United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
Instructs the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to investigate allegations that the House Post Office provided cash to any Member in exchange for official vouchers, stamps purchased with official vouchers, campaign account checks, or in any other way inconsistent with the Rules of the House. Requires the Committee to: (1) determine which Members are alleged by the former Postmaster to have engaged in improper conduct in connection with the House Post Office and whether these Members are the subjects of any current investigation by the Department of Justice; and (2) defer further inquiry into a Member's conduct if that be the case, pending conclusion of the investigation. Requires the Committee to report to the House on its investigations and makes such report available to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to allow meetings of standing committees and subcommittees to be closed to the public only if approved by a majority of the committee or subcommittee's total membership because disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger national security, tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation, or compromise a confidential source of any criminal investigation. Repeals provisions making the coverage of committee hearings and meetings by television broadcast, radio broadcast, or still photography a privilege made available by the House. Requires proceedings of open committee hearings or meetings to be open to television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, or by any of such method of coverage. Prohibits a committee or subcommittee chairman from limiting the number of television or still cameras below two representatives from each medium.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1995, the duty on: (1) diphenylguanidine and di-o-tolylguanidine; and (2) dicyclohexylbenzothiazylsulfenamide.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on: (1) 2-phosphono-butane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid and sodium salts; (2) p-aminoazo-benzene-3,4-disulfonic acid, monosodium salt and disodium salt; (3) n-butylisocyanate (NBI); and (4) cyclohexyliso-cyanate (CHI).
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1993
Directs the President to: (1) investigate and report to the Congress on the whereabouts of U.S. citizens and others who have been missing from Cyprus since 1974; and (2) do everything possible to return such persons (including remains of those no longer alive) to their families.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should award a medal of honor to Wayne T. Alderson in recognition of acts of heroism while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993
Congressional Accountability Act - Makes any provision of Federal law applicable to the House of Representatives and to the Senate to the extent that it relates to: (1) the terms and conditions of employment (including hiring, promotion or demotion, salary and wages, overtime compensation, benefits, work assignments or reassignments, termination, and family and medical leave) of employees; (2) protection from discrimination in personnel actions, including discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including marital and parental status), or national origin within the meaning of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, age within the meaning of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, or handicap or disability within the meaning of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; (3) the health and safety of employees; or (4) the availability of information to the public. Establishes in the legislative branch an Office of Compliance to study and report to the Congress on the application of such laws. Sets forth provisions relating to congressional procedures for approval of Office regulations. Requires the Board of Directors of the Office to carry out an information program to acquaint Members of the House, Senators, and congressional employees with the provisions, including remedies, of the laws applicable to the Congress under this Act. Requires the procedure for consideration of alleged violations of such laws to consist of the following steps: (1) counseling; (2) mediation; (3) formal complaint and hearing by a hearing board; and (4) judicial review of a hearing board's decision. Declares that any intimidation of, or reprisal against, any employee because of the exercise of a right under this Act constitutes an unlawful employment practice that may be remedied in the same manner under this Act as is a violation of a law made applicable to the Congress. Requires the records and decisions of hearing boards and the decisions of the Select Committee on Ethics to be made public if required for judicial review. Limits a congressional employee to the judicial proceeding provided by this Act to redress prohibited practices.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1993
Prohibits: (1) appropriated funds from being used to purchase U.S. Capitol Historical Society calendars for the House of Representatives; or (2) such calendars from being mailed under the frank of any Member, officer, or employee of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993
Community and Education Investment Act of 1993 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise the method of calculating the amounts paid by public housing agencies in lieu of State and local real and personal property taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1993
Health Care Cooperative Antitrust Protection Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate guidelines under which a health care joint venture may submit an application requesting that the Secretary 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 the conduct of the entity in making or performing a contract to carry out the venture shall not be deemed illegal per se; or (2) the antitrust laws shall not apply to conduct within the scope of the venture for a five-year period. Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove the application within a specified time frame and, with respect to a disapproval, to provide a statement explaining the reasons for such disapproval. Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General to approve the application if: (1) in the case of a venture seeking the five-year exemption, the Secretary finds that such venture meets specified criteria, such as promoting enhancement of the quality of health care services to individuals residing in the geographic area served by the participating entities, preserving meaningful competition among health care providers, reducing costs or increasing efficiency, improving utilization of services, and eliminating costly and unnecessary duplication in the delivery of health care services in such area; and (2) an entity participating in the venture submits to the Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Interagency Advisory Committee on Competition, Antitrust Policy, and Health Care (created by this Act) 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; and (2) requirements relating to notice and publication of exemptions. Establishes the Advisory Committee 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.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1993
Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives to take necessary actions to transfer the House Restaurant System, the House Post Office, the House Barbershop, the House Beauty Shop, and their activities to the private sector in order to achieve specified annual cost savings and staff reductions.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rates of occupational taxes relating to the production or sale of distilled spirits, wines, and beer beginning July 1, 1994. Repeals such taxes effective July 1, 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1993
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to exclude from the definition of "owner or operator," for purposes of limiting liability for releases of hazardous substances, a person who, without participating in the management of a vessel or facility, holds indicia of ownership primarily to protect a security interest in such vessel or facility. Defines "indicia of ownership" as an interest in property acquired: (1) for securing payment of a loan or indebtedness or the performance of an obligation; (2) evidencing ownership under a lease financing transaction where the lessor does not initially select or ordinarily control the daily operation or maintenance of the property; or (3) in the course of protecting a security interest or right of reimbursement or subrogation under a guaranty. Makes liable for any release or threatened release of a hazardous substance attributable to their activities: (1) a holder of a security interest who takes certain actions concerning transfer, protection, or abandonment of property; and (2) a fiduciary or trustee who acquires ownership or control of a property. Makes conforming amendments to the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1993
Vietnam Women's Memorial Coin Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue silver coins emblematic of the Vietnam Women's Memorial sculpture. Requires all surcharges received from the sale of such coins to be used for: (1) an endowment for the Memorial; (2) education and research concerning veterans and their families; and (3) the identification and documentation of women who served in the armed forces during the Vietnam era. Expresses the sense of the Congress that this coin program shall be self-sustaining and administered to result in no net cost to the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1993
Equitable Escheatment Act of 1993 - Amends specified Federal law to prescribe guidelines under which unclaimed distributions of security interests shall be subject to the custodial taking (escheatment) by the State which contains the principal executive offices of either the issuer or the holder of those securities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the deduction for home office expenses if a portion of a dwelling unit is used as the sole fixed location of business for a taxpayer who has no other fixed location of business, regardless of: (1) the amount of time or type of work performed in such location; or (2) the proportion of the total income from the business attributable to such location.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Immunization of Children Receiving AFDC Title II: Immunization of Children Receiving Food Stamps Benefits Title III: Current Program Regarding Immunizations Title IV: Immunizations for Uninsured Children Title V: Monitoring System with Respect to Immunization of Certain Children Title VI: Parental Behavior with Respect to Childhood Immunizations Title VII: Use of Medicaid Funds for Monitoring Medicaid Beneficiaries Responsible Parent Immunization Plan Act of 1993 - Title I: Immunization of Children Receiving AFDC - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State's AFDC plan to require any parent applying for or receiving aid to ensure that each of his or her children have received specified immunizations. Title II: Immunization of Children Receiving Food Stamps Benefits - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to: (1) provide for a benefit reduction if all children in a household have not received specified immunizations; or (2) provide for a benefit increase if all such children have received such immunizations. Title III: Current Program Regarding Immunizations - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for grants to States for immunizations. Title IV: Immunizations for Uninsured Children - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for grants to States to provide pediatric immunizations to uninsured children without charge for the cost of the vaccine. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Monitoring System with Respect to Immunization of Certain Children - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for grants to States for the purpose of establishing a monitoring system which encourages the parents of uninsured children or children who are members of families receiving food stamps or other forms of assistance to have their children receive immunizations. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Parental Behavior with Respect to Childhood Immunizations - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for grants for demonstration projects to develop innovative methods to encourage parents to ensure that their children receive scheduled immunizations. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Use of Medicaid Funds for Monitoring Medicaid Beneficiaries - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for the use of Medicaid funds to monitor Medicaid beneficiaries under the monitoring system established by title V of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 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 Putting Jobs and the American Family First 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. 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. Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of noncorporate taxpayers. Title III: Neutral Cost Recoverry - Allows the depreciation deduction to be computed based on a neutral recovery basis for property placed in service after December 31, 1993. Repeals the special depreciation rules applicable under the adjusted current earnings provisions of the minimum tax. 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. 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. 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. Establishes an advisory council to assist the Commission. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollidngs 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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993
