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104-s-2190 104 s 2190 Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act of 1996 Families 1996-10-03 1996-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 0 Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act of 1996 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Internal Revenue Service a national registry of abstracts of child support orders. Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as well as the Internal Revenue Code, to require: (1) a State, as a condition for receiving Federal child support funds, to prescribe procedures requiring any State court or administrative agency that issues or modifies a child support order to transmit an abstract of the order to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); (2) a State to prescribe procedures requiring an individual with the right to collect child support to be presumed to have assigned such right to the IRS (unless the individual affirmatively elects to retain such right); and (3) prescribe guidelines under which the IRS shall collect child support through tax withholding procedures. Declares that child support obligations will be treated as taxes for purposes of penalties and interest. 2025-08-21T20:15:57Z  
104-s-2191 104 s 2191 Alien Public Assistance Benefits Amendments of 1996 Immigration 1996-10-03 1996-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] WY R S000429 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… 2025-08-21T20:15:11Z  
104-s-2192 104 s 2192 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to award the Ranger Tab to veterans of certain service in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era. Armed Forces and National Security 1996-10-03 1996-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] NY R D000018 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to award a Ranger Tab to certain individuals assigned to specified Army units and performing active duty for specified periods in the Republic of Vietnam between 1960 and 1974. Requires written application for such award. 2025-04-07T15:27:23Z  
104-s-2193 104 s 2193 United States Voluntary and Material Assistance Act of 1996 International Affairs 1996-10-03 1996-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 0 United States Voluntary and Material Assistance Act of 1996 - Establishes the United States Voluntary and Material Assistance Program for the disposition of donated private sector and U.S. Government nonlethal personal property needed by eligible foreign countries. Authorizes the President, under the Program, to: (1) receive nonlethal personal property donated to the Federal Government by any U.S. private sector organization and retransfer it to eligible foreign countries; (2) provide the necessary transportation to assist private organizations and voluntary organizations in the United States in transferring to eligible foreign countries nonlethal personal property that is donated to them; and (3) transfer to eligible foreign countries any available surplus nonlethal personal property subject to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, before carrying out any other activities under the Program, the President should first conduct a pilot project in eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa in order to demonstrate the feasibility of transferring donated nonlethal personal property under the Program. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:16:52Z  
104-s-2194 104 s 2194 Outfitter and Guide Policy Act of 1996 Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-10-03 1996-10-04 Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Senate Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] ID R C000858 0 Outfitter and Guide Policy Act of 1996 - Requires a person or entity who offers to provide or conduct outfitter and guide (O&G) services for a fee on Federal lands to obtain authorization under this Act. Provides criteria for the issuance of such authorization, including the identification of skills, experience, and financial capability to offer O&G services. Authorizes the head of the National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, or Bureau of Reclamation (agency head) to enter into a written O&G agreement for the use and occupancy of Federal lands to perform appropriate O&G services for the public. Authorizes the agency head to issue a noncompetitive O&G business license to a person or entity qualified to provide visitor services on a limited basis at a Federal resource area. Authorizes the issuance of additional agreements for specified reasons, including an increase in public recreational activity in an area or the termination of an existing O&G agreement. Provides for the solicitation of applicants for O&G agreements and business licenses and permits. (Sec. 6) Directs the agency head to require payment of a reasonable fee for the opportunity to provide O&G services pursuant to this Act, allowing for the adjustment of such fee only for: (1) inflation; (2) adverse material changes in agreement conditions; or (3) an unforeseen disaster. (Sec. 7) Directs the agency head to provide that the O&G license or permit holder (holder) will defend or indemnify the United States against all costs associated with injury, damage, or death of person or property resulting from the holder's negligence, with exceptions. (Sec. 8) Requires a holder to file an annual operating plan with the agency head prior to the first day in which operations are conducted under an O&G agreement. (Sec. 9) Requires the agency head to assign an allocation of use to the holder of an O&G authorization whose services are marketed and available to the public, requiring such allocation to… 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
104-s-2195 104 s 2195 A bill to provide for the regulation of human tissue for transplantation to ensure that such tissue is handled in a manner to preserve its safety and purity, and for other purposes. Health 1996-10-03 1996-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] OR D W000779 2 Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to establish a specific definition for "human tissue" which expressly excludes vascularized human organs, gene therapy, blood, soluble blood components, milk, or products made by combining human tissue with biomaterials. Declares that human tissue is not a drug, biological product, or device unless reclassified under this Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to subject human tissue to regulation under such Act only if voluntary regulation is inadequate, or if it is reclassified as a drug, biological product, or device pursuant to specified guidelines established by this Act. Requires any person subject to such regulation who recovers, processes, stores, or distributes human tissue for transplantation or implantation in the United States to register in accordance with FFDCA drug registration procedures. Deems registrants to be authorized to conduct human tissue recovery, processing, storage, and distribution activities identified as applicable on the registration, unless, among other things, the Secretary of Health and Human Services suspends or revokes such authority after determining that the registrant fails to meet operating standards established by the Secretary. Prescribes certain human tissue labeling and advertising requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to reclassify human tissue as a drug, biological product, or device in specified circumstances. Outlines the mechanism for enforcement of this Act in the event that any violations of it constitute a significant risk to the public health. Subjects registrants to inspections under the Act. Applies the PHSA to umbilical cord blood to the same extent as it applies to human tissue. Prohibits the Secretary from regulating eyes until voluntary regulation is inadequate to protect the public health. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
104-s-2196 104 s 2196 Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act Finance and Financial Sector 1996-10-03 1996-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. Senate Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] NJ D L000123 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Commemorative Coins Title II: Circulating Coins Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act - Title I: Commemorative Coins - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the inventions made by Thomas Alva Edison in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of his birth. Directs the Secretary to conduct an open design competition for the design of the obverse and reverse of the coins. Terminates the authority to mint such coins after December 31, 1997. Requires that certain surcharges received from coin sales be distributed to specified entities. Title II: Circulating Coins - Amends Federal law to declare that the obverse side of half-dollar coins minted between specified dates shall have the same likeness of Thomas Alva Edison as the commemorative coins minted under this Act. 2025-08-21T20:16:44Z  
104-s-2197 104 s 2197 A bill to extend the authorized period of stay within the United States for certain nurses. Immigration 1996-10-03 1996-10-11 Became Public Law No: 104-302. Senate Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] NC R F000437 1 Extends the authorized period of U.S. stay for certain alien nurses through September 30, 1997. Prohibits such aliens from changing employment. 2025-04-07T15:23:16Z  
104-s-2198 104 s 2198 A bill to provide for the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to continue in existence, and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 1996-10-03 1996-10-19 Became Public Law No: 104-328. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 1 Authorizes the continuation of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations solely for the purpose of performing any contract entered into under the National Gambling Impact Study Commission Act. Revises restrictions on funds provided under the Community Oriented Policing Services Program and part Q (Public Safety and Community Policing; "Cops on the Beat") of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 concerning the provision of health benefits to public safety officers retired because of certain personal injuries sustained in the line of duty in certain emergency situations. 2021-10-15T23:22:10Z  
104-s-2199 104 s 2199 A bill 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 1996-10-03 1996-10-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] VT D L000174 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. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-s-2187 104 s 2187 Civil Rights Commission Reauthorization Act of 1996 Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 1996-10-02 1996-10-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO] CO R B000919 0 Civil Rights Commission Reauthorization Act of 1996 - Amends the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 to require approval of a majority of the Commission before the Commission may submit a report or issue a subpoena. Prescribes a procedure for the withholding of the issuance of a subpoena. Allows the Commission, by majority vote, to remove the staff director from office. Provides for the application of the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act of 1974, and the Government in the Sunshine Act with regard to the Commission. Authorizes appropriations. Extends the Commission's termination date through FY 1997. 2025-08-21T20:15:53Z  
104-s-2188 104 s 2188 A bill to provide for the retention of the name of the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming known as "Devils Tower", and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-10-02 1996-10-03 Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Senate Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] WY R S000429 2 Provides that the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming shall be known and designated as Devils Tower. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
104-s-2189 104 s 2189 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act of 1996 Native Americans 1996-10-02 1996-10-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 1 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act of 1996 - Provides that certain civil service laws relating to personnel management shall not apply to applicants for employment with, employees of, or positions in or under the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. Requires the Institute president by regulation to prescribe alternative personnel management provisions. Disallows covering current Institute employees except pursuant to a voluntary election. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to delegate to the institute president procurement authority with respect to the conduct of the administrative functions of the Institute. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:16:20Z  
