Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]

An amendment to the Latta, Aspin, and Jones (OK) substitute amendments. It provides additional funds for the Office of Justice Assistance, FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and to state and local crime fighting programs.

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Technical amendments en bloc.

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An amendment making technical corrections.

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An amendment to add provisions requiring all physicians, pharmacists, manufacturers, and distributors of heroin to register with the Department of Justice under the Controlled Substances Act. It also provides for Drug Enforcement Agency investigation and prosecution of violations. Also, only illicit heroin confiscated by authorities can be used in the program and physicians' decisions must be subject to peer review.

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A perfecting amendment providing that as for law enforcement authority the Attorney General, on a showing of need, shall deputize qualified EPA employees to serve as special deputy U.S. marshals in EPA criminal investigations.

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An amendment to strike the Commerce enforcement provisions of the Act.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute, consisting of the text of H.R. 2174 as passed by the House, with addition of language providing a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or 3 years imprisonment for persons who intentionally cause serious injury by tampering with a consumer product, its container, or label. It also provides a fine of up to $25,000 and/or five years imprisonment for knowingly communicating false information that a consumer product has been tainted. Both provisions deal with interstate commerce.

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An amendment to change the statute under which funds for law enforcement assistance are expended from the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979 to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. The amendment also provides $92,800,000 for the Attorney General to use in providing Federal law enforcement assistance to states to address crime problems of serious and epidemic proportions.

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An amendment to change the statute under law enforcement assistance funds are spent from the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979 to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.The amendment also provides, contingent upon passage of H.R. 2175 or S. 53, $162,000,000 that the Attorney General may use in employing federal law enforcement assistance to states to address crime problems of serious and epidemic proportions.

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An amendment to the Volkmer substitute as amended by the Volkmer amendment. The amendment eliminates provisions which preempt State and local laws to permit individuals to carry handguns between States.

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An amendment to make it unlawful for any person to transfer or possess a machinegun except in the case of a machinegun that was lawfully possessed before the date of enactment.

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An amendment to the Volkmer sugstitute amendment as amended to eliminate the provisions that permit the interstate sale of handguns.

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An amendment to the Volkmer substitute amendment as amended by the Volkmer amendment. It prohibits the interstate sale of handguns and eliminates provisions which preempt state and local laws to permit individuals to carry handguns between states. It strikes provisions which alter current law regarding dealer licensing, and eliminates language which permits dealers to transfer firearms to and from their personal collections without keeping records of such transactions.

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A technical amendment.

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An amendment to exempt from the prohibition against the administration of polygraph test, certain employees of legalized establishments.

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An amendment dealing with the Deleware River, Philadelphia to sea navigation projection. It requires the Secretary to 1) monitor continuously materials disposed of at Penns Grove Disposal Area, Carneys Point, New Jersey, 2) monitor continuously to insure that the underground aquifers at the area are not contaminated, 3) limit the fill of the area to 10 feet, and 4) prohibit the use of any area adjacent to the Penns Grove area for disposal of dredged material.

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An amendment to prohibit the distribution of anabolic steroids without a prescription. The amendment makes such distribution a felony, providing penalties of up to three years imprisonment and fines.

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An amendment adding $800,000 to the Drug Enforcement Administration to update secure communications systems which cannot be compromised by drug traffickers.

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An amendment to limit the application of the provisions in the Richardson amendment by providing that polygraph tests must be administered only in connection with an ongoing investigation of criminal or other misconduct involving, or potentially involving, loss or injury to the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any such controlled substance by a given employer, and provided that the employee in question had access to the person or property which is the subject of the investigation.

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An amendment to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds for non-safety airway assistance at Pomona Airport near Atlantic City, N.J., until a regional airport development authority is established. The amendment would also prohibit the transfer of federal lands at the airport prior to establishment of the regional authority, and would create an incentive for the establishment of a regional authority for the purpose of facilitating the coordinated development of a major airport to serve Atlantic City.

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An amendment to provide that to the extent practical and feasible, regularly scheduled openings of drawbridges should be imposed so as to reduce motor vehicle traffic delays and congestion.

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An amendment to make several changes to the racial discrimination provisions relating to the imposition of the death penalty. The amendment requires the court to examine the validity of statistics and whether they provide a basis for finding a significant discriminatory pattern. The amendment also reduces the case made out through statistics from a prima facie case to an inference and lessens the burden of proof necessary for the government to rebut the inference of racial discrimination, from "clear and convincing evidence" to "preponderance of the evidence" and further, removes limits in the bill relating to the grounds on which the government can rebut the statistical showing.

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An amendment to authorize capital punishment for ten additional federal offenses, including transporting explosives that results in death, murder by sending a bomb through the mail, death that results in the course of bank robbery, and murder by federal prisoners under life sentence. The amendment also tightens the bill's provisions on death penalty procedure by specifying that only one aggravating factor must be proved in order to impose the death penalty in place of the bill's requirement that two such factors be proved. The amendment heightens the burden of proof required to establish a mitigating factor from "any evidence" to "a preponderance of the evidence", and also revises the bill's standards for appellate review of death sentences by providing that if the appeals court upholds a finding of at least one aggravating factor it must uphold the sentence if it determines that the aggravating factor outweighs any mitigating factors. The amendment strikes provisions in the bill designed to allow prisoners under sentence of death to raise claims in federal habeas corpus proceedings that their sentence was imposed because of racial bias even though the claims were not raised in any previous habeas corpus petitions filed by the prisoner.

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An amendment to reduce the amount of time allowed prisoners under the death penalty are allowed to file petitions of habeas corpus to six months after all direct appeals have been exhausted.

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An amendment to provide that state or local laws and regulations could not set liability limits higher than those established in the bill.

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See Walker amendment (A002) for description.

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Amendment sought to delete language that provides the death penalty for individuals dealing in large amounts of illegal drugs.

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Amendment sought to eliminate recklessness as a basis for imposing the Federal death penalty for homicide. It sought to provide that the general rule under the bill, "intentionally or knowingly causing the death of an individual," will be the uniform standard.

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Amendment in the nature of a substitute.

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An amendment to require more thorough Coast Guard inspections of garbage disposal facilities along the coastline in order to improve enforcement of pollution prevention laws. Specifically, the amendment requires the Coast Guard to inspect port garbage disposal facilities before issuing operating certificates, to subsequently reinspect such facilities every five years, and to annually publish a list of enforcement actions taken against vessels for violating the act; requires the establishment of an interagency committee to coordinate further domestic and international efforts to reduce marine debris pollution problems; and expands public outreach and educational programs.

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An amendment, as modified, to direct the U.S. Sentencing Commission to conduct a study regarding the merit of having different criminal penalties for the illegal possession, etc, of "crack" cocaine and powder cocaine.

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An amendment to provide (like the bill) $3 billion in FY 1995 through FY 1999 in grants for state or regional correctional facilities to provide for the incarceration of violent offenders. Unlike the McCollum amendment, the substitute would not condition these grants on states enacting "truth in sentencing" legislation.

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An amendment to specify that the grant programs in the bill may be used for "aftercare" programs for young offenders.

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To make technical corrections in the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994.

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1994

Makes technical corrections to the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994.

Bureau of Prisons Community Services Projects Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1994

Bureau of Prisons Community Services Projects Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Chief Executive Officer of a Federal penal or correctional facility, as part of an inmate work program, to provide products or services to private, nonprofit organizations or to a component of a State government or political subdivision thereof. Specifies that such: (1) products shall be of minimal cost and constructed in substantial part through the use of excess property and shall not be resold by the recipient; and (2) services shall be used only for the benefit of the recipient entity and not for the benefit of any other individual or organization and shall not displace or result in a reduction in hours, wages, or employment benefits of any employee of the recipient. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to specify that nothing in such Act shall impair or affect any authority of the Federal Bureau of Prisons or Federal Prison Industries with respect to the disposal of property used to produce such products. Makes this Act inapplicable to provisions of the Federal criminal code regarding transportation or importation of prison-made goods.

Capital Budget Commission Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1994

Capital Budget Commission Act of 1994 - Establishes the Capital Budget Commission to study and report to the Congress on capital budgeting, including an evaluation of what should be included in a capital budget for the Federal Government. Requires the Commission to: (1) focus on growth-sustaining investments; and (2) establish a process encouraging long-term investment. Authorizes appropriations.

Ryan White CARE Reauthorization Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1994

Ryan White CARE Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Amends the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 (title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act) to limit the grant program for emergency relief for areas with substantial need for services to eligible areas with a population of at least 500,000 individuals. Requires an HIV health services planning council (which advises on the distribution of such grants) to be reflective of the demographics of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in an eligible area, with particular consideration given to disproportionately affected and historically underserved groups. Revises the method of distributing such grants and extends authorized appropriations for them until FY 2000. Revises the care grant program that makes funds available for individuals and families with the HIV disease. Authorizes the award of supplemental grants to eligible entities to enhance community-based care, treatment, and supportive services through the development and operation of consortia and innovative approaches. Extends authorized appropriations for such grant program through FY 2000. Requires the establishment of grievance procedures to address allegations of egregious violations of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate the planning and implementation of Federal HIV programs to facilitate the development of a complete continuum of HIV-related services for individuals with HIV disease and those at risk of such disease. Extends authorized appropriations for early intervention services until FY 2000. Extends authorized appropriations until FY 2000 for grants for coordinated services and access to research for children, youth, women, and families (formerly known as demonstration grants for research and services for pediatric patients regarding acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Makes appropriations available for special projects of the national significance program to award direct grants to public and nonprofit private entities to fund special programs for the care and treatment of individuals with HIV disease.

Concerning commencement of all-party talks to seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1994

Expresses the sense of the Congress that Prime Minister John Major and the Government of the United Kingdom should work with the Government of Ireland to commence all-party talks relating to the conflict in Northern Ireland as soon as possible.

Designating October 19, 1994, as "National Mammography Day".

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1994

Designates October 19, 1994, as National Mammography Day.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 1-year extension of the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1994

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the special rules for the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals from December 31, 1993, until December 31, 1994.

Designating the week beginning October 16, 1994, as "National Penny Charity Week".

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1994

Designates the week beginning October 16, 1994, as National Penny Charity Week.

Commemorating the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1994

Declares that the Congress: (1) recognizes October 2, 1994, as the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi; (2) commends his unique role in establishing the state of India and its democratic institutions; and (3) congratulates his leadership, which has enhanced the friendship between the United States and India.

To provide for a demonstration project by Federal Prison Industries.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1994

Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) require Federal Prison Industries (FPI), not later than December 1, 1995, to establish a demonstration project in which prisoners are paid wages at rates not less than the Federal minimum wage applicable for similar work done by free labor in order to engage in the production of goods of a type currently made primarily in foreign countries which may be sold domestically to the general public at market prices; and (2) authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to deduct from such wages an amount, not to exceed 80 percent of the wages, that the Director determines will defray the costs to the United States associated with the imprisonment of that prisoner. Directs FPI and the Director, within two years, to jointly report to the Congress on the demonstration project's economic viability and on whether such project should be continued or expanded.

Designating October 29, 1994, as "National Firefighters Day".

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1994

Designates October 29, 1994, as National Firefighters Day.

George Washington Boyhood Home Commemorative Coin Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1994

George Washington Boyhood Home Commemorative Coin Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of a profile of George Washington and a depiction of his xboyhood home. Declares that all surcharges received from coin sales shall be paid to the George Washington Boyhood Home Foundation.

