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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3718
To limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts with respect to prison release
orders.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 23, 1998
Mr. DELAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts with respect
to prison release orders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON PRISONER RELEASE ORDERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 99 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘§ 1632. Limitation on prisoner release orders
‘‘(a) 
LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 
section
3626(a)(3) of title 18 or any other provision of law, in
a civil action with respect to prison conditions, no court
of the United States or other court listed in section 610
shall have jurisdiction to enter or carry out any prisoner
release order that would result in the release from or non-
admission to a prison, on the basis of prison conditions,
of any person subject to incarceration, detention, or ad-
mission to a facility because of a conviction of a felony
under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction, or a violation
of the terms or conditions of parole, probation, pretrial
release, or a diversionary program, relating to the commis-
sion of a felony under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the terms ‘civil action with respect to pris-
on conditions’, ‘prisoner’, ‘prisoner release order’,
and ‘prison’ have the meanings given those terms in
section 3626(g) of title 18; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘prison conditions’ means condi-
tions of confinement or the effects of actions by gov-
ernment officials on the lives of persons confined in
prison.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 99 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘1632. Limitation on prisoner release orders.’’.
(c) CONSENT DECREES.—
(1) TERMINATION OF EXISTING CONSENT DE-
CREES.—Any consent decree that was entered into
before the date of the enactment of the Prison Liti-
gation Reform Act of 1995, that is in effect on the
day before the date of the enactment of this Act,
and that provides for remedies relating to prison
conditions shall cease to be effective on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub-
section—
(A) the term ‘‘consent decree’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 3626(g) of
title 18, United States Code; and
(B) the term ‘‘prison conditions’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 1632(c) of
title 28, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a) of this section.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3718
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 20, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts with respect
to prison release orders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3718 RFS
ernment officials on the lives of persons confined in
prison.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 99 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘1632. Limitation on prisoner release orders.’’.
(c) CONSENT DECREES.—
(1) TERMINATION OF EXISTING CONSENT DE-
CREES.—Any consent decree that was entered into
before the date of the enactment of the Prison Liti-
gation Reform Act of 1995, that is in effect on the
day before the date of the enactment of this Act,
and that provides for remedies relating to prison
conditions shall cease to be effective on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub-
section—
(A) the term ‘‘consent decree’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 3626(g) of
title 18, United States Code; and
(B) the term ‘‘prison conditions’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 1632(c) of
HR 3718 RFS
title 28, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a) of this section.
Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3719
To authorize the construction of a monument to honor those who have
served the Nation’s civil defense and emergency management programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 23, 1998
Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the construction of a monument to honor those
who have served the Nation’s civil defense and emergency
management programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY.
(a) GRANT OF AUTHORITY.—The United States Na-
tional Civil Defense Monument Commission (in this Act
referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’), a private nonprofit or-
ganization organized under the laws of the State of Mary-
land, is authorized to construct a Monument to honor
those who have served the Nation’s civil defense and emer-
gency management programs.
(b) EXPIRATION.—The authority granted by this sec-
tion shall expire 7 years after the date of the enactment
of this Act, unless before the expiration of such 7-year
period—
(1) the approvals required by sections 2(a) and
(b) have been obtained; and
(2) the construction of the Monument has
begun.
SEC. 2. SITE AND DESIGN.
(a) SITE.—Subject to the approval of the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Com-
mission may select the site upon which the Monument will
be constructed. Such site shall be on Federal land con-
trolled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency at
Emmitsburg, Maryland.
(b) DESIGN.—Subject to the approval of the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Com-
mission may develop the design of the Monument.
SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
The costs of constructing the Monument shall be paid
out of contributions to the Commission.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 371
To expedite the naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla
units in Laos.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. VENTO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To expedite the naturalization of aliens who served with
special guerrilla units in Laos.
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 ‘‘Hmong Veterans’ Nat-
uralization Act of 1997’’.
HR 371 IH
(b) PROOF.—The Immigration and Naturalization
Service shall verify an alien’s service with a guerrilla unit
described in subsection (a) through—
(1) review of refugee processing documentation
for the alien,
(2) the affidavit of the alien’s superior officer,
(3) original documents,
(4) two affidavits from persons who were also
serving with such a special guerrilla unit and who
personally knew of the alien’s service, or
(5) other appropriate proof.
