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Bill· HRH.R. 677 (103rd)open

Utah Schools and Lands Improvement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993

Utah Schools and Lands Improvement Act of 1993 - Declares specified lands in Utah to be part of the Navajo and Goshute Indian Reservations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire such lands through a land exchange. Declares specified lands in Nevada to be part of the Goshute Reservation. Authorizes the Secretary of: (1) Agriculture to accept on behalf of the United States the school and institutional trust lands owned by Utah within the National Forest System, to become part of the Forest System; and (2) the Interior to accept all schools and institutional trust lands owned by Utah within the National Park System, to become part of the Park System. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Utah a list of all lands within Utah for possible use in an exchange for the lands received by the United States under this Act, with limitations. Requires land appraisals to ensure an equal value exchange. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 649 (103rd)open

Humane Methods of Poultry Slaughter Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993

Humane Methods of Poultry Slaughter Act of 1993 - Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require the humane slaughter and processing of poultry.

Bill· HRH.R. 653 (103rd)open

Watermelon Research and Promotion Improvement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993

Watermelon Research and Promotion Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the Watermelon Research and Promotion Act to extend its provisions to each of the States and the District of Columbia. Authorizes the revocation of the watermelon assessment refund. Revises provisions regarding: (1) handler and producer National Watermelon Promotion Board membership; (2) assessment rates; and (3) referendum procedures.

Bill· HRH.R. 656 (103rd)open

Marine Mammal Capture, Export, and Public Display Protection Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993

Marine Mammal Capture, Export, and Public Display Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to require, instead of the penalty applicable under the AWA for a violation regarding a marine mammal, that a person be liable for a civil or criminal penalty under specified provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA). Mandates review and, if appropriate, modifications to AWA standards regarding the care and habitat of marine mammals in captivity. Amends the MMPA to direct the Secretaries of Commerce and Agriculture to jointly establish a system for tracking marine mammals taken in waters under U.S. jurisdiction or imported. Makes it unlawful to take any marine mammal before establishment of the system. Makes it unlawful to export a marine mammal without a permit under this Act. Requires regulations under the MMPA for exporting as well as for taking and importing marine mammals. Authorizes issuance of export permits under the same requirements as taking and importing permits. Allows issuance of an export permit only: (1) to maintain or improve the health and well-being of the mammal; and (2) if the permit prohibits use of the mammal for any other purpose. Modifies scientific research permit requirements regarding issuance, takings involving surgical procedures, lethal takings, release requirements, permanent marking of released mammals, and permit effective periods.

Law· SS. 184 (103rd)enacted

Utah Schools and Lands Improvement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993

Utah Schools and Lands Improvement Act of 1993 - Declares specified lands in Utah to be part of the Navajo and Goshute Indian Reservations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire such lands through a land exchange. Declares specified lands in Nevada to be part of the Goshute Reservation. Authorizes the Secretary of: (1) Agriculture to accept on behalf of the United States the school and institutional trust lands owned by Utah within the National Forest System, to become part of the Forest System; and (2) the Interior to accept all schools and institutional trust lands owned by Utah within the National Park System, to become part of the Park System. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Utah a list of all lands within Utah for possible use in an exchange for the lands received by the United States under this Act, with limitations. Requires land appraisals to ensure an equal value exchange. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 206 (103rd)open

Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993

Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 - Designates certain lands in Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over designated lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Forest Service. Amends the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 with respect to the study of certain potential wilderness areas. Redesignates the Big Blue Wilderness as the Uncompahgre Wilderness. Establishes the Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area, in Colorado. Withdraws such lands from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and from disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws. Establishes the Bowen Gulch Protection Area in the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado. Applies the same restrictions concerning land withdrawal for the Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area to the Protection Area. Prohibits the President and any other employee of the United States from issuing a license or permit for the development or enlargement of any water resource facility within specified areas described in this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to allow reasonable access to water resource facilities within specified areas. Sets forth various restrictions on water rights. Withdraws certain lands in the Piedra, Roubideau, and Tabeguache areas of specified national forests from all forms of location, leasing, patent, disposition, or disposal under the public land, mining, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws of the United States. Permits livestock grazing in such areas. Bars mechanized or motorized travel in such areas, with exceptions. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to compile data concerning the water resources of such areas and water resources facilities affecting such values. Directs the Secretary: (1) to report to specified congressional committees on the status of private property interests located within the Spanish Peaks Further Planning Area of the Pike-San Isabel National Forest in Colorado; and (2) to manage the Area as provided by the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1980.

Bill· HRH.R. 561 (103rd)open

Private Property Protection Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993

Private Property Protection Act of 1993 - Prohibits any regulation issued by an executive agency after enactment of this Act from becoming effective until the issuing agency is certified by the Attorney General to be in compliance with Executive Order 12360 or similar procedures to assess the potential for the taking of private property in the course of Federal regulatory activity, with the goal of minimizing such takings where possible. Provides for limited judicial review of an action taken pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Congress on the effect this Act will have on the farm economy and agricultural production.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 40 (103rd)referred

Concerning United States assistance to Nicaragua.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) release all humanitarian, development, and economic assistance that was authorized and appropriated by the Congress for Nicaragua in FY 1992 and 1993; (2) direct development-related assistance to small farmers and businesses, maternal and child health care programs, education programs for children, and programs that will assist Nicaragua in strengthening institutions that promote democracy, human rights, and the rule of law; and (3) encourage the democratically elected Government of Nicaragua to make progress in resolving property disputes, investigating and prosecuting human rights violations, and reducing military expenditures.

Law· SS. 21 (103rd)enacted

California Desert Protection Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Wilderness Additions Title II: Death Valley National Park Title III: Joshua Tree National Park Title IV: Mojave National Park Title V: National Park Wilderness Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VII: Definitions Title VIII: Military Lands and Overflights California Desert Protection Act of 1993 - Title I: Wilderness Additions - (Sec. 102, 108) Designates as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System 74 wilderness areas within the California Desert Conservation Areas (CDCA), the Yuma District, and the Bakersfield District of the Bureau of Land Management. Permits grazing in such areas. States that non-designated areas within the CDCA have been adequately studied for inclusion in the System and releases them from otherwise applicable restrictions. (Sec. 109) Designates certain lands within the CDCA as the White Mountains Wilderness Study Area. (Sec. 111) Designates certain lands in the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge and the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge in California as components of the System. Title II: Death Valley National Park - (Sec. 202) Establishes the Death Valley National Historic Park which subsumes the Death Valley National Monument. Withdraws the additional lands from further exploitation under the mining laws. Preserves grazing privileges on such lands for persons holding permits as of July 1, 1991. Terminates all grazing on July 1, 2016. Title III: Joshua Tree National Park - (Sec. 302) Establishes the Joshua Tree National Park which subsumes the Joshua Tree National Monument. Withdraws the additional lands from further exploitation under the mining laws. (Sec. 306) Continues the validity of certain rights-of-way of the Metropolitan Water District (MWD). Title IV: Mojave National Park - (Sec. 402) Establishes the Mojave National Park which subsumes the East Mojave Scenic Area. (Sec. 407) Withdraws Federal lands within the Park from further exploitation under the mining laws. Authorizes the Secretary to regulate mining in the Park. Preserves grazing privileges on such lands for persons holding permits as of July 1, 1991. Terminates all grazing on July 1, 2016. (Sec. 411) Continues the validity of certain rights-of-way to the Southern California Edison Company and the Southern California Gas Company. (Sec. 413) Designates the Granite Mountains Natural Reserve within the Park. Title V: National Park Wilderness - (Sec. 501) Designates as wilderness the Death Valley National Park Wilderness, the Joshua Tree National Park Wilderness Additions, and the Mojave National Park Wilderness. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 601) Directs the Secretary to transfer Red Rock Canyon State Park Additions in the CDCA to California. (Sec. 602) Establishes the Desert Lily Sanctuary within the CDCA. Withdraws Federal lands within the Sanctuary from further exploitation under the mining laws. (Sec. 604) Prohibits the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture from: (1) disposing of lands within the boundaries of any wilderness or park designated by this Act; (2) granting rights-of-way in lands within designated wilderness; and (3) making lands within such boundaries available for use by the MWD. (Sec. 606) Directs the Secretary to ensure access to the wilderness areas and parks, designated by this Act for traditional Indian cultural and religious purposes. (Sec. 607) Reserves Federal water rights for wilderness areas designated by this Act. (Sec. 608) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 609) Directs the Secretary, upon request of the affected parties, to enter into negotiations for agreements to exchange certain Federal lands for California State School Lands and Catellus Development Corporation lands located within the boundaries of the wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act. Title VII: Definitions - (Sec. 701) Sets forth specified definitions. Title VIII: Military Lands and Overflights - California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1991 - (Sec. 802) States that nothing in this Act shall preclude military overflights over park or wilderness areas designated by this Act. (Sec. 803) Withdraws from appropriation under public land laws, and reserves for defense-related purposes by the Secretary of the Navy, specified lands in California known as the China Lake Naval Weapons Center and Chocolate Mountain. Withdraws such lands from the mining and mineral leasing laws. (Sec. 805) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to take necessary precautions to prevent and suppress brush and range fires occurring on such lands as a result of military activities. (Sec. 805) Assigns management responsibility for the China Lake area to the Secretary of the Navy. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to be responsible for the issuance of any lease, easement, right-of-way, and other authorization with respect to any activity on the withdrawn lands. (Sec. 806) Terminates land withdrawals under this Act 25 years after this Act's enactment. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to publish a draft environmental impact statement on the continued or renewed withdrawal of lands under this Act. (Sec. 807) Requires the Secretary of the Navy to maintain a decontamination program for such lands during their withdrawal. (Sec. 808) Requires the Secretary of the Navy to notify the Secretary of the Interior whether an extension is going to be requested and, if not, to what extent such lands are contaminated with hazardous materials. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to decontaminate relinquished lands, but if such decontamination is not practicable or economically feasible, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to refuse to accept such lands. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) warn the public of risks of entry; (2) conduct only decontamination activities on such lands after the expiration of the withdrawal; and (3) report to the Secretary of the Interior and the Congress on the status of such lands. (Sec. 811) Exempts the United States from liability for damages resulting from nonmilitary activity on withdrawn lands. (Sec. 812) Authorizes the Navy's use of the El Centro Ranges in Imperial County, California, through 1995, subject to resource protection requirements.

