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(3) ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRIBUTION AND BEN-
EFIT BASE APPLICABLE IN DETERMINING YEARS OF
COVERAGE
FOR
PURPOSES
OF
SPECIAL
MINIMUM
PRIMARY
INSURANCE
AMOUNT.—Section
215(a)(1)(C)(ii) of such Act is amended by striking
‘‘(except that’’ and all that follows through the end
and inserting ‘‘(except that, for purposes of sub-
section (b) of such section 230 as so in effect, the
reference to the contribution and benefit base in
paragraph (1) of such subsection (b) shall be
deemed a reference to an amount equal to $45,000,
each reference in paragraph (2) of such subsection
(b) to the average of the wages of all employees as
reported to the Secretary of the Treasury shall be
deemed a reference to the deemed average total
wages (as defined in section 209(k)(1)), the ref-
erence to a preceding calendar year in paragraph
(2)(A) of such subsection (b) shall be deemed a ref-
erence to the calendar year before the calendar year
in which the determination under subsection (a) of
such section 230 is made, and the reference to a cal-
endar year in paragraph (2)(B) of such subsection
(b) shall be deemed a reference to 1992).’’.
(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF
EARNINGS
TEST
EXEMPT
AMOUNT.—Section 203(f)(8)(B)(ii) of the Social Security
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Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)(8)(B)(ii)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(ii) the product of the corresponding ex-
empt amount which is in effect with respect to
months in the taxable year ending after 1993
and before 1995, and the ratio of—
‘‘(I) the deemed average total wages
(as defined in section 209(k)(1)) for the
calendar year before the calendar year in
which the determination under subpara-
graph (A) is made, to
‘‘(II) the deemed average total wages
(as so defined) for 1992,
with such product, if not a multiple of $10,
being rounded to the next higher multiple of
$10 where such product is a multiple of $5 but
not of $10 and to the nearest multiple of $10
in any other case.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall be effective with respect to the determination
of the contribution and benefit base for years after
1994.
(2) The amendment made by subsection (b)
shall be effective with respect to the determination
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of the exempt amounts applicable to any taxable
year ending after 1994.
PART II—HUMAN RESOURCES PROVISIONS
SEC. 1016. CORRECTIONS RELATED TO THE INCOME SECU-
RITY AND HUMAN RESOURCES PROVISIONS
OF THE OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION
ACT OF 1990.
(a) 
AMENDMENT
RELATED
TO
SECTION
5035(a)(2).—Section 5035(a)(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–508) is
amended by striking ‘‘a semicolon’’ and inserting
‘‘ ‘; and’ ’’.
(b) REPEAL
OF PROVISION INADVERTENTLY IN-
CLUDED.—Section 5057 of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–508), and the
amendment made by such section, are hereby repealed,
and section 1139(d) of the Social Security Act shall be
applied and administered as if such section 5057 had
never been enacted.
(c) 
AMENDMENT
RELATED
TO
SECTION
5105(d)(1)(B).—Section 5105(d)(1)(B) of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–508;
104 Stat. 1388–266) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) TITLE
XVI.—Section 1631(a)(2)(F)
(42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)(F)), as so redesignated
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by subsection (c)(2) of this section, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘ ‘(F) The Secretary shall include as a part of the
annual report required under section 704 information with
respect to the implementation of the preceding provisions
of this paragraph, including—
‘‘ ‘(i) the number of cases in which the rep-
resentative payee was changed;
‘‘ ‘(ii) the number of cases discovered where
there has been a misuse of funds;
‘‘ ‘(iii) how any such cases were dealt with by
the Secretary;
‘‘ ‘(iv) the final disposition of such cases (in-
cluding any criminal penalties imposed); and
‘‘ ‘(v) such other information as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.’.’’
(d) 
AMENDMENT
RELATED
TO
SECTION
5105(a)(1)(B).—The second paragraph of section 1631(a)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(a)) is amended
by striking ‘‘(A)(i) Payments’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)(A)(i)
Payments’’.
(e) AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SECTION 5105(b).—
Section 1631(a)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)(C)) is amended—
(1) by striking clause (ii);
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(2) by redesignating clauses (iii), (iv), and (v)
as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively; and
(3) in clause (iv) (as so redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘(iii), and (iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (iii)’’.
