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Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That
of the amounts appropriated under this heading not less
than $20,000,000 shall be made available solely for the
Russian Far East: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading $10,000,000 shall be
made available for salaries and expenses to carry out the
Russian Leadership Program enacted on May 21, 1999
(113 Stat. 93 et seq.).
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $180,000,000 should be made available for as-
sistance for Ukraine.
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than 12.92 percent shall be made available for assist-
ance for Georgia.
(d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than 12.2 percent shall be made available for assist-
ance for Armenia.
(e) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall
not apply to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assist-
ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201;
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and
Development Agency under section 661 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
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structure improvements as identified in project number
102, and by inserting ‘‘Haywood County’’.
CHAPTER 7
OFFSETS
SEC. 4701. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
section 793 of Public Law 104–127, the Fund for Rural
America.
SEC. 4702. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
the provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105–185, the
Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 106–60, $13,000,000 are rescinded.
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 105–277 to implement a United States/Rus-
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(1) All babies born in hospitals in the United
States and its territories should have a hearing
screening before leaving the birthing facility. Babies
born in other countries and residing in the United
States via immigration or adoption should have a
hearing screening as early as possible.
(2) All babies who are not born in hospitals in
the United States and its territories should have a
hearing screening within the first 3 months of life.
(3) Appropriate audiologic and medical evalua-
tions should be conducted by 3 months for all
newborns and infants suspected of having hearing
loss to allow appropriate referral and provisions for
audiologic rehabilitation, medical and early interven-
tion before the age of 6 months.
(4) All newborn and infant hearing screening
programs and systems should include a component
for audiologic rehabilitation, medical and early inter-
vention options that ensures linkage to any new and
existing statewide systems of intervention and reha-
bilitative services for newborns and infants with
hearing loss.
(5) Public policy in regard to newborn and in-
fant hearing screening and intervention should be
based on applied research and the recognition that
payment amount in effect (but for this section) for such
items for—
(1) 2001 by 0.3 percent, and
(2) 2002 by 0.6 percent.
(b) LIMITING APPLICATION TO SPECIFIED YEARS.—
The payment amount increase—
(1) under subsection (a)(1) shall not apply after
2001 and shall not be taken into account in calcu-
lating the payment amounts applicable for covered
items furnished after such year; and
(2) under subsection (a)(2) shall not apply after
2002 and shall not be taken into account in calcu-
lating the payment amounts applicable for covered
items furnished after such year.
SEC. 229. STUDIES AND REPORTS.
(a) MEDPAC STUDY ON POSTSURGICAL RECOVERY
CARE CENTER SERVICES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Medicare Payment Ad-
visory Commission shall conduct a study on the cost-
effectiveness and efficacy of covering under the
medicare program under title XVIII of the Social
Security Act services of a post-surgical recovery care
center (that provides an intermediate level of recov-
ery care following surgery). In conducting such
or times as the Commissioner of Social Security deter-
mines to be appropriate.
‘‘(d) SUSPENSION
AND TERMINATION
OF BENE-
FITS.—Regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security under subsection (a) may provide for the sus-
pension and termination of entitlement to benefits under
this title as the Commissioner determines is appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 811. PENALTIES FOR FRAUD.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever—
‘‘(1) knowingly and willfully makes or causes to
be made any false statement or representation of a
material fact in an application for benefits under
this title;
‘‘(2) at any time knowingly and willfully makes
or causes to be made any false statement or rep-
resentation of a material fact for use in determining
any right to the benefits;
‘‘(3) having knowledge of the occurrence of any
event affecting—
‘‘(A) his or her initial or continued right to
the benefits; or
‘‘(B) the initial or continued right to the
benefits of any other individual in whose behalf
he or she has applied for or is receiving the
benefit,
payment of more than the correct amount is made to a
representative payee on behalf of an individual after the
individual’s death, the representative payee shall be liable
for the repayment of the overpayment, and the Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall establish an overpayment
control record under the social security account number
of the representative payee.’’.
(b) 
AMENDMENT
TO
TITLE
XVI.—Section
1631(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(b)(2)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘If
any payment of more than the correct amount is made
to a representative payee on behalf of an individual after
the individual’s death, the representative payee shall be
liable for the repayment of the overpayment, and the Com-
missioner of Social Security shall establish an overpay-
ment control record under the social security account
number of the representative payee.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to overpayments made 12 months
or more after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 202. RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS OF SSI BENEFITS
FROM LUMP SUM SSI BENEFIT PAYMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1631(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(b)(1)(B)(ii)) is
amended—
other staffing needs; and of which $55,000,000 shall be
available from July 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001,
for carrying out activities of the School-to-Work Opportu-
nities Act: Provided, That $58,800,000 shall be for car-
rying out section 166 of the Workforce Investment Act,
including $5,000,000 for carrying out section 166( j)(1)
of the Workforce Investment Act, including the provision
of assistance to American Samoans who reside in Hawaii
for the co-location of federally funded and State-funded
workforce investment activities, and $7,000,000 shall be
for carrying out the National Skills Standards Act of
1994: Provided further, That no funds from any other ap-
propriation shall be used to provide meal services at or
for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided to carry out section 171(d) of such Act may be used
for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new
entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: Pro-
vided further, That funding provided to carry out projects
under section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 that are identified in the Conference Agreement,
shall not be subject to the requirements of section
171(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the requirements of section
171(c)(4)(D) of such Act, or the joint funding require-
ments of sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of such
Act: Provided further, That funding appropriated herein
under section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act to
not more than 10 States: Provided further, That of the
amount provided under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be
for the Center for Environmental Medicine and Toxicology
at the University of Mississippi Medical Center at Jack-
son; $2,000,000 shall be for the University of Mississippi
phytomedicine project; $500,000 shall be for the Alaska
aviation safety initiative; and $1,000,000 shall be for the
University of South Alabama birth defects monitoring and
prevention activities.
In addition, $51,000,000, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out sec-
tions 40151 and 40261 of Public Law 103–322.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic 
Health 
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
cancer,
$3,332,317,000.
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung,
and blood diseases, and blood and blood products,
$2,040,291,000.
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(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness,
including a life-endangering physical condition
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality,
entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid
matching funds).
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-
vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a
State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a
State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching
funds).
SEC. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in
this Act may be used for—
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos
for research purposes; or
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-
jected to risk of injury or death greater than that
lished under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act
shall be credited to and available for carrying out the pur-
poses of this appropriation: Provided further, That
$18,000,000 appropriated under this heading for the man-
aged care system redesign shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the amount
available for research, demonstration, and evaluation ac-
tivities shall be available to continue carrying out dem-
onstration projects on Medicaid coverage of community-
based attendant care services for people with disabilities
which ensures maximum control by the consumer to select
and manage their attendant care services: Provided fur-
ther, That $3,000,000 of the amount available for re-
search, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be
awarded to an application from the University of Pennsyl-
vania Medical Center, the University of Louisville Sciences
Center, and St. Vincent’s Hospital in Montana to conduct
a demonstration to reduce hospitalizations among high-
risk patients with congestive heart failure: Provided fur-
ther, That $2,000,000 of the amount available for re-
search, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be
awarded to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los An-
geles: Provided further, That $100,000 of the amount
available for research, demonstration, and evaluation ac-
tivities shall be awarded to Littleton Regional Hospital in
section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395ww(d))—
(1) to hospitals in Iredell County, North Caro-
lina, such county is deemed to be located in the
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, North Carolina-South
Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area;
(2) to hospitals in Orange County, New York,
the large urban area of New York, New York is
deemed to include such county;
(3) to hospitals in Lake County, Indiana, and
to hospitals in Lee County, Illinois, such counties
are deemed to be located in the Chicago, Illinois
Metropolitan Statistical Area;
(4) to hospitals in Hamilton-Middletown, Ohio,
Hamilton-Middletown, Ohio, is deemed to be located
in the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Metropoli-
tan Statistical Area;
(5) to hospitals in Brazoria County, Texas,
such county is deemed to be located in the Houston,
Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area; and
(6) to hospitals in Chittenden County, Vermont,
such county is deemed to be located in the Boston-
Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, 
Massachu-
setts-New Hampshire Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1490c), to meet the needs resulting from natural disas-
ters, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing
repair, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, to meet the
needs resulting from natural disasters, $8,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
located abroad and, subject to paragraphs (3), (4),
and (5), shall—
‘‘(A) take possession of the personal effects
of the decedent within his jurisdiction;
‘‘(B) inventory and appraise the personal
effects of the decedent, sign the inventory, and
annex thereto a certificate as to the accuracy of
the inventory and appraised value of each arti-
cle;
‘‘(C) when appropriate in the exercise of
prudent administration, collect the debts due to
the decedent in the officer’s jurisdiction and
pay from the estate the obligations owed by the
decedent;
‘‘(D) sell or dispose of, as appropriate, in
the exercise of prudent administration, all per-
ishable items of property;
‘‘(E) sell, after reasonable public notice
and notice to such next of kin as can be
ascertained with reasonable diligence, such ad-
ditional items of property as necessary to pro-
vide funds sufficient to pay the decedent’s debts
and property taxes in the country of death, fu-
neral expenses, and other expenses incident to
the disposition of the estate;
of time and in such form as the Secretary shall re-
quire by regulation.
‘‘(c)(1) If any part of a firearm transaction takes
place at a gun show, it shall be unlawful for any person
who is not licensed under this chapter to transfer a fire-
arm to another person who is not licensed under this chap-
ter, unless the firearm is transferred through a licensed
importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer in ac-
cordance with subsection (e).
‘‘(2) A person who is subject to the requirement of
paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) shall not transfer the firearm to the trans-
feree until the licensed importer, licensed manufac-
turer, or licensed dealer through which the transfer
is made under subsection (e) makes the notification
described in subsection (e)(3)(A); and
‘‘(B) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), shall
not transfer the firearm to the transferee if the li-
censed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed
dealer through which the transfer is made under
subsection (e) makes the notification described in
subsection (e)(3)(B).
‘‘(3) Nothing in this section shall permit or authorize
the Secretary to impose recordkeeping requirements on
any nonlicensed vendor.
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from establishing an affirmative defense under sec-
tion 274A(a)(3) if the person or entity complies with
the requirements of section 274A(a)(1)(B) but fails
to obtain confirmation under paragraph (1).
‘‘(c) GENERAL TERMS OF ELECTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An election under sub-
section (a) shall be in such form and manner, under
such terms and conditions, and shall take effect, as
the Attorney General shall specify. The Attorney
General may not impose any fee as a condition of
making an election or participating in the program.
‘‘(2) SCOPE OF ELECTION.—Any electing per-
son or the entity may provide that the election under
subsection (a) shall apply (during the period in
which the election is in effect)—
‘‘(A) to all its hiring (and all recruitment
or referral); or
‘‘(B) to its hiring (or recruitment and re-
ferral) in one or more places of hiring (or re-
cruitment or referral, as the case may be).
‘‘(3) ACCEPTANCE OF ELECTIONS.—The Attor-
ney General shall accept all elections made under
subsection (a).
‘‘(4) TERMINATION
OF
ELECTIONS.—The At-
torney General may terminate an election by a per-
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son or other entity under this section because the
person or entity has substantially failed to comply
with its obligations under the program. A person or
other entity may terminate an election in such form
and manner as the Attorney General shall specify.
‘‘(d) 
CONSULTATION, 
EDUCATION, 
AND
PUB-
LICITY.—
‘‘(1) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General,
the Secretary of Labor, and the Commissioner of So-
cial Security shall closely consult with representa-
tives of employers (and recruiters and referrers) in
the development and implementation of the program,
including the education of employers (and recruiters
and referrers) about such programs.
‘‘(2) PUBLICITY.—The Attorney General shall
widely publicize the election process and program,
including the voluntary nature of the program and
the advantages to employers (and recruiters and re-
ferrers) of making an election under this section.
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE
THROUGH
DISTRICT
OF-
FICES.—The Attorney General shall designate one or
more individuals in each District office of the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service for a Service Dis-
trict in which the program is being implemented—
the same or any other covered illness or beryllium-related
pulmonary condition of that employee for any period of
time or for any service received before the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
(e) Determination by the Secretary of Labor that a
covered employee or a survivor of a covered employee has
established a beryllium-related pulmonary condition, pur-
suant to subsection (a), does not constitute a determina-
tion that the covered employee, or a survivor of the cov-
ered employee, has established the existence of a covered
illness.
(f) The retroactive compensation payable under this
section shall not be subject to the cost-of-living adjustment
set forth in section 8146a(a) of title 5, United States
Code.
SEC. 11. EXCLUSIVITY OF REMEDY.
(a) The liability of the United States or an instru-
mentality thereof under this Act or any extension thereof
with respect to a covered illness, beryllium-related pul-
monary condition, or death of a covered employee is exclu-
sive and instead of all other liability of the United States,
the instrumentality, or of any employer that employed a
covered employee to—
(1) the covered employee;
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual
who maintains a household which includes as a
member 1 or more qualifying individuals, there shall
be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by
this subtitle for the taxable year an amount equal to
the applicable percentage of the sum of—
‘‘(A) the employment-related expenses paid
by such individual during the taxable year, plus
‘‘(B) the respite care expenses paid by
such individual during the taxable year.
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE DEFINED.—For
purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘applicable per-
centage’ means 50 percent reduced (but not below
20 percent) by 1 percentage point for each full
$1,000 amount by which the taxpayer’s adjusted
gross income for the taxable year exceeds $30,000.
‘‘(b) EMPLOYMENT-RELATED EXPENSES.—For pur-
poses of this section—
‘‘(1) 
DETERMINATION
OF
ELIGIBLE
EX-
PENSES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘employ-
ment-related expenses’ means amounts paid for
the following expenses, but only if such ex-
penses are incurred to enable the taxpayer to be
gainfully employed for any period for which
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program as in effect before the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 342
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide penalties for open air
drug markets, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, 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 jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide penalties
for open air drug markets, 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 ‘‘Open Air Drug Market
Penalty Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. PENALTIES FOR OPEN AIR DRUG MARKETS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘OPEN AIR DRUG MARKETS
‘‘SEC. 423. (a) Whoever commits a specified Federal
drug offense, knowing that at least one other has commit-
ted a specified Federal drug offense—
‘‘(1) within 500 feet of the place the offense
under this section takes place; and
‘‘(2) within a 48-hour period;
shall, in addition to any penalty imposed for the specified
Federal drug offense, be imprisoned 5 years.
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
court shall not place on probation or suspend the sentence
of any person convicted for a violation of this section, nor
shall the term of imprisonment imposed under this sub-
section run concurrently with any other term of imprison-
ment, including that imposed for the specified Federal
drug offense.
‘‘(c) As used in this section, the term ‘specified Fed-
eral drug offense’ means a Federal offense—
‘‘(1) of which an element is the distribution or
attempted distribution of a controlled substance; and
‘‘(2) for which the maximum term of imprison-
ment that may be imposed equals or exceeds 5
years.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention
and Control Act of 1970 is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 422 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 423. Open air drug markets.’’.
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