Sen. Krueger, Robert C. [D-TX]

To express the sense of the Senate that any amounts saved as a result of any reorganization and streamlining of the Federal Government should be applied to offset the cost of any economic stimulus package enacted in fiscal year 1993 and for deficit reduction.

United States · United States Congress

A bill to authorize and encourage the President to conclude an agreement with Mexico to establish a United States-Mexico Border Health Commission.

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1993

Authorizes the President to conclude an agreement with Mexico to establish a binational commission to be known as the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission. Declares that it should be the duty of the Commission to: (1) conduct a needs assessment in the U.S.-Mexican border area to identify and resolve health problems that affect the general population of the area; (2) coordinate public and private persons to educate the population about, and resolve, such health problems and develop programs to meet needs that are not being met by such persons; and (3) formulate recommendations for a fair method by which the government of one country would reimburse a public or private person in the other country for the cost of a health care service furnished to a citizen or resident alien of the first country who is unable to pay for the service.

Aviation Revitalization Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993

Aviation Revitalization Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to guarantee loans to eligible air carriers to finance the acquisition of new aircraft and encourage the retirement of older or Stage two aircraft.

A bill to designate the Federal building located at 525 Griffin Street in Dallas, Texas, as the "A. Maceo Smith Federal Building".

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993

Designates the Federal building located at 525 Griffin Street, Dallas, Texas, as the A. Maceo Smith Federal Building.

National Mentor Corps Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1993

National Mentor Corps Act of 1993 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to include intergenerational mentoring programs among innovative projects which are local targeted assistance programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make a grant to or contract with one organization to establish and operate the National Resource Center for Intergenerational Mentoring.

El Camino Real Para Los Texas Study Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1993

El Camino Real Para Los Texas Study Act of 1993 - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the El Camino Real Para Los Texas for designation as a national scenic trail. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to work in cooperation with the Mexican government (including, but not limited to providing technical assistance) to determine the feasibility of establishing an international historic trail along the El Camino Real Para Los Texas. Authorizes appropriations.

Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1993

Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 1993 - Reauthorizes and revises Federal law relating to financial assistance for local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activity (impact aid). Extends the authorization of appropriations and authorizes additional appropriations for deposit in a contingency fund. Requires certain reservations of funds for: (1) impact aid relating to Federal acquisition of real property; (2) the contingency fund; and (3) heavily impacted need areas. Requires forward funding. Adds a hold harmless provision under impact aid relating to Federal acquisition of real property, whereby no eligible local educational agency (LEA) shall receive less than 90 percent of the preceding year's amount in payment for any fiscal year. Revises impact aid relating to federally connected children with respect to computation of payments, giving various weights in the formula to different categories of such children (with more emphasis given to children living on Indian lands and children in special education programs). Revises provisions for sudden and substantial changes in attendance to include increases resulting from base closure or military realignment activities. Directs the Secretary of Education to report certain expenditures within 30 days and include certain costs in annual budget submissions. Authorizes appropriations. Revises the method of making Federal impact aid payments. Includes a learning opportunity threshold to allow eligible LEAs to provide all their children a basic opportunity to learn. Requires States to meet an adequacy threshold before they can apply for equalization of State aid payments to all LEAs. Establishes a National Advisory Panel on School Finance and Impact Aid Equalization. Directs the Secretary of Defense to reserve certain amounts to provide supplemental impact aid to LEAs in cases of high need related to military changes. Establishes the Department of Education Contingency Fund for special impact aid under certain conditions. Requires negotiated rulemaking under certain conditions.

Community Policing Assistance Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1993

Community Policing Assistance Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to units of local government and community groups in economically distressed central cities to establish or expand cooperative efforts between police and community for purposes of increasing police presence in the community. Requires the Director to develop a written model that informs community members regarding: (1) how to identify the existence of a drug or gang house; (2) what civil remedies, such as public nuisance violations and civil suits in small claims court, are available; and (3) what mediation techniques are available between community members and individuals who have established a drug or gang house in such community. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) grant application requirements; (2) allocation of funds and grant renewal; (3) criteria for awarding grants; and (4) reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine the need adjusted per capita income for certain economically distressed central cities, based on a specified formula. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to provide for the establishment of a new medical facility for veterans in south Texas.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1993

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct a veterans' medical facility in south Texas. Authorizes appropriations.

