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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to designate
certain National Forest System lands in the States of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia as wilderness areas’’, approved
June 7, 1988 (102 Stat. 584) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(7) certain lands in the George Washington
National Forest, which comprise approximately
5,963 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘The Priest Wilderness Study Area’, dated June 6,
2000, and which shall be known as the Priest Wil-
derness Area; and
‘‘(8) certain lands in the George Washington
National Forest, which comprise approximately
4,608 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘The Three Ridges Wilderness Study Area’, dated
June 6, 2000, and which shall be known as the
Three Ridges Wilderness Area.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 17,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 4646
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 certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries of the
State of Virginia as wilderness areas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to designate certain
National Forest System lands in the States of Virginia and West
Virginia as wilderness areas’’, approved June 7, 1988 (102 Stat.
584) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting
a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(7) certain lands in the George Washington National
Forest, which comprise approximately 5,963 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘The Priest Wilderness Study Area’,
dated June 6, 2000, and which shall be known as the Priest
Wilderness Area; and
‘‘(8) certain lands in the George Washington National
Forest, which comprise approximately 4,608 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘The Three Ridges Wilderness Study
Area’, dated June 6, 2000, and which shall be known as the
Three Ridges Wilderness Area.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4646
To designate certain National Forest System lands within the boundaries
of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 13, 2000
Mr. GOODE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To designate certain National Forest System lands within
the boundaries of the State of Virginia as wilderness
areas, 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. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
(a) DESIGNATION.—Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act to designate certain National Forest System lands in
the States of Virginia and West Virginia as wilderness
areas’’, approved June 7, 1988 (102 Stat. 584) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(7) certain lands in the George Washington
National Forest, which comprise approximately
6,500 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘The Priest Wilderness Study Area’, dated June 6,
2000, and which shall be known as the Priest Wil-
derness Area; and
‘‘(8) certain lands in the George Washington
National Forest, which comprise approximately
4,800 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘The Three Ridges Wilderness Study Area’, dated
June 6, 2000, and which shall be known as the
Three Ridges Wilderness Area.’’.
(b) ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.—Sec-
tion 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to designate certain
national forest system lands in the States of Virginia and
West Virginia as wilderness areas’’, approved June 7,
1988 (102 Stat. 584) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Subject’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—Subject’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a),
the designations made by paragraphs (7) and (8) of sec-
tion 1 shall not prevent the fire fighting companies and
rescue squads and crews of Nelson County, Virginia, or
any other county in Virginia, from cutting trees or other
plant life or from using any type of motorized equipment
or vehicle in the course of fighting fires or responding to
emergencies in the Priest Wilderness Area, the Three
Ridges Wilderness Area, or any unit of the National For-
est System that is adjacent to those wilderness areas.’’.
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II
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4646
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 18 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000
Received
AN ACT
To designate certain National Forest System lands within
the boundaries of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4646 RDS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to designate
certain National Forest System lands in the States of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia as wilderness areas’’, approved
June 7, 1988 (102 Stat. 584) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(7) certain lands in the George Washington
National Forest, which comprise approximately
5,963 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘The Priest Wilderness Study Area’, dated June 6,
2000, and which shall be known as the Priest Wil-
derness Area; and
‘‘(8) certain lands in the George Washington
National Forest, which comprise approximately
4,608 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘The Three Ridges Wilderness Study Area’, dated
HR 4646 RDS
June 6, 2000, and which shall be known as the
Three Ridges Wilderness Area.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 17,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4647
To terminate the authority under title 5, United States Code, under which
the head of an agency may fix certain age limits for an original appoint-
ment as a law enforcement officer.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 13, 2000
Mr. GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To terminate the authority under title 5, United States Code,
under which the head of an agency may fix certain
age limits for an original appointment as a law enforce-
ment officer.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO FIX CERTAIN
AGE LIMITS.
Section 3307 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘position as’’
and all that follows through the period and inserting
‘‘position as a firefighter, as defined by section
8331(21).’’; and
(2) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘position as’’
and all that follows through the period and inserting
‘‘position as a firefighter, as defined by section
8401(14).’’.
