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‘‘PART 
C—ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
PUBLIC 
TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES; CHILDREN’S
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION; TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS DEMONSTRATIONS’’;
(2) Sections 390, 391, 392, 393, 393A, 394,
and 395 of the 1934 Act are transferred to such
new part C of the NTIAO Act and are redesignated
as sections 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 131, and 135,
respectively, of the NTIAO Act.
(3) Such new part C of the NTIAO Act is
amended—
(A) by inserting before section 121 the fol-
lowing:
‘‘Subpart 1—Assistance for Public
Telecommunications Facilities’’ and;
(B) by inserting before section 131 the fol-
lowing:
‘‘Subpart 2—National Endowment for Children’s
Television’’ and;
(C) by inserting before section 135 the fol-
lowing:
‘‘Subpart 3—Telecommunications Demonstrations’’.
(4) Section 125 of the NTIAO Act (as added
by paragraph (2) of this subsection) is amended by
striking ‘‘section 390’’ and inserting ‘‘section 121’’.
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(5) Each of such sections 121 through 135 is
amended so that the section designation and section
heading of each such shall be in the form and type-
face of the section designation and section heading
of this section.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO COMMUNICATIONS
ACT OF 1934.—Part IV of title III of the 1934 Act is
amended by striking out subparts A, B, and C.
(c) REFERENCES
IN OTHER LAWS
AND DOCU-
MENTS.—Any reference to any section or other provision
of subpart A, B, or C of part IV of title III of the 1934
Act in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, in-
struction, or other official paper in force on the date of
enactment of this section shall be deemed to refer to the
section or other provision of subpart 1, 2, or 3 of part
C of the NTIAO Act to which such section or other provi-
sion is transferred by this section.
SEC. 5243. ELIMINATION OF EXPIRED AND OUTDATED PRO-
VISIONS.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF
1934.—The Communications Act of 1934 is amended—
(1) in section 7(b), by striking ‘‘or twelve
months after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, if later’’ both places it appears;
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(2) in section 212, by striking ‘‘After sixty days
from the enactment of this Act it shall’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘It shall’’;
(3) in section 213, by striking subsection (g)
and redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g);
(4) in section 214(a), by striking ‘‘section 221
or 222’’ and inserting ‘‘section 221’’;
(5) in section 220(b), by striking ‘‘, as soon as
practicable,’’;
(6) in section 222—
(A) by striking paragraph (1) of subsection
(a);
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and
(3) of such subsection as paragraphs (1) and
(2), respectively;
(C) by striking paragraph (2) of subsection
(b);
(D) by redesignating subsection (b)(1) as
subsection (b); and
(E) by striking subsections (c), (d), and
(e);
(7) in section 224(b)(2), by striking ‘‘Within
180 days from the date of enactment of this section
the Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘The Commission’’;
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(8) in 226(e)(1), by striking ‘‘, within 9 months
after the date of enactment of this section,’’;
(9) in section 309(i)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘The
commission, not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of the Communications Technical
Amendments Act of 1982, shall,’’ and inserting
‘‘The Commission shall,’’;
(10) by striking section 328;
(11) in section 331(b), by striking the last sen-
tence;
(12) in section 413, by striking ‘‘, within sixty
days after the taking effect of this Act,’’;
(13) in section 624(d)(2)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘(A)’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘of’’ after ‘‘restrict the
viewing’’; and
(C) by striking subparagraph (B);
(14) by striking sections 702 and 703;
(15) in section 704—
(A) by striking subsections (b) and (d);
and
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b);
(16) in section 705(g) (as redesignated by sec-
tion 5211(15)), by striking ‘‘Within 6 months after
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the date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer
Act of 1988, the Federal Communications Commis-
sion’’ and inserting ‘‘The Commission’’;
(16) in section 710(f)—
(A) by striking the first and second sen-
tences; and
(B) in the third sentence, by striking
‘‘Thereafter, the Commission’’ and inserting
‘‘The Commission’’;
(17) in section 712(a), by striking ‘‘, within
120 days after the effective date of the Satellite
Home Viewer Act of 1988,’’; and
(18) by striking section 713.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS SAT-
ELLITE ACT OF 1962.—The Communications Satellite Act
of 1962 is amended—
(1) in section 201(a)(1), by striking ‘‘as expedi-
tiously as possible,’’;
(2) by striking sections 301 and 302 and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘SEC. 301. CREATION OF CORPORATION.
‘‘There is authorized to be created a communications
satellite corporation for profit which will not be an agency
or establishment of the United States Government.
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$1.19 per gallon by 1997, which represents an in-
crease of 525 percent.
(2) The General Accounting Office has recently
identified 117 forms of Federal fees, taxes, and as-
sessments, not including customs duties, which raise
some $2,000,000,000 in Federal revenues each year.
(3) Barge transportation is one of the most
competitive, efficient, safe, and environmentally
friendly modes of transportation.
(4) Barges transport 15 percent of our Nation’s
commerce and provide jobs to some 180,000 Ameri-
cans.
(5) The Administration’s proposed increase
would add $420,000,000 in new taxes for operators
on inland waterways, which is more than their
pretax profits.
(6) This increase would cause barge rates to
skyrocket, increasing costs to consumers and dev-
astating industries dependent upon the commercial
use of barges such as coal, agriculture, and petro-
chemicals, and would add to our unfavorable balance
of trade payments by hurting the competitiveness of
United States exports.
(7) Because the price of certain agricultural
commodities, such as grain, are set in the world
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marketplace, increased inland barge fuel taxes could
not be passed on to consumers and would largely be
borne by our Nation’s farmers.
(8) The Senate on March 18, 1993, voted 88 to
12 to reject any further increase in inland barge fuel
taxes.
(9) This huge tax increase would cause many
barge companies to go out of business, would result
in thousands of lost American jobs, and would fur-
ther burden the already beleaguered United States
maritime industry.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the inland waterways fuel tax should not
be further increased beyond those increases already man-
dated by law.
TITLE IX—COMMITTEE ON
NATURAL RESOURCES
SEC. 9001. ANNUAL DIRECT GRANT ASSISTANCE.
(a) REPEAL.—Sections 3 and 4 of the Act of March
24, 1976 entitled ‘‘a Joint Resolution to approve the ‘Cov-
enant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States
of America’, and for other purposes’’ (90 Stat. 263 and
following; 48 U.S.C. 1681 note) are repealed, effective on
October 1, 1993.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(1) COMMITTEES.—The term ‘‘committees’’
means the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(2) 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
term 
‘‘Rec-
ommendations’’ means the document executed De-
cember 17, 1992, between the special representative
of the President of the United States and the special
representatives of the Governor of the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands relating to
future federal assistance for the Northern Mariana
Islands.
(3) REPORTING
DATE.—The term ‘‘reporting
date’’ means the date on which the budget of the
President for the fiscal year 1995 is required to be
submitted to the Congress under section 1105 of
title 31, United States Code.
(c) ASSISTANCE.—
(1) AMOUNTS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided under this section, enactment of this sec-
tion shall constitute a commitment and pledge
of the full faith and credit of the United States
for the payment of the following amounts:
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(A) In fulfillment of the United States
obligation under P.L. 94–241 and the au-
thorization in P.L. 95–348, $3,000,000 for
fiscal year 1994, which shall be available
only for the American Memorial Park, lo-
cated at Tanapag Harbor Reservation,
Saipan, to be expended in accordance with
section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to
authorize appropriations for certain insular
areas of the United States, and for other
purposes’’, approved August 18, 1978 (92
Stat. 492), for the primary purpose of con-
structing an appropriate monument honor-
ing the dead in the World War II Mariana
Islands campaign.
(B) $19,000,000 for fiscal year 1994,
to be held in trust in a special account by
the Secretary of the Interior for American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the
Virgin Islands, and to be disbursed by the
Secretary during fiscal year 1994 for es-
sential capital improvement projects. Such
disbursements shall be made by the Sec-
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retary for projects described in plans sub-
mitted to the Secretary by the govern-
ments of American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Guam, the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands, and the Virgin Islands. No such
disbursements shall be made pursuant to
any such plan until after the expiration of
a period of 60 days after such plan has
been submitted to the committees. No such
disbursements shall be made to the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands during fiscal year 1994 pursuant to
any such plan until the committees have
received the reports required under sub-
section (d)(3) and a Joint Resolution has
been adopted expressing the sense of Con-
gress that disbursements are appropriate.
The Inspector General of the Department
of the Interior shall (i) monitor the ex-
penditure of such funds to determine
whether such funds are expended in ac-
cordance with applicable law, and (ii) sub-
mit a report of the findings to the commit-
tees not later than January 1, 1995.
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(C) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3),
and (4) and subject to subsection (d), not
more than $98,000,000 for the 6-year pe-
riod beginning October 1, 1994, for the
government of the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, for capital im-
provement projects, at annual amounts
that shall not exceed those specified for the
Federal contribution within the general
funding schedule contained in the Rec-
ommendations.
(2) MATCHING
RATIO
AND
INTEREST
EARNINGS.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed to—
(A) modify the matching ratio re-
quirement specified in the funding schedule
contained in the Recommendations; or
(B) modify the terms of the Rec-
ommendations as to the availability of in-
terest earnings on funds contributed under
Public Law 99–396 upon meeting the
terms of the grant pledge agreements en-
tered into under Public Law 99–396.
(3) ROTA, TINIAN, AND SAIPAN.—No less
than 1⁄8 th share of the funds made available
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under subsection (c)(1)(C) shall be expended in
the islands of Rota and Tinian and no less than
1⁄4 th share shall be expended in Saipan.
(4) APPLICABILITY
OF
GRANT
REGULA-
TIONS.—The Federal assistance provided under
this section shall be subject to the applicable
Federal grant regulations set forth in the Com-
mon Rule (43 C.F.R. 12a, OMB Circular A–
102, and OMB Circular A–128).
(d) CONDITION ON MULTI-YEAR ASSISTANCE.—
(1) JOINT RESOLUTION.—Amounts under sub-
section (c)(1)(C) for fiscal years 1995 through 2000
shall be as determined by the Congress by joint reso-
lution. It is the intent of the Congress that the com-
mittees report such a joint resolution after consider-
ing the plan referred to in paragraph (2) and re-
ports required by this subsection.
(2) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS PLAN.—
The plan referred to in paragraph (1) is a plan de-
veloped and submitted by the Governor of the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to the
Secretary of the Interior as approved by the legisla-
ture of the Commonwealth for new and recon-
structed capital infrastructure projects, indicating
the order of priority, together with cost estimates for
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each project and identification of sources of financ-
ing for each project. The Secretary of the Interior
shall submit the plan, together with his rec-
ommendations, to the committees not later than the
reporting date.
(3) REPORTS.—Each of the following reports
shall be submitted to the committees not later than
the reporting date as follows:
(A) REVENUE BURDEN.—The Comptroller
General of the United States, after consultation
with the government of the Northern Mariana
Islands, shall submit a report describing the ef-
fective revenue burden (including all taxes and
fees) imposed by the government of the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The report shall—
(i) address whether revenues raised
are sufficient to meet the infrastructure
needs of the Commonwealth; and
(ii) compare the revenue burden of the
Commonwealth with that of Guam.
(B) 
COMPLIANCE
WITH
AUDIT
REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—The Inspector General of the
Department of the Interior shall submit a re-
port on (i) compliance by the government of the
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands with recommendations made by the In-
spector General pursuant to audits of the gov-
ernment of the Commonwealth, and (ii) on all
unfulfilled commitments made by the govern-
ment of the Commonwealth in response to those
recommendations.
(C) ASSESSMENT
OF
MINIMUM
WAGE.—
The Secretary of Labor, after consultation with
the government of the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, shall submit a re-
port which assesses whether—
(i) the minimum wage policies of the
Commonwealth are sufficient for the main-
tenance of the minimum standard of living
necessary for health, efficiency, and gen-
eral well-being of workers in the Common-
wealth;
(ii) the prevailing wages paid in the
Commonwealth are effectively reduced by
the immigration policy of the Common-
wealth; and
(iii) the wage rate in the Common-
wealth gives industries in the Common-
wealth a competitive advantage over indus-
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tries in the United States outside of the
Commonwealth.
(D) IMMIGRATION
POLICY
AND
BURDEN
ON INFRASTRUCTURE.—(i) The Attorney Gen-
eral of the United States, after consultation
with the government of the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, shall submit a
report which assesses—
(I) whether the immigration laws of
the Commonwealth are appropriate in light
of the social and economic situation in the
Commonwealth;
(II) the extent to which the Common-
wealth is relying on temporary alien work-
ers to meet the Commonwealth’s perma-
nent labor needs;
(III) whether the Commonwealth has
taken steps to reduce its dependence on
temporary alien workers; and
(IV) the political and civil rights of
the alien population as compared to the
resident population.
(ii) The Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit a report to the Congress
which analyzes the socioeconomic impact of the
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immigration policy of the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, including the finan-
cial burden imposed by the alien population on
the infrastructure.
(E) ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency shall each
submit a report to the Congress on the compli-
ance by the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands with United States environ-
mental laws, including (but not limited to) the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act.
SEC. 9002. NET RECEIPTS SHARING.
Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act is amended
as follows:
(1) Strike the last sentence.
(2) Insert ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ after ‘‘SEC.
35.’’
(3) Insert ‘‘and, subject to subsection (b),’’ be-
tween ‘‘United States;’’ and ‘‘50 percentum’’.
(4) Add the following new subsection at the end
thereof:
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‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—(1) In calculating the
amount to be paid to each State during any fiscal year
under this section and under other provisions of law re-
quiring payment to a State of any revenues derived from
the leasing of any other onshore lands or interest in land
owned by the United States for the production of the same
types of minerals as are leasable under this Act or for
the production of geothermal steam, prior to the division
and distribution of such leasing receipts between the
States and the United States, the Secretary shall deduct
50 percent of the portion of the enacted appropriations
of the Department of the Interior and of other depart-
ments and agencies of the United States for the preceding
fiscal year allocable to the administration and enforcement
of this Act and such other provisions of law. Such deduc-
tion shall be in approximately equal amounts each month
(subject to paragraph (3)).
‘‘(2) The proportion of the deduction required under
paragraph (1) which is allocable to each State shall be
a percentage of the total deduction allocable to all States.
The percentage shall be determined by dividing—
‘‘(A) the monies disbursed to the State during
the preceding fiscal year under the provisions of this
section and the other provisions of law referred to in
paragraph (1), by
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‘‘(B) the total money disbursed to all States
during that fiscal year under such provisions.
‘‘(3) If the amount otherwise deductible under this
subsection in any month from the portion of revenues to
be distributed to a State exceeds the amount payable to
the State during that month, any amount exceeding the
amount payable shall be carried forward and deducted
from amounts payable to the State in subsequent months.
‘‘(4) All amounts deducted under this subsection
from monies otherwise payable to a State shall be credited
to miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury.’’.
SEC. 9003. HARD ROCK MINING CLAIM MAINTENANCE AND
LOCATION FEES.
(a) CLAIM MAINTENANCE AND LOCATION FEES.—
(1) CLAIM MAINTENANCE FEES.—The holder
of each unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site
located pursuant to the Mining Laws of the United
States (whether located before or after enactment of
this Act) shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior
or his designee for each assessment year a flat claim
maintenance fee of not less than $100 per claim.
Such claim maintenance fee shall be in lieu of the
assessment work requirement contained in the Min-
ing Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 28–28e) and the related
filing requirements contained in section 314 (a) and
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(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744 (a) and (c)).
(2) LOCATION FEE.—For each mining claim,
mill or tunnel site located pursuant to the Mining
Laws of the United States after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the claimant shall pay the Sec-
retary a location fee of $25.
(b) TIME OF PAYMENT.—The claim maintenance fee
payable under subsection (a)(1) for any assessment year
shall be paid before the commencement of the assessment
year, except that for the initial assessment year in which
the location is made, the locator shall pay the claim main-
tenance fee at the time the location notice is recorded with
the Bureau of Land Management. The location fee im-
posed under subsection (a)(2) shall be payable not later
than 90 days after the date of location
(c) DEPOSIT IN TREASURY.—The Secretary shall de-
posit monies received under this Act as miscellaneous re-
ceipts in the Treasury.
(d) CO-OWNERSHIP.—The co-ownership provisions of
section 2324 of the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 28)
shall remain in effect with respect to mining claims subject
to such provisions except that the annual claim mainte-
nance fee, where applicable, shall be paid in lieu of appli-
cable assessment requirements and expenditures.
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(e) FORFEITURE.—Failure to make the annual pay-
ment of any claim maintenance or location fee required
with respect to any unpatented mining claim, mill, or tun-
nel site required by subsection (a) shall conclusively con-
stitute a forfeiture by the holder of the unpatented mining
claim, mill or tunnel site, effective at noon on the date
the payment is due.
(f) FLPMA FILING REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing in
this Act shall change or modify the requirements of section
314(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744(b)) or the requirements of sec-
tion 314(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744(c)) related to filings required
by such section 314(b). Such requirements shall remain
in effect with respect to claims, and mill or tunnel sites
for which fees are required to be paid under this section.
(g) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of
the Interior shall promulgate rules and regulations to
carry out the purposes of this section as soon as prac-
ticable after the date of enactment of this Act.
(h) PURCHASING POWER ADJUSTMENT.—Every 5
years following the date of enactment of this Act, or more
frequently if the Secretary determines a more frequent ad-
justment to be reasonable, the Secretary of the Interior
shall adjust the fees specified in subsection (a) to reflect
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changes in the purchasing power of the dollar. The Sec-
retary shall use the Consumer Price Index for all urban
consumers published by the Department of Labor as the
basis for adjustment, rounding according to the adjust-
ment process of conditions of the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 890). The
Secretary shall provide claimants notice of any adjustment
made under this subsection not later than July 1 of any
year in which the adjustment is made. A fee adjustment
under this paragraph shall begin to apply the first assess-
ment which begins after the adjustment is made.
(i) OIL SHALE CLAIMS SUBJECT TO CLAIM MAINTE-
NANCE FEES UNDER ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 1992.—
This section shall not apply to any oil shale claims for
which a fee is required to be paid under section 2511(e)(2)
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–486;
106 Stat. 3111; 30 U.S.C. 242).
(j) EXCEPTION FOR HOLDERS OF FEWER THAN 50
CLAIMS.—
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—In accordance with para-
graph (3), a claimant may be eligible for a waiver
or reduction of the claim maintenance fees imposed
under this section if the claimant certifies in writing
to the Secretary that on the date the payment was
due, the claimant and all related parties—
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(A) held not more than 50 mining claims,
mill sites, or tunnel sites, or any combination
thereof, on public lands; and
(B) have performed assessment work suffi-
cient to maintain the mining claims held by the
claimant and such related parties for the as-
sessment year ending on noon of September 1
of the calendar year in which payment of the
claim maintenance fee was due; except that
such performance of assessment work shall not
be required by reason of section 5 of Public
Law 94–429, commonly known as the Mining
in the Parks Act, or such other laws that before
the date of the enactment of this Act removed
the applicability of the assessment work re-
quirement of the general mining laws for any
claim subject to such laws.
(2) HOLDER.—For purposes of paragraph (1),
with respect to any claimant, the term ‘‘related par-
ties’’ means—
(A) the spouse and dependent children (as
defined in section 152 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986), of the claimant; and
(B) a person affiliated with the claimant,
including—
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(i) a person controlled by, controlling,
or under common control with the claim-
ant; and
(ii) a subsidiary or parent company or
corporation of the claimant.
(3) 
WAIVED
OR
REDUCED
MAINTENANCE
FEES.—
(A) 10 OR FEWER CLAIMS.—The Secretary
of the Interior may waive the claim mainte-
nance fee imposed under this section in its en-
tirety for 10 or fewer claims held by a claimant
eligible under paragraph (1).
(B) 11 OR MORE CLAIMS.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), for a claimant eligible under para-
graph (1), the Secretary may reduce the
claim maintenance fee imposed under this
section to $25 per claim for each claim in
excess of 10.
(ii) LIMITATION.—The reduction pro-
vided for in this subparagraph shall be
available for no more than 50 claims held
by a claimant who is eligible under para-
graph (1).
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(4) PAYMENT IN LIEU OF ANNUAL LABOR RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The third sentence of section 2324
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 28) is amended
by inserting after ‘‘On each claim located after the
tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-
two,’’ the following: ‘‘for which a waiver of the main-
tenance fee, or a reduced maintenance fee, under
section 9003 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1993 has been granted under subsection (j)
of that section,’’.
(5) FILING REQUIREMENTS.—The holder of any
unpatented mining claim for which a waiver of the
maintenance fee, or a reduced maintenance fee, has
been granted pursuant to this subsection shall con-
tinue to be subject to the filing requirements con-
tained in sections 314(a) and (c) of the Federal
Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1744(a) and (c)).
(k) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
with respect to assessment years beginning after August
31, 1994.
SEC. 9004. FEDERAL IRRIGATION WATER SURCHARGE.
(a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.—
(1) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
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(A) the construction and operation of Fed-
eral reclamation projects have contributed to
the depletion of streams, the alteration of ripar-
ian habitat, and the degradation of water qual-
ity;
(B) such impacts have had adverse impacts
on fish and wildlife resources; and
(C) the restoration of fish and wildlife and
related habitat affected by the construction or
operation of Federal reclamation projects is a
continuing responsibility of the beneficiaries of
such projects.
(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section
are to—
(A) incorporate the restoration of fish and
wildlife resources and related habitat affected
by the construction or operation of Federal rec-
lamation projects into the annual operation and
maintenance requirements of such projects;
(B) establish a fair and equitable mecha-
nism for securing timely payments from the
beneficiaries of such projects for the implemen-
tation, operation, and maintenance of fish and
wildlife restoration measures;
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(C) accelerate the rate of restoration and
recovery of depleted populations of indigenous
fish and wildlife; and
(D) encourage more efficient use of water
resources by the beneficiaries of Federal rec-
lamation projects.
(b) OPERATIONAL CHARGES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Individuals or non-Federal
entities that receive delivery of water (including by
exchange) which is stored in or transported through
Federal reclamation projects or project facilities or
projects or project facilities constructed by the Sec-
retary of the Army that meet the conditions speci-
fied in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 212(a) of the
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (Public Law 97–
293, 43 U.S.C. 390ll), except for facilities of the
Central Valley Project, California (as that project is
defined by title XXXIV of Public Law 102–575),
shall, pursuant to such terms, conditions, and proce-
dures as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe,
pay to the United States an operation and mainte-
nance charge sufficient to yield at least $10,000,000
(January 1993 price levels) annually in the years
1994, 1995, and 1996 and at least $15,000,000
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(January 1993 price levels) annually in 1997 and
each year thereafter.
(2) PAYMENTS.—Payments required by para-
graph (1) shall be made without reduction or defer-
ral by the Secretary under any provision of reclama-
tion law and without regard to whether an individual
or entity has discharged its repayment obligation
within the meaning of the first section of the Act of
July 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 483; 43 U.S.C. 485h–1), sec-
tion 213 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
(Public Law 97–293, 43 U.S.C. 390mm), or any
other provision of Federal Reclamation law. The
payments shall be in addition to any other repay-
ments owed or made to the United States and shall
not be applied or credited to an individual’s or enti-
ty’s repayment of project construction costs, pay-
ment of other annual project operation and mainte-
nance costs, payment of interest, or reduction of any
contractual obligation the individual or entity may
have with the United States.
(c) NATURAL RESOURCES RESTORATION FUND.—
There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United
States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Natural Resources Res-
toration Fund’’ (hereafter in this section referred to as
the ‘‘Fund’’). All payments of the operation and mainte-
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nance charges authorized in subsection (b) shall be depos-
ited in the Fund, and shall be available in the fiscal year
following deposit and thereafter, to such extent or in such
amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts,
for expenditures by the Secretary of the Interior for the
benefit of fish and wildlife resources, including habitat, af-
fected by construction or operation of the projects referred
to in this section.
(d) INDIAN LAND OWNERS.—For the purposes of
this section, Indian tribes or individual Indian beneficial
owners of land held in trust by the United States or sub-
ject to a restriction against alienation by the United States
shall be considered to be Federal entities.
(e) FEDERAL RECLAMATION LAW.—This section
shall constitute an amendment of and a supplement to the
Federal Reclamation laws (the Reclamation Act of 1902,
32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof and supple-
mentary thereto).
SEC. 9005. RECREATION USER FEES.
(a) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT OF
1965.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section
4(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
of 1965 (relating to recreation use fees) is amended
by striking out ‘‘picnic tables, or boat ramps’’ and
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all that follows down through the period at the end
thereof and inserting the following: ‘‘or picnic tables,
and in no event shall there be any charge for the use
of any campground not having a majority of the fol-
lowing: tent or trailer spaces, drinking water, access
road, refuse containers, toilet facilities, fee collection
by an employee or agent of the Federal agency oper-
ating the facility, reasonable visitor protection, and
simple devices for containing a campfire (where
campfires are permitted). For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘specialized outdoor recreation site’
includes but shall not be limited to campgrounds,
swimming sites, boat launch facilities, and managed
parking lots.’’. The second sentence of such section
4(b) is hereby repealed.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 210
of Public Law 90–483 (82 Stat. 746; 16 U.S.C.
460d–3) is repealed.
(b) COSTS
OF COLLECTION.—Section 4(i) of the
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (relating
to special accounts for fees collected) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’ and by adding the following at the
end of paragraph (1):
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in any fis-
cal year, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary
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of the Interior may withhold from the special account es-
tablished under subparagraph (A) such portion of all re-
ceipts the fees collected in that fiscal year under this sec-
tion as such Secretary determines to be equal to the addi-
tional fee collection costs for that fiscal year. The amounts
so withheld shall be retained by the Secretary of Agri-
culture or the Secretary of the Interior and shall be avail-
able, without further appropriation, for expenditure by the
Secretary concerned in the fiscal year in which collected
to cover such additional fee collection costs. The Secretary
concerned shall deposit in the special account established
pursuant to subparagraph (A) any amounts so retained
which remain unexpended and unobligated at the end of
such fiscal year. For the purposes of this subparagraph,
for any fiscal year, the term ‘additional fee collection costs’
means those costs for personnel and infrastructure di-
rectly associated with the collection of fees imposed under
this section which exceed the costs for personnel and infra-
structure directly associated with the collection of such
fees during fiscal year 1993.’’.
(c) GOLDEN AGE PASSPORT.—The second sentence
of section 4(a)(4) of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 (relating to Golden Age Passports) is
amended to read as follows: ‘‘Such permit shall be
nontransferable, shall be issued for a charge of $10, and
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shall entitle the permittee and the permittee’s spouse ac-
companying the permittee to general admission into any
area designated pursuant to this section.’’.
(d) USER FEES FOR RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—In each fis-
cal year after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior shall impose and collect an annual fee for the
use and occupancy of any right-of-way through any na-
tional park system unit for which a permit has been issued
by the Secretary pursuant to any general or specific statu-
tory right-of-way authority (whether issued before or after
the enactment of this Act) or for any other right-of-way
allowed as of the date of the enactment of this Act. The
amount of such annual fee shall be equal to the fair mar-
ket rental value, as determined by the Secretary, of such
use and occupancy for the fiscal year concerned. The fair
market value shall be reviewed (and revised if necessary)
not less frequently than every 3 years. The Secretary shall
deposit all fees collected under this subsection in the spe-
cial account established under section 4(i) of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965.
(e) COMMERCIAL TOUR USE FEES.—(1) In the case
of each unit of the National Park System for which an
admission fee is charged under section 4 of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–
4), the Secretary of the Interior shall establish, by October
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1, 1993, a commercial tour use fee to be imposed on each
vehicle or aircraft entering the unit (or the airspace of
the unit) for the purpose of providing commercial tour
services within (or within the air space of) the unit. Fee
revenue derived from such commercial tour use fees shall
be deposited into the special account established under
section 4(i) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965.
(2) The Secretary shall establish the amount of fee
to be imposed under this subsection per entry. The fee
shall not be less than—
(A) $25 per vehicle or aircraft with a passenger
capacity of 25 persons or less,
(B) $50 per vehicle or aircraft with a passenger
capacity of 26 to 99 persons, and
(C) $100 per vehicle or aircraft with a pas-
senger capacity of 100 to 299 persons.
The Secretary may periodically increase the fee imposed
under this subsection as he deems necessary and justifi-
able.
(3) The commercial tour use fee imposed under this
subsection shall not apply to either of the following:
(A) Any vehicle or aircraft transporting orga-
nized school groups or outings conducted for edu-
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cational purposes by schools or other bona fide edu-
cational institutions.
(B) Any vehicle or aircraft entering a park sys-
tem unit pursuant to a contract issued under the
Act of October 9, 1965 (16 U.S.C. 20–20g) entitled
‘‘An Act relating to the establishment of concession
policies in the areas administered by the National
Park Service and for other purposes’’.
(f) FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR COMMUNICATION SITE
FEES.—No permit or other authorization for the use of
any area of the public lands of the United States for pur-
poses of commercial telephone transmission facilities shall
remain in force and effect after January 1, 1994 unless,
before that date, and before January 1 of each year there-
after, the holder of such permit or other authorization
pays to Secretary of the Department having administra-
tive jurisdiction over such lands an amount equal to the
fair market value, as determined by such Secretary, of the
right to use and occupy such area for such purposes. For
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘public lands of the
United States’’ means lands owned by the United States
and administered by the Secretary of the Interior (other
than lands held for the benefit of Indians, Aleuts, and Es-
kimos) and lands within the National Forest System.
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SEC. 9006. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ANNUAL
CHARGES.
Section 6101(a)(3) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2214(a)(3)) is amended by
striking ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘September
30, 1998’’.
SEC. 9007. RECOVERING THE COST FOR GOVERNMENT
SERVICES.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 1994, the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy shall
each submit a report identifying fees, penalties, and other
charges to the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate. Each report shall—
(1) identify all fees, penalties, and other
charges imposed by the respective Secretary for the
provision of services;
(2) include the procedures for adjusting such
fees to recover the cost of providing those services;
and
(3) identify those services for which no fee is
currently charged and make recommendations for a
fee appropriate to cover the cost of providing each
service.
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.—Except as provided in
subsection (d), for fiscal year 1995 and each fiscal year
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thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Energy shall adjust each fee, penalty, and other charge
for the provision of services identified pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1). Each such fee, penalty, and charge shall
be adjusted in accordance with the procedures identified
pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF FEES FOR SERVICES NOT
COVERED.—Beginning with fiscal year 1995, the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy shall
charge fees for each of the services identified pursuant to
subsection (a)(3) in an amount sufficient to recover the
cost of providing the service. For each fiscal year there-
after, the fee shall be adjusted in the same manner as
adjustments are made pursuant to subsection (b), using
fiscal year 1995 as the base year.
(d) CERTAIN FEES, PENALTIES AND CHARGES NOT
COVERED.—Subsection (b) shall not apply to any fee, pen-
alty, or charge the amount of which is expressly specified
in any statute or contract.
SEC. 9008. UNFUNDED LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL GOV-
ERNMENT.
Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding the following subsection at the end
thereof:
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‘‘(g) The President shall transmit with materials re-
lated to each budget an estimate of unfunded future liabil-
ities of the Federal Government that are not accounted
for in the budget itself. Such estimate shall include (but
not be limited to) liabilities for future remediation of envi-
ronmental and natural resources damage, and cleaning up
waste sites, on Federal lands. Sources of liabilities shall
include (but not be limited to) active, inactive, or aban-
doned mines or oil or gas wells, irrigation waste water im-
pacts, decommissioning of nuclear power plants, and ura-
nium mining and processing activities (without regard to
the location of such mining or processing activities) affect-
ing the health of Native Americans and carried out pursu-
ant to a program administered by the United States.’’.
TITLE X—COMMITTEE ON POST
OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
Subtitle A—Civil Service
SEC. 10001. DELAY IN COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS IN
FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFITS
DURING FISCAL YEARS 1994, 1995, AND 1996.
(a) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply with
respect to any cost-of-living increase scheduled to take
effect, during fiscal year 1994, 1995, or 1996, under—
(1) section 8340(b) or 8462(b) of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code;
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(2) section 826 or 858 of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980; or
(3) section 291 of the Central Intelligence
Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2131), as set
forth in section 802 of the CIARDS Technical Cor-
rections Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–496; 106
Stat. 3196).
(b) DELAY
IN
EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
ADJUST-
MENTS.—A cost-of-living increase described in subsection
(a) shall not take effect until the first day of the third
calendar month after the date such increase would other-
wise take effect.
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be considered to affect any determination relat-
ing to eligibility for an annuity increase or the amount
of the first increase in an annuity under section 8340(b)
or (c) or section 8462(b) or (c) of title 5, United States
Code, or comparable provisions of law.
SEC. 10002. PERMANENT ELIMINATION OF THE ALTER-
NATIVE-FORM-OF-ANNUITY OPTION EXCEPT
FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH A CRITICAL MEDI-
CAL CONDITION.
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Sections 8343a and
8420a of title 5, United States Code, are each amended—
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(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘an employee
or Member may,’’ and inserting ‘‘any employee or
Member who has a life-threatening affliction or
other critical medical condition may,’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (f).
(b) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABIL-
ITY SYSTEM.—Section 807(e)(1) of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4047(e)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘a participant may,’’ and inserting ‘‘any participant
who has a life-threatening affliction or other critical medi-
cal condition may,’’.
(c) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT
AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—Section 294(a) of the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2143(a)),
as set forth in section 802 of the CIARDS Technical Cor-
rections Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–496; 106 Stat.
3196), is amended by striking ‘‘a participant may,’’ and
inserting ‘‘any participant who has a life-threatening
affliction or other critical medical condition may,’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall become effective on January 1, 1994,
and shall apply with respect to any annuity commencing
on or after that date.
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SEC. 10003. PAY LIMITATIONS.
(a) ELIMINATION OF THE 1994 ANNUAL PAY AD-
JUSTMENT.—
(1) STATUTORY PAY SYSTEMS.—Notwithstand-
ing section 633 of the Treasury, Postal Service
and 
General 
Government 
Appropriations 
Act,
1991 (5 U.S.C. 5303 note) or any other provision
of law, the adjustment in rates of basic pay that is
scheduled to take effect in 1994 under section 5303
of title 5, United States Code, shall not take effect.
(2) OTHER PAY SYSTEMS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any general pay adjust-
ment, similar to the adjustment referred to in
paragraph (1), which is scheduled to take effect
in 1994 with respect to any civilian officers or
employees in the executive branch (other than
those affected by paragraph (1)) shall not take
effect.
(B) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph 
(A)
shall not apply with respect to—
(i) any pay adjustment required under
the terms of a contract, as in effect before
the date of the enactment of this Act; or
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(ii) any alien or noncitizen of the
United States who occupies a position out-
side the United States.
(C) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Person-
nel Management may prescribe any regulations
it considers necessary for the administration of
this paragraph.
(b) MODIFICATION IN FORMULA FOR COMPUTING
ANNUAL PAY ADJUSTMENTS
FOR 1995, 1996, AND
1997.—
(1) 
STATUTORY
PAY
SYSTEMS.—Section
5303(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ and inserting
‘‘(a)(1)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding section 633 of the Treasury,
Postal Service and General Government Appropriations
Act, 1991 or any other provision of law, for purposes of
any adjustment scheduled to take effect under this section
in 1995, 1996, or 1997, paragraph (1) shall be deemed
to be amended by striking ‘equal to’ through ‘less than’
and inserting ‘equal to one and one-half percentage points
less than’.’’.
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(2) OTHER PAY SYSTEMS.—Section 704(a)(1)
of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5318
note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of any
pay adjustment scheduled to take effect in
1995, 1996, or 1997, subparagraph (B) shall
be deemed to be amended by striking ‘one-half
of 1 percent’ and inserting ‘one and one-half
percent’.’’.
SEC. 10004. PROVISIONS RELATING TO LOCALITY-BASED
COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS.
(a) LOCALITY-BASED COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS.—
(1) CHANGE
IN
EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
PAY-
MENTS.—Section 5304(d)(2) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 1’’
and inserting ‘‘July 1’’.
(2) LIMITATION
RELATING
TO
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT PAYABLE DURING CERTAIN PERIODS.—Sec-
tion 5304 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) by redesignating subsection (i) as sub-
section (j); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (h) the
following:
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any such estimate shall be made in accordance with the
methodology so included in the then most recent report.
‘‘(4) Whenever any authority under this subsection
is exercised, the President shall so indicate in his next re-
port under subsection (d)(3), including specific informa-
tion as to how such authority was exercised and the rea-
sons why it was so exercised.’’.
(b) TEMPORARY CHANGE IN EFFECTIVE DATE OF
ANNUAL PAY ADJUSTMENTS UNDER SECTION 5303 OF
TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 5303(a) of
title 5, United States Code (as amended by section
10003(b)(1)), is further amended by adding after para-
graph (2) of such section 5303(a) (as so amended) the
following:
‘‘(3) Effective for the period beginning on January
1, 1995, and ending on December 31, 2003, paragraph
(1) shall be deemed to be amended by striking ‘January
1’ and inserting ‘July 1’.’’.
(c) REPEAL OF THE PROVISION EXCLUDING SENIOR
EXECUTIVES FROM THE LIMITATION GENERALLY APPLI-
CABLE ON THE ACCUMULATION OF ANNUAL LEAVE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6304(f) of title 5,
United States Code, is repealed, effective as of Jan-
uary 1, 1994.
(2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—
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(A) APPLICABILITY.—This paragraph shall
apply with respect to an individual—
(i) who, as of December 31, 1993, has
more than 30 days of annual leave to such
individual’s credit (or more than 45 days,
if the individual would be subject to section
6304(b) of such title) which were accrued
in any position described in section 6304(f)
of title 5, United States Code (as in effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act);
and
(ii) only for so long as such individual
remains continuously employed in any such
position (disregarding any break in service
of 3 days or less).
(B) STATEMENT OF THE RULE.—For pur-
poses of administering section 6304 of title 5,
United States Code, with respect to any individ-
ual to whom this paragraph applies—
(i) subsection (a) of such section shall
be deemed amended by striking ‘‘30’’ and
inserting the number corresponding to the
number of days determined for such indi-
vidual under subparagraph (A)(i); and
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(ii) subsection (b) of such section shall
be deemed amended by striking ‘‘45’’ and
inserting the number corresponding to the
number of days determined for such indi-
vidual under subparagraph (A)(i).
(3) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
6304(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘(d), (e), (f), and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)
and (e)’’.
(d) NO CASH AWARDS BETWEEN FISCAL YEARS
1994 THROUGH 1998.—
(1) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘cash award’’ means any cash
award, performance award, rank, or other form of
recognition entitling the recipient to any monetary
payment under subchapter I of chapter 45 of title 5,
United States Code, or section 5384, 5406, or 5407
of such title.
(2) RESTRICTION.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no cash award may be awarded
during the period beginning on October 1, 1993, and
ending on September 30, 1998.
(e) REDUCTION
OF
FEDERAL
WORKFORCE
BY
150,000.—
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(1) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘civilian employees in the executive
branch’’ means all civilian employees within the ex-
ecutive branch of the Government (other than in the
United States Postal Service or the Postal Rate
Commission).
(2) LIMITATIONS.—The average total number
of civilian employees in the executive branch may
not exceed—
(A) 2,095,200 in fiscal year 1994;
(B) 2,044,100 in fiscal year 1995;
(C) 2,010,100 in fiscal year 1996;
(D) 1,998,500 in fiscal year 1997; or
(E) 1,996,700 in fiscal year 1998.
(3) AVERAGING.—The average total number of
civilian employees in the executive branch in a fiscal
year shall, for purposes of this subsection, be the av-
erage number in such fiscal year, as determined
under regulations prescribed under paragraph (5).
Any such average shall be determined on a ‘‘full-
time equivalent’’ basis.
(4) VOLUNTARY
MEASURES.—To the extent
practicable, any reductions necessary to achieve com-
pliance with any limitation under paragraph (2)
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shall be effected through attrition or other voluntary
measures.
(5) REGULATIONS.—The President shall pre-
scribe regulations to carry out this subsection.
(f) PAY-LIMITATION PROVISIONS MADE APPLICABLE
TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.—
The Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall take such measures as may be nec-
essary to ensure that the purposes of subsections (a) and
(b) of section 10003 and subsections (a)(1) (if applicable)
and (b) of this section are carried out with respect to em-
ployees who are subject to the personnel management sys-
tem established by the Director under section 3 of Public
Law 101–474 (28 U.S.C. 602 note).
SEC. 10005. APPLICATION OF MEDICARE PART B LIMITS TO
PHYSICIANS’ SERVICES FURNISHED TO FED-
ERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS EN-
ROLLEES AGE 65 OR OLDER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8904(b) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after
‘‘(b)(1)’’ and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B)(i) A plan, other than a prepayment plan de-
scribed in section 8903(4), may not provide benefits, in
the case of any retired enrolled individual who is age 65
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or older and is not entitled to Medicare supplementary
medical insurance benefits under part B of title XVIII of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.), to pay
a charge imposed for physicians’ services (as defined in
section 1848(j) of such Act, 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(j)) which
are covered for purposes of benefit payments under this
chapter and under such part, to the extent that such
charge exceeds the fee schedule amount under section
1848(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(a)).
‘‘(ii) Physicians and suppliers who have in force par-
ticipation agreements with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services consistent with section 1842(h)(1) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(h)(1)), whereby the participat-
ing provider accepts Medicare benefits (including allowable
deductible and coinsurance amounts) as full payment for
covered items and services shall accept equivalent benefit
and enrollee cost-sharing under this chapter as full pay-
ment for services described in clause (i). Physicians and
suppliers who are nonparticipating physicians and suppli-
ers for purposes of part B of title XVIII of such Act shall
not impose charges that exceed the limiting charge under
section 1848(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(g)) with
respect to services described in clause (i) provided to en-
rollees described in such clause. The Office of Personnel
Management shall notify a physician or supplier who is
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found to have violated this clause and inform them of the
requirements of this clause and sanctions for such a viola-
tion. The Office of Personnel Management shall notify the
Secretary of Health and Human Services if a physician
or supplier is found to knowingly and willfully violate this
clause on a repeated basis and the Secretary of Health
and Human Services may invoke appropriate sanctions in
accordance with sections 1128A(a) and section 1848(g)(1)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(a), 1395w–4(g)(1)) and
applicable regulations.
‘‘(C) If the Secretary of Health and Human Services
determines that a violation of this subsection warrants ex-
cluding a provider from participation for a specified period
under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the Office
shall enforce a corresponding exclusion of such provider
for purposes of this chapter.’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)(B)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘includes’’; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ‘‘, and (ii) the fee schedule
amounts and limiting charges for physicians’
services established under section 1848 of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4) and the identity of
participating physicians and suppliers who have
in force agreements with such Secretary under
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section 1842(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395u(h))’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall certify, before the first day of the fifth month
that begins before each contract year, that there is in ef-
fect an arrangement with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services under which, before the beginning of the
contract year—
‘‘(A) physicians and suppliers (whether or not
participating) under the Medicare program will be
notified of the requirements of paragraph (1)(B);
‘‘(B) enforcement procedures will be in place to
carry out such paragraph (including enforcement of
protections against overcharging of beneficiaries);
and
‘‘(C) Medicare program information described
in paragraph (3)(B)(ii) will be supplied to carriers
under paragraph (3)(A).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contract years
beginning on or after January 1, 1995.
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SEC. 10006. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF METHOD FOR DE-
TERMINING GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS
UNDER FEHBP IN THE ABSENCE OF A GOV-
ERNMENT-WIDE INDEMNITY BENEFIT PLAN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 101–76 (5 U.S.C.
8906 note) is amended in subsection (a)(1) by striking
‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that nothing in this section should be considered
to reflect any view on the appropriateness, merits, or tim-
ing, or any other aspect of any comprehensive health care
reform legislation.
Subtitle B—Postal Service
SEC. 10101. PAYMENTS TO BE MADE BY THE UNITED
STATES POSTAL SERVICE.
(a) RELATING TO CORRECTED CALCULATIONS FOR
PAST RETIREMENT COLAS.—In addition to any other
payments required under section 8348(m) of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code, or any other provision of law, the United
States Postal Service shall pay into the Civil Service Re-
tirement and Disability Fund a total of $693,000,000, of
which—
(1) at least one-third shall be paid not later
than September 30, 1995;
(2) at least two-thirds shall be paid not later
than September 30, 1996; and
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(3) any remaining balance shall be paid not
later than September 30, 1997.
(b) RELATING TO CORRECTED CALCULATIONS FOR
PAST HEALTH BENEFITS.—In addition to any other pay-
ments required under section 8906(g)(2) of title 5, United
States Code, or any other provision of law, the United
States Postal Service shall pay into the Employees Health
Benefits Fund a total of $348,000,000, of which—
(1) at least one-third shall be paid not later
than September 30, 1995;
(2) at least two-thirds shall be paid not later
than September 30, 1996; and
(3) any remaining balance shall be paid not
later than September 30, 1997.
Subtitle C—Revenue Forgone
Reform
SEC. 10201. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subtitle may be cited as the
‘‘Revenue Forgone Reform Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this subtitle is as follows:
Sec. 10201. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 10202. References.
Sec. 10203. Repeal of authorization of appropriations for mail sent at reduced
rates of postage.
Sec. 10204. Establishing reduced rates of postage.
Sec. 10205. Eligibility of certain mailings for reduced rates of postage.
Sec. 10206. Provisions relating to rates for books and certain other materials.
Sec. 10207. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 10208. Technical corrections.
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SEC. 10202. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this subtitle an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to
a section or other provision of title 39, United States
Code.
SEC. 10203. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR MAIL SENT AT REDUCED RATES
OF POSTAGE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2401(c) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘if sections’’ through ‘‘had
not been enacted’’ and inserting ‘‘if sections
3217 and 3403–3406 had not been enacted’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘such sections and Acts.’’
and inserting ‘‘such sections.’’; and
(2) in the second sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘(i)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘volume;’’ through ‘‘sched-
ules.’’ and inserting ‘‘volume.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to appropriations for
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1993.
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SEC. 10204. ESTABLISHING REDUCED RATES OF POSTAGE.
(a) RATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3626(a) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) For the purpose of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘costs attributable’, as used with
respect to a class of mail or kind of mailer, means
the direct and indirect postal costs attributable to
such class of mail or kind of mailer (excluding any
other costs of the Postal Service);
‘‘(B) the term ‘regular-rate category’ means
any class of mail or kind of mailer, other than a
class or kind referred to in paragraph (2)(A) or sec-
tion 2401(c); and
‘‘(C) the term ‘institutional-costs contribution’,
as used with respect to a class of mail or kind of
mailer, means that portion of the estimated revenues
to the Postal Service from such class of mail or kind
of mailer which remains after subtracting an amount
equal to the estimated costs attributable to such
class of mail or kind of mailer.
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (3) or (4),
rates of postage for a class of mail or kind of mailer under
former section 4358, 4452(b), 4452(c), 4554(b), or
4554(c) of this title shall be established in a manner such
that the estimated revenues to be received by the Postal
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Service from such class of mail or kind of mailer shall
be equal to the sum of—
‘‘(i) the estimated costs attributable to such
class of mail or kind of mailer; and
‘‘(ii) the product derived by multiplying the es-
timated costs referred to in clause (i) by the applica-
ble percentage under subparagraph (B).
‘‘(B) The applicable percentage for any class of mail
or kind of mailer referred to in subparagraph (A) shall
be the product derived by multiplying—
‘‘(i) the percentage which, for the most closely
corresponding regular-rate category, the institu-
tional-costs contribution for such category represents
relative to the estimated costs attributable to such
category of mail, times
‘‘(ii)(I) one-twelfth, for fiscal year 1994;
‘‘(II) one-sixth, for fiscal year 1995;
‘‘(III) one-fourth, for fiscal year 1996;
‘‘(IV) one-third, for fiscal year 1997;
‘‘(V) five-twelfths, for fiscal year 1998; and
‘‘(VI) one-half, for any fiscal year after fiscal
year 1998.
‘‘(C) For temporary special authority to permit the
timely implementation of the preceding provisions of this
paragraph, see section 3642.
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‘‘(D) For purposes of establishing rates of postage
under this subchapter for any of the classes of mail or
kinds of mailers referred to in subparagraph (A),
subclauses (I) through (V) of subparagraph (B)(ii) shall
be deemed amended by striking the fraction specified in
each such subclause and inserting ‘one-half’.
‘‘(3) The rates for the advertising portion of any mail
matter under former section 4358(d) or 4358(e) of this
title shall be equal to the rates for the advertising portion
of the most closely corresponding regular-rate category of
mail, except that if the advertising portion does not exceed
10 percent of the issue of the publication involved, the ad-
vertising portion shall be subject to the same rates as
apply to the nonadvertising portion.
‘‘(4) The rates for any advertising under former sec-
tion 4358(f) of this title shall be equal to 75 percent of
the rates for advertising contained in the most closely cor-
responding regular-rate category of mail.’’.
(2) SPECIAL
AUTHORITY.—Subchapter III of
chapter 36 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘§ 3642. Special authority relating to reduced-rate
categories of mail
‘‘(a) In order to permit the timely implementation of
section 3626(a)(2), the Postal Service may establish tem-
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porary rates of postage for any class of mail or kind of
mailer referred to in section 3626(a)(2)(A).
‘‘(b) Any exercise of authority under this section shall
be in conformance with the requirements of section
3626(a), subject to the following:
‘‘(1) All ‘attributable costs’ and ‘institutional-
costs contributions’ assumed shall be the same as
those which were assumed for purposes of the then
most recent proceedings under subchapter II pursu-
ant to which rates of postage for the class of mail
or kind of mailer involved were last adjusted.
‘‘(2) Any temporary rate established under this
section shall take effect upon such date as the
Postal Service may determine, except that—
‘‘(A) such a rate may take effect only after
10 days’ notice in the Federal Register; and
‘‘(B) no such rate may take effect after
September 30, 1998.
‘‘(3) A temporary rate under this section may
remain in effect no longer than the last day of the
fiscal year in which it first takes effect.
‘‘(4) Authority under this section may not be
exercised in a manner that would result in more
than 1 change taking effect under this section, dur-
ing the same fiscal year, in the rates of postage for
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a particular class of mail or kind of mailer, except
as provided in paragraph (5).
‘‘(5) Nothing in paragraph (4) shall prevent an
adjustment under this section in rates for a class of
mail or kind of mailer with respect to which any
rates took effect under this section earlier in the
same fiscal year if—
‘‘(A) the rates established for such class of
mail or kind of mailer by the earlier adjustment
are superseded by new rates established under
subchapter II; and
‘‘(B) authority under this paragraph has
not previously been exercised with respect to
such class of mail or kind of mailer based on
the new rates referred to in subparagraph (A).
‘‘(c) The Postal Service may prescribe any regula-
tions which may be necessary to carry out this section,
including provisions governing the coordination of adjust-
ments under this section with any other adjustments
under this title.’’.
(3) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—
(A) SECTION 3626.—Section 3626(i) is re-
pealed.
(B) SECTION 3627.—
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(i) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3627 is
amended—
(I) by striking ‘‘sent at a free or
reduced rate under section 3217,
3403–3406, or 3626 of this title,’’
and inserting ‘‘sent free of postage
under section 3217 or 3403–3406’’;
and
(II) in the section heading by
striking ‘‘and reduced’’.
(ii) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table
of contents for chapter 36 is amended—
(I) by striking the item relating
to section 3627 and inserting the
following:
‘‘3627. Adjusting free rates.’’;
and
(II) by inserting after the item
relating to section 3641 the following:
‘‘3642. Special authority relating to reduced-rate categories of mail.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2401 is amended—
(A) by striking subsections (d) through (f);
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(g)
through (i) as subsections (e) through (g), re-
spectively;
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(C) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated by
subparagraph (B)) by striking the second sen-
tence;
(D) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated
by subparagraph (B)) by striking ‘‘subsections
(b) and (d) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’; and
(E) by inserting after subsection (c) the
following:
‘‘(d) As reimbursement to the Postal Service for
losses which it incurred as a result of insufficient amounts
appropriated under section 2401(c) for fiscal years 1991
through 1993, and to compensate for the additional reve-
nues it is estimated the Postal Service would have received
under the provisions of section 3626(a), for the period be-
ginning on October 1, 1993, and ending on September 30,
1998, if the fraction specified in subclause (VI) of section
3626(a)(2)(B)(ii) were applied with respect to such period
(instead of the respective fractions specified in subclauses
(I) through (V) thereof), there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Postal Service $29,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1994 through 2035.’’.
(2) RATEMAKING LIMITATIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), rates of postage may not be
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established, under subchapter II of chapter 36
of title 39, United States Code, in a manner de-
signed to allow the United States Postal Service
to receive through revenues any portion of the
additional revenues (referred to in section
2401(d) of such title, as amended by paragraph
(1)(E)) for which amounts are authorized to be
appropriated under such section 2401(d).
(B) EXCEPTION.—If Congress fails to ap-
propriate an amount authorized under section
2401(d) of title 39, United States Code (as
amended by paragraph (1)(E)), rates for the
various classes of mail may be adjusted in ac-
cordance with the provisions of subchapter II of
chapter 36 of such title (excluding section 3627
thereof) such that the resulting increase in rev-
enues will equal the amount that Congress so
failed to appropriate.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—
(1) RATES.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to rates for mail
sent after September 30, 1993.
(2) AUTHORIZATION.—The amendments made
by subsection (b) shall apply with respect to appro-
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priations for fiscal years beginning after September
30, 1993.
SEC. 10205. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN MAILINGS FOR RE-
DUCED RATES OF POSTAGE.
(a) ADVERTISING.—Section 3626(j)(1) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ after
the semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) any product or service (other than any to
which subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) relates), if—
‘‘(i) the sale of such product or the provid-
ing of such service is not substantially related
(aside from the need, on the part of the organi-
zation promoting such product or service, for
income or funds or the use it makes of the prof-
its derived) to the exercise or performance by
the organization of one or more of the purposes
constituting the basis for the organization’s au-
thorization to mail at such rates; or
‘‘(ii) the mail matter involved is part of a
cooperative mailing (as defined under regula-
tions of the Postal Service) with any person or
organization not authorized to mail at the rates
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for mail under former section 4452(b) or
4452(c) of this title;
except that—
‘‘(I) any determination under clause (i)
that a product or service is not substantially re-
lated to a particular purpose shall be made
under regulations which shall be prescribed by
the Postal Service based on subsections (a) and
(c) of section 513 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986; and
‘‘(II) clause (i) shall not apply if the prod-
uct involved is a periodical publication described
in subsection (m)(2) (including a subscription
to receive any such publication).’’.
(b) PRODUCTS.—Section 3626 is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(m)(1) In the administration of this section, the
rates for mail under former section 4452(b) or 4452(c)
of this title shall not apply to mail consisting of products,
unless such products—
‘‘(A) were received by the organization as gifts
or contributions; or
‘‘(B) are low cost articles (as defined by section
513(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
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‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to
a periodical publication of a qualified nonprofit organiza-
tion.’’.
(c) 
CERTIFICATION; 
VERIFICATION.—Section
3626(j)(3) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)(A)’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) The Postal Service shall establish procedures to
carry out this paragraph, including procedures for mailer
certification of compliance with the conditions specified in
paragraph (1)(D) or subsection (m), as applicable, and
verification of such compliance.’’.
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply with respect to mail sent, and the rates
for mail sent, after September 30, 1993.
SEC. 10206. PROVISIONS RELATING TO RATES FOR BOOKS
AND CERTAIN OTHER MATERIALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3683(b) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(b) The rates of postage under former section
4554(b)(1) of this title shall not be effective except with
respect to mailings which—
‘‘(1) constitute materials specified in former
section 4554(b)(2) of this title; and
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‘‘(2) are sent between—
‘‘(A) an institution, organization, or asso-
ciation listed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of
such former section 4554(b)(1) and any other
such institution, organization, or association;
‘‘(B) an institution, organization, or asso-
ciation referred to in subparagraph (A) and any
individual (other than an individual having a fi-
nancial interest in the sale, promotion, or dis-
tribution of the materials involved); or
‘‘(C) an institution, organization, or asso-
ciation referred to in subparagraph (A) and a
qualified nonprofit organization (as defined in
former section 4452(d) of this title) that is not
such an institution, organization, or associa-
tion.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to mail sent after Sep-
tember 30, 1993.
SEC. 10207. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that any legislation,
enacted after September 30, 1994, which would have the
effect of expanding the classes of mail or kinds of mailers
eligible for reduced rates of postage should provide for suf-
ficient funding to ensure that neither any losses to the
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United States Postal Service nor any increase in the rates
of postage for any of the other classes of mail or kinds
of mailers will result.
SEC. 10208. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) SECTION 410.—Section 410(b) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon;
(2) in the first paragraph (9) by striking
‘‘Chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’, and by striking
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by designating the second paragraph (9) as
paragraph (10).
(b) SECTION 3202.—Section 3202(a) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the
semicolon; and
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and
inserting a period.
(c) SECTION 3210.—The provisions of section 318(3)
of Public Law 101–163 (103 Stat. 1068), which amended
section 3210 of title 39, United States Code, shall be
treated as if, as enacted, the reference in such provisions
to ‘‘subparagraph (c)’’ had instead read ‘‘subparagraph
(C)’’.
(d) SECTION 3601.—Section 3601(a) is amended by
striking ‘‘concent’’ and inserting ‘‘consent’’.
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(e) SECTION 3625.—Section 3625(d) is amended by
striking ‘‘section 3268’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3628’’.
(f) SECTION 3626.—Section 3626 is amended by re-
designating the second subsection (k) as subsection (l).
TITLE XI—COMMITTEE ON PUB-
LIC WORKS AND TRANSPOR-
TATION
SEC. 11001. AVIATION FEES FOR SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 313(f) of the Federal
Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1354(f)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(f) FEES FOR SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION.—The fol-
lowing fees are imposed and shall be collected for
services rendered:
‘‘(A) AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION FEES.—
‘‘(i) GENERAL
RULE.—For registra-
tion of an aircraft, the fee to be collected
from the owner of the aircraft in each fis-
cal year beginning after September 30,
1993, shall be determined under the fol-
lowing table:
If the maximum certificated
gross weight of
Amount of
the aircraft is:
fee is:
Not over 3,500 pounds ............................................................
$40.00
Over 3,500 lbs. but not over 6,500 lbs. ...................................
$175.00
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Over 6,500 lbs. but not over 10,000 lbs. .................................
$500.00
Over 10,000 lbs. but not over 100,000 lbs. .............................
$1,000.00
Over 100,000 lbs. .....................................................................
$2,000.00.
If the ownership of the aircraft is also trans-
ferred in such fiscal year, the fee to be collected
for registration of the aircraft in such fiscal
year under this subparagraph, as determined
from the table, shall be increased by such
amount as the Administrator shall determine so
that the average amount of the increase for all
aircraft collected under this sentence in such
fiscal year will be approximately $200.00.
‘‘(ii) EXEMPTIONS.—No fee shall be col-
lected under this subparagraph for registration
of an aircraft in a fiscal year if the aircraft—
‘‘(I) is owned or operated by an air
carrier exclusively to provide air transpor-
tation;
‘‘(II) is owned by, or operated exclu-
sively by or for, the United States Govern-
ment;
‘‘(III) is registered under a dealer’s
aircraft 
registration 
certificate 
issued
under section 505 of this Act;
‘‘(IV) is not originally certificated
with an engine driven electrical system or
has not subsequently been certified by the
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Administrator with such a system in-
stalled; or
‘‘(V) is a balloon or glider.
‘‘(B) DESIGNATION AS AVIATION MEDICAL
EXAMINERS.—For designation of a person as
an aviation medical examiner, the fee to be col-
lected from such person in each fiscal year be-
ginning after September 30, 1993, shall be
$500.
‘‘(C) ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES TO PI-
LOTS.—After September 30, 1993, the fee to be
collected for issuance or renewal of an airman’s
certificate to a pilot shall be $12. The fee shall
be collected from each pilot at least once every
3 fiscal years.
‘‘(2) CONTINUATION OF FEE FOR PROCESSING
OF FORMS FOR MAJOR FUEL TANK ALTERATIONS.—
‘‘(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT
AND
COLLEC-
TION.—The Administrator may establish such
fees as may be necessary to cover the costs as-
sociated with processing of forms for major re-
pairs and alterations of fuel tanks and fuel
systems of aircraft.
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of
any fee under this subsection with respect to
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processing of a form for a major repair or alter-
nation of a fuel tank or fuel system of an air-
craft may not exceed $7.50. Such maximum
amount shall be adjusted annually by the Ad-
ministrator for changes in the Consumer Price
Index of All Urban Consumers published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department
of Labor.
‘‘(3) COLLECTION
AND
DEPOSIT
IN
TRUST
FUND.—The amounts of all fees established by or
under this subsection shall be collected by the Ad-
ministrator, or the Secretary of the Treasury for the
Administrator, and shall be deposited in the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The portion of the
table of contents contained in the first section of such Act
relating to section 313 is amended by striking
‘‘(f) Processing fees.’’.
and inserting
‘‘(f) Fees for services.’’.
SEC. 11002. RECREATIONAL USER FEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 210 of the Flood Control
Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. 460d–3) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 210. No entrance’’ and
inserting the following:
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‘‘SEC. 210. RECREATIONAL USER FEES.
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON ADMISSIONS FEES.—No en-
trance’’;
(2) by striking the second sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) FEES FOR USE OF DEVELOPED RECREATION
SITES AND FACILITIES.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND COLLECTION.—Not-
withstanding section 4(b) of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a(b)), the Secretary of the Army is authorized, sub-
ject to paragraphs (2) and (3), to establish and col-
lect fees for the use of developed recreation sites and
facilities, including campsites, swimming beaches,
and boat launching ramps.
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION
OF
CERTAIN
FACILITIES.—
The Secretary shall not establish or collect fees
under this subsection for the use or provision of
drinking water, wayside exhibits, general purpose
roads, overlook sites, picnic tables, toilet facilities,
surface water areas, undeveloped or lightly developed
shoreland, or general visitor information.
‘‘(3) PER VEHICLE LIMIT.—The fee under this
subsection for use of a site or facility (other than an
overnight camping site or facility or any other site
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or facility at which a fee is charged for use of the
site or facility as of the date of the enactment of this
paragraph) for persons entering the site or facility
by private, noncommercial vehicle shall not exceed
$3 per day per vehicle. Such maximum amount may
be adjusted annually by the Secretary for changes in
the Consumer Price Index of All Urban Consumers
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
Department of Labor.
‘‘(4) DEPOSIT INTO TREASURY ACCOUNT.—All
fees collected under this subsection shall be depos-
ited into the Treasury account for the Corps of En-
gineers established by section 4(i) of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C.
460l–6a(i)).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT FOR CAMPSITES.—
Section 4(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(b)) is amended by strik-
ing the next to the last sentence.
TITLE XII—COMMITTEE ON
VETERANS AFFAIRS
SEC. 12001. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Reconcili-
ation Act of 1993’’.
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SEC. 12002. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE THAT
CERTAIN 
VETERANS 
AGREE 
TO 
MAKE
COPAYMENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR RECEIVING
HEALTH-CARE BENEFITS.
(a) 
HOSPITAL
AND
MEDICAL
CARE.—Section
8013(e) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1990 (Public Law 101–508; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is
amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1992’’ in
the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 1998’’; and
(2) by striking out the second sentence.
(b) OUTPATIENT MEDICATIONS.—Section 1722A(c)
of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1992’’ in
the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 1998’’; and
(2) by striking out the second sentence.
SEC. 12003. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR MEDICAL CARE
COST RECOVERY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1729(a) of title 38, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ‘‘non-
service-connected’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
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(A) by inserting ‘‘disability and, during the
period before October 1, 1998, to a service-con-
nected’’ after ‘‘non-service-connected’’ in the
matter preceding subparagraph (A); and
(B) by striking out ‘‘before August 1,
1994,’’ in subparagraph (E) and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘before October 1, 1998,’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to care and services
furnished under chapter 17 of title 38, United States
Code, after September 30, 1993.
SEC. 12004. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN IN-
COME VERIFICATION PROVISIONS UNDER
THE 
OMNIBUS 
BUDGET 
RECONCILIATION
ACT OF 1990.
(a) AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION.—Section 5317(g) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out
‘‘September 30, 1997’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 1998’’.
(b) AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF TREASURY TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION.—Subparagraph (D) of section
6103(l)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1997’’ in the last
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sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30,
1998’’.
SEC. 12005. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON PENSION FOR
CERTAIN 
RECIPIENTS 
OF 
MEDICAID-COV-
ERED NURSING HOME CARE.
Section 5503(f)(7) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1997’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 1998’’.
SEC. 12006. DENIAL OF FISCAL YEAR 1994 COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN DIC RECIPIENTS.
During fiscal year 1994, no increase may be provided
in the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation
in effect under section 1311(a)(3) of title 38, United
States Code.
SEC. 12007. EXTENSION OF PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO
LIQUIDATION SALES ON DEFAULTED HOME
LOANS GUARANTEED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) INCLUSION OF LOSSES.—Section 3732(c) of title
38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking out ‘‘re-
sale,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘resale (including
losses sustained on the resale of the property),’’; and
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(2) in paragraph (11), by striking out ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 1992’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Septem-
ber 30, 1998’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a)(1) shall apply to all liquidation sales occur-
ring on or after October 1, 1993.
SEC. 12008. INCREASE IN HOME LOAN FEES.
Paragraph (6) of section 3729(a) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(6) With respect to a loan closed after September
30, 1993, and before October 1, 1998, for which a fee
is collected under paragraph (1), the amount of such fee,
as computed under paragraph (2), shall be increased by
0.75 percent of the total loan amount other than in the
case of a loan described in subparagraph (A), (D)(ii), or
(E) of paragraph (2).’’.
SEC. 12009. REDUCTION OF FISCAL YEAR 1994 COST-OF-LIV-
ING ADJUSTMENT FOR MONTGOMERY GI
BILL BENEFITS.
(a) BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER CHAPTER 30.—Sec-
tion 3015(g)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘less one percentage point’’ after ‘‘June
30, 1993,’’.
(b) BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER SELECTED RE-
SERVE PROGRAM.—Section 2131(b)(2)(A) of title 10,
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United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘less one per-
centage point’’ after ‘‘June 30, 1993,’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 301(c)
of Public Law 102–568 (106 Stat. 4326) is amended by
striking out ‘‘Section 3015(f)’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘Section 3015(g) (as redesignated by section
307(a)(1))’’.
(2) Section 307(a) of such Public Law (106 Stat.
4328) is amended by striking out ‘‘(as amended by section
301)’’.
(3) The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2)
shall apply as if included in the enactment of Public Law
102–568.
SEC. 12010. LIMITATION ON CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR SUR-
VIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL
ASSISTANCE.
(a) REVISION IN DEFINITION OF CHILDREN ELIGI-
BLE.—Section 3501(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘‘, but does not include an individ-
ual who is not the natural or legally adopted child of the
parent from whom eligibility under this chapter is de-
rived’’ before the period at the end.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) does not apply with respect to any individ-
ual who, before October 1, 1993, files an original applica-
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tion for educational assistance under chapter 35 of title
38, United States Code.
TITLE XIII—COMMITTEE ON
WAYS AND MEANS—SAVINGS
Subtitle A—Old-Age, Survivors, and
Disability Insurance Program
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF SUBTITLE
Sec. 13001. Explicit requirements for maintenance of telephone access to local
offices of the Social Security Administration.
Sec. 13002. Expansion of State option to exclude service of election officials or
election workers from coverage.
Sec. 13003. Use of social security numbers by States and local governments
and Federal district courts for jury selection purposes.
Sec. 13004. Authorization for all States to extend coverage to State and local
policemen and firemen under existing coverage agreements.
Sec. 13005. Limited exemption for Canadian ministers from certain self-em-
ployment tax liability.
Sec. 13006. Exclusion of totalization benefits from the application of the wind-
fall elimination provision.
Sec. 13007. Exclusion of military reservists from application of the government
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Sec. 13008. Repeal of the facility-of-payment provision.
Sec. 13009. Maximum family benefits in guarantee cases.
Sec. 13010. Authorization for disclosure by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services of information for purposes of public or pri-
vate epidemiological and similar research.
Sec. 13011. Improvement and clarification of provisions prohibiting misuse of
symbols, emblems, or names in reference to social security pro-
grams and agencies.
Sec. 13012. Increased penalties for unauthorized disclosure of social security
information.
Sec. 13013. Simplification of employment taxes on domestic services.
Sec. 13014. Increase in authorized period for extension of time to file annual
earnings report.
Sec. 13015. Allocations to Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
Sec. 13016. Extension of disability insurance program demonstration project
authority.
Sec. 13017. Technical and clerical amendments.
Sec. 13018. Cross-matching of social security account number information and
employer identification number information maintained by the
Department of Agriculture.
Sec. 13019. Prohibition of misuse of Department of the Treasury names, sym-
bols, etc.
Sec. 13020. Availability and use of death information under the old-age, survi-
vors, and disability insurance program.
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SEC. 13001. EXPLICIT REQUIREMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE
OF TELEPHONE ACCESS TO LOCAL OFFICES
OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) MAINTENANCE
OF SERVICE
TO LOCAL OF-
FICES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5110(a) of the Om-
nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (104 Stat.
1388-272) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘In carrying out the require-
ments of the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall
reestablish and maintain in service at least the same
number of telephone lines to each such local office
as was in place as of such date, including telephone
sets for connections to such lines.’’.
(2) 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The 
Secretary 
of
Health and Human Services shall ensure that the
requirements of the amendment made by paragraph
(1) are carried out no later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) GAO REPORT.—The Comptroller General of
the United States shall make an independent deter-
mination of the number of telephone lines to each
local office of the Social Security Administration
which are in place as of 90 days after the enactment
of this Act and shall report his findings to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate no later than 150 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b) MAINTENANCE
OF
TOLL-FREE
TELEPHONE
NUMBER SERVICE.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall ensure that toll-free telephone service pro-
vided by the Social Security Administration is maintained
at a level which is at least equal to that in effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 13002. EXPANSION OF STATE OPTION TO EXCLUDE
SERVICE OF ELECTION OFFICIALS OR ELEC-
TION WORKERS FROM COVERAGE.
(a) LIMITATION
ON MANDATORY COVERAGE
OF
STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS AND ELECTION WORKERS
WITHOUT STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
(1) AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—
Section 210(a)(7)(F)(iv) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 410(a)(7)(F)(iv)) (as amended by section
11332(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1990) is amended by striking ‘‘$100’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$1,000 with respect to service performed dur-
ing 1994, and the adjusted amount determined
under section 218(c)(8)(B) for any subsequent year
with respect to service performed during such subse-
quent year’’.
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(2) 
AMENDMENT
TO
FICA.—Section
3121(b)(7)(F)(iv) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (as amended by section 11332(b) of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) is amended
by striking ‘‘$100’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000 with re-
spect to service performed during 1994, and the
adjusted 
amount 
determined 
under 
section
218(c)(8)(B) of the Social Security Act for any sub-
sequent year with respect to service performed dur-
ing such subsequent year’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MED-
ICARE QUALIFIED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT.—
(1) AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—
Section 210(p)(2)(E) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 410(p)(2)(E)) is amended by striking
‘‘$100’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000 with respect to serv-
ice performed during 1994, and the adjusted amount
determined under section 218(c)(8)(B) for any sub-
sequent year with respect to service performed dur-
ing such subsequent year’’.
(2) 
AMENDMENT
TO
FICA.—Section
3121(u)(2)(B)(ii)(V) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘$100’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$1,000 with respect to service performed dur-
ing 1994, and the adjusted amount determined
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under section 218(c)(8)(B) of the Social Security
Act for any subsequent year with respect to service
performed during such subsequent year’’.
(c) AUTHORITY FOR STATES TO MODIFY COVERAGE
AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO ELECTION OFFICIALS
AND ELECTION WORKERS.—Section 218(c)(8) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 418(c)(8)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘on or after January 1, 1968,’’
and inserting ‘‘at any time’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘$100’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000
with respect to service performed during 1994, and
the adjusted amount determined under subpara-
graph (B) for any subsequent year with respect to
service performed during such subsequent year’’;
and
(3) by striking the last sentence and inserting
the following new sentence: ‘‘Any modification of an
agreement pursuant to this paragraph shall be effec-
tive with respect to services performed in and after
the calendar year in which the modification is mailed
or delivered by other means to the Secretary.’’.
(d) INDEXATION
OF EXEMPT AMOUNT.—Section
218(c)(8) of such Act (as amended by subsection (c)) is
further amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(8)’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(B) For each year after 1994, the Secretary shall
adjust the amount referred to in subparagraph (A) at the
same time and in the same manner as is provided under
section 215(a)(1)(B)(ii) with respect to the amounts re-
ferred to in section 215(a)(1)(B)(i), except that—
‘‘(i) for purposes of this subparagraph, 1992
shall be substituted for the calendar year referred to
in section 215(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II), and
‘‘(ii) such amount as so adjusted, if not a mul-
tiple of $100, shall be rounded to the next higher
multiple of $100 where such amount is a multiple of
$50 and to the nearest multiple of $100 in any other
case.
The Secretary shall determine and publish in the Federal
Register each adjusted amount determined under this sub-
paragraph not later than November 1 preceding the year
for which the adjustment is made.’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall apply with respect to
service performed on or after January 1, 1994.
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SEC. 13003. USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS BY STATES
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND FEDERAL
DISTRICT COURTS FOR JURY SELECTION
PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(c)(2) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘(E)’’ in
the matter preceding subclause (I) and inserting
‘‘(F)’’;
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and
(F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(E)(i) It is the policy of the United States that—
‘‘(I) any State (or any political subdivision of a
State) may utilize the social security account num-
bers issued by the Secretary for the additional pur-
poses described in clause (ii) if such numbers have
been collected and are otherwise utilized by such
State (or political subdivision) in accordance with
applicable law, and
‘‘(II) any district court of the United States
may use, for such additional purposes, any such so-
cial security account numbers which have been so
collected and are so utilized by any State.
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‘‘(ii) The additional purposes described in this clause
are the following:
‘‘(I) identifying duplicate names of individuals
on master lists used for jury selection purposes, and
‘‘(II) identifying on such master lists those indi-
viduals who are ineligible to serve on a jury by rea-
son of their conviction of a felony.
‘‘(iii) To the extent that any provision of Federal law
enacted before the date of the enactment of this subpara-
graph is inconsistent with the policy set forth in clause
(i), such provision shall, on and after that date, be null,
void, and of no effect.
‘‘(iv) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
‘State’ has the meaning such term has in subparagraph
(D).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 13004. AUTHORIZATION FOR ALL STATES TO EXTEND
COVERAGE TO STATE AND LOCAL POLICE-
MEN AND FIREMEN UNDER EXISTING COV-
ERAGE AGREEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 218(l) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 418(l)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’ after
‘‘(l)’’, and by striking ‘‘the State of’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘prior to the date of enactment of this
subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘a State entered into pur-
suant to this section’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (2).
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
218(d)(8)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 418(d)(8)(D)) is
amended by striking ‘‘agreements with the States named
in’’ and inserting ‘‘State agreements modified as provided
in’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to modifications filed
by States after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 13005. LIMITED EXEMPTION FOR CANADIAN MIN-
ISTERS FROM CERTAIN SELF-EMPLOYMENT
TAX LIABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, if—
(1) an individual performed services described
in section 1402(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 which are subject to tax under section 1401
of such Code,
(2) such services were performed in Canada at
a time when no agreement between the United
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States and Canada pursuant to section 233 of the
Social Security Act was in effect, and
(3) such individual was required to pay con-
tributions on the earnings from such services under
the social insurance system of Canada,
then such individual may file a certificate under this sec-
tion in such form and manner, and with such official, as
may be prescribed in regulations issued under chapter 2
of such Code. Upon the filing of such certificate, notwith-
standing any judgment which has been entered to the con-
trary, such individual shall be exempt from payment of
such tax with respect to services described in paragraphs
(1) and (2) and from any penalties or interest for failure
to pay such tax or to file a self-employment tax return
as required under section 6017 of such Code.
(b) PERIOD FOR FILING.—A certificate referred to
in subsection (a) may be filed only during the 180-day
period commencing with the date on which the regulations
referred to in subsection (a) are issued.
(c) TAXABLE YEARS AFFECTED BY CERTIFICATE.—
A certificate referred to in subsection (a) shall be effective
for taxable years ending after December 31, 1978, and
before January 1, 1985.
(d) RESTRICTION ON CREDITING OF EXEMPT SELF-
EMPLOYMENT INCOME.—In any case in which an individ-
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ual is exempt under this section from paying a tax im-
posed under section 1401 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, any income on which such tax would have been
imposed but for such exemption shall not constitute self-
employment income under section 211(b) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 411(b)), and, if such individual’s
primary insurance amount has been determined under sec-
tion 215 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415), notwithstanding
section 215(f)(1) of such Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall recompute such primary insurance
amount so as to take into account the provisions of this
subsection. The recomputation under this subsection shall
be effective with respect to benefits for months following
approval of the certificate of exemption.
SEC. 13006. EXCLUSION OF TOTALIZATION BENEFITS FROM
THE APPLICATION OF THE WINDFALL ELIMI-
NATION PROVISION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 215(a)(7) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(a)(7)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘but ex-
cluding’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1937’’ and
inserting ‘‘but excluding (I) a payment under the
Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 or 1937, and (II)
a payment by a social security system of a foreign
country based on an agreement concluded between
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the United States and such foreign country pursuant
to section 233’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (E), by inserting after ‘‘in
the case of an individual’’ the following: ‘‘whose eli-
gibility for old-age or disability insurance benefits is
based on an agreement concluded pursuant to sec-
tion 233 or an individual’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO BENE-
FITS UNDER 1939 ACT.—Section 215(d)(3) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(d)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘but exclud-
ing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1937’’ and inserting
‘‘but excluding (I) a payment under the Railroad Retire-
ment Act of 1974 or 1937, and (II) a payment by a social
security system of a foreign country based on an agree-
ment concluded between the United States and such for-
eign country pursuant to section 233’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply (notwithstanding section 215(f)(1)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(f)(1))) with re-
spect to benefits payable for months after October 1993.
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SEC. 13007. EXCLUSION OF MILITARY RESERVISTS FROM
APPLICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PEN-
SION OFFSET AND WINDFALL ELIMINATION
PROVISIONS.
(a) EXCLUSION FROM GOVERNMENT PENSION OFF-
SET
PROVISIONS.—Subsections (b)(4), (c)(2), (e)(7),
(f)(2), and (g)(4) of section 202 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 402 (b)(4), (c)(2), (e)(7), (f)(2), and (g)(4))
are each amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘unless
subparagraph (B) applies.’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The’’ in
the matter following clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘unless
subparagraph (B) applies. The’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (B), by redesignating the
existing matter as clause (ii), and by inserting before
such clause (ii) (as so redesignated) the following:
‘‘(B)(i) Subparagraph (A)(i) shall not apply with re-
spect to monthly periodic benefits based wholly on service
as a member of a uniformed service (as defined in section
210(m)).’’.
