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authorized by its employees shall be given an opportunity
to accompany the Secretary or an authorized representa-
tive of the Secretary during the physical inspection of any
workplace under subsection (a) for the purpose of aiding
such inspection. Time spent by an employee on any such
inspection shall be deemed to be time worked and no em-
ployee shall suffer any loss of pay, benefits, or seniority
for having participated in the inspection. Where there is
no authorized employee representative, the Secretary or
the Secretary’s authorized representative shall consult
with a reasonable number of employees concerning mat-
ters of health and safety in the workplace.
‘‘(2) A representative of the Administrator of General
Services shall, upon request of the Secretary, accompany
the Secretary in an inspection under this section of a facil-
ity subject to the authority of the Administrator.
‘‘(d)(1) Any employees or representative of employees
who believe that a violation of this subchapter or a safety
or health standard exists that threatens physical harm, or
that an imminent danger exists, may request an inspection
by giving notice to the Secretary or the Secretary’s author-
ized representative of such violation or danger. Any such
notice shall set forth with reasonable particularity the
grounds for the notice, and a copy of the notice if written
or a summary of the notice if oral shall be provided the
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1143
To exclude foreign reparation payments from consideration as income in
determining eligibility and benefits under Federal housing assistance
programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1993
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To exclude foreign reparation payments from consideration
as income in determining eligibility and benefits under
Federal housing assistance programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, repara-
tion payments received from any foreign government shall
not be considered as income or a resource for the purpose
of determining the eligibility of, or the amount of benefits
payable for, any person under the United States Housing
Act of 1937, section 236 of the National Housing Act,
section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act
of 1965, section 202(h)(4) of the Housing Act of 1959
(as in effect before October 1, 1991), section 811 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, or
title V of the Housing Act of 1949.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1144
To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase by 1 year the maximum
age through which an unmarried dependent child may continue to receive
health benefits coverage as a family member, so long as such child
remains a full-time student.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1993
Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr. FROST, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr. MURPHY, Mr.
HANSEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MCCLOSKEY, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut,
and Mr. SLATTERY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase by 1
year the maximum age through which an unmarried de-
pendent child may continue to receive health benefits
coverage as a family member, so long as such child
remains a full-time student.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That (a) paragraph (5) of section 8901 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) ‘member of family’ means—
purpose of restructuring their principal resi-
dence mortgages, 
(B) the number of mortgages restructured 
under the amendments made by this subtitle 
that subsequently resulted in default and fore-
closure, 
(C) a comparison between the effectiveness 
of mortgages restructured under programs out-
side of bankruptcy, such as Hope Now and 
Help for Homeowners, and mortgages restruc-
tured under the amendments made by this sub-
title, 
(D) the number of cases presented to the 
bankruptcy courts where mortgages were re-
structured under the amendments made by this 
subtitle that were appealed, 
(E) the number of cases presented to the 
bankruptcy courts where mortgages were re-
structured under the amendments made by the 
subtitle that were overturned on appeal, and 
(F) the number of bankruptcy judges dis-
ciplined as a result of actions taken to restruc-
ture mortgages under the amendments made by 
this subtitle, and 
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‘‘(A) the spouse of an employee or annu-
itant; and
‘‘(B)(i) an unmarried dependent child
under 22 years of age, including—
‘‘(I) an adopted child or recognized
natural child; and
‘‘(II) a stepchild or foster child but
only if the child lives with the employee or
annuitant in a regular parent-child rela-
tionship;
‘‘(ii) such an unmarried dependent child
regardless of age who is incapable of self-sup-
port because of mental or physical disability
which existed before age 22; or
‘‘(iii) such an unmarried dependent child
between 22 and 23 years of age who is a stu-
dent regularly pursuing a full-time course of
study or training in residence in a junior col-
lege, college, university, or comparable recog-
nized educational institution;
for the purpose of clause (iii), a child whose 23rd
birthday occurs before July 1 or after August 31 of
a calendar year, and while such child is regularly
pursuing such a course of study or training, is
deemed to have become 23 years of age on the first
•H 1144 IH
day of July after that birthday; a child who is a stu-
dent is deemed not to have ceased to be a student
during an interim between school years if the in-
terim is not more than 5 months and if the child
shows to the satisfaction of the Office of Personnel
Management that such child has a bona fide inten-
tion of continuing to pursue a course of study or
training in the same or a different school during the
school semester (or other period into which the
school year is divided) immediately after the
interim;’’.