Æ
I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4649
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a transitional adjustment
assistance program for workers adversely affected by reason of the exten-
sion of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment)
to the products of the People’s Republic of China.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 13, 2000
Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. HALL of
Ohio, Mr. NORWOOD, and Mr. KUCINICH) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a transitional
adjustment assistance program for workers adversely af-
fected by reason of the extension of nondiscriminatory
treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the prod-
ucts of the People’s Republic of China.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS FOR CHINA TRAN-
SITIONAL ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title II of the Trade
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘Subchapter E—Normal Trade Relations For
China Transitional Adjustment Assist-
ance Program
‘‘SEC. 250A. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) GROUP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) CRITERIA.—A group of workers (including
workers in any agricultural firm or subdivision of an
agricultural firm) shall be certified as eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under this sub-
chapter pursuant to a petition filed under subsection
(b) if the Secretary determines that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such work-
ers’ firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated,
and either—
‘‘(A) that—
‘‘(i) the sales or production, or both,
of such firm or subdivision have decreased
absolutely,
‘‘(ii) imports from the People’s Re-
public of China of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such
firm or subdivision have increased by rea-
son of the extension of nondiscriminatory
treatment (normal trade relations treat-
ment) to the products of China, and
‘‘(iii) the increase in imports under
clause (ii) contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of separation
and to the decline in the sales or produc-
tion of such firm or subdivision; or
‘‘(B) that there has been a shift in produc-
tion by such workers’ firm or subdivision to the
People’s Republic of China of articles like or di-
rectly competitive with articles which are pro-
duced by the firm or subdivision by reason of
the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment
(normal trade relations treatment) to the prod-
ucts of China.
‘‘(2) DEFINITION
OF
CONTRIBUTED
IMPOR-
TANTLY.—The term ‘contributed importantly’, as
used in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), means a cause which
is important but not necessarily more important
than any other cause.
(B) The text and headings of sections 529
and 530 of such Code are amended by striking
‘‘qualified State tuition program’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘qualified tuition pro-
gram’’.
(C)(i) The section heading of section 529
of such Code is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 529. QUALIFIED TUITION PROGRAMS.’’
(ii) The item relating to section 529 of
such Code in the table of sections for part VIII
of subchapter F of chapter 1 is amended by
striking ‘‘State’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin-
ning after December 31, 1998.
(c) CHANGE OF QUALIFIED TUITION PROGRAM OR
OF DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.—
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(i) 
of 
section
529(c)(3)(C) of such Code is amended by inserting
‘‘to another qualified tuition program for the benefit
of the designated beneficiary or’’ after ‘‘trans-
ferred’’.
(2) INCLUSION OF SIBLINGS AS MEMBER OF
FAMILY.—Paragraph (2) of section 529(e) of such
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue
regulations relating to the application of the criteria
described in paragraph (1) in making preliminary
findings under subsection (b) and determinations
under subsection (c).
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The provisions
of subsections (b) through (e) of section 250 shall apply
to the administration of the program under this sub-
chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as
such provisions apply to the administration of the program
under subchapter D.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2101) is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section
250 the following:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER E—NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS FOR CHINA
TRANSITIONAL ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
‘‘Sec. 250A.
Establishment of transitional program.’’.
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I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 4650
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require candidates
for election for Federal office to report information to the Federal Elec-
tion Commission on the use of aircraft of the Federal government in
the course of campaigns.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 13, 2000
Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
require candidates for election for Federal office to re-
port information to the Federal Election Commission
on the use of aircraft of the Federal government in
the course of campaigns.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIRING CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL OF-
FICE TO REPORT INFORMATION ON USE OF
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT DURING
CAMPAIGNS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d)(1) In addition to any other information required
to be reported under this section, the principal campaign
committee of a candidate for the House of Representatives
or for the Senate who uses any aircraft of the Federal
government for any purpose which includes (in whole or
in part) carrying out the candidate’s campaign for election
for Federal office (including using an aircraft of the Fed-
eral government for transportation to or from a campaign
event), shall file with the Commission a statement con-
taining the following information:
‘‘(A) A description of the aircraft used, includ-
ing the type or model.
‘‘(B) The number of individuals who used the
aircraft, including the candidate and those whose
use of the aircraft was paid for (in whole or in part)
by the committee.
‘‘(C) The amount the candidate paid to reim-
burse the Federal government for the use of the air-
craft, together with the methodology used to deter-
mine such amount, in accordance with section 106.3
of title 11, Code of Federal Regulations.
‘‘(2) The statements required under this subsection
shall be included with the reports filed by the principal
campaign committee under subsection (a)(2), except that
any statement with respect to the use of any aircraft after
the 20th day, but more than 48 hours before the election
shall be filed in accordance with subsection (a)(6).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occur-
ring after December 31, 2000.
Æ
I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4652
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit products
that contain dry ultra-filtered milk products or casein from being labeled
as domestic natural cheese, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 14, 2000
Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. OBEY, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr.
KIND, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. BOUCHER,
Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. WALSH, Mrs. ROUKEMA, and Mr.
SMITH of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
prohibit products that contain dry ultra-filtered milk
products or casein from being labeled as domestic natural
cheese, 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 ‘‘Quality Cheese Act
of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. NATURAL CHEESE STANDARD.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1)(A) any change in domestic natural cheese
standards to allow dry ultra-filtered milk products or
casein to be labeled as domestic natural cheese
would result in increased costs to the dairy price
support program; and
(B) that change would be unfair to taxpayers,
who would be forced to pay more program costs;
(2) any change in domestic natural cheese
standards to allow dry ultra-filtered milk products or
casein to be labeled as domestic natural cheese
would result in lower revenues for dairy farmers;
(3) any change in domestic natural cheese
standards to allow dry ultra-filtered milk products or
casein to be labeled as domestic natural cheese
would cause dairy products containing dry ultra-fil-
tered milk or casein to become vulnerable to con-
tamination and would compromise the sanitation,
hydrosanitary, and phytosanitary standards of the
United States dairy industry; and
(4) changing the labeling standard for domestic
natural cheese would be misleading to the consumer.
(b) PROHIBITION.—Section 401 of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)
Whenever’’; and
I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4666
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit financial institutions
to determine their interest expense deduction without regard to tax-
exempt bonds issued to provide certain small loans for health care or
educational purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 14, 2000
Mr. NUSSLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit
financial institutions to determine their interest expense
deduction without regard to tax-exempt bonds issued to
provide certain small loans for health care or educational
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BANK DEDUCTIBILITY OF SMALL, TAX-EXEMPT
DEBTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exception for certain
II 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5245
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 9, 2004
Received 
AN ACT 
To extend the liability indemnification regime for the 
commercial space transportation industry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(1) RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.—In auctioning
hydroelectric power under this section, the Secretary
shall provide to public bodies and cooperatives a
right of first refusal to purchase power at market
prices.
(2) PERMISSIBLE USES OF POWER.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Power purchased under
a right of first refusal described in paragraph
(1) may be consumed only by the public body
or cooperative that purchases it under such
right or resold for consumption by the cus-
tomers of the public body or cooperative.
(B) TRANSMISSION
ACCESS.—In accord-
ance with regulations issued by the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission, public bodies and
cooperatives shall have transmission access to
power purchased under paragraph (1).
(3) COMPETITIVE
BIDDING.—Power not pur-
chased by a public body or cooperative under para-
graph (1) shall be sold to the next highest bidder in
a competitive bidding process.
(e) TERMINATION
OF LONG-TERM POWER CON-
TRACTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Tennessee
Valley Authority shall terminate its long-term con-
tracts with distributors and retail customers.
(2) FORMER DISTRIBUTORS AND RETAIL CUS-
TOMERS.—After the termination of contracts under
paragraph (1), the distributors and retail customers
that were formerly parties to such contracts may—
(A) acquire hydroelectric power under this
section;
(B) acquire fossil and nuclear generating
facilities under section 3; and
(C) acquire power from suppliers other
than the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN FOREST SERVICE
LAND IN THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN.
(a) CONVEYANCE.—Upon application, the Secretary
of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest
Service, may convey to the Washoe County School District
all right, title, and interest of the United States in the
property described as a portion of the Northwest quarter
of Section 15, Township 16 North, Range 18 East,
M.D.B. & M., more particularly described as Parcel 1 of
Parcel Map No. 426 for Boise Cascade, filed in the office
of the Washoe County Recorder, State of Nevada, on May
19, 1977, as file No. 465601, Official Records.
(b) REVIEW OF APPLICATION.—When the Secretary
receives an application to convey the property under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall make a final determination
whether or not to convey such property before the end of
the 180-day period beginning on the date of the receipt
of the application.
(c) USE; REVERSION.—The conveyance of the prop-
erty under subsection (a) shall be for the sole purpose of
the construction of an elementary school on the property.
The property conveyed shall revert to the United States
if the property is used for a purpose other than as an
elementary school site.
(d) CONSIDERATION BASED ON REQUIREMENT TO
USE FOR LIMITED PUBLIC PURPOSES.—The Secretary
shall determine the amount of any consideration required
for the conveyance of property under this section based
on the fair market value of the property when it is subject
to the restriction on use under subsection (c).
(e) PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the conveyance
of the property under subsection (a) shall be available to
the Secretary without further appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended for the purpose of acquiring
environmentally sensitive land in the Lake Tahoe Basin
pursuant to section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to pro-
vide for the orderly disposal of certain Federal lands in
Nevada and for the acquisition of certain other lands in
the Lake Tahoe Basin, and for other purposes’’, approved
December 23, 1980 (94 Stat. 3381; commonly known as
the ‘‘Santini-Burton Act’’).
(f) APPLICABLE LAW.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section, any sale of National Forest System land
under this section shall be subject to the laws (including
regulations) applicable to the conveyance of National For-
est System lands.
Passed the House of Representatives October 24,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.