(b) EXCLUSION
FROM
WINDFALL
ELIMINATION
PROVISIONS.—Section 215(a)(7)(A) of such Act (as
amended by section 13006(a) of this Act) and section
215(d)(3) of such Act (as amended by section 13006(b)
of this Act) are each further amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(II)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘section 233’’ and inserting
‘‘section 233, and (III) a payment based wholly on
service as a member of a uniformed service (as de-
fined in section 210(m))’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply (notwithstanding section 215(f) of
the Social Security Act) with respect to benefits payable
for months after October 1993.
SEC. 13008. REPEAL OF THE FACILITY-OF-PAYMENT PROVI-
SION.
(a) REPEAL OF RULE PRECLUDING REDISTRIBUTION
UNDER FAMILY MAXIMUM.—Section 203(i) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(i)) is repealed.
(b) COORDINATION UNDER FAMILY MAXIMUM OF
REDUCTION
IN BENEFICIARY’S AUXILIARY BENEFITS
WITH SUSPENSION OF AUXILIARY BENEFITS OF OTHER
BENEFICIARY
UNDER
EARNINGS
TEST.—Section
203(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 403(a)(4)) is amended
by striking ‘‘section 222(b). Whenever’’ and inserting the
following: ‘‘section 222(b). Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, any reduction under this subsection in the case
of an individual who is entitled to a benefit under sub-
section (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of section 202 for
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any month on the basis of the same wages and self-em-
ployment income as another person—
‘‘(A) who also is entitled to a benefit under sub-
section (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of section
202 for such month,
‘‘(B) who does not live in the same household
as such individual, and
‘‘(C) whose benefit for such month is suspended
(in whole or in part) pursuant to subsection (h)(3)
of this section,
shall be made before the suspension under subsection
(h)(3). Whenever’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT APPLYING EARNINGS
REPORTING REQUIREMENT DESPITE SUSPENSION
OF
BENEFITS.—The third sentence of section 203(h)(1)(A)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 403(h)(1)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Such report need not be made’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘The Secretary may grant’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Such report need not be made for any taxable
year—
‘‘(i) beginning with or after the month in which
such individual attained age 70, or
‘‘(ii) if benefit payments for all months (in such
taxable year) in which such individual is under age
70 have been suspended under the provisions of the
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first sentence of paragraph (3) of this subsection,
unless—
‘‘(I) such individual is entitled to benefits
under subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or
(h) of section 202,
‘‘(II) such benefits are reduced under sub-
section (a) of this section for any month in such
taxable year, and
‘‘(III) in any such month there is another
person who also is entitled to benefits under
subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of
section 202 on the basis of the same wages and
self-employment income and who does not live
in the same household as such individual.
The Secretary may grant’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT DELETING SPECIAL
INCOME TAX TREATMENT OF BENEFITS NO LONGER RE-
QUIRED BY REASON OF REPEAL.—Section 86(d)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to income tax
on social security benefits) is amended by striking the last
sentence.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) The amendments made by subsections (a),
(b), and (c) shall apply with respect to benefits pay-
able for months after December 1994.
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(2) The amendment made by subsection (d)
shall apply with respect to benefits received after
December 31, 1994, in taxable years ending after
such date.
SEC. 13009. MAXIMUM FAMILY BENEFITS IN GUARANTEE
CASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 403(a)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(10)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C)—
‘‘(i) the total monthly benefits to which bene-
ficiaries may be entitled under sections 202 and 223
for a month on the basis of the wages and self-
employment income of an individual whose primary
insurance amount is computed under section
215(a)(2)(B)(i) shall equal the total monthly bene-
fits which were authorized by this section with re-
spect to such individual’s primary insurance amount
for the last month of his prior entitlement to disabil-
ity insurance benefits, increased for this purpose by
the general benefit increases and other increases
under section 215(i) that would have applied to such
total monthly benefits had the individual remained
entitled to disability insurance benefits until the
month in which he became entitled to old-age insur-
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ance benefits or reentitled to disability insurance
benefits or died, and
‘‘(ii) the total monthly benefits to which bene-
ficiaries may be entitled under sections 202 and 223
for a month on the basis of the wages and self-
employment income of an individual whose primary
insurance amount is computed under section
215(a)(2)(C) shall equal the total monthly benefits
which were authorized by this section with respect to
such individual’s primary insurance amount for the
last month of his prior entitlement to disability in-
surance benefits.
‘‘(B) In any case in which—
‘‘(i) the total monthly benefits with respect to
such individual’s primary insurance amount for the
last month of his prior entitlement to disability in-
surance benefits was computed under paragraph (6),
and
‘‘(ii) the individual’s primary insurance amount
is computed under subparagraph (B)(i) or (C) of
section 215(a)(2) by reason of the individual’s enti-
tlement to old-age insurance benefits or death,
the total monthly benefits shall equal the total monthly
benefits that would have been authorized with respect to
the primary insurance amount for the last month of his
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prior entitlement to disability insurance benefits if such
total monthly benefits had been computed without regard
to paragraph (6).
‘‘(C) This paragraph shall apply before the applica-
tion of paragraph (3)(A), and before the application of
section 203(a)(1) of this Act as in effect in December
1978.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 203(a)(8)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 403(a)(8)) is amended by striking
‘‘Subject to paragraph (7),’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to
paragraph (7) and except as otherwise provided in para-
graph (10)(C),’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply for the purpose of determining the
total monthly benefits to which beneficiaries may be enti-
tled under sections 202 and 223 of the Social Security
Act based on the wages and self-employment income of
an individual who—
(1) becomes entitled to an old-age insurance
benefit under section 202(a) of such Act,
(2) becomes reentitled to a disability insurance
benefit under section 223 of such Act, or
(3) dies,
after October 1993.
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SEC. 13010. AUTHORIZATION FOR DISCLOSURE BY THE SEC-
RETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OF INFORMATION FOR PURPOSES OF PUBLIC
OR PRIVATE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND SIMI-
LAR RESEARCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1106 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1306) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (e) and (f), respectively;
(2) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by
striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(e)’’; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, in any case in which—
‘‘(1) information regarding whether an individ-
ual is shown on the records of the Secretary as
being alive or deceased is requested from the Sec-
retary for purposes of epidemiological or similar re-
search which the Secretary finds may reasonably be
expected to contribute to a national health interest,
and
‘‘(2) the requester agrees to reimburse the Sec-
retary for providing such information and to comply
with limitations on safeguarding and rerelease or
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redisclosure of such information as may be specified
by the Secretary,
the Secretary shall comply with such request, except to
the extent that compliance with such request would con-
stitute a violation of the terms of any contract entered
into under section 205(r).’’.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RETURNS RE-
GARDING WAGES PAID EMPLOYEES.—Section 6103(l)(5)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disclo-
sure of returns and return information to the Department
of Health and Human Services for purposes other than
tax administration) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘for the purpose of’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘for the purpose of—’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘carrying out, in accordance
with an agreement’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(A) carrying out, in accordance with an
agreement’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘program.’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
gram; or’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(B) providing information regarding the
mortality status of individuals for epidemiolog-
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ical and similar research in accordance with
section 1106(d) of the Social Security Act.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to requests for infor-
mation made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 13011. IMPROVEMENT AND CLARIFICATION OF PROVI-
SIONS PROHIBITING MISUSE OF SYMBOLS,
EMBLEMS, OR NAMES IN REFERENCE TO SO-
CIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES.
(a) PROHIBITION
OF UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUC-
TION, REPRINTING, OR DISTRIBUTION FOR FEE OF CER-
TAIN OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.—Section 1140(a) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–10(a)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) No person may, for a fee, reproduce, reprint,
or distribute any item consisting of a form, application,
or other publication of the Social Security Administration
unless such person has obtained specific, written author-
ization for such activity in accordance with regulations
which the Secretary shall prescribe.’’.
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(b) ADDITION TO PROHIBITED WORDS, LETTERS,
SYMBOLS, AND EMBLEMS.—Paragraph (1) of section
1140(a) of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (a))
is further amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘Administration’, the letters ‘SSA’ or
‘HCFA’,’’ and inserting ‘‘Administration’, ‘Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services’, ‘Health and
Human Services’, ‘Supplemental Security Income
Program’, or ‘Medicaid’, the letters ‘SSA’, ‘HCFA’,
‘DHHS’, ‘HHS’, or ‘SSI’,’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘Social Security Administration’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Social Security Adminis-
tration, Health Care Financing Administration, or
Department of Health and Human Services’’, and
by striking ‘‘or of the Health Care Financing Ad-
ministration’’.
(c) EXEMPTION
FOR USE
OF WORDS, LETTERS,
SYMBOLS, AND EMBLEMS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT AGENCIES
BY SUCH AGENCIES.—Paragraph
(1) of section 1140(a) of such Act (as redesignated by sub-
section (a)) is further amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ‘‘The preceding provisions of this
subsection shall not apply with respect to the use by any
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agency or instrumentality of a State or political subdivi-
sion of a State of any words or letters which identify an
agency or instrumentality of such State or of a political
subdivision of such State or the use by any such agency
or instrumentality of any symbol or emblem of an agency
or instrumentality of such State or a political subdivision
of such State.’’.
(d) INCLUSION OF REASONABLENESS STANDARD.—
Section 1140(a)(1) of such Act (as amended by the pre-
ceding provisions of this section) is further amended, in
the matter following subparagraph (B) (as redesignated),
by striking ‘‘convey’’ and inserting ‘‘convey, or in a man-
ner which reasonably could be interpreted or construed as
conveying,’’.
(e) 
INEFFECTIVENESS
OF
DISCLAIMERS.—Sub-
section (a) of section 1140 of such Act (as amended by
the preceding provisions of this section) is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Any determination of whether the use of one or
more words, letters, symbols, or emblems (or any combina-
tion or variation thereof) in connection with an item de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or the reproduction, reprinting,
or distribution of an item described in paragraph (2) is
a violation of this subsection shall be made without regard
to any inclusion in such item (or any so reproduced, re-
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printed, or distributed copy thereof) of a disclaimer of af-
filiation with the United States Government or any par-
ticular agency or instrumentality thereof.’’.
(f) VIOLATIONS WITH RESPECT
TO INDIVIDUAL
ITEMS.—Section 1140(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1320b–10(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘In the case of any items referred
to in subsection (a)(1) consisting of pieces of mail, each
such piece of mail which contains one or more words, let-
ters, symbols, or emblems in violation of subsection (a)
shall represent a separate violation. In the case of any
item referred to in subsection (a)(2), the reproduction, re-
printing, or distribution of such item shall be treated as
a separate violation with respect to each copy thereof so
reproduced, reprinted, or distributed.’’.
(g) ELIMINATION OF CAP ON AGGREGATE LIABILITY
AMOUNT.—
(1) REPEAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 1140(b)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–10(b)(2)) is repealed.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
1140(b) of such Act is further amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph
(2), the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
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(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A)
and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
and
(C) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (2)’’.
(h) REMOVAL OF FORMAL DECLINATION REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 1140(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1320b–10(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the first
sentence of subsection (c)’’ after ‘‘and (i)’’.
(i) PENALTIES RELATING TO SOCIAL SECURITY AD-
MINISTRATION DEPOSITED IN OASI TRUST FUND.—Sec-
tion 1140(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–10(c)(2))
is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘United
States.’’ and inserting ‘‘United States, except that, to the
extent that such amounts are recovered under this section
as penalties imposed for misuse of words, letters, symbols,
or emblems relating to the Social Security Administration,
such amounts shall be deposited into the Federal Old-Age
and Survivor’s Insurance Trust Fund.’’.
(j) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 1140 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1320b–10) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
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‘‘(d) The preceding provisions of this section shall be
enforced through the Office of Inspector General of the
Department of Health and Human Services.’’.
(k) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 1140 of such Act
(as amended by the preceding provisions of this section)
is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(e) The Secretary shall include in the annual report
submitted pursuant to section 704 a report on the oper-
ation of this section during the year covered by such an-
nual report. Such report shall specify—
‘‘(1) the number of complaints of violations of
this section received by the Social Security Adminis-
tration during the year,
‘‘(2) the number of cases in which a notice of
violation of this section was sent by the Social Secu-
rity Administration during the year requesting that
an individual cease activities in violation of this
section,
‘‘(3) the number of complaints of violations of
this section referred by the Social Security Adminis-
tration to the Inspector General in the Department
of Health and Human Services during the year,
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‘‘(4) the number of investigations of violations
of this section undertaken by the Inspector General
during the year,
‘‘(5) the number of cases in which a demand
letter was sent during the year assessing a civil
money penalty under this section,
‘‘(6) the total amount of civil money penalties
assessed under this section during the year,
‘‘(7) the number of requests for hearings filed
during the year pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of this
section and section 1128A(c)(2),
‘‘(8) the disposition during such year of hear-
ings filed pursuant to sections 1140(c)(1) and
1128A(c)(2), and
‘‘(9) the total amount of civil money penalties
under this section deposited into the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund during the
year.’’.
(l) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to violations occurring
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 13012. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED
DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY INFORMA-
TION.
(a) UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE.—Section 1106(a)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1306(a)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘misdemeanor’’ and inserting
‘‘felony’’;
(2) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$10,000 for each occurrence of a violation’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘5
years’’.
(b) UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE BY FRAUD.—Sec-
tion 1107(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1307(b)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by inserting ‘‘social security account num-
ber,’’ after ‘‘information as to the’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘misdemeanor’’ and inserting
‘‘felony’’;
(3) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$10,000 for each occurrence of a violation’’; and
(4) by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘5
years’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to violations occurring on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 13013. SIMPLIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT TAXES ON
DOMESTIC SERVICES.
(a) COORDINATION OF COLLECTION OF DOMESTIC
SERVICE EMPLOYMENT WITH COLLECTION OF INCOME
TAXES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 25 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general provi-
sions relating to employment taxes) is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 3510. COORDINATION OF COLLECTION OF DOMESTIC
SERVICE EMPLOYMENT TAXES WITH COLLEC-
TION OF INCOME TAXES.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section—
‘‘(1) returns with respect to domestic service
employment taxes shall be made on a calendar year
basis,
‘‘(2) any such return for any calendar year
shall be filed on or before the 15th day of the fourth
month following the close of the employer’s taxable
year which begins in such calendar year, and
‘‘(3) no requirement to make deposits (or to
pay installments under section 6157) shall apply
with respect to such taxes.
‘‘(b) DOMESTIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT TAXES SUB-
JECT TO ESTIMATED TAX PROVISIONS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Solely for purposes of sec-
tion 6654, domestic service employment taxes im-
posed with respect to any calendar year shall be
treated as a tax imposed by chapter 2 for the tax-
able year of the employer which begins in such cal-
endar year.
‘‘(2) ANNUALIZATION.—Under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary, appropriate adjustments
shall be made in the application of section
6654(d)(2) in respect of the amount treated as tax
under paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) TRANSITIONAL
RULE.—For purposes of
applying section 6654 to a taxable year beginning in
1993, the amount referred to in clause (ii) of section
6654(d)(1)(B) shall be increased by 90 percent of
the amount treated as tax under paragraph (1) for
such taxable year.
‘‘(c) DOMESTIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT TAXES.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘domestic service
employment taxes’ means—
‘‘(1) any taxes imposed by chapter 21 or 23 on
remuneration paid for domestic service in a private
home of the employer, and
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‘‘(2) any amount withheld from such remunera-
tion pursuant to an agreement under section
3402(p).
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘domestic service
in a private home of the employer’ does not include service
described in section 3121(g)(5).
‘‘(d) EXCEPTION WHERE EMPLOYER LIABLE FOR
OTHER EMPLOYMENT TAXES.—To the extent provided in
regulations prescribed by the Secretary, this section shall
not apply to any employer for any calendar year if such
employer is liable for any tax under this subtitle with re-
spect to remuneration for services other than domestic
service in a private home of the employer.
‘‘(e) GENERAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary shall prescribe such regulations as may be nec-
essary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
section. Such regulations may treat domestic service em-
ployment taxes as taxes imposed by chapter 1 for purposes
of coordinating the assessment and collection of such em-
ployment taxes with the assessment and collection of do-
mestic employers’ income taxes.
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS TO
COLLECT STATE UNEMPLOYMENT TAXES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary is hereby
authorized to enter into an agreement with any
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State to collect, as the agent of such State, such
State’s unemployment taxes imposed on remunera-
tion paid for domestic service in a private home of
the employer. Any taxes to be collected by the Sec-
retary pursuant to such an agreement shall be treat-
ed as domestic service employment taxes for pur-
poses of this section.
‘‘(2) TRANSFERS
TO
STATE
ACCOUNT.—Any
amount collected under an agreement referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be transferred by the Secretary
to the account of the State in the Unemployment
Trust Fund.
‘‘(3) SUBTITLE
F
MADE
APPLICABLE.—For
purposes of subtitle F, any amount required to be
collected under an agreement under paragraph (1)
shall be treated as a tax imposed by chapter 23.
‘‘(4) STATE.—For purposes of this subsection,
the term ‘State’ has the meaning given such term by
section 3306(j)(1).’’
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 25 of such Code is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘Sec. 3510. Coordination of collection of domestic service employ-
ment taxes with collection of income taxes.’’
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to remuneration paid
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in calendar years beginning after December 31,
1993.
(4) EXPANDED
INFORMATION
TO
EMPLOY-
ERS.—The Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate
shall prepare and make available information on the
Federal tax obligations of employers with respect to
employees performing domestic service in a private
home of the employer. Such information shall also
include a statement that such employers may have
obligations with respect to such employees under
State laws relating to unemployment insurance and
workers compensation.
(b) THRESHOLD REQUIREMENT FOR SOCIAL SECU-
RITY TAXES.—
(1) AMENDMENTS
OF
INTERNAL
REVENUE
CODE.—
(A) 
Subparagraph 
(B) 
of 
section
3121(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (defining wages) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(B) cash remuneration paid by an em-
ployer in any calendar year to an employee for
domestic service in a private home of the em-
ployer (within the meaning of subsection (y)), if
the cash remuneration paid in such year by the
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employer to the employee for such service is less
than the applicable dollar threshold (as defined
in subsection (y)) for such year;’’.
(B) Section 3121 of such Code is amended
by adding at the end thereof the following new
subsection:
‘‘(y) DOMESTIC SERVICE IN A PRIVATE HOME.—For
purposes of subsection (a)(7)(B)—
‘‘(1) EXCLUSION
FOR
CERTAIN
FARM
SERV-
ICE.—The term ‘domestic service in a private home
of the employer’ does not include service described
in subsection (g)(5).
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE DOLLAR THRESHOLD.—The
term ‘applicable dollar threshold’ means $1,800. In
the case of calendar years after 1994, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall adjust such
$1,800 amount at the same time and in the same
manner as under section 215(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the So-
cial Security Act with respect to the amounts re-
ferred to in section 215(a)(1)(B)(i) of such Act, ex-
cept that, for purposes of this subparagraph, 1992
shall be substituted for the calendar year referred to
in section 215(a)(1)(B)(ii)(II) of such Act. If the
amount determined under the preceding sentence is
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not a multiple of $50, such amount shall be rounded
to the nearest multiple of $50.’’
(C) The second sentence of section 3102(a)
of such Code is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘calendar quarter’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘cal-
endar year’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘$50’’ and inserting
‘‘the applicable dollar threshold (as defined
in section 3121(y)(2)) for such year’’.
(2) AMENDMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—
Subparagraph (B) of section 209(a)(6) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 409(a)(6)(B)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(B) Cash remuneration paid by an employer in
any calendar year to an employee for domestic serv-
ice in a private home of the employer, if the cash re-
muneration paid in such year by the employer to the
employee for such service is less than the applicable
dollar threshold (as defined in section 3121(y)(2) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for such year.
As used in this subparagraph, the term ‘domestic
service in a private home of the employer’ does not
include service described in section 210(f)(5).’’
