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(b) TERMINATION
OF PARTICIPATION
IN UNITED
NATIONS.—The President shall terminate all participation
by the United States in the United Nations, and any
organ, specialized agency, commission, or other formally
affiliated body of the United Nations.
(c) CLOSURE
OF UNITED STATES MISSION
TO
UNITED NATIONS.—The United States Mission to the
United Nations is closed. Any remaining functions of such
office shall not be carried out.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
AGREEMENT ACT.
(a) REPEAL.—The United Nations Headquarters
Agreement Act (Public Law 80–357) is repealed.
(b) WITHDRAWAL.—The United States withdraws
from the agreement between the United States and the
United Nations regarding the headquarters of the United
Nations (signed at Lake Success, New York, on June 26,
1947, which was brought into effect by the United Nations
Headquarters Agreement Act).
SEC. 4. UNITED STATES ASSESSED AND VOLUNTARY CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
(a) TERMINATION.—No funds are authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available for assessed or
voluntary contributions of the United States to the United
Nations or any organ, specialized agency, commission or
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(2) the Secretary of the Treasury should in-
struct each United States Executive Director of the
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to advo-
cate the development of a coherent and coordinated
strategy to support the microenterprise sector and
an increase of multilateral resource flows for the
purposes of building microenterprise retail and
wholesale intermediaries.
Passed the House of Representatives April 13, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Country-of-Origin
Meat Labeling Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN LABELING OF MEAT AND
MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS.
(a) LABELING REQUIRED.—The Federal Meat In-
spection Act is amended by inserting after section 7 (21
U.S.C. 607) the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 7A. REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO COUNTRY-OF-ORI-
GIN LABELING.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) LIVESTOCK.—The term ‘livestock’ means
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other
equines.
‘‘(2) DOMESTIC
MEAT.—The term ‘domestic
meat’ means a carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or
meat food product derived entirely from domestic
livestock.
‘‘(3) DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK.—The term ‘domes-
tic livestock’ means livestock that satisfy all of the
following:
‘‘(A) The animal is born in the United
States.
‘‘(B) The animal is raised throughout its
entire life in the United States.
other formally affiliated body thereof, except that funds
may be appropriated to facilitate withdrawal of United
States personnel and equipment. Upon termination of
United States membership, no payments shall be made to
the United Nations or any organ, specialized agency, com-
mission or other formally affiliated body thereof, out of
any funds appropriated prior to such termination or out
of any other funds available for such purposes.
(b) APPLICATION.—The provisions of this section
shall apply to all agencies of the United Nations, including
independent or voluntary agencies.
SEC. 5. UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.
(a) TERMINATION.—No funds are authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available for any United
States contribution to any United Nations military oper-
ation.
(b) TERMINATIONS OF UNITED STATES PARTICIPA-
TION
IN
UNITED
NATIONS
PEACEKEEPING
OPER-
ATIONS.—No funds may be obligated or expended to sup-
port the participation of any member of the Armed Forces
of the United States as part of any United Nations mili-
tary or peacekeeping operation or force. No member of
the Armed Forces of the United States may serve under
the command of the United Nations.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1147
To sunset the Bretton Woods Agreements Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 17, 1999
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To sunset the Bretton Woods Agreements Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SUNSET OF BRETTON WOODS AGREEMENTS
ACT.
The Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286)
is hereby repealed 3 years after the date of enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 2. SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
Not later than 3 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall with-
draw the United States from the International Monetary
Fund, and shall negotiate an agreement on the method
of settling accounts with the International Monetary
Fund.
SEC. 3. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ON ALTERNATIVES.
On the date that is 2 years after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
submit to the Committee on Banking and Financial Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on alternative
ways of addressing the problems that the International
Monetary Fund is designed to address, including reliance
on the operation of private capital markets, merging the
International Monetary Fund with the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development, and establishing an
institution to address such problems in a different manner
than the International Monetary Fund has addressed such
problems.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1149
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to expand and
clarify the requirements regarding advance directives in order to ensure
that an individual’s health care decisions are complied with, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 17, 1999
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. GREENWOOD, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr.
GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. FROST, Mrs. MORELLA, Mrs.
MALONEY of New York, Mr. SANDLIN, and Ms. SLAUGHTER) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce,
and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act
to expand and clarify the requirements regarding ad-
vance directives in order to ensure that an individual’s
health care decisions are complied with, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(9) by striking paragraph (17),
(10) in paragraph (22)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (i),
(ii), and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C), respectively, and
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end,
(11) in paragraph (23) by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon,
(12) by redesignating paragraphs (18), (19),
(20), (21), (22), and (23) as paragraphs (17)
through (22), respectively, and
(13) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(23) the term ‘boot camp’ means a residential
facility (excluding a private residence) at which there
are provided—
‘‘(A) a highly regimented schedule of dis-
cipline, physical training, work, drill, and cere-
mony characteristic of military basic training.
