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Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]

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Bill· SS. 2489 (103rd)referred

Ryan White CARE Reauthorization Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1994

Ryan White CARE Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Amends the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 (title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act) to limit the grant program for emergency relief for areas with substantial need for services to eligible areas with a population of at least 500,000 individuals. Requires an HIV health services planning council (which advises on the distribution of such grants) to be reflective of the demographics of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in an eligible area, with particular consideration given to disproportionately affected and historically underserved groups. Revises the method of distributing such grants and extends authorized appropriations for them until FY 2000. Revises the care grant program that makes funds available for individuals and families with the HIV disease. Authorizes the award of supplemental grants to eligible entities to enhance community-based care, treatment, and supportive services through the development and operation of consortia and innovative approaches. Extends authorized appropriations for such grant program through FY 2000. Requires the establishment of grievance procedures to address allegations of egregious violations of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate the planning and implementation of Federal HIV programs to facilitate the development of a complete continuum of HIV-related services for individuals with HIV disease and those at risk of such disease. Extends authorized appropriations for early intervention services until FY 2000. Extends authorized appropriations until FY 2000 for grants for coordinated services and access to research for children, youth, women, and families (formerly known as demonstration grants for research and services for pediatric patients regarding acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Makes appropriations available for special projects of national significance program to award direct grants to public and nonprofit private entities to fund special programs for the care and treatment of individuals with HIV disease.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 264 (103rd)passed

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should issue an Executive order to promote and expand Federal assistance for Indian institutions of higher education and foster the advancement of the National Education Goals for Indians.

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1994

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should issue an Executive order to promote and expand Federal assistance to Indian institutions of higher education and foster advancement of the National Education Goals in the Goals 2000: Educate America Act for Indians.

Bill· SS. 2402 (103rd)referred

Homeowners Insurance Disclosure Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1994

Homeowners Insurance Disclosure Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish annual disclosure requirements for non-commercial insurers (providers of homeowners, dwelling fire, allied lines, and other personal lines of insurance), including: (1) the availability, affordability and type of insurance coverage by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and the region, race, and gender of policyholders; (2) the racial characteristics and location by MSA of the principal place of business of current and terminated insurance agents; and (3) for designated insurers, the total number of policies, exposures, nonrenewals, and racial characteristics of licensed agents, and the aggregate loss experience. Provides for disclosure requirements for certain non-designated insurers. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the availability, affordability, and quality of types of commercial insurance for residential properties and small businesses in urban areas. Instructs the Secretary to establish requirements for insurers to report annually on the availability, affordability, and quality or type of insurance in designated rural areas. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain disclosure requirements if the States collect equivalent information. Directs the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council to determine the extent to which private mortgage insurers disclose to the public and regulatory agencies information that is equivalent to that required under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975. Requires noncompliant insurers to submit the requisite information to the Secretary. Prescribes guidelines for information compilation and maintenance and for a public availability and access system. Prescribes guidelines for disclosures by insurers to applicants and policyholders, stating the reasons that an insurance application was declined. Authorizes the Secretary to provide immunity to insurers, agents, and brokers regarding their communication of a cancellation, denial, or nonrenewal of insurance. Sets forth enforcement guidelines, including civil penalties and injunctions. Directs the Secretary to establish a task force on insurance agency appointments to report to certain congressional committees on the appointment and retention of inner-city and minority agents representing property and casualty insurers. Instructs the Secretary to study and report to certain congressional committees on insurance industry practices regarding: (1) prescreening of insurance applicants; (2) meeting of the property and casualty insurance needs of the residential and small business community in low- and moderate-income and minority neighborhoods; (3) disparate claims treatment of policyholders based on race, gender, and income level; (4) basing of premium amounts on the territory in which the insured risk is located; and (5) the feasibility of establishing community reinvestment requirements for insurers comparable to those applicable to depository institutions.

Bill· SS. 2361 (103rd)referred

Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1994

Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Act of 1994 - Reaffirms Federal recognition and rights of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (in the State of Michigan), including Federal services, benefits, and tribal lands.

Bill· SS. 2358 (103rd)referred

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide relief for non-selfgenerating ozone nonattainment areas, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1994

Amends the Clean Air Act to remove a condition on the treatment of ozone nonattainment areas as rural transport areas that permits such treatment only if the nonattainment area does not include, or is not adjacent to, a metropolitan statistical or consolidated metropolitan statistical area.

Bill· SS. 2301 (103rd)referred

Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Retirement Savings Incentives Subtitle A: Restoration of IRA Deduction Subtitle B: Nondeductible Tax-Free IRAs Title II: Penalty-Free Distributions Title III: Aid to Families With Dependent Children Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1994 - Title I: Retirement Savings Incentives - Subtitle A: Restoration of IRA Deduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove the limitation on the deductibility of contributions to individual retirement plans (IRAs) by active participants in employer-maintained plans, thereby restoring the IRA deduction. Provides an inflation adjustment after 1995. Allows certain spouses a full deduction for contributions to an IRA. Makes certain coins and bullion ineligible as collectible investments for purposes of distributions from an IRA. Subtitle B: Nondeductible Tax-Free IRAs - Allows individuals to establish individual retirement plus (IRA plus) accounts with tax treatment similar to that for individual retirement plans. Makes contributions to such accounts nondeductible. Title II: Penalty-Free Distributions - 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. Title III: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to exclude from AFDC eligibility determinations certain income and resources that are to be used for education, training, and employability purposes. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress on a revision of the AFDC limit on automobiles in order to increase the employability of AFDC recipients.

Bill· SS. 2294 (103rd)referred

Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Research, Education, and Assistance Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1994

Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Research, Education, and Assistance Act of 1994 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a council to coordinate Parkinson's research activities. Directs: (1) the council to convene a National Consensus Conference on Parkinson's Disease and Related Neuro-degenerative Disorders to aid in the development of a broad-based strategy for identifying the cause of and treating such disorders; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and annually submit to specified congressional committees a coordinated research agenda and to provide for the establishment of ten Parkinson's Research Centers. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) award feasibility study grants to support the development of preliminary data sufficient to provide the basis for the submission of applications for independent research support grants or establishment of a Center; and (2) award grants to appropriate institutions for the provision of training and continuing education concerning health and long-term care of individuals with Parkinson's. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a grant program to support scientists who have distinguished themselves in the field of Parkinson's research; (2) a registry for screening and collecting patient and family data that may be useful in determining incidence and possible risk factors concerning Parkinson's; and (3) a national education program designed to foster a national focus on Parkinson's and the care of those with Parkinson's. Sets forth application requirements. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2291 (103rd)referred

Derivatives Supervision Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1994

Derivatives Supervision Act of 1994 - Prohibits a regulated entity from engaging in derivatives transactions either for its own account or for any speculative purpose. (Sec. 4) Requires the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to jointly establish principles and standards for the supervision of regulated entities and major dealers engaged in derivatives financial instruments activities (including capital, accounting, disclosures, and internal controls structures). (Sec. 5) Includes specified disclosure requirements in statutory calls of condition. (Sec. 6) Prohibits a regulated entity or a major dealer from engaging in derivatives activities unless: (1) it has a prescribed management control plan (including direct oversight by senior executive officers); and (2) its board of directors periodically reviews compliance with such plan. (Sec. 7) Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to bring within the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) any major dealer whose derivative financial instruments activities are not subject to regulation by a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to encourage governments, central banks, and regulatory authorities of other industrialized countries to implement comparable supervisory schemes for derivative financial instruments transactions. (Sec. 9) Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to: (1) permit a subsidiary of a bank holding company to conduct derivative activities for its own account if it is neither an insured depository institution nor a subsidiary of an insured depository institution; (2) prohibit the capital of such subsidiary from being included in the consolidated capital of its parent bank holding company for purposes of determining such company's compliance with capital requirements; and (3) direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to promulgate regulations for such a subsidiary consistent with the mandate for regulatory coordination. (Sec. 10) Requires the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to promulgate certain regulations governing regulated entities and major dealers in order to reduce the risk of potential systemic financial market failure due to derivatives activities. (Sec. 11) Amends the following Acts to reflect the provisions of this Act: (1) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; (2) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act; and (3) the Federal bankruptcy code. (Sec. 12) Requires each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency to issue consistent regulations governing derivative financial instruments activities for purposes of implementing this Act.

Bill· SS. 2283 (103rd)referred

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1994

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 1994 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of specified prostate cancer screening services and certain drug treatments for such cancer. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish fee schedules for such services. Amends Federal law to cover such screening and treatment services for veterans as a preventive health service. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for certain public health programs related to prostate cancer research and education. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research to: (1) conduct and support prostate cancer health services and screening and treatment procedures; and (2) provide for the development, periodic review, and updating of clinically relevant guidelines, standards of quality, performance measures, and medical review criteria.

Bill· SS. 2281 (103rd)open

Housing Choice and Community Investment Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Assistance for the Homeless Title II: Public and Indian Housing Subtitle A: Enhanced Flexibility for Public Housing Agencies Subtitle B: Severely Distressed Public Housing Program Subtitle C: Anti-Crime Initiatives Subtitle D: Authorizations and Extensions Subtitle E: Applicability Subtitle F: Termination of Certain Assisted Housing Programs Subtitle G: Midnight Basketball League Training and Partnership Subtitle H: Miscellaneous Provisions Title III: Homeownership Subtitle A: Expanded Single Family Homeownership Opportunities Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle C: Authorizations Title IV: Section 8 Rental Assistance Title V: Home Investment Partnerships Title VI: Multifamily and Supportive Housing Subtitle A: Preservation Subtitle B: Renewal of Expiring Section 8 Contracts Subtitle C: Other Section 8 Program Amendments Subtitle D: Supportive Housing Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VII: Community and Economic Development Title VIII: Nonjudicial Foreclosure of Defaulted Single Family Mortgages Title IX: Rural Housing Title X: Regulatory and Miscellaneous Programs Housing Choice and Community Investment Act of 1994 - Title I: Assistance for the Homeless - Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Reorganization Act of 1994 - Replaces specified homeless assistance programs with a program of grants for comprehensive assistance for homeless individuals and families. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Public and Indian Housing - Subtitle A: Enhanced Flexibility for Public Housing Agencies - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make public housing direct loans. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the use of modernization funds for replacement housing. (Sec. 205) Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to permit homeless families with children to use early childhood development program services. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 206) Authorizes an entrepreneurial public housing agency (PHA) and resident management corporation (RMC) demonstration program. (Sec. 209) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the sale of public housing to nonprofit organizations to facilitate resident homeownership. Subtitle B: Severely Distressed Public Housing Program - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise the severely distressed housing program, including grant level increases. Subtitle C: Anti-Crime Initiatives - Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to establish a community partnerships against crime program of grants to PHAs and owners of federally assisted low-income housing, entitled the Community Partnerships Against Crime Act of 1994. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 223) Directs law enforcement entities to make criminal records available to requesting PHAs for screening and eviction purposes. Subtitle D: Authorizations and Extensions - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase budget authority for specified public and Indian housing programs. (Sec. 232) Authorizes appropriations for: (1) public housing operating subsidies; (2) the family self-sufficiency program; (3) family investment and economic opportunity centers; (4) the resident management and tenant opportunity program; and (5) the Indian housing loan guarantee program. Subtitle E: Applicability - Applies specified public housing provisions to Indian housing. Subtitle F: Termination of Certain Assisted Housing Programs - Terminates specified public and Indian housing programs. Subtitle G: Midnight Basketball League Training and Partnership - Midnight Basketball League Training and Partnership Act - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to provide grants for midnight basketball league training and partnership programs. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle H: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for the deregulation of public housing agencies. Title III: Homeownership - Subtitle A: Expanded Single Family Homeownership Opportunities - Amends the National Housing Act to revise: (1) single family mortgage limits; and (2) refinancing procedures for qualifying Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-held mortgages. (Sec. 303) Authorizes innovative affordable housing demonstration programs through the use of alternative financing instruments. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 304) Establishes a single family risk-sharing mortgage insurance program. Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to revise the national homeownership fund demonstration and to cite such provisions as the " National Homeownership Fund Demonstration Act". Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 313) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to expand the energy efficient mortgages pilot program. Subtitle C: Authorizations - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize an aggregate amount of guaranteed loan principal under the mortgage-backed security program. (Sec. 322) Amends the National Housing Act to authorize an aggregate amount of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance. (Sec. 323) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize appropriations for the HOPE programs. (Sec. 324) Amends the National Housing Act to extend the home equity conversion mortgage program. Title IV: Section 8 Rental Assistance - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to merge the section 8 public housing certificate and voucher programs into a single revised certificate program. (Sec. 403) Increases budget authority for family unification assistance. Title V: Home Investment Partnerships - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize HOME program loan guarantees. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Multifamily and Supportive Housing - Subtitle A: Preservation - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for low-income housing preservation. Subtitle B: Renewal of Expiring Section 8 Contracts - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Secretary to enter into new section 8 construction and rehabilitation contracts. (Sec. 614) Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to tenants in units with expiring contracts. Authorizes appropriations for activities under this subtitle. Subtitle C: Other Section 8 Program Amendments - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide incentives for multifamily mortgage refinancing. (Sec. 633) Authorizes civil penalties for violation of section 8 housing assistance payment contracts. Subtitle D: Supportive Housing - Authorizes appropriations for supportive housing service coordinators. (Sec. 643) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for: (1) supportive housing for the elderly; and (2) supportive housing for persons with disabilities. (Sec. 645) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize appropriations for persons with AIDS. Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the flexible subsidy program. (Sec. 653) Extends the multifamily mortgage credit demonstration program. (Sec. 655) Amends the National Housing Act to authorize civil penalties against general partners and certain managing agents of multifamily housing projects. (Sec. 658) Authorizes appropriations for the general insurance fund and the special risk insurance fund. (Sec. 659) Increases FHA mortgage insurance limits for multifamily housing in high cost areas. Title VII: Community and Economic Development - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary to make grants to stimulate economic development in specified investment areas (LIFT program). Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 702) Authorizes, and authorizes appropriations for, a colonias assistance program. (Sec. 703) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to extend the colonias community development block grant (CDBG) set-aside. (Sec. 704) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize CDBG appropriations. (Sec. 707) Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to authorize appropriations for the community viability fund. (Sec. 708) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for: (1) the community investment corporation demonstration program; and (2) the national cities in schools program. (Sec. 710) Authorizes appropriations for water and wastewater projects for cities with special needs (defined to include minority communities with special needs). (Sec. 711) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to temporarily prohibit recapture or reduction of UDAG funds. Title VIII: Nonjudicial Foreclosure of Defaulted Single Family Mortgages - Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994 - Authorizes the Secretary to foreclose defaulted single family mortgages. Title IX: Rural Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize appropriations for specified rural housing and related programs. (Sec. 902) States that Indian tribes and entities are eligible for rural housing assistance. (Sec. 903) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Treasury escrow fund for rural housing loan payments. (Sec. 905) Extends set-aside authority for targeted rural areas and colonias (and increases colonia set-sides). (Sec. 906) Amends the rural housing for the elderly or handicapped program to: (1) reduce maximum loan periods; and (2) extend nonprofit entity set-asides. (Sec. 907) Permits migrant farmworker project rental assistance to be used for operating expenses. (Sec. 908) Makes manufactured home parks eligible for building site loans for cooperatives. (Sec. 911) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a rural housing capacity demonstration program for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. Title X: Regulatory and Miscellaneous Programs - Amends the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations, including specified set-asides, for lead-based paint reduction activities. (Sec. 1005) Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for HUD research and development. (Sec. 1007) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for the fair housing initiatives program. (Sec. 1008) Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to authorize civil money penalties for reporting violations by nonsupervised lending institutions. (Sec. 1009) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize appropriations for the Youthbuild program. (Sec. 1010) Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act to authorize appropriations for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. (Sec. 1011) Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to authorize appropriations for HUD salaries and expenses. (Sec. 1013) Amends the National Housing Act to authorize civil money penalties for improper participation in the origination of title I (housing renovation and modernization) loans. (Sec. 1014) Cancels specified public facilities loan indebtedness of Lockport Township, Illinois. (Sec. 1015) Establishes the National Commission on the Future of the Federal Housing Administration. Sets aside Commission funding. Terminates the Commission 12 months after appointment of all its members.

Bill· SS. 2268 (103rd)referred

Worker Rights and Labor Standards Trade Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1994

Worker Rights and Labor Standards Trade Act of 1994 - Directs the President to seek the establishment of: (1) a working party within the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to examine the relationship of fundamental internationally recognized worker rights to the articles of the GATT; and (2) a standing committee on worker rights within the World Trade Organization to which the functions of the working group shall be transferred.

Bill· SS. 2264 (103rd)referred

A bill to provide for certain protections in the sale of a short line railroad, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1994

Amends Federal transportation law to provide that the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), in approving an application of a rail carrier for the construction and operation of railroad lines, shall require that a fair and equitable arrangement for the protection of the affected railroad employees' interests be no less protective of and beneficial to their interests than those established under other specified Federal provisions. Prohibits the ICC from approving the sale or the offer of financial assistance to a rail carrier to avoid the abandonment and discontinuance of railroad line transportation unless it certifies that such employees' interests will be protected.

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