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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 561
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the operation in certain
metropolitan areas of civil subsonic turbojets that fail to comply with
stage 3 noise levels.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 3, 1999
Mr. ROTHMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the oper-
ation in certain metropolitan areas of civil subsonic tur-
bojets that fail to comply with stage 3 noise levels.
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 ‘‘Aircraft Noise Reduc-
tion Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. AIRCRAFT NOISE REDUCTION IN CERTAIN METRO-
POLITAN AREAS.
Section 47528 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR AIRPORTS IN CERTAIN MET-
ROPOLITAN AREAS.—Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no person may operate after the date of enactment
of this subsection any civil subsonic turbojet that fails to
comply with stage 3 noise levels to or from an airport lo-
cated in any of the 20 most populated metropolitan areas
in the United States, as determined by the Secretary.’’.
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subsection (a)(2) by a physician unless such
items or services are related to obstetric or
gynecologic care; or
‘‘(2) to preclude a group health plan or a health
insurance issuer from requiring that the physician
described in subsection (a) notify the designated pri-
mary care professional or case manager of treatment
decisions in accordance with a process implemented
by the plan or issuer, except that the plan or issuer
shall not impose such a notification requirement on
the participant or beneficiary involved in the treat-
ment decision.
‘‘SEC. 724. ACCESS TO PEDIATRIC CARE.
‘‘If a group health plan, or health insurance coverage
offered by a health insurance issuer in connection with
such a plan, requires or provides for a participant or bene-
ficiary to designate a participating primary care provider
for a child of such participant or beneficiary, the plan or
issuer shall permit the participant or beneficiary to des-
ignate a physician who specializes in pediatrics as the
child’s primary care provider if such provider participates
in the network of the plan or issuer.
‘‘SEC. 725. TIMELY ACCESS TO SPECIALISTS.
‘‘(a) TIMELY ACCESS.—
cilities, to detect, prevent, and minimize the
consequences of criminal releases that may
cause substantial harm to public health, safety,
and the environment.
‘‘(B) 
CHEMICAL
SECURITY
REGULA-
TIONS.—If the Attorney General determines,
under subparagraph (A), that adequate actions
have not been taken, the Attorney General, in
consultation with the Administrator, shall pro-
mulgate, not later than 2 years after the date
of enactment of this paragraph, requirements to
ensure that owners or operators of stationary
sources take adequate actions, including the de-
sign and maintenance of safe facilities, to de-
tect, prevent, and minimize the consequences of
criminal releases that may cause substantial
harm to public health, safety, and the environ-
ment.’’.
(d) PUBLIC RIGHT-TO-KNOW.—Effective 3 years
after the enactment of this Act section 112(r)(7)(H) of
the Clean Air Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(H) PUBLIC ACCESS TO RISK MANAGE-
MENT PLANS.—The Administrator shall make
each risk management plan submitted to the
Administrator by an owner or operator of a sta-
tionary source under subparagraph (B) avail-
able to the public in electronic form on the
Internet. The Administrator shall also make a
paper version of each such plan available to the
public at appropriate offices of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency and permit members
of the public to make copies of such plan or any
portion thereof.’’.
SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency and the Attorney General may promulgate such
regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act and the
amendments made by this Act.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and
the Attorney General such sums as are necessary to carry
out this Act and the amendments made by this Act, to
remain available until expended.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5624
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require persons
making certain campaign-related telephone calls to disclose the identifica-
tion of the person financing the call, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 2, 2000
Mr. MOORE (for himself, Mr. HOYER, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr.
MORAN of Virginia, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. FILNER, Mr.
GREEN of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MALONEY of
Connecticut, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. INSLEE,
Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. HILL of Indiana, Mr. HOLT, Mr.