‘‘(B) regular, remedial, special, and voca-
tional education; and
‘‘(C) counseling and treatment for sub-
stance abuse and other health and mental
health problems;
‘‘(24) the term ‘graduated sanctions’ means an
accountability-based, graduated series of sanctions
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 114
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union
Act to prohibit fees for using teller windows at depository institutions,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 6, 1999
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. OLVER,
Mr. FILNER, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. LUTHER, and Ms. LEE)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Fed-
eral Credit Union Act to prohibit fees for using teller
windows at depository institutions, and for other pur-
poses.
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 ‘‘Teller Fee Relief Act’’.
SEC. 2. FEES FOR USING TELLER WINDOWS PROHIBITED.
(a) FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT.—Section
18 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828)
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(t) PROHIBITION
ON FEES
FOR USING TELLER
WINDOWS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No fee may be imposed, di-
rectly or indirectly, on a customer of an insured de-
pository institution for using the services, in person,
of any individual employed by the depository institu-
tion at a domestic branch of the institution.
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—Each Federal banking
agency shall prescribe such regulations as the agen-
cy determines to be appropriate to ensure compli-
ance by insured depository institutions with the re-
quirements of this subsection.’’.
(b) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ACT.—Section 205 of
the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1785) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) PROHIBITION ON FEES FOR USING TELLER
WINDOWS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No fee may be imposed, di-
rectly or indirectly, on a member of an insured cred-
it union for using the services, in person, of any in-
dividual employed by the credit union at an office of
the credit union where deposits are accepted or
checks are paid or money lent.
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—The Board shall prescribe
such regulations as the Board determines to be ap-
propriate to ensure compliance by insured credit
unions with the requirements of this subsection.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply after the end of the 6-month period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘556. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a commodities con-
tract or forward contract.’’;
and
(B) by amending the items relating to sec-
tions 559 and 560 to read as follows:
‘‘559. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a repurchase
agreement.
‘‘560. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a swap agree-
ment.’’;
and
(2) in the table of sections of chapter 7—
(A) by inserting after the item relating to
section 766 the following:
‘‘767. Commodity broker liquidation and forward contract merchants, com-
modity brokers, stockbrokers, financial institutions, financial
participants, securities clearing agencies, swap participants,
repo participants, and master netting agreement participants.’’;
and
(B) by inserting after the item relating to
section 752 the following:
‘‘753. Stockbroker liquidation and forward contract merchants, commodity bro-
kers, stockbrokers, financial institutions, financial participants,
securities clearing agencies, swap participants, repo partici-
pants, and master netting agreement participants.’’.
SEC. 9. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.
Section 11(e)(8) of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act (12 U.S.C. 1821(e)(8)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(H) RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.—
The Corporation, in consultation with the ap-
propriate Federal banking agencies, may pre-
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1151
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carrier baggage liability
to be not less than $2,500 per passenger.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 17, 1999
Mr. MENENDEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carrier
baggage liability to be not less than $2,500 per passenger.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MINIMUM BAGGAGE LIABILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 417 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘§ 41717. Minimum baggage liability
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The liability of an air carrier for
provable direct or consequential damages resulting from
the disappearance of, damage to, or delay in delivery of
a passenger’s personal property, including baggage, that
was in the custody or control of the air carrier immediately
prior to the disappearance, damage, or delay shall be not
less than $2,500 for each passenger.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply
only to—
‘‘(1) an air carrier that provides charter or
scheduled passenger service in interstate or overseas
air transportation; and
‘‘(2) a flight that—
‘‘(A) uses an aircraft designed to have a
maximum passenger capacity of more than 60;
or
‘‘(B) uses an aircraft that is designed to
have a maximum passenger capacity of 60 or
less but has on the ticket for that flight a flight
segment that uses an aircraft designed to have
a maximum passenger capacity of more than 60
seats.
‘‘(c) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—An air carrier de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1) shall include on or with any
ticket for a flight described in subsection (b)(2) at least
one of the following:
‘‘(1) Notice of any monetary limitation on its
baggage liability to passengers.
‘‘(2) The following notice: ‘Federal law requires
any limitation on an air carriers’s baggage liability
on this flight to be at least $2,500 per passenger.’.’’
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subchapter I of chapter 471 of such title is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘41717. Minimum baggage liability.’’.
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the Committees on Appropriations describing the steps that 
have been taken to implement this section. 
CODE OF CONDUCT 
SEC. 5082. (a) None of the funds made available by 
title II under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance’’ or ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ to provide assistance to 
refugees or internally displaced persons may be provided 
to an organization that has failed to adopt a code of conduct 
consistent with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task 
Force on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 
in Humanitarian Crises six core principles for the protec-
tion of beneficiaries of humanitarian assistance. 
(b) In administering the amounts made available for 
the accounts described in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
State and Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall incorporate specific poli-
cies and programs for the purpose of identifying specific 
needs of, and particular threats to, women and children at 
the various stages of humanitarian emergencies, especially 
at the onset of such emergency. 
DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY 
SEC. 5083. Funds appropriated by this Act to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 
used, in addition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses, for the cost (including the support costs) of individ-
uals detailed to or employed by the United States Agency
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for International Development whose primary responsi-
bility is to carry out programs to address natural or man-
made disasters or programs under the heading ‘‘Transition 
Initiatives’’. 
