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Bill· SS. 1631 (103rd)open

A bill to amend the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1993

Amends the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use funds appropriated pursuant to such Act, including funds appropriated for project modifications by the Army Corps of Engineers, to provide Federal assistance to the State of Florida for acquisition of lands adjacent to, or affecting the restoration of natural water flows to, the Everglades National Park or Florida Bay which are located east of the Park and known as the Frog Pond, Rocky Glades Agricultural Area, and the Eight-and-One-Half Square-Mile Area.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 50 (103rd)passed

Anti-Boycott Resolution of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1993

Anti-Boycott Resolution of 1993 - Urges members of the Arab League to dismantle the primary secondary, and tertiary boycott of Israel and issue the necessary laws, rules, and regulations to ensure that U.S. firms have free and open access to Arab markets regardless of their business relationship with Israel. Urges the U.S. Government to continue to raise the boycott as an unfair trade practice in every appropriate international trade forum. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the end of the Arab League boycott of Israel is of great urgency to the U.S. Government and will continue to be a priority issue in all bilateral relations with participating states until its complete dissolution.

Bill· SS. 1625 (103rd)referred

Anti-Economic Discrimination Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1993

Anti-Economic Discrimination Act of 1993 - Prohibits the sale or lease of defense articles or services by the U.S. Government to any country or international organization that is known to have sent letters to U.S. firms requesting compliance with, or soliciting information regarding compliance with, the secondary or tertiary Arab boycott unless the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the country or organization does not currently maintain such a policy or practice. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition for one year if the waiver is: (1) in the national interest and will promote objectives to eliminate the Arab boycott; or (2) in the national security interest. Provides for extensions of waivers upon notification of the appropriate congressional committees.

Bill· SS. 1590 (103rd)referred

Veterans Bill of Rights Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1993

Veterans Bill of Rights Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take all necessary action to ensure that all rights and benefits provided under Federal law to qualified veterans are: (1) made available to veterans to the same extent in every State or geographic location; and (2) not denied on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, age, or geographic location.

Bill· SS. 1576 (103rd)referred

Family, Investment, Retirement, Savings, and Tax Fairness Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Family Tax Credit Title II: Reducing the Cost of Capital by Reducing Capital Gains Tax Rates and Indexing the Basis of Certain Assets Title III: Neutral Cost Recovery Title IV: Increasing National Savings Through Individual Retirement Plus Accounts, Indexing for Inflation the Income Thresholds for Taxing Social Security Benefits, Etc. Title V: Cap on Federal Spending and Establishment of Commission to Reduce Federal Spending Title VI: Elimination of Social Security Earnings Test Family, Investment, Retirement, Savings, and Tax Fairness Act of 1993 - Title I: Family Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a tax credit of $500 multiplied by the number of qualifying children who have not attained age 18. Places limitations on such credit and adjusts it for inflation. Title II: Reducing the Cost of Capital by Reducing Capital Gains Tax Rates and Indexing the Basis of Certain Assets - Reduces the individual and corporate capital gains rate from 34 percent to 15 percent. Reduces such tax to 7.5 percent for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Provides for the phaseout of personal exemptions and the overall limitation on itemized deductions to take into account adjusted gross income which has been reduced by net capital gain. (Sec. 204) Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. (Sec. 205) Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of noncorporate taxpayers. Title III: Neutral Cost Recovery - Allows the depreciation deduction to be computed based on a neutral recovery basis for property placed in service after December 31, 1993. (Sec. 302) Establishes special depreciation rules applicable under the adjusted current earnings provisions of the minimum tax for 1994. Title IV: Increasing National Savings Through Individual Retirement Plus Accounts, Indexing for Inflation the Income Thresholds for Taxing Social Security Benefits, etc. - Allows individuals to establish individual retirement plus accounts with tax treatment similar to that for individual retirement plans. Makes contributions to such account nondeductible. Provides for qualified distributions from such accounts, other than for general retirement purposes, including special purpose distributions made for the purchase of a first home and for medical or educational purposes. Prohibits special purpose distributions from being made during the first five years of the account. (Sec. 402) Provides an inflation adjustment after 1996 for income thresholds in determining the taxation of social security benefits. Excludes income from individual retirement plans when determining modified adjusted gross income. (Sec. 403) Provides an inflation adjustment after 1996 for the maximum amount allowable as a deduction for retirement savings. Title V: Cap on Federal Spending and Establishment of Commission to Reduce Federal Spending - Establishes the Commission on Reduction of Federal Spending to: (1) recommend specific reductions in Federal activities to assure that spending does not grow at a rate in excess of two percent per year through FY 1998; and (2) report a bill to the Congress with changes necessary to achieve such reductions. (Sec. 504) Establishes an advisory council to assist the Commission. (Sec. 509) Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to set forth sequestration procedures when the increase in annual Federal spending exceeds the amount resulting from an annual rate of inflation of two percent. Title VI: Elimination of Social Security Earnings Test - Amends title II (Old Act, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 152 (103rd)referred

A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit the consideration of any retroactive tax increase unless three-fifths of all Senators duly chosen and sworn waive the prohibition by roll call vote.

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1993

Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate to add a rule that makes it out of order to consider any material in any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, conference report, or amendment between the Houses that increases a tax retroactively. Requires an affirmative three-fifths' roll call vote of all Senators to waive this rule.

Bill· SS. 1543 (103rd)referred

Cancer Screening Incentive Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993

Cancer Screening Incentive Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for expenditures (not paid by insurance or otherwise) incurred by the taxpayer for qualified cancer screening tests.

Bill· SS. 1533 (103rd)open

Affordable Health Care Now Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Improved Access to Affordable Health Care Subtitle A: Increased Availability and Continuity of Health Coverage for Employees and Their Families Subtitle B: Reform of Health Insurance Marketplace for Small Business Subtitle C: Preemption Subtitle D: Health Deduction Fairness Subtitle E: Improved Access to Community Health Services Subtitle F: Improved Access to Rural Health Services Subtitle G: State Flexibility in the Medicaid Program: The Medical Health Allowance Program Subtitle H: Medicaid Program Flexibility Title II: Health Care Cost Containment and Quality Enhancement Subtitle A: Medical Malpractice Liability Reform Subtitle B: Administrative Cost Savings Subtitle C: Deduction for Cost of Catastrophic Health Plan; Medical Savings Accounts Subtitle D: Anti-Fraud Subtitle E: Medicare Payment Changes; Part B Premium Tax for High-Income Individuals Subtitle F: Removing Anti-Trust Impediments Subtitle G: Encouraging Enforcement Activities of Medical Self-Regulatory Entities Subtitle H: Prefunding Government Health Benefits for Certain Annuitants Subtitle I: Miscellaneous Provisions Title III: Long-Term Care Subtitle A: Tax Treatment of Long-Term Care Insurance Subtitle B: Protection of Assets Under Medicaid Through Use of Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Subtitle C: Studies Subtitle D: Volunteer Service Credit Demonstration Projects Affordable Health Care Now Act of 1993 - Title I: Improved Access to Affordable Health Care - Subtitle A: Increased Availability and Continuity of Health Coverage for Employees and Their Families - Part 1: Required Coverage Options for Eligible Employees, Spouses, and Dependents - Requires each employer to make available to each eligible employee a group health plan under which: (1) coverage of each eligible individual with respect to such employee may be elected on an annual basis; (2) coverage is provided for at least the required coverage specified; and (3) employees may elect to have premiums collected through payroll deduction. Does not require employer contributions to the cost of coverage under such a plan. Provides for the exclusion of: (1) employers who have been employers for less than two years or who have no more than two eligible employees or no more than two eligible employees not covered under any group health plan; and (2) family members under specified circumstances. Specifies that a group health plan shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements of this Act solely because a period of service by an eligible employee of not more than 60 days is required for coverage. Specifies that the required coverage is standard coverage, except that in the case of a small employer that has not contributed during the previous plan year to the cost of coverage for any eligible employee under any group health plan, the required coverage for the plan year is coverage under a MedAccess standard, MedAccess catastrophic, and MedAccess medisave plan. Provides for a five-year transition for existing group health plans. (Sec. 1002) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) compliance with applicable requirements through multiple employer health arrangements; and (2) coverage options under a State medical health allowance program. Part 2: Preexisting Conditions and Continuity of Coverage; Renewability - Prohibits a group health plan from imposing (and an insurer from requiring an employer from imposing through a waiting period for coverage under a plan or similar requirement) a limitation or exclusion of benefits relating to treatment of a preexisting condition if: (1) the condition relates to a condition that was not diagnosed or treated within three months before the date of coverage under the plan; or (2) the limitation or exclusion extends over more than six month after the date of coverage, applies to an individual who, as of the date of birth, was covered under the plan, or relates to pregnancy. Specifies that, in the case of an individual who is eligible for coverage under a plan but for a waiting period imposed by the employer, the individual shall be treated as having been covered under the plan as of the earliest date of the beginning of the waiting period. (Sec. 1012) Requires each group health plan to waive any period applicable to a preexisting condition for similar benefits with respect to an individual to the extent that the individual, prior to enrollment in such plan, was covered for the condition under any other health plan. (Sec. 1013) Prohibits: (1) a multiemployer plan and an exempted multiple employer health plan from canceling or denying renewal of coverage under such a plan for an employer other than for nonpayment of contributions, fraud or other misrepresentation, noncompliance with plan provisions, or misuse of a provider network provision, or because the plan is ceasing to provide any coverage in a geographic area; (2) an insurer from canceling a health insurance plan or denying renewal of coverage other than as prescribed above; and (3) an insurer who terminates the offering of health insurance plans in an area from offering such a plan to any employer in the area until five years after the date of the termination. Part 3: Enforcement; Effective Dates; Definitions - Makes provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 applicable with respect to enforcement of this Act (by the Department of Labor). Amends the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to impose a tax ($100 per day for each individual involved, subject to specified limitations) on the failure of an insurer to comply with the requirements under part 2 unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) determines that the State has in effect a regulatory enforcement mechanism that provides adequate sanctions. Subtitle B: Reform of Health Insurance Marketplace for Small Business - Requires each insurer that makes available a health insurance plan to a small employer in a State to make available to each small employer in the State a MedAccess standard, MedAccess catastrophic, and MedAccess medisave plan, with exceptions for health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and if a State provides for guaranteed availability (rather than guaranteed issue). Requires each insurer that offers a MedAccess plan to a small employer in a State to accept: (1) every small employer in the State that applies for coverage; and (2) every eligible individual who applies for enrollment on a timely basis. Sets forth provision regarding: (1) special rules for HMOs; (2) timely enrollment requirements; and (3) enrollment of spouses and dependents. Makes such requirements inapplicable in a State that has provided (in accordance with specified standards) a mechanism under which each insurer offering a health insurance plan to a small employer in the State must participate in a program for assigning high-risk small employer groups (or individuals within such a group) among some or all such insurers, if the insurers comply. (Sec. 1102) Defines "MedAccess plan" as a health insurance plan that: (1) is designed to provide standard coverage with substantial cost-sharing, only catastrophic coverage, or medisave coverage; (2) includes only essential and medically necessary services; (3) meets applicable requirements relating to guaranteed issue; and (4) meets specifies consumer protection standards. Defines "MedAccess standard plan," "MedAccess catastrophic plan," and "MedAccess medisave plan" to mean a MedAccess plan that provides for at least standard coverage, for only catastrophic coverage, or medisave coverage, respectively. Requests the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to submit to the Secretary a set of rules which NAIC determines is sufficient for determining, in the case of any health insurance plan and for purposes of this subtitle, the actuarial value of the coverage offered by the plan. Directs the Secretary to certify such set of rules for use under this subtitle if they meet such requirements or establish such a set of rules. Specifies that a health insurance plan is considered to provide: (1) standard coverage if the benefits are determined, in accordance with certified rules of actuarial equivalence, to have a value that is within five percentage points of an established target actuarial value for standard coverage; (2) catastrophic coverage if benefits are available under the plan for a year only to the extent that expenses for covered services in a year exceed a deductible amount that is consistent with a specified requirement for a catastrophic health plan under the Code, and are determined, in accordance with certified actuarial equivalence rules, to have a value that is within five percentage points of an established target actuarial value for catastrophic coverage; and (3) medisave coverage if such plan consists of a catastrophic health plan within the meaning of the Code and a medical savings account. Requests NAIC to submit to the Secretary target actuarial values for standard and catastrophic coverage. Permits NAIC to submit periodic revisions of, and permits the Secretary to revise, the set of rules of actuarial equivalence and target actuarial values where necessary to take into account changes in the relevant types of health benefits provisions, in deductible levels for catastrophic coverage, or in relevant demographic conditions. (Sec. 1103) Directs the Secretary to request NAIC to develop model regulations that specify standards with respect to requirements: (1) that insurers make available MedAccess plans; (2) of guaranteed availability of MedAccess plans to small employers; (3) relating to limits on premiums and certain consumer protections; and (4) relating to limitation of annual premium increases. Requires the Secretary to review such standards and, if NAIC fails to specify standards meeting such requirements, to promulgate standards. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the application of MedAccess standards and consumer protection standards by the States; and (2) the Federal role. (Sec. 1104) Sets forth provisions: (1) regarding limits on premiums and annual premium increases; and (2) requiring an insurer, at the time of offering a health insurance plan to a small employer, to fully disclose rating practices for health insurance plans, including rating practices for different populations and benefit designs. (Sec. 1106) Directs the Secretary to: (1) request NAIC to develop models for reinsurance or allocation of risk mechanisms for health insurance plans made available to small employers for whom an insurer is at risk of incurring high costs under the plan; and (2) review such models or specify models. Sets forth provisions regarding implementation of reinsurance or allocation of risk mechanisms by the States and the Federal role. Amends the Code to provide for the imposition of a tax on any health insurance plan which covers any employee in a Federal reinsurance State. (Sec. 1108) Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of Private Health Care Coverage. Requires the Office Director to submit to the Congress annual reports evaluating health care coverage reform. (Sec. 1109) Authorizes the Director to conduct: (1) research on the impact of this subtitle on the availability of affordable health coverage for employees and dependents in the small employers group health care coverage market and other specified topics; and (2) demonstration projects relating to such topics. Requires the Director to develop: (1) methods for measuring the relative health risks of eligible individuals in terms of the expected costs of providing benefits under health insurance plans and, in particular, MedAccess plans; and (2) a model for equitably distributing health risks among insurers in the small employer health care coverage market. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Preemption - Part 1: Scope of State Regulation - Prohibits: (1) State benefit mandates for group health plans; and (2) State or local law prohibitions against two or more employers obtaining coverage under an insured multiple employer health plan. (Sec. 1203) Preempts State restrictions concerning: (1) reimbursement rates or selective contracting; (2) differential financial incentives; and (3) utilization review methods. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the benefits and cost effectiveness of the use of managed care in the delivery of health services. Part 2: Multiple Employer Health Benefits Protections - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to allow a limited exemption under preemption rules for multiple employer plans providing health benefits subject to certain Federal standards. (Sec. 1212) Relieves exempted multiple employer plans providing medical care benefits of certain restrictions on preemption of State law. Treats such plans as employee welfare benefit plans. Allows commencement of new arrangements only if such exemption is in effect or an application is pending and the Secretary of Labor determines that provisional protection is appropriate. Sets forth exemption procedures, eligibility requirements, and additional requirements applicable to exempted arrangements. Requires certain disclosures to participating employers, maintenance of reserves, and corrective actions. Provides for expiration, suspension, and revocation of exemptions, and for review of actions by the Secretary. (Sec. 1213) Revises provisions relating to scope of preemption rules, and to treatment of single employer arrangements and of certain collectively bargained arrangements. (Sec. 1215) Establishes special rules for employee leasing healthcare arrangements. Treats such arrangements as multiple employer welfare arrangements except when they are multiple employer health plans. (Sec. 1216) Sets forth enforcement provisions relating to multiple employer welfare arrangements and employee leasing health care arrangements. (Sec. 1217) Sets forth filing requirements for multiple employer welfare arrangements. (Sec. 1218) Provides for cooperation between Federal and State authorities in enforcing ERISA requirements for multiple employer welfare arrangements with the limited exemption. Part 3: Encouragement of Multiple Employer Arrangements Providing Basic Health Benefits - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the commonality of interest or geographic location requirement for tax exempt trust status for multiple employer health plans and insured multiple employer health plans if they meet certain requirements under ERISA and this Act. Part 4: Simplifying Filing of Reports for Employers Covered under Insured Multiple Employer Health Plans - Amends ERISA to direct the Secretary of Labor to prescribe an alternative method providing for a single annual report with respect to all employers who are covered under the same insured multiple employer health plan. Part 5: Compliance with Coverage Option Requirements - Provides for compliance with applicable coverage requirements through multiemployer plans and other multiple employer health arrangements. Subtitle D: Health Deduction Fairness - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) for a permanent extension and increase in the health insurance tax deduction for self-employed individuals; and (2) that the deduction for certain health insurance costs be determined without regard to an adjusted gross income threshold. Disallows the deduction to individuals eligible for employer-subsidized coverage. Allows the deduction whether or not the individual itemizes other deductions. Subtitle E: Improved Access to Community Health Services - Part 1: Increased Authorization for Community and Migrant Health Centers - Directs the Secretary to provide for grants to migrant and community health centers to promote primary health care services for underserved individuals. Allows grants to be used to promote the provision of off-site services, to improve birth outcomes in areas with high infant mortality and morbidity, to establish primary care clinics in areas in need, and for recruitment and training costs of necessary providers and operating costs for unreimbursed services. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the impact of such grants on access to health care, birth outcomes, and the use of emergency room services. Part 2: Grants for Projects for Coordinating Delivery of Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities: (1) to carry out demonstration projects to increase access to outpatient primary health services in specified geographic areas (i.e., areas that are rational areas for the delivery of health services, have a population of not more than 500,000 individuals, and have been designated by the Secretary as areas with a shortage of personal health services or that have a significant number of individuals with low incomes or insufficient health care insurance through coordinating the delivery of such services under Federal, State, local, and private programs; and (2) for developing plans to carry out such projects. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle F: Improved Access to Rural Health Services - Part 1: Establishment of Rural Emergency Access Care Hospitals Under Medicare - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) establishment of rural emergency access care hospitals under Medicare; and (2) coverage of and payment for rural emergency access care hospital services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Part 2: Rural Medical Emergencies Air Transport - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants to States to assist in the creation or enhancement of air medical transport systems that provide victims of medical emergencies in rural areas with access to treatments. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) application and State plan requirements; (2) considerations in awarding grants; (3) State administration and use of grants; (4) the number of grants; and (5) reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Part 3: Emergency Medical Services Amendments - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) establish an Office of Emergency Medical Services, headed by a Director; (2) engage in specified emergency medical services activities, including disseminating information obtained in carrying out specified activities to public and private entities, providing technical assistance to State and local agencies, coordinating Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) activities with those of other Federal agencies; and (3) ensure that such activities are carried out consistent with certain requirements regarding maintaining an adequate number of health professionals with expertise in the provision of services, developing, periodically reviewing, and revising as appropriate guidelines for the provision of such services, appropriately using available technologies, and serving the unique needs of underserved inner-city and rural areas. (Sec. 1522) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the purpose of improving the availability and quality of emergency medical services through the operation of State offices of emergency medical services, subject to specified matching fund, budgetary, and other requirements. (Sec. 1523) Provides for demonstration projects to establish telecommunications between rural medical facilities and medical facilities with expertise or equipment. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the telecommunications technologies demonstrated include interactive video telecommunications, static video imaging transmitted through the telephone system, and facsimiles transmitted through such system. (Sec. 1524) Authorizes appropriations for: (1) emergency medical services (including for State offices of Emergency Medical Services and for telecommunications demonstrations); and (2) trauma care and certain other activities. Subtitle G: State Flexibility in the Medicaid Program: The Medical Health Allowance Program - Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to provide for the establishment of State health allowance programs under which the State makes payments to a group health plan which provides coverage to an eligible individual as an allowance towards the costs of providing the individual with benefits under the plan. Subtitle H: Medicaid Program Flexibility - Amends SSA title XIX Medicaid) to modify: (1) Federal requirements to allow States more flexibility in contracting for coordinated care services under Medicaid; and (2) provisions regarding the extension of certain waivers. Title II: Health Care Cost Containment and Quality Enhancement - Subtitle A: Medical Malpractice Liability Reform - Part 1: General Provisions - Makes this subtitle applicable with respect to any medical malpractice liability claim and to any medical malpractice liability action brought in State or Federal court, except a claim or action for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death to the extent that title XXI of the Public Health Service Act applies. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) preemption of State law; (2) effect on sovereign immunity and choice of law or venue; (3) jurisdiction; and (4) effective dates. Part 2: Medical Malpractice and Product Liability Reform - Prohibits a medical malpractice liability action from being brought in any State court during a calendar year unless the relevant claim has been initially resolved (i.e., a decision has been reached on whether the defendant is liable to the plaintiff for damages and on the amount of damages) under a certified alternative dispute resolution (ADR) system or an alternative Federal system. Prohibits a medical malpractice liability action from being brought in Federal court based on diversity of citizenship during a calendar year unless the relevant claim has been initially resolved under such a system in the State whose law applies. Directs the Attorney General to establish an ADR process for tort claims consisting of medical malpractice liability claims brought against the United States under chapter 171 of the Federal judicial code (U.S. Court of Federal Claims). Prohibits a medical malpractice liability action based on such a claim from being brought in any Federal court unless the claim has been initially resolved under such process. Sets forth procedures for filing actions. (Sec. 2012) Limits to $250,000 the amount of noneconomic damages that may be awarded to a claimant and family members in a medical malpractice liability action. Sets limits on punitive damages and on periodic payments for future losses. (Sec. 2013) Set forth provisions regarding: (1) limits on attorney fees and other costs; (2) joint and several liability (generally, liability may be found only for those damages directly attributable to the person's proportionate share of fault or responsibility for the injury); (3) a statute of limitations of seven years; and (4) a uniform standard for determining negligence (the defendant's conduct at the time of providing the health care services was not reasonable). (Sec. 2017) Specifies that in the case of a medical malpractice liability claim relating to services provided during labor or the delivery of a baby, if the health care professional did not previously treat the injured individual for the pregnancy, the trier of fact may not find that the defendant committed malpractice nor assess damages unless the malpractice is proven by clear and convincing evidence. Part 3: Requirements for State Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems - Lists requirements for State ADR systems, including that such a system: (1) applies to all medical malpractice liability claims under the jurisdiction of the courts of that State; (2) requires that a written opinion resolving the dispute be issued within six months after each party against whom the claim is filed has received notice of the claim; (3) is approved by the State or local governments; (4) provides for the transmittal to the State agency responsible for monitoring or disciplining health care professionals and providers of any findings of malpractice; and (5) provides for the regular transmittal of information on disputes resolved under the system to the Administrator for Health Care Policy and Research in a manner that protects the identity of the parties involved. (Sec. 2032) Directs the Secretary, by October 1 of each year, to certify State ADR systems that meet such requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish an alternative Federal ADR system for the resolution of medical malpractice liability claims in States that do not have in effect a certified ADR system. (Sec. 2033) Directs the Secretary, within five years, to submit to the Congress a report describing and evaluating State ADR systems and the alternative Federal system, including: (1) information on the effect of the ADR systems on health care costs, access to health care, and quality of care provided within the State; and (2) to the extent that such report does not provide information on no-fault systems operated by States as ADR systems, an analysis of the feasibility and desirability of establishing a system for resolving medical malpractice liability claims on a no-fault basis. Part 4: Other Provisions Relating to Medical Malpractice Liability - Authorizes a State agency responsible for disciplinary actions for a type of health care practitioner to enter into agreements with State or county professional societies to permit their participation in the licensing of such practitioner and to review any health care malpractice action, claims, or allegation, or other information concerning the practice patterns of any such practitioner. Sets forth agreement requirements. (Sec. 2042) Directs the Secretary to study incentives adopted by State and local governments, insurers, medical societies, and other entities to encourage physicians to volunteer to provide health care services in medically underserved areas. (Sec. 2043) Directs each State to require: (1) each health care professional and health care provider to participate in a risk management program to prevent, and provide early warning of, practices which may result in injuries to patients or endanger patient safety; and (2) each provider of health care professional and provider liability insurance in the State to establish risk management programs or sanction programs of risk management for health care professionals and providers provided by other entities, and require each such professional or provider, as a condition of maintaining insurance, to participate in one such program at least once in each three-year period. (Sec. 2044) Directs the Secretary to make grants: (1) for basic research in the prevention of, and compensation for, injuries resulting from health care professional or provider malpractice and for research of the outcomes of health care procedures; (2) to the States to assist in improving their ability to license and discipline health care professionals; and (3) to States and local governments, private nonprofit organizations, and health professional schools for educating the general public about the appropriate use of health care, realistic expectations of medical intervention, and the resources and role of health care professional licensing and disciplinary boards in investigating claims of incompetence or health care malpractice, and for developing programs of faculty training and curricula for educating health care professionals in quality assurance, risk management, and medical injury prevention. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Administrative Cost Savings - Part 1: Standardization of Claims Processing - Directs the Secretary to adopt standards relating to: (1) data elements for use in paper and electronic claims processing under health benefit plans and in utilization review and management of care; (2) uniform claims forms; and (3) uniform electronic transmission of the data elements. (Sec. 2102) Authorizes the Secretary, two years after standards are adopted for classes of services upon determining that a significant number of claims for benefits for such services under health benefit plans are not being submitted in accordance with such standards, to require that all providers of such services submit claims to health benefit plans in accordance with such standards. (Sec. 2103) Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for the ongoing receipt and review of comments and suggestions for changes in the standards adopted and promulgated; (2) establish a schedule for the periodic review of such standards; and (3) revise such standards. Part 2: Electronic Medical Data Standards - Directs the Secretary to promulgate standards for hospitals concerning electronic medical data, including standards for transmission of such data and confidentiality of patient-specific information. Authorizes the Secretary to periodically revise such standards. (Sec. 2112) Sets forth requirements with respect to: (1) the sharing of hospital information under Medicare; (2) waiver of such requirements; and (3) application of such requirements to hospitals of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Sec. 2113) Authorizes the head of a Federal agency to require a provider to present and transmit a required data element electronically in accordance with applicable presentation or transmission standard. (Sec. 2114) Sets forth limitations on data requirements where standards with respect to data elements are in effect. (Sec. 2115) Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory commission on the standards established under this part and operational concerns about the implementation of such standards. Authorizes appropriations. Part 3: Development and Distribution of Comparative Value Information - Directs the Secretary to determine whether each State is developing and implementing a health care value information program that meets specified criteria and a specified schedule. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants to enable each State to plan development and initiate implementation of its health care value information program; and (2) recover the amount of such a grant by offset against any other amount payable to the State under the Social Security Act under specified circumstances. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 2122) Directs the Secretary to take actions necessary to implement a comparable program in a State that fails to develop or implement a health care value information program in accordance with such criteria and schedule. Authorizes the Secretary to charge fees for the information materials provided pursuant to such a program. (Sec. 2123) Directs the head of each Federal agency with responsibility for the provision of health insurance or health care services to individuals to develop health care value information relating to each program that such head administers and covering the same types of data that a State program meeting such criteria would provide. (Sec. 2124) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop model systems to facilitate the gathering of data on health care cost, quality, and outcome and the analysis of such data in a manner that will permit the valid comparison of such data among providers and among health plans; (2) support experimentation with different approaches to achieve such objectives in the most cost effective manner; and (3) evaluate the various methods to determine their relative success. Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards for the collective and reporting of data on health care cost, quality, and outcomes. Authorizes appropriations. Part 4: Additional Standards and Requirements; Research and Demonstrations - Directs the Secretary to: (1) adopt standards relating to the design and use of magnetized Medicare identification cards to assist health care providers in determining whether individuals are eligible for benefits for provided services under the Medicare program and in billing the Medicare program for covered services; (2) take steps to encourage and assist States in the design and use of magnetized Medicaid identification cards under their Medicaid plans; and (3) establish a Medicare and Medicaid information system to provide information on group health and other health benefit plans that are primary payors to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 2132) Specifies that, effective January 1, 1994, no effect shall be given to any provision of State law that requires medical or health insurance records (including billing information) to be maintained in written, rather than electronic, form. (Sec. 2133) Requires, effective January 1, 1995, each health benefit plan: (1) to use a beneficiary's social security number as the personal identifier for claims processing and related purposes (authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil money penalty on any plan that fails to do so); and (2) to use the unique identifier under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare) for a provider that furnishes health care items or services to a beneficiary under the plan as the identifier of that provider for claims processing and related purposes. (Sec. 2134) Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine, where benefits are payable under two or more health benefit plans, whether problems relating to the rules for determining the liability of plans or the availability of information among plans causes significant administrative costs; and (2) promulgate standards, if the implementation of standards would significantly reduce such administrative costs. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil money penalty on plans that fail to comply with such standards. (Sec. 2135) Directs the Secretary to provide grants to qualified entities for research on the application of comprehensive information systems in continuously monitoring and improving patient care. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to: (1) two to five community organizations or coalitions of health care providers, health benefit plans, and purchasers to establish and document the efficacy of communication links between the information systems of health benefit plans and of health care providers; (2) two to five public or private nonprofit entities for the development of regional or community-based clinical information systems; and (3) public or private nonprofit entities to develop and test the definition of a comprehensive set of data elements and the specification and manner of presentation of the individual data elements of the set, for electronic medical data generated by physicians and other entities (other than hospitals) that provide health care services. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Deduction for Cost of Catastrophic Health Plan; Medical Savings Account - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include under the medical expense deduction the portion of such expense attributable to coverage under a catastrophic health plan. (Sec. 2202) Allows individuals a tax deduction for percentage of contributions made to a medical care savings account established for the benefit of an eligible individual. Allows such deduction whether or not an individual itemizes deductions. Disallows distributions from such accounts as medical expense deductions. Excludes employer contributions to such accounts from employment taxes. Establishes an excise tax for excess contributions to medical care savings accounts. Subtitle D: Anti-Fraud - Part 1: Criminal Prosecution of Health Care Fraud - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) set penalties for health care providers who knowingly engage in any scheme or artifice to defraud any person in connection with the provision of health care; and (2) make activity which, if engaged in by the U.S. Postal Service, would be a violation of mail fraud provisions punishable to the same extent with respect to private or commercial interstate carriers. (Sec. 2303) Authorizes appropriations to hire, equip, and train no fewer than: (1) 225 special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and support staff to investigate health care fraud cases; (2) 50 assistant United States Attorneys and support staff to prosecute such cases; and (3) 25 investigators in the Office of Inspector General, DHHS, to be devoted exclusively to health care fraud cases. (Sec. 2304) Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General to make payments of up to $10,000 to a person who furnishes information unknown to the Government relating to a possible prosecution of health care fraud, subject to specified requirements and exceptions. Part 2: Coordination of Health Care Anti-Fraud and Abuse Activities - Directs the Secretary to establish in the Office of the Inspector General of DHHS a program (all-payer fraud and abuse control program) to: (1) coordinate Federal, State, and local law enforcement programs to control fraud and abuse with respect to the delivery of, and payment for, health care in the United States; (2) conduct investigations, audits, evaluations, and inspections relating to such delivery and payment; and (3) facilitate the enforcement of provisions of the Social Security Act and other statutes applicable to health care fraud and abuse. Directs the Secretary to establish standards to carry out such program, including standards relating to the furnishing of information by health insurers, providers, and other to enable the Secretary to carry out the program and procedures to assure that such information is provided and utilized in a manner that protects the confidentiality of the information and the privacy of individuals receiving health care services. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) qualified immunity for providing information; (2) ensuring access to documentation; and (3) failure to comply as grounds for exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. (Sec. 2312) Authorizes additional appropriations to enable the Secretary to conduct investigations of allegations of health care fraud and to carry out the all-payor fraud and abuse control program. (Sec. 2313) Establishes in the Treasury an Anti-Fraud and Abuse Trust Fund to be used to assist the Inspector General of DHHS in carrying out the all-payor fraud and abuse control program in the fiscal year involved. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the deposit into the Fund of Federal health anti-fraud and abuse penalties; and (2) the use of such penalties to repay beneficiaries for cost-sharing. (Sec. 2314) Amends SSA title XI to provide for the application of Federal health anti-fraud and abuse sanctions to all fraud and abuse against private health benefit plans. Subtitle E: Medicare Payment Changes; Part B Premium Tax for High-Income Individuals: Part 1 - Medicare Payment Changes - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) eliminate the membership limitation for Medicare health maintenance organizations; and (2) revise the Medicare select policy program and provide for a civil money penalty for misrepresentations made in connection with a Medicare select policy. (Sec. 2402) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to: (1) make permanent the Medicare select policy program; and (2) allow access to Medicare select policies in all States. (Sec. 2403) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take such steps as may be necessary to consolidate the administration of Medicare parts A and B. Part 2: Part B Premium Tax for High-Income Individuals - (Sec. 2411) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the Medicare part B premiums of high income individuals. Subtitle F: Removing Anti-Trust Impediments - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate guidelines under which a health care joint venture may submit an application requesting that the Attorney General provide the entities participating in the venture with an exemption under which: (1) monetary recovery on an antitrust claim brought against the entity shall be limited to actual damages if specified conditions are met; and (2) the conduct of the entity in making or performing a contract to carry out the venture shall not be deemed illegal per se. Requires the Attorney General to approve or disapprove the application within a specified time frame and to provide a statement explaining the reasons for any disapproval. Directs the Attorney General to approve the application if an entity participating in the venture submits to the Attorney General an application that contains the identities of the parties to the venture; the nature, objectives, and planned activities of the venture; and specified assurances and information. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) revocation and renewal of exemptions and withdrawal of an application; (2) requirements relating to notice and publication of exemptions; and (3) issuance of health care certificates of public advantage to each eligible health care joint venture that complies with specified requirements. Establishes the Interagency Advisory Committee on Competition, Antitrust Policy, and Health Care to: (1) discuss and evaluate competition and antitrust policy and their implications regarding the performance of health care markets; (2) analyze the effectiveness of health care joint ventures receiving exemptions in reducing costs and expanding access; and (3) make recommendations to the Congress. Subtitle G: Encouraging Enforcement Activities of Medical Self-Regulatory Entities - Part 1: Application of the Clayton Act to Medical Self-Regulatory Entities - Provides that no damages, cost of suit, or attorney fee may be recovered under section 4, 4A, or 4C of the Clayton Act, or under any similar State law, except by a State or the United States, from any medical self-regulatory entity as a result of engaging in standard setting or enforcement activities that are: (1) designed to promote the quality of health care provided to patients; and (2) not conducted for purposes of financial gain. Directs the court to award the cost of such a suit, including a reasonable attorney fee, to a substantially prevailing defendant. Part 2: Consultation by Federal Agencies - Requires any Federal agency engaged in the establishment of medical profession standards to consult with appropriate medical societies or associations, specialty boards, or recognized accrediting agencies, if available, in carrying out medical professional standard setting and guidelines or standards relating to the practice of medicine. Subtitle H: Prefunding Government Health Benefit for Certain Annuitants - Requires that certain agencies prefund Government health benefits contributions for their annuitants. Subtitle I: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems law to increase the minimum age required to be eligible for an immediate retirement annuity. Provides for the conformance of other Federal retirement systems with the minimum age increase made above. Title III: Long-Term Care - Subtitle A: Tax Treatment of Long-Term Care Insurance - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of qualified long-term care insurance as accident and health insurance for purposes of insurance company taxation. (Sec. 3002) Excludes from gross income benefits provided under a long-term care insurance contract. Includes in gross income employer-provided coverage for long-term care services. (Sec. 3003) Includes amounts paid for qualified long-term care services as medical expenses for individual itemized deductions. Includes any parent or grandparent as a dependent for purposes of such expenses. (Sec. 3004) Provides for the nonrecognition of gain or loss on the exchange of any life insurance contract or an endowment or annuity contract for a long-term care insurance contract. (Sec. 3005) Excludes from gross income certain amounts withdrawn from individual retirement accounts and certain employer cash or deferred arrangement to pay long-term care premiums. (Sec. 3006) Allows insurance companies to issue accelerated death benefit riders on life insurance contracts. Subtitle B: Protection of Assets Under Medicaid Through Use of Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance - Amends SSA title XIX to require State Medicaid plans to disregard some or all of the individual's assets attributable to coverage under a qualified long-term care insurance contract in determining the individual's eligibility for long-term care services. Subtitle C: Studies - Requires the Comptroller General to study the feasibility of: (1) encouraging health care providers to donate their services to homebound patients; and (2) providing heads of households who care for elderly family members in their home with an income tax credit. (Sec. 3203) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of encouraging or requiring the use of a single designate public or nonprofit agency to coordinate, through case management, the provision of long-term care benefits under current Federal, State, and local programs in a geographic area. Subtitle D: Volunteer Service Credit Demonstration Projects - (Sec. 3301) Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to establish and operate a volunteer service credit demonstration project in each State.

Law· SS. 1458 (103rd)enacted

General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1993

General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to set forth a 15-year statute of limitations within which a person may bring a civil action against an aircraft manufacturer for damages for death or injury or damage to property arising from an aircraft accident.

Bill· SS. 1450 (103rd)referred

A bill respecting the relationship between the workers' compensation benefits and the benefits available under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1993

Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 to make State workers' compensation laws the exclusive remedy for agricultural worker injuries under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act for all cases in which a final judgment has not been entered before October 6, 1992.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 34 (103rd)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the accounting standards proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the accounting standards proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board will have grave economic consequences, particularly for businesses in new-growth sectors, which rely heavily on entrepreneurship; and (2) the Board should not change the current accounting rules by requiring that businesses deduct the value of stock options from profits.

Bill· SS. 1356 (103rd)open

Neighborhood Security Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Safe Streets Subtitle A: Police Subtitle B: Prisons Title II: Safe Schools Title III: Criminal Aliens and Alien Smuggling Subtitle A: Deportation of Criminal Aliens Subtitle B: Prevention and Punishment of Alien Smuggling Subtitle C: Border Patrol Title IV: Gangs, Juveniles, Drugs, and Prosecutors Subtitle A: Criminal Youth Gangs Subtitle B: Gang Prosecution Title V: Drug Control and Rural Crime Subtitle A: Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas Subtitle B: Rural Drug Prevention and Treatment Subtitle C: Rural Areas Enhancement Subtitle D: Chemical Control Subtitle E: Personnel Title VI: Punishment and Deterrence Subtitle A: Death Penalty Subtitle B: Equal Justice Act Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Use of Firearms and Explosives Subtitle D: Exclusionary Rule Subtitle E: Pre-Trial Interrogation Title VII: Elimination of Delays in Carrying Out Sentences Subtitle A: General Habeas Corpus Reform Subtitle B: Death Penalty Litigation Procedures Subtitle C: Equalization of Capital Habeas Corpus Litigation Funding Title VIII: Prevention of Terrorism Subtitle A: Penalties and Offenses Subtitle B: Removal of Alien Terrorists Subtitle C: Enhanced Entry Controls Title IX: Victims' Rights and Child Abuse Subtitle A: Victims' Rights Subtitle B: National Child Protection Act Subtitle C: Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act Title X: Violent Crimes and Law Enforcement Support Subtitle A: Violent Crimes Subtitle B: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Title XI: Civil Rights Offenses Title XII: Public Corruption Title XIII: Funding Neighborhood Security Act of 1993 - Title I: Safe Streets - Subtitle A: Police - Chapter 1: Defense Conversion - Establishes an America's Safe Streets Program under which the Attorney General may enter into agreements with State or local law enforcement agencies to pay, and may pay, for a six-year period, the salaries of former members of the armed forces who are hired as police officers assigned to neighborhood patrol duties. Grants priority to agencies located in communities adversely affected by recent military base or facility closings. Sets limits on diminishing the size of the police force during the term of such agreements. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Cops on the Street - Cops on the Street Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make between 50 and 100 grants to units of local government for the purpose of increasing police presence in the community. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Police Corps Program - Establishes in the Department of Justice an Office of the Police Corps, headed by a Director. Sets forth: (1) provisions regarding the designation of a lead agency and submission of State plans, scholarship assistance, selection of participants, and service obligation (four years); and (2) State plan requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 4: Community Policing Grants - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to units of local government and community groups to establish or expand cooperative efforts between police and a community for the purpose of increasing police presence in the community. Requires the Director to develop a written model that informs community members regarding identification of the existence of a drug or gang house, civil remedies (such as public nuisance violations and civil suits in small claims court), and mediation techniques. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 5: Improved Training and Technical Automation - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make grants to units of State and local law enforcement to improve law enforcement agency efficiency through computerized automation and technological improvements; and (2) expand and improve investigative and managerial training courses for State and local law enforcement agencies, including improvements of the training facilities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Academy at Quantico, Virginia. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Prisons - Chapter 1: Regional Prisons for Violent Criminals and Violent Criminal Aliens - Directs the Attorney General to construct a minimum of ten regional prisons, situated throughout the United States, each containing space for at least 2,500 inmates. Specifies that at least 50 percent of the overall capacity of such prisons in the aggregate shall be dedicated to qualifying prisoners from qualifying States. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Federal Grants for State Prison Construction and Operation - Authorizes the Attorney General to enter into agreements with qualifying States to provide construction grants or operating grants for new prisons. (Defines a "new prison" as a prison: (1) or city or county detention facility, including an addition to an existing prison or city or county detention facility, certified by the State and approved by the Attorney General as providing additional prison capacity beyond that which the State previously had available or had already planned to construct; and (2) that is principally dedicated to housing repeat violent offenders and sex offenders.) Authorizes the Attorney General to pay up to half of construction and operating costs. Sets forth provisions regarding the canceling and distribution of grants. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Judicial Remedies for Prison Crowding - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit a Federal court from: (1) holding prison or jail crowding unconstitutional under the eighth amendment except to the extent that an individual plaintiff inmate proves that the crowding causes the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment of that inmate, and limit relief to that necessary to remove the conditions causing such punishment of such inmate; and (2) placing a ceiling on the inmate population of any Federal, State, or local detention facility as an equitable remedial measure for conditions that violate the eighth amendment unless crowding is inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on particular identified prisoners. Requires that each Federal court order seeking to remedy an eighth amendment violation be reopened at the behest of a defendant for recommended modification at a minimum of two-year intervals. Chapter 4: Sentences to Account for Costs to the Government of Imprisonment, Release, and Probation - Amends the Federal criminal and judicial codes, respectively, to: (1) require the court, in determining whether to impose a fine, to consider the expected costs to the Government of any imprisonment, supervised release, or probation component of the sentence; and (2) authorize the U.S. Sentencing Commission to include, as a component of a fine, the expected costs to the Government of any imprisonment, supervised release, or probation sentence that is ordered. Title II: Safe Schools - Establishes an America's Safe Schools Program under which the Secretary of Education may enter into agreements with local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay, and may pay, for a six-year period, the salaries of former members of the armed forces who are hired as teachers assigned to public elementary and secondary schools. Sets limits on diminishing the number of teachers in such schools in the school district served by the LEA during the term of agreement. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 203) Authorizes: (1) a school district to elect to qualify as a Federal safe school district by decision of an LEA or by referendum of the voters in a school district served by an LEA; and (2) the Attorney General to make a grant to an LEA serving a Federal safe school district or to a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the school district, as appropriate, to pay for enhanced school security measures. Provides for enhanced mandatory penalties for carrying a firearm into a public or private elementary or secondary school, or possessing a firearm within such a school, that is located within a school district that has elected to qualify as a Federal safe school district. Directs the Sentencing Commission to increase offense levels for such activity. Requires the U.S. Attorney for the judicial district in which the school district is located to prosecute as an adult any juvenile 16 years of age or older who uses or carries a firearm in or within 1,000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Criminal Aliens and Alien Smuggling - Subtitle A: Deportation of Criminal Aliens - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to issue a final order of deportation against any alien who was not lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or who had permanent resident status on a conditional basis, whom the Attorney General determines to be deportable under provisions relating to conviction of an aggravated felony. Limits judicial review of such determinations. Provides for deportation of permanent resident aliens under specified circumstances. Conclusively presumes an alien convicted of an aggravated felony to be deportable from the United States. (Sec. 302) Grants a U.S. district court jurisdiction to enter a judicial order of deportation at the time of sentencing against an alien whose criminal conviction causes such alien to be deportable under provisions relating to conviction of an aggravated felony, if such an order has been requested prior to sentencing by the U.S. Attorney, subject to specified requirements. (Sec. 303) Restricts defenses to deportation for certain criminal aliens based on seven years of permanent residence and based on withholding of deportation or return to a country where such alien's life or freedom would be threatened. Enhances penalties for failing to depart or reentering after a final order of deportation. Limits collateral attacks on deportation orders. Subtitle B: Prevention and Punishment of Alien Smuggling - Increases penalties for: (1) alien smuggling; and (2) smuggling aliens for the commission of a crime. (Sec. 313) Makes alien smuggling a predicate to a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). (Sec. 314) Expands: (1) forfeiture for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens; and (2) the definition of "aggravated felony" to include illicit trafficking in explosive materials, a crime of violence for which the term of imprisonment imposed is at least five years, and other specified offenses. (Sec. 316) Directs the Sentencing Commission to increase offense levels with respect to various immigration-related offenses. (Sec. 317) Increases the penalty for visa fraud. (Sec. 318) Authorizes: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to refund out of the Immigration User Fee Account expenses incurred by the Attorney General in the training of, and technical assistance to, commercial airline personnel on detection of fraudulent documents used by passengers traveling to the United States (and directs the Attorney General to provide for specified expenditures for such training and assistance); and (2) the Attorney General to suspend the entry of some or all aliens transported to the United States by a commercial airline that has failed to comply with regulations relating to requirements of airlines for the detection of such fraudulent documents. Subtitle C: Border Patrol - Authorizes appropriations for the hiring of 1,000 additional Border Patrol agents and 1,000 additional Immigration and Naturalization Service criminal inspectors. (Sec. 323) Directs the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to operate a criminal alien tracking center to assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in identifying and locating aliens who may be subject to deportation by reason of their conviction of aggravated felonies. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Gangs, Juveniles, Drugs, and Prosecutors - Anti-Gang and Youth Protection Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Criminal Youth Gangs - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful to: (1) commit specified "predicate gang crimes" (including murder, assault, kidnapping, arson, and retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant) with intent to promote or further the activities of a criminal street gang (gang) or for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in such gang; (2) participate in, or induce another to participate in, a gang; (3) employ any individual to commit or facilitate the commission of a predicate gang crime with such intent; or (4) use any communication facility in causing or facilitating the commission of such an offense with such intent. Sets penalties for such offenses. Provides for forfeiture of proceeds obtained from, and property used to commit, the violation. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate such offenses. Directs the Sentencing Commission to increase the base offense level for any felony committed for the purpose of gaining entrance into, or maintaining or increasing position in, a criminal street gang. (Sec. 412) Makes: (1) offenses against the United States involving the use of minors predicates under RICO; and (2) serious juvenile drug offenses Armed Career Criminal Act predicates. (Sec. 414) Expands the scope of offenses warranting adult prosecution of serious juvenile offenders. Directs the court, in considering the nature of the offense, to consider the extent to which the juvenile played a leadership role in an organization, or otherwise influenced other persons to take part in criminal activities, involving the use or distribution of controlled substances or firearms (which factor, if found to exist, shall weigh heavily in favor of transfer to adult status, but its absence shall not preclude such a transfer). (Sec. 415) Increases penalties under: (1) the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) for employing children to distribute drugs near schools and playgrounds, and for drug trafficking near public housing; and (2) the Federal criminal code for Travel Act crimes involving violence and conspiracy to commit contract killings. (Sec. 418) Revises procedures under the Federal criminal code with respect to the use of records of crimes committed by juveniles, including the repeal of special probation and expungement procedures for drug possessors. (Sec. 419) Amends the Omnibus Act to include among drug control and system improvement grant funding objectives law enforcement and prevention programs relating to gangs or youth who are involved or at risk of involvement in gangs. Subtitle B: Gang Prosecution - Authorizes appropriations for the hiring of additional Assistant U.S. Attorneys to prosecute violent youth gangs. (Sec. 432) Directs: (1) the Attorney General to develop a national strategy to coordinate gang-related investigations by Federal law enforcement agencies; and (2) the Director of the FBI to acquire and collect information on incidents of gang violence for inclusion in an annual uniform crime report. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 433) Continues the current Federal-State funding formula for drug control and system improvement grants under the Omnibus Act through FY 1993. (Sec. 434) Exempts grants awarded to State and local governments for the purpose of participating in multijurisdictional drug and gang (currently, drug) task forces from specified limitations on the use of drug control and system improvement grants. Title V: Drug Control and Rural Crime - Subtitle A: Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) authorize appropriations for rural drug law enforcement assistance; and (2) increase the base allocation to each nonrural State. (Sec. 502) Directs the Attorney General to establish a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in each of the Federal judicial districts that encompass significant rural lands. (Sec. 503) Authorizes the Attorney General to cross-designate up to 100 law enforcement officers from agencies with jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the CSA on non-Federal lands and the Federal criminal code to the extent necessary to effect the purposes of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to ensure that each of the task forces are adequately staffed. (Sec. 504) Requires the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to develop a specialized course of instruction devoted to training law enforcement officers from rural agencies in the investigation of drug trafficking and related crimes. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Rural Drug Prevention and Treatment - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office of Treatment Improvement to establish a program to provide grants to hospitals, community health centers, migrant health centers, health entities of Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and other appropriate entities that serve nonmetropolitan areas to assist such entities in developing and implementing programs to provide, or expand the availability of, substance abuse treatment services. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Rural Areas Enhancement - Requires that assets seized as a result of investigations initiated by a Rural Drug Enforcement Task Force be used primarily to enhance the operations of the task force and its participating State and local enforcement agencies. (Sec. 522) Directs State and Federal prosecutors, when bringing charges against the operators of clandestine methamphetamine and other dangerous drug laboratories, to include counts involving infringements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or any other environmental protection Act, including illegal disposal of hazardous waste and knowing endangerment of the environment. Authorizes Federal prosecutors to bring suit against the operators of clandestine methamphetamine and other dangerous drug laboratories for environmental and health related damages caused by the operators in their manufacture of illicit substances. Subtitle D: Chemical Control - Chemical Control Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the CSA to: (1) replace references to "listed precursor chemicals" with "list I chemicals" and "listed essential chemicals" with "list II chemicals"; and (2) revise the definition of "regulated person" to include individuals who act as brokers or traders for international transactions involving a listed chemical, tableting machine, or encapsulating machine. Redefines "regulated transaction" to mean any transaction in a listed chemical that is contained in a drug that may be marketed or distributed lawfully in the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as under current law) unless: (1) the drug contains ephedrine as the only active medicinal ingredient or contains ephedrine and therapeutically insignificant quantities of another active medicinal ingredient; or (2) the Attorney General has determined that the drug or group of drugs is being diverted to obtain the listed chemical for use in the illicit production of a controlled substance; and (3) the quantity of ephedrine or other listed chemical contained in the drug included in the transaction or multiple transactions equals or exceeds the threshold established for that chemical by the Attorney General. Defines: (1) "international transaction" to mean a transaction involving the shipment of a listed chemical across an international (other than a U.S.) border in which a broker or trader located in the United States participates; and (2) "broker" and "trader" to mean a person that assists in arranging an international transaction in a listed chemical by negotiating contracts, serving as an agent or intermediary, or bringing together a buyer and seller, buyer, and transporter, or a seller and transporter. Requires the Attorney General to remove from exemption a drug or group of drugs that the Attorney General finds is being diverted to obtain a listed chemical for use in the illicit production of a controlled substance. Sets forth provisions regarding factors to be considered, specificity of designation, reinstatement of exemption with respect to particular drug products, and status pending application for reinstatement. (Sec. 533) Authorizes the Attorney General to promulgate rules and regulations and to charge reasonable fees relating to the registration and control of regulated persons and regulated transactions. Directs the Attorney General to register an applicant to distribute, and to import or export, a list I chemical unless the Attorney General determines that registration of the applicant is inconsistent with the public interest, with exceptions. Prohibits regulated persons from knowingly or intentionally distributing, importing, or exporting a list I chemical without the registration required by the Act. (Sec. 534) Requires a regulated person that manufactures a listed chemical to report annually to the Attorney General information concerning listed chemicals manufactured by such person, with exceptions. (Sec. 535) Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA) to subject U.S. brokers and traders for international transactions in a listed chemical regulated solely because of such persons' involvement as brokers and traders to specified notification, reporting, recordkeeping, and other requirements placed upon exporters of listed chemicals. (Sec. 536) Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) require that the 15-day notification requirement under the CSIEA apply to all exports of a listed chemical to a specified country, regardless of the status of certain customers in such country as regular customers, if the Attorney General finds that such notification is necessary to support effective chemical diversion control programs or is required by treaty or other international agreement to which the United States is a party; and (2) waive such requirement under specified circumstances. Prohibits knowingly or intentionally importing or exporting a listed chemical with the intent to evade specified reporting or recordkeeping requirements by falsely representing to the Attorney General that the importation or exportation qualifies for a waiver of the 15-day notification requirement, or by misrepresenting the actual country or final destination of the listed chemical or the actual listed chemical being imported or exported. (Sec. 537) Amends the CSA to add benzaldehyde and nitroethane, and delete D-lysergic acid, N-ethylephedrine, and N-ethylpseudoephedrine. (Sec. 538) Eliminates "regular supplier" status and creates "regular importer" status. (Sec. 539) Includes within the definition of "controlled premises" places where regulated persons may lawfully hold, manufacture, or dispose of controlled substances or listed chemicals, or where records relating to those activities are maintained. (Sec. 541) Prohibits a person who possesses a listed chemical with the intent that it be used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance to manage the listed chemical or waste from the manufacture of a controlled substance otherwise than as required by regulations issued under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires violators to be assessed the costs of initial cleanup and disposal of the listed chemical and contaminated property and of restoring property damaged by exposure to a listed chemical for rehabilitation under Federal, State, and local standards. Makes violations punishable as a class D felony, or in the case of a willful violation, a class C felony. Expresses the sense of the Congress that guidelines issued by the Sentencing Commission regarding sentencing for such an offense should recommend a term of not less than five years imprisonment, nor less than ten years in the case of a willful violation. Authorizes: (1) the court to order that all or a portion of the earnings from work performed by a defendant in prison be withheld for payment of such costs; and (2) the Attorney General to direct that assets forfeited in connection with a prosecution under this Act be shared with State agencies that participated in the seizure or cleanup of the contaminated site. Specifies that a discharge in bankruptcy does not discharge an individual from any debt for costs assessed with respect to the management of listed chemicals under the CSA. (Sec. 543) Amends the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to provide for access by the Attorney General to information in the National Practitioner Data Bank. Subtitle E: Personnel - Authorizes appropriations for the hiring of additional Drug Enforcement Administration agents. (Sec. 552) Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to require the Director of National Drug Control Policy to select, appoint, employ, and fix compensation of at least 75 and such additional (currently, of such) officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Title VI: Punishment and Deterrence - Subtitle A: Death Penalty - Federal Death Penalty Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. (Sec. 602) Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing (including victim impact statements), but permits evidence to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of creating unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, or misleading the jury. Sets forth: (1) procedures for the implementation of, and appeal from, a sentence of death; and (2) provisions regarding the appointment of counsel, deadlines for collateral attacks on judgments imposing a death sentence, and stays of execution. (Sec. 610) Provides for the imposition of the death penalty for various offenses, including: (1) murder committed by prisoners in Federal prisons; (2) murder for hire; (3) murder in the aid of racketeering activity; (4) specified violations of the CSA; (5) murder of Federal witnesses; (6) rape and child molestation murders; and (7) murders in the District of Columbia. Subtitle B: Equal Justice Act - Equal Justice Act - Requires that the death penalty and all other penalties be administered by the United States and by every State without regard to the race or color of the defendant or victim. Bars the use of any racial quota or statistical test for the imposition or execution of any penalty. (Sec. 653) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) safeguarding against racial prejudice or bias in criminal courts; and (2) jury instructions and certification, and racial motivation in killings as an aggravating factor, in Federal capital cases. (Sec. 655) Amends specified civil rights provisions to cover conspiracy against rights, and deprivation of rights under color of law, of any person in (currently, inhabitant of) a State, territory, or district. Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Use of Firearms and Explosives - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for smuggling firearms in aid of drug trafficking and for theft of firearms and explosives. (Sec. 663) Increases penalties for: (1) making knowingly false, material statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm from a licensed dealer; and (2) interstate gun trafficking. (Sec. 664) Authorizes the summary destruction of explosives subject to forfeiture under specified circumstances. Sets forth requirements for reimbursement of the value of destroyed property. (Sec. 666) Prohibits: (1) the receipt of firearms by non-residents of the State in which the transferor resides, unless such receipt is for lawful sporting purposes; (2) transactions involving stolen firearms which have moved in interstate or foreign commerce; and (3) the possession of explosives by felons and specified others. (Sec. 671) Amends: (1) the Internal Revenue Code regarding the disposition of forfeited firearms; and (2) the Federal criminal code regarding the definition of burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984. Subtitle D: Exclusionary Rule - Amends the Federal criminal code to bar the exclusion of evidence obtained as a result of a search or seizure carried out under circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment. Subtitle E: Pre-Trial Interrogation - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General shall instruct all U.S. Attorneys, and implement policies consistent therewith, that confessions obtained in conformity with Federal provisions related to such admissibility will be offered into evidence. Title VII: Elimination of Delays in Carrying Out Sentences - Subtitle A: General Habeas Corpus Reform - Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. (Sec. 704) Vests authority to issue certificates of probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. Subtitle B: Death Penalty Litigation Procedures - Death Penalty Litigation Procedures Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to set forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases. Subtitle C: Equalization of Capital Habeas Corpus Litigation Funding - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of the BJA to provide grants to the States to support litigation pertaining to Federal habeas corpus petitions in capital cases. Title VIII: Prevention of Terrorism - Subtitle A: Penalties and Offenses - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) make it a criminal offense to provide material support to terrorists; (2) provide for forfeiture of assets used to support terrorists; (3) establish penalties for removing a child from, or retaining a child outside, the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights; (4) provide for the prosecution of individuals who murder U.S. nationals abroad; and (5) permit FBI access to telephone subscriber information under specified circumstances. (Sec. 802) Increases penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (for violation of orders with respect to the declaration of a national emergency) and the Federal criminal code (for passport and visa-related violations). (Sec. 803) Directs the Sentencing Commission to provide for an increase in the base offense level for any felony involving or intended to promote international terrorism, unless such involvement or intent is itself an element of a crime. (Sec. 804) Extends the statute of limitations for certain terrorism offenses. Subtitle B: Removal of Alien Terrorists - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish procedures to apply whenever the Attorney General certifies under seal to a special court (established pursuant to this subtitle) that: (1) the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General has approved of the proceeding; (2) an alien terrorist is physically present in the United States; and (3) removal of such terrorist by deportation proceedings would pose a risk to national security because such proceedings would disclose classified information. Directs the Chief Justice of the United States to publicly designate up to seven judges to hear and decide such cases. Sets forth procedures for a special removal hearing, including provision for appointment of counsel and appeals. Subtitle C: Enhanced Entry Controls - Provides for the exclusion of an alien for presenting fraudulent documents and failure to present documents to an immigration officer upon arrival at a port of entry into the United States. Specifies that any alien who is excludable under such provisions may not apply for or be granted asylum, with exceptions. (Sec. 833) Limits court jurisdiction with respect to habeas corpus review, other judicial review and action, and collateral enforcement proceedings. Title IX: Victims' Rights and Child Abuse - Subtitle A: Victims' Rights - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) restitution and suspension of Federal benefits; and (2) the number of peremptory challenges under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Subtitle B: National Child Protection Act - National Child Protection Act of 1993 - Provides for: (1) State reporting of child abuse crime information to a national criminal background check system; (2) funding to improve such information; and (3) the withholding of a portion of such funding to States not in compliance with a timetable established under this Act. Subtitle C: Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs requiring any person who is convicted of a criminal offense against a minor to register a current address with a designated State law enforcement agency for ten years after release from prison or being placed on parole or supervised release. Sets forth registration, State compliance, and related requirements. Title X: Violent Crimes and Law Enforcement Support - Subtitle A: Violent Crimes - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for attempted: (1) robbery; (2) kidnapping; (3) smuggling; and (4) malicious mischief. (Sec. 1002) Increases penalties for: (1) certain assaults; (2) manslaughter; (3) interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises; and (4) conspiracy to commit murder for hire. (Sec. 1006) Establishes Federal penalties for carjacking. (Sec. 1007) Increases mandatory minimum sentences for criminals using firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime. (Sec. 1008) Amends the CSA to provide for life imprisonment without release for criminals convicted of specified drug-related offenses (including distribution to persons under age 21, distribution in or near schools, and employment or use of persons under age 18 in drug operations) after two previous convictions of such an offense, a felony drug offense, or a crime of violence. Subtitle B: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement - National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act - Establishes a National Commission to Support Law Enforcement to study and recommend changes regarding law enforcement agencies and law enforcement issues on the Federal, State, and local levels. Authorizes appropriations. Title XI: Civil Rights Offenses - Increases maximum penalties for certain civil rights violations under the Federal criminal code and the Fair Housing Act, including damage to religious property. Title XII: Public Corruption - Anti-Corruption Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed upon any: (1) person who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State or political subdivision of a State of the honest services of a government official or employee, or of a fair and impartially conducted election process; and (2) official, or person selected to be a public official, who, in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States, or any State or political subdivision (and authorizes such adversely affected individual to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice). (Sec. 1203) Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. (Sec. 1204) Sets forth prohibitions regarding narcotics-related public corruption. Title XIII: Funding - Requires each head of a Federal agency making a grant to, or entering into a contract with, an institution of higher education for research and development to reduce the overhead payment rate under the grant or contract to 90 percent of the current level and return the amount saved to the general fund of the Treasury. (Sec. 1302) Reduces the overhead expenses identified and reduced by the President in Executive Order 12837 by an additional five percent. (Sec. 1303) Reallocates the amount of available budget authority resulting from the enactment of such provisions as specified.

Bill· SS. 1266 (103rd)referred

Fairness in Medicaid Funding Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1993

Fairness in Medicaid Funding Act of 1993 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to change the Federal medical assistance percentage used under the Medicaid program. Bases payments to the States for administration costs on the Federal medical assistance percentage.

Bill· SS. 1230 (103rd)referred

Community Development Bank Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Community Development Banks Title II: Conforming Amendments Community Development Bank Act - Title I: Community Development Banks - Authorizes the Comptroller of the Currency to charter certain national banking associations (community development banks) that will: (1) engage primarily in community development activities; (2) be capitalized by insured depository institutions as its shareholders; and (3) provide credit, capital, and related services to revitalize distressed urban and rural communities. Restricts such a bank's loans and investments to provide a reasonable economic return to the bank and its shareholders consistent with its primary community development purpose. Mandates: (1) such bank's coordination with certain Federal agencies regarding its community development activities; and (2) an annual onsite examination to evaluate its compliance with this Act and its record of meeting community credit needs. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to: (1) authorize the National Credit Union Administration Board (the Board) to provide technical assistance to community development credit unions by using the interest earned from authorized investments in Treasury securities; and (2) direct the Board to study and report to certain congressional committees on regulatory and legislative changes that may be necessary to ensure the viability and productivity of community development activities by credit unions.

Bill· SS. 1228 (103rd)referred

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1993

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (an Act which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works).

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 111 (103rd)enacted

A joint resolution to designate August 1, 1993, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".

United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1993

Designates August 1, 1993, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Authorizes the President to reassert America's commitment to the Helsinki Accords and requests him to: (1) convey to all signatories of the Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is a vital element of further progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; and (2) develop new proposals to advance the human rights objectives of such process to address the major problems that remain.

Bill· SS. 1208 (103rd)referred

Independence Hall Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993

Independence Hall Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a specified number of one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the national shrines of liberty, showing the Liberty Bell on one side and Independence Hall on the other. Mandates that 50 percent of the surcharges collected be distributed to: (1) the Treasury; and (2) the Independence Hall Preservation Fund to assist its efforts to meet certain funding needs of the Independence National Historic Park.

Bill· SS. 1191 (103rd)referred

Spending Reduction Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993

Spending Reduction Act of 1993 - Establishes the Spending Reduction Commission to propose cost savings and changes in law to achieve at least $65 billion of budget outlay reductions for the budget year and each outyear until a balanced budget is reached. Sets forth the procedure for implementation of the Commission's recommendations by the Office of Management and Budget, the President, and the Congress. Makes budget outlay reductions permanent. Requires the Comptroller General to make a compliance report on this Act at the end of each congressional session.

Bill· SS. 1184 (103rd)referred

A bill to limit the amount of indirect costs that may be incurred in conducting federally sponsored university research and development to 50 percent of the modified total direct costs related to such research and development.

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1993

Requires Federal agencies making research and development (R&D) grants to, or contracts with, an institution of higher education to condition such grants or contracts on a requirement that the institution not use such funds to pay for indirect costs which exceed 50 percent of the modified total direct costs incurred for R&D. Defines: (1) "indirect costs" as administrative costs and the costs of library and student services, building and equipment, and operations and maintenance; and (2) "modified total direct costs" as the costs of salaries and wages, fringe benefits, materials, supplies, services, travel, and the awarding of subgrants or subcontracts of up to $25,000.

Bill· SS. 1175 (103rd)open

Equity Expansion Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1993

Equity Expansion Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow corporations to issue performance stock options to employees. Requires employees to hold such stock for at least one year. Provides an exclusion from gross income of 50 percent of the gain from such stock if it is held for at least two years. Excludes gain from the exercise of such stock options from wage withholding and employment taxes. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the charge against earnings on the exercise of certain performance stock options.

Bill· SS. 1164 (103rd)referred

A bill to amend section 2119 of title 18, United States Code, to authorize imposition of the death penalty if death results from a carjacking, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1993

Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) authorize the death penalty for carjacking if death results; and (2) include as carjacking intentionally making physical contact with a motor vehicle, while in possession of a firearm or other dangerous device, with the intent or result of injuring an occupant or of taking or damaging the motor vehicle or its contents.

Bill· SS. 1159 (103rd)open

Women in the Armed Forces Commemorative Coins Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993

Women in the Armed Forces Commemorative Coins Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue coins to commemorate the women who have served in the armed forces of the United States; and (2) transfer the surcharges received from coin sales to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation to be used to create, endow, and dedicate the Women in the Armed Forces Memorial.

Bill· SS. 1155 (103rd)referred

Caribbean Basin Free Trade Agreements Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Relationship of NAFTA Implementation to the Operation of the Caribbean Basin Initiative Title II: Caribbean Basin Free Trade Agreements Caribbean Basin Free Trade Agreements Act - Title I: Relationship of NAFTA Implementation to the Operation of the Caribbean Basin Initiative - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (the Act) to accord certain textile and apparel articles and certain other articles from Caribbean beneficiary countries the same tariff and quota treatment accorded any such articles imported from Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Title II: Caribbean Basin Free Trade Agreements - Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to determine the feasibility of any beneficiary countries either: (1) acceding to NAFTA and any supplemental agreements pertaining to environmental, labor, and import issues; or (2) entering into bilateral or multilateral agreements with the United States that contain provisions comparable to those contained in NAFTA, or which will achieve the objectives of the Act or the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. Authorizes the President to enter into trade agreements with beneficiary countries to provide for the elimination or reduction of any duty or trade barrier to, or other distortions to, trade with the United States. Requires the President to consult with the Congress before entering into such agreements. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to make congressional "fast track" procedures applicable to implementing bills submitted with respect to such trade agreements.

Bill· SS. 1148 (103rd)referred

A bill to allow for moderate growth of mandatory spending.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1993

Prohibits the growth of each individual mandatory program except Social Security, beginning with FY 1994 and fiscal years thereafter, from exceeding a level that is: (1) adjusted for beneficiary and inflation growth; plus (2) two percent for FY 1994 and one percent for FY 1995. Requires a sequester to reduce spending for mandatory programs if Congress fails to make relevant changes in laws to maintain appropriate spending levels.

Bill· SS. 1124 (103rd)referred

Depository Institutions Regulatory Improvements Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Regulatory Improvements Subtitle A: Reduction of Regulatory Burdens Subtitle B: Studies and Reports Title II: Enhanced Credit Availability and Deposit Insurance Protection Title III: Technical and Conforming Amendments Depository Institutions Regulatory Improvements Act of 1993 - Title I: Regulatory Improvements - Subtitle A: Reduction of Regulatory Burdens - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to direct Federal banking regulatory authorities, when prescribing regulations, to consider and minimize their impact upon the availability of credit for businesses and upon low- and moderate-income communities. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to direct the Appraisal Subcommittee to encourage the States to develop reciprocity agreements allowing certified appraisers to perform appraisals in sister States. Amends the FDIA to permit: (1) annual State examinations of insured depository institutions in lieu of Federal examinations; (2) biennial examinations for certain small-sized depository institutions in good standing; and (3) the exemption of insured depository institutions controlled by certain depository institution holding companies from the Act's examination requirements. Authorizes coordinated Federal and State examinations. Directs the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) to review the regulatory burden incurred by insured depository institutions and credit unions in preparing mandated condition reports. Amends Federal banking law to repeal certain publication requirements for national banks, State non-member insured banks, and Federal Reserve banks. Requires the appropriate Federal regulatory agency to consider the administrative burdens placed upon depository institutions when determining the effective date for regulations changing the form of condition reports. Excludes from the purview of the FDIA certain depository institution branches and automated teller machines. Amends Federal law to modify the recordkeeping requirements for monetary instruments transactions. Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements with respect to federally related home equity mortgage loans that are statutorily mandated elsewhere. Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to increase consumer liability for unauthorized electronic funds transfers where the cardholder has substantially contributed to such use. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to modify its homeownership debt counseling notification requirements. Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to: (1) modify the disclosure requirements for federally related mortgage loans; and (2) exempt from its purview specified credit extension transactions. Subtitle B: Studies and Reports - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to certain congressional committees on the impact of risk-based capital standards upon domestic institutions and credit availability. Requires reports to the Congress by: (1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) on certain sterile reserves associated with depository institutions; and (2) the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office on the budgetary impact of interest payments associated with such reserves. Requires Federal banking regulatory agencies to review and eliminate regulations requiring insured depository institutions to produce unnecessary internal written policies. Directs FFIEC to reduce, where appropriate, the burdensome effect upon community banks of compliance requirements associated with risk-based capital rules. Requires the Board to study and report to the Congress on ways to streamline the credit-granting process. Title II: Enhanced Credit Availability and Deposit Insurance Protection - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to limit lender liability for the release of petroleum or a hazardous substance associated with property acquired in the ordinary course of business. Shields Federal banking and lending agencies from strict liability for the release of petroleum or a hazardous substance associated with property acquired in the ordinary course of business. Title III: Technical and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified Federal law.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 101 (103rd)open

A joint resolution to designate the week of July 25 through July 31, 1993, as the "National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War".

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993

Designates July 25 through 31, 1993, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes the President to urge U.S. departments and agencies, interested organizations, groups, and individuals to fly the American flag at half-staff on July 27, 1993, in honor of the Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.

Bill· SS. 1058 (103rd)referred

Real Jobs for America Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Investment and Savings Incentives Subtitle A: Reductions in Cost of Capital and Tax Penalties on Investment Subtitle B: Investment in Business Subtitle C: Increased Savings Through Individual Retirement Accounts Subtitle D: Incentives for Private Businesses to Hire New Employees Title II: Deficit Reductions Subtitle A: Extension of the Caps on Discretionary Spending Subtitle B: Spending Cuts Real Jobs for America Act of 1993 - Title I: Investment and Savings Incentives - Subtitle A: Reductions in Cost of Capital and Tax Penalties on Investment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require indexing of certain assets (corporate stock, certain tangible property, and a principal residence) that have been held for more than three years at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Modifies the method of determining the depreciation deduction for certain personal property placed in service after June 30, 1993. Eliminates the depreciation adjustment for computing adjusted current earnings for such property. Subtitle B: Investment in Small Business - Increases the dollar limitation, with an inflation adjustment, on the deduction for expensing depreciable business assets. Subtitle C: Increased Savings Through Individual Retirement Accounts - Removes the limitation on the retirement savings deduction for active participants in certain pension plans. Provides a cost-of-living adjustment for such deduction. Allows individuals to establish individual retirement plus accounts with tax treatment similar to that for individual retirement plans. Makes contributions to such accounts nondeductible. Allows distributions from certain retirement plans without penalty to purchase first homes, pay higher education expenses and financially devastating medical expenses, and assist certain unemployed individuals. Treats certain disaster victims as first-time homebuyers. Requires contributions to an individual retirement plan (other than an individual retirement plus account) to be held for five years prior to distribution. Subtitle D: Incentives for Private Businesses to Hire New Employees - Allows employers a refundable credit for the employment taxes paid on the qualified wages of new employees hired during July 1, 1993, and June 30, 1994. Repeals the luxury excise tax on passenger vehicles, boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs. Exempts from such tax parts for accessories installed for use on passenger vehicles by disabled individuals. Provides for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitation on losses from passive activities. Title II: Deficit Reductions - Subtitle A: Extension of the Caps on Discretionary Spending - Reduces discretionary spending limits for the defense, international, and domestic categories for FY 1993 through 1995. Establishes the level of such limits for FY 1996 through 1998. Subtitle B: Spending Cuts - Rescinds a specified amount of budgetary resources for Federal administrative expenses. Eliminates the lump sum retirement benefit for Federal employees unless such employees have a life-threatening affliction or other critical medical condition. Requires employers to report group health plan information on wage forms. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a data bank for the collection of information on Medicare secondary payer situations and health insurance information. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the reductions in discretionary spending required by this Act be achieved by reducing, modifying, eliminating, closing, or terminating specified Federal programs.