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United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
Workplace Leave Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the length of an employee's leave of absence (even if it is only part of one day), or an employee's being subject to specified types of employer management policies or practices, shall not disqualify that employee from the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
Designates October 6, 1993 and 1994, as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993
Designates March 1994 as Irish-American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1993
Directs the President to: (1) investigate and report to the Congress on the whereabouts of U.S. citizens and others who have been missing from Cyprus since 1974; and (2) do everything possible to return such persons (including remains of those no longer alive) to their families.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1993
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 401 South Washington Street, Chillicothe, Missouri, as the Jerry L. Litton United States Post Office Building.
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 · 21 July 1993
Disaster Credit Relief Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to cite circumstances under which a Federal banking regulatory agency may waive regulatory requirements for insured depository institutions located in federally declared major disaster areas. Limits the waivers to a three-year period. Requires such agency to give notice of the waiver in the Federal Register.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993
Interstate Commerce Efficiency and Safety Improvement Act of 1993 - Transfers all functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission to the Secretary of Transportation.
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 · 30 June 1993
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the identification of trade liberalization priorities by the United States Trade Representative under "Super 301" provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 should be done not later than April 30th of each year.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1993
Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to deny authority to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) find a method of competition unfair (in any action under the Sherman Act) if such method of competition would be held to constitute State action; and (2) study, investigate, or prosecute agricultural cooperatives for any action not in violation of antitrust Acts, or to study or investigate agricultural marketing orders. Repeals the authority of the FTC to pay attorney fees, expert witness fees, and other costs of participating in a rulemaking proceeding. Prohibits the FTC from instituting a civil action, in cases involving consent orders, to obtain civil penalties for unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Permits: (1) a district court to review certain FTC determinations of law which found an act or practice unfair or deceptive; (2) the FTC to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for certain rules only where it has reason to believe that the unfair or deceptive acts or practices are prevalent; and (3) the FTC to issue civil investigative demands for physical evidence. Revises the effective dates for cease and desist orders issued by the FTC. Requires that an unfair act or practice be likely to cause substantial injury to consumers which is not reasonably avoidable by consumers themselves and not outweighed by countervailing benefits to consumers or to competition. Denies the FTC authority to initiate any new rulemaking proceeding which results in a rule prohibiting commercial advertising on the basis that such advertising constitutes an unfair act or practice in or affecting commerce. Authorizes the court to: (1) summon any person, partnership, or corporation without regard to whether they reside or transact business in the district in which the suit is brought; and (2) serve process in any district. Specifies requirements for the service of process. Directs the FTC to submit semiannual reports in FY 1994 through 1996 to specified congressional committees on instances in which resale price maintenance or predatory pricing practices have been suspected or alleged. Prohibits the FTC from using any funds which are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Act for FY 1994 through 1996 for the purpose of submitting statements to, appearing before, or intervening in the proceedings of, any Federal or State agency or State legislative body concerning proposed rules or legislation that the agency or legislative body is considering without notifying specified congressional committees as soon as possible. Directs the FTC to: (1) conduct an evaluation of the level of its personnel resources and the manner in which such resources are allocated; and (2) review its statutory responsibilities to identify matters within its jurisdiction where Federal enforcement is particularly necessary or desirable and those areas that might more effectively be enforced at the State or local level. Prohibits: (1) a credit repair organization from charging or receiving any money or other valuable consideration prior to completion of the services that such organization has agreed to perform for the consumer; and (2) a loan broker from receiving an advance fee in connection with arranging or attempting to arrange, offering to find for any individual, or advising any individual as to how to obtain, consumer credit; and making false or misleading representations or omitting any material fact in the offer or sale of such broker's services, or engaging in any act that operates as fraud or deception in connection with the offer or sale of such services. Specifies that any violation of such prohibitions shall be treated as a violation of a rule of the FTC issued pursuant to the Act and subject to FTC enforcement. Sets criminal penalties for violations. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that increased resources should be invested in public-private partnerships between government and community-based organizations to: (1) empower distressed and disconnected communities to develop their own resources and abilities to meet the needs of children; and (2) forge innovative solutions to challenges confronting children's development in such communities. Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to allow certain grants to be issued for community schools demonstration programs. Community Schools Demonstration Program Act of 1993 - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to establish the community schools demonstration program. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award up to ten demonstration grants to community-based organizations to assist eligible communities located within economically distressed areas to develop and conduct programs to increase students' academic success and improve work force readiness. Requires peer review panels, non-Federal share (including some private or nonprofit sources), and evaluation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1993
National Education Goal for Parental Participation Act - Directs the National Education Goals Panel to establish as an additional National Education Goal that, by the year 2000, every school and home will engage in partnerships that will increase parental involvement and participation in promoting the social, emotional, and academic growth of children.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1993
Secured Payment Act of 1993 - Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to prohibit the President from regulating or prohibiting, in the exercise of emergency economic powers, payments under irrevocable letters of credit issued by a U.S. or foreign bank of amounts owed to or for the benefit of a U.S. national that is the beneficiary of such a letter of credit and that performed its obligations under an underlying contract before the declaration of a national emergency. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to U.S. nationals found to have violated the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the Arms Export Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1993
Designates August 1993 and August 1994 as National Scleroderma Awareness Month.
