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HR 2670 RDS
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
589a(a),
$114,248,000, to remain available until expended and to
be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in such
amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $114,248,000 of offsetting collections de-
rived from fees collected pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b)
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation and remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the
Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 2000, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the Fund estimated
at $0: Provided further, That 28 U.S.C. 589a is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ in subsection (b)(7); by striking the pe-
riod in subsection (b)(8) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘;
and’’; and by adding a new paragraph as follows: ‘‘(9) in-
terest earned on Fund investment.’’.
estate of the Project shall continue to be managed by the
State and operated for the purposes for which the Project
was originally authorized, based on current use and his-
toric operation, to ensure the implementation of fish, wild-
life, and recreational activities.
(b) EXISTING OBLIGATIONS.—As a condition of the
conveyance under section 3, the State shall assume all ob-
ligations of the United States associated with the Project
existing on the date of the conveyance, including obliga-
tions under contracts, for recreation, fish and wildlife,
easements, and any permits or license agreements.
SEC. 7. MINERAL DEVELOPMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—All mineral interests in the
Project retained by the United States on completion of
the conveyance under section 3 shall be subject to contin-
ued use by the State for the purposes for which the
Project was authorized, including—
(1) maintenance of the municipal and industrial
water supply;
(2) recreation; and
(3) fish and wildlife activities.
(b) SURFACE ESTATE.—The surface estate of the
Project may be used for exploration, development, or pro-
duction of oil, gas, or minerals only on approval by the
State.
‘‘(2) TENDERING
BEVERAGE
CONTAINERS
TO
OTHER
PERSONS.—This subsection shall not pre-
clude any person from tendering a beverage con-
tainer to a person other than a beverage distributor.
‘‘(c) AGREEMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Nothing in this subtitle
precludes an agreement between a distributor, a re-
tailer, or other person to establish a centralized bev-
erage collection center, including a center that acts
as an agent of the retailer.
‘‘(2) AGREEMENT
FOR
CRUSHING
OR
BUN-
DLING.—Nothing in this subtitle precludes an agree-
ment between a beverage retailer, a beverage dis-
tributor, or other person for the crushing or bun-
dling (or both) of beverage containers.
‘‘SEC. 12005. ACCOUNTING FOR UNCLAIMED REFUNDS AND
PROVISIONS FOR STATE RECYCLING FUNDS.
‘‘(a) UNCLAIMED REFUNDS.—
‘‘(1) PAYMENTS
TO
STATES.—At the end of
each calendar year, each beverage distributor shall
pay to each State an amount equal to the sum by
which the total refund value of all containers sold by
the distributor for resale in that State during the
year exceeds the total sum paid during that year by
educational agency finds that such constructions will
be undertaken in an economical manner, and that
any such construction, reconstruction, renovation, or
modernization is not or will not be of elaborate or
extravagant design or materials.
‘‘(2) PRIORITIES.—In approving projects for
funding under this title, the State educational agen-
cy shall consider—
‘‘(A) the threat the condition of the phys-
ical plant poses to the safety and well-being of
students;
‘‘(B) the demonstrated need for the con-
struction, reconstruction, renovation, or mod-
ernization as based on the condition of the facil-
ity;
‘‘(C) the age of the facility to be renovated
or replaced; and
‘‘(D) the needs related to preparation for
modern technology.
‘‘(c) AMOUNT AND CONDITION OF GRANTS.—A grant
to a local educational agency may be in an amount not
exceeding the total cost of the facility construction, recon-
struction, renovation, or modernization for information
technology, as determined by the State educational agen-
cy.
(B) Chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to military as-
sistance).
(C) Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to inter-
national military education and training assist-
ance).
(2) LICENSING.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under the fol-
lowing provisions of law (including unexpended bal-
ances of prior year appropriations) may be available
for licensing exports of defense articles or defense
services to Indonesia under section 38 of the Arms
Export Control Act.
(3) DELIVERIES.—No defense article or defense
service may be exported or delivered to Indonesia or
East Timor by any United States person (as defined
in section 16 of the Export Administration Act of
1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2415) or any other person
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States ex-
cept as may be necessary to support the operations
of an international peacekeeping force in East Timor
or in connection with the provision of humanitarian
assistance.
ganization designated under section 1137(a)(2) of
this title for services provided by the organization.
‘‘(12) An assurance that the rail passenger car-
rier will assist the family of a passenger in traveling
to the location of the accident and provide for the
physical care of the family while the family is stay-
ing at such location.
