datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
nology sector now receives, in absolute terms, one-
third of all corporate spending on research and de-
velopment in the United States economy.
(13) The private sector tends to focus its
spending on short-term, applied research.
(14) The Federal Government is uniquely posi-
tioned to support long-term fundamental research.
(15) Federal applied research in information
technology has grown at almost twice the rate of
Federal basic research since 1986.
(16) Federal science and engineering programs
must increase their emphasis on long-term, high-risk
research.
(17) Current Federal programs and support for
fundamental research in information technology is
inadequate if we are to maintain the Nation’s global
leadership in information technology.
SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) NATIONAL
SCIENCE
FOUNDATION.—Section
201(b) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991
(15 U.S.C. 5521(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘From sums otherwise author-
ized to be appropriated, there’’ and inserting
‘‘There’’;
amendments made by this Act relating to 2-year author-
izations shall take effect January 1, 2000.
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and Management Assistance Authority, and the Council
of the District of Columbia no later than 15 calendar days
after the end of each quarter a report that sets forth—
(1) current quarter expenditures and obliga-
tions, year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and
total fiscal year expenditure projections versus budg-
et, broken out on the basis of control center, respon-
sibility center, agency reporting code, and object
class, and for all funds, including capital financing;
(2) a list of each account for which spending is
frozen and the amount of funds frozen, broken out
by control center, responsibility center, detailed ob-
ject, and agency reporting code, and for all funding
sources;
(3) a list of all active contracts in excess of
$10,000 annually, which contains the name of each
contractor; the budget to which the contract is
charged, broken out on the basis of control center,
responsibility center, and agency reporting code; and
contract identifying codes used by the District of Co-
lumbia Public Schools; payments made in the last
quarter and year-to-date, the total amount of the
contract and total payments made for the contract
and any modifications, extensions, renewals; and
struction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps cen-
ters: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, of the funds provided herein under section 137(c)
of such Act, $301,227,000 shall be for activities described
in section 132(a)(2)(A) of such Act, and $1,178,192,000
shall be for activities described in section 132(a)(2)(B) of
such Act: Provided further, That $8,000,000 shall be for
carrying out section 172 of such Act: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law or re-
lated regulation, $76,874,000 shall be for carrying out
section 167 of such Act, including $71,787,000 for for-
mula grants, $4,583,000 for migrant and seasonal hous-
ing (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for perma-
nent housing), and $504,000 for other discretionary pur-
poses: Provided further, That notwithstanding the transfer
limitation under section 133(b)(4) of such Act, up to 30
percent of such funds may be transferred by a local board
if approved by the Governor: Provided further, That funds
provided to carry out section 171(d) of such Act may be
used for demonstration projects that provide assistance to
new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers:
Provided further, That no funds from any other appropria-
tion shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job
Corps centers.
H. R. 4942
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
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. (a) The provisions of the following bills of the
106th Congress are hereby enacted into law:
(1) H.R. 5547, as introduced on October 25, 2000.
(2) H.R. 5548, as introduced on October 25, 2000.
(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United
States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after
the date of approval at the end appendixes setting forth the texts
of the bills referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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of this Act, none of the funds contained in this Act may
be used to enter into a lease (or to make rental payments
under such a lease) for the use of real property by the
District of Columbia government (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District) or to purchase real prop-
erty for the use of District of Columbia government (in-
cluding any independent agency of the District) or to
manage real property for the use of the District of Co-
lumbia (including any independent agency of the District)
unless the following conditions are met:
(1) The Mayor and Council of the District of
Columbia certify to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate
that existing real property available to the District
(whether leased or owned by the District govern-
ment) is not suitable for the purposes intended.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, there is made available for sale or lease all real
property of the District of Columbia that the Mayor
from time to time determines is surplus to the needs
of the District of Columbia, unless a majority of the
members of the Council override the Mayor’s deter-
mination during the 30-day period which begins on
the date the determination is published.
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the General Fund of the District of Columbia and used
exclusively to carry out (either directly or by contract)
drug prevention or treatment programs. For purposes of
this subsection, no program of distributing sterile needles
or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug
may be considered a drug prevention or treatment pro-
gram.
BANNING POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY
MINORS
SEC. 171. (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for
any individual under 18 years of age to possess any ciga-
rette or other tobacco product in the District of Columbia.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—
(1) POSSESSION
IN
COURSE
OF
EMPLOY-
MENT.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect
to an individual making a delivery of cigarettes or
tobacco products in pursuance of employment.
(2) PARTICIPATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OP-
ERATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with re-
spect to an individual possessing products in the
course of a valid, supervised law enforcement oper-
ation.
(c) PENALTIES.—Any individual who violates sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the following penalties:
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(1) For any violation, the individual may be re-
quired to perform community service or attend a to-
bacco cessation program.
(2) Upon the first violation, the individual shall
be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $50.
(3) Upon the second and each subsequent viola-
tion, the individual shall be subject to a civil penalty
not to exceed $100.
(4) Upon the third and each subsequent viola-
tion, the individual may have his or her driving
privileges in the District of Columbia suspended for
a period of 90 consecutive days.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply dur-
ing fiscal year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 14,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 805
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4942
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the government of the
District of Columbia and other activities charge-
able in whole or in part against the revenues of
said District for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2000
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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of Appeals after the expiration of the 90-day period which
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2001.’’
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4951
To amend part C of title XVIII to stabilize the Medicare+Choice Program
by improving the methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice
payment rates, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2000
Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. SHERWOOD,
Mr. BAKER, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. TOOMEY,
Mr. HOBSON, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. PETERSON of
Pennsylvania, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. SHAYS,
Mr. CAMPBELL, and Mr. VITTER) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the
Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jursidiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend part C of title XVIII to stabilize the
Medicare+Choice Program by improving the method-
ology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice payment
rates, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(2) providing battered immigrant women and
children who were experiencing domestic violence at
home with protection against deportation allows
them to obtain protection orders against their abus-
ers and frees them to cooperate with law enforce-
ment and prosecutors in criminal cases brought
against their abusers and the abusers of their chil-
dren; and
(3) there are several groups of battered immi-
grant women and children who do not have access
to the immigration protections of the Violence
Against Women Act of 1994 which means that their
abusers are virtually immune from prosecution be-
cause their victims can be deported and the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service cannot offer
them protection no matter how compelling their case
under existing law.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are—
(1) to promote criminal prosecutions of all per-
sons who commit acts of battery or extreme cruelty
against immigrant women and children;
(2) to offer protection against domestic violence
occurring in family and intimate relationships that
are covered in State and tribal protection orders, do-
mestic violence, and family law statutes; and
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‘‘(1) The quantity and percentage of funding
awarded to serve underserved populations by each
State under each of the following:
‘‘(A) Grants to combat violent crimes
against women under section 2001.
‘‘(B) Grants to encourage arrest under sec-
tion 2101.
‘‘(C) Rural domestic violence and child
abuse enforcement assistance grants under sec-
tion 40295(a)(2) of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law
103–322, 42 U.S.C. 13971(a)(2)).
‘‘(D) Civil legal assistance grants under
title I of the Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Act, 1999.
‘‘(E) Campus domestic violence grants
under section 826 of the Higher Education
Amendment Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–244;
20 U.S.C. 1152).
‘‘(2) The percentage of each underserved popu-
lation in the demographic make up of each State
compared to the amount of funding aimed at ad-
dressing the needs of that underserved population.
‘‘(3) The extent to which grants to provide
services to underserved populations are awarded to
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export Working Cap-
ital Loan Improvement Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. SALE OF GUARANTEED LOANS MADE FOR EXPORT
PURPOSES.
Section 5(f)(1)(C) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 634(f)(1)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) each loan, except each loan made under
section 7(a)(14), shall have been disbursed to the
borrower prior to any sale.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 26,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4944
To amend the Small Business Act to permit the sale of guaranteed loans
made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed
to borrowers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2000
Mr. MANZULLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to permit the sale of
guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the
loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers.
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 ‘‘Export Working Cap-
ital Loan Improvement Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. SALE OF GUARANTEED LOANS MADE FOR EXPORT
PURPOSES.
Section 5(f)(1)(C) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 634(f)(1)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) each loan, except each loan made under
section 7(a)(14), shall have been disbursed to the
borrower prior to any sale.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4944
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 27 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business
AN ACT
To amend the Small Business Act to permit the sale of
guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the
loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export Working Cap-
ital Loan Improvement Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. SALE OF GUARANTEED LOANS MADE FOR EXPORT
PURPOSES.
Section 5(f)(1)(C) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 634(f)(1)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) each loan, except each loan made under
section 7(a)(14), shall have been disbursed to the
borrower prior to any sale.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 26,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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Union Calendar No. 531
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4944
[Report No. 106–880]
To amend the Small Business Act to permit the sale of guaranteed loans
made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed
to borrowers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2000
Mr. MANZULLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
SEPTEMBER 21, 2000
Additional sponsor: Mr. WISE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to permit the sale of
guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the
loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers.
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 ‘‘Export Working Cap-
ital Loan Improvement Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. SALE OF GUARANTEED LOANS MADE FOR EXPORT
PURPOSES.
Section 5(f)(1)(C) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 634(f)(1)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) each loan, except each loan made under
section 7(a)(14), shall have been disbursed to the
borrower prior to any sale.’’.
Union Calendar No. 531
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4944
[Report No. 106–880]
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to permit the
sale of guaranteed loans made for export pur-
poses before the loans have been fully disbursed
to borrowers.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
ebb and flow of the tide shoreward to their mean 
highwater mark. 
‘‘(2) WETLANDS.—The term ‘wetlands’ means 
those lands that have a predominance of hydric soils 
and that are inundated or saturated by surface 
water or ground water at a frequency and duration 
to support, and that under normal circumstances do 
support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted 
for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands gen-
erally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar 
areas. 
