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Bill· HRH.R. 529 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1995
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) exchange specified Federal lands in the Targhee National Forest in Idaho for specified non-Federal lands within the Targhee National Forest in Wyoming; and (2) develop a plan to acquire any portion of the non-Federal lands that is not acquired under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 526 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1995
Amends Federal transportation law to exempt farmers or retail farm suppliers transporting agricultural commodities or farm supplies from requirements limiting the maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers used by motor carriers if such transportation occurs within a 100-air mile radius of the source of such commodities or the distribution point for such farm supplies.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 53 (104th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1995
Authorizes expenditures by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry for the 104th Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 518 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 January 1995
Santa Fe National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 1995 - Modifies and expands the boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange public lands and interests managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for private lands and interests within the Forest. Withdraws acquired lands from all public land, mining, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to identify federally-owned lands and interests currently situated within the Forest which are suitable for transfer to, and administration by, BLM. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer such identified lands to BLM. Modifies the boundary of the Forest to exclude such transferred lands. Requires the lands to be managed as public lands as defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Requires lands acquired by the Secretaries under this Act to be added to and administered as part of the Forest in accordance with National Forests laws. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to manage such lands primarily to preserve open space and scenic values and to preclude development. Declares that nothing in this Act shall affect the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire lands in New Mexico by purchase or exchange and that all such lands acquired by the exchange of National Forest lands shall be managed as a part of the National Forest System.
Bill· SS. 224 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1995
National Dairy Promotion Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to require that National Dairy Promotion and Research Board members be elected by a vote of milk producers. Prohibits a certified organization from voting in such elections on behalf of its members (bloc voting).
Bill· SS. 222 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1995
Dairy Promotion Program Improvement Act of 1995 - Amends the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to increase the minimum membership of, and include dairy products importers on, the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Requires importer assessments to the Board. Establishes periodic producer referenda on continuation of the Dairy Promotion Board. Prohibits cooperative association bloc voting.
Bill· SS. 193 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1995
Federal Forage Fee Act of 1993 - Subjects grazing operations on Federal land to applicable Federal, State, and local environmental and land use requirements. Sets forth a forage fee formula for lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 47 (104th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1995
Designates the chairpersons 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; (12) Labor and Human Resources; and (13) Rules and Administration.
Bill· SS. 185 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1995
Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center Act of 1995 - Amends Federal law to transfer the Fish Farming Experimental Laboratory in Stuttgart, Arkansas, from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture. Designates such Laboratory as the Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center.
Bill· HRH.R. 440 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1995
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. 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. 103 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Lost Creek Land Exchange Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire certain lands owned by the Brand S Corporation and located in the Lost Creek area of the Deerlodge National Forest and within the Gallatin National Forest (to be added to and administered as part of such National Forests) in exchange for certain lands within such National Forests and specified timber rights on Deerlodge National Forest lands. Exempts the Wineglass Tract from such exchange unless measures are in place to protect the scenic, wildlife, and open space values of the Tract. Directs the Secretary to improve legal public road access to Gallatin National Forest System lands between West Pine Creek and Big Creek. Prohibits the Secretary from acquiring lands under this Act if it is determined that such lands have become contaminated with hazardous substances. Releases the United States from any responsibility or liability with respect to hazardous wastes or other substances placed on any of the lands covered by this Act after their transfer to the ownership of another party. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed as either diminishing or increasing any U.S. responsibility or liability based on the condition of such lands on the date of such transfer.
Bill· SS. 99 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
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. 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. 79 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Amends Federal law to extend a specified nutrition assistance program to American Samoa.
Bill· SS. 80 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to include marketing of fresh cut flowers and foliage under such Act.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 14 (104th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Amends rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to change the number of Members 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) Foreign Relations; (9) Governmental Affairs; (10) Judiciary; and (11) Labor and Human Resources.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 20 (104th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Designates the majority party membership on the following Senate Committees: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and (2) Appropriations.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 16 (104th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 263 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Sets forth certain restrictions with respect to the enclosure space and diet in the raising of calves for veal. Subjects violators to specified civil and criminal remedies. Authorizes inspections by the Secretary of Agriculture or any designated representative.
Bill· HRH.R. 361 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Export Administration Title II: Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act Part A: Reporting on Nuclear Exports Part B: Sanctions for Nuclear Proliferation Part C: International Atomic Energy Agency Part D: Repeal of Duplicative Provisions Omnibus Export Administration Act of 1995 - Title I: Export Administration - Export Act of 1995 - Specifies the export policy of the United States, especially that: (1) export controls should be imposed to stem the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; and (2) restrictions on the export of agricultural commodities should be minimized. (Sec. 104) Specifies the kinds of export licenses the Secretary of Commerce may require. Prohibits any person from exporting an item that such person knows will materially contribute to a program for the development of a weapon of mass destruction or missile in a country that is not a member of, or a cooperating country with respect to, an export control regime controlling such items. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a United States Commodity Control Index identifying all commodities and technology on which controls are imposed under this Act; (2) specify license requirements for such items; and (3) designate countries and end users to which exports of commodities and technology are controlled. Requires the Secretary to appoint export advisory committees with respect to export controls imposed on such items. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the export of commodities or technology that would: (1) directly and significantly enable a country or end user to acquire weapons of mass destruction; or (2) directly and significantly contribute to the military capability of a country so as to pose a threat to the national security of the United States or its allies. Requires the Secretary to establish a security control list of commodities, technology, countries, and end uses or end users with respect to which export controls are imposed by this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall require authority or permission to export commodities and technology on the security control list to a controlled country, a controlled end use, or a controlled end user. Sets forth provisions regarding the creation of multilateral export control regimes. Provides favorable licensing treatment for the export of commodities and technology among such regimes or cooperating countries. Requires the Secretary periodically to review export controls and, if warranted, increase specified export control thresholds for, and propose to the regime removal of, export controls on computer equipment, computer communications and networking equipment, computer software, and related technology that has become obsolete. Requires the Secretary of State to propose the elimination of controls on mass-market computer equipment to export control regimes that control such equipment. Declares that, in specified circumstances, approval shall be presumed for a license for export to a country of any controlled goods, without regard to their technical specifications, for trade show purposes. Directs the Secretary to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering to study and report to the President and the Congress on the extent to which exports of computers can be controlled, and the policy reasons for maintaining controls. (Sec. 106) Authorizes the President, after consultation with the Congress, to prohibit or curtail unilaterally for up to six months the export of commodities or technology whenever it is essential to U.S. national security or foreign policy, or necessary to prevent foreign countries from supporting acts of international terrorism. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of State to seek support from other countries and multilateral export control regimes for such controls. Sets forth procedures for extension of such controls and for congressional disapproval of such an extension. Prohibits export or reexport of controlled commodities or technology to countries that have repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism. Declares that crime control and detection instruments and equipment shall be approved for export by the Secretary only pursuant to an export license, with specified exceptions. (Sec. 107) Authorizes the President to prohibit or impose quantitative restrictions on the export of commodities that are domestically in short supply. Directs the Secretary to monitor exports, and contracts for exports, of commodities in cases where their volume in relation to domestic supply contributes, or may contribute, to an increase in domestic prices or a domestic shortage, and such increase or shortage has, or may have, a serious adverse impact on the economy. Authorizes an entity, including a trade association, firm, or certified union or group of workers, that is representative of an industry that processes metallic materials capable of being recycled, to petition the Secretary requesting both the monitoring of or the imposition of export controls on such exports that are in short supply. Prohibits the export of Alaskan North Slope crude oil, with specified exceptions. Provides for licensing of refined petroleum product exports. Prohibits the President from imposing quantitative restrictions based on short supply controls on agricultural commodities (including fats and oils or animal hides or skins) without the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture. Prohibits the exportation of unprocessed western red cedar (Thuja plicata) logs harvested from State or Federal lands. Declares that shipments of crude oil and refined and partially refined petroleum products for use by the Department of Defense or U.S.-supported installations shall not, for purposes of export controls on Alaskan North Slope oil, be considered to be exports. (Sec. 108) Directs the President to issue regulations that prohibit, with specified exceptions, U.S. persons from supporting any boycott imposed by a foreign country against a country friendly to the United States that is not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. (Sec. 109) Specifies procedures for the processing of export license applications, including the screening, referral, approval or denial, and review of such applications. (Sec. 110) Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. (Sec. 111) Directs the Secretary to establish a list of commodities and technology that would directly and substantially assist a foreign government or group in acquiring the capability to develop, produce, stockpile, or deliver chemical or biological weapons, the licensing of which would be effective in barring acquisition or enhancement of such capability. Requires a validated license for the export of listed items to any country of concern. Requires the Secretary to establish a list of all dual use commodities and technology on the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex (MTCR), including such items that would provide a direct and significant impact on the development of missile delivery systems. Requires a validated license for the export of such items on the MTCR list to any country, including items the exporter knows are destined for a missile project or facility in a country that is not an MTCR adherent. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require the Secretary of State to establish, as part of the United States Munitions List (Munitions List), a list of items including those controlled pursuant to multilateral export control regimes (such as the Australia Group), but not subject to specified control under this Act, that would directly and substantially assist a foreign government, group, or project in acquiring the capability to develop, produce, stockpile, or deliver chemical or biological weapons, the licensing of which would be effective in barring the acquisition or enhancement of such capability. Requires a license for the export of such items on such list. Requires the Secretary of State to establish a list of items, including those on the MTCR Annex, that would provide a direct and significant impact on the development of missile delivery systems, and the export of which is not subject to control under this Act. Requires a validated license for the export of such items on such list to any country, including items the exporter knows are destined for a missile project or facility in a country that is not an MTCR adherent. Provides that such licenses shall be denied if the ultimate consignee of such items is a facility: (1) in a country that is not an MTCR adherent and it is designed to develop or build missiles; or (2) in a country that has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism. Requires the President to impose sanctions, for a two year period, against any U.S. or foreign person or entity that knowingly exports or transfers, or facilitates the export or transfer of, chemical or biological weapons or missiles. Includes among such sanctions: (1) denial of an export license; (2) barring of Government procurement contracts; and (3) appropriate import restrictions on the products of an offending entity. Requires the President to determine what countries have made substantial preparation to use or have used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law or against their own nationals. Requires the President to impose, for a minimum two year period, specified sanctions against such countries. (Sec. 112) Sets forth provisions regarding administrative and judicial review of determinations made under this Act. (Sec. 113) Makes the Secretary responsible for providing policy guidance on the enforcement of this Act. Sets forth requirements with respect to: (1) the forfeiture of goods and tangible items lawfully seized by the United States for violations of this Act; (2) undercover investigative operations of the Office of Export Enforcement of the Department of Commerce; and (3) a financial audit and report to the Congress on each undercover investigative operation. (Sec. 114) Requires issuance of an annual policy guidance for export licensing officials in all Federal departments and agencies. Declares that all power, authority, and discretion conferred by this title with respect to export control functions shall be exercised by the Secretary. Establishes an Export Control Policy Committee to provide policy guidance and advice to the President on export control issues. Directs the President to appoint an Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration who shall perform all functions of the Secretary under this Act and other Federal laws relating to national security. Sets forth requirements for: (1) non-disclosure of confidential information; (2) disclosure of information to the Congress and the General Accounting Office (GAO); (3) penalties for disclosure of confidential information; and (4) public opportunity for comment on regulations imposing export controls. Authorizes the Secretary to participate in the education and training of officials from other countries on the principles and procedures for implementation of effective export controls. Declares that a license may not be required for the export of a commodity solely because it contains parts or components subject to export control if they: (1) are essential to the functioning of the commodity; (2) are customarily included in the sales of the item in non-controlled countries; and (3) compose 25 percent or less of the total value of the commodity, unless the commodity itself would make a significant contribution to the military or proliferation potential of a controlled country or end user which would prove detrimental to U.S. national security. Declares that no authority may be required for certain reexports of foreign-made items incorporating U.S. items. Declares that this Act does not authorize export controls on: (1) medicine or medical supplies; or (2) donations of items intended to meet basic human needs, including food, educational materials, seeds, hand tools, water resources equipment, clothing and shelter materials, and basic household supplies. Declares that no validated license shall be required for replacement parts exported to replace on a one-to-one basis parts that were in a commodity lawfully exported from the United States, unless the President determines that a license should be required for such parts. (Sec. 115) Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the administration of this Act. (Sec. 117) Declares that the Secretary shall not require a license for the export or reexport of telecommunications equipment to civil end users in any of the former republics of the Soviet Union, China, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, or Vietnam. Subjects to export controls exclusively under this Act any civil aircraft product, or any technology used in it, that is an integral part of such aircraft and is standard equipment certified or scheduled to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. Requires the President to submit to specified congressional committees a report assessing: (1) the international