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Bill· HRH.R. 3663 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Haitian Refugee Fairness Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to U.S. obligations in support of the international law requirement of nonrefoulement. Prohibits the U.S. Government from returning or causing to be returned to Haiti any Haitian national (with specified exceptions for certain felons and persons who participated in persecutions) outside U.S. territorial waters, or inside territorial waters of another country, unless the Government has first determined the individual not to be a refugee. (Sec. 3) Provides: (1) temporary protected status for qualifying Haitians; and (2) reimbursement for related State and local costs. (Sec. 5) Obligates specified funds for: (1) the Community Relations Service; and (2) primary and secondary resettlement services for paroled Cubans and Haitians. (Sec. 6) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for a Cuban/Haitian Entrant Emergency Fund to be established in the Treasury. Requires the Attorney General to provide an annual estimation of Cuban and Haitian parolees.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 191 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should negotiate with the signatories of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees to establish uniform international procedures limiting asylum requests to the first nation a refugee passes through that is a signatory to the Convention.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 182 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Haitians interdicted at sea should not be returned to Haiti without a determination of their fear of persecution in Haiti; and (2) any person with a credible fear of persecution should be paroled into the United States for the purpose of applying for political asylum.
Bill· HRH.R. 3500 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: AFDC Transition and Work Program Title II: Paternity Establishment Title III: Expansion of Statutory Flexibility of States Title IV: Expansion of State and Local Flexibility Title V: Child Support Enforcement Title VI: Welfare Restrictions for Aliens Title VII: Controlling Welfare Costs Title VIII: Consolidated Block Grant to States for Food Assistance Title IX: Miscellaneous Responsibility and Empowerment Support Program Providing Employment, Child Care, and Training Act - Title I: AFDC Transition and Work Program - Amends part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give the JOBS program the new purpose of assuring that needy families with children obtain not only the education and training needed to prepare them for a life without welfare, but the work experience as well. (Sec. 101) Requires State JOBS programs to include a transition component and a work supplementation component that: (1) are each allowed to include any State work experience program approved by the Secretary; and (2) with respect to the first component, must include the State's job search program, and, with respect to the second component, may include the State's work supplementation or community work experience program. Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of SSA title IV to revise State AFDC plan participation requirements to incorporate participation in the two JOBS program components above under specified guidelines as a requirement for qualified individuals to receive AFDC. Imposes sanctions for a qualified individual's failure to participate in the JOBS program as required under such guidelines, which include a reduction in AFDC benefits and eventual benefit termination for repeated failures. Revises the exemptions from JOBS program participation requirements. Extends to all States the option to limit AFDC-UP. Increases State JOBS program and work program participation rates with regard to, respectively, AFDC-eligible individuals and unemployed parents. Provides for additional payments to States for JOBS programs. (Sec. 102) Amends community work experience and work supplementation program provisions. Title II: Paternity Establishment - Amends SSA title IV part A to: (1) provide for denial or reduction of AFDC for children whose paternity is not established; and (2) require unmarried individuals under 19 who are eligible for AFDC and are pregnant or with dependent children under their care to reside at home in order to receive AFDC. (Sec. 203) Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to require earlier specified paternity establishment efforts by States. Expresses the encouragement of the Congress for States to develop procedures in public hospitals and clinics to facilitate the acknowledgment of paternity. (Sec. 204) Increases the paternity establishment percentage. Title III: Expansion of Statutory Flexibility of States - Amends SSA title IV part A to give States the option to: (1) convert AFDC into a block grant program; (2) exempt themselves from otherwise mandatory denial of AFDC where either parent is a minor; (3) treat families moving interstate who apply for AFDC in their new State of residence (where they have resided for less than on year) under the AFDC rules of their former State of residence; (4) reduce AFDC for parents under 21 who have dropped out of school and dependent children who, without good cause, do not maintain minimum school attendance; (5) exempt themselves from otherwise mandatory denial of AFDC for additional children; (6) modify certain AFDC income disregard rules; (7) provide for a married couple transitional benefit in cases where an AFDC recipient marries an individual who is not a parent of the recipient's child, and the resulting family would become ineligible for AFDC by reason of the marriage; (8) disregard certain savings and income of a family on AFDC designated for education, training, employability, home purchase, or residence change in determining eligibility for AFDC; and (9) condition the receipt of AFDC on the recipient's attendance at parenting and money management classes and prior approval of any action requiring a change in the educational institution attended by the recipient's dependent child. Title IV: Expansion of State and Local Flexibility -Establishes an Interagency Waiver Request Board in order to provide a focal point within the Federal Government for the development and coordination of waiver requests to improve opportunities for low-income individuals and families. (Sec. 402) Prescribes contents of applications to implement Federal assistance plans, as well as the review, approval, implementation, and evaluation processes. (Sec. 405) Requires any entity applying for plan approval to establish a Public Private Partnership Committee to advise it on plan development and implementation. Title V: Child Support Enforcement - Provides for a national system for employee reporting of any child support owed, the obligee involved, and other specified related information on W-4 forms for employer withholding and distribution of support owed, and reporting of related information to the State involved for availability to other States through the Interstate Locate Network established under this title. (Sec. 502) Makes various changes with regard to State child support order registries, the Parent Locater Service, regulations for sharing child support information, withholding orders, and noncustodial parents with child support arrearages who are receiving certain public welfare assistance. Title VI: Welfare Restrictions for Aliens - Makes aliens (except refugees, permanent residents, and certain current residents) ineligible for various specified types of public welfare assistance, including non-emergency related assistance under Medicaid, food stamps, and job training assistance. (Sec. 602) Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require State AFDC agencies to provide information on illegal aliens to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Title VII: Controlling Welfare Costs - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), and other Federal law to establish various specified measures for controlling welfare costs, including Federal spending caps. Title VIII: Consolidated Block Grant to States for Food Assistance - Repeals the Food Stamp Act of 1977, National School Lunch Act, Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987, and other specified Federal laws and replaces them with a: (1) State food assistance block grant program to provide food assistance to economically disadvantaged individuals and families (eligible populations); and (2) new food coupon program. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 803) Grants the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation the authority to sell surplus commodities and foodstuffs to the States to provide food assistance to eligible populations. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Amends SSA title IV part A to require AFDC applicants and recipients to undergo any necessary substance abuse treatment as a condition of receiving AFDC. (Sec. 902) Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to: (1) make ineligible for SSI benefits individuals receiving SSI on the basis of a disability resulting from illegal drug addiction who continue to use illegal drugs or refuse to be tested for them; and (2) make representative payee changes. (Sec. 903) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) conduct research projects to evaluate the impact of education and training programs on the ability of individuals to end participation in the AFDC program; (2) conduct demonstration projects and report to the Congress on whether providing benefits based on need through the use of electronic cards and automatic teller machines would reduce administrative costs and fraud; and (3) establish a commission to determine the cost and feasibility of creating an interstate system to compare the social security numbers of all AFDC recipients in order to identify those recipients receiving AFDC from multiple States. (Sec. 904) Amends SSA to require State AFDC applicants to participate in job search activities while the application is pending, unless a State by law exempts itself from this requirement. (Sec. 906) Public Housing Rent Reform and Empowerment Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with regard to the determination of income and rent charges. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to allow, upon request, under certain circumstances, a public housing agency or resident management corporation to carry out a demonstration program to determine the feasibility and desirability of providing such entities with the authority to establish policies for agency-administered public housing projects, without regard to the public housing requirements of the United States Housing Act of 1937. (Sec. 907) Amends SSA title IV part A to deny AFDC for certain children who have not received appropriate medical examinations and immunizations. Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act with regard to childhood immunizations. Requires the Surgeon General to issue and periodically revise recommendations for the immunization of children under age six.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 160 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1993
Condemns the attempted coup d'etat in Burundi and the murder of President Ndadaye. Commends: (1) the people of Burundi for their commitment to democracy; and (2) the Clinton Administration for its prompt condemnation of the October 21, 1993, coup and for the immediate suspension of foreign assistance to Burundi. Urges the people of Burundi to help end ethnic strife. Encourages them to continue their commitment to ethnic reconciliation and democracy. Calls upon: (1) the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to support the continuation of democracy and the end of ethnic strife in Burundi; and (2) the international community to assist the OAU in its efforts to strengthen democracy in Burundi and to address the humanitarian needs of Burundian refugees in Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zaire.
Bill· HRH.R. 3363 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Smuggling and Fraud Title II: Asylum Title III: Inspections Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service Immigration Enforcement and Asylum Reform Act of 1993 - Title I: Smuggling and Fraud - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide procedures for expedited exclusion of aliens who arrive without proper documentation or who are determined by a special asylum officer not to have a proper claim of asylum (based upon a credible fear of prosecution). Limits judicial review to habeas corpus. Creates a separate offense and penalty for an alien smuggler who seriously injures or jeopardizes the life of an alien. Extends penalties to persons who contract to bring illegal labor. Treats smuggling as an aggravated felony. Expands Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) forfeiture authority to include any real or personal property used or intended to be used to smuggle aliens, or that constitutes, is derived from, or traceable to such activities. Exempts property used without the owner's consent or knowledge, or not to his or her benefit. Amends Federal law to authorize INS wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations. Brings alien smuggling operations under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions. Title II: Asylum - Revises asylum procedures. Sets forth mandatory and discretionary conditions for granting provisional asylum. States that asylum applications shall be determined by specially trained asylum officers. Terminates an alien's claim for failure to appear at the application provisional asylum hearing. Title III: Inspections - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish specified numbers of preinspection stations at foreign airports identified as last departure points for the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving passengers and at those with the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving undocumented aliens (and to assign additional immigration officers at such airports without preinspection stations); and (2) establish an expedited inspection process for U.S. citizens returning by air from abroad. Revises the pilot visa waiver program to: (1) make it permanent; (2) repeal certain paperwork requirements; (3) subject participants to exclusion or deportation without appeal (except for an asylum claim); and (4) require carriers to distribute program information to passengers. Provides for the training of airline personnel in detection of fraudulent documents. Authorizes the Attorney General to reduce, refund, or waive the fine for bringing illegal aliens into the United States if: (1) a carrier followed prescribed screening procedures; or (2) other justifiable circumstances exist. Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service - Authorizes appropriations for the Border Patrol.
Bill· SS. 1571 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Border Personnel, Training and Infrastructure Enhancement Title II: Asylum Reform Title III: Criminal Alien Deportation and Enhanced Prisoner Transfer Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 1993 - Title I: Border Personnel, Training and Infrastructure Enhancement - Improved Border Control and Narcotics Abatement Act - Authorizes appropriations and increases personnel levels for: (1) the Border Patrol; and (2) land border inspectors. Provides for: (1) primary deployment of such personnel on the Southwest border of the United States; (2) hiring preference for bilingual Border Patrol agents; and (3) improved training and improvement of border crossing infrastructure. Authorizes appropriations for Immigration and Naturalization Service technology and equipment acquisition. Establishes in the Treasury the Immigration Law Enforcement Fund. Creates a border crossing user fee. Title II: Asylum Reform - Executive Order Enhanced Consideration Revocation Act - Amends a specified Executive Order to partially revoke a provision with respect to asylum claims based upon birth control policies. Title III: Criminal Alien Deportation and Enhanced Prisoner Transfer - Criminal Alien Deportation and Enhanced Transfer Act of 1993 - Amends Federal criminal law to provide for a judicial order of deportation in the sentencing of an alien convicted of certain aggravated felonies. Authorizes the Secretary of State with the Attorney General to negotiate agreements with foreign countries for home-country incarceration of aliens subject to U.S. deportation. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) make an alien convicted of an aggravated felony ineligible for suspension of deportation and status of adjustment; and (2) prohibit the waiver of exclusion for an alien convicted of an aggravated felony.
Bill· HRH.R. 3320 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Admission of Immigrants Title II: Admission of Refugees Title III: Asylum Reform Title IV: Criminal Aliens Title V: Financial Responsibility Title VI: Employer Sanctions Title VII: Border Security Title VIII: Alien Smuggling Title IX: Local Cooperation Title X: Citizenship Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993 - Title I: Admission of Immigrants - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) with respect to: (1) immigration levels; (2) visa allotment; and (3) petition approval. Title II: Admission of Refugees - Limits nonemergency refugee admissions in any fiscal year to 50,000. Title III: Asylum Reform - Amends provisions with respect to: (1) alien inspection and exclusion by immigration officers; (2) asylum; and (3) judicial review. Title IV: Criminal Aliens - Expands the definition of "aggravated felony." (Sec. 402) Provides for the expedited deportation of certain nonpermanent resident aliens convicted of an aggravated felony. (Sec. 403) Authorizes judicial deportation for an alien convicted of a felony. (Sec. 404) Increases penalties for reentry or failure to depart. (Sec. 406) Authorizes the deportation of an alien prisoner prior to sentence completion under specified circumstances. (Sec. 407) Amends Federal criminal law to require the issuance of a judicial order of deportation in the case of an alien being sentenced for an aggravated felony. (Sec. 408) Authorizes Federal incarceration and deportation of certain State-convicted aliens. (Sec. 409) Amends Federal criminal law to increase penalties for specified visa and passport related crimes. (Sec. 410) Requires State or local law enforcement agencies to notify the district Immigration and Naturalization Service Office upon the felony arrest of an alien. Title V: Financial Responsibility - Authorizes the admission of an alien otherwise excludable as a public charge (as defined by this Act) if such alien has a sponsor guarantee of financial responsibility. (Sec. 503) Limits benefits, including unemployment benefits, for illegal aliens Title VI: Employer Sanctions - Revises employer sanction provisions, including: (1) work eligibility documents; and (2) social security telephone verification. Title VII: Border Security - Increases Border Patrol personnel levels. Establishes: (1) a border crossing fee; and (2) a Border Control Trust Fund. (Sec. 704) Amends the Act to establish increased penalties or a required pilot program for international carriers that bring in more than specified numbers of undocumented aliens. Title VIII: Alien Smuggling - Directs the Secretary of State to enter into cooperative foreign arrangements to prevent the unlawful entry of aliens into the United States. (Sec. 802) Directs the Secretary of Defense to instruct the Coast Guard with respect to preventing the illegal entry of aliens into the United States by sea. (Sec. 803) Amends Federal criminal law to bring specified alien related activities under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions. (Sec. 804) Increases alien smuggling penalties. (Sec. 805) Expands forfeiture provisions for smuggling or harboring aliens. (Sec. 806) Amends Federal criminal law to authorize wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations. Title IX: Local Cooperation - Prohibits specified Federal program assistance to States or local entities that do not use the SAVE system to verify an alien applicant's immigration status. Title X: Citizenship - Makes it unlawful (and establishes penalties) for a noncitizen to vote in a Federal or State election.
