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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2660
To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide pay parity for
dentists with physicians employed by the Veterans Health Administration.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 1999
Mr. FILNER (for himself, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. EVANS, and Mr. DOYLE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide
pay parity for dentists with physicians employed by the
Veterans Health Administration.
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 ‘‘Put Your Money
Where Your Mouth Is—The VA Dentists Equity Act’’.
SEC. 2. PAY PARITY FOR DENTISTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7435(b) of title 38,
United States Code is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$3,500’’ and
inserting ‘‘$9,000’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by amending the table
to read as follows:
‘‘Length of Service
Rate
Minimum
Maximum
2 years but less than 4 years .................................
$4,000
$6,000
4 years but less than 8 years .................................
6,000
12,000
8 years but less than 12 years ...............................
12,000
18,000
12 years or more .....................................................
12,000
25,000’’;
(3) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘$20,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$40,000’’;
(4) in paragraph (4)(A), by amending the table
to read as follows:
‘‘Position
Rate
Minimum
Maximum
Service Chief (or in a comparable position as de-
termined by the Secretary) .................................
$4,500
$15,000
Chief of Staff or in an Executive Grade ................
14,500
25,000
Director Grade ........................................................
25,000’’;
(5) in paragraph (4)(B), by amending the table
to read as follows:
‘‘Position
Rate
Deputy Service Director ..............................................................
$20,000
Service Director ...........................................................................
25,000
Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health ............................
27,500
Assistant Under Secretary for Health (or in a comparable posi-
tion as determined by the Secretary) ......................................
30,000’’;
(6) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$17,000’’; and
(7) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘$5,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to any contract entered into under
chapter 74 of title 38, United States Code, after the later
of October 1, 1999 or the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2661
To amend title 36 of the United States Code to establish the American
Indian Education Foundation, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 1999
Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. GEORGE MIL-
LER of California, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. POM-
EROY, and Mr. KOLBE) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 36 of the United States Code to establish
the American Indian Education 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 ‘‘American Indian Edu-
cation Foundation Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of subtitle II of title 36,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter
215 the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 216. AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION
FOUNDATION
‘‘Sec.
‘‘21601. Organization.
‘‘21602. Purposes.
‘‘21603. Governing body.
‘‘21604. Powers.
‘‘21605. Principal office.
‘‘21606. Service of process.
‘‘21607. Liability of officers and agents.
‘‘21608. Restrictions.
‘‘21609. Transfer of donated funds.
‘‘§ 21601. Organization
‘‘(a) FEDERAL CHARTER.—The American Indian
Education Foundation (herein in this chapter referred to
as the ‘foundation’) is a federally chartered corporation.
‘‘(b) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE.—Except as otherwise
provided, the foundation has perpetual existence.
‘‘(c) NATURE OF CORPORATION.—The foundation is
a charitable and nonprofit corporation and is not an agen-
cy or instrumentality of the United States.
‘‘(d) PLACE OF INCORPORATION AND DOMICILE.—
The foundation is declared to be incorporated and domi-
ciled in the District of Columbia.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this chapter—
‘‘(1) the term ‘American Indian’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘Indian’ in section 4(d) of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 450b(d)); and
visors, officers, and agents had actual knowledge of that
work schedule. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a
railroad carrier’s managers, supervisors, officers, and
agents shall be considered to have actual knowledge of the
work schedules of the signal employees of its independent
contractors. A railroad carrier shall be held responsible for
the actions of its independent contractors in requiring or
allowing a signal employee to remain or go on duty.’’.
(b) 
DETERMINING
TIME
ON
DUTY.—Section
21104(b) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the railroad
carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘a railroad carrier or inde-
pendent contractor’’;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, except that
up to one hour of that time spent returning from the
final trouble call of a period of continuous or broken
service is time off duty’’; and
(3) by inserting the following new paragraph at
the end:
‘‘(8) All time on duty for any railroad carrier
or independent contractor shall be included.’’.
