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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2941
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 18, 1996
Received
AN ACT
To improve the quantity and quality of the quarters of land
management agency field employees, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 777 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax 
on distilled spirits produced by small producers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 17, 2011 
Mr. HINCHEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce 
the rate of tax on distilled spirits produced by small 
producers. 
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 ‘‘Small Distillery Excise 
Tax Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCED RATE OF TAX ON DISTILLED SPIRITS 
PRODUCED BY SMALL PRODUCERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5001 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to imposition, rate, and at-
tachment of tax on distilled spirits) is amended by redesig-
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nating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting 
after subsection (b) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CREDIT FOR SMALL PRODUCERS.— 
‘‘(1) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—In the case of a 
small distilled spirits producer, there shall be allowed 
as a credit against the tax imposed by this title 
(other than chapters 2, 21, and 22) an amount 
equal to 80 percent of the otherwise applicable tax 
on the first 65,000 of proof gallons of distilled spir-
its produced by such producer during the calendar 
year at qualified facilities in the United States. 
‘‘(2) SMALL DISTILLED SPIRITS PRODUCER.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘small dis-
tilled spirits producer’ means any person who pro-
duces not more than 100,000 proof gallons of dis-
tilled spirits during the calendar year. 
‘‘(3) TIME FOR DETERMINING AND ALLOWING 
CREDIT.—The credit allowable by paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) shall be determined at the same time 
the tax is determined under subsection (a), and 
‘‘(B) shall be allowable at the time the tax 
imposed by subsection (a) is payable as if the 
credit allowable by this subsection constituted a 
reduction in the rate of such tax. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5057 
AN ACT 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit 
exemptions for external power supplies from certain effi-
ciency standards, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(4) CONTROLLED GROUPS.—Rules similar to 
rules of section 5051(a)(2)(B) shall apply for pur-
poses of this subsection. 
‘‘(5) DENIAL OF DEDUCTION.—Any deduction 
under subtitle A with respect to any tax against 
which a credit is allowed under this subsection shall 
only be for the amount of such tax as reduced by 
such credit. 
‘‘(6) CREDIT FOR TRANSFEREE IN BOND.—If— 
‘‘(A) distilled spirits produced by any per-
son would be eligible for any credit under para-
graph (1) if removed by such person during the 
calendar year, 
‘‘(B) distilled spirits produced by such per-
son is removed during such calendar year by 
any other person (hereafter in this paragraph 
referred to as the ‘transferee’) to whom such 
distilled spirits were transferred in bond and 
who is liable for the tax imposed by this section 
with respect to such spirits, and 
‘‘(C) such producer holds title to such spir-
its at the time of its removal and provides to 
the transferee such information as is necessary 
to properly determine the transferee’s credit 
under this paragraph, 
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then, the transferee (and not the producer) shall be 
allowed the credit under paragraph (1) which would 
be allowed to the producer if the distilled spirits re-
moved by the transferee had been removed by the 
producer on that date. 
‘‘(7) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may pre-
scribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this subsection, including— 
‘‘(A) regulations to prevent the credit pro-
vided by this subsection from benefiting any 
person who produces more than 100,000 proof 
gallons of distilled spirits during a calendar 
year, and 
‘‘(B) regulations which reduce the credits 
allowable by sections 5010 and 5011 in order to 
properly reflect the reduced effective rate of tax 
on distilled spirits under this subsection.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to distilled spirits produced in cal-
endar years ending after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, but shall not apply to distilled spirits on which tax 
is required to be paid before the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4683
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide congressional authorization
of State control over transportation of municipal solid waste, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 29, 1994
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide congres-
sional authorization of State control over transportation
of municipal solid waste, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flow Control Act of
1994’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF STATE CON-
TROL OVER TRANSPORTATION OF MUNICI-
PAL SOLID WASTE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 4011. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF STATE
CONTROL OVER TRANSPORTATION OF MU-
NICIPAL SOLID WASTE.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State and each quali-
fied political subdivision may, in accordance with
this section—
