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Calendar No. 875
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 4484
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
(legislative day, September 22), 2000, by Mr. THOMPSON, without amendment
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 500 North Washington Street in Rockville,
Maryland, as the ‘‘Everett Alvarez, Jr. Post Office Build-
ing’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 500 North Washington Street in Rockville, Mary-
land, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Everett Alva-
rez, Jr. Post Office Building’’.
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 ‘‘Everett Alvarez, Jr. Post Office Building’’.
Calendar No. 875
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4484
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 500 North Washington
Street in Rockville, Maryland, as the ‘‘Everett
Alvarez, Jr. Post Office Building’’.
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
2D SESSION
H. R. 4485
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004
for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 2000
Mr. SENSENBRENNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Science
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2001, 2002,
2003, and 2004 for the National Science Foundation,
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 ‘‘National Science
Foundation Authorization Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2001.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Science Foundation
$3,773,710,000 for fiscal year 2001.
cation as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United
States Code.
SEC. 11. EVALUATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct, by
grant or contract, an independent evaluation of recipients
of scholarship assistance under this Act, which shall sum-
marize and evaluate the State activities assisted under this
Act and the performance of such recipients. The evalua-
tion shall assess the impact of the scholarship program
assisted under this Act to determine whether such pro-
gram has brought into teaching a significant number of
highly able individuals who otherwise would not have en-
tered teaching, or retained in teaching a significant num-
ber of highly qualified individuals who otherwise would
have left teaching. The evaluation shall also assess the im-
pact of the scholarship on improving the quality and quali-
fications of teachers and the impact of the scholarships
on reducing teacher shortages.
(b) CONTENTS.—The evaluation described in sub-
section (a) shall include—
(1) a description of the characteristics, includ-
ing the educational preparation and achievement, of
recipients of scholarship assistance under this Act
compared to similar students participating in teach-
er training who do not receive such scholarships;
(2) SPECIFIC
ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount
authorized under paragraph (1)—
(A) $2,813,500,000 shall be made avail-
able to carry out Research and Related Activi-
ties, of which—
(i) $480,560,000 shall be made avail-
able for Biological Sciences;
(ii) $9,770,000 shall be made avail-
able for Computer and Information Science
and Engineering;
(iii) $403,650,000 shall be made
available for Engineering;
(iv) $549,730,000 shall be made avail-
able for Geosciences;
(v) $807,200,000 shall be made avail-
able 
for 
Mathematical 
and 
Physical
Sciences;
(vi) $159,790,000 shall be made avail-
able for Social, Behavioral, and Economic
Sciences;
(vii) $220,970,000 shall be made
available for United States Polar Research
Programs;
(viii) $62,600,000 shall be made avail-
able for United States Antarctic Logistical
Support Activities; and
(ix) $119,230,000 shall be made avail-
able for Integrative Activities;
(B) $726,700,000 shall be made available
for Education and Human Resources, of which
$53,080,000 shall be for Graduate Research
Fellowships;
(C) $65,340,000 shall be made available
for Major Research Equipment, of which—
(i) $17,440,000 shall be made avail-
able for the EarthScope;
(ii) $16,400,000 shall be made avail-
able for the Large Hadron Collider;
(iii) $6,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for Millimeter Array;
(iv) $12,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the National Ecological Observ-
atory Network; and
(v) $13,500,000 shall be made avail-
able for the South Pole Station;
(D) $160,890,000 shall be made available
for Salaries and Expenses, of which—
(i) $4,000,000 shall be made available
for travel for Research and Related Activi-
ties;
(ii) $310,000 shall be made available
for travel for Education and Human Re-
sources;
(iii) $159,000 shall be made available
for travel for Budget, Finance, and Award
Management;
(iv) $182,000 shall be made available
for travel for Information and Resources
Management;
(v) $358,468 shall be made available
for travel for the Office of the Director;
and
(vi) $1,075,000 shall be made avail-
able for ethics activities under section 6;
and
(E) $6,280,000 shall be made available for
the Office of Inspector General.
(3) TRAVEL LIMITATION.—None of the funds
authorized by this subsection may be used for travel
expenses except as provided in paragraph (2)(D)(i)
through (v). None of the funds authorized by clauses
(i) through (iv) of paragraph (2)(D) may be used for
travel expenses for personnel in the Office of the Di-
rector.
