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United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1994
Authorizes the President to designate the last Friday of April 1994 as National Arbor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1994
Vieques Lands Transfer Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer all Federal interest in certain lands located in the western region of the municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico, to such municipality to be used for public purposes (subject to a reversion if such lands cease to be so operated). Makes such lands eligible for transfer after the municipality submits a detailed plan for the public purposes for which the lands may be used to specified congressional committees.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1994
Rural Community Wastewater Treatment Affordability Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make activities involving the acquisition of lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for construction of publicly owned treatment works eligible for assistance from State revolving loan funds (SRFs). Makes certain nonprofit associations and other entities eligible for wastewater treatment and supply services under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act eligible for SRF assistance as well. Adds to the list of conditions that a State must meet to receive a capitalization grant that the State will encourage the use of innovative and cost-effective technologies in the construction of treatment works financed with SRF assistance. Requires loans made from SRFs to be made to rural and disadvantaged communities at or below market interest rates for terms of up to 40 years or the useful life of the project being financed, whichever is earlier. Permits up to 15 percent of all loans made from an SRF to be used for negative-interest loans to rural and disadvantaged communities. Allows SRFs to be used to make grants to such communities for up to 75 percent of planning and predevelopment costs incurred with respect to construction or improvement of treatment works without regard to whether actual construction is carried out. Limits amounts available for grants per fiscal year. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the National Rural Water Association, the Rural Community Assistance Program, the Small Flows Clearinghouse, and other qualified organizations to provide training and technical assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities with respect to the planning, construction, and operation of treatment works. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1994
World War II Peace Accords Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the 50th anniversary of the signing of the World War II peace accords on the U.S.S. Missouri should not go unrecognized at the national level; and (2) the United States should recognize such anniversary by minting and issuing a commemorative coin. Sets forth specifications for half dollar clad coins. Mandates that the surcharges received from the sale of such coins be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Admiral Nimitz Foundation for the purpose of preserving the Pacific War heritage of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1994
Designates April 11, 1994, as Persian Gulf War Veteran Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1994
Video Game Rating Act of 1994 - Establishes the Interactive Entertainment Rating Commission to: (1) coordinate with the video game industry in the development of a voluntary standard for providing information to purchasers and users concerning the contents of video games; (2) evaluate whether any standards proposed are adequate to warn purchasers and users of the violent or sexually explicit content of such games; and (3) report to the President and the Congress regarding the adequacy of the industry's response. Provides Commission funding through December 31, 1996. Terminates the Commission on the earlier of such date or 90 days after submission of its report. Provides an antitrust exemption for any actions taken by the video game industry in developing such guidelines.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1994
Social Security Immigration Fraud Protection Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to create a mandatory minimum sentence of a fine or five years' imprisonment, or both, for illegal alien social security documentation fraud.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1994
Designates March 20, 1994, as National Agriculture Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1994
Designates April 1994 as Civil War History Month.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1994
Condemns: (1) the speech given by Khalid Abdul Muhammad as outrageous hate mongering of the most vicious and vile kind; and (2) all manifestations and expressions of racism, anti-Catholicism, anti-Semitism, and ethnic or religious intolerance.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
Merchant Marine Revitalization Act of 1994 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to require that a specified percentage of imported oil and motor vehicles transported on seagoing vessels be transported on vessels that are documented under the laws of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
Designates May 30 through June 6, 1994, as a Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
Designates March 8, 1994, as International Women's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the people of the United States deserve a full accounting of the radiation experiments conducted by the Government; (2) the Secretary of Energy should be commended for quickly responding to the disclosures that such experiments had been conducted on individuals without their consent by promising to locate and release all relevant records and the President should be commended for establishing a Human Radiation Interagency Working group and an independent Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments; (3) all Federal departments and agencies should act expeditiously to locate, retrieve, and inventory all records and documents related to the experiments which should be made available to the subjects and their families; (4) the subjects who are still alive should receive appropriate followup medical care; (5) the President should consider whether compensation should be provided to such individuals or their survivors; and (6) an apology should be made by the Government to the individuals and their families.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1994