The Service shall liberally construe the provisions of this
subsection to take into account the difficulties inherent in
proving service in such a guerrilla unit.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3720
To repeal the Bilingual Education Act and for certain other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 23, 1998
Mr. DELAY (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. AR-
CHER, Mr. STUMP, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. ROHR-
ABACHER, Mr. PAUL, Mr. HERGER, Mr. CANADY of Florida, and Mr.
HILLEARY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To repeal the Bilingual Education Act and for certain 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 ‘‘English for the Chil-
dren Act’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT.
(a) REPEAL OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT.—The
Bilingual Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is re-
pealed.
(b) TERMINATION OF OFFICE OF BILINGUAL EDU-
CATION AND MINORITY LANGUAGES AFFAIRS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Bilingual Edu-
cation and Minority Languages Affairs in the De-
partment of Education is terminated.
(2) REPEAL
OF
CONFORMING
PROVISIONS.—
Sections 209, 216, and 413(b)(1)(A) of the Depart-
ment of Education Organization Act are repealed.
(c) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—At the end of the transi-
tion period described in subsection (d)(2), the Secretary
shall deposit in the general fund of the Treasury any funds
that have not been awarded or obligated for grants under
the Bilingual Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
(d) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.—
(1) COMPLETION OF PROGRAMS DURING CUR-
RENT SCHOOL YEAR.—Subsection (a) shall not apply
to any program under the Bilingual Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) until completion of the
most recent school year of the program that com-
mences after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSITION TO SPECIAL
ALTERNATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS.—During
the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Education may
assist local educational agencies in the transition of
children enrolled in programs assisted under the Bi-
lingual Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) to
special alternative instructional programs (as such
programs are described in section 7501 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7601) that do not make use of the native
language of the student.
SEC. 3. NONPREEMPTION.
This Act shall not preempt any State law.
SEC. 4. CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring
that a State or local educational agency develop, imple-
ment, provide, or maintain a program of bilingual edu-
cation.
SEC. 5. RELEASE FROM DECREE.
Any consent decree entered into with a State, locality,
or local educational agency and either the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare, or the Department of
Education that requires such State, locality, or local edu-
cational agency to develop, implement, provide, or main-
tain any form of bilingual education is void.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of sec-
tion 2, this Act shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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ticipant, for a high-quality summer employment 
opportunity, which may not— 
(i) be less than 4 weeks; and 
(ii) pay less than the highest of the 
Federal, State, or local minimum wage; 
(B) subsidizes not more than 50 percent of 
the wages of each youth participant from pro-
gram funds; 
(C) funds not less than 50 percent of the 
wages of each youth participant through other 
public, private, or philanthropic funds, which 
may include an employer’s payment of such 
wages; 
(D) provides each employer with coaching 
and mentoring on how to successfully employ 
each youth participant in meaningful work; 
(E) provides each youth participant with 
coaching and mentoring to enhance the summer 
employment opportunity and facilitate the com-
pletion of the program; 
(F) provides each youth participant who 
does not complete the summer employment op-
portunity with coaching and mentoring to facili-
tate re-enrollment and completion of the pro-
gram; 
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(2) by striking the semicolon and inserting ‘‘,
except that in the case of a person who makes con-
tributions aggregating at least $50 but not more
than $200 during the calendar year, the identifica-
tion need include only the name and address of the
person;’’.
SEC. 305. USE OF CANDIDATES’ NAMES.
Section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)) is amended by striking para-
graph (4) and inserting the following:
‘‘(4)(A) The name of each authorized commit-
tee shall include the name of the candidate who au-
thorized the committee under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) A political committee that is not an au-
thorized committee shall not—
‘‘(i) include the name of any candidate in
its name; or
‘‘(ii) except in the case of a national,
State, or local party committee, use the name
of any candidate in any activity on behalf of the
committee in such a context as to suggest that
the committee is an authorized committee of
the candidate or that the use of the candidate’s
name has been authorized by the candidate.’’.
of any candidate for a random audit or inves-
tigation shall be based on criteria adopted by a
vote of at least 4 members of the Commission.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Commission shall
not conduct an audit or investigation of a can-
didate’s authorized committee under subpara-
graph (A) until the candidate is no longer a
candidate for the office sought by the candidate
in an election cycle.