(b) FISCAL YEAR 2002.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Science Foundation
$3,887,291,000 for fiscal year 2002.
(2) SPECIFIC
ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount
authorized under paragraph (1)—
(A) $2,880,683,000 shall be made avail-
able to carry out Research and Related Activi-
ties, of which—
(i) $492,035,000 shall be made avail-
able for Biological Sciences;
(ii) $10,003,000 shall be made avail-
able for Computer and Information Science
and Engineering;
(iii) $413,289,000 shall be made
available for Engineering;
(iv) $562,857,000 shall be made avail-
able for Geosciences;
(v) $826,475,000 shall be made avail-
able 
for 
Mathematical 
and 
Physical
Sciences;
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for a fiscal year, to support local or statewide edu-
cation reform efforts intended to improve the aca-
demic achievement of elementary school and sec-
ondary school students and the quality of instruction
provided for the students.
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—An eligible local edu-
cational agency shall notify the State educational
agency of the local educational agency’s intention to
use the applicable funding in accordance with para-
graph (1) not later than a date that is established
by the State educational agency for the notification.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency
shall be eligible to use the applicable funding in ac-
cordance with subsection (a) if—
‘‘(A)(i) the total number of students in av-
erage daily attendance at all of the schools
served by the local educational agency is less
than 600; and
‘‘(ii) all of the schools served by the local
educational agency are located in a community
with a Rural-Urban Continuum Code of 6, 7, 8,
or 9, as determined by the Secretary of Agri-
culture; or
(7) Section 7(a) of the National Science Foun-
dation Authorization Act, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 1873
note).
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‘‘(B) the agency meets the criteria established
in subparagraph (A)(i) and the Secretary, in accord-
ance with paragraph (2), grants the local edu-
cational agency’s request to waive the criteria de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii).
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall de-
termine whether or not to waive the criteria de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) based on certification
provided by the local educational agency, or the
State educational agency on behalf of the local edu-
cational agency, that the local educational agency is
located in an area defined as rural by a govern-
mental agency of the State.
‘‘(c) APPLICABLE FUNDING.—In this section, the
term ‘applicable funding’ means funds provided under
each of titles II, IV, VI, parts A and C of title VII, and
part I of title X.
‘‘(d) DISBURSAL.—Each State educational agency
that receives applicable funding for a fiscal year shall dis-
burse the applicable funding to local educational agencies
for alternative uses under this section for the fiscal year
at the same time that the State educational agency dis-
burses the applicable funding to local educational agencies
that do not intend to use the applicable funding for such
alternative uses for the fiscal year.
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each recipient of a
grant under this Act shall provide not less than
50 percent of the annual cost of the project as-
sisted by the grant from sources other than this
Act.
(B) CONTRIBUTIONS.—A grantee’s share
of such costs may be provided in cash or in
kind, fairly evaluated.
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the
matching requirement of paragraph (1) with respect
to applicants that the Secretary determines serve
low-income areas.
(g) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not
more than 4 percent of the amount appropriated under
subsection (i) for each fiscal year for technical assistance,
evaluation, dissemination of information on effective pro-
grams for preparing and training district and school-level
administrators, carrying out activities to encourage the
spread and adoption of successful leadership development
centers, and other national activities that support the pro-
grams under this section.
(h) REPORT.—
(1) EXISTING PROGRAMS.—
(A) STUDY.—The Secretary shall, in con-
sultation with representatives of local edu-
cational agencies, State educational agencies,
institutions of higher education, superintend-
ents, principals, education organizations, com-
munity groups, business, and labor, conduct a
study to evaluate and report to Congress re-
garding existing professional development pro-
grams that recruit, prepare, and train district
and school-level administrators to serve as ef-
fective leaders and successfully implement
standards-based reforms in diverse educational
environments across the Nation.
(B) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary shall submit a report to Congress not
later than one year after the date of enactment
of this Act regarding the findings of the study
conducted under subparagraph (A).
(2) PROGRAM
REPORT.—The Secretary shall
submit to Congress a report not later March 1, 2006
regarding the effectiveness of professional develop-
ment programs, established pursuant to this section,
to recruit and retain principals and superintendents.
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 to carry out this sec-
tion.
