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available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this
appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal per-
sonnel to attend course development meetings and training
sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Cen-
ter is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reim-
bursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except
that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall
not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end
of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
training for the Gang Resistance Education and Training
program to Federal and non-Federal personnel at any fa-
cility in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
short-term medical services for students undergoing train-
ing at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional
real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance,
facility improvements, and related expenses, $24,310,000,
to remain available until expended.
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INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary for the detection and inves-
tigation of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, including cooperative efforts with State and
local law enforcement, $48,900,000, of which $7,827,000
shall remain available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service,
$201,320,000,
of
which
not
to
exceed
$10,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2002, for information systems modernization initiatives.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms; including purchase of not to exceed
812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for
replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates
as may be determined by the Director; for payment of per
diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where an
assignment to the National Response Team during the in-
vestigation of a bombing or arson incident requires an em-
ployee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain
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overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $15,000
for official reception and representation expenses; for
training of State and local law enforcement agencies with
or without reimbursement, including training in connec-
tion with the training and acquisition of canines for explo-
sives and fire accelerants detection; and provision of lab-
oratory assistance to State and local agencies, with or
without reimbursement, $567,059,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of at-
torneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of
which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of
any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for of-
ficial use by a State or local law enforcement agency if
the conveyance will be used in joint law enforcement oper-
ations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
and for the payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel,
training, equipment, supplies, and other similar costs of
State and local law enforcement personnel, including
sworn officers and support personnel, that are incurred
in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made available by
this or any other Act may be used to transfer the func-
tions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in
fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That no funds appro-
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priated herein shall be available for salaries or administra-
tive expenses in connection with consolidating or central-
izing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records,
or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of
firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Pro-
vided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be
used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation
of any officer or employee of the United States to imple-
ment an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118
or to change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR
178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication
5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available to investigate or act upon applications for relief
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c):
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to in-
vestigate and act upon applications filed by corporations
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18
U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds in this Act
may be used to provide ballistics imaging equipment to
any State or local authority who has obtained similar
equipment through a Federal grant or subsidy unless the
State or local authority agrees to return that equipment
or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
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be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pur-
suant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal
identification code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service; including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of
which 1,030 are for police-type use and commercial oper-
ations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals
for personal services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; and awards
of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act
enforced
by
the
United
States
Customs
Service,
$1,708,089,000, of which such sums as become available
in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject
to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budg-
et Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C.
58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account, and of
which $3,000,000 shall be derived only from the Harbor
Services Fund; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall
be available for payment for rental space in connection
with preclearance operations; not to exceed $4,000,000
shall be available until expended for research; not to ex-
ceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for con-
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ducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081;
not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until expended
for the procurement of automation infrastructure items,
including hardware, software, and installation; and not to
exceed $5,000,000, shall be available until expended, for
repairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may
be purchased without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal
year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in sub-
section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19
U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall be $30,000.
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND
MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, air-
craft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine
Programs; including operational training and mission-re-
lated travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by
the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction pro-
grams, the operations of which include the following: the
interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of
support to Customs and other Federal, State, and local
agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en-
forced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of
the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance
SEC. 4. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR EMERGENCY
USE 
OF 
AUTOMATIC 
EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATORS.
Part B of title II of the Public Health Service Act,
as amended by section 3 of this Act, is amended by adding
at the end the following section:
‘‘LIABILITY REGARDING EMERGENCY USE OF AUTOMATED
EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS
‘‘SEC. 248. (a) PERSONS USING AEDS.—Any person
who provides emergency medical care through the use of
an automated external defibrillator is immune from civil
liability for any personal injury or wrongful death result-
ing from the provision of such care, except as provided
in subsection (c).
‘‘(b) OTHER PERSONS INVOLVED WITH AEDS; SPE-
CIAL RULES FOR ACQUIRERS.—With respect to a personal
injury or wrongful death to which subsection (a) applies,
in addition to the person who provided emergency medical
care through the use of the automated external
defibrillator, the following persons are with respect to the
device immune from civil liability for the personal injury
or wrongful death in accordance with the following, except
as provided in subsection (c):
‘‘(1) Any person who maintained the device,
tested the device, or provided training in the use of
the device is immune from such liability.
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‘‘(A) DIRECT
EXPENSE
AMOUNT.—The
amount determined under subsection (c) for di-
rect expenses associated with operating ap-
proved graduate medical residency training pro-
grams.
‘‘(B) INDIRECT
EXPENSE
AMOUNT.—The
amount determined under subsection (d) for in-
direct expenses associated with the treatment of
more severely ill patients and the additional
costs relating to teaching residents in such pro-
grams.
‘‘(2) CAPPED AMOUNT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The total of the pay-
ments made to children’s hospitals under para-
graph (1)(A) or paragraph (1)(B) in a fiscal
year shall not exceed the funds appropriated
under paragraph (1) or (2), respectively, of sub-
section (f) for such payments for that fiscal
year.
‘‘(B) PRO
RATA
REDUCTIONS
OF
PAY-
MENTS
FOR
DIRECT
EXPENSES.—If the Sec-
retary determines that the amount of funds ap-
propriated under subsection (f)(1) for a fiscal
year is insufficient to provide the total amount
of payments otherwise due for such periods
‘‘(i) consider an offer made by an obli-
gor to compromise the debt for less than
the full amount owing; and
‘‘(ii) pursuant to such an offer, re-
lease any obligor or other party contin-
gently liable, if the company secures the
written approval of the Administration.
‘‘(E) CONTENTS OF NOTICE OF NO DECI-
SION.—Any notice provided by the Administra-
tion
under
subparagraphs
(A)(ii)(II),
(B)(ii)(II), or (C)(ii)(II)—
‘‘(i) shall be in writing;
‘‘(ii) shall state the specific reason for
the Administration’s inability to act on a
plan or request;
‘‘(iii) shall include an estimate of the
additional time required by the Adminis-
tration to act on the plan or request; and
‘‘(iv) if the Administration cannot act
because insufficient information or docu-
mentation was provided by the company
submitting the plan or request, shall speci-
fy the nature of such additional informa-
tion or documentation.
systems degraded, or with the potential to become
degraded, by drainage from an abandoned, inactive,
or post-production noncoal mine.
(3) Demonstration of treatment technologies,
including innovative and alternative technologies, to
minimize or eliminate adverse environmental effects
associated with an abandoned, inactive, or post-pro-
duction noncoal mine.
(4) Demonstration of management practices to
address environmental effects associated with an
abandoned, inactive, or post-production noncoal
mine.
(5) Remediation and restoration of an aban-
doned, inactive, or post-production noncoal mine site
for public health or safety purposes.
(6) Expedite the closure, remediation, or res-
toration of an abandoned, inactive, or post-produc-
tion noncoal mine to minimize adverse impacts to
the environment.
(e) COST-SHARING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), the Federal share of the cost of a project
carried out under the program shall be 65 percent
of such cost.
‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section
shall be construed to affect or modify the respon-
sibilities of the fiduciaries of a group health plan
under part 4 of subtitle B.
‘‘(g) STUDY AND REPORT.—
‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall analyze can-
cer clinical research and its cost implications for
managed care, including differentiation in—
‘‘(A) the cost of patient care in trials
versus standard care;
‘‘(B) the cost effectiveness achieved in dif-
ferent sites of service;
‘‘(C) research outcomes;
‘‘(D) volume of research subjects available
in different sites of service;
‘‘(E) access to research sites and clinical
trials by cancer patients;
‘‘(F) patient cost sharing or copyament
costs realized in different sites of service;
‘‘(G) health outcomes experienced in dif-
ferent sites of service;
‘‘(H) long term health care services and
costs experienced in different sites of service;
‘‘(I) morbidity and mortality experienced
in different sites of service; and
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1895(b)(3)(A) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)(3)(A)) is
amended—
(A) in clause (i)—
(i) by striking ‘‘but if the reduction in
limits described in clause (ii) had been in
effect’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—’’
and adjusting the margin accordingly; and
(B) by striking clause (ii).
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
1895(d)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395fff(d)(3)) is
amended by striking ‘‘(including the reduction de-
scribed in clause (ii) of such subsection)’’.
(b) INTERIM PAYMENT SYSTEM.—Section 4603 of
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33),
as amended by section 5101(c)(3) of the Tax and Trade
Relief Extension Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–277), is
amended by striking subsection (e).
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF REPAYMENT PERIOD FOR OVERPAY-
MENTS.
(a) 60-MONTH REPAYMENT PERIOD.—In the case of
an overpayment by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services to a home health agency for home health services
furnished under the medicare program during a cost re-
(G) LINVILLE CLUSTER.—Certain lands in
the Pisgah National Forest, Grandfather Dis-
trict, totaling approximately 42,000 acres
known as the ‘‘Linville Cluster’’. The Cluster is
comprised of the following seven parcels: Dob-
son Knob, Linville Gorge Extension, Steels
Creek, Sugar Knob, Harper Creek, Lost Cove
and Upper Wilson Creek. The cluster is located
near the towns of Marion, Morgantown, Spruce
Pine, Linville, and Blowing Rock, Burke,
McDowell, Avery and Caldwell Counties, North
Carolina.
(H) 
NOLICHUCKY, 
NORTH
CAROLINA
AREA.—Certain lands in the Pisgah National
Forest, Toecane Ranger District, totaling ap-
proximately 
4,000 
acres, 
known 
as 
the
‘‘Nolichucky, North Carolina Area’’, located 25
miles northwest of Burnsville, Mitchell and
Yancey Counties, North Carolina.
