Energy

Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title XXI (sic): Army Title XXII: Navy Title XXIII: Air Force Title XXIV: Defense Agencies Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations Title XXVIII: General Provisions Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Part A: Fiscal Year 1994 - Title XXI (sic): Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for FY 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1993 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1993 for the Guard and Reserve forces for acquisition, architectural planning and design activities, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in the preceding titles of this Act on October 1, 1996, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1997, whichever is later. Extends certain FY 1991 military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to undertake military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law in connection with military contingency operations. Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to: (1) provide for the use of proceeds received from the disposal or closure of military installation property; and (2) authorize the Secretary to contract with local governments for the provision of community services at military installations to be closed. Makes miscellaneous changes with respect to the military family housing programs, military construction programs, and activities related to the closure or realignment of military installations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to: (1) Washington Gas Company, Virginia, the natural gas distribution system at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; (2) American Water Company, Virginia, the water distribution system at Fort Lee, Virginia; and (3) Blackstone, Virginia, the waste water treatment facility at Fort Pickett, Virginia.

Department of Energy National Security Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1993

Department of Energy National Security Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1994 for operating expenses, plant projects, and capital equipment necessary in carrying out the following under national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) environmental restoration and waste management; (3) nuclear materials support and other defense programs; and (4) defense nuclear waste disposal. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding the lesser of 105 percent of the program authorization or $10 million more than the amount authorized; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to specified congressional committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have expired since such notification. Places certain funding limits for general plant and contruction projects of DOE and requires congressional reports for amounts in excess of such limits. Limits fund transfer authority. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out advance planning and construction design services in connection with proposed construction projects not exceeding $2 million and requires certain congressional notification. Authorizes the use of DOE funds for emergency planning, design, and construction activities in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property and public health and safety. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this subtitle available for all national security programs of DOE. Subtitle C: Fiscal Year 1995 Authorization - Authorizes appropriations to DOE for FY 1995 to carry out national security programs and environmental restoration and waste management programs.

A resolution to make appointments to the Committee on the Armed Services, the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, the Committee on Energy, and Natural Resources, and the Special Committee on Aging.

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993

Appoints: (1) Senator Bryan to the Senate Committee on Armed Services; (2) Senator Mathews to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (3) Senator Dorgan to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; and (4) Senator Riegle to the Special Committee on Aging.

Arms Control and Nonproliferation Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1993

Arms Control and Nonproliferation Act of 1993 - Repeals specified provisions of law relating to arms control impact information and analysis and reporting requirements concerning arms control agreements and strategy. Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to grant the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency primary responsibility for the preparation and management of U.S. participation in all international negotiations and implementation fora in arms control and nonproliferation. Directs the President to report to the Congress on procedures established for the coordination of Federal research and development on arms control and disarmament. Requires the Director to establish a permanent unit responsible for maintaining a negotiating and implementation record for each arms control or nonproliferation agreement to which the United States is a participating state and which was under negotiation or in force on or after January 1, 1990. Directs the Director to participate in all interagency groups within the executive branch that analyze or review U.S. policies, programs, or actions that could affect adherence to arms control or nonproliferation agreements. Directs: (1) the Director, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other appropriate departments to identify goods and technologies for inclusion on the national security control list pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979; and (2) the Director and the Secretaries of State and Commerce to identify goods and technologies for inclusion on the foreign policy control list. Prohibits the addition to, or removal from, such list of any item without the concurrence of the Director and the respective Secretaries. Grants the Director the right to review any export license application relating to such items upon request. Makes the Director responsible for conducting negotiations with other countries regarding their cooperation in restricting the export of goods and technology. Amends the Arms Export Control Act and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for the participation of the Director in specified arms export and licensing and nuclear export activities. Permits proposed arms sales under the Arms Export Control Act only with the concurrence of the Director. Revises congressional reporting requirements and authorizes appropriations.

Wind Energy Incentives Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1993

Wind Energy Incentives Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow energy tax credits to offset 25 percent of tentative minimum tax. Includes certain small wind turbine equipment as energy property for purposes of the energy credit. Makes lessees of electric facilities eligible for the credit for producing electricity from renewable resources. Changes the eligibility period for such facilities from December 31, 1993, to June 30, 1993.

Federal Facilities Community Oversight for Public Health Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1993

Federal Facilities Community Oversight for Public Health Act of 1993 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to establish a citizens advisory board at each Department of Energy (DOE) defense nuclear facility to evaluate: (1) DOE environmental restoration and waste management activities at each facility; (2) the exercise of regulatory authority over such facilities by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State environmental agencies; and (3) Federal regulatory decisions on environmental restoration and waste managment activities. Sets forth the board's oversight functions for environmental and waste management activities. Prescribes guidelines under which Federal and State agencies shall provide the board with specified information regarding environmental restoration and waste management activities at the facilities. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to perform: (1) public health actions for each facility included in certain DOE programmatic environmental impact statements; and (2) an off-site preliminary exposure assessment for each facility in order to identify potential human exposure to contaminants released from hazardous substances at the facility. Permits any person to petition the ATSDR Administrator for public health assessments. Directs the Secretary of Energy and the ATSDR Administrator to develop a long-range strategy for ensuring the substantive involvement of affected States, Indian tribes, communities, and the public in implementing this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for leasing of certain lands for oil and gas purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1993

Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain public domain lands in Garfield County, Colorado, for oil and gas exploration, development, and production. Conditions the authorization upon the payment of a royalty. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a sliding scale royalty of between 12.5 percent and 25 percent in amount or value of the production removed or sold from the lease. Permits such lease to include the transfer, at fair market value, of federally owned oil and gas equipment suitable for hydrocarbon development on such lands.

Freedom Exchange and Training Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Educational Exchange Programs Title II: Other Training and Exchange Programs Freedom Exchange and Training Act - Title I: Educational Exchange Programs - Requires the Director of the U.S. Information Agency to establish an exchange program with the independent states of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic states, under which the Director shall award competitive grants to eligible organizations to finance exchanges of: (1) secondary school students; (2) secondary school teachers and administrators; (3) postsecondary students (both college and graduate); and (4) college and university educators (the "sister" university program). Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Other Training and Exchange Programs - Directs the President to establish technical assistance and exchange programs with the independent states of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic States, which may be implemented by grants to eligible organizations or otherwise. Funds the following types of exchange, training, and technical assistance programs under this title: (1) public administration and governance; (2) modification or restructuring of laws and legal systems; (3) agriculture and agribusiness; (4) energy and environment; (5) health and medicine; (6) trade and investment; and (7) leaders training. Requires foreign participants to be sufficiently proficient in English to fulfill program purposes. Requires the Agency for International Development or another Government agency with appropriate experience and expertise to administer training and other exchange programs under this title. Authorizes appropriations.

Nuclear Enforcement Accountability Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1993

Nuclear Enforcement Accountability Act of 1993 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to permit any person to petition the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to institute an enforcement proceeding. Subjects any Commission order denying such a request to judicial review.

Omnibus Nuclear Power Safety and Security Enhancement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1993

Omnibus Nuclear Power Safety and Security Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to require certain persons (including owners and operators) with information about a defect or safety violation at nuclear facilities regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including those leased by the United States Enrichment Corporation, to notify the NRC immediately if such defect or violation could create a substantial safety hazard. Authorizes the NRC to issue regulations requiring such persons to devise and implement notification compliance procedures. Mandates that the notification requirements be preeminently posted on the business premises of persons subject to this Act. Provides a civil penalty for non-compliance. Grants the NRC enforcement powers. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish civil penalties for violations of its licensing or certification strictures. Declares that each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation for purposes of computing the civil penalty. Repeals the requirement that the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards submit an annual status report to the Congress on reactor safety research. Authorizes the NRC to: (1) permit its licensees to carry firearms while in the discharge of their official duties; and (2) issue regulations regarding the introduction of dangerous weapons or instrumentalities upon property within its licensing purview. Includes within the penalty guidelines for the sabotage of nuclear facilities those facilities subject to NRC licensing during their construction where the damage could affect public health and safety during the operation of the facility. Sets forth guidelines for the NRC to conduct warrantless searches, and to enter certain premises with a judicially approved administrative search warrant.

Victor H. Reis, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Defense Programs), vice Richard A. Claytor, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 24 June 1993

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for fiscal years 1994 and 1995 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and to its Office of Inspector General. Prescribes allocation guidelines.

Budget Deficit Reduction Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agriculture and Related Programs Title II: Commerce, Science, and Transportation Title III: Energy and Natural Resources Title IV: Finance Title V: National Defense Title VI: General Provisions Budget Deficit Reduction Act of 1993 - Title I: Agriculture and Related Programs - Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to eliminate the wool and mohair price support program. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to eliminate: (1) the cotton price support and production adjustment programs; and (2) the rice price support and production adjustment programs. Title II: Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Terminates funding for the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor and the Space Exploration Initiative programs. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to initiate an auction process for licenses for the radio spectrum. Title III: Energy and Natural Resources - Eliminates funds for the Superconducting Super Collider. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to require the establishment of annual domestic livestock grazing fees equal to fair market value. Abolishes grazing advisory boards. Requires the payment of annual holding fees or royalties for hardrock mining on Federal lands. Title IV: Finance - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require premiums to cover 100 percent of the costs for certain higher-income individuals. Increases the premium payments for such individuals. Title V: National Defense - Limits funding for: (1) Navy ballistic missile submarines and crews on patrol at sea concurrently; (2) Navy attack submarines; (3) Navy antisubmarine warfare weapons; (4) Army light infantry divisions; (5) Air Force tactical fighter wings; (6) weapons research and development and testing activities; and (7) the Strategic Defense Initiative and the Theater Missile Defense Initiative. Terminates: (1) the Navy MHC(V) coastal mine-hunting ship program; and (2) the Army Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite Attack (ASAT) program. Requires the military departments to exercise early retirement authority to retire at least 60,000 members of the Armed Forces before October 1, 1994. Title VI: General Provisions - Transfers savings from this Act to the General fund of the Treasury.

Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of the Interior Title II: Related Agencies Title III: General Provisions Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 - Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 operation of the Department of the Interior. Sets forth the uses and limitations for such appropriations. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should issue rules at the earliest practicable date on the issue of below-cost timber sales. Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for, among other things, fossil energy research and development, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and the SPR Account. Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service for Indian health services and facilities. Appropriates funds to: (1) the Department of Education for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for Indian education; (2) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation; (3) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (4) the Smithsonian Institution; (5) construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park; (6) restoration and repair of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution; (7) the National Gallery of Art; and (8) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Makes appropriations for: (1) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; (2) the Institute of Museum Services; (3) the Commission of Fine Arts; (4) National Capital arts and cultural affairs; (5) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (6) the National Capital Planning Commission; (7) the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission; (8) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and (9) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Sets forth uses and prohibitions on such funds. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth uses and limitations of funds appropriated by this Act. Amends Federal law to allow the Executive Director of the Holocaust Memorial Museum to be paid with nonappropriated funds. Amends Federal law to include the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Green Technology Promotion Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1993

Green Technology Promotion Act of 1993 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to require Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology to conduct energy efficiency and source reduction assessments for client companies. Authorizes eligible government and private sector organizations that are engaged in technology or manufacturing extension activities to apply for Manufacturing Outreach Center designation.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subtitle A: Commodity Programs Subtitle B: Restructuring of Loan Programs Subtitle C: Food Stamp Program Subtitle D: Agricultural Trade Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Title II: Committee on Armed Services Title III: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Title IV: Communications and Transportation Title V: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subtitle A: Recreation and Commercial Use Fees Subtitle B: Hardrock Mining Claim Maintenance Fee Subtitle C: Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Agreement Subtitle D: Mineral Receipts Title VI: Committee on Environment and Public Works Title VII: Finance Committee Reconciliation Provisions Relating to Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Programs Subtitle A: Medicare Subtitle B: Medicaid Program Subtitle C: Income Security Programs Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VIII: Finance Committee Revenue Provisions Subtitle A: Training and Investment Incentives Subtitle B: Revenue Increases Title IX: Committee on Foreign Relations Title X: Committee on Governmental Affairs Subtitle A: Civil Service Subtitle B: Postal Service Title XI: Judiciary Title XII: Committee on Labor and Human Resources Subtitle A: Student Loan Provisions Subtitle B: Public Health Service Act Provisions Subtitle C: Improved Immunization Delivery and Monitoring Subtitle D: ERISA Amendments Title XIII: Veterans' Programs Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Title I: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Commodity Programs - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to reduce, with specified exceptions, the acreage eligible for deficiency payments from 92 percent to 85 percent for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice. (Sec. 1105) Extends the dairy support program. Sets forth purchase price ceilings for butter and nonfat dry milk. Reduces milk prices by ten cents per hundredweight for 1996. Prohibits the sale of bovine growth hormone during a specified time period. (Sec. 1106) Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to require domestic cigarette manufacturers to certify the amount of U.S.-produced tobacco in their products. Establishes a domestic marketing assessment. Requires domestic cigarette manufacturers to purchase specified amounts of Burley and Flue-cured tobacco from producer-owned cooperatives. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require importers of foreign tobacco to pay: (1) specified marketing assessments; and (2) specified assessments to the No Net Cost Tobacco Fund. Amends the Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983 to subject imported tobacco to inspection fees on the same basis as domestic tobacco. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend quota reduction floor authority (with waiver authority to avoid excess inventories) for Burley and Flue-cured tobacco. (Sec. 1107) Increases 1995 and 1996 sugarcane and sugarbeet marketing assessment rates. (Sec. 1108) Reduces 1994 and 1995 loan levels for soybeans and oilseeds. Revises loan maturation provisions. Eliminates loan origination fees for post-1993 crop years. (Sec. 1109) Increases 1994 and 1995 peanut marketing assessment and first purchaser-producer assessment rates. (Sec. 1110) Reduces 1994 through 1997 honey price support levels and individual payment ceilings. (Sec. 1111) Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to reduce 1995 through 1997 wool and mohair individual payment ceilings. Maintains the 1993 support price for shorn wool through 1997. Eliminates specified marketing assessments. Subtitle B: Restructuring of Loan Programs - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to restructure Rural Electrification Administration electric and telephone loan programs, including the establishment of: (1) electric hardship loans and cost-of-money loans; and (2) telephone hardship loans and cost-of-money loans. Revises the definition of "rural area" for purposes of rural electrification and telephone service. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit electric and telephone borrowers to qualify for: (1) water and waste disposal loans; and (2) rural economic development assistance. Subtitle C: Food Stamp Program - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to reduce to 50 percent Federal cost-sharing expenses for: (1) food stamp investigations and prosecutions; and (2) immigration status verifications under the Social Security Act. Includes automated data processing and information retrieval systems among eligible cost-sharing activities. Subtitle D: Agricultural Trade - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to eliminate required FY 1994 and 1995 additional funding levels for the market promotion program and obligate certain sums for specified categories of exporters. (Sec. 1402) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to: (1) remove specified acreage reduction requirements for grain sorghum and barley; and (2) eliminate certain support level adjustment provisions. (Sec. 1403) Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to prohibit the entry into or the withdrawal from a warehouse of any imported wheat or barley that it is not covered by an end-use certificate. (Sec. 1404) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should aggressively promote the export of vegetable oil. Subtitle E: Miscellaneous - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to take specified actions to improve the actuarial soundness of Federal crop insurance coverage. (Sec. 1502) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 with regard to the conservation reserve program to: (1) make the current discretionary enrollment provision mandatory; and (2) reduce acreage requirements. Extends the wetlands reserve program and revises acreage enrollment provisions. (Sec. 1503) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to charge admission, entrance, and recreation fees at appropriate sites, and public or recreation areas. (Sec. 1504) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) farmers should pay no more than their fair share of any budget reduction necessary to achieve deficit reduction; and (2) the level of budget reduction should take into account taxes, interest rates, and user fees. Title II: Committee on Armed Services - Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a limited increase in the military retired pay of former military personnel who became members of the armed forces before August 1, 1986. Specifies the month for which such increases becoming effective on December 1 of FY 1994 through 1998 shall be payable as part of retired pay. Title III: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDICA) to prescribe an order of priority for the distribution of amounts realized from the resolution of any insured depository institution. (Sec. 3002) Amends the Federal Reserve Act to mandate for FY 1997 and FY 1998 the transfer into the Treasury of specified percentages of the surplus fund of any Federal reserve bank. Prohibits a Federal reserve bank from replenishing its surplus fund by the amount of such transfer. (Sec. 3003) Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 to: (1) include certain Indian housing programs within the parameters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development program; (2) require submission of certain income disclosure consent forms to verify applicant eligibility for benefits; and (3) revise applicant, participant, and public housing agency protections. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to declare that adjustments to a public housing agency's operating subsidy shall reflect actual changes in rental income collections resulting from application of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988. (Sec. 3004) Amends the National Housing Act to direct the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) to: (1) charge fees in connection with its multiclass securities guarantee program (the program); (2) take steps to assure that a certain portion of the benefit resulting from the program accrues to mortgagors who execute eligible mortgages; (3) summarize program activities in its annual report; and (4) report to certain congressional committees on specified risk minimization aspects of the program. (Sec. 3005) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to increase the rate at which the Secretary earns the single premium payment collected at the time of insurance of a mortgage that is an obligation of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. Title IV: Communications and Transportation - Subtitle A: Spectrum Allocation and Auction - Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1993 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to meet at least biannually to conduct joint spectrum planning with respect to: (1) future spectrum requirements for public and private uses and the allocation actions to accommodate those uses; and (2) actions to promote the efficient use of the spectrum. Directs the Assistant Secretary and the Chairman to report jointly to specialized congressional committees on their recommendations. Requires the FCC to develop procedures to ensure that minority-owned businesses and small businesses are given the opportunity to provide spectrum-based services. Directs the FCC to report to the Congress a study of current and future spectrum needs of State and local government public safety agencies through the year 2010. (Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary of Commerce to identify radio band frequencies that are allocated on a primary basis for Federal use, are not currently required for Federal needs, can easily be made available for other uses, and have the greatest potential for productive uses and public benefits. Directs the Secretary to recommend to the President and the Congress the immediate reallocation of no less than 30 megahertz of such frequencies. Requires a preliminary and final report on other reallocable frequencies, with an opportunity for public comment. (Sec. 405) Directs the President, after receipt of the Secretary's recommendation, to: (1) withdraw the assignment of appropriate frequencies no longer needed by the Government; (2) assign other frequencies to Federal stations; (3) reallocate for public or mixed use appropriate frequencies; and (4) provide notice of his actions to the FCC and the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 406) Directs the FCC to issue rules for the allocation of all frequencies made available for immediate reallocation under this Act. Authorizes the President to reclaim reassigned frequencies for reassignment to Federal stations. (Sec. 408) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the FCC, during FY 1994 through 1998, to use competitive bidding procedures to grant all radio spectrum licenses for which two or more mutually exclusive applications have been filed. Requires a report on such procedures. Provides rural program license procedures. Provides for the State and local tax treatment of radio licenses and permits. (Sec. 409) Revises the FCC's regulatory authority in the management of mobile communications services. Considers a person engaged in the provision of commercial mobile services to be a common carrier and, therefore, required to establish physical connections with such service as required under the Communications Act. Prohibits a person engaged in private land mobile service from being considered to be a common carrier for such purposes. Prohibits any State or local government from imposing any rate or entry regulation upon any commercial or private land mobile service, but allows a State to regulate other terms and conditions of commercial mobile service, under certain conditions. Provides certain FCC deadlines with respect to rules, licenses, and permits for personal communications services. Subtitle B: Vessel Tonnage Duties - Amends Federal law relating to shipping to extend the years during which certain tonnage duties are imposed. Title V: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Subtitle A: Recreation and Commercial Use Fees - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to: (1) authorize the charging of admission fees for FY 1994 through 1998 at Bureau of Land Management (BLM) national monuments and scenic areas and areas of concentrated public use; (2) strike a provision prohibiting a recreation fee for the use of visitors' centers, picnic tables, or boat ramps; (3) authorize the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to withhold from a special account made up of user fees an amount determined to be equal to the additional fee collection costs for each fiscal year; (4) direct the Secretary of the Interior, for FY 1994 through 1998, to establish and collect fees on commercial tour vehicles entering units of the National Park System in which fees are authorized; and (5) authorize the Secretaries to allow businesses and other organizations to sell and collect fees for the Golden Eagle Passport (an admission passport valid for an entire year). (Sec. 5003) Directs the Secretaries to assess and collect charges for utilization of radio and television communication sites located on Federal lands administered by the Forest Service or BLM. Requires such users to provide the Forest Service or BLM with a list identifying all additional site users and all revenues received from such users. Requires the Secretaries to establish a broad based advisory group to determine the market value for radio and television communication site users. Requires a report to specified congressional committees. Subtitle B: Hardrock Mining Claim Maintenance Fee - Mandates payment for maintenance fees of $100 per claim by each claimant of an unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site on federally-owned lands in order to hold such claims for the assessment year. Declares that such fee is in lieu of assessment work and related filing requirements contained in certain Federal laws. Waives such fees under certain conditions. (Sec. 5102) Mandates the payment of a location fee for every unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site located after the date of enactment of this Act and before September 30, 1998. Replaces certain assessment requirements and expenditures with the annual maintenance fee. Subtitle C: Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Agreement - Limits the payments to the Northern Mariana Islands for FY 1994 through 1998 to the amounts and for the purposes set forth in the Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future Financial Assistance of the Northern Mariana Islands of December 1992. Continues funding after 1998 at a specified annual amount. Subtitle D: Mineral Receipts - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to provide that in calculating the amount to be paid to States of revenues derived from Federal onshore mineral and geothermal steam leasing receipts, 50 percent of the portion of the appropriation allocable for administration and enforcement shall be deducted from those receipts in approximately equal amounts each month before their division and distribution between the States and the United States. Title VI: Committee on Environment and Public Works - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconcilitation Act of 1990 to extend from 1995 to 1998 the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assess and collect annual charges. (Sec. 6002) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to charge fees for the use of developed recreation sites and facilities with specified exceptions. Mandates deposit of such fees into a certain account established for the Army Corps of Engineers. Title VII: Finance Committee Reconciliation Provisions Relating to Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Programs - Subtitle A: Medicare - Part I: Provisions Relating to Part A - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) provide for a reduction in payment updates for inpatient hospital services; (2) provide for a reduction in payment for the indirect costs of medical education; (3) extend payments for Medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals; (4) repeal the requirement for a return on equity for proprietary skilled nursing facilities; (5) extend the ten percent reduction in payments for capital-related costs of inpatient hospital services; (6) lower the per diem limits with respect to payments for routine service costs of extended care services; and (7) change the update formula for hospice care payment starting in 1994. (Sec. 7103) Provides for continuation of the other urban payment rate through 1994. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) permit hospitals that fail to qualify as rural referral centers due to their urban reclassification to decline their reclassification and retain their former status; and (2) make lump-sum retroactive payments to such hospitals. Part II: Provisions Relating to Part B: Subpart A - Physician Services - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) reduce the default update for the conversion factor otherwise applicable to surgical and non-surgical services (except primary care services) in 1994; (2) increase the performance standard factor starting in 1994; (3) double the maximum reduction in the default update allowed for 1994 starting in 1995; (4) provide for classification of primary care services as a separate category of services for purposes related to the application of volume performance standards and updates in conversion factors for physicians' services; (5) directs the Secretary to phase-in reductions to the practice expense relative value units for certain services; (6) revise the payment policy for anesthesia care teams; (7) repeal the prohibition on separate billing for the interpretation of electrocardiograms (EKGs); (8) repeal payment reductions for new physicians and practitioners; (9) require adjustments in the relative value units for services provided by physicians and other practitioners in order to ensure budget neutrality; (10) revise the application of the limiting charge policy with respect to claims submitted on a nonassignment basis; (11) add payment and billing rules for services furnished by certain practitioners; (12) set forth requirements for Medicare carriers to provide limiting charge information on the explanation of benefits form furnished to Medicare beneficiaries and screen unassigned claims by service providers before making payment to determine whether the amount billed exceeds the applicable limiting charge; and (13) require the Secretary's report to the Congress on changes in expenditures for physician services to reflect information on charges in excess of the applicable limiting charge. Subpart B: Outpatient Hospital Services and Ambulatory Surgical Services - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) extend the ten percent reduction in payments for capital-related costs of outpatient hospital services; (2) extend the reduction in payments for other costs of outpatient hospital services; and (3) make changes to payment formulae for outpatient hospital services. (Sec. 7224) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OMBRA '90) to reduce payments for intraocular lenses. Subpart C: Durable Medical Equipment - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) revise the payment rules for durable medical equipment (DME); (2) provide for the treatment of nebulizers and aspirators and payment for accessories relating to such items; (3) provide a method for determining payment for surgical dressings; and (4) reduce payments for TENS devices. Subpart D: Part B Premium - Amends SSA title XVIII to revise current law establishing the monthly part B premium for Medicare beneficiaries. Subpart E: Other Provisions - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) provide for a freeze, then reduction, in updates for certain items and services covered under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), including DME and ambulatory surgical center services; and (2) lower the cap on payments for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests performed after December 31, 1993. Part III: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) revise weighting factors and other criteria used in determining payments for direct graduate medical education costs; (2) include preventive care services as part of the initial residency period; (3) include successor exams in the definition of an FMGEMS examination; (4) modify home health agency cost limits; (5) extend the ban on certain referrals by physicians to cover additional specified health services and include new exceptions as well as modified ones related to its application; and (6) reduce payments for erythropoietin. (Sec. 7303) Amends SSA title XVIII and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to make numerous changes with respect to Medicare as secondary payer. Subtitle B: Medicaid Program - Part I: Program Savings Provisions - Subpart A: Repeal of Mandate - Amends SSA title XIX to: (1) repeal the mandate that States cover personal care services under their Medicaid programs for all individuals entitled to nursing facility benefits; and (2) give States the option of covering personal care services furnished in a home or other location. Subpart B: Outpatient Prescription Drugs - Amends SSA title XIX to: (1) allow States, under certain conditions, to establish formularies limiting coverage of prescription drugs under their Medicaid programs; (2) eliminate the prohibition on a State's subjecting covered outpatient drugs to prior authorization during the first six months after the drug is approved by the Food and Drug Administration; and (3) make modifications to the Medicaid prescription drug program. Subpart C: Restrictions on Divestiture of Assets and Estate Recovery - Amends SSA title XIX to: (1) revise provisions regarding adjustments and recoveries and transfers of assets; and (2) set forth rules for the treatment of trusts for purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for, and amount of, benefits under a State's Medicaid plan. Subpart D: Improvement in Identification and Collection of Third Party Payments - Amends SSA title XIX to: (1) address the liability of third parties to pay for care and services under Medicaid; and (2) require States to have in effect certain specified laws relating to medical child support. (Sec. 7433) Amends IRC and SSA title XIX to provide for collection of payment obligations relating to medical assistance from State and Federal tax refunds. Subpart E: Assuring Proper Payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals - Amends SSA title XIX to make changes with regard to payments for disproportionate share hospitals. Subpart F: Anti-Fraud and Abuse Provisions - Amends SSA title XIX to prohibit payment with respect to any amount expended for an item or service for which payment would be denied under the Medicare ban on certain physician referrals if the item or service were furnished to an individual entitled to benefits under Medicare. Part II: Other Medicaid Provisions - Amends OMBRA '90 to revise : (1) the limits on expenditures and funding for demonstration projects to study the effect of allowing States to extend Medicaid coverage to certain low-income families not otherwise qualified to receive Medicaid benefits; and (2) project reporting requirements. Subtitle C: Income Security Programs - Amends SSA title IV part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) to make changes with regard to Federal matching of State AFDC administrative expenditures. Amends SSA titles I (Old Age Assistance), X (Aid to the Blind), XIV (Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) to revise the formula for determining Federal payments to the States for expenses incurred in administering their State plans under such SSA titles. Amends SSA title XI to change the requirements for attesting to citizenship status. (Sec. 7602) Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to: (1) modify performance standards for State paternity establishment programs; and (2) modify existing, and require certain additional, procedures under State law with respect to child support enforcement. (Sec. 7603) Amends SSA title XVI (SSI) and other Federal law to: (1) require the Social Security Administration to charge States fees for the Federal cost of administering State supplemental SSI payments; and (2) require the Secretary to charge fees for additional services requested by the State that are beyond the level customarily provided in administering a State's supplemental SSI payments. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions - Part I: Trade Provisions - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend authority for levying customs user fees. (Sec. 7702) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for an extension of, and authorization of appropriations for, the trade adjustment assistance program. Part II: Improved Access to Childhood Immunizations - Amends SSA title XIX to direct the Secretary to promulgate a list of vaccines that provide immunization against naturally occurring infectious diseases and are recommended for universal use in children. Provides for immunization outreach through the EPSDT (Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services) Program. Requires Medicaid managed care plans to comply with specified requirements relating to EPSDT. Allows State plans to make payments directly to the manufacturer of the vaccine under a voluntary replacement program. Requires the Secretary to provide for demonstration projects designed to improve the rate and timeliness of immunization against childhood diseases in the case of any Medicaid-eligible child up to age two who is part of a family eligible for AFDC. (Sec. 7803) Amends SSA to add a new title XXI entitled "Central Bulk Purchasing Program For Pediatric Vaccines" under which the Secretary shall provide for the purchase and delivery on behalf of the applicant State of such quantities of pediatric vaccines as may be necessary for the immunization of each eligible child in the State. Part III: Disclosure Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the authority to disclose return information for the administration of certain veterans programs. (Sec. 7902) Authorizes the disclosure of such information: (1) in the administration of repayments of certain student loans; and (2) for income verification under certain housing assistance programs. (Sec. 7904) Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment of a Third Party Liability Clearinghouse to identify third parties responsible for payment for health care items and services furnished to beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid. Authorizes the disclosure of certain taxpayer return information for purposes of identifying health insurance coverage of certain individuals and spouses. Requires employers to report whether a group health plan is available to an employee on wage statements. Part IV: Other Provisions - Expands the 45-day interest-free period for refunding tax overpayments to all returns, as well as to amended returns and claims for refunds. Provides that if interest is not refunded within 45 days after the taxpayer files an amended return or claim for refund, interest will be paid only for periods after the date on which the return or claim is filed. (Sec. 7951) Requires the establishment of a program requiring the payment of user fees for the processing of applications for certificates of alcohol label approval and exemption, formula reviews, and statements of process (including laboratory tests and analyses). (Sec. 7952) Removes authority to use the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses of certain customs fee collections. (Sec. 7953) Increases the amount that individuals may designate to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund on their tax returns. (Sec. 7954) Increases the public debt limit and repeals the temporary limit on such increases. Title VIII: Revenue Provisions - Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Training and Investment Incentives - Extends until June 30, 1994, the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance and the targeted jobs credit. (Sec. 8111) Suspends the credit for increasing research activities from July 1, 1992, through June 30, 1993, and any period after June 30, 1994. Modifies the fixed base percentage of such credit for startup companies for taxable years after 1993. (Sec. 8115) Eliminates the depreciation adjustment for computing adjusted current earnings for such property placed in service after December 31, 1993. (Sec. 8119) Increases the dollar limitation on the election to expense certain depreciable small business assets. (Sec. 8121) Extends until June 30, 1994, the authority to issue qualified small issue bonds to finance manufacturing facilities and farm property. (Sec. 8131) Repeals certain interaction rules of the earned income credit with respect to the medical expense deduction, the deduction for health insurance, and the dependent care credit. Revises credit and phaseout percentages for 1994. (Sec. 8141) Extends the authority to issue qualified mortgage bonds and qualified mortgage credit certificates until June 30, 1994. Makes permanent the low-income housing credit. (Sec. 8143) Provides for the treatment of rental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities. (Sec. 8144) Modifies exceptions to the exclusion of real property acquired by a qualified organization from the meaning of acquisition indebtedness. Makes certain exceptions inapplicable to sales out of foreclosure by a financial institution. (Sec. 8145) Repeals the special rule for publicly traded partnerships with respect to the treatment of unrelated business taxable income. (Sec. 8146) Permits a tax-exempt title-holding company to receive unrelated business taxable income if the unrelated income is incidentally derived from the holding of real property. (Sec. 8147) Excludes from unrelated business taxable income: (1) gains from the sale, exchange or other disposition of real property acquired from financial institutions that are in conservatorship or receivership; and (2) loan commitment fees and certain option premiums. Provides for the tax treatment of pension fund investments in real estate investment trusts. (Sec. 8151) Increases the depreciation recovery period for nonresidential real property. (Sec. 8161) Repeals the luxury excise tax on boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs. Modifies the luxury excise tax on automobiles to index the threshold for inflation occurring after 1990 and make such tax applicable to the first retail sale. (Sec. 8162) Exempts from the luxury excise tax parts or accessories installed for use of passenger vehicles by disabled individuals. (Sec. 8163) Extends the current diesel fuel excise tax to diesel fuel used by noncommercial motorboats. Retains such taxes in the General Fund of the Treasury. (Sec. 8171) Repeals the tax preference for the appreciated property charitable deduction. Disallows an adjustment related to the earnings and profits effects of any charitable contribution from being made in computing adjusted current earnings. (Sec. 8172) Establishes substantiation requirements for charitable contributions of $250 or more. (Sec. 8173) Sets forth disclosure requirements for an organization that receives a quid pro quo contribution (payment made partly as a contribution and partly in consideration for goods or services provided to the payor by the donee organization). Imposes a penalty for failure to make such disclosure. (Sec. 8174) Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to make permanent the treatment of certain railroad retirement benefits as received under employer plans. (Sec. 8175) Provides for the temporary extension of the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals. Subtitle B: Revenue Increases - Lowers the tax rates for certain taxpayers and increases the tax rate for certain higher incomes. Imposes a surtax on certain higher incomes. (Sec. 8203) Increases the tentative minimum tax for taxpayers other than corporations. (Sec. 8204) Makes permanent the overall limitation on itemized deductions and the phaseout of personal exemptions for high-income taxpayers. (Sec. 8206) Sets forth provisions to prevent the conversion of ordinary income to capital gain in certain financial transactions. Repeals certain exceptions to market discount rules. Provides for the treatment of purchases of stripped preferred stock after April 30, 1993. Revises the methods of : (1) computing the limitation on the deductibility of investment interest; and (2) determining substantial appreciation of partnership inventory items. (Sec. 8207) Repeals the limitation on the amount of wages subject to the health insurance employment tax. (Sec. 8208) Increases and makes permanent the highest estate and gift tax rate. (Sec. 8209) Reduces the deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses. (Sec. 8210) Disallows a tax deduction for social membership dues, except for employee recreational expenses. (Sec. 8211) Disallows a deduction as a trade or business expense for remuneration to certain employees in excess of $1 million. (Sec. 8212) Reduces the compensation taken into account in determining contributions and benefits under qualified retirement plans. (Sec. 8213) Removes qualified residence sales, purchases, or leases and meals from the deduction for moving expenses. Places a dollar limitation on the deduction for moving expenses. (Sec. 8214) Revises the limitation on using the preceding year's tax to calculate an individual's estimated tax payments. (Sec. 8215) Increases the amount of social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits to be included in the gross income of certain taxpayers. (Sec. 8221) Increases the tax rate for corporate income in excess of $10 million and the tax rate on personal service corporations. (Sec. 8222) Denies a tax deduction for lobbying expenses. Subjects lobbying organizations to special reporting requirements. (Sec. 8223) Requires any security which is inventory in the hands of the dealer to be included in inventory at its fair market value. Requires any dealer in securities that holds any security which is not in inventory at the close of any taxable year to: (1) recognize gain or loss as if the security were sold on the last business day of the taxable year; and (2) take into account any such gain or loss for such year (the mark-to-market requirement). (Sec. 8224) Requires taking into account: (1) certain Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) assistance as compensation for loss; and (2) any FSLIC assistance for any debt for determining whether such debt is worthless and in determining the amount of any addition to a reserve for bad debts arising from such worthlessness or partial worthlessness. (Sec. 8225) Increases the required annual payment for corporations that fail to pay estimated income tax. Modifies the periods for applying such annualization. (Sec. 8226) Repeals the stock for debt exception in determining income from discharge of indebtedness. (Sec. 8227) Limits the Puerto Rico and possession tax credit to 40 percent of the possession corporation's qualified possession wages by 1998 and thereafter. (Sec. 8228) Modifies the limitation on corporate deductions for interest paid to related persons to take into account disqualified guarantees of indebtedness and the imposition of a gross basis tax. (Sec. 8231) Requires U.S. shareholders of controlled foreign corporations to include in gross income a pro rata share of the corporations' excess passive assets. Sets forth rules for determining such amounts. Modifies the rule on taxation of investment in United States property and takes into account excessive passive assets. (Sec. 8233) Excepts from foreign personal holding income dividends attributable to earnings and profits of the distributing corporation accumulated during any period during which the person receiving such dividend did not hold such stock. Requires the establishment of an excess limitation account by taxpayers who receive foreign tax credits in a year they receive previously taxed earnings and profits. (Sec. 8234) Reduces the amount allowed as allocation and apportionment of research and experimental expenditures from sources within the United States. (Sec. 8235) Excludes passive dividends or interest income from foreign oil and gas income. (Sec. 8236) Modifies accuracy-related penalties for tax underpayments. (Sec. 8237) Denies the inclusion of certain contingent interest in the exemption for portfolio interest for nonresident aliens. (Sec. 8238) Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations recharacterizing any multiple-party financing transaction as a transaction directly among any two or more such parties where appropriate to prevent any tax avoidance. (Sec. 8239) Provides that export property eligible for certain tax incentives does not include any unprocessed softwood timber for purposes of: (1) taxation of foreign sales corporations (FSCs); and (2) taxation of domestic international sales corporations (DISCs). Requires any income from the sale of such unprocessed timber which was cut from an area in the United States to be sourced in the United States. Repeals the deferral for income of the controlled foreign corporation from sales or milling (outside the United States) of unprocessed softwood timber to the extent that any controlled foreign corporation is owned by ten percent or more U.S. shareholders. (Sec. 8241) Increases the excise tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, and other transportation fuels. (Sec. 8242) Imposes an excise tax on fuel (separate from the gasoline tax and the tax on aviation). Exempts from such tax diesel fuel: (1) used by trains and intercity, local, or school buses; and (2) which is dyed or marked in accordance within regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides that the Airport and Airway Trust Fund financing rate does not apply to aviation fuel sold by a producer or importer for use by the purchaser in a nontaxable use. Imposes a civil penalty on persons who use reduced-rate fuel for a taxable use. (Sec. 8243) Imposes a floor stocks tax on any person holding diesel fuel on April 1, 1994. (Sec. 8224) Increases the tax on gasoline and diesel fuels for purposes of the Highway Trust Fund financing rate. Increases the amount to be transferred to the Mass Transit Account from such Fund. (Sec. 8251) Requires information reporting on payments to corporations for services. (Sec. 8252) Modifies provisions concerning substantial understatement and return-preparer penalties to allow reasonable cause exceptions. (Sec. 8253) Requires certain financial entities (including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration, and their successors or subunits) to file information returns regarding discharges of indebtedness of $600 or more. (Sec. 8261) Allows an amortization deduction with respect to certain intangible property, including goodwill, that is acquired and held by a taxpayer in connection with the conduct of a trade or business or an activity engaged in for the production of income. (Sec. 8271) Denies the business travel expense deduction for spouses, dependents, or others. (Sec. 8272) Increases the withholding rate for supplemental wage payments. (Sec. 8273) Makes permanent the excise tax on certain vaccines. Title IX: Committee on Foreign Relations - Delays cost-of-living adjustments in Foreign Service retirement benefits during FY 1994 through 1996. (Sec. 9002) Eliminates the lump sum retirement option for certain Foreign Service employees. Title X: Committee on Governmental Affairs - Subtitle A: Civil Service - Delays cost-of-living adjustments in Federal employee retirement benefits during FY 1994 through 1996. (Sec. 1002) Eliminates permanently the lump sum retirement option for certain Federal employees. (Sec. 1003) Amends Federal law to make changes regarding District of Columbia government contributions for specified periods for certain employee and annuitant health benefits. Subtitle B: Postal Service - Directs the United States Postal Service to make a specified additional payment into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and the Employee Health Benefits Fund to cover increases due to retirement cost-of-living adjustments and increases in health benefits costs. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous - Makes changes under the Civil Service and Federal Employees Retirement Systems regarding survivor annuities. Title XI: Judiciary - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend through FY 1998 the surcharge fees for Patent and Trademark Office users. Title XII: Committee on Labor and Human Resources - Subtitle A: Student Loan Provisions - Student Loan Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to replace the Federal Family Education Loan Program, under which loans made by private lenders are guaranteed by the Government, with a Federal Direct Student Loan Program, over a four-year transition period. Chapter 1: Federal Direct Student Loan Program - Amends HEA to change the Federal Direct Loan Demonstration Program to the Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDSL). (Sec. 12011) Sets forth program authority for making necessary sums available to make FDSL loans to all eligible students (and parents) at participating higher education institutions selected by the Secretary of Education (Secretary), for the period beginning July 1, 1994. Requires such loans to be made by participating institutions that also have agreements with the Secretary to originate loans, or by alternative originators designated by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to provide funds for such student and parent loans either directly to a participating institution that also has an origination agreement or to a designated alternative originator, on the basis of need and eligibility of students and parents at each participating institution. Requires the Secretary to pay fees to assist in meeting costs of loan origination to participating institutions or alternative originators. Declares that no institution shall have a right to participate in FDSL programs. Provides for phase-in of the program, and application of the requirements of the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 on a transition schedule. Sets forth selection criteria for an institution's participation in the FDSL program and in origination agreements. Allows consortia of eligible participating institutions to apply to originate FDSL loans as consortia. Sets forth FDSL program participation and origination agreement requirements for institutions. Sets forth terms and conditions for FDSL loans, including certain parallels with Stafford, supplemental, parent, and unsubsidized Stafford loans under the FFEL program. Sets interest rates according to different formulas for loans made before rather than on or after July 1, 1997. Sets minimum and maximum loan fees to be charged to borrowers. Provides for standard, extended, graduated, and income contingent repayment plan options. Sets forth deferment and forbearance possibilities (including national service). Sets forth provisions for consolidation, borrower defenses, optically imaged records, and nondischargeability in bankruptcy. Authorizes the Secretary to award contracts under the FDSL program for: (1) alternative origination of loans; (2) servicing and collection of loans; (3) data systems for records maintenance; and (4) services to assist in orderly transition from FFEL to FDSL programs. Authorizes the Secretary to use funds for research on, or demonstration or evaluation of, any FDSL program aspects, including flexible repayment plans. Provides funds for specified administrative expenses of the FDSL program and the transition from the FFEL program, including certain transition expenses of guaranty agencies. Establishes a bipartisan National Student Loan Reform Commission to study the advisability of replacing the FFEL program with direct lending. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Student Loan Savings - (Sec. 12022) Revises interest rates for new student loans after July 1, 1994. (Sec. 12023) Reduces student loan origination fees paid by students. Requires lenders to pay fees. (Sec. 12024) Requires the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) to pay an offset fee to the Secretary. (Sec. 12025) Reduces the amount of the tax exemption granted to holders of certain student loans. (Sec. 12026) Reduces the interest rate for consolidation loans. Requires holders of consolidation loans to pay a rebate fee to the Secretary. (Sec. 12027) Reduces certain maximum interest premiums and eliminates certain reinsurance fees. (Sec. 12028) Requires the transferee to pay the Secretary a loan transfer fee. (Sec. 12030) Establishes a $10,000 annual limit on PLUS loans, still subject to the limitation based on need. Requires multiple disbursement. Chapter 3: Conforming Amendments - Subchapter A: Conforming Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 - Amends HEA to provide for access to FFEL program student and parent loans during the transition to the FDSL program. Provides for advances to guaranty agencies for lender-of-last-resort services. Requires Sallie Mae or its designated agent to begin making FFEL loans as lender-of-last-resort, subject to certain limitations, upon the Secretary's request, and to cease such lending when the triggering conditions have ceased. (Sec. 12043) Modifies terms of loans under the FFEL program. Authorizes requiring a defaulted borrower to make income contingent repayments. Subchapter B: Amendments to Other Laws - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to add or revise provisions relating to disclosure of tax return information with respect to income contingent repayment of student loans, individuals who owe on overpayment of Federal Pell Grants, and collection of payments on Federal Direct Student Loans. Chapter 4: Cost Sharing by States - Amends HEA to require any State in which there are higher education institutions with cohort default rates exceeding 20 percent to pay the Secretary specified portions of costs related to such loan defaults. Allows States to charge institutions fees based on their cohort default rate and the State's risk of loss. Chapter 5: General Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates of subtitle A. Subtitle B: Public Health Service Act Provisons - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to create a new title establishing the Health Coverage Clearinghouse to identify third parties which may be liable for payment for health care items and services furnished by a covered health program (defined as certain entities under the PHSA, a non-Federal entity under the Indian Self-Determination Act, or any other federally funded program providing payments for medical services that may be covered under a private health insurance policy). Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish tax information to the Clearinghouse on the identity and employer of the spouse or parents; and (2) employers to furnish information on group health plan coverage of the individual, spouse, or parents. Requires the Clearinghouse to maintain a data bank containing such information. Authorizes disclosure of any information in the data bank to: (1) the Secretary, administrators of covered health programs (CHPs), employers, insurers; and (2) Federal and State law enforcement officials in connection with proceedings relating to a CHP. Mandates service fees to cover Clearinghouse costs. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the administrator of each employee benefit plan to comply with the amendments made by these provisions. (Sec. 12102) Mandates a study on referral of a patient by a health care provider to an entity in which the provider has a financial interest or from which the provider receives a financial benefit for the referral. (Sec. 12103) Delays, during specified fiscal years, cost-of-living increases for National Health Service Corps retiree annuitants. (Sec. 12104) Allows a members of the Corps who is covered by provisions of Federal law relating to retirement or the Federal Employees' Retirement System and has a critical medical condition to elect annuity benefits under specified provisions. (Sec. 12105) Amends the PHSA to allow malpractice coverage, in certain circumstances, for officers, employees, and contractors of entities that are migrant or community health centers or that provide health services for the homeless or for residents of public housing when they provide services to individuals who are not patients of the entities. Subtitle C: Improved Immunization Delivery and Monitoring - Comprehensive Child Immunization Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate establishment of a list of the vaccines that the Secretary of Health and Human Services recommends for administration to all children and a recommended administration schedule. Requires that the list and schedule be subordinate to State law. Mandates allotments to States. Provides for the establishment of State registries to monitor the immunization status of all children. Requires States to monitor and enforce compliance with these provisions by health care providers. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes a national immunization surveillance program to assess the effects of these provisions, provide technical assistance to States, and receive aggregate epidemiologic data collected by States. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the distribution, without charge, of pediatric vaccines purchased by the Secretary to health care providers who are: (1) members of a uniformed service; (2) U.S. officers or employees; (3) federally qualified health centers; (4) migrant or community health centers; (5) entities providing health services for the homeless or for residents of public housing; or (6) public or nonprofit entities receiving funds under provisions of the Social Security Act relating to special projects of regional and national significance. Prohibits a provider receiving the vaccine from imposing a charge for the vaccine but allows a charge for the actual costs of the administration of the vaccine. Mandates activities to improve Federal, State, and local vaccine delivery systems and immunization outreach and education efforts, including a National Immunization Public Awareness Campaign and incorporation of immunization status assessment and referral in the application process for various types of Federal assistance. Authorizes grants to States to develop, revise, and implement immunization improvement plans. Requires States to establish child immunization rate goals. Authorizes appropriations. Mandates: (1) a biennial report on the costs, efficiency, and effectiveness of procedures established to deliver vaccine to health care providers; and (2) a report by the National Academy of Sciences on the role of the National Vaccine Program established under this title in achieving progress toward the established immunization goals for the year 2000. (Sec. 12203) Requires that the Vaccine Injury Table of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program include any vaccine on the list established under this subtitle. Allows a special master to award reasonable attorney's fees whether or not an election has been made to file a civil action regarding a vaccine injury compensation petition. Requires that compensation under the Program be used as determined by the special master to be in the best interests of the petitioner. (Current law requires that the compensation be used, with the consent of the petitioner, as determined by the special master to be in the best interests of the petitioner.) Sets time limits regarding applications for attorney's fees and costs. Authorizes appropriations for payment of compensation under the Program regarding vaccines administered before the effective date of the Program. Revises requirements regarding: (1) time limits on actions when the Table is revised; and (2) extensions of time limits for decisions. Mandates an annual report on amounts collected under provisions regarding subrogation of petitioners' rights. Requires the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines to monitor the balance of the Vaccine Injury Trust Fund and recommend changes in the tax per dose. Revises requirements regarding vaccine information materials. Authorizes appropriations from the Trust Fund for administering the National Vaccine Program. (Sec. 12204) Removes provisions authorizing grants for research on the prevention and control of diseases through vaccination and related demonstration projects, public information programs, and health professionals training and clinical skills improvement. Subtitle D: ERISA Amendments - Chapter 1: Group Health Amendments - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to modify requirements regarding supersedure of State laws in connection with title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act requirements. (Sec. 12302) Prohibits a group health plan from reducing its coverage of pediatric vaccine costs below the coverage it provided on a specified date. Chapter 2: Liabilities and Penalties - Mandates joint and several liability for any person who participates in an act or omission of a fiduciary, knowing that the act or omission was a breach of fiduciary responsibility. (Sec. 12312) Changes requirements regarding civil enforcement actions brought by a participant, beneficiary, or fiduciary or by the Secretary of Labor and requires amounts recovered to be subject to a civil penalty. Limits awards of punitive damages and monetary relief. Modifies civil penalty requirements. Allows waiving or reducing penalties if the person will not be able to restore all losses to the plan, participants, or beneficiaries (currently, to the plan) without severe financial hardship. Requires reduction of penalties by the amount of any penalty or tax imposed by provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to minimum funding standards and prohibited transactions. Chapter 3: Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any health insurance policy in effect before a specified date from reducing coverage for pediatric vaccine costs below the coverage on the date of enactment of this provision. Mandates civil money penalties for violations. Title XIII: Veterans' Programs - Extends permanently (currently, ends September 30, 1997) the $90 monthly pension limitation for veterans having neither spouse nor child and being furnished domiciliary care by the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Sec. 13002) States that the FY 1994 cost of living increases in veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation shall be no more than the percentage increases under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. (Sec. 13003) Requires an increased reduction in the monthly basic pay of active duty and reserve personnel entering into service after FY 1993 for participation in the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program. Provides similar increases for those enrolled in such program before either voluntary or involuntary separation from the armed forces. (Sec. 13004) Extends permanently (currently terminated as of December 31, 1992) certain procedures applicable to liquidation sales on defaulted home loans to veterans which were guaranteed by the Department. Increases the home loan fees charged to such veterans for such guarantee loans. (Sec. 13006) Extends permanently: (1) the authority of the United States to recover from third party insurers the cost of certain care and services provided to veterans through the Department; (2) a required minimum copayment for medication received by certain veterans on an outpatient basis; and (3) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain, and the Secretary of the Treasury to provide, certain financial information of veterans for income verification purposes.

To provide for congressional approval of a nuclear aircraft carrier waste disposal plan before the construction of CVN-76, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1993

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit to the Congress a 20-year plan for the safe life-cycle maintenance and decommissioning of the Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Requires the plan to include sites and methods for the safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel and the ships' hulls, structures, machinery, and equipment. Prohibits the appropriation of any funds for construction of the next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN-76) until such a plan has been approved by law. Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress detailing the likelihood and environmental impact of a reactor accident aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress detailing the costs and benefits of the construction of another nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Waiving certain points of order against the bill (H.R. 2445) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1993

Waives points of order against the consideration of H.R. 2445 (energy and water development appropriations).

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1994

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Defense-Civil Title II: Department of the Interior Title III: Department of Energy Title IV: Independent Agencies Title V: General Provision Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1994 - Title I: Department of Defense-Civil - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes; (2) expenses necessary for the collection and study of information related to such purposes; (3) the prosecution of authorized water development and related projects; (4) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (5) water development projects operation and maintenance; (6) regulatory programs; (7) flood control and coastal emergencies; (8) oil spill research; and (9) general expenses. Specifies prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act. Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) carrying out the Central Utah Project Completion Act; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation; (3) general investigation of proposed Federal reclamation projects; (4) project construction and rehabilitation; (5) project operation and maintenance; (6) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; and (7) general, special, and emergency funds. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 to the Department of Energy (DOE) for: (1) energy supply, research and development activities; (2) uranium program expenses; (3) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (4) general DOE science and research activities; (5) the Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund; (6) the Isotope Production and Distribution Program Fund; (7) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (8) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (9) DOE materials support and other DOE defense programs; (10) defense nuclear waste disposal; (11) DOE administration expenses; (12) operation, maintenance, construction, rehabilitation, and funding expenses of the various geographical power administrations of DOE; and (13) salaries and expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delaware River Basin Commission; (4) the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; (5) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (6) the Office of the Inspector General; (7) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board and the Nuclear Waste Negotiator; (8) the Susquehanna River Basin Commission; (9) the Tennessee Valley Authority; and (10) the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund. Title V: General Provision - Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993, to make eligible for participation in the Superconducting Super Collider Project small business concerns owned or controlled by women. Requires small businesses participating in the Project to meet certain certification requirements. Requires the Secretary of Energy to maintain certain records, make reports, and conduct audits in connection with such Project.