Amends the White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act to extend through: (1) not earlier than January 1, 1995, nor later than April 1, 1995 (currently one year earlier in each instance) the authorized period for conducting a national conference on small business; and (2) December 1, 1993 (currently one year earlier) the authorized period for conducting State conferences on such subject.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1993
Breeder Reactor Termination Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to terminate the advanced liquid metal reactor program, including: (1) the program's promotion of the use of liquid metal reactors for high-level radioactive waste disposal; and (2) departmental support for regulatory applications to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for design certification for advanced liquid metal reactors or related licensed facilities. Directs the Secretary to reassign personnel displaced as a result of such termination to other departmental activities. Declares that it is the policy of the Congress that savings realized from such termination should be used to reduce the Federal budget deficit.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1993
Amends Federal law to require both the President and the Congress to draft a budget based on estimates of current fiscal year spending, proposing increases or decreases based on this level (rather than on an estimated baseline). Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to use such a current fiscal year baseline in its report to the congressional budget committees, projecting growth for entitlement and discretionary spending based on current fiscal year spending. Terminates spending authority, effective October 1, 1993, for unearned entitlements and high-cost discretionary spending programs unless such spending authority is reauthorized. Terminates spending authority, effective October 1, 1994, for each discretionary spending program (not including high-cost discretionary spending programs) unless such spending authority is reauthorized. Provides for terminating such spending authorities after the year 2000 unless appropriately reauthorized.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1993
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider any primary expense resolution for the second session of the 103d Congress until the Committee on House Administration has reported and the House has adopted a resolution establishing an overall ceiling for committee staff for that year. Limits the overall ceiling for committee staff for the second session of the 103d Congress to 75 percent of the staff employed at the end of the 102d Congress. Requires the membership of each standing, select, or conference committee and each subcommittee thereof, except for the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the bipartisan Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight of the Committee on House Administration, to reflect the ratio of majority to minority party Members of the House. Requires the ratio of the majority staff to minority staff of each committee to be the same as the ratio of majority party members to minority party members on that committee. Prohibits proxy voting by any committee or subcommittee member. Directs the Speaker to refer legislation initially to one committee as the committee of principal jurisdiction. Requires that at least one-half (currently one-third) of the members of a committee (except the Committees on Appropriations, Budget, and Ways and Means) must be present in order to constitute a quorum for taking any action other than the reporting of a measure or recommendation. Requires the chair to order a roll call vote on a motion to report any public bill or resolution at the request of a member of the committee. Limits a Member's service as chairman of a committee to three Congresses. Requires an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of a committee or subcommittee before all or part of its meeting can be closed to the public because of national security, personnel information, or a criminal investigation. Calls for a two-thirds' vote by the members of the Committee on Rules before provisions can be waived with respect to: (1) the report on a bill being made available to Members at least three days before it is considered; (2) filing and printing of a conference report and its accompanying statement in the Congressional Record at least three calendar days before the report is considered and a copy of them being made available to Members at least two hours before the consideration; and (3) reporting any rule or order that contains a nongermane amendment or reporting of an unauthorized appropriation in a general appropriation bill or an amendment thereto. Prohibits the Committee on Rules from reporting any rule or order preventing minority party members from offering at least four amendments to any appropriation bill or resolution or to a concurrent resolution on the budget. Makes it out of order to consider any bill or resolution providing for the designation of a commemorative day or other commemorative period. Requires the appropriate House committees with jurisdiction to report legislation requiring periodic reauthorization, for a maximum five-year period, of the: (1) Architect of the Capitol; (2) United States Botanical Garden; (3) Congressional Budget Office; (4) Government Printing Office; (5) General Accounting Office; (6) Library of Congress; (7) Copyright Royalty Tribunal; and (8) Office of Technology Assessment. Directs the Committee on House Administration to establish a toll-free (800) telephone number and a data base to provide public access to information on the substance and present status of each bill and resolution that is before the House.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993
Bankruptcy Amendments of 1993 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to raise to $1 million the ceiling on debts for eligibility to file as a chapter 13 debtor (bankrupt consumer repayment of debt under court supervision). (Currently the ceiling is $100,000 for unsecured debts, or $350,000 for certain secured debts.) Modifies the guidelines for: (1) chapter 13 bankruptcies; (2) automatic stays; (3) exemptions; (4) discharges; and (5) preferences. Directs the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to compile and make available to the public statistical information regarding bankruptcy cases.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993
