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104-hr-4344 104 hr 4344 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that a member of the Armed Forces who is diagnosed as being HIV-positive within one year of entering military service shall be considered to have entered the Armed Forces under a fraudulent enlistment or appointment. Armed Forces and National Security 1996-10-04 1996-10-04 Referred to the House Committee on National Security. House Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-46] CA R D000435 0 Provides that a member of the armed forces who is medically determined to be positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) within one year after entering into military service shall be immediately discharged on the basis of having entered such service under a fraudulent enlistment or appointment. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
104-hr-4339 104 hr 4339 Transported Air Pollution Mitigation Act of 1996 Environmental Protection 1996-10-03 1996-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18] CA D C000670 3 Transported Air Pollution Mitigation Act of 1996 - Amends Clean Air Act provisions regarding State implementation plans for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards to require a State, for each upwind area which causes or significantly contributes to a violation of the ambient air quality standard for ozone in a downwind area, to submit a plan revision that requires the upwind area to either: (1) reduce emissions of each air pollutant concerned by an amount necessary to mitigate impacts to pollution concentrations in the downwind area; or (2) make payments to the State or the air quality district as compensation to the downwind area for the costs of emission reduction measures. Requires a State, for each Moderate ozone nonattainment area determined to cause or significantly contribute to a violation of the national ambient air quality standard for ozone in a downwind area, to submit a plan revision including all provisions necessary for an enhanced vehicle inspection described in provisions concerning Serious areas and Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Requires amendment by a State of its plan for maintenance (required when a State requests redesignation of a nonattainment area as an area which has attained the national ambient air quality standard) to include measures for such an inspection program if the State determines that the area concerned is causing or significantly contributing to a violation of such standards for ozone in a downwind area. 2025-08-21T20:15:15Z  
104-hr-4340 104 hr 4340 To prohibit, in connection with the termination of Army activities at the Stratford Army Engine Plant, the expenditure of Federal funds to cover the costs of relocating a Government contractor located at that installation. Armed Forces and National Security 1996-10-03 1996-10-03 Referred to the House Committee on National Security. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 0 Prohibits Department of Defense funds from being used to relocate any Government contractor from the Stratford Army Engine Plant, Connecticut, in connection with the termination of Army activities under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
104-hr-4341 104 hr 4341 Child Support Recovery Amendments Act of 1996 Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-10-03 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 1 Child Support Recovery Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends Federal criminal code provisions regarding failure to pay legal child support obligations to create two new categories of felony offenses, subject to a two-year maximum prison term: (1) traveling in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to evade a support obligation if the obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer than one year or is greater than $5,000; and (2) willfully failing to pay a support obligation regarding a child residing in another State, if the obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer than two years or is greater than $10,000. Specifies that the existence of a support obligation that was in effect for the time period charged in the indictment or information creates a rebuttable presumption that the obligor has the ability to pay such obligation for that period. Directs the court, upon a conviction, to order restitution in an amount equal to the total unpaid support obligation as it exists at the time of sentencing. 2025-08-21T20:14:48Z  
104-hr-4342 104 hr 4342 To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend certain statutes of limitation. Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-10-03 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 0 Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) allow an indictment or information for a Class A felony involving murder to be found at any time without limitation; and (2) prohibit (except under such provision) a person from being prosecuted, tried, or punished for a Class A felony that is a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime unless the indictment is returned or the information is filed within ten years after the commission of the offense. 2019-11-15T21:33:17Z  
104-hr-4343 104 hr 4343 To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from making American communities non-competitive by using shipping cost differentials attributable to the application of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920. Armed Forces and National Security 1996-10-03 1996-10-03 Referred to the House Committee on National Security. House Del. Underwood, Robert A. [D-GU-At Large] GU D U000014 0 Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, when making cost or business comparisons between U.S. and foreign bases for the supply of U.S. Navy activities, from using shipping cost differentials that are attributable to the application of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 to the United States bases. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
104-hr-4336 104 hr 4336 To restore the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to extend existing and expiring contracts under the conservation reserve program. Agriculture and Food 1996-10-01 1996-10-04 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] KS R R000307 0 Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to repeal the provision that eliminated contract extension authority under the conservation reserve program. 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z  
104-hr-4337 104 hr 4337 Gambling Credit Reform Act Finance and Financial Sector 1996-10-01 1996-10-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. House Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] NY D L000556 0 Gambling Credit Reform Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit any creditor from extending any credit to any consumer under any open end consumer credit plan if the creditor knows or has reason to believe that the proceeds of such extension of credit are being used or will be used by the consumer to make any form of wager or bet, to play any game of chance, to use any gambling device, or to otherwise participate in gambling at any gambling establishment. 2025-08-21T20:15:51Z  
104-hr-4338 104 hr 4338 To provide relief for domestic producers of tailored wool apparel from increased imports of such apparel from Canada. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1996-10-01 1996-10-01 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] NY D L000556 0 Directs the President to take necessary steps to renegotiate with Canada the annual quantity limitations of tailored wool apparel assembled in Canada from fabric or yarn produced or obtained in a non-North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) country, that is eligible for preferential tariff treatment under NAFTA, to reflect current conditions in the wool apparel industry in Canada and the United States, including the ability of tailored wool apparel producers to obtain supplies of wool fabric within U.S. and Canadian territories. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
104-hr-4329 104 hr 4329 To designate the Federal building located at 300 East 8th Street in Austin, Texas, as the "J. J. 'Jake' Pickle Federal Building". Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12] TX D G000134 0 Designates the Federal building located at 300 East 8th Street in Austin, Texas, as the J.J. "Jake" Pickle Federal Building. 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z  
104-hr-4330 104 hr 4330 To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, relating to metropolitan planning. Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] CO R H000444 0 Amends Federal law to revise the criteria for designating metropolitan planning organizations for urbanized areas under the highway and mass transit programs. Declares it shall be the responsibility of the State to provide oversight in areas with multiple metropolitan planning organizations. 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z  
104-hr-4331 104 hr 4331 Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-30 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] MA D K000110 0 Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and set penalties for specified activities relating to material: (1) constituting or containing child pornography, including knowingly possessing any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, computer disk, or other material that contains three or more images of child pornography (and enhances penalties if the offender has a prior Federal or State conviction relating to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, abusive sexual conduct involving a minor or ward, or for specified activities relating to child pornography (prior conviction)); and (2) depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, including knowingly mailing, or transporting or shipping in interstate or foreign commerce, including by computer, any visual depiction created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Revises the definition of "visual depiction" to include data stored on computer disk or by electronic means which is capable of conversion into a visual image. Defines "identifiable minor" to mean a person who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified or whose image as a minor was used in creating, adapting, or modifying such depiction and who is recognizable by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic (but proof of the actual identity of such minor is not required). Increases and expands the scope of penalties for sexual exploitation of children. Revises provisions regarding activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, including providing enhanced penalties for offenders having a prior conviction. Amends the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 to authorize certain searches and seizures of work product materials and other documents if an offense involves the production, possession, receipt, mailing, sale, distribution, shipment, or transportation of child pornography, or the sale or purchase of children.… 2025-08-21T20:14:57Z  
104-hr-4332 104 hr 4332 To prohibit United States assistance to foreign governments that provide landing rights to Libyan aircraft. International Affairs 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] CA D L000090 1 Prohibits the President, except in specified circumstances, from providing United States assistance to the government of any country that provides landing rights to aircraft owned or operated by the Government of Libya or by a Libyan national. 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z  
104-hr-4333 104 hr 4333 Smoke-Free Transportation Facilities Act of 1996 Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] GA D L000287 0 Smoke-Free Transportation Facilities Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) require, as a condition of Federal financial assistance, that the owner or operator of a transportation facility take the necessary action to prohibit smoking in any indoor portion of the facility accessible to the general public; and (2) issue implementing regulations. 2025-08-21T20:14:57Z  
104-hr-4334 104 hr 4334 Lifetime Education and Retraining Needs Act Taxation 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] TX R S000583 5 Lifetime Education and Retraining Needs Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income individual retirement account distributions used for post-secondary education and job retraining expenses. Exempts such distributions from excess distributions tax provisions. 2025-08-21T20:15:00Z  
104-hr-4335 104 hr 4335 Alien Public Assistance Benefits Amendments of 1996 Immigration 1996-09-30 1996-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] TX R S000583 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Affidavits of Support Title II: Public Charge Deportation Title III: Attribution of Sponsor's Income Title IV: Ineligibility of Illegal Aliens for Public Assistance and Benefits Title V: Enhanced Verification of Eligibility Based on Citizenship or Immigration Status Title VI: Housing Assistance Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VIII: General Provisions Alien Public Assistance Benefits Amendments of 1996 - Title I: Affidavits of Support - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act), as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, to apply alien sponsor affidavit of support provisions to means-tested public benefits. (Current law refers to Federal means-tested public benefits.) Revises certain related income provisions. Title II: Public Charge Deportation - Amends the Act to revise the public charge grounds for deportation, including increasing the public charge period. Sets forth a special rule for battered spouses and children. Provides for exclusion and deportation of an alien who obtains public benefits through fraud or misrepresentation. Makes an alien deportable as a public charge ineligible for naturalization. Title III: Attribution of Sponsor's Income - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to apply attribution of sponsor income provisions for five years to current immigrants. Title IV: Ineligibility of Illegal Aliens for Public Assistance and Benefits - Authorizes States to deny driver's licenses to illegal aliens. (Sec. 402) Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit crediting of "employment" for persons not authorized to work in the United States. (Sec. 403) Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to deny HIV or AIDS treatment to illegal aliens. Title V: Enhanced Verification of Eligibility Based on Citizenship or Immigration Status - Amends the Social Security Act … 2025-08-21T20:14:39Z  
