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[H.R. 436 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.436

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
  the fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five


                                 An Act


 
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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. DIFFERENTIATION AMONG FATS, OILS, AND GREASES.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), in issuing 
or enforcing any regulation or establishing any interpretation or 
guideline relating to the transportation, storage, discharge, release, 
emission, or disposal of a fat, oil, or grease under any Federal law, 
the head of that Federal agency shall--
        (1) differentiate between and establish separate classes for--
            (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, and oils of vegetable 
        origin, including oils from the seeds, nuts, and kernels 
        referred to in paragraph (1)(A) of that section; and
            (B) other oils and greases, including petroleum; and
        (2) apply standards to different classes of fats and oils based 
    on considerations in subsection (b).
    (b) Considerations.--In differentiating between the class of fats, 
oils, and greases described in subsection (a)(1)(A) and the class of 
oils and greases described in subsection (a)(1)(B), 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.
    (c) Exception.--The requirements of this Act shall not apply to the 
Food and Drug Administration and the Food Safety and Inspection 
Service.
    (d) Financial Responsibility.--
        (1) Section 1004(a)(1) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
    U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``for a tank vessel,'' 
    and inserting ``for a tank vessel (except a tank vessel on which 
    the only oil carried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable oil, as 
    those terms are used in section 2 of the Edible Oil Regulatory 
    Reform Act)''.
        (2) Section 1016(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
    2716(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``, in the 
    case of a tank vessel, the responsible party could be subject under 
    section 1004(a)(1) or (d) of this Act, or to which, in the case of 
    any other vessel, the responsible party could be subjected under 
    section 1004(a)(2) or (d)'' and inserting ``the responsible party 
    could be subjected under section 1004(a) or (d) of this Act''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.