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‘‘TITLE 23—UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST
MEMORIAL MUSEUM
‘‘Sec. 2301. Establishment of the United States Holocaust Memorial Mu-
seum; functions.
‘‘Sec. 2302. Functions of the Council; membership.
‘‘Sec. 2303. Compensation; travel expenses; full-time officers or employees
of United States or Members of Congress.
‘‘Sec. 2304. Administrative provisions.
‘‘Sec. 2305. Staff.
‘‘Sec. 2306. Memorial museum.
‘‘Sec. 2307. Gifts, bequests, and devises of property; tax treatment.
‘‘Sec. 2308. Annual report.
‘‘Sec. 2309. Audit of financial transactions.
‘‘Sec. 2310. Authorization of appropriations.
‘‘SEC. 2301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
HOLOCAUST 
MEMORIAL 
MUSEUM; 
FUNC-
TIONS.
‘‘The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
(hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the ‘Museum’)
is an independent establishment of the United State Gov-
ernment. The Museum shall—
‘‘(1) provide for appropriate ways for the Na-
tion to commemorate the Days of Remembrance, as
an annual, national, civic commemoration of the
Holocaust, and encourage and sponsor appropriate
observances of such Days of Remembrance through-
out the United States;
‘‘(2) operate and maintain a permanent living
memorial museum to the victims of the Holocaust,
in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior and
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5009
AN ACT
To extend water contracts between the United States and
specific irrigation districts and the City of Helena in
Montana, 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 ‘‘Montana Water Con-
tracts Extension Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF WATER CONTRACTS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND.—The Secretary of the
Interior may extend each of the water contracts listed in
subsection (b) until the earlier of—
(1) the expiration of the 2-year period begin-
ning on the date on which the contract would expire
but for this section; or
(2) the date on which a new long-term water
contract is executed by the parties to the contract
listed in subsection (b).
(b) EXTENDED CONTRACTS.—The water contracts
referred to in subsection (a) are the following:
(1) Contract Number 14–06–600–2078, as
amended, for purchase of water between the United
States of America and the City of Helena, Montana.
(2) Contract Number 14–06–600–2079, as
amended, between the United States of America and
the Helena Valley Irrigation District for water serv-
ice.
(3) Contract Number 14–06–600–8734, as
amended, between the United States of America and
the Toston Irrigation District for water service.
in accordance with the terms of the gift, bequest, or devise
donating such property. Funds donated to and accepted by
the Museum pursuant to this section or otherwise received
or generated by the Museum are not to be regarded as ap-
propriated funds and are not subject to any requirements
or restrictions applicable to appropriated funds. For the
purposes of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, property
accepted under this section shall be considered as a gift,
bequest, or devise to the United States.
‘‘SEC. 2308. ANNUAL REPORT.
‘‘The Director shall transmit to Congress an annual
report on the Director’s stewardship of the authority to op-
erate and maintain the memorial museum. Such report
shall include the following:
‘‘(1) An accounting of all financial transactions
involving donated funds.
‘‘(2) A description of the extent to which the ob-
jectives of this chapter are being met.
‘‘(3) An examination of future major endeavors,
initiatives, programs, or activities that the Museum
proposes to undertake to better fulfill the objectives of
this chapter.
‘‘(4) An examination of the Federal role in the
funding of the Museum and its activities, and any
changes that may be warranted.
‘‘SEC. 2309. AUDIT OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.
‘‘Financial transactions of the Museum, including
those involving donated funds, shall be audited by the
Comptroller General as requested by Congress, in accord-
ance with generally accepted auditing standards. In con-
ducting any audit pursuant to this section, appropriate
representatives of the Comptroller General shall have access
to all books, accounts, financial records, reports, files and
other papers, items or property in use by the Museum, as
necessary to facilitate such audit, and such representatives
shall be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions
with the balances.
‘‘SEC. 2310. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘To carry out the purposes of this chapter, there are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds authorized to carry out this chapter may be
made available for construction. Authority to enter into
contracts and to make payments under this chapter, using
funds authorized to be appropriated under this chapter,
shall be effective only to the extent, and in such amounts,
as provided in advance in appropriations Acts.’’.
Union Calendar No. 432
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4115
[Report No. 106–751]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum, and for other pur-
poses.
JULY 17, 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
2D SESSION
H. R. 4116
To provide that no insurer which is engaged in interstate commerce may
exercise any right under a subrogation or reimbursement clause in an
insurance policy until the insured has received full compensation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2000
Mr. DUNCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To provide that no insurer which is engaged in interstate
commerce may exercise any right under a subrogation
or reimbursement clause in an insurance policy until
the insured has received full compensation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ACTION UNDER SUBROGATION OR REIMBURSE-
MENT CLAUSE.
No insurer which is engaged in interstate commerce
may exercise any right under a subrogation or reimburse-
ment clause in an insurance policy of the insurer until the
insured under such policy has been fully compensated for
the injuries received by the insured and for which the in-
surer has made payment to the insured.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4118
To prohibit the rescheduling or forgiveness of any outstanding bilateral debt
owed to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation
until the President certifies to the Congress that the Government of
the Russian Federation has ceased all its operations at, removed all
personnel from, and permanently closed the intelligence facility at
Lourdes, Cuba.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2000
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DELAY, Mr. BURTON
of Indiana, Mr. HYDE, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey,
Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BURR of North Carolina, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. BART-
LETT of Maryland, and Mr. JONES of North Carolina) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Rela-
tions
A BILL
To prohibit the rescheduling or forgiveness of any out-
standing bilateral debt owed to the United States by
the Government of the Russian Federation until the
President certifies to the Congress that the Government
of the Russian Federation has ceased all its operations
at, removed all personnel from, and permanently closed
the intelligence facility at Lourdes, Cuba.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(1) COMPLIANCE
WITH
CONSUMER
PROTEC-
TION REQUIREMENTS.—Any health benefits coverage
offered through an IMA shall—
‘‘(A) be underwritten by a health insurance
issuer that—
‘‘(i) is licensed (or otherwise regu-
lated) under State law,
‘‘(ii) meets all applicable State stand-
ards relating to consumer protection, sub-
ject to section 2802(2), and
‘‘(iii) offers the coverage under a con-
tract with the IMA; and
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2) and section
2902(2), be approved or otherwise permitted to
be offered under State law.
‘‘(2) EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF COVERAGE.—The
benefits coverage made available through an IMA
may include, but is not limited to, any of the fol-
lowing if it meets the other applicable requirements
of this title:
‘‘(A) Coverage through a health mainte-
nance organization.
‘‘(B) Coverage in connection with a pre-
ferred provider organization.
such members in the manner described in sub-
section (c)(2) at rates that are established by
the health insurance issuer on a policy or prod-
uct specific basis and that may vary only as
permissible under State law.
‘‘(B) NONDISCRIMINATION
IN
COVERAGE
OFFERED.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), the IMA may not offer health benefits
coverage to a member of an IMA unless
the same coverage is offered to all such
members of the IMA.
‘‘(ii) 
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in
this title shall be construed as requiring or
permitting a health insurance issuer to
provide coverage outside the service area of
the issuer, as approved under State law, or
preventing a health insurance issuer from
excluding or limiting the coverage on any
individual, subject to the requirement of
section 2741.
‘‘(C) NO FINANCIAL UNDERWRITING.—The
IMA provides health benefits coverage only
through contracts with health insurance issuers
HR 4118 RFS
SEC. 4. REPORT ON THE CLOSING OF THE INTELLIGENCE
FACILITY AT LOURDES, CUBA.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter until the
President makes a certification under section 3, the Presi-
dent shall submit to the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report (with a classi-
fied annex) detailing—
(1) the actions taken by the Government of the
Russian Federation to terminate its presence and
activities at the intelligence facility at Lourdes,
Cuba; and
(2) the efforts by each appropriate Federal de-
partment or agency to verify the actions described in
paragraph (1).
Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
and does not assume insurance risk with re-
spect to such coverage.
‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.—Nothing in this title
shall be construed as preventing the establishment
and operation of more than one IMA in a geographic
area or as limiting the number of IMAs that may
operate in any area.
‘‘(4) PROVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
TO PURCHASERS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The IMA may provide
administrative services for members. Such serv-
ices may include accounting, billing, and enroll-
ment information.
‘‘(B) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed as preventing an
IMA from serving as an administrative service
organization to any entity.
‘‘(5) FILING
INFORMATION.—The IMA files
with the Secretary information that demonstrates
the IMA’s compliance with the applicable require-
ments of this title.
‘‘(b) HEALTH
BENEFITS
COVERAGE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—
(c) EFFECT OF ENROLLMENT.—In the case of a
Medicare-eligible uniformed services retiree who enrolls in
an option of the TRICARE program, payments may not
be made under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) other than under the subvention pro-
gram for health care services provided through the
TRICARE program, except that the Secretaries may pro-
vide exceptions for emergencies or other situations as the
Secretaries consider appropriate.
