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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 743
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 29 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 25), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human
Resources
AN ACT
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to allow labor
management cooperative efforts that improve economic
competitiveness in the United States to continue to
thrive, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Teamwork for Employ-
ees and Managers Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the escalating demands of global competi-
tion have compelled an increasing number of employ-
ers in the United States to make dramatic changes
in workplace and employer-employee relationships;
(2) such changes involve an enhanced role for
the employee in workplace decisionmaking, often re-
ferred to as ‘‘Employee Involvement’’, which has
taken many forms, including self-managed work
teams, quality-of-worklife, quality circles, and joint
labor-management committees;
(3) Employee Involvement programs, which op-
erate 
successfully 
in 
both 
unionized 
and
nonunionized settings, have been established by over
80 percent of the largest employers in the United
States and exist in an estimated 30,000 workplaces;
(4) in addition to enhancing the productivity
and competitiveness of businesses in the United
States, Employee Involvement programs have had a
positive impact on the lives of such employees, better
enabling them to reach their potential in the
workforce;
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(5) recognizing that foreign competitors have
successfully utilized Employee Involvement tech-
niques, the Congress has consistently joined busi-
ness, labor and academic leaders in encouraging and
recognizing successful Employee Involvement pro-
grams in the workplace through such incentives as
the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award;
(6) employers who have instituted legitimate
Employee Involvement programs have not done so to
interfere with the collective bargaining rights guar-
anteed by the labor laws, as was the case in the
1930’s when employers established deceptive sham
‘‘company unions’’ to avoid unionization; and
(7) Employee Involvement is currently threat-
ened by legal interpretations of the prohibition
against employer-dominated ‘‘company unions’’.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of this Act is—
(1) to protect legitimate Employee Involvement
programs against governmental interference;
(2) to preserve existing protections against de-
ceptive, coercive employer practices; and
(3) to allow legitimate Employee Involvement
programs, in which workers may discuss issues in-
volving terms and conditions of employment, to con-
tinue to evolve and proliferate.
er than 7 days. The report shall be submitted not 
later than the last day of the month that imme-
diately follows the month in which such average re-
sponse time limit was exceeded.’’. 
SEC. 12. GAO REPORT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Con-
gress a report on a study— 
(1) evaluating the effects of introducing biomet-
ric identification cards to H–2A workers; 
(2) whether the usage of such identification 
cards would promote efforts to efficiently enforce the 
immigration laws and streamline the visa application 
and admission process for H–2A workers; and 
(3) examining any delay in the processing of 
applications and petitions under the H–2A program 
and in the administration of the program. 
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SEC. 3. EMPLOYER EXCEPTION.
Section 8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act
is amended by striking the semicolon and inserting the
following: ‘‘: Provided further, That it shall not constitute
or be evidence of an unfair labor practice under this para-
graph for an employer to establish, assist, maintain, or
participate in any organization or entity of any kind, in
which employees who participate to at least the same ex-
tent practicable as representatives of management partici-
pate, to address matters of mutual interest, including, but
not limited to, issues of quality, productivity, efficiency,
and safety and health, and which does not have, claim,
or seek authority to be the exclusive bargaining represent-
ative of the employees or to negotiate or enter into collec-
tive bargaining agreements with the employer or to amend
existing collective bargaining agreements between the em-
ployer and any labor organization, except that in a case
in which a labor organization is the representative of such
employees as provided in section 9(a), this proviso shall
not apply;’’.
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SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON EFFECT OF ACT.
Nothing in this Act shall affect employee rights and
responsibilities contained in provisions other than section
8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.
