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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4602
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1994
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, and performance of other functions, including
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maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the
management of lands and their resources under the juris-
diction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the
general administration of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, Ω1æ$596,349,000 $598,480,000, to remain available
until expended, including $1,462,000 to be derived from
the special receipt account established by section 4 of the
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided, That appro-
priations herein made shall not be available for the de-
struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros
in the care of the Bureau of Land Management or its con-
tractors; and in addition, $21,650,000 for Mining Law
Administration program operations, to remain available
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the
Bureau of Land Management and credited to this appro-
priation from annual mining claim fees so as to result in
a final appropriation estimated at not more than
Ω2æ$596,349,000 $598,480,000: Provided further, That in
addition to funds otherwise available, not to exceed
$5,000,000 from annual mining claim fees shall be cred-
ited to this account for the costs of administering the min-
ing claim fee program, and shall remain available until
expended.
1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to
subchapter U the following new item:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER V. Tax incentives relating to Federal military in-
stallations.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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tion, $62,300,000, to be derived from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION
FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–
1543), as amended by Public Law 100–478, $9,000,000
for grants to States, to be derived from the Cooperative
Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to remain
available until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $12,000,000.
REWARDS AND OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
4201–4203, 4211–4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and
1538), $1,169,000, to remain available until expended.
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appre-
ciation Fund, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be available for carrying out the Partnerships
for Wildlife Act only to the extent such funds are matched
as provided in section 7105 of said Act.
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None of the funds made available under this Act shall
be obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any
region, to abolish any region, to move or close any regional
office for research, State and private forestry, or National
Forest System administration of the Forest Service, De-
partment of Agriculture, without the consent of the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in the
United States Senate and the Committee on Agriculture
in the United States House of Representatives.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be advanced to the Forest Service Firefight-
ing appropriation and may be used for forest firefighting
and the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands
under its jurisdiction: Provided, That no funds shall be
made available under this authority until funds appro-
priated to the ‘‘Emergency Forest Service Firefighting
Fund’’ shall have been exhausted.
The appropriation structure for the Forest Service
may not be altered without advanced approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Office of International Co-
operation and Development in connection with forest and
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development account established for the benefit
of an individual who is a family member de-
scribed in subsection (c)(1)(D) and who is an
eligible individual, or who was an eligible indi-
vidual on the day immediately preceding the
date on which the individual for whose benefit
the trust is established dies.
‘‘(ii) In any case where clause (i) does not
apply, the portion of the account attributable to
contributions other than those provided under
section 733(h) of the Individual Development
Account Demonstration Act shall be paid out
within five years of the date of death to the
beneficiaries of the individual for whose benefit
the account was established, and the balance
shall vest in the grantee providing assistance
under section 733(h) of the Individual Develop-
ment Account Demonstration Act and shall be
paid to such grantee within 60 days of the day
after the date of death.
‘‘(3) TIME
WHEN
CONTRIBUTIONS
DEEMED
MADE.—A taxpayer shall be deemed to have made a
contribution to an individual development account on
the last day of the preceding taxable year if the con-
tribution is made on account of such taxable year
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 
2003 
through 
2011’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 
2017’’. 
(2) VOLUNTEERS.—Section 2813 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–15) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Such training exercises 
shall, as appropriate and applicable, incorporate 
the needs of at-risk individuals in the event of 
a public health emergency.’’; and 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(i), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$22,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘$11,200,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2017’’. 
(c) PARTNERSHIPS FOR STATE AND REGIONAL PRE-
PAREDNESS TO IMPROVE SURGE CAPACITY.—Section 
319C–2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d–3b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, including 
capacity and preparedness to address the needs of
proved by a majority of the voting members of the
Gulf of Maine Council.
(3) REVIEW.—If the Secretary receives rec-
ommendations prepared by the Gulf of Maine Coun-
cil, the Secretary shall commence a review of the
recommendations to determine whether the rec-
ommendations are necessary to make any fishery
management plan consistent with the Agreement.
