datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(1) The cost of membership in NATO for the
country and the amount that the country is prepared
to contribute to NATO to pay for such cost of mem-
bership.
‘‘(2) The amount that the United States will
contribute to facilitate transition to full NATO
membership for the country.
‘‘(3) The extent to which the admission to
NATO of the country would contribute to the secu-
rity of the United States.
‘‘(4) The views of other NATO member nations
regarding the admission to NATO of the country
and the amounts that such other NATO member na-
tions will contribute to facilitate transition to full
NATO membership for the country.’’.
(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 205 of the NATO
Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Public Law 103–
447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’ in the section
heading before the first word;
(2) by inserting ‘‘annual’’ after ‘‘include in the’’
in the matter preceding paragraph (1); and
(3) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘and
other’’ and all that follows through the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘and any country designated by
the President pursuant to section 203(d)(2).’’.
(g) DEFINITIONS.—The NATO Participation Act of
1994 (title II of Public Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 206. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this title:
‘‘(1) NATO.—The term ‘NATO’ means the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
‘‘(2) OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EMERGING
FROM COMMUNIST DOMINATION.—The term ‘other
European countries emerging from communist domi-
nation’ means any full and active participant in the
Partnership for Peace that—
‘‘(A) is located—
‘‘(i) in the territory of the former
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; or
‘‘(ii) in the territory of the former So-
cialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; or
‘‘(B) is among the following countries: Es-
tonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, or
Albania.
‘‘(3) DESIGNATED
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘designated congressional commit-
tees’ means—
‘‘(A) the Committee on International Rela-
tions, the Committee on National Security, and
the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives; and
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations,
the Committee on Armed Services, and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.’’.
TITLE VII—BUDGET FIREWALLS
SEC. 701. RESTORATION OF BUDGET FIREWALLS FOR DE-
FENSE SPENDING.
It is the sense of the Congress that, in order to pro-
tect against the diversion of defense funding to domestic
discretionary accounts, so-called ‘‘budget firewalls’’ be-
tween defense and domestic discretionary spending should
be established for each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, and
1998.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 885
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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In the Senate of the United States,
November 2, 1995.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 436) entitled ‘‘An Act 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 pur-
poses’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
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storage, discharge, release, emission, or disposal of
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appears and insert: that
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it appears
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Attest:
Secretary.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 436
AN ACT
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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Edible Oil Regulatory
Reform Act’’.
SEC. 
2. 
DIFFERENTIATION 
AMONG 
FATS, 
OILS, 
AND
GREASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(c), in issuing or enforcing any regulation or establishing
any interpretation or guideline relating to a fat, oil, or
grease under any Federal law, the head of any Federal
agency shall—
(1) differentiate between and establish separate
classes for—
(A) animal fats and oils and greases, and
fish and marine mammal oils, within the mean-
ing of paragraph (2) of section 61(a) of title
13, United States Code, and oils of vegetable
origin, including oils from the seeds, nuts, and
kernels referred to in paragraph (1)(A) of such
section; and
(B) other oils and greases, including petro-
leum; and
(2) apply different standards to different class-
es of fats and oils as provided in subsection (b).
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In differentiating between
the class of fats, oils, and greases described in subsection
(a)(1)(A) and the class of oils and greases described in
subsection (a)(1)(B), 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.
(c) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of this Act shall
not apply to the Food and Drug Administration and the
Food Safety and Inspection Service.
(d) FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—
(1) Section 1004(a)(1) of the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘for a tank vessel,’’ and inserting ‘‘for a tank
vessel carrying oil in bulk as cargo or cargo residue
(except a tank vessel on which the only oil carried
is an animal fat or vegetable oil, as those terms are
used in section 2 of the Edible Oil Regulatory Re-
form Act)’’.
(2) Section 1016(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2716(a)) is amended in the first
sentence by striking ‘‘, in the case of a tank vessel,
the responsible party could be subject under section
1004(a)(1) or (d) of this Act, or to which, in the
case of any other vessel, the responsible party could
be subjected under section 1004(a)(2) or (d)’’ and
inserting ‘‘the responsible party could be subjected
under section 1004(a) or (d) of this Act’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 10,
1995.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 436
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five
An Act
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 Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Edible Oil Regulatory Reform
Act’’.
