[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 916 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 916


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 1999

                                Received

                           November 19, 1999

       Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To make technical amendments to section 10 of title 9, United States 
                     Code, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. VACATION OF AWARDS.

    Section 10 of title 9, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by indenting the margin of paragraphs (1) through (4) 
        of subsection (a) 2 ems;
            (2) by striking ``Where'' in such paragraphs and inserting 
        ``where'';
            (3) by striking the period at the end of paragraphs (1), 
        (2), and (3) of subsection (a) and inserting a semicolon and by 
        adding ``or'' at the end of paragraph (3);
            (4) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
            (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``Where an award'' and 
        inserting ``If an award'', by inserting a comma after 
        ``expired'', and by redesignating the paragraph as subsection 
        (b).

SEC. 2. COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE.

    The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 
1001-1021) is amended--
            (1) in section 102, by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) The term `installed' means equipment, facilities, or 
        services that are operable and commercially available for use 
        anywhere within a telecommunications carrier's network.
            ``(10) The term `deployed' means equipment, facilities, or 
        services that are commercially available anywhere within the 
        telecommunications industry and capable of being installed or 
        utilized in a telecommunications carrier's network, whether or 
        not such equipment, facilities, or services were actually 
        installed or utilized within the carrier's network.
            ``(11) The term `significantly upgraded or otherwise 
        undergoes a major modification' means a material and 
        substantial change in the configuration of a telecommunications 
        carrier's network, including the installation of hardware or 
        software that fundamentally alters the equipment, facilities, 
        or services of that network, but does not include the upgrade 
        of switching equipment or other modifications made in the 
        ordinary course of business or made so as to comply with 
        Federal or State law or regulatory requirements.'';
            (2) in section 107(a), by striking paragraph (3);
            (3) in section 108(c)(3), by striking ``on or before 
        January 1, 1995'' and inserting ``before June 30, 2000'';
            (4) in section 109--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the heading strike ``January 1, 
                        1995'' and inserting ``June 30, 2000''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``January 1, 1995'' and 
                        inserting ``June 30, 2000'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in the heading strike ``January 1, 
                        1995'' and inserting ``June 30, 2000''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding 
                                subparagraph (A), by striking ``January 
                                1, 1995'' and inserting ``June 30, 
                                2000''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (J), by 
                                striking ``January 1, 1995'' and 
                                inserting ``June 30, 2000''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``January 1, 1995'' and inserting ``June 30, 
                        2000'';
                    (C) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) in the heading strike ``January 1, 
                        1995'' and inserting ``June 30, 2000''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``January 1, 1995'' and 
                        inserting ``June 30, 2000'';
            (5) in section 110, by striking ``and 1998'' and inserting 
        ``1998, 1999, and 2000''; and
            (6) in section 111(b), by striking ``on that date that is 4 
        years after the date of enactment of this Act'' and inserting 
        ``no earlier than June 30, 2000''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.