Defence

To prohibit funding for the involvement of the United States Armed Forces in Somalia after January 31, 1994.

United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1993

Expresses congressional approval of the use of U.S. armed forces in Somalia exclusively for: (1) the protection of U.S. personnel, citizens, and facilities; and (2) the provision of assistance in securing open lines of communication for the free flow of supplies and relief operations. Requires all U.S. combat forces there to be under the exclusive command and control of U.S. commanders. Prohibits funding for the involvement of U.S. armed forces in Somalia after January 31, 1994. Allows such deadline to be extended if requested by the President and authorized by the Congress.

Court of Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993

Court of Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 1993 - Requires the chief judge of the Court of Veterans Appeals to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that a notice of appeal to the Court of an adverse decision of the Board of Veterans Appeals shall be considered timely if postmarked or received by the Court within 120 days after the decision of the Board is mailed to the appellant. Makes all Board final decisions rendered on or after November 18, 1988, reviewable by the Court. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify all appropriate individuals of such right to appeal. Revises the manner of the payment of attorney fees paid by the Secretary from the awarding of past-due benefits under contingent fee arrangements.

Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993

Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1993 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 through 1996 for environmental research, development, and demonstration activities and program management support of the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Prohibits the EPA Administrator from closing any field station, regional office, laboratory, or other research center, permitting any reduction-in-force, or finalizing any closing or reduction unless specified congressional committees are provided with pertinent information prior to the notice of closing or reduction. Directs the Administrator to establish separately identified ecological, health, and risk reduction research programs for purposes of assessing and mitigating serious environmental risks. Requires the Administrator to carry out an Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research to: (1) enhance the competitiveness within the peer-review system of investigators from academic institutions in eligible States; and (2) increase the probability of long-term growth of competitive funding to such investigators. Provides for assistance to eligible States under certain conditions and earmarks funding for such assistance. Directs the Administrator to establish a National Human Exposure Assessment Survey to monitor and assess the extent and characteristics of human exposure to harmful chemical substances. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) conduct research on the nature and impacts of international environmental problems and ways to respond to such problems; and (2) provide assistance to foreign countries and international bodies to improve the quality of the environment. Directs the Administrator to conduct specified pesticide monitoring and research. National Arid Climate Ground Water Research Center Act - Requires the Administrator to establish the National Arid Climate Ground Water Research Center in the State of Nevada. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator to establish an Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program and a Modernization Program to acquire and maintain buildings, supplies, and equipment needed to conduct high quality research. Directs the Science Advisory Board to report annually to the Congress and the Administrator on the views of the Board concerning proposed research programs described in the President's annual budget. Requires the Administrator to: (1) carry out a program of environmental technology transfer and exchange of scientific and technical information; (2) establish a separately identified research program to assess risks to public health and ecosystems from environmental contamination; (3) establish a lead research program; and (4) carry out a research program to reduce the scientific uncertainties with respect to the assessment of certain environmental risks. Authorizes appropriations for the lead research program. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on opportunities for the technology transfer of defense-related research for environmental applications. Requires the Administrator to conduct research on disinfection and disinfection byproducts as part of the negotiated rulemaking procedures for national primary drinking water regulations for Phase VIA contaminants. Authorizes appropriations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that any recipient of a grant under this Act should, when they are available and cost-effective, purchase equipment and products manufactured in the United States.

To amend the Act establishing Golden Gate National Recreation Area to provide for the management of the Presidio by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) utilize the resources of the Presidio unit of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California, to provide for and support programs and activities that foster research, education and demonstration projects concerning the environment, international affairs, cultural understanding, health, and science; (2) negotiate and enter into leases, as appropriate, with any private or government entity for the use of any property within the Presidio in accordance with the Area's General Management Plan or the Act establishing the Area; (3) negotiate and enter into leases or other appropriate agreements with any Federal agency to house the agency's employees who are engaged in activities or programs at the Presidio; and (4) enter into interagency permitting agreements or other appropriate agreements with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and leases with the Red Cross to house their activities and employees at the Presidio. Requires the Secretary to establish competitive bidding procedures to be used for the issuance of such leases. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements and permits for purposes of such Area.

Military Fairway Fairness Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1993

Military Fairway Fairness Act of 1993 - Requires Department of Defense golf courses to be open to use by the general public. Excludes from such provision golf courses at a facility or installation: (1) outside the United States; or (2) inside the United States at a location designated by the Secretary of Defense as a remote and isolated location. Allows no more than ten percent of the increased revenues generated by such open use to accrue to the operator of the golf course. Requires all other such revenue to be deposited into the General Fund of the Treasury and used only for Federal budget deficit reduction. Requires an annual report from the Secretary. Requires the Secretary, with respect to active and retired military personnel, to: (1) subsidize any fees imposed for golf course use; and (2) give priority access for such use.

A joint resolution designating the week beginning November 7, 1993, as "National Women Veterans Recognition Week".

United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1993

Designates the week beginning November 7, 1993, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.

Military Reserve Retirement Fairness Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1993

Military Reserve Retirement Fairness Act - Removes as a requirement for eligibility for military retired pay based on nonregular service the condition that the last eight years of such service were not performed as a member of a regular armed forces component, the Fleet Reserve, or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.

Veterans Adjudication Procedures Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1993

Veterans Adjudication Procedures Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide that, under the work rate standards that apply to Department of Veterans Affairs employees who adjudicate claims for benefits that have been submitted to the Secretary, such employees shall not receive credit for work on a claim until the claim decision becomes final. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress the status of claims for benefits before the Department during the preceding fiscal year, including the average length of time required for such adjudications. Requires a rating official to make the initial determination of the Secretary on all original and reopened claims filed with the Secretary. Allows a single member (currently three) of the Board of Veterans' Appeals to be assigned to and make a determination on a proceeding before such Board. Makes such decision final unless the Chairman of such Board orders reconsideration, in which case three other Board members must hear the proceeding. Subjects decisions made by the Secretary or the Board to revision or reversal on the grounds of clear and unmistakable error.

Intermodal Surface Transportation Technical Corrections Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Title 23 Programs Title II: Federal Transit Programs Title III: Miscellaneous Surface Transportation Programs Intermodal Surface Transportation Technical Corrections Act - Title I: Title 23 Programs - Amends title 23 of the United States Code and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to revise and make technical corrections to provisions regarding: (1) changing the name of the Interstate and Defense Highway System to the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways; (2) Federal-aid highway systems; (3) State highway apportionments; (4) rights-of-way; (5) Federal share of costs for transportation planning; (6) waiver of axle weight limitations for certain vehicles using the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and certain State highways; (7) toll roads and rail-highway crossings; (8) metropolitan planning organizations; (9) seismic retrofitting of bridges; (10) penalties for non-use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets; (11) national maximum speed limit requirements with respect to highway fund apportionments; (12) a national minimum drinking age; (13) revocation of drivers' licenses of individuals convicted of drug offenses; (14) Federal lands highway program; (15) bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways; (16) highway safety programs; (17) safety at construction sites; (18) certain high cost bridge, congestion relief, high priority corridor, rural access, urban access and mobility, innovative, and intermodal projects; (19) the disadvantaged business enterprise program; (20) freeway service patrols; and (21) the Pan American highway. Title II: Federal Transit Programs - Amends the Federal Transit Act with respect to various Federal transit programs, including: (1) metropolitan planning; (2) transit security systems; (3) planning and research programs; and (4) increased Federal share of costs for transportation construction projects in States with large areas of Indian and public domain lands and national forests. Title III: Miscellaneous Surface Transportation Programs - Amends the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations making Federal commercial motor carrier safety regulations applicable to private motor carriers which transport passengers in interstate commerce.

To assist States in establishing and increasing the utilization of boot camp prisons.

United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Boot Camp Grants Title II: Boot Camp Option for Nonviolent Drug Offenders Title I: Boot Camp Grants - Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States for establishing boot camp prisons, with priority given to applications to establish such prisons by utilizing surplus Federal property (including military bases that are no longer in use). Conditions grant eligibility on a prison providing: (1) an organized program of manual labor and discipline designed to build character, instill a sense of maturity, promote a positive self-image for offenders, and foster respect for authority; (2) training or vocational education; (3) treatment and counseling to all inmates who are addicted to drugs or alcohol; (4) a corrective therapeutic environment; (5) an agreement that specifies procedures to ensure compliance with boot camp requirements and resentencing by the court to traditional prisons for noncompliance; and (6) a community adjustment phase that begins after an inmate has successfully completed a boot camp prison term which includes specified restrictions. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) application requirements; (2) review of State applications; (3) allocation and distribution of funds; and (4) evaluation (including reports on recidivism rates among participants). Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Boot Camp Option for Nonviolent Drug Offenders - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the court, in the case of a defendant who is convicted of simple possession of a controlled substance that did not involve violence, to sentence the defendant to incarceration in an intensive confinement center (i.e., a boot camp prison) and make any mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment otherwise required inapplicable (with provision for resentencing the defendant to a term not less than the sentence otherwise required if the defendant is in substantial noncompliance with the requirements of the center).

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal a requirement that the Under Secretary for Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs be a doctor of medicine.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993

Repeals the requirement that the Under Secretary for Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs be a doctor of medicine with demonstrated ability in the medical profession.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the terms for appointment for members of the Board of Veterans Appeals and to ensure pay equity between those members and administrative law judges.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993

Eliminates the nine-year term of appointment for a member of the Board of Veterans Appeals (including the Vice Chairman). Makes the pay and benefits for members of the Board other than the Chairman and Vice Chairman equal to those payable to a Federal administrative law judge.

To prohibit for a 5-year period the award of contracts for the procurement of milk products for schools and military bases to companies convicted of violating any of the antitrust laws in connection with a contract with the Department of Defense or with any school or other institution eligible for payments under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 or the National School Lunch Act.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993

Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to prohibit for a five-year period the award of contracts for the procurement of milk for schools to companies convicted of violating any of the antitrust laws in connection with a contract with any school, food service authority, or other institution eligible for program payments under such Acts. Prohibits for a five-year period the award of contracts for the procurement of milk for military bases to companies convicted of violating any of the antitrust laws in connection with a contract with the Department of Defense.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for certain oil cleanup costs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow a tax deduction for oil cleanup costs, except: (1) spills involving less than 36,000 gallons of oil; (2) facility closures and cleanup completions; and (3) oil discharge costs where the taxpayer has a complete liability defense. Prohibits the net operating loss deduction from reducing taxable income to an amount less than the amount disallowed for oil cleanup costs. Treats qualified oil facility expenditures to reduce risks of oil spills as expenses which are not chargeable to capital account. Allows such expenditures as a deduction.

To require the withdrawal of American forces from Somalia.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993

Requires the withdrawal of all U.S. armed forces participating in the United Nations (UN) operation in Somalia within 30 days. Prohibits U.S. armed forces from participating in, or operating in support of, the UN-led force in Somalia after such withdrawal.

Concerning the release of the American hostages in Somalia and United States Armed Forces withdrawal.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993

Urges the President to obtain the release of the members of the U.S. armed forces who are hostages in Somalia and to prepare a plan for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. armed forces from Somalia.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should report to Congress pursuant to section 4(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution as it applies to the use of U.S. Armed Forces in Somalia.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1993

Calls for the President to immediately submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President pro tempore of the Senate the report required under the War Powers Resolution, setting forth: (1) the circumstances necessitating the introduction of U.S. armed forces into hostilities in Somalia; (2) the constitutional and legislative authority under which the introduction took place; and (3) the estimated scope and duration of the involvement of such forces in Somalia.

Iraq Claims Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1993

Iraq Claims Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to receive and determine the validity and amounts of any claims: (1) with respect to which the United States has received lump-sum payments from the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC); and (2) of U.S. nationals against Iraq that are determined to be outside the UNCC's jurisdiction. Requires the Commission, in deciding such claims, to apply, in the following order: (1) relevant decisions of the United Nations Security Council and the UNCC; (2) applicable substantive law; and (3) principles of justice and equity. Directs the Commission to decide all pending non-commercial claims of members of the armed forces and other individuals arising out of Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait before deciding any other claim. Applies titles I and VII of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to claims under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Treasury: (1) UN Commission Claims Funds composed of amounts transferred by the Secretary of State pursuant to this Act; and (2) the Iraq Claims Fund composed of amounts allocated by the President from liquidated assets of the Iraqi Government. Authorizes the President to vest and liquidate as much of the assets of the Iraqi Government in the United States that have been blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act as necessary to satisfy claims of U.S. nationals or the U.S. Government that are outside the UNCC's jurisdiction. Sets forth payment and recordkeeping requirements. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to publish a notice of the statute of limitations on unpaid certified claims nine years after the last date on which the Secretary covers funds into the UN Commission Claims Funds or the Iraq Claims Fund. Bars demands for payments on such claims one year after the publication of such notice.

Urging the President to initiate the immediate orderly withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Somalia, to ensure the safe return of all members of the Armed Forces being held prisoner by Somali warlords, and recover the remains of members of the Armed Forces killed in Somalia.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1993

Calls on the President to: (1) secure the safe return of members of the U.S. armed forces being held prisoner by Somalia warlords; (2) recover the remains of the members of the armed forces killed in Somalia; and (3) begin the orderly withdrawal of such forces from Somalia.

Concerning the identification of United States military personnel involved in United Nations and other multinational peacekeeping operations for the purposes of the Geneva Convention.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1993

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should ensure that any member of the U.S. armed forces participating in any United Nations or other multinational peacekeeping operation shall have access to the full protection of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War if taken captive.

Goals 2000: Educate America Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Education Goals Title II: National Education Reform, Leadership, Standards and Assessments Title III: State and Local Education Systemic Improvement Title IV: National Skill Standards Board Title V: Miscellaneous Title VI: Parental Information and Resource Centers Goals 2000: Educate America Act - Title I: National Education Goals - (Sec. 102) Sets forth national goals for education, to be achieved by the year 2000, in the following categories: (1) school readiness; (2) school completion; (3) student achievement and citizenship; (4) teacher education and professional development; (5) mathematics and science; (6) adult literacy and lifelong learning; and (7) safe, disciplined, and drug-free schools. Sets forth specific objectives for each goal. Title II: National Education Reform, Leadership, Standards, and Assessments - Part A: National Education Goals Panel - (Sec. 202) Establishes the National Education Goals Panel in the executive branch. (Sec. 203) Requires the Panel to issue an annual national report card on progress toward achieving the national education goals and on actions that Federal, State, and local governments should take to enhance such progress. (Sec. 207) Directs the Panel to support the work of its Resource and Technical Planning Groups to improve the methods of assessing the readiness of children for school that would lead to alternatives to currently used norm-referenced early childhood assessments. Part B: National Education Standards and Improvement Council - (Sec. 212) Establishes the National Education Standards and Improvement Council in the executive branch. (Sec. 213) Requires the Council to develop and certify (subject to Panel review and approval) voluntary national standards for content areas, student performance, and fair opportunity-to-learn. Authorizes the Council to certify any such standards presented by a State, if these are consistent with the national standards. Directs the Council to certify a system of assessments voluntarily presented by a State if such system meets certain criteria, including coverage of all students, especially those with disabilities or limited English proficiency. Prohibits such a system from being used to make decisions regarding graduation, grade promotion, or retention of students for five years after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 218) Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make a competitive grant to a consortium of various individuals and organizations to develop voluntary national opportunity-to-learn standards. (Sec. 219) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to applicant States and local educational agencies (LEAs) to help defray costs of developing, field testing, and evaluating systems of assessments aligned to Council-certified State content standards. (Sec. 221) Directs the Secretary to make an annual grant to the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Education to evaluate the work of and process used by the Panel and Council and provide them information. Part C: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 221) Authorizes appropriations for the Panel, the Council, the opportunity-to-learn development grant, and the assessment development and evaluation grants. Title III: State and Local Education Systemic Improvement - Establishes a five-year grant program for State and local education systemic improvement. (Sec. 303) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 306) Sets forth requirements for State improvement plans, including strategies for: (1) improving teaching and learning (including standards for content, student performance, and opportunity-to-learn); (2) system governance and management; (3) parental and community support and involvement; (4) State system-wide improvement; and (5) promoting bottom-up reform. (Sec. 309) Requires State education agencies (SEAs) to make competitive subgrants for: (1) local reform, to LEAs; and (2) preservice teacher education and professional development activities, to consortia of LEAs, higher education institutions, private nonprofit organizations, or combinations of these, through a peer-review process. Requires that at least 50 percent of local reform subgrants be awarded to LEAs with a greater percentage or number of disadvantaged children than the statewide average. (Sec. 310) Provides for availability of systemic reform information and training to private elementary and secondary schools and teachers. (Sec. 311) Authorizes the Secretary to waive requirements and related regulations of specified Federal laws relating to education upon request of SEAs, LEAs, and schools if such requirements impede their ability to carry out the State or local education improvement plans, and if other conditions are met. (Sec. 313) Authorizes the Secretary to provide for national leadership activities, including technical assistance, data gathering, research, evaluation, and information dissemination. Reserves funds for grants to urban and rural LEAs with large numbers of concentrations of students economically disadvantaged or with limited English proficiency, to assist in school improvement plans development and implementation. (Sec. 314) Provides for assistance under this title for outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs schools, and Department of Defense schools. Title IV: National Skill Standards Board - (Sec. 402) Establishes a National Skill Standards Board. (Sec. 403) Directs the Board to identify broad clusters of major occupations (except certain industry occupations or trades with recognized labor-management-developed apprenticeship standards) that involve one or more industries in the United States and, with respect to each cluster, promote and assist in voluntary development and adoption by specified representative groups of industries, employees, and educational institutions of: (1) skill standards; (2) assessment and certification systems; (3) evaluation systems; (4) information dissemination systems; and (5) revision and updating of systems. Provides for Board endorsement of standards. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants and contracts to carry out purposes of this title. (Sec. 406) Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 502) Prohibits the use of funds under titles II or III of this Act to undertake assessments that will be used to make decisions regarding the graduation, grade promotion, or retention of students for five years from the enactment of this Act. Title VI: Parental Information and Resource Centers - (Sec. 601) Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make annual grants to private, nonprofit organizations to provide training and information to parents of children enrolled in participating schools and individuals who work with such parents to encourage a more effective working relationship with professionals in meeting the educational needs of such children. (Sec. 605) Directs the Secretary, after the establishment of a parent training and information center in each State, to provide for establishment of additional experimental centers. (Sec. 607) Authorizes appropriations.

To require the withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Somalia.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1993

Prohibits Department of Defense funds from being obligated or expended for activities of the armed forces participating in, or operating in support of, the United Nations-led force in Somalia.

Henry Allen Holmes, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice James R. Locher, III, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 4 October 1993

A bill to limit the use of funds for deployment of the Armed Forces of the United States outside the United States under United Nations command.

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1993

Prohibits funds from being expended for deployment of U.S. armed forces outside the United States under United Nations command unless the use of funds for such deployment is expressly authorized in a law enacted after enactment of this Act.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of the loan guaranty for loans for the purchase or construction of homes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993

Increases from $46,000 to $50,750 the amount of the loan guaranty by the Department of Veterans Affairs for loans to qualifying veterans for the purchase or construction of homes.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the establishment in the Department of Veterans' Affairs of mental illness research, education, and clinical centers, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) designate not more than five facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs as locations for a center of mental illness research, education and training, and clinical activities; (2) subject to appropriations, establish and operate such centers; (3) designate one such center by January 1, 1994; and (4) ensure that such centers are located in various geographic regions. Requires the Under Secretary for Health of the Department to: (1) ensure that research conducted at such centers includes an appropriate emphasis on the psychosocial dimension of mental illness and on the means of furnishing care and treatment to veterans suffering from mental illness; and (2) disseminate information produced at such centers. Authorizes appropriations. Requires reports.

Violent Crime Prevention Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Elimination of "Good Time" for Violent and Repeat Offenders Title II: Boot Camps and Prisons Title III: Sentencing Reports Title IV: Victim's Right of Allocution Violent Crime Prevention Act of 1993 - Title I: Elimination of "Good Time" for Violent and Repeat Offenders - Amends: (1) the Federal criminal code to exclude Federal prisoners convicted of a crime of violence or of more than one felony from provisions regarding credit toward service of sentence for satisfactory behavior (good time); and (2) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to require the elimination of certain formula grants to States failing to prohibit the crediting of the State equivalent of good time with respect to such prisoners and to reduce the amount allocated to States not requiring State officials to administer to a convicted defendant a test for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, disclose the results to the defendant and victim, and provide the victim with related counseling, testing, and referral. Title II: Boot Camps and Prisons - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish within the Bureau of Prisons ten military-style boot camp prisons, located on closed military installations, to provide a highly regimented schedule of strict discipline, physical training, work, drill, and ceremony characteristic of military basic training, and remedial education and treatment for substance abuse; and (2) acquire, convert, and operate as regional prisons at least ten former military facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Sentencing Reports - Directs the Attorney General to prepare and make available to the public an annual report on the sentences that were imposed by each Federal judge during the preceding year on defendants convicted of Federal felonies. Amends the Omnibus Act to require the elimination of formula grants to States not requiring that annual reports be submitted on the sentences imposed by each State judge on defendants convicted of State felonies. Title IV: Victim's Right of Allocution - Amends: (1) Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require the Court, before sentencing a defendant for a crime of violence or sexual abuse, to address the victim personally and determine if the victim wishes to make a statement and present information in relation to the sentence; and (2) the Omnibus Act to require the elimination of formula grants to States not providing for a victim's right of allocution.

Veterans PTSD Treatment and Psychological Readjustment Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993

Veterans PTSD Treatment and Psychological Readjustment Act of 1993 - States that it shall be the policy of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to establish and operate specialized inpatient post-traumatic stress disorder units (SIPUs) at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. Requires such facilities and services to be available to all eligible veterans, including veterans of the Persian Gulf War. Requires the Secretary to gradually increase the number of SIPUs in order to meet a total increase of not less than 30 units by the end of 1997. Requires the Secretary to direct the Special Committee to identify areas of the country in which there are significant needs for expanding the Vet Center program. Requires a gradual increase in the number of Vet Centers in order to meet a total increase of not less than 40 by the end of 1997. Requires the Secretary to furnish counseling at the request of any veteran who served in a combat theater of operations while on active duty. Establishes in the Department the Advisory Committee on Veteran Readjustment Counseling and requires such Committee to report to the Secretary on recommendations to increase outreach efforts to Vietnam-era and post-Vietnam-era veterans who have readjustment counseling needs. Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to contract for care and treatment and rehabilitative services in halfway houses, therapeutic communities, psychiatric residential treatment centers, and other community based treatment facilities for eligible veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Directs the Special Committee to report to specified congressional committees on PTSD contract care. Requires the Secretary, in administering the Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program, to encourage the participation of individuals who desire to become psychologists, psychiatrists, and related personnel specializing in the treatment of PTSD. Requires the Department's Under Secretary for Health to conduct a research program into the most effective treatment modalities for PTSD, including family involvement. States that it shall be the policy of the Secretary to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee to establish and operate PTSD clinical teams at Department medical centers which provide mental health services. Directs the Secretary to increase the number of such clinical teams by 50 units by the end of 1997.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress commemorating the heroism and lifetime achievements of the late General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, who died on September 27, 1993.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993

Expresses the thanks of the Nation in memory of General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, hero, aviation pioneer, scientist, and patriot, for his lifetime of service.

Veterans PTSD Treatment and Psychological Readjustment Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993

Veterans PTSD Treatment and Psychological Readjustment Act of 1993 - States that it shall be the policy of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to establish and operate specialized inpatient post-traumatic stress disorder units (SIPUs) at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. Requires such facilities and services to be available to all eligible veterans, including veterans of the Persian Gulf War. Requires the Secretary to gradually increase the number of SIPUs in order to meet a total increase of not less than 30 units by the end of 1997. Requires the Secretary to direct the Special Committee to identify areas of the country in which there are significant needs for expanding the Vet Center program. Requires a gradual increase in the number of Vet Centers in order to meet a total increase of not less than 40 by the end of 1997. Requires the Secretary to furnish counseling at the request of any veteran who served in a combat theater of operations while on active duty. Establishes in the Department the Advisory Committee on Veteran Readjustment Counseling and requires such Committee to report to the Secretary on recommendations to increase outreach efforts to Vietnam-era and post-Vietnam-era veterans who have readjustment counseling needs. Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to contract for care and treatment and rehabilitative services in halfway houses, therapeutic communities, psychiatric residential treatment centers, and other community based treatment facilities for eligible veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Directs the Special Committee to report to specified congressional committees on PTSD contract care. Requires the Secretary, in administering the Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program, to encourage the participation of individuals who desire to become psychologists, psychiatrists, and related personnel specializing in the treatment of PTSD. Requires the Department's Under Secretary for Health to conduct a research program into the most effective treatment modalities for PTSD, including family involvement. States that it shall be the policy of the Secretary to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee to establish and operate PTSD clinical teams at Department medical centers which provide mental health services. Directs the Secretary to increase the number of such clinical teams by 50 units by the end of 1997.

Expressing the sense of the Congress commemorating the heroism and lifetime achievements of the late General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, who died on September 27, 1993.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1993

Expresses the thanks of the Nation in memory of General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, hero, aviation pioneer, scientist, and patriot, for his lifetime of service.

A bill to amend the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a program to assist discharged members of the Armed Forces in obtaining training and employment as managers and employees with public housing authorities and management companies.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1993

Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Center for Housing Management to provide for a training program to assist recently discharged members of the Armed Forces to obtain training and employment as managers and employees with public housing authorities and management companies. Authorizes appropriations.

VIRGINIA V Restoration Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1993

VIRGINIA V Restoration Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey a vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet to the Virginia V Foundation (a nonprofit organization in Seattle, Washington) for scrapping.

National Guard Amendments of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1993

National Guard Amendments of 1993 - Establishes in the Department of Defense (DOD) the National Guard Bureau as a joint bureau of the Departments of the Army and Air Force. Makes the Bureau the supervisory and operating agency of DOD for the Army and Air National Guard. Provides for the appointment in the Bureau of a Chief and Vice Chief. Considers an assignment to the Bureau a joint duty assignment. Provides the authorized strengths of reserve general and flag officers serving on active duty in the Bureau, the Office of a Chief of a reserve component, or the headquarters of a reserve component command.

To prohibit the admission to the United States as refugees of individuals who served in the armed forces of Iraq during the Persian Gulf conflict.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1993

Prohibits, with exceptions, the refugee admission into the United States of persons who served in the Iraqi armed forces during the Persian Gulf conflict.

VIRGINIA V Restoration Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1993

VIRGINIA V Restoration Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey a vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet to the Virginia V Foundation (a nonprofit organization in Seattle, Washington) for scrapping.

Defense Competitiveness Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1993

Defense Competitiveness Act of 1993 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to permit the Export-Import Bank, for a five-year period, to finance the sale of defense articles or services to a qualified country if a U.S. company and a foreign entity are competing for the sale. (Currently, the Bank is prohibited from financing such sales.) Defines a "qualified country" as Japan, any member of NATO (other than the United States), and any party to the security treaty (ANZUS Pact) between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (other than the United States). Limits the amount of financing provided in any fiscal year. Repeals provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 concerning the international military education and training program.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the addition by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of certain additional diseases to the list of diseases occurring in veterans that are considered to be service-connected.

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1993

Adds lung, larynx, or trachea cancer and multiple myeloma to the list of diseases that are presumed to be service-connected and, therefore, compensable under veterans' disability provisions when suffered by Vietnam era veterans as a result of exposure to certain herbicide agents during active duty in Vietnam.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the targeted jobs credit permanent and to treat as a member of a targeted group every individual who has received a Department of Defense campaign ribbon, liberation ribbon, or national defense service medal.

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the targeted jobs credit permanent law. Treats as a member of a targeted group a conflict-era veteran who has been awarded a campaign ribbon, liberation ribbon, or national defense service medal by the Department of Defense.

Waiving certain points of order against the bill (H.R. 3116) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1993

Waives points of order against the consideration of H.R. 3116 (armed forces appropriations).

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1993

Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1994 for projects or activities, including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees, provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994; (2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994; (3) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994; (4) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1994; (5) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1994; (6) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994; (7) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994; (8) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1994; (9) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994; (10) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1994; and (11) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Requires the following functions to be maintained at the current rate of operations: (1) the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality activities; and (2) activities funded by the Selective Service System salaries and expenses account.

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Public Safety and Policing Title II: Death Penalty Title III: Habeas Corpus Reform Title IV: Gun Crime Penalties Title V: Obstruction of Justice Title VI: Youth Violence Subtitle A: Increased Penalties for Drug Trafficking and Criminal Street Gangs Subtitle B: Juvenile Drug Trafficking and Gang Prevention Grants Subtitle C: Bindover System for Certain Violent Juveniles Title VII: Terrorism Subtitle A: Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms Subtitle B: General Provisions Title VIII: Sexual Violence and Child Abuse Subtitle A: Sexual Abuse Subtitle B: Child Protection Subtitle C: Crimes Against Children Title IX: Crime Victims Subtitle A: Victims' Rights Subtitle B: Crime Victims' Fund Title X: State and Local Law Enforcement Subtitle A: DNA Identification Subtitle B: Department of Justice Community Substance Abuse Prevention Subtitle C: Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Grants Title XI: Provisions Relating to Police Officers Subtitle A: Law Enforcement Family Support Subtitle B: Police Pattern or Practice Subtitle C: Police Corps and Law Enforcement Officers Training and Education Subtitle D: Study Rights of Police Officers Title XII: Drug Court Programs Title XIII: Prisons Subtitle A: Federal Prisons Subtitle B: State Prisons Title XIV: Rural Crime Subtitle A: Fighting Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas Subtitle B: Drug Free Truck Stops and Safety Rest Areas Title XV: Drug Control Subtitle A: Increased Penalties Subtitle B: Precursor Chemicals Act Subtitle C: General Provisions Title XVI: Drunk Driving Provisions Title XVII: Commissions Subtitle A: Commission on Crime and Violence Subtitle B: National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the United States Subtitle C: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Title XVIII: Bail Posting Reporting Title XIX: Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Title XX: Protections for the Elderly Title XXI: Consumer Protection Title XXII: Financial Institution Fraud Prosecution Title XXIII: Savings and Loan Prosecution Task Force Title XXIV: Sentencing Provisions Title XXV: Sentencing and Magistrates Amendments Title XXVI: Computer Crime Title XXVII: International Parental Kidnapping Title XXVIII: Safe Schools Title XXIX: Miscellaneous Subtitle A: Increases in Penalties Subtitle B: Extension of Protection of Civil Rights Statutes Subtitle C: Audit and Report Subtitle D: Gambling Subtitle E: White Collar Crime Amendments Subtitle F: Safer Streets and Neighborhoods Subtitle G: Other Provisions Title XXX: Technical Corrections Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993 - Title I: Public Safety and Policing - Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to authorize the Attorney General to make grants and provide technical assistance to units of State and local government, and to other public and private entities, to increase police presence (including the rehiring of law enforcement officers laid off as a result of State and local budget reductions, as well as the hiring of new, additional career law enforcement officers, for deployment in community-oriented policing), expand and improve cooperative efforts between law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and members of the community, and otherwise enhance public safety. Sets forth matching fund, application, and related requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Death Penalty - Federal Death Penalty Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for imposition of the death penalty for various offenses, including: (1) murder by a Federal prisoner; (2) civil rights murders; (3) drive-by shootings and carjackings resulting in death; (4) foreign murder of U.S. nationals; (5) rape and child molestation murders; (6) gun murders during Federal crimes of violence and drug trafficking crimes; and (7) murder in the course of alien smuggling. (Sec. 202) Sets forth procedures for the imposition, implementation, and review of such sentence. Limits mitigating factors (such as impaired capacity, duress, minor participation, and victim's consent) and aggravating factors (such as involvement of a firearm or previous conviction of a violent felony involving a firearm, previous conviction of other serious offenses, vulnerability of victim, and continuing criminal enterprise involving drug sales to minors). Requires a special hearing to determine whether a death sentence is justified. Directs the court to instruct the jury not to consider the race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sex of the defendant or of any victim. Prohibits the execution of a woman while she is pregnant and of a person who is mentally retarded. Title III: Habeas Corpus Reform - Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to impose a 180-day limitations period for the filing of Federal habeas corpus petitions, applicable in both capital and non-capital cases in which the State has offered the petitioner counsel for State post-conviction review, which begins from the time the petitioner's conviction becomes final on State direct review. Tolls such period while the petitioner pursues State post-conviction remedies, unless the petitioner fails to initiate post-conviction review within 270 days in capital cases or 180 days in non-capital cases. Provides for a one-time 60-day extension of the period upon a showing of good cause. (Sec. 303) Provides an automatic stay of execution in capital cases through the consideration of the first Federal habeas corpus petition. Permits a stay of execution to be granted thereafter only if the petition on its face satisfies the requirements for successive petitions. (Sec. 304) Prohibits a Federal court from announcing or applying a new rule to grant relief to a habeas corpus petitioner, except where the new rule places a class of individual conduct beyond the power of the criminal lawmaking authority to proscribe or prohibits the imposition of a certain type of punishment for a class of persons because of their status or offense, or constitutes a watershed rule of criminal procedure implicating the fundamental fairness and accuracy of the criminal proceeding. Codifies case law providing for an independent Federal habeas corpus review of claims under Federal law, except for fourth amendment exclusionary rule claims. Specifies that the State bears the burden of proving harmless error in Federal habeas corpus review of State criminal convictions. (Sec. 305) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) limits on successive petitions (allows a prisoner to bring a second or subsequent petition only upon a showing of cause for not having brought the claim before and prejudice if the claim is not heard); and (2) new evidence (allows prisoners in capital cases to present claims of actual innocence based on newly discovered evidence that the petitioner did not previously know about). (Sec. 308) Sets standards and procedures for the provision of counsel for indigent defendants at all stages of State capital litigation. Requires each State in which a sentence of death may be imposed to establish a State counsel certification authority, comprised of members of the State's criminal defense bar, to create a roster of qualified lawyers eligible for court appointment and monitor the performance of attorneys so certified. (Sec. 309) Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make grants to States to help fund the provision of defense counsel. Authorizes: (1) Federal grants of up to 75 percent of the additional costs imposed by the new counsel requirements during the first three years following enactment of this title and 50 percent thereafter; and (2) grants for the prosecution of Federal habeas corpus cases in an amount equal to that allocated to capital resource centers. Title IV: Gun Crime Penalties - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend its sentencing guidelines to enhance the penalty for: (1) use of a semiautomatic firearm during a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime; (2) a second offense of using an explosive to commit a Federal felony; (3) use of a firearm in the commission of counterfeiting or forgery; and (4) firearms possession by violent felons and serious drug offenders. (Sec. 403) Prohibits and sets penalties for: (1) smuggling firearms in aid of drug trafficking; (2) theft of firearms and explosives; (3) the transfer of firearms to a nonresident of a State, except for lawful sporting purposes; (4) conspiracies to commit firearms and explosives crimes; and (5) the distribution of explosives to a person who is legally disqualified from having the explosives. (Sec. 405) Mandates the revocation of: (1) supervised release and the institution of a prison term for a defendant who possesses a controlled substance or firearm in violation of a condition of such release, or who refuses to cooperate with drug testing; and (2) probation for possession of a controlled substance or firearms in violation of a condition of probation, or who refuses to cooperate with drug testing. (Sec. 407) Increases the penalty for: (1) knowingly making a false, material statement in connection with the acquisition of a firearms from a licensed dealer; and (2) interstate gun trafficking. Title V: Obstruction of Justice - Increases the penalties for threats and intimidation of jurors and court officers, obstruction of justice, and attempted retaliatory killings of witnesses, victims, and informants. (Sec. 501) Provides the death penalty for: (1) the murder of jurors and court officers; (2) retaliatory killings of witnesses, victims, and informants; (3) the murder of State officials working with Federal law enforcement officials in connection with Federal criminal investigations; and (4) the murder of Federal witnesses. (Sec. 503) Creates an exception to current law requiring that persons charged with capital offenses be furnished with a list (with addresses) of veniremen and witnesses, if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that providing such list may jeopardize the life or safety of any person. Title VI: Youth Violence - Subtitle A: Increased Penalties for Drug Trafficking and Criminal Street Gangs - Amends: (1) the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to increase penalties for employing children to distribute drugs or avoid apprehension for a drug offense; and (2) the Federal criminal code to provide for imprisonment of up to ten years for a gang member or person acting on behalf of a criminal street gang who commits a Federal drug or violent crime offense and who has had a prior drug or crime of violence conviction, with the penalty to run consecutively to any other sentence imposed. Subtitle B: Juvenile Drug Trafficking and Gang Prevention Grants - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants for: (1) programs to reduce the formation or continuation of juvenile gangs and the use and sale of illegal drugs by juveniles; (2) public or non-profit private organizations or individuals to identify promising new juvenile drug reduction and enforcement programs; and (3) public or non-profit private organizations or individuals to support promising new programs that specifically address the unique crime, drug, and alcohol related challenges faced by juveniles living at or near international ports of entry and in other international border communities. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Bindover System for Certain Violent Juveniles - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize grants for bindover systems for the prosecution of 16- and 17-year-olds as adults for certain violent crimes (first- and second-degree murder, attempted murder, armed robbery with a firearm, aggravated battery or assault with a firearm, criminal sexual penetration when armed with a firearm, and drive-by shooting). Title VII: Terrorism - Subtitle A: Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and set penalties for the seizure of a ship or fixed platform by force, an act of violence against a person aboard, damage or destruction, or the injuring or killing of a person in connection with such activities. Provides the death penalty where death results. Subtitle B: General Provisions - Provides the death penalty where death results from the use of a weapon of mass destruction. (Sec. 714) Extends: (1) the application of State, territory, or district law for offenses committed in territorial waters not otherwise committed within a State's territory or district; (2) special maritime and territorial jurisdiction to offenses committed by or against a U.S. national during a voyage on a foreign vessel scheduled to depart from or arrive in the United States; and (3) the statute of limitations to ten years for certain terrorist offenses. (Sec. 716) Provides: (1) the death penalty for the commission of torture outside the United States and for the killing of a U.S. national outside the country; (2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with access to telephone subscriber information if the Director or Deputy Assistant Director certifies that such information is relevant to a foreign counterintelligence investigation and that it pertains to an agent of a foreign power; and (3) criminal penalties for willful violations of airport or airline security regulations. (Sec. 719) Prohibits: (1) acts of terrorism at U.S. international airports (and provides the death penalty where death results); and (2) counterfeiting U.S. currency abroad (and sets penalties). Enhances penalties for any felony that involves or is intended to promote international terrorism. Sets penalties for those who provide material support to terrorists. (Sec. 722) Creates an Economic Terrorism Task Force. (Sec. 725) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to grant a nonimmigrant visa to an alien who possesses critical information about a criminal organization and whose presence in the United States is essential to an investigation or prosecution of such organization. Title VIII: Sexual Violence and Child Abuse - Subtitle A: Sexual Abuse - Amends the Federal criminal code to include within the definition of "sexual act" the intentional touching, not through the clothing, of the genitalia of another person who has not attained age 16 with intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. Subtitle B: Child Protection - National Child Protection Act of 1993 - Provides for the establishment of a national background check system whereby child care organizations can determine whether prospective employees have histories of child abuse or other serious crimes. Requires State to have at least 80 percent currency of crime cases in their systems within three years. Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to begin a study of child abusers' criminal records. (Sec. 816) Amends the Omnibus Act to provide for the use of drug control and system improvement grants for the improvement of State record systems and the sharing of records of child abuse crime information to implement this subtitle. Subtitle C: Crimes Against Children - Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs requiring any person convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to register a current address with a designated State LEA for ten years after release from prison or being placed on parole or supervised release. Subjects to criminal penalties a person required to register under a State program who knowingly fails to register and keep such registration current. (Sec. 823) Specifies that the allocation of BJA grant funds (under the Omnibus Act) received by a State not complying with provisions of this Act three years after its enactment shall be reduced by ten percent, with the unallocated funds to be reallocated to the States in compliance with this Act. Title IX: Crime Victims - Subtitle A: Victims' Rights - Amends Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to give victims of violent crimes and sexual abuse the right to address the court concerning the sentence to be imposed on convicted offenders. Permits such right to be exercised by a parent or guardian if the victim is under 18, or by one or more family members if the victim is deceased or incapacitated. (Sec. 902) Requires courts to order criminal defendants who are convicted to pay restitution to victims. Specifies that a restitution order shall constitute a lien against real or personal property. Subtitle B: Crime Victims' Fund - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide that if the compensation paid by an eligible crime victim compensation program would cover costs that a Federal, or a federally financed State or local, program would otherwise pay: (1) such victim compensation program shall not pay such compensation; and (2) the other program shall make its payments without regard to the existence of the crime victim compensation program. (Sec. 913) Allows: (1) up to five percent of a victim compensation or assistance program grant to be used for administrative costs; and (2) the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime to use unspent compensation funds for assistance programs in either the year such funds are not spent or in the following year. (Sec. 917) Requires grantees to certify that no grant funds will be used to supplant State and local funds, but rather will supplement those otherwise available funds. Title X: State and Local Law Enforcement - Subtitle A: DNA Identification - DNA Identification Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement grants to develop or improve in a forensic laboratory a capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for identification purposes. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1003) Requires the Director of the FBI to appoint an advisory board on DNA quality assurance methods and issue standards for quality assurance. (Sec. 1004) Authorizes the Director to establish an index of DNA identification records of persons convicted of crimes, and of analyses of DNA samples recovered from crime scenes and from unidentified human remains. (Sec. 1005) Sets forth proficiency testing and privacy protection requirements, and penalties for violations. (Sec. 1006) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Department of Justice Community Substance Abuse Prevention - Department of Justice Community Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to eligible coalitions to develop and implement substance abuse prevention programs, with the efforts of such coalitions involving substantial community participation. Grants priority to communities providing evidence of significant abuse. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Grants - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States that have established, by State law or the court of last resort, plans for analyzing the role of race in their criminal justice systems. Requires State plans to include recommendations designed to correct any findings of racial and ethnic bias. Authorizes appropriations. Title XI: Provisions Relating to Police Officers - Subtitle A: Law Enforcement Family Support - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) require the Director of the BJA to establish guidelines and oversee the implementation of family-friendly policies in law enforcement divisions of the Department of Justice (DOJ), identify model programs that provide support to law enforcement families, and provide technical assistance for stress reduction and family support efforts by State and local LEAs; and (2) authorize the Director to make grants to States and local LEAs and organizations representing State or local law enforcement personnel to provide family support services to law enforcement personnel. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Police Pattern or Practice - Prohibits any governmental authority, or any agent or person acting on behalf of such authority, from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives persons of their constitutional or Federal rights. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action against such officers to eliminate such practices. (Sec. 1112) Directs the Attorney General to acquire data about the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers. Subtitle C: Police Corps and Law Enforcement Officers Training and Education - Chapter 1: Police Corps - Police Corps Act - Establishes in DOJ an Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education, headed by a Director. Authorizes the Director to award college and graduate school scholarships (of up to $30,000 per student) in exchange for four years work with a State or local police force upon graduation. Requires participants who do not follow through on their commitment to pay back all the scholarship money plus ten percent interest. (Sec. 1127) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) selection and training of participants; (2) swearing in, discipline, and layoffs; (3) State plan requirements; and (4) assistance to States and localities employing police corps officers. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Law Enforcement Scholarship Program - Law Enforcement Scholarships and Recruitment Act - Requires the Director to provide scholarships for in-service law enforcement personnel who seek further education, allotting 80 percent of funds based on the relative number of law enforcement officers per State and 20 percent based on the relative shortage of officers. Provides grants for summer jobs or part-time jobs during the year for high school students interested in law enforcement careers. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Study Rights of Police Officers - Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study of the procedures followed in internal, noncriminal investigations of State and local law enforcement officers to determine if such investigations are conducted fairly and effectively. Title XII: Drug Court Programs - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the BJA to make grants to States: (1) for drug testing upon arrest and on a regular basis pending trial for the purpose of making pretrial detention decisions; (2) to develop alternative methods of punishment for young offenders to traditional forms of incarceration and probation; and (3) for residential substance abuse treatment programs in State prisons. Authorizes appropriations. Title XIII: Prisons - Subtitle A: Federal Prisons - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit the Bureau of Prisons from showing favoritism to prisoners of high social or economic status in designating their place of imprisonment; and (2) require that any submission of legislation by the judicial or executive branch that might affect prison populations be accompanied by an impact statement (and requires the Attorney General to prepare and transmit to the Congress annual prison impact assessments). (Sec. 1303) Federal Prisoner Drug Testing Act of 1993 - Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish a program of drug testing of Federal offenders on post-conviction release. (Sec. 1304) Drug Treatment in Federal Prisons Act of 1993 - Establishes a schedule for the Bureau of Prisons to place all eligible prisoners into residential substance abuse treatment programs for between nine and 12 months, in facilities separate from the general prison population. Specifies that prisoners who successfully complete such programs could be released up to a year early. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: State Prisons - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States and to multi-State compact associations for the development and operation of boot camp prisons (for prisoners not convicted of violent felonies, providing a highly regimented schedule of strict discipline, physical training, and work, as well as remedial education and treatment for substance abuse) and regional prisons (for violent offenders with serious substance abuse problems). Specifies that grants may support the activation of boot camp and regional prison facilities already constructed by State or local governments, and shall support aftercare services (to reduce the likelihood of repeat criminality following release). Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1323) Requires the Director of the National Institute of Justice to study: (1) the feasibility of establishing an information clearinghouse to facilitate the interstate transfer of prisoners to facilities near their families; (2) the recidivism rates of persons who were under the influence of alcohol at the time they committed their crimes, comparing recidivism rates of those who participated in a residential treatment program while in custody with those who did not; and (3) the use of alcohol, alone or in combination with other drugs, as a factor in criminal activity. (Sec. 1324) Requires the Bureau of Prisons to notify State and local law enforcement authorities concerning the release or relocation to their areas of Federal offenders under post-release supervision, with respect to prisoners convicted of drug trafficking and violent crimes. Title XIV: Rural Crime - Subtitle A: Fighting Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize appropriations, and increase the base allocation, for rural drug enforcement assistance. (Sec. 1402) Directs the Attorney General to establish a Rural Drug Enforcement Task Force in each of the Federal judicial districts which encompass significant rural lands. (Sec. 1403) Authorizes the Attorney General to cross-designate up to 100 Federal officers with jurisdiction to enforce CSA provisions on non-Federal lands to the extent necessary to effect the purposes of this title. (Sec. 1404) Requires the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to develop a specialized course of instruction devoted to training law enforcement officers from rural agencies in the investigation of drug trafficking and related crimes. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Drug Free Truck Stops and Safety Rest Areas - Drug Free Truck Stop Act - Amends the CSA to enhance penalties for drug distribution at or near truck stops and safety rest areas. Title XV: Drug Control - Subtitle A: Increased Penalties - Amends: (1) the Federal criminal code to enhance penalties for drug trafficking and illegal drug use in prisons; (2) the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the penalty for failure to declare a controlled substance 1,000 percent of the value of the article (as under current law) or $500, whichever is greater; and (3) the CSA to enhance penalties for drug dealing in or near public housing authority facilities, and to set penalties for any physical trainer or adviser who endeavors to persuade or induce an individual to possess or use anabolic steroids in violation of such Act. (Sec. 1505) Directs the Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to increase penalties for drug-dealing in "drug-free" zones. Subtitle B: Precursor Chemicals Act - Chemical Control Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the CSA to impose registration requirements for precursor chemicals. (Sec. 1514) Requires manufacturers to submit annual reports concerning listed chemicals manufactured during the year. (Sec. 1515) Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to: (1) subject brokers and traders to the same recordkeeping and reporting requirements for international transactions, and the same criminal penalties, as exporters; (2) authorize the Attorney General to require that the 15-day advance notice requirement with respect to the importation and exportation of listed chemicals apply to all exports of specific listed chemicals to specified countries, regardless of the status of certain customers in such countries as regular customers, if necessary to support effective diversion control programs or as required by treaty; and (3) establish criminal penalties for attempting to evade reporting requirements and for smuggling listed drugs. (Sec. 1519) Grants the Attorney General the same inspection authority for listed chemicals as presently exists with respect to controlled substances. (Sec. 1521) Makes it a felony to violate the Solid Waste Disposal Act in the handling of chemicals used to illegally manufacture a controlled substance. Requires that violators be assessed costs of the initial cleanup an disposal of the listed chemical and contaminated property and the costs of restoring property damaged by exposure to such chemical. Subtitle C: General Provisions - Prohibits advertising which aims to illegally solicit or sell drugs. (Sec. 1535) Includes among the long-term goals of the National Drug Control Strategy making drug treatment available to all who need it. (Sec. 1536) Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations requiring employees to report to law enforcement authorities the discovery of illegal drugs or amounts of cash over $10,000 in airport security screenings. Title XVI: Drunk Driving Provisions - Drunk Driving Child Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide supplementary prison terms and fine authorizations in cases where drunk driving endangers or injures a person under 18 years of age. (Sec. 1603) Expresses the sense of the Congress that in determining child custody and visitation rights the courts should consider the history of drunk driving of anyone involved in the determination. Title XVII: Commissions - Subtitle A: Commission on Crime and Violence - Establishes the National Commission on Crime and Violence in America to develop a comprehensive crime control plan for the 1990's. Subtitle B: National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the United States - National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the United States - Establishes a National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the United States. Subtitle C: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement - National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act - Establishes a National Commission to Support Law Enforcement. Title XVIII: Bail Posting Reporting - Illegal Drug Profits Act of 1993 - Requires State and Federal criminal court clerks to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and prosecutors the name and taxpayer identification number of anyone accused of a drug, money laundering, or racketeering crime who posts cash bail exceeding $10,000. Title XIX: Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention - Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act - Directs the Attorney General to develop a national voluntary motor vehicle theft prevention program which would involve placing identifiable decals on the vehicles of consenting owners, whereby such vehicles could then be stopped by law enforcement officers upon a reasonable suspicion that the vehicles were not being operated by or with the consent of their owners. (Sec. 1903) Prohibits and sets penalties for tampering with the decals, with exceptions. Title XX: Protections for the Elderly - Directs the Attorney General to make grants in support of programs to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 2002) Directs the Sentencing Commission to ensure that the sentences for those convicted of crimes of violence against elderly victims be sufficiently stringent to deter such crimes, protect the public from additional crimes of such a defendant, and provide enhanced penalties under specified criteria. Title XXI: Consumer Protection - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for insurance industry crimes, including embezzling from insurance companies, making false entries in insurance company books with intent to deceive, and corruptly influencing or obstructing proceedings before State insurance regulatory agencies or insurance examiners. Prohibits persons convicted of criminal felonies involving dishonesty or breach of trust from engaging in the insurance business without the written consent of an insurance regulatory official authorized to regulate the insurer. (Sec. 2102) Consumer Protection Against Credit Card Fraud Act of 1993 - Prohibits the sale of credit cards without credit card company authorization, fraudulent receipt of payments via credit card for goods never received or inferior to those promised, and laundering of credit card receipts. (Sec. 2103) Extends the mail fraud statute to include mail sent by private interstate carriers. Title XXII: Financial Institution Fraud Prosecutions - Financial Institutions Fraud Prosecution Act of 1991 (sic) - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to disqualify certain persons with criminal records from participating in the affairs of insured depository institutions and credit unions. (Sec. 2204) Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to encourage the Attorney General to report to the Congress on the collapse of private insurance deposit corporations. Title XXIII: Savings and Loan Prosecution Task Force - Directs the Attorney General to establish within DOJ a savings and loan criminal fraud task force to prosecute those criminal cases involving savings and loan institutions. Title XXIV: Sentencing Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the court, in determining the sentence to be imposed in the case of a violation of probation or supervised release, to consider guidelines or policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission. (Sec. 2403) Directs the court to revoke a term of supervised release and require the defendant to serve in prison all or part of the term of release authorized by statute for the offense that resulted in such term, without credit for time previously served on post-release supervision, if the court finds that the defendant violated a condition of supervised release, subject to specified limitations. Authorizes the court to include a requirement that the defendant be placed on supervised release after imprisonment when a term of supervised release is revoked and the defendant is required to serve a term of imprisonment less than the maximum authorized. Specifies that the power of the court to revoke a term of supervised release for violation of a condition of such release extends beyond the expiration of the term of release for a period reasonably necessary for the adjudication of matters arising before its expiration if, prior to such expiration, a warrant or summons has been issued on the basis of an allegation of such a violation. Title XXV: Sentencing and Magistrates Amendments - Permits concurrent sentencing of a defendant to imprisonment and probation for petty offenses. (Sec. 2502) Authorizes the trial of petty offenses by magistrate judges. Title XXVI: Computer Crime - Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make it a felony to knowingly transmit an unauthorized program or code that alters the information stored in a computer with the intent to damage the system or information contained within the affected computer or system, or to withhold or deny the use of such system or information, if the transmission: (1) occurred without the authorization of the person responsible for the computer system receiving the program; and (2) causes damage exceeding $1,000 in any one-year period or modifies or impairs the medical care of one or more individuals. Makes it a misdemeanor to recklessly transmit a destructive computer program or code. Creates a civil cause of action for persons suffering damage or loss by virtue of a violation of this Act. Modifies the prohibition against accessing a Government computer where such conduct affects the use of the Government's operation of such computer to cover only actions that "adversely" affect such use. Title XXVII: International Parental Kidnapping - International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for removing a child from, or retaining a child outside, the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights. (Sec. 2703) Authorizes appropriations to carry out under the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 national, regional, and in-State training and educational programs dealing with criminal and civil aspects of interstate and international parental child abduction. Title XXVIII: Safe Schools - Safe Schools Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to local educational agencies for the purpose of providing assistance to such agencies most directly affected by crime and violence; and (2) require the Director to develop a written safe schools model in English and in Spanish and make such model available to any such agency that requests it. Authorizes appropriations. Title XXIX: Miscellaneous - Subtitle A: Increases in Penalties - Increases penalties for assault: (1) of Federal officers, foreign officials, and official guests and internationally protected persons; (2) within a maritime and territorial jurisdiction; and (3) of the President, presidential staff, congressional leaders, cabinet officials, and Supreme Court justices. (Sec. 2902) Increases the maximum penalties for voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. (Sec. 2903) Broadens the scope and increases the penalties for conspiracies to deprive persons of their civil rights. (Sec. 2904) Increases penalties for: (1) trafficking in counterfeit goods and services; (2) conspiracy to commit murder for hire; and (3) Travel Act violations. Subtitle B: Extension of Protection of Civil Rights Statutes - Extends the protections of the criminal civil rights statute to any person in a State. (Currently, the statute only covers State "inhabitants.") Subtitle C: Audit and Report - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) require State and local LEAs to annually audit and detail the uses and expenses to which forfeiture funds were dedicated and the amount used for each use or expense; and (2) report to the Congress on the administrative and contracting expenses paid from the DOJ Assets Forfeiture Fund. Subtitle D: Gambling - Grants a State gaming enforcement office located within a State Attorney General's office access to FBI criminal history record information for licensing purposes. Subtitle E: White Collar Crime Amendments - Establishes penalties for knowingly receiving the proceeds of: (1) extortion; (2) a kidnapping; and (3) a postal robbery. (Sec. 2943) Extends the prohibition against obstructing civil investigative demands to include obstruction in racketeering and false claims investigations. Subtitle F: Safer Streets and Neighborhoods - Safer Streets and Neighborhoods Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, non-Federal public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations to carry out specified purposes of such Act (current law does not specify "non-Federal"), effective October 1, 1993. Subtitle G: Other Provisions - Authorizes the venue for espionage and related offenses to be in the District of Columbia or in any other district authorized by law. (Sec. 2963) Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act to make amendments with respect to certain IRS undercover operations effective from the date of this Act's enactment through December 31, 1994. (Sec. 2964) Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress on the medical and psychological basis of "battered women's syndrome" and the extent to which evidence of the syndrome has been held to be admissible as evidence of guilt or as a defense in a criminal trial. (Sec. 2966) Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for: (1) the theft of major art works from museums; (2) misuse of the words "Drug Enforcement Administration" or the initials "DEA"; and (3) attempted robbery, kidnapping, smuggling, and property damage offenses. (Sec. 2971) Extends the statute of limitations for arson. Title XXX: Technical Corrections - Makes technical corrections to various criminal law provisions.

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Public Safety and Policing Title II: Death Penalty Title III: Habeas Corpus Reform Title IV: Coerced Confessions Title V: Firearms Subtitle A: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Subtitle B: Gun Crime Penalties Title VI: Youth Violence Subtitle A: General Subtitle B: Criminal Street Gangs Subtitle C: Certainty of Punishment for Young Offenders Subtitle D: Juvenile Drug Trafficking and Gang Prevention Grants Title VII: Terrorism Subtitle A: Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms Subtitle B: General Provisions Title VIII: Sexual Violence and Child Abuse Subtitle A: Sexual Abuse Subtitle B: Child Protection Subtitle C: Crimes Against Children Title IX: Crime Victims Title X: State and Local Law Enforcement Subtitle A: Safer Streets and Neighborhoods Subtitle B: DNA Identification Subtitle C: Department of Justice Community Substances Abuse Prevention Subtitle D: Drug Testing of Arrested Individuals Subtitle E: Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Grants Title XI: Provisions Relating to Police Officers Subtitle A: Law Enforcement Relating to Police Officers Subtitle B: Police Pattern or Practice Subtitle C: Police Corps and Law Enforcement Officers Subtitle D: Study Rights of Police Officers Title XII: Grant Program for State Prisons Title XIII: Federal Prisons Subtitle A: General Subtitle B: Drug Testing Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Drugs in Federal Prisons Subtitle D: Drug Treatment in Federal Prisons Subtitle E: Studies Title XIV: Rural Crime Subtitle A: Fighting Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas Subtitle B: Drug Free Truck Stops and Safety Rest Areas Title XV: Drug Control Subtitle A: Drug Emergency Areas Subtitle B: Precursor Chemicals Subtitle C: General Provisions Title XVI: Drunk Driving Provisions Title XVII: Commissions Subtitle A: Commission on Crime and Violence Subtitle B: National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the United States Subtitle C: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Title XVIII: Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Title XIX: Protections for the Elderly Title XX: Consumer Protection Title XXI: Sentencing Provisions Title XXII: Computer Cime Title XXIII: International Parental Kidnapping Title XXIV: Safe Schools Title XXV: Financial Institutions Fraud Prosecutions Title XXVI: White Collar Crime Amendments Title XXVII: Gambling Title XXVIII: Bail Posting Reporting Title XXIX: General Increased Penalty Provisions Title XXX: Miscellaneous Title XXXI: Technical Corrections Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993 - Title I: Public Safety and Policing - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to authorize the Attorney General to make grants and provide technical assistance to units of State and local government, and to other public and private entities, to increase police presence (including the rehiring of law enforcement officers laid off as a result of State and local budget reductions, as well as the hiring of new, additional career law enforcement officers, for deployment in community-oriented policing), expand and improve cooperative efforts between law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and members of the community, and otherwise enhance public safety. Sets forth matching fund, application, and related requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Death Penalty - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for imposition of the death penalty for various offenses, including: (1) murder by a Federal prisoner; (2) civil rights murders; (3) drive-by shootings and carjackings resulting in death; (4) foreign murder of U.S. nationals; (5) rape and child molestation murders; (6) gun murders during Federal crimes of violence and drug trafficking crimes; and (7) murder of Federal witnesses. (Sec. 201) Sets forth procedures for the imposition, implementation, and review of such sentence. Limits mitigating factors (such as impaired capacity, duress, minor participation, and victim's consent) and aggravating factors (such as previous conviction of a violent felony involving a firearm, previous conviction of other serious offenses, vulnerability of victim, and continuing criminal enterprise involving drug sales to minors, and previous conviction of sexual assault or child molestation). Requires a special hearing to determine whether a death sentence is justified. Directs the court to instruct the jury not to consider the race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sex of the defendant or of any victim. Prohibits the execution of a woman while she is pregnant and of a person who is mentally retarded. Title III: Habeas Corpus Reform - Amends the Federal judicial code to impose a 180-day limitations period for the filing of Federal habeas corpus petitions, applicable in both capital and non-capital cases in which the State has offered the petitioner counsel for State post-conviction review, which begins from the time the petitioner's conviction becomes final on State direct review. Tolls such period while the petitioner pursues State post-conviction remedies, unless the petitioner fails to initiate post-conviction review within 270 days in capital cases or 180 days in non-capital cases. Provides for a one-time 60-day extension of the period upon a showing of good cause. (Sec. 302) Provides an automatic stay of execution in capital cases through the consideration of the first Federal habeas corpus petition. Permits a stay of execution to be granted thereafter only if the petition on its face satisfies the requirements for successive petitions. (Sec. 303) Prohibits a Federal court from announcing or applying a new rule to grant relief to a habeas corpus petitioner, except where the new rule places a class of individual conduct beyond the power of the criminal lawmaking authority to proscribe or prohibits the imposition of a certain type of punishment for a class of persons because of their status or offense, or constitutes a watershed rule of criminal procedure implicating the fundamental fairness and accuracy of the criminal proceeding. Codifies case law providing for an independent Federal habeas corpus review of claims under Federal law, except for fourth amendment exclusionary rule claims. Specifies that the State bears the burden of proving harmless error in Federal habeas corpus review of State criminal convictions. (Sec. 304) Allows a prisoner to bring a second or subsequent petition only upon a showing of cause for not having brought the claim before and prejudice if the claim is not heard. (Sec. 306) Sets standards and procedures for the provision of counsel for indigent defendants. Requires each State in which a sentence of death may be imposed to establish a State counsel certification authority, comprised of members of the State's criminal defense bar, to recruit, train, monitor, and support attorneys involved at all stages of capital litigation. (Sec. 307) Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make grants to States to help fund the provision of defense counsel. Authorizes: (1) Federal grants of up to 75 percent of the additional costs imposed by the new counsel requirements during the first three years following enactment of this title and 50 percent thereafter; and (2) grants for the prosecution of Federal habeas corpus cases in an amount equal to that allocated to capital resource centers. Title IV: Coerced Confessions - Specifies that the admission into evidence of a coerced confession (i.e., one elicited in violation of the fifth or fourteenth amendments to the Constitution) shall not be considered harmless error. Title V: Firearms - Subtitle A: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for a five (business) day waiting period for the purchase of a handgun. Sets forth: (1) interim procedures (pending the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system) for checking with the chief law enforcement officer of the place of residence of the purchaser as to whether the purchaser has a criminal record or whether there is any other legal impediment to such individual's receiving a handgun; and (2) permanent procedures for conducting criminal background checks. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 502) Directs the Attorney General to establish a national instant criminal background check system that any licensee may contact for information on whether receipt of a firearm by a prospective purchaser would violate specified legal provisions. Provides for the correction of erroneous information in the system. (Sec. 503) Permits the use of formula grants under the Omnibus Act for improvements in State criminal records. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth provisions with respect to the withholding of State and Department of Justice (DOJ) funds for failure to meet set deadlines. Subtitle B: Gun Crime Penalties - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend its sentencing guidelines to enhance the penalty for: (1) use of a semiautomatic firearm during a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime; (2) a second offense of using an explosive to commit a Federal felony; (3) use of a firearm in the commission of counterfeiting or forgery; and (4) firearms possession by violent felons and serious drug offenders. (Sec. 506) Prohibits and sets penalties for: (1) smuggling firearms in aid of drug trafficking; (2) theft of firearms and explosives; (3) the transfer of firearms to a nonresident of a State, except for lawful sporting purposes; (4) conspiracies to commit firearms and explosives crimes; and (5) the distribution of explosives to a person who is legally disqualified from having the explosives. (Sec. 508) Increases the penalty for: (1) knowingly making a false, material statement in connection with the acquisition of a firearm from a licensed dealer; and (2) interstate gun trafficking. Title VI: Youth Violence - Subtitle A: General - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to increase the penalty for employing, using, inducing, or coercing individuals under age 18 to violate provisions of such Act, or to assist in avoiding detection or apprehension for certain offenses under such Act by Federal, State, or local law enforcement officials. (Sec. 602) Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit a juvenile from being transferred to adult prosecution or a hearing from being held under section 5037 (disposition after a finding of juvenile delinquency) until any prior juvenile records have been received by the court or other specified conditions are met. (Sec. 603) Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize grants for bindover systems for the prosecution of 16- and 17-year-olds as adults for certain violent crimes (first- and second-degree murder, attempted murder, armed robbery with a firearm, aggravated battery or assault with a firearm, criminal sexual penetration when armed with a firearm, and drive-by shooting). Subtitle B: Criminal Street Gangs - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for imprisonment of up to ten years for a gang member or person acting on behalf of a criminal street gang who commits a Federal drug or violent crime offense and who has had a prior drug or violent crime conviction, with the penalty to run consecutively to any other sentence imposed Subtitle C: Certainty of Punishment for Young Offenders - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to States for the purpose of developing alternative methods of punishment for young offenders to traditional forms of incarceration and probation. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Juvenile Drug Trafficking and Gang Prevention Grants - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants for programs to reduce the formation or continuation of juvenile gangs and the use and sale of illegal drugs by juveniles. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Terrorism - Subtitle A: Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and set penalties for the seizure of a ship or fixed platform by force, an act of violence against a person aboard, damage or destruction, or the injuring or killing of a person in connection with such activities. Provides the death penalty where death results. Subtitle B: General Provisions - Provides the death penalty where death results from the use of a weapon of mass destruction. (Sec. 705) Extends: (1) special maritime and territorial jurisdiction to offenses committed by or against a U.S. national during a voyage on a foreign vessel scheduled to depart from or arrive in the United States; and (2) the statute of limitations to ten years for certain terrorist offenses. (Sec. 706) Provides: (1) the death penalty for the commission of torture outside the United States and for the killing of a U.S. national outside the country; (2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with access to telephone subscriber information if the Director or Deputy Assistant Director certifies that such information is relevant to a foreign counterintelligence investigation and that it pertains to an agent of a foreign power; and (3) criminal penalties for willful violations of airport or airline security regulations. (Sec. 709) Prohibits: (1) acts of terrorism at U.S. international airports (and provides the death penalty where death results); and (2) counterfeiting U.S. currency abroad. Enhances penalties for any felony that involves or is intended to promote international terrorism. (Sec. 713) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to grant a nonimmigrant visa to an alien who possesses critical information about a criminal organization and whose presence in the United States is essential to an investigation or prosecution of such organization; and (2) the Federal criminal code to set penalties for those who provide material support to terrorists. Title VIII: Sexual Violence and Child Abuse - Subtitle A: Sexual Abuse - Amends the Federal criminal code to include within the definition of "sexual act" the intentional touching, not through the clothing, of the genitalia of another person who has not attained age 16 with intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. Subtitle B: Child Protection - Provides for the establishment of a national background check system whereby child care organizations can determine whether prospective employees have histories of child abuse or other serious crimes. Requires State to have at least 80 percent currency of crime cases in their systems within three years. Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to begin a study of child abusers' criminal records. (Sec. 806) Amends the Omnibus Act to provide for the use of drug control and system improvement grants for the improvement of State record systems and the sharing of records of child abuse crime information to implement this subtitle. Subtitle C: Crimes Against Children Registration - Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs requiring any person convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to register a current address with a designated State LEA for ten yeas after release from prison, or being placed on parole or supervised release. Subjects to criminal penalties a person required to register under a State program who knowingly fails to register and keep such registration current. (Sec. 808) Specifies that the allocation of BJA grant funds (under the Omnibus Act) received by a State not complying with provisions of this Act three years after its enactment shall be reduced by ten percent, with the unallocated funds to be reallocated to the States in compliance with this Act. Title IX: Crime Victims - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to: (1) specify the amounts available for grants under certain sections of the Act; and (2) provide that if the compensation paid by an eligible crime victim compensation program would cover costs that a Federal, or federally financed State or local, program would otherwise pay, such victim compensation program shall not pay such compensation and the other program shall make its payments without regard to the existence of the crime victim compensation program. (Sec. 903) Amends Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to give victims of violent crimes and sexual abuse the right to address the court concerning the sentence to be imposed on convicted offenders. Permits such right to be exercised by a parent or guardian if the victim is under 18, or by one or more family members if the victim is deceased or incapacitated. (Sec. 904) Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to specified congressional committees on the medical and psychological basis of "battered women's syndrome" and the extent to which evidence of the syndrome has been admitted as evidence of guilt or as a defense in criminal trials. Title X: State and Local Law Enforcement - Subtitle A: Safer Streets and Neighborhoods - Continues the current Federal-State funding formula for grants under title I of the Omnibus Act. (Sec. 1002) Amends such Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, non-Federal public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations to carry out specified purposes of the Act (current law does not specify "non-Federal"), effective October 1, 1994. Subtitle B: DNA Identification - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement grants to develop or improve in a forensic laboratory a capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for identification purposes. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1004) Requires the Director of the FBI to appoint an advisory board on DNA quality assurance methods and issue standards for quality assurance. Authorizes the Director to establish an index of DNA identification records of persons convicted of crimes, and of analyses of DNA samples recovered from crime scenes and from unidentified human remains. (Sec. 1006) Sets forth proficiency testing and privacy protection requirements, and penalties for violations. (Sec. 1007) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Department of Justice Community Substances Abuse Prevention - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to eligible coalitions to develop and implement substance abuse prevention programs, with the efforts of such coalitions involving substantial community participation. Grants priority to communities providing evidence of significant abuse. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Drug Testing of Arrested Individuals - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to States for the purpose of developing, implementing, or continuing a drug testing project when individuals are arrested and during the pretrial period. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Grants - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States that have established, by State law or the court of last resort, plans for analyzing the role of race in their criminal justice systems. Requires State plans to include recommendations designed to correct any findings of racial and ethnic bias. Authorizes appropriations. Title XI: Provisions Relating to Police Officers - Subtitle A: Law Enforcement Family Support - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) require the Director of the BJA to establish guidelines and oversee the implementation of family-friendly policies in law enforcement divisions of DOJ, identify model programs that provide support to law enforcement families, and provide technical assistance for stress reduction and family support efforts by State and local LEAs; and (2) authorize the Director to make grants to States and local LEAs and organizations representing State or local law enforcement personnel to provide family support services to law enforcement personnel. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Police Pattern or Practice - Prohibits any governmental authority, or any agent or person acting on behalf of such authority, from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives persons of their constitutional or Federal rights. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action against such officers to eliminate such practices. (Sec. 1104) Directs the Attorney General to acquire data about the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers. Subtitle C: Police Corps and Law Enforcement Officers Scholarship Programs - Chapter 1: Community Police Corps Initiatives - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants for up to ten Community Police Corps Programs in which participants can receive scholarships of not more than $5,000 annually times the number of years in the educational institution's regular program in exchange for a commensurate period of work with a State or local police force upon graduation. Authorizes appropriations. Permits up to ten percent of grant funds to be awarded to law enforcement officers currently employed by the jurisdiction, and who are assigned to community-oriented policing or who exercise supervisory or training roles in relation to such officers, for college or post-graduate work. Chapter 2: Law Enforcement Scholarship Program - Requires the Director of the BJA to provide scholarships for in-service law enforcement personnel who seek further education, allotting 80 percent of funds based on the relative number of law enforcement officers per State and 20 percent based on the relative shortage of officers. Provides grants for summer jobs or part-time jobs during the year for high school students interested in law enforcement careers. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Study Rights of Police Officers - Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study of the procedures followed in internal, noncriminal investigations of State and local law enforcement officers to determine if such investigations are conducted fairly and effectively. Title XII: Grant Programs for State Prisons - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to States for residential substance abuse treatment programs in State correctional facilities, as well as those in which inmates are incarcerated for a time sufficient to permit substance abuse treatment. Authorizes appropriations. Title XIII: Federal Prisons - Subtitle A: General - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit the Bureau of Prisons from considering the social or economic status of a prisoner in designating such prisoner's place of imprisonment; and (2) require that any submission of legislation by the judicial or executive branch that might affect prison populations be accompanied by an impact statement (and requires the Attorney General to prepare and transmit to the Congress annual prison impact assessments). (Sec. 1303) Requires notice to State and local law enforcement authorities concerning the release or relocation to their areas of Federal offenders under post-release supervision at least five days prior to such release or relocation, with respect to prisoners convicted of drug trafficking and violent crimes. (Sec. 1304) Deems references to supervised release, in the case of prisoners convicted of offenses committed prior to November 1, 1987, to be references to probation or parole. Subtitle B: Drug Testing - Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish a program of drug testing of Federal offenders on post-conviction release. Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Drugs in Federal Prisons - Provides for enhanced penalties for drug trafficking and illegal drug use in Federal prisons. Subtitle D: Drug Treatment in Federal Prisons - Establishes a schedule for the Bureau of Prisons to place all eligible prisoners into residential substance abuse treatment programs for between nine and 12 months, in facilities separate from the general prison population. Specifies that prisoners who successfully complete such programs could be released up to a year early. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Studies - Requires the National Institute of Justice to study: (1) the feasibility of establishing an information clearinghouse to facilitate the interstate transfer of prisoners to facilities near their families; (2) the recidivism rates of persons who were under the influence of alcohol at the time they committed their crimes, comparing recividism rates of those who participated in a residential treatment program while in custody with those who did not; and (3) the use of alcohol, alone or in combination with other drugs, as a factor in criminal activity. Title XIV: Rural Crime - Subtitle A: Fighting Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize appropriations, and increase the base allocation, for rural drug enforcement assistance. (Sec. 1402) Directs the Attorney General to establish a Rural Drug Enforcement Task Force in each of the Federal judicial districts which encompass significant rural lands. (Sec. 1403) Authorizes the Attorney General to cross-designate up to 100 Federal officers with jurisdiction to enforce CSA provisions on non-Federal lands to the extent necessary to effect the purposes of this title. (Sec. 1404) Requires the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to develop a specialized course of instruction devoted to training law enforcement officers from rural agencies in the investigation of drug trafficking and related crimes. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Drug Free Truck Stops and Safety Rest Areas - Amends the CSA to enhance penalties for drug distribution at or near truck stops and safety rest areas. Title XV: Drug Control - Subtitle A: Drug Emergency Areas - Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to authorize the President to declare a State, or part thereof, a drug emergency area, to take all necessary actions to save lives and protect property, public health, and safety, and to make grants aggregating $25 million for any single major drug-related emergency. Requires grant money to be divided equally between drug supply and demand reduction efforts, unless State or local conditions dictate otherwise. Permits the President to direct any Federal agency to utilize its resources to assist State anti-drug efforts. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Precursor Chemicals - Amends the CSA to impose registration requirements for precursor chemicals. (Sec. 1504) Requires manufacturers to submit annual reports concerning listed chemicals manufactured during the year. (Sec. 1505) Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to: (1) subject brokers and traders to the same recordkeeping and reporting requirements for international transactions, and the same criminal penalties, as exporters; and (2) authorize the Attorney General to require that the 15-day advance notice requirement with respect to the importation and exportation of listed chemicals apply to all exports of specific listed chemicals to specified countries, regardless of the status of certain customers in such countries as regular customers, if necessary to support effective diversion control programs or as required by treaty; and (3) establish criminal penalties for attempting to evade reporting requirements and for smuggling listed drugs. (Sec. 1509) Grants the Attorney General the same inspection authority for listed chemicals as presently exists with respect to controlled substances. (Sec. 1511) Makes it a felony to violate the Solid Waste Disposal Act in the handling of chemicals used to illegally manufacture a controlled substance. Requires that violators be assessed costs of the initial cleanup and disposal of the listed chemical and contaminated property and the costs of restoring property damaged by exposure to such chemical. Subtitle C: General Provisions - Prohibits and sets penalties for: (1) drug dealing in or near public housing authority facilities; (2) a physical trainer or adviser who tries to persuade an individual to use anabolic steroids; and (3) advertising which aims to illegally solicit or sell drugs. (Sec. 1518) Enhances penalties for drug dealing in "drug-free zones." (Sec. 1519) Includes among the long-term goals of the National Drug Control Strategy making drug treatment available to all who need it. Title XVI: Drunk Driving Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide supplementary prison terms and fine authorizations in cases where drunk driving endangers or injures a person under age 18. (Sec. 1602) Expresses the sense of the Congress that in determining child custody and visitation rights the courts should consider the history of drunk driving of anyone involved in the determination. Title XVII: Commissions - Subtitle A: Commission on Crime and Violence - Establishes the National Commission on Crime and Violence in America to develop a comprehensive crime control plan for the 1990's. Subtitle B: National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the United States - Establishes a National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the United States. Subtitle C: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement - Establishes a National Commission to Support Law Enforcement. Title XVIII: Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention - Directs the Attorney General to develop a national voluntary motor vehicle theft prevention program which would involve placing identifiable decals on the vehicles of consenting owners, whereby such vehicles could then be stopped by law enforcement officers upon a reasonable suspicion that the vehicles were not being operated by or with the consent of their owners. (Sec. 1802) Prohibits and sets penalties for tampering with the decals, with exceptions. Title XIX: Protections for the Elderly - Directs the Attorney General to make grants in support of programs to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1902) Directs the Sentencing Commission to ensure that the sentences for those convicted of crimes of violence against elderly victims be sufficiently stringent to deter such crimes, protect the public from additional crimes of such a defendant, and provide enhanced penalties under specified criteria. Title XX: Consumer Protection - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for insurance industry crimes, including embezzling from insurance companies, making false entries in insurance company books with intent to deceive, and corruptly influencing or obstructing proceedings before State insurance regulatory agencies or insurance examiners. Prohibits persons convicted of criminal felonies involving dishonesty or breach of trust from engaging in the insurance business without the written consent of an insurance regulatory official authorized to regulate the insurer. (Sec. 2002) Consumer Protection Against Credit Card Fraud Act of 1993 - Prohibits the sale of credit cards without credit card company authorization, fraudulent receipt of payments via credit card for goods never received or inferior to those promised, and laundering to credit card receipts. (Sec. 2003) Extends the mail fraud statute to include mail sent by private interstate carriers. Title XXI: Sentencing Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the court, in determining the sentence to be imposed in the case of a violation of probation or supervised release, to consider guidelines or policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission. (Sec. 2103) Sets forth provisions regarding mandatory revocation of probation and of supervised release after imprisonment for possession of a controlled substance or firearm, or for refusal to comply with drug testing. (Sec. 2105) Permits concurrent sentencing of a defendant to imprisonment and probation for petty offenses. Title XXII: Computer Crime - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make it a felony to knowingly transmit an unauthorized program or code that alters the information stored in a computer with the intent to damage the system or information contained within the affected computer or system, or to withhold or deny the use of such system or information, if the transmission: (1) occurred without the authorization of the person responsible for the computer system receiving the program; and (2) causes damage exceeding $1,000 in any one-year period or modifies or impairs the medical care of any individual. Makes it a misdemeanor to recklessly transmit a destructive computer program or code. Creates a civil cause of action for persons suffering damage or loss by virtue of a violation of this title. Modifies the prohibition against accessing a Government computer where such conduct affects the use of the Government's operation of such computer to cover only actions that "adversely" affect such use. Title XXIII: International Parental Kidnapping - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for removing a child from, or retaining a child outside, the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights. (Sec. 2302) Authorizes appropriations to carry out under the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 national, regional, and in-State training and educational programs dealing with criminal and civil aspects of interstate and international parental child abduction. Title XXIV: Safe Schools - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to local educational agencies for the purpose of providing assistance to such agencies most directly affected by crime and violence; and (2) require the Director to develop a written safe schools model in English and in Spanish and make such model available to any such agency that requests it. Authorizes appropriations. Title XXV: Financial Institutions Fraud Prosecutions - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to disqualify certain persons with criminal records from participating in the affairs of insured depository institutions and credit unions. Title XXVI: White Collar Crime Amendments - Establishes penalties for knowingly receiving the proceeds of: (1) extortion; (2) a kidnapping; and (3) a postal robbery. (Sec. 2603) Extends the prohibition against obstructing civil investigative demands to include obstruction in racketeering and false claims investigations. Title XXVII: Gambling - Sets forth provisions regarding the scope of the prohibition on gambling on ships in international waters. Grants a State gaming enforcement office located within a State Attorney General's office access to FBI criminal history record information for licensing purposes. Title XXVIII: Bail Posting Reporting - Illegal Drug Profits Act of 1991 (sic) - Requires State and Federal criminal court clerks to report to the Internal Revenue Service and prosecutors the name and taxpayer identification number of anyone accused of a drug, money laundering, or racketeering crime who posts cash bail exceeding $10,000. Title XXIX: General Increased Penalty Provision - Increases penalties for assault: (1) of Federal officers, foreign officials, and official guests and internationally protected persons; (2) within a maritime and territorial jurisdiction; and (3) of the President, presidential staff, congressional leaders, cabinet officials, and Supreme Court justices. (Sec. 2902) Increases the maximum penalties for voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. (Sec. 2903) Increases penalties for: (1) conspiracy to commit murder for hire; (2) trafficking in counterfeit goods and services; and (3) Travel Act violations. (Sec. 2906) Broadens the scope and increases the penalties for conspiracies to deprive persons of their civil rights. Title XXX: Miscellaneous - Extends the protection of the criminal civil rights statute to any person in a State. (Currently, the statute only covers a State "inhabitants.") (Sec. 3003) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) require State and local LEAs to annually audit and detail the uses and expenses to which forfeiture funds were dedicated and the amount used for each use or expense; and (2) report to the Congress on the administrative and contracting expense paid from the DOJ Assets Forfeiture Fund. (Sec. 3005) Creates an optional venue in the District of Columbia for espionage and related offenses regarding the gathering, transmitting, losing, or delivering of defense information. (Sec. 3007) Prohibits: (1) the disclosure of information obtained through wiretapping or electronic surveillance with the intent to obstruct a criminal investigation; (2) the theft of major art works from museums; (3) misuse of the words "Drug Enforcement Administration" or the initials "DEA"; and (4) attempted robbery, kidnapping, smuggling, and property damage offenses. (Sec. 3010) Permits trials by a magistrate judge in petty offense cases involving juveniles. Title XXXI: Technical Corrections - Makes technical corrections to various criminal law provisions.

To abolish the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and to eliminate the promotion of civilian marksmanship by the Department of Defense.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1993

Abolishes the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. Repeals specified Federal provisions which provided for the promotion by the Department of Defense of certain civilian marksmanship activities.

Public Health and Safety Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1993

Public Health and Safety Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the manufacture, import, export, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, ownership, possession, transport, or use (transaction) of a handgun or handgun ammunition. Makes exceptions with respect to the military, law enforcement agencies, registered security guard services, and licensed handgun clubs and members of such clubs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to approve such a transaction by licensed manufacturers, importers, and dealers as necessary to meet the lawful requirements of such persons and entities covered by the exceptions. Specifies handgun club licensing requirements. Requires: (1) the Secretary to revoke the license of any such club that does not continue to meet such requirements; and (2) such club to pay to the Secretary an annual license fee of $25. Specifies security guard service registration requirements. Requires: (1) the Secretary to revoke such registration if the service does not continue to meet such requirements; and (2) such service to pay to the Secretary an annual registration fee of $50. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) recordkeeping (by licensed manufacturers, importers, dealers, handgun clubs or their members and by registered security guard services that transfer handguns or handgun ammunition); (2) reports of loss or theft; and (3) transfers to handgun clubs. Authorizes the voluntary delivery to any designated Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency of a handgun owned or possessed by a person. Directs the Secretary to: (1) arrange with each such agency to receive handguns for the transfer, destruction, or other disposition of such handguns; and (2) pay to such person $25 or the fair market value of the gun. Authorizes appropriations. Sets penalties for violations of this Act. Specifies that a person who voluntarily delivers a handgun under this Act after 180 days after enactment shall not be subject to criminal prosecution for possession of the handgun, but shall pay to the Secretary a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500. Establishes penalties for: (1) failure to report the loss or theft of a handgun; (2) negligent and intentional deliveries to an unauthorized place; (3) false statements or representations; and (4) failure to keep, or permit inspection of, records. Provides for the forfeiture of any handgun or handgun ammunition involved or used in a violation of this Act or of any other criminal law of the United States.

Veterans' Long-Term Care Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1993

Veterans' Long-Term Care Act of 1993 - Defines "long-term care," for veterans' benefits purposes, as a continuum of institutional and noninstitutional programs and services that provide restorative care and support through a time period generally exceeding 90 days. Makes eligible for long-term care provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs any veteran: (1) being treated for a service-connected disability (SCD); (2) who has an SCD of 50 percent or more, for the treatment of any disability; (3) who is eligible for pension from the Department, for the treatment of any disability; and (4) for any disability resulting from Department treatment. Authorizes the Secretary to provide long-term care to certain nonqualifying veterans when medically necessary and subject to facility availability. Requires the Secretary to establish a schedule of long-term care copayments, and a long-term care coinsurance plan. Deems Department long-term care providers to be Medicare participating providers for purposes of Medicare payments under the Social Security Act. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with non-Department facilities for the provision of long-term care for veterans when Department facilities are inaccessible or otherwise incapable of providing such care. Requires such facilities to meet certain standards. Authorizes the provision of in-kind assistance to such facilities in lieu of payments. Authorizes the Secretary to provide social support services, including personal care and homemaker services, as part of long-term care services provided. Directs the Secretary to designate geographic areas of the United States as veterans' service areas in which long-term care will be available. Requires a report. Requires operation of such service areas by October 1, 1999. Directs the Secretary to regularly assess Department needs for new long-term care services. Establishes in the Treasury the Veterans' Long-Term Care Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements for the establishment on Department property of veterans' continuing care facilities in which veterans reside while receiving appropriate care. Requires a Department medical center, outpatient clinic, or nursing home to be colocated with such facilities. Requires at such facilities the establishement of a team of primary care providers to be known as the Veterans' Continuing Care Center Health team. Requires congressional reports.

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Military Personnel Title II: Operation and Maintenance Title III: Procurement Title IV: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Title V: Revolving and Management Funds Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs Title VII: Related Agencies Title VIII: General Provisions Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1994 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1994 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (including a transfer of funds in each case), the defense agencies, the respective reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for the Army's National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration (including a transfer of funds), support for specified international sporting competitions (including a transer of funds), transportation of humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan and sub-Saharan Africa, certain Department of Defense (DOD) global cooperative initiatives (including a transfer of funds), and for assistance to the republics of the former Soviet Union for the elimination of nuclear, chemical, and other weapons, demilitarization, conversion, and retraining. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1994 for the procurement by the armed forces and reserve counterparts of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion (including the carrier replacement program and the DDG-51 destroyer program), and National Guard and reserve equipment and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for purchases under the Defense Production Act of 1950. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1994 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the armed forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Directors of Test and Evaluation and Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Defense Business Operations Fund; and (2) programs under the National Defense Sealift Fund (including a transfer of funds). Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) DOD medical and health care programs; (2) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (3) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense (including a transfer of funds); and (4) expenses and activities of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; and (2) expenses of the Community Management Staff. Rescinds certain funding of the National Security Education Trust Fund. Title VIII: General Provisions - Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds. (Sec. 8014) Prohibits the management of DOD civilian personnel by end strengths during FY 1994. (Sec. 8025) Directs DOD to award contracts competitively in FY 1994 for at least four new fixed price managed care support contracts. (Sec. 8051) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds: (1) to reduce military or civilian medical and medical support personnel strengths below the FY 1993 level; (2) for travel or other support costs of the Tailhook Association; and (3) for the joint Department of Defense/Department of Energy Safeguard C contingent nuclear testing program. (Sec. 8056) Establishes the National Drug Intelligence Center to coordinate and consolidate drug intelligence from all national security and law enforcement agencies. (8060) Authorizes DOD to develop and procure the LANDSAT 7 vehicle. (Sec. 8063) Authorizes the Secretary to accept defense burden sharing contributions from Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Kuwait. (Sec. 8073) Authorizes the payment of voluntary separation incentive payments to military personnel. (Sec. 8080) Requires the Director of the Air National Guard to operate a Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence planning office. (Sec. 8098) Authorizes the obligation of funds for procurement of OH-58D Scout aircraft and AH-64 aircraft. (Sec. 8114) Appropriates funds for transfer to the Coast Guard for payment of a 2.2 percent pay increase for uniformed members. (Sec. 8120) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to establish the Mine Warfare Center of Excellence at the naval station at Ingleside, Texas. (Sec. 8121) Caps the total amount that may be expended during FY 1994 from funds appropriated by this or any other DOD appropriation Act at $255.8 billion. (Sec. 8122) Provides for transfers of funds for the following programs, among others: (1) the SSN-688 attack submarine; (2) the CVN nuclear aircraft carrier; (3) the TRIDENT ballistic missile submarine; (4) the SSN-21 attack submarine; (5) the DDG-51 destroyer; (6) the T-AGOS surveillance ship; and (7) the LSD cargo variant ship. (Sec. 8124) Directs the Departments of Defense and Air Force to obligate the $55.5 million appropriated for research and development in Public Law 102-396 only for the continuance of the Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Program.

To initiate planning and design for a replacement facility at Fort Campbell, Kentucky for the purpose of providing educational opportunities for military personnel and their dependents.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1993

Appropriates funds for FY 1994 for a replacement educational facility at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2401) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1994 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1993

Sets forth the rule for the further consideration of H.R. 2401 (Department of Defense authorization of appropriations).

Concerning United States support for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide upon his return to Haiti as its President.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1993

Expresses concern about ongoing human rights abuses in Haiti. Applauds the Clinton Administration's emergency assistance to the United Nations/Organization of American States (OAS) effort and expresses hope that such aid is directed through President Aristide. Declares that United Nations and OAS sanctions should be reinstated against Haiti given the existence of human rights violations which constitute noncompliance with the Governors Island Accord. Expresses the sense of the Congress that no U.S. aid should be provided for training or technical assistance of Haitian military and police unless it is done in accordance with plans established by the constitutional government in consultation with the international community.