104-s-2183 104 s 2183 A bill to make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Social Welfare 1996-10-01 1996-10-19 Became Public Law No: 104-327. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 1 Makes technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (the Act) with respect to: (1) the limitations on FY 1997 Federal obligations for the Temporary Family Assistance Program under new part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (raising the formula ceiling of the limitation to include any amount a State would have been eligible to receive from the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs during a specified transition period); and (2) a State's annual reconciliation refund of certain excess grant payments to the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs (revising the Federal child care assistance payment and State child care assistance expenditures components of the reconciliation formula). Makes these amendments effective as if included in the Act. Amends the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission through FY 1997. 2025-04-07T15:29:07Z  
104-s-2184 104 s 2184 Tobacco-Free Children's Internet Act of 1996 Health 1996-10-01 1996-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] NJ D L000123 0 Tobacco-Free Children's Internet Act of 1996 - Directs the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to issue regulations limiting the advertising of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco over the Internet or other interactive computer service within the United States in a manner consistent with certain previously issued regulations. 2025-08-21T20:15:01Z  
104-s-2185 104 s 2185 Local Growth Management Incentives Act of 1996 Environmental Protection 1996-10-01 1996-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] OR D W000779 0 Local Growth Management Incentives Act of 1996 - Requires each Federal agency to cooperate with qualified State agencies and local land use jurisdictions (those with growth management and land use programs certified under this Act) to reduce duplication of State and local requirements by National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) environmental assessment procedures. Requires such cooperation to include joint planning processes, environmental research, public hearings, and environmental assessments. Permits use of one document if State or local law imposes requirements that are in addition to, but not in conflict with, the NEPA requirements. Requires a NEPA statement to address, and describe the extent to which the State or local entity will reconcile, any inconsistency of a proposed action with any approved plan or other requirement of the entity. Allows States and local land use jurisdictions, upon certification (and with exceptions), additional time to comply with any new Federal requirement in order to integrate a qualified program's requirements with the Federal requirement. Describes certification procedures (and restrictions) and requires for support of a certification that State or local laws establish a qualified program containing, among other things, mechanisms for: (1) designating areas of critical environmental concern (those in which development may damage important historic, cultural, or aesthetic values or natural systems or processes or result in a threat to human life and safety from natural hazards); (2) addressing compatibility of land uses; and (3) assessing whether development activity impacts would result in environmental or health law violations. Describes methods for establishment of such a program. Requires federally conducted development projects or activities that affect land use or are otherwise regulated under a qualified program to be carried out consistently with the program. Amends Federal law concerning obligation of Federal-aid highway and surface transportation fund… 2025-08-21T20:15:18Z  
104-s-2186 104 s 2186 Healthy Children Family Assistance Health Insurance Program Act of 1996 Health 1996-10-01 1996-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Coverage for Children and Pregnant Women Subtitle A: Definitions Subtitle B: Participating State Program Title II: Qualifying Policies Subtitle A: Qualifying Policies Subtitle B: Access and Preexisting Condition Limitations Subtitle C: General Duties and Responsibilities of the Secretary Title III: Assistance to Families and Pregnant Women Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Healthy Children Family Assistance Health Insurance Program Act of 1996 - Title I: Coverage for Children and Pregnant Women - Subtitle A: Definitions - Sets forth definitions used in this Act. Subtitle B: Participating State Program - Sets forth the general framework for a State program negotiated and contracted with at least one health plan to provide access to qualified health plans to eligible children and pregnant women residing in the State. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain payments for operating and administrative costs of participating States. Title II: Qualifying Policies - Subtitle A: Qualifying Policies - Describes the qualifying health policies for children and pregnant women, with a prohibition under each policy against any cost-sharing requirements for preventive services. Subtitle B: Access and Preexisting Condition Limitations - Places certain limitations on the imposition of preexisting condition exclusions under such policies, prohibiting them outright with regard to pregnant women. Subtitle C: General Duties and Responsibilities of the Secretary - Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations and interim final regulations to implement the State program. Title III: Assistance to Families and Pregnant Women - Prescribes guidelines for determining the eligibility of children and pregnant women for premium and cost-sharing assistance. Requires States to have such assistance programs in effect to qualify for Federal payments under this Act. Prescrib… 2025-08-21T20:15:16Z  
104-s-2161 104 s 2161 Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-30 1996-10-01 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639. Senate Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] IL D S000423 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Airport and Airway Improvements Subtitle A: Reauthorization of FAA Programs Subtitle B: Airport Development Financing Subtitle C: Airport Improvement Program Modifications Title II: FAA Reform Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Federal Aviation Administration Streamlining Programs Subtitle C: System to Fund Certain Federal Aviation Administration Functions Title III: Aviation Security Title IV: Aviation Safety Title V: Pilot Record Sharing Title VI: Child Pilot Safety Title VII: Family Assistance Title VIII: Airport Revenue Protection Title IX: Metropolitan Washington Airports Title X: Extension of Airport and Airway Trust Fund Expenditures Title XI: FAA Research, Engineering, and Development Title XII: Miscellaneous Provisions Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvements - Subtitle A: Reauthorization of FAA Programs - Amends Federal aviation law to reauthorize the Airport Improvement Program through FY 1998, with specified allocations for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Facilities and Equipment Program. (Sec. 102) Authorizes appropriations for the FAA through FY 1998. Subtitle B: Airport Development Financing - Revises the apportionment of airport improvement fund amounts to sponsors of primary and cargo service airports for each fiscal year. (Sec. 122) Revises the minimum amount of airport improvement funds that shall be credited in a fiscal year to the discretionary fund. (Sec. 123) Increases the apportionment for airport improvement grant funds for: (1) airport noise compatibility programs; and (2) current and former military airports. (Sec. 124) Reduces from 15 to 12 at any time the number of current or former military airports that may receive airport improvement grant funds. Subtitle C: Airport Improvement Program Modifications - Directs t… 2025-08-21T20:14:37Z  
104-s-2162 104 s 2162 Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 1996 Native Americans 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Senate Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] ND D D000432 2 Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgement Fund Distribution Act of 1996 - Provides for distribution to, and use of certain funds by, the Sisseton and Wahpeton Tribes of Sioux Indians. (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, one year after enactment of this Act, to distribute specified amounts to the tribal governing body of the: (1) Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota; (2) Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; and (3) Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. Designates the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Council of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes as the tribal governing body of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation. (Sec. 5) Directs each tribal governing body, as a condition for receiving the distributed funds, to establish a tribal trust fund for the benefit of the covered Indian tribe under its jurisdiction. Requires that each tribal governing body shall: (1) serve as the trustee of the trust fund; and (2) administer the trust fund. (Sec. 6) Prohibits funds distributed to a covered Indian tribe from being used to make per capita payments to members of the covered Indian tribe. Allows funds distributed to be used by a tribal governing body only for the purpose of making investments or expenditures that the tribal governing body determines to be related to: (1) economic development that is beneficial to the covered Indian tribe; (2) the development of resources of the covered Indian tribe; or (3) the development of a program that is beneficial to members of the covered Indian tribe, including educational and social welfare programs. Directs the Secretary to conduct an annual audit. (Sec. 7) Sets forth provisions concerning the effect of payments to a covered Indian tribe or an individual on eligibility for, or the reduction or denial of, Federal benefits. Prohibits subjecting a payment made to a covered Indian tribe or individual under this Act to Federal or State income tax. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary, not later than one year after enact… 2025-08-21T20:16:18Z  
104-s-2163 104 s 2163 Law Enforcement Officers Protection Amendment Act of 1996 Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 0 Law Enforcement Officers Protection Amendment Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand the definition of "armor piercing ammunition" to include a projectile that may be used in a handgun and that the Secretary of Treasury determines to be capable of penetrating body armor. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations based on standards to be developed for the uniform testing of projectiles to determine whether such projectiles are capable of penetrating National Institute of Justice Level II-A body armor. Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary and the Attorney General to develop and implement, and promulgate regulations for, performance standards for armor piercing ammunition. 2025-08-21T20:15:47Z  
104-s-2164 104 s 2164 Department of Agriculture Responsibility and Accountability Act of 1996 Agriculture and Food 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Information Technology System Control Board Title II: Administration of Department of Agriculture Title III: Effective Date Department of Agriculture Responsibility and Accountability Act of 1996 - Title I: Information Technology System Control Board - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture the Information Technology System Control Board to manage the Department's technology planning and procurement processes. Terminates the Board as of a specified date. Title II: Administration of the Department of Agriculture - Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 with respect to the Department of Agriculture personnel buyout authority to: (1) prohibit persons eligible for retirement from also receiving buyout payments; (2) require that buyout funds come only from salary and expense appropriations; and (3) end buyout authority as of March 31, 1997. Title III: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for this Act. 2025-08-21T20:16:07Z  
104-s-2165 104 s 2165 Fair Trade Practices Act of 1996 International Affairs 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 1 Fair Trade Practices Act of 1996 - Directs the President to report annually to the Congress the identities of: (1) foreign persons and concerns that engage in certain foreign corrupt trade practices; and (2) foreign countries that do not have in effect or do not enforce laws similar to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. Authorizes the President to impose specified sanctions upon countries that are not making a good faith effort to enact or enforce such laws. 2025-08-21T20:14:21Z  
104-s-2166 104 s 2166 Local Empowerment and Flexibility Pilot Act of 1996 Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] OR R H000343 0 Local Empowerment and Flexibility Pilot Act of 1996 - Lists the purposes of this Act, including to: (1) improve the delivery of services to the public; (2) promote State, local, and tribal governments and private, nonprofit organizations to identify goals to improve their communities and the lives of their citizens; and (3) enable eligible applicants to adapt programs of Federal financial assistance to the particular needs of their communities by integrating programs and program funds across existing similar Federal financial assistance programs. (Sec.5) Creates a Community Empowerment Board composed of specified Cabinet Secretaries and agency heads. Requires the Board, among other things, to: (1) select six States to participate; and (2) receive, review, and approve or disapprove flexibility plans. Defines a "flexibility plan" as a comprehensive plan for the coordination and administration by an eligible applicant of financial assistance provided by the Federal Government under two or more eligible Federal financial assistance programs that includes funds from Federal, State, local, or tribal government or private sources to address the service needs of a community. Requires that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Board, coordinate and assist in creating: (1) a uniform Federal financial assistance application; (2) a release form to facilitate the sharing of information across Federal financial assistance programs; and (3) a system wherein an organization or consortium of organizations may use one proposal to apply for assistance. (Sec. 6) Authorizes an applicant to apply to the Board for approval of a flexibility plan which must meet specified requirements, including that the application: (1) contain written certification that each entity with legal authority over a Federal financial assistance program included in the plan has consented to the terms of the plan; and (2) be submitted to, and contain all comments on the proposed plan made by, each affected St… 2025-08-21T20:17:07Z  
104-s-2167 104 s 2167 Children's Health Insurance for Long-Term Development Act of 1996 Health 1996-09-30 1996-10-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12350-12351) Senate Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] NE D K000146 0 Children's Health Insurance for Long-Term Development Act of 1996 - Requires health plans and employee health benefit plans to ensure coverage of all medically necessary health care and related services for children during the Infant Neurological Risk Exposure Period (INREP), which extends through age three and encompasses the period of most rapid neurological changes in young children. Prohibits health plans from using a service limitation, including a lifetime benefit limit, to deny medically necessary health care and related services to a child. Sets forth enforcement provisions. 2025-08-21T20:15:21Z  
104-s-2168 104 s 2168 Aviation Safety Protection Act of 1996 Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 0 Aviation Safety Protection Act of 1996 - Amends Federal law regarding air commerce and safety to prescribe whistleblower protection guidelines for airline employees providing air safety information to the Federal government. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of such employees' protections. 2025-08-21T20:16:15Z  
104-s-2169 104 s 2169 Endangered Cultural Heritage Act of 1996 Arts, Culture, Religion 1996-09-30 1996-10-01 Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Senate Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] RI D P000193 0 Endangered Cultural Heritage Act of 1996 - Establishes in the Treasury an Endangered Cultural Heritage Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to designate or establish a Federal agency to administer the Fund. Requires use of the Fund to support activities by qualified U.S. and international organizations to preserve and protect cultural resources that are significantly at risk, at qualified sites both inside and outside the United States. Requires the designated agency to provide grants or fellowships that engage: (1) U.S. professionals in historic preservation; and (2) U.S. and foreign graduate students in onsite conservation and development of plans to protect endangered cultural resources. Directs the agency to support public education programs, seminars, conferences, and other activities. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
104-s-2170 104 s 2170 Save Our Savings Act of 1996 Economics and Public Finance 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] KS R K000017 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Cap Entitlements and Other Mandatory Spending Title II: Enforcement Provisions Save Our Savings Act of 1996 - Title I: Cap Entitlements and Other Mandatory Spending - Sets forth a timetable for completion of certain budget actions by the President and by the Directors of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). (Sec. 103) Applies direct spending caps to all entitlement authority, except for undistributed offsetting receipts and net interest outlays. Sets forth a table of such caps for specified categories of entitlements and other mandatory spending. (Sec. 104) Requires determinations of such direct spending caps (as well as any breaches of such caps and actions necessary to remedy such breaches) to be based on certain economic assumptions for specified future fiscal years, subject to periodic reestimation based on changed economic conditions or changes in eligible population. (Sec. 105) Provides for automatic adjustments to the caps for entitlements and other mandatory spending. Allows the direct spending caps to be revised in a specified manner, only by recorded vote. Title II: Enforcement Provisions - Provides for enforcement of the direct spending caps on categories of spending established under title I of this Act. Applies specified enforcement rules and procedures for any fiscal year in which direct spending exceeds the applicable direct spending cap. (Sec. 202) Directs OMB to: (1) compile a statement of actual direct spending for a fiscal year, following the end of that year, identifying such spending by categories of entitlements and other mandatory spending; and (2) under specified conditions, issue a report to the President and the Congress, estimating necessary spending reductions. Sets forth a timetable for specified budget actions by the President and by OMB and CBO. (Sec. 203) Subjects all direct spending (except matters specifically exempted under this title) to caps on total direct spending outlays for eac… 2025-08-21T20:14:53Z  
104-s-2171 104 s 2171 Comprehensive Telehealth Act of 1996 Health 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] ND D C000705 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Medicare Reimbursement for Telehealth Services Title II: Telehealth Licensure Title III: Periodic Reports to Congress from the Joint Working Group on Telehealth Title IV: Development of Telehealth Networks Comprehensive Telehealth Act of 1996 - Title I: Medicare Reimbursement for Telehealth Services - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act in accordance with a specified payment methodology for professional consultation via telecommunications systems with an individual or entity furnishing a service for which payment may be made to a Medicare beneficiary residing in a rural or an underserved area, notwithstanding that the individual health care practitioner providing the professional consultation is not at the same location as the individual furnishing the service to the Medicare beneficiary. (Sec. 101) Amends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to require the Health Care Financing Administration's report to the Congress on Medicare's reimbursement of telemedicine services to include telehealth services. Title II: Telehealth Licensure - Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) practitioners licensed to provide telehealth services across State lines, including those licensed to provide them in more than three States; (2) any reciprocal or other licensure agreements between or among various States; (3) any efforts to develop uniform national sets of licensure standards for interstate telehealth services; (4) a projection of future interstate telehealth consultations; (5) State efforts to increase or reduce licensure as a burden to interstate telehealth practice; and (6) any State licensure requirements that appear to constitute unnecessary barriers to interstate telehealth services. (Sec. 202) Dir… 2025-08-21T20:16:49Z  
104-s-2172 104 s 2172 A bill to provide for the appointment of a Special Master to meet with interested parties in Alaska and make recommendations to the Governor of Alaska, The Alaska State Legislature, The Secretary of Agriculture, The Secretary of the Interior, and the United States Congress on how to return management of fish and game resources to the State of Alaska and provide for subsistence uses by Alaskans, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-30 1996-10-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12059) Senate Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] AK R M001085 0 Requires the President: (1) to appoint a Special Master to mediate the issues involved in the impasse regarding fish and game management responsibilities in Alaska ; and (2) in making such appointment, to give careful consideration to recommendations submitted by the Governor of Alaska, the President of the Alaska State Senate, and the Speaker of the Alaska State House. Requires the principal office of the Special Master to be in Alaska. Directs the Special Master to: (1) review existing State and Federal laws regarding subsistence use of fish and game resources in Alaska; (2) recommend specific actions to the Congress and to Alaska that assure that Alaska recovers and retains management authority and responsibility for fish and game on all of its lands, that provide for the continuation of the opportunity for subsistence uses by Alaska residents, including both Natives and non-natives, on the public lands and by Alaska Natives on Native lands which is essential for Native physical, economic, traditional, and cultural existence, and to non- native physical, economic, traditional, and social existence; and (3) report to the Secretary, the Congress, the Governor, and the Alaskan legislature. Makes the report available to the public. Authorizes appropriations. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
104-s-2173 104 s 2173 Family Business Estate Tax Relief Act of 1996 Taxation 1996-09-30 1996-10-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12258) Senate Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] ND D D000432 0 Family Business Estate Tax Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from a family-owned business' gross estate up to $900,000 of family-owned business interest (in addition to the existing $600,000 estate and gift tax credit), provided that the heirs continue to materially participate in the business for a specified period after the owner's death. Increases the portion of the estate tax subject to the "four- percent" (interest) rule. 2025-08-21T20:16:18Z  
104-s-2174 104 s 2174 A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the admission of temporary H-2A workers. Immigration 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] ID R C000858 0 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the temporary agricultural worker (H-2A visa) program with respect to: (1) H-2A petition considerations and approvals; (2) labor certification denial; (3) reduction in deadline filing; (4) expedited appeal of certain decisions; and (5) limitations on employer liability and judicial remedies. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
104-s-2175 104 s 2175 Strengthening Social Security Act of 1996 Social Welfare 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] NE D K000146 1 Strengthening Social Security Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require covered employers to have a plan for withholding certain contributions from the wages of their eligible employees for investment according to the individual employee's personal investment plan. Defines personal investment plan as: (1) any personal investment retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits in the Personal Investment Fund, established in the Treasury by this Act; or (2) any individual retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits and administered or issued by a bank. Requires the Personal Investment Fund to be governed by a Personal Investment Fund Board under a system similar to the Thrift Savings Program for Federal employees. Covers self-employed individuals. Applies this Act only to employees who have not attained age 55. Specifies reduced social security tax rates for plan participants. Imposes civil penalties upon employers who fail to establish a personal investment payroll deduction plan or observe certain requirements with respect to it. Provides for: (1) specified graduated increases in "normal" and early retirement ages; and (2) reduction in cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) applied to higher primary insurance amounts under the OASDI program, tying OASDI COLA determinations based on applicable increase percentages to similar determinations under other specified Federal benefit programs, including the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program under SSA title XVI. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to reduce by .5 percentage point the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Indexes used with respect to OASDI COLA calculations. Provides for: (1) a phased in reduction in spousal benefits other than survivors' benefits to 33 percent of the primary insurance amount; and (2) various specified adjustments in the formula for determining primary insurance amounts und… 2025-08-21T20:14:36Z  
