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(c) JUDICIAL RELIEF.—A person (other than an indi-
vidual) who transports, loads, unloads, or is otherwise in-
volved in the shipping of hazardous materials and violates 
or fails to comply with a regulation issued by the Secretary 
under this section may be subject, in a civil action brought 
in United States district court, for each shipment with re-
spect to which the violation occurs—
(1) to an order for injunctive relief; or 
(2) to a civil penalty of not more than 
$100,000. 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.—
(1) PENALTY
ORDERS.—The Secretary may 
issue an order imposing an administrative penalty of 
not more than $1,000,000 for failure by a person 
(other than an individual) who transports, loads, un-
loads, or is otherwise involved in the shipping of haz-
ardous materials to comply with a regulation issued 
by the Secretary under this section. 
(2) NOTICE AND HEARING.—Before issuing an 
order described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
provide to the person against whom the penalty is to 
be assessed—
(A) written notice of the proposed order; 
and
H. Res. 741
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
July 22, 2004.
Resolved, That the following named Member be and is
hereby elected to the following standing committees of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE: Mr. Butterfield (to
rank immediately after Ms. Herseth).
COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS: Mr. Butterfield
(to rank immediately after Mr. Udall of New Mexico).
Attest:
Clerk.
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‘‘(ii) pursuant to such an offer, release
any obligor or other party contingently lia-
ble, if the company secures the written ap-
proval of the Administration.
‘‘(E) CONTENTS OF NOTICE OF NO DECI-
SION.—Any notice provided by the Administra-
tion under subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), (B)(ii)(II),
or (C)(ii)(II)—
‘‘(i) shall be in writing;
‘‘(ii) shall state the specific reason for
the inability of the Administration to act
on the subject plan or request;
‘‘(iii) shall include an estimate of the
additional time required by the Administra-
tion to act on the plan or request; and
‘‘(iv) if the Administration cannot act
because insufficient information or docu-
mentation was provided by the company
submitting the plan or request, shall specify
the nature of such additional information
or documentation.
‘‘(3) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—In carrying out
functions described in paragraph (1), a qualified
State or local development company shall take no ac-
tion that would result in an actual or apparent con-
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eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not con-
stitute a commitment of the Government to construction),
$1,412,591,000, to remain available until expended, of
which such sums as are necessary for the Federal share
of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Ma-
terial Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, as authorized by
Public Law 104–303; and of which such sums as are nec-
essary pursuant to Public Law 99–662 shall be derived
from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, for one-half of
the costs of construction and rehabilitation of inland wa-
terways projects, including rehabilitation costs for the
Lock and Dam 25, Mississippi River, Illinois and Mis-
souri; Lock and Dam 14, Mississippi River, Iowa; Lock
and Dam 24, Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri; and
Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River, Minnesota; London
Locks and Dam; Kanawha River, West Virginia; and Lock
and Dam 12, Mississippi River, Iowa, projects; and of
which funds are provided for the following projects in the
amounts specified:
Indianapolis
Central
Waterfront,
Indiana,
$10,991,000;
Harlan/Clover Fork, Pike County, Middlesboro,
Martin County, Pike County Tug Forks Tributaries,
Bell County, Harlan County, and Town of Martin
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-
mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain
for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary
of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State
of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-
mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup
Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-
age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the
Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected
until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program—
Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-
native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled
‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-
ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds
by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage
service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall
be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of
such service or studies pursuant to Federal Reclamation
law.
SEC. 504. Section 6101(a)(3) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990, as amended, (42 U.S.C.
2214(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’.
SEC. 505. Title VI, division C, of Public Law 105–
277, Making Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1999, is re-
pealed.
SEC. 506. Section 211(e)(2)(A) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–303,
110 Stat. 3682) is amended by striking ‘‘in advance in
appropriations Acts’’.
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol
which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25
of the Protocol.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Res. 756
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
September 8, 2004.
Resolved, That the following named Member be and is
hereby elected to the following standing committee of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Mr. Stenholm.
Attest:
Clerk.
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tainment expenses of the Agency for International Develop-
ment during the current fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be avail-
able for representation allowances for the Agency for Inter-
national Development during the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that,
to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned for-
eign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available by this Act for gen-
eral costs of administering military assistance and sales
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’,
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment
expenses and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for
representation allowances: Provided further, That of the
funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’, not to exceed
$50,000 shall be available for entertainment allowances:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not to exceed
$2,000 shall be available for entertainment and representa-
tion allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made
available by this Act for the Peace Corps, not to exceed a
total of $4,000 shall be available for entertainment expenses:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
H. Res. 762
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
September 9, 2004.
Resolved, That the following Member be and is hereby
elected to the following standing committees of the House of
Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE: Mr. Alexander.
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
AND
INFRA-
STRUCTURE: Mr. Alexander.
Attest:
Clerk.
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2214(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’.
SEC. 606. UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORA-
TION FUND. (a) WITHDRAWALS.—Subsections (b) and (c)
of section 1 of Public Law 105–204 (112 Stat. 681) are
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘fis-
cal year 2002’’.
(b) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS IN THE USEC FUND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury
shall invest such portion of the United States Enrich-
ment Corporation Fund as is not, in the judgment of
the Secretary, required to meet current withdrawals.
Investments may be made only in interest-bearing ob-
ligations of the United States.
(2) ACQUISITION OF OBLIGATIONS.—For the pur-
pose of investments under paragraph (1), obligations
may be acquired—
(A) on original issue at the issue price; or
(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations
at the market price.
(3) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obligation ac-
quired by the Fund may be sold by the Secretary of
the Treasury at the market price.
(4) CREDITS TO FUND.—The interest on, and the
proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any obliga-
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tions held in the Fund shall be credited to and form
a part of the Fund.
SEC. 607. LAKE CASCADE. (a) DESIGNATION.—The
reservoir commonly known as the ‘‘Cascade Reservoir’’, cre-
ated as a result of the building of the Cascade Dam author-
ized by the matter under the heading ‘‘BUREAU OF REC-
LAMATION’’ of the fifth section of the Interior Department
Appropriation Act, 1942 (55 Stat. 334, chapter 259) for
the Boise Project, Idaho, Payette division, is redesignated
as ‘‘Lake Cascade’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regula-
tion, document, record, map, or other paper of the United
States to ‘‘Cascade Reservoir’’ shall be considered to be a
reference to ‘‘Lake Cascade’’.
SEC. 608. Section 4(h)(10)(D) of the Pacific Northwest
Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
839b(h)(10)(D)) is amended by striking clauses (vii) and
(viii) and inserting the following:
‘‘(vii) COST LIMITATION.—The annual cost of this pro-
vision shall not exceed $500,000 in 1997 dollars.’’.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate July 28, 1999.
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.
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other provision of law, for the purpose of administering pro-
grams for the West Bank and Gaza.
POLICY ON TERMINATING THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF
ISRAEL
SEC. 541. It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Arab League countries should imme-
diately and publicly renounce the primary boycott of
Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycott of
American firms that have commercial ties with Israel;
and
(2) the President should—
(A) take more concrete steps to encourage
vigorously Arab League countries to renounce
publicly the primary boycotts of Israel and the
secondary and tertiary boycotts of American
firms that have commercial relations with Israel
as a confidence-building measure;
(B) take into consideration the participa-
tion of any recipient country in the primary
boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary
boycotts of American firms that have commercial
relations with Israel when determining whether
to sell weapons to said county;
(C) report to Congress on the specific steps
being taken by the President to bring about a
public renunciation of the Arab primary boycott
Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase
(not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central
Utah Project Completion Act, and for activities related to
the Uintah and Upalco Units authorized by 43 U.S.C.
620, $35,907,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $15,476,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Rec-
lamation Mitigation and Conservation Account: Provided,
That of the amounts deposited into that account,
$5,000,000 shall be considered the Federal contribution
authorized by paragraph 402(b)(2) of the Central Utah
Project Completion Act and $10,476,000 shall be available
to the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation
Commission to carry out activities authorized under that
Act.
In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in car-
rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the
Interior, $1,283,000, to remain available until expended.
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter-
mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain
for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary
of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which
shall conform to the water quality standards of the State
of California as approved by the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri-
mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup
Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain-
age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the
Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected
until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program—
Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter-
native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled
‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro-
gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb-
ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds
by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage
service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall
be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of
such service or studies pursuant to Federal Reclamation
law.
SEC. 504. Section 6101(a)(3) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990, as amended, (42 U.S.C.
2214(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’.
SEC. 505. Title VI, division C, of Public Law 105–
277, Making Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1999, is re-
pealed.
SEC. 506. Section 211(e)(2)(A) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–303,
110 Stat. 3682) is amended by striking ‘‘in advance in
appropriations Acts’’.
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol
which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25
of the Protocol.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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not apply to financings approved by the Administration
on or after October 1, 2003.’’.
SEC. 5. PREMIER CERTIFIED LENDERS PROGRAM.
Section 217(b) of the Small Business Reauthoriza-
tion and Amendments Act of 1994 (relating to section 508
of the Small Business Investment Act) is repealed.
SEC. 6. SALE OF CERTAIN DEFAULTED LOANS.
Section 508 of the Small Business Investment Act
of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697e) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘On a pilot
program basis, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) though (i)
as subsections (e) though (j), respectively;
(3) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (g)’’;
(4) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (g)’’; and
(5) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(d) SALE OF CERTAIN DEFAULTED LOANS.—
‘‘(1) NOTICE.—If, upon default in repayment,
the Administration acquires a loan guaranteed under
this section and identifies such loan for inclusion in
(A) a material that is toxic by inhalation; 
(B) a material that is extremely flam-
mable; 
(C) a material that is highly explosive; and 
(D) any other material designated by the 
Secretary to be extremely hazardous. 
(2) AREA OF CONCERN.—The term ‘‘area of 
concern’’ means an area that the Secretary deter-
mines could pose a particular interest to terrorists.
Æ
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permitted, but is not required, by any applicable law if the
Federal Coordinator determines that the term or condition
would prevent or impair in any significant respect the expedi-
tious construction and operation, or an expansion, of the Alaska
natural gas transportation project.
(3) PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTIONS.—Unless required by
law, no Federal agency shall add to, amend, or abrogate any
certificate, right-of-way, permit, lease, or other authorization
issued to an Alaska natural gas transportation project if the
Federal Coordinator determines that the action would prevent
or impair in any significant respect the expeditious construction
and operation, or an expansion, of the Alaska natural gas
transportation project.
(4) LIMITATION.—The Federal Coordinator shall not have
authority to—
(A) override—
(i) the implementation or enforcement of regula-
tions issued by the Commission under section 103;
or
(ii) an order by the Commission to expand the
project under section 105; or
(B) impose any terms, conditions, or requirements in
addition to those imposed by the Commission or any agency
with respect to construction and operation, or an expansion
of, the project.
(e) STATE COORDINATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Coordinator and the State
shall enter into a joint surveillance and monitoring agreement
similar to the agreement in effect during construction of the
Trans-Alaska Pipeline, to be approved by the President and
the Governor of the State, for the purpose of monitoring the
construction of the Alaska natural gas transportation project.
(2) PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.—With respect to an Alaska
natural gas transportation project—
(A) the Federal Government shall have primary
surveillance and monitoring responsibility in areas where
the Alaska natural gas transportation project crosses Fed-
eral land or private land; and
(B) the State government shall have primary surveil-
lance and monitoring responsibility in areas where the
Alaska natural gas transportation project crosses State
land.
(f) 
TRANSFER
OF
FEDERAL
INSPECTOR
FUNCTIONS
AND
AUTHORITY.—On appointment of the Federal Coordinator by the
President, all of the functions and authority of the Office of Federal
Inspector of Construction for the Alaska Natural Gas Transpor-
tation System vested in the Secretary under section 3012(b) of
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 719e note; Public Law
102–486), including all functions and authority described and
enumerated in the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1979 (44 Fed.
Reg. 33663), Executive Order No. 12142 of June 21, 1979 (44
Fed. Reg. 36927), and section 5 of the President’s decision, shall
be transferred to the Federal Coordinator.
(g) TEMPORARY AUTHORITY.—The functions, authorities, duties,
and responsibilities of the Federal Coordinator shall be vested in
the Secretary until the later of the appointment of the Federal
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State academic content standards and challenging State
performance standards, using scientifically-based research
approaches and methodologies, by—
‘‘(1) developing and implementing new English
language and academic content instructional pro-
grams for children who are limited English pro-
ficient, including programs of early childhood edu-
cation and kindergarten through 12th grade edu-
cation;
‘‘(2) carrying out highly focused, innovative, lo-
cally designed projects to expand or enhance existing
English language and academic content instruction
programs for limited English proficient children;
‘‘(3) implementing, within an individual school,
schoolwide programs for restructuring, reforming,
and upgrading all relevant programs and operations
relating to English language and academic content
instruction for limited English proficient students;
or
‘‘(4) implementing, within the entire jurisdic-
tion of a local educational agency, agency-wide pro-
grams for restructuring, reforming, and upgrading
all relevant programs and operations relating to
English language and academic content instruction
for limited English proficient students.
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(c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en-
hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non-
proliferation programs.
(d) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union’’ shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union
shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating
to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961.
(f) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations
Acts that are or have been made available for an Enter-
prise Fund in the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union may be deposited by such Fund in interest-
bearing accounts prior to the disbursement of such funds
by the Fund for program purposes. The Fund may retain
for such program purposes any interest earned on such
deposits without returning such interest to the Treasury
of the United States and without further appropriation by
the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise Funds
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tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur-
ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi-
tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear
equipment, fuel, or technology to any country other than
a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi-
ble to receive economic or military assistance under this
Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended,
$759,000,000 to remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018 for the disbursement of direct loans, loan
guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fis-
cal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003: Provided further,