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
Waste Export and Import Prohibition Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) to prohibit: (1) effective July 1, 1994, the export of solid waste from the United States to any non-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country; and (2) effective July 1, 1999, the export of solid waste from the United States to an OECD country or the importation of solid waste into the United States from an OECD country. Makes such prohibitions inapplicable to baled waste paper, scrap textiles, or waste glass if the waste: (1) is exported or imported for recycling purposes; (2) is separated from the waste stream; and (3) does not contain any substances whose storage, treatment, or disposal is regulated as a hazardous waste under the SWDA. Exempts scrap metal from such prohibition as well if the metal meets such conditions and is not, and does not contain, a sludge and if the waste: (1) is not within, and does not contain a waste within, a category of waste listed in Annex I or II of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal; or (2) does not have a characteristic listed in Annex III of such convention. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide for the retrieval, disposal, or clean up of waste exported to a foreign country in violation of this Act. Includes within the definition of "solid waste": (1) low-level radioactive waste and waste mixed with low-level radioactive waste; and (2) all waste covered by the Basel Convention. Excludes small quantities of household waste carried by individuals traveling abroad from the prohibitions of this Act. Sets forth enforcement procedures. Repeals specified existing provisions concerning the export of hazardous wastes.
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
Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (the Act) to require a Member, officer, or employee of the Congress, to include in required reports the following information regarding travel by that individual or a member of that individual's immediate family: (1) a list of travel financed by any person with any interest in legislation before the Congress; (2) the name and address of each person with an interest in such legislation and the travel that person financed; (3) an itemization of expenses incurred or reimbursed respecting that travel, including copies of all vouchers and receipts; and (4) the reason for that travel, including any specific legislation or policy concerns. Amends the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act to require a lobbyist to include in each report required to be filed under such Act: (1) a list of all travel by any individual who is a Member, officer, or employee of the Congress required to file a report under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 or by a member of that individual's immediate family, that was financed by that lobbyist during the preceding calendar quarter; (2) an itemization of expenses respecting that travel that were paid by that lobbyist; and (3) the reason for that travel, including any specific legislation or policy concerns.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Telecommunications Infrastructure and Competition Title II: Communications Competitiveness National Communications Competition and Information Infrastructure Act of 1993 - Title I: Telecommunications Infrastructure and Competition - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act) to state that the duty of a common carrier to furnish communications services includes the duty to furnish that service in accordance with such regulations concerning openness and accessibility of common carrier networks as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may prescribe in the public interest. (Sec. 102) Requires local telephone exchange service carriers to provide equal access to and interconnection with the facilities of the carrier's networks to any other carrier or person providing telecommunications services reasonably requesting such equal access and interconnection, so that the networks are fully interoperable. Directs the FCC to: (1) establish and implement regulations for such equal access and interconnection; and (2) establish reasonable compensation rates to the carrier for such services. Requires the convening of a Federal-State Joint Board to determine equal access and interconnection standards. Preempts contrary State law. Requires local carriers to prepare and file tariffs with respect to services or elements offered to comply with such standards, along with supporting information. Requires the FCC to determine whether a telecommunications service or provider of such service is or will be subject to reasonable competition and to take appropriate action thereafter. Requires the establishment of a Federal-State Joint Board to recommend actions to the FCC and State commissions for the preservation of universal service. Directs the FCC, at least once every three years, to review standards and requirements concerning equal access, interconnection, and the preservation of universal service, and take appropriate action thereafter. Requires such review to include a study of rural phone service. Includes among the duties of a communications service provider the duty to furnish such service in accordance with regulations concerning functionality and reliability as established by the FCC. Directs the FCC to initiate an inquiry to consider rules and policies necessary to make open platform service (a switched, end-to-end digital telecommunications service) available to all subscribers at reasonable rates. Provides for regulations, oversight, and determination as to whether such requirements would result in adverse competitive impact. Directs the FCC to establish network reliability and quality performance measures to ensure the continued maintenance and evolution of common carrier facilities and service. Provides certain regulatory exemptions for rural areas. (Sec. 103) Directs the FCC to: (1) issue a final determination within 180 days after a complaint concerning an alleged discriminatory interconnection; and (2) provide for the expedited licensing of new technologies or services related to the furnishing of telecommunications services. (Sec. 105) Requires any application filed by a provider of telephone exchange service for authority to construct or extend a line to address the means by which such construction or extension will meet the network access needs of individuals with disabilities. Title II: Communications Competitiveness - Amends the Act to allow a common telecommunications services carrier to provide video programming (cable TV service) directly to subscribers in its telephone service area, as long as the video programming is provided through a video programming affiliate that is separate from such carrier (with separate books, records and accounts). Sets forth rules and regulations concerning interaction and business transactions between a common carrier and an affiliate with respect to the provision of video programming services. Requires the common carrier with a video programming affiliate to establish a video platform (a listing and description of video services offered) and to provide capacity (open channels) in its video programming for unaffiliated video program providers. Prohibits a common carrier from: (1) cross-subsidizing costs of telephone service with costs of video programming service among its customers; and (2) buying out a cable system located within its telephone exchange area and owned by an unaffiliated person. (Sec. 201) Directs the FCC to convene a Federal-State Joint Board to establish practices, classifications, and regulations necessary to ensure proper jurisdictional separation and cost allocation of establishing and providing a video platform and allocations of those costs between regulated and unregulated services, including affiliated video programming. Provides for: (1) the applicability of franchising and other requirements; and (2) rural area exemptions from certain provisions of this title.