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect to include in income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments in the year of the disaster or in the following year.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1994
Designates March 25, 1994, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1994
Designates the week beginning October 2, 1994, as Chemical Dependency Nurses Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1994
Designates October 1994 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1994
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals to establish and construct the National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and for related facilities and equipment at such Center. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1994
Radiation Experimentation Compensation Act of 1994 - Apologizes on behalf of the Nation to the individuals who were the subjects of radiation experiments conducted by the Federal Government, as well as to their families for the hardships they have endured as a result. Establishes in the Treasury the Radiation Experimentation Compensation Trust Fund for compensating the subjects of experiments conducted between January 1, 1940, and December 31, 1974, during which the subjects were intentionally exposed to radiation without their informed consent. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Attorney General to establish procedures for the submission of claims and pay from amounts in the Fund each claim meeting the requirements of this Act. Provides for payments in cases of deceased experimental subjects. States that payments under this Act which are accepted by a subject or the subject's survivors shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of or on behalf of the subject against the United States arising out of the subject's participation in the experiment. Provides for judicial review. Establishes a time limit for filing claims of 20 years after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1994
Capital Formation and Jobs Creation Act of 1994 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 50 percent income tax deduction for the net capital gain of both corporate and noncorporate taxpayers. Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset or property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Allows an itemized deduction for losses arising from the sale or exchange of a principal residence.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1994
Education Savings Assistance Act of 1994 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any qualified education savings account. Describes such account as a trust created pursuant to a State educational savings plan and used exclusively to pay the higher education expenses of the designated beneficiary. Treats such State plans as tax-exempt organizations and treats contributions to such plans as charitable contributions. Declares that contributions to such accounts are not subject to the gift tax. Imposes penalty taxes in connection with reporting requirements or prohibited transactions associated with an account. Excludes distributions from such accounts when determining support for dependents.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1994
Allows payments to members of the armed forces under the Special Separation Benefits program of the Department of Defense without a concurrent pro rata reduction of veterans' disability compensation paid to such members through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Targeting Habitual Repeat and Violent Criminal Offenders Subtitle A: Expanding the Capacity of State Correctional Facilities Subtitle B: Major Offenders Programs and Felony Parole Violators Title II: Ending the Double Victimization of Society Subtitle A: Denial of Federal Benefits Subtitle B: Prison Work Programs Title III: Repeal of Supervised Release Program Title IV: Drug Paraphernalia Tax Title V: Financing Subtitle A: National Security Subtitle B: Physical Capital, Natural Resources, and Science Subtitle C: Government Management Subtite D: Human Resources Subtitle E: Social Services and Retirement Violent and Repeat Offenders Act of 1994 - Title I: Targeting Habitual Repeat and Violent Criminal Offenders - Subtitle A: Expanding the Capacity of State Correctional Facilities - Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States to construct additional correctional facilities for the purpose of increasing prison capacity to make habitual and violent criminal offenders serve the full term of their sentences. Specifies that such construction should aim to provide sufficient capacity to incarcerate such offenders who exhibit a high risk for continued or violent criminal activity for such terms, including individuals: (1) with three or more arrests by age 18; (2) with a history of violent criminal offenses; and (3) exhibiting a pattern of crimes of premeditation and deliberation for whom a prison stay may have a significant deterrent value. Authorizes the Director to make such grants to States to operate prison facilities including costs for administration and staff. (Sec. 102) Sets forth application requirements. Directs that each State application include a comprehensive plan containing: (1) a description of the correctional facility needs in the State, including relevant supporting data; (2) a description of the resources available to build additional correctional facility capacity, together with an account of the expenses involved that cannot be met with existing resources at the State and local levels; (3) an explanation of how the State will be able to sustain the increased operation and maintenance costs of expanded correctional facility capacity; and (4) an evaluation component, including quantifiable data, that measures progress toward meeting the prison capacity goals under this subtitle. (Sec. 103) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) fund allocation; (2) grant renewal and limitations; and (3) grant approval and disapproval procedures. Subtitle B: Major Offenders Programs and Felony Parole Violators - Authorizes the Director to make grants to States, for use by the States and units of local government, for purposes of developing and increasing the capacity and the effectiveness of major offenders programs that prioritize the arrest and prosecution of habitual and violent criminal offenders. Specifies that such programs shall include: (1) establishment or expansion of specialized major offender units in law enforcement and criminal prosecutor offices to identify, monitor, arrest, and prosecute major offenders; and (2) establishment or expansion of a State crime information center computer database to include the complete arrest histories of major offenders and parole violator units and other relevant information for use by law enforcement officers and criminal prosecutors. (Sec. 113) Sets forth application requirements. Directs that each State application include a comprehensive plan containing: (1) a description, with supporting data, of the crime problems attributable to major offenders and parole violators that improved law enforcement and prosecution programs may be able to decrease; (2) a description of the resources available to implement or expand major offenders and parole violators programs; and (3) an evaluation component. (Sec. 114) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) local applications; (2) fund allocation; (3) grant renewal and limitations; and (4) grant approval and disapproval procedures. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Ending the Double Victimization of Society - Subtitle A: Denial of Federal Benefits - Makes any individual who is convicted of three Federal or State felony offenses ineligible for any Federal benefits. (Sec. 212) Requires: (1) State and Federal courts to send information, as determined necessary by the Director of the Office of Justice Assistance, regarding the conviction of third-time felons to such Office in a timely manner; (2) such Office to maintain a computer listing of individuals convicted of a third Federal or State felony offense and update such list in a timely manner; (3) such Office to transfer the names of such individuals to the General Services Administration for inclusion in the publication "Lists of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement or Nonprocurement Programs"; and (4) representatives of a Government agency that is responsible for the distribution of a Federal benefit to consult such publication before granting such benefit. (Sec. 214) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Prison Work Programs - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a State, in order to avoid a reduction of available funds by 25 percent (for redistribution to other participating States), to implement or continue a prison workfare program that requires an inmate who is physically able (as determined by the State Director of Corrections) to work a portion of each day. Title III: Repeal of Supervised Release Program - Repeals provisions authorizing the court to include a term of supervised release after imprisonment. Title IV: Drug Paraphernalia Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax, equal to 100 percent of the price for which sold, on taxable smoking paraphernalia manufactured in or imported into the United States. Increases the tax on cigarette papers. Title V: Financing - Subtitle A: National Security - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should negotiate with member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and any other foreign nation with which the United States has a bilateral or multilateral defense agreement, with certain exceptions, to seek an agreement that provides for such nation to pay at least 50 percent of the overseas basing costs incurred by the United States for stationing its members and civilian personnel in that nation. Limits the U.S. share of overseas basing coats for FY 1995 and thereafter, lowering such percentage from 84 percent of such costs for FY 1995 to 50 percent of such costs for FY 1998 and thereafter. (Sec. 502) Directs the Secretary of the Army to reorganize and reduce offices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in order to achieve at least $50 million in net annual savings by FY 1998. (Sec. 503) Rescinds specified military construction and defense procurement funds during FY 1994, as well as specified funds for the MK-19 grenade launcher program. (Sec. 505) Directs the Secretary of Defense to cancel the C-26 aircraft program and the Mobile In-Shore Undersea Warfare Vans program. (Sec. 507) Rescinds or reduces: (1) FY 1994 defense operation and maintenance funds; (2) funding for the Food for Peace program under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (with a modification of loan terms); (3) funds for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (4) funding for the International Development Association under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994; (5) funds for foreign military financing under the same Act; and (6) funds for the Agency for International Development, Department of State, and the United States Information Agency. Subtitle B: Physical Capital, Natural Resources, and Science - Terminates the spacelifter program. (Sec. 522) Department of Science, Space, Energy, and Technology Organization Act of 1993 - Establishes the Department of Science, Space, Energy, and Technology (Department). Transfers the following entities to the Department: (1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (3) the National Science Foundation; (4) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (5) the Patent and Trademark Office; (6) the Department of Energy, renamed the National Energy Administration, except for specified facilities to be transferred to the Department of Defense; and (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. (Sec. 523) Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to eliminate and rescind funding for the magnetic levitation prototype development program. (Sec. 524) Rescinds funding from specified National Institutes of Health, independent agencies, and Department of Defense accounts for federally sponsored university research and development programs. (Sec. 525) Directs the Secretaries of Energy and Commerce to establish procedures for recoupment of certain grants undertaken by their respective Departments. Authorizes the Secretaries to require recoupment as necessary. (Sec. 526) Eliminates the competitive contracting exclusion for contracts involving federally funded research and development centers and Federal executive agencies or the Department of Defense. (Sec. 527) Terminates (and rescinds funding for) the Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor program. (Sec. 528) Establishes the Department of Energy Facilities Closure and Reconfiguration Commission which shall review and recommend (based upon the Secretary of Energy's recommendations) closures and reconfigurations for Department of Energy facilities. Appropriates Commission funds. Terminates the Commission not later than 20 months after enactment of this Act. Sets forth the procedures for facilities closure and reconfiguration, including presidential and congressional review. Establishes in the Treasury a Department of Energy Facility Closure Account. (Sec. 529) Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to sell: (1) the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project to the Alaska Power Authority (now known as the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority) or its successor; and (2) the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project to the Municipality of Anchorage, doing business as Municipal Light and Power, the Chugach Electric Association, Inc., and the Matanuska Electric Association. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Energy to assess alternative options before making such sales. (Sec. 531) Rescinds funding for the SPR petroleum account. (Sec. 532) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the termination of the helium subsidy. (Sec. 533) Rescinds funding for certain water projects. (Sec. 534) Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act to establish a preference for interim measures rather than permanent treatment technologies in Superfund response actions. Amends the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to authorize appropriations for the Superfund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit funds from the Superfund to such authorization amounts. (Sec. 535) Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury a Disaster Relief Account. Rescinds specified disaster relief funding under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 536) Repeals title VII (weather office closure procedures) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992. Rescinds specified National Weather Service funding under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 537) Rescinds specified funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research fleet and certain other activities under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 539) Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to jointly study the feasibility of merging the Bureau of Reclamation and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. (Sec. 540) Rescinds specified Cooperative State Research Service facilities funding under the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 541) Repeals authority for the: (1) airway science program; (2) collegiate training initiative; and (3) air carrier maintenance technician training facility grant program. Rescinds specified funding for Federal Aviation Administration operations and facilities and equipment. (Sec. 542) Repeals the Symms National Recreational Trails Act of 1991. (Sec. 543) Repeals specified Economic Development Administration funding under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 544) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to eliminate funding for public telecommunications facilities. Rescinds specified telecommunications funding under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 545) Establishes a moratorium on construction or acquisition of new Federal buildings. Subtitle C: Government Management - Transfers the position of Public Printer (PP) and all associated functions (except those of the Superintendent of Documents (SD)) to the executive branch. (Sec. 551) Transfers the SD position and all associated functions to the Library of Congress where they will be carried out by the SD under the direction of the Librarian of Congress (LC). Requires the SD to be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the LC. Revokes all existing authorized printing plant charters. Requires all Government publications to be available throughout the Government to any department, agency, or entity of the Government for use or redissemination. Requires Government entities to: (1) establish and maintain a comprehensive inventory of their publications; (2) make such inventory available through the electronic directory; and (3) furnish their publications to the SD in the prescribed form and manner. Imposes additional specified responsibilities on: (1) the PP with respect to the executive and judicial branches, including using all necessary measures to remedy duplication and waste in public printing and prescribing publishing standards and procurement requirements; and (2) the SD with respect to dissemination of Government publications, including making publications available to designated depository and State libraries. (Sec. 552) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs should be reorganized as specified; and (2) such reorganization should be pursued in coordination with the Task Force on Bureau of Indian Affairs reorganization. (Sec. 553) Makes specified rescissions of various executive agencies' FY 1994 funding for printing and reproduction and for supplies and materials. (Sec. 554) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to streamline HUD, including eliminating a specified number of employee positions and consolidating various offices. (Sec. 555) Terminates the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), transfers all associated functions to the Secretary of Transportation, and rescinds specified FY 1994 ICC funding, and transfers other ICC funding to the Department of Transportation. (Sec. 556) Makes specified rescissions of Tennessee Valley Authority and Appalachian Regional Commission funds. (Sec. 558) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement a prospective payment system for the Veterans Health Administration. (Sec. 559) Makes a specified rescission of FY 1994 funding for the Legal Services Corporation. (Sec. 560) Repeals the State Justice Institute Act of 1984, thereby abolishing the State Justice Institute (SJI), and rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 SJI funding. (Sec. 561) Reorganizes the U.S. Marshals Service. (Sec. 562) Makes specified rescissions of FY 1994 funds for: (1) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (2) construction of Federal offices and courthouses; (3) the Executive Office of the President and the legislative branch (except the Senate); (4) House of Representative franking; and (5) certain official Government travel. (Sec. 568) Eliminates the 1994 calendar year cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Members of Congress, and limits future adjustments for Members to the same percentages as those for Federal employees. (Sec. 569) Ends unlimited accumulation of annual leave for members of the Senior Executive Service and rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 funds for executive agency accrued leave payments. (Sec. 570) Sets specified limits on the total