104-hr-4274 104 hr 4274 To require the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and implement measures to eliminate and prevent mismatching of earnings information maintained by the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service resulting in underpayment of social security benefits. Social Welfare 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] CA D B000918 6 Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of the Treasury jointly to: (1) study and report to specified congressional committees on the inability of the Social Security Administration to provide for American workers their full social security benefits by reason of insufficiency of information held by the Administration necessary for correctly identifying accounts for the earnings of such workers; and (2) take appropriate remedial measures, including devising and implementing a procedure for resolving new discrepancies involving uncredited earnings in the suspense file. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
104-hr-4275 104 hr 4275 To provide funding for the nutrition education and training program authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-09-28 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 2 Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to reduce funding for the nutrition education and training program for FY 1997 and each succeeding fiscal year. Reduces funding, for FY 1997, for the: (1) emergency food assistance program; and (2) school meals initiative for healthy children. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
104-hr-4276 104 hr 4276 Community Exchange Act Amendments of 1996 Finance and Financial Sector 1996-09-28 1996-12-31 Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from FTC. House Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] IL R E000282 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Administration of Commodity Exchange Act Title II: Treasury Amendment Clarification Commodity Exchange Act Amendments of 1996 - Title I: Administration of Community Exchange Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to provide a conditional exemption for certain transactions involving professional markets. Revises requirements for the designation of a board of trade as a contract market. Revises the process for the submission and disapproval of contract market rules. Revises provisions for regulation of audit trail requirements. Requires the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to prescribe an objective standard or methodology for establishing whether a contract market meets certain requirements for being able to determine, with reasonable accuracy, the time of contract execution, in increments of at most one minute in length. Sets forth criteria for the trade recordation data (including time stamps) that an audit trail system for a contract market shall rely on. Establishes requirements for use of cost-benefit analysis. Repeals specified provisions relating to Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight and deficiency orders. Title II: Treasury Amendment Clarification - Amends CEA to define board of trade, as it applies to transactions in or involving foreign currency, as any facility whereby standardized contracts are systematically marketed to retail investors. 2025-08-21T20:16:15Z  
104-hr-4277 104 hr 4277 Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act Health 1996-09-28 1996-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] PA R G000439 6 Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for additional deferred effective dates for the approval of certain new drug applications to allow for additional pediatric information developed by further studies of the drug concerned. 2025-08-21T20:15:40Z  
104-hr-4278 104 hr 4278 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 Economics and Public Finance 1996-09-28 1997-02-10 By amendment to the Journal on February 10, 1997, the Act was indefinetely postponed by Unanimous Consent. House Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] LA R L000371 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A Title I: Omnibus Appropriations Title I(sic): Department of Justice Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Title III: The Judiciary Title IV: Department of State and Related Agencies Title V: Related Agencies Title VI: General Provisions Title VII: Rescissions Title VIII: Fiscal Year 1996 Supplemental and Rescission Title IX: Supplemental Appropriations Title I(sic): Military Personnel Title II: Operation and Maintenance Title III: Procurement Title IV: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Title V: Revolving and Management Funds Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs Title VII: Related Agencies Title VIII: General Provisions Title IX: Fiscal Year 1996 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions for Anti-Terrorism, Counter- Terrorism, and Security Enhancement Activities Title I(sic): Export and Investment Assistance Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance Title III: Military Assistance Title IV: Multilateral Economic Assistance Title V: General Provisions Title VI: NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996 Title VII: Middle East Development Bank Title I(sic): Department of the Interior Title II: Related Agencies Title III: General Provisions Title IV: Emergency Appropriations Title I(sic): Department of Labor Title II: Department of Health and Human Services Title III: Department of Education Title IV: Related Agencies Title V: General Provisions Title VI: Reorganization and Privatization of Sallie Mae and Connie Lee Title VII: Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 Title I(sic): Depart… 2025-08-21T20:16:12Z  
104-hr-4279 104 hr 4279 Auto Theft Deterrent Act of 1996 Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-28 1996-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] NY D A000022 0 Auto Theft Deterrent Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study the feasibility of prescribing standards for the placement of bar codes on passenger motor vehicles (except exports), and the placement of devices for reading such codes at toll gates, in order to trace stolen vehicles (including abandoned stolen vehicles). 2025-08-21T20:15:53Z  
104-hr-4280 104 hr 4280 Government Printing Reform Act of 1996 Congress 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the Committee on House Oversight, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform and Oversight, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] CA R T000188 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Joint Committee on Information Title II: Production of Printing and Binding Subtitle A: Organization and Management of Government Printing Office Subtitle B: Production and Procurement Reform Title III: Printing and Distribution of Documents Subtitle A: Congressional Printing Subtitle B: Congressional Record Subtitle C: Executive and Judicial Branch Printing Subtitle D: Repeal Requirements to Print Particular Reports and Documents Subtitle E: Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations Title IV: Distribution and Sale of Public Documents Subtitle A: Publication and Sale of Public Documents Subtitle B: Distribution of Publications Title V: Depository Library Program Title VI: Effective Date Government Printing Reform Act of 1996 - Title I: Joint Committee on Information - Amends Federal law to replace the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee on the Library with a Joint Committee on Information (the Joint Committee). Title II: Production of Printing and Binding - Subtitle A: Organization and Management of Government Printing Office - Revises provisions concerning the qualifications and terms of service of the Public Printer and the Deputy Public Printer. Directs the Public Printer to remedy neglect, delay, duplication, and waste in the preparation of publications, including the reduction and elimination of internal printing and high-speed duplicating capacities of Federal departments, agencies, and entities. (Sec. 202) Revises personnel rules. (Sec. 203) Revises provisions concerning the disbursing officer. Requires the Public Printer, in making purchases which are exempt from the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act and purchases which are made without advertising, to subject such purchases to the maximum degree of competition possible consistent with the Federal Government's … 2025-08-21T20:15:43Z  
104-hr-4281 104 hr 4281 United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 2 United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act - Declares it is the policy of the Congress that: (1) English shall be the common language of mutual understanding in the United States, and this policy shall apply in all of the States freely admitted to the Union; and (2) if the referenda under this Act result in approval of sovereignty leading to Statehood for Puerto Rico, it is anticipated that English would become the official language of the Federal government in Puerto Rico. Declares that Congress has the authority to expand existing English language requirements in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Requires a referendum to be held by December 31, 1998, on Puerto Rico's political status, either: (1) retention of its present Commonwealth status; (2) full self-government through separate sovereignty leading to independence or free association; or (3) full self-government through U.S. sovereignty leading to statehood. Requires the President to develop and submit to the Congress for approval legislation for: (1) a transition plan of at least ten years which leads to full self-government for Puerto Rico; and (2) a recommendation for the implementation of such self-government consistent with Puerto Rico's approval. Requires the transition plan to include proposals and incentives to increase the opportunities of the people of Puerto Rico to learn English, including the teaching of English in public schools, fellowships, and scholarships. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to the referendum and congressional procedures for consideration of legislation. Makes funds available for the referendum. Requires the Government of Puerto Rico to make grants to the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico for referenda held under this Act. 2025-08-21T20:14:21Z  
104-hr-4282 104 hr 4282 To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to make a technical correction relating to the provision of Department of Defense Assistance to local educational agencies. Armed Forces and National Security 1996-09-28 1996-09-30 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1] VA R B000229 0 Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to correct a statutory reference relating to Department of Defense assistance to certain local educational agencies. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
104-hr-4283 104 hr 4283 National Invasive Species Act of 1996 Environmental Protection 1996-09-28 1996-10-26 Became Public Law No: 104-332. House Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-19] OH R L000553 0 National Invasive Species Act of 1996 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to mandate regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species into the Great Lakes through ballast water. Authorizes education, technical assistance, and other measures to promote compliance. Mandates voluntary guidelines to prevent such introduction and spread in U.S. waters by ballast water and other vessel operations. Mandates education, technical assistance, and other measures to encourage compliance. Requires mandatory regulations if guideline compliance is inadequate. Provides for enforcement through civil and criminal penalties and revocation of clearance. Encourages negotiations with foreign governments to develop and implement an international program for preventing such introduction and spread. Allows a vessel to not conduct a ballast water exchange if the exchange would threaten the safety or stability of the vessel. Allows a vessel that does not, for that reason, conduct an exchange to discharge ballast in any harbor, except in the Great Lakes. Mandates a study and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of existing shoreside ballast water facilities used by crude oil tankers in the coastwise trade off Alaska in preventing such introduction and spread. Mandates studies of Lake Champlain, the Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, Honolulu Harbor, the Columbia River system, other estuaries of national significance, and other waters. Provides for making specified amounts available for research on aquatic nuisance species prevention and control in the Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific coast, the Atlantic Coast, and the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. Establishes a clearinghouse of national data on ballasting practices and compliance with guidelines under this Act. Mandates a ballast water management program for vessels of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard. Requires: (1) a ballast water management program to demonstrate techn… 2025-04-07T15:29:40Z  
104-hr-4284 104 hr 4284 Late Term Abortion Restriction Act Health 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] MD D H000874 15 Late Term Abortion Restriction Act - Makes it unlawful, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to knowingly perform an abortion after the fetus has become viable, except, if in the medical judgment of the attending physician, it is necessary to preserve the life of the woman or to avert serious adverse health consequences to her. 2025-08-21T20:15:11Z  
104-hr-4285 104 hr 4285 Budget Process Reform Act Economics and Public Finance 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform and Oversight, Appropriations, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] CA R C000830 223 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Statement of Congressional Purpose Title II: Binding Budget Law Title III: Enforcement of Budget Discipline Subtitle A: Supermajority Required to Break Budget Law Subtitle B: Line Item Reduction Subtitle C: "Blank Check" Appropriations Prohibited Subtitle D: "Pay-as-You-Go" Requirement for New Spending Subtitle E: "Lock-Box" for Savings From Spending Reductions Title IV: Sustaining Mechanism Title V: Protection of Social Security Title VI: Technical Amendments to Federal Law to Carry Out This Act Title VII: Definitions and Rules of Interpretation Budget Process Reform Act - Title I: Statement of Congressional Purpose - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal budget process should focus the attention of policymakers and the public on the aggregate impact of Federal spending on the economy, and on the tradeoffs that must be made among priorities in order to control overall levels of spending. Declares that the budget process should contain safeguards against delay and inaction, so that temporary shut-downs of the Government may be avoided. Title II: Binding Budget Law - Requires the Congress to enact a binding budget law, in the form of a joint resolution, by April 15 of the calendar year before that in which the fiscal period commences. (Sec. 202) Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any spending bill affecting spending in a major functional category unless and until a joint resolution on the budget is enacted. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require a two-thirds majority vote in the House and the Senate to consider any spending bill prior to the enactment of the budget law. Repeals authority for consideration of spending bills prior to adoption of the budget resolution. (Sec. 203) Prohibits baseline budgeting. Requires objective year- to-year comparisons under budget law… 2025-08-21T20:16:16Z  
104-hr-4286 104 hr 4286 Car Find Act of 1996 Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] NY D A000022 0 Car Find Act of 1996 - Amends the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) establish and publicize a toll-free telephone number for reporting stolen and abandoned vehicles; and (2) use such number to assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials, insurance carriers, and other appropriate persons. Authorizes the Attorney General to collect fees from insurance carriers and other appropriate persons to offset the costs of establishing and maintaining such number. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:16:15Z  
104-hr-4287 104 hr 4287 Queens and North Shore of Long Island Aircraft Noise Correction Act of 1996 Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] NY D A000022 0 Queens and North Shore of Long Island Aircraft Noise Correction Act of 1996 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop, without compromising safety, a comprehensive plan to reduce aircraft noise in Queens and the north shore of Long Island, New York. Requires such plan to include assurances that any diversion of air traffic from New Jersey or Staten Island, New York, will not result in an increase in aircraft noise in such areas. 2025-08-21T20:17:06Z  
104-hr-4288 104 hr 4288 Natural Gas Vehicle Incentives Act of 1996 Environmental Protection 1996-09-28 1996-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. House Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] TX R B000213 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: Emission Reduction Credits Title III: Tax Incentives Title IV: Revision of Purchase Mandates Title V: Federal Transit Incentives for Natural Gas Vehicles Title VI: Government Contract Incentives for Natural Gas Vehicles Title VII: Research, Development, and Demonstration Incentives for Natural Gas Vehicles Natural Gas Vehicle Incentives Act of 1996 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings of Congress with respect to increased use of domestic natural gas as a transportation fuel. Title II: Emission Reduction Credits - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an emission reduction credit program for natural gas vehicles, Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV)-certified alternative fuel vehicles, and fueling infrastructure. Title III: Tax Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish natural gas vehicle property credits for any of the following property placed in service during the taxable year: (1) natural gas vehicles (50 percent of the cost); (2) fueling stations (the lesser of $25,000 or ten percent of the cost); and (3) transportation fuel (25 cents per gallon of liquefied natural gas or per gasoline gallon equivalent of compressed natural gas). (Sec. 302) Imposes an excise tax of 3.54 cents per gallon on liquefied natural gas sold for use or used as motor vehicle or motorboat fuel unless there was a taxable sale of such gas. (Sec. 303) Provides for shorter depreciation recovery periods for natural gas vehicles (three years) and refueling property (seven years). Title IV: Revision of Purchase Mandates - Declares the national policy to be that: (1) a viable, sustainable market for natural gas and other low emission vehicles requires cooperative efforts by and among fleet operators and other users, fuel providers, and vehicle manufacturers; (2) government mandates requiring private sector fleet p… 2025-08-21T20:17:00Z  
104-hr-4289 104 hr 4289 Fair Trade Opportunities Act Foreign Trade and International Finance 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] NE R B000403 0 Fair Trade Opportunities Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1975 to repeal Title IV (Trade Relations with Countries not Currently Receiving Nondiscriminatory Treatment) (Jackson Vanick Act). Directs the President to consult with the appropriate congressional committees and determine whether each foreign country that is not a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is not according adequate trade benefits or substantially equal competitive opportunities to U.S. commerce. Mandates an increase in the rate of duty with respect to the products of such a country. Authorizes the President to increase such rate on any product of a non-market economy country that is not a WTO member if it: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on emigration documents, for any purpose; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, fine, fee or other charge on any citizen as a consequence of such citizen's desire to emigrate to a country of his or her choice. 2025-08-21T20:14:39Z  
104-hr-4290 104 hr 4290 To amend title V of the Trade Act of 1974 to add to the eligibility criteria for the Generalized System of Preferences full cooperation with the United States in preventing illegal drug traffic and the entry of illegal drugs into the United States. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] CA D B000918 0 Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to add to the criteria for eligibility for the Generalized System of Preferences full cooperation with the United States in preventing illegal drug traffic and the entry of illegal drugs into the United States. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
104-hr-4291 104 hr 4291 Fair International Standards in Trade for the Americas Act of 1995 Foreign Trade and International Finance 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] CA D B000918 0 Fair International Standards in Trade for the Americas Act of 1995 (sic) - States that the purposes and objectives of any free-trade area trade agreement in furtherance of the proposed Free Trade Agreement for the Americas include the following principal negotiating objectives: (1) specified worker rights, standards and protection; (2) environmental quality and protection; (3) identification of the systematic denial or practical nullification of worker rights and environmental quality as unfair trade practices; and (4) a comprehensive dispute resolution process meeting specified requirements. Instructs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an interagency committee to provide technical consultation services if a multilateral commission is established for comprehensive dispute resolution. States that the President's authority to enter into free-trade area trade agreements may be exercised only if such agreements reflect the provisions of this Act. 2025-08-21T20:14:51Z  
104-hr-4292 104 hr 4292 Displaced Worker Retraining Act of 1993 Labor and Employment 1996-09-28 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. House Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] CA D B000918 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Grants to States to Provide Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits to Eligible Displaced Workers Title II: Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits Subtitle A: Income Support Subtitle B: Wage Supplements Subtitle C: Training Subtitle D: Rapid Response Assistance, Basic Readjustment Services, Relocation Allowances, and Job Search Allowances Title III: General Provisions Displaced Worker Retraining Act of 1993 (sic) - Establishes a comprehensive program of adjustment assistance to workers displaced as a result of any program, project, or activity carried out under Federal law. Authorizes appropriations. Title I: Grants to States to Provide Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits to Eligible Displaced Workers - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to applicant States to provide worker adjustment assistance benefits to eligible dislocated workers. Title II: Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits - Subtitle A: Income Support - Sets forth dislocated worker eligibility conditions. Requires a dislocated worker to be actively seeking employment or enrolled in training to be eligible for income support. Allows those eligible for income support to apply for training under subtitle C. (Sec. 212) Provides for weekly income support, including amount and duration, income support factors, additional weeks, adjustment of amount, wage supplement offsets, and application of State laws. Subtitle B: Wage Supplements - Provides for weekly wage supplements, in specified amounts for a maximum of 156 weeks, for eligible displaced workers. Makes dislocated workers who are eligible for such wage supplements also eligible to apply for part-time training under subtitle C. Requires offset of such wage supplement weeks by any income support weeks received under subtitle A. Subtitle C: Training - Sets forth conditions for State approval of training for displaced workers. Requires priority for training for o… 2025-08-21T20:14:34Z  
104-hr-4293 104 hr 4293 To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for public disclosure of the amounts of Federal funds used to conduct field examinations of appropriation estimates. Economics and Public Finance 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. House Rep. Brownback, Sam [R-KS-2] KS R B000953 2 Amends Federal law with respect to the preparation and submission of appropriations requests to the President. Requires each Federal agency head to publish monthly in the Federal Register a notice of: (1) all amounts made available during the past month for field examinations of appropriations estimates; (2) the purpose and location of each field examination; and (3) the identity of all Members of Congress, congressional staff, and agency officers and employees who participated in the field examination. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
104-hr-4294 104 hr 4294 To prohibit further extension or establishment of any national monument in Oregon without full public participation and an express Act of Congress, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Cooley, Wes [R-OR-2] OR R C000737 0 Prohibits further extension or establishment of national monuments in Oregon without full public participation and an express Act of Congress. 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  
104-hr-4295 104 hr 4295 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain facilities of the Minidoka Project to the Burley Irrigation District, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-28 1996-09-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1819) House Rep. Crapo, Mike [R-ID-2] ID R C000880 0 Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer the withdrawn and acquired lands and rights-of-way of the Southside Pumping Division of the Minidoka Project, Idaho, together with certain related improvements and appurtenances, to the Burley Irrigation District. Requires: (1) the transfer of associated water rights; (2) the Secretary to provide the District with a permanent right to Project reserve power; and (3) the District to continue to recognize the right of Minidoka Irrigation District to the joint use of a specified portion of the Southside Canal. Indemnifies the United States from damages arising out of any act or omission related to the transferred works (with an exception for negligence). Requires the transfer: (1) to be completed within 24 months after the enactment of this Act; or (2) if not completed by January 1, 1999, to be made by operation of law. 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  
104-hr-4296 104 hr 4296 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 1996 Health 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 16 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 1996 - Requires health plans that provide medical and surgical benefits for the treatment of breast cancer to ensure that inpatient coverage is provided for a minimum of 48 hours after a mastectomy, and 24 hours after a lymph node disection, except where the attending physician and patient determine that a shorter period is appropriate. Prohibits health plans from modifying the terms and conditions of coverage based on an enrollee's determination to request less than the minimum coverage required. Prescribes appropriate health plan notice requirements regarding required coverage. 2025-08-21T20:14:20Z  
104-hr-4297 104 hr 4297 Consumers Electric Power Act of 1996 Energy 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. House Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] TX R D000217 0 Consumers Electric Power Act of 1996 - Declares that each person has the right to purchase electric service from any electric service provider. Prohibits a governmental authority from: (1) denying or limiting a person's right to purchase such energy from an electric service provider at a price and on terms and conditions freely arrived at; (2) discriminating or authorizing discrimination against any person exercising the right to purchase such energy; or (3) granting any preference or protection from competition to any electric service provider (including subsidies, exit fees, and other penalties on exercising choice of electric purchases). Permits electric energy purchasers to choose alternative arrangements for the delivery of electric energy. (Sec. 4) Prohibits any State from establishing discriminatory requirements or other obligations for certification of electric service providers within that State. Authorizes a State to establish rules for initial, nondiscriminatory assignment of retail customers who fail to select an electric service provider. (Sec. 5) Enumerates objectives to be achieved through the operation of transmission and distribution systems. Grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority to provide for nondiscriminatory prices and conditions to transmission and distribution services. (Sec. 6) Sets a deadline by which FERC must promulgate and make effective rules for nondiscriminatory access to transmission and distribution service, and which eliminate barriers to competitive electric service presented by existing contracts and arrangements involving transmitting utilities and distribution facilities. Directs FERC to: (1) ensure that existing electric utilities are not permitted to exercise market power in the sale of electric service; (2) initiate proceedings to determine the extent to which existing utilities have such market power; and (3) determine the means for mitigating it. Authorizes FERC to enforce such determinations by: (1) restricting the ability of an electri… 2025-08-21T20:16:48Z  
104-hr-4298 104 hr 4298 To provide for a special Medicare part B enrollment period and a special Medigap open enrollment period for certain military retirees and dependents. Health 1996-09-28 1996-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Ensign, John [R-NV-1] NV R E000194 0 Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of certain military retirees and dependents, to provide for a special enrollment period during which such an individual may enroll under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Prohibits an issuer of a Medicare supplemental policy, in the case of such an individual who seeks to enroll during such special enrollment period, from denying or conditioning the issuance or effectiveness of such a policy, or from discriminating in its pricing on the basis of the individual's health status, medical condition, claims experience, receipt of health care, medical history, genetic information, evidence of insurability, or disability. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
104-hr-4299 104 hr 4299 Social Security On-Line Privacy Protection Act of 1996 Commerce 1996-09-28 1996-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. House Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] NJ R F000349 3 Social Security On-Line Privacy Protection Act of 1996 - Prohibits an interactive computer service providing computer access to multiple users via modem or other means of telecommunication to the Internet or any other on-line network from disclosing to a third party an individual's social security account number or related personally identifiable information without the individual's prior informed written consent. Requires such service to permit an individual to revoke any consent at any time, upon which revocation such service shall cease disclosing such number or information to a third party. Gives the Federal Trade Commission enforcement authority under this Act. 2025-08-21T20:14:39Z  
104-hr-4300 104 hr 4300 Children Health Insurance Access Amendments of 1996 Health 1996-09-28 1996-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Furse, Elizabeth [D-OR-1] OR D F000434 0 Children Health Insurance Access Amendments of 1996 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the guaranteed availability of individual health insurance coverage to uninsured children. 2025-08-21T20:14:48Z  
104-hr-4301 104 hr 4301 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that elected tax collectors shall be treated as self-employed for certain purposes. Taxation 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an elected tax collector to: (1) deduct certain expenses; and (2) participate in a Keogh plan if not a participant in a State or local governmental retirement plan. 2025-04-07T15:27:27Z  
104-hr-4302 104 hr 4302 Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Inspection Reform Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] WI R G000524 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Inspection and Labeling of Livestock, Poultry, Seafood, and Their Products Subtitle A: Inspection Requirements Subtitle B: Labeling Requirements Subtitle C: International Commerce Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Title II: Related Industries Title III: Federal and State Cooperation Title IV: Auxiliary Provisions Title V: Public Education Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VII: Repeal of Superseded Laws Title VIII: Effective Date Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Inspection Reform Act of 1996 - Transfers seafood inspection jurisdiction from the Food and Drug Administration to the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture (Department). Title I: Inspection and Labeling of Livestock, Poultry, Seafood, and Their Products - Subtitle A: Inspection Requirements - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to provide for: (1) slaughtering facility ante- and post- mortem inspection and verification of livestock, poultry, and seafood; and (2) inspection and verification of processing facility meat, poultry, and seafood products. Authorizes facility self-inspection. Provides for facility sanitation and night inspections. (Sec. 106) Sets forth prohibited and exempt activities (personal or custom slaughtering or processing). (Sec. 108) Authorizes appropriate microbiological testing. Subtitle B: Labeling Requirements - Requires receptacle, carcass, and product labeling, including derivation labeling where appropriate. (Sec. 123) Sets forth prohibited acts of misbranding. Subtitle C: International Commerce - Subjects imported meat, poultry, and seafood to domestic inspection and verification requirements or their equivalents. Provides for enforcement through inspection and sampling, or certification by the Secretary of foreign standards. Provides exceptions for: (1) Canada and Mexico under specified conditions; and (2) personal use. (Sec. 132) Requires: (1) disease … 2025-08-21T20:15:17Z  
104-hr-4303 104 hr 4303 Equity in Public Education Act of 1996 Education 1996-09-28 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36] CA D H000213 1 Equity in Public Education Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make payments to eligible States to reimburse local educational agencies for specified costs of educating certain illegal alien students. Provides for such payments first to the States of California, Texas, and Florida. Provides for later payments to second and third groups of eligible States. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:14:50Z  
104-hr-4304 104 hr 4304 School Desegregation Litigation Reform Act of 1996 Education 1996-09-28 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Hoke, Martin R. [R-OH-10] OH R H000707 0 School Desegregation Litigation Reform Act of 1996 - Amends the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 with respect to remedies in school cases. Sets forth requirements for relief in such cases. Revises prohibitions against State denial of equal educational opportunity. Allows school districts and State and local governments to institute civil actions on behalf of individuals denied equal educational opportunity. Authorizes the Attorney General to intervene in (as well as institute) such civil actions. 2025-08-21T20:15:52Z  
104-hr-4305 104 hr 4305 To amend the research provisions of the Fund for Rural America to include the development and promotion of precision agriculture and precision agriculture technologies among the purposes for which research, extension, and education grants may be provided. Agriculture and Food 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] SD D J000177 2 Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to authorize the use of funds from the Fund for Rural America for grants to develop and apply precision agricultural technologies. 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z  
104-hr-4306 104 hr 4306 Demilitarization for Development Act International Affairs 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. House Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] MA D K000110 1 Demilitarization for Development Act - Directs the President to instruct the United Nations (UN) Ambassador to support UN efforts to: (1) appoint special conflict prevention envoys to conduct mutual disarmament talks in every region of the world in which all nations would participate; (2) commit each member state to meet with its regional special envoy to discuss its proposal for regional and international confidence-building measures (including reductions in armed forces); and (3) commit each member state to continue meeting with the special envoy and suggested regional bodies and states to complete negotiations on such measures, in order to make significant military spending cuts by the year 2000. Directs the President to detail to the Congress and the UN Secretary General the changes in military forces that would permit a 50 percent reduction in U.S. military spending by the year 2000. Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors at certain international financial institutions to: (1) promote and report to the Congress on the establishment of lending facilities, debt forgiveness programs, and increased funding in lending facilities for demilitarization activities; and (2) use their voice and vote to oppose any loans to a foreign government other than for basic human needs unless the President has determined that the recipient government has in place and has used a functioning system for independent civilian audits of its military budget, and has accounted for all ownership and financial interest in revenue-generating enterprises by military institutions and individuals acting on their behalf. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should provide neither economic nor military assistance, nor approve arms transfers or related training to any foreign government while it opposes loans to such government at international financial institutions pursuant to the International Financial Institutions Act; … 2025-08-21T20:15:35Z  
104-hr-4307 104 hr 4307 Forcing Out Underage Labor Act of 1996 Foreign Trade and International Finance 1996-09-28 1996-10-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. House Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] MA D K000110 6 Forcing Out Underage Labor Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to identify countries that manufacture soccer balls with the use of child labor. Prohibits the importation of such an item into the United States, unless it contains a label stating that it is not a product of child labor. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for violation of this prohibition. Authorizes appropriations for a U.S. contribution to the International Labor Organization for the activities of the International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights for certain activities related to bonded child labor. 2025-08-21T20:14:58Z  
104-hr-4308 104 hr 4308 Quiet Communities Act of 1996 Environmental Protection 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NY D L000480 10 Quiet Communities Act of 1996 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control, which shall be responsible for coordinating Federal noise abatement activities, updating or developing noise standards, providing technical assistance to local communities, and promoting research and education. Requires the Administrator, with funds provided for the Office, to conduct a study of airport noise and its physiological effects on surrounding communities in major metropolitan areas. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:16:22Z  
104-hr-4309 104 hr 4309 National School Infrastructure Act Education 1996-09-28 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NY D L000480 0 National School Infrastructure Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide four-year interest subsidies of up to 50 percent of the total cost of school construction and renovation projects to: (1) the 100 local educational agencies (LEAs) that serve the greatest number of children who qualify to be counted for basic grants to LEAs to help disadvantaged students under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) an additional 25 LEAs that the Secretary determines have the greatest need; and (3) States, for use by other LEAs. Sets forth requirements for the use of funds and technical assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Requires that any such appropriation be made by offsetting collections derived from competitive bidding for broadcast spectrum under the Communications Act of 1934. 2025-08-21T20:14:27Z  
104-hr-4310 104 hr 4310 Presidential Debate Reform Act Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-28 1996-09-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1828-1829) House Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] FL R M000350 0 Presidential Debate Reform Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish a Presidential Debate Commission one year before each general election for the offices of President and Vice President beginning with the general election held in 2000. Directs the Commission to establish: (1) one preliminary debate; (2) not more than two vice presidential debates; and (3) not less than two or more than four presidential debates. Authorizes appropriations to each Commission appointed such sums as may be necessary to carry out its activities with respect to the election involved. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the amount of Federal payments for a party's nominating convention for the following general election if the party's nominee for President or Vice President does not certify to the Presidential Debate Commission that the nominee will participate in all applicable Commission debates (other than a preliminary debate). 2025-08-21T20:15:39Z  
104-hr-4311 104 hr 4311 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow penalty-free withdrawals from IRA's for certain purposes, to increase the amount of tax deductible IRA contributions, and for other purposes. Taxation 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] FL R M000350 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free (and exclude from income if repaid) distributions from an individual retirement account (IRA) for first home purchases, higher education expenses, qualified long-term care expenses, and qualified unemployment distributions. Increases deductible IRA contribution amounts, and provides for inflation indexing. Eliminates the phase-out for individuals who are not active participants in defined contribution plans, and increases applicable dollar amounts for taxpayers other than those married filing separately. Increases 401(k) plan contribution limits. Establishes an alternative method for satisfying nondiscrimination requirements. Excludes inherited IRAs and certain 401(k) plans from a decedent's gross estate. Allows a designated beneficiary of an inherited IRA to hold such IRA free of immediate distribution provisions. Allows inherited 401(k) amounts as nondeductible contributions to a beneficiary's IRA, and excludes such amounts from income if so contributed. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
104-hr-4312 104 hr 4312 Tourism Revitalization and Airport Security Act of 1996 Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-28 1996-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] FL R M000350 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Ensuring Traveler Safety Title II: Tourism Promotion Title III: Facilitating Travel Title IV: Improvement of Visa Programs and Issuance Tourism Revitalization and Airport Security Act of 1996 - Title I: Ensuring Traveler Safety - Amends Federal aviation security law to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to: (1) facilitate deployment of commercially available explosive detection devices which will significantly enhance aviation security; (2) require by regulation that an employment investigation be conducted for personnel who will be responsible for screening passengers or property (including a criminal history record check where such investigation reveals a gap in employment of 12 months or more for which the individual does not satisfactorily account); and (3) provide for the periodic audit of criminal history record checks. (Sec. 105) Urges the FAA, the Secretary of Transportation, and the intelligence and law enforcement community to continue to assist air carriers in developing computer-assisted passenger profiling programs. (Sec. 106) Authorizes the use of funds from project grants and passenger facility fees to enhance air transportation security programs. (Sec. 107) Directs the Administrator to review FAA oversight of: (1) mail and cargo inspections and the need or additional security measures; and (2) the adequacy of cargo screening and inspection. (Sec. 108) Instructs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to assure that FBI agents shall jointly implement periodic threat and vulnerability security assessments with the FAA at high-risk airports. (Sec. 109) Requires the use of dogs as a supplemental screening procedure at major airports. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) to make grants for the training and evaluation of dogs for the explosive detection K-9 team training program. Authorizes appropriations from the Trust Fund. (Sec. 111) Instructs the Administrator to initiate a… 2025-08-21T20:16:12Z  
104-hr-4313 104 hr 4313 Small Business Opportunity Preservation Act of 1996 Commerce 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Meyers, Jan [R-KS-3] KS R M000684 2 Small Business Opportunity Preservation Act of 1996 - Amends the Small Business Act to state as a policy under such Act that each Federal agency: (1) foster the participation of small businesses as prime contractors; (2) structure its contracting requirements to facilitate competition by and among small businesses; (3) avoid contract bundling (the practice of consolidating two or more procurement requirements into a single contract likely to be unsuitable for award to a small business); and (4) comply with requirements intended to foster the participation of small businesses as subcontractors. (Sec. 4) Requires procurement strategies used by Federal agencies to facilitate the maximum participation of small businesses as prime contractors. Requires specific information to be included in any proposed procurement strategy that reflects a bundling of contract requirements, including impediments caused to small businesses as prime contractors. Authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to review proposed contract solicitations for compliance with such requirements and to act within 15 days toward the modification of procurement strategies to increase the probability of participation by small businesses as prime contractors. Requires a determination not to modify a procurement strategy to be supported by specified findings and an assessment which addresses matters concerning contract bundling and its impacts on small businesses. (Sec. 5) Authorizes a small business intending to submit an offer for an anticipated bundled contract to propose to the SBA for approval a team of small business subcontractors (or a team of small businesses and other businesses whose participation may not represent more than 25 percent of the contract value) to perform the contract. (Sec. 6) Requires the Federal Procurement Data System to be modified to collect data regarding contract bundling. (Sec. 7) Requires, in a solicitation for the award of construction contracts of $1 million or other types of contracts for $500,000, the i… 2025-08-21T20:16:01Z  
104-hr-4314 104 hr 4314 Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996 Law 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 For Further Action See S.1887. House Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-27] CA R M000926 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Amendments Title II: Judicial Process Improvements Title III: Judiciary Personnel Administration, Benefits, and Protections Title IV: Judicial Financial Administration Title V: Federal Courts Study Committee Recommendations Title VI: Places of Holding Court Title VII: Miscellaneous Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996 - Title I: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Amendments - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize probation and pretrial services officers, if approved by the court, to carry firearms under such regulations as the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may prescribe. Title II: Judicial Process Improvements - Amends the Federal judicial code to expand the duties of a magistrate on an emergency assignment in a judicial district other than the one for which he or she has been appointed. (Sec. 202) Provides for registration of a judgment in an action for the recovery of money or property entered in any court of appeals or bankruptcy court, as well as any district court, by filing a certified copy of the judgment, subject to specified requirements. (Sec. 203) Provides that when: (1) the office of clerk of court is vacant, the deputy clerks shall perform the duties of the clerk in the name of the last person who held that office; and (2) the clerk is incapacitated, absent, or otherwise unavailable to perform official duties, the deputy clerks shall perform such duties. (Sec. 205) Repeals a Federal judicial code provision authorizing the parties to consent to appeals of decisions by magistrate judges in civil cases to a judge of the district court in the same manner as with respect to appeals from a judgment of the district court to a court of appeals. (Sec. 206) Requires each judicial council, by January 31 of each year, to submit a report to the Administrative Office on orders entered during the preceding calendar year relating to judicial misconduct or d… 2025-08-21T20:15:25Z  
104-hr-4315 104 hr 4315 Patient and Health Care Provider Protection Act of 1996 Health 1996-09-28 1996-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] NY D O000159 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Health Plan Requirements Title II: Office of Consumer Advocacy for Health Title III: Independent Consumer Advisory Committees Title IV: Coordination Among Office, Committees, and Secretary Patient and Health Care Provider Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Health Plan Requirements - Prohibits a health plan that is part of any contract or agreement with a health care provider from providing any restriction on or interference with any medical communication (other than a knowing misrepresentation): (1) between the provider and a current, former, or prospective patient (or the guardian or legal representative of a patient); (2) between the provider and or any employee or representative of the plan; or (3) between the provider and any employee or representative of any State or Federal licensing or oversight authority. Authorizes States to establish or enforce requirements related to such prohibition, but only if they are more protective of a medical communication than that provided by such prohibition. (Sec. 102) Prohibits the operation of an improper health care provider incentive plan. (Sec. 103) Requires health plans to: (1) establish criteria for the denial of plan services, as well as criteria to assure the quality of plan care; (2) provide for an initial physical exam of enrollees before denying plan services; and (3) establish standards and procedures to protect certain private information from public disclosure. (Sec. 106) Requires a health plan to pay the State an annual fee of one percent of the total amount of the annual premiums paid by State residents enrolled in the plan. (Sec. 107) Provides for the enforcement of this title through the imposition of civil monetary penalties. (Sec. 108) Prohibits the taking of adverse actions against health care providers for certain actions, including those taken for the purpose of notifying a health plan of potentially dangerous conditions. Title II: Office of Consumer Advocacy for Health - Directs the Se… 2025-08-21T20:14:55Z  
104-hr-4316 104 hr 4316 To amend the Federal Power Act to provide a moratorium on the retail wheeling of electric energy until the Clean Air Act is amended to reduce significantly certain transboundary air pollution, and for other purposes. Energy 1996-09-28 1996-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. House Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] NJ D P000034 0 Amends the Federal Power Act to declare that, from September 26, 1996, until an amendment to the Clean Air Act has been enacted to reduce transboundary air pollution associated with ozone and ozone precursors, PM-10, mercury, and carbon dioxide, neither the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission nor any State may permit any arrangement for the interstate sale of electric energy to any retail electric customer located within the exclusive service territory of any State electric utility serving retail electric customers in that State (retail wheeling). Exempts from such moratorium any electric energy sale: (1) by a State regulated or nonregulated electric utility to retail customers located within the utility's exclusive service territory; or (2) pursuant to an arrangement entered into before September 26, 1996. 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z  
104-hr-4317 104 hr 4317 Relating to disposal of contaminated dredged materials in the Port of New York-New Jersey. Environmental Protection 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] NJ D P000034 0 Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) construct subaqueous borrow pits in Newark Bay, Port of New York-New Jersey, for the disposal of contaminated dredged materials from the Port, which are not eligible for open water disposal; and (2) expedite selection of a method for sediment decontamination. Prohibits the Secretary from constructing sediment containment islands if it would result in the loss of shellfish or other fisheries habitat. Requires designation of any necessary upland disposal site within close proximity of the actual dredging site. 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z  
104-hr-4318 104 hr 4318 Deposit Insurance Reform, Regulatory Modernization, and Taxpayer Protection of 1996 Finance and Financial Sector 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. House Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] WI R P000265 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: 100-Percent Cross-Guarantees Subtitle A: Definitions Subtitle B: Cross-Guarantee Process Subtitle C: Powers and Duties of the CGRC Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle E: Transition to 100 Percent Cross-Guarantee Process Title II: Amendments to Other Banking Laws Title III: Amendment to Title 11, United States Code Subtitle A: Amendments to Chapter 1 of Title 11 Subtitle B: Amendments to Chapter 3 of Title 11 Subtitle C: Amendments to Chapter 5 of Title 11 Subtitle D: Amendments to Chapter 11 of Title 11 Title IV: Amendment to Title 28, United States Code Deposit Insurance Reform, Regulatory Modernization, and Taxpayer Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: 100-Percent Cross-Guarantees - Subtitle A: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. (Sec. 102) States that the purposes of this title are to: (1) establish a private, competitive deposit insurance marketplace; (2) require each bank and savings association which accepts deposits to protect their full amount, along with most other nondeposit liabilities, by obtaining cross-guarantee contracts from syndicates of direct guarantors; (3) induce depository institutions to lend and invest wisely by authorizing direct guarantors which issue cross-guarantee contracts to charge risk-sensitive premiums for the guarantees, and negotiate with the banks and savings associations all other contract terms and conditions; (4) make the cross-guarantee process self-regulating by establishing constructive tensions among system participants; (5) establish a closed system with tier after tier of guarantors to stand behind a guarantee and a "stop-loss" mechanism to spread large losses to ensure that no guaranteed obligation will go unpaid; (6) force guarantors to promptly pay for any losses and to prevent guarantors from using legal actions to recover losses from other persons; and (7) regula… 2025-08-21T20:15:54Z  
104-hr-4319 104 hr 4319 Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. House Rep. Sanford, Marshall (Mark) [R-SC-1] SC R S000051 0 Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 - Requires each Federal agency to: (1) implement and maintain financial management systems that comply with Federal requirements, Federal accounting standards, and the U.S. Government Standard General Ledger at the transaction level; and (2) give priority in funding and provide sufficient resources to implement this Act. Requires: (1) audit reporting of whether an agency's financial management systems comply with requirements; (2) compliance determination by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), acting through the Controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management; and (3) if there is noncompliance with the standards, a remediation plan. Sets forth a limitation on the time period for bringing the agency's financial management systems into compliance. Allows the transfer of up to two percent of agency funds for priority financial management system improvements. Requires a report by the Director of OMB if an agency fails to bring its financial management systems into compliance within the period described. Sets forth penalties. Directs the: (1) Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, jointly, to study and submit a report to the Congress on how each entity in the legislative branch may comply; and (2) Chief Justice of the United States to study and submit a report to the Congress on how the judicial branch may achieve compliance. Sets forth: (1) reporting requirements; (2) definitions; and (3) the effective date. 2025-08-21T20:14:02Z  
104-hr-4320 104 hr 4320 Truth in Credit Card Offers Act Finance and Financial Sector 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 0 Truth in Credit Card Offers Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to declare that: (1) only one annual percentage rate of interest may be disclosed as the applicable rate for preapproved credit card solicitations or applications for an open end consumer credit plan; and (2) the typeface used to disclose such rate shall be twice as high as that used for any other item in the table. 2025-08-21T20:16:13Z  
104-hr-4321 104 hr 4321 Comprehensive Pension and Retirement Security Act of 1996 Labor and Employment 1996-09-28 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Restrictions on Loans From Qualified Retirement Plans Title II: Promotion of Availability of Private Pensions Upon Retirement Title III: Health Coverage for Retired Workers Title IV: Application of Certain Prohibited Transactions Rules for 401(K) Plans Title V: Retirement Savings and Security Subtitle A: Expanded Pension Coverage and Simplification Subtitle B: Portability Subtitle C: Enhanced Security Title VI: Expanded Individual Retirement Accounts to Increase Coverage and Portability Subtitle A: Retirement Savings Incentives Subtitle B: Distributions and Investments Comprehensive Pension and Retirement Security Act of 1996 - Title I: Restrictions on Loans From Qualified Retirement Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to prohibit qualified employer plans from making loans through credit cards and other intermediaries. (Sec. 102) Treats loans from qualified employer plans as distributions unless they are used to purchase a first home, to pay higher education or financially devastating medical expenses, or during periods of unemployment. Title II: Promotion of Availability of Private Pensions Upon Retirement - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the IRC to require the availability of a defined contribution plan option (in lieu of the defined benefit plan) for participants in defined benefit plans to which an employer makes contributions. (Sec. 202) Amends ERISA to require fiduciaries to make timely investments of plan contributions. (Sec. 203) Amends IRC to increase the penalty for early distributions from pension plans. Title III: Health Coverage for Retired Workers - Amends ERISA and the IRC to require advance notice of material reductions in covered services under group health plans. (Sec. 302) Amends the IRC to set forth requirements relating to the duration of, and determination of premiums… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z  
104-hr-4322 104 hr 4322 Criminal Offender Anti-Drug Act Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 1 Criminal Offender Anti-Drug Act - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require a State, to be eligible to receive a truth in sentencing incentive grant or a violent offender incarceration grant, to have a program of controlled substance testing and intervention for appropriate categories of convicted offenders during periods of incarceration and criminal justice supervision, consistent with guidelines issued by the Attorney General (controlled substance testing program). Authorizes the use of such grant funds for offender controlled substance testing programs. 2025-08-21T20:16:15Z  
104-hr-4323 104 hr 4323 Family Affordable College Tuition Act of 1996 Taxation 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 1 Family Affordable College Tuition Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an income-adjusted deduction for qualified higher education expenses and qualified higher education loan interest paid during the tax year. Provides an income-adjusted deduction of up to $4000 for payments made to a qualified (higher) education savings plan during the tax year. Excludes plan distributions used to pay qualified education costs from gross income and dependent support determinations. 2025-08-21T20:16:14Z  
104-hr-4324 104 hr 4324 Welfare to Work Act of 1996 Social Welfare 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 0 Welfare to Work Act of 1996 - Revises various provisions of the recently enacted Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program under new part A of title IV of the Social Security Act. Includes among such revisions: (1) new program purposes, such as helping low income families attain work and economic self-sufficiency and breaking the cycle of dependency of needy parents on government benefits by requiring job preparation and work; (2) renaming the program as the Assistance for Needy Families Program; (3) requiring work activities after three months of receiving program assistance, with certain good cause exceptions; (4) requiring cash benefits to be provided for recipients engaging in required work activities; (5) increasing child care funding; (6) eliminating the five year limit on program assistance; (7) establishing a supplemental grant for operation of work programs; (8) repealing Federal loans for State Welfare programs; (9) making mandatory the currently optional domestic violence certification with regard to State plans; and (10) requiring States to make an initial assessment of recipients of assistance. 2025-08-21T20:16:58Z  
104-hr-4325 104 hr 4325 Patient's Compassion and Visitation Act of 1996 Health 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 2 Patient's Compassion and Visitation Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to extend fair visitors privileges to non-family members. 2025-08-21T20:17:08Z  
104-hr-4326 104 hr 4326 On-Line Privacy Protection Act of 1996 Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-28 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] NJ D T000317 0 On-Line Privacy Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose a penalty of up to $500 against any interactive computer service that releases to the public any private personally identifiable information of another person without that person's prior informed written consent. 2025-08-21T20:15:19Z  
104-hr-4327 104 hr 4327 Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Practices Act of 1996 Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Referred to the Committee on House Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. White, Rick [R-WA-1] WA R W000391 1 Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Practices Act of 1996 - Establishes the Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Practices. Directs the Commission to study the laws relating to elections for Federal office and to report and recommend legislation to reform those laws. (Sec. 7) Requires the Commission to report on its activities to the Congress not later than 90 days after the selection of the Chair of the Commission. Directs that if seven or more members concur on a recommendation, those members shall prepare and submit with the report legislation to implement the recommendation. Provides for expedited congressional consideration of any legislation the substance of which implements a recommendation of the Commission. (Sec. 8) Sets forth the primary objectives of the Commission. (Sec. 9) Terminates the Commission 60 days after the submission of its report. (Sec. 10) Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commission such sums as are necessary to carry out its duties. 2025-08-21T20:16:47Z  
104-hr-4328 104 hr 4328 Trade Modernization Act of 1996 Foreign Trade and International Finance 1996-09-28 1996-10-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. House Rep. White, Rick [R-WA-1] WA R W000391 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: United States Trade Administration Subtitle A: Establishment Subtitle B: Officers Subtitle C: Transfers to the USTA Subtitle D: Administrative Provisions Subtitle E: Related Agencies Subtitle F: Conforming Amendments Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions Title IV: Miscellaneous Trade Modernization Act of 1996 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth findings and definitions. Title II: United States Trade Administration - Subtitle A: Establishment - Establishes the United States Trade Administration (USTA) as an independent establishment in the executive branch, headed by the United States Trade Representative (USTR), who shall: (1) have the rank and status of Ambassador; and (2) represent the United States in all trade negotiations conducted by the USTA. Subtitle B: Officers - Establishes in the USTA: (1) a Deputy Administrator of USTA; (2) two Deputy USTRs (one for Negotiations, one to the World Trade Organization); (3) three Assistant Administrators (for Export Administration, Import Administration, and Trade and Policy Analysis); (4) a Director General for Export Promotion; (5) a General Counsel; (6) an Inspector General; and (7) a Chief Financial Officer. Subtitle C: Transfers to the USTA - Transfers to USTA all functions of: (1) the Office of the USTR in the Executive Office of the President; and (2) the Secretary of Commerce, the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and other specified officers of the Department of Commerce. (Sec. 223) Transfers to the Director General for Export Promotion all functions of the Trade and Development Agency. (Sec. 224) Transfers to the USTA all functions of the Secretary of Commerce relating to the Export-Import Bank of the United States. (Sec. 225) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make the USTR Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, with the Director Gen… 2025-08-21T20:15:21Z  
104-hr-4228 104 hr 4228 United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act - Declares it is the policy of the Congress that: (1) English shall be the official language of the Federal government in the United States; and (2) if the referenda under this Act result in approval of sovereignty leading to Statehood for Puerto Rico, it is anticipated that English would become the official language of the Federal government in Puerto Rico. Requires a referendum to be held by December 31, 1998, on Puerto Rico's political status, either: (1) retention of its present Commonwealth status; (2) full self-government through separate sovereignty leading to independence or free association; or (3) full self-government through U.S. sovereignty leading to statehood. Requires the President to develop and submit to the Congress for approval legislation for: (1) a transition plan of at least ten years which leads to full self-government for Puerto Rico; and (2) a recommendation for the implementation of such self-government consistent with Puerto Rico's approval. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to the referendum and congressional procedures for consideration of legislation. Makes funds available for the referendum. Requires the Government of Puerto Rico to make grants to the State Elections Commission of Puerto Rico for referenda held under this Act. 2025-08-21T20:17:06Z  
