Laws of the 104th Congress

To reauthorize the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992, and for other purposes.

To provide for the extension of the Parole Commission to oversee cases of prisoners sentenced under prior law, to reduce the size of the Parole Commission, and for other purposes.

To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, popularly known as the Freedom of Information Act, to provide for public access to information in an electronic format, and for other purposes.

To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 611 North Florida Avenue in Tampa, Florida, as the “Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse”.

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse to be constructed at a site on 18th Street between Dodge and Douglas Streets in Omaha, Nebraska, as the “Roman L. Hruska Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

To designate the Federal building located at 1655 Woodson Road in Overland, Missouri, as the “Sammy L. Davis Federal Building”.

To implement the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.

To repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank.

To designate the Federal building located at the corner of Patton Avenue and Otis Street, and the United States courthouse located on Otis Street, in Asheville, North Carolina, as the “Veach-Baley Federal Complex”.

To repeal an unnecessary medical device reporting requirement.

To provide for certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.

To authorize construction of the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum Dulles Center at Washington Dulles International Airport, and for other purposes.

To designate the United States Courthouse under construction at 1030 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon, as the “Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse”, and for other purposes.

To repeal a redundant venue provision, and for other purposes.

To clarify the rules governing removal of cases to Federal court, and for other purposes.

To confer honorary citizenship of the United States on Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, also known as Mother Teresa.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the intent of Congress with respect to the Federal carjacking prohibition.

To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Crawford National Fish Hatchery to the city of Crawford, Nebraska.

To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to witness retaliation, witness tampering and jury tampering.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery to the State of Alabama.

To revise the boundary of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, to expand the Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

To amend Public Law 103-93 to provide additional lands within the State of Utah for the Goshute Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.

To encourage the donation of food and grocery products to nonprofit organizations for distribution to needy individuals by giving the Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act the full force and effect of law.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain interests in Waihee Marsh for inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

Making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.

Waiving certain enrollment requirements with respect to any bill or joint resolution of the One Hundred Fourth Congress making general or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1997.

Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.

To extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Cambodia, and for other purposes.

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Jackson, Mississippi, as the “G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”.

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 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, and for other purposes.

To make technical corrections in the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982.

To define and protect the institution of marriage.

To confer jurisdiction on the United States Court of Federal Claims with respect to land claims of Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe.

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 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, 1997, and for other purposes.

To amend the Impact Aid program to provide for a hold-harmless with respect to amounts for payments relating to the Federal acquisition of real property, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to carry out the international obligations of the United States under the Geneva Conventions to provide criminal penalties for certain war crimes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Agency for International Development to offer voluntary separation incentive payments to employees of that agency.

To redesignate the Dunning Post Office in Chicago, Illinois, as the “Roger P. McAuliffe Post Office”.

To provide tax relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to increase the take home pay of workers, to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 relating to the payment of wages to employees who use employer owned vehicles, and to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage rate and to prevent job loss by providing flexibility to employers in complying with minimum wage and overtime requirements under that Act.

To redesignate the United States Post Office building located at 245 Centereach Mall on Middle Country Road in Centereach, New York, as the “Rose Y. Caracappa United States Post Office Building”.

To provide for a representational allowance for Members of the House of Representatives, to make technical and conforming changes to sundry provisions of law in consequence of administrative reforms in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

To improve the management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, and for other purposes.

To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to permit the Council of the District of Columbia to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds with respect to water and sewer facilities, and for other purposes.