[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2524-E2525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       TICKET TO WORK AND WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999

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                               speech of

                            HON. TOM BLILEY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 18, 1999

  Mr. BLILEY. Mr. Speaker, earlier today, the House passed a 
consolidated appropriations act funding a number of agencies for fiscal 
year 2000.
  Among the legislative items attached to that measure was a provision 
imposing a moratorium on the Administration's organ allocation 
regulations. Under the legislation we passed earlier today, that 
moratorium extends for 42 days.
  That moratorium is not a sufficient amount of time for Congress to 
complete its work in legislating changes in the National Organ 
Transplant Act.
  Accordingly, the legislation we currently have under consideration, 
the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, goes a 
step further. This legislation extends the moratorium an additional 90 
days. I fully expect that President Clinton will sign the consolidated 
appropriations measure into law in the near future. When he does so, 
under the terms of that law, the first moratorium of 42 days will 
begin.
  I further anticipate that the President will sign the Work Incentives 
legislation after he signs the appropriations bill. When he does so, it 
is my firm belief that H.R. 1180's 90-day moratorium will then begin. 
As the legislative language of the bill states: ``The final rule 
entitled `Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network', promulgated 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on April 2, 1998 (63 Fed. 
Reg. 16295 et seq.) (relating to part 121 of title 42, Code of Federal 
Regulations), together with the amendments to such rules promulgated on 
October 20, 1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 56649 et seq.) shall not become 
effective before the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this

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Act.'' As the Chairman of the Committee with exclusive jurisdiction of 
the matter, and the author of this provision, my legislative intent is 
that, when the Work Incentives legislation is signed into law, it will 
begin a new 90-day moratorium period.
  In the unlikely event that President Clinton signs the consolidated 
appropriations measure after the Work Incentives measure, I also want 
to be clear about my legislation intent. Because Congress acted on the 
appropriations measure first, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services should view the moratorium set forth in the Work Incentives 
measure as Congress' last statement. In other words, if the Work 
Incentives measure is signed after the appropriations bill, Congress' 
intent is that a 90-day moratorium remain in effect from the date of 
enactment of H.R. 1180.

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