United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1993
United States Military Academy Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue five-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins emblematic of the U.S. Military Academy. Mandates that surcharges collected from coin sales be paid to the Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy, to assist its efforts to provide direct support to the Corps of Cadets, U.S. Military Academy.
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 · 28 October 1993
Presidential FEMA Reform Act of 1993 - Directs the President to establish a commission to review the Federal emergency management system and to report to him and the Congress on recommendations for improving the system.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1993
Higher Education Technical Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make certain technical corrections and conforming amendments.
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 · 26 October 1993
Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit disclosure of personal information derived from an individual's motor vehicle records to anyone other than that individual. Makes exceptions for use: (1) by any Federal or State court or agency in carrying out its functions; (2) in connection with matters of automobile and driver safety; (3) in the normal course of business by a legitimate business, in research activities, and in marketing activities (subject to specified limitations); (4) in any civil or criminal proceeding in any Federal or State court; and (5) by any insurer in connection with claims investigation or antifraud activities. Permits reselling the personal information for a permissible use under specified circumstances. Requires each State to establish and carry out procedures under which: (1) an individual to whom the information pertains may authorize its disclosure; and (2) a State motor vehicle department may enter into an agreement with any business based upon a certification that the business has consent from the individual to obtain the requested personal information. Prohibits: (1) knowingly obtaining or using personal information, derived from a motor vehicle record, for any impermissible purpose; and (2) making a false representation to obtain or use any such information. Sets penalties and remedies for willful and nonwillful violations by non-governmental entities and by governmental entities.
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 · 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 · 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 · 30 September 1993
Women's Health Services Act of 1993 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of bone mass measurements and annual screening mammography for women over age 64; and (2) make permanent the coverage of certain osteoporosis drugs under such part.
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 · 21 September 1993
National Drug Policy Act of 1993 - Establishes the Commission on National Drug Policy to study and report to the President and the Congress on the unlawful production, distribution, and use of controlled substances.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1993
Requires educational organizations that offer educational programs to minors for a fee to disclose certain information in written form to the minor or the minor's parent before accepting funds for the cost of the minor's participation in such a program. (Excludes from the definition of educational organization a local educational agency, an elementary or secondary school or organization sponsored by such a school, a recreational organization, or a social club.) Requires each such educational organization to include a verifiable statement of nondiscriminatory enrollment and employment policy on all enrollment or recruitment material. Directs the Secretary of Education to monitor compliance with this Act. Authorizes imposition of civil fines for violations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II of the Social Security Act (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) to set forth rules for filing returns with respect to domestic service employment taxes and requires such returns to be made on a calendar year basis. Subjects such taxes to estimated tax provisions. Makes filing requirements inapplicable to any employer liable for tax concerning remuneration for services other than domestic service in a private home. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with States to collect the State unemployment tax imposed on remuneration for domestic service and transfers such amounts to a State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. Treats such taxes as domestic service employment taxes. Requires the Secretary to inform domestic service employers in private homes of their tax obligations. Adjusts the threshold (from $50 a calendar quarter to $800 a year) for paying and withholding social security taxes on wages paid for domestic service in a private home. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adjust such threshold amount in the same manner as adjustments to certain social security insurance amounts. Excludes domestic service in a private home by an individual 16 years and under from amendments made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1993
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to revise provisions concerning limitations on cost of living adjustments for military retirees to set forth special rules concerning such adjustments for FY 1994 through 1996 (currently, special rules are set forth for FY 1994 through 1998).
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Establishes the Augusta Canal National Heritage Corridor in Georgia. Requires the Augusta Canal Authority to submit a management plan to the Secretary of the Interior for review and concurrence. Requires the plan to be based on existing Federal, State, and local plans coordinated and presented as an integrated plan for protection, enhancement, and interpretation of the Corridor's cultural, natural, scenic, and recreational resources.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area Act - Establishes in the George Washington National Forest, Virginia, the Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) administration of the Area; (2) roads; (3) vegetation management; (4) motorized travel; (5) fire; (6) insects and disease; and (7) water. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a management plan for the Area.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Extends the authorization of the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to October 27, 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
National Institute for the Environment Act - Establishes the National Institute for the Environment to: (1) increase scientific understanding of environmental issues by supporting scientific environmental research and other environmental programs; (2) assist decision-making on environmental issues by providing assessments of existing knowledge of such issues; (3) serve as the foremost provider of access to current scientific and technical information about the environment; (4) sponsor higher education and training in environmental fields; (5) support the development of methods and technologies that increase understanding of the environment and minimize adverse environmental impact; (6) evaluate the status and needs of the various environmental sciences and fields; (7) foster interchange of scientific information about the environment; (8) address emerging environmental issues and aspects of environmental problems; and (9) establish research priorities for environmental issues. Establishes a Governing Board for the Institute and an Interagency Advisory Committee to ensure that the environmental efforts of the Institute and Federal agencies are complementary. Makes scientists, engineers, and other researchers eligible to receive funding from the Institute.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the route from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (traveled by the march dramatizing the need for voting rights legislation), as a National Historic Trail.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
America Cares Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an America Cares Program of demonstration projects for the provision of vouchers and cash contributions for goods and services for the homeless. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a portion of Federal highway funds to any State that does not have in effect a law which prohibits a person under age 21 with a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.02 percent or greater from driving a motor vehicle.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to eligible historically black colleges and universities for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and structures on their campuses. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) President Clinton and Secretary of State Christopher should be commended for their diplomatic efforts to encourage Arab League members to end the secondary and tertiary Arab League boycott of Israel; (2) they should give attention to diplomatic efforts to encourage those countries that were beneficiaries of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm to end such boycott; and (3) the United States should oppose Saudi Arabia's joining the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) until such time that it renounces its participation in the boycott and ensures that U.S. companies and other countries have access to the Saudi Arabia market regardless of their business relationship with Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: School-to-Work Opportunities Basic Program Components Title II: School-to-Work Opportunities System Development and Implementation Grants to States Subtitle A: State Development Grants Subtitle B: State Implementation Grants Title III: Federal Implementation Grants to Partnerships Title IV: National Programs Title V: General Provisions School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1993 - Establishes a national framework for development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States. Declares the congressional intent that the Secretaries of Education and Labor jointly administer this Act in a flexible manner. Directs the Secretaries to jointly administer the programs established by this Act. Title I: School-to-Work Opportunities Basic Program Components - Requires School-to-Work Opportunities (SWO) programs to: (1) integrate work-based and school-based learning; (2) provide students with the opportunity to complete career majors; and (3) incorporate specified program components including work-based and school-based learning and connecting activities. Title II: School-to-Work Opportunities System Development and Implementation Grants to States - Subtitle A: State Development Grants - Authorizes the Secretaries to award development grants to applicant States to complete development of a comprehensive, statewide SWO system. (Such development may have begun with funds awarded under the Job Training Partnership Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act.) Subtitle B: State Implementation Grants - Allows States to apply to the Secretaries for competitive implementation grants, with applications containing: (1) plans for comprehensive, statewide SWO systems meeting content requirements; (2) descriptions of how funds will be allocated to local SWO partnerships; and (3) optional requests for waivers of certain statutory or regulatory requirements. Title III: Federal Implementation Grants to Partnerships - Authorizes the Secretaries to award competitive SWO implementation grants to partnerships in States that have not received State implementation grants. Authorizes the Secretaries to award grants to implement SWO programs in high poverty areas. (Such funds may be awarded in combination with funds appropriated for the Youth Fair Chance Program.) Title IV: National Programs - Directs the Secretaries to provide for: (1) research, demonstration, and other projects; (2) performance outcomes and evaluation, in collaboration with States; and (3) training and technical assistance. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) State requests and responsibilities for waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements; (2) such waivers by each of the Secretaries; (3) program safeguards, including nondisplacement of current workers; and (4) acceptance of gifts. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
Headwaters Forest Act - Extends the boundaries of the Six Rivers National Forest, California, to include certain lands to be referred to as the Six Rivers National Forest Addition. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) acquire land within the boundaries of the Addition by donation, by purchase, or by exchange for other lands owned by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States; and (2) develop and implement a land acquisition plan giving priority to the acquisition of lands within the boundaries of the Headwaters Forest Wilderness. Authorizes appropriations. Designates the Headwaters Forest Wilderness as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires the Secretary to develop a comprehensive management plan detailing measures for the preservation of the existing old growth redwood ecosystems in the Addition, including: (1) a prohibition on timber sales from lands within the old growth redwood groves; and (2) measures to restore lands affected by previous timber harvests to mitigate watershed degradation and impairment of habitat for the marbled murrelet, spotted owl, native salmon stocks, and other old-growth forest dependent species. Sets forth provisions regarding payments to local governments in lieu of taxes for lands acquired under this Act. Directs the Secretary to study specified lands in the Addition, analyzing the area's potential for addition to the Headwaters Forest and identifying the area's natural resources.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) obstetrician-gynecologists should be designated as primary care providers for women in Federal laws relating to the provision of health care; and (2) legislative proposals that define primary care should include services performed by obstetrician-gynecologists in such definition.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1993
Amends the Small Business Act to reduce to one percent per year (currently, varying rates of up to eight percent) the interest rate on the Federal share of disaster loans provided by the Small Business Administration to homeowners and businesses (including agricultural cooperatives) unable to obtain credit elsewhere for losses resulting from flooding in Midwest communities between June 1, 1993, and May 31, 1994, as long as such communities are participants in the national flood insurance program.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993
Federal Employee Fairness Act of 1993 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to permit a Federal employee filing a discrimination complaint to file it with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Makes it an unlawful employment practice if the employee demonstrates that the filing of a complaint contributed to an adverse personnel action against such employee. Requires that any such complaint filed with an agency other than the EEOC be transmitted to the EEOC. Sets forth procedures for filing and processing such complaints. Permits a Federal employee to file a complaint up to 180 days following an alleged discrimination. Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to permit the filing of a complaint with the EEOC in accordance with the amendments made to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by this Act. Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to apply its remedies and attorney fee provisions to complaints by individuals with disabilities with respect to employment in the Library of Congress. Amends title 5 of the United States Code, concerning Government organization and employees, to permit an employee, under a negotiated grievance procedure, to raise matters dealing with actions involving discrimination.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1993
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that any health care delivery system reform legislation enacted should address the health care needs of children.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993
James Hudson Temporary Employee Equity Act of 1993 - Amends Federal civil service provisions to make health insurance, life insurance, and retirement benefits available to temporary employees who have completed at least four years of service. Decreases from one year to six months the minimum period of service required for temporary employees to be eligible for health benefits. Provides for the same minimum period of service for eligibility for life insurance. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for determining whether a temporary employee satisfies service requirements for benefits eligibility. Credits prior service of temporary employees for purposes of determining benefits.
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
Worksite Wellness Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow eligible small employers a tax credit for 50 percent of qualified wellness program expenses incurred for their employees. Makes such credit a part of the general business credit and limits it to $10,000.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1993
Child Safety Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with public or nonprofit private entities to: (1) establish and operate supervised visitation centers for child abuse victims; and (2) assist such organizations in collecting data on the effect of supervised visitation on sexually abused or severely physically abused children. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1993
Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act - Establishes an elementary school counseling demonstration grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such grants to local education agencies (LEAs). Requires LEAs to notify their State education agencies before applying for such grants. Sets certain priorities for grant awards. Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of Pupil Services in the Department of Education. Requires the Director of such Office to compile LEA evaluations of programs under this Act. Directs the Secretary to issue a research and evaluation report.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Shibuilding Initiative Title II: Guarantees of Obligations for Vessel Construction and United States Shipyard Modernization Title III: Series Construction Assistance Title IV: Double Hull Requirement for Tankers Chartered by Department of Defense National Shipbuilding and Conversion Act of 1993 - Title I: National Shipbuilding Initiative - Establishes a National Shipbuilding Initiative program to consist of: (1) a financial incentives program to provide loan guarantees to initiate commercial ship construction, encourage shipyard modernization, and support increased productivity; (2) a technology development program; and (3) enhanced support for specified Department of the Navy shipbuilding programs. Makes private U.S. shipyards eligible for program financial assistance or participation. Title II: Guarantees of Obligations for Vessel Construction and United States Shipyard Modernization - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize guarantees of obligations for eligible export vessels (defined as vessels constructed, reconstructed, or reconditioned in the United States which will be placed under the laws of another country). Authorizes such guarantees only if the eligible export vessel: (1) will aid in the transition of U.S. shipyards to commercial activities or preserve shipbuilding assets essential in war or a national emergency; and (2) is not transferred to any country hostile to U.S. interests. Authorizes loan guarantees for advanced shipbuilding technology and modern shipbuilding technology of a general U.S. shipyard facility. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Series Construction Assistance - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay assistance to a U.S. shipyard owner for the construction of any commercial vessel that is one of a series of vessels for which payment of assistance is approved under this title. Establishes conditions for assistance for series construction, including size and marketability of vessels, shipyard construction capability, applicant ability, and requirements for contracts and purchasers. Title IV: Double Hull Requirement for Tankers Chartered by Department of Defense - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, after December 31, 1994, from entering into, renewing, or extending a contract for the charter of a tanker unless the tanker: (1) is built in a U.S. shipyard under a contract entered into after October 1, 1993; (2) is equipped with a double hull that satisfies specified tank vessel construction requirements; and (3) is chartered under the contract for at least ten years. Establishes further limitations on the entering into, renewal, or extension of contracts for charters of tankers that expire after December 31, 1994.
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: Essential Access Community Hospital Program Title II: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Providers Subtitle A: Amendments of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Subtitle B: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Providers Title III: Capital Allocation Plans Essential Health Facilities Investment Act of 1993 - Title I: Essential Access Community Hospital Program - (Secs. 101 and 102) Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) revise the Essential Access Community Hospital Program (EACH), extending EACH to all States and authorizing increased appropriations for EACH grants; and (2) establish a program of assistance (PA) for activities related to the formation of community health networks by State and local governments. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of EACH and PA in increasing medically underserved population access to health care. Title II: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Providers - Subtitle A: Amendments of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - (Sec. 201) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to impose a tax on the hospital gross receipts of any person for the taxable year. Subtitle B: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Providers - (Sec. 211) Amends SSA to establish a program to provide capital financing assistance in the form of loan guarantees, interest rate subsidies, matching loans, and direct grants to eligible hospitals and facilities with approved applications. Creates in the Treasury the Capital Financing Trust Fund (Fund) to hold the revenues generated from the taxes above in order to finance expenditures for carrying out such program and the plans described below. (Sec. 212) Provides for adjustment of Medicare payments to hospitals to take into account any capital financing assistance received by the hospital. (Sec. 213) Amends IRC to grant tax exempt status to State and local bonds guaranteed by the Fund. Title III: Capital Allocation Plans - (Sec. 301) Amends SSA title XVIII to mandate that each State establish a plan for Federal approval of capital expenditures for certain non-rural health care services in the State in order to receive Medicare reimbursement for capital-related expenses.
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