(d) TRICARE PROGRAM ENROLLMENT FEE WAIV-
ER.—The Secretary of Defense shall waive the enrollment
fee applicable to any Medicare-eligible uniformed services
retiree enrolled in the managed care option of the
TRICARE program for whom reimbursement may be
made under section 104.
(e) MODIFICATION OF TRICARE CONTRACTS.—In
carrying out the subvention program, the Secretary of De-
fense may amend existing TRICARE program contracts
as may be necessary to incorporate provisions specifically
applicable to Medicare-eligible uniformed services retirees
who enroll in an option of the TRICARE program.
(f) COST SHARING.—The Secretary of Defense may
establish cost sharing requirements for Medicare-eligible
uniformed services retirees who enroll in an option of the
‘‘(3) HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE.—The term
‘health benefits coverage’ has the meaning given the
term 
health 
insurance 
coverage 
in 
section
2791(b)(1).
‘‘(4) HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER.—The term
‘health insurance issuer’ has the meaning given such
term in section 2791(b)(2).
‘‘(5) HEALTH STATUS-RELATED FACTOR.—The
term ‘health status-related factor’ has the meaning
given such term in section 2791(d)(9).
‘‘(6) IMA; INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIA-
TION.—The terms ‘IMA’ and ‘individual membership
association’ are defined in section 2801(a).
‘‘(7) MEMBER.—The term ‘member’ means,
with respect to an IMA, an individual who is a mem-
ber of the association to which the IMA is offering
coverage.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 411
To correct the tariff classification of 13″ televisions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Mr. RAMSTAD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To correct the tariff classification of 13″ televisions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF 13 INCH TELE-
VISIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each of the following subheadings
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
is amended by striking ‘‘33.02 cm’’ in the article descrip-
tion and inserting ‘‘34.29 cm’’:
(1) Subheading 8528.12.12.
(2) Subheading 8528.12.20.
(3) Subheading 8528.12.62.
(4) Subheading 8528.12.68.
HR 411 IH
(5) Subheading 8528.12.76.
(6) Subheading 8528.12.84.
(7) Subheading 8528.21.16.
(8) Subheading 8528.21.24.
(9) Subheading 8528.21.55.
(10) Subheading 8528.21.65.
(11) Subheading 8528.21.75.
(12) Subheading 8528.21.85.
(13) Subheading 8528.30.62.
(14) Subheading 8528.30.66.
(15) Subheading 8540.11.24.
(16) Subheading 8540.11.44.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by
this section apply to articles entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the
date that is 15 days after the date of enactment of
this Act.
(2) 
RETROACTIVE
APPLICATION.—Notwith-
standing section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or
any other provision of law, upon proper request filed
with the Customs Service not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, any entry,
or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of
an article described in a subheading contained in
HR 411 IH
any of paragraphs (1) through (16) of subsection
(a)—
(A) that was made on or after January 1,
1995, and before the date that is 15 days after
the date of enactment of this Act,
(B) with respect to which there would have
been no duty or a lesser duty if the amend-
ments made by subsection (a) applied to such
entry or withdrawal, and
(C) that is—
(i) unliquidated,
(ii) under protest, or
(iii) otherwise not final,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such
amendment applied to such entry or withdrawal.
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HR 4122 IH
‘‘(A) has not more than 20,000 inhab-
itants, based on the most recent available popu-
lation statistics of the Bureau of the Census;
and
‘‘(B) is not located in an area designated
as a Metropolitan Area by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget.’’.
SEC. 4. FUNDING.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of section
156 of the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration Organization Act $3,000,000,000 for fis-
cal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, through 2005, such
amount to remain available until expended.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4120
To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to permit any State to waive
the oxygenate content requirement for reformulated gasoline if the State
implementation plan for the State is adequate to attain and maintain
the national ambient air quality standards in the absence of that require-
ment, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2000
Mr. SHADEGG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to permit any
State to waive the oxygenate content requirement for
reformulated gasoline if the State implementation plan
for the State is adequate to attain and maintain the
national ambient air quality standards in the absence
of that requirement, 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 ‘‘Safe Water and Clean
Air Attainment Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) has
been 
increasingly 
discovered 
in 
groundwater
throughout the United States.
(2) MTBE has been found in alarming con-
centrations in lakes throughout the country.
(3) MTBE has now been detected in drinking
water supplies in locales throughout the nation.
(4) MTBE presents a potentially grave health
threat to the citizens of the United States.
(5) The Clean Air Act of 1990’s oxygenate re-
quirement for Federal reformulated gasoline (RFG)
constrains States in their efforts to attain cleaner
air while trying to protect the quality and safety of
their water supplies.
(6) MTBE’s threat to health and safety
through contaminated water supplies is greater than
the purported benefit which it provides to air qual-
ity.
SEC. 3. STATE WAIVER OF OXYGENATE REQUIREMENT.
Section 211(k)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act is amend-
ed by adding the following at the end thereof: ‘‘Any State
may waive, in whole or in part, the application of this sub-
paragraph and clause (v) of paragraph (3)(A) to any
ozone nonattainment area if the applicable implementation
plan for the State is revised, at the time of such waiver,
to include such other measures as may be necessary to
assure that the plan is adequate to attain and maintain
the national ambient air quality standard for ozone.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4121
To amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 regarding the establishment by the
President of certain national monuments.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2000
Mr. SIMPSON (for himself, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. HILL
of Montana, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mrs. CHENOWETH-HAGE, Mr. HERGER,
Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. OSE, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington,
Mr. CANNON, Mr STUMP, Mr. TANCREDO, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. YOUNG of
Alaska, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. DOOLITTLE,
Mr. METCALF, Mr. POMBO, Mr. SCHAFFER, and Mr. BARTLETT of Mary-
land) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 regarding the estab-
lishment by the President of certain national monuments.
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 ‘‘National Monument
Accountability Act’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF CERTAIN NA-
TIONAL MONUMENTS REQUIRED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Act of June 8,
1906 (commonly known as the ‘‘Antiquities Act of 1906’’;
16 U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘No land may be designated as a national monu-
ment under this section by the same President more than
once. A proclamation of the President under this section
that results in the designation of a national monument
shall cease to be effective 2 years after the issuance of
the proclamation unless the designation of the national
monument is approved by Congress through a joint resolu-
tion before the expiration of that 2 year period.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by this
section shall only apply to proclamations made after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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health care services under the Civilian Health and
Medical Program of the Uniformed Services.
(3) SUBVENTION PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘sub-
vention program’’ means the program established
under section 103(a) to reimburse the Department
of Defense, from the Medicare program under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et
seq.), for health care services provided to Medicare-
eligible uniformed services retirees through the
TRICARE program.
(4) DEPENDENT.—The term ‘‘dependent’’ has
the meaning given the term in section 1072(2) of
title 10, United States Code.
(5) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’
means the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services acting jointly.
SEC. 102. AVAILABILITY OF TRICARE-PRIME FOR MEDI-
CARE-ELIGIBLE UNIFORMED SERVICES RE-
TIREES.
The Secretary of Defense may not prohibit the enroll-
ment of Medicare-eligible uniformed services retirees in
the managed care option of the TRICARE program
(known as TRICARE prime) solely on account of age or
the entitlement of such persons to hospital insurance bene-
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4123
To modify the project for flood control, Yazoo Backwater Area, Yazoo Basin,
Mississippi, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to make payments
to local interests as compensation for certain reductions in local tax
revenues.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2000
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To modify the project for flood control, Yazoo Backwater
Area, Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, to authorize the Sec-
retary of the Army to make payments to local interests
as compensation for certain reductions in local tax reve-
nues.
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 ‘‘Yazoo Tax Base Pro-
tection Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROJECT MODIFICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood control,
Yazoo Backwater Area, Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, author-
ized by section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved Au-
gust 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 642–643), is modified to author-
ize the Secretary of the Army to make annual payments,
during the term of the project, to local interests in the
project area as compensation for reductions in the ad valo-
rem tax revenues collected by the local interests that are
attributable to purchases of reforestation easements by the
Secretary for the project.
(b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—An annual payment
made to a local interest in a calendar year under sub-
section (a) shall equal—
(1) the amount of ad valorem tax revenues that
would have been collected by the local interest in the
calendar year if lands for which the Secretary has
purchased a reforestation easement for the project
had the same use that the lands had prior to the
purchase of the easement; less
(2) the amount of ad valorem tax revenues col-
lected by the local interest in the calendar year.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply:
(1) REFORESTATION
EASEMENT.—The term
‘‘reforestation easement’’ means an easement on
open agricultural land that restricts the future use
of the land to woodlands.
(2) PROJECT AREA.—The term ‘‘project area’’
means land in the Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey,
Warren, Washington, and Yazoo counties, Mis-
sissippi, located at or below the 100-year frequency
flood elevation.
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