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United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Designates a specified portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Control of Congressional Campaign Spending Subtitle A--Senate Election Campaign Spending Limits and Benefits Subtitle B--Expenditure Limitations, Contribution Limitations, and Matching Funds for Eligible House of Representatives Candidates Subtitle C--General Provisions Title II: Independent Expenditures Title III: Expenditures Subtitle A--Personal Loans; Credit Subtitle B--Provisions Relating to Soft Money of Political Parties Title IV: Contributions Title V: Reporting Requirements Title VI: Federal Election Commission Title VII: Ballot Initiative Committees Title VIII: Miscellaneous Title IX: Effective Dates; Authorizations Congressional Campaign Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1993 - Title I: Control of Congressional Campaign Spending - Subtitle A: Senate Election Campaign Spending Limits and Benefits - (Sec. 101) Makes Senate candidates eligible to receive benefits under this title if they meet certain contribution and expenditure limits. Limits Senate primary expenditures for a candidate (or his or her authorized committees) to: (1) 67 percent of the general election expenditure limit; or (2) $2.75 million. Limits runoff expenditures. Sets a threshold contribution amount which triggers application of such primary and runoff limits. Limits the use by a Senate candidate (or authorized committees), during an entire election cycle, of the candidate's personal (or family) funds (including debt). Limits aggregate general election expenditures by an eligible Senate candidate (or authorized committees) to the lesser of: (1) $5.5 million; or (2) the greater of $950,000, or $400,000 plus 30 cents times the voting age population up to 4,000,000 and 25 cents times the voting age population over 4,000,000. Exempts from the general election expenditure limit qualified legal and accounting expenditures from a legal and accounting compliance fund meeting certain requirements. Entitles eligible Senate candidates to certain broadcast media rates, mailing rates, voter communication vouchers (up to a certain amount), and in certain circumstances, payments compensating for independent expenditures and excess expenditures (if any) on behalf of the candidate's opponent. Requires the Federal Election Commission (Commission) to certify an eligible Senate candidate within 48 hours after his or her application to the Secretary of the Senate. Requires the Commission to examine and audit, for FECA compliance, the campaign accounts of ten percent of all Senate candidates, and the campaign accounts of all opponents of such candidates as well. Requires candidates to refund to the Commission any excess payments, expenditures, or voter communication vouchers. Sets civil penalties for excess expenditures and contributions. Provides for judicial review of Commission actions and requires Commission reports to the Senate. Denies any payments to any eligible Senate candidate unless he or she certifies that all his or her television commercials permit closed captioning. (Sec.102) Reduces from $5,000 to $2,500 the maximum aggregate contributions of any multicandidate political committee (PAC) to a Senate candidate (or authorized committees). Makes it unlawful for aggregate PACs to contribute to any Senate candidate (or authorized committees) more than the lesser of: (1) $825,000; or (2) the greater of $375,000, or 20 percent of the sum of the general election spending limit plus the primary election spending limit (without regard to the candidate's eligibility for FECA benefits). Requires annual adjustments of such dollar amounts according to a specified price index. (Sec. 103) Sets forth reporting requirements for Senate candidates not eligible for FECA benefits. Requires reports to the Secretary within 24 hours of any contributions raised and expenditures made in excess of FECA limits. Allows the Commission to make its own determination of whether an ineligible candidate exceeds FECA limits. Requires any candidate for the Senate who, during the election cycle, exceeds limits on the use of personal and immediate family funds, and on personal loans incurred by the candidate and the candidate's immediate family, to report to the Secretary of the Senate within 24 hours after such expenditures have been made or loans incurred. Requires certain expenditure reports from any Senate candidate who held Federal, State, or local office during the same election cycle, and made any expenditures, before becoming a Senate candidate, which would have been treated as Senate candidate expenditures. Requires Senate candidates ineligible for FECA benefits to place on every paid or authorized political commercial or communication the declaration: "This candidate has not agreed to voluntary campaign spending limits." Subtitle B: Expenditure Limitations, Contribution Limitations, and Matching Funds for Eligible House of Representatives Candidates - (Sec. 121) Limits an eligible House of Representatives (House) candidate, in an election cycle, to aggregate expenditures of $600,000, of which not more than $500,000 may be expended in the general election period. Limits run-off election and special election expenditures for such a candidate, with additional allowances for closely contested primaries. Requires annual adjustment of such limits according to a specified price index, using calendar 1992 as the base year. Waives expenditure limitations for an eligible House candidate if any opponent is not eligible for FECA benefits and spends in excess of 80 percent of the general election period limit. Requires any noneligible House candidate who receives contributions exceeding 50 percent of the general election period limit, or makes expenditures exceeding 80 percent of such limit, to report to the Clerk of the House of Representatives within 48 hours. Excludes from the computation of expenditures subject to limits under this title: (1) any payments for legal and accounting compliance and Federal, State, or local taxes with respect to a candidate's authorized committees; and (2) certain fundraising costs, including salaries and overhead. Sets forth graduated civil penalties for low, medium, and large amounts of excess expenditures. Limits the aggregate contributions an eligible House candidate may accept with respect to any election cycle to $600,000. Waives contribution limitations for an eligible House candidate if any opponent is not eligible for FECA benefits and spends in excess of 50 percent of the general election period limit. Limits to $50,000 in any election cycle the personal contributions of an eligible House candidate from his or her own funds. Waives this limitation if any other House candidate in the same election is ineligible for FECA benefits and receives contributions exceeding 50 percent of the general election period limitation. Sets forth graduated civil penalties for low, medium, and large amounts of excess contributions. Excludes from the computation of contributions subject to limits under this title any used for legal and accounting compliance costs and Federal, State, or local taxes with respect to a candidate's authorized committees. Requires annual adjustment of contribution limitations according to a specified price index, using calendar 1992 as the base year. Entitles an eligible House candidate to receive, for a general election, an amount from the Commission matching up to $200,000 of contributions from individuals (but not to the extent that contributions from any individual during the election cycle exceed $250 in the aggregate). Entitles an eligible candidate to additional matching payments if independent expenditures totaling a certain amount are made against him or her or in favor of another candidate. Prohibits conversion of any matching funds to personal use other than for reimbursement of verifiable prior campaign expenditures. Requires the Commission to examine and audit, for FECA compliance, the campaign accounts of ten percent of the eligible House candidates, and the campaign accounts of all opponents of such candidates as well. Requires candidates to refund to the Commission any excess payments. Provides for judicial review of Commission actions and requires Commission reports to the House of Representatives. Denies any payments to any eligible House candidate unless he or she certifies that all his or her television commercials permit closed captioning. (Sec. 122) Limits to $200,000 the maximum aggregate contributions of political committees to a House candidate, and to the same amount the maximum aggregate contributions of persons other than political committees whose contributions run over $250 (large donors). Subtitle C: General Provisions - (Sec. 131) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a broadcast station to make broadcast time available to all House and Senate candidates in the last 30 (currently 45) days before a primary and the last 45 (currently 60) days before a general election, at the lowest unit charge of the station for the same amount of time (currently, the same class and amount of time) for the same period on the same date. Allows Senate candidates to purchase broadcast time at 50 percent of the lowest unit rate for the 45 days before a general election. Prohibits broadcasters from preempting advertisements sold to political candidates at the lowest unit rate, unless the preemption is beyond the broadcaster's control. (Sec. 132) Amends Federal law to permit eligible House and Senate candidates to mail up to one piece per eligible voter (voting age population) at the lowest third-class non-profit postage rate, during a general election period only. (Sec. 134) Requires a clear statement of responsibility in advertisements with: (1) a clearly readable type and color contrasts for print advertisements; (2) clearly readable type, color contrasts, the candidate's image, and for a duration of at least four seconds, for television advertisements; and (3) a clearly spoken message by the candidate for both television and radio advertisements. (Sec. 136) Amends Federal law to prohibit a Senator who is a candidate for election to any public office from making a mass mailing under the frank during the calendar year of any primary or general election for such office. Restricts mass mailings of a Member of the House to the Member's district. Title II: Independent Expenditures - (Sec. 201) Amends FECA to define "independent expenditure" as an expenditure for an advertisement or other communication that: (1) contains express advocacy; and (2) is made without the participation or cooperation of a candidate or a candidate's representative. Excludes from the meaning of "independent expenditure" any expenditure by: (1) a political committee of a political party; (2) persons who communicate or receive information about activities that have a purpose of influencing a candidate's election; and (3) persons with other specified relationships with a candidate or candidate's agents in the same election cycle. Defines "express advocacy" as any communication that when taken as a whole: (1) expresses support for or opposition to a specific candidate, a specific group of candidates, or candidates of a particular political party; or (2) suggests taking action with respect to an election, such as voting for or against, contributing to, or participating in campaign activity. Title III: Expenditures - Subtitle A: Personal Loans; Credit - (Sec. 301) Amends FECA to prohibit the use of contributions after the date of a general election to repay loans to a candidate (or authorized committee) by the candidate himself or herself or by members of the candidate's family. (Sec. 302) Treats as a contribution any extension of credit of more than $1,000 for more than 60 days to Senate and House candidates (or authorized committees) by vendors of advertising and mass mailing services. Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Soft Money of Political Parties - (Sec. 311) Amends FECA to limit to an aggregate $10,000 in any calendar year: (1) an individual's contributions to political committees established by a State committee of a political party; and (2) a PAC's contributions to State party committees. Increases the $25,000 per year limit on an individual's contributions to a candidate by the amount of contributions (up to $5,000) made to State party committees. (Sec. 312) Prohibits a State party committee (including any subordinate committees) from making expenditures in connection with the general election presidential campaign of the party nominee which, in the aggregate, exceed a certain indexed amount. Subjects to certain limitations, prohibitions and reporting requirements any amount ("soft money") solicited, received, or expended directly or indirectly by a national, State, district, or local committee of a political party (including any subordinate committee) with respect to an activity (such as voter registration and get-out-the vote activities, among others) which, in whole or in part, is in connection with an election to Federal office. Prohibits a national political party committee from soliciting or accepting contributions not subject to FECA limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements. Cites conditions under which any amount received by the national, State, district, or local committee of a political party (including any subordinate committee) from a State or local candidate committee shall be treated as meeting the soft money requirements of this title. (Sec. 313) Places limitations on fundraising by Federal candidates and officeholders and certain political committees for State and local elections. Prohibits Federal candidates or officeholders from soliciting contributions to, or on behalf of, any tax-exempt organization if a significant portion of the organization's activities include voter registration or get-out-the-vote campaigns. (Sec. 314) Requires the national committee of a political party and any congressional campaign committee (and any subordinate committee) to report all receipts and disbursements during the reporting period, regardless of whether or not in connection with a Federal election. Title IV: Contributions - (Sec. 401) Specifies circumstances in which contributions made or arranged to be made directly or indirectly by a person to or on behalf of a particular candidate through an intermediary or conduit shall be treated as contributions from such intermediary or conduit to the candidate (thus subjecting them to the FECA limitations otherwise applicable to that intermediary or conduit). (Sec. 402) Treats contributions by a dependent not of voting age as having been made by the individual on whom that dependent is a dependent. (Sec. 403) Prohibits a candidate for Federal office from accepting, with respect to any election, any contribution from a State or local political party committee (or subordinate committee) if such contribution, when added to the total of contributions previously accepted from all such committees of that political party, exceeds the relevant contribution limitation. (Sec. 404) Excludes from the meaning of "contribution" any campaign expense voluntarily paid for by a campaign worker as an advance to the campaign, provided the amount does not exceed $500 and is reimbursed by the committee within ten days. Title V: Reporting Requirements - (Sec. 501) Requires all Federal candidates and authorized committees to aggregate information on their financial activity reports on an election cycle basis (instead of a calendar year basis, as at present). (Sec. 502) Requires candidates to report any expenditure in excess of the reporting threshold made to a person who provides services or materials for the candidate, whether the payment was made directly or indirectly under subcontract to another person providing personal or consulting services. (Sec. 503) Reduces from $200 to $50 the threshold for reporting certain information by persons other than political committees. (Sec. 504) Requires the Commission to maintain computerized indices of all contributions of at least $50 (currently $200). Title VI: Federal Election Commission - (Sec. 601) Prohibits a political committee that is not an authorized committee from using a candidate's name in a way to suggest that the candidate has authorized such committee. (Sec. 603) Provides for filling any vacancy in the office of general counsel, and revises the general counsel's rate of pay. (Sec. 604) Revises the basis for an enforcement proceeding from "reason to believe that a person has committed or is about to commit a violation of FECA" to "facts have been alleged or ascertained that, if true, give reason to believe that a person may have committed, or may be about to commit" such a violation. Authorizes the Commission to initiate a civil action for a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction at any time during an enforcement proceeding that it believes there is substantial likelihood a FECA violation is occurring or about to occur, and the need for expeditious action meets certain criteria. (Sec. 606) Authorizes the Commission to conduct random audits of political committees. (Sec. 607) Prohibits contribution solicitation by false representation as a candidate or a representative of a candidate, a political committee, or a political party. (Sec. 608) Directs the Commission to promulgate rules to prohibit devices or arrangements which have the purpose or effect of undermining or evading provisions of FECA restricting the use of non-Federal money to affect Federal elections. Title VII: Ballot Initiative Committees - (Sec. 701) Defines a ballot initiative political committee as any committee, club, association or other group of persons which makes ballot initiative expenditures or receives ballot initiative contributions exceeding $1,000 during a calendar year in order to influence the outcome of any ballot initiative involving specified Federal issues voted on at the State, commonwealth, territory, or District of Columbia level. (Secs. 702 and 703) Excludes ballot initiative contributions and expenditures from the usual meaning of contributions and expenditures under FECA. (Secs. 704, 705, and 706) Makes the political committee organizational and reporting requirements (and attendant civil penalties) under FECA applicable to ballot initiative committees. (Sec. 707) Applies to ballot initiative contributions the current prohibition against: (1) making a contribution in the name of another person or knowingly permitting one's name to be used to effect such a contribution; and (2) knowingly accepting a contribution made by one person in the name of another person. (Sec. 708) Limits ballot initiative contributions of currency to an aggregate of $100 per person. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 801) Prohibits Federal candidates and officeholders from establishing, maintaining, or controlling any political committee (such as a "leadership committee") other than a principal campaign committee of the candidate, authorized committee, party committee, or other political committee designated as an authorized committee. (Sec. 802) Requires that contributions of polling data to Federal candidates be valued at fair market value on the date of the poll's completion, depreciated at a specified rate. (Sec. 803) Denies FECA payments to any general election candidates of a political party for President or Vice President unless both candidates for such office agree in writing to at least four debates for the office of President, or at least one debate for the office of Vice President, sponsored by a nonpartisan or bipartisan organization, with all other candidates for the office eligible for FECA benefits. (Sec. 804) Prohibits foreign nationals from directly or indirectly directing, controlling, influencing or participating in any person's election-related activities, with respect to any local, State, or Federal office. (Sec. 805) Permits union and corporate expenditures for candidates appearances, debates and voter guides in Federal elections if certain conditions are met. (Sec. 806) Directs the Commission to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of developing telephonic voting for persons with disabilities. (Sec. 807) Prohibits the use of any aircraft owned or operated by the Federal Government in connection with a Federal election, except for travel of the President or Vice President as long as the portion of the cost of any such travel allocable to election activities is paid by the President's authorized committee. (Sec. 808) Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Congress should consider legislation providing a Constitutional amendment to set reasonable limits on campaign expenditures in Federal elections. Title IX: Effective Dates; Authorizations - Sets forth the general effective date of this Act. Provides for: (1) budget neutrality of this Act; and (2) direct, expedited appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court from any court rulings on the constitutionality of any provision of this Act or amendment made by it.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: Manufacturing Subtitle A: Manufacturing Technology and Extension Subtitle B: National Science Foundation Manfuacturing Program Title III: Critical Technologies Subtitle A: Advanced Technology Program and Related Subtitle B: Technology Financing Pilot Programs Title IV: Additional Commerce Department Provisions Title V: Authorization of Appropriations Title VI: Information Infrastructure and Technology Title I: General Provisions - National Competitiveness Act of 1993 - Sets forth the purposes and goals of this Act. Title II: Manufacturing - Manufacturing Technology and Extension Act of 1993. Subtitle A: Manufacturing Technology and Extension - (Sec. 212) Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish a Twenty-First Century Manufacturing Infrastructure Program, which shall include (as established by this Act): (1) an Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development Program; and (2) a National Manufacturing Outreach Program, which shall include outreach centers and a technology extension communications network. Establishes a Manufacturing Advisory Committee within the Office of Science and Technology Policy. (Sec. 215) Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to establish within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Institute) a State Technology Extension Program. Directs the Program to make awards to States for planning and coordination of technology extension activities. (Sec. 216) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to make awards to establish workforce training consortia between industry and institutions of higher education. Subtitle B: National Science Foundation Manufacturing Programs - (Sec. 223) Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to expand the number of Engineering Research Centers and strengthen the Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program. Authorizes the Director to establish: (1) graduate traineeships; (2) a manufacturing managers in the classroom program; and (3) a quality management program. Title III: Critical Technologies - Subtitle A: Advanced Technology Program and Related (sic) - (Sec. 311) Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress an expansion plan for the Advanced Technology Program. Authorizes Program support of large-scale joint ventures. (Secs. 314, 315) Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish: (1) within the Technology Administration an Office of Technology Monitoring and Competitive Assessment; and (2) a Commerce Technology Advisory Board. (Sec. 316) Directs the Critical Technologies Institute to study semiconductor lithography technologies. Subtitle B: Technology Financing Pilot Programs - (Secs. 322 through 324) Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance for: (1) civilian technology loans; (2) critical technology investment companies; and (3) State technology development programs. Title IV: Additional Commerce Department Provisions - Amends the American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991 to expand the Institute's standard pilot program to permit contracts with non-Federal organizations to promote U.S. technical standards dissemination activities abroad. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the appropriate Federal role in developing and promulgating domestic and global product and quality standards. (Sec. 402) Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to prohibit the making of a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award within a category or subcategory if there are no qualifying enterprises in that category or subcategory. Makes educational institutions an Award category. (Sec.405) Prohibits the fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels. Provides for compliance with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 407) Wind Engineering Program Act of 1992 - Establishes within the National Institute of Standards and Technology a Wind Engineering Program which shall: (1) provide for wind engineering research; (2) serve as an information clearinghouse; and (3) improve interagency coordination on wind engineering research. Title V: Authorization of Appropriations - (Secs. 501 through 504) Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology; (2) the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy; (3) Japanese Technical Literature; (4) the Office of Technology Monitoring and Competitive Assessment; (5) the Institute, including intramural scientific and technical research, facilities, and extramural industrial technology services; (6) wind engineering; (7) the Civilian Technology Loan Program; (8) the Civilian Technologies Venture Capital Program; (9) State Technology Assistance programs; (10) the American workforce quality partnership program; and (11) the National Science Foundation. Title VI: Information Infrastructure and Technology - Information Infrastructure and Technology Act of 1992 - (Secs. 603 through 608) Amends the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 to require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, through the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology, to establish an Information Infrastructure Program and five-year implementation plan that shall provide a coordinated interagency effort to develop technologies needed to apply high-performance computing and high-speed networking in education, libraries, health care, manufacturing, and other appropriate fields. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Safe Streets for Women Subtitle A: Federal Penalties for Sex Crimes Subtitle B: Law Enforcement and Prosecution Grants to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women Subtitle C: Safety for Women in Public Transit and Public Parks Subtitle D: National Commission on Violence Against Women Subtitle E: New Evidentiary Rules Subtitle F: Assistance to Victims of Sexual Assault Title II: Safe Homes for Women Subtitle A: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act Amendments Subtitle B: Interstate Enforcement Subtitle C: Arrest in Spousal Abuse Cases Subtitle D: Funding for Shelters Subtitle E: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act Amendments Subtitle F: Youth Education and Domestic Violence Subtitle G: Confidentiality for Abused Persons Subtitle H: Technical Amendments Subtitle I: Data and Research Title III: Civil Rights Title IV: Safe Campuses for Women Title V: Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act Subtitle A: Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel in State Courts Subtitle B: Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel in Federal Courts Violence Against Women Act of 1993 - Title I: Safe Streets for Women - Safe Streets for Women Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Federal Penalties for Sex Crimes - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) authorize judges to increase sentences for repeat sex offenders to up to twice that otherwise authorized by statute; and (2) require the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend sentencing guidelines to increase the base offense level applicable to criminal sexual abuse. (Sec. 113) Requires that a court order restitution for violations of Federal sexual abuse laws. (Sec. 114) Authorizes appropriations to U.S. Attorneys to appoint victim/witness counselors for the prosecution of sex crimes and domestic violence crimes. Subtitle B: Law Enforcement and Prosecution Grants to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to areas of high intensity crime against women. Authorizes the Director to make general grants to: (1) States to reduce violent crimes against women; and (2) Indian tribes to reduce violent crimes against women in Indian country. Subtitle C: Safety for Women in Public Transit and Public Parks - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to direct the Secretary of Transportation, from funds authorized under existing provisions, to make capital grants for the prevention of crime and to increase security in existing and future public transportation systems. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and loans to States and local public bodies to increase the safety of public transportation through lighting, camera surveillance, security phones, or other projects. Directs the Secretary to provide grants and loans to study ways to reduce violent crimes against women in public transit through better design or operation of public transit systems. (Sec. 132) Amends: (1) the National Park System Improvements in Administration Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to reduce violent crime in the National Park System; and (2) the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to direct such Secretary to provide grants for capital improvements and other measures to increase safety in urban parks and recreation areas. Subtitle D: National Commission on Violence Against Women - Establishes the National Commission on Violence Against Women to promote a national policy on violent crime against women and to make recommendations on reducing such crime. Subtitle E: New Evidentiary Rules - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to exclude, in criminal cases other than sex offense cases, reputation or opinion evidence of the past sexual behavior of a victim from admission into evidence. Allows other types of evidence of a victim's past sexual behavior in accordance with specified procedures if its probative value outweighs the danger of unfair prejudice. (Sec. 152) Makes reputation or opinion evidence of the plaintiff's past sexual behavior inadmissible in a civil action involving allegations of actionable sexual misconduct. Makes other types of evidence of a plaintiff's past sexual behavior admissible in accordance with specified procedures if its probative value outweighs the danger of unfair prejudice. (Sec. 154) Makes evidence of an alleged victim's clothing, in a criminal case under Federal laws relating to sexual abuse, inadmissible to show that the victim incited or invited the offense. Subtitle F: Assistance to Victims of Sexual Assault - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow States to use amounts transferred by the State under block grant provisions for rape prevention and education programs conducted by rape crisis centers or similar nongovernmental nonprofit entities. (Sec. 162) Requires grant recipients under this title to incur the full cost of forensic medical exams for victims of sexual assault. (Sec. 163) Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to private, nonprofit agencies for street-based outreach and education for female runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to or are at risk of being subjected to sexual abuse. (Sec. 164) Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide for a victim's right to make a statement at the sentencing of a criminal defendant in cases involving a crime of violence or sexual abuse. Title II: Safe Homes for Women - Safe Homes for Women Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act Amendments - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) to authorize the Secretary of HHS to award grants to one or more private, nonprofit entities to provide for the operation of a national, toll-free telephone hotline to provide information and assistance to victims of domestic violence. Subtitle B: Interstate Enforcement - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for a Federal term of imprisonment or fine, in addition to any State penalties, for any person who: (1) in the course of or as a result of travelling across State lines injures his or her spouse or intimate partner (partner); (2) crosses State lines for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, or injuring a partner and who injures such partner; (3) causes a partner to cross State lines by force, coercion, duress, or fraud and who injures such partner; or (4) commits such acts in violation of a valid protection order issued by a State. Provides for temporary protection orders while a case under these provisions is pending. Mandates that a court order restitution to the victim of an offense under this Act. Requires, provided certain conditions are met, that a protection order issued by the court of one State be accorded full faith and credit by the court of another State. Subtitle C: Arrest in Spousal Abuse Cases - Amends the FVPSA to authorize the Secretary of HHS to make grants, with regard to spousal abuse, to: (1) implement pro-arrest programs and policies in police departments and improve case tracking; (2) centralize police enforcement, prosecution, or judicial responsibility for cases in one group of officers, prosecutors, or judges; (3) coordinate computer tracking systems to ensure communication between police, prosecutors, and both criminal and family courts; and (4) educate judges to improve judicial handling of cases. Subtitle D: Funding for Shelters - Amends the FVPSA to authorize appropriations to carry out that Act. Subtitle E: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act Amendments - Amends the FVPSA to require that: (1) applications for State demonstration grants include a plan to address the needs of underserved populations; and (2) upon completion of activities funded, the State grantee file a performance report explaining the activities carried out together with an assessment of the effectiveness of such activities. Subtitle F: Youth Education and Domestic Violence - Amends the FVPSA to direct the Secretary of Education to select, implement, and evaluate four model programs for education of young people about domestic violence and violence among intimate partners, with one program for each of primary, middle, and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. Subtitle G: Confidentiality for Abused Persons - Requires the U.S. Postal Service to promulgate regulations to secure the confidentiality of abused persons' addresses. Subtitle H: Technical Amendments - Amends the FVPSA to: (1) include among the duties of State domestic violence coalitions to work with local domestic violence programs and providers of direct services to encourage appropriate responses to domestic violence within the State; and (2) make technical amendments to such Act. Subtitle I: Data and Research - Requires: (1) the Director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to request the National Academy of Sciences to enter into a contract to develop a research agenda to increase the understanding and control of violence against women; (2) the NIJ to study and report to the States and the Congress on how the States may collect centralized databases on the incidence of domestic violence offenses within a State; and (3) the Secretary of HHS to conduct a study to obtain a national projection of the incidence of injuries resulting from domestic violence, the cost of injuries to health care facilities, and recommend health care strategies for reducing the incidence and cost of such injuries. Title III: Civil Rights - Civil Rights Remedies for Gender-Motivated Violence Act - Declares that all persons within the United States shall have the right to be free from crimes of violence motivated by the victim's gender. Makes any person, including a person who acts under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State, who deprives another of such right, liable to the injured party in an action for compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, and such other relief as the court deems appropriate. (Sec. 303) Allows the awarding of attorney's fees in actions to enforce this title. (Sec. 304) Expresses the sense of the Senate that news media, law enforcement officers, and other persons should exercise restraint, and respect a rape victim's privacy, by not disclosing the victim's identity to the general public or facilitating such disclosure without the victim's consent. Title IV: Safe Campuses for Women - Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 to authorize appropriations for grants for campus sexual offenses education and prevention programs. Title V: Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1993 - Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel in State Courts - Authorizes the State Justice Institute to make grants for model programs to be used by States in training judges and court personnel in State laws on rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, and other crimes of violence motivated by the victim's gender. Subtitle B: Education and Training for Judges and Court Personnel in Federal Courts - Encourages the circuit judicial councils to conduct studies of any instances of gender bias in legal proceedings in their respective circuits. Authorizes the Federal Judicial Center to include in its educational and training programs information on issues related to gender bias in the courts. (Sec. 522) Directs the Judicial Conference to allocate funds (as specified) to Federal circuit courts that: (1) undertake studies under this subtitle in their circuits; or (2) implement reforms recommended as a result of such studies in their own or other circuits, including education and training.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Regarding Title IV of Public Health Service Act Title II: National Institutes of Health in General Title III: General Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes Title IV: National Cancer Institute Title V: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Title VI: National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Title VII: National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Title VIII: National Institute of Aging Title IX: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Title X: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Title XI: National Eye Institute Title XII: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Title XIII: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Title XIV: National Library of Medicine Title XV: Other Agencies of National Institutes of Health Title XVI: Awards and Training Title XVII: National Foundation for Biomedical Research Title XVIII: Research With Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Title XIX: Studies Title XX: Miscellaneous Provisions Title XXI: Effective Dates National Institutes of Health Revitalization Amendments of 1993 - Title I: General Provisions Regarding Title IV of Public Health Service Act - (Sec. 101) Amends the Public Health Service Act to condition research funding on human subject review and scientific and technical peer review. Prohibits withholding funding on ethical grounds unless an ethics advisory board so recommends. (Sec. 111) Regulates human fetal tissue transplantation research. (Sec. 121) Removes provisions regarding: (1) biomedical ethics; (2) waiver of a risk standard; and (3) the construction of title IV (National Research Institutes). Declares ineffective a Federal regulation relating to ethical advisory boards. (Sec. 131) Requires inclusion of women and minorities as subjects in each clinical research project under such title IV. (Sec. 141) Establishes: (1) the Office of Research on Women's Health; (2) the Coordinating Committee on Research on Women's Health; and (3) the Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health. Mandates: (1) study of the representation of women among senior physicians and scientists of the national research institutes (NRIs) and among those conducting supported research; and (2) activities to increase that representation. Establishes a data system containing information on research on women's health. (Sec. 151) Establishes the Office of Research on Minority Health. (Sec. 161) Establishes the Office of Scientific Integrity. Requires grant, contract, or cooperative agreement applicants to have a scientific misconduct report review process. Establishes the Commission on Scientific Integrity. Provides for employee whistle blower protection. Mandates measures against financial conflicts of interest. Title II: National Institutes of Health in General - (Sec. 201) Modifies the duties of the National Institute of Health's (NIH's) Associate Director for Prevention. (Sec. 202) Establishes a program to enhance competitiveness in States receiving little funding from the NRIs. (Sec. 203) Mandates activities, consistent with the global Children's Vaccine Initiative, to develop vaccines. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 204) Requires a plan regarding the use of animals in research. Establishes the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Use of Animals in Research. Repeals similar provisions. (Sec. 205) Authorizes activities to increase the number of women and members of underrepresented minority groups in biomedical and behavioral research. (Sec. 206) Regulates surveys of human sexual behavior conducted or supported through NIH. (Sec. 207) Establishes a fund for use by the NIH Director to carry out NIH activities. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 208) Modifies NRI advisory council terms of office. Requires that at least half of NIH health education materials not exceed functional literacy. Authorizes a day care service for NIH employees. Title III: General Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes - (Sec. 301) Requires that the Secretary of Health and Human services receive directly all funds appropriated for the Institute. Removes provisions authorizing the National Cancer Institute to directly receive such funds. Modifies requirements regarding the establishment of technical and scientific peer review groups. (Sec. 302) Requires expansion of research on osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone disorders. Establishes a clearinghouse. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 303) Establishes a program of trauma research and the Trauma Research Interagency Coordinating Committee. Title IV: National Cancer Institute - (Sec. 401) Requires expanding National Cancer Institute (NCI) activities on breast and ovarian cancer, other cancers of the reproductive system of women, and prostate cancer. Authorizes appropriations. Removes authorizations of appropriations for NCI and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Title V: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - (Sec. 501) Requires NHLBI to conduct intramural training and education. Authorizes centers on cardiovascular diseases in children. Establishes the National Center on Sleep Disorders. Authorizes appropriations for NHLBI. Title VI: National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - (Sec. 601) Establishes a program on nutritional disorders. Provides for research and training centers. Title VII: National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - (Sec. 701) Establishes a children's arthritis and musculoskeletal disease center. Renames the National Arthritis Advisory Board as the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory Board and modifies its composition. Title VIII: National Institute on Aging - (Sec. 802) Mandates research into the aging processes of women. Authorizes appropriations for the National Institute on Aging. Title IX: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - (Sec. 901) Includes tropical diseases in the purposes of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Authorizes grants or contracts for centers for research on chronic fatigue syndrome. Establishes an extramural study section. Title X: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - (Sec. 1001) Mandates grants or contracts for centers on contraception and infertility. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1002) Establishes programs of: (1) agreements with health professionals to conduct research on contraception or infertility in return for educational loan repayment; and (2) obstetrics and gynecology intramural laboratory and clinical research. (Sec. 1021) Mandates child health research center support. (Sec. 1031) Mandates a longitudinal, large-scale study on the well-being of U.S. adolescents. Allocates funding. Title XI: National Eye Institute - (Sec. 1101) Authorizes grants for diabetic eye care clinical research centers. Title XII: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - (Sec. 1201) Mandates research on multiple sclerosis. Title XIII: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - (Sec. 1301) Establishes the Applied Toxicological Research and Testing Program. Title XIV: National Library of Medicine - (Sec. 1401) Increases the limit on grants to medical libraries and related instrumentalities. Authorizes appropriations for the National Library of Medicine. Mandates grants for new educational technologies research. Establishes the National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology. Title XV: Other Agencies of National Institutes of Health - (Sec. 1502) Authorizes grants to alter or construct research facilities. Establishes the Scientific and Technical Review Board on Biomedical and Behavioral Research Facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Reserves funds to construct or improve regional primate research centers. (Sec.1511) Redesignates the National Center for Nursing Research as the National Institute for Nursing Research. (Sec. 1521) Makes the National Center for Human Genome Research an NIH agency. Includes the mapping and sequencing of individual genes in the purposes of the Center. Title XVI: Awards and Training - (Sec.1601) Provides for research recruitment and training for women and members from underrepresented minority groups. (Sec. 1602) Changes service requirements imposed on individuals receiving National Research Service Awards. (Sec. 1611) Modifies existing and authorizes or mandates various new programs of scholarships and loan repayments for health professionals' education in exchange for specified service. (Sec. 1641) Authorizes appropriations related to National Research Service Awards, modifying set-aside requirements. Title XVII: National Foundation for Biomedical Research - (Sec. 1701) Establishes the National Foundation for Biomedical Research. Requires the Foundation to establish a fund: (1) to provide endowments for NIH positions; and (2) consisting of non-Federal donations. Mandates grants to the Foundation for administrative expenses. Authorizes appropriations and other NIH funds for the grants. Title XVIII: Research with Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - (Sec. 1801) Modifies the duties of: (1) the AIDS Clinical Research Review Committee; and (2) the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) clinical evaluation units at the National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Modifies international AIDS efforts support requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Requires that model protocols for clinical AIDS care include treatment and prevention for women. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the AIDS epidemiological data base to include information on the natural history of AIDS infection. Authorizes appropriations. Revises provisions establishing the Office of AIDS Research and setting forth its special authorities (currently, provisions establishing such Office and setting forth special authorities of the NIH Director), including: (1) developing an NIH AIDS budget; (2) developing a comprehensive, long-range NIH AIDS research plan; and (3) establishing AIDS coordinating groups for each research discipline. Establishes the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council. Mandates availability of a certain amount for an AIDS research discretionary fund. Authorizes appropriations for fellowship and training programs relating to AIDS. Title XIX: Studies - (Sec. 1901) Mandates studies regarding AIDS on: (1) parallel-track drug-release mechanisms; (2) third-party payment incident to participation as subjects in clinical trials; and (3) coordination of AIDS advisory committees. Requires a plan for the inclusion in NIH human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine studies of women, infants, and children infected with the HIV. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1902) Requires studies on malnutrition and the elderly. Establishes an advisory panel. (Sec. 1903) Mandates reports or studies on NIH: (1) research on chronic fatigue syndrome; (2) assuming responsibility for all Federal research relating to medical countermeasures against biowarfare; (3) support staff retention, recruitment, vacancy, and turnover rates; and (4) procurement. (Sec. 1907) mandates reports on: (1) the leading causes of death in the United States; and (2) whether there is a relationship between legal drug use and the use or abuse of illegal drugs. Title XX: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 2001) Redesignates the Senior Biomedical Research Service as the Silvio O. Conte Senior Biomedical Research Service and increases the limit on the number of its members. (Sec. 2002) Requires that the Public Health Service (PHS) be administered by the Assistant Secretary of Health (currently, by the Surgeon General). Adds the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research to the list of PHS agencies. (Sec. 2004) Mandates a master plan to replace or refurbish NIH infrastructure. (Sec. 2006) Authorizes appropriations (currently, authorizes the use of funds) to carry out cancer registries provisions. (Sec. 2007) Prohibits conducting or supporting the SHARP survey of adult sexual behavior or the American Teenage Study of Adolescent sexual behavior. (Sec. 2008) Mandates a report on bioengineering and biomaterials sciences. Title XXI: Effective Date - (Sec. 2101) Sets forth the effective date of this Act and its amendments.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Requirements for Leave Title II: Leave for Civil Service Employees Title III: Commission on Leave Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Title V: Coverage of Congressional Employees Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 - Title I: General Requirements for Leave - Establishes requirements for unpaid family and medical leave for permanent employees. (Sec. 101) Makes employees eligible for such leave if they have been employed, by the employer from whom leave is sought, for at least: (1) a total of 12 months; and (2) 1,250 hours of service during the previous 12-month period. (Excludes: (1) employees at worksites at which the employer employs less than 50 persons, if the total number of employees of that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is less than 50; and (2) Federal officers and employees covered under title II of this Act.) (Sec. 102) Entitles employees to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of: (1) the birth of their child; (2) the placement of a child for their adoption or foster care; (3) their care of a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition; or (4) their own serious health condition which makes them unable to perform the functions of their position. Conditions such leave for the birth or placement of a child as follows: (1) the entitlement ends 12 months after the birth or placement; and (2) such leave may not be taken intermittently unless employee and employer agree otherwise. Allows intermittent leave for necessary medical treatment of an employee or family member. Allows the employer to require a temporary transfer to an equivalent alternative position that better accommodates such intermittent leave. Allows all leave under this title to: (1) be taken on a reduced leave schedule, upon agreement with the employer; and (2) consist of unpaid leave, except under specified conditions when substitution of certain types of paid leave may be elected or required. Does not require an employer to provide paid sick or medical leave in any situation in which the employer would not normally provide any such paid leave. Provides that such unpaid leave shall not affect an employee's exempt status for purpose of certain wage and hour requirements under the Fair Standards Act of 1938. Requires employees to: (1) give at least 30 days' notice of the need for leave to which they are entitled under this Act, when foreseeable; and (2) make a reasonable effort to schedule medical treatment or supervision so as not to disrupt unduly the employer's operations, subject to approval of the health care provider. Allows limitation of the dual aggregate leave entitlement to 12 weeks in any 12-month period, in the case of spouses employed by the same employer, if such leave is for the birth or placement of a child or for the care of a sick parent. (Sec. 103) Sets forth conditions of certification for leave entitlements under this Act. (Sec. 104) Requires restoration of the employee to his or her position or an equivalent position upon return from such leave. Allows an employer to deny such restoration to certain highly compensated employees, under specified conditions (the highest paid ten percent of the employer's employees within a 75-mile radius of a facility; the denial must be necessary to prevent substantial and grievous economic injury to the employer's operations). Requires maintenance of employee health benefits during such leave. (Sec. 105) Prohibits interference with or discrimination against employees exercising rights under this title. (Sec. 106) Sets forth the investigative authority of the Secretary of Labor under this title. (Sec. 107) Provides for enforcement of this Act. Provides for administrative and civil actions. Makes an employer who violates this title's prohibitions against interference or discrimination liable for damages in the amount of: (1) any wages, salary, employment benefits, or other compensation denied or lost; (2) (where such compensation has not been denied or lost) any actual monetary losses, such as the cost of providing care; (3) interest on such losses; and (4) liquidated damages under certain conditions. Makes such employers also liable for appropriate equitable relief, including, without limitation, employment, reinstatement, and promotion. Sets forth provisions for attorney's fees, limitation of actions, injunctions, other equitable relief, and the Solicitor of Labor's role in such litigation. (Sec. 108) Sets forth special rules concerning employees of local educational agencies and of private elementary and secondary schools. (Sec. 109) Sets forth requirements for posting notice and for fines. Title II: Leave for Civil Service Employees - (Sec. 201) Entitles eligible civil service employees to family and temporary medical leave for specified periods. Allows up to 12 administrative workweeks of leave without pay (or substituted paid leave) in any 12-month period for: (1) family leave (i.e., leave because of the birth or placement of a child or care of a sick spouse, child, or parent); or (2) temporary medical leave for a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of their position. Sets forth: (1) requirements for employees to give prior notice; (2) certification provisions; (3) protections for job position and health insurance benefits; and (4) prohibitions against coercion. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for this title which are consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under title I of this Act. Title III: Commission on Leave - (Sec. 301) Establishes the Commission on Leave. (Sec. 302) Requires the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of: (1) existing and proposed leave policies; (2) the potential costs, benefits, and impact on productivity of such policies on employers; and (3) alternative and equivalent State enforcement of this Act with respect to employees of local educational agencies and private schools. Requires the Commission to report on such study to the Congress within two years after the Commission first meets. (Sec. 306) Terminates the Commission within 30 days after its report to the Congress. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 401 and Sec. 402) Sets forth the effect of this Act on other laws and existing employment benefits. (Sec. 403) Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting more generous leave policies. (Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations to carry out this title (except those provisions applicable to the Senate) within 60 days. Title V: Coverage of Congressional Employees - (Sec. 501) Applies the rights and protections established under specified provisions of title I of this Act to Senate employees. Makes specified provisions of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 applicable, with certain exceptions. Provides that allegations shall be considered by the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices or another entity designated by the Senate. Requires such Office to ensure that Senate employees are informed of their rights under this Act. (Sec. 502) Applies the rights and protections under title I of this Act to employees of the House of Representatives, except for the exemption concerning highly compensated employees. Makes the remedies and procedures under the Fair Employment Practices Resolution applicable in administering such coverage.
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Equal Remedies Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law relating to damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination to remove provisions limiting the dollar amount of damages awarded for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses and punitive damages.
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Designates the month of May 1993 as National Foster Care Month.
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Declares the desire of the Senate that criminal proceedings be brought against all persons suspected of responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including mass rape, in Bosnia. Calls on all parties to the applicable international conventions to: (1) identify alleged offenders of crimes against humanity in Bosnia; and (2) submit such offenders for prosecution before its own courts, or extradite them to another contracting party or an international tribunal if the requesting party has jurisdiction and sufficient grounds for prosecution.
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Declares that the United States should: (1) act to uphold Bosnia-Hercegovina's right to self-defense as provided under the United Nations (UN) Charter and seek the lifting of the international arms embargo as it applies to that country; (2) assemble a multinational coalition to enforce the existing UN "no-fly" zone over that country; (3) ensure that irregular forces there either withdraw, be subject to Government authority, or be disbanded and disarmed with their weapons placed under international monitoring; (4) ensure unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to all civilian populations there; (5) ensure unimpeded access to all camps, prisons, and detention centers there by international humanitarian organizations and facilitate the release of all detainees from such facilities; (6) seek an increase in the number of refugees from Bosnia-Hercegovina permitted to enter the United States and other European countries; and (7) work to ensure that those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity there are held accountable by an international criminal tribunal.