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United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a criminal record report for certain aliens residing in the United States who apply for immigrant status.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Small Business Tax Incentives Title II: Increase of Number of Permitted S Corporation Shareholders Title III: Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Title IV: Prepayment of Development Company Debentures Title V: Cabinet Level Status for SBA Administrator Title VI: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small Business Title VII: Judicial Review Under Regulatory Flexibility Act Title VIII: Congressional Budget Office Small Business Legislative Cost Analysis Title IX: Relief From Retroactive Application of Treasury Department Regulations and Rulings Title X: Study of Impact of Regulatory Analysis Upon Small Business Title XI: Fair Labor Standards Act Title XII: Independent Contractors Omnibus Small Business Promotion and Protection Act of 1993 - Title I: Small Business Tax Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend permanently: (1) the income tax credit for increasing research activities and the targeted jobs credit; (2) the authority to issue bonds for which 95 percent or more of the proceeds are used to provide any manufacturing facility or farm land or property; (3) the exclusion from gross income of payments to an educational assistance program; and (4) an increased deduction (from 25 to 100 percent of such insurance costs) for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals. Title II: Increase of Number of Permitted S Corporation Shareholders - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 35 to 50 the maximum number of shareholders of a "small business corporation." Title III: Women-Owned Small Business Concerns - Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) include as socially disadvantaged small business concerns those which have been subjected to gender-based prejudice; (2) include women under the definition of socially and economically disadvantaged individuals for contracting purposes; and (3) prohibit the application of community property laws in determining whether a small business meets certain ownership and control requirements. Title IV: Prepayment of Development Company Debentures - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow the issuer of a debenture purchased by the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA), at the election of the borrower whose loan secures the debenture, to prepay such debenture by payment to the Federal Financing Bank of the unpaid principal balance and any required prepayment penalty. Title V: Cabinet Level Status for SBA Administrator - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the SBA Administrator should be designated by the President as a full-fledged member of the Cabinet. Increases the Administrator's pay to an executive level commensurate with Cabinet status. Title VI: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small Business - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. Trade Representative should establish the position of Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small Business to promote small business exports and remove foreign impediments to such exports. Title VII: Judicial Review Under Regulatory Flexibility Act - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act to repeal the proscription against judicial review of agency determinations regarding regulatory flexibility. Title VIII: Congressional Budget Office Small Business Legislative Cost Analysis - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to prepare for each public bill or resolution reported by a congressional committee an estimate of the costs incurred in carrying out such bill or resolution and costs to small businesses in complying with such legislation. Title IX: Relief from Retroactive Application of Treasury Department Regulations and Rulings - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that all final, temporary, or proposed regulations and rulings issued by the Secretary of the Treasury shall apply prospectively from the date of their publication in the Federal Register. Title X: Study of Impact of Regulatory Analysis Upon Small Business - Requires the SBA's Chief Counsel for Advocacy to study the impact of Federal regulatory paperwork and tax requirements upon small business. Title XI: Fair Labor Standards Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to minimum wage and maximum hours to include within its purview workers engaged in industrial homework. Title XII: Independent Contractors - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should adopt objective, reasonable standards to determine independent contractor status.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Social Security Administration and with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Labor, to develop a counterfeit-resistant social security card. Directs the Attorney General to designate the social security card as the single acceptable work authorization document under the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Authorizes appropriations for increased border patrol personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Limits citizenship at birth to persons born in the United States to a mother or father who is a U.S. legal resident.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1993
