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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3499
To authorize the Washington Interdependence Council to establish a memorial
to Mr. Benjamin Banneker in the District of Columbia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1998
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Washington Interdependence Council to
establish a memorial to Mr. Benjamin Banneker in the
District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MEMORIAL TO MR. BENJAMIN BANNEKER IN
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) MEMORIAL
AUTHORIZED.—The Washington
Interdependence Council of the District of Columbia is au-
thorized to establish a memorial in the District of Colum-
bia to honor and commemorate the accomplishments of
Mr. Benjamin Banneker.
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO-
RATIVE WORKS.—The establishment of the memorial shall
be in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act (40
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
(c) PAYMENT
OF
EXPENSES.—The Washington
Interdependence Council shall be solely responsible for ac-
ceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses
of, the establishment of the memorial. No Federal funds
may be used to pay any expense of the establishment of
the memorial.
(d) DEPOSIT OF EXCESS FUNDS.—If, upon payment
of all expenses of the establishment of the memorial (in-
cluding the maintenance and preservation amount re-
quired under section 8(b) of the Commemorative Works
Act (40 U.S.C. 1008(b))), or upon expiration of the au-
thority for the memorial under section 10(b) of such Act
(40 U.S.C. 1010(b)), there remains a balance of funds re-
ceived for the establishment of the memorial, the Washing-
ton Interdependence Council shall transmit the amount of
the balance to the Secretary of the Treasury for deposit
in the account provided for in section 8(b)(1) of such Act
(40 U.S.C. 1008(b)(1)).
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5917 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit 
for menstrual products. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2016 
Ms. MENG 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 
a refundable credit for menstrual products. 
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 ‘‘Menstrual Products 
Tax Credit Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart C of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to refundable credits) is amended by insert-
ing after section 36B the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 36C. MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be allowed as a cred-
it against the tax imposed by this subtitle with respect 
to each eligible individual for whom the taxpayer is allowed 
a deduction under section 151 an amount equal to $120. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION BASED ON ADJUSTED GROSS IN-
COME.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxpayer 
whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds the 
threshold amount, the amount of the credit allowable 
under subsection (a) shall be zero. For purposes of 
the preceding sentence, the term ‘modified adjusted 
gross income’ means adjusted gross income in-
creased by any amount excluded from gross income 
under section 911, 931, or 933. 
‘‘(2) THRESHOLD AMOUNT.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), the term ‘threshold amount’ means— 
‘‘(A) $47,520 in the case of a joint return, 
‘‘(B) $35,640 in the case of a head of 
household, and 
‘‘(C) $23,760 in the case of a separate re-
turn. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ means an individual who uses menstrual 
products. 
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239
‘‘(A) PARTNERS
AND
PARTNERSHIPS.—
The term ‘employee’ includes a partner and the
term ‘employer’ includes a partnership.
‘‘(B) RELATED
PERSONS.—Persons shall
be treated as related to each other if such per-
sons are treated as a single employer under
subsection (a) or (b) of section 52.
‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROVISIONS.—No
credit or deduction shall be allowed under any other provi-
sion of this title for any amount for which a credit is al-
lowed under this section.’’
(b) CARRYFORWARD, CARRYBACK, AND DEDUCTION
FOR UNUSED CREDITS.—
(1) CARRYFORWARD
AND
CARRYBACK.—Sub-
section (b) of section 38 of such Code (relating to
general business credit) is amended by striking
‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (11), by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (12) and inserting ‘‘,
plus’’, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(13) the workplace safety program credit de-
termined under section 45D.’’
(2) TRANSITIONAL RULE FOR CARRYBACKS.—
Subsection (d) of section 39 of such Code (relating
‘‘(2) MENSTRUAL
PRODUCTS
DEFINED.—The 
term ‘menstrual products’ shall be determined by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services by reg-
ulation and provided to the Secretary, and shall in-
clude tampons, pads, liners, cups, and similar prod-
ucts used by women with respect to menstruation. 
‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each taxable year be-
ginning after 2017, the dollar amounts in sub-
sections (a) and (b)(2) shall each be increased by an 
amount equal to the product of— 
‘‘(A) such dollar amount, and 
‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-
mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar 
year, determined by substituting ‘calendar year 
2016’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph 
(B) thereof. 
‘‘(2) ROUNDING.—If any increase determined 
under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) in the case of the dollar amount in 
subsection (a) is not a multiple of $5, such in-
crease shall be rounded to the next highest mul-
tiple of $5, and 
‘‘(B) in the case of the dollar amount in 
subsection (b)(2), is not a multiple of $1,000, 
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such increase shall be rounded to the next low-
est multiple of $1,000. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be appropriate to carry out the 
purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘36C,’’ after 
‘‘36B,’’. 
(2) The table of sections for subpart C of part 
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 36B the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 36C. Menstrual products.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2016. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5918 
To establish requirements for participants in the peer-to-peer economy to 
be considered independent contractors and not employees for purposes 
of several employment-related statutes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2016 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To establish requirements for participants in the peer-to- 
peer economy to be considered independent contractors 
and not employees for purposes of several employment- 
related statutes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STATUS OF INDIVIDUALS OPERATING IN THE 
PEER-TO-PEER ECONOMY FOR PURPOSES OF 
CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT LAWS. 
(a) STATUS OF INDIVIDUALS NOT CONSIDERED EM-
PLOYEES.—An individual operating in the peer-to-peer 
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economy shall not be considered an employee for purposes 
of the Acts described in subsection (b) if such individual— 
(1) is permitted to determine the hours during 
which the covered individual offers services to users; 
(2) is subject to a quality-of-service evaluation 
of the service or services provided by such individual 
through a user-based rating system; 
(3) provides any user of such service with an 
electronic description of the transaction and the 
amount paid for the service; and 
(4) uses the individual’s own tools or assets to 
provide such services. 
(b) APPLICABLE EMPLOYMENT LAWS.—The laws re-
ferred to in subsection (a) include the following: 
(1) The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 
(2) The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). 
(3) The National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 151 et seq.). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘peer-to-peer economy’’ means the 
business of facilitating transactions between a user 
seeking a service and an individual providing that 
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service using an online platform or mobile applica-
tion; 
(2) the term ‘‘mobile application’’ means a soft-
ware program that— 
(A) runs on the operating system of a mo-
bile device; and 
(B) collects data from a user; and 
(3) the term ‘‘mobile device’’ means a mobile 
telephone, tablet computer, or similar portable com-
puting device that transmits data over a wireless 
connection. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 34
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United
States from making contributions or expenditures in con-
nection with an election for Federal office.
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 ‘‘Illegal Foreign Con-
tributions Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING NON-CITIZEN INDIVIDUALS FROM
MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES
IN CONNECTION WITH FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
(a) PROHIBITION APPLICABLE TO ALL NON-CITI-
ZENS.—Section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(b)(2)) is amended by
striking ‘‘and who is not lawfully admitted’’ and all that
follows and inserting a period.
(b) PROHIBITION APPLICABLE TO EXPENDITURES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 319(a) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 441e(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or ex-
penditure’’ after ‘‘contribution’’ each place it ap-
pears.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 319
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended in the head-
ing by inserting ‘‘AND EXPENDITURES’’ after ‘‘CON-
TRIBUTIONS’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to contributions or expenditures made on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives March 30,
1998.
Attest:
Clerk.
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 34
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit individuals
who are not citizens of the United States from making contributions
or expenditures in connection with an election for Federal office.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. BEREUTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United
States from making contributions or expenditures in con-
nection with an election for Federal office.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
PROHIBITING 
NON-CITIZEN 
INDIVIDUALS
FROM MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDI-
TURES 
IN 
CONNECTION 
WITH 
FEDERAL
ELECTIONS.
(a) PROHIBITION APPLICABLE TO ALL NON-CITI-
ZENS.—Section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(b)(2)) is amended by
striking ‘‘and who is not lawfully admitted’’ and all that
follows and inserting a period.