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(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to remuneration paid
in calendar years beginning after December 31,
1993.
(4) RELIEF
FROM
LIABILITY
FOR
CERTAIN
UNDERPAYMENT AMOUNTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date
of the enactment of this Act, an underpayment
to which this paragraph applies (and any pen-
alty, addition to tax, and interest with respect
to such underpayment) shall not be assessed
(or, if assessed, shall not be collected).
(B) UNDERPAYMENTS
TO
WHICH
PARA-
GRAPH APPLIES.—This paragraph shall apply
to an underpayment to the extent of the
amount thereof which would not be an
underpayment if—
(i) the amendments made by para-
graph (1) had applied to all calendar years
after 1950 and before 1994, and
(ii) the applicable dollar threshold for
any such calendar year were the amount
determined under the following table:
In the case of
The applicable
calendar year:
dollar threshold is:
1951, 1952, or 1953 ..................................................... $
200
1954, 1955, 1956, or 1957 ...........................................
250
1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, or 1962 .................................
300
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1963, 1964, 1965, or 1966 ...........................................
350
1967, 1968, 1969 ..........................................................
400
1970 ..............................................................................
450
1971, 1972, or 1973 .....................................................
500
1974 or 1975 ................................................................
600
1976 ..............................................................................
650
1977 ..............................................................................
700
1978 ..............................................................................
750
1979 ..............................................................................
800
1980 ..............................................................................
850
1981 ..............................................................................
900
1982 ..............................................................................
1,000
1983 ..............................................................................
1,100
1984 ..............................................................................
1,200
1985 ..............................................................................
1,250
1986 ..............................................................................
1,300
1987 ..............................................................................
1,350
1988 ..............................................................................
1,400
1989 ..............................................................................
1,500
1990 ..............................................................................
1,550
1991 ..............................................................................
1,600
1992 ..............................................................................
1,700
1993 ..............................................................................
1,750
SEC. 13014. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED PERIOD FOR EXTEN-
SION OF TIME TO FILE ANNUAL EARNINGS
REPORT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(h)(1)(A) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(h)(1)(A)) is amended in the
last sentence by striking ‘‘three months’’ and inserting
‘‘four months’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reports of earn-
ings for taxable years ending on or after December 31,
1993.
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SEC. 13015. ALLOCATIONS TO FEDERAL DISABILITY INSUR-
ANCE TRUST FUND.
(a) ALLOCATION WITH RESPECT TO WAGES.—Sec-
tion 201(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
401(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) 1.75 percent of the wages (as defined in
section 3121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)
paid after December 31, 1992, and reported to the
Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate pursuant
to subtitle F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
which wages shall be certified by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services on the basis of the
records of wages established and maintained by such
Secretary in accordance with such reports; and’’.
(b) ALLOCATION WITH RESPECT TO SELF-EMPLOY-
MENT INCOME.—Section 201(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
401(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) 1.75 percent of the self-employment in-
come (as defined in section 1402 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986) reported to the Secretary of
the Treasury or his delegate on tax returns under
subtitle F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for
any taxable year beginning after December 31,
1992, which self-employment income shall be cer-
tified by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices on the basis of the records of self-employment
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income established and maintained by the Secretary
of Health and Human Services in accordance with
such returns.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to wages paid after
December 31, 1992, and self-employment income for tax-
able years beginning after such date.
(d) STUDY ON RISING COSTS OF DISABILITY BENE-
FITS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall conduct a com-
prehensive study of the reasons for rising costs pay-
able from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust
Fund.
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN STUDY.—In
conducting the study under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall—
(A) determine the relative importance of
the following factors in increasing the costs
payable from the Trust Fund:
(i) increased numbers of applications
for benefits;
(ii) higher rates of benefit allowances;
and
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(iii) decreased rates of benefit termi-
nations; and
(B) identify, to the extent possible, under-
lying 
social, 
economic, 
demographic, 
pro-
grammatic, and other trends responsible for
changes in disability benefit applications, allow-
ances, and terminations.
(3) REPORT.—Not later than December 31,
1995, the Secretary shall transmit a report to the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of
the Senate setting forth the results of the study con-
ducted under this subsection, together with any rec-
ommendations for legislative changes which the
Secretary determines appropriate.
SEC. 13016. EXTENSION OF DISABILITY INSURANCE PRO-
GRAM DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AUTHOR-
ITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 505 of the Social Security
Disability Amendments of 1980 (Public Law 96–265), as
amended by section 12101 of the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–272),
section 10103 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1989 (Public Law 101–239), and section 5120 of the
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law
101–508) is further amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) of subsection (a), by strik-
ing ‘‘June 10, 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘June 10,
1996’’;
(2) in paragraph (4) of subsection (a), by strik-
ing ‘‘1992’’ and inserting ‘‘1995’’; and
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘October 1,
1993’’ and inserting ‘‘June 9, 1996’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 13017. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II OF THE SOCIAL SE-
CURITY ACT.—
(1) Section 201(a) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 401(a)) is amended, in the matter follow-
ing clause (4), by striking ‘‘and and’’ and inserting
‘‘and’’.
(2) Section 202(d)(8)(D)(ii) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(d)(8)(D)(ii)) is amended by adding a pe-
riod at the end and by adjusting the left hand
margination thereof so as to align with section
202(d)(8)(D)(i) of such Act.
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(3) Section 202(q)(1)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(q)(1)(A)) is amended by striking the
dash at the end.
(4) Section 202(q)(9) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
402(q)(9)) is amended, in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘parargaph’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph’’.
(5) Section 202(t)(4)(D) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(t)(4)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘if
the’’ before ‘‘Secretary’’ the second and third places
it appears.
(6) Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 203(f)(5)(C)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)(5)(C)) are amended
by adjusting the left-hand margination thereof so as
to align with clauses (i) and (ii) of section
203(f)(5)(B) of such Act.
(7) Paragraph (3)(A) and paragraph (3)(B) of
section 205(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 405(b)) are
amended by adjusting the left-hand margination
thereof so as to align with the matter following
section 205(b)(2)(C) of such Act.
(8) Section 205(c)(2)(B)(iii) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking
‘‘non-public’’ and inserting ‘‘nonpublic’’.
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(9) Section 205(c)(2)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
405(c)(2)(C)) is amended—
(A) by striking the clause (vii) added by
section 2201(c) of Public Law 101–624; and
(B) by redesignating the clause (iii) added
by section 2201(b)(3) of Public Law 101–624,
clause (iv), clause (v), clause (vi), and the
clause (vii) added by section 1735(b) of Public
Law 101–624 as clause (iv), clause (v), clause
(vi), clause (vii), and clause (viii), respectively;
(C) in clause (v) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘subclause (I) of’’, and by striking
‘‘subclause (II) of clause (i)’’ and inserting
‘‘clause (ii)’’; and
(D) in clause (viii)(IV) (as redesignated),
by inserting ‘‘a social security account number
or’’ before ‘‘a request for’’.
(10) The heading for section 205(j) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 405(j)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Representative Payees’’.
(11) The heading for section 205(s) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 405(s)) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘Notice Requirements’’.
(12) Section 208(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
408(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(7)’’.
(13) Section 210(a)(5)(B)(i)(V) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 410(a)(5)(B)(i)(V)) is amended by striking
‘‘section 
105(e)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section
104(e)(2)’’.
(14) Section 211(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
411(a)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’
at the end; and
(B) in paragraph (14), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’.
(15) Section 213(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
413(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘section’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘sections’’.
(16) Section 215(a)(5)(B)(i) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 415(a)(5)(B)(i)) is amended by striking
‘‘subsection’’ the second place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘subsections’’.
(17) Section 215(f)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
415(f)(7)) is amended by inserting a period after
‘‘1990’’.
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(18) Subparagraph (F) of section 218(c)(6) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 418(c)(6)) is amended by ad-
justing the left-hand margination thereof so as to
align with section 218(c)(6)(E) of such Act.
(19) Section 223(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
423(i)) is amended by adding at the beginning the
following heading:
‘‘Limitation on Payments to Prisoners’’.
(b) RELATED AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 603(b)(5)(A) of Public Law 101–
649 (amending section 202(n)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act) (104 Stat. 5085) is amended by inserting
‘‘under’’ before ‘‘paragraph (1),’’ and by striking
‘‘(17), or (18)’’ and inserting ‘‘(17), (18), or (19)’’,
effective as if this paragraph were included in such
section 603(b)(5)(A).
(2) Section 10208(b)(1) of Public Law 101–
239 (amending section 230(b)(2)(A) of the Social
Security Act) (103 Stat. 2477) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘230(b)(2)(A)’’ and ‘‘430(b)(2)(A)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘230(b)(2)’’ and ‘‘430(b)(2)’’, respectively, effec-
tive as if this paragraph were included in such sec-
tion 10208(b)(1).
(c) CONFORMING, CLERICAL AMENDMENTS UPDAT-
ING, WITHOUT SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE, REFERENCES IN
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TITLE II OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO THE INTER-
NAL REVENUE CODE.—
(1)(A) Section 201(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
401(a)) is amended—
(i) by striking clauses (1) and (2);
(ii) in clause (3), by striking ‘‘(3) the taxes
imposed’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 1954,’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) the taxes im-
posed by chapter 21 (other than sections
3101(b) and 3111(b)) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 with respect to wages (as defined
in section 3121 of such Code) reported to the
Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate pur-
suant to subtitle F of such Code,’’, and by
striking ‘‘subchapter or’’;
(iii) in clause (4), by striking ‘‘(4) the
taxes imposed’’ and all that follows through
‘‘such Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) the taxes im-
posed by chapter 2 (other than section 1401(b))
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with re-
spect to self-employment income (as defined in
section 1402 of such Code) reported to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury or his delegate on tax re-
turns under subtitle F of such Code,’’, and by
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striking ‘‘subchapter or chapter’’ and inserting
‘‘chapter’’; and
(iv) in the matter following the clauses
amended by this subparagraph, by striking
‘‘clauses (3) and (4)’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘clauses (1) and (2)’’.
(B) The amendments made by subparagraph
(A) shall apply only with respect to taxes imposed
with respect to wages paid on or after January 1,
1993, or with respect to self-employment income for
taxable years beginning on or after such date.
(2)(A)(i) Section 201(g)(1) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 401(g)(1)) is amended—
(I) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking
‘‘and subchapter E’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘1954’’ and inserting ‘‘and chapters 2
and 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’;
(II) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking
‘‘1954’’ and inserting ‘‘1986’’;
(III) in the matter in subparagraph (A)
following clause (ii), by striking ‘‘subchapter E’’
and all that follows through ‘‘1954.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘chapters 2 and 21 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986.’’, and by striking ‘‘1954
other’’ and inserting ‘‘1986 other’’; and
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(IV) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘1954’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘1986’’.
(ii) The amendments made by clause (i) shall
apply only with respect to periods beginning on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(B)(i) Section 201(g)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
401(g)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 3101(a)’’
and all that follows through ‘‘1950.’’ and inserting
‘‘section 3101(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 which are subject to refund under section
6413(c) of such Code with respect to wages (as de-
fined in section 3121 of such Code).’’, and by strik-
ing ‘‘wages reported’’ and all that follows through
‘‘1954,’’ and inserting ‘‘wages reported to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury or his delegate pursuant to
subtitle F of such Code,’’.
(ii) The amendments made by clause (i) shall
apply only with respect to wages paid on or after
January 1, 1993.
(C) Section 201(g)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
401(g)(4)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘The Board of Trustees
shall prescribe before January 1, 1981, the
method’’ and inserting ‘‘If at any time or times
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the Boards of Trustees of such Trust Funds
deem such action advisable, they may modify
the method prescribed by such Boards’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘1954’’ and inserting
‘‘1986’’; and
(iii) by striking the last sentence.
(3) Section 202(v) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
402(v)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1954’’
and inserting ‘‘1986’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’ after
‘‘3127’’.
(4) Section 205(c)(5)(F)(i) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 405(c)(5)(F)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’ after ‘‘1954’’.
(5)(A) Section 208(a)(1) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 408(a)(1)) is amended—
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘subchapter E’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘1954’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter
2 or 21 or subtitle F of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘of
1986’’ after ‘‘Internal Revenue Code’’; and
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(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘of
1986’’ after ‘‘Internal Revenue Code’’.
(B) The amendments made by subparagraph
(A) shall apply only with respect to violations occur-
ring on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(6)(A) Section 209(a)(4)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 409(a)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’ after ‘‘Internal
Revenue Code of 1954’’.
(B) Section 209(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
409(a)) is amended—
(i) in subparagraphs (C) and (E) of para-
graph (4),
(ii) in paragraph (5)(A),
(iii) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (14),
(iv) in paragraph (15),
(v) in paragraph (16), and
(vi) in paragraph (17),
by striking ‘‘1954’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘1986’’.
(C) Subsections (b), (f), (g), (i)(1), and (j) of
section 209 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 409) are amend-
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ed by striking ‘‘1954’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘1986’’.
(7) Section 211(a)(15) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
411(a)(15)) is amended by inserting ‘‘of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986’’ after ‘‘section 162(m)’’.
(8) Title II of such Act is further amended—
(A) in subsections (f)(5)(B)(ii) and (k) of
section 203 (42 U.S.C. 403),
(B) in section 205(c)(1)(D)(i) (42 U.S.C.
405(c)(1)(D)(i)),
(C) in the matter in section 210(a) (42
U.S.C. 410(a)) preceding paragraph (1) and in
paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) of section 210(a),
(D) in subsections (p)(4) and (q) of section
210 (42 U.S.C. 410),
(E) in the matter in section 211(a) (42
U.S.C. 411(a)) preceding paragraph (1) and in
paragraphs (3), (4), (6), (10), (11), and (12)
and clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 211(a),
(F) in the matter in section 211(c) (42
U.S.C. 411(c)) preceding paragraph (1), in
paragraphs (3) and (6) of section 211(c), and
in the matter following paragraph (6) of section
211(c),
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(G) in subsections (d), (e), and (h)(1)(B)
of section 211 (42 U.S.C. 411),
(H) in section 216(j) (42 U.S.C. 416(j)),
(I) in section 218(e)(3) (42 U.S.C.
418(e)(3)),
(J) in section 229(b) (42 U.S.C. 429(b)),
(K) in section 230(c) (42 U.S.C. 430(c)),
and
(L) in section 232 (42 U.S.C. 432),
by striking ‘‘1954’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘1986’’.
(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—
(1) The preceding provisions of this section
shall be construed only as technical and clerical cor-
rections and as reflecting the original intent of the
provisions amended thereby.
(2) Any reference in title II of the Social Secu-
rity Act to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall
be construed to include a reference to the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954 to the extent necessary to
carry out the provisions of paragraph (1).
(e) UTILIZATION
OF NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
INDEX FOR WAGE-BASED ADJUSTMENTS.—
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(1) DEFINITION OF NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
INDEX.—Section 209(k) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 409(k)) is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as
paragraph (3);
(B) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘this
subsection’’; and
(C) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(k)(1) For purposes of sections 203(f)(8)(B)(ii),
213(d)(2)(B), 
215(a)(1)(B)(ii), 
215(a)(1)(C)(ii),
215(a)(1)(D), 
215(b)(3)(A)(ii), 
215(i)(1)(E),
215(i)(2)(C)(ii), 
224(f)(2)(B), 
and 
230(b)(2) 
(and
230(b)(2) as in effect immediately prior to the enactment
of the Social Security Amendments of 1977), the term ‘na-
tional average wage index’ for any particular calendar year
means, subject to regulations of the Secretary under para-
graph (2), the average of the total wages for such particu-
lar calendar year.
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations under
which the national average wage index for any calendar
year shall be computed—
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‘‘(A) on the basis of amounts reported to the
Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate for such
year,
‘‘(B) by disregarding the limitation on wages
specified in subsection (a)(1),
‘‘(C) with respect to calendar years after 1990,
by incorporating deferred compensation amounts
and factoring in for such years the rate of change
from year to year in such amounts, in a manner
consistent with the requirements of section 10208 of
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989,
and
‘‘(D) with respect to calendar years before
1978, in a manner consistent with the manner in
which the average of the total wages for each of
such calendar years was determined as provided by
applicable law as in effect for such years.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 203(f)(8)(B)(ii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 403(f)(8)(B)(ii)) is amended by
striking ‘‘deemed average total wages’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘national average
wage index’’.
(B) Section 213(d)(2)(B) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 413(d)(2)(B)) is amended by striking
738
‘‘deemed average total wages’’ and inserting
‘‘national average wage index’’, and by striking
‘‘the average of the total wages’’ and all that
follows and inserting ‘‘the national average
wage index (as so defined) for 1976,’’.
(C) Section 215(a)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(a)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended—
(i) in subclause (I), by striking
‘‘deemed average total wages’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘national average wage index’’; and
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘the
average of the total wages’’ and all that
follows and inserting ‘‘the national average
wage index (as so defined) for 1977.’’.
(D) Section 215(a)(1)(C)(ii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(a)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by
striking ‘‘deemed average total wages’’ and
inserting ‘‘national average wage index’’.
(E) Section 215(a)(1)(D) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 415(a)(1)(D)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘after 1978’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘and the average of
the total wages (as described in subpara-
graph (B)(ii)(I))’’ and inserting ‘‘and the
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national average wage index (as defined in
section 209(k)(1))’’; and
(iii) by striking the last sentence.
(F) Section 215(b)(3)(A)(ii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(b)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by
striking ‘‘deemed average total wages’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘national average
wage index’’.
(G) Section 215(i)(1) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 415(i)(1)) is amended—
(i) in subparagraph (E), by striking
‘‘SSA average wage index’’ and inserting
‘‘national average wage index (as defined
in section 209(k)(1))’’; and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (G) and
redesignating subparagraph (H) as sub-
paragraph (G).
(H) Section 215(i)(2)(C)(ii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(i)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall determine and promulgate
the OASDI fund ratio for the current calendar year on
or before November 1 of the current calendar year, based
upon the most recent data then available. The Secretary
shall include a statement of the fund ratio and the na-
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tional average wage index (as defined in section 209(k)(1))
and a statement of the effect such ratio and the level of
such index may have upon benefit increases under this
subsection in any notification made under clause (i) and
any determination published under subparagraph (D).’’.
(I) Section 224(f)(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 424a(f)(2)) is amended—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by adding
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C); and
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(B) the ratio of (i) the national average wage
index (as defined in section 209(k)(1)) for the cal-
endar year before the year in which such redeter-
mination is made to (ii) the national average wage
index (as so defined) for the calendar year before
the year in which the reduction was first computed
(but not counting any reduction made in benefits for
a previous period of disability).’’.
(J) Section 230(b)(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 430(b)(2)) is amended by striking
‘‘deemed average total wages’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘national average wage
index’’.
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(K) Section 230(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
430(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘deemed aver-
age total wage’’ and inserting ‘‘national average
wage index’’.
SEC. 13018. CROSS-MATCHING OF SOCIAL SECURITY AC-
COUNT NUMBER INFORMATION AND EM-
PLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER INFORMA-
TION MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
(a) SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER INFORMA-
TION.—Clause (iii) of section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) (as added by sec-
tion 1735(a)(3) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 104 Stat.
3791)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(iii)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture
shall restrict’’ and all that follows and inserting the
following:
‘‘(II) The Secretary of Agriculture may share any in-
formation contained in any list referred to in subclause
(I) with any other agency or instrumentality of the United
States which otherwise has access to social security ac-
count numbers in accordance with this subsection or other
applicable Federal law, except that the Secretary of Agri-
742
culture may share such information only to the extent that
such Secretary determines such sharing would assist in
verifying and matching such information against informa-
tion maintained by such other agency or instrumentality.
Any such information shared pursuant to this subclause
may be used by such other agency or instrumentality only
for the purpose of effective administration and enforce-
ment of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 or for the purpose
of investigation of violations of other Federal laws or en-
forcement of such laws.
‘‘(III) The Secretary of Agriculture, and the head of
any other agency or instrumentality referred to in this
subclause, shall restrict, to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, access to social se-
curity account numbers obtained pursuant to this clause
only to officers and employees of the United States whose
duties or responsibilities require access for the purposes
described in subclause (II).
‘‘(IV) The Secretary of Agriculture, and the head of
any agency or instrumentality with which information is
shared pursuant to clause (II), shall provide such other
safeguards as the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices determines to be necessary or appropriate to protect
the confidentiality of the social security account num-
bers.’’.
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(b) EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER INFORMA-
TION.—Subsection (f) of section 6109 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (as added by section 1735(c) of the
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
(Public Law 101–624; 104 Stat. 3792)) (relating to access
to employer identification numbers by Secretary of Agri-
culture for purposes of Food Stamp Act of 1977) is
amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(2) SHARING
OF
INFORMATION
AND
SAFE-
GUARDS.—
‘‘(A) SHARING
OF
INFORMATION.—The
Secretary of Agriculture may share any infor-
mation contained in any list referred to in para-
graph (1) with any other agency or instrumen-
tality of the United States which otherwise has
access to employer identification numbers in ac-
cordance with this section or other applicable
Federal law, except that the Secretary of Agri-
culture may share such information only to the
extent that such Secretary determines such
sharing would assist in verifying and matching
such information against information main-
tained by such other agency or instrumentality.
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Any such information shared pursuant to this
subparagraph may be used by such other agen-
cy or instrumentality only for the purpose of ef-
fective administration and enforcement of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 or for the purpose of
investigation of violations of other Federal laws
or enforcement of such laws.
‘‘(B) SAFEGUARDS.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture, and the head of any other agency or
instrumentality referred to in subparagraph
(A), shall restrict, to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, access to employer iden-
tification numbers obtained pursuant to this
subsection only to officers and employees of the
United States whose duties or responsibilities
require access for the purposes described in
subparagraph (A). The Secretary of Agri-
culture, and the head of any agency or instru-
mentality with which information is shared pur-
suant to subparagraph (A), shall provide such
other safeguards as the Secretary of the Treas-
ury determines to be necessary or appropriate
to protect the confidentiality of the employer
identification numbers.’’;
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(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture pursuant to this subsection’’
and inserting ‘‘pursuant to this subsection by the
Secretary of Agriculture or the head of any agency
or instrumentality with which information is shared
pursuant to paragraph (2)’’, and by striking ‘‘social
security account numbers’’ and inserting ‘‘employer
identification numbers’’; and
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture pursuant to this subsection’’
and inserting ‘‘pursuant to this subsection by the
Secretary of Agriculture or any agency or instru-
mentality with which information is shared pursuant
to paragraph (2)’’.
SEC. 13019. PROHIBITION OF MISUSE OF DEPARTMENT OF
THE TREASURY NAMES, SYMBOLS, ETC.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subchapter II of chapter 3 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new section:
‘‘§ 333. Prohibition of misuse of Department of the
Treasury names, symbols, etc.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—No person may use, in con-
nection with, or as a part of, any advertisement, solicita-
tion, business activity, or product, whether alone or with
other words, letters, symbols, or emblems—
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‘‘(b) TREATMENT
OF DISCLAIMERS.—Any deter-
mination of whether a person has violated the provisions
of subsection (a) shall be made without regard to any use
of a disclaimer of affiliation with the United States Gov-
ernment or any particular agency or instrumentality there-
of.
‘‘(c) CIVIL PENALTY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the
Treasury may impose a civil penalty on any person
who violates the provisions of subsection (a).
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.—The amount of
the civil penalty imposed by paragraph (1) shall not
exceed $5,000 for each use of any material in viola-
tion of subsection (a). If such use is in a broadcast
or telecast, the preceding sentence shall be applied
by substituting ‘$25,000’ for ‘$5,000’.
‘‘(3) TIME LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary of the
Treasury may assess any civil penalty under
paragraph (1) at any time before the end of the
3-year period beginning on the date of the vio-
lation with respect to which such penalty is im-
posed.
‘‘(B) CIVIL ACTION.—The Secretary of the
Treasury may commence a civil action to re-
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cover any penalty imposed under this subsection
at any time before the end of the 2-year period
beginning on the date on which such penalty
was assessed.
‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH SUBSECTION (d).—
No penalty may be assessed under this subsection
with respect to any violation after a criminal pro-
ceeding with respect to such violation has been com-
menced under subsection (d).
‘‘(d) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If any person knowingly
violates subsection (a), such person shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 for
each such use or imprisoned not more than 1 year,
or both. If such use is in a broadcast or telecast, the
preceding sentence shall be applied by substituting
‘$50,000’ for ‘$10,000’.
‘‘(2) TIME LIMITATIONS.—No person may be
prosecuted, tried, or punished under paragraph (1)
for any violation of subsection (a) unless the indict-
ment is found or the information instituted during
the 3-year period beginning on the date of the viola-
tion.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH SUBSECTION (c).—
No criminal proceeding may be commenced under
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this subsection with respect to any violation if a civil
penalty has previously been assessed under sub-
section (c) with respect to such violation.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 3 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing after the item relating to section 332 the following
new item:
‘‘333. Prohibition of misuse of Department of the Treasury names, symbols,
etc.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than May 1, 1995, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate on the
implementation of the amendments made by this section.
Such report shall include the number of cases in which
the Secretary has notified persons of violations of section
333 of title 31, United States Code (as added by sub-
section (a)), the number of prosecutions commenced under
such section, and the total amount of the penalties col-
lected in such prosecutions.
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SEC. 13020. AVAILABILITY AND USE OF DEATH INFORMA-
TION UNDER THE OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND
DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM.
(a) IMPROVEMENTS
IN PROGRAM
FOR USE
OF
DEATH CERTIFICATES TO CORRECT PROGRAM INFORMA-
TION.—
(1) ELIMINATION OF STATE RESTRICTIONS ON
USE OF INFORMATION.—Section 205(r)(1) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(1)) is amended
by adding at the end, after and below subparagraph
(B), the following new sentence:
‘‘Any contract entered into pursuant to subparagraph (A)
shall not include any restriction on the use of information
obtained by the Secretary pursuant to such contract, ex-
cept to the extent that such use may be restricted under
paragraph (6).’’.
(2) INFORMATION PROVIDED TO STATE AGEN-
CIES FREE OF CHARGE.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 205(r)(4) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(4)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(4)(A) In the case of individuals with respect to
whom federally funded benefits are provided by (or
through) a State agency other than under this Act, the
Secretary shall to the extent feasible provide such informa-
tion free of charge through a cooperative arrangement
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with such agency, for ensuring proper payment of those
benefits with respect to such individuals, if such arrange-
ment does not conflict with the duties of the Secretary
under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) The Secretary may enter into similar agree-
ments with States to provide information free of charge
for their use in programs wholly funded by the States if
such arrangement does not conflict with the duties of the
Secretary under paragraph (1).’’.
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
205(r)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(3)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or State’’.
(3) USE BY STATES OF SOCIAL SECURITY AC-
COUNT NUMBERS CONTINGENT UPON PARTICIPATION
IN PROGRAM.—Section 205(r)(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 405(r)(2)) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Pri-
vacy Act of 1974 and clauses (i) and (v) of subsection
(c)(2)(C) of this section, any State which is not a party
to a contract with the Secretary meeting the requirements
of paragraph (1) (and any political subdivision thereof)
may not utilize an individual’s social security account
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number in the administration of any driver’s license or
motor vehicle registration law.’’.
(b) STUDY REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS IN GATHER-
ING AND REPORTING OF DEATH INFORMATION.
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study
of possible improvements in the current methods of
gathering and reporting death information by the
Federal, State, and local governments which would
result in more efficient and expeditious handling of
such information.
(2) SPECIFIC MATTERS TO BE STUDIED.—In
carrying out the study required under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall—
(A) ascertain the delays in the receipt of
death information which are currently encoun-
tered by the Social Security Administration and
other agencies in need of such information on
a regular basis,
(B) analyze the causes of such delays,
(C) develop alternative options for improv-
ing Federal, State, and local agency cooperation
in reducing such delays, and
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(D) evaluate the costs and benefits associ-
ated with the options referred to in subpara-
graph (C).
(3) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 1994, the
Secretary shall submit a written report to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate setting forth the results of the study con-
ducted pursuant to this subsection, together with
such administrative and legislative recommendations
as the Secretary may consider appropriate.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(2) PROMOTION
OF
ENTRY
INTO
NEW
CON-
TRACTS.—As soon as practicable after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall take such actions as are
necessary and appropriate to promote entry into
contracts under section 205(r) of the Social Security
Act which are in compliance with the requirements
of the amendments made by subsection (a).
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Subtitle B—Human Resources
Amendments
SEC. 13201. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this subtitle is as follows:
Subtitle B—Human Resources Amendments
Sec. 13201. Table of contents.
Sec. 13202. References.
CHAPTER 1—CHILD WELFARE SERVICES, FOSTER CARE, AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
Sec. 13211. Entitlement funding for services designed to strengthen and pre-
serve families.
Sec. 13212. Grants for State courts to assess and improve handling of proceed-
ings relating to foster care and adoption.
Sec. 13213. Required protections for foster children.
Sec. 13214. States required to report on measures taken to comply with the In-
dian Child Welfare Act.
Sec. 13215. Child welfare traineeships.
Sec. 13216. Dissolved adoptions.
Sec. 13217. Time frame for judicial determinations on voluntary placements.
Sec. 13218. Study of reasonable efforts.
Sec. 13219. Enhanced match for automated data systems.
Sec. 13220. Periodic reevaluation of foster care maintenance payments.
Sec. 13221. Dispositional hearing.
Sec. 13222. Health care plans for foster children.
Sec. 13223. Independent living.
Sec. 13224. Elimination of foster care ceilings and of authority to transfer un-
used foster care funds to child welfare services programs.
Sec. 13225. Training of agency staff and foster and adoptive parents.
Sec. 13226. On-site reviews and audits of State claims for foster care and
adoption assistance.
Sec. 13227. Conformity reviews.
Sec. 13228. Repeal of annual report on voluntary placement.
Sec. 13229. Demonstration projects.
Sec. 13230. Placement accountability.
Sec. 13231. Payments of State claims for foster care and adoption assistance.
Sec. 13232. Moratorium on collection of disallowances.
Sec. 13233. Border region child welfare worker training demonstration.
Sec. 13234. Effect of failure to carry out State plan.
CHAPTER 2—CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 13241. State paternity establishment programs.
Sec. 13242. Enforcement of health insurance support.
Sec. 13243. Reports to credit bureaus on persons delinquent in child support
payments.
CHAPTER 3—SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME
Sec. 13251. Fees for Federal administration of State supplementary payments.
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Sec. 13252. Exclusion from income of State relocation assistance.
Sec. 13253. Prevention of adverse effects on eligibility for, and amount of, ben-
efits when spouse or parent of beneficiary is absent from the
household due to active military service.
Sec. 13254. Eligibility for children of Armed Forces personnel residing outside
the United States other than in foreign countries.
Sec. 13255. Definition of disability for children under age 18 applied to all in-
dividuals under age 18.
Sec. 13256. Valuation of certain in-kind support and maintenance when there
is a cost of living adjustment in benefits.
Sec. 13257. Exclusion from income of certain amounts received by Indians
from interests held in trust.
CHAPTER 4—AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Sec. 13261. 50 percent Federal match of State administrative costs.
Sec. 13262. Delay in effective date of penalty for failure to meet required par-
ticipation rate for unemployed parents in the JOBS program.
Sec. 13263. Report to the Congress with respect to performance standards in
the JOBS program.
Sec. 13264. Measurement and reporting of welfare participation.
Sec. 13265. New Hope demonstration project.
Sec. 13266. Delay in requirement that outlying areas operate an AFDC-UP
program.
Sec. 13267. Adult in family or household allowed to attest to citizenship status
of family or household members.
Sec. 13268. Increase in stepparent income disregard.
Sec. 13269. Extension of New York State child support demonstration pro-
gram.
Sec. 13270. Early childhood development projects.
CHAPTER 5—UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Sec. 13271. Treatment of short-time compensation programs.
Sec. 13272. Technical amendment to Unemployment Trust Fund.
Sec. 13273. Extension of reporting date for advisory council.
Sec. 13274. Clarification of emergency unemployment benefits provisions.
Sec. 13275. Modifications to extended unemployment program.
Sec. 13276. Extension of current Federal unemployment rate.
Sec. 13277. Disclosure of information to Railroad Retirement Board.
CHAPTER 6—TECHNICAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 13281. Corrections related to the income security and human resources
provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
Sec. 13282. Technical corrections related to the human resource and income se-
curity provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1989.
Sec. 13283. Elimination of obsolete provisions relating to treatment of the
earned income tax credit.
Sec. 13284. Redesignation of certain provisions.
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SEC. 13202. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in
this subtitle an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of the Social Security Act.
CHAPTER 1—CHILD WELFARE SERVICES,
FOSTER CARE, AND ADOPTION ASSIST-
ANCE
SEC. 13211. ENTITLEMENT FUNDING FOR SERVICES DE-
SIGNED TO STRENGTHEN AND PRESERVE
FAMILIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title IV (42 U.S.C.
620–628) is amended—
(1) by striking the heading and inserting the
following:
‘‘PART B—CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
‘‘Subpart 1—Child Welfare Services’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Subpart 2—Family Preservation and Support
Services
‘‘SEC. 430. PURPOSES; LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATIONS
OF APPROPRIATIONS; RESERVATION OF CER-
TAIN AMOUNTS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSES; LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of encouraging
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and enabling each State to develop and establish, or ex-
pand, and to operate a program of family preservation
services and community-based family support services,
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary—
‘‘(1) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;
‘‘(2) $135,000,000 for fiscal year 1995;
‘‘(3) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
‘‘(4) $360,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
‘‘(5) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
‘‘(b) RESERVATION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) EVALUATION, RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall re-
serve 1 percent of the amount appropriated pursu-
ant to subsection (a) for each fiscal year, for expend-
iture by the Secretary for evaluation, research, train-
ing, and technical assistance related to the program
under this subpart.
‘‘(2) STATE COURT ASSESSMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall reserve $5,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated pursuant to subsection (a) for fiscal year
1995, and $10,000,000 of the amount so appro-
priated for each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, and
1998, for grants under section 13212 of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
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‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall re-
serve 1 percent of the amount appropriated pursu-
ant to subsection (a) for each fiscal year, for allot-
ment to Indian tribes in accordance with section
433(a).
‘‘SEC. 431. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As used in this subpart:
‘‘(1) FAMILY
PRESERVATION
SERVICES.—The
term ‘family preservation services’ means services
for children and families designed to help families
(including adoptive and extended families) at risk or
in crisis, including—
‘‘(A) service programs designed to help
children—
‘‘(i) where appropriate, return to fam-
ilies from which they have been removed;
or
‘‘(ii) be placed for adoption, with a
legal guardian, or, if adoption or legal
guardianship is determined not to be ap-
propriate for a child, in some other
planned, permanent living arrangement;
‘‘(B) preplacement preventive services pro-
grams, such as intensive family preservation
programs, designed to help children at risk of
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foster care placement remain with their fami-
lies;
‘‘(C) service programs designed to provide
followup care to families to whom a child has
been returned after a foster care placement;
‘‘(D) respite care of children to provide
temporary 
relief 
for 
parents 
and 
other
caregivers (including foster parents); and
‘‘(E) 
services 
designed 
to 
improve
parenting skills (by reinforcing parents’ con-
fidence in their strengths, and helping them to
identify where improvement is needed and to
obtain assistance in improving those skills) with
respect to matters such as child development,
family budgeting, coping with stress, health,
and nutrition.
‘‘(2) FAMILY
SUPPORT
SERVICES.—The term
‘family support services’ means community-based
services to promote the well-being of children and
families designed to increase the strength and stabil-
ity of families (including adoptive, foster, and ex-
tended families), to increase parents’ confidence and
competence in their parenting abilities, to afford
children a stable and supportive family environment,
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and otherwise to enhance child development, includ-
ing—
‘‘(A) services described in paragraph
(1)(E);
‘‘(B) respite care of children to provide
temporary 
relief 
for 
parents 
and 
other
caregivers;
‘‘(C) structured activities involving parents
and children to strengthen the parent-child re-
lationship;
‘‘(D) drop-in centers to afford families op-
portunities for informal interaction with other
families and with program staff;
‘‘(E) information and referral services to
afford families access to other community serv-
ices, including child care, health care, nutrition
programs, adult education and literacy pro-
grams, and counseling and mentoring services;
and
‘‘(F) early developmental screening of chil-
dren to assess the needs of such children, and
assistance to families in securing specific serv-
ices to meet these needs.
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‘‘(3) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘State agency’
means the State agency responsible for administer-
ing the program under subpart 1.
‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ includes an In-
dian tribe or tribal organization, in addition to the
meaning given such term for purposes of subpart 1.
‘‘(5) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘tribal
organization’ means the recognized governing body
of any Indian tribe.
‘‘(6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’
means any Indian tribe (as defined in section
482(i)(5)) and any Alaska Native organization (as
defined in section 482(i)(7)(A)).
‘‘(b) OTHER TERMS.—For other definitions of other
terms used in this subpart, see section 475.
‘‘SEC. 432. STATE PLANS.
‘‘(a) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—A State plan meets the
requirements of this subsection if the plan—
‘‘(1) provides that the State agency shall ad-
minister, or supervise the administration of, the
State program under this subpart;
‘‘(2)(A)(i) sets forth the goals intended to be
accomplished under the plan by the end of the 5th
fiscal year in which the plan is in operation in the
State, and (ii) is updated periodically to set forth
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the goals intended to be accomplished under the
plan by the end of each 5th fiscal year thereafter;
‘‘(B) describes the methods to be used in meas-
uring progress toward accomplishment of the goals;
‘‘(C) contains a commitment that the State—
‘‘(i) after the end of each of the 1st 4 fis-
cal years covered by a set of goals, will perform
an interim review of progress toward accom-
plishment of the goals, and on the basis of the
interim review will revise the statement of goals
in the plan, if necessary, to reflect changed cir-
cumstances; and
‘‘(ii) after the end of the last fiscal year
covered by a set of goals, will perform a final
review of progress toward accomplishment of
the goals, and on the basis of the final review
(I) will prepare, transmit to the Secretary, and
make available to the public a final report on
progress toward accomplishment of the goals,
and (II) will develop (in consultation with the
entities required to be consulted pursuant to
subsection (b)) and add to the plan a statement
of the goals intended to be accomplished by the
end of the 5th succeeding fiscal year;
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‘‘(3) provides for coordination, to the extent
feasible and appropriate, of the provision of services
under the plan and the provision of services or bene-
fits under other Federal or federally assisted pro-
grams serving the same populations;
‘‘(4) contains assurances that not less than 90
percent of expenditures under the plan for any fiscal
year with respect to which the State is eligible for
payment under section 433 for the fiscal year shall
be for services for children and families, and that
significant portions of such 90 percent shall be ex-
pended—
‘‘(A) for family preservation services; and
‘‘(B) for community-based family support
services;
‘‘(5) provides that, by the beginning of the 6th
fiscal year during which the plan is in effect, pro-
grams under the plan shall be available on a state-
wide basis, to the extent feasible and appropriate;
‘‘(6) contains assurances that the State will—
‘‘(A) annually prepare, furnish to the Sec-
retary, and make available to the public a de-
scription (including separate descriptions with
respect to family preservation services and com-
munity-based family support services) of—
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‘‘(i) the service programs to be made
available under the plan in the immediately
succeeding fiscal year;
‘‘(ii) the populations which the pro-
grams will serve; and
‘‘(iii) the geographic areas in the
State in which the services will be avail-
able; and
‘‘(B) perform the activities described in
subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) in the case of the 1st fiscal year
under the plan, at the time the State sub-
mits its initial plan; and
‘‘(ii) in the case of each succeeding
fiscal year, by the end of the 3rd quarter
of the immediately preceding fiscal year;
‘‘(7) provides for such methods of administra-
tion as the Secretary finds to be necessary for the
proper and efficient operation of the plan;
‘‘(8)(A) contains assurances that Federal funds
provided to the State under this subpart will not be
used to supplant Federal or non-Federal funds for
existing services and activities which promote the
purposes of this subpart; and
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‘‘(B) provides that the State will furnish re-
ports to the Secretary, at such times, in such for-
mat, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require, that demonstrate the State’s
compliance with the prohibition contained in sub-
paragraph (A); and
‘‘(9) provides that the State agency will furnish
such reports, containing such information, and par-
ticipate in such evaluations, as the Secretary may
require.
