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Bill· HRH.R. 1199 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1993
Authorizes Eagle and Pitkin Counties in Colorado to offer for exchange to the United States specified lands of the White River National Forest. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Counties all rights of the United States to specified lands of the Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery (MSTN). Requires the Secretary, in the deed of conveyance to the Counties, to provide that all rights in and to lands and water rights conveyed shall revert to the United States in the event that such lands or water rights are sold or otherwise conveyed by the Counties or are used other than for public purposes. Provides that, if the values of exchanged lands are not equal, any cash equalization which would otherwise be owed to the Counties by the United States shall be waived and any equalization amount which may be owed to the United States by the Counties shall be satisfied through conveyance to the United States of additional lands or interests in lands acceptable to the Secretary. Provides that: (1) the National Forest inholdings acquired by the United States pursuant to this Act shall become a part of the White River, Gunnison, and Arapaho National Forests, or a part of an appropriate existing wilderness area; and (2) the Quiet Title Act shall be the sole legal remedy of any party claiming any rights in or to any National Forest inholdings conveyed by the Counties to the United States pursuant to this Act. Requires the Counties to reimburse the United States for National Forest inholdings that the United States acquires under this Act that are lost in a final title determination adverse to the United States. Allocates and provides for the management of the existing water rights in the MSTN, including water well and irrigation ditch rights adjudicated under Colorado law, together with the right to administer, maintain, access, and further develop such rights. Transfers the White River National Forest Headquarters and administrative offices in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, from the jurisdiction of the U.S. General Services Administration to that of the Secretary, who shall retain such facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 1195 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1993
Food Stamp Quality Control System Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise the formula (and related provisions) for determining a State's liability for excessive food stamp payment errors. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the State food stamp agencies to conduct a joint study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on measurement error and uniformity in the food stamp program quality control error-rate estimation system.
Bill· SS. 472 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993
Land Management Agency Housing Improvement Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to make employee housing available on or off public lands and to rent or lease housing to employees at a reasonable value. Directs the Secretaries to conduct a survey of the availability of quarters at field units at least every five years. Authorizes the Secretaries to provide suitable quarters under this Act if such survey indicates that government owned or suitable privately owned quarters are not available to the personnel assigned to a specific duty station. Authorizes the Secretaries to: (1) determine that secondary quarters for employees who are permanently duty stationed at remote locations and are regularly required to relocate for temporary periods are necessary for the effective administration of an area; and (2) make such secondary quarters available to employees either on or off public lands. Requires the Secretaries to survey all existing government owned employee housing facilities under the jurisdiction of the Departments of the Interior and of Agriculture to assess its physical condition and suitability. Directs the Secretaries to develop an agency-wide priority listing, by structure, identifying those units in greatest need of repair, rehabilitation, replacement, or initial construction and to transmit such survey and listing to specified congressional committees. Specifies that: (1) unless otherwise provided by law, expenditure of any funds appropriated for construction, repair, or rehabilitation shall follow the priority listing established by each agency; and (2) funding available from other sources for employee housing repair may be distributed as determined by the Secretaries. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 477 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993
Wool and Mohair Federal Support Program Elimination and Deficit Reduction Act of 1993 - Repeals the National Wool Act of 1954 (eliminating wool and mohair price supports).
Bill· HRH.R. 1164 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993
Forest Biodiversity and Clearcutting Prohibition Act of 1993 - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act, and other Federal law to provide for the conservation of native biodiversity in each national forest community. Revises land management guidelines for such forests to prohibit any even-age logging or even-age management after one year of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, on each site already under such management, to: (1) prescribe a shift to selection management within one year; or (2) cease managing for timber purposes and actively restore the native biodiversity or permit each site to regain its native biodiversity.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 107 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993
Makes available from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives certain amounts for investigations and studies by the Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress and the following House committees in the first session of the 103d Congress: Agriculture; Armed Services; Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; District of Columbia; Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Government Operations; House Administration; Intelligence; Judiciary; Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Natural Resources; Post Office and Civil Service; Public Works and Transportation; Rules; Science, Space, and Technology; Small Business; Standards of Official Conduct; Veterans' Affairs; and Ways and Means. Limits the funds that may be used for procurement of consultant services and specialized training for professional staff. Directs the Committee on House Administration, through the House Information Systems, to develop, operate, and improve computer and information services for the House of Representatives.
