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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5512
To amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures
of information protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require
a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such
policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protec-
tions; to provide certain authority for the Special Counsel; and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 2000
Mrs. MORELLA (for herself and Mr. GILMAN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to
clarify the disclosures of information protected from pro-
hibited personnel practices; to require a statement in
nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such
policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain dis-
closure protections; to provide certain authority for the
Special Counsel; 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. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN DISCLOSURES OF IN-
FORMATION BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
(a) CLARIFICATION OF DISCLOSURES COVERED.—
Section 2302(b)(8)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘by an employee or applicant’’
and inserting ‘‘, without restriction as to time, place,
form, motive, or context, made to any person by an
employee or applicant, including a disclosure made
in the ordinary course of an employee’s duties,’’; and
(2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a violation’’ and
inserting ‘‘any violation’’.
(b) NONDISCLOSURE POLICIES, FORMS, AND AGREE-
MENTS.—
(1) 
PERSONNEL
ACTION.—Section
2302(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) by aligning the text of clauses (x) and
(xi) with the text of clause (ix);
(B) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon;
(C) by redesignating clause (xi) as clause
(xii); and
(D) by inserting after clause (x) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(xi) the implementation or enforcement of
any nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement;
and’’.
(2) PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICE.—Sec-
tion 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ at
the end;
(B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (12) the
following:
‘‘(13) implement or enforce any nondisclosure
policy, form, or agreement, if such policy, form, or
agreement does not contain the following statement:
‘‘ ‘These provisions are consistent with and do not su-
persede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obli-
gations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order
12958 (50 U.S.C. 435 note, relating to classified national
security information); section 7211 of title 5, United
States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section
1034 of title 10, United States Code (governing disclosure
to Congress by members of the military); section
2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code (governing dis-
closures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse, or public health
merit the involvement of the Federal Government to
develop programs and projects in cooperation with
the Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage
Trail Area Partnership, Inc., (an Indiana not-for-
profit corporation), the State of Indiana, and other
local and governmental bodies, to adequately con-
serve, protect, and interpret this heritage for the
educational and recreational benefit of this and fu-
ture generations of Americans.
(8) The Hoosier Automobile & Truck National
Heritage Trail Area Partnership, Inc., would be an
appropriate entity to oversee the development of the
Hoosier Automobile & Truck National Heritage
Trail Area.
(9) Multiple museums of regional, national, and
international stature are located within the Hoosier
Automobile & Truck National Heritage Trail Area
as follows:
(A) Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum at
Auburn, Indiana.
(B) National Automotive and Truck Mu-
seum of the United States at Auburn, Indiana.
(C) S. Ray Miller Museum at Elkhart, In-
diana.
or safety threats); and the Intelligence Identities Protec-
tion Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclo-
sures that could expose confidential Government agents).
The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-
tions, and liabilities created by such Executive order and
such statutory provisions are incorporated into this agree-
ment and are controlling.’ ’’.
(c) AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL COUNSEL RELATING TO
CIVIL ACTIONS.—
(1) REPRESENTATION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.—
Section 1212 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) Except as provided in section 518 of title 28,
relating to litigation before the Supreme Court, attorneys
designated by the Special Counsel may appear for the Spe-
cial Counsel and represent the Special Counsel in any civil
action brought in connection with section 2302(b)(8) or
subchapter III of chapter 73, or as otherwise authorized
by law.’’.
(2) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF MERIT SYSTEMS PRO-
TECTION BOARD DECISIONS.—Section 7703 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(e) The Special Counsel may obtain review of any
final order or decision of the Board by filing a petition
for judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit if the Special Counsel determines,
in the discretion of the Special Counsel, that the Board
erred in deciding a case arising under section 2302(b)(8)
or subchapter III of chapter 73 and that the Board’s deci-
sion will have a substantial impact on the enforcement of
section 2302(b)(8) or subchapter III of chapter 73. If the
Special Counsel was not a party or did not intervene in
a matter before the Board, the Special Counsel may not
petition for review of a Board decision under this section
unless the Special Counsel first petitions the Board for
reconsideration of its decision, and such petition is denied.
In addition to the named respondent, the Board and all
other parties to the proceedings before the Board shall
have the right to appear in the proceedings before the
Court of Appeals. The granting of the petition for judicial
review shall be at the discretion of the Court of Appeals.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5513
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit video voyeurism in the
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 2000
Mr. OXLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit video
voyeurism in the special maritime and territorial jurisdic-
tion of 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Video Voyeurism Act
of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF VIDEO VOYEURISM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after chapter 87 the following new
chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 88—PRIVACY
‘‘Sec.
