Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 75 (103rd)enacted
Designating January 16, 1994, as "National Good Teen Day".
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Designates January 16, 1994, as National Good Teen Day.
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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 40 (103rd)referred
Concerning United States assistance to Nicaragua.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) release all humanitarian, development, and economic assistance that was authorized and appropriated by the Congress for Nicaragua in FY 1992 and 1993; (2) direct development-related assistance to small farmers and businesses, maternal and child health care programs, education programs for children, and programs that will assist Nicaragua in strengthening institutions that promote democracy, human rights, and the rule of law; and (3) encourage the democratically elected Government of Nicaragua to make progress in resolving property disputes, investigating and prosecuting human rights violations, and reducing military expenditures.
Bill· HRH.R. 535 (103rd)open
Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of one-dollar coins emblematic of the experience of American prisoners of war. Requires that all sales of such coins include a surcharge of $5 per coin. Requires specified proceeds from such surcharges to be paid to the: (1) Secretary of the Interior for construction of the Andersonville Prisoner-of-War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia; (2) endowment fund established by this Act for the maintenance of such Museum; and (3) Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain national cemeteries.
Bill· HRH.R. 551 (103rd)referred
Vietnam POW/MIA Rescue Act
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Vietnam POW/MIA Rescue Act - Directs the Attorney General to grant asylum to certain nationals of Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, or Burma (Myanmar) who personally deliver into U.S. custody a living Vietnam POW/MIA (or participate in such a delivery).
Law· HRH.R. 490 (103rd)enacted
To provide for the conveyance of certain lands and improvements in Washington, District of Columbia, to the Columbia Hospital for Women to provide a site for the construction of a facility to house the National Women's Health Resource Center.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1993
Directs the Administrator of General Services, under specified conditions, to convey specified lands in the District of Columbia to the Columbia Hospital for Women to construct a facility to house the National Women's Health Resource Center. Prohibits such lands from being used for any other purpose other than providing a site for the Center and related appurtenances. Directs the Hospital to establish three satellite health centers of which: (1) one shall provide health and counseling services exclusively for teenage women and their children; and (2) two shall provide such services for women (including teenage women) and their children. Includes the establishment of such health centers in the consideration required by this Act for the conveyed land. Reverts such property to the United States if the: (1) Hospital is not operating the Resource Center four years after the date of conveyance of such property; and (2) the property is used for any other purpose. Requires the Administrator to repay the Hospital any amounts paid by it for the property. Makes Columbia Hospital liable to the United States for specified damages if it fails to operate three satellite health centers for a 60-day period for each year in the 26-year period beginning four years after such conveyed land, unless the land has reverted to the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to waive such damages under certain conditions.
Bill· HRH.R. 469 (103rd)open
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to improve air service to small communities.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation not to give consideration to the availability of slots (a reservation for an instrument flight rule takeoff or landing of an aircraft) at high density airports in determining the provision of basic essential air service to small communities and selecting an air carrier to provide such service. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a sufficient number of such slots are available to the air carrier providing such service at such airports, except at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, if the number of slots to and from such airport is at least 132. Provides for the transfer of slots at such airports.
Bill· HRH.R. 468 (103rd)referred
Fair Treatment of Former Air Traffic Controllers Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Fair Treatment of Former Air Traffic Controllers Act of 1993 - Prohibits air traffic controllers who were terminated for striking on or about August 3, 1981, from being considered, as a class, unsuitable for reinstatement in the Federal Aviation Administration. Requires reinstatement on a case-by-case basis by the Office of Personnel Management. Prohibits claims against the United States or any U.S. employee based on a failure to reinstate, except claims based on racial, religious, sex, or ethnic discrimination.
Bill· HRH.R. 470 (103rd)referred
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide for review of certain acquisitions of voting securities of air carriers, and for other purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit any person from acquiring 15 percent or more of the voting securities of a major air carrier or person who controls a major air carrier, unless such person complies with specified notification and waiting period requirements under the Act and the Secretary of Transportation has not disapproved the acquisition. Makes the same requirement for any person with less than 15 percent ownership if the acquisition would increase ownership to 15 percent or more. Requires the Secretary to disapprove an acquisition if specified findings are made.
Bill· HRH.R. 472 (103rd)referred
Airline Competition Enhancement and Passenger Protection Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Airline Competition Enhancement Title II: Airline Passenger Protection Airline Competition Enhancement and Passenger Protection Act of 1993 - Title I: Airline Competition Enhancement - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit air carriers, without approval of the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary), from transferring: (1) a certificate authorizing the carrier to engage in foreign air transportation (or any portion of such certificate); or (2) in any one-year period period ten or more of the slots allocated at a high density airport. Directs the Secretary to establish transfer procedures. Sets forth approval criteria. Authorizes foreign persons to purchase more than a specified percentage of the voting interests of a U.S. air carrier under certain conditions. Title II: Airline Passenger Protection - Requires air carriers that provide air transportation between the same locations as air carriers that become debtors under the bankruptcy laws to provide, on a space available basis, air transportation for persons holding airline tickets sold by the debtor air carrier. Requires the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider: (1) methods of ensuring that each air carrier provides enough seats for persons redeeming frequent flyer awards; (2) requirements to ensure that such air carrier give members of its frequent flyer program adequate notice of material changes in such program; and (3) whether or not frequent flyer mileage obtained under one air carrier's frequent flyer program should be transferable to another air carrier's frequent flyer program as a means of reducing the anticompetitive effects of such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 471 (103rd)referred
Airline Competition Enhancement Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Airline Competition Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (the Act) to prohibit a vendor, in the operation of its air carrier computer reservations system, from discriminating against participants in such system in specified ways, including: (1) making available to subscribers an integrated display which orders information on air carrier identity; (2) supplying information to a person creating an integrated display; (3) making available, after September 30, 1994, to a subscriber or participant any subscriber or participant transaction capability which is more functional, timely, complete, accurate, reliable, secure, or efficient with respect to one subscriber, or participant, than to another; (4) charging a participant fee for the provision of any computer reservation system service unless it is reasonable; or (5) prohibiting a subscriber from using another computer reservation system. Prohibits a vendor or air carrier from requiring, or providing incentives to induce, a subscriber to use information from a computer reservation system to create an integrated display which orders information on air carrier identity. Prohibits a vendor, except on grounds of demonstrated technological incompatibility, from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the: (1) interconnection to its computer reservation system equipment of computer hardware or software supplied by a person other than such vendor; or (2) use by a subscriber, to access any other computer reservation system or data base, of hardware and communications lines supplied by another vendor. Sets forth other specified prohibitions. Sets forth: (1) administrative and congressional reporting requirements (including reports on participant fees charged by vendors); and (2) specified administrative provisions with respect to violations of this Act. Requires a rulemaking proceeding to consider whether there should be a reduction in the annualized rate of random testing for prohibited drugs for personnel engaged in aviation activities. Declares that nothing under the Act authorizes the Secretary to grant a public agency authority to impose a fee for a passenger enplaning at an airport if the passenger did not pay for the air transportation, including in cases in which the passenger obtained the airline ticket with a frequent flier award coupon without monetary payment.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 32 (103rd)open
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning systematic rape in the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
States that rape is an unacceptable means of warfare and condemns the systematic and widespread rape of women and girls in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Bosnia). Applauds: (1) Secretary of State Eagleburger for denouncing crimes against humanity in the conflict in Bosnia and for calling for an international crimes tribunal to prosecute such crimes; and (2) the adoption of United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 798 and the declaration of the Council of Ministers of the European Community which denounced the systematic rape of Moslem women in such conflict. Urges the President to: (1) publicly condemn systematic rape in such conflict; (2) state that rape and forced pregnancy as tactics of war are crimes against humanity and war crimes; and (3) support the establishment by the UN of an international tribunal to prosecute such crimes. Urges that: (1) all countries participating in humanitarian relief efforts in the former Yugoslavia should allocate resources for the treatment of rape victims; and (2) all parties to the conflict should take steps to protect rights of women and girls.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 14 (103rd)referred
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to certain regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Requests the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to publish, within one year, proposed amended regulations that specify the components of an adequate operator training program and that provide that only trained employees be authorized to operate powered industrial trucks.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 15 (103rd)open
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for the President to seek the Senate's advice and consent to ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Declares that the President should promptly seek the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with the support of the United States on November 20, 1989.
Bill· HRH.R. 424 (103rd)open
Pollution Prevention, Community Recycling, and Incinerator Control Act
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Pollution Prevention, Community Recycling, and Incinerator Control Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the issuance of permits for construction or expansion of municipal solid waste incinerators. Prohibits Federal agencies, State or local governments, or other waste management jurisdictions from issuing permits to such incinerators after December 31, 1999, unless the applicant demonstrates that: (1) an annual waste composition analysis of the solid waste generated within the area to be served by the facility is conducted; (2) specified percentages of certain waste categories are diverted to waste management methods other than incineration; (3) the facility will not interfere with diversion rates; (4) it is not feasible to manage the remaining solid waste through source reduction, reuse, or recycling; (5) the facility will not adversely affect the environment, human health, or the local economy and is not situated in a nonattainment area identified under the Clean Air Act; (6) the full cost of the facility over its entire life will be less costly than reducing, recycling, or composting waste; (7) the waste management jurisdiction conducts a public participation process; (8) the proposed construction or expansion is approved by the affected unit of local government; (9) firms operating the facility are in compliance with environmental and public health statutes, have paid outstanding fines for violations of such statutes, and make disclosure statements available; and (10) an approved environmental impact statement is completed. Treats ash from municipal solid waste incinerators as a hazardous waste. Requires such ash to be managed in a monofill that contains only such ash and meets specified design requirements. Prohibits the use of such ash for any purpose. Prohibits the incineration of household hazardous waste, batteries, chlorinated plastics, consumer electronics, and yard waste in such incinerators. Prohibits the issuance of permits or prior approval for the construction or expansion of hazardous waste incinerators unless requirements similar to those for municipal solid waste incinerators have been met. Directs hazardous waste management permit applicants to demonstrate that the State in which the incinerator is located, and each State in which generators of hazardous waste to be incinerated at the facility are located, are implementing toxics use reduction programs. Applies this Act to any facility that burns hazardous waste.
Bill· HRH.R. 425 (103rd)referred
Medicaid Mammography Coverage Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Medicaid Mammography Coverage Act of 1993 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicaid coverage of screening mammographies for women age 35 and older. Varies the permissible frequency of such covered tests on the basis of a woman's age and her risk of developing breast cancer. Directs the Secretary to periodically review and revise permissible frequencies of such tests.
Bill· HRH.R. 359 (103rd)open
To improve the administration of the Women's Rights National Historical Park in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Adds specified lands to the Women's Rights National Historical Park in New York. Provides that funds available to the Secretary of the Interior for the Park shall be available to establish and administer education, research facilities, and programs on the history of women's rights within the Park pursuant to cooperative agreements with appropriate public or private entities. Extends the Women's Rights National Historical Park Advisory Commission to the year 2005. Increases the limit on the authorization of appropriations for the Park.
Bill· HRH.R. 300 (103rd)open
Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1993 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 302 (103rd)open
To provide that the flag of the United States should be displayed at half-staff on all Government buildings on Peace Officers Memorial Day, and for other purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Authorizes and requests the President to issue proclamations: (1) directing Government officials to display the U.S. flag at half-staff on all Government buildings on Peace Officers Memorial Day; and (2) inviting State and local governments and the people of the United States to display the flag in the same manner on such day.
Bill· HRH.R. 291 (103rd)referred
Missing Service Personnel Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Missing Service Personnel Act of 1993 - Requires the responsible armed forces commander, after receiving notice that a person under his command is missing, to conduct an informal investigation to determine such person's whereabouts and, if appropriate, to place such person in a missing status. Provides for the convening of boards of inquiry to: (1) investigate evidence relating to the disappearance of a person; (2) recommend whether to continue such person in a missing status or make a finding that such person has deserted, is absent without leave, or is dead; and (3) report its recommendations and findings. Provides for the convening of a board of further inquiry, if a board of initial inquiry recommends that such person be continued in a missing status. Directs the Secretary concerned, upon the written request of a member of the immediate family of a missing person who, before the date of the enactment of this Act, was determined by the Secretary to be dead, to: (1) convene a board of further inquiry to determine whether such finding of death should be upheld or such person should be placed in a missing status; and (2) report its findings. Requires the Secretary, within three years after a board of further inquiry recommends a missing status for any person, to reconvene such board to review such status. Directs the Secretary to invite each member of the immediate family of the missing person to board meetings unless attendance would place such member in danger. Prohibits any such board from declaring a missing person dead unless: (1) evidence other than the passage of a period of fewer than 50 years suggests that such person is dead; (2) no evidence which reasonably suggests that such person is alive is in the possession of the Government; (3) Government representatives have made a complete search of the area where such person was last seen (unless the United States is not granted access to such area); and (4) Government representatives have checked the records of the government or entity having control over the area where such person was last seen (unless the Government is not granted access to such records). Provides for judicial review of determinations of death. Sets forth penalties for knowingly withholding information pertaining to a missing person from that person's personnel file. Requires the Secretary concerned to make the contents of such file available to a member of the immediate family of such person upon written request.
Bill· HRH.R. 350 (103rd)open
Wetlands Reform Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Title II: Improved Wetlands Permitting; Revisions to Wetlands Delineation Procedures Title III: Wetlands Restoration Program Title IV: Tax Incentives for Wetlands Conservation Wetlands Reform Act of 1993 - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make any pollutant discharge or alteration of navigable waters unlawful. Authorizes the issuance of permits for other alterations of navigable waters. Prohibits the issuance of permits if there is a practical alternative to the proposed activity that would have less adverse impact on navigable waters. Title II: Improved Wetlands Permitting; Revisions to Wetlands Delineation Procedures - Directs the Comptroller General to submit to the Congress an analysis of needs of the Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency for additional personnel, administrative resources, and funding to improve implementation of the wetlands permit program. Requires funds to be used for specified wetlands delineation and education programs. Requires the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service to use funds for wetlands mapping and for the delineation of wetlands in watersheds and ecosystems for which the need for delineation is particularly acute. Prohibits revisions to or clarifications of any Federal manual for identifying and delineating jurisdictional wetlands or regulations related to the definition, delineation, or identification of wetlands until a specified National Academy of Sciences study has been completed. Title III: Wetlands Restoration Program - Directs the Secretary of the Army to initiate a pilot program of wetlands restoration. Title IV: Tax Incentives for Wetlands Conservation - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to designate a nonprofit organization to be a Wetlands Stewardship Trust if such organization conforms to certain regulations, and includes among its primary purposes the acquisition of interests in wetlands, former wetlands, and associated real property for preservation purposes. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth special rules for charitable contributions of wetlands to such trusts. Excludes from gross income amounts received by the owner of wetlands for allowing any person to use such lands in a compatible use (one that does not degrade the functions or values of such lands).
Bill· HRH.R. 326 (103rd)open
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the exclusion for amounts received under group legal services plans permanent.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 162 (103rd)open
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals for an indefinite period, and to increase the amount of such deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 5 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 1996 and thereafter.
Bill· HRH.R. 427 (103rd)referred
Equal Access to Annual Mammography Screening Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Equal Access to Annual Mammography Screening Act of 1993 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the breast cancer screening benefit provided under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to cover on an annual basis (currently, biennial) routine breast cancer screening for women over age 64.
Bill· HRH.R. 242 (103rd)referred
Infrastructure Now for America's-Tomorrow Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Infrastructure Repair Title II: Funding for Infrastructure Repair and Deficit Reduction Infrastructure Now For America's-Tomorrow Act of 1993 - Title I: Infrastructure Repair - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration to make grants to State and local governments for projects for: (1) the repair, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of highways and bridges; and (2) the construction of highway lanes for high occupancy vehicles. Sets forth application requirements and the Federal share (80 percent). Authorizes the Administrator to make loans to governments receiving grants for such projects to assist them in covering the non-Federal share of the cost of the project. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator of: (1) the Federal Transit Administration to make grants to governments for projects for the repair, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of transit facilities; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration to make grants to sponsors, owners, and operators of public-use airports for the repairs, reconstruction, and rehabilitation; and (3) the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to governments for environmental improvement projects, including projects for the construction, reconstruction, repair, and rehabilitation of wastewater treatment works. Sets forth limitations on the use of grant funds regarding: (1) land acquisition; (2) payment of maintenance costs; (3) the non-Federal share; (4) Buy American requirements; and (5) minority participation. Title II: Funding for Infrastructure Repair and Deficit Reduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the rate of excise taxes and the rates on motor fuels for deficit reduction to fund the Infrastructure Now For America's-Tomorrow Trust Fund. Establishes such trust fund to finance the grant program for infrastructure repair. Imposes a floor stocks tax on such motor fuels, with exceptions. Requires the transfer of such revenue to the trust fund.
Law· HRH.R. 20 (103rd)enacted
Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Federal Employees Political Activities Act of 1993 - Prohibits an employee from using or attempting to use official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the result of any election. Prohibits the use of official authority to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or influence: (1) any individual for the purpose of interfering with the right to vote or not to vote for any candidate or measure in any election; (2) any person to give or withhold any political contribution; or (3) any person to engage, or not to engage, in any form of political activity. Prohibits an employee from: (1) giving or offering to give a political contribution to any individual either to vote or to refrain from voting; (2) soliciting, accepting, or receiving a political contribution to vote or refrain from voting; or (3) giving or handing over a political contribution to a superior. Prohibits an employee from soliciting, accepting, or receiving a political contribution: (1) from another employee (or a member of another employee's immediate family) with respect to whom the employee is a superior; or (2) in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by a Federal employee, official, or contractor. Prohibits an employee from getting involved with political contributions with any person who: (1) has, or is seeking to obtain, contractual or other business relations with the employing agency; (2) conducts operations regulated by that agency; or (3) has interests which may be substantially affected by the performance of the employee's official duties. Prohibits an employee from engaging in political activity: (1) while on duty; (2) in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by a Federal employee or official; (3) while wearing a uniform or official insignia identifying the office or position of the employee; or (4) while using any vehicle owned or leased by the Government. Exempts certain high level political appointees from such prohibitions if the costs associated with the political activity are not paid for by money derived from the Treasury. Authorizes leave without pay or accrued annual leave to an employee who is a candidate, upon request, to allow such employee to engage in activities relating to that candidacy. Applies this Act to postal employees and employees of the Postal Rate Commission.
Bill· HRH.R. 44 (103rd)open
Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1993 - Provides that certain qualified service of a member of the U.S. merchant marine, including a vessel crewmember of the U.S. Army Transport Service, during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of eligibility for various veterans' benefits under the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977. Requires the Secretary of Defense to issue an honorable discharge under such Act to each merchant marine member whose qualified service warrants such a discharge. Prohibits the payment of any retroactive benefits under this Act. Mandates a processing fee for any benefit application for such qualified service.
Bill· HRH.R. 18 (103rd)open
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the low-income housing credit.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue code to permanently extend the low-income housing credit.
Bill· HRH.R. 5 (103rd)open
Cesar Chavez Workplace Fairness Act
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prohibit permanent replacement of strikers. Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for an employer to promise, threaten, or take other action to hire a permanent replacement for an employee who: (1) at the beginning of a labor dispute was in a bargaining unit in which a labor organization either was the certified or recognized exclusive representative or had filed, at least 30 days before such dispute began, a petition for a representational election on the basis of written authorizations by a majority of unit employees and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has not completed the representation proceeding; and (2) in connection with that dispute has engaged in concerted activities for collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection through that labor organization. Makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer to withhold or deny any other employment right or privilege to such an employee as described above who is working for or has unconditionally offered to return to work for the employer, out of preference for any other individual based on that individual's performing, having performed, or having indicated a willingness to perform bargaining unit work for the employer during the dispute. Amends the Railway Labor Act to prohibit any carrier or its officer or agent from offering or granting: (1) permanent replacement employee status in a craft or class during a labor dispute; or (2) any employment preference to an individual who worked or indicated a willingness to work in a craft or class during a labor dispute over an employee who exercised specified rights during such dispute and who is working for, or has unconditionally offered to return to work for, the carrier.
Bill· HRH.R. 55 (103rd)open
Black Bear Protection Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Black Bear Protection Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce under the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the export of American black bear viscera. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Congress on the American black bear viscera trade. Requires the United States Trade Representative to discuss issues involving such trade with
Bill· HRH.R. 14 (103rd)open
Flight Attendant Duty Time Act
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Flight Attendant Duty Time Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish limitations on duty time for flight attendants. Requires the Secretary to issue final regulations by a specified deadline. Prohibits any air carrier from operating an aircraft using a flight attendant who has been on duty in excess of specified hours or who has had less than a specified number of hours of rest if such regulations have not been promulgated by a certain time. Permits modification of the specified hours of duty if the Secretary determines such modification is in the public interest and submits a copy of the modifying regulations to certain congressional committees.
