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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 704
To require the general application of the antitrust laws to major league
baseball, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 12, 1997
Mr. BUNNING (for himself and Mr. Conyers) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To require the general application of the antitrust laws to
major league baseball, 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 ‘‘Major League Baseball
Antitrust Reform Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS TO PRO-
FESSIONAL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 27. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the antitrust
laws shall apply to the business of professional major
league baseball.
‘‘(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to af-
fect—
‘‘(1) the applicability or nonapplicability of the
antitrust laws to professional baseball’s amateur
draft, the minor league reserve clause, the Profes-
sional Baseball Agreement, or any other matter re-
lating to the minor leagues;
‘‘(2) the applicability or nonapplicability of the
antitrust laws to any restraint by professional base-
ball on franchise relocation; or
‘‘(3) the application of Public Law 87–331 (15
U.S.C. 1291 et seq.) (commonly known as the
Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961).’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 705
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application
of the passive loss limitations to equine activities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 12, 1997
Mr. BUNNING 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 modify
the application of the passive loss limitations to equine
activities.
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 ‘‘Equine Tax Fairness
Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF PASSIVE LOSS LIMITATIONS TO
EQUINE ACTIVITIES.
(a) DETERMINATION
OF
MATERIAL
PARTICIPA-
TION.—Subsection (h) of section 469 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 (defining material participation) is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(6) TREATMENT OF EQUINE ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A taxpayer shall be
treated as materially participating in an equine
activity for a taxable year if—
‘‘(i) the taxpayer’s participation in
such activity for such year constitutes sub-
stantially all of the participation in the ac-
tivity of all individuals for such year, other
than individuals—
‘‘(I) who are not owners of inter-
est in the activity,
‘‘(II) who are retained and com-
pensated directly by the taxpayer, and
‘‘(III) whose activities are subject
to the oversight, supervision, and con-
trol of the taxpayer, or
‘‘(ii) based on all of the facts and cir-
cumstances, the taxpayer participates in
the activity on a regular, continuous, and
substantial basis during such year, except
that for purposes of this clause—
‘‘(I) the taxpayer shall not be re-
quired to participate in the activity
for any minimum period of time dur-
ing such year, and
‘‘(II) the performance of services
by individuals who are not owners of
interests in the activity shall not be
considered if such services are rou-
tinely provided by individuals special-
izing in such services and such serv-
ices are subject to the oversight, su-
pervision, and control of the taxpayer.
‘‘(B) PARTNERS
AND
S
CORPORATION
SHAREHOLDERS.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the determination of whether a partner or S
corporation shareholder shall be treated as ma-
terially participating in any equine activity of
the partnership or S corporation shall be based
upon the combined participation of all of the
partners or shareholders in the activity.
‘‘(C) EQUINE ACTIVITY.—For purposes of
this paragraph, the term ‘equine activity’ means
breeding, racing, or showing horses.’’
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new sources of financing available for the develop-
ment of infrastructure facilities, and to facilitate the
use and issuance of public benefit bonds.
(2) To establish a subsidiary of the Corpora-
tion, the National Infrastructure Insurance Corpora-
tion, to issue insurance, reinsurance and related un-
dertakings in respect of the issuance of obligations
related to the development of infrastructure facili-
ties.
(3) To establish a category of financial instru-
ment to be known as ‘‘public benefit bonds’’ de-
signed to help facilitate pension plan investment in
the development of infrastructure facilities.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
The following definitions shall apply for purposes of
this Act unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’
means the National Infrastructure Development
Corporation established under section 5(a).
(2) DEVELOPMENT.—The terms ‘‘development’’
and ‘‘develop’’ mean, with respect to an infrastruc-
ture facility, any—
(A) preconstruction planning, feasibility re-
view, permitting and design work and other
preconstruction activities;
‘‘(2) MEMBERS EX OFFICIO.—Federal agency
members shall include the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency or a designee, the
Secretary of Energy or a designee, the Secretary of
Agriculture or a designee, and the Assistant to the
President for Science and Technology or a designee.
‘‘(3) APPOINTED MEMBERS.—Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of the National
Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1997, in
consultation with the Association, the Secretary shall
appoint to the advisory committee 2 representatives
from the Survey (including the Chief Geologist, as
Chairman), 2 representatives from the State geologi-
cal surveys, 1 representative from academia, and 1
representative from the private sector.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ‘‘and State’’
and inserting ‘‘, State, and university’’.
(d) GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.—Section 6 of the National Geologic Mapping Act
of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31e) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘cooperative’’
after ‘‘national’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (3)(C) and inserting
the following:
National Park Service, the public, local government,
and landowners in the area.
SEC. 2. STUDY OF GRAZING USE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall
conduct a study concerning grazing use in Grand Teton
National Park, Wyoming, and associated use of certain
agricultural and ranch lands, within and adjacent to the
Park, including—
(1) base land having appurtenant grazing privi-
leges within Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming,
remaining after January 1, 1990, under the provi-
sions of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a new
Grand Teton National Park in the State of Wyo-
ming, and for other purposes’’, approved September
14, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 406d–1 et seq.); and
(2) any ranch and agricultural land adjacent to
the Park, the use and disposition of which may af-
fect the accomplishment of the purposes of the Act.
(b) PURPOSE.—The study shall—
(1) determine the significance of the ranching
use and pastoral character of the land (including
open vistas, wildlife habitat, and other public bene-
fits);
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 708
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study concerning
grazing use of certain land within and adjacent to Grand Teton National
Park, Wyoming, and to extend temporarily certain grazing privileges.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 12, 1997
Mrs. CUBIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study
concerning grazing use of certain land within and adja-
cent to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, and to
extend temporarily certain grazing privileges.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) open space near Grand Teton National
Park continues to decline;
(2) as the population continues to grow in
Teton County, Wyoming, undeveloped land near the
Park becomes more scarce;
(3) the loss of open space around Teton Park
has negative impacts on wildlife migration routes in
the area and on visitors to the Park, and its reper-
cussions can be felt throughout the entire region;
(4) a few ranches make up Teton Valley’s re-
maining open space, and the ranches depend on
grazing in Grand Teton National Park for summer
range to maintain operations;
(5) the Act that created Grand Teton National
Park allowed several permittees to continue livestock
grazing in the Park for the life of a designated heir
in the family;
(6) the last remaining heirs have died, and as
a result the open space around the Park will most
likely be subdivided and developed;
(7) in order to develop the best solution to pro-
tect open space immediately adjacent to Grand
Teton National Park, the Park Service should con-
duct a study of grazing in the area and its impact
on open space in the region; and
(8) the study should develop workable solutions
that are fiscally responsible and acceptable to the
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after the transition date, the Corporation shall
not issue any debt security under subsection
(a)(2) without the prior consent of the Sec-
retary.
(4) CONDITION
ON
VOTING
EQUITY
ISSU-
ANCE.—Before the transition date, the Corporation
shall not issue any voting security to any entity
other than the Secretary, and, on and after the tran-
sition date, the issuance of any such security shall
be subject to the provisions of section 13.
(5) SALE OF VOTING SECURITIES OF THE IN-
SURANCE
CORPORATION.—Before 
the 
transition
date, voting securities of the Insurance Corporation
purchased by the Corporation may not be sold or
otherwise transferred by the Corporation.
(6) INVESTMENTS CONSISTENT WITH PURPOSES
OF CORPORATION.—In order to achieve the Corpora-
tion’s purpose of effectively leveraging limited Fed-
eral resources with other public and private sources
of capital, the Corporation shall seek to maintain a
significant proportion of the Corporation’s infra-
structure investments in—
(A) subordinated securities; and
(2) determine the significance of that use and
character to the purposes for which Grand Teton
National Park was established;
(3) identify any need for preservation of, and
practicable means of preserving, the land that is
necessary to protect that use and character; and
(4) estimate the costs of implementing any rec-
ommendations made for the preservation of the land.
(c) PARTICIPATION.—In conducting the study, the
Secretary of the Interior shall seek participation from the
Governor of the State of Wyoming, the Teton County
Commissioners, the Secretary of Agriculture, affected land
owners, and other interested members of the public.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit
a report to Congress that contains the findings of the
study under subsection (a), and makes recommendations
to Congress regarding action that may be taken with re-
spect to the land described in subsection (a).
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF GRAZING PRIVILEGES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall reinstate and extend for the
duration of the study described in section 2(a), the grazing
privileges described in section 2(a)(1), under the terms
and conditions as were in effect prior to the expiration
of the privileges.
(b) EFFECT OF CHANGE IN LAND USE.—If, during
the period of the study, any portion of the land described
in section 1(a)(1) is disposed of in a manner that would
result in the land no longer being used for ranching or
other agricultural purposes, the Secretary of the Interior
shall cancel the extension described in subsection (a).
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 709
AN ACT
To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic
Mapping Act of 1992, and for other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 709
AN ACT
To reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping
Act of 1992, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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(i) the terms and conditions and fi-
nancial structure of the proposed financ-
ing;
(ii) the financial assumptions and pro-
jections on which the project is based; and
(iii) based on consideration of clauses
(i) and (ii), whether the infrastructure fa-
cility will have the capacity to be self-sup-
porting.
(C) The likelihood that the provision of as-
sistance by the Corporation or the Insurance
Corporation will cause such development to pro-
ceed more promptly and with lower costs for fi-
nancing to the public and private entities en-
gaged in developing such infrastructure facility
than would be the case without such assistance.
(D) The extent to which the provision of
assistance by the Corporation or the Insurance
Corporation maximizes the level of private in-
vestment in such infrastructure facility.
(3) LIMITATION
ON
CONDITIONS.—The Cor-
poration and the Insurance Corporation shall not
condition the approval of financial assistance for the
development of any infrastructure facility on a re-
quirement that a pension plan of a State or political
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(II) by striking ‘‘Committee on Natural
Resources’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Committee 
on
Resources’’;
(III) in clauses (i) and (ii) by inserting ‘‘and
the Association’’ after ‘‘the Survey’’;
(IV) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii);
and
(V) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of clause
(iii) and all that follows through the end of the
subparagraph and inserting a period;
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(i) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE
SECRETARY.—’’ before ‘‘In addition to’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘State
geological surveys’’ and inserting ‘‘Association’’; and
(D) by single-indenting the paragraph and double-
indenting the subparagraphs;
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘interpretive’’ and
inserting ‘‘interpretative’’; and
(B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘awareness for’’ and
inserting ‘‘awareness of ’’; and
(4) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘FEDERAL COMPO-
NENT.—’’ before ‘‘A Federal’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘SUPPORT COMPONENT.—’’ before
‘‘A geologic’’; and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(D) geochronologic and isotopic investigations that—
‘‘(i) provide radiometric age dates for geologic-map
units; and
‘‘(ii) 
fingerprint 
the 
geothermometry,
geobarometry, and alteration history of geologic-map
units,
which investigations shall be contributed to a national
geochronologic data base;’’;
(C) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘STATE
COMPO-
NENT.—’’ before ‘‘A State’’; and
(D) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(4) EDUCATION
COMPONENT.—A geologic mapping edu-
cation component—
‘‘(A) the objectives of which shall be—
‘‘(i) to develop the academic programs that teach
earth-science students the fundamental principles of
geologic mapping and field analysis; and
‘‘(ii) to provide for broad education in geologic
mapping and field analysis through support of field
studies;
‘‘(B) investigations under which shall be integrated
with the other mapping components of the geologic mapping
program and shall respond to priorities identified for those
components; and
‘‘(C) Federal funding for which shall be matched by
non-Federal sources on a 1-to-1 basis.’’.
‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out the national cooperative geologic
mapping program under this Act—
‘‘(1) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
‘‘(2) $28,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(3) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount of funds
that are appropriated under subsection (a) for any
fiscal year up to the amount that is equal to the
amount appropriated to carry out the national coop-
erative geologic mapping program for fiscal year
1996—
‘‘(A) not less than 20 percent shall be allo-
cated to State mapping activities; and
‘‘(B) not less than 2 percent shall be allo-
cated to educational mapping activities.
‘‘(2) INCREASED
APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the
amount of funds that are appropriated under sub-
section (a) for any fiscal year up to the amount that
exceeds the amount appropriated to carry out the
national cooperative geologic mapping program for
fiscal year 1996—
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 1998—
‘‘(i) 75 percent shall be allocated for
Federal mapping and support mapping ac-
tivities;
‘‘(ii) 23 percent shall be allocated for
State mapping activities; and
‘‘(iii) 2 percent shall be allocated for
educational mapping activities;
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 1999—
‘‘(i) 74 percent shall be allocated for
Federal mapping and support mapping ac-
tivities;
‘‘(ii) 24 percent shall be allocated for
State mapping activities; and
‘‘(iii) 2 percent shall be allocated for
educational mapping activities; and
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2000—
‘‘(i) 73 percent shall be allocated for
Federal mapping and support mapping ac-
tivities;
‘‘(ii) 25 percent shall be allocated for
State mapping activities; and
‘‘(iii) 2 percent shall be allocated for
educational mapping activities.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 11,
1997.
Attest:
Clerk.