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit (until the Attorney General certifies that a national instant criminal background check system (System) is established pursuant to this Act) any licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from selling, delivering, or transferring a handgun to an unlicensed individual unless: (1) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by the individual, the transferor has received a statement of eligibility from the individual, verified the identity of such individual, provided notice of the contents, and transmitted a copy of the statement to the chief law enforcement officer (chief) of the place of residence of the individual within one day after the individual furnishes the statement; and five business days have elapsed from the date the transferor furnished notice of the contents of the statement to the chief, during which period the transferor has not received information from the chief that receipt or possession of the handgun by the individual would be in violation of Federal, State, or local law or has received notice from the chief that the chief has no information indicating that such receipt or possession would violate such law; (2) the individual has presented to the transferor a statement from the chief, issued in the past ten days, stating that the individual requires a handgun because of a threat to such individual or such individual's family; (3) the individual has presented to the transferor a permit to possess a handgun that has been issued in the past five years by the State in which the transfer is to take place under a State law which requires law enforcement verification of the individual's legal qualification to possess a handgun; (4) State law requires that an authorized government official verifies that the information available to such official does not indicate that possession of a handgun by the purchaser would be unlawful, with exceptions; (5) the Secretary of the Treasury has approved the transfer under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code; or (6) the Secretary has certified, on application of the transferor, that compliance with the notice requirement is impracticable for specified reasons. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish the System; (2) expedite the upgrading and indexing of State criminal history records in the Federal criminal records system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the development of hardware and software systems to link State criminal history check systems into the System, and the current revitalization initiatives by the FBI for technologically advanced fingerprint and criminal records identification; and (3) ensure the privacy and security of System information. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of justice system improvement formula grants for the improvement of State record systems and the sharing with the Attorney General of specified records for the purpose of implementing this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Regulatory Impact on Credit Availability Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Impact of Accounting and Capital Issues on Credit Availability Subtitle C: Disincentives to Risk-Taking Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Credit Availability Provisions Title II: Regulatory Micromanagement Title III: Unnecessary Cost, Paperwork and Regulation Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Holding Company Efficiencies Title IV: Consumer Inconvenience, Paperwork, and Cost; Other Non-Supervisory Reforms Subtitle A: Consumer Benefits and Lending Process Improvements Subtitle B: Other Non-Supervisory Reforms Title V: Community Investment Economic Growth and Financial Institutions Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1993 - Title I: Regulatory Impact on Credit Availability - Subtitle A: General Provisions - (Sec. 101) Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to direct the appropriate Federal banking agencies to minimize the negative impact upon credit availability for small business, residential, and agricultural purposes and on low-and moderate-income communities when prescribing real estate lending standards. (Sec. 102) Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to direct the Appraisal Subcommittee to encourage the States to develop reciprocity agreements among themselves so as to readily authorize licensed appraisers in good standing to perform appraisals in sister States. Subtitle B: Impact of Accounting and Capital Issues on Credit Availability - (Secs. 111-113) Amends the FDIA to amend the regulatory scheme with respect to: (1) audits of insured depository institutions; (2) recourse agreements; and (3) market value accounting. (Sec. 114) Requires the Department of the Treasury to report to certain congressional committees on the effect on the national economy resulting from implementation of risk based capital standards (including the Basle international capital standards). Subtitle C: Disincentives to Risk Taking - (Sec. 121) Amends the FDIA and the Federal Credit Union Act with respect to the due process protections accorded the attachment of assets, and the statutory authority to require a depository institution to prohibit a person from alienating property under certain circumstances. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Credit Availability Provisions - (Sec. 131) Mandates the establishment of a regulatory appeals process within each appropriate Federal banking agency and the National Credit Union Administration. (Secs. 132 and 133) Amends the Federal Reserve Act to modify the aggregate limits on insider lending for specified small banks. Mandates that certain agencies study and report to the Congress on the advisability and budgetary impact of requiring insured depository institutions to maintain sterile reserves. (Sec. 134) Amends the FDIA to prescribe guidelines under which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) may, with respect to an undercapitalized insured depository institution, waive its right to repudiate an agreement to sell credit card accounts receivable. (Sec. 135) Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to permit FHLBA banks to: (1) make secured advances upon obtaining a security interest in certain nonresidential real estate-related collateral; and (2) invest surplus funds to purchase participation interests in residential construction loans originated by member institutions. Title II: Regulatory Micromanagement - (Secs. 201-204) Amends the FDIA to modify the regulatory scheme with respect to: (1) safety and