(f) 
AMENDMENTS
RELATED
TO
SECTION
5107(a)(2)(B).—Section 1631(c)(1)(B) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(c)(1)(B)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place such term appears and
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’.
(g) 
AMENDMENT
RELATED
TO
SECTION
5109(a)(2).—Section 1631 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1383) is amended by redesignating the subsection
(n) added by section 5109(a)(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990, as subsection (o).
(h) 
AMENDMENTS
RELATED
TO
SECTION
11115(b)(2).—Section 11115(b)(2) of the Omnibus Budg-
et Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–508) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (8)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)’’;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (10)’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (C), by redesignating the
new paragraph added thereby as paragraph (11).
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(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each amendment made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the provision
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to
which the amendment relates at the time such provision
became law.
SEC. 1017. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS RELATED TO THE
HUMAN RESOURCE AND INCOME SECURITY
PROVISIONS 
OF 
OMNIBUS 
BUDGET 
REC-
ONCILIATION ACT OF 1989.
(a) AMENDMENT RELATING TO SECTION 8004(a).—
Section 408(m)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 608(m)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘a fiscal’’
and inserting ‘‘the fiscal’’.
(b) AMENDMENT RELATING TO SECTION 8006(a).—
Section 
473(a)(6)(B) 
of 
such 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
673(a)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘474(a)(3)(B)’’ and
inserting ‘‘474(a)(3)(C)’’.
(c) 
AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO
SECTION
8007(b)(3).—Subparagraph (D) of section 475(5) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 675(5)(D)) is amended by moving such
subparagraph 2 ems to the right so that the left margin
of such subparagraph is aligned with the left margin of
subparagraph (C) of such section.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each amendment made by
this section shall take effect as if the amendment had been
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included in the provision of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1989 to which the amendment relates,
at the time the provision became law.
SEC. 1018. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS RE-
LATING TO TREATMENT OF THE EARNED IN-
COME TAX CREDIT.
(a) TREATMENT OF EITC AS EARNED INCOME.—
Section 1612(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382a(a)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C)
and by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as sub-
paragraphs (C) and (D), respectively.
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF BENEFITS DUE TO TREAT-
MENT OF EITC AS EARNED INCOME.—Section 1631(b)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(b)) is amended by striking
paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraphs (4) and
(5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
SEC. 1019. REDESIGNATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.
Section 1631(e)(6) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1383(e)(6)) is amended by redesignating subpara-
graphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec-
tively.
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Subtitle C—Tariff and Customs
SEC. 1021. TECHNICAL 
AMENDMENTS 
TO 
THE 
HAR-
MONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States is amended as follows:
(1) TAPESTRY
AND
UPHOLSTERY
FABRICS.—
The article description for subheading 5112.19.20 is
amended by striking ‘‘of a weight exceeding 300
g/m2’’.
(2) GLOVES.—
(A) Chapter 61 is amended by redesignat-
ing subheading 6116.10.45 as subheading
6116.10.48.
(B) Chapter 62 is amended by striking the
superior text ‘‘Other:’’ that appears between
subheadings 6216.00.46 and 6216.00.52.
(3) AGGLOMERATE STONE FLOOR AND WALL
TILES.—The article description for subheading
6810.19.12 is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Of stone
agglomerated with binders other than cement’’.
(4) 
2,4-DIAMINOBENZENESULFONIC
ACID.—
The article description for heading 9902.30.43 is
amended by striking ‘‘2921.51.50’’ and inserting
‘‘2921.59.50’’.
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(5) MACHINES USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
BICYCLE PARTS.—The article description for heading
9902.84.79 is amended by striking ‘‘8479.89.90’’
and 
inserting 
‘‘8462.49.00, 
8479.89.90 
or
9031.80.00’’.
(6) COPYING MACHINES AND PARTS.—The arti-
cle description for heading 9902.90.90 is amended
by inserting ‘‘or 8473.40.40’’ after ‘‘8472.90.80’’.
(b) STAGED RATE REDUCTIONS FOR GLOVES.—Any
staged reduction of a special rate of duty set forth in sub-
heading 6116.10.45 of such Schedule that takes effect on
or after October 1, 1990, by reason of section 10011(a)(2)
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 shall
apply to the corresponding rate of duty in subheading
6116.10.48 (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)(A)).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to goods entered, or with-
drawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after
the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(2) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN
LIQUIDATIONS AND RELIQUIDATIONS.—
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(A) Notwithstanding section 514 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of
law, upon proper request filed with the appro-
priate customs officer on or before the 90th day
after the date of the enactment of this Act, any
entry—
(i) that was made after the applicable
date and before the 15th day after such
date of enactment; and
(ii) with respect to which there would
have been a lesser or no duty if any
amendment made by subsection (a) applied
to such entry;
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though
such amendment applied to such entry.
