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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4460
To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend the moratorium applicable
to State and local taxes on Internet access and electronic commerce;
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 16, 2000
Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GEKAS, and Mr. NADLER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary
A BILL
To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend the
moratorium applicable to State and local taxes on Inter-
net access and electronic commerce; and for other pur-
poses.
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 ‘‘Internet Tax Sim-
plification Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
(a) MORATORIUM AMENDMENT.—Section 1101(a) of
title XI of division C of Public Law 105–277 (112 Stat.
2681–719; 47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(a) MORATORIA ON STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ON
THE INTERNET.—No State or political subdivision thereof
shall impose any of the following taxes:
‘‘(1) Taxes on Internet access during the period
beginning on October 1, 1998, and ending on Octo-
ber 1, 2006, unless such tax was generally imposed
and actually enforced prior to October 1, 1998.
‘‘(2) During the period beginning on October 1,
1998, and ending on December 31, 2003, multiple
or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.’’.
(b) STREAMLINED UNIFORM SALES AND USE TAX.—
Title XI of division C of Public Law 105–277 (112 Stat.
2681–719; 47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 1104 as section
1109; and
(2) by inserting after section 1103 the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 1104. DEVELOPMENT OF STREAMLINED UNIFORM
SALES AND USE TAX ACT.
‘‘It is the sense of the Congress that, not later than
January 1, 2004, States and political subdivisions of
States should work cooperatively with the National Con-
ference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (in this
section referred to as the ‘Conference’) to develop and
draft a Streamlined Uniform Sales and Use Tax Act
that—
‘‘(1) is characterized by simplicity, uniformity,
neutrality, efficiency, and fairness; and
‘‘(2) includes, but is not limited to—
‘‘(A) a centralized, one-stop registration
system;
‘‘(B) uniform tax base definitions;
‘‘(C) uniform and simple sourcing rules;
‘‘(D) uniform exemption administration
rules (including a database of all exempt enti-
ties and removal of the ‘good faith’ acceptance
rule);
‘‘(E) appropriate protection of consumer
privacy;
‘‘(F) a methodology for certifying software
used in the sales tax administration process for
tax rate and taxability determinations;
‘‘(G) uniform bad debt rules;
‘‘(H) uniform tax returns and remittance
forms;
‘‘(I) consistent electronic filing and remit-
tance methods;
for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the
coordination of information, work, and programs author-
ized by Congress in the Department, $8,138,000, includ-
ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000
may be used for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$65,097,000, including such sums as may be necessary for
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978, including not to exceed
$50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and includ-
ing not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper-
ational expenses, including the payment of informants, to
be expended under the direction of the Inspector General
pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Pub-
lic Law 97–98.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $29,194,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco-
nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul-
tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service,
and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex-
tension Service, $540,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research
Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $66,419,000: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em-
ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta-
tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur-
trative expenses, $39,541,000, as follows: payments for
the water quality program, $12,000,000; payments for the
food safety program, $15,000,000; payments for the na-
tional agriculture pesticide impact assessment program,
$4,541,000; payments for the Food Quality Protection Act
risk mitigation program for major food crop systems,
$4,000,000; payments for the crops affected by Food
Quality Protection Act implementation, $1,000,000; pay-
ments
for
the
methyl
bromide
transition
program,
$2,000,000; and payments for the organic transition pro-
gram $1,000,000, as authorized under section 406 of the
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform
Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626).
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro-
grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by
the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain
Inspection,
Packers
and
Stockyards
Administration,
$618,000.
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide relief for
loss of markets for apples, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall use $100,000,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to make payments to apple pro-
ducers.
(2) PAYMENT QUANTITY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph
(B), the payment quantity of apples for which
the producers on a farm are eligible for pay-
ments under this subsection shall be equal to the
average quantity of the 1994 through 1999 crops
of apples produced by the producers on the farm.
(B) MAXIMUM
QUANTITY.—The payment
quantity of apples for which the producers on a
farm are eligible for payments under this sub-
section shall not exceed 1,600,000 pounds of ap-
ples produced on the farm.
(b) QUALITY LOSS PAYMENTS FOR APPLES AND POTA-
TOES.—In addition to the assistance provided under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall use $60,000,000 of funds of
the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to
apple producers, and potato producers, that suffered quality
losses to the 1999 and 2000 crop of potatoes and apples,
respectively, due to, or related to, a 1999 or 2000 hurricane,
fireblight or other weather related disaster.
