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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds and declares that—
(1) The Federal lands contain commercial de-
posits of trona, with the world’s largest body of this
mineral located on such lands in southwestern Wyo-
ming.
(2) Trona is mined on Federal lands through
Federal sodium leases issued under the Mineral
Leasing Act of 1920.
(3) The primary product of trona mining is
soda ash (sodium carbonate), a basic industrial
chemical that is used for glass making and a variety
of consumer products, including baking soda, deter-
gents, and pharmaceuticals.
(4) The Mineral Leasing Act sets for each
leasable mineral limitations on the amount of acre-
age of Federal leases any one producer may hold in
any one state or nationally.
(5) The present acreage limitation for Federal
sodium (trona) leases has been in place for over five
decades, since 1948, and is the oldest acreage limita-
tion in the Mineral Leasing Act. Over this time
frame Congress and/or the BLM has revised acreage
limits for other minerals to meet the needs of the re-
spective industries. Currently, the sodium lease acre-
age limitation of 15,360 acres per state is approxi-
mately one-third of the per state Federal lease acre-
age cap for coal (46,080 acres) and potassium
(51,200 acres) and one-sixteenth that of oil and gas
(246,080 acres).
(6) Three of the four trona producers in Wyo-
ming are operating mines on Federal leaseholds that
contain total acreage close to the sodium lease acre-
age ceiling.
(7) The same reasons that Congress cited in en-
acting increases in other minerals’ per state lease
acreage caps apply to trona: the advent of modern
mine technology, changes in industry economics,
greater global competition, and need to conserve the
Federal resource.
(8) Existing trona mines require additional
lease acreage to avoid premature closure, and are
unable to relinquish mined-out areas to lease new
acreage because those areas continue to be used for
mine access, ventilation, and tailings disposal and
may provide future opportunities for secondary re-
covery by solution mining.
(9) Existing trona producers are having to
make long term business decisions affecting the type
and amount of additional infrastructure investments
based on the certainty that sufficient acreage of
leaseable trona will be available for mining in the fu-
ture.
(10) To maintain the vitality of the domestic
trona industry and ensure the continued flow of val-
uable revenues to the Federal and state governments
and products to the American public from trona pro-
duction on Federal lands, the Mineral Leasing Act
should be amended to increase the acreage limitation
for Federal sodium leases.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF MINERAL LEASING ACT.
Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 27 of the
Mineral Leasing Act (41 Stat. 448; 30 U.S.C. 184(b)(2))
is amended by striking ‘‘fifteen thousand three hundred
and sixty acres’’ and inserting ‘‘30,720 acres’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 16,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
IIB
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3063
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 17, 1999
Received
NOVEMBER 19, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
AN ACT
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the maximum
acreage of Federal leases for sodium that may be held
by an entity in any one State, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3064 EAS
lic Law 99–177), the term ‘‘program, project, and activity’’
shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to each ac-
count appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any
sequestration order shall be applied to each of the accounts
rather than to the aggregate total of those accounts: Pro-
vided, That sequestration orders shall not be applied to any
account that is specifically exempted from sequestration by
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
SEC. 124. In the event a sequestration order is issued
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037: Public Law 99–177),
after the amounts appropriated to the District of Columbia
for the fiscal year involved have been paid to the District
of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall
pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days after
receipt of a request therefor from the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, such amounts as are sequestered by the order: Provided,
That the sequestration percentage specified in the order
shall be applied proportionately to each of the Federal ap-
propriation accounts in this Act that are not specifically
exempted from sequestration by such Act.
SEC. 125. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia
government may accept and use a gift or donation during
fiscal year 2000 if—
HR 3063 RFS
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds and declares that—
(1) The Federal lands contain commercial de-
posits of trona, with the world’s largest body of this
mineral located on such lands in southwestern Wyo-
ming.
(2) Trona is mined on Federal lands through
Federal sodium leases issued under the Mineral
Leasing Act of 1920.
