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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1876
AN ACT
To provide authority for the President to enter into
trade agreements to conclude the Uruguay
Round of multilateral trade negotiations under
the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade, to extend tariff proclamation author-
ity to carry out such agreements, and to apply
congressional ‘‘fast track’’ procedures to a bill
implementing such agreements.
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1876
AN ACT
To provide authority for the President to enter into trade
agreements to conclude the Uruguay Round of multilat-
eral trade negotiations under the auspices of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, to extend tariff procla-
mation authority to carry out such agreements, and to
apply congressional ‘‘fast track’’ procedures to a bill
implementing such agreements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. EXTENSION OF URUGUAY ROUND TRADE
AGREEMENT NEGOTIATING AND PROCLAMA-
TION AUTHORITY AND OF ‘‘FAST TRACK’’ PRO-
CEDURES TO IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION.
Section 1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitive-
ness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2902) is amended by insert-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING URUGUAY
ROUND TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time
limitations in subsections (a) and (b), if the Uru-
guay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under
the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade has not resulted in trade agreements by
May 31, 1993, the President may, during the period
after May 31, 1993, and before April 16, 1994,
enter into, under subsections (a) and (b), trade
agreements resulting from such negotiations.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF TARIFF PROCLAMATION
AUTHORITY.—No proclamation under subsection (a)
to carry out the provisions regarding tariff barriers
of a trade agreement that is entered into pursuant
to paragraph (1) may take effect before the effective
date of a bill that implements the provisions regard-
ing nontariff barriers of a trade agreement that is
entered into under such paragraph.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
OF
IMPLEMENTING
AND
‘FAST TRACK’ PROCEDURES.—Section 1103 applies
to any trade agreement negotiated under subsection
(b) pursuant to paragraph (1), except that—
‘‘(A) in applying subsection (a)(1)(A) of
section 1103 to any such agreement, the phrase
‘at least 120 calendar days before the day on
which he enters into the trade agreement (but
not later than December 15, 1993),’ shall be
substituted for the phrase ‘at least 90 calendar
days before the day on which he enters into the
trade agreement,’; and
‘‘(B) no provision of subsection (b) of sec-
tion 1103 other than paragraph (1)(A) applies
to any such agreement and in applying such
paragraph, ‘April 16, 1994;’ shall be sub-
stituted for ‘June 1, 1991;’.
‘‘(4) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS.—The re-
port required under section 135(e)(1) of the Trade
Act of 1974 regarding any trade agreement provided
for under paragraph (1) shall be provided to the
President, the Congress, and the United States
H. R. 1876
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
To provide authority for the President to enter into trade agreements to conclude
the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the auspices of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, to extend tariff proclamation author-
ity to carry out such agreements, and to apply congressional ‘‘fast track’’ procedures
to a bill implementing such agreements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. EXTENSION OF URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENT
NEGOTIATING AND PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY AND
OF ‘‘FAST TRACK’’ PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENTING
LEGISLATION.
Section 1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2902) is amended by inserting at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(e) SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING URUGUAY ROUND TRADE
NEGOTIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time limitations
in subsections (a) and (b), if the Uruguay Round of multilateral
trade negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade has not resulted in trade agreements
by May 31, 1993, the President may, during the period after
May 31, 1993, and before April 16, 1994, enter into, under
subsections (a) and (b), trade agreements resulting from such
negotiations.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF TARIFF PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.—
No proclamation under subsection (a) to carry out the provisions
regarding tariff barriers of a trade agreement that is entered
into pursuant to paragraph (1) may take effect before the
effective date of a bill that implements the provisions regarding
nontariff barriers of a trade agreement that is entered into
under such paragraph.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
OF
IMPLEMENTING
AND
‘FAST
TRACK’
PROCEDURES.—Section 1103 applies to any trade agreement
negotiated under subsection (b) pursuant to paragraph (1),
except that—
‘‘(A) in applying subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1103
to any such agreement, the phrase ‘at least 120 calendar
days before the day on which he enters into the trade
agreement (but not later than December 15, 1993),’ shall
be substituted for the phrase ‘at least 90 calendar days
before the day on which he enters into the trade agree-
ment,’; and
H. R. 1876—2
‘‘(B) no provision of subsection (b) of section 1103 other
than paragraph (1)(A) applies to any such agreement and
in applying such paragraph, ‘April 16, 1994;’ shall be sub-
stituted for ‘June 1, 1991;’.
‘‘(4) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS.—The report required
under section 135(e)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding
any trade agreement provided for under paragraph (1) shall
be provided to the President, the Congress, and the United
States Trade Representative not later than 30 days after the
date on which the President notifies the Congress under section
1103(a)(1)(A) of his intention to enter into the agreement (but
before January 15, 1994).’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
(C) a multifamily housing project eligible
for assistance for troubled projects under sec-
tion 201 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Amendments of 1978;
(D) a multifamily housing project located
in a empowerment zone or enterprise commu-
nity designated pursuant to Federal law; or
(E) any other multifamily housing project,
including a project to be occupied by homeless
persons (as such term is defined in section 103
of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act) or homeless families;
(2) the Secretary determines that the owner of
the housing has obtained commitments, satisfactory
in the determination of the Secretary, for financing
for the construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of
the housing from an eligible pension fund;
(3) the mortgage for the housing meets stand-
ards regarding securitization and such additional
standards regarding financing as the Secretary may
establish;
(4) in the case of any housing that is to be con-
structed, the Secretary determines that the owner of
the housing has provided reasonable assurances to
the Secretary that the owner will own or have con-
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1878
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for
uniform warnings on personal protective equipment for occupational use,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 28, 1993
Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
to provide for uniform warnings on personal protective
equipment for occupational use, 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 ‘‘Worker Protection
Warnings Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCE.
Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is ex-
pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a sec-
tion or other provisions, the reference shall be considered
mined under such subsection to be suitable for opening
to mining, and mineral and geothermal leasing, including
mineral materials disposal, and specifying the opening
date.
(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.—(1)
The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to
implement the management plan described in subsection
(b).
(2) The duration of any such memorandum of under-
standing shall be the same as the period of withdrawal
under section 8.
(3) The memorandum of understanding may be
amended by agreement of both Secretaries.
(e) REEXAMINATION OF LANDS FOR SUITABILITY
FOR MINING.—At least every five years after the initial
identification of lands suitable for opening to mining re-
quired by subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of the Army and
the Secretary of the Interior shall determine those with-
drawn lands, if any, which the Secretaries consider suit-
able for opening to mining, mineral and geothermal leas-
ing, or mineral material disposal, and those acquired
lands, if any, which the Secretaries consider suitable for
opening to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral ma-
terial disposal. The Secretary of the Interior shall publish
trol of a site for the housing (which may be a suit-
able site different from the site specified in the ap-
plication under subsection (d)) not later than 12
months after notification of the award of assistance
under this section;
(5) the housing and any work done with respect
to the housing will comply with any applicable envi-
ronmental laws or regulations;
(6) the construction, rehabilitation, or acquisi-
tion of the housing is not inconsistent with the ap-
proved comprehensive housing affordability strategy
under title I of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act for the jurisdiction in which
the housing is located; and
(7) the housing complies with any other re-
quirements established by the Secretary to carry out
the demonstration under this section.
(d) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall provide for
the owners of eligible housing, together with the eligible
pension funds providing financing for the housing, to
jointly submit applications for assistance under this sec-
tion. An application shall include a description of the hous-
ing to be constructed, rehabilitated, or acquired, the loca-
tion of the housing (or the site for the construction of the
housing), the terms of the financing by the eligible pension
fund, a request for a specific amount of assistance under
this section for a specific term, and such other information
as the Secretary may require.
(e) SELECTION AND DETERMINATION OF ASSIST-
ANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL—The Secretary shall select eli-
gible housing for assistance under this section from
among applications submitted pursuant to sub-
section (d) and, subject to the provisions of this sec-
tion, shall determine the amount of assistance to be
provided for selected housing that is appropriate to
maintain the affordability and feasibility of the
housing.
(2) LIMITATION.—Of any amounts made avail-
able for the demonstration under this section pursu-
ant to the amendment made by subsection (l) of this
section, during the 6-month period beginning on the
date that such amounts first are made available by
the Secretary for assistance under this section, the
Secretary may not provide (or make any commit-
ment to provide) more than 50 percent of such
amounts for assistance for eligible housing financed
by any single eligible pension fund.
(f) RELATION TO PHA PROJECT-BASED LIMIT.—
Project-based assistance provided under this section shall
(3) If the Secretary of the Army concludes under
paragraph (1) that prior to the termination date estab-
lished by subsection (a), there will be no military need for
all or any of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this
Act, or if, during the period of withdrawal, the Secretary
of the Army decides to relinquish any or all of the lands
withdrawn and reserved under this Act, the Secretary of
the Army shall file a notice of intention to relinquish with
the Secretary of the Interior.
(c) DETERMINATION OF CONTAMINATION.—Prior to
the filing of a notice of intention to relinquish pursuant
to subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of the Army shall pre-
pare a written determination as to whether and to what
extent the lands are contaminated with explosive, toxic,
or other hazardous materials. A copy of the determination
made by the Secretary of the Army shall be supplied with
the notice of intention to relinquish. Copies of both the
notice of intention to relinquish and the determination
concerning the contaminated state of the lands shall be
published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of the
Interior.
(d) EFFECT OF CONTAMINATION.—(1) If any land
which is the subject of a notice of intention to relinquish
under subsection (b)(3) is contaminated, and the Sec-
retary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary
TITLE I—DEFENSE PROCUREMENT SPECIFICATIONS
Sec. 101. Examination of Department of Defense procurement specifications.
Sec. 102. Greater defense use of commercially available systems, supplies, and
services.
TITLE II—RETRAINING DEFENSE WORKERS FOR NEW
EMPLOYMENT
Sec. 201. Training Oversight and Administration Office.
Sec. 202. Retraining and other transition assistance programs.
Sec. 203. Eligible defense workers.
TITLE III—COMMERCIALIZATION AND DUAL-USE RESEARCH OP-
PORTUNITIES FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND SMALL BUSI-
NESS
Sec. 301. Promotion of commercialization opportunities for qualified defense
contractors.
Sec. 302. Defense and energy dual-use research under the Small Business In-
novation Research Program.
Sec. 303. Commercialization loans.
Sec. 304. Promotion of industrial parks.
Sec. 305. Defense commercialization award.
TITLE IV—FAST RESPONSE STATE TECHNOLOGICAL
COMPETITIVENESS GRANTS
Sec. 401. Purpose.
Sec. 402. Uses of funds.
Sec. 403. Funding formula.
Sec. 404. State eligibility.
Sec. 405. Authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘critical technology’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 2491(6) of title
10, United States Code.
(2) The term ‘‘dual-use’’ has the meaning given
that term in section 2491(2) of title 10, United
States Code.
(3) The term ‘‘eligible defense worker’’ means
an employee of a qualified defense contractor or a ci-
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1882
To provide a 4 percent pay increase for Federal employees within the Philadel-
phia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD Consolidated Metropolitan
Statistical Area.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 28, 1993
Mr. BORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To provide a 4 percent pay increase for Federal employees
within the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-
MD Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAY INCREASE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective as of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the President shall be considered to have
granted a 4 percent pay increase under section 302 of the
Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (5
U.S.C. 5304 note) to General Schedule employees (includ-
ing employees covered by chapter 54 of title 5, United
States Code) within the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton,
PA-NJ-DE-MD Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Area.
