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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3422
To amend chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code to permit each
party to certain contracts to accept or reject arbitration as a means
of settling disputes under the contracts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 1996
Mr. BONO (for himself, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. BARR of
Georgia, and Mr. FLANAGAN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code
to permit each party to certain contracts to accept or
reject arbitration as a means of settling disputes under
the contracts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness and Vol-
untary Arbitration Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. ELECTION OF ARBITRATION.
(a) SALES AND SERVICE CONTRACTS.—Chapter 1 of
title 9 of the United States Code is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following new section:
‘‘§ 17. Sales and service contracts
‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘sales and
service contract’ means a contract under which any person
(including any manufacturer, importer or distributor) sells
any product to any other person for resale to an ultimate
purchaser and authorizes such other person to repair and
service such product.
‘‘(b) Whenever a sales and service contract provides
for the use of arbitration to resolve a controversy arising
out of or relating to the contract, each party to the con-
tract shall have the option, after the controversy arises
and before both parties commence an arbitration proceed-
ing, to reject arbitration as the means of settling the con-
troversy. Any such rejection shall be in writing.
‘‘(c) Whenever arbitration is elected to settle a dis-
pute under a sales and service contract, the arbitrator
shall provide the parties to the contract with a written
explanation of the factual and legal basis for the award.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new item:
‘‘17. Sales and service contracts.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to
contracts entered into, amended, altered, modified, re-
newed, or extended after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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(E) Monitoring. 
(F) Education. 
(G) Infrastructure Development. 
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(b) PROHIBITIONS.—In implementing the require-
ments of subsection (a), an insurer, organization, or plan
may not—
‘‘(1) require or condition the provision of bene-
fits under subsection (a) on any authorization or ap-
proval of an attending or other provider;
‘‘(2) deny enrollment, renewal, or continued
coverage to a mother and her newborn child who are
otherwise eligible to be so covered based on compli-
ance with this section;
‘‘(3) provide monetary incentives to mothers to
encourage such mothers to request less than the
minimum coverage required under subsection (a);
‘‘(4) provide incentives (monetary or otherwise)
to an attending provider to induce such provider to
provide treatment in a manner inconsistent with this
section; or
‘‘(5) penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the
reimbursement of an attending provider because
such provider provided treatment in accordance with
this section.
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—
‘‘(1) ATTENDING PROVIDER.—As used in this
section, the term ‘attending provider’ means, with
respect to a mother and her newborn child, an obste-
(d) QUORUM.—A majority of the Board shall con-
stitute a quorum. 
(e) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Board shall ap-
point an executive director of the Consortium on such 
terms as the Board may determine. 
SEC. 8. STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS. 
(a) STAFF.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Board of the Consor-
tium may appoint and terminate such other staff as 
are necessary to enable the Consortium to perform 
its duties. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—The Board of the Con-
sortium may fix the compensation of the executive 
director and other staff. 
(b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Board shall 
procure the services of experts and consultants as the 
Board considers appropriate. 
SEC. 9. FEDERAL LIABILITY. 
The Federal Government and the Consortium shall 
not bear any liabilities arising from the actions of the Con-
sortium. Participating States shall retain all catastrophe 
risk until the completion of a transaction described in 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 4. 
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SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 
2018. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3423
To provide that an individual may not serve more than 2 terms as a member
of any independent regulatory commission, and to authorize an individual
to continue to serve as a member of an independent regulatory commis-
sion for not more than 1 year following the expiration of the term
of the individual.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 1996
Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. CLINGER, Mr. PACKARD,
Mr. BONO, Mr. UPTON, Mr. HORN, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. LARGENT,
Mr. CASTLE, and Mr. ZELIFF) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To provide that an individual may not serve more than
2 terms as a member of any independent regulatory
commission, and to authorize an individual to continue
to serve as a member of an independent regulatory com-
mission for not more than 1 year following the expiration
of the term of the individual.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulator Term Limit
Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT REGULATORY COMMISSION MEM-
BERSHIP REFORMS.
