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United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1994
Designates May 1995 as Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Month.
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
Designates 1995 the Year of the Girl Child.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1994
Designates July 16 through 24, 1994, as National Apollo Anniversary Observance.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1994
Chile Free Trade Agreement Negotiating Act of 1994 - Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to authorize the President, before January 1, 1997, to enter into a trade agreement with Chile that provides for the elimination or reduction of duties imposed by the United States, or the elimination or reduction of barriers to, or other distortions of, international trade between Chile or the United States. Subjects the trade agreement to congressional "fast track" procedures only if the President certifies to the Congress, when submitting implementing legislation, that such agreement: (1) requires the parties to adhere to internationally recognized worker rights; (2) requires the enforcement of environmental laws and the adoption of higher environmental standards; and (3) includes dispute resolution mechanisms.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1994
Firefighters Pay Fairness Act of 1994 - Amends Federal law to extend existing biweekly pay period and pay computation requirements to Federal fire fighters and employees of the judicial branch. Repeals the current exception from such requirements of employees on the Isthmus of Panama in the service of the Panama Canal Commission. States that, for fire fighters, the annual rate of basic pay shall be calculated on the basis of 26 administrative biweekly work periods of up to 106 hours each. Prescribes a formula for computing the basic biweekly pay of Federal employees who are not fire fighters but perform fire fighting duties. Requires compensation at time-and-a-half per hour for any hours worked in excess of 106 during a biweekly pay period by fire fighters subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Specifies limits on the payment of other premium pay to such fire fighters. Prescribes basic rates of pay for fire fighters: (1) promoted to a supervisory position; and (2) selected and assigned for training. Authorizes a Federal agency to pay cash awards of up to five percent of basic pay to fire fighters or other employees performing fire fighting duties who possess and make substantial use of special skills or certifications, including handling hazardous materials or certification as an emergency medical technician.
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
Requires the public facility of the National Museum of Health and Medicine to be located on the following adjacent areas of Federal land in the District of Columbia: (1) the east plaza of the Hubert Humphrey Building, presently occupied by the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) the entire portion of 2nd Street, S.W., that is located between C and Washington Streets, S.W.; and (3) a triangular park, known as Square N-580, that lies immediately to the east of 2nd Street, S.W. Authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to apply for the closing and transfer of jurisdiction over the latter two areas from the District to GSA for the purpose of locating the Museum.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1994
Pesticide Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to replace provisions relating to tolerances for pesticide chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities with provisions relating to tolerances and exemptions for pesticide chemical residues. (Sec. 3) Deems a pesticide chemical residue unsafe, unless it is within an established tolerance or an exemption is in effect. Requires a tolerance or exemption for a pesticide chemical residue for a food to apply to all foods derived from such food unless a tolerance specifies otherwise. Requires expiration dates for tolerances for pesticide chemicals to be: (1) the expiration date for the chemical established under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); or (2) 18 years after the date the tolerance is established, whichever occurs first. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a separate tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue with respect to food at any point in the chain of production or marketing. Prohibits a tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue in or on food from being established or left in effect unless the residue permitted under the tolerance is safe. Prohibits a tolerance from being established or left in effect for pesticides found to induce cancer in humans or animals based on reliable scientific evidence, unless the Administrator finds on the basis of conservative methods of risk assessment that risk is negligible for all anticipated consumer exposures to such residue. Requires tolerances for residues that may pose dietary risks of adverse health effects other than cancer to provide an ample margin of safety. Provides for the periodic review and revision, as necessary, of risk assessment procedures used to make safety determinations. Sets forth factors to be evaluated by the Administrator in determining whether to establish, modify, or revoke tolerances for pesticide chemical residues on food. Includes within such factors risks to infants and children. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct surveys to document dietary exposure to pesticides among infants and children. Requires, if a tolerance or exemption is revoked and the residue will unavoidably persist in the environment and be found in food, that a new tolerance be established at a level no greater than the level that permits only the unavoidable levels to remain in the food. Conditions establishment and continuation of a tolerance on the existence of a method of multiresidue detection that can be performed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on a routine basis as part of surveillance and compliance sampling for residues. Directs registrants of pesticide chemicals for which tolerances have been established to provide the Administrator with a pesticide reference standard for such chemicals to be certified by a competent laboratory. Requires the Administrator to maintain a repository of such standards, audit the certifications, and make such standards available to requesting laboratories. Allows: (1) establishment, modification, or revocation of a tolerance or establishment or revocation of an exemption from a tolerance in response to a petition or on the initiative of the Administrator; and (2) an exemption if the residue is not a human or animal carcinogen and presents no risk to human health at any level that is likely to occur under extreme conditions of use from dietary exposure. Authorizes any person to petition the Administrator for the establishment, modification, or revocation of a tolerance or exemption. Requires the Administrator, if granting an exemption for emergency purposes for a pesticide chemical under FIFRA, to establish a tolerance or exemption for such chemical's residue. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations for exempting new pesticide chemicals intended solely for use by experts to investigate the safety of such chemicals. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of pesticide chemical residues that are generally recognized as safe. Directs any person who, before this Act's enactment, distributed any pesticide chemical in commerce that produces a residue that is not listed, to provide the data that supports the claim that the residue is safe. Requires the Secretary to conduct surveillance and compliance enforcement monitoring of food for pesticide chemical residues. (Sec. 4) Authorizes employees of the Department of Health and Human Services, if there is reason to believe that any food is adulterated due to unsafe pesticide residues, to detain the food for a specified period. (Sec. 6) Permits the Secretary to require manufacturers, processors, or distributors to recall food deemed to be adulterated from unsafe pesticide residues. (Sec. 7) Directs the Administrator to identify tolerances and exemptions for existing pesticide residues that do not appear to meet the requirements of this Act and requires the submission of data for maintenance of such tolerances and exemptions. Establishes deadlines for final determinations on whether tolerances and exemptions meet requirements and for the submission of data.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1994
Designates September 18 through 24, 1994, as Iron Overload Diseases Awareness Week.