‘‘(13) An assurance that the rail passenger car-
rier will commit sufficient resources to carry out the
plan.
‘‘(14) An assurance that the rail passenger car-
rier will provide adequate training to the employees
and agents of the carrier to meet the needs of sur-
vivors and family members following an accident.
‘‘(15) An assurance that, upon request of the
family of a passenger, the rail passenger carrier will
inform the family of whether the passenger’s name
appeared on any preliminary passenger manifest for
the train involved in the accident.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—A rail passenger
carrier shall not be liable for damages in any action
brought in a Federal or State court arising out of the per-
formance of the rail passenger carrier in preparing or pro-
viding a passenger list, or in providing information con-
cerning a train reservation, pursuant to a plan submitted
port on the diversity of projectes selected
to receive funds under the grant program.
The report shall include a comparison of
funding for projects located in urban
areas, projects located in suburban areas,
and projects located in rural areas.
‘‘(E) PAYMENT OF GRANT IN FOUR EQUAL
ANNUAL
INSTALLMENTS.—During the fiscal
year in which a grant is awarded under this
subsection and each of the succeeding three fis-
cal years, the Secretary shall provide to the en-
tity awarded the grant an amount equal to 1⁄4
of the amount of the grant.
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each entity to which
a grant is made under this subsection shall use
grant funds provided under this subsection in
accordance with the application requesting the
grant, the requirements of this subsection, and
the regulations prescribed under this sub-
section, and may use the grant funds to support
community-wide initiatives to address the pur-
poses of this section.
‘‘(B) NONDISPLACEMENT.—
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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge and 8 judges, salaries
of the officers and employees of the court, services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses of the
court, as authorized by law, $11,804,000.
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
JUDICIAL SERVICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ-
ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States),
justices and judges retired from office or from regular ac-
tive service, judges of the United States Court of Federal
Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all
other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not
otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses
of the courts, as authorized by law, $2,934,138,000 (in-
cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of
which not to exceed $13,454,000 shall remain available
until expended for space alteration projects; and of which
not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for furniture and furnishings related to new space
alteration and construction projects.
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under
by the rail passenger carrier under subsection (b), unless
such liability was caused by conduct of the rail passenger
carrier which was grossly negligent or which constituted
intentional misconduct.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
‘‘(1) the terms ‘rail passenger accident’ and
‘rail passenger carrier’ have the meanings such
terms have in section 1137 of this title; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘passenger’ means a person
aboard a rail passenger carrier’s train that is in-
volved in a rail passenger accident.
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—
Nothing in this section may be construed as limiting the
actions that a rail passenger carrier may take, or the obli-
gations that a rail passenger carrier may have, in pro-
viding assistance to the families of passengers involved in
a rail passenger accident.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap-
ters for subtitle V of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding after the item relating to chapter 249
the following new item:
‘‘251. FAMILY ASSISTANCE ..........................................................
25101’’.
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the distributor under section 12004(b) to persons in
the State.
‘‘(2) USE BY STATES.—The total amount of un-
claimed refunds received by any State under this
section shall be available to carry out pollution pre-
vention and recycling programs in the State.
‘‘(b) REFUNDS IN EXCESS OF COLLECTIONS.—If the
total amount of payments made by a beverage distributor
for any calendar year under section 12004(b) for any
State exceeds the total amount of the refund values of all
containers sold by the distributor for resale in the State,
the excess shall be credited against the amount otherwise
required to be paid by the distributor to that State under
subsection (a) for a subsequent calendar year, designated
by the beverage distributor.
‘‘SEC. 12006. PROHIBITIONS ON DETACHABLE OPENINGS
AND POST-REDEMPTION DISPOSAL.
‘‘(a) DETACHABLE OPENINGS.—No beverage dis-
tributor or beverage retailer may sell, or offer for sale,
in interstate commerce a beverage in a metal beverage
container a part of which is designed to be detached in
order to open the container.
‘‘(b) POST-REDEMPTION DISPOSAL.—No retailer or
distributor or agent of a retailer or distributor may dis-
pose of any beverage container labeled pursuant to section
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State
of Texas, acting through the Texas Water Develop-
ment Board and/or the Lavaca-Navidad River Au-
thority, or both.
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE.
On receipt of payment in accordance with section
5(a), the Secretary shall convey to the State the title and
all rights and interests (excluding the mineral estate) in
and to the Project held by the United States.