(4) CONSULTATION.—In undertaking the review
required under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall—
(A) give careful consideration to the com-
ments and recommendations of the Gulf of
Maine Council; and
(B) provide the Gulf of Maine Council,
upon request, the opportunity to meet with and
present the comments or recommendations of
the Council directly to the Secretary during the
applicable public comment period established
under section 304 of the Magnuson Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1854).
(5) NONACCEPTANCE BY THE SECRETARY.—If
the Secretary does not accept the recommendations
reviewed under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall
revised benchmark for a plan year and MA re-
gion is equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the phase-out percentage (as 
specified in subparagraph (C)) of the aver-
age of the lowest and third lowest bid 
amount submitted for such year and region 
for the tier 1 level of cost-sharing coverage 
under section 1860E–24(b), taking into 
account section 1860E–32(b); and 
‘‘(ii) the phase-in percentage (as spec-
ified in subparagraph (C)) of the lowest 
bid amount so submitted. 
‘‘(C) PHASE OUT AND PHASE-IN PERCENT-
AGES.—In subparagraph (B), with respect— 
‘‘(i) to the first plan year in which 
this section applies, the phase-out percent-
age shall be 100 percent and the phase-in 
percentage shall be 0 percent; and 
‘‘(ii) each succeeding plan year the 
phase-out percentage shall be the phase- 
out percentage for the previous year de-
creased by 20 percentage points (but not 
below 0 percent) and the phase-in percent-
age shall be 100 percent minus the phase- 
out percentage for the year. 
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is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request, for a specific
dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement, as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted to Congress.
Ω161æPage 96, line 25, strike out all after ‘‘earthquake’’
over to and including line 1 on page 97 and insert: , the
flooding and other damage caused by Tropical Storm
Alberto in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, and other disas-
ters and associated administrative expenses, $470,000,000,
which shall be
Ω162æPage 97, line 9, after ‘‘loans’’ insert: , including
not to exceed $2,500,000 for the Inspector General of the
Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of
disaster loans and the disaster loan program, and said
sums may be transferred to and merged with appropria-
tions for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ and ‘‘Office of Inspector
General’’
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sors or assigns on the selected lands after their trans-
fer to Lake Gulch: Provided however, That nothing in
this title shall be construed as either diminishing or
increasing any responsibility or liability of the Unit-
ed States based on the condition of the selected lands
prior to or on the date of their transfer to Lake
Gulch.
(2) Conveyance of the selected lands to Lake Gulch
pursuant to this title shall be subject to the existing ease-
ment for Gilpin County Road 6.
(3) The above terms and restrictions of this subsection
shall not be considered in determining, or result in any
diminution in, the fair market value of the selected land
for purposes of the appraisals of the selected land required
pursuant to section 1102 of this title.
(c) REVOCATION OF WITHDRAWAL.—The Public Water
Reserve established by Executive order dated April 17, 1926
(Public Water Reserve 107), Serial Number Colorado
17321, is hereby revoked insofar as it affects the NW1⁄4SW1⁄4
of Section 17, Township 3 South, Range 72 West, Sixth
Principal Meridian, which covers a portion of the selected
lands identified in this title.
SEC. 1104. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this title:
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(1) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(2) The term ‘‘Lake Gulch’’ means Lake Gulch,
Inc., a Colorado corporation, or its successors, heirs
or assigns.
(3) The term ‘‘offered land’’ means lands to be
conveyed to the United States pursuant to this title.
(4) The term ‘‘selected land’’ means lands to be
transferred to Lake Gulch, Inc., or its successors, heirs
or assigns pursuant to this title.
(5) The term ‘‘Blanca Wetlands’’ means an area
of land comprising approximately 9,290 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Blanca Wet-
lands’’, dated August 1994, or such land as the Sec-
retary may add thereto by purchase from willing sell-
ers after the date of enactment of this Act utilizing
funds provided by this title or such other moneys as
Congress may appropriate.
