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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4511
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the
Federal Motor Carrier Administration from taking action to finalize,
implement, or enforce a rule related to the hours of service of drivers
for motor carriers, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 2000
Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. STUMP, and Mr. GARY MILLER
of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation and the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Administration
from taking action to finalize, implement, or enforce
a rule related to the hours of service of drivers for
motor carriers, 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. PROHIBITION ON ACTIONS TO FINALIZE, IM-
PLEMENT, OR ENFORCE RULE.
Neither the Secretary of Transportation nor the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration may take any action to finalize, implement, or en-
force the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Hours of Service of Driv-
ers’’ published by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-
ministration in the Federal Register on May 2, 2000 (65
Fed. Reg. 25539 et seq.) and issued under authority dele-
gated to the Administrator under section 113 of title 49,
United States Code.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF COMMENT PERIOD.
The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration shall extend by 90 days the period
in which the public may comment on the rule described
in section 1.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4512
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an extension of
time for payment of estate tax for estates with closely held businesses,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2000
Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself and Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
an extension of time for payment of estate tax for estates
with closely held businesses, 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. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF ALLOWABLE PART-
NERS 
AND 
SHAREHOLDERS 
IN 
CLOSELY
HELD BUSINESSES.
Paragraphs (1)(B)(ii), (1)(C)(ii), and (9)(B)(iii)(I) of
section 6166(b) of such Code (relating to definitions and
special rules) are each amended by striking ‘‘15’’ and in-
serting ‘‘75’’.
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SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this bill apply to estates
of decedents dying after the date of enactment of this Act.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4513
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of the African-American Civil War veterans who served with Union forces.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2000
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins
in commemoration of the African-American Civil War
veterans who served with Union forces.
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 ‘‘African-American Civil
War Memorial Commemorative Coin Act’’.
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) $1 SILVER COINS.—In commemoration of Afri-
can-American Civil War veterans who served with Union
forces, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act
referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue not
more than 500,000 1 dollar coins, which shall—
(1) weigh 26.73 grams;
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent
copper.
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of
title 31, United States Code.
(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins
minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-
matic items.
SEC. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.
The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins
under this Act only from stockpiles established under the
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the Af-
rican-American Civil War Memorial.
(2) DESIGNATION
AND
INSCRIPTIONS.—On
each coin minted under this Act there shall be—
(A) a designation of the value of the coin;
(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2001’’; and
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’,
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted
under this Act shall be—
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation
with the African-American Civil War Memorial Free-
dom Foundation and the Commission of Fine Arts;
and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative
Coin Advisory Committee.
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United
States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality
of the coins minted under this Act.
(c) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary
may issue coins minted under this Act beginning January
1, 2001.
(d) TERMINATION
OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No
coins may be minted under this Act after December 31,
2001.
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Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(l) DATA; PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) not later than 30 days following the
application deadline under section 8005(c) for a
fiscal year, require any local educational agency
that applied for a payment under subsection (b)
for the fiscal year to submit such data as may
be necessary in order to compute the payment;
‘‘(B) as soon as possible after the begin-
ning of any fiscal year, but no later than 60
days after the enactment of an Act making ap-
propriations to carry out this title for the fiscal
year, provide a preliminary payment under sub-
section (b) for any local educational agency that
applied for a payment under subsection (b) for
the fiscal year and was eligible for such a pay-
ment for the preceding fiscal year, in the
amount of 60 percent of the payment for the
previous year; and
‘‘(C) provide a final payment under sub-
section (b) for any eligible local educational
agency not later than 12 months after the ap-
plication deadline established under section
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act
shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum
of—
(1) the face value of the coins;
(2) the surcharge provided in subsection (d)
with respect to such coins; and
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery,
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable
discount.
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act
before the issuance of such coins.
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-
sonable discount.
(d) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a sur-
charge of $10 per coin.
SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA-
TIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), no provision of law governing procurement or public
contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods
and services necessary for carrying out the provisions of
this Act.
(b) EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY.—Sub-
section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con-
tract under the authority of this Act from complying with
any law relating to equal employment opportunity.
SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—All surcharges received by the
Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall
be promptly paid by the Secretary to the African-Amer-
ican Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation for the pur-
pose of supporting the construction and maintenance of
an African-American Civil War Memorial and Museum.
(b) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United
States shall have the right to examine such books, records,
documents, and other data of the African-American Civil
War Memorial Freedom Foundation as may be related to
the expenditures of amounts paid under subsection (a).
SEC. 9. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.
(a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en-
sure that minting and issuing coins under this Act will
not result in any net cost to the United States Govern-
ment.
(b) PAYMENT FOR COINS.—A coin shall not be issued
under this Act unless the Secretary has received—
(1) full payment for the coin;
(2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in-
demnify the United States for full payment; or
(3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to
the Secretary from a depository institution whose
deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation or the National Credit Union Ad-
ministration Board.
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘trading fa-
cility’ means a person or group of persons that
constitutes, maintains, or provides a physical or
electronic facility or system in which multiple
participants have the ability to execute or trade
agreements, contracts, or transactions by ac-
cepting bids and offers made by other partici-
pants that are open to multiple participants in
the facility or system.
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘trading fa-
cility’ does not include—
‘‘(i) a person or group of persons sole-
ly because the person or group of persons
constitutes, maintains, or provides an elec-
tronic facility or system that enables par-
ticipants to negotiate the terms of and
enter into bilateral transactions as a result
of communications exchanged by the par-
ties and not from interaction of multiple
bids and multiple offers within a predeter-
mined, nondiscretionary automated trade
matching and execution algorithm;
‘‘(ii) a government securities dealer or
government securities broker, to the extent
that the dealer or broker executes or
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph:
‘‘(1) ‘antitrust laws’ has the meaning given it in
subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act
(15 U.S.C. 12(a)), except that such term includes
section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15
U.S.C. 45) to the extent such section 5 applies to
unfair methods of competition;’’.
SEC. 4. RATE AGREEMENTS.
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 10706 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘: ex-
emption from antitrust laws’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘, and
the Sherman Act’’ and all that follows through ‘‘car-
rying out the agreement’’;
(3) in subsection (a)(3)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘a
Federal law cited in subsection (a)(2)(A) of this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘the antitrust laws’’;
(4) by striking the second sentence of sub-
section (a)(4);
(5) in subsection (a)(5)(A), by striking ‘‘, and
the antitrust laws’’ and all that follows through
‘‘carrying out the agreement’’;
(6) by striking the second sentence of sub-
section (d); and
(7) by striking subsection (e).
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 107 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘: exemption from antitrust laws’’ in
the item relating to section 10706.
SEC. 5. SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.
Section 11321(a) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘, except that rail carriers and
rail transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the
Board shall also be subject to the antitrust laws’’
after ‘‘is exclusive’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘the antitrust laws and from’’;
and
(3) by inserting ‘‘except for the antitrust laws,’’
after ‘‘and municipal law,’’.
SEC. 6. ELECTION OF REMEDIES.
Section 11701 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) A person proceeding against a rail carrier pursu-
ant to subsection (b) may not proceed against the same
rail carrier pursuant to other Federal or State law, and
a person proceeding against a rail carrier under other
Federal or State law may not proceed against a rail carrier
pursuant to subsection (b), with respect to the same
claim.’’.
SEC. 7. CLAYTON ACT AMENDMENTS.
The Clayton Act is amended—
(1) in section 7 (15 U.S.C. 18)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Nor shall anything here-
in’’ and all that follows through ‘‘therein is so
acquired.’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation
Board,’’;
(2) in section 11 (15 U.S.C. 21), by striking
‘‘in the Surface Transportation Board where appli-
cable to common carriers subject to jurisdiction
under subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code;’’;
and
(3) in section 16 (15 U.S.C. 26), by striking
‘‘: Provided, That nothing’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘title 49, United States Code’’.
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progress in implementing the plan described in subsection
(d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting, finan-
cial, information technology, and human resources man-
agement of the Capitol Police, including organizational,
accounting and administrative control, and personnel
changes.
(f) The Chief Administrative Officer shall submit the
plan required in subsection (d) and the report required
in subsection (e) to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate.
(g) As of October 1, 2002, unless otherwise deter-
mined by the Comptroller General, the Chief Administra-
tive Officer established by section (a) will cease to be an
employee of the General Accounting Office and will be-
come an employee of the Capitol Police, and the Capitol
Police Board shall assume all responsibilities of the Comp-
troller General under this section.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES
OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice and Special Services Office, $2,201,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no
ment shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this
account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In-
spector General, $3,249,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of General Counsel, $806,000; for the Office
of the Chaplain, $140,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parlia-
mentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,201,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the House, $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Corrections Calendar Office, $832,000; and for other au-
thorized employees, $213,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $141,764,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$2,235,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits,
$138,726,000; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House,
$393,000.
CHILD CARE CENTER
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited
in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.
184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget
of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. During fiscal year 2001 and any suc-
ceeding fiscal year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives may—
(1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of
severable services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal
year and ends in the next fiscal year to the same ex-
tent as the head of an executive agency under the
authority of section 303L of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.
253l); and
(2) enter into multi-year contracts for the ac-
quisitions of property and nonaudit-related services
to the same extent as executive agencies under the
authority of section 304B of the Federal Property
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‘‘(e) RATABLE REDUCTIONS.—If the sums made
available under subsection (b)(2) for any fiscal year are
insufficient to pay the full amounts that all States are eli-
gible to receive under subsection (d) for such year, the
Secretary shall ratably reduce such amounts for such year.
‘‘SEC. 2012. WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational agency
for a State receiving a grant under section 2011(a) shall—
‘‘(1) set aside 10 percent of the grant funds to
award educator partnership grants under section
2021;
‘‘(2) set aside not more than 5 percent of the
grant funds to carry out activities described the
State plan submitted under section 2013; and
‘‘(3) using the remaining 85 percent of the
grant funds, make subgrants by allocating to each
local educational agency in the State the sum of—
‘‘(A) an amount that bears the same rela-
tionship to 60 percent of the remainder as the
school-age population from families with in-
comes below the poverty line in the area served
by the local educational agency bears to the
school-age population from families with in-
comes below the poverty line in the area served
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progress in implementing the plan described in subsection
(d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting, finan-
cial, information technology, and human resources man-
agement of the Capitol Police, including organizational,
accounting and administrative control, and personnel
changes.
(f) The Chief Administrative Officer shall submit the
plan required in subsection (d) and the report required
in subsection (e) to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate.
(g) As of October 1, 2002, unless otherwise deter-
mined by the Comptroller General, the Chief Administra-
tive Officer established by section (a) will cease to be an
employee of the General Accounting Office and will be-
come an employee of the Capitol Police, and the Capitol
Police Board shall assume all responsibilities of the Comp-
troller General under this section.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES
OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice and Special Services Office, $2,201,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no
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SEC. 5. For each fiscal year (commencing with the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 2001), there is authorized
an expense allowance for the Chairmen of the Majority and
Minority Policy Committees which shall not exceed $3,000
each fiscal year for each such Chairman; and amounts from
such allowance shall be paid to either of such Chairmen
only as reimbursement for actual expenses incurred by him
and upon certification and documentation of such expenses,
and amounts so paid shall not be reported as income and
shall not be allowed as a deduction under the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986.
SEC. 6. (a) The head of the employing office of an em-
ployee of the Senate may, upon termination of employment
of the employee, authorize payment of a lump sum for the
accrued annual leave of that employee if—
(1) the head of the employing office—
(A) has approved a written leave policy au-
thorizing employees to accrue leave and estab-
lishing the conditions upon which accrued leave
may be paid; and
(B) submits written certification to the Fi-
nancial Clerk of the Senate of the number of
days of annual leave accrued by the employee for
which payment is to be made under the written
leave policy of the employing office; and
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cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,352,000; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $668,000; nine minority employees,
$1,229,000; training and program development—majority
$278,000; and training and program development—mi-
nority, $278,000.
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL
For Members’ representational allowances, including
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail,
$410,182,000.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees,
special and select, authorized by House resolutions,
$92,196,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain
available for such salaries and expenses until December
31, 2002.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $20,628,000, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies
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for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall
remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-
cember 31, 2002.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $90,403,000, including: for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including
not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is
for the Family Room, for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, $14,590,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position
of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more
than $750 for official representation and reception ex-
penses, $3,692,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, $58,550,000, of which
$1,054,000 shall remain available until expended, includ-
ing $26,605,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary per-
sonal services of House Information Resources, of which
$26,020,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the
amount provided for House Information Resources,
$6,497,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommuni-
cations: Provided further, That House Information Re-
sources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives and other govern-
mental entities for services provided and such reimburse-
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ment shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this
account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In-
spector General, $3,249,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of General Counsel, $806,000; for the Office
of the Chaplain, $140,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parlia-
mentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,201,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the House, $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Corrections Calendar Office, $832,000; and for other au-
thorized employees, $213,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $141,764,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$2,235,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits,
$138,726,000; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and