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Bill· HRH.R. 476 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Provides veterans' preference eligibility for purposes of Federal employment for individuals who served on active duty in the armed forces during the Persian Gulf War. Subjects benefits afforded to preference eligibles under civil service laws to the minimum active-duty service requirements under veterans' benefits laws.
Bill· HRH.R. 473 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Philippine Scout Retirement Pay Equity Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to redetermine the retired pay for persons who served as Philippine Scouts during World War II to bring it into conformity with retired pay of other members of the armed forces. Directs the Secretary to make similar adjustments for benefits for survivors of such Philippine Scouts.
Bill· HRH.R. 480 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to extend supplemental security income benefits to all otherwise eligible children of military personnel stationed overseas.
Bill· HRH.R. 479 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make members of the armed forces serving on extended active duty and stationed outside the United States eligible for the earned income credit.
Bill· HRH.R. 194 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Fort Carson-Pinon Canyon Military Lands Withdrawal Act - Withdraws from appropriation under public land, mining, mineral, and geothermal leasing laws, and reserves for military use by the Army, specified lands at the Fort Carson Military Reservation and Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (both in Colorado). Requires the Secretary of the Army to manage such lands for military purposes covered by this Act and to authorize their use by other U.S. military agencies. Directs the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to develop a management plan for such reserved and withdrawn lands. Provides that patents issued for locatable minerals shall convey title to such minerals only and shall reserve to the United States the surface of all patented lands and all nonlocatable minerals. Terminates such land withdrawals and reservations 15 years after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Army to: (1) decontaminate relinquished lands (but if such decontamination is not practicable or economically feasible, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to refuse to accept them); (2) warn the public of risks of entry, conduct only decontamination activities on such lands after the expiration of the withdrawal, and make a status report to the Secretary of the Interior and to the Congress; and (3) maintain a program of decontamination of the lands withdrawn by this Act at least at the level of effort carried out during FY 1992, subject to specified limitations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to revoke withdrawal and reservation of such lands and accept jurisdiction over them if, after their decontamination, it is in the public interest to do so. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 291 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Missing Service Personnel Act of 1993 - Requires the responsible armed forces commander, after receiving notice that a person under his command is missing, to conduct an informal investigation to determine such person's whereabouts and, if appropriate, to place such person in a missing status. Provides for the convening of boards of inquiry to: (1) investigate evidence relating to the disappearance of a person; (2) recommend whether to continue such person in a missing status or make a finding that such person has deserted, is absent without leave, or is dead; and (3) report its recommendations and findings. Provides for the convening of a board of further inquiry, if a board of initial inquiry recommends that such person be continued in a missing status. Directs the Secretary concerned, upon the written request of a member of the immediate family of a missing person who, before the date of the enactment of this Act, was determined by the Secretary to be dead, to: (1) convene a board of further inquiry to determine whether such finding of death should be upheld or such person should be placed in a missing status; and (2) report its findings. Requires the Secretary, within three years after a board of further inquiry recommends a missing status for any person, to reconvene such board to review such status. Directs the Secretary to invite each member of the immediate family of the missing person to board meetings unless attendance would place such member in danger. Prohibits any such board from declaring a missing person dead unless: (1) evidence other than the passage of a period of fewer than 50 years suggests that such person is dead; (2) no evidence which reasonably suggests that such person is alive is in the possession of the Government; (3) Government representatives have made a complete search of the area where such person was last seen (unless the United States is not granted access to such area); and (4) Government representatives have checked the records of the government or entity having control over the area where such person was last seen (unless the Government is not granted access to such records). Provides for judicial review of determinations of death. Sets forth penalties for knowingly withholding information pertaining to a missing person from that person's personnel file. Requires the Secretary concerned to make the contents of such file available to a member of the immediate family of such person upon written request.
Bill· HRH.R. 408 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Veterans Bill of Rights Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take all necessary action to ensure that all rights and benefits provided under Federal law to qualified veterans are: (1) made available to veterans to the same extent in every State or geographic location; and (2) not denied on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, age, or geographic location.
Bill· HRH.R. 303 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either.
Bill· HRH.R. 245 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, during each fiscal year, to assign up to 12,000 civilian officers and employees of the Department of Defense and members of the armed forces to temporary duty with: (1) the Immigration and Naturalization Service to assist in preventing the entry into the United States of terrorists, drug traffickers, and illegal aliens; and (2) the U.S. Customs Service to assist in the inspection of cargo, vehicles, and aircraft at points of entry into the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 267 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to establish procedures under which a court-martial may prescribe the death sentence. Requires that: (1) the sentence of death be concurred in unanimously; (2) the offense must be one expressly made punishable by death; and (3) the trial counsel must notify the accused of the intent to prove the existence of an aggravating factor, which is required before a sentence of death may be pronounced. Lists aggravating factors, including committing an offense in the presence of the enemy, presenting a grave risk to national security, and attempting to avoid hazardous duty. Requires the military judge, in the presence of the accused and counsel, to instruct the members of the court-martial on the aggravating factors, all applicable requirements and procedures, and the requirement to consider all evidence in extenuation and mitigation before adjudging a sentence of death. Prohibits a death sentence from being adjudged unless each member of the court-martial concurs that: (1) at least one aggravating factor has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt; and (2) the aggravating circumstances substantially outweigh any extenuating or mitigating circumstances or are themselves sufficient to justify a sentence of death. Requires that any aggravating factors found be announced by the military judge upon determination of the death sentence.
Bill· HRH.R. 301 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Budget Enforcement and Deficit Reduction Act of 1993 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to increase the maximum deficit amounts for FY 1994 and 1995 and to establish such amounts for FY 1996 through 1998. Repeals discretionary spending limits for FY 1994 and 1995. Establishes such limits for FY 1994 through 1998 for the defense, international, and domestic categories. Requires adjustments to the international and domestic categories to be made in strict conformance with enforcement provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
Bill· HRH.R. 232 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and specified defense procurement provisions to require each contract for the purchase of property or services made by an executive agency to provide: (1) that the prime contractor and any subcontractor thereof shall guarantee to comply with State workers' compensation laws; and (2) for the termination of the right of the offending contractor or subcontractor to proceed with the work being carried out in a State in which compliance with such a law is not demonstrated, subject to specified requirements. Makes specified exceptions to such provisions under the Defense Base Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Authorizes the President to suspend operation of this Act in the event of a national emergency.
Bill· HRH.R. 372 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations to carry out certain economic development programs for FY 1993. Amends the Small Business Act to increase the program levels of the Small Business Administration for FY 1993. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the targeted jobs credit for every individual hired within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Increases the amount of such credit. Excludes from gross income distributions from individual retirement accounts used to purchase or refinance a principal residence. Exempts such distributions from the penalty tax on early distributions from retirement plans. Provides for the delay or suspension of obligations for certain defense, foreign assistance, space, and energy research programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 375 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Prohibits Federal funds from being made available to any agency, institution, organization, or entity (agency) that denies the Secretary of Defense, for military recruitment purposes: (1) entry to campuses or access to students on campuses; or (2) access to directory information pertaining to students unless an objection has been raised to the release of such information pursuant to this Act. Requires any educational agency that releases directory information to: (1) give public notice of the categories of such information to be released; and (2) allow a reasonable period of time after such notice has been given for a student or a parent (in the case of an individual younger than 18 years of age) to inform the agency that any or all of such information should not be released without obtaining prior consent from such student or parent. Specifies that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require students to attend recruitment events.
Bill· HRH.R. 285 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Authorizes the voluntary withholding of State income tax from monthly annuity payments under programs providing annuities for survivors of retired military personnel.
Bill· HRH.R. 202 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Directs the Secretary of Defense, before any action is taken with respect to the disposal or transfer of real property or facilities located at military bases to be closed or realigned, to: (1) identify all areas and facilities that are of exceptional natural or historic character; and (2) transfer such areas and facilities, upon request, to the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the National Park System or the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the National Forest System or, in the absence of a request, to the appropriate State or local government if such government agrees to preserve such areas and facilities as a park, historic site, or recreational area. Makes conforming amendments to the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.
Bill· HRH.R. 313 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Eliminates the delimiting period for the use of educational assistance by eligible veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 394 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Revises the date for the beginning of the Vietnam era, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits, from August 5, 1964, to December 22, 1961.
Bill· HRH.R. 343 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Prohibits: (1) the sale or transfer of defense articles or services and design and construction services to Bahrain, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates; and (2) the transfer to such countries by another foreign country of U.S. defense articles or services. Makes such prohibition inapplicable if the President certifies to the Congress that: (1) a state of war does not exist between the country and Israel; and (2) such country has accorded formal recognition to the sovereignty of Israel.
Bill· HRH.R. 292 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct a veterans' medical facility in south Texas. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 259 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Requires the President to seek negotiations with the Japanese Government to reach an agreement requiring the Japanese Government to pay to the United States an annual security fee equal to three percent of the Japanese annual gross national product less the amount actually spent by the Japanese Government for defense for the preceding year. Requires the President, within one year, to notify the Congress whether such agreement has been reached. Provides that the Congress should consider legislation imposing import duties on Japanese products to generate revenues equal to such fee if no such agreement has been reached or the agreement reached does not satisfy requirements of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 216 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Permits the next of kin of a deceased veteran to designate the style of flag, draped or mounted, to be furnished at the burial of such veteran.
Bill· HRH.R. 69 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Reclassifies the pay and benefits for members of the Board of Veterans Appeals other than the Chairman and Vice Chairman to equal those payable to a Federal administrative law judge. Prohibits the reduction of basic pay of a member of the Board below the rate payable on the day before the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 58 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Merchant Marine Memorial Enhancement Act of 1993 - Authorizes conveyance without consideration of two vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet to any nonprofit organization that operates a Liberty Ship or Victory Ship as a memorial to merchant mariners. Requires the organization to sell the vessel for scrap, use the proceeds to refurbish a Liberty Ship or Victory Ship to enable the ship to participate in activities concerning the 50th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, and return any unused proceeds to the United States for deposit in the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 13 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating To Individuals Subtitle A: Provision Relating to Earned Income Credit Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Rollover of Gain on Sale of Principal Residence Subtitle C: Other Provisions Title II: Pension Simplification Subtitle A: Simplified Distribution Rules Subtitle B: Increased Access to Pension Plans Subtitle C: Nondiscrimination Provisions Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Simplification Title III: Treatment Of Large Partnerships Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Provisions Related to TEFRA Partnership Proceedings Title IV: Foreign Provisions Subtitle A: Simplification of Treatment of Passive Foreign Corporations Subtitle B: Treatment of Controlled Foreign Corporations Subtitle C: Other Provisions Title V: Treatment of Intangibles Title VI: Other Income Tax Provisions Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Subchapter S Corporations Subtitle B: Accounting Provisions Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Regulated Investment Companies Subtitle D: Tax-Exempt Bond Provisions Subtitle E: Insurance Provisions Subtitle F: Other Provisions Title VII: Estate And Gift Tax Provisions Title VIII: Excise Tax Simplification Subtitle A: Fuel Tax Provisions Subtitle B: Provisions Related to Distilled Spirits, Wines, and Beer Subtitle C: Other Excise Tax Provisions Title IX: Administrative Provisions Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Tax Court Procedures Subtitle C: Authority for Certain Cooperative Agreements Tax Simplification Act of 1993 - Title I: Provisions Relating to Individuals - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Earned Income Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the supplemental young child credit and revise and increase the earned income credit. Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Rollover of Gain on Sale of Principal Residence - Allows gain to be rolled over from one residence to another in the order the residences are purchased and used, regardless of reasons for the sale of the old residence. Sets forth a two-year residence rule for taxpayers who sell a residence pursuant to a divorce or marital separation for purposes of determining the rollover of gain on the sale of a principal residence. Subtitle C: Other Provisions - Provides an exception to the passive loss rules if the loss does not exceed $200. Permits the payment of taxes by credit cards to the extent provided by regulations. Modifies the election to claim a child's unearned income on the parent's return. Establishes a foreign tax credit limitation for individuals whose gross income is from sources outside the United States, consists entirely of qualified passive income, and the amount of creditable foreign taxes does not exceed $200. Excludes certain personal transactions from foreign currency rules. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on expanded access to simplified individual income tax returns and other actions taken to simplify them. Provides that the amount allowed as a deduction to rural mail carriers for the business expense of a vehicle shall be equal to qualified reimbursements. Amends the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 to repeal the rule on the business use of automobiles by rural mail carriers. Exempts from the luxury excise tax parts for accessories installed for use of passenger vehicles by disabled individuals. Limits the exclusion of combat pay from withholding to the amount excludable from gross income. Title II: Pension Simplification - Subtitle A: Simplified Distribution Rules - Repeals: (1) the $5,000 limitation on the exclusion of employees' death benefits; and (2) the five-year forward income averaging for lump-sum distributions. Establishes a method of taxing annuity payments by taking into account the investment in the contract and the number of anticipated payments. Requires qualified plans to allow participants to elect to have distributions transferred directly to another qualified plan. Subtitle B: Increased Access to Pension Plans - Modifies certain simplified employee pensions with respect to allowable participants and participation requirements. Allows local governments and tax-exempt organizations to participate in cash or deferred arrangements. Authorizes the Secretary, as a condition of sponsorship, to prescribe rules defining the duties and responsibilities of certain master and prototype retirement plans. Subtitle C: Nondiscrimination Provisions - Redefines the term "highly compensated employee" for pension, profit sharing, stock bonus plan, etc. purposes. Makes such an employee one who is a five-percent owner or who has compensation from the employer in excess of $50,000. Provides a special rule where not employees are treated as highly compensated. Provides alternative methods of satisfying the special nondiscrimination requirements applicable to elective deferrals and employer matching contributions. Modifies the two-part nondiscrimination test for elective contributions under cash or deferred arrangements by permitting the use of the average deferral percentage for nonhighly compensated employees for the preceding year to be used in determining the permitted average deferral percentage for highly compensated employees for the current year. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Simplification - Revises the definition of a leased employee to mean one whose services are performed under the control of a service recipient, instead of one whose services are historically performed by employees. Provides that the cost-of-living adjustment with respect to any calendar year is based on the increase in the applicable index as of the close of the calendar quarter ending September of the preceding calendar year. Requires the rounding of such amounts. Establishes a contribution limit for owner-employees of retirement plans. Eliminates the special vesting rule for multiemployer plans. Permits certain employers to elect an alternative full funding limitation with respect to any defined benefit plan based solely on the accrued liability under such plan. Requires the Secretary to adjust the 150-percent current liability full funding limit for other plans if there is a revenue shortfall. Allows rural cooperative plans which include cash or deferred arrangements to make distributions to participants after attainment of age 59 1/2. Modifies the treatment of governmental plans with respect to limits on contributions and benefits. Makes the social security retirement age the uniform retirement age for purposes of discrimination testing. Makes uniform the penalty provisions applicable to certain pension reporting requirements. Defines affiliated employers for Treasury regulation purposes with respect to tax-exemption. Treats certain nonunion air pilots as a separate class of employees for nondiscrimination testing purposes. Provides special rules for distributions of deferred compensation plans of State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations. Provides that, for purposes of the excise tax, an employer reversion does not include certain amounts paid to the Federal Government by reason of certain government contracting regulations. Requires continuation of health coverage for employees, including retired employees, of failed financial institutions. Declares that the health care continuation plan maintained by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on June 25, 1992, and any other substantially similar plan maintained by such Corporation, satisfies continuation coverage requirements. Title III: Treatment of Large Partnerships - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Establishes special rules for large partnerships (250 or more partners) with respect to: (1) determining the income tax of a partner; (2) computing the taxable income of a large partnership; and (3) treatment of contributed property. Provides that a large partnership does not include one where: (1) substantially all of the activities involve the performance of personal services by individuals owning interests in such partnerships; or (2) 50 percent or more of partnership assets consist of oil or gas properties. Establishes simplified audit procedures for large partnerships. Requires a partner's return to be consistent with the partnership return. Allows partnerships to take adjustments into account through an imputed underpayment procedure or a flow-through-to-partners procedure. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to make adjustments at the partnership level in any partnership item to the extent necessary to have such item treated in the manner required, after notifying the partnership of such adjustment through certified or registered mail. Specifies certain restrictions on such adjustments. Provides for judicial review of such adjustment with the Tax Court, the appropriate district court, or the Court of Federal Claims. Prohibits any adjustments from being made three years after the later of the date on which the return was filed, or the last day for filing such return, except in specified cases. Allows a partnership to file a request for an administrative adjustment of partnership items during such time periods and provides for judicial review where such request is not allowed in full. Requires large partnerships to furnish information returns to partners by the first March 15 following the close of the partnership's tax year. Authorizes the Secretary to require large partnerships, or any other partnership with 250 or more partners, to file their returns on magnetic media. Subtitle B: Provisions Related to TEFRA Partnership Proceedings - Revises and sets forth new provisions relating to TEFRA (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982) partnership proceedings. Provides for a declaratory judgment procedure in the Tax Court for treatment of non-partnership items with respect to an oversheltered return. Describes an oversheltered return as one which above no taxable income and a net loss from partnership items. Provides for the partnership return to be determinative of the audit procedure to be followed. Suspends the period of limitations for making assessments for a partner who is named in a bankruptcy petition. Provides a special rule for a tax matters partner in bankruptcy. Permits a small partnership to have a C corporation as a partner. Excludes a partial settlement agreement from the one-year limitation on assessment. Provides that if a TEFRA statute extension agreement is entered into, that agreement also extends the statute of limitations for filing refund claims until six months after the expiration of the limitations period for assessments. Provides a prepayment forum and a refund forum for raising the innocent spouse defense in TEFRA cases. Provides that partnership level proceedings include a determination of the applicability of penalties at the partnership level. Allows partners to raise any partner-level defenses in a refund forum. Specifies that an action to enjoin premature assessments of deficiencies attributable to partnership items may be brought in the Tax Court. Permits a party to appear before a court for the sole purpose of asserting that the period of limitations for assessing any tax attributable to partnership items has expired for that person. Provides for the treatment of premature petitions filed by notice partners or five-percent groups. Provides that the amount of the bond to stay assessment and collection should be based on the Tax Court's estimate of the aggregate liability of the parties to the action (and not all of the partners in the partners in the partnership). Suspends interest where there is a delay in computational adjustment resulting from TEFRA settlements. Grants a partner seven years (in lieu of three years) to request an administrative adjustment with respect to bad debts or worthless securities. Title IV: Foreign Provisions - Subtitle A: Simplification of Treatment of Passive Foreign Corporations - Repeals foreign personal holding company rules and foreign investment company rules. Exempts foreign corporations from the accumulated earnings tax and personal holding company rules. Provides for the treatment of personal service contracts under controlled foreign corporation rules. Replaces repealed provisions with revised rules for passive foreign corporations. Provides for taxing U.S. income on stock in passive foreign corporations through three alternative methods: (1) mark-to-market; (2) current inclusion; and (3) interest charge on excess distributions. Subjects less-than-25-percent shareholders of passive foreign corporations that are not U.S.-controlled, and who do not elect current inclusion, to the mark-to-market method or the interest-charge method for taxing income. Provides that if a passive foreign corporation is U.S.-controlled then every U.S. person owning stock in such corporation is subject to income inclusions under a modified version of controlled foreign corporation rules. Declares with regard to the mark-to-market method that: (1) if the fair market value of stock exceeds its adjusted basis, then the U.S. person shall include in gross income an amount equal to the amount of the excess; and (2) if the adjusted basis of stock exceeds the fair market value then the person shall be allowed a deduction equal to the lesser of the amount of such excess, or the unreversed inclusions. Describes a passive foreign corporation as any foreign corporation if: (1) 60 percent or more of its gross income is passive income; (2) the average percentage of assets which produce passive income or which are held for the production of passive income is at least 50 percent; or (3) such corporation is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, either as a management company or as a unit investment trust. Provides for the treatment of mark-to-market gain for purposes of the excise tax on undistributed income of regulated investment companies. Subtitle B: Treatment of Controlled Foreign Corporations - Provides that if a controlled foreign corporation sells or exchanges stocks in other foreign corporations, then gain recognized on such sale or exchange shall be included in the gross income of such corporation as a dividend to the same extent that it would have been included if such corporation were a U.S. person. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe simplified methods for determining the amount of increase of limitations on the foreign tax credit. Revises provisions concerning: (1) determining pro rata share of gain from certain sales or exchanges of stock in certain foreign corporations; (2) basis adjustments in stock held by lower-tier foreign corporations; (3) determination of previously taxed income in redemptions through use of related corporations; and (4) treatment of branch profits tax exemptions or reductions. Extends the application of the indirect foreign tax credit to certain controlled corporations below the third tier. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on a study of the investments by controlled foreign corporations in U.S. property. Subtitle C: Other Provisions - Establishes new rules for the translation of certain accrued foreign taxes. Modifies present rules for translating all other foreign taxes. Permits the use of the simplified limitation on the foreign tax credit in determining the alternative minimum tax foreign tax credit. Modifies the excise tax on outbound transfers to avoid income tax. Title V: Treatment of Intangibles - Allows an amortization deduction with respect to certain intangible property that is acquired and held by a taxpayer in connection with the conduct of a trade or business or an activity engaged in for the production of income. Describes an amortizable intangible as: (1) goodwill; (2) going concern value; (3) certain specified types of intangible property that generally relate to workforce, information base, know-how, customers, suppliers, or other similar items; (4) any license, permit, or other right granted by a governmental unit, agency, or instrumentality; (5) any covenant not to compete (or other arrangement to the extent that the arrangement has substantially the same effect as a covenant not to compete entered into in connection with the direct or indirect acquisition of an interest in a trade or business or substantial portion thereof; and (6) any franchise, trademark, or trade name. Excludes from treatment as an amortizable intangible: (1) any interest in a corporation, partnership, trust, or estate; (2) any interest under an existing futures contract, foreign currency contract, national principal contract, interest in a trade or other similar financial contract; (3) any interest in land; (4) certain computer software; (5) certain interests in films, sound recordings, video tapes, books, or other similar property; (6) certain rights to receive tangible property or services; (7) certain interests in patents or copyrights; (8) any interest under an existing lease of tangible property; (9) any interest under an existing indebtedness (except for the deposit base and similar items of a financial institution; and (10) a franchise to engage in any professional sport, and any item acquired in connection in such a franchise. Sets forth special rules governing the application of the amortization deduction. Provides for the treatment of certain computer software and leased property depreciation deductions excluded from the amortization rules. Continues the present-law treatment of certain contingent amounts that are paid or incurred on account of the transfer of a franchise, trademark, or trade name. Provides for the treatment of assumption reinsurance transactions of insurance companies. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance on: (1) the implementation and effects of amendments made with respect to the amortization of goodwill and other intangibles; and (2) outstanding cases with respect to such amortization. Provides for the treatment of certain payments to retired or deceased partners. Title VI: Other Income Tax Provisions - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Subchapter S Corporations - Allows the Secretary to validate on invalid S corporation election by a small business corporation where the failure to properly elect S status was inadvertent or untimely. Provides that adjustments for distributions by an S corporation during a taxable year are taken into account before applying the loss for a year in determining the amount in the accumulated adjustment account. Repeals the rule that treats an S corporation in its capacity as a shareholder of another corporation as an individual. Repeals the rule that an S corporation may not be a member of an affiliated group of corporations. Eliminates the need to keep records of certain generally small amounts of earnings arising before 1983. Provides for the treatment of inherited stock. Subtitle B: Accounting Provisions - Revises the look-back method for long-term contracts and provides that for purposes of such method, only one rate of interest is to apply for each accrual period. Provides a method for capitalizing certain indirect costs. Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Regulated Investment Companies - Repeals the requirement that less than 30 percent of the gross income of a regulated investment company be derived from the sale or disposition of any of the following which were held for less than three months: (1) stocks or securities; (2) options, futures, or forward contracts (other than those on foreign currencies); or (3) certain foreign currencies. Requires a broker to include on an information return with respect to gross proceeds from any disposition of stock in an open-end regulated investment company: (1) the basis of the stock disposed of; and (2) the portion of gross proceeds attributable to stock held for more than one year and the portion not so attributable (using a first-in, first-out basis). Defines an open-end regulated investment company as one which offers for sale or has outstanding any redeemable security of which it is the issuer. Sets forth special rules for determining the basis of stock in such companies. Modifies the load basis deferral rule for certain acquisitions. Permits a common trust fund to transfer substantially all of its assets to a regulated investment company without gain or loss being recognized by the fund or its participants under specified circumstances. Subtitle D: Tax-Exempt Bond Provisions - Repeals the $100,000 limitation on unspent proceeds under the one-year exception from arbitrage rebate requirements. Exempts earnings on bond proceeds invested in bona fide debt service funds from the arbitrage rebate requirements and the penalty requirement of the 24-month exception if the spending requirements of that exception are otherwise satisfied. Provides for the treatment of tax or revenue anticipation bonds as separate issues. Repeals the disproportionate private business use test for private activity bonds. Increases the annual issuance limit for small issuers whose governmental bonds are not subject to rebate. Repeals the debt service-based limitation on investment in certain nonpurpose investments. Repeals certain expired provisions. Subtitle E: Insurance Provisions - Provides for the treatment of life insurance variable contracts on retired lives and sets forth special rules for modified guaranteed contracts. Subtitle F: Other Provisions - Provides that the taxable year of a partnership closes with respect to a partner whose entire interest in the partnership terminates, whether by death, liquidation, or otherwise. Repeals the adjusted current earnings rules relating to the treatment of built-in-losses after a change of ownership. Revises corporate minimum tax depreciation computations with respect to alternative minimum taxable income. Modifies the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source. Title VII: Estate and Gift Tax Provisions - Allows the right of recovery with respect to qualified terminable interest property (for which a marital deduction is allowed) to be waived in a will only by specific reference. Provides that a transfer from a revocable trust within three years of death does not result in the inclusion of the transfer in the gross estate. Revises the qualified terminable interest rules with respect to a trust and the marital deduction. Provides that a trust created before the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990 is treated as satisfying the withholding requirement if its trust instrument require that all trustees be U.S. citizens or domestic corporations. Directs the Secretary to prescribe procedures which provide that executors will have the opportunity to submit subsequent information on a recapture agreement in the filing of an estate tax return. Title VIII: Excise Tax Simplification - Subtitle A: Fuel Tax Provisions - Consolidates diesel and aviation fuel tax provisions. Consolidates the user credit and refund