(B) For purposes of this subsection, the
term ‘‘applicable date’’ means—
(i) if such amendment is made by sub-
section (a)(3) or (a)(6), December 31,
1988; and
(ii) if such amendment is made by
subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(4), (a)(5),
September 30, 1990.
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SEC. 1022. CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE APPLICATION
OF CUSTOMS USER FEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (D) of section
13031(b)(8) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(8)(D)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iv);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
(v) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after clause (v) the following
new clause:
‘‘(vi) in the case of merchandise entered from
a foreign trade zone (other than merchandise to
which clause (v) applies), be applied only to the
value of the privileged or nonprivileged foreign sta-
tus merchandise under section 3 of the Act of June
18, 1934 (commonly known as the Foreign Trade
Zones Act, 19 U.S.C. 81c).’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply to—
(1) any entry made from a foreign trade zone
on or after the 15th day after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and
(2) any entry made from a foreign trade zone
after November 30, 1986, and before such 15th day
if the entry was not liquidated before such 15th day.
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(c) CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of applying the
amendments made by subsection (a), the column 1-general
rate of duty established by any amendment to the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States that was
enacted after January 1, 1989, shall, if—
(1) such amendment has, or is statutorily treat-
ed as having, an effective date of January 1, 1989;
or
(2) application for liquidation or reliquidation
at such rate with respect to entries made after De-
cember 31, 1988, and before the effective date of the
amendment, is provided for;
be treated as the rate in effect on January 1, 1989.
SEC. 1024. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTOMS
AND TRADE ACT OF 1990.
Subsection (b) of section 484H of the Customs and
Trade Act of 1990 (19 U.S.C. 1553 note) is amended by
striking ‘‘, or withdrawn from warehouse for consump-
tion,’’ and inserting ‘‘for transportation in bond’’.
SEC. 1025. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS REGARDING CER-
TAIN BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES.
(a) CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT.—
Section 213(h)(1) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Re-
covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(h)(1)) is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following flush sentence:
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‘‘The duty reductions provided for under this para-
graph shall not apply to textile and apparel articles
which are subject to textile agreements.’’
(b) ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT.—Section
204(c)(1) of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C.
3203(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following flush sentence:
‘‘The duty reductions provided for under this para-
graph shall not apply to textile and apparel articles
which are subject to textile agreements.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section apply with respect to—
(1) articles entered, or withdrawn from ware-
house for consumption, on or after the 15th day
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
(2) articles entered after December 31, 1991,
and before such 15th day, which are not liquidated
before such 15th day.
SEC. 1026. CLARIFICATION OF FEES FOR CERTAIN CUS-
TOMS SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(b)(9)(A) of the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
(19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(9)(A)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘centralized hub facility or’’ in
clause (i); and
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(2) in clause (ii)—
(A) by striking ‘‘facility—’’ and inserting
‘‘facility or centralized hub facility—’’,
(B) by striking ‘‘customs inspectional’’ in
subclause (I), and
(C) by striking ‘‘at the facility’’ in
subclause (I) and inserting ‘‘for the facility’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 13031(b)(9)(B)(i) of the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
(19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(9)(B)(i)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, as in effect on July 30,
1990’’, and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following
new sentence: ‘‘Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed as prohibiting the Secretary of the Treas-
ury from processing merchandise that is informally
entered or released at any centralized hub facility or
express consignment carrier facility during the nor-
mal operating hours of the Customs Service, subject
to reimbursement and payment under subparagraph
(A).’’.
(c) CITATION.—Section 13031(b)(9)(B)(ii) of the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
(19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(9)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
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tion 236 of the Tariff and Trade Act of 1984’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 236 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984’’.
SEC. 1027. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO SECTION 337 OF
THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of section
337(b)(3) of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by striking
‘‘section 303, 671, or 673’’ and inserting ‘‘section 303,
701, or 731’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect October 28, 1992.
Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
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