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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 234 (103rd)referred

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that obstetrician-gynecologists should be designated as primary care providers for women in Federal laws relating to the provision of health care.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) obstetrician-gynecologists should be designated as primary care providers for women in Federal laws relating to the provision of health care; and (2) legislative proposals that define primary care should include services performed by obstetrician-gynecologists in such definition.

Law· HRH.R. 2826 (103rd)enacted

To provide for an investigation of the whereabouts of the United States citizens and others who have been missing from Cyprus since 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1993

Directs the President to: (1) investigate and report to the Congress on the whereabouts of U.S. citizens and others who have been missing from Cyprus since 1974; and (2) do everything possible to return such persons (including remains of those no longer alive) to their families.

Bill· HRH.R. 2684 (103rd)referred

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Improvement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1993

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act to include as a purpose of the Foundation the encouragement, acceptance, and administration of private gifts of property for the benefit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Increases the membership of the Board of Directors of the Foundation and revises certain administrative functions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 through 1998.

Bill· HRH.R. 2547 (103rd)reported

National Shipbuilding and Conversion Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Shibuilding Initiative Title II: Guarantees of Obligations for Vessel Construction and United States Shipyard Modernization Title III: Series Construction Assistance Title IV: Double Hull Requirement for Tankers Chartered by Department of Defense National Shipbuilding and Conversion Act of 1993 - Title I: National Shipbuilding Initiative - Establishes a National Shipbuilding Initiative program to consist of: (1) a financial incentives program to provide loan guarantees to initiate commercial ship construction, encourage shipyard modernization, and support increased productivity; (2) a technology development program; and (3) enhanced support for specified Department of the Navy shipbuilding programs. Makes private U.S. shipyards eligible for program financial assistance or participation. Title II: Guarantees of Obligations for Vessel Construction and United States Shipyard Modernization - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize guarantees of obligations for eligible export vessels (defined as vessels constructed, reconstructed, or reconditioned in the United States which will be placed under the laws of another country). Authorizes such guarantees only if the eligible export vessel: (1) will aid in the transition of U.S. shipyards to commercial activities or preserve shipbuilding assets essential in war or a national emergency; and (2) is not transferred to any country hostile to U.S. interests. Authorizes loan guarantees for advanced shipbuilding technology and modern shipbuilding technology of a general U.S. shipyard facility. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Series Construction Assistance - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay assistance to a U.S. shipyard owner for the construction of any commercial vessel that is one of a series of vessels for which payment of assistance is approved under this title. Establishes conditions for assistance for series construction, including size and marketability of vessels, shipyard construction capability, applicant ability, and requirements for contracts and purchasers. Title IV: Double Hull Requirement for Tankers Chartered by Department of Defense - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, after December 31, 1994, from entering into, renewing, or extending a contract for the charter of a tanker unless the tanker: (1) is built in a U.S. shipyard under a contract entered into after October 1, 1993; (2) is equipped with a double hull that satisfies specified tank vessel construction requirements; and (3) is chartered under the contract for at least ten years. Establishes further limitations on the entering into, renewal, or extension of contracts for charters of tankers that expire after December 31, 1994.

