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Bill· SS. 566 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1993
Provides that service performed by certain civilian employees of the Departments of Transportation or of Defense holding positions for which experience as an air traffic controller is a prerequisite shall be creditable for retirement under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 79 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1993
Declares that: (1) the United States should work with the United Nations Security Council to lift the international arms embargo as it applies to Bosnia-Herzegovina; and (2) such action should be taken on a timely basis to complement the peace process.
Bill· HRH.R. 1312 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1993
Local Exchange Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1993 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to exercise its authority to: (1) preserve and enhance universal telephone service at reasonable rates; (2) achieve universal availability of advanced network capabilities and information services; (3) assure a seamless nationwide distribution network through joint network planning, coordination, and service arrangements between and among local exchange carriers (LECs); (4) maintain high standards of quality for advanced network services; and (5) assure adequate communication for the public health, safety, defense, education, national security, and emergency preparedness. Defines "local exchange carrier" as a carrier that: (1) is required to provide upon request, under tariff or subject to other government oversight (by the FCC or a State commission), interstate and intrastate access services and telephone exchange service; (2) is, or was, a participant in one or more interstate pools established by the FCC, or would have been required to participate in one or more such pools had the carrier been engaged in interstate and intrastate access and telephone exchange service while such participation was mandatory; (3) is subject to the requirements imposed by the FCC or a State commission related to the provision of equal access; and (4) conforms with the provisions of the North American Numbering Plan applicable to the assignment of numbering resources for telephone exchange service, as defined by the Plan's Administrator. Requires the FCC to prescribe regulations that require: (1) joint coordinated network planning, design, and cooperative implementation among all LECs in the provision of public switched network infrastructure and services; (2) development of standards for interconnection between the LEC public switched network and others by appropriate standard-setting bodies; and (3) a LEC to share public switched network infrastructure and functionality with requesting LECs which serve a geographic area for which they lack economies of scale or scope for the particular required network functionality.
Bill· HRH.R. 1323 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1993
National Economic Conversion and Environmental Restoration Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make demonstration grants to institutions of higher education to provide education and training in environmental restoration to dislocated defense workers and young adults. Sets forth consortium, application, reporting, and other program requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1310 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1993
Military Spouse Benefits Clarification Act - Prohibits military spouse benefits from accruing or being paid in the case of a person asserted to be a partner of a member of the armed forces if such person and member are of the same sex. Prohibits any Department of Defense directive or military department regulation applicable to homosexual conduct from being modified to sanction or condone homosexual conduct. Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from conducting, sponsoring, or requiring or urging the attendance of military personnel at any session, meeting, or program the purpose of which is to instruct or train military personnel to be more accepting of persons who are homosexuals.
Bill· HRH.R. 1321 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1993
Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, with respect to recommendations made in 1995 for the closure and realignment of military installations under such Act, to include recommendations for the termination and reduction of operations at military installations outside the United States. Directs the: (1) Secretary to publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the appropriate congressional committees the interim and final criteria proposed to be used by the Department of Defense in making such recommendations; (2) Secretary to transmit final recommendations to the Commission; and (3) Commission to review and make changes, if necessary, to such recommendations and report its recommendations to the President.
Bill· HRH.R. 1324 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1993
Provides for the allocation of the excess unobligated balance remaining at the end of each fiscal year in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Cost Recovery Fund to the Nursing Home Revolving Fund and to the credit of appropriations available for the operation of Department medical facilities.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 78 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1993
Commends the German people for their efforts to: (1) acknowledge the evils perpetrated during the National Socialist period; (2) construct a democratic state deeply rooted in German society; and (3) integrate Germany into international institutions designed to promote democracy and international peace and security. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) an appropriate response under current circumstances to Germany's past would be for Germany to participate fully in international efforts to maintain or restore international peace and security; and (2) the President should strongly encourage Germany to assume full and active participation in international peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace-enforcing operations and to take necessary measures with regard to its constitutional law and policy and its military capabilities to enable full and active German participation in such operations.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 15 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1993
Calls for the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, when making recommendations to the President during 1993 for the closure of military installations, to give greater emphasis to the economic impact of such closures on the affected communities.
