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(2) funds appropriated for Construction, Major
Projects, for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2000 that
remain available for obligation; and
(3) funds appropriated for Construction, Major
Projects, for fiscal year 2000 for a category of activity
not specific to a project.
compliance with the rules, regulations, and author-
izations of the Federal Communications Commission
concerning the carriage of television broadcast sta-
tion signals.’’.
SEC. 208. STUDY ON TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
OF MUST-CARRY ON DELIVERY OF LOCAL
SIGNALS.
Not later than July 1, 2000, the Register of Copy-
rights and the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Com-
munications and Information shall submit to the Congress
a joint report that sets forth in detail their findings and
conclusions with respect to the following:
(1) The availability of local television broadcast
signals in small and rural markets as part of a serv-
ice that competes with, or supplements, video pro-
gramming containing copyrighted material delivered
by satellite carriers or cable operators.
(2) The technical feasibility of imposing the re-
quirements of section 338 of the Communications
Act of 1934 on satellite carriers that deliver local
broadcast station signals containing copyrighted ma-
terial pursuant to section 122 of title 17, United
States Code, and the technical and economic impact
of section 338 of the Communications Act of 1934
on the ability of satellite carriers to serve multiple
television markets with retransmission of local tele-
vision broadcast stations, with particular consider-
ation given to the ability to serve television markets
other than the 100 largest television markets in the
United States (as determined by the Nielson Media
Research and published in the DMA market and De-
mographic Report).
(3) The technological capability of dual satellite
dish technology to receive effectively over-the-air
broadcast transmissions containing copyrighted ma-
terial from the local market, the availability of such
capability in small and rural markets, and the af-
fordability of such capability.
(4) The technological capability (including in-
terference), availability, and affordability of wireless
cable (or terrestrial wireless) delivery of local broad-
cast station signals containing copyrighted material
pursuant to section 111 of title 17, United States
Code, including the feasibility and desirability of the
expedited licensing of such competitive wireless tech-
nologies for rural and small markets.
(5) The technological capability, availability,
and affordability of a broadcast-only basic tier of
cable service.
SEC. 209. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title and the amendments made by this title
shall take effect on July 1, 1999, except that section 208
and the amendments made by section 205 shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(2) $100,866,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$103,892,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the Site/
Project Completion; and
(3) $18,922,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$19,490,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Post
2006 Completion.
(c) FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
for Fossil Energy Research and Development Environ-
mental Restoration commercial application of energy tech-
nology and related civilian energy and scientific research,
development, and demonstration operation and mainte-
nance programs, projects, and activities for which specific
sums are not authorized under other authority of law
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $10,300,000 for fiscal
year 2001, to remain available through the end of fiscal
year 2002.
(d) ENERGY CONSERVATION RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary for Energy Conservation Research and Develop-
ment commercial application of energy technology and re-
lated civilian energy and scientific research, development,
and demonstration operation and maintenance programs,
projects, and activities for which specific sums are not au-
thorized under other authority of law $52,163,000 for fiscal
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(2) any person who materially and knowingly
assists in, provides financial or technological support
for, or provides goods or services in support of, the
narcotics trafficking activities of a specially des-
ignated narcotics trafficker; and
(3) any person determined by the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral, Director of Central Intelligence, Secretary of De-
fense, and Secretary of State, to be owned or con-
trolled by, or to act for or on behalf of, a specially
designated narcotics trafficker.
(c) PROHIBITED ACTS.—Except to the extent provided
in section 203(b) of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act or in any regulation, order, directive, or license
that may be issued pursuant to this Act, and notwith-
standing any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted prior to the effective date, the following acts are
prohibited:
(1) Any transaction or dealing by a United
States person, or within the United States, in prop-
erty or interests in property of any specially des-
ignated narcotics trafficker.
(2) Any transaction or dealing by a United
States person, or within the United States, that
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‘‘(e) The Secretary shall assign to the Under Secretary
for Nuclear Stewardship direct authority over and responsi-
bility for—
‘‘(1) all programs and activities of the Depart-
ment related to its national security functions, in-
cluding nuclear weapons, nonproliferation and fissile
materials disposition; and
‘‘(2) all activities at the Department’s national
security laboratories, and nuclear weapons production
facilities.
‘‘(f) The Secretary shall assign to the Under Secretary
for Nuclear Stewardship direct authority over and responsi-
bility for all executive and administrative operations and
functions of the Agency for Nuclear Stewardship (except for
the authority and responsibility assigned to the Deputy Di-
rector for Naval Reactors), including but not limited to—
‘‘(1) strategic management;
‘‘(2) policy development and guidance;
‘‘(3) budget formulation and guidance;
‘‘(4) resource requirements determination and al-
location;
‘‘(5) program direction;
‘‘(6) safeguards and security;
‘‘(7) emergency management;
‘‘(8) integrated safety management;
(2) The Department of Defense.
(3) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
(4) The National Security Agency.
(5) The Department of the Army, the Depart-
ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air
Force.
(6) The Department of State.
(7) The Department of the Treasury.
(8) The Department of Energy.
(9) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(10) The National Reconnaissance Office.
(11) The National Imagery and Mapping Agen-
cy.
SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PERSONNEL
CEILINGS.—The amounts authorized to be appropriated
under section 101, and the authorized personnel ceilings as
of September 30, 2000, for the conduct of the intelligence
and intelligence-related activities of the elements listed in
such section, are those specified in the classified Schedule
of Authorizations prepared to accompany the bill H.R. 1555
of the One Hundred Sixth Congress.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU-
THORIZATIONS.—The Schedule of Authorizations shall be
made available to the Committees on Appropriations of the
(3) The legal standards for receipt from non-
United States sources of information pertaining to
communications to or from United States persons.
(4) The legal standards for dissemination of in-
formation acquired through the interception of the
communications to or from United States persons.
(c) INCLUSION OF LEGAL MEMORANDA AND OPIN-
IONS.—The report under subsection (a) shall include a
copy of all legal memoranda, opinions, and other related
documents in unclassified, and if necessary, classified form
with respect to the conduct of signals intelligence activi-
ties, including electronic surveillance by elements of the
intelligence community, utilized by the Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel of the National Security Agency, by the Of-
fice of General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency,
or by the Office of Intelligence Policy Review of the De-
partment of Justice, in preparation of the report.
(d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section:
(1) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the
meaning given that term under section 3(4) of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
(2) The term ‘‘United States persons’’ has the
meaning given such term under section 101(i) of the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50
U.S.C. 1801(i)).
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Calendar No. 119
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1555
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of
the United States Government, the Community
Management Account, and the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Sys-
tem, and for other purposes.
MAY 18 (legislative day, MAY 14), 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
Calendar No. 119
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1555
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 18 (legislative day, MAY 14), 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United
States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
and Disability System, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Classified schedule of authorizations.
Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments.
Sec. 104. Community Management Account.
Sec. 105. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal
year 1999.
TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY SYSTEM
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law.
Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.
Sec. 303. Sense of the Congress on intelligence community contracting.
Sec. 304. Report on effects of foreign espionage on United States trade secrets.
Sec. 305. Protection of identity of retired covert agents.
Sec. 306. Report on activities of the Central Intelligence Agency in Chile.
Sec. 307. Report on legal standards applied for electronic surveillance.
Sec. 308. Report on Kosova Liberation Army.
TITLE IV—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Sec. 401. Two-year extension of CIA central services program.
TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Sec. 501. Protection of operational files of the National Imagery and Mapping
Agency.
TITLE VI—PROHIBITION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING BY EMPLOYEES
OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Sec. 601. Prohibition on drug trafficking by employees of the intelligence com-
munity.
been specifically authorized by Congress in the Act re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is hereby ratified and con-
firmed.
TITLE 
II—CENTRAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE 
AGENCY 
RETIRE-
MENT AND DISABILITY SYS-
TEM
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund
for fiscal year 2000 the sum of $209,100,000.
TITLE III—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND
BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay,
retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may
be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts
as may be necessary for increases in such compensation
or benefits authorized by law.
SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.
The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall
not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1555
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for intelligence and intel-
ligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Commu-
nity Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment and Disability System, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 26, 1999
Mr. GOSS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United
States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
and Disability System, 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 ‘‘Intelligence Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2000’’.
(12) students and parents; and
(13) other experts in the field of school violence
and school safety issues.
(d) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The
members of the Commission shall elect a Chairman and
a Vice Chairperson. In the absence of the Chairperson,
the Vice Chairperson will assume the duties of the Chair-
person.
(e) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the
Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business.
(f) APPOINTMENTS.—All appointments under sub-
section (a) shall be made within 30 days after the date
of enactment of this Act. In the event that an officer au-
thorized to make an appointment under subsection (a) has
not made such appointment within such 30 days, the ap-
pointment may be made for such officer as follows:
(1) the Chairman of the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce may act under such sub-
section for the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives;
(2) the Ranking Minority Member of the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce may act
under such subsection for the Minority Leader of
the House of Representatives;
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX ON INDI-
VIDUALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 55 (re-
lating to alternative minimum tax imposed) is amended
by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:
‘‘Except in the case of a corporation, no tax shall be im-
posed by this section for any taxable year beginning after
December 31, 1998, and the tentative minimum tax of any
taxpayer other than a corporation shall be zero for pur-
poses of this title.’’
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subparagraph (B) of section 1(g)(7) is
amended by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i),
by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end of clause (ii) and in-
serting a period, and by striking clause (iii).
(2) Section 2(d) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tions 1 and 55’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1’’
(3) Section 5(a) is amended by striking para-
graph (4).
(4) Subsection (d) of section 24 is amended by
striking paragraph (2) and by redesignating para-
graph (3) as paragraph (2).
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(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the
last day of the second fiscal year beginning after the date
on which the initial members of the Board of Directors of
the National Veterans Business Development Corporation
are appointed under section 33(c) of the Small Business
Act (as added by this section), the Comptroller General of
the United States shall evaluate the effectiveness of the Na-
tional Veterans Business Development Corporation in car-
rying out the purposes under section 33(b) of the Small
Business Act (as added by this section), and submit to Con-
gress a report on the results of that evaluation.
