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United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Authorizes the President to designate the weeks beginning on November 21, 1993, and November 20, 1994, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Designates the weeks beginning May 23, 1993, and May 15, 1994, as Emergency Medical Services Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Designates June 1 through 7, 1993, as a Week for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Designates the week beginning March 7, 1993, as National Manufacturing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
National Commemorative Events Advisory Act - Establishes the President's Advisory Commission on National Commemorative Events to: (1) establish criteria for recommending to the President that a proposed commemorative event be approved or disapproved; (2) review proposals for national commemorative events submitted in accordance with procedures published by the Commission; and (3) issue recommendations to the President concerning each proposal reviewed.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly benefit shall be paid to the recipient's surviving spouse for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent in the last monthly payment if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Designates January 16, 1994, as National Good Teen Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993
Downed Animal Protection Act - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to make it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to market, transfer, or hold nonambulatory livestock that has not been humanely euthanized.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993
Recycling Information Clearinghouse Act of 1993 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a clearinghouse for information about the recycling of municipal solid waste to include: (1) a data base on the volume and rate of recycling of materials from the municipal solid waste stream; (2) an annual estimate of the balance of trade in recycled materials and products; (3) economic data comparing the costs and benefits of recycling various materials from the municipal solid waste stream; (4) a catalog of State and local laws that encourage or require the recycling of materials from the municipal solid waste stream; (5) a list of all purchases of recycled materials or products by the Federal Government; (6) a register announcing all solicitations by Federal agencies for the purchase of recycled materials or products; (7) information about state-of-the-art recycling methods, programs, and technologies; and (8) a register of all potential purchasers of recycled materials. Requires that a toll-free telephone hotline be made available to those seeking information from the clearinghouse. Makes a State ineligible for solid waste disposal assistance after December 31, 1994, unless the State maintains and publicizes a register of potential purchasers of recycled materials known to the State solid waste planning authorities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993
Designates the weeks beginning February 7, 1993, and February 6, 1994, as "National Burn Awareness Week."
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
California Desert Protection Act of 1993 - Title I: Wilderness Additions - Designates as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System specified lands in: (1) the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA), the Yuma District, and the Bakersfield District of the Bureau of Land Management; (2) the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, California; and (3) the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, California. Designates specified CDCA lands as the White Mountains Wilderness Study Area. Title II: Death Valley National Park - Establishes the Death Valley National Park which subsumes the Death Valley National Monument. Title III: Joshua Tree National Park - Establishes the Joshua Tree National Park which subsumes the Joshua Tree National Monument. Title IV: Mojave National Monument - Establishes the Mojave National Monument which subsumes the East Mojave National Scenic Area. Abolishes the East Mojave National Scenic Area. Designates the Granite Mountains Natural Reserve within the Monument. Title V: National Park Wilderness - Designates as wilderness the Death Valley National Park Wilderness, the Joshua Tree National Park Wilderness Additions, and the Mojave National Monument Wilderness. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to transfer specified Red Rock Canyon State Park Additions in the CDCA to California. Establishes the Desert Lily Sanctuary within the CDCA. Directs the Secretary to insure access to the wilderness areas, parks, and monument designated by this Act for traditional Indian cultural and religious purposes. Reserves Federal water rights for wilderness areas designated by this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, upon request, to enter into negotiations for an agreement to exchange certain Federal lands for California State School Lands and lands of the Catellus Development Corporation that are located within the boundaries of a wilderness area or park unit designated by this Act. Title VII: Definitions - Sets forth definitions.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of one-dollar coins emblematic of the experience of American prisoners of war. Requires that all sales of such coins include a surcharge of $5 per coin. Requires specified proceeds from such surcharges to be paid to the: (1) Secretary of the Interior for construction of the Andersonville Prisoner-of-War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia; (2) endowment fund established by this Act for the maintenance of such Museum; and (3) Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain national cemeteries.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
National Writing Project Reauthorization Act of 1993 - Amends the Education Council Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-62) to extend the authorization of appropriations for the National Writing Project. Revises provisions relating to the National Writing Project, including provisions for Federal share, evaluation, and research and development activities.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide that the assessment base additions for Bank Insurance Fund members shall be deposits and obligations received in any office of the depository institution (thus including foreign as well as domestic deposits in the base).
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Limits the period for which expenses of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives may be paid to three years after the expiration of the term of office as Representative. (Provides that in the case of a former Speaker who is receiving such expenses on the date of the enactment of this Act, the period shall end three years after such date.)
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
IRA Self-Loan Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow loans to be made or secured by an individual retirement account for first-time homebuyer expenses, education expenses, or medical emergency expenses. Limits such a loan amount to $50,000. Exempts such loans from the tax on prohibited transactions.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1993
Directs the Administrator of General Services, under specified conditions, to convey specified lands in the District of Columbia to the Columbia Hospital for Women to construct a facility to house the National Women's Health Resource Center. Prohibits such lands from being used for any other purpose other than providing a site for the Center and related appurtenances. Directs the Hospital to establish three satellite health centers of which: (1) one shall provide health and counseling services exclusively for teenage women and their children; and (2) two shall provide such services for women (including teenage women) and their children. Includes the establishment of such health centers in the consideration required by this Act for the conveyed land. Reverts such property to the United States if the: (1) Hospital is not operating the Resource Center four years after the date of conveyance of such property; and (2) the property is used for any other purpose. Requires the Administrator to repay the Hospital any amounts paid by it for the property. Makes Columbia Hospital liable to the United States for specified damages if it fails to operate three satellite health centers for a 60-day period for each year in the 26-year period beginning four years after such conveyed land, unless the land has reverted to the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to waive such damages under certain conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend the period during which qualified mortgage bonds and mortgage credit certificates may be issued.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Requests the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to publish, within one year, proposed amended regulations that specify the components of an adequate operator training program and that provide that only trained employees be authorized to operate powered industrial trucks.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Declares that the President should promptly seek the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with the support of the United States on November 20, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Medicaid Mammography Coverage Act of 1993 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicaid coverage of screening mammographies for women age 35 and older. Varies the permissible frequency of such covered tests on the basis of a woman's age and her risk of developing breast cancer. Directs the Secretary to periodically review and revise permissible frequencies of such tests.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1993 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends Federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians of North Carolina.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions governing the income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to: (1) make the deduction permanent; and (2) phase in an increase in the allowable deduction, reaching 100 percent for taxable years beginning in 1996 and thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Bank Efficiency Act - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to permit a bank holding company having subsidiary banks located in more than one State to combine its banks into a single bank by means of merger, consolidation, or other transaction. Prescribes operating guidelines for such bank combinations. Amends the National Bank Act to conform the qualifications of bank directors with the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Equal Access to Annual Mammography Screening Act of 1993 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the breast cancer screening benefit provided under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to cover on an annual basis (currently, biennial) routine breast cancer screening for women over age 64.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Amends the National School Lunch Act to remove the requirement that schools participating in the school lunch program offer students specified types of fluid milk (while retaining the requirement that they offer fluid milk).
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Requires the President to seek negotiations with the Japanese Government to reach an agreement requiring the Japanese Government to pay to the United States an annual security fee equal to three percent of the Japanese annual gross national product less the amount actually spent by the Japanese Government for defense for the preceding year. Requires the President, within one year, to notify the Congress whether such agreement has been reached. Provides that the Congress should consider legislation imposing import duties on Japanese products to generate revenues equal to such fee if no such agreement has been reached or the agreement reached does not satisfy requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Federal Mandate Relief Act of 1993 - Provides that any requirement under a Federal statute or regulation that a State or local government conduct an activity (including a requirement that a government meet national standards in providing a service) shall apply to the government only if all funds necessary to pay the direct costs incurred by the government in conducting the activity are provided by the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Language of Government Act of 1993 - Declares English to be the official language of the U.S. Government. States that the Government has an affirmative obligation to preserve and enhance the role of English as the official language. Requires the Government to conduct its official business in English. Prohibits anyone from being denied Government services because they communicate in English.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet Level Title II: Environmental Role of the United States in International Organizations to Which it Belongs Title III: Establishment of the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection Title IV: Effective Date Department of the Environment Act of 1993- Title I: Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet Level - Department of the Environment Act - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the Department of the Environment. Encourages the Secretary of the Environment to: (1) assist the Secretary of State in participating in international environmental protection agreements and organizations; (2) conduct research on and develop responses to international environmental problems; and (3) provide assistance to foreign countries and international bodies to improve the environment. Establishes a Bureau of Environmental Statistics and an Advisory Council on Environmental Statistics. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes grants to, and contracts with, State and local governments to assist in data collection. Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for a report on the adequacy of the Department's data collection procedures and capabilities. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements for persons entering into arrangements for services with the Secretary. Requires public notice when the award of a contract may result in a conflict of interests. Title II: Environmental Role of the United States in International Organizations to Which It Belongs - Urges the Secretary of State to convene international conferences to encourage the exchange of information on energy efficiency and environmentally acceptable renewable energy sources. Requires the President to encourage the establishment of an international office to monitor annual generation of carbon dioxide and trace gases on a country-by-country basis. Title III: Establishment of the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection - Establishes the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection to make recommendations on the implementation of Federal environmental laws to protect human health and the environment. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating to Part A Title II: Provisions Relating to Part B Subtitle A: Physicians' Services Subtitle B: Ambulatory Surgical Services Subtitle C: Durable Medical Equipment Subtitle D: Other Provisions Title III: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B Title IV: Provisions Relating to Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies Miscellaneous and Technical Medicare Amendments of 1993 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Title I: Provisions Relating to Part A - (Sec. 101) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to use the day outlier methodology in effect for: (1) FY 1992 for payment of discharges occurring on or after April 1, 1993, and before September 30, 1993; and (2) the first six months of FY 1993 for payment of discharges occurring during FY 1994. (Sec. 102) Modifies the Essential Access Community Hospital program. (Sec. 103) Provides that a change in classification of hospitals from one area to another may not result in a reduction in the wage index for an urban area under certain circumstances. (Sec. 104) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA-1987) to extend authorized appropriations for the rural health transition grant program. (The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts of different years amended by this Act shall be denoted "OBRA-(year).") (Sec. 105) Permits hospitals to decline reclassification from rural to urban referral centers. (Sec. 106) Revises Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital payment provisions. (Sec. 107) Amends OBRA-1989 to extend additional Medicare payments for the hemophilia clotting factor. (Sec. 108) Prohibits the Secretary from recouping from or otherwise reducing Medicare payments to hospitals in New Jersey because of alleged overpayments during a hospital reimbursement demonstration project, until all relevant data are given to the State and hospitals located in it. (Sec. 109) Allows the care of hospital inpatients receiving qualified psychologist services to be supervised by a clinical psychologist to the extent such supervision is permitted under State law. (Sec. 110) Allows graduate medical education to be provided in a hospital-owned community health center. (Sec. 111) Requires a study on the feasibility and desirability of establishing joint medical facilities among the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and other public and private entities. (Sec. 112) Requires home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities to notify Medicare beneficiaries of the hospice benefit, except in certain circumstances. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary to begin collecting data on employee compensation and paid hours of employment in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to compute a wage index to adjust Medicare SNFs payments. (Sec. 115) Amends OBRA-1990 to require the Secretary to continue any rural hospital demonstration project at least through December 31, 1995. Title II: Provisions Relating to Part B - Subtitle A: Physicians' Services - (Sec. 201) Reinstates separate payment for electrocardiogram interpretations performed or ordered to be performed as part of or in conjunction with a visit to or consultation with a physician. (Sec. 202) Repeals provisions for reduced Medicare payments to new physicians and other practitioners during their first four years of practice. (Sec. 203) Prohibits the Secretary from modifying the methodology for determining the amount of time that may be billed under Medicare for anesthesia services. (Sec. 204) Requires the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on the data necessary to review and revise geographical indices. (Sec. 205) Prohibits nonparticipating physicians and suppliers from billing or collecting an actual charge in excess of the Medicare limiting charge. (Sec. 206) Requires the Secretary to study, develop, and report to the Congress on relative values for pediatric services. (Sec. 208) Prohibits the Secretary and carriers from imposing user fees. Subtitle B: Ambulatory Surgical Services - (Sec. 211) Extends eligibility for designation as eye or eye and ear hospitals to certain hospitals. (Sec. 212) Amends OBRA-1990 to extend the cap on payments for intraocular lenses. Subtitle C: Durable Medical Equipment - (Sec. 221) Requires the Secretary to prescribe national standards which suppliers of medical equipment and supplies must meet to receive payment under Medicare for items furnished. (Sec. 222) Prohibits carrier forum shopping by suppliers filing claims. (Sec. 223) Prohibits unsolicited telephone contacts from suppliers of durable medical equipment to Medicare beneficiaries. (Sec. 224) Modifies SSA anti-kickback provisions. (Sec. 225) Specifies the circumstances under which Medicare beneficiaries are not liable for covered items furnished by suppliers on an unassigned basis. (Sec. 226) Revises special payment rules for particular items and services to provide for adjustments to final payment amounts for inherent reasonableness. (Sec. 227) Freezes reasonable charges for parenteral and enteral nutrients, supplies, and equipment. (Sec. 228) Removes aspirators and nebulizers from the category of durable medical equipment (DME) items requiring frequent and substantial servicing and includes accessories relating to aspirators and nebulizers in the category of inexpensive and other routinely purchased equipment. (Sec. 229) Adds payment rules for ostomy supplies, tracheostomy supplies, urologicals, and surgical dressings. (Sec. 230) Changes payment rates for tens devices. Subtitle D: Other Provisions - (Sec. 241) Revises payment conversion factors for services furnished by a medically directed certified registered nurse anesthetist. (Sec. 242) Amends OBRA-1990 to extend Alzheimer's disease demonstration projects. (Sec. 243) Modifies the limitation on the late enrollment penalty. (Secs. 244 and 245) Provides for Medicare coverage of: (1) oral cancer drugs that contain the same active ingredients as anticancer drugs covered by Medicare when administered intravenously; and (2) speech-language pathology and audiology services. (Sec. 246) Amends OBRA-1985, as amended by OBRA-1989, to extend municipal health service demonstration projects. (Sec. 247) Treats certain Indian health programs and facilities as federally-qualified health centers. (Sec. 248) Amends OBRA-1987 to extend the influenza vaccination demonstration project. Title III: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B - (Sec. 301) Modifies provisions relating to physician ownership and referral. Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on shared facility arrangements. (Sec. 302) Adjusts procedures to determine graduate medical education costs. (Sec. 303) Extends the periods during which Medicare covers immunosuppressive drug therapy following a transplant procedure. Reduces Medicare payments for erythropoietin. (Sec. 304) Revises provisions with respect to Medicare secondary payers. (Secs. 305 and 306) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a method for obtaining information with a view to Medicaid payment of the Medicare out-of-pocket expenses of eligible Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) extend waivers for social health maintenance organization (HMO) demonstration projects. (Sec. 307) Repeals peer review organization precertification requirements for certain surgical procedures. (Sec. 308) Modifies hospital conditions of participation with respect to discharge planning under Medicare to require informing a patient of his or her entitlement to hospice services. (Sec. 309) Provides that there must be interest payments on clean claims if the claims are not paid within 30 days of receipt. (Sec. 311) Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to adjust discretionary spending limits with respect to Medicare administrative costs. (Sec. 312) Adjusts Medicare capitation payments with respect to HMOs to account for regional variations in application of the secondary payor provisions. (Sec. 313) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with regard to certain health care programs of the State of Hawaii. Title IV: Provisions Relating to Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies - (Sec. 401) Revises certain standards for Medicare supplemental insurance policies.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Morris K. Udall Wilderness Act of 1993 - Designates specified lands in Alaska as the Arctic Coastal Plain Wilderness and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Designates October 1993 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Designates March 25, 1993, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families to conduct a continuing comprehensive study and review of the problems of children, youth, and families.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1992
Transportation Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Transit Act, the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, and other Federal transportation law to base the apportionment of Federal transportation funds for certain highway and mass transit and airport and airway improvement programs on census estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce. (Currently, the apportionment is based only on the latest available Federal census.)
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1992
Designates October 4 through 10, 1992, as National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992
Designates the week beginning October 18, 1992, as National Radon Action Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates February 4, 1993, and February 3, 1994, as National Women and Girls in Sports Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates May 2 through 8, 1993, as National Walking Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates November 30 through December 6, 1992, as National Education First Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates the week beginning November 8, 1992, as Hire a Veteran Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1992
Repeals specified portions of the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102-318) which: (1) provide for optional trustee-to-trustee transfers of eligible rollover distributions; and (2) impose a withholding tax on distributions not so transferred. Requires the Internal Revenue Code to be applied and administered as if such provisions (and the amendments made by such provisions) had not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1992
Designates October 30, 1992, as Refugee Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1992
Fair Furniture Trade Act of 1992 - Urges the President to include in the trade agreement being negotiated for the North American Free Trade Area provisions for more equitable Mexican tariff treatment for U.S. furniture products. Urges such provisions at a minimum, to provide for the elimination of: (1) differing tariff levels on furniture trade between the United States and Mexico; and (2) any Mexican nontariff barrier to U.S. furniture products. Sets forth specified factors to be taken into account in negotiating such agreement. Sets forth applicable tariff rates on Mexican furniture products if a trade agreement with the aforementioned objectives is not entered into under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 before June 1, 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1992
Supports the planting of 500 redwood trees from California on the northwest coast of Spain in commemoration of the quincentenary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World. Designates such trees as a gift to the people of Spain made in the name of the people of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Designates October 8, 1992, as National Firefighters Day.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Denounces the sexual misconduct that occurred at the annual Navy Tailhook Association symposium in September 1991. Calls on the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the ongoing Department of Defense investigation of such misconduct is full and uncompromising. Urges the Secretary of the Navy to recommend and initiate full disciplinary procedures against any culpable individuals. Recognizes the importance of equality of opportunity for women and men in the armed forces to achieving mutual respect between the sexes. Urges the Secretary of Defense to make available to female military personnel the same opportunities available to male personnel, to the extent consistent with the protection and security of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1992
National Aeronautical Research and Competitiveness Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Secretary of Defense to: (1) establish a joint military and civilian aeronautical research and development program; (2) prepare and transmit to the Congress a five-year aeronautical research plan; and (3) establish an Aeronautical Research Advisory Committee.