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Rep. Gingrich, Newt [R-GA-6]

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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 238 (103rd)passed

Calling on the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to conduct an investigation into activity at the House Post Office to determine whether House rules were broken or whether public funds were embezzled by Members.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993

Instructs the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to investigate allegations that the House Post Office provided cash to any Member in exchange for official vouchers, stamps purchased with official vouchers, campaign account checks, or in any other way inconsistent with the Rules of the House. Requires the Committee to: (1) determine which Members are alleged by the former Postmaster to have engaged in improper conduct in connection with the House Post Office and whether these Members are the subjects of any current investigation by the Department of Justice; and (2) defer further inquiry into a Member's conduct if that be the case, pending conclusion of the investigation. Requires the Committee to report to the House on its investigations and makes such report available to the public.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 237 (103rd)referred

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require open committee meetings and to allow the broadcasting and still photography of any committee meetings or hearings that are open to the public.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993

Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to allow meetings of standing committees and subcommittees to be closed to the public only if approved by a majority of the committee or subcommittee's total membership because disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger national security, tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation, or compromise a confidential source of any criminal investigation. Repeals provisions making the coverage of committee hearings and meetings by television broadcast, radio broadcast, or still photography a privilege made available by the House. Requires proceedings of open committee hearings or meetings to be open to television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, or by any of such method of coverage. Prohibits a committee or subcommittee chairman from limiting the number of television or still cameras below two representatives from each medium.

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

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

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993

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

Law· HRH.R. 2826 (103rd)enacted

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

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1993

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

Bill· HRH.R. 2819 (103rd)referred

Senior Citizen Consumer Protection Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1993

Senior Citizen Consumer Protection Act of 1993 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to revise the prohibitions and penalties against misleading mailings. Requires penalties relating to misleading mailings to be deposited in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. Confers responsibility upon the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services for enforcing such prohibitions. Requires annual reports to the Congress with respect to prohibition violations and associated penalties.

Bill· HRH.R. 2803 (103rd)referred

Rental-Purchase Reform Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1993

Rental-Purchase Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to set forth information required to be disclosed by merchants to consumers under rental-purchase agreements. Regulates the collection and advertising practices of such merchants. Authorizes consumers to bring civil charges in any U.S. district court for violations of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 2789 (103rd)open

Medicaid Health Allowance Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1993

Medicaid Health Allowance Act of 1993 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to create State health allowance programs under which the State makes payments to an insurer of an eligible individual as an allowance towards the cost of providing the individual with benefits under an approved health benefit plan.

Bill· HRH.R. 2758 (103rd)open

Free and Independent Cuba Assistance Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993

Free and Independent Cuba Assistance Act of 1993 - Requires the President, at such time as a transition government is in power in Cuba, to develop a plan for providing economic assistance to the Cuban people while such government and a democratic government are in power. Limits such assistance to humanitarian assistance while a transition government is in power. Expands such assistance to include development and agricultural assistance and export financing (as well as other specified assistance) when a democratic government is in power. Requires the President to take steps to obtain the agreement of other countries and international financial institutions to provide comparable assistance to Cuba. Directs the President to determine whether to designate Cuba as a beneficiary country pursuant to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Requires the President, upon enactment of legislation implementing a free trade agreement between the United States and another country in the Western Hemisphere, to: (1) take steps to enter into a framework agreement with the transition government in Cuba providing for trade and investment in Cuba; and (2) enter into negotiations with a democratic government in Cuba to conclude a free trade agreement. Directs the President to communicate the plan for assistance to the Cuban people. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the President to terminate the trade embargo on Cuba upon submitting a determination that a democratic government is in power in Cuba to the Congress. Sets forth conditions under which a government in Cuba will be considered transitional or democratic.