provisions for the fuels excise taxes. Combines the three refund procedures for fuels taxes into a uniform refund procedure. Eliminates the waiver requirement for fuels tax refunds for cropdusters and other fertilizer applicators. Provides exceptions to the mandatory information return requirement for certain sales of diesel and aviation fuels. Subtitle B: Provisions Related to Distilled Spirits, Wines, and Beer - Makes refunds available for imported bottled distilled spirits returned to distilled spirits plants. Permits records of exportation to be maintained by the exporter for purposes of canceling or crediting bonds furnished when distilled spirits are removed from bonded premises. Permits distilled spirits plants to maintain records of their activities at locations other than the premises where the operations covered by the records are performed. Allows bear to be transferred without payment of tax from a brewery to a distilled spirits plant to be used in the production of distilled spirits regardless of whether the brewery is contiguous to the distilled spirits plant. Repeals the requirement that wholesale liquor dealers post a sign outside their place of business indicating that they are wholesale liquor dealers. Repeals the requirement that wine returned to bonded premises be unmerchantable in order for tax to be refunded to the proprietor of the bonded wine cellar to which the wine is delivered. Allows the use of ameliorating material in certain wines made exclusively from a fruit or berry. Allows domestically-produced beer to be withdrawn from the place of production without payment of tax for the official or family use of representatives of foreign governments or public international organizations. Allows beer to be removed from a brewery without payment of tax for purposes of destruction. Provides for imported beer to be withdrawn from customs custody for transfer to a brewery without payment of tax. Subtitle C: Other Excise Tax Provisions - Authorizes the exemption from registration requirements of certain tax-free sales. Repeals expired provisions concerning piggy-back trailers and deep seabed mining. Title IX: Administrative Provisions - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Changes the threshold for withholding and paying social security taxes from $50 a quarter to $300 a year for domestic service in a private home. Requires employers of household employees to report any social security or Federal unemployment tax obligation for wages paid to such employees on their income tax returns. Includes a household employer's social security and employment taxes in the estimated tax provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with States to collect State unemployment taxes in the same manner. Allows reproductions of returns in digital image format by the Internal Revenue Service. Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study of available digital image technology and report to specified congressional committees. Repeals: (1) the authority to disclosure whether a prospective juror has been audited; and (2) special audit provisions regarding the tax treatment of subchapter S corporations. Provides an explanation of the statute of limitations with respects to the return of a taxpayer. Allows corporations to disregard any letter or notice of assessment or proposed assessment of tax if the deficiency or proposed deficiency is less than $100,000. Provides a special rule for corporate estimated taxes if the corporation has no liability for the preceding year. Subtitle B: Tax Court Procedures - Provides that an order to refund an overpayment is appealable in the same manner as a decision of the Tax Court. Declares that the Tax Court shall not have jurisdiction over the validity or merits of the credits or offsets that reduce or eliminate the refund to which the taxpayer was otherwise entitled. Provides that a taxpayer who seeks an award of administrative costs must apply for such costs with 90 days of the date on which the taxpayer was determined to be a prevailing party. Provides that a taxpayer who appeals a denial of administrative costs must petition the Tax Court within 90 days after the date that the IRS mails the denial notice. Provides that a taxpayer must file a motion (rather than a petition) to seek a redetermination of interest in the Tax Court. Provides that the net worth limitations applicable to individuals also apply to estates and trusts. Provides that individuals who file a joint tax return shall be treated as one individual for purposes of computing the net worth limitations. Subtitle C: Authority for Certain Cooperative Agreements - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with State tax authorities for purposes of enhancing joint tax administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 44 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1993 - Provides that certain qualified service of a member of the U.S. merchant marine, including a vessel crewmember of the U.S. Army Transport Service, during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of eligibility for various veterans' benefits under the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977. Requires the Secretary of Defense to issue an honorable discharge under such Act to each merchant marine member whose qualified service warrants such a discharge. Prohibits the payment of any retroactive benefits under this Act. Mandates a processing fee for any benefit application for such qualified service.
Bill· HRH.R. 120 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Prohibits funds appropriated to the Department of Defense from being used to purchase packaged food that was not packaged in the United States or its possessions.
Bill· HRH.R. 21 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating to Part A Title II: Provisions Relating to Part B Subtitle A: Physicians' Services Subtitle B: Ambulatory Surgical Services Subtitle C: Durable Medical Equipment Subtitle D: Other Provisions Title III: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B Title IV: Provisions Relating to Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies Miscellaneous and Technical Medicare Amendments of 1993 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Title I: Provisions Relating to Part A - (Sec. 101) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to use the day outlier methodology in effect for: (1) FY 1992 for payment of discharges occurring on or after April 1, 1993, and before September 30, 1993; and (2) the first six months of FY 1993 for payment of discharges occurring during FY 1994. (Sec. 102) Modifies the Essential Access Community Hospital program. (Sec. 103) Provides that a change in classification of hospitals from one area to another may not result in a reduction in the wage index for an urban area under certain circumstances. (Sec. 104) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA-1987) to extend authorized appropriations for the rural health transition grant program. (The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts of different years amended by this Act shall be denoted "OBRA-(year).") (Sec. 105) Permits hospitals to decline reclassification from rural to urban referral centers. (Sec. 106) Revises Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital payment provisions. (Sec. 107) Amends OBRA-1989 to extend additional Medicare payments for the hemophilia clotting factor. (Sec. 108) Prohibits the Secretary from recouping from or otherwise reducing Medicare payments to hospitals in New Jersey because of alleged overpayments during a hospital reimbursement demonstration project, until all relevant data are given to the State and hospitals located in it. (Sec. 109) Allows the care of hospital inpatients receiving qualified psychologist services to be supervised by a clinical psychologist to the extent such supervision is permitted under State law. (Sec. 110) Allows graduate medical education to be provided in a hospital-owned community health center. (Sec. 111) Requires a study on the feasibility and desirability of establishing joint medical facilities among the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and other public and private entities. (Sec. 112) Requires home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities to notify Medicare beneficiaries of the hospice benefit, except in certain circumstances. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary to begin collecting data on employee compensation and paid hours of employment in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to compute a wage index to adjust Medicare SNFs payments. (Sec. 115) Amends OBRA-1990 to require the Secretary to continue any rural hospital demonstration project at least through December 31, 1995. Title II: Provisions Relating to Part B - Subtitle A: Physicians' Services - (Sec. 201) Reinstates separate payment for electrocardiogram interpretations performed or ordered to be performed as part of or in conjunction with a visit to or consultation with a physician. (Sec. 202) Repeals provisions for reduced Medicare payments to new physicians and other practitioners during their first four years of practice. (Sec. 203) Prohibits the Secretary from modifying the methodology for determining the amount of time that may be billed under Medicare for anesthesia services. (Sec. 204) Requires the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on the data necessary to review and revise geographical indices. (Sec. 205) Prohibits nonparticipating physicians and suppliers from billing or collecting an actual charge in excess of the Medicare limiting charge. (Sec. 206) Requires the Secretary to study, develop, and report to the Congress on relative values for pediatric services. (Sec. 208) Prohibits the Secretary and carriers from imposing user fees. Subtitle B: Ambulatory Surgical Services - (Sec. 211) Extends eligibility for designation as eye or eye and ear hospitals to certain hospitals. (Sec. 212) Amends OBRA-1990 to extend the cap on payments for intraocular lenses. Subtitle C: Durable Medical Equipment - (Sec. 221) Requires the Secretary to prescribe national standards which suppliers of medical equipment and supplies must meet to receive payment under Medicare for items furnished. (Sec. 222) Prohibits carrier forum shopping by suppliers filing claims. (Sec. 223) Prohibits unsolicited telephone contacts from suppliers of durable medical equipment to Medicare beneficiaries. (Sec. 224) Modifies SSA anti-kickback provisions. (Sec. 225) Specifies the circumstances under which Medicare beneficiaries are not liable for covered items furnished by suppliers on an unassigned basis. (Sec. 226) Revises special payment rules for particular items and services to provide for adjustments to final payment amounts for inherent reasonableness. (Sec. 227) Freezes reasonable charges for parenteral and enteral nutrients, supplies, and equipment. (Sec. 228) Removes aspirators and nebulizers from the category of durable medical equipment (DME) items requiring frequent and substantial servicing and includes accessories relating to aspirators and nebulizers in the category of inexpensive and other routinely purchased equipment. (Sec. 229) Adds payment rules for ostomy supplies, tracheostomy supplies, urologicals, and surgical dressings. (Sec. 230) Changes payment rates for tens devices. Subtitle D: Other Provisions - (Sec. 241) Revises payment conversion factors for services furnished by a medically directed certified registered nurse anesthetist. (Sec. 242) Amends OBRA-1990 to extend Alzheimer's disease demonstration projects. (Sec. 243) Modifies the limitation on the late enrollment penalty. (Secs. 244 and 245) Provides for Medicare coverage of: (1) oral cancer drugs that contain the same active ingredients as anticancer drugs covered by Medicare when administered intravenously; and (2) speech-language pathology and audiology services. (Sec. 246) Amends OBRA-1985, as amended by OBRA-1989, to extend municipal health service demonstration projects. (Sec. 247) Treats certain Indian health programs and facilities as federally-qualified health centers. (Sec. 248) Amends OBRA-1987 to extend the influenza vaccination demonstration project. Title III: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B - (Sec. 301) Modifies provisions relating to physician ownership and referral. Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on shared facility arrangements. (Sec. 302) Adjusts procedures to determine graduate medical education costs. (Sec. 303) Extends the periods during which Medicare covers immunosuppressive drug therapy following a transplant procedure. Reduces Medicare payments for erythropoietin. (Sec. 304) Revises provisions with respect to Medicare secondary payers. (Secs. 305 and 306) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a method for obtaining information with a view to Medicaid payment of the Medicare out-of-pocket expenses of eligible Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) extend waivers for social health maintenance organization (HMO) demonstration projects. (Sec. 307) Repeals peer review organization precertification requirements for certain surgical procedures. (Sec. 308) Modifies hospital conditions of participation with respect to discharge planning under Medicare to require informing a patient of his or her entitlement to hospice services. (Sec. 309) Provides that there must be interest payments on clean claims if the claims are not paid within 30 days of receipt. (Sec. 311) Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to adjust discretionary spending limits with respect to Medicare administrative costs. (Sec. 312) Adjusts Medicare capitation payments with respect to HMOs to account for regional variations in application of the secondary payor provisions. (Sec. 313) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with regard to certain health care programs of the State of Hawaii. Title IV: Provisions Relating to Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies - (Sec. 401) Revises certain standards for Medicare supplemental insurance policies.
Bill· HRH.R. 26 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Reproductive Health Equity Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, the Peace Corps Act, the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, and other Federal laws covering armed forces personnel and dependents, certain veterans, Federal employees' health benefits, and Federal penal and correctional institutions to provide that services related to abortion be made available to the same extent as are other pregnancy-related services under federally-funded programs. Repeals provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act requiring submission of a resource allocation plan to the Congress by December 17, 1981.
Bill· HRH.R. 157 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to each individual who is the surviving spouse of a reserve member of the uniformed services who: (1) died after September 20, 1972, and before October 2, 1978; and (2) at the time of death would have been entitled to military retired pay but for the fact that he or she was under age 60. Provides that an individual may not receive an annuity under this Act and an SBP annuity based upon a subsequent marriage, but must choose one.