(c) EMERGENCIES.—Section 21104(c) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘The repair or inspection
of a continuously operating or wholly nonoperational grade
crossing protection device shall not be considered an emer-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2662
To provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany
transferees, if the United States has an agreement with the country
of which the transferee is a national under which United States nationals
will be afforded reciprocal treatment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 1999
Ms. LOFGREN (for herself, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. EVANS, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. FROST, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr.
PASTOR, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. DREIER, Mr. BOEHNER, Mrs.
CHRISTENSEN, and Mr. SNYDER) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses
of intracompany transferees, if the United States has
an agreement with the country of which the transferee
is a national under which United States nationals will
be afforded reciprocal treatment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR SPOUSES OF
INTRACOMPANY TRANSFEREES.
Section 214(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(E) In the case of an alien spouse admitted under
section 101(a)(15)(L), who is accompanying or following
to join a principal alien admitted under such section, the
Attorney General shall authorize the alien spouse to en-
gage in employment in the United States and provide the
spouse with an ‘employment authorized’ endorsement or
other appropriate work permit, if the foreign state of
which the principal alien is a citizen or national has en-
tered into an agreement with the United States under
which it agrees to extend reciprocal treatment to citizens
and nationals of the United States.’’.
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‘‘(C) include the name, title, address, and
telephone number of the primary person to be
contacted with regard to review of the plan.
‘‘(3) APPROVAL; NOTICE; AUDITS.—(A) The
Secretary shall review each proposed plan and pro-
posed amendment to a plan and approve or dis-
approve such plan or amendment based on whether
the requirements of this section are sufficiently and
appropriately addressed and the proposals are ade-
quately justified in the plan or amendment.
‘‘(B) If the proposed plan or amendment to the
plan is not approved, the Secretary shall notify the
affected railroad carrier as to the specific points in
which the proposed plan or amendment to the plan
is deficient, and the railroad carrier shall correct all
deficiencies within 30 days following receipt of writ-
ten notice from the Secretary. If a railroad carrier
does not submit a plan (or, when directed by the
Secretary, an amended plan), or if a railroad car-
rier’s amended plan is not approved by the Sec-
retary, the Secretary shall prescribe a fatigue man-
agement plan for the railroad carrier.
‘‘(C) To carry out this section, the Secretary
may conduct periodic audits of a railroad carrier’s
compliance with its fatigue management plan.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2665
To provide for a study of Radium 224 in drinking water and to amend
the Safe Drinking Water Act to require that a national primary drinking
water standard be established for Radium 224, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 1999
Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To provide for a study of Radium 224 in drinking water
and to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require
that a national primary drinking water standard be es-
tablished for Radium 224, 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. STUDY OF RADIUM 224.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg-
istry (ATSDR) shall undertake a study to determine the
toxicological effects of Radium 224 and the health effects
of exposure to Radium 224 in drinking water. Such study
shall include an epidemiological analysis of the populations
in areas where Radium 224 is known to be present in
drinking water. Such study shall be completed and the re-
sults of the study shall be transmitted to the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency and pub-
lished as soon as practicable but not later than 5 years
after the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DRINKING WATER STANDARD.
Section 1412(b)(12) of the Safe Drinking Water Act
is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
‘‘(D) RADIUM 224.—The Administrator shall in-
clude Radium 224 on the list prepared under para-
graph (1)(B)(i) of contaminants which may require
regulation under this title and, not later than 6
months after the completion of the study undertaken
by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry to determine the toxicological effects of Ra-
dium 224 and the health effects of exposure to Ra-
dium 224 in drinking water, include Radium 224
among the 5 or more contaminants for which a de-
termination 
is 
made 
pursuant 
to 
paragraph
(1)(B)(ii).’’.
SEC. 3. STATE SOURCE WATER ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS.
Section 1453 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300j–13) is amended as follows:
(1) By adding the following at the end of sub-
section (a)(1): ‘‘Each such program shall be revised
every 5 years after the calendar year 1999.’’
(2) By amending subsection (a)(3) to insert ‘‘or
revision thereof’’ after program in each place that
term appears in the second sentence and by insert-
ing the following at the end thereof: ‘‘Each revision
of a State source water assessment program shall be
approved or disapproved by the Administrator not
later than 9 months after the date of its submittal.’’
