datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
term ‘employee-owned corporation’ means
any corporation at least 50 percent of the
value of the outstanding stock of which is
owned (directly or indirectly) by employees
described in paragraph (2)(B) (without re-
gard to this subparagraph) of such cor-
poration.
‘‘(iii) 
UNAFFILIATED
CONTROLLED
ENTITY.—For purposes of clause (i), the
term ‘unaffiliated controlled entity’ means,
with 
respect 
to 
an 
employee-owned
corporation—
‘‘(I) any corporation at least 50
percent (by value) of the outstanding
stock of which is owned (directly or
indirectly as determined under section
318) by members of an affiliated
group (within the meaning of section
1504(a)) which includes such em-
ployee-owned corporation, and
‘‘(II) any partnership at least 50
percent of the capital interest or prof-
its interest in which is owned (directly
or indirectly as determined under sec-
tion 318) by members of such affili-
ated group.
Such term shall not include any corpora-
tion which is permitted to file a consoli-
dated return with such affiliated group.
‘‘(E) ENGINEERING
DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (2), the term ‘engineering’
includes—
‘‘(i) professional services or activities
of an engineering nature, as defined by
State law, if applicable, which are required
to be performed or approved by a person
licensed, registered, or certified to provide
such services;
‘‘(ii) professional services or activities
of an engineering nature that are associ-
ated with research, planning, development,
design, construction, repair, or alteration
of real property; and
‘‘(iii) such other professional services
or activities of an engineering nature, or
incidental services, which members of the
engineering profession (and individuals in
their employ) may logically or justifiably
perform, including studies, investigations,
surveying, mapping, tests, evaluations, con-
sultations, comprehensive planning, pro-
gram 
management, 
conceptual 
design,
plans and specifications, value engineering,
construction phase services, design-build,
design-build-finance, design-build-operate-
maintain, 
design-build-finance-operate-
maintain, soils engineering, drawing re-
views, preparation of operating and main-
tenance manuals, and other related serv-
ices.
Professional services and activities referred to
in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) shall be considered en-
gineering without regard to the procurement
method, delivery method, owner, or service re-
cipient.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1318
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade
relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2001
Mr. PITTS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment
(normal trade relations treatment) to the products of
Kazakhstan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Kazakhstan has been found to be in full
compliance with the freedom of emigration require-
ments under title IV of the Trade Act of 1974.
(2) Since its independence from the Soviet
Union in 1991, Kazakhstan has made progress to-
ward creating a free-market economy system.
(3) Kazakhstan concluded a bilateral invest-
ment treaty with the United States in 1992.
(4) Kazakhstan has demonstrated a strong de-
sire to build a friendly and cooperative relationship
with the United States.
(5) The extension of unconditional normal trade
relations treatment to the products of Kazakhstan
will enable the United States to avail itself of all
rights under the World Trade Organization with re-
spect to Kazakhstan.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF
THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO KAZAKHSTAN.
(a) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTEN-
SIONS OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—Notwith-
standing any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may—
(1) determine that such title should no longer
apply to Kazakhstan; and
(2) after making a determination under para-
graph (1) with respect to Kazakhstan, proclaim the
extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal
trade relations treatment) to the products of that
country.
(b) TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV.—
On and after the effective date of the extension under sub-
section (a)(2) of nondiscriminatory treatment to the prod-
ucts of Kazakhstan, title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 shall
cease to apply to that country.
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by the Trust Funds under such section 201(d) (as amend-
ed by this Act) with an initial par value equal to the par
value of the redeemed obligation and with a date of matu-
rity which is the same as the date of maturity of the re-
deemed obligation.
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‘‘SEC. 802. ADOPTION BY GROUP HEALTH PLANS OF PROVI-
SION BARRING POST-RETIREMENT REDUC-
TIONS IN RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS.
‘‘Every group health plan shall contain a provision
which expressly bars the plan, or any fiduciary of the plan,
from reducing the benefits provided under the plan to a
retired participant, or his or her beneficiary, if such reduc-
tion affects the benefits provided to the participant or ben-
eficiary as of the date the participant retired for purposes
of the plan and such reduction occurs after the partici-
pant’s retirement.
‘‘SEC. 803. RESTORATION BY GROUP HEALTH PLANS OF
BENEFITS REDUCED AFTER RETIREMENT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The plan sponsor of each group
health plan shall provide, in accordance with this section,
the option of benefit restoration to each retired participant
that meets the following requirements:
‘‘(1) The retired participant is entitled to ben-
efit coverage under the plan as of the date of enact-
ment of the Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Pro-
tection Act of 2001.
‘‘(2) The amount, type, level, or form of any
benefits or option provided to the retired participant
under the plan as of the date the participant retired
was reduced after the participant’s date of retire-
ment. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
port, or proceeding any material fact that is re-
quired to be stated therein;
‘‘(B) violated any foreign statute or regula-
tion regarding securities, banking, thrift activi-
ties, credit union activities, insurance, or con-
tracts of sale of a commodity for future delivery
traded on or subject to the rules of a contract
market or any board of trade;
‘‘(C) aided, abetted, counseled, commanded,
induced, or procured the violation by any other
person of any foreign statute or regulation re-
garding securities, banking, thrift activities,
credit union activities, insurance, or contracts of
sale of a commodity for future delivery traded on
or subject to the rules of a contract market or
any board of trade, or to have failed reasonably
to supervise, with a view to preventing violations
of statutory provisions, and rules and regula-
tions promulgated thereunder, another person
who commits such a violation, if such other per-
son is subject to his supervision.
‘‘(9) is subject to any final order of a State secu-
rities commission (or any agency or officer per-
forming like functions), State authority that super-
vises or examines banks, thrifts, or credit unions,
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1325
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
3160 Irvin Cobb Drive in Paducah, Kentucky, as the ‘‘Morgan Station’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2001
Mr. WHITFIELD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 3160 Irvin Cobb Drive in Paducah, Kentucky,
as the ‘‘Morgan Station’’.
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 3160 Irvin Cobb Drive in Paducah, Kentucky,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Morgan Station’’.
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 Morgan Station.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1326
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
203 West Paige Street in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, as the ‘‘Tim Lee
Carter Post Office Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2001
Mr. WHITFIELD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 203 West Paige Street in Tompkinsville, Ken-
tucky, as the ‘‘Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building’’.
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 203 West Paige Street in Tompkinsville, Ken-
tucky, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Tim Lee
Carter 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 Tim Lee Carter Post Office Building.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1327
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit H–2A workers
from bringing law suits against employers except in the State in which
the employer resides or has its principal place of business.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2001
Mr. WHITFIELD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit
H–2A workers from bringing law suits against employers
except in the State in which the employer resides or
has its principal place of business.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON VENUE OF SUITS BROUGHT
AGAINST FARMERS BY H–2A WORKERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 218(h) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188(h)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
H–2A worker may not bring an action under State or Fed-
eral law arising out of employment authorized under this
section against the employer except in the State in which
the employer resides or has its principal place of busi-
ness.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies to actions commenced after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1329
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for
increasing research activities permanent.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 30, 2001
Mr. SENSENBRENNER 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 make
the credit for increasing research activities permanent.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RESEARCH CREDIT MADE PERMANENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to credit for increasing re-
search activities) is amended by striking subsection (h).
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of
section 45C(b) of such Code is amended by striking sub-
paragraph (D).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after
June 30, 2004.
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‘‘(2) includes any agreement, joint venture, or 
cooperative arrangement the Department enters into 
in order to carry out any aspect of the statutory 
mission of the Department, or to provide material 
assistance to any other Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment entity in discharging that entity’s homeland 
security-related responsibilities.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in Section 1(a) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 103 the following:
‘‘104. Congressional notification requirements.’’.
TITLE 
VIII—TECHNICAL 
COR-
RECTIONS 
AND 
MISCELLA-
NEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. TECHNICAL CORRECTION RELATING TO DEFINI-
TION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFOR-
MATION. 
Section 212(3) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 131(3)) is amended in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, including such information 
regarding’’ after ‘‘protected systems’’. 
SEC. 802. CLARIFICATION OF PAY LEVEL FOR DIRECTOR 
OF BUREAU OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRA-
TION SERVICES. 
Section 451(a)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 271(a)(2)) is amended by—
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai City, Hawaii,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Goro Hokama 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 ‘‘Goro Hokama Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives February 7,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 132
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 620 Jacaranda Street in
Lanai City, Hawaii, as the ‘‘Goro Hokama Post
Office Building’’.
H. R. 132
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
An Act
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Jacaranda
Street in Lanai City, Hawaii, as the ‘‘Goro Hokama 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
620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai City, Hawaii, shall be known and
designated as the ‘‘Goro Hokama 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 ‘‘Goro Hokama
Post Office Building’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 132
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at
620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai City, Hawaii, as the ‘‘Goro Hokama
Post Office Building’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai City, Hawaii,
as the ‘‘Goro Hokama Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GORO HOKAMA POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai
City, Hawaii, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Goro
Hokama 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 Goro Hokama Post
Office Building.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 132
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 7, 2001
Received
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai City, Hawaii,
as the ‘‘Goro Hokama Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 132 RDS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai City, Hawaii,
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Goro Hokama 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 ‘‘Goro Hokama Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives February 7,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
(8) new fossil fuel-fired power plants produce
more than 100,000,000 tons per year of fossil-fuel
combustion wastes containing hazardous and toxic
chemicals, including, but not limited to, mercury, ar-
senic, barium, cadmium, chromium, nickel, lead, se-
lenium, and vanadium;
(9) the average fossil fuel-fired generating unit
in the United States commenced operation in 1964,
6 years before the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401
et seq.) was amended to establish requirements for
stationary sources;
(10)(A) according to the Department of En-
ergy, only 23 percent of the 1,000 largest emitting
units are subject to stringent new source perform-
ance standards under section 111 of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7411); and
(B) the remaining 77 percent, commonly re-
ferred to as ‘‘grandfathered’’ power plants, are sub-
ject to much less stringent requirements;
(11) pollution from power plants can be re-
duced through adoption of modern technologies and
practices, including—
(A) methods of combusting coal that are
intrinsically more efficient and less polluting,
such as pressurized fluidized bed combustion
(3) EXCLUSION
OF
MONUMENT.—The Monu-
ment shall not be included in the conveyance under
paragraph (1).
(b) USE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNORS IS-
LAND.—On completion of the conveyance under subsection
(a)(1), any use of the conveyed land shall be consistent
with subsections (a)(14) and (b) of section 2 and in com-
pliance with—
(1) the New York State Environmental Quality
Review Act (Sections 0101 through 0117 of the En-
vironmental Conservation Law of New York); and
(2) the document entitled ‘‘Governors Island
Preservation and Design Manual’’—
(A) developed by the Administrator in ac-
cordance with—
(i) the National Historic Preservation
Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.); and
(ii) applicable State and local historic
preservation law; and
(B) as approved by the Administrator,
State, and City.
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1601 et seq.), which is recognized as eligible for the
special programs and services provided by the
United States to Indians because of their status as
Indians.
‘‘(3) INDIAN RESERVATION.—The term ‘Indian
reservation’ has the meaning given the term ‘res-
ervation’ in section 3 of the Indian Financing Act of
1974 (25 U.S.C. 1452).
‘‘(4) NATIVE
AMERICAN.—The term ‘Native
American’ means an Indian, Native Hawaiian, or
Native American Pacific Islander.
‘‘(5) NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE.—The term
‘Native American language’ means the historical,
traditional languages spoken by Native Americans.
‘‘(6) NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE COLLEGE.—
The term ‘Native American Language College’
means—
‘‘(A) a tribally controlled community col-
lege or university (as defined in section 2 of the
Tribally Controlled Community College Assist-
ance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801)) or a col-
lege applying for a Native American Language
Survival School in a Native American language
which that college regularly offers as part of its
curriculum and which has the support of an In-
that will be developed into more comprehensive Na-
tive American Language Survival Schools.
(7) To support the development of local and na-
tional models that can be disseminated to the public
and made available to other schools as exemplary
methods of teaching Native American students.
(8) To develop a support center system for Na-
tive American Survival Schools at the university
level.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
Section 103 of Public Law 101–477 (25 U.S.C.
2902) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘DEFINITIONS
‘‘SEC. 103. For the purposes of this title, the fol-
lowing definitions apply:
‘‘(1) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 9161 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7881).
‘‘(2) INDIAN
TRIBAL
GOVERNMENT; INDIAN
TRIBE.—The terms ‘Indian tribal government’ and
‘Indian tribe’ mean any Indian tribe, band, nation,
or other organized group or community, including
any Alaska Native village or regional or village cor-
poration as defined in or established pursuant to the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C.
SEC. 11. CARBON SEQUESTRATION.
(a) CARBON SEQUESTRATION STRATEGY.—In addi-
tion to amounts made available under any other law, there
is authorized to be appropriated to the Environmental
Protection Agency and the Department of Energy for each
of fiscal years 2002 through 2004 a total of $15,000,000
to conduct research and development activities in basic
and applied science in support of development by Sep-
tember 30, 2004, of a carbon sequestration strategy that
is designed to offset all growth in carbon dioxide emissions
in the United States after 2010.
(b) METHODS FOR BIOLOGICALLY SEQUESTERING
CARBON DIOXIDE.—In addition to amounts made avail-
able under any other law, there is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Department of Agriculture for each of fiscal years 2002
through 2011 a total of $30,000,000 to carry out soil res-
toration, tree planting, wetland protection, and other
methods of biologically sequestering carbon dioxide.
SEC. 12. PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
The Administrator shall make grants to each munici-
pality in which there is located one or more fossil fuel-
fired electric generating units that—
(1) provide 10 percent or more of the munici-
pality’s annual property tax revenue in the munici-
pality’s last fiscal year ending before the enactment
of this Act, and
(2) cease operation after the enactment of this
Act.
Such grants shall be made only for the 3 taxable years
following the year in which the unit ceases operation and
shall not exceed 50 percent of the total real property taxes
paid to such municipalities by the owners or operators of
such units in the taxable year prior to the taxable year
in which the unit ceased operation.
SEC. 13. HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FROM ELECTRIC
UTILITY STEAM GENERATING UNITS.
Section 112 of the Clean Air Act is amended as fol-
lows:
(1) By repealing the last sentence of section
112(n)(1)(A).
(2) By amending paragraph (1) of subsection
(c) by inserting after the first sentence the following:
‘‘Within 12 months after the enactment of the Clean
Power Plant Act of 2001, such list shall be revised
to include electric utility steam generating units.’’.
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