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resident alien individual, subsection (a) shall apply
only—
‘‘(A) in determining the tax imposed for
the taxable year pursuant to section 871(b)(1)
and only in respect of dividends and interest
which are effectively connected with the conduct
of a trade or business within the United States,
or
‘‘(B) in determining the tax imposed for
the taxable year pursuant to section 877(b).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The table of sections for part III of sub-
chapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 115 the
following new item:
‘‘Sec. 116. Partial exclusion of dividends and interest received by
individuals.’’.
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 265(a) of such
Code is amended by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ‘‘, or to purchase or carry ob-
ligations or shares, or to make deposits, to the ex-
tent the interest thereon is excludable from gross in-
come under section 116’’.
(3) Subsection (c) of section 584 of such Code
is amended by adding at the end the following new
flush sentence:
(not excluded from gross income of the taxpayer
under any other provision of law), and
‘‘(5) interest attributable to participation shares
in a trust established and maintained by a corpora-
tion established pursuant to Federal law.
‘‘(d) SPECIAL
RULES.—For purposes of this
section—
‘‘(1) DISTRIBUTIONS
FROM
REGULATED
IN-
VESTMENT COMPANIES AND REAL ESTATE INVEST-
MENT TRUSTS.—Subsection (a) shall apply with re-
spect to distributions by—
‘‘(A) regulated investment companies to
the extent provided in section 854(c), and
‘‘(B) real estate investment trusts to the
extent provided in section 857(c).
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTIONS BY A TRUST.—For pur-
poses of subsection (a), the amount of dividends and
interest properly allocable to a beneficiary under sec-
tion 652 or 662 shall be deemed to have been re-
ceived by the beneficiary ratably on the same date
that the dividends and interest were received by the
estate or trust.
‘‘(3) CERTAIN
NONRESIDENT
ALIENS
INELI-
GIBLE
FOR
EXCLUSION.—In the case of a non-
(1) a description of planning on the national,
operational, and tactical levels to respond to, pros-
ecute, and achieve United States strategic objectives
with respect to a major contingency described in sub-
section (a); and
(2) a description of the confidence level of the
Secretary of Defense in United States military capa-
bilities to successfully respond to such a contingency.
(c) PREPARATION OF REPORT.—In preparing the re-
port under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall use
the resources and expertise of the relevant unified com-
mands, military departments, the combat support agencies,
and the defense components of the intelligence community,
as required, and other such entities within the Department
of Defense as the Secretary considers necessary.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1839
To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
to make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging
cameras.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1999
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency to make grants to fire departments for
the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras.
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 ‘‘Access to Thermal Im-
aging Cameras Act’’.
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) AUTHORITY.—In accordance with this section,
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Director’’) may
make grants on a competitive basis to fire departments
for the purpose of acquiring thermal imaging cameras.
(b) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share
of the cost of acquiring equipment under subsection (a)
shall be 33 percent.
(c) LIMITATION
ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of
amounts made available under subsection (e), the Director
may use not more than 10 percent for the administrative
costs of carrying out this section.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days
after making the first grant under subsection (a), the Di-
rector shall transmit to Congress a report on the results
of the grant program.
SEC. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purposes of carrying
out section 2, there is authorized to be appropriated to
the Director $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that any funds appropriated to carry out section 2
should be offset with corresponding reductions in funds
appropriated to carry out other Federal programs.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 183
To provide a limited waiver for certain foreign students of the requirement
to reimburse local educational agencies for the costs of the students’
education.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, and Mr. PICK-
ETT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide a limited waiver for certain foreign students of
the requirement to reimburse local educational agencies
for the costs of the students’ education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITED WAIVER OF REIMBURSEMENT RE-
QUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN STU-
DENTS.
Section 214(l) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)), as added by section 625(a)(1) of
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
sibility Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3009–699), is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘An alien’’
and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3), an alien’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(subject to
the application of paragraph (3))’’ before ‘‘are
met).’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) The Attorney General shall waive the application
of paragraph (1)(B)(ii) for an alien seeking to pursue a
course of study at a public secondary school if the local
educational agency described in the paragraph determines
and certifies to the Attorney General that the waiver will
promote the educational interest of the agency and will
not impose an undue financial burden on the agency.’’.
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(A) the concurrent installation of equip-
ment; and
(B) the complete or partial replacement of
an existing facility, but only if such replacement
is less expensive and more cost-effective than
repair, renovation, or alteration of the facility.
(2) FACILITY.—The term ‘‘facility’’ means a
public structure suitable for use as a classroom, lab-
oratory, library, media center, or related facility, the
primary purpose of which is the instruction of public
elementary school or secondary school students.
(3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given
the term in section 14101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(4) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’
means—
(A) with respect to funds made available
under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 4(a) for
grants under section 6 or 8, respectively, the
Secretary of Education; and
(B) with respect to funds made available
under paragraph (2) of section (4)(a) for grants
under section 6, the Secretary of Defense.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1841
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore eligibility for
adjustment of status under section 245(i) of that Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1999
Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself and Mrs. MORELLA) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore
eligibility for adjustment of status under section 245(i)
of that Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON ELIGI-
BILITY FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS UNDER
SECTION 245(I).
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 245(i)(1) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(i)(1)) is amended
by striking ‘‘(i)(1)’’ through ‘‘The Attorney General’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections
(a) and (c) of this section, an alien physically present in
the United States who—
‘‘(A) entered the United States without inspec-
tion; or
‘‘(B) is within one of the classes enumerated in
subsection (c) of this section;
may apply to the Attorney General for the adjustment of
his or her status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence. The Attorney General’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall be effective as if included in the enact-
ment of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–119; 111 Stat. 2440).
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(c) STAY OF REMOVAL; WORK AUTHORIZATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall
provide by regulation for an alien subject to a final
order of deportation or removal to seek a stay of
such order based on the filing of an application
under subsection (a).
(2) DURING CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS.—Notwith-
standing any provision of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act, the Attorney General shall not order
any alien to be removed from the United States, if
the alien is in exclusion, deportation, or removal pro-
ceedings under any provision of such Act and has
applied for adjustment of status under subsection
(a), except where the Attorney General has rendered
a final administrative determination to deny the ap-
plication.
(3) WORK
AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney
General may authorize an alien who has applied for
adjustment of status under subsection (a) to engage
in employment in the United States during the
pendency of such application and may provide the
alien with an ‘‘employment authorized’’ endorsement
or other appropriate document signifying authoriza-
tion of employment, except that if such application
is pending for a period exceeding 180 days, and has
House in the case of disapproval resolutions de-
scribed in paragraph (4); and they supersede
other rules only to the extent that they are in-
consistent therewith; and
‘‘(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules
(so far as relating to the procedure of that
House) at any time, in the same manner and
to the same extent as in the case of any other
rule of that House.
‘‘(4) DISAPPROVAL
RESOLUTION
DEFINED.—
The term ‘disapproval resolution’ means only a joint
resolution of the two Houses of Congress, the matter
after the resolving clause of which is as follows:
‘That Congress disapproves the civil aviation agree-
ment 
between 
the 
United 
States 
and
llllllll 
transmitted 
by
llllllll 
to 
the 
Congress 
on
llllllll.’, the first blank space being
filled with the name of the country involved, the sec-
ond blank space being filled with the title of the Sec-
retary involved, and the third blank space being
filled with the appropriate date.
‘‘(5) REFERRAL.—A disapproval resolution in-
troduced in the House of Representatives shall be
trol on the passage of a disapproval resolution,
allot additional time to any Senator during the
consideration of any debatable motion or ap-
peal.
‘‘(D) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE; MOTION
TO RECOMMIT.—A motion in the Senate to fur-
ther limit debate is not debatable. A motion to
recommit a disapproval resolution is not in
order.’’.
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pregnant woman who was receiving pregnancy-related as-
sistance under this section on the date of the child’s birth,
at the State’s option under the child health plan the child
may be deemed—
‘‘(1) to have applied for child health assistance
under the State child health plan on the date of such
birth;
‘‘(2) to have been found eligible for such assist-
ance on such date; and
‘‘(3) to remain eligible for such assistance until
the child attains 1 year of age, so long as the child
is a member of the woman’s household and the
woman remains (or would remain if pregnant) eligi-
ble for such assistance.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) takes effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act and applies to allotments for all fiscal years.
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graph (8) and by inserting after paragraph (6) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) DIVIDENDS OR INTEREST.—There shall be
included the amount of any dividends or interest ex-
cluded from gross income pursuant to section 116.’’.
(5) Section 854(a) of such Code is amended by
inserting ‘‘section 116 (relating to partial exclusion
of dividends and interest received by individuals)
and’’ after ‘‘For purposes of’’.
(6) Section 857(c) of such Code is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(c) RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO DIVIDENDS RE-
CEIVED FROM REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS.—
‘‘(1) TREATMENT FOR SECTION 116.—For pur-
poses of section 116 (relating to partial exclusion of
dividends and interest received by individuals), a
capital gain dividend (as defined in subsection
(b)(3)(C)) received from a real estate investment
trust which meets the requirements of this part shall
not be considered as a dividend.
‘‘(2) TREATMENT FOR SECTION 243.—For pur-
poses of section 243 (relating to deductions for divi-
dends received by corporations), a dividend received
from a real estate investment trust which meets the
not been denied, the Attorney General shall author-
ize such employment.
(d) ADJUSTMENT
OF STATUS
FOR SPOUSES
AND
CHILDREN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The status of an alien shall
be adjusted by the Attorney General to that of an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, if
the alien—
(A) is the spouse, child, or unmarried son
or daughter, of an alien whose status is ad-
justed to that of an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence under subsection (a), ex-
cept that in the case of such an unmarried son
or daughter, the son or daughter shall be re-
quired to establish that they have been phys-
ically present in the United States for a contin-
uous period, beginning not later than March 28,
1993, and ending not earlier than the date the
application for adjustment under this sub-
section is filed;
(B) applies for such adjustment not later
than the date that is 18 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act and is physically
present in the United States on the date the
application is filed; and
(C) is otherwise admissible to the United
States for permanent residence, except in deter-
mining such admissibility the grounds for exclu-
sion specified in paragraphs (4), (5), (6)(A),
(7)(A), and (9)(B) of section 212(a) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act shall not apply.
(2) PROOF OF CONTINUOUS PRESENCE.—For
purposes of establishing the period of continuous
physical presence referred to in paragraph (1)(A),
an alien—
(A) shall demonstrate that such period
commenced not later than March 28, 1993, in
a manner consistent with subsection (b)(2); and
(B) shall not be considered to have failed
to maintain continuous physical presence by
reason of an absence, or absences, from the
United States for any period in the aggregate
not exceeding 180 days.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—
The Attorney General shall provide to applicants for ad-
justment of status under subsection (a) the same right to,
and procedures for, administrative review as are provided
to—
(1) applicants for adjustment of status under
section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
or
(2) aliens subject to removal proceedings under
section 240 of such Act.
(f) LIMITATION
ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A deter-
mination by the Attorney General as to whether the status
of any alien should be adjusted under this section is final
and shall not be subject to review by any court.
(g) APPLICATION
OF IMMIGRATION
AND NATION-
ALITY ACT PROVISIONS.—Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this section, the definitions contained in the
Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply in the admin-
istration of this section. Nothing contained in this section
shall be held to repeal, amend, alter, modify, affect, or
restrict the powers, duties, functions, or authority of the
Attorney General in the administration and enforcement
of such Act or any other law relating to immigration, na-
tionality, or naturalization. The fact that an alien may be
eligible to be granted the status of having been lawfully
admitted for permanent residence under this section shall
not preclude the alien from seeking such status under any
other provision of law for which the alien may be eligible.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1846
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney
General to deem that an applicant for naturalization has taken an
oath of renunciation and allegiance in certain cases where the applicant
is medically unable to take the oath.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1999
Ms. LOFGREN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit
the Attorney General to deem that an applicant for natu-
ralization has taken an oath of renunciation and alle-
giance in certain cases where the applicant is medically
unable to take the oath.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMITTING ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DEEM
THAT THE OATH OF RENUNCIATION AND AL-
LEGIANCE HAS BEEN TAKEN IN CERTAIN
CASES WHEN APPLICANT IS MEDICALLY UN-
ABLE TO TAKE THE OATH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 337(a) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448(a)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘The Attorney General may deem that the oath has been
taken if the applicant has fulfilled all other requirements
for naturalization and became medically unable to take the
oath, as determined by the Attorney General, after ful-
filling the requirements of section 312(a).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and shall apply to applications for natu-
ralization filed on or after such date and to such applica-
tions pending on such date.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1848
To ensure a woman’s right to breastfeed her child on any portion of Federal
property where the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1999
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. SHAYS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD,
Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. DOOLEY of California) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government
Reform
A BILL
To ensure a woman’s right to breastfeed her child on any
portion of Federal property where the woman and her
child are otherwise authorized to be.