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(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-
uralization Service, the responsibility for preparing
and transmitting any such legislative recommenda-
tions.
(i) TERMINATION.—The Task Force shall terminate
on a date designated by the Attorney General as the date
on which the work of the Task Force has been completed.
(j) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2001
through 2003.
SEC. 4. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING INTER-
NATIONAL BORDER MANAGEMENT COOPERA-
TION.
It is the sense of the Congress that the Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Treasury,
‘‘CHAPTER 18—BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN
CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS’’.
(2) The item relating to chapter 18 in the tables of
chapters before part I and at the beginning of part II is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘18. Benefits for Certain Children of Vietnam Veterans ........................ 1801’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 18.—Chapter 18 is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘chapter’’ in sections 1801 and
1802 and inserting ‘‘subchapter’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘section 1804’’ in section
1803(c)(8) and inserting ‘‘either section 1804 or
1814’’; and
(3) in section 1805—
(A) by striking ‘‘chapter’’ and inserting
‘‘subchapter’’; and
(B) by striking subsections (c) and (d).
(c) 
OTHER
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
5312 
is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section
1805’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1805 and 1815’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘and 1805’’
and inserting ‘‘1805, and 1815’’.
(d) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 18 is amended—
(1) by inserting at the beginning the following:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF VIETNAM
VETERANS WHO ARE BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA’’;
(2) by striking the item relating to section
1806; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF WOMEN
VIETNAM VETERANS WHO SUFFER FROM BIRTH DEFECTS
‘‘1811. Definitions.
‘‘1812. Covered birth defects.
‘‘1813. Health care.
‘‘1814. Vocational training and rehabilitation.
‘‘1815. Monetary allowance.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—GENERAL
‘‘1821. Applicability of certain administrative provisions.
‘‘1822. Effect of monetary allowance under this chapter on other benefits.
‘‘1823. Nonduplication of benefits.’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect
on the later of October 1, 2000, or the first day of the
first month beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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coverage in connection with the plan) meets the re-
quirements of this paragraph, in connection with
benefits described in paragraph (1) consisting of
care described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph
(1)(A) (or consisting of payment therefor), if the
plan (or issuer)—
‘‘(A) does not require authorization or a
referral by the primary care provider in order
to obtain such benefits; and
‘‘(B) treats the ordering of other routine
care of the same type, by the participating phy-
sician providing the care described in clause (i)
or (ii) of paragraph (1)(A), as the authorization
of the primary care provider with respect to
such care.
‘‘(3) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in paragraph
(2)(B) shall waive any requirements of coverage re-
lating to medical necessity or appropriateness with
respect to coverage of gynecological or obstetric care
so ordered.
‘‘(d) PATIENT ACCESS TO PEDIATRIC CARE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In any case in which a
group health plan (or a health insurance issuer of-
fering health insurance coverage in connection with
the plan) provides benefits consisting of routine pe-
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(4) the Government of the Russian Federation
refuses to participate in peace negotiations with the
democratically elected Government of Chechnya;
(5) the war in Chechnya contributes to ethnic
hatred and religious intolerance within the Russian
Federation, jeopardizes prospects for the establishment
of democracy in the Russian Federation, and is a
threat to the peace in the region; and
(6) it is in the interests of the United States to
promote a cease-fire in Chechnya and negotiations be-
tween the Government of the Russian Federation and
the democratically elected Government of Chechnya
that result in a just and lasting peace;
(7) representatives of the democratically elected
President of Chechnya, including his foreign minister,
have traveled to the United States to facilitate an im-
mediate cease-fire to the conflict in Chechnya and the
initiation of peace negotiations between Russian and
Chechen forces;
(8) the Secretary of State and other senior
United States Government officials have refused to
meet with representatives of the democratically elected
President of Chechnya to discuss proposals for an im-
mediate cease-fire between Chechen and Russian
forces and for peace negotiations; and
serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10,
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under
section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con-
nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a)
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re-
serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent
duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title
10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart-
ment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund,
$1,566,095,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title
10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty
under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon
leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131
of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$440,886,000.
‘‘(B) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
‘‘(C) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
‘‘(D) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
and
‘‘(E) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 17,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
section (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 were
treated as one health plan.