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 · 4 May 1994
Interstate Compact - Grants congressional consent to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact entered into among the States of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts to assure the viability of dairy farming in the northeast and to assure consumers of an adequate, local supply of milk.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1994
Deplores the massacre of civilians and individuals sympathetic to the political opposition in Rwanda by the Rwandan military and associated groups, as well as the Rwandan Patriotic Front. Commends President Clinton for his condemnation of and response to this crisis and the U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, David Rawson, for his efforts in ensuring the safe and swift evacuation of Americans. Calls on: (1) all parties to exercise restraint and control over their forces, accede to and respect an immediate ceasefire, ensure the safety of innocent civilians, guarantee free passage of humanitarian assistance, and recommit themselves to the principles set forth in the Arusha peace accords; and (2) the United Nations (UN) to consider military and diplomatic options which are consistent with the Arusha accords and will ensure the safety of innocent civilians, assist in monitoring an eventual ceasefire or peace agreement, facilitate the delivery of humanitarian relief, and ensure the viability of these options. Urges: (1) the UN and the Organization of African Unity to continue efforts to gain agreement on a credible ceasefire and to facilitate negotiations between the parties to the conflict based upon such accords; and (2) President Clinton to continue diplomatic efforts to achieve prompt resolution of the crisis in Rwanda.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1994
Encourages the convening of an annual National Silver Haired Congress in the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1994
United Negro College Fund 50th Anniversary Resolution - Designates May 8 through 14, 1994, as United Negro College Fund Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Head Start Act Title II: Community Services Block Grant Act Title III: Demonstration Partnership Agreements Addressing the Needs of the Poor Title IV: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 Title V: Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Title I: Head Start Act - Amends the Head Start Act to extend the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act and its Head Start program, a longitudinal study of Head Start participants, and the Head Start Transition Project Act. Title II: Community Services Block Grant Act - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to extend the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act and its Community Services Block Grant program and community food and nutrition programs. Title III: Demonstration Partnership Agreements Addressing the Needs of the Poor - Amends the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986 to extend the authorization of appropriations for demonstration partnership agreements addressing the needs of the poor and for programs directed to special populations. Title IV: Low-income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to extend the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act and its program. Title V: Coordinated Services for Children, Youth, and Families - Amends the Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, State coordination of services for children, youth, and families, supportive services, family resource and support programs, the National Center on Family Resource and Support Programs clearinghouse, and evaluation of family resource and support programs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1994
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the student loan default cohort rate exemption for historically Black colleges, tribally controlled community colleges, and Navajo community colleges.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1994
Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize migrant, community, and homeless health center programs, and health services programs for residents of public housing.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Orphan Drug Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to change from seven to four years the period of market exclusivity guaranteed to any approved orphan drug. Specifies that orphan drugs of "limited commercial potential," as defined by regulations to be issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, would qualify for an additional three years of exclusive marketing rights. Permits more than one company to put a particular orphan drug on the market in instances where both companies were working on the drug in roughly the same time frame. Provides for the withdrawal of exclusive marketing rights if the patient population for the approved treatment exceeds 200,000. Extends the authorization of the research grant program. Replaces the existing Orphan Products Board with an Office for Orphan Diseases and Conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to historically black colleges and universities for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and structures on their campuses. Requires a grantee to covenant, for the period of time specified by the Secretary, that: (1) no alteration shall be made to the property with respect to which the grant is made without the concurrence of the Secretary; and (2) reasonable public access to such property shall be permitted for interpretive and educational purposes. Limits the Federal share of a grant for a building or structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places to 50 percent of the cost of the grant project. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the cost-share requirement if an extreme emergency exists or if such a waiver is in the public interest to assure the preservation of historically significant resources. Directs the Secretary to make such grants from amounts made available to carry out the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Limits amounts made available for this Act for FY 1995 through 1998. Earmarks funds for FY 1995 for grants to: (1) Fisk University; and (2) historically black colleges and universities identified for inclusion in the Department of the Interior Historically Black College and University Historic Preservation Initiative.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Amendments Act - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act to cover employers of 50 or more employees (currently 100). Covers single-site plant closings or mass layoffs affecting 25 or more employees (currently 500 or more, or 50 or more if this comprises one-third of the workers at the site). Eliminates the single-site requirement for plant closings or mass layoffs affecting 100 or more employees, thus covering such closings or layoffs by one employer regardless of the number of sites involved. Specifies that the 90-day aggregate rule covers all related layoffs within that period, whether or not they are each above or below the threshold levels. Extends coverage to part-time employees. (Sec. 3) Revises the notice period based on the number of employees affected: (1) 25-49, 30 days; (2) 50-99, 60 days; and (3) 100 or more, 90 days. (The current period is 60 days.) Requires employer notice to each affected employee (as well as to the employee representative, if there is one). (Sec. 4) Revises and adds enforcement requirements. Adds to employer liability for violations: (1) interest on back pay owed; and (2) an additional amount as liquidated damages equal to the back pay and interest. Limits a good faith exemption to reduction of liability for interest and for a civil penalty. Allows aggrieved employees to enforce employer liability by bringing suit and/or filing a complaint with the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary to investigate and resolve such complaints. Authorizes the Secretary to bring civil actions on behalf of the employee for back pay, interest, benefits, and liquidated damages. Establishes a two-year statute of limitations. (Sec. 5) Requires employers to post notices to employees of pertinent provisions of the Act and information on filing complaints. Establishes fines for willful violations of such posting requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment Title II: One-Stop Career Center System Title III: National Labor Market Information System Title IV: Reinvention Labs for Job Training for the Economically Disadvantaged Reemployment and Retraining Act of 1994 - Establishes: (1) a comprehensive program for worker reemployment; (2) a one-stop career center