Bill· HRH.R. 1276 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1993
Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 1993 - Declares that a person not prohibited by Federal law from receiving a firearm shall have the right to obtain firearms for security and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home. Authorizes persons whose rights under this Act have been violated to bring an action in U.S. district court against the United States, any State, or any person for damages, injunctive relief, and such other relief as the court deems appropriate. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the award of attorney's fees; and (2) the statute of limitations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1294 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1993
Requires each military installation selected for closure or substantial realignment under a base closure law to be designated as: (1) an enterprise zone for purposes of title VII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987; and (2) a redevelopment area for purposes of title IV of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (making the local community of such military installation eligible for certain developmental financial and other assistance). Requires such designations to be made within 60 days after the recommendation for installation closure or realignment. Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in the case of each military installation designated as either an enterprise zone or a redevelopment area, from identifying buildings or other properties at such installation as suitable for housing for the homeless until: (1) such Secretary certifies to the Congress that such buildings or properties are no longer being considered for commercial uses as an enterprise zone; and (2) the Secretary of Commerce makes the same certification with respect to such use as a redevelopment area.
Bill· HRH.R. 1306 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1993
Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a certain amount to a named individual in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement of transportation expenses incurred at the time of his retirement as a Department of Defense civilian employee in 1982.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 147 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1993
Designates April 1993 as Civil War History Month.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 127 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that one-third of the funds appropriated for any fiscal year for homeless assistance programs should be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for programs to assist homeless veterans.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 60 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1993
Calls for the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, when making recommendations to the President during 1993 for the closure of military installations, to give greater emphasis to the economic impact of such closures on the affected communities.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 14 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1993
Welcomes the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (an association of reserve officers representing nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) to the United States for its XLVI Congress at Washington, D.C., during August 1993. Urges and commends efforts of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Reserve Officers Association, and all Federal departments and agencies in hosting such Congress and carrying out appropriate activities and programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 1259 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Presidential Council on Economic Diversification and Adjustment Title II: Grant Assistance for Alternative Use Committees Title III: Displaced Workers Title IV: Export Opportunities Title V: Defense Production Act Title VI: Small Business Title VII: Economic Development Assistance Title VIII: Defense Economic Adjustment Trust Fund Defense Industrial Stabilization and Community Transition Act of 1993 - Title I: Presidential Council on Economic Diversification and Adjustment - Establishes the Presidential Council on Economic Diversification and Adjustment within the Executive Office to: (1) determine future reductions in defense spending; (2) identify communities and businesses that will be adversely affected and assist them in diversifying into nondefense commercial activities; (3) assist defense-dependent industries in seeking new markets and workers adversely affected by spending reductions; (4) serve as a liaison among Government programs to minimize adverse effects; (5) maintain the integrity of the defense industrial base during periods of significant spending reductions; (6) ensure that the U.S. technological base is not unduly impaired by such reductions; (7) maintain a clearinghouse of information on State and local initiatives on diversification of businesses and communities; (8) assist State economic development offices in meetings on diversification; (9) ensure that communities, businesses, and workers likely to be adversely affected are given advance notice; and (10) allocate funds in the Defense Economic Adjustment Trust Fund to relevant programs. Establishes Council working groups on technology, marketing, small business, and job training. Title II: Grant Assistance for Alternative Use Committees - Authorizes the Council to make a grant to any eligible alternative use committee at a defense business facility for: (1) a marketing expert to determine potential market needs that provide diversification and conversion opportunities; (2) an office; and (3) experts to determine the feasibility of diversification and conversion alternatives for such facility. Title III: Displaced Workers - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to authorize certain funds under the Defense Saving Investment Act of 1991 to be made available for the defense conversion adjustment program. Title IV: Export Opportunities - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Export-Import Bank to include in an annual report to the Congress a description of actions taken to support the commercial diversification of industries dependent on defense spending. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the President to extend guarantees to U.S. businesses in connection with the sale of defense articles and services to NATO countries, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Defense Production Act - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President to permit specified Federal agencies engaged in defense procurement to guarantee any financing institution against losses on any commitment for financing the conversion of businesses from defense-related production to commercial production. Permits the President to provide such authority only with respect to businesses critical to the U.S. defense industrial base that are likely to be closed. Title VI: Small Business - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to increase: (1) the number of small business development centers in defense-dependent regions; and (2) the assistance and services provided to defense-dependent small business concerns. Amends the Small Business Act to increase the amount required to be allocated for small business innovation research programs. Title VII: Economic Development Assistance - Makes communities that will be adversely affected by defense spending reductions eligible for special economic development and adjustment assistance under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. Authorizes the Council to transfer funds under this Act for providing assistance under such Act. Title VIII: Defense Economic Adjustment Trust Fund - Establishes the Defense Economic Adjustment Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1262 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1993
Explosives Fingerprinting Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit, with respect to any explosive material which does not contain an identification and a detection taggant: (1) its manufacture; (2) its transport, shipment, distribution, or receipt in interstate or foreign commerce; (3) its importation; and (4) its resale or other disposition as surplus by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States. Makes such provisions inapplicable to any such material designated by the President for use by the Department of Defense or another Government agency for national defense or international security purposes. Sets penalties for violations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) defer one or more of specified effective dates provided for in this Act one year at a time until the Secretary is satisfied that identification and detection taggants are available in sufficient quantity for commercial purposes, will not impair the quality of explosive materials for their intended use, and will not adversely affect the environment; and (2) inform the Congress before making any such deferrals.