(a) TERM LIMITATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, an individual may not serve more
than 2 terms as a member of any particular inde-
pendent regulatory commission.
(2) EXCLUDED
SERVICE.—For purposes of
paragraph (1), there shall not be considered serv-
ice—
(A) in a term of membership that began
before the effective date of this subsection; or
(B) for less than half of any term of mem-
bership having a duration specified by statute.
(b) CONTINUED SERVICE AFTER COMPLETION OF
TERM.—
(1) CONTINUED SERVICE AUTHORIZED.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, and subject
to paragraph (2), an individual may continue to
serve as a member of an independent regulatory
commission following the expiration of the term of
the individual.
(2) LIMITATION
ON
CONTINUED
SERVICE.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contin-
ued service of an individual as a member of an inde-
pendent regulatory commission following the expira-
tion of the term of the individual shall terminate
upon the earlier of—
(A) the appointment of a successor to the
individual; or
(B) the end of the one-year period begin-
ning on the date of that expiration.
(c) INDEPENDENT REGULATORY COMMISSION DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘independent regulatory
commission’’—
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), means
any independent regulatory agency (as that term is
defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States
Code) that is designated by statute as a commission;
and
(2) does not include the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System.
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 738 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that 
certain former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health 
care benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2013 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the 
requirement that certain former members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces be at least 60 years 
of age in order to be eligible to receive health care 
benefits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF THE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR 
HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR NON-REGULAR 
SERVICE RETIREES. 
Section 1074(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3424
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 and the Packers and
Stockyards Act, 1921, to provide for increased regulation of slaughterhouses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 1996
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself and Mr. POMEROY) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 and the
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to provide for in-
creased regulation of slaughterhouses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Competitive Livestock
Markets Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT, 1921.
Section 202 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921
(7 U.S.C. 192) is amended—
(1) by striking the period at the end of subdivi-
sion (g) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) engage in any practice the Secretary by rule,
after consultation with producers of cattle, lamb, and
hogs, and other persons in the cattle, lamb, and hog indus-
tries, determines is an anticompetitive practice relating to
the prices and the terms of sale for the procurement of
livestock and the sale of meat and other byproducts of
slaughter.’’.
SEC. 3. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946.
Section 203(g) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(g)) is amended by adding at the end
‘‘Each person engaged in the business of slaughtering live-
stock who has greater than 5 percent of the national
slaughter for a given species shall report to the Secretary
in such manner as the Secretary shall require, as soon
as practicable but in any event not later than 24 hours
after the transaction takes place, such information relat-
ing to prices and the terms of sale for the procurement
of livestock and the sale of meat and other byproducts of
slaughter as the Secretary determines is necessary to
carry out this subsection. Whoever knowingly fails or re-
fuses to furnish to the Secretary information required to
be reported by this subsection shall be fined under title
18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than
5 years, or both.’’.
SEC. 4. REPORTS ON EXPORTED MEAT AND MEAT PROD-
UCTS.
Each person who exports more than 1000 pounds of
meat and meat products from the United States in a given
week shall report such exports to the Secretary of Agri-
culture in such manner and to such extent as the Sec-
retary determines necessary, but in any event within 5
working days after the week ends. The Secretary shall
make public the aggregate exports of meat products for
each week.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3426
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply standards to
outpatient physical therapy provided as an incident to a physician’s
professional services.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 1996
Mr. KLUG (for himself, Mr. STARK, and Mr. NUSSLE) introduced the follow-
ing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply
standards to outpatient physical therapy provided as an
incident to a physician’s professional services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Outpatient Physical
Therapy Standards Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF STANDARDS TO OUTPATIENT OC-
CUPATIONAL AND PHYSICAL THERAPY SERV-
ICES PROVIDED AS AN INCIDENT TO A PHYSI-
CIAN’S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1862(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(14);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (15) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (15) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(16) in the case of outpatient occupational
therapy services or outpatient physical therapy serv-
ices furnished as an incident to a physician’s profes-
sional 
services 
(as 
described 
in 
section
1861(s)(2)(A)), that do not meet the standards and
conditions under section 1861(g) or 1861(p) as such
standards and conditions would apply to such ther-
apy services if furnished by a therapist subject to
section 1861(g) or 1861(p).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section apply to services furnished on or after July
1, 1997.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3428
For the relief of certain former spouses of employees of the Federal
Government.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 1996
Mr. OXLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
For the relief of certain former spouses of employees of
the Federal Government.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR SURVIVOR ANNUITY BENE-
FITS.