Passed the House of Representatives September 27,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
(1) each year millions of citizens of the United
States depend on the availability of lifesaving or life-
enhancing medical devices, many of which are per-
manently implantable within the human body;
(2) a continued supply of raw materials and
component parts is necessary for the invention, de-
velopment, improvement, and maintenance of the
supply of the devices;
(3) most of the medical devices are made with
raw materials and component parts that—
(A) are not designed or manufactured spe-
cifically for use in medical devices; and
(B) come in contact with internal human
tissue;
(4) the raw materials and component parts also
are used in a variety of nonmedical products;
(5) because small quantities of the raw mate-
rials and component parts are used for medical de-
vices, sales of raw materials and component parts
for medical devices constitute an extremely small
portion of the overall market for the raw materials
and medical devices;
(6) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), manufacturers of
medical devices are required to demonstrate that the
medical devices are safe and effective, including
demonstrating that the products are properly de-
signed and have adequate warnings or instructions;
(7) notwithstanding the fact that raw materials
and component parts suppliers do not design,
produce, or test a final medical device, the suppliers
have been the subject of actions alleging inad-
equate—
(A) design and testing of medical devices
manufactured with materials or parts supplied
by the suppliers; or
(B) warnings related to the use of such
medical devices;
(8) even though suppliers of raw materials and
component parts have very rarely been held liable in
such actions, such suppliers have ceased supplying
certain raw materials and component parts for use
in medical devices because the costs associated with
litigation in order to ensure a favorable judgment for
the suppliers far exceeds the total potential sales
revenues from sales by such suppliers to the medical
device industry;
(9) unless alternate sources of supply can be
found, the unavailability of raw materials and com-
ponent parts for medical devices will lead to unavail-
surgically produced opening for a period of
less than 30 days; and
(B) suture materials used in implant pro-
cedures.
(6) MANUFACTURER.—The term ‘‘manufac-
turer’’ means any person who, with respect to an
implant—
(A) is engaged in the manufacture, prepa-
ration, propagation, compounding, or processing
(as defined in section 510(a)(1) of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
360(a)(1)) of the implant; and
(B) is required—
(i) to register with the Secretary pur-
suant to section 510 of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360)
and the regulations issued under such sec-
tion; and
(ii) to include the implant on a list of
devices filed with the Secretary pursuant
to section 510(j) of such Act (21 U.S.C.
360(j)) and the regulations issued under
such section.
(7) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de-
vice’’ means a device, as defined in section 201(h)
mines that the member participated in, 
had knowledge of, or had reason to know 
of the violation. 
‘‘(ii) SOLE EMPLOYER.—If an associa-
tion of agricultural employers approved as 
a sole employer violates any condition for 
approval with respect to the association’s 
application, no individual member of the 
association may be the beneficiary of the 
services of H–2A workers admitted under 
this section in the occupation in which 
such H–2A workers were employed by the 
association which was denied approval dur-
ing the period such denial is in force.’’. 
SEC. 11. AGENCY REPORT REQUIRED WHEN DELAYS 
OCCUR. 
Section 218(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1188(c)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5) 
AGENCY
REPORT
REQUIRED
WHEN 
DELAYS OCCUR.—A report shall be submitted to the 
Committee on Agriculture of the Senate and the 
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives for any month in which the average re-
sponse time under paragraph (2) to a filing is great-
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(3) the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 13. REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation, 
in cooperation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Commanding General of the 
United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall con-
duct a comprehensive review of existing regulations for en-
ergy products that are transported by all modes of trans-
portation. 
(b) REVIEW ELEMENTS.—The review under sub-
section (a) shall assess the effectiveness of existing regula-
tions and industry capability— 
(1) to improve the safety of energy product 
transportation through populated or environmentally 
sensitive areas; 
(2) to maximize, to the extent possible, the sta-
bility and uniformity of energy products prior to 
transportation; 
(3) to eliminate the occurrence of accidents in-
volving transportation of such products, and mini-
mize the severity of such accidents should they 
occur; 
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(4) to minimize energy product routing through 
populated or environmentally sensitive areas; 
(5) to reduce the environmental impact of 
transporting, loading, or unloading energy products; 
(6) to improve the security of energy product 
transportation; and 
(7) to prepare for an appropriate emergency re-
sponse to accidents. 