‘‘(A) direct, limit, regulate, or prohibit the
transportation of municipal solid waste gen-
erated from household sources (as described in
subsection (g)(2)(A)(i)) within the boundaries
of the State or subdivision and designate each
waste management facility to which any such
municipal solid waste shall be transported;
‘‘(B) direct, limit, regulate, or prohibit the
transportation of municipal solid waste that is
generated, or is commingled with municipal
solid waste that is generated, from commercial,
institutional, or industrial sources within the
boundaries of the State or subdivision, or that
is incinerator ash from a solid waste inciner-
ation unit, or construction debris or demolition
debris, generated within the boundaries of the
State or subdivision (referred to in this sub-
paragraph as ‘covered waste’) and designate
each waste management facility to which any
such covered waste shall be transported, if, be-
fore May 15, 1994—
‘‘(i) the State or subdivision adopted
a law, ordinance, regulation, or legislative
or administrative provision that pertains to
the transportation of municipal solid waste
generated within the boundaries; and
‘‘(ii) directed, limited, regulated, or
prohibited the transportation of covered
waste under the law, ordinance, regulation,
or provision to a facility designated before
such date; and
‘‘(C) direct, limit, regulate, or prohibit the
transportation of recyclable materials generated
within the boundaries of the State or subdivi-
sion and designate each facility to which any
such materials shall be transported.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—A State or qualified politi-
cal subdivision may exercise the authority described
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2972
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for the Securities and
Exchange Commission, to reduce the fees col-
lected under the Federal securities laws, and for
other purposes.
‘‘(3) The authority to direct, limit, regulate, or pro-
hibit the transportation, management, or disposal of solid
waste pursuant to subsection (a)(2) shall apply only to the
specific classes or categories of solid waste to which the
authority under subsection (a)(2)(A) was applied by the
State or qualified political subdivision before May 15,
1994, and/or to the specific classes or categories of solid
waste for which the State or qualified political subdivision
committed to designate a waste management facility under
subsection (a)(2)(B).
‘‘(4) The authority granted under subsection (a)(2)
shall expire if a State or qualified political subdivision has
not designated, by law, ordinance, regulation, solid waste
management plan, or other legally binding provision, 1 or
more proposed or existing waste management facilities
within 5 years of the date of enactment of this section.
‘‘(c) 
COMPETITIVE
DESIGNATION
PROCESS.—A
State or qualified political subdivision may exercise the au-
thority provided by subsection (a) only if the State or
qualified political subdivision develops and implements a
competitive designation process with respect to waste
management facilities or facilities for recyclable materials
which—
‘‘(1) ensures that the designation process is
based on, or is part of, a municipal solid waste man-
ment of municipal solid waste adopted by a State or
qualified political subdivision pursuant to and con-
forming with State law.
‘‘(7) WASTE
MANAGEMENT
FACILITY.—The
term ‘waste management facility’ means any facility
or facilities in which solid waste is separated, stored,
transferred, treated, processed, combusted, deposited
or disposed.
‘‘(8) COMMITTED TO THE DESIGNATION OF ONE
OR
MORE
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
FACILITIES.—The
phrase ‘Committed to the designation of one or more
waste management facilities’ as used in subsection
(a)(2)(B) means that the State or qualified political
subdivision, prior to May 15, 1994, was legally
bound to designate one or more existing or future
waste management facilities, or performed or caused
to be performed one or more of the following actions
for the purpose of designating one or more such fa-
cilities:
‘‘(A) Solicitation of proposals for designa-
tion of a waste management facility.
‘‘(B) Purchase of land on which the waste
management facility to be designated will be
located.
‘‘(C) Execution of a legally binding con-
tract or franchise agreement for waste collec-
tion services expressly for the delivery of waste
to a waste management facility to be des-
ignated.
‘‘(D) Other action since January 1, 1993,
that evidences recent significant financial com-
mitment for the continuing development of a
waste management facility for which a designa-
tion will be made unless such action has been
halted by a court order based upon a ruling
under the Constitution of the United States.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
such subtitle D is amended by adding at the end of the
items relating to such subtitle the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 4011. Congressional authorization of State control over transportation,
management, and disposal of municipal solid waste.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 29,
1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
HR 4683 RDS——2
HR 4683 RDS——3
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2972
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for the Securities and Exchange
Commission, to reduce the fees collected under the Fed-
eral securities laws, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
the generator of the waste, or is lo-
cated on property owned by the gener-
ator or a company with which the
generator is affiliated.
