States Code.
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 ‘‘Digital Theft Deter-
rence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. STATUTORY DAMAGES ENHANCEMENT.
Section 504(c) of title 17, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting
‘‘$750’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$30,000’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’.
SEC. 3. SENTENCING COMMISSION GUIDELINES.
Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, or within 120 days after the first date on which
there is a sufficient number of voting members of the Sen-
tencing Commission to constitute a quorum, whichever is
later, the Commission shall promulgate emergency guide-
line amendments to implement section 2(g) of the No
Electronic Theft (NET) Act (28 U.S.C. 994 note) in ac-
cordance with the procedures set forth in section 21(a)
of the Sentencing Act of 1987, as though the authority
under that Act had not expired.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to
any action brought on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act, regardless of the date on which the alleged
activity that is the basis of the action occurred.
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Human Services for authorized formulations of
the drug. The recommendation referred to in
the preceding sentence is contained in the last
sentence of the fourth paragraph of the letter
referred to in subparagraph (A) with respect to
May 19, 1999.
(2) FAILURE TO ISSUE ORDER.—If the final
order is not issued within the period specified in
paragraph (1), gamma hydroxybutyric acid (together
with its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers) is
deemed to be scheduled under section 202(c) of the
Controlled Substances Act in accordance with the
policies described in paragraph (1), as if the Attor-
ney General had issued a final order in accordance
with such paragraph.
(b) ADDITIONAL PENALTIES RELATING TO GHB.—
(1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(b)(1)(C) of
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
841(b)(1)(C)) is amended in the first sentence
by inserting after ‘‘schedule I or II,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘gamma hydroxybutyric acid (including
when scheduled as an approved drug product
for purposes of section 3(a)(1)(B) of the Hillory
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3456
AN ACT
To amend statutory damages provisions of title 17,
United States Code.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3456
AN ACT
To amend statutory damages provisions of title 17, United
States Code.
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 ‘‘Digital Theft Deter-
rence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. STATUTORY DAMAGES ENHANCEMENT.
Section 504(c) of title 17, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting
‘‘$750’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$30,000’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’.
SEC. 3. SENTENCING COMMISSION GUIDELINES.
Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, or within 120 days after the first date on which
there is a sufficient number of voting members of the Sen-
tencing Commission to constitute a quorum, whichever is
later, the Commission shall promulgate emergency guide-
line amendments to implement section 2(g) of the No
Electronic Theft (NET) Act (29 U.S.C. 994 note) in ac-
cordance with the procedures set forth in section 21(a)
of the Sentencing Act of 1987, as though the authority
under that Act had not expired.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to
any action brought on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act, regardless of the date on which the alleged
activity that is the basis of the action occurred.
Passed the House of Representatives November 18,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 3456
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
To amend statutory damages provisions of title 17, United States Code.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Digital Theft Deterrence and
Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. STATUTORY DAMAGES ENHANCEMENT.
Section 504(c) of title 17, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting ‘‘$750’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$150,000’’.
SEC. 3. SENTENCING COMMISSION GUIDELINES.
Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
or within 120 days after the first date on which there is a sufficient
number of voting members of the Sentencing Commission to con-
stitute a quorum, whichever is later, the Commission shall promul-
gate emergency guideline amendments to implement section 2(g)
of the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act (29 U.S.C. 994 note) in
accordance with the procedures set forth in section 21(a) of the
Sentencing Act of 1987, as though the authority under that Act
had not expired.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to any action
brought on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, regardless
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of the date on which the alleged activity that is the basis of
the action occurred.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
other weather-related condition ceased to 
exist. 
‘‘(B) FORCED SALES.—In a case to which 
paragraph (1)(B) applies, the 2-year period in 
subsection (a)(2)(B) shall not expire before 2 
years after the close of the taxable year in 
which the forced sales resulting from Federal 
land management agency policy or action have 
ended.’’. 
(3) 
CONVERSION
BY
HEIRS.—Section 
1033(a)(2) of such Code is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) CONVERSION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY 
BY HEIRS.—In the case of an involuntary con-
version of property described in subsection (e), 
if the taxpayer dies during the period specified 
in subparagraph (B), the requirements of sub-
paragraph (A) shall be satisfied if the dece-
dent’s—
‘‘(i) personal representative, 
‘‘(ii) the beneficiary of the converted 
property, if no personal representative ex-
ists, or 
‘‘(iii) the trustee in the case of a 
trust,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Digital Theft Deter-
rence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. STATUTORY DAMAGES ENHANCEMENT.
Section 504(c) of title 17, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting
‘‘$750’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$30,000’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’.
SEC. 3. SENTENCING COMMISSION GUIDELINES.
Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, or within 120 days after the first date on which
there is a sufficient number of voting members of the Sen-
tencing Commission to constitute a quorum, whichever is
later, the Commission shall promulgate emergency guide-
line amendments to implement section 2(g) of the No
Electronic Theft (NET) Act (29 U.S.C. 994 note) in ac-
cordance with the procedures set forth in section 21(a)
of the Sentencing Act of 1987, as though the authority
under that Act had not expired.
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SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to
any action brought on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act, regardless of the date on which the alleged
activity that is the basis of the action occurred.
Passed the House of Representatives November 18,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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‘‘(iii) provides a significant share of its services
to individuals who are not eligible for benefits under
this title; and
‘‘(iv) meets such additional standards or re-
quirements for obtaining medicare billing privileges
as the Secretary may specify to ensure—
‘‘(I) the health and safety of beneficiaries
receiving such services; or
‘‘(II) the furnishing of such services in an
effective and efficient manner.’’.
(b) RESTRICTION.—Section 1861(ff)(3)(A) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(ff)(3)(A)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘other than in an individual’s home or in an
inpatient or residential setting’’ before the period.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to items and services furnished
after the sixth month that begins after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 7. LIMITING THE DISCHARGE OF DEBTS IN BANK-
RUPTCY PROCEEDINGS IN CASES WHERE A
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR A SUPPLIER EN-
GAGES IN FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) CIVIL
MONETARY
PENALTIES.—Section
1128A(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3459
To provide that a person who brings a product liability action in a Federal
or State court for injuries sustained from a product which is not in
compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission may recover treble damages, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To provide that a person who brings a product liability
action in a Federal or State court for injuries sustained
from a product which is not in compliance with a vol-
untary or mandatory standard issued by the Consumer
Product Safety Commission may recover treble damages,
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. DAMAGE RECOVERIES.
(a) TREBLE DAMAGES.—Any person who brings a
product liability action in a Federal or State court for in-
juries sustained from the use of a product which is not
in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard
issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall
recover treble damages.
(b) NOTICE.—Within 90 days of the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion shall reissue each voluntary and mandatory standard
the Commission has for a product with a notice notifying
manufacturers of such products of the treble damage pro-
vision of subsection (a).
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 345
To authorize the President to issue a posthumous Army commission in the
grade of captain in the Chaplains Corps to Ella E. Gibson, who served
as chaplain of the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery regiment during
the Civil War.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To authorize the President to issue a posthumous Army
commission in the grade of captain in the Chaplains
Corps to Ella E. Gibson, who served as chaplain of
the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery regiment during the
Civil War.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President is authorized and requested to post-
humously appoint Ella E. Gibson to the grade of captain
in the Chaplains Corps of the Army, the commission to
issue as of the date of her appointment as chaplain to the
First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery regiment during the Civil
War and to be considered to have been in effect during
the time during which she faithfully performed the services
of a chaplain to that regiment and for which Congress by
law (Private Resolution 31 of the 40th Congress, approved
March 3, 1869) previously provided for her to be paid the
full pay and emoluments of a chaplain in the United
States Army as if she had been regularly commissioned
and mustered into service.
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Site inspections and background checks.
Sec. 3. Registration of billing agencies.
Sec. 4. Expanded access to the health integrity protection database (HIPDB).
Sec. 5. Liability of medicare carriers and fiscal intermediaries for claims sub-
mitted by excluded providers.
Sec. 6. Community mental health centers.
Sec. 7. Limiting the use of discharge in bankruptcy proceedings for provider li-
ability for health care fraud.
Sec. 8. Illegal distribution of a medicare or medicaid beneficiary identification
or provider number.
Sec. 9. Treatment of certain Social Security Act crimes as Federal health care
offenses.
Sec. 10. Authority of Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health
and Human Services.
Sec. 11. Universal product numbers on claims forms for reimbursement under
the medicare program.
SEC. 2. SITE INSPECTIONS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.
(a) SITE INSPECTIONS FOR DME SUPPLIERS, COM-
MUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS, AND OTHER PRO-
VIDER GROUPS.—Title XVIII of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘SITE INSPECTIONS FOR DME SUPPLIERS, COMMUNITY
MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS, AND OTHER PROVIDER
GROUPS
‘‘SEC. 1897. (a) SITE INSPECTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct a site inspection for each applicable provider
(as defined in paragraph (2)) that applies for a pro-
vider number in order to provide items or services
under this title. Such site inspection shall be in addi-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3460
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the consent of a member
of the Armed Forces before administering the member with an investiga-
tional new drug or drug unapproved for its applied use.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Mr. BACHUS (for himself and Mr. JONES of North Carolina) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the con-
sent of a member of the Armed Forces before admin-
istering the member with an investigational new drug
or drug unapproved for its applied use.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Under current law, the Department of De-
fense may administer drugs that have not obtained
approval by the Food and Drug Administration to
members of the Armed Forces without informing the
members of the drug they are receiving or obtaining
consent of the members.
(2) In a time when military recruiting is at his-
toric lows, and evidence of failure of the Department
of Defense to properly inform military personnel of
the true nature of medical treatment performed on
members of the Armed Forces in past conflicts, it is
the duty of Congress to ensure that no member of
the Armed Forces will be administered an unap-
proved drug without the informed consent of the
member.
(3) While there may be situations in which an
unapproved drug is the best protection for members
of the Armed Forces facing the threat of biological
warfare, such members should have the same con-
stitutional protections as every other United States
citizen and therefore have the right to know about
any drug being administered to them.
(4) Every member of the Armed Forces should
be informed of the nature and Food and Drug Ad-
ministration approval status of all drugs that the
Department of Defense seeks to administer.
SEC. 2. CONSENT REQUIRED FOR ADMINISTRATION OF IN-
VESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUG OR DRUG UNAP-
PROVED FOR ITS APPLIED USE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1107 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows:
‘‘§ 1107. Notice and consent required for use of an in-
vestigational new drug or drug unap-
proved for its applied use’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘AND CONSENT’’ after
‘‘NOTICE’’; and
(B) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or requires’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary may not ad-
minister an investigational new drug or
drug unapproved for its applied use to a
member without obtaining the consent of
the member.’’; and
(3) by striking subsection (f); and
(4) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f).
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘1107. Notice and consent required for use of an investigational new drug or
drug unapproved for its applied use.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3461
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish additional
provisions to combat waste, fraud, and abuse within the Medicare Pro-
gram, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself and Mr. TRAFICANT) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish
additional provisions to combat waste, fraud, and abuse
within the Medicare Program, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Medicare Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act of
1999’’.
including wells and related systems re-
quired to collect and transmit gas to such
equipment and housing).’’
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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replaces the property within such period.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to sales and exchanges after De-
cember 31, 2000.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3464
To establish a cooperative program of the Department of Agriculture, the
Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency to
evaluate the feasibility of using only fuel blended with ethanol to power
municipal vehicles.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Mr. BOSWELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To establish a cooperative program of the Department of
Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to evaluate the feasibility of
using only fuel blended with ethanol to power municipal
vehicles.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM OF COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO
PROMOTE THE USE OF ETHANOL-BLENDED
FUELS TO RUN MUNICIPAL VEHICLES.
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly es-
tablish a pilot program to award competitive grants to as-
sist local governments to reduce air pollution by covering
the costs associated with converting their entire municipal
vehicle fleet to an ethanol-blended fuel.
(b) NUMBER
OF GRANTS; PREFERENCE.—Grants
shall be made to not more than five local governments,
with preference given to local governments that have a rec-
ognized air pollution problem in their communities, as de-
termined by the Environmental Protection Agency.
(c) STUDY OF BENEFITS OF CONVERSION.—To re-
ceive a grant under this section, a local government must
agree to cooperate in a study to assess the economic and
environmental benefits to be gained from exclusively using
ethanol-blended fuel to power their municipal vehicles. The
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
shall jointly submit to Congress a report containing the
results of the study.
(d) FUNDING REQUIREMENTS; GRANT CRITERIA.—
As soon as possible after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy,
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency shall jointly submit to Congress a report con-
taining the following:
(1) The criteria to be used to award grants
under this section.
(2) The level of funding necessary to carry out
the grant program.
(3) The expected duration of the study under
subsection (c) once the grants have been awarded.
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