[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 716 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                    September 20, 1994.
      Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 716) entitled ``An 
Act to require that all Federal lithographic printing be performed 
using ink made from vegetable oil and materials derived from other 
renewable resources, and for other purposes'', do pass with the 
following

                               AMENDMENT:

        Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Vegetable Ink Printing Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) More than 95 percent of Federal printing involving 
        documents or publications is performed using lithographic inks.
            (2) Various types of oil, including petroleum and vegetable 
        oil, are used in lithographic ink.
            (3) Increasing the amount of vegetable oil used in a 
        lithographic ink would--
                    (A) help reduce the Nation's use of nonrenewable 
                energy resources;
                    (B) result in the use of products that are less 
                damaging to the environment;
                    (C) result in a reduction of volatile organic 
                compound emissions; and
                    (D) increase the use of renewable agricultural 
                products.
            (4) The technology exists to use vegetable oil in 
        lithographic ink and, in some applications, to use lithographic 
        ink that uses no petroleum distillates in the liquid portion of 
        the ink.
            (5) Some lithographic inks have contained vegetable oils 
        for many years; other lithographic inks have more recently 
        begun to use vegetable oil.
            (6) According to the Government Printing Office, using 
        vegetable oil-based ink appears to add little if any additional 
        cost to Government printing.
            (7) Use of vegetable oil-based ink in Federal Government 
        printing should further develop--
                    (A) the commercial viability of vegetable oil-based 
                ink, which could result in demand, for domestic use 
                alone, for 2,500,000,000 pounds of vegetable crops or 
                500,000,000 pounds of vegetable oil; and
                    (B) a product that could help the United States 
                retain or enlarge its share of the world market for 
                vegetable oil-ink.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to require that all 
lithographic printing using ink containing oil that is performed or 
procured by a Federal agency shall use ink containing the maximum 
amounts of vegetable oil and materials derived from other renewable 
resources that--
            (1) are technologically feasible, and
            (2) result in printing costs that are competitive with 
        printing using petroleum-based inks.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL PRINTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) General Rule.--Notwithstanding any other law, and except as 
provided in subsection (b), a Federal agency may not perform or procure 
lithographic printing that uses ink containing oil if the ink contains 
less than the following percentage of vegetable oil:
            (1) In the case of news ink, 40 percent.
            (2) In the case of sheet-fed ink, 20 percent.
            (3) In the case of forms ink, 20 percent.
            (4) In the case of heat-set ink, 10 percent.
    (b) Exceptions.--
            (1) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
        lithographic printing performed or procured by a Federal 
        agency, if--
                    (A) the head of the agency determines, after 
                consultation with the Public Printer and within the 3-
                year period ending on the date of the commencement of 
                the printing or the date of that procurement, 
                respectively, that vegetable oil-based ink is not 
                suitable to meet specific, identified requirements of 
                the agency related to the printing; or
                    (B) the Public Printer determines--
                            (i) within the 3-month period ending on the 
                        date of the commencement of the printing, in 
                        the case of printing of materials that are 
                        printed at intervals of less than 6 months, or
                            (ii) before the date of the commencement of 
                        the printing, in the case of printing of 
                        materials that are printed at intervals of 6 
                        months or more;
                that the cost of performing the printing using 
                vegetable oil-based ink is significantly greater than 
                the cost of performing the printing using other 
                available ink.
            (2) Notice to congress.--Not later than 30 days after 
        making a determination under paragraph (1)(A), the head of a 
        Federal agency shall report the determination to the Committee 
        on Government Operations and the Committee on House 
        Administration of the House of Representatives, and the 
        Committee on Rules of the Senate.
    (c) Federal Agency Defined.--In this Act, the term ``Federal 
agency'' means--
            (1) an executive department, military department, 
        Government corporation, Government-controlled corporation, or 
        other establishment in the executive branch of the Government 
        (including the Executive Office of the President), or any 
        independent regulatory agency; and
            (2) an establishment or component of the legislative or 
        judicial branch of the Government.
            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.
103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 716

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                               AMENDMENT