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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2606
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
AUGUST 4, 1999
Received
AN ACT
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT
ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur-
ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi-
tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear
equipment, fuel, or technology to any country other than
a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi-
ble to receive economic or military assistance under this
Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended,
$759,000,000 to remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018 for the disbursement of direct loans, loan
guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fis-
cal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or any
prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, ex-
port financing, or related programs for tied-aid credits or
grants may be used for any other purpose except through
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated
by this paragraph are made available notwithstanding sec-
tion 2(b)(2) of the Export Import Bank Act of 1945, in
connection with the purchase or lease of any product by
any East European country, any Baltic State or any agen-
cy or national thereof.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be com-
‘‘(4) AMENDMENTS.—Each affected railroad
carrier shall file any proposed amendment to its plan
with the Secretary not later than 60 days prior to
the proposed effective date of the amendment.
‘‘(5) EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION.—(A) Each af-
fected railroad carrier shall consult with, and employ
good faith and use its best efforts to reach agree-
ment by consensus with, all of its directly affected
employee groups on the contents of the fatigue man-
agement plan and amendments to the plan, and, ex-
cept as provided in subparagraph (C), shall jointly
with such groups submit the plan and each amend-
ment to the plan to the Secretary.
‘‘(B) In the event that labor organizations rep-
resent classes or crafts of directly affected employees
of the railroad carrier, the railroad carrier shall con-
sult with these organizations in drafting the plan
and amendments to the plan. The Secretary may
provide assistance to the parties involved in a nego-
tiation.
‘‘(C) If the railroad carrier and its directly af-
fected employees (including any labor organization
representing a class or craft of directly affected em-
ployees of the railroad carrier) cannot reach con-
‘‘(5) 
ELECTRONIC.—The 
term 
‘electronic’
means of or relating to technology having electrical,
digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, or similar
capabilities regardless of medium.’’.
(2) ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.—The Fair
Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) is
amended by inserting after section 603 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 603A. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.
‘‘Any communication delivered pursuant to this title
may be delivered in the form of an electronic communica-
tion, and any acknowledgment which may be affixed to
a communication pursuant to this title may be affixed as
an electronic acknowledgment to an electronic communica-
tion if the person who is sent such communication or who
provides an acknowledgment—
‘‘(1) is provided with—
‘‘(A) a description of the types of commu-
nications to be provided electronically;
‘‘(B) an explanation of how to access and
retain such electronic communications which di-
rects the person’s attention to consideration of
the person’s ability to print or download such
disclosures; and
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and merged with said account: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading or in prior appro-
priations Acts that are available for the cost of financing
under section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
shall be available for purposes of section 234(g) of such
Act, to remain available until expended.
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$44,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That the Trade and Development Agency
may receive reimbursements from corporations and other
entities for the costs of grants for feasibility studies and
other project planning services, to be deposited as an off-
setting collection to this account and to be available for
obligation until September 30, 2001, for necessary ex-
penses under this paragraph: Provided further, That such
reimbursements shall not cover, or be allocated against,
direct or indirect administrative costs of the agency.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
For expenses necessary to enable the President to
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until
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be for official residence expenses of the Agency for Inter-
national Development during the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure
that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be
for entertainment expenses of the Agency for International
Development during the current fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be
available for representation allowances for the Agency for
International Development during the current fiscal year:
Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure
that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act for general costs of administering military assistance
and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing
Program’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for en-
tertainment expenses and not to exceed $50,000 shall be
available for representation allowances: Provided further,
That of the funds made available by this Act under the
heading ‘‘International Military Education and Train-
30, 2006, is for contract costs for CMS’s Systems Revital-
ization Plan: Provided further, That $78,300,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2006, is for contract
costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Ac-
counting System: Provided further, That not less than
$129,000,000 shall be for processing Medicare appeals, of
which $50,000,000 shall be transferred to the Social Secu-
rity Administration for processing Medicare appeals: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human
Services is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2005 from
Medicare+Choice organizations pursuant to section
1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible
organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section
1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of
that Act: Provided further, That the aggregate amount
under this heading is hereby reduced by $9,000,000, such
reduction shall be allocated among the programs and ac-
tivities under this heading (including programs and activi-
ties for which amounts are specified under this heading)
in such manner as the Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services determines to be appro-
priate.
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701 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘70119. Office of Commercial Space Transportation.’’.
SEC. 4. OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce
for the activities of the Office of Space Commercialization—
(1) $590,000 for fiscal year 2001;
(2) $608,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
(3) $626,000 for fiscal year 2003.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Commerce shall transmit to the Congress a report on the
Office of Space Commercialization detailing the activities
of the Office, the materials produced by the Office, the extent
to which the Office has fulfilled the functions established for
it by the Congress, and the extent to which the Office has
participated in interagency efforts.