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
Selective Service Standby Act of 1993 - Amends the Military Selective Service Act to prohibit: (1) requiring a person to submit to registration under the Selective Service System (SSS); (2) the President from appointing a person as a member of a civilian local board, civilian appeal board, or similar local agency of the SSS; and (3) any such board from meeting. Prohibits a person from being denied any right, privilege, benefit, or employment position under Federal law by reason of failure to so register after such date.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the national policy of the United States should be to: (1) increase energy efficiency, as specified; (2) increase renewable energy technologies to 20 percent of the overall national energy mix by 2010; and (3) achieve these goals by adopting a specified national strategy.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Expenditure Limitations, Contribution Limitations, Matching Funds, and Reduced Third-Class Mail Rate for Eligible House of Representatives Candidates Title II: Elimination of Multicandidate Political Committee Contributions in House of Representatives Elections; Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Contributions Under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 Title III: Requirement of Budget Neutrality Title IV: Independent Expenditures Title V: Contributions Through Intermediaries and Conduits; Provisions Relating to Political Party Committees Title VI: Prohibitions Relating to Political Committees and Foreign Nationals Title VII: Limitation on Carryover of Campaign Funds Title VIII: Campaign Advertising Title IX: Contribution Solicitation Title X: Reporting Requirements Title XI: Effective Date Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Act - Title I: Expenditure Limitations, Contribution Limitations, Matching Funds, and Reduced Third-Class Mail Rate for Eligible House of Representatives Candidates - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to set forth limitations regarding House of Representatives (House) election expenditures, contributions, and matching funds. Limits aggregate expenditures made by an eligible House of Representatives candidate in an election cycle to $500,000, with specified limitations in primary, special, and runoff elections. Sets forth graduated civil penalties for excess expenditures and contributions. Establishes the Make Democracy Work Fund (the Fund) for payment of matching funds and initial expenditures incurred by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in the administration of this Act. Outlines FEC examination, audit, and repayment procedures. Subjects FEC actions to judicial review. Precludes a House candidate from receiving Fund assistance without prior certification that any television commercial prepared or distributed by the candidate permits closed captioning. Amends Federal Postal Service law to provide reduced third-class mailing rates to eligible House of Representatives candidates during a general election period. Title II: Elimination of Multicandidate Political Committee Contributions in House of Representatives Elections; Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Contributions Under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 - Amends FECA to prohibit a House candidate from accepting any multicandidate political committee (PAC) contributions. (Sec. 202) Treats contributions by dependents not of voting age as contributions of the persons upon whom they are dependent. (Sec. 203) Aggregates, for contribution limit purposes, contributions from State and local party committees with all contributions from such political party. (Sec. 204) Excludes from the meaning of "contribution" certain reimbursed campaign expenses voluntarily paid for by a campaign worker as an advance to the campaign. (Sec. 205) Reduces the maximum Federal election contribution permitted to be made by a person other than a PAC. Title III: Requirement of Budget Neutrality - Provides that the net costs of providing certain benefits under this Act must be fully offset by specified measures that either raise revenues or reduce spending by a specified deadline (thus achieving budget neutrality). Title IV: Independent Expenditures - Sets forth reporting requirements for certain independent expenditures. Title V: Contributions Through Intermediaries and Conduits; Provisions Relating to Political Party Committees - Amends FECA to delineate circumstances where a person's contribution shall be considered as being made through an intermediary or a conduit (and therefore treated as contributions from such person). (Sec. 502) Defines "State Party Grassroots Fund." (Sec. 503) Subjects national, State, and local party committees to "soft money" limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements. (Sec. 504) Prohibits Federal office holders or candidates from soliciting contributions from tax-exempt organizations significantly involved in voter registration or get-out-the-vote campaigns. Title VI: Prohibitions Relating to Political Committees and Foreign Nationals - Prohibits the use of leadership committees and establishes a deadline for their disbursement of funds. Prohibits an unauthorized political committee from using the name of any candidate in any fundraising activity on its behalf in a context which suggests that the committee is the candidate's authorized committee. (Sec. 602) Prohibits a foreign national from controlling, influencing, or participating in election-related activities, including making contributions or expenditures. Title VII: Limitation on Carryover of Campaign Funds - Amends FECA to limit the carryover of surplus House campaign funds for a subsequent election. Title VIII: Campaign Advertising - Amends FECA to prescribe guidelines for print and broadcast campaign advertising. (Sec. 802) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require equal candidate broadcasting time. (Sec. 803) Revises broadcast rate determinations. Prohibits licensee preemption of a candidate's broadcast time except in an emergency. Title IX: Contribution Solicitation - Amends FECA to prohibit the solicitation of contributions by false representation by any person as a candidate or as a representative of a candidate or of a political party or committee. Title X: Reporting Requirements - Amends FECA to require certain reports to identify any person (other than a committee) who contributes more than $50 (currently, more than $200). Directs the FEC to: (1) require that operating expenditures be reported on an election cycle basis, by category; and (2) maintain computerized indices of contributions of $50 or more. Title XI: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
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 · 18 November 1993
Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers Act of 1993 - Prohibits U.S. military assistance and arms transfers to a foreign government unless the President certifies to the Congress that the government: (1) meets specified conditions regarding democracy, including that it was chosen in free and fair elections and promotes civilian control of the military, the rule of law, and respect for individual rights; (2) does not engage in human rights violations, investigates and prosecutes those responsible for human rights violations, permits access to political prisoners by international organizations, and provides access to such organizations in situations of conflict or famine; (3) is not engaged in acts of armed aggression in violation of international law; and (4) is participating in the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms by annually reporting to the Register the number and type of conventional weapons possessed by, and transferred to and from, the country during the preceding year. Authorizes an exemption from such prohibition for a fiscal year if: (1) the President requests an exemption from the Congress stating that it is in the national security interest to provide military assistance and arms transfers to a government; and (2) the Congress enacts a law approving such request. Requires the President to submit initial certifications and requests for exemptions in conjunction with the submission of the annual request for enactment of authorizations and appropriations for foreign assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should hold hearings on controversial certifications and all requests for exemptions.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1993
Prohibits the shipment in interstate or foreign commerce of steel jaw leghold traps and of articles of fur derived from animals trapped in such traps. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reward nongovernment informers for information leading to a conviction under this Act. Empowers enforcement officials to detain, search, and seize suspected merchandise or documents and to make arrests with and without warrants. Subjects seized merchandise to forfeiture.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1993
Directs the Secretary of Energy to terminate the gas turbine-modular helium reactor program of the Department of Energy. Transfers funds appropriated for such program to the Deficit Reduction Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1993
United States Military Academy Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue five-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins emblematic of the U.S. Military Academy. Mandates that surcharges collected from coin sales be paid to the Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy, to assist its efforts to provide direct support to the Corps of Cadets, U.S. Military Academy.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1993
Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit Federal payments to States without procedures for: (1) locating absent parents of children placed in State supervised foster care; and (2) evaluating the parent's ability to provide his or her child with a suitable home.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1993
Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to administer qualifying examinations to all State employees with new authority to make decisions regarding child welfare services.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1993
Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to give States the option of deeming as adoption the placement of a child who was under State supervised foster care with a blood relative given legal custody of the child.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1993
Establishes within the Department of the Interior the Presidio Corporation to manage the leasing, maintenance, rehabilitation, repair, and improvement of the following properties within the Presidio in California leaseholds to which shall be transferred under this Act to the Corporation by the Secretary of the Interior: (1) the Letterman-LAIR complex; (2) Fort Scott; (3) Main Post; (4) Cavalry Stables; (5) Presidio Hill; (6) Wherry Housing; (7) East Housing; (8) the structures at Crissy Field; and (9) such other buildings within the Presidio as the Secretary determines appropriate. Requires the Corporation to establish competitive bidding procedures for issuance of leases and contracts under this Act. Reverts all interests and assets of the Corporation to the United States in the event the Corporation fails or defaults. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1993
Smoke-Free Environment Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title on smoke free environments. Requires the responsible entity for each public facility to adopt, implement, and post a policy prohibiting smoking in the facility and on facility property in the immediate vicinity of the facility's entrance. Allows designated smoking areas if: (1) the area is ventilated to exhaust directly to the outside; and (2) nonsmoking individuals do not have to enter the area for any purpose. Allows enforcement actions by any aggrieved person, any State or local government agency, or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Provides for civil monetary penalties.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1993
Guam and the Northern Marianas Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar coins emblematic of the American forces that liberated Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in World War II. Requires payment of surcharges received from the coin sales to the Secretary of the Interior to construct a visitors center and museum at: (1) the War in the Pacific National Historical Park on Guam; and (2) the American Memorial Park on Saipan.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1993
Establishes a toll-free number to inform consumers regarding: (1) whether a product is made in America; (2) where products may be purchased; and (3) the purchase of products. Allows registration of American-made products.
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993
Military Fairway Fairness Act of 1993 - Requires Department of Defense golf courses to be open to use by the general public. Excludes from such provision golf courses at a facility or installation: (1) outside the United States; or (2) inside the United States at a location designated by the Secretary of Defense as a remote and isolated location. Allows no more than ten percent of the increased revenues generated by such open use to accrue to the operator of the golf course. Requires all other such revenue to be deposited into the General Fund of the Treasury and used only for Federal budget deficit reduction. Requires an annual report from the Secretary. Requires the Secretary, with respect to active and retired military personnel, to: (1) subsidize any fees imposed for golf course use; and (2) give priority access for such use.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1993
1995 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue commemorative one-dollar silver coins bearing a likeness of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Requires the Secretary to distribute proceeds from surcharges ($10 per coin) in equal allocations to: (1) the National Park Foundation Restricted Account for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial; and (2) the National Park Service Restricted Construction Account for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the limitation on payment of OASDI benefits to prisoners to prohibit the payment of such benefits to all individuals imprisoned throughout at least one month upon conviction of a criminal offense, regardless of the prisoner's participation in a rehabilitation program. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to make the same changes with respect to the payment of SSI benefits to such individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993
Women's Health Services Act of 1993 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of bone mass measurements and annual screening mammography for women over age 64; and (2) make permanent the coverage of certain osteoporosis drugs under such part.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993
Deficit Reduction Lock Box Act of 1993 - Establishes the Deficit Reduction Trust Fund consisting of amounts contained in deficit reduction lock box provisions of appropriation Acts. Reduces discretionary spending limits by amounts transferred to the Fund. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that amounts resulting from reduced spending under general appropriation bills be placed in the Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1993
Home Equity Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require the creditor of each high cost mortgage to provide certain clearly written, conspicuous disclosures regarding the risks associated with such mortgages. Prohibits such mortgages from containing: (1) a prepayment penalty for paying all or part of the principal prior to the date on which the balance is due; (2) certain refinancing fees; (3) balloon payments; (4) negative amortization; (5) certain prepared payments; and (6) specified unfair, deceptive, or evasive acts. Declares that State authority to regulate certain high rate mortgage loans is not preempted by specified Federal statutes. Includes within the creditor's liability for damages for noncompliance with this Act all finance charges and fees paid by the consumer. Empowers the appropriate State attorney general to bring an action to enforce this Act. Subjects an assignee of a high cost mortgage to all the claims and defenses that the consumer could assert against the creditor.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1993
Crime Victims' Bill of Rights Act - Amends Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require the court, before imposing sentence, to address personally any victim of the offense for which sentence is to be imposed (or a member of that victim's immediate family or, in the court's discretion, any other appropriate person representing the victim) who is present at the sentencing hearing and to afford such individual the opportunity to make a statement and present information in relation to the sentence. Permits the court, upon request by a victim, to hear in camera such a statement by that victim. Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to condition Federal grant eligibility of crime victim compensation programs on a State providing an effective system of notice to eligible victims of the existence of compensation and other programs to assist victims of crime. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) authorize drug control and system improvement grants to States to be used for programs that allow for the physical and visual separation of a victim of crime from an alleged perpetrator of such crime while waiting in a judicial facility for a courtroom appearance; and (2) provide for a reduction of formula grants by 25 percent (for redistribution to other participating States) for States which fail to notify a crime victim of specified rights. Directs the Attorney General to assure that Federal prosecutors and law enforcement officials: (1) provide an effective system of notice to crime victims of the existence of compensation and other programs to assist victims who might be eligible to participate; (2) notify crime victims of the availability of, and provide such victims the opportunity for, visual and physical separation from alleged crime perpetrators while waiting in a judicial facility for a courtroom appearance; and (3) provide a crime victim with the earliest possible notice of the scheduling of each court proceeding or parole hearing that the witness is required or entitled to attend.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1993
