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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2234
To provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of printing cartridges.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 15, 1999
Mr. TANNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of printing
cartridges.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RELIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ENTRIES OF
PRINTING CARTRIDGES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 514 of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other pro-
vision of law, upon proper request filed with the United
States Customs Service within 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Customs Service—
(1) shall reliquidate each entry described in
subsection (c) containing any merchandise which, at
the time of original liquidation, had been classified
under subheading 8517.90.08 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to
parts of facsimile machines); and
(2) shall reliquidate such merchandise under
subheading 8473.30.50 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (relating to parts and
accessories of the machines of heading 8471), at the
rate of duty then applicable for such merchandise.
(b) PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS OWED.—Any amounts
owed by the United States pursuant to the reliquidation
of any entry under subsection (a) shall be paid within 180
days after the date on which the request for reliquidation
is made.
(c) AFFECTED ENTRIES.—The entries referred to in
subsection (a), filed at the port of Los Angeles, are as
follows:
Date of entry
Entry No.
Liquidation date
01/29/97
112–9640193–6
05/23/97
01/30/97
112–9640390–8
05/16/97
02/01/97
112–9640130–8
05/16/97
02/21/97
112–9642191–8
06/06/97
02/18/97
112–9642236–1
06/06/97
02/24/97
112–9642831–9
06/06/97
02/28/97
112–9643311–1
06/13/97
03/07/97
112–9644155–1
06/20/97
03/14/97
112–9645020–6
06/27/97
03/18/97
112–9645367–1
07/07/97
03/20/97
112–9646067–6
07/11/97
03/20/97
112–9646027–0
07/11/97
03/24/97
112–9646463–7
07/11/97
03/26/97
112–9646461–1
07/11/97
03/24/97
112–9646390–2
07/11/97
03/31/97
112–9647021–2
07/18/97
04/04/97
112–9647329–9
07/18/97
Date of entry
Entry No.
Liquidation date
04/07/97
112–9647935–3
02/20/97
04/11/97
112–9300307–3
02/20/97
04/11/97
112–9300157–2
02/20/97
04/24/97
112–9301788–3
03/06/98
04/25/97
112–9302061–4
03/06/98
04/28/97
112–9302268–5
03/13/98
04/25/97
112–9302328–7
03/13/98
04/25/97
112–9302453–3
03/13/98
04/25/97
112–9302438–4
03/13/98
04/25/97
112–9302388–1
03/13/97
05/30/97
112–9306611–2
10/31/97
05/02/97
112–9302488–9
03/13/98
05/09/97
112–9303720–4
03/20/98
05/06/97
112–9303761–8
03/20/98
05/14/97
112–9304827–6
03/27/98
05/16/97
112–9304932–4
03/27/97
01/02/97
112–9636637–8
04/18/97
01/10/97
112–9637688–0
04/25/97
01/06/97
112–9637316–8
04/18/97
01/31/97
112–9640064–9
05/16/97
01/28/97
112–9639734–0
05/09/97
01/25/97
112–9639410–7
05/09/97
01/24/97
112–9639109–5
05/09/97
04/04/97
112–9647321–6
07/18/97
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tion programs) the program participants will receive
throughout at least their first year of teaching;
(6) a description of how the applicant will col-
laborate, as needed, with other institutions, agencies,
or organizations to recruit, train, place, and support
program participants under this Act, including evi-
dence of the commitment of those institutions, agen-
cies, or organizations to the applicant’s program;
(7) a description of how the applicant will
evaluate the progress and effectiveness of its pro-
gram, including—
(A) the program’s goals and objectives;
(B) the performance indicators the appli-
cant will use to measure the program’s
progress; and
(C) the outcome measures that will be used
to determine the program’s effectiveness; and
(8) an assurance that the applicant will provide
to the Secretary such information as the Secretary
determines necessary to determine the overall effec-
tiveness of programs under this Act.
SEC. 6. USES OF FUNDS AND PERIOD OF SERVICE.
(a) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this Act
may be used for—
‘‘(I) for cost reporting periods beginning during
fiscal year 2000, an amount equal to 250 percent of
such median;
‘‘(II) for cost reporting periods beginning dur-
ing fiscal year 2001, an amount equal to 225 per-
cent of such median; and
‘‘(III) for cost reporting periods beginning dur-
ing or after fiscal year 2002, an amount equal to
200 percent of such median.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, in the case of such
a provider that demonstrates to the Secretary (in such
form and using such data as the Secretary requires) that,
for a cost reporting period, the provider, or a unit of the
provider, specializes in the treatment of individuals who,
because of age, diagnosis, or other criteria specified by the
Secretary are substantially more costly-than-average to
treat, the amount of payment to that provider or unit for
such an individual for that period is the limitation deter-
mined under clause (v).’’.
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall consult with appropriate
organizations, including such organizations rep-
resenting providers of home health services, physi-
cians, and patients in determining the criteria re-
quired for special payment provisions under the sec-
(19) contain such other provisions as the Sec-
retary determines necessary to ensure compliance
with the provisions of this Act and the regulations
issued under this Act.
SEC. 9. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW.
(a) FILING OF COMPLAINT.—
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any complaint
seeking judicial review of any provision of this Act
or any action of the Secretary under this Act may
be filed in any appropriate district court of the
United States. Such complaint must be filed within
90 days from the date of the action being chal-
lenged, or after such date if such complaint is based
solely on grounds arising after such 90th day, in
which case the complaint must be filed within 90
days after the complainant knew or reasonably
should have known of the grounds for the complaint.
(2) Any complaint seeking judicial review of an
action of the Secretary in promulgating any regula-
tion under this Act may be filed only in the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Colum-
bia.
(b) LIMITATION ON OTHER REVIEW.—Actions of the
Secretary with respect to which review could have been
ond sentence of clause (x) and under clause (xi) of
section 1861(v)(1)(L) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)(L)), including descriptions of
the type of patient, patient condition, unusual vari-
ations, and home health service that qualifies for
such payment.
(c) WAIVER
OF
PER
BENEFICIARY
LIMIT
FOR
OUTLIERS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1861(v)(1)(L) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)(L)), as amended in
subsections (a) and (b), is further amended by in-
serting after clause (x), the following new clause:
‘‘(xi)(I) Notwithstanding the applicable limit under
clause (v), (vi), (viii), (ix), or (x), in the case of a provider
that demonstrates to the Secretary that with respect to
an individual to whom the provider furnishes home health
services that are appropriate to the individual’s condition
(as determined by the Secretary) at a reasonable cost (as
determined by the Secretary), and that such reasonable
cost significantly exceeded such applicable limit because
of unusual variations in the type or amount of medically
necessary care (outliers) required to treat the individual,
the Secretary, upon application by the provider, shall pay
to such provider for such individual such reasonable cost.
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘;
and’’ and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) salaries and expenses of the Office of
Private Sector Partnership, but not to exceed
$5,000,000 for each fiscal year;
‘‘(E) administrative expenses of collecting
information under section 508(f)(3); and
‘‘(F) payment of fees in accordance with
section 508(h)(5)(B).’’; and
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘, fees
under section 508(h)(5)(B), civil fines under section
508(k)(3)(B)(i)(II),’’ after ‘‘premium income’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 223
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclo-
sure of certain information by persons conducting polls by telephone
during campaigns for election for Federal office.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. GIBBONS, and
Mr. PICKERING) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
require the disclosure of certain information by persons
conducting polls by telephone during campaigns for elec-
tion for Federal office.
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 ‘‘Push Poll Disclaimer
Act’’.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY PERSONS CON-
DUCTING POLLS DURING FEDERAL ELEC-
TION CAMPAIGNS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY PERSONS
CONDUCTING POLLS BY TELEPHONE
‘‘SEC. 323. Any person who conducts a poll by tele-
phone or electronic means to interview individuals on opin-
ions relating to any election for Federal office shall dis-
close to each respondent to the poll the following informa-
tion:
‘‘(1) The person’s identity.
‘‘(2) The identity of the person sponsoring the
poll or paying the expenses associated with the
poll.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occur-
ring after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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presence or scope of preemption to be litigated and
determined by the Federal judiciary, producing re-
sults sometimes contrary to or beyond the intent of
the Congress.
(6) State and local governments are full part-
ners in all Federal programs administered by those
governments.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) To promote and preserve the integrity and
effectiveness of our federalist system of government.
(2) To set forth principles governing the inter-
pretation of congressional intent regarding preemp-
tion of State and local government authority by Fed-
eral laws and rules.
(3) To recognize the partnership between the
Federal Government and State and local govern-
ments in the implementation of certain Federal pro-
grams.
(4) To establish a reporting requirement to
monitor the incidence of Federal statutory, regu-
latory, and judicial preemption.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(20) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of
the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other terri-
tory or possession of the United States.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act will apply to any health care liability action
brought in a Federal or State court and to any health
care liability claim subject to an ADR system, that is initi-
ated on or after the date of enactment of this Act, except
that any health care liability claim or action arising from
an injury occurring prior to the date of enactment of this
Act shall be governed by the applicable statute of limita-
tions provisions in effect at the time the injury occurred.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2243
To restrict United States assistance for certain reconstruction efforts in
the Balkans region of Europe to United States-produced articles and services.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 16, 1999
Mr. HEFLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To restrict United States assistance for certain reconstruc-
tion efforts in the Balkans region of Europe to United
States-produced articles and services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RESTRICTION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE
FOR CERTAIN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN
THE BALKANS REGION.
(a) PROHIBITION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), no part of any United States assistance
furnished for reconstruction efforts in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, or any contiguous country,
on account of the armed conflict or atrocities that
have occurred in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
since March 24, 1999, may consist of, or be used for
the procurement of, any article produced outside the
United States or any service provided by a foreign
person.
(2) DETERMINATIONS OF FOREIGN PRODUCED
ARTICLES.—In the application of paragraph (1), de-
terminations of whether an article is produced out-
side the United States or whether a service is pro-
vided by a foreign person should be made consistent
with the standards utilized by the Bureau of Eco-
nomic Analysis of the Department of Commerce in
its United States balance of payments statistical
summary with respect to comparable determinations.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if
doing so would require the procurement of any article or
service that is prohibitively expensive or unavailable.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘article’’ includes any
agricultural commodity, steel, construction material,
communications equipment, construction machinery,
farm machinery, or petrochemical refinery equip-
ment.
(2) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.—The
term ‘‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’’ means the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Monte-
negro) and includes Kosovo.
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means any foreign national, including any for-
eign corporation, partnership, other legal entity, or-
ganization, or association that is beneficially owned
by foreign nationals or controlled in fact by foreign
nationals.
(4) PRODUCED.—The term ‘‘produced’’, with
respect to an item, includes any item mined, manu-
factured, made, assembled, grown, or extracted.
(5) SERVICE.—The term ‘‘service’’ includes any
engineering, construction, telecommunications, or fi-
nancial service.
(6) STEEL.—The term ‘‘steel’’ includes the fol-
lowing categories of steel products: semifinished,
plates, sheets and strips, wire rods, wire and wire
products, rail type products, bars, structural shapes
and units, pipes and tubes, iron ore, and coke prod-
ucts.
(7) UNITED
STATES
ASSISTANCE.—The term
‘‘United States assistance’’ means any grant, loan,
financing, in-kind assistance, or any other assistance
of any kind.
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(2) purchase with donated or appropriated
funds; or
(3) exchange.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Land may be acquired only by do-
nation from—
(1) the State of Mississippi (including a polit-
ical subdivision of the State);
(2) the State of Tennessee (including a political
subdivision of the State); or
(3) the organization known as ‘‘Friends of the
Siege and Battle of Corinth’’.
SEC. 6. PARK MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer
the Unit in accordance with this Act and the laws gen-
erally applicable to units of the National Park System,
including—
(1) the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a Na-
tional Park Service, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and
(2) the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the
preservation of historic American sites, buildings,
objects, and antiquities of national significance, and
for other purposes’’, approved August 21, 1935 (16
U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
‘‘(7)(A) The President shall, as promptly as possible,
offer to reach a final administrative or judicial settlement
with potentially responsible parties who are small business
concerns as defined in section 107(o) that can dem-
onstrate that the concern does not have the ability to pay
response costs.
‘‘(B) In the case of a small business, the term ‘ability
to pay’ means the President’s reasonable expectation of
the ability of the small business to pay its total settlement
amount and still maintain its basic business operations.
Such consideration shall include the business’s overall fi-
nancial condition and demonstrable constraints on its abil-
ity to raise revenues. Any business requesting such consid-
eration shall promptly provide the President with all rel-
evant information needed to determine the business’s abil-
ity to pay. The business shall demonstrate the amount of
its ability to pay.
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into by the parties to the consumer transaction or con-
sumer contract after the controversy has arisen.
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE.—Compliance with the require-
ments of this title shall be enforced in the same manner
as compliance with the requirements imposed under the
preceding title are enforced under section 917 of such
title.
‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER LAW.—No provi-
sion of this section shall be construed as annulling, alter-
ing, affecting, or superseding any Federal law, or the laws
of any State, relating to arbitration in connection with
consumer transactions or consumer contracts, except to
the extent that those laws are inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this section, and then only to the extent of the
inconsistency.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to all consumer transactions and con-
sumer contracts entered into on, or after the date of the
enactment of this Act, amendments entered into on or
after such date of enactment to any consumer transaction
or consumer contract without regard to the date such
transaction was consummated or such contract entered
into, and to all controversies pending or filed on, or arising
after, the date of such date of enactment.
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(B) interests of United States consumers,
by expanding domestic sources of reasonably
priced gasoline, jet fuel, heating oil, and the
wide array of products derived from crude oil;
and
(C) national economic interests, by improv-
ing the balance of trade through reductions in
foreign oil imports, generating new economic
activity, creating domestic jobs, and reducing
the Federal deficit through increased tax and
royalty revenues.
(b) POLICY.—Congress declares that it is the policy
of the United States—
(1) to permit exploration, development, produc-
tion, and transportation of the oil and gas resources
in the Coastal Plain Study Area of the Arctic Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge, which is—
(A) located east of Prudhoe Bay and south
of the Beaufort Sea, areas where oil exploration
and development have been conducted in an en-
vironmentally sound manner for more than 2
decades; and
(B) served by an existing crude oil pipeline
and tanker transportation system;
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 224
To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PICKERING,
and Mr. DEMINT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 (relating to estate, gift, and generation-
skipping taxes) is hereby repealed.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to estates of decedents dying, and
transfers made, after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2251
For the relief of Renato Rosetti.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 16, 1999
Mr. ISTOOK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Renato Rosetti.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pur-
poses of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101 et seq.), Renato Rosetti shall be held and considered
to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for
permanent residence as of the date of the enactment of
this Act upon payment of the required visa fee.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF AVAILABLE VISAS.
Upon the granting of permanent residence to Renato
Rosetti as provided in this Act, the Secretary of State
shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by one number
during the current fiscal year the total number of immi-
grant visas available to natives of the country of the alien’s
birth under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)).
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2253
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the use under
that Act of any item or information obtained by trespassing on privately
owned property, or otherwise taken from privately owned property with-
out the consent of the owner of the property.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 17, 1999
Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit
the use under that Act of any item or information ob-
tained by trespassing on privately owned property, or
otherwise taken from privately owned property without
the consent of the owner of the property.
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 ‘‘Property Owners Pro-
tection Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON USE OF ITEMS AND INFORMATION
OBTAINED FROM PRIVATELY OWNED PROP-
ERTY WITHOUT CONSENT.
Section 11 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(16 U.S.C. 1540) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(f) RESTRICTION ON USE OF ITEMS OR INFORMA-
TION OBTAINED FROM PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY
WITHOUT CONSENT.—Any item or information obtained
by trespassing on privately owned property, or otherwise
taken from privately owned property without the consent
of the owner of the property—
‘‘(1) shall not be admissible as evidence in any
criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding under
this Act; and
‘‘(2) may not otherwise be used to administer
this Act.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2254
To amend the trade adjustment assistance provisions of the Trade Act of
1974 to allow the reimbursement of training costs incurred and for
which payment became due within 30 days before the training is ap-
proved by the Secretary of Labor.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 17, 1999
Mr. DUNCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the trade adjustment assistance provisions of the
Trade Act of 1974 to allow the reimbursement of train-
ing costs incurred and for which payment became due
within 30 days before the training is approved by the
Secretary of Labor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN TRAINING
COSTS.
Section 236(a)(6) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2296(a)(6)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking clause (ii)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(ii) from any source other than this section,
except that the Secretary shall reimburse an adversely af-
fected worker for the costs of any training program ap-
proved under paragraph (1) for that worker to the extent
that worker was enrolled in the training program during
the 30-day period preceding the date on which the Sec-
retary approved the program and such costs were incurred
during that 30-day period.’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘will not
be required’’ and inserting ‘‘, subject to the excep-
tion in subparagraph (A), will not be required’’.
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