LARSON, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, and Mr. WU) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
require persons making certain campaign-related tele-
phone calls to disclose the identification of the person
financing the call, 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 ‘‘Campaign Tele-
marketers Disclosure Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS FI-
NANCING 
CERTAIN 
CAMPAIGN-RELATED
TELEPHONE CALLS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘DISCLOSURE OF IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS
FINANCING CERTAIN TELEPHONE CALLS
‘‘SEC. 323. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who, dur-
ing the 30-day period which ends on the date of an election
for Federal office, contacts an individual by telephone (or
causes an individual to be contacted by telephone) and
mentions the name of a candidate in such election or oth-
erwise provides information relating to the candidate dur-
ing the course of the telephone call shall during the course
of the call disclose the identification of each person who
in whole or in part paid for the caller to make the call.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO AUTOMATED OR RECORDED
CALLS.—Subsection (a) shall apply to automated or re-
corded telephone calls, calls made directly by an indi-
vidual, or calls made in any other manner.
‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply
with respect to any telephone call for which the caller is
not compensated for making the call or any telephone call
which is placed for the primary purpose of making a com-
mercial transaction.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to telephone calls
made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5626
To amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authority to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order refunds of unjust, un-
reasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential rates and charges for
electricity, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 3, 2000
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional au-
thority to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
to order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly dis-
criminatory or preferential rates and charges for elec-
tricity, 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. ADDITIONAL REFUND AUTHORITY UNDER FED-
ERAL POWER ACT.
Section 206 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
824e) is amended by adding the following at the end there-
of:
‘‘(e)(1) The provisions of this subsection shall apply
only to refunds of rates and charges in effect pursuant
to a rule or order of the Commission providing for market-
based rates and charges for a transmission or sale of elec-
tric energy subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.
The provisions of subsection (b) concerning refunds shall
not apply to such rates and charges.
‘‘(2) When the Commission has found, after notice
and opportunity for a hearing, on its own motion or upon
complaint, that any rate or charge referred to in para-
graph (1) is unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory
or preferential, the Commission may order a refund of the
portion of such rate or charge that exceeds the rate or
charge that the Commission finds to be just, reasonable
and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. Such re-
fund shall include interest from the date on which the rate
or charge was paid.
‘‘(3) No order providing for a refund under this sub-
section may be issued with respect to amounts paid prior
to the date 2 years before the date on which the notice
referred to in paragraph (2) is published in the Federal
Register.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall not apply to any complaint filed before
August 1, 2000.
(c) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—Nothing in the amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall affect any authority
of the Commission (or of any court) existing before the
enactment of this section, including any such authority to
issue any rule or order relating to market-based rates, to
approve or fix rates and charges, or to order refunds of
any rate or charge.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5627
To designate the national aviation center located at 5020 South Meridian
Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the ‘‘Glenn English Customs
National Aviation Center’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 3, 2000
Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To designate the national aviation center located at 5020
South Meridian Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
as the ‘‘Glenn English Customs National Aviation Cen-
ter’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The national aviation center operated by the United
States Customs Service and located at 5020 South Merid-
ian Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, shall be des-
ignated as the ‘‘Glenn English Customs National Aviation
Center’’.
SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper,
map, or other record of the United States to the aviation
center referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a
reference to the ‘‘Glenn English Customs National Avia-
tion Center’’.
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Union Calendar No. 121
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 562
[Report No. 106–207]
To approve and ratify certain transfers of land and natural resources by
or on behalf of the Delaware Nation of Indians, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 3, 1999
Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
JUNE 29, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To approve and ratify certain transfers of land and natural
resources by or on behalf of the Delaware Nation of
Indians, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5629
To permit the Asphalt Commander to be placed under a foreign registry.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 3, 2000
Mr. SHAW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Armed Services
A BILL
To permit the Asphalt Commander to be placed under a
foreign registry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSFER TO FOREIGN REGISTRY PERMITTED.
Notwithstanding any other law or agreement with the
United States Government, the Asphalt Commander,
United States Official Number 663105, may be trans-
ferred to or placed under a foreign registry or sold to a
person that is not a citizen of the United States and trans-
ferred to or placed under a foreign registry.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 562
To approve and ratify certain transfers of land and natural resources by
or on behalf of the Delaware Nation of Indians, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 3, 1999
Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To approve and ratify certain transfers of land and natural
resources by or on behalf of the Delaware Nation of
Indians, 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. RATIFICATION OF TRANSFER; EXTINGUISH-
MENT OF TITLE AND CLAIMS.
