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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 552
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on any scheduled
airline flight segment in intrastate, interstate, or foreign air transportation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. OBERSTAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit smoking
on any scheduled airline flight segment in intrastate,
interstate, or foreign air transportation.
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 ‘‘Airliner Cabin Air
Quality Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST SMOKING ON SCHEDULED
FLIGHTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41706 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 41706. Prohibitions against smoking on scheduled
flights
‘‘(a) SMOKING PROHIBITION IN INTRASTATE AND
INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION.—An individual may
not smoke in an aircraft on a scheduled airline flight seg-
ment in interstate air transportation or intrastate air
transportation.
‘‘(b) SMOKING
PROHIBITION
IN
FOREIGN
AIR
TRANSPORTATION.—The Secretary of Transportation
shall require all air carriers and foreign air carriers to pro-
hibit, on and after the 120th day following the date of
the enactment of the Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of
1997, smoking in any aircraft on a scheduled airline flight
segment within the United States or between a place in
the United States and a place outside the United States.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY.—With respect
to an aircraft operated by a foreign air carrier, the smok-
ing prohibitions contained in subsections (a) and (b) shall
apply only to the passenger cabin and lavatory of the air-
craft.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
regulations necessary to carry out this section.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the 60th day following
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 
2. 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
INDIAN 
TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS POLICY.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Title I of the Communications
Act of 1934 is amended by inserting after section 11 (47
U.S.C. 161) the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 12. ESTABLISHMENT OF INDIAN TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS POLICY.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) Indian and Alaskan Native people live in
some of the most geographically remote areas of the
country, with 50 percent of Indian and Alaskan Na-
tive people living in Oklahoma, California, South
Dakota, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, and Wash-
ington;
‘‘(2) Indian poverty in reservation areas is 3.9
times the national average rate;
‘‘(3) the average phone penetration rates for
rural Native Americans is only 50 percent and ac-
tual penetration rates are often much lower;
‘‘(4) what phone service there is in Indian coun-
try is often substandard and prohibitively expensive;
‘‘(5) the Telecommunications Act of 1996 es-
tablishes a Federal-State Joint Board which issued
recommendations on how to make quality telephone
service affordable to all and to define what is
deemed to be ‘universal service’;
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 555
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to promote greater telecommuni-
cations and information services to Native Americans, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. RICHARDSON (for himself and Mr. MILLER of California) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to promote
greater telecommunications and information services to
Native Americans, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American Tele-
communications Act of 1997’’.
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the applicant involved agrees that, in expending the grant
to provide authorized services to eligible women, the appli-
cant will give priority to providing the services for meno-
pausal health conditions.
‘‘(d) OUTREACH.—The Secretary may make a grant
under subsection (a) only if the applicant involved
agrees—
‘‘(1) to conduct outreach services to inform
women in the community involved of the fact that
authorized services are available from the applicant;
and
‘‘(2) to give priority to providing the outreach
services to low-income women.
‘‘(e) LIMITATION
ON IMPOSITION
OF FEES
FOR
SERVICES.—The Secretary may make a grant under sub-
section (a) only if the applicant involved agrees that, if
a charge is imposed for the provision of services or activi-
ties under the grant, such charge—
‘‘(1) will be made according to a schedule of
charges that is made available to the public;
‘‘(2) will be adjusted to reflect the income of
the woman involved; and
‘‘(3) will not be imposed on any woman with an
income equal to or less than 100 percent of the offi-
cial poverty line, as established by the Director of
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 556
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of providing
information and education to the public on the prevention and treatment
of eating disorders.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Ms. SLAUGHTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pro-
gram of providing information and education to the pub-
lic on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
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 ‘‘Eating Disorders In-
formation and Education Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa,
bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, as well
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as eating disorders not otherwise defined or yet iden-
tified.
(2) Eating disorders primarily affect women
and girls, to the point that dieting and body dis-
satisfaction is considered normative behavior even
among those considered average or underweight.
(3) Many girls begin dieting at a young age and
in large numbers, as revealed in one study where 80
percent of girls reported they had already been on
a diet to lose weight before age 13.
(4) Dieting at an early age can interfere with
normal physiological development and can lead to se-
rious eating disorders, which can result in cardiac
impairments, 
depression, 
substance 
abuse,
osteoporosis, infertility, amneorrhea, anemia, and
other medical conditions.
(5) Eating disorders can lead to death, with the
National Institute of Mental Health reporting that 1
in 10 people with anorexia nervosa die of starvation,
cardiac arrest, or other medical complications.
(6) There are effective treatments for some eat-
ing disorders, although medical authorities are un-
certain to what extent these disorders are caused by
physiological factors, by psychosocial factors, or by
both.
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SEC. 3. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ON EATING
DISORDERS.
Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–31 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following section:
‘‘EATING DISORDERS
‘‘SEC. 520C. (a) INFORMATION AND EDUCATION.—
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Center
for Mental Health Services, shall carry out a program to
provide information and education to the public on the
prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
‘‘(b) TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS.—
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide
for the operation of toll-free telephone communications to
provide information to the public on eating disorders, in-
cluding referrals for services for the prevention and treat-
ment of such disorders. Such communications shall be
available on a 24-hour, 7-day basis.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1999 and 2000.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 557
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program for
postreproductive health care.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Ms. SLAUGHTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a
program for postreproductive health care.
