United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1993
Foreign Agents Compulsory Ethics in Trade Act of 1993 - Revises Federal criminal code restrictions on lobbying activities by former officers, employees, and elected officials of the executive and legislative branches to create: (1) a permanent restriction on the President and other specified individuals (senior personnel of the executive branch and independent agencies, Members of Congress, and officers and employees of the legislative branch) representing or advising, for compensation, a foreign government or political party, if the representation or advice relates directly to a matter in which the United States is a party or has a direct and substantial interest; and (2) a five-year restriction (after termination of employment as such officer or employee) with respect to such matters by individuals representing or advising, for compensation, foreign individuals and organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1993
Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit multicandidate political committees or separate segregated funds of certain organizations or corporations which are controlled by foreign persons from making any contributions or expenditures with respect to an election for Federal office. Prohibits foreign nationals from participating in the decisionmaking process of domestic organizations engaged in Federal, State, or local election-related activities. Establishes within the Federal Election Commission a clearinghouse of public information regarding the political activities of foreign principals and their agents. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to require agents to file quarterly supplemental registration statements. Establishes civil penalties for violation of the registration requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that any legislation enacted to reform the health care system must: (1) ensure that every person has access to coverage for medically and psychologically necessary treatments for mental disorders that is equitable to the coverage provided for treatments of physical illnesses; and (2) meet specified requirements concerning coverage, consumer choice, financial protection, financing policies, and coordination across Federal, State, and local programs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide that title I (Protection of Employee Benefit Rights) does not preempt any State law which provides for: (1) the payment of prevailing wages; (2) standards or other requirements relating to apprenticeship or other training programs; or (3) liens, bonding, or other security to collect delinquent contributions to a multiemployer plan.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Interstate Transportation of Municipal Waste Act of 1993 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize a State Governor, if requested by an affected local government and a local solid waste planning unit, to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State municipal waste in: (1) any landfill or incinerator in the State; and (2) landfill cells that do not meet the State's design and location standards and leachate collection and groundwater monitoring requirements for new landfills. Permits such Governors, without the request of such entities, to limit the quantity of out-of-State municipal waste received for disposal, or the disposal of such waste, at landfills covered by exceptions under this Act. Prohibits discrimination against any particular landfill and against shipments of out-of-State waste on the basis of State of origin. Exempts from a Governor's authority to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State waste: (1) landfills that received documented shipments of such waste in 1991 and are in compliance with State laws relating to design and location standards, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring, and financial assurance for closure and post-closure and corrective action; (2) proposed landfills that, prior to January 1, 1993, received an approval from the affected local government to receive municipal waste generated outside of the county or State and a State notice of decision to grant a construction permit; or (3) incinerators that received documented shipments of such waste during 1991 and are in compliance with performance standards under the Clean Air Act and State laws relating to facility design and operations. Authorizes States to collect fees on the combustion or disposal of out-of-State municipal waste.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include, as a home health service, nutritional counseling provided by or under the supervision of a registered dietitian.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Minor Crop Pesticides Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to define "minor use" as the use of a pesticide on an animal or a commercial agricultural crop or site or for the protection of public health where: (1) the use does not provide sufficient economic incentive to support registration; and (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not determined that the use presents an unreasonable adverse environmental effect. Prohibits data that relates solely to a minor use, without the permission of the original data submitter, from being considered by the Administrator to support a minor use application by another person for ten years following the submission of the data. Requires the Administrator, upon the request of a registrant, to extend the deadline for the production of residue chemistry data required solely to support a minor use pesticide up to two years subject to specified conditions. Applies the same extension conditions to data for reregistrations. Permits the Administrator, in handling the registration of a pesticide for a minor use, to waive applicable data requirements if such use does not have an adverse environmental effect. Provides for expedited review (within six months of submission) of applications to support minor use pesticide registrations. Requires the Administrator to conditionally amend a registration to permit additional minor uses even if data is insufficient if the applicant has submitted satisfactory data pertaining to the proposed minor use and amending such registration would not increase environmental risks. Authorizes the Administrator to conditionally register or amend the registration of a pesticide for a minor use if: (1) the active ingredient is being supported for reregistration; (2) the minor use was a registered use of a product that has been canceled, proposed for cancellation, or deleted as a use after December 24, 1988; and (3) the use requires only residue chemistry data for reregistration. Outlines additional requirements for conditional registrations. Directs EPA to assure coordination of minor use issues through the establishment of a minor use program. Establishes and authorizes funding for a Department of Agriculture minor use matching fund program. Requires the program to be utilized to ensure the continued availability of minor use crop protection chemicals. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1993
Repeals provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 that restrict the types of scholarships and fellowship grants that may be excluded from gross income for income tax purposes. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for interest on a qualified educational loan incurred to pay the educational expenses of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependent.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Authorizes the Air Force Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor the men and women who have served in the U.S. Air Force.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Enterprise Capital Formation Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income: (1) 50 percent of the gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock, other than seed capital stock, held for more than five years; plus (2) an applicable percentage (from 50 to 100 percent) from the sale or exchange of such stock which is seed capital stock held for at least five years. Establishes special rules for such investments. Provides for determining the maximum capital gains rate for small business net capital gain or seed capital gain. Treats capital gains on the sale of such stock as a preference item for purposes of the minimum tax.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Fairness in Federal Purchases Act of 1993 - Amends the Buy American Act to require Federal agency heads, upon notification in the Federal Register that the unemployment rate was five percent or higher or that the gross national product (GNP) declined during the preceding fiscal quarter, to determine whether: (1) the amount the agency spent on foreign government goods and services exceeded the amount such foreign governments spent on similar domestic goods and services during the preceding fiscal year and, if so, adjust spending on procurement from domestic versus foreign sources to eliminate any imbalance; and (2) less than 35 percent of the agency procurement spending went to small businesses and, if so, increase small business procurement spending to equal or exceed that amount. Provides that the lowest acceptable domestic product prices shall be considered unreasonable if they exceed the lowest acceptable foreign prices by more than specified amounts. Terminates such spending requirements after: (1) three years; or (2) specified shorter periods following publication of an unemployment rate of less than five percent for the preceding quarter or of a stable or increasing GNP for two consecutive quarters.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Regulatory Flexibility Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law to eliminate provisions respecting judicial review of Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements. Requires an agency to consider the direct and indirect effects of a rule in determining whether or not it is likely to have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. Sets forth guidelines governing agency transmittal of proposed rules to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Authorizes such official to transmit to the agency a statement of opposition to the proposed rule. Requires publication of such statement and the agency's response in the Federal Register. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such official should be permitted to appear as amicus curiae in any action or case brought in a U.S. court for the purpose of reviewing a rule.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the provisions permitting small issues of tax-exempt bonds to finance manufacturing facilities and farm property.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Authorizes the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor World War II veterans and to commemorate U.S. participation in that war. Establishes the World War II Memorial Advisory Board to promote the establishment of the memorial, encourage the donation of private contributions for it, and advise the Commission on the site and design for the memorial. Establishes a fund in the Treasury which shall be made available to the Commission for the expenses of establishing the memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act - Prohibits an article from being imported into the United States from Northern Ireland unless documentation is presented at the time of entry indicating that the enterprise which manufactured or assembled such article complied at the time of manufacture with certain fair employment principles (such as freedom from religious discrimination). Bases such principles on the MacBride Principles, a nine point set of guidelines for fair employment in Northern Ireland. Requires any U.S. person who has a branch or office in Northern Ireland or who controls an enterprise in Northern Ireland in which more than 20 people are employed to insure implementation of such employment principles and compliance with this Act. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act in the interest of national security.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Amends Federal law to prohibit any State from imposing an income tax on the pension income of any individual who is not a resident or domiciliary of that State.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions governing the income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to: (1) make the deduction permanent; and (2) phase in an increase in the allowable deduction, reaching 100 percent for taxable years beginning in 1997 and thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Permits the performance of honor guard functions by members of the National Guard at funerals for veterans to be treated as Federal functions for which appropriated funds may be used.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Energy Price and Supply Information Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy to conduct and publish weekly surveys on a national, State, and PADD (Petroleum Administration Defense District) basis during each winter season with respect to: (1) home heating fuel; (2) natural gas; and (3) automotive fuel. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish on such bases recommended adequate inventory levels for home heating fuel, natural gas, and automotive fuel. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify the Congress, the President, and State energy offices before October 1 of each year whether such inventory levels will be met for the winter heating season; and (2) recommend legislative and administrative actions necessary to restore inadequate inventories if they fall below recommended levels. Requires the Secretary to study and report on the effect of interruptible natural gas contracts on the demand and supply of home heating fuel during the 1989-1990 winter heating season.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Solid Waste Compact Act of 1993 - Amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to require States to submit solid waste disposal plans to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval. Authorizes States to enter into compacts to provide for the establishment and operation of regional solid waste disposal facilities. Prohibits a compact from restricting the use of such facilities to solid waste generated in the compact region before January 1, 1995, and before the Congress consents to such compact. Requires a compact to provide that every five years after such compact has taken effect the Congress may withdraw its consent. Directs EPA to: (1) identify alternative management programs for the control of solid waste and publish technical guidance regarding the implementation of such programs; and (2) publish information that a State or compact must provide to EPA, together with requirements for facilities, if such programs are pursued as alternatives to traditional solid waste management.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Federal Travel Disclosure Act of 1993 - Prohibits: (1) the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for Government travel other than from amounts specifically appropriated by law for such purpose; and (2) any Federal entity from expending funds for the travel expenses of any individual employed by another Federal entity without being reimbursed by the individual or the travel account of the individual's employer. Directs the head of each executive department to designate a travel supervisor. Specifies the travel supervisors for the legislative and judicial branches. Requires all Government travel to be: (1) approved in advance by the appropriate travel supervisor; (2) accomplished by the most economical means conveniently possible; and (3) accomplished by U.S. commercial carrier wherever possible. Requires all legislative branch foreign travel, with specified exceptions, to be approved in advance by recorded vote of the committee (in the case of travel by a committee member or committee staff) or by the appropriate travel supervisor. Requires each travel supervisor to establish written guidelines for Government travel and to submit quarterly reports with respect to such travel to the Administrator of General Services (for executive branch or independent agency travel), the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate (for legislative branch travel), and the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (for judicial branch travel).
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
House of Representatives Election Campaign Reform Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to House of Representatives election campaign financing. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require broadcast stations to offer their lowest rates for certain campaign commercials to House candidates who agree to limit personal spending. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a full tax credit for small individual contributions to a House candidate. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the House of Representatives Campaign Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Savings and Loan Asset Recovery Act - Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to allow a person to bring a civil action to assess a civil penalty for a violation with respect to a federally insured financial institution in the same manner, and subject to the same procedures, as a person may bring an action under Federal law with respect to civil actions for false claims.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Management and Conflict of Interest Reform Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act to include foreign banks within the administrative and enforcement purview of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Prohibits an outside counsel or outside accountant of a depository institution or a depository holding company from serving as a member of the board of directors of such institution, holding company, or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, or holding companies. Requires each depository institution and depository holding company to provide to each member of its board of directors and each member of the board of directors of any depository institution or depository holding company it controls: (1) a list of the names and principal places of business of each individual or company which directly or indirectly owns, controls, or has power to vote five percent or more of any class of voting securities of such institution or holding company; and (2) a notice of any proposed change in control of the parent depository institution or depository holding company. Requires a majority of the voting members of the board of directors of depository institutions and depository holding companies to be outside directors.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Repeals the National Endowment for Democracy Act. Prohibits Federal agencies from expending funds for assistance for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Directs the Comptroller General to audit funds granted to the NED by the U.S. Government that have not been audited previously. Provides that a specified provision of the National Endowment for Democracy Act requiring compliance by the NED with the Freedom of Information Act shall continue to apply with respect to funds received by the NED on or before this Act's enactment date.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Amends the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to provide for a presumption of disability due to pneumoconiosis with respect to certain coal miners whose claims were filed during a specified period under the Black Lung Benefits Program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual, and her children, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States arising from the death of her husband as a result of a construction accident in Pennsylvania.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
White House Personnel Reauthorization Act of 1993 - Revises Federal law with respect to the office and compensation of the President and related matters. Requires the President to submit to the Congress reports on: (1) expenditures of executive branch entities made by or on behalf of the President, Vice President, or any component of the Executive Office of the President; (2) how amounts appropriated pursuant to such law were obligated or expended; and (3) the utilization of Government aircraft. Requires such reports to be made available to the public. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit secret service protection, other than on a reimbursable basis, for any former President or family member who is away from his or her domicile and who directly or indirectly obtains income from activities while away.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse a person for the cost of acquiring a non-Government headstone or grave marker for placement in a cemetery other than a national cemetery in connection with the burial of a veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Changes the definition of "Vietnam era," for purposes of veterans' benefits, to include the period from March 1, 1961, through August 4, 1964, in the case of a veteran who served on active duty in the armed forces in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, or the adjacent waters. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to apply such definition for purposes of the veterans' employment preference.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide that information requested from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assist a party in interest with respect to the administration of an employee benefit plan shall be provided at least once without charge.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Amends Federal civil service law to provide that an individual serving in a position in the competitive or excepted service, under an indefinite or temporary appointment, who performs at least two years of service in such a position within a five year period and passes a suitable noncompetitive examination, acquires competitive status for purposes of appointment to a position in the competitive service.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Amends Federal law to eliminate the requirement that there be 500 or more persons regularly employed by all Federal agencies in a city or county before the Secretary of the Treasury may enter into an agreement to withhold city and county income and employment taxes from the pay of Federal employees who live or work there.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil. Terminates such tax after the last full month the Resolution Trust Corporation is in existence. Appropriates revenues received from such tax to the Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Limits assessments of underpayments with respect to taxable periods beginning before July 1, 1985, in connection with the annual occupational tax on retail liquor and beer dealers. Abates assessments and refunds overpayments of any post-1987 tax.
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