‘‘(b) APPROVAL OF PLANS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap-
prove a plan that meets the requirements of sub-
section (a) only if the plan was developed jointly by
the Secretary and the State, after consultation by
the State agency with appropriate public and non-
profit private agencies and community-based organi-
zations with experience in administering programs of
services for children and families (including family
preservation and family support services).
‘‘(2) PLANS
OF
INDIAN
TRIBES
EXEMPTED
FROM
INAPPROPRIATE
REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may exempt a plan submitted by an Indian
tribe from any requirement of this section that the
Secretary determines would be inappropriate to
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apply to the Indian tribe, taking into account the re-
sources, needs, and other circumstances of the
Indian tribe.
‘‘SEC. 433. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.
‘‘(a) INDIAN TRIBES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amount reserved
pursuant to section 430(b)(3), the Secretary shall
allot to each Indian tribe with a plan approved
under this subpart (except as provided in paragraph
(2) of this subsection) an amount that bears the
same ratio to such reserved amount as the number
of children in the Indian tribe bears to the total
number of children in all Indian tribes with State
plans so approved, as determined by the Secretary
on the basis of the most current and reliable infor-
mation available to the Secretary.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may not
allot funds to an Indian tribe with a plan approved
under this subpart whose allotment (but for this
paragraph) would be less than $10,000 if allotments
were made under paragraph (1) to all Indian tribes
with plans approved under this subpart with the
same or larger numbers of children.
‘‘(b) TERRITORIES.—From the amount appropriated
pursuant to section 430 that remains after applying sec-
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tion 430(b) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot
to each of the jurisdictions of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Vir-
gin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American
Samoa an amount determined in the same manner as the
allotment to each of such jurisdictions is determined under
section 421.
‘‘(c) OTHER STATES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amount appro-
priated pursuant to section 430 that remains after
applying section 430(b) and subsection (b) of this
section for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot
to each State (other than an Indian tribe) which is
not specified in subsection (b) of this section an
amount equal to such remaining amount multiplied
by the food stamp percentage of the State for the
fiscal year.
‘‘(2) FOOD STAMP PERCENTAGE DEFINED.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As used in paragraph
(1) of this subsection, the term ‘food stamp
percentage’ means, with respect to a State and
a fiscal year, the average monthly number of
children receiving food stamp benefits in the
State for months in the 3 fiscal years referred
to in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, as
determined from sample surveys made under
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section 16(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977,
expressed as a percentage of the average
monthly number of children receiving food
stamp benefits in the States described in such
paragraph (1) for months in such 3 fiscal years,
as so determined.
‘‘(B) FISCAL
YEARS
USED
IN
CALCULA-
TION.—For purposes of the calculation pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
use data for the 3 most recent fiscal years, pre-
ceding the fiscal year for which the State’s al-
lotment is calculated under this subsection, for
which such data are available to the Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 434. PAYMENTS TO STATES.
‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection, each State which
has a plan approved under this subpart shall be enti-
tled to payment of the lesser of—
‘‘(A) 75 percent of the total cost of activi-
ties under the plan during the fiscal year or the
immediately succeeding fiscal year; or
‘‘(B) the allotment of the State under sec-
tion 433 for the fiscal year.
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‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—Upon submission by a
State to the Secretary during fiscal year 1994 of an
application in such form and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require (including, if
the State is seeking payment of an amount pursuant
to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, a description
of the services to be provided with the amount), the
State shall be entitled to payment of an amount
equal to the sum of—
‘‘(A) 
such 
amount 
not 
exceeding
$1,000,000 as the State may require to develop
and submit a plan for approval under section
432; and
‘‘(B) an amount equal to the lesser of—
‘‘(i) 75 percent of the cost of State
services to children and families provided
in accordance with section 432(a)(4); or
‘‘(ii) the allotment of the State under
section 433 for fiscal year 1994, reduced
by any amount paid to the State pursuant
to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—
‘‘(1) NO USE OF OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS FOR
STATE
MATCH.—Each State receiving an amount
paid under paragraph (1) or (2)(B) of subsection (a)
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may not expend any Federal funds to meet the costs
of services described in this subpart not covered by
the amount so paid.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may not ex-
pend any amount paid under subsection (a)(1)
for any fiscal year after the end of the imme-
diately succeeding fiscal year.
‘‘(B) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.—A State may
not expend any amount paid under subsection
(a)(2) after the end of fiscal year 1994.
‘‘(c) DIRECT PAYMENTS TO TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS
OF INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall pay any amount
to which an Indian tribe is entitled under this section di-
rectly to the tribal organization of the Indian tribe.
‘‘SEC. 435. EVALUATIONS; REPORT.
‘‘(a) EVALUATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall evalu-
ate the effectiveness of the programs carried out
pursuant to this subpart in accomplishing the pur-
poses of this subpart, in accordance with criteria es-
tablished in accordance with paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) CRITERIA TO BE USED.—In developing the
criteria to be used in evaluations under paragraph
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(1), the Secretary shall consult with appropriate par-
ties, such as—
‘‘(A) State agencies administering pro-
grams under this part and part E;
‘‘(B) persons administering child and fam-
ily services programs (including family preser-
vation and family support programs) for pri-
vate, nonprofit organizations with an interest in
child welfare; and
‘‘(C) other persons with recognized exper-
tise in the evaluation of child and family serv-
ices programs (including family preservation
and family support programs) or other related
programs.
‘‘(b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Not later than
December 31, 1997, the Secretary shall submit to the
Congress a report containing findings with respect to the
evaluations required by subsection (a).
‘‘(c) COORDINATION
OF EVALUATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall develop procedures to coordinate evaluations
under this section, to the extent feasible, with evaluations
by the States of the effectiveness of programs under this
subpart.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 422 (42 U.S.C. 622) is amended—
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(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘this
part’’ and inserting ‘‘this subpart’’;
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this
part’’ each place such term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘this subpart’’; and
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting
‘‘under the State plan approved under subpart
2 of this part,’’ after ‘‘part A of this title,’’.
(2) Section 423(a) (42 U.S.C. 623(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘this part’’ and inserting ‘‘this
subpart’’.
(3) Section 428(a) (42 U.S.C. 628(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘this part’’ each place such
term appears and inserting ‘‘this subpart’’.
(4) Section 471(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(2)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘subpart 1 of’’ before ‘‘part
B’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall be effective with respect to calendar
quarters beginning on or after October 1, 1993.
SEC. 13212. GRANTS FOR STATE COURTS TO ASSESS AND
IMPROVE HANDLING OF PROCEEDINGS RE-
LATING TO FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants,
in accordance with this section, to the highest State courts
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in States participating in the program under part E of
title IV of the Social Security Act, for the purpose of ena-
bling such courts—
(1) to conduct assessments, in accordance with
subsection (b), of the role, responsibilities, and effec-
tiveness of State courts in carrying out State laws
requiring proceedings (conducted by or under the su-
pervision of the courts)—
(A) to determine the advisability or appro-
priateness of foster care placement;
(B) to determine whether to terminate pa-
rental rights; and
(C) to legally recognize the adoption of a
child; and
(2) to implement changes deemed necessary as
a result of the assessments.
(b) ASSESSMENTS.—Each assessment conducted with
funds provided under this section shall—
(1) identify the requirements imposed on State
courts with respect to proceedings described in sub-
section (a), addressing separately—
(A) rules, standards, and criteria imposed
pursuant to State laws (including laws imple-
menting parts B and E of title IV of the Social
Security Act, laws relating to child abuse and
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neglect, or any other laws on related matters)
to be applied in determinations with respect to
placement of a child, or with respect to related
matters concerning the parent-child relationship
and the welfare of the child, including deter-
minations—
(i) whether to remove a child from or
return a child to the home of the child;
(ii) whether to place a child in foster
care or to continue a foster care place-
ment;
(iii) whether to terminate parental
rights;
(iv) whether to place a child for adop-
tion or in another permanent arrangement;
and
(v) whether to set aside or to finalize
an adoption; and
(B) rules and procedures, established by or
under State law or adopted by the State court
system on its own initiative, with respect to the
conduct of such proceedings, that address mat-
ters such as—
(i) whether a proceeding should be ju-
dicial or administrative;
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(ii) timetables for such proceedings,
and determinations of the priority of such
proceedings relative to other matters under
the jurisdiction of the State courts;
(iii) procedural safeguards of the
rights of parents (including foster and
adoptive parents), guardians, and children,
such as provisions for legal representation
and for guardians ad litem; and
(iv) rules for conduct of the proceed-
ing with respect to matters such as admis-
sible evidence, opportunity to present wit-
nesses, and time limits on the presentation
of evidence and the making of arguments;
(2) evaluate the performance of the State
courts in implementing the requirements identified
under paragraph (1), by assessing—
(A) the extent to which particular practices
or procedures have been successful in facilitat-
ing compliance with such requirements;
(B) the frequency of failures to comply
with any such requirements, and patterns with
respect to the circumstances of and factors con-
tributing to the failures; and
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(C) the extent to which caseload size and
resource limitations contribute to the failures
identified pursuant to subparagraph (B);
(3) determine the extent to which the rules and
practices identified under paragraph (1) or (2) are
in accord with recommended standards of national
organizations concerned with permanent placement
for foster children;
(4) determine, from the standpoint of the State
courts, the extent to which particular requirements
under paragraph (1)—
(A) are facilitating or impeding achieve-
ment of the purposes of such parts B and E,
including the goal of appropriate permanent
placement for each child; and
(B) are imposing significant administrative
burdens on the State court system; and
(5) make specific recommendations for improve-
ment, based on the conclusions reached as a result
of activities described in paragraphs (1) through (4),
including recommendations for—
(A) changes in Federal or State laws, reg-
ulations, or policies;
(B) changes in procedures and practices of
the State courts and of the State agencies ad-
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ministering foster care, adoption, child welfare,
and child protective services programs;
(C) additional education or training of
State court judges, or of personnel of the judi-
cial system or of the State agencies described in
subparagraph (B);
(D) collection or dissemination of addi-
tional data or information for purposes of in-
creasing the understanding of personnel of
State courts and State agencies of matters re-
lating to case review proceedings in general, or
to specific case review proceedings; and
(E) increases in manpower, reductions in
the number of case reviews, or other changes
needed to enable the State courts to better
manage their caseloads with respect to such
proceedings.
(c) APPLICATIONS.—In order to be eligible for a
grant under this section, a highest State court shall sub-
mit to the Secretary, at such time and in such form as
the Secretary may require, an application containing—
(1) a timetable for conducting and completing
the assessment;
(2) a budget for the assessment;
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(3) a description of the methods to be used to
select State courts for inclusion in, and to conduct,
the assessment;
(4) certifications by the head of the State agen-
cy administering the State program under such part
E, and by the State foster care citizen review board
or State organization of such review boards (if any),
that such entities have had an opportunity to review
and comment on a draft of the application before its
submission, and a copy of such comments;
(5) a description of the process to be used by
the court to consult with the entities referred to in
paragraph (4) of this subsection in conducting the
assessment under subsection (b);
(6) an assurance that, to the extent funds pro-
vided under this section are not necessary to com-
plete the assessment under subsection (b), the court
will use such funds to implement, to the extent fea-
sible, recommendations made pursuant to subsection
(b)(5);
(7) an assurance that funds provided under this
section will not be used to supplant State or local
funds which would otherwise be used for similar
purposes;
(8) a commitment to furnish to the Secretary—
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(A) an interim report following the end of
the 2nd year of assessment activities under this
section; and
(B) a final report following the completion
of the assessment; and
(9) any other information the Secretary may
require.
(d) ALLOTMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each highest State court
which has an application approved under subsection
(c), and is conducting assessment activities in ac-
cordance with this section, shall be entitled to pay-
ment, for each of fiscal years 1995 through 1998,
from 
amounts 
reserved 
pursuant 
to 
section
430(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, of an amount
equal to the sum of—
(A) for fiscal year 1995, $75,000 plus the
amount described in paragraph (2) for fiscal
year 1995; and
(B) for each of fiscal years 1996 through
1998, $85,000 plus the amount described in
paragraph (2) for each of such fiscal years.
(2) FORMULA.—The amount described in this
paragraph for any fiscal year is the amount that
bears the same ratio to the amount reserved pursu-
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ant to section 430(b)(2) of the Social Security Act
for the fiscal year (reduced by the dollar amount
specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection for the
fiscal year) as the number of individuals in the State
who have not attained 21 years of age bears to the
total number of such individuals in all States the
highest State courts of which have approved applica-
tions under subsection (c).
(e) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Each highest State
court which receives funds paid under this section may
use such funds to pay—
(1) any or all costs of activities under this sec-
tion in fiscal year 1995; and
(2) not more than 75 percent of the cost of ac-
tivities under this section in each of fiscal years
1996, 1997, and 1998.
SEC. 13213. REQUIRED PROTECTIONS FOR FOSTER CHIL-
DREN.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 422(b) (42 U.S.C.
622(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(7);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(9) provide assurances that the State—
‘‘(A) since June 17, 1980, has completed
an inventory of all children who, before the in-
ventory, had been in foster care under the re-
sponsibility of the State for 6 months or more,
which determined—
‘‘(i) the appropriateness of, and neces-
sity for, the foster care placement;
‘‘(ii) whether the child could or should
be returned to the parents of the child or
should be freed for adoption or other per-
manent placement; and
‘‘(iii) the services necessary to facili-
tate the return of the child or the place-
ment of the child for adoption or legal
guardianship;
‘‘(B) is operating, to the satisfaction of the
Secretary—
‘‘(i) a statewide information system
from which can be readily determined the
status, demographic characteristics, loca-
tion, and goals for the placement of every
child who is (or, within the immediately
preceding 12 months, has been) in foster
care;
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‘‘(ii) a case review system (as defined
in section 475(5)) for each child receiving
foster care under the supervision of the
State;
‘‘(iii) a service program designed to
help children—
‘‘(I) where appropriate, return to
families from which they have been
removed; or
‘‘(II) be placed for adoption, with
a legal guardian, or, if adoption or
legal guardianship is determined not
to be appropriate for a child, in some
other planned, permanent living ar-
rangement; and
‘‘(iv) a preplacement preventive serv-
ices program designed to help children at
risk of foster care placement remain with
their families; and
‘‘(C)(i) has reviewed (or within 12 months
after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph will review) State laws and administra-
tive and judicial procedures in effect for chil-
dren abandoned at or shortly after birth (in-
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cluding laws and procedures providing for legal
representation of such children); and
‘‘(ii) has enacted and is implementing (or
within 24 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph will enact and imple-
ment) such laws and procedures as the State
determines, on the basis of the review described
in clause (i), to be necessary to enable perma-
nent decisions to be made expeditiously with re-
spect to the placement of such children.’’.
(b) RESTRICTION ON REALLOTMENT.—Section 424
(42 U.S.C. 624) is amended—
(1) in the 1st sentence, by striking ‘‘The
amount’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the
amount’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION RELATING TO FOSTER CHILD PRO-
TECTIONS.—The Secretary shall not reallot under sub-
section (a) of this section any amount that is withheld or
recovered from a State due to the failure of the State to
comply with section 422(b)(9).’’.
(c) REPEAL.—Section 427 (42 U.S.C. 627) is hereby
repealed.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) Section 423(a) (42 U.S.C. 623(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘and in section 427’’.
(2) Section 425(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 625(a)(2)) is
amended by striking ‘‘the statistical report required
by section’’ and inserting ‘‘with section 422(b)(9)
or’’.
(3) Section 472(d) (42 U.S.C. 672(d)) is
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘427(b)’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘422(b)(9)’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments and repeal
made by this section shall be effective for fiscal years be-
ginning on or after October 1, 1994.
(f) CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION.—This section and
the amendments and repeal made by this section shall not
be construed to permit any State to interrupt the provision
of the foster care protections described in section 427 of
the Social Security Act, as in effect on the effective date
of such amendments and repeal.
SEC. 13214. STATES REQUIRED TO REPORT ON MEASURES
TAKEN TO COMPLY WITH THE INDIAN CHILD
WELFARE ACT.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 422(b)
(42 U.S.C. 622(b)), as amended by section 13213(a) of
this Act, is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(8);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (9) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(10) contain a description, developed after
consultation with tribal organizations (as defined in
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act) in the State, of the specific
measures taken by the State to comply with the In-
dian Child Welfare Act.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall be effective with respect to calendar
quarters beginning on or after October 1, 1994.
SEC. 13215. CHILD WELFARE TRAINEESHIPS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title IV (42 U.S.C.
620–628) is amended by inserting after section 428 the
following:
‘‘SEC. 429. CHILD WELFARE TRAINEESHIPS.
‘‘The Secretary may approve an application for a
grant to a public or nonprofit institution for higher learn-
ing to provide traineeships with stipends under section
426(a)(1)(C) only if the application—
‘‘(1) provides assurances that each individual
who receives a stipend with such traineeship (in this
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section referred to as a ‘recipient’) will enter into an
agreement with the institution under which the
recipient agrees—
‘‘(A) to participate in training at a public
or private nonprofit child welfare agency on a
regular basis (as determined by the Secretary)
for the period of the traineeship;
‘‘(B) to be employed for a period of years
equivalent to the period of the traineeship, in a
public or private nonprofit child welfare agency
in any State, within a period of time (deter-
mined by the Secretary in accordance with
regulations) after completing the postsecondary
education for which the traineeship was
awarded;
‘‘(C) to furnish to the institution and the
Secretary evidence of compliance with subpara-
graphs (A) and (B); and
‘‘(D) if the recipient fails to comply with
subparagraph (A) or (B) and does not qualify
for any exception to this subparagraph which
the Secretary may prescribe in regulations, to
repay to the Secretary all (or an appropriately
prorated part) of the amount of the stipend,
plus interest, and, if applicable, reasonable col-
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lection fees (in accordance with regulations pro-
mulgated by the Secretary);
‘‘(2) provides assurances that the institution
will—
‘‘(A) enter into agreements with child wel-
fare agencies for onsite training of recipients;
‘‘(B) permit an individual who is employed
in the field of child welfare services to apply for
a traineeship with a stipend if the traineeship
furthers the progress of the individual toward
the completion of degree requirements; and
‘‘(C) develop and implement a system that,
for the 3-year period that begins on the date
any student completes a child welfare services
program of study, tracks the employment
record of the student, for the purpose of deter-
mining the percentage of students who secure
employment in the field of child welfare services
and remain employed in the field.’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
426(a)(1)(C) (42 U.S.C. 626(a)(1)(C)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘described in section 429’’ after ‘‘including
traineeships’’.
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(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to grants awarded on or after April
1, 1994.
SEC. 13216. DISSOLVED ADOPTIONS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE
PAYMENTS.—Section 472 (42 U.S.C. 672) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or (i)’’ after
‘‘subsection (a)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) Any State with a plan approved under this part
may make foster care maintenance payments under this
part on behalf of a child—
‘‘(1) with respect to whom such payments were
previously made;
‘‘(2) whose adoption has been set aside by a
court;
‘‘(3) who meets the requirements of paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a); and
‘‘(4) who fails to meet the requirements of sub-
section (a)(4) but would meet such requirements
if—
‘‘(A) the child were treated as if the child
were in the same financial and other cir-
cumstances the child was in the last time the