For the purpose of determining eligibility for survivor
annuity benefits for a former spouse under section 8341
of title 5, United States Code, an application of any
former spouse shall be approved if—
(1) the annuitant is deceased;
proportion that the original Alaska Native share-
holder population of a Regional Corporation bore to 
the original Alaska Native shareholder population of 
all Regional Corporations; 
(D) the only Native land entitlement of 
Sealaska derives from a proportion of leftover land 
remaining from the 2,000,000-acre land pool, esti-
mated as of the date of enactment of this Act at ap-
proximately 1,655,000 acres; 
(E) because at the time of enactment of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) all public land in the Tongass National 
Forest had been reserved for purposes of creating 
the national forest, the Secretary was not able to 
withdraw any public land in the Tongass National 
Forest for selection by and conveyance to Sealaska; 
(F) at the time of enactment of the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
other public lands in southeast Alaska not located in 
the Tongass National Forest were not suitable for 
selection by and conveyance to Sealaska because 
such lands were located in Glacier Bay National 
Monument, were included in a withdrawal effected 
pursuant to section 17(d)(2) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1616(d)(2)) and slated to become part of the 
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(2) the former spouse was living as of January
1, 1992;
(3) the former spouse has not received Social
Security benefits based on eligibility as the spouse of
the annuitant;
(4) such application was filed on or after Janu-
ary 1, 1989;
(5) the annuitant rendered at least 25 years of
creditable service to the Federal Government;
(6) at the time of the annuitant’s retirement,
the annuitant and the former spouse had been mar-
ried at least 25 years;
(7) at the time of the annuitant’s retirement,
the annuitant designated the former spouse to re-
ceive survivor annuity benefits;
(8) the annuitant and the former spouse were
divorced prior to September 14, 1978, and after the
annuitant retired;
(9) neither at the time of the divorce nor at any
time thereafter was a joint waiver of survivor annu-
ity benefits executed between the annuitant and the
former spouse;
(10) the divorce decree was silent as to survivor
annuity benefits or designated the former spouse to
receive survivor annuity benefits;
(11) subsequent to the divorce of the annuitant
and the former spouse, the annuitant advised the
Office of Personnel Management of the divorce;
(12) neither annuitant nor the former spouse
married any other individual after their divorce from
each other;
(13) no direct notice outlining or defining the
former spouse’s survivor annuity benefits election
rights was delivered to the former spouse by the Of-
fice of Personnel Management; and
(14) the former spouse has exhausted all judi-
cial remedies up to and including remedies available
through the United States Court of Appeals.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3429
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for annual consumer
confidence reports regarding contaminants in drinking water.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 1996
Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for annual
consumer confidence reports regarding contaminants in
drinking water.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Quality Public
Right-To-Know Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS.
Section 1414(c) of title XIV of the Public Health
Service Act (the ‘‘Safe Drinking Water Act’’) (42 U.S.C.
300g–3(c)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’, by
redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs
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(A) and (B), respectively, by redesignating subparagraphs
(A) and (B) of paragraphs (1) and (2) as clauses (i) and
(ii), respectively, by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ the first 2
places it appears and inserting ‘‘this paragraph’’ and by
adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:
‘‘(2) CONSUMER
CONFIDENCE
REPORTS
BY
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS.—
‘‘(A) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONSUMERS.—
The Administrator shall issue regulations with-
in 18 months after the date of the enactment
of this paragraph to require each community
water system to—
‘‘(i) publish annually in one or more
local newspapers serving the area in which
customers of the system are located, and
‘‘(ii) mail to each customer of the sys-
tem at least once annually
a report on the level of contaminants in the
drinking water purveyed by that system (here-
inafter in this paragraph referred to as a
‘consumer confidence report’).
‘‘(B) 
CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—The
consumer confidence reports required under
this paragraph shall include, but not be limited
to, each of the following—
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‘‘(i) Information on the source, con-
tent, and quality of the water purveyed.
‘‘(ii) A plainly worded explanation of
the health implications of contaminants
which are present at levels that exceed the
maximum contaminant level goals or
health advisories.
‘‘(iii) Information on compliance with
national primary drinking water regula-
tions.
‘‘(v) Information on priority unregu-
lated contaminants to the extent that test-
ing methods and health effects information
are 
available 
(including 
levels 
of
cryptosporidium and radon where States
determine they may be found).
‘‘(vi) For each contaminant present in
the drinking water supplied by the system,
a statement of the maximum contaminant
level that has been established under this
Act for that contaminant.
‘‘(C) COVERAGE.—The local government
for a political subdivision in which customers of
a public water system are located may deter-
mine not to apply the mailing requirement of
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, or essentially con-
sisted of mountain tops; 
(G) Sealaska in 1975 requested that Congress 
amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) to permit the Regional Cor-
poration to select lands inside of the withdrawal 
areas established for southeast Alaska Native vil-
lages under section 16 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1615), 
otherwise, there were no areas available for selection; 
and 
(H) in 1976 Congress amended section 16 of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1615) to allow Sealaska to select lands under section 
14(h)(8) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) from 
land located inside, rather than outside, the with-
drawal areas established for southeast Alaska Native 
villages; 
(7) the 10 Alaska Native village withdrawal 
areas in southeast Alaska surround the Alaska Na-
tive communities of Yakutat, Hoonah, Angoon, 
Kake, Kasaan, Klawock, Craig, Hydaburg, Klukwan, 
and Saxman; 
(8)(A) the existing conveyance requirements of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) for southeast Alaska limit the land eli-
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subparagraph (A)(ii) to a community water sys-
tem serving fewer than 3,300 persons within
such political subdivision if such system—
‘‘(i) informs its customers that the
system will not be complying with subpara-
graph (A)(ii),
‘‘(ii) 
makes 
information 
available
upon request to the public regarding the
quality of the water supplied by such sys-
tem, and
‘‘(iii) publishes the public notice re-
quired by subparagraph (A)(i) annually in
one or more local newspapers sold in such
political subdivision.
‘‘(D) ALTERNATIVE
FORM
AND
CON-
TENT.—A State exercising primary enforcement
responsibility may establish alternative require-
ments with respect to the form and content of
consumer confidence reports under this para-
graph.’’.
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‘‘(iii) evaluates and selects the facili-
ties for designation based on the merits of
the facilities in meeting the criteria identi-
fied; and
‘‘(F) base the designation of each such fa-
cility on reasons that shall be stated in a public
record.
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A Governor of any
State may certify that the laws and regulations
of the State in effect on May 15, 1994, satisfy
the requirements for a competitive designation
process under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) PROCESS.—In making a certification
under subparagraph (A), a Governor shall—
‘‘(i) publish notice of the proposed
certification in a newspaper of general cir-
culation and provide such additional notice
of the proposed certification as may be re-
quired by State law;
‘‘(ii) include in the notice of the pro-
posed certification or otherwise make read-
ily available a statement of the laws and
regulations subject to the certification and
an explanation of the basis for a conclusion