Laws of the 104th Congress

To reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, and for other purposes.

To commend Operation Sail for its advancement of brotherhood among nations, its continuing commemoration of the history of the United States, and its nurturing of young cadets through training in seamanship.

To designate the United States Post Office building located in Brewer, Maine, as the “Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Post Office Building”, and for other purposes.

To provide for the extension of certain authority for the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police.

To authorize the Capitol Guide Service to accept voluntary services.

To amend the National Museum of the American Indian Act to make improvements in the Act, and for other purposes.

To provide that the United States Post Office and Courthouse building located at 9 East Broad Street, Cookeville, Tennessee, shall be known and designated as the “L. Clure Morton United States Post Office and Courthouse”.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain property containing a fish and wildlife facility to the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the benefits programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to provide for a study of the Federal programs for veterans, and for other purposes.

To authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001.

To amend the Helium Act to authorize the Secretary to enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands, and for other purposes.

To provide for the safety of journeymen boxers, and for other purposes.

To authorize the hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.

To provide for a study of the recommendations of the Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska Natives.

To make available certain Voice of America and Radio Marti multilingual computer readable text and voice recordings.

To designate the United States Post Office building located at 351 West Washington Street in Camden, Arkansas, as the “David H. Pryor Post Office Building”.

To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance organizations.

To make amendments to the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Walhalla National Fish Hatchery to the State of South Carolina, and for other purposes.

To amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.

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 veterans, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reform eligibility for health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to authorize major medical facility construction projects for the Department, to improve administration of health care by the Department, and for other purposes.

To accept the request of the Prairie Island Indian Community to revoke their charter of incorporation issued under the Indian Reorganization Act.

To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that traffic signal synchronization projects are exempt from certain requirements of Environmental Protection Agency Rules.

To extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Kentucky.

To reinstate the license for, and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of, a hydroelectric project in Ohio, and for other purposes.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of 2 hydroelectric projects in North Carolina, and for other purposes.

To designate the building located at 8302 FM 327, Elmendorf, Texas, which houses operations of the United States Postal Service, as the “Amos F. Longoria Post Office Building”.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of certain hydroelectric projects in the State of Pennsylvania.

To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior for the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Illinois.

To amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to reduce the waiting period for benefits payable under that Act, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improvements in the process of approving and using animal drugs, and for other purposes.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in Kentucky, and for other purposes.

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make certain technical corrections relating to physicians' services.

To authorize the extension of time limitation for the FERC-issued hydroelectric license for the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project.

To provide for the extension of a hydroelectric project located in the State of West Virginia.

To reinstate the permit for, and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of, a hydroelectric project in Oregon, and for other purposes.

To authorize extension of time limitation for a FERC-issued hydroelectric license.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Ohio.

To extend the time for construction of certain FERC licensed hydro projects.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of three hydroelectric projects in the State of Arkansas.

To permit a county-operated health insuring organization to qualify as an organization exempt from certain requirements otherwise applicable to health insuring organizations under the Medicaid program notwithstanding that the organization enrolls Medicaid beneficiaries residing in another county.

To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to revitalize the United States-flag merchant marine, and for other purposes.

To provide educational assistance to the dependents of Federal law enforcement officials who are killed or disabled in the performance of their duties.

To prevent the illegal manufacturing and use of methamphetamine.

To provide for the nationwide tracking of convicted sexual predators, and for other purposes.

To modify and reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and for other purposes.

To amend the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 to provide the President with additional proclamation authority with respect to articles of the West Bank or Gaza Strip or a qualifying industrial zone.