soundness standards; (2) paperwork reduction; (3) rules on deposit taking; and (4) a transition period for new regulations. Title III: Unnecessary Cost, Paperwork and Regulation -Subtitle A: General Provisions - (Secs. 301-303) Amends the FDIA with respect to: (1) bank examinations; (2) coordination of State and Federal examinations; and (3) the use of accounting principles. (Secs. 304-306) Prescribes guidelines for the reduction of call report requirements and capital compliance requirements. Excludes automated teller machines and specified bank branches from FDIA branch closure notice requirements. (Sec. 307) Amends Federal law regarding monetary instruments transactions to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to annually: (1) review all regulations pertaining to monetary instruments transaction requirements, seeking public comment; and (2) publish all written rulings interpreting such law, as well as staff commentaries. (Sec. 309) Amends the FRA and the FDIA to cite conditions under which accounts of U.S. banks are shielded from liability to repay] deposits made at foreign branches. Subtitle B: Holding Company Efficiencies - (Secs. 321-325) Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to modify the procedures under which bank holding companies: (1) are formed; and (2) acquire interests in nonbanking activities. Reduces the post-approval waiting period for bank holding company acquisition and bank mergers. Title IV: Consumer Inconvenience, Paperwork, and Cost; Other Non-Supervisory Reforms - Subtitle A: Consumer Benefits and Lending Process Improvements - (Sec. 401) Mandates a Federal Reserve study and report to the Congress on ways to streamline the credit-granting process. (Secs. 402-403) Amends the Truth in Lending Act regarding: (1) certain exemptions from credit cost disclosure requirements; (2) modification of waiver of the debtor's rescission rights; and (3) alternative disclosures for adjustable rate mortgages. (Sec. 405) Amends the Truth in Savings Act to exempt business accounts from its purview. Subtitle B: Other Non-Supervisory Reforms - (Secs. 411-413) Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act regarding: (1) the availability of Treasury checks and local checks; (2) new accounts; and (3) the allocation of risks of loss and liability to the States and political subdivisions. (Secs. 414 and 421) Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer and the Truth in Lending Act to increase the consumer liability limit in specified circumstances of unauthorized electronic fund transfers and unauthorized use of credit cards where the cardholder has substantially contributed to the unauthorized transfer or use. (Sec. 432) Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to reduce the homeownership debt counseling notification requirement to no more than once per year. (Sec. 433) Prohibits a Federal banking agency from imposing data collection requirements upon an institution under its jurisdiction other than the information required under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975. (Secs. 441 and 442) Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to: (1) modify the disclosure guidelines for the servicing of mortgage loans; and (2) exempt certain credit transactions from its purview. Title V: Community Investment - (Sec. 501) Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (the Act) with respect to: (1) minimizing the regulatory paperwork costs and burdens associated with compliance; (2) conditions under which an application for a deposit facility shall not be denied on the basis of compliance; (3) granting credit to a financial institution for making investments and loans to either minority and women's depository institutions, or to entities providing benefits to distressed communities; (4) assessments of special purpose banks; and (5) the acceptability of State examinations in lieu of Federal examinations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens infected with the HIV virus from admission into the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1993
Medicare EKG Payment Restoration Act of 1993 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) reestablish separate payment for the interpretation of electrocardiograms (EKGs) that are ordered or performed during an office visit to or consultation with a physician; and (2) set forth special rules governing the payment for EKG interpretation services in order to ensure budget-neutrality.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) continue to send immediate fuel and humanitarian assistance to help Armenia and its economy and continue to withhold all U.S. assistance to Azerbaijan until Azerbaijan lifts its blockade and other uses of force against Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh; (2) promote a lasting and equitable resolution to the conflict within the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (3) promote the full participation of the representatives of Nagorno Karabagh in all negotiations concerning this conflict; (4) encourage Turkey to play a neutral role in helping to promote an equitable resolution to this crisis; and (5) condemn the continuing blockade of Armenia and Karabagh and demand the immediate lifting of the blockade and the opening of corridors to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian goods to Armenia.