system; (3) a national labor market information system; and (4) reinvention labs for job training for the economically disadvantaged. (Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations for titles I, II, and III of this Act. Title I: Comprehensive Program for Worker Reemployment - Allots funds among States and reserves certain funds for national activities. (Sec. 103) Makes certain permanently laid-off workers and long-term unemployed individuals (as well as workers facing imminent plant shutdowns and self-employed individuals unemployed because of community economic conditions or natural disasters) eligible for services under this title. Makes dislocated homemakers eligible if a State Governor deems this appropriate and certain conditions are met. Part A: State and Substate Delivery System - Makes States responsible for administrative and management systems under this title. (Sec. 112) Requires the Governor to designate or establish a dislocated worker unit at the State level, with specified rapid response, information, and coordination functions. Directs such unit to coordinate with substate grantees and career centers, and to promote worker-management transition assistance committees. Provides for rapid response coverage of certain layoffs, State funding of preliminary assessments of worker buyouts of plants, prohibition of State transfer of rapid response functions, and Federal oversight of such functions. (Sec. 113) Requires the Governor to develop and maintain a comprehensive labor market information system in the State that meets certain requirements relating to the national system of effective labor market information. (Sec. 114) Requires the Governor to coordinate programs under this title with the worker profiling system under the Social Security Act and the retraining income support program under this Act. (Sec. 115) Authorizes the Governor to award supplementary grants to eligible entities to provide authorized services to eligible individuals in areas of the State experiencing substantial increases in numbers of such individuals due to plant closures, base closures, and mass layoffs. Allows such grant funds to be used to establish additional service centers, including on-site transition centers. (Sec. 116) Authorizes the Governor to award job retention project grants for upgrading skills of workers at risk of permanent layoff and retraining workers in new technologies and work processes to help convert or restructure businesses into high performance work organizations and avert plant closings or substantial layoffs. Requires State and employer contributions. Requires consultation with unions. (Sec. 117) Requires establishment of substate area administrative structures. (Sec. 118) Requires each designated substate grantee to establish one or more career centers in that area. Allows additional, temporary on-site transition centers. (Sec. 119) Authorizes substate area funds to be used for the following services for eligible individuals: (1) basic reemployment services; (2) intensive reemployment services; (3) education and training services; (4) retraining income support; (5) supportive services; and (6) supplemental wage allowances for older workers. (Sec. 120) Allows a career center to issue a certificate of continuing eligibility for services to eligible individuals who are accepting employment at a significantly lower wage than their previous one or in an occupation significantly different from their previous one. Part B: Federal Service Delivery System - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program of national discretionary grants to address large-scale economic dislocations resulting from plant closures, base closures, or mass layoffs. Allows such grants to be used for providing comprehensive planning services to assist communities in addressing and reducing the impact of an economic dislocation and for establishing on-site transition centers. (Sec. 132) Directs the Secretary to make funds available for disaster relief employment assistance to States for substate allocation. (Sec. 133) Directs the Secretary to provide for: (1) evaluation of programs under this title; (2) research on addressing economic dislocation, facilitating the transition of permanently laid-off workers to reemployment, and upgrading skills of employed workers; and (3) demonstration projects to develop and improve methods of addressing economic dislocation and promoting worker adjustment. (Sec. 134) Directs the Secretary to provide staff training and technical assistance to various entities to enhance their capacity to develop and deliver adjustment assistance services to workers and to avert plant closings or substantial layoffs. Requires integration of such activities with those of the Capacity Building and Information and Dissemination Network. (Sec. 135) Directs the Secretary to provide for delivery of programs, activities, and services under this title in any State that chooses not to participate. Part C: Performance Standards and Quality Assurance Systems - Directs the Secretary to establish a process, including an annual meeting, in each State to promote development of a customer service compact among parties administering programs under this title. (Sec. 152) Directs the Secretary to prescribe performance standards relating separately to the substate grantees and the career centers. Directs Governors to prescribe adjustments to such standards and award incentive grants to grantees and centers exceeding such standards. (Sec. 153) Requires each substate grantee to establish methods for obtaining customer feedback from eligible individuals and employers who have received services from a career center. (Sec. 154) Makes providers of education and training services eligible to receive funds under this title if they are eligible to participate under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 or are determined eligible under alternative procedures established by Governors, and if they provide performance-based information. Exempts on-the-job training providers from such requirements. Part D: General Requirements - Sets forth general requirements for programs under this title, including provisions for benefits, labor standards, and grievance procedures. Part E: Fiscal Administrative Provisions - Sets forth various administrative provisions, including ones for program year, prompt allocation of funds, monitoring, fiscal controls and sanctions, reports, recordkeeping, and investigations, administrative adjudication, nondiscrimination, judicial review, nondiscrimination, and criminal provisions. Part F: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for transition, on July 1, 1995, to programs authorized under this title from the following programs, which this Act repeals, under employment and training assistance for dislocated workers provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA): (1) Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Program; (2) Defense Conversion Adjustment Program; (3) Defense Diversification Program; and (4) Clean Air Employment Transition Assistance Program. Terminates the Disaster Relief Employment Assistance program under JTPA. Title II: One-Stop Career Center System - Part A: Components of Voluntary One-Stop Career Center System - Requires a State's one-stop career center system, in order to receive a grant or waiver under this title, to include: (1) local workforce investment boards; (2) one-stop career centers established in accordance with specified procedures; (3) provision of specified services; (4) participation of specified Federal programs; (5) operating agreements for such centers; (6) quality assurance systems; and (6) a State Human Resource Investment Council. (Sec. 212) Directs the Governor to designate one-stop service areas within the State. Directs local officials to establish a workforce investment board for each such area. (Sec. 213) Directs the Governor and local officials to jointly select a consortium option or a multiple independent operator option as the method for establishing one-stop career centers for each service area. (Sec. 214) Requires each center to make available: (1) certain basic services to the public free of charge; and (2) certain intensive services to participants in the title I comprehensive program for worker reemployment who are unable to obtain employment through the basic services (and, optionally, to other individuals in accordance with the written agreement). Authorizes each center to provide specialized services to employers and additional services specified in the agreement. Authorizes charging fees under specified conditions, with all program income to be used to expand or enhance services. (Sec. 215) Requires the following programs to be made available to participants through the