(b) TIME REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLETING TRANS-
FER.—It is the intent of Congress that unless the Secretary
and Lake Gulch mutually agree otherwise the exchange of
lands authorized and directed by this title shall be com-
pleted not later than 6 months after the date of enactment
of this Act. In the event the exchange cannot be con-
summated within such 6-month time period, the Secretary,
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priate use of the affected National Forest System
land;
(7) in addition to the approximately 9,000 term
grazing permits issued by the Secretary, it is esti-
mated that as many as 1,600 term grazing permits
may be waived by permit holders to the Secretary in
favor of a purchaser of the permit holder’s permitted
livestock or base property by the end of 1996;
(8) to issue new term grazing permits, the Sec-
retary must comply with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)
and other laws;
(9) for a large percentage of the grazing per-
mits that will expire or be waived to the Secretary
by the end of 1996, the Secretary has devised a
strategy that will result in compliance with the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other
applicable laws (including regulations) in a timely
and efficient manner and enable the Secretary to
issue new term grazing permits, where appropriate;
(10) for a small percentage to the grazing per-
mits that will expire or be waived to the Secretary
by the end of 1996, the strategy will not provide for
the timely issuance of new term grazing permits;
and
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may be, were increased by an amount equal to 
the taxpayer’s hospital insurance taxes for the 
taxable year. 
The amount of the credit allowed under this sub-
section shall not be treated as a credit allowed under 
this subpart and shall reduce the amount of credit 
otherwise allowable under subsection (a) without re-
gard to section 26(a)(2) or subsection (g), as the 
case may be. 
‘‘(2) HOSPITAL INSURANCE TAX.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘hospital in-
surance taxes’ means, with respect to any tax-
payer for any taxable year— 
‘‘(i) the amount of the taxes imposed 
by sections 3101(b) and 3201(a) (to the 
extent attributable to the rate in effect 
under section 3101(b)) on amounts re-
ceived by the taxpayer during the calendar 
year in which the taxable year begins, 
‘‘(ii) the amount of the taxes imposed 
by sections 3111(b) and 3221(a) (to the 
extent attributable to the rate in effect 
under section 3111(b)) on amounts paid by 
the employer to the taxpayer with respect 
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section) constitute incurred expenses for which bene-
fits payable under section 1833(a) are determinable, 
shall be reduced under sections 1813(b) and 1833(b) 
by the amount of the unified deductible under sub-
section (b); and 
‘‘(2) the enrollee shall be responsible for pay-
ment of such amount. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF UNIFIED DEDUCTIBLE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the unified 
deductible under this subsection shall be— 
‘‘(A) for 2016, $550; or 
‘‘(B) for a subsequent year, the amount 
specified in this subsection for the preceding 
year increased by the percentage increase in the 
per capita actuarial value of benefits under 
parts A and B for such subsequent year. 
‘‘(2) ROUNDING.—If any amount determined 
under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $10, such 
amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of 
$10. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—The unified deductible under 
this section for a year shall be applied, with respect to 
a Medicare enrollee— 
‘‘(1) with respect to benefits under part A, on 
the basis of the amount that is payable for such ben-
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efits without regard to any other copayments or co-
insurance and before the application of any such co-
payments or coinsurance; 
‘‘(2) with respect to benefits under part B, on 
the basis of the total amount of the expenses in-
curred by the enrollee during a year which would, 
except for the application of the deductible, con-
stitute incurred expenses from which benefits pay-
able under section 1833(a) are determinable, without 
regard to any other copayments or coinsurance and 
before the application of any such copayments or co-
insurance; 
‘‘(3) instead of the deductibles described in sec-
tions 1813(b) and 1833(b); and 
‘‘(4) with respect to all items and services 
under parts A and B. 
