United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1993
Craters of the Moon National Monument Boundary Revision Act of 1993 - Revises the boundaries of Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire specified land and interests in land within such revised boundaries. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1993
General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to set forth a 15-year statute of limitations within which a person may bring a civil action against an aircraft manufacturer for damages for death or injury or damage to property arising from an aircraft accident.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1993
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 to make State workers' compensation laws the exclusive remedy for agricultural worker injuries under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act for all cases in which a final judgment has not been entered before October 6, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1993
Radio Consumer Information Act of 1993 - Amends the Consumer Leasing Act of 1976, the Truth in Lending Act of 1968, and the Truth in Savings Act of 1991 regarding disclosures in connection with advertisements, announcements, or solicitations made through radio.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Plant Variety Protection Act to revise definitions and establish rules of construction concerning: (1) the sale and disposition of harvesting material, varieties, and hybrid seeds; (2) the filing of applications for the protection or entering of a variety in an official register; and (3) the basis of determining the distinctness of a variety or whether a variety is publicly known. Entitles breeders of sexually reproduced plant varieties (other than fungi or bacteria) (currently, other than fungi, bacteria, or first generation hybrids) who have reproduced a variety to plant variety protection if the variety is new, distinct, uniform, and stable. Provides that if two or more applicants for plant variety protection submit applications on the same filing date for indistinguishable varieties that fulfill the conditions for protection established by this Act, the applicant who first complies with this Act's requirements shall be entitled to protection to the exclusion of any other applicant. Issues a single protection certificate jointly to two or more applicants who comply with requirements on the same date for varieties that are indistinguishable. Lengthens the term of plant variety protection from 18 to 20 years from the date of issuance of the protection certificate (25 years for trees or vines). Adds the following activities to the list of actions which constitute infringement of an owner's right to plant variety protection if performed without an owner's authorization: (1) conditioning the variety for purposes of propagation; and (2) stocking the variety for any existing purpose which constitutes infringement. Permits owners to authorize the use of a variety subject to their own limitations. Provides that it shall not be an infringement of an owner's rights to perform any act: (1) concerning propagating material of a protected variety that has been marketed in the United States unless the act involves further propagation of the variety or involves an export into a country that does not protect such varieties of the plant genus or species (unless the export is for final consumption); or (2) done privately and for noncommercial purposes. Removes a provision that declares that it is not an infringement for a person whose primary farming occupation is the growing of crops for sale other than reproductive purposes to sell saved seed for reproductive purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Twin Falls County Landfill Act of 1993 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified lands in Twin Falls County, Idaho, to the County for use as a public landfill in exchange for payment of fair market value for the land by the grantee. Reserves Federal mineral rights underlying the lands and the right to enter the property to remove minerals in accordance with applicable mining laws. Reverts such lands to the United States if they are not used to establish or operate a landfill within 12 months after the conveyance is made unless such lands are contaminated with a hazardous substance on the date such reversion would otherwise take effect.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Common Sense Amendments for All Endangered Species Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to: (1) wildlife management effects evaluation; (2) fish and wildlife conservation and management projects; (3) sport hunting; (4) foreign laws; and (5) subspecies and population criteria. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a specified funding augmentation study.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993
Requests the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to publish, within one year, proposed amended regulations that specify the components of an adequate operator training program and that provide that only trained employees be authorized to operate powered industrial trucks.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1993
Provides that funds authorized to be appropriated under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 shall remain available for obligation and expenditure not more than 36 months after the close of the fiscal year in which they are appropriated. Authorizes the President to waive such limitation if in the national interest.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1993
Federal Forage Fee Act of 1993 - Subjects grazing operations on Federal land to applicable Federal, State, and local environmental and land use requirements. Sets forth a forage fee formula for lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993
