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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5026
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2000
Mr. DEMINT (for himself, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. BALLENGER,
and Mr. HOEKSTRA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. STATE MINIMUM WAGE.
Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(h)(1) An employer in a State that adopts minimum
wage legislation that conforms to the requirement of para-
graph (2) shall not be required to pay its employees at
the minimum wage prescribed by subsection (a)(1).
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply in a State that adopts
minimum wage legislation that—
‘‘(A) sets a rate or rates that are not less than
$5.15 an hour; and
‘‘(B) applies that rate or those rates to not
fewer than the employees performing work within
the State that would otherwise be covered by the
minimum wage rate prescribed by subsection
(a)(1).’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5027
To provide for the establishment of a commission to review and make rec-
ommendations to Congress on the reform and simplification of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2000
Mr. DEMINT (for himself and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide for the establishment of a commission to review
and make recommendations to Congress on the reform
and simplification of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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 ‘‘National Advisory
Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification Act of
2000’’.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to establish a commission
to study and report back to Congress recommendations
on simplifying, reforming, or replacing the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is over-
ly complex, imposes significant burdens on individ-
uals, businesses, and the economy, is extremely dif-
ficult for the Internal Revenue Service to administer,
and is in need of fundamental reform and simplifica-
tion.
(2) Many of the problems encountered by tax-
payers in dealing with the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice—especially those arising from misunderstandings
of the Code—could be eliminated or alleviated by
fundamental reform and simplification.
(3) The Internal Revenue Service faces con-
tinual difficulty in administering an overly lengthy,
complex, and confusing tax code.
(4) Taxpayers and tax experts have repeatedly
called for a simplification of the current tax code.
(5) The complexity of the current code places a
significant burden on individual filers, including ex-
tensive record keeping, time requirements to prepare
returns, gaining an understanding of the exemptions
for which they may qualify, and other burdens. This
has forced the majority of taxpayers to turn to tax
professionals to prepare their tax returns.
(6) Congress is continually modifying and cor-
recting the Code, leading to annual uncertainty and
only adding to the patchwork of complexity and con-
fusion.
(7) The Federal Government’s present fiscal
outlook for continuing and sustained budget sur-
pluses provides a unique opportunity for the Con-
gress to consider measures for fundamental reform
and simplification of the tax laws.
(8) Recent efforts to simplify or reform the tax
laws have not been successful due in part to the dif-
ficulty of developing broad-based, nonpartisan sup-
port for proposals to make such changes.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON
TAX REFORM AND SIMPLIFICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the purposes of this
Act, there is established within the legislative branch a
National Advisory Commission on Tax Reform and Sim-
plification (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’),
comprised of 15 members. The membership of the Com-
mission shall be as follows:
IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 809 
Supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘Lights On Afterschool!’’, a national 
celebration of after-school programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 
Mr. KILDEE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘Lights On Afterschool!’’, 
a national celebration of after-school programs. 
Whereas high-quality after-school programs provide safe, 
challenging, engaging, and fun learning experiences to 
help children and youth develop their social, emotional, 
physical, cultural, and academic skills; 
Whereas high-quality after-school programs support working 
families by ensuring that their children are safe and pro-
ductive after the regular school day ends; 
Whereas high-quality after-school programs build stronger 
communities by involving the Nation’s students, parents, 
business leaders, and adult volunteers in the lives of the 
Nation’s young people, thereby promoting positive rela-
tionships among children, youth, families, and adults;
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5028
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to include additional information
in Social Security account statements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2000
Mr. DEMINT (for himself, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. WELLER, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr.
FLETCHER, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. HAYES, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr.
KUYKENDALL, Mr. GARY MILLER of California, Mr. OSE, Mr. REY-
NOLDS, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr.
TANCREDO, Mr. TERRY, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. VITTER, and Mr. WALDEN of
Oregon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to include
additional information in Social Security account statements.
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 ‘‘Straight Talk on Social
Security Act’’.
SEC. 2. MATERIAL TO BE INCLUDED IN SOCIAL SECURITY
ACCOUNT STATEMENT.
Section 1143(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320b–13(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘and’’;
(2) in subparagraph (D) by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(E)(i) as determined by the Chief Actuary of
the Social Security Administration—
‘‘(I) a comparison of the annual social se-
curity tax inflows (including amounts appro-
priated under subsections (a) and (b) of section
201 of this Act and section 121(e) of the Social
Security Amendments of 1983 (26 U.S.C. 401
note)) to the amount paid in benefits annually;
and
‘‘(II) a statement whether the ratio de-
scribed in subclause (I) will result in a cash
flow deficit and what year any such deficit will
commence, as well as the first year in which
funds in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund will cease to be sufficient
to cover any such deficit and the percentage of
benefits due at that time that could be paid
from the annual social security tax inflows (as
that term is used in subclause (I));
‘‘(ii) an explanation that states in substance
that the Trust Funds balances reflect resources au-
thorized by Congress to pay future social security
benefits, but do not consist of real economic assets
that can be used in the future to fund benefits, and
that such balances are claims against the United
States Treasury that, when redeemed, must be fi-
nanced through increased taxes, public borrowing,
benefit reduction, or elimination of other Federal ex-
penditures; and
‘‘(iii) an explanation, in simple and easily un-
derstood terms, of the average rate of return that a
taxpayer can expect to receive on old-age insurance
benefits as compared to the total amount of social
security taxes a taxpayer expects to pay, including
the inflation-adjusted average rate of return for
workers born in every year beginning with 1900, set
out in chart or graph form, with an explanatory cap-
tion or legend, as determined by the Chief Actuary
of the Social Security Administration.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5029
To amend title 4, United States Code, to make sure the rules of etiquette
for flying the flag of the United States do not preclude the flying
of flags at half mast when ordered by city and local officials.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2000
Mr. DOOLITTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 4, United States Code, to make sure the
rules of etiquette for flying the flag of the United States
do not preclude the flying of flags at half mast when
ordered by city and local officials.
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 ‘‘Community Recogni-
tion Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. FLAG CODE AMENDMENT.
Section 7(m) of title 4, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting after the sentence beginning ‘‘In the event
of the death of a present or former official of the govern-
ment of any State’’ the following: ‘‘In the event of the
death of a present or former official of any city or locality,
the chief elected official of that locality may proclaim that
the National flag shall be flown at half staff.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 502
To impose a 3-month ban on imports of steel and steel products from
Japan, Russia, South Korea, and Brazil.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
Mr. TRAFICANT (for himself, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr.
COSTELLO, Mr. CANNON, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. NEY, Mr. KLINK, Mr.
DICKEY, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. VISCLOSKY,
Mr. STUPAK, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DOYLE, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, and Mr.
NORWOOD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To impose a 3-month ban on imports of steel and steel
products from Japan, Russia, South Korea, and Brazil.
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 ‘‘Fair Steel Trade Act’’.
localities which are adjoining and possess a suffi-
cient commonality of interest.
(2) MEETING REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary
shall approve a prime sponsorship plan submitted by
a combination of localities if the Secretary deter-
mines that the plan so submitted meets the require-
ments of subsection (a) and includes adequate provi-
sions for carrying out comprehensive early childhood
education programs in the area covered by the com-
bination of such localities.
(d) APPROVAL OF PLAN.—The Secretary shall ap-
prove a prime sponsorship plan submitted by an Indian
tribe on a Federal or State reservation if the Secretary
determines that the plan so submitted meets the require-
ments of subsection (a) and includes adequate provisions
for carrying out comprehensive early childhood education
programs in the area to be served.
(e) APPROVAL FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—In
the event that the Secretary determines, with respect to
the area of a particular locality, that a prime sponsorship
plan meeting the requirements of this section has not been
submitted by a locality or combination of localities cov-
ering such areas, or by an Indian tribe on a Federal or
State reservation, or in the event that prime sponsorship
designation has been withdrawn in accordance with sub-
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY BAN ON IMPORTS OF STEEL AND
STEEL PRODUCTS FROM CERTAIN COUN-
TRIES.