3(a)(10) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. 78c(a)(10)).
‘‘(31) SECURITY FUTURE.—The term ‘security
future’ means a contract of sale for future delivery
of a single security or of a narrow-based security
index, including any interest therein or based on the
value thereof, except an exempted security under
section 3(a)(12) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 as in effect on the date of enactment of the
Futures Trading Act of 1982 (other than any mu-
nicipal security as defined in section 3(a)(29) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the
date of enactment of the Futures Trading Act of
1982). The term ‘security future’ does not include
any agreement, contract, or transaction excluded
from this Act under subsection (c), (d), (f), or (h)
of section 2 of this Act, as in effect on the date of
the enactment of the Commodity Futures Mod-
ernization Act of 2000.
‘‘(32) SECURITY
FUTURES
PRODUCT.—The
term ‘security futures product’ means a security fu-
ture or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on
any security future.
‘‘(33) TRADING FACILITY.—
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the measure pursuant to a multilateral regime and
the other member countries of that regime have
agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures.
SEC. 803. RESTRICTION.
(a) NEW SANCTIONS.—Except as provided in sections
804 and 805 and notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the President may not impose a unilateral agricul-
tural sanction or unilateral medical sanction against a for-
eign country or foreign entity, unless—
(1) not later than 60 days before the sanction
is proposed to be imposed, the President submits a
report to Congress that—
(A) describes the activity proposed to be
prohibited, restricted, or conditioned; and
(B) describes the actions by the foreign
country or foreign entity that justify the sanc-
tion; and
(2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution
stating the approval of Congress for the report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1).
(b) EXISTING SANCTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the President shall terminate any unilat-
eral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanc-
H. R. 4461
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. (a) The provisions of H.R. 5426 of the 106th Con-
gress, as introduced on October 6, 2000, are hereby enacted into
law.
(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United
States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after
the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the
text of the bill referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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‘‘(12) EXCLUDED COMMODITY.—The term ‘ex-
cluded commodity’ means any commodity other than
an agricultural commodity enumerated in paragraph
(3) or an exempt commodity.
‘‘(13) EXEMPT COMMODITY.—The term ‘exempt
commodity’ means an energy commodity or a metal
commodity.
‘‘(14) FINANCIAL COMMODITY.—The term ‘fi-
nancial commodity’ means—
‘‘(A) an interest rate, exchange rate, cur-
rency, security, security index, credit risk, debt
or equity instrument, or widely published index
or measure of inflation; or
‘‘(B) any other rate, differential, index, or
measure of economic risk, return, or value (ex-
cluding any rate, differential, index, or measure
based on a commodity not described in subpara-
graph (A) that has a finite supply).
‘‘(15) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘fi-
nancial institution’ means—
‘‘(A) a corporation operating under the
fifth undesignated paragraph of section 25 of
the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 603), com-
monly known as ‘an agreement corporation’;
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian
Programs’’, $1,200,000, to remain available until expended,
for repair of the portions of the Yakama Nation’s Signal
Peak Road that have the most severe damage: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Manage-
ment’’, $15,000,000 to be available through September 30,
2001: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
$6,800,000): Provided, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act
of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be
available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft
and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement
only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the con-
struction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of con-
structing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, ex-
cept for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be
limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to be
constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000
each, and the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current re-
placement value of the building or $375,000, whichever
is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on alter-
ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza-
tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville,
Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available for granting easements at the
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including an ease-
SEC. 753. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the Food and Drug Administration may be ex-
pended to enforce or otherwise carry out section 801(d)(1)
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
SEC. 754. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the Food and Drug Administration may be ex-
pended to take any action (administrative or otherwise)
to interfere with the importation into the United States
of drugs that have been approved for use within the
United States and were manufactured in an FDA-ap-
proved facility in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 674
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4461
AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur-
poses.
JULY 12, 2000
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
Calendar No. 605
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4577
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur-
poses.
JUNE 15, 2000
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327,
5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law
105–178, $5,016,600,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account
of
the
Highway
Trust
Fund:
Provided,
That
$2,676,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s formula grants account: Provided further,
That $87,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s transit planning and research account: Pro-
vided further, That $51,200,000 shall be paid to the Fed-
eral Transit Administration’s administrative expenses ac-
count: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration’s university transpor-
tation
research
account:
Provided
further,
That
$80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration’s job access and reverse commute grants program:
Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid to the
Federal
Transit
Administration’s
capital
investment
grants account.
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tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,836,000: Provided, That not to
exceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobli-
gated balances of representation funds in the Foreign Ag-
ricultural Service, shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to
carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104–127:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
by this Act may be used to enforce section 793(d) of Pub-
lic Law 104–127.
the Attorney General shall submit a report to the
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and of the Senate containing the find-
ings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Task
Force. Each report shall also measure and evaluate
how much progress the Task Force has made, how
much work remains, how long the remaining work
will take to complete, and the cost of completing the
remaining work.
(2) DELEGATION.—The Attorney General may
delegate to the Commissioner, Immigration and Nat-
uralization Service, the responsibility for preparing
and transmitting any such report.
(h) LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall
make such legislative recommendations as the Attor-
ney General deems appropriate—
(A) to implement the recommendations of
the Task Force; and
(B) to obtain authorization for the appro-
priation of funds, the expenditure of receipts, or
the reprogramming of existing funds to imple-
ment such recommendations.
(2) DELEGATION.—The Attorney General may
delegate to the Commissioner, Immigration and Nat-
under this part, or under section 4(c) of the District
of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (P.L. 106–
98), but not under both this part and such section.’’.
(3) Section 326(e)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1063b(e)(1))
is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by inserting a colon after ‘‘the following’’.
(4) Section 342(5)(C) (20 U.S.C. 1066a(5)(C))
is amended—
(A) by inserting a comma after ‘‘equip-
ment’’ the first place it appears; and
(B) by striking ‘‘technology,,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘technology,’’.
(5) Section 343(e) (20 U.S.C. 1066b(e)) is
amended by inserting after the subsection designa-
tion 
the 
following: 
‘‘SALE
OF
QUALIFIED
BONDS.—’’.
(6) Section 1024 (20 U.S.C. 1135b–3), as
transferred by section 301(a)(5) of the Higher Edu-
cation Amendments of 1998 (Public Law 105–244;
112 Stat. 636), is repealed.
(c) AMENDMENTS TO PART A OF TITLE IV.—
(1) Section 402D (20 U.S.C. 1070a–14) is
amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and
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section 435(d)) shall attach, be perfected,
and be assigned priority in the manner
provided by the applicable State’s law for
perfection of security interests in accounts,
as such law may be amended from time to
time (including applicable transition provi-
sions). If any such State’s law provides for
a statutory lien to be created in such
loans, such statutory lien may be created
by the entity or entities governed by such
State law in accordance with the applicable
statutory provisions that created such a
statutory lien.
‘‘(ii) COLLATERAL DESCRIPTION.—In
addition to any other method for describ-
ing collateral in a legally sufficient manner
permitted under the laws of the State, the
description of collateral in any financing
statement filed pursuant to this section
shall be deemed legally sufficient if it lists
such loans, or refers to records (identifying
such loans) retained by the secured party
or any designee of the secured party iden-
tified in such financing statement, includ-
ing the debtor or any loan servicer.
Union Calendar No. 338
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4461
[Report No. 106–619]
A BILL
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur-
poses.
MAY 16, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
pants and would otherwise be subject to those
provisions; and
‘‘(C) sections 6(c) and 9(a)(2) of this Act to
the extent they prohibit manipulation of the
market price of any commodity in interstate
commerce, to the extent such agreement, contract,
or transaction would otherwise be subject to those
provisions.
‘‘(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this
subsection, nothing in this Act shall apply to an
agreement, contract, or transaction in an exempt
commodity (other than a metal commodity enumer-
ated in section 1a(3) of this Act) which—
‘‘(A) is entered into solely between persons
that are eligible contract participants at the time
at which the persons enter into the agreement,
contract, or transaction; and
‘‘(B) is executed or traded on an electronic
trading facility.
‘‘(4) An agreement, contract, or transaction de-
scribed in paragraph (3) shall be subject to—
‘‘(A) sections 5b and 12(e)(2)(B) of this Act;
‘‘(B) sections 4b and 4n of this Act and the
regulations of the Commission pursuant to sec-
tion 4c(b) of this Act proscribing fraud in con-