market for computer software with encryption; and (2) the impact of U.S. encryption export controls on the international competitiveness of the U.S. computer software industry. Requires the export of commercial communications satellites (including any integral components necessary to achieve the orbit location of such satellites) to be regulated solely under this Act. (Sec. 118) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Arab League countries should end the secondary Arab boycott. Title II: Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act - Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1995 - Part A: Reporting on Nuclear Exports - Amends the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to include in a certain presidential report to the Congress on governmental efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons: (1) a description of the implementation of nuclear and nuclear-related dual-use export controls; and (2) the progress of the non-nuclear-weapon independent states of the former Soviet Union and of the Baltic states towards achieving the objective of applying full scope safeguards to all their peaceful nuclear activities. Part B: Sanctions for Nuclear Proliferation - Requires the President to impose certain sanctions against any foreign or U.S. person that has materially and with requisite knowledge contributed to the efforts of any individual, group, or non-weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded special nuclear material, or to use, develop, produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire any nuclear explosive device. (Sec. 222) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the sale or lease of defense articles or services to any country that the President has determined to be in material breach of treaties or agreements concerning the nonproliferation of nuclear explosive devices and unsafeguarded special nuclear material. (Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors to certain international financial institutions to oppose any use of their funds to promote the acquisition of unsafeguarded special nuclear material or the development, stockpiling, or use of a nuclear explosive device by a non-nuclear-weapon state. Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to make it a duty of the U.S. executive directors of such institutions to consider whether a country receiving financial assistance: (1) is seeking to acquire unsafeguarded special nuclear material or a nuclear explosive device; (2) is not a State Party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; or (3) has detonated a nuclear explosive device. (Sec. 224) Prohibits any U.S. or foreign person from knowingly, materially, and directly contributing or attempting to contribute, through the provision of financing, to the acquisition of unsafeguarded special nuclear material, or the use, development, production, or stockpiling of any nuclear explosive device by an individual, group, or non-nuclear-weapon state. Requires the President to impose certain sanctions against any U.S. or foreign person violating such prohibition. (Sec. 225) Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Secretary of State to report to appropriate congressional committees and to the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank if a country has willfully aided or abetted a non-nuclear-weapon state in acquiring any nuclear explosive device or unsafeguarded special nuclear material. (Sec. 226) Requires the President to report to the Congress, and impose certain sanctions against, any country that: (1) transfers to a non-nuclear-weapon state a nuclear explosive device; (2) is a non-nuclear-weapon state and either receives a nuclear explosive device or detonates one; (3) transfers to a non-nuclear-weapon state any design information or component that is important to the development of a nuclear device; or (4) is a non-nuclear-weapon state and receives such information or component. (Sec. 227) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the use of any funds under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or this Act to provide economic assistance, military assistance or grant military education and training, foreign assistance, or extend military credits or make guarantees, to any country which delivers to or receives from another country nuclear enrichment equipment, materials, or technology, unless certain conditions are met. Authorizes the President to furnish such assistance if he certifies to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that: (1) termination of such assistance would have a serious adverse effect on vital U.S. interests; and (2) assurances have been received that such country will not acquire or develop nuclear weapons or assist other nations in doing so. Sets forth similar provisions prohibiting such assistance to countries that deliver to, or receive from, a country nuclear reprocessing equipment, materials, or technology which contribute significantly to that country's ability to manufacture a nuclear explosive device. (Sec. 229) Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to include in a specified annual report to the Congress a discussion of any material noncompliance by foreign governments with their commitments to the United States with respect to the prevention of the spread of nuclear explosive devices by non-nuclear weapon states or the acquisition by such states of unsafeguarded special nuclear material. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Department of State should, in its reporting responsibilities under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, include a summary of demarches that the United States has issued or received from foreign governments with respect to activities which are of significance from the proliferation standpoint. Part C: International Atomic Energy Agency - Expresses the sense of the Congress that in order to enhance international confidence in the effectiveness of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards and other multilateral undertakings to halt the global proliferation of nuclear weapons, the United States should seek to negotiate specified initiatives with other nations, including the IAEA Board of Governors and the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Part D: Repeal of Duplicative Provisions - Repeals certain duplicative provisions of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
Bill· HRH.R. 343 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reauthorize the conservation reserve program through 2005.