American Heritage Areas Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: American Heritage Areas Partnership Program Title II: Designation of American Heritage Areas Title III: Studies Regarding Potential American Heritage Areas Title IV: Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Amendments Title V: Bramwell National Historic District Title VI: Southwestern Pennsylvania American Heritage Area Amendments American Heritage Areas Act of 1994 - Title I: American Heritage Areas Partnership Program - American Heritage Areas Partnership Program Act of 1994 - Establishes the American Heritage Areas Partnership Program within the Department of the Interior, consisting of such Areas designated by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) evaluate nominated Areas; (2) advise State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and other appropriate entities as to suitable methods of recognizing and preserving thematically and geographically linked natural, historic, and cultural resources and recreational opportunities; and (3) consider any designated Heritage Area for nomination to the World Heritage List if the Area meets the nomination qualifications. Provides that an area may be designated as an American Heritage Area only by an Act of the Congress or by the means provided in title II. Conditions such designation on the Secretary of the Interior's approval of an Area feasibility study and compact. (Sec. 106) Sets forth provisions regarding compacts (relating to the objectives and management of Areas proposed for designation) and management plans (which shall present comprehensive recommendations for the conservation, funding, management, and development of such Areas). Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance for early actions that are important to the theme of an Area and that protect resources that would be in imminent danger of irreversible damage otherwise. (Sec. 107) Authorizes the management entities named in the compacts for American Heritage Areas to receive Federal funds in support of cooperative partnerships to prepare and implement the management plans and otherwise perform the functions contemplated in this title. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) withdrawal of the designation of an Area; (2) matching grants; (3) technical and other assistance; (4) spending Federal funds on non-federally owned property; (5) reporting requirements; (6) duties of Federal entities conducting Area activities; and (7) the lack of effect of this Act on other land use regulation. (Sec. 111) Authorizes appropriations. Specifies funding limitations. Title II: Designation of American Heritage Areas - Designates the following areas, subject to specified requirements, as part of the American Heritage Areas Partnership Program: (1) American Coal Heritage Area, West Virginia and Virginia; (2) Augusta Canal American Heritage Area, Georgia; (3) Cane River American Heritage Area, Louisiana; (4) Essex American Heritage Area, Massachusetts; (5) Hudson River Valley American Heritage Area, New York; (6) Ohio & Erie Canal American Heritage Area, Ohio; (7) Shenandoah Valley Battlefields American Heritage Area, Virginia; (8) Steel Industry American Heritage Area, Pennsylvania; (9) Vancouver American Heritage Area, Washington; and (10) Wheeling American Heritage Area, West Virginia. Title III: Studies Regarding Potential American Heritage Areas - Directs the Secretary to complete a study on the suitability and feasibility of designating the following as American Heritage Areas: (1) Ohio River corridor, from its headwaters in Pennsylvania to its confluence with the Mississippi River; (2) Fox and Lower Wisconsin River corridors, Wisconsin; (3) a corridor formed by Oconee and other specified counties, South Carolina; and (4) Tryon County, in the Mohawk Valley of New York State, and the Country of the Six Nations (Iroquois Confederacy). Title IV: Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Amendments - Amends the Act establishing the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to make changes with respect to boundaries, membership and termination of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, and plan revision and implementation. Directs the Commission to revise the Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan and submit the revised plan to the Secretary and the Governors of Massachusetts and Rhode Island for approval. Specifies that the revision shall address any change in the boundaries of the Corridor that occurs after submission of the plan and shall include a natural resource inventory of areas or features that should be protected, restored, or managed because of the natural and cultural significance of the areas or features. (Sec. 402) Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds for projects in the Corridor that exhibit national significance or provide a wide spectrum of historic, recreational, environmental, educational, or interpretive opportunities, without regard to whether the projects are in public or private ownership. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) application procedures; and (2) funding and funding limitations. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Bramwell National Historic District - Designates the Bramwell National Historic District, West Virginia. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of West Virginia, or any political subdivision thereof, to further the purposes of the Historic District. Sets forth provisions regarding the ration of non-Federal funds and agreements regarding payments. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Southwestern Pennsylvania American Heritage Area Amendments - Southwestern Pennsylvania American Heritage Amendments Act - Amends the Act establishing in the Department of the Interior the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission (the Act) to designate the Southwestern Pennsylvania American Heritage Area. Specifies that such Area shall not be considered an American Heritage Area for purposes of the American Heritage Areas Partnership Program Act of 1994 or the American Heritage Areas Partnership Program. (Sec. 604) Directs the Commission to revise: (1) the management plan developed before the date of enactment of this title to provide for limited Federal involvement; and (2) the scope and cost document developed before such date to reflect the total cost of each project proposed for approval and the Federal portion of such cost. Specifies that both the management plan and the scope and cost document shall be submitted to the Secretary for approval. Bars the Commission from making loans or grants involving Federal funds except as provided in this title. Limits specified funds available for the preservation or restoration of historic properties in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for each project so assisted. Specifies that Federal funds available under the Act with respect to projects may be made available only for projects that are consistent with the Standards and Guidelines for Historic Properties promulgated by the Secretary. Sets forth additional funding limitations. (Sec. 606) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 607) Authorizes the Secretary to provide signs, interpretive materials, and other informational devices for a vehicular tour route known as the Path of Progress Heritage Route.

To provide for a four year demonstration project under Medicare which shall establish a preventive health care screening examination program.

United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1994

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover preventive health care examinations for colon and prostate cancer and osteoporosis. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project to test the cost-effectiveness of furnishing colon, prostate, and uterine cancer preventive screening examinations to a sample group of Medicare beneficiaries.

Designating the months of March 1995 and March 1996 as "Irish-American Heritage Month".

United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1994

Designates the months of March 1995 and March 1996 as Irish-American Heritage Month.

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Copyright Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Anti-Bootleg Provisions Title II: Copyright in Restored Works General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Copyright Act of 1994 - Amends the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990 to repeal the termination date of a prohibition on unauthorized commercial rental or leasing of computer programs. Title I: Federal Anti-Bootleg Provisions - Federal Anti-Bootleg Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose monetary and imprisonment penalties on persons who, without the consent of a featured performer, knowingly and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain: (1) fix the sound or images of a live musical performance in a copy or phonorecord or reproduce phonorecords or copies of such a performance from an unauthorized fixation; (2) communicate to the public the sounds or images of such a performance; or (3) distribute, sell, rent, or traffic (or offer to engage in such activities) any copy or phonorecord fixed without such consent. (Sec. 102) Applies this Act to the following acts that occur one year after the entry into force of the World Trade Organization Agreement: (1) live musical performances fixed without the consent of a featured performer; (2) distributions, sales, rentals, or trafficking (or offers thereof) in any copy or phonorecord fixed without such consent; and (3) communications to the public of sounds or images of a live musical performance without such consent. Title II: Copyright in Restored Works - Berne and GATT Retroactivity Act of 1994 - Amends Federal copyright law to replace provisions regarding copyright in certain motion pictures with those concerning copyright in restored works. (Sec. 202) Declares that copyright subsists in restored works and vests automatically on the date of restoration. Requires copyright in: (1) restored works published or registered with the Copyright Office before 1978 to endure for a term of 75 years from the date of first publication or registration; and (2) works created on or after January 1, 1978, to endure for terms of protection established in existing provisions (the life of the author and fifty years after the author's death, with exceptions). Provides that no work in which the copyright was ever owned or administered by the Alien Property Custodian and in which the restored copyright would be owned by a government or instrumentality thereof shall be a restored work. Declares that a restored work vests initially in the author of the work as determined according to the law of its source country. Authorizes any person owning copyright in a restored work to file a notice of intent to enforce that copyright against reliance parties with the Copyright Office. Defines a "reliance party" as any person who, prior to the date the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade becomes effective with respect to the United States, or who, prior to the date of adherence of a source country which became an eligible country after this Act's enactment: (1) engaged in acts which would have violated exclusive rights in copyrighted works if the restored work had been subject to copyright protection and continued to engaged in such acts after the Agreement became effective; or (2) made substantial monetary investments in a creation of a work which incorporates material portions of a restored work. Sets forth remedies for infringement of copyrights in restored works.

To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for the appointment of a United States marshal by the President.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1994

Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to direct the President (currently, the Attorney General) to appoint a U.S. marshal for the Virgin Islands.