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
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Quality Act of 1993 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for optional Medicaid coverage of case-management services to Medicaid-eligible individuals who sustain traumatic brain injuries, reside in a State with a case-management program meeting specified requirements, and meet other specified criteria. Requires States electing to provide such coverage to appoint a State coordinator to establish policies and standards for providing services, make necessary reports, supervise and coordinate services for eligible persons, and perform other specified duties. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish standards for reporting data on traumatic brain injuries and operation of registries of traumatic brain injuries for use by State coordinators. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research to study and report to the Congress on the effectiveness of traumatic brain injury interventions. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the special rule that limits the amount of foreign trade income derived from the disposition of military property which a foreign service corporation ]may treat as exempt foreign trade income to 50 percent of the amount which would otherwise be treated as such income.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1995, the suspension of duty on 6-hydroxy-2-naphthalene-sulfonic acid, and its sodium, potassium, and ammonium salts.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993
Congratulates the Anti-Defamation League as it celebrates its 80th anniversary in 1993 and commends it for effectively pursuing the goal of promoting greater tolerance among people throughout the world.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1993
Telecommunications Infrastructure Act of 1993 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit State or local legal requirements from limiting, in a manner inconsistent with Federal legal requirements, the ability of any entity to provide interstate or intrastate telecommunications services. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe regulations requiring telecommunications carriers to provide to any entity seeking to provide telecommunications or information services, on reasonable terms and conditions: (1) interconnection to the carrier's telecommunications facilities at any technically feasible point within the carrier's network; (2) nondiscriminatory access to specified facilities, information, and network functions; and (3) telecommunications services and network functions without restrictions on the resale or sharing of such services and functions. Requires: (1) all telecommunications carriers to contribute to, and the States to ensure, the preservation and advancement of universal service; and (2) the States and the FCC to have as their goal directly assisting individuals or entities that cannot afford the cost of telecommunications service or equipment. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) telecommunications number portability; (2) reciprocal compensation agreements; (3) regulatory flexibility for competitive services; and (4) rules for foreign ownership. Directs the FCC to take action if State regulatory authorities fail to ensure that telecommunications carriers provide consumers in rural and noncompetitive markets with access to high quality telecommunications network facilities and capabilities meeting specified requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) State regulatory incentives; and (2) network standards and planning. Revises provisions of such Act with respect to restrictions on ownership and control of cable television systems by telephone companies to prohibit a local exchange carrier or affiliate from: (1) acquiring more than a five percent interest in any cable system that is providing service within the carrier's telephone exchange service area and is owned by an unaffiliated person; or (2) entering into any joint venture or partnership with such cable system. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) interexchange services associated with cable service and relating to cellular mobile radio services; (2) requirements for the provision of information services by a Bell Telephone Company or an affiliate; (3) privacy of customer proprietary network information; and (4) limitations on State regulation of the offering of information services.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1993
Designates September 9, 1993, and April 21, 1994, as National DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize States to identify unimmunized infants and children enrolled in a specified program and ensure that they are immunized. Requires States to determine the vaccinations that are appropriate for the age of an infant or child. Allows States to use amounts made available under specified Federal law to carry out this Act. Authorizes grants to States to assist in the vaccination of children enrolled in such program at local program offices where no health care providers are available. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on DMAS (dimethyl acetyl succinate).
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
Designates September 4, 1993, as National Oregon Trail Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1993
National Mentor Corps Act of 1993 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to include intergenerational mentoring programs among innovative projects which are local targeted assistance programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make a grant to or contract with one organization to establish and operate the National Resource Center for Intergenerational Mentoring.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993
Breast and Cervical Cancer Information Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require each recipient of a grant or contract for family planning services to: (1) provide information (in a culturally competent manner) concerning breast and cervical cancer, including information on the need and skills for breast self-examinations; and (2) refer clients for breast and cervical cancer screening, treatment, or other services.
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
Designates October 1993 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1995, the suspension of the duty on triallate.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on O,O-Dimethyl-S-(4-oxo-1,2,3-benzotriazin-3-(4H)-yl) methyl) phosphorodithioate.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1995, the suspension of duty on sulfamethazine.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Provides, upon request filed with the appropriate customs officer, for the reliquidation (refund) of excessive countervailing duties (plus interest) that were imposed on specified entries into the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1995, the duty reduction on certain unwrought lead.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1995, the suspension of duty on certain small toys, toy jewelry, and novelty goods valued not over eight cents (currently, valued not over five cents).
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on 4-Fluoro-3-phenoxy benzaldehyde.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on 1,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazolium methyl sulfate (also known as difenzoquat methyl sulfate).
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on oxalacetic acid diethyl ester sodium salt.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1995, the suspension of duty on sulfathiazole.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993
Provides, upon a request filed with the appropriate customs officer, for the liquidation or reliquidation (refund) of duties paid on certain extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters that were imported by nonprofit private or public institutions established for research or educational purposes between June 1 and September 30, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1993
Designates October 1993 and October 1994 as National Down Syndrome Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1993
Designates October 1993 and October 1994 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend discharge of indebtedness provisions to loan cancellation programs of banks and institutions of higher education. Includes under such program loans made to students by institutions of higher education to repay other loans. Permits the institution to repay such other loans.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1993
Designates July 1, 1993, as National NYSP (National Youth Sports Program) Day.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1993
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct an evaluation of potential problem officer early warning programs utilized by local governments; (2) develop a model early warning system that is effective, capable of adjusting to changing circumstances, and affordable to local governments of jurisdictions with populations of 50,000 or more; and (3) prepare and disseminate findings and recommendations to the law enforcement community for the establishment of such programs. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) reporting requirements; and (2) payment of expenses incurred in conducting the evaluation and developing a model system. Expresses thhe sense of the Congress that: (1) the Attorney General should make seed money grants of up to $25,000 to local governments for assisting in establishing such programs; and (2) local governments should be eligible if they adopt and enforce policies prohibiting unreasonable or unnecessary force by law enforcement officers and procedures for receiving and investigating citizen complaints.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1993
Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Expansion Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the offset for rental real estate activities under passive activity rules to increase the rehabilitation credit under such rules. Allows the rehabilitation investment credit to offset a portion of tentative minimum tax.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1993
National Immunization Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants to States for the development and operation of computerized State registries to collect, track, and monitor immunization data with respect to children. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to conduct specified activities to improve Federal, State, and local vaccine delivery systems and immunization outreach and education efforts. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1993
National Immunization Act - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) give States, in order to be eligible for enhanced Federal payments, the option of covering under their Medicaid (SSA title XIX) plans childhood immunization services for children of families with incomes up to 185 percent of the poverty line; (2) require States which exercise such option to implement simplified application and billing procedures for such services; (3) allow States with approved Medicaid plans to contract with manufacturers to supply vaccines for administration to children of Medicaid-eligible families at Federal discounted prices; and (4) give States the option of reducing AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) payments under SSA title IV part A to families with children who have not received appropriate immunizations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate and continue indefinitely the imposition of taxes on certain vaccines under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 to reauthorize and extend such Program. Requires a study and report to the Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury on Program funding and payments and whether additional vaccines should be included in the Program. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and disseminate to all hospitals that provide maternity services informational materials on immunization and well-baby care. Requires providers of such services to disseminate such materials to new parents served by them in order to be eligible for funds under SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX.