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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3509
To provide for a report regarding the effects that environmental factors
have on women’s health.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 1996
Ms. FURSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Commerce
A BILL
To provide for a report regarding the effects that
environmental factors have on women’s health.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Women’s Health Envi-
ronmental Factors Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
ON WOMEN’S HEALTH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services, acting through the Director of the Na-
tional Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, shall
submit to the Congress a report in accordance with the
following:
(1) The report shall summarize the body of sci-
entific knowledge on the effects that environmental
factors have on women’s health. The report shall in-
clude descriptions of the known effects of environ-
mental factors on breast cancer, on immune dys-
function, and on compounds that mimic human es-
trogen.
(2) The report shall specify an agenda for the
conduct and support of research by such Director on
the effects that environmental factors have on wom-
en’s health. The agenda shall specify the categories
of research that should receive priority. In the devel-
opment of the agenda, the summary prepared under
paragraph (1) shall be considered, including consid-
eration of areas of research identified by the sum-
mary as having received insufficient study.
(b) DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The report
under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Congress
not later than one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 350
To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny annuity benefits with respect
to any Member of Congress convicted of a felony and to terminate
the salary of any justice or judge of the United States who is convicted
of a felony.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Government Reform and Oversight and, in addition, to the Com-
mittees on House Oversight, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently detemined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny annuity bene-
fits with respect to any Member of Congress convicted
of a felony and to terminate the salary of any justice
or judge of the United States who is convicted of a
felony.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DENIAL OF ANNUITY BENEFITS TO MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS CONVICTED OF FELONIES.
(a) CONVICTION OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.—Section
8312 of title 5, United States Code, relating to denial of
annuities for conviction of certain offenses, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) An individual, or his survivor or beneficiary, may
not be paid an annuity under subchapter III of this chap-
ter, or under chapter 84, on the basis of service as a Mem-
ber (as defined in section 8331(2) or 8401(20)) if the indi-
vidual is convicted of any felony under State or Federal
law, committed on or after the date of the enactment of
this subsection.’’.
(b) REFUND OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEPOSITS.—
Section 8316(b) of title 5, United States Code, relating
to refund of contributions and deposits, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) if the individual was convicted of an of-
fense described in subsection (e) of section 8312, for
the period after the conviction.’’.
(c) RESTORATION OF ANNUITY OR RETIRED PAY.—
Section 8318(a) of title 5, United States Code, relating
to restoration of annuity or retired pay, is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘is pardoned by the
President’’ the following: ‘‘(or by the Governor, in
and withheld from the employee’s or Member’s retired pay
and paid to that former spouse under such section 1408.’’.
(2) Paragraph (1) of such subsection is amended by
striking out ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (2)’’ and
inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (4)’’.
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
(1) Subsection (c) of section 8411 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) If an employee or Member waives retired pay
that is subject to a court order for which there has been
effective service on the Secretary concerned for purposes
of section 1408 of title 10, the military service on which
the retired pay is based may be credited as service for
purposes of this chapter only if, in accordance with regula-
tions prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management, the employee or Member authorizes the Di-
rector to deduct and withhold from the annuity payable
to the employee or Member under this subchapter, and
to pay to the former spouse covered by the court order,
the same amount that would have been deducted and with-
held from the employee’s or Member’s retired pay and
paid to that former spouse under such section 1408.’’.
(2) Paragraph (1) of such subsection is amended by
striking out ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (3)’’
the case of a felony under State law described in
section 8312(e) of this title) or if the conviction is
reversed on appeal in the case of a felony described
in section 8312(e) of this title’’; and
(2) by striking the period and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or, in the case of a reversal, as of the date
of the conviction so reversed.’’.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF SALARY OF A JUSTICE OR JUDGE
CONVICTED OF A FELONY.
(a) BASIS FOR TERMINATION.—Any justice or judge
of the United States—
(1) who—
(A) is in regular active service, or
(B) has retired under section 371(b) of
title 28, United States Code, and is receiving
the salary of the office, and
(2) has been convicted of a felony under the
laws of the United States or of any State,
may not receive his or her salary as a justice or judge
of the United States beginning on the date of the convic-
tion.