SEC. 5. COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION INDEM-
NIFICATION EXTENSION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—If, on the date of enactment of this
Act, section 70113(f) of title 49, United States Code, has
not been amended by the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, then that section is
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4825 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an additional tax 
on taxable income attributable to contracts with the United States for 
goods and services for the war in Iraq. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2004 
Mr. OWENS 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 impose 
an additional tax on taxable income attributable to con-
tracts with the United States for goods and services 
for the war in Iraq. 
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 ‘‘Excess War Profits 
Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress hereby finds:
(1) A special tax on the profits of the Nation’s 
largest corporations would be in accordance with 
previous precedents: World War II and Korea. 
(2) While large corporations continue to net bil-
lions of dollars from the War in Iraq, the Bush Ad-
ministration continues to cut funding for vital do-
mestic programs. 
(3) Large corporations are using broadly word-
ed contracts to repair Iraq’s petroleum infrastruc-
ture and gain a huge head start over potential com-
petitors in redeveloping the country’s vast, outdated 
oil industry. 
(4) Five large corporations, Halliburton, Bech-
tel Group, Fluor Corp, Parsons Corp, and the Louis 
Berger Group, all benefited from the biggest recon-
struction project since the Second World War. 
(5) Since the War in Iraq began, Halliburton 
and its subsidiaries have received more than $2 bil-
lion from no bid contracts. 
(6) To date, Halliburton has spent only 10 per-
cent of the funds appropriated by the Federal Gov-
ernment to rebuild the Iraqi infrastructure.
mestic liability risk-sharing regime meets or exceeds
the requirements of those treaties;
(5) examine whether and when the commercial
space transportation liability regime could be con-
formed to the approach of the airline liability re-
gime; and
(6) include recommendations on whether the
commercial space transportation liability regime
should be modified and, if so, what modifications are
appropriate and what actions are required to accom-
plish those modifications.
(c) SECTIONS.—The report required by this section
shall include—
(1) a section containing the views of—
(A) the Office of the Associate Adminis-
trator for Commercial Space Transportation;
(B) the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration;
(C) the Department of Defense;
(D) the Office of Space Commercialization;
and
(E) any other interested Federal agency,
on the issues described in subsection (b);
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including an Executive Secretariat to be housed at the Department
of Commerce.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2608
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to clarify the definition of
‘‘major drug-transit country’’ under the international narcotics control
program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1999
Mr. GILMAN (for himself and Mr. BURTON of Indiana) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to clarify
the definition of ‘‘major drug-transit country’’ under the
international narcotics control program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF
1961.
Section 481(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2291(e)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘For purposes of paragraph (5)(B), the term ‘though
which are transported’ includes the territorial airspace,
land, and water of a country.’’.
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percent of the students attending such school are eli-
gible for free or reduced-cost lunches under the
school lunch program established under the National
School Lunch Act.
‘‘(3) SCHOOL.—The term ‘school’ means any
public school which provides elementary education or
secondary education (through grade 12), as deter-
mined under State law.
‘‘(4) WAGES.—The term ‘wages’ has the mean-
ing provided by section 3401(a).’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code
is amended by striking the item relating to section 139
and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 138. Wages of teachers in high-poverty schools.
‘‘Sec. 139. Cross references to other Acts.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to amounts received in taxable
years beginning after December 31, 1999.
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(2) the President determines that reciprocal ac-
tion should be taken by the United States in re-
sponse to—
(A) a restriction, barrier, or impediment
referred to in section 1105(a) with respect to
access to the market of a country, or
(B) noncompliance with an agreement, un-
derstanding, or trade agreement referred to in
section 1105(b),
as the case may be,
(3) changes in existing law or new statutory au-
thority is necessary for such reciprocal action to be
taken, and
(4) the President, within 30 days (excluding
any day described in section 154(b) of the Trade Act
of 1974) after—
(A) the determination of the Trade Rep-
resentative under subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B)
of section 1103(c)(1), or
(B) the determination of the Secretary in
the applicable report under section 1102(a),
as the case may be, submits to the Congress a draft
of implementing legislation with respect to the
changes or authority described in paragraph (3),
then subsection (c) applies.
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(3) Subsection (e) of section 1400 of such Code
is amended by striking ‘‘section 1397B’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 1397C’’.
(4) Subsection (c) of section 1400B of such
Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 1397B’’ both
places it appears and inserting ‘‘section 1397C’’.
(h) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The table of subparts for part III of sub-
chapter U of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
striking the last item and inserting the following:
‘‘SUBPART C. Incentives for clean-fuel vehicles.
‘‘SUBPART D. General provisions.’’.
(2) The table of sections for subpart D, as
redesignated by subsection (a), is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘Sec. 1397C. Enterprise zone business defined.
