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Official portrait of Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9]

Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9]

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Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 215 (103rd)open

Honoring James Norman Hall and recognizing his outstanding contributions to the United States and the South Pacific.

United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1994

Honors James Norman Hall for his outstanding contributions to the United States, France, Tahiti, and the South Pacific. Requests the President to provide for the presentation of a copy of this concurrent resolution to the President of Tahiti Nui (French Polynesia) to be publicly displayed at the James Norman Hall Museum in Tahiti.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 14 (103rd)referred

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to certain regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993

Requests the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to publish, within one year, proposed amended regulations that specify the components of an adequate operator training program and that provide that only trained employees be authorized to operate powered industrial trucks.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 405 (103rd)referred

To commend the United States rice industry, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1994

Commends the U.S. rice industry for its decision to establish an industry organization. Recognizes the success such decision will have in promoting the interests of the rice industry and the rice-consuming public.

Bill· HRH.R. 9 (103rd)open

Insurance Competitive Pricing Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Insurance Competitive Pricing Act of 1993 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to eliminate the antitrust exemption applicable to the business of insurance where the conduct of an individual engaged in such business involves: (1) price fixing; (2) allocating with a competitor a geographical area in which, or persons to whom, insurance will be offered for sale; (3) unlawfully tying the sale or purchase of one type of insurance to that of another type of insurance, or of any other service or product; or (4) monopolizing, or attempting to monopolize, any part of such business. Retains such exemption for conduct involving the making of a contract, or engaging in a combination or conspiracy, to: (1) collect or disseminate historical loss data; (2) determine a loss development factor applicable to such data; or (3) perform actuarial services if such contract, combination, or conspiracy does not involve restraint of trade.

Bill· HRH.R. 535 (103rd)open

Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of one-dollar coins emblematic of the experience of American prisoners of war. Requires that all sales of such coins include a surcharge of $5 per coin. Requires specified proceeds from such surcharges to be paid to the: (1) Secretary of the Interior for construction of the Andersonville Prisoner-of-War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia; (2) endowment fund established by this Act for the maintenance of such Museum; and (3) Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain national cemeteries.

Bill· HRH.R. 665 (103rd)open

Insurance Fraud Prevention Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993

Insurance Fraud Prevention Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties to be imposed upon persons engaged in the business of insurance whose activities affect commerce and who: (1) knowingly, with intent to deceive, make a materially false statement or report or willfully and materially overvalue land, property, or security in connection with reports or documents presented to an insurance regulatory official or agency, or to any agent or examiner (official) appointed to examine the affairs of such person for the purpose of influencing in any way the actions of such official; (2) willfully embezzle or misappropriate funds or property while acting as an officer, director, agent, or employee (officer) of such person; (3) knowingly make a false entry of material fact in any book, report, or statement of such person with intent to deceive any person about the financial condition or solvency of such business; and (4) by threats or force, corruptly influence, obstruct, or endeavor corruptly to influence or obstruct the proper administration of the law under which a proceeding (involving the business of insurance whose activities affect interstate commerce) is pending before an insurance regulatory official appointed to examine the affairs of such person. Authorizes the Attorney General to seek civil penalties and injunctions for violations of this Act. Sets penalties for obstructing criminal investigations with respect to the prosecution of cases of insurance fraud.

Bill· HRH.R. 787 (103rd)referred

To require that, in the administration of any benefits program established by or under Federal law which requires the use of data obtained in the most recent decennial census, the 1990 adjusted census data be considered the official data for that decennial census.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993

Mandates that, in the administration of any benefits program established by or under Federal law which requires the use of data obtained in the most recent decennial census, the 1990 adjusted census data be considered the official data for such census.

Bill· HRH.R. 749 (103rd)open

Real Estate Stability and Recovery Amendments Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Modification of Passive Loss Rules Title II: Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investments By Pension Funds Title III: Discharge of Indebtedness Real Estate Stability and Recovery Amendments Act of 1993 - Title I: Modification of Passive Loss Rules - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain rental real estate development activities from treatment as a passive activity for purposes of determining passive activity losses and credits. Title II: Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investments by Pension Funds - Modifies exceptions to the exclusion of real property acquired by a qualified organization from the meaning of acquisition indebtedness. Makes certain exceptions inapplicable to sales out of foreclosure by a financial institution. Applies the meaning of acquisition indebtedness to investments in certain large partnerships where the principal purpose of partnership allocation is not tax avoidance. Repeals the special rule for publicly traded partnerships with respect to the treatment of unrelated business taxable income. Permits a tax-exempt title-holding company to receive unrelated business taxable income of up to ten percent of its gross income, if the income is incidentally derived from the holding of real property. Excludes from unrelated business taxable income: (1) gains from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of real property acquired from financial institutions that are in conservatorship or receivership; (2) amounts received or accrued as consideration for entering into agreements to make loans; and (3) all gains on the lapse or termination of options, written by an organization in connection with its investment activities, to buy or sell real property. Provides for the tax treatment of pension fund investments in real estate investment trusts. Title III: Discharge of Indebtedness - Excludes from gross income, the income from the discharge of qualified real property business indebtedness. Applies the excluded amount to reduce the basis of the depreciable real property. Limits such amount to the amount of outstanding indebtedness over the fair market value of the property, reduced by any other qualified real estate business indebtedness. Excludes qualified farm indebtedness from the definition of "qualified real property business indebtedness."

Bill· HRH.R. 811 (103rd)open

Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993

Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to reauthorize the independent counsel law for an additional five years. Directs: (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to provide administrative support and guidance to each independent counsel; and (2) the Administrator of General Services to provide office space for each independent counsel. Requires an independent counsel to: (1) conduct all activities with due regard for expense, authorize only reasonable and lawful expenditures, and (promptly upon taking office) assign to a specific employee the duty of certifying that expenditures of the independent counsel are reasonable and made in accordance with law; and (2) comply with the established policies of the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding expenditures of funds, except to the extent that compliance would be inconsistent with the purposes of the Act. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) independent counsel per diem expenses; (2) independent counsel employee pay comparability; (3) ethics enforcement; (4) compliance with DOJ policies; (5) publication of reports; (6) annual reports to the Congress; (7) periodic reappointment of independent counsel; and (8) audits by the Comptroller General. Authorizes the Attorney General to conduct a preliminary investigation upon the receipt of information sufficient to constitute grounds to investigate whether a Member of Congress may have violated any Federal criminal law, other than a violation classified as a Class B or C misdemeanor or an infraction, when the Attorney General determines that it would be in the public interest.

Bill· HRH.R. 1140 (103rd)open

Aircraft Equipment Settlement Leases Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1993

Aircraft Equipment Settlement Leases Act of 1993 - Treats certain pension liability settlement leases involving aircraft equipment (or vessels) as leases for purposes of the Federal bankruptcy code if any agreements settling such liability: (1) involve at least one party who was a debtor under the code; (2) were, are, or will be made with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA); and (3) stipulate that the leases shall be so treated.