(b) RESUMPTION IF CONVICTION OVERTURNED.—If
the conviction on the basis of which the salary of a justice
or judge of the United States is terminated under sub-
section (a) is subsequently overturned or reversed by ac-
tion of an appropriate court, that salary shall be rein-
stated, and the justice or judge shall receive all amounts
of such salary which he or she would have received but
for the conviction.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘justice or judge of the United
States’’ means a ‘‘justice of the United States’’ or
a ‘‘judge of the United States’’, as those terms are
defined in section 451 of title 28, United States
Code;
(2) the term ‘‘felony’’ means an offense for
which the maximum term of imprisonment author-
ized is more than one year; and
(3) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, and any territory
or possession of the United States.
(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to any
justice or judge of the United States who is convicted of
a felony before, on, or after the date of the enactment
of this section.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3512
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish limitations on taxpayer-
financed compensation for defense contractors.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 1996
Mr. SANDERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on National Security
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish limita-
tions on taxpayer-financed compensation for defense con-
tractors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION PAID UNDER
DEFENSE CONTRACTS.
(a) LIMITATION.—Section 2324 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection
(m); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (k) the follow-
ing new subsection (l):
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) No’’ and inserting
‘‘(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this
section, no’’, and
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1)
through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E),
respectively, and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(F) The lease annual interest rate.
‘‘(2) Information required to be disclosed under para-
graph (1) shall be in the same language that principally
is used in the advertisement. Identification in a television
advertisement of the advertised transaction as a lease, as
required by paragraph (1)(A), shall be included in both
the audio and video portions of the television advertise-
ment.
‘‘(3) The requirements of this subsection shall apply
to all aspects of advertising, including television, radio,
and videotaped advertisements, print advertisements in
publications, newsletters, and fliers, advertisements on
computer programs and on the internet, and advertise-
ments by toll-free telephone numbers.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
184(b) (15 U.S.C. 1667c(b)) is amended by striking
‘‘subsection (a)’’ each time it occurs and inserting
‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and in paragraph (1) by striking
‘‘(l) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the head of an agency may not obligate funds to pay
a contractor under a contract with the agency for
the costs of compensation with respect to the serv-
ices of any one individual to the extent that the total
amount of the compensation paid in a fiscal year to
that individual exceeds $200,000.
‘‘(2) AGGREGATION RULE.—For purposes of de-
termining the limitation on payment to a contractor
under paragraph (1), all contracts entered into by
the contractor with the agencies covered by this
chapter and with all executive agencies (if any) shall
be treated as one contract, and the $200,000 limita-
tion with respect to the services of an individual in
a fiscal year shall be allocated among the contracts
in the manner prescribed in regulation by the Ad-
ministrator for Federal Procurement Policy.
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(A) The term ‘compensation’ includes sal-
aries, bonuses, deferred compensation, stock op-
tions and payouts, certified indirect costs, re-
structuring costs, and performance-based pay-
ments.
‘‘(B) The term ‘executive agency’ has the
meaning provided by section 3 of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (41 U.S.C. 472).’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (l) of section 2324
of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a), applies to contracts entered into after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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General or his designee, or (c) where the estimated value
is less than $25,000, or (d) as otherwise determined by
the Secretary of Defense to be in the public interest.
SEC. 106. None of the funds appropriated in Military
Construction Appropriations Acts shall be used to (1) ac-
quire land, (2) provide for site preparation, or (3) install
utilities for any family housing, except housing for which
funds have been made available in annual Military Con-
struction Appropriations Acts.
SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated in Military
Construction Appropriations Acts for minor construction
may be used to transfer or relocate any activity from one
base or installation to another, without prior notification
to the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 108. No part of the funds appropriated in Mili-
tary Construction Appropriations Acts may be used for
the procurement of steel for any construction project or
activity for which American steel producers, fabricators,
and manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to
compete for such steel procurement.
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family hous-
ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real
property taxes in any foreign nation.
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Labor, shall review the plan sponsor’s con-
sideration of factors under such clause. 
‘‘(v) STANDARD FOR ACCEPTING PLAN 
SPONSOR DETERMINATIONS.—In evaluating 
the plan sponsor’s application, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall accept the plan 
sponsor’s determinations unless it concludes, 
in consultation with the Pension Benefit 
Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 
Labor, that the plan sponsor’s determina-
tions were clearly erroneous. 
‘‘(H) PARTICIPANT
RATIFICATION
PROC-
ESS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—No suspension of 
benefits may take effect pursuant to this 
paragraph prior to a vote of the partici-
pants of the plan with respect to the suspen-
sion. 
‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION OF VOTE.—Not 
later than 30 days after approval of the sus-
pension by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar-
anty Corporation and the Secretary of 
Labor, under subparagraph (G), the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, in consultation with
ten request from a pilot employed by such carrier,
make available, within a reasonable time of the re-
quest, to the pilot for review any and all employment
records referred to in paragraph (1)(B) pertaining
to the pilot’s employment.
‘‘(10) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—An air carrier
or employee of an air carrier that receives the
records of an individual under paragraph (1) may
use such records only to assess the qualifications of
the individual in deciding whether or not to hire the
individual as a pilot. Subject to subsection (c), the
air carrier or employee of an air carrier shall take
such actions as may be necessary to protect the pri-
vacy of the pilot and the confidentiality of the
records, including ensuring that the information con-
tained in the records is not divulged to any individ-
ual that is not directly involved in the hiring deci-
sion.
‘‘(11) STANDARD FORMS.—The Administrator
may promulgate—
‘‘(A) standard forms which may be used by
an air carrier to request the records of an indi-
vidual under paragraph (1); and
‘‘(B) standard forms which may be used by
a person who receives a request for records
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3516
To permit duty free treatment for certain structures, parts, and components
used in the Gemini Telescope Project.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 1996
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To permit duty free treatment for certain structures, parts,
and components used in the Gemini Telescope Project.3
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CERTAIN STRUCTURES, PARTS AND COMPO-
NENTS USED IN THE GEMINI TELESCOPES
PROJECT, MAUNA KEA, HAWAII.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized and directed to admit free of duty after March
31, 1997, the following articles for the use of the Associa-
tion of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. in the
construction of the Gemini North Telescope, Mauna Kea,
HR 3516 IH1S
Hawaii, as part of the international Gemini 8-Meter Tele-
scopes Project:
(1) The telescope enclosure, produced by Coast
Steel Fabricators, Ltd., Port Coquitlam, British Co-
lumbia, Canada.
(2) The telescope structure assemblies, pro-
duced by G.I.E. Telas, Cannes le Bocca, France.
(3) The telescope mirror coating plant, pro-
duced by the Royal Greenwich Observatories, Cam-
bridge, United Kingdom.
(4) The telescope primary mirror, polished by
REOSC, Saint-Pierre-du-Perray, France.
(5) The telescope secondary mirror, produced
by Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany.
(6) The telescope acquisition, guiding, and
wavefront sensing equipment, produced by the Royal
Greenwich Observatories, Cambridge, United King-
dom.
(b) RELIQUIDATION.—If the liquidation of the entry
of any article described in subsection (a) has become final
before April 1, 1997, the entry shall, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, be reliquidated on April 1, 1997,
in accordance with the provisions of this section and the
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appropriate refund of duty made at the time of such re-
liquidation.
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(b) CONTENTS.—It is further the sense of Congress 
that biennial AGOA utilization strategies should identify 
strategic needs and priorities to bolster utilization of bene-
fits available under the African Growth and Opportunity 
Act. To that end, biennial AGOA utilization strategies 
should— 
(1) review potential exports under the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act and identify opportuni-
ties and obstacles to increased trade and investment 
and enhanced poverty reduction efforts; 
(2) identify obstacles to regional integration 
that inhibit utilization of benefits under the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act; 
(3) set out a plan to take advantage of opportu-
nities and address obstacles identified in paragraphs 
(1) and (2), improve awareness of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act as a program that en-
hances exports to the United States, and utilize 
United States Agency for International Development 
regional trade hubs; 
(4) set out a strategy to promote small business 
and entrepreneurship; and 
(5) eliminate obstacles to regional trade and 
promote greater utilization of benefits under the Af-
rican Growth and Opportunity Act and establish a 
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H. Res. 470
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
September 11, 1996.
