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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1211
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to complete construction of the
Hubbard Expressway in the vicinity of Youngstown, Ohio.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 1993
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Public Works and Transportation
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to complete con-
struction of the Hubbard Expressway in the vicinity of
Youngstown, Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. HUBBARD EXPRESSWAY.
(a) PROJECT
DESCRIPTION.—The Secretary of
Transportation shall carry out a highway project in the
vicinity of Youngstown, Ohio, to complete construction of
the Hubbard Expressway.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to carry out
subsection (a) $61,850,000 for fiscal year 1993.
(c) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized
by this section shall be available for obligation in the same
manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter
1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal
share of the cost of the project under this section shall
be 80 percent and such funds shall remain available until
expended. Such funds shall not be subject to any
obligation limitation.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1212
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 80 percent
limitation on the amount of business meal and entertainment expenses
which are deductible.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 1993
Mrs. VUCANOVICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal
the 80 percent limitation on the amount of business
meal and entertainment expenses which are deductible.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF 80 PERCENT LIMITATION ON DE-
DUCTION FOR BUSINESS MEAL AND ENTER-
TAINMENT EXPENSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 274 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (n)
(relating to only 80 percent of meal and entertainment
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1213
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include veterans participating
in Operation Desert Storm and other veterans as eligible for veterans’
mortgage bond financing.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 1993
Ms. WATERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include
veterans participating in Operation Desert Storm and
other veterans as eligible for veterans’ mortgage bond
financing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. OPERATION DESERT STORM VETERANS ETC.,
ELIGIBLE FOR VETERANS’ MORTGAGE BOND
FINANCING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section
143(l)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining
qualified veteran) is amended by striking ‘‘before January
1, 1977’’ and inserting ‘‘on or before the date designated
by the President for purposes of section 112 as the date
of the termination of combatant activities in the Persian
Gulf region.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to financing provided after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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gible vessel after any date on which the vessel is sold
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—
(A) the term ‘‘eligible vessel’’ means a vessel
that is eligible under chapter 121 of title 46,
United States Code, for a certificate of docu-
mentation authorizing the vessel to engage in
coastwise trade;
(B) the term ‘‘ineligible vessel’’ means a ves-
sel that is not eligible under chapter 121 of title
46, United States Code, for a certificate of docu-
mentation authorizing the vessel to engage in
coastwise trade; and
(C) the term ‘‘major conversion’’ has the
meaning that term has under section 2101 of
title 46, United States Code.
SEC. 3. DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS.
(a)(1) Notwithstanding the first proviso of section 27
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883),
the Secretary of Transportation may issue a certificate of
documentation with a coastwise endorsement for any of the
vessels described in paragraph (2) if an application for that
certificate is submitted to the Secretary by not later than
2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) The vessels referred to in paragraph (1)—
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1215
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require a reasonable
attorney’s fee to be awarded to the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission as a prevailing party.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 4, 1993
Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to
require a reasonable attorney’s fee to be awarded to
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a
prevailing party.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.
Section 706(k) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42
U.S.C. 2000e–5(k)) is amended by striking ‘‘court,’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘States’’ the first place it appears,
and inserting the following
‘‘court—
‘‘(1) in its discretion, may allow the prevailing
party other than the United States (including the
Commission); and
‘‘(2) shall award to the Commission, if the
Commission is a prevailing party;’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this section and the amendment made by sec-
tion 1 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The amendment
made by section 1 shall not apply with respect to a pro-
ceeding or action commenced under title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 before the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1217
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide estate tax relief
for victims of the terrorist-caused airplane crash near Lockerbie, Scot-
land, in 1988.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 4, 1993
Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
estate tax relief for victims of the terrorist-caused air-
plane crash near Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
ESTATE 
TAX 
RELIEF 
FOR 
VICTIMS 
OF
LOCKERBIE TERRORISM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No tax shall be imposed by chap-
ter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on the trans-
fer of the taxable estate of a citizen or resident of the
United States who died as a direct result of the Pan Amer-
ican Airways Flight 103 terrorist disaster over Lockerbie,
Scotland, on December 21, 1988.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply to
estates of decedents dying after December 20, 1988.
