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known to that Federal official that the lack of agricultural
production or the lack of a conserving use is a consequence
of drought, flood, or other natural disaster.
SEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to extend
any existing or expiring contract in the Conservation Re-
serve Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845.
SEC. 730. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to maintain the price of raw cane sugar
(as reported for an appropriate preceding month for appli-
cable sugar futures contracts of the Coffee, Sugar, and
Cocoa Exchange, New York) at more than 1171⁄2 percent
of the statutory loan rate under section 158 of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (title 1 of Pub-
lic Law 104–127).
SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be used to carry out the provisions of section 918
of Public Law 104–127, the Federal Agriculture Improve-
ment and Reform Act.
SEC. 732. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any owner on the date
of enactment of this Act of the right to market a non-
steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that—
(1) contains a patented active agent;
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(2) has been reviewed by the Federal Food and
Drug Administration for a period of more than 96
months as a new drug application; and
(3) was approved as safe and effective by the
Federal Food and Drug Administration on January
31, 1991, shall be entitled, for the 2-year period be-
ginning on February 28, 1997, to exclude others
from making, using, offering for sale, selling, or im-
porting into the United States such active agent, in
accordance with section 154(a)(1) of title 35, United
States Code.
(b) INFRINGEMENT.—Section 271 of title 35, United
States Code shall apply to the infringement of the entitle-
ment provide under subsection (a).
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this section, any owner granted
an entitlement under subsection (a) shall notify the Com-
missioner of Patents and Trademarks and the Secretary
for Health and Human Services of such entitlement. Not
later than 7 days after the receipt of such notice, the Com-
mission and the Secretary shall publish an appropriate no-
tice of the receipt of such notice.
SEC. 733. Funds appropriated to the Department of
Agriculture may be used for incidental expenses such as
transportation, uniforms, lodging, and subsistence for vol-
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unteers serving under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2272,
when such volunteers are engaged in the work of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture; and for promotional items of
nominal value relating to the U.S. Department of Agri-
culture Volunteer Programs.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2836
AN ACT
To designate the building of the United States
Postal Service located at 180 East Kellogg Bou-
levard in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ‘‘Eugene
J. McCarthy Post Office Building’’.
Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro-
vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; and
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–
377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$17,000,856,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma-
rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve
provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec-
tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C.
402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund; $6,103,808,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air
Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets;
and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law
97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section
229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$17,099,550,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re-
serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and
3038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members
of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses au-
thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code;
and for payments to the Department of Defense Military
Retirement Fund; $2,083,379,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re-
serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, Unit-
conclude that such costs are likely to
occur solely as a result of compliance
with the maximum contaminant level,
including monitoring, treatment, and
other costs and excluding costs result-
ing from compliance with other pro-
posed or promulgated regulations.
‘‘(IV) The incremental costs and
benefits associated with each alter-
native maximum contaminant level
considered.
‘‘(V) The effects of the contami-
nant on the general population and on
groups within the general population
such as infants, children, pregnant
women, the elderly, individuals with a
history of serious illness, or other sub-
populations that are identified as like-
ly to be at greater risk of adverse
health effects due to exposure to con-
taminants in drinking water than the
general population.
‘‘(VI) Any increased health risk
that may occur as the result of com-
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(A) 1° Fahrenheit for poultry products
within an official processing establishment;
(B) 2° Fahrenheit for poultry products
in commerce;
(4) exempts from temperature testing wings,
tenders, hearts, livers, gizzards, necks, and prod-
ucts that undergo special processing, such as
sliced poultry products; and
(5) in all other terms and conditions (in-
cluding the period of time permitted for imple-
mentation) is substantively identical to the rule
referred to in subsection (a).
(c) REVISED LABELING STANDARDS.—Not later
than 60 days after the issuance of a revised final rule
under subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture,
acting through the Administrator of the Food Safety
and Inspection Service, shall issue a compliance di-
rective for the enforcement of the revised labeling
standards established by the rule, including standards
for—
(1) temperature testing that are based on
measurements at the center of the deepest muscle;
and
(2) sampling methods that ensure that the
average of individual temperatures within poul-
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try product lots of each specific product type
(such as whole birds, whole muscle leg products,
and whole muscle breast products) meet the
standards.
(d) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this sec-
tion or the application thereof to any person or cir-
cumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remain-
der of this section and of the application of the provi-
sion to any other persons or circumstances shall not
be affected.
SEC. 738. Section 7 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2016) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(j) ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFERS.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
ELECTRONIC
BENEFIT
TRANSFER
SYSTEM.—In this subsection, the term
‘electronic benefit transfer system’ means a system
under which a governmental entity distributes bene-
fits pursuant to this Act by establishing an account
that may be accessed electronically by a recipient of
the benefits or payments.
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—Disclosures, protections,
responsibilities, and remedies established by the Fed-
eral Reserve Board under section 904 of the Elec-
tronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1692b) shall not
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apply to benefits under this Act delivered through any
electronic benefit transfer system.
‘‘(3) REPLACEMENT OF BENEFITS.—Regulations
issued by the Secretary regarding the replacement of
benefits and liability for replacement of benefits under
an electronic benefit transfer system shall be similar
to the regulations in effect for a paper-based food
stamp issuance system.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
ed States Code, or while serving on active duty under sec-
tion 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connec-
tion with performing duty specified in section 12310(a)
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re-
serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent
duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title
10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart-
ment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund;
$1,392,406,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title
10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty
under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon
leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131
of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
$387,943,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force
Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and
8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members
of the Air Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund; $780,497,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under section 10211, 10302,
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 undergoing training, or while performing drills or
equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by
I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3605
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the exemption
from tax for State funds providing coverage for losses on property arising
from earthquakes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 10, 1996
Mr. LEWIS of California 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 clarify
the exemption from tax for State funds providing cov-
erage for losses on property arising from earthquakes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTION FROM TAX FOR
STATE FUNDS PROVIDING COVERAGE FOR
LOSSES 
ON 
PROPERTY 
ARISING 
FROM
EARTHQUAKES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 501 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exemption
from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(26) Any organization or fund—
‘‘(A) which is established by a State solely
to provide coverage on a not-for-profit basis for
losses arising from earthquakes on property lo-
cated within such State, and
‘‘(B) no part of the net earnings of which
inures to the benefit of any private shareholder
or individual.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years ending after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(i) to the extent funds are available 
pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; 
and 
‘‘(ii) to the extent the recipient of the 
assistance is otherwise eligible to receive 
such assistance. 
‘‘(2) FARMERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), assistance may not be pro-
vided under chapter 6 after June 30, 2022. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (A), any assistance approved under 
chapter 6 on or before June 30, 2022, may be 
provided— 
‘‘(i) to the extent funds are available 
pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; 
and 
‘‘(ii) to the extent the recipient of the 
assistance is otherwise eligible to receive 
such assistance.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of chapters 2, 3, 
5, and 6 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue 
to apply on and after July 1, 2021, with respect to— 
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(c) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REPORT BY COMP-
TROLLER GENERAL.—Subsection (g) of section 818 of
such Act is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘periodically’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘quarterly every fiscal
year’’; and
(B) by striking out the period at the end
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘, in-
cluding the amount of appropriated funds obli-
gated for each business combination.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking out ‘‘1997’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1996’’.
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ance Act of 1961, at the beginning of each fiscal year the
President shall deobligate, and return to the Treasury,
any foreign economic assistance funds that, as of the end
of the preceding fiscal year, have been obligated for a pe-
riod of more than 3 years but have not been expended.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The President, on a case-by-case
basis, may waive the requirement of subsection (a) if the
President determines, and reports to the appropriate con-
gressional committees, that—
(1) the funds are being used for a construction
project that requires more than 3 years to complete;
or
(2) the funds have not been expended because
of 
unforeseen 
circumstances, 
and 
those 
cir-
cumstances could not have been reasonably foreseen.
(c) COMMENTS BY AID INSPECTOR GENERAL ON
WAIVERS.—As soon as possible after submission of a re-
port pursuant to subsection (b), the Inspector General of
the Agency for International Development shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees such comments
as the Inspector General considers appropriate with re-
gard to the determination described in that report.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act—
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RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title
10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty
under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiva-
lent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon
leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the De-
partment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund;
$389,325,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force
Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and
8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States
Code, in connection with performing duty specified in sec-
tion 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while un-
dergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or
equivalent duty or other duty, and for members of the Air
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and expenses authorized
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by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund; $785,842,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under section 10211, 10302,
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;
$3,259,169,000.
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 connec-
tion with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of
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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 payments to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund; $1,295,511,000.
TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized
by law; and not to exceed $11,437,000 can be used for emer-
gencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the
approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for
confidential military purposes; $17,700,859,000 and, in ad-
dition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the
National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund: Provided,
That the amount made available by this paragraph for
Army 
Operation 
and 
Maintenance 
is 
reduced 
by
$1,500,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for
the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine
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for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred
back to this appropriation: Provided further, That not more
than twenty-five percent of funds provided under this head-
ing may be obligated for environmental remediation by the
Corps of Engineers under total environmental remediation
contracts.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Department of the Navy, $302,900,000, to re-
main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds
are required for environmental restoration, reduction and
recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of the Navy, or for similar
purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro-
priation to other appropriations made available to the De-
partment of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the
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NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION TRUST FUND
For the purposes of title VIII of Public Law 102–183,
$5,100,000, to be derived from the National Security Edu-
cation Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense:
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is com-
puted under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United
States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase
provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employ-
ees, whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section
shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service
national employees serving at United States diplomatic
missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5332 
AN ACT 
To ensure that the United States promotes the meaningful 
participation of women in mediation and negotiation 
processes seeking to prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent 
conflict. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
fication of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-
tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of not to exceed 14
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; communica-
tions and electronic equipment; other support equipment;
spare parts, ordnance, 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, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contrac-
tor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes; $3,295,486,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 1999: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph and not-
withstanding the provisions of title 31, United States Code,
Section 1502(a), not to exceed $2,400,000 may be obligated
for future year V903 diesel engine requirements to maintain
the industrial base.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including