‘‘1801. Video voyeurism.
‘‘§ 1801. Video voyeurism
‘‘(a) Whoever, except as provided in subsection (b),
in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the
United States, videotapes, photographs, films, or records
by any electronic means, any nonconsenting person, in cir-
cumstances in which that person has a reasonable expecta-
tion of privacy—
‘‘(1) if that person is totally nude, clad in un-
dergarments, or in a state of undress that exposes
the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast;
or
‘‘(2) under that person’s clothing so as to ex-
pose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female
breast;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
one year, or both.
‘‘(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to conduct—
‘‘(1) of law enforcement officers pursuant to a
criminal investigation which is otherwise lawful; or
‘‘(2) of correctional officials for security pur-
poses or for investigations of alleged misconduct in-
volving a person committed to their custody.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters
at the beginning of part I of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter
87 the following new item:
‘‘88. Privacy .......................................................................................... 1801’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5515
To limit the use of eminent domain under the Natural Gas Act to acquire
certain State-owned property.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 2000
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. FRANKS of
New Jersey, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. ROTHMAN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Com-
merce
A BILL
To limit the use of eminent domain under the Natural Gas
Act to acquire certain State-owned property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.
Section 7(h) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C.
717f(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Property may not be acquired under this subsection if
the property owner is a State and the property is reserved
for the purpose of preserving open space, unless the State
has agreed to the application of this subsection to the
property.’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5519
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located in
Menominee, Michigan, as the ‘‘Fred W. Matz Department of Veterans
Affairs Outpatient Clinic’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 2000
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clin-
ic located in Menominee, Michigan, as the ‘‘Fred W.
Matz Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
OUTPATIENT CLINIC, MENOMINEE, MICHI-
GAN.
The Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic
located in Menominee, Michigan, shall after the date of
the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the
‘‘Fred W. Matz Department of Veterans Affairs Out-
patient Clinic’’. Any reference to such outpatient clinic in
any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other
paper of the United States shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to the Fred W. Matz Department of Veterans Af-
fairs Outpatient Clinic.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 551
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that military reservists
who are retained in active status after qualifying for reserve retired
pay shall be given credit toward computation of such retired pay for
service performed after so qualifying.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 3, 1999
Mr. MCNULTY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that
military reservists who are retained in active status after
qualifying for reserve retired pay shall be given credit
toward computation of such retired pay for service per-
formed after so qualifying.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COMPUTATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE IN COM-
PUTING RESERVE RETIRED PAY.
(a) CREDIT FOR DAYS AFTER QUALIFYING FOR RE-
TIRED PAY.—Section 12733(1) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting before the period the follow-
ing: ‘‘, including the person’s days served in active status
after qualifying for retired pay under this chapter, which
shall be credited when the person leaves active status’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to any person who qualifies after
January 1, 1988, for retired pay under chapter 1223 of
title 10, United States Code, or under chapter 67 of such
title as in effect before December 1, 1994.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5520
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility located in
Iron Mountain, Michigan, as the ‘‘Oscar G. Johnson Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 2000
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility
located in Iron Mountain, Michigan, as the ‘‘Oscar G.
Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facil-
ity’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
MEDICAL FACILITY, IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHI-
GAN.
The Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility
located in Iron Mountain, Michigan, shall after the date
of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as
the ‘‘Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Facility’’. Any reference to such medical facility
in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other
paper of the United States shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to the Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Facility.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5521
To amend title 31, United States Code, to expand the types of Federal
agencies that are required to prepare audited financial statements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 2000
Mr. TOOMEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To amend title 31, United States Code, to expand the types
of Federal agencies that are required to prepare audited
financial statements.
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 ‘‘Accountability of Tax
Dollars Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AUDITING REQUIRE-
MENT FOR FEDERAL AGENCY FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3515 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and inserting
‘‘(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
not later’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘each executive agency
identified in section 901(b) of this title’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each covered executive agency’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting
‘‘2001’’;
(D) by inserting ‘‘the Congress and’’ after
‘‘submit to’’; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) A covered executive agency is not required to
prepare an audited financial statement under this section
for any fiscal year for which the total amount of budget
authority 
available 
to 
the 
agency 
is 
less 
than
$25,000,000.’’;
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘an executive
agency’’ and inserting ‘‘a covered executive agency’’;
(3) in subsection (c) and (d) by striking ‘‘execu-
tive agencies’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘covered executive agencies’’;
(4) by striking subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h);
and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
HR 819 EAS
SEC. 3. CHAIRMAN DESIGNATED WITH SENATE CONFIRMA-
TION.