104-s-2176 104 s 2176 Personal Investment Plan Act of 1996 Social Welfare 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] NE D K000146 1 Personal Investment Plan Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require covered employers to have a plan for withholding certain contributions from the wages of their eligible employees electing to participate for investment according to the individual employee's personal investment plan. Defines personal investment plan as: (1) any personal investment retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits in the Personal Investment Fund, hereby established in the Treasury; or (2) any individual retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits and administered or issued by a bank or other specified person. Establishes in the Social Security Administration a Personal Investment Fund Board to govern the Personal Investment Fund under a system similar to the Thrift Savings Program for Federal employees. Covers self-employed individuals. Specifies reduced social security tax rates for participating employees and self-employed individuals. Sets forth civil penalties for employers who fail to establish a personal investment payroll deduction plan or observe certain requirements with respect to it. Prescribes adjustments to primary insurance amounts under the OASDI program. 2025-08-21T20:16:03Z  
104-s-2177 104 s 2177 Military Reservists Small Business Relief Act Commerce 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. Senate Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] PA R S000059 0 Military Reservists Small Business Relief Act - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), upon request, to defer repayment of a direct loan made to: (1) an individual who is a reservist who received such loan before being called or ordered to, or retained on, active duty; or (2) a small business that received such loan before a reservist who is an owner, manager, or key employee of such small business was so called, ordered, or retained. Extends the loan deferral period from the date the individual is so called, ordered, or retained until the later of 180 days after: (1) such individual is released; or (2) the enactment of this Act, with no accrual of interest during such period. Authorizes the SBA to make disaster loans to assist a small business that has suffered or is likely to suffer economic injury as the result of its owner, manager, or key employee being ordered to active duty during a period of military conflict. Limits to $500,000 the amount outstanding and committed on each loan. 2025-08-21T20:15:41Z  
104-s-2178 104 s 2178 Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act Health 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] KS R K000017 5 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. 2025-08-21T20:16:14Z  
104-s-2179 104 s 2179 Children's Environmental Protection Act of 1996 Environmental Protection 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] CA D B000711 0 Children's Environmental Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to state U.S. policy regarding the adequacy of protection of children and other vulnerable subpopulations from exposure to environmental pollutants. Defines "vulnerable subpopulations" to include children, pregnant women, the elderly, individuals with a history of serious illness, and other subpopulations identified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as likely to experience elevated health risks from environmental pollutants. Directs the Administrator to: (1) work with each State, including by making grants, to develop a family right-to-know initiative requiring disclosure of the details of application of a pollutant in a public area accessible to children, State reports of such information, and provision of data for a nationwide survey; (2) identify and make publicly available a list of hazardous substances and pesticides commonly used in schools and parks; (3) create a list of substances with high hazard risks; (4) develop and issue an EPA-approved warning sign and label for posting in such areas; and (5) prohibit a school or park from using any pollutant on the high hazard risk list. Directs the Administrator and the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services to: (1) coordinate and implement research studies of the physiological and pharmacokinetic differences in the effects and toxicity of pesticides and other pollutants on children and other vulnerable subpopulations; (2) conduct surveys and research to document differences between children and adults with respect to exposure; and (3) report to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to evaluate environmental health risks to children and vulnerable subpopulations in all risk assessments and characterizations, environmental or public health standards, or general regulatory decisions and develop and use a separate assessment with respect to vulnerable subpopulations. Requires a report to the Congress. Requires public ava… 2025-08-21T20:14:03Z  
104-s-2180 104 s 2180 Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1996 Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] WI D K000305 1 Deadbeat Parents Punishment 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. 2025-08-21T20:16:41Z  
104-s-2181 104 s 2181 National Grasslands Management Act of 1996 Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-30 1996-10-01 Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Senate Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] ND D D000432 0 National Grasslands Management Act of 1996 - Amends the Forest Rangeland Renewable Resource Planning Act of 1974 to remove the National Grasslands and land utilization projects administered under title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (such Act) from the National Forest System (NFS). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to manage the National Grasslands as a separate entity and in accordance with this Act and the provisions and multiple use purposes of such Act. Requires the Secretary to administer grazing permits and implement grazing management decisions in consultation, cooperation, and coordination with local grazing associations and other grazing permits. Requires fees and charges for livestock grazing on the National Grasslands to be determined in the same manner and according to the same formula that was used for such grazing during the 1996 grazing year. Allows the Secretary to adjust the grazing fee to compensate for approved conservation practices and administrative expenditures. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
104-s-2182 104 s 2182 A bill to consolidate certain mineral interests in the National Grasslands in Billings County, North Dakota, through the exchange of Federal and private mineral interests to enhance land management capabilities and environmental and wildlife protection, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-30 1996-10-01 Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Senate Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] ND D D000432 1 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company (formerly known as Meridian Oil Inc.) all Federal rights and interests identified on a map entitled the "Billings County, North Dakota, Consolidated Mineral Exchange--November 1995," contingent on Burlington's conveyance to the Secretary of title to its own rights and interests identified on the same map. Directs the Secretary to convey to owners of the remaining non-oil gas mineral interests identified on the map all Federal rights, title, and interests in the National Forest System lands and National Grasslands in the State of North Dakota, contingent on the owners' conveyance to the Secretary, after Burlington's conveyance, of all their rights, title, and interests. Directs the Secretary to grant to Burlington the use of federally-owned surface lands to explore for and develop interests conveyed to Burlington under this Act. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
104-s-2153 104 s 2153 A bill to designate the United States Post Office building located in Brewer, Maine, as the "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Post Office Building", and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-28 1996-10-09 Became Public Law No: 104-281. Senate Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] ME R C000598 0 Designates the U.S. Post Office building located at 22 Parkway South, Brewer, Maine, as the Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Post Office Building. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
104-s-2154 104 s 2154 Pharmaceutical Equity Act of 1996 Health 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 3 Pharmaceutical Equity Act of 1996 - Extends for a two-year period the term of any patent in force on September 24, 1984, and on this Act's effective date, that claims a drug product or a method of using or manufacturing it from the product's expiration date if: (1) an exemption became effective for the drug product before September 24, 1984; (2) the regulatory review period for such product exceeded 120 months or 60 months, as appropriate. Provides that during such extensions, the rights in the extended patents shall be the same as those that existed before their expirations, thereby guarding against patent infringements during the extensions. Requires: (1) the patentee to notify the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks of such patent extended number; and (2) the Commissioner to confirm the patent extension by placing a notice thereof in the official file of the patent and to publish an appropriate notice in the Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office. 2025-08-21T20:14:31Z  
104-s-2155 104 s 2155 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer funds to the farmers' market nutrition program, and for other purposes. Agriculture and Food 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] VT D L000174 2 Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer up to a specified amount of FY 1997 funds to the farmers' market nutrition program. 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z  
104-s-2156 104 s 2156 Tenth Amendment Enforcement Act of 1996 Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 0 Tenth Amendment Enforcement Act of 1996 - Requires that, on or after January 1, 1997, any statute enacted by the Congress must include specified findings and declarations about the constitutional authority of the Congress in enacting such statute to preempt State and local laws. Makes it out of order for the Senate or House of Representatives to consider any legislation that does not include such declarations. Directs the Congressional Research Service to prepare and make publicly available an annual report on the extent of Federal statutory preemption of State and local government powers enacted into law during the preceding Congress or adopted through judicial interpretation of Federal statutes. Amends Federal law to prohibit any executive department or agency (Federal agency) from construing any statutory authorization to issue regulations as authorizing preemption of State law or local ordinance by rule-making or other agency action, unless the statute expressly authorizes issuance of preemptive regulations and the agency concludes that the exercise of State power directly conflicts with the exercise of Federal power under the Federal statute, such that the State statutes and the Federal rule promulgated under the Federal statute cannot be reconciled or consistently stand together. Requires all States to be provided with notice and the opportunity to make meaningful and timely input when a Federal agency proposes preemptive rule making or other agency action. Prohibits applying the Federal Advisory Committee Act to participation in rulemaking or other agency action by State or local government officials or their designated representatives. Requires each Federal agency to publish in the Federal Register a plan for review of rules and regulations preempting State or local government powers. Requires the plan to provide for the review of such rules and regulations within ten years after the publication of such rules and regulations as final rules. Requires review, within three years of the effective date of t… 2025-08-21T20:15:15Z  
104-s-2157 104 s 2157 Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act Environmental Protection 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] NH R S000606 0 Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit persons from disposing of lead-acid batteries (batteries) in a landfill, by incineration, or in any manner other than by return of spent batteries to one of the following authorized recipients: (1) a retail or wholesale seller of such batteries; (2) a regulated lead smelter; (3) an automotive dismantler or scrap dealer; (4) a collection entity designated to accept such batteries; or (5) a manufacturer of batteries of the same general type. Specifies respective authorized recipients of returns from retailers, wholesalers, dismantlers, collection entities, and manufacturers. Requires retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers of batteries (with an exception for a low number of sales) to accept spent batteries of the same general type as those sold in a quantity approximately equal to the number of batteries sold. Requires retailers to post a clearly visible notice informing the public of the legal requirement to recycle batteries. Sets forth labeling requirements, preempting State or local requirements inconsistent with this Act. Permits export of a spent battery for recycling purposes. Imposes civil penalties for violations of this Act and permits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to commence an action for appropriate relief, including injunctions. 2025-08-21T20:15:23Z  