Urges any health care reform legislation that is enacted to require a Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress and any individual holding a position in levels I through III of the Executive Schedule to enroll in a health plan offering the standard benefit package and to publicly disclose, on an annual basis, the health plan in which they are enrolled.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to propose to the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls that exports of telecommunications technology for civil end uses shall not require a validated license for export to any of the republics of the former Soviet Union, China, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Estonia, Lithuania, or Latvia. Requires the President to submit to specified congressional committees a report that certifies that such proposal was made and that outlines plans to gain the concurrence of other Coordinating Committee members in the proposal.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) President Clinton and Secretary of State Christopher should be commended for their diplomatic efforts to encourage Arab League members to end the secondary and tertiary Arab League boycott of Israel; (2) they should give attention to diplomatic efforts to encourage those countries that were beneficiaries of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm to end such boycott; and (3) the United States should oppose Saudi Arabia's joining the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) until such time that it renounces its participation in the boycott and ensures that U.S. companies and other countries have access to the Saudi Arabia market regardless of their business relationship with Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
Headwaters Forest Act - Extends the boundaries of the Six Rivers National Forest, California, to include certain lands to be referred to as the Six Rivers National Forest Addition. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) acquire land within the boundaries of the Addition by donation, by purchase, or by exchange for other lands owned by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States; and (2) develop and implement a land acquisition plan giving priority to the acquisition of lands within the boundaries of the Headwaters Forest Wilderness. Authorizes appropriations. Designates the Headwaters Forest Wilderness as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires the Secretary to develop a comprehensive management plan detailing measures for the preservation of the existing old growth redwood ecosystems in the Addition, including: (1) a prohibition on timber sales from lands within the old growth redwood groves; and (2) measures to restore lands affected by previous timber harvests to mitigate watershed degradation and impairment of habitat for the marbled murrelet, spotted owl, native salmon stocks, and other old-growth forest dependent species. Sets forth provisions regarding payments to local governments in lieu of taxes for lands acquired under this Act. Directs the Secretary to study specified lands in the Addition, analyzing the area's potential for addition to the Headwaters Forest and identifying the area's natural resources.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
Information on Financial Benefits Act of 1993 - Requires lobbyists to include in their semiannual reports or in separate reports on financial benefits specified information about individual financial benefits provided to a covered legislative branch official, an entity that is established, maintained, or financed by such an official, or any person on behalf of such official, including: (1) the name and position of the recipient, the nature and value of the benefit, and the date on which the benefit was provided; and (2) with respect to conferences affiliated with official congressional organizations, events hosted with or in honor of covered officials, or election campaign fundraising activities, the nature and date of, and expenses incurred by the lobbyist in connection with, the event. Exempts from disclosure any financial benefits having a value of $20 or less to the extent that the aggregate value of benefits provided to a covered official in the calendar year covered by the report has not exceeded $50.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993
Sunshine for Lobbyists Act of 1993 - Requires lobbyists to make semi-annual reports to the Attorney General of individual financial benefits provided to a covered legislative branch official, an entity that is established, maintained, or financed by such an official, or any person on behalf of such official that disclose specified information, including: (1) the name and position of the recipient, the nature and value of the benefit, and the date on which the benefit was provided; and (2) with respect to receptions, conferences affiliated with official congressional organizations, events hosted with or in honor of covered officials, or election campaign fund raising activities, the nature and date of, and expenses incurred by the lobbyist in connection with, the event. Requires lobbyists, prior to filing such reports, to provide any covered official listed in the report with a list of the financial benefits provided to such official. Exempts from disclosure any financial benefits having a value of $20 or less to the extent that the aggregate value of benefits provided to a covered official in the calendar year covered by the report has not exceeded $50.
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