(3) The primary product of trona mining is
soda ash (sodium carbonate), a basic industrial
chemical that is used for glass making and a variety
of consumer products, including baking soda, deter-
gents, and pharmaceuticals.
(4) The Mineral Leasing Act sets for each
leasable mineral limitations on the amount of acre-
age of Federal leases any one producer may hold in
any one state or nationally.
(5) The present acreage limitation for Federal
sodium (trona) leases has been in place for over five
decades, since 1948, and is the oldest acreage limita-
tion in the Mineral Leasing Act. Over this time
frame Congress and/or the BLM has revised acreage
limits for other minerals to meet the needs of the re-
spective industries. Currently, the sodium lease acre-
age limitation of 15,360 acres per state is approxi-
HR 3063 RFS
mately one-third of the per state Federal lease acre-
age cap for coal (46,080 acres) and potassium
(51,200 acres) and one-sixteenth that of oil and gas
(246,080 acres).
(6) Three of the four trona producers in Wyo-
ming are operating mines on Federal leaseholds that
contain total acreage close to the sodium lease acre-
age ceiling.
(7) The same reasons that Congress cited in en-
acting increases in other minerals’ per state lease
acreage caps apply to trona: the advent of modern
mine technology, changes in industry economics,
greater global competition, and need to conserve the
Federal resource.
(8) Existing trona mines require additional
lease acreage to avoid premature closure, and are
unable to relinquish mined-out areas to lease new
acreage because those areas continue to be used for
mine access, ventilation, and tailings disposal and
may provide future opportunities for secondary re-
covery by solution mining.
(9) Existing trona producers are having to
make long term business decisions affecting the type
and amount of additional infrastructure investments
based on the certainty that sufficient acreage of
HR 3063 RFS
leaseable trona will be available for mining in the fu-
ture.
(10) To maintain the vitality of the domestic
trona industry and ensure the continued flow of val-
uable revenues to the Federal and state governments
and products to the American public from trona pro-
duction on Federal lands, the Mineral Leasing Act
should be amended to increase the acreage limitation
for Federal sodium leases.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF MINERAL LEASING ACT.
Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 27 of the
Mineral Leasing Act (41 Stat. 448; 30 U.S.C. 184(b)(2))
is amended by striking ‘‘fifteen thousand three hundred
and sixty acres’’ and inserting ‘‘30,720 acres’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 16,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Subtitle D—Strengthening Pension
Security and Enforcement
SEC. 341. REPEAL OF 150 PERCENT OF CURRENT LIABILITY
FUNDING LIMIT.
(a) AMENDMENT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986.—Section 412(c)(7) (relating to full-funding limita-
tion) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the applicable percentage’’ in
subparagraph (A)(i)(I) and inserting ‘‘in the case of
plan years beginning before January 1, 2004, the
applicable percentage’’, and
(2) by amending subparagraph (F) to read as
follows:
‘‘(F) 
APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE.—For
purposes of subparagraph (A)(i)(I), the applica-
ble percentage shall be determined in accord-
ance with the following table:
‘‘In the case of any plan year
The applicable
beginning in—
percentage is—
2001 .............................................................................
160
2002 .............................................................................
165
2003 .............................................................................
170.’’.