centers and to participate in operation of such centers as parties to the agreement: (1) comprehensive programs for worker reemployment under title I of this Act; (2) Wagner-Peyser Act programs (employment services); (3) job counseling, training, and placement for veterans; (4) training services for the disadvantaged under title II of JTPA; and (5) community service employment for Older Americans Act. Allows other human resource programs to provide services through and participate in operation of the centers, under specified conditions, including the Food Stamp Employment and Training program, the Job Corps, veterans' employment programs under JTPA, and programs under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, Adult Education Act, Vocational Rehabilitation Act, and School-to-Work Opportunities Act. (Sec. 216) Sets forth requirements for operating agreements and quality assurance systems. (Sec. 218) Requires each State to establish a State human resource investment council that meets specified JTPA requirements and carries out certain additional functions including advising on development and implementation of the one-stop career center system. Part B: Grants and Waivers to Promote the Development and Implementation of One-Stop Career Center System - Authorizes the Secretary to establish programs of competitive grants to States for planning and development and for implementation of comprehensive statewide networks of one-stop career centers. (Sec. 233) Allows a State, at any point during such development or implementation, to request from the Secretary a waiver of one or more statutory or regulatory provisions from the Secretary. Sets forth waiver criteria. Subjects to such waiver authority the mandatory participating programs of the centers. (Sec. 234) Provides for pooling of administrative resources. Part C: Additional Activities in Support of One-Stop Career Center Systems - Directs the Secretary to establish a process, with each State implementing the one-stop career center system, including an annual meeting, to promote development of a customer service compact among the parties administering the system. (Sec. 235) Makes each State implementing such a system responsible for administration, management, monitoring, and technical assistance. (Sec. 236) Makes the Secretary responsible for monitoring compliance, staff training and technical assistance (integrated with the Capacity Building and Information Dissemination Network under JTPA), a national logo and name, and evaluation of one-stop career center programs. Part D: Effective Date - Sets forth effective dates for this title and for performance standards. Title III: National Labor Market Information System - Directs the Secretary to develop, in coordination with other Federal, State, and local entities, a strategy to establish a nationwide system of local labor market information. (Sec. 303) Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with such other entities and public-private partnerships, to develop such system to make available specified types of information. Requires certain technical standards, consumer reports, and evaluation. (Sec. 304) Directs the Secretary to provide for coordination and integration of such system and appropriate dissemination of information. Title IV: Reinvention Labs for Job Training for the Economically Disadvantaged - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to establish a five-year Reinvention Labs program to: (1) encourage innovative program designs to improve provision of services to and labor market outcomes for economically disadvantaged youth and adults; (2) develop, through service delivery areas (SDAs) and States, knowledge of effective approaches to providing employment and training to the economically disadvantaged; and (3) provide SDAs with increased flexibility in operating job training programs, in exchange for greater accountability. (Sec. 401) Sets forth requirements for SDA applications for waivers of Federal requirements relating to programs under JTPA provisions for employment and training of the economically disadvantaged. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain of such requirements under specified conditions and to provide technical assistance to SDAs, States, and service providers for Reinvention Labs programs. (Sec. 402) Modifies the definition of tuition under JTPA.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of 1994 - Directs employers (including Federal and congressional agencies) to keep posted in conspicuous places a notice prepared or approved by the appropriate primary enforcement agency (the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Office of Fair Employment Practices of the House of Representatives, and the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices) that sets forth: (1) the definition of sexual harassment found in the Code of Federal Regulations or any corresponding similar regulation; (2) the fact that sexual harassment is a violation of Federal law; (3) information describing how to file a complaint with the agency alleging such harassment; (4) an address and toll-free number to be used to contact the agency; and (5) other information required by the agency. Provides for annual notices by employers to individual employees which provide such information and a description of the procedures used by the employers to resolve allegations of sexual harassment. Requires employers to provide to each supervisory employee information specifying the responsibility of, and the methods to be used by, such employee to ensure that immediate and corrective action is taken to address allegations of sexual harassment. Prescribes civil penalties for willful violations of this Act. Directs each primary enforcement agency to make model notices and voluntary guidelines for procedures dealing with allegations of sexual harassment available to employers at no cost as well as a toll-free number for information regarding this Act. Sets forth provisions governing actions by the primary enforcement agencies to enforce sexual harassment statutes and rules.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Establishing Support Orders Subtitle A: National Child Support Guideline Subtitle B: Improved Procedures for Establishing Support Orders Subtitle C: Child Support Registries Title II: Collections and Enforcement Title III: Interstate Child Support Enforcement Title IV: Financing State Child Support Enforcement Activities Title V: Effective Dates Child Support Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Establishing Support Orders - Subtitle A: National Child Support Guideline - Directs the separate organizational unit (SOU) established under part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to submit to the Congress a bill for implementing a national child support guideline for: (1) use in each State as a rebuttable presumption of the correct amount of the support award; (2) evaluating rebuttal requests; (3) maximizing support; and (4) accounting for child health insurance coverage and educational needs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint a National Child Support Guideline Advisory Board to assist in the bill's development. Subtitle B: Improved Procedures for Establishing Support Orders - Amends SSA title IV part D to revise provisions for State procedures increasing the effectiveness of child support enforcement, with changes made concerning: (1) expedited administrative processes; and (2) enforcement of the national subpoena developed below. Subtitle C: Child Support Registries - Makes changes concerning the establishment of a central State child support order registry (registry) of all child support orders issued or modified in the State and transmittal of registry abstracts to the Division of the National Registry of Child Support Orders (National Registry) established below. (Sec. 112) Requires the SOU to draft and distribute a national subpoena duces tecum for use by child support litigants in obtaining relevant income information. (Sec. 113) Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to allow State agency use of consumer report information relevant to the setting of a child support award without a court order. Title II: Collections and Enforcement - Creates a new system requiring employees to report child support information on W-4 forms to their employers, who shall: (1) provide a copy of such form to the National Registry for comparison against registry abstracts; (2) deduct and withhold from employee wages the appropriate amount owed; and (3) send the amount to the appropriate registry for proper disbursement. (Sec. 202) Requires States to adopt procedures suspending the issuance and renewal of occupational, professional, and business licenses, as well as driver's licenses