(c) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—If refund or credit
of any overpayment of tax resulting from the application
of subsection (a) is prevented at any time before the close
of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act by the operation of any law or rule of
law (including res judicata), refund or credit of such over-
payment (to the extent attributable to the application of
subsection (a)) may, nevertheless, be made or allowed if
claim therefor is filed before the close of such 1-year pe-
riod.
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identifiable child abuse cases, make a grant to each State
to be used—
(A) for the computerization of criminal history
files for the purposes of this Act;
(B) for the improvement of existing computer-
ized criminal history files for the purposes of this
Act;
(C) to improve accessibility to the national
criminal history background check system for the
purposes of this Act; and
(D) to assist the State in the transmittal of
criminal records to, or the indexing of criminal his-
tory record in, the national criminal history back-
ground check system for the purposes of this Act.
(2) There are authorized to be appropriated for
grants under paragraph (1) a total of $20,000,000 for fis-
cal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.
(c) WITHHOLDING STATE FUNDS.—Effective 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral may reduce, by up to 10 percent, the allocation to
a State for a fiscal year under title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 that is not
in compliance with the requirements of this Act.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act—
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1219
To amend the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 to exempt noise
and access restrictions on aircraft operations to and from metropolitan
airports from Federal review and approval requirements under that Act,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 4, 1993
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. HYDE, and Mr. SHAYS) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation
A BILL
To amend the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990
to exempt noise and access restrictions on aircraft oper-
ations to and from metropolitan airports from Federal
review and approval requirements under that Act, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Metropolitan Airport
Noise Reduction Act’’.
SEC. 2. REVIEW OF AIRPORT NOISE AND ACCESS RESTRIC-
TIONS.
(a) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL RE-
VIEW REQUIREMENTS.—Section 9304 of the Airport
Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. App. 2153)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by inserting ‘‘to and
from nonmetropolitan airports’’ after ‘‘Stage 3 air-
craft’’;
(2) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘to or from
a nonmetropolitan airport’’ after ‘‘operation of a
Stage 3 aircraft’’;
(3) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘to or from
a nonmetropolitan airport’’ after ‘‘Stage 2 aircraft’’;
(4) in subsection (d)(1) by inserting ‘‘to or
from a nonmetropolitan airport’’ after ‘‘Stage 3 air-
craft’’;
(5) in subsection (d)(2) by inserting ‘‘to or
from a nonmetropolitan airport’’ after ‘‘Stage 3 air-
craft operations’’; and
(6) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘facilities’’ and
inserting ‘‘nonmetropolitan airports’’.
(b) NONMETROPOLITAN AIRPORT DEFINED.—Sec-
tion 9304 of such Act is further amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) NONMETROPOLITAN AIRPORT DEFINED.—For
the purposes of this section, the term ‘nonmetropolitan
airport’ means an airport serving an area with a popu-
lation of less than 1,000,000 individuals.’’.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICATIONS TO
WAIVE STAGE 3 NOISE LEVELS FOR CERTAIN
AIRCRAFT.
The second sentence of section 9308(b)(1) of the Air-
port Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. App.
2157(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘1999,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘must contain assurances that operations of air-
craft which do not comply with Stage 3 noise levels will
not be concentrated at one or more airports if the waiver
is granted,’’.
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON ROLLBACK OF AIRCRAFT RE-
STRICTIONS.
The Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (49
U.S.C. App. 2151–2158) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 9310. PROHIBITION ON ROLLBACK OF AIRCRAFT RE-
STRICTIONS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—No airport noise or access re-
striction on the operation of Stage 2 or Stage 3 aircraft
to or from a metropolitan or nonmetropolitan airport in
effect on November 5, 1990, may be modified, superseded,
‘‘(4) an offense referred to in section 408(c)(1)
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
848(c)(1)), committed as part of a continuing crimi-
nal enterprise offense under that section, where the
defendant is a principal administrator, organizer, or
leader of such an enterprise, and the defendant, in
order to obstruct the investigation or prosecution of
the enterprise or an offense involved in the enter-
prise, attempts to kill or knowingly directs, advises,
authorizes, or assists another to attempt to kill any
public officer, juror, witness, or members of the fam-
ily or household of such a person;
‘‘(5) an offense constituting a felony violation of
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et
seq.) or the Controlled Substances Import and Ex-
port Act (21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), or the Maritime
Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. App. 1901
et seq.), where the defendant, intending to cause
death or acting with reckless disregard for human
life, engages in such a violation, and the death of
another person results in the course of the violation
or from the use of the controlled substance involved
in the violation; or
‘‘(6) any other offense for which a sentence of
death is provided, if the defendant, as determined
or repealed so as to make such restriction less stringent.
This subsection shall apply to any action taken on, before,
or after the date of the enactment of this section.
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall promptly
notify the sponsor of any facility operating under airport
noise or access restrictions in violation of subsection (a)
of such violation and recommend actions necessary for
compliance with subsection (a).
‘‘(c) INELIGIBILITY FOR PFC’S AND AIP FUNDS.—
After the 90th day following the date on which the sponsor
of a facility receives pursuant to subsection (b) notice of
a violation of subsection (a), such sponsor shall not be eli-
gible to impose a passenger facility charge under section
1113(e) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and shall not
be eligible for grants authorized by section 505 of the Air-
port and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 until such date
as the Secretary determines that the facility is operating
under airport noise and access restrictions in compliance
with subsection (a).’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 121
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide
assistance for emergency repairs in lower income housing projects oper-
ated by the Chicago Housing Authority.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
to provide assistance for emergency repairs in lower
income housing projects operated by the Chicago Hous-
ing Authority.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall, to the extent approved in appropriation Acts, pro-
vide financial assistance to the Chicago Housing Authority
in the State of Illinois for the purpose of permitting the
Authority to make emergency repairs required in lower in-
come housing projects operated by the Authority and as-
sisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act such sums as may be necessary.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1220
To provide the penalty of death for certain Federal crimes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 4, 1993
Mr. GEKAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide the penalty of death for certain Federal crimes.
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 ‘‘Federal Death Penalty
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. DEATH PENALTY PROCEDURES.
Title 18 of the United States Code is amended—
(1) by adding the following new chapter after
chapter 227:
‘‘CHAPTER 228—DEATH PENALTY PROCEDURES
‘‘Sec.
‘‘3591. Sentence of death.
‘‘3592. Factors to be considered in determining whether a sentence of death is
justified.
‘‘3593. Special hearing to determine whether a sentence of death is justified.
‘‘3594. Imposition of a sentence of death.
‘‘3595. Review of a sentence of death.
‘‘3596. Implementation of a sentence of death.
‘‘3597. Use of State facilities.
‘‘3598. Appointment of counsel.
‘‘3599. Collateral attack on judgment imposing sentence of death.
‘‘3600. Application in Indian country.