(I) PISGAH
CLUSTER, NORTH
CAROLINA
AREAS.—Certain lands in the Pisgah National
Forest, Pisgah Ranger District, totaling ap-
proximately 52,000 acres, known as the ‘‘Pis-
gah Cluster, North Carolina Areas’’. The clus-
ter is comprised of the following 5 parcels:
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2491
To amend section 213 of the National Housing Act to authorize trusts
to hold memberships in nonprofit cooperative ownership housing corpora-
tions that own properties with mortgages insured under such section.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1999
Mr. COX introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend section 213 of the National Housing Act to au-
thorize trusts to hold memberships in nonprofit coopera-
tive ownership housing corporations that own properties
with mortgages insured under such section.
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 ‘‘Fairness in Trusts and
Estates Planning Act’’.
SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE HOUSING INSURANCE.
Section 213(a) of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1715e(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ‘‘Nothing in this section may be
construed to prevent membership in a nonprofit coopera-
tive housing corporation from being held in the name of
a trust, the beneficiary of which shall occupy the dwelling
unit in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed
by the Secretary.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2493
To declare as citizens of the United States certain women who lost citizenship
solely by reason of marriage to an alien prior to September 22, 1922.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1999
Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. WALSH, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. SWEENEY, and Mr.
REYNOLDS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To declare as citizens of the United States certain women
who lost citizenship solely by reason of marriage to an
alien prior to September 22, 1922.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DECLARATION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR CERTAIN
WOMEN WHO LOST CITIZENSHIP SOLELY BY
REASON OF MARRIAGE TO AN ALIEN PRIOR
TO SEPTEMBER 22, 1922.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of
title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1401 et seq.), any woman who was a citizen of the United
States, lost such citizenship solely because the woman
married an alien prior to September 22, 1922, and died
before December 24, 1952, is hereby declared to be a cit-
izen of the United States as of the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(b) NO RETROACTIVE EFFECT.—This Act may not
be construed to affect—
(1) the citizenship of any person other than a
woman described in subsection (a); or
(2) the citizenship before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act of a woman described in subsection
(a).
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2494
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a religious exemption
from providing identifying numbers for dependents to claim certain cred-
its and deductions on a tax return.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1999
Mr. HOSTETTLER (for himself, Mr. GOODLING, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. PAUL,
Mr. PITTS, Mr. BUYER, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. BURTON of
Indiana, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. STUMP, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. STEARNS,
Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. BALDACCI, and Mr. GARY MILLER of Cali-
fornia) 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 provide
a religious exemption from providing identifying numbers
for dependents to claim certain credits and deductions
on a tax return.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FROM TIN REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATING TO DEPENDENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6109 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to identifying numbers) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(i) RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of any re-
quirement to provide a TIN under a section of this
title specified in paragraph (3), a taxpayer who has
a sincerely held religious belief under which the tax-
payer is conscientiously opposed to obtaining an
identifying number with respect to a qualified de-
pendent may, in lieu of such number, include the fol-
lowing with a return, statement, or other document
required under the authority of this title:
‘‘(A) An affidavit describing such religious
belief.
‘‘(B) An affidavit from a third party under
which the third party, under penalty of perjury,
states from personal knowledge that the quali-
fied dependent meets one or more of the quali-
fications of each of the sections specified in
paragraph (3) under which a credit or deduc-
tion is claimed by the taxpayer.
‘‘(C) Documentation to establish the rela-
tionship of the dependent to the taxpayer. Such
documentation shall include a birth certificate,
medical record, school record, or insurance
record, or a combination thereof.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
DEPENDENT.—For purposes
of paragraph (1), the term ‘qualified dependent’
means a dependent (as defined in section 152) who
is described in paragraph (1)(B) or (5)(C) of section
151(c).
‘‘(3) CREDIT AND DEDUCTION SECTIONS SPECI-
FIED.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the sections
specified in this paragraph are—
‘‘(A) section 21 (relating to expenses for
household and dependent care services nec-
essary for gainful employment),
‘‘(B) section 23 (relating to adoption ex-
penses),
‘‘(C) section 24 (relating to child tax cred-
it),
‘‘(D) section 25A (relating to Hope and
Lifetime Learning Credits).
‘‘(E) section 32 (relating to earned income
credit), and
‘‘(F) section 151 (relating to allowance of
deductions for personal exemptions).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1996.
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H. R. 2496
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 reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act
of 1994.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUNIOR DUCK STAMP CONSERVA-
TION AND DESIGN PROGRAM ACT OF 1994.
Section 5 of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design
Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719c) is amended by striking
‘‘for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 2000’’ and inserting
‘‘for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF PROGRAM TO INSULAR AREAS.
The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program
Act of 1994 is amended—
(1) in section 2(c) (16 U.S.C. 719(c)) by striking ‘‘50 States’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘States’’;
(2) by redesignating section 5 (16 U.S.C. 719c), as amended
by section 1 of this Act, as section 6; and
(3) by inserting after section 4 the following:
‘‘SEC. 5. DEFINITION OF STATE.
‘‘For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘State’ includes the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,
H. R. 2496—2
Guam, the Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession
of the United States.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.