‘‘(C) 
APPLICABILITY.—This 
paragraph
does not apply to an authorized committee of a
candidate for President or Vice President sub-
ject to audit under section 9007 or 9038 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.
(b) EXTENSION OF PERIOD DURING WHICH CAM-
PAIGN AUDITS MAY BE BEGUN.—Section 311(b) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 438(b))
is amended by striking ‘‘6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12
months’’.
SEC. 304. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRIBU-
TIONS OF $50 OR MORE.
Section 304(b)(3)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(3)(A)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$200’’ and inserting ‘‘$50’’;
and
able information on individuals receiving services 
under this Act. 
SEC. 10. EVALUATION AND REPORTS. 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not earlier than 1 year or later 
than 2 years after the end of the award grant period, the 
Secretary of Labor shall conduct an evaluation of the pro-
grams administered under this Act. 
(b) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall transmit to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate not later than 5 years after the end of the 
award grant period, a final report on the results of the 
evaluation conducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘extended-year 
adjusted cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘evidence-based’’, 
‘‘four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘local 
educational agency’’, and ‘‘secondary school’’ have 
the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
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meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(3) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship program’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 171(b) of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3226(b)). 
(4) OTHER WIOA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘adminis-
trative costs’’, ‘‘career and technical education’’, 
‘‘career pathway’’, ‘‘career planning’’, ‘‘community- 
based organization’’, ‘‘Governor’’, ‘‘in-demand indus-
try sector or occupation’’, ‘‘in-school youth’’, ‘‘local 
area’’, ‘‘local board’’, ‘‘low-income individual’’, ‘‘one- 
stop center’’, ‘‘on-the-job training’’, ‘‘outlying area’’, 
‘‘out-of-school youth’’, ‘‘school dropout’’, ‘‘State’’, 
‘‘supportive services’’, ‘‘unemployed individual’’, and 
‘‘unit of general local government’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in section 3 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
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‘‘(B) In addition, on filing a brief in support of
the appeal, $300, and on requesting an oral hearing
in the appeal before the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences, $260.
‘‘(7) On filing each petition for the revival of an
unintentionally abandoned application for a patent
or for the unintentionally delayed payment of the fee
for issuing each patent, $1,210, unless the petition is
filed under section 133 or 151 of this title, in which
case the fee shall be $110.
‘‘(8) For petitions for 1-month extensions of time
to take actions required by the Commissioner in an
application—
‘‘(A) on filing a first petition, $110;
‘‘(B) on filing a second petition, $270; and
‘‘(C) on filing a third petition or subsequent
petition, $490.
‘‘(9) Basic national fee for an international ap-
plication where the Patent and Trademark Office was
the International Preliminary Examining Authority
and the International Searching Authority, $670.
‘‘(10) Basic national fee for an international ap-
plication where the Patent and Trademark Office was
the International Searching Authority but not the
‘‘(2) If the service provider is performing serv-
ices through an entity owned in whole or in part by
such service provider, then the references to ‘service
provider’ in subsections (b) through (d) may include
such entity, provided that the written contract re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) may be
with either the service provider or such entity and
need not be with both.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion—
‘‘(1) SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The term ‘service
provider’ means any individual who performs service
for another person.
‘‘(2) SERVICE RECIPIENT.—Except as provided
in paragraph (5), the term ‘service recipient’ means
the person for whom the service provider performs
such service.
‘‘(3) PAYOR.—Except as provided in paragraph
(5), the term ‘payor’ means the person who pays the
service provider for the performance of such service
in the event that the service recipients do not pay
the service provider.
‘‘(4) IN CONNECTION WITH PERFORMING THE
SERVICE.—The term ‘in connection with performing
the service’ means in connection or related to—
‘‘(A) the actual service performed by the
service provider for the service recipients or for
other persons for whom the service provider has
performed similar service, or
‘‘(B) the operation of the service provider’s
trade or business.
‘‘(5) EXCEPTIONS.—The terms ‘service recipi-
ent’ and ‘payor’ do not include any entity which is
owned in whole or in part by the service provider.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for chapter 25 of such Code is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 3511. Standards for determining whether individuals are
not employees.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this Act shall apply to services performed after December
31, 1998.
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(B) APPOINTMENT
OF
MEMBERS.—The 
commission members shall be appointed as fol-
lows: 
(i) 6 members, 2 from each category 
described in subparagraph (A), shall be ap-
pointed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, 3 of whom shall be ap-
pointed on the recommendation of the ma-
jority leader of the House of Representa-
tives and 3 of whom shall be appointed on 
the recommendation of the minority leader 
of the House of Representatives, with the 
Speaker ensuring that 1 developer of post-
secondary electronic instructional materials 
and 1 manufacturer of related technologies 
are appointed. The Speaker shall also ap-
point 2 additional members, 1 student with 
a disability and 1 faculty member from an 
institution of higher education. 
(ii) 6 members, 2 from each category 
described in subparagraph (A), shall be ap-
pointed by the President pro tempore of 
the Senate, 3 of whom shall be appointed 
on the recommendation of the majority 
leader of the Senate and 3 of whom shall 
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(ii) a statement of policies and proce-
dures the covered person has in place to 
comply with State laws that are applicable 
to the financial innovation. 
(2) 
STATE
EXCEPTION
FOR
CONSUMER 
HARM.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), a State 
may commence an enforcement action against a cov-
ered person with respect to a financial innovation 
that is the subject of an enforceable compliance 
agreement if, in an action brought by the State in 
a court of competent jurisdiction, the court deter-
mines that the agency’s action was arbitrary and ca-
pricious and the financial innovation has substan-
tially harmed consumers within such State. 
(e) ARBITRATION.—A covered person may elect to ar-
bitrate any action initiated by another person relating to 
a financial innovation that is the subject of the enforceable 
compliance agreement. 
SEC. 9. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Financial Sta-
bility Oversight Council shall submit to Congress a report 
on the aggregate impact of enforceable compliance agree-
ments entered into under this Act, which shall include— 
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(1) the number and characteristics of the agree-
ments; 
(2) the most innovative and least burdensome 
tools that the agency’s FSIO has implemented for 
achieving regulatory ends; 
(3) strategies implemented to coordinate and 
facilitate interagency cooperation among agency 
FSIOs; 
(4) the existing Federal and State laws, regula-
tions, or practices (including guidance materials, ex-
aminations, and enforcement proceedings and settle-
ments) that the Financial Stability Oversight Coun-
cil identifies as the most burdensome to innovation 
in developing or providing financial products and 
services, that adversely affect competition in the fi-
nancial services industry, or that restrict improve-
ments for consumers of financial products or serv-
ices; and 
(5) an identification of the overlap or frag-
mentation of regulation of financial products or serv-
ices and recommendations for reducing, consoli-
dating, or eliminating such overlap or fragmentation. 
SEC. 10. FUNDING. 
The costs of carrying out the requirements of this 
Act (except as specified in section 5(g)) shall be split 
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equally between, and paid by, each agency for fiscal years 
2017 through 2021. 
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IIA
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3723
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 13, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses
of the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(A) STAKEHOLDER
GROUPS.—The com-
mission shall be composed of representatives 
from the following categories: 
(i) DISABILITY.—Communities of per-
sons with disabilities for whom the accessi-
bility of postsecondary electronic instruc-
tional materials and related technologies is 
a significant factor in ensuring equal par-
ticipation in higher education, and non-
profit organizations that provide accessible 
electronic materials to these communities. 
(ii) 
HIGHER
EDUCATION.—Higher 
education leadership, which includes: uni-
versity presidents, provosts, deans, vice 
presidents/deans of libraries, chief informa-
tion officers, and other senior institutional 
executives. 
(iii) INDUSTRY.—Relevant industry 
representatives, meaning— 
(I) developers of postsecondary 
electronic instructional materials; and 
(II) manufacturers of related 
technologies. 
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