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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2812
To improve recreational boating safety.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 1993
Mr. FIELDS of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To improve recreational boating safety.
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 ‘‘Recreational Boating
Safety Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASED ENFORCEMENT OF BOATING WHILE IN-
TOXICATED LAWS.
Not later than one year after enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with ap-
propriate State and local law enforcement officials, shall
establish a program to reduce the number of boating acci-
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dent fatalities by increasing or concentrating enforcement
of boating while intoxicated laws in areas where—
(1) many boating accidents have occurred; or
(2) previous boating accidents involving the use
of alcohol have occurred.
SEC. 3. MANDATORY USE OF PERSONAL FLOTATION DE-
VICES FOR CHILDREN.
Section 4302 of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:
‘‘(e) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations requir-
ing an individual on a recreational vessel or a personal
watercraft who is 12 years of age or younger to wear a
personal flotation device, except in an enclosed cabin on
a vessel.’’.
SEC. 4. PLAN TO APPROVE FULLY INFLATABLE LIFE JACK-
ETS.
Not later than six months after enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan
to approve fully inflatable life jackets for use as personal
flotation devices under appropriate conditions.
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SEC. 5. PLAN TO IMPROVE VESSEL CASUALTY REPORTING.
Not later than one year after enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan to in-
crease reporting of vessel accidents to appropriate State
law enforcement officials.
SEC. 6. INCREASED BOATING CASUALTY INFORMATION.
(a) Not later than six months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall
revise the regulations issued under section 6102 of title
46, United States Code, to provide for a three-level State
marine casualty reporting system. The reporting system
shall require reporting of comprehensive information for
each serious recreational vessel accident, including infor-
mation on alcohol use, personal flotation device use, and
operator education.
(b) Section 6103(a) of title 46, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘‘or 6102’’ after ‘‘6101’’ each time
it appears.
SEC. 7. MANDATORY BOATER EDUCATION FOR SERIOUS
VIOLATIONS.
(a) Section 2302 of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:
‘‘(C) The center is or will be located in a
geographic area in which individuals are em-
ployed in occupations involving a significant
risk of contracting Lyme disease.
‘‘(D) The applicant has diagnosed not less
than 150 cases of such disease.
‘‘(E) The applicant has cultured the etio-
logic agent for Lyme disease in mediums from
vectors, from animals, and from humans.
‘‘(3) PRIORITIES AMONG ACTIVITIES OF CEN-
TERS.—The Secretary may make an award under
paragraph (1) only if the applicant involved agrees
that the center for which the award is made will give
priority to the following:
‘‘(A) Conducting research on new treat-
ments for Lyme disease.
‘‘(B) Conducting research on the develop-
ment of a vaccine to immunize individuals
against the disease.
‘‘(C) Conducting studies of the latter
stages of such disease.
‘‘(D) Conducting epidemiological studies of
such disease in particular populations of indi-
viduals.
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‘‘(e) An individual operating a recreational vessel in
violation of this section shall complete a boating safety
course under terms acceptable to the Secretary.’’.
(b) Section 4308 of title 46, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by designating the existing text as sub-
section (a); and
(2) by adding a new subsection to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) An individual operating a recreational vessel in
violation of this section shall complete a boating safety
course under terms acceptable to the Secretary.’’.
SEC. 8. SAFE BOATING EDUCATION PLAN.
Not later than six months after enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan
to provide mandatory safe boating education and certifi-
cation to individuals 12 years of age and younger who op-
erate recreational vessels.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2814
AN ACT
To permit the taking effect of certain proposed
rules of civil procedure, with modifications.
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2814
AN ACT
To permit the taking effect of certain proposed rules of
civil procedure, with modifications.
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 ‘‘Civil Rules Amend-
ments Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
The proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure which are embraced by an order entered
by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22,
1993, shall take effect on December 1, 1993, as otherwise
provided by law, but with the following amendments:
(1) RULE 26.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Proposed rule 26(a) is
amended so that paragraph (1) reads as
follows:
‘‘(1) INSURANCE AGREEMENTS.—A party may
obtain discovery of the existence and contents of any
insurance agreement under which any person carry-
ing on an insurance business may be liable to satisfy
part or all of a judgment which may be entered in
the action or to indemnify or reimburse for pay-
ments made to satisfy the judgment. Information
concerning the insurance agreement is not by reason
of disclosure admissible in evidence at trial. For pur-
poses of this paragraph, an application for insurance
shall not be treated as part of an insurance
agreement.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Proposed
rule 26(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘In addition to
the disclosures required by paragraph (1), a’’ and
inserting ‘‘A’’.
(B) Proposed rule 26(a)(3) is amended by
striking ‘‘the preceding paragraphs’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (2)’’.
(C) Proposed rule 26(a)(4) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(1) through’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) and’’.
(D) Proposed rule 26(f) is amended by striking
‘‘to make or arrange for the disclosures required by
subdivision (a)(1),’’.
(E) Proposed rule 26(g)(1) is amended by
striking ‘‘subdivision (a)(1) or’’.
(3) RULE 30.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Proposed rule 30(b)(2) is
amended by striking ‘‘Unless the court orders other-
wise, it may be recorded by sound, sound-and-visual,
or stenographic means, and the’’ and inserting ‘‘Un-
less the court upon motion orders, or the parties
agree in writing to use, sound or sound-and-visual
means, the deposition shall be recorded by steno-
graphic means. The’’.
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Proposed rule
30(b) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(4) FORM 35.—Proposed form 35 is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (2) and (3).
Passed the House of Representatives November 3,
1993.
Attest:
Clerk.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2814
To permit the taking effect of certain proposed rules of civil procedure,
with modifications.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 1993
Mr. HUGHES (for himself and Mr. MOORHEAD) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To permit the taking effect of certain proposed rules of
civil procedure, with modifications.
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 ‘‘Civil Rules Amend-
ments Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
The proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure which are embraced by an order entered
by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22,
1993, shall take effect on December 1, 1993, as otherwise
provided by law, but with the following amendments:
(1) RULE 26.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Proposed rule 26(a) is
amended so that paragraph (1) reads as
follows:
‘‘(1) INSURANCE AGREEMENTS.—A party may
obtain discovery of the existence and contents of any
insurance agreement under which any person carry-
ing on an insurance business may be liable to satisfy
part or all of a judgment which may be entered in
the action or to indemnify or reimburse for pay-
ments made to satisfy the judgment. Information
concerning the insurance agreement is not by reason
of disclosure admissible in evidence at trial. For pur-
poses of this paragraph, an application for insurance
shall not be treated as part of an insurance
agreement.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Proposed
rule 26(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘In addition to
the disclosures required by paragraph (1), a’’ and
inserting ‘‘A’’.
(B) Proposed rule 26(a)(3) is amended by
striking ‘‘the preceding paragraphs’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (2)’’.
(C) Proposed rule 26(a)(4) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(1) through’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) and’’.
(D) Proposed rule 26(f) is amended by striking
‘‘to make or arrange for the disclosures required by
subdivision (a)(1),’’.
(E) Proposed rule 26(g)(1) is amended by
striking ‘‘subdivision (a)(1) or’’.
(3) RULE 30.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Proposed rule 30(b)(2) is
amended by striking ‘‘Unless the court orders other-
wise, it may be recorded by sound, sound-and-visual,
or stenographic means, and the’’ and inserting ‘‘Un-
less the court upon motion orders, or the parties
agree in writing to use, sound or sound-and-visual
means, the deposition shall be recorded by steno-
graphic means. The’’.
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Proposed rule
30(b) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(4) FORM 35.—Proposed form 35 is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (2) and (3).
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‘‘(1) describes the guidelines for women’s pre-
ventive services, including the cervical cancer rec-
ommendations updated in 2012, by the United 
States Preventive Services Task Force, by the Amer-
ican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 
(ACOG), and by the American Cancer Society, the 
American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pa-
thology, and the American Society for Clinical Pa-
thology; 
‘‘(2) promotes well-woman visits for health as-
sessments which include screenings, evaluations, 
counseling, immunizations, and prenatal visits, as 
appropriate; 
‘‘(3) explains the women’s preventive services 
that are required under section 2713 to be covered 
without cost-sharing by a group health plan or a 
health insurance issuer offering group or individual 
health insurance coverage that is not a grand-
fathered plan (as defined in section 1251(e) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act); and 
‘‘(4) addresses health disparities in the area of 
women’s prevention. 
‘‘(b) MEDIA CAMPAIGN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this section, as part of 
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the campaign under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall establish and implement a national media cam-
paign. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT OF CAMPAIGN.—The cam-
paign implemented under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) shall disseminate information about 
the updated guidelines for women’s preventive 
services described in subsection (a)(1), promote 
well-woman 
visits 
described 
in 
subsection 
(a)(2), and provide information on the women’s 
preventive services described in subsection 
(a)(3); and 
‘‘(B) may include the use of television, 
radio, Internet, and other commercial mar-
keting venues. 
‘‘(c) WEBSITE.—As part of the campaign under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall, in consultation with pri-
vate sector experts or through contract with a private enti-
ty including a medical association or non-profit organiza-
tion, maintain and update an Internet website to provide 
information and resources about the updated guidelines 
for women’s preventive services described in subsection 
(a)(1), promote well-woman visits, and provide informa-
tion on the women’s preventive services described in sub-
section (a)(3). 
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Calendar No. 268
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2814
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 4 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To permit the taking effect of certain proposed rules of
civil procedure, with modifications.
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 ‘‘Civil Rules Amend-
ments Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
The proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure which are embraced by an order entered
by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22,
1993, shall take effect on December 1, 1993, as otherwise
provided by law, but with the following amendments:
(1) RULE 26.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Proposed rule 26(a) is
amended so that paragraph (1) reads as
follows:
‘‘(1) INSURANCE AGREEMENTS.—A party may
obtain discovery of the existence and contents of any
insurance agreement under which any person carry-
ing on an insurance business may be liable to satisfy
part or all of a judgment which may be entered in
the action or to indemnify or reimburse for pay-
ments made to satisfy the judgment. Information
concerning the insurance agreement is not by reason
of disclosure admissible in evidence at trial. For pur-
poses of this paragraph, an application for insurance
shall not be treated as part of an insurance
agreement.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Proposed
rule 26(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘In addition to
the disclosures required by paragraph (1), a’’ and
inserting ‘‘A’’.
(B) Proposed rule 26(a)(3) is amended by
striking ‘‘the preceding paragraphs’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (2)’’.
(C) Proposed rule 26(a)(4) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(1) through’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) and’’.
(D) Proposed rule 26(f) is amended by striking
‘‘to make or arrange for the disclosures required by
subdivision (a)(1),’’.
(E) Proposed rule 26(g)(1) is amended by
striking ‘‘subdivision (a)(1) or’’.
(3) RULE 30.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Proposed rule 30(b)(2) is
amended by striking ‘‘Unless the court orders other-
wise, it may be recorded by sound, sound-and-visual,
or stenographic means, and the’’ and inserting ‘‘Un-
less the court upon motion orders, or the parties
agree in writing to use, sound or sound-and-visual
means, the deposition shall be recorded by steno-
graphic means. The’’.
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Proposed rule
30(b) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(4) FORM 35.—Proposed form 35 is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (2) and (3).
Passed the House of Representatives November 3,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use, out of any 
funds otherwise made available to the Department of 
Health and Human Services, such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section.’’. 
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ship in order to maximize the effectiveness of
existing resources;
(G) a description of the services that will
be directly provided to children or youth popu-
lations with funds provided under this Act as
needed to address identified unmet core service
needs;
(H) a description of how the services will
be coordinated with the on-going educational
activities of the school or schools participating
in the partnership and the role the school nurse
and other student support personnel will play in
the expanded health care services;
(I) a description of the process by which
program decisions will be made within the part-
nership;
(J) an identification of the partnership’s
fiscal agent and the manner in which program
funds received under this section will be dis-
bursed and monitored; and
(K) a description of the strategy for secur-
ing the long term financing necessary to ensure
a continuity of services made available through
the partnership after the termination of the
grant period.
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Union Calendar No. 170
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2814
[Report No. 103–319]
To permit the taking effect of certain proposed rules of civil procedure,
with modifications.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 1993
Mr. HUGHES (for himself and Mr. MOORHEAD) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
NOVEMBER 3, 1993
Additional sponsors: Mr. DARDEN, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. BLUTE, and Mr.
VALENTINE
NOVEMBER 3, 1993
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To permit the taking effect of certain proposed rules of
civil procedure, with modifications.