number of full-time equivalent executive agency positions each fiscal year through FY 1998. Gives the Office of Management and Budget enforcement authority over such limits, and, provides for waivers from such limits under certain conditions. Rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 funds for executive agency employee compensation. (Sec. 572) Terminates specified Federal advisory committees. (Sec. 573) Increases the threshold for application of the Davis-Bacon Act. Rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 executive agency funds for construction activities under Davis-Bacon. (Sec. 574) Amends Federal law commonly known as the Copeland Act to require employers on contracts covered by Davis-Bacon to certify compliance with applicable labor law standards at least once a month to the Department of Labor, instead of submitting weekly payroll records. Rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 funds for executive agency construction activities under Copeland. (Sec. 575) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program requiring user fees for applications for alcohol labeling and formula reviews. (Sec. 576) Amends the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to increase registration fees. Requires the amounts collected as registration fees to be deposited into the Treasury for use towards the salaries and expenses of Securities and Exchange Commission employees. (Sec. 577) Requires States participating in marketing activities or tourism promotion abroad through the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration to pay user fees to fund the Administration. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program requiring the payment of user fees for all services provided to all non-Federal entities by the International Trade Administration in carrying out its export promotion programs. Subtitle D: Human Resources - Terminates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assistance for public housing construction, other than Indian public housing. Reallocates specified rescinded funding to the Section 8 housing voucher program. (Sec. 582) Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to revise provisions regarding the management and disposition of HUD-held multifamily properties and mortgages. (Sec. 583) Terminates specified annual grant assistance to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as of September 30, 1993. Subtitle E: Social Services and Retirement - Amends Federal civil service law to add special rules for certain post-1993 new employees and Members of Congress. (Sec. 592) Makes changes with regard to Government contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan. (Sec. 593) Defers until age 62 COLAs for military retirees who first entered military service on or after January 1, 1994. (Sec. 594) Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to consolidate into a single block grant program various specified social services programs, including the at-risk child care program under SSA title VI part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). (Sec. 595) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the award of Pell grants to prisoners.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1994
Designates April 28, 1994, as Exercise Tiger Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1994
Designates May 1994 as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1994
Designates 1994 as a year to honor the memory and leadership qualities of the Honorable Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr., the late Speaker of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1994
Expresses the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor the 100th anniversary of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the U.S. Postal Service should make such recommendation to the Postmaster General.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Child Abuse Accountability Act - Permits the garnishment of an annuity under the Civil Service or Federal Employees' Retirement Systems in order to satisfy a judgment against an annuitant for physically abusing a child.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a police or fire department chaplain within the definition of a public safety officer for purposes of death benefit provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Commercial Mortgage Capital Availability Act of 1993 - Sets forth a regulatory scheme under which qualified insured depository institutions meeting prescribed reserve and capital requirements may execute mortgage loan transfers with a recourse arrangement. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to modify the definition of "mortgage related security" to include notes directly secured by a first lien on real estate with commercial structures located upon it (thus bringing such securities within the purview of the Act). Directs the Secretary of Labor to exempt commercial mortgage related securities transactions from: (1) certain restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; and (2) certain taxes imposed under the Internal Revenue Code. Mandates that securities relying on the provisions of this Act comply with all Federal securities laws relating to disclosure to investors, registrations, reporting and anti-fraud provisions. Requires insured depository institutions to maintain the minimum adequate capital prescribed by regulatory banking agencies when executing mortgage backed securities transactions.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
President Harry S Truman Congressional Gold Medal Act - Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Margaret Truman Daniel in recognition of the accomplishments of President Harry S Truman on the 50th anniversary of his first inauguration. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
George C. Marshall Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue one-dollar silver coins in commemoration of the end of World War II and General George C. Marshall's participation in service during such War; and (2) pay surcharges received from coin sales to the Friends of George C. Marshall to be used solely for the construction of the George C. Marshall Memorial and Visitor Center in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
American Museum of Natural History 125th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of a prehistoric dinosaur and a view of the east front of the American Museum of Natural History (located on Central Park West in New York City); and (2) pay surcharges received from coin sales to the Budgetary Fund for the Museum.