and vehicle registrations, of certain noncustodial parents delinquent in child support payments or subject to an outstanding warrant for failure to appear at a child support proceeding. Modifies other procedures for reporting delinquent parents to consumer reporting agencies. (Sec. 204) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to qualify as a medical child support order one issued by an administrative adjudicator with the force and effect of law under applicable State law. (Sec. 205) Requires State to have in effect laws adopting the officially approved version of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Title III: Interstate Child Support Enforcement - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish within the Internal Revenue Service an Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Interstate Child Support Enforcement which shall establish the National Registry and a Division of Enforcement to perform specified duties. (Sec. 304) Adds additional requirements for State part D plans, including a requirement that the State child support enforcement agency refer to the Division certain matters involving delinquent parties residing in different States. Title IV: Financing State Child Support Enforcement Activities - Amends SSA title IV part D to repeal provisions on incentive payments to States and provide for a greater share of Federal financial participation with regard to State child support enforcement activities. (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Child Support Audit Advisory Committee to assist the Secretary in preparing revised audit criteria for evaluating part D programs. Modifies and shifts to SSA title IV part D payment provisions under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) providing for a reduction in part A payments as a result of the State's part D program's substantial noncompliance with the requirements of such part. Title V: Effective Dates - Provides effective dates for this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Designates May 1994 as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Designates October 2 through 8, 1994, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Commends: (1) the President of Guatemala, Ramiro de Leon Carpio, and the leaders of the Guatemalan National Revoluntionary Union for establishing a framework for formal negotiations to bring an end to the internal armed conflict and set Guatemala on the road to democracy; and (2) the leaders of the various segments of civilian society, under the leadership of Bishop Rodolfo Quezada Toruno, for their role in articulating the concerns of all sectors of Guatemalan society and for bringing critical issues onto the agenda of the peace negotiations. Calls on: (1) the Group of Friends of the peace negotiations (Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela, Norway, and the United States) to continue and intensify their support of such negotiations; (2) President de Leon Carpio to develop a measurable and substantive plan to end human rights abuses and disband the Civil Self-Defense Patrols, to ensure the safety of the returnees, and to recognize the civilian character of the Communities of Populations in Resistance; and (3) the executive branch of the U.S. Government to condition all assistance to Guatemala, except for humanitarian and development assistance, on achieving concrete and significant progress with respect to full compliance with recommended measures of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the continuation of the peace process, substantive improvement in the protection of human rights, the dissolution of the Patrols, the guaranteed safety of refugees, returnees, and the internally displaced, verifiable resolution of the Devine, Ortiz, Harbury, and Mack cases, and the strengthening of the various segments of civilian society.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1994
Civilian Ex-Prisoner of War Health and Disability Benefits Act of 1994 - Entitles a former civilian prisoner of war (POW) to receive necessary medical care and disability benefits for any injury or disability resulting from the period of internment or hiding. Requires any presumptive medical and dental condition related to a period of internment provided for former military POWs to be extended to former civilian POWs and requires that it be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by the period of internment or hiding regardless of the absence of any record of the injury. Establishes the Former Civilian Prisoner of War Committee. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1995 through 2000.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1994
United States Botanic Garden Commemorative Coin Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue one-dollar silver coins for a one-year period to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the United States Botanic Garden; and (2) distribute all surcharges from the coin sales to the National Fund for the United States Botanic Garden.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1994
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade for two named vessels.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1994
Second Generation Nuclear Waste Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the issuance of a construction permit or combined construction and operating license for a utilization facility used to generate electricity for commercial sale unless: (1) a federally licensed facility exists for the permanent emplacement of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste generated by the utilization facility; and (2) the emplacement facility has adequate capacity to accept all such generated waste during the reasonably foreseeable operational lifetime of the utilization facility. Prohibits such utilization facilities from generating nuclear wastes in volumes exceeding the capacity of those permanent emplacement facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1994
Designates May 30 through June 6, 1994, as a Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1994
Designates May 11, 1994, as Vietnam Human Rights Day in support of efforts by the Non-Violent Movement for Human Rights in Vietnam.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1994
Designates July 27 of each year as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1994
Designates September 12 through 16, 1994, as National Gang Violence Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1994
Congratulates Phil Rizzuto on the occasion of his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Handgun Licensing and Registration Title II: Restrictions on Firearm Possession Title III: Restrictions on Gun Sellers Title IV: Prohibited Weapons Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1994 - Title I: Handgun Licensing and Registration - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the sale, delivery, or other transfer of a handgun to an individual not licensed to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms or ammunition, unless: (1) the transferor has verified that the transferee possess a valid State handgun license by examining the license and a valid photograph identification and by contacting the chief law enforcement officer of the State that issued the license; (2) the transferor has provided to the chief officer of the State in which the transfer is to take place a State handgun registration form; and (3) seven days have elapsed since the transferor contacted the chief officer of the State that issued the license or the transferee has presented to the transferor a written statement issued within the previous ten days by the chief officer of the State in which the transferee resides stating that the transferee requires access to a handgun because of a threat to the life of the transferee or any member of the transferee's household. Prohibits: (1) the transfer of handgun ammunition to an individual who is not a licensed dealer unless the transferor has verified that the transferee possesses a valid State handgun license by examining the license and a valid photograph identification; and (2) any such individual from receiving transfer of a handguns or handgun ammunition unless the individual possesses a valid State handgun license. Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) State handgun licenses; (2) State handgun registration forms; and (3) State handgun safety certificates (issued after the applicant has completed a course and passed an examination in handgun safety). Sets penalties for violations. Directs the Attorney General, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make a grant to each State for the initial startup costs associated with establishing a system of licensing and registration. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Restrictions on Firearm Possession - Prohibits: (1) the transfer of a firearm to, or possession of a firearm by, a person convicted of a violent crime or subject to a protection order; and (2) the transfer of a handgun (or handgun ammunition) to an individual under age 21 or of a firearm other than a handgun (or ammunition) to an individual under age 16, and the possession of such weapon (or ammunition) by such individuals, respectively, with exceptions. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 203) Prohibits the storage or leaving of a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and ammunition, at any place to which a juvenile is likely to gain access at a time when the juvenile is not under the personal supervision of an adult who is not prohibited by Federal, State, or local law from possessing the firearm. Requires each licensed dealer to post conspicuously at each of the dealer's places of business a warning that it is a Federal crime to store or leave a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and its ammunition, where an unsupervised juvenile can gain access. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 204) Prohibits a person from possessing more than 20 firearms or more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition unless the person is a licensed dealer or has been issued an arsenal license. Direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue such a license if specified conditions are met, including the payment of a $300 fee for a three-year license period. Subjects the holder of such a license to all requirements pertaining to licensed dealers. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 205) Repeals provisions authorizing persons prohibited from possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or ammunition to apply to the Secretary for restoration of firearm privileges under certain circumstances. Specifies that a conviction shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of Federal firearms provisions if: (1) it has been expunged or set aside or a named person has been pardoned or has had civil rights restored; and (2) the authority that grants such action expressly authorizes the person to ship, transport, receive and possess firearms and expressly determines that the person is not likely to act in a manner that is dangerous to public safety and that the granting of the relief is not contrary to the public interest. Makes this provision inapplicable to a conviction of a serious drug offense or violent felony. Title III: Restrictions on Gun Sellers - Prohibits (with exceptions): (1) transferring or receiving a transfer of more than one handgun during any 30-day period; or (2) transferring a handgun to another person who has received transfer of another handgun during the previous 30-day period. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 302) Makes compliance with State and local law a condition of licensure as a dealer. (Sec. 303) Increases: (1) license application fees; and (2) the length of time before which the Secretary must approve or deny an application. (Sec. 305) Authorizes the Secretary, for ensuring compliance with recordkeeping requirements, to inspect a firearms licensee's inventory and records three times during any 12-month period or at any time with respect to records relating to a firearm involved in a criminal investigation (currently, once during any 12-month period). (Sec. 306) Requires an applicant, for approval as a licensed dealer, to certify that the business is covered by an insurance policy providing personal injury protection to any person injured while engaged in lawful activity by a handgun obtained through the negligence of the applicant, to a limit of $100,000 for loss sustained by any such person as a result of bodily injury or death. (Sec, 307) Establishes licensing and recordkeeping requirements for ammunition dealers. (Sec. 308) Prohibits a licensed dealer from employing any person in a position in which the person would have unsupervised access to firearms or ammunition, unless: (1) in the case of access to handguns or handgun ammunition, the person has a valid State handgun license; and (2) in the case of access to firearms other than handguns or ammunition other than handgun ammunition, the person is at least age 18, the licensee has contacted the national system designated by the Attorney General pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and the system has notified the licensee that the possession of a firearm by the person would not violate Federal, State, or local law, and the licensee has verified the identity of the person by examining a valid photograph identification. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 309) Prohibits a licensed dealer from selling, delivering, or otherwise transferring a firearm from any motorized or towed vehicle or at a location other than that specified on the license. (Sec. 310) Requires each licensee to: (1) respond immediately to a request by the Secretary for information contained in required records relevant to a criminal investigation; and (2) report the theft or loss of a firearm from inventory within 24 hours after discovery to the Secretary, the chief officer, and appropriate local authorities. (Sec. 312) Expands the definition of a "firearm" to include its component parts. (Sec. 313) Prohibits any common or contract carrier from delivering in interstate or foreign commerce a firearm or ammunition without examining the Federal firearms or ammunition license of the recipient and obtaining written acknowledgement of receipt. (Sec. 314) Makes any person who transfers any firearm or ammunition in violation of Federal law liable for all damages proximately caused by such transfer. Permits an action to be brought in a U.S. district court by, or on behalf of, any person who suffers bodily injury or death as a result of the discharge of a firearm or ammunition transferred in violation of Federal law, with exceptions. Sets forth provisions regarding the award of costs and punitive damages. Title IV: Prohibited Weapons - Prohibits the manufacture, transfer, or possession of "prohibited weapons," defined as firearm mufflers or silencers, short-barreled shotguns and rifles, destructive devices, semiautomatic assault weapons, Saturday-night-special handguns, nonsporting ammunition, and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices. Defines "semiautomatic assault weapon," "Saturday-night-special handgun," and "large-capacity ammunition feeding device." Categorizes various brands of weapons. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include a prohibited weapon within the definition of "firearm." Requires the serial number of any prohibited weapon manufactured after the date of enactment to clearly show the date on which the weapon was manufactured. Sets penalties for violations. Subjects persons using or possessing a semiautomatic assault weapon during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime to the same enhanced penalty as for such use or possession of a short-barreled shotgun. (Sec. 402) Prohibits (with exceptions) the manufacture or import of a firearm that does not incorporate a device that: (1) prevents a child of less than age seven from discharging the firearm; (2) prevents a firearm that has a removable magazine from discharging when the magazine has been removed; and (3) in the case of a handgun other than a revolver, clearly indicates whether the magazine or chamber contains a round of ammunition. Sets penalties for violations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Handgun Licensing and Registration Title II: Restrictions on Firearm Possession Title III: Restrictions on Gun Sellers Title IV: Prohibited Weapons Title V: Gun Exchange Tax Incentives Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1994 - Title I: Handgun Licensing and Registration - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the sale, delivery, or other transfer of a handgun to an individual not licensed to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms or ammunition, unless: (1) the transferor has verified that the transferee possess a valid State handgun license by examining the license and a valid photograph identification and by contacting the chief law enforcement officer of the State that issued the license; (2) the transferor has provided to the chief officer of the State in which the transfer is to take place a State handgun registration form; and (3) seven days have elapsed since the transferor contacted the chief officer of the State that issued the license or the transferee has presented to the transferor a written statement issued within the previous ten days by the chief officer of the State in which the transferee resides stating that the transferee requires access to a handgun because of a threat to the life of the transferee or any member of the transferee's household. Prohibits: (1) the transfer of handgun ammunition to an individual who is not a licensed dealer unless the transferor has verified that the transferee possesses a valid State handgun license by examining the license and a valid photograph identification; and (2) any such individual from receiving transfer of a handguns or handgun ammunition unless the individual possesses a valid State handgun license. Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) State handgun licenses; (2) State handgun registration forms; and (3) State handgun safety certificates (issued after the applicant has completed a course and passed an examination in handgun safety). Sets penalties for violations. Directs the Attorney General, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make a grant to each State for the initial startup costs associated with establishing a system of licensing and registration. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Restrictions on Firearm Possession - Prohibits: (1) the transfer of a firearm to, or possession of a firearm by, a person convicted of a violent crime or subject to a protection order; and (2) the transfer of a handgun (or handgun ammunition) to an individual under age 21 or of a firearm other than a handgun (or ammunition) to an individual under age 16, and the possession of such weapon (or ammunition) by such individuals, respectively, with exceptions. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 203) Prohibits the storage or leaving of a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and ammunition, at any place to which a juvenile is likely to gain access at a time when the juvenile is not under the personal supervision of an adult who is not prohibited by Federal, State, or local law from possessing the firearm. Requires each licensed dealer to post conspicuously at each of the dealer's places of business a warning that it is a Federal crime to store or leave a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and its ammunition, where an unsupervised juvenile can gain access. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 204) Prohibits a person from possessing more than 20 firearms or more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition unless the person is a licensed dealer or has been issued an arsenal license. Direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue such a license if specified conditions are met, including the payment of a $300 fee for a three-year license period. Subjects the holder of such a license to all requirements pertaining to licensed dealers. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 205) Repeals provisions authorizing persons prohibited from possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or ammunition to apply to the Secretary for restoration of firearm privileges under certain circumstances. Specifies that a conviction shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of Federal firearms provisions if: (1) it has been expunged or set aside or a named person has been pardoned or has had civil rights restored; and (2) the authority that grants such action expressly authorizes the person to ship, transport, receive and possess firearms and expressly determines that the person is not likely to act in a manner that is dangerous to public safety and that the granting of the relief is not contrary to the public interest. Makes this provision inapplicable to a conviction of a serious drug offense or violent felony. Title III: Restrictions on Gun Sellers - Prohibits (with exceptions): (1) transferring or receiving a transfer of more than one handgun during any 30-day period; or (2) transferring a handgun to another person who has received transfer of another handgun during the previous 30-day period. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 302) Makes compliance with State and local law a condition of licensure as a dealer. (Sec. 303) Increases: (1) license application fees; and (2) the length of time before which the Secretary must approve or deny an application. (Sec. 305) Authorizes the Secretary, for ensuring compliance with recordkeeping requirements, to inspect a firearms licensee's inventory and records three times during any 12-month period or at any time with respect to records relating to a firearm involved in a criminal investigation (currently, once during any 12-month period). (Sec. 306) Requires an applicant, for approval as a licensed dealer, to certify that the business is covered by an insurance policy providing personal injury protection to any person injured while engaged in lawful activity by a handgun obtained through the negligence of the applicant, to a limit of $100,000 for loss sustained by any such person as a result of bodily injury or death. (Sec, 307) Establishes licensing and recordkeeping requirements for ammunition dealers. (Sec. 308) Prohibits a licensed dealer from employing any person in a position in which the person would have unsupervised access to firearms or ammunition, unless: (1) in the case of access to handguns or handgun ammunition, the person has a valid State handgun license; and (2) in the case of access to firearms other than handguns or ammunition other than handgun ammunition, the person is at least age 18, the licensee has contacted the national system designated by the Attorney General pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and the system has notified the licensee that the possession of a firearm by the person would not violate Federal, State, or local law, and the licensee has verified the identity of the person by examining a valid photograph identification. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 309) Prohibits a licensed dealer from selling, delivering, or otherwise transferring a firearm from any motorized or towed vehicle or at a location other than that specified on the license. (Sec. 310) Requires each licensee to: (1) respond immediately to a request by the Secretary for information contained in required records relevant to a criminal investigation; and (2) report the theft or loss of a firearm from inventory within 24 hours after discovery to the Secretary, the chief officer, and appropriate local authorities. (Sec. 312) Expands the definition of a "firearm" to include its component parts. (Sec. 313) Prohibits any common or contract carrier from delivering in interstate or foreign commerce a firearm or ammunition without examining the Federal firearms or ammunition license of the recipient and obtaining written acknowledgement of receipt. (Sec. 314) Makes any person who transfers any firearm or ammunition in violation of Federal law liable for all damages proximately caused by such transfer. Permits an action to be brought in a U.S. district court by, or on behalf of, any person who suffers bodily injury or death as a result of the discharge of a firearm or ammunition transferred in violation of Federal law, with exceptions. Sets forth provisions regarding the award of costs and punitive damages. Title IV: Prohibited Weapons - Prohibits the manufacture, transfer, or possession of "prohibited weapons," defined as firearm mufflers or silencers, short-barreled shotguns and rifles, destructive devices, semiautomatic assault weapons, Saturday-night-special handguns, nonsporting ammunition, and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices. Defines "semiautomatic assault weapon," "Saturday-night-special handgun," and "large-capacity ammunition feeding device." Categorizes various brands of weapons. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include a prohibited weapon within the definition of "firearm." Requires the serial number of any prohibited weapon manufactured after the date of enactment to clearly show the date on which the weapon was manufactured. Sets penalties for violations. Subjects persons using or possessing a semiautomatic assault weapon during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime to the same enhanced penalty as for such use or possession of a short-barreled shotgun. (Sec. 402) Prohibits (with exceptions) the manufacture or import of a firearm that does not incorporate a device that: (1) prevents a child of less than age seven from discharging the firearm; (2) prevents a firearm that has a removable magazine from discharging when the magazine has been removed; and (3) in the case of a handgun other than a revolver, clearly indicates whether the magazine or chamber contains a round of ammunition. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 403) Increases the tax on handguns and handguns ammunition. Establishes in the Treasury a Health Care Trust Fund and appropriates to it amounts equivalent to such taxes. Makes Trust Fund sums available only for grants to assist hospitals, trauma centers, or other health care providers that have incurred substantial uncompensated costs in providing medical care to gunshot victims, subject to specified limitations. Makes such a provider eligible to apply for such a grant for any calendar year if it is in compliance with Federal and State certification and licensing requirements, is a non-profit entity, and has incurred substantial uncompensated costs during the previous calendar year in providing medical care to gunshot victims. Title V: Gun Exchange Tax Incentives - Establishes special tax rules for gun exchange programs contributions. (Sec. 502) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) develop a written model program for business-sponsored gun exchange programs; and (2) make such model available to States, local governments, and businesses.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1994
