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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5290
To provide private relief for Salah Idris of Saudi Arabia and El Shifa
Pharmaceuticals Industries Company relating to the bombing and de-
struction of the El Shifa Pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum, Sudan,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 25, 2000
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide private relief for Salah Idris of Saudi Arabia
and El Shifa Pharmaceuticals Industries Company relat-
ing to the bombing and destruction of the El Shifa
Pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum, Sudan, 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. PAYMENT.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
Salah Idris of Saudi Arabia and to El Shifa Pharma-
ceuticals Industries Company the sum of $50,000,000 in
full settlement of their claims arising from the bombing
and destruction of the El Shifa Pharmaceutical plant in
Khartoum, Sudan, on August 20, 1998, by the Armed
Forces of the United States.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEYS’ FEES.
No part of the amounts appropriated under section
1 in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered
to or received by any agent or attorney on account of serv-
ices rendered in connection with the claim referred to in
section 1, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract
to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the
provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not
to exceed $1,000.
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‘‘(d) If the current monthly income of the debtor and
the debtor’s spouse combined, when multiplied by 12, is
not less than the highest national median family income
last reported by the Bureau of the Census for a family
of equal or lesser size or, in the case of a household of
one person, not less than the national median household
income for one earner, the plan may not provide for pay-
ments over a period that is longer than 5 years. If the
current monthly income of the debtor and the debtor’s
spouse combined, when multiplied by 12, is less than the
highest national median family income for a family of
equal or lesser size, or in the case of a household of one
person, the national median household income for one
earner, the plan may not provide for payments over a pe-
riod that is longer than 3 years, unless the court, for
cause, approves a longer period, but the court may not
approve a period that is longer than 5 years. Notwith-
standing the foregoing, the national median family income
for a family of more than four individuals shall be the
national median family income last reported by the Bu-
reau of the Census for a family of four individuals plus
$583 for each additional member of the family.’’;
(2) in section 1325(b)(1)(B) as amended by
section 130—
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5293
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve provisions relating
to inadmissibility and detention of, and cancellation of removal for,
aliens who have committed crimes, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
Mr. SMITH of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve
provisions relating to inadmissibility and detention of,
and cancellation of removal for, aliens who have com-
mitted crimes, 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. RENDERING ALIENS CONVICTED OF AN AGGRA-
VATED FELONY OR A FIREARM OFFENSE IN-
ADMISSIBLE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
(2) Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘312(g),’’ after
‘‘310(d)(2),’’.
SEC. 303. PROTECTION OF MEDICARE SURPLUSES.
(a) POINTS OF ORDER TO PROTECT MEDICARE SUR-
PLUSES.—Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended by section 301, is further amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) POINTS OF ORDER TO PROTECT MEDICARE
SURPLUSES.—
‘‘(1) CONCURRENT
RESOLUTIONS
ON
THE
BUDGET.—It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any con-
current resolution on the budget, or conference re-
port thereon or amendment thereto, that would set
forth an on-budget surplus for any fiscal year that
is less than the projected surplus of the Federal
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year
(as assumed in that resolution).
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT
LEGISLATION.—Except as
provided by paragraph (3), it shall not be in order
in the House of Representatives or the Senate to
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, mo-
tion, or conference report if—
‘‘(A) the enactment of that bill or resolu-
tion as reported;
‘‘(B) the adoption and enactment of that
amendment; or
‘‘(C) the enactment of that bill or resolu-
tion in the form recommended in that con-
ference report,
would cause the on-budget surplus for any fiscal
year to be less than the projected surplus of the
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (as assumed
in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution
on the budget) for that fiscal year or increase the
amount by which the on-budget surplus for any fis-
cal year would be less than such trust fund surplus
for that fiscal year.
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (2) shall not
apply to Medicare reform legislation as defined in
section 304(2) of the Social Security and Medicare
Lock-box Act of 2000.
‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘on-budget surplus’, when applied to
a fiscal year, means the surplus in the budget as set
forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent reso-
lution on the budget pursuant to section 301(a)(3)
for that fiscal year.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5294
To require the Federal Communications Commission to completely and accu-
rately fulfill the support requirements for universal service for high
cost areas, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
Mr. DEAL of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To require the Federal Communications Commission to com-
pletely and accurately fulfill the support requirements
for universal service for high cost areas, 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 ‘‘Universal Service Suf-
ficiency Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF IMPEDIMENTS TO SUFFICIENT SUP-
PORT MECHANISMS.
Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(l) REMOVAL
OF IMPEDIMENTS
TO SUFFICIENT
SUPPORT MECHANISMS.—
‘‘(1) REMOVAL OF INTERIM CAP ON HIGH COST
SUPPORT MECHANISMS..—The interim cap on total
nationwide loop cost expense adjustments contained
in section 36.601(c) of the Federal Communications
Commission’s regulations (47 CFR 36.601) shall
cease to be effective on the date of enactment of the
Universal Service Sufficiency Act of 2000. The Fed-
eral Communications Commission shall not, on or
after such date of enactment, enforce or reimpose
such cap.
‘‘(2) REMOVAL
OF
INTERIM
CAPS
ON
INDI-
VIDUAL
CARRIERS.—The Federal Communications
Commission shall not—
‘‘(A) enforce individual caps imposed on
carriers by orders of the Commission entered in
connection with requests prior to the date of en-
actment of the Universal Service Sufficiency
Act of 2000 for study area waivers; or
‘‘(B) impose any new cap that would limit
the per loop support calculated under section
36.631 of the Commission’s regulations (47
CFR 36.631), as in effect on the date of enact-
ment of such Act.
‘‘(3) HIGH COST LOOP SUPPORT AND NATION-
WIDE AVERAGE CALCULATIONS.—The Federal Com-
munications Commission shall—
‘‘(A) calculate that portion of the high cost
support mechanism attributable to loops that
have costs that are in excess of 115 percent of
the nationwide average under section 36.631 of
the Commission’s regulations (47 CFR 36.631),
as in effect on the date of enactment of the
Universal Service Sufficiency Act of 2000; and
‘‘(B) calculate the nationwide average
unseparated loop cost for purposes of sections
36.621(a)(1)–(3) and 36.622 of those regula-
tions (47 CFR 36.621(a)(1)–(3) and 36.622),
as in effect on such date of enactment of such
Act, taking into account the elimination of the
interim cap on total nationwide loop cost ex-
pense adjustments pursuant to paragraph (1) of
this subsection.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5295
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to discharge
of indebtedness income from prepayment of loans under section 306B
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
Mr. ENGLISH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect
to discharge of indebtedness income from prepayment
of loans under section 306B of the Rural Electrification
Act of 1936.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DISCHARGE OF INDEBTEDNESS INCOME FROM
PREPAYMENT OF RUS LOANS.
Subparagraph (C) of section 501(c)(12) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i),
(2) by striking ‘‘, 306B,’’ in clause (ii),
(3) by striking the period at the end of clause
(ii) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iii) from the prepayment of a loan
under section 306B of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (as in effect on the
date of the enactment of this clause).’’
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SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Fed-
eral facility referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to
be a reference to the ‘‘Thomas M. Foglietta Support
Site’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5297
To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cost share assistance for the
construction of reservoir structures for the storage of water in rural
areas, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
Mr. EVERETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide
cost share assistance for the construction of reservoir
structures for the storage of water in rural areas, 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. COST SHARE ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL WATER
STORAGE AND SUPPLY.
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Watershed Pro-
tection and Flood Prevention Act is amended by inserting
after section 3A (16 U.S.C. 1003a) the following new sec-
tion:
‘‘SEC. 3B. COST SHARE ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL WATER
STORAGE AND SUPPLY.