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
Authorizes appropriations to the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for FY 1994 through 1998 to expand implementation of the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Program to all of the 50 States.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Tobacco Education and Child Protection Act - Declares it to be unlawful to manufacture, package, distribute for sale, or advertise tobacco products without specified health warning labels. Repeals the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 one year after the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Sunset Reviews Title II: Agency Role in Sunset Reviews Regulatory Sunset Act of 1993 - Title I: Sunset Reviews - Establishes the Regulatory Sunset Commission to review regulations of executive agencies and determine in accordance with specified criteria whether they should be terminated, authorized to continue in effect, or modified. Provides for limited judicial review of Commission determinations. Title II: Agency Role in Sunset Reviews - Requires the head of each agency to: (1) conduct thorough and systematic reviews of all agency regulations based on such criteria; (2) prepare and transmit to the Commission a report on agency regulations which includes recommendations of the actions to take; and (3) publish in the Federal Register the agency responses to Commission determinations. Establishes a Regulatory Review Officer within each executive agency (designated by the agency head) to: (1) further agency compliance with this Act; and (2) report directly to the agency head with respect to such function.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Public Finance and Infrastructure Investment Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to private activity bonds to repeal: (1) the disproportionate private business use test; and (2) the lower private business test for certain output facilities. Increases the private loan financing test for such bonds. Increases the annual issuance limit for small issuers whose governmental bonds are not subject to rebate. Repeals the $100,000 limitation on unspent proceeds under the one-year exception from arbitrage rebate requirements. Repeals the debt service-based limitation on investment in certain nonpurpose investments. Exempts the following bonds from the arbitrage rebate requirements under specified circumstances: (1) tax-exempt bonds; (2) bonds which are not private activity bonds; and (3) private activity bonds issued to finance property to be owned by a governmental unit or a tax-exempt organization. Increases the amount of tax-exempt obligations excepted from the pro rata allocation of interest expense of financial institutions to tax-exempt interest for qualified small issuers. Lowers the State ceiling on the volume cap for private activity bonds and provides an inflation adjustment. Provides a tax-exemption for distressed community economic development bonds. Excepts 50 percent of such bonds from the volume cap. Allows a deduction for such bonds as qualified tax-exempt obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Designates June 6, 1994, as D-Day National Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Designates 1994 through 1999 as the Years of the Girl Child.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1993
Truth in Sentencing Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to provide grants to States to build, expand, or operate space in correctional facilities in order to implement specified "truth in sentencing" requirements. Requires a State, to be eligible for funding under this Act, to have in effect throughout the State such requirements, including provisions which: (1) restrict parole, good-time credit release, or other forms of early release to require that criminals convicted of crimes of violence serve at least 85 percent of the sentence imposed by a judge or jury; (2) require the sentencing authority to allow the defendant's victim or the victim's family the opportunity to be heard regarding the issue of sentencing; (3) allow as a sentencing option a "life sentence" without the possibility of parole; and (4) provide that the victim and the victim's family shall be notified whenever such defendant is to be released. Makes exceptions that: (1) allow the State to provide that the Governor may permit the release of a prisoner after a public hearing in which representatives of the public and the prisoner's victims have an opportunity to be heard regarding the proposed release; and (2) make a State eligible for funding under this Act when that State has enacted legislation that provides for the State to be in compliance with this Act within three years of the enactment of such legislation. Sets forth provisions regarding the distribution of, and limitations on, funds. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for a reduction of full-time equivalent positions in all Federal agencies. Sets forth requirements regarding monitoring and notification of the President and the Congress as to whether such reductions are taking place (and, if they are not being met in a given agency, prohibits hiring for any position in such agency until the Office of Management and Budget notifies the President that the agency is in compliance).