‘‘(viii) Any medical waste referred to
in section 11002 that is segregated from,
or not mixed with, solid waste.
‘‘(4) QUALIFIED POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The
term ‘qualified political subdivision’ means a govern-
mental entity or political subdivision of a State, as
authorized by the State, to plan for, or determine
the methods to be utilized for, the collection, trans-
portation, disposal or other management of munici-
pal solid waste generated within the boundaries of
the governmental entity or political subdivision.
‘‘(5) RECYCLABLE MATERIAL.—The term ‘recy-
clable material’ means any material (including any
metal, glass, plastic, textile, wood, paper, rubber, or
other material) that has been separated, or diverted
at the point of generation, from solid waste for the
purpose of recycling, reclamation, or reuse.
‘‘(6) SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The
term ‘solid waste management plan’ means a plan
for 
the 
transportation, 
treatment, 
processing,
composting, combustion, disposal or other manage-
ment of municipal solid waste adopted by a State or
qualified political subdivision pursuant to and con-
forming with State law.
‘‘(7) WASTE
MANAGEMENT
FACILITY.—The
term ‘waste management facility’ means any facility
or facilities in which solid waste is separated, stored,
transferred, treated, processed, combusted, deposited
or disposed.
‘‘(8) COMMITTED TO THE DESIGNATION OF ONE
OR
MORE
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
FACILITIES.—The
phrase ‘Committed to the designation of one or more
waste management facilities’ as used in subsection
(a)(2)(B) means that the State or qualified political
subdivision, prior to May 15, 1994, was legally
bound to designate one or more existing or future
waste management facilities, or performed or caused
to be performed one or more of the following actions
for the purpose of designating one or more such fa-
cilities:
‘‘(A) Solicitation of proposals for designa-
tion of a waste management facility.
‘‘(B) Purchase of land on which the waste
management facility to be designated will be
located.
‘‘(C) Execution of a legally binding con-
tract or franchise agreement for waste collec-
tion services expressly for the delivery of waste
to a waste management facility to be des-
ignated.
‘‘(D) Other action since January 1, 1993,
that evidences recent significant financial com-
mitment for the continuing development of a
waste management facility for which a designa-
tion will be made unless such action has been
halted by a court order based upon a ruling
under the Constitution of the United States.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
such subtitle D is amended by adding at the end of the
items relating to such subtitle the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 4011. Congressional authorization of State control over transportation,
management, and disposal of municipal solid waste.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 29,
1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
HR 4683 RFS——2
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5076 
AN ACT 
To amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to increase 
knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway 
and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF STATE
CONTROL OVER TRANSPORTATION, MANAGE-
MENT, AND DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 4011. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF STATE
CONTROL OVER TRANSPORTATION, MANAGE-
MENT, AND DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Each State and each qualified po-
litical subdivision may, in accordance with this section, ex-
ercise flow control authority within the boundaries of such
State or political subdivision, as the case may be, for each
of the following:
‘‘(1) Municipal solid waste generated from house-
hold sources within the boundaries of the State or
qualified political subdivision.
‘‘(2) Municipal solid waste generated within the
boundaries of the State or qualified political subdivi-
sion, if, before May 15, 1994, the State or qualified
political subdivision adopted a law, ordinance, regu-
lation, solid waste management plan or legally bind-
ing provision that—
‘‘(A) exercised flow control authority over
such solid waste with respect to a proposed or ex-
isting waste management facility designated be-
fore May 15, 1994, or
‘‘(B) identified the use of 1 or more waste
management methods that will be necessary for
the transportation, management, or disposal of
municipal solid waste generated within its
boundaries, and committed to the designation of
1 or more waste management facilities for that
method or methods.
‘‘(3) Recyclable materials generated within the
boundaries of the State or subdivision.
Any State or qualified political subdivision meeting the re-
quirements of subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2)
may also, after the effective date of this section, direct, limit,
regulate or prohibit the transportation, management, and
disposal of such solid waste from any existing or future
waste management facility to any other existing or future
waste management facility, and may do so without regard
to subsection (b)(2).
