datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and to such
limitations as may be prescribed by regulation, any well
capitalized national bank which is located in (or maintains
a full service branch located in) a qualified distressed com-
munity (as defined in section 233(b) of the Bank Enter-
prise Act of 1991) may purchase for its own account, deal
in, or underwrite securities issued by any small business
located in such community.’’.
(c) SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS.—Section 5(c)(1) of the
Home Owners’ Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1464(c)(1)) (as pre-
viously amended herein) is amended by inserting at the
end the following:
‘‘(T) THRIFT
ELIGIBLE
SECURITIES.—
Subject to the approval of the Director and to
such limits as may be prescribed by regulation,
any well capitalized savings association which is
located in (or maintains a full service branch lo-
cated in) a qualified distressed community (as
defined in section 233(b) of the Bank Enter-
prise Act of 1991) may purchase for its own ac-
count, deal in, or underwrite securities issued
by any small business located in such commu-
nity.’’.
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Union Calendar No. 114
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2495
[Report No. 103–203]
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Ohio
the Senecaville National Fish Hatchery.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 1993
Mr. APPLEGATE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
AUGUST 2, 1993
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the
State of Ohio the Senecaville National Fish Hatchery.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF SENECAVILLE NATIONAL
FISH HATCHERY.
(a) CONVEYANCE
AUTHORIZED.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law and within 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Interior shall convey to the State of Ohio without reim-
bursement all right, title, and interest of the United States
in and to the property known as the Senecaville National
Fish Hatchery, located in Senecaville, Ohio, including—
(1) all easements and water rights relating to
that property, and
(2) all land, improvements, and related personal
property comprising that hatchery.
(b) USE OF PROPERTY.—All property and interests
conveyed under this section shall be used by the Ohio De-
partment of Natural Resources for the Ohio fishery re-
sources management program.
(c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—All right, title, and
interest in and to all property and interests conveyed
under this section shall revert to the United States on any
date on which any of the property or interests are used
other than for the Ohio fishery resources management
program.
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 601. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect
upon the expiration of 3 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2496
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish an Abraham Lincoln
Research and Interpretive Center.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 1993
Mr. DURBIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish an
Abraham Lincoln Research and Interpretive Center.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ABRAHAM LINCOLN INTERPRETIVE CENTER.
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to establish the Lincoln Home National
Historic Site in the State of Illinois, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved August 18, 1971 (85 Stat. 347), is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN INTERPRETIVE CENTER.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to provide for the
education, inspiration and benefit of the American people,
and to further the interpretation of the life and contribu-
tions of Abraham Lincoln and his times, the Secretary of
the Interior is authorized to establish at or near the Lin-
coln Home National Historic Site an interpretive center
which shall be known as the Abraham Lincoln Interpretive
Center (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘cen-
ter’). The center shall be added to and administered as
part of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site. Upon
establishment of the center, the boundary of the Lincoln
Home National Historic Site is hereby modified to include
the center.
‘‘(b) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—For the purposes of
this section, the Secretary may acquire land or interests
in land near the Lincoln Home National Historic Site by
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds,
or exchange. Lands or interests therein owned by the
State of Illinois or any political subdivision thereof may
be acquired only by donation.
‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTE-
NANCE OF FACILITIES.—In carrying out this section, the
Secretary is authorized to construct, operate, and main-
tain a facility, including an exhibit area, in order to pre-
serve and make available materials related to the life of
Abraham Lincoln and to provide interpretive and edu-
cational services which communicate the meaning of the
life of Abraham Lincoln.
‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out
this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative
agreements with (1) appropriate Federal agencies and the
State of Illinois, or any political subdivision thereof, for
the interpretation of resources at the center, and (2) with
the owners of documents and artifacts of historical or cul-
tural significance as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(e) DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS.—In carrying out
this section, the Secretary may acquire by purchase with
donated funds, exchange, loan, or donation documents and
artifacts related to the purposes of the center for display
at the center.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts authorized to be appropriated by section
3, there is authorized to be appropriated not more than
$18,000,000 to carry out this section.’’.