Section 102(b) of the Reorganization Plan No. 7 of
1961 (5 U.S.C. 903 nt) is amended by striking ‘‘President’’
and inserting ‘‘President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate,’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
‘‘(e) The term ‘covered executive agency’—
‘‘(1) means an executive agency that is not re-
quired by another provision of Federal law to pre-
pare and submit to the Congress and the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget an audited
financial statement for each fiscal year, covering all
accounts and associated activities of each office, bu-
reau, and activity of the agency; and
‘‘(2) does not include a corporation, agency, or
instrumentality subject to chapter 91 of this title.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3521(f) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (f)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and
(3) by striking paragraph (2).
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5522
To prohibit United States assistance for the Palestinian Authority and for
programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 2000
Mr. WEINER (for himself, Mr. SALMON, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. ROGAN, Mr.
CROWLEY, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey,
Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr.
WEXLER, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. BERMAN,
Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. TURNER, Mr. WU, and Mr.
TALENT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations
A BILL
To prohibit United States assistance for the Palestinian Au-
thority and for programs, projects, and activities in the
West Bank and Gaza.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE
FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND THE
WEST BANK AND GAZA.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, United
States assistance (other than humanitarian assistance)
may not be provided directly or indirectly to the Pales-
tinian Authority (or to any successor or related entity) or
for programs, projects, and activities to the West Bank
or Gaza unless the President determines and certifies to
the Committee on International Relations of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate that—
(1) 
the 
leadership 
of 
the 
Palestinian
Authority—
(A) has publicly renounced violence as a
means of political expression; and
(B) has taken all actions within its capac-
ity to bring an end to the violence which com-
menced in early October 2000 in the West
Bank and Gaza; and
(2) the violence in the West Bank and Gaza has
subsided.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5523
To repeal the Indian racial preference laws of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 2000
Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce, 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 repeal the Indian racial preference laws of 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native Americans
Equal Rights Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Statutory provisions granting special rights
to Indians with respect to employment, contracting,
or any other official interaction with an agency of
the United States are racial preference laws.
(2) Racial preference laws are incompatible
with the equal protection component of the Fifth
Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States.
(3) Such Indian racial preference laws should
be repealed.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF INDIAN RACIAL PREFERENCES IN EM-
PLOYMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.
(a) REPEAL OF INDIAN PREFERENCE ACT AND IN-
DIAN RACIAL PREFERENCE LAWS APPLICABLE TO BU-
REAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND INDIAN HEALTH SERV-
ICE.—
(1) Section 12 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (25
U.S.C. 472) (commonly referred to as the Indian
Preference Act) is repealed.
(2) Section 2 of the Act of December 5, 1979
(25 U.S.C. 472a) (relating to Indian preference laws
applicable to Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian
Health Service positions) is repealed.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law to an
Indian preference requirement of section 12 of the Act of
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and that in order to reduce reliance on abortion in devel-
oping nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary
family planning projects which offer, either directly or
through referral to, or information about access to, a broad
range of family planning methods and services, and that
any such voluntary family planning project shall meet the
following requirements: (1) service providers or referral
agents in the project shall not implement or be subject to
quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of births,
number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a par-
ticular method of family planning (this provision shall not
be construed to include the use of quantitative estimates or
indicators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the
project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, gra-
tuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex-
change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B)
program personnel for achieving a numerical target or
quota of total number of births, number of family planning
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family
planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit,
including the right of access to participate in any program
of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as
a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept
family planning services; (4) the project shall provide fam-
ily planning acceptors comprehensible information on the
June 18, 1934 or section 2 of the Act of December 5,
1979, is null and void.
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF INDIAN RACIAL PREFERENCES WITH
RESPECT TO CONTRACTS WITH AND GRANTS
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
(a) REPEAL OF INDIAN PREFERENCE LAWS APPLI-
CABLE TO FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—Sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 7 of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450e(b) and (c)) are repealed.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law to an
Indian preference provision of subsections (b) and (c) of
section 7 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act is null and void.
SEC. 5. REPEAL OF INDIAN RACIAL PREFERENCES EXEMP-
TIONS FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.
(a) REPEAL OF INDIAN RACIAL PREFERENCES EX-
EMPTIONS FROM CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.—The Civil Rights
Act of 1964 is amended—
(1) in section 701(b) (42 U.S.C. 2000e(b)), by
striking ‘‘an Indian tribe,’’; and
(2) in section 703 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–2) by
striking subsection (i) and by redesignating sub-
sections (j) through (n) as subsections (i) through
(m), respectively.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law to an
Indian preference exemption under section 701(b) or
703(i) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is null and void.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, but
shall not affect any employment, contract, or other legal
relationship in existence on the date of such enactment.
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