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—(1) A State or qualified political
subdivision may exercise the authority described in para-
graph (3) of subsection (a) with respect to recyclable mate-
rials only if—
‘‘(A) the generator or owner of the materials vol-
untarily made the materials available to the State or
qualified political subdivision, or the designee of the
State or qualified political subdivision, and relin-
quished any rights to, or ownership of, such mate-
rials; and
‘‘(B) the State or qualified political subdivision,
or the designee of the State or qualified political sub-
division, assumes such rights to, or ownership of, such
materials.
‘‘(2) A State or qualified political subdivision may ex-
ercise the authority provided by subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3)
only if the State or qualified political subdivision—
‘‘(A) before exercising the authority described in
subsection (a)(1), establishes a program to separate,
or divert at the point of generation, recyclable mate-
rials from the municipal solid waste, for purposes of
recycling, reclamation, or reuse, in accordance with
any Federal or State law or municipal solid waste
planning requirements in effect; and
‘‘(B) after conducting 1 or more public hear-
ings—
‘‘(i) finds, on the basis of the record devel-
oped at the hearing or hearings that it is nec-
essary to exercise the authority to meet the cur-
which a Council transmits to the Secretary a regu-
latory amendment or revised regulatory amendment
that the Council characterizes as a final regulatory
amendment.’’.
(d) PROHIBITION.—Section 307(1)(I) of the Magnu-
son Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1857(1)(I)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘to a
Council,’’ the following: ‘‘in the form of testimony or in
any other manner,’’.
(e) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF COUNCIL ACTIONS.—Sec-
tion 302 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Man-
agement Act (16 U.S.C. 1852) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(l) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF COUNCIL ACTION.—Any
action of a Council shall be subject to judicial review under
chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, as an agency
action.’’.
SEC. 5. NATIONAL STANDARDS.
(a) NATIONAL STANDARD NO. 1.—Section 301(a)(1)
of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1851(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) Conservation of fishery resources shall be
the principal objective of fishery management plans
and of any regulation promulgated to implement any
such plan. Conservation and management measures
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2974
AN ACT
To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 to provide enhanced pen-
alties for crimes against elderly and child victims.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2974
AN ACT
To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 to provide enhanced penalties for crimes
against elderly and child victims.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(C) an analysis of the extent to which the
Department’s high energy and nuclear physics
advisory groups represent the diversity of, and
the full range of interests among, high energy
and nuclear physics researchers.
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary
shall submit a report to Congress within 9 months
after the date of enactment of this Act detailing the
results of the review required by this section, includ-
ing recommendations for implementing the results
and schedules for such implementation.
(b) LONG-RANGE PLAN.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary and the Di-
rector of the National Science Foundation shall
jointly prepare, in consultation with the high energy
physics and nuclear physics communities, a long-
range plan for Federal high energy and nuclear
physics programs based on current and projected
program funding levels. The plan shall be modified
every two years. The long-range plan shall include—
(A) a list of research opportunities to be
pursued, including both ongoing and proposed
activities, listed in order of priority;
(B) an analysis of the relevance of each re-
search facility to the research opportunities list-
ed under subparagraph (A);
(C) a statement of the optimal balance
among facility operations, construction, and re-
search support and the optimal balance between
university and laboratory research programs;
(D) schedules for continuation, consolida-
tion, or termination of each research program,
and continuation, upgrade, transfer, or closure
of each research facility;
(E) a statement by project of efforts to co-
ordinate research projects with the international
community to maximize the use of limited re-
sources and avoid unproductive duplication of
efforts; and
(F) a description of the extent to which the
biennial plan modifications differ from previous
plans submitted under this subsection, along
with an explanation for such differences.
(2) REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—(A) The Sec-
retary shall transmit a copy of the original long-
range plan with the President’s annual budget re-
quest to Congress for fiscal year 1997. The plan as
modified shall be submitted with the President’s
budget request to Congress for each subsequent fis-
cal year ending in an odd number.
(B) The Secretary shall transmit with the
President’s budget request to Congress each year a
report demonstrating the consistency of the current
long-range plan with the budget being requested for
the Department’s high energy and nuclear physics
programs.
(c) CAPITAL BUDGET ACCOUNT.—Each of the Presi-
dent’s annual budget requests to the Congress for high
energy physics activities of the Department, and for nu-
clear physics activities of the Department, shall distin-
guish between the budget for capital expenditures, includ-
ing all ongoing and planned major construction and cap-
ital equipment items, and other activities.
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