SEC. 203. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS BUSINESS
AFFAIRS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established an advisory
committee to be known as the ‘‘Advisory Committee on Vet-
erans Business Affairs’’ (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Committee’’), which shall serve as an independent source
of advice and policy recommendations to—
(1) the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
ministration (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Ad-
ministrator’’);
(2) the Associate Administrator for Veterans
Business Development of the Small Business Admin-
istration;
(3) the Congress;
of exempted files or any portion thereof. The Director of
Central Intelligence must approve any determination to re-
move such exemptions.
‘‘(2) The review required by paragraph (1) shall in-
clude consideration of the historical value or other public
interest in the subject matter of the particular category of
files or portions thereof and the potential for declassifying
a significant part of the information contained therein.
‘‘(3) A complainant that alleges that NIMA has im-
properly withheld records because of failure to comply with
this subsection may seek judicial review in the district court
of the United States of the district in which any of the par-
ties reside, or in the District of Columbia. In such a pro-
ceeding, the court’s review shall be limited to determining
the following:
‘‘(A) Whether NIMA has conducted the review re-
quired by paragraph (1) before the expiration of the
ten-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this section or before the expiration of the ten-
year period beginning on the date of the most recent
review.
‘‘(B) Whether NIMA, in fact, considered the cri-
teria set forth in paragraph (2) in conducting the re-
quired review.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 22 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
‘‘446. Protection of operational files.’’.
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amended by inserting ‘‘, consistent with subparagraphs
(B) and (C) of section 303(c)(2),’’ after ‘‘publish’’.
(c) USE OF BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OR WHOLE
EFFLUENT TOXICITY TESTING.—Section 402 of such Act
(33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(q) USE OF BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OR WHOLE
EFFLUENT TOXICITY TESTING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Where the Administrator
determines that it is necessary in accordance with
subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 303(c)(2) to
include biological monitoring, whole effluent toxicity
testing, or assessment methods as a term, condition,
or limitation in a permit issued to a publicly owned
treatment works, a municipal separate storm sewer
system, or a municipal combined sewer overflow (in-
cluding a control facility) or other wet weather con-
trol facility, permit term, condition, or limitation
shall be in accordance with such subparagraphs.
‘‘(2) RESPONDING
TO
TEST
FAILURES.—If a
permit issued under this section contains terms, con-
ditions, or limitations requiring biological monitoring
or whole effluent toxicity testing designed to meet
criteria for biological monitoring or whole effluent
toxicity, the permit may establish procedures for fur-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1560
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a 2-year recovery
period for depreciation of computers and peripheral equipment used
in manufacturing.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 26, 1999
Mr. COLLINS (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. HYDE, Mr.
RAMSTAD, Ms. DUNN, and Mr. WELLER) 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 establish
a 2-year recovery period for depreciation of computers
and peripheral equipment used in manufacturing.
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 ‘‘Computer Equipment
Common Sense Depreciation Act’’.
SEC. 2. 2-YEAR APPLICABLE RECOVERY PERIOD FOR DE-
PRECIATION OF COMPUTERS AND PERIPH-
ERAL 
EQUIPMENT 
USED 
IN 
MANUFAC-
TURING.
(a) 2-YEAR APPLICABLE RECOVERY PERIOD.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section
168(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relat-
ing to applicable recovery period) is amended by in-
serting before the first item in the table the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘Computers or peripheral equipment used in manufac-
turing ....................................................................................
2 years’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause (iv) of
section 168(e)(3)(B) of such Code (relating to 5-
year property) is amended by inserting ‘‘(except
computers or peripheral equipment used in manufac-
turing)’’ before the comma.
(b) 2-YEAR RECOVERY PERIOD UNDER ALTER-
NATIVE DEPRECIATION SYSTEM FOR TAX-EXEMPT USE
PROPERTY, ETC.—Subparagraph (C) of section 168(g)(3)
of such Code (relating to alternative depreciation system
for certain property) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIP-
MENT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), in the case of any
qualified technological equipment, the re-
covery period used for purposes of para-
graph (2) shall be 5 years.
‘‘(ii) COMPUTERS
OR
PERIPHERAL
EQUIPMENT USED IN MANUFACTURING.—
In the case of any computer or peripheral
equipment used in manufacturing, the re-
covery period used for purposes of para-
graph (2) shall be 2 years.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to property placed in service after
December 31, 1999.
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forces to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to halt
the conflict and maintain the peace in the province
of Kosovo will be much heavier and much longer
than initially foreseen.
(5) The substantial drain on military readiness
of a deployment of United States ground forces to
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia would be incon-
sistent with the need, recently acknowledged by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, to reverse the trends which
have already severely compromised the ability of the
United States Armed Forces to carry out the Na-
tional Military Strategy of the United States.
(6) Military operations by the United States
Armed Forces against the military forces and infra-
structure of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia—
(A) have resulted in a significant depletion
of inventories of conventional air-launched
cruise missiles, Tomahawk Block III cruise mis-
siles, and other mission-essential armaments;
(B) have cost several hundred million dol-
lars and are projected by the Administration to
cost more than $5,000,000,000 by the end of
fiscal year 1999;