Bill· HRH.R. 2528 (103rd)open

Trade Equity and Fairness Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Countervailing and Antidumping Duty Amendments Title II: Market Access Provisions Title III: International Trade Negotiations Title IV: Other Miscellaneous Amendments Title V: Private Right of Action for Relief From Certain Forms of Anticompetitive Pricing Practices Title VI: Foreign Capital and Securities Markets Trade Equity and Fairness Act of 1993 - Title I: Countervailing and Antidumping Duty Amendments - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to direct the United States Customs Service, pursuant to the administering authority's direction, to assess an antidumping duty or countervailing duty for each entry of merchandise from the first U.S. purchaser that is independent of the exporter, manufacturer, producer, and certain other persons defined as an exporter. Prohibits such exporter, manufacturer, producer, or other person from absorbing or reimbursing duties to the first unrelated U.S. purchaser. (Sec. 102) Requires the administering authority to report annually to specified congressional committees on the number of administrative reviews commenced in the prior year, completed during the calendar year within 18 months of initiation, completed during the calendar year in longer than 18 months after initiation, and for each review that remains incomplete at the end of the calendar year more than 18 months after initiation, an estimated schedule for completion, including dates for preliminary and final determinations. (Sec. 103) Authorizes the International Trade Commission (ITC), in evaluating volume and price effects of imports with regard to determinations of material injury to a domestic market, to disregard, in its discretion, developments after the filing of an antidumping duty or countervailing duty petition. (Sec. 104) Prohibits the ITC from making an inference that there is no material injury if the volume of imports has decreased after the initiation of an antidumping duty or countervailing duty investigation. Directs the ITC to compare the price at which imported merchandise is sold to the ultimate consumer with the price at which like U.S. products are sold when evaluating the effect of such imports on prices of like U.S. products. (Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to report annually on certain liquidated and unliquidated imported merchandise. (Sec. 106) Requires the ITC, when determining whether a U.S. industry is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of merchandise, to consider among other relevant economic factors: (1) the actual and potential decline in order backlog of the domestic industry; and (2) monthly or quarterly trend information through the month of the filing of a petition. (Sec. 108) Requires the administering authority, with respect to the determination of foreign market value of imported merchandise under investigation, to determine whether sales in the home market of the country of exportation were made at less than the cost of producing such merchandise for all producers or exporters being investigated or reviewed. (Sec. 109) Requires the ITC, for purposes of determining material injury or its threat in antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations, to consider any previous injurious dumping or subsidization ("look-back") as an important factor in determining the domestic industry's vulnerability to continued or renewed material injury in cases where a petition has been previously filed with respect to a product or like product which was the basis of a final affirmative determination during the three years preceding the filing of such petition. Declares that concentration of subsidized or dumped imports exists with respect to a market if the percentage of subsidized or dumped imports to consumption and domestically produced like products in such market is clearly higher than the percentage is in the rest of the United States. (Sec. 110) Prohibits, for purposes of determining foreign market value of imported merchandise in antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations, any allowance to account for differences in input costs that are based on whether the end product made from the input is sold in the home market or exported. Prohibits any adjustment from being made to foreign market value because of adjustments made to the United States price. (Sec. 112) Requires all merchandise entered after an antidumping duty finding under bond and remaining unliquidated to be assessed interest from the date of entry to the date of liquidation. (Sec. 113) Requires the ITC to set forth procedures for the compensation of domestic producers who have been injured by foreign dumping. (Sec. 114) Declares diversionary input dumping to occur when: (1) a manufacturer incorporates into merchandise under an antidumping duty investigation a component which is the product of another country and which is the subject of an antidumping duty order or an international agreement to eliminate the effect of injurious imports (if entered into after an affirmative preliminary determination); and (2) the manufacturer under investigation purchased such component at a price which is less than the foreign market value. Requires the administering authority to investigate whether such dumping is occurring whenever it has reasonable grounds to believe that: (1) it is occurring; (2) it has a significant effect on the cost of producing the merchandise under investigation; and (3) official Government or other reliable trade statistics indicate that subsequent to the imposition of an antidumping duty order or implementation of an international agreement regarding such imports, shipments of such imports to the United States have increased either in quantity or market share. (Sec. 115) Sets forth, for purposes of determining the comparative benefit that has been bestowed upon a product used in the manufacture of merchandise which is the subject of a countervailing duty, specified factors that must be used as a basis for determining the price a manufacturer would otherwise pay for a product in obtaining it from an unsubsized seller. (Sec. 116) Directs the administering authority, if imported merchandise under investigation is produced in a nonmarket economy country, resold by a reseller in an intermediate country, and resold by such reseller at prices less than the cost of producing such merchandise, including costs of production for the nonmarket economy country, to determine the foreign market value of the merchandise on the basis of the value factors of production utilized in producing the merchandise in the country of production, plus an amount for general expenses and profit of the producer and reseller and the cost of containers, covering, and other expenses. (Sec. 117) Authorizes the disclosure of proprietary information that has been submitted to the administering authority or the ITC pursuant to an antidumping duty or countervailing duty proceeding to persons who are reviewing the propriety of the customs valuation on which customs duties were calculated for a deduction from the United States Price pursuant to a request from the administering authority. Requires the administering authority to refer to the Customs Service any claims that import duties required to be deducted from the United States Price are understated by reason of possible understatement of customs valuation. Requires the administering authority, in cases of undervaluation, to deduct such duties identified as properly owed for purposes of making its final determination. (Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the ITC to transmit to the Congress a study, including recommendations, regarding the modification of standards with respect to making petitioning for countervailing and antidumping duty action less costly and more accessible for domestic petitioners. (Sec. 119) Requires the administering authority, whenever the cost of manufactuing merchandise which is the subject of a countervailing duty petition is significantly of U.S. origin (at least two percent