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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 36
JOINT RESOLUTION
Approving the Presidential finding that the limitation on
obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1997, is having a negative impact
on the proper functioning of the population planning
program.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2499 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to increase access to 
capital for veteran entrepreneurs, to help create jobs, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 54
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States authorizing the Congress to pro-
hibit the physical desecration of the flag of the
United States.
House Calendar No. 44
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 54
[Report No. 105–121]
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States authorizing the Congress to pro-
hibit the physical desecration of the flag of the
United States.
JUNE 5, 1997
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2505 
AN ACT 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require 
the annual reporting of data on enrollment in Medicare 
Advantage plans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 58
JOINT RESOLUTION
Disapproving the certification of the President
under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance for
Mexico during fiscal year 1997.
and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 
(42 U.S.C. 18323). 
(4) SPACE ACT AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Space 
Act Agreement’’ means an agreement created under 
the authority to enter into ‘‘other transactions’’ under 
section 20113(e) of title 51, United States Code. 
(5) SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Space 
Launch System’’ means the follow-on Government- 
owned civil launch system developed, managed, and 
operated by the Administration to serve as a key com-
ponent to expand human presence beyond low-Earth 
orbit, as described in section 302 of the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration Authorization 
Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18322). 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 101. FISCAL YEAR 2014. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Admin-
istration for fiscal year 2014 $17,646,500,000 as follows: 
(1) For Space Exploration, $4,113,200,000, of 
which— 
(A) $1,918,200,000 shall be for the Space 
Launch System, of which $318,200,000 shall be 
for Exploration Ground Systems; 
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‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—If individuals who
are married to each other are covered under the
same 
catastrophic 
health 
plan, 
then 
the
amounts applicable under subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of paragraph (1) shall be divided equal-
ly between them unless they agree on a dif-
ferent division.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH EXCLUSION FOR EM-
PLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.—No deduction shall be al-
lowed under this section for any amount paid for
any taxable year to a medical savings account of an
individual if—
‘‘(A) any amount is paid to any medical
savings account of such individual which is ex-
cludable from gross income under section
106(b) for such year, or
‘‘(B) in a case described in paragraph (2),
any amount is paid to any medical savings ac-
count of either spouse which is so excludable for
such year.
‘‘(4) PRORATION OF LIMITATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The limitation under
paragraph (1) shall be the sum of the monthly
limitations for months during the taxable year
that the individual is an eligible individual if—
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‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR INCOME FROM DISCHARGE
OF INDEBTEDNESS.—If a large partnership has income
from the discharge of any indebtedness—
‘‘(1) such income shall be excluded in determin-
ing the amounts referred to in section 772(a), and
‘‘(2) in determining the income tax of any part-
ner of such partnership—
‘‘(A) such income shall be treated as an
item required to be separately taken into ac-
count under section 772(a), and
‘‘(B) the provisions of section 108 shall be
applied without regard to this part.
‘‘SEC. 774. OTHER MODIFICATIONS.
‘‘(a) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN OPTIONAL ADJUST-
MENTS, ETC.—In the case of a large partnership—
‘‘(1) computations under section 773 shall be
made without regard to any adjustment under sec-
tion 743(b) or 108(b), but
‘‘(2) a partner’s distributive share of any
amount referred to in section 772(a) shall be appro-
priately adjusted to take into account any adjust-
ment under section 743(b) or 108(b) with respect to
such partner.
‘‘(b) CREDIT RECAPTURE DETERMINED AT PART-
NERSHIP LEVEL.—
750
‘‘(i) GENERAL RULE.—A party shall
not be treated as the prevailing party in a
proceeding to which subsection (a) applies
if the United States establishes that the
position of the United States in the pro-
ceeding was substantially justified.
‘‘(ii) PRESUMPTION OF NO JUSTIFICA-
TION
IF
INTERNAL
REVENUE
SERVICE
DIDN’T
FOLLOW
CERTAIN
PUBLISHED
GUIDANCE.—For purposes of clause (i),
the position of the United States shall be
presumed not to be substantially justified
if the Internal Revenue Service did not fol-
low its applicable published guidance in the
administrative proceeding. Such presump-
tion may be rebutted.
‘‘(iii) APPLICABLE PUBLISHED GUID-
ANCE.—For purposes of clause (ii), the
term 
‘applicable 
published 
guidance’
means—
‘‘(I) regulations, revenue rulings,
revenue procedures, information re-
leases, notices, and announcements,
and
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‘‘(3) ACCOUNT
HOLDER.—The term ‘account
holder’ means the individual on whose behalf the
medical savings account was established.
‘‘(4) CERTAIN RULES TO APPLY.—Rules similar
to the following rules shall apply for purposes of this
section:
‘‘(A) Section 219(d)(2) (relating to no de-
duction for rollovers).
‘‘(B) Section 219(f)(3) (relating to time
when contributions deemed made).
‘‘(C) Except as provided in section 106(b),
section 219(f)(5) (relating to employer pay-
ments).
‘‘(D) Section 408(g) (relating to commu-
nity property laws).
‘‘(E) Section 408(h) (relating to custodial
accounts).
‘‘(e) TAX TREATMENT OF ACCOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) ACCOUNT TAXED AS GRANTOR TRUST.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the account holder of a med-
ical savings account shall be treated for pur-
poses of this title as the owner of such account
and shall be subject to tax thereon in accord-
ance with subpart E of part I of subchapter J
715
of this chapter (relating to grantors and others
treated as substantial owners).
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF CAPITAL LOSSES.—
With respect to assets held in a medical savings
account, any capital loss for a taxable year
from the sale or exchange of such an asset shall
be allowed only to the extent of capital gains
from such assets for such taxable year. Any
capital loss which is disallowed under the pre-
ceding sentence shall be treated as a capital
loss from the sale or exchange of such an asset
in the next taxable year. For purposes of this
subparagraph, all medical savings accounts of
the account holder shall be treated as 1 ac-
count.
‘‘(2) ACCOUNT ASSETS TREATED AS DISTRIB-
UTED IN THE CASE OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS
OR ACCOUNT PLEDGED AS SECURITY FOR LOAN.—
Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (2) and (4)
of section 408(e) shall apply to medical savings ac-
counts, and any amount treated as distributed under
such rules shall be treated as not used to pay quali-
fied medical expenses.
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF ACCOUNT AFTER DEATH
OF ACCOUNT HOLDER.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A trust shall not con-
stitute a medical savings account unless the
written governing instrument provides that, if
the account holder dies while there is a balance
in the account, the entire balance of the ac-
count holder will be distributed within 5 years
after the death of the account holder.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
WHERE
SPOUSE
BE-
COMES ACCOUNT HOLDER.—Subparagraph (A)
shall not apply if the account is payable to (or
for the benefit of) the surviving spouse of the
decedent.
‘‘(f) TAX TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS.—
‘‘(1) INCLUSION OF AMOUNTS NOT USED FOR
QUALIFIED MEDICAL EXPENSES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No amount shall be
included in the gross income of the account
holder by reason of a payment or distribution
from a medical savings account which is used
exclusively to pay the qualified medical expenses
of the account holder. Any amount paid or dis-
tributed from a medical savings account which
is not so used shall be included in the gross in-
come of such holder to the extent such amount
does not exceed the excess of—
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means of installment payments, unless such
agreement provides otherwise,
‘‘(C) the withdrawal of such notice will fa-
cilitate the collection of the tax liability, or
‘‘(D) with the consent of the taxpayer or
the Taxpayer Advocate, the withdrawal of such
notice would be in the best interests of the tax-
payer (as determined by the Taxpayer Advo-
cate) and the United States.
Any such withdrawal shall be made by filing notice
at the same office as the withdrawn notice. A copy
of such notice of withdrawal shall be provided to the
taxpayer.
‘‘(2) NOTICE
TO
CREDIT
AGENCIES, ETC.—
Upon written request by the taxpayer with respect
to whom a notice of a lien was withdrawn under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall promptly make
reasonable efforts to notify credit reporting agencies,
and any financial institution or creditor whose name
and address is specified in such request, of the with-
drawal of such notice. Any such request shall be in
such form as the Secretary may prescribe.’’
(b) RETURN
OF LEVIED PROPERTY
IN CERTAIN
CASES.—Section 6343 (relating to authority to release
curity Act of 1987 (40 U.S.C. 759 note), and relat-
ed information management laws; and
‘‘(3) consistent with the Computer Security Act
of 1987 (40 U.S.C. 759 note), identify and afford
security protections commensurate with the risk and
magnitude of the harm resulting from the loss, mis-
use, or unauthorized access to or modification of in-
formation collected or maintained by or on behalf of
an agency.
‘‘(h) With respect to Federal information technology,
each agency shall—
‘‘(1) implement and enforce applicable Govern-
mentwide and agency information technology man-
agement policies, principles, standards, and guide-
lines;
‘‘(2) assume responsibility and accountability
for information technology investments;
‘‘(3) promote the use of information technology
by the agency to improve the productivity, efficiency,
and effectiveness of agency programs, including the
reduction of information collection burdens on the
public and improved dissemination of public infor-
mation;
‘‘(4) propose changes in legislation, regulations,
and agency procedures to improve information tech-
nology practices, including changes that improve the
ability of the agency to use technology to reduce
burden; and
‘‘(5) assume responsibility for maximizing the
value and assessing and managing the risks of major
information systems initiatives through a process
that is—
‘‘(A) integrated with budget, financial, and
program management decisions; and
‘‘(B) used to select, control, and evaluate
the results of major information systems initia-
tives.
‘‘§ 3507. Public information collection activities; sub-
mission to Director; approval and delega-
tion
‘‘(a) An agency shall not conduct or sponsor the col-
lection of information unless in advance of the adoption
or revision of the collection of information—
‘‘(1) the agency has—
‘‘(A) conducted the review established
under section 3506(c)(1);
‘‘(B) evaluated the public comments re-
ceived under section 3506(c)(2);
‘‘(C) submitted to the Director the certifi-
cation required under section 3506(c)(3), the
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 58
JOINT RESOLUTION
Disapproving the certification of the President under section
490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding
foreign assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1997.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
IA
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 58
Disapproving the certification of the President under section 490(b) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance for Mexico
during fiscal year 1997.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 1997
Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mr. MICA, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. WATTS
of Oklahoma, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. FOLEY, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, and Mr. LATOURETTE) introduced
the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
International Relations
JOINT RESOLUTION
Disapproving the certification of the President under section
490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding
foreign assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1997.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That pursuant to subsection (d) of section 490 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j), the Con-
gress disapproves the determination of the President with
respect to Mexico for fiscal year 1997 that is contained
in the certification (transmittal No. 97–18) submitted to
Calendar No. 29
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 58
JOINT RESOLUTION
Disapproving the certification of the President
under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance for
Mexico during fiscal year 1997.
MARCH 18, 1997
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2507 
AN ACT 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish 
an annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates under 
Medicare Advantage. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Union Calendar No. 35
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 62
[Report No. 105–50]
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States with respect to tax limitations.
APRIL 10, 1997
Reported with an amendment
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 75
JOINT RESOLUTION
To confer status as an honorary veteran of the
United States Armed Forces on Leslie Townes
(Bob) Hope.
or transactions relating to or involving such country 
or administrative region or other foreign jurisdiction. 
Such criteria shall include the scope and objectives 
of the regulatory requirements of a country or ad-
ministrative region described in paragraph (1) or 
other foreign jurisdiction as well as the effectiveness 
of the supervisory compliance program administered, 
and the enforcement authority exercised, by such 
country or administrative region or other foreign ju-
risdiction, and such other factors as the Commis-
sions, by rule, jointly determine to be necessary or 
appropriate in the public interest. 
(4) REQUIRED ASSESSMENT.—Beginning on the 
date on which final rules are issued under this sec-
tion, the Commissions shall begin to jointly assess 
the regulatory requirements of countries or adminis-
trative regions described in paragraph (1), as the 
Commissions jointly determine appropriate, in ac-
cordance with the criteria established pursuant to 
this subsection, to determine if one or more cat-
egories of regulatory requirements of such a country 
or administrative region or other foreign jurisdiction 
is not broadly equivalent to United States swaps re-
quirements.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 251 
AN ACT 
To transfer the position of Special Assistant for Veterans 
Affairs in the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment to the Office of the Secretary, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(t) A registered futures association shall require any 
member of the association that is a futures commission 
merchant to— 
‘‘(1) use an electronic system or systems to re-
port financial and operational information to the as-
sociation, including information related to customer 
segregated funds, foreign futures and foreign options 
customer secured amount funds accounts, and 
cleared swaps customer collateral, in accordance 
with such terms, conditions, documentation stand-
ards, and regular time intervals as are established 
by the association; 
‘‘(2) instruct each depository, including any 
bank, trust company, derivatives clearing organiza-
tion, or futures commission merchant, holding cus-
tomer segregated funds under section 1.20 of title 
17, Code of Federal Regulations, foreign futures and 
foreign options customer secured amount funds 
under section 30.7 of such title, or cleared swap cus-
tomer funds under section 22.2 of such title, to re-
port balances in the futures commission merchant’s 
section 1.20 customer segregated funds, section 30.7 
foreign futures and foreign options customer secured 
amount funds, and section 22.2 cleared swap cus-
tomer funds, to the registered futures association or 
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another party designated by the registered futures 
association, in the form, manner, and interval pre-
scribed by the registered futures association; and 
‘‘(3) hold section 1.20 customer segregated 
funds, section 30.7 foreign futures and foreign op-
tions customer secured amount funds and section 
22.2 cleared swaps customer funds in a depository 
that reports the balances in these accounts of the fu-
tures commission merchant held at the depository to 
the registered futures association or another party 
designated by the registered futures association in 
the form, manner, and interval prescribed by the 
registered futures association.’’. 
SEC. 104. NOTICE AND CERTIFICATIONS PROVIDING ADDI-
TIONAL CUSTOMER PROTECTIONS. 
Section 17 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 
21), as amended by sections 102 and 103 of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(u) A futures commission merchant that has ad-
justed net capital in an amount less than the amount re-
quired by regulations established by the Commission or 
a self-regulatory organization of which the futures com-
mission merchant is a member shall immediately notify 
the Commission and the self-regulatory organization of 
this occurrence. 
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‘‘(v) A futures commission merchant that does not 
hold a sufficient amount of funds in segregated accounts 
for futures customers under section 1.20 of title 17, Code 
of Federal Regulations, in foreign futures and foreign op-
tions secured amount accounts for foreign futures and for-
eign options secured amount customers under section 30.7 
of such title, or in segregated accounts for cleared swap 
customers under section 22.2 of such title, as required by 
regulations established by the Commission or a self-regu-
latory organization of which the futures commission mer-
chant is a member, shall immediately notify the Commis-
sion and the self-regulatory organization of this occur-
rence. 
‘‘(w) Within such time period established by the Com-
mission after the end of each fiscal year, a futures com-
mission merchant shall file with the Commission a report 
from the chief compliance officer of the futures commis-
sion merchant containing an assessment of the internal 
compliance programs of the futures commission mer-
chant.’’. 
SEC. 105. FUTURES COMMISSION MERCHANT COMPLIANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4d(a) of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 6d(a)) is amended— 
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under section 30.7 of such title, or cleared swap cus-
tomer funds under section 22.2 of such title, to re-
port balances in the futures commission merchant’s 
section 1.20 customer segregated funds, section 30.7 
foreign futures and foreign options customer secured 
amount funds, and section 22.2 cleared swap cus-
tomer funds, to the registered futures association or 
another party designated by the registered futures 
association, in the form, manner, and interval pre-
scribed by the registered futures association; and 
‘‘(3) hold section 1.20 customer segregated 
funds, section 30.7 foreign futures and foreign op-
tions customer secured amount funds and section 
22.2 cleared swaps customer funds in a depository 
that reports the balances in these accounts of the fu-
tures commission merchant held at the depository to 
the registered futures association or another party 
designated by the registered futures association in 
the form, manner, and interval prescribed by the 
registered futures association.’’. 
SEC. 104. NOTICE AND CERTIFICATIONS PROVIDING ADDI-
TIONAL CUSTOMER PROTECTIONS. 
Section 17 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 
21), as amended by sections 102 and 103 of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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30.7, and from a cleared swaps customer collateral, 
identified as provided in such section 22.2.’’. 
SEC. 103. ELECTRONIC CONFIRMATION OF CUSTOMER 
FUNDS. 
Section 17 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 
21), as amended by section 102 of this Act, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(t) A registered futures association shall require any 
member of the association that is a futures commission 
merchant to— 
‘‘(1) use an electronic system or systems to re-
port financial and operational information to the as-
sociation, including information related to customer 
segregated funds, foreign futures and foreign options 
customer secured amount funds accounts, and 
cleared swaps customer collateral, in accordance 
with such terms, conditions, documentation stand-
ards, and regular time intervals as are established 
by the association; 
‘‘(2) instruct each depository, including any 
bank, trust company, derivatives clearing organiza-
tion, or futures commission merchant, holding cus-
tomer segregated funds under section 1.20 of title 
17, Code of Federal Regulations, foreign futures and 
foreign options customer secured amount funds 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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proposed collection of information, copies of
pertinent statutory authority, regulations, and
other related materials as the Director may
specify; and
‘‘(D) published a notice in the Federal
Register—
‘‘(i) stating that the agency has made
such submission; and
‘‘(ii) setting forth—
‘‘(I) a title for the collection of
information;
‘‘(II) a summary of the collection
of information;
‘‘(III) a brief description of the
need for the information and the pro-
posed use of the information;
‘‘(IV) a description of the likely
respondents and proposed frequency
of response to the collection of infor-
mation;
‘‘(V) an estimate of the burden
that shall result from the collection of
information; and