‘‘Sec. 1397D. Qualified zone property defined.’’.
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to costs paid or incurred after
December 31, 1998.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2610
To provide an affirmative defense in a civil action brought with respect
to a Federal requirement which is potentially in conflict with another
Federal requirement.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1999
Mr. HOEKSTRA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide an affirmative defense in a civil action brought
with respect to a Federal requirement which is poten-
tially in conflict with another Federal requirement.
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 ‘‘Regulatory Fairness
Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds—
(1) Laws are often complex, confusing, con-
tradictory, burdensome, and duplicative
(2) Persons are put in the position of having to
violate the law every day when attempting compli-
ance with conflicting law.
(3) Persons should not be held liable when com-
plying with at least one of conflicting requirements
of the law.
(4) A study by the General Accounting Office
showed that in California a typical manufacturing
business has to comply with 35 Federal and 33
State laws, many of which are redundant.
(5) Businesses in today’s global economy are
not confined by time and distance, therefore they
may easily move their business to a more favorable
regulatory climate.
SEC. 3. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.
(a) DEFENSE.—It shall be an affirmative defense to
a civil action brought against a person to enforce a Fed-
eral regulatory requirement that such requirement is po-
tentially in conflict with another regulatory requirement
with which such person is in compliance.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term
‘‘potentially in conflict’’ means that a requirement of a
Federal regulation overlaps with, is inconsistent with, or
conflicts with another requirement of, a Federal regulation
or Federal statute and includes establishing labeling re-
quirements that are not identical for the same product,
establishing packaging requirements for the same product
that are not identical, establishing training requirements
that are not identical on the same subject matter, or es-
tablishing third party notification or warning require-
ments that are not identical for goods or services.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2611
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from income the
salary of certain teachers who teach in high-poverty schools.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1999
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California 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 exclude
from income the salary of certain teachers who teach
in high-poverty schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF WAGES
OF CERTAIN TEACHERS IN HIGH-POVERTY
SCHOOLS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
items specifically excluded from gross income) is amended
by redesignating section 138 as section 139 and by insert-
ing after section 137 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 
138. 
WAGES 
OF 
TEACHERS 
IN 
HIGH-POVERTY
SCHOOLS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Gross income does not include
amounts received as wages by a qualified teacher employed
at a high-poverty school.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The exclusion under subsection
(a) shall not apply to any taxpayer whose adjusted gross
income for the taxable year exceeds $120,000.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED TEACHER DEFINED.—For purposes
of this section—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified teach-
er’ means an academic teacher, a special education
teacher, or a bilingual teacher. The term does not
include an individual teaching under an emergency
or other provisional status in which any State teach-
ing qualification or licensing criteria have been
waived.
‘‘(2) ACADEMIC
TEACHER.—The term ‘aca-
demic teacher’ means an individual who meets all of
the following criteria:
‘‘(A) The teacher has performed at a high
level on academic subject matter tests, or has a
bachelor’s degree or higher with an academic
major in each of the subjects taught by the
teacher.
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State academic content standards and challenging State
performance standards, using scientifically-based research
approaches and methodologies, by—
‘‘(1) developing and implementing new English
language and academic content instructional pro-
grams for children who are limited English pro-
ficient, including programs of early childhood edu-
cation and kindergarten through 12th grade edu-
cation;
‘‘(2) carrying out highly focused, innovative, lo-
cally designed projects to expand or enhance existing
English language and academic content instruction
programs for limited English proficient children;
‘‘(3) implementing, within an individual school,
schoolwide programs for restructuring, reforming,
and upgrading all relevant programs and operations
relating to English language and academic content
instruction for limited English proficient students;
or
‘‘(4) implementing, within the entire jurisdic-
tion of a local educational agency, agency-wide pro-
grams for restructuring, reforming, and upgrading
all relevant programs and operations relating to
English language and academic content instruction
for limited English proficient students.
seminars at professional society meetings, elec-
tronic communications, or otherwise) that is
provided by the American Society of Addiction
Medicine, the American Academy of Addiction
Psychiatry, the American Medical Association,
the American Osteopathic Association, the
American Psychiatric Association, or any other
organization that the Secretary determines is
appropriate for purposes of this subclause.
‘‘(V) The physician has participated as an
investigator in one or more clinical trials lead-
ing to the approval of a narcotic drug in sched-
ule III, IV, or V for maintenance or detoxifica-
tion treatment, as demonstrated by a statement
submitted to the Secretary by the sponsor of
such approved drug.
‘‘(VI) The physician has such other train-
ing or experience as the State medical licensing
board (of the State in which the physician will
provide maintenance or detoxification treat-
ment) considers to demonstrate the ability of
the physician to treat and manage opiate-de-
pendent patients.
‘‘(VII) The physician has such other train-
ing or experience as the Secretary considers to