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capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made 
against a working capital fund to procure or increase the 
value of war reserve material inventory, unless the Sec-
retary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any 
such obligation. 
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 
be used to initiate a special access program without prior 
notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres-
sional defense committees. 
SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that 
employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 
$20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in-
cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of 
$20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in 
any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 
have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the pro-
posed contract award: Provided, That no part of any ap-
propriation contained in this Act shall be available to ini-
tiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order 
quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 
the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, 
That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2813
AN ACT
To waive time limitations specified by law in order
to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to
Robert R. Ingram of Jacksonville, Florida, for
acts of valor while a Navy Hospital Corpsman in
the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam con-
flict.
nominal value relating to the U.S. Department of Agri-
culture Volunteer Programs.
SEC. 733. It is the sense of Congress that, not later
than the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Agriculture should—
(1) release a detailed plan for compensating
wheat farmers and handlers adversely affected by
the karnal bunt quarantine in Riverside and Impe-
rial Counties of California, which should include—
(A) an explanation of the factors to be
used to determine the compensation amount for
wheat farmers and handlers, including how con-
tract and spot market prices will be handled;
and
(B) compensation for farmers who have
crops positive for karnal bunt and compensation
for farmers who have crops which are negative
for karnal bunt, but which cannot go to market
due to the lack of Department action on match-
ing restrictions on the negative wheat with the
latest risk assessments; and
(2) review the risk assessments developed by
the University of California at Riverside and submit
a report to Congress describing how these risk as-
sessments will impact the Department of Agriculture
policy on the quarantine area for the 1997 wheat
crop.
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 1996.
Attest:
Clerk.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out
the programs funded in this Act, $613,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL
PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities
of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
the operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture
buildings, $120,548,000: Provided, That in the event an
agency within the Department should require modification
of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
a share of that agency’s appropriation made available by
this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer a share
of this appropriation to that agency’s appropriation, but
such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds
made available for space rental and related costs to or
from this account. In addition, for construction, repair,
improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed
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equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the pro-
grams of the Department, where not otherwise provided,
Ω2æ$5,000,000, $23,505,400 to remain available until ex-
pended; making a total appropriation of Ω3æ$125,548,000
$144,053,400.
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961,
$15,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to
the Department for Hazardous Waste Management may
be transferred to any agency of the Department for its
use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above
Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Departmental Administration, Ω4æ$28,304,000
$30,529,000, to provide for necessary expenses for man-
agement support services to offices of the Department and
for general administration and disaster management of
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the Department, repairs and alterations, and other mis-
cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided
for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of
the Department, including employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000
is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable ap-
propriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the
holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558Ω5æ:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
not less than $11,774,000 shall be made available for civil
rights enforcement.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to
carry out the programs funded in this Act, including pro-
grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison
within the executive branch, Ω6æ$3,728,000 $3,668,000:
Provided, That no other funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment in this Act shall be available to the Department for
support of activities of congressional relations: Provided
further, That not less than $2,241,000 shall be transferred
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to agencies funded in this Act to maintain personnel at
the agency level.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,
for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the
coordination of information, work, and programs author-
ized by Congress in the Department, $8,138,000, includ-
ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000
may be used for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $63,028,000, including such sums as may be
necessary for contracting and other arrangements with
public agencies and private persons pursuant to section
6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum not to exceed
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$95,000 for certain confidential operational expenses in-
cluding the payment of informants, to be expended under
the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public
Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–98: Pro-
vided, That funds transferred to the Office of the Inspec-
tor General through forfeiture proceedings or from the De-
partment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or the De-
partment of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a partici-
pating agency, as an equitable share from the forfeiture
of property in investigations in which the Office of the In-
spector General participates, or through the granting of
a Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited
to the credit of this account for law enforcement activities
authorized under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $27,749,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco-
nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul-
tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service,
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and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex-
tension Service, $540,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research
Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, Ω7æ$54,176,000
$53,109,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225).
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta-
tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur-
veys, and the Census of Agriculture notwithstanding 13
U.S.C. 142(a–b), as authorized by the Agricultural Mar-
keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws,
Ω8æ$100,221,000
$98,121,000, 
of 
which 
up 
to
$17,500,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-
sus of Agriculture: Provided, That this appropriation shall
be available for employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 
section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay-
ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $7,981,577,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
tional Guard on duty under section 10211, 10305, or 
12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 
Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$3,153,990,000. 
TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author-
TITLE III 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
foregoing purposes, $6,028,754,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2015. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
foregoing purposes, $1,535,433,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2015. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 
VEHICLES, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 
equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces-
sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 
purposes, $1,857,823,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2015.
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gated or expended by the United States Government for 
a purpose as follows: 
(1) To establish any military installation or 
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 
stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any 
oil resource of Iraq. 
(3) To establish any military installation or 
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 
stationing of United States Armed Forces in Af-
ghanistan. 
SEC. 9008. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 
enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 
United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
(done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 
regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed-
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2813
AN ACT
To waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow
the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Robert R. Ingram
of Jacksonville, Florida, for acts of valor while a Navy
Hospital Corpsman in the Republic of Vietnam during
the Vietnam conflict.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 282
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office building
located at 153 East 110th Street, New York,
New York, as the ‘‘Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Of-
fice Building’’.
H. Res. 410
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
April 24, 1996.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule
XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 1675) to amend the National Wildlife Refuge
System Administration Act of 1966 to improve the manage-
ment of the National Wildlife Refuge System, and for other
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Re-
sources. After general debate the bill shall be considered for
amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amend-
ment recommended by the Committee on Resources not print-
ed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original
bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule
the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the
Congressional Record on April 16, 1996 and numbered 1
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(B)(i) The term of the lease under paragraph (1) may
not be less than 25 years.
(ii) As consideration for the lease of the facility, the
association shall assume responsibility for the operation
and maintenance of the facility, including the costs of such
operation and maintenance.
(C) The Secretary may require such additional terms
and conditions in connection with the lease as the Secretary
considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United
States.
SEC. 8100. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended—
(1) to reduce the number of units of special oper-
ations forces of the Army National Guard during fis-
cal year 1997;
(2) to reduce the authorized strength of any such
unit below the strength authorized for the unit as of
September 30, 1996; or
(3) to apply any administratively imposed limi-
tation on the assigned strength of any such unit at
less than the strength authorized for that unit as of
September 30, 1996.
SEC. 8101. (a) The Secretary of the Army shall ensure
that solicitations for contracts for unrestricted procurement
to be entered into using funds appropriated for the Army
cation (and recertification) of the operators of community
and nontransient noncommunity public water systems.
Such regulations shall take into account existing State
programs, the complexity of the system and other factors
aimed at providing an effective program at reasonable cost
to States and public water systems, taking into account
the size of the system.
‘‘(2) Any State exercising primary enforcement re-
sponsibility for public water systems shall adopt and im-
plement, within 2 years after the promulgation of regula-
tions pursuant to paragraph (1), requirements for the cer-
tification of operators of community and nontransient
noncommunity public water systems.
‘‘(3) For any State exercising primary enforcement
responsibility for public water systems which has an oper-
ator certification program in effect on the date of the en-
actment of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of
1996, the regulations under paragraph (1) shall allow the
State to enforce such program in lieu of the regulations
under paragraph (1) if the State submits the program to
the Administrator within 18 months after the promulga-
tion of such regulations unless the Administrator deter-
mines (within 9 months after the State submits the pro-
gram to the Administrator) that such program is not sub-
stantially equivalent to such regulations. In making this
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tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,836,000: Provided, That not to
exceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobli-
gated balances of representation funds in the Foreign Ag-
ricultural Service shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act may be used to detail an individual from
an agency funded in this Act to any Under Secretary office
or Assistant Secretary office for more than 30 days: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available by
this Act may be used to enforce section 793(d) of Public
Law 104–127.
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‘‘PART D—EMERGENCY POWERS
‘‘Sec. 1431. Emergency powers.
‘‘Sec. 1432. Tampering with public water systems.
‘‘PART E—GENERAL PROVISIONS
‘‘Sec. 1441. Assurance of availability of adequate supplies of chemicals nec-
essary for treatment of water.
‘‘Sec. 1442. Research, technical assistance, information, training of personnel.
‘‘Sec. 1443. Grants for State programs.
‘‘Sec. 1444. Special study and demonstration project grants; guaranteed loans.
‘‘Sec. 1445. Records and inspections.
‘‘Sec. 1446. National Drinking Water Advisory Council.
‘‘Sec. 1447. Federal agencies.
‘‘Sec. 1448. Judicial review.
‘‘Sec. 1449. Citizen’s civil action.
‘‘Sec. 1450. General provisions.
‘‘Sec. 1451. Indian tribes.
‘‘Sec. 1452. State revolving funds.
‘‘PART F—ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO REGULATE THE SAFETY OF
DRINKING WATER
‘‘Sec. 1461. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 1462. Recall of drinking water coolers with lead-lined tanks.
‘‘Sec. 1463. Drinking water coolers containing lead.
‘‘Sec. 1464. Lead contamination in school drinking water.
‘‘Sec. 1465. Federal assistance for State programs regarding lead contamina-
tion in school drinking water.’’.
Æ
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 282
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office building located
at 153 East 110th Street, New York, New York, as
the ‘‘Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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propriated, not to exceed $148,000 shall be available for
the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants to
be made available for business and industry loans for
empowerment zones and enterprise communities as au-
thorized by Public Law 103–66 and rural development
loans for empowerment zones and enterprise communities
as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1993: Provided further, That if such
funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities by June 30, 1997, they remain avail-
able for other authorized purposes under this head.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Rural Business-Coop-
erative Service, including administering the programs au-
thorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, as amended; section 1323 of the Food Security
Act of 1985; the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926; for
activities relating to the marketing aspects of cooperatives,
including economic research findings, as authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for activities with in-
stitutions concerning the development and operation of ag-
ricultural cooperatives; and cooperative agreements;
$25,680,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence
of 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and not to exceed