Bill· SS. 88 (103rd)reported

A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to remove the requirement that schools participating in the school lunch program offer students specific types of fluid milk, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Amends the National School Lunch Act to remove the requirement that schools participating in the school lunch program offer students specified types of fluid milk (while retaining the requirement that they offer fluid milk).

Law· SS. 80 (103rd)enacted

Big Thicket National Preserve Addition Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Big Thicket National Preserve Addition Act of 1993 - Expands the boundaries of the Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas, through the addition of specified lands in Hardin, Polk, and Tyler Counties, Texas. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to exchange commercial timberlands within and in the vicinity of the Preserve. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from acquiring a specified area owned by the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation or its subsidiary, Kirby Forest Industries, Inc., without the owner's consent as long as the area is used exclusively as a youth camp. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 22 (103rd)open

Maternal and Child Investments Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Maternal and Child Investments Act of 1993 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide specified FY 1994 through 1996 funds for the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC). Establishes a WIC reserve fund in the Treasury.

Bill· SS. 172 (103rd)open

Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act - Establishes the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area in Nevada. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a general management plan for the Area as an amendment to the Toiyabe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. Requires inclusion in the plan any Bureau of Land Management recommendations as to the suitability of specified wilderness study areas for preservation as wilderness. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to manage the lands and waters within the wilderness study areas to maintain their potential for inclusion within the National Wilderness Preservation System, pending submission of such recommendation and until otherwise directed by an Act of the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire such lands, or lesser interests in lands, as necessary to carry out this Act. Withdraws all Federal lands within the Area and lands, waters, and interests in such acquired by the United States after the enactment of this Act from public land and mining laws (including mineral and geothermal leasing), with exceptions. Directs the Secretary to coordinate the management of the Area with that of all proximate lands in a manner that best meets the present and future needs of the people of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit entities and other Federal, State, and local agencies to provide for the management and interpretation of natural and cultural resources in southern Nevada. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 102 (103rd)open

A bill to provide for a line item veto; capital gains tax reduction; enterprise zones; raising the social security earnings limit; and workfare.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Line-Item Veto Title II: Capital Gains Title III: Social Security Earnings Test Title IV: Urban Tax Enterprise Zones and Rural Development Investment Zones Subtitle A: Designation and Tax Incentives Subtitle B: Redevelopment Bonds for Tax Enterprise Zones Subtitle C: Credit for Contributions to Certain Community Development Corporations Subtitle D: Indian Employment and Investment Subtitle E: Study Title V: Workfare Title I: Line Item Veto - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to grant the President legislative line item veto rescission authority. Authorizes the President to rescind all or part of any budget authority if the President determines that such rescission: (1) would help balance the Federal budget, reduce the Federal budget deficit, or reduce the public debt; (2) will not impair any essential Government functions; and (3) will not harm the national interest. Requires the President to notify the Congress of such a rescission by special message. Makes such a rescission effective unless the Congress, during a review period of 20 calendar days, enacts a rescission disapproval bill. Describes: (1) information to be included in the President's message; and (2) procedures to govern consideration of rescission disapproval legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Title II: Capital Gains - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for gain on investments in new small business stock (seed capital) held for at least five years. Establishes special rules for such investments. Provides for determining the maximum capital gains rate for small business net capital gain or seed capital gain. Treats capital gains on the sale of such stock as a preference item for purposes of the minimum tax. Title III: Social Security Earnings Test - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase the retirement test exempt amount and lower the reduction factor with respect to certain earnings. Title IV: Urban Tax Enterprise Zones and Rural Development Investment Zones - Declares it to be the purpose of this title 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. Subtitle A: Designation and Tax Incentives - 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. Subtitle B: Redevelopment Bonds for Tax Enterprise Zones - 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. Subtitle C: Credit for Contributions to Certain Community Development Corporations - Allows a general business tax credit for contributions to selected community development corporations to provide employment of, and business opportunities for, low-income individuals who are residents of the operational areas of the community. Subtitle D: Indian Employment and Investment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an Indian reservation credit as a tax credit for investment in qualified Indian reservation property. Allows businesses an employment credit of ten percent (30 percent in the case of an employer with at least 85 percent Indian employees) of the sum of the qualified wages and qualified employee health insurance costs paid or incurred during a taxable year. Subtitle E: Study - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the appropriate Secretary, to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to report to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance on the effectiveness of the incentives provided by this subtitle in achieving its purposes. Title V: Workfare - Requires the Secretary of Labor to report to the Congress on a comprehensive legislative proposal which would require adults receiving aid to families with dependent children under the Social Security Act to enter the workforce within two years of receiving such aid.

Law· SS. 164 (103rd)enacted

A bill to authorize the adjustment of the boundaries of the South Dakota portion of the Sioux Ranger District of Custer National Forest, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 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· SS. 175 (103rd)referred

A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to make the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) an entitlement program, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to: (1) require the Secretary of Agriculture (who, currently, is merely authorized) to carry out the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); (2) make WIC authorization of appropriations permanent; and (3) entitle an eligible individual to the full amount of benefits authorized.

Bill· SS. 141 (103rd)referred

A bill to waive certain limitations on assistance for losses resulting from Hurricane Andrew, Typhoon Omar, or Hurricane Iniki, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 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· SS. 86 (103rd)referred

Child Labor Amendments of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title I: Child Labor Provisions Title II: Miscellaneous Child Labor Amendments of 1993 - Title I: Child Labor Provisions - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that a prior offense is not a prerequisite for imprisonment for willful violations of child labor provisions. Makes willful violators of child labor provisions who are repeat offenders ineligible: (1) for any direct or indirect Federal grant, contract, or loan, for three years after determination; and (2) to pay a special training wage below the minimum wage rate. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to make available to affected school districts for posting and distribution the name of each employer who violates child labor provisions or regulations, together with the location and nature of the violation. Prohibits employment of any individual under age 18 who is not a high school graduate unless the employer has in effect a certificate for such employment issued annually with the approval of the minor's parents and appropriate local school officials. Requires employers to notify the State agency when they employ a minor. Requires employers of minors who in the the course of employment suffer death or injury resulting in lost work time of more than three days to provide the State agency with a written description of the death or injury within days after its occurrence. Directs the Secretary to find and declare as particularly hazardous for employment of children between the ages of 16 and 18 the following occupations (among others): (1) poultry processing; (2) fish and seafood processing; and (3) pesticide handling. Sets forth child labor protections relating to migrant or seasonal agricultural labor. Prohibits under the definition of oppressive child labor, employing any person under the age of 14 in agriculture, except where the child's parent owns or operates the farm. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on actions taken to carry out, and the effect of, this Act, including national and State-by-State information on: (1) certificates of employment issued to minors; and (2) reports of deaths and injuries to minors during employment. Title II: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out this Act.

Bill· SS. 100 (103rd)referred

Enhanced Enterprise Zones Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Urban Tax Enterprise Zones and Rural Development Investment Zones Subtitle A: Designation and Tax Incentives Subtitle B: Redevelopment Bonds for Tax Enterprise Zones Subtitle C: Credit for Contributions to Certain Community Development corporations Subtitle D: Indian employment and Investment Subtitle E: Study Title II: Authorization for Additional Assistance to Distressed Communities Subtitle A: National Public-Private Partnership Programs Subtitle B: Block Grant Funding for Eligible Programs Subtitle C: Other Programs Enhanced Enterprise Zones Act of 1993 - Title I: Urban Tax Enterprise Zones and Rural Development Investment Zones - 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. Subtitle A: Designation and Tax Incentives - 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; 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. Subtitle B: Redevelopment Bonds for Tax Enterprise Zones - 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. Subtitle C: Credit for Contributions to Certain Community Development Corporations - Allows a general business tax credit for contributions to selected community development corporations to provide employment of, and business opportunities for, low-income individuals who are residents of the operational area of the community. Subtitle D: Indian Employment and Investment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an Indian reservation credit as a tax credit for investment in qualified Indian reservation property. Allows businesses an employment credit of ten percent (30 percent in the case of an employer with an least 85 percent Indian employees) of the sum of the qualified wages and qualified employee health insurance costs paid or incurred during a taxable year. Subtitle E: Study - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the appropriate Secretary, to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to report to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance on the effectiveness of the incentives provided by this subtitle in achieving its purposes. Title II: Authorization for Additional Assistance to Distressed Communities - Subtitle A: National Public-Private Partnership Programs - Expresses the sense of the Congress that public-private partnerships between government and community-based organizations offer an opportunity to empower residents of low-income distressed communities and to forge innovative solutions to the challenges confronting these communities, and that increased resources should be invested in such partnerships. Authorizes appropriations to promote certain national public-private partnerships for FY 1993 through 2002. Specifies amounts to be available only for projects or activities that directly and principally benefit the residents of tax enterprise zones. Subtitle B: Block Grant Funding for Eligible Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 2002 for urban enterprise zones and rural development investment zones. Provides for the allocation and use of such amounts for carrying out selected programs within such zones. Specifies the eligible programs in the areas of: (1) crime and criminal justice; (2) job training; (3) education; (4) health and nutrition; and (5) housing and community development. Sets forth requirements for applying for funding. Establishes an interagency council to provide administrative assistance for functions under this title. Requires the council, one year after enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on: (1) any alternative methods or systems for allocation of amounts made available for enterprise zones; and (2) any problems experienced in the implementation and administration of this subtitle. Subtitle C: Other Programs - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to waive the cap on assistance under the community development block grant program for units of general local government located within or containing an urban tax enterprise zone. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loan guarantees for such units of local government for development activities. Amends the Job Training Partnership Act of establish the youth adult employment demonstration program to assist young adults with education, job training, and employment services in tax enterprise zones. National Community Economic Partnership Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to provide nonrefundable lines of credit to community development corporations for the establishment, maintenance or expansion of revolving loan funds to be utilized to finance projects intended to provide business and employment opportunities for low-income, unemployed, or underemployed individuals and to improve the quality of life in urban and rural areas. Provides assistance to community development corporations to upgrade the management and operating capacity of such corporations and to enhance the resources available to enable such corporations to increase their community economic development activities. Requires the Secretary to award grants to organziations to enable them to undertake programs involving research, testing, studies or demonstrations related to community economic development. Directs the Secretary to develop and promulgate joint community development activity programs with other agencies. Enterpise Capital Access Fund Demonstration Program - Establishes a demonstration program to provide loans and technical assistance grants to nonprofit financial intermediaries in order to finance business and employment opportunities, low-income housing opportunities, and neighborhood revitalization projects. Establishes within HUD an Office of Community Banking to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to establish a Reverse Commuting Demonstration Program to test the effects of assisting residents of poor inner-city areas to commute to job sites in other areas of the city or surrounding suburbs.

Bill· SS. 68 (103rd)referred

Food and Drug Administration Nutrition Advertising Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Food and Drug Administration Nutrition Advertising Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food misbranded unless its advertising regarding certain nutrients: (1) conforms to certain nutrient labeling regulations concerning the relationship between a nutrient and a disease or a health-related condition; or (2) includes a statement referring to the label for complete information.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 17 (103rd)passed

A resolution to amend paragraph 4 of Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Amends rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to authorize a Senator who serves on the Committees on Environment and Public Works, Finance, and Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and who serves as chairman of certain other Senate committees, to serve as chairman of two subcommittees of all such committees of which the Senator is a member.

Bill· HRH.R. 509 (103rd)open

Health Freedom Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Health Freedom Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define "dietary supplement" as an article that: (1) includes, and is intended to supplement the diet with, a vitamin, mineral, or herb; or (2) is intended for ingestion. Prohibits considering a dietary supplement a drug solely because: (1) of the potency of a substance in such supplement; or (2) the labeling or advertising for the supplement contains a claim concerning potency or a health claim permitted under this Act. Specifies that a supplement is not a food additive if it is identified in the labeling of the dietary supplement as a substance provided by the product to supplement the diet. Allows a supplement to be described as a dietary supplement in labeling or advertising. Permits labeling or advertising for such a supplement to include a claim characterizing the relationship of the supplement to a disease or health-related condition, if certain conditions are met. Prohibits any requirement that a claim that meets the requirements of this Act be approved or conform to a regulation before the claim may be used. Allows a declaratory judgment on the validity of an assertion that a claim fails to comply with this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 496 (103rd)open

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Amendment Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Amendment Act of 1992 - Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to prevent the imputation of certain member or affiliate conduct to cooperatives.

Bill· HRH.R. 529 (103rd)open

Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Ensuring Adequate Food Assistance Title II: Promoting Self-Sufficiency Title III: Simplifying the Provision of Food Assistance Title IV: Commodity Distribution to Needy Families Title V: Implementation and Effective Dates Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act - Title I: Ensuring Adequate Food Assistance - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to remove the excess shelter deduction cap for purposes of food stamp program (program) eligibility. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the basic benefit level upwards by specified increments at the beginning of each fiscal year until it reaches 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan. Eliminates food stamp reductions for certain reapplying households. Excludes third party payments for transitional housing for the homeless from consideration as program income. Increases funding for the nutrition assistance program in Puerto Rico. Excludes general assistance vendor payments from consideration as program income. Excludes the income of high school students from consideration as program income. Title II: Promoting Self-Sufficiency - Excludes from consideration as program income: (1) the first $50 a month received as child support; and (2) child support payments to non-household members. Increases annually the fair market value limit of vehicles that program recipients may own. Excludes from financial resources the value of a vehicle a household depends upon to carry heating fuel or water for home use when transported fuel or water is the household's primary source of such item. Increases dependent care deductions and participant and State agency reimbursements in connection with employment and training activities. Title III: Simplifying the Provision of Food Assistance - Permits related adults living in the same household to apply for separate program benefits under specified conditions. Permits a participating family made up of, or including, an elderly or disabled member to own $3,000 in allowable financial resources. Repeals provisions authorizing benefit reductions due to insufficient funding. Title IV: Commodity Distribution to Needy Families - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 with respect to the Secretary of Agriculture's spending authority for the temporary emergency food assistance program. Title V: Implementation and Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 516 (103rd)referred

Milk Nutrition and Labeling Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Milk Nutrition and Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) allow milk labels to indicate the non-fat content and the protein content; and (2) require, for specified forms of milk in final package for beverage use, minimum percentages of milk solids not fat.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 7 (103rd)passed

A resolution to constitute the minority party's membership on certain of the standing committees for the 103d Congress, or until their successors are chosen.

United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1993

Designates minority party membership on the following Senate Committees: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (5) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (6) Energy and Natural Resources; (7) Environment and Public Works; (8) Finance; (9) Foreign Relations; (10) Governmental Affairs; (11) Judiciary; and (12) Labor and Human Resources.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 5 (103rd)passed

A resolution to make majority party appointments to Senate Committees under paragraph 2 of Rule XXV for the One Hundred and Third Congress

United States · United States Congress · 7 January 1993

Designates majority party membership on the following Senate Committees: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (5) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (6) Energy and Natural Resources; (7) Environment and Public Works; (8) Finance; (9) Foreign Relations; (10) Governmental Affairs; (11) Judiciary; and (12) Labor and Human Resources.

Bill· HRH.R. 457 (103rd)open

To provide for the conveyance of lands to certain individuals in Butte County, California.

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey without consideration certain lands in Butte County, California, in 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· HRH.R. 463 (103rd)open

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow farmers who reside in disaster areas or who have a substantial drop in farm income to make penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement accounts and from certain other retirement plans.

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement accounts or certain retirement plans by farmers who reside in disaster areas or who have had a substantial drop in farm income for the five preceding years.

Bill· HRH.R. 433 (103rd)open

Big Thicket National Preserve Addition Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Big Thicket National Preserve Addition Act of 1993 - Expands the boundaries of the Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas, through the addition of specified lands in Hardin, Polk, Tyler, Orange, and Jasper Counties, Texas. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire scenic easements on privately-owned undeveloped lands within the boundaries of the specified units added to the Preserve by this Act. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to exchange commercial timberlands within and in the vicinity of the Preserve. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from acquiring a specified area owned by the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation or its subsidiary, Kirby Forest Industries, Inc., without the owner's consent as long as the area is used exclusively as a youth camp. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 229 (103rd)open

National Forest Health Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

National Forest Health Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior to declare that a forest health emergency exists on Federal lands under their respective jurisdictions. Requires the appropriate Federal land management agency, upon such declaration, to develop a forest health improvement program. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a special fund to be used for timber sales and salvage and forest rehabilitation and maintenance. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare an annual forest health report. Amends the Wildfire Disaster Recovery Act of 1989 to extend the deadline for the report of the National Commission on Wildfire Disasters.

Bill· HRH.R. 322 (103rd)open

Hardrock Mining Reform Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 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 an annual, graduated rental fee schedule based upon the number of diligence years following location of the claim. (Sec. 105) Establishes a civil penalty of $5,000 per mining claim violation. (Sec. 107) Prohibits the issuance after January 5, 1993, of patents for vein, lode, placer, and mill site 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, and 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 rivers, and related Federal lands). Title III: Abandoned Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund - (Sec. 301) Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to establish the Abandoned Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past minerals activities. 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 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 and collect 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 235 (103rd)open

Idaho Land Exchange Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 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· HRH.R. 362 (103rd)open

To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to require public disclosure of certain information relating to sales of commodities for export, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to require certain exporters of wheat, corn, or soybeans to report specified export sales information to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Requires the Commission to make such information available to the public. Directs the Commission to revoke the registration (for at least 12 months) of any broker violating these provisions or accepting an order from any person violating these provisions.

Bill· HRH.R. 361 (103rd)open

To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to reestablish minimum inspection and processing standards.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Amends the Poultry and Poultry Products Inspection Act to require all poultry and poultry products slaughtered or processed to comply with certain inspection and processing standards in effect as of July 1, 1977. States that any further change in such standards is ineffective unless specifically approved in a public law.

Bill· HRH.R. 262 (103rd)referred

To direct the Secretary of Commerce to approve and distribute to food service operations instructions for removing food which has become lodged in a person's throat.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to approve instructions specifying first aid techniques (especially the Heimlich Maneuver) for removing food which has become lodged in a person's throat and to distribute such instructions to food service operations. Prohibits any U.S. court from entering any judgment against any person for acting in accordance with such instructions.

Bill· HRH.R. 280 (103rd)referred

To amend the National School Lunch Act to remove the requirement that schools participating in the school lunch program offer students specific types of fluid milk, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Amends the National School Lunch Act to remove the requirement that schools participating in the school lunch program offer students specified types of fluid milk (while retaining the requirement that they offer fluid milk).

Bill· HRH.R. 202 (103rd)open

To require the Secretary of Defense to protect areas of exceptional natural or historic character during the process of closing or realigning a military installation.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Directs the Secretary of Defense, before any action is taken with respect to the disposal or transfer of real property or facilities located at military bases to be closed or realigned, to: (1) identify all areas and facilities that are of exceptional natural or historic character; and (2) transfer such areas and facilities, upon request, to the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the National Park System or the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the National Forest System or, in the absence of a request, to the appropriate State or local government if such government agrees to preserve such areas and facilities as a park, historic site, or recreational area. Makes conforming amendments to the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.

Bill· HRH.R. 176 (103rd)open

Food Stamp Employment and Flexibility Amendments of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Food Stamp Employment and Flexibility Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to: (1) revise specified food stamp program employment provisions; and (2) repeal specified pilot project limitations regarding income, resource, or benefit reductions.

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