United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993
Free and Independent Cuba Assistance Act of 1993 - Requires the President, at such time as a transition government is in power in Cuba, to develop a plan for providing economic assistance to the Cuban people while such government and a democratic government are in power. Limits such assistance to humanitarian assistance while a transition government is in power. Expands such assistance to include development and agricultural assistance and export financing (as well as other specified assistance) when a democratic government is in power. Requires the President to take steps to obtain the agreement of other countries and international financial institutions to provide comparable assistance to Cuba. Directs the President to determine whether to designate Cuba as a beneficiary country pursuant to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Requires the President, upon enactment of legislation implementing a free trade agreement between the United States and another country in the Western Hemisphere, to: (1) take steps to enter into a framework agreement with the transition government in Cuba providing for trade and investment in Cuba; and (2) enter into negotiations with a democratic government in Cuba to conclude a free trade agreement. Directs the President to communicate the plan for assistance to the Cuban people. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the President to terminate the trade embargo on Cuba upon submitting a determination that a democratic government is in power in Cuba to the Congress. Sets forth conditions under which a government in Cuba will be considered transitional or democratic.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993
Requests the President to place in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, a memorial cairn honoring the victims of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1993
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior to be transferred to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to be used to acquire an undeveloped, open space tract of land presently owned by the Sterling Forest Corporation to protect the watershed, outdoor recreational, wildlife habitat, and Appalachian Trail values in the Sterling Forest area of the New York/New Jersey Highlands Region. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the Government, or relieve the Commission and New York of any obligation otherwise imposed under New York State law, to pay property taxes or provide for the costs of stewardship and management of any lands located in New York that may be acquired through this authorization. Requires the Commission to hold and manage all property acquired with funds made available in this Act for the purposes specified in it.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1993
Congressional Ethics Reform Act - Prohibits a Member of Congress or employee of the legislative branch from soliciting or accepting a gift from any source except as provided in this Act. Provides that a gift accepted under the standards set forth in this Act shall not constitute an illegal gratuity otherwise prohibited by Federal law. Prohibits such a Member or employee from: (1) accepting a gift in return for being influenced in the performance of an official act; (2) soliciting or coercing the offering of a gift; (3) accepting gifts on a basis so frequent that a reasonable person would be led to believe the Member or employee is using his or her public office for private gain; (4) accepting a gift in violation of any statute; or (5) accepting vendor promotional training contrary to any applicable regulations, policies, or guidance relating to the procurement of supplies and services for the Congress. Specifies conditions under which such prohibitions shall not apply with respect to: (1) gifts based on a personal relationship; (2) discounts and similar benefits based on affiliation; (3) honorary degrees; (4) gifts based on outside business or employment relationships; (5) political events; (6) widely attended gatherings and other specified events; (7) food or entertainment in the course of official foreign travel or attendance at an event sponsored by a foreign government; (8) gifts accepted under specific statutory authority; and (9) items intended primarily for free distribution to constituents. Sets forth provisions regarding disposition by a Member or employee of prohibited gifts received, including permitting use of appropriated funds and franked mail to return such gifts. Provides that a Member or employee who promptly complies with disposition requirements shall not be deemed to have improperly accepted a gift. Repeals provisions of: (1) the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 permitting payments of honoraria on behalf of a Member, officer, or employee to a charitable organization or to an organization from which such an individual, his or her spouse, or any relative derives any financial benefit; and (2) the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 regulating acceptance of gifts and payment of foreign travel for Members, officials, or employees of the Senate, their spouses or dependents. Directs the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to prescribe rules establishing the conditions under which their respective Houses may accept payment, or authorize a Member or employee to accept payment on the House's behalf, from non-Federal sources for travel, subsistence, and related expenses with respect to attendance of the Member or employee (or his or her spouse) at any meeting or similar function relating to official duties. Requires the Committees to publish reports in the Congressional Record of payments accepted above $250.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993
Amends the Federal criminal code to include peonage and slavery offenses as predicates to a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers primarily engaged in a farming-related business an investment tax credit for a percentage of: (1) the costs of agricultural environmental property; and (2) the amount allowed as a deduction for soil and water conservation expenditures.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1993
Urges the Government of Iran to extend to the Baha'i community the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international covenants on human rights. Calls upon the President to continue to: (1) urge such Government to emancipate the Baha'i community by granting such rights; (2) emphasize that the United States regards the human rights practices of such Government, particularly its treatment of the Baha'is and other religious minorities, as a significant factor in the development of U.S.-Iranian relations; and (3) encourage other governments to continue to appeal to the Government of Iran and to cooperate with other governments and international organizations in efforts to protect the religious rights of the Baha'is and other minorities in Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993
Air Traffic Controller Incentive and Retention Act - Increases the premium pay differential for certain air traffic control system employees and other specified employees of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense from five to 15 percent of the applicable rate of basic pay. Entitles such employees to Sunday premium pay for work performed on Saturday.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1993
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 1993 - Designates the following lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System): (1) Greater Glacier/Continental Divide Ecosystem; (2) Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; (3) Greater Salmon/Selway Ecosystem; (4) Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk Ecosystem; (5) Islands in the Sky Wilderness; (6) Rattlesnake Wilderness; and (7) Rattlesnake Wilderness Area. Adds specified lands to the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area. Designates: (1) specified wild land areas as Biological Connecting Corridors (Corridors) to protect the life flow of the Northern Rockies Bioregion; and (2) the inventoried roadless areas identified as part of the Corridors as components of the System. Exempts specified roads and highways from the provisions of this Act. Requires that certain roadless lands within the national forests in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming shall be analyzed on an individual, case-by-case basis for inclusion in the System. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to study the feasibility of: (1) creating a Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Park and Preserve; (2) creating a Flathead National Park and Preserve; and (3) designating such areas as units of the National Park System (NPS). Requires the national park and preserve study areas to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate: (1) segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (NWSRS); and (2) segments of specified rivers and creeks in Montana and Wyoming for study as potential addition to the NWSRS. Prohibits new road construction or reconstruction, bridges, dams, timber harvesting, mining, oil and gas leasing, or other developments from being allowed within the one-half mile corridor along either side of rivers and streams under study. Establishes the National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System. Authorizes appropriations to establish the National Wildland Recovery Corps (a special unit of the U.S. Forest Service) to carry out land recovery responsibilities. Designates certain lands within the Lewis and Clark National Forest known as Badger-Two Medicine Area as the Blackfeet Wilderness Area. Declares that the Congress recognizes that the Blackfeet Nation retains treaty rights in this area provided for in the 1896 treaty with the Federal Government. Requires a review and other considerations with respect to such area. Withdraws the Badger-Two Medicine Wilderness Area from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the mining laws and disposition under the geothermal and mineral leasing laws. Requires the Secretaries to assure nonexclusive access by native people to Wilderness areas, National Park and Preserve Study areas, Wildland Recovery areas, and Biological Corridors designated by this Act by Native Americans for tranditional cultural and religious purposes. Requires the Forest Service to enter into cooperative management agreements with the appropriate Indian tribes to assure protection of religious, burial, and gathering sites, and to work cooperatively on the management of all uses in the protected areas that affect Indian lands and people. Requires the Secretaries to give particular emphasis to the preservation and protection of cultural resources located within the areas. Reserves, with respect to each wilderness area designated by this Act, a sufficient quantity of water to fulfill the area's designated purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1993
National Historic Ball Park Act - Designates Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, and Yankee Stadium in New York, New York, as National Historic Ball Parks. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to seek to enter into cooperative agreements with the owners of any of the Parks for the protection and preservation of the Park. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) accept and expend donations of funds, property, or services to provide services and facilities consistent with this Act; (2) construct interpretive facilities on non-Federal property; and (3) maintain and operate appropriate programs in connection with such facilities. Requires an owner of a Park to notify the Secretary of an intent to transfer or otherwise dispose of the Park. Sets forth provisions relating to the exercise of the Secretary's right of first refusal to acquire such Park. Authorizes the Secretary, under specified conditions, to acquire land, interests in land, and improvements within the boundaries of a Park by donation or purchase with donated or appropriated funds. Requires such Park to be added to and administered as a unit of the National Park System. Establishes a National Historic Ball Park Acquisition Advisory Commission to make recommendations concerning methods of financing the acquisition of a Park. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1993
Armed Career Criminal Clarification Act - Establishes as a predicate offense under the armed career criminal statute any offense under State law which would have been punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more because of the type and quantity of the controlled substance involved if the offense had been prosecuted as a violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1993
Disapproves the unilateral deployment by the President of U.S. troops as peacekeepers to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Urges the President to consult with the Congress regarding the deployment and mission of such troops.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
FHA Parental Loan Act - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize amounts borrowed from family members to be used as a downpayment under the Federal Housing Administration uninsured mortgage program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to modify the certification criteria for firms that file for adjustment assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for the adjustment assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1993
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) require a candidate for Federal office who makes contributions or expenditures in excess of $1,000 to notify the Federal Election Commission and the other candidates; and (2) permit in such case contributions to those candidates in excess of specified limitations. Requires a person who makes an independent expenditure within 72 hours before an election to so notify each candidate.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993
Designates September 17, 1993, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Requires the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag at: (1) all national cemeteries and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 31, 1993 (Memorial Day), September 17, 1993 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day), and November 11, 1993 (Veterans Day); and (2) the White House and the buildings containing the primary offices of the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Selective Service Commission (sic) on September 17, 1993 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day).
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Age Discrimination Title II: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title III: Disabilities Title IV: Family and Medical Leave Title V: Guidelines Title VI: Effective Date Congressional Coverage for Discrimination and Family Leave Act - Title I: Age Discrimination - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the Act) to cover employees in the House of Representatives and in instrumentalities of the Congress. Authorizes an aggrieved employee to bring a civil action in the appropriate district court against an employing authority or instrumentality of the Congress. Authorizes the court to order such relief, including damages, attorney's fees, and other costs provided by this Act. Requires the employing authority to reimburse the Federal account of the House with non-Federal funds for any damages paid out of the account on behalf of an aggrieved employee. Title II: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to authorize an employee in the House of Representatives or in an instrumentality of the Congress to bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against his or her employing authority or the appropriate instrumentality. Authorizes the court to order such relief specified under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Revised Statutes. Limits the aggregate amount of compensatory and punitive damages to $50,000. Authorizes the complaining party to demand a jury trial. Prohibits the court from informing the jury of the dollar limitation imposed under this Act. Authorizes the court to allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fees (including expert witness fees) as part of the costs. Requires the employing authority to reimburse the Federal account of the House with non-Federal funds for any damages paid out of the account on behalf of an aggrieved employee. Title III: Disabilities - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to authorize an employee in the House of Representatives or in an instrumentality of the Congress to bring a civil action in the appropriate district court against his or her employing authority or the appropriate instrumentality. Authorizes the court to order such relief specified under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Revised Statutes. Limits the aggregate amount of compensatory and punitive damages to $50,000. Authorizes the complaining party to demand a jury trial. Prohibits the court from informing the jury of the dollar limitation imposed under this Act. Authorizes the court to allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney's fees (including expert witness fees) as part of the costs. Requires the employing authority to reimburse the Federal account of the House with non-Federal funds for any damages paid out of the account on behalf of an aggrieved employee. Title IV: Family and Medical Leave - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (the Act) to authorize an employee to bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against the employee's employing authority or the appropriate instrumentality of the Congress. Authorizes the court to order such relief, including damages, interest, attorney's fees, expert witness fees, and other costs specified by the Act. Applies the rights and protections under title I of the Act to employees of each instrumentality of the Congress, except for the exemption concerning highly compensated employees. Title V: Guidelines - Requires implementing guidelines issued by any House committee for this Act to be published in the Congressional Record at least 60 days before such implementation. Title VI: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective three months after the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1993