Declares that it is the Congress' intent that the Secretary of Transportation, in negotiating under the auspices of the Land Transportation Standards Committee established under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), shall not weaken U.S. truck safety standards by increasing truck sizes and weights or by compromising such standards as truck driver hours of service, front brake and other safety equipment requirements, and the truck driver record system.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1993
Comprehensive Recycling Act of 1993 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical assistance and guidance to States on recycling methods and opportunities. Directs States to develop and implement comprehensive multimaterial recycling programs. Requires such programs to be designed to provide at least 20 percent of a State's population with an opportunity to participate in such programs within two years of this Act's enactment. Provides that such programs must be available to an additional 20 percent of a State's population every two years, until the entire population is provided with such opportunity. Requires States to include recycling programs in the solid waste plan required by the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Makes States with approved plans eligible for Federal grants for recycling programs. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator to make grants to States for implementing recycling programs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1993
Extends the deadline for implementation plan submissions for particulate matter-10 (PM-10) under the Clean Air Act until December 31, 1994, with respect to the Liberty Borough Nonattainment Area in western Pennsylvania.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993
Concentration Grant Targeting and Improvements Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to target chapter 1 concentration grants on local educational agencies (LEAS) with especially high concentrations of children from low-income families. (Current law targets these to LEAs in counties with such concentrations.) Requires the State educational agency, in States which receive the minimum concentration grant amount, to allocate such funds among LEAs in rank order of their respective concentration and numbers of children from low-income families and in amounts consistent with the degree of concentration of poverty. Allows only those LEAs with concentrations of poverty exceeding the statewide average to receive such funds. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to use data on counties or equivalent local government units if satisfactory data regarding LEAs are not available to calculate grant amounts.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise or add to the guaranteed student loan program (also known as the Stafford Loan or the Federal Family Education Loan Program) with respect to: (1) in-school and grace period interest rate limits; (2) loan transfer fees; (3) decrease of guaranty agency reinsurance percentage; (4) required risk sharing by the Student Loan Marketing Association; (5) shares of post-default collections; (6) decrease of administrative cost allowances; (7) reinsurance fees; (8) parent loan (PLUS) amount limits and multiple disbursement requirements; (8) reduction and limitation of consolidation loan interest rates; (9) limitation of interest subsidy during deferment; (10) insurance fees from lenders; (11) longer periods for default determinations; (12) special allowances on tax exempt funds and purchase premiums; (13) origination fees from lenders; (14) the lender-of-last-resort requirement; (15) Student Loan Marketing Association alternative status study; and (16) repayment options (including income sensitive) availability and information.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should not proceed toward the normalization of diplomatic and economic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam until the Vietnamese Government has provided the fullest possible accounting of missing American servicemen in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1993
Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to allow meetings of the standing committees and subcommittees to be closed to the public only if disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger national security or would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person. Repeals provisions making the coverage of committee hearings and meetings by television broadcast, radio broadcast, or still photography a privilege made available by the House. Requires proceedings of open committee hearings or meetings to be open to television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, or by any of such method of coverage. Prohibits a committee or subcommittee chairman from limiting the number of television or still cameras below two representatives from each medium.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1993
National Senior Citizens Pet Ownership Protection Act - Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to prohibit owners and managers of federally assisted rental housing from preventing elderly and disabled tenants from owning or having household pets.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1993
Equity for Congress Act - Makes applicable to the Congress the following Federal laws: (1) with respect to employment title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the National Labor Relations Act, sections 1977 and 1977A of the Revised Statutes, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; (2) with respect to conduct regarding matters other than employment Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and (3) with respect to information in its possession, the Privacy Act of 1974; and (4) specified provisions of Federal law relating to independent counsel. Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate and the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a three-fifths' vote in each House before it considers legislation that creates a requirement of general applicability but exempts the Congress from such provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 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; and (2) the Board should not change the current accounting rules by requiring that businesses deduct from profits the value of stock options.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the amount appropriated for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research account for FY 1994 should be no less than the amount appropriated for such account for FY 1993 plus inflation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1993
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from designing, constructing, or acquiring interests in land for any unit of a reclamation project for which funds have not been previously appropriated and obligated. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend design and construction activities of a project the continuance of which would result in a net loss to the United States. Directs the Secretary to: (1) transfer the operation, maintenance, and replacement of reclamation projects to the water districts which benefit from them; (2) contract for the management of any reclamation project not so transferred; and (3) study and report to the Congress on the true value of water provided from water reclamation projects.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1993
Directs the Secretary of Defense to cancel the F/A-18 aircraft upgrade program. Provides that funds programmed or appropriated for such upgrade for fiscal years after FY 1992 shall be used to procure additional such aircraft configured in the C/D model.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1993
Terminates the independent research and development program of the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to provide grants to businesses, universities, and other appropriate entities for the support of basic research. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1993
Commission on Filipino Veterans Entitlement Act - Establishes the Commission on Filipino War Veterans Entitlement to: (1) review the facts and circumstances surrounding the enactment of provisions of the First Supplemental Surplus Appropriation Rescission Act, 1946, which denied most veterans' benefits and privileges to Filipino veterans of World War II; (2) review existing Department of Veterans Affairs benefits and medical privileges available to those veterans; (3) determine what type of veterans' benefits are due to such veterans; and (4) recommend appropriate changes in law. Terminates the Commission on February 1, 1995. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1993
Medical Injury Compensation Fairness Act of 1993 - Deems each individual or entity receiving health care services for which payment may be made in whole or in part with funds provided under a Federal program to have entered into an agreement to resolve any medical malpractice liability claim through a certified State or Federal dispute resolution system. Requires any such entity to bring any medical malpractice liability action that arises from a claim resolved through such system only in accordance with specified procedures. Denies a tax deduction for health insurance expenses to any employer not having in effect such an agreement with respect to the resolution of medical malpractice claims.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1993
Qualified Football Coaches Plan Technical Corrections Act of 1993 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to make technical revisions which restore treatment of a qualified football coaches plan as a multiemployer plan for pension plan purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1993
American Timber Supply and Manufacturing Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide taxpayers a deduction from gross income for qualified timber gain as an investment incentive. Allows such deduction in computing adjusted gross income. Provides for applying passive loss limitations to timber activities. Provides that export property eligible for certain tax incentives does not include any unprocessed softwood timber for purposes of: (1) taxation of foreign sales corporations (FSCs); and (2) taxation of domestic international sales corporations (DISCs). Requires any income from the sale of such unprocessed timber which was cut from an area in the United States to be sourced in the United States. Excludes such income from rules under which: (1) gains, profits, and income involving inventory property purchased in the United States but sold or exchanged elsewhere may be sourced foreign; and (2) income derived from the manufacture of products in the United States and their sale elsewhere may be treated as having a divided source. Repeals the deferral from income of the controlled foreign corporation from sales or milling (outside the United States) of unprocessed softwood timber to the extent that any controlled foreign corporation is owned by ten percent or more U.S. shareholders.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) U.S. policy concerning the six counties of the north of Ireland should be consistent with U.S. policy concerning other areas of the world where people are seeking democratic reform and self-determination; and (2) the President should forcefully advocate United Nations diplomatic intervention and involvement in the peacemaking process in such area.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1993
Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to require the Secretary of Defense, before any action is taken with respect to the disposal or transfer of real property at a military facility being closed or realigned, to notify the State and each local government in which the facility is located, as well as other interested persons, of the suitability of the property or facility for conversion and use as a youthful offender boot camp. Requires the State, local government, or interested party to whom such real property is so transferred to certify that the property or facilities will be promptly converted and used for such purpose. Directs the Secretary to develop a model program intended to incorporate military basic training, instruction, and disciplinary procedures into the design and operation of youthful offender boot camps at the Federal, State, and local levels. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reallocate between public agencies and private nonprofit organizations the percentage of grant funds authorized under such Act for correctional options that provide alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration and offender release programs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1993
Urges the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the U.S. Postal Service to recommend to the Postmaster General that a postage stamp be issued honoring Americans held as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action.
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