104-hr-4229 104 hr 4229 Medicare Home Health Services Prospective Payment Amendments of 1996 Health 1996-09-27 1996-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 0 Medicare Home Health Services Prospective Payment Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for payments for home health services in accordance with a prospective payment system (including an episodic system) developed according to specified criteria, with a special rule for Christian Science providers. Requires the Medicare Prospective Payment Review Commission, during the first three years in which payments are made under this Act, to report annually to the Congress on the effectiveness of the payment methodology established. Amends SSA title XI to require review by peer review organizations of home health services provided under Medicare. Eliminates certain fiscal intermediary responsibilities under Medicare with regard to home health services. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 to provide for a retroactive reinstatement of presumptive waiver of liability. 2025-08-21T20:17:13Z  
104-hr-4230 104 hr 4230 Rehabilitation and Return to Work Opportunity Act of 1996 Social Welfare 1996-09-27 1996-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1774) House Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] KY R B001066 14 Rehabilitation and Return to Work Opportunity Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish under the Social Security Administration a Rehabilitation and Return-to-Work Program for assessing the capability for vocational adjustment of individuals determined to be disabled under the OASDI and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. Provides that the individual shall be determined capable of vocational adjustment upon determination of a reasonable possibility that the individual will be capable, upon the provision of vocational rehabilitation services, of performing substantial gainful activity. Places such program under the administrative authority of private sector regional administrators in each service region in which it is implemented. Requires such administrators to hire network coordinators for their particular service regions to: (1) ensure that adequate choices for vocational rehabilitation services are made available to service recipients; and (2) otherwise oversee specified requirements relating to service providers, including requirements that they develop jointly with each recipient, after an employment evaluation, an individual employment plan outlining employment preparation steps. Prescribes a specified milestone payment system for use under such program. Establishes the Rehabilitation and Return-to-Work Commission in the Social Security Administration and charges it with specific program development responsibilities, including oversight of the program once it is fully implemented. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for a five-year period of Medicare continuation coverage for certain OASDI disability benefit recipients who return to work. Makes permanent Medicare secondary payer rules relating to disability. Repeals the mandate and authority for continuation hospital insurance benefit coverage for certain temporarily out-of-work individuals. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide employers a one-time tax … 2025-08-21T20:16:29Z  
104-hr-4231 104 hr 4231 Principal Residence Tax Exclusion Act of 1996 Taxation 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Orton, Bill [D-UT-3] UT D O000108 1 Principal Residence Tax Exclusion Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the existing one-time exclusion of up to $125,000 of gain from the sale of a principal residence by a person at least 55 years old with an exclusion of gain of up to $250,000 ($500,000 for qualifying joint return) for a qualifying sale of a principal residence regardless of the person's age. Applies such exclusion to only one sale or exchange every two years. Repeals the provision providing for nonrecognition of gain on principal residence rollovers. 2025-08-21T20:14:29Z  
104-hr-4232 104 hr 4232 To designate the United States Post Office building located at 251 West Lancaster Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the "Jim Wright Post Office Building". Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. House Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12] TX D G000134 0 Designates the U.S. Post Office building located at 251 West Lancaster Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the Jim Wright Post Office Building. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
104-hr-4233 104 hr 4233 Savings in Construction Act of 1996 Science, Technology, Communications 1996-09-27 1996-09-30 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] CA R C000830 3 Savings in Construction Act of 1996 - Amends the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to define specified terms, including: (1) full and open competition; (2) total installed price; (3) hard-metric; (4) cost or pricing data or price analysis; and (5) Federal facility. Requires the implementation of such Act in the acquisition of construction services and materials for Federal facilities. Directs that if the requirements of this Act conflict with specified Federal procurement provisions, then such provisions shall take precedence. Sets forth exceptions with respect to the implementation of such Act concerning concrete masonry units and recessed lighting fixtures. Requires the agency head to determine in writing according to specified criteria that specifications can only be satisfied by hard-metric versions. Requires the head of each agency that awards construction contracts within the United States and its territories to designate a senior agency official as a construction metrication ombudsman to, among other things, be: (1) responsible for reviewing and responding to complaints from prospective bidders, subcontractors, suppliers, or their designated representatives concerning use of the metric system of measurement in contracts for the construction of Federal buildings; (2) independent of the contracting officer for construction contracts; and (3) responsible for ensuring that the agency is not implementing the metric system of measurement in a manner that is either impractical, likely to cause significant inefficiencies or loss of markets to U.S. firms, or inconsistent with specified guidelines while ensuring that the goals of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 are observed. 2025-08-21T20:14:39Z  
104-hr-4234 104 hr 4234 Public Right-to-Know and Children's Environmental Health Protection Act Environmental Protection 1996-09-27 1996-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] NJ D P000034 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Toxics Reporting and Public Right to Know Title II: Children's Environmental Protection Act Title III: Endocrine Disruptors Public Right-to-Know and Children's Environmental Health Protection Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States that: (1) adequate data should be developed with respect to industry's use of and the public's exposure to toxic substances, with priority given to the exposure of children; and (2) such data should be generated by manufacturers, processors, and users of chemical substances and mixtures and then made available to the general public. Title I: Toxics Reporting and Public Right to Know - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act to revise toxic chemical release form requirements, providing, among other things, for certain additional information to be reported to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about known toxic chemicals at facilities subject to such requirements, including the number of employees and contractors at the facility along with the number of those that have been exposed to the chemical. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish new thresholds for reporting highly toxic chemicals; and (2) develop an EPA plan for integrating and improving access to publicly available information within the jurisdiction of the agency in order to improve the management of information resources and assist agency enforcement, pollution prevention, and multimedia permitting and reporting initiatives. (Sec. 105) Modifies the authority to bring civil actions under this Act, specifically allowing them to be brought for any of the listed failures that are past or ongoing. (Sec. 106) Gives the EPA Administrator the authority to prescribe regulations to carry out the Pollution Prevention Act. Title II: Children's Environmental Protection Act - Children's Environmental Health Protection Act - Prohibits any person in the course of doing business from knowingly exposing any infant or young … 2025-08-21T20:14:43Z  
104-hr-4235 104 hr 4235 Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1996 Housing and Community Development 1996-09-27 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. House Rep. Fox, Jon D. [R-PA-13] PA R F000332 0 Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends the Fair Housing Act with respect to discriminatory housing practices to: (1) limit civil litigation to intending tenants; (2) require the practice to be intentionally discriminatory; (3) exempt from liability publishers (such as newspapers) that reasonably rely on presented advertising material; and (4) award litigation costs to prevailing parties. 2025-08-21T20:15:13Z  
104-hr-4236 104 hr 4236 Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-27 1996-11-12 Became Public Law No: 104-333. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division I Title I: The Presidio of San Francisco Title II: Boundary Adjustments and Conveyances Title III: Exchanges Title IV: Rivers and Trails Title V: Historic Areas and Civil Rights Title VI: Civil and Revolutionary War Sites Title VII: Fees Title VIII: Miscellaneous Administrative and Management Provisions Title IX: Heritage Areas Title X: Miscellaneous Subtitle A: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Subtitle B: Sterling Forest Subtitle C: Additional Provisions Title XI: California Bay Delta Environmental Enhancement Division II Title I: National Coal Heritage Area Title II: Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area Title III: Augusta Canal National Heritage Area Title IV: Steel Industry Heritage Project Title V: Essex National Heritage Area Title VI: South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Title VII: America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership Title VIII: Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor Title IX: Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 - Division I - Title I: The Presidio of San Francisco - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to manage leases currently in existence for properties under the Secretary's jurisdiction located at the Presidio (a former military complex in San Francisco, California). Makes the Secretary responsible for providing public interpretive services, visitor orientation, and educational programs on lands within the Presidio. Sets forth provisions regarding management of lands and facilities within the Presidio not transferred to the jurisdiction of the Presidio Trust; and (2) retention of career National Park Service (NPS) employees employed at the Presidio at the time of the transfer. (Sec. 103) Establishes … 2025-04-07T15:29:40Z  
104-hr-4237 104 hr 4237 To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to rules governing litigation contesting termination or substantial reduction of retiree health benefits, to require a preponderance of evidence for termination or substantial reduction of retiree health benefits, and to allow courts to use extrinsic evidence in determining the intent of a plan. Labor and Employment 1996-09-27 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. House Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5] WI D B000177 0 Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish procedures governing an employee benefit plan or plan sponsor's termination or substantial reduction of retiree health benefits. Requires, before a court approves a contested termination or substantial reduction, a finding that the balance of equities clearly favors such approval. Allows courts to use extrinsic evidence in determining a plan's intent. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z  
104-hr-4238 104 hr 4238 Compassionate Community Act of 1996 Taxation 1996-09-27 1996-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, and in addition to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] OH R B000589 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title I: Tax Incentives for Charitable Contributions Title II: Volunteer Enhancement Title III: Common Sense Legal and Regulatory Reforms for Charities Subtitle A: Liability of Certain Tax Exempt Organizations Under CERCLA Subtitle B: Liability of Certain Tax Exempt Organizations Under OSHA Subtitle C: Fair Labor Standards Act Obligations of Certain Tax Exempt Organizations Subtitle D: Limited Damages in Negligence Claims Subtitle E: Volunteer Protection Subtitle F: Charitable Medical Care Subtitle G: Property Access Subtitle H: Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Protection Compassionate Community Act of 1996 - Title I: Tax Incentives for Charitable Contributions - Amends the Internal Revenue Act Code to establish a charitable credit of up to $100 for an individual and up to $200 for a joint return. Prohibits double benefit charitable deductions and credits. (Sec. 102) Establishes an employer credit for wages paid to qualifying employee volunteers. Title II: Volunteer Enhancement - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit employees to receive compensatory time rather than required monetary overtime (at a rate of at least 1.5 hours compensatory time for each hour of overtime). Title III: Common Sense Legal and Regulatory Reforms for Charities - Subtitle A: Liability of Certain Tax Exempt Organizations Under CERCLA - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to limit specified pollutant or hazardous substance-related liability for qualifying tax-exempt organizations. Subtitle B: Liability of Certain Tax Exempt Organizations Under OSHA - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA)concerning notification of violation and employer defenses with respect to certain tax-exempt organizations. Subtitle C: Fair Labor Standards Act Obligations of Cert… 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z  
104-hr-4239 104 hr 4239 To provide for the licensing of commercial space reentry vehicles and reentry sites, and for other purposes. Science, Technology, Communications 1996-09-27 1996-10-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. House Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] CA D B000918 0 Amends Federal law to include reentry vehicles and related launch operations within the scope of commercial space launch activities. Mandates an annual report. 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z  
104-hr-4240 104 hr 4240 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of golf clubs and golf club components. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-51] CA R C000994 0 Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to exempt U.S. manufactured golf clubs, and components that are imported and assembled into golf clubs in the United States, from the country of origin marking requirements under the Act. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
104-hr-4241 104 hr 4241 To amend the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to designate the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness, to amend the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989 to designate the Earnest F. Coe Visitor Center, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20] FL D D000275 1 Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to redesignate the Everglades Wilderness in Everglades National Park, Florida, as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness to commemorate Mrs. Douglas' vision and leadership in the protection of the Everglades and the establishment of such Park. Amends the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989 to require the Secretary of the Interior to designate the main visitor center facility at the Park's headquarters as the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center to commemorate Mr. Coe's vision and leadership in the establishment and protection of the Park. 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  
104-hr-4242 104 hr 4242 To amend the Act commonly known as the "Antiquities Act" to limit further extension or establishment of national monuments in California. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] CA R D000429 9 Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to prohibit any extension or establishment of any national monument in California except by express authorization of the Congress. 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z  
104-hr-4243 104 hr 4243 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit certain tax free corporate liquidations into a 501(c)(3) organization and to revise the unrelated business income tax rules regarding receipt of debt-financed property in such a liquidation. Taxation 1996-09-27 1996-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1808) House Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8] WA R D000549 3 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain tax-free liquidations from a closely held corporation into a tax-exempt organization. Revises unrelated business income provisions regarding property acquired subject to a mortgage with respect to such a liquidation. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
104-hr-4244 104 hr 4244 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive the 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services in the case of individuals classified within certain diagnosis-related groups. Health 1996-09-27 1996-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1797) House Rep. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL-20] IL D D000563 1 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for coverage under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act of extended care services for individuals with a condition classifiable within a select diagnosis-related group (DRG). (Waives the three-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services for such DRGs.) Requires the Secretary to select at least five DRGs beginning in FY 1998, and additional qualified groups for subsequent fiscal years. Provides for recovery of excessive expenditures by: (1) reductions in payable amounts for post-hospital extended care services in the following fiscal year; and (2) rescission of the selection of any DRG. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
104-hr-4245 104 hr 4245 Tobacco Youth Access Act Families 1996-09-27 1996-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Fox, Jon D. [R-PA-13] PA R F000332 0 Tobacco Youth Access Act - Allows the use of vending machines to sell tobacco products only in an area or establishment to which individuals under 18 years old (or such higher age as a State has set) (minimum age) are denied access. Allows the sale or distribution of cigarettes only in a package of 20 cigarettes. Prohibits offering or distributing tobacco products for sampling except in an area or establishment to which individuals under the minimum age are denied access. Mandates signs in retail establishments indicating the tobacco product purchase minimum age and the proof of age requirements, which must include photo identification. Requires retailers and their employees to sign an annual certification of knowledge of the minimum age and to conduct all tobacco product sales face-to-face. Prohibits the distribution of tobacco products through the redemption of coupons or coins except in face-to-face transactions. Requires the termination of any block grant under provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to substance abuse, tuberculosis, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) if a State does not restrict youth access to tobacco as prescribed in this Act. 2025-08-21T20:17:04Z  
104-hr-4246 104 hr 4246 To require a study by the United States Sentencing Commission of sentencing for drug offenses where domestic violence has been found to occur. Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-27 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Fox, Jon D. [R-PA-13] PA R F000332 0 Requires the United States Sentencing Commission to report to the Congress concerning the effect of cocaine (both crack and powder) and other illicit drugs on domestic violence. Requires that the report include an analysis of the sentences imposed for offenses involving such drugs where domestic violence occurred and any recommendations for improving sentencing in such cases. 2019-11-15T21:33:17Z  
104-hr-4247 104 hr 4247 Justice on Time Act of 1996 Labor and Employment 1996-09-27 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 0 Justice on Time Act of 1996 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to resolve unfair labor practice complaints within 365 days after filing. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z  
104-hr-4248 104 hr 4248 Medicare Antibiotic Coverage Amendments of 1996 Health 1996-09-27 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Waldholtz, Enid Greene [R-UT-2] UT R G000408 0 Medicare Antibiotic Coverage Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage of certain antibiotics, including vancomycin, parenterally administered in a home setting. Mandates adjustments in average standardized payment amounts in order to maintain budget neutrality. 2025-08-21T20:15:20Z  
104-hr-4249 104 hr 4249 Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1996 Animals 1996-09-27 1996-10-04 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. House Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] WI R G000524 0 Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1996 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to redefine: (1) the term "dealer"; and (2) dealer and exhibitor licensing provisions. Excludes operators of auctions from certain civil penalty provisions. Increases the temporary license suspension penalty, and includes a revocation provision. Revises injunction provisions. 2025-08-21T20:17:08Z  
104-hr-4250 104 hr 4250 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a State the option of covering community-based attendant services under the Medicaid program. Health 1996-09-27 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] WI R G000524 1 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit States the option of covering community-based attendant services. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z  
104-hr-4251 104 hr 4251 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain small businesses from the required use of the electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes, and for other purposes. Taxation 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] WA R H000329 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt certain small businesses from the required use of the electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes. Revises specified deposit phase-in provisions. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  
104-hr-4252 104 hr 4252 Small Business Emancipation Act of 1996 Commerce 1996-09-27 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. House Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] CO R H000444 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Labor Provisions Title II: Tax Provisions Small Business Emancipation Act of 1996 - Title I: Labor Provisions - States that the "regular rate" at which a small business employee (SBE) is employed shall not include sums paid under a performance plan as a reward for meeting or exceeding productivity, quality, efficiency, or sales goals. Authorizes an SBE to receive, in lieu of overtime compensation, compensatory time off at a rate of not less than one and one-half hours off for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation would have been paid. Limits the annual accrual of compensatory time to 240 hours. Provides for the payment of unused compensatory time upon termination. (Sec. 103) Authorizes a small business employer to establish compressed and flexible work schedules. (Sec. 104) States that a small business shall not be required to disclose to any regulatory agency any information obtained through a voluntary internal audit. (Sec. 105) Exempts laborers or mechanics employed by a small business from the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act. (Sec. 106) Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the Act) to: (1) direct the Secretary of Labor, in establishing occupational safety and health (OSH) standards, to consider the relationship between the costs and benefits of a standard and its effect on small businesses; (2) authorize the Secretary to waive up to 100 percent of an OSH violation penalty to be paid by a small business to the extent that the employer uses the amount to correct the violation; and (3) provide that an employee participation committee formed to attempt to reduce the number of OSH hazards shall not be considered a "labor organization" for purposes of specified labor representation provisions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and implement a program to provide technical assistance and consultative services for small business employers and employees concerning worksite OSH and compliance with the Act; (2) establish an award to be perio… 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z  
104-hr-4253 104 hr 4253 Children's Financial Security Act of 1996 Families 1996-09-27 1996-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1811-1812) House Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31] NY R H000814 1 Children's Financial Security Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury or a delegate to transfer each calendar year, from the general fund of the Treasury and for each calendar year, $1,000 to the Child Retirement Account (CRA) of each eligible child. Makes eligible any individual who as of the close of such calendar year: (1) is a citizen or resident alien of the United States; and (2) has not attained age six. Allows the applicable taxpayer, in the case of children below age 19 as of the close of 1996, to contribute, during 1997 and 1998 only, to the child's CRA an amount equal to the lesser of $6,000 or the product of $1,000 and the child's age as of the close of 1996. Reduces the amount of any Federal or parental contribution for children of high-income parents, according to a phaseout range formula. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt CRAs from the income tax, but not from the tax on unrelated business income of charitable organizations. Requires the withholding of a 20 percent tax on any distribution from a CRA (although such distributions shall not be included in gross income). Provides for qualified special purpose distributions for first-time homebuying and for higher education expenses (along with a specified credit against the 20 percent distribution tax). 2025-08-21T20:14:41Z  
104-hr-4254 104 hr 4254 To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act with respect to the composition of the boards of community action agencies, and of nonprofit private organizations, that receive funds under such Act. Economics and Public Finance 1996-09-27 1996-10-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] WI D K000259 0 Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to make certain community action agency and nonprofit private organization board composition requirements discretionary. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
104-hr-4255 104 hr 4255 Model Adoption Act of 1996 Social Welfare 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4] PA D K000270 0 Model Adoption Act of 1996 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to set as a prerequisite for Federal grants to State courts to assess and improve handling of foster care and adoption proceedings that the State in which a court is located has specified provisions of the Uniform Adoption Act in effect and operation. 2025-08-21T20:14:32Z  
104-hr-4256 104 hr 4256 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the abatement of interest on deficiencies attributable to certain partnership items. Taxation 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Laughlin, Greg [R-TX-14] TX R L000119 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the abatement of interest on deficiencies attributable to certain partnership items. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z  

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