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Social Security Domestic Employment Tax Simplification Act of 1993 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to raise the threshold amount of cash remuneration payable to a domestic employee in any year which is subject to social security employment taxes. Amends IRC to: (1) provide for the coordination of the collection of domestic service employment taxes with the collection of income taxes; (2) subject domestic service employment taxes to estimated tax provisions; (3) exempt certain employers from the payment of such taxes; and (4) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements to collect State unemployment taxes imposed on such remuneration. Requires the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and the Treasury to study and report to the Congress on the effects of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove charitable contributions of appreciated capital gain property as an item of tax preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Economic Development Administration Sunset Act - Abolishes the Economic Development Administration (Administration). Repeals the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conclude the Administration's affairs and authorizes the Secretary to fulfill the terms of any agreement, loan, or obligation authorized by the repealed Acts. Provides for the continuance of the Economic Development Revolving Fund for purposes of receiving collections and repayments and fulfilling obligations under the repealed Acts. Abolishes the Fund when the Secretary determines that it is no longer necessary to carry out such activities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Volunteer Protection Act of 1993 - Prescribes circumstances under which volunteers working for nonprofit organizations or government entities shall be immune from personal financial liability for acts on behalf of the organization or entity. Sets forth exceptions and conditions that a State may impose on the granting of such immunity. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase by one percent the fiscal year allotment which would otherwise be made to a State to carry out the Social Services Block Grant Program under title XX of the Social Security Act if such State has, within two years, certified to the Secretary that it has enacted a State law which provides such immunity. Provides for the continuation of such increase based on an annual recertification.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality to exclude aliens infected with the HIV virus from admission into the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Joint Budget Resolution Title II: Zero Based Budgeting and Decennial Sunsetting Title III: Spending Caps on the Growth of Entitlements for Fiscal Years 1994 through 2000 Title IV: Balanced Budget by Fiscal Year 2000 Balanced Budget Implementation Act - Title I: Joint Budget Resolution - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reform the budget process by requiring a joint resolution on the budget instead of the concurrent resolution on the budget. Title II: Zero Based Budgeting and Decennial Sunsetting - Terminates spending authority for unearned entitlements and high-cost discretionary spending programs for FY 1994, and discretionary spending programs (not including high-cost programs) for FY 1995, unless such spending is reauthorized after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes a point of order against legislation that appropriates funds, which may be waived by a three-fifths vote of each House of Congress. Requires the reauthorization of discretionary spending authority and unearned entitlements every ten years beginning in the first decennial census year after 2000. Title III: Spending Caps on the Growth of Entitlements for Fiscal Years 1994 through 2000 - Declares that for FY 1994 through 2000 the total level of entitlement and mandatory spending, excluding social security, shall not exceed the total level for the previous fiscal year increased by the consumer price index and growth in elgible population. Requires sequestration as necessary to reduce spending. Provides for making uniform reductions with limitations. Lists programs and activities exempt from sequestration and provides exceptions, limitations, and special rules. Establishes a point of order against entitlement programs which may be waived by a three-fifths vote of each House. Title IV: Balanced Budget by Fiscal Year 2000 - Requires reduction of the maximum deficit amount to zero by FY 2000. Allows a waiver or suspension on the prohibition on exceeding such amount by a three-fifths vote of both Houses. Allows a waiver or suspension on exceeding the public debt limit by a three-fifths vote of both Houses. Excludes social security from the budget process. Establishes a point of order against any joint resolution on the budget that would decrease the excess of social security revenues over social security outlays, which may be waived by a three-fifths vote of each House. Authorizes the Congress to adopt budget procedures to eliminate the non-social deficit. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require look-back sequestration in the last quarter of each fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Mandate Relief Act of 1993 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to estimate and submit to the Congress the cost which will be incurred by State and local governments in complying with legislation reported by a congressional committee or conference committee and a comparison of such estimate with any available estimate made by such committee or a Federal agency. Amends the Rules of the House of Representative to: (1) require such CBO estimate and comparison to be included in committee reports on the legislation; and (2) make it out of order to consider legislation for which a CBO estimate is required unless the legislation contains a statement that any provisions thereof requiring a State or local government to conduct an activity shall not apply unless the Federal Government has provided amounts to cover the direct costs of such activity to such government.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Regulatory Flexibility Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law to eliminate provisions respecting judicial review of Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements. Requires an agency to consider the direct and indirect effects of a rule in determining whether or not it is likely to have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. Sets forth guidelines governing agency transmittal of proposed rules to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Authorizes such official to transmit to the agency a statement of opposition to the proposed rule. Requires publication of such statement and the agency's response in the Federal Register. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such official should be permitted to appear as amicus curiae in any action or case brought in a U.S. court for the purpose of reviewing a rule.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1993 - Provides that not later than 30 days after a lobbyist first makes or agrees to make a lobbying contact with a covered legislative or executive branch official, such lobbyist, or as provided below, the organization employing such lobbyist, shall register with the Office of Lobbying Registration and Public Disclosure (OLRAPD). Provides that any person whose income or expenses in connection with lobbying activities on behalf of a particular client do not exceed, or are not expected to exceed, $1,000 in a semiannual period is not required to register for such client. Defines "lobbyist" as any individual who is employed or retained by another for financial or other compensation to perform services that include lobbying contacts, other than an individual whose lobbying activities are only incidental to, and not a significant part of, the services for which such individual is paid. Specifies the information that such registration shall contain. Provides that in the case of a registrant representing more than one client, a separate registration shall be filed for each client represented. Requires organizations whose employees are lobbyists to file a single registration. Requires registrants to file with OLRAPD a report on semiannual lobbying activities. Establishes within the Department of Justice OLRAPD the duties of which include: (1) prescribing rules for implementing this Act; (2) making registrations and reports public; and (3) transmitting annual reports to the Congress and President. Establishes procedures for: (1) informal resolution of alleged noncompliance; (2) determinations of noncompliance where information provided to OLRAPD indicates that noncompliance may exist; and (3) addressing late registrations and filings and failures to provide such information. Provides for judicial review of certain OLRAPD decisions. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to: (1) revise the definition of "foreign principal"; (2) eliminate references to political propaganda and, in certain cases, replace such references with references to informational materials; and (3) modify the registration exemption for lawyers providing legal representation to disclosed foreign principals to apply such exemption to judicial proceedings and criminal or civil law enforcement inquiries, investigations, or proceedings. Revises limitations on use of appropriated funds to influence certain Federal contracting and financial transactions. Repeals the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act. Repeals provisions under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act and Public Utility Holding Company Act relating to lobbyist activities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove charitable contributions of appreciated capital gain property as an item of tax preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the provisions permitting small issues of tax-exempt bonds to finance manufacturing facilities and farm property.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Invest in the Deficit Act of 1993 - Declares that whenever a law is enacted that provides new revenue or an asset of the United States is sold to the public, all such revenue and proceeds sales shall be dedicated to the reduction of any annual Federal budget deficit. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to increase the maximum deficit amounts for FY 1994 and 1995 and to establish such amounts for FY 1996 through 1998. Repeals discretionary spending limits for FY 1994 and 1995. Establishes such limits for FY 1994 through 1998 for the defense, international, and domestic categories. Requires adjustments to the international and domestic categories to be made in strict conformance with enforcement provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Prohibits the importation of Chinese products unless: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury determines that they are not manufactured with the use of forced labor; and (2) such determination is based on certain consultations with international organizations conducting inspections and a certification to the Secretary that a product was not manufactured with the use of forced labor. Requires the United States to use all diplomatic efforts to persuade China to permit representatives of certain international organizations to inspect all facilities holding detainees to assure that products for export are not being produced with the use of forced labor. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such prohibition and the making of a false certification.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year unless the Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Requires the approval of a majority of each House by roll call vote before any bill to increase revenue may become law. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect. Waives these provisions when the United States is engaged in a military conflict which poses a threat to national security as declared by a joint resolution adopted by a majority of each House.