(3) by adding the following at the end of sub-
section (a)(7): ‘‘Each State source water assessment
program and each revision thereof shall also be
made available to the public.’’.
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INCOME ELIGIBILITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR UNUSUALLY
HIGH OR LOW FAMILY INCOMES
SEC. 207. Section 16 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting before
the period the following:
‘‘; except that the Secretary may establish in-
come ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent
of the area median income on the basis of the
Secretary’s findings that such variations are
necessary because of unusually high or low fam-
ily incomes’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before the
period the following:
‘‘; except that the Secretary may establish income
ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of the area
median income on the basis of the Secretary’s find-
ings that such variations are necessary because of
unusually high or low family incomes’’.
MILLENIAL HOUSING COMMISSION
SEC. 208. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-
tablished a commission to be known as the Millenial Hous-
ing Commission (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Com-
mission’’.
(b) STUDY.—The duty of the Commission shall be to
conduct a study that examines, analyzes, and explores—
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‘‘(C) programs in vocational and technical
education;
‘‘(D) programs for gifted and talented stu-
dents; and
‘‘(E) school nutrition programs.
‘‘(5) COORDINATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational
agency serving homeless children and youth that
receives assistance under this subtitle shall co-
ordinate the provision of services under this sub-
title with local social services agencies and other
agencies or programs providing services to home-
less children and youth and their families, in-
cluding services and programs funded under the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. (42 U.S.C.
5701 et seq.).
‘‘(B) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—If applicable,
each State and local educational agency that re-
ceives assistance under this subtitle shall coordi-
nate with State and local housing agencies re-
sponsible for developing the comprehensive hous-
ing affordability strategy described in section
105 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705) to minimize
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tures to expenditures that the Secretary estimates
would have been made for home health services for
that fiscal year if subsection (a) had not been en-
acted.
(2) 
REQUIRED
REDUCTION
IN
PAYMENT
RATE.—If the Secretary determines, after making
the comparison under paragraph (1) and making
such adjustments for changes in demographics and
age of the Medicare beneficiary population as the
Secretary determines appropriate, that expenditures
for home health services including such substitute
adult day care services exceed expenditures that
would have been made for home health services fur-
nished under section 1861(m) of such Act for a year
if subsection (a) had not been enacted, then the Sec-
retary shall adjust the rate of payment to adult day
care facilities so that total expenditures for home
health services furnished under such section in a fis-
cal year does not exceed the Secretary’s estimate of
such expenditures if subsection (a) had not been en-
acted.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to items and services furnished on
or after the date that is the earlier of—
(1) January 1, 2001, or
Union Calendar No. 175
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2668
[Report No. 106–295]
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for
election for Federal office, and for other pur-
poses.
AUGUST 5, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
H. R. 4837—43
(b) ADDITIONAL PIPELINES.—Except as provided in section
103(d), nothing in this division shall preclude or otherwise affect
a future natural gas pipeline that may be constructed to deliver
natural gas to Fairbanks, Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley,
or the Kenai peninsula or Valdez or any other site in the State
for consumption within or distribution outside the State.
(c) RATE COORDINATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Natural Gas Act
(15 U.S.C. 717a et seq.), the Commission shall establish rates
for the transportation of natural gas on any Alaska natural
gas transportation project.
(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the
Commission, in accordance with section 17(b) of the Natural
Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717p(b)), shall consult with the State
regarding rates (including rate settlements) applicable to nat-
ural gas transported on and delivered from the Alaska natural
gas transportation project for use within the State.
SEC. 109. STUDY OF ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF CONSTRUCTION.
(a) REQUIREMENT OF STUDY.—If no application for the issuance
of a certificate or amended certificate of public convenience and
necessity authorizing the construction and operation of an Alaska
natural gas transportation project has been filed with the Commis-
sion by the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a study of alternative
approaches to the construction and operation of such an Alaska
natural gas transportation project.