(b) Nothing in paragraph (5) of section 8901 of title
5, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a))
which follows clause (ii) of such paragraph shall apply
with respect to any individual who became 22 years of age
before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1145
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide certain additional
taxpayers’ rights.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1993
Mr. HEFLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
certain additional taxpayers’ rights.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CIVIL DAMAGES FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
(a) DAMAGES AVAILABLE WITH RESPECT TO DE-
TERMINATION OF TAX.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7433(a) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘determination or’’ before ‘‘collection’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) The heading for section 7433 of such
Code is amended by inserting ‘‘DETER-
MINATION 
OR’’ 
before 
‘‘COLLEC-
TION’’.
(B) The item relating to section 7433 in
the table of sections for subchapter B of chap-
ter 76 of such Code is amended by inserting
‘‘determination or’’ before ‘‘collection’’.
(b) DAMAGES
AVAILABLE
FOR
CARELESS
AC-
TIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 7433(a) of such
Code is amended by inserting ‘‘, carelessly,’’ after
‘‘recklessly’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1)
of section 7433(b) of such Code is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, careless,’’ after ‘‘reckless’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to actions taken by officers or em-
ployees of the Internal Revenue Service after December
31, 1993.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF PREVAILING PARTY FOR AWARDING
OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES IN TAX CASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7430(c)(4)(A) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining prevailing party)
is amended by striking clause (i) and by redesignating
clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7430(c) of
such Code is amended by striking paragraph (7).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to any proceeding commenced after
December 31, 1993.
SEC. 3. RATE OF INTEREST TO BE SAME FOR UNDERPAY-
MENTS AND OVERPAYMENTS OF TAX.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section
6621(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defin-
ing overpayment rate) is amended by striking ‘‘2 percent-
age points’’ and inserting ‘‘3 percentage points’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply for purposes of determining in-
terest allocable to periods after December 31, 1993.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1146
To provide that any foreign nation that conducts a test of a nuclear weapon
in the United States shall pay the costs resulting from the test.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1993
Mr. KOPETSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foregin Affairs
A BILL
To provide that any foreign nation that conducts a test
of a nuclear weapon in the United States shall pay
the costs resulting from the test.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF COSTS RESULTING FROM CER-
TAIN NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING.
Any foreign nation that conducts a test of a nuclear
weapon in the United States shall pay the costs associated
with the test, including the environmental restoration
costs as determined by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1147
To extend until January 1, 1999, the existing suspension of duty on certain
unimproved wools.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1993
Mr. MOAKLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To extend until January 1, 1999, the existing suspension
of duty on certain unimproved wools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF EXISTING DUTY SUSPENSION
ON CERTAIN UNIMPROVED WOOLS.
Heading 9902.51.01 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States is amended by striking
‘‘12/31/92’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/98’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the amendment made by section 1 applies with respect
to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for con-
sumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b) RETROACTIVE PROVISION.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision
of law to the contrary, upon a request filed with the appro-
priate customs officer before the 90th day after the date
of the enactment of this Act, any entry or withdrawal from
warehouse for consumption of goods to which the amend-
ment made by section 1 applies and that was made—
(1) after December 31, 1992; and
(2) before the 15th day after the date of the en-
actment of this Act;
and with respect to which there would have been a lower
duty if the amendment made by section 1 had applied to
such entry or withdrawal, shall be liquidated or
reliquidated as though such entry or withdrawal had oc-
curred on such 15th day.
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agency no later than at the time of inspection, except that,
upon the request of the person giving such notice, such
person’s name and the names of any employees referred
to therein shall not appear in such copy or on any record
published, released, or made available pursuant to sub-
section (e). If upon receipt of such notification the Sec-
retary determines there are reasonable grounds to believe
that such violation or danger exists, the Secretary shall
make a special inspection in accordance with the provi-
sions of this section as soon as practicable to determine
if such violation or danger exists. If the Secretary deter-
mines there are no reasonable grounds to believe that a
violation or danger exists, the Secretary shall notify the
employees or representative of the employees in writing
of such determination within 30 days after receipt of the
request for inspection. The Secretary shall make a special
inspection in accordance with this section upon notifica-
tion from any Federal or State agency that there are rea-
sonable grounds to believe that a violation of this sub-
chapter or safety and health standard under section 6 of
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 exists
that threatens physical harm.
‘‘(2) Prior to or during any inspection of a workplace,
any employees or representative of employees employed in
such workplace may notify the Secretary or any represent-
ative of the Secretary responsible for conducting the in-
spection, in writing, of any violation of this subchapter
which they have reason to believe exists in such workplace.
The Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures
for informal review of any refusal by a representative of
the Secretary to issue a citation with respect to any such
alleged violation and shall furnish the employees or rep-
resentative of employees requesting such review a written
statement of the reasons for the Secretary’s final disposi-
tion of the case.
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary and the Secretary of Health
and Human Services are authorized to compile, analyze,
and publish, either in summary or detailed form, all re-
ports or information obtained under this subchapter.
‘‘(2) The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall each prescribe such rules and regu-
lations as each may deem necessary to carry out their re-
sponsibilities under this subchapter, including rules and
regulations dealing with the inspection of an agency’s
workplace.
‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary shall establish and carry out
a special emphasis inspection program for conducting in-
spections of agency operations where—
‘‘(A) existing hazards, or
(4) small and rural school libraries are further
disadvantaged because of small budgets based on
low student enrollments, and limited access to re-
sources, services, and personnel.
(b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of
this Act to—
(1) establish within the Department of Edu-
cation Office of Educational Research and Improve-
ment a Division of Elementary and Secondary
School Library Media Services to provide informa-
tion and leadership to school library media programs
and personnel nationwide;
(2) provide continued funding for elementary
and secondary school library media program im-
provement, equity, innovation, and technological ad-
vancement;
(3) establish a partnership program for elemen-
tary and secondary school teachers and school li-
brary media specialists to jointly design resource and
curriculum-based instructional activities that provide
opportunities for students to access a broad diversity
of resources and information, and other languages
and cultures, including materials that will encourage
understanding; and
‘‘(B) newly recognized or new hazards intro-
duced into worksites,
warrant more intensive than normal inspections, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall annually designate the oper-
ations for the special emphasis inspection program and
identify the number of special emphasis inspections that
the Secretary plans to conduct in each designated oper-
ation and the number of enforcement personnel required
for such inspections.
‘‘(3) Inspections conducted under paragraph (1) shall
be in addition to other programmed and complaint inspec-
tions conducted under this subchapter.
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall annually submit a report to
the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Govern-
ment Affairs of the Senate on the special emphasis inspec-
tion program as part of the Secretary’s annual report re-
quired under section 7919 which includes information on
inspections conducted pursuant to paragraph (2) which
were carried out during the preceding year.
‘‘(g)(1) For the purposes of this subsection, the term
‘serious incident’ means an incident that results in the
hospitalization of 2 or more employees.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1149
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide assistance to first-
time homebuyers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1993
Mr. ORTON (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr. DOO-
LITTLE, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GILMAN, Mr.
HANSEN, Mr. MACHTLEY, Mr. PARKER, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr.
QUINN, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SARPALIUS, Ms. SHEPHERD, Mr. SISI-
SKY, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. SUNDQUIST, and Mr. ZELIFF) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Committee on
Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
assistance to first-time homebuyers.
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 ‘‘First-time Homebuyer
Affordability Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) it is desirable to make funds available from
individual retirement plans to encourage first time
home ownership, and
(2) the tax and penalty on the premature with-
drawal of funds from individual retirement plans are
substantial impediments to making such funds avail-
able for that purpose.
