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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2713
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that former prisoners
of war are eligible for reimbursement for emergency medical expenses
on the same basis as veterans with total permanent service-connected
disabilities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 1993
Mr. ROWLAND (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that
former prisoners of war are eligible for reimbursement
for emergency medical expenses on the same basis as
veterans with total permanent service-connected disabil-
ities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL
EXPENSES FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR.
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 1728(a)(2) of title 38,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘(D)’’; and
(2) by striking out the semicolon at the end and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘, or (E) for any disability
of a veteran who is a former prisoner of war;’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to hospital care and
medical services rendered on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2714
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to recipients of the Medal
of Honor eligibility for medical and dental care furnished by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 1993
Mr. ROWLAND (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to recipi-
ents of the Medal of Honor eligibility for medical and
dental care furnished by the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That sections 1710(a)(1)(H) and 1712(a)(3)(B) of title
38, United States Code, are each amended by inserting
‘‘or a veteran who is a recipient of the Medal of Honor’’
after ‘‘World War I’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2716
To amend the charter of the Group Hospitalization and Medical Services,
Inc., to remove the partial exemption granted to the corporation from
the insurance laws and regulations of the District of Columbia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 1993
Mr. STARK (for himself and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia
A BILL
To amend the charter of the Group Hospitalization and
Medical Services, Inc., to remove the partial exemption
granted to the corporation from the insurance laws and
regulations of the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LEGAL DOMICILE.
The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act provid-
ing for the incorporation of certain persons as Group Hos-
pitalization, Inc.’’, approved August 11, 1939 (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘The District of Columbia shall be the
legal domicile of the corporation.’’.
SEC. 2. REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Act is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 5. The corporation shall be licensed and regu-
lated by the District of Columbia in accordance with the
laws and regulations of the District of Columbia.’’.
(b) REPEAL.—The Act is amended by striking section
7.
SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENT OF REGULATORY COSTS BY THE
CORPORATION.
The Act (as amended by section 2 of this Act) is
amended by inserting after section 6 the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 7. The corporation shall reimburse the District
of Columbia for the costs of insurance regulation (includ-
ing financial and market conduct examinations) of the cor-
poration and its affiliates and subsidiaries by the District
of Columbia.’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2717
To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-
skipping transfers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1993
Mr. COX introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax
on generation-skipping transfers.
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 ‘‘Family Heritage Pres-
ervation Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that:
(1) Hard working American men and women
spend a lifetime saving to provide for their children
and grandchildren, paying taxes all the while.
Throughout their lives, they pay taxes on the income
and gains from their labor and their investment. Be-
cause of the heavy burden of income taxes, property
taxes, and other levies, it is enormously difficult to
accumulate savings for a family’s future. Worst of
all, when the purpose of that hard earned saving is
about to be achieved, families discover that between
37 percent and 50 percent of their after-tax savings
is confiscated by Federal inheritance taxes.
(2) These transfer, estate, and gift taxes punish
lifelong habits of thrift; they discourage entrepre-
neurship; they penalize families; and they have a
negative effect on other tax revenue sources.
(3) These taxes raise almost no material reve-
nue for the Federal Government. In fiscal year
1992, they produced only 1 percent of total Federal
revenues.
(4) The waste and economic inefficiency caused
by inheritance taxes is well known. American fami-
lies employ legions of tax accountants and lawyers
each year to set up trusts and other prolix devices
designed to avoid these onerous levies. The make-
work imposed upon the economy comprises billions
of dollars.
(5) In order to pay these excessive taxes, many
small businesses must liquidate all or part of their
assets. By causing business closures, these taxes
constrict business activity, increase unemployment,
and reduce tax revenues to the Federal Government.
(6) Independent analyses indicate that, were
these onerous taxes repealed, the Nation’s GDP,
Federal and State tax revenues, employment base,
and capital formation would increase substantially.
According to one such survey, repealing these taxes
in 1993 would increase GDP by $79,220,000,000,
create 228,000 new jobs, and increase savings by
$630,000,000,000 during the next 7 years.
(7) Repealing these taxes will ensure economic
fairness for all American families and businesses, as
well as economic growth and prosperity for the Na-
tion as a whole.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF FEDERAL TRANSFER TAXES.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subtitle B of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is hereby repealed.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to the estates of decedents dying,
and gifts and generation-skipping transfers made, after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 271
To amend title 18, United States Code, to make the knowing disclosure
of classified information by Federal officers and employees a criminal offense.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. MCCOLLUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to make the knowing
disclosure of classified information by Federal officers
and employees a criminal offense.
