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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 282
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
reduce funding if States do not enact legislation that requires the death
penalty in certain cases.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. SWEENEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 to reduce funding if States do not enact
legislation that requires the death penalty in certain
cases.
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 ‘‘Correctional Officer
Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. GRANT REDUCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
Section 506 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(g)(1) In order not to reduce the funds available
under this subpart by 25 percent (for redistribution to
other participating States), a State shall, on the first day
of each fiscal year succeeding the first fiscal year begin-
ning 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Correc-
tional Officer Protection Act, have in effect throughout the
State a law which requires whoever, being incarcerated
pursuant to a conviction for crime, kills an individual who
is a State or local correctional officer—
‘‘(A) while such individual is engaged in carry-
ing out official duties as such officer;
‘‘(B) because of the nature of the official duties
of such officer; or
‘‘(C) because of such individual’s being such an
officer;
shall be subject to the penalty of death, if the killing is
a first degree murder, and subject to the penalties pro-
vided in sections 1111 and 1112 of title 18, United States
Code, in any other case.
‘‘(2) As used in this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘State or local correctional offi-
cer’ means any person who is a State or local officer
or employee, as such term is defined in section 1501
of title 5, United States Code, and who in the course
of official duty performs corrections-related or law
enforcement functions; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘State or local government’ in-
cludes the District of Columbia, øCommonwealth of¿
Puerto Rico, and any other territory øor¿ and pos-
session of the United States.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2837
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of
higher education to widely distribute information describing their proce-
dures for receiving and responding to complaints concerning harassment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
Mr. WEINER (for himself, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. FROST, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr.
WAXMAN, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr.
CROWLEY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. MILLENDER-
MCDONALD, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr.
KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin,
Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. KELLY, Mrs. MALONEY of New
York, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of
Texas, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEE, Mrs. THURMAN, and Ms. CARSON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Educatioin and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require
institutions of higher education to widely distribute infor-
mation describing their procedures for receiving and re-
sponding to complaints concerning harassment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to items and services furnished
on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
TITLE 
II—STATE 
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES AGENCY
PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
SEC. 201. TELEMEDICINE AND DISTANCE LEARNING SERV-
ICES IN RURAL AREAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2333(c)(1) of chapter 1
of subtitle D of title XXIII of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa–
2(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following
flush sentence:
‘‘For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘entities’
shall include State emergency medical services agen-
cies.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 202. INFORMATICS, TELEMEDICINE, AND EDUCATION
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4207(c) of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1395b–1(c) note.) is
‘‘(f) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—
‘‘(1) OBTAINING
REVIEW.—Any person ag-
grieved by a final order of the Secretary of Agri-
culture issued under subsection (d) may obtain re-
view of such order in the United States Court of Ap-
peals for the District of Columbia by submitting to
such court within 30 days from the date of such
order a written petition praying that such order be
modified or set aside.
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF FINDINGS.—The findings
of the Secretary with respect to questions of fact, if
supported by substantial evidence on the record,
shall be conclusive.
‘‘(3) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO SEEK TIMELY RE-
VIEW.—If no petition for review, as provided in
paragraph (1), is filed within 30 days after service
of the Secretary’s order, the order shall not be sub-
ject to review in any civil or criminal proceeding for
enforcement, and the findings of fact and order of
the Secretary shall be conclusive in connection with
any petition for enforcement which is filed by the
Secretary after the expiration of such period. In any
such case, the clerk of the court, unless otherwise
ordered by the court, shall forthwith enter a decree
enforcing the order and shall transmit a copy of
such decree to the Secretary and the person named
in the complaint.
‘‘(4) EFFECT
ON
ORDERS
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The commencement of proceedings under
this section shall not operate as a stay of an order
of the Secretary under subsection (d), unless specifi-
cally ordered by the court.’’.
SEC. 10. OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
Section 10 of the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of
1967 (7 U.S.C. 2305), as redesignated by section 6(1),
is amended—
(1) by striking the undesignated paragraph at
the end of the section;
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘and shall ex-
ercise’’ and all that follows through the period and
inserting a period and the following: ‘‘No action may
be commenced under subsection (a) or (c)—
‘‘(1) prior to 60 days after the plaintiff has
given notice of the alleged violation to the Secretary
of Agriculture under section 9(a); or
‘‘(2) if the Secretary has commenced and is
diligently prosecuting an action (administrative or
judicial) dealing with the same violation to require
compliance with the Act.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) Orders of the Secretary of Agriculture with re-
spect to which review could have been obtained under sec-
tion 9(f) shall not be subject to judicial review in any pro-
ceeding for enforcement under this section.’’.
SEC. 11. PREEMPTION.
The Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 (7
U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section
10 (as redesignated by section 6(1)) the following new sec-
tion:
‘‘SEC. 11. PREEMPTION.
‘‘This Act shall not invalidate the provisions of any
existing or future State law dealing with the same subjects
as this Act, except that such State law may not permit
any action that is prohibited by this Act. This Act shall
not deprive the proper State courts of jurisdiction under
State laws dealing with the same subjects as this Act.’’.
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(b) 50 PERCENT MATCH.—Federal funding provided
under this Act, after the designation of the Heritage Area,
may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of any assist-
ance or grant provided or authorized under this Act.
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Cutter Service, predecessor private and State
lifesaving organizations such as the Humane
Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
and early Coast Guard lifesaving and lifeboat
stations;
(B) technical descriptions of lifesaving
boats, line-guns, life cars, and beachcarts;
(C) the inventory, documentation, and
evaluation prepared under subsection (b);
(D) guidance and technical assistance in
the listing of historic lifesaving and lifeboat sta-
tions on the National Register of Historic
Places, or their designation as National His-
toric Landmarks; and
(E) guidance and technical assistance in
the listing of historic lifesaving boats in the
Historic American Engineering Record Collec-
tion.
(d) GRANTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, subject to
the availability of appropriations, shall make grants
to coordinate and assist in the restoration and pres-
ervation of historic lifesaving stations, historic life-
saving boats, and other significant lifesaving arti-
facts.
(2) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the
cost of an activity carried out with financial assist-
ance under this subsection shall not exceed 75 per-
cent of the total cost of the activity.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) HISTORIC LIFESAVING STATION.—The term
‘‘historic lifesaving station’’ means any land, struc-
ture, equipment, or other physical artifact or facility
formerly under the jurisdiction or control of the
Life-Saving Service or any earlier private or State
organizations, including lifesaving and lifeboat sta-
tions, sailors’ refuges, shipwreck survivors’ cache
sites, boats, and beachcarts.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Na-
tional Maritime Initiative of the National Park Serv-
ice.
(3) U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE HERITAGE ASSO-
CIATION.—The term ‘‘U.S. Life-Saving Service Her-
itage Association’’ means the national nonprofit edu-
cational organization by that name established under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for
the purposes and objectives of meeting and pre-
serving America’s lifesaving heritage.
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary—
(1) for use in making grants under subsection
(d), $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2004; and
(2) for carrying out the other provisions of this
section $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2000
through 2004.
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Calendar No. 713
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2833
To establish the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 25, 2000
Received; read twice and placed on the Calendar
AN ACT
To establish the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 2833 PCS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act:
(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage
Area’’ means the Yuma Crossing National Heritage
Area established in section 3.
(2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘man-
agement entity’’ shall mean the Yuma Crossing Na-
tional Heritage Area Board of Directors referred to
section 3(c).
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ shall mean the management plan for the
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Certain events that led to the establishment
of the Yuma Crossing as a natural crossing place on
the Colorado River and to its development as an im-
portant landmark in America’s westward expansion
during the mid-19th century are of national historic
and cultural significance in terms of their contribu-
tion to the development of the new United States of
America.
‘‘(5) FISCAL CONTROL AND FUND ACCOUNTING;
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—(A) The plan shall pro-
vide satisfactory assurance that such fiscal control
and fund accounting procedures will be adopted as
may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of,
and accounting for, funds received from allotments
made under section 302(a) to the State, including
any such funds paid to the recipients of a grant or
contract.
‘‘(B) The plan shall provide assurances that—
‘‘(i) no individual (appointed or otherwise)
involved in the designation of the State agency
or an area agency on aging, or in the designa-
tion of the head of any subdivision of the State
agency or of an area agency on aging, is subject
to a conflict of interest prohibited under this
subtitle,
‘‘(ii) no officer, employee, or other rep-
resentative of the State agency or an area agen-
cy on aging is subject to a conflict of interest
prohibited under this subtitle, and
‘‘(iii) mechanisms are in place to identify
and remove conflicts of interest prohibited
under this subtitle.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2835
To require an assessment of research on effects of radio frequency emissions
on human health.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
Mr. SANDERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To require an assessment of research on effects of radio
frequency emissions on human health.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings:
(1) There has been a substantial effort by the
Federal Government to determine the effects of elec-
tric and magnetic fields on biological systems, as is
evidenced by the Electric and Magnetic Fields Re-
search 
and 
Public 
Information 
Dissemination
(RAPID) Program, which was established by section
2118 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law
102–486; 42 U.S.C. 13478).
(2) This five-year program, which was coordi-
nated by the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences and the Department of Energy, ex-
amined the possible effects of electric and magnetic
fields on human health. Despite the success of this
program, there has been no similar effort by the
Federal Government to determine the possible ef-
fects on human health of radio frequency emissions
associated with telecommunications facilities.
(3) The RAPID program could serve as the ex-
cellent model for a Federally-sponsored research
project.
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH ON EFFECTS OF RADIO
FREQUENCY EMISSIONS ON HUMAN HEALTH.
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall carry out an independent assess-
ment on the effects of radio frequency emission on human
health. The Secretary shall carry out the independent as-
sessment through grants to appropriate public and private
entities selected by the Secretary for purposes of the inde-
pendent assessment.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sexual Harassment
Awareness Reporting and Posting Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. HARASSMENT PROCEDURE DISCLOSURES RE-
QUIRED.
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(h) HARASSMENT PROCEDURE DISCLOSURES RE-
QUIRED.—Each eligible institution participating in any
program under this title shall carry out appropriate and
reasonable information dissemination activities for pro-
spective and enrolled students (including those attending
or planning to attend less than full time) regarding the
procedures established by such institution for receiving
and responding to complaints regarding sexual harass-
ment. Such dissemination activities shall include—
‘‘(1) distribution to enrolled students (along
with the distribution of information concerning en-
rollment in the institution) of information—
‘‘(A) identifying the acts that constitute
sexual harassment;
‘‘(B) stating that sexual harassment is ille-
gal; and
‘‘(C) describing the procedures to be fol-
lowed to file a sexual harassment complaint and
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Secretary
of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2000,
$10,000,000 for purposes of grants for the independent
assessment required by subsection (a). Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriation in
the preceding sentence shall remain available until ex-
pended.
(c) The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall produce a report on existing research evaluating the
biological effects to human health of short term, high-level,
as well as long-term, low-level exposures to radio frequency
emissions to Congress no later than January 1, 2001.
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SEC. 3. CHILDREN’S ASTHMA RELIEF.
Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 511. ASTHMA TREATMENT GRANTS PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are as
follows:
‘‘(1) To provide access to quality medical care
for children who live in areas that have a high prev-
alence of asthma and who lack access to medical
care.
‘‘(2) To provide on-site education to parents,
children, health care providers, and medical teams to
recognize the signs and symptoms of asthma, and to
train them in the use of medications to prevent and
treat asthma.
‘‘(3) To decrease preventable trips to the emer-
gency room by making medication available to indi-
viduals who have not previously had access to treat-
ment or education in the prevention of asthma.
‘‘(4) To provide other services, such as smoking
cessation programs, home modification, and other
direct and support services that ameliorate condi-
tions that exacerbate or induce asthma.
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other
payments made under this title, the Secretary shall
national peacekeeping force for East Timor and support
such a force in an appropriate manner.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2839
To amend the Act which established the Saint-Gaudens National Historic
Site, in the State of New Hampshire, by modifying the boundary, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
Mr. BASS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Act which established the Saint-Gaudens Na-
tional Historic Site, in the State of New Hampshire,
by modifying the boundary, 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 ‘‘Saint-Gaudens Na-
tional Historic Site Improvement Act’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
The Act of August 31, 1964 (78 Stat. 749), which
established Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, is
amended—
(1) in section 3 by striking ‘‘not to exceed sixty-
four acres of lands and interests therein’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘215 acres of lands and buildings, or interests
therein’’;
(2) in section 6 by striking ‘‘$2,677,000’’ from
the first sentence and inserting ‘‘$10,632,000’’; and
(3) in section 6 by striking ‘‘$80,000’’ from the
last sentence and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 283
To direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to
report to Congress on methods and procedures to accelerate the provision
of Federal disaster assistance to agricultural communities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. SWEENEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency to report to Congress on methods and
procedures to accelerate the provision of Federal disaster
assistance to agricultural communities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency shall prepare and transmit to Con-
gress a report on methods and procedures that the Direc-
tor recommends to accelerate the provision of Federal dis-
aster assistance under The Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et
seq.) to agricultural communities.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2841
To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for
greater fiscal autonomy consistent with other United States jurisdictions,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. GEORGE MIL-
LER of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands
to provide for greater fiscal autonomy consistent with
other United States jurisdictions, 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. GREATER FISCAL AUTONOMY.
(a) ISSUANCE.—Section 8(b)(ii)(A) of the Revised
Organic 
Act 
of 
the 
Virgin 
Islands 
(48 
U.S.C.
1574(b)(ii)(A)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting after
‘‘other evidence of indebtedness’’ the following: ‘‘, in-
(A) telephone surveys to collect sample
household data on the local burden of asthma;
and
(B) health care facility specific surveillance
to collect asthma data on the prevalence and se-
verity of asthma, and on the quality of asthma
care; and
(2) compile and annually publish data on—
(A) the prevalence of children suffering
from asthma in each State; and
(B) the childhood mortality rate associated
with asthma nationally and in each State.
(b) COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS.—The activities de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) may be conducted in collabo-
ration with eligible entities awarded a grant under section
511 of the Social Security Act (as added by section 3).
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(1) subject to the Act of March 1, 1911 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Weeks Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 480 
et seq.); and 
(2) administered in accordance with laws (in-
cluding regulations) applicable to the National For-
est System. 
(b) APPLICABLE LAW.—The land described in section 
3(b) shall not be subject to the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.). 
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the land described in section 3(b) is withdrawn from loca-
tion, entry, and patent under the public land laws, mining 
laws, and mineral leasing laws (including geothermal leas-
ing laws).
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