(a) APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF PRIOR TRANS-
FER.—Any transfer of land or natural resources located
anywhere within what is now the boundaries of the State
of New Jersey, from, by, or on behalf of the Delaware
Nation of Indians or any of its members, which occurred
prior to 1833, including any transfer pursuant to any
treaty, compact, deed, Act, or statute of the State of New
Jersey, shall be deemed to have been made in accordance
with the Constitution and all laws of the United States
that are specifically applicable to transfer of land or natu-
ral resources from, by, or on behalf of any Indian, Indian
nation, or tribe or band of Indians (including, but without
limitation, the Trade and Intercourse Act of 1790 (ch. 33,
sec. 4 Stat. 137, 138)) and all amendments thereto and
all subsequent reenactments and versions thereof, and
Congress does approve and ratify such transfer effective
as of the date of the transfer.
(b) ABORIGINAL TITLE EXTINGUISHED AS OF DATE
OF TRANSFER.—To the extent that any transfer of land
or natural resources described in subsection (a) involves
land or natural resources to which the Delaware Nation
of Indians or any of its members, or any other Indian,
Indian nation, or tribe or band of Indians had aboriginal
title, subsection (a) shall be regarded as an extinguish-
ment of such aboriginal title as of the date of such trans-
fer.
(c) CLAIMS EXTINGUISHED AS OF DATE OF TRANS-
FER.—By virtue of the approval and ratification of a
transfer of land or natural resources under subsection (a)
or the extinguishment of aboriginal title under subsection
(b), all claims against the United States, the State of New
Jersey or subdivision thereof, or any other person or en-
tity, by the Delaware Nation of Indians or any of their
members or any predecessors or successors in interest
thereof, arising at the time of or subsequent to the trans-
fer and based on any interest in or right involving such
land or natural resources, including but without limita-
tions, claims for trespass damages or claims for use and
occupancy, shall be deemed extinguished as of the date
of transfer.
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(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In
addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated
for the Community Management Account by sub-
section (a), there are also authorized to be appro-
priated for the Community Management Account for
fiscal year 2001 such additional amounts as are
specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations
referred to in section 102(a). Such additional
amounts shall remain available until September 30,
2002.
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi-
tion to the personnel authorized by subsection (b)
for elements of the Community Management Ac-
count as of September 30, 2001, there are hereby
authorized such additional personnel for such ele-
ments as of that date as are specified in the classi-
fied Schedule of Authorizations.
(d) REIMBURSEMENT.—Except as provided in section
113 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
404h), during fiscal year 2001, any officer or employee
of the United States or a member of the Armed Forces
who is detailed to the staff of the Community Management
Account from another element of the United States Gov-
ernment shall be detailed on a reimbursable basis, except
that any such officer, employee, or member may be de-
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5630
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for intelligence and intel-
ligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Commu-
nity Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment and Disability System, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 13, 2000
Mr. GOSS (for himself, Mr. DIXON, and Mr. LEWIS of California) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence
NOVEMBER 13, 2000
The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence discharged; considered and
passed
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United
States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
and Disability System, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001’’.
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ject to such terms and conditions that the Ad-
ministrator of General Services considers to be
appropriate to protect the interests of the
United States.
‘‘(iii) Any proceeds derived from the sale of
the Laurel Hill Residential Land by Fairfax
County that exceed the County’s cost of acquir-
ing, financing (which shall be deemed a County
cost from the time of financing of the
Meadowood Farm acquisition to the receipt of
proceeds of the sale or sales of the Laurel Hill
Residential Land until such time as the pro-
ceeds of such sale or sales exceed the acquisi-
tion and financing costs of Meadowood Farm to
the 
County), 
preparing, 
and 
conveying
Meadowood Farm and costs incurred for im-
proving, preparing, and conveying the Laurel
Hill Residential Land shall be remitted to the
United States and deposited into the special
fund 
established 
pursuant 
to 
paragraph
(4)(A)(viii).
‘‘(C) MANAGEMENT
OF
PROPERTY.—The
property transferred to the Secretary of the In-
terior under this section shall be managed by
take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commis-
sion considers appropriate.
(2) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon re-
quest of the Commission, the head of any Federal
department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable
basis, any of the personnel of that department or
agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out
its duties under this section.
(3) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis-
sion may secure directly from any department or
agency of the United States information necessary
to enable it to carry out this section. Upon request
of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of
that department or agency shall furnish that infor-
mation to the Commission.
(4) MAILS.—The Commission may use the
United States mails in the same manner and under
the same conditions as other departments and agen-
cies of the United States.
(5) ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT
SERVICES.—
Upon the request of the Commission, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall provide to the Com-
mission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative
support services necessary for the Commission to
carry out its duties under this section.
‘‘(A) act as agent or attorney for, or other-
wise represent, any other person (except the
United States) in any formal or informal ap-
pearance before, or, with the intent to influence,
make any oral or written communication on be-
half of any other person (except the United
States) to the National Security Agency; or
‘‘(B) participate in any manner in the
award, modification, or extension of any con-
tract for property or services with the National
Security Agency,
during the 12-month period beginning on the effec-
tive date of the employee’s separation from service.
‘‘(2) PENALTY.—An employee who violates an
agreement under this subsection shall be liable to
the United States in the amount of the separation
pay paid to the employee pursuant to this section
multiplied by the proportion of the 12-month period
during which the employee was in violation of the
agreement.
‘‘(h) LIMITATIONS.—Under this program, early re-
tirement and separation pay may be offered only—
‘‘(1) with the prior approval of the Director;
‘‘(2) for the period specified by the Director;
and
tailed on a nonreimbursable basis for a period of less than
1 year for the performance of temporary functions as re-
quired by the Director of Central Intelligence.
(e) NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount authorized to
be appropriated in subsection (a), $34,100,000 shall
be available for the National Drug Intelligence Cen-
ter. Within such amount, funds provided for re-
search, development, test, and evaluation purposes
shall remain available until September 30, 2002, and
funds provided for procurement purposes shall re-
main available until September 30, 2003.
(2) TRANSFER
OF
FUNDS.—The Director of
Central Intelligence shall transfer to the Attorney
General funds available for the National Drug Intel-
ligence Center under paragraph (1). The Attorney
General shall utilize funds so transferred for the ac-
tivities of the National Drug Intelligence Center.
(3) LIMITATION.—Amounts available for the
National Drug Intelligence Center may not be used
in contravention of the provisions of section
103(d)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 403–3(d)(1)).
(4) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Attorney General shall retain
to protect the President, Vice President, and other
officials for whom protection services are authorized
in the interest of national security;
(9) reveal information that would impair cur-
rent national security emergency preparedness plans;
or
(10) violate a treaty or other international
agreement.
(c) APPLICATIONS OF EXEMPTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In applying the exemptions
provided in paragraphs (2) through (10) of sub-
section (b), there shall be a presumption that the
public interest will be served by disclosure and re-
lease of the records of the Japanese Imperial Gov-
ernment. The exemption may be asserted only when
the head of the agency that maintains the records
determines that disclosure and release would be
harmful to a specific interest identified in the ex-
emption. An agency head who makes such a deter-
mination shall promptly report it to the committees
of Congress with appropriate jurisdiction, including
the Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Government Reform and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
(2) APPLICATION OF TITLE 5.—A determina-
tion by an agency head to apply an exemption pro-
vided in paragraphs (2) through (9) of subsection
(b) shall be subject to the same standard of review
that applies in the case of records withheld under
section 552(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code.
(d) RECORDS RELATED
TO INVESTIGATIONS
OR
PROSECUTIONS.—This 
section 
shall 
not 
apply 
to
records—
(1) related to or supporting any active or inac-
tive investigation, inquiry, or prosecution by the Of-
fice of Special Investigations of the Department of
Justice; or
(2) solely in the possession, custody, or control
of the Office of Special Investigations.
SEC. 804. EXPEDITED PROCESSING OF REQUESTS FOR JAP-
ANESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS.
For purposes of expedited processing under section
552(a)(6)(E) of title 5, United States Code, any person
who was persecuted in the manner described in section
802(a)(3) and who requests a Japanese Imperial Govern-
ment record shall be deemed to have a compelling need
for such record.
SEC. 805. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The provisions of this title shall take effect on the
date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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