‘‘SEC. 1860E–22. UNIFORM COINSURANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c) and 
section 1860E–23, with respect to a year (beginning with 
2016), in the case of a Medicare enrollee (as defined in 
section 1860E–61(b))— 
‘‘(1) the amount otherwise payable under part 
A and the total amount of expenses incurred by the 
enrollee during the year which would (except for this 
section) constitute incurred expenses for which bene-
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fits payable under section 1833(a) are determinable, 
shall be reduced by a uniform coinsurance of 20 per-
cent of such amount; and 
‘‘(2) the individual shall be responsible for pay-
ment of the amount of such uniform coinsurance. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO ALL ITEMS AND SERVICES.— 
The uniform coinsurance under this subsection for a year 
shall, subject to subsection (d)— 
‘‘(1) be applied with respect to items and serv-
ices under part A on the basis of the amount that 
is payable for such items and services and in lieu of 
any other copayments or coinsurance under such 
part; 
‘‘(2) be applied with respect to items and serv-
ices under part B on the basis of the total amount 
of the expenses incurred by the individual during the 
year which would, except for the application of the 
deductible, constitute incurred expenses from which 
items and services payable under section 1833(a) are 
determinable, and in lieu of any other copayments or 
coinsurance. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF DEDUCTIBLE.—Before apply-
ing subsection (a), with respect to payment under part A 
or B for items and services furnished to an individual, 
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‘‘(iv) in the case of a married indi-
vidual, whether the exemption amount to 
which the employee’s spouse is entitled 
under this section should be taken into ac-
count in determining withholding from the 
wages of the employee (and accompanying 
guidance explaining that, in order to avoid 
underwithholding, the employee should 
only take into account such exemption if 
such spouse is not employed, or if the total 
wages from the employee’s job and the 
spouse’s employment will not exceed the 
exemption amount); 
‘‘(v) the number of dependents of the 
employee with respect to whom the em-
ployee is entitled to a deduction under sec-
tion 151(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, and, if a different number, in the 
case of a married employee, the number of 
dependents of the employee’s spouse with 
respect to whom such spouse is entitled to 
such deduction; and 
‘‘(vi) an election to have additional 
amounts withheld; and 
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‘‘(B) for withholding with respect to any 
employee in an amount equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an employee who 
has a loan made under this part in repay-
ment status, the percentage of so much of 
the employee’s wages that would count to-
wards the employee’s income-based repay-
ment obligation provided in subsection (c) 
as exceeds any exemption amount taken 
into account with respect to the employee 
under subparagraph (A)(iii) (prorated to 
the payroll period), plus 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an employee who 
indicates that the employee’s spouse has a 
loan made under this part in repayment 
status, the percentage of so much of the 
employee’s wages that would count towards 
the employee’s spouse’s income-based re-
payment obligation (as provided in sub-
section (c)) as exceeds any exemption 
amount taken into account with respect to 
the employee’s spouse under subparagraph 
(A)(iv) (prorated to the payroll period). 
‘‘(3) 
QUARTERLY
ESTIMATED
TAX
PAY-
MENTS.—In the case of taxpayers who make quar-
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$10,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and
up to $1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses
to carry out the direct loan program: Provided further,
That the costs of direct loans, including the cost of modify-
ing such loans, shall be defined as in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for
the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed
$75,815,000: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available under this heading may be used for pro-
grams and activities of the Bank Enterprise Act.
Ω59æPage 40, line 15, strike out ø$43,486,000¿ and in-
sert: $40,509,000
Ω60æPage 40, strike out all after line 24 over to and
including ‘‘hereafter’’ in line 1 on page 41 and insert:
$610,000,000, of which $411,212,000 is available for obliga-
tion for the period September 1, 1995 through August 31,
1996
Ω61æPage 41, line 2, strike out ø$27,400,000¿ and in-
sert: $29,400,000
Ω62æPage 41, line 4, strike out ø$13,700,000¿ and in-
sert: $14,700,000
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to avoid sending separate statements under this sec-
tion and section 1143 in the case of an individual 
for whom a social security account statement is pro-
vided under section 1143 and a separate annual 
Medicare information statement would otherwise be 
provided under this section, the Medicare Choices 
Commission shall coordinate with the Commissioner 
of Social Security, whether through transmittal of 
data or otherwise, in a manner so that the annual 
Medicare information statement is included and sent 
with such social security account statement. 
‘‘(3) METHODOLOGY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Medicare Choices 
Commission, in consultation with the Commis-
sioner of Social Security and the Secretary of 
the Treasury, shall specify the methodology to 
be used in estimating lifetime contributions and 
lifetime benefits with respect to annual Medi-
care information statements. Such methodology 
for computing the lifespan of an individual shall 
be the same methodology used for purposes of 
the social security account statement under sec-
tion 1143. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION
OF
DESCRIPTION
IN 
STATEMENT.—The Medicare Choices Commis-
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