Bill· HRH.R. 1269 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Environmental Restoration at Military Installations to be Closed Title II: Tax Incentives Relating to Federal Military Base Closures and Realignments Title III: Economic Adjustment and Conversion Assistance Comprehensive Base Closure Reform and Recovery Act of 1993 - Title I: Environmental Restoration at Military Installations to be Closed - Requires, with respect to each military installation which is on the National Priorities List for substantial environmental cleanup and which is to be closed: (1) that at least 75 percent of the required environmental remedial actions be completed before the installation is closed or substantial reductions in its operations have occurred; and (2) that all of the required remedial action be completed no later than two years after such closure or reduction. Title II: Tax Incentives Relating to Federal Military Base Closures and Realignments - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat any Federal military installation employee whose job is terminated by reason of installation closure or realignment as a member of a targeted group for purposes of the targeted jobs credit. Reduces the depreciation recapture rate for businesses that acquire buildings on such bases. Increases the amount which may be expensed for the cost of new equipment placed in service. Provides for the treatment of compensation paid for losses sustained in a private sale of a residence as part of the amount realized on the sale of the residence. Title III: Economic Adjustment and Conversion Assistance - Amends the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990 to direct the Economic Development Administration to ensure that economic adjustment assistance funds are reserved for communities most substantially and seriously affected by the closure or realignment of a military installation or the curtailment, completion, elimination, or realignment of a major defense contract. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for such assistance. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to guarantee loans to civilian DOD employees of a military installation to be closed or realigned. Requires the average amount of assistance authorized for a State or local government affected by the closure of a military installation for planning community adjustments and economic diversification to be at least $250,000 per year during the course of such closure. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for training, adjustment assistance, and employment services to employees adversely affected by closures of military installations. Directs the Secretary to convey to an eligible State or local government title to a military installation closed in such area. Directs the Secretary to transmit to State and political subdivisions advance notification of the intention to convey property of the installation. Provides the order of priority for the conveyance. Authorizes the President to waive property conveyance requirements for national security reasons or if a conveyance would constitute an undue windfall not necessary for a community's economic recovery. Directs the Secretary to provide economic adjustment and community planning assistance to communities near the closed military installation until such time as economic stability is achieved. Authorizes the Secretary and any other Federal agency head to continue, after closure of an installation is approved by the President, to obligate funds for improvements to the property that will facilitate its conveyance and that are consistent with the use to be made of the property. Directs the Secretary to give preference to local businesses and small business concerns for contracts relating to the closure or realignment of a military installation. Directs the Secretary to provide homeowners assistance under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 to eligible employees of local educational agencies adversely affected by military base closures.
Bill· HRH.R. 1260 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1993
National Aeronautical Research and Competitiveness Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Secretary of Defense to: (1) establish a joint military and civilian aeronautical research and development program; (2) prepare and transmit to the Congress a five-year aeronautical research plan; and (3) establish an Aeronautical Research Advisory Committee.
Bill· SS. 518 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1993
Deficit Reduction Through Intelligence Programs Reduction Act of 1993 - Prohibits funds appropriated to carry out activities of the intelligence community for FY 1994 from exceeding the equal amount of such appropriations for FY 1993, minus $1,260,000,000.
Bill· SS. 519 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1993
Prohibits funds appropriated after enactment of this Act for the Department of Defense from being obligated or expended for the Trident II ballistic missile program, with the exception of a maximum specified sum solely for termination of the program.
Bill· SS. 517 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1993
Limits the authorization of appropriations for the Strategic Defense Initiative to a maximum of $2,000,000,000 for FY 1994.
