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section by commencing an action in Federal district
court; provided, that if the challenge is not sustained
by the court, the challenging person shall be liable
to the Secretary for attorney’s fees and court costs.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 520
Relating to the period of availability of certain emergency relief funds allo-
cated under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, for carrying
out a project to repair or reconstruct a portion of a Federal-aid primary
route in San Mateo County, California.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 3, 1999
Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. CAMPBELL, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. PELOSI) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure
A BILL
Relating to the period of availability of certain emergency
relief funds allocated under section 125 of title 23,
United States Code, for carrying out a project to repair
or reconstruct a portion of a Federal-aid primary route
in San Mateo County, California.
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 ‘‘Devil’s Slide Tunnel
Act’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5206
To provide funding for MTBE contamination.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. WAXMAN, and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To provide funding for MTBE contamination.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR MTBE CONTAMINATION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency from the Leaking Un-
derground 
Storage 
Trust 
Fund 
not 
more 
than
$200,000,000 to be used for taking such action as the Ad-
ministrator deems necessary to protect human health and
the environment from releases of methyl tertiary butyl
ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks.
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ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Hatch-Waxman Act’’) to
make generic drugs more available and accessible, and
thereby reduce health care costs, including measures that
require manufacturers of a drug for which an application
is approved under section 505(c) of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 255(c)) desiring to
extend a patent of such drug to utilize the patent exten-
sion procedure provided under the Hatch-Waxman Act.
SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) APPLICATIONS.—Section 505 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(3), in subparagraphs (A)
and (C), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)(iv)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’;
(2) in subsection (c)(3)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘clause (i) or (ii) of subsection (b)(2)(A)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B) of sub-
section (b)(2)’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘clause (iii) of subsection (b)(2)(A)’’ and all
that follows through the period and inserting
‘‘subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(2), the ap-
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SEC. 2. PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.
Section 6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to apportion
certain funds for construction of the National System of
Interstate and Defense Highways for fiscal year 1985 and
to increase the amount authorized to be expended for
emergency relief under title 23, United States Code, and
for other purposes’’, approved March 9, 1984 (98 Stat.
55), relating to a project to repair or reconstruct a portion
of a Federal-aid primary route in San Mateo County, Cali-
fornia, is amended by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘A project’’
and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
sums that are allocated under section 3 for any project
alternative selected under this section before, on, or after
the date of the enactment of this subsection for a project
shall remain available until expended.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5212
To direct the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to establish
a program to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories
and testimonials of American war veterans, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN,
Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BALDACCI, Ms.
BALDWIN, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BARRETT of Ne-
braska, Mr. BASS, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BENTSEN, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr.
BERRY, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BLUMENAUER,
Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BONIOR, Mrs. BONO, Mr. BORSKI,
Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOYD, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARDIN,
Mr. CASTLE, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr.
CONDIT, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. COYNE, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs.
CUBIN, Ms. DANNER, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr.
DEFAZIO, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DELAY, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. DICKEY, Mr.
DICKS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr.
DOYLE, Mr. DREIER, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr.
ETHERIDGE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. EWING, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. FIL-
NER, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FORD, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. FROST, Mr.
GILCHREST, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GOODE, Mr. GORDON, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr.
GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. GUT-
KNECHT, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS
of Washington, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HILL of Indiana, Mr. HILL of Mon-
tana, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr.
HOEKSTRA, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr.
HOYER, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. HYDE, Mr.
INSLEE, Mr. ISAKSON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr.
JOHN, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr.
JONES of North Carolina, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mrs.
KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KING, Mr.
KINGSTON, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LANTOS,
Mr. LARGENT, Mr. LARSON, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr.
LUTHER, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARKEY,
Mr. MASCARA, Mr. MATSUI, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mrs. MCCAR-
nor to any right secured to such a tribe or to any other
tribe by any treaty.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5210
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 200 South George Street in York, Pennsyl-
vania, as the ‘‘George Atlee Goodling Post Office Build-
ing’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 200 South George Street in York, Pennsylvania,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘George Atlee Good-
ling Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 17,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 5210
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 South
George Street in York, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘George Atlee Goodling Post Office
Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service located at
200 South George Street in York, Pennsylvania, shall be known
and designated as the ‘‘George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘George
Atlee Goodling Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
‘‘(B) becomes a chronically ill individual 
within the meaning of section 7702B(c)(2), or 
‘‘(C) encounters hardship.’’. 
(d) LIFETIME DISTRIBUTIONS OF LIFE INSURANCE 
DEATH BENEFITS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 
101 of such Code (relating to life insurance pro-
ceeds) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) EXCLUSION FOR LIFETIME ANNUITY PAY-
MENTS.—
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—In 
the 
case 
of 
amounts to which this subsection applies, gross 
income shall not include the lesser of—
‘‘(i) 50 percent of the portion of life-
time annuity payments otherwise includible 
in gross income under this section (deter-
mined without regard to this paragraph), 
or 
‘‘(ii) the amount in effect under sec-
tion 72(b)(5). 
‘‘(B) RULES
OF
SECTION
72(B)(5)
TO 
APPLY.—For purposes of this paragraph, rules 
similar to the rules of section 72(b)(5) and sec-
tion 72(w) shall apply, substituting the term
‘beneficiary of the life insurance contract’ for 
the term ‘annuitant’ wherever it appears, and 
substituting the term ‘life insurance contract’ 
for the term ‘annuity contract’ wherever it ap-
pears.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) 
of subsection (d) of section 101 of such Code is 
amended by adding ‘‘or paragraph (4)’’ after ‘‘to the 
extent not excluded by the preceding sentence’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts received in cal-
endar years beginning after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) 
SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
EXISTING
CON-
TRACTS.—In the case of a contract in force on the 
date of the enactment of this Act that does not sat-
isfy the requirements of section 72(c)(5)(A) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this 
section), or requirements similar to such section 
72(c)(5)(A) in the case of a life insurance contract), 
any modification to such contract (including a 
change in ownership) or to the payments thereunder 
that is made to satisfy the requirements of such sec-
tion (or similar requirements) shall not result in the
recognition of any gain or loss, any amount being in-
cluded in gross income, or any addition to tax that 
otherwise might result from such modification, but 
only if the modification is completed prior to the 
date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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nance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle is 
allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 
and if so, the officer or employee’s title and resident loca-
tion. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit 
of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 
2005 unless— 
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector 
General of the District of Columbia, in coordination 
with the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–302.8); and 
(2) the audit includes as a basic financial state-
ment a comparison of audited actual year-end re-
sults with the revenues submitted in the budget doc-
ument for such year and the appropriations enacted 
into law for such year using the format, terminology, 
and classifications contained in the law making the 
appropriations for the year and its legislative his-
tory. 
SEC. 117. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation 
Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov-
SECTION 1. GEORGE ATLEE GOODLING POST OFFICE
BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 200 South George Street in
York, Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated as the
‘‘George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the George Atlee Goodling
Post Office Building.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5210
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 18 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000
Received
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 200 South George Street in York, Pennsyl-
vania, as the ‘‘George Atlee Goodling Post Office Build-
ing’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 5210 RDS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 200 South George Street in York, Pennsylvania,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘George Atlee Good-
ling Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 17,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5211
To allow taxpayers to include compensation payments received pursuant to
the Declaration on Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus
by the Secretary of Agriculture as income or gain over a 10-year period.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
Mr. GOODLING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To allow taxpayers to include compensation payments re-
ceived pursuant to the Declaration on Extraordinary
Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus by the Secretary
of Agriculture as income or gain over a 10-year period.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF PLUM POX VIRUS COMPENSA-
TION PAYMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, if the taxpayer elects the application
of this section, any amount taken into account as income
or gain by reason of receiving a plum pox virus compensa-
tion payment shall be included in the income of the tax-
payer ratably over the 10-year period beginning with the
taxable year in which the payment is received or accrued
by the taxpayer.
(b) PLUM POX VIRUS COMPENSATION PAYMENT.—
The term ‘‘plum pox virus compensation payment’’ means
a payment made as compensation for the quarantine and
destruction of commercial stone fruit trees and any
Prunus spp. plant material pursuant to the Declaration
of Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus
published by the Secretary of Agriculture on March 2,
2000 (65 FR 11280–11281, Docket No. 00–001–1).
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 484
To make certain amendments to the Homeland Security Act of 2002. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2003
Mr. OSE (for himself, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. CASTLE, and Mr. LEACH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Select Committee on 
Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, Science, and Government Reform, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To make certain amendments to the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–296) is amended—
(1) in section 308, by striking subsections (a) 
through (c)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing:
THY of New York, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINTYRE,
Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New
York, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. METCALF, Mr. GARY MILLER of California,
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. MOL-
LOHAN, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MURTHA, Mrs.
NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr.
NUSSLE, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr.
OWENS, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PEASE, Ms.
PELOSI, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PHELPS, Mr.
POMEROY, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RAHALL, Mr.
RAMSTAD, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. REYES, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. ROEMER, Mr.
ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RYAN of Wis-
consin, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. SABO, Mr. SALMON, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr.
SANDERS, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. SAWYER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT,
Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr.
SHOWS, Mr. SKELTON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr.
SNYDER, Mr. SPRATT, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. STARK, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr.
STRICKLAND, Mr. STUMP, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. SWEENEY,
Mr. TANNER, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. TAY-
LOR of Mississippi, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.
UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UPTON, Mr.
WALSH, Mr. WAMP, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr.
WEXLER, Mr. WEYGAND, Mr. WICKER, Mrs. WILSON, Ms. WOOLSEY,
Mr. WU, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. WATT of North Carolina) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion
A BILL
To direct the American Folklife Center at the Library of
Congress to establish a program to collect video and
audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials
of American war veterans, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans’ Oral History
Project Act’’.
SEC. 4. PRIVATE SUPPORT.
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.—The Librarian of
Congress may solicit and accept donations of funds and
in-kind contributions to carry out the oral history program
under section 3.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SEPARATE
GIFT
AC-
COUNT.—There is established in the Treasury (among the
accounts of the Library of Congress) a gift account for
the oral history program under section 3.
(c) DEDICATION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law—
(1) any funds donated to the Librarian of Con-
gress to carry out the oral history program under
section 3 shall be deposited entirely into the gift ac-
count established under subsection (b);
(2) the funds contained in such account shall be
used solely to carry out the oral history program
under section 3; and
(3) the Librarian of Congress may not deposit
into such account any funds donated to the Librar-
ian which are not donated for the exclusive purpose
of carrying out the oral history program under sec-
tion 3.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act—
(1) $250,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
(2) such sums as may be necessary for each
succeeding fiscal year.
Passed the House of Representatives October 4,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
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which does not provide benefits for diagnostic mam-
mography.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed
as preventing a group health plan or a health insur-
ance issuer offering group health plan coverage from
imposing deductibles, coinsurance, or other cost-
sharing in relation to benefits for annual screening
mammography under the plan (or under health in-
surance coverage offered in connection with a group
health plan), except that such coinsurance or other
cost-sharing for any portion may not be greater than
such coinsurance or cost-sharing that is otherwise
applicable with respect to benefits for diagnostic
mammography.
‘‘(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed
as preventing a group health plan or a health insur-
ance issuer offering group health insurance coverage
from requiring that a participant or beneficiary, be-
fore undergoing an annual screening mammography
more frequently than on an annual basis, consult
with an appropriate health care practitioner or ob-
tain a written authorization from such a practitioner
for submission to the plan or issuer, but nothing in
this section shall be construed as requiring prior au-
strategies to ensure a learning environment at school
that is safe and drug-free.
(3) 
OPPORTUNITIES
DURING
NON-SCHOOL
HOURS.—Activities to meet the child care needs of
parents during non-school hours, including before-
and after-school, weekends, holidays, and vacation
periods. Such activities shall be designed to focus on
the social, physical, emotional, moral, or cognitive
well being of students and may include leadership
development, character training, delinquency preven-
tion, sports and recreation, arts, tutoring, academic
enrichment, or other activities to meet the needs of
the local community.
(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Attorney General shall give priority to applica-
tions from eligible units of local government that have the
highest number of children aged 5 though 17 and highest
rate of violent crime.
(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the
cost of expanding a program described in subsection
(a) may not exceed 80 percent.
(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal
share of a grant under this title shall be 20 percent
of the cost of expanding the activities described in
HR 5212 RDS
SEC. 4. PRIVATE SUPPORT.
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.—The Librarian of
Congress may solicit and accept donations of funds and
in-kind contributions to carry out the oral history program
under section 3.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SEPARATE
GIFT
AC-
COUNT.—There is established in the Treasury (among the
accounts of the Library of Congress) a gift account for
the oral history program under section 3.
(c) DEDICATION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law—
(1) any funds donated to the Librarian of Con-
gress to carry out the oral history program under
section 3 shall be deposited entirely into the gift ac-
count established under subsection (b);
(2) the funds contained in such account shall be
used solely to carry out the oral history program
under section 3; and
(3) the Librarian of Congress may not deposit
into such account any funds donated to the Librar-
ian which are not donated for the exclusive purpose
of carrying out the oral history program under sec-
tion 3.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act—
HR 5212 RDS
(1) $250,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
(2) such sums as may be necessary for each
succeeding fiscal year.
Passed the House of Representatives October 4,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5213
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the extended recovery
period applicable to the depreciation of tax-exempt use property leased
to foreign persons or entities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
Mr. MATSUI 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 repeal
the extended recovery period applicable to the deprecia-
tion of tax-exempt use property leased to foreign persons
or entities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF EXTENDED RECOVERY PERIOD FOR
TAX-EXEMPT USE PROPERTY LEASED TO
FOREIGN PERSONS OR ENTITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section
168(g)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to special rules for determining class life) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘The preceding sentence
shall not apply to tax-exempt use property subject to a
lease with a foreign person or entity to which subsection
(h)(2)(A)(iii) applies.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to leases entered into after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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