For the 3-month period beginning on the seventh day
after the date of the enactment of this Act, no steel or
steel product that is the product of Japan, Russia, South
Korea, or Brazil may be imported into, or enter the cus-
toms territory of, the United States.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5031
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to confirm the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Commission’s jurisdiction over child safety devices for hand-
guns, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2000
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, and Mr. MARKEY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Com-
merce
A BILL
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to confirm
the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s jurisdiction
over child safety devices for handguns, 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 ‘‘Child Handgun Injury
Prevention Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) A 1997 Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention study found that the rate for uninten-
tional firearms-related deaths of children under the
age of 15 in the United States was 9 times greater
than the rate for 25 other industrialized countries
combined.
(2) A study in the December, 1995, issue of the
Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine found
that 25 percent of 3- to 4-year-olds and 70 percent
of 5- to 6-year-olds had sufficient finger strength to
fire 59 (or 92 percent) of the 64 commonly available
handguns examined in the study.
(3) Suicide accounted for 30 percent of child
and teen gun deaths in 1999. The risk of suicide is
5 times greater in households with guns. Seventy-
five percent of the guns involved in self-inflicted and
unintentional firearm injuries among children come
from the victim’s home or the home of a friend or
relative.
(4) Many currently available trigger locks, safe-
ty locks, lock boxes, and other similar devices are in-
adequate to prevent the accidental discharge of the
firearms to which they are attached.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Consumer Product Safety
Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following:
‘‘SEC. 38. CHILD HANDGUN SAFETY DEVICES.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARD.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(A) RULEMAKING
REQUIRED.—Notwith-
standing section 3(a)(1)(E) of this Act, the
Commission shall initiate a rulemaking pro-
ceeding under section 553 of title 5, United
States Code, within 90 days after the date of
enactment of the Child Handgun Injury Pre-
vention Act of 2000 to establish a consumer
product safety standard for handgun locks. The
Commission may extend the 90-day period for
good cause. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including chapter 5 of title 5,
United States Code, the Commission shall pro-
mulgate a final consumer product safety stand-
ard under this paragraph within 12 months
after the date on which it initiated the rule-
making. The Commission may extend that 12-
month period for good cause. The consumer
product safety standard promulgated under this
in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5,
United States Code.
(g) QUORUM.—Eight members of the Commission
shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold
hearings.
(h) CHAIRMAN; VICE CHAIRMAN.—The Chairman
and Vice Chairman of the Commission shall be designated
by the Director of the INS at the time of the appointment.
(i) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the
call of the Chairman or a majority of its members.
SEC. 204. DIRECTOR AND STAFF OF COMMISSION; EXPERTS
AND CONSULTANTS.
(a) DIRECTOR.—The Commission shall, without re-
gard to section 5311(b) of title 5, United States Code,
have a Director who shall be appointed by the Commis-
sion. The Director shall be paid at a rate not to exceed
the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive
Schedule.
(b) STAFF.—Subject to rules prescribed by the Com-
mission, and without regard to section 5311(b) of title 5,
United States Code, the Director may appoint additional
personnel as the Director considers appropriate.
(c) APPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE
LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Commission shall
be appointed subject to the provisions of title 5, United
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5033
To prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts that contain in a single
document both a mandatory arbitration agreement and other contract
provisions and to prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to a mandatory
arbitration agreement as a condition precedent to entering into a home-
building purchase contract.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2000
Mr. GONZALEZ (for himself and Mr. RODRIGUEZ) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts that
contain in a single document both a mandatory arbitra-
tion agreement and other contract provisions and to pro-
hibit requiring purchasers to consent to a mandatory
arbitration agreement as a condition precedent to enter-
ing into a homebuilding purchase contract.
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 ‘‘American Homebuyers
Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No person engaged in the con-
struction of new houses may require a purchaser to enter
into a mandatory arbitration agreement as a condition
precedent to entering into a contract for the purchase of
a new house.
(b) SEPARATE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED.—No person
engaged in the construction of new houses may offer a
purchaser a contract for the purchase of a new house
which includes an agreement on mandatory arbitration
unless such agreement is a separate document which con-
tains only language pertaining to the mandatory arbitra-
tion agreement. The separate document containing the
mandatory arbitration agreement shall also contain the
following statement: ‘‘By Agreeing to Binding Arbitration
You Are Giving Up Your Right To Go To Court’’.
