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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1384
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 11 (legislative day, OCTOBER 10), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt certain
full-time health-care professionals of the Department of
Veterans Affairs from restrictions on remunerated out-
side professional activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PERSON-
NEL ADMINISTRATION.
(a) EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN HEALTH-CARE PRO-
FESSIONALS FROM RESTRICTIONS
ON REMUNERATED
OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES.—Section 7423 of
title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking out paragraph
(1) and redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5),
and (6) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5), re-
spectively;
(2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e),
and (f) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respec-
tively; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing new subsection (c):
‘‘(c)(1) An employee of the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration who is covered by subsection (a) (other than a reg-
istered nurse, a physician’s assistant, or an expanded-duty
dental auxiliary) may not assume responsibility for the
medical care of any patient other than a patient admitted
for treatment at a Department facility.
‘‘(2) The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not apply
in a case in which the employee, upon request and with
the approval of the Under Secretary for Health, assumes
such responsibilities to assist communities or medical
practice groups to meet medical needs which would not
otherwise be available. The approval of the Under Sec-
retary may not be for a period in excess of 180 days, which
may be extended by the Under Secretary for additional
periods of not to exceed 180 days.’’.
(b) CROSS REFERENCE AMENDMENTS.—Subsection
(d) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(2),
is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking out ‘‘subsection (b)(6)’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘subsection (b)(5)’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘para-
graph (1)(B)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section
7421(b) of this title’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 10,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
vided in this Act shall be available for the position of As-
sistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
$14,220,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex-
pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the powers and 
duties, functions, authorities and personnel of the Re-
search and Innovative Technology Administration are 
hereby transferred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Research and Technology in the Office of the Sec-
retary, including the authority to accept funding from 
modal administrations for support of Global Positioning 
System activities pursuant to reimbursable agreements 
with the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology 
in the Office of the Secretary; Provided further, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 102 and 5 U.S.C. 5315, there 
shall be an Assistant Secretary for Research and Tech-
nology within the Office of the Secretary, appointed by 
the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
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(B) $813,800,000 shall be for Space and 
Flight Support. 
(3) For Science, $5,305,600,000 of which— 
(A) $1,848,800,000 shall be for Earth 
Sciences; 
(B) $1,500,000,000 shall be for Planetary 
Science; 
(C) $700,000,000 shall be for Astro-
physics; 
(D) $620,000,000 shall be for the James 
Webb Space Telescope; and 
(E) 
$636,800,000 
shall 
be 
for 
Heliophysics. 
(4) For Aeronautics, $593,800,000. 
(5) For Space Technology, $720,000,000. 
(6) For Education, $136,100,000. 
(7) For Safety, Security, and Workforce Sup-
port Programs, $2,937,000,000. 
(8) For Construction and Environmental Com-
pliance and Restoration, $471,000,000. 
(9) For Inspector General, $37,000,000. 
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‘‘(6) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the
allocation of amounts in the reserve under paragraph (4)
for the purposes stated in paragraph (3)(C). Those regula-
tions shall be designed to provide incentives to increase
the recoveries and collections under this section. Such reg-
ulations may provide that up to 25 percent of those
amounts be made available each year directly to the medi-
cal centers, or networks of medical centers, at which such
recoveries have been at above average levels. The remain-
der of those funds shall be allocated by the Secretary,
based on the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (7),
in a manner such that funds are targeted to areas deter-
mined to have the greatest unmet need for outpatient care.
‘‘(7) In order to promote effective planning for or-
derly development of needed capacity for providing out-
patient care to eligible veterans, the Under Secretary for
Health shall conduct an annual study to evaluate the rel-
ative need within service-delivery areas of the Department
for expanding that capacity (directly or through contract
arrangements).’’.
(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON MEDICAL CARE COST RE-
COVERY.—Such section is further amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(j) Not later than February 1 each year, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs
of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on
medical care cost recovery under this section. The report
shall include (1) the plan described in subsection (g)(7),
(2) the regulations promulgated under subsection (g)(6),
(3) the specific allocations made pursuant to such regula-
tions, and (4) the actions taken by the Secretary to carry
out section 2(d)(4) of the Veterans Health Care Reform
Act of 1995 during the preceding fiscal year.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1386
To amend section 353 of the Public Health Service Act to exempt physician
office laboratories from the clinical laboratories requirements of that section.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 1995
Mr. ARCHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend section 353 of the Public Health Service Act
to exempt physician office laboratories from the clinical
laboratories requirements of that section.
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 ‘‘Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Act Amendments of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF PHYSICIAN OFFICE LABORATORIES.
Section 353(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 263a(d)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) and by adding
after paragraph (1) the following:
‘‘(4) EXEMPTION OF PHYSICIAN OFFICE LAB-
ORATORIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), a clinical laboratory in a
physician’s office (including an office of a group
of physicians) which is directed by a physician
and in which examinations and procedures are
either performed by a physician or by individ-
uals supervised by a physician solely as an ad-
junct to other services provided by the physi-
cian’s office is exempt from this section.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—A clinical laboratory
described in subparagraph (A) is not exempt
from this section when it performs a pap smear
(Papanicolaous Smear) analysis.
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (A), the term ‘physician’ has the
same meaning as is prescribed for such term by
section 1861(r) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x(r)).’’;
(2) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) by
striking ‘‘(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)’’; and
(3) in paragraphs (4) and (5) (as so redesig-
nated) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)’’.
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(1) in subsection (a)(2) by inserting after ‘‘Fed-
eral revenues’’, both places it appears, the following:
‘‘and tax expenditures (including income tax expend-
itures or other equivalent base narrowing tax provi-
sions applying to other Federal taxes)’’; and
(2) in subsection (a)(4) by inserting after
‘‘budget outlays,’’ the following: ‘‘tax expenditures
(including income tax expenditures or other equiva-
lent base narrowing tax provisions applying to other
Federal taxes),’’.
SEC. 3. TAX EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS IN REPORT ACCOM-
PANYING BUDGET RESOLUTION.
Section 301(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended by inserting after ‘‘revenues’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and tax expenditures’’.
SEC. 4. RECONCILIATION MAY INCLUDE TAX EXPENDITURE
CHANGES.
Section 310(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended by inserting after ‘‘revenues’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and tax expenditures’’.
SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORT.
Section 202(f)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 is amended in the matter following subparagraph
(B) by striking ‘‘and budget outlays’’ and inserting ‘‘,
budget outlays, and tax expenditures’’.
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SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(B) Whoever engages in the conduct con-
stituting the offense for the purpose of either—
‘‘(i) exchanging the information cov-
ered by subsections (a), (b), and (c), for
anything of value, or
‘‘(ii) obtaining or giving anyone a
competitive advantage in the award of a
Federal agency procurement contract, shall
be imprisoned for not more than 15 years
or fined in the amount set forth in section
3571 of title 18, United States Code, or
both.
‘‘(2) CIVIL PENALTIES.—The Attorney General
may bring a civil action in the appropriate United
States district court against any person who engages
in conduct constituting an offense under subsection
(a), (b), or (c). Upon proof of such conduct by a
preponderance of the evidence, the person is subject
to a civil penalty. An individual who engages in such
conduct is subject to a civil penalty of not more than
$50,000 for each violation plus twice the amount of
compensation which the individual received or of-
fered for the prohibited conduct. An organization
that engages in such conduct is subject to a civil
penalty of not more than $500,000 for each violation
ers any of the authorities contained in this sub-
section so that an award or a contract can be
made by the procurement officer directly to an
eligible Program participant. Such delegation
may be made generally to specific departments,
agencies, or officers or may be made on a case-
by-case basis in the discretion of the Adminis-
tration. Any such delegation may be revoked by
the Administrator, except that any revocation
shall not be effective as to any procurement
where a solicitation has been issued prior to the
revocation.’’; and
(2) by amending paragraph (3)(A) to read as
follows:
‘‘(A) Any Program participant selected to
perform a contract to be let noncompetitively
pursuant to this subsection shall, when prac-
ticable, participate in any negotiation of the
terms and conditions of such contract. When
authority has been delegated to a department
or agency, the Administration may also partici-
pate in any negotiation of the terms and condi-
tions of a contract when requested to partici-
pate by either the Program participant or the
procurement officer.’’.
Union Calendar No. 21
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 622
[Report No. 104–41]
A BILL
To implement the Convention on Future Multilat-
eral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fish-
eries.
FEBRUARY 21, 1995
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
‘‘(4) The suitability of the project for use of the
two-phase selection procedures.
‘‘(5) The capability of the agency to manage
the two-phase selection process.
‘‘(6) Other criteria established by the agency.
‘‘(c) PROCEDURES DESCRIBED.—Two-phase selec-
tion procedures consist of the following:
‘‘(1) The agency shall develop, either in-house
or by contract, a scope of work defining the project
for inclusion in the solicitation that provides pro-
spective offerors with sufficient information regard-
ing the Government’s requirements which may in-
clude criteria and preliminary conceptual design,
budget parameters and schedule or delivery require-
ments to enable the offerors to submit proposals
which meet the Government’s needs. When the two-
phase selection procedure is used for design and con-
struction of a public building, facility, or work and
the agency contracts for development of the scope of
work, the agency shall contract for architectural/en-
gineering services as defined by and in accordance
with section 541 and the following of title 40,
United States Code.
‘‘(2) The contracting officer solicits phase-one
proposals that—
‘‘(A) include information on the offeror’s—
‘‘(i) technical approach; and
‘‘(ii) technical qualifications; and
‘‘(B) do not include—
‘‘(i) detailed design information; or
‘‘(ii) cost or price information.
‘‘(3) The evaluation factors to be used in evalu-
ating phase one proposals shall be stated in the so-
licitation and include specialized experience and
technical competence, capability to perform, past
performance of the offeror’s team (including the ar-
chitect-engineer and construction members of the
team if the project is for the construction of a public
building, facility or work) and other appropriate fac-
tors, except that cost-related or price-related evalua-
tion factors are not permitted. Each solicitation shall
establish the relative importance assigned to the
evaluation factors and subfactors that must be con-
sidered in the evaluation of phase one proposals. The
agency evaluates phase one proposals on the basis of
the phase one evaluation factors set forth in the
solicitation.
‘‘(4) The contracting officer selects as the most
highly qualified the number of offerors specified in
the solicitation to provide the property or services
(c) Paragraph (b)(3) of section 3553 of title 31, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) A Federal agency need not submit a report
to the Comptroller General pursuant to paragraph
(2) of this subsection if the agency is sooner notified
by the Comptroller General that the protest con-
cerned has been dismissed under section 3554(a) (4)
or (5) of this title.’’.
(d) Paragraph (a)(1) of section 3554 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) To the maximum extent possible, the Comp-
troller General shall provide for the inexpensive and expe-
ditious resolution of protests under this subchapter. Ex-
cept as provided under paragraph (2) of this subsection,
the Comptroller General shall issue a final decision con-
cerning a protest 125 days after the later of (i) the date
the protest is submitted to the Comptroller General, or
(ii) the date that the Comptroller General issues a ruling
which denies a motion to dismiss filed by the agency in
accordance with the limitations of section 3554(a)(5)(A)
of this title;’’.
(e) Subparagraph (a)(2) of section 3554 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) The Comptroller General shall, by regula-
tion prescribed pursuant to section 3555 of this title,
section 501(c)(18)(D)(iii) to the extent
such distributions do not exceed the sum
of—
‘‘(I) the qualified higher edu-
cation expenses (as defined in para-
graph (6)) of the taxpayer for the tax-
able year, and
‘‘(II) the start-up expenditures
(as defined in section 195(c)) of the
taxpayer for the taxable year.
‘‘(ii) 
ADJUSTED
GROSS
INCOME
LIMIT.—Clause (i) shall apply to distribu-
tions from an individual retirement plan
only if the adjusted gross income of the
distributee for the taxable year in which
the distribution occurs does not exceed—
‘‘(I) $60,000 in the case of an
unmarried individual,
‘‘(II) $80,000 in the case of a
joint return, and
‘‘(III) $40,000 in the case of a
married individual filing a separate
return.’’
(2) QUALIFIED HIGHER EDUCATION EXPENSES
DEFINED.—Section 72(t) of such Code is amended
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 629
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to par-
ticipate in the operation of certain visitor facili-
ties associated with, but outside the boundaries
of, Rocky Mountain National Park in the State
of Colorado.
Calendar No. 595
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 655
AN ACT
To authorize basic research, development, and dem-
onstration on hydrogen as a fuel, and for other
purposes.
SEPTEMBER 13, 1996
Reported with an amendment
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1994.
SEC. 4. PENALTY-FREE WITHDRAWALS FROM CERTAIN
PLANS TO PAY EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES,
MEDICAL EXPENSES, BUSINESS START-UP EX-
PENSES, AND FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER EX-
PENSES.
(a) EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES AND BUSINESS START-
UP EXPENSES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section
72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to exceptions to 10-percent additional tax on early
distributions from qualified retirement plans) is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) 
DISTRIBUTIONS
FROM
CERTAIN
PLANS FOR EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES AND BUSI-
NESS START-UP EXPENSES.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Distributions to
an individual from an individual retirement
plan, or from amounts attributable to em-
ployer contributions made pursuant to
elective deferrals described in subpara-
graph (A) or (C) of section 402(g)(3) or
105
(e) by redesignating the existing paragraph
(e)(3) as (e)(2).
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2611 
AN ACT 
To designate the headquarters building of the Coast Guard 
on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, 
Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia as 
the ‘‘Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters 
Building’’, 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. DESIGNATION. 
The headquarters building of the Coast Guard on the 
campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue 
Southeast in the District of Columbia shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Head-
quarters Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the building 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters 
Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 16, 2013. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2611 
AN ACT 
To designate the headquarters building of the 
Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 
Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in 
the District of Columbia as the ‘‘Douglas A. 
Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building’’, 
and for other purposes.
H. R. 2611 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen 
An Act 
To designate the headquarters building of the Coast Guard on the campus located 
at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia 
as the ‘‘Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building’’, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The headquarters building of the Coast Guard on the campus 
located at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in 
the District of Columbia shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the building referred to 
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Douglas 
A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
the Administrator, or in the Administrator’s place the
Deputy Administrator, is absent or unable to serve, or
when the offices of the Administrator and the Deputy Ad-
ministrator are vacant. An Assistant Administrator shall
be compensated at the rate prescribed for level IV in the
Executive Schedule.
(d) CHIEF COUNSEL.—There shall be in the Adminis-
tration a Chief Counsel, who shall be appointed by the
Administrator. The Chief Counsel shall be the chief legal
officer for all legal matters arising from the conduct of
the functions of the Administration. The Chief Counsel
shall be compensated at the rate prescribed for level IV
of the Executive Schedule.
(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—There shall be in the Ad-
ministration an Inspector General appointed in accordance
with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
The Inspector General shall be compensated at the rate
prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
(f) LIMITATIONS.—Each of the officers referred to in
this section must be a citizen of the United States. The
Administrator must be a civilian.
SEC. 7. FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATOR.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall be re-
sponsible for the exercise of all powers and the discharge
of all duties of the Administration.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 657
AN ACT
To extend the deadline under the Federal Power
Act applicable to the construction of three hydro-
electric projects in the State of Arkansas.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 657
AN ACT
To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applica-
ble to the construction of three hydroelectric projects
in the State of Arkansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,