SEC. 2. DIFFERENTIATION AMONG FATS, OILS, AND GREASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (c), in issu-
ing or enforcing any regulation or establishing any interpretation
or guideline relating to the transportation, storage, discharge,
release, emission, or disposal of a fat, oil, or grease under any
Federal law, the head of that Federal agency shall—
(1) differentiate between and establish separate classes
for—
(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, and
oils of vegetable origin, including oils from the seeds, nuts,
and kernels referred to in paragraph (1)(A) of that section;
and
(B) other oils and greases, including petroleum; and
(2) apply standards to different classes of fats and oils
based on considerations in subsection (b).
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In differentiating between the class of
fats, oils, and greases described in subsection (a)(1)(A) and the
class of oils and greases described in subsection (a)(1)(B), 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.
(c) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of this Act shall not apply
to the Food and Drug Administration and the Food Safety and
Inspection Service.
(d) FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—
(1) Section 1004(a)(1) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a tank vessel,’’
and inserting ‘‘for a tank vessel (except a tank vessel on which
the only oil carried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable
oil, as those terms are used in section 2 of the Edible Oil
Regulatory Reform Act)’’.
H. R. 436—2
(2) Section 1016(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 2716(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking
‘‘, in the case of a tank vessel, the responsible party could
be subject under section 1004(a)(1) or (d) of this Act, or to
which, in the case of any other vessel, the responsible party
could be subjected under section 1004(a)(2) or (d)’’ and inserting
‘‘the responsible party could be subjected under section 1004(a)
or (d) of this Act’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1650 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare 
payment option for patients and eligible professionals to freely contract, 
without penalty, for Medicare fee-for-service items and services, while 
allowing Medicare beneficiaries to use their Medicare benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia (for himself, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. HAR-
RIS, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, and Mr. BUCSHON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
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 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish 
a Medicare payment option for patients and eligible pro-
fessionals to freely contract, without penalty, for Medi-
care fee-for-service items and services, while allowing 
Medicare beneficiaries to use their Medicare benefits. 
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 ‘‘Medicare Patient Em-
powerment Act of 2015’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 164 
To require that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on 
the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay 
in the event that the debt limit is reached, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require that the United States Government prioritize 
all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social 
Security benefits, and military pay in the event that 
the debt limit is reached, 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 ‘‘Ensuring the Full 
Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting 
America’s Soldiers and Seniors Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Secretary of the Treasury is legally re-
quired to carry out the obligations set forth in Pub-
lic Law 104–121. 
(2) The debt obligations held by the Social Se-
curity trust fund may only be redeemed in order to 
pay Social Security benefits and necessary adminis-
trative expenses. 
(3) So long as there is a positive balance of as-
sets in the Social Security trust fund, an appropriate 
amount of obligations may be converted into an 
equal amount of publicly held debt in order to fi-
nance the full and timely payment of all Social Secu-
rity obligations without exceeding the debt ceiling. 
SEC. 3. PRIORITIZE OBLIGATIONS ON THE DEBT HELD BY 
THE PUBLIC, SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, 
AND MILITARY PAY. 
In the event that the debt of the United States Gov-
ernment reaches the statutory limit as defined in section 
3101 of title 31, United States Code, the following shall 
take equal priority over all other obligations incurred by 
the Government of the United States: 
(1) The authority of the Department of the 
Treasury contained in section 3123 of title 31, 
United States Code, to pay with legal tender the 
principal and interest on debt held by the public. 
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(2) The authority of the Commissioner of Social 
Security to pay monthly old-age, survivors’ and dis-
ability insurance benefits under title II of the Social 
Security Act. 
(3) The payment of pay and allowances for 
members of the Armed Forces on active duty. 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 436
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
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.
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SEC. 2. PURCHASE PAPER UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS 
WITH TAX REFUND. 