(c) ARBITRATOR.—The mandatory arbitration agree-
ment shall not name an independent arbitrator and shall
contain a procedure that adequately guarantees the pur-
chaser an opportunity to participate in the selection of an
arbitrator which shall occur only after a dispute regarding
the homebuilding contract has arisen.
(d) ENFORCEMENT.—If any person violates sub-
section (a), (b), or (c), the agreement on mandatory arbi-
tration will be of no effect.
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SEC. 2. REVISION OF DAYTON AVIATION HERITAGE PRES-
ERVATION ACT OF 1992.
(a) AREAS INCLUDED IN PARK.—Section 101(b) of
the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992
(16 U.S.C. 410ww(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) AREAS INCLUDED.—The park shall consist of
the following sites, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park’’,
numbered ll and dated ll:
‘‘(1) A core parcel in Dayton, Ohio, which shall
consist of the Wright Cycle Company building, Hoo-
ver Block, and lands between.
‘‘(2) The Setzer building property (also known
as the Aviation Trail building property), Dayton,
Ohio.
‘‘(3) The residential properties at 26 South
Williams Street and at 30 South Williams Street,
Dayton, Ohio.
‘‘(4) Huffman Prairie Flying Field, located at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
‘‘(5) The Wright 1905 Flyer III and Wright
Hall, including constructed additions and attached
structures, known collectively as the John W. Berry,
Sr. Wright Brothers Aviation Center, Dayton, Ohio.
‘‘(6) The Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memo-
rial, Dayton, Ohio.’’.
with a qualified company for the purpose of participating 
with that qualified company in any contract between the 
Office and that qualified company. 
‘‘(2) The Office shall ensure that each resulting con-
tract is awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications, 
price, and reasonable competition. 
‘‘(b) Each contract under this section shall contain— 
‘‘(1) the requirements under section 8902 (d), 
(f), and (i) made applicable to contracts under this 
section by regulations prescribed by the Office; 
‘‘(2) the terms of the enrollment period; and 
‘‘(3) such other terms and conditions as may be 
mutually agreed to by the Office and the qualified 
company involved, consistent with the requirements 
of this chapter and regulations prescribed by the Of-
fice. 
‘‘(c) Nothing in this chapter shall, in the case of an 
individual electing vision supplemental benefit coverage 
under this chapter after the expiration of such individual’s 
first opportunity to enroll, preclude the application of 
waiting periods more stringent than those that would have 
applied if that opportunity had not yet expired. 
‘‘(d)(1) Each contract under this chapter shall re-
quire the qualified company to agree—
‘‘(A) to provide payments or benefits to an eli-
gible individual if such individual is entitled thereto 
under the terms of the contract; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to disputes regarding claims 
for payments or benefits under the terms of the con-
tract— 
‘‘(i) to establish internal procedures de-
signed to expeditiously resolve such disputes; 
and 
‘‘(ii) to establish, for disputes not resolved 
through procedures under clause (i), procedures 
for 1 or more alternative means of dispute reso-
lution involving independent third-party review 
under appropriate circumstances by entities 
mutually acceptable to the Office and the quali-
fied company. 
‘‘(2) A determination by a qualified company as to 
whether or not a particular individual is eligible to obtain 
coverage under this chapter shall be subject to review only 
to the extent and in the manner provided in the applicable 
contract. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of applying the Contract Disputes 
Act of 1978 to disputes arising under this chapter between 
a qualified company and the Office—
‘‘SEC. 5000A. TERMINATION OF RETIREE PRESCRIPTION 
DRUG COVERAGE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed on any 
employer or employee organization that contributes to a 
group health plan (as defined in section 5000(b)) a tax 
on the termination of the provision of prescription drug 
benefits to any qualified retiree under the plan. 
‘‘(b) RATE OF TAX.—The rate of tax imposed under 
this section is— 
‘‘(1) $750 in the case of a qualified retiree with 
self-only prescription drug coverage under the plan 
(determined at the time of the termination of bene-
fits), and 
‘‘(2) $1,500 in the case of any other qualified 
retiree. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED RETIREE.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘qualified retiree’ means any former em-
ployee of the employer— 
‘‘(1) who attained age 65 before the termi-
nation of benefits referred to in subsection (a), and 
‘‘(2) whose employment with the employer ter-
minated before the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may issue regu-
lations to carry out the purposes of this section, including