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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 795
To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit the imposition of
certain additional fees on consumers in connection with any electronic
fund transfer which is initiated by the consumer from an electronic
terminal operated by a person other than the financial institution holding
the consumer’s account and which utilizes a national or regional commu-
nication network.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Mr. SANDERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit
the imposition of certain additional fees on consumers
in connection with any electronic fund transfer which
is initiated by the consumer from an electronic terminal
operated by a person other than the financial institution
holding the consumer’s account and which utilizes a na-
tional or regional communication network.
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 ‘‘Electronic Fund
Transfer Fees Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN FEES.
The Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693
et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 918, 919, 920,
and 921 as sections 919, 920, 921, and 922, respec-
tively; and
(2) by inserting after section 917 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 918. FEES.
‘‘In the case of any electronic fund transfer which—
‘‘(1) is initiated by a consumer from an elec-
tronic terminal operated by a person other than the
financial institution holding the account of the
consumer; and
‘‘(2) utilizes a national or regional communica-
tion network to effect the transaction between such
person and the financial institution holding the ac-
count of the consumer,
no fee may be imposed on the consumer with respect to
such transaction by the person operating the electronic
terminal at which the transfer is initiated.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 796
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to
a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Mr. SANFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical
corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier
Resources System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CORRECTIONS TO MAPS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall, before the end of the 30-day period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act, make such correc-
tions to the map described in subsection (b) as are nec-
essary to ensure that depictions of areas on that map are
consistent with the depictions of areas appearing on the
map entitled ‘‘Amendments to the Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System’’, dated September 3, 1996, and on file
with the Secretary.
(b) MAP DESCRIBED.—The map described in this
subsection is the map that—
(1) is included in a set of maps entitled ‘‘Coast-
al Barrier Resources System’’, dated October 24,
1990; and
(2) relates to unit SC–03 of the Coastal Barrier
Resources System.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 797
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the amount
that a multicandidate political committee may contribute to a House
of Representatives candidate, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Mr. SCHIFF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on House Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
reduce the amount that a multicandidate political com-
mittee may contribute to a House of Representatives
candidate, 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. REDUCTION IN AMOUNT MULTICANDIDATE PO-
LITICAL COMMITTEE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATE.
Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended
by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(i)
$5,000, or (ii) in the case of a candidate for the office
of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress and the authorized political com-
mittees of such candidate, the amount of the limitation
provided under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to contribu-
tions made by individuals’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING AT LEAST 70 PERCENT OF CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
CANDIDATE TO BE FROM IN-STATE INDIVID-
UAL RESIDENTS.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(i)(1) With respect to each reporting period for an
election, the total of contributions accepted by a candidate
for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident
Commissioner to, the Congress from in-State individual
residents shall be at least 70 percent of the total of con-
tributions accepted from all sources.
‘‘(2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘in-State
individual resident’ means an individual who resides in the
State in which the congressional district involved is lo-
cated.’’.
SEC. 3. WAIVER OF RESTRICTIONS FOR OPPONENTS OF
HOUSE 
OF 
REPRESENTATIVE 
CANDIDATE
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS OF PERSONAL FUNDS
IN EXCESS OF $50,000.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended
by section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(j) In the case of an election to the office of Rep-
resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to,
the Congress, if any candidate in the election has a total
amount of personal contributions in excess of $50,000—
‘‘(1) subsection (a)(2)(A)(i) shall apply with re-
spect to any opponent of such candidate; and
‘‘(2) subsection (i) shall not apply with respect
to any opponent of such candidate.’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
315(a)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)(ii)),
as added by section 1, is amended by inserting after ‘‘such
candidate’’ the following: ‘‘(except as provided in sub-
section (j))’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 798
To prohibit the issuance of new public debt obligations after December 31,
2001.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Mr. SMITH of Michigan (for himself, Mr. NEUMANN, and Mr. BARTLETT of
Maryland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To prohibit the issuance of new public debt obligations after
December 31, 2001.
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 ‘‘Balanced Budget Act
of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF PUBLIC DEBT OBLI-
GATIONS AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2001.
No obligation subject to the limitation under section
3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, may be issued
to the public after December 31, 2001. The preceding sen-
tence shall not apply to any obligation (or series of obliga-
tions) issued to refund an obligation issued before January
1, 2002.
SEC. 3. SPECIAL RULE.
Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution de-
claring war or a national emergency, section 1 is sus-
pended for the 6-month period beginning upon such date
of enactment. Congress and the President may, by law,
extend such 6-month period if such declaration of war or
national emergency is still in effect.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 799
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make a minor adjustment in
the exterior boundary of the Hells Canyon Wilderness in the States
of Oregon and Idaho to exclude an established Forest Service road
inadvertently included in the wilderness.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Mr. SMITH of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make a minor
adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Hells Canyon
Wilderness in the States of Oregon and Idaho to exclude
an established Forest Service road inadvertently included
in the wilderness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, HELLS CANYON WIL-
DERNESS, HELLS CANYON NATIONAL RECRE-
ATION AREA.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall revise the map and
detailed boundary description of the Hells Canyon Wilder-
ness designated by section 2 of Public Law 94–199 (16
U.S.C. 460gg–1) to exclude Forest Service Road 3965
from the wilderness area so that the road may continue
to be used by motorized vehicles to its historical terminus
at Squirrel Prairie, as was the original intent of the Con-
gress. The road shall continue to be included in the Hells
Canyon National Recreation Area also established by such
Act.
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Union Calendar No. 222
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 799
[Report No. 105–377]
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make a minor adjustment in
the exterior boundary of the Hells Canyon Wilderness in the States
of Oregon and Idaho to exclude an established Forest Service road
inadvertently included in the wilderness.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Mr. SMITH of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
NOVEMBER 4, 1997
Additional sponsor: Mrs. CHENOWETH
NOVEMBER 4, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make a minor
adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Hells Canyon
Wilderness in the States of Oregon and Idaho to exclude
an established Forest Service road inadvertently included
in the wilderness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, HELLS CANYON WIL-
DERNESS, HELLS CANYON NATIONAL RECRE-
ATION AREA.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall revise the map and
detailed boundary description of the Hells Canyon Wilder-
ness designated by section 2 of Public Law 94–199 (16
U.S.C. 460gg–1) to exclude Forest Service Road 3965
from the wilderness area so that the road may continue
to be used by motorized vehicles to its historical terminus
at Squirrel Prairie, as was the original intent of the Con-
gress. The road shall continue to be included in the Hells
Canyon National Recreation Area also established by such
Act.
Union Calendar No. 222
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
HR. 799
[Report No. 105–377]
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make a
minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the
Hells Canyon Wilderness in the States of Oregon
and Idaho to exclude an established Forest Serv-
ice road inadvertently included in the wilderness.
NOVEMBER 4, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hoopa Valley Reserva-
tion South Boundary Adjustment Act’’.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LANDS WITHIN SIX RIVERS NA-
TIONAL FOREST FOR HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE.
(a) TRANSFER.—All right, title, and interest in and
to the lands described in subsection (b) shall hereafter be
administered by the Secretary of the Interior and be held
in trust by the United States for the Hoopa Valley Tribe.
The lands are hereby declared part of the Hoopa Valley
Reservation. Upon the inclusion of such lands in the
Hoopa Valley Reservation, Forest Service system roads
numbered 8N03 and 7N51 and the Trinity River access
road which is a spur off road numbered 7N51, shall be
Indian reservation roads, as defined in section 101(a) of
title 23 of the United States Code.
(b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to in
subsection (a) are those portions of Townships 7 North
and 8 North, Ranges 5 East and 6 East, Humboldt Merid-
ian, California, within a boundary beginning at a point
on the current south boundary of the Hoopa Valley Indian
Reservation, marked and identified as ‘‘Post H.V.R. No.
8’’ on the Plat of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation
prepared from a field survey conducted by C.T. Bissel, Au-
gustus T. Smith, and C.A. Robinson, Deputy Surveyors,
approved by the Surveyor General, H. Pratt, March 18,
1892, and extending from said point on a bearing of north
72 degrees 30 minutes east, until intersecting with a line
beginning at a point marked as ‘‘Post H.V.R. No. 3’’ on
such survey and extending on a bearing of south 15 de-
grees 59 minutes east, comprising 2,641 acres more or
less.
(c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the
Six Rivers National Forest in the State of California is
hereby adjusted to exclude the lands to be held in trust
for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe pursuant to this
section.
(d) SURVEY.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Bureau of Land Management, shall survey
and monument that portion of the boundary of the Hoopa
Valley Reservation established by the addition of the lands
described in subsection (b).
(e) SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—The transfer of lands
to trust status under this section extinguishes the follow-
ing claims by the Hoopa Valley Tribe:
(1) All claims on land now administered as part
of the Six Rivers National Forest based on the alle-
gation of error in establishing the boundaries of the
Hoopa Valley Reservation, as those boundaries were
configured before the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(2) All claims of failure to pay just compensa-
tion for a taking under the fifth amendment to the
United States Constitution, if such claims are based
on activities, occurring before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, related to the lands transferred to
trust status under this section.
Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 1997.
Attest:
Clerk.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to deny automatic citi-
zenship at birth to children born in the United States to
parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens.
SEC. 3. CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH FOR CHILDREN OF NON-CIT-
IZEN, NON-PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101) is amended by insert-
ing after subsection (c) the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) For purposes of section 301(a), a person born
in the United States shall be considered as ‘subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States’ if—
‘‘(1) the child was born in wedlock in the Unit-
ed States to a parent either of whom is (A) a citizen
or national of the United States, or (B) an alien who
is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and
maintains his or her residence (as defined in sub-
section (a)(33)) in the United States; or
‘‘(2) the child was born out of wedlock in the
United States to a mother who is (A) a citizen or
national of the United States, or (B) an alien who
is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and
maintains her residence in the United States.
For purposes of this subsection, a child is considered to
be ‘born in wedlock’ only if both parents are married to
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 79
To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six Rivers National
Forest in the State of California for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. RIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six
Rivers National Forest in the State of California for
the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe.
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 ‘‘Hoopa Valley Reserva-
tion South Boundary Adjustment Act’’.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF LANDS WITHIN SIX RIVERS NA-
TIONAL FOREST FOR HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—All right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to the lands described in subsection
(b) shall hereafter be held in trust by the United States
for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and shall be part
of the Hoopa Valley Reservation.
(b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to in
subsection (a) are those portions of Townships 7 North
and 8 North, Ranges 5 East and 6 East, Humboldt Merid-
ian, California, within a boundary beginning at a point
on the current south boundary of the Hoopa Valley Indian
Reservation, marked and identified as ‘‘Post H.V.R. No.
8’’ on the Plat of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation
prepared from a field survey conducted by C.T. Bissel, Au-
gustus T. Smith, and C.A. Robinson, Deputy Surveyors,
approved by the Surveyor General, H. Pratt, March 18,
1892, and extending from said point on a bearing of north
72 degrees 30 minutes east, until intersecting with a line
beginning at a point marked as ‘‘Post H.V.R. No. 3’’ on
such survey and extending on a bearing of south 15 de-
grees 59 minutes east, comprising 2,641 acres more or
less.
(c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the
Six Rivers National Forest shall be adjusted to exclude
the lands to be held in trust for the benefit of the Hoopa
Valley Tribe pursuant to this section.
(d) SURVEY.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Bureau of Land Management, shall survey
and monument that portion of the boundary of the Hoopa
Valley Reservation established by the addition of the lands
described in subsection (b).
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 7
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny citizenship at birth
to children born in the United States of parents who are not citizens
or permanent resident aliens.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. ARCHER, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BEREUTER,
Mr. BRYANT, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr.
HERGER, Mr. HORN, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr.
JONES, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. PACKARD,
Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROYCE, Mr.
SKEEN, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WELDON of Florida, and Mr.
WELLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny
citizenship at birth to children born in the United States
of parents who are not citizens or permanent resident
aliens.
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 ‘‘Citizenship Reform
Act of 1997’’.
each other and parents are not considered to be married
if such marriage is only a common law marriage.’’.
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 301 of
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended by inserting ‘‘(as
defined in section 101(d))’’ after ‘‘subject to the jurisdic-
tion thereof’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to aliens born on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 800
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the governing
boards of Medicare national accrediting entities have public representa-
tion and have public meetings as a condition of recognizing their accredi-
tation under the Medicare Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Mr. STARK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require
the governing boards of Medicare national accrediting
entities have public representation and have public meet-
ings as a condition of recognizing their accreditation
under the Medicare Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNING BOARDS OF
MEDICARE ACCREDITING ENTITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1865 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395bb) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, subsection
(f),’’ after ‘‘subsection (b)’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘except as
provided in subsection (f),’’ after ‘‘In addition,’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(f) The previous provisions of this section shall not
apply to accreditation of a hospital or other provider entity
by any national accreditation body unless—
‘‘(1) at least one-third of the membership of the
governing board of the body is composed of individ-
uals who are members of the public approved by the
Secretary (no later than 60 days after submission)
and who are not employed by (or otherwise under
contract with) the body (or any entity accredited by
the organization) or an immediate family member of
an individual who is so employed or under contract
with the body or such an entity; and
‘‘(2) meetings of the governing board of the
body are open to the public to the extent such meet-
ings would be required to be open to the public
under section 552b of title 5, United States Code,
if the body were an agency for purposes of such sec-
tion.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to the composition of the gov-
erning board and meetings of such board as of January
1, 1998, with respect to accreditations occurring on or
after such date.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 801
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspec-
tion Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the interstate
distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry when the Secretary
determines that State inspection requirements are at least equal to Fed-
eral inspection standards and such requirements are consistently en-
forced.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Mr. THORNBERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry
Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary of
Agriculture to permit the interstate distribution of State-
inspected meat and poultry when the Secretary deter-
mines that State inspection requirements are at least
equal to Federal inspection standards and such require-
ments are consistently enforced.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SECRETARIAL AUTHORITY TO REMOVE INTRA-
STATE 
DISTRIBUTION 
RESTRICTION 
ON
STATE-INSPECTED MEAT AND POULTRY.
(a) FEDERAL
MEAT
INSPECTION
ACT.—Section
301(a)(1) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
661(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘If the Secretary determines that a State
meat inspection program consistently enforces State meat
inspection requirements that are at least equal to the Fed-
eral inspection, reinspection, and sanitation requirements
under title I of this Act, the Secretary may waive the limi-
tation that restricts meat and meat food products in-
spected under that program to intrastate distribution.’’.
(b) POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT.—Section
5(a)(1) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
454(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘If the Secretary determines that a State
poultry product inspection program consistently enforces
State poultry inspection requirements that are at least
equal to the Federal inspection, reinspection, and sanita-
tion requirements under this Act, the Secretary may waive
the limitation that restricts poultry and poultry products
inspected under that program to intrastate distribution.’’.
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