‘‘§ 3591. Sentence of death
‘‘A defendant who has been found guilty of—
‘‘(1) an offense described in section 794 or sec-
tion 2381 of this title;
‘‘(2) an offense described in section 1751(c) of
this title if the offense, as determined beyond a rea-
sonable doubt at a hearing under section 3593, con-
stitutes an attempt to murder the President of the
United States and results in bodily injury to the
President or comes dangerously close to causing the
death of the President;
‘‘(3) an offense referred to in section 408(c)(1)
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
848(c)(1)), committed as part of a continuing crimi-
nal enterprise offense under the conditions described
in subsection (b) of that section which involved not
less than twice the quantity of controlled substance
described in subsection (b)(2)(A) or twice the gross
receipts described in subsection (b)(2)(B);
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and including the point of origin and the point of re-
ception; 
‘‘(17) the term ‘foreign intelligence informa-
tion’, for purposes of section 3119B(f), means— 
‘‘(A) information, whether or not con-
cerning a United States person, that relates to 
the ability of the United States to protect 
against— 
‘‘(i) actual or potential attack or other 
grave hostile acts of a foreign power or an 
agent of a foreign power; 
‘‘(ii) sabotage or international ter-
rorism by a foreign power or an agent of 
a foreign power; or 
‘‘(iii) clandestine intelligence activities 
by an intelligence service or network of a 
foreign power or by an agent of a foreign 
power; or 
‘‘(B) information, whether or not con-
cerning a United States person, with respect to 
a foreign power or foreign territory that relates 
to— 
‘‘(i) the national defense or the secu-
rity of the United States; or 
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SEC. 613. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY AND 
BONUS AUTHORITIES FOR NUCLEAR OFFI-
CERS. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’: 
(1) Section 312(f), relating to special pay for 
nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active 
service. 
(2) Section 312b(c), relating to nuclear career 
accession bonus. 
(3) Section 312c(d), relating to nuclear career 
annual incentive bonus. 
SEC. 614. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL 
PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORI-
TIES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’: 
(1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus 
authority for enlisted members. 
(2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus 
authority for officers. 
(3) Section 333(i), relating to special bonus and 
incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers. 
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SEC. 5. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR
OF THE CLEARINGHOUSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the
Director—
(1) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-index-
ing system to carry out the purposes of this Act
(which shall include an index of all persons identi-
fied in the reports, registrations, and other existing
public disclosures filed under this Act);
(2) notwithstanding any other provision of law,
to make copies of registrations, reports and public
disclosures filed with him under this Act available
for public inspection and copying, commencing as
soon as practicable, and to permit copying of any
such registration or report by hand or by copying
machine or, at the request of any person, to furnish
a copy of any such registration or report upon pay-
ment of the cost of making and furnishing such
copy; but no information contained in such registra-
tion or report shall be sold or utilized by any person
for the purpose of soliciting contributions or for any
profit-making purpose;
(3) to compile and summarize, for each cal-
endar quarter, the information contained in such
registrations, reports, and other existing public dis-
closures required by this Act in a manner which fa-
(2) by inserting after ‘‘criminal laws’’ the fol-
lowing ‘‘, and with respect to expenditures of funds
by the Department’’.
SEC. 13. ETHICS ENFORCEMENT.
Section 594(j) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(5) ENFORCEMENT.—The Department of Jus-
tice and the Office of Government Ethics have au-
thority to enforce compliance with this subsection.’’.
SEC. 14. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Section 594 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(l) LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.—No funds may
be expended for the operation of any office of independent
counsel after the end of the 2-year period after its estab-
lishment, except to the extent that an appropriations Act
enacted after such establishment specifically makes avail-
able funds for such office for use after the end of that
2-year period.’’.
SEC. 15. ADMINISTRATIVE AND COST CONTROLS.
Section 594 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(m) ADMINISTRATIVE AND COST CONTROLS.—
‘‘(c) The Commission shall maintain a list of the
identity of the multicandidate political committees or sepa-
rate segregated funds that file reports under subsection
(b), including a statement of the amounts and percentage
reported by such multicandidate political committees or
separate segregated funds.
‘‘(d) As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘foreign-owned corporation’
means a corporation at least 50 percent of the own-
ership interest of which is controlled by persons
other than citizens or nationals of the United States;
‘‘(2) the term ‘multicandidate political commit-
tee’ has the meaning given that term in section
315(a)(4);
‘‘(3) the term ‘separate segregated fund’ means
a separate segregated fund referred to in section
316(b)(2)(C); and
‘‘(4) the term ‘foreign national’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 319.’’.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ELECTION-RELATED
ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN NATIONALS.
Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection: