datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(12) The item relating to section 374 in the
table of contents for chapter 37 of title 35, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘374. Publication of international application.’’.
(3) Section 4508 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 4508. EFFECTIVE DATE.
‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this section, sec-
tions 4502 through 4507, and the amendments made by
such sections, shall take effect on November 29, 2000, and
shall apply only to applications (including international
applications designating the United States) filed on or
after that date. The amendments made by sections 4504
and 4505 shall additionally apply to any pending applica-
tion filed before November 29, 2000, if such pending ap-
plication is published pursuant to a request of the appli-
cant under such procedures as may be established by the
Director. If an application is filed on or after November
29, 2000, or is published pursuant to a request from the
applicant, and the application claims the benefit of one
or more prior-filed applications under section 119(e), 120,
or 365(c) of title 35, United States Code, then the provi-
sions of section 4505 shall apply to the prior-filed applica-
tion in determining the filing date in the United States
of the application.’’.
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘12 and
13’’ and inserting ‘‘11 and 12’’;
(E) in section 374 of title 35, United States
Code, as amended by paragraph (10), by striking
‘‘confer the same rights and shall have the same
effect under this title as an application for pat-
ent published’’ and inserting ‘‘be deemed a publi-
cation’’; and
(F) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(12) The item relating to section 374 in the
table of contents for chapter 37 of title 35, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘374. Publication of international application.’’.
(3) Section 4508 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 4508. EFFECTIVE DATE.
‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this section, sections
4502 through 4507, and the amendments made by such sec-
tions, shall take effect on November 29, 2000, and shall
apply only to applications (including international appli-
cations designating the United States) filed on or after that
date. The amendments made by sections 4504 and 4505
shall additionally apply to any pending application filed
before November 29, 2000, if such pending application is
published pursuant to a request of the applicant under such
procedures as may be established by the Director. If an ap-
plication is filed on or after November 29, 2000, or is pub-
(1) Section 4732(a) of the Intellectual Property
and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999
is amended—
(A) in paragraph (9)(A)(ii), by inserting
‘‘in subsection (b),’’ after ‘‘(ii)’’; and
(B) in paragraph (10)(A), by inserting
after ‘‘title 35, United States Code,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘other than sections 1 through 6 (as
amended by chapter 1 of this subtitle),’’.
(2) Section 4802(1) of that Act is amended by
inserting ‘‘to’’ before ‘‘citizens’’.
(3) Section 4804 of that Act is amended—
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘11(a)’’
and inserting ‘‘10(a)’’; and
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘13’’ and
inserting ‘‘12’’.
(4) Section 4402(b)(1) of that Act is amended
by striking ‘‘in the fourth paragraph’’.
SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN TRADEMARK LAW.
(a) AWARD OF DAMAGES.—Section 35(a) of the Act
of July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Trademark
Act of 1946’’) (15 U.S.C. 1117(a)), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘a violation under section 43(a), (c), or (d),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a violation under section 43(a) or (d),’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Trademark Act
of 1946 is further amended as follows:
(1) Section 1(d)(1) is amended in the first sen-
tence by striking ‘‘specifying the date of the appli-
cant’s first use’’ and all that follows through the end
of the sentence and inserting ‘‘specifying the date of
the applicant’s first use of the mark in commerce
and those goods or services specified in the notice of
allowance on or in connection with which the mark
is used in commerce.’’.
(2) Section 23(c) is amended by striking the
second comma after ‘‘numeral’’.
(3) Section 33(b)(8) is amended by aligning the
text with paragraph (7).
(4) Sections 34(d)(11) and 35(b) are each
amended by striking ‘‘of 1954’’ and inserting ‘‘of
1986’’.
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(b) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to 
provide import relief under this section if the President 
determines that the provision of the import relief will not 
provide greater economic and social benefits than costs. 
(c) NATURE OF RELIEF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The import relief (including 
provisional relief) that the President is authorized to 
provide under this section with respect to imports of 
an article is as follows: 
(A) The suspension of any further reduc-
tion provided for under Annex IV of the Agree-
ment in the duty imposed on such article. 
(B) An increase in the rate of duty im-
posed on such article to a level that does not 
exceed the lesser of— 
(i) the column 1 general rate of duty 
imposed under the HTS on like articles at 
the time the import relief is provided; or 
(ii) the column 1 general rate of duty 
imposed under the HTS on like articles on 
the day before the date on which the 
Agreement enters into force. 
(C) In the case of a duty applied on a sea-
sonal basis to such article, an increase in the
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo-
cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury, $31,940,000.
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for
Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official
travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General
for Tax Administration, $116,427,000 (reduced by
$950,000).
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $31,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
ministrative expenses in connection with consolidating or
centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the
records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposi-
tion of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees:
Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall
be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the United States to
implement an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR
178.118 or to change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’
in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publica-
tion 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall
be available to investigate or act upon applications for re-
lief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C.
925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be avail-
able to investigate and act upon applications filed by cor-
porations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities
under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds
under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve infor-
mation gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by
name or any personal identification code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
ice step of the salary schedule under section
501(c) of the District of Columbia Police and
Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (as amended by
section 2(a)) in accordance with the member’s
total years of creditable service, receiving credit
for all service step adjustments. If the sched-
uled rate of pay for the step to which the officer
or member would be assigned in accordance
with this paragraph is lower than the officer’s
or member’s salary immediately prior to the en-
actment of this paragraph, the officer or mem-
ber will be placed in and receive compensation
at the next higher service step.
(B) CREDIT
FOR
INCREASES
DURING
TRANSITION.—Each member whose position is
to be converted to the salary schedule under
section 501(b) of the District of Columbia Po-
lice and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 (as
amended by subsection (a)) and who, prior to
the effective date of this section has earned, but
has not been credited with, an increase in his
or her rate of pay shall be afforded that in-
crease before such member is placed in the cor-
responding service step in the salary schedule
under section 501(b).
(B) has attained 18 years of age as of such
date, and
(C) as of such date, is a full-time student
(as defined in section 202(d)(7)(A) of the So-
cial Security Act (as amended by this Act)) and
has not attained the age of 22.
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(ii) involves rigorous data analyses
that are adequate to test the stated
hypotheses and justify the general conclu-
sions drawn;
(iii) relies on measurements or obser-
vational methods that provide valid data
across evaluators and observers and across
multiple measurements and observations
and across studies by the same or different
investigators;
(iv) is evaluated using experimental
designs in which individuals, entities, pro-
grams, or activities are assigned to dif-
ferent conditions with appropriate controls
to evaluate the effects of the condition of
interest through random assignment ex-
periments, or other designs to the extent
such designs contain within-condition or
across-condition controls;
(v) ensure experimental studies are
presented in sufficient detail and clarity to
allow for replication, or at a minimum
offer the opportunity to build systemati-
cally on its findings; and
(iv) uses approaches to assess the ex-
perimental knowledge acquired to assure
that the findings are scientifically valid
and replicable; and
(v) has been accepted by a peer-review
journal or approved by a panel of inde-
pendent experts through a comparably rig-
orous, objective, and scientific review.
(7) SOUND PROGRAM EVALUATION.—The term
‘‘sound program evaluation’’—
(A) means program evaluation that—
(i) adheres to the highest possible
standards of quality with respect to re-
search design, statistical analysis and the
dissemination of findings;
(ii) provides an adequate under-
standing of the programs being evaluated,
and examine program implementation, pro-
gram impacts and the relationships be-
tween these factors;
(iii) provides impact estimates that
truly reflect what was caused by the pro-
gram;
(iv) produces or leads to findings that
are broadly generalizable; and
(vi) has been accepted by a peer-re-
viewed journal or approved by a panel of
independent experts through a comparably
rigorous, objective, and scientific review.
(6) SCIENTIFICALLY BASED QUALITATIVE RE-
SEARCH
STANDARDS.—The 
term 
‘‘scientifically
based qualitative research standards’’—
(A) means the systematic collection and
analysis of data often associated with traditions
of inquiry historically based in the humanities,
such as narrative analysis; and
(B) includes research that—
(i) uses some combination of partici-
pant observation, in-depth interviewing and
document collection;
(ii) is intended to explore issues and
hypotheses whose underlying dynamics and
factors are not sufficiently well refined, un-
derstood, or amenable to experimental con-
trol to permit adequate study through
quantitative research.
(iii) 
may 
include 
case 
studies,
ethnographies, life histories, multi-site case
studies, and participatory action research;
‘‘§ 414. Special postage stamps relating to breast
cancer’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4874
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for eligibility
for coverage of home health services under the Medicare Program on
the basis of a need for occupational therapy
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2000
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for eligibility for coverage of home health services under
the Medicare Program on the basis of a need for occupa-
tional therapy
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 ‘‘Medicare Occupational
Therapy Coverage Eligibility Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES ON THE
BASIS OF A NEED FOR OCCUPATIONAL THER-
APY.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Sections 1814(a)(2)(C) and
1835(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395f(a)(2)(C) and 1395n(a)(2)(A)) are each amended by
striking ‘‘or speech therapy’’ and all that follows through
‘‘need occupational therapy’’ and inserting ‘‘, occupa-
tional, or speech therapy’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to home health services provided
on or after the earlier of—
(1) October 1, 2000; or
(2) the date the prospective payment system es-
tablished by section 1895(b) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)) is implemented.
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‘‘(j) ENFORCEMENT.—
‘‘(1) DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with proce-
dures approved by the Commission under sub-
section (d)(4)(H), the electric reliability organi-
zation may impose a penalty, limitation on ac-
tivities, functions, or operations, or other dis-
ciplinary action that the electric reliability orga-
nization finds appropriate against a bulk-power
system user if the electric reliability organiza-
tion, after notice and an opportunity for inter-
ested parties to be heard, issues a finding in
writing that the bulk-power system user has
violated an organization standard.
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—The electric reli-
ability organization shall immediately notify the
Commission of any disciplinary action imposed
with respect to an act or failure to act of a
bulk-power system user that affected or threat-
ened to affect bulk-power system facilities lo-
cated in the United States.
‘‘(C) RIGHT TO PETITION.—A bulk-power
system user that is the subject of disciplinary
action under paragraph (1) shall have the right
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4876
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or transfer
of the easily concealable pistols known as ‘‘pocket rockets’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2000
Mr. BLAGOJEVICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the pos-
session or transfer of the easily concealable pistols known
as ‘‘pocket rockets’’.
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 ‘‘Pocket Rocket Elimi-
nation Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF THE POSSESSION OR TRANSFER
OF 
THE 
EASILY 
CONCEALABLE 
PISTOLS
KNOWN AS ‘‘POCKET ROCKETS’’.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(z)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess
or transfer a handgun that is—
‘‘(A) capable of holding 2 or more rounds of
ammunition; and
‘‘(B) less than 71⁄2 inches long.
‘‘(2)(A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the posses-
sion or transfer of a handgun by a person who has had
title to the handgun continuously since before the date of
the enactment of this subsection.
‘‘(B) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession
or transfer of a handgun by a law enforcement officer
while acting as authorized in the line of duty.’’.
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(z) shall
be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5
years, or both.’’.
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‘‘(1) review the feasibility report prepared for
the project after the identification of a preferred al-
ternative;
‘‘(2) receive written and oral comments of a
technical nature concerning the project from the
public; and
‘‘(3) submit to the Secretary a report con-
taining the panel’s economic, engineering, and envi-
ronmental analyses of the project, including the pan-
el’s conclusions on the feasibility report, with par-
ticular emphasis on areas of public controversy.
‘‘(e) DURATION OF PROJECT REVIEWS.—A panel of
experts shall complete its review of a project under this
section not later than 180 days after the date of establish-
ment of the panel.
‘‘(f) CONTROVERSIAL PROJECTS.—For purposes of
subsection (a), a project shall be considered to be a con-
troversial project if—
‘‘(1) the Secretary determines that the project
is subject to a substantial degree of public con-
troversy;
‘‘(2) the affected State objects to the project; or
‘‘(3) pursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Coordi-
nation Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service determines that the
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4877
To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 to provide for cost-of-living adjustments to guaranteed benefit pay-
ments paid by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2000
Mr. ENGLISH (for himself and Mr. TRAFICANT) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 to provide for cost-of-living adjustments
to guaranteed benefit payments paid by the Pension Ben-
efit Guaranty Corporation.
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 ‘‘ERISA Guaranteed
Benefits COLA Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR GUARANTEED
BENEFIT PAYMENTS MADE BY THE PENSION
BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION.
(a) SINGLE-EMPLOYER PLAN BENEFITS GUARAN-
TEED.—Section 4022 of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1322) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) The amount of the guaranteed monthly benefit
payable with respect to any participant pursuant to this
section shall be increased annually, effective with respect
to benefits payable after December of each year, by the
same percentage as the percentage by which primary in-
surance amounts are increased, effective for such Decem-
ber, under section 215(i)(2)(A)(ii)(II) of the Social Secu-
rity Act.’’.
(b) MULTIEMPLOYER
PLAN
BENEFITS
GUARAN-
TEED.—Section 4022A of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1322a) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) The amount of the guaranteed monthly benefit
payable with respect to any participant pursuant to this
section shall be increased annually, effective with respect
to benefits payable after December of each year, by the
same percentage as the percentage by which primary in-
surance amounts are increased, effective for such Decem-
ber, under section 215(i)(2)(A)(ii)(II) of the Social Secu-
rity Act.’’.
(c) AGGREGATE
LIMIT
ON
BENEFITS
GUARAN-
TEED.—Section 4022B of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1322b) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) The maximum amount payable under the pre-
ceding provisions of this section with respect to any partic-
ipant shall be increased annually, effective with respect to
benefits payable after December of each year, by the same
percentage as the percentage by which primary insurance
amounts are increased, effective for such December, under
section 215(i)(2)(A)(ii)(II) of the Social Security Act.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to benefits payable after December 2000.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4878
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the percent
of hospital bad debt that is reimbursable under the Medicare Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2000
Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ENGLISH, and Mrs. THUR-
MAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce,
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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase
the percent of hospital bad debt that is reimbursable
under the Medicare 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 ‘‘Hospital Indigent Care
Relief Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASING THE PERCENT OF HOSPITAL BAD
DEBT THAT IS REIMBURSABLE UNDER THE
MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (T) of section
1861(v)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395x(v)(1)), as added by section 4451 of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997, is repealed.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by sub-
section (a) applies to cost reporting periods beginning on
or after October 1, 2000.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 487
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that reimbursements
for costs of using passenger automobiles for charitable and other organi-
zations are excluded from gross income.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
Mr. RAMSTAD 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 provide
that reimbursements for costs of using passenger auto-
mobiles for charitable and other organizations are ex-
cluded from gross income.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENTS TO CHARITABLE
VOLUNTEERS EXCLUDED FROM GROSS IN-
COME.
(A) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
HR 487 IH
by redesignating section 138 as section 139 and by insert-
ing after section 137 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 138. MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENTS TO CHARITABLE
VOLUNTEERS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Gross income of an individual
does not include amounts received, from an organization
described in section 170(c), as reimbursement of operating
expenses with respect to use of a passenger automobile
for the benefit of such organization. The preceding sen-
tence shall apply only to the extent that such reimburse-
ment would be deductible under section 274(d) (deter-
mined by applying the standard business mileage rate es-
tablished pursuant to section 274(d)) is the organization
were not so described and such individual were an em-
ployee of such organization.
‘‘(b) NO DOUBLE BENEFIT.—Subsection (a) shall
not apply with respect to any expenses if the individual
claims a deduction or credit for such expenses under any
other provision of this title.
‘‘(c) EXEMPTION
FROM
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 6041 shall not apply with respect to re-
imbursements excluded from income under subsection
(a).’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code
HR 487 IH
is amended by striking the item relating to section 138
and inserting the following new items:
‘‘Sec. 138. Reimbursement for use of passenger automobile for
charity.
‘‘Sec. 139. Cross reference to other Acts.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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