Section 3106 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d)(1) During the period ending on December 31, 
2020, the Secretary shall provide an option on individual 
returns of tax under subtitle A of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to purchase United States savings bonds 
in paper form with a portion or all of a refund of overpay-
ment of such tax for the purchaser or anyone. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the Secretary 
implements an alternative option which— 
‘‘(A) allows for the gifting of United States sav-
ings bonds, 
‘‘(B) serves the unbanked, and 
‘‘(C) retains the ability to sign-up on the return 
of tax.’’. 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 436
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 11 (legislative day, OCTOBER 10), 1995
Received
AN ACT
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,
HR 436 RDS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Edible Oil Regulatory
Reform Act’’.
SEC. 
2. 
DIFFERENTIATION 
AMONG 
FATS, 
OILS, 
AND
GREASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(c), in issuing or enforcing any regulation or establishing
any interpretation or guideline relating to a fat, oil, or
grease under any Federal law, the head of any Federal
agency shall—
(1) differentiate between and establish separate
classes for—
(A) animal fats and oils and greases, and
fish and marine mammal oils, within the mean-
ing of paragraph (2) of section 61(a) of title
13, United States Code, and oils of vegetable
origin, including oils from the seeds, nuts, and
kernels referred to in paragraph (1)(A) of such
section; and
(B) other oils and greases, including petro-
leum; and
(2) apply different standards to different class-
es of fats and oils as provided in subsection (b).
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In differentiating between
the class of fats, oils, and greases described in subsection
(a)(1)(A) and the class of oils and greases described in
HR 436 RDS
subsection (a)(1)(B), 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.
(c) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of this Act shall
not apply to the Food and Drug Administration and the
Food Safety and Inspection Service.
(d) FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—
(1) Section 1004(a)(1) of the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘for a tank vessel,’’ and inserting ‘‘for a tank
vessel carrying oil in bulk as cargo or cargo residue
(except a tank vessel on which the only oil carried
is an animal fat or vegetable oil, as those terms are
used in section 2 of the Edible Oil Regulatory Re-
form Act)’’.
(2) Section 1016(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2716(a)) is amended in the first
sentence by striking ‘‘, in the case of a tank vessel,
the responsible party could be subject under section
1004(a)(1) or (d) of this Act, or to which, in the
case of any other vessel, the responsible party could
be subjected under section 1004(a)(2) or (d)’’ and
HR 436 RDS
inserting ‘‘the responsible party could be subjected
under section 1004(a) or (d) of this Act’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 10,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1652 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to provide for the purchase of paper United States savings 
bonds with tax refunds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. ELLISON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. KILMER, Ms. LEE, Mr. LIPINSKI, 
Mr. NEAL, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. JONES, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
FATTAH, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. TONKO, and Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to provide for the purchase of 
paper United States savings bonds with tax refunds. 
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 ‘‘Save Access to a Valu-
able Investment Needed to Generate Savings Act of 2015’’ 
or the ‘‘SAVINGS Act’’. 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 437
To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the limitation on mandatory
minimum sentences.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 1995
Mr. HASTINGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the
limitation on mandatory minimum sentences.
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 ‘‘Minimum Mandatory
Sentence Modification Act’’.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON MINIMUM MAN-
DATORY SENTENCES.
(a) SECTION 3553 AMENDMENTS.—Section 3553(f)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
HR 437 IH
(1) by striking ‘‘an offense under section 401,’’
and all that follows through ‘‘(21 U.S.C. 961, 963)’’
and inserting ‘‘any offense’’; and
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘had at-
tained the age of 55 years at the time of sentencing
and’’ after ‘‘the defendant’’.
(b) MODIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLI-
CATION.—Subsection (c) of section 80001 of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1986) is amended by striking
‘‘on or after the 10th day’’ and all that follows through
the end of such subsection and inserting ‘‘whether before,
on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Upon
the application of any person whose sentence is governed
by section 3553(f) of title 18, United States Code, and
notice to Government, the sentencing court shall modify
that sentence to comply with such section.’’.
(c) SAVINGS PROVISION FOR PERSONS COVERED BY
FORMER SECTION 3553(F).—This Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall not reduce the eligibility,
by reason of section 3553(f) as in effect before the enact-
ment of this Act, of any person for a sentence without
regard to a statutory minimum sentence.
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