(b) SCOPE OF STUDY.—The study under subsection (a) shall
take into consideration the feasibility of—
(1) establishing a Federal Government corporation to con-
struct an Alaska natural gas transportation project; and
(2) securing alternative means of providing Federal
financing and ownership (including alternative combinations
of Government and private corporate ownership) of the Alaska
natural gas transportation project.
(c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Treasury
and the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engi-
neers).
(d) REPORT.—On completion of any study under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes—
(1) the results of the study; and
(2) any recommendations of the Secretary (including pro-
posals for legislation to implement the recommendations).
SEC. 110. CLARIFICATION OF ANGTA STATUS AND AUTHORITIES.
(a) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this division affects—
(1) any decision, certificate, permit, right-of-way, lease, or
other authorization issued under section 9 of the Alaska Nat-
ural Gas Transportation Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 719g); or
(2) any Presidential finding or waiver issued in accordance
with that Act.
(b) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO AMEND TERMS AND CONDI-
TIONS TO MEET CURRENT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—Any Federal
agency responsible for granting or issuing any certificate, permit,
right-of-way, lease, or other authorization under section 9 of the
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 719g)
may add to, amend, or rescind any term or condition included
‘‘(vi) the person’s offer to transfer, sell, or oth-
erwise assign the domain name to the mark owner
or any third party for financial gain without having
used, or having an intent to use, the domain name
in the bona fide offering of any goods or services;
‘‘(vii) the person’s provision of material and
misleading false contact information when applying
for the registration of the domain name or the per-
son’s intentional failure to maintain accurate contact
information;
‘‘(viii) the person’s registration or acquisition of
multiple domain names which the person knows are
identical or confusingly similar to trademarks or
service marks of others that are distinctive at the
time of registration of such domain names, or dilu-
tive of famous trademarks or service marks of others
that are famous at the time of registration of such
domain names, without regard to the goods or serv-
ices of such persons;
‘‘(ix) the person’s history of offering to trans-
fer, sell, or otherwise assign domain names incor-
porating marks of others to the mark owners or any
third party for consideration without having used,
or having an intent to use, the domain names in the
bona fide offering of any goods and services;
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 266
To require recreational camps to report information concerning deaths and
certain injuries and illnesses to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, to direct the Secretary to collect the information in a central
data system, to establish a President’s Advisory Council on Recreational
Camps, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. SHAYS (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. MARTINEZ) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
A BILL
To require recreational camps to report information concern-
ing deaths and certain injuries and illnesses to the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, to direct the
Secretary to collect the information in a central data
system, to establish a President’s Advisory Council on
Recreational Camps, 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 ‘‘Recreational Camp
Safety Act’’.
1117, including its statewide system of technical as-
sistance and support for local educational agencies.
‘‘(2) Of the amount reserved under paragraph
(1) for any fiscal year, the State educational agency
shall either—
‘‘(A) allocate at least 70 percent directly to
local educational agencies, by—
‘‘(i) giving first priority to those agen-
cies with schools identified for corrective
action under section 1116(c)(5), which
those agencies shall use effectively to carry
out corrective action, as described in that
section, in those schools; and
‘‘(ii) giving second priority to those
agencies with other schools identified for
school 
improvement 
under 
section
1116(c)(1), which those agencies shall use
to bring about substantial improvement in
the performance of those schools; or
‘‘(B) use at least 70 percent to carry out
an alternative system of intervention and cor-
rective action approved by the Secretary under
section 1111(b)(3)(B)(ii).
‘‘(b) NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—From the total amount
appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out this title, the
Union Calendar No. 299
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3039
[Report No. 106–550]
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
to assist in the restoration of the Chesapeake
Bay, and for other purposes.
MARCH 29, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
589a(a),
$114,248,000, to remain available until expended and to
be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in such
amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $114,248,000 of offsetting collections de-
rived from fees collected pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b)
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation and remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the
Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 2000, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the Fund estimated
at $0: Provided further, That 28 U.S.C. 589a is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ in subsection (b)(7); by striking the pe-
riod in subsection (b)(8) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘;
and’’; and by adding a new paragraph as follows: ‘‘(9) in-
terest earned on Fund investment.’’.
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RELATED AGENCIES
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this
heading, $12,400,000 are rescinded.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.