Mapping 
Reauthorization 
Act 
of
1997’’;
(iv) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) by striking ‘‘State geological
surveys’’ and inserting ‘‘Association’’;
and
(II) by striking ‘‘date of enact-
ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘date
of enactment of the National Geologic
Mapping 
Reauthorization 
Act 
of
1997’’; and
(v) in subparagraph (C)—
(I) by striking ‘‘date of enactment
of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘date of en-
actment of the National Geologic Map-
ping Reauthorization Act of 1997’’;
(II) by striking ‘‘Committee on
Natural 
Resources’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘Committee on Resources’’;
(III) in clauses (i) and (ii) by in-
serting ‘‘and the Association’’ after
‘‘the Survey’’;
(IV) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end
of clause (ii); and
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‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out the national cooperative geologic
mapping program under this Act—
‘‘(1) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
‘‘(2) $28,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
‘‘(3) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount of funds
that are appropriated under subsection (a) for any
fiscal year up to the amount that is equal to the
amount appropriated to carry out the national coop-
erative geologic mapping program for fiscal year
1996—
‘‘(A) not less than 20 percent shall be allo-
cated to State mapping activities; and
‘‘(B) not less than 2 percent shall be allo-
cated to educational mapping activities.
‘‘(2) INCREASED
APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the
amount of funds that are appropriated under sub-
section (a) for any fiscal year up to the amount that
exceeds the amount appropriated to carry out the
national cooperative geologic mapping program for
fiscal year 1996—
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 1998—
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‘‘(i) 75 percent shall be allocated for
Federal mapping and support mapping ac-
tivities;
‘‘(ii) 23 percent shall be allocated for
State mapping activities; and
‘‘(iii) 2 percent shall be allocated for
educational mapping activities;
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 1999—
‘‘(i) 74 percent shall be allocated for
Federal mapping and support mapping ac-
tivities;
‘‘(ii) 24 percent shall be allocated for
State mapping activities; and
‘‘(iii) 2 percent shall be allocated for
educational mapping activities; and
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2000—
‘‘(i) 73 percent shall be allocated for
Federal mapping and support mapping ac-
tivities;
‘‘(ii) 25 percent shall be allocated for
State mapping activities; and
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‘‘(iii) 2 percent shall be allocated for
educational mapping activities.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 11,
1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal
year 2005 shall be available for obligations for administra-
tive expenses in excess of $266,330,000: Provided further,
That obligations in excess of such amount may be incurred
after approval by the Office of Management and Budget
and the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employment Stand-
ards Administration, including reimbursement to State,
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec-
tion services rendered, $400,797,000, together with
$2,021,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund
in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: Pro-
vided, That $1,250,000 shall be for the development of
an alternative system for the electronic submission of re-
ports required to be filed under the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, and
for a computer database of the information for each sub-
mission by whatever means, that is indexed and easily
searchable by the public via the Internet: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept, re-
tain, and spend, until expended, in the name of the De-
may, in the committee’s discretion and on the
committee’s own initiative, consult with the
board of directors as the committee sees fit.
(C) LIMITATION ON CONSULTATION.—No
nonofficer director of the Corporation who has,
or is affiliated with a person who has, an inter-
est in any project under consideration for as-
sistance under this Act shall participate in any
consultation under subparagraph (B) with re-
spect to such project.
(14) MEETINGS.—The board of directors shall
meet at any time pursuant to the call of the chair-
person or a majority of the directors and as provided
by the bylaws of the Corporation, but not less than
once each calendar quarter.
(15) DUTIES.—In addition to any duties estab-
lished under this Act and the bylaws of the Corpora-
tion, the board of directors shall determine the gen-
eral policies which shall govern the operations of the
Corporation in accordance with this Act.
(16) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—The board
of directors may delegate duties and powers of the
board to such committees of the board as the board
may determine to be appropriate.
(b) OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION.—
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limitation, for carrying out its purposes, functions and
powers, including the investment and reinvestment of
these funds as permitted in this Act, and which shall not
be subject to apportionment under subchapter II of chap-
ter 15 of title 31. The Secretary of the Treasury, in con-
sultation with the board of directors of the Corporation,
shall invest amounts in the account in public debt securi-
ties with maturities suitable to the needs of the account
and bearing interest at rates determined by the Secretary,
taking into consideration current market yields on out-
standing marketable obligations of the United States of
comparable maturities.
SEC. 20. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FEDERAL ASSIST-
ANCE.
Except as otherwise specifically provided by sections
13 and 19, NIC shall receive no appropriations, loans, or
other financial assistance from the Federal Government.
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