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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3070
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for the development
of rural telemedicine, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 1993
Mr. LAROCCO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants
for the development of rural telemedicine, 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 ‘‘Rural Telemedicine
Development Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to support the develop-
ment of telemedicine projects that are designed to improve
the delivery, accessability and affordability of health care
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services to Americans living in rural areas. This Act is
intended to—
(1) assist rural hospitals and other rural health
care providers in dealing with personnel shortages
and shared staffing arrangements by providing such
providers with the telecommunications technology
necessary to maintain contact with itinerant staff
and remote specialists;
(2) reduce the cost of care for rural patients
and strengthen rural health care providers by using
telecommunications technologies to permit such pa-
tients to stay in their local hospitals and to receive
other health services locally whenever possible and
appropriate, by reducing paperwork costs and by im-
proving coordination and efficiency in the delivery of
health care;
(3) provide rural health care providers with ac-
cess, via telecommunications systems, to equipment,
specialists, and continuing education programs that
are otherwise generally not available in rural areas;
and
(4) demonstrate the effectiveness of fiber optics
telecommunication systems in improving the quality
and access of health care services in rural areas.
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SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAMS.
Title XVII of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300u et seq.) is amended—
(1) in the title heading by striking out ‘‘AND
HEALTH PROMOTION’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof 
‘‘, 
HEALTH 
PROMOTION 
AND
TELEMEDICINE DEVELOPMENT’’;
(2) by inserting after the title heading the
following:
‘‘Part A—Health Information and Health Promotion’’;
and
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following
new part:
‘‘Part B—Telemedicine Development
‘‘SEC. 
1711. 
GRANT 
PROGRAM 
FOR 
PROMOTING 
THE
INITIAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
OF 
RURAL
TELEMEDICINE NETWORKS.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall award
grants to eligible entities described in section 1714(a) for
the purpose of encouraging the initial development of rural
telemedicine networks. Grants shall be awarded under this
section to encourage the formation of rural health care
networks that could benefit from the use of telecommuni-
cations technology in providing health services to rural
areas.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘applicable funding’ does not include funds 
provided under any of the provisions listed in 
subparagraph (A) that State educational agen-
cies are required by this Act— 
‘‘(i) to reserve, allocate, or spend for 
required activities; 
‘‘(ii) to allocate, allot, or award to 
local educational agencies or other entities 
eligible to receive such funds; or 
‘‘(iii) to use for technical assistance or 
monitoring. 
‘‘(4) DISBURSEMENT.—The Secretary shall dis-
burse the applicable funding to State educational 
agencies for alternative uses under paragraph (1) for 
a fiscal year at the same time as the Secretary dis-
burses the applicable funding to State educational 
agencies that do not intend to use the applicable 
funding for such alternative uses for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) ALTERNATIVE USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) 
and (d) and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a local educational agency may use the applica-
ble funding that the agency receives for a fiscal year 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3071
To amend the Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act
as it relates to the composition of the Lime Board, the conduct of
the referendum, the definition of lime, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 1993
Mr. LEWIS of Florida (for himself, Mrs. THURMAN, and Mr. CANADY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture
A BILL
To amend the Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer
Information Act as it relates to the composition of the
Lime Board, the conduct of the referendum, the defini-
tion of lime, 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 ‘‘Lime Research, Pro-
motion, and Consumer Information Act Amendments of
1993’’.
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 1953(6) of the Lime Research, Promotion,
and Consumer Information Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
6202(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘citrus aurantifolia’’ and
inserting ‘‘citrus latifolia’’.
SEC. 3. IMPORTER REPRESENTATION ON BOARD.
Section 1955(b) of the Lime Research, Promotion,
and Consumer Information Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
6204(b)) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (4)
through (8) as (5) through (9) and inserting a new para-
graph (4) to read as follows:
‘‘(4) The Secretary, after consultation with
members of the Lime Board, shall evaluate, two
years after the establishment of the initial board and
every three years thereafter, the average annual level
of domestic production and imports subject to as-
sessment during such preceding period and adjust,
to the extent possible, the overall representation of
producers and importers on the Board to insure that
producer and importer representation is propor-
tionate to the volume of domestic production and im-
ports subject to assessment, except that each district
as established in the order issued by the Secretary
as provided in section 1954(b) and published in the
Code of Federal Regulations (7 C.F.R. 1212) shall
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be represented by no less than one producer member
and one importer member.’’.
SEC. 4. REFERENDUM DELAY.
Section 1960(a) of the Lime Research, Promotion,
and Consumer Information Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
6209(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Secretary first is-
sues an order under section 1954(a)’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘assessments are imposed and collected under the
order pursuant to section 1955(d)’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1271
AN ACT
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,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Privacy Protec-
tion Act of 1995’’.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘John F. Kennedy Cen-
ter Reauthorization Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION PROJECT FOR JOHN F. KENNEDY CEN-
TER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. 
Section 3 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 
U.S.C. 76i) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) EXPANSION PROJECT.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to the re-
quirements of this subsection, the Board may 
undertake such activities as may be necessary 
to construct the expansion project. 
‘‘(B) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD.— 
The Board may construct the expansion 
project, and shall be responsible for the plan-
ning, design, engineering, and construction of 
the expansion project. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) MISSION.—All activities carried 
out under this paragraph shall be within 
the mission of the John F. Kennedy Cen-
ter for the Performing Arts to serve as the 
national center for the performing arts. 
‘‘(ii) FUNDING.—The costs of plan-
ning, design, engineering, and construction
‘‘(4) RETURN
OF
SPECIAL
FINDINGS.—The
jury, or if there is no jury, the court, shall consider
all the information received during the hearing. It
shall return special findings identifying any aggra-
vating factor or factors set forth in this section
found to exist and any other aggravating factor, for
which notice has been provided under this section,
found to exist. A finding with respect to a mitigating
factor may be made by one or more members of the
jury, and any member of the jury who finds the ex-
istence of a mitigating factor may consider such fac-
tor established for purposes of this section regard-
less of the number of jurors who concur that the
factor has been established. A finding with respect
to any aggravating factor must be unanimous. If no
aggravating factor set forth in this section is found
to exist, the court shall impose a sentence other than
death authorized by law.
‘‘(5) RETURN
OF
A
FINDING
CONCERNING
A
SENTENCE OF DEATH.—If an aggravating factor re-
quired to be considered under this section is found
to exist, the jury, or if there is no jury, the court,
shall then consider whether the aggravating factor
or factors found to exist outweigh any mitigating
factor or factors. The jury, or if there is no jury, the
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accompanied by such certification prior to the transfer of
the grain into an elevator, warehouse, or other storage fa-
cility in the United States.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3073
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility for commissary
benefits for persons qualified for certain retired pay but under age 60.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 1993
Mrs. MINK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility
for commissary benefits for persons qualified for certain
retired pay but under age 60.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR COMMISSARY
BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS.
Section 1064 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘for 12 days each calendar year’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘on the same basis as a per-
son who is eligible for such retired pay’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3074
To extend the emergency unemployment compensation program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 1993
Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To extend the emergency unemployment compensation
program.
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 ‘‘Emergency Unemploy-
ment Compensation Program Extension Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION PROGRAM.
(a) 
GENERAL
RULE.—Sections 
102(f)(1) 
and
106(a)(2) of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–164, as amended) are each
amended by striking ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting
‘‘June 30, 1994’’.
(b) MODIFICATION TO FINAL PHASE-OUT.—Para-
graph (2) of section 102(f) of such Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting
‘‘June 30, 1994’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘January 15, 1994’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘August 15, 1994’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of
section 101(e) of such Act is amended by striking
‘‘October 2, 1993’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘June 30, 1994’’.
(d) NONREPAYABLE TRANSFERS TO EXTENDED AC-
COUNT.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(e) of such
Act are each amended by inserting after ‘‘Amendments of
1992’’ the following: ‘‘or by reason of the amendments
made by section 2 of the Emergency Unemployment Com-
pensation Program Extension Act of 1993’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to weeks beginning after Octo-
ber 2, 1993.
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF RAILROAD WORKERS.
(a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of
section 501(b) of the Emergency Unemployment
Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–164, as
amended) are each amended by striking ‘‘October 2,
1993’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 1994’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
501(a) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘October
1993’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1994’’.
(b) TERMINATION OF BENEFITS.—Section 501(e) of
such Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘October 2, 1993’’ and inserting
‘‘June 30, 1994’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘January 15, 1994’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘August 15, 1994’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to weeks beginning after October
2, 1993.
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Union Calendar No. 89 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 398 
[Report No. 112–141, Part I] 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty 
service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition 
and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for perma-
nent resident status, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2011 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California (for herself, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. CONYERS, 
and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JULY 8, 2011 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary 
JULY 8, 2011 
The Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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‘‘(B) The Director of the Institute may not provide
a scholarship under paragraph (1) for an academic year
unless the individual applying for the scholarship agrees
to maintain an acceptable level of academic standing, as
determined by the educational institution involved in ac-
cordance with regulations issued by the Secretary.
‘‘(4)(A) The Director of the Institute may not provide
a scholarship under paragraph (1) for an academic year
in an amount exceeding $10,000.
‘‘(B) A scholarship provided under paragraph (1)
may be expended only for tuition expenses, other reason-
able educational expenses, and reasonable living expenses
incurred while attending the health professions school in-
volved.
‘‘(C) In the case of a health professions school with
respect to which a scholarship under paragraph (1) is pro-
vided, the Director of the Institute may enter into a con-
tract with the school under which the amounts provided
in the scholarship for tuition and other educational ex-
penses are paid directly to the school. Payments to the
school under the contract may be made without regard
to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.
‘‘(5) The provisions of section 338E shall apply to
the program established in paragraph (1) to the same ex-
tent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to
‘‘(A) shall use such funds to carry out the 
activities described in section 2123(1); and 
‘‘(B) may use such funds to carry out the 
activities described in section 2123(2). 
‘‘(4) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—A local edu-
cational agency receiving an allotment under para-
graph (1) shall carry out the reporting requirements 
described in section 2131(a), except that annual re-
ports shall be submitted to the Secretary and not a 
State educational agency. 
‘‘(5) AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT.—An allotment 
made to a local educational agency under paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount of 
subgrant funds that the local educational agency 
would have received under subpart 2 had such agen-
cy applied for a subgrant under such subpart for 
such fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) REALLOTMENT.—If a State does not apply for 
an allotment under this section for any fiscal year or only 
a portion of the State’s allotment is allotted under sub-
section (c), the Secretary shall reallot the State’s entire 
allotment or the remaining portion of its allotment, as the 
case may be, to the remaining States in accordance with 
subsection (b). 
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of those individuals in all such States, as 
so determined. 
‘‘(B) SMALL STATE MINIMUM.—No State 
receiving an allotment under subparagraph (A) 
may receive less than one-half of 1 percent of 
the total amount of funds allotted under such 
subparagraph for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) ALTERNATE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
through (5), if a State does not apply to the Sec-
retary for an allotment under this section, a local 
educational agency located in such State may apply 
to the Secretary for a portion of the funds that 
would have been allotted to the State had such State 
applied for an allotment under this section to carry 
out the activities under this part. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—In order to receive an al-
lotment under paragraph (1), a local educational 
agency shall submit to the Secretary an application 
at such time, in such manner, and containing the in-
formation described in section 2122. 
‘‘(3) USE
OF
FUNDS.—A local educational 
agency receiving an allotment under paragraph 
(1)— 
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demic achievement, and improve teacher and 
school leader effectiveness; 
‘‘(C) how, in the case of a local educational 
agency not in a State with a statewide teacher 
evaluation system, the local educational agency 
will develop and implement a teacher evaluation 
system that meets the requirements described 
in clauses (i) through (v) of section 2123(1)(A); 
‘‘(D) how, in developing and implementing 
such a teacher evaluation system, the local edu-
cational agency will work with parents, teach-
ers, school leaders, and other staff of the 
schools served by the local educational agency; 
and 
‘‘(E) how the local educational agency will 
develop and implement such a teacher evalua-
tion system within 3 years of the date of enact-
ment of the Encouraging Innovation and Effec-
tive Teachers Act. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a local educational agency 
in a State with a statewide teacher evaluation sys-
tem, a description of how the local educational agen-
cy will work with the State educational agency to 
implement the statewide teacher evaluation system 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3076
To address the policy of the United States on plutonium use.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 1993
Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. MARKEY, Mr.
EVANS, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. KOPETSKI, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FILNER, Mr.
ANDREWS of Maine, Mr. TORRES, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. ED-
WARDS of California, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. UNDERWOOD,
Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. ESHOO, Mrs.
SCHROEDER, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MCCLOS-
KEY, Ms. FURSE, Mr. HAMBURG, and Mr. FISH), introduced the follow-
ing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To address the policy of the United States on plutonium
use.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF POLICY ON PLUTONIUM
USE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) All grades of plutonium, irrespective of their
designation as civil or military, can be used to make
nuclear explosive devices.
taken into account only tips received from customers
in connection with the provision of food or beverages
in circumstances where the tipping of employees
serving food or beverages to customers is cus-
tomary.’’
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply to taxes paid after December 31, 1993.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3077
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tips received for
providing food or beverages for consumption off the employer’s premises
to be taken into account under the credit for the employer social security
tax on certain tips.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 1993
Mr. TALENT 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 allow tips
received for providing food or beverages for consumption
off the employer’s premises to be taken into account
under the credit for the employer social security tax
on certain tips.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That (a) paragraph (2) of section 45B(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (defining excess employer social se-
curity tax) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) ONLY
CERTAIN
TIPS
TAKEN
INTO
AC-
COUNT.—In applying paragraph (1), there shall be