104-s-2158 104 s 2158 A bill to set the time for counting electoral votes. Congress 1996-09-28 1996-09-30 Held at the desk. Senate Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] MS R L000447 0 Changes the date for the counting of electoral votes by the Congress to January 9, 1997. 2016-10-26T08:02:03Z  
104-s-2159 104 s 2159 A bill to set the time for the convening of the 105th Congress. Congress 1996-09-28 1996-09-30 Held at the desk. Senate Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] MS R L000447 0 Provides for convening the first session of the 105th Congress at noon on January 7, 1997. 2016-10-26T08:02:03Z  
104-s-2160 104 s 2160 Innovative Compliance Act of 1996 Environmental Protection 1996-09-28 1996-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] CT D L000304 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Alternative Strategies for Achieving Superior Environmental Performance Title II: Environmental Market-Based Strategies Innovative Compliance Act of 1996 - Title I: Alternative Strategies for Achieving Superior Environmental Performance - Allows an owner or operator of a facility that is subject to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to petition the EPA Administrator to modify or waive the rule with respect to the facility and enter into an enforceable compliance agreement establishing an alternative compliance strategy. (Sec. 104) Requires a petitioner to undertake a stakeholder participation process to facilitate participation of, and notice to, the public, including government agencies and officials. (Sec. 105) Set forth criteria for approval of a petition for a proposed alternative compliance strategy, including that the strategy will achieve better overall environmental results than would be achieved under current and reasonably anticipated future regulatory requirements. Requires the Administrator to deny a petition involving more than one pollutant or medium if: (1) at least one stakeholder objects to the strategy; and (2) the Administrator determines that the objection relates to any of the enumerated approval criteria and has a clear and reasonable foundation. (Sec. 106) Requires that priority be given to petitions proposing strategies using pollution prevention approaches and those submitted by persons with strong records of outstanding environmental performance and worker health and safety protection. (Sec. 107) Sets forth petition approval procedures, including those for public notice, preliminary comment, judicial review, and a limitation on the number of petitions considered. (Sec. 113) Requires the Administrator to establish a program to facilitate development, and provide expedited review, of proposals from small business groups. (Sec. 114) Sets forth congressional reporting requirements. (Sec. 116) Requires establishment of an on-line… 2025-08-21T20:14:40Z  
104-s-2136 104 s 2136 Jackie Robinson Commemorative Coin Act Finance and Financial Sector 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. Senate Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] NY R D000018 67 Jackie Robinson Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of Jackie Robinson in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the color barrier in major league baseball; and (2) distribute surcharge proceeds to the Jackie Robinson Foundation to enhance its education and youth leadership programs, and increase the availability of scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths. Prescribes conditions for payment of such surcharges, including a proscription against Foundation compensation to any agent or attorney for services rendered to support or influence legislative action of the Congress relating to the coins minted and issued under this Act. 2025-08-21T20:15:33Z  
104-s-2137 104 s 2137 A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make misuse of information received from the National Crime Information Center a criminal offense. Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] NH R G000445 0 Amends the Federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties for obtaining information from the National Crime Information Center without authorization under law or for using information lawfully received for purposes not authorized by law. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
104-s-2138 104 s 2138 A bill to clarify the standards for State sex offender registration programs under the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act. Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] NH R G000445 0 Amends the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Act to direct the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs that require a person who is: (1) convicted of a criminal offense against a minor or of a sexually violent offense to register a current address; or (2) a sexually violent predator to register a current address unless such requirement is terminated under specified circumstances or pursuant to an assessment for purposes of a sentencing enhancement determination. Includes within the definition of "sexually violent predator" a person convicted of a sexually violent offense who has received an enhanced sentence based on a determination that the person is a serious danger to others due to a gravely abnormal mental condition. Revises Act registration provisions to require a State prison officer, or in the case of probation, the court: (1) if a person required to register is released from prison or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation, to inform the person that he or she must report any change of residence address as provided by State law and comply with any registration requirement in the new State of residence; and (2) to forward the registration information to the agency responsible for registration under State law. Modifies Act requirements to: (1) require that State procedures provide for verification of address at least annually; (2) require that a change of address by a person required to register be reported to law enforcement authorities in the manner provided by State law; (3) require such person who moves to another State to report the change of address to the responsible agency in the State he or she is leaving and to comply with any registration requirement in the new State of residence; and (4) authorize the State or any agency authorized by the State to release relevant information necessary to protect the public, subject to specified limitations. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
104-s-2139 104 s 2139 A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the use of child safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on commercial aircraft, and for other purposes. Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] WA D M001111 0 Amends Federal aviation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring the use of federally-approved child safety restraint systems (including weight and age limits) on commercial aircraft. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization should seek an international standard to require that passengers on civil aviation aircraft be restrained: (1) on takeoff and landing; and (2) when directed by the aircraft captain. 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z  
104-s-2140 104 s 2140 Safer Schools Act of 1996 Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] ND D D000432 3 Safer Schools Act of 1996 - Amends the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 to require States, as a condition for receipt of Federal funds, to have in effect a State law or regulation providing that evidence that a student brought a weapon to a school under the jurisdiction of the local educational agencies in that State, obtained as a result of a search or seizure conducted on school premises, shall not be excluded in a school disciplinary proceeding on the ground that the search or seizure was in violation of the fourth amendment of the U.S. Constitution. 2025-08-21T20:16:17Z  
104-s-2141 104 s 2141 A bill 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 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 1 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. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
104-s-2142 104 s 2142 A bill to provide for the inclusion of certain counties in North Carolina in certain metropolitan statistical areas, and for other purposes. Housing and Community Development 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] NC R F000437 0 Provides for the inclusion of certain counties in North Carolina in certain metropolitan statistical areas. 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z  
104-s-2143 104 s 2143 ISTEA Integrity Restoration Act Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] VA R W000154 13 ISTEA Integrity Restoration Act - Makes specified unobligated balances of funds apportioned to a State under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 before October 1, 1997, available for obligation in that State under the law, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to the obligation and expenditure of those funds in effect on September 30, 1997. (Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for FY 1998 through 2002 for: (1) the National Highway System (NHS); (2) the Surface Transportation Program (STP); and (3) the Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP), including Indian reservation roads, public lands highways, and parkways and park highways. (Sec. 6) Modifies the definition of: (1) "Federal-aid system" to mean the NHS; and (2) NHS to mean the Federal-aid highway system established pursuant to Federal highway provisions. Defines "highway funds," beginning on October 1, 1997, to mean the funds apportioned and allocations authorized by such provisions to a State for a fiscal year and the funds administratively allocated to a State for the preceding fiscal year (if any) for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction (other than funds made available for the FLHP and for emergency relief). Modifies provisions regarding Federal-aid systems and the formula for apportionments of NHS funds. (Sec. 7) Repeals provisions regarding: (1) apportionments for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System (IS); and (2) the transfer of interstate construction apportionments, the transfer of funds for STP projects, and limits on new capacity. (Sec. 8) Modifies STP provisions regarding the location of projects and allocations of apportioned funds. Authorizes a State, in nonattainment areas for ozone or carbon monoxide, or for PM-10 resulting from transportation activities, or any combination thereof, to obligate STP funds for any congestion mitigation and air quality improvement project or program withou… 2025-08-21T20:15:21Z  
104-s-2144 104 s 2144 Foreign Bank Enforcement Act of 1996 Finance and Financial Sector 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. Senate Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] NY R D000018 4 Foreign Bank Enforcement Act of 1996 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the penalty for unauthorized participation in an insured depository institution by an individual with a criminal conviction involving dishonesty. Revises the exception for individuals who have received the prior written consent of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to allow the prior written consent of any appropriate Federal banking authority. Amends the International Banking Act of 1978 to: (1) cite circumstances under which certain Federal bank regulatory agencies shall not be compelled to disclose information obtained from a foreign supervisor; and (2) authorize an order to terminate foreign bank offices in the United States issued by either the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Comptroller of the Currency to contain appropriate terms and conditions. Amends Federal criminal procedure to authorize a court to: (1) direct disclosure of matters occurring before a grand jury during an investigation of a banking law violation to identified personnel of a State as well as a Federal financial institution regulatory agency; and (2) issue such an order at any time during or after completion of the investigation of the grand jury upon a finding of substantial need. 2025-08-21T20:16:26Z  
104-s-2145 104 s 2145 Strengthen Families, Strengthen Education Act Labor and Employment 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 0 Strengthen Families, Strengthen Education Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees covered by such Act to take up to four hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend academic, school-sponsored activities attended by their children. Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same parental involvement leave allowance to Federal employees. 2025-08-21T20:16:42Z  
