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United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1995
Designates February 2, 1995, and February 1, 1996, as National Women and Girls in Sports Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense Act of 1995 - Directs the President to terminate the U.S. arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the date of receipt of a request from such government for assistance in exercising its right of self-defense under the United Nations Charter or May 1, 1995, whichever comes first.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Bonneville Power Administration Appropriations Refinancing Act - Amends the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act to prescribe guidelines under which the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration is directed to refinance a certain appropriated debt by determining with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury: (1) a new principal amount for such debt; (2) a new interest rate for such debt based on the Treasury rate for the old capital investment; and (3) a $100 million limit on prepayments of old capital investments before a certain date. Prescribes guidelines for interest rates for new capital investments. Amends the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act to appropriate specified amounts to the Administrator in certain fiscal years so long as the Administrator makes annual payments to the Tribes under a certain settlement agreement. Directs the Administrator to offer to include provisions in future electric power service contracts that preclude further increases in the principal amount or interest rate obligations to the Government.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Legislative Accountability and Reform Title II: Regulatory Accountability and Reform Title III: Review of Unfunded Federal Mandates Title IV: Judicial Review Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995 - Prohibits the application of this Act to any proposed Federal legislation or proposed or final Federal regulation that: (1) enforces the constitutional rights of individuals; (2) establishes or enforces any statutory rights that prohibit various specified types of discrimination; (3) requires compliance with accounting and auditing procedures with respect to grants or other money or property provided by the Federal Government; (4) provides for emergency assistance or relief at the request of any State, local, or tribal government (small government); or (5) is designed as emergency legislation or is necessary for national security or international treaty purposes. Requires each Federal agency to provide to the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) such information and assistance as the Director may reasonably request to assist him or her in carrying out this Act. Title I: Legislative Accountability and Reform - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to unfunded Federal mandates. (Sec. 101) Includes tribal governments and the private sector within the purview of mandate analysis by CBO and congressional committees. Requires authorization committees to identify to CBO any Federal mandates in legislation ordered to be reported. Requires the report accompanying any reported legislation with a Federal mandate to contain statements on whether the legislation is intended to preempt any State, local, or tribal law (and the reasons for such intention), as well as individual mandate descriptions, cost-benefit analyses, and statements regarding Federal financial assistance to State, local, and tribal governments for meeting mandate costs. Requires the CBO Director, for each piece of legislation, to prepare and submit the authorizing committee certain statements estimating the direct costs of mandate compliance and the amount of new or increased Federal financial assistance needed to meet such costs, if the estimates indicate at least a $50 million per fiscal year direct cost of all intergovernmental mandates in the legislation, or a $200 million per fiscal year direct cost of private sector mandates. Makes it out of order for the Senate to consider: (1) any reported nonappropriations legislation unless it has a CBO Director report; or (2) any reported nonappropriations legislation containing a Federal intergovernmental mandate with direct costs exceeding the thresholds specified by this Act, unless it provides for new or increased budget, entitlement, or direct spending authority or makes other specified arrangements for each fiscal year to ensure that Federal funds equal or exceed the estimated direct costs of the mandate, or that State, local, and tribal programmatic and financial responsibilities are reduced so they do not exceed the amount of Federal funding. Gives the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs final authority to determine questions on the applicability of this Act to pending bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports. Requires the direct costs of a Federal mandate for a fiscal year to be determined based on estimates by congressional budget committees. Provides that it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider a rule or order waiving application of these provisions to a bill or joint resolution reported by an authorization committee. (Sec. 102) Amends House rules with regard to the Committee of the Whole and Committee on Rules: (1) to make it always in order in the former to strike from the portion of any bill open to amendment any Federal mandate whose direct costs exceed the prescribed threshold; and (2) to require the latter to include in its reports on waived points of order a separate item identifying all waivers of points of order relating to Federal mandates. (Sec. 103) Provides that, at the request of any congressional committee, the CBO Director shall: (1) consult with and assist it in analyzing the budgetary or financial impact of any proposed legislation that may have a significant impact on the State, local, or tribal government involved or on the private sector; and (2) study any legislative proposal containing a Federal mandate. Requires the CBO Director to conduct continuing studies to enhance comparisons of budget outlays, credit authority, and tax expenditures. Requires any congressional committee that anticipates considering any legislative proposal establishing, amending, or reauthorizing any Federal program likely to have a significant impact on any State, local, or tribal government or on the private sector to include its views and estimates on that proposal to the applicable budget committee. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations to CBO to carry out this Act. (Sec. 106) Repeals the State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act of 1981. Title II: Regulatory Accountability and Reform - Requires each Federal agency to: (1) assess the effects of Federal regulations on State, local, and tribal governments (other than to the extent that such regulations incorporate requirements specifically set forth in legislation) and the private sector, including specifically the availability of resources to carry out any Federal mandates in those regulations; and (2) seek to minimize those burdens that uniquely or significantly affect such governmental entities, consistent with achieving statutory and regulatory objectives. (Sec. 201) Directs each agency to permit elected officials and other representatives of State, local, and tribal governments to provide meaningful and timely input in the development of regulatory proposals containing significant Federal mandates. Requires each agency: (1) before establishing regulatory requirements, to develop plans for notifying small governments of such requirements; and (2) before promulgating any final rule that includes any Federal intergovernmental mandate that may result in State, local, or tribal government and private sector expenditures, in the aggregate, of $100 million or more in any one year, to prepare a written statement of specified estimates and analyses for forwarding to the CBO Director. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 204) Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish pilot programs in at least two agencies to test innovative approaches to reducing reporting and compliance burdens on small governments. Title III: Review of Unfunded Federal Mandates - Establishes the Commission on Unfunded Federal Mandates to investigate and review the role of unfunded Federal mandates in intergovernmental relations and their impact on local, State, and Federal government objectives and responsibilities. Requires the Commission to make recommendations to the President and the Congress with regard to: (1) consolidating or simplifying unfunded Federal mandates in order to facilitate compliance by State, local, and tribal governments, especially with respect to specific mandates for which the terms of compliance are unnecessarily rigid or complex; (2) terminating unfunded mandates which are duplicative, obsolete, or lacking in practical utility; and (3) temporarily suspending those unfunded mandates which are not vital to public health and safety and which compound the fiscal difficulties of State, local, and tribal governments. (Sec. 307) Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Judicial Review - Disallows judicial review under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Amends Federal law to prohibit any State from imposing an income tax on the pension income of any individual who is not a resident or domiciliary of that State.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1993 (sic)- Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income (earnings test) which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits. Continues application of such earnings test to blind beneficiaries.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Constitutional Amendment - Requires a balanced Federal budget, unless a three-fifths roll call vote of both Houses of Congress provides for a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Prohibits an increase in the public debt limit except by a three-fifths roll call vote by both Houses of Congress. Requires the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Prohibits any bill increasing revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority roll call vote of both Houses.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1994
Commercial Aviation Fuel Tax Exemption Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the fuel tax exemption for commercial aviation until September 30, 1998.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1994
Expresses the sense of the Senate in support of the Schindler Project's efforts to provide high school seniors with the opportunity to view the film "Schindler's List" and discuss its historical implications and the application of those lessons to contemporary society.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1994
Revises rule XXXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit any Member, officer, or employee of the Senate (Member) from accepting a gift, knowing that such gift is provided by a lobbyist, a registered lobbyist under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act, a lobbying firm, or an agent of a foreign principal. Sets forth provisions regarding what: (1) constitutes a prohibited gift (including anything provided by a lobbyist which is paid for, charged to, or reimbursed by a client or firm of such lobbyist, certain charitable contributions or other payments by a lobbyist relating to a retreat sponsored by or affiliated with an official congressional organization); and (2) does not constitute a gift (including anything for which the recipient pays the market value, anything the recipient does not use and promptly returns to the donor, food or refreshments of nominal value offered other than as part of a meal, and pension and other benefits resulting from continued participation in an employee welfare and benefits plan maintained by a former employer). Sets forth provisions regarding gifts given for a nonbusiness purpose, motivated by family relationship or close personal friendship (generally permitted). Prohibits any Member from knowingly accepting a gift from any other person except as provided in this rule. Lists circumstances where such restrictions shall not apply. Considers a gift to the spouse or dependent of a Member to be a gift to such Member if given with the knowledge and acquiescence of, and with reason to believe the gift was given because of official position as, a Member. Permits Members to accept: (1) offers of free attendance at a widely attended convention, symposium, reception, or similar event, subject to specified requirements; and (2) a sponsor's unsolicited offer of free attendance at a charity event, except for reimbursement for transportation and lodging in connection with the event. Directs the Select Committee on Ethics to provide guidance setting forth reasonable steps that may be taken by Members, with a minimum of paperwork and time, to prevent the acceptance of prohibited gifts from lobbyists.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1994
Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design and strike a bronze medal to commemorate organ and tissue donors and their families. Makes eligible for the medal any organ or tissue donor or donor's family. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to arrange for medal presentation to eligible individuals. Declares the medals to be national medals. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to solicit donations to offset expenditures relating to medal issuance. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit all solicited donations into the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1994
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Department of Housing and Urban Development should not enforce the Fair Housing Act in a way that would interfere with the exercise of the right of free speech, the right of free association, or the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reform of Baseline Budget Title II: Changes in Discretionary Spending Limits Title III: Expedited Rescissions and Targeted Tax Benefits Title IV: Treatment of Emergency Spending Common Cents Budget Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Elimination of Baseline Budgeting - Baseline Budgeting Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) with respect to the baseline to remove requirements for inflation adjustments, except for purposes of adjusting discretionary spending limits. Removes the requirement that adjustments made for expiring housing contracts be sequential and cumulative. Requires the President's budget to include: (1) estimated expenditures and appropriations for the current year; (2) new budget authority in budget outlay comparisons; and (3) a certain comparison of levels of estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations that includes the proposed increase or decrease in spending in percentage terms. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make conforming changes to the development of the concurrent resolution on the budget. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to include in reports to budget committees certain current year comparisons and a table on sources of spending growth under current law in total mandatory spending for the budget year and the ensuing four fiscal years. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to report annually to the Congress on all programs and activities with permanent or indefinite spending authority or those programs for which budget authority is not provided for in advance by appropriation Acts. Title II: Changes in Discretionary Spending Limits - Guaranteed Spending Cut Act of 1994 - Reduces discretionary spending limits for new budget authority for any fiscal year by the amount in the Deficit Reduction Account. Requires each appropriation or rescission bill to contain a Deficit Reduction Account containing amounts resulting from reduced spending. Title III: Expedited Rescissions and Targeted Tax Benefits - Modified Line Item Veto/Expedited Rescission Act of 1994 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of proposed rescissions of budget authority or repeals of targeted tax benefits. Title IV: Treatment of Emergency Spending - Emergency Appropriations Integrity Act of 1994 - Limits emergency appropriations and legislation to the matter of emergency. Allows such a statute to contain rescissions of budget authority or provisions that reduce spending. Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution containing an emergency designation, if the legislation provides an appropriation for any other item or matter.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1994
Forest Health Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out specified forest restoration activities on Federal lands in the West that were adversely affected by wildfires.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1994
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should issue an Executive order to promote and expand Federal assistance to Indian institutions of higher education and foster advancement of the National Education Goals in the Goals 2000: Educate America Act for Indians.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1994
North Pacific Vessels Entry Moratorium Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to approve and implement the proposed rule (published June 3, 1994) to establish a moratorium for a temporary period on the entry of new vessels into certain groundfish, crab, and halibut fisheries in the North Pacific and Bering Sea. Requires such moratorium to remain in effect until December 31, 1997, or until the Secretary approves an amendment to the moratorium prepared by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, whichever is earlier.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1994
Fire Safety and Prevention Education Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, an entity to obtain and distribute, at the State and local level, fire safety and prevention education programs and supporting educational resources. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, a State for the purpose of implementing the revised National Fire Incident Reporting System at the National Fire Data Center to improve the collection and analysis of fire data at the State and local levels. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 August 1994
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to coordinate the development of an improved meat and poultry inspection program. Obligates funding for such purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Authorization Title II: Personnel Management Improvement Title III: Navigation Safety and Waterway Services Management Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Title V: Recreational Boating Safety Improvement Title VI: Towing Vessel Safety Title VII: Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships Amendments Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1994 - Title I: Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; (4) retirement pay and benefits; (5) alteration or removal of bridges; and (6) environmental compliance and restoration. (Sec. 102) Authorizes the Coast Guard end-of-year strength for active duty and the average military training student loads. Title II: Personnel Management Improvement - Authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard to make child development