Bill· SS. 445 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1993
Agricultural Export Program Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to require specified foreign agricultural commodities imported into the United States to carry an end-use certificate. Subjects a person using foreign agricultural commodities in a U.S. agricultural trade program to program suspension or debarment.
Bill· SS. 459 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1993
Federal Forests Health Recovery Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (or, with respect to specified lands, the Secretary of Agriculture) to prepare for and undertake or authorize forest health activities to: (1) arrest the deterioration in the health of forests and forest ecosystems on Federal lands; (2) restore and maintain the health of the forests and forest ecosystems that have suffered deteriorated health conditions; or (3) ensure the public safety that is threatened by the deteriorating health of the forests and forest ecosystems. Authorizes the Secretary to offer and award a timber sale as a forest health activity if the sale meets one or more of such objectives. Specifies that no sale shall be precluded because the anticipated total costs of the sale are greater than the anticipated revenues. Requires the Secretary to provide to the public a detailed statement of the determination that the activity meets one or more objective whenever the harvest of live trees is likely to occur in carrying out a forest health activity. Establishes in the Treasury a special fund to be used for forest health activities, activities to maintain healthy forests and forest ecosystems (including tree planting), and other specified activities. Provides for funding of specified Forest Service activities. Specifies that a forest health activity that is not inconsistent with the long-term management goals and objectives of a land management plan for the relevant unit of Federal lands shall not be deemed to be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Establishes procedures for administrative and district court review of forest health activities. Sets forth provisions regarding budget disclosures, the establishment of advisory boards, and monitoring and reporting requirements.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 55 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any economic recovery program adopted by the Congress should provide specified amounts for the following State and local programs: (1) the Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery program; (2) certain planning and development programs on the State side of the Land and Water Conservation Fund; (3) the American Conservation Corps under the National Commission for National and Community Service; and (4) the Youth Conservation Corps program administered by the Departments of the Interior and of Agriculture.
Law· HRH.R. 1134 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public Lands Transfer Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain public lands in Clear Creek County, Colorado, to the Secretary of Agriculture, the State of Colorado, and certain local governments (Clear Creek County and the towns of Silver Plume and Georgetown). Withdraws the public lands transferred to Colorado and the local governments from U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws. Requires the consent of the Secretary before the grantee or its successor can transfer the title of such conveyed lands. Makes the grantee liable to the Secretary for damages if such lands are devoted to a use inconsistent with limitations under this Act or if other stated conditions apply. Relieves: (1) the Secretary from being required to inspect any public lands described in this Act or to inform Clear Creek County or any member of the public regarding the condition of such lands with respect to the presence or absence of hazardous substances or otherwise; and (2) the United States from liability regarding hazardous wastes or substances placed on such lands after their transfer to the ownership of another party.
Bill· HRH.R. 1089 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Wetlands Simplification Act - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 (FSA) to provide that: (1) a technical determination with respect to wetland or converted wetland on agricultural lands (including the identification of wetland and the development of a wetland restoration or mitigation plan) shall be used in the administration of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) (thus giving the Soil Conservation Service sole Federal responsibility for making such determinations); and (2) any area of agricultural land or any activities related to the land determined to be exempt from the requirements of the FSA shall also be exempt from FWPCA requirements as long as such lands are used as agricultural lands.
Bill· HRH.R. 1122 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to consolidate the functions and activities of the Agricultural Research Service, the Cooperative State Research Service, and the Federal Extension Service into a new Agriculture Research and Extension Service.
