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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 605
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to require a store in which a consumer
may apply to open a credit or charge card account to display a sign,
at each location where the application may be made, containing the
same information required by such Act to be prominently placed in
a tabular format on the application.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 2001
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to require a store
in which a consumer may apply to open a credit or
charge card account to display a sign, at each location
where the application may be made, containing the same
information required by such Act to be prominently
placed in a tabular format on the application.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT FOR STORES AC-
CEPTING CREDIT AND CHARGE CARD AC-
COUNT APPLICATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 122 of the Truth in Lend-
ing Act (15 U.S.C. 1632) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(d) SIGNS
REQUIRED
ON
CERTAIN
PREMISES
WHERE CREDIT OR CHARGE CARD ACCOUNT APPLICA-
TIONS ACCEPTED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who sells personal
property to consumers on a business premises and
makes available to consumers on such premises any
application to open a credit card account under an
open end consumer credit plan, or any application to
open a charge card account, shall display in the
premises on a sign any information that is subject
to subsection (c) and that is required to be disclosed
by the person on that application.
‘‘(2) FORMAT.—Such information shall be dis-
played on the sign in the form and manner which
the Board shall prescribe by regulations and which,
to the extent practicable and appropriate, shall be
consistent with the form and manner required for
the disclosure of such information on the credit or
charge card application.
MTBE by $1.1 billion for an improved US trade
balance of $1.3 billion each year.
(10) Ethanol is an energy efficient fuel. A 1995
report by the USDA estimated one gallon of ethanol
provides 25 percent more energy than production re-
quires. Other studies show the net energy gain po-
tential of ethanol could exceed 150 percent when
state-of-the-art agricultural and production tech-
nologies are used.
(11) Ethanol is proven to enhance the perform-
ance of automobiles. Currently, all vehicle manufac-
turers approve the use of 10 percent ethanol blended
fuels.
(12) Replacing MTBE with ethanol would
maintain the emissions reductions obtained through
the RFG program without the water contamination
problems associated with MTBE.
(13) When implementing the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, the Environmental Protection
Agency required, by regulation, that each gallon of
gasoline sold in the RFG program contain a min-
imum of 1.5 percent by weight of oxygenate. This
was not the intent of Congress in passing the oxy-
genate requirement and prohibits the most efficient
use of oxygenates. Lifting this regulatory require-
‘‘(3) SIGN PLACEMENT.—Such signs shall be
conspicuously placed at each location on the prem-
ises where the credit or charge card application may
be submitted by the consumer.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 111(e) of
the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1610(e)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Section 122(d) shall supersede State laws relating to
store display of the information that is subject to the re-
quirements of such section, except that any State may em-
ploy or establish State laws for the purpose of enforcing
the requirements of such section.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 607
For the relief of Mrs. Florence Narusewicz of Erie, Pennsylvania.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 2001
Mr. ENGLISH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Mrs. Florence Narusewicz of Erie,
Pennsylvania.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Notwithstanding sections 5121(a) and 5122 of title 38,
United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall pay to Mrs. Florence Narusewicz of Erie, Pennsyl-
vania, the sum of $28,000, representing the amount of
an award for a disability incurred by her husband Leo E.
Narusewicz during active military service in World War
II, which was paid to Mr. Narusewicz in two installment
checks, neither of which could be deposited or cashed by
Mrs. Narusewicz after his death.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 609
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide limited authority for
concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans’ disability com-
pensation in the case of certain disabled military retirees who are over
the age of 65.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 14, 2001
Mr. EVANS (for himself and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide limited
authority for concurrent receipt of military retired pay
and veterans’ disability compensation in the case of cer-
tain disabled military retirees who are over the age of
65.
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’ Compensa-
tion Equity Act of 2001’’.
section (a), for any period before the effective date speci-
fied in subsection (c).
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tablish and maintain native settlements and distinct
native communities throughout the State.
(10) The Hawaiian Home Lands and the Ceded
Lands provide an important foundation for the abil-
ity of the Native Hawaiian community to maintain
the practice of Native Hawaiian culture, language,
and traditions, and for the survival of the Native
Hawaiian people.
(11) Native Hawaiians have maintained other
distinctly native areas in Hawaii.
(12) On November 23, 1993, Public Law 103–
150 (107 Stat. 1510) (commonly known as the Apol-
ogy Resolution) was enacted into law, extending an
apology on behalf of the United States to the Native
people of Hawaii for the United States role in the
overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
(13) The Apology Resolution acknowledges that
the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred
with the active participation of agents and citizens
of the United States and further acknowledges that
the Native Hawaiian people never directly relin-
quished their claims to their inherent sovereignty as
a people over their national lands to the United
States, either through their monarchy or through a
plebiscite or referendum.
rate of pay of any staff may not exceed the annual
rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule
under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) SPECIAL RULE REGARDING APPOINTMENT
OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The employment of an
executive director shall be subject to confirmation by
the Commission.
SEC. 8. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.
The Commission shall terminate 30 days after the
date on which the Commission submits its final report
under section 4(c)(1).
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to the Commission
to carry out this Act.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Any sums appropriated under
the authorization contained in this section shall remain
available, without fiscal year limitation, until expended.
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cation, for educational leaders, teacher trainers,
scholars in related disciplines, and educational pol-
icymakers.
‘‘(e) PARTICIPANTS.—The primary participants in
the Cooperative Education Exchange programs assisted
under this section shall be educational leaders in the areas
of civics and government education, and economic edu-
cation, including teachers, curriculum and teacher train-
ing specialists, scholars in relevant disciplines, and edu-
cational policymakers, and government and private sector
leaders from the United States and eligible countries.
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section,
the term ‘eligible country’ means a Central European
country, an Eastern European country, Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia, the independent states of the former Soviet
Union as defined in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support
Act (22 U.S.C. 5801), and may include the Republic of
Ireland, the province of Northern Ireland in the United
Kingdom, and any developing country, as defined in sec-
tion 209(d) of the Education for the Deaf Act, that has
a democratic form of government as determined by the
Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of State.
‘‘SEC. 10607. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) SECTION 10605.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out section 10605, $15,000,000 for
‘‘Sec. 35. Credit for high natural gas costs.
‘‘Sec. 36. Overpayment of taxes.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT THAT UTILITIES FURNISH INFORMA-
TION FREE OF CHARGE.
Each person supplying natural gas at the retail level
for consumption (and not further resale) shall, upon re-
quest and without charge, provide to its customers on an
annual basis sufficient information to enable the cus-
tomers to determine their eligibility for, and amount of,
the credit for high natural gas costs under section 35 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section
2 of this Act.
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(14) The Apology Resolution expresses the com-
mitment of Congress and the President to acknowl-
edge the ramifications of the overthrow of the King-
dom of Hawaii and to support reconciliation efforts
between the United States and Native Hawaiians;
and to have Congress and the President, through the
President’s designated officials, consult with Native
Hawaiians on the reconciliation process as called for
under the Apology Resolution.
(15) Despite the overthrow of the Hawaiian
government, Native Hawaiians have continued to
maintain their separate identity as a distinct native
community through the formation of cultural, social,
and political institutions, and to give expression to
their rights as native people to self-determination
and self-governance as evidenced through their par-
ticipation in the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
(16) Native Hawaiians also maintain a distinct
Native Hawaiian community through the provision
of governmental services to Native Hawaiians, in-
cluding the provision of health care services, edu-
cational programs, employment and training pro-
grams, children’s services, conservation programs,
fish and wildlife protection, agricultural programs,
native language immersion programs and native lan-
the State of Hawaii to address the conditions of Na-
tive Hawaiians.
(6) By setting aside 203,500 acres of land for
Native Hawaiian homesteads and farms, the Act as-
sists the Native Hawaiian community in maintaining
distinct native settlements throughout the State of
Hawaii.
(7) Approximately 6,800 Native Hawaiian les-
sees and their family members reside on Hawaiian
Home Lands and approximately 18,000 Native Ha-
waiians who are eligible to reside on the Home
Lands are on a waiting list to receive assignments
of land.
