H.R. 98 (ih) To amend chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code, to extend the aviation war risk insurance program. [Introduced in House] ...

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106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                H. R. 98

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                                 AN ACT

  To amend chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code, to extend the 
  aviation war risk insurance program and to amend the Centennial of 
   Flight Commemoration Act to make technical and other corrections.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 98

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code, to extend the 
  aviation war risk insurance program and to amend the Centennial of 
   Flight Commemoration Act to make technical and other corrections.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF INSURANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 44310 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``March 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2003''.

SEC. 2. CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT COMMISSION.

    (a) Membership.--
            (1) Appointment.--Section 4(a)(5) of the Centennial of 
        Flight Commemoration Act (36 U.S.C. 143 note; 112 Stat. 3487) 
        is amended by inserting ``, or his designee,'' after 
        ``prominence''.
            (2) Status.--Section 4 of such Act (112 Stat. 3487) is 
        amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Status.--The members of the Commission described in 
paragraphs (1), (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (a) shall not be 
considered to be officers or employees of the United States.''.
    (b) Duties.--Section 5(a)(7) of such Act (112 Stat. 3488) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(7) as a nonprimary purpose, publish popular and 
        scholarly works related to the history of aviation or the 
        anniversary of the centennial of powered flight.''.
    (c) Conflicts of Interest.--Section 6 of such Act (112 Stat. 3488-
3489) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Conflicts of Interest.--At its second business meeting, the 
Commission shall adopt a policy to protect against possible conflicts 
of interest involving its members and employees. The Commission shall 
consult with the Office of Government Ethics in the development of such 
a policy and shall recognize the status accorded its members under 
section 4(g).''.
    (d) Executive Director.--The first sentence of section 7(a) of such 
Act (112 Stat. 3489) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
inserting the following: ``or represented on the First Flight 
Centennial Advisory Board under subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 
section 12(b)(1).''.
    (e) Exclusive Right to Name, Logos, Emblems, Seals, and Marks.--
            (1) Use of funds.--Section 9(d) of such Act (112 Stat. 
        3490) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting the following: ``, except that the Commission may 
        transfer any portion of such funds that is in excess of the 
        funds necessary to carry out such duties to any Federal agency 
        or the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian 
        Institution to be used for the sole purpose of commemorating 
        the history of aviation or the centennial of powered flight.''.
            (2) Duties to be carried out by administrator of nasa.--
        Section 9 of such Act (112 Stat. 3490) is amended by adding at 
        the end the following:
    ``(f) Duties To Be Carried Out by Administrator of NASA.--The 
duties of the Commission under this section shall be carried out by the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in 
consultation with the Commission.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 3, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.

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