Laws of the 104th Congress

To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, to reform acquisition laws and information technology management of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

To promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies.

To guarantee the timely payment of social security benefits in March 1996.

To provide for the transfer of certain lands to the Salt River Pima- Maricopa Indian Community and the city of Scottsdale, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a downpayment toward a balanced budget, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for certain activities for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory located on Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Providing for the appointment of Louis Gerstner as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Providing for the appointment of Anne D'Harnoncourt as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Providing for the appointment of Howard H. Baker, Jr. as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Providing for the reappointment of Homer Alfred Neal as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

To designate the Federal building located at 600 Martin Luther King, Jr. Place in Louisville, Kentucky, as the “Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building”.

To amend the Fair Housing Act to modify the exemption from certain familial status discrimination prohibitions granted to housing for older persons.

To reform Federal securities litigation, and for other purposes.

To provide for the disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

To modify the operation of the antitrust laws, and of State laws similar to the antitrust laws, with respect to charitable gift annuities.

To facilitate contributions to charitable organizations by codifying certain exemptions from the Federal securities laws, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the designation of the National Highway System, and for other purposes.

To authorize and direct the Secretary of Energy to sell the Alaska Power Administration, and to authorize the export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, and for other purposes.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

To provide for the relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and for other purposes.

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance, for anti-terrorism initiatives, for assistance in the recovery from the tragedy that occurred at Oklahoma City, and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.

To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States.

To further the goals of the Paperwork Reduction Act to have Federal agencies become more responsible and publicly accountable for reducing the burden of Federal paperwork on the public, and for other purposes.

To amend title V of Public Law 96-550, designating the Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites, and for other purposes.

Making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions to preserve and enhance the military readiness of the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.

To curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments; to strengthen the partnership between the Federal Government and State, local and tribal governments; to end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by Congress, of Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal governments without adequate funding, in a manner that may displace other essential governmental priorities; and to ensure that the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations, and for other purposes.

To make certain laws applicable to the legislative branch of the Federal Government.