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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 399
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use
of soft money to influence any campaign for election for Federal office.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
prohibit the use of soft money to influence any campaign
for 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. BAN ON SOFT MONEY FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘BAN ON USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS TO INFLUENCE
ELECTIONS
‘‘SEC. 323. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this title, no person may expend any funds for the purpose
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of influencing any campaign for election for Federal office
unless the funds are subject to the limitations, prohibi-
tions, and reporting requirements applicable to contribu-
tions and expenditures under this Act.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to elections oc-
curring after January 1999.
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tural production and trade, natural resources
management, and household food security in de-
veloping and transition countries;’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting be-
fore ‘‘sciences’’ the following: ‘‘and environ-
mental and related social’’;
(2) in paragraph (4), after ‘‘Administrator and
universities’’ insert ‘‘and their partners’’;
(3) in paragraph (5), after ‘‘universities’’ insert
‘‘and their partners’’;
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(5) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘in the devel-
oping nations’’ and inserting ‘‘and natural resource
issues in the developing nations, assuring efficiency
in use of Federal resources, including in accordance
with the Governmental Performance and Results Act
of 1993 (Public Law 103–62; 107 Stat. 285), and
the amendments made by that Act’’; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) providing advice to the United States Gov-
ernment on the development of a long-term action
plan in support of the commitments made in the
United States Country Paper and at the 1996 World
Food Summit, including—
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as well as urban communities, through extension, co-
operatively with, and supportive of, existing public
and private trade and development related organiza-
tions;
‘‘(4) facilitation of participation by universities
and public and private partners of universities in
programs of multilateral banks and agencies which
receive United States funds;
‘‘(5) expanding learning opportunities about
global agriculture for students, teachers, community
leaders, entrepreneurs, and the general public through
international internships and exchanges, graduate
assistantships, faculty positions, and other means of
education and extension through long-term recurring
Federal funds matched by State funds; and
‘‘(6) competitive grants through universities to
United States agriculturalists and public and private
partners of universities from other countries for re-
search, institution and policy development, extension,
training, and other programs for global agricultural
development, trade, and responsible management of
natural resources.’’.
(c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—Section 296(c) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2220a(c)) is
amended—
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant
to the authorization of appropriation under subsection (a)
are authorized to remain available until expended.
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farming resources, and food systems, with benefits
to the United States and partner countries;
‘‘(3) transformation of the benefits of global ag-
ricultural research and development into increased
benefits for United States agriculturally related in-
dustries through establishment of development and
trade information and service centers, for rural as
well as urban communities, through extension, coop-
eratively with, and supportive of, existing public and
private trade and development related organizations;
‘‘(4) facilitation of participation by universities
and public and private partners of universities in
programs of multilateral banks and agencies which
receive United States funds by means which may in-
clude additional complementary funds restricted to
the use of United States universities and public and
private partners of universities;
‘‘(5) expanding learning opportunities about
global agriculture for students, teachers, community
leaders, entrepreneurs, and the general public
through international internships and exchanges,
graduate assistantships, faculty positions, and other
means of education and extension through long-term
recurring Federal funds matched by State funds;
and
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall establish the guidelines under subsection (a) in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and all entities
known to be conducting sediment and nutrient monitoring
in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
SEC. 103. RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING SEDIMENT AND NU-
TRIENT MONITORING IN UPPER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER BASIN.
The Secretary of the Interior shall integrate existing
sediment and nutrient monitoring efforts, to the maximum
extent practicable, into the sediment and nutrient moni-
toring network required by section 101.
SEC. 104. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER PUBLIC AND PRI-
VATE MONITORING EFFORTS.
(a) COLLABORATION.—To establish the sediment and
nutrient monitoring network, the Secretary of the Interior
shall collaborate, to the maximum extent practicable, with
the Secretary of Agriculture and with State, tribal, local,
and private sediment and nutrient monitoring programs
that meet the guidelines prescribed under section 102(a).
