[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H72-H74]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT

  The President, subsequent to the sine die adjournment of the 2d 
session, 104th Congress, notified the Clerk of the House that on the 
following dates he had approved and signed bills and joint resolutions 
of the following titles:

           On August 13, 1996:
       H.R. 1975. An act to improve the management of royalties 
     from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, 
     and for other purposes.
           On August 20, 1996:
       H.R. 2739. An act to provide for a representational 
     allowance for Members of the House of Representatives, to 
     make technical and conforming changes to sundry provisions of 
     law in consequence of administrative reforms in the House of 
     Representatives, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 3139. An act to redesignate the United States Post 
     Office building located at 245 Centereach Mall on Middle 
     Country Road in Centereach, New York, as the ``Rose Y. 
     Caracappa United States Post Office Building'';
       H.R. 3448. An act to provide tax relief for small 
     businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to 
     increase the take home pay of workers, to amend the Portal-
     to-Portal Act of 1947 relating to the payment of wages to 
     employees who use employer owned vehicles, and to amend the 
     Fair Labor Standard Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage 
     rate and to prevent job loss by providing flexibility to 
     employers in complying with minimum wage and overtime 
     requirements under that Act;
       H.R. 3834. An act to redesignate the Dunning Post Office in 
     Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Roger P. McAuliffe Post Office''; 
     and
       H.R. 3870. An act to authorize the Agency for International 
     Development to offer voluntary separation incentive payments 
     to employees of the agency.
           On August 21, 1996:
       H.R. 3103. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to improve portability and continuity of health 
     insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to 
     combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health 
     care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings 
     accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and 
     coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance 
     and for other purposes; and
       H.R. 3680. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     carry out the international obligations of the United States, 
     under the Geneva Conventions to provide criminal penalties 
     for certain war crimes.
           On August 22, 1996:
       H.R. 3734. An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
     section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget 
     for fiscal year 1997.
           On September 9, 1996:
       H.R. 3845. An act making appropriations for the government 
     of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
     in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other 
     purposes.
           On September 16, 1996:
       H.R. 3269. An act to amend the Impact Aid program to 
     provide for a hold-harmless with respect to amounts for 
     payments relating to the Federal acquisition of real 
     property, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3517. An act making appropriations for military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure for the Department of defense for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 3754. An act making appropriations for the Legislative 
     Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for 
     other purposes.
           On September 18, 1996:
       H.R. 740. An act to confer jurisdiction on the United 
     States Court of Federal Claims with respect to land claims of 
     Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe.
           On September 21, 1996:
       H.R. 3396. An act to define and protect the institution of 
     marriage.
           On September 22, 1996:
       H.R. 4018. An act to make technical corrections in the 
     Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982.
           On September 23, 1996:
       H.R. 3230. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 1997 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes.
           On September 25, 1996:
       H.R. 1642. An act to extend nondiscriminatory treatment 
     (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Cambodia, 
     and for other purposes.
           On September 26, 1996:
       H.R. 3666. An act making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
     corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
           On September 30, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 197. Joint resolution waiving certain enrollment 
     requirements with respect to any bill or joint resolution of 
     the One Hundred Fourth Congress making general or continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1997;
       H.R. 3610. An act making omnibus consolidated 
     appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 
     and for other purposes;
       H.R. 3675. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes; and
       H.R. 3816. An act making appropriations for energy and 
     water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1997, and for other purposes.
           On October 1, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 191. Joint resolution to confer honorary 
     citizenship of the United States on Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, 
     also known as Mother Teresa;
       H.R. 1772. An act to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior to acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh for 
     inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex;
       H.R. 2428. An act to encourage the donation of food and 
     grocery products to nonprofit organizations for distribution 
     to needy individuals by giving the Model Good Samaritan Food 
     Donation Act the full force and effect of law;
       H.R. 2464. An act to amend Public Law 103-93 to provide 
     additional lands within the State of Utah for the Goshute 
     Indian Reservation, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 2512. An act to provide for certain benefits of the 
     Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program to the Crow Creek 
     Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 2679. An act to revise the boundary of the North 
     Platte National Wildlife Refuge, to expand the Pettaquamscutt 
     Cove National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 2982. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey the Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery to the State 
     of Alabama;
       H.R. 3120. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     with respect to witness retaliation, witness tampering and 
     jury tampering;
       H.R. 3287. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey the Crawford National Fish Hatchery to the city of 
     Crawford, Nebraska;
       H.R. 3553. An act to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act 
     to authorize appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission; 
     and
       H.R. 3676. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     clarify the intent of Congress with respect to the Federal 
     carjacking prohibition.
           On October 2, 1996:
       H.R. 2366. An act to repeal an unnecessary medical device 
     reporting requirement;
       H.R. 2504. An act to designate the Federal Building located 
     at the corner of Patton Avenue and Otis Street, and the 
     United States courthouse located on Otis Street, in 
     Asheville, North Carolina, as the ``Veach-Baley Federal 
     Complex'';
       H.R. 2685. An act to repeal the Medicare and Medicaid 
     Coverage Data Bank;
       H.R. 3060. An act to implement the Protocol on 
     Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty;
       H.R. 3074. An act to amend the United States-Israel Free 
     Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 to provide the 
     President with additional proclamation authority with respect 
     to articles of the West Bank or Gaza Strip or a qualifying 
     industrial zone;

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       H.R. 3186. An act to designate the Federal building at 1655 
     Woodson Road in Overland, Missouri, as the ``Sammy L. Davis 
     Federal Building'';
       H.R. 3400. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse to be constructed at a site on 18th 
     Street between Dodge and Douglas Streets in Omaha, Nebraska, 
     as the ``Roman L. Hruska Federal Building and United States 
     Courthouse'';
       H.R. 3710. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     under construction at 611 North Florida Avenue in Tampa, 
     Florida, as the ``Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse''; 
     and
       H.R. 3802. An act to amend section 552 of title 5, United 
     States Code, popularly known as the Freedom of Information 
     Act, to provide for public access to information in an 
     electronic format, and for other purposes.
           On October 8, 1996:
       H.R. 1350. An act to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to 
     revitalize the United States-flag merchant marine, and for 
     other purposes;
       H.R. 3056. An act to permit a county-operated health 
     insuring organization to qualify as an organization exempt 
     from certain requirements otherwise applicable to health 
     insuring organizations under the Medicaid program 
     notwithstanding that the organization enrolls Medicaid 
     beneficiaries residing in another county.
           On October 9, 1996:
       H.R. 657. An act to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act applicable to the construction of three 
     hydroelectric projects in the State of Arkansas;
       H.R. 680. An act to extend the time for construction of 
     certain FERC licensed hydro projects;
       H.R. 1011. An act to extend deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric 
     project in the State of Ohio;
       H.R. 1014. An act to authorize extension of time limitation 
     for a FERC-issued hydroelectric license;
       H.R. 1031. An act for the relief of Oscar Salas-Velazquez;
       H.R. 1290. An act to reinstate the permit for, and extend 
     the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the 
     construction of, a hydroelectric project in Oregon, and for 
     other purposes;
       H.R. 1335. An act to provide for the extension of a 
     hydroelectric project located in the State of West Virginia;
       H.R. 1366. An act to authorize the extension of time 
     limitation for the FERC-issued hydroelectric license for the 
     Mt. Hope Waterpower Project;
       H.R. 1791. An act to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to make certain technical corrections relating to 
     physicians' services;
       H.R. 2501. An act to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric 
     project in Kentucky, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 2508. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to provide for improvements in the process of 
     approving and using animal drugs, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 2594. An act to amend the Railroad Unemployment 
     Insurance Act to reduce the waiting period for benefits 
     payable under that Act, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 2630. An act to extend the deadline for commencement 
     of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of 
     Illinois;
       H.R. 2660. An act to increase the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Department of the Interior for the Tensas 
     River National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 2695. An act to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act applicable to the construction of certain 
     hydroelectric projects in the State of Pennsylvania;
       H.R. 2700. An act to designate the building located at 8302 
     FM 327, Elmendorf, Texas, which houses operations of the 
     United States Postal Service, as the ``Amos F. Longoria Post 
     Office Building'';
       H.R. 2773. An act to extend the deadline under the Federal 
     Power Act applicable to the construction of 2 hydroelectric 
     projects in North Carolina, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 2816. An act to reinstate the license for, and extend 
     the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the 
     construction of, a hydroelectric project in Ohio, and for 
     other purposes;
       H.R. 2869. An act to extend the deadline for commencement 
     of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of 
     Kentucky;
       H.R. 2967. An act to extend the authorization of the 
     Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978, and for 
     other purposes;
       H.R. 2988. An act to amend the Clean Air Act to provide 
     that traffic signal synchronization projects are exempt from 
     certain requirements of Environmental Protection Agency 
     Rules;
       H.R. 3068. An act to accept the request of the Prairie 
     Island Indian Community to revoke their charter of 
     incorporation issued under the Indian Reorganization Act;
       H.R. 3118. An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     reform eligibility for health care provided by the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs, to authorize major medical facility 
     construction projects for the Department, to improve 
     administration of health care by the Department, and for 
     other purposes;
       H.R. 3458. An act to increase, effective as of December 1, 
     1996, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with 
     service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency 
     and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-
     connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 3539. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
     and for other purposes;
       H.R. 3546. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey the Walhalla National Fish Hatchery to the State of 
     South Carolina, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 3660. An act to make amendments to the Reclamation 
     Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act, and for 
     other purposes;
       H.R. 3871. An act to waive temporarily the Medicaid 
     enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance 
     organizations;
       H.R. 3877. An act to designate the United States Post 
     Office building located at 351 West Washington Street in 
     Camden, Arkansas, as the ``David H. Pryor Post Office 
     Building'';
       H.R. 3916. An act to make available certain Voice of 
     America and Radio Marti multilingual computer readable text 
     and voice recordings;
       H.R. 3973. An act to provide for a study of the 
     recommendations of the Joint Federal-State Commission on 
     Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska Natives;
       H.R. 4138. An act to authorize the hydrogen research, 
     development, and demonstration programs of the Department of 
     Energy, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 4167. An act to provide for the safety of journeymen 
     boxers, and for other purposes; and
       H.R. 4168. An act to amend the Helium Act to authorize the 
     Secretary to enter into agreements with private parties for 
     the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands, and for 
     other purposes.
           October 11, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 198. Joint resolution appointing the day for the 
     convening of the first session of the One Hundred Fifth 
     Congress and the day for the counting in Congress of the 
     electoral votes for President and Vice President cast in 
     December 1996;
       H.R. 543. An act to reauthorize the National Marine 
     Sanctuaries Act, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 1514. An act to authorize and facilitate a program to 
     enhance safety, training, research and development, and 
     safety education in the propane gas industry for the benefits 
     of propane consumers and the public, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 1734. An act to reauthorize the National Film 
     Preservation Board, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 1823. An act to amend the Central Utah Project 
     Completion Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the 
     United States and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District 
     dated December 28, 1965, and November 26, 1985, and for other 
     purposes;
       H.R. 2297. An act to codify without substantive change laws 
     related to transportation and to improve the United States 
     Code;
       H.R. 2579. An act to establish the National Tourism Board 
     and the National Tourism Organization to promote 
     international travel and tourism to the United States;
       H.R. 3005. An act to amend the Federal securities laws in 
     order to promote efficiency and capital formation in the 
     financial markets, and to amend the Investment Company Act of 
     1940 to promote more efficient management of mutual funds, 
     protect investors, and provide more effective and less 
     burdensome regulation;
       H.R. 3159. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 
     1999 for the National Transportation Safety Board, and for 
     other purposes;
       H.R. 3166. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, 
     with respect to the crime of false statement in a Government 
     matter;
       H.R. 3259. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 1997 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 3723. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     protect proprietary economic information, and for other 
     purposes; and
       H.R. 3815. An act to make technical corrections and 
     miscellaneous amendments to trade laws.
           On October 13, 1996:
       H.R. 4137. An act to combat drug-facilitated crimes of 
     violence, including sexual assaults.
           On October 14, 1996:
       H.R. 4083. An act to extend certain programs under the 
     Energy Policy and Conservation Act through September 30, 
     1997.
           On October 19, 1996:
       H.J. Res. 193. Joint resolution granting the consent of 
     Congress to the Emergency Management assistance Compact;
       H.J. Res. 194. Joint resolution granting the consent of the 
     Congress to amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, and the 
     District of Columbia to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
     Transit Regulation Compact;
       H.R. 632. An act to enhance fairness in compensating owners 
     of patents used by the United States;
       H.R. 1087. An act to the relief of Nguyen Quy An;
       H.R. 1281. An act to express the sense of the Congress that 
     United States Government agencies in possession of records 
     about individuals who are alleged to have committed Nazi war 
     cries should make these records public;

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       H.R. 1874. An act to modify the boundaries of the Talladega 
     National Forest, Alabama;
       H.R. 3155. An act to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
     by designating the Wekiva River, Seminole creek, and Rock 
     Springs Run in the State of Florida for study and potential 
     addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
       H.R. 3249. An act to authorize appropriations for a mining 
     institute or institutes to develop domestic technological 
     capabilities for the recovery of minerals from the Nation's 
     seabed, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 3378. An act to amend the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act to extend the demonstration program for 
     direct billing of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party 
     payors;
       H.R. 3568. An act to designate 51.7 miles of the Clarion 
     River, located in Pennsylvania, as a component of the 
     National Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
       H.R. 3632. An act to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to repeal the requirement for annual resident review for 
     nursing facilities under the Medicaid program and to require 
     resident reviews for mentally ill or mentally retarded 
     residents when there is a significant change in physical or 
     mental condition;
       H.R. 3864. An act to amend laws authorizing auditing, 
     reporting, and other functions by the General Accounting 
     Office;
       H.R. 3910. An act to provide emergency drought relief to 
     the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Canadian River 
     Municipal Water Authority, Texas, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 4036. An act making certain provisions with respect to 
     internationally recognized human rights, refugees, and 
     foreign relations; and
       H.R. 4194. An act to reauthorize alternative means of 
     dispute resolution in the Federal administrative process, and 
     for other purposes.
           October 20, 1996:
       H.R. 1776. An act to establish United States commemorative 
     coin programs, and for other purposes.
           October 26, 1996:
       H.R. 3219. An act to provide Federal assistance for Indian 
     tribe in a manner that recognizes the right of tribal self-
     governance, and for other purposes;
       H.R. 3452. An act to make certain laws applicable to the 
     Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes; 
     and
       H.R. 4283. An act to provide for ballast water management 
     to prevent the introduction and spread of nonindigenous 
     species into the waters of the United States, and for other 
     purposes.
           November 12, 1996:
       H.R. 4236. An act to provide for the administration of 
     certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal 
     taxpayer, and for other purposes.

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