Bill· HRH.R. 1221 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1993
Debt for Democracy Act of 1993 - Authorizes the President to reduce the amount of qualifying debt owed to the U.S. Government by, and make donations of grain to, an independent state of the former Soviet Union that enters into an agreement to: (1) dismantle nuclear weapons or other military-related objects and facilities; or (2) grant an equity interest in a state-owned enterprise equal to the amount of debt reduction to a nongovernmental business entity in the United States that agrees to repay the amount of debt that has been reduced. Defines a "qualifying debt" as a debt resulting from activities under authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commodity Credit Corporation, or any Department of Agriculture entity.
Bill· HRH.R. 1218 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reduction in Individual Income Taxes Title II: Incentive for Purchase of American-Made Property Title III: Surface Transportation Programs Title IV: Relief from Credit Crunch Title V: Cap on Federal Employment Title VI: Reduction in Federal Overhead Expenses Economic Growth Incentive Act of 1993 - Title I: Reduction in Individual Income Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a five-percent decrease in individual income taxes. Title II: Incentive for Purchase of American-Made Property - Allows an itemized deduction for State and local general sales taxes imposed on the retail sale of American-made property. Title III: Surface Transportation Programs - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to repeal the obligation ceiling for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. Repeals authorized appropriations for FY 1993 and beyond and authorizes (and generally increases) appropriations for FY 1993 and 1994 for: (1) highway programs; (2) construction of national defense highways located outside the United States; (3) the interstate substitute program; (4) donor State bonus amounts; (5) apportionment adjustments; (6) set asides for interstate discretionary projects; (7) the discretionary bridge program; (8) national high-speed ground transportation programs; (9) the highway timber bridge program; (10) highway use tax evasion projects; (11) the scenic byways program; (12) construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities; (13) certain highway safety programs; (14) Federal Transit Act authorizations; and (15) the motor carrier safety grant program. Repeals FY 1992 budget compliance provisions. Accelerates from FY 1996 and 1997 to FY 1993 and 1994 the authority for reimbursements for segments of the Interstate System constructed without Federal assistance. Removes the highway safety obligation ceilings. Repeals the required reduction in certain Federal Transit Act authorizations for budget compliance. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the adjustment of apportionments for the Highway Trust Fund. Title IV: Relief from Credit Crunch - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the current "credit crunch" should be eased by making it easier for businesses and individuals to obtain loans and leases; and (2) State banking authorities and the appropriate Federal banking agencies should more sensibly apply the requirements on loan loss reserves so as not to punish or restrain responsible borrowers. Title V: Cap on Federal Employment - Prohibits the number of Federal employees from exceeding such number on the date of enactment of this Act. Rescinds all unobligated amounts that were appropriated before such date to pay the salary, wages, or benefits for a position not filled on that date. Title VI: Reduction in Federal Overhead Expenses - Rescinds ten percent of all unobligated amounts that were appropriated before the date of enactment of this Act to pay overhead expenses of any Federal agency. Reduces authorizations for any fiscal year to pay overhead expenses of any Federal agency by ten percent.
Bill· HRH.R. 1245 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1993
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to assist eligible members of the armed forces to obtain employment by State or local law enforcement agencies or by health care providers upon discharge or release from active duty. Makes eligible for such assistance members: (1) selected for involuntary separation, separated under a special separation benefits program, or given early retirement during a four-year period beginning on October 1, 1993; (2) having certain educational degrees or certification; and (3) having a military occupational specialty, training, or experience related to law enforcement or health care. Provides for the making of grants to law enforcement agencies and health care providers in order to facilitate such employment.
Bill· HRH.R. 1229 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1993
National Aviation Research and Competitiveness Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to jointly establish a research program on aviation technologies that applies to both military and civil aviation vehicles and airports and that enhance U.S. competitiveness. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary to transmit to the Congress a national aviation research plan that advances aviation technologies over a five-year period. Establishes a Joint Aviation Research Advisory Committee.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 132 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1993
Recognizes the Memorial Light at the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace located in Columbia, New Hamsphire, as a memorial of national significance.
Bill· HRH.R. 1193 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Establishment of the Citizens Corps Title II: Administration of the Citizens Corps Subtitle A: Administration of the Civilian Service and Senior Service Subtitle B: Provision of National Service Positions for Members of the Civilian Service and Senior Service Subtitle C: Deferred Placement of Members of the Civilian Service Subtitle D: Administration of the Citizens Corps With Regard to Service in the Armed Forces Title III: Benefits for Participating in the Citizens Corps Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions National Voluntary Service and Educational Opportunity Act of 1993 - Title I: Establishment of the Citizens Corps - Establishes a Citizens Corps to provide the following voluntary national service options: (1) Civilian Service; (2) Service in the Armed Forces; and (3) Senior Service. Sets forth requirements for individual eligibility, terms of service, types of national and community service, applications, and placements. Title II: Administration of the Citizens Corps - Subtitle A: Administration of the Civilian Service and Senior Service - Makes the Commission on National and Community Service responsible for administering the Civilian Service and Senior Service of the Citizen Corps. Directs the Commission to make general grants to States for: (1) paying stipends and wages for Civilian and Senior Services members; (2) providing and administering national service opportunities in each State for such members; and (3) making grants to national service councils in each State. Authorizes supplemental grants to a State or to a Federal agency under certain conditions. Subtitle B: Provision of National Service Positions for Members of the Civilian Service and Senior Service - Directs each State Governor to prepare a national service plan specifying priorities in the State for providing national service opportunities for Civilian and Senior Services members. Requires designation, and allows redesignation after the first two years, of volunteer service areas for the State. Requires establishment of a national service council for each volunteer service area. Requires each council to: (1) recruit and place volunteers; (2) prepare and implement a volunteer recruitment and placement plan (subject to public review and the Governor's approval); (3) select service sponsors (public agencies or public or nonprofit organizations); and (4) prevent displacement of workers. Requires each State to establish a grievance procedure for resolving complaints of worker displacement by Corps members. Authorizes the Commission to require a private nonprofit organization to pay a limited amount for each Corps member placed in a national service position with that organization. Subtitle C: Deferred Placement of Members of the Civilian Service - Provides for a deferred placement program under which individuals eligible to serve in the Civilian Service may receive financial assistance for an education or training program at an educational institution or training establishment, if they have received a high school diploma or equivalent and are accepted or enrolled as a full-time student. Makes the Government's financial obligation (and any participant obligation conditioned thereon) contingent upon appropriations for assistance under this subtitle. Subtitle D: Administration of the Citizen Corps with Regard to Service in the Armed Forces - Makes the Secretary of Defense responsible for administering Citizens Corps members' service in the Armed Forces. Provides for a deferred enlistment program under which a certain number of individuals eligible to enlist for service in the Armed Forces as Citizens Corps members may receive financial assistance for an education or training program at an educational institution or training establishment. Directs the Secretary concerned to expand the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program to accommodate such number of individuals. Title III: Benefits for Participating in the Citizens Corps - Requires the State (or the Federal agency where a member is placed) to provide specified weekly stipends to Civilian Service members and hourly wages to Senior Service members. Requires the Commission to provide other assistance for Civilian and Senior Services members, as well as health insurance for each Civilian Service member. Sets compensation for Citizens Corps members serving in the Armed Forces at 66 percent of the basic rates for other comparable members of the Armed Forces. Makes such Citizen Corps members ineligible for specified benefits. Provides for the following educational or housing benefits, as the participant elects, for the following types of Citizens Corps service: (1) up to $10,000 for each year of Civilian Service; (2) up to $24,000 for two years of active duty in the Armed Forces; and (3) up to $12,000 for one year of service in a Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces. Allows a prorated benefit in certain cases of partial service. Directs the Commission and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as appropriate, to administer such financial assistance. Sets a ten-year limit on use of such assistance, with exceptions. Excludes such assistance from gross income for Internal Revenue Code purposes. Includes such assistance in determination of family contribution for student assistance need analysis under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Entitles Peace Corps and VISTA volunteers who successfully complete their service after the effective date of this Act to the same education or housing assistance benefits as Civilian Service members, but reduces such benefits to reflect any compensation that is more than the Civilian Service stipend. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1201 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1993
Allows individuals who enlisted in the armed forces between January 1, 1977, and June 30, 1985, who are serving on active duty upon the enactment of this Act and are later honorably discharged or released, who have completed the requirements for a secondary diploma or at least 12 semester hours leading to a standard college degree, and who, before such discharge or release, make the appropriate election, to enroll and participate in the All-Volunteer Force educational assistance program. Requires a basic pay reduction of $1,200 for participation in the program. Provides for a pro rata refund of an appropriate amount for any educational assistance unused by members disenrolling from the program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1203 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1993
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to detail members of the armed forces to a State or local correctional agency for temporary duty as advisors and instructors at a correctional facility operated as a military-style boot camp if the Secretary determines that such personnel could contribute to the rehabilitative purposes of such facility. Credits such military personnel for all service performed during such detail. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 and other Federal provisions relating to actions taken in conjunction with defense base closures and realignments to authorize the Secretary to transfer to the State or local government in which the military installation is located appropriate property or facilities for conversion and use in conjunction with military-style boot camp operations at a correctional facility.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 131 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1993
Designates December 7 of each year as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Bill· SS. 482 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide outpatient medical services to a former prisoner of war for any disability.