Bill· HRH.R. 57 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
United States Merchant Marine Utilization and Preference Act of 1993 - Requires Department of Defense (DOD) cargoes to be transported by water in the following order of priority under conditions other than full or partial mobilization declared by the President: (1) use of privately owned U.S. flag vessels that operate in U.S. liner or tramp trades and not chartered by the Government; (2) time or voyage charter of privately owned U.S. flag vessels operating in liner service providing partial or total space available or in tramp service if they are voluntarily made available to DOD; (3) vessels in the nucleus fleet; and (4) foreign flag vessels. Limits the use of time and voyage charters to a minimum necessary to meet requirements which can not be met by U.S. flag liner or tramp operators. Applies the tariff filed by a person with the Federal Maritime Commission under the Shipping Act of 1916 or of 1984 to transportation of DOD cargo on any U.S. flag-vessel that is operated by that person, with exceptions. Makes the Military Sealift Command the sole manager for ocean transportation of DOD cargoes. Prohibits DOD from engaging in competition with private persons in the provision of transportation by water in commercial service except as provided under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to maintain a fleet of vessels (the "nucleus fleet") to meet military requirements. Places a vessel in the nucleus fleet in reduced operating status if it is inactive for a 30-day period. Sets forth additional requirements for the deactivation of vessels. Prescribes guidelines for the inclusion of additional numbers and types of vessels in the nucleus fleet under conditions of full mobilization. Amends the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 to authorize the use of Ready Reserve Force vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in peacetime for routine movements of cargo as part of military exercises only if such use does not compete with U.S. flag commercial vessel operators.
Bill· HRH.R. 163 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Freedom from Government Competition Act of 1992 (sic) - Requires Federal agencies to obtain all goods and services necessary for or beneficial to the accomplishment of their authorized functions by procurement from private sources unless: (1) the goods or services are required by law to be produced or performed, respectively, by the agency; or (2) the head of the agency determines and certifies to the Congress that Government production, manufacture, or provision of a good or service is necessary for national defense, that a good or service is so inherently governmental in nature that it is in the public interest to require production or performance by a Government employee, or that there is no private source capable of providing the good or service. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to study and report to the Congress on: (1) agency activities which are inconsistent with such requirements; and (2) a schedule for transferring such activities to the private sector.
Bill· HRH.R. 41 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Invest in America Act - Encourages the President to enter into an agreement with each European member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in which U.S. armed forces are stationed to provide for payment by such nation of at least one-half of the cost of maintaining U.S. troops there, including personnel compensation costs. Establishes in the Treasury the Invest in America Fund and requires deposits into the Fund in an amount equal to deposits received from NATO nations for the payment of such costs. Authorizes the appropriation of Fund amounts for various general purposes. Provides for the expedited consideration, in the granting of funds from such appropriations, to State, county, or local areas experiencing a high level of unemployment due to the realignment or closure of a military installation or facility or the cancellation or curtailment of a major defense contract.
Bill· HRH.R. 117 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Waives the limitations relating to the posthumous award of a medal of honor to Marcelino Serna for acts for heroism during World War I.
Bill· HRH.R. 119 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Directs the Secretaries of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs to jointly prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a report evaluating U.S. responsibility for providing overseas volunteer support personnel with Federal benefits and services in connection with disabilities which may be related to their service in Vietnam in support of U.S. personnel during the Vietnam era.
Bill· HRH.R. 65 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Military Retirement Equity Act of 1993 - Permits retired members of the armed forces to be paid retirement pay concurrently with compensation for any service-connected disability if the person's entitlement to such retirement pay is based solely on age, length of service, or both. Reduces the retirement pay of individuals receiving both types of pay by a specified percentage of the disability compensation which decreases as the disability rating increases. Prohibits any reduction in the retirement pay of a disabled person when the disability rating is total. Declares that, once the Federal budget deficit has been reduced, the Congress should reexamine and eliminate any offset of retired pay by a veteran's disability compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 64 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Amends the Uniformed Services Survivor Benefits Amendments of 1980 to entitle certain individuals who were widowed before September 21, 1972, and who are not covered by the Military Survivor Benefit Plan to an annuity.
Bill· HRH.R. 43 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Defense Nuclear Workers' Health Insurance Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a health insurance program for certain former employees of Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities exposed to ionizing radiation for certain cancer health care expenses incurred above $25,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 68 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Amends Federal law relating to veterans to provide that the remarriage of a veteran's spouse after age 55 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 67 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Provides that a veteran who is a former prisoner of war detained or interned for at least 90 days shall be deemed to have a service-connected disability rated at no less than 50 percent for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 34 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Veterans' Burial Benefits Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law to extend burial benefits to specified veterans with service-connected disabilities. Increases from $150 to $300 the veterans' burial plot allowance for eligible veterans who die in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 35 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Includes in the definition of a veteran (therefore eligible for all veterans' benefits) all persons considered to be Commonwealth Army veterans by reason of service with the armed forces during World War II in the Philippines.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 3 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Government Procurement Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and Federal armed forces provisions to direct Federal agency heads, in evaluating an offeror's price contained in any bid or proposal for any procurement in excess of $100,000, to treat as containing the lowest price the bid or proposal which will yield the lowest net cost to the Government. Directs such Federal officials, in determining the net costs to the Government, to deduct from the offeror's price any receipts which are likely to accrue to the Government through the offeror's performance of the procurement contract.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 46 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President line item veto authority with respect to appropriations legislation, except for any item of appropriation for the national defense, as determined by legislation enacted by the Congress.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 13 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, should posthumously advance Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, U.S. Navy, to the grade of admiral on the retired list.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 16 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any change in the current policy regarding homosexuals in the armed forces (stating that homosexuality is incompatible with military service and requiring the separation from the armed forces of homosexual military personnel) should be made by law, rather than by executive order.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 3 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Constitution provides that all citizens have the right to keep and bear arms and that such right supersedes the power and authority of any government.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 9 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and justifiable exercise of self-defense which also reduced the threat of Iraqi nuclear aggression against countries bordering Iraq; and (2) the United States should seek the repeal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which condemned the strike.