Bill· SS. 1544 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993
World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1993 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1994 and 1995 to achieve full participation in the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children under the Child Nutrition Act (WIC program) and the Head Start program. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for contributions to the United Nation's Children's Fund and for the Child Survival Fund. Expresses the sense of the Congress that authority should be granted to the President to exercise specified debt forgiveness for least developed countries that are pursuing economic policy reforms to promote long-term development. Earmarks development assistance funds for FY 1994 and 1995 for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for: (1) iodine and iron fortification programs; and (2) prevention, care, and control programs related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries. Earmarks development and economic assistance funds for FY 1994 and 1995 for programs in support of basic education. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for population assistance activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1994 and 1995 for migration and refugee assistance. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank to: (1) ensure that poverty reduction and support of basic human needs become a higher priority within the Bank; (2) ensure that the majority of water and sanitation projects fall within targeted interventions against poverty; and (3) increase the proportion of total Bank lending which supports primary health care and basic education, with a minimum of five percent of total lending devoted to each area. Requires the President to call upon other governments to provide their share of resources required to achieve the World Summit for Children goals by the year 2000.
Bill· HRH.R. 3284 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the United States from granting asylum to an alien who prior to U.S. arrival passes through another country which provides asylum or safe haven.
Bill· HRH.R. 3223 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1993
Asylum Abuse Prevention and System Improvements Act of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal penalties upon any person who knowingly assists in fraudulent asylum applications for commercial advantage or private financial gain. Sets forth procedures for: (1) adjudicating political asylum claims; and (2) detention and release of asylum applicants. Directs the Attorney General to ensure that specified amounts are made available each fiscal year to the Central Asylum Office in the Executive Office of Immigration Review for adjudication implementation. Authorizes appropriations for additional Department of Justice asylum adjudication staff. Directs the Attorney General to report to certain congressional committees on the backlog in adjudicating asylum claims. Authorizes the Attorney General to use specified amounts from the Immigration Emergency Fund to manage large and sudden numbers of asylum applicants.
Bill· HRH.R. 3173 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1993
Prohibits, with exceptions, the refugee admission into the United States of persons who served in the Iraqi armed forces during the Persian Gulf conflict.
Bill· HRH.R. 3162 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1993
Asylum at Ports of Entry System Improvements Act of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create grounds for exclusion of an alien who: (1) uses or attempts to use a fraudulent document to enter the United States or to board a common carrier for such purpose; or (2) uses a document to board a common carrier and then fails to present such document to an immigration official upon arrival at a U.S. port of entry. Directs the Attorney General to designate a class of senior asylum officers who shall perform specified expedited asylum examinations at U.S. airports or other ports of entry. Authorizes such officers, upon a finding of frivolous claim or resettlement in another country, to exclude the alien from the United States. Sets forth limited petition and review provisions. Increases penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses. Creates a separate offense and penalty for an alien smuggler who seriously injures or jeopardizes an alien's life.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 142 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United Nations Security Council should: (1) renew and strengthen the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force to bring about the immediate demilitarization of the Protected Areas in the former Yugoslavia; (2) require the Force to establish conditions for the safe return of refugees and displaced persons to their homes in the Areas; and (3) provide for the reopening of a safe land corridor connecting northern Croatia with Croatia's coastal regions and demand that water and electricity being denied to civilians in coastal Croatia be restored immediately.
Bill· HRH.R. 3021 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1993
Prohibits the refugee admission into the United States of persons who served in the Iraqi armed forces during the Persian Gulf conflict.
Bill· SS. 1356 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Safe Streets Subtitle A: Police Subtitle B: Prisons Title II: Safe Schools Title III: Criminal Aliens and Alien Smuggling Subtitle A: Deportation of Criminal Aliens Subtitle B: Prevention and Punishment of Alien Smuggling Subtitle C: Border Patrol Title IV: Gangs, Juveniles, Drugs, and Prosecutors Subtitle A: Criminal Youth Gangs Subtitle B: Gang Prosecution Title V: Drug Control and Rural Crime Subtitle A: Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas Subtitle B: Rural Drug Prevention and Treatment Subtitle C: Rural Areas Enhancement Subtitle D: Chemical Control Subtitle E: Personnel Title VI: Punishment and Deterrence Subtitle A: Death Penalty Subtitle B: Equal Justice Act Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Use of Firearms and Explosives Subtitle D: Exclusionary Rule Subtitle E: Pre-Trial Interrogation Title VII: Elimination of Delays in Carrying Out Sentences Subtitle A: General Habeas Corpus Reform Subtitle B: Death Penalty Litigation Procedures Subtitle C: Equalization of Capital Habeas Corpus Litigation Funding Title VIII: Prevention of Terrorism Subtitle A: Penalties and Offenses Subtitle B: Removal of Alien Terrorists Subtitle C: Enhanced Entry Controls Title IX: Victims' Rights and Child Abuse Subtitle A: Victims' Rights Subtitle B: National Child Protection Act Subtitle C: Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act Title X: Violent Crimes and Law Enforcement Support Subtitle A: Violent Crimes Subtitle B: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Title XI: Civil Rights Offenses Title XII: Public Corruption Title XIII: Funding Neighborhood Security Act of 1993 - Title I: Safe Streets - Subtitle A: Police - Chapter 1: Defense Conversion - Establishes an America's Safe Streets Program under which the Attorney General may enter into agreements with State or local law enforcement agencies to pay, and may pay, for a six-year period, the salaries of former members of the armed forces who are hired as police officers assigned to neighborhood patrol duties. Grants priority to agencies located in communities adversely affected by recent military base or facility closings. Sets limits on diminishing the size of the police force during the term of such agreements. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Cops on the Street - Cops on the Street Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make between 50 and 100 grants to units of local government for the purpose of increasing police presence in the community. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Police Corps Program - Establishes in the Department of Justice an Office of the Police Corps, headed by a Director. Sets forth: (1) provisions regarding the designation of a lead agency and submission of State plans, scholarship assistance, selection of participants, and service obligation (four years); and (2) State plan requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 4: Community Policing Grants - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to units of local government and community groups to establish or expand cooperative efforts between police and a community for the purpose of increasing police presence in the community. Requires the Director to develop a written model that informs community members regarding identification of the existence of a drug or gang house, civil remedies (such as public nuisance violations and civil suits in small claims court), and mediation techniques. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 5: Improved Training and Technical Automation - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make grants to units of State and local law enforcement to improve law enforcement agency efficiency through computerized automation and technological improvements; and (2) expand and improve investigative and managerial training courses for State and local law enforcement agencies, including improvements of the training facilities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Academy at Quantico, Virginia. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Prisons - Chapter 1: Regional Prisons for Violent Criminals and Violent Criminal Aliens - Directs the Attorney General to construct a minimum of ten regional prisons, situated throughout the United States, each containing space for at least 2,500 inmates. Specifies that at least 50 percent of the overall capacity of such prisons in the aggregate shall be dedicated to qualifying prisoners from qualifying States. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Federal Grants for State Prison Construction and Operation - Authorizes the Attorney General to enter into agreements with qualifying States to provide construction grants or operating grants for new prisons. (Defines a "new prison" as a prison: (1) or city or county detention facility, including an addition to an existing prison or city or county detention facility, certified by the State and approved by the Attorney General as providing additional prison capacity beyond that which the State previously had available or had already planned to construct; and (2) that is principally dedicated to housing repeat violent offenders and sex offenders.) Authorizes the Attorney General to pay up to half of construction and operating costs. Sets forth provisions regarding the canceling and distribution of grants. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Judicial Remedies for Prison Crowding - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit a Federal court from: (1) holding prison or jail crowding unconstitutional under the eighth amendment except to the extent that an individual plaintiff inmate proves that the crowding causes the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment of that inmate, and limit relief to that necessary to remove the conditions causing such punishment of such inmate; and (2) placing a ceiling on the inmate population of any Federal, State, or local detention facility as an equitable remedial measure for conditions that violate the eighth amendment unless crowding is inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on particular identified prisoners. Requires that each Federal court order seeking to remedy an eighth amendment violation be reopened at the behest of a defendant for recommended modification at a minimum of two-year intervals. Chapter 4: Sentences to Account for Costs to the Government of Imprisonment, Release, and Probation - Amends the Federal criminal and judicial codes, respectively, to: (1) require the court, in determining whether to impose a fine, to consider the expected costs to the Government of any imprisonment, supervised release, or probation component of the sentence; and (2) authorize the U.S. Sentencing Commission to include, as a component of a fine, the expected costs to the Government of any imprisonment, supervised release, or probation sentence that is ordered. Title II: Safe Schools - Establishes an America's Safe Schools Program under which the Secretary of Education may enter into agreements with local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay, and may pay, for a six-year period, the salaries of former members of the armed forces who are hired as teachers assigned to public elementary and secondary schools. Sets limits on diminishing the number of teachers in such schools in the school district served by the LEA during the term of agreement. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 203) Authorizes: (1) a school district to elect to qualify as a Federal safe school district by decision of an LEA or by referendum of the voters in a school district served by an LEA; and (2) the Attorney General to make a grant to an LEA serving a Federal safe school district or to a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the school district, as appropriate, to pay for enhanced school security measures. Provides for enhanced mandatory penalties for carrying a firearm into a public or private elementary or secondary school, or possessing a firearm within such a school, that is located within a school district that has elected to qualify as a Federal safe school district. Directs the Sentencing Commission to increase offense levels for such activity. Requires the U.S. Attorney for the judicial district in which the school district is located to prosecute as an adult any juvenile 16 years of age or older who uses or carries a firearm in or within 1,000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Criminal Aliens and Alien Smuggling - Subtitle A: Deportation of Criminal Aliens - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to issue a final order of deportation against any alien who was not lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or who had permanent resident status on a conditional basis, whom the Attorney General determines to be deportable under provisions relating to conviction of an aggravated felony. Limits judicial review of such determinations. Provides for deportation of permanent resident aliens under specified circumstances. Conclusively presumes an alien convicted of an aggravated felony to be deportable from the United States. (Sec. 302) Grants a U.S. district court jurisdiction to enter a judicial order of deportation at the time of sentencing against an alien whose criminal conviction causes such alien to be deportable under provisions relating to conviction of an aggravated felony, if such an order has been requested prior to sentencing by the U.S. Attorney, subject to specified requirements. (Sec. 303) Restricts defenses to deportation for certain criminal aliens based on seven years of permanent residence and based on withholding of deportation or return to a country where such alien's life or freedom would be threatened. Enhances penalties for failing to depart or reentering after a final order of deportation. Limits collateral attacks on deportation orders. Subtitle B: Prevention and Punishment of Alien Smuggling - Increases penalties for: (1) alien smuggling; and (2) smuggling aliens for the commission of a crime. (Sec. 313) Makes alien smuggling a predicate to a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). (Sec. 314) Expands: (1) forfeiture for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens; and (2) the definition of "aggravated felony" to include illicit trafficking in explosive materials, a crime of violence for which the term of imprisonment imposed is at least five years, and other specified offenses. (Sec. 316) Directs the Sentencing Commission to increase offense levels with respect to various immigration-related offenses. (Sec. 317) Increases the penalty for visa fraud. (Sec. 318) Authorizes: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to refund out of the Immigration User Fee Account expenses incurred by the Attorney General in the training of, and technical assistance to, commercial airline personnel on detection of fraudulent documents used by passengers traveling to the United States (and directs the Attorney General to provide for specified expenditures for such training and assistance); and (2) the Attorney General to suspend the entry of some or all aliens transported to the United States by a commercial airline that has failed to comply with regulations relating to requirements of airlines for the detection of such fraudulent documents. Subtitle C: Border Patrol - Authorizes appropriations for the hiring of 1,000 additional Border Patrol agents and 1,000 additional Immigration and Naturalization Service criminal inspectors. (Sec. 323) Directs the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to operate a criminal alien tracking center to assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in identifying and locating aliens who may be subject to deportation by reason of their conviction of aggravated felonies. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Gangs, Juveniles, Drugs, and Prosecutors - Anti-Gang and Youth Protection Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Criminal Youth Gangs - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful to: (1) commit specified "predicate gang crimes" (including murder, assault, kidnapping, arson, and retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant) with intent to promote or further the activities of a criminal street gang (gang) or for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in such gang; (2) participate in, or induce another to participate in, a gang; (3) employ any individual to commit or facilitate the commission of a predicate gang crime with such intent; or (4) use any communication facility in causing or facilitating the commission of such an offense with such intent. Sets penalties for such offenses. Provides for forfeiture of proceeds obtained from, and property used to commit, the violation. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate such offenses. Directs the Sentencing Commission to increase the base offense level for any felony committed for the purpose of gaining entrance into, or maintaining or increasing position in, a criminal street gang. (Sec. 412) Makes: (1) offenses against the United States involving the use of minors predicates under RICO; and (2) serious juvenile drug offenses Armed Career Criminal Act predicates. (Sec. 414) Expands the scope of offenses warranting adult prosecution of serious juvenile offenders. Directs the court, in considering the nature of the offense, to consider the extent to which the juvenile played a leadership role in an organization, or otherwise influenced other persons to take part in criminal activities, involving the use or distribution of controlled substances or firearms (which factor, if found to exist, shall weigh heavily in favor of transfer to adult status, but its absence shall not preclude such a transfer). (Sec. 415) Increases penalties under: (1) the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) for employing children to distribute drugs near schools and playgrounds, and for drug trafficking near public housing; and (2) the Federal criminal code for Travel Act crimes involving violence and conspiracy to commit contract killings. (Sec. 418) Revises procedures under the Federal criminal code with respect to the use of records of crimes committed by juveniles, including the repeal of special probation and expungement procedures for drug possessors. (Sec. 419) Amends the Omnibus Act to include among drug control and system improvement grant funding objectives law enforcement and prevention programs relating to gangs or youth who are involved or at risk of involvement in gangs. Subtitle B: Gang Prosecution - Authorizes appropriations for the hiring of additional Assistant U.S. Attorneys to prosecute violent youth gangs. (Sec. 432) Directs: (1) the Attorney General to develop a national strategy to coordinate gang-related investigations by Federal law enforcement agencies; and (2) the Director of the FBI to acquire and collect information on incidents of gang violence for inclusion in an annual uniform crime report. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 433) Continues the current Federal-State funding formula for drug control and system improvement grants under the Omnibus Act through FY 1993. (Sec. 434) Exempts grants awarded to State and local governments for the purpose of participating in multijurisdictional drug and gang (currently, drug) task forces from specified limitations on the use of drug control and system improvement grants. Title V: Drug Control and Rural Crime - Subtitle A: Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) authorize appropriations for rural drug law enforcement assistance; and (2) increase the base allocation to each nonrural State. (Sec. 502) Directs the Attorney General to establish a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in each of the Federal judicial districts that encompass significant rural lands. (Sec. 503) Authorizes the Attorney General to cross-designate up to 100 law enforcement officers from agencies with jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the CSA on non-Federal lands and the Federal criminal code to the extent necessary to effect the purposes of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to ensure that each of the task forces are adequately staffed. (Sec. 504) Requires the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to develop a specialized course of instruction devoted to training law enforcement officers from rural agencies in the investigation of drug trafficking and related crimes. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Rural Drug Prevention and Treatment - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office of Treatment Improvement to establish a program to provide grants to hospitals, community health centers, migrant health centers, health entities of Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and other appropriate entities that serve nonmetropolitan areas to assist such entities in developing and implementing programs to provide, or expand the availability of, substance abuse treatment services. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Rural Areas Enhancement - Requires that assets seized as a result of investigations initiated by a Rural Drug Enforcement Task Force be used primarily to enhance the operations of the task force and its participating State and local enforcement agencies. (Sec. 522) Directs State and Federal prosecutors, when bringing charges against the operators of clandestine methamphetamine and other dangerous drug laboratories, to include counts involving infringements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or any other environmental protection Act, including illegal disposal of hazardous waste and knowing endangerment of the environment. Authorizes Federal prosecutors to bring suit against the operators of clandestine methamphetamine and other dangerous drug laboratories for environmental and health related damages caused by the operators in their manufacture of illicit substances. Subtitle D: Chemical Control - Chemical Control Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the CSA to: (1) replace references to "listed precursor chemicals" with "list I chemicals" and "listed essential chemicals" with "list II chemicals"; and (2) revise the definition of "regulated person" to include individuals who act as brokers or traders for international transactions involving a listed chemical, tableting machine, or encapsulating machine. Redefines "regulated transaction" to mean any transaction in a listed chemical that is contained in a drug that may be marketed or distributed lawfully in the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as under current law) unless: (1) the drug contains ephedrine as the only active medicinal ingredient or contains ephedrine and therapeutically insignificant quantities of another active medicinal ingredient; or (2) the Attorney General has determined that the drug or group of drugs is being diverted to obtain the listed chemical for use in the illicit production of a controlled substance; and (3) the quantity of ephedrine or other listed chemical contained in the drug included in the transaction or multiple transactions equals or exceeds the threshold established for that chemical by the Attorney General. Defines: (1) "international transaction" to mean a transaction involving the shipment of a listed chemical across an international (other than a U.S.) border in which a broker or trader located in the United States participates; and (2) "broker" and "trader" to mean a person that assists in arranging an international transaction in a listed chemical by negotiating contracts, serving as an agent or intermediary, or bringing together a buyer and seller, buyer, and transporter, or a seller and transporter. Requires the Attorney General to remove from exemption a drug or group of drugs that the Attorney General finds is being diverted to obtain a listed chemical for use in the illicit production of a controlled substance. Sets forth provisions regarding factors to be considered, specificity of designation, reinstatement of exemption with respect to particular drug products, and status pending application for reinstatement. (Sec. 533) Authorizes the Attorney General to promulgate rules and regulations and to charge reasonable fees relating to the registration and control of regulated persons and regulated transactions. Directs the Attorney General to register an applicant to distribute, and to import or export, a list I chemical unless the Attorney General determines that registration of the applicant is inconsistent with the public interest, with exceptions. Prohibits regulated persons from knowingly or intentionally distributing, importing, or exporting a list I chemical without the registration required by the Act. (Sec. 534) Requires a regulated person that manufactures a listed chemical to report annually to the Attorney General information concerning listed chemicals manufactured by such person, with exceptions. (Sec. 535) Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA) to subject U.S. brokers and traders for international transactions in a listed chemical regulated solely because of such persons' involvement as brokers and traders to specified notification, reporting, recordkeeping, and other requirements placed upon exporters of listed chemicals. (Sec. 536) Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) require that the 15-day notification requirement under the CSIEA apply to all exports of a listed chemical to a specified country, regardless of the status of certain customers in such country as regular customers, if the Attorney General finds that such notification is necessary to support effective chemical diversion control programs or is required by treaty or other international agreement to which the United States is a party; and (2) waive such requirement under specified circumstances. Prohibits knowingly or intentionally importing or exporting a listed chemical with the intent to evade specified reporting or recordkeeping requirements by falsely representing to the Attorney General that the importation or exportation qualifies for a waiver of the 15-day notification requirement, or by misrepresenting the actual country or final destination of the listed chemical or the actual listed chemical being imported or exported. (Sec. 537) Amends the CSA to add benzaldehyde and nitroethane, and delete D-lysergic acid, N-ethylephedrine, and N-ethylpseudoephedrine. (Sec. 538) Eliminates "regular supplier" status and creates "regular importer" status. (Sec. 539) Includes within the definition of "controlled premises" places where regulated persons may lawfully hold, manufacture, or dispose of controlled substances or listed chemicals, or where records relating to those activities are maintained. (Sec. 541) Prohibits a person who possesses a listed chemical with the intent that it be used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance to manage the listed chemical or waste from the manufacture of a controlled substance otherwise than as required by regulations issued under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires violators to be assessed the costs of initial cleanup and disposal of the listed chemical and contaminated property and of restoring property damaged by exposure to a listed chemical for rehabilitation under Federal, State, and local standards. Makes violations punishable as a class D felony, or in the case of a willful violation, a class C felony. Expresses the sense of the Congress that guidelines issued by the Sentencing Commission regarding sentencing for such an offense should recommend a term of not less than five years imprisonment, nor less than ten years in the case of a willful violation. Authorizes: (1) the court to order that all or a portion of the earnings from work performed by a defendant in prison be withheld for payment of such costs; and (2) the Attorney General to direct that assets forfeited in connection with a prosecution under this Act be shared with State agencies that participated in the seizure or cleanup of the contaminated site. Specifies that a discharge in bankruptcy does not discharge an individual from any debt for costs assessed with respect to the management of listed chemicals under the CSA. (Sec. 543) Amends the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to provide for access by the Attorney General to information in the National Practitioner Data Bank. Subtitle E: Personnel - Authorizes appropriations for the hiring of additional Drug Enforcement Administration agents. (Sec. 552) Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to require the Director of National Drug Control Policy to select, appoint, employ, and fix compensation of at least 75 and such additional (currently, of such) officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Title VI: Punishment and Deterrence - Subtitle A: Death Penalty - Federal Death Penalty Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. (Sec. 602) Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing (including victim impact statements), but permits evidence to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of creating unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, or misleading the jury. Sets forth: (1) procedures for the implementation of, and appeal from, a sentence of death; and (2) provisions regarding the appointment of counsel, deadlines for collateral attacks on judgments imposing a death sentence, and stays of execution. (Sec. 610) Provides for the imposition of the death penalty for various offenses, including: (1) murder committed by prisoners in Federal prisons; (2) murder for hire; (3) murder in the aid of racketeering activity; (4) specified violations of the CSA; (5) murder of Federal witnesses; (6) rape and child molestation murders; and (7) murders in the District of Columbia. Subtitle B: Equal Justice Act - Equal Justice Act - Requires that the death penalty and all other penalties be administered by the United States and by every State without regard to the race or color of the defendant or victim. Bars the use of any racial quota or statistical test for the imposition or execution of any penalty. (Sec. 653) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) safeguarding against racial prejudice or bias in criminal courts; and (2) jury instructions and certification, and racial motivation in killings as an aggravating factor, in Federal capital cases. (Sec. 655) Amends specified civil rights provisions to cover conspiracy against rights, and deprivation of rights under color of law, of any person in (currently, inhabitant of) a State, territory, or district. Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Use of Firearms and Explosives - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for smuggling firearms in aid of drug trafficking and for theft of firearms and explosives. (Sec. 663) Increases penalties for: (1) making knowingly false, material statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm from a licensed dealer; and (2) interstate gun trafficking. (Sec. 664) Authorizes the summary destruction of explosives subject to forfeiture under specified circumstances. Sets forth requirements for reimbursement of the value of destroyed property. (Sec. 666) Prohibits: (1) the receipt of firearms by non-residents of the State in which the transferor resides, unless such receipt is for lawful sporting purposes; (2) transactions involving stolen firearms which have moved in interstate or foreign commerce; and (3) the possession of explosives by felons and specified others. (Sec. 671) Amends: (1) the Internal Revenue Code regarding the disposition of forfeited firearms; and (2) the Federal criminal code regarding the definition of burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984. Subtitle D: Exclusionary Rule - Amends the Federal criminal code to bar the exclusion of evidence obtained as a result of a search or seizure carried out under circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment. Subtitle E: Pre-Trial Interrogation - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General shall instruct all U.S. Attorneys, and implement policies consistent therewith, that confessions obtained in conformity with Federal provisions related to such admissibility will be offered into evidence. Title VII: Elimination of Delays in Carrying Out Sentences - Subtitle A: General Habeas Corpus Reform - Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. (Sec. 704) Vests authority to issue certificates of probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. Subtitle B: Death Penalty Litigation Procedures - Death Penalty Litigation Procedures Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to set forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases. Subtitle C: Equalization of Capital Habeas Corpus Litigation Funding - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of the BJA to provide grants to the States to support litigation pertaining to Federal habeas corpus petitions in capital cases. Title VIII: Prevention of Terrorism - Subtitle A: Penalties and Offenses - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) make it a criminal offense to provide material support to terrorists; (2) provide for forfeiture of assets used to support terrorists; (3) establish penalties for removing a child from, or retaining a child outside, the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights; (4) provide for the prosecution of individuals who murder U.S. nationals abroad; and (5) permit FBI access to telephone subscriber information under specified circumstances. (Sec. 802) Increases penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (for violation of orders with respect to the declaration of a national emergency) and the Federal criminal code (for passport and visa-related violations). (Sec. 803) Directs the Sentencing Commission to provide for an increase in the base offense level for any felony involving or intended to promote international terrorism, unless such involvement or intent is itself an element of a crime. (Sec. 804) Extends the statute of limitations for certain terrorism offenses. Subtitle B: Removal of Alien Terrorists - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish procedures to apply whenever the Attorney General certifies under seal to a special court (established pursuant to this subtitle) that: (1) the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General has approved of the proceeding; (2) an alien terrorist is physically present in the United States; and (3) removal of such terrorist by deportation proceedings would pose a risk to national security because such proceedings would disclose classified information. Directs the Chief Justice of the United States to publicly designate up to seven judges to hear and decide such cases. Sets forth procedures for a special removal hearing, including provision for appointment of counsel and appeals. Subtitle C: Enhanced Entry Controls - Provides for the exclusion of an alien for presenting fraudulent documents and failure to present documents to an immigration officer upon arrival at a port of entry into the United States. Specifies that any alien who is excludable under such provisions may not apply for or be granted asylum, with exceptions. (Sec. 833) Limits court jurisdiction with respect to habeas corpus review, other judicial review and action, and collateral enforcement proceedings. Title IX: Victims' Rights and Child Abuse - Subtitle A: Victims' Rights - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) restitution and suspension of Federal benefits; and (2) the number of peremptory challenges under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Subtitle B: National Child Protection Act - National Child Protection Act of 1993 - Provides for: (1) State reporting of child abuse crime information to a national criminal background check system; (2) funding to improve such information; and (3) the withholding of a portion of such funding to States not in compliance with a timetable established under this Act. Subtitle C: Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs requiring any person who is convicted of a criminal offense against a minor to register a current address with a designated State law enforcement agency for ten years after release from prison or being placed on parole or supervised release. Sets forth registration, State compliance, and related requirements. Title X: Violent Crimes and Law Enforcement Support - Subtitle A: Violent Crimes - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for attempted: (1) robbery; (2) kidnapping; (3) smuggling; and (4) malicious mischief. (Sec. 1002) Increases penalties for: (1) certain assaults; (2) manslaughter; (3) interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises; and (4) conspiracy to commit murder for hire. (Sec. 1006) Establishes Federal penalties for carjacking. (Sec. 1007) Increases mandatory minimum sentences for criminals using firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime. (Sec. 1008) Amends the CSA to provide for life imprisonment without release for criminals convicted of specified drug-related offenses (including distribution to persons under age 21, distribution in or near schools, and employment or use of persons under age 18 in drug operations) after two previous convictions of such an offense, a felony drug offense, or a crime of violence. Subtitle B: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement - National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act - Establishes a National Commission to Support Law Enforcement to study and recommend changes regarding law enforcement agencies and law enforcement issues on the Federal, State, and local levels. Authorizes appropriations. Title XI: Civil Rights Offenses - Increases maximum penalties for certain civil rights violations under the Federal criminal code and the Fair Housing Act, including damage to religious property. Title XII: Public Corruption - Anti-Corruption Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed upon any: (1) person who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State or political subdivision of a State of the honest services of a government official or employee, or of a fair and impartially conducted election process; and (2) official, or person selected to be a public official, who, in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States, or any State or political subdivision (and authorizes such adversely affected individual to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice). (Sec. 1203) Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. (Sec. 1204) Sets forth prohibitions regarding narcotics-related public corruption. Title XIII: Funding - Requires each head of a Federal agency making a grant to, or entering into a contract with, an institution of higher education for research and development to reduce the overhead payment rate under the grant or contract to 90 percent of the current level and return the amount saved to the general fund of the Treasury. (Sec. 1302) Reduces the overhead expenses identified and reduced by the President in Executive Order 12837 by an additional five percent. (Sec. 1303) Reallocates the amount of available budget authority resulting from the enactment of such provisions as specified.
Bill· SS. 1351 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Admission of Immigrants Title II: Admission of Refugees Title III: Asylum Reform Title IV: Criminal Aliens Title V: Financial Responsibility Title VI: Employer Sanctions Title VII: Border Security Title VIII: Alien Smuggling Title IX: Local Cooperation Title X: Citizenship Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993 - Title I: Admission of Immigrants - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) with respect to: (1) immigration levels; (2) visa allotment; and (3) petition approval. Title II: Admission of Refugees - Limits nonemergency refugee admissions in any fiscal year to 50,000. Title III: Asylum Reform - Amends provisions with respect to: (1) alien inspection and exclusion by immigration officers; (2) asylum; and (3) judicial review. Title IV: Criminal Aliens - Expands the definition of "aggravated felony." (Sec. 402) Provides for the expedited deportation of certain nonpermanent resident aliens convicted of an aggravated felony. (Sec. 403) Authorizes judicial deportation for an alien convicted of a felony. (Sec. 404) Increases penalties for reentry or failure to depart. (Sec. 406) Authorizes the deportation of an alien prisoner prior to sentence completion under specified circumstances. (Sec. 407) Amends Federal criminal law to require the issuance of a judicial order of deportation in the case of an alien being sentenced for an aggravated felony. (Sec. 408) Authorizes Federal incarceration and deportation of certain State-convicted aliens. (Sec. 409) Amends Federal criminal law to increase penalties for specified visa and passport related crimes. (Sec. 410) Requires State or local law enforcement agencies to notify the district Immigration and Naturalization Service office upon the felony arrest of an alien. Title V: Financial Responsibility - Authorizes the admission of an alien otherwise excludable as a public charge (as defined by this Act) if such alien has a sponsor guarantee of financial responsibility. (Sec. 503) Limits benefits, including unemployment benefits, for illegal aliens. Title VI: Employer Sanctions - Revises employer sanction provisions, including: (1) work eligibility documents; and (2) social security telephone verification. Title VII: Border Security - Increases Border Patrol personnel levels. Establishes: (1) a border crossing fee; and (2) a Border Control Trust Fund. (Sec. 704) Amends the Act to establish increased penalties or a required pilot program for international carriers that bring in more than specified numbers of undocumented aliens. Title VIII: Alien Smuggling - Directs the Secretary of State to enter into cooperative foreign arrangements to prevent the unlawful entry of aliens into the United States. (Sec. 802) Directs the Secretary of Defense to instruct the Coast Guard with respect to preventing the illegal entry of aliens into the United States by sea. (Sec. 803) Amends Federal criminal law to bring specified alien related activities under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions. (Sec. 804) Increases alien smuggling penalties. (Sec. 805) Expands forfeiture provisions for smuggling or harboring aliens. (Sec. 806) Amends Federal criminal law to authorize wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations. Title IX: Local Cooperation - Prohibits specified Federal program assistance to States or local entities that do not use the SAVE system to verify an alien applicant's immigration status. Title X: Citizenship - Makes it unlawful (and establishes penalties) for a noncitizen to vote in a Federal or State election.
Bill· SS. 1358 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Smuggling and Fraud Title II: Asylum Title III: Inspections Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service Immigration Enforcement and Asylum Reform Act of 1993 - Title I: Smuggling and Fraud - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide expedited exclusion procedures for aliens who arrive without proper documentation or who are determined by a special asylum officer not to have a proper claim of asylum (based upon a credible fear of persecution). Limits judicial review to habeas corpus. Increases penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses. Extends penalties to persons who contract to bring in illegal labor. Treats smuggling as an aggravated felony. Title II: Asylum - Revises asylum procedures. Sets forth mandatory and discretionary conditions for granting provisional asylum. Establishes new application deadlines. States that asylum applications shall be determined by specially trained asylum officers. Terminates an alien's claim for failure to appear at the application hearing. Title III: Inspections - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish specified numbers of preinspection stations at foreign airports identified as last departure points for the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving passengers and at those with the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving undocumented aliens (and to assign additional immigration officers at such airports without preinspection stations); and (2) establish an expedited inspection process for U.S. citizens returning by air from abroad. Revises the pilot visa waiver program to: (1) make it permanent; (2) repeal certain paperwork requirements; (3) subject participants to exclusion or deportation without appeal (except for an asylum claim); and (4) require carriers to distribute program information to passengers. Provides for the training of airline personnel in detection of fraudulent documents. Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service - Authorizes appropriations for the Border Patrol.
Bill· HRH.R. 2872 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Protection of Neighborhoods, Families, and Children Subtitle A: Safe Schools Subtitle B: Secure Neighborhoods Subtitle C: Crimes Against Children Subtitle D: Punishment of Serious Juvenile Offenders Title II: Equal Protection for Victims Subtitle A: Victims' Rights Subtitle B: Admissibility of Evidence Subtitle C: Protecting the Integrity of the Judicial Process Title III: Protection of Women Subtitle A: Spouse Abuse and Stalking Subtitle B: Victims of Sexual Violence Subtitle C: Punishment of Sex Offenders Title IV: Prevention of Terrorism Subtitle A: Enhanced Controls on Entry into the United States Subtitle B: Deportation of Alien Terrorists Subtitle C: Penalties for Engaging in Terrorism Title V: Criminal Aliens and Alien Smuggling Subtitle A: Deportation of Criminal Aliens Subtitle B: Prevention and Punishment of Alien Smuggling Title VI: Taking Criminals Off the Street Subtitle A: Expanding Prison Capacity Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Title VII: Punishment and Deterrence Subtitle A: Capital Offenses Subtitle B: Violent Felonies and Drug Offenses Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Use of Firearms and Explosives Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Title VIII: Elimination of Delays in Carrying Out Sentences Subtitle A: Post Conviction Petitions: General Habeas Corpus Reform Subtitle B: Special Procedures for Collateral Proceedings in Capital Cases Subtitle C: Funding for Litigation of Federal Habeas Corpus Petitions in Capital Cases Title IX: Public Corruption Title X: Funding Crime Control Act of 1993 - Title I: Protection of Neighborhoods, Families, and Children - Subtitle A: Safe Schools - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to increase penalties for drug trafficking in or near schools. (Sec. 102) Authorizes: (1) a school district to elect to qualify as a Federal safe school district by decision of a local educational agency or by referendum of the voters in a school district served by such an agency; and (2) the Attorney General to make grants to local educational agencies or local law enforcement agencies of Federal safe school districts to pay for enhanced school security measures. (Sec. 103) Increases penalties for violation of the Gun-Free School Zones Act. Subtitle B: Secure Neighborhoods - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make grants to local governments and to community groups for increasing the police presence in communities. Requires the Director to develop a written model that informs community members regarding how to identify the existence of a drug or gang house and what civil remedies and mediation techniques are available. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 114) Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) committing specified "predicate gang crimes" (including murder, assault, kidnapping, arson, and retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant) with intent to promote or further the activities of a criminal street gang or for the purpose of gaining entrance to, or maintaining or increasing position in, a gang; (2) participating in, or inducing any individual to participate in, a gang; (3) employing or inducing any individual to commit a predicate gang crime with such intent; or (4) using any communication facility in causing or facilitating the commission of such a crime with such intent. Sets penalties for violations. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate such offenses. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to increase the base offense level for any felony committed for the purpose of gaining entrance into, or maintaining or increasing position in, a gang. (Sec. 115) Amends: (1) the Federal criminal code to set penalties for drive-by shootings; (2) the Omnibus Act to include among drug control and system improvement grant funding objectives law enforcement and prevention programs relating to gangs or to youth who are involved or at risk of being involved in gangs; and (3) the CSA to increase penalties for drug trafficking in or near public housing. Subtitle C: Crimes Against Children - Provides for imposition of the death penalty for murder during the sexual exploitation of children. (Sec. 132) Increases penalties for sex offenses against victims below age 16. (Sec. 133) Sets penalties for international trafficking in child pornography. (Sec. 134) Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State legislation prohibiting the production, distribution, receipt, or possession of materials depicting a person under age 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and providing for a maximum imprisonment of at least one year and for the forfeiture of assets used in, or gained from, such offenses. Requires each State to enact and maintain legislation complying with such guidelines in order to receive assistance under provisions of the Victims of Crime Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. (Sec. 135) Provides for national registration of convicted child abusers. Requires the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State registration programs. Authorizes a State to permit qualified entities to obtain from an authorized State agency a nationwide background check on a provider. (Sec. 136) Increases penalties for: (1) assaults against children; (2) using minors in drug trafficking; (3) drug distribution to minors; and (4) using a minor in the commission of a Federal offense. (Sec. 137) Amends the CSA to set penalties for physical trainers or advisers who attempt to persuade or induce a person to possess or use anabolic steroids. (Sec. 139) Provides for interstate enforcement of child support orders. (Sec. 140) Makes certain crimes involving the use of persons below age 18 predicates to an offense under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). (Sec. 143) Makes it a Federal offense to remove a child from, or to retain a child outside, the United States to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights. Authorizes appropriations to carry out State court programs regarding international parental child abduction. Subtitle D: Punishment of Serious Juvenile Offenders - Makes serious juvenile drug offenses Armed Career Criminal Act predicates. (Sec. 152) Provides for adult prosecution of serious juvenile offenders. (Sec. 153) Requires that juveniles found guilty of certain offenses be fingerprinted and photographed, with such fingerprints and photographs sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Identification Division. Directs the court to transmit to such division information concerning the adjudication. Title II: Equal Protection for Victims - Subtitle A: Victims' Rights - Enacts Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers in Federal Practice, including provisions regarding: (1) a prohibition on attorneys engaging in actions deemed abusive to clients or others; (2) a duty of enquiry (to elicit from the client a truthful account of the material facts concerning the matters in issue); (3) a duty to expedite litigation; and (4) a duty to disclose information necessary to prevent the commission of a crime. (Sec. 202) Revises Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure: (1) 24(b) to entitle each side to six peremptory challenges (currently, six for the Government and ten for the defendant or defendants jointly); and (2) 32 to provide for a victim's right of allocution in sentencing for a crime of violence or sexual abuse. (Sec. 204) Provides for the enforcement of restitution orders through the suspension of Federal benefits. (Sec. 205) Sets penalties for retaliatory killings of witnesses, victims, and informants. Subtitle B: Admissibility of Evidence - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) to allow evidence of similar offenses in criminal or civil sexual assault and child molestation cases. (Sec. 212) Revises FRE 412 (sex offense cases; relevance of victim's past behavior) to: (1) expand the scope of the rape shield law and to require that an order admitting evidence of a victim's past sexual behavior explain the reasoning leading to a finding of relevance and the basis of a finding that the probative value of the evidence outweighs the danger of unfair prejudice; and (2) make inadmissible evidence to show invitation or provocation by a victim in sexual abuse cases. (Sec. 214) Specifies that evidence obtained as a result of a search or seizure shall not be excluded on the ground that the search or seizure was in violation of the fourth amendment to the Constitution if carried out in circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment. Subtitle C: Protecting the Integrity of the Judicial Process - Provides that in a criminal trial in any Federal or State court: (1) on motion of the defense attorney or prosecutor, the risk of racial prejudice or bias shall be examined on voir dire if there is a substantial likelihood that such prejudice will affect the jury; (2) on motion of the defense attorney or prosecutor, a change of venue shall be granted if an impartial jury cannot be obtained in the original venue because of such prejudice; and (3) neither the prosecutor nor the defense attorney shall make any appeal to such prejudice in statements before the jury. (Sec. 222) Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that a list of veniremen and witnesses need not be furnished in capital cases if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that providing the list may jeopardize the life or safety of any person. (Sec. 223) Increases penalties for attempting to influence or injure court officers or jurors. (Sec. 224) Provides for the imposition of the death penalty for the murder of a Federal witness. Title III: Protection of Women - Subtitle A: Spouse Abuse and Stalking - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) set penalties for interstate travel to commit spouse abuse or to violate a protective order; and (2) provide for full faith and credit of protective orders among the States. Subtitle B: Victims of Sexual Violence - Establishes a civil remedy for victims of sexual violence. (Sec. 312) Authorizes the restitution of victims of sex offenses. (Sec. 313) Provides for pretrial detention in sex offense cases. Subtitle C: Punishment of Sex Offenders - Provides for imposition of the death penalty for persons engaging in sexual abuse resulting in death. (Sec. 322) Increases penalties for recidivist sex offenses. (Sec. 323) Directs the Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to increase the base offense level for sex offenses. (Sec. 324) Provides for testing for human immunodeficiency virus for persons charged in sex offense cases and the disclosure of the test results to the victim. Directs the Sentencing Commission to amend existing guidelines for sentences for sex offenses where the offender knew or had reason to know that he was infected with such virus, except where the offender did not engage or attempt to engage in conduct creating a risk of transmission of the virus to the victim. Title IV: Prevention of Terrorism - Subtitle A: Enhanced Controls on Entry into the United States - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to require exclusion from admission to the United States of anyone who is a member of an organization that engages in terrorist activity or who actively supports or advocates terrorist activity. (Sec. 402) Provides for the exclusion of an alien for presenting fraudulent documents, or for failing to present documents used to board a common carrier, to an immigration officer upon arrival at a port of entry into the United States. Specifies that any alien who is excludable under such provisions may not apply for or be granted asylum, with exceptions. (Sec. 404) Limits court jurisdiction with respect to habeas corpus review, other judicial review and action, and collateral enforcement proceedings. Subtitle B: Deportation of Alien Terrorists - Establishes procedures to apply whenever the Attorney General certifies under seal to a special court (established pursuant to this subtitle) that: (1) the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General has approved of the deportation proceeding; (2) an alien terrorist is physically present in the United States; and (3) removal of such terrorist by deportation proceedings would pose a risk to national security because such proceedings would disclose classified information. Directs the Chief Justice of the United States to publicly designate up to seven judges to hear and decide such cases. Sets forth procedures for a special removal hearing, including provisions for appointment of counsel and appeals. Subtitle C: Penalties for Engaging in Terrorism - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit providing material support to terrorists; and (2) extend the statute of limitations for certain terrorism offenses. (Sec. 422) Directs the Sentencing Commission to provide for an increase in the base offense level for any felony involving or intended to promote international terrorism, unless such involvement or intent is itself an element of the crime. (Sec. 424) Increases penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for violation of orders with respect to the declaration of a national emergency and the Federal criminal code for passport and visa-related violations. (Sec. 425) Sets penalties for: (1) specified acts of violence at international airports; (2) violence against maritime navigation; (3) violence against maritime fixed platforms; and (4) the use of weapons of mass destruction. (Sec. 429) Directs the President to establish a National Task Force on Counterterrorism. (Sec. 430) Provides for imposition of the death penalty for causing death through the use of a bomb or other destructive device. Title V: Criminal Aliens and Alien Smuggling - Subtitle A: Deportation of Criminal Aliens - Amends the INA to permit an alien sentenced to imprisonment to be deported prior to the termination of such imprisonment if the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) petitions the appropriate court or other authority to release the alien into INS custody for execution of a deportation order. Prohibits the deportation until all direct appeals of the conviction have been exhausted. (Sec. 502) Authorizes the registration of aliens on criminal probation or criminal parole within the United States. (Sec. 503) Expands the definition of "aggravated felony" to include illicit trafficking in explosive materials and a crime of violence for which the term of imprisonment imposed is at least five years. (Sec. 504) Amends the INA to authorize the Attorney General to issue a final order of deportation without an administrative hearing or administrative review for any alien who was not lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or who had permanent resident status on a conditional basis, and whom the Attorney General determines is deportable and has been convicted of an aggravated felony. Limits judicial review of such determinations. Provides that an alien convicted of an aggravated felony shall be conclusively presumed to be deportable. (Sec. 505) Grants a U.S. district court jurisdiction to enter a judicial order of deportation at the time of sentencing against an alien convicted of an aggravated felony, if such order has been requested prior to sentencing by the U.S. Attorney. (Sec. 506) Restricts defenses to exclusion and deportation for certain aliens convicted of aggravated felonies. (Sec. 507) Enhances penalties for failing to depart or reentering after a final order of deportation. Limits collateral attacks on deportation orders. (Sec. 509) Authorizes appropriations for a criminal alien information system. Subtitle B: Prevention and Punishment of Alien Smuggling - Authorizes appropriations for Border Patrol agents and investigators. (Sec. 513) Includes alien smuggling as a predicate to an offense under RICO. (Sec. 514) Increases penalties for: (1) employers who knowingly employ smuggled aliens; and (2) bringing in and harboring certain aliens. (Sec. 516) Expands forfeiture for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens. Title VI: Taking Criminals Off the Street - Subtitle A: Expanding Prison Capacity - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include within the definition of "exempt facility bond" certain bonds issued to provide for correctional facilities. (Sec. 602) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a Regional Prison Task Force; and (2) create a plan for the establishment of a nationwide regional prison system. Sets forth provisions regarding State and prisoner eligibility requirements. Establishes in the Treasury a Regional Prison Fund. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 603) Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to make provisions concerning the rate of wages for laborers and mechanics inapplicable to prison construction. Subtitle B: Miscellaneous - Amends the Federal judicial code to deny the district court, in any action challenging the constitutionality of conditions of confinement in any correctional institution housing persons accused or convicted of a crime or juveniles adjudicated delinquent, jurisdiction to: (1) impose a ceiling on the population of any correctional institution or to require any adjustment of the release dates of inmates; or (2) prohibit the use of tents or prefabricated structures for housing inmates. Prohibits any consent decree in any such action from providing relief greater than the minimum required to bring the conditions of confinement into substantial compliance with the Constitution. Provides for modification of orders or decrees. Title VII: Punishment and Deterrence - Subtitle A: Capital Offenses - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. Requires the attorney for the Government, whenever the Government intends to seek the death penalty for an offense punishable by death, to file with the court and serve on the defendant a notice of such intent and the aggravating factors the Government will seek to prove as the basis for such penalty. Requires the judge who presided at the trial or before whom the guilty plea was entered, or another judge if that judge is unavailable, to conduct a separate sentencing hearing when the attorney for the Government has filed such notice and the defendant is found guilty of an offense punishable by death. Permits information to be presented as to any matter relating to any mitigating factor and any aggravating factor for which notice has been provided, except that information may be excluded if its probative value is outweighed by the danger of creating unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, or misleading the jury (but permits the Government to present information concerning the effect of the offense on the victim and the victim's family). Specifies mitigating and aggravating factors. Sets forth special aggravating factors for: (1) treason, espionage, homicide, and the attempted murder of the President; and (2) drug offenses punishable by death (including previous serious drug felony convictions, use of a firearm in committing or furthering certain continuing criminal enterprises, use of minors in trafficking, and lethal adulteration of controlled substances). Requires the court to instruct the jury not to consider the race, color, religion, national origin, or sex of the defendant or victim in considering whether to recommend a sentence of death. Sets forth procedures for the imposition, appeal, and implementation of a sentence of death. Prohibits: (1) a death sentence from being carried out upon a pregnant woman or a person who lacks the mental capacity to understand the death penalty and why it was imposed; and (2) requiring any employee of, or any person providing services under contract to, any State department of corrections, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the U.S. Marshals Service to be in attendance or to participate in any execution if such participation is contrary to such employee's moral or religious convictions. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) appointment of counsel; (2) collateral attacks on judgments imposing a death sentence; and (3) stays of execution. Limits the circumstances under which a person subject to the criminal jurisdiction of an Indian tribal government may be executed under this Act. Declares that the death penalty and all other penalties shall be administered by the United States and by every State without regard to the race or color of the defendant or victim, and that neither the United States nor any State shall prescribe any racial quota or statistical test for the imposition or execution of the death penalty or any other penalty. Specifies that, in a prosecution for an offense against the United States for which a death sentence is authorized, the fact that the killing was motivated by racial prejudice or bias shall be deemed an aggravating factor. Amends specified civil rights provisions to cover conspiracy against the rights, and deprivation of rights under color of law, of any person in (currently, inhabitant of) a State, territory, or district. Provides for the imposition of the death penalty for specified Federal crimes, including: (1) murders committed by prisoners in Federal correctional institutions; (2) murders of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers; (3) civil rights murders; (4) gun murders; (5) murders by escaped prisoners; (6) torture under specified circumstances where death results; and (7) carjackings which result in death. Subtitle B: Violent Felonies and Drug Offenses - Amends the Federal criminal code to require: (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish a program of drug testing of criminal defendants on post-conviction release; and (2) the chief probation officer in each district to arrange for the drug testing of such defendants. Requires, as an explicit condition of probation, parole, or supervised release for a felony or a specified violent or drug offense, that the defendant refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance and submit to periodic drug tests. (Sec. 712) Requires the court to sentence a defendant convicted of a Federal violent felony to life imprisonment or, if death results, subject such defendant to the death penalty, if the defendant had previously been convicted of two other violent felonies. (Sec. 713) Amends the Armed Career Criminal Act to include within the definition of "serious drug offense" an offense under State law which, if it had been prosecuted as a CSA violation at the time of the offense and because of the type and quantity of the controlled substance involved, would have been punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more. (Sec. 714) Provides an enhanced penalty for the use of a semiautomatic firearm during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime. (Sec. 715) Sets mandatory penalties for firearms possession by persons previously convicted of a violent felony or a serious drug offense, and a mandatory minimum sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, fugitive from justice, or transferor or receiver of a stolen firearm. (Sec. 717) Increases: (1) the general penalty for violation of Federal firearms laws; and (2) enhanced penalties for possession of a firearm in connection with a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime. (Sec. 719) Sets penalties for smuggling firearms in aid of drug trafficking or violent crime. (Sec. 723) Establishes: (1) a temporary prohibition against possession of a firearm by, or transfer of a firearm to, persons convicted of a drug crime; and (2) enhanced penalties for possession of a firearm during a drug crime. Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Use of Firearms and Explosives - Chapter 1: Instant Check System for Handgun Purchases - Requires each State to establish and maintain an instant criminal check system for handgun purchases. Sets forth: (1) prohibitions on uses of such information; and (2) identification procedure requirements for licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers once a State system becomes operational and specified notice requirements are met. Sets penalties for noncompliance. (Sec. 734) Requires each State to establish a system accessible by telephone that any licensee, law enforcement officer, or court may contact for criminal history information. (Sec. 735) Provides for the correction of erroneous system information as well as a private course of action after all administrative remedies are exhausted and records are not corrected. (Sec. 736) Directs the Attorney General to expedite: (1) the incorporation of the remaining State criminal history records into the Federal criminal records systems maintained by the FBI; and (2) the development of hardware and software systems to link State criminal history check systems into the National Crime Information Center. (Sec. 737) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) access to State criminal records; and (2) funding for improvements in State records systems. Chapter 2: Other Firearms Provisions - Increases penalties for: (1) interstate gun trafficking; (2) making knowingly false, material statements in connection with the purchase of a firearm from a licensed dealer; and (3) a second offense of using an explosive to commit a felony. (Sec. 742) Prohibits: (1) transactions involving stolen firearms which have moved in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) the receipt of firearms by non-residents of the State in which the transferor resides, unless such receipt is for lawful sporting purposes; (3) the possession of explosives by felons and others; and (4) the possession of explosives during the commission of a felony. (Sec. 745) Provides for mandatory revocation of supervised release for possession of a firearm in violation of a condition of release. (Sec. 756) Authorizes the summary destruction of explosives subject to forfeiture under specified circumstances. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous - Increases penalties for Travel Act crimes involving racketeering and conspiracy to commit contract killings. (Sec. 762) Makes it a criminal offense to fail to obey an order to land an aircraft issued by an authorized Federal law enforcement officer under specified circumstances. (Sec. 764) Provides enhanced penalties for drug trafficking in prisons. (Sec. 765) Directs the Federal Communications Commission: (1) in its review of applications for renewal of television broadcast licenses, to consider the extent to which the licensee has participated in efforts to educate the public as to the dangers of drug abuse and appropriate methods for obtaining treatment; and (2) not to find that a renewal of such a licensee is consistent with the public interest unless the applicant demonstrates that the station has broadcast public service announcements concerning drug abuse and treatment. Title VIII: Elimination of Delays in Carrying Out Sentences - Subtitle A: Post Conviction Petitions: General Habeas Corpus Reform - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. (Sec. 802) Vests authority to issue certificates of probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. (Sec. 804) Permits the denial of a habeas corpus petition on the merits notwithstanding the failure of the applicant to exhaust State court remedies. (Sec. 805) Imposes a two-year period of limitation for filing for collateral relief by Federal prisoners. Subtitle B: Special Procedures for Collateral Proceedings in Capital Cases - Amends the Federal judicial code to set forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases. Subtitle C: Funding for Litigation of Federal Habeas Corpus Petitions in Capital Cases - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of BJA to provide grants to the States to support litigation pertaining to Federal habeas corpus petitions in capital cases. Title IX: Public Corruption - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed upon: (1) anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State of the honest services of a State official or of a fair and impartially conducted election process; and (2) any State or Federal official who, in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against another official. Authorizes such adversely affected official to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice. (Sec. 902) Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. (Sec. 903) Sets forth prohibitions regarding narcotics-related public corruption. Title X: Funding - Requires each head of a Federal agency making a grant to, or entering into a contract with, an institution of higher education for research and development to reduce the overhead payment rate under the grant or contract to 90 percent of the current level and return the amount saved to the general fund of the Treasury. (Sec. 1002) Reduces the overhead expenses identified and reduced by the President in Executive Order 12837 by an additional five percent.
Bill· SS. 1348 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Fraudulent Asylum Applications and Alien Smuggling and Fraud Title II: Asylum Title III: Border Patrol and Asylum Officer Positions Asylum Reform and Alien Smuggling Control Act of 1993 - Title I: Fraudulent Asylum Applications and Alien Smuggling and Fraud - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide expedited exclusion procedures for aliens who arrive without proper documentation or who are determined by a special asylum officer not to have a proper claim of asylum (based upon a credible fear of persecution). Increases penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses. Extends penalties to persons who contract to bring in illegal labor. Treats smuggling as an aggravated felony. Creates a separate offense and penalty for an alien smuggler who seriously injures or jeopardizes the life of an alien. Title II: Asylum - Revises asylum procedures. Sets forth mandatory and discretionary conditions for granting asylum. Establishes new application deadlines. States that asylum applications shall be determined by specially trained asylum officers. Terminates an alien's claim for failure to appear at the application hearing. Title III: Border Patrol and Asylum Officer Positions - Increases the number of Border Patrol and asylum officer positions. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2836 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993
Expedited Exclusion and Alien Smuggling Enhanced Penalties Act of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create grounds for exclusion of an alien who: (1) uses or attempts to use a fraudulent document to enter the United States, or to board a common carrier for such purpose; or (2) uses a document to board a common carrier and then fails to present such document to an immigration official upon arrival at a U.S. port of entry. Prohibits the granting of asylum to an alien who is found to be using fraudulent entry documents or who fails to present entry-related documents, unless a specially trained immigration officer determines such actions were pursuant to departure from a country in which the alien had a credible fear of persecution or of return to persecution. Provides for port of entry exclusion and deportation without administrative or judicial appeal (except by a limited petition of habeas corpus) for such admission document fraud. Increases immigration inspection fees, with exceptions for Great Lakes and connecting waterways entry ports. Increases penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses. Creates a separate offense and penalty for an alien smuggler who seriously injures or jeopardizes the life of an alien. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to make appropriate sentencing guideline increases. Expands Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) forfeiture authority to include any real or personal property used or intended to be used to smuggle aliens, or that constitutes, is derived from, or traceable to such activities. Exempts property used without the owner's consent or knowledge, or not to his or her benefit. Amends Federal law to authorize, with judicial approval, INS wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations. Brings alien smuggling operations under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions. Permits payment of awards for information related to terrorist acts to be used in connection with terrorist acts committed in the United States.
Bill· SS. 1333 (103rd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1993
Expedited Exclusion and Alien Smuggling Enhanced Penalties Act of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create grounds for exclusion of an alien who: (1) uses or attempts to use a fraudulent document to enter the United States, or to board a common carrier for such purpose; or (2) uses a document to board a common carrier and then fails to present such document to an immigration official upon arrival at a U.S. port of entry. Prohibits the granting of asylum to an alien who is found to be using fraudulent entry documents or who fails to present entry-related documents, unless a specially trained immigration officer determines such actions were pursuant to departure from a country in which the alien had a credible fear of persecution or of return to persecution. Provides for port of entry exclusion and deportation without administrative or judicial appeal (except by a limited petition of habeas corpus) for such admission document fraud. Increases immigration inspection fees, with exceptions for Great Lakes and connecting waterways entry ports. Increases penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses. Creates a separate offense and penalty for an alien smuggler who seriously injures or jeopardizes the life of an alien. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to make appropriate sentencing guideline increases. Expands Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) forfeiture authority to include any real or personal property used or intended to be used to smuggle aliens, or that constitutes, is derived from, or traceable to such activities. Exempts property used without the owner's consent or knowledge, or not to his or her benefit. Amends Federal law to authorize, with judicial approval, INS wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations. Brings alien smuggling operations under the purview of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions. Permits payment of awards for information related to terrorist acts to be used in connection with terrorist acts committed in the United States.
Bill· SS. 1281 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of State Title II: United States Informational, Educational, and Cultural Programs Title III: United States International Broadcasting Act of 1993 Title IV: Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy Title V: Spoils of War Act of 1993 Title VI: The Khmer Rouge Prosecution and Exclusion Act Title VII: Miscellaneous Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 - Title I: Department of State - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 1994 and 1995 for the administration of foreign affairs. (Secs. 102 through 105) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for: (1) international organizations, programs, and conferences; (2) international commissions; (3) offsetting adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; (4) migration and refugee assistance; (5) U.S. bilateral science and technology agreements; and (6) the Asia Foundation. Part B: Authorities and Activities - (Sec. 111) Establishes limits on the number of Foreign Service personnel in the Department of State and the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). (Sec. 114) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to procure the services of experts for use in prosecuting a proceeding before an international tribunal or a claim by or against a foreign entity. Establishes an International Litigation Fund for meeting expenses related to such proceedings. (Sec. 115) Prohibits the Department of State from entering into any contract that expends funds for an amount in excess of the small purchase threshold with: (1) any foreign person who complies with the Arab League boycott of Israel; or (2) any foreign or U.S. person who discriminates in the award of subcontracts on the basis of religion. Provides for waivers of such prohibition if in the national interest. (Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to implement an upgrade of all overseas visa lookout operations to computerized systems with automated multiple-name search capabilities. Establishes procedures for the processing of visas for admission into the United States and considers failures of consular officers to follow such procedures as a negative factor in annual performance evaluations. (Sec. 120) Directs the Secretary, together with other specified officials, to report to specified congressional leaders on the feasibility of consolidating domestic administrative operations for the Department of State, USIA, and the Agency for International Development (AID). (Sec. 123) Removes a condition on rewards for information relating to international narcoterrorism that requires that such crimes occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. (Sec. 125) Establishes a Capital Investment Fund in the Department of State to provide for the procurement of information technology and other related capital investments and to ensure the efficient management of such resources. Part C: Department of State Organization - (Secs. 131 through 138) Reorganizes the Department of State by eliminating, consolidating, and redesignating certain official positions. Part D: Personnel - (Sec. 142) Permits the Secretary, if exceptional circumstances so warrant, to waive a limitation on claims for losses incurred by Government personnel subject to a chief of mission in a foreign country in cases of emergency evacuation. Makes such waiver retroactive to claims made as of October 31, 1988. (Sec. 144) Prohibits the Secretary from making performance payments for FY 1994 and 1995 for certain members of the Senior Foreign Service until the Director of the Office of Personnel Management issues regulations or authorizes the payment of rank or performance awards to other Federal employees. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to make such performance pay subject to specified limitations on payments under Federal civil service provisions. (Sec. 146) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a classification audit of all Senior Foreign Service positions in Washington, D.C., assigned to the Department of State, AID, and USIA and to review the methods of classification of such positions. (Sec. 150) Requires the Secretary, during FY 1994 and 1995, to appoint as Foreign Service officers qualified women and minority applicants who are participants in specified priority placement or referral programs. (Sec. 151) Directs the Secretary to establish a system that provides job placement assistance to eligible Department of State personnel. (Sec. 152) Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to require refresher language training for Foreign Service personnel whose foreign language proficiency has declined and provide for proficiency reevaluations of personnel who are receiving language differentials. (Sec. 153) Directs the Secretary to appoint a Foreign Language Resources Coordinator to coordinate Federal foreign language resource efforts. (Sec. 154) Requires the Secretary to establish a Foreign Language Translator and Interpreter Career Service Program. Part E: International Organizations - Subpart A: United Nations and Related Agencies - (Sec. 161) Prohibits U.S. contributions to any affiliated organization of the United Nations or to the United Nations if they grant full membership as a state to a group that does not have internationally recognized attributes of statehood. (Sec. 163) Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional leaders on the World Health Organization's progress in implementing certain reforms. (Sec. 165) Permits the President to withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations if the United Nations has failed to implement consensus-based decisionmaking procedures on budgetary matters which assure that sufficient attention is paid to the views of the United States and other member states who are major financial contributors. (Sec. 166) Directs the President to propose the establishment of an advisory committee within the United Nations to supervise audits and promote economy and efficiency in the administration of the United Nations. (Sec. 167) Requires the President to submit a cost assessment report to specified congressional committees prior to any obligation of funds for U.S. participation in peacekeeping operations and any vote by the Security Council to take action which would involve the use of U.S. armed forces. (Sec. 168) Directs the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on U.S. contributions to United Nations peacekeeping activities. (Sec. 170) Declares that the United Nations should reimburse the United States for use of armed forces personnel, goods, and services in peacekeeping activities. (Sec. 170A) Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to the establishment of an international criminal court. Subpart B: Other International Organizations - (Sec. 172) Authorizes the President to maintain membership in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization. (Sec. 175) Prohibits funds authorized by this Act to be used for contributions to the International Coffee Organization. Part F: Other State Department-Related Provisions - (Sec. 181) Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 to raise the ceiling on the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Emergency Refugee Migration and Assistance Fund. (Sec. 182) Sets forth U.S. policy on providing assistance for, and protecting, refugee women and children. (Sec. 183) Revises the amounts authorized to be appropriated annually for the Mexico-United States and Canada-United States Interparliamentary Groups. (Sec. 186) Requires the Office of Diplomatic Security to ensure that congressional committees of jurisdiction are granted easy access to the Department of State in the conduct of their duties. Title II: United States Informational, Educational, and Cultural Programs - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 to carry out specified international information activities and educational and cultural exchange programs. Part B: USIA and Related Agencies Authorities and Activities - (Sec. 212) Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to establish a Buying Power Maintenance Account for USIA to offset fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or changes in overseas wages and prices. (Sec. 214) Applies the same prohibition on religious discrimination applicable to Department of State contracts under title I to USIA contracts. (Sec. 219) Requires the USIA Director to establish an office in Lhasa, Tibet. (Secs. 221 through 224) Establishes scholarship and exchange programs. (Sec. 226) Permits the Director to establish and support collections at university libraries abroad to further the study of the United States. Part C: Mike Mansfield Fellowships - Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act - (Sec. 232) Establishes the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program to provide for fellowships to eligible Federal employees to: (1) study the Japanese language and political economy; and (2) serve in an agency of the Government of Japan or, subject to Center approval, a nongovernmental Japanese institution associated with their interests. Title III: United States International Broadcasting Act of 1993 - United States International Broadcasting Act of 1993 - (Sec. 303) Establishes a Broadcasting Board of Governors within USIA. (Sec. 304) Sets forth the authorities of the Board, including to: (1) provide guidance and oversight to the International Broadcasting Bureau; (2) review the mission and operation of the Bureau and assess its programming within the context of U.S. foreign policy objectives; and (3) review the mix of traditional Voice of America programming at least annually. (Sec. 306) Establishes an International Broadcasting Bureau within USIA. Requires the Bureau to consist of: (1) Voice of America; (2) the Office of Surrogate Broadcasting (to administer Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia, and other surrogate services that may be established); (3) services of WORLDNET Television and Film Service as determined by the Board; and (4) Engineering and Technical Operations. (Sec. 307) Authorizes the Director to create a Radio Free Asia service. (Sec. 308) Authorizes the President to transfer all authorities of the Board for International Broadcasting to USIA, the Board, or the Bureau to implement this title. Requires the Director and the Chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting to submit to the President a plan for the dissolution of RFE/RL, the creation of the Office of RFE/RL within the Bureau, and the consolidation of nonmilitary international broadcasting services. Repeals the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973. Title IV: Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy - Protection and Reduction of Government Secrecy Act - (Sec. 402) Establishes a Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy to make recommendations to reduce the volume of information classified and to strengthen the classification of legitimately classified information. Title V: Spoils of War Act of 1993 - Spoils of War Act of 1993 - (Secs. 502 and 503) Permits spoils of war in the possession or control of the United States to be transferred to any other party only to the extent and in the same manner that property of the same type, if otherwise owned by the United States, may be so transferred. Prohibits spoils of war from being transferred to any nation whose government has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. (Sec. 504) Requires the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on spoils of war obtained subsequent to August 2, 1990, that were transferred to any party. Title VI: The Khmer Rouge Prosecution and Exclusion Act - Khmer Rouge Prosecution and Exclusion Act - (Sec. 603) Establishes an Office of Cambodian Genocide Investigation within the Department of State. (Sec. 605) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into the United States any alien who was a member of the national Khmer Rouge military or political leadership between April 17, 1975, and January 7, 1979. Lists specified individuals to be excluded. Title VII: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 701) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 to carry out the Peace Corps Act. (Secs. 705 and 706) Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for providing material support to terrorists and committing, or attempting to commit, torture outside the United States. (Sec. 708) Requires an annual report on economic relations with Taiwan. (Sec. 709) Sets forth U.S. policy on Iraqi Kurdistan. (Sec. 710) Prohibits any transaction involving: (1) the commercial sale of goods or technologies to North Korea; and (2) the provision of services for travel to North Korea which was not otherwise authorized as of January 2, 1989. Waives such prohibition if North Korea maintains its status as a party to, and is in compliance with, the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. (Sec. 711) Authorizes the President to exempt U.S.-supported programs involving reform of the electoral process or development of democratic institutions from sanctions imposed against the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro. (Sec. 712) Amends the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to authorize funds in U.S. banks that have been blocked under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in accounts of foreign banks that issued letters of credit for the benefit of U.S. nationals to be released to pay such letters of credit if the U.S. beneficiaries lawfully shipped or performed underlying contractual obligations before the declaration of a national emergency. (Sec. 713) Bars assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to any non-nuclear weapon state that has terminated, abrogated, or materially violated an International Atomic Energy Agency full-scope safeguard agreement.
Bill· SS. 1197 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Technical Corrections of Immigration Laws Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1993 - Title I: Technical Corrections of Immigration Laws - (Sec. 101) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include qualifying employees of the American Institute in Taiwan under the definition of special immigrant. (Sec. 102) Extends the deadline for retired officers and employees of certain international organizations to file for special immigrant status. (Sec. 103) Treats Tibet as a separate foreign state for U.S. immigration purposes. (Sec. 104) Authorizes the Secretary of State to make refugee determinations under specified circumstances. (Sec. 105) Revises specified grounds for exclusion and deportation. (Sec. 106) Amends the Immigration Act of 1990 to make discretionary the existing mandatory labor market pilot program for employment-based immigrants. (Sec. 109) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit alien longshoremen to work in Alaska under specified circumstances. Revises provisions regarding: (1) transmission of citizenship to children born out of wedlock; and (2) automatic citizenship for certain children born outside the United States. (Sec. 115) States that approval by the Secretary of State of a certificate of loss of nationality shall constitute a final administrative determination of loss of U.S. nationality. (Sec. 117) Authorizes the Secretary of State to cancel any U.S. passport or consular report of birth which was fraudulently, illegally, or erroneously procured. (Sec. 120) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976 to repeal a provision regarding priority dates for aliens registered on the Western Hemisphere waiting list. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 202) Amends Federal criminal law to increase penalties for specified acts of visa and passport fraud. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the transfer of certain real and personal property to the Border Patrol Museum and Memorial Library Foundation in Texas. (Sec. 204) Grants special immigrant status to certain aliens employed abroad by the American University of Beirut or by Beirut University College.
Bill· HRH.R. 2602 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Smuggling and Fraud Title II: Asylum Title III: Inspections Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service Immigration Enforcement and Asylum Reform Act of 1993 - Title I: Smuggling and Fraud - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide expedited exclusion procedures for aliens who arrive without proper documentation or who are determined by a special asylum officer not to have a proper claim of asylum (based upon a credible fear of persecution). Limits judicial review to habeas corpus. Increases penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses. Extends penalties to persons who contract to bring in illegal labor. Treats smuggling as an aggravated felony. Title II: Asylum - Revises asylum procedures. Sets forth mandatory and discretionary conditions for granting provisional asylum. Establishes new application deadlines. States that asylum applications shall be determined by specially trained asylum officers. Terminates an alien's claim for failure to appear at the application hearing. Title III: Inspections - Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) specified numbers of preinspection stations at foreign airports identified as last departure points for the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving passengers and at those with the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving undocumented aliens (and to assign additional immigration officers at such airports without preinspection stations); and (2) an expedited inspection process for U.S. citizens returning by air from abroad. Revises the pilot visa waiver program to: (1) make it permanent; (2) repeal certain paperwork requirements; (3) subject participants to exclusion or deportation without appeal (except for an asylum claim); and (4) require carriers to distribute program information to passengers. Provides for the training of airline personnel in detection of fraudulent documents. Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service - Authorizes appropriations for the Border Patrol.
Bill· HRH.R. 2501 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1993
World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1993 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1994 and 1995 to achieve full participation in the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children under the Child Nutrition Act (WIC program) and the Head Start program. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for contributions to the United Nation's Children's Fund and for the Child Survival Fund. Expresses the sense of the Congress that authority should be granted to the President to exercise specified debt forgiveness for least developed countries that are pursuing economic policy reforms to promote long-term development. Earmarks development assistance funds for FY 1994 and 1995 for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for: (1) iodine and iron fortification programs; and (2) prevention, care, and control programs related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries. Earmarks development and economic assistance funds for FY 1994 and 1995 for programs in support of basic education. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for population assistance activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1994 and 1995 for migration and refugee assistance. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank to: (1) ensure that poverty reduction and support of basic human needs become a higher priority within the Bank; (2) ensure that the majority of water and sanitation projects fall within targeted interventions against poverty; and (3) increase the proportion of total Bank lending which supports primary health care and basic education, with a minimum of five percent of total lending devoted to each area. Requires the President to call upon other governments to provide their share of resources required to achieve the World Summit for Children goals by the year 2000.
Bill· HRH.R. 2483 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1993
Immigration Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the sunset date for certain retired international organization officers and employees (G-4 visa holders) to file for special immigrant status. Grants special immigrant status to certain immigrant employees of the United States Information Agency (USIA) having essential foreign language skills. Grants nonimmigrant status to an alien coming to work for USIA if: (1) he or she has essential language skills; and (2) no other qualified workers can be found in the United States. Provides with regard to foreign adopted children that the child: (1) does not have to be adopted abroad by a U.S. citizen; and (2) may be up to 18 years old. Provides for the adoption of children from foreign states which are certified by the Secretary of State as having met specified adoption standards. Amends Federal law to impose a criminal penalty upon a U.S. citizen or national who purchases an alien child with the intent to establish U.S. permanent residency for such child. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide permanent resident status for refugees admitted into the United States as of their date of U.S. arrival. Grants nonimmigrant status to: (1) an alien coming to testify in a Federal or State criminal investigation or prosecution; and (2) an alien spouse and child of a U.S. citizen.
Bill· HRH.R. 2466 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1993
Refugee Impact Assistance Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1993 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1993 to the Department of Health and Human Services for refugee and entrant assistance in Florida, Massachusetts, and New York for expenses resulting from the entry of HIV-infected Haitian refugees.
Bill· HRH.R. 2471 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1993
Refugee Impact Assistance Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1993 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1993 to the Department of Health and Human Services for refugee and entrant assistance to: (1) Florida, New York, and Massachusetts for expenses related to the entry of HIV-infected Haitian refugees; and (2) Florida for expenses resulting from entry of Cuban refugees during the Mariel boatlift.
Bill· SS. 1099 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of State Title II: Department of State Organization Title III: Torture and Terrorism Offenses and Sanctions Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 - Title I: Department of State - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Secs. 101 through 105) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for: (1) the Department of State for the administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations, peacekeeping activities, and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) migration and refugee assistance; (5) bilateral science and technology agreements; and (6) the Asia Foundation. (Sec. 106) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized by this Act for contracts with any firm that complies with the Arab League boycott of Israel or discriminates in the award of subcontracts on the basis of religion. Part B: Department of State Authorities and Activities - (Sec. 113) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to procure the services of experts for use in prosecuting a proceeding before an international tribunal or a claim by or against a foreign entity. Establishes an International Litigation Fund for meeting expenses related to such proceedings. (Sec. 121) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and otherwise support activities to conduct research and promote international cooperation on environmental and scientific issues. Part C: Diplomatic Reciprocity and Security - (Sec. 131) Authorizes the admission into the United States for safety purposes of a limited number of aliens who provide information regarding international terrorism under a rewards program. Part D: Personnel - (Sec. 141) Amends the Federal Insurance Contributions Act to provide that service by a Government employee in an international organization shall constitute employment for purposes of employment tax provisions if such individual is entitled to retain certain Federal retirement benefits during such service. (Sec. 142) Permits the Secretary, if exceptional circumstances so warrant, to waive a limitation (up to a specified amount) on claims for losses incurred by Government personnel subject to a chief of mission in a foreign country in cases of a natural disaster or emergency evacuation. Makes such waiver retroactive to claims made as of October 31, 1988. (Secs. 143 and 144) Makes chiefs of mission salaries and performance pay subject to limitations on certain payments under Federal civil service provisions. Part E: International Organizations - (Sec. 151) Authorizes the President to bring into force the Agreement on State and Local Taxation of Foreign Employees of Public International Organizations. (Sec. 152) Permits the President to withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations if the United Nations has failed to implement consensus-based decisionmaking procedures on budgetary matters which assure that sufficient attention is paid to the views of the United States and other states who are major financial contributors. (Sec. 154) Authorizes the President to maintain membership in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization. Part F: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 161) Authorizes the Secretary to determine that the publication of certain international agreements is not required if certain criteria are met. (Sec. 162) Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 to raise the ceiling on the amounts of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Emergency Refugee Migration and Assistance Fund. Title II: Department of State Organization - (Sec. 201) Requires the Department of State to notify the Congress of its intention to abolish or create units at or above the bureau level. (Sec. 202) Revises the organization of the Department of State to eliminate certain positions and to transfer certain authorities from subordinate officials to the Secretary. Title III: Torture and Terrorism Offenses and Sanctions - (Secs. 301 through 305) Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for: (1) performing or attempting an act of violence against a person at an airport serving international civil aviation which causes or is likely to cause serious injury or death; (2) destroying or seriously damaging the facilities of, or a civil aircraft not in service at, such airport; (3) disrupting the services of such airport, if such an act endangers safety; (4) committing acts of violence against maritime navigation and fixed platforms; (5) committing, or attempting to commit, torture outside the United States; and (6) providing material support to terrorists.
Law· HRH.R. 2333 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: State Department, USIA, and Related Agencies Title I: Department of State, USIA, and Related Agencies Title II: United States Informational, Educational, and Cultural Programs Title III: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Division B: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Title XI (sic): Reform of Foreign Assistance Programs Title XII: Authorizations for Foreign Assistance Programs Title XIII: Regional Provisions Title XIV: Provisions Relating to Arms Transfers Title XV: Other Foreign Assistance Provisions International Relations Act of 1993 - Division A: State Department, USIA, and Related Agencies - State Department, USIA, and Related Agencies Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 - Title I: Department of State and Related Agencies - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 1994 and 1995 for the administration of foreign affairs. (Secs. 102 through 107) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for: (1) the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) international organizations, programs, and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) offsetting adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; (5) migration and refugee assistance; (6) U.S. bilateral science and technology agreements; (7) the Asia Foundation; and (8) carrying out the Arms Control and Disarmament Act. (Sec. 103) Earmarks funds for the United Nations Population Fund. Bars the use of such funds for programs in China and applies restrictions on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization. Part B: Authorities and Activities - (Sec. 113) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to procure the services of experts for use in prosecuting a proceeding before an international tribunal or a claim by or against a foreign entity. Establishes an International Litigation Fund for meeting expenses related to such proceedings. (Sec. 115) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit certain reprogrammings of funds for the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance unless specified congressional committees are notified in advance. (Sec. 116) Prohibits the Department of State from contracting with: (1) any foreign person who complies with the Arab League boycott of Israel; or (2) any foreign or U.S. person who discriminates in the award of subcontracts on the basis of religion. Provides for waivers of such prohibition if in the national interest. Requires potential contractors to submit certain statements concerning Israel, the Arab boycott, and discriminatory actions. (Sec. 117) Establishes limits on the number of Foreign Service personnel in the Department of State, the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), and the Agency for International Development (AID). (Sec. 121) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit funds for the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance from being available for obligation or expenditure: (1) unless they are appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations; or (2) in excess of the authorized level of appropriations. (Sec. 122) Requires the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, together with other specified officials, to report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility of consolidating domestic administrative operations for the Department of State, AID, and USIA. (Sec. 124) Directs the Secretary to implement an upgrade of all overseas visa lookout operations to computerized systems with automated multiple-name search capabilities. Establishes procedures for the processing of visas for admission into the United States and provides for appropriate disciplinary action of consular officers in connection with the issuance of visas to excludable aliens. Part C: Department of State Organization - (Sec. 132) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to revise the organization of the Department of State and eliminate specified bureaus and official positions. Part D: Personnel - (Sec. 142) Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial incentives during FY 1994 and 1995 to certain members of the Foreign Service and Department of State who are eligible for retirement. (Sec. 143) Permits the Secretary, if exceptional circumstances so warrant, to waive a limitation on claims for losses incurred by Government personnel subject to a chief of mission in a foreign country in cases of emergency evacuation. Makes such waiver retroactive to claims made as of October 31, 1988. (Secs. 144 and 145) Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to make chiefs of mission salaries and performance pay subject to limitations on certain payments under Federal civil service provisions. Prohibits performance pay awards to Senior Foreign Service members by any agency subject to an agency-wide reduction in force for budgetary reasons. (Sec. 147) Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a classification audit of all Senior Foreign Service positions in Washington, D.C., assigned to the Department of State, AID, and USIA and to review the methods of classification of such positions. (Sec. 148) Limits the number of Senior Foreign Service personnel serving under career extensions. Part E: International Organizations - (Sec. 161) Requires the President to direct the U.S. representatives to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to work toward the early adoption of specified reforms in the implementation of the IAEA's safeguards responsibilities. (Sec. 162) Authorizes the President to bring into force the Agreement on State and Local Taxation of Foreign Employees of Public International Organizations. (Sec. 163) Permits the President to withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations if the United Nations has failed to implement consensus-based decisionmaking procedures on budgetary matters which assure that sufficient attention is paid to the views of the United States and other member states who are major financial contributors. (Sec. 165) Authorizes the President to maintain membership in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization. Part F: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 181) Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to steps to be taken to address international women's human rights, including the creation of a position within the Department of State to promote such rights. (Sec. 183) Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 to raise the ceiling on the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Emergency Refugee Migration and Assistance Fund. (Sec. 186) Reduces the amount authorized to be appropriated annually for the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group. Increases the amount authorized for the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group. (Sec. 187) Sets forth U.S. policy on providing assistance for, and protecting, refugee women and children. (Sec. 190) Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. citizens who were victims of crimes against humanity committed by the German Government from 1939 to 1945 should have remedies against Germany in U.S. courts for damages. Title II: United States Informational, Educational, and Cultural Programs - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 to carry out specified international information activities and educational and cultural exchange programs. Part B: International Broadcasting Authorities and Activities - International Broadcasting Act of 1993 - (Sec. 213) Sets forth standards for Government-supported international broadcasting. (Secs. 215 and 216) Authorizes the President to: (1) assign responsibility for the functions of such broadcasting to any Federal agency; (2) make grants to carry out specified functions to any public or private entity; and (3) delegate specified USIA satellite and television authorities to any Federal agency. (Sec. 217) Repeals the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973. (Sec. 220) Sets the same obligation and expenditure restrictions on international broadcasting funds as are applicable to funds for the agency responsible for administering development assistance under title I. (Sec. 221) Directs Government agencies which carry out international broadcasting to report to the Congress on efforts to sell advertising. Part C: USIA and Related Agencies Authorities and Activities - (Sec. 233) Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to establish a Buying Power Maintenance Account for USIA to offset fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or changes in overseas wages and prices. (Secs. 239 and 240) Permits the USIA Director to: (1) establish collections at university libraries abroad to further the study of the United States; and (2) provide for a South Pacific exchange program. (Sec. 244) Provides for USIA educational and cultural exchanges with Tibet. Part D: Mike Mansfield Fellowships - Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act - (Sec. 252) Establishes the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program to provide for USIA grants to the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs to award fellowships to eligible Federal employees. Requires Mansfield Fellows to: (1) study the Japanese language and political economy; and (2) serve in an agency of the Government of Japan, or, subject to Center approval, a nongovernmental Japanese institution associated with their interests. Part E: Facilitation of Private Sector Initiatives - Free Trade in Ideas Act of 1993 - (Secs. 262 through 267) Amends specified Federal laws to permit the exchange of certain information, as well as cultural and educational exchanges, with citizens in countries subject to U.S. export restrictions or embargoes. Title III: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - (Sec. 302) Amend the National Security Act of 1947 to grant the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency membership on the National Security Council. (Sec. 304) Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to grant the Director primary responsibility for the preparation and management of U.S. participation in all international negotiations and implementation forums in arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation. (Sec. 305) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide for the participation of the Director in specified arms export and licensing activities. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consideration of the Director's judgment in specified nuclear export activities. (Secs. 306 and 307) Applies the same requirements for congressional notification for reprogramming and restrictions on obligations and expenditures of Agency funds as are applicable to development assistance funds under this Act. Division B: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs - Foreign Assistance Authorization Act of 1993 - Title XI (sic): Reform of Foreign Assistance Programs - (Sec. 1101) Requires the President to submit to the Congress a plan for comprehensive reform of U.S. foreign assistance programs and of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance. (Sec. 1102) Requires the President to establish a program performance, monitoring, and evalation capacity with respect to such agency and to report annually to the Congress on: (1) the progress of the agency in achieving sustainable development objectives; and (2) the impact on economic development of U.S. economic assistance on a country-by-country basis. Title XII: Authorizations for Foreign Assistance Programs - (Sec. 1201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) specified development assistance; (2) international disaster assistance; (3) American schools, libraries, and hospitals abroad; (4) assistance for the Philippines; (5) economic assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States; (6) assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet Union; (7) the Inter-American Foundation; (8) the African Development Foundation; (9) the International Fund for Ireland; (10) foreign military financing and international military education and training; (11) economic support fund (ESF) assistance; (12) anti-terrorism assistance; (13) a nonproliferation and disarmament fund; and (14) the Peace Corps. Reduces the amount previously authorized for international narcotics control for FY 1994. (Sec. 1202) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for worldwide housing guarantees and raises the ceiling on the amount of loans available under such program. (Sec. 1203) Raises the ceiling on insurance and guarantees issued by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and extends OPIC programs through FY 1995. (Sec. 1204) Authorizes the President to reduce debt owed by eligible countries as a result of housing guarantees or credits or guarantees issued under the Arms Export Control Act. Title XIII: Regional Provisions - (Sec. 1302) Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize the African Development Foundation to employ persons who are not U.S. citizens. (Sec. 1303) Authorizes the President to provide assistance to establish a permanent conflict resolution capability within the Organization of African Unity, subject to certain conditions. Allocates funding for such purpose. Allocates specified assistance for establishing conflict resolution capabilities within subregional organizations in Subsaharan Africa and to facilitate reductions in the size of armed forces of Subsaharan African countries. (Sec. 1305) Removes certain restricitons on assistance to nongovernmental organizations financed or controlled by the South African Government if they meet certain conditions relating to promotion of a nonracial democracy and assistance to disadvantaged South Africans. (Secs. 1306 and 1307) Bars specified economic and military assistance for Sudan and Zaire. (Sec. 1308) Makes humanitarian assistance available to Afghanistan. (Sec. 1311) Makes ineligible for assistance any independent state of the former Soviet Union that knowingly transfers sophisticated or destabilizing conventional weapons to Iran. (Sec. 1312) Authorizes the President to use funds for the independent states for Mongolia. (Sec. 1313) Bars international military education and training assistance for Malta. (Sec. 1314) Extends the administration of justice assistance program. Makes such assistance available for Panama. (Sec. 1317) Earmarks ESF and foreign military financing assistance for Israel and Egypt and ESF assistance for Middle East regional cooperative programs. Title XIV: Provisions Relating to Arms Transfers - (Sec. 1402) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to increase the aggregate ceiling on excess defense articles for delivery to foreign countries or international organizations. (Sec. 1403) Makes East European countries eligible to receive excess defense articles. (Sec. 1406) Establishes limits on funding for stockpiles in South Korea, Israel, and Thailand. Title XV: Other Foreign Assistance Provisions - (Sec. 1503) Provides that certain restrictions with respect to foreign assistance shall not restrict assistance in support of a nongovernmental organization's programs (with exceptions). (Sec. 1504) Prohibits the use of funds authorized for foreign assistance programs for FY 1994 for: (1) financial incentives to businesses for purposes of inducing them to relocate outside the United States if it will reduce the number of individuals employed in the United States; (2) establishing any export processing zone or designated area in which the tax, tariff, labor, environment, and safety laws of a country do not apply to activities in such area, unless the President certifies that such assistance is not likely to cause a loss of jobs within the United States; or (3) assistance for a project that contributes to the violation of workers' rights. (Sec. 1505) Requires the Director of the Trade and Development Agency to carry out a capital projects pilot program in developing countries and countries making the transition from a nonmarket to a market economy. Makes funds available for such program. (Sec. 1506) Provides for the establishment of a Microenterprise Development Fund within the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance. (Sec. 1507) Requires the administrator of such agency to report to the Congress on the incorporation of the Agenda 21 principles of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development into foreign assistance activities.
Law· HRH.R. 2295 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Multilateral Assistance Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance Title III: Military Assistance Title IV: Export Assistance Title V: Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental Title I: Multilateral Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for the U.S. contribution to the: (1) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (2) International Development Association; (3) International Finance Corporation; (4) Inter-American Development Bank; (5) Asian Development Fund; (6) African Development Fund; (7) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and (8) Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund. Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for international programs and organizations. Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) development assistance (including development assistance for Subsaharan Africa); Special Fund; (2) international disaster assistance; (3) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (4) operating expenses of the Agency for International Development (AID) and the AID Office of Inspector General; (5) worldwide housing guarantees and for administrative expenses of such program; (6) debt reduction; (7) economic support fund assistance; (8) the Multilateral Assistance Initiative for the Philippines; (9) economic assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States; (10) assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet Union; (11) the African Development Foundation; (12) the Inter-American Foundation; (13) Overseas Private Investment Corporation direct and guaranteed loans and administrative expenses; (14) the Peace Corps; (15) international narcotics control; (16) migration and refugee assistance, salaries and expenses authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and specified allowances and the hire of passenger motor vehicles; (17) the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund; and (18) antiterrorism assistance. Title III: Military Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) international military education and training; (2) foreign military financing and direct loans; (3) international peacekeeping operations; and (4) a Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to redesignate the Guaranty Reserve Fund as the Foreign Military Loan Liquidating Account. Title IV: Export Assistance - Prohibits the use of Export-Import Bank funds for nuclear exports to a non-nuclear weapon state. Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) direct loans, tied-aid grants, loan guarantees, and insurance under Export-Import Bank programs; (2) administrative expenses; and (3) the Trade and Development Agency. Title V: Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for additional assistance for: (1) the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and (2) the defense agencies for providing assistance to such states.
Bill· HRH.R. 2232 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1993
Refugee Women and Children Protection Act - Directs the U.S. Government, in providing for overseas assistance and protection of refugees and displaced persons, to address the protection and basic needs of refugee women and children. Requires the Secretary of State to take certain steps concerning such refugees as called for in the 1991 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women. Directs the Secretary to ensure that all recipients of U.S. Government refugee and migration assistance implement such steps. Requires the Secretary, in providing such assistance, to raise at the highest levels of government the issue of abuses against refugee women and children by governments or insurgent groups that engage in or permit: (1) gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; (2) the blockage of humanitarian relief assistance; (3) gender-specific persecution; and (4) continuing violations of the integrity of the person against refugee women and children on the part of armed insurgents, local security forces, or camp guards. Declares that the Secretary should immediately investigate credible reports of abuses and identify remedial measures. Requires the U.S. Government to use its vote in the United Nations and participation in other multilateral organizations to promote policies which protect human rights and needs of refugee women and children. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should enter into negotiations to encourage other governments that provide refugee assistance to adopt refugee assistance policies to encourage full implementation of the UNHCR's 1991 Guidelines.
Bill· SS. 981 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for refugee assistance.
Law· HRH.R. 2128 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize FY 1993 and 1994 appropriations for refugee assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 1679 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1993
Asylum Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to nonrefoulement and asylum.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 89 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the highest priority of U.S. policy toward Haiti should be to restore democratic government. Urges the President to: (1) join with the Senate in expressing the outrage of the American people over the Haitian regime's attempt to deny democracy to its people; (2) review the compliance of U.S. persons and corporations with the Organization of American States (OAS)-sponsored embargo of Haiti; (3) implement measures necessary to ensure maximum compliance with the embargo; (4) give special priority to preventing oil from evading the embargo; (5) request that the United Nations (UN) Security Council join with the OAS in sponsoring an embargo against the Haitian regime; (6) assist the UN in expanding the number of its human rights observers in Haiti from 40 to 500; (7) establish as U.S. policy that Haitian refugees be granted the same protection afforded to those fleeing other oppressive regimes; (8) urge other Caribbean nations to share the burden of sheltering and accepting Haitian refugees; (9) offer humanitarian assistance to the Haitian people; and (10) develop a long-term U.S. policy toward Haiti which places a priority on building and supporting democratic institutions.
Bill· SS. 667 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1993
Port of Entry Inspections Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create grounds for exclusion of an alien who: (1) uses or attempts to use a fraudulent document to enter the United States, or to board a common carrier for such purpose; or (2) uses a document to board a common carrier and then fails to present such document to an immigration official upon arrival at a U.S. port of entry. Prohibits the granting of asylum to an alien who is found to be using fraudulent entry documents or who fails to present entry-related documents, unless a specially trained immigration officer determines such actions were pursuant to departure from a country: (1) in which the alien had a credible fear of persecution; or (2) from which there was a significant danger that the alien would be returned to a country in which he or she would have a credible fear of persecution. Provides for port of entry exclusion and deportation without administrative or judicial appeal (except by a limited petition of habeas corpus) for such admission document fraud. Increases penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses. Creates a separate offense and penalty for an alien smuggler who seriously injures or jeopardizes the life of an alien.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 74 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1993
Condemns: (1) the Malawian Government's continued incarceration and harassment of dissidents; the restriction on freedoms of speech, press, and assembly; and the repeated, short-term arrests of opposition leaders to impede their prodemocracy efforts; and (2) all efforts by such Government to limit the ability of political parties and popular organizations to campaign in relation to the upcoming referendum. Urges: (1) such Government to consider the recommendations of the United Nations (UN) Technical Team on the Conduct of a Free and Fair Referendum on the Issue of a One Party-Multiparty System in Malawi and to release all political prisoners; and (2) the President and the Secretary of State to ensure that the U.S. development assistance program bears relation to such Government's progress toward an open political system and respect for human rights and that the assistance of other governments and multilateral institutions is directed toward these goals. Commends the actions of the United States and UN in support of democratic change in Malawi and freedom of expression and human rights. Encourages the President and the Secretary of State to work closely with other governments to these ends. Sets conditions for the resumption of assistance to the Government of Malawi, including the release of political detainees, establishment and respect for fundamental freedoms, permitting the unimpeded right to participate freely in the selection of government, and establishment of effective institutions for the protection of such rights. Authorizes the President to waive such parts of the restrictions which are necessary to provide assistance to refugees currently residing in Malawi.
Bill· HRH.R. 1355 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1993
Exclusion and Asylum Reform Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create grounds for exclusion of an alien who: (1) uses or attempts to use a fraudulent document to enter the United States, or to board a common carrier for such purpose; or (2) uses a document to board a common carrier and then fails to present such document to an immigration official upon arrival at a U.S. port of entry. Prohibits the granting of asylum to an alien who is found to be using fraudulent entry documents or who fails to present entry-related documents, unless a specially trained immigration officer determines such actions were pursuant to departure from a country in which: (1) the alien had a credible fear of persecution; or (2) there was a significant danger that the alien would be returned to a country in which he or she would have a credible fear of persecution. Provides for port of entry exclusion and deportation without administrative or judicial appeal (except by a limited petition of habeas corpus) for such admission document fraud. Increases penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 1307 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1993
Haitian Refugee Protection Act of 1993 - Prohibits the U.S. Government from returning or causing to be returned to Haiti any Haitian national outside U.S. territorial waters or inside Haitian territorial waters, unless the Government has first determined the individual would not be a refugee under U.S. law. Exempts from such provisions any individual who participated in persecutions or who has been convicted of an aggravated felony and constitutes a danger to the U.S. community.
Bill· SS. 244 (103rd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Community Economic Partnership Investment Funds Title II: Emerging Community Development Corporations Title III: Research and Demonstration Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions National Community Economic Partnership Act of 1993 - Title I: Community Economic Partnership Investment Funds - Establishes a program of community economic partnership investment funds. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide nonrefundable lines of credit to community development corporations (CDCs) to establish, maintain, or expand revolving loan funds to finance projects to: (1) provide business and employment opportunities for low-income and unemployed individuals; and (2) improve the quality of life in urban and rural areas. Sets forth requirements relating to such revolving loan funds, including: (1) competitive assessment of applications from eligible entities for capitalization of such funds; (2) applications including strategic investment plans and demonstrations of experience and achievement; (3) matching local funds (with exceptions); and (4) local and private sector contributions. Requires the Secretary to give priority in providing lines of credit to: (1) CDCs that propose to undertake economic development activities in distressed communities that target women, Native Americans, at-risk youth, farmworkers, population-losing communities, very low-income communities, single mothers, veterans, and refugees, or that expand employee ownership of private enterprises and small businesses; and (2) programs providing loans in limited amounts to very small business enterprises. Reserves certain funds for such priority activities. Title II: Emerging Community Development Corporations - Establishes a program for emerging community development corporations (CDCs). Directs the Secretary to award skill enhancement grants and operating grants to CDCs. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to emerging CDCs to enable them to establish, maintain, or expand revolving loan funds, to make or guarantee loans, or to make capital investments in new or expanding local businesses. Title III: Research and Demonstration - Establishes a community economic development research and demonstration program. Directs the Secretary to award grants to enable eligible organizations to undertake programs involving research, testing, studies, or demonstrations related to community economic development. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to permit the operation of appropriate joint programs to coordinate activities under this Act with community economic development activities assisted by other programs administered by the Secretary and other Federal agency heads. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the community economic partnership investment funds program; (2) the emerging CDCs program; and (3) the research demonstration program. Prohibits funds authorized under this Act from being used to finance the construction of housing. Provides that this Act shall take effect as if included in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 24 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) hostilities, war crimes, and human rights violations in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Bosnia) should cease immediately; (2) in the event of continued Serbian attacks on Bosnian civilians, the United States and the European Community (EC) should persuade the United Nations (UN) Security Council to lift the arms embargo against Bosnian Muslims; (3) the UN should promptly authorize the enforcement of the "no-fly" zone over Bosnia; (4) the U.S. Government and EC members should propose and support decisive international efforts to achieve a prompt cessation of hostilities and alleviate the suffering of the Bosnian civilian population; (5) UN Security Council Resolution 770 (authorizing the use of all measures necessary to deliver humanitarian relief whenever it is needed to Bosnia) should be fully implemented; (6) the conclusions of the London Conference, including agreements between the parties of the conflict to collaborate in delivery of humanitarian relief in Bosnia, should be fully implemented; (7) the U.S. Government should implement the emergency provisions of the Refugee Act of 1980 to admit Bosnian refugees to the United States while encouraging EC members to initiate reciprocal action; (8) the UN and relevant international relief organizations should be given unrestricted access to all prisoners of war in the former Republic of Yugoslavia to monitor human rights conditions in the camps; and (9) the U.S. Government should support and encourage the formation and development of an international war crimes commission.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 11 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Declares that the United States should: (1) act to uphold Bosnia-Hercegovina's right to self-defense as provided under the United Nations (UN) Charter and seek the lifting of the international arms embargo as it applies to that country; (2) assemble a multinational coalition to enforce the existing UN "no-fly" zone over that country; (3) ensure that irregular forces there either withdraw, be subject to Government authority, or be disbanded and disarmed with their weapons placed under international monitoring; (4) ensure unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to all civilian populations there; (5) ensure unimpeded access to all camps, prisons, and detention centers there by international humanitarian organizations and facilitate the release of all detainees from such facilities; (6) seek an increase in the number of refugees from Bosnia-Hercegovina permitted to enter the United States and other European countries; and (7) work to ensure that those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity there are held accountable by an international criminal tribunal.
Bill· HRH.R. 551 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Vietnam POW/MIA Rescue Act - Directs the Attorney General to grant asylum to certain nationals of Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, or Burma (Myanmar) who personally deliver into U.S. custody a living Vietnam POW/MIA (or participate in such a delivery).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 35 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) act to uphold Bosnia-Herzegovina's right to self-defense and seek the lifting of the international arms embargo on that country; (2) assemble a multinational coalition to enforce the "no-fly" zone over that country, to ensure that irregular forces there be withdrawn, be subject to the authority of that country's Government, or be disbanded and disarmed, to ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all civilian populations there, to ensure access to all camps, prisons, and detention centers by international humanitarian organizations, and to facilitate the release of all detainees from such facilities; (3) seek an increase in the number of refugees from that country permitted to enter the United States and other European countries; and (4) work to ensure that those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity there are held accountable by an international criminal tribunal.
Law· HRH.R. 6 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title I: Elementary and Secondary Education Program Authorized Title II: Amendments to Other Educational Programs Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1993 - Title I: Elementary and Secondary Education Program Authorized - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to extend for six years the authorizations of appropriations for ESEA programs, including: (1) basic grants under the title I Chapter 1 program of assistance for educationally disadvantaged children (including participation of children enrolled in private schools); (2) Even Start Family Literacy programs; (3) secondary school programs for basic skills improvement and dropout prevention and reentry; (4) funds for implementation of school improvement programs; (5) rural educational opportunities; (6) Federal, State, and local partnership for educational improvement (Chapter 2 programs); (7) Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education assistance; (8) foreign language assistance; (9) magnet schools assistance; (10) women's educational equity; (11) gifted and talented children; (12) Ellender fellowships; (13) immigrant education; (14) the Secretary's fund for innovation in education, including instruction in history and principles of U.S. democracy; (15) Ready to Learn program; (16) basic skills improvement assistance; and (17) bilingual education programs. Title II: Amendments to Other Educational Programs - Extends the authorization of appropriations for the following programs under the following Acts: (1) Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, education for homeless adults, children, and youth; (2) the Follow Through Act, Follow Through programs; (3) impact aid to local educational agencies, under specified Federal laws; (3) the Indian Education Act, assistance to local educational agencies, improvement of education for Indian children, training for their teachers, fellowships for Indian students, gifted and talented, and improvement of education for adult Indians; (4) the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, refugee and immigrant education; (5) education for Native Hawaiians, under specified Federal law; (6) the Education for Economic Security Act, partnerships in education for mathematics, science, and engineering, and the Star Schools program; (7) the General Education Provisions Act, the National Center for Education Statistics; (8) the Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teaching Act, the fund under such Act; and (9) the Education Council Act of 1991, the National Writing Project.