Law· HRH.R. 1 (103rd)enacted
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Requirements for Leave Title II: Leave for Civil Service Employees Title III: Commission on Leave Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Title V: Coverage of Congressional Employees Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 - Title I: General Requirements for Leave - Establishes certain requirements for family and medical leave for permanent employees. (Sec. 101) Makes employees eligible for such leave if they have been employed, by the employer from whom leave is sought, for at least: (1) 12 months; and (2) 1,250 hours of service during the previous 12-month period. (Excludes from such coverage: (1) employees at worksites at which the employer employs less than 50 persons, if the total number of employees of that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is less than 50; and (2) Federal officers and employees covered under title II of this Act.) (Sec. 102) Entitles employees to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of: (1) the birth of their child; (2) the placement of a child for their adoption or foster care; (3) their care of a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition; or (4) their own serious health condition which makes them unable to perform the functions of their position. Conditions such leave for the birth or placement of a child as follows: (1) the entitlement ends 12 months after the birth or placement; and (2) such leave may not be taken intermittently unless employee and employer agree otherwise. Allows intermittent leave for necessary medical treatment of an employee or family member. Allows the employer to require a temporary transfer to an equivalent alternative position that better accommodates such intermittent leave. Allows all leave under this title to: (1) be taken on a reduced leave schedule, upon agreement with the employer; and (2) consist of unpaid leave, except under specified conditions when substitution of certain types of paid leave may be elected or required. Does not require an employer to provide paid sick or medical leave in any situation in which the employer would not normally provide any such paid leave. Requires employees to: (1) give at least 30 days' notice of the need for leave to which they are entitled under this Act, when foreseeable; and (2) make a reasonable effort to schedule medical treatment or supervision so as not to disrupt unduly the employer's operations, subject to approval of the health care provider. Allows limitation of the dual aggregate leave entitlement to 12 weeks in any 12-month period, in the case of spouses employed by the same employer, if such leave is for the birth or placement of a child or for the care of a sick parent. (Sec. 103) Sets forth conditions of certification for leave entitlements under this Act. (Sec. 104) Requires restoration of the employee to his or her position or an equivalent position upon return from such leave. Allows an employer to deny such restoration to certain highly compensated employees, under specified conditions (the highest paid ten percent of the employer's employees within a 75-mile radius of a facility; the denial must be necessary to prevent substantial and grievous economic injury to the employer's operations). Requires maintenance of employee health benefits during such leave. (Sec. 105) Prohibits interference with or discrimination against employees exercising rights under this title. (Sec. 106) Sets forth the investigative authority of the Secretary of Labor under this title. (Sec. 107) Provides for enforcement of this Act. Provides for administrative and civil actions. Makes an employer who violates this title's prohibitions against interference or discrimination liable for damages in the amount of: (1) any wages, salary, employment benefits, or other compensation denied or lost; (2) (where such compensation has not been denied or lost) any actual monetary losses, such as the cost of providing care; (3) interest on such losses; and (4) liquidated damages under certain conditions. Makes such employers also liable for appropriate equitable relief, including, without limitation, employment, reinstatement, and promotion. Sets forth provisions for attorney's fees, limitation of actions, and injunctions. (Sec. 108) Sets forth special rules concerning employees of local educational agencies and of private elementary and secondary schools. (Sec. 109) Sets forth requirements for posting notice and for fines. (Sec. 110) Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations to carry out this title. Title II: Leave for Civil Service Employees - (Sec. 201) Entitles eligible civil service employees to family and temporary medical leave for specified periods. Allows up to 12 administrative workweeks of leave without pay (or substituted paid leave) in any 12-month period for: (1) family leave (i.e., leave because of the birth or placement of a child or care of a sick spouse, child, or parent); or (2) temporary medical leave for a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of their position. Sets forth: (1) requirements for employees to give prior notice; (2) certification provisions; (3) protections for job position and health insurance benefits; and (4) prohibitions against coercion. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for this title which are consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under title I of this Act. Title III: Commission on Leave - (Sec. 301) Establishes the Commission on Leave. (Sec. 302) Requires the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of: (1) existing and proposed leave policies; (2) the potential costs, benefits, and impact on productivity of such policies on employers; and (3) alternative and equivalent State enforcement of this Act with respect to employees of local educational agencies and private schools. Requires the Commission to report on such study to the Congress within two years after the Commission first meets. (Sec. 306) Terminates the Commission within 30 days after its report to the Congress. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 401 and Sec. 402) Sets forth the effect of this Act on other laws and existing employment benefits. (Sec. 403) Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting more generous leave policies. (Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations to carry out this title (except those provisions applicable to the Senate) within 60 days. Title V: Coverage of Congressional Employees - (Sec. 501) Applies the rights and protections established under specified provisions of title I of this Act to Senate employees. Makes specified provisions of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 applicable, with certain exceptions. Provides that allegations shall be considered by the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices or another entity designated by the Senate. Requires such Office to ensure that Senate employees are informed of their rights under this Act. (Sec. 502) Applies the rights and protections under title I of this Act to employees of the House of Representatives, except for the exemption concerning highly compensated employees. Requires that the remedies and procedures under the Fair Employment Practices Resolution be applied in administering such coverage.
Bill· HRH.R. 7 (103rd)referred
Emergency Community Development Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Temporary Assistance for Community Development Activities Title II: Homeownership Assistance Title III: Rural Housing Assistance Emergency Community Development Act of 1993 - Title I: Temporary Assistance for Community Development Activities - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes for community development assistance. Sets forth the following eligible activities under this title: (1) acquisition of real property; (2) construction of public works and facilities; (3) clearance and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements; (4) provision of public services and housing; (5) relocation assistance; (6) accessibility projects for elderly and handicapped persons; (7) services for high-risk youth; and (8) administrative expenses. Title II: Homeownership Assistance - Authorizes additional appropriations for the National Homeownership Trust Demonstration. Title III: Rural Housing Assistance - Authorizes and increases funding for: (1) insured or guaranteed rural housing loans; (2) supplemental grants for remote rural housing; (3) housing improvement loans; (4) rural housing loans for elderly, handicapped, or low-income persons; (5) housing for rural homeless and migrant farmworkers; and (6) rental assistance payment contracts.
Bill· HRH.R. 65 (103rd)open
Military Retirement Equity Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Military Retirement Equity Act of 1993 - Permits retired members of the armed forces to be paid retirement pay concurrently with compensation for any service-connected disability if the person's entitlement to such retirement pay is based solely on age, length of service, or both. Reduces the retirement pay of individuals receiving both types of pay by a specified percentage of the disability compensation which decreases as the disability rating increases. Prohibits any reduction in the retirement pay of a disabled person when the disability rating is total. Declares that, once the Federal budget deficit has been reduced, the Congress should reexamine and eliminate any offset of retired pay by a veteran's disability compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 39 (103rd)referred
Morris K. Udall Wilderness Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Morris K. Udall Wilderness Act of 1993 - Designates specified lands in Alaska as the Arctic Coastal Plain Wilderness and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Bill· HRH.R. 67 (103rd)referred
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that a veteran who is a former prisoner of war and who was detained or interned for not less than 90 days shall be deemed to have a service-connected disability rated at not less than 50 percent for the purposes of determining benefits due to such veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Provides that a veteran who is a former prisoner of war detained or interned for at least 90 days shall be deemed to have a service-connected disability rated at no less than 50 percent for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 127 (103rd)referred
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax exclusion of amounts paid under employee educational assistance programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 81 (103rd)referred
Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust Act of 1993
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals to designate on their income tax returns a contribution of all or part of their tax refund to the Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust. Establishes in the Treasury the Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust (trust fund) to distribute hunger relief funds to qualified nonprofit hunger relief services organizations. Describes standards and procedures for the distribution of trust fund monies. Specifies a number of restrictions with respect to the activities of recipient organizations, including limitations on administrative expenses. Requires the Hunger Commission to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report detailing trust fund expenditures. Establishes a Hunger Commission to administer the distribution of funds to qualified hunger relief services organizations on a matching grant basis. Permits a maximum award of $100,000 to any single qualified organization in any fiscal year. Requires that: (1) at least 50 percent of amounts received into the trust fund in any year be paid to qualified organizations; and (2) monies in the trust fund be distributed within 180 days of their receipt. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 11 (103rd)open
Designating October 1993 as "National Breast Cancer Awareness Month".
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Designates October 1993 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 26 (103rd)referred
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. Exempts from applicability of this amendment laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 3 (103rd)open
Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the right of all Americans to keep and bear arms in defense of life or liberty and in the pursuit of all other legitimate endeavors.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Constitution provides that all citizens have the right to keep and bear arms and that such right supersedes the power and authority of any government.
Law· HRH.R. 6168 (102nd)enacted
Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1992
Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that it is a goal of the United States to develop a national intermodal transportation system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 for airport development and planning projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995 for: (1) air navigation facilities; (2) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (3) FAA operations; and (4) expenses incurred in joint financing of air navigation services and in maintaining air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 to augment the Airway Capital Investment Plan, if the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) determines it is necessary (including a determination with respect to the establishment of more than 23 area control facilities). Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline passengers. Earmarks a minimum amount of airport development and planning project fnds for FY 1993 and 1994 for site selection and installation of one FAA long-range air route surveillance radar system for the portion of northern Maine currently served by approach control at Loring Air Force Base. Reduces from 49.5 percent to 44 percent the ceiling on the total amount of all such apportionments in the event any Act of Congress has the effect of limiting or reducing the obligational ceiling for the airway improvement program. Extends the special apportionment treatment of Alaskan airports to those public airports in Alaska that received scheduled service as of September 3, 1982, but were not apportioned funds in FY 1980 because they were not under State or local public agency control. Requires not less than 2.25 percent of airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 through FY 1995 be set-aside for development of current and former military airports. Requires the Secretary to designate such airports for participation in such set-aside program. (Currently, the Secretary is required to designate not less than eight the airway improvement program funds available are less than specified amounts. Authorizes the Secretary, in cases where a commercial service airport annually has .05 percent or less of the total enplanements in the United States, to approve, as allowable project costs of an airport development project at such airport, any terminal development in revenue-producing areas and construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement of nonrevenue-producing parking lots if the sponsor certifies that no project for needed airport development affecting safety, security, or capacity will be deferred by such approval. Sets the Federal share of allowable costs for terminal development at such an airport at 85 percent. Prohibits letters of intent issued by the Secretary from conditioning the obligation of funds for airport development projects on the imposition of a passenger facility charge. Includes as an "airport development" activity the: (1) acquisition or installation at or by a public -use airport of aircraft deicing equipment and structures (other than aircraft deicing fluids and storage facilities for such equipment and fluids) or interactive training systems; (2) relocation of an air traffic control tower and any navigational aid (including radar) if such relocation is necessary to carry out an approved project; (3) construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement of an airport (or any purchase of capital equipment for an airport), if funded by a grant under the Act, which is necessary for compliance with specified Federal laws, other than construction or purchase of capital equipment which would benefit a revenue-producing area of the airport used by a nonaeronautical business; and (4) acquisition of land for, or work necessary to construct, a pad for deicing aircraft before takeoff at a commercial service airport, including construction or reconstruction of paved areas, drainage collection structures, treatment and discharge systems, appropriate lighting, and paved access for deicing vehicles and aircraft (but excluding acquisition of aircraft deicing equipment and fluids and construction and reconstruction of storage facilities for such equipment and fluids). Requires as a condition precedent to approval of an airport development project: (1) public availability of any report of the airport budget; and (2) specified kinds of public participation in the project. Repeals the requirement for an annual report to the Congress on the national airways system. Includes Alaskan and Hawaiian airports in the coverage of the Act with respeect to passengers enplaned on international flights. Extends the State block grant pilot program for airports through FY 1996. Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to seven (currently, three) qualified States (including Illinois, Missouri, and North Carolina) for participation in such program. Requires airport owners or operators as a condition precedent to approval of a grant for airport development projects to take necessary action to ensure that at least ten percent of businesses at the airport which provide ground transportation, baggage carts, automobile rentals, or other consumer services are small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (disadvantaged business enterprises, or DBE's). Authorizes the Secretary to allow an airport owner or operator to meet the ten percent goal by including: (1) businesses operated through management contracts or subcontracts; or (2) the purchase from DBE's goods or services used in a business conducted on the airport provided the airport owner or operator as well as such businesses make good faith efforts to explore all available options to achieve compliance with the DBE goal through direct ownership arrangements, including joint ventures and partnerships. Allows an airport owner or operator, in complying with the DBE goal to: (1) include the revenues of car rental firms on the airport in the base from which the overall percentage goal is calculated; and (2) require a care rental firm to meet goal requirements through the purchase of goods or services from DBE's, including purchases or leaves of vehicles from DBE vendors. Excludes air carriers that provide passenger or freight-carrying services and other business that provide aeronautical activities at an airport from the ten percent goal. Revises the definition of an eligible "disadvantaged business enterprise" to raise the maximum average annual gross receipts permissible from $14,000,000 to $16,015,000. (2) a three-year projection of the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate such system to meet such standards; and (3) a detailed plan for employing such controllers, including projected budget requests. Directs the Administratorr of the FAA to develop and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the cirteria used to determine the required number of aviation safety inspectors; and (2) a three-year project of the number of inspectors needed, plans for training them, and the support staff needed for the inspector workforce. Prohibits the FAA from entering into any contract on or before September 30, 1994, with a private person for the operation of an airport control tower at any airport which in FY 1990 had 5,500 or more air carrier operations and 40,000 or more air taxi operations unless the airport owner or operator first agrees to the FAA Administrator's entering into such contract. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to study and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the social, economic, and health effects or airport noise on opulations within 65, 60, and 55 LDN noise areas to determine the actual level at which noise creates an adverse impact on populations; and (2) the effect of single event noise on populations. Directs the Administrator the FAA require, by regulation, procedures to improve safety of aircraft operations during winter conditions. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the FAA to update and arrange for publication of clearly defined routes for navigating under visual flight rules through a complex terminal airspace area, and to and from an airport located within such an area. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on: (1) whether the safety benefits derived from the reflectorization of runways and taxiways of all military airfields under Federal Specification TT-B-1325B should be extended to runways and taxiways of public use airports; (2) the purchase of land for development over five years after purchase (landbanking) and of options to purchase land for airport development, and whether such projects should be funded under the Airport Improvement Program; (3) the current Federal program for monitoring the installation and operation of lighting systems for aircraft obstructions and airport runways; (4) the economic benefits of carrying out airport development projects in "redevelopment areas" under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; and (5) the ability of airports which annually enplane .05 percent or less of total enplanements in the United States to finance the maintenance of runways, aprons, and taxiways constructed under the Airport Improvement Program. Amends the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 to revise conditions with respect to a release from certain terms and restrictions contained in a certain instrument conveying land on which Laredo International Airport is located to the city of Laredo, Texas. Allows Laredo to grant leases of up to 40 years (currently, 20 years) at below fair market value at the airport. Directs the Administrator of te FAA to study and report: (1) to specified congressional committees on the current and projected need for air traffic control and related services in the airspace around Tucson, Arizona; and (2) to the Congress on increased air traffic over Grand Canyon National Park. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Civil Tiltrotor Development Advisory Committee to evaluate the technical feasibility and economic viability of developing civil tiltrotor aircraft and a national system of infrastructure to support the incorporation of tiltrotor aircraft technology into the natinal transportation system. Amends the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 to make technical amendments relating to: (1) exemptions from certain conditions on agreements dealing with airport noise reduction and access restrictions on the operation of Stage 3 aircraft; and (2) purchase contract requirements for the operation of certain imported civil subsonic turbojet aircraft with a maximum weight of over 75,000 pounds. Requires as a condition precedent to approval of an airport development project: (1) public availability of any report of the airport budget; and (2) specified kinds of public participation in the project . traffic capacity at public-use airports. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on whether a municipal solid waste facility located within a file-mile radius of the end of a runway may have the potential for attracting or sustaining bird movements (from feeding, watering, or roosting) that may pose a hazard across the runways or approach and departure patterns of aircraft. Establishes the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry to investigate the financial condition of the airline industry, the adequacy of competition in it, and legal impediment to a financially strong and competitive airline industry. Requires the Commission to submit a specified report to the Congress. Requires the head of each Federal agency conducting procurements to Repeals the requirement for an annual report to the Congress on the national airways system. Includes Alaskan and Hawaiian airports in the coverage of the Act with respect to passengers enplaned on international flights. Amends the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 to extend the prohibition against the fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels on products sold in or shipped to the United States, and against discrimination by foreign governments against U.S. products, to the award of Federal contracts or grants under a specified section of Federal transportation law or the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to make grants to up to four vocational technical institutions for acquisition or construction of facilities for the advanced training of maintenance technicians for air carrier aircraft. Sets forth grant eligibility requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to develop and submit annually to specified congressional committees a report on: (1) the staffing standards used to determine the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate the air traffic control system of the United States; traffic controllers so as to make the controller work force not less than 18,128 on September 30, 1993. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to study and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the social, economic, and health effects of airport noise on populations within 65, 60, and 55 LDN noise areas to determine the actual level at which noise creates an adverse impact on populations; and (2) the effect of single event noise on populations. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to: (1) increase the employment of aviation safety inspectors to a specified level by the end of FY 1995; (2) require, by regulation, procedures to improve safety of aircraft operations during winter conditions. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the FAA to update and arrange for publication of clearly defined routes for navigating under visual flight rules through a complex terminal airspace area, and to and from an airport located within such an area. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants under the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 for projects to soundproof residential buildings if specified conditions are met. (currently, 20 years) at below fair market value at the airport. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to study and report: (1) to specified congressional committees on the current and projected need for air traffic control and related services in the airspace around Tucson, Arizona; and (2) to the Congress on increased air traffic over Grand Canyon National Park. Title II: Federal Aviation Act Amendments - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the FAA to enter into a contract, on a sole source basis, with a State or political subdivision to permit it to operate a level I visual flight rules airport traffic control tower if the Administrator determines that such State or political subdivision can comply with certain safety and subcontracting requirements. Authorizes, at the discretion of the Administrator of the FAA, the reimbursement of travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for the security training of non-Federal domestic and foreign security personnel who contribute to civil aviation security. Requires all persons to give adequate public notice of the establishment or expansion, or the proposed establishment or expansion, of any structure or sanitary landfill where such notice will promote safety in air commerce and preserve the navigable airspace and airport Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on whether a municipal solid waste facility located within a five-mile radius of the end of a runaway may have the potential for attracting or sustaining bird movements (from feeding, water, or roosting) that may pose a hazard across the runways or approach and departure patterns of aircraft. Title III: Research, Engineering, and Development - Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize FY 1993 and 1994 appropriations for specified areas of airway improvement research, engineering and development, and demonstrations. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the feasibility of requiring commercial airports and/or commercial airlines to employ portable equipment to deice commercial aircraft before takeoff by placing such equipment close to the departure end of the active runway. Requires the Secretary to research to develop new techniques and more efficient fluids and technologies for deicing. Requires the Administrators of the FAA and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to jointly conduct a research program to develop new technologies for quieter subsonic jet aircraft engines and airframes by the year 2000. Prohibits a person from affixing "Made in America" labels to products that are not domestic products of the United States. Makes any person that violates such prohibition ineligible for the award of a Federal contract. comply with the requirements of the Buy American Act. Title IV: Aviation Insurance - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 958 to authorize Federal agencies to purchase aviation insurance covering any aircraft engaged in intrastate, interstate, or overseas air commerce for any risk (including war risk) if the aircraft operation is in the performance of an agency contract or is for the transportation of military forces or material on behalf of the United States under an agreement between the United States and a foreign government. Extends the aviation insurance program from FY 1992 through FY 1997. Directs the Comptroller General to review and report to the Congress on the administration of the aviation insurance program during the Persian Gulf conflict in order to determine methods of improving efficiency by reducing the paperwork and time period required for providing such insurance. Title V: Extension of Airport and Airway Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund through October 1, 1995. Declares that, in the case of certain taxes imposed before January 1, 1993, the amounts to be appropriated to the Fund shall be determined without regard to any increase in a rate of tax enacted by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 and 1994 for: (1) airport development and planning projects; (2) air navigation facilities; (3) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); and (4) FAA operations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 to augment, if the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) determines it is necessary, the Airway Capital Investment Plan, including a determination with respect to the establishment of more than 23 area control facilities. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline passengers. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to increase the apportionment of airports which are served by aircraft providing only air cargo (including mail) transportation; and (2) primary airports. Reduces from 49.5 percent to 44 percent the ceiling on thetotal amount of all such apportionments in the event any Act of Congress has the effect of limiting or reducing the obligational ceiling for the airway improvement program. Extends the special apportionment treatment of Alaskan airports to those public airports in Alaska that received scheduled service as of September 3, 1982, but were not apportioned funds in FY 1980 because they were not under State or local public agency control. Requires not less than 2.25 percent of airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 through FY 1995 be set-aside for development of current and former military airports. Increases from eight to 12 the number of current or former military airports the Secretary must set-aside for development grants to improve the national air transportation system. Authorizes a specified amount of discretionary airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 through FY 1995 for construction, improvement, or repair of airport surface parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities at such airports. Requires the Administrator of the FAA, within 30 days after the Secretary of Defense recommends a list of military bases for closure or realignment, to report to the Congress on the effects of any recommendations involving military airbases on local civilian airports and airways, costs of conversion of civilian use, and air traffice control and radar coverage. Raises from 10 percent to 12.5 percent the minimum obligation of apportioned and discretionary funds for airport noise compatibility planning. Authorizes the maximum obligation of the United States for airport development and planning projects for FY 1993 to be increased for an airport (other than a primary airport) by a specified amount. Requires the Secretary to designate such airports for participation in such set-aside program. (Currently, the Secretary is required to designate not less than eight current or former military airports.) Authorizes a specified amount of discretionary airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 and 1994 for construction, improvement, or repair of airport surface parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities at such airports. Requires the Secretary to set-aside not less than an additional 2.5 percent of airport development and planning funds to primary airports for noise compatibility planning if the Secretary finds that one or more units of local government in the areas surrounding such airports have adopted noise control measures likely to ensure land use compatible with such airports. Authorizes the maximum obligation of the United States for airport development and planning projects for FY 1993 to be increased for an airport (other than a primary airport) by a specified amount. Revises the definition of an eligible "disadvantaged business enterprise" to raise the maximum average annual gross receipts permissible from $14,000,000 to $16,015,000. Authorizes the Secretary, in cases where a commercial service airport annually has .05 percent or less of the total enplanements in the United States, to approve, as allowable project costs of an airport development project at such airport, any terminal development in revenue-producing areas and construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement of nonrevenue-producing parking lots if the Secretary finds that no project for needed airport development affecting safety, security, or capacity will be deferred by such approval. Includes as an "airport development" activity the: (1) relocation of an air traffic control tower if such relocation is necessary to carry out an approved project; and (2) construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement of an airport (or any purchase of capital equipment for an airport) which is necessary for compliance with specified Federal laws, other than construction or purchase of capital equipment which would benefit a revenue producing area of the airport used by a nonaeronautical business. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to make grants to up to four vocational technical institutions for acquisition or construction of facilities for the advanced training of maintenance technicians for air carrier aircraft. Sets forth grant eligibility requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to develop and submit annually to specified congressional committees a report on: (1) the staffing standards used to determine the number of air traffic control system of the United States; (2) a three-year projection of the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate such system to meet such standards; and (3) a detailed plan for employing such controllers, including projected budget requests. requires the Administrator of the FAA to hire additional air traffic controllers so as to make the controller work force not less than 18,128 on September 30, 1993. Title II: Federal Aviation Act Amendments - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the FAA to enter into a contract, on a sole source basis, with a State or political subdivision to permit it to operate a level I visual flight rules airport traffic control tower if the Administrator determine that such State or political subdivision can comply with certain safety and subcontracting requirements. Authorizes, at the discretion of the Administrator of the FAA, the reimbursement of travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for security training personnel who contribute to civil aviation security. Requires all persons to give adequate public notice of the establishment or expansion, of any structure or sanitary landfill where such notice will promote safety in air commerce and preserve the navigable airspace and airport traffic capacity at public-use airports. Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that it is a goal of the United States to develop a national intermodal transportation system.
Bill· HRH.R. 6093 (102nd)referred
Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1992
Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that it is a goal of the United States to develop a national intermodal transportation system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995 for: (1) airport development and planning projects; (2) air navigation facilities; (3) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) FAA operations; and (5) expenses incurred in joint financing of air navigation services and in maintaining air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 to augment the Airway Capital Investment Plan, if the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) determines it is necessary (including a determination with respect to the establishment of more than 23 area control facilities). Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline passengers. Amends the Airport and Airport Improvement Act of 1982 to increase the apportionment of airport development and planning funds for: (1) airports which are served by aircraft providing only air cargo (including mail) transportation; and (2) primary airports. Reduces from 49.5 percent to 44 percent the ceiling on the total amount of all such apportionments in the event any Act of Congress has the effect of limiting or reducing the obligational ceiling for the airway improvement program. Extends the special apportionment treatment of Alaskan airports to those public airports in Alaska that received scheduled service as of September 3, 1982, but were not apportioned funds in FY 1980 because they were not under State or local public agency control. Requires not less than 2.25 percent of airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 through FY 1995 be set-aside for development of current and former military airports. Requires the Secretary to designate such airports for participation in such set-aside program. (Currently, the Secretary is required to designate not less than eight current or former military airports.) Authorizes a specified amount of discretionary airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 through FY 1995 for construction, improvement, or repair of airport surface parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities at such airports. Raises from 10 percent to 15 percent the minimum obligation of apportioned and discretionary funds for airport noise compatibility planning, but reduces it to 12.5 percent in FY 1994 and 1995 if the airway improvement program funds available are less than specified amounts. Authorizes the maximum obligation of the United States for airport development and planning projects for FY 1993 to be increased for an airport (other than a primary airport) by a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary, in cases where a commercial service airport annually has .05 percent or less of the total enplanements in the United States, to approve, as allowable project costs of an airport development project at such airport, any terminal development in revenue-producing areas and construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement of nonrevenue-producing parking lots if the sponsor certifies that no project for needed airport development affecting safety, security, or capacity will be deferred by such approval. Sets the Federal share of allowable costs for terminal development at such an airport at 85 percent. Prohibits letters of intent issued by the Secretary from conditioning the obligation of funds for airport development projects on the imposition of a passenger facility charge. Includes as an "airport development" activity the: (1) acquisition or installation at or by a public -use airport of aircraft deicing equipment and structures (other than aircraft deicing fluids and storage facilities for such equipment and fluids); (2) relocation of an air traffic control tower and any navigational aid (including radar) if such relocation is necessary to carry out an approved project; (3) construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement of an airport (or any purchase of capital equipment for an airport) which is necessary for compliance with specified Federal laws, other than construction or purchase of capital equipment which would benefit a revenue-producing area of the airport used by a nonaeronautical business; and (4) acquisition of land for, or work necessary to construct, a pad for deicing aircraft before takeoff at a commercial service airport, including construction or reconstruction of paved areas, drainage collection structures, treatment and discharge systems, appropriate lighting, and paved access for deicing vehicles and aircraft (but excluding acquisition of aircraft deicing equipment and fluids and construction and reconstruction of storage facilities for such equipment and fluids). Requires as a condition precedent to approval of an airport development project: (1) public availability of any report of the airport budget; and (2) specified kinds of public participation in the project. Repeals the requirement for an annual report to the Congress on the national airways system. Includes Alaskan and Hawaiian airports in the coverage of the Act with respect to passengers enplaned on international flights. Extends the State block grant pilot program for airports through FY 1996. Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to seven (currently, three) qualified States (including Illinois, Missouri, and North Carolina) for participation in such program. Amends the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 to extend the prohibition against the fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels on products sold in or shipped to the United States, and against discrimination by foreign governments against U.S. products, to the award of Federal contracts or grants under a specified section of Federal transportation law or the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to make grants to up to four vocational technical institutions for acquisition or construction of facilities for the advanced training of maintenance technicians for air carrier aircraft. Sets forth grant eligibility requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to develop and submit annually to specified congressional committees a report on: (1) the staffing standards used to determine the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate the air traffic control system of the United States; (2) a three-year projection of the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate such system to meet such standards; and (3) a detailed plan for employing such controllers, including projected budget requests. Requires the Administrator of the FAA to hire additional air traffic controllers so as to make the controller work force not less than 18,128 on September 30, 1993. Prohibits the FAA from entering into any contract on or before September 30, 1994, with a private person for the operation of an airport control tower at any airport which in FY 1990 had 5,500 or more air carrier operations and 40,000 or more air taxi operations unless the airport owner or operator first agrees to the FAA Administrator's entering into such contract. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to study and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the social, economic, and health effects of airport noise on populations within 65, 60, and 55 LDN noise areas to determine the actual level at which noise creates an adverse impact on populations; and (2) the effect of single event noise on populations. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to: (1) increase the employment of aviation safety inspectors to a specified level by the end of FY 1995; and (2) require, by regulation, procedures to improve safety of aircraft operations during winter conditions. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the FAA to update and arrange for publication of clearly defined routes for navigating under visual flight rules through a complex terminal airspace area, and to and from an airport located within such an area. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on: (1) whether the safety benefits derived from the reflectorization of runways and taxiways of all military airfields under Federal Specification TT-B-1325B should be extended to runways and taxiways of public use airports; (2) the purchase of land for development over five years after purchase (landbanking) and of options to purchase land for airport development, and whether such projects should be funded under the Airport Improvement Program; (3) the current Federal program for monitoring the installation and operation of lighting systems for aircraft obstructions and airport runways; (4) the economic benefits of carrying out airport development projects in "redevelopment areas" under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; and (5) the ability of airports which annually enplane .05 percent or less of total enplanements in the United States to finance the maintenance of runways, aprons, and taxiways constructed under the Airport Improvement Program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants under the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 for projects to soundproof residential buildings if specified conditions are met. Amends the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 to revise conditions with respect to a release from certain terms and restrictions contained in a certain instrument conveying land on which Laredo International Airport is located to the city of Laredo, Texas. Allows Laredo to grant leases of up to 40 years (currently, 20 years) at below fair market value at the airport. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to study and report: (1) to specified congressional committees on the current and projected need for air traffic control and related services in the airspace around Tucson, Arizona; and (2) to the Congress on increased air traffic over Grand Canyon National Park. Title II: Federal Aviation Act Amendments - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the FAA to enter into a contract, on a sole source basis, with a State or political subdivision to permit it to operate a level I visual flight rules airport traffic control tower if the Administrator determines that such State or political subdivision can comply with certain safety and subcontracting requirements. Authorizes, at the discretion of the Administrator of the FAA, the reimbursement of travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for the security training of non-Federal domestic and foreign security personnel who contribute to civil aviation security. Requires all persons to give adequate public notice of the establishment or expansion, or the proposed establishment or expansion, of any structure or sanitary landfill where such notice will promote safety in air commerce and preserve the navigable airspace and airport traffic capacity at public-use airports. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on whether a municipal solid waste facility located within a five-mile radius of the end of a runaway may have the potential for attracting or sustaining bird movements (from feeding, water, or roosting) that may pose a hazard across the runways or approach and departure patterns of aircraft. Establishes the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry to investigate the financial condition of the airline industry, the adequacy of competition in it, and legal impediment to a financially strong and competitive airline industry. Requires the Commission to submit a specified report to the Congress. Title III: Research, Engineering, and Development - Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize FY 1993 and 1994 appropriations for specified areas of airway improvement research, engineering and development, and demonstrations. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the feasibility of requiring commercial airports and/or commercial airlines to employ portable equipment to deice commercial aircraft before takeoff by placing such equipment close to the departure end of the active runway. Requires the Secretary to research to develop new techniques and more efficient fluids and technologies for deicing. Requires the Administrators of the FAA and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to jointly conduct a research program to develop new technologies for quieter subsonic jet aircraft engines and airframes by the year 2000. Prohibits a person from affixing "Made in America" labels to products that are not domestic products of the United States. Makes any person that violates such prohibition ineligible for the award of a Federal contract. Requires the head of each Federal agency conducting procurements to comply with the requirements of the Buy American Act. Title IV: Aviation Insurance - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 958 to authorize Federal agencies to purchase aviation insurance covering any aircraft engaged in intrastate, interstate, or overseas air commerce for any risk (including war risk) if the aircraft operation is in the performance of an agency contract or is for the transportation of military forces or material on behalf of the United States under an agreement between the United States and a foreign government. Extends the aviation insurance program from FY 1992 through FY 1997. Directs the Comptroller General to review and report to the Congress on the administration of the aviation insurance program during the Persian Gulf conflict in order to determine methods of improving efficiency by reducing the paperwork and time period required for providing such insurance. Title V: Extension of Airport and Airway Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund through October 1, 1995. Declares that, in the case of certain taxes imposed before January 1, 1993, the amounts to be appropriated to the Fund shall be determined without regard to any increase in a rate of tax enacted by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 550 (102nd)referred
Designating the week beginning October 18, 1992, as "National Radon Action Week".
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992
Designates the week beginning October 18, 1992, as National Radon Action Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 5842 (102nd)referred
To award a congressional gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie in recognition of his accomplishments as a musician. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
Bill· HRH.R. 5885 (102nd)referred
Women Veterans Health Programs Act of 1992
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Women Veterans Health Programs Act of 1992 - Title I: Sexual Trauma Services - Requires that a veteran who is diagnosed by a Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) health professional designated by the Chief Medical Director (following an examination of the veteran by such professional) to be in need of counseling or treatment for sexual trauma resulting from events that occurred during the period of the veteran's service on active duty be furnished such care and services, even though such trauma has not been determined to be service-connected. Authorizes the Secretary of the DVA to enter into contracts with appropriate non-DVA facilities to furnish veterans with such care and services. Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to provide information and referrals concerning care and services related to sexual trauma that are available to veterans in the communities in which such veterans reside, including care and services available under programs of the DVA and from non-DVA agencies or organizations, by means of a telephone information system using a toll-free number. Requires the Secretary to ensure that such system: (1) is operated by DVA personnel who are trained in the provision of information and referrals to persons who have experienced sexual trauma; (2) is operated in a manner that protects the confidentiality of persons who place telephone calls to the system; (3) operates at all times; and (4) is visibly posted in DVA medical facilities and advertised through public service announcements, pamphlets, and other means. Directs the Secretary to commence a study of the needs of veterans for counseling, medical care, and other services for sexual trauma, including: (1) the extent to which women service members have experienced rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, or other acts of sexual violence while on active military, naval, or air service; (2) the extent of any under-reporting of incidents of sexual violence among women members of the armed forces and the extent to which the rate of such under-reporting differs from the rate of under-reporting of such incidents among the general population of women in the United States; (3) the extent to which women members of the armed forces and women veterans who have experienced sexual trauma have used counseling, medical care, and other services furnished by the Department of Defense and the DVA in order to respond to such experiences; and (4) the same types of information with respect to men who are members of the armed forces and men who are veterans. Sets forth reporting requirements with respect to such study and the care and services furnished by DVA to veterans who have experienced sexual trauma. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to jointly carry out a program to ensure that persons who are being separated from active military, naval, or air service are provided information on: (1) the counseling, medical care, and other services and assistance relating to sexual trauma that are available to veterans under programs carried out by the DVA; and (2) the requirements of eligibility for or entitlement to, and the procedures for applying for, such counseling, medical care, and other services and assistance. Requires the Secretaries to ensure that such information is provided in both a written and oral form through an in-person interview conducted by trained personnel with each person being separated. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs a report relating to determinations of service connection for sexual trauma. Title II: Health Care for Women Veterans - Includes the term "well-women care services" within the definition of medical services for purposes of Federal veterans' provisions. Defines such term to mean health care services provided to women, including counseling and services relating to: (1) papanicolaou tests (pap smear); (2) breast examinations and mammography; (3) general reproductive health care and contraceptives; (4) the management of infertility and sexually transmitted diseases; (5) menopause; and (6) physical or psychological conditions arising out of acts of sexual violence. Authorizes contracts for hospital care and medical services with non-DVA facilities to furnish well-women care services for veterans on an ambulatory or outpatient basis, but only under contracts that expire not later than December 31, 1994. Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit to the Congress a report on the provision of health care services to women veterans; and (2) foster and encourage the initiation and expansion of research into matters relating to women's health. Requires the Comptroller General to carry out a study to determine: (1) the percentage of all admissions of women veterans to DVA facilities that are based on a diagnosis of psychotic illness; (2) the percentage of all admissions of men veterans to such facilities that are based on such diagnosis; and (3) an explanation of the difference, if any, in such percentages. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary, to the extent that the quantity and nature of information available to DVA personnel with respect to issues relating to health care for women veterans permit such personnel to carry out research relevant to the health care needs of women veterans, to take actions to ensure that medical research carried out by the Secretary gives consideration to issues relating to the health of the general population of adult women in the United States. Directs the Secretary to conduct an ongoing study to determine the needs of women veterans for health-care services. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs a report on research relating to women veterans. Directs the Secretary to take appropriate actions to ensure that: (1) sufficient funding is provided to each DVA facility to permit the women veterans coordinator to carry out the functions of the coordinator at the facility; (2) sufficient clerical and communications support is provided to each such coordinator for that purpose; and (3) each such coordinator has direct access to the Director or Chief of Staff of the facility to which the coordinator is assigned. Directs the Secretary to appoint a full-time regional women veterans coordinator to serve in each regional office of the Veterans Health Administration. Sets forth responsibilities of such coordinators. Requires the Secretary to provide funds to be used for the members of the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans for: (1) travel in connection with a reasonable number of visits to DVA facilities to permit such members to carry out the responsibilities of the Advisory Committee; and (2) the conduct of meetings of the Advisory Committee.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 546 (102nd)enacted
Designating February 4, 1993, and February 3, 1994, as "National Women and Girls in Sports Day".
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates February 4, 1993, and February 3, 1994, as National Women and Girls in Sports Day.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 547 (102nd)enacted
Designating May 2, 1993, through May 8, 1993, as "National Walking Week".
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates May 2 through 8, 1993, as National Walking Week.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 543 (102nd)enacted
Designating November 30, 1992, through December 6, 1992, as "National Education First Week".
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates November 30 through December 6, 1992, as National Education First Week.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 542 (102nd)enacted
Designating the week beginning November 8, 1992, as "Hire a Veteran Week".
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates the week beginning November 8, 1992, as Hire a Veteran Week.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 538 (102nd)referred
Designating December 1, 1992, as "World AIDS Day".
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1992
Designates December 1, 1992, as World AIDS Day.