Bill· SS. 399 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey without consideration certain lands in Butte County, California, adjacent to the Plumas National Forest to eligible persons who make their claims within two years of enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) make the necessary surveys and property line markings; and (2) submit a copy of each deed to the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 393 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Enterprise Zone Tax Act of 1993 - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to establish a demonstration program of providing incentives for the creation of tax enterprise zones in order to: (1) revitalize economically and physically distressed areas; and (2) promote meaningful employment for tax enterprise zone residents. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of tax enterprise zones during calendar years after 1992 and before 1997: (1) by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in the case of an urban tax enterprise zone; (2) by the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, in the case of a rural development investment zone; and (3) the Secretary of the Interior in the case of an Indian reservation tax enterprise zone. Sets forth the eligibility criteria for such zone designations. Requires certain zones to be in small cities. Allows an enterprise zone employment credit to small employers as a general business credit of 30 percent of the qualified zone wages. Requires such employees to notify employees of their eligibility for advance payment of the earned income credit. Increases the limitation on expensing depreciable business assets in the case of an enterprise zone business. Accelerates the recovery period for depreciable enterprise zone property. Allows a deduction of 50 percent of the purchase of enterprise zone stock paid in cash, with limitations. Makes buildings in enterprise zones eligible for the low-income housing credit applicable to buildings in high cost areas. Provides for the ordinary loss treatment of any loss on any qualified zone asset held for more than two years (five years in the case of real property). Allows the issuance of tax-exempt bonds to finance qualified enterprise zone facilities. Relieves such bonds from certain limitations on the acquisition of land or existing property. Allows an issuer to elect not to treat such bonds as private activity bonds. Allows employers who hire tax enterprise zone residents to use the targeted jobs credit. Sets forth a special rule to allow the enterprise zone employment credit to offset the regular and minimum tax. Makes such credit a part of the general business credit. Denies businesses any deduction for the portion of wages equal to the enterprise zone employment credit. Requires acquiring corporations to take into account the provisions of this Act for carryover purposes. Allows nonitemizers the deduction for enterprise zone stock. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the appropriate Secretary, to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to report to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness of enterprise tax incentives.
Bill· SS. 410 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: Rangeland and Farmland Enhancement Title III: Education in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations Title V: Miscellaneous Indian Agricultural Resources Management Act of 1993 - Title I: General Provisions - States that existing Federal laws do not sufficiently assure the adequate and necessary trust management of Indian rangelands and farmlands. Title II: Rangeland and Farmland Enhancement - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage Indian rangelands and farmlands, either directly or through cooperative agreements, self-determination contracts, and grants under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. Requires a reservation-by-reservation resource management planning program. Requires the Secretary's recognition of tribal governments for purposes of their participation in such land management activities. Requires compliance with tribal laws pertaining to Indian agricultural lands. Directs the Secretary to assemble a task force to develop a comparative analysis of Federal investment and management efforts for Indian trust lands as compared to federally owned lands managed by other Federal agencies. Authorizes the Secretary to approve leasing of Indian rangelands or farmlands under specified conditions. Sets forth rights of individual land owners. Title III: Education in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management - Requires the establishment, in the Bureau of Indian Affairs or elsewhere, of at least 20 natural resources intern positions for Indians and Alaska Native students. Requires establishment of a cooperative education program for employment of Indian and Alaska Native students in Federal professional natural resource-related positions. Authorizes a scholarship program and requires outreach programs, postgraduate recruitment programs, education and training programs, and internships to attract and train Indians and Alaska Natives in careers in Indian natural resources management. Authorizes cooperative agreements between the Department of the Interior and Indian tribes for: (1) manpower and job training; (2) environmental education and natural resources planning materials development and publication; and (3) land and natural resource management and development activities. Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides for regulations and severability of this Act. Prohibits construing this Act as diminishing or expanding U.S. trust responsibility.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 71 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Omnibus Committee Funding Resolution for 1993 and 1994 - Authorizes expenditures by the following Senate committees and a joint committee from March 1, 1993, through September 30, 1994, and for the period March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (5) Budget; (6) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (7) Energy and Natural Resources; (8) Environment and Public Works; (9) Finance; (10) Foreign Relations; (11) Governmental Affairs; (12) Judiciary; (13) Labor and Human Resources; (14) Rules and Administration; (15) Small Business; (16) Veterans' Affairs; (17) Aging; (18) Intelligence; (19) Indian Affairs; and (20) Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress. Authorizes the transfer of any unexpended balance of any committee to a special reserve to assist such committee during the transition to a biennial budget. Earmarks a minimum amount to be reserved for each Committee.
Bill· HRH.R. 967 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Minor Crop Pesticides Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to define "minor use" as the use of a pesticide on an animal or a commercial agricultural crop or site or for the protection of public health where: (1) the use does not provide sufficient economic incentive to support registration; and (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not determined that the use presents an unreasonable adverse environmental effect. Prohibits data that relates solely to a minor use, without the permission of the original data submitter, from being considered by the Administrator to support a minor use application by another person for ten years following the submission of the data. Requires the Administrator, upon the request of a registrant, to extend the deadline for the production of residue chemistry data required solely to support a minor use pesticide up to two years subject to specified conditions. Applies the same extension conditions to data for reregistrations. Permits the Administrator, in handling the registration of a pesticide for a minor use, to waive applicable data requirements if such use does not have an adverse environmental effect. Provides for expedited review (within six months of submission) of applications to support minor use pesticide registrations. Requires the Administrator to conditionally amend a registration to permit additional minor uses even if data is insufficient if the applicant has submitted satisfactory data pertaining to the proposed minor use and amending such registration would not increase environmental risks. Authorizes the Administrator to conditionally register or amend the registration of a pesticide for a minor use if: (1) the active ingredient is being supported for reregistration; (2) the minor use was a registered use of a product that has been canceled, proposed for cancellation, or deleted as a use after December 24, 1988; and (3) the use requires only residue chemistry data for reregistration. Outlines additional requirements for conditional registrations. Directs EPA to assure coordination of minor use issues through the establishment of a minor use program. Establishes and authorizes funding for a Department of Agriculture minor use matching fund program. Requires the program to be utilized to ensure the continued availability of minor use crop protection chemicals. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 988 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Waives specified limitations on assistance for losses incurred during the 1992 and subsequent crop years resulting from Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki or Typhoon Omar. Makes rural housing assistance applicable to low-income families and hazard mitigation applicable to Hawaii as a result of losses from such events.
Bill· HRH.R. 1016 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Amends the National Agricultural Weather Information System Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Commerce to use the National Weather Service to collect and distribute weather information to agricultural producers.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 48 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1993
Designates the week of February 21 through 27, 1993, as National FFA Organization Awareness Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 941 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1993
Soil and Water Protection Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Soil Conservation Service, to establish a Federal energy conservation grant program.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 88 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1993
Provides amounts for expenses of investigations and studies by the House Committee on Agriculture in the first session of the 103d Congress.
Law· HRH.R. 914 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Red River Designation Act of 1993 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Red River in Kentucky as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire private lands within the boundaries of such segments from willing sellers. Prohibits the Secretary from acquiring such private lands through condemnation, unless the use of the land has changed substantially since the effective date of a development plan for the appropriate segment. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 889 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Excludes from income under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (food stamp assistance) any payments received under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act.
Law· SS. 341 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Authorizes Eagle and Pitkin Counties in Colorado to offer for exchange to the United States specified lands of the White River National Forest. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Counties all rights of the United States to specified lands of the Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery (MSTN). Requires the Secretary, in the deed of conveyance to the Counties, to provide that all rights in and to lands and water rights conveyed shall revert to the United States in the event that such lands or water rights are sold or otherwise conveyed by the Counties or are used other than for public purposes. Provides that, if the values of exchanged lands are not equal, any cash equalization which would otherwise be owed to the Counties by the United States shall be waived and any equalization amount which may be owed to the United States by the Counties shall be satisfied through conveyance to the United States of additional lands or interests in lands acceptable to the Secretary. Provides that: (1) the National Forest inholdings acquired by the United States pursuant to this Act shall become a part of the White River, Gunnison, and Arapaho National Forests, or a part of an appropriate existing wilderness area; and (2) the Quiet Title Act shall be the sole legal remedy of any party claiming any rights in or to any National Forest inholdings conveyed by the Counties to the United States pursuant to this Act. Requires the Counties to reimburse the United States for National Forest inholdings that the United States acquires under this Act that are lost in a final title determination adverse to the United States. Allocates and provides for the management of the existing water rights in the MSTN, including water well and irrigation ditch rights adjudicated under Colorado law, together with the right to administer, maintain, access, and further develop such rights. Transfers the White River National Forest Headquarters and administrative offices in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, from the jurisdiction of the U.S. General Services Administration to that of the Secretary, who shall retain such facilities.