‘‘(a) RESERVOIR STRUCTURES AND TRANSMISSION
LINES.—The Secretary may provide cost share assistance
to project sponsors to enable such sponsors to construct—
‘‘(1) reservoir structures for the storage of
water; and
‘‘(2) main water transmission lines to increase
the water supply in a rural area.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to qualify for assistance
under this section, a project must be designed to increase
the supply of water in a rural area that is experiencing
a severe problem with the quality or quantity of water.
‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE; LIMITATION.—The
amount of the assistance provided by the Secretary for
a project under this section shall cover at least 50 percent
of the project costs, except that rural water supply costs
under subsection (a)(2) may not exceed 50 percent of total
project costs.
‘‘(d) RURAL AREA DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘rural area’ means any area that is not within the
outer boundary of any city having a population of 65,000
or more, according to the most recent decennial census
of the United States.’’.
(b) DEFINITION OF WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT.—Sec-
tion 2 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Act (16 U.S.C. 1002) is amended by striking ‘‘Each
project must contain’’ and all that follows through ‘‘bene-
fits of the project.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3A of the
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16
U.S.C. 1003a) is amended by inserting ‘‘WETLAND OR
FLOODPLAIN
CONSERVATION
EASEMENTS’’ before
the period at the end of the section heading.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5298
To amend title 18, United States Code, to create an offense of solicitation
or recruitment of persons in criminal street gang activity.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
Mr. GALLEGLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to create an offense
of solicitation or recruitment of persons in criminal street
gang activity.
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 ‘‘Anti-Gang Violence
Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. SOLICITATION OR RECRUITMENT OF PERSONS IN
CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY.
(a) PROHIBITED CONDUCT.—Chapter 26 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘§ 522. Recruitment of persons to participate in
criminal street gang activity
‘‘(a) PROHIBITED CONDUCT.—It shall be unlawful
for any person, to use any facility in, or travel in, inter-
state or foreign commerce, or cause another to do so, to
recruit, solicit, induce, command, or cause another person
to be or remain as a member of a criminal street gang,
or conspire to do so, with the intent that the person being
recruited, solicited, induced, commanded, or caused to be
or remain a member of such gang participate in an offense
described in section 521(c).
‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—Whoever violates subsection (a)
shall—
‘‘(1) be imprisoned not more than 10 years,
fined under this title, or both; and
‘‘(2) be liable for any costs incurred by the
Federal Government or by any State or local govern-
ment for housing, maintaining, and treating the
minor until the minor attains the age of 18 years.
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL
STREET
GANG.—The term
‘criminal street gang’ has the meaning given the
term in section 521.
‘‘(2) MINOR.—The term ‘minor’ means a per-
son who is younger than 18 years of age.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 26 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘522. Recruitment of persons to participate in criminal street gang activity.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5299
To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating to false
identification, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating
to false identification, 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 ‘‘Internet False Identi-
fication Prevention Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL TASK FORCE ON FALSE IDENTIFICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish a task force to investigate and prosecute the creation
and distribution of false identification documents.
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force shall consist of
the Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
the Department of Justice, the Social Security Adminis-
tration, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(c) TERM.—The task force shall terminate 2 years
after the effective date of this Act.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.
SEC. 3. FALSE IDENTIFICATION.
Section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(3) knowingly possesses with intent to use un-
lawfully or transfer unlawfully an identification doc-
ument (other than one issued lawfully for the use of
the possessor) or false identification document;’’;
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or’’
after the semicolon;
(C) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘or’’
after the semicolon; and
(D) by adding after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing:
SEC. 2. STUDY.
The Secretary of the Interior may conduct a feasi-
bility study on water optimization in the Burnt River
basin, Malheur River basin, Owyhee River basin, and Pow-
der River basin, Oregon.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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‘‘(8) knowingly produces or transfers a docu-
ment-making implement or false identification docu-
ment;’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’
after the semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(E) an offense under paragraph (8) of
such subsection;’’;
(3) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding the making available of a document by elec-
tronic means’’ after ‘‘commerce’’;
(4) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘tem-
plate, computer file, computer disc,’’ after ‘‘im-
pression,’’;
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3)
through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), re-
spectively;
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following:
‘‘(3) the term ‘false identification document’
means an identification document of a type intended
or commonly accepted for the purposes of identifica-
tion of individuals that—
‘‘(A) is not issued by or under the author-
ity of a governmental entity; and
‘‘(B) appears to be issued by or under the
authority of the United States Government, a
State, political subdivision of a State, a foreign
government, political subdivision of a foreign
government, an international governmental or
an international quasi-governmental organiza-
tion;’’; and
(D) in paragraph (6), as redesignated (pre-
viously paragraph (5)), by inserting ‘‘, including
making available for acquisition or use by oth-
ers’’ after ‘‘assemble’’.
SEC. 4. REPEAL.
Section 1738 of title 18, United States Code, is re-
pealed.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 529
To require the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to approve a permit
required for importation of certain wildlife items taken in Tajikistan.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 3, 1999
Mr. BARCIA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To require the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to
approve a permit required for importation of certain
wildlife items taken in Tajikistan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMIT FOR IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN WILD-
LIFE ITEMS TAKEN IN TAJIKISTAN.
Notwithstanding the fact that the information re-
quired under applicable laws and regulations for the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service to allow importa-
tion of wildlife items taken in Tajikistan in 1995 cannot
be obtained, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
shall approve permit application 827629.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 52
To redesignate the naval facility located in Gricignano d’Aversa, Italy, and
known as the Naples Support Site, as the ‘‘Thomas M. Foglietta Support
Site’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To redesignate the naval facility located in Gricignano
d’Aversa, Italy, and known as the Naples Support Site,
as the ‘‘Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION.
The Federal facility located in Gricignano d’Aversa,
Italy, and known as the Naples Support Site, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Thomas M. Foglietta Sup-
port Site’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5301
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a land exchange
involving lands in Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
Mr. LEWIS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a
land exchange involving lands in Inyo and San
Bernardino Counties, California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE, DEATH VALLEY-CALIFORNIA
DESERT, CALIFORNIA.
(a) LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary
of the Interior may convey the Federal lands described in
subsection (c) in exchange for the non-Federal lands de-
scribed in subsection (d), in accordance with section 206
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1716) and other applicable laws.
(b) ACCEPTABILITY OF TITLE AND MANNER OF CON-
VEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall not carry
out the exchange described in subsection (a) unless the
title to the non-Federal lands to be conveyed to the United
States, and the form and procedures of conveyance, are
acceptable to the Secretary.
(c) FEDERAL LANDS SUBJECT TO EXCHANGE.—The
Federal lands subject to exchange under subsection (a)
consist of approximately 3,747.16 acres in Inyo and San
Bernardino counties, California, as generally depicted on
the map entitled, ‘‘Death Valley-California Desert Land
Exchange-Proposed, Federal Lands’’ and described as fol-
lows:
(1) The following lands in township 19 north,
range 12 east, San Bernardino meridian:
(A) Section 4: lot 1 (38.69 acres), lot 2
(38.80 acres), S1⁄2NE1⁄4 (80 acres), and S1⁄2
(320 acres).
(B) Section 9: NW1⁄4 (160 acres) and S1⁄2
(320 acres).
(C) Section 10: W1⁄2 (320 acres).
(D) Section 12: SE1⁄4 (160 acres).
(E) Section 13: SW1⁄4 (160 acres).
(2) The following lands in township 19 north,
range 13 east, San Bernardino meridian:
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5303
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the definition
of homebound under the medicare home health benefit.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means,
and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify
the definition of homebound under the medicare home
health benefit.
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 ‘‘The Home Health
Care Protection Act of 2000’’.