datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
1320b–10(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘In the case of any items referred
to in subsection (a)(1) consisting of pieces of mail, each
such piece of mail which contains one or more words, let-
ters, symbols, or emblems in violation of subsection (a)
shall represent a separate violation. In the case of any
item referred to in subsection (a)(2), the reproduction, re-
printing, or distribution of such item shall be treated as
a separate violation with respect to each copy thereof so
reproduced, reprinted, or distributed.’’.
(g) ELIMINATION OF CAP ON AGGREGATE LIABILITY
AMOUNT.—
(1) REPEAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 1140(b)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–10(b)(2)) is repealed.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
1140(b) of such Act is further amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph
(2), the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A)
and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
and
(C) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (2)’’.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2070
AN ACT
To provide for the distribution within the United States
of the United States Information Agency film entitled
‘‘Fragile Ring of Life’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
provide for an economically self-sustaining National
Heritage Area not dependent on Federal assistance
beyond the initial years necessary to establish the
National Heritage Area.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Corporation’’ refers to the
Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation
(WNHAC) as described in section 5 of this Act.
(2) The term ‘‘Plan’’ refers to the Plan for the
Wheeling National Heritage Area, prepared for the
Wheeling National Heritage Area Task Force, the
City of Wheeling, and the National Park Service,
published in August 1992, which Plan includes—
(A) an inventory of the natural and cul-
tural resources in the City of Wheeling;
(B) criteria for preserving and interpreting
significant natural and historic resources;
(C) a strategy for the conservation, preser-
vation, and reuse of the historical and cultural
resources in the City of Wheeling and the re-
gion; and
(D) an implementation agenda by which
the State of West Virginia and local govern-
ments can program their resources as well as a
SEC. 5. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.
Section 5207 of the National Competitiveness Com-
mission Act (15 U.S.C. 4806) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as
subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(g) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.—Within the limita-
tion of appropriations to the Commission, the Commission
may enter into contracts with State agencies, private
firms, institutions, and individuals for the purpose of car-
rying out its duties under this subtitle.’’.
SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Section 5208 of the National Competitiveness Com-
mission Act (15 U.S.C. 4807) is amended—
(1) by striking the caption and inserting the
following:
‘‘SEC. 5208. ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF ANALYSIS AND REC-
OMMENDATIONS.’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking the subsection heading and
inserting ‘‘(a) PUBLICATION OF ANALYSIS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.—’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘on’’ and inserting ‘‘not
later than’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
(h) REMOVAL OF FORMAL DECLINATION REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 1140(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1320b–10(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the first
sentence of subsection (c)’’ after ‘‘and (i)’’.
(i) PENALTIES RELATING TO SOCIAL SECURITY AD-
MINISTRATION DEPOSITED IN OASI TRUST FUND.—Sec-
tion 1140(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–10(c)(2))
is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘United
States.’’ and inserting ‘‘United States, except that, to the
extent that such amounts are recovered under this section
as penalties imposed for misuse of words, letters, symbols,
or emblems relating to the Social Security Administration,
such amounts shall be deposited into the Federal Old-Age
and Survivor’s Insurance Trust Fund.’’.
(j) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 1140 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1320b–10) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(d) The preceding provisions of this section shall be
enforced through the Office of Inspector General of the
Department of Health and Human Services.’’.
(k) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 1140 of such Act
(as amended by the preceding provisions of this section)
is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
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‘‘(3) Upon receipt of such certification, and prior to
the expiration date of the control number for that collec-
tion of information requirement, the Director shall—
‘‘(A) ensure that the agency has taken the ac-
tions specified in section 3506(f)(2);
‘‘(B) evaluate the public comments received by
the agency or by the Director;
‘‘(C) determine whether the agency certification
complies 
with 
the 
standards 
under 
section
3506(f)(1); and
‘‘(D) approve or disapprove the collection of in-
formation requirement under this chapter.