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) COORDINATION
WITH
DEDUCTION
FOR
HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF SELF-EMPLOYED IN-
DIVIDUALS.—The amount taken into account by the
taxpayer in computing the deduction under section
162(l) shall not be taken into account under this
section.
‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH MEDICAL EXPENSE
DEDUCTION.—The amount taken into account by
the taxpayer in computing the deduction under this
section shall not be taken into account under section
213.
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
such regulations as may be appropriate to carry out this
section, including regulations requiring employers to re-
port to their employees and the Secretary such informa-
tion as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.’’.
(b) DEDUCTION ALLOWED WHETHER OR NOT TAX-
PAYER ITEMIZES OTHER DEDUCTIONS.—Subsection (a)
of section 62 of such Code is amended by inserting after
paragraph (17) the following new item:
‘‘(18) LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE COSTS.—
The deduction allowed by section 222.’’.
does not apply to any report required to be submitted
under any of the following provisions of law:
(1) Section 4(j)(1) of the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1)).
(2) Section 36(f) of the Science and Engineer-
ing Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885c(f)).
(3) Section 37 of the Science and Engineering
Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d).
(4) Section 108 of the National Science Foun-
dation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986 (42
U.S.C. 1886).
(5) Section 101(a)(3) of the High-Performance
Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)).
(6) Section 3(a)(7) and (f) of the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C.
1862(a)(7) and (f)).
(7) Section 7(a) of the National Science Foun-
dation Authorization Act, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 1873
note).
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‘‘(1) Salaries, personnel costs, equipment costs,
and other costs directly related to the operation of
the program, including the enforcement unit.
‘‘(2) Payments to licensed substance abuse
treatment providers for providing treatment to of-
fenders participating in the program for which the
grant was made, including aftercare supervision, vo-
cational training, education, and job placement.
‘‘(3) Payments to public and nonprofit private
entities for providing treatment to offenders partici-
pating in the program for which the grant was
made.
‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a
grant under this part shall not exceed 75 percent of the
cost of the program.
‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENT
AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant
amounts received under this part shall be used to supple-
ment, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would
otherwise be available for activities funded under this part.
‘‘SEC. 2702. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘A drug treatment alternative to prison program with
respect to which a grant is made under this part shall
comply with the following requirements:
‘‘(1) A State or local prosecutor shall admin-
ister the program.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4494
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric
project in the State of West Virginia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 2000
Mr. MOLLOHAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction
of a hydroelectric project in the State of West Virginia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE AND REINSTATE-
MENT OF LICENSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time period
specified in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16
U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply to the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission project numbered 7307, the
Commission shall, at the request of the licensee for the
project, in accordance with the good faith, due diligence,
‘‘
9902.85.41
Cathode-ray 
data/graphic 
display
tubes, color, with a phosphor dot
screen pitch smaller than 0.4 mm,
and with a less than 90 degree de-
flection (provided for in subheading
8540.40.00) .......................................
1%
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2003
’’.
SEC. 1123. CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF RAW COTTON.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 is amended by inserting
in numerical sequence the following new headings:
‘‘
9902.52.01
Cotton, not
carded or
combed, having
a staple length
under 31.75
mm (11⁄4
inches), de-
scribed in gen-
eral note 15 of
the tariff sched-
ule and entered
pursuant to its
provisions (pro-
vided for in
subheading
5201.00.22) .....
Free
No change
No change
12/31/2003
9902.52.03
Cotton, not
carded or
combed, having
a staple length
under 31.75
mm (11⁄4
inches), de-
scribed in addi-
tional U.S. note
7 of chapter 52
and entered
pursuant to its
provisions (pro-
vided for in
subheading
5201.00.34) .....
Free
No change
No change
12/31/2003
’’.
SEC. 1124. RHINOVIRUS DRUGS.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 is amended by inserting
in numerical sequence the following new heading:
and public interest requirements of that section and the
Commission’s procedures under that section, extend the
time period during which the licensee is required to com-
mence construction of the project until September 26,
2003.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall take effect
on the expiration of the period required for commencement
of construction of the project described in subsection (a).
(c) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSE.—If the
license for the project described in subsection (a) has ex-
pired prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-
mission shall reinstate the license effective as of the date
of its expiration and extend the time required for com-
mencement of construction of the project until September
26, 2003.
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