104-s-2146 104 s 2146 Marion National Fish Hatchery and Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center Conveyance Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] AL R S000320 0 Marion National Fish Hatchery and Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without reimbursement, specified properties and related rights involving the Marion National Fish Hatchery and the Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center to the State of Alabama for use by its Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' Game and Fish Division, subject to the Division's offer to lease Research Center property, at no cost, to the Alabama Agriculture Experiment Station, or, if the Station declines, to another public entity. 2025-08-21T20:16:11Z  
104-s-2147 104 s 2147 Library of Congress Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1996 Finance and Financial Sector 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. Senate Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI] RI D P000193 1 Library of Congress Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue one-dollar silver coins and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the Library of Congress. Requires payment of coin sale surcharges to the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board to support Library activities. 2025-08-21T20:15:12Z  
104-s-2148 104 s 2148 Working Family Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996 Taxation 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 1 Working Family Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the child and dependent care credit to: (1) increase such credit and make it refundable; and (2) provide it with an income-based phaseout and limitation. Eliminates the foreign earned income exclusion as of a specified date. Allows an exclusion for overseas qualified elementary and secondary schooling expenses. 2025-08-21T20:15:21Z  
104-s-2149 104 s 2149 Transitional Health Insurance for Workers Changing Jobs Act of 1996 Health 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 1 Transitional Health Insurance for Workers Changing Jobs Act of 1996 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title XXVIII (Health Insurance for Workers Changing Jobs) under which the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services are required to establish a joint program to award grants to States with approved plans to enable them to provide temporary health insurance premium assistance for eligible individuals and their families in accordance with specified guidelines. Makes appropriations. Expresses the sense of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate that the joint program established by this Act should be financed in a budget neutral manner by offsetting revenues derived from eliminating undeserved corporate tax breaks, especially tax breaks that encourage American corporations to move jobs overseas and that reward book-keeping transactions that artifically place corporate income overseas for tax purposes. 2025-08-21T20:17:13Z  
104-s-2150 104 s 2150 Public Lands Protection Act of 1996 Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] AK R M001085 8 Public Lands Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to prohibit an extension or establishment of a national monument on public land without full compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and an express Act of Congress. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
104-s-2151 104 s 2151 Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Reduction Assistance Act of 1996 Armed Forces and National Security 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. Senate Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] WY R S000429 0 Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Reduction Assistance Act of 1996 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a plan to pay voluntary separation incentives to employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Provides for the determination and payment of incentive payments to such employees. Requires repayment of the entire payment if such former employee accepts employment with the Government within five years of the date of separation, with an authorized waiver by the appropriate official. Requires an agency to contribute to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of each agency employee to whom an incentive has been paid. Mandates the reduction of total full-time equivalent employees in each agency by one for each employee receiving an incentive payment, allowing a waiver of such reduction by the President in periods of war or national or extraordinary emergencies. Requires: (1) the Department to submit quarterly reports to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) concerning individuals receiving such payments; and (2) OPM to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees on such information. Authorizes the Secretary to release volunteering employees in a reduction in force within the Department (currently, only the Secretaries of Defense or a military department are so authorized). Extends all such authority through FY 2000. Provides for continued health insurance coverage for employees separated before October 1, 2001. 2025-08-21T20:14:37Z  
104-s-2152 104 s 2152 Agent Orange Benefits Act of 1996 Armed Forces and National Security 1996-09-27 1996-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans. Senate Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] WY R S000429 0 Agent Orange Benefits Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide needed health care to a child of a Vietnam veteran who is suffering from spina bifida, for any associated disability. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such health care directly or by contract or other arrangement with a health care provider. Includes within such care home, hospital, nursing home, outpatient, preventive, and rehabilitative care, case management, respite care, the training of family members in the provision of necessary home care, and necessary pharmaceuticals, supplies, and equipment. Authorizes the Secretary to provide vocational training to such a child if the Secretary determines that the achievement of a vocational goal by such child is reasonably feasible. Limits such training to 24 months, unless the Secretary determines that an extension is necessary (up to 24 months). Requires a child eligible for more than one assistance program through the Department of Veterans Affairs to elect one program for participation. Directs the Secretary to pay a monetary allowance to any such child for any disability resulting from spina bifida based on the degree of disability. Requires an increase in such disability benefit whenever there is an increase in benefits payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Provides veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation for the additional disability or death of a veteran which was: (1) not the result of the veteran's own willful misconduct; (2) incurred by care, treatment, or examination furnished to the veteran through the Department; and (3) incurred as a proximate result of such care, treatment, or examination. 2025-08-21T20:17:02Z  
104-s-2132 104 s 2132 Comprehensive Women's Pension Protection Act of 1996 Labor and Employment 1996-09-26 1996-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL] IL D M001025 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Pension Reform Title II: Protection of Rights of Former Spouses to Pension Benefits Under Certain Government and Government- Sponsored Retirement Programs Title III: Reforms Related to 401(k) Plans Title IV: Modifications of Joint and Survivor Annuity Requirements Title V: Spousal Consent Required for Distributions from Section 401(k) Plans Title VI: Women's Pension Toll-Free Phone Number Title VII: Annual Pension Benefits Statements Comprehensive Women's Pension Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Pension Reform - Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to apply specified integrated plan nondiscrimination rules to all accrued benefits. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to repeal the permitted disparity provision with respect to simplified employee pension contributions. (Sec. 102) Applies minimum coverage requirements to a separate line of business employer plan for qualified trust purposes. Establishes a single line of business special rule. (Sec. 103) Sets forth divorce division of pension benefits provisions, including minimum accrued benefits rights for the divorced (nonparticipant) spouse. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to set forth similar provisions. (Sec. 104) Provides for the continued availability of certain remedies with respect to pre-1985 domestic relations orders. (Sec. 105) Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate specified employee-annuitant requirements with respect to a divorced wife's annuity. Title II: Protection of Rights of Former Spouses to Pension Benefits Under Certain Government-Sponsored Retirement Programs - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and Federal law to provide for protection of former spouses to railroad and civil service pension benefits. Title III: Reforms Related to 401(k) Plans - Amends the Code to treat 401(k) plan investments in collectibles as distributions. (Sec. 303) Applies a specified limitation on acquisition and… 2025-08-21T20:14:48Z  
104-s-2133 104 s 2133 Center for American Cultural Heritage Act Arts, Culture, Religion 1996-09-26 1996-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules. Senate Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D A000069 0 Center for American Cultural Heritage Act - Establishes the Center for American Cultural Heritage within the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution, to be located in new or existing Smithsonian Institution facilities on or near the National Mall in the District of Columbia. Establishes an Advisory Committee on American Cultural Heritage, whose members are to be appointed by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:17:16Z  
104-s-2134 104 s 2134 Presidential Honors Scholarship Act of 1996 Education 1996-09-26 1996-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] DE D B000444 0 Presidential Honors Scholarship Act of 1996 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the award of Presidential Honors Scholarships to all students who graduate in the top five percent of their secondary school graduating class. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:16:24Z  
104-s-2135 104 s 2135 Coal Industry Retiree Health Equity Act Labor and Employment 1996-09-26 1996-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] MS R C000567 1 Coal Industry Retiree Health Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce annual premiums to the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund for eligible small assigned operators. Waives specified installment nonpayment penalties. Provides a one-time suspension of contributions for certain assigned operators. Revises the per beneficiary premium calculation. Provides for the disclosure of beneficiary employment history to a requesting assigned operator. Sets forth treatment of withdrawal liability provisions for certain 1988 agreement operators. 2025-08-21T20:16:37Z  
104-s-2117 104 s 2117 Haskell Indian Nations University Administrative Systems Act of 1996 Native Americans 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Senate Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] KS R K000017 1 Haskell Indian Nations University Administrative Systems Act of 1996 - Provides that certain civil service laws relating to personnel management shall not apply to applicants for employment with, employees of, or positions in or under the Haskell Indian Nations University. Requires the university president by regulation to prescribe alternative personnel management provisions. Disallows covering current university employees except pursuant to a voluntary election. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to delegate to the university president procurement authority with respect to the conduct of the administrative functions of the university. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:17:14Z  
104-s-2118 104 s 2118 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow casualty loss deduction for disaster losses without regard to the 10-percent adjusted gross income floor. Taxation 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] NC R F000437 1 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the ten percent adjusted gross income threshold for casualty loss deductions. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
104-s-2119 104 s 2119 Commission to Study the Federal Statistical System Act of 1996 Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 1 Commission to Study the Federal Statistical System Act of 1996 - Establishes the Commission to Study the Federal Statistical System. Directs the Commission to study all matters relating to Federal statistical infrastructure, including longitudinal surveys conducted by private agencies and partially funded by the Federal Government. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:14:34Z  
104-s-2120 104 s 2120 A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 475 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia, as the "William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States Courthouse". Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] GA D N000171 0 Designates the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 475 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia, as the William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States Courthouse. 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z  
104-s-2121 104 s 2121 Medicare Access to Emergency Medical Care Act of 1996 Health 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] FL D G000352 8 Medicare Access to Emergency Medical Care Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish requirements for Medicare managed care regarding access to emergency services. 2025-08-21T20:16:30Z  
104-s-2122 104 s 2122 Fallen Timbers Battlefield, Fort Meigs, and Fort Miamis National Historical Site Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-25 1996-09-26 Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 0 Fallen Timbers Battlefield, Fort Meigs, and Fort Miamis National Historical Site Act - Establishes the Fallen Timbers Battlefield, Fort Meigs, and Fort Miamis National Historical Site in Ohio. Withdraws the Site from such designation if the Secretary of the Interior determines and notifies the Congress that: (1) its use, condition, or development is incompatible with the purposes of this Act; or (2) its management entity has not made reasonable and appropriate progress in preparing or implementing the Stewardship Plan for the Site. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance regarding such Plan and its implementation to Ohio, such State's political subdivision, nonprofit organization, or any other person on a request by the management entity; and (2) assist in the Plan's development. Prohibits: (1) as a condition of such technical assistance, the Secretary from requiring any recipient to enact or modify land use restrictions; (2) the Secretary or any other Federal agency from making a limitation on fishing, hunting, or trapping a condition of the determination of eligibility for, or receipt of, assistance under this Act. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
104-s-2123 104 s 2123 Highway Funding Fairness Act of 1996 Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MT D B000243 31 Highway Funding Fairness Act of 1996 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation, for FY 1997, to determine the Federal-aid highway apportionments and allocations to a State without regard to the approximately $1.596 billion credit to the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) of estimated taxes paid by States that was made by the Secretary of the Treasury for FY 1995 in correction of an accounting error made in FY 1994. Requires the Secretary, for each State, to: (1) determine whether the State would have been apportioned and allocated an increased or decreased amount for Federal-aid highways for FY 1996 if such error had not been made; and (2) adjust such amount for FY 1997 by the amount of the increase or decrease and to adjust accordingly the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways distributed to the State under provisions of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997. States that nothing in this Act shall affect any apportionment, allocation, or distribution of obligation limitation, or reduction thereof, to a State for Federal-aid highways for FY 1996. 2025-08-21T20:15:34Z  
104-s-2124 104 s 2124 Arlington National Cemetery Enhancement Act of 1996 Armed Forces and National Security 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Kempthorne, Dirk [R-ID] ID R K000088 0 Arlington National Cemetery Enhancement Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Defense, upon determining that the Department no longer requires the Navy Annex Federal Building Number 2 in Arlington, Virginia, to offer to transfer to the Secretary of the Army administrative jurisdiction over such property to be utilized as part of the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. 2025-08-21T20:16:36Z  
104-s-2125 104 s 2125 Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996 Crime and Law Enforcement 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] MS R L000447 1 Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996 - Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to direct the court to sentence a person convicted of bringing into the United States a proscribed quantity of a mixture or substance containing a controlled substance in an amount the Attorney General has determined is equal to 100 usual dosage amounts to life imprisonment without possibility of release (or, if the defendant has violated such provision on more than one occasion and if certain requirements under the Federal criminal code are met, to death). Makes conforming amendments to the code. 2025-08-21T20:14:15Z  
104-s-2126 104 s 2126 A bill to temporarily waive the enrollment composition rule under the medicaid program for certain health maintenance organizations. Private Legislation 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] FL D G000352 1 Waives for contract periods beginning on July 1, 1996, and ending on July 30, 1998, with respect to facilities of HealthCare USA, Inc. and Ultramedix Health Care Systems Inc. in Florida, the requirement under the Social Security Act that Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries constitute less than 75 percent of the membership of a participating health maintenance organization. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
104-s-2127 104 s 2127 Stop Sweatshops Act of 1996 Labor and Employment 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 0 Stop Sweatshops Act of 1996 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for the civil liability of manufacturers for sweatshop conditions in the garment industry. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of recordkeeping and payroll accounting requirements. 2025-08-21T20:16:00Z  
104-s-2128 104 s 2128 Plant Protection Act Agriculture and Food 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D A000069 0 Plant Protection Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to restrict the importation, movement, and means of conveyance of plants, plant products, biological control organisms, plant pests, and noxious weeds, (articles) in order to prevent their U.S. introduction and interstate movement. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the Secretary of such articles' arrival, and hold them at the port of entry until inspected and authorized for U.S. movement by the Secretary. Prohibits a person from moving unauthorized and uninspected articles from a port of entry or interstate. (Sec. 6) Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to take specified remedial measures, including treatment or disposal, to avoid dissemination of a plant pest or noxious weed; (2) the Secretary to make inspections and seizures; and (3) owner compensation for unauthorized disposals. (Sec. 9) Authorizes the Secretary to make phytosanitary export certificates based upon foreign requirements. (Sec. 12) Sets forth penalty and enforcement provisions. (Sec. 16) Authorizes appropriations and fund transfers. 2025-08-21T20:17:06Z  
104-s-2129 104 s 2129 A bill to provide for the immediate application of certain orders relating to the amendment, modification, suspension, or revocation of certificates under chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code. Transportation and Public Works 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] OK R I000024 0 Amends Federal aviation law, with respect to the automatic stay of administrative orders pending appeal, to revise general deadline requirements for the National Transportation Safety Board to make a disposition concerning the issues on appeal that are related to the existence of an emergency, as declared by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, because of which the order must be effective immediately. 2025-04-07T15:27:57Z  
104-s-2130 104 s 2130 An original bill to extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices. International Affairs 1996-09-25 1996-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. Senate Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] NC R H000463 0 Authorizes extension of the International Organizations Immunities Act to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (Hong Kong's official economic and trade missions in the United States) in the same manner as such Act may be extended to a public international organization in which the United States participates pursuant to any treaty or Act of the Congress. Authorizes the President to apply to such Offices certain provisions of the Agreement on State and Local Taxation of Foreign Employees of Public International Organizations. 2025-01-23T13:18:47Z  
104-s-2131 104 s 2131 Commission on the Year 2000 Computer Problem Act Science, Technology, Communications 1996-09-25 1996-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 0 Commission on the Year 2000 Computer Problem Act - Establishes the National Commission on the Year 2000 Computer Problem to identify problems and recommend possible solutions with respect to the proper transition of private and public sector computers from the year 1999 to the year 2000. 2025-08-21T20:15:35Z  
104-s-2104 104 s 2104 A bill to amend chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, to prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain Federal employee labor organization activities, and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 1996-09-24 1996-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 5 Amends Federal civil service law to prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain Federal employee labor organization activities, including facilities or support services. 2025-04-07T15:23:20Z  
104-s-2105 104 s 2105 A bill to amend chapter 29 of title 35, United States Code, to provide for a limitation on patent infringements relating to a medical practitioner's performance of a medical activitiy. Commerce 1996-09-24 1996-09-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12023-12024) Senate Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] TN R F000439 0 Amends Federal patent law to provide that with respect to a medical practitioner's performance of a medical activity that constitutes an infringement, specified provisions relating to remedies, injunctions, and damages and attorney fees shall not apply against the practitioner or against a related health care entity with respect to such medical activity. Provides that this Act shall not apply to the activities of any person or his or her employee or agent (regardless of whether such person is a tax-exempt organization) who is engaged in the commercial development, manufacture, sale, importation, or distribution of a machine, manufacture, or composition of matter or the provision of pharmacy or clinical laboratory services (other than laboratory services provided in a physician's office), if such activities are: (1) directly related to such endeavors; and (2) regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, or the Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
104-s-2106 104 s 2106 A bill to amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to prohibit the placement of members of the United States Armed Forces under the command, direction, or control of the United Nations, and for other purposes. International Affairs 1996-09-24 1996-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] KY R M000355 0 Amends the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to prohibit any member of the armed forces from being placed under, or participating in an international standing armed military force of, the United Nations, unless approved by the Congress by enactment of an Act or joint resolution. Prohibits any member of the armed forces from being required to wear any uniform item or insignia which indicates an allegiance to or affiliation with the United Nations. 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z  
104-s-2107 104 s 2107 A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Mongolia. Foreign Trade and International Finance 1996-09-24 1996-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] WY R T000162 2 Authorizes the President to: (1) determine that title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (denying nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of certain countries) should no longer apply to Mongolia; and (2) based upon such determination, extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to Mongolian products. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
104-s-2108 104 s 2108 Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1996 Health 1996-09-24 1996-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] ND D D000432 17 Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1996 - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to provide, procure, furnish, fund, or support, or to compel any individual, institution, or government entity to provide, procure, furnish, fund, or support, any item, good, benefit, program, or service, the purpose of which is to cause, or to assist in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual. Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to incorporate a modified version of this prohibition. Adds a further prohibition, with regard to protection and advocacy systems, against certain assistance provided under such Federal laws for asserting or advocating a legal right to cause, or to assist in causing, or to receive assistance in causing, suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use or availability of appropriations under such Act to provide any item, or service, for the purposes of causing or assisting in suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing. Prohibits Federal financial participation under title XIX (Medicaid), or Federal reimbursement under title XVIII (Medicare), of the Social Security Act for assisted suicide or related services. Provides for the treatment of advance directives under both Medicare and Medicaid. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for assisted suicide and related services under the Older Americans Act of 1965, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services Program) of the Social Security Act. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for assisted suicide and related services under the military and Federal employees health care systems, and as health care for Peace Corps volunteers and Federal prisoners. Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to ban the use of Federal funds for assisted suicide… 2025-08-21T20:15:46Z  
104-s-2109 104 s 2109 A bill to provide a 1-year delay in the imposition of penalties on small businesses failing to make electronic fund transfers of business taxes. Taxation 1996-09-24 1996-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 0 Imposes a one-year delay in the imposition of certain penalties under the Internal Revenue Code for failure to make specified business tax payments by electronic fund transfer. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
104-s-2110 104 s 2110 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for certain gratuitous transfers of employer securities for the benefit of employees. Taxation 1996-09-24 1996-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code regarding estates and trusts to provide rules for the gratuitous transfer of qualified employer securities to an employee stock ownership plan from charitable remainder trusts. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
104-s-2111 104 s 2111 Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act Amendments of 1996 Native Americans 1996-09-24 1996-09-25 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Senate Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] AZ R M000303 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 Title II: Personnel of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Title III: Transfer of Functions and Savings Provisions Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act Amendments of 1996 - Title I: Amendments to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 - Amends the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 to repeal provisions concerning: (1) the appointment of a mediator and negotiating teams; (2) the implementation and adjudication of agreements; and (3) applications for life estate leases. Terminates the authority of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commissioner to select lands on September 30, 2000. Authorizes the Commissioner to grant homesite leases on acquired land to extended family members of a Navajo who is certified as eligible to receive benefits in order to facilitate relocation, except the Commissioner may not expend appropriated funds available to provide housing to those extended family members. Terminates the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation on September 30, 2001. Establishes, on October 1, 2001, an Office of Relocation in the Department of the Interior to carry out the functions of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation. Prohibits payment for benefits to be made to a head of household if that head has not been certified as eligible to receive those payments as of September 30, 2001. Sets forth requirements for the holding of benefits in trust for an eligible head of household who: (1) does not reside on lands partitioned to that householder's tribe; and (2) has not received a replacement home. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon the request of the head of such a household, to provide payments for a replacement home. Requires the Secretary, upon the death of the head of such a household if such head did not make a request, to distribute funds to the remaining heirs at such time as such heirs attain the age of 18. Directs the Commissioner not later tha… 2025-08-21T20:15:12Z  
104-s-2112 104 s 2112 A bill to revise the boundary of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Larue County, Kentucky, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-24 1996-09-25 Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Senate Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] KY D F000268 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire, by donation only, certain land known as Knob Creek Farm in Larue County, Kentucky. Modifies the boundary of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site to include such land. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
104-s-2113 104 s 2113 A bill to increase funding for child care under the temporary assistance for needy families program. Families 1996-09-24 1996-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 0 Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, to increase funding for child care under the TANF program. 2025-04-07T15:23:12Z  
104-s-2114 104 s 2114 Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1996 Animals 1996-09-24 1996-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D A000069 0 Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1996 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act regarding permissible sources of research facility dogs and cats. Establishes monetary penalties for related violations. 2025-08-21T20:14:51Z  
104-s-2115 104 s 2115 Sportsmen's Bill of Rights Act of 1996 Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-24 1996-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] AL R S000320 0 Sportsmen's Bill of Rights Act of 1996 - Requires Federal land to be open to access and for use for fishing and hunting if: (1) the responsible State agency in which Federal land is located limits access to and use of the land as part of wildlife management by the State; or (2) the Federal agency responsible for Federal public land limits access and use for national security or for reasons related to specific statutory requirements regarding the management and use of the land if such requirements are clearly and directly incompatible with fishing or hunting. Amends the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior of Puerto Rico (currently, Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico) in the conduct of wildlife-restoration projects. Prohibits the amount of funding made available to the Secretary for expenses in the administration and execution of wildlife-restoration projects and the Migratory Bird Conservation Act from being made available for use as a supplement to decreased funding for any other expense under the Secretary's authority. Amends the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act to prohibit the amount of funding made available to the Secretary for fish restoration and management projects from being used as a supplement to decreased funding for any other expense under the Secretary's authority. Prohibits a Federal agency's action that may significantly diminish opportunities or access to engage in fishing or hunting on Federal land from being effective until the agency prepares a detailed statement evaluating the effect of such action. Provides for judicial review of such action. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exclude from the definition of "point source" any conveyance that serves the purposes of directly assisting individuals engaged in fishing, hunting, or recreational shooting. Provides that the discharge of dredged or filled material resulting from fishing, hunting, or recreational shootin… 2025-08-21T20:15:05Z  
104-s-2116 104 s 2116 National Infrastructure Development Act of 1996 Economics and Public Finance 1996-09-24 1996-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 0 National Infrastructure Development Act of 1996 - Establishes as a wholly owned Government corporation: (1) the National Infrastructure Development Corporation (NIDC), which shall make new sources of financing (including public benefit bonds) available for the development of infrastructure facilities; and (2) the National Infrastructure Insurance Corporation (NIIC), which shall be a subsidiary of NIDC issuing insurance, reinsurance and related undertakings with respect to obligations for development of such facilities. Requires NIDC and NIIC to conduct their respective businesses as self-supporting entities. Directs the boards of directors of each to establish criteria for determining eligibility for financial assistance. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) initial targeting of ready-to-go projects; (2) development risk insurance; (3) discretion of NIDC and NIIC to provide assistance; (4) final decisions regarding providing assistance to be made by an independent investment committee; and (5) capitalization, organization, and management of NIDC and NIIC. Requires the NIDC to prepare and revise as necessary a strategic plan for the transition of NIDC and all its subsidiaries to a Government-sponsored enterprise, and for the sale or transfer to investors other than the Federal Government of NIDC's voting securities. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T20:16:06Z  
104-s-2097 104 s 2097 Bandelier National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 1996 Public Lands and Natural Resources 1996-09-20 1996-09-23 Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation. Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 1 Bandelier National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 1996 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over specified land on which sewage lagoons for the Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico are located. Requires such land to be: (1) administered as part of the Monument; and (2) subject to all laws applicable to it and all laws generally applicable to National Park System units. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
104-s-2098 104 s 2098 Women's Business Training Centers Act of 1996 Commerce 1996-09-20 1996-09-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 0 Women's Business Training Centers Act of 1996 - Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide financial assistance to private organizations to conduct five-year (currently, three-year) demonstration projects to benefit small businesses owned and controlled by women; (2) adjust the level of cash contributions required from Federal and non-Federal sources for each of the five years of the projects; (3) require each assistance applicant to submit a five-year (currently, three year) plan on proposed fund raising and training activities under a project; (4) allow each recipient to receive such assistance for five years (in lieu of three); and (5) increase the annual authorization of appropriations for such projects. 2025-08-21T20:14:30Z  
104-s-2099 104 s 2099 A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide post-eligibility treatment of certain payments received under a Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation program, and for other purposes. Health 1996-09-20 1996-09-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 1 Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise the post-eligibility treatment of the income of certain individuals (veterans and related persons) who are institutionalized or receiving home or community-based services under a certain waiver. Requires that any and all payments received under a Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation program be taken into account as income, including payments attributable to the recipient's medical expenses or to the recipient's need for aid and attendance, but excluding that part of any augmented benefit attributable to a dependent. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
104-s-2100 104 s 2100 A bill to provide for the extension of certain authority for the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police. Law 1996-09-20 1996-10-09 Became Public Law No: 104-280. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 0 Extends until December 29, 2000, the authority for the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police to protect the Chief Justice, any Associate Justice, and any official guest of the Supreme Court, and any Supreme Court officer or employee while engaged in the performance of official duties. 2021-10-15T23:22:10Z  

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