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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 942
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit separate payment
to be made under part B of the medicare program for the interpretation
of electrocardiograms performed during an office visit.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 17, 1993
Mr. CARDIN introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit
separate payment to be made under part B of the medi-
care program for the interpretation of electrocardiograms
performed during an office visit.
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 EKG Pay-
ment Restoration Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. SEPARATE PAYMENT FOR INTERPRETATION OF
ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 1848(b)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(b)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) TREATMENT
OF
INTERPRETATION
OF
ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS.—The Secretary—
‘‘(A) shall make separate payment under
this section for the interpretation of electro-
cardiograms performed or ordered to be per-
formed as part of or in conjunction with a visit
to or a consultation with a physician, and
‘‘(B) shall adjust the relative values estab-
lished for visits and consultations under sub-
section (c) so as not to include relative value
units for interpretations of electrocardiograms
in the relative value for visits and consulta-
tions.’’.
(b) 
ASSURING
BUDGET
NEUTRALITY.—Section
1848(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(c)(2)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(E) 
BUDGET
NEUTRALITY
ADJUST-
MENTS.—The Secretary—
‘‘(i) shall reduce the relative values
for all services (other than anesthesia serv-
ices) established under this paragraph
(and, in the case of anesthesia services, the
conversion factor established by the Sec-
retary for such services) by such percent-
age as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary so that, beginning in 1996, the
amendment made by section 2(a) of the
Medicare EKG Payment Restoration Act
of 1993 would not result in expenditures
under this section that exceed the amount
of such expenditures that would have been
made if such amendment had not been
made, and
‘‘(ii) shall reduce the amounts deter-
mined under subsection (a)(2)(B)(i)(I) by
such percentage as the Secretary deter-
mines to be required to assure that, taking
into account the reductions made under
clause (i), the amendment made by section
2(a) of the Medicare EKG Payment Res-
toration Act of 1993 would not result in
expenditures under this section in 1993
that exceed the amount of such expendi-
tures that would have been made if such
amendment had not been made.’’.
Services shall promulgate such regulations as may be nec-
essary to carry out the amendments made by this section.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the first day of the first
calendar quarter that begins after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and shall apply to payments under part
A of title IV of the Social Security Act for calendar quar-
ters beginning after such date of enactment.
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1848 of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i)(I), by inserting
‘‘and as adjusted under subsection (c)(2)(E)(ii)’’
after ‘‘for 1993’’;
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i), by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘Such relative values are subject
to adjustment under subparagraph (E)(i).’’; and
(3) in subsection (i)(1)(B), by adding at the
end 
‘‘including 
adjustments 
under 
subsection
(c)(2)(E),’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to services furnished on or after
first day of the fourth month beginning after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 943
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the issuance of
a certificate of public convenience and necessity to an applicant which
is controlled by a person who has controlled 1 or more air carriers
which have filed, in the aggregate, 2 or more petitions for bankruptcy.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 17, 1993
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. DARDEN, Mr.
DEAL, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. BALLENGER, and Mr. DEFAZIO) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation
A BILL
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit
the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and
necessity to an applicant which is controlled by a person
who has controlled 1 or more air carriers which have
filed, in the aggregate, 2 or more petitions for bank-
ruptcy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.
Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49
U.S.C. App. 1371) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(s) LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—No certificate shall be
issued to an applicant under this section if such ap-
plicant is controlled by a person who controls or had
controlled, in any manner whatsoever, 1 or more air
carriers which filed, while under such control, in the
aggregate, 2 or more petitions under the bankruptcy
laws contained in title 11 of the United States Code.
‘‘(2) INVALIDATION
OF
CERTAIN
CERTIFI-
CATES.—If a certificate was issued to an applicant
under this section after February 16, 1993, and be-
fore the date of the enactment of this subsection,
and such certificate could not have been issued to
the applicant under the rule contained in paragraph
(1), such certificate shall no longer be valid after
such date of enactment.