Bill· HRH.R. 315 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: State Welfare Reform Option Title II: Incentives for State Participation in Welfare Reform Title III: Policy Changes to Reward Work Title IV: Child Support Enforcement Work-First Welfare Reform Act of 1995 - Title I: State Welfare Reform Option - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States the option of developing a welfare reform plan containing a welfare-job development integration plan meeting specified requirements (including those requiring welfare recipient participation along with the State in one of two specified types of Empowerment Compacts with specific goals and timetables for each individual participant's attainment of self-sufficiency) for reorienting their welfare programs towards such overall goal for all welfare recipients who are capable of working. (Sec. 101) Provides for approval, implementation, and evaluation of welfare reform plans. Title II: Incentives for State Participation in Welfare Reform - Amends SSA title IV part A to provide for: (1) increased Federal payments to welfare reform States meeting specified requirements for the costs of operating programs under part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS); and (2) modification of the amount payable to individual welfare reform plan participants expecting a decrease in income over a certain period in States which have elected to adjust individual AFDC benefits quarterly. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for purposes of developing welfare reform plans. Sets limits on the amount the Secretary may expend on such grants in any fiscal year through FY 2000. Title III: Policy Changes to Reward Work - Amends SSA title IV part A and the Internal Revenue Code to make various specified changes designed to reward work, including: (1) giving States the authority to establish enhanced earnings disregards for AFDC recipients and define unemployment for purposes of the AFDC-UP program; and (2) making the tax credit for dependent care expenses refundable, and requiring employers to make advance payments of such credit to their employees. (Sec. 304) Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture, of Health and Human Services, and of Labor to submit to the Congress an annual report on any State or Federal laws which may inhibit implementation of welfare reform plans. (Sec. 305) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the requirements to be followed by each State in developing and applying outcome measures and targets for assessing the effectiveness of the State's JOBS program. Amends SSA title IV part A to provide for a reduction in State JOBS funding for States which have not submitted for approval a plan for meeting such requirements. (Sec. 306) Directs the Comptroller General to submit to the Congress a methodology for determining the use of transitional child care and extended medical assistance under Medicaid. Makes various specified amendments to SSA title IV part A, including with regard to matters concerning transitional child care and certain student earnings and income. Title IV: Child Support Enforcement - Directs the Secretary to establish a Federal registry of child support orders issued or modified in a State for comparing information reported on an employee's W-4 form with information in the registry, and for notifying the appropriate State child support order registry established by this Act of the accuracy of the amount specified on the form as the employee's monthly child support obligation. (Sec. 402) Makes various specified amendments to SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity), including with regard to matters concerning: (1) expansion of the Federal Parent Locator Service; (2) development of a uniform child support withholding order; (3) State agency access to various data bases containing information with respect to absent parents; and (4) private access to State locate resources and enforcement services for purposes of establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support and parentage orders. (Sec. 403) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish a national system for reporting copies of every employee's W-4 form to the appropriate State and Federal child support order registries; and (2) modify the W-4 form to enable the employee to indicate on it certain information related to child support and health care insurance for any dependent children. (Sec. 404) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for the reconciliation of child support obligations and payments on income tax returns, with the full amount due by the end of the applicable tax year and subject to the same collection process and penalties applicable to back taxes; (2) provide for a tax credit for withholdings and payments in excess of applicable obligations; (3) require the Secretary to pay amounts collected to the appropriate State registry; and (4) require employers to include withheld obligations on the employee's W-2 form. (Sec. 407) Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to: (1) give debts relating to child support higher priority in a garnishment than other Federal debts when an individual's disposable earnings are not sufficient to pay both debts; and (2) prohibit employers from discharging employees with more than one indebtedness, if all but one of the debts arise from one or more orders for the support of a child. (Sec. 408) Amends SSA title IV part D to require States to enact the version of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in August 1992.
Bill· HRH.R. 403 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Repeals the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. Requires the sale of all loans made under such Act. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to electric generation and transmission cooperatives which are unable to obtain private sector funding.
Bill· HRH.R. 383 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
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. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 357 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
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 1995 - Title I: Mineral Exploration and Development - 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. Mandates a specified location fee for every unpatented mining claim located after the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 104) Subjects existing unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites to the provisions of this Act ("converted mining claims"). (Sec. 105) Sets forth certain annual claim maintenance fees. Mandates that all monies received from such fees be deposited into the Abandoned Locatable Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund (established under this Act). (Sec. 106) States that failure to comply with the requirements of this Act shall be deemed conclusively to constitute forfeiture of the mining claim. (Sec. 107) Prescribes procedural guidelines for: (1) contesting a mining claim on the basis of discovery; and (2) demonstrating the continued sufficiency of a mining claim. Title II: Environmental Considerations of Mineral Exploration and Development - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, and for National Forest System lands the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries), to require that mineral activities on Federal lands be conducted in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts to the environment. Prescribes surface management guidelines for the granting of both an exploration and an operations permit. Requires applications for such permits to contain both an operations plan and a reclamation plan, and evidence of financial assurances. Limits an operations permit to a ten-year term (subject to renewal). (Sec. 205) Declares persons in violation of this Act ineligible for permits. Sets as a prerequisite to the issuance of any permit evidence of financial assurance payable to the United States for all lands to be affected by the mineral activities described in the permit application. (Sec. 207) Mandates that lands subject to mineral activities be restored to a condition capable of supporting their prior uses, or to other beneficial uses which conform to applicable land use plans. Sets forth reclamation standards applicable to mineral exploration. (Sec. 208) 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. 209) Requires the Secretaries, 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. Title III: Abandoned Locatable Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund - Establishes the Abandoned Locatable Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund (the Fund) to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past minerals activities on certain public lands. (Sec. 303) Restricts reclamation expenditures to Federal or Indian land and water resources that traverse or are contiguous to Federal or Indian lands where such resources have been affected by past mineral activities. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 306) Subjects to a royalty scheme of eight percent of the net smelter return the production of locatable minerals (or mineral concentrates or products derived from locatable minerals) from any mining claim under this Act. Title IV: Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions - Subtitle A: Administrative Provisions - 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 to establish and collect user fees to reimburse the United States for expenses incurred in administering this Act. (Sec. 403) Prescribes procedural guidelines for the publication of an application for an operations permit and public participation requirements. (Sec. 404) Instructs the Secretaries to: (1) inspect mineral activities to ensure compliance with surface management requirements; and (2) require all operators to maintain a monitoring and evaluation system to identify compliance with them. Authorizes citizen suits to enforce compliance. (Sec. 406) Prescribes procedural guidelines for administrative and judicial review of agency actions. (Sec. 407) Sets forth enforcement guidelines and civil and criminal penalties for non-compliance. Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides transitional rules for: (1) new and preexisting claims; (2) claims that have not been converted; (3) contest proceedings; and (4) oil shale claims. (Sec. 413) Adjusts the dollar amounts established under this Act to a certain inflation formula. (Sec. 417) Prohibits the issuance after January 4, 1995, of patents for vein, lode, placer, and mill site mining claims unless certain administrative requirements are met. (Sec. 418) Declares that the Multiple Minerals Development Act, and certain other Federal law, apply to all mining claims located or converted under this Act. (Sec. 419) 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 : s: (1) the Surface Resource Act of 1955; and (2) the Materials Act of 1947. Repeals the Building Stone Act and the Saline Placer Act. (Sec. 420) Declares this Act applicable to Federal lands that are used for beneficiation or processing activities for any mineral regardless of Federal title to the mineral. (Sec. 421) Requires recipients of funds under this Act to comply with the "Buy American Act." Expresses the sense of the Congress that such funds should be used to purchase only American-made equipment and products. Declares a person ineligible to receive any contract made with funds provided under this Act if the person has been judicially determined to have intentionally affixed a "made in America" label to a product that is not U.S.-made. (Sec. 423) Declares that court-awarded compensation for a Federal taking under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution shall be paid from the Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit an annual report to the Congress describing the percentage of each mining claim held by a foreign firm.
Bill· HRH.R. 404 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Makes ineligible for Federal benefits or services for a ten-year period any person convicted of making a fraudulent representation with respect to residence in order to receive State or local benefits from two or more States. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, of Agriculture, of Education, of Labor, and of Housing and Urban Development each to design and implement, and report to the Congress on, a program to assist the States in preventing persons from engaging in such fraudulent conduct.
Bill· HRH.R. 236 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit food stamp program participants to use food stamps to buy vitamin and mineral nutritional supplements.
Bill· HRH.R. 264 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Humane Methods of Poultry Slaughter Act of 1995 - Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require the humane slaughter and processing of poultry.
Bill· HRH.R. 33 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center Act of 1995 - Amends Federal law to transfer the Fish Farming Experimental Laboratory in Stuttgart, Arkansas, from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture. Designates such Laboratory as the Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center.
Bill· HRH.R. 207 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Cleveland National Forest Land Exchange Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a land exchange with the Orange County Council of the Boy Scouts of America involving specified lands in the Cleveland National Forest, California.
Bill· HRH.R. 198 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Down To Earth Tiny Wetland Act of 1995 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the conversion of wetlands one acre or less in size.
Bill· HRH.R. 66 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Rural Multifamily Rental Housing Loan Guarantee Demonstration Act - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee eligible loans for the development costs of low or moderate income rural multifamily rental housing. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 203 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to issue final regulations with respect to fresh poultry labeling.
Bill· HRH.R. 197 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Provides for the increased use of remote sensing for agricultural and resource management. Terminates the provisions of this Act five years following enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 130 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Private Property Protection Act of 1995 - Declares that no regulation issued by an executive agency after enactment of this Act shall become 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 54 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Agricultural Credit Equity Act of 1995 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide for indexing of guaranteed agricultural real estate and operating loan limits in high cost areas. Eliminates maximum property limits in the down payment loan program. Prohibits the denial of agricultural real estate, operating, or emergency loans based upon: (1) a farm's having more than two full-time employees; or (2) certain grower-shipper agreements.
Bill· HRH.R. 67 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Conservation Reserve Program Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend: (1) the Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program; and (2) the wetlands reserve program. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to extend or modify conservation reserve contracts under specified circumstances. Authorizes a demonstration grant program to permit grass or legumes to be grown on reserve land. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 41 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers primarily engaged in a farming-related business an investment tax credit for a percentage of: (1) the costs of agricultural environmental property; and (2) the amount allowed as a deduction for soil and water conservation expenditures.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 12 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Designates minority party membership on the following House committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Banking and Financial Services; (4) Budget; (5) Commerce; (6) Economic and Educational Opportunities; (7) International Relations; (8) Judiciary; (9) National Security; (10) Small Business; (11) Technology and Competitiveness; (12) Transportation and Infrastructure; (13) Veterans' Affairs; and (14) Ways and Means.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 11 (104th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
Designates the majority party membership on the following House committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Banking and Financial Services; (4) Budget; (5) Commerce; (6) Economic and Educational Opportunities; (7) Government Reform and Oversight; (8) House Oversight; (9) International Relations; (10) Judiciary; (11) National Security; (12) Resources; (13) Rules; (14) Science; (15) Small Business; (16) Transportation and Infrastructure; (17) Veterans' Affairs; and (18) Ways and Means.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 6 (104th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Contract with America: A Bill of Accountability Title II: General Title I: Contract with America: A Bill of Accountability - Provides for the adoption of the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 103d Congress as the Rules of the House of the 104th Congress with amendments as outlined in this resolution. (Sec. 101) Requires the total number of House committee staff to be at least one-third less than the corresponding total in the 103d Congress. Amends Rule X to prohibit House committees from having more than five subcommittees except the Committees on Appropriations, Government Reform and Oversight, and Transportation and Infrastructure which are allowed up to thirteen, seven, and six subcommittees, respectively. (Currently, each standing committee with more than 20 members, except the Committee on Budget, is required to establish at least four subcommittees.) Amends Rule XI to revise provisions regarding committee staff funding and the appointment and use of staff. (Sec. 102) Amends Rule XIII to require cost estimates in committee reports to contain a comparison of the total estimated funding level for the relevant programs with the appropriate levels under current law, with exceptions for specified committees. (Sec. 103) Amends Rule I to limit the term of the Speaker of the House to four consecutive Congresses. Amends Rule X to prohibit a Member from serving as chairman of the same standing committee or subcommittee for more than three consecutive Congresses. (Sec. 104) Amends Rule XI to prohibit proxy voting by any committee or subcommittee member. (Sec. 105) Requires all committee meetings and hearings open to the public to allow for radio, television and still photography coverage. Repeals a provision that provides for closed meetings for matters relating solely to internal budgets or personnel. (Sec. 106) Amends Rule XXI to require a three-fifths vote of the House for passage or agreement to measures carrying a Federal income tax rate increase. Provides that it shall not be in order to consider any measure carrying a retroactive Federal income tax rate increase. (Sec. 107) Directs the Inspector General to coordinate and report on a comprehensive audit of House financial records and administrative operations. (Sec. 108) Provides that it shall be in order at any time after the adoption of this resolution to consider H.R. 1 (a bill to make certain laws applicable to the legislative branch) in the House if offered by the majority leader. Title II: General - Amends Rule II to abolish the office of House Doorkeeper. (Sec. 201) Amends Rule III to add to the duties of the House Clerk a semiannual reporting requirement on the financial and operational status of functions under the Clerk's jurisdiction. Amends Rule IV to require the Sergeant-at-Arms to fulfill a similar reporting requirement and incorporates the Doorkeeper's duties into those of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Amends Rule V to create a Chief Administrative Officer of the House to have operational and financial responsibility for functions as assigned by the Speaker and the Committee on House Oversight and requires the Chief to fulfill the financial and operational reporting requirement as well. Removes provisions regarding the Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services. (Sec. 202) Amends Rule X to revise the existing standing committee structure and provides for changes in committee jurisdiction. Redesignates House committees as follows: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Banking and Financial Services; (4) Budget; (5) Commerce; (6) Economic and Educational Opportunities; (7) Government Reform and Oversight; (8) House Oversight; (9) International Relations; (10) Judiciary; (11) National Security; (12) Resources; (13) Rules; (14) Science; (15) Standards of Official Conduct; (16) Transportation and Infrastructure; (17) Veterans' Affairs; and (18) Ways and Means. (Sec. 203) Requires each standing committee, in an open meeting no later than February 15 of the first congressional session and with a quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress. (Sec. 204) Prohibits House Members, Delegates, or Resident Commissioners from serving simultaneously as members of more than two committees or four subcommittees. Provides that ex officio service by a chairman and ranking minority member of a committee on each of its subcommittees shall not be counted against the limitation on subcommittee service. (Sec. 205) Amends Rule XI to set forth certain administrative provisions. (Sec. 212) Repeals provisions of: (l) Rule XII which gave the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and each Delegate to the House the same powers and privileges in the Committee on the Whole as other House Members (including the right to vote); and (2) Rule XXIII which permitted the Resident Commissioner or a Delegate to be appointed to chair the Committee on the Whole and which required the Committee on the Whole to automatically rise and consider a question de novo whenever the votes of the Resident Commissioner and Delegate were decisive in the Committee on the Whole. (Sec. 215) Amends Rule XXI to prohibit the inclusion of non-emergency provisions in emergency spending measures unless the provisions rescind budget authority, reduce direct spending, or reduce an amount for a designated emergency. Provides that during the reading of any appropriation bill for amendment in the Committee of the Whole, it shall be in order to consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer appropriations among objects in the bill without increasing the levels of budget authority or outlays. Requires reports from the Appropriations Committee accompanying any general appropriation bill to contain a list of all appropriations for expenditures not previously authorized by law. (Sec. 216) Amends Rule XXII to ban commemorative bills or resolutions. Requires the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight to report to the House on alternative means for establishing commemorations. (Sec. 220) Amends Rule XLIII to require House Members, officers, or employees to take an oath before gaining access to classified materials. (Sec. 221) Amends Rule XLVIII to reduce the maximum number of members of the Select Committee on Intelligence from 19 to 16 and limit to nine the number of members from one party. Raises the ceiling on service on the committee to four Congresses in any period of six successive Congresses. (Sec. 222) Prohibits the establishment or continuation of legislative service organizations. (Sec. 223) Establishes the Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities. Permits the first 20 bills and the first two joint resolutions introduced in the 104th Congress to have more than one Member reflected as first sponsor.