DENIAL OF VISAS TO CORRUPT OFFICIALS 
SEC. 5084. Not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations setting forth procedures 
and guidelines for (1) implementing the President’s Procla-
mation dated January 12, 2004, which established a policy 
of denying entry into the United States to corrupt current 
and former public officials and certain members of their 
families; and (2) for making public the names of those indi-
viduals who have been denied entry as a result of such Proc-
lamation. 
ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE 
SEC. 5085. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs and activities to assist victims 
of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, in-
cluding for centers for victims of torture that provide serv-
ices consistent with the goals of the Torture Victims Relief 
Reauthorization Act of 1999.
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF OVERPAYMENTS AND CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF UNITS OF
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at
the end the following new part:
‘‘PART 
IX—DESIGNATION 
OF 
OVERPAYMENTS
AND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF
UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
‘‘Sec. 6097. Designation.
‘‘SEC. 6097. DESIGNATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual, with
respect to each taxpayer’s return for the taxable year of
the tax imposed by chapter 1, such taxpayer may des-
ignate that—
‘‘(1) a specified portion (but not less than $1)
of any overpayment of tax for such taxable year, and
‘‘(2) any cash contribution which the taxpayer
includes with such return,
shall be used for the benefit of units of the National Park
System.
‘‘(b) MANNER AND TIME OF DESIGNATION.—A des-
ignation under subsection (a) may be made with respect
to any taxable year only at the time of filing the return
of the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year.
Such designation shall be made in such manner as the
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1155
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney
General to provide for special consideration concerning the English lan-
guage requirement with respect to the naturalization of individuals over
65 years of age.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 17, 1999
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require
the Attorney General to provide for special consideration
concerning the English language requirement with re-
spect to the naturalization of individuals over 65 years
of age.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
SPECIAL 
CONSIDERATION 
CONCERNING
ENGLISH 
LANGUAGE 
REQUIREMENT 
FOR
CERTAIN OLDER INDIVIDUALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 312(b) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1423(b)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) The Attorney General, pursuant to regulations,
shall provide for special consideration, as determined by
the Attorney General, concerning the requirement of sub-
section (a)(1) with respect to any person who, on the date
of the commencement of the examination upon the per-
son’s application for naturalization under section 335, is
over sixty-five years of age and has been living in the
United States for periods totaling at least 5 years subse-
quent to a lawful admission for permanent residence.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and shall apply to applications for natu-
ralization filed on or after such date and to such applica-
tions pending on such date.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1157
To require appropriate off-budget treatment of Social Security in official
budget pronouncements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 17, 1999
Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. MINGE, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. PETER-
SON of Minnesota, and Mr. RAMSTAD) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the
Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require appropriate off-budget treatment of Social
Security in official budget pronouncements.
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 ‘‘Social Security Trust
Fund Integrity Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. REMOVING SOCIAL SECURITY FROM BUDGET PRO-
NOUNCEMENTS.
Any official statement issued by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, or
any other agency or instrumentality of the Federal Gov-
ernment of surplus or deficit totals of the budget of the
United States Government as submitted by the President
or of the surplus or deficit totals of the congressional
budget, and any description of, or reference to, such totals
in any official publication or material issued by either of
such Offices or any other such agency or instrumentality,
shall exclude the outlays and receipts of the old-age, sur-
vivors, and disability insurance program under title II of
the Social Security Act (including the Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Fund) and the related provisions
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The provisions of section 2 shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2000 and subsequent fiscal years.
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new sources of financing available for the develop-
ment of infrastructure facilities, and to facilitate the
use and issuance of public benefit bonds.
(2) To establish a subsidiary of the Corpora-
tion, the National Infrastructure Insurance Corpora-
tion, to issue insurance, reinsurance and related un-
dertakings in respect of the issuance of obligations
related to the development of infrastructure facili-
ties.
(3) To establish a category of financial instru-
ment to be known as ‘‘public benefit bonds’’ de-
signed to help facilitate pension plan investment in
the development of infrastructure facilities.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
The following definitions shall apply for purposes of
this Act unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’
means the National Infrastructure Development
Corporation established under section 5(a).
(2) DEVELOPMENT.—The terms ‘‘development’’
and ‘‘develop’’ mean, with respect to an infrastruc-
ture facility, any—
(A) preconstruction planning, feasibility re-
view, permitting and design work and other
preconstruction activities;
into a contract not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act.
(e) PROPERTY RIGHTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the contract, the Sec-
retary shall transfer to the irrigation district owner-
ship of all equipment, machinery, office supplies,
and other supplies and equipment paid for with op-
eration and maintenance funds related to the
project.
(2) INVENTORY LIST.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide the irrigation district an inventory list of all
supplies and equipment at the project as of the date
of enactment of this Act that were purchased with
operation and maintenance funds.
(3) REAL PROPERTY.—Under the contract, the
Secretary shall not transfer to the irrigation district
ownership of—
(A) any real property right to land or an
interest in land; or
(B) any water right.
(f) WATER RIGHTS.—This Act does not affect the ne-
gotiation of water rights between the State of Montana,
the United States, and the Tribe.
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