‘‘(3) ADJACENT WETLANDS.—The term ‘adja-
cent wetlands’ means wetlands that are physically 
touching (abutting or contiguous to) a water de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B). Wet-
lands separated by a riverbank from which river 
water overflows into the wetlands annually or bian-
nually are adjacent wetlands for purposes of this 
section. 
‘‘(4) CULVERT.—The term ‘culvert’ means a 
pipe or structure that conveys perennial or intermit-
tent streams from one side of a linear structure, 
such as a roadway, to the other side. 
‘‘(5) FASTLANDS.—The term ‘fastlands’ means 
areas located behind legally constituted manmade
structures, such as levees, constructed and main-
tained to permit the utilization of the areas for com-
mercial, industrial, or residential purposes consistent 
with local land use planning requirements.’’. 
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contracts that take effect with respect to the calendar year 
2006. 
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4844 
To amend part III of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establish-
ment of programs under which supplemental dental and vision benefits 
are made available to Federal employees, retirees, and their dependents, 
to expand the contracting authority of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2004 
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia (for herself and Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend part III of title 5, United States Code, to provide 
for the establishment of programs under which supple-
mental dental and vision benefits are made available 
to Federal employees, retirees, and their dependents, to 
expand the contracting authority of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, 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 ‘‘Federal Employee 
Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004’’.
than 6 months, or both. Any person charged with a viola-
tion of such regulation may be tried and sentenced by any
United States magistrate judge designated for that pur-
pose by the court by which he was appointed, in the same
manner and subject to the same conditions and limitations
as provided for in section 3401 of title 18, United States
Code.
‘‘(4) The Secretary may—
‘‘(A) authorize law enforcement personnel from
the Department of the Interior to act as law enforce-
ment officers to maintain law and order and protect
persons and property within a Reclamation project
or on Reclamation lands;
‘‘(B) authorize law enforcement personnel of
any other Federal agency that has law enforcement
authority, with the exception of the Department of
Defense, or law enforcement personnel of any State
or local government, including Indian tribes, when
deemed economical and in the public interest, and
with the concurrence of that agency or that State or
local government, to act as law enforcement officers
within a Reclamation project or on Reclamation
lands with such enforcement powers as may be so
assigned them by the Secretary to carry out the reg-
ulations promulgated under paragraph (2);
After January 1, 2002, the Secretary shall con-
tinuously update the information posted on
such Internet site and shall ensure that such in-
formation is never more than 90 days out of
date.’’.
(b) POSTING OF STAFFING INFORMATION.—Section
1919(c)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396r(c)(8)) is amended by inserting before the period the
following: ‘‘and the nurse staffing ratio information under
subsection (g)(5)(E)(v)’’.
(c) RECORDKEEPING
AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 1919(d) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396r(d)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) RECORDKEEPING
AND
REPORTING
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A nursing facility
shall maintain such records and make such re-
ports to the Secretary as the Secretary may re-
quire for the administration and enforcement of
this section, including providing to the Sec-
retary such information as the Secretary may
require to implement subsection (g)(5)(E). The
Secretary may specify the form and manner of
any report required under this section, and
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4950
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the proportion
of charges Medicare recognizes for mental health services furnished to
qualified Medicare beneficiaries who reside in congregate residences.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2000
Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. BURR of North Carolina,
Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. JOHNSON of Con-
necticut, and Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee
on Ways and Means, 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 committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase
the proportion of charges Medicare recognizes for mental
health services furnished to qualified Medicare bene-
ficiaries who reside in congregate residences.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR MEN-
TAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED TO QUALI-
FIED MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES WHO RE-
SIDE IN CONGREGATE RESIDENCES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833(c) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(c)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘subject to paragraph (2),’’
after ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this
part,’’;
(3) by designating the second sentence as para-
graph (3); and
(4) by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of an
individual who has been determined to be a qualified medi-
care beneficiary (as defined in section 1905(p)(1)) who is
residing in a skilled nursing facility, nursing facility, or
custodial care facility.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply to services furnished on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2001.
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guage diversity or geographic isolation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘populations underserved because of race, eth-
nicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion,
alienage status, geographic location (including rural
isolation), language barriers, and any other popu-
lations determined to be underserved’’.
(2) Section 311(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
10410(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘underserved
racial, ethnic or language-minority populations’’ and
inserting ‘‘underserved populations as the term is
used in section 303(a)(2)(C)’’.
(3) Section 303(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
10402(a)(4)) is amended by inserting after the first
sentence the following: ‘‘This performance report
shall include information about the demographics of
underserved populations in the State and details
about the percentage of funding that went to serve
which underserved populations, the programs that
received such funding, and the involvement of pro-
grams serving underserved populations in the proce-
dures described in subsection (a)(2)(C).’’.
(4) Section 303 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10402)
is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: