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Bill· HRH.R. 5000 (103rd)referred

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1994

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Act of 1994 - Establishes the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve to provide for the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the Spring Hill Ranch area of the Flint Hills of Kansas. Considers the Preserve a designated unit of the National Park System, including for purposes of charging entrance and admission fees under specified provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Preserve. Authorizes the acquisition of real property and improvements thereon, and rights-of-way on roads that are not owned by Kansas, within the boundaries of the Preserve. Prohibits: (1) such property from being acquired without the owner's consent; and (2) U.S. acquisition of fee ownership of any lands within the Preserve other than these lands. Establishes the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary and the Director of the National Park Service on the development, management, and interpretation of the Preserve. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4912 (103rd)referred

Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1994

Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the scientific, educational, and cultural significance of the Smithsonian Institution. Mandates that: (1) all but a certain portion of surcharges received from coin sales be paid by the Secretary to the Smithsonian Institution to support programming related to the 150th anniversary and general activities of the Smithsonian Institution; and (2) a certain portion of such surcharges be dedicated to supporting the operation and activities of the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 276 (103rd)open

Concerning deployment of United States Armed Forces in Haiti.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1994

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President is: (1) required to obtain the prior approval of the Congress before U.S. armed forces may undertake offensive military action against the military leadership of Haiti in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 940; and (2) recognized as having the inherent authority to use such forces to protect or evacuate U.S. citizens from imminent danger or for humanitarian purposes.

Bill· HRH.R. 4844 (103rd)referred

For the relief of Gulnur Akbal Walmsley.

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1994

Classifies a named individual as an immediate relative for purposes of approval of a relative visa petition filed under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4817 (103rd)open

Vegetable Oil Use Promotion Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1994

Vegetable Oil Use Promotion Act - Establishes in the Commodity Credit Corporation the Vegetable Oil Industrial Products Fund to promote industrial products containing vegetable oils from specified oilseeds. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make annual estimates of vegetable oil stocks; and (2) engage in activities, including purchases, to increase vegetable oil consumption and demand if stocks exceed certain limits.

Bill· HRH.R. 4805 (103rd)referred

To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to penalties for use of motorcycle helmets.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1994

Reduces the amount required to be transferred from funds to a State for the National Highway System and for congestion mitigation, air quality, and surface transportation programs to funds for highway safety programs if the State has a safety belt use law in effect. (Currently, a State is penalized by having a certain percentage of funds transferred from such programs to highway safety programs if the State does not have motorcycle helmet and safety belt use laws in effect.)

Bill· HRH.R. 4634 (103rd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a taxpayer may elect to include in income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments in the year of the disaster or in the following year, to provide for a technical correction regarding indexation of the threshold applicable to the luxury automobile excise tax, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1994

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect to include in income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments in the year of destruction or in the following year. Revises the method of determining the inflation adjustment applicable to the luxury automobile excise tax.

Bill· HRH.R. 4610 (103rd)referred

Multiple Sclerosis Home Treatment Equity Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1994

Multiple Sclerosis Home Treatment Equity Act of 1994 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide coverage and payment for self-administered betaseron (Interferon beta-1b) for patients with multiple sclerosis.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 256 (103rd)referred

Expressing the sense of Congress that any health care reform legislation should preserve the right of bona fide trade and professional associations to continue to offer group health insurance within the framework established to expand comprehensive and affordable health insurance and prevent discriminatory insurance practices.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1994

Expresses the sense of the Congress that health care reform legislation shall allow bona fide trade and professional associations to continue to provide health insurance to their members, provided they comply with any national reforms which improve access to and affordability of health insurance, such as the provision of a standard benefit package, termination of discriminatory insurance practices, and compliance with any mandated employer responsibilities.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 255 (103rd)referred

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the proposed Disney theme park in the historic Northern Piedmont area of Virginia.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1994

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Department of the Interior, the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other executive agencies with relevant jurisdiction should evaluate the Walt Disney Company's proposed theme park, Disney's America, and ensure that it is in strict compliance with existing Federal environmental, transportation, and historic preservation statutes; (2) the congressional committees of jurisdiction should hold hearings to examine such aspects of the proposed theme park and the associated development of the surrounding area; (3) the historic Northern Piedmont area of Virginia should not be the site of a massive theme park and real estate project; and (4) the Walt Disney Company should seek another location for the park where its impact would not disturb areas of such great historical significance as the Northern Piedmont area of Virginia.

Bill· HRH.R. 4555 (103rd)referred

Rural Health Delivery System Development Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Grants to Encourage Establishment of Community Rural Health Networks Title II: Incentives for Health Professionals to Practice in Rural Areas Subtitle A: National Health Service Corps Program Subtitle B: Incentives Under Other Programs Title III: Assistance for Institutional Providers Subtitle A: Community and Migrant Health Centers Subtitle B: Emergency Medical Systems Subtitle C: Assistance to Rural Providers Under Medicare Subtitle D: Demonstration Projects to Encourage Primary Care and Rural-Based Graduate Medical Education Title IV: United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Title V: Hospital Antitrust Fairness Title VI: Financing Rural Health Delivery System Development Act of 1994 - Title I: Grant to Encourage Establishment of Community Rural Health Networks - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to an eligible State for the development of plans to increase access to health care services for residents of areas in the State designated as chronically underserved areas. Provides for technical assistance for entities establishing or enhancing a community rural health network in an underserved rural area. Provides financial assistance to entities to provide for the development and implementation of community rural health networks. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Incentives for Health Professionals to Practice in Rural Areas - Subtitle A: National Health Service Corps Program - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude National Health Service Corps Loan Repayments from gross income. (Sec. 202) Amends the Public Health Service Act to take into consideration, when designating an area as a health professional shortage area, the number of individuals in the area paying through Medicare or Medicaid, the number of individuals who are uninsured, and the number of physicians who will accept additional Medicare and Medicaid patients. (Sec. 203) Increases the authorization of appropriations for the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs. Subtitle B: Incentives Under Other Programs - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide incentives under those Acts to physicians informer shortage areas and to primary care physicians, in addition to those provided in Subtitle A. Directs the Secretary to develop and publish a model law for adoption by States to increase the access of individuals residing in underserved rural areas to health care services by expanding the services which non-physician health care professionals may provide in such areas. Title III: Assistance for Institutional Providers - Subtitle A: Community and Migrant Health Centers - Extends and increases the authorizations of appropriations for migrant health centers and community health centers. Subtitle B: Emergency Medical Systems - Revises title XII (Trauma Care) of the Public Health Service Act. Renames such title Emergency Health Services. Directs the Secretary to establish the Office of Emergency Medical Services to: conduct and support research and demonstration projects; (2) foster development of appropriate modern systems of services; (3) assist States; and (4) coordinate and sponsor related activities. Requires that activities meet the unique needs of underserved innercity and rural areas. Authorizes grants to States in order to improve the availability and quality of emergency medical services through the operation of State offices of emergency medical services. Authorizes appropriations for emergency medical services and trauma care. (Sec. 312) Directs the Secretary to make grants to assist States in the creation or enhancement of air medical transport systems that provide victims of medical emergencies in rural areas with access to treatments for injuries resulting from such emergencies. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Assistance to Rural Providers Under Medicare - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase by two the number of States eligible to participate in the essential access community hospital program; and (2) make other revisions concerning such program, including permitting the participation of hospitals in urban areas and the participation of hospitals in States adjoining participating States. Extends, by three years, the deadline for the development of prospective payment systems for both inpatient and outpatient rural primary care hospital services. (Sec. 331) Defines a rural emergency access care hospital and rural emergency access care hospital services for purposes of title XVIII. Provides for the coverage of such services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII. Subtitle D: Demonstration Projects to Encourage Primary Care and Rural-Based Graduate Medical Education - Directs the Secretary to establish and conduct a demonstration project to increase the number and percentage of medical students entering nonprimary care practice. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: United States - Mexico Border Health Commission - Authorizes the President to conclude an agreement with Mexico to establish a binational commission known as the United-States-Mexico Border Health Commission which shall: (1) conduct a needs assessment in the United States-Mexico border area to identify, evaluate, prevent, and resolve health problems that affect the general population of the area; (2) implement actions recommended by the assessment; and (3) formulate recommendations concerning payment for such health care. Title V: Hospital Antitrust Fairness - Exempts the merger or attempted merger of hospitals from the application of the antitrust laws; if specified conditions are met, including that: (1)a hospital be located outside of a city or in a city of less than 150,000; and (2) consumer costs would not increase and access would not be reduced if there was a merger. Title VI: Financing - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax based on the Medicare part B premium for individuals with a modified adjusted gross income exceeding $100,000 or $125,000 in the case of a joint return.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 369 (103rd)referred

Designating September 16, 1994, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day" and authorizing display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1994

Designates September 16, 1994, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Requires the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag at: (1) all national cemeteries and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 30, 1994 (Memorial Day), September 16, 1994 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day), and November 11, 1994 (Veterans Day); and (2) the White House and the buildings containing the primary offices of the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Selective Service System on September 16, 1994 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day).

Bill· HRH.R. 4464 (103rd)referred

National Community Service Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1994

National Community Service Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins to commemorate students who volunteer to perform community service. Mandates that all surcharges received from such coin sales be paid to the National Community Service Trust to fund innovative community service programs at American universities, including the service, research, and teaching activities of the faculty and students involved in such programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 4386 (103rd)open

An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise and improve veterans' benefits programs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1994

Veterans' Persian Gulf War Benefits Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) develop and expeditiously implement a uniform case assessment protocol that will ensure thorough assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of all Persian Gulf War veterans suffering from illnesses attributed to service in the Persian Gulf theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War; (2) expedite efforts to develop case definitions or diagnoses for illnesses associated with such service; and (3) develop and implement a comprehensive outreach program to inform such veterans and their families of health-care services, including comprehensive medical evaluations, that may be available through the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary to pay compensation to Persian Gulf War veterans suffering from a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness that became manifest to a degree of ten percent or more within one year after completion of active duty in the Gulf War, with exceptions. Terminates compensation payments three years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for: (1) FY 1995 through 1997 for conducting research of the health risk and effects of service during the Gulf War and the treatment of such effects; and (2) FY 1995 for a survey of Persian Gulf veterans as to the incidence and nature of health problems occurring in such veterans and their families.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 424 (103rd)referred

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of Congress should have the opportunity to offer an amendment striking an employer mandate in any legislation to reform our health care system.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1994

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of Congress should have the opportunity to offer, debate, and vote on an amendment striking any employer mandate in any legislation to reform our health care system.

Bill· HRH.R. 4284 (103rd)referred

Osteoporosis Risk Reduction Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1994

Osteoporosis Risk Reduction Act of 1994 - Mandates review of: (1) the relationship between dietary calcium intake, bone mineral density, and the onset of osteoporosis; and (2) the recommended daily allowances for calcium. Requires development of optimum daily intake levels and, as appropriate, a proposed amendment to the standard of identity for enriched flour for the fortification of bread, cereal, and other grain products.

Bill· HRH.R. 4260 (103rd)referred

Health Research Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1994

Health Research Act of 1994 - Establishes in the Treasury the National Fund for Health Research. Requires regional and corporate health alliances formed under a comprehensive health care reform program to set aside and transfer specified amounts each calendar year into the Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize individuals (other than nonresident aliens) to designate for payment into the Fund at least $1 of a cash contribution or of any tax overpayment made. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to distribute specified amounts from the Fund for various health research activities of the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Research Resources. Excludes Fund amounts from any budget enforcement procedures under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or the Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

Bill· HRH.R. 4259 (103rd)referred

National Security Budgeting and Deficit Control Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1994

National Security Budgeting and Deficit Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) to extend the caps on defense and nondefense discretionary spending through FY 1998. Requires the special budget authority adjustment required in the final sequestration report for FY 1995 under such Act to be equally divided between the defense and nondefense categories for each applicable fiscal year.

Bill· HRH.R. 4153 (103rd)open

Agricultural Mediation Improvement Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994

Agricultural Mediation Improvement Act of 1994 - Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to expand the types of agricultural issues covered by State mediation programs. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 4135 (103rd)referred

United States Botanic Garden Commemorative Coin Act of 1995

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994

United States Botanic Garden Commemorative Coin Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue one-dollar silver coins to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the United States Botanic Garden; and (2) pay all surcharges received from such coin sales to the National Fund for the United States Botanic Garden.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 234 (103rd)open

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the role of the United States at the International Conference on Population and Development.

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994

Calls for the United States, at the International Conference on Population and Development, to: (1) place the highest priority on the success of the Conference by actively participating, particularly through the President's personal participation; (2) propose or support an initiative concerning the financing of global cooperation on efforts to slow rapid population growth that takes into account the costs of slowing growth and the basic development goals of developing countries and that increases accountability for the use of funds provided for family planning purposes; (3) seek to initiate a process of regular high-level intergovernmental consultations on the issues under consideration at the Conference and establish improved organizational and procedural means to implement its objectives; (4) support the effective implementation of a global action plan to raise the economic, educational, and leadership status of women and programs that provide maternal and child health care, education, and training for women and voluntary family planning; and (5) promote public participation, especially by women, at all levels of formulation and implementation of family planning and sustainable development policy and programs.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 235 (103rd)open

Concerning the negotiation of limitations on nuclear weapons testing.

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994

Applauds the President for maintaining the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium and for taking a leadership role toward negotiation of a comprehensive test ban treaty. Encourages all nuclear powers to refrain from conducting nuclear explosions prior to conclusion of such a treaty. Urges the Conference on Disarmanent to make all possible progress toward a comprehensive test ban treaty by the end of 1994.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 233 (103rd)referred

A Child is Waiting Resolution

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994

A Child is Waiting Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) any health care reform legislation include guaranteed full funding for the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); and (2) specified amounts should be made available to move toward such full funding goal.

Bill· HRH.R. 4088 (103rd)open

Veterans' Benefits Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1994

Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 1994 - Increases as of December 1, 1994, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for veterans' dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) for surviving spouses and children, and supplemental DIC for disabled adult children.

Bill· HRH.R. 4086 (103rd)open

Youth Development Block Grant Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1994

Youth Development Block Grant Act of 1993 - Establishes a youth development block grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth formulas for allocation of funds to States and for distribution of funds through State commissions to local boards for community-based youth development services. Requires establishment of county or multicounty Local Youth Development Boards to receive such assistance. Requires establishment of a State Youth Development Commission in each State desiring to receive such assistance. Establishes a National Youth Development Commission to advise the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services on implementation of this Act.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 333 (103rd)referred

Designating May 11, 1994, as "Vietnam Human Rights Day".

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1994

Designates May 11, 1994, as Vietnam Human Rights Day in support of efforts by the Non-Violent Movement for Human Rights in Vietnam.

Bill· HRH.R. 3990 (103rd)referred

Protection from Sexual Predators Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1994

Protection from Sexual Predators Act of 1994 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that States should: (1) more seriously consider the relatively high recidivism rate of sexual offenders when deciding whether to plea bargain with first-time sexual offenders and whether to grant parole to sexual offenders; and (2) review their treatment and parole supervision programs for sexual offenders to assure that such programs are fulfilling their goals. Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that whoever violates provisions regarding aggravated sexual abuse (or engages in conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce that would be a violation of such provisions if the offense had occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States) after previously having been convicted of another State or Federal sexual abuse offense (or conduct which would have been such an offense if the offense had occurred in such jurisdiction) shall be imprisoned for life. Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs requiring: (1) any person who is convicted of a sex offense to register and keep up to date a current address with a designated State law enforcement agency (LEA) for ten years after being released from prison or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation; and (2) each State to provide information obtained about the registered person to the Attorney General on a prompt and regular basis and in a uniform format. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) maintain on-line availability of information obtained under this Act for use by authorized LEAs in carrying out their functions; and (2) provide for the privacy of such information. Directs each State to implement the registration provisions within three years. Makes States not in compliance after such time subject to a reduction of funds under title I (drug control and system improvement grants) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Requires the National Institute of Justice to carry out a study of persistent sexual predators and to report to the Congress and the President.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 217 (103rd)referred

Expressing the sense of the Congress that any comprehensive health care reform legislation that is enacted should ensure that women receive appropriate breast and cervical cancer screenings and general gynecological care consistent with current medical standards.

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1994

Expresses the sense of the Congress that any national health care reform legislation should cover all preventive and treatment services relating to breast and cervical cancers, sexually transmitted diseases, and general gynecological services, including several specified services.