(b) AMENDMENT TO ERISA.—Section 302(c)(7) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(29 U.S.C. 1082(c)(7)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the applicable percentage’’ in
subparagraph (A)(i)(I) and inserting ‘‘in the case of
$27,885,000 from local funds for public charter schools:
Provided, That if the entirety of this allocation has not
been provided as payments to any public charter schools
currently in operation through the per pupil funding for-
mula, the funds shall be available for new public charter
schools on a per pupil basis: Provided further, That
$480,000 of this amount shall be available to the District
of Columbia Public Charter School Board for administra-
tive costs: $72,347,000 (including $40,491,000 from local
funds, $13,536,000 from Federal funds, and $18,320,000
from other funds) for the University of the District of Co-
lumbia; $24,171,000 (including $23,128,000 from local
funds, $798,000 from Federal funds, and $245,000 from
other funds) for the Public Library; $2,111,000 (including
$1,707,000 from local funds and $404,000 from Federal
funds) for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities:
Provided further, That the public schools of the District
of Columbia are authorized to accept not to exceed 31
motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education
program: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 for
the Superintendent of Schools, $2,500 for the President
of the University of the District of Columbia, and $2,000
for the Public Librarian shall be available from this appro-
priation for official purposes: Provided further, That none
of the funds contained in this Act may be made available
further, That commencing on December 31, 1999, the
Metropolitan Police Department shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives, quarterly reports on the
status of crime reduction in each of the 83 police service
areas established throughout the District of Columbia:
Provided further, That up to $700,000 in local funds shall
be available for the operations of the Citizen Complaint
Review Board.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development
of national defense education programs, $867,411,000 (in-
cluding $721,847,000 from local funds, $120,951,000
from Federal funds, and $24,613,000 from other funds),
to be allocated as follows: $713,197,000 (including
$600,936,000 from local funds, $106,213,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $6,048,000 from other funds), for the pub-
lic schools of the District of Columbia; $10,700,000 from
local funds for the District of Columbia Teachers’ Retire-
ment Fund; $17,000,000 from local funds, previously ap-
propriated in this Act as a Federal payment, for resident
tuition support at public and private institutions of higher
learning for eligible District of Columbia residents;
(b) OFFERING EQUAL ACCESS TO VAWA IMMIGRA-
TION PROTECTIONS FOR ALL QUALIFIED BATTERED IM-
MIGRANT SELF-PETITIONERS.—
(1) ELIMINATING CONNECTION BETWEEN BAT-
TERY
AND
UNLAWFUL
ENTRY.—Section
212(a)(6)(A)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended—
(A) by amending subclause (I) to read as
follows:
‘‘(I) the alien qualifies for classi-
fication under subparagraph (A)(iii),
(A)(iv), 
(A)(v), 
(A)(vi), 
(B)(ii),
(B)(iii), 
or 
(B)(iv) 
of 
section
204(a)(1), and’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘, and’’ in subclause (II)
and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking subclause (III).
(2) BATTERED IMMIGRANT EXCEPTION.—Sec-
tion 212(a)(9)(A)(iii) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1182(a)(9)(A)(iii)) is amended by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘Clauses (i) and (ii) also shall not
apply to aliens to whom the Attorney General has
granted classification under clause (iii), (iv), (v), or
(vi) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or classification under
clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(B).’’.
bia Appropriations Act, 1998, (not to exceed $4,600,000)
to carry out the activities funded under this heading.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, $99,714,000 to be allocated as follows: for the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,209,000; for the
District of Columbia Superior Court, $68,351,000; for the
District of Columbia Court System, $16,154,000; and
$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001,
for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities: Provided, That of the amounts available
for operations of the District of Columbia Courts, not to
exceed $2,500,000 shall be for the design of an Integrated
Justice Information System and that such funds shall be
used in accordance with a plan and design developed by
the courts and approved by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, all amounts under this heading shall be appor-
tioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds
appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal
agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided
on a contractual basis with the General Services Adminis-
the recommendations of the Health Care Development
Commission that has been appointed by the Council of the
District of Columbia to review this program, and consult
and report to Congress on the use of these funds.
SEC. 172. GAO STUDY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. Not later than 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall—
(1) conduct a study of the law enforcement,
court, prison, probation, parole, and other compo-
nents of the criminal justice system of the District
of Columbia, in order to identify the components
most in need of additional resources, including fi-
nancial, personnel, and management resources; and
(2) submit to Congress a report on the results
of the study under paragraph (1).
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—TAX REDUCTION
SEC. 201. COMMENDING REDUCTION OF TAXES BY DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Congress commends the District of Columbia for its
action to reduce taxes, and ratifies D.C. Act 13–110 (com-
monly known as the Service Improvement and Fiscal Year
2000 Budget Support Act of 1999).
SEC. 202. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this title may be construed to limit the
ability of the Council of the District of Columbia to amend
or repeal any provision of law described in this title.