(b) RULES UNDER SECTION 302 APPLY.—All provi-
sions of such section 302 relating to the administration,
reduction, or termination of a pay adjustment shall apply,
and any authority relating to the extension of a pay ad-
justment to employees under special pay rates or other
pay systems shall be available, to the same extent as if
the increase under subsection (a) had been granted under
subsection (b) of such section.
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alternative formula with respect to such transition) to
the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the
Social Security Amendments of 1977 as such changes
apply to workers born in years after 1916 and before
1927 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide for in-
creases in such workers’ benefits accordingly, 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 ‘‘Social Security Notch
Adjustment Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF PERIOD OF TRANSITION; NEW AL-
TERNATIVE FORMULA WITH RESPECT TO
SUCH PERIOD.
(a) EXPANSION OF PERIOD OF TRANSITION.—Sec-
tion 215(a)(4)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
415(a)(4)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘1984’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1989’’.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW TRANSITIONAL FOR-
MULA.—Section 215(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(a))
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(8)(A) Paragraphs (1) (except for subparagraph
(C)(i) thereof) and (4) do not apply to the computation
or recomputation of a primary insurance amount for an
individual who had wages or self-employment income cred-
ited for one or more years prior to 1979, and who was
not eligible for an old-age or disability insurance benefit,
and did not die, prior to January 1979, if in the year for
which the computation or recomputation would be made
the individual’s primary insurance amount would be great-
er if computed or recomputed under subparagraph (B).
‘‘(B) The primary insurance amount computed or re-
computed under this subparagraph is equal to the sum
of the amount which would be computed under this sub-
section if this paragraph were not applied, plus the prod-
uct (not less than zero) derived by multiplying—
‘‘(i) the excess of the adjusted old-law benefit
amount over the new-law benefit amount, by
‘‘(ii) the applicable reduction factor.
‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph, in the case of
any individual described in subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) The term ‘adjusted old-law benefit amount’
means the amount computed or recomputed under
this subsection as in effect in December 1978 (for
purposes of old-age insurance benefits in the case of
an individual who becomes eligible for such benefits
prior to 1989) or subsection (d) (in the case of an
individual to whom such subsection applies), subject
to the amendments made by section 5117 of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
‘‘(ii) The term ‘new-law benefit amount’ means
the amount which would be computed under this
subsection if this paragraph were not applied.
‘‘(iii)(I) The term ‘applicable reduction factor’
means the excess of the applicable base percentage
determined under subclause (II) over the applicable
early 
retirement 
percentage 
determined 
under
subclause (III).
‘‘(II) The applicable base percentage deter-
mined under this subclause is the percentage pro-
vided in the following table:
‘‘If the individual becomes
eligible for old-age insurance
The applicable base
benefits in:
percentage is:
1979 ...................................................................
40 percent
1980 ...................................................................
37 percent
1981 ...................................................................
34 percent
1982 ...................................................................
31 percent
1983 ...................................................................
25 percent
1984 ...................................................................
20 percent
1985 ...................................................................
15 percent
1986 ...................................................................
10 percent
1987 ...................................................................
5 percent
1988 ...................................................................
5 percent.
‘‘(III) The applicable early retirement percent-
age determined under this subclause is the product
derived by multiplying 5/12 of 1 percent by the total
number of months, before the month in which the
individual attains the age of 65, for which an old-
age insurance benefit is payable to such individual.’’.
(c) APPLICABILITY OF OLD PROVISIONS.—Section
215(a)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(a)(5)) is amended—
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2147 
To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments 
in Utah except by express authorization of Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2011 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself and Mr. CHAFFETZ) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national 
monuments in Utah except by express authorization of 
Congress. 
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 ‘‘Utah Land Sovereignty 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FURTHER EXTENSION OR ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN 
UTAH. 
The proviso of the last sentence of the first section 
of the Act of September 14, 1950 (64 Stat. 849, chapter 
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