Bill· HRH.R. 2759 (103rd)referred

Equity Expansion Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993

Equity Expansion Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow corporations to issue performance stock options to employees. Requires employees to hold such stock for at least one year. Provides an exclusion from gross income of 50 percent of the gain from such stock if it is held for at least two years. Excludes gain from the exercise of such stock options from wage withholding and employment taxes. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the charge against earnings on the exercise of certain performance stock options.

Bill· HRH.R. 2717 (103rd)referred

Family Heritage Preservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993

Family Heritage Preservation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the estate tax, gift tax, and tax on generation-skipping transfers.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 237 (103rd)referred

To authorize the construction of a international monument in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of Communism.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993

Authorizes the National Captive Nations Committee, Inc., to construct in the District of Columbia an appropriate international memorial to honor victims of Communism. Makes the Corporation solely responsible for expenses for the construction of the memorial. Requires excess funds for the memorial to be remitted to the Secretary of the Treasury.

Bill· HRH.R. 2708 (103rd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide taxpayers engaged in certain agriculture-related activities a credit against income tax for property used to control environmental pollution and for soil and water conservation expenditures.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers primarily engaged in a farming-related business an investment tax credit for a percentage of: (1) the costs of agricultural environmental property; and (2) the amount allowed as a deduction for soil and water conservation expenditures.

Bill· HRH.R. 2646 (103rd)referred

Federal Benefit Integrity Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993

Federal Benefit Integrity Act - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) reduce the amount of AFDC currently being paid to families which do not include a U.S. citizen or national; and (2) prohibit AFDC from being paid to any family applying for AFDC which does not include such an individual. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplementary Security Income), the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, and the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make similar amendments with respect to the receipt of Federal benefits by illegal aliens, and, in certain cases, phase-out such benefits entirely.

Bill· HRH.R. 2663 (103rd)referred

Air Traffic Controller Incentive and Retention Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993

Air Traffic Controller Incentive and Retention Act - Increases the premium pay differential for certain air traffic control system employees and other specified employees of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense from five to 15 percent of the applicable rate of basic pay. Entitles such employees to Sunday premium pay for work performed on Saturday.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 122 (103rd)open

Concerning the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should use its influence as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to support the efforts of Greece, in its negotiations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to find a solution which promotes a cooperative relationship between the two countries.

Bill· HRH.R. 2617 (103rd)open

Military Separation Retirement Benefits Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1993

Military Separation Retirement Benefits Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow rollovers into individual retirement accounts of military separation pay.

Bill· HRH.R. 2622 (103rd)referred

Armed Career Criminal Clarification Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1993

Armed Career Criminal Clarification Act - Establishes as a predicate offense under the armed career criminal statute any offense under State law which would have been punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more because of the type and quantity of the controlled substance involved if the offense had been prosecuted as a violation of the Controlled Substances Act.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 229 (103rd)referred

Establishing July 13, 1993, as "Cost of Government Day".

United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1993

Recognizes July 13, 1993, as Cost of Government Day. Encourages all Federal, State, and local elected officials to carefully consider Government spending costs and regulatory schemes in the year to come.

Bill· HRH.R. 2606 (103rd)referred

Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993

Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, to conduct a study concerning traumatic brain injury. Requires the study to seek to: (1) identify common therapeutic interventions which are used for the rehabilitation of individuals with traumatic brain injuries; and (2) develop practice guidelines for the rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct studies concerning traumatic brain injury and establish a uniform reporting system. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with, and provide assistance to, public and private nonprofit entities to reduce the incidence of traumatic brain injury through the establishment and effectuation of prevention projects. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to State and local entities, and to public or nonprofit private entities, to support: (1) special prevention and public awareness initiative projects; (2) model traumatic brain injury prevention, research, and support programs; (3) projects that study the service needs of individuals with traumatic brain injury; and (4) projects involving grants for services coordination. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to provide assistance to public and private nonprofit entities to support the conduct of basic and applied research concerning traumatic brain injury, especially with respect to the biomechanics of brain injury. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to award grants to States for the establishment of programs related to traumatic brain injury. Authorizes appropriations. Designates October 1993 as National Head Injury Month.

Bill· HRH.R. 2557 (103rd)referred

To discourage States and local governments from providing general welfare assistance to able-bodied individuals unless such individuals are participating in workfare programs.

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1993

Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to implement workfare programs for able-bodied residents on welfare aged 18 or over with no dependents in order for the State to maintain its current level of Federal funding for AFDC administrative expenses.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 219 (103rd)open

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

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993

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

Bill· HRH.R. 2499 (103rd)open

Congressional Coverage for Discrimination and Family Leave Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Age Discrimination Title II: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title III: Disabilities Title IV: Family and Medical Leave Title V: Guidelines Title VI: Effective Date Congressional Coverage for Discrimination and Family Leave Act - Title I: Age Discrimination - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the Act) to cover employees in the House of Representatives and in instrumentalities of the Congress. Authorizes an aggrieved employee to bring a civil action in the appropriate district court against an employing authority or instrumentality of the Congress. Authorizes the court to order such relief, including damages, attorney's fees, and other costs provided by this Act. Requires the employing authority to reimburse the Federal account of the House with non-Federal funds for any damages paid out of the account on behalf of an aggrieved employee. Title II: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to authorize an employee in the House of Representatives or in an instrumentality of the Congress to bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against his or her employing authority or the appropriate instrumentality. Authorizes the court to order such relief specified under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Revised Statutes. Limits the aggregate amount of compensatory and punitive damages to $50,000. Authorizes the complaining party to demand a jury trial. Prohibits the court from informing the jury of the dollar limitation imposed under this Act. Authorizes the court to allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fees (including expert witness fees) as part of the costs. Requires the employing authority to reimburse the Federal account of the House with non-Federal funds for any damages paid out of the account on behalf of an aggrieved employee. Title III: Disabilities - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to authorize an employee in the House of Representatives or in an instrumentality of the Congress to bring a civil action in the appropriate district court against his or her employing authority or the appropriate instrumentality. Authorizes the court to order such relief specified under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Revised Statutes. Limits the aggregate amount of compensatory and punitive damages to $50,000. Authorizes the complaining party to demand a jury trial. Prohibits the court from informing the jury of the dollar limitation imposed under this Act. Authorizes the court to allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fees (including expert witness fees) as part of the costs. Requires the employing authority to reimburse the Federal account of the House with non-Federal funds for any damages paid out of the account on behalf of an aggrieved employee. Title IV: Family and Medical Leave - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (the Act) to authorize an employee to bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against the employee's employing authority or the appropriate instrumentality of the Congress. Authorizes the court to order such relief, including damages, interest, attorney's fees, expert witness fees, and other costs specified by the Act. Applies the rights and protections under title I of the Act to employees of each instrumentality of the Congress, except for the exemption concerning highly compensated employees. Title V: Guidelines - Requires implementing guidelines issued by any House committee for this Act to be published in the Congressional Record at least 60 days before such implementation. Title VI: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective three months after the date of enactment.

Bill· HRH.R. 2482 (103rd)open

To amend title 10, United States Code, to limit the transfer of Department of Defense funds to other departments and agencies of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1993

Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available for military functions of the Department of Defense from being made available to any other Federal department or agency unless the Secretary certifies to the Congress at least 30 days in advance that such transfer is in the national security interest. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition during a period of national emergency.

Bill· HRH.R. 2467 (103rd)referred

Vietnam Women's Memorial Coin Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1993

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

Bill· HRH.R. 2443 (103rd)open

Equitable Escheatment Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1993

Equitable Escheatment Act of 1993 - Amends specified Federal law to prescribe guidelines under which unclaimed distributions of security interests shall be subject to the custodial taking (escheatment) by the State which contains the principal executive offices of either the issuer or the holder of those securities.

Bill· HRH.R. 2456 (103rd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in order to provide an incentive for business to invest in pollution abatement property and related assets.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify certain environmental property used for pollution abatement as five-year depreciation property for purposes of the accelerated cost recovery system and the alternative depreciation system. Excepts such property from depreciation rules for purposes of adjustments in computing alternative minimum taxable income. Repeals the deduction for amortization of pollution control facilities.

Bill· HRH.R. 2444 (103rd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the deductibility of certain home office expenses.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the deduction for home office expenses if a portion of a dwelling unit is used as the sole fixed location of business for a taxpayer who has no other fixed location of business, regardless of: (1) the amount of time or type of work performed in such location; or (2) the proportion of the total income from the business attributable to such location.

Bill· HRH.R. 2432 (103rd)referred

Responsible Parent Immunization Plan Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Immunization of Children Receiving AFDC Title II: Immunization of Children Receiving Food Stamps Benefits Title III: Current Program Regarding Immunizations Title IV: Immunizations for Uninsured Children Title V: Monitoring System with Respect to Immunization of Certain Children Title VI: Parental Behavior with Respect to Childhood Immunizations Title VII: Use of Medicaid Funds for Monitoring Medicaid Beneficiaries Responsible Parent Immunization Plan Act of 1993 - Title I: Immunization of Children Receiving AFDC - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State's AFDC plan to require any parent applying for or receiving aid to ensure that each of his or her children have received specified immunizations. Title II: Immunization of Children Receiving Food Stamps Benefits - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to: (1) provide for a benefit reduction if all children in a household have not received specified immunizations; or (2) provide for a benefit increase if all such children have received such immunizations. Title III: Current Program Regarding Immunizations - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for grants to States for immunizations. Title IV: Immunizations for Uninsured Children - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for grants to States to provide pediatric immunizations to uninsured children without charge for the cost of the vaccine. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Monitoring System with Respect to Immunization of Certain Children - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for grants to States for the purpose of establishing a monitoring system which encourages the parents of uninsured children or children who are members of families receiving food stamps or other forms of assistance to have their children receive immunizations. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Parental Behavior with Respect to Childhood Immunizations - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for grants for demonstration projects to develop innovative methods to encourage parents to ensure that their children receive scheduled immunizations. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Use of Medicaid Funds for Monitoring Medicaid Beneficiaries - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for the use of Medicaid funds to monitor Medicaid beneficiaries under the monitoring system established by title V of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 2434 (103rd)referred

Putting Jobs and the American Family First Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Family Tax Credit Title II: Reducing the Cost of Capital by Reducing Capital Gains Tax Rates and Indexing the Basis of Certain Assets Title III: Neutral Cost Recovery Title IV: Increasing National Savings Through Individual Retirement Plus Accounts, Indexing for Inflation the Income Thresholds for Taxing Social Security Benefits, Etc. Title V: Cap on Federal Spending and Establishment of Commission to Reduce Federal Spending Putting Jobs and the American Family First Act of 1993 - Title I: Family Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a tax credit of $500 multiplied by the number of qualifying children who have not attained age 18. Places limitations on such credit and adjusts it for inflation. Title II: Reducing the Cost of Capital by Reducing Capital Gains Tax Rates and Indexing the Basis of Certain Assets - Reduces the individual and corporate capital gains rate from 34 percent to 15 percent. Reduces such tax to 7.5 percent for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Provides for the phaseout of personal exemptions and the overall limitation on itemized deductions to take into account adjusted gross income which has been reduced by net capital gain. 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 of 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. Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of noncorporate taxpayers. Title III: Neutral Cost Recoverry - Allows the depreciation deduction to be computed based on a neutral recovery basis for property placed in service after December 31, 1993. Repeals the special depreciation rules applicable under the adjusted current earnings provisions of the minimum tax. Title IV: Increasing National Savings Through Individual Retirement Plus Accounts, Indexing for Inflation the Income Thresholds for Taxing Social Security Benefits, etc. - Allows individuals to establish individual retirement plus accounts with tax treatment similar to that for individual retirement plans. Makes contributions to such account nondeductible. Provides for qualified distributions from such accounts. other than for general retirement purposes, including special purpose distributions made for the purchase of a first home and for medical or educational purposes. Prohibits special purpose distributions from being made during the first five years of the account. Provides an inflation adjustment after 1996 for income thresholds in determining the taxation of social security benefits. Excludes income from individual retirement plans when determining modified adjusted gross income. Provides an inflation adjustment after 1996 for the maximum amount allowable as a deduction for retirement savings. Title V: Cap on Federal Spending and Establishment of Commission to Reduce Federal Spending - Establishes the Commission on Reduction of Federal Spending to: (1) recommend specific reductions in Federal activities to assure that spending does not grow at a rate in excess of two percent per year through FY 1998; and (2) report a bill to the Congress with changes necessary to achieve such reductions. Establishes an advisory council to assist the Commission. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollidngs Act) to set forth sequestration procedures when the increase in annual Federal spending exceeds the amount resulting from an annual rate of inflation of two percent.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 198 (103rd)open

Requesting the President to furnish to the House of Representatives certain documents concerning the response of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allegations of criminal conduct in the White House travel office.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1993

Requests the President to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) examination of allegations of criminal conduct in the White House travel office, including documents concerning: (1) authorization of the Associate Counsel to the President, William Kennedy, to initiate the examination; (2) the decision to retain the accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick to audit the travel office; (3) the FBI's decision to investigate the travel office; (4) actions taken against the travel office employees and their current status; (5) involvement of the FBI's Inspector in Charge of the Office of Public and Congressional Affairs, John Collingwood, in the investigation; (6) the press statement issued to confirm that the investigation was underway; (7) any interest of workers on, and contributors to, the President's campaign in, respectively, assuming control of, or obtaining contracts with, the travel office; (8) the employment of Penny Sample in the travel office, the employment status of Harry Thomason, and conflict of interest considerations; and (9) any consideration of the appointment of the Director of the FBI, William Sessions, to other Federal positions and any determination regarding his tenure as Director.

Bill· HRH.R. 2420 (103rd)open

Lupus Research Amendments of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993

Lupus Research Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with respect to lupus. Requires the Director to: (1) coordinate such activities with similar activities conducted by other national research institutes and agencies of the National Institutes of Health; and (2) conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, lupus, including research to determine the reasons underlying the elevated prevalence of the disease among African-American and other women. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 2418 (103rd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the section 170(e)(5) rules pertaining to gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special rules for gifts or qualified appreciated stock to certain tax-exempt private foundations for purposes of the itemized deduction of charitable contributions. Includes grants to certain foreign organizations as qualified distributions by private foundations for purposes of the tax on failure to distribute income.

Bill· HRH.R. 2425 (103rd)referred

Gun Penalty Enhancement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993

Gun Penalty Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to double the enhanced penalties for carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime.

Bill· HRH.R. 2415 (103rd)referred

Reserve Account for Administrative Savings Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993

Reserve Account for Administrative Savings Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law to require that appropriated salaries and expenses be apportioned. Requires the establishment of reserve accounts equal to five percent of the actual amount incurred for those salaries and expenses in the immediately preceding fiscal year. Provides procedures for such funds to be permanently rescinded, released and spent, or used to offset supplemental appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 2393 (103rd)referred

To repeal the Act of March 3, 1931 (known as the Davis-Bacon Act).

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993

Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (an Act which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works).

Bill· HRH.R. 2346 (103rd)referred

To ensure that consumer credit reports include information on any overdue child support obligations of the consumer.

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1993

Amends the Social Security Act to require States to provide information on overdue child support obligations of absent parents to consumer reporting agencies. (Currently, States must meet such requirement only upon the request of such agencies.) Eliminates the authority of the States to impose a fee for furnishing such information.