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Propane Education and Research Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to conduct a referendum among producers and retail marketers to authorize the creation of the Propane Education and Research Council and the levying of an assessment on odorized propane. Makes it the Council's mission to develop programs and enter into contracts for: (1) propane research and development; (2) consumer education; (3) propane market development; and (4) payment for program costs with funds collected under this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which the Council shall set annual assessments to cover program costs. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program to coordinate Council operations with any State propane education and research council. Proscribes the use of Council funds for lobbying activities. Directs the Secretary to issue implementation regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Disabled and Blind Homeowners Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Act - Amends the National Housing Act to make homeowners who are at least 50 years old and disabled or blind eligible for insured home equity conversion mortgages.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Women and Alcohol Research Equity Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to obligate a specified amount to carry out research projects on alcohol abuse and alcoholism among women.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Mickey Leland Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Parenthood Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to replace the title on adolescent family life demonstration projects with a title on adolescent pregnancy prevention, care, and research grants. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to provide, supplement, or improve the quality of prevention and care services to pregnant adolescents and their male partners, adolescent parents, and nonpregnant adolescents. Requires grantees to charge fees for services only under a fee schedule, approved by the Secretary, based on the income of the person and taking into account the difficulty adolescents face in obtaining resources to pay for services. Prohibits discrimination because of an individual's inability to pay for services. Sets forth priorities in making grants, including giving priority to applicants that: (1) serve an area with a high incidence of adolescent pregnancy; and (2) serve an area with a high proportion of low-income families and low availability of care programs. Directs the Secretary to coordinate Federal policies and programs providing services relating to the prevention of initial and recurrent adolescent pregnancies and providing care services, including by requiring grantees under these provisions to report concerning Federal, State, and local policies that interfere with delivery and coordination of programs of care for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to support and disseminate the results of research relating to adolescent pregnancy. Limits grants or contracts to: (1) one year, subject to renewal for four additional one-year periods; and (2) subject to waiver, a specified dollar amount. Directs the Secretary to establish a system for the review of grant and contract applications which is similar to the system of scientific peer review of the National Institutes of Health. Allows grants only to programs determined by the review panel to have scientific merit. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits using grant funds for the performance of an abortion.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Environmental Professionals Training and Certification Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish an Environmental Certification Board; and (2) issue regulations, based on the Board's recommendations, that establish minimum standards regulating environmental training and certification organizations for environmental professionals performing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. Defines a "Phase I Environmental Site Assessment" as a process by which a person determines whether a parcel of real property is subject to recognized environmental conditions which indicate the likely presence of a hazardous substance or petroleum product and the likely release into the ground, groundwater, or surface water. Provides for approval of an organization if it meets minimum standards for curriculum, program, facilities, training, and certification methods. Makes such approval valid for up to five years. Bars unapproved organizations from issuing degrees signifying that a recipient is a certified environmental site assessor or qualified to perform a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment. Prescribes civil penalties for such violation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Consolidation of Information on Technologies Title II: Technology Transfer and Commercialization Financing Corporation Title III: Commercialization Financing Title IV: Alternative Minimum Tax on Corporations Importing Products Into the United States Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions Federal Technology Commercialization and Credit Enhancement Act of 1993 - Title I: Consolidation of Information on Technologies - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a standardized, accessible data base describing all patents, licenses, technologies, and processes owned in whole or in part by the Federal Government. Provides for data base access by: (1) the Technology Transfer and Commercialization Financing Corporation (established by this Act); and (2) the public. Directs the Secretary to review current Federal technology transfer efforts. Title II: Technology Transfer and Commercialization Financing Corporation - Establishes a public/private Technology Transfer and Commercialization Financing Corporation (Corporation) to foster U.S. economic growth by providing credit for businesses and facilitating the transfer and commercialization of federally owned or developed patents, licenses, processes, and technologies. Title III: Commercialization Financing - Establishes in the Treasury the Technology Transfer Investment Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Corporation to provide outreach activities to areas that: (1) have a depressed economy or chronically high unemployment; (2) have been adversely affected by the North American Free Trade Agreement; or (3) are designated as Federal empowerment zones or enterprise communities. Title IV: Alternative Minimum Tax on Corporation's Importing Products into the United States - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an alternative minimum tax on certain corporations importing products into the United States. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth effective date and separability provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Subjects the payment of separation pay under either the special separation benefits program or the voluntary separation incentive program of the uniformed services to a court order treating such pay as property of the member and the member's spouse, in the same manner as regular retired pay is currently treated. Allows a former spouse continued use of military commissary or exchange stores during the two-year period following the member's involuntary separation from the armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Designates 1994 as The Year of Gospel Music.