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Biotechnological Process Patents Title II: Biotechnological Material Patents Title I: Biotechnological Process Patents - Amends Federal patent law to cite conditions under which a claimed process of making or using a machine, manufacture, or composition of matter is not obvious (thereby enhancing the patentability prospects of certain biotechnology processes). Establishes a presumption of validity with respect to a process claim even through a related product claim is invalidated (thus allowing a patentee to prove that the process claim is independently patentable from the product claim). Title II: Biotechnological Material Patents - Makes any unauthorized person who imports or sells a product made by using a biotechnological material that is patented in the United States liable for patent infringement. Includes within the terms of such patents the right to exclude others from using, selling, or importing such products throughout or into the United States. Establishes exceptions to such requirements to the extent suitable to protect commercial investment made or business commenced before the effective date of such amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Modification of Passive Loss Rules Title II: Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investments By Pension Funds Title III: Discharge of Indebtedness Real Estate Stability and Recovery Amendments Act of 1993 - Title I: Modification of Passive Loss Rules - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain rental real estate development activities from treatment as a passive activity for purposes of determining passive activity losses and credits. Title II: Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investments by Pension Funds - Modifies exceptions to the exclusion of real property acquired by a qualified organization from the meaning of acquisition indebtedness. Makes certain exceptions inapplicable to sales out of foreclosure by a financial institution. Applies the meaning of acquisition indebtedness to investments in certain large partnerships where the principal purpose of partnership allocation is not tax avoidance. Repeals the special rule for publicly traded partnerships with respect to the treatment of unrelated business taxable income. Permits a tax-exempt title-holding company to receive unrelated business taxable income of up to ten percent of its gross income, if the income is incidentally derived from the holding of real property. Excludes from unrelated business taxable income: (1) gains from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of real property acquired from financial institutions that are in conservatorship or receivership; (2) amounts received or accrued as consideration for entering into agreements to make loans; and (3) all gains on the lapse or termination of options, written by an organization in connection with its investment activities, to buy or sell real property. Provides for the tax treatment of pension fund investments in real estate investment trusts. Title III: Discharge of Indebtedness - Excludes from gross income, the income from the discharge of qualified real property business indebtedness. Applies the excluded amount to reduce the basis of the depreciable real property. Limits such amount to the amount of outstanding indebtedness over the fair market value of the property, reduced by any other qualified real estate business indebtedness. Excludes qualified farm indebtedness from the definition of "qualified real property business indebtedness."
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Americans with Disabilities Business Development Act of 1993 - Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) substitute the definition of "disability" (a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual) for "handicapped individual"; and (2) include Americans with disabilities among those considered to be socially disadvantaged for purposes of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the term "qualified military benefit," for purposes of the exclusion from gross income, includes any allowance or benefit administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Makes such exclusion effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Repeals penalties for noncompliance by States with a program requiring the use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual and corporate capital gains rate from 28 percent and 34 percent to 15 percent. Reduces the minimum tax rate accordingly. Reduces such tax to 7.5 percent for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Declaration of Official Language Act of 1993 - Declares English to be the official language of the U.S. Government. States that English is the preferred language of communication among U.S. citizens. Requires the Government of the United States to promote and support the use of English for communications among U.S. citizens. Requires communications by officers and employees of the Government with U.S. citizens to be in English. Directs the Immigration and Naturalization Service to establish: (1) an English language proficiency standard for all applicants for U.S. citizenship; and (2) a written and oral examination to test for the achievement of such standard by such applicants. Repeals the Bilingual Education Act (title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965). Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to repeal bilingual election requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Criminal Alien Deportation and Exclusion Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the expedited deportation (and subsequent exclusion) of convicted aliens.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Amends Federal law to prohibit any State from imposing an income tax on the pension income of any individual who is not a resident or domiciliary of that State.