datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(i) ceases to be used as a nonprofit
center for the interpretation and preserva-
tion of maritime history;
(ii) ceases to be maintained in a man-
ner that ensures its present or future use
as a Coast Guard aid to navigation; or
(iii) ceases to be maintained in a man-
ner consistent with the provisions of the
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
(16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.); or
(B) at least 30 days before that reversion,
the Secretary of Transportation provides writ-
ten notice to the owner that the property is
needed for national security purposes.
(3) MAINTENANCE
OF
NAVIGATION
FUNC-
TIONS.—A conveyance of property under this section
shall be made subject to the conditions that the Sec-
retary of Transportation considers to be necessary to
assure that—
(A) the lights, antennas, sound signal, elec-
tronic navigation equipment, and associated
lighthouse equipment located on the property
conveyed, which are active aids to navigation,
shall continue to be operated and maintained by
the United States for as long as they are need-
ed for this purpose;
(B) the owner of the property may not
interfere or allow interference in any manner
with aids to navigation without express written
permission from the Secretary of Transpor-
tation;
(C) there is reserved to the United States
the right to relocate, replace, or add any aid to
navigation or make any changes to the property
as may be necessary for navigational purposes;
(D) the United States shall have the right,
at any time, to enter the property without no-
tice for the purpose of maintaining aids to navi-
gation; and
(E) the United States shall have an ease-
ment of access to and across the property for
the purpose of maintaining the aids to naviga-
tion in use on the property.
(4) OBLIGATION
LIMITATION.—The owner of
property conveyed under this section is not required
to maintain any active aid to navigation equipment
on the property.
(5) PROPERTY TO BE MAINTAINED IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH CERTAIN LAWS.—The owner of property
conveyed under this section shall maintain the prop-
erty in accordance with the National Historic Pres-
ervation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) and
other applicable laws.
(c) MAINTENANCE STANDARD.—The owner of any
property conveyed under this section, at its own cost and
expense, shall maintain the property in a proper, substan-
tial, and workmanlike manner.
(d) OWNER DEFINED.—For purposes of this section,
the term ‘‘owner’’ means the City of Mukilteo, Washing-
ton, and any successor or assign of the City with respect
to property conveyed to the City under this section.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4208
To provide for full voting representation in the Congress for the District
of Columbia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1998
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for full voting representation in the Congress
for the District of Columbia.
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 ‘‘District of Columbia
Voting Rights Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS FOR DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the com-
munity of American citizens who are residents of the Dis-
trict constituting the seat of government of the United
States shall have full voting representation in the Con-
gress.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall apply with respect to each Congress
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4209
To amend the Arms Export Control Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1998
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on
Banking and Financial Services, and the Budget, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Arms Export Control Act, 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 ‘‘India-Pakistan Sanc-
tions Flexibility Act’’.
SEC. 2. SANCTIONS EXEMPTIONS.
(a) Section 102(b)(2)(D) of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa–1(b)(2)(D)) is amended as fol-
lows—
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(1) in clause (ii) by striking the period and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘, or’’, and
(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following
new clauses:
‘‘(iii) any credit, credit guarantee or finan-
cial assistance provided by the Department of
Agriculture to support the purchase of food or
other agriculture commodity, or
‘‘(iv) credit, credit guarantee, loan, insur-
ance or financial assistance provided by the Ex-
port-Import Bank of the United States or the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation.’’.
(b) Amounts which may be made available by this
Section 102(b)(2)(D)(iii) are designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided, That
such amounts shall be available only to the extent that
an official budget request that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement
as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress.
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SEC. 3. WAIVER AUTHORITY.
(a) The President is authorized to suspend until
March 1, 1999, the application of any sanction or prohibi-
tion (or portions thereof) contained in sections 101 and
102 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 620E(e) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or section 2(b)(4) of
the Export Import Bank Act of 1945 with respect to India
and Pakistan.
(b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall not
apply to the restrictions in section 102(b)(2) (B) and (C)
of the Arms Export Control Act.
(c) The President shall notify the President Pro Tem-
pore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives upon each use of the waiver authority con-
tained in subsection (a) and provide a justification for
each use of such authority.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4211
To establish the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, in association
with the Tuskegee University, in the State of Alabama, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1998
Mr. RILEY (for himself and Mr. HILLIARD) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To establish the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site,
in association with the Tuskegee University, in the State
of Alabama, 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. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘historic site’’
means the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
as established by section 3.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(3) TUSKEGEE AIRMEN.—The term ‘‘Tuskegee
Airmen’’ means the thousands of men and women
who served in America’s African-American Air Force
units of World War II and shared in the Tuskegee
Experience.
(4) 
TUSKEGEE
UNIVERSITY.—The 
term
‘‘Tuskegee University’’ means the institution of
higher education by that name located in the State
of Alabama and founded by Booker T. Washington
in 1881, formerly named Tuskegee Institute.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The struggle of African-Americans for
greater roles in North American military conflicts
spans the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Op-
portunities for African-American participation in the
United States military were always very limited and
controversial. Quotas, exclusion, and racial discrimi-
nation were based on the prevailing attitude in the
United States, particularly on the part of the United
States military, that African-Americans did not pos-
sess the intellectual capacity, aptitude, and skills to
be successful fighters.
(2) By the early 1940’s these perceptions con-
tinued within the United States military. Key lead-
Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11)), completion of
training in duties related to use of the sim-
plified acquisition procedures authorized to be
used under the appointed position (including
any training mandated for such duties by the
Federal Acquisition Regulation) and such addi-
tional requirements, based on the dollar value,
nature, and complexity of the contracts award-
ed or administered pursuant to the appoint-
ment, as may be established by the Federal Ac-
quisition Regulation or the appointing agency
head.
‘‘(ii) For appointments to serve as a con-
tracting officer with authority to award or ad-
minister contracts for amounts above the sim-
plified acquisition threshold as specified in sec-
tion 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy Act—
‘‘(I) completion of the core curriculum
established in the Federal Acquisition Reg-
ulation for contracting officers;
‘‘(II) at least 2 years experience in a
contracting or purchasing position;
‘‘(III) satisfaction of other qualifica-
tion requirements for contracting or pur-
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4212
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to give top performing enter-
prise communities priority for designation as the empowerment zones
authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1998
Mr. SCOTT (for himself, Mr. SISISKY, and Mr. PICKETT) 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 give top
performing enterprise communities priority for designa-
tion as the empowerment zones authorized by the Tax-
payer Relief Act of 1997.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RECOGNITION AND INCENTIVES FOR TOP PER-
FORMING ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES.
(a) PRIORITY GIVEN TO TOP PERFORMING ENTER-
PRISE
COMMUNITIES.—Subparagraph (D) of section
1391(g)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
amount of fees described in subsection (d) to be
paid by each national securities association,
based on the pro rata share of the aggregate
dollar amount of sales of securities described in
subsection (d) for the preceding calendar year,
such that the total fee payments will not ex-
ceed—
‘‘(i) $120,000,000 during fiscal year
1999;
‘‘(ii) $125,000,000 during fiscal year
2000;
‘‘(iii) $135,000,000 during fiscal year
2001;
‘‘(iv) $140,000,000 during fiscal year
2002;
‘‘(v) $150,000,000 during fiscal year
2003;
‘‘(vi) $160,000,000 during fiscal year
2004;
‘‘(vii) $170,000,000 during fiscal year
2005; and
‘‘(viii) $180,000,000 during fiscal
year 2006 and any succeeding fiscal year.
‘‘(B) 
PUBLICATION.—The 
Commission
shall publish annually in the Federal Register
to modifications to eligibility criteria, etc.) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(D) PREVIOUSLY
DESIGNATED
ENTER-
PRISE COMMUNITIES MAY BE INCLUDED.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e)(5)
shall not apply to any enterprise commu-
nity designated under subsection (a) that
is also nominated for designation under
this subsection.
