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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2535
AN ACT
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to
allow the consolidation of student loans under
the Federal Family Loan Program and the Di-
rect Loan Program.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2535
AN ACT
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the
consolidation of student loans under the Federal Family
Loan Program and the Direct Loan Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(iii) DISTRIBUTION OF ARREARAGES
THAT ACCRUED WHILE THE FAMILY RE-
CEIVED
ASSISTANCE.—In the case of a
family described in this subparagraph, the
provisions of paragraph (1) shall apply
with respect to the distribution of support
arrearages that accrued while the family
received assistance.
‘‘(iv) AMOUNTS
COLLECTED
PURSU-
ANT
TO
SECTION
464.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this section, any
amount of support collected pursuant to
section 464 shall be retained by the State
to the extent necessary to reimburse
amounts paid to the family as assistance
by the State. The State shall pay to the
Federal Government the Federal share of
the amounts so retained. To the extent the
amount collected pursuant to section 464
exceeds the amount so retained, the State
shall distribute the excess to the family.
‘‘(v) ORDERING RULES FOR DISTRIBU-
TIONS.—For purposes of this subpara-
graph, the State shall treat any support
‘‘(1) the terms and conditions of payment and
contract termination rights required under section 52;
‘‘(2) a statement that the customer may avoid
entering into the contract by not making a payment
to the invention developer;
‘‘(3) a full, clear, and concise description of the
specific acts or services that the invention developer
undertakes to perform for the customer;
‘‘(4) a statement as to whether the invention de-
veloper undertakes to construct, sell, or distribute one
or more prototypes, models, or devices embodying the
invention of the customer;
‘‘(5) the full name and principal place of busi-
ness of the invention developer and the name and
principal place of business of any parent, subsidiary,
agent, independent contractor, and any affiliated
company or person who it is known will perform any
of the services or acts that the invention developer un-
dertakes to perform for the customer;
‘‘(6) if any oral or written representation of esti-
mated or projected customer earnings is given by the
invention developer (or any agent, employee, officer,
director, partner, or independent contractor of such
invention developer), a statement of that estimation
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2538
AN ACT
To establish a Presidential commission to deter-
mine the validity of certain land claims arising
out of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848
involving the descendants of persons who were
Mexican citizens at the time of the Treaty.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2538
AN ACT
To establish a Presidential commission to determine the va-
lidity of certain land claims arising out of the Treaty
of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848 involving the descendants
of persons who were Mexican citizens at the time of
the Treaty.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4957 
AN ACT 
To designate the Federal building located at 99 New York 
Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the ‘‘Ariel 
Rios Federal 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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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3454
To provide enhanced penalties for discharging or possessing a firearm during
a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, and for discharging or
using a firearm to cause serious bodily injury during such a crime.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1996
Mr. SCHUMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide enhanced penalties for discharging or possessing
a firearm during a crime of violence or drug trafficking
crime, and for discharging or using a firearm to cause
serious bodily injury during such a crime.
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 ‘‘Enhanced Prosecution
and Punishment of Armed Felons Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR DISCHARGING OR POS-
SESSING A FIREARM DURING A CRIME OF VI-
OLENCE OR DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 924(c)(1) and 929(a)(1)
of title 18, United States Code, are each amended by strik-
ing ‘‘uses or carries’’ and inserting ‘‘possesses’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Sections
924(c)(1) and 929(b) of such title are each amended by
striking ‘‘used or carried’’ and inserting ‘‘possessed’’.
SEC. 3. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR DISCHARGING OR
USING A FIREARM TO CAUSE SERIOUS BOD-
ILY INJURY DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE
OR DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.
Section 924(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘or is discharged or otherwise used
to cause serious bodily injury (as defined in section
1365(g)(3)),’’ before ‘‘to imprisonment for ten years’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3455
To prohibit persons convicted of a crime involving domestic violence from
owning or possessing firearms, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1996
Mr. TORRICELLI (for himself, Mrs. LOWEY, and Mr. FOGLIETTA) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit persons convicted of a crime involving domestic
violence from owning or possessing firearms, 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. DEFINITIONS.
