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United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1994
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the people of the United States should be encouraged to practice random acts of kindness.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1994
World War II Peace Accords Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the 50th anniversary of the signing of the World War II peace accords on the U.S.S. Missouri should not go unrecognized at the national level; and (2) the United States should recognize such anniversary by minting and issuing a commemorative coin. Sets forth specifications for half dollar clad coins. Mandates that the surcharges received from the sale of such coins be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Admiral Nimitz Foundation for the purpose of preserving the Pacific War heritage of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1994
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the ten percent adjusted gross income threshold for casualty loss deductions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1994
Video Game Rating Act of 1994 - Establishes the Interactive Entertainment Rating Commission to: (1) coordinate with the video game industry in the development of a voluntary standard for providing information to purchasers and users concerning the contents of video games; (2) evaluate whether any standards proposed are adequate to warn purchasers and users of the violent or sexually explicit content of such games; and (3) report to the President and the Congress regarding the adequacy of the industry's response. Provides Commission funding through December 31, 1996. Terminates the Commission on the earlier of such date or 90 days after submission of its report. Provides an antitrust exemption for any actions taken by the video game industry in developing such guidelines.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
Small Business Empowerment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual retirement account to be pledged as security for a qualified business loan.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
Designates May 30 through June 6, 1994, as a Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
Designates March 8, 1994, as International Women's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1994
Designates October 1994 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating to Pay and Personnel Practices in the Executive Branch Title II: Provisions Relating to Pay and Personnel Practices in the Legislative Branch Title III: Discriminatory Wage-Setting Practices and Discriminatory Wage Disparities Subtitle A: Technical Assistance Subtitle B: Wage Discrimination Based on Sex, Race, or National Origin Subtitle C: Compliance With Executive Order 11246 Subtitle D: Amendments to Achieve Budget Neutrality Pay Equity Employment Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Provisions Relating to Pay and Personnel Practices in the Executive Branch - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to provide for: (1) a study and report to the President and the Congress by an outside consultant evaluating certain Government personnel practices for discriminatory pay practices and providing recommendations for corrective action; and (2) implementation of such recommendations. Gives OPM continuing oversight over the implementation process. Title II: Provisions Relating to Pay and Personnel Practices in the Legislative Branch - Requires the General Accounting Office to: (1) perform similar studies and make similar reports with respect to legislative branch positions subject to statutory civil rights and labor standards protections; and (2) develop a plan for applying certain non-discriminatory pay and other principles to other legislative branch positions. Title III: Discriminatory Wage-Setting Practices and Discriminatory Wage Disparities - Requires the Secretary to develop and carry out a continuing program for eliminating discriminatory wage-setting practices and wage disparities through, among other means, providing appropriate technical assistance to any public or private entity upon request. Authorizes appropriations to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for FY 1995 through 1999 for: (1) enforcement of wage discrimination laws; and (2) activities to increase public awareness of wage discrimination. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement review procedures for determining compliance with Executive Order 11246 in every contract compliance program audited contract. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish standard payment rates for home health services.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1994
Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act - Requires the U.S. Government to: (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weapons and refrain from replacing them at any time with weapons of mass destruction; (2) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military operations; (3) actively promote policies to induce all other countries to join in these commitments for peace on earth; and (4) redirect resources that are currently being used for nuclear weapons programs to constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime activities and to address human needs such as housing, health care, education, agriculture, and environmental protection. Makes this Act effective when the President certifies to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nuclear weapons have established legal requirements comparable to those set forth in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1994
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance Because of the Los Angeles Earthquake Act of 1994 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1994 for disaster assistance activities resulting from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters. Makes additional funds available to: (1) the Small Business Administration for the disaster loans program account; (2) the Department of Education for impact aid and student financial assistance; (3) the Department of Transportation for the Federal Highway Administration; (4) the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care; (5) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing programs and community development; (6) the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief; and (7) the President for unanticipated needs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1994
Designates April 28, 1994, as Exercise Tiger Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Health Policy Title II: Health Services Title III: Health Professions Title IV: Research and Data Collection Title V: Miscellaneous Minority Health Improvement Act of 1993 - Title I: Health Policy - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Advisory Committee on Minority Health to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the development of the goals of the Office of Minority Health for each racial and ethnic group. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 through 1998. (Sec. 102) Provides for the establishment of an Office of Minority Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Requires such Offices to develop and implement health programs that target racial and ethnic minority populations. (Sec. 103) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the purpose of improving the health status in minority communities, through the operation of State offices of minority health established to monitor and facilitate the achievement of the Health Objectives for the Year 2000 as they affect minority populations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 through 1997. (Sec. 104) Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Title II: Health Services - Extends authorized appropriations for grants to States for the community scholarship program until FY 1996. Revises the eligibility requirements for such program. (Sec. 202) Extends the authorized appropriations for the grant program for health services for residents of public housing to FY 1996. (Sec. 203) Amends the Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act of 1990 to allow substance abuse services under the grant program for health service for Pacific Islanders. Extends authorized appropriations for such program through FY 1996. Requires a report to the Congress on the effectiveness of projects funded under such program. Title III: Health Professions - Extends authorized appropriations until FY 1996 for: (1) loans for disadvantaged students; (2) the Cesar Chavez Scholarship Program (currently known as the Exceptional Financial Need Program); (3) the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Program (currently known as the Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students program); (4) loan repayments and fellowships regarding faculty positions at health professions schools; (5) Centers of Excellence; and (6) educational assistance regarding undergraduates. Exempts from certain residency training requirements: (1) students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are underrepresented in the health professions; and (2) historically black colleges. (Sec. 305) Requires Centers of Excellence (health professions schools) to carry out community-based training programs to prepare students in secondary schools and institutions of higher education for attendance at such schools. Requires such schools to provide training to students to enable them to provide health service to minorities at community-based health facilities. Allows such schools to establish consortia. Allows schools of pharmacy and clinical psychology to be Centers of Excellence. Allows Centers of Excellence to collaborate with the National Institutes of Health. Title IV: Research and Data Collection - Requires the Director of the Office of Minority Health to ensure that activities address the most prevalent morbidity and mortality concerns of the various racial and ethnic minority groups. Establishes the Advisory Subcommittee on Research on Minority Health to advise the Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health. (Sec. 402) Extends authorized appropriations through FY 1997 for the National Center for Health Statistics. (Sec. 403) Requires that research, demonstration projects, and evaluations be carried out on the health status of, and the delivery of, health care to racial and ethnic minority groups residing in medically underserved urban and rural areas and low-income groups, including the elderly, women, and children with low incomes. Title V: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the need to combine the designations of medically underserved area and health professional shortage area. (Sec. 502) Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services the Office of Urban Health Policy to collect and disseminate information on health care issues, research findings, and innovative approaches to deliver health care to such areas. Authorizes the making of grants to States to improve health care in underserved urban areas. (Sec. 503) Authorizes the making of grants and contracts regarding organ and bone marrow transplantation for minority populations. (Sec. 504) Extends the demonstration project for grants to States for Alzheimer's disease through FY 1998. Requires improved access for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, particularly racial and ethnic minorities and individuals living in isolated rural areas, to services that are home-based or community-based. (Sec. 505) Waives individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who are underrepresented in the health professions from certain obligations regarding training or practicing in primary health care.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
George C. Marshall Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue one-dollar silver coins in commemoration of the end of World War II and General George C. Marshall's participation in service during such War; and (2) pay surcharges received from coin sales to the Friends of George C. Marshall to be used solely for the construction of the George C. Marshall Memorial and Visitor Center in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Haitian Refugee Fairness Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to U.S. obligations in support of the international law requirement of nonrefoulement. Prohibits the U.S. Government from returning or causing to be returned to Haiti any Haitian national (with specified exceptions for certain felons and persons who participated in persecutions) outside U.S. territorial waters, or inside territorial waters of another country, unless the Government has first determined the individual not to be a refugee. (Sec. 3) Provides: (1) temporary protected status for qualifying Haitians; and (2) reimbursement for related State and local costs. (Sec. 5) Obligates specified funds for: (1) the Community Relations Service; and (2) primary and secondary resettlement services for paroled Cubans and Haitians. (Sec. 6) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for a Cuban/Haitian Entrant Emergency Fund to be established in the Treasury. Requires the Attorney General to provide an annual estimation of Cuban and Haitian parolees.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Designates 1994 through 1999 as the Years of the Girl Child.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1993
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish the California Urban Environmental Research and Training Center; and (2) enter into a cooperative agreement with California State University, Hayward, to establish the Center if the university agrees and meets a specified matching fund requirement. Authorizes universities in California to become members of the Center. Requires the Center to: (1) develop an ongoing program of environmental research, education, and outreach to ensure that future government policies to encourage economic development in California are grounded on sustainable environmental and economic policies; (2) foster public-private partnerships to find solutions to the environmental problems of California; (3) bring together researchers to focus on the most important environmental problems related to sustainable economic development; (4) support specified activities, including collaborative university research, analysis of public policy implications of economic development programs, the conduct of seminars and conferences, the development of educational programs, the preparation of minority students for environmental professions, and the development of a repository of information on key environmental and economic development issues; (5) assist small businesses in meeting environmental regulations by providing short courses and conferences; (6) work on alternative uses for military installations to assist in planning the environmental aspects of conversion and clean-up; and (7) develop a plan to extend its activities throughout the State within two years. Authorizes the Center to provide: (1) undergraduate scholarships for individuals studying in environmental fields at universities that are members of the Center; and (2) graduate assistantships and fellowships to encourage study in fields related to sustainable economic development and research grants to faculty. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Designates 1994 as The Year of Gospel Music.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1993
Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers Act of 1993 - Prohibits U.S. military assistance and arms transfers to a foreign government unless the President certifies to the Congress that the government: (1) meets specified conditions regarding democracy, including that it was chosen in free and fair elections and promotes civilian control of the military, the rule of law, and respect for individual rights; (2) does not engage in human rights violations, investigates and prosecutes those responsible for human rights violations, permits access to political prisoners by international organizations, and provides access to such organizations in situations of conflict or famine; (3) is not engaged in acts of armed aggression in violation of international law; and (4) is participating in the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms by annually reporting to the Register the number and type of conventional weapons possessed by, and transferred to and from, the country during the preceding year. Authorizes an exemption from such prohibition for a fiscal year if: (1) the President requests an exemption from the Congress stating that it is in the national security interest to provide military assistance and arms transfers to a government; and (2) the Congress enacts a law approving such request. Requires the President to submit initial certifications and requests for exemptions in conjunction with the submission of the annual request for enactment of authorizations and appropriations for foreign assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should hold hearings on controversial certifications and all requests for exemptions.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1993
Bank Deposit Insurance Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide separate Federal deposit insurance for funds deposited by a minority- or women-owned insured depository institution pursuant to the Bank Deposit Financial Assistance Program of the Department of Energy.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Haitians interdicted at sea should not be returned to Haiti without a determination of their fear of persecution in Haiti; and (2) any person with a credible fear of persecution should be paroled into the United States for the purpose of applying for political asylum.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1993
Requires the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Captain Francis Gary Powers.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1993
Designates March 20 through 26, 1994, as Small Family Farm Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1993
Designates June 17, 1994, as African-American Men Positive Role Model Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1993
Designates May 6, 1994, as African-American Women Positive Role Model Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1993
Bank Deposit Insurance Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide continued Federal deposit insurance for trust funds held on deposit by a minority- or women-owned insured depository institution as trustee pursuant to any revocable trust established under the Bank Deposit Financial Assistance Program of the Department of Energy.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1993
Establishes within the Department of the Interior the Presidio Corporation to manage the leasing, maintenance, rehabilitation, repair, and improvement of the following properties within the Presidio in California leaseholds to which shall be transferred under this Act to the Corporation by the Secretary of the Interior: (1) the Letterman-LAIR complex; (2) Fort Scott; (3) Main Post; (4) Cavalry Stables; (5) Presidio Hill; (6) Wherry Housing; (7) East Housing; (8) the structures at Crissy Field; and (9) such other buildings within the Presidio as the Secretary determines appropriate. Requires the Corporation to establish competitive bidding procedures for issuance of leases and contracts under this Act. Reverts all interests and assets of the Corporation to the United States in the event the Corporation fails or defaults. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1993
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to enter into agreements with other Federal agencies to acquire firefighting goods and services without regard to certain commercial contracting provisions. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on Forest Service and Department of Agriculture firefighting capabilities and methods.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1993
Guam and the Northern Marianas Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar coins emblematic of the American forces that liberated Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in World War II. Requires payment of surcharges received from the coin sales to the Secretary of the Interior to construct a visitors center and museum at: (1) the War in the Pacific National Historical Park on Guam; and (2) the American Memorial Park on Saipan.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1993