(b) PROHIBITION APPLICABLE TO EXPENDITURES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 319(a) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 441e(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or ex-
penditure’’ after ‘‘contribution’’ each place it ap-
pears.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 319
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended in the head-
ing by inserting ‘‘AND EXPENDITURES’’ after ‘‘CON-
TRIBUTIONS’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to contributions or expenditures made on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
Æ
IIA
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 34
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 31, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and
Administration
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United
States from making contributions or expenditures in con-
nection with an election for Federal office.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 34 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illegal Foreign Con-
tributions Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING NON-CITIZEN INDIVIDUALS FROM
MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES
IN CONNECTION WITH FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
(a) PROHIBITION APPLICABLE TO ALL NON-CITI-
ZENS.—Section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(b)(2)) is amended by
striking ‘‘and who is not lawfully admitted’’ and all that
follows and inserting a period.
(b) PROHIBITION APPLICABLE TO EXPENDITURES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 319(a) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 441e(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or ex-
penditure’’ after ‘‘contribution’’ each place it ap-
pears.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 319
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended in the head-
ing by inserting ‘‘AND EXPENDITURES’’ after ‘‘CON-
TRIBUTIONS’’.
HR 34 RFS
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to contributions or expenditures made on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives March 30,
1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3500
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery
period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1998
Mr. SHAW 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
a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain
leasehold improvements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RECOVERY PERIOD FOR DEPRECIATION OF
CERTAIN LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) 10-YEAR
RECOVERY
PERIOD.—Subparagraph
(D) of section 168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to 10-year property) is amended by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i), by striking the period at
the end of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding
at the end the following new clause:
(i) in the section heading by striking 
‘‘Pilot program for enhancement’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Enhancement’’; and 
(ii) by striking subsection (i). 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 47 of title 
41, United States Code, is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 4712 and inserting 
the following new item: 
‘‘4712. Enhancement of contractor protection from reprisal for disclosure of cer-
tain information.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON REIMBURSEMENT FOR LEGAL 
FEES
ACCRUED
IN
DEFENSE
AGAINST
REPRISAL 
CLAIMS.— 
(1) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.—Section 2324(k) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or subcontractor, or per-
sonal services contractor’’ after ‘‘contractor’’ 
each place it appears; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, subcontract, or per-
sonal services contract’’ after ‘‘contract’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(C) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or to 
any other activity described in subparagraphs 
(A) through (C) of section 2409(a)(1) of this 
title’’ after ‘‘statute or regulation’’. 
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘, subcontract, or 
personal services contract’’ after ‘‘con-
tract’’ each place it appears; and 
(iii) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting 
‘‘or to any other activity described in sec-
tion 4712(a)(1) of this title’’ after ‘‘statute 
or regulation’’. 
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
4304(a)(15) of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or subcontractor, or per-
sonal service contractor’’ after ‘‘contractor’’. 
(c) INCLUSION OF CONTRACT CLAUSE IN CONTRACTS 
AWARDED BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE.—At the time of 
any major modification to a contract that was awarded 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 
the contracting agency shall make best efforts to include 
in the contract a contract clause providing for the applica-
bility of the amendments made by this section and section 
827 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1833). 
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‘‘(iii) any qualified leasehold improve-
ment property.’’.
(b) QUALIFIED LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENT PROP-
ERTY.—Subsection (e) of section 168 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(6) QUALIFIED
LEASEHOLD
IMPROVEMENT
PROPERTY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
leasehold improvement property’ means any im-
provement to an interior portion of a building
which is nonresidential real property if—
‘‘(i) such improvement is made under
or pursuant to a lease (as defined in sub-
section (h)(7))—
‘‘(I) by the lessee (or any subles-
see) of such portion, or
‘‘(II) by the lessor of such por-
tion,
‘‘(ii) such portion is to be occupied ex-
clusively by the lessee (or any sublessee) of
such portion, and
‘‘(iii) such improvement is placed in
service more than 3 years after the date
the building was first placed in service.
‘‘(B) CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS
NOT
IN-
CLUDED.—Such term shall not include any im-
provement for which the expenditure is attrib-
utable to—
‘‘(i) the enlargement of the building,
‘‘(ii) any elevator or escalator,
‘‘(iii) any structural component bene-
fiting a common area, and
‘‘(iv) the internal structural frame-
work of the building.
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—
For purposes of this paragraph—
‘‘(i) COMMITMENT TO LEASE TREAT-
ED
AS
LEASE.—A commitment to enter
into a lease shall be treated as a lease, and
the parties to such commitment shall be
treated as lessor and lessee, respectively.
‘‘(ii) RELATED PERSONS.—A lease be-
tween related persons shall not be consid-
ered a lease. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, 
the 
term 
‘related 
persons’
means—
‘‘(I) members of an affiliated
group (as defined in section 1504),
and
‘‘(II) persons having a relation-
ship described in subsection (b) of
section 267; except that, for purposes
of this clause, the phrase ‘80 percent
or more’ shall be substituted for the
phrase ‘more than 50 percent’ each
place it appears in such subsection.’’
(c) REQUIREMENT TO USE STRAIGHT LINE METH-
OD.—Paragraph (3) of section 168(b) of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(G) 
Qualified 
leasehold 
improvement
property described in subsection (e)(6).’’.
(d) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—The table contained in
section 168(g)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by inserting
after the item relating to subparagraph (D)(ii) the follow-
ing new item:
‘‘(D)(iii) .................................................................................
10 ’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to qualified leasehold improvement
property placed in service after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3501
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to change
the special rate of duty on purified terephthalic acid imported from Mexico.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1998
Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. WISE, and Mr. STRICKLAND) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States to change the special rate of duty on purified
terephthalic acid imported from Mexico.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TEREPHTHALIC ACID.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subheading 2917.36.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by striking ‘‘1.8¢/kg + 8.9% (MX)’’ in the spe-
cial rates of duty subcolumn and inserting ‘‘,MX’’ in the
parenthetical after ‘‘J’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section applies to goods entered on or after the date
that is 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Æ
IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 341
Urging the President of the European Union to add Hezbollah to the 
European Union’s wide-ranging list of terrorist organizations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2003
Mr. SAXTON (for himself and Mr. ENGEL) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Urging the President of the European Union to add 
Hezbollah to the European Union’s wide-ranging list of 
terrorist organizations.
Whereas Hezbollah is a Lebanon-based radical organization 
with terrorist cells based in Europe, Africa, North Amer-
ica, and elsewhere, receiving financial, training, weapons, 
and political and organizational aid from Iran and Syria; 
Whereas Hezbollah has been suspected of numerous terrorist 
acts, including but not limited to, the suicide truck bomb-
ing of the United States Embassy and Marine Barracks 
in Beirut in October 1983 and the Embassy annex in 
Beirut in September 1984; 
Whereas Hezbollah has attacked numerous Israeli targets in 
South America in the mid-1990s, including the Israeli 
Embassy in Buenos Aires in 1994;
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (d)(2) of sec-
tion 2908 of such Act—
(A) debate on the legislation in the House
of Representatives, and on all debatable mo-
tions and appeals in connection with the legisla-
tion, shall be limited to not more than 10
hours, divided equally between those favoring
and those opposing the legislation;
(B) debate on the legislation in the Senate,
and on all debatable motions and appeals in
connection with the legislation, shall be limited
to not more than 10 hours, divided equally be-
tween those favoring and those opposing the
legislation; and
(C) debate in the Senate on any single de-
batable motion and appeal in connection with
the legislation shall be limited to not more than
1 hour, divided equally between the mover and
the manager of the bill (except that in the event
the manager of the bill is in favor of any such
motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto
shall be controlled by the minority leader or his
designee), and the majority and minority leader
may each allot additional time from time under
such leader’s control to any Senator during the
consideration of any debatable motion or ap-
peal.
SEC. 8. TERMINATION.
The Commission shall cease to exist 90 days after
the date of the submission of its report under section 6.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Com-
mission such sums as are necessary to carry out its duties
under this Act.
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