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(33) The term ‘crime involving domestic vio-
lence’ means a felony or misdemeanor crime of vio-
lence, regardless of length, term, or manner of pun-
ishment, committed by a current or former spouse,
leased from prison or placed on parole, super-
vised release, or probation.
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General shall
establish a national database at the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation to track the whereabouts and movement of—
‘‘(1) each person who has been convicted of a
criminal offense against a victim who is a minor;
‘‘(2) each person who has been convicted of a
sexually violent offense; and
‘‘(3) each person who is a sexually violent pred-
ator.
‘‘(c) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.—Each person
described in subsection (b) who resides in a State that
has not established a minimally sufficient sexual offender
registration program shall register a current address, a
set of fingerprints of that person, and a current photo-
graph of that person with the FBI for inclusion in the
database established under subsection (b) for the time pe-
riod specified under subsection (d).
‘‘(d) LENGTH
OF REGISTRATION.—A person de-
scribed in subsection (b) who is required to register under
subsection (c) shall continue to comply with this section—
‘‘(1) until 10 years after the date on which the
person was released from prison or placed on parole,
supervised release, or probation; or
In the Senate of the United States,
September 26, 1996.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3458) entitled ‘‘An Act to increase, effective as
of December 1, 1996, the rates of compensation for veterans
with service-connected disabilities and the rates of depend-
ency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain
disabled veterans.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans’ Compensation
Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN COMPENSATION RATES AND LIMITA-
TIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall, as provided in paragraph (2), increase, effective
December 1, 1996, the rates of and limitations on Depart-
HR 3458 EAS
ment of Veterans Affairs disability compensation and de-
pendency and indemnity compensation.
(2) The Secretary shall increase each of the rates and
limitations in sections 1114, 1115(1), 1162, 1311, 1313,
and 1314 of title 38, United States Code, that were in-
creased by the amendments made by the Veterans’ Com-
pensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1995 (Public
Law No. 104–57; 109 Stat. 555). This increase shall be
made in such rates and limitations as in effect on November
30, 1996, and shall be by the same percentage that benefit
amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are increased effective December 1,
1996, as a result of a determination under section 215(i)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may adjust ad-
ministratively, consistent with the increases made under
subsection (a)(2), the rates of disability compensation pay-
able to persons within the purview of section 10 of Public
Law 85–857 (72 Stat. 1263) who are not in receipt of com-
pensation payable pursuant to chapter 11 of title 38, Unit-
ed States Code.
(c) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—At the same time
as the matters specified in section 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)(2)(D)) are required to be
published by reason of a determination made under section
HR 3458 EAS
215(i) of such Act during fiscal year 1996, the Secretary
shall publish in the Federal Register the rates and limita-
tions referred to in subsection (a)(2) as increased under this
section.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to increase,
effective as of December 1, 1996, the rates of disability
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabil-
ities and the rates of dependency and indemnity com-
pensation for survivors of certain service-connected dis-
abled veterans, and for other purposes.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
H. R. 3458
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
An Act
To increase, effective as of December 1, 1996, the rates of disability compensation
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and
indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veter-
ans, 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 ‘‘Veterans’ Compensation Cost-
of-Living Adjustment Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN COMPENSATION RATES AND LIMITATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall,
as provided in paragraph (2), increase, effective December 1, 1996,
the rates of and limitations on Department of Veterans Affairs
disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensa-
tion.
(2) The Secretary shall increase each of the rates and limita-
tions in sections 1114, 1115(1), 1162, 1311, 1313, and 1314 of
title 38, United States Code, that were increased by the amend-
ments made by the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjust-
ment Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–57; 109 Stat. 555). This increase
shall be made in such rates and limitations as in effect on November
30, 1996, and shall be by the same percentage that benefit amounts
payable under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401
et seq.) are increased effective December 1, 1996, as a result of
a determination under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may adjust administratively,
consistent with the increases made under subsection (a)(2), the
rates of disability compensation payable to persons within the pur-
view of section 10 of Public Law 85–857 (72 Stat. 1263) who are
not in receipt of compensation payable pursuant to chapter 11
of title 38, United States Code.
(c) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—At the same time as the mat-
ters specified in section 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 415(i)(2)(D)) are required to be published by reason of a
determination made under section 215(i) of such Act during fiscal
year 1996, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register
H. R. 3458—2
the rates and limitations referred to in subsection (a)(2) as increased
under this section.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3459
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the enhanced loan asset
sale authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 15, 1996
Mr. BUYER (for himself and Mr. FILNER) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the en-
hanced loan asset sale authority of the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 3720(h)(2) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘December 31, 1996’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 1997’’.
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year shall be reduced by any amount excludable
from gross income under section 135.
‘‘(4) FIRST-HOME PURCHASE COSTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘first-home
purchase costs’ means qualified acquisition
costs with respect to a qualified principal resi-
dence for a qualified first-time homebuyer.
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
ACQUISITION
COSTS.—
The term ‘qualified acquisition costs’ means the
costs of acquiring, constructing, or reconstruct-
ing a residence. Such term includes any usual
or reasonable settlement, financing, or other
closing costs.
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.—
The term ‘qualified principal residence’ means a
principal residence (within the meaning of sec-
tion 1034), the qualified acquisition costs of
which do not exceed 100 percent of the average
area purchase price applicable to such residence
(determined in accordance with paragraphs (2)
and (3) of section 143(e)).
‘‘(D) 
QUALIFIED
FIRST-TIME
HOME-
BUYER.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘quali-
fied first-time homebuyer’ means an indi-
a Deputy Commissioner for Patents is appointed
under subsection (b).
‘‘(C) The individual serving as the Assistant
Commissioner for Trademarks on the day before the
effective date of the Patent and Trademark Office
Government Corporation Act of 1996 may serve as
the Deputy Commissioner for Trademarks until the
date on which a Deputy Commissioner for Trade-
marks is appointed under subsection (b).
‘‘(i) COMPETITIVE STATUS.—For purposes of appoint-
ment to a position in the competitive service for which an
officer or employee of the Office is qualified, such officer
or employee shall not forfeit any competitive status, ac-
quired by such officer or employee before the effective date
of the Patent and Trademark Office Government Corpora-
tion Act of 1996, by reason of becoming an officer or em-
ployee of the Office pursuant to subsection (h).
‘‘(j) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Compensation, benefits, and
other terms and conditions of employment in effect
immediately before the effective date of the Patent and
Trademark Office Government Corporation Act of
1996, whether provided by statute or by rules and
regulations of the former Patent and Trademark Of-
fice or the executive branch of the Government of the
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4960 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as the 
‘‘Kenneth M. Christy 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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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3461
To authorize appropriations for the Federal Election Commission for fiscal
year 1997.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 15, 1996
Mr. THOMAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Federal Election
Commission for fiscal year 1997.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.
The second sentence of section 314 of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439c) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1978,’’; and
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘, and $26,521,000 (of which not
less than $1,500,000 shall be used for computeriza-
tion and electronic filing activities) for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1997.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3462
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that written notice be
furnished by the Office of Personnel Management before making any
substantial change in the health benefits program for Federal employees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 15, 1996
Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. HOYER,
Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. PICKETT, Mr. CRAMER, Mr.
POMEROY, Mr. BREWSTER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota,
Mrs. MEEK of Florida, and Mr. EHRLICH) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Over-
sight
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that written
notice be furnished by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment before making any substantial change in the health
benefits program for Federal employees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Federal Health Program Benefit Change Accountability
Act’’.
tional Forest, Missouri, to exclude a small parcel of
land containing improvements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DEVILS BACKBONE
WILDERNESS, MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOR-
EST, MISSOURI.
Using the authority provided in section 202 of Public
Law 96–560 (94 Stat. 3274) regarding the correction of
clerical errors in the maps and legal descriptions of the
Devils Backbone Wilderness established by section 201(d)
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note), the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall adjust the exterior boundary of the Devils
Backbone Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest,
Missouri, to exclude a parcel of real property that consists
of approximately a quarter of an acre in Douglas County,
Missouri, contains a garage, well, mailbox, driveway, and
other improvements, and was inadvertently removed from
administration as National Forest System land and in-
cluded within the wilderness area.
SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DEVILS BACKBONE
WILDERNESS, MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOR-
EST, MISSOURI.
The boundary of the Devils Backbone Wilderness estab-
lished by section 201(d) of Public Law 96–560 (16 U.S.C.
1132 note) in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri,
‘‘(B) the Statement of Operations, reflecting
the fiscal period results of the Helium Operations;
‘‘(C) a statement of cash flows or changes in fi-
nancial position of the Helium Operations; and
‘‘(D) a reconciliation of budget reports of the
Helium Operations.
‘‘(3) The Statement of Operations shall include but
not be limited to the revenues from, and costs of, sales
of crude helium, the storage and transportation of crude
helium, the production, refining and marketing of refined
helium, and the maintenance and operation of helium stor-
age facilities at the Bureau of Mines Cliffside Field. The
term ‘revenues’ for this purpose shall exclude (A) royalties
paid to the United States for production of helium or other
extraction of resources, except to the extent that the He-
lium Operations incur direct costs in connection therewith,
and (B) proceeds from sales of assets other than inven-
tory. The term ‘expenses’ shall include, but not be limited
to (i) all labor costs of the Bureau of Mines Helium Oper-
ations, and of the Department of the Interior in connec-
tion therewith, and (ii) for financial reporting purposes
but not in connection with the determination of sales
prices in section 6(c), all current-period interest on out-
standing repayable amounts (as described in section 6(c))
calculated at the same rates as such interest was cal-
culated prior to the enactment of the Helium Act of 1995.
‘‘(4) The balance sheet shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, on the asset side, the present discounted market
value of crude helium reserves; and on the liability side,
the accrued liability for principal and interest on debt to
the United States. For financial reporting purposes but
not in connection with the determination of sales prices
in section 6(c), the balance sheet shall also include accrued
but unpaid interest on outstanding repayable amounts (as
described in section 6(c)) through the date of the report,
calculated at the same rates as such interest was cal-
culated prior to the enactment of the Helium Act of
1995.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3464
AN ACT
To make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of
the Devils Backbone Wilderness in the Mark Twain Na-
tional Forest, Missouri, to exclude a small parcel of
land containing improvements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DEVILS BACKBONE
WILDERNESS, MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOR-
EST, MISSOURI.
The boundary of the Devils Backbone Wilderness es-
tablished by section 201(d) of Public Law 96–560 (16
U.S.C. 1132 note) in the Mark Twain National Forest,
Missouri, is hereby modified to exclude from the area en-
compassed by the Devils Backbone Wilderness a parcel of
real property consisting of approximately two acres in
Ozark County, Missouri, and containing a garage, well,
mailbox, driveway, and other improvements, as depicted
on a map entitled ‘‘Devils Backbone Wilderness Boundary
Modification’’, dated June 1996. The map shall be re-
tained with other Forest Service maps and legal descrip-
tions regarding the Devils Backbone Wilderness and shall
be made available for public inspection as provided in sec-
tion 202 of Public Law 96–560 (94 Stat. 3274).
Passed the House of Representatives August 1,
1996.
Attest:
Clerk.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3464
To make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Devils Backbone
Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, to exclude
a small parcel of land containing improvements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 15, 1996
Mr. HANCOCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources,
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 make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of
the Devils Backbone Wilderness in the Mark Twain Na-
tional Forest, Missouri, to exclude a small parcel of
land containing improvements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DEVILS BACKBONE
WILDERNESS, MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOR-
EST, MISSOURI.
Using the authority provided in section 202 of Public
Law 96–560 (94 Stat. 3274) regarding the correction of
clerical errors in the maps and legal descriptions of the
Devils Backbone Wilderness established by section 201(d)
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1132 note), the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall adjust the exterior boundary of the Devils
Backbone Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest,
Missouri, to exclude a parcel of real property that consists
of approximately a quarter of an acre in Douglas County,
Missouri, contains a garage, well, mailbox, driveway, and
other improvements, and was inadvertently removed from
administration as National Forest System land and in-
cluded within the wilderness area.
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