‘‘(ii) 
PRIORITY.—The 
appropriate
Secretary shall give priority to a top per-
forming enterprise community applying for
nomination for designation as an empower-
ment zone under paragraph (1) by reason
of this subparagraph.’’
(b) RECOGNITION
OF TOP PERFORMING ENTER-
PRISE COMMUNITIES.—Section 1391 of such Code (relat-
ing to designation procedure) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) RECOGNITION OF TOP PERFORMING ENTER-
PRISE COMMUNITIES.—For purposes of subsection (g)—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate Secretary
shall recognize annually the top performing enter-
prise communities.
‘‘(2) TOP
PERFORMING
ENTERPRISE
COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘top performing enterprise commu-
nity’ means an enterprise community that, as deter-
mined by the appropriate Secretary, has completed
or made substantial progress toward the achieve-
ment of substantially all benchmarks specified in the
application for designation under this section.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the amend-
ments made by section 952 of the Taxpayer Relief Act
of 1997.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4213
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide for an annual
limit on the amount of certain fees which may be collected by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1998
Mr. SOLOMON (for himself and Mr. MENENDEZ) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide
for an annual limit on the amount of certain fees which
may be collected by the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission.
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 ‘‘Savings and Invest-
ment Relief Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. TRANSACTION FEES.
Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78ee) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON TRANSACTION FEES.—
‘‘(1) EXCHANGE TRADED AND EXCHANGE REG-
ISTERED SECURITIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall
for each fiscal year prescribe a limitation on the
amount of fees described in subsections (b) and
(c) to be paid by each national securities ex-
change and each national securities association,
based on the pro rata share of the aggregate
dollar amount of sales of securities described in
subsections (b) and (c) for the preceding cal-
endar year, such that the total fee payments
will not exceed—
‘‘(i) $150,000,000 during fiscal year
1999;
‘‘(ii) $155,000,000 during fiscal year
2000;
‘‘(iii) $165,000,000 during fiscal year
2001;
‘‘(iv) $170,000,000 during fiscal year
2002;
‘‘(v) $180,000,000 during fiscal year
2003;
‘‘(vi) $190,000,000 during fiscal year
2004;
‘‘(vii) $200,000,000 during fiscal year
2005; and
‘‘(viii) $210,000,000 during fiscal
year 2006 and any succeeding fiscal year.
‘‘(B) 
PUBLICATION.—The 
Commission
shall publish annually in the Federal Register
notice of the fee limitations described in this
paragraph.
‘‘(C) FEE ADJUSTMENTS.—Each national
securities exchange and each national securities
association shall adopt rules to implement the
provisions of this subsection. Such rules shall
provide a reduction from the fee amount other-
wise described in subsections (b) and (c), for all
market participants, including (but not limited
to), individual investors, pension funds, mutual
fund investors, and market professionals.
‘‘(2) OFF-EXCHANGE
TRADES
OF
LAST-SALE-
REPORTED SECURITIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall
for each fiscal year prescribe a limitation on the
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4214
To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit
the use of ‘‘cold-call’’ marketing of Medicare+Choice plans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1998
Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BROWN
of Ohio, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. FILNER, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. FROST, and Mr.
MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act
to prohibit the use of ‘‘cold-call’’ marketing of
Medicare+Choice plans.
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 ‘‘Medicare+Choice
Cold-Calling Prohibition Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF COLD-CALL MARKETING OF
MEDICARE+CHOICE PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1851(h)(4) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–21(h)(4)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A),
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(C) shall include a prohibition against, di-
rectly or indirectly, conducting door-to-door, tel-
ephonic, or other ‘cold-call’ marketing of enroll-
ment under this part.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to marketing of enrollment con-
ducted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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extent permitted under State law) in consultation with the
patient to be medically appropriate.
‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—A group health plan and a
health insurance issuer offering group health insurance
coverage in connection with a group health plan (including
a self-insured issuer) may not—
‘‘(1) deny to an individual eligibility, or contin-
ued eligibility, to enroll or to renew coverage under
the terms of the plan, solely for the purpose of
avoiding the requirements of this section;
‘‘(2) provide monetary payments or rebates to
an individual to encourage the individual to accept
less than the minimum protections available under
this section;
‘‘(3) penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the
reimbursement of an attending provider because
such provider provided care to an individual partici-
pant or beneficiary in accordance with this section;
‘‘(4) provide incentives (monetary or otherwise)
to an attending provider to induce such provider to
provide care to an individual participant or bene-
ficiary in a manner inconsistent with this section; or
‘‘(5) subject to subsection (c)(4), restrict bene-
fits for any portion of a period within a hospital
length of stay required under subsection (a) in a
manner which is less favorable than the benefits pro-
vided for any preceding portion of such stay.
‘‘(c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—
‘‘(1) NO REQUIREMENT TO STAY.—Nothing in
this section shall be construed to require an individ-
ual who is a participant or beneficiary to stay in the
hospital for a fixed period of time for any procedure.
‘‘(2) NO EFFECT ON REQUIREMENTS FOR MINI-
MUM HOSPITAL STAY FOLLOWING BIRTH.—Nothing
in this section shall be construed as modifying the
requirements of section 2704.
‘‘(3) NONAPPLICABILITY.—This section shall
not apply with respect to any group health plan, or
any group health insurance coverage offered by a
health insurance issuer (including a self-insured
issuer), which does not provide benefits for hospital
lengths of stay.
‘‘(4) COST-SHARING.—Nothing in this section
shall be construed as preventing a group health
plan, or a health insurance issuer offering group
health insurance coverage in connection with a group
health plan (including a self-insured issuer), from
imposing deductibles, coinsurance, or other cost-
sharing in relation to benefits for hospital lengths of
stay under the plan, health insurance coverage of-
(2) An estimated 184,300 new invasive cases of
breast cancer occurred in the United States during
1996.
(3) An estimated 44,560 women died of breast
cancer during 1996.
(4) There is no cure for breast cancer.
(5) Early detection is the key to survival of this
devastating disease.
(6) Mammography is recognized as a valuable
diagnostic technique for the detection of breast can-
cer.
(7) The American Cancer Society recommends
that asymptomatic women have a screening mammo-
gram by age 40 and a screening mammogram every
1 to 2 years between the ages of 40 and 49.
(8) The American Cancer Society and the Na-
tional Cancer Institute recommend an annual mam-
mogram for women over age 50.
(9) Lower-income women are often unable to
afford recommended cancer screening.
(10) Many lower-income women receive health
care benefits under the medicaid program.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4215
To require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan to ensure
that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States Enrichment
Corporation for the disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride will
be used to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1998
Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself and Mr. STRICKLAND) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition
to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress
a plan to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books
of the United States Enrichment Corporation for the
disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride will be used
to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORATION.
(a) PLAN.—The Secretary of Energy shall prepare,
and the President shall include in the budget request for
fiscal year 2000, a plan and proposed legislation to ensure
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that all amounts accrued on the books of the United
States Enrichment Corporation for the disposition of de-
pleted uranium hexafluoride will be used to commence con-
struction of, not later than January 31, 2004, and to oper-
ate, an onsite facility at each of the gaseous diffusion
plants at Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, to
treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride.
(b) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding privatization or
any other provision of law, including section 3116 of the
United States Enrichment Corporation Privatization Act,
no amounts described in subsection (a) shall be withdrawn
from the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund es-
tablished by section 1308 of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297b–7) or the Working Capital Ac-
count established under section 1316 of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297b–15) and shall remain
in effect until the date that is 1 year after the date on
which the President submits to Congress the budget re-
quest for fiscal year 2000.
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