United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1994
Helium Act of 1994 - Amends the Helium Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) enter into agreements with private parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands; (2) grant leasehold rights to such helium; (3) store and transport crude helium; and (4) maintain and operate existing crude helium storage at the Bureau of Mines Cliffside Field. Directs the Secretary to: (1) cease producing, refining, and marketing refined helium; and (2) dispose of all facilities, equipment, and Federal property interests relating to refined helium activities. Requires the Secretary to impose fees for helium storage, withdrawal, or transportation services. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the purchase of helium by Federal agencies from certain private persons; and (2) the sale of crude helium by the Secretary. Mandates that proceeds from helium sales be paid to the Treasury. Instructs the Secretary to eliminate helium stockpiles by a prescribed deadline. Repeals the Secretary's authority to borrow under the Helium Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1994
Designates March 23, 1994, the 92d birthday of the Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement), as Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1994
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make specified funds available to certain States and the District of Columbia for road repairs and emergency road resurfacing required due to the severity of the 1993-1994 winter. Provides restrictions. Authorizes appropriations. Rescinds 15 percent of the FY 1994 amounts appropriated for travel expenses for officers or employees of the executive branch, excluding the Postal Service and the Departments of Defense, the Treasury, Justice, and Veterans Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1994
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make technical corrections to provisions added by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 in order to allow children and pregnant women to receive Medicaid services from osteopathic physicians.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1994
Opal Creek Forest Preserve Act of 1994 - Establishes the Opal Creek Forest Preserve in Oregon. Provides for the addition to the Preserve of the Bornite Project Area lands under specified circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1994
1995 Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games. Mandates that the surcharges collected from the sale of such coins be paid to the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Organizing Committee, Inc.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: Policy Coordination and Technology Programs Subtitle A: Policy Coordination and Program Planning Subtitle B: Environmental Technology Innovation Initiative Subtitle C: Other Research Activities Title III: Performance Measurements Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations Title I: General Provisions - Environmental Technologies Act of 1994 - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes. Title II: Policy Coordination and Technology Programs - Subtitle A: Policy Coordination and Program Planning - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to: (1) ensure the coordinated, interagency promotion of the research, development, integration, and deployment of environmental technologies; and (2) develop priorities for Federal environmental technology efforts. (Sec. 202) Requires the Director to coordinate Federal activities and resources that are applied to life-cycle assessment in order to maximize the contribution of such assessments to the efficient design, development, and use of such technologies and to sustainable economic development. (Sec. 203) Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to include goals for sustainable economic development within technology innovation programs. Includes such goals in other existing programs under specified Acts. Subtitle B: Environmental Technology Innovation Initiative - Establishes an Environmental Innovation Initiative, to be administered by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to promote the research, development, integration, and deployment of technologies that will contribute to sustainable economic development. Includes programs established under this Act in the Initiative. Provides assistance to eligible entities. (Sec. 211) Requires the Administrator to encourage the participation of socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and entities located in economically depressed areas in carrying out the Initiative. (Sec. 212) Directs the Administrator to conduct an interagency innovative environmental technology program to develop or demonstrate advanced precommercial environmental technologies. Makes U.S. companies and partnerships eligible for financial assistance for projects subject to certain conditions. (Sec. 213) Establishes the President's Total Environmental Quality Award to be awarded periodically to companies and other organizations which have benefited the United States through environmental technologies. Establishes a National Environmentally Sound Technology Award for individuals who have pioneered the development and use of a highly innovative environmental technology. (Sec. 214) Directs the Administrator to use existing information network capabilities to provide access to data on environmental technologies developed, tested, or verified by programs under this Act and by other appropriate sources. (Sec. 215) Requires the Administrator to establish a program to demonstrate the performance of environmental technologies at Federal laboratories and facilities. (Sec. 216) Directs the Administrator to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council to study the influences on technological innovation in environmental technologies of economic, governmental, and other incentives and barriers. Subtitle C: Other Research Activities - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research activities that will advance the integration of engineering practices and environmental protection in the development of advanced technologies. (Sec. 222) Directs the Administrator to submit a strategic plan for interagency coordination of Federal programs related to innovative environmental control and remediation technologies. Title III: Performance Measurements - Requires the Secretary of Commerce, through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to establish a program that provides for performance measurements for environmental technology products. (Sec. 302) Authorizes the Administrator to designate entities to perform environmental technology verification. (Sec. 303) Requires the President to establish a program for evaluating and approving the purchase by the Federal Government of environmental technology products. Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1994
Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to direct the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to require a fair and equitable arrangement for protection of the interests of railroad employees who may be affected by an ICC order approving an application for construction or acquisition and operation of a railroad line. Requires such arrangement to be no less fair and beneficial to the interests of such employees than those established under specified provisions for employee protective arrangements in transactions involving rail carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1994
National Voter Opportunity To Inform Congress Effectively (V.O.I.C.E.) on Term Limits Act of 1994 - Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate to certify to the appropriate State election agencies for inclusion on the 1994 general election ballot in every congressional district a national advisory referendum that poses the question of whether the Congress should approve a constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress can serve in office. Requires tabulation and certification of the election results under customary procedures. Makes the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate responsible for transmitting such results to each Member. Requires the results to be taken under advisement by the House and the Senate Judiciary Committees, with recommendations for response reported back to the Congress within six months of the general election. Requires the State election agencies to forward to the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate their comments or suggestions regarding changes or improvements in procedures for conducting national nonbinding referenda in future general elections.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1994
Provides that any payment made under Federal law which is subject to any cost of living adjustment made using a price index that takes into account prices of tobacco products and distilled spirits shall be subject instead to a cost of living adjustment made using a new price index that does not take such prices into account.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
End Purchase of House Calendars Act - Prohibits funds from being appropriated for the purchase or mailing of House calendars from the Capitol Historical Society or any other source or from being used in administering or distributing calendars for FY 1995 and any future fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Anti-Economic Discrimination Act of 1993 - Prohibits the sale or lease of defense articles or services by the U.S. Government to any country or international organization that is known to have sent letters to U.S. firms requesting compliance with, or soliciting information regarding compliance with, the secondary or tertiary Arab boycott unless the President certifies to the relevant congressional committees that the country or organization does not currently send such letters. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition for a period of one year if the waiver is: (1) in the national interest and will promote objectives to eliminate the Arab boycott; or (2) in the national security interest. Provides for extensions of waivers upon notification of the relevant congressional committees.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Selective Service Standby Act of 1993 - Amends the Military Selective Service Act to prohibit: (1) requiring a person to submit to registration under the Selective Service System (SSS); (2) the President from appointing a person as a member of a civilian local board, civilian appeal board, or similar local agency of the SSS; and (3) any such board from meeting. Prohibits a person from being denied any right, privilege, benefit, or employment position under Federal law by reason of failure to so register after such date.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Postal Service Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1993 - Rescinds a specified amount of the funds made available for the U.S. Postal Service in the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1994 on January 1, 1994, unless, before such date, the Postmaster General notifies the Congress that the Postal Service will not proceed with the adoption and implementation of a new corporate logo.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the national policy of the United States should be to: (1) increase energy efficiency, as specified; (2) increase renewable energy technologies to 20 percent of the overall national energy mix by 2010; and (3) achieve these goals by adopting a specified national strategy.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title I: General Provisions Title II: Policy Coordination and Technology Programs Subtitle A: Policy Coordination and Program Planning Subtitle B: Environmental Technology Title III: Education Title IV: Standards Title V: International Programs Title VI: Financial and Regulatory Incentives Title VII: Authorization of Appropriations Title I: General Provisions - Environmental Technologies Act of 1993 - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes. Title II: Policy Coordination and Technology Programs - Subtitle A: Policy Coordination and Program Planning - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to: (1) ensure the coordinated, interagency promotion of the research, development, and adoption of environmental technologies; and (2) develop priorities for Federal environmental technology research, development, and adoption efforts. (Sec. 202) Requires the Director to coordinate Federal activities and resources that are applied to life-cycle assessment in order to maximize the contribution of such assessments to sustainable economic development. (Sec. 203) Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to include goals for sustainable economic development within technology innovation programs. Includes such goals in other existing programs under specified Acts. Subtitle B: Environmental Technology - Establishes an Environmental Technologies Development and Integration Program, to be administered by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to promote the research, development, and integration of technologies that will contribute to sustainable economic development. Makes eligible for assistance projects that: (1) develop advanced, precommercial environmental technologies, with emphasis on technologies that will contribute to sustainable economic development; and (2) develop the integration of multiple steps in the conversion of materials that are involved in the manufacture, reuse, or recycling of a product, the recycling of process wastes, or the provision of a service. (Sec. 211) Prohibits intellectual property owned and developed by a business receiving financial assistance from being disclosed by the Federal Government except in accordance with an agreement. Provides that title to such property arising from assistance shall vest in a company incorporated in the United States or an institution of higher education in the United States. (Sec. 212) Directs the Administrator and the Secretaries of Energy and Defense to submit a strategic plan for interagency coordination of programs for the development, demonstration, and deployment of innovative environmental control and remediation technologies. (Sec. 213) Establishes the President's Total Environmental Quality Award to be awarded periodically to companies and other organizations which have benefited the United States through the development and deployment of environmental technologies. Establishes a National Environmentally Sound Technology Award for individuals who have pioneered the development and use of a highly innovative environmental technology. (Sec. 214) Directs the Administrator, acting through the EPA Office of Research and Development, to use existing information network capabilities to provide access to data on environmental technologies developed, tested, or verified by programs under this Act and by other appropriate sources. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into partnership agreements ("alliances") with State or local government agencies and other specified entities to: (1) facilitate access to information incorporated in the networks; and (2) transfer to such entities other information that would enhance the development and adoption of environmental technologies. Encourages alliances to disseminate information, and provide technical assistance, to U.S. companies on opportunities for the more efficient use of materials and energy and for waste minimization, materials conversion, and recycling. Authorizes the Administrator to provide financial assistance to alliances under certain conditions. (Sec. 215) Directs the Administrator to establish a program to demonstrate the performance of environmental technologies at Federal laboratories and other Federal facilities. Makes U.S. companies and small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education eligible to carry out demonstration projects. (Sec. 216) Directs the Administrator to establish a three-year pilot program to promote research on, and development of, environmentally efficient building materials through use of such materials in new and existing Federal facilities and buildings. Directs the Administrator to promulgate guidelines for Federal agencies on minimizing the creation of solid waste and maximizing the use of environmentally efficient building materials. Title III: Education - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to support undergraduate and graduate activities in the development of coursework materials and curricula in all scientific, engineering, and technical disciplines to incorporate environmental soundness and total cost accounting into the corresponding curricula. (Sec. 302) Requires the Director of the EPA Office of Research and Development to develop and support programs to improve understanding of the relationships between technology and the environment. Title IV: Standards - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish: (1) a program to support the clarification of standards of performance for environmental technologies to clarify quality, performance, and substitutability for conventional products; and (2) a mechanism for recognizing non-Federal organizations engaged in environmental standards setting and associated product performance verification activities for purposes of ensuring quality and enhancing consumer confidence and international recognition. (Sec. 402) Authorizes the Administrator to enter into joint agreements with State and local governments and private sector representatives to support Environmental Technology Verification Centers that verify, evaluate, and disseminate information on the performance and cost of environmental technologies. Authorizes financial assistance to such Centers. Authorizes the Administrator to engage directly with private sector organizations through verification partnerships if the Centers cannot verify the performance of technologies because of scale or complexity. (Sec. 403) Directs the Federal Trade Commission to: (1) conduct a study of scientific and technological information needed for the fair evaluation of commercial performance claims regarding environmental technologies; and (2) develop a plan for collaboration with Federal agencies that have expertise in such technologies to ensure the use of the best available scientific and technological information in evaluating such claims. Title V: International Programs - Encourages the Administrator to support programs in other nations for purposes of enhancing U.S. exports of environmental technologies and promoting the contribution of such technologies to international sustainable economic development. (Sec. 503) Directs the Secretary of Commerce to support activities to promote the export of U.S. environmental technologies. (Sec. 504) Establishes the Environmental Technologies Export Revolving Fund for purposes of providing financial assistance for the adaption and demonstration of U.S. environmental technologies to enhance exports to major international markets. Authorizes the Secretary to use the Fund for financial assistance to U.S. companies, research centers, institutions of higher education, and other appropriate organizations. Sets forth priority projects and conditions for financial assistance. Title VI: Financial and Regulatory Incentives - Directs the President to establish a program for evaluating and approving Federal purchases of environmental technology products. (Sec. 602) Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on current environmental regulations and their effect upon innovation in environmental technologies and the introduction of new environmental products. (Sec. 603) Requires the President to study the potential for efficiently encouraging the development and use of environmental technologies through tax incentives. Title VII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1993
Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon as defined or listed under this Act. Sets penalties for violations and for use or possession of such a weapon during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime. Requires the serial number of any such weapon manufactured after enactment of this Act to clearly show the date on which the weapon was manufactured. Makes such provisions inapplicable to: (1) the transfer or possession of any firearm lawfully possessed before the effective date of this Act; (2) certain hunting and sporting firearms; (3) the United States or a department or agency of the United States, or a State or department, agency, or political subdivision of a State; and (4) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a firearm by a licensed manufacturer or importer for purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. Prohibits: (1) the sale, shipment, or delivery of an assault weapon to a person who does not fill out a form 4473 (prescribed by the Secretary) in connection with the purchase of an assault weapon; and (2) the purchase, possession, or acceptance of delivery of such weapon by a person who has not completed such form. Sets forth: (1) additional recordkeeping requirements; and (2) penalties for violations. Prohibits the transfer or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, with exceptions. Treats such devices as firearms. Sets penalties for violations. Requires any such device manufactured after the date of this Act's enactment to be identified by a serial number that clearly shows that the device was manufactured or imported after the effective date of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) investigate and study the effect of this Act and determine its impact, if any, on violent and drug trafficking crime; and (2) report to the Congress. Itemizes firearms under various categories as an appendix to Federal firearms provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1993
Directs the Secretary of Energy to terminate the gas turbine-modular helium reactor program of the Department of Energy. Transfers funds appropriated for such program to the Deficit Reduction Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1993
Apollo 11 Moon Landing 25th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue coins emblematic of humans first landing on the moon 25 years ago; and (2) pay surcharges received from coin sales to the Aerospace Education Alliance to develop and implement a math and science skills program for America's teachers in grades kindergarten through eight.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) seek an international agreement to ban the deliberate ocean dumping of low-level radioactive waste and encourage a periodic international scientific review of the environmental impacts of such dumping; and (2) urge all nations to comply with existing and future international agreements prohibiting the deliberate ocean dumping of low- and high-level radioactive waste.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1993
Provides that any payment made under Federal law which is subject to any cost of living adjustment made using a price index that takes into account prices of tobacco products shall be subject instead to a cost of living adjustment made using a new price index that does not take such prices into account.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1993
Anti-Boycott Resolution of 1993 - Urges members of the Arab League to dismantle the primary, secondary, and tertiary boycott of Israel and issue the necessary laws, rules, and regulations to ensure that U.S. firms have free and open access to Arab markets regardless of their business relationship with Israel. Urges the U.S. Government to continue to raise the boycott as an unfair trade practice in every appropriate international trade forum. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the end of the Arab League boycott of Israel is of great urgency to the U.S. Government and will continue to be a priority issue in all bilateral relations with participating nations until its complete dissolution.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1993
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to enter into agreements with other Federal agencies to acquire firefighting goods and services without regard to certain commercial contracting provisions. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on Forest Service and Department of Agriculture firefighting capabilities and methods.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1993
Declares that the generally applicable Federal employment and civil rights laws should apply to the Congress. Requires the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives to report legislation providing for coverage of the Congress by the following laws, together with any related or similar laws: (1) the Social Security Act; (2) the National Labor Relations Act; (3) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; (4) the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (5) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; (6) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; (7) title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; (8) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; (9) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; (10) the Ethics in Government Act of 1978; (11) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; (12) the Freedom of Information Act; and (13) the Privacy Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1993
Guam and the Northern Marianas Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar coins emblematic of the American forces that liberated Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in World War II. Requires payment of surcharges received from the coin sales to the Secretary of the Interior to construct a visitors center and museum at: (1) the War in the Pacific National Historical Park on Guam; and (2) the American Memorial Park on Saipan.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1993
Urges the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to cooperate with the U.S. Postal Service and the Polly Klaas Search Center to use nationwide mailings to disseminate information concerning the kidnapping of Polly Klaas. Commends the community of Petaluma, California, the Petaluma Police Department, and the FBI for their hard work on this case.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1993
Establishes a toll-free number to inform consumers regarding: (1) whether a product is made in America; (2) where products may be purchased; and (3) the purchase of products. Allows registration of American-made products.
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993
Military Fairway Fairness Act of 1993 - Requires Department of Defense golf courses to be open to use by the general public. Excludes from such provision golf courses at a facility or installation: (1) outside the United States; or (2) inside the United States at a location designated by the Secretary of Defense as a remote and isolated location. Allows no more than ten percent of the increased revenues generated by such open use to accrue to the operator of the golf course. Requires all other such revenue to be deposited into the General Fund of the Treasury and used only for Federal budget deficit reduction. Requires an annual report from the Secretary. Requires the Secretary, with respect to active and retired military personnel, to: (1) subsidize any fees imposed for golf course use; and (2) give priority access for such use.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1993
1995 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue commemorative one-dollar silver coins bearing a likeness of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Requires the Secretary to distribute proceeds from surcharges ($10 per coin) in equal allocations to: (1) the National Park Foundation Restricted Account for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial; and (2) the National Park Service Restricted Construction Account for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1993
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit the use of drug control and system improvement grants for multijurisdictional gang task forces.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993
Amends Federal law with respect to the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems to provide that certain requirements relating to reemployed annuitants shall not apply with respect to postal retirees who are reemployed, on a temporary basis, as rural postmasters or rural letter carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the limitation on payment of OASDI benefits to prisoners to prohibit the payment of such benefits to all individuals imprisoned throughout at least one month upon conviction of a criminal offense, regardless of the prisoner's participation in a rehabilitation program. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to make the same changes with respect to the payment of SSI benefits to such individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1993
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to replace the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (System). Repeals the Helium Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) sell related property and helium reserves; and (2) transfer the proceeds to the Secretary of Agriculture to pay for replacement of the System.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1993
Domestic Chemical Diversion Control Act of 1993 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to remove ephedrine products from the legal drug exemption of the Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act (which currently precludes the application of any of the regulatory control measures of such Act to a listed chemical which is contained in a drug product approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act). Directs the Attorney General to remove from exemption any other drug products which are being diverted to use in the illicit production of controlled substances. Establishes a registration system for distributors, importers, and exporters of listed chemicals which are diverted within the United States. Directs the Attorney General to register an applicant to distribute, and to import or export, a list I (currently, listed precursor) chemical unless the Attorney General determines that registration of the applicant is inconsistent with the public interest, based on specified criteria. Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to set penalties for knowingly or intentionally importing or exporting a listed chemical in violation of such registration requirements. Makes provisions of the Controlled Substances Act regarding administrative inspections and authority, forfeiture, and threshold amounts of substances applicable to listed chemicals, as well as to controlled substances. (Currently only the latter are covered by such provisions.)
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993
Deficit Reduction Lock Box Act of 1993 - Establishes the Deficit Reduction Trust Fund consisting of amounts contained in deficit reduction lock box provisions of appropriation Acts. Reduces discretionary spending limits by amounts transferred to the Fund. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that amounts resulting from reduced spending under general appropriation bills be placed in the Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1993
Provides that any health care reform legislation approved by the Congress should provide health care plans of comparable high quality and that Members of Congress should participate on an equal basis with all other Americans in the health care system that results from such legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1993
Federal Court Settlements Sunshine Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to require public disclosure of settlements of civil actions to which the United States is a party, with exceptions. Prohibits such civil actions from being dismissed except by order of court and requires public disclosure of any settlement made after such dismissal.
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