Union Calendar No. 139
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 436
[Report No. 104–262, Parts I and II]
A BILL
To require the head of any Federal agency to dif-
ferentiate between fats, oils, and greases of ani-
mal, marine, or vegetable origin, and other oils
and greases, in issuing certain regulations, and
for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 27, 1995
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 139
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 436
[Report No. 104–262, Parts I and II]
To require the head of any Federal agency to differentiate between fats,
oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and other oils
and greases, in issuing certain regulations, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 1995
Mr. EWING (for himself, and Mrs. DANNER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Commerce and, in addition, to
the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
SEPTEMBER 27, 1995
Reported from the Committee on Agriculture with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
SEPTEMBER 27, 1995
Additional sponsors: Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr.
WALSH, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. EM-
ERSON, Mr. MANTON, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr.
PAXON, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr.
HASTERT, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. FLANA-
GAN, Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. JOHN-
SON of South Dakota, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. JACOBS, Mr.
MINGE, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. GILLMOR, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. POMEROY,
Mr. QUINN, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PETRI, Mr. COOLEY, Mr. BUYER, Mr.
BAKER of Louisiana, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr. KIM, Mr. EHLERS, Mr.
LAHOOD, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. PETERSON of
Minnesota, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. HAYES, Mr. LEACH, Mr. POMBO, Mr.
PACKARD, Ms. DUNN of Washington, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Mr. COX of Cali-
fornia, Mr. BREWSTER, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. CANADY
of Florida, Mr. TATE, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. PETE
GEREN of Texas, Mr. HORN, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. HERGER, Mr.
GOODLATTE, Mr. KLUG, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. PARKER, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.
NUSSLE, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. WELLER, Mr.
CHAMBLISS, Mr. LUTHER, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. LEWIS of
Kentucky, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. HOEKSTRA, and Mr. HAN-
COCK
SEPTEMBER 27, 1995
Reported from the Committee on Commerce with an amendment, committed
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in boldface roman]
A BILL
To require the head of any Federal agency to differentiate
between fats, oils, and greases of animal, marine, or
vegetable origin, and other oils and greases, in issuing
certain regulations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DIFFERENTIATION AMONG FATS, OILS, AND
GREASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In issuing or enforcing any regu-
lation or establishing any interpretation or guideline relat-
ing to a fat, oil, or grease under any Federal law, the head
of any Federal agency shall differentiate between—
(1)(A) animal fats and oils and greases, and
fish and marine mammal oils, within the meaning of
paragraph (2) of section 61(a) of title 13, United
States Code; or
(B) oils of vegetable origin, including oils from
the seeds, nuts, and kernels referred to in paragraph
(1)(A) of such section; and
(2) other oils and greases, including petroleum.
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In differentiating between
the class of fats, oils, and greases described in subsection
(a)(1) and the class of oils and greases described in sub-
section (a)(2), the head of the Federal agency shall con-
sider differences in the physical, chemical, biological, and
other properties, and in the environmental effects, of the
classes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Edible Oil Regulatory
Reform Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) ANIMAL FAT.—The term ‘‘animal fat’’ means
each type of animal fat, oil, or grease (including fat,
oil, or grease from fish or a marine mammal), includ-
ing any fat, oil, or grease referred to in section
61(a)(2) of title 13, United States Code.
(2) VEGETABLE OIL.—The term ‘‘vegetable oil’’
means each type of vegetable oil (including vegetable
oil from a seed, nut, or kernel), including any vegeta-
ble oil referred to in section 61(a)(1) of title 13,
United States Code.
SEC. 
3. 
DIFFERENTIATION 
AMONG 
FATS, 
OILS, 
AND
GREASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In issuing or enforcing a regula-
tion, an interpretation, or a guideline relating to a fat, oil,
or grease under a Federal law, the head of a Federal agency
shall—
(1) differentiate between and establish separate
categories for—
(A)(i) animal fats; and
(ii) vegetable oils; and
(B) other oils, including petroleum oil; and
(2) apply different standards to different classes
of fat and oil as provided in subsection (b).
(b) CONSIDERATION.—In differentiating between the
classes of animal fats and vegetable oils referred to in sub-
section (a)(1)(A) and the classes of oils described in sub-
section (a)(1)(B), the head of the Federal agency shall con-
sider differences in physical, chemical, biological, and other
properties, and in the effects on human health and the envi-
ronment, of the classes.
SEC. 4. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
(a) LIMITS OF LIABILITY.—Section 1004(a)(1) of the
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘for a tank vessel,’’ and inserting ‘‘for a tank
vessel (other than a tank vessel carrying animal fat or vege-
table oil),’’.
(b) FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—The first sentence of
section 1016(a) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 2716(a)) is amended
by striking ‘‘in the case of a tank vessel,’’ and inserting
‘‘in the case of a tank vessel (other than a tank vessel carry-
ing animal fat or vegetable oil),’’.
SECTION 1. DIFFERENTIATION AMONG FATS, OILS, AND
GREASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In issuing or enforcing
any regulation or establishing any interpreta-
tion or guideline relating to a fat, oil, or
grease under any Federal law pertaining to
the transportation, storage, disposal, dis-
charge, or release of that substance, the head
of any Federal agency shall differentiate be-
tween—
(1)(A) 
animal 
fats 
and 
oils 
and
greases, and fish and marine mammal
oils, within the meaning of paragraph (2)
of section 61(a) of title 13, United States
Code; or
(B) oils of vegetable origin, including
oils from the seeds, nuts, and kernels re-
ferred to in paragraph (1)(A) of such sec-
tion; and
(2) other oils and greases, including
petroleum.
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
differentiating
between the class of fats, oils, and greases de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) and the class of
oils and greases described in subsection
(a)(2), the head of the Federal agency shall
consider differences in the physical, chemical,
biological, and other properties, and in the
environmental effects, of the classes.