National Aquaculture Development, Commercialization, and Promotion Act of 1993 - Amends the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 to establish the Department of Agriculture as the lead Federal agency for the development of national policy and programs for private aquaculture. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish within the National Agricultural Library a National Aquaculture Information Center; (2) assign new aquaculture programs to the appropriate Federal agencies; and (3) use specified funds for aquaculture development, research and marketing, and export promotion programs. (Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to pay the Federal share of grants and contracts for aquaculture commercialization research. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to: (1) implement a national policy for private aquaculture; (2) implement a Department Aquaculture Plan; (3) revise the National Aquaculture Development Plan; and (4) treat private aquaculture as a form of agriculture. (Sec. 9) Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out grant and cooperative agreement programs to demonstrate aquaculture's application to environmental enhancement, including a pollution assessment program. (Sec. 10) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out grant and cooperative agreement programs for Native American fishpond revitalization. (Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to provide disaster assistance to eligible aquaculture farmers for weather-related losses. (Secs. 12 and 13) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) establish aquaculture education programs in secondary and postsecondary vocational schools; and (2) support international aquaculture scientific exchanges. (Sec. 14) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 15) Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make aquaculture farmers eligible for farm credit assistance. (Sec. 16) Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to direct the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service to establish an international aquaculture information and data collection program. (Sec. 17) Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to make aquaculture farms eligible for the emergency conservation program.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1993
Disability Rights in American Foreign Policy Act of 1993 - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to promote recognition of the human rights of people with disabilities and the elimination of discrimination against such people. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include within the Secretary of State's annual human rights report an examination of discrimination toward people with disabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1993
Davis-Bacon Repeal Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (an Act which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works).
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Local Government Landfill Compliance Deadline Act - Exempts municipal solid waste landfills existing as of October 8, 1993, which meet criteria under the Solid Waste Disposal Act as in effect on January 1, 1993, from meeting any revised criteria (established for facilities which may receive hazardous wastes) for a period of one year. Makes such exemption inapplicable to landfill owners or operators who did not make a good faith effort before October 9, 1993, to comply with criteria. Provides for a 180-day extension of the exemption subject to specified factors beyond the control of the owner or operator. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations to revise specified financial assurance requirements under the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to broaden the mechanisms available to municipal landfill owners or operators for demonstrating financial responsibility. Makes current requirements inapplicable until the effective date of such regulations. Requires the Administrator to issue regulations that exempt certain small landfills from CFR groundwater monitoring requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Independence Hall Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a specified number of one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the national shrines of liberty, showing the Liberty Bell on one side and Independence Hall on the other. Mandates that 50 percent of the surcharges collected be distributed to: (1) the Treasury; and (2) the Independence Hall Preservation Fund to assist its efforts to meet certain funding needs of the Independence National Historic Park.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Spending Reduction Act of 1993 - Establishes the Spending Reduction Commission to propose cost savings and changes in law to achieve at least $65 billion of budget outlay reductions for the budget year and each outyear until a balanced budget is reached. Sets forth the procedure for implementation of the Commission's recommendations by the Office of Management and Budget, the President, and the Congress. Makes budget outlay reductions permanent. Requires the Comptroller General to make a compliance report on this Act at the end of each congressional session.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993
Women in the Armed Forces Commemorative Coins Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue coins to commemorate the women who have served in the armed forces of the United States; and (2) transfer the surcharges received from coin sales to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation to be used to create, endow, and dedicate the Women in the Armed Forces Memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1993
Bars persons nominated by the President to serve in offices which require the advice and consent of the Senate from performing any function which is authorized by law to be performed by an officer of the United States before their appointments are approved by the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1993
Prohibits the growth of each individual mandatory program except Social Security, beginning with FY 1994 and fiscal years thereafter, from exceeding a level that is: (1) adjusted for beneficiary and inflation growth; plus (2) two percent for FY 1994 and one percent for FY 1995. Requires a sequester to reduce spending for mandatory programs if Congress fails to make relevant changes in laws to maintain appropriate spending levels.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1993
Extends eligibility for burial in a national cemetery to any member or former member of the armed forces (and his or her dependents) who has performed at least 20 years of service under honorable conditions and who is eligible for retired pay.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1993
Reforestation Tax Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide taxpayers a partial inflation adjustment for the deduction from gross income for qualified timber gain. Allows such deduction in computing adjusted gross income. Excludes from conditions of the material participation rules, for purposes of the passive loss limitations, closely held timber activity if the aggregate hours devoted to management of the activity for any year is generally fewer than 100 hours. Increases the amount allowable as a deduction for amortization of reforestation expenditures and provides an inflation adjustment after calendar year 1994. Applies such inflation adjustment to the reforestation credit. Shortens the amortization period from 84 to 60 months.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1993
Condemns the repressive anti-Baha'i policy adopted by the Government of Iran. Urges the Government of Iran to extend to the Baha'i community the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international covenants on human rights. Calls upon the President to continue to: (1) urge such Government to emancipate the Baha'i community by granting such rights; (2) emphasize that the United States regards the human rights practices of such Government, particularly its treatment of the Baha'is and other religious minorities, as a significant factor in the development of U.S.-Iranian relations; and (3) encourage other governments to continue to appeal to the Government of Iran and to cooperate with other governments and international organizations in efforts to protect the religious rights of the Baha'is and other minorities in Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorative Coin Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Mandates that the surcharges collected from the sale of such coins be paid to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to help raise an endowment for the Memorial's maintenance and for the addition of names.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the establishment of individual medical savings accounts. Declares individual medical savings accounts exempt from taxation, except for the tax on unrelated business income. Limits contributions to such accounts to $3,000 plus $600 for each dependent of the individual for whom the account is created. Adjusts such amounts for inflation beginning after 1993. Allows distributions from such accounts for qualified medical expenses and qualified long-term care expenses. Provides for the tax treatment of nonqualified distributions, excess contributions, and an account that ceases meeting applicable requirements or engages in prohibited transactions. Requires the taxation of any portion of an account used as security for a loan. Sets forth additional taxes for nonqualified distributions and disqualification cases. Declares that contributions to individual medical savings accounts are not to be considered gifts for gift tax purposes. Establishes a penalty for failure to make required reports on such accounts. Excludes qualified distributions from such accounts from gross income. Excludes employer contributions to such accounts from gross income. Requires the same tax treatment for qualified long-term care insurance as that provided for accident or health insurance for purposes of: (1) taxation of life insurance companies; and (2) exclusion for benefits received under, and for employer contributions for, medical insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993
Designates July 25 through 31, 1993, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes the President to urge U.S. departments and agencies, interested organizations, groups, and individuals to fly the American flag at half-staff on July 27, 1993, in honor of the Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Investment and Savings Incentives Subtitle A: Reductions in Cost of Capital and Tax Penalties on Investment Subtitle B: Investment in Business Subtitle C: Increased Savings Through Individual Retirement Accounts Subtitle D: Incentives for Private Businesses to Hire New Employees Title II: Deficit Reductions Subtitle A: Extension of the Caps on Discretionary Spending Subtitle B: Spending Cuts Real Jobs for America Act of 1993 - Title I: Investment and Savings Incentives - Subtitle A: Reductions in Cost of Capital and Tax Penalties on Investment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require indexing of certain assets (corporate stock, certain tangible property, and a principal residence) that have been held for more than three years at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Modifies the method of determining the depreciation deduction for certain personal property placed in service after June 30, 1993. Eliminates the depreciation adjustment for computing adjusted current earnings for such property. Subtitle B: Investment in Small Business - Increases the dollar limitation, with an inflation adjustment, on the deduction for expensing depreciable business assets. Subtitle C: Increased Savings Through Individual Retirement Accounts - Removes the limitation on the retirement savings deduction for active participants in certain pension plans. Provides a cost-of-living adjustment for such deduction. Allows individuals to establish individual retirement plus accounts with tax treatment similar to that for individual retirement plans. Makes contributions to such accounts nondeductible. Allows distributions from certain retirement plans without penalty to purchase first homes, pay higher education expenses and financially devastating medical expenses, and assist certain unemployed individuals. Treats certain disaster victims as first-time homebuyers. Requires contributions to an individual retirement plan (other than an individual retirement plus account) to be held for five years prior to distribution. Subtitle D: Incentives for Private Businesses to Hire New Employees - Allows employers a refundable credit for the employment taxes paid on the qualified wages of new employees hired during July 1, 1993, and June 30, 1994. Repeals the luxury excise tax on passenger vehicles, boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs. Exempts from such tax parts for accessories installed for use on passenger vehicles by disabled individuals. Provides for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitation on losses from passive activities. Title II: Deficit Reductions - Subtitle A: Extension of the Caps on Discretionary Spending - Reduces discretionary spending limits for the defense, international, and domestic categories for FY 1993 through 1995. Establishes the level of such limits for FY 1996 through 1998. Subtitle B: Spending Cuts - Rescinds a specified amount of budgetary resources for Federal administrative expenses. Eliminates the lump sum retirement benefit for Federal employees unless such employees have a life-threatening affliction or other critical medical condition. Requires employers to report group health plan information on wage forms. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a data bank for the collection of information on Medicare secondary payer situations and health insurance information. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the reductions in discretionary spending required by this Act be achieved by reducing, modifying, eliminating, closing, or terminating specified Federal programs.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1993
Qualified Football Coaches Plan Technical Corrections Act of 1993 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to make technical revisions which again allow a qualified football coaches plan to be treated as a multiemployer plan for pension plan purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1993
Expresses the sense of the Senate that, with respect to food assistance provided by the U.S. Government to Russia, the President should immediately exercise the temporary waiver authority of the cargo preference requirement of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 and permit Federal agencies to accept only bids that are competitive on the world market.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1993
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 and certain military cargo preference laws to: (1) provide that specified cargo shall be carried by U.S. flag vessels only if their rates are competitive with those of their foreign-flag counterparts; and (2) authorize the President to waive such requirement only for reasons of national security.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1993
Federal Building Moratorium Act of 1993 - Establishes a moratorium on construction of new buildings and leasing of building space by the Federal Government, with certain exceptions. Allows the President to waive such moratorium for purposes of national security and other specified reasons.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993
Community Regulatory Relief Act - Provides that any requirement under a Federal statute or regulation which creates a Federal mandate shall apply to State or local government only if all funds necessary to pay the direct costs incurred by the government in conducting the activity are provided by the Federal Government for the fiscal year in which the direct cost is incurred. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to analyze the effects of each bill or resolution on each state and local government's compliance with a Federal mandate. Requires each measure reported or considered in either House of the Congress to be accompanied by such an analyses. Requires reports by the Director to the President and the Congress estimating the direct costs of such compliance for each fiscal year in which a Federal mandate will be in effect.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993
Sets limits on the amounts which certain Government entities may obligate or expend over a five-year period for overhead expenses. Reduces discretionary spending limits over such period for purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) as a result of the savings achieved by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1993
Minor Crop Pesticides Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to define "minor use" as the use of a pesticide on an animal or a commercial agricultural crop or site or for the protection of public health where: (1) the use does not provide sufficient economic incentive to support registration; and (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not determined that the use presents an unreasonable adverse environmental effect. Prohibits data that relates solely to a minor use, without the permission of the original data submitter, from being considered by the Administrator to support a minor use application by another person for ten years following the submission of the data. Requires the Administrator, on the request of a registrant, to extend the deadline for the production of residue chemistry data required solely to support a minor use pesticide up to two years subject to specified conditions. Applies the same extension conditions to data for reregistrations. Permits the Administrator, with respect to the registration of a pesticide for a minor use, to waive applicable data requirements if such use does not have an adverse environmental effect. Provides for expedited review (within 180 days of submission) of applications to support minor use pesticide registrations. Requires the Administrator to conditionally amend a registration to permit additional minor uses even if data is insufficient if the applicant has submitted satisfactory data pertaining to the proposed minor use and amending such registration would not increase environmental risks. Authorizes the Administrator to conditionally register or amend the registration of a pesticide for a minor use if: (1) the active ingredient has been listed for reregistration; (2) the minor use was a registered use of a product that has been canceled, proposed for cancellation, or deleted as a use after December 24, 1988; and (3) the use requires only residue chemistry data for reregistration. Outlines additional requirements for conditional registrations. Directs the Administrator to establish a minor use program within the Office of Pesticide Programs. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a minor use grant program to ensure the availability of a minor use crop protection chemical. Authorizes appropriations.