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nership taxable year shall be treated as ordi-
nary income, and 
‘‘(B) subject to the limitation of paragraph 
(2), an amount equal to the net capital loss 
with respect to such interest for any partner-
ship taxable year shall be treated as an ordi-
nary loss. 
‘‘(2) RECHARACTERIZATION
OF
LOSSES
LIM-
ITED
TO
RECHARACTERIZED
GAINS.—The amount 
treated as ordinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) for 
any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) 
of— 
‘‘(A) the aggregate amount treated as ordi-
nary income under paragraph (1)(A) with re-
spect to the investment services partnership in-
terest for all preceding partnership taxable 
years to which this section applies, over 
‘‘(B) the aggregate amount treated as or-
dinary loss under paragraph (1)(B) with re-
spect to such interest for all preceding partner-
ship taxable years to which this section applies. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION
TO
ITEMS
OF
GAIN
AND 
LOSS.— 
‘‘(A) NET
CAPITAL
GAIN.—The amount 
treated as ordinary income under paragraph 
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State has reason to believe that an interest of the 
residents of the State has been or is threatened or 
adversely affected by a violation of subsection (a), 
(b), or (c), the attorney general of the State may, 
as parens patriae, bring a civil action on behalf of 
the residents of the State in an appropriate district 
court of the United States to obtain appropriate re-
lief. 
(2) RIGHTS
OF
FEDERAL
TRADE
COMMIS-
SION.— 
(A) NOTICE TO FTC.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (iii), the attorney general of a 
State shall notify the Federal Trade Com-
mission in writing that the attorney gen-
eral intends to bring a civil action under 
paragraph (1) before initiating the civil ac-
tion against a person for a violation of 
subsection (a), (b), or (c). 
(ii) CONTENTS.—The notification re-
quired by clause (i) with respect to a civil 
action shall include a copy of the complaint 
to be filed to initiate the civil action. 
(iii) EXCEPTION.—If it is not feasible 
for the attorney general of a State to pro-
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vide the notification required by clause (i) 
before initiating a civil action under para-
graph (1), the attorney general shall notify 
the Commission immediately upon insti-
tuting the civil action. 
(B) INTERVENTION
BY
THE
FTC.—The 
Federal Trade Commission may— 
(i) intervene in any civil action 
brought by the attorney general of a State 
under paragraph (1); and 
(ii) upon intervening, be heard on all 
matters arising in the civil action, and file 
petitions for appeal of a decision in the 
civil action. 
(3) PENDING ACTION BY THE FEDERAL TRADE 
COMMISSION.—If the Federal Trade Commission in-
stitutes a civil action or an administrative action 
with respect to a violation of subsection (a), (b), or 
(c), the attorney general of a State may not, during 
the pendency of such action, bring a civil action 
under paragraph (1) against any defendant named 
in the complaint of the Commission for the violation 
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with respect to which the Commission instituted 
such action. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2625
To redesignate Washington National Airport as ‘‘Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 7, 1997
Mr. BARR of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To redesignate Washington National Airport as ‘‘Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION.
The airport located in Alexandria, Virginia, and
known as Washington National Airport, shall be known
and designated as the ‘‘Ronald Reagan Washington Na-
tional Airport’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the airport
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport’’.
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dian tribe are low-income students, the 
amount of such Indian tribe’s tribal share 
shall not exceed 5 percent of the total 
amount needed to waive tuition and fees 
for all eligible students enrolled in such 
community colleges. 
(B) NEED-BASED AID.—A State or Indian 
tribe may include any need-based financial aid 
provided through State or tribal funds to eligi-
ble students as part of the State or tribal share. 
(C) 
NO
IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—A 
State or Indian tribe shall not include in-kind 
contributions for purposes of the State or tribal 
share described in subparagraph (A). 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State or Indian tribe shall agree to waive 
community college resident tuition and fees for all eligible 
students for each year of the grant. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—For each fiscal year for 
which a State or Indian tribe desires a grant under 
this section, an application shall be submitted to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. Such application shall be submitted by— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall ensure that the next 3 Federal appoint-
ments to the Board of Directors of the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and an abso-
lute majority thereafter have the qualifications de-
scribed in subsection (b) and to the extent prac-
ticable, include appointees who reflect the diversity 
of the communities in the region served by the Au-
thority. 
(2) OTHER
POSSIBLE
FEDERAL
APPOINT-
MENTS.—If the Secretary of Transportation ap-
points an individual to the Board of Directors who 
does not meet the qualifications of subsection (b), 
the Secretary shall provide the Board with an expla-
nation of the individual’s qualifications and why 
such qualifications will be beneficial to the Board. 
(d) DEFINITION
OF QUALIFYING BUSINESS.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualifying business’’ 
means a corporation, partnership, or limited liability enti-
ty that is engaged primarily in operating activities and not 
investing activities. 
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U.S.C. 1786) to be in addition to the
amount appropriated under such sec-
tion, or
‘‘(II) the Maternal and Child
Health Services Block Grant program
under title V of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) to be in
addition to the amount appropriated
under such title, or
‘‘(III) a combination of both pro-
grams as determined by the State.
‘‘(vi) Not less than 1 nor more than
3 percent of such amounts to the American
Stop Smoking Intervention Study for Can-
cer Prevention (ASSIST) program for such
State or other State or local community-
based tobacco control programs.
‘‘(vii) Not more than 5 percent of
such amounts to a State general health
care block grant program.
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION RULES.—For purposes
of subparagraph (A), the applicable percentage
for any State is determined in accordance with
the following table:
State
Applicable Percentage
Alabama ...........................................................................
1.270390
Alaska ...............................................................................
0.241356
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2626
AN ACT
To make clarifications to the Pilot Records
Improvement Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2626
AN ACT
To make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement
Act of 1996, 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. RECORDS OF EMPLOYMENT OF PILOT APPLI-
CANTS.
Section 44936(f) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Before hiring
an individual’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph
(14), before allowing an individual to begin service’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘as a pilot
of a civil or public aircraft’’ before ‘‘at any time’’;
(3) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and air carriers’’ after
‘‘Administrator’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ and
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B)’’;
(4) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘this para-
graph’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’;
(5) in paragraph (10)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘who is or has been’’ be-
fore ‘‘employed’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, but not later than 30
days after the date’’ after ‘‘reasonable time’’;
and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(14) SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO CER-
TAIN PILOTS.—
‘‘(A) PILOTS
OF
CERTAIN
SMALL
AIR-
CRAFT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an air
carrier, before receiving information requested
about an individual under paragraph (1), may
allow the individual to begin service for a period
not to exceed 90 days as a pilot of an aircraft
with a maximum payload capacity (as defined
in section 119.3 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations) of 7,500 pounds or less, or a heli-
copter, on a flight that is not a scheduled oper-
ation (as defined in such section). Before the
end of the 90-day period, the air carrier shall
obtain and evaluate such information. The con-
tract between the carrier and the individual
shall contain a term that provides that the con-
tinuation of the individual’s employment, after
the last day of the 90-day period, depends on
a satisfactory evaluation.
‘‘(B) GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), an air carrier, without
obtaining information about an individual under
paragraph (1)(B) from an air carrier or other
person that no longer exists, may allow the in-
dividual to begin service as a pilot if the air
carrier required to request the information has
made a documented good faith attempt to
obtain such information.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 9,
1997.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2626
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
An Act
To make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996, 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. RECORDS OF EMPLOYMENT OF PILOT APPLICANTS.
Section 44936(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Before hiring an individ-
ual’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (14), before allowing
an individual to begin service’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘as a pilot of a civil
or public aircraft’’ before ‘‘at any time’’;
(3) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and air carriers’’ after ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B)’’;
(4) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘this paragraph’’ and
inserting ‘‘this subsection’’;
(5) in paragraph (10)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘who is or has been’’ before ‘‘employed’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, but not later than 30 days after
the date’’ after ‘‘reasonable time’’; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(14) SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN PILOTS.—
‘‘(A) PILOTS
OF
CERTAIN
SMALL
AIRCRAFT.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), an air carrier, before receiving
information requested about an individual under paragraph
(1), may allow the individual to begin service for a period
not to exceed 90 days as a pilot of an aircraft with a
maximum payload capacity (as defined in section 119.3
of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) of 7,500 pounds
or less, or a helicopter, on a flight that is not a scheduled
operation (as defined in such section). Before the end of
the 90-day period, the air carrier shall obtain and evaluate
such information. The contract between the carrier and
the individual shall contain a term that provides that the
continuation of the individual’s employment, after the
last day of the 90-day period, depends on a satisfactory
evaluation.
H. R. 2626—2
‘‘(B) GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), an air carrier, without obtaining information
about an individual under paragraph (1)(B) from an air
carrier or other person that no longer exists, may allow
the individual to begin service as a pilot if the air carrier
required to request the information has made a documented
good faith attempt to obtain such information.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2626
To make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 7, 1997
Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. OBERSTAR, and Mr. LIPINSKI)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement
Act of 1996, 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. RECORDS OF EMPLOYMENT OF PILOT APPLI-
CANTS.
Section 44936(f) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Before hiring
an individual’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph
(14), before allowing an individual to begin service’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘as a pilot
of a civil or public aircraft’’ before ‘‘at any time’’;
(3) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and air carriers’’ after
‘‘Administrator’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ and
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B)’’;
(4) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘this para-
graph’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(14) SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO CER-
TAIN PILOTS.—
‘‘(A) PILOTS
OF
CERTAIN
SMALL
AIR-
CRAFT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an air
carrier, before receiving information requested
about an individual under paragraph (1), may
allow the individual to begin service for a period
not to exceed 90 days as a pilot of an aircraft
with a maximum payload capacity (as defined
in section 119.3 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations) of 7,500 pounds or less, or a heli-
copter, on a flight that is not a scheduled oper-
ation (as defined in such section). Before the
end of the 90-day period, the air carrier shall
obtain and evaluate such information. The con-
tract between the carrier and the individual
shall contain a term that provides that the con-
tinuation of the individual’s employment, after
the last day of the 90-day period, depends on
a satisfactory evaluation.
‘‘(B) GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), an air carrier, without
obtaining information about an individual under
paragraph (1)(B) from an air carrier or other
person that no longer exists, may allow the in-
dividual to begin service as a pilot if the air
carrier required to request the information has
made a documented good faith attempt to ob-
tain such information.’’.
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5204
AN ACT
To amend section 340E of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (relating to children’s hospitals) to mod-
ify provisions regarding the determination of the
amount of payments for indirect expenses associ-
ated with operating approved graduate medical
residency training programs.
SECTION 1. RECORDS OF EMPLOYMENT OF PILOT APPLI-
CANTS.
Section 44936(f) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Before hiring
an individual’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph
(14), before allowing an individual to begin service’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘as a pilot
of a civil or public aircraft’’ before ‘‘at any time’’;
(3) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and air carriers’’ after
‘‘Administrator’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ and
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B)’’;
(4) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘this para-
graph’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’;
(5) in paragraph (10)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘who is or has been’’ be-
fore ‘‘employed’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, but not later than 30
days after the date’’ after ‘‘reasonable time’’;
and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(14) SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO CER-
TAIN PILOTS.—
‘‘(A) PILOTS
OF
CERTAIN
SMALL
AIR-
CRAFT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an air
carrier, before receiving information requested
about an individual under paragraph (1), may
allow the individual to begin service for a period
not to exceed 90 days as a pilot of an aircraft
with a maximum payload capacity (as defined
in section 119.3 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations) of 7,500 pounds or less, or a heli-
copter, on a flight that is not a scheduled oper-
ation (as defined in such section). Before the
end of the 90-day period, the air carrier shall
obtain and evaluate such information. The con-
tract between the carrier and the individual
shall contain a term that provides that the con-
tinuation of the individual’s employment, after
the last day of the 90-day period, depends on
a satisfactory evaluation.
‘‘(B) GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), an air carrier, without
obtaining information about an individual under
paragraph (1)(B) from an air carrier or other
person that no longer exists, may allow the in-
dividual to begin service as a pilot if the air
carrier required to request the information has
made a documented good faith attempt to
obtain such information.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 9,
1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
for adjustment of status pending on or after such 
date. 
(d) TITLE IV.—
(1) SECTION 401.—The amendments made by 
section 401 shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and shall apply to asylum appli-
cations pending on or after such date. 
(2) SECTION 402.—The amendments made by 
section 402 shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and shall apply to applications 
for asylum or admission as a refugee, and deter-
minations under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, pending on or after such 
date. 
(3) SECTION
403.—The amendment made by 
section 403 shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and shall apply to applications 
for asylum or admission as a refugee pending on or 
after such date. 
(4) SECTION
404.—The amendment made by 
section 404 shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and shall apply to applications 
for asylum or admission as a refugee pending on or 
after such date.
(5) SECTION
405.—The amendment made by 
section 405 shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and shall apply to applications 
for adjustment of status pending on or after such 
date. 
(e) TITLE V.—
(1) SECTION 505.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 505(a) shall take effect on the first day of 
the first applicable pay period beginning on or after 
the date that is 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) SECTION
506.—The amendment made by 
section 506 shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and shall apply to asylum appli-
cations made before, on, or after such date.
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HR 4818 EAS
engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices
does not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts
or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under
this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure
of such funds through fiscal year 2006: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act may be used to open
a new overseas mission of the United States Agency for
International Development without the prior written notifi-
cation of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Sec-
retary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out
chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses of
the United States Agency for International Development’’
in accordance with the provisions of those sections.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of
information technology and related capital investments,
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, $59,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise
available for such purposes: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International
Development shall assess fair and reasonable rental pay-
ments for the use of space by employees of other United
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2627
To limit the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency to ban metered-dose inhalers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 7, 1997
Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KLINK, Mr. FOX
of Pennsylvania, Mrs. MYRICK, and Mr. MICA) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To limit the authority of the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to ban metered-dose inhalers.
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 ‘‘Asthma Inhalers Regu-
latory Relief Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT
TO BAN METERED-DOSE INHALERS.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency may not, under title VI of the Clean Air Act, pro-
hibit the manufacture, distribution, or sale of metered-
dose inhalers that use chlorofluorocarbons unless the Ad-
ministrator and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs
jointly certify to the Congress that alternatives to such
inhalers are available that, for all populations of users of
such inhalers, are comparable in terms of safety and effec-
tiveness, costs, and retail availability.
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