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3396 
To abolish the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 
Mr. WALSH of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the 
Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To abolish the Office of Polar Programs of 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. OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS. 
The Office of Polar Programs of the National Science 
Foundation is abolished, and any unobligated funds ap-
propriated for the activities of such office are rescinded 
and shall be returned to the Treasury to reduce the Fed-
eral deficit. 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2497
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the
deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals
and to increase the deduction to 100 percent of such costs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 1993
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently
extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of
self-employed individuals and to increase the deduction
to 100 percent of such costs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FULL DEDUCTION FOR HEALTH INSURANCE
COSTS OF SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.
(a) DEDUCTION MADE PERMANENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (l) of section 162
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
special rules for health insurance costs of self-em-
ployed individuals) is amended by striking paragraph
(6).
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a)
of section 110 of the Tax Extension Act of 1991 is
amended by striking paragraph (2).
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years end-
ing after June 30, 1992.
(b) DEDUCTION INCREASED TO 100 PERCENT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section
162(l) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘25 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘100 percent’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply to taxable years begin-
ning after December 31, 1993.
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property’ means any new identifiable treatment
facility—
‘‘(i) which is used in a farming-related
business for the primary purpose of com-
plying with Federal, State, and local envi-
ronmental laws dealing with the abatement
or control of water, soil, or atmospheric
pollution or contamination by removing, al-
tering, disposing, storing, or preventing the
creation or emission of pollutants, contami-
nants, wastes, or heat, and
‘‘(ii) which does not significantly—
‘‘(I) increase the output or capac-
ity, extend the useful life, or reduce
the total operating costs of plant or
property to which such facility relates,
or
‘‘(II) alter the nature of any
manufacturing or production process
or facility.
‘‘(B) NEW IDENTIFIABLE TREATMENT FA-
CILITY.—The term ‘new identifiable treatment
facility’ has the meaning given such term by
section 169(e)(4)(A), determined by substitut-
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—IMPROVED DEFENSE CONVERSION, REINVESTMENT,
AND TRANSITION ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Economic Adjustment.
Sec. 103. Community assistance grants through the Department of Defense.
Sec. 104. Community economic adjustment assistance through the Economic
Development Administration of the Department of Commerce.
Sec. 105. Improved notification for dislocated workers of available assistance.
Sec. 106. Economic diversification and adjustment assistance through the De-
partment of Defense.
Sec. 107. Small business assistance through the Department of Defense.
Sec. 108. Information and coordination services.
Sec. 109. Authority to allow one-year moratorium on payment of rent for use
of certain property by certain defense contractors for non-gov-
ernment purposes.
Sec. 110. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE II—IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DEFENSE DIVERSIFICATION
PROGRAM UNDER THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT
Sec. 201. Transfer of authority to carry out program from Secretary of Defense
to Secretary of Labor.
Sec. 202. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 203. Effective date.
TITLE 
I—IMPROVED 
DEFENSE
CONVERSION, 
REINVEST-
MENT, AND TRANSITION AS-
SISTANCE ACTIVITIES
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title:
(1) The term ‘‘community adjustment commit-
tee’’ means an entity formed to aid in adjustment
activities for a substantially and seriously affected
community following the announcement or a pro-
posed announcement of a reduction in a defense con-
tract or subcontract, reductions or termination of
operations at a defense facility.
order such relief, including damages, attorneys’ fees, and
other costs, as may be ordered by a court under section
7.
‘‘(d) Section 4, as such section is made applicable by
subsection (b), does not prohibit the taking into consider-
ation of —
‘‘(1) the domicile of an individual with respect
to a position under the clerk-hire allowance of the
House of Representatives; or
‘‘(2) the political affiliation of an individual
with respect to a position under such clerk-hire al-
lowance or a position on the staff of a committee.
‘‘(e) Not later than 60 days after any payment is
made under this section for the benefit of an aggrieved
employee out of a Federal account of the House of Rep-
resentatives and on behalf of the employing authority, the
employing authority shall reimburse such account with
non-Federal funds. The Committee on House Administra-
tion of the House of Representatives shall determine which
account shall be used for payments to an aggrieved em-
ployee under this section and shall issue guidelines to en-
sure such reimbursement.
‘‘(f) Each employing authority shall post and keep
posted in conspicuous places on its premises a notice that
shall be prepared by the Office of Fair Employment Prac-
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(A) by striking ‘‘or marketing’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘, marketing, or
distribution’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘or marketing of’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, marketing, or distribution of any
product, process, service, or’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘such as patents and trade
secrets,’’; and
(D) by inserting ‘‘(including patents and
trade secrets)’’ after ‘‘proprietary information’’;
and
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘other research
and development activities’’ and inserting ‘‘any other
joint research, development, or production venture
activity’’.
(d) RULE OF REASON STANDARD.—Section 3 of the
National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C.
4302) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For
the purpose of determining a properly defined, relevant
market, the worldwide capacity of suppliers to provide a
product, process, or service shall be considered.’’.
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 3 of the National Cooperative Re-
search Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4302) is amended by
striking ‘‘research and development markets’’ and
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 249
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require reciprocal responses
to foreign acts, policies, and practices that deny national treatment
to United States investment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. MCCANDLESS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to require recip-
rocal responses to foreign acts, policies, and practices
that deny national treatment to United States invest-
ment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2411) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(except with respect to the ac-
tion required under subsection (c)(2))’’ before ‘‘sub-
ject to the specific direction,’’ in subsection (b);
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1995 or a joint resolution making continuing appro-
priations providing such budget authority for fiscal
year 1994 or 1995, as the case may be.
The President shall submit a separate rescission message
for each appropriations bill under this paragraph.
SEC. 3 RESCISSION EFFECTIVE UNLESS DISAPPROVED.
(a) Any amount of budget authority rescinded under
this Act as set forth in a special message by the President
shall be deemed canceled unless during the period de-
scribed in subsection (b), a rescission disapproval bill mak-
ing available all of the amount rescinded is enacted into
law.
(b) The period referred to in subsection (a) is—
(1) a congressional review period of twenty cal-
endar days of session during which Congress must
complete action on the rescission disapproval bill and
present such bill to the President for approval or
disapproval;
(2) after the period provided in paragraph (1),
an additional ten days (not including Sundays) dur-
ing which the President may exercise his authority
to sign or veto the rescission disapproval bill; and
(3) if the President vetoes the rescission dis-
approval bill during the period provided in para-
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through
(6) of subsection (c) as paragraphs (3) through (7),
respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) of sub-
section (c) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) For purposes of carrying out the provi-
sions of subsection (b) with respect to any act, pol-
icy, or practice of a foreign country that denies na-
tional treatment to United States investment, action
by the United States shall be treated as being appro-
priate and the Trade Representative shall, in addi-
tion to any other action considered appropriate and
feasible, impose with respect to investment by that
country and its nationals in the United States condi-
tions, limitations, and prohibitions that are similar
to those implemented through such act, policy, or
practice.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2500
To establish a Council on Interjurisdictional Rivers Fisheries and to direct
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a pilot test of the Mississippi
Interstate Cooperative Resource Agreement.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 1993
Mr. GUNDERSON (for himself, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. SABO, Mr. JOHNSON of
South Dakota, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. TAUZIN, and Mr. BARLOW) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To establish a Council on Interjurisdictional Rivers Fisheries
and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct
a pilot test of the Mississippi Interstate Cooperative
Resource Agreement.
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 ‘‘Cooperative
Interjurisdictional Rivers Fisheries Resources Act of
1993’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2501
To assist in implementing the Plan of Action adopted by the World Summit
for Children.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 1993
Mr. HALL of Ohio (for himself, Mr. WALSH, Mrs. KENNELLY, Mr. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SYNAR, Mr. COYNE, Mrs.
SCHROEDER, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. BEILENSON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RAVENEL,
Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. BYRNE, Mr.
FILNER, and Mr. PASTOR) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred jointly to the Committees on Education and Labor, Foreign Af-
fairs, and Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To assist in implementing the Plan of Action adopted by
the World Summit for Children.
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 ‘‘World Summit for
Children Implementation Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
a violation of the antitrust laws for entities to de-
velop and operate networks in accordance with this
section.
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘antitrust laws’ means—
‘‘(A) the Act entitled ‘An Act to protect
trade and commerce against unlawful restraints
and monopolies’, approved July 2, 1890, com-
monly known as the ‘Sherman Act’ (26 Stat.
209; chapter 647; 15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.);
‘‘(B) the Federal Trade Commission Act,
approved September 26, 1914 (38 Stat. 717;
chapter 311; 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.);
‘‘(C) the Act entitled ‘An Act to supple-
ment existing laws against unlawful restraints
and monopolies, and for other purposes’, ap-
proved October 15, 1914, commonly known as
the ‘Clayton Act’ (38 Stat. 730; chapter 323;
15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.; 18 U.S.C. 402, 660,
3285, 3691; 29 U.S.C. 52, 53);
‘‘(D) the Act of June 19, 1936, commonly
known as the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimina-
tion Act (15 U.S.C. 13 et seq.); and
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vidual with benefits under an approved health bene-
fit plan.
‘‘(2) APPROVED PLANS DESCRIBED.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), a State shall approve health
benefit plans in accordance with such standards as
the State may establish, except that—
‘‘(A) the State may not approve a plan for
a year unless the actuarial value of the benefits
provided by and the cost-sharing associated
with the plan for the year—
‘‘(i) with respect to the first year for
which the plan is approved for purposes of
this subsection, is not less than the actuar-
ial value of the medical assistance provided
under the State plan under this title for
the year (as determined by the Secretary
without regard to medical assistance de-
scribed in paragraphs (4), (14), (15), (23),
or (24) of section 1905(a)); and
‘‘(ii) with respect to any subsequent
year, is not greater than the amount deter-
mined under this subparagraph for the
preceding year, increased by the amount
(expressed as a percentage) by which the
actuarial value of the medical assistance
(8) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the United States Department of the Interior.
(9) The term ‘‘Settlement Agreement’’ means
that agreement entered into by the city of Prescott,
the Chino Valley Irrigation District, the Yavapai-
Prescott Indian Tribe, the State of Arizona, and the
United States, providing for the settlement of all
water claims between and among them.
(10) The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Yavapai-
Prescott Indian Tribe, a tribe of Yavapai Indians
duly recognized by the Secretary.
(11) The term ‘‘Water Service Agreement’’
means that agreement between the Yavapai-Prescott
Indian Tribe and the city of Prescott providing for
water, sewer, and effluent service from the city of
Prescott to the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe.
SEC. 4. RATIFICATION OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
(a) APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.—To
the extent the Settlement Agreement does not conflict with
the provisions of this Act, such Agreement is approved,
ratified and confirmed. The Secretary shall execute and
perform such Agreement, and shall execute any amend-
ments to the Agreement and perform any action required
by any amendments to the Agreement which may be mutu-
ally agreed upon by the parties.
fiscal year or any funding levels established under 
the provisions of this Act. 
‘‘(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and 
authority granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this sec-
tion for a project or activity shall be available for the pe-
riod beginning with the first day of a lapse in appropria-
tions and ending with the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the date on which the applicable regular 
appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law 
(whether or not such law provides for such project 
or activity) or a continuing resolution making appro-
priations becomes law, as the case may be; or 
‘‘(B) the last day of such fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) An appropriation or funds made available, or au-
thority granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year 
pursuant to this section shall be subject to the terms and 
conditions imposed with respect to the appropriation made 
or funds made available for the preceding fiscal year, or 
authority granted for such project or activity under cur-
rent law. 
‘‘(c) Appropriations and funds made available, and 
authority granted, for any project or activity for any fiscal 
year pursuant to this section shall cover all obligations or 
expenditures incurred for such project or activity during 
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