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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1680
To provide for the conveyance of Forest Service property in Kern County,
California, in exchange for county lands suitable for inclusion in Sequoia
National Forest.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 4, 1999
Mr. THOMAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for the conveyance of Forest Service property
in Kern County, California, in exchange for county lands
suitable for inclusion in Sequoia National Forest.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE, CAMP OWEN AND RELATED
PARCELS, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
(a) EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—If the non-Federal lands
described in subsection (b) are conveyed to the United
States in accordance with this section, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall convey to Kern County, California, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to
three parcels of land under the jurisdiction of the Forest
Service in Kern County, as follows:
(1) Approximately 104 acres known as Camp
Owen.
(2) Approximately 4 acres known as Wofford
Heights Park.
(3) Approximately 3.4 acres known as the
French Gulch maintenance yard.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—The
non-Federal lands referred to in subsection (a) consist of
Greenhorn Mountain Park, in Kern County, California,
which is a 160 acre, forested park owned by the County
within Sequoia National Forest. The park consists of
camp sites (including outdoor grills, picnic tables, and
parking spurs), cabins, dining facilities, a recreational
hall, paved roads and parking lot, restroom and shower
facilities, storage buildings, and an outdoor amphitheater.
(c) CONDITIONS ON ACCEPTANCE.—Title to the non-
Federal lands to be conveyed under this section must be
acceptable to the Secretary, and the conveyance shall be
subject to such valid existing rights of record as may be
acceptable to the Secretary. The non-Federal lands shall
conform with the title approval standards applicable to
Federal land acquisitions.
tion, the Secretary may require such additional terms and
conditions related to environmental liability as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the
United States.
(h) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—The exact acreage and
legal description of the real property to be exchanged
under this section shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Secretary.
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contracts by the Agency for the fiscal year of such
budget submission, as well as for the 2 previous fiscal
years;
(2) the major purposes for such travel; and
(3) the sources of funds for such travel.
(b) TRADE ASSOCIATIONS.—No funds authorized by
this Act may be used either directly or indirectly to fund
a grant, contract, subcontract, or any other form of finan-
cial assistance awarded by the Agency to a trade associa-
tion on a noncompetitive basis. As part of the Agency’s an-
nual budget request submission to the Congress, the Admin-
istrator shall submit a report to the Committee on Science
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, that identifies—
(1) the estimated amount of funds provided by
the Agency to trade associations, by trade association,
for the fiscal year of such budget submission, as well
as for the 2 previous fiscal years;
(2) the services either provided or to be provided
by each such trade association; and
(3) the sources of funds for services provided by
each such trade association.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1681
To concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses
on those offenses that are major.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 4, 1999
Ms. WATERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution
of drug offenses on those offenses that are major.
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 ‘‘Major Drug Traf-
ficking Prosecution Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Since the enactment of mandatory min-
imum sentencing for drug users, the Federal Bureau
of Prisons budget increased by more than 1,350 per-
cent, 
from 
$220,000,000 
in 
1986 
to 
about
$3,019,000,000 in 1997.
(2) Mandatory minimums have not reduced sen-
tencing discretion, but rather have transferred dis-
cretion from judges to prosecutors. Prosecutors, not
judges, have the discretion to reduce a charge, ac-
cept or deny a plea bargain, reward or deny a de-
fendant’s substantial assistance or cooperation in the
prosecution of someone else, and ultimately, to de-
termine the final sentence of the defendant.
(3) African Americans comprise 12 percent of
the United States population, 15 percent of drug
users, 17 percent of cocaine users, but 33 percent of
all Federal drug convictions and 57 percent of Fed-
eral cocaine convictions.
(4) In 1986, before the mandatory minimums
for crack cocaine offenses became effective, the aver-
age Federal offense for African Americans was 11
percent higher than whites. Following the implemen-
tation of mandatory drug sentencing laws, the aver-
age drug offense sentence for African Americans was
49 percent higher than whites.
(5) The average dealer holds a low-wage job
and sells part time to obtain for his or her own use.
(2) $256,700,000 for fiscal year 2001, of
which—
(A) $149,900,000 shall be for the Ad-
vanced Technology Program under section 28
of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n); and
(B) $106,800,000 shall be for the Manu-
facturing 
Extension 
Partnerships 
program
under sections 25 and 26 of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology Act (15
U.S.C. 278k and 278l).
SEC. 5. NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Commerce for the National Technical Informa-
tion Service $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 6. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH-
NOLOGY ACT AMENDMENTS.
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 28 of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n)
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and if the non-Federal partici-
pants in the joint venture agree to pay at least 60
percent of the total costs of the joint venture during
the Federal participation period under this section,
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1683
For the relief of Paul Green.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 4, 1999
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Paul Green.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FILING APPLICATION
FOR 
CHILD’S 
INSURANCE 
BENEFIT 
AND
LUMP SUM DEATH BENEFIT UNDER TITLE II
OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.
If an application for a child’s insurance benefit under
section 202(d) of the Social Security Act is filed by or
on behalf of Paul Green of Walnut Street in Newton, Mas-
sachusetts, within 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, then—
(1) the application shall be considered, for pur-
poses of section 202(d) of such Act, to have been
filed in the month in which his mother, Marie
Pendola Grardina (social security account number
019–16–2579), died; and
(2) the application shall also be considered to
be an application for a lump-sum death benefit
under section 202(i) of such Act, and for purposes
of such section 202(i), to have been filed in that
month.
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U.S.C. 153(21)), relating to the definition of interLATA
service, is amended by inserting before the period the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, except that such term shall not include services
that consist of or include the transmission of any data or
information, including any writing, signs, signals, pictures,
or sounds related to the transmission of such data or in-
formation, by means of the Internet or any other network
that employs Internet Protocol-based or other packet-
switched technology’’.
(b) VOICE INTERLATA INTERNET SERVICES.—Nei-
ther a Bell operating company, nor any affiliate of a Bell
operating company, may provide, by means of the Internet
or any other network that employs Internet Protocol-based
or other packet-switched technology, two-way voice-only
interLATA telecommunications services originating in any
of its in-region States until such time as the Federal Com-
munications Commission approves the application of such
company for such State pursuant to section 271(d) of the
Communications Act of 1934. The terms in this sub-
section shall have the same respective meanings given such
terms in sections 3 and 271 of such Act.
qualified net interest income of the company for
such taxable year, the portion of each distribu-
tion which shall be an interest-related dividend
shall be only that portion of the amounts so
designated which such qualified net interest in-
come bears to the aggregate amount so des-
ignated.
‘‘(D) 
QUALIFIED
NET
INTEREST
IN-
COME.—For purposes of subparagraph (C), the
term ‘qualified net interest income’ means the
qualified interest income of the regulated in-
vestment company reduced by the deductions
properly allocable to such income.
‘‘(E) QUALIFIED INTEREST INCOME.—For
purposes of subparagraph (D), the term ‘quali-
fied interest income’ means the sum of the fol-
lowing amounts derived by the regulated invest-
ment company from sources within the United
States:
‘‘(i) Any amount includible in gross
income as original issue discount (within
the meaning of section 1273) on an obliga-
tion payable 183 days or less from the date
of original issue (without regard to the pe-
riod held by the company).
(4) aid in the prevention of disease, disability,
and premature death;
(5) encourage improvement in the number and
distribution of professional personnel and facilities;
and
(6) insure the provision of adequate service with
the greatest economy consistent with high standards
of quality.
(b) Local administrative officers shall be appointed
by the State agency or the head thereof, in accordance
with the merit system provided for in the State plan of
operations; local administrative committees shall be ap-
pointed by such agency or the head thereof, from individ-
uals residing in the respective health-service areas, and the
executive officers of such committees shall be appointed
by the committees in accordance with the merit system;
the local health-service areas shall be those so designated
in such plan; and members of local advisory committees
and of local professional committees shall be selected in
accordance with methods set forth in such plan.
(c) In exercising their functions and discharging their
responsibilities under this Act, local administrative officers
and communities, local advisory committees, and local pro-
fessional committees shall observe the provisions of this
Act, and of regulations prescribed thereunder, and of any
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(b) CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.—Section 3534(b) is
amended by striking ‘‘$485’’ and inserting ‘‘$550’’.
(c) 
SPECIAL
RESTORATIVE
TRAINING.—Section
3542(a) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$485’’ and inserting ‘‘$550’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘$152’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘$172’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘$16.16’’ and inserting ‘‘$18.35’’.
(d) APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING.—Section 3687(b)(2)
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$353’’ and inserting ‘‘$401’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘$264’’ and inserting ‘‘$299’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘$175’’ and inserting ‘‘$198’’;
and
(4) by striking ‘‘$88’’ and inserting ‘‘$99’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply
with respect to educational assistance paid for months after
September 1999.
SEC. 305. INCREASED ACTIVE DUTY EDUCATIONAL ASSIST-
ANCE BENEFIT FOR CONTRIBUTING MEM-
BERS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR IN-
CREASED
ASSISTANCE
AMOUNT.—(1) Section 3011 is
amended—
TITLE I—CONVERSION OF
FINANCING
SEC. 101. CONVERSION.
Subject to the provisions of this title and the agree-
ment of the owner of a project assisted under section 202
of the Housing Act of 1959 (as in effect before the enact-
ment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act) and section 8 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937, the Secretary may convert the financing of any
such housing project to financing under section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1701q).
SEC. 102. DEBT FORGIVENESS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), in con-
verting the financing of any housing project pursuant to
this title, the Secretary may cancel any indebtedness to
the Secretary relating to any remaining principal and in-
terest under any loan for the project made under section
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as in effect before the
enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act).
(b) BUDGET ACT COMPLIANCE.—The authority of
the Secretary to cancel indebtedness under subsection (a)
shall be effective only to the extent or in such amounts
Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (including provi-
sions of law amended by that Act).
(d) AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES TO ENFORCE
THIS ACT.—The United States may sue for injunctive or
declaratory relief to enforce compliance with this Act.
SEC. 5. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
(a) RELIGIOUS BELIEF UNAFFECTED.—Nothing in
this Act shall be construed to authorize any government
to burden any religious belief.
(b) RELIGIOUS EXERCISE NOT REGULATED.—Noth-
ing in this Act shall create any basis for restricting or
burdening religious exercise or for claims against a reli-
gious organization, including any religiously affiliated
school or university, not acting under color of law.
(c) CLAIMS TO FUNDING UNAFFECTED.—Nothing in
this Act shall create or preclude a right of any religious
organization to receive funding or other assistance from
a government, or of any person to receive government
funding for a religious activity, but this Act may require
government to incur expenses in its own operations to
avoid imposing a burden or a substantial burden on reli-
gious exercise.
(d) OTHER AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE CONDITIONS ON
FUNDING UNAFFECTED.—Nothing in this Act shall—
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‘‘(D) 
INFORMATION
REQUIRED
FROM
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ON REQUEST.—Any
health care facility from which a participant or
beneficiary has sought treatment under a group
health plan shall provide to the participant or
beneficiary, on request, a description of the fa-
cility’s corporate form or other organizational
form and all forms of licensing and accredita-
tion status (if any) assigned to the facility by
standard-setting organizations.
‘‘(f) ACCESS TO INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE
COVERAGE OPTIONS UNDER WHICH THE PARTICIPANT
OR BENEFICIARY IS ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL.—In addition
to information otherwise required to be made available
under this section, a group health plan (and a health in-
surance issuer offering health insurance coverage in con-
nection with a group health plan) shall, upon written re-
quest (made not more frequently than annually), make
available to a participant (and an employee who, under
the terms of the plan, is eligible for coverage but not en-
rolled) in connection with a period of enrollment the sum-
mary plan description for any coverage option under the
plan under which the participant is eligible to enroll and
any information described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (vi),
(vii), and (viii) of subsection (e)(2)(B).
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‘‘(g) ADVANCE NOTICE
OF CHANGES
IN DRUG
FORMULARIES.—Not later than 30 days before the effec-
tive date of any exclusion of a specific drug or biological
from any drug formulary under the plan that is used in
the treatment of a chronic illness or disease, the plan shall
take such actions as are necessary to reasonably ensure
that plan participants are informed of such exclusion. The
requirements of this subsection may be satisfied—
‘‘(1) by inclusion of information in publications
broadly distributed by plan sponsors, employers, or
employee organizations;
‘‘(2) by electronic means of communication (in-
cluding the Internet or proprietary computer net-
works in a format which is readily accessible to par-
ticipants);
‘‘(3) by timely informing participants who,
under an ongoing program maintained under the
plan, have submitted their names for such notifica-
tion; or
‘‘(4) by any other reasonable means of timely
informing plan participants.’’.