(c) SUBMISSION
OF REVIEW
AND RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—Not later than June 30, 2016, the Secretary of 
Transportation, in cooperation with the Secretary of En-
ergy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Com-
manding General of the United States Army Corps of En-
gineers, and the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, shall submit the results of the review 
under subsection (a) to Congress, in conjunction with rec-
ommendations for— 
(1) improving all aspects of energy product 
transport by all transportation modes; 
(2) regulatory measures that the Secretary of 
Transportation is authorized to undertake that 
would improve the safety and reduce the environ-
mental and community impact of transporting en-
ergy products; and 
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(3) legislative changes that should be made to 
improve the safety and reduce the environmental 
and community impact of transporting energy prod-
ucts. 
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‘‘(B) a transportation service to facilitate
access to a supportive services or a nutrition
service, or both;
‘‘(C) a service designed to encourage and
assist older individuals to use the facilities and
services (including an information and assist-
ance service) available to them, including a lan-
guage translation service to assist older individ-
uals with limited-English speaking ability to ob-
tain a service under this title;
‘‘(D) a service designed (i) to assist older
individuals to obtain adequate housing, includ-
ing residential repair and renovation projects
designed to enable older individuals to maintain
their homes in conformity with minimum hous-
ing standards; (ii) to adapt homes to meet the
needs of older individuals who have physical
disabilities; (iii) to prevent unlawful entry into
residences of older individuals, through the in-
stallation of security devices and through struc-
tural modifications or alterations of such resi-
dences; or (iv) to receive applications from older
individuals for housing under section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701Q);
‘‘(E) a service designed to assist older indi-
viduals in avoiding institutionalization and to
assist individuals in long-term care institutions
who are able to return to their communities, in-
cluding client assessment through case manage-
ment and integration and coordination of com-
munity services such as preinstitution evalua-
tion and screening and home health services,
homemaker services, shopping services, escort
services, reader services, and letter writing serv-
ices, through resource development and man-
agement to assist such individuals to live inde-
pendently in a home environment;
‘‘(F) a service designed to provide to older
individuals legal assistance and another coun-
seling service or assistance, including—
‘‘(i) tax counseling and assistance, fi-
nancial counseling, and counseling regard-
ing appropriate health and life insurance
coverage;
‘‘(ii) representation—
‘‘(I) of individuals who are wards
(or are allegedly incapacitated); or
‘‘(II) in guardianship proceedings
of older individuals who seek to be-
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 745
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for special immi-
grant status for NATO civilian employees in the same manner as for
employees of international organizations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 1995
Mr. PICKETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide
for special immigrant status for NATO civilian employees
in the same manner as for employees of international
organizations.
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 ‘‘NATO Special Immi-
grant Amendments of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATO
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(27) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(J),
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (K) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(L) an immigrant who would be described in
clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (I) if
any reference in such a clause—
‘‘(i) to an international organization de-
scribed in paragraph (15)(G)(i) were treated as
a reference to the North American Treaty Or-
ganization (NATO);
‘‘(ii) to a nonimmigrant under paragraph
(15)(G)(iv) were treated as a reference to a
nonimmigrant classifiable under NATO–6 (as a
member of a civilian component accompanying
a force entering in accordance with the provi-
sions of the NATO Status-of-Forces Agree-
ment, a member of a civilian component at-
tached to or employed by an Allied Head-
quarters under the ‘‘Protocol on the Status of
International Military Headquarters’’ set up
pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty, or as a
dependent); and
‘‘(iii) to the Immigration Technical Correc-
tions Act of 1988 or to the Immigration and
Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994
were a reference to the NATO Special Immi-
grant Amendments of 1995.’’.
(b) CONFORMING NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CER-
TAIN PARENTS
OF SPECIAL IMMIGRANT CHILDREN.—
Section 
101(a)(15)(N) 
of 
such 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(N)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(or under analogous authority
under paragraph (27)(L))’’ after ‘‘(27)(I)(i)’’, and
(2) by inserting ‘‘(or under analogous authority
under paragraph (27)(L))’’ after ‘‘(27)(I)’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 746
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore and make permanent
the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 1995
Mr. PICKETT 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 restore
and make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided
educational assistance.
