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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4778
To ban the transfer of a firearm or ammunition to, and the receipt of
a firearm or ammunition by, persons subject to certain restraining orders.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2000
Mr. KUYKENDALL (for himself and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To ban the transfer of a firearm or ammunition to, and
the receipt of a firearm or ammunition by, persons sub-
ject to certain restraining orders.
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 ‘‘Victims of Stalkers
Equality Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. BAN ON TRANSFER OF FIREARM OR AMMUNITION
TO, AND RECEIPT OF A FIREARM OR AMMU-
NITION BY, PERSONS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
RESTRAINING ORDERS.
(a) TRANSFER BAN.—Sections 922(d)(8) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘an intimate partner of
such person or child of such intimate partner or
person’’ and inserting ‘‘an individual’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘an intimate partner in
reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner
or child’’ and inserting ‘‘an individual in rea-
sonable fear of bodily injury’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘such inti-
mate partner or child’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the individual’’.
(b) RECEIPT BAN.—Section 922(g)(8) of such title
is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘an intimate partner of
such person or child of such intimate partner or
person’’ and inserting ‘‘an individual’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘an intimate partner in
reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner
or child’’ and inserting ‘‘an individual in rea-
sonable fear of bodily injury’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘such inti-
mate partner or child’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the individual’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 921(a) of
such title is amended by striking paragraph (32) and re-
designating paragraphs (33) and (34) as paragraphs (32)
and (33), respectively.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4779
To allow certain donations of property and services to the Bureau of Prisons.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2000
Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri (for herself, Mr. MOORE, and Mr. BLUNT) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary
A BILL
To allow certain donations of property and services to the
Bureau of Prisons.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Director of the Bureau of Prisons may accept
donated property and services relating to the operation of
the Prison Card Program from a not-for-profit entity
which has operated such program in the past, despite the
fact such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under
contract to the Bureau relating to the operation of
prerelease services, halfway houses, or other custodial fa-
cilities.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 477
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to research on cognitive
disorders arising from traumatic brain injury.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to
research on cognitive disorders arising from traumatic
brain injury.
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 ‘‘Traumatic Brain In-
jury Amendments of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. RESEARCH ON COGNITIVE DISORDERS ARISING
FROM TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
Section 1261(d)(4) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 300d–61(d)(4)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following subpara-
graph:
‘‘(E) carrying out subparagraphs (A)
through (D) with respect to cognitive disorders
arising from traumatic brain injury, including
the development, modification, and evaluation
of therapies and programs of rehabilitation to-
ward restoring normal capabilities to read, com-
prehend, speak, reason, and deduce.’’.
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If plants bearing an
edible crop for human consumption were lost or
damaged (while in the hands of the taxpayer)
by reason of freezing temperatures, disease,
drought, pests, or casualty and the taxpayer re-
plants plants bearing the same type of crop
(whether on the same parcel of land on which
such lost or damaged plants were located or any
other parcel of land of the same acreage in the
United States), this section and section 263
shall not apply to—
‘‘(i) the costs of the taxpayer of such
replanting (other than special replanting
costs),
‘‘(ii) 80 percent of the taxpayer’s spe-
cial replanting costs of such replanting,
‘‘(iii) the costs of the taxpayer to re-
move such plants, and
‘‘(iv) the preproductive costs of the
taxpayer of such replanting.
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
REPLANTING
COSTS.—For
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘special
replanting costs’ means direct costs incurred
for—
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4783
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the treatment
of crops destroyed by casualty.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 2000
Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. THOMAS, Mrs. BONO, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali-
fornia, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. HERGER, Mr. FOLEY, and Mr. PACKARD)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect
to the treatment of crops destroyed by casualty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
TREATMENT 
OF 
CROPS 
DESTROYED 
BY
CASUALTY.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Paragraph (2) of section
263A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (G)
and by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs:
(2) a severe price increase; or
(3) another emergency affecting the Midwest,
which the President determines to merit a release from
the Reserve.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of Energy may, on
terms the Secretary considers reasonable, sell, exchange,
or otherwise dispose of reformulated gasoline from the Re-
serve established under this Act in order to maintain the
quality or quantity of the reformulated gasoline stocks in
the Reserve or to maintain the operational capability of
the Reserve.
(c) PLAN.—Within 45 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall trans-
mit to the Congress a report indicating whether the Sec-
retary intends to establish a Reserve under this Act or
not. If the Secretary intends to establish a Reserve, the
report shall include—
(1) a plan for the acquisition of storage and re-
lated facilities or storage services for the Reserve;
(2) a plan for the acquisition of reformulated
gasoline or other petroleum products for storage in
the Reserve;
(3) a description of the anticipated methods of
disposition of reformulated gasoline or other petro-
leum products from the Reserve; and
‘‘(i) plants (including qualified addi-
tional plants) and supporting structures,
‘‘(ii) replacing irrigation and drainage
systems destroyed during removal of the
lost or damaged plants, and
‘‘(iii) land preparation and fumiga-
tion.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
term ‘qualified additional plants’ means plants
(other than replacement plants) which bear the
same type of crop as the lost or damaged plants
referred to in subparagraph (A) and which are
planted on the same parcel of land as the re-
placement plants.
‘‘(C) PREPRODUCTIVE
COSTS.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘preproductive
costs’ 
means 
costs 
incurred 
during 
the
preproductive period which are attributable
to—
‘‘(i) the cultivation, maintenance, and
development of the replantings,
‘‘(ii) the administration of the activi-
ties referred to in clause (i), and
‘‘(iii) interest on financing such activi-
ties.
Such term shall not include special replanting
costs.
‘‘(D) EXCLUSION
OF
NONREPLACEMENT
ASSETS.—In no event shall subparagraph (A)
apply to costs incurred for any asset which is
not substantially equivalent for commercial pur-
poses to an asset used on the parcel of land on
which the lost or damaged plants were located.
‘‘(E) LOSS LIMITATION RULE.—Any costs
otherwise eligible for the treatment under sub-
paragraph (A) with respect to any parcel shall
be reduced by the deduction (if any) allowed to
the taxpayer under section 165 which relates to
the most recent prior loss or damage to plants
located on such parcel.
‘‘(F) 
COORDINATION
WITH
ELECTION
UNDER PARAGRAPH (3).—The provisions of this
paragraph shall apply notwithstanding that an
election is made under paragraph (3).’’
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 165 of
such Code is amended by redesignating subsection (m) as
subsection (n) and by inserting after subsection (l) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(m) LOSSES TO WHICH SECTION 263A(d)(2) DE-
DUCTIONS ARE TAKEN.—No deduction shall be allowed
under this section with respect to any loss for which the
costs 
of 
replanting 
are 
deducted 
under 
section
263A(d)(2)(A).’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments in this sec-
tion shall apply to costs incurred after December 31,
1999, in taxable years ending after such date.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4785
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the provisions of law
relating to the payment of accrued benefits by the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs in the case of the death of a veteran with a pending
claim for an increase in service-connected disability rating.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 2000
Mrs. KELLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the provi-
sions of law relating to the payment of accrued benefits
by the Department of Veterans Affairs in the case of
the death of a veteran with a pending claim for an
increase in service-connected disability rating.
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 ‘‘Michael Colombo Vet-
erans’ Claims Correction Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS OF ACCRUED BENEFITS
UPON DEATH OF VETERAN WITH PENDING
CLAIM FOR INCREASE IN DISABILITY RAT-
ING.
(a) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Section 5121 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(d) For purposes of subsection (a)(2), the term ‘chil-
dren’ shall be applied without regard to age or dependency
in the case of a veteran who dies with a claim for increased
compensation (or for an increased disability rating) pend-
ing at the time of death that is granted after the veteran’s
death based on evidence in the file at the date of the vet-
eran’s death.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply in the case of veterans dying
on or after May 1, 1998. No amount may be paid by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs by reason of that amend-
ment before October 1, 2000.
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(1) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—In addition to any 
duty proclaimed under subsection (a) or (b) of sec-
tion 201, and subject to paragraphs (3), (4), (5), 
and (6) of this subsection, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall assess a duty on an agricultural safe-
guard good, in the amount determined under para-
graph (2), if the Secretary determines that the unit 
import price of the good when it enters the United 
States is less than the trigger price for that good. 
(2) CALCULATION OF ADDITIONAL DUTY.—The 
additional duty assessed under this subsection on an 
agricultural safeguard good shall be an amount de-
termined in accordance with the following table: 
If the excess of the trigger price over 
The additional duty is an 
the unit import price is: 
amount equal to: 
Not more than 10 percent of the trigger price 
0. 
More than 10 percent but not more than 40 
percent of the trigger price ...........................
30 percent of the excess of the appli-
cable NTR (MFN) rate of duty 
over the schedule rate of duty. 
More than 40 percent but not more than 60 
percent of the trigger price ...........................
50 percent of such excess. 
More than 60 percent but not more than 75 
percent of the trigger price ...........................
70 percent of such excess. 
More than 75 percent of the trigger price .......
100 percent of such excess. 
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—No additional duty shall be 
assessed on a good under this subsection if, at the 
time of entry, the good is subject to import relief 
under— 
(A) subtitle A of title III of this Act; or 
(B) chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.).
(4) TERMINATION.—The assessment of an ad-
ditional duty on a good under this subsection shall 
cease to apply to that good on the date on which 
duty-free treatment must be provided to that good 
under the Tariff Schedule of the United States to 
Annex IV of the Agreement. 
(5) TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS.—If an agricultural 
safeguard good is subject to a tariff-rate quota 
under the Agreement, any additional duty assessed 
under this subsection shall be applied only to over- 
quota imports of the good. 
(6) NOTICE.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which the Secretary of the Treasury assesses 
an additional duty on a good under this subsection, 
the Secretary shall notify the Government of Mo-
rocco in writing of such action and shall provide to 
the Government of Morocco data supporting the as-
sessment of additional duties. 
SEC. 203. RULES OF ORIGIN. 
(a) APPLICATION
AND INTERPRETATION.—In this 
section: 
(1) TARIFF
CLASSIFICATION.—The basis for 
any tariff classification is the HTS. 
(2) REFERENCE
TO
HTS.—Whenever in this 
section there is a reference to a heading or sub-head-
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 110 Postal Way in Carrollton, Georgia, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Samuel P. Roberts Post
Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 19,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 4786
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Postal
Way in Carrollton, Georgia, as the ‘‘Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at
110 Postal Way in Carrollton, Georgia, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Samuel
P. Roberts Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4786
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
110 Postal Way in Carrollton, Georgia, as the ‘‘Samuel P. Roberts
Post Office Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 2000
Mr. BARR of Georgia (for himself, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. COL-
LINS, Mr. LINDER, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. DEAL of Geor-
gia, Mr. BISHOP, and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 110 Postal Way in Carrollton, Georgia, as
the ‘‘Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SAMUEL P. ROBERTS POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 110 Postal Way in Carrollton,
Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Samuel
P. Roberts Post Office Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Samuel P. Roberts
Post Office Building’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4786
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 20, 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 110 Postal Way in Carrollton, Georgia, as
the ‘‘Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(c) TRAINING.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall develop and implement a training program for staff
of the Department of Agriculture engaged in the investiga-
tion of complaints of unfair and anti-competitive activity
in violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921. In
developing the training program, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall draw on existing training materials and pro-
grams available at the Department of Justice and the Fed-
eral Trade Commission, to the extent practicable.
(d) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report describing
the actions taken to comply with this section.
(e) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF CATTLE AND HOG IN-
DUSTRIES.—Title IV of the Packers and Stockyards Act,
1921, is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 415 (7 U.S.C. 229)
as section 416; and
(2) by inserting after section 414 the following:
‘‘SEC. 415. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF CATTLE AND HOG IN-
DUSTRIES.
‘‘Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a re-
port that—
HR 4786 RFS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 110 Postal Way in Carrollton, Georgia, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Samuel P. Roberts Post
Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 19,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4787
To designate the Federal building located at 600 East First Street in Rome,
Georgia, as the ‘‘Lawrence Patton McDonald Federal Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 2000
Mr. BARR of Georgia (for himself, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. COL-
LINS, Mr. LINDER, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. DEAL of Geor-
gia, Mr. BISHOP, and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure
A BILL
To designate the Federal building located at 600 East First
Street in Rome, Georgia, as the ‘‘Lawrence Patton
McDonald Federal Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building located at 600 East First Street
in Rome, Georgia, shall be known and designated as the
‘‘Lawrence Patton McDonald Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘Lawrence Patton McDonald Federal
Building’’.
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transfer a stored agricultural product from one warehouse
to another warehouse for continued storage.
‘‘(b) CONTINUED DUTY.—The warehouse operator
from which agricultural products have been transferred
under subsection (a) shall deliver to the rightful owner of
such products, on request at the original warehouse, such
products in the quantity and of the kind, quality, and
grade called for by the receipt or other evidence of storage
of the owner.
‘‘SEC. 11. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the depositor
of an agricultural product stored or handled in a ware-
house licensed under this Act, the warehouse operator
shall issue a receipt to the depositor as prescribed by the
Secretary.
‘‘(b) ACTUAL STORAGE REQUIRED.—A receipt may
not be issued under this section for an agricultural prod-
uct unless the agricultural product is actually stored in
the warehouse at the time of the issuance of the receipt.
‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—Each receipt issued for an agricul-
tural product stored or handled in a warehouse licensed
under this Act shall contain such information, for each
agricultural product covered by the receipt, as the Sec-
retary may require by regulation.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
TITLE I—EXTENSION OF EXPIRING AUTHORITIES AND
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Collection of certain fees.
Sec. 102. Limitation on administrative and supervisory costs.
Sec. 103. Advisory committee.
Sec. 104. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE II—ADMINISTRATION OF ACT
Sec. 201. Increased flexibility in obtaining sample of export grain for inspection
and weighing.
Sec. 202. Geographic boundaries for official agencies.
Sec. 203. Elimination of annual requirement regarding testing of equipment.
Sec. 204. Prohibition on use of grain additives to disguise quality of grain.
TITLE III—REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. United States Grain Standards Act of 1976.
TITLE I—EXTENSION OF EXPIR-
ING AUTHORITIES AND AU-
THORIZATION 
OF 
APPRO-
PRIATIONS
SEC. 101. COLLECTION OF CERTAIN FEES.
(a) INSPECTION AND SUPERVISORY FEES.—Section
7(j)(4) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7
U.S.C. 79(j)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2005’’.
(b) WEIGHING AND SUPERVISORY FEES.—Section
7A(l)(3) of the United States Grain Standards Act (7
U.S.C. 79a(l)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2005’’.