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(b) REQUIRED CONTENT.— At a minimum, the report
shall address the following issues:
(1) Whether any change is needed in the process
of coding military equipment for demilitarization
during the acquisition process.
(2) Whether any change is needed to improve
methods used for the demilitarization of specific types
of military equipment.
(3) Whether any change is needed in the pen-
alties that are applicable to Federal Government em-
ployees or contractor employees who fail to comply
with rules or procedures applicable to the demili-
tarization of excess materials.
(4) Whether provision has been made for suffi-
cient supervision and oversight of the demilitarization
of excess materials by purchasers of the materials.
(5) Whether any additional controls are needed
to prevent the inappropriate transfer of excess mate-
rials overseas.
(6) Whether the Department should—
(A) identify categories of materials that are
particularly vulnerable to improper use; and
(B) provide for enhanced review of the sale
or other disposal of such materials.
‘‘(A) the insurance producer fails to meet 
the applicable membership criteria or other 
standards established by the Association; 
‘‘(B) the insurance producer has been sub-
ject to disciplinary action pursuant to a final 
adjudicatory proceeding under the jurisdiction 
of a State insurance regulator; 
‘‘(C) an insurance license held by the in-
surance producer has been suspended or re-
voked by a State insurance regulator; or 
‘‘(D) the insurance producer has been con-
victed of a crime that would have resulted in 
the denial of membership pursuant to sub-
section (a)(4)(L)(i) at the time of application, 
and the Association has received a copy of the 
final disposition from a court of competent ju-
risdiction. 
‘‘(2) VIOLATIONS
OF
ASSOCIATION
STAND-
ARDS.—The Association shall have the power to in-
vestigate alleged violations of Association standards. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Association shall imme-
diately notify the States (including State insurance 
regulators) and the NAIC when the membership of 
an insurance producer has been placed on probation 
or has been suspended, revoked, or otherwise termi-
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(e) START TREATIES DEFINED.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty’’
means the Treaty Between the United States of Amer-
ica and the United Soviet Socialist Republics on the
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive
Arms (START), signed at Moscow on July 31, 1991,
including related annexes on agreed statements and
definitions, protocols, and memorandum of under-
standing.
(2) The term ‘‘START II Treaty’’ means the
Treaty Between the United States of America and the
Russian Federation on Further Reduction and Limi-
tation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed at Moscow
on January 3, 1993, including the following protocols
and memorandum of understanding, all such docu-
ments being integral parts of and collectively referred
to as the ‘‘START II Treaty’’ (contained in Treaty
Document 103–1):
(A) The Protocol on Procedures Governing
Elimination of Heavy ICBMs and on Procedures
Governing Conversion of Silo Launchers of
Heavy ICBMs Relating to the Treaty Between
the United States of America and the Russian
Federation on Further Reduction and Limita-
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tion of Strategic Offensive Arms (also known as
the ‘‘Elimination and Conversion Protocol’’).
(B) The Protocol on Exhibitions and In-
spections of Heavy Bombers Relating to the
Treaty Between the United States and the Rus-
sian Federation on Further Reduction and Lim-
itation of Strategic Offensive Arms (also known
as the ‘‘Exhibitions and Inspections Protocol’’).
(C) The Memorandum of Understanding on
Warhead Attribution and Heavy Bomber Data
Relating to the Treaty Between the United
States of America and the Russian Federation
on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strate-
gic Offensive Arms (also known as the ‘‘Memo-
randum on Attribution’’).
SEC. 1055. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF LANDING FEES FOR
USE OF OVERSEAS MILITARY AIRFIELDS BY
CIVIL AIRCRAFT.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 2350j of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
subsections (g) and (h), and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following
new subsection (f):
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(3) 15 percent shall be used for competitive
grants to local educational agencies under section
127.
PART 2—GRANTS TO STATES
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
SEC. 111. (a) FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.—Sub-
ject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall allocate the
funds available under section 105(b)(1) among the States
in proportion to the relative amounts each State would
have received for Basic Grants under subpart 2 of part
A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331 et seq.) for the most recent
fiscal year if the Secretary had disregarded the numbers
of children counted under that subpart who were enrolled
in schools of local educational agencies that are eligible
to receive direct grants under section 126 of this Act.
(b) ADJUSTMENTS
TO
ALLOCATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall adjust the allocations under subsection (a),
as necessary, to ensure that, of the total amount allocated
to States under subsection (a) and to local educational
agencies under section 126, the percentage allocated to a
State under this section and to localities in the State
under section 126 is at least the minimum percentage for
the State described in section 1124(d) of the Elementary
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1100
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1997
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GOODLING, Mr.
PITTS, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. COBLE, Mr.
SOUDER, Mr. METCALF, Mr. BALDACCI, and Mr. CAMP) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Oversight,
and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of
Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUST-
MENTS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and
(2) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) The’’ and inserting
‘‘The’’;
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A)
through (C) as paragraphs (1) through (3), re-
spectively; and
(C) by striking ‘‘, as adjusted by para-
graph (2) of this subsection’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1101
To provide for a project to demonstrate the application of telemedicine and
medical informatics to improving the quality and cost-effectiveness in
the delivery of health care services under the Medicare Program and
other health programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1997
Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself and Mr. RANGEL) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to
the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide for a project to demonstrate the application of
telemedicine and medical informatics to improving the
quality and cost-effectiveness in the delivery of health
care services under the Medicare Program and other
health programs.
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 Telemedicine
and Medical Informatics Demonstration Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. INFORMATICS, TELEMEDICINE, AND EDUCATION
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
(a) PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under section 1142 of the
Social Security Act and consistent with this section,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
through the Agency for Health Care Policy and Re-
search, shall make a grant to an eligible grantee to
provide for a project to demonstrate the application
of high-capacity computing and advanced networks
to the provision of health care to both residents of
medically underserved rural areas and residents of
medically underserved inner-city areas.
(2) FOCUS.—The project shall focus on—
(A) improvements in primary care (and
prevention of complications) for those residents
with diabetes, and
(B) those residents who are Medicare bene-
ficiaries.
(3) DURATION OF PROJECT.—The project shall
be conducted over a 4-year period.
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; MED-
ICARE
AND
MEDICAID
WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—The
total amount of Federal expenditures that may be
provided pursuant to this section under the project
shall not exceed $30,000,000. Subject to such limi-
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(2) If the State educational agency is not the State
agency designated under section 112, the designated agen-
cy shall consult with the State educational agency and ob-
tain its approval before submitting the State’s application.
(c) STATE SURVEY.—(1) Before submitting the
State’s application, the State agency designated under sec-
tion 112, with the involvement of local school officials and
experts in building construction and management, shall
survey the needs throughout the State (including in local-
ities receiving grants under part 3) for construction and
renovation of school facilities, including, at a minimum—
(A) the overall condition of school facilities in
the State, including health and safety problems;
(B) the capacity of the schools in the State to
house projected enrollments; and
(C) the extent to which the schools in the State
offer the physical infrastructure needed to provide a
high-quality education to all students.
(2) A State need not conduct a new survey under
paragraph (1) if it has previously completed a survey that
meets the requirements of that paragraph and that the
Secretary finds is sufficiently recent for the purpose of
carrying out this part.
(d) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—Each State applica-
tion under this part shall include—
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PART 3—DIRECT GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES
ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES
SEC. 121. (a) ELIGIBLE AGENCIES.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), the local educational agencies that
are eligible to receive formula grants under section 126
and competitive grants under section 127 from the Sec-
retary are the 100 local educational agencies with the larg-
est numbers of children aged 5 through 17 from families
living below the poverty level, as determined by the Sec-
retary using the most recent data available from the De-
partment of Commerce that are satisfactory to the Sec-
retary.
(b) CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS INELIGIBLE.—For the
purpose of this part, the local educational agencies for Ha-
waii and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are not eligi-
ble local educational agencies.