of the manufacturing cost) and approximates or exceeds the U.S. content of the petitioner's product, to determine whether such petition is filed on behalf of a domestic industry. (Sec. 120) Requires, for purposes of determining the U.S. price of imported merchandise, that: (1) the purchase price and the exporter's sales price of such merchandise be adjusted by reducing the amount of any antidumping duty which the producer, exporter, or reseller pays on behalf of the importer, or reimburses to the importer either before or after assessment, including but not limited to transferring merchandise to a related importer at prices below cost of production plus normal profit; and (2) the exporter's sales price be adjusted by reducing, among other things, the amount of any reasonable profits from selling in the United States. (Sec. 122) Requires the appropriate customs officer, among other things, to reliquidate any entries that should have been subject to an antidumping or countervailing duty order but which were erroneously liquidated either by action of a foreign producer, exporter or importer, or by action of the Customs Service. Requires the Secretary, upon the request of an interested party to the petition, to provide access to the record of identified importers protected under an order with respect to all paper entries during the 12 months prior to a request or as to all documents connected with liquidations made during the same period. Requires an interested person to notify the Secretary of any discovered information that raises questions as to the proper administration of an antidumping or countervailing duty order. Authorizes such party to commence a civil action in the United States Court of International Trade for a review of a determination made by the Secretary or administering authority. (Sec. 123) Requires the administering authority to review any foreign producer identified by a domestic interested party, or where such party does not know the identity of the producers, the foreign producers supplying identified importers or purchaser of the imported product. (Sec. 124) Allows information released under protective order during an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation or administrative review by the administering authority to be maintained under such order during the pendency of such proceeding for purposes of identifying factual discrepancies between periods investigated or to allege relevant issues in subsequent administrative reviews, including the existence of a fictitious market or sales below cost of production. (Sec. 126) Prohibits, absent a finding of a fictitious market or compliance with certain requirements, the use of constructed value to determine foreign market value where the home market or third country markets account for at least ten percent by volume of exports to the United States. (Sec. 127) Makes unlawful the importation, the sale for importation, or the sale within the United States after importation by the owner, importer, or consignee of articles that: (1) have been grown, produced, processed, or mined pursuant to a valid patent where patent royalties paid are lower than those paid by agricultural, horticultural, or manufacturing operations in the United States; or (2) have been grown or treated with pesticides or other substances banned for use in the United States. (Sec. 128) Sets forth a timetable according to which the administering authority must initiate antidumping or countervailing duty investigations or issue preliminary or final determinations. Title II: Market Access Provisions - Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to initiate a "Super 301" investigation of all acts, policies, and practices of Japan that affect the access of U.S. motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts to its market, including but not limited to: (1) acts, policies, and practices utilized in the Japanese automotive distribution system; (2) anticompetitie activities by private Japanese firms (including "Keiretsus"); (3) exclusionary business practices; and (4) testing requirements and other government regulations. (Sec. 201) Requires the USTR to negotiate with Japan for a trade agreement that: (1) eliminates such acts, policies, and practices; (2) provides enforcement of Japan's commitments under the Structural Impediments Initiative, the Market-Oriented Sector Specific agreements, and the Action Plan announced at the Tokyo Summit in January 1992 with respect to trade in, and purchase of, motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts; (3) establishes long term goals for the purchase of Japanese motor vehicle manufacturers of motor vehicle parts and accessories; (4) establishes procedures for the exchange of information between the United States and Japan that will permit the accurate assessment of the bilateral trade in motor vehicle parts; and (5) establishes private sector or government-sponsored review boards to resolve challenges to purchasing decisions by Japanese motor vehicle manufacturers with respect to compliance with identified specifications or competitiveness on price or other terms. Requires the USTR to report to the Congress if such negotiations prove unsuccessful. (Sec. 202) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend, through 1998, the "Super 301" program which identifies certain trade liberalization priority practices. Title III: International Trade Negotiations - Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to prohibit certain dispute settlement procedures with respect to the review of countervailing duty and antidumping actions taken by signatories to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) from allowing: (1) the review of issues not properly presented to the investigating authorities for resolution during the administrative proceedings; (2) the review of issues before the conclusion of the administrative proceedings; (3) the conducting of an independent de novo investigation of the circumstances leading to such actions; and (4) in cases where a signatory provides for the administrative or judicial review of factual issues with respect to countervailing duty and antidumping actions, the extension of the review beyond whether the laws and regulations of that signatory, and the interpretation of such laws and regulations, are consistent with GATT. (Sec. 302) Declares as one of the principal negotiating objectives of the United States the negotiation of multilateral rules to permit rapid realignment of capacity to demand in situations of global structural excess capacity. (Sec. 303) Declares that the amendments made by this Act apply with respect to goods imported into the United States from Mexico and Canada. (Sec. 304) Prohibits the President from entering into any trade agreement that requires changes in U.S. antidumping laws which would reduce their effectiveness as a remedy against injurious dumped imports. Prohibits the Government from condoning the use by foreign governments of trade distorting subsidies, including development subsidies, that cause material injury to U.S. industries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President review the provisions on antidumping contained in the Draft Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations proposed by the Director-General of the GATT on December 21, 1991, and seek changes in such provisions that are necessary to strengthen the effectiveness of U.S. antidumping laws, including, but not limited to, changes proposed by the United States in December 1992 and any changes needed to clarify the continuing right to cumulate and cross-cumulate imports under investigation. Title IV: Other Miscellaneous Amendments - Amends the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, to declare that specified sections of it concerning restraint of trade shall apply to export trade or export commerce with a foreign country, whether or not there is direct harm to consumers by reducing output or raising prices, if such conduct restrains U.S. export trade or export commerce with such foreign country, or any other foreign country. (Sec. 402) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President to impose tariffs on imported merchandise that is the product of any country that receives U.S. defense assistance so as to offset in whole or in part the cost of such assistance if such country: (1) has refused to contribute to its defense; (2) is a party to an agreement with the United States providing for such defense assistance; and (3) has had "Super 301" action taken against it within the last four years. (Sec. 403) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to change the time limits the ITC has to conclude and make a final determination with respect to any unfair trade practices investigation to the earliest practicable time after the publication of a notice to investigate. Requires the ITC within 30 days of the initiation of an investigation to establish a target date for its final determination. (Currently, not later than one year, 18 months in more complicated cases, after the date of publication.) Prohibits articles from being excluded from entry into the United States where the ITC determines that the owner, importer, or consignee of such an article has established a sufficient counterclaim to a determination by the ITC that an unfair trade practice exists. Authorizes the ITC to forfeit to the respondent any posted bond if it later determines that such respondent has not committed an unfair trade practice violation. Prohibits the ITC from issuing a permanent cease and desist if it determines that an owner, importer, or consignee of an article has established a sufficient counterclaim to a determination by the ITC that an unfair trade practice exists. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) the exclusion of articles from entry into the United States; and (2) the entry of articles under bond after ITC referral of violations to the President. Authorizes the ITC, upon the filing of a complaint for declaratory relief by the owner, importer, or consignee of an imported article in any case of actual controversy as to the existence of unfair trade practices, to declare the rights of parties, whether or not further relief is or could be sought. (Sec. 404) Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize a district court, in any civil action involving parties that are also parties in an unfair trade practices proceeding before the ITC, to stay, until the ITC determination becomes final, the civil action with respect to any claim that involves the same issues involved in the ITC proceeding. (Sec. 405) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the USTR, among other things, to identify those foreign countries that deny adequate substantive standards with respect to the protection of intellectual property rights. Declares that a foreign country denies adequate substantive standards if it enforces procedures under its patent approval system that result, among other practices in: (1) patent applications being subject to pre-grant opposition; (2) extended deferral (beyond three years) of patent examination; (3) an inordinately long period of time for patent application approval; (4) an inordinately short patent term measured either from the date of grant or from the date of filing; (5) an inordinate delay in obtaining judicial review of unavailability of judicial review for patent applications that are denied; or (6) unnecessarily narrow interpretations of patent claims by the authorities which determine patent validity and infringement. Requires a certain publication by the USTR to include information with respect to any act, policy, or practice of a foreign country that denies adequate protection of intellectual property rights and any information on action taken to eliminate such act, policy, or practice. (Sec. 406) Amends the National Cooperative Reserch Act of 1984 to change the term "joint research and development venture" to "joint research, development, or production venture." Adds to the definition of such new term any group of activities by two or more persons for the purpose of the production of any product, process, or service in a jointly owned or operated facility. Excludes certain activities from such definition. Declares that the worldwide capacity of suppliers to provide a product, process, or service shall be considered for purposes of determining a properly defined, relevant market with respect to the determination of the reasonableness of joint research, development, or production venture contracts in an antitrust action. Requires parties involved in a venture for the production of any product, process, or service to file by a certain deadline, certain identifying information with regard to the venture. (Sec. 407) Amends Federal law to make it an unfair method of competition for a wholesaler or retailer to sell a product by telephone, facsimile, or means where the purchaser does not see the article to be purchased without: (1) identifying the country of origin of such article; and (2) if such article is of foreign origin, indicating whether a domestic article is also available. (Sec. 408) Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise a specified subheading relating to nonalloy iron and steel pipes and tubes to include nongalvanized forms of such products. Increases the duty on certain other iron and steel pipes and tubes. Imposes a duty on galvanized nonalloy iron and steel pipes and tubes having a specified thickness. Increases the duty on certain stainless steel pipes and tubes. Authorizes the USTR to negotiate compensation for claims made pursuant to the GATT, or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party, as a result of the amendments made by this section. Declares that any staged reduction in the rate of duty that is proclaimed pursuant to the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement shall apply to such products. (Sec. 409) Requires the USTR, together with the Secretaries of Agriculture, of Labor, and of Transportation to report to the Congress on the horticultural industry with respect to: (1) the nature of patent protection, enforcement mechanisms, and royalty collection procedures; (2) the use on imports of pesticides banned from use on U.S. horticultural products; (3) worker rights in the countries of the major foreign suppliers of such products to the United States; and (4) the extent to which air fares between such countries and the United States, Europe, and Japan influence the direction of flower shipments from Central and South American countries. (Sec. 410) Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to permanently apply the most favored nation rate to Mexican: (1) non-portable stoves or ranges; (2) refrigerators and combined refrigerator freezers; (3) household or laundry washing machines; and (4) drying machines. (Sec. 411) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that concentration of subsidized or dumped imports exists with respect to a market if the percentage of such imports to consumption of imports and domestically produced like products in such market is clearly higher than the percentage in the rest of the United States. Title V: Private Actions For Relief From Certain Forms of Anticompetitive Pricing Practices - Amends Federal antitrust law to prohibit a person from selling a product for export to the United States, or selling it within the United States, at a price which does not permit the recovery of all costs (fixed and variable) in the production and sale of such product within a reasonable period of time, where such pricing practices cause material injury to another manufacturer the majority of whose sales occur in the United States. Authorizes an interested party whose business is materially injured by such imports to bring a civil action in any U.S. court having jurisdiction over the parties. Title VI: Foreign Capital and Securities Markets - Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the structure, operation, practice, and regulation of Japan's capital securities markets, including their implications for the United States.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 219 (103rd)open

Designating September 17, 1993, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day" and authorizing display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993

Designates September 17, 1993, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Requires the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag at: (1) all national cemeteries and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 31, 1993 (Memorial Day), September 17, 1993 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day), and November 11, 1993 (Veterans Day); and (2) the White House and the buildings containing the primary offices of the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Selective Service Commission (sic) on September 17, 1993 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day).

Bill· HRH.R. 2467 (103rd)referred

Vietnam Women's Memorial Coin Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1993

Vietnam Women's Memorial Coin Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue silver coins emblematic of the Vietnam Women's Memorial sculpture. Requires all surcharges received from the sale of such coins to be used for: (1) an endowment for the Memorial; (2) education and research concerning veterans and their families; and (3) the identification and documentation of women who served in the armed forces during the Vietnam era. Expresses the sense of the Congress that this coin program shall be self-sustaining and administered to result in no net cost to the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund.

Bill· HRH.R. 2417 (103rd)referred

Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993

Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to exclude from the customs and tax exemption under tort claims procedures any claim based on the negligent destruction, injury, or loss of goods or merchandise (including real property) while in the possession of any customs or other law enforcement officer. Extends the period for filing claims in certain in rem proceedings. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that: (1) in all suits or actions brought for the forfeiture of any vessel, vehicle, aircraft, merchandise, or baggage seized under the provisions of any law relating to the collection of duties on imports or tonnage, with exceptions, and for the recovery of the value of any forfeited property because of violation of any such law, the burden of proof is on the Government to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the property was subject to forfeiture; (2) any person claiming such property may at any time within 60 days from the date of the first publication of the notice of seizure file a claim with the appropriate customs officer, who shall transmit such claim to the U.S. attorney for the district in which seizure was made; and (3) if the person filing such claim (or a claim regarding seized property under any other provision of law that incorporates by reference the seizure, forfeiture, and condemnation procedures of the customs laws) is financially unable to obtain representation, the court may appoint counsel, subject to specified requirements. Specifies that a claimant is entitled to immediate release of seized property if continued possession by the Government would cause the claimant substantial hardship. Sets forth procedures regarding the request for release, return of property, and time for decision by the court on a complaint for such return. Makes sums in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund available for the payment of court-awarded compensation for representation of claimants under the Tariff Act, with respect to seizure claims by individuals financially unable to obtain representation of counsel.

Bill· HRH.R. 2394 (103rd)referred

Women and AIDS Research Initiative Amendments of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993

Women and AIDS Research Initiative Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to conduct or support biomedical and behavioral research on cases of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in women. Regulates HIV clinical trials with women subjects. Mandates the conduct or support of: (1) clinical trials regarding the effectiveness of standard gynecological treatments in treating conditions arising from HIV infection; (2) clinical trials regarding whether the treatment protocols approved for men with HIV infection are effective for women with HIV infection; (3) research on barrier methods for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases that women can use without their sexual partner's cooperation or knowledge; and (4) epidemiological research to determine HIV risk factors particular to women. Mandates support services for women in the clinical trials. Regulates the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 2395 (103rd)referred

Women and HIV Outreach and Prevention Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993

Women and HIV Outreach and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants, with regard to women (and their partners) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), for preventive health services, referrals, follow-ups, outreach, and training on the effective provision of such services. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes grants to educate women on the prevention of infection with, and the transmission of, the etiologic agent for AIDS. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide: (1) substance abuse treatment to women; (2) counseling to women who engage in substance abuse on the prevention of infection with, and the transmission of, the etiologic agent for AIDS; and (3) such counseling to women who are the partners of individuals who abuse substances. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for grants under existing provisions to provide early intervention services for women and related technical assistance.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 107 (103rd)referred

Expressing the sense of Congress that United States truck safety standards not be compromised incident to the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993

Declares that it is the Congress' intent that the Secretary of Transportation, in negotiating under the auspices of the Land Transportation Standards Committee established under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), shall not weaken U.S. truck safety standards by increasing truck sizes and weights or by compromising such standards as truck driver hours of service, front brake and other safety equipment requirements, and the truck driver record system.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 204 (103rd)referred

To designate the week of July 25 through 31, 1993, as the "National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War".

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1993

Designates July 25 through 31, 1993, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes the President to urge U.S. departments and agencies, interested organizations, groups, and individuals to fly the American flag at half-staff on July 27, 1993, in honor of the Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.

Bill· HRH.R. 2151 (103rd)referred

Maritime Security and Competitiveness Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1993

Maritime Security and Competitiveness Act of 1993 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to modify the Act's purposes, including ensuring the existence of a U.S.-documented fleet of the best-equipped, safest, and most modern vessels (currently, the best-equipped, safest, and most suitable type of vessels, constructed in the United States). Establishes the Maritime Security Fleet of active commercial vessels to enhance sea lift capabilities and maintain a presence in international commercial shipping of U.S.-documented vessels. Conditions Fleet enrollment on the vessel owner or operator having an operating agreement with the Secretary of Transportation. Regulates agreements with regard to vessels covered by an operating differential subsidy (ODS) contract. Regulates terms, including requiring annual payments by the Secretary to each contractor and that the vessel be made available in time of war or national emergency or as needed for national security, to be compensated at commercial rates. Restricts noncontiguous trade. Authorizes appropriations. Makes amounts available but unneeded for ODSs available for operating agreement payments. Prohibits new ODS contracts. Exempts bulk cargo vessels for which construction-differential subsidies (CDSs) have been paid from certain CDS operating restrictions when ODS contracts terminate. Relieves a contractor, under specified circumstances, from the application of provisions relating to: (1) ODS operating restrictions; (2) operation of competing foreign-flag vessels; (3) practices regarding coastwise service, salaries, officers, and employees; and (4) ODS essential service requirements. Prohibits formal orders continuing ODS payments for vessels over 25 years old. Revises definitions of: (1) "foreign commerce," "foreign trade," and "citizen of the United States" as they apply to the Act; and (2) "privately owned United States-flag commercial vessel" as it applies to provisions regarding transportation in American vessels of Government personnel and certain cargoes. Removes restrictions regarding: (1) mortgagees from provisions setting forth requirements for a vessel mortgage to qualify as a preferred mortgage; and (2) parties serving as trustees of mortgaged vessel interests. Amends the Shipping Act, 1916 to remove restrictions on mortgaging of a documented vessel to a non-U.S. citizen. Requires allowing a documented vessel to be placed under foreign registry if its owner documents at least one replacement vessel. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to declare that the collective bargaining representative for officers or crew is an interested party in, and has standing to challenge, any proposed or final order, action, or rule of the Secretary under the Act. Mandates a study on the international competitiveness of U.S.-documented vessels.

Bill· HRH.R. 2152 (103rd)reported

Merchant Marine Investment Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1993

Merchant Marine Investment Act of 1993 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (MMA) to restrict capital construction fund (CCF) agreements to vessels documented for operation in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States (currently, for operation in the United States foreign, Great Lakes, or noncontiguous domestic trade) or in the fisheries of the United States. Amends the MMA and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to provide for the income tax treatment of CCF earnings, including regarding capital gains and tax rates. Modifies the ceiling on CCF deposits. Prohibits taking into account amounts included in taxable earnings of the fund for provisions regulating the consistency of the CCF ordinary income account. Allows: (1) payments that reduce the principal amount of a qualified lease to be considered qualified withdrawals and includes the payments in provisions relating to reductions in basis; and (2) CCF deposits exceeding the ceiling for prior years because of an audit adjustment. Modifies requirements regarding: (1) the content of CCF capital gains and ordinary income accounts; (2) the tax rate and interest on nonqualified withdrawals; and (3) investment of CCF amounts. Amends the IRC to require that terms defined in the provisions of the MMA amended by this Act have the same meaning for the provisions of the IRC amended by this Act as the definitional provisions of the MMA that were in effect on the date of the enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (currently, on the date of the enactment of the IRC provisions amended by this Act). Removes provisions providing for the treatment of CCFs regarding the alternative minimum taxable income of a corporation. Classifies vessels (other than fishing vessels) that are eligible vessels under CCF provisions as three-year property for IRC provisions regarding accelerated cost recovery. Sets forth a special rule for determining the amount of depreciation or amortization allowable in connection with adjustments based on adjusted current earnings for provisions relating to adjustments in computing alternative minimum taxable income.

Bill· HRH.R. 2134 (103rd)referred

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1993

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior to develop and implement a program to support the fisheries management programs of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, including elements to support and enhance State cooperation in: (1) collection, management, and analysis of fisheries data; (2) law enforcement; (3) habitat conservation; (4) fisheries research; and (5) fishery management planning. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to issue and implement regulations to govern fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone that are necessary to support the effective implementation of the interstate fishery management plan adopted for a fishery for which there is not in effect a Federal fishery management plan. Makes specified enforcement and penalty provisions of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act applicable with respect to such regulations. Directs the Commission to prepare and adopt fishery management plans or amendments to provide for the conservation and management of coastal fishery resources. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the contents of such plans or amendments; (2) the time frame for implementation and enforcement by the States; and (3) Commission monitoring of State implementation and enforcement. Establishes procedures with respect to State noncompliance with interstate fishery management plans. Provides for review by the Secretary of Commerce of Commission determinations of noncompliance. Requires the Secretary, upon determining that a State has failed to implement and enforce an interstate fishery management plan, to declare a moratorium on fishing for the species covered by the plan within the waters of that State. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) termination of any such moratorium upon notification by the Commission of its withdrawal of a determination of noncompliance by a State; and (2) prohibited acts during any such moratorium. Establishes civil and criminal penalties, including civil forfeiture, for violations. Directs that any such moratorium be enforced by the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Authorizes appropriations.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 165 (103rd)open

Expressing the sense of the House regarding the protection to be accorded United States copyright-based industries under agreements entered into pursuant to the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations.

United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1993

Calls for the U.S. Trade Representative to insist that any trade agreement negotiated pursuant to the Uruguay Round must provide U.S. copyright-based industries with: (1) fair and equal access to the markets of the nations that are party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; (2) equal opportunities to obtain government funding; (3) adequate and effective copyright protection, including full national treatment and recognition of contractual rights; and (4) a mechanism to resolve expeditiously disputes concerning market access, national treatment, and copyright protection.

Bill· HRH.R. 1890 (103rd)open

United States-China Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1993

United States-China Act of 1993 - Prohibits the President from recommending for a 12-month period in 1994 continuation of a waiver of human rights and emigration requirements for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) for China under the Trade Act of 1974 unless the President reports to the Congress that China has: (1) taken steps to adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in China and Tibet and allowed the unrestricted emigration of Chinese citizens who desire to leave for reasons of political or religious persecution; (2) accounted for and released prisoners who dissented in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, and other citizens detained for the nonviolent expression of their political beliefs or the exercise of internationally guaranteed rights of freedom of speech, association, and assembly; and (3) prevented the export to the United States of products manufactured by convict or forced labor. Requires such report to state whether China has made significant process in: (1) ceasing religious persecution in China and Tibet (including ceasing to threaten the survival of the Tibetan culture) and releasing religious leaders incarcerated as a result of the expression of their religious beliefs; (2) ceasing unfair trade practices which restrict American business; (3) providing U.S. exporters fair access to Chinese markets, including lowering tariffs, removing nontariff barriers, and increasing the purchase of U.S. goods and services; (4) adhering to the Missile Control Technology Regime, the Nuclear Suppliers Group controls, and the Australian Group on Chemical and Biological Arms controls; (5) adhering to the Joint Declaration on Hong Kong; (6) accounting for U.S. military personnel listed as prisoners of war or missing in action with respect to the Korean and Vietnam conflicts; (7) ceasing the jamming of Voice of America broadcasts; and (8) providing humanitarian groups access to prisoners and places of detention. Requires the President, if he recommends such extension, to report on the extent of China's compliance with the above-mentioned objectives. Grants nondiscriminatory treatment to products produced by nonstate-owned enterprises in China. Declares that despite China's entry into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), most-favored-nation treatment shall not automatically be conferred on Chinese products unless China satisfies the above-mentioned conditions. Requires the President, if he decides not to seek such extension, to ensure that members of the GATT take similar action with respect to China.

Bill· HRH.R. 1759 (103rd)open

Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1993

Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) continue the Chesapeake Bay Program; and (2) maintain a Chesapeake Bay Program Office. Requires the Office to support the Chesapeake Executive Council (signatories of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement to protect the Bay) by: (1) implementing activities that support the Program; (2) making available information pertaining to the environmental quality and living resources of the Bay; (3) assisting the signatories in implementing action plans to carry out Agreement authorities; (4) assisting in the development of strategies to improve Bay water quality and living resources; and (5) implementing outreach programs to foster stewardship of the Bay. Establishes a Chesapeake Bay Federal Agencies Committee to coordinate Federal activities relating to the restoration of the Bay. Requires Federal agencies to report to the President on activities planned and undertaken, and resources provided, to meet responsibilities under the Program. Directs Federal agencies that own or operate facilities within the Bay watershed to assess the facilities to ensure compliance with the Program (specifically identifying impacts on Bay water quality or living resources) and include a plan for addressing such impacts in the report to the President. Requires the Administrator to: (1) implement a research, monitoring, and data collection program to assess the environmental quality and living resources of the major tributaries, rivers, and streams within the Bay watershed and assist in the development of management plans for such tributaries; and (2) establish a habitat restoration and design program in the watershed to demonstrate low-cost techniques for restoring wetlands, forest riparian zones, and other Bay habitats. Authorizes grants to public or private entities to carry out such programs. Directs the Administrator to implement a basinwide toxics reduction strategy, as well as research and monitoring to improve understanding of intermedia transfers of toxic pollutants and the ultimate fate of the pollutants within the Bay ecosystem. Authorizes financial assistance for specified activities. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Program and related interstate development plan grants. Authorizes appropriations for activities not covered under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1782 (103rd)referred

Chesapeake Bay Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1993

Chesapeake Bay Protection Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate an amendment to the hazard ranking system under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require such system to be applied to areas under the Chesapeake Bay Program in the same manner as the system is applied to areas under the National Estuary Program. Requires such areas, at a minimum, to be considered environmentally sensitive and assigned the same rating value as areas under the estuary program.

Bill· HRH.R. 1702 (103rd)open

Government Procurement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1993

Government Procurement Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and Federal law pertaining to the armed forces to direct Federal agency heads, in evaluating an offeror's price contained in any bid or proposal for any procurement in excess of $100,000, to treat as containing the lowest price the bid or proposal which will yield the lowest net cost to the Government. Directs such Federal officials, in determining the net costs to the Government, to deduct from the offeror's price any receipts which are likely to accrue to the Government through the offeror's performance of the procurement contract.

Bill· HRH.R. 1697 (103rd)open

Women in Military Service for America Memorial Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1993

Women in Military Service for America Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins symbolic of women's service in the armed forces.

Bill· HRH.R. 1671 (103rd)referred

Independence Hall Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1993

Independence Hall Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar coins emblematic of the shrines of liberty, showing the Liberty Bell on one side and the Independence Hall on the other. Mandates that surcharges from the sale of coins be distributed equally between the Treasury and the Independence Hall Preservation Fund.