services available for members of the armed forces and Federal civilian employees. (Sec. 203) Authorizes homeowners' assistance to military personnel of the Coast Guard who were assigned to, or employed at, any Federal facility or installation in the vicinity of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, during Hurricane Andrew. (Sec. 207) Allows the Commandant to obtain research on Coast Guard personnel resource and training needs and to employ special programs for recruiting women and minorities. (Sec. 208) Authorizes the Commandant to enter into contracts to carry out health care services for Coast Guard personnel and covered beneficiaries. Title III: Navigation Safety and Waterway Services Management - Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to increase the amounts transferred from State fish restoration and management project appropriations for grants for recreational boating safety programs. Revises funding from the same appropriations for grants to coastal and inland States for: (1) the construction and renovation of pumpout stations and waste reception facilities; and (2) education of recreational boaters about the problems of human body waste discharges from vessels. (Sec. 301) Increases from 24 months to five years the period of validity for certificates of inspection maintained by vessels that have oil or hazardous substances on board. (Sec. 302) Authorizes eligible States to submit plans for the construction and renovation of public facilities for transient nontrailerable vessels to the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes grants for such purposes. (Sec. 303) Repeals a provision requiring the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to collect and pay to the Treasury the same fees for the inspection of foreign vessels carrying passengers from the United States that a foreign country charges U.S. vessels trading to the ports of that country. (Sec. 304) Increases civil penalties for violations regarding documentation of vessels. Revises Federal provisions to make a vessel and its equipment liable to seizure by, and forfeiture to, the U.S. Government when: (1) the owner of the vessel or representative of the owner knowingly falsifies or conceals a material fact or makes a false statement or representation about the documentation when applying for documentation of the vessel; (2) a certificate of documentation is knowingly and fraudulently used for a vessel; (3) a vessel is operated after its endorsement has been denied or revoked; (4) a vessel is employed in a trade without an appropriate trade endorsement; (5) a documented vessel with only a recreational endorsement is operated other than for pleasure; or (6) a documented vessel is placed under the command of a person who is not a U.S. citizen. (Sec. 305) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to make persons who fail to comply with regulations issued by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating liable for a civil penalty. (Sec. 306) Requires uninspected commercial fishing industry vessels that operate beyond three nautical miles from the Great Lakes coastline to be equipped with alerting and locating equipment. (Sec. 308) Considers the knowing alteration of lifesaving, fire safety, or other specified equipment such that the equipment is rendered defective to be a class D felony. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in Thacher Island to the Town of Rockport, Massachusetts, except that the Coast Guard shall retain all right, title, and interest in any historical artifact. Conditions such conveyance on the maintenance of specified navigation functions by the United States. (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary to convey to the Ketchikan Indian Corporation in Ketchikan, Alaska, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified Coast Guard property for use by such corporation as a Native health clinic. (Sec. 403) Requires the Secretary, for purposes of alerting the Florida Avenue Bridge in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, to treat the drainage siphon that is adjacent to the bridge as an appurtenance of the bridge. (Sec. 404) Sets forth conditions under which transferring a tuna fishing vessel which is an agreement vessel documented under U.S. laws to foreign registry shall not be treated as a disposition of an agreement vessel or a failure to meet any substantial obligation under an agreement entered into between the owner or operator of the vessel and the approriate Secretary. Provides that all vessel income and expense will, after registry transfer, continue to be reported as income and taxed in the United States as if the vessels's registry had not been transferred. Title V: Recreational Boating Safety Improvement - Amends Federal boating safety law to prohibit a person from operating a recreational vessel under 26 feet in length unless each individual six years or younger wears a Coast Guard approved personal flotation device while on the vessel's deck. (Sec. 502) Sets forth a formula for the allocation of State recreational boating safety program funds based upon State adoption of prohibitions on the operation of recreational vessels while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. (Sec. 503) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to submit to specified congressional committees a plan to increase reporting of vessel accidents to State law enforcement officials. (Sec. 504) Declares that persons who operate a recreational vessel in violation of this Act may be ordered to complete an approved recreational boating safety course. Title VI: Towing Vessel Safety - Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to require the use of specified navigation equipment on towing vessels. (Sec. 602) Directs individuals who apply for issuance or renewal of a towing vessel operator's license to demonstrate proficiency in the use of navigational safety equipment. (Sec. 603) Requires marine casualties to be reported as soon as practicable, but in no case later than within five days. Increases penalties for an individual in charge of a vessel for failing to report a casualty. (Sec. 604) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to the Congress on: (1) the adequacy and effectiveness of manning of towing vessels and progress made in implementing improvements in towing vessel operator licensing requirements; and (2) the feasibility of establishing a differential global positioning satellite navigation system and creating electronic charts for U.S. inland waterways. Title VII: Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships Amendments - Amends the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate attesting to the adequacy of garbage reception facilities at a port or terminal only if an inspection has been conducted prior to the issuance of a certificate. (Sec. 702) Makes such certificates valid for a period of five years unless there is a change of operator. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations that require the operators of ports or terminals subject to MARPOL Protocol (the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973) requirements relating to reception facilities to post placards stating that users should report facility inadequacies to the Secretary. Requires all vessels to display placards and conduct briefings that notify the crew and passengers of requirements of Annex V of the Convention. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse or revoke certain permits to proceed or depart of foreign vessels in violation of MARPOL requirements. Provides for a toll-free telephone number for reporting MARPOL violations. (Sec. 703) Amends the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 to direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to report to the Congress on potential improvements of the waste management practices at port facilities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that certain shipper insurance policies should not provide for the payment of penalties under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. Requires persons in charge of vessels to include information on the disposal of onboard waste in the notice of arrival to the port. Direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a Marine Debris Coordinating Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1994
Sexually Violent Predators Act - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish guidelines for State programs to require a sexually violent predator (a person convicted of a sexually violent offense who suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder (condition) that makes the person likely to engage in predatory sexually violent offenses) to register a current address with a designated State law enforcement agency (agency) upon being released from prison, being placed on parole, or being placed on supervised release; and (2) approve each State program that complies with the guidelines. Makes a State that does not implement and maintain such a program ineligible to receive ten percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated to it under the Drug Control and System Improvement Grant Program. Provides for reallocation of such funds to States in compliance. Requires: (1) the sentencing court to make the determination that a person is or is no longer a sexually violent predator after receiving a report by a board of experts on sexual offenses; and (2) each State to establish such a board. Directs a State prison officer, if a person required to register is anticipated to be released from prison, paroled, or placed on supervised release, to: (1) inform the person of the duty to register and to provide any change of address to a designated State agency in writing; (2) obtain the person's name, identifying factors, anticipated future residence, and offense history and documentation of any treatment received for the condition; and (3) require the person to read and sign a form stating that the duty to register has been explained. Requires the officer to forward the information to a designated State agency which which shall enter the information into the appropriate State law enforcement record system, notify the appropriate agency with jurisdiction over the area in which the person expects to reside, and transmit the information to the Identification Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) quarterly address verification; (2) notification of local agencies of address changes; (3) penalties for failing to register and keep registration current; (4) termination of the obligation to register; (5) community notification; and (6) immunity for good faith conduct under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act Amendments Title II: Transfer of U.S. Flag Fishing and Processing Vessel Registries Title I: Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act Amendments - Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to revise the purposes of the Act to make Regional Fishery Management Councils (Councils) free from conflicts of interest affecting any Council member. (Sec. 104) Requires that: (1) national standards for fishery conservation and management include reduction of excessive fishing capacity and avoidable bycatch and discards as technologically feasible; and (2) conservation and management measures promote safety of life and property at sea. (Sec. 105) Requires that: (1) the Pacific Fishery Management Council add a voting member to include one appointed from an Indian tribe with federally recognized fishing rights; (2) the Secretary of Commerce, in making appointments to Councils, give the lowest priority to paid representatives and lobbyists of fishery associations unless such individuals are directly employed in a commercial fishery; and (3) all voting members of each Council take a specified oath. Includes the child, grandchild, parent, and sibling of a Council member as an "affected individual" for purposes of disclosure of financial interest. Directs a Council member required to disclose a financial interest to recuse himself or herself from voting on Council actions that have a direct and predictable effect on that interest. Directs the Regional Directors of the National Marine Fisheries Service and all Council staff members to avoid any action which might result in or create the appearance of using public office for private gain, giving preferential treatment to any person, or adversely affecting public confidence in Government integrity. (Sec. 106) Revises or adds provisions regarding: (1) contents of fishery management plans; (2) actions by the Secretary; (3) implementation of fishery management plans; (4) State jurisdiction; and (5) prohibited acts and enforcement. (Sec. 113) Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Transfer of U.S. Flag Fishing and Processing Vessel Registries - U.S. Fishery Capitalization Reduction Act of 1994 - Allows specified vessels to acquire the right to engage in the coastwise trade by reason of being placed under foreign registry. Subjects the operation of such vessel which has been sold to a person that is not a U.S. citizen or placed under foreign registry to the following limitations: (1) the vessel may only engage in fisheries or coastwise trade in which it was eligible to engage before the vessel was placed under foreign registry; (2) the vessel may not engage in any operation other than fishing, fish processing, and the transportation of fish, fish products, or materials; and (3) all drydocking, conversion, repair (except routine maintenance or emergency repair), or rebuilding of the vessel after the date on which the vessel is placed under foreign registry shall be performed in shipyards located in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1994
