[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4412 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4412

  To require the head of any Federal agency to differentiate between 
  fats, oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and 
 other oils and greases, in issuing certain regulations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 1994

    Ms. Long (for herself, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Rowland, Mr. 
 Skelton, Mr. Holden, Mr. Montgomery, and Mr. Emerson) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on 
                  Agriculture and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the head of any Federal agency to differentiate between 
  fats, oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and 
 other oils and greases, in issuing certain regulations, 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. DIFFERENTIATION AMONG FATS, OILS, AND GREASES.

    (a) In General.--In issuing any regulation or establishing any 
interpretation or guideline relating to a fat, oil, or grease under any 
Federal law, the head of any Federal agency shall differentiate 
between--
            (1)(A) animal fats and oils and greases, and fish and 
        marine mammal oils, within the meaning of paragraph (2) of 
        section 61(a) of title 13, United States Code; or
            (B) oils of vegetable origin, including oils from the 
        seeds, nuts, and kernels referred to in paragraph (1)(A) of 
        such section; and
            (2) other oils and greases, including petroleum.
    (b) Considerations.--In differentiating between the class of fats, 
oils, and greases described in subsection (a)(1) and the class of oils 
and greases described in subsection (a)(2), the head of the Federal 
agency shall consider differences in the physical, chemical, 
biological, and other properties, and in the environmental effects, of 
the classes.

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