Voluntary Environmental Cleanup and Economic Redevelopment Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1993

Voluntary Environmental Cleanup and Economic Redevelopment Act of 1993 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to: (1) States that establish voluntary environmental cleanup programs meeting specified requirements; and (2) local governments to conduct site characterizations for affected sites at which voluntary cleanups are being conducted or are proposed under State voluntary cleanup programs. Directs the Administrator to provide loans for the cleanup of affected sites to owners or prospective purchasers of affected sites at which voluntary cleanups are being conducted or are proposed. Sets forth loan application and approval procedures, as well as maximum loan amounts and loan agreement requirements. Grants the United States a lien on contaminated property subject to a loan until the loan agreement has been satisfied. Establishes the Economic Redevelopment Revolving Fund. Transfers loan repayments to the Fund and makes the Fund available for the loan program. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the amount of grants or loans that may be used for administrative costs.

Gulf of Mexico Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993

Gulf of Mexico Act of 1993 - Requires the President, upon receiving agreement from the Governor of each Gulf State, to establish a Gulf of Mexico Commission to promote the environmental and economic interests of the Gulf by coordinating the public authorities and private organizations that are engaged in evaluating and responding to problems relating to the Gulf. Establishes the Gulf of Mexico Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Requires the Director of the Program Office to: (1) create an inventory and data base of research on Gulf environmental quality issues; (2) establish a Gulf-wide network to monitor Gulf environmental quality and implement policies to improve environmental quality; and (3) coordinate Federal, State, and local activities to improve environmental quality. Directs the EPA Administrator to publish a Gulf of Mexico Management Plan designed to: (1) summarize existing data on the environmental quality of the Gulf; (2) describe the monitoring network and the Program Office research inventory; (3) describe significant sources of pollution and activities to preserve critical habitats; (4) report on and recommend pollution prevention measures; (5) address the economic impact of such measures on development in the Gulf region; and (6) recommend the Federal, State, and local agencies to be charged with implementing the Plan. Authorizes grants to States for implementing the monitoring network or Plan, subject to cost-sharing requirements. Bars the use of grants for purposes of relieving any person from liability under Federal or State law for damages, response costs, or relief. Permits the Administrator to negotiate memoranda of understanding with other Federal agencies with jurisdiction over the Gulf. Authorizes the Administrator to study the nature and extent of environmental problems in the Gulf and wider Caribbean region. Authorizes appropriations.

A joint resolution to designate July 5, 1993, through July 12, 1993, as "National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques".

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1993

Designates July 5 through 12, 1993, as National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques.

A joint resolution to designate the last week of September 1993, and the last week of September of 1994, as "National Senior Softball Week".

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1993

Designates the last week of September 1993, and the last week of each September thereafter, as National Senior Softball Week.

Radio Free Asia Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1993

Radio Free Asia Act of 1993 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize the Board for International Broadcasting to designate one organization constituted on the model of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Incorporated, to carry out radio broadcasting to China, Tibet, Burma (a.k.a. Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam. Designates such broadcasts as Radio Free China. Increases the number of Board members. Limits terms of Board members who are presidential appointees to three years. Sets forth additional provisions concerning membership terms.

Tobacco Price Support Elimination Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1993

Tobacco Price Support Elimination Act of 1993 - Amends specified agricultural Acts to eliminate price supports and other production and marketing assistance for tobacco.

A bill to make unlawful the possession of certain assault weapons, to establish a Federal penalty for drive-by shootings, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Assault Weapons Title II: Indiscriminate Use of Weapons to Further Drug Conspiracies Title III: Miscellaneous Firearms Offenses Title I: Assault Weapons - Antidrug Assault Weapons Limitation Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the: (1) transfer, importation, transportation, shipment, receipt, or possession of an assault weapon, with exceptions; (2) sale, shipment, or delivery of an assault weapon to a person who does not fill out a form 4473 (prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury) in connection with the purchase; and (3) purchase, possession, or acceptance of delivery of an assault weapon by a person who has not filled out such form. Sets penalties for: (1) the use of an assault weapon during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime; and (2) knowingly violating requirements regarding the filling out of form 4473. Prohibits persons convicted of the latter offense from shipping or transporting firearms or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce. Directs the Attorney General to investigate the effect of this Act and determine its impact on violent and drug trafficking crime. Title II: Indiscriminate Use of Weapons to Further Drug Conspiracies - Drive-By Shooting Prevention Act of 1993 - Sets penalties for causing grave risk to human life or the death of any person by firing a weapon into a group of two or more persons with intent to intimidate, harass, injure, or maim and in furtherance of, or to escape detection of, a major drug offense. Title III: Miscellaneous Firearms Offenses - Sets penalties for: (1) stealing a firearm that is moving in, or that has moved in, interstate or foreign commerce; and (2) smuggling or knowingly bringing a firearm, into the United States, or attempting to do so, with intent to engage in or promote conduct that is punishable under specified controlled substances Acts, violates a State law relating to a controlled substance, or constitutes a crime of violence. Provides for mandatory revocation of supervised release for possession of a firearm.

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1993

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to subject to criminal penalties and a civil remedy persons who intentionally: (1) by force, threat of force, or physical obstruction injure, intimidate, or interfere with any person because that person is or has been obtaining abortion services or lawfully aiding another to obtain such services; or (2) damage or destroy the property of a medical facility because such facility provides abortion services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study concerning the effect of such prohibited conduct on the delivery of reproductive health services for women and on the health and welfare of women throughout the United States. Requires the Secretary to conduct an investigation to determine whether any person has violated or is violating this Act. Permits the Secretary to obtain the assistance of the Attorney General or a State or local government agency in conducting such investigations. Directs the Secretary to immediately refer a violation to the Attorney General for appropriate action. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) civil remedies (including compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive relief, and costs); and (2) action by the Attorney General (who may commence a civil action in any appropriate U.S. district court).

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the targeted jobs credit.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the targeted jobs credit permanent. Increases the maximum age requirement for an economically disadvantaged youth from 23 years to 25 years. Establishes economically disadvantaged veterans as members of targeted groups for purposes of the credit.

A joint resolution to designate the weeks beginning April 18, 1993, and April 17, 1994, each as "National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1993

Designates the weeks beginning April 18, 1993, and April 17, 1994, as National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week.

Family Preservation and Child Protection Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1993

Family Preservation and Child Protection Reform Act - (Sec. 3) Amends part B (Child Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to convert the Child Welfare program from an authorization to a capped innovative family services entitlement program. Requires maintenance of State effort under such program. Sets forth a new formula for allotments to States under such program. Requires States to use funds to provide respite care to any family operating a foster family home for one or more foster children with special needs. Requires the use of entitlement grants to develop or expand specialized child welfare services programs for families in crisis due to substance abuse. (Sec. 4) Reserves funds for grants to State court systems to assess and improve procedures in child welfare cases. (Sec. 5) Requires each State to periodically compile a detailed directory of programs designed to keep families together or reunify them or place children permanently, identifying which of such programs provides specialized child welfare services to families in crisis due to substance abuse. (Sec. 6) Requires States to inventory all children placed in foster care and determine the appropriate action in each case. Requires States to set up information and case review systems for each child receiving foster care, as well as specified service programs for all such children. (Sec. 7) Requires States to report on measures taken to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act. (Sec. 9) Allows the involvement of private parties in the development of State plans. (Sec. 10) Amends title IV of the Social Security Act to add a new part C, Comprehensive Service Projects to grant States flexibility and resources to develop comprehensive and coordinated services. Authorizes demonstration projects for the coordination of child and family services. (Sec. 11) Makes children whose adoption has been set aside by a court eligible for discretionary foster care maintenance payments. Makes eligible for adoption assistance payments the adoptive parents of any such child with respect to whom foster care maintenance payments may be made. (Sec. 12) Expands the definition of children with special needs, for purposes of the adoption assistance program. (Sec. 13) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish an Advisory Committee on Foster Care Placement to study and report to the Secretary and the Congress on reasonable State efforts to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of children from their homes and to make it possible for foster children to return home. (Sec. 14) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a deduction for adoption expenses paid for a child with special needs. (Sec. 15) Requires the State plan to provide for a periodic reevaluation of foster care maintenance payments. (Sec. 16) Revises requirements for dispositional hearings to determine the final status of a foster child, in part to accelerate such hearings. (Sec. 18) Revises certain case plan requirements for placement of children in out-of-State foster care, including special State reports on such placements. (Sec. 19) Revises certain requirements for the treatment of assets of youth participating in the independent living program. (Sec. 20) Eliminates the ceilings on Federal foster care payments to States and the States' authority to transfer unused foster care funds to the Child Welfare Services program. (Sec. 21) Directs the Secretary of HHS to: (1) establish an advisory committee; and (2) issue final regulations for training of staff of agencies responsible for administering foster care and adoption assistance programs and for training of foster and adoptive parents. Requires the Secretary to publish a model staff recruitment, training, and staff retention program for State and local child welfare agencies. (Sec. 23) Provides for grants for child welfare traineeships. (Sec. 25) Amends title IV of the Social Security Act to add a new part G, Child Welfare Review System. Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish such system to: (1) review each State child welfare program to assess whether the requirements of such Act are being carried out; (2) impose financial penalties in cases of substantial failure to comply; and (3) provide technical assistance to any such program. (Sec. 26) Requires the Secretary to establish a work group to advise on the planning and implementation of the system to be used for the collection of data relating to adoption and foster care. (Sec. 27) Requires the Secretary to conduct, through contracts with independent research organizations, the following research and evaluation projects; (1) foster care evaluations; (2) longitudinal child welfare data bases; and (3) studies of child welfare population dynamics. Requires the Secretary to study child separation practices in at least three States and develop appropriate separation guidelines. (Secs. 28-30) Directs the Secretary of HHS to conduct certain demonstration projects with respect to child welfare, independent living services for young adults, and home rebuilding for children released from foster care. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Commission on the Evaluation of Disability in Children. (Sec. 32) Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to overturn certain limitations in Suter v. Artist M. on private enforceability of State plan requirements.

A resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate concerning the United Nation's arms embargo against Bosnia-Herzegovina, a nation's right to self-defense, and peace negotiations.

United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1993

Declares that: (1) the United States should work with the United Nations Security Council to lift the international arms embargo as it applies to Bosnia-Herzegovina; and (2) such action should be taken on a timely basis to complement the peace process.

A joint resolution to designate the weeks of May 2, 1993, through May 8, 1993, and May 1, 1994, through May 7, 1994, as "National Correctional Officers Week".

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1993

Designates the weeks of May 2 through 8, 1993, and May 1 through 7, 1994, as National Correctional Officers Week.

Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993

Prisoner-of-War Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of one-dollar coins emblematic of the experience of American prisoners of war. Requires that all sales of such coins include a surcharge of $5 per coin. Requires specified proceeds from such surcharges to be paid to the: (1) Secretary of the Interior for construction of the Andersonville Prisoner-of-War Museum in Andersonville, Georgia; (2) endowment fund established by this Act for the maintenance of such Museum; and (3) Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain national cemeteries.

A bill to amend chapter 41 of title 18, United States Code, to punish stalking.

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993

Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties with respect to a person who: (1) in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in the course of interstate travel, or by the use of an instrument of interstate or foreign commerce, harasses or makes a credible threat against another person; (2) under a protection order engages in such conduct; and (3) with a prior stalking conviction engages in such conduct. Prohibits an offense within the jurisdiction of a State from being prosecuted by the United States under such provisions unless the Attorney General (or the highest ranking subordinate of the Attorney General with responsibility for criminal prosecutions) makes a written determination that the offender will not be expeditiously or effectively prosecuted under State law. Requires as a condition of probation granted to an offender under such provisions that the offender participate in counseling, unless the court finds that counseling is not necessary. Requires a court to consider issuing an order enjoining an offender from any contact with the victim for a period of up to ten years.