Passed the House of Representatives October 14,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
tration [GSA], said services to include the preparation of
monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be sub-
mitted directly by GSA to the President and to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives.
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and
section 11–2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice
Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the
Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Code, and
payments for counsel authorized under section 21–2060,
D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under the
District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Pro-
ceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986),
$33,336,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’
(other than the $8,000,000 provided under such heading
for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities) may also be used for payments under this
heading Provided further, That in addition to the funds
provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Ju-
dicial Administration in the District of Columbia may use
a portion (not to exceed $1,200,000) of the interest earned
on the Federal payment made to the District of Columbia
courts under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
1999, together with funds provided in this Act under the
heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia
Courts’’ (other than the $8,000,000 provided under such
heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia
courthouse facilities), to make payments described under
this heading for obligations incurred during fiscal year
1999 if the Comptroller General certifies that the amount
of obligations lawfully incurred for such payments during
fiscal year 1999 exceeds the obligational authority other-
wise available for making such payments: Provided further,
That such funds shall be administered by the Joint Com-
mittee on Judicial Administration in the District of Co-
lumbia: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, this appropriation shall be apportioned
quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and
obligated and expended in the same manner as funds ap-
propriated for expenses of other Federal agencies, with
payroll and financial services to be provided on a contrac-
tual basis with the General Services Administration
[GSA], said services to include the preparation of monthly
financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted di-
rectly by GSA to the President and to the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
For salaries and expenses of the Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia,
as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, (Public Law
105–33; 111 Stat. 712), $93,800,000, of which
$58,600,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Parole
Revocation, Adult Probation, Offender Supervision, and
Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to
supervision of adults subject to protection orders or provi-
sion of services for or related to such persons;
$17,400,000 shall be available to the Public Defender
Service; and $17,800,000 shall be available to the Pretrial
Services Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses
of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That of the
amounts made available under this heading, $20,492,000
shall be used in support of universal drug screening and
testing for those individuals on pretrial, probation, or pa-
role supervision with continued testing, intermediate sanc-
tions, and treatment for those identified in need, of which
$7,000,000 shall be for treatment services.
CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
For a Federal contribution to the Children’s National
Medical Center in the District of Columbia, $2,500,000
for construction, renovation, and information technology
infrastructure costs associated with establishing commu-
nity pediatric health clinics for high risk children in medi-
cally underserved areas of the District of Columbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT
For payment to the Metropolitan Police Department,
$1,000,000, for a program to eliminate open air drug traf-
ficking in the District of Columbia: Provided, That the
Chief of Police shall provide quarterly reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
Representatives by the 15th calendar day after the end
of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on the sta-
tus of the project financed under this heading.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS
OPERATING EXPENSES
DIVISION OF EXPENSES
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the
general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise specifically provided.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
Governmental direction and support, $162,356,000
(including $137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000
from Federal funds, and $13,552,000 from other funds):
Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor,
$2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of the District
of Columbia, and $2,500 for the City Administrator shall
be available from this appropriation for official purposes:
Provided further, That any program fees collected from the
issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of ex-
penses of the debt management program of the District
of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues from
Federal sources shall be used to support the operations
or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood
Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District
of Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Ad-
mission to Statehood from its own locally-generated reve-
nues: Provided further, That all employees permanently as-
signed to work in the Office of the Mayor shall be paid
from funds allocated to the Office of the Mayor.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000
(including $52,911,000 from local funds, $84,751,000
from Federal funds, and $52,673,000 from other funds),
of which $15,000,000 collected by the District of Colum-
bia in the form of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the
respective BIDs pursuant to the Business Improvement
Districts Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11–134; D.C. Code, sec.
1–2271 et seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts
Temporary Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 12–23):
Provided, That such funds are available for acquiring serv-
ices provided by the General Services Administration: Pro-
vided further, That Business Improvement Districts shall
be exempt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease
of 135 passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only,
including 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the 
current 
fiscal 
year, 
$778,770,000 
(including
$565,511,000 from local funds, $29,012,000 from Federal