(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall direct the State Water Resources Research Institute
Program to target resources to promote sediment and nu-
trient studies in the Upper Mississippi River Basin by gov-
(B) in paragraph (2), to read as follows:
‘‘(2) that land-grant and other universities in
the United States have demonstrated over many
years their ability to cooperate with international
agencies, educational and research institutions in
other countries, the private sector, and nongovern-
mental organizations worldwide, in expanding global
agricultural production, processing, business and
trade, to the benefit of the United States and other
economies;’’;
(C) in paragraph (3), to read as follows:
‘‘(3) that, in a world of growing populations
with rising expectations, increased food production
and improved distribution, storage, and marketing in
the developing countries is necessary not only to en-
sure human health and child survival, but to build
the basis for economic growth and trade, and the so-
cial security in which democracy and free enterprise
can thrive, moreover, that the greatest potential for
increasing world food supplies and incomes to pur-
chase food are in the developing countries where the
gap between food need and food supply is the great-
est and current incomes are lowest;’’;
(D) in paragraph (4), to read as follows:
(b) ADDITIONAL DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.—Sec-
tion 296(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2220a(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) Accordingly, the Congress declares that, in order
to prevent famine and establish freedom from hunger, the
following components must be brought together in a co-
ordinated program to increase world food and fiber pro-
duction, agricultural trade, and responsible management
of natural resources, including—
‘‘(1) continued efforts by the international agri-
cultural research centers and other international re-
search entities to provide a global network, including
United States universities, for international scientific
collaboration on crops, livestock, forests, fisheries,
farming resources, and food systems of worldwide
importance;
‘‘(2) contract research and the implementation
of collaborative research support programs and other
research collaboration led by United States univer-
sities, and involving research systems in other coun-
tries focused on crops, livestock, forests, fisheries,
farming resources, and food systems, with benefits
to the United States and partner countries;
‘‘(3) transformation of the benefits of global ag-
ricultural research and development into increased
(1) there are over 600 different Federal finan-
cial assistance programs to implement domestic pol-
icy;
(2) while the assistance described in paragraph
(1) has been directed at critical problems, some Fed-
eral administrative requirements may be duplicative,
burdensome, or conflicting, thus impeding cost-effec-
tive delivery of services at the local level;
(3) the Nation’s State, local, and tribal govern-
ments and private, nonprofit organizations are deal-
ing with increasingly complex problems which re-
quire the delivery and coordination of many kinds of
services; and
(4) streamlining and simplification of Federal
financial assistance administrative procedures and
reporting requirements will improve the delivery of
services to the public.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are to—
(1) improve the effectiveness and performance
of Federal financial assistance programs;
(2) simplify Federal financial assistance appli-
cation and reporting requirements;
(3) improve the delivery of services to the pub-
lic; and
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT.—The total num-
ber of acres enrolled in the wetland reserve program
shall not exceed 1,075,000 acres.’’.
SEC. 304. INCREASED FUNDING FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT IN-
CENTIVES PROGRAM AND ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM.
(a) WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVES PROGRAM.—
Section 387(c) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3836a(c)) is amended
by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000’’.
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PRO-
GRAM.—Section 1241(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3841(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘and
$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through
2002,’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 1997 through 2000, and $300,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2001 and 2002,’’.
SEC. 305. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
(a) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law (including any provision of law
requiring competition), the Secretary of Agriculture may
enter into a cooperative agreement with a State, Tribal,
local, and other public and nonpublic agencies if the Sec-
retary of Agriculture determines that—
(C) The special growth and developmental
issues that children have pre- and post- organ
transplantation.
(D) Other issues that are particular to the
special health and transplantation needs of chil-
dren.
(3) REPORT.—The Secretary shall ensure that,
not later than December 31, 2000, the study under
paragraph (1) is completed and a report describing
the findings of the study is submitted to the Con-
gress.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4003
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the targeted area
limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs
and to extend the termination date of such deduction.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 16, 2000
Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. COYNE, Ms.
DUNN, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. NEAL of Massachu-
setts, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MCNULTY, and Mr. HOUGHTON) 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 repeal
the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction
for environmental remediation costs and to extend the
termination date of such deduction.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS TO EXPENSING OF ENVIRON-
MENTAL REMEDIATION COSTS.
(a) EXPENSING NOT LIMITED TO SITES IN TAR-
GETED AREAS.—Subsection (c) of section 198 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED CONTAMINATED SITE.—For pur-
poses of this section—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified con-
taminated site’ means any area—
‘‘(A) which is held by the taxpayer for use
in a trade or business or for the production of
income, or which is property described in sec-
tion 1221(a)(1) in the hands of the taxpayer,
and
‘‘(B) at or on which there has been a re-
lease (or threat of release) or disposal of any
hazardous substance.
‘‘(2) NATIONAL PRIORITIES LISTED SITES NOT
INCLUDED.—Such term shall not include any site
which is on, or proposed for, the national priorities
list under section 105(a)(8)(B) of the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (as in effect on the date of the
enactment of this section).
‘‘(3) TAXPAYER
MUST
RECEIVE
STATEMENT
FROM
STATE
ENVIRONMENTAL
AGENCY.—An area
shall be treated as a qualified contaminated site with
respect to expenditures paid or incurred during any
taxable year only if the taxpayer receives a state-
ment from the appropriate agency of the State in
which such area is located that such area meets the
requirement of paragraph (1)(B).
‘‘(4) APPROPRIATE STATE AGENCY.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (2), the chief executive officer of
each State may, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, des-
ignate the appropriate State environmental agency
within 60 days of the date of the enactment of this
section. If the chief executive officer of a State has
not designated an appropriate environmental agency
within such 60-day period, the appropriate environ-
mental agency for such State shall be designated by
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency.’’
(b) EXTENSION
OF
TERMINATION
DATE.—Sub-
section (h) of section 198 of such Code is amended by
striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30,
2004’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred
after December 31, 2000.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4006
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce motor fuel excise
tax rates.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 16, 2000
Mr. COLLINS (for himself, Mr. POMBO, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. GRAHAM,
Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. BARR of Georgia)
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 reduce
motor fuel excise tax rates.
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 ‘‘Fuel Tax Cost Reduc-
tion Act of 2000’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4009
To ban the import of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, to promote
the safe storage and use of handguns by consumers, and to extend
Brady background checks to gun shows.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 16, 2000
Ms. DEGETTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To ban the import of large capacity ammunition feeding
devices, to promote the safe storage and use of handguns
by consumers, and to extend Brady background checks
to gun shows.
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 ‘‘Child Gun Safety Act
of 2000’’.
‘‘(1) registers with the Secretary in accordance
with regulations promulgated by the Secretary; and
‘‘(2) pays a registration fee, in an amount de-
termined by the Secretary.
‘‘(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to organize,
plan, promote, or operate a gun show unless that person—
‘‘(1) before commencement of the gun show,
verifies the identity of each gun show vendor partici-
pating in the gun show by examining a valid identi-
fication document (as defined in section 1028(d)(1))
of the vendor containing a photograph of the vendor;
‘‘(2) before commencement of the gun show, re-
quires each gun show vendor to sign—
‘‘(A) a ledger with identifying information
concerning the vendor; and
‘‘(B) a notice advising the vendor of the
obligations of the vendor under this chapter;
‘‘(3) notifies each person who attends the gun
show of the requirements of this chapter, in accord-
ance with such regulations as the Secretary shall
prescribe; and
‘‘(4) maintains a copy of the records described
in paragraphs (1) and (2) at the permanent place of
business of the gun show promoter for such period
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4007
To suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil until the President
determines that the domestic economy is not experiencing a shortage
of foreign crude oil or an inflationary impact due to the demand for
foreign crude oil.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 16, 2000
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. CAPPS,
Mr. BAIRD, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. BONIOR, and Mr. FARR of California) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil until
the President determines that the domestic economy is
not experiencing a shortage of foreign crude oil or an
inflationary impact due to the demand for foreign crude
oil.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF EXPORTS OF ALASKAN NORTH
SLOPE CRUDE OIL.