World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1993 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1994 and 1995 to achieve full participation in the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children under the Child Nutrition Act (WIC program) and the Head Start program. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for contributions to the United Nation's Children's Fund and for the Child Survival Fund. Expresses the sense of the Congress that authority should be granted to the President to exercise specified debt forgiveness for least developed countries that are pursuing economic policy reforms to promote long-term development. Earmarks development assistance funds for FY 1994 and 1995 for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for: (1) iodine and iron fortification programs; and (2) prevention, care, and control programs related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries. Earmarks development and economic assistance funds for FY 1994 and 1995 for programs in support of basic education. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for population assistance activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1994 and 1995 for migration and refugee assistance. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank to: (1) ensure that poverty reduction and support of basic human needs become a higher priority within the Bank; (2) ensure that the majority of water and sanitation projects fall within targeted interventions against poverty; and (3) increase the proportion of total Bank lending which supports primary health care and basic education, with a minimum of five percent of total lending devoted to each area. Requires the President to call upon other governments to provide their share of resources required to achieve the World Summit for Children goals by the year 2000.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1993
Leave Equity for Adoptive Families Act of 1993 - Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against an employee regarding any term or condition of any leave benefit because a child of an employee is not his or her biological child. Authorizes civil actions to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1993
Congressional Campaign and Election Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce maximum contribution amounts to candidates for Federal office from: (1) multicandidate political committees (PACs); and (2) persons other than PACs. (Sec. 4) Delineates circumstances in which a person's contribution shall be considered as being made through an intermediary or a conduit (and therefore treated as contributions from such person). (Sec. 5) Treats contributions by dependents not of voting age as contributions of the person or persons upon whom they are dependent. (Sec. 6) Aggregates, for contribution limit purposes, contributions from State and local party committees with all contributions from such political party. (Sec. 7) Makes it unlawful to secure or to use contributions secured by physical force or other intimidation. (Sec. 8) Prohibits a candidate from accepting cash contributions aggregating more than $100 from any one person. (Sec. 9) Defines "generic campaign activity" and "State Party Grassroots Fund." (Sec. 10) Establishes individual and PAC contribution limits to State Party Grassroots Funds and other State party committees. Allows individuals to contribute up to a specified amount of funds annually to State party committees in addition to current amounts contributed annually to all candidates and their authorized committees. Replaces the current individual contribution limits for any calendar year with aggregate contribution limits for an election cycle. Revises presidential campaign expenditure limits. (Sec. 11) Prohibits, with exceptions, a national committee and a congressional campaign committee from soliciting or accepting contributions not subject to certain limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements. Subjects to such requirements any amount ("soft money") solicited, received, or expended by a national, State, district, or local committee of a political party with respect to certain activities such as voter registration or get-out-the vote efforts. (Sec. 12) Sets forth fundraising limitations for Federal candidates and office holders and certain political committees. (Sec. 13 and 14) Sets forth reporting requirements for: (1) political committees; (2) exempt contributions; (3) State committees; and (4) certain independent expenditures. (Sec. 15) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a licensee to provide equal broadcast time to qualified candidates for public office. (Sec. 16) Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit Federal candidates from establishing leadership committees. Restricts contributions between principal campaign committees. (Sec. 17) Prohibits fund transfers among noncandidate, nonparty political committees. (Sec. 18) Restricts certain connected political action committee activities.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1993
Vietnam Women's Memorial Coin Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue silver coins emblematic of the Vietnam Women's Memorial sculpture. Requires all surcharges received from the sale of such coins to be used for: (1) an endowment for the Memorial; (2) education and research concerning veterans and their families; and (3) the identification and documentation of women who served in the armed forces during the Vietnam era. Expresses the sense of the Congress that this coin program shall be self-sustaining and administered to result in no net cost to the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993
Lupus Research Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with respect to lupus. Requires the Director to: (1) coordinate such activities with similar activities conducted by other national research institutes and agencies of the National Institutes of Health; and (2) conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, lupus, including research to determine the reasons underlying the elevated prevalence of the disease among African-American and other women. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993
Gun Penalty Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to double the enhanced penalties for carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993
Reserve Account for Administrative Savings Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law to require that appropriated salaries and expenses be apportioned. Requires the establishment of reserve accounts equal to five percent of the actual amount incurred for those salaries and expenses in the immediately preceding fiscal year. Provides procedures for such funds to be permanently rescinded, released and spent, or used to offset supplemental appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993
Environmental Finance Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish: (1) an Environmental Financial Advisory Board to provide expert advice on issues affecting the costs and financing of environmental activities at the Federal, State, and local levels; and (2) Environmental Finance Centers in each of the ten Federal regions. Authorizes the Centers to: (1) provide training of State and local officials; (2) publish materials relating to financing of environmental infrastructure; (3) conduct conferences and advisory panels on specific environmental finance issues; (4) establish information services; (5) generate case studies and reports; (6) develop surveys of financial issues and needs of State and local governments; (7) identify financial programs and alternative financial mechanisms for training purposes; (8) hold public meetings; and (9) collaborate and exchange information. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993
Excludes from the determination of income, for purposes of the payment of pension by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, any future increases made by the State of New York in the monthly amount paid to blind and totally disabled veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the proposed increase in tax on social security benefits should not be enacted and if enacted should be repealed.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Definitions Title II: Public Water Systems Title III: Protection of Underground Sources of Drinking Water Title IV: General Provisions Water Supply Protection Act of 1993 - Title I: Definitions - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise definitions. Title II: Public Water Systems - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, if a contaminant occurs in drinking water at a level posing an unacceptable risk to public health or welfare, to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations that establish maximum contaminant levels or drinking water source protection or treatment requirements. Sets forth conditions under which a maximum contaminant level will be applied to a public water system. Authorizes each regulation that includes a standard for a chronic contaminant or requires treatment or source protection to include requirements for risk vulnerability assessments of such systems. Provides for treatment and source protection requirements if: (1) water treatment technology cannot reduce ambient levels of a contaminant to the maximum contaminant level that would otherwise be promulgated; or (2) commercially available water quality analytical methods are not capable of reliable quantification at the maximum level that would otherwise be promulgated. Continues the implementation of existing regulations for contaminants that meet criteria for regulation under this Act. Revises provisions that currently set forth requirements for national drinking water regulations to require the Administrator to establish a National Water Contaminant Health and Aesthetic Quality Advisory Program. Establishes a repository of information concerning contaminants in drinking water and protective exposure levels as part of the Program. Provides for the incorporation of data associated with existing national primary and secondary drinking water regulations into the repository and rescinds such regulations on inclusion of such data. Directs the Administrator to list triennially at least 15 contaminants for which there is insufficient scientific data that may have entered into drinking water. Provides for data collection on such contaminants. Directs the Administrator to establish a National Water Treatment Technology Advisory Program and a National Drinking Water Source Protection Management Practices Advisory Program. Provides for data repositories as part of such Programs. Requires the Administrator to: (1) develop model curricula for institutions of higher education concerning the design and packaging of small flow treatment trains and drinking water source management and protection; and (2) establish annual contests to demonstrate innovative solutions to water treatment and source protection problems. Removes certain conditions on State authority to grant variances or exemptions to national primary drinking water regulations. Provides that no notice or hearing shall be required if a representative of a public water system provides documentation that the system is eligible for a variance or exemption. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations to ensure the national certification of public water systems operators and analytical laboratories. Title III: Protection of Underground Sources of Drinking Water - Conditions Federal funding for State wellhead protection areas on a State filling a position for a groundwater protection source coordinator. Title IV: General Provisions - Directs the Administrator to establish a partnership to demonstrate low-cost small flow water treatment technologies that can be used by very small public water systems to meet primary drinking water standards and develop means to simplify State approvals of such technologies. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on: (1) steps taken to coordinate potable groundwater protection; and (2) recommendations on alternative Federal legislation to simplify the cost-effective consolidation of small public water systems. Authorizes the Administrator to establish, and award grants for, a technical assistance program for rural and small public water systems. Authorizes appropriations. Extends the authorization of appropriations for specified State public water supervision and protection programs. Authorizes appropriations for grants to States to adopt uniform data repository, collection, and reporting systems for a water supply supervision program. Directs the Administrator to suspend regulations requiring monitoring for unregulated contaminants until the regulations are modified to ensure that: (1) the annual household cost of monitoring is reasonable in light of other needs for public health protection; (2) the requirements reflect one-time sampling and the maximum use of pooled samples; (3) the use of certain analytical and screening methods are fully exploited; and (4) liberal exceptions are provided for in cases where the probability of contamination is low. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1993
Congratulates the Anti-Defamation League on its 80th anniversary and commends it for effectively pursuing the goal of promoting greater tolerance throughout the world.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require all Federal agencies to use printing and writing paper containing at least ten percent postconsumer material. Authorizes Federal agencies that are in compliance with such requirement to use any monies received from the sale of materials collected for recycling for activities within their legal authority.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993
States and Local Legislative Prerogatives Preservation Act of 1993 - Declares that no statute, or rule promulgated under statute, shall preempt any State or local government law, ordinance, or regulation, unless the statute explicitly states that such preemption is intended or unless there is a direct conflict between the two. Directs the Congressional Research Service to prepare and make available to the public a report on the extent of Federal statutory preemption of State and local government powers enacted into law during the preceding Congress or adopted through judicial interpretation of Federal statutes.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993
Bosnia-Hercegovina Self-Defense Act of 1993 - Directs the President to terminate the U.S. arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia-Hercegovina upon receipt of a request from such government for assistance in exercising its right of self-defense under the United Nations Charter. Authorizes the President to direct the drawdown of defense articles and services and military education and training to provide assistance to Bosnia-Hercegovina if it makes such request. Limits the amount of such assistance. Bars members of the U.S. armed forces who provide such assistance from performing combatant duties outside of the United States. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993
Expresses opposition to holding the Olympic Summer Games in the year 2000 in the People's Republic of China. Urges the International Olympic Committee to find another, more suitable venue for the Games. Urges the U.S. Representative to the Committee to vote against holding the Games in China.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993
Declares that it is the Congress' intent that the Secretary of Transportation, in negotiating under the auspices of the Land Transportation Standards Committee established under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), shall not weaken U.S. truck safety standards by increasing truck sizes and weights or by compromising such standards as truck driver hours of service, front brake and other safety equipment requirements, and the truck driver record system.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1993
Executive Composting Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President and the Governor of each State should consider: (1) carrying out on-site composting of organic materials generated at their residences and grounds; and (2) distributing the resulting compost to visitors and local residents for use in gardens and for other appropriate purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1993
Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to give priority to placement in private sector jobs under the summer youth employment and training program. Provides that retention in unsubsidized employment shall not be considered an appropriate factor in prescribing performance standards for such program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the targeted jobs tax credit with respect to qualified summer youth employees by: (1) revising the age limitation to age 14 to 22 (currently 16 to 18); (2) increasing the amount of creditable wages from $3,000 to $3,500; (3) coordinating the credit with Federal summer youth employment programs; and (4) reducing certain paperwork burdens.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1993
Designates July 25 through 31, 1993, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes the President to urge U.S. departments and agencies, interested organizations, groups, and individuals to fly the American flag at half-staff on July 27, 1993, in honor of the Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993
Common Sense Amendments for All Endangered Species Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to: (1) wildlife management effects evaluation; (2) fish and wildlife conservation and management projects; (3) sport hunting; (4) foreign laws; and (5) subspecies and population criteria. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a specified funding augmentation study.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of a candidate for a degree at an educational organization any amount received as a scholarship or fellowship or as incidental expenses to such scholarship or fellowship.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993
Commends radio amateurs for their contributions to technical progress in electronics and for their emergency radio communications in times of disaster. Urges the Federal Communications Commission to continue and enhance the development of the amateur radio service as a public benefit by adopting rules and regulations which encourage the use of new technologies within the amateur radio service. Declares that reasonable accommodation should be made for effective operation of amateur radio from residences, private vehicles, and public areas and that regulation at all levels of government should facilitate and encourage amateur radio operation as a public benefit.
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