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 ‘‘Postreproductive
Health Care Act’’.
SEC. 
2. 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
PROGRAM 
FOR 
POST-
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.
Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subpart:
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‘‘Subpart IX—Postreproductive Health Care
‘‘POSTREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
‘‘SEC. 340E. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
make grants for the purpose of providing the services de-
scribed in subsection (b) to women who are of menopausal
age or older. Such grants may be made only to public or
nonprofit private entities that provide health services to
a significant number of low-income women.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED SERVICES.—The services referred
to in subsection (a) are as follows:
‘‘(1) The prevention and outpatient treatment
of health conditions—
‘‘(A) unique to, more serious, or more
prevalent for eligible women; or
‘‘(B) for which, in the case of such women,
the factors of medical risk or types of medical
intervention are different.
‘‘(2) Counseling on the conditions described in
paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) The education and training of health pro-
fessionals (including allied health professionals) on
the prevention and treatment of such conditions and
on the provision of such counseling.
‘‘(c) PRIORITY IN PROVISION OF SERVICES.—The
Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) only if
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‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible women’ means women
described in subsection (a).
‘‘(3) The term ‘health conditions’ includes dis-
eases and disorders.
‘‘(4) The term ‘health’ includes mental health.
‘‘(5) The term ‘menopausal age’, with respect
to a woman, includes the age at which the woman
is nearing menopause and includes any age at which
the woman experiences menopausal health condi-
tions.
‘‘(6) The term ‘menopausal health conditions’
means conditions arising from the diminished or
complete cessation of the functioning of the ovaries,
whether occurring naturally or otherwise.
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1999 and 2000.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 558
To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect first amendment rights,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 1997
Ms. SLAUGHTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect first
amendment rights, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Women’s Right To
Know Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
Title XI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 1107. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no governmental authority shall in or through any
program or activity, administered or assisted by such au-
thority, that provides health care services or information,
limit the right of any person to provide, or the right of
any person to receive, nonfraudulent information about
the availability of reproductive health care services, includ-
ing family planning, prenatal care, adoption, and abortion
services.
‘‘(b) As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘governmental authority’ means
any authority of any State or of the United States;
and
‘‘(2) the term ‘State’ includes the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any other territory or
possession of the United States.’’.
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Medicare+Choice organization described in this section 
shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain 
information about all Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no provider of services under title X of the Public 
Health Service Act shall be exempt from any State law 
requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 
molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. 
SEC. 214. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursu-
ant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300x–26) if such State certifies to the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services by May 1, 2005 that the 
State will commit additional State funds, in accordance 
with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws 
prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals 
under 18 years of age. 
(b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State 
under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such 
State’s substance abuse block grant allocation for each 
percentage point by which the State misses the retailer 
compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 1926 of such 
Act.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 559
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to add bronchiolo-
alveolar carcinoma to the list of diseases presumed to
be service-connected for certain radiation-exposed veter-
ans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PRESUMPTION THAT BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR
CARCINOMA IS SERVICE-CONNECTED.
Section 1112(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(P) Bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 14,
1998.
Attest:
Clerk.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 559
To amend title 38, United States Code, to add bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma
to the list of diseases presumed to be service-connected for certain radi-
ation-exposed veterans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to add bronchiolo-
alveolar carcinoma to the list of diseases presumed to
be service-connected for certain radiation-exposed veter-
ans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PRESUMPTION THAT BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR
CARCINOMA IS SERVICE-CONNECTED.
Section 1112(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 55
To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
relating to the dumping of dredged material in Long Island Sound,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. FORBES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries
Act of 1972 relating to the dumping of dredged material
in Long Island Sound, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Long Island Sound
Preservation and Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. DUMPING OF DREDGED MATERIALS IN LONG
ISLAND SOUND.
Section 106(f) of the Marine Protection, Research,
and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1416(f)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) DUMPING OF DREDGED MATERIAL IN LONG IS-
LAND SOUND.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No dredged material from
any Federal project, or from any non-Federal
project, that contains any of the constituents prohib-
ited as other than trace contaminants (as defined by
the Federal ocean dumping criteria set forth in sec-
tion 227.6 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions) may be dumped in Long Island Sound or
Block Island Sound, except in cases in which it is
demonstrated to the Administrator, and the Admin-
istrator certifies by publication in the Federal Reg-
ister, that the dumping of the dredged material con-
taining such constituents will not cause significant
undesirable effects, including the threat associated
with bioaccumulation of such constituents in marine
organisms.
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
PROJECTS
EXCEEDING
25,000
YARDS.—In addition to other provisions of law and
notwithstanding the specific exclusion relating to
dredged material in the first sentence in section
102(a), any dumping of dredged material in Long
Island Sound from a Federal project (or pursuant to
Federal authorization) by a non-Federal applicant
exceeding 25,000 cubic yards shall comply with the
criteria established pursuant to the second sentence
of section 102(a) relating to the effects of dumping.
‘‘(3) RELATION
TO
OTHER
LAW.—Subsection
(d) shall not apply to this subsection.’’.
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‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
HEALTH
PLAN.—The term
‘qualified health plan’ means a plan of health insur-
ance or coverage, an employee welfare benefit plan
that provides health benefits, or other plan (other
than under title XXI of the Social Security Act)
under Federal or State law that provides coverage of
benefits which the Secretary of Health and Human
Services determines is substantially equivalent to the
coverage of benefits provided under title XXI of the
Social Security Act.
‘‘(e) OTHER DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—
For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) THRESHOLD AMOUNT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the term ‘threshold amount’
means—
‘‘(i) $20,000 in the case of a return
with respect to which 3 or fewer personal
exemptions are allowable under section
151, and
‘‘(ii) $25,000 in the case of a return
with respect to which 4 or more personal
exemptions are allowable under section
151.
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children with disabilities and to the general public
all documents relating to the eligibility of such agen-
cy under this part.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR PRIOR LOCAL PLANS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a local educational agen-
cy or State agency has on file with the State edu-
cational agency policies and procedures that dem-
onstrate that such local educational agency, or such
State agency, as the case may be, meets any require-
ment of subsection (a), including any policies and
procedures filed under this part as in effect before
the effective date of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act Amendments of 1997, the State edu-
cational agency shall consider such local educational
agency or State agency, as the case may be, to have
met such requirement for purposes of receiving as-
sistance under this part.
‘‘(2) MODIFICATION
MADE
BY
LOCAL
EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCY.—Subject to paragraph (3), an
application submitted by a local educational agency
in accordance with this section shall remain in effect
until it submits to the State educational agency such
modifications as the local educational agency deems
necessary.
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sponsibility of oversight of all activities relating
to the design, implementation, and evaluation of
any school-based improvement plan that a pub-
lic school is permitted to design under this sub-
section.
‘‘(3) PLAN
REQUIREMENTS.—A school-based
improvement plan described in paragraph (1) shall—
‘‘(A) be designed to be consistent with the
purposes described in section 651(b) and to im-
prove educational and transitional results for all
children with disabilities and, as appropriate,
for other children consistent with subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(4), who
attend the school for which the plan is designed
and implemented;
‘‘(B) be designed, evaluated, and, as ap-
propriate, implemented by a school-based stand-
ing panel established in accordance with para-
graph (4)(B);
‘‘(C) include goals and measurable indica-
tors to assess the progress of the public school
in meeting such goals; and
‘‘(D) ensure that all children with disabil-
ities receive the services described in the indi-
vidualized education programs of such children.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 562
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent, for unemployment
compensation purposes, service performed by a person committed to
a penal institution from being treated as employment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. ROHRABACHER, and Mr.
ROGAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent,
for unemployment compensation purposes, service per-
formed by a person committed to a penal institution
from being treated as employment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SERVICES PER-
FORMED BY INMATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 3306 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining employment)
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(19),
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (20) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(21) service performed by a person committed
to a penal institution.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to service performed
on or after March 26, 1996.
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(ii) shall only be collected and avail-
able for the costs described in paragraph
(2).
SEC. 3. PENALTY.
Any manufacturer of a product who knowingly reg-
isters a product under section 2 which is not ‘‘Made in
America’’—
(1) shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more
than $7500 which the Secretary of Commerce may as-
sess and collect, and
(2) shall not offer such product for purchase by
the Federal Government.
SEC. 4. DEFINITION.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Made in America’’ has the mean-
ing given unqualified ‘‘Made in U.S.A.’’ or ‘‘Made in
America’’ claims for purposes of laws administered by
the Federal Trade Commission.
(2) The term ‘‘product’’ means a product with a
retail value of at least $250.
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act or in any regulation promulgated
under section 2 shall be construed to alter, amend, modify,
or otherwise affect in any way, the Federal Trade Commis-
sion Act or the opinions, decisions, rules, or any guidance
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the hearing officer shall apply the stand-
ards set out in paragraph (2).
‘‘(7) PLACEMENT DURING APPEALS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—When a parent re-
quests a hearing regarding a disciplinary action
described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) or paragraph
(2) to challenge the interim alternative edu-
cational setting or the manifestation determina-
tion, the child shall remain in the interim alter-
native educational setting pending the decision
of the hearing officer or until the expiration of
the time period provided for in paragraph
(1)(A)(ii) or paragraph (2), whichever occurs
first, unless the parent and the State or local
educational agency agree otherwise.
‘‘(B) CURRENT PLACEMENT.—If a child is
placed in an interim alternative educational set-
ting pursuant to paragraph (1)(A)(ii) or para-
graph (2) and school personnel propose to
change the child’s placement after expiration of
the interim alternative placement, during the
pendency of any proceeding to challenge the
proposed change in placement, the child shall
remain in the current placement (the child’s
placement prior to the interim alternative edu-