‘‘(4) If under the provisions of paragraph (3), the Di-
rector disapproves a collection of information requirement,
or recommends or instructs the agency to make a sub-
stantive or material change to a collection of information
requirement, the Director shall—
‘‘(A) publish an explanation thereof in the Fed-
eral Register; and
‘‘(B) instruct the agency to undertake a rule-
making within a reasonable time limited to consider-
ation of changes to the collection of information re-
quirement and thereafter to submit the collection of
information requirement for approval or disapproval
under this chapter.
‘HCFA’,’’ and inserting ‘‘Administration’, ‘Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services’, ‘Health and
Human Services’, ‘Supplemental Security Income
Program’, or ‘Medicaid’, the letters ‘SSA’, ‘HCFA’,
‘DHHS’, ‘HHS’, or ‘SSI’,’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘Social Security Administration’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Social Security Adminis-
tration, Health Care Financing Administration, or
Department of Health and Human Services’’, and
by striking ‘‘or of the Health Care Financing Ad-
ministration’’.
(c) EXEMPTION
FOR USE
OF WORDS, LETTERS,
SYMBOLS, AND EMBLEMS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT AGENCIES
BY SUCH AGENCIES.—Paragraph
(1) of section 1140(a) of such Act (as redesignated by sub-
section (a)) is further amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ‘‘The preceding provisions of this
subsection shall not apply with respect to the use by any
agency or instrumentality of a State or political subdivi-
sion of a State of any words or letters which identify an
agency or instrumentality of such State or of a political
subdivision of such State or the use by any such agency
or instrumentality of any symbol or emblem of an agency
or instrumentality of such State or a political subdivision
of such State.’’.
(d) INCLUSION OF REASONABLENESS STANDARD.—
Section 1140(a)(1) of such Act (as amended by the pre-
ceding provisions of this section) is further amended, in
the matter following subparagraph (B) (as redesignated),
by striking ‘‘convey’’ and inserting ‘‘convey, or in a man-
ner which reasonably could be interpreted or construed as
conveying,’’.
(e) 
INEFFECTIVENESS
OF
DISCLAIMERS.—Sub-
section (a) of section 1140 of such Act (as amended by
the preceding provisions of this section) is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Any determination of whether the use of one or
more words, letters, symbols, or emblems (or any combina-
tion or variation thereof) in connection with an item de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or the reproduction, reprinting,
or distribution of an item described in paragraph (2) is
a violation of this subsection shall be made without regard
to any inclusion in such item (or any so reproduced, re-
printed, or distributed copy thereof) of a disclaimer of af-
filiation with the United States Government or any par-
ticular agency or instrumentality thereof.’’.
(f) VIOLATIONS WITH RESPECT
TO INDIVIDUAL
ITEMS.—Section 1140(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
820 
30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report 
is submitted. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 
a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 
award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro-
spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 
agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 
of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 
filed all Federal tax returns required during the 3 years 
preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a 
criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been 
notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which 
the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is 
the subject of an installment agreement or offer in com-
promise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue 
Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the sub-
ject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial pro-
ceeding. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2819
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve and clarify provisions
prohibiting misuse of symbols, emblems, or names in reference to social
security programs and agencies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 1993
Mrs. VUCANOVICH (for herself, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. SMITH
of New Jersey, Mr. HYDE, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. HOUGH-
TON, and Mr. CRANE) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve
and clarify provisions prohibiting misuse of symbols, em-
blems, or names in reference to social security programs
and agencies.
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 ‘‘Senior Citizen
Consumer Protection Act of 1993’’.
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based on work performed under a social security account 
number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-
formance of such work under such number has formed the 
basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-
tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 
the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-
tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 
to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 
agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-
lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-
rity system established by title II of the Social Security 
Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 
not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 522. Of the funds made available for perform-
ance bonus payments under section 2105(a)(3)(E) of the 
Social Security Act, $6,367,964,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 523. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles 
or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal 
drug. 
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 524. Of the funds made available under section 
1322 of Public Law 111–148, $400,000,000 are re-
scinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 525. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2012 under section 3403 of Public Law 111–148, 
$10,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 526. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services and Education and the Social Security 
Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 
quarterly report on the status of balances of appropria-
tions: Provided, That for balances that are unobligated 
and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unex-
pended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation 
(beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, 
earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
SEC. 527. (a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS.— 
There is hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.189 per-
cent of— 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT AND CLARIFICATION OF PROVI-
SIONS PROHIBITING MISUSE OF SYMBOLS,
EMBLEMS, OR NAMES IN REFERENCE TO SO-
CIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES.
(a) PROHIBITION
OF UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUC-
TION, REPRINTING, OR DISTRIBUTION FOR FEE OF CER-
TAIN OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.—Section 1140(a) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–10(a)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) No person may, for a fee, reproduce, reprint,
or distribute any item consisting of a form, application,
or other publication of the Social Security Administration
unless such person has obtained specific, written author-
ization for such activity in accordance with regulations
which the Secretary shall prescribe.’’.
(b) ADDITION TO PROHIBITED WORDS, LETTERS,
SYMBOLS, AND EMBLEMS.—Paragraph (1) of section
1140(a) of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (a))
is further amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘Administration’, the letters ‘SSA’ or
‘‘(e) The Secretary shall include in the annual report
submitted pursuant to section 704 a report on the oper-
ation of this section during the year covered by such an-
nual report. Such report shall specify—
‘‘(1) the number of complaints of violations of
this section received by the Social Security Adminis-
tration during the year,
‘‘(2) the number of cases in which a notice of
violation of this section was sent by the Social Secu-
rity Administration during the year requesting that
an individual cease activities in violation of this sec-
tion,
‘‘(3) the number of complaints of violations of
this section referred by the Social Security Adminis-
tration to the Inspector General in the Department
of Health and Human Services during the year,
‘‘(4) the number of investigations of violations
of this section undertaken by the Inspector General
during the year,
‘‘(5) the number of cases in which a demand
letter was sent during the year assessing a civil
money penalty under this section,
‘‘(6) the total amount of civil money penalties
assessed under this section during the year,
‘‘(7) the number of requests for hearings filed
during the year pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of this
section and section 1128A(c)(2),
‘‘(8) the disposition during such year of hear-
ings filed pursuant to sections 1140(c)(1) and
1128A(c)(2), and
‘‘(9) the total amount of civil money penalties
under this section deposited into the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund during the
year.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to violations occurring after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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system, to identify unmet needs and barriers to serv-
ices;
(2) develop a plan for the delivery and coordi-
nating of comprehensive education, health and social
services for youth populations to be served in a
school-based, school-linked, or community-based lo-
cation; and
(3) develop program goals and objectives and
intended outcomes and the means by which progress
will be measured.
(d) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) AMOUNT
AVAILABLE
FOR
GRANTS.—Not
more than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated
under section 308(l) shall be used to award planning
grants under subsection (a).
(2) AMOUNT
AVAILABLE
FOR
INDIVIDUAL
GRANTS.—The Secretary shall not award a grant of
more than $50,000 under subsection (a).
TITLE II—STATE AND LOCAL
COORDINATED YOUTH SERVICES GRANTS
SEC. 201. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this title to award grants to city-
wide or countywide consortia, or to a State entity, with
a demonstrated commitment to the coordination and deliv-
ery of comprehensive education, health and social services
(A) by striking ‘‘(and has not’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘age 65),’’ and inserting ‘‘, or
has attained age 65’’;
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘in the case
of such a disabled individual (or spouse),’’ after
‘‘(ii)’’; and
(C) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘, or’’ and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by striking subparagraph (C).
(b) RESOURCE EXCLUSION.—Section 1613(a)(4) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382b(a)(4)) is amended by striking
‘‘who is blind or disabled and’’.
SEC. 308. ADDITIONAL STATE SUPPLEMENTATION RE-
QUIREMENT.
Section 1616 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382e) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘(or, by
reason of section 1619, are considered to be)’’ before
‘‘receiving’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3).
SEC. 309. TREATMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSA-
TION, WORKER’S COMPENSATION, AND SICK
PAY AS EARNED INCOME FOR SSI PURPOSES.
Section 1612(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1382a(a)(1)) is amended—
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided in section 5(c), the requirements
of this Act shall apply to functions, programs, or activities
of Federal agencies that are carried out during any fiscal
year beginning after September 30, 1994.
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officers served and the effectiveness of services at the cen-
ters established with funds provided under this Act.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000
for fiscal year 1994 to carry out this Act.
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out section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, as 
amended 
by 
this 
section, 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2013 
$5,000,000,000. 
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centage as determined in accordance with the 
following table based on the State’s premium 
performance level (as defined in subparagraph 
(B)) for such market and year: 
The bonus 
premium per-
centage for a 
State is— 
For year 3 if the 
premium perform-
ance level of the 
State is— 
For year 6 if the 
premium perform-
ance level of the 
State is— 
For year 9 if the 
premium perform-
ance level of the 
State is— 
100 percent 
at least 8.5% 
at least 11% 
at least 13.5% 
50 percent 
at least 6.38%, 
but less than 8.5% 
at least 10.38%, 
but less than 11% 
at least 12.88%, 
but less than 
13.5% 
25 percent 
at least 4.25%, 
but less than 
6.38% 
at least 9.75%, 
but less than 
10.38% 
at least 12.25%, 
but less than 
12.88% 
0 percent 
less than 4.25% 
less than 9.75% 
less than 12.25%. 
(B) PREMIUM PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘premium 
performance level’’ means, for a State, market, 
and year, the percentage reduction in the aver-
age per capita premiums for health insurance 
coverage for the State, market, and year, as 
compared to the premium baseline for such 
State, market, and year. 
(4) 
MAXIMUM
STATE
PREMIUM
PAYMENT 
AMOUNT
DEFINED.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘maximum State premium pay-
ment amount’’ means, for a State for the small 
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HR 2820 RH
(1) next-generation satellite communications, in-
cluding global positioning satellites;
(2) advances airport and airplane security;
(3) environmentally compatible technologies, in-
cluding technologies that limit or reduce noise and
air pollution;
(4) advanced aviation safety programs; and
(5) technologies and procedures to enhance and
improve airport and airway capacity.
(b) PROCEDURES FOR CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—The
Administrator and the heads of the other appropriate Fed-
eral agencies shall administer contracts and grants entered
into under the program established under subsection (a) in
accordance with procedures developed jointly by the Admin-
istrator and the heads of the other appropriate Federal
agencies. The procedures should include an integrated ac-
quisition policy for contract and grant requirements and
for technical data rights that are not an impediment to
joint programs among the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, the other Federal agencies involved, and industry.
(c) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program established
under subsection (a) shall include—
(1) selected programs that jointly enhance public
and private aviation technology development;
‘‘§ 36. Drive-by shooting
‘‘(a) OFFENSE AND PENALTIES.—
‘‘(1) Whoever—
‘‘(1) in furtherance or to escape detection
of a major drug offense listed in subsection (b);
‘‘(2) whether or not in furtherance of
criminal gang activities; and
‘‘(3) with the intent to intimidate, harass,
injure, or maim;
fires a weapon into a group of two or more persons
and thereby causes grave risk to any human life
shall be punished by a term of no more than 25
years, or by fine as provided under this title, or
both.
‘‘(2) Whoever, in furtherance or to escape de-
tection of a major drug offense listed in subsection
(b) and, with the intent to intimidate, harass, injure,
or maim, fires a weapon into a group of two or more
persons and who, in the course of such conduct, kills
any person shall, if the killing—
‘‘(A) is a first degree murder as defined in
section 1111(a) of this title, be punished by
death or imprisonment for any term of years or
for life, fined under this title, or both; or
‘‘(B) is a murder other than a first degree
murder as defined in section 1111(a) of this
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Subject 
to subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) A percentage adjustment under subparagraph 
(A) may not take effect with respect to a calendar year 
unless, before January 1 of the year, Congress by concur-
rent resolution agrees that the percentage adjustment 
shall take effect. Each House shall vote on the adoption 
of such a concurrent resolution by a roll call vote.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 2012 and each 
succeeding year. 
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