(a) SUSPENSION.—Effective on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act—
(1) subsection (s) of section 28 of the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185(s)) shall cease to be ef-
fective; and
(2) subsection (d) of section 7 of the Export
Administration Act of 1999 (50 U.S.C. App
2406(d)) shall be effective, notwithstanding section
20 of that Act.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The President may exercise
the authorities he has under the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act to carry out this section.
SEC. 2. LIFTING OF SUSPENSION.
If the President determines that the United States
is not experiencing a shortage of foreign crude oil or an
inflationary impact due to the demand for foreign crude
oil, section 1 shall cease to apply 30 calendar days after
the President submits that determination to the Congress.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4008
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to addressing the
special needs of children regarding organ transplantation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 16, 2000
Ms. DEGETTE (for herself and Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to
addressing the special needs of children regarding organ
transplantation.
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 ‘‘Pediatric Organ
Transplantation Improvement Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION
NETWORK; AMENDMENTS REGARDING NEEDS
OF CHILDREN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 372(b)(2) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(2) in each of subparagraphs (K) and (L), by
striking the period and inserting a comma; and
(3) by adding at the end the following subpara-
graphs:
‘‘(M) recognize the differences in health
and in organ transplantation issues between
children and adults throughout the system and
adopt criteria, polices, and procedures that ad-
dress the unique health care needs of children,
‘‘(N) carry out studies and demonstration
projects for the purpose of improving proce-
dures for organ donation procurement and allo-
cation, including but not limited to projects to
examine and attempt to increase transplan-
tation among populations with special needs, in-
cluding children and individuals who are mem-
bers of racial or ethnic minority groups, and
among populations with limited access to trans-
portation, and
‘‘(O) provide that for purposes of this
paragraph, the term ‘children’ refers to individ-
uals who are under the age of 18.’’.
(b) 
STUDY
REGARDING
IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE
DRUGS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services (referred to in this subsection as
the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall provide for a study to deter-
mine the costs of immunosuppressive drugs that are
provided to children pursuant to organ transplants
and to determine the extent to which health plans
and health insurance cover such costs. The Sec-
retary may carry out the study directly or through
a grant to the Institute of Medicine (or other public
or nonprofit private entity).
(2) RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING
CERTAIN
ISSUES.—The Secretary shall ensure that, in addi-
tion to making determinations under paragraph (1),
the study under such paragraph makes recommenda-
tions regarding the following issues:
(A) The costs of immunosuppressive drugs
that are provided to children pursuant to organ
transplants and to determine the extent to
which health plans, health insurance and gov-
ernment programs cover such costs.
(B) The extent of denial of organs to be
released for transplant by coroners and medical
examiners.
fish, wildlife, plants, and other natural re-
sources; and
‘‘(B) the purposes of the Foundation would
be better served by use of the proceeds of the
conveyance for other authorized activities of the
Foundation.’’.
(g) EXPENDITURES
FOR PRINTING SERVICES
OR
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.—Section 4 of the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C.
3703) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) EXPENDITURES FOR PRINTING SERVICES OR
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.—The Foundation shall not make
any expenditure of Federal funds in connection with any
1 transaction for printing services or capital equipment
that is greater than $10,000 unless the expenditure is ap-
proved by the Federal agency that administers the Federal
program under which the funds were provided.’’.
SEC. 5. FUNDING.
Section 10 of the National Fish and Wildlife Founda-
tion Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3709) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 10. FUNDING.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—