[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 679 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 679

    To require that Federal agencies differentiate animal fats and 
  vegetable oils from other oils and greases in issuing or enforcing 
                  regulations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 5, 1995

    Mr. Lugar (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Pressler, Mr. Lott, Mr. 
Cochran, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Coats, Mr. Shelby, 
Mr. Inouye, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Burns, Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Daschle, and Mr. 
  McConnell) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require that Federal agencies differentiate animal fats and 
  vegetable oils from other oils and greases in issuing or enforcing 
                  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. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Animal fat.--The term ``animal fat'' means each type of 
        animal fat, oil, or grease (including fat, oil, or grease from 
        fish or a marine mammal), including any fat, oil, or grease 
        referred to in section 61(a)(2) of title 13, United States 
        Code.
            (2) Vegetable oil.--The term ``vegetable oil'' means each 
        type of vegetable oil (including vegetable oil from a seed, 
        nut, or kernel), including any vegetable oil referred to in 
        section 61(a)(1) of title 13, United States Code.

SEC. 3. DIFFERENTIATION AMONG FATS, OILS, AND GREASES.

    (a) In General.--In issuing or enforcing a regulation, an 
interpretation, or a guideline relating to a fat, oil, or grease under 
a Federal law, the head of a Federal agency shall--
            (1) differentiate between and establish separate categories 
        for--
                    (A)(i) animal fats; and
                    (ii) vegetable oils; and
                    (B) other oils, including petroleum oil; and
            (2) apply different standards to different classes of fat 
        and oil as provided in subsection (b).
    (b) Considerations.--In differentiating between the classes of 
animal fats and vegetable oils referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A) and 
the classes of oils described in subsection (a)(1)(B), the head of the 
Federal agency shall consider differences in physical, chemical, 
biological, and other properties, and in the effects on human health 
and the environment, of the classes.

SEC. 4. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

    (a) Limits on Liability.--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 (other than a tank vessel 
carrying animal fat or vegetable oil),''.
    (b) Financial Responsibility.--The first sentence of section 
1016(a) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 2716(a)) is amended by striking ``in the 
case of a tank vessel,'' and inserting ``in the case of a tank vessel 
(other than a tank vessel carrying animal fat or vegetable oil),''.
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