datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(i) the percentage set forth in clause
(ii) of the table contained in paragraph
(1)(B) shall be 66 percent,
‘‘(ii) the percentage set forth in clause
(iii) of such table shall be 33 percent, and
‘‘(iii) clauses (iv) and (v) of such table
shall not apply.’’
(4)(A) The section heading for section 48 of
such Code is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 48. OTHER CREDITS.’’
(B) The table of sections for subpart E of part
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is
amended by striking the item relating to section 48
and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 48. Other credits.’’
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to periods after December 31,
1997, under rules similar to the rules of section 48(m)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect on the
day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue Rec-
onciliation Act of 1990).
SEC. 3. CREDIT FOR PURCHASES OF DOMESTIC DURABLE
GOODS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is
‘‘(6) CERTAIN PROGRESS EXPENDITURE RULES
MADE APPLICABLE.—Rules similar to rules of sub-
section (c)(4) and (d) of section 46 (as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of the Rev-
enue Reconciliation Act of 1990) shall apply for pur-
poses of this subsection.’’
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subparagraph (C) of section 49(a)(1) of
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end
of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of
clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at
the end thereof the following new clause:
‘‘(iv) the basis of any new domestic
section 38 property and the cost of any
used domestic section 38 property.’’
(2) Subparagraph (E) of section 50(a)(2) of
such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘or 48(c)(6)’’ be-
fore the period at the end thereof.
(3) Paragraph (5) of section 50(a) of such Code
is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN PROP-
ERTY.—In the case of any domestic section 38
property which is 3-year property (within the
meaning of section 168(e))—
grounds for the opposition, within 7 months after the be-
ginning of the opposition period or within 1 month after
the end of the opposition period, whichever is earlier.
‘‘(3) If a notification of refusal of a request for exten-
sion of protection is transmitted under paragraph (1) or
(2), no grounds for refusal of such request other than
those set forth in such notification may be transmitted to
the International Bureau by the Commissioner after the
expiration of the time periods set forth in paragraph (1)
or (2), as the case may be.
‘‘(4) If a notification specified in paragraph (1) or
(2) is not sent to the International Bureau within the time
period set forth in such paragraph, with respect to a re-
quest for extension of protection, the request for extension
of protection shall not be refused and the Commissioner
shall issue a certificate of extension of protection pursuant
to the request.
‘‘(d) DESIGNATION
OF AGENT
FOR SERVICE
OF
PROCESS.—In responding to a notification of refusal with
respect to a mark, the holder of the international registra-
tion of the mark shall designate, by a written document
filed in the Patent and Trademark Office, the name and
address of a person resident in the United States on whom
may be served notices or process in proceedings affecting
the mark. Such notices or process may be served upon
the person so designated by leaving with that person, or
mailing to that person, a copy thereof at the address speci-
fied in the last designation so filed. If the person so des-
ignated cannot be found at the address given in the last
designation, such notice or process may be served upon
the Commissioner.
‘‘SEC. 69. EFFECT OF EXTENSION OF PROTECTION.
‘‘(a) ISSUANCE OF EXTENSION OF PROTECTION.—
Unless a request for extension of protection is refused
under section 68, the Commissioner shall issue a certifi-
cate of extension of protection pursuant to the request and
shall cause notice of such certificate of extension of protec-
tion to be published in the Official Gazette of the Patent
and Trademark Office.
‘‘(b) EFFECT
OF EXTENSION
OF PROTECTION.—
From the date on which a certificate of extension of pro-
tection is issued under subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) such extension of protection shall have the
same effect and validity as a registration on the
Principal Register, and
‘‘(2) the holder of the international registration
shall have the same rights and remedies as the
owner of a registration on the Principal Register.
Union Calendar No. 122
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 567
[Report No. 105–199]
A BILL
To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide
for the registration and protection of trademarks
used in commerce, in order to carry out provi-
sions of certain international conventions, and for
other purposes.
JULY 24, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
H. R. 4818—477
SEC. 644. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United
States Code, and section 610 of this Act and any other provision
of law, the head of each appropriate executive department and
agency shall transfer to or reimburse the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration, upon the direction of the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, funds made available by this or any other Act
for the purposes described below, and shall submit budget requests
for such purposes. These funds shall be administered by the Federal
Aviation Administration, in consultation with the appropriate inter-
agency groups designated by the Director and shall be used to
ensure the uninterrupted, continuous operation of the Midway Atoll
Airfield by the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to an
operational agreement with the Department of the Interior for
the entirety of fiscal year 2005 and any period thereafter that
precedes the enactment of the Transportation, Treasury, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall mandate the necessary
transfers after determining an equitable allocation between the
appropriate executive departments and agencies of the responsi-
bility for funding the continuous operation of the Midway Atoll
Airfield based on, but not limited to, potential use, interest in
maintaining aviation safety, and applicability to governmental oper-
ations and agency mission. The total funds transferred or
reimbursed shall not exceed $6,000,000 for any twelve-month
period. Such sums shall be sufficient to ensure continued operation
of the airfield throughout the period cited above. Funds shall be
available for operation of the airfield or airfield-related capital
upgrades. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of such transfers
or reimbursements within 15 days of this Act. Such transfers or
reimbursements shall begin within 30 days of enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 645. (a) DESIGNATION.—The United States Courthouse
located at 95 Seventh Street in San Francisco, California, shall
be known and designated as the ‘‘James R. Browning United States
Courthouse’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the court-
house referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘James R. Browning United States Courthouse’’.
DIVISION I—DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND
HOUSING 
AND 
URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, 
AND 
INDE-
PENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as author-
ized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and
61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized
by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508);
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(c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in 
fiscal year 2005 for tobacco prevention programs and for 
compliance activities at a level that is not less than the 
level of such expenditures maintained by the State for fis-
cal year 2004, and adding to that level the additional 
funds for tobacco compliance activities required under 
subsection (a). The State is to submit a report to the Sec-
retary on all fiscal year 2004 State expenditures and all 
fiscal year 2005 obligations for tobacco prevention and 
compliance activities by program activity by July 31, 
2005. 
(d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforc-
ing the timing of the State obligation of the additional 
funds required by the certification described in subsection 
(a) as late as July 31, 2005. 
(e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to 
section 1926 from a territory that receives less than 
$1,000,000. 
SEC. 215. In order for the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention to carry out international health ac-
tivities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, 
chronic and environmental disease, and other health ac-
tivities abroad during fiscal year 2005, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services—
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Madrid Protocol Imple-
mentation Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROVISIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROTOCOL RE-
LATING TO THE MADRID AGREEMENT CON-
CERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRA-
TION OF MARKS.
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the registra-
tion and protection of trade-marks used in commerce, to
carry out the provisions of certain international conven-
tions, and for other purposes’’, approved July 5, 1946, as
amended (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) (commonly referred to
as the ‘‘Trademark Act of 1946’’) is amended by adding
after section 51 the following new title:
‘‘TITLE XII—THE MADRID PROTOCOL
‘‘SEC. 60. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this title:
‘‘(1) MADRID
PROTOCOL.—The term ‘Madrid
Protocol’ means the Protocol Relating to the Madrid
Agreement Concerning the International Registra-
tion of Marks, adopted at Madrid, Spain, on June
27, 1989.
‘‘(2) BASIC APPLICATION.—The term ‘basic ap-
plication’ means the application for the registration
of a mark that has been filed with an Office of a
Contracting Party and that constitutes the basis for
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International Bureau, whichever date applies, and, if the
extension of protection enjoyed priority under section 67
of this title, shall enjoy the same priority. Such an applica-
tion shall be entitled to the benefits conferred by this sub-
section only if the application is filed not later than 3
months after the date on which the international registra-
tion was canceled, in whole or in part, and only if the ap-
plication complies with all the requirements of this Act
which apply to any application filed pursuant to section
1 or 44.
‘‘SEC. 71. AFFIDAVITS AND FEES.
‘‘(a) REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS AND FEES.—An exten-
sion of protection for which a certificate of extension of
protection has been issued under section 69 shall remain
in force for the term of the international registration upon
which it is based, except that the extension of protection
of any mark shall be canceled by the Commissioner—
‘‘(1) at the end of the 6-year period beginning
on the date on which the certificate of extension of
protection was issued by the Commissioner, unless
within the 1-year period preceding the expiration of
that 6-year period the holder of the international
registration files in the Patent and Trademark Of-
fice an affidavit under subsection (b) together with
a fee prescribed by the Commissioner; and
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‘‘(2) at the end of the 10-year period beginning
on the date on which the certificate of extension of
protection was issued by the Commissioner, and at
the end of each 10-year period thereafter, unless—
‘‘(A) within the 6-month period preceding
the expiration of such 10-year period the holder
of the international registration files in the Pat-
ent and Trademark Office an affidavit under
subsection (b) together with a fee prescribed by
the Commissioner; or
‘‘(B) within 3 months after the expiration
of such 10-year period, the holder of the inter-
national registration files in the Patent and
Trademark Office an affidavit under subsection
(b) together with the fee described in subpara-
graph (A) and an additional fee prescribed by
the Commissioner.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF AFFIDAVIT.—The affidavit re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall set forth those goods or
services recited in the extension of protection on or in con-
nection with which the mark is in use in commerce and
the holder of the international registration shall attach to
the affidavit a specimen or facsimile showing the current
use of the mark in commerce, or shall set forth that any
nonuse is due to special circumstances which excuse such
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nonuse and is not due to any intention to abandon the
mark. Special notice of the requirement for such affidavit
shall be attached to each certificate of extension of protec-
tion.
‘‘SEC. 72. ASSIGNMENT OF AN EXTENSION OF PROTECTION.
‘‘An extension of protection may be assigned, to-
gether with the goodwill associated with the mark, only
to a person who is a national of, is domiciled in, or has
a bona fide and effective industrial or commercial estab-
lishment either in a country that is a Contracting Party
or in a country that is a member of an intergovernmental
organization that is a Contracting Party.
‘‘SEC. 73. INCONTESTABILITY.
‘‘The period of continuous use prescribed under sec-
tion 15 for a mark covered by an extension of protection
issued under this title may begin no earlier than the date
on which the Commissioner issues the certificate of the
extension of protection under section 69, except as pro-
vided in section 74.
‘‘SEC. 74. RIGHTS OF EXTENSION OF PROTECTION.
‘‘An extension of protection shall convey the same
rights as an existing registration for the same mark, if—
‘‘(1) the extension of protection and the exist-
ing registration are owned by the same person;
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‘‘(4) RATABLE REDUCTION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—If the sums made
available under this part for any fiscal year are
insufficient to pay the full amounts that all
States are eligible to receive under this sub-
section for such year, the Secretary shall rat-
ably reduce the allotments to such States for
such year.
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
FUNDS.—If additional
funds become available for making payments
under this subsection for a fiscal year, allot-
ments that were reduced under subparagraph
(A) shall be increased on the same basis they
were reduced.
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this
subsection—
‘‘(A) the terms ‘infants’ and ‘toddlers’
mean children under 3 years of age; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘State’ means each of the 50
States, the District of Columbia, and the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico.
‘‘(d) REALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—If a State elects
not to receive its allotment under subsection (c), the Sec-
retary shall reallot, among the remaining States, amounts
from such State in accordance with such subsection.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 568
To secure the voting rights of former felons who have been released from
incarceration.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To secure the voting rights of former felons who have been
released from incarceration.
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 ‘‘Voting Rights of
Former Offenders Act’’.
SEC. 2. RIGHTS OF CITIZENS.
The right of a citizen of the United States, who other-
wise is qualified, to vote in any election for Federal office
shall not be denied or abridged because he has committed
a criminal offense unless such citizen is imprisoned in a
correctional institution or facility at the time of such elec-
tion.
SEC. 3. STATE REQUIREMENTS.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the
States from establishing requirements for the holding of
State or local elective office; nor from enacting any State
law which affords the right to vote in any election for Fed-
eral office on terms less restrictive than those established
by this Act.
SEC. 4. OFFENSE.
Whoever intentionally denies or attempts to deny any
person any right secured by this Act shall be fined under
title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than
one year, or both.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘correctional institution or facil-
ity’’ means any prison, penitentiary, jail, or other in-
stitution or facility for the confinement of individ-
uals convicted of criminal offenses, except that such
term does not include any residential community
treatment center (or similar public or private facil-
ity);
(2) the term ‘‘election’’ means (A) a general,
special, primary, or runoff election, (B) a convention
or caucus of a political party held to nominate a
candidate, (C) a primary election held for the selec-
tion of delegates to a national nominating conven-
tion of a political party, or (D) a primary election
held for the expression of a preference for the nomi-
nation of persons for election to the office of Presi-
dent; and
(3) the term ‘‘Federal office’’ means the office
of President or Vice President of the United States,
or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the
United States.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 56
To authorize establishment of a Department of Veterans Affairs ambulatory
care facility in Brookhaven, New York.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. FORBES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To authorize establishment of a Department of Veterans
Affairs ambulatory care facility in Brookhaven, New York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. VETERANS’ AMBULATORY CARE FACILITY,
BROOKHAVEN, NEW YORK.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to es-
tablish an ambulatory care facility for the Department of
Veterans Affairs in Brookhaven, New York. Depending on
which is more cost effective, the Secretary shall establish
HCON 71 PCS 
Sec. 502. Policy statement on budget process reform. 
Sec. 503. Policy statement on Federal regulatory budgeting and reform. 
Sec. 504. Policy statement on unauthorized appropriations. 
Sec. 505. Policy statement on Federal accounting. 
Sec. 506. Policy statement on Commission on Budget Concepts. 
Sec. 507. Policy statement on budget enforcement. 
Sec. 508. Policy statement on improper payments. 
Sec. 509. Policy statement on expenditures from agency fees and spending. 
Sec. 510. Policy statement on promoting real health care reform. 
Sec. 511. Policy statement on Medicare. 
Sec. 512. Policy statement on combating the opioid epidemic. 
Sec. 513. Policy statement on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. 
Sec. 514. Policy statement on medical discovery, development, delivery, and in-
novation. 
Sec. 515. Policy statement on public health preparedness. 
Sec. 516. Policy statement on Social Security. 
Sec. 517. Policy statement on Medicaid work requirements. 
Sec. 518. Policy statement on welfare reform and Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program work requirements. 
Sec. 519. Policy Statement on State flexibility in Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program. 
Sec. 520. Policy statement on higher education and workforce development op-
portunity. 
Sec. 521. Policy statement on supplemental wildfire suppression funding. 
Sec. 522. Policy statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 523. Policy statement on moving the United States Postal Service on 
budget. 
Sec. 524. Policy statement on the Judgment Fund. 
Sec. 525. Policy statement on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. 
Sec. 526. Policy statement on tax reform. 
TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 
LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 
SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 
each of fiscal years 2018 through 2027: 
(1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 
enforcement of this concurrent resolution: 
(A) The recommended levels of Federal 
revenues are as follows: 
Fiscal year 2018: $2,670,356,000,000. 
Fiscal year 2019: $2,767,357,000,000. 
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such a facility by lease of an existing facility or by con-
struction of a new facility.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 570
To make appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for a plant genetic conservation
program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. MINK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Appropriations
A BILL
To make appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for a plant
genetic conservation program.
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 ‘‘Plant Genetic Con-
servation Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998’’.
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATION FOR PLANT GENETIC CONSERVA-
TION.
The following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fis-
cal year 1998:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
PLANT GENETIC CONSERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out a plant genetic
conservation program to store material from rare, endan-
gered, and threatened plants in Hawaii and other States
and areas of the United States, including expenses for
construction and maintenance of a temperature-controlled
facility for such purpose, $1,500,000.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 571
To amend the Act of March 3, 1931 (known as the Davis-Bacon Act)
to require that contract work covered by the Act which requires licensing
be performed by a person who is so licensed.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Act of March 3, 1931 (known as the Davis-
Bacon Act) to require that contract work covered by
the Act which requires licensing be performed by a per-
son who is so licensed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LICENSING.
Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of March
3, 1931 (known as the Davis-Bacon Act) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘A contract covered by
this subsection which is to be carried out in a State which
requires persons performing the work under the contract