Establishes a toll-free number to inform consumers regarding: (1) whether a product is made in America; (2) where products may be purchased; and (3) the purchase of products. Allows registration of American-made products.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1993
Low-Income Housing Preservation Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a 15-year recovery period for the depreciation deduction for new investments to rehabilitate qualified low-income housing projects. Exempts a specified amount of such rehabilitation costs from the passive loss limitations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Strategies to Assist State and Local Governments in Providing an Immediate Response to Crime Subtitle A: Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Subtitle B: Community Policing; Cop on the Beat Subtitle C: Law Enforcement Family Support Subtitle D: Police Misconduct Subtitle E: Police Corps and Law Enforcement Officers Training and Education Title II: Crime Victims Subtitle A: Crime Victims Subtitle B: Confidentiality for Abused Persons Subtitle C: Full Faith and Credit Title III: Crime Prevention Subtitle A: Safe Schools Subtitle B: Midnight Sports Subtitle C: Rape Prevention Title IV: Strategies to Combat Recidivism Subtitle A: Family Unity Demonstration Project Subtitle B: Drug Rehabilitation for Federal Prisoners Subtitle C: Drug Rehabilitation for State Prisoners Subtitle D: Alternatives to Incarceration Subtitle E: Voting Rights for Former Offenders Subtitle F: Sex Offender Treatment Programs Subtitle G: Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel in State Courts Subtitle H: Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel in Federal Courts Title V: Commission on Crime, Drugs, and Violence Title VI: Confidence in Criminal Justice System Subtitle A: Racial Justice Act Subtitle B: Racial Bias Subtitle C: Minimum Sentencing Subtitle D: Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Subtitle E: Sentencing Uniformity Subtitle F: Coerced Confessions and Harmless Error Title VII: Fiscal Impact of Criminal Justice Sentencing Title VIII: Habeas Corpus Reform Title IX: Gun Control Subtitle A: Firearms Subtitle B: Semiautomatic Assault Weapons Subtitle C: Gun Violence Liability Subtitle D: Ammunition Subtitle E: Multiple Handgun Transfers Subtitle F: Licensing Subtitle G: Saturday Night Specials Title X: Asset Forfeiture Title XI: Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle A: Amendments to Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act Subtitle B: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Reform Act - Title I: Strategies to Assist State and Local Governments in Providing an Immediate Response to Crime - Subtitle A: Grants to Combat Violent Crimes - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make grants (under the drug control and system improvement grant program) to States, local governments, nonprofit nongovernmental victim services programs, and Indian tribes to develop effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes (placing particular emphasis on combating violent crimes against women and people of color) and to reduce the rate of violent crimes against women. Specifies that such grants shall provide additional personnel, training, technical assistance, data collection, and other equipment for the more widespread apprehension, prosecution, and adjudication of persons committing violent crimes and for purposes of: (1) training law enforcement officers and prosecutors to identify and respond more effectively to violent crimes, including crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence; (2) developing, training, or expanding units of law enforcement officers and prosecutors that specifically target violent crimes; (3) developing and implementing police and prosecution policies, protocols, or orders specifically devoted to the identification of and response to violent crimes against women; (4) developing, installing, or expanding data collection systems linking police, prosecutors, and courts or identifying and tracking arrests, protection orders, prosecutions, and convictions for crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence; and (5) developing, enlarging, or strengthening victim services programs to increase reporting and reduce attrition rates for cases involving violent crimes against women. Sets forth application and related requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Community Policing; Cop on the Beat - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director to make grants to units of local government and to community groups to establish or expand cooperative efforts between police and a community for purposes of increasing the police presence in the community, including: (1) developing innovative neighborhood-oriented policing programs; (2) providing new technologies to reduce the amount of time officers spend processing cases instead of patrolling the community; (3) providing training in cultural differences for law enforcement officials; (4) developing community-based crime prevention programs; and (5) developing crime prevention programs in communities which have experienced a recent increase in gang-related violence. Requires the Director to develop a written model that informs community members regarding: (1) how to identify the existence of a drug or gang house; (2) available civil remedies, such as public nuisance violations and civil suits in small claims court; and (3) available mediation techniques between community members and individuals who have established a drug or gang house in such community. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) application requirements; (2) the allocation and limitations on use of grant funds; (3) awarding grants; and (4) reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Law Enforcement Family Support - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director to: (1) establish guidelines and oversee the implementation of family-friendly policies within law enforcement-related offices and divisions in the Department of Justice (DOJ); (2) study the effects of stress on law enforcement personnel and family well-being and disseminate the findings to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies (LEAs), related organizations, and other interested parties; (3) identify and evaluate model programs that provide support services to law enforcement personnel and families; (4) provide technical assistance and training programs to develop stress reduction and family support to LEAs; (5) collect and disseminate information regarding family support, stress reduction, and psychological services; and (6) determine issues to be researched by BJA and by grant recipients. Authorizes the Director to make grants to States and local LEAs to provide family support services to law enforcement personnel. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) activities of grant recipients that are required (counseling for law enforcement family members, child care on a 24-hour basis, marital and adolescent support groups, stress reduction programs, and stress education for law enforcement recruits and families) or optional (such as post-shooting debriefing for officers and their spouses, hypertension clinics, counseling for law enforcement personnel exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and counseling for families of personnel killed in the line of duty); (2) further application requirements and limitations; (3) discretionary research grants; and (4) reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Police Misconduct - Prohibits any governmental authority from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Authorizes civil actions by the Attorney General and by an injured person. Permits the court, in private actions, to allow the prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Makes a governmental body liable for such fees and costs to the same extent as a private individual. (Sec. 132) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) acquire data about the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers; and (2) publish an annual summary. Limits the use of such data. (Sec. 133) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) set penalties for police brutality; and (2) provide for liability by any State, county, municipality, or other unit of State or local government in a civil action to the party injured for the conduct of a law enforcement officer of such unit for subjecting any individual, under color of law, to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States (regardless of whether such officer had a reasonable good faith belief in the lawfulness of the conduct). Subtitle E: Police Corps and Law Enforcement Officers Training and Education - Establishes in DOJ an Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education, to be headed by a Director. (Sec. 143) Requires a State that desires to participate in the Police Corps Program (under Chapter 1 of this subtitle) or the Law Enforcement Scholarship Program (under chapter 2) to designate a lead agency that will be responsible for: (1) submitting to the Director a State plan for the Program; and (2) administering the Program in the State. Chapter 1: Police Corps Program - Authorizes the Director to award scholarships of up to $7,500 or the cost of the educational expenses related to attending an institution of higher education (subject to limitation) to participants who agree to work in a State or local police force for four years after successful completion of a baccalaureate program and training. Permits the use of scholarships for graduate and professional study and for reimbursement of the participant's prior educational expenses under specified circumstances. Requires repayment of all of the scholarship or payment received plus interest for failure to comply with program requirements (but the Director may substitute community service for the required repayment if the recipient is unable to comply because of a physical or emotional disability or for good cause). Entitles a dependent child of a law enforcement officer killed in the course of performing police duties to scholarship assistance if specified conditions are met. (Sec. 153) Sets forth program provisions regarding: (1) participant selection criteria and qualifications; (2) recruitment of minorities; (3) enrollment of applicants; (4) leaves of absence; and (5) admission of applicants. (Sec. 154) Requires: (1) the Director to establish programs of training for participants, to be carried out at up to three training centers, and to pay participants a stipend during training; and (2) participants to attend two eight-week training sessions at a training center as basic law enforcement training and to be evaluated for mental, physical, and emotional fitness. (Sec. 155) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the swearing in of participants; (2) participants' rights and responsibilities; (3) discipline; (4) layoffs; and (5) State plan requirements. (Sec. 156) Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Law Enforcement Scholarship Program - Provides for scholarships for in-service law enforcement personnel who seek further education, allotting 80 percent of funds based on the relative number of law enforcement officers per State and 20 percent based on the relative shortage of officers. Provides grants for summer jobs or part-time jobs during the year for high school students interested in law enforcement careers. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Reports - Requires: (1) the Director to submit to the Attorney General, the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate annual reports concerning the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Scholarship Programs; and (2) the Attorney General to submit to the Congress a plan to expand assistance to Federal law enforcement officers. Title II: Crime Victims - Subtitle A: Crime Victims - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to: (1) specify funds and percentages of funds available for various purposes from the Crime Victims Fund; and (2) provide that if the compensation paid by an eligible crime victim compensation program would cover costs that a Federal program or a federally financed State or local program would otherwise pay, such victim compensation program shall not pay such compensation and the other program shall make its payments without regard to the existence of the crime victim compensation program. (Sec. 203) Amends Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to give victims of violent crimes and sexual abuse the right to address the court concerning the sentence to be imposed on convicted offenders. Permits such right to be exercised by a parent or guardian if the victim is under 18 or by one or more family members if the victim is deceased or incapacitated. Subtitle B: Confidentiality for Abused Persons - Directs the Postmaster General to promulgate regulations to secure the confidentiality of abused persons' addresses. Subtitle C: Full Faith and Credit - Provides that any protection order issued by a State court consistent with specified requirements (with respect to jurisdiction, due process rights, and ex parte orders) shall be accorded full faith and credit by the court of another State and enforced as if it were the order of such other State. Makes an exception for an order issued by a State court against one who has petitioned, filed a complaint, or otherwise filed a written pleading for protection against abuse by a spouse or intimate partner if: (1) no cross or counter petition, complaint, or other written pleading was filed seeking such a protection order; or (2) a cross or counter petition has been filed and the court did not make specific findings that each party was entitled to such an order. Title III: Crime Prevention - Subtitle A: Safe Schools - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) authorize the Director of BJA to make grants to local educational agencies for the purpose of providing assistance to such agencies most directly affected by crime and violence; and (2) require the Director to develop a written safe schools model in English and in Spanish and make such model available to any local educational agency. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the use of funds to fund anticrime and safety measures and develop education and training programs for the prevention of crime, violence, illegal drugs, and alcohol, for counseling programs for victims of crime within schools, for crime prevention equipment, and for the prevention and reduction of youth participation in organized crime and drug- and gang-related activities in schools; (2) application requirements; (3) limitations on grants and grant renewal; (4) the selection of recipients; and (5) reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Midnight Sports - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to eligible entities to assist in carrying out midnight sports league programs and to advisory entities to provide technical assistance in establishing and operating such programs. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Rape Prevention - Authorizes the Director of BJA to make grants for specified purposes, including to: (1) provide educational seminars designed to change attitudes regarding rape and develop awareness of what acts may meet the legal definition of rape; (2) provide programs for elementary and secondary school age children that teach nonviolent conflict resolution, self defense, or other relevant skills; (3) develop treatment programs for convicted sex offenders and make such programs available in the local community and in Federal and State prisons; and (4) develop other projects to increase awareness of sexual assault prevention among racial, ethnic, cultural, and language minorities. (Sec. 322) Sets forth application and reporting requirements. (Sec. 324) Prohibits a State from receiving funds under this Act unless the State or other grantee incurs the full cost of forensic medical exams for victims of sexual assault. (Sec. 326) Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Strategies to Combat Recidivism - Subtitle A: Family Unity Demonstration Project - Chapter 1: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for family unity demonstration projects. Chapter 2: Grants to States - Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Corrections to make grants to States to carry out family unity demonstration projects that enable eligible prisoners to live in community correctional facilities with their children. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) preferences for grants; (2) the number of grants; (3) eligibility to receive grants; and (4) reporting requirements. Chapter 3: Family Unity Demonstration Project for Federal Prisoners - Directs the Attorney General to carry out a family unity demonstration project that enables eligible prisoners to live in community correctional facilities with their children. Subtitle B: Drug Rehabilitation for Federal Prisoners - Drug Treatment in Federal Prisons Act of 1993 - Requires the Bureau of Prisons to provide residential substance abuse treatment (where possible, by community-based drug and alcohol treatment programs) for: (1) not less than 50 percent of eligible prisoners by the end of FY 1993; (2) not less than 75 percent of eligible prisoners by the end of FY 1994; and (3) all eligible prisoners by the end of FY 1995. Specifies that prisoners who successfully complete such treatment could be released up to a year early. Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) drug testing; (2) aftercare services; and (3) reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Drug Rehabilitation for State Prisoners - Substance Abuse Treatment in State Prisons Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of BJA to make grants to States for the purpose of developing and implementing residential substance abuse treatment programs within State correctional facilities. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) State application requirements (including drug testing, eligibility for preference for programs with an aftercare component, and designation of a State office to administer grant funds); (2) review of State applications; (3) allocation and distribution of funds; and (4) an evaluation requirement. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Alternatives to Incarceration - Chapter 1: Grants - Authorizes the Director of BJA to make grants to States, units of local government, court systems, district attorneys, and private nonprofit organizations to establish or expand sentencing options in addition to existing incarceration and probation programs for offenders who would otherwise be sentenced to incarceration. (Sec. 452) Permits the use of grant funds to develop sentencing option projects that include: (1) day fines; (2) house arrest; (3) electronic monitoring; (4) intensive probation supervision; (5) defense-based sentencing; (6) day reporting centers; (7) victim-offender reconciliation; (8) shock incarceration; and (9) substance abuse treatment in lieu of incarceration. (Sec. 453) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) grant applications; (2) grant renewal and the Federal share; and (3) priorities in awarding grants. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Substance Abuse Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration - Authorizes the Director of BJA to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to provide substance abuse treatment to individuals who are not incarcerated but who are under criminal justice supervision because of their status as pretrial or post-trial releasees, probationers, parolees, supervised releasees, or releasees with a deferred prosecution. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) priorities in awarding grants; (2) required substance abuse treatment services (including addiction education, individual, group, and family counseling, HIV education, counseling, and testing (when requested), services that facilitate access to health and social services, and planning for and counseling to assist reentry into society); and (3) application requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Voting Rights for Former Offenders - Specifies that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for Federal office shall not be denied or abridged because he has committed a criminal offense unless such citizen is imprisoned in a correctional institution or facility at the time of such election. Sets fines for violators. Subtitle F: Sex Offender Treatment Programs - Requires the National Institute of Justice to establish criteria and develop training programs to assist: (1) prison, youth residential, and mental health institutional staff; and (2) probation and parole officers and other personnel who work with released sex offenders in the areas of relapse prevention, supervision, and case management. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 472) Directs the Attorney General to compile information regarding sex offender treatment programs and ensure that information regarding specialized community treatment programs in the community into which a convicted sex offender is released is made available to each person serving a sentence of imprisonment for sex offenses. Subtitle G: Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel in State Courts - Authorizes the State Justice Institute to award grants for the purpose of developing, testing, presenting, and disseminating model programs to be used by States in training judges and court personnel in the laws of the States on rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, and other crimes of violence motivated by the victim's gender. (Sec. 483) Directs the Institute to ensure that such model programs are developed with the participation of law enforcement officials, recognized experts on gender bias in the courts, and specified others. (Sec. 484) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle H: Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel in Federal Courts - Directs the: (1) circuit judicial councils to conduct studies of the instances of gender bias in their respective circuits; (2) Judicial Conference of the United States to designate an entity within the judicial branch to act as a clearinghouse to disseminate reports and materials issued by the gender bias task forces and to respond to requests for such reports and materials (and requires such task forces to provide such entity with their reports and related materials); and (3) Federal Judicial Center to include in its educational programs information on issues related to gender bias in the courts. (Sec. 492) Authorizes appropriations for the: (1) salaries and expenses account of the courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services; (2) Federal Judicial Center; and (3) Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Requires the Judicial Conference to allocate funds to Federal circuit courts that undertake studies in their own circuits or implement reforms, including education and training, recommended as a result of such studies in their own or other circuits. Title V: Commission on Crime, Drugs, and Violence - Establishes a National Commission on Crime, Drugs, and Violence in America to examine the: (1) impact of criminal justice policy on the African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American communities and criticism that the criminal justice system functions in a racially disparate manner; and (2) root causes of violent crime (and make recommendation for the creation of a national public education strategy on violence) and of the demand for drugs in the United States (and undertake an evaluation of the efficacy of current Federal drug policy). Title VI: Confidence in Criminal Justice System - Subtitle A: Racial Justice Act - Racial Justice Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit: (1) the imposition or execution of sentences of death under color of State or Federal law in a racially discriminatory pattern; and (2) any person from being put to death in the execution of a sentence imposed pursuant to any law if that person's death sentence furthers a racially discriminatory pattern. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) establishment of such pattern (ordinary methods of statistical proof shall suffice and it shall not be necessary to show discriminatory motive, intent, or purpose by any individual or institution); and (2) establishing and rebutting a prima facie showing of such pattern. Requires any State or Federal entity that provides by law for death to be imposed as a punishment for any crime to designate a central agency to collect and maintain pertinent data on the charging, disposition, and sentencing patterns for all cases of death-eligible crimes. Provides for appointment of counsel and the furnishing of investigative, expert, or other services necessary for the adequate development of a discriminatory pattern claim to persons financially unable to retain counsel and obtain such services. Specifies that no determination of the merits of a factual issue made by a State court pertinent to any such claim shall be presumed to be correct unless specified conditions are met. Subtitle B: Racial Bias - Specifies that any existing race bias claim, whether or not previously raised or determined (unless determined on the merits in a Federal habeas corpus proceeding) may be raised in a Federal habeas corpus proceeding within one year after the enactment date of this Act and shall be determined on the merits (applying the law in effect at the time of the determination). Subtitle C: Minimum Sentencing - Amends the Federal criminal code to grant a court authority to impose a sentence below a statutory minimum. Subtitle D: Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing - Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 1993 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate specified mandatory minimum penalties relating to the trafficking in, and possession and importation of, crack cocaine. (Sec. 635) Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to promulgate such amendments to its sentencing guidelines as necessary to conform such guidelines to the amendments made by this subtitle. Subtitle E: Sentencing Uniformity - Sentencing Uniformity Act of 1993 - Revises the Federal criminal code, the CSA, and various other Federal laws to grant courts greater flexibility in sentencing. Subtitle F: Coerced Confessions and Harmless Error - Specifies that: (1) if, on direct or collateral review of a Federal or State criminal judgment, including in a Federal habeas corpus proceeding, any U.S. court determines that a Federal or State criminal conviction or sentence was obtained in violation of the Constitution, the court shall award relief unless, in the case of a violation that can be harmless, the Federal Government or the State concerned proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the error did not contribute to the conviction or sentence; and (2) the admission into evidence of a coerced confession shall not be considered harmless error. Title VII: Fiscal Impact of Criminal Justice Sentencing - Directs the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare a criminal justice impact assessment for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report (bill) that could increase or decrease the number of persons incarcerated in State or Federal penal institutions. (Sec. 702) Specifies that it shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill that would increase or decrease the number of persons incarcerated in State or Federal penal institutions unless such bill is accompanied by a criminal justice impact statement prepared by CBO. (Sec. 703) Directs CBO to prepare and transmit to the Congress an annual summary report reflecting the cumulative fiscal effect of all relevant changes in the law that will increase or decrease the number of persons incarcerated in State or Federal penal institutions taking effect during the preceding calendar year. Title VIII: Habeas Corpus Reform - Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to revise provisions governing habeas corpus procedures, particularly in capital cases. (Sec. 802) Establishes a statute of limitations of one year for the filing of an application for habeas corpus relief from a sentence of death. Prescribes periods during which such time requirement shall be tolled, including any period during which the applicant is not represented by counsel. Provides for dismissal of an application for failure to comply with such time requirement, except where the waiver of such requirement is warranted by exceptional circumstances. (Sec. 803) Specifies requirements for stays of execution in capital cases. (Sec. 804) Prohibits the court from applying a new rule representing a clear break from precedent announced by the U.S. Supreme Court that could not have reasonably been anticipated at the time the claimant's sentence became final in State court, unless such rule: (1) places the claimant's conduct beyond the power of the criminal law-making authority to proscribe or punish with the sanction imposed; or (2) requires the observance of procedures without which the likelihood of an accurate conviction or valid capital sentence is seriously diminished. (Sec. 805) Bars the court from presuming a finding of fact made in certain State court proceedings to be correct or from declining to consider a claim on the ground that it was not raised in such a proceeding at the time or in the manner prescribed by State law, unless: (1) the relevant State maintains a mechanism for providing legal services to indigents in capital cases which meets specified requirements; (2) the State actually appointed an attorney to represent an applicant who was eligible for and did not waive such appointment in the State proceeding in which the finding of fact was made or the default occurred; and (3) any attorney so appointed substantially met specified qualification standards and the performance standards established by the appointing authority. Specifies that such mechanism shall include requirements that: (1) the State provide legal services to indigents charged with offenses for which capital punishment is sought, who have been sentenced to death and who seek appellate, collateral, or unitary review in State court, and who have been sentenced to death and seek certiorari review of State court judgments in the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) the State establish a counsel authority, which shall be a statewide defender organization, a resource center, or a counsel authority appointed by the highest State court having jurisdiction over criminal matters; and (3) such authority publish a roster of attorneys qualified to be appointed in capital cases, monitor attorney performance, and appoint a defense team to represent a client at the relevant stage of proceedings within 30 days after receiving notice of the need for the appointment from the relevant State court. (Sec. 806) Requires that, in the case of an applicant for Federal habeas corpus relief under sentence of death, a claim presented in a second or successive application be dismissed unless the applicant shows that: (1) the basis of the claim could not have been discovered by the exercise of reasonable diligence before the applicant filed the prior application, or the failure to raise the claim in the prior application was due to action by State officials in violation of the U.S. Constitution; and (2) the facts underlying the claim would be sufficient, if proven, to undermine the court's confidence in the applicant's guilt of the offense for which the capital sentence was imposed, or in the validity of that sentence under Federal law. (Sec. 807) Grants an applicant under sentence of death the right to appeal without a certification of probable cause, except after denial of a second or successive application. (Sec. 808) Requires the district court, in adjudicating habeas corpus cases, to: (1) exercise independent judgment in ascertaining the pertinent Federal legal standards and in applying those standards to the facts when adjudicating the merits of a particular ground (rather than deferring to a previous State court judgment regarding a Federal legal standard or its application); (2) issue habeas corpus relief at any time on behalf of an applicant under sentence of death imposed either in Federal or State court who offers newly discovered evidence which, had it been presented to the trier of fact or sentencing authority at trial, would probably have resulted in an acquittal of the offense for which the death sentence was imposed or a sentence other than death; and (3) decline to consider a habeas corpus claim under specified circumstances. Title IX: Gun Control - Subtitle A: Firearms - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for a seven (business) day waiting period for the purchase of a handgun. Sets forth: (1) interim procedures (pending the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system) for checking with the chief law enforcement officer of the place of residence of the purchaser as to whether the purchaser has a criminal record or whether there is any other legal impediment to such individual's receiving a handgun; and (2) permanent procedures for conducting criminal background checks. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 902) Directs the Attorney General to establish a national instant criminal background check system that any licensee may contact for information on whether receipt of a firearm by a prospective purchaser would violate specified legal provisions. Provides for the correction of erroneous information in the system. (Sec. 903) Permits the use of formula grants under the Omnibus Act for improvements in State criminal records. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth provisions with respect to the withholding of State and DOJ funds for failure to meet set deadlines. Subtitle B: Semiautomatic Assault Weapons - Semiautomatic Assault Weapon Violence Prevention Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) list weapons classified as semiautomatic assault weapons; and (2) make it unlawful to transfer or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon. Makes this Act inapplicable to the transfer or possession of a weapon: (1) by a Federal or State agency; (2) that was lawfully possessed before this Act's enactment or, in the case of a semiautomatic firearm designated as a semiautomatic assault weapon under this Act, before the designation is made; or (3) by a licensed manufacturer or importer for purposes of authorized testing or experimentation. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to designate a rifle, pistol, or shotgun that is a semiautomatic firearm and meets specified criteria as a semiautomatic assault weapon. Requires the serial numbers of such weapons to clearly show if they were manufactured or imported after this Act's effective date. (Sec. 913) Prohibits the transfer or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device (i.e., a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than ten rounds of ammunition and any combination of parts from which such a device can be assembled, but not an attached tubular device designed to accept and capable of operating only with .22 caliber rimfire ammunition). Sets penalties for violators. Requires such devices to be identified by a serial number. Subtitle C: Gun Violence Liability - Gun Violence Economic Equity Act of 1993 - Authorizes any person suffering bodily injury or death as a result of the discharge of a handgun or an assault weapon to bring an action in U.S. district court against any manufacturer, importer, or dealer of a handgun or assault weapon. Makes such defendants strictly liable for all direct and consequential damages that arise from such bodily injury or death, except where the injury is: (1) suffered while committing a felony; (2) self-inflicted; or (3) a result of a discharge by a law enforcement officer or a member of the armed forces in the line of duty. Subtitle D: Ammunition - Requires each licensed importer and manufacturer of ammunition to: (1) maintain such records of importation, production, shipment, sale, or other disposition of ammunition at his place of business for such period and in such form as the Secretary may prescribe, including the amount, caliber, and type of ammunition; and (2) annually prepare a summary report of such dispositions during the preceding year. Directs the Secretary to request the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) prepare a study of the criminal use and regulation of ammunition; and (2) report to the Congress recommendations on the potential for preventing crime by regulating or restricting the availability of ammunition. (Sec. 932) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to: (1) increase the tax on nine millimeter, .25 caliber, and .32 caliber ammunition, except with respect to sales to or for the use of the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof; and (2) establish in the Treasury a Trauma Center Trust Fund, for purposes of making grants for the operating expenses of trauma centers that have incurred substantial uncompensated costs in providing trauma care in geographic areas with significant incidences of violence due to crime. Subtitle E: Multiple Handgun Transfers - Multiple Handgun Transfer Prohibition Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring two or more handguns to an individual not so licensed during any 30-day period or from transferring a handgun to any such individual who received a handgun during the previous 30-day period; and (2) any individual who is not so licensed from receiving two or more handguns during any 30-day period. Makes such prohibitions inapplicable with respect to any individual who has presented to the transferor a written statement, issued by the chief law enforcement officer of the individual's place of residence during the ten days preceding, that the individual requires access to a handgun because of a threat to his or her life or household. Sets forth: (1) reporting and recordkeeping requirements; and (2) penalties for knowing violations of this Act. Subtitle F: Licensing - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) a common or contract carrier knowingly to deliver in interstate or foreign commerce a firearm to a licensed importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector without identifying the person to whom the firearm is delivered and making and maintaining a record of the identity of the person; and (2) the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to another person having reasonable cause to believe that the person is acquiring such firearm or ammunition with the intent that it will be used by any person to commit a crime of violence. (Sec. 953) Increases application fees for dealers in firearms. (Sec. 954) Repeals a provision requiring the Secretary to approve or deny an application for a license as a firearms or ammunition importer, manufacturer, or dealer (dealer) within 45 days and authorizing the applicant to file an action to compel the Secretary to act. (Sec. 955) Makes compliance with State and local law a condition for licensure as a dealer. (Sec. 956) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) inspections of firearms licensees; (2) reports of theft or loss of firearms; and (3) responses to requests for information concerning disposition of firearms. (Sec. 959) Amends the IRC to require individuals required to register as dealers of firearms to include their photograph and fingerprints with the initial application. Subtitle G: Saturday Night Specials - Prohibits the possession or transfer of a non-sporting handgun (i.e., a firearm which is designed to be fired by the use of a single hand, is not a sporting handgun, and any combination of parts from which such a firearm can be assembled). Sets penalties for violators. Title X: Asset Forfeiture - Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 1993 - Amends: (1) the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that proceedings for the forfeiture of property, other than of merchandise upon which the duties have not been paid or which has been otherwise brought into the United States unlawfully, be conducted only upon conviction of the owner of such property for the crime upon which the forfeiture is based; and (2) the Federal criminal code to require a conviction before a gambling ship may be forfeited to the United States. (Sec. 1003) Amends the Tariff Act to: (1) require that notice be sent within 60 days after a seizure to any possessor, owner, or other interested party, including any lienholder; (2) shift the burden of proof in forfeiture proceedings from the defendant to the Government and to require a showing of clear and convincing evidence that the property was subject to forfeiture for the Government to prevail; (3) repeal the requirement that persons making claims regarding seized property give a bond to the United States; and (4) afford a right to trial by jury in forfeiture cases. (Sec. 1005) Amends the CSA and the Federal criminal code to: (1) require a preliminary hearing prior to a seizure of property subject to civil forfeiture, with exceptions; and (2) prohibit the civil or criminal forfeiture of property which has been paid or pledged as bona fide attorney's fees. (Sec. 1014) Amends: (1) the Tariff Act, the Federal criminal code, and the CSA with respect to the retention of forfeiture proceeds by State and local law enforcement agencies, for disposition according to State law; and (2) the Federal judicial code to make forfeiture proceeds available to the Attorney General for community-based crime control programs for drug education, prevention, and treatment, with amounts for such programs to be distributed (in accordance with criteria determined by the State) with priority given to the communities in which the assets involved are seized. (Sec. 1016) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the payment of informants; (2) changes in adoptive seizure regulations; (3) reporting requirements; (4) maintenance of seized property; (5) limits on administrative and contracting expenses; (6) nominal consideration sales of low value real property to certain tax-exempt organizations; and (7) limits on the customs and tax exemption under tort claim procedures. Title XI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Subtitle A: Amendments to Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act - Increases the discretionary grant authorization under the drug control and system improvement grant program under the Omnibus Act. Subtitle B: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Increases the authorization of appropriations under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) evaluate the effectiveness and improve the coordination of the operation of all Federal programs relating to juvenile justice and juvenile delinquency prevention in order to maximize the effectiveness of such programs, reduce duplication of effort, and develop a unified strategy for addressing juvenile delinquency; and (2) submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate an annual report describing the results and containing a five-year plan for the continued operation of such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any national comprehensive benefit package that results from health care reform legislation (and the Medicare program, but only with respect to items or services that are provided to women who are at least 65 years of age) should cover all preventive and treatment services relating to breast and cervical cancers, sexually transmitted diseases, and general gynecological health.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1993
Amends rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Speaker of the House to implement a system to allow each Member to vote in the House and in the Committee of the Whole from within that Members's district using a secure, electronic device if: (1) the Member or his or her spouse, child, or stepchild, is seriously ill; or (2) within the past two weeks, a child has been born to the Member or the Member's spouse, the Member's spouse, child, stepchild, parent, or sibling has died, or a natural disaster has occurred within the Member's district.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1993
1995 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue commemorative one-dollar silver coins bearing a likeness of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Requires the Secretary to distribute proceeds from surcharges ($10 per coin) in equal allocations to: (1) the National Park Foundation Restricted Account for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial; and (2) the National Park Service Restricted Construction Account for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1993
Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers Employment Registration Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Governor of each State (and the chief executive officer of each U.S. territory) that receives drug control and system improvement formula grants to: (1) submit to an officer or agency designated by the Attorney General (designee) a list of all law enforcement and correctional officers who held such office in such State or territory on or since January 1, 1990 (including their dates of birth, social security numbers, Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint identification numbers, dates of appointment as officers, names and addresses or National Crime Information Center numbers of the appointing or employing agencies, and dates such service ended); (2) update and supplement such list; and (3) notify the designee of an officer's employment, appointment, or separation. Directs each State, territory, or political subdivision to require all applicants for such positions before beginning employment to: (1) disclose all prior service or employment as an officer; and (2) submit a written authorization and request for release of information. Directs the Attorney General, when a prospective employer obtains an officer's request for release of information, to release data collected pursuant to this Act to the employer. Makes agencies or agency administrators who submit employment or officer certification data pursuant to this Act immune from civil liability for such disclosure or its consequences, except upon a showing of lack of good faith by clear and convincing evidence.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make Internal Revenue Service employees personally liable for a portion of litigation costs resulting from arbitrary, capricious, or malicious acts. Increases (from $100,000 to $1 million) the limitation on recovery of civil damages for certain unauthorized collection actions. Places the burden of proof upon the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the issue of whether any person has been guilty of fraud with intent to evade tax.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1993
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to replace the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (System). Repeals the Helium Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) sell related property and helium reserves; and (2) transfer the proceeds to the Secretary of Agriculture to pay for replacement of the System.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1993
South African Democratic Transition Support Act of 1993 - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to U.S. policy towards South Africa. Repeals specified provisions of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, providing for a total repeal of such Act when the President certifies to the Congress that an interim government that was elected on a nonracial basis through free and fair elections has taken office in South Africa. Urges all State or local governments and private entities in the United States to rescind any restrictions on economic interactions with South Africa. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should continue to respect United Nations Security Council resolutions on South Africa. Authorizes the President to provide development and economic support fund assistance to support the transition to nonracial democracy in South Africa. Prohibits such assistance to the Government of South Africa unless the President certifies to the Congress that an interim government elected on a nonracial basis through free and fair elections has taken office. Exempts from such prohibition assistance to the Transitional Executive Council, South African higher education institutions, and any other entity that would promote the transition to nonracial democracy. Declares that the President should: (1) negotiate a tax treaty with South Africa; (2) initiate negotiations with the South African Government to provide for Overseas Private Investment Corporation programs in such country; (3) conclude cooperative agreements with South Africa on various issues; and (4) encourage other donors to expand their activities in support of the transition to nonracial democracy. States that: (1) the Director of the Trade and Development Agency should provide additional funds for projects in South Africa; (2) the Export-Import Bank should expand its activities in connection with exports to South Africa; and (3) the Director of the U.S. Information Agency should use his authorities to promote the transition to nonracial democracy. Requires the heads of Federal Government agencies, in procuring goods or services, to make affirmative efforts to assist business enterprises having more than 50 percent ownership by nonwhite South Africans. Declares that the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the U.S. executive directors of international financial institutions to urge financial assistance to South Africa to support the transition to democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Grants to States to Provide Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits to Eligible Displaced Workers Title II: Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits Subtitle A: Income Support Subtitle B: Wage Supplements Subtitle C: Training Subtitle D: Rapid Response Assistance, Basic Readjustment Services, Relocation Allowances, and Job Search Allowances Title III: General Provisions Displaced Worker Retraining Act of 1993 - Establishes a comprehensive program of adjustment assistance to workers displaced as a result of any program, project, or activity carried out under Federal law. Authorizes appropriations. Title I: Grants to States to Provide Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits to Eligible Displaced Workers - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to applicant States to provide worker adjustment assistance benefits to eligible dislocated workers. Title II: Worker Adjustment Assistance Benefits - Subtitle A: Income Support - Sets forth dislocated worker eligibility conditions. Requires a dislocated worker to be actively seeking employment or to be enrolled in training to be eligible for income support. Allows those eligible for income support to apply for training under subtitle C. Provides for weekly income support, including amount and duration, income support factors, additional weeks, adjustment of amount, wage supplement offsets, and application of State laws. Subtitle B: Wage Supplements - Provides for weekly wage supplements, in specified amounts for a maximum of 156 weeks, for eligible displaced workers. Makes dislocated workers who are eligible for such wage supplements also eligible to apply for part-time training under subtitle C. Offsets such wage supplement weeks by any income support weeks received under subtitle A. Subtitle C: Training - Sets forth conditions of State approval of training for displaced workers. Requires priority for training for occupations and industries that utilize new technologies. Sets forth requirements relating to State and Federal payment of training costs, as well as training costs paid from other sources. Lists types of training programs that may be approved. Sets certain restrictions on State approval. Makes 156 weeks of such training the maximum number which a dislocated worker may receive. Allows a State to authorize specified limited forms of supplemental assistance during such training. Directs a State to pay costs of any approved on-the-job training of a displaced worker, but only if certain conditions are met, such as nondisplacement of current workers, nonimpairment of collective bargaining agreements, and certification of continued employment for the trained worker. Prohibits declaring a displaced worker ineligible for State or Federal unemployment insurance or benefits under this Act because that individual is in or is entering approved training. Subtitle D: Rapid Response Assistance, Basic Readjustment Services, Relocation Allowances, and Job Search Allowances - Entitles to 13 weeks of rapid response assistance and 156 weeks of basic readjustment services: (1) any displaced worker, whether or not eligible for subtitle A or B benefits; or (2) any individual who has received notice of impending total or partial separation from employment and who had at least ten weeks of employment during the 52 weeks preceding such notice. Provides for State delivery of rapid response assistance, with oversight by the Secretary. Allows a displaced worker, whether or not eligible for subtitle A or B benefits, to apply to the State for: (1) a relocation allowance; and (2) a job search allowance. Sets forth conditions for approval of such allowances. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth general provisions relating to fraud and recovery of overpayments, penalties, subpoena power, and regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt financing of transportation facilities used in connection with the transport of cargo or passengers to or from airports, docks and wharves, mass commuting facilities, and high-speed intercity rail facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Programs Title II: Training, Technical Assistance, Planning, and Evaluation Title III: Model Federal Government Child Development Programs Title IV: Research and Demonstrations Title V: General Provisions Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Act of 1993 - Establishes and expands comprehensive early childhood education programs and services. (Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations. Title I: Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Programs - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance for early childhood education programs to prime sponsors and other public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations pursuant to approved plans and applications. (Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary to designate a State, locality, combination of localities, Indian tribe on a Federal or State reservation, or public or private nonprofit agency or organization as a prime sponsor if it meets certain requirements and has its plan approved. (Sec. 103) Requires each designated prime sponsor to establish and maintain an Early Childhood Education Council. (Sec. 104) Sets forth requirements for comprehensive early childhood education plans. (Sec. 106) Authorizes special grants to States for various purposes. (Sec. 108) Requires reports on possible use of public facilities for child development programs. (Sec. 109) Provides for Federal share payments for programs, services, and activities. Title II: Training, Technical Assistance, Planning, and Evaluation - Authorizes the Secretary to make payments for preservice and inservice training for programs under this Act for employees, potential employees, and volunteers. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary to make technical assistance available to prime sponsors and project applicants for planning, developing, and implementing programs under this Act. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to make an annual evaluation of Federal involvement in early childhood education activities. (Sec. 204) Directs the Secretary to: (1) appoint a Special Committee on Federal Standards for Early Childhood Education; and (2) promulgate Federal Standards for Early Childhood Education to be applicable to all programs assisted under this Act. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary to appoint a special committee to develop a uniform licensing code for early childhood education facilities. Title III: Model Federal Government Early Childhood Education Programs - Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to establish and operate model early childhood education programs for the children of Federal civilian employees. (Sec. 302) Provides for Federal share payments. Title IV: Research and Demonstrations - Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program of early childhood development research and demonstration projects; and (2) coordinate all early childhood education research, training, and development within the Federal Government and, as feasible, by other agencies, organizations, and individuals. Requires representatives of specified Federal agencies to meet at least annually to coordinate child development and early childhood education and related activities. Title V: General Provisions - Defines "children" as individuals who have not reached age eight. (Sec. 502) Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to assure that adequate nutrition services will be provided in programs under this Act. Requires such services to make use of the Special Food Services Program for children. (Sec. 503) Sets forth special administrative, including nondiscrimination, provisions. Provides for withholding of grants and for public information.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993
Designates November of each year as National American Indian Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993
Designates October 29, 1993, as National Firefighters Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1993
Designates the week beginning October 25, 1993, as World Population Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1993
Supports: (1) freedom and democracy in Nigeria; (2) the wishes of the voters of Nigeria as displayed in the presidential election of June 12, 1993; and (3) extension of limited sanctions now in place against the unelected interim government to include trade sanctions. Declares that the Congress does not recognize the interim government as legitimate. Encourages the President to direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to urge the Security Council to: (1) not recognize the interim government as legitimate; and (2) take action to mediate the removal of such government for purposes of installing the democratically-elected government of June 12, 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1993
Crime Victims' Bill of Rights Act - Amends Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require the court, before imposing sentence, to address personally any victim of the offense for which sentence is to be imposed (or a member of that victim's immediate family or, in the court's discretion, any other appropriate person representing the victim) who is present at the sentencing hearing and to afford such individual the opportunity to make a statement and present information in relation to the sentence. Permits the court, upon request by a victim, to hear in camera such a statement by that victim. Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to condition Federal grant eligibility of crime victim compensation programs on a State providing an effective system of notice to eligible victims of the existence of compensation and other programs to assist victims of crime. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) authorize drug control and system improvement grants to States to be used for programs that allow for the physical and visual separation of a victim of crime from an alleged perpetrator of such crime while waiting in a judicial facility for a courtroom appearance; and (2) provide for a reduction of formula grants by 25 percent (for redistribution to other participating States) for States which fail to notify a crime victim of specified rights. Directs the Attorney General to assure that Federal prosecutors and law enforcement officials: (1) provide an effective system of notice to crime victims of the existence of compensation and other programs to assist victims who might be eligible to participate; (2) notify crime victims of the availability of, and provide such victims the opportunity for, visual and physical separation from alleged crime perpetrators while waiting in a judicial facility for a courtroom appearance; and (3) provide a crime victim with the earliest possible notice of the scheduling of each court proceeding or parole hearing that the witness is required or entitled to attend.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Republic of China on Taiwan deserves full participation, including a seat, in the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1993
General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to set forth a 15-year statute of limitations within which a person may bring a civil action against an aircraft manufacturer for damages for death or injury or damage to property arising from an aircraft accident.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1993
Directs the Secretary of Defense to convey the Naval Housing Cabrillo Site (specified real property on which military family housing is currently located at the Long Beach Naval Station, California) to the California State University, Long Beach Foundation.