‘‘(3) PRESUMPTION.—For the purposes of this
subsection, any person owning 5 percent or more of
the voting securities of an air carrier shall be pre-
sumed to be in control of the air carrier unless the
Secretary finds otherwise.’’.
SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
The table of contents contained in the first section
of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is amended by adding
at the end of the matter relating to section 401 the follow-
ing new item:
‘‘(s) Limitation on issuance of certificates.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 944
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to deny aid to families with
dependent children to certain individuals for any week in which the
individuals work or attend courses at an educational institution for fewer
than 30 hours.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 17, 1993
Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. MCCANDLESS, Mr.
LIGHTFOOT, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. MYERS of Indiana, Mr. BART-
LETT of Maryland, and Mr. STUMP) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to deny aid
to families with dependent children to certain individuals
for any week in which the individuals work or attend
courses at an educational institution for fewer than 30
hours.
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 ‘‘Responsible Welfare
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. DENIAL OF AFDC BENEFITS TO CERTAIN INDIVID-
UALS SPENDING FEWER THAN 30 HOURS PER
WEEK AT WORK OR ATTENDING COURSES AT
AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (29) of section 402(a)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(29)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(29) provide that—
‘‘(A) during the 3-year period beginning on
the effective date of this paragraph the State
may, and thereafter the State must, require a
recipient of aid under the plan (other than one
described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph
(19)(C)) to spend 30 hours per week at work
(whether or not paid) as directed by the State
or attending courses at an educational institu-
tion, if—
‘‘(i) all of the dependent children of
the recipient are enrolled in a preschool
program or attend, full-time, an elemen-
tary, secondary, or vocational (or tech-
nical) school; or
‘‘(ii) the recipient has received aid
under any number of State plans under
this part for at least 84 months (whether
or not consecutively); and
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 946
Authorizing the President to award posthumously the Medal of Honor or
other appropriate military decoration to John Peter Manzi, killed in
action on September 7, 1967, in the Republic of Vietnam.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 17, 1993
Mr. FISH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Armed Services
A BILL
Authorizing the President to award posthumously the Medal
of Honor or other appropriate military decoration to
John Peter Manzi, killed in action on September 7, 1967,
in the Republic of Vietnam.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, notwithstanding sections 6248 and 6250 of title 10,
United States Code, the President is authorized and re-
quested (1) to award posthumously the Medal of Honor
or such other military decoration as the President deter-
mines to be appropriate to John Peter Manzi for gallantry
in action on September 7, 1967, in the Republic of Viet-
nam at the cost of his life while serving as a first lieuten-
ant in the Marine Corps, and (2) to present such medal
or other decoration to his family.
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SEC. 3. FINANCING OF DISCOUNT POINTS.
Section 3703(c)(4)(B) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking out
‘‘Discount’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Except in the
case of a loan for the purpose specified in section
3710(a)(8), 3710(b)(7), or section 3712(a)(1)(F) of this
title, discount’’.
SEC. 4. RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR ADJUSTABLE RATE
MORTGAGES.
Section 3707(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘on the anniversary of the date
on which the loan was closed’’.
SEC. 5. CEMETERY PLOT ALLOWANCE FOR VETERANS ELI-
GIBLE FOR BURIAL IN A NATIONAL CEME-
TERY BUT INTERRED IN A STATE VETERANS
CEMETERY.
Section 2303 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(c) In addition to the benefits provided for under
section 2302 of this title and subsection (a) of this section,
in the case of a veteran who—
‘‘(1) is eligible for burial in a national cemetery
under section 2402 of this title, and
‘‘(2) is buried (without charge for the cost of a
plot or interment) in a cemetery, or a section of a
cemetery, that (A) is used solely for the interment
connection with which the loan is made under this sec-
tion.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 3714 the following new item:
‘‘3715. Loans to refinance delinquent indebtedness.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a), shall take effect at the end of the 60-day
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2. FINANCING OF DISCOUNT POINTS.
Section 3703(c)(4)(B) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking out
‘‘Discount’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Except in the
case of a loan for the purpose specified in section
3710(a)(8), 3710(b)(7), or section 3712(a)(1)(F) of this
title, discount’’.
SEC. 3. RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR ADJUSTABLE RATE
MORTGAGES.
Section 3707(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘on the anniversary of the date
on which the loan was closed’’.
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(1) in subsection (s)—
(A) in paragraph (12)(C), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end,
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’,
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (15) and
(16) as paragraphs (16) and (17), and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (14) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(15) bone mass measurement (as defined in
subsection (oo));’’; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (nn) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘Bone Mass Measurement
‘‘(oo)(1) The term ‘bone mass measurement’ means
a radiologic or radioisotopic procedure performed on a
qualified individual (as defined in paragraph (2)) for the
purpose of detecting bone loss through the use of single
and dual photon absorptiometry, dual energy X-ray
absorptiometry or similar dual energy techniques, or quan-
titative computed tomography, and includes a physician’s
interpretation of the results of the procedure.
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘quali-
fied individual’ means (in accordance with regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary)—
of persons eligible for burial in a national cemetery,
and (B) is owned by a State or by an agency or po-
litical subdivision of a State,
the Secretary shall pay to such State, agency, or political
subdivision the sum of $150 as a plot or interment allow-
ance for such veteran.’’.
SEC. 6. INCREASE IN FEDERAL AID TO STATES VETERANS’
CEMETERIES.
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2408(b) are each
amended by striking out ‘‘50 percent’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘65 percent.’’.
SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR STATE CEMETERY GRANT PRO-
GRAM.
Paragraph (2) of section 2408(a) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘nine’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘fourteen’’.
SEC. 8. REMOVAL OF FUNDING REQUIREMENT OF HOME-
LESS VETERANS COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE
PROGRAMS ACT OF 1992.
Section 12 of the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive
Service Programs Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 7721 note) is
amended by striking out the second sentence.
Passed the House of Representatives September 21,
1993.
Attest:
Clerk.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 949
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of the
loan guaranty for loans for the purchase or construction of homes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 17, 1993
Mr. SANGMEISTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the
amount of the loan guaranty for loans for the purchase
or construction of homes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF LOAN GUARANTY
FOR LOANS FOR THE PURCHASE OR CON-
STRUCTION OF HOMES.
Subparagraphs (A)(i)(IV) and (B) of section
3703(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, are each
amended by striking out ‘‘$46,000’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘$50,750.’’.
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the standard utility allowance shall be 
made available to households that 
have received a payment, or on behalf 
of which a payment has been made, 
under the Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 
8621 et seq.) or other similar energy 
assistance program, if in the current 
month or during the immediately pre-
ceding 12 months, the household ei-
ther has received a payment, or a pay-
ment has been made on behalf of the 
household, that is greater than $10 
annually, as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
2605(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)(2)(A)) is amended 
by inserting before the semicolon at the end ‘‘, except that, 
for purposes of the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), such payments or allow-
ances were greater than $10 annually, consistent with sec-
tion 
5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) 
of 
that 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
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2014(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)), as determined by the Secretary of 
Agriculture.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE AND IMPLEMENTATION DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this section and the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect beginning on October 1, 
2013, for all certification periods beginning after 
that date. 
(2) STATE OPTION TO DELAY IMPLEMENTATION 
FOR CURRENT RECIPIENTS.—A State may, at the 
option of the State, implement a policy that elimi-
nates or minimizes the effect of the amendments 
made by this section for households that receive a 
standard utility allowance as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act for not more than a 180-day period 
beginning on the date on which the amendments 
made by this section would otherwise affect the ben-
efits received by a household. 
SEC. 4004. ELIGIBILITY DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Section 6(e)(3)(B) of Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(e)(3)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘section’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘section, subject to 
the condition that the course or program of study— 
‘‘(i) is part of a program of career 
and technical education (as defined in sec-
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‘‘(B) with respect to a facility described in
paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (b) for which
the owner or operator is not required to obtain
authorization, the owner or operator, during
calendar year 1991, owned or possessed an op-
tion to purchase the land on which the expan-
sion of the facility is proposed to occur.
‘‘(d) RESTRICTION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT CON-
TROL BY GOVERNOR.—In any case in which an affected
local government is considering granting an authorization
to receive municipal solid waste generated outside the
State, and the disposal or incineration of such waste pre-
cludes the use of solid waste management capacity that
is identified under the State plan to be used for disposal
or incineration of municipal solid waste generated within
the region (identified under section 4006(a)) in which the
local government is located, the Governor may prohibit the
affected local government from granting the authorization.
‘‘(e) AUTHORITY OF GOVERNOR TO RESTRICT OUT-
OF-STATE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.—
‘‘(1)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (5), if
requested in writing by both an affected local gov-
ernment, and an affected local solid waste planning
unit (if such a local solid waste planning unit exists
under State law), a Governor may, with respect to
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ciples in determining, for purposes of compliance
with statutory or regulatory requirements, the cap-
ital required to be held against loans sold with re-
course.’’.
SEC. 113. MARKET VALUE ACCOUNTING.
Section 37(a)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act (12 U.S.C. 1831n(a)(3)) (as added by section 121 of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement
Act of 1991) is amended by striking subparagraph (D).
SEC. 114. REPORT ON CAPITAL STANDARDS AND THEIR IM-
PACT ON THE ECONOMY.
(a) STUDY.—No later than 90 days after enactment
of this Act, the Department of the Treasury, after con-
sultation with the Federal banking agencies, shall report
to the House and Senate Banking Committees on the ef-
fect that the implementation of risk based capital stand-
ards, including the Basle international capital standards,
is having on—
(1) the safety and soundness of insured deposi-
tory institutions;
(2) the availability of credit, particularly to in-
dividuals and small businesses; and
(3) economic growth.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 94
To repeal the provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Amendments
of 1992 which provide for optional trustee-to-trustee transfers of eligible
rollover distributions and impose a withholding tax on distributions not
so transferred.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas (for herself, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr.
MURPHY, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. TANNER,
Mr. GALLO, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. BOEHNER,
Mr. HUTTO, Mr. DARDEN, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. PETRI, Mr. EWING, Mr.
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. LEACH, Mr. SMITH of Texas,
Mrs. VUCANOVICH, Mr. FAWELL, and Mr. BLILEY) introduced the follow-
ing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To repeal the provisions of the Unemployment Compensation
Amendments of 1992 which provide for optional trustee-
to-trustee transfers of eligible rollover distributions and
impose a withholding tax on distributions not so trans-
ferred.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 522 of the Unemployment Compensation
Amendments of 1992 is hereby repealed and the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied and administered
as if such section (and the amendments made by such sec-
tion) had not been enacted.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 951
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of
the cemetery plot allowance for veterans eligible for burial in a national
cemetery but interred in a State veterans cemetery, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 17, 1993
Mr. SANGMEISTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the
payment of the cemetery plot allowance for veterans eligi-
ble for burial in a national cemetery but interred in
a State veterans cemetery, 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. CEMETERY PLOT ALLOWANCE FOR VETERANS
ELIGIBLE FOR BURIAL IN A NATIONAL CEME-
TERY BUT INTERRED IN A STATE VETERANS
CEMETERY.
Section 2303 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(c) In addition to the benefits provided for under
section 2302 of this title and subsection (a) of this section,
in the case of a veteran who—
‘‘(1) is eligible for burial in a national cemetery
under section 2402 of this title, and
‘‘(2) is buried (without charge for the cost of a
plot or interment) in a cemetery, or a section of a
cemetery, that (A) is used solely for the interment
of persons eligible for burial in a national cemetery,
and (B) is owned by a State or by an agency or po-
litical subdivision of a State,
the Secretary shall pay to such State, agency, or political
subdivision the sum of $150 as a plot or interment allow-
ance for such veteran.’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN FEDERAL AID TO STATES VETERANS’
CEMETERIES.
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2408(b) are each
amended by striking out ‘‘50 percent’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘65 percent.’’.
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