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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1279
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the activity of
soliciting and receiving qualified sponsorship payments from unrelated
business income.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1997
Mr. CAMP (for himself, Mr. JEFFERSON, and Mr. WATKINS) 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 exclude
the activity of soliciting and receiving qualified sponsor-
ship payments from unrelated business income.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM UNRELATED BUSINESS TAX-
ABLE INCOME FOR CERTAIN SPONSORSHIP
PAYMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 513 (relating to unrelated
trade or business income) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SPONSORSHIP PAY-
MENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘unrelated trade
or business’ does not include the activity of soliciting
and receiving qualified sponsorship payments.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
SPONSORSHIP
PAYMENTS.—
For purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
sponsorship payment’ means any payment made
by any person engaged in a trade or business
with respect to which there is no arrangement
or expectation that such person will receive any
substantial return benefit other than the use or
acknowledgement of the name or logo (or prod-
uct lines) of such person’s trade or business in
connection with the activities of the organiza-
tion that receives such payment. Such a use or
acknowledgement does not include advertising
such person’s products or services (including
messages containing qualitative or comparative
language, price information or other indications
of savings or value, an endorsement, or an in-
ducement to purchase, sell, or use such prod-
ucts or services).
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(i) CONTINGENT
PAYMENTS.—The
term ‘qualified sponsorship payment’ does
not include any payment if the amount of
such payment is contingent upon the level
of attendance at one or more events,
broadcast ratings, or other factors indicat-
ing the degree of public exposure to one or
more events.
‘‘(ii) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OR
AD-
VERTISING
IN
PERIODICALS.—The term
‘qualified sponsorship payment’ does not
include any payment which entitles the
payor to an acknowledgement or advertis-
ing in regularly scheduled and printed ma-
terial published by or on behalf of the
payee organization that is not related to
and primarily distributed in connection
with a specific event conducted by the
payee organization.
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION
OF
PORTIONS
OF
SINGLE
PAYMENT.—For purposes of this subsection, to the
extent that a portion of a payment would (if made
as a separate payment) be a qualified sponsorship
payment, such portion of such payment and the
other portion of such payment shall be treated as
separate payments.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to payments solicited or received
after December 31, 1996.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 127
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the
exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance and to restore
the exclusion for graduate level educational assistance.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. SHAW, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylva-
nia, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. CRANE, Mr. COYNE, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mrs. KEN-
NELLY of Connecticut, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. NEAL of Massachu-
setts, Mr. PETRI, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr.
HOLDEN, Mr. MCHALE, Mr. POMEROY, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. JACKSON
of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently
extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational
assistance and to restore the exclusion for graduate level
educational assistance.
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 ‘‘Employee Educational
Assistance Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF EMPLOYER-PROVIDED
EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE; 
RESTORATION
OF EXCLUSION FOR GRADUATE LEVEL AS-
SISTANCE.
(a) EXCLUSION MADE PERMANENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 127 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to educational as-
sistance programs) is amended by striking sub-
section (d).
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply to taxable years begin-
ning after May 31, 1997.
(b) RESTORATION OF EXCLUSION FOR GRADUATE
LEVEL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The last sentence of section
127(c)(1) of such Code is amended by striking all
that follows ‘‘hobbies’’ and inserting a period.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to ex-
penses relating to courses beginning after June 30,
1996.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1280
To allow the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, and televising
to the public of Federal court proceedings.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1997
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. DELAY, Mr.
FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr.
ROTHMAN, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mrs.
MCCARTHY of New York, and Mr. DIXON) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To allow the photographing, electronic recording, broadcast-
ing, and televising to the public of Federal court proceed-
ings.
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 ‘‘Sunshine in the Court-
room Act’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF PRESIDING JUDGE TO ALLOW
MEDIA COVERAGE OF COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any pre-
siding judge of a court of the United States may, in his
or her discretion, permit the photographing, electronic re-
cording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court
proceedings over which that judge presides, including civil
and criminal trials and appeals.
SEC. 3. ADVISORY GUIDELINES.
The Judicial Conference of the United States is au-
thorized to promulgate advisory guidelines to which a pre-
siding judge, in his or her discretion, may refer in making
decisions with respect to the management and administra-
tion of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televis-
ing described in section 2.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) PRESIDING JUDGE.—The term ‘‘presiding
judge’’ means the judge presiding over the court
proceeding concerned. In proceedings in which more
than one judge participates, the presiding judge
shall be the senior active judge so participating or,
in the case of a court of appeals, the senior active
circuit judge so participating, except that—
(A) in en banc sittings of any United
States court of appeals, the presiding judge
shall be the chief judge of the circuit whenever
the chief judge participates; and
(b) in en banc sittings of the Supreme
Court of the United States, the presiding judge
shall be the Chief Justice whenever the Chief
Justice participates.
(2) COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.—The term
‘‘court of the United States’’ has the meaning given
that term in section 451 of title 28, United States
Code.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1281
To amend the Public Health Service Act and other laws to apply the health
insurance portability requirements applicable to group health plans to
students covered under college-sponsored health plans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1997
Mr. COSTELLO (for himself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FROST, Ms. NORTON,
and Mr. WALSH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways
and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 the Public Health Service Act and other laws
to apply the health insurance portability requirements
applicable to group health plans to students covered
under college-sponsored health plans.
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 ‘‘Student Health Insur-
ance Portability Protection Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. APPLYING HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY PRO-
TECTIONS TO STUDENTS UNDER COLLEGE-
SPONSORED HEALTH PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XXVII of the Public Health
Service Act, as added by section 102(a) of the Health In-
surance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub-
lic Law 104–191), is amended by inserting after section
2723 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 2724. APPLICATION OF PORTABILITY PROTECTIONS
TO STUDENTS UNDER COLLEGE-SPONSORED
HEALTH PLANS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the succeeding provi-
sions of this section, the provisions of subpart 1 shall
apply to health insurance coverage offered in connection
with a college-sponsored health plan (as defined in sub-
section (b)) in the same manner as they apply to health
insurance coverage offered in connection with a group
health plan.
‘‘(b) COLLEGE-SPONSORED
HEALTH
PLAN
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘college-
sponsored health plan’ means health benefits offered by
or through an institution of higher education (as defined
in section 481(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1088(a))) in relation to students at the institu-
tion, but does not include benefits offered to such a stu-
dent as a participant or beneficiary in a group health plan.
trict, and any amendments or changes made by agreement
of the irrigation districts.
(f) LIABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of con-
veyance of the lands, easements, and rights-of-way
under subsection (b), the United States shall not be
held liable by any court for damages of any kind
arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relat-
ing to the conveyed lands, easements, and right-of-
way, except for damage caused by an act of neg-
ligence or other tortious conduct committed by the
United States or by its employees, agents, or con-
tractors of the United States before the conveyance.
(2) NO
INCREASE
IN
LIABILITY.—Paragraph
(1) does not increase the liability of the United
States beyond that currently provided in chapter
171 of title 28, United States Code (commonly
known as the ‘‘Federal Tort Claims Act’’).
(f) COMPLETION OF CONVEYANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall complete
the conveyance under subsection (b) (including such
action as may be required under the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.)) not later than 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF EXCEPTIONS, ENFORCEMENT,
PREEMPTION; DEFINITIONS.—In applying subsection
(a)—
‘‘(1) subject to paragraph (2), the previous pro-
visions of this subpart shall apply in relation to such
subsection in the same manner as they apply in rela-
tion to subpart 1; and
‘‘(2) in applying the other provisions of this
title under this section—
‘‘(A) any reference in such provisions to a
group health plan is deemed a reference to a
college-sponsored health plan;
‘‘(B) any reference in such provisions to a
participant or beneficiary in a group health
plan is deemed a reference to an enrollee in a
college-sponsored health plan; and
‘‘(C) any reference in such provisions to an
employee in relation to the group health plan is
deemed a reference to a student in relation to
the college-sponsored health plan.’’.
(b) CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE UNDER COLLEGE-
SPONSORED
HEALTH
PLAN
AS
CREDITABLE
COV-
ERAGE.—
(1) AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
ACT.—Section 2701(c)(1)(B) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg(c)(1)(B)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘(including such coverage under a col-
lege-sponsored health plan, as defined in section
2724(b))’’ after ‘‘coverage’’.
(2) AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME
SECURITY
ACT
OF
1974.—Section
701(c)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1181(c)(1)(B)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘(including such coverage
under a college-sponsored health plan, as defined in
section 2724(b) of the Public Health Service Act)’’
after ‘‘coverage’’.
(3) AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1986.—Section 9801(c)(1)(B) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting
‘‘(including such coverage under a college-sponsored
health plan, as defined in section 2724(b) of the
Public Health Service Act)’’ after ‘‘coverage’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION.—
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by subsection (a) shall apply to coverage under col-
lege-sponsored health plans for students matriculat-
ing or enrolling for periods beginning on or after
August 1, 1997, and the amendments made by sub-
section (b) shall be effective as if included in the en-
actment of the corresponding provisions in the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
of 1996 (Public Law 104–191).
(2) CREDITING PERMITTED FOR CERTAIN PRE-
VIOUS COVERAGE.—Creditable coverage occurring on
or after July 1, 1996, shall be taken into account in
applying section 2724(a) of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act.
(3) CERTIFICATIONS, ETC.—Insofar as the cer-
tification requirements of section 2743 of the Public
Health Service Act are not otherwise applicable to
health insurance coverage under a college-sponsored
health plan (as defined in subsection (b) of section
2724 of such Act), subsection (e) of section 2701 of
the Public Health Service Act shall apply (as incor-
porated under subsection (a) of such section 2724)
to the issuer of such coverage with respect to events
occurring after April 7, 1997; but in no case is a
certification required to be provided under such sec-
tion 2724 pursuant to such subsection (e) before 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1282
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities of
the Minidoka project to the Burley Irrigation District, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1997
Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mrs. CHENOWETH) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain
facilities of the Minidoka project to the Burley Irrigation
District, 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. CONVEYANCE OF FACILITIES.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) BURLEY.—The term ‘‘Burley’’ means the
Burley Irrigation District, an irrigation district or-
ganized under the law of the State of Idaho.
(2) DIVISION.—The term ‘‘Division’’ means the
Southside Pumping Division of the Minidoka
project, Idaho.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(b) CONVEYANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, without
consideration or compensation except as provided in
this section, convey to Burley, by quitclaim deed or
patent, all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to the withdrawn and acquired lands,
easements, and rights-of-way of or in connection
with the Division, together with the pumping plants,
canals, drains, laterals, roads, pumps, checks,
headgates, transformers, pumping plant substations,
buildings, transmission lines, and other improve-
ments or appurtenances to the land or used for the
delivery of water from the headworks of the South-
side Canal at the Minidoka Dam and reservoir to
land in Burley, including all facilities used in con-
junction with the Division (including the electric
transmission lines used to transmit electric power
for the operation of the pumping facilities of the Di-
vision and related purposes for which the allocable
construction costs have been fully repaid by Burley).
(2) COSTS.—The first $80,000 in administra-
tive costs of transfer of title and related activities
shall be paid in equal shares by the United States
(2) DEFAULT.—If the conveyance is not com-
pleted by January 1, 2000, through no fault of Bur-
ley—
(A) the right, title, and interest of the
United States described in subsection (b)(1) are
conveyed to Burley on that date by operation of
law; and
(B) the Secretary shall provide evidence of
the conveyance at the request of Burley.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1283
To provide a moratorium on certain class action lawsuits relating to the
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1997
Mr. EHRLICH (for himself, Mr. NEY, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr. LIPINSKI,
Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. METCALF, Mr. BAKER, Mrs.
KELLY, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. SNOWBARGER, Mr. KING, Mr. HEFLEY,
Mr. CHABOT, Mr. JONES, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. NEUMANN,
Mr. RAMSTAD, and Mr. WELLER) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide a moratorium on certain class action lawsuits
relating to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
of 1974.
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 ‘‘Real Estate Settlement
Procedures Act Class Action Relief Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. MORATORIUM.
Section 16 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures
Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2614) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ after
‘‘SEC. 16.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) CLASS ACTION MORATORIUM.—During the pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of the Real
Estate Settlement Procedures Act Class Action Relief Act
of 1997 and ending on December 31, 1998, in any State
or Federal civil action or lawsuit arising under this Act
in which it is alleged that a payment of a thing of value
was made by a lender to another lender or to a mortgage
broker—
‘‘(1) no party shall serve or cause to be served,
or be required to respond to, any discovery concern-
ing any class certification issue;
‘‘(2) no State or Federal court may enter any
order—
‘‘(A) certifying any class, except an order
certifying any class directly in connection with
the settlement and compromise of any action;
or
‘‘(B) imposing any sanctions on any party
for failing to comply with any discovery seeking
information concerning any class certification
issue; and
‘‘(3) all State and Federal courts shall stay all
further proceedings in any such action in which an
order certifying any class has been entered on or
after January 1, 1996, for any purpose other than
indirect connection with the settlement and com-
promise of any such action.’’.
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for a determination that, under the criteria established
under clause (i), the system is not required to use filtra-
tion. After notice and opportunity for public comment, but
not later than 120 days after receipt of such application,
the State shall make such determination and publish no-
tice thereof.
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‘‘(3) DEFERRED FOREIGN INCOME.—The term 
‘deferred foreign income’ means the excess of— 
‘‘(A) the amount that would be includible 
in gross income under subpart F of this part 
for the taxable year if— 
‘‘(i) all controlled foreign corporations 
were treated as one controlled foreign cor-
poration, and 
‘‘(ii) all earnings and profits of all 
controlled foreign corporations were sub-
part F income (as defined in section 952), 
over 
‘‘(B) the sum of— 
‘‘(i) all dividends received during the 
taxable year from controlled foreign cor-
porations, plus 
‘‘(ii) amounts includible in gross in-
come under section 951(a). 
‘‘(4) PREVIOUSLY
DEFERRED
FOREIGN
IN-
COME.—The term ‘previously deferred foreign in-
come’ means the aggregate amount of deferred for-
eign income for all prior taxable years to which this 
part applies, determined as of the beginning of the 
taxable year, reduced by the repatriated foreign in-
come for all such prior taxable years. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1284
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow public water systems to
avoid filtration requirements, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1997
Mr. ENGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow public
water systems to avoid filtration requirements, 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. FILTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
Section 1412(b)(7)(C) of title XIV of the Public
Health Service Act (‘‘the Safe Drinking Water Act’’) is
amended by adding the following at the end of clause (iii):
‘‘After such 12 month period, based on information, tech-
nology, or evidence not available prior to the expiration
of such 12-month period, any public water system supplied
by surface water sources may apply to the State agency
a project goal after a wetland restoration, en-
hancement, creation, or preservation project has
been completed, including hydrological manipu-
lation and control of desirable and undesirable
plant species.
‘‘(G) MITIGATION BANK.—The term ‘miti-
gation bank’ means an entity, chartered by the
Secretary under this subsection, to conduct a
specified wetland resource restoration, enhance-
ment or, in exceptional circumstances, creation
and preservation project or projects identified
in its charter, each project undertaken for the
purpose of providing mitigation credits to offset
wetland losses authorized by the terms of per-
mits allowing activities in the waters of the
United States.
‘‘(H) PRESERVATION.—The term ‘preser-
vation’ means the protection of ecologically im-
portant wetlands in perpetuity through the im-
plementation of appropriate legal and physical
mechanisms and may include protection of up-
land areas adjacent to wetlands as necessary to
ensure protection or enhancement of the aquat-
ic ecosystem.