Bill· HRH.R. 1627 (103rd)open

Food Quality Protection Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Cancellation and Suspension Title II: Data Collection Title III: Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Food Quality Protection Act of 1993 - Title I: Cancellation and Suspension - Amends provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) relating to cancellations, changes in classifications, or other terms of registration with respect to the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires that a rulemaking under such provisions be based on a validated test or other significant evidence raising prudent concerns of unreasonable adverse effects to man or to the environment. Denies registration applications that are not in compliance with this Act. Title II: Data Collection - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to collect pesticide use data of statewide or regional significance for all the major crops and crops of dietary significance. Mandates research, development, and dissemination of integrated pest management techniques and other pest control methods that enable producers to reduce or eliminate application of pesticides which pose a greater than negligible dietary risk to humans. Title III: Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to define, subject to exception, "pesticide chemical" as it is defined in FIFRA. Deems a food adulterated if it bears or contains: (1) a pesticide chemical residue that is unsafe; or (2) a new animal drug or conversion product that is unsafe. Sets forth requirements relating to tolerances and exemptions from tolerances for pesticide chemical residues in food, including residues of degradation products. Prohibits establishment of a tolerance higher than a level the Administrator determines is adequate to protect the public health. Allows a greater than negligible dietary risk if: (1) use protects from greater adverse health effects to humans or the environment; (2) use avoids greater risks from another pesticide; or (3) the unavailability of the pesticide would reduce the availability of an adequate, wholesome, and economical domestic supply of the food, and the adverse effects from the reduction would outweigh the risk posed by the residue. Allows the Administrator to issue an exemption from the requirement for a tolerance only if a tolerance is not needed to protect the public health, in view of the levels of dietary exposure that could reasonably be expected to occur. Prohibits a final rule that revokes, modifies, or suspends a tolerance or exemption until the Administrator has taken any necessary action under FIFRA with respect to the registration of the pesticide involved. Requires the Administrator, if the Administrator takes certain actions with respect to the registration of a pesticide, to revoke any tolerance or exemption that allows the presence of the chemical or chemical residue. Requires the suspension of any tolerance or exemption upon the suspension of the use of an associated registered pesticide. Provides for: (1) tolerances for unavoidable residues in the case of a residue of a canceled or suspended pesticide chemical that will unavoidably persist in the environment and be present in or on a food; and (2) residues resulting from an application which was lawful at the time of application. Prohibits, subject to exception, a State from enforcing any limit on a qualifying pesticide chemical residue in or on any food which is not identical to Federal requirements. Prohibits a State from enforcing a residue limit which was lawful at the time of application. Authorizes appropriations for increased monitoring of pesticide residues in imported and domestic food.

Bill· HRH.R. 1608 (103rd)open

1994 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993

1994 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Mandates that surcharges from the sale of such coins be paid to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to help raise an endowment to be a permanent source of support for the Memorial.

Bill· HRH.R. 1596 (103rd)open

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that certain individuals who would otherwise be eligible for military retired pay for nonregular service but who did not serve on active duty during a period of conflict may be paid such retired pay if they served in the United States merchant marine during or immediately after World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993

Entitles to military retired pay certain persons who were members of the U.S. merchant marine during and immediately after World War II. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, within 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to make lump-sum payments of such accrued pay to such persons.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 146 (103rd)referred

Objecting to any further increase in the inland waterway fuel tax.

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the inland waterway fuel tax should not be increased beyond those increases scheduled under current law; and (2) H. Con. Res. 64, setting forth the budget for FY 1994 through 1998, should not be considered to assume any increase in such tax.

Law· HRH.R. 1520 (103rd)enacted

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Amendments of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1993

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to allow as grounds for nonrenewal of a franchise relationship the failure of the parties to agree to changes to the franchise provisions as long as such failure is not the result of the franchisor's insistence for the purpose of converting a franchisee operation into one operated by the franchisor's employees or agents (that is, turning the franchise into a company-owned station). Prohibits a State or any political subdivision from implementing any law or regulation which requires payment for a franchisee's goodwill upon either termination or nonrenewal of a franchise. Permits State law to specify the terms and conditions under which a franchise or franchise relationship may be transferred to a franchisee's designated successor upon the franchisee's death. Requires a franchisor that does not wish to exercise its underlying lease options to lease or purchase the marketing premises, to offer to assign them to the franchisee as a prerequisite to termination or nonrenewal of the franchise relationship. Bars a franchisor from requiring, as a condition of the franchise relationship, that the franchisee waive or release its rights under Federal or State law. Declares invalid and unenforceable any franchise provision which specifies that franchise interpretation or enforcement shall be governed by the law of any State other than the one in which the franchisee has its principal place of business.

Bill· HRH.R. 1517 (103rd)open

To extend the coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign documented vessels, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1993

Extends coverage under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to certain foreign vessels which: (1) regularly engage in transporting passengers from and to a place in the United States, with or without intervening stops at foreign ports, including a vessel regularly engaged in transporting passengers only from or to a place in the United States if such transport is so arranged for the purposes of avoiding certain consequences that would otherwise result; (2) (if nonliners) regularly engage in transporting cargo in the foreign trade of the United States; and (3) produce or process goods or services for sale or distribution in the United States, and a vessel that engages in transporting cargo between vessels in international waters and a vessel, port, or place in the United States regardless of the vessel's ownership or control. Excludes any such vessel that can demonstrate that citizens of the country of registry: (1) compose at least one-half of the crew; and (2) hold legal title and beneficial ownership and control.