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 Security and
Classified Information Protection Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. SECTION 798 AMENDMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 798 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (a)
the following:
‘‘(b) Whoever, being or having been an officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government, knowingly discloses,
communicates, furnishes, transmits, publishes, or other-
wise makes available to an unauthorized person, any clas-
sified information, document, or material to which such
person had access in the course of that Federal Govern-
ment office or employment, shall be fined under this title
or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
Section 798 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’
in lieu thereof; and
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as
subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2720
To amend title 18, United States Code, to include peonage and slavery
offenses as RICO predicates.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1993
Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to include peonage
and slavery offenses as RICO predicates.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘sections 1581–1588 (relating to
peonage and slavery),’’ after ‘‘section 1513 (relating to re-
taliating against a witness, victim, or informant),’’.
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such process shall not affect the rights of such
employee under this title;
‘‘(iii) not to discourage Federal employees
from filing complaints on any matter relating to
discrimination in violation of this section; and
‘‘(iv) not to require Federal employees to
participate in counseling made available under
clause (i) or in a dispute resolution process made
available under clause (ii).’’,
(C) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘The’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) The’’,
(D) in the fourth sentence by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A)
and (B), respectively,
(E) in the last sentence by striking ‘‘With’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(3) With’’, and
(F) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an unlawful em-
ployment practice of the kind described in section 704(a)
is established under this section if an employee or applicant
for employment demonstrates that his opposing any prac-
tice made an unlawful employment practice by this title,
his making a charge, testifying, assisting, or participating
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Union Calendar No. 45
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1271
[Report No. 104–94]
To provide protection for family privacy.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 21, 1995
Mr. HORN (for himself, Mr. CLINGER, Mr. BASS, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. DAVIS, Mr.
FLANAGAN, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, and Mr.
TATE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight
MARCH 29, 1995
Additional sponsors: Mr. GILMAN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SHAYS, Mr.
ZELIFF, Mr. SHADEGG, and Mr. MARTINI
MARCH 29, 1995
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 21, 1995]
A BILL
To provide protection for family privacy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 2750 RH
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety
under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings
Act (Public Law 92–513, as amended) and the National
Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, $74,221,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 1996.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety
under 23 U.S.C. 403 and section 2006 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, to be de-
rived from the Highway Trust Fund, $46,780,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 1996.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 406, 408, and 410, sec-
tion 2007 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991, and section 209 of Public Law 95–
599, as amended, to remain available until expended,
$138,550,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2722
To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 with respect
to State and local firefighters, law enforcement officers, and incumbent
elected judges; and to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment
Amendments of 1986 to prevent the repeal of the exemption for certain
bona fide hiring and retirement plans applicable to State and local
firefighters and law enforcement officers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1993
Mr. OWENS (for himself and Mr. MURPHY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967 with respect to State and local firefighters, law
enforcement officers, and incumbent elected judges; and
to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Amend-
ments of 1986 to prevent the repeal of the exemption
for certain bona fide hiring and retirement plans applica-
ble to State and local firefighters and law enforcement
officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
disapprove an application without notice and
opportunity for a hearing.
SEC. 6. LOCAL GRANTS.
(a) APPLICATION.—A local educational agency that
desires to receive a grant under this part shall submit an
application to the State educational agency. Each such ap-
plication shall contain assurances that each school served
by the local educational agency shall be eligible for only
one grant under this Act.
(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application
described in subsection (a) shall—
(1) describe how the local educational agency
plans to set priorities on the use and distribution
among schools of grant funds received under this
Act to meet the purpose of this Act;
(2) include assurances that the local edu-
cational agency shall match on a dollar-for-dollar
basis the funds received under this Act;
(3) describe, if applicable, how funds under this
Act will be coordinated with State, local, and other
Federal resources, especially with respect to pro-
grams for the professional development and inservice
training of elementary school teachers in science and
mathematics; and
‘‘(C) An evaluation of the maintenance
record of any treatment equipment of the
permittee.
‘‘(D) An evaluation of the sampling tech-
niques used by the permittee.
‘‘(E) A random check of discharge mon-
itoring reports of the permittee for each 12-
month period for the purpose of determining
whether or not such reports are consistent with
the applicable analyses conducted under sub-
paragraph (B).
‘‘(F) An inspection of the sample storage
facilities and techniques of the permittee.’’.
(h) REPORTING.—Section 402 of such Act is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(r) REPORTING.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Each person holding a
permit issued under this section which is determined
by the Administrator to be a major industrial or mu-
nicipal discharger of pollutants into the navigable
waters shall prepare and submit to the Adminis-
trator a monthly discharge monitoring report. Any
other person holding a permit issued under this sec-
tion shall prepare and submit to the Administrator
quarterly discharge monitoring reports or more fre-
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(11) as paragraphs (4) through (12), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF PUBLIC IN-
TEREST WAIVER.—The Secretary may issue a waiver 
based on a finding under paragraph (2)(A) only after the 
Secretary has considered the potential impacts of the 
waiver on domestic manufacturing employment. The Sec-
retary shall include a statement detailing the short and 
long-term impact of the finding on domestic manufac-
turing employment.’’. 
SEC. 6. AMTRAK. 
Section 24305(f) of title 49 United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF PUBLIC IN-
TEREST WAIVER.—The Secretary may issue a waiver 
based on a finding under paragraph (4)(A)(i) only after 
the Secretary has considered the potential impacts of the 
waiver on domestic manufacturing employment. The Sec-
retary shall include a statement detailing the short and 
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(2) evaluate applications of local educational
agencies;
(3) award grants to local educational agencies
based on the priorities described in section 6(c); and
(4) evaluate local educational agencies’ end-of-
year summaries and submit such evaluation to the
Secretary.
(b) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Grant funds and matching
funds under this Act only shall be used to purchase
science equipment, science materials, or mathemati-
cal manipulative materials and shall not be used for
computers, computer peripherals, software, text-
books, or staff development costs.
(2) CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS.—Grant funds
under this Act may not be used for capital improve-
ments. No more than 50 percent of matching funds
provided by the local educational agency may be
used for capital improvements of classroom science
facilities to support the hands-on instruction that
this Act is intended to support, such as the installa-
tion of electrical outlets, plumbing, lab tables or
counters, or ventilation mechanisms.
SEC. 8. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
The Secretary shall provide technical assistance and,
in consultation with State and local representatives of the
program assisted under this Act, shall develop procedures
for State and local evaluations of the programs that re-
ceive funds under this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2725
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strength-
en and improve the quality of mathematics and science education, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1993
Mr. SAWYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 to strengthen and improve the quality of mathe-
matics and science education, 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 ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mathematics and Science Education Amendments of
1993’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
EDUCATION GRANTS AND PROGRAMS.
(a) IN-STATE APPORTIONMENT.—Section 2005(c)(1)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 2985(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or institution’’ and inserting ‘‘,
institution’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘higher education’’ the
following: ‘‘, nonprofit organizations including, mu-
seums and educational partnership organizations’’.
(b) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 2006 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2986) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after
‘‘minority teachers’’ the following: ‘‘or teachers
who are members of populations that are un-
derserved by and underrepresented in mathe-
matics and science education’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (C)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, calculators’’ after
‘‘use of’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘(which’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘met)’’;
(2) in paragraph (2) of subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and inserting
‘‘(1)(A) or (1)(B)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘elementary and middle
schools’’ and inserting ‘‘elementary schools or
middle schools’’; and
(C) by inserting ‘‘, as appropriate,’’ after
‘‘such local educational agency’’.
(c) HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section 2007
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 2987) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by amending paragraph (1)(B) to read
as follows:
‘‘(B)(i) The State agency for higher education shall,
from not less than 80 percent of the funds available under
this subsection, make grants available on a competitive
basis to institutions of higher education, nonprofit organi-
zations, museums, and educational partnership organiza-
tions in the State which apply for payments under this
section and which demonstrate involvement of local edu-
cational agencies.
‘‘(ii) The State agency for higher education may,
from not more than 20 percent of the funds available
under this subsection, make discretionary grants for pur-
poses of addressing the needs of populations that are un-
isting resources of the community with regards to
school-based 
mathematics 
programs, 
including
schools of higher education, State departments of
education, business personnel, labor unions, and
members of professional associations.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Fund
for the Improvement of Mathematics (referred to in the
Act as the ‘‘Fund’’) to provide grants to schools to im-
prove mathematics education and implement the Curricu-
lum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics.
(b) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Education
shall select a national mathematics education professional
association which has demonstrated at least a ten-year
professional and financial commitment to improving math-
ematics education in the Nation to administer the Fund.
To be eligible to administer the Fund, an association shall
provide assurances that such association shall—
(1) implement the goals of the Curriculum and
Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics;
(2) remain involved during the five-year funding
period and the succeeding five-year period;
(3) assess progress of schools to improve math-
ematics education; and