SEC. 602. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by section
601 shall apply with respect to plan years beginning on
or after January 1 of the second calendar year following
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the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall
first issue all regulations necessary to carry out the
amendments made by section 601 before such date.
(b) LIMITATION ON ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.—No
enforcement action shall be taken, pursuant to the amend-
ments made by section 601, against a group health plan
or health insurance issuer with respect to a violation of
a requirement imposed by such amendments before the
date of issuance of final regulations issued in connection
with such requirement, if the plan or issuer has sought
to comply in good faith with such requirement.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1688
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction
for the travel expenses of a taxpayer’s spouse who accompanies the
taxpayer on business travel.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 5, 1999
Mr. ABERCROMBIE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore
the deduction for the travel expenses of a taxpayer’s
spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF DEDUCTION FOR TRAVEL
EXPENSES OF SPOUSE, ETC. ACCOMPANYING
TAXPAYER ON BUSINESS TRAVEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (m) of section 274 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to additional
limitations on travel expenses) is amended by striking
paragraph (3).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after
December 31, 1999.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1689
To prohibit States from imposing restrictions on the operation of motor
vehicles providing limousine service between a place in a State and
a place in another State, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 5, 1999
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To prohibit States from imposing restrictions on the oper-
ation of motor vehicles providing limousine service be-
tween a place in a State and a place in another State,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REGULATION OF INTERSTATE LIMOUSINE
SERVICE.
No State or political subdivision of the State and no
interstate agency or other political agency of 2 or more
States may enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation,
standard, or other provision having the force and effect
of law that restricts the operation of a motor vehicle pro-
viding limousine service between a place in a State and
a place in another State.
SEC. 2. LICENSING OF PERSONS PROVIDING INTERMUNIC-
IPAL LIMOUSINE SERVICE WITHIN A STATE.
No State or political subdivision of the State may
enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation, standard, or
other provision having the force and effect of law that
would require a person engaged in intermunicipal lim-
ousine service within the State to obtain a license, permit,
or other form of permission from more than 1 State agen-
cy or agency of a political subdivision of the State in order
to engage in such intermunicipal limousine service. Noth-
ing in this section shall prohibit any local authority from
regulating limousine service if during the course of the
service the same passenger is picked up within the local
authority’s jurisdictional area and the last stop of the pas-
senger’s service is also within the local authority’s jurisdic-
tional area.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) LIMOUSINE SERVICE.—The term ‘‘limousine
service’’ means prearranged, passenger transpor-
tation in a motor vehicle (other than a taxicab) with
a seating capacity of not to exceed 14 passengers in
addition to the driver that is provided at a premium
fare on a non-scheduled, charter basis and is not on
a regular route.
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50
States and the District of Columbia.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 168
To revise the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr.
GEORGE
MILLER
of California, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. STARK, Mrs.
TAUSCHER, and Ms. LEE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To revise the boundaries of the Golden Gate National
Recreation Area, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Golden Gate National
Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act of 1999.’’
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA.
Section 2(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish
the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the State
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of California, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 460bb–
1(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The
recreation area shall also include the lands generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘Pacifica additions to Golden
Gate National Recreation Area’, numbered NPS–80,070
and dated June 1998.’’
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(1) authorize a government to regulate or af-
fect, directly or indirectly, the activities or policies of
a person other than a government as a condition of
receiving funding or other assistance; or
(2) restrict any authority that may exist under
other law to so regulate or affect, except as provided
in this Act.
(e) GOVERNMENTAL DISCRETION IN ALLEVIATING
BURDENS ON RELIGIOUS EXERCISE.—A government may
avoid the preemptive force of any provision of this Act by
changing the policy that results in the substantial burden
on religious exercise, by retaining the policy and exempt-
ing the burdened religious exercise, by providing exemp-
tions from the policy for applications that substantially
burden religious exercise, or by any other means that
eliminates the substantial burden.
(f) EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—In a claim under sec-
tion 2(a)(2) of this Act, proof that a substantial burden
on a person’s religious exercise, or removal of that burden,
affects or would affect commerce, shall not establish any
inference or presumption that Congress intends that any
religious exercise is, or is not, subject to any other law.
(g) BROAD CONSTRUCTION.—This Act should be con-
strued in favor of a broad protection of religious exercise,