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 ‘‘Employee Educational
Assistance Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYER-PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 127 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 (relating to educational assistance pro-
grams) is amended by striking subsection (d) and by re-
designating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1994.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 747
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deduction
of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 1995
Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. CRANE, Mr. MATSUI, Mr.
SHAW, and Mr. HERGER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
for the deduction of partnership investment expenses
under the minimum tax.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT
EXPENSES UNDER MINIMUM TAX.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subparagraph (A) of section
56(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to limitation on deductions) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) DISALLOWANCE OF CERTAIN DEDUC-
TIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No deduction shall
be allowed—
‘‘(I) for any miscellaneous item-
ized deduction (as defined in section
67(b)), or
‘‘(II) for any taxes described in
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section
164(a).
‘‘(ii) TREATMENT
OF
PARTNERSHIP
INVESTMENT EXPENSES.—Subclause (I) of
clause (i) shall not apply to the taxpayer’s
distributive share of the expenses described
in section 212 of any partnership; except
that the aggregate amount allowed as a de-
duction by reason of this sentence shall not
exceed the lesser of (I) the aggregate ad-
justed investment income of the taxpayer
from partnerships, or (II) the excess of the
aggregate of the taxpayer’s distributive
shares of such expenses over 2 percent of
adjusted gross income. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the term ‘adjusted in-
vestment income’ means investment income
(as defined in section 163(d)(4)(B) without
regard to clause (ii)(II) or clause (iii)) re-
duced by investment interest (as defined in
section 163(d)(3)).
‘‘(iii) 
TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
TAXES.—Subclause (II) of clause (i) shall
not apply to any amount allowable in com-
puting adjusted gross income.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1994.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 748
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that individuals
who are residents of the District of Columbia shall be exempt from
Federal income taxation, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 31, 1995
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means and, in addition, to the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform and Oversight, 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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
that individuals who are residents of the District of
Columbia shall be exempt from Federal income taxation,
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 ‘‘District of Columbia
Federal Tax Equity Act’’.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM TAX FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
items specifically excluded from gross income) is amended
by redesignating section 137 as section 138 and by insert-
ing after section 136 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 137. RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
‘‘(a) RESIDENTS FOR ENTIRE TAXABLE YEAR.—An
individual who is a bona fide resident of the District of
Columbia during the entire taxable year shall be exempt
from taxation under this chapter for such taxable year.
‘‘(b) TAXABLE YEAR OF CHANGE OF RESIDENCE
FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual
who has been a bona fide resident of the District of
Columbia for a period of at least 2 years before the
date on which such individual changes his residence
from the District of Columbia, income which is at-
tributable to that part of such period of District of
Columbia residence before such date shall not be in-
cluded in gross income and shall be exempt from
taxation under this chapter.
‘‘(2) DEDUCTIONS, ETC. ALLOCABLE
TO
EX-
CLUDED AMOUNTS NOT ALLOWABLE.—An individual
shall not be allowed—
IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 145 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should 
ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination 
Against Women (CEDAW). 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2015 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Senate should ratify the Convention on the Elimi-
nation of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 
(CEDAW). 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the full realization of the rights of women 
is vital to the development and well-being of people 
of all nations; and 
(2) the Senate should, therefore, give its advice 
and consent to the ratification of the Convention on 
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of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 321(h)).
(8) QUALIFIED SPECIALIST.—With respect to
an action, the term ‘‘qualified specialist’’ means a
person who is qualified by knowledge, skill, experi-
ence, training, or education in the specialty area
that is the subject of the action.
(9) RAW MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘raw material’’
means a substance or product that—
(A) has a generic use; and
(B) may be used in an application other
than an implant.
(10) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’
means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(11) SELLER.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘seller’’
means a person who, in the course of a business
conducted for that purpose, sells, distributes,
leases, packages, labels, or otherwise places an
implant in the stream of commerce.
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term does not
include—
(i) a seller or lessor of real property;
(ii) a provider of professional services,
in any case in which the sale or use of an