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United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1994
United Negro College Fund 50th Anniversary Resolution - Designates May 8 through 14, 1994, as United Negro College Fund Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1994
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the student loan default cohort rate exemption for historically Black colleges, tribally controlled community colleges, and Navajo community colleges.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1994
Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize migrant, community, and homeless health center programs, and health services programs for residents of public housing.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1994
Poverty Data Improvement Act of 1994 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to biennially produce and publish data relating to the incidence of poverty for each State, county or borough, and local government, including Alaska native villages, (compiled from the most recent decennial census and for each school district). Authorizes such data to be produced by means of sampling, estimation, or any other method that the Secretary determines will produce current, comprehensive, and reliable data. Authorizes the Secretary to aggregate school districts if reliable data could not otherwise be produced for each school district, but only to the extent necessary to achieve reliability. Requires such data to be appropriately identified and accompanied by a detailed explanation as to how and why aggregation was used (including the measures taken to minimize any such aggregation). Requires the Secretary, if unable to produce and publish such data for any area, to report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on each government or school district excluded and the reasons therefor.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Directs the Attorney General to establish a program under which the Attorney General will enter into agreements to contribute up to 50 percent of the funds needed to pay startup costs of handgun exchange programs operated by local governments or private entities in which merchandise or services, tickets or certificates that may be used to acquire merchandise or services, or other non-cash incentives are given in exchange for handguns, subject to specified requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) such Federal program's termination date; (2) the allocation of funds (with priority to programs in areas experiencing high rates of crime in which handguns are used, but with urban and rural areas each receiving an appropriate amount of assistance); and (3) reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Bulletproof Vest Police Safety Act of 1994 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize inclusion in a community policing grant of funds to pay 25 percent of the cost of providing bulletproof vests for 100,000 police officers.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
A Child is Waiting Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) any health care reform legislation include guaranteed full funding for the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); and (2) specified amounts should be made available to move toward such full funding goal.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1994
United States Botanic Garden Commemorative Coin Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue one-dollar silver coins for a one-year period to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the United States Botanic Garden; and (2) distribute all surcharges from the coin sales to the National Fund for the United States Botanic Garden.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1994
Designates April 24 through 30, 1994, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1994
Designates May 30 through June 6, 1994, as a Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1994
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as of December 1, 1994, to increase the rates of and limitations on: (1) veterans' disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for veterans' dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children; and (5) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for disabled adult children. Requires such increases to be the same percentage as the increase in benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust administratively the rates of disability compensation payable to certain persons who are not in receipt of compensation for service-connected disability or death. Requires the Secretary to publish such rate increases and limitations in the Federal Register at the same time that OASDI benefit increases are required to be published.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1994
Designates July 27 of each year as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1994
Rio Puerco Watershed Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish a clearinghouse for research and information on the management of the Rio Puerco Watershed; and (2) provide support to the Rio Puerco Management Committee to identify objectives, coordinate implementation of best management practices, and monitor results concerning the watershed's management. Directs the Secretary to prepare a plan for the restoration of such watershed. Establishes the Rio Puerco Management Committee to: (1) advise the Secretary on the development and implementation of the management program; and (2) serve as a forum of information concerning the watershed and implementation of best management practices. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to specified congressional committees on the implementation of this Act; and (2) study and report to such committees on the Rio Grande from Caballo Lake to the Gulf of Mexico. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1994
Directs the Administrative Conference of the United States to carry out a study of the Department of Veterans Affairs system for the disposition of claims for veterans' benefits, with a purpose of enhancing the efficiency of the processing and expedient disposition of claims. Requires: (1) Conference consultation with non-Department entities such as veterans service organizations and other veteran representatives; and (2) cooperation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in providing information required for such study. Requires reports. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1994
Amends Federal law pertaining to the Board of Veterans' Appeals to: (1) remove the 65-person limitation for the Board; (2) allow the Chairman of the Board to designate employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs to serve as acting members of the Board for a period not to exceed 90 days; and (3) include information concerning such acting members and the number of cases they handled in a required annual report on Board activities. Allows proceedings assigned to the Board to be assigned to one or more members. (Current law requires such decisions by a minimum three-member group.) Outlines provisions relating to: (1) decision reconsideration as ordered by the Chairman; (2) the correction of obvious errors upon Board motion; and (3) appeals procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1994
Santa Fe National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 1994 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to modify the boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico to include land acquired by exchange with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Allows the Secretary to transfer land within the National Forest to the BLM to offset the value of BLM land acquired. Prohibits the Secretary from transferring any land or interest in land within the boundary of the National Forest that is acquired pursuant to the boundary expansion. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the State of New Mexico easements donated to, and accepted by, the United States. Requires land acquired by the boundary expansion to be managed consistent with the terms and conditions of any easement donated to, and accepted by, the United States with respect to any such land.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1994
National Highway System Designation Act of 1994 - Designates the most recent National Highway System as submitted by the Secretary of Transportation to be the National Highway System (NHS). Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of a State, to add a new route segment to the NHS (including a new intermodal connection) or delete an existing route segment if the total mileage of the NHS, including any route segment or connection proposed to be added, does not exceed 165,000 miles. Requires each State making a request for a change in the NHS to establish that each change has been identified by the State, in cooperation with local officials, pursuant to applicable transportation planning activities for metropolitan areas and statewide planning processes. Authorizes the Secretary to approve such a request upon determining that the change meets the criteria established for, and enhances the national transportation characteristics of, the NHS.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1994
Terminates the National Commission on Time and Learning on September 30, 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1994
Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to facilitate the establishment of State programs to foster increased employee ownership and greater employee participation in business decisionmaking. Requires the Secretary to establish the Office of Employee Ownership and Participation to support existing State programs and facilitate new State programs, including: (1) making of matching Federal grants; (2) acting as a clearinghouse for information; and (3) facilitating information exchange and promoting State programs. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director of the Office of Employee Ownership and Participation to report to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1994
1995 Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games. Mandates that the surcharges collected from the sale of such coins be paid to the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Organizing Committee, Inc.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1994
Head Start Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Head Start Act to reauthorize and revise Head Start programs. (Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish quality standards for Head Start agencies and programs, including standards for performance in providing required health, education, parental involvement, social, and other services, for administrative and financial management, and for facilities' condition and location. Provides for monitoring and for corrective actions or terminations if minimum standards are not met. (Sec. 3) Eliminates a provision freezing regulations. Provides that terminations, reductions, or suspensions of financial assistance upheld in administrative hearings shall not be stayed pending any judicial appeal. (Sec. 4) Revises classroom teacher qualifications and waiver requirements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance and training to enable Head Start agencies to establish positions for mentor teachers; and (2) review and revise standards for family service workers, and promote model curricula and credentials for such workers. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program of Head Start Fellowships for staff in local Head Start programs and other individuals working in the field of child development and family services. Provides for placement in appropriate settings. Directs the Secretary to develop model staffing pattern plans to guide local Head Start agencies and programs. (Sec. 5) Sets forth goals and priorities for training and technical assistance. (Sec. 6) Allocates funds for program expansion. (Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to allow certain amounts to be allocated to quality improvement activities (in addition to the required 25 percent portion of appropriations). Sets forth goals and authorized activities for which quality improvement funds are to be used. (Sec. 8) Requires each Head Start agency to coordinate with schools and promote parental involvement to facilitate children's transition from program to school. Directs the Secretaries of HHS and of Education to assess results of demonstration projects under the Head Start Transition Project Act and provide technical assistance to communities to implement promising practices from those demonstrations. Extends the set-aside for the Head Start Transition Project Act. (Sec. 9) Directs the Secretary to carry on a continuing program of research, demonstrations, and evaluations of Head Start programs, and to report on such activities. (Sec. 10) Establishes programs for families with infants and toddlers. Directs the Secretary to make grants for: (1) programs providing family-centered services for low-income families with very young children, designed to promote child development, parental role fulfillment, and movement toward self-sufficiency; and (2) evaluation of, and training and technical assistance for, projects under the Comprehensive Child Development Centers Act of 1988. (Repeals the latter Act because its functions are being consolidated under the Head Start Act.) (Sec. 11) Revises parental involvement considerations with respect to designation of new Head Start agencies well as functions of such agencies. Requires agencies to offer family literacy services and parenting skills training to parents of participating children. Allows agencies also to opt to offer such parents parental social self-sufficiency training, substance abuse counseling, or other partnership in education activities. Requires a family needs assessment, including consultation with the parents, for each participating family. (Sec. 12) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 13) Revises the poverty line definition. Updates hold-harmless provisions for Indian and Migrant programs. Specifies that each Head Start program may use Head Start funds for full-day and full-year services and shall be permitted to provide more than one year of services to eligible children in the State.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1994
Ready to Learn Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to extend the authorization of appropriations for Ready to Learn Television programs to develop, produce, and distribute educational and instructional video programming for preschool and elementary children and their families. Allows governmental entities to receive funding under such programs. (Current law only allows nonprofit, nongovernmental entities to do so.)
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1994
Forest Service Equity Study Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study the National Forest Service's regional funding allocation system. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1994
Expresses the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor the 100th anniversary of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the U.S. Postal Service should make such recommendation to the Postmaster General.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish: (1) a comprehensive program to prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects and coordinate related Federal efforts; and (2) an Inter-Agency Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects. Provides for related research, technical assistance, grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts, prevention programs, professional and public education, and diagnostic criteria. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1994
Designates April 1994 as Civil War History Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1994
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to provide that the initial month for which a cost of living increase in retired pay that becomes effective on December 1 of 1993 through 1995 is payable shall be March of the following year.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Investment Incentives Title II: Incentives to Employees Title III: State Programs to Encourage Employee Ownership Employee Ownership Promotion and Improvement Act of 1993 - Title I: Investment Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for taxpayers other than corporations, a percentage of the gain from the sale or exchange of qualified stock of an employee-owned business held for at least five years. Treats such exclusion as an item of tax preference. Makes the securities of publicly traded companies eligible for the deferral of capital gains tax on the sale of stock to employee stock ownership plans (ESOP) or certain cooperatives. Removes ESOP dividends as a tax preference item for calculation of corporate alternative minimum tax. Title II: Incentives to Employees - Allows an ESOP to include certain characteristics of other pension plans, such as cash or deferred arrangements and matching contributions. Increases the limitation on elective deferrals for contributions to ESOPs. Excludes from gross income 50 percent of the lump sum distribution from ESOPs. Excludes from gross income capital gain on an employee's investment in employer securities if: (1) the security is originally issued to or purchased by an employee and held for at least ten years; (2) the employee is at least 55 years old; and (3) the security is sold within one year after separation. Allows employee-owned businesses to take a deduction equal to the compensation element of incentive stock options for the year in which the option is exercised, while allowing the recipient to defer taxes until the stock is sold. Allows S corporations to sponsor ESOPs. Title III: State Programs to Encourage Employee Ownership - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to facilitate the establishment of State programs to foster increased employee ownership and greater employee participation in business decisionmaking. Requires the Secretary to establish the Office of Employee Ownership and Participation to support existing state programs and facilitate new state programs, including: (1) making of matching Federal grants; (2) acting as a clearinghouse for information; and (3) facilitating information exchange and promoting State programs. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Eligible Shareholders of S Corporation Subtitle A: Number of Shareholders Subtitle B: Persons Allowed as Shareholders Subtitle C: Other Provisions Title II: Qualification and Eligibility Requirements for S Corporations Subtitle A: One Class of Stock Subtitle B: Elections and Terminations Subtitle C: Other Provisions Title III: Taxation of S Corporation Shareholders Title IV: Effective Date S Corporation Reform Act of 1993 - Title I: Eligible Shareholders of S Corporation - Subtitle A: Number of Shareholders - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 35 to 50 the maximum number of shareholders of an S corporation (small business corporation). Allows members of a family to be treated as one shareholder. Subtitle B: Persons Allowed as Shareholders - Allows the following entities to be shareholders of S corporations: (1) certain tax-exempt organizations; (2) financial institutions that do not use the reserve method of accounting for bad debts; (3) nonresident aliens; and (4) certain small business trusts. Subtitle C: Other Provisions - Extends the post-death qualification for certain trusts to be permitted as shareholders from 60 days to two years. Title II: Qualification and Eligibility Requirements for S Corporation - Subtitle A: Once Class of Stock - Allows an S corporation to issue qualified preferred stock. Permits financial institutions to hold safe harbor debt. Subtitle B: Elections and Terminations - Revises the rules on inadvertent terminations by certain trusts of the election to be an S corporation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to treat certain late elections as timely and to provide an automatic waiver procedure for certain inadvertent terminations. Expands the post-termination transition period until 120 days after a determination is made that the election had terminated in a prior year. Repeals excessive passive investment income as a termination event. Increases the tax imposed on such excessive income. Subtitle C: Other Provisions - Permits an S corporation to own more than 80 percent of another corporation's stock. Repeals the requirement that partnership rules apply for fringe benefit purposes (making C corporation rules applicable). Provides for the treatment of distributions during loss years. Provides a consent dividend for S corporation elections to by-pass amounts in the accumulated adjustments account when making distributions. Eliminates the need to keep records of certain generally small amounts of earnings arising before 1983. Allows S corporations to make charitable contributions of inventory and scientific property. Title III: Taxation of S Corporation Shareholders - Treats losses on liquidations of S corporations as ordinary to the extent the loss created by ordinary income pass-through triggered the liquidation. Title IV: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective after December 31, 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Environmental Flexible Funding Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an environmental medium grant program to authorize consolidated grants to States (in lieu of individual grants under Federal environmental laws) to fund programs relating to pollution prevention, control, and abatement and related environmental activities. Authorizes a State, in carrying out a consolidated grant program, to exercise the authorities it would otherwise exercise under an individual grant program. Requires grants to be awarded to address the pollution prevention, control, and abatement problems and related environmental problems of one area of environmental concern on a statewide basis in accordance with a priority work plan developed by the State. Limits a consolidated grant to the amount that would otherwise be awarded under individual grant program authorities. Requires States to pay 50 percent of program costs. Authorizes the Administrator to reduce or disapprove a grant based on a State's failure to make satisfactory progress in achieving performance measures. Directs the Administrator to establish a multi-media environmental grant program to assist States in designing and carrying out pollution prevention, control, and abatement programs and related environmental programs that affect two or more areas of environmental concern. Applies the same cost-sharing and progress conditions to such grants as are applicable to medium grants. Authorizes the Administrator, on the request of a State Governor, to transfer up to 20 percent of the amount that would otherwise be awarded to the State pursuant to individual grant authorities or grant authorities under this Act and award the funds as a supplemental amount subject to the same requirements of such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
DOE Minority Bank Preservation Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide separate Federal deposit insurance for each beneficiary of an irrevocable trust or insured depository institution depositing funds pursuant to the Bank Deposit Financial Assistance Program of the Department of Energy. Authorizes appropriations for wastewater treatment projects in minority communities with special needs in order to: (1) improve housing stock infrastructure; and (2) abate health hazards caused by groundwater contamination.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Equitable Escheatment Act of 1993 - Amends specified Federal law to prescribe guidelines under which unclaimed distributions of security interests shall be subject to the custodial taking (escheatment) by the State which contains the principal executive offices of either the issuer or the holder of those securities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Designates 1994 as The Year of Gospel Music.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1993
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) obstetrician-gynecologists should be included 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 primary care services performed by obstetrician-gynecologists in such definition.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1993
Limits the authority of the Secretary of the Army to acquire land adjacent to Abiquiu Dam in New Mexico to purchase from willing sellers.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1993
Designates the weeks of November 21 through 27, 1993, and November 20 through 26, 1994, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1993
Designates April 10 through 16, 1994, as Primary Immune Deficiency Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1993
Directs the Attorney General to establish a Standing Commission on Semiautomatic Assault Weapons. Requires the Commission to: (1) make recommendations to the Attorney General for restricting the manufacture, sale, distribution, and possession of domestic-made semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices; (2) conduct public hearings and meetings on recommendations proposed by private citizens, law enforcement, and the Commission; and (3) transmit to the Attorney General together with the required recommendations a report on its findings and conclusions. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) reject the recommendations of the Commission in whole (in which case recommendations regarding semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices shall be deemed terminated for the year in which they were transmitted to the Attorney General); or (2) accept the Commission's recommendations in whole or in part, and commence a public process for issuing regulations based on such recommendations. Requires the Attorney General to submit the recommendations of the Department of Justice which comprise the final regulations, together with such regulations, to the appropriate congressional committees. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the effective date of any such regulations; and (2) congressional consideration of the Commission report.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1993
Provides for the withholding of Federal highway funds for States that do not require the immediate revocation of the driver's license of an individual who is found in possession of a handgun on the premises of an elementary or secondary school. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) apportionment of withheld funds; and (2) exemptions.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Title II: School Breakfast and Related Programs Title III: School Lunch and Related Programs Title IV: Program Integrity Title V: Effective Dates Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act of 1993 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) and the National School Lunch Act (NSLA) to revise and reauthorize child nutrition programs. Title I: Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Amends CNA to extend and increase the authorization of appropriations for the special nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) (currently named the special supplemental food program for WIC). (Sec. 102) Increases funding and activities under the WIC breastfeeding promotion program. (Sec. 103) Expands the WIC farmers market program. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promote use of farmers markets by recipients of Federal nutrition programs. Title II: School Breakfast and Related Programs - Amends CNA to remove certain limitations on providing milk to low-income children. (Sec. 202) Eliminates the cost basis for the severe need reimbursement rate under CNA, if at least 40 percent of a school's students participating in the school lunch program under the NSLA are eligible to receive meals for free or at reduced prices. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to permit schools to offer low-fat yogurt (which may be required to be enriched) as a meat alternative in the school breakfast program. (Sec. 205) Extends and increases the authorization of appropriations for startup costs for school breakfast programs. (Sec. 206) Provides for: (1) expansion of school breakfast programs through competitive grants to States; and (2) increased payments for State administrative expenses under CNA and NSLA programs. (Sec. 208) Authorizes State agencies and school food authorities to establish more stringent rules and policies than the minimum Federal requirements under CNA and NSLA, including prohibiting or controlling sale of competitive (or junk) food throughout the school campus during the school day. Directs the Secretary to develop model language for banning sale of competitive foods of minimal nutritional value anywhere on school grounds before the end of the last lunch period. (Sec. 209) Adds several authorized uses of funds under nutrition education and training programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: School Lunch and Related Programs - Amends NSLA to require that school lunch program lunches offer students fluid milk, removing the requirement that there be a choice of both whole milk and unflavored lowfat milk. (Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary to permit schools to offer low-fat yogurt (which may be required to be fortified) as a meat alternative in the school lunch program. (Sec. 303) Requires various reports by the Secretary to the appropriate congressional committees on increasing consumption of healthy foods in school lunches. (Sec. 304) Directs the Secretary to assist States through grants and other means to provide information to parents on the importance of nutrition, including parent-student education and parent visiting of school breakfast and lunch programs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 305) Revises income guidelines for free lunches to increase the numbers of eligible elementary school students. (Sec. 306) Allows State agencies or local food authorities to use a determination of eligibility of a child for free or reduced price meals to demonstrate the child's eligibility for benefits under other Federal, State, or local means-tested programs. (Sec. 307) Makes Head Start participants automatically eligible for free breakfasts and lunches under CNA and NSLA. (Sec. 308) Revises the formula for special assistance payments to consider the number of free meals served (currently only lunches are considered). (Sec. 309) Directs the Secretary to develop and make available public service advertisements that promote healthy eating habits for children. (Sec. 310) Establishes a program to encourage use of organically produced foods in school breakfast and lunch programs. Allows priority to be given to socially disadvantaged, very rural, or small-scale farmers or ranchers. (Sec. 311) Directs the Secretary to award annual grants to private nonprofit educational organizations in three States to create food and nutrition projects fully integrated with elementary school curricula. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 312) Revises the summer food service program for children, expanding or making it more flexible with respect to specified features. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 313) Reauthorizes the commodity distribution program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) improve overall nutritional quality of entitlement commodities provided to schools; and (2) require that nutritional content information labels be placed on packages or shipments of such entitlement commodities or otherwise provide such information. (Sec. 314) Revises the child and adult care food program. Allows expansion funds to be used for outreach to unlicensed day care homes. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for dissemination of Medicaid and WIC information in connection with such program. (Sec. 315) Makes a child automatically eligible for a free or reduced price meal supplement in afterschool care if already certified eligible for free or reduced price school breakfasts or lunches. (Sec. 316) Reauthorizes appropriations for demonstration projects to improve food service to homeless children under age six in emergency shelters. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 317) Establishes pilot programs, under the school breakfast and lunch programs, to increase: (1) offerings of fruits and vegetables; (2) consumption of low-fat dairy products and lean meats; and (3) use of fortified fluid milk, including an information program. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 320) Requires that specified activities be conducted with assistance for food service management institutes and other institutions. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 321) Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the coordinated review system under NSLA. (Sec. 322) Requires revision of menu planning guides with respect to reduction of fat and saturated fat. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on compliance with such fat guidelines as well as those for dietary fiber, sodium, and sugar in school breakfast and lunch programs. (Sec. 323) Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with a nongovernmental organization for an information clearinghouse for nongovernmental groups that assist low-income individuals or communities with food assistance or self-help or other empowering activities. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Program Integrity - Amends NSLA to set forth duties of the Secretary relating to anticompetitive activities under various child nutrition programs under CNA and NSLA, including debarment policy. (Sec. 403) Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to State educational agencies and other State agencies that administer child nutrition programs for prevention and control of anticompetitive activities. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1993
Designates October 23 through 30, 1993, as National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Contract Formation Subtitle A: Competition Statutes Subtitle B: Truth in Negotiations Subtitle C: Research and Development Subtitle D: Procurement Protests Subtitle E: Definitions and Other Matters Title II: Contract Administration Subtitle A: Contract Payment Subtitle B: Cost Principles Subtitle C: Audit and Access to Records Subtitle D: Cost Accounting Standards Subtitle E: Administration of Contract Provisions Relating to Price, Delivery, and Product Quality Subtitle F: Claims and Disputes Title III: Service Specific and Major Systems Statutes Subtitle A: Major Systems Statutes Subtitle B: Testing Statutes Subtitle C: Service Specific Laws Subtitle D: Department of Defense Commercial and Industrial Activities Subtitle E: Fuel- and Energy-Related Laws Subtitle F: Fiscal Statutes Subtitle G: Miscellaneous Title IV: Simplified Acquisition Threshold and Socioeconomic, Small Business, and Miscellaneous Laws Subtitle A: Simplified Acquisition Threshold Subtitle B: Socioeconomic and Small Business Laws Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Acquisition Laws Title V: Intellectual Property Subtitle A: Technology Transfer Subtitle B: Government Use of Private Patents, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets Title VI: Standards of Conduct Subtitle A: Ethics Provisions Subtitle B: Additional Amendments Title VII: Defense Trade and Cooperation Title VIII: Commercial Items Title IX: Effective Date Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1993 - Title I: Contract Formation - Subtitle A: Competition Statutes - Part 1: Armed Services Acquisitions - Amends the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA) and other Federal procurement law with respect to subject agency (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Coast Guard, Department of Defense (DOD), and respective military departments) procurement to revise: (1) competition requirements, with changes prohibiting purchase or contract class considerations by subject agencies in determining whether the exclusion of a particular source of covered items from competition in procurements to establish alternative sources of supply will result in reduced costs and increased competition or be in the interest of national defense; and (2) solicitation requirements, with changes requiring the head of a subject agency to include cost or price as a factor to be considered in evaluating competitive proposals and disclose certain information to offerors on the importance of other evaluation factors in relation to cost and price. (Sec. 1003) Revises certain qualifying circumstances for award of contracts between $100,000 and $1 million under noncompetitive procedures. Substitutes for approval of contracts between $1 million and $10 million, "head of the contracting activity" for "head of the procuring activity." (Sec. 1005) Repeals: (1) expiring authority for the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to enter into master agreements and issue task orders and adds new authority for the head of a subject agency to enter into task and delivery order contracts; and (2) requirements for prior determination with respect to cost or incentive type contract use and for annual reports by DOD advocates for competition. (Sec. 1012) Relocates provisions concerning evaluation of purchase options and consolidates others for encouragement of competition and cost savings. (Sec. 1013) Requires: (1) notice to all offerors not awarded a contract within three days of the contract award; (2) debriefings providing certain basic information on the award to unsuccessful offerors, if requested within seven days after a competitive award; and (3) the head of the contracting activity, upon the request of an offeror, to establish, in protests to the Comptroller General (CG), a protest file affording the offeror reasonable access. (Sec. 1016) Authorizes the head of a subject agency to take certain actions, such as issuing a new solicitation or terminating the contract, if, in connection with a protest, a solicitation, proposed award, or award does not comply with the law. Part II: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (FPASA) to make changes similar to those above with respect to civilian agencies. Part III: Acquisitions Generally - Repeals congressional reporting requirements on executive agency contract competition. Subtitle B: Truth in Negotiations - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Amends provisions commonly referred to as the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) to revise cost or pricing data requirements to: (1) repeal the sunset date for the requirement that offerors submit cost or pricing data for prime contracts above the $500,000 threshold (thus making it permanent); and (2) make changes in exceptions to data submission requirements. (Sec. 1203) Requires a written determination to be made by the head of the subject agency before requiring the submission of cost or pricing data in cases where the acquisition is below the TINA threshold or one of the TINA exceptions applies. (Sec. 1204) Creates a new exception to the submission requirement for commercial item cost or pricing data that applies where competion is not practicable and the contracting officer obtains adequate data for evaluating the reasonableness of the contract price. (Sec. 1206) Provides for: (1) regulations concerning the types of information that must be submitted for the contracting officer to consider in determining price reasonableness when cost or pricing data are not required because the acquisition is not expected to exceed the $500,000 threshold; and (2) consistent time references with respect to when an agreement on the price of a prime contract is effective for purposes related to contract price reductions because of defective data. (Sec. 1208) Defines "subcontract" to include transfers of commercial items within a company to tie in with the new definition of commercial item under OFPPA added by title VIII of this Act. Part II: Civilian Agency Aquisitions - Amends FPASA to replace requirements governing submission of cost or pricing data and commercial pricing for supplies with requirements nearly identical to those under TINA (and the changes made above by this subtitle to TINA) governing submission of such data. Subtitle C: Research and Development - Revises research and development (R&D) authority of DOD and the military departments, repealing specified R&D milestone requirements with respect to certain defense research activities. (Sec. 1302) Consolidates the R&D authority of DOD and the military Subtitle D: Procurement Protests - Part I: Protests to the Comptroller General - Modifies CICA's procurement protest system, with various changes: (1) adding a new definition of "protest"; (2) establishing new time frames for certain actions by the CG and others with respect to protests; (3) allowing the CG, in protests, to recommend agency payment of interested party consultant and expert witness fees, in addition to attorneys' fees currently required; (4) requiring subject agencies to pay recommended amounts, limited (except with respect to small businesses) to appropriate rates under the Equal Access to Justice Act, or else report to the CG the reasons for failing to make such payment;(5) directing the CG to report to the Congress on agency implementation of CG recommendations; and (6) authorizing the CG to prescribe procedures for time frame calculations and electronic filings and dissemination under the system. Part II: Protests in the Federal Courts - Amends CICA and the Federal judicial code (FJC) to give the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Court) jurisdiction over protests. Part III: Protests in Procurements of Automatic Data Processing - Amends FPASA to: (1) authorize the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to revoke a delegation of procurement authority after a contract is awarded whenthe award is connected with a violation of law; (2) require GSA's board of contract appeals (bard) to review, upon an interested party's request, any decision by a contracting officer alleged to have violated the law or the conditions of a delegated authority; and (3) change the time frames for final board decisions on protests and hearings for suspending procurement authority. (Sec. 1434) Authorizes dismissal of protests brought in bad faith and board ordered payment of additional specified administrative fees, as limited above under part I, to prevailing parties. (Sec. 1436) Requires public disclosuure of any settlement agreement providing for dismissal of a protest and involving an expenditure of appropriated funds. Requires agencies to make settlement payments from the judgment fund. (Sec. 1437) Makes changes conforming to those above under part II with regard to Federal court jurisdiction over protests. (Sec. 1438) Requires the board to adopt and issue appropriate rules and procedures for time frame calculations, electronic filings and disseminations, and sanctions for frivolous or bad faith protests or willful abuses of the board's process. (Sec. 1439) Adds to FPASA the new definition of "protest" added above under part I, as well as a definition of "prevailing party." (Sec. 1440) Requires the GSA Administrator to collect and compile data on procurement of automatic data processing equipment. Subtitle E: Definitions and Other Matters - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Revises subject agency procurement law: (1) definitions, adding new terms such as "commercial item," "nondevelopmental item," and "simplified acquisition threshold" with cross references to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (OFPPA); and (2) provisions on decisions, while retaining requirements on the form and retention of findings. (Sec. 1502) Consolidates provisions on delegation of procurement functions by the head of a subject agency. (Sec. 1504) Makes technical changes with respect to the limitation on undefinitized contractual actions by subject agencies. (Sec. 1505) Repeals DOD provisions on: (1) production special tooling and production special test equipment; and (2) independent price determination in certain contract solicitations. (Sec. 1506) Gives the Secretary of Defense authority to prescribe regulations on contract bids for a military department. Part II: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Adds the new terms specified under part I above to FPASA's definitions with cross references to OFPPA. (Sec. 1552) Makes changes parallel to those above concerning procurement function delegation and decisions for civilian agencies. (Sec. 1554) Limits the use of undefinitized contractual actions by civilian agencies. (Sec. 1555) Repeals provisions on Internal Revenue Service procurement of expert and attorney services. Title II: Contract Administration - Subtitle A: Contract Payment - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Reorganizes contract financing provisions for subject agencies, consolidating and eliminating those with regard to certain navy contracts which are redundant and obsolete, adding specific policy for contract financing, and revising conditions for progress payments. (Sec. 2002) Repeals DOD vouchering requirements. Part II: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Makes similar organizational changes with respect to contract financing for executive agencies, adding provisions mirroring those for the military departments which concern action in case of fraud. Subtitle B: Cost Principles - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Amends provisions on allowable contractor costs to: (1) revise congressional reporting requirements with regard to CG's evaluation of DOD's efforts under such provisions to guard against unallowable costs under defense contracts; and (2) raise the threshold for coverage under such provisions to $500,000. (Sec. 2102) Eliminates profit controls on defense contracts during periods of national emergencies. Part II: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Amends FPASA to replace provisions for executive agencies on allowable contractor costs with provisions nearly identical to those for DOD amended in part I above (and the changes made by such amendments). Part III - Acquisitions Generally - Repeals OFPPA provisions on Government contractor travel expenses. Subtitle C: Audit and Access to Records - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Consolidates and revises authority for subject agency examination of contractor records. Part II: Civilian Agency Acquisitions - Relocates and revises provisions under FPASA for executive agency examination of contractor records, replacing them with provisions nearly identical to those in part I above for subject agencies. Subtitle D: Cost Accounting Standards - Repeals an obsolete deadline under OFPPA for procedures governing actions of the Cost Accounting Standards Board, while retaining provisions authorizing their issuance. Subtitle E: Price, Delivery, and Product Quality - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Repeals special qualification requirements for contractors on aircraft and ship spare parts contracts. (Sec. 2402) Specifies certain guidelines and procedures for inclusion in DOD regulations on contractor guarantees with regard to weapon systems. (Sec. 2403) Repeals army and air force procurement provisions regarding the delivery of subsistence supplies. Part II: Acquisitions Generally - Reorganizes the Anti-Assignment Act, making technical changes and expanding authority to prohibit setoffs against assignees. (Sec. 2452) Amends Federal law to repeal requirements for contract deposit with the General Accounting Office. Subtitle F: Claims and Disputes - Part I: Armed Services Acquisitions - Repeals DOD contract claim certification requirements already slated for repeal under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. (Sec. 2501) Restricts future payment under law of subject agency contract claims. Part II: Acquisitions Generally - Amends FJC to revise provisions regarding Federal court jurisdiction over contract disputes. (Sec. 2552) Amends the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 to: (1) require contractor and Government claims to be submitted for resolution within six years after the event giving rise to the claim; (2) raise thresholds for contracting officer certifications, decisions, and notifications; (3) raise the maximum amount for the small claims procedure; (4) reduce the period for filing claim actions in Claims Court; and (5) provide that claims include certain requests, including those for equitable adjustments to contract terms. Title III: Service Specific and Major System Statutes- Subtitle A: Major Systems Statutes - Modifies requirements with regard to major defense acquisition programs for: (1) independent cost and manpower estimates; and (2) program baseline descriptions and deviation reporting. (Sec. 3003) Repeals the mandate for: (1) Defense Enterprise Programs; and (2) competitive prototyping and alternative sources in major programs. Subtitle B: Testing Statutes - Repeals testing requirements for wheeled or tracked vehicles. (Sec. 3012) Substitutes vulnerability testing requirements for survivability and lethality testing. Authorizes less-than-full-up testing for high-value systems. (Sec. 3013) Authorizes the Secretary to provide for alternative operational testing and evaluation of major programs under certain conditions. (Sec. 3014) Creates a new exception to low-rate initial production requirements for strategic defense missiles. Subtitle C: Service Specific Laws - Consolidates and revises provisions on: (1) DOD and military department mobilization of industry in time of war, procurement for experimental purposes, and acceptance of gratuitous services of reserve officers; (2) availability of DOD and military department materials, information, and services for R&D and testing purposes; (3) the civil reserve air fleet, adding provisions regarding the use of military installations by fleet contractors; and (4) naval vessel fitness and salvage operations. (Sec. 3024) Repeals: (1) duplicative general army and air force (A&A) procurement authority, and authority for production equipment procurement as well; (2) obsolete delegation authority with regard to army rations procurement, and authority for A&A to purchase certain subsistence supplies, obtain assistance from mapping agencies, and reclaim unserviceable ammunition; and (3) various authority and requirements with respect to navy vessels, obsolete navy provisions on guided missiles, and authority for the Secretary of the Navy to provide contractors with relief from losses caused by enemy action and to sell degassing equipment. (Sec. 3034) Authorizes the international exchange of scientific personnel. Subtitle D: Department of Defense Commercial and Industrial Activities - Consolidates and revises authority for having supplies needed by DOD or the military departments made in U.S.-owned factories and arsenals. (Sec. 3052) Repeals requirements on DOD for accounting procedures for contracted advisory and assistance services. Codifies requirements for a separate consulting service category in the national budget. Subtitle E: Fuel- and Energy-Related Laws - Consolidates and revises provisions on contracts for storage, handling, and distribution of liquid fuels, including natural gas under the coverage of such provisions, among other changes. (Sec. 3062) Modifies provisions on DOD acquisition of petroleum, including natural gas under the coverage of such provisions, broadening the Secretary's exchange authority, and adding sales authority. Subtitle F: Fiscal Statutes - Gives DOD the authority to designate disbursing officers within DOD. Subtitle G: Miscellaneous - Amends obligation of funds provisions on production, warehousing, and distribution of supplies, removing certain restrictions. (Sec. 3082) Repeals provisions on aviation encouragement, product evaluation, and milk procurement. (Sec. 3085) Codifies limitations on subject agency vessel, aircraft, and vehicle leases, with modifications. Title IV: Simplified Acquisition Threshold and Socioeconomic, Small Business, and Miscellaneous Laws - Subtitle A: Simplified Acquisition Threshold - Part I: Establishment of Threshold - Amends OFPPA to establish a new simplified acquisition threshold (SAT) of $100,000, replacing the current small purchase threshold, for use also under the Small Business Act (SBA). Part II: Simplification of Procedures - Requires simplified procedures under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) for acquisitions under SAT. (Sec. 4013) Amends OFPPA and SBA to: (1) provide for continuation of existing notice thresholds for procurements over $25,000 (except that the requirement to allow 30 days for bid and proposal submission would apply only to contracts or orders in excess of SAT); and (2) prescribe additional contents for notices with respect to contracts between $25,000 and $100,000. Part III: Inapplicability of Laws to Acquisitions Not in Excess of Simplified Acquisition Threshold - Amends OFPPA loc suplyto authorize FAR to waive the applicability of future-enacted procurement laws on a class basis for contracts below SAT, unless the provision expressly prohibits such waiver. (Sec. 4031) Exempts: (1) subject agency contracts below SAT from contingent fees certifications, prohibitions on limiting subcontractor direct sales and doing business with certain subcontractors, and requirements for audits, supplier and supply source identification, and use of U.S. vessels for supply transportation; (2) civilian agency contracts below SAT from similar requirements; (3) prime contracts below SAT from procedural and other requirements of the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986; and (4) contracts below SAT from provisions commonly referred to as the Miller Act (MA), the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, and requirements under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to ship on American-Flag commercial vessels. Requires FAR to provide alternatives to payment bonds as payment protections for suppliers of labor and materials on certain contracts under MA. Part IV: Conforming Amendments - Makes certain conforming amendments with respect to armed services and civilian agency acquisitions. Part V: Revision of Regulations - Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to review FAR to identify and amend, as appropriate, regulations applicable to acquisitions below SAT. (Sec. 4081) Requires agency heads to take similar action with respect to applicable supplemental regulations, policies, and procedures. Subtitle B: Socioeconomic and Small Business Laws - Exempts contracts for constructing, altering, furnishing, or equipping naval vessels from the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) or the Service Contract Act of 1965, unless the President determines that it is in the interest of national defense to subject them. (Sec. 4102) Repeals: (1) obsolete reporting requirements under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 pertaining to procurement of products produced in labor surplus areas; and (2) the Walsh-Healey Act (WHA), other than for certain definitional purposes. Repeals redundant requirements under FPASA regarding DBA and WHA applicability. Prohibits any Federal agency from purchasing any prisoner-made goods whose transportation in interstate commerce or importation is prohibited under Federal criminal laws. Exempts prison goods contracts below SAT from such prohibition. (Sec. 4103) Amends SBA to allow Federal agencies to contract directly with a socially and economically disadvantaged small business, rather than indirectly through the Small Business Administration, unless the business objects. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Armed Services Acquisition Laws - Repeals several obsolete laws relating to procurement of naval aircraft and components. (Sec. 4152) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to assist DOD contractors in preparing any material, report, list, or analysis on the economic effect of certain acquisition programs in particular States or congressional districts. (Sec. 4153) States that it is the policy of Congress that no legislation should be enacted that requires subject and civilian agency procurements to be made from a specified non-Federal source, unless the law identifies the non-Federal source involved and states that the procurement is required in contravention of such policy. Title V: Intellectual Property - Subtitle A: Technology Transfer - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to address: (1) copyright protection for computer programs prepared by Federal employees, including those employees working under a cooperative R&D agreement; (2) use of copyrighted works of the Federal Government; and (3) distribution of royalties received by Federal agencies. (Sec. 5004) Amends Federal copyright law to conform to the changes made above with respect to the treatment of copyrighted works. Subtitle B: Government Use of Private Patents, Copyrights and Trade Secrets - Requires the issuance of regulations regarding the circumstances under which a contracting officer may withhold authorization or consent for a contractor to violate private patents in the performance of a contract. Prohibits any injunction from being issued for a violation of a patent right that occurs in the performance of a Federal contract. (Sec. 5012) Repeals navy provisions regarding the purchase of patents, patent applications, and licenses. Authorizes funds appropriated for military departments for purchasing supplies to be used to acquire: (1) technical data and computer software; and (2) releases for unauthorized use of such items. Title VI: Standards of Conduct - Subtitle A: Ethics Provisions - Revises OFPPA procurement integrity recusal, certification, training, and revolving door ban provisions, and adds rules of construction, harmonizes gratuities provisions with Government-wide ethics provisions, and makes changes in definitions under OFPPA's procurement integrity provisions. (Sec. 6002) Amends Federal criminal code financial interest provisions to cover persons who aid or abet violations. (Sec. 6003) Repeals several superseded and obsolete procurement ethics laws, including conflict of interest provisions in the Department of Energy Organization Act. Subtitle B: Additional Amendments - Amends OFPPA to prohibit the use of consultants to conduct evaluations or analyses of any aspect of an acquisition proposal if qualified Federal employees are available for the job. (Sec. 6051) Requires the FAR Council to review Federal regulations on use of advisory and assistance services and provide Federal agencies with appropriate guidance for determining whether expertise is available before contracting for such services to conduct acquisitions. (Sec. 6052) Repeals obsolete requirements for studies and a report on the extent of competition in the award of subcontracts by Federal prime contractors. (Sec. 6053) Doubles the waiting period required before significant changes proposed for acquisition regulations take effect, unless there are compelling circumstances for an earlier effective date. Title VII: Defense Trade and Cooperation - Repeals obsolete and redundant Buy American Act (BAA) provisions, and provisions under the Trade Agreements Act of 1970 relating to studies of BAA waivers. (Sec. 7002) Amends DOD provisions concerning defense memoranda of understanding and related agreements to replace references to such terms with International Cooperative Agreements and to expand the authorized scope of such agreements to cover logistics support. Repeals navy provisions for suspension of construction in case of treaty. (Sec. 7003) Provides for limited waiver of restrictions on accrued reimbursable liabilities and credits for contingency operations. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish or receive communications support and related supplies on a reciprocal basis for a period not to exceed 90 days: (1) in order to meet emerging operational requirements; or (2) incident to a joint military exercise with the allied country. Title VIII: Commercial Items - Amends OFPPA to add new definitions of "commercial item," "nondevelopmental item," "component," and "commercial component." (Sec. 8002) Creates a preference for executive agency acquisition of commercial and other nondevelopmental items. Repeals DOD provisions creating a preference for the acquisition of nondevelopmental items. (Sec. 8003) Requires FAR to include: (1) uniform contract clauses for commercial item and component contracts; (2) requirements pertaining to market acceptance and the use of warranties, firm, fixed price contracts for commercial items, and past performance of items and sources as a factor in awarding contracts; and (3) provisions to permit reliance on existing quality assurance systems for commercial items. Repeals DOD provisions for acquisition of commercial and nondevelopmental items. (Sec. 8004) Authorizes waiver on a class basis in FAR of the applicability of future enacted procurement laws to contracts and subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items. (Sec. 8005) Provides for exemptions from requirements similar to those above under part III of subtitle A of title IV of this Act with respect to subject and civilian agency contracts for commercial items, and from requirements under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Clean Air Act, and OFPPA's procurement integrity certification provisions. (Sec. 8006) Amends OFPPA to authorize greater flexibility in setting deadlines for the submission of offers in contracts for the purchase of commercial items. (Sec. 8007) Establishes in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy the Advocate for Acquisition of Commercial and Nondevelopmental Items (replacing the current Advocate for the Acquisition of Commercial Products) for monitoring agency compliance with preference requirements and other duties regarding the acquisition of commercial and other nondevelopmental items. Gives agency competition advocates the added responsibility of promoting the acquisition of commercial and other nondevelopmental items. (Sec. 8009) Requires a CG review of Federal market research use for a report to the Congress. Title IX: Effective Date - Provides that the amendments made by this Act are effective upon enactment, except as otherwise provided.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1993
Designates May 1 through 7, 1994, as National Walking Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1993
Designates November 21 through 27, 1993, and November 20 through 26, 1994, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Establishment of New Independent Agency Title II: Conforming Amendments and Rules of Construction Social Security Administration Independence Act of 1993 - Title I: Establishment of New Independent Agency - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish an independent Social Security Administration, headed by a Commissioner, to administer the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income program under SSA titles II and XVI. Establishes a Social Security Advisory Board to advise the Commissioner on policies related to such programs. Transfers to the Administration all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) pertaining to such programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to SSA and other Federal laws. Replaces the Advisory Council on Social Security with an Advisory Council on Hospital and Supplemental Medical Insurance. Sets forth rules of construction.
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993
Unincorporated Community Wastewater Treatment Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for wastewater treatment, without regard to whether or not the community is located in a metropolitan statistical area, to an unincorporated community that serves a population: (1) of 20,000 or fewer residents; and (2) with a median household income that is less than or equal to 110 percent of the median household income for non-metropolitan areas of the State in which the community is located. Sets the maximum Federal share of a grant at 75 percent of total project costs. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1993
Designates the week beginning November 7, 1993, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993
Transfers without consideration a specified parcel of land to the Pueblo de Taos Reservation, New Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993
Veterans PTSD Treatment and Psychological Readjustment Act of 1993 - States that it shall be the policy of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to establish and operate specialized inpatient post-traumatic stress disorder units (SIPUs) at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. Requires such facilities and services to be available to all eligible veterans, including veterans of the Persian Gulf War. Requires the Secretary to gradually increase the number of SIPUs in order to meet a total increase of not less than 30 units by the end of 1997. Requires the Secretary to direct the Special Committee to identify areas of the country in which there are significant needs for expanding the Vet Center program. Requires a gradual increase in the number of Vet Centers in order to meet a total increase of not less than 40 by the end of 1997. Requires the Secretary to furnish counseling at the request of any veteran who served in a combat theater of operations while on active duty. Establishes in the Department the Advisory Committee on Veteran Readjustment Counseling and requires such Committee to report to the Secretary on recommendations to increase outreach efforts to Vietnam-era and post-Vietnam-era veterans who have readjustment counseling needs. Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to contract for care and treatment and rehabilitative services in halfway houses, therapeutic communities, psychiatric residential treatment centers, and other community based treatment facilities for eligible veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Directs the Special Committee to report to specified congressional committees on PTSD contract care. Requires the Secretary, in administering the Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program, to encourage the participation of individuals who desire to become psychologists, psychiatrists, and related personnel specializing in the treatment of PTSD. Requires the Department's Under Secretary for Health to conduct a research program into the most effective treatment modalities for PTSD, including family involvement. States that it shall be the policy of the Secretary to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee to establish and operate PTSD clinical teams at Department medical centers which provide mental health services. Directs the Secretary to increase the number of such clinical teams by 50 units by the end of 1997.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1993
Amends Federal law to repeal specified provisions relating to Federal employees contracting or trading with Indians.