Calls upon the Government of France to stop immediately its harassment of U.S. seafood producers and products. Demands that the Government of France compensate U.S. companies that have had seafood products damaged by its actions. Calls upon the President to identify appropriate forms of sanctions that can be taken against the Government of France for its violation of international trade agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1994
Establishes the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Park and to implement such plan. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1994
Harassment-Free Workplace Act - Makes it an unlawful employment practice for a respondent (employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee of an apprenticeship, training, or retraining program) to engage in a practice that constitutes sexual harassment as defined under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against an employee or job applicant. Prohibits any action against an employee or applicant in response to a charge or allegation of sexual harassment or participation in an investigation. Provides for enforcement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Attorney General, or an aggrieved party. Allows compensatory and punitive damages, with limitations. Requires all respondents to post a notice, prepared or approved by the Commission, describing the applicable provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1994
1995 Special Olympics World Games Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games. Mandates that the surcharges collected from the sale of such coins be paid to the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Organizing Committee, Inc.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1994
Head Start Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Head Start Act to reauthorize and revise Head Start programs. (Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish quality standards for Head Start agencies and programs, including standards for performance in providing required health, education, parental involvement, social, and other services, for administrative and financial management, and for facilities' condition and location. Provides for monitoring and for corrective actions or terminations if minimum standards are not met. (Sec. 3) Eliminates a provision freezing regulations. Provides that terminations, reductions, or suspensions of financial assistance upheld in administrative hearings shall not be stayed pending any judicial appeal. (Sec. 4) Revises classroom teacher qualifications and waiver requirements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance and training to enable Head Start agencies to establish positions for mentor teachers; and (2) review and revise standards for family service workers, and promote model curricula and credentials for such workers. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program of Head Start Fellowships for staff in local Head Start programs and other individuals working in the field of child development and family services. Provides for placement in appropriate settings. Directs the Secretary to develop model staffing pattern plans to guide local Head Start agencies and programs. (Sec. 5) Sets forth goals and priorities for training and technical assistance. (Sec. 6) Allocates funds for program expansion. (Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to allow certain amounts to be allocated to quality improvement activities (in addition to the required 25 percent portion of appropriations). Sets forth goals and authorized activities for which quality improvement funds are to be used. (Sec. 8) Requires each Head Start agency to coordinate with schools and promote parental involvement to facilitate children's transition from program to school. Directs the Secretaries of HHS and of Education to assess results of demonstration projects under the Head Start Transition Project Act and provide technical assistance to communities to implement promising practices from those demonstrations. Extends the set-aside for the Head Start Transition Project Act. (Sec. 9) Directs the Secretary to carry on a continuing program of research, demonstrations, and evaluations of Head Start programs, and to report on such activities. (Sec. 10) Establishes programs for families with infants and toddlers. Directs the Secretary to make grants for: (1) programs providing family-centered services for low-income families with very young children, designed to promote child development, parental role fulfillment, and movement toward self-sufficiency; and (2) evaluation of, and training and technical assistance for, projects under the Comprehensive Child Development Centers Act of 1988. (Repeals the latter Act because its functions are being consolidated under the Head Start Act.) (Sec. 11) Revises parental involvement considerations with respect to designation of new Head Start agencies well as functions of such agencies. Requires agencies to offer family literacy services and parenting skills training to parents of participating children. Allows agencies also to opt to offer such parents parental social self-sufficiency training, substance abuse counseling, or other partnership in education activities. Requires a family needs assessment, including consultation with the parents, for each participating family. (Sec. 12) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 13) Revises the poverty line definition. Updates hold-harmless provisions for Indian and Migrant programs. Specifies that each Head Start program may use Head Start funds for full-day and full-year services and shall be permitted to provide more than one year of services to eligible children in the State.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1994
Ready to Learn Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to extend the authorization of appropriations for Ready to Learn Television programs to develop, produce, and distribute educational and instructional video programming for preschool and elementary children and their families. Allows governmental entities to receive funding under such programs. (Current law only allows nonprofit, nongovernmental entities to do so.)
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1994
Designates March 20, 1994, as National Agriculture Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1994
Designates March 25, 1994, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1994
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through September 30, 1994, of the personal effects of, and game associated equipment for use by, participants, their families and associated members, and officials involved in the 1994 FIFA World Cup soccer games.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1994
Life Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title, title XXVII: Life Care: Public Insurance Program for Nursing Home Care. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, under such new title, to establish a voluntary insurance program for individuals 45 years of age and over to cover the nursing home stays of such individuals. Sets forth provisions of the program concerning: (1) benefits; (2) eligibility; (3) premiums; (4) providers; and (5) reimbursement to nursing homes. Directs the Secretary to contract with entities to act as Long-Term Care Screening Agencies which shall assess the eligibility of individuals for services under the new title.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1994
Expresses the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor the 100th anniversary of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the U.S. Postal Service should make such recommendation to the Postmaster General.