GRANTEES
SEC. 122. For each local educational agency de-
scribed in section 121(a) for which an approvable applica-
tion is submitted, the Secretary shall make any grant
under this part to the local educational agency or to an-
other public agency, on behalf of the local educational
agency, if the Secretary determines, on the basis of the
local educational agency’s recommendation, that the other
agency is better able to carry out activities under this part.
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ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS
SEC. 123. Each grantee under this part shall use its
grant only for one or more of the following activities to
reduce the cost of financing eligible school construction
projects described in section 124:
(1) Providing a portion of the interest cost (or
of any other financing cost approved by the Sec-
retary) on bonds, certificates of participation, pur-
chase or lease arrangements, or other forms of in-
debtedness issued or entered into by a local edu-
cational agency or other unit or agency of local gov-
ernment for the purpose of financing eligible school
construction projects.
(2) Local expenditures approved by the Sec-
retary for credit enhancement for the debt or financ-
ing instruments described in paragraph (1).
(3) Other local expenditures approved by the
Secretary that leverage funds for additional school
construction.
ELIGIBLE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; REDISTRIBUTION
SEC. 124. (a) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A grantee
under this part may use its grant, in accordance with sec-
tion 123, to subsidize the cost of the activities described
in section 114(a) for projects that the local educational
agency has chosen to initiate, through the vote of the
school board, passage of a bond issue, or similar public
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1103
To modify the project for flood control, San Timoteo Creek, California,
to permit the non-Federal contribution for certain costs of the project
to be made after completion of the project.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1997
Mr. LEWIS of California (for himself and Mr. BROWN of California) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To modify the project for flood control, San Timoteo Creek,
California, to permit the non-Federal contribution for
certain costs of the project to be made after completion
of the project.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SAN TIMOTEO CREEK, CALIFORNIA.
The project for flood control, San Timoteo Creek
(Santa Ana River Mainstem), California, authorized by
section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1986 (100 Stat. 4113), is modified to direct the Sec-
retary of the Army to permit the non-Federal contribution
for costs of the project described in subparagraphs (B)
and (C) of section 103(a)(1) of such Act (33 U.S.C.
2213(a)(1)) to be made under section 103(k) of such Act
(33 U.S.C. 2213(k)) with interest over a period to be de-
termined by the non-Federal sponsor but not to exceed
30 years from the date of completion of the project.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1106
To amend the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to
require that any settlement, by an alternative means of dispute resolu-
tion, of a claim against the United States for payment of royalties
under that Act for an amount greater than $2,000,000 shall not be
effective unless approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1997
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr.
DELLUMS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. LOFGREN, and Mr. KUCINICH) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources
A BILL
To amend the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management
Act of 1982 to require that any settlement, by an alter-
native means of dispute resolution, of a claim against
the United States for payment of royalties under that
Act for an amount greater than $2,000,000 shall not
be effective unless approved by the Secretary of the
Interior.
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 ‘‘Royalty Settlement Re-
form Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. APPROVAL OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR RE-
QUIRED FOR CERTAIN SETTLEMENTS OF
CLAIMS AGAINST UNITED STATES FOR PAY-
MENT OF ROYALTIES.
(a) APPROVAL REQUIREMENT.—Title I of the Fed-
eral Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30
U.S.C. 1711) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘APPROVAL OF SECRETARY REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN
SETTLEMENTS OF CLAIMS AGAINST UNITED STATES
‘‘SEC. 118. (a) Any settlement by an alternative
means of dispute resolution of a claim against the United
States for payment of royalties under this Act, under
which the absolute value of the sum of all individual claims
covered by the settlement exceeds $2,000,000, shall not
be effective unless approved by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior.
‘‘(b) In this section, the term ‘alternative means of
dispute resolution’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 571 of title 5, United States Code.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
in section 1 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Manage-
ment Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1711) is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 118. Approval of Secretary required for certain settlements of claims of
United States.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1107
To transfer oil and gas royalty auditing and reconciling functions of the
Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury, and to direct
the Secretary of the Treasury, in performing functions relating to audit-
ing and reconciling oil and gas production activities, to exercise all
available authorities to ensure the United States Government receives
all amounts of royalties to which it is entitled.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1997
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr.
DELLUMS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. LOFGREN, and Mr. KUCINICH) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources
A BILL
To transfer oil and gas royalty auditing and reconciling
functions of the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary
of the Treasury, and to direct the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, in performing functions relating to auditing and
reconciling oil and gas production activities, to exercise
all available authorities to ensure the United States Gov-
ernment receives all amounts of royalties to which it
is entitled.
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 ‘‘Royalty Collection Re-
form Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF OIL AND GAS ROYALTY AUDITING
FUNCTIONS; ENSURING RECEIPT OF ROYAL-
TIES BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—There are trans-
ferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary
of the Treasury the functions of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior relating to auditing and reconciling oil and gas pro-
duction activities on lease sites on Federal and Indian
lands, including all functions of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management
Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1711).
(b) ENSURING RECEIPT
OF ROYALTIES.—Section
101 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act
of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1701) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) In implementing this Act and in performing
under other Federal laws functions relating to auditing
and reconciling oil and gas production activities on lease
sites on Federal and Indian lands, the Secretary shall ex-
ercise all available authorities to ensure that the Govern-
ment of the United States receives all amounts of oil and
gas royalties to which it is entitled.’’.
671(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–208; 110
Stat. 3009–1856)) is amended by striking subsection (e).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Cor-
rections Act of 1994.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1108
To affirm the role of States in setting reasonable occupancy standards,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1997
Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. LAZIO of New York, Mr.
MORAN of Virginia, and Mrs. ROUKEMA) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To affirm the role of States in setting reasonable occupancy
standards, 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 ‘‘State Occupancy
Standards Affirmation Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF OCCUPANCY STANDARDS.
(a) NATIONAL STANDARD PROHIBITED.—The Sec-
retary shall not directly or indirectly establish a national
occupancy standard.
(b) STATE STANDARD.—If a State establishes an oc-
cupancy standard, such standard shall be presumed rea-
sonable for the purpose of determining familial status dis-
crimination in residential rental dwellings.
(c) ABSENCE OF STATE STANDARD.—If a State fails
to establish an occupancy standard, an occupancy stand-
ard of 2 persons per bedroom plus infants that is estab-
lished by a housing provider shall be presumed reasonable
for the purpose of determining familial status discrimina-
tion in residential rental dwellings.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) OCCUPANCY STANDARD.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘occupancy stand-
ard’’ means a law, regulation, or housing pro-
vider policy that establishes a limit on the num-
ber of residents a housing provider can manage
in a dwelling for any 1 or more of the following
purposes:
(i) Providing a decent home and serv-
ices for each resident.
(ii) Enhancing the livability of a
dwelling for all residents, including the
dwelling for each particular resident.
(iii) Avoiding undue physical deterio-
ration of the dwelling and property.
(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘‘occupancy
standard’’ does not include a Federal, State, or
local restriction regarding the maximum num-
ber of persons permitted to occupy a dwelling
for the sole purpose of protecting the health
and safety of the residents of a dwelling, includ-
ing building and housing code provisions.
(2) INFANT.—The term ‘‘infant’’ means a child
who—
(A) is less than 6 months old; and
(B) sleeps in the same bedroom as the
child’s parent, guardian, legal custodian, or per-
son applying for that status with respect to that
child.
(e) INAPPLICABILITY.—This section does not apply to
any purposeful discrimination on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, familial status, handicap, or national origin.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1109
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of
1994 to eliminate the special transition rule for issuance of a certificate
of citizenship for certain children born outside the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1997
Mr. MCCOLLUM (for himself and Mr. BERMAN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Technical Correc-
tions Act of 1994 to eliminate the special transition
rule for issuance of a certificate of citizenship for certain
children born outside the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF CERTIFICATE OF CITIZEN-
SHIP TRANSITION RULE APPLICABLE TO
CERTAIN CHILDREN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Immigration
and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–416; 108 Stat. 4307) (as amended by section