Amends the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to authorize and direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a license for the Elwha River and the Glines Canyon hydroelectric projects in the State of Washington, pursuant to the Federal Power Act, if by September 30, 1997, such projects are not acquired pursuant to the Act. Requires such license to include provisions for facility modifications and operational changes that will enhance Elwha River anadromous fish populations and that will be cost-effective and economically justifiable over the term of the license. Makes the authorization of appropriations under the Act to the Secretaries of the Interior and of Commerce (currently, through such Secretaries for expenditure through the Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks and through the National Marine Fisheries Service, respectively). Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) immediately prepare a program for the restoration of the Olympic Peninsula native anadromous fisheries, to commence not later than January 1, 1997, which shall provide for the recovery and enhancement of the native, anadromous fishes of that Peninsula, consistent with the rights of any Indian tribe secured by treaty or other Federal law and applicable State law; and (2) in developing such program, consider the use of experimental fisheries restoration techniques and ensure that native wild stock will not be adversely affected to a significant extent if hatchery-raised fish are used. Authorizes additional appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1994
Bonneville Power Administration Refinancing Act - Amends the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act to prescribe guidelines under which the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is directed to refinance a certain appropriated debt by establishing: (1) a new principal amount for such debt; (2) new interest rates for such debt based on long-term Treasury rates in effect as of the date the principal is reset; and (3) a $100 million limit on prepayments of old capital investments before a certain date. States that certain claim settlement payments made by the Administrator to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation shall be credited against BPA payments made to the Treasury. Directs the Administrator to offer to include provisions in future electric power service contracts that preclude further increases in the principal amount or interest rate obligations to the Government.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1994
Designates August 2, 1994, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1994
Designates the second Sunday in October 1994 as National Children's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1994
Designates the month of November 1994 as National Native American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1994
Commends the United States 1994 World Cup soccer team for its outstanding efforts in the 1994 World Cup soccer tournament.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1994
Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request of a certain licensee, to extend the time required to commence construction of a specified hydroelectric project.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1994
Designates the week of November 6 through 12, 1994, as National Health Information Management Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1994
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act - Provides for the settlement of claims by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation against the United States with regard to compensation for electric power generated by the Grand Coulee Dam.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1994
Social Security Trust Fund Protection Act of 1994 - Amends the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 to prohibit the House of Representatives or the Senate from considering any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would increase the aggregate tax liability: (1) on Social Security benefits and does not deposit the revenue resulting from such increase in the trust funds under increase title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act; or (2) of certain Railroad Retirement benefits and does not deposit the revenue resulting from such increase in the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1994
Housing for Older Persons Act of 1994 - Amends the Fair Housing Act to exempt communities in which at least 80 percent of the residents are age 55 or older from certain familial status discrimination prohibitions. Exempts a person (or real estate agent) from civil monetary penalties for good faith reliance upon such exemption.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1994
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the Wenatachee National Forest, Washington, for certain lands owned by Public Utility District No. 1 (District) of Chelan County, Washington. Includes in such exchange a conveyance by the Secretary to the District of a specified wastewater treatment facility.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1994
Amends the Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967 to direct the Secretary of State to reimburse vessel owners for fees paid to a foreign government to navigate in its waters if such a fee is regarded by the United States as being inconsistent with international law. Repeals the statutory formula used to fix the related fees collected by the Secretary of State. Extends the Act's termination date from October 1, 1993, to October 1, 2000.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1994