Bill· SS. 331 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Pesticide Food Safety Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude pesticide chemicals from the definition of "food additive." Modifies the circumstances in which the presence of a pesticide chemical residue renders a food adulterated. Replaces provisions relating to tolerances for pesticide chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities with provisions relating to tolerances and exemptions for pesticide chemical residues. Deems a pesticide chemical residue unsafe, unless it is within an established tolerance or an exemption is in effect. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a separate tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue with respect to food at the time the food is harvested, purchased at retail, and processed. Allows a tolerance only if the risk to human health from dietary exposure to the residue is negligible. Sets forth criteria for determining whether the risk is negligible. Requires, in determining dietary exposure, consideration of all other sources (including drinking water) of dietary exposure occurring over a lifetime. Sets forth a special exposure rule allowing, in certain circumstances, calculation of exposure to a food based on reliable data that provide the Administrator with a valid statistical basis to identify the percentage of the food in which the residue actually occurs. Requires, if a tolerance or exemption is revoked and the residue will unavoidably persist in the environment and contaminate food, that a new tolerance be established at the lowest level that permits only the unavoidable levels to remain in the food. Allows: (1) establishment, modification, or revocation of a tolerance or establishment or revocation of an exemption from a tolerance in response to a petition or on the initiative of the Administrator; and (2) an exemption if the residue is not a human or animal carcinogen and otherwise presents no risk to human health from dietary exposure. Conditions establishment and continuation of a tolerance or exemption on the existence of a practical method of residue detection that can be performed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on a routine basis as part of surveillance and compliance sampling for residues. Allows any person to petition the Administrator for the establishment, modification, or revocation of a tolerance or exemption. Directs the Secretary to conduct surveillance and compliance sampling of food for pesticide chemical residues. Requires the Administrator to: (1) evaluate each existing tolerance or exemption; and (2) determine, for each method of detecting and measuring levels of residues, whether the method meets certain requirements of this Act. Mandates fees sufficient to provide, equip, and maintain adequate service with regard to the review of existing tolerances and exemptions and the review of methods of detecting and measuring levels of residues.
Bill· SS. 324 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Fair Trade in Grain Act of 1993 - Requires a consignee of imported foreign grain to: (1) include an end-use certificate in the documentation covering the entry of such grain; and (2) submit to the Secretary of Agriculture certain quarterly reports regarding the use of such grain. Sets forth civil penalties. Prohibits the Commissioner of Customs from permitting the entry of such grain unless the importer of record presents such certificate at the time of entry. Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to require the Secretary to provide agricultural commodities or cash payments, or both, to promote U.S. wheat exports to Mexico. Directs the administering authority to initiate a countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigation with respect to Canadian subsidies for wheat exported to the United States.
Bill· SS. 309 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Subtitle A: Farmers Home Administration Subtitle B: Rural Electrification Administration Subtitle C: Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Title II: Interior Title III: Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development Title IV: Commerce, Justice, and State Rural Jobs and Investment Act of 1993 - Title I: Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies - Subtitle A: Farmers Home Administration - Makes supplemental FY 1993 appropriations for: (1) rural housing loans; (2) rural housing repair loans; (3) rural rental housing loans; (4) rural rental multifamily housing loans; (5) rural water and sewer facility loans; (6) community facility loans; (7) the rural development loans program account; (8) rural water and waste disposal grants; (9) very low-income housing repair grants; (10) supervisory and technical assistance grants; (11) rural housing preservation grants; (12) rural development grants; and (13) local technical assistance grants. Subtitle B: Rural Electrification Administration - Provides supplemental FY 1993 appropriations for insured rural electrification loans. Subtitle C: Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization - Provides supplemental FY 1993 appropriations for alternative agricultural research and commercialization. Title II: Interior - Makes supplemental FY 1993 appropriations for Department of Energy programs of: (1) low-income weatherization assistance; and (2) institutional energy conservation and the State energy conservation programs. Title III: Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development - Provides supplemental FY 1993 appropriations for: (1) community development grants; (2) water treatment works; and (3) State water pollution control revolving funds. Title IV: Commerce, Justice, and State - Provides supplemental FY 1993 appropriations for the Small Business Administration microloan demonstration program.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 64 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Declares that the Congress opposes any attempt to lower the estate tax exemption or raise the effective rate of taxes on estates, or impose additional taxes on estates such as a capital gains tax at death, because such measures contradict the fundamental goal of the United States Government of encuraging long-term private saving through which productive investment that promotes economic growth can be realized.
Law· HRH.R. 873 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Gallatin Range Consolidation and Protection Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire, by purchase or exchange, specified lands and interests along the Gallatin Range north of Yellowstone National Park, including: (1) lands in and adjacent to the Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area, the Scapegoat Wilderness Area, and other land in the Gallatin National Forest from Plum Creek Timber, L.P.; and (2) lands in the Porcupine Area, lands in the Taylor Fork Area, and lands within the Gallatin Range from Big Sky Lumber Company. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 850 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Tax Enterprise Zone Act of 1993 - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to establish a demonstration program of providing incentives for the creation of tax enterprise zones in order to: (1) revitalize economically and physically distressed areas; (2) promote meaningful employment for zone residents; and (3) encourage individuals to reside in the zones in which they are employed. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of tax enterprise zones during calendar years after 1992 and before 1998: (1) by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in the case of an urban tax enterprise zone; and (2) by the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, in the case of a rural development investment zone. Sets forth the eligibility criteria for such designation for urban tax enterprise zones and for rural development investment zones. Allows an enterprise zone employment credit to small employers as a general business credit of 15 percent of the qualified zone wages. Allows a deduction for the purchase of enterprise zone stock paid in cash. Excludes from gross income 50 percent of qualified capital gain recognized on the sale or exchange of a new qualified zone asset held for more than five years. Increases the limitation on expensing certain depreciable business assets. Sets forth special rules for tax-exempt redevelopment bonds which provide financing for tax enterprise zones for the first 60-month period after a zone is so designated.
Bill· HRH.R. 872 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Pesticide Food Safety Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude pesticide chemicals from the definition of "food additive." Modifies the circumstances in which the presence of a pesticide chemical residue renders a food adulterated. Replaces provisions relating to tolerance for pesticide chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities with provisions relating to tolerances and exemptions for pesticide chemical residues. Deems a pesticide chemical residue unsafe, unless it is within an established tolerances or an exemption is in effect. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a separate tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue with respect to food at the time the food is harvested, purchased at retail, and processed. Allows a tolerance only if the risk to human health from dietary exposure to the residue is negligible. Sets forth criteria for determining whether the risk is negligible. Requires, in determining dietary exposure, consideration of all other sources (including drinking water) of dietary exposure occurring over a lifetime. Sets forth a special exposure rule allowing, in certain circumstances, calculation of exposure to a food based on reliable data that provide the Administrator with a valid statistical basis to identify the percentage of the food in which the residue actually occurs. Requires, if a tolerance or exemption is revoked and the residue will unavoidably persist in the environment and contaminate food, that a new tolerance be established at the lowest level that permits only the unavoidable levels to remain in the food. Allows: (1) establishment, modification, or revocation of a tolerance or establishment or revocation of an exemption from a tolerance in response to a petition or on the initiative of the Administrator; and (2) an exemption if the residue is not a human or animal carcinogen and otherwise presents no risk to human health from dietary exposure. Conditions establishment and continuation of a tolerance or exemption on the existence of a practical method of residue detection that can be performed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on a routine basis as part of surveillance and compliance sampling for residues. Allows any person to petition the Administrator for the establishment, modification, or revocation of a tolerance or exemption. Directs the Secretary to conduct surveillance and compliance sampling of food for pesticide chemical residues. Requires the Administrator to: (1) evaluate each existing tolerance or exemption; and (2) determine, for each method of detecting and measuring levels of residues, whether the method meets certain requirements of this Act. Mandates fees sufficient to provide, equip, and maintain adequate service with regard to the review of existing tolerances and exemptions and the review of methods of detecting and measuring levels of residues.
Bill· HRH.R. 814 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Honey Price Support Elimination Act of 1993 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal the honey price support program.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 101 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Designates the week of February 21 through 27, 1993, as National FFA Organization Awareness Week.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 67 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Elects the following Representatives to the following House committees: (1) Pat Williams and Blanche M. Lambert to Agriculture; (2) Floyd H. Flake, James A. Hayes, Craig A. Washington, Barbara-Rose Collins, Corrine Brown, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, and Lynn C. Woolsey to Government Operations; (3) Maxine Waters to Small Business; and (4) Jim McDermott, Chairman, George (Buddy) Darden, Benjamin L. Cardin, Kweisi Mfume, Robert A. Borski, and Thomas C. Sawyer to Standards of Official Conduct.
Bill· SS. 296 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit monthly financial obligation and employment reports to the appropriate congressional committees for the Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Law· SS. 284 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 with regard to Indian reservation food stamp households to: (1) permit a State agency to require periodic reports of income and household circumstances; and (2) eliminate the requirement that a State agency have a staggered coupon issuance procedure for reservation households.
Bill· SS. 305 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Fair Share Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law to base Federal funding for agricultural experiment stations on the latest Department of Commerce population figures rather than on decennial census figures. Makes similar changes to: (1) the Smith-Lever Act with respect to the Federal Extension Service; and (2) the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 with respect to agricultural research at 1890 land grant colleges (including Tuskegee Institute) and the nutrition education program.
Law· HRH.R. 765 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Quitclaims the interest of the United States in and to specified base lands. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to each prepare an initial list of all parcels of base lands that were relinquished to the United States pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1897, and for which selection or other rights under that Act or supplemental legislation were not realized or exercised, subject to specified requirements. Requires the Secretary concerned, during preparation or revision of an initial list, to identify those listed lands which are located wholly or partially within any conservation system unit and all other listed lands which the Congress has designated for specific management or which the Secretary concerned decides should be retained to meet public, resource protection, or administrative needs. Provides for the publication of final lists and the issuance of deeds confirming the quitclaim made pursuant to this Act. Authorizes a party claiming right, title, or interest in or to land vested in the United States by this Act to file in the U.S. Claims Court a claim against the United States seeking compensation based on such vesting, subject to specified requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 775 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Lowey-DeLauro Emergency Infrastructure Jobs Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make capitalization grants to each State during FY 1993 for an economic stimulus program administered through such State's water pollution control revolving fund program. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes supplemental appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture for FY 1993 for grants to States, Indian tribes, and nonprofit entities and agencies for soil conservation and water resources and waste facilities development purposes as specified under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Reserves part of such authorized funds for related technical assistance and training grants.
Bill· HRH.R. 751 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Fair Share Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law to base Federal funding for agricultural experiment stations on the latest Department of Commerce population figures rather than on decennial census figures. Makes similar changes to: (1) the Smith-Lever Act with respect to the Federal Extension Service; and (2) the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 with respect to agricultural research at 1890 land grant colleges (including Tuskegee Institute), and the nutrition education program.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 64 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives honoring the important contributions of New York's farmers and other men and women in New York State's agricultural industry.
Bill· SS. 275 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Old Taos Ranger District Office and Warehouse to the town of Taos, New Mexico.
Bill· HRH.R. 741 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
TITLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: AFDC Transition and Work Program Title II: Expanded State Waiver Authority Title III: Miscellaneous Amendments Responsibility and Empowerment Support Program Providing Employment, Child Care, and Training Act - Title I: AFDC Transition and Work Program - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require States to establish programs to provide AFDC recipients with the education, training, job search, and work experience needed to prepare them for life without AFDC. Amends SSA title IV part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) to tie revised work supplementation and community work experience programs under such part to the new State programs established above under SSA title IV part A. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to allow States to elect to subsidize jobs for work supplementation program participants out of funds that would otherwise be payable as food stamp benefits. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to pay such States amounts equal to such food stamp benefits. Title II: Expanded State Waiver Authority - Establishes an Interagency Waiver Request Board in order to provide a focal point within the Federal Government for the development and coordination of requests to waive specified provisions of various social welfare statutes to improve opportunities for low-income individuals and families to achieve self-sufficiency. Title III: Miscellaneous Amendments - Amends SSA title IV part A to: (1) require AFDC recipients addicted to alcohol or drugs to undergo appropriate treatment as a condition of receiving AFDC; and (2) change AFDC rules for disregarding earned income.
Bill· HRH.R. 720 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to accept title to any non-Federal lands within five miles of the exterior boundaries of the South Dakota portion of the Sioux Ranger District of Custer National Forest, which are found to be chiefly valuable for national forest purposes in exchange for national forest lands in Custer National Forest. Incorporates such lands into the forest.
Bill· HRH.R. 738 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Milk Marketing Order Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to: (1) repeal current minimum fluid milk price adjustments; and (2) establish a regional milk pricing system.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 84 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Designates March 20, 1993, as National Agriculture Day.
Bill· SS. 250 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1993
Red River Designation Act of 1993 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Red River in Kentucky as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire public and private lands from willing sellers within the boundaries of such designated segments. Authorizes appropriations.
Law· SS. 252 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1993
Idaho Land Exchange Act of 1993 - Adjusts the boundaries of the Targhee National Forest in Idaho. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Idaho, acting through the Regents of its University, the Clark Fork Ranger Station within the Kaniksu National Forest in exchange for Idaho conveying to the Secretary the Clark Fork Land Exchange. Provides that if the lands exchanged between the United States and Idaho are not of equal value, the values shall be equalized in accordance with provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, except that the value of the improvements made by the University on the Clark Fork Ranger Station under the Granger-Thye permit shall be excluded from consideration in such valuation. Adjusts the boundaries of the Kaniksu National Forest to include the lands conveyed by Idaho.
Bill· SS. 257 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Mineral Exploration and Development Title II: Environmental Considerations of Mineral Exploration and Development Title III: Abandoned Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund Title IV: Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions Mineral Exploration and Development Act of 1993 - Title I: Mineral Exploration and Development - (Sec. 102) Sets forth guidelines for mineral exploration on public domain lands. Declares that holders of mining claims executed under this Act have the exclusive right of possession and use of the claimed land for mineral activities. (Sec. 103) Prescribes rules for mining claim location and use of public land surveys. Provides for administrative adjudication of conflicting claims. (Sec. 104) Sets forth: (1) an annual, graduated rental fee schedule based upon the number of diligence years following location of the claim; and (2) a forfeiture procedure for failure to pay. (Sec. 105) Establishes a civil penalty of $5,000 per violation of mining claim fraud. (Sec. 107) Prohibits the issuance after January 28, 1993, of patents for mining claims unless certain administrative requirements are met. (Sec. 108) Declares that the Multiple Minerals Development Act, and certain provisions of the Act of July 23, 1955, apply to all mining claims located or converted under this Act. (Sec. 109) Amends Federal law to subject all mineral materials deposits to disposal under the terms of the Materials Act of 1947 (eliminating the concept of uncommon varieties). Renames specified Federal laws: (1) the Surface Resources Act of 1955; and (2) the Materials Act of 1947. Repeals the Building Stone Act and the Saline Placer Act. Title II: Environmental Considerations of Mineral Exploration and Development - (Sec. 201) Prescribes surface management guidelines for mineral activities and reclamation, including a mandatory plan of operations. Mandates that lands subject to mineral activities be restored to a condition capable of supporting their prior uses. Requires the Secretary to establish reclamation standards. (Sec. 202) Requires the Secretary to inspect mineral activities to ensure compliance with statutory directives. Sets forth enforcement guidelines and civil penalties for non-compliance. Authorizes citizen suits to enforce compliance. (Sec. 203) Declares that State standards for reclamation, bonding, inspection, water or air quality, which either meet or exceed Federal standards, shall not be construed as inconsistent with this Act. Permits cooperative agreements between the States and the Secretary. Prohibits the Secretary from delegating authorities or responsibilities conferred under this Act to any State or its political subdivision. (Sec. 204) Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, in preparing land use plans, to determine those areas deemed unsuitable for certain mineral activities. Requires withdrawal of such areas from mineral exploration and development. Grants any person with an interest that may be adversely affected by potential mineral activities the right to petition the Secretary for a suitability review. (Sec. 205) Identifies categories of lands which are not open to the location of mining claims under this Act (including wilderness, wild and scenic river, and related lands). Title III: Abandoned Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund - (Secs. 301 and 302) Establishes the Abandoned Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past minerals activities. (Secs. 303-306) Sets forth: (1) State eligibility requirements; and (2) Fund allocation and expenditure guidelines for grant distribution among eligible States. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 401) Amends the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 and the National Materials and Minerals Policy Research and Development Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to implement specified minerals policy and actions to improve availability and analysis of mineral data in Federal land use decision making for National Forest System lands. (Sec. 402) Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to establish user fees to reimburse the United States for expenses incurred in administering this Act. (Sec. 404) Sets forth guidelines for a three-year transitional period during which the holder of an unpatented mining or mill site claim may elect to convert it or risk its forfeiture. (Sec. 406) Prescribes guidelines under which a mining claim may be challenged. (Sec. 410) Sets a minimum royalty amount of eight percent of the gross income from the production of locatable minerals from any mining claim located under this Act, payable to the United States.