DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 1996
Laws and Proposed Legislation

Air Quality Standards

Text of proposed EPA air quality standards in zipped (compressed) format
Fact sheets on the standards
Implementation schedule and map of cities not currently meeting the standards

Antiterrorism Bill (S.735)

Enrolled Version sent to the President (375,000 bytes)
• Passed by Senate on 4-17-96 and House on 4-18-96
Oklahoma City Bombing information
Unabomber information

Assault Weapons Ban and Repeal

The bill repealing the ban on assault weapons is H.R. 125, 104th Congress
Assault weapon ban is Title XI of PL 103-322
Connect to Thomas for House debate and roll call vote on March 22, 1996
Treasury Department Ban on Imports
• The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms banned imports of 50 semi-automatic assault weapons in November 1997
• Report reconfirmed by President in April 1998

Defense of Marriage Act

Text of H.R. 3396
Connect to THOMAS for legislative status and debates

Flat Tax Proposals

Flat Tax Home Page (Armey)
• Detailed summary of Congressman Dick Armey's flat tax proposal
• Favorable comments, press releases, and statistics
National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform
• Commission chaired by Jack Kemp
• Report released January 1996 recommends a low flat tax
Steve Forbes Election Web Site
• Republican candidate for President with flat tax proposal
Ten-Percent Tax (Dick Gephardt)
• Describes Democratic proposal for a flat 10% tax
• Calculate how well you do under the proposal

Gay Non-Discrimination in Employment Act

Text of S.2056
Connect to THOMAS for legislative status andebates

Health Insurance Reform

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (H.R. 3103)
• Ensures portability of health insurance when changing jobs
• Known as Kennedy/Kassebaum Act
• Signed by President Clinton on August 21, 1996
Connect to Thomas for the text

Immigration Reform

Bill considered in September 1996 was H.R. 2202
Bill passed was H.R. 3610
• This was an omnibus appropriations bill
• Enrolled version not available electronically due to size (3000 pages)
• See final text of Public Law 104-208 when available
Connect to THOMAS for text, status, and debates

Medicare Preservation Act

H.R. 2425 (Republican)
• Introduced September 29, 1995
• Full text is 9379 lines and over 570,000 bytes; takes over eight minutes to download
Provisions included in the Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act
• Full text of H.R. 2491 is over 1 million bytes; should be viewed in segmented status on Thomas
THOMAS for debates and status of all bills

Minimum Wage

Small Business Job Protection Act
• New minimum wage and pension portability provisions
• Bill number is H.R. 3448
• Signed by President Clinton on August 20, 1996
• Connect to THOMAS for the text, status, and debates
Minimum Wage (Dept. of Labor)
• Employer and employee information on implementing the 1996 minimum wage law
• Current minimum wage by state and table for implementing the new wage rates

Partial-Birth Abortions

Text of H.R. 1833
• Enrolled version sent to the President
President's Veto (April 10, 1996)
Michigan Law
• H.B. 5889 passed by Legislature on June 6, 1996
• It was signed by the Governor on June 14, 1996

Satellite Dish Zoning

Federal Communications Commission regulation pre-empting state and local zoning laws on satellite dishes
Text appeared in the Federal Register, March 18, 1996

Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-104)

Telecommunications Act - Enrolled Version
• The enrolled version of S. 652, sent to the President, is approximately 400,000 bytes
• Connect to THOMAS for previous versions and debates
Schroeder/Lautenberg Protest
• Web page protesting against classification of abortion as indecent communication on the Internet
• Sponsored by Rep. Patricia Schroeder (CO) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Michigan Telecommunications Act
• Text of Senate Bill 722, legislative analysis, testimony, and handbook

Telemarketing Sales Rule (Federal Trade Commission)

Federal regulations limiting telemarketing activities and a consumer information pamphlet
The regulations became effective on December 31, 1995

Term Limits

U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton (Supreme Court, May 22, 1995)
• Syllabus
• Consenting/Dissenting Opinions
Constitutional Amendments, 104th Congress
• H. J. Res. 73
• S. J. Res. 21
Congressional Record (Thomas)
• To include text of debate, scheduled April 22-24, 1996
Senator John Ashcroft's Term Limits Web Page
• Senator Ashcroft's position on term limits
• Web users may vote on the subject
• E-mail addresses provided for members of Congress
Legislative Histories - see LEGI-SLATE Gopher (UMich only)

Tobacco Regulation

Tobacco and Children (FDA)
• Rules issued on August 23, 1996 regulating tobacco advertising to children
• Related fact sheets and legal considerations
Summary Chart
• Compares in tabular format the difference between the proposed and final rules

Welfare Reform

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
• Signed by President Clinton on August 22, 1996
• Bill number is H.R. 3734
• Complete Text (880,000 bytes)
• Text by Individual Title
  • Introduction and Table of Contents (19,000 bytes)
  • Title I - Block Grants for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families - (275,000 bytes)
  • Title II - Supplemental Security Income (48,000 bytes)
  • Title III - Child Support (223,000 bytes)
  • Title IV - Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens (62,500 bytes)
  • Title V - Child Protection (4000 bytes)
  • Title VI - Child Care (31,000 bytes)
  • Title VII - Child Nutrition Programs (69,000 bytes)
  • Title VIII - Food Stamps and Commodity Distribution (137,000 bytes)
  • Title IX - Miscellaneous (27,000 bytes)
• Connect to THOMAS for segmented sections of text, status, and debates
Congressional Quarterly
• See lead article for July 27, 1996
Senate Budget Committee
• Article from the Informed Budgeteer, July 29, 1996

Quick Jumps

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University of Michigan Library
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