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 ‘‘Right to Breastfeed
Act’’.
SEC. 2. RIGHT TO BREASTFEED.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman
may breastfeed her child on any portion of Federal prop-
erty where the woman and her child are otherwise author-
ized to be.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the term ‘‘Federal property’’ means any
building, land, or other real property owned, leased, or oc-
cupied by any department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States (including the Department of Defense,
the United States Postal Service, and any establishment
in the legislative or judicial branches of the Government),
or any other instrumentality wholly owned by the United
States.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1849
To require the Attorney General to promulgate regulations relating to gender-
related persecution, including female genital mutilation, for use in deter-
mining an alien’s eligibility for asylum or withholding of deportation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1999
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE,
Ms. BERKLEY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CONYERS, Mr.
FARR of California, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FROST, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of
Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms.
LOFGREN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms.
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OLVER, Mr.
PAYNE, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´, Mr. SANDERS,
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. STARK, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr.
UNDERWOOD, Mr. WEINER, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To require the Attorney General to promulgate regulations
relating to gender-related persecution, including female
genital mutilation, for use in determining an alien’s eligi-
bility for asylum or withholding of deportation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO PROMULGATE REGULA-
TIONS CONCERNING GENDER-RELATED PER-
SECUTION.
(a) REGULATIONS FOR USE IN EVALUATING ASYLUM
APPLICATIONS.—The Attorney General shall promulgate
regulations, which shall apply to the determination of an
alien’s eligibility to be granted asylum under section 208
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, interpreting, in
a manner consistent with international law and standards,
the term ‘‘persecution’’, as used in section 101(a)(42)(A)
of such Act, to include gender-related persecution, includ-
ing female genital mutilation. The regulations under this
subsection may not create burdens, or increase require-
ments, for establishing persecution beyond those estab-
lished by international law and standards and decisions
of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
(b) REGULATIONS FOR USE IN WITHHOLDING DE-
PORTATION
OR RETURN.—The Attorney General shall
promulgate regulations relating to gender-related persecu-
tion, including female genital mutilation, which shall apply
to the determination under section 243(h) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act. The regulations under this sub-
section shall be consistent, to the extent appropriate under
such Act, with the regulations under subsection (a).
(c) DEADLINE.—The Attorney General shall promul-
gate the regulations required by this Act not later than
the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term
‘‘gender-related persecution’’ means a harm that—
(1) is specific to, or disproportionately affects,
women on the ground of their gender; and
(2) otherwise would be considered persecution
for purposes of section 101(a)(42)(A) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act.
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HR 1851 IH
mined by the Secretary, by the complainant for, or
in connection with, the bringing of the complaint
upon which the order was issued, including costs and
expenses incurred upon review before a court of ap-
peals.
‘‘(E) In conducting an investigation or adju-
dication under this paragraph, the provisions of sec-
tion 8(b) of this act shall apply.
‘‘(5)(A) Any person adversely affected or ag-
grieved by a final order issued under paragraph
(4)(C) may obtain review of the order before the
United States court of appeals for the circuit in
which the violation, with respect to which the order
was issued, occurred, or the circuit in which such
person resided on the date of such violation. The pe-
tition for review must be filed within 60 days from
the issuance of the Secretary’s order. Such review
shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter
7 of title 5, United States Code. An order of the
Secretary subject to review under this subsection is
not subject to judicial review in a criminal or other
civil proceeding. The commencement proceedings
under this subsection shall not, unless ordered by
the court, operate as a stay of the order of the Sec-
retary.