(8) In 1959, as part of the compact admitting
Hawaii into the United States, Congress established
the Ceded Lands Trust for 5 purposes, 1 of which
is the betterment of the conditions of Native Hawai-
ians. Such trust consists of approximately 1,800,000
acres of land, submerged lands, and the revenues de-
rived from such lands, the assets of which have
never been completely inventoried or segregated.
(9) Throughout the years, Native Hawaiians
have repeatedly sought access to the Ceded Lands
Trust and its resources and revenues in order to es-
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 616
To establish an Office of Management in the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent, and to redesignate the Office of Management and Budget as
the Office of the Federal Budget.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 14, 2001
Mr. HORN (for himself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BALLENGER, and Mr.
MICA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Government Reform
A BILL
To establish an Office of Management in the Executive Office
of the President, and to redesignate the Office of Man-
agement and Budget as the Office of the Federal Budg-
et.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF MANAGE-
MENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in
the Executive Office of the President the Office of Man-
agement, the purpose of which shall be to improve Federal
management and organization and to promote efficiency
HR 616 IH
and effectiveness in the operation of the Federal Govern-
ment.
(b) DIRECTOR; DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—(1) There shall
be at the head of the Office of Management a Director,
who shall be appointed by the President by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall be
compensated at the annual rate of basic pay for Executive
level I as provided in section 5312 of title 5, United States
Code.
(2) There shall be a Deputy Director of the Office
of Management, who shall be appointed by the President
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
Deputy Director shall be compensated at the annual rate
of basic pay for Executive level II as provided in section
5313 of title 5, United States Code.
(c) TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS.—(1)
The following offices in the Office of Management and
Budget are abolished, and the functions and authorities
of the heads of such offices are hereby transferred to the
Director of the Office of Management:
(1) The Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
(2) The Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs.
(3) The Office of Federal Financial Manage-
ment.
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(4) The Office of the Deputy Director for Man-
agement.
(5) The Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET.
The Office of Management and Budget is hereby re-
designated as the Office of the Federal Budget. Any au-
thorities of, and functions performed by, the Director and
other officers and appointees of the Office of Management
and Budget before the date of the enactment of this Act
and not transferred under section 1 shall remain the au-
thorities and functions of the Director as the head of the
Office of the Federal Budget and such other officers and
appointees as appropriate.
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress
recommendations for any conforming amendments nec-
essary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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SEC. 203. ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX REFORM.
(a) REPEAL OF PREFERENCE FOR DEPRECIATION.—
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 56(a) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E) TERMINATION.—This paragraph shall
not apply to property placed in service in tax-
able years beginning after December 31, 2001.’’.
(2) Paragraph (5) of section 56(a) is amended
by adding at the end: ‘‘This paragraph shall not
apply to property placed in service in taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2001.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF 90 PERCENT LIMITATION ON FOREIGN
TAX CREDITS.—
(1) Subsection (a) of section 59 is amended by
striking paragraph (2) and by redesignating para-
graphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respec-
tively.
(2) Subclause (II) of section 53(d)(1)(B)(i) is
amended by striking ‘‘and if section 59(a)(2) did not
apply’’.
(c) REPEAL OF 90 PERCENT LIMITATION ON NET OP-
ERATING LOSS DEDUCTION.—Subparagraph (A) of section
56(d)(1), as amended by section 204, is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(A) the amount of such deduction shall not
exceed alternative minimum taxable income de-
General that the individual is an eligible individual, and
may provide documentation therefor, within 6 years after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—The Attor-
ney General shall make a final determination of eligibility
of individuals under section 2 not later than 1 year after
locating the individual pursuant to subsection (b) or re-
ceiving notification from an individual pursuant to sub-
section (c), as the case may be.
(e) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—An individual seeking pay-
ment of compensation under the Civil Liberties Act of
1988 as an eligible individual under section 2 may seek
judicial review of a denial of compensation in an appro-
priate district court of the United States or the United
States Court of Federal Claims within 6 years after the
date of the denial.
(f) PAYMENTS
FROM
COURT
CASES.—Notwith-
standing section 2(a)(1)(E) of this Act and paragraph (7)
of section 105(a) of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, an
individual described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of
section 2(a)(1) of this Act, or any surviving spouse, child,
or parent of such individual to whom section 105(a)(8)
of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 applies, who has accept-
ed payment, before the enactment of this Act, pursuant
to an award of a final judgment or a settlement on a claim
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 618
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase to 5 years the period
during which former Members of Congress may not engage in certain
lobbying activities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 14, 2001
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase to 5
years the period during which former Members of Con-
gress may not engage in certain lobbying activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASE TO 5 YEARS OF PERIOD DURING
WHICH FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
MAY NOT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN LOBBYING AC-
TIVITIES.
Section 207(e)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’.
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building located at 6230 Van Nuys Bou-
levard in Van Nuys, California, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘James C. Corman Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘James C. Corman Federal Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives February 28,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 621
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 1, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building located at 6230 Van Nuys
Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the ‘‘James C.
Corman Federal Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building located at 6230 Van Nuys Bou-
levard in Van Nuys, California, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘James C. Corman Federal Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘James C. Corman Federal Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives February 28,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
State in which the intended recipient of the
organ resides; and
‘‘(B) the annual income of the intended re-
cipient of the organ does not exceed $35,000
(as adjusted for fiscal year 2002 and subse-
quent fiscal years to offset the effects of infla-
tion occurring after the beginning of fiscal year
2001).
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.—Subject to
paragraph (1), the Secretary may in carrying out
subsection (a) provide as follows:
‘‘(A) The Secretary may consider the term
‘donating individuals’ as including individuals
who in good faith incur qualifying expenses to-
ward the intended donation of an organ but
with respect to whom, for such reasons as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate, no do-
nation of the organ occurs.
‘‘(B) The Secretary may consider the term
‘qualifying expenses’ as including the expenses
of having one or more family members of do-
nating individuals accompany the donating indi-
viduals for purposes of subsection (a) (subject
to making payment for only such types of ex-
penses as are paid for donating individuals).
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Science
at the Environmental Protection Agency Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Agency;
(2) the term ‘‘Agency’’ means the Environ-
mental Protection Agency;
(3) the term ‘‘Deputy’’ means the Deputy Ad-
ministrator for Science and Technology appointed
under section 4; and
(4) the term ‘‘research’’ means research, devel-
opment, and demonstration.
SEC. 3. RESEARCH MISSION OF AGENCY.
Conducting, sponsoring, and evaluating environ-
mental science and technology research shall be a central
mission of the Agency. The results of such research shall
be used to help initiate, formulate, and carry out the
Agency’s agenda, and the Agency shall seek to increase
the public’s understanding of environmental science and
technology by making those research results available to
the public.
SEC. 4. DEPUTY.
(a) APPOINTMENT.—The President shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Deputy
other innovative donation specific initiatives, including liv-
ing donation.
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary shall annually submit to the Congress a report on
the activities carried out under this section, including pro-
visions describing the extent to which the activities have
affected the rate of organ donation.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this section, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal
years 2001 through 2005. Such authorization of ap-
propriations is in addition to any other authoriza-
tions of appropriations that is available for such
purpose.
‘‘(2) STUDIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS.—Of the
amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fis-
cal year, the Secretary may not obligate more than
$2,000,000 for carrying out subsection (b).’’.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF 60-MONTH LIMIT ON STUDENT
LOAN INTEREST DEDUCTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 221 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to interest on education
loans) is amended by striking subsection (d) and by redes-
ignating subsections (e), (f ), and (g) as subsections (d),
(e), and (f ), respectively.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 6050S(e)
of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 221(e)(1)’’
and inserting ‘‘section 221(d)(1)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM DEDUCTION FOR INTEREST
ON STUDENT LOANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 221(b)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to max-
imum deduction) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the deduction allowed by subsection (a)
for the taxable year shall not exceed $5,000.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.