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the Congress to re-
move impediments to home investment by first-time home-
buyers by permitting owners of individual retirement plans
to direct the trustees of such plans to invest plan funds
as home equity or debt in the homes of family members
who are first-time homebuyers.
SEC. 3. CERTAIN RETIREMENT PLANS AUTHORIZED TO
MAKE EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN PRINCIPAL
RESIDENCES FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS.
(a) EXEMPTION FROM PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
RULES.—Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to tax on prohibited transactions) is
amended by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as sub-
sections (i) and (j), respectively, and by inserting after
subsection (g) the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) SPECIAL RULE FOR HOME EQUITY PARTICIPA-
TION ARRANGEMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibitions provided
in subsection (c) shall not apply to any qualified
home equity participation arrangement.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED HOME EQUITY PARTICIPATION
ARRANGEMENT.—For purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
home equity participation arrangement’ means
an arrangement—
‘‘(i) under which the trustee of an in-
dividual retirement plan, at the direction of
the eligible participant, shall acquire an
ownership interest in all or any part of any
dwelling unit which within a reasonable pe-
riod of time (determined at the time the
arrangement is executed) is to be used as
the principal residence for a first-time
homebuyer, and
‘‘(ii) which meets the requirements of
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.
‘‘(B) OWNERSHIP
INTEREST
REQUIRE-
MENT.—An arrangement shall meet the re-
quirements of this subparagraph if the owner-
ship interest described in subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) is a fee interest in such property
equal to the percentage which—
(4) establish a partnership program for encour-
aging uses of technology and the sharing of informa-
tion and access to resources by elementary and sec-
ondary school students, school library media special-
ists, and teachers.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DIVISION
OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
LIBRARY MEDIA SERVICES.
(a) DIVISION ESTABLISHED.—Section 209 of the De-
partment of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3419)
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) OFFICE.—’’ before
‘‘There’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) DIVISION.—There is established within the Of-
fice of Educational Research and Improvement a Division
of Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Serv-
ices, to be administered by a Director of such Division.’’.
(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE DIVISION.—Part A of title
IV of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C.
1221c) is amended by inserting after section 405 the fol-
lowing new section:
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1150
To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances
Import and Export Act with respect to the drug fentanyl.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1993
Mr. RANGEL (for himself and Mr. SHAYS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and the
Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled
Substances Import and Export Act with respect to the
drug fentanyl.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That—
(1) section 401(b) of the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)(vi)—
(i) by striking ‘‘400 grams’’ and in-
serting ‘‘40 grams’’; and
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1993.
SEC. 4. ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUES.
The additional revenues received in the Treasury dur-
ing any fiscal year by reason of the provisions of section
936(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added
by section 3 of this Act) are hereby allocated for account-
ing purposes to a separate account in the Treasury to be
used as follows:
(1) 75 percent of such additional revenues shall
be used for deficit reduction purposes.
(2) 25 percent of such additional revenues shall
be used for purposes of developing State prescription
drug assistance programs (or supplementing existing
State prescription drug assistance programs) for
those States with the highest percentage of elderly
or poor populations (as determined by the Bureau of
the Census).
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(ii) by striking ‘‘or 100 grams’’ and
all that follows through the end of clause
(vi) and inserting ‘‘(fentanyl) or any of its
analogues;’’; and
(B) in paragraph (1)(B)(vi)—
(i) by striking ‘‘40 grams’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘4 grams’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘or 10 grams’’ and all
that follows through the end of clause (vi)
and inserting ‘‘(fentanyl) or any of its ana-
logues;’’; and
(2) section 1010(b) of the Controlled Sub-
stances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960(b))
is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)(F)—
(i) by striking ‘‘400 grams’’ and in-
serting ‘‘40 grams’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘or 100 grams’’ and
all that follows through the end of clause
(vi) and inserting ‘‘(fentanyl) or any of its
analogues;’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(F)—
(i) by striking ‘‘40 grams’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘4 grams’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘or 10 grams’’ and all
that follows through the end of clause (vi)
and inserting ‘‘(fentanyl) or any of its ana-
logues;’’.
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