SEC. 4. COMPLETION OF CONVEYANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall expeditiously
complete the conveyance under section 3 including such
actions as may be required under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
(b) REPORT.—If the conveyance under section 3 is
completed later than 1 year and 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate a report that describes—
(1) the status of the conveyance;
(2) any obstacles to completion of the convey-
ance; and
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2674
Providing for conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to the State of Texas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1999
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
Providing for conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to
the State of Texas.
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 ‘‘Palmetto Bend Con-
veyance Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Project’’ means the
Palmetto Bend Reclamation Project in the State of
Texas authorized under Public Law 90–562 (82
Stat. 999).
(3) the anticipated date for completion of the
conveyance.
SEC. 5. PAYMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of the conveyance
under section 3, the State shall pay to the Secretary
$48,000,000.
(b) OBLIGATION EXTINGUISHED.—On payment by
the State under subsection (a), the obligation of the State
under the Bureau of Reclamation contract numbered 14–
06–500–1880, as amended, shall be extinguished.
(c) ADDITIONAL COSTS.—In addition to the payment
under subsection (a), as a condition of conveyance, the
State shall bear the cost of all boundary surveys, title
searches, appraisals, and other transaction costs for the
conveyance.
(d) FINANCING.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to affect the right of the State to use a particular
type of financing.
(e) RECLAMATION FUND.—All funds paid by the
State to the Secretary under this section shall be credited
to the Reclamation Fund in the Treasury of the United
States.
SEC. 6. FUTURE MANAGEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of the conveyance
under section 3, the land, water, facilities, and mineral
SEC. 8. LIABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of convey-
ance of the Project, except as relates to retained mineral
interests, the United States shall not be liable for damages
of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence
with respect to the Project, except for damages caused by
acts of negligence committed prior to the date of convey-
ance by—
(1) the United States; or
(2) an employee, agent, or contractor of the
United States.
(b) NO INCREASE IN LIABILITY.—Nothing in this
section increases the liability of the United States beyond
that provided for in chapter 171 of title 28, United States
Code.
SEC. 9. FUTURE BENEFITS.
(a) DEAUTHORIZATION.—Effective on the date of
conveyance of the Project, the Project conveyed under this
Act shall be deauthorized.
(b) NO RECLAMATION BENEFITS.—After deauthor-
ization of the Project under subsection (a), the State shall
not be entitled to receive any benefits under Federal rec-
lamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388,
chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory
of that Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.)).
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12002 or any metal, glass, or plastic from the beverage
container (other than the top or other seal of the con-
tainer) in any landfill or other solid waste disposal facility.
‘‘SEC. 12007. EXEMPTED STATES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) EXEMPTION.—Sections 12002 through
12005 and sections 12008 and 12009 shall not
apply in any State that—
‘‘(A) has adopted and implemented re-
quirements applicable to all beverage containers
sold in the State if the Administrator deter-
mines the requirements to be substantially simi-
lar to the requirements of sections 12002
through 12005 and sections 12008 and 12009;
or
‘‘(B) demonstrates to the Administrator
that, for any 1-year period following the date of
enactment of this subtitle, the State achieved a
recycling or reuse rate for beverage containers
of at least 70 percent.
‘‘(2) TERMINATION
OF
EXEMPTION.—If (fol-
lowing a determination by the Administrator under
paragraph (1)(B) that a State has achieved a 70
percent recycling or reuse rate) the Administrator
determines that the State has failed, for any 1-year
sources) shall be conducted according to a management
agreement between all recipients of title to the Project and
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department that has been ap-
proved by the Secretary and shall extend for the useful life
of the Project.
(c) EXISTING OBLIGATIONS.—The United States shall
assign to the State and the State shall accept all surface
use obligations of the United States associated with the
Project existing on the date of the conveyance including con-
tracts, easements, and any permits or license agreements.
SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT OF MINERAL ESTATE.
All mineral interests in the Project retained by the
United States shall be managed consistent with Federal law
and in a manner that will not interfere with the purposes
for which the Project was authorized.
SEC. 7. LIABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of conveyance
of the Project, the United States shall not be liable for dam-
ages of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or occur-
rence relating to the Project, except for damages caused by
acts of negligence committed prior to the date of conveyance
by—
(1) the United States; or
(2) an employee, agent, or contractor of the
United States.
(b) NO INCREASE IN LIABILITY.—Nothing in this Act
increases the liability of the United States beyond that pro-
vided for in the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2671
et seq.).
SEC. 8. FUTURE BENEFITS.
After purchase of the Project, the State shall not be
entitled to receive any benefits for the Project under Federal
reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388,
chapter 1093)), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory
of that Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.).
Union Calendar No. 490
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2674
[Report No. 106–832]
A BILL
Providing for conveyance of the Palmetto Bend
project to the State of Texas.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2000
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2675
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide increased flexi-
bility for the transfer of within state allocations between adult and
dislocated worker employment and training activities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1999
Mr. RADANOVICH (for himself, Mr. POMBO, Mr. OSE, and Mr. HASTINGS of
Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide
increased flexibility for the transfer of within state alloca-
tions between adult and dislocated worker employment
and training activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR TRANSFER OF
WITHIN 
STATE 
ALLOCATIONS 
BETWEEN
ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOY-
MENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES UNDER THE
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.
Section 133(b)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2863(b)(4)) is amended in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting after ‘‘20 per-
cent’’ each place it appears the following: ‘‘(or 35 percent
with respect to a local board that represents a local area
in which the unemployment rate is at least 10 percent)’’.
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provides, by the date that the individual must ap-
pear in court or pay any fine with respect to the ci-
tation, to the enforcement authority that issued the
citation proof that the individual held a valid com-
mercial driver’s license on the date of the citation;
‘‘(F) driving a commercial motor vehicle when
the individual has not met the minimum testing
standards—
‘‘(i) under section 31305(a)(3) for the spe-
cific class of vehicle the individual is operating;
or
‘‘(ii) under section 31305(a)(5) for the
type of cargo the vehicle is carrying; and’’.
(d) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
31305(b)(1) of such title is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘to operate the vehicle’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘to
operate the vehicle and has a commercial driver’s li-
cense to operate the vehicle’’.
SEC. 202. CDL SCHOOL BUS ENDORSEMENT.
Section 31305(a) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(7);
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2677
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require telephone carriers
to completely and accurately itemize charges and taxes collected with
telephone bills.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1999
Ms. RIVERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require tele-
phone carriers to completely and accurately itemize
charges and taxes collected with telephone bills.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ACCURATE TELEPHONE BILLING REQUIRED.
Section 201 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 201) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c) ACCURATE
BILLING
REQUIRED.—Notwith-
standing section 2(b), the Commission shall prescribe reg-
ulations to require common carriers to provide to its cus-
tomers a complete and accurate itemization of all charges,
fees, and taxes collected with any bill for telephone toll
service or telephone exchange service. Such itemization
shall include the amount collected for purposes of making
contributions for Federal and State support of universal
service. Such regulations shall require, at such interval as
the Commission may prescribe, a chart or other descrip-
tion of the amounts collected by the carrier and the pur-
poses for which such amounts are expended, and a state-
ment of the extent to which the amounts collected are re-
quired by other authorities or are determined by the car-
rier. The Commission may not forbear from applying the
requirements of this section or such regulations under sec-
tion 10 of this Act.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2678
To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide for the establishment
of a notification system under which individuals may elect not to receive
mailings related to skill contests or sweepstakes, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 3, 1999
Mr. MCCOLLUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide for the
establishment of a notification system under which indi-
viduals may elect not to receive mailings related to skill
contests or sweepstakes, 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. REQUIREMENTS OF PROMOTERS OF SKILL
CONTESTS OR SWEEPSTAKES MAILINGS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 30 of title 39, United
States Code, is amended by adding after section 3015 the
following:
(B) by inserting ‘‘section 924(m) (relating
to firearms trafficking),’’ before ‘‘section 956’’;
(C) by inserting ‘‘section 1030 (relating to
computer fraud and abuse),’’ before ‘‘1032’’;
and
(D) by inserting ‘‘any felony violation of
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938,
as amended,’’ before ‘‘or any felony violation of
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act’’;
(3) in subparagraph (E)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘section 42 or 43 of this
title (commonly called the Lacey Act),’’ after ‘‘a
felony violation of’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7401 et seq.),’’ after ‘‘the Safe Drinking
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.),’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(G) Any offense under any Federal law
consisting of the failure to report to an appro-
priate Federal agency the ownership or control
of a foreign corporation, the ownership or con-
trol of a foreign financial account, or a bene-
ficial interest in a foreign trust.’’.