[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CORRECTING ERRORS IN ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 2014, TAXPAYER RELIEF ACT OF 
                                  1997

  Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a concurrent resolution (H. Con. 
Res. 138) to correct technical errors in the enrollment of the bill 
H.R. 2014, and I ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the concurrent 
resolution.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 138

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 2014), 
     to provide for reconciliation pursuant to subsections (b)(2) 
     and (d) of section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 1998, the Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives shall make the following corrections:
       (1) In the amendment proposed to be added by section 
     1085(c), strike ``section 407(d)'' and insert ``paragraph (4) 
     or (7) of section 407(d)''.
       (2) Strike subparagraph (B) of section 1031(e)(2) and 
     insert the following:
       ``(B) Treatment of amounts paid for tickets purchased 
     before october 1, 1997.--The amendments made by subsection 
     (c) shall not apply to amounts paid before October 1, 1997; 
     except that--
       ``(i) the amendment made to section 4261(c) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 shall apply to amounts paid more than 7 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act for 
     transportation beginning on or after October 1, 1997, and
       ``(ii) the amendment made to section 4263(c) of such Code 
     shall apply to the extent related to taxes imposed under the 
     amendment made to such section 4261(c) on the amounts 
     described in clause (i).''.

  Mr. ARCHER (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the concurrent resolution be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer] is 
recognized for 1 hour.
  Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  This enrolling resolution would make two corrections in the tax bill 
which just passed the House of Representatives, and that is H.R. 2014. 
The first correction would revise section 1085(c) to cover work 
experience and community service employment, but not subsidize private 
sector jobs.
  Let me explain why this correction is necessary. The conference 
agreement intended to prohibit the payment of the earned income tax 
credit to TANF recipients who were participating in workfare or 
community service jobs. However, the bill language denies the EITC to 
individuals in subsidized private employment or on-the-job training 
where the employer receives wage subsidy funds from the State that are 
financed by the TAIF funds, as well as to individuals in welfare or 
community service jobs. This problem appears to have stemmed from the 
fact that the drafters did not find a definition of the term 
``workfare,'' in title IV-A. So they swept in a wide array of work 
activities, including subsidized private sector employment, and this 
concurrent resolution would put in place the intent of what Congress 
was acting to do.

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  The second correction would revise section 1031 of H.R. 2014 to delay 
the effective date of certain advance ticket purchases for air 
transportation beginning after September 30, 1997. The correction is 
needed to allow the airlines enough time to reprogram their computers 
for the new ticket pricing system as contained in H.R. 2014.
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ARCHER. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I would ask the gentleman, I assume these 
corrections have been cleared with the ranking member of the Committee 
on Ways and Means?
  Mr. ARCHER. I understand that they have. The gentleman from New York 
[Mr. Rangel] has approved these corrections.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Is there objection to the 
initial request of the gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 138

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 2014), 
     to provide for reconciliation pursuant to subsections (b)(2) 
     and (d) of section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 1998, the Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives shall make the following corrections:
       (1) In the amendment proposed to be added by section 
     1085(c), strike ``section 407(d)'' and insert ``paragraph (4) 
     or (7) of section 407(d)''.
       (2) Strike subparagraph (B) of section 1031(e)(2) and 
     insert the following:
       ``(B) Treatment of amounts paid for tickets purchased 
     before october 1, 1997.--The amendments made by subsection 
     (c) shall not apply to amounts paid before October 1, 1997; 
     except that--
       ``(i) the amendment made to section 4261(c) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 shall apply to amounts paid more than 7 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act for 
     transportation beginning on or after October 1, 1997, and
       ``(ii) the amendment made to section 4263(c) of such Code 
     shall apply to the extent related to taxes imposed under the 
     amendment made to such section 4261(c) on the amounts 
     described in clause (i).''.

  The concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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