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Sexual Violence Subtitle A: Penalties and Remedies Subtitle B: Rules of Evidence, Practice, and Procedure Subtitle C: Safe Campuses Subtitle D: Assistance to States and Localities Title II: Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Offenses Against the Family Title III: National Task Force on Violence Against Women Sexual Assault Prevention Act of 1993 - Title I: Sexual Violence - Subtitle A: Penalties and Remedies - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for: (1) pretrial detention in sex offense cases; and (2) the death penalty for murders committed by sex offenders. Increases penalties for: (1) recidivist sex offenders; and (2) sex offenses against victims under age 16. Amends: (1) the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 to require a governmental department or agency to pay for up to two tests for a sexual assault victim in the 12 months following the assault and a counseling session; (2) the Controlled Substances Act to provide for increased penalties for distribution of a controlled substance to a woman while she is pregnant; and (3) the Federal criminal code to authorize the restitution of victims of sex offenses. Establishes a civil remedy for victims of sexual violence. Subtitle B: Rules of Evidence, Practice, and Procedure - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to allow evidence of similar offenses in criminal or civil sexual assault and child molestation cases. Revises Federal Rule of Evidence 412 (rape victim shield law). Adds a Federal Rule of Evidence that, in a criminal case in which a person is accused of a sex offense, evidence is not admissible to show that the alleged victim invited or provoked the commission of the offense. Enacts rules to be known as the Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers in Federal Practice. Subtitle C: Safe Campuses - Requires the Attorney General to provide for a national baseline study on campus sexual assault. Subtitle D: Assistance to States and Localities - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to support projects and programs relating to sexual violence. Title II: Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Offenses Against the Family - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for interstate travel to commit spouse abuse or to violate a protective order. Establishes penalties (including restitution) for noncompliance with child support obligations in interstate cases. Provides for full faith and credit of protective orders among the States. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) prepare a report on the status of battered women's syndrome as a medical and psychological condition and on its effect in criminal trials; (2) conduct a study of the means by which abusive spouses may obtain information concerning the addresses or locations of estranged or former spouses; and (3) complete a study of problems of recordkeeping of criminal complaints involving domestic violence. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to support projects and programs relating to domestic violence and other criminal and unlawful acts that particularly affect women. Title III: National Task Force on Violence Against Women - Establishes the National Task Force on Violence Against Women to develop a uniform Federal, State, and local law enforcement strategy aimed at protecting women against violent crimes, punishing persons who commit such crimes, and enhancing the rights of the victims.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal limitations on the deductibility of capital losses.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions governing the income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to: (1) make the deduction permanent; and (2) phase in an increase in the allowable deduction, reaching 100 percent for taxable years beginning in 1997 and thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Amends rule XV of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for an automatic roll call vote when the Speaker puts the question upon final passage of any bill, joint resolution, or conference report making appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
National Commemorative Events Advisory Act - Establishes the President's Advisory Commission on National Commemorative Events to: (1) establish criteria for recommending to the President that a proposed commemorative event be approved or disapproved; (2) review proposals for national commemorative events submitted in accordance with procedures published by the Commission; and (3) issue recommendations to the President concerning each proposal reviewed.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any legislation that would provide a short-term economic stimulus to the economy, but would also increase the budget deficit for FY 1993 or 1994, should not be enacted into law.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that in light of the current economic conditions the Federal taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, and home heating fuel shall not be increased.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) hostilities, war crimes, and human rights violations in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Bosnia) should cease immediately; (2) in the event of continued Serbian attacks on Bosnian civilians, the United States and the European Community (EC) should persuade the United Nations (UN) Security Council to lift the arms embargo against Bosnian Muslims; (3) the UN should promptly authorize the enforcement of the "no-fly" zone over Bosnia; (4) the U.S. Government and EC members should propose and support decisive international efforts to achieve a prompt cessation of hostilities and alleviate the suffering of the Bosnian civilian population; (5) UN Security Council Resolution 770 (authorizing the use of all measures necessary to deliver humanitarian relief whenever it is needed to Bosnia) should be fully implemented; (6) the conclusions of the London Conference, including agreements between the parties of the conflict to collaborate in delivery of humanitarian relief in Bosnia, should be fully implemented; (7) the U.S. Government should implement the emergency provisions of the Refugee Act of 1980 to admit Bosnian refugees to the United States while encouraging EC members to initiate reciprocal action; (8) the UN and relevant international relief organizations should be given unrestricted access to all prisoners of war in the former Republic of Yugoslavia to monitor human rights conditions in the camps; and (9) the U.S. Government should support and encourage the formation and development of an international war crimes commission.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993
Private Property Protection Act of 1993 - Prohibits any regulation issued by an executive agency after enactment of this Act from becoming effective until the issuing agency is certified by the Attorney General to be in compliance with Executive Order 12360 or similar procedures to assess the potential for the taking of private property in the course of Federal regulatory activity, with the goal of minimizing such takings where possible. Provides for limited judicial review of an action taken pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Congress on the effect this Act will have on the farm economy and agricultural production.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limitation on the one-time exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence by an individual who has attained age 55 and provide a cost-of-living adjustment for such amount. Increases the unified credit against the estate tax and the unified credit against the gift tax and provides a cost-of-living adjustment for such credits. Reduces the capital gains tax for a taxpayer other than a corporation by allowing the deduction of 50 percent of the net capital gain. Provides for computing such deduction for estates and trusts. Disallows such deduction against the minimum tax.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Investment Tax Incentive Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the depreciation deduction to be computed based on a neutral recovery basis for property placed in service after December 31, 1992. Repeals the special depreciation rules applicable under the adjusted current earnings provisions of the minimum tax.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Health Freedom Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define "dietary supplement" as an article that: (1) includes, and is intended to supplement the diet with, a vitamin, mineral, or herb; or (2) is intended for ingestion. Prohibits considering a dietary supplement a drug solely because: (1) of the potency of a substance in such supplement; or (2) the labeling or advertising for the supplement contains a claim concerning potency or a health claim permitted under this Act. Specifies that a supplement is not a food additive if it is identified in the labeling of the dietary supplement as a substance provided by the product to supplement the diet. Allows a supplement to be described as a dietary supplement in labeling or advertising. Permits labeling or advertising for such a supplement to include a claim characterizing the relationship of the supplement to a disease or health-related condition, if certain conditions are met. Prohibits any requirement that a claim that meets the requirements of this Act be approved or conform to a regulation before the claim may be used. Allows a declaratory judgment on the validity of an assertion that a claim fails to comply with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
National Child Abuser Registration Act of 1993 - Requires a State which reports the convictions of named individuals to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include all convictions for child abuse. Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for the reporting of child abuser information, including procedures for: (1) establishing a national centralized source of information on child abusers; (2) assisting in the prevention of second incidents of child abuse by providing information about child abusers to child welfare organizations; and (3) providing statistical and informational data on child abuse to the Department of Justice, the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the Congress. Requires the Attorney General to publish an annual statistical summary of the child abuser information reported under this Act. Provides for: (1) a reduction by 25 percent of formula grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 for States not complying within three years with the reporting requirements of this Act; and (2) the reallocation of such funds to States in compliance.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Limits the period for which expenses of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives may be paid to three years after the expiration of the term of office as Representative. (Provides that in the case of a former Speaker who is receiving such expenses on the date of the enactment of this Act, the period shall end three years after such date.)
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) negotiate a new base rights agreement with the Government of Panama to allow the permanent stationing of U.S. military forces in Panama beyond 1999 and to ensure that the United States will be able to act independently to maintain the security and operation of the Panama Canal; and (2) consult with the Congress throughout such negotiations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal laws which apply to the private sector and to other Federal branches should also apply to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1993
Enhanced Rescission/Receipts Act of 1993 - Grants the President legislative line item veto rescission authority over appropriation bills and targeted tax benefits in revenue bills. Authorizes the President to rescind all or part of any budget authority if the President determines that such rescission: (1) would reduce the Federal budget deficit; (2) will not impair any essential Government functions; and (3) will not harm the national interest. Requires the President to notify the Congress of such a rescission by special message not later than 20 calendar days after enactment of appropriations or revenue legislation. Makes such a rescission effective unless the Congress, during a review period of 20 calendar days, enacts a rescission/receipts disapproval bill. Describes: (1) information to be included in the President's message; and (2) procedures to govern consideration of rescission/receipts disapproval legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives.