United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1994
Requires the House of Representatives, when the legislatures of an additional three States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, to take any legislative action necessary to verify the ratification of the Amendment as a part of the Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1994
National Community Service Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins to commemorate students who volunteer to perform community service. Mandates that all surcharges received from such coin sales be paid to the National Community Service Trust to fund innovative community service programs at American universities, including the service, research, and teaching activities of the faculty and students involved in such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1994
Permanent Housing for Homeless Families Act - Amends part A of title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of the Social Security Act to deem as emergency assistance to needy families with children any qualified State expenditures for construction, rehabilitation, purchase, or rental by State or local government or a nonprofit organization of permanent rental housing for homeless AFDC families. Requires a State to provide assurances that the average amount the State intends to expend per family for such emergency assistance for the fiscal year would not exceed such average amount for the immediately preceding fiscal year. Encourages the States to combine funds available for such purposes under the AFDC program with funds available under other Federal, State, or local programs, including the Community Development Block Grant program, the Home Investment Partnership program, and the programs under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1994
Supports the efforts of the Government of Mexico and the major political parties and concerned members of civic society in Mexico (Government, parties, and members) to reform that country's political and electoral processes and to ensure free and fair elections. Urges the Government, parties, and members to implement fully, in advance of the August 1994 elections, the reforms enumerated in the Agreement for Peace, Democracy and Justice of January 1994, including: (1) establishment of impartial and autonomous electoral authorities; (2) guaranteed egalitarian access to the media; (3) assuring the reliability of the electoral register and voter identification lists; and (4) prohibition of the use of public resources for the benefit of any political party or electoral campaign. Endorses the invitation extended by the Government, parties, and members to representatives of the United Nations (UN) to provide technical assistance to domestic Mexican election observers. Supports the expansion of that invitation to include full scale international observation of the upcoming elections. Encourages UN representatives to work closely and directly with domestic Mexican observers during that process.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994
Postal Inspection Service and Inspector General Act - Prohibits the Postal Service from retaining the services of a paid confidential informant for purposes of investigations concerning the possible violation of laws relating to controlled substances unless the unlawful use of the mails is involved. Directs the Postal Service to render a semiannual report to the Congress concerning any investigation: (1) in which the Postal Service retains the services of a paid confidential informant; and (2) which results in the arrest of one or more individuals for violating any law relating to controlled substances. Creates a Chief Postal Inspector within the Postal Service. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to transfer internal audit and program review functions of the Postal Inspection Service to the Office of the Inspector General. Confers oversight responsibility for all activities of the Postal Inspection Service on the Inspector General of the Postal Service. Requires the Chief Postal Inspector to report significant activities being carried out by the Postal Inspection Service to the Inspector General. Applies all provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 to the Postal Service.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act Title II: Amendments to the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act Marine Fish Conservation Amendments of 1994 - Title I: Amendments to Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to declare that it is the policy of the Congress to: (1) assure that the national fishery conservation and management program encourages development of practical measures that reduce bycatch (the incidental catch, take, or harvest of certain fish, marine mammals, and other specified animals) to insignificant levels approaching zero; and (2) ensure that all State and Federal actions are consistent with the conservation and management of fisheries under such Act. (Sec. 105) Revises national standards for fishery conservation and management to require conservation and management measures to: (1) provide an adequate margin of safety to act as a buffer against overfishing; and (2) reduce bycatch to the lowest level practicable and avoid unnecessary waste of fish. (Sec. 106) Revises requirements for Regional Fishery Management Councils to direct the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that at least 25 percent of the appointed members of each Council are persons selected for their fisheries expertise, as demonstrated by university, environmental organization, or other non-user group affiliation and by past actions and accomplishments. Provides for removal of a Council member for cause upon the Secretary's determination of a conflict of interest. Requires that each Council decision be recorded by roll call vote registered and forwarded to the Secretary for review. Authorizes each Council to request the Secretary to initiate consultation with a Federal agency about certain agency activity which may affect the essential fishery habitat of a fishery under its jurisdiction designated in a fishery management plan. Revises financial disclosure requirements for Council members to include financial interests held by children, grandchildren, parents, or siblings. Requires any Council member holding a financial interest requiring disclosure to recuse him or herself from voting on or participating in all Council actions that would affect such interest. Authorizes Council members and the public to challenge, in writing to the Secretary, any vote of a Council member alleged to have been made in violation of such recusal requirement. (Sec. 107) Requires any fishery management plan to: (1) specify an objective definition of overfishing for each fish species or population involved in the fishery; (2) contain a recovery plan for any overfished fishery; (3) specify allowable gear types for the fishery, requiring the use of types which minimize bycatch and associated mortality; (4) provide for the stationing on U.S. fishing vessels of observers to gather reliable data; (5) establish a system of fees to pay for plan implementation; (6) assess the bycatch of all gear types used in the fishery; and (7) contain conservation and management measures to minimize or eliminate the adverse impacts of fishing gear and practices on habitat for fish. Requires the Secretary to review each existing fishery management plan for compliance with the definition of overfishing in this Act. (Sec. 108) Specifies plan review, plan preparation, and overfishing determination duties of the Secretary. Mandates the contents of regulations establishing a system to collect fees to pay for fishing vessel observers. Establishes a National Fishery Observer Fund. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a list of fish species, populations, and population complexes that are overfished and the objective definition of overfishing used to make that determination. Requires the Secretary to develop a research plan to identify and gather needed data on fish species, populations, and population complexes for which information is insufficient. Revises the approval voting requirements for a management plan for any fishery under the authority of more than one Council. Declares that any Secretary-prepared fishery management plan or amendment addressing a highly migratory species fishery, which was in effect on July 1, 1993, shall remain in effect until superseded by a plan or amendment prepared by the appropriate Councils and approved by the Secretary. Sets forth procedures for adoption of a recovery plan addressing overfishing with respect to fish species, populations, or population complexes subject to a fishery management plan. Directs the Secretary to provide for the elimination of bycatch through fees and incentive programs, including cooperative efforts with the Federal Government on research and development of selective fishing gear and other technological devices for the reduction of bycatch. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register and submit to the Congress a report on the cumulative impacts on fishery habitats of the actions authorized, funded, or carried out by Federal agencies, including an assessment of how fishery habitats identified in approved fishery management plans are affected. Directs the Secretary to review: (1) the feasibility of establishing a risk sharing pool through a reasonable fee to provide coverage for vessels and vessel owners against liability from civil suits by observers; and (2) the availability of comprehensive commercial insurance for vessel and owner liability against such suits. Requires the Secretary to establish such a pool unless such insurance is available to all fishing vessels and U.S fish processors required to have observers, and it will provide a greater measure of coverage at a lower cost. Requires the Secretary to establish an alternative observation program for vessels on which facilities for quartering of an observer, or for carrying out observer functions, are inadequate to ensure the health or safety of the observer or the safe operation of the vessel. (Sec. 109) Authorizes the Secretary or the appropriate Council (subject to the Secretary's approval) to adopt regulations as an interim measure in the absence of a fishery management plan. Prescribes general requirements for such regulations. Requires the Secretary to comment on and make recommendations concerning any actual or proposed action authorized, funded, or carried out by a State or Federal agency that may result in the destruction or adverse modification of the essential habitat designated in a fishery management plan. Prescribes guidelines for Federal agency response to such comments or recommendations. Authorizes the Secretary to prohibit any such Federal agency actions. Provides for: (1) citizen suits to enforce such Act; and (2) citizen petitions to compel the Secretary to make a finding or determination or take any other action authorized by such Act. Title II: Amendments to the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act - Amends the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 to require the Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service (or his or her designee) to be one of the three U.S. Commissioners on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. (Sec. 201) Prohibits any U.S. Commissioner from having a financial interest or from serving as an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee with an organization with a financial interest in any catching, harvesting, processing, or marketing activity undertaken within any fishery over which the Commission has jurisdiction. Repeals certain knowledge and experience requirements, with respect to commercial and recreational fishing, for non-governmental Commissioners. Allows regulations to carry out Commission recommendations which may have the effect of decreasing any allocation or quota of fish to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for the California Public Employees Retirement System for an early retirement incentive established by the University of California for individuals enrolled in the System and employed by the University in federally-paid positions at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, or Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994
Senior Citizens Against Marketing Scams Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for enhanced penalties for telemarketing fraud that targets or victimizes persons over age 55. Directs the court to order offenders to: (1) pay restitution to persons who sustained losses as a result of the fraudulent activity; and (2) forfeit to the United States property constituting or derived from proceeds obtained as a result of the offense. Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and, if necessary, amend the sentencing guidelines to ensure that victim related adjustments for fraud offenses against persons over age 55 are adequate. Authorizes the Attorney General to make awards for furnishing information leading to the prosecution and conviction of telemarketing fraud offenders. Authorizes appropriations. Makes the mail fraud statute applicable to matter sent or delivered by any private or commercial interstate carrier. Sets forth provisions regarding fraud and related activity in connection with access devices. Directs the Attorney General to establish a national, toll-free telemarketing fraud hotline.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994
Condemns the death sentence issued against Salman Rushdie. Calls for the immediate withdrawal of such sentence and any associated reward. Calls upon the President to: (1) request that the United Nations Security Council condemn Iran for issuing the edict against Rushdie; (2) call upon the Government of Iran to respect international principles of human rights and lift such sentence; and (3) inform such Government that the House of Representatives has adopted this resolution, that the Iranian Government will be held liable in case an attempt is made on Rushdie's life, and that such Government should attempt to prevent the spread of propaganda promoting Rushdie's assassination. Commends those people of all nations who have firmly stood for freedom of expression despite threats and intimidation. Reaffirms: (1) the commitment of the Congress to the promotion and protection of the right of freedom of expression; and (2) congressional support for basic human rights in the world community.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1994
Veterans' Persian Gulf War Benefits Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) develop and expeditiously implement a uniform case assessment protocol that will ensure thorough assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of all Persian Gulf War veterans suffering from illnesses attributed to service in the Persian Gulf theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War; (2) expedite efforts to develop case definitions or diagnoses for illnesses associated with such service; and (3) develop and implement a comprehensive outreach program to inform such veterans and their families of health-care services, including comprehensive medical evaluations, that may be available through the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary to pay compensation to Persian Gulf War veterans suffering from a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness that became manifest to a degree of ten percent or more within one year after completion of active duty in the Gulf War, with exceptions. Terminates compensation payments three years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for: (1) FY 1995 through 1997 for conducting research of the health risk and effects of service during the Gulf War and the treatment of such effects; and (2) FY 1995 for a survey of Persian Gulf veterans as to the incidence and nature of health problems occurring in such veterans and their families.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1994
Calls on: (1) the Republic of Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabagh to cease all hostilities and begin peace negotiations under the framework established by the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (2) the parties to the conflict to simultaneously lift all blockades in the region; and (3) the President to take an active role in promoting peace and in monitoring the human rights situation in the region.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1994
AIDS Cure Act - Requires the President to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a project to develop a cure for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Prohibits the program from being administered by any officer or employee of the National Institutes of Health. Requires the Governing Council established in this Act to ensure that the project: (1) pursues comprehensive basic science investigations, based on diverse theories and schools of thought which elucidate the pathogenesis of AIDS; and (2) identifies, based on this work, all promising curatives and oversees their timely and adequate testing. Establishes a Governing Council to set policy and oversee research priorities, ethical standards, conflict of interest rules, and hiring of researchers and administrators. Establishes a coordinating committee to facilitate communication among the different scientists working on the project, evaluate the progress of its work, and convene the entire staff on a regular schedule (or when necessary) to evaluate the progress of the project as a whole, identify gaps in research, reevaluate its direction, and consider newly developed theories emanating from both within and outside the project. Requires the Secretary to convene a one-time national AIDS Congress solely to make recommendations to the President for selecting the Governing Council. Grants the Secretary extraordinary powers in carrying out such project, including the power to exercise the right of eminent domain to obtain samples of potential curatives and data on their development. Vests power in the Congress to reauthorize the project after five years of operation.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1994
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any legislation enacted to provide for national health care reform should: (1) prohibit the denial of health insurance coverage to, or limitation of coverage or benefits for, any individual or family on the basis of a preexisting medical condition; (2) prohibit charging an unreasonable amount for such coverage and benefits on the basis of a preexisting medical condition; and (3) include among the individuals and families protected by such prohibitions those who wish to acquire health insurance coverage and benefits from an entity other than their current health care provider.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1994
Restricted Explosives Control Act of 1994 - Prohibits the distribution or receipt of restricted explosives without a Federal permit. Defines "restricted explosives" to mean high explosives, blasting agents, detonators, and more than 50 pounds of black powder. Requires applications for such permits to include the applicant's photograph and fingerprints, which shall be taken and transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury by the chief law enforcement officer of the applicant's place of residence.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1994
Requires the public facility of the National Museum of Health and Medicine to be located on the following adjacent areas of Federal land in the District of Columbia: (1) the east plaza of the Hubert Humphrey Building, presently occupied by the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) the entire portion of 2nd Street, Southwest, that is located between C Street and Washington Avenue, Southwest; and (3) a triangular park, known as Square N-580, which lies immediately to the east of 2nd Street, Southwest. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to apply for the closing and transfer of jurisdiction over the latter two areas, from the District to the General Services Administration for the purpose of locating the Museum.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1994
Safe Drinking Water Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into agreements with States having primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) for public water systems to make capitalization grants to be deposited in drinking water treatment revolving funds. (Sec. 3) Permits such funds to be used only for providing financial assistance to public water systems for expenditures that will facilitate compliance with national primary drinking water regulations. Allocates 15 percent of amounts in such funds solely for assistance to systems which regularly serve fewer than 10,000 individuals. Permits assistance to systems not owned by governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, or Indian tribes based on public health and financial needs and repayment ability. Sets forth requirements for agreements, including that no financial assistance will be provided to a public water system if expenses could be avoided or significantly reduced by consolidation of such system with another system. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for public water system expenditures to Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages which are ineligible for funding under this section. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 4) Replaces provisions concerning State wellhead protection areas with those requiring State Governors to adopt and submit State Source Water Assessment Programs. Provides for local source water assessment programs as well. Authorizes the Administrator, if a State fails to submit an approved program, to: (1) withhold drinking water capitalization grants; and (2) delineate drinking water protection areas. Permits States with primacy and approved source water assessment programs to apply to the Administrator for approval of State Drinking Water Pollution Prevention Programs. Authorizes States with approved pollution prevention programs to establish tailored monitoring ("monitoring relief") for public water systems whose source waters are covered by local drinking water pollution prevention programs. Permits monitoring relief for a specific contaminant only if monitoring demonstrates that the contaminant is not present in the water supply or, if present, is consistently at levels substantially below the maximum contaminant level (MCL). Prohibits monitoring relief with respect to microbiological contaminants or contaminants caused in part by the treatment or distribution of drinking water. Permits requirements for pollution prevention programs for systems serving fewer than 3,300 persons to vary based on State criteria. Establishes funding for source water and pollution prevention programs. (Sec. 5) Adds to the list of conditions which a public water system must meet to qualify for an exemption from an MCL or treatment technique that the system's source waters are within a drinking water protection area with a local pollution prevention program. Repeals certain procedural requirements regarding exemptions and bases exemptions on a specified analysis of the local pollution prevention program. (Sec. 6) Requires the Administrator to publish an MCL and a national primary drinking water regulation for cryptosporidium. (Sec. 7) Authorizes States with primacy to grant variances from MCL or treatment technique requirements to community water systems that: (1) serve fewer than 3,300 persons; and (2) cannot comply with regulations through restructuring or obtaining alternate drinking water supplies. Permits such variances only if they would protect public health. Makes variances effective for five years and permits renewals for additional five-year periods subject to compliance. (Sec. 9) Directs the Administrator to publish regulations specifying minimum standards for certification of operators of public water systems, laboratories conducting tests, and additional designated personnel. Requires the Administrator, whenever a new national primary drinking water standard is promulgated, to publish information simultaneously on available technologies to meet such standard in the case of public water systems serving 50,000, 10,000, and 3,300 persons, respectively. (Sec. 10) Directs the Administrator to maintain a national drinking water occurrence data base, using monitoring data on the occurrence of both regulated and unregulated contaminants in public water systems. (Sec. 11) Requires the Administrator to review and revise the list of unregulated contaminants every five years. Limits such list to a maximum of 40 contaminants. (Sec. 12) Revises provisions which require the Administrator to establish MCL goals and regulations for at least 25 contaminants every three years. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of at least 15 unregulated contaminants that present the greatest public health concern, with additional lists of at least 12 contaminants every four years until such contaminants have been listed or rejected. Provides for MCL goals and regulations for such contaminants. Requires primary drinking water regulations to be reviewed at least once every five (currently, three) years. Authorizes the Administrator to remove a contaminant from the list and repeal the national standard if the contaminant is known not to occur in public water systems or has not been demonstrated to have adverse health effects. (Sec. 13) Extends the authorization of appropriations for public water system supervision programs through FY 2000. Requires States with primacy to: (1) submit implementation and funding plans to the Administrator on a triennial basis; and (2) establish State Drinking Water Protection Funds to be composed of fees from community water systems. Directs the Administrator to establish permit fee programs in States without primacy. Establishes the Public Drinking Water System Supervision Fund. Authorizes appropriations for grants to States for source water assessment, pollution prevention, and viability programs. (Sec. 14) Requires States to implement State Drinking Water System Viability Programs to assure the capability of public water systems to comply with this Act. Directs States, as a condition of a full capitalization grant, to establish programs for assessing long-term technical, managerial, and financial capabilities of community public water systems to comply with this Act. Places restrictions on grants until such programs are established. (Sec. 16) Requires the Administrator to promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation: (1) requiring all public water systems to routinely inspect distribution systems where they are located in proximity to sewer system lines to detect contamination from leakage in the lines and protect against contamination; and (2) prohibiting any system from recycling into drinking water supplies any untreated material which has been discharged from the system's drinking water filtration devices.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Procurement Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Other Matters Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Title III: Operation and Maintenance Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Other Matters Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations Subtitle A: Active Forces Subtitle B: Reserve Forces Subtitle C: Military Training Student Loads Title V: Military Personnel Policy Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters Subtitle C: Other Matters Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances Subtitle B: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits Title VII: Health Care Provisions Subtitle A: Health Care Management Subtitle B: Personnel Matters Subtitle C: Other Matters Title VIII: Department of Defense Organization and Management Subtitle A: Department of Defense Subtitle B: Professional Military Education Subtitle C: Education Matters Subtitle D: Other Matters Title IX: General Provisions Subtitle A: Financial Matters Subtitle B: Civilian Employee Pay Matters Subtitle C: Other Matters Title X: Matters Relating to Allies, Other Nations, and International Organizations Title XI: Peacekeeping and Related Matters Title XII: Counterproliferation Title XIII: Acquisition Reform National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and for other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the Defense Health Program; and (4) the chemical demilitarization program. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Repeals the current requirement for a separate budget request for the procurement of reserve equipment. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D). Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (DOD) for operation and maintenance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for DOD working capital and revolving funds. Repeals Federal provisions: (1) expressing certain limitations on the use of the Defense Business Operations Fund (Fund); and (2) relating to charges for goods and services provided through the Fund. Allows funds collected from the operation of the Naval Academy laundry to be used for expenses of such operation. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Revises the required date for submission to the Congress of a future-years mission budget of DOD from the date of submission of the President's budget to within 60 days of such date. (Sec. 312) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to waive the live-fire survivability testing of F-22 aircraft if such testing would be unreasonably expensive or impractical, as long as he certifies such to the Congress. (Sec. 313) Deletes certain information required with respect to a report on the ballistic missile defense mission. (Sec. 314) Repeals provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 concerning advance review and approval of developmental tests of limited defense systems and the independent monitoring of such tests. Adds certain methods of test and evaluation with respect to theater missile defense interceptors. (Sec. 316) Authorizes the President to provide global disaster relief in response to manmade or natural disasters. (Sec. 317) Removes a $400,000 fiscal year limit on funds authorized to be used by the Defense Inspector General for emergency and extraordinary expenses. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorization - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Provides for the authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of FY 1995. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths for reserve personnel as of FY 1995 and for certain reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Subtitle C: Military Training Student Loads - Sets forth the authorized FY 1995 military training student loads. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to approve officers serving on certain successive selection boards. (Sec. 503) Provides that when the Senate has confirmed some officers on a promotion list but not others: (1) the confirmed appointments may be made; and (2) the Secretary may make appropriate adjustments in the date of rank and effective date of pay for those appointments confirmed later. Revises provisions relating to the enlistment of certain limited duty Navy and Marine Corps officers and to the retention of such officers who are within two years of qualification for retirement pay. Makes permanent (currently terminates as of the end of FY 1995) the authority for the temporary promotion of certain Navy lieutenants. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters - Revises the composition of the Reserve Forces Policy Board. (Sec. 512) Provides certain additional and expanded reserve personnel call-up authority for the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation when the Coast Guard is not under the jurisdiction of the Navy. (Sec. 514) Limits the duration of force reduction transition period annual payments to between one and five years as specified by the Secretary concerned (currently, five years). Subtitle C: Other Matters - Repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 requiring a specified reduction, by the end of FY 1996, in the number of U.S. military personnel assigned to permanent duty outside the United States. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives any FY 1995 military pay increase tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for Government employees. Increases by 1.6 percent, effective on January 1, 1995, the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for subsistence, and basic allowance for quarters for members of the armed forces. (Sec. 602) Revises the calculation of retired pay of commissioned officers who did not serve satisfactorily in the grade held at retirement. (Sec. 603) Extends specified expiring authorities for certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve armed forces. Subtitle B: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits - Removes the 60-day limit on the amount of unused accrued military leave that may be paid to survivors of military personnel killed while on active duty or dying after retirement from military service. (Sec. 612) Provides disability coverage for certain officer candidates who are granted excess leave. (Sec. 613) Requires forfeiture of any military annuity or retired pay in the case of former or current military personnel convicted of espionage. (Sec. 614) Provides for the crediting of certain reserve service in the computation of retired pay of former military personnel. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Subtitle A: Health Care Management - Amends the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary and the Coast Guard to receive from the Secretary of Health and Human Services information from the Medicare and Medicaid coverage data bank concerning responsibility for the payment of health care items and services furnished to beneficiaries of military personnel. (Sec. 702) Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse military health personnel for any professional license required for performing duty at a civilian health care facility as part of a resources exchange program. Subtitle B: Personnel Matters - Increases from $6,000 to $15,000 the incentive special pay for certain registered nurse anesthetists. Extends through FY 1998 the authority for certain nurse bonuses. Reduces from five to three the maximum years for a military member to be maintained on the temporary disability retired list. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Allows a person placed in the home of a member or former member of the armed forces for adoption to be considered a dependent for purposes of eligibility for certain health benefits. (Sec. 722) Repeals a Federal provision prohibiting DOD funds from being used to perform abortions unless the life of the mother is in danger. (Sec. 723) Authorizes medical and dental care for abused dependents of military personnel who are discharged from service. Title VIII: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Department of Defense - Revises provisions concerning the order of succession in the military departments. (Sec. 802) Directs the Secretary of Defense (currently, the Secretary of the Army) to prepare mileage tables used for transportation allowance purposes. (Sec. 803) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to: (1) extend through FY 1996 the authority of the Secretary to commemorate World War II; and (2) make permanent the authority for DOD to share equitably the costs of claims under international armaments programs. (Sec. 805) Redesignates the: (1) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology as the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology; and (2) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy as the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. (Sec. 807) Repeals the requirement that the DOD Comptroller be the Chief Financial Officer of DOD. Redesignates the Comptroller as the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Subtitle B: Professional Military Education - Authorizes the Secretary to hire civilian faculty members for the Information Resources Management College of the National Defense University. Subtitle C: Education Matters - Makes general revisions to the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act. (Sec. 823) Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the elementary and secondary education of dependents of federally employed personnel and military personnel when the appropriate educational programs are not available through local education agencies in the United States. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Expands DOD authority to receive voluntary services. Repeals a Federal provision prohibiting the use of DOD appropriations to contract for firefighting or security guard functions at any military facility. (Sec. 833) Provides a two-year statute of limitations with respect to claims for unpaid minimum wages, overtime, or liquidated damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Title IX: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Exempts routine administrative adjustments to Federal pay from certain employee due process requirements (such as 30 days' prior notification). (Sec. 902) Amends the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 to revise the method of the payment of interest on contractor claims. Subtitle B: Civilian Employee Pay Matters - Extends specified expiring authorities with respect to: (1) reduction in force notification requirements under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993; and (2) Federal employee provisions relating to separation pay, the restoration of certain accumulated leave, and the continuation of health benefits for DOD employees involuntarily separated due to a reduction in force. (Sec. 912) Provides travel, transportation, and relocation expenses for DOD employees who are separated from employment and selected for service with the Postal Service. (Sec. 913) Limits severance pay for certain civilian employees who move from an appropriated to a nonappropriated fund position. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Authorizes members and units of the National Guard to provide transportation and other support services to certain youth organizations, including the Boy and Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA, and YWCA. (Sec. 922) Prohibits anyone from using the words "Defense Mapping Agency" or its initials, seal, or other imitation except with the written permission of the Secretary. Provides for enforcement. Prohibits claims or actions against the United States based upon the preparation or dissemination by such Agency of any navigational aid. (Sec. 924) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to reimburse the Civil Air Patrol for the cost of maintaining a staff at its national headquarters. Provides for the employment of retired Air Force officers with the Patrol, with continuation of all retired pay benefits. (Sec. 925) Prohibits funds appropriated to DOD from being used for research involving humans as experimental subjects, unless conducted within regulations prescribed by the Secretary. (Sec. 926) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct military-to-military contacts and comparable activities designed to promote the democratic orientation of the defense establishments and military forces of other countries. (Sec. 927) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 for the purchase of sealift vessels for the Ready Reserve. Allows for the transfer of funds for such purposes. Title X: Matters Relating to Allies, Other Nations, and International Organizations - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire, from the United Nations or other such organizations of which the United States is a member, logistic support for forces deployed outside the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cross servicing agreements with such organizations for the provision of logistic support, supplies, and services. Includes such organizations within current methods of payment for acquisitions and transfers, as well as limitations on amounts that may be obligated or accrued by the United States for the acquisition of supplies. Title XI: Peacekeeping and Related Matters - Authorizes the President to provide appropriate assistance to international peacekeeping and peace enforcement activities, and to make contributions on behalf of the United States for operations conducted by the United Nations. Requires reimbursement. Establishes in the Treasury the Contributions for International Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement Activities Fund for deposit of reimbursed amounts, as well as appropriated amounts. Provides an annual reporting requirement. Authorizes appropriations. Title XII: Counterproliferation - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to: (1) extend through FY 1995 the authority of the Secretary to provide assistance to support international nonproliferation activities; (2) extend through FY 1995 required quarterly reports concerning such assistance; (3) replace the On-Site Inspection Agency with DOD with regard to activities in support of the U.N. Special Commission on Iraq; (4) include among such financially assisted activities the dismantlement and destruction of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, as well as their delivery systems and related technologies; and (5) repeal fiscal year and funding limitations with regard to such assistance. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to: (1) repeal certain reporting requirements and funding limitations; and (2) extend permanently the authority for studies relating to U.S. counterproliferation policy. Authorizes FY 1995 appropriations for conducting counterproliferation activities. Title XIII: Acquisition Reform - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into transactions other than contracts and agreements to carry out basic, applied, and advanced research projects through the Advanced Research Projects Agency. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to: (1) allow the Secretaries of the military departments (currently, only the Secretary of Defense) to maintain lists of plants equipped to manufacture arms or ammunition; (2) ensure the Government's rights in technical data when providing the services of government laboratories and equipment; and (3) allow the President to order through the Secretaries of the military departments (currently, only the Secretary of Defense) products or materials to be used for industrial mobilization purposes. Provides for the public sale of vessels stricken by the Secretary of the Navy from the Naval Vessel Registry due to being unfit for service. Allows such vessels to be transferred to a State or local government or other entity or used for experimental purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1994
Waterways Restoration Act of 1994 - Amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to delete the requirement that each watershed improvement under such Act must contain benefits directly related to agriculture that account for at least 20 percent of the total project benefits. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and implement a Waterways Restoration Program which provides technical assistance and grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for carrying out waterway restoration projects. Requires such projects to achieve ecological restoration or protection and one or more of the following objectives: (1) flood damage reduction; (2) erosion control; (3) stormwater management; or (4) water quality enhancement. Provides project descriptions and priorities, including the location of projects in low-income or economically depressed areas adversely impacted by poor watershed management. Outlines other project requirements, including a cost-benefit analysis. Requires the Secretary to designate Program administrators for each participating State (including a State agency if approved by the Secretary). Requires program grants to be awarded on an annual basis. Provides project application and selection requirements, including the establishment in each participating State of an interdisciplinary team of specialists to assist in reviewing project applications under the Program. Outlines conditions for receiving assistance under the Program, with sponsor and cosponsor requirements. Requires a non-Federal share of 25 percent of project costs, with a waiver for economically depressed communities. Limits the administrative and technical assistance costs of the Program. Requires the governor of each participating State to establish a citizens oversight committee to evaluate management of the Program in that State. Requires program administrators to issue annual reports summarizing the Program evaluations of the oversight committees. Provides funding.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1994
Labor Law Enforcement Act of 1994 - Increases, within the Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor, the number of full-time positions assigned to investigate violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Amends the Service Contract Act to make applicable to contracts subject to liability for specified violations certain enforcement provisions of Federal law and regulations of the Secretary of Labor under the Copeland Act. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase damages for violations of information and recordkeeping requirements. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to increase damages for violations of information and recordkeeping requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1994
Osteoporosis Risk Reduction Act of 1994 - Mandates review of: (1) the relationship between dietary calcium intake, bone mineral density, and the onset of osteoporosis; and (2) the recommended daily allowances for calcium. Requires development of optimum daily intake levels and, as appropriate, a proposed amendment to the standard of identity for enriched flour for the fortification of bread, cereal, and other grain products.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1994
Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Studies Act of 1994 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to study and report to the Congress on specified aspects of tobacco advertising and promotion targeted at women and certain ethnic groups.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1994
Health Research Act of 1994 - Establishes in the Treasury the National Fund for Health Research. Requires regional and corporate health alliances formed under a comprehensive health care reform program to set aside and transfer specified amounts each calendar year into the Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize individuals (other than nonresident aliens) to designate for payment into the Fund at least $1 of a cash contribution or of any tax overpayment made. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to distribute specified amounts from the Fund for various health research activities of the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Research Resources. Excludes Fund amounts from any budget enforcement procedures under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or the Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1994
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend: (1) the land border inspection fee program for the California southern border of the United States; and (2) the related quarterly reporting requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1994
Haitian Adjustment Equity Act of 1994 - Amends Federal law to extend specified Cuban adjustment provisions to Haitians. Directs the Attorney General to report on any disparate immigration-related treatment between Haitians and Cubans.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1994
River and Watershed Protection and Restoration Act of 1994 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and maintain a National River and Watershed Registry to be comprised of rivers and associated watershed areas whose natural, scenic, cultural, or recreational values are to be protected or restored. Requires the Secretary to promulgate rules establishing criteria for the inclusion of rivers and associated watershed areas on the Registry, including a requirement that the designated State agency or an Indian tribe has submitted a petition for inclusion that contains a strategy specifying methods contributing to the protection and restoration of riverine and riparian resources within the area concerned. (Sec. 303) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) submission of nominations for the inclusion of any river and associated watershed area on the Registry by an appropriate State agency, a governing body of an Indian Tribe, or by a State agency for another entity; (2) inclusion of segments on the Registry; (3) periodic review of strategy implementation; (4) removal from the Registry; and (5) application for assistance under the Act by qualified watershed councils. Requires the appropriate Federal or State department, agency, or instrumentality, before approving or authorizing a planned undertaking that may adversely effect the implementation of a strategy in effect for a river and associated watershed area listed on the Registry, to notify the Secretary, the designated State agency, any affected Indian tribe, the appropriate local governmental officials, and the public. Sets forth conditions under which such approval or authorization may be issued. Exempts an undertaking: (1) determined by a Federal agency to be necessary for national security; (2) in a major disaster area; (3) involving only the repair or reconstruction of a building or facility constructed before the date on which the river and associated watershed area concerned were included on the Registry; or (4) that is required to be undertaken pursuant to Federal or State law. (Sec. 307) Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to develop and publish standards for the protection and restoration of rivers, associated watershed areas, and riverine and riparian resources; and (2) provide technical assistance to qualified watershed councils, State, tribal and local governments, individuals, and private nonprofit organizations: (1) engaged in the restoration and conservation of rivers and watershed areas listed in the Registry; and (2) proposing to nominate a river or area for the Registry. (Sec. 308) Requires the Secretary to make capitalization grants to the States and Indian Tribes to be deposited in river and watershed restoration and conservation revolving funds established by the State or by the Tribal governing body and to be used by the designated State agency (or by the Indian Tribe) only for carrying out its responsibilities and authorities under this Act and for providing grants and loans to qualified watershed councils or other entities contributing to the applicable strategy. Requires such grants and loans to be used only to carry out projects contributing to the protection or restoration of rivers and associated watershed areas listed on the Registry. Authorizes the Secretary to arrange for the design, printing, and sale of river and watershed restoration stamps. Requires the net proceeds of all such sales to be retained by the Secretary and to be transferred to the revolving fund for the State in which such stamps are sold. Requires the Secretary, if stamps are sold in any State which has not established a revolving fund, to disburse such net proceeds to other States which have established such fund on a pro rata basis according to the volume of stamps sold in such other States. Provides for modified applicability of provisions governing the following with respect to projects or assistance for the protection or restoration of a river or associated watershed area which is listed on the Registry: (1) assistance from the Bureau of Reclamation; (2) the conservation reserve program; (3) the forestry incentives program; (4) the wetlands reserve program; (5) conservation easements; (6) the agricultural conservation program; (7) assistance from the National Park Service; and (8) assistance under the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978. (Sec. 309) Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1994
Elderly Housing Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for an individual who maintains a household which includes a qualified elderly relative.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention Act - Establishes the National Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention to combat the epidemic of suicide among gay and lesbian youth and to advise the Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal and State youth service agencies concerning how to include the concerns of gay and lesbian youth within existing suicide prevention policies, programs, and research.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Credit for Rural Business Enterprises Title II: Credit for Rural Infrastructure Title III: Credit for Rural Housing Rural Credit and Development Act of 1994 - Title I: Credit for Rural Business Enterprises - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to permit farm credit banks and production credit associations to purchase loans and loan interests from non-Farm Credit System institutions. Enlarges the scope of farm-related business for credit availability purposes. Authorizes banks for cooperatives to provide loans and other financial services to entities providing certain farm-related services or products under specified conditions. Title II: Credit for Rural Infrastructure - Authorizes Farm Credit banks to make community facility loans. Authorizes banks for cooperatives to finance utility-related services. Title III: Credit for Rural Housing - Enlarges rural housing credit availability by: (1) increasing eligible population areas; (2) increasing farm credit bank and production credit association loan portfolios for non-farmer rural housing loans; and (3) authorizing loans to rural residents for personal, family, or household needs other than housing finance.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Public Housing Rent Reform Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) revise public housing maximum rent provisions; and (2) exclude private health insurance payments and increase and expand earned income exclusions from related income eligibility determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to eligible community organizations to establish urban open space and parks on municipally owned vacant lots. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
United States Botanic Garden Commemorative Coin Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue one-dollar silver coins to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the United States Botanic Garden; and (2) pay all surcharges received from such coin sales to the National Fund for the United States Botanic Garden.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Calls for the United States, at the International Conference on Population and Development, to: (1) place the highest priority on the success of the Conference by actively participating, particularly through the President's personal participation; (2) propose or support an initiative concerning the financing of global cooperation on efforts to slow rapid population growth that takes into account the costs of slowing growth and the basic development goals of developing countries and that increases accountability for the use of funds provided for family planning purposes; (3) seek to initiate a process of regular high-level intergovernmental consultations on the issues under consideration at the Conference and establish improved organizational and procedural means to implement its objectives; (4) support the effective implementation of a global action plan to raise the economic, educational, and leadership status of women and programs that provide maternal and child health care, education, and training for women and voluntary family planning; and (5) promote public participation, especially by women, at all levels of formulation and implementation of family planning and sustainable development policy and programs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Applauds the President for maintaining the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium and for taking a leadership role toward negotiation of a comprehensive test ban treaty. Encourages all nuclear powers to refrain from conducting nuclear explosions prior to conclusion of such a treaty. Urges the Conference on Disarmanent to make all possible progress toward a comprehensive test ban treaty by the end of 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
A Child is Waiting Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) any health care reform legislation include guaranteed full funding for the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); and (2) specified amounts should be made available to move toward such full funding goal.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1994
Governors Island Reinforcement Act of 1994 - Sets forth trade, assistance, and air transport sanctions against Haiti, and against other nations not cooperating with U.S. or international sanctions. Terminates such sanctions upon the reinstatement of the democratically elected President of Haiti and the military's meeting its obligation under the Governors Island Agreement. States congressional support for: (1) the return of human rights observers to Haiti; (2) the creation of a multinational border patrol between Haiti and the Dominican Republic; and (3) socioeconomic and peacekeeping assistance to Haiti. Directs the President to terminate the bilateral migrant interdiction agreement with Haiti. Provides for the nonrefoulement of Haitians by the United States. Grants temporary protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act to qualifying Haitians. Excludes from U.S. admission, and blocks U.S. assets of, certain Haitians connected with the military or related activities.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1994
Prohibits any person from taking (or threatening to take) an unfavorable personnel action or withholding (or threatening to withhold) a favorable personnel action as a reprisal against a member of the armed forces for making or preparing a communication alleging sexual harassment or unlawful discrimination against such member. Requires the Inspector General of either the Department of Defense or the Department of Transportation (for Coast Guard members when such service is not operating as a service in the Navy) to expeditiously investigate such allegations and report results to the Secretary of Defense or Transportation, as appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1994
Pesticide Food Safety Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude pesticide chemicals from the definition of "food additive." Modifies the circumstances in which the presence of a pesticide chemical residue renders a food adulterated. (Sec. 3) Replaces provisions relating to tolerance for pesticide chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities with provisions relating to tolerances and exemptions for pesticide chemical residues. Deems a pesticide chemical residue unsafe, unless it is within an established tolerance or an exemption is in effect. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a separate tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue with respect to food at the time the food is harvested, purchased at retail, and processed. Allows a tolerance only if the risk to human health from dietary exposure to the residue is negligible. Sets forth criteria for determining whether the risk is negligible. Requires, in determining dietary exposure, consideration of all other sources (including drinking water) of dietary exposure occurring over a lifetime. Sets forth a special exposure rule allowing, in certain circumstances, calculation of exposure to a food based on reliable data that provide the Administrator with a valid statistical basis to identify the percentage of the food in which the residue actually occurs. Requires, if a tolerance or exemption is revoked and the residue will unavoidably persist in the environment and contaminate food, that a new tolerance be established at the lowest level that permits only the unavoidable levels to remain in the food. Prohibits the issuance of a tolerance for any pesticide that contains an active or inert ingredient that is a known or probable human carcinogen or highly hazardous to human health. Allows: (1) establishment, modification, or revocation of a tolerance or establishment or revocation of an exemption from a tolerance in response to a petition or on the initiative of the Administrator; and (2) an exemption if the residue is not a human or animal carcinogen and otherwise presents no risk to human health from dietary exposure. Conditions establishment and continuation of a tolerance or exemption on the existence of a practical method of residue detection that can be performed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on a routine basis as part of surveillance and compliance sampling for residues. Allows any person to petition the Administrator for the establishment, modification, or revocation of a tolerance or exemption. Directs the Secretary to conduct surveillance and compliance sampling of food for pesticide chemical residues. (Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator to: (1) evaluate each existing tolerance or exemption; and (2) determine, for each method of detecting and measuring levels of residues, whether the method meets certain requirements of this Act. (Sec. 6) Mandates fees sufficient to provide, equip, and maintain adequate service with regard to the review of existing tolerances and exemptions and the review of methods of detecting and measuring levels of residues.
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