Fishermen's Protective Act Amendment of 1994 - Amends the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 to declare that in any case, on or after June 15, 1994, in which a U.S. commercial fishing vessel exercising its right of passage is charged a fee by the government of a foreign country to navigate in waters of that foreign country, and such fee is regarded by the United States as being inconsistent with international law, the Secretary of State shall, upon request, reimburse the vessel owner for the amount paid. Directs the Secretary to take appropriate action to make and collect claims against the foreign country imposing such fee for any amounts reimbursed.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1994
Amends the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 to require the Secretary of State, upon request, to reimburse U.S. commercial fishing vessel owners for certain fees collected by foreign countries that permit them to navigate in their waters. Requires the Secretary to take appropriate action to recover such reimbursements from the foreign country.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1994
Declares that: (1) the United States should reimburse the owner of any U.S. fishing vessel forced to pay a transit license fee for Inside Passage off the Pacific coast of Canada, and should seek reimbursement for any such payments from Canada; (2) Congress should amend the Fishermen's Protective Act to authorize such reimbursement for all vessel owners who pay the transit license fee to the extent that such Act does not allow reimbursement for vessels which have not been seized; (3) the United States should prohibit the use of U.S. waters off Alaska, including waters in and near the Dixon entrance, for purposes of anchorage without proper customs clearance by commercial fishing vessels of Canada; (4) the President should direct the Coast Guard to take all steps necessary in accordance with the recognized principles of international law to provide for the safety of U.S. citizens exercising their right of passage in Canadian waters; (5) the President should review all agreements between the United States and Canada to identify other actions that may be taken to convince Canada that continuation of the transit license policy would be against Canada's long term interests, and should immediately implement any such actions which the President deems appropriate until Canada rescinds the policy; (6) the President should immediately convey to Canada in the strongest terms that the United States will not now, nor at any time in the future, tolerate any action by Canada which would impede or otherwise restrict the right of passage of U.S. vessels in violation of customary international law; and (7) the United States should redouble its efforts to seek expeditious agreement with Canada on appropriate fishery conservation and management measures that can be implemented through the Pacific Salmon Treaty to address issues of mutual concern.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1994
World War II Peace Accords Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the 50th anniversary of the signing of the World War II peace accords on the U.S.S. Missouri should not go unrecognized at the national level; and (2) the United States should recognize such anniversary by minting and issuing a commemorative coin. Sets forth specifications for half dollar clad coins. Mandates that the surcharges received from the sale of such coins be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Admiral Nimitz Foundation for the purpose of preserving the Pacific War heritage of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1994
Designates 1995 as the Year of the Grandparent.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1994
Expresses the sense of the Senate that for purposes of issuing final regulations regarding religious harassment in the workplace under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should: (1) withdraw religion as a category covered by proposed guidelines; (2) hold public hearings; and (3) receive additional public comment before issuing similar new regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1994
Designates the second week of August 1994 and the second week of August 1995 as National United States Seafood Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1994
Designates October 1994 as Crime Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1994
Public Braodcasting Act of 1994 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend through FY 1999 the authorization of appropriations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994
Law Enforcement Officer Protection Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a Federal matching grant program to provide financial assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of upgrading or converting their standard-issue firearms, purchasing ammunition, and providing training. Authorizes the Attorney General to make a single grant to a State or local agency in an amount, not to exceed $300,000, equal to the amount of non-Federal funds expended by or committed to the agency for the purpose of upgrading or converting firearms on or after March 15, 1994, and before March 15, 1995. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994
Designates May 15, 1994, as National Peace Officers Memorial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1994
Designates July 16 through 24, 1994, as National Apollo Anniversary Observance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1994
Designates February 2, 1995, and February 1, 1996, as National Women and Girls in Sports Day.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1994
Designates October 1994 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1994
Designates the United States courthouse that is scheduled to be constructed in Concord, New Hampshire, as the Warren B. Rudman United States Courthouse.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1994
Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to permit a qualified State or local development company that issues a debenture purchased by the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed by the Small Business Administration, at the election of the small business borrower whose loan secures such debenture and with the Administrators approval, to prepay the debenture by payment to the Bank of the unpaid principal balance, accrued interest, and repurchase premium amount (as determined under this Act). Prohibits any fees or penalties from being imposed against the issuer, borrower, or the Administration as a condition of prepayment under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.