Bill· SS. 473 (103rd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993
Department of Energy National Competitiveness Technology Partnership Act of 1993 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy and the directors of departmental laboratories (laboratories operated by or on behalf of the Department of Energy (DOE) or facilities that would be considered to be laboratories under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980) to enter into any partnership that will enhance the economic, scientific, or technological competitiveness of U.S. industry. Directs the Secretary to develop a multi-year critical technology strategy for each critical technology listed in the National Critical Technologies Report. Authorizes the Secretary and the directors of departmental laboratories to enter into partnerships that build on the core competencies of the laboratories to conduct research, development, demonstration, or commercial application activities in areas listed in the Report or in energy efficiency or supply, high-performance computing, the environment, human health, advanced manufacturing technologies, advanced materials, transportation, space, or quality technologies, or technologies listed in the annual defense critical technologies plan. Requires the Secretary to establish a: (1) Laboratory Partnership Advisory Board within DOE; and (2) program to encourage scientists and engineers from departmental laboratories to serve in the research facilities of governments, educational institutions, and industrial organizations in the United States and foreign countries. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on opportunities for minority colleges and universities to participate in DOE or departmental laboratory programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a career path program to recruit employees of the national laboratories to serve in DOE positions. Amends the Federal criminal code and the Federal Procurement Policy Act to make certain post-employment restrictions inapplicable with respect to the national laboratories. Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to provide for cost-shared projects involving DOE or DOE laboratories and non-Federal entities to test and apply high-performance computing and high-speed networking technologies. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to solicit contract proposals for the deployment of a commercial uranium enrichment plant using the Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation technology. Increases the number of DOE Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 469 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993
Vietnam Women's Memorial Coin Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue silver coins emblematic of the Vietnam Women's Memorial sculpture. Requires all surcharges received from the sale of such coins to be used for: (1) an endowment for the Memorial; (2) education and research concerning veterans and their families; and (3) the identification and documentation of women who served in the armed forces during the Vietnam era. Expresses the sense of the Congress that this coin program shall be self-sustaining and administered to result in no net cost to the Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 54 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993
Designates April 9, 1993, and April 9, 1994, as National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day.
Bill· HRH.R. 1176 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 1993, to conduct a rural health-care clinic program in States where significant numbers of veterans reside in areas geographically remote from existing health-care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary to commence operation of at least three such clinics in each fiscal year of the program. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of the program. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1174 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1993
Air Traffic Supervisor Retirement Reform Act of 1993 - Provides that service performed by certain civilian employees of the Departments of Transportation or Defense holding positions for which experience as an air traffic controller is a prerequisite (air traffic second-level supervisors and managers) shall be creditable for retirement under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems.
Bill· SS. 452 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1993
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 1993, to conduct a rural health-care clinic program in States where significant numbers of veterans reside in areas geographically remote from existing health-care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary to commence operation of at least three such clinics in each fiscal year of the program. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of the program. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 415 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Boot Camp Prison Act of 1993 - Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Bureau of Prisons ten military-style boot camp prisons on closed military installations to provide: (1) a highly regimented schedule of strict discipline, physical training, work, drill, and ceremony characteristic of military basic training; (2) remedial education; (3) counseling as appropriate; and (4) treatment for substance abuse. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) capacity of such camps; (2) eligibility requirements for Federal and State prisoners; (3) post-release supervision (including aftercare, with provision for educational and vocational training and drug or other counseling and treatment where appropriate); and (4) termination of the program. Directs the Attorney General to evaluate the boot camp prisons and report to the Congress on their performance, including an assessment of the rate of recidivism of boot camp prisoners as compared with similar defendants in conventional prisons, the cost effectiveness of boot camp prisons as compared to conventional prisons, and the program's effect on the overcrowding of conventional prisons. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1109 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Merchant Seamen Reemployment Rights Act of 1993 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to entitle a merchant mariner who serves during a war, armed conflict, national emergency, or mobilization need to the same reemployment rights as are guaranteed to a member of a Reserve component of the armed forces who is ordered to active duty.
Bill· HRH.R. 1082 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Directs the Attorney General to hire as additional border Patrol agents in the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 2,500 former military personnel involuntarily discharged under honorable conditions. Provides for inservice training for such individuals. Provides funding for such additional personnel from sums appropriated to the Department of Defense for FY 1994.
Bill· HRH.R. 1127 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Intelligence Agencies Reorganization Act of 1993 - Directs the President to: (1) reorganize the U.S. intelligence community to reduce redundancy and overlapping jurisdiction of intelligence components and to centralize responsibility for intelligence activities; and (2) reduce, for each of FY 1993 through 1997, the total number of military and civilian personnel employed by, or assigned to, the intelligence community by at least four percent of the total number of such personnel as of September 30, 1992. Bars the reassignment of functions and personnel to avoid or reduce the effect of such reductions. Requires reductions in the number of members of the armed forces or civilian personnel in the intelligence community to be matched with corresponding reductions in the overall number of members of the armed forces or of civilian Government employees.
Bill· HRH.R. 1055 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Directs the Secretary of Defense to issue a commendation to each individual who was exposed to mustard agents in testing during World War II while serving in the armed forces. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify each individual so exposed of possible health effects; and (2) make available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs any information regarding such exposure.
Bill· HRH.R. 1058 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Amends the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program to allow members of the Selected Reserve to use such assistance for the pursuit of graduate programs. (Currently, the use of such assistance is prohibited for pursuit of a program of education beyond the baccalaureate level.)
Bill· HRH.R. 1040 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reserve Officer Personnel Management Title II: Other Personnel Policy Amendments Title III: Reorganization and Consolidation of Laws Relating to Reserve Components Title IV: Technical and Clerical Amendments Title V: Transition Provisions Title VI: Effective Dates and General Savings Provisions Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act - Title I: Reserve Officer Personnel Management - Part A: Revised and Standardized Reserve Officer Personnel System - Amends Federal armed forces provisions to recodify provisions relating to the organization, administration, promotion, and retention of officers in the armed forces reserves, except for officers. Directs the Secretary of each armed force to maintain a reserve active-status list to include all reserve officers other than warrant officers and active-duty reserve officers. Provides for the convening of selection boards to determine, with the use of the active-status list, the order for: (1) promotion; (2) continuation on the active-status list; (3) selective early removal from such list; or (4) selective early retirement. Outlines procedures to be used by such selection boards for each determination, including: (1) notice to and opportunity for officers to present appropriate information on their behalf; (2) majority vote by the board; (3) removal of an officer's name for consideration by the President or after having failed twice for promotion or continuation on such list; (4) the creation of promotion zones from which eligible officers are chosen for promotion, together with appropriate promotion requirements; (5) the appropriate number of reserve officers to be included in each promotion zone; (6) permissible delays in promotion consideration due to disciplinary actions or criminal proceedings or certain other reasons; and (7) a voluntary delays requested by the officer being considered. Provides special promotional considerations for reserve officers in and above general and flag grades. Provides that reserve officers on the active-status list who are considered but not recommended for promotion or who decline to accept a promotion shall be considered to have failed for promotion. Provides for the convening of special selection boards (to correct administrative errors in promotion proceedings) and mandatory promotion selection boards in specified circumstances. Requires the following officers to be separated from service after failure of selection for promotion to the next higher grade for the second time: reserve first lieutenants in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and reserve first lieutenants junior grade in the Navy. Provides certain exceptions to such separations, including mobilization requirements. Requires removal from the reserve active-status list (or transfer to the retired list in certain circumstances) for certain officers who have completed a specified number of years of service or attained a certain age (both varying depending on the grade rank in question). Allows for continuation on the active-status list or separation from service for such officers. Directs the Secretary concerned to convene a board of inquiry to receive evidence and review the case of any officer who has been required to show cause for retention in an active status. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army or Air Force, as appropriate, to: (1) terminate the reserve appointment; or (2) withdraw Federal recognition as an officer of the National Guard for officers in the Army or Air National Guard who have been absent without leave for three months or more. Part B: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments. Title II: Other Personnel Policy Amendments - Part A: Appointments - Repeals the separate authority for women to be either enlisted or appointed as reserve officers. Provides for the appointment of former active-duty commissioned officers as reserve officers on the reserve active-status list. Provides crediting for active-duty time served for such officers. Part B: Separation and Retirement - Provides for the crediting, upon retirement, of the highest grade satisfactorily served at any time in the armed forces. Part C: Other Amendments - Revises provisions with respect to: (1) removal from the active-status list of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau; and (2) the reenlistment of a former enlisted reserve officer. Title III: Reorganization and Consolidation of Laws Relating to Reserve Components - Reorganizes and consolidates certain laws relating to the reserve components of the armed forces. Provides that in each armed force there shall be a Ready Reserve, a Standby Reserve, and a Retired Reserve and requires each reserve member to be placed in a category. Outlines provisions with respect to the appointment, composition, authorized strength, and other procedural aspects for each such type of reserve category. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs to be the Department of Defense (DOD) official responsible for overall supervision of reserve component affairs of DOD. Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Defense a Reserve Forces Policy Board to act as the principal policy adviser to the Secretary on matters relating to the reserve components. Provides for the establishment of subordinate policy committees within each of the service branches. Establishes a National Guard Bureau as a joint bureau of the Departments of the Army and Air Force. Sets forth provisions relating to reserve component personnel policy. Requires the authorized strength of a reserve component to be prescribed by the President when not prescribed by law. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) enlisted personnel; and (2) National Guard members in the Federal service. Provides for the utilization of reserve personnel for: (1) training, administering, or instructing other reserve members; and (2) serving on active duty. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) the discharge or separation of reserve personnel; and (2) the computation of years-of-service and retired pay for retired reserve personnel. Title IV: Technical and Clerical Amendments - Makes general and technical amendments to conform with reorganizational changes made under this Act. Title V: Transition Provisions - Provides transitional provisions for reserve officer personnel affected by changes made under this Act. Title VI: Effective Dates and General Savings Provisions - Gives the effective date for changes made under this Act and sets forth savings and transition provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 1032 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Act - Establishes in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of Employment Discrimination Complaints Resolution headed by a Director who shall administer Department procedures for resolving complaints of unlawful employment discrimination. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include certain information with respect to Office budgets and activities in annual budget documents submitted to the Congress. Directs Office employees to counsel and resolve the complaints of Department employees in an expeditious and impartial manner through informal investigation and conciliation. Outlines procedures for: (1) the investigation of complaints through either an informal resolution process or assignment to an administrative law judge; (2) a hearing and final agency decision by such a judge for cases unresolved through the informal process; and (3) review of final agency decisions by either the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the appropriate U.S. district court.
Bill· HRH.R. 1028 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (the Act) to revise conditions under which a tribe may receive certification for certain types of gaming activities on Indian lands. Allows a State the option to consent to enter into negotiations with a tribe to enter into a class III gaming certification compact. Repeals the current mandate to do so. Allows a tribe to apply to the National Indian Gaming Commission (the Commission) for a class III gaming certificate if a State fails to consent to Federal court jurisdiction or raises a defense against such jurisdiction, or the Federal court finds it lacks such jurisdiction, for any reason not curable by the tribe. Directs the Commission to approve the application if such gaming will be conducted in accordance with a tribal ordinance or resolution and will be located in a State that permits such gaming for any purpose, by any person, organization, or entity. Authorizes the Commission to add regulatory or licensing provisions as a condition of such approval and to impose annual fees to defray reasonable costs of regulation. Considers an application approved if the Commission fails to act upon it within a specified time.
Bill· HRH.R. 1041 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Grants free mailing privileges to civilians authorized to use postal services at armed forces installations in an overseas area designated by the President and who the military theater commander designates as in support of military operations. Restricts such privileges to personal letters and video- and sound-recorded communications.
Bill· HRH.R. 1027 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a defense contractor conversion investment tax credit to be equal to 15 percent of: (1) the incremental nondefense qualified investment for a taxable year; plus (2) the qualified nondefense product expenses incurred during such year. Defines a "defense contractor" as any taxpayer if more than ten percent of its gross receipts are derived from defense contracts. Bars a deduction for that portion of the qualified nondefense product expenses otherwise allowable as a deduction that is equal to the amount of credit with respect to such expenses.
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