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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1999
To extend certain Medicare community nursing organization demonstration
projects.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 27, 1999
Mr. RAMSTAD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To extend certain Medicare community nursing organization
demonstration projects.
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 ‘‘Medicare Community
Nursing Demonstration Extension Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN MEDICARE COMMUNITY
NURSING ORGANIZATION DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in
addition to the extension provided under section 4019 of
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, demonstration projects
conducted under section 4079 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1987 shall be conducted for an addi-
tional period of 3 years, and the deadline for any report
required relating to the results of such projects shall be
not later than 6 months before the end of such additional
period.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 19
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 regarding the treatment of
golf caddies for employment tax purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Mr. BURTON of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 regarding
the treatment of golf caddies for employment tax 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 ‘‘Caddie Relief Act of
1999’’.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF GOLF CADDIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 3508 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to treatment
of real estate agents and direct sellers) is amended by
striking ‘‘qualified real estate agent or as a direct seller’’
and inserting ‘‘qualified real estate agent, direct seller, or
golf caddie’’.
(b) DEFINITION.—Subsection (b) of section 3508 of
such Code is amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (4) and by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) GOLF
CADDIE.—The term ‘golf caddie’
means an individual who performs the service of car-
rying golf clubs for, or otherwise assisting, a non-
professional golfer and, with respect to whom, sub-
stantially all the remuneration (whether or not paid
in cash) for the performance of such service is—
‘‘(A) directly related to performing such
services rather than to the number of hours
worked, and
‘‘(B) paid to such individual directly by the
golfer or by a third party as an agent of the
golfer where the third party incurs no obliga-
tion itself to pay such remuneration.’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The heading of section 3508 of such Code
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 3508. TREATMENT OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS, DIRECT
SELLERS, AND GOLF CADDIES.’’.
(2) The item relating to section 3508 in the
table of sections for chapter 25 of such Code is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 3508. Treatment of real estate agents, direct sellers, and
golf caddies.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to remuneration paid for services
performed in taxable years ending after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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(B) each supplemental survivor annuity under
section 1457 of such title that commenced before
that month and is payable for that month shall be
recomputed so as to be equal to the amount that
would be in effect if the percent applicable for that
month under that section, as amended by this sec-
tion, had been used for the initial computation of
the supplemental survivor annuity.
(2) The requirements for recomputation of annuities
under paragraph (1) apply with respect to the following
months:
(A) The first month that begins after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(B) October 2004.
(d) RECOMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY REDUCTIONS
FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SURVIVOR ANNUITIES.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall take such actions as are required
by the amendments made by subsection (b) and the provi-
sions of subsection (c)(1)(B) to ensure that the reductions
in retired pay under section 1460 of title 10, United
States Code, are adjusted to achieve the objectives set
forth in subsection (b) of that section.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1
To provide for Social Security reform.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 1, 1999
Mr. HASTERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide for Social Security reform.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the President, in his 1998 State of the
Union address, committed the Nation to saving So-
cial Security, a call which he repeated in his 1999
State of the Union address;
(2) recognizing the importance of Social Secu-
rity to millions of American families, Speaker
Hastert at the opening of the 106th Congress re-
served the House bill designation H.R. 1 for the
President’s detailed legislative proposal to save So-
cial Security;
(3) every major reform of Social Security in our
Nation’s history has been initiated by the President,
either through his submission of his own detailed
legislative proposal to the Congress or through his
support for a bipartisan commission to draft and
submit to the Congress such a proposal on his be-
half; and
(4) the President’s ‘‘framework’’ for reform
issued as part of his Fiscal Year 2000 Budget pro-
posal, while offering several constructive suggestions
for reform, has not been submitted to the Congress
to date in the form of detailed legislative language.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
The President should submit to each House of the
Congress as soon as possible a detailed legislative proposal
that would truly save Social Security for the coming gen-
erations of Americans.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2005
AN ACT
To establish a statute of repose for durable goods used
in a trade or business.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2002
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study
on mortality and adverse outcome rates of Medicare patients of providers
of anesthesia services, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 27, 1999
Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. THURMAN,
and Mr. BECERRA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee
on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services
to conduct a study on mortality and adverse outcome
rates of Medicare patients of providers of anesthesia
services, 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 ‘‘Anesthesia Outcomes
Study Act of 1999’’.
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SEC. 2. ANESTHESIA OUTCOME STUDY.
(a) STUDY.—(1) The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall conduct a study of mortality and
adverse outcome rates of Medicare patients by providers
of anesthesia services. In conducting the study, the Sec-
retary shall analyze the impact of physician supervision
of providers of anesthesia services, or lack thereof, on such
mortality and adverse outcome rates.
(2) In conducting the study, the Secretary shall con-
sult with appropriate national professional organizations
with respect to the methodology of the study, and shall
use Medicare operating room anesthesia data, adjusted for
patient acuity and other relevant scientific variables.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2000, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the
results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
(c) CONSIDERATION OF REPORT IN RULEMAKING.—
The Secretary shall consider the results of such study
when determining if any modification or change to the ex-
isting Medicare regulations in effect on January 1, 1999,
dealing with physician supervision of anesthesia services
may be appropriate.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2004
To provide that for taxable years beginning before 1980 the Federal income
tax deductibility of flight training expenses shall be determined without
regard to whether such expenses were reimbursed through certain vet-
erans educational assistance allowances.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 27, 1999
Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BILBRAY, Mrs. BONO,
Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DREIER, Mr. EVANS, Mr.
FROST, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island,
Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. KUYKENDALL, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. LANTOS, Ms.
LOFGREN, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCKEON,
Mr. METCALF, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. GARY MILLER of
California, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr.
ROHRABACHER, Mr. STARK, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. WEINER,
and Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide that for taxable years beginning before 1980
the Federal income tax deductibility of flight training
expenses shall be determined without regard to whether
such expenses were reimbursed through certain veterans
educational assistance allowances.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN REIMBURSED FLIGHT
TRAINING EXPENSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a taxable year be-
ginning before January 1, 1980, the determination of
whether a deduction is allowable under section 162(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for flight training ex-
penses shall be made without regard to whether the tax-
payer was reimbursed for any portion of such expenses
under section 1677(b) of title 38, United States Code (as
in effect before its repeal by Public Law 97–35).
(b) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—If refund or credit
of any overpayment of tax resulting from the application
of subsection (a) is prevented at any time before the close
of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act by the operation of any law or rule of
law (including res judicata), refund or credit of such over-
payment (to the extent attributable to the application of
subsection (a)) may, nevertheless, be made or allowed if
claim therefor is filed before the close of such 1-year pe-
riod.
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Union Calendar No. 236
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2005
[Report No. 106–410, Part I]
To establish a statute of repose for durable goods used in a trade or business.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 7, 1999
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Mr. SHIMKUS) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
OCTOBER 21, 1999
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Commerce
for a period ending not later than October 22, 1999, for consideration
of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of that committee pursuant to clause 1(f), rule X
OCTOBER 22, 1999
Additional sponsors: Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GEKAS, and Mr.
ROGAN
OCTOBER 22, 1999
The Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 7, 1999]
A BILL
To establish a statute of repose for durable goods used
in a trade or business.
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 ‘‘Workplace Goods Job
Growth and Competitiveness Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. STATUTE OF REPOSE FOR DURABLE GOODS USED
IN A TRADE OR BUSINESS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in
this Act—
(1) no civil action for damage to property aris-
ing out of an accident involving a durable good may
be filed against the manufacturer or seller of the du-
rable good more than 18 years after the durable good
was delivered to its first purchaser or lessee; and
(2) no civil action for damages for death or per-
sonal injury arising out of an accident involving a
durable good may be filed against the manufacturer
or seller of the durable good more than 18 years after
the durable good was delivered to its first purchaser
or lessee if—
(A) the claimant has received or is eligible
to receive worker compensation; and
(B) the injury does not involve a toxic harm
(including, but not limited to, all asbestos-related
harm).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COVERAGE UNDER THE CONSUMER PRODUCT
SAFETY ACT.
Subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of section 3 of
the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052) is re-
pealed.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF FIRERAM TO, OR
POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY, A PERSON WHO
HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT MIS-
DEMEANOR.
(a) TRANSFER BAN.—Section 922(d) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(8);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (9) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of an of-
fense that has as an element the use, attempted use,
or threatened use of physical force against the per-
son or property of another.’’.
(b) POSSESSION BAN.—Section 922(g) of such title
is amended—
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2006
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
to require persons who are plan administrators of employee pension
benefit plans or provide administrative services to such plans, and who
also provide automobile insurance coverage or provide persons offering
such coverage identifying information relating to plan participants or
beneficiaries, to submit to the Federal Trade Commission certain infor-
mation relating to such automobile insurance coverage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 7, 1999
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 to require persons who are plan admin-
istrators of employee pension benefit plans or provide
administrative services to such plans, and who also pro-
vide automobile insurance coverage or provide persons
offering such coverage identifying information relating
to plan participants or beneficiaries, to submit to the
Federal Trade Commission certain information relating
to such automobile insurance coverage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
rectly to, and be accountable directly to, the Adminis-
trator.
‘‘(f) The Administrator may delegate functions as-
signed under subsection (d)(2) only within the head-
quarters office of the Administrator, except that the Ad-
ministrator may delegate to the head of a specified oper-
ations office functions including providing or supporting
the following activities at a nuclear weapons production
facility or a national laboratory:
‘‘(1) Operational activities.
‘‘(2) Program execution.
‘‘(3) Personnel.
‘‘(4) Contracting and procurement.
‘‘(5) Facility operations oversight.
‘‘(6) Integration of production and research and
development activities.
‘‘(7) Interaction with other Federal agencies,
State, tribal, and local governments, and the public.
‘‘(g) The head of a specified operations office, in car-
rying out any function delegated under subsection (f) to
that head of that specified operations office, shall report
directly to, and be accountable directly to, the Adminis-
trator.
‘‘(h) In each annual authorization and appropriation
request under this Act, the Secretary shall identify the
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truth in Automobile
Insurance Rates Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO
THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RELAT-
ING TO AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1021)
is amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(f) SUBMISSION TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS-
SION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO AUTO-
MOBILE INSURANCE COVERAGE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who is, during
any calendar year, the plan administrator of an em-
ployee pension benefit plan or provides administra-
tive services to such a plan and who—
‘‘(A) also offers automobile insurance cov-
erage during such year in a State in which a
participant or beneficiary under the plan re-
sides, or
‘‘(B) provides during such calendar year to
any person offering automobile insurance cov-
erage in such State any identifying information
relating to any participant or beneficiary under
the plan,
shall provide annually to the Federal Trade Commis-
sion the information described in paragraph (2).
Such person shall certify annually to the Secretary
compliance with the requirements of this subsection.
‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The information de-
scribed in this paragraph consists of the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(i) The total amount collected in the
year reported on, by each person specified
in subparagraph (B), in insurance pre-
miums on automobile insurance from auto-
mobile insurance policyholders in the
State.
‘‘(ii) The total amount that each per-
son specified in subparagraph (B) paid out
in the year reported on in automobile in-
surance claims in response to the claims
filed by automobile insurance policyholders
in such State.
‘‘(iii) The total amount added in the
year reported on, by each person specified
in subparagraph (B), to such person’s re-
serve balance for automobile insurance
claims filed by automobile insurance policy-
holders in such State.
‘‘(B) SPECIFIED
PERSONS.—The persons
specified in this subparagraph are the person
described in paragraph (1), each person pro-
vided identifying information (as described in
paragraph (1)(B)) by the person described in
paragraph (1), and each person related to any
of the foregoing.
‘‘(3) RELATED PERSON.—For purposes of this
subsection—
‘‘(A) a person is ‘related’ to any other per-
son if such persons are under common control,
and
‘‘(B) the determination of whether two or
more persons are under ‘common control’ shall
be made under regulations of the Secretary
which are consistent and coextensive with regu-
lations prescribed for similar purposes by the
Secretary of the Treasury under subsections (b)
and (c) of section 414 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1,
2001.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2008
To authorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission to regulate gun
safety, and to ban the importation or manufacture of handguns which
do not have certain safety features.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 7, 1999
Mr. BLUMENAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To authorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission to
regulate gun safety, and to ban the importation or manu-
facture of handguns which do not have certain safety
features.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COVERAGE UNDER THE CONSUMER PRODUCT
SAFETY ACT.
Subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of section 3 of
the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052) is re-
pealed.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OR MANUFACTURE
OF HANDGUNS WITHOUT CERTAIN SAFETY
FEATURES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (y)
the following:
‘‘(z) It shall be unlawful for any person to import
or manufacture a handgun, unless—
‘‘(1) the trigger of the weapon cannot be pulled
by an individual whose hand and finger strength
does not exceed the average hand and finger
strength of children who have attained 4 years of
age but have not attained 5 years of age;
‘‘(2) the weapon cannot be fired without an am-
munition magazine or clip attached;
‘‘(3) there is incorporated into the weapon a
locking feature that, when activated, prevents the
weapon from being fired, and that cannot be re-
moved from the weapon without rendering the weap-
on inoperable; or
‘‘(4) the weapon includes a mechanism which
visibly and noticeably indicates whether ammunition
is present in the weapon.’’.
(b) PENALTIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 924(a) of such title
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(z) shall
be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned not more
than 1 year, or both. Section 3571(e) shall not apply to
an offense under section 922(z).’’.
(2) LOSS OF LICENSE.—Section 923(e) of such
title is amended by inserting after the 2nd sentence
the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall, after notice and
opportunity for hearing, revoke any license issued
under this section if the holder of the license has
knowingly violated section 922(z).’’.
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