Whereas crime on our Nation’s college campuses is a growing
concern among students, parents, and educators;
Whereas Congress passed the Student Right to Know and
Campus Security Act in 1990 so that students and par-
ents would have access to information with respect to
crimes occurring on college campuses;
Whereas Congress intended that information on crime be pro-
vided so that students could take steps to protect them-
selves from becoming victims;
Whereas Congress was particularly concerned with the timely
reporting to students instances of violent crimes occur-
ring on campus; and
Whereas questions have been raised with respect to compli-
ance with the Campus Security Act and enforcement by
the Department of Education: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That in order for students to have informa-
tion vital for their own safety on our Nation’s college cam-
puses, it is the sense of the Congress that the Department
of Education should make the monitoring of compliance
and enforcement of the provisions of section 485(f) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to compiling
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this heading, $10,800,000 shall be available for construc-
tion, phase III, at the Western Kentucky Training Site,
Kentucky, with the amount made available for such con-
struction to be derived from sums otherwise available under
this heading for minor construction.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions
therefor, as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10, United
States Code, and military construction authorization Acts,
Ω20æ$118,394,000 $224,444,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter
133 of title 10, United States Code, and military construc-
tion authorization Acts, Ω21æ$50,159,000 $75,474,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2001.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVAL RESERVE
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and
Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 133 of title 10,
HR 3517 PP
United States Code, and military construction authoriza-
tion Acts, Ω22æ$33,169,000 $49,883,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2001.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by
chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, and military
construction 
authorization 
Acts, 
Ω23æ$51,655,000
$67,805,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001.
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM
For the United States share of the cost of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa-
cilities and installations (including international military
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective
defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized
in military construction authorization Acts and section
2806 of title 10, United States Code, Ω24æ$177,000,000
$172,000,000, to remain available until expended.
FAMILY HOUSING, ARMY
For expenses of family housing for the Army for
constrution, including acquisition, replacement, addition,
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the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 
and the Secretary of Labor, shall admin-
ister a vote of participants and beneficiaries 
of the plan. Except as provided in clause 
(v), the suspension shall go into effect fol-
lowing the vote unless a majority of all par-
ticipants and beneficiaries of the plan vote 
to reject the suspension. The plan sponsor 
may submit a new suspension application 
to the Secretary of the Treasury for ap-
proval in any case in which a suspension is 
prohibited from taking effect pursuant to a 
vote under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(iii) BALLOTS.—The plan sponsor 
shall provide a ballot for the vote (subject to 
approval by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with the Pension Benefit 
Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 
Labor) that includes the following: 
‘‘(I) A statement from the plan 
sponsor in support of the suspension. 
‘‘(II) A statement in opposition to 
the suspension compiled from com-
ments received pursuant to subpara-
graph (G)(ii).
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sation of operations at a facility which results in 
a workforce reduction of a number of eligible em-
ployees at the facility equivalent to more than 15 
percent of the number of all eligible employees of 
the employer, determined immediately before the 
earlier of— 
‘‘(i) the date of the employer’s decision 
to implement such cessation, or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a workforce reduc-
tion which includes 1 or more eligible em-
ployees described in paragraph (6)(B), the 
earliest date on which any such eligible em-
ployee was separated from employment. 
‘‘(B) WORKFORCE REDUCTION.—Subject to 
subparagraphs (C) and (D), the term ‘workforce 
reduction’ means the number of eligible employ-
ees at a facility who are separated from employ-
ment by reason of the permanent cessation of op-
erations of the employer at the facility. 
‘‘(C) RELOCATION OF WORKFORCE.—An eli-
gible employee separated from employment at a 
facility shall not be taken into account in com-
puting a workforce reduction if, within a reason-
able period of time, the employee is replaced by 
the employer, at the same or another facility lo-