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 ‘‘Civil Rules Amend-
ments Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
The proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure which are embraced by an order entered
by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22,
1993, shall take effect on December 1, 1993, as otherwise
provided by law, but with the following amendments:
(1) RULE 26.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Proposed rule 26(a) is
amended so that paragraph (1) reads as
follows:
‘‘(1) INSURANCE AGREEMENTS.—A party may
obtain discovery of the existence and contents of any
insurance agreement under which any person carry-
ing on an insurance business may be liable to satisfy
part or all of a judgment which may be entered in
the action or to indemnify or reimburse for pay-
ments made to satisfy the judgment. Information
concerning the insurance agreement is not by reason
of disclosure admissible in evidence at trial. For pur-
poses of this paragraph, an application for insurance
shall not be treated as part of an insurance
agreement.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Proposed
rule 26(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘In addition to
the disclosures required by paragraph (1), a’’ and
inserting ‘‘A’’.
(B) Proposed rule 26(a)(3) is amended by
striking ‘‘the preceding paragraphs’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (2)’’.
(C) Proposed rule 26(a)(4) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(1) through’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) and’’.
(D) Proposed rule 26(f) is amended by striking
‘‘to make or arrange for the disclosures required by
subdivision (a)(1),’’.
(E) Proposed rule 26(g)(1) is amended by
striking ‘‘subdivision (a)(1) or’’.
(3) RULE 30.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Proposed rule 30(b)(2)
is amended by striking ‘‘Unless the court orders
otherwise, it may be recorded by sound, sound-
and-visual, or stenographic means, and the’’
and inserting ‘‘Unless the court upon motion
orders, or the parties agree in writing to use,
sound or sound-and-visual means, the deposi-
tion shall be recorded by stenographic means.
The’’.
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Proposed
rule 30(b) is amended by striking paragraph
(3).
(4) FORM 35.—Proposed form 35 is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3).
In the Senate of the United States,
June 16 (legislative day, June 7), 1994.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2815) entitled ‘‘An Act to designate a portion of
the Farmington River in Connecticut as a component of the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System’’ do pass with the
following
AMENDMENTS:
Ω1æPage 4, strike out lines 4 to 23 and insert:
(6) the Colebrook Dam and Goodwin Dam hy-
droelectric projects are located outside the river seg-
ment designated by section 3, and based on the study
of the Farmington River pursuant to Public Law 99–
590, continuation of the existing operation of these
projects as presently configured, including associated
transmission lines and other existing project works, is
compatible with the designation made by section 3
and will not unreasonably diminish the scenic, rec-
reational, and fish and wildlife values of the segnment
HR 2815 EAS
designated by such section as of the date of enactment
of this Act.
Ω2æPage 6, strike out lines 2 to 4 and insert:
(a) COMMITTEE.—The Director of the National Park
Service, or his or her designee, shall represent the Secretary
on the Farmington River Coordinating Committee provided
for in the plan.
Ω3æPage 6, line 5, strike out all after ‘‘ROLE.—’’ down
to and including ‘‘(2)’’ in line 15 and insert: (1)
Ω4æPage 7, line 7, strike out ø(3)¿ and insert: (2)
Ω5æPage 7, line 10, strike out ø(4)¿ and insert: (3)
Ω6æPage 7, line 21, strike out øDirector¿ and insert:
Secretary
Ω7æPage 8, strike out lines 23 and 24.
Ω8æPage 9, line 1, strike out ø(3)¿ and insert: (2)
Ω9æPage 9, line 7, strike out ø(4)¿ and insert: (3)
Attest:
Secretary.
SEC. 3. WILD, SCENIC, AND RECREATIONAL RIVER DES-
IGNATION.
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding the following new
paragraph at the end thereof:
‘‘( ) FARMINGTON RIVER, CONNECTICUT.—(A) DES-
IGNATION AND MANAGEMENT.—The 14-mile segment of
the West Branch and mainstem extending from imme-
diately below the Goodwin Dam and Hydroelectric Project
in Hartland, Connecticut, to the downstream end of the
New Hartford-Canton, Connecticut, town line (hereinafter
in this paragraph referred to as the ‘segment’), to be ad-
ministered by the Secretary of the Interior in cooperation
with the Farmington River Coordinating Committee es-
tablished under paragraph (B) as a recreational river. The
segment shall be managed in accordance with the Upper
Farmington River Management Plan, dated April 29,
1993, adopted on April 29, 1993 by the Farmington River
Study Committee (hereinafter in this paragraph referred
to as the ‘Plan’). The Plan shall be deemed to satisfy the
requirement for a comprehensive management plan pursu-
ant to section 3(d) of this Act.
‘‘(B) MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.—To assist in the
long-term protection of the segment and the implementa-
tion of this paragraph and the Plan, a Farmington River
Coordinating Committee (hereinafter in this paragraph re-