Robert Riggs Nordhaus, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy, vice John J. Easton, Jr.

United States · United States Senate · 15 June 1993

Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Army Title II: Navy Title III: Air Force Title IV: Defense Agencies Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title VII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations Title VIII: General Provisions Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Subtitle B: Defense Base Closure and Realignment Subtitle C: Land Transactions Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for FY 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title II: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under Title I. Title III: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under Title I. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1993 for such contributions. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1993 for the Guard and Reserve forces for acquisition, architectural planning and design activities, and construction of facilities. Title VII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles I through VI of this Act on October 1, 1996, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1997, whichever is later. Extends certain FY 1991 military construction projects. Title VIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - Makes miscellaneous changes with respect to military construction and family housing programs. Subtitle B: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Amends the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to authorize the Secretary to: (1) contract with local governments for the provision of community services at military installations to be closed; and (2) receive further funding for environmental restoration activities at such installations. Subtitle C: Land Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to: (1) Washington Gas Company, Virginia, the natural gas distribution system at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; (2) American Water Company, Virginia, the water distribution system at Fort Lee, Virginia; and (3) Blackstone, Virginia, the waste water treatment facility at Fort Pickett, Virginia.

Spending Priority Reform Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agriculture Appropriations Title II: Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subtitle A: Department of Commerce Subtitle B: Related Agencies Subtitle C: Department of State Title III: Defense Appropriations Subtitle A: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Subtitle B: Other Department of Defense Programs Subtitle C: Operations and Maintenance Title IV: Energy and Water Appropriations Subtitle A: Corps of Engineers Subtitle B: Department of Energy Title V: Interior Appropriations Title VI: Transportation Appropriations Title VII: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Title VIII: Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Subtitle A: Department of Veterans Affairs Subtitle B: Independent Agencies Subtitle C: Department of Housing and Urban Development Title IX: Blue Smoke and Mirrors Spending Priority Reform Act of 1993 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that any money returned to the Treasury as a result of this Act should be deposited in the General Fund to be applied against the Federal budget deficit. Title I: Agriculture Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for certain special research grants and for the construction of buildings and facilities of the Cooperative State Research Service which were not authorized, not awarded on a competitive basis, or not subjected to congressional hearings ("unauthorized"). Title II: Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations - Subtitle A: Department of Commerce - Rescinds FY 1993 specified appropriations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the International Trade Administration. Subtitle B: Related Agencies - Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations to the Small Business Administration for unauthorized grants for specified miscellaneous projects. Subtitle C: Department of State - Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations to the Department of State for an unauthorized grant for the North/South Center at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida, and certain educational and cultural exchange programs. Title III: Defense Appropriations - Subtitle A: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1993 appropriations made to the Department of Defense for: (1) university grants; (2) electrical vehicle demonstration projects; (3) Army industrial preparedness and manufacturing technology development programs; (4) medical research; (5) naval research, development, testing, and evaluation; and (5) the Space Surveillance Network Improvement Program. Subtitle B: Other Department of Defense Programs - Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations for efforts to prevent brown tree snakes from entering Hawaii from Guam. Subtitle C: Operations and Maintenance - Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations for the following projects: (1) self-powered locks; (2) grants for World University and 1996 Summer Olympics games and World Cup 1994; (3) Army procurement of extended cold weather clothing systems; (4) study of nuclear disposal by the former Soviet Union and for Project Peace; and (5) the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Title IV: Energy and Water Appropriations - Subtitle A: Corps of Engineers - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1993 appropriations for funding of surveys and planning activities and construction of water resource projects. Subtitle B: Department of Energy - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1993 appropriations made under the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993, for funding certain energy supply, research, and development activities. Title V: Interior Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations for unauthorized funding of: (1) certain National Park System projects; (2) certain construction projects of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and (3) certain National Forest Service projects. Title VI: Transportation Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations to the Department of Transportation for unauthorized funding of: (1) certain airway science programs; (2) a certain highway research, development, and technology project; (3) certain construction and maintenance projects; (4) certain Federal Highway Administration demonstration projects; and (5) transit planning and research. Title VII: Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations to the General Services Administration for certain unauthorized grants for projects funded through the Federal Buildings Fund. Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations to the Office of Personnel Management for the establishment of health promotion and disease prevention programs. Title VIII: Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations - Subtitle A: Department of Veterans Affairs - Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations to be Department of Veterans Affairs for unauthorized construction projects. Subtitle B: Independent Agencies - Rescinds 1993 appropriations to: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency for certain unauthorized projects; (2) the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network; and (3) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for certain unauthorized research and development projects and construction projects. Subtitle C: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Rescinds FY 1993 appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for unauthorized funding of certain housing projects and assistance programs. Title IX: Blue Smoke and Mirrors - Expresses the sense of the Congress that, with regard to the appropriations process, "forward funding" tactics should no longer be utilized and Congress should operate within the funding limits prescribed for each fiscal year.

Breeder Reactor Termination Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1993

Breeder Reactor Termination Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to terminate the advanced liquid metal reactor program, including: (1) the program's promotion of the use of liquid metal reactors for high-level radioactive waste disposal; and (2) departmental support for regulatory applications to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for design certification for advanced liquid metal reactors or related licensed facilities. Directs the Secretary to reassign personnel displaced as a result of such termination to other departmental activities. Declares that it is the policy of the Congress that savings realized from such termination should be used to reduce the Federal budget deficit.

Jobs for the 1990's Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Purpose and Authority Title II: Community Renewal Employment Programs Title III: Educational Facility Repair and Renovation Employment Activities Title IV: General Provisions Jobs for the 1990's Act - Title I: General Purpose and Authority - Establishes a program to provide employment to unemployed individuals through payments for labor and related costs associated with: (1) repair or rehabilitation of community and educational facilities; (2) conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of public lands; and (3) public safety, health, social service, and other activities necessary to the public welfare. Sets forth requirements for: (1) eligibility, in general; (2) priority for participation (including duration of unemployment); (3) special consideration for veterans; and (4) equal employment opportunities. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds. Title II: Community Renewal Employment Programs - Part A: Community Improvement Projects - Provides for the Secretary of Labor to allot funds for employment of eligible participants in community improvement projects, including types of activities listed in title I of this Act. Allows for joint projects conducting such activities and others funded under other Federal law. Requires such projects to meet certain conditions, including completion within 18 months. Sets forth limitations on public lands projects. Makes eligible under this title any administrative entity of the service delivery area under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) that serves one or more specified eligible jurisdictions, including local governments or areas (or Native American or Alaskan Native entities) that have an unemployment rate over six and one-half percent. Sets forth requirements for project design, including priorities and coordination. Part B: Community Development Activities for Youth Trainees - Allows the use of funds under this title for youth trainee activities, which involve: (1) program payment of wages and benefits from such funds for part-time employment of up to 32 hours per week either in public works, lands, or service activities described under part A or at a work site operated by a public agency or private nonprofit organization or a for-profit employer; and (2) youth enrollment for at least eight hours per week in high school, an equivalency certificate program, or a skill training or basic skill or employability development program. Allows joint projects with activities receiving funds under the JTPA (including the Job Corps), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, or other State, local, public, or private education and training programs. Makes eligible to participate in such youth trainee activities any youth aged 16 through 19 who is currently unemployed. Gives priority to individuals who are economically disadvantaged. Requires that, among such individuals, eligible school dropouts are to be served on an equitable basis. Part C: State Job Programs - Requires that five percent of a State's allotment under this title be reserved for employment of eligible participants through: (1) State-administered programs and activities authorized under this title (for public works, lands, or services); (2) special assistance (in conjunction, as appropriate, with eligible administrative entities) for areas which have experienced sudden or severe economic dislocations, including large-scale losses of jobs due to facility closings or mass layoffs; (3) State-directed emergency aid programs to cope with natural disasters, including erosion, flood, drought, and storm damage assistance and control; and (4) special assistance to seasonal farmworkers and small farmers in rural, agricultural areas with substantial job losses due to farm mortgage foreclosures and other severe economic disruption (in conjunction, as appropriate, with eligible administrative entities or related programs under JTPA). Title III: Educational Facility Repair and Renovation Employment Activities - Part A: Elementary and Secondary School Facility Improvement Jobs - Provides for the Secretary of Education to allot funds for employment of eligible participants in public school facility repair, renovation, or rehabilitation projects to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) in eligible jurisdictions. Requires that such funds be used, to the maximum extent possible, for quick-start projects (on which on-site labor can begin within 30 days of receipt of funds). Sets forth authorized uses of such funds for public school facility renovation, including: (1) bringing facilities into compliance with specified laws; (2) rewiring for new technology; (3) conversion to adult training centers; (4) energy-efficiency; and (5) asbestos control. Provides for Indian tribal school facilities projects for which the Secretary of the Interior is to make specified funds under this Act available upon application. Part B: Higher Education Facility Improvement Projects - Provides for the Secretary of Education to allot funds for employment of eligible participants in academic facility repair, renovation, or rehabilitation projects at institutions of higher education located within eligible jurisdictions (with a waiver for any State in which there are no such institutions within eligible jurisdictions). Sets forth quick-start project requirements. Sets forth authorized uses of such funds for academic facility and library renovation. Requires such funds to be allotted to States and made available to eligible institutions through the higher education building agency in accordance with a State plan under the Higher Education Act of 1965 if the primary purpose of such assistance is: (1) energy-efficiency, with priority for use of coal, solar, and renewable resources; (2) compliance with specified laws; (3) renovation of research or postsecondary training facilities, including rewiring for new technology; or (4) asbestos control. Gives priority to projects at those eligible institutions of higher education: (1) with the greatest proportion of students receiving Pell Grants; and (2) which have not been able to obtain funds for the performance of the project through sale of bonds or other obligations. Part C: Special Definitions for Title III - Sets forth definitions for purposes of this title. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth general requirements for this Act. Sets individual wage rates in employment subsidized under this Act at not less than the highest of the: (1) Federal minimum wage; (2) State or local minimum wage; or (3) the prevailing rates of pay for those employed in similar occupations by the same employer. Sets the maximum rate for the average weekly portion of wages which may be paid to participants from funds under this Act at not more than 75 percent of the national average weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private, non-farm payrolls. Allows supplementation of participants' wages from other sources. Requires that participants be allowed sufficient time off from work activities to participate effectively in the job search activities. Allows part-time, flexible-time, and work-sharing arrangements, if customarily offered by the employer and if participants receive customary benefits. Requires program maintenance of individual work records. Sets forth labor standards. Requires protection for existing workers, including prohibitions against: (1) displacement of employed workers; (2) impairment of contracts for services and collective bargaining agreements; (3) filling of laid-off positions; and (4) promotional infringement. Requires that an opportunity to submit comments with respect to a proposal for funding under this Act be afforded to any labor organization representing a substantial number of employees engaged in similar work or training in the same area. Applies Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements to projects funded under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

Omnibus Nuclear Proliferation Control Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reporting on Nuclear Exports Title II: Sanctions for Nuclear Proliferation Title III: International Atomic Energy Agency Omnibus Nuclear Proliferation Control Act of 1993 - Title I: Reporting on Nuclear Exports - (Sec. 101) Amends the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to revise requirements of the President's annual report on Government efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation. Title II: Sanctions for Nuclear Proliferation - (Sec. 201) Requires the President to prohibit the procurement of goods or services from any foreign or U.S. person who has materially and with requisite knowledge contributed, through the exports of goods or technology, to the efforts by any individual, group, or non-nuclear weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded special nuclear material or to use, develop, stockpile, or acquire any nuclear explosive device. Requires the President to impose sanctions unless he certifies to the Congress that a government has taken actions to terminate the involvement of a foreign person in such activities. Exempts certain products or services from sanctions, including essential defense articles and services, products and services provided under existing contracts, essential technology or information, and humanitarian items. Applies sanctions for at least 12 months and terminates sanctions only if the President certifies to the Congress that a person has ceased to, and will not in the future, aid in such prohibited activities. Grants the President waiver authority with respect to such sanctions. (Sec. 202) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit sales or leases of defense articles or services to any country that is in breach of its commitments to the United States under international agreements concerning nuclear nonproliferation. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to waive a prohibition on assistance to countries engaging in certain nuclear enrichment transfers with respect to Pakistan if to do so is in the national interest. (Sec. 203) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of specified international institutions to oppose any use of funds to promote the acquisition of unsafeguarded special nuclear material or the development, stockpiling, or use of nuclear explosive devices by non-nuclear weapon states. (Sec. 205) Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 to impose specified prohibitions on financial institutions that the President has determined have materially and with requisite knowledge contributed to the efforts by any individual, group, or non-nuclear weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded nuclear material or to use, develop, stockpile, or acquire any nuclear explosive device. Authorizes the President to waive a prohibition under certain circumstances. (Sec. 206) Amends the Export-Import Bank Act to prohibit Export-Import Bank assistance to any country that has aided or abetted a non-nuclear weapon state in acquiring a nuclear explosive device or unsafeguarded nuclear material. (Sec. 207) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include within the list of activities that makes a country subject to sanctions the transfer or receipt (by a non-nuclear weapon state) of design information or components important for the development of a nuclear explosive device. Lists such sanctions. Title III: International Atomic Energy Agency - (Sec. 301) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should negotiate with other nations to achieve specified nuclear nonproliferation and safeguard objectives to enhance confidence in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards and halt nuclear proliferation. (Sec. 302) Urges the President to negotiate with other nations to promote the early adoption of reforms in the implementation of IAEA safeguards.

A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to provide career training through the hazardous substance research center program of the Environmental Protection Agency to qualified military personnel and qualified Department of Energy personnel in order to enable such individuals to acquire proficiency in hazardous and radioactive waste management, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1993

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish a program for qualified military and Department of Energy (DOE) personnel to enable such individuals to acquire career training in environmental engineering, environmental sciences, or environmental project management in fields related to hazardous waste management and cleanup; and (2) implement, as part of such program, an academic program at institutions of higher education at undergraduate and graduate levels. Requires the Administrator to award grants to the hazardous substance research centers described under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to pay the full cost of the academic program. Provides funding for the program, subject to certain limitations, from amounts allocated for: (1) the EPA under CERCLA; (2) the Defense Environmental Restoration Account; and (3) DOE environmental cleanup activities.

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: State Department, USIA, and Related Agencies Title I: Department of State, USIA, and Related Agencies Title II: United States Informational, Educational, and Cultural Programs Title III: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Division B: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Title XI (sic): Reform of Foreign Assistance Programs Title XII: Authorizations for Foreign Assistance Programs Title XIII: Regional Provisions Title XIV: Provisions Relating to Arms Transfers Title XV: Other Foreign Assistance Provisions International Relations Act of 1993 - Division A: State Department, USIA, and Related Agencies - State Department, USIA, and Related Agencies Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 - Title I: Department of State and Related Agencies - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 1994 and 1995 for the administration of foreign affairs. (Secs. 102 through 107) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for: (1) the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) international organizations, programs, and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) offsetting adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; (5) migration and refugee assistance; (6) U.S. bilateral science and technology agreements; (7) the Asia Foundation; and (8) carrying out the Arms Control and Disarmament Act. (Sec. 103) Earmarks funds for the United Nations Population Fund. Bars the use of such funds for programs in China and applies restrictions on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization. Part B: Authorities and Activities - (Sec. 113) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to procure the services of experts for use in prosecuting a proceeding before an international tribunal or a claim by or against a foreign entity. Establishes an International Litigation Fund for meeting expenses related to such proceedings. (Sec. 115) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit certain reprogrammings of funds for the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance unless specified congressional committees are notified in advance. (Sec. 116) Prohibits the Department of State from contracting with: (1) any foreign person who complies with the Arab League boycott of Israel; or (2) any foreign or U.S. person who discriminates in the award of subcontracts on the basis of religion. Provides for waivers of such prohibition if in the national interest. Requires potential contractors to submit certain statements concerning Israel, the Arab boycott, and discriminatory actions. (Sec. 117) Establishes limits on the number of Foreign Service personnel in the Department of State, the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), and the Agency for International Development (AID). (Sec. 121) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit funds for the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance from being available for obligation or expenditure: (1) unless they are appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations; or (2) in excess of the authorized level of appropriations. (Sec. 122) Requires the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, together with other specified officials, to report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility of consolidating domestic administrative operations for the Department of State, AID, and USIA. (Sec. 124) Directs the Secretary to implement an upgrade of all overseas visa lookout operations to computerized systems with automated multiple-name search capabilities. Establishes procedures for the processing of visas for admission into the United States and provides for appropriate disciplinary action of consular officers in connection with the issuance of visas to excludable aliens. Part C: Department of State Organization - (Sec. 132) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to revise the organization of the Department of State and eliminate specified bureaus and official positions. Part D: Personnel - (Sec. 142) Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial incentives during FY 1994 and 1995 to certain members of the Foreign Service and Department of State who are eligible for retirement. (Sec. 143) Permits the Secretary, if exceptional circumstances so warrant, to waive a limitation on claims for losses incurred by Government personnel subject to a chief of mission in a foreign country in cases of emergency evacuation. Makes such waiver retroactive to claims made as of October 31, 1988. (Secs. 144 and 145) Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to make chiefs of mission salaries and performance pay subject to limitations on certain payments under Federal civil service provisions. Prohibits performance pay awards to Senior Foreign Service members by any agency subject to an agency-wide reduction in force for budgetary reasons. (Sec. 147) Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a classification audit of all Senior Foreign Service positions in Washington, D.C., assigned to the Department of State, AID, and USIA and to review the methods of classification of such positions. (Sec. 148) Limits the number of Senior Foreign Service personnel serving under career extensions. Part E: International Organizations - (Sec. 161) Requires the President to direct the U.S. representatives to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to work toward the early adoption of specified reforms in the implementation of the IAEA's safeguards responsibilities. (Sec. 162) Authorizes the President to bring into force the Agreement on State and Local Taxation of Foreign Employees of Public International Organizations. (Sec. 163) Permits the President to withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations if the United Nations has failed to implement consensus-based decisionmaking procedures on budgetary matters which assure that sufficient attention is paid to the views of the United States and other member states who are major financial contributors. (Sec. 165) Authorizes the President to maintain membership in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization. Part F: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 181) Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to steps to be taken to address international women's human rights, including the creation of a position within the Department of State to promote such rights. (Sec. 183) Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 to raise the ceiling on the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Emergency Refugee Migration and Assistance Fund. (Sec. 186) Reduces the amount authorized to be appropriated annually for the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group. Increases the amount authorized for the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group. (Sec. 187) Sets forth U.S. policy on providing assistance for, and protecting, refugee women and children. (Sec. 190) Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. citizens who were victims of crimes against humanity committed by the German Government from 1939 to 1945 should have remedies against Germany in U.S. courts for damages. Title II: United States Informational, Educational, and Cultural Programs - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 to carry out specified international information activities and educational and cultural exchange programs. Part B: International Broadcasting Authorities and Activities - International Broadcasting Act of 1993 - (Sec. 213) Sets forth standards for Government-supported international broadcasting. (Secs. 215 and 216) Authorizes the President to: (1) assign responsibility for the functions of such broadcasting to any Federal agency; (2) make grants to carry out specified functions to any public or private entity; and (3) delegate specified USIA satellite and television authorities to any Federal agency. (Sec. 217) Repeals the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973. (Sec. 220) Sets the same obligation and expenditure restrictions on international broadcasting funds as are applicable to funds for the agency responsible for administering development assistance under title I. (Sec. 221) Directs Government agencies which carry out international broadcasting to report to the Congress on efforts to sell advertising. Part C: USIA and Related Agencies Authorities and Activities - (Sec. 233) Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to establish a Buying Power Maintenance Account for USIA to offset fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or changes in overseas wages and prices. (Secs. 239 and 240) Permits the USIA Director to: (1) establish collections at university libraries abroad to further the study of the United States; and (2) provide for a South Pacific exchange program. (Sec. 244) Provides for USIA educational and cultural exchanges with Tibet. Part D: Mike Mansfield Fellowships - Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act - (Sec. 252) Establishes the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program to provide for USIA grants to the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs to award fellowships to eligible Federal employees. Requires Mansfield Fellows to: (1) study the Japanese language and political economy; and (2) serve in an agency of the Government of Japan, or, subject to Center approval, a nongovernmental Japanese institution associated with their interests. Part E: Facilitation of Private Sector Initiatives - Free Trade in Ideas Act of 1993 - (Secs. 262 through 267) Amends specified Federal laws to permit the exchange of certain information, as well as cultural and educational exchanges, with citizens in countries subject to U.S. export restrictions or embargoes. Title III: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - (Sec. 302) Amend the National Security Act of 1947 to grant the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency membership on the National Security Council. (Sec. 304) Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to grant the Director primary responsibility for the preparation and management of U.S. participation in all international negotiations and implementation forums in arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation. (Sec. 305) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide for the participation of the Director in specified arms export and licensing activities. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consideration of the Director's judgment in specified nuclear export activities. (Secs. 306 and 307) Applies the same requirements for congressional notification for reprogramming and restrictions on obligations and expenditures of Agency funds as are applicable to development assistance funds under this Act. Division B: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs - Foreign Assistance Authorization Act of 1993 - Title XI (sic): Reform of Foreign Assistance Programs - (Sec. 1101) Requires the President to submit to the Congress a plan for comprehensive reform of U.S. foreign assistance programs and of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance. (Sec. 1102) Requires the President to establish a program performance, monitoring, and evalation capacity with respect to such agency and to report annually to the Congress on: (1) the progress of the agency in achieving sustainable development objectives; and (2) the impact on economic development of U.S. economic assistance on a country-by-country basis. Title XII: Authorizations for Foreign Assistance Programs - (Sec. 1201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) specified development assistance; (2) international disaster assistance; (3) American schools, libraries, and hospitals abroad; (4) assistance for the Philippines; (5) economic assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States; (6) assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet Union; (7) the Inter-American Foundation; (8) the African Development Foundation; (9) the International Fund for Ireland; (10) foreign military financing and international military education and training; (11) economic support fund (ESF) assistance; (12) anti-terrorism assistance; (13) a nonproliferation and disarmament fund; and (14) the Peace Corps. Reduces the amount previously authorized for international narcotics control for FY 1994. (Sec. 1202) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for worldwide housing guarantees and raises the ceiling on the amount of loans available under such program. (Sec. 1203) Raises the ceiling on insurance and guarantees issued by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and extends OPIC programs through FY 1995. (Sec. 1204) Authorizes the President to reduce debt owed by eligible countries as a result of housing guarantees or credits or guarantees issued under the Arms Export Control Act. Title XIII: Regional Provisions - (Sec. 1302) Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize the African Development Foundation to employ persons who are not U.S. citizens. (Sec. 1303) Authorizes the President to provide assistance to establish a permanent conflict resolution capability within the Organization of African Unity, subject to certain conditions. Allocates funding for such purpose. Allocates specified assistance for establishing conflict resolution capabilities within subregional organizations in Subsaharan Africa and to facilitate reductions in the size of armed forces of Subsaharan African countries. (Sec. 1305) Removes certain restricitons on assistance to nongovernmental organizations financed or controlled by the South African Government if they meet certain conditions relating to promotion of a nonracial democracy and assistance to disadvantaged South Africans. (Secs. 1306 and 1307) Bars specified economic and military assistance for Sudan and Zaire. (Sec. 1308) Makes humanitarian assistance available to Afghanistan. (Sec. 1311) Makes ineligible for assistance any independent state of the former Soviet Union that knowingly transfers sophisticated or destabilizing conventional weapons to Iran. (Sec. 1312) Authorizes the President to use funds for the independent states for Mongolia. (Sec. 1313) Bars international military education and training assistance for Malta. (Sec. 1314) Extends the administration of justice assistance program. Makes such assistance available for Panama. (Sec. 1317) Earmarks ESF and foreign military financing assistance for Israel and Egypt and ESF assistance for Middle East regional cooperative programs. Title XIV: Provisions Relating to Arms Transfers - (Sec. 1402) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to increase the aggregate ceiling on excess defense articles for delivery to foreign countries or international organizations. (Sec. 1403) Makes East European countries eligible to receive excess defense articles. (Sec. 1406) Establishes limits on funding for stockpiles in South Korea, Israel, and Thailand. Title XV: Other Foreign Assistance Provisions - (Sec. 1503) Provides that certain restrictions with respect to foreign assistance shall not restrict assistance in support of a nongovernmental organization's programs (with exceptions). (Sec. 1504) Prohibits the use of funds authorized for foreign assistance programs for FY 1994 for: (1) financial incentives to businesses for purposes of inducing them to relocate outside the United States if it will reduce the number of individuals employed in the United States; (2) establishing any export processing zone or designated area in which the tax, tariff, labor, environment, and safety laws of a country do not apply to activities in such area, unless the President certifies that such assistance is not likely to cause a loss of jobs within the United States; or (3) assistance for a project that contributes to the violation of workers' rights. (Sec. 1505) Requires the Director of the Trade and Development Agency to carry out a capital projects pilot program in developing countries and countries making the transition from a nonmarket to a market economy. Makes funds available for such program. (Sec. 1506) Provides for the establishment of a Microenterprise Development Fund within the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance. (Sec. 1507) Requires the administrator of such agency to report to the Congress on the incorporation of the Agenda 21 principles of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development into foreign assistance activities.

Tara Jeanne O'Toole, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environment, Safety and Health), vice Paul L. Ziemer, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 7 June 1993

National Environmental Trade Development Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1993

National Environmental Trade Development Act of 1993 - Directs the President to coordinate Federal export promotion programs to ensure implementation of the national strategy to increase environmental exports developed under this Act by the Environmental Trade Promotion Council (the Council). Directs the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to: (1) ensure that Department of Commerce programs and policies implement such strategy; (2) establish an environmental technology export promotion one-stop shop at the Trade Information Center; and (3) ensure that Federal offices, including those of the Foreign Commercial Service, which function as one-stop shops for U.S. exporters, also function as environmental technology export promotion one-stop shops. Directs the President to establish an Environmental Trade Promotion Council to develop a national strategy and implementation plan to increase exports of environmental technology, goods, and services (especially in source reduction and energy efficiency). Prescribes guidelines for the establishment of Regional Environmental Business and Technology Cooperation Centers. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to the Centers. Amends the Peace Corps Act to establish the Senior Environmental Service Corps to provide to requesting countries volunteers skilled in environmental management and technology (especially source reduction and energy efficiency), sustainable development, and coastal zone management. Authorizes the Secretary to establish American Business Centers, including Environmental Business Centers, in countries that offer new market possibilities for the export of U.S. environmental technology, goods, and services (especially in source reduction and energy efficiency). Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit and encourage energy conservation through an increase in the motor fuels excise tax, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the gasoline deficit reduction rate and the diesel fuel deficit reduction rate by ten cents a gallon beginning after December 31, 1993, and ending before January 1, 1999. Increases the earned income credit and includes families without qualifying children.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to businesses which mine metallurgical coal and are required to make contributions to the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund created by the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business credit for metallurgical coal mining. Declares such credit to consist of: (1) the lesser of a percentage of coal industry health benefit premiums; or (2) a percentage of the sale of metallurgical coal. Allows such credit to offset a percentage of the minimum tax.

Omnibus Nuclear Proliferation Control Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reporting on Nuclear Exports Title II: Sanctions for Nuclear Proliferation Title III: International Atomic Energy Agency Omnibus Nuclear Proliferation Control Act of 1993 - Title I: Reporting on Nuclear Exports - (Sec. 101) Amends the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to revise requirements of the President's annual report on Government efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation. Title II: Sanctions for Nuclear Proliferation - (Sec. 201) Requires the President to prohibit the procurement of goods or services from any foreign or U.S. person who has materially and with requisite knowledge contributed, through the exports of goods or technology, to the efforts by any individual, group, or non-nuclear weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded special nuclear material or to use, develop, stockpile, or acquire any nuclear explosive device. Requires the President to impose sanctions unless he certifies to the Congress that a government has taken actions to terminate the involvement of a foreign person in such activities. Exempts certain products or services from sanctions, including essential defense articles and services, products and services provided under existing contracts, essential technology or information, and humanitarian items. Applies sanctions for at least 12 months and terminates sanctions only if the President certifies to the Congress that a person has ceased to, and will not in the future, aid in such prohibited activities. Grants the President waiver authority with respect to such sanctions. (Sec. 202) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit sales or leases of defense articles or services to any country that is in breach of its commitments to the United States under international agreements concerning nuclear nonproliferation. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to waive a prohibition on assistance to countries engaging in certain nuclear enrichment transfers with respect to Pakistan if to do so is in the national interest. (Sec. 203) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of specified international institutions to oppose any use of funds to promote the acquisition of unsafeguarded special nuclear material or the development, stockpiling, or use of nuclear explosive devices by non-nuclear weapon states. (Sec. 205) Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 to impose specified prohibitions on financial institutions that the President has determined have materially and with requisite knowledge contributed to the efforts by any individual, group, or non-nuclear weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded nuclear material or to use, develop, stockpile, or acquire any nuclear explosive device. Authorizes the President to waive a prohibition under certain circumstances. (Sec. 206) Amends the Export-Import Bank Act to prohibit Export-Import Bank assistance to any country that has aided or abetted a non-nuclear weapon state in acquiring a nuclear explosive device or unsafeguarded nuclear material. (Sec. 207) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include within the list of activities that makes a country subject to sanctions the transfer or receipt (by a non-nuclear weapon state) of design information or components important for the development of a nuclear explosive device. Lists such sanctions. Title III: International Atomic Energy Agency - (Sec. 301) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should negotiate with other nations to achieve specified nuclear nonproliferation and safeguard objectives to enhance confidence in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards and halt nuclear proliferation. (Sec. 302) Urges the President to negotiate with other nations to promote the early adoption of reforms in the implementation of IAEA safeguards.

New Jersey Offshore Oil and Gas Moratorium Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1993

New Jersey Offshore Oil and Gas Moratorium Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, until the year 2000, from either conducting any preleasing activity or holding any lease sale with respect to the area seaward from the State of New Jersey.

A bill to provide that no funds may be expended in fiscal year 1994 by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of preleasing and leasing activities in the Atlantic for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 164 in the April 1992 proposal for the Outer Contintental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management Comprehensive Program, 1992-1997.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1993

Prohibits expending FY 1994 funds for preleasing and leasing activities in the Atlantic for a certain Outer Continental Shelf Lease sale specified in a proposal for the Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management Comprehensive Program, 1992-1997.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Committee on Agriculture Title II: Committee on Armed Services Title III: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Title IV: Education and Labor Title V: Committee on Energy and Commerce Title VI: Committee on Foreign Affairs Title VII: Committee on the Judiciary Title VIII: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Title IX: Committee on Natural Resources Title X: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Title XI: Committee on Public Works and Transportation Title XII: Committee on Veterans Affairs Title XIII: Committee on Ways and Means-Savings Title XIV: Revenue Provisions Title I: Committee on Agriculture - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Commodity Programs - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to reduce payment acres for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice. (Sec. 1101) Extends specified loan, payment, and acreage reduction programs for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, rice, milk and dairy products, tobacco, sugar, oilseeds, peanuts, honey, and wool and mohair. Sets forth maximum purchase prices for butter and nonfat dry milk. Increases marketing assessments for tobacco and sugar. Establishes an additional marketing assessment for peanuts. (Sec. 1109) Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide temporary additional customs duties on peanut butter and peanut paste. Subjects peanut butter to import quotas. (Sec. 1110) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to reduce the support rate and annual payments for honey. Eliminates marketing assessments. (Sec. 1111) Reduces annual payments for wool and mohair. Eliminates marketing assessments. Subtitle B: Restructuring of Loan Programs - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to restructure current Rural Electrification Administration (REA) electric and telephone loan programs, including creation of categories of hardship loans and municipal (electric) loans. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1202) Transfers REA authority to the Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Administration. Subtitle C: Food Stamp Program - Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act - Chapter 1: Ensuring Adequate Food Assistance - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the basic food stamp program (program) benefit to 104 percent of the thrifty food plan. (Sec. 1312) Increases the age for students whose income is excluded from consideration as program income. (Sec. 1313) Removes (with an interim increase) the excess shelter cap. (Sec. 1314) Eliminates food stamp reductions for certain reapplying households. (Sec. 1315) Excludes third party payments for transitional housing for the homeless from consideration as program income. (Sec. 1318) Increases funding for the nutrition assistance program in Puerto Rico. (Sec. 1316) Excludes general assistance vendor payments from consideration as program income. Chapter 2: Promoting Self Sufficiency - Excludes education assistance and certain child support from consideration as program income. (Sec. 1324) Increases dependent care deductions and participant and State agency reimbursements in connection with employment and training activities. (Sec. 1325) Increases annually the fair market value limits of vehicles that program recipients may own. (Sec. 1326) Excludes from financial resources the value of a household vehicle used to carry heating fuel or water for home use. (Sec. 1327) Authorizes resource accumulation demonstration projects. Chapter 3: Simplifying the Provision of Food Assistance - Permits related adults living in the same household to apply for separate program benefits. (Sec. 1332) Makes children living with parents who are partcipating in drug or alcohol treatment programs eligible for food stamps. (Sec. 1333) Permits a participating family made up of, or including, an elderly or disabled member to own $3,000 in allowable financial resources. (Sec. 1334) Repeals provisions authorizing benefit reductions due to funding. Chapter 4: Improving Program Integrity - Expands: (1) the permitted use and disclosure of information provided by retail and wholesale food concerns; and (2) claims collections alternatives. (Sec. 1343) Authorizes demonstration projects aimed at coupon trafficking. Chapter 5: Improving Food Stamp Program Management - Excludes from categorical eligibility any household disqualified from participation because of workfare noncompliance. (Sec. 1353) Disqualifies program participants for trading food stamp coupons for controlled substances or for firearms, ammunition, or explosives. (Sec. 1356) Modifies the program's quality control system. Requires an error measurement study. Chapter 6: Uniform Reimbursement Rates - Revises State reimbursement rates. Chapter 7: Implementation and Effective Dates - Sets forth implementation and effective dates. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to extend and reduce expenditure levels for the market promotion program. (Sec. 1402) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to improve admission and recreation fees at specified public use areas. (Sec. 1403) Requires reduction of Department of Agriculture expenditures through personnel and office consolidations. (Sec. 1404) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to: (1) reduce the conservation reserve program acreage requirement; and (2) revise and make mandatory wetlands reserve program acreage requirements. (Sec. 1405) Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to make available four levels of commodity insurance based upon percentage of loss in yield. Title II: Committee on Armed Services - Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a limited increase in the military retired pay of any former military personnel who became a member of the armed forces before August 1, 1986. (Sec. 2002) Waives the automatic FY 1994 increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, and basic subsistence allowance. Provides that if the General Schedule pay rates for Federal employees is increased during any of FY 1995 through 1998, then military pay rates shall be increased. Title III: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prescribe an order of priority for the distribution of amounts realized from the resolution of any insured depository institution. Requires distributions in connection with certain claims to be accompanied by an accounting report. (Sec. 3002) Amends the Federal Reserve Act to mandate that for FY 1994 through FY 1998 specified percentages of the surplus fund of any Federal reserve bank be transferred to the Treasury. Prohibits a Federal reserve bank from replenishing its surplus fund by the amount of such transfer. (Sec. 3003) Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 to: (1) require that certain income disclosure consent forms be submitted for verification of eligibility for benefits; and (2) amend applicant, participant, and public housing agency protections. (Sec. 3004) Amends the National Housing Act to direct the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) to: (1) charge fees in connection with its multiclass securities guarantee program; (2) assure that a portion of program benefits accrue to mortgagors who execute eligible mortgages; and (3) summarize program activities to the Congress. (Sec. 3005) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to increase the rate at which the Secretary earns the single premium payment collected at the time of insurance of a mortgage that is an obligation of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. Title IV: Education and Labor - Subtitle A: Federal Direct Loan Program - Student Loan Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to replace the Federal Family Education Loan Program, under which loans made by private lenders are guaranteed by the Government, with a Federal Direct Student Loan Program. Chapter 1: Amendments to Part D of Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 - Amends HEA to change the Federal Direct Loan Demonstration Program to the Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDSL). (Sec. 4002) Sets forth program authority for making sums available for FDSL loans to all eligible students (and parents). Directs the Secretary of Education to provide funds for such student and parent loans on the basis of need and eligibility of students and parents at each participating institution. Declares that no institution shall have a right to participate in FDSL programs. Provides for application of the requirements of the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 on a transition schedule. Sets forth selection criteria for an institution's participation in the FDSL program and in origination agreements. Allows consortia to apply to originate FDSL loans. Sets forth terms and conditions for FDSL loans, including certain parallels with Stafford, supplemental, parent, and unsubsidized Stafford loans under the FFEL program. Sets interest rates. Sets minimum and maximum loan fees. Provides for standard, extended, graduated, and income contingent (EXCEL account) repayment plan options. Sets forth deferment and forbearance possibilities (including national service). Authorizes the Secretary to award contracts under the FDSL program for: (1) alternative origination of loans; (2) servicing and collection of loans; (3) data systems for records maintenance; and (4) services to assist in orderly transition from FFEL to FDSL programs. Authorizes the use of funds for research on FDSL program aspects, including flexible repayment plans. Chapter 2: Conforming Amendments - Amends HEA with respect to FFEL program student and parent loans during the transition to the FDSL program. (Sec. 4021) Provides for advances to guaranty agencies for lender-of-last-resort services. Requires the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) to begin making FFEL loans as lender-of-last-resort and to cease such lending when the triggering conditions have ceased. (Sec. 4028) Requires a study of alternatives for Sallie Mae during and after the transition to FDSL, including its own transition from a Government-sponsored enterprise to a private corporation. (Sec. 4030) Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide that any reductions in the FDSL program required by a sequestration order shall be achieved only through a specified increase in the loan fee. Chapter 3: Effective Dates; Study - Sets forth effective dates for amendments made by this Act. (Sec. 4032) Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the feasibility of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection of student loan repayments. (Sec. 4033) Expresses the preference of the House Committee on Education and Labor for an IRS collection mechanism. Subtitle B: Cost Sharing by States - Amends HEA to require any State in which there are higher education institutions with cohort default rates exceeding 20 percent to pay portions of costs related to such loan defaults. Allows States to charge institutions fees based on their cohort default rate and the State's risk of loss. Subtitle C: ERISA Amendments Relating to Group Health Plans - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to coordinate ERISA preemption rules with Medicaid provisions for liability of third parties. (Sec. 4202) Prohibits a group health plan from reducing its coverage of the costs of pediatric vaccines below that provided as of May 1, 1993. (Sec. 4203) Sets forth rules whereby: (1) ERISA preemption of State laws shall be inapplicable to certain State laws (of Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, and New York); or (2) the Secretary of Labor can assist such States in effectuating the policies of certain provisions superseded by ERISA. Title V: Committee on Energy and Commerce - Subtitle A: Medicare Program - Chapter 1: Provisions Relating to Part B - Subchapter A: Physicians' Services - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to, among other things: (1) reduce the default update for the conversion factor otherwise applicable to surgical and non-surgical services (except primary care services) in 1994; (2) increase the performance standard factor; (3) provide for classification of primary care services as a separate category of services with respect to volume performance standards and updates in conversion factors for physicians' services; (4) phase-in reductions to the practice expense relative value units; (5) revise the payment policy for anesthesia care teams; (6) repeal the prohibition on separate billing for the interpretation of electrocardiograms (EKGs); (7) require adjustments in the relative value units for services in order to ensure budget neutrality; (8) require Medicare carriers to screen unassigned claims; (9) include antigens prepared by a physician on the physician fee schedule; and (10) specify the conditions under which the Secretary can recognize substitute billing arrangements between two physicians. (Sec. 5011) Requires the Secretary to develop relative values for pediatric physicians' services. Subchapter B: Outpatient Hospital Services and Ambulatory Surgical Services - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) extend the ten percent reduction in payments for capital-related costs of outpatient hospital services, as well as the 5.8 percent reduction in payments for other costs of such services; and (2) extend special payment rates for certain eye or eye and ear hospitals. (Sec. 5023) Directs the Secretary to suspend the annual update for ambulatory surgery payments for FY 1994. (Sec. 5025) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OMBRA '90) to extend the cap on payments for intraocular lenses. Subchapter C: Durable Medical Equipment - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) revise payment rules for items of durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies; (2) remove aspirators and nebulizers from the category of DME items requiring frequent and substantial servicing, and specifically provide for payment of related accessories; (3) set forth requirements which suppliers of medical equipment and supplies must satisfy in order to qualify for Medicare reimbursement; (4) require development of standardized certificates of medical necessity forms; (5) require DME suppliers to submit claims to the carrier with jurisdiction over the geographic area including the patient's permanent residence; (6) place restrictions on certain DME supplier marketing and sales practices; (7) specify circumstances under which Medicare beneficiaries are not financially liable for covered items and services furnished by a supplier; (8) address adjustments made to unreasonable DME payment amounts; (9) determine payments for surgical dressings; and (10) reduce the DME fee schedule amount for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation devices. (Sec. 5032) Freezes payments during 1994 for parenteral and enteral nutrients, supplies, and equipment at 1993 levels. (Sec. 5034) Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on: (1) the effect of the uniform criteria established pursuant to this Act for DME items; and (2) appropriate methodology for determining payment under Medicare for prosthetic devices and orthotics. (Sec. 5037) Amends SSA title XI to modify anti-kickback provisions. (Sec. 5042) Requires a report to the Congress on variations in DME supplier costs. Subchapter D: Part B Premium - Amends SSA title XVIII to extend current law with respect to the monthly Medicare part B premium for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare. Subchapter E: Other Provisions - Revises provisions of SSA title XVIII, including: (1) to revise payments for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; (2) to address the provision of x-ray services by rural health clinics and federally-qualified health centers; (3) to condition payment for mammograms on the certification status of the facility; and (4) to provide Medicare coverage of oral cancer drugs. (Sec. 5064) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OMBRA '86) to extend the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration. (Sec. 5066) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COMBRA '85) to extend certain municipal health service demonstration projects. (Sec. 5069A) Requires a report to the Congress on annual payment limitations for outpatient physicial and occupational therapy services. Chapter 2: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B - Amends Medicare part C (Miscellaneous) provisions relating to Medicare parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) to: (1) eliminate requirements for special adjustments for administrative costs of hospital-based home health agencies; (2) make changes with regard to Medicare as secondary payor; (3) reduce payment for erythropoientin; (4) require nursing facilities and home health agencies to inform Medicare beneficiaries of the hospice benefit; and (5) require revision of the capitation payment methodology for health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to account for regional variations in application of Medicare secondary payor provisions. (Sec. 5073) Amends Medicare part B with regard to use of carriers to recover erroneous payments from primary payers. (Sec. 5072, 5074, and 5078) Requires: (1) a report on Medicare payments to hospitals for medical residency training program costs; (2) a report on the use of the new shared facility arrangement exception to ownership and compensation arrangements under the ban on certain referrals by physicians; and (3) establishment of a method of outreach to newly eligible Medicare beneficiaries qualifying for Medicaid payment of out-of-pocket expenses. (Sec. 5077) Amends OMBRA '86 to extend certain waivers under Medicare for the Watts Health Foundation. (Sec. 5079) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OMBRA '87) to extend the waivers under Medicare for social health maintenance organization (SHMO) demonstration projects. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to require additional SHMO demonstration projects and permit one project to enroll Medicare end stage renal disease beneficiaries. (Sec. 5082) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OMBRA '90) to revise the payment methodology for organizations under a risk-sharing contract with the Secretary. Chapter 3: Provisions Relating to Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies - Amends OMBRA '90 and Medicare to make changes to Federal standards respecting the sale of Medicare supplemental insurance policies. Subtitle B: Medicaid Program and Other Health Care Provisions- Chapter 1: Medicaid Program - Subchapter A: Program Savings Provisions - Amends SSA title XIX to, among other things: (1) repeal the mandate that States cover personal care services under their Medicaid programs for all individuals entitled to nursing facility benefits; (2) allow States to establish formularies limiting coverage of prescription drugs under their Medicaid programs; (3) prohibit States from disregarding assets in cases where an individual has received payments under a long-term care policy; (4) address the liability of third parties to pay for care and services provided to Medicaid eligibles; (5) require States to have in effect certain laws relating to medical child support; and (6) make changes with regard to payments for disproportionate share hospitals. (Sec. 5117) Amends SSA to add a new title XXI requiring establishment of a Health Coverage Clearinghouse to identify third parties which may be liable for payment of health care items and services furnished to Medicare, Medicaid, Indian Health Service, and Maternal and Child Health Service beneficiaries. Subchapter B: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends SSA title XIX to, among other things: (1) provide for the application under Medicaid of the physician self-referral prohibitions currently under Medicare; (2) require State maintenance of annual expenditures (adjusted) for State Medicaid fraud control units; (3) change treatment of HMO enrollees in determining the Medicaid inpatient utilization rate of a hospital seeking to qualify as a disproportionate share hospital; (4) raise, with respect to eligible States, Federal Medicaid matching payments for State expenses incurred in the provision of bona fide emergency medical services to undocumented aliens; (5) establish an option for States to make TB-infected individuals eligible for limited TB-related services; (6) require that mammographies paid for under Medicaid be conducted by a facility certified under the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992; and (7) make permanent the current law requirement for continued Medicaid coverage of families who lose eligibility for cash assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Chidren Program because they work. (Sec. 5132 and 5144) Amends SSA title XI to: (1) authorize an alternative intermediate remedy for redressing kickback offenses; (2) change procedures for initiation of a civil monetary penalty action; and (3) raise the ceiling on Federal Medicaid matching payments to Puerto Rico and other specified territories. (Sec. 5137) Extends the period during which the Secretary is required to waive application of the enrollment mix requirement under Medicaid for certain HMOs under the Dayton Area Health Plan, Inc. (Sec. 5138, 5146, and 5150) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 with respect to the Tennessee Primary Care Network, certain demonstration projects for low-income pregnant women and children, and the Kent Community Hospital Complex and the Saginaw Community Hospital. (Sec. 5139) Directs the Secretary to waive application of the enrollment mix requirement under Medicaid with respect to the District of Columbia Chartered Health Plan, Inc.. (Sec. 5140) Amends the Family Support Act of 1988 to extend the period during which the Secretary is required to waive application of certain provisions of Medicaid law for the Minnesota Prepaid Demonstration Project. Subchapter C: Miscellaneous and Technical Corrections Relating to OMBRA '90 - Amends OMBRA '90 to make miscellaneous and technical corrections to various specified Medicaid-related provisions. Chapter 2: Universal Access to Childhood Immunizations - Amends the Public Health Service Act to entitle each State to the Federal purchase of enough pediatric vaccines to immunize each child in the State who is: (1) covered under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; (2) uninsured, or has insurance which does not cover vaccinations; or (3) an Indian. (Sec. 5181) Establishes the National Childhood Immunization Trust Fund. Exempts the vaccine program from reduction under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Mandates State allotments for a registry of information on every child, including immunization data. Authorizes appropriations. Mandates grants to States to achieve objectives for immunizing U.S. children. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 5182) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconcilation Act of 1989 to authorize appropriations from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Funds to administer certain provisions of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Amends the Public Health Service Act to modify provisions regulating the effect on the statute of limitations of revisions to the Vaccine Injury Table. (Sec. 5183) Amends Medicaid provisions to require notifying all Medicaid-eligible persons under 21 of the need for immunizations. Adds grant entities under Public Health Service Act health provisions for residents of public housing to the list of entities within the definition of "Federally-qualified health center." (Sec. 5184) Allows Medicaid payments directly to vaccine manufacturers under certain programs. (Sec. 5185) Authorizes grants for demonstration projects providing comprehensive services to reduce the incidence of infant mortality and morbidity, fetal deaths, maternal mortality, fetal alcohol syndrome, and low birth weight. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 5186) Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) of the Social Security Act to authorize appropriations to carry out specified provisions. (Sec. 5187) Modifies compensation requirements regarding members of the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps. Allows certain entities that are migrant, community, homeless, and public housing health services providers to elect certain treatment under the Public Health Service for purposes of malpractice actions. Removes provisions allowing waiver of rights to recover National Health Service Corps scholarship or loan repayment amounts after default. Subtitle C: Communications Licensing Improvement - Chapter 1: Competitive Bidding Authority - Licensing Improvement Act of 1993 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to empower the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use a system of competitive bidding in the granting of licenses involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (public airwaves). Outlines certain provisions, including: (1) uses to which such bidding may apply; (2) establishment by the FCC of a competitive bidding methodology; (3) alternative payment schedules for the use of airwaves; and (4) bidder and licensee qualifications. (Sec. 5205) Revises the FCC's regulatory authority in the mangagement of mobile communications services. Considers a person engaged in the provision of commercial mobile services to be a common carrier and, therefore, required to establish physical connections as required under the Communications Act. Prohibits State or local government imposition of any rate or entry regulation on commercial mobile service, but allows the FCC to grant a State petition to regulate rates under certain conditions. Chapter 2: Emerging Telecommunications Technologies - Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1993 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the FCC Chairman to conduct joint electromagnetic spectrum planning with respect to future spectrum requirements and promotion of efficient use of the spectrum. (Sec. 5222) Directs the Secretary to report to the President and the Congress identifying bands of frequencies that are allocated primarily for Government, are eligible for licensing, and are not required by the Government. Requires a report to the Congress on preliminary identification of reallocable bands of frequencies. Requires that an advisory committee be convened to assist in carrying out this Chapter. Directs certain actions after receipt of the advisory committee report on reallocation of band frequency assignments between Government and private uses. Authorizes the President to substitute alternative frequencies in the interest of national defense, governmental needs, public health or safety, or financial considerations. Directs the FCC to submit a plan for the distribution of reallocated frequency bands. Authorizes the President to reclaim reassigned frequencies. Chapter 3: Communications Technical Amendments - Sets forth corrections and technical amendments to communications provisions. Subtitle D: Energy Programs - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend from September 30, 1995, to September 30, 1998, the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to collect annual charges. Title VI: Committee on Foreign Affairs - States that the Committee on Foreign Affairs recommends changes in Federal law which would reduce direct spending under the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund and the Foreign Service Pension System by requiring a three-month delay in cost-of-living adjustments for each year, FY 1994 through 1996. Title VII: Committee on the Judiciary - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend through FY 1998 the authorization for the collection of surcharges for use of the Patent and Trademark Office. Title VIII: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - Amends Federal shipping law to extend the years during which certain tonnage duties are imposed. (Sec. 8002) Declares the sense of the Congress that the inland waterways fuel tax should not be increased beyond those increases already mandated by law. Title IX: Committee on Natural Resources - Amends specified Federal law regarding the political union of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth) with the United States to repeal the direct grant asssitance for such Islands. Prescribes guidelines under which the United States commits its full faith and credit for specified payments to certain U.S. possessions and territories, including payments for capital improvements projects. Requires reports on the minimum wage and immigration policies of the Commonwealth. (Sec. 9002) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to provide that, in calculating the amount to be paid to States of revenues derived from Federal onshore mineral and geothermal steam leasing receipts, 50 percent of the portion of the appropriation allocable for administration and enforcement shall be deducted from those receipts in approximately equal amounts each month prior to their division and distribution between the States and the United States. (Sec. 9003) Mandates the payment of a specified minimum flat claim maintenance fee and location fee by the holder of an unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site in lieu of the assessment work and related filing requirements under certain Federal mining law. Exempts certain oil shale claims from the fee requirement. Waives fees under certain conditions. (Sec. 9004) Amends Federal reclamation laws to mandate that non-Federal recipients of water delivered by way of Federal facilities pay an operation and maintenance charge to the United States. Establishes the Natural Resources Restoration Fund for the benefit of fish and wildlife resources and habitat affected by Federal reclamation projects. (Sec. 9005) Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to prohibit recreation user fees for campgrounds lacking specified amenities. Revises the terms of "Golden Age" passports in the National Park System. Establishes user fees for rights-of-way, tour vehicles or aircraft, and commercial telephone transmission facilities on Federal lands. (Sec. 9007) Directs the Secretaries of Energy and of the Interior adjust fees and other charges in order to recover the cost of Government services and establish a fee mechanism to recover Government costs of providing services which are currently free. (Sec. 9008) Directs the President to transmit in the annual budget an estimate of unfunded future Federal liabilities that are not accounted for in the budget itself. Title X: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - Subtitle A: Civil Service - Delays the cost-of-living adjustments scheduled to take effect under certain Federal employee retirement systems during FY 1994 through 1996. (Sec. 1002) Amends the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems and the Foreign Service and Central Intelligence Agency systems to permanently eliminate the lump sum retirement option except for employees with a critical medical condition. (Sec. 1003) Eliminates the 1994 annual cost-of-living adjustment for Members of Congress and Federal employees. Amends the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 and other Federal law to modify the formulae for computing such adjustments for 1995 through 1997. (Sec. 1004) Amends Federal law to delay locality-based comparability payments until July of 1994. Limits the total amounts payable for locality payments between July 1, 1994, and September 30, 1998. Authorizes the President to specify locality payments less than the minimum amounts which would otherwise be required if necessary to comply with such limitations. Delays annual cost-of-living adjustments for Federal employees and Members of Congress until July of each year for the period between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2003. Repeals provisions excluding senior executives from the limitation on the accumulation of annual leave. Prohibits cash awards during FY 1994 through 1998. Limits the average total number of civilian employees in the executive branch (except employees of the U.S. Postal Service and Postal Rate Commission) during FY 1994 through 1998. Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of United States Courts to apply the prohibitions and limitations of this Act with respect to annual cost-of-living adjustments and locality-based comparability payments to employees under the separate system of the Office. (Sec. 1005) Requires certain Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) plans to apply the Medicare part B limiting charges for physicians' services to enrolled retirees who are 65 or older and do not participate in Medicare part B. (Sec. 1006) Extends the proxy premium formula for determining Government contributions under FEHBP through contract year 1998 in the absence of a Government-wide indemnity benefit plan. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such extension should not be considered to reflect any view on the appropriateness, merits, or timing, or any other aspect of any comprehensive health care reform legislation. Subtitle B: Postal Service - Directs the U.S. Postal Service to make a specified additional payment into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and the Employee Health Benefits Fund to cover increases due to retirement cost-of-living adjustments and increases in health benefits costs. Subtitle C: Revenue Forgone Reform - Revenue Forgone Reform Act - Amends Federal postal service law to repeal the authorization of appropriations under the Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975 and the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 for mail sent at reduced postage rates. Revises provisions relating to the treatment of reduced-rate categories of mail. (Sec. 10203) Repeals certain Federal provisions authorizing appropriations to the Postal Service for certain accumulated operating indebtedness and directing the Postal Service to provide door or curbline delivery to certain permanent addresses. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 through 2035 to cover losses. (Sec. 10205) Prohibits reduced mailing rates for mail adverstising or offering products or services if: (1) the sale is not related to the purposes allowing mail at such rates; or (2) the mail matter involved is part of a cooperative mailing with a person not authorized to mail at reduced rates. Revises provisions with respect to the mailing rates of books. (Sec. 10207) Expresses the sense of the Congress that any legislation enacted after September 30, 1994, which would expand the class of mail eligible for reduced rates should provide for funding ensuring no losses to the Postal Service nor increases in rates for other classes of mail. Title XI: Committee on Public Works and Transportation - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise fees charged for aircraft registration, designation as an aviation medical examiner, issuance of an airman's certificate to be a pilot and costs associated with processing forms for fuel system repairs. Requires fees be deposited in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. (Sec. 11002) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to collect fees for the use of developed recreation facilities, including campsites, beaches, and boat launching ramps. Requires fees to be deposited into the Treasury account for the Corps of Engineers. Title XII: Committee on Veterans Affairs - Veterans Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend through September 30, 1998, the requirement that veterans with a certain minimum income level make copayments in exchange for receiving certain health care benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Extends: (1) the requirement of a minimal copayment for medications received by veteran outpatients; (2) authority to recover the cost of veterans' services from third party insurers; (3) the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide certain financial information for income verification purposes; (4) a monthly pension limitation for certain recipients of nursing home care covered under Medicaid; and (5) procedures applicable to liquidation sales on defaulted home loans to veterans. (Sec. 12006) Prohibits any FY 1994 cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses. (Sec. 12008) Increases the home loan fee charged to veterans for loans guaranteed by the Department, closed after September 30, 1993, and before October 1, 1998. (Sec. 12009) Reduces by one percentage point the FY 1994 cost-of-living adjustment for educational assistance benefits payable to active duty and reserve personnel under the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program. (Sec. 12010) Excludes a person who is not the natural or legally adopted child of the parent from eligibility for survivors' and dependents' educational assistance. Title XIII: Committee on Ways and Means: Savings - Subtitle A: Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Programs - Amends OMBRA '90 to require the Secretary to reestablish and maintain in service the same number of telephone lines to each local social security office that were in place as of September 30, 1989. (Sec. 13003) Makes amendments to SSA title II, including to: (1) permit States collecting social security numbers to use those numbers to eliminate duplicate names and names of convicted felons from jury source lists; (2) extend to all States the option to provide police officers and firefighters with social security coverage; (3) disregard the windfall elimination provision in computing any U.S. totalization benefit and the amount of a regular U.S. benefit of an individual who receives a foreign totalization benefit based in part on U.S. employment, and who does not receive any other pension based on noncovered employment; (4) provide that military pensions based wholly on service in the military reserves before 1988 shall not trigger application of the Government pension offset or windfall elimination provision to the individual's social security benefits; (5) permit the Department of Agriculture to share its list of names, social security numbers, and employer identification numbers of the owners of retail grocery stores which redeem food stamps with other Federal agencies for the purpose of investigating food stamp fraud and other crimes; and (6) prohibit a State from using social security numbers in the administration of any driver's license or motor vehicle registration law where the State has not contracted to provide death certificate and related information to the Secretary, or where use of death information is restricted. (Sec. 13005) Exempts from payment liability and penalties ministers who were American citizens and residents of Canada prior to the 1984 totalization agreement between the United States and Canada and failed to file a tax return or pay self-employment taxes. (Sec. 13010) Amends IRC to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose information from tax returns on individuals' mortality status to the Secretary for eipdemiological research purposes; (2) coordinate the collection of domestic service employment taxes with the collection of income taxes; and (3) change threshold requirements with respect to social security employment taxes on domestic services. (Sec. 13015) Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the rising costs of disability benefits. (Sec. 13016) Amends the Social Disability Amendments of 1980 to extend the Secretary's authority to conduct disability work incentive demonstration projects. Subtitle B: Human Resources Amendments - Chapter 1: Child Welfare Services, Foster Care, and Adoption Assistance - Amends SSA title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) to, among other thing: (1) create a capped entitlement program to provide child welfare services designed to strengthen and preserve families; (2) repeal provisions linking the payment of title IV part B funds to the implementation of protections for children in foster care; (3) require State part B plans to contain a description of the specific measures taken by the State to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act; and (4) provide for child welfare traineeships. (Sec. 13212) Directs the Secretary to provide grants for State courts to improve foster care placement and adoption proceedings. (Sec. 13216) Amends SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) (FCAA) to change the reimbursement policy with respect to foster care maintenance payments made on behalf of certain children whose adoption has been set aside by a court or whose voluntary placement in foster care has been judicially determined to be in the best interests of the child. Requires States to review their foster care maintenance payment and adoption assistance levels. Requires the health and education records in each child's case plan include a record that the foster care provider was advised (where appropriate) of the child's eligibility for certain Medicaid services. Makes permanent the authorization for the independent living program. Sets forth case plan requirements for children placed in foster care a substantial distance from their homes or in a different State. (Sec. 13218) Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the ways in which States implement the reasonable efforts requirements for State part E plans. (Sec. 13225) Amends OMBRA '89 to extend permanently (and retroactively to October 1, 1992) the level of Federal reimbursement under part E for the training of personnel employed by the State or local child welfare agency, and for the training of foster and adoptive parents. (Sec. 13227) Amends SSA title XI part A to overturn certain limitations in Suter v. Artist M. on private enforceability of State plan requirements. (Sec. 13232) Prohibits the Secretary, until October 1, 1994, from reducing any payment to any State under parts B or E because of State noncompliance with part B foster care protections. (Sec. 13233) Requires the Secretary to make grants to eligible institutions to train individuals to deliver culturally sensitive and bilingual child welfare services in border areas with Mexico. Authorizes approprations. Chapter 2: Child Support Enforcement - Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to set up new paternity establishment performance standards and procedures for State child support enforcement programs. Outlines State plan requirements. Requires State child support enforcement agencies to periodically report, at no charge, the names and amounts of obligors at least two months delinquent in child support payments to bona fide consumer reporting agencies. Chapter 3: Supplemental Security Income - Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) and other Federal law to require the Social Security Administration to charge States fees for the Federal cost of administering supplemental SSI payments. (Sec. 13252) Amends OMBRA '90 to make permanent the exclusion of State and local relocation assistance from countable income under SSI. (Sec. 13253-13256) Amends SSA title XVI to: (1) deem to be living in a household a spouse or parent of family members on SSI who is absent because of active duty military assignment; (2) exclude hazardous duty pay from countable income; (3) continue SSI benefits to children who are U.S. citizens if they received SSI in the United States and then accompanied their parents on military assignment to a U.S. territory or possession; and (4) extend the SSI definition of disability for children under 18 to any person under age 18. (Sec. 13257) Exempts income of up to $2,000 per year received by individual Indians that is derived from leases on trust or restricted Indian lands in determining eligibility and benefit levels under AFDC (SSA title IV part A) and SSI. Chapter 4: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends SSA title IV part A to: (1) reduce to 50 percent the enhanced Federal matching available for certain categories of State administrative expenses; (2) make optional a State's verification of an individual's immigration status with the Immigration and Naturalization Service through an immigration status verfication system; (3) delay Federal requirements regarding AFDC-UP participation rates; and (4) increase the amount of stepparent earnings disregarded in determining the eligibility and benefit amounts of AFDC recipients and applicants. (Sec. 13263) Amends part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS) to require development of criteria for performance standards in the JOBS program, rather than performance standards themselves. (Sec. 13264) States that the Congress declares: (1) it is the responsibility of the Federal Government to reduce family dependence on income from welfare programs, to assist them toward self-sufficiency, and to increase the living standards of low-income families; and (2) the Federal Government should help welfare recipients and individuals at risk of welfare participation to improve education and job skills, to obtain access to child care and support services, and to take other steps as may assist them to become financially independent. Directs the Secretary to develop welfare participation measures and predictors, and report annually on welfare participation to specified congressional committees. Establishes the Advisory Board on Welfare Participation. (Sec. 13265) Directs the Secretary to provide for a demonstration project offering low-income residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, employment, wage supplements, health and child care, and job counseling and training. (Sec. 13266 and 13270) Amends the Family Support Act of 1988 to: (1) delay the requirement for implementation of the Unemployed Parent program in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa until the limitations on Federal matching payments with respect to AFDC and FCAA maintenance payments are repealed; and (2) extend the authorization for early childhood development projects. (Sec. 13269) Amends OMBRA '87 to extend New York State's Child Assistance Program demonstration. (Sec. 13267) Amends SSA title XI to provide that, with respect to AFDC, one adult member of a household may sign a declaration attesting to the citizenship or satisfactory immigration status of other household members. Chapter 5: Unemployment Insurance - Amends IRC and SSA title III (Unemployment Compensation) to provide for the treatment of short-time compensation programs under which individuals whose workweeks have been reduced by at least ten percent (especially as an alternative to a temporary layoff) are eligible for unemployment compensation, under certain conditions. (Sec. 13275) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to increase the reimbursement rate and repeal special eligibility requirements under the extended unemployment program. (Sec. 13276 and 13277) Amends IRC to extend the current Federal unemployment tax rate and require disclosure of tax information to the Railroad Retirement Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts. Chapter 6: Technical Provisions - Makes technical corrections related to the income security and human resources provisions of OMBRAs '89 and '90. (Sec. 13283) Amends SSA title XVI to repeal certain obsolete provisions relating to treatment of the earned income tax credit. Subtitle C: Medicare Program - Chapter 1: Provisions Relating to Part A -Subchapter A: Elimination of Inflation Update for Services Provided under Part A: - Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to eliminate updates for inpatient hospital services and hospice care under Medicare part A in FY 1994 and 1995. (Sec. 13402) Prohibits the Secretary from applying an update factor to the cost limits for skilled nursing facility cost reporting periods beginning in FY 1994 and 1995. Subchapter B: Other Provisions Relating to Part A - Amends SSA title XVIII to, among other things: (1) provide that a change in classification of hospitals from one area to another cannot result in a reduction in the wage index for an urban area if the area has an age index below the rural wage index for the State or if the area is the only urban area in a State with no rural areas; (2) change certain standards for designating metropolitan statistical areas that are used in determining treatment of hospitals in rural counties adjacent to urban areas; (3) require the phase out of payments for day outlier cases starting in FY 1995; (4) authorize appropriations for the Essential Access Community Hospital (EACH) demonstration program; (5) provide for a prospective payment system for outpatient rural primary care hospital services; (6) continue special payments for Medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals for discharges occurring through FY 1994, with reduced payments for certain discharges; (7) allow to participate in Medicare hospitals where the care of patients receiving qualified psychologist services is under a clinical psychologist; (8) require skilled nursing facilities to inform beneficiaries of the hospice benefit under Medicare; (9) reduce the part A premium, on a phase-in basis, for individals with 30 or more quarters of social security coverage (and their spouses); (10) require periodic updating of salary equivalency guidelines for physical therapy and respiratory therapy services; and (11) provide that diagnosis-related group (DRG) window provisions will not apply to hospitals that are not paid on a DRG basis. (Sec. 13414) Amends OMBRA '87 to: (1) reauthorize and extend the rural health transition grant program; and (2) provide that all hospitals classified as regional referral centers on September 30, 1992, shall retain such status through FY 1994. (Sec. 13418) Amends OMBRA '90 to require the Secretary to continue limited-service rural hospital demonstration projects through calendar 1995. (Sec. 13419) Amends OMBRA' 89 to extend the hemophilia pass-through program. (Sec. 13420) Declares that, in the case of a State with a Medicare-approved payment system, no other provision of law shall be construed as preventing the system from providing that payment for covered services be made on the basis of rates provided for under such system. (Sec. 13423) Prohibits the Secretary from taking action to recover certain amounts paid by Medicare to uniformed services treatment facilities in Boston, Baltimore, and Seattle for services provided between October 1, 1986, and December 31, 1989, except to the extent that funds are made available for that purpose under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993. Requires a report to the Congress on establishment of joint medical facilities among the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and other entities. (Sec. 13424 and 13425) Requires the Secretary to: (1) review ]the DRGs assigned to discharges of patients with intractable epilepsy; (2) revise the assignment of discharges to such groups as the Secretary considers appropriate to account for the resource requirements of such patients; and (3) begin collecting data necessary to compute a skilled nursing facility wage index adjustment to the routine service cost limits required under Medicare. Requires the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission to report to the Congress on the impact of applying routine per diem cost limits for skilled nursing facilities on a regional basis. (Sec. 13429) Allows hospitals that have been reclassified from urban to rural as a result of revisions to metropolitan statistical area definitions issued by the Office of Management and Budget on December 28, 1992, to apply to the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board for reclassification in FY 1994. Chapter 2: Provisions Relating to Part B: Subchapter A: Elimination of Inflation Update - Amends SSA title XVIII part B to eliminate the inflation update for physician and related professional services and other items and services. (Sec. 13432) Freezes payments for enteral and parenteral nutrients, supplies and equipment, rural health clinic, federally qualified health center, and comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility services, dialysis services, and other part B items and services. Subchapter B: Physicians' Services - Amends SSA title XVIII part B to, among other things: (1) repeal the OMBRA '90 prohibition on separate payments for EKG interpretations; (2) repeal the reductions in payments to new physicians and practitioners; (3) prohibit changing the methodology in effect as of January 1, 1992, for calculating anesthesia time in the fee schedules; (4) revise requirements with respect to geographic adjustment factors and beneficiary liability for amounts billed above the limiting charge; (5) require pre-payment screening by carriers of unassigned claims submitted by nonparticipating physicians; (6) require the Explanation of Benefits form to contain information on amounts billed in excess of the applicable limiting charge; (7) specify the practitioners who may only bill for services on an assignment-related basis; (8) include antigens prepared by a physician on the physician fee schedule; (9) prohibit the imposition of user fees in specified circumstances in the administration of claims relating to physicians' services; and (10) specify the conditions under which the Secretary can recognize substitute billing arrangements between two physicians. (Sec. 13444) Requires the Secretary to revise and report to specified congressional committees on the data necessary to revise geographic indices. Requires the Physician Payment Review Commission to develop criteria for use in redefining the localities used within States for adjusting physicians' fees. (Sec. 13446) Requires the Secretary to develop relative values for the full range of pediatric physicians' services and report to the Congress. Subchapter C: Ambulatory Surgical Center Services - Makes amendments identical to those made above to the Medicare program and OMBRA'90 under subchapter B of chapter 1 of title V of this Act with respect to eye and eye and ear hospitals and intraocular lenses. (Sec. 13452) Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the costs to providers of intraocular lenses provided to individuals enrolled under Medicare part B. Subchapter D: Durable Medical Equipment - Makes amendments similar to those made above to the Medicare program and SSA title XI under subchapter C of chapter 1 of title V of this Act with respect to durable medical equipment and kick-backs. (Sec. 13468) Subjects ostomy supplies, tracheostomy supplies, and urologicals to national payment limits. Subchapter E: Other Provisions - Makes amendments similar to those made above to the Medicare program, OMBRA '86, and COMBRA '85 under subchapter E of chapter 1 of title V of this Act with respect to oral cancer drugs and the treatment of certain Indian health programs and facilities as federally-qualified health centers, and the extension of Alzheimer's disease and municipal health service demonstration projects. (Sec. 13471) Amends SSA title XVIII to, among other things: (1) freeze at the 1992 level the conversion factor used to determine payments to medically directed certified registered nurse anesthetists; (2) cap the part B premium penalty for late enrollment for Federal employees who meet certain conditions; and (3) establish statutory definitions for speech language pathologist and audiologists. (Sec. 13473) Provides for uniform coverage of "off-label" drugs used in anti-cancer therapy. Requires a report to specified congressional committees on Medicare coverage of patient care costs associated with clinical trials of new cancer therapies. Subchapter F: Part B Premiums - Duplicates the amendment to the Medicare program made above under subchapter D of chapter 1 of subtitle A of title V of this Act with respect to the monthy Medicare part B premium. Chapter 3: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B -Subchapter A: Elimination of Updates - Amends SSA title XVIII to eliminate updates in payments to hospitals for the direct costs of graduate medical education for cost reporting periods beginning during FY 1994 and 1995. (Sec. 13502) Prohibits the Secretary from providing any update in the cost limits for home health services for cost reporting periods beginning during FY 1994 and 1995. Subchapter B: Medicare Secondary Payer Provisions - Makes amendments similar to those under chapter 2 of subtitle A of title V of this Act with respect to Medicare as secondary payer. Subchapter C: Physician Ownership and Referral - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) apply the ban on certain referrals by physicians to all payers, extending it to cover additional specified health services as well as new exceptions; (2) expand current standards used to define a group practice; and (3) provide that Federal law shall not preempt State laws that related to referrals not covered under the ban, or that relate to referrals covered under the ban but are even more restrictive. Subchapter D: Other Provisions - Sets forth measures similar to those under chapters 1 and 2 of subtitle A of title V of this Act with respect to: (1) interest payments on clean claims; (2) payments for erythropoietin; (3) qualified Medicare beneficiary outreach; (4) social health maintenance demonstrations; (5) the second surgical opinion program under SSA title XI; (6) hospice notification; and (7) Medicare capitation payments. (Sec. 13551) Requires the Secretary to redetermine the full-time-equivalent (FTE) resident amount to reflect the amount that would be allowed if the hospital had been liable to pay FICA taxes or make other specified retirement contributions for residents during the base year, but did not make such payments, yet now must do so as a result of OMBRA '90. Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) provide for adjustments for certain publicly funded family residency programs; (2) extend on a graduated basis to three years (after 1997) the current one-year period following a transplant procedure during which Medicare covers immunosuppressive drug therapy for beneficiaries who have received organ transplants; and (3) provide that user fees imposed under the Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act of 1967 are not subject to the general ban on user fees for determining compliance with any requirement of Medicare. (Sec. 13560) Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide that to the extent that appropriations are enacted providing budget authority for Medicare administrative costs above a base level spending in FY 1992 of $1.526 billion, the appropriate discretionary spending limits shall be adjusted to accommodate additional budget authority in FY 1994 and 1995. Chapter 4: Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies - Amends OMBRA '90 and Medicare to make specified changes to Federal standards respecting the sale and regulation of Medicare supplemental insurance policies. Chapter 5: Treatment of Certain State Health Care Programs - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide that: (1) the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act will not be preempted by ERISA unless the Secretary of Labor notifies the Governor of Hawaii that certain conditions exist; and (2) State tax laws relating to employee benefit plans will continue to be preempted. Subtitle D: Customs and Trade Provisions - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). Prohibits use of funds for any special study, requested by the executive branch unless the ITC is reimbursed. (Sec. 13601) Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for the United States Customs Service for noncommercial and commercial operations, and the air and marine interdiction programs. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for the Office of the United States Trade Representative. (Sec. 13602) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to collect customs user fees through September 30, 1998. (Sec. 13603) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to remove the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from the list of countries ineligible for designation as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Extends duty-free treatment provided under the GSP through September 30, 1994. (Sec. 13604) Extends the worker trade adjustment assistance program (trade adjustment assistance benefits for workers adversely affected by import competition or the relocation of U.S. production facilities abroad), and authorization of appropriations, from FY 1993 through FY 1996. (Sec. 13605) Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to extend the authority of the President, for a specified period of time, to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries for the reduction or elimination of tariff or nontariff barriers if the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) has not resulted in such trade agreements by May 31, 1993. Provides that implementing bills involving tariff and nontariff trade agreements shall be effective only if, among other things, the President, at least 120 calendar days (currently, 90 days) before he enters into such an agreement, notifies the Congress of his intention and publishes such intention in the Federal Register. Extends congressional "fast track procedures" to such implementing bills through April 16, 1994. (Sec. 13606) Amends the Federal Trade Act of 1974 to eliminate the East-West Trade Statistics Monitoring System. Subtitle E: Customs Officer Pay Reform - Revises the pay system for United States Customs Service inspectors. (Sec. 13701) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit merchandise or passengers from foreign places, or merchandise being transported from one port to another, from being unladen from carrying vehicles during overtime hours (currently, at night). (Sec. 13702) Authorizes cash awards to customs officers for foreign language proficiency. (Sec. 13703) Amends COBRA to provide for reimbursement of appropriations from the Customs User Fee Account for agency retirement contributions. (Sec. 13704) Amends Federal law with regard to the treatment of certain pay of customs officers for retirement purposes. (Sec. 13705) Revises COBRA congressional reporting requirements respecting Account reimbursements. Requires additional General Accounting Office reports to the Congress on financing of overtime inspectional services through user fees. Title XIV: Revenue Provisions - Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Training and Investment Incentives - Part I: Provisions Relating to Education and Training - Makes permanent after June 30, 1992: (1) the tax exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance; and (2) the targeted jobs credit. Allows the use of the targeted jobs credit, with limitations, for the hiring of a qualified participant in an approved school-to-work program. Part II: Investment Incentives - Subpart A: Research Credit - Makes permanent the credit for increasing research activities. Modifies the fixed base percentage of such credit for startup companies for taxable years after 1993. Subpart B: Capital Gain Provisions - Allows a taxpayer other than a corporation to exclude from gross income 50 percent of gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock held for more than five years. Set forth rules and limitations for such exclusion. Treats one-half of such exclusion as an item of tax preference for minimum tax purposes. (Sec. 14114) Allows the rollover of gain from the sale of publicly traded securities into specialized small business investment companies. Subpart C: Modifications to Minimum Tax Depreciation Rules - Modifies the method of determining the depreciation deduction for certain personal property placed in service after 1993. Eliminates the depreciation adjustment for computing adjusted current earnings for such property. Subpart D: Increase in Expense Treatment for Small Business - Increases the dollar limitation on the election to expense certain depreciable small business assets. Part III: Tax-Exempt Bond Provisions - Provides a complete tax exemption (currently a 75 percent tax exemption) for bonds used to finance high-speed intercity rail facilities. (Sec. 14122) Permanently extends the authority to issue qualified small issue bonds to finance manufacturing facilities and farm property. Part IV: Expansion and Simplification of Earned Income Tax Credit - Repeals certain interaction rules with respect to the medical expense deduction, the deduction for health insurance, and the dependent care credit. Revises credit and phaseout percentages for 1994. Part V: Incentives for Investment in Real Estate - Subpart A: Extension of Qualified Mortgage Bonds and Low-Income Housing Credit - Makes permanent: (1) the authority to issue qualified mortgage bonds and qualified mortgage credit certificates; and (2) the low-income housing credit. (Sec. 14142) Provides that assistance under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act should not result in certain buildings being federally subsidized. Subpart B: Modification of Passive Loss Rules - Provides for the treatment of rental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities. Subpart C: Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investments by Pension Funds - Modifies exceptions to the exclusion of real property acquired by a qualified organization from the meaning of acquisition indebtedness. Makes certain exceptions inapplicable to sales out of foreclosure by a financial institution. (Sec. 14145) Repeals the special rule for publicly traded partnerships with respect to the treatment of unrelated business taxable income. (Sec. 14146) Permits a tax-exempt title-holding company to receive unrelated business taxable income if the unrelated income is incidentally derived from the holding of real property. (Sec. 14147) Excludes from unrelated business taxable income: (1) gains from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of real property acquired from financial institutions that are in conservatorship or receivership; and (2) loan commitment fees and certain option premiums. Provides for the tax treatment of pension fund investments in real estate investment trusts. Subpart D: Discharge of Indebtedness - Excludes from gross income the income from the discharge of qualified real property business indebtedness. Subpart E: Increase in Recovery Period for Nonresidential Real Property - Increases the depreciation recovery period for nonresidential real property. Part VI: Luxury Tax - Repeals the luxury excise tax on boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs. (Sec. 14162) Modifies the luxury excise tax on automobiles to index the threshold for inflation occurring after 1990 and make such tax applicable to the first retail sale. Exempts from the luxury excise tax parts for accessories installed for use of passenger vehicles by disabled individuals. (Sec. 14163) Extends the current diesel fuel excise tax to diesel fuel used by noncommercial motorboats. Retains such taxes in the General Fund of the Treasury. Part VII: Other Changes - Repeals the tax preferences for the appreciated property charitable deduction. Disallows an adjustment related to the earnings and profits effects of any charitable contribution from being made in computing adjusted current earnings. (Sec. 14171) Requires Secretary of the Treasury to report to specified congressional committees on the development of a procedure for taxpayers to seek an agreement with the Secretary on the value of tangible personal property prior to the donation of such property to a qualifying charitable organization. (Sec. 14172) Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to make permanent the treatment of certain railroad retirement benefits as received under employer plans. (Sec. 14173) Provides for the temporary extension of the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals. Subtitle B: Revenue Increases - Part I: Provisions Affecting Individuals- Subpart A: Rate Increases - Lowers the tax rates for certain taxpayers and increases the tax rate for certain higher incomes. Imposes a surtax on certain higher incomes. (Sec. 14203) Increases the tentative minimum tax for taxpayers other than corporations. (Sec. 14204) Makes permanent the overall limitation on itemized deductions and the phaseout of personal exemptions for high-income taxpayers. (Sec. 14206) Sets forth provisions to prevent the conversion of ordinary income to capital gain in certain financial transactions. Repeals certain exeptions to market discount rules. Provides for the treatment of purchases of stripped preferred stock after April 30, 1993. Revises methods of: (1) computing the limitation on the deductibility of investment interest; and (2) determining substantial appreciation of partnership inventory items. Subpart B: Other Provisions - Repeals the limitation on the amount of wages subject to the health insurance employment tax. (Sec. 14208) Increases and makes permanent the highest estate and gift tax rate. (Sec. 14209) Reduces the deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses. (Sec. 14210) Disallows a tax deduction for social club membership dues, except for employee recreational expenses. (Sec. 14211) Disallows a deduction as a trade or business expense remuneration to certain employees in excess of $1 million. (Sec. 14212) Reduces the compensation taken into account in determining contributions and benefits under qualified retirement plans. (Sec. 14213) Removes qualified residence sales, purchases, or leases and meals from the deduction for moving expenses. (Sec. 14214) Revises the limitation on using the preceding year's tax to calculate an individual's estimated tax payments. (Sec. 14215) Increases the amount of social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits to be included in the gross income of certain taxpayers. Part II: Provisions Affecting Business - Increases the tax rate for corporate income in excess of $10 million and the tax rate on personal service corporations. (Sec. 14222) Denies a tax deduction for lobbying expenses. Subjects lobbying organizations to special reporting requirements. (Sec. 14223) Requires any security which is inventory in the hands of the dealer to be included in inventory at its fair market value. Requires any dealer in securities that holds any security which is not in inventory at the close of any taxable year to: (1) recognize gain or loss as if the security were sold on the last business day of the taxable year; and (2) take into account any such gain or loss for such year (the mark-to-market requirement). (Sec. 14224) Requires taking into account: (1) certain Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) assistance as compensation for loss; and (2) FSLIC assistance for any debt for determining whether such debt is worthless and the amount of any addition to a reserve for bad debts. (Sec. 14225) Increases the required annual payment for corporations that fail to pay estimated income tax. Modifies the periods for applying such annualization. (Sec. 14226) Limits the Puerto Rico and possession tax credit to 60 percent of the possession corporation's qualified possession wages. (Sec. 14227) Modifies the limitation on corporate deductions for interest paid to related persons to take into account disqualified guarantees of indebtedness and the imposition of a gross basis tax. Part III: Foreign Tax Provisions - Subpart A: Current Taxation of Certain Earnings of Controlled Foreign Corporations - Requires U.S. shareholders of controlled foreign corporations to include in gross income a pro rata share of the corporation's excess passive assets. Modifies the rule on taxation of investment in U.S. property and takes into account excessive passive assets. Requires a report on investments by controlled foreign corporations in U.S property. (Sec. 14233) Excepts from foreign personal holding income dividends attributable to earnings and profits of the distributing corporation accumulated during any period which the person receiving such dividend did not hold such stock. Requires the establishment of an excess limitation account by taxpayers who receive foreign tax credits in a year they receive previously taxed earnings and profits. Subpart B: Allocation of Research and Experimental Expenditures - Reduces the amount allowed as allocation and apportionment of research and experimental expenditures from sources within the United States. Subpart C: Other Provisions - (Sec. 14235) Excludes passive dividends or interest income from foreign oil and gas income. (Sec. 14236) Modifies accuracy-related penalties for tax underpayments. (Sec. 14237) Denies the inclusion of certain contingent interest in the exemption for portfolio interest for nonresident aliens. (Sec. 14238) Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations recharacterizing any multiple-party financing transaction as a transaction directly among any two or more of such parties when appropriate to prevent tax avoidance. Part IV: Energy Tax Provisions - Subpart A: Energy Tax Based on Btu Content - Imposes an excise tax on the following energy products: (1) taxable refined petroleum products removed from a U.S. refinery or terminal entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing, and sold to a nonregistered person; (2) natural gas removed from any U.S. pipeline, entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing, and entered into any nonregistered pipeline; (3) coal received at any facility for use as a fuel at such facility; and (4) the sale of electricity to ultimate users in the United States and the use of electricity which was not subject to such tax. Bases the rate of tax on such products on the applicable Btu factor and content. (Sec. 14241) Provides for refunding certain amounts to ultimate vendors of petroleum used for heating oil and international commercial transportation. Repays certain sums to persons who use petroleum to produce calcined coke. Provides excise tax exemptions for certain uses. Refunds the tax paid by certain users of methane recovered from biomass or coal mining. Imposes a tax on the use of any fossil fuel: (1) in the manufacture or production of a fuel other than at a U.S. refinery; or (2) as a fuel. Imposes a tax on floor stock of taxable fuels held on the date of the tax increase. Allows a credit against such tax. Provides for such tax increases to begin July 1, 1994. Imposes a Btu tax on certain imported products that contain significant levels of direct energy inputs that would be taxable if the products were manufactured in the United States. Imposes a penalty on persons who sell dyed fuel for taxable uses. Subpart B: Modifications to Tax on Diesel Fuel - Imposes an excise tax on diesel fuel. Exempts from such tax diesel fuel: (1) used by trains and intercity, local, or school buses; and (2) which is dyed or marked in accordance in regulations. (Sec. 14242) Provides that the Airport and Airway Trust Fund financing rate does not apply to aviation fuel sold by a producer or importer for use by the purchaser in a nontaxable use. Imposes a civil penalty on persons who use reduced-rate fuel for a taxable use. (Sec. 14243) Imposes a floor stocks tax on any person holding diesel fuel April 1, 1994. Subpart C: Extension of Motor Fuel Tax Rates; Increased Deposits Into Highway Trust Fund - Increases the tax on gasoline and diesel fuels for purposes of the Highway Trust Fund financing rate. Increases the amount to be transferred to the Mass Transit Account from such Fund. Part V: Compliance Provisions - Requires information reporting on payments to corporations for services. (Sec. 14252) Modifies provisions concerning substantial understatement and return-preparer penalties to allow reasonable cause exceptions. (Sec. 14253) Requires certain financial entities (including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration, and their successors or subunits) to file information returns regarding discharges of indebtedness of $600 or more. Part VI: Treatment of Intangibles - Allows an amortization deduction with respect to certain intangible property, including goodwill, that is acquired and held by a taxpayer in connection with the conduct of a trade or business or an activity engaged in for the production of income. Part VII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Establishes substantiation requirements for charitable contributions of $750 or more. (Sec. 14272) Sets forth disclosure requirements for an organization that receives a quid pro quo contribution (payment made partly as a contribution and partly in consideration for goods or services provided to the payor by the donee organization). Imposes a penalty for failure to make such disclosure. (Sec. 14273) Expands the 45-day interest-free period for refunding tax overpayments to all returns, amended returns, and claims for refunds. Provides that if interest is not refunded within 45 days after the taxpayer files an amended return or claim for refund, interest will be paid only for periods after the date on which the return or claim is filed. (Sec. 14274) Denies the business travel expense deduction for spouses, dependents, or others. (Sec. 14275) Increases the withholding rate for supplemental wage payments. Subtitle C: Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities - Part I: Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, Etc. - Provides for the designation of 100 tax enterprise communities and ten enpowerment zones between 1993 and 1996: (1) by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for urban areas; (2) by the Secretary of Agriculture for rural areas; and (3) by the Secretary of the Interior for Indian reservations. (Sec. 14301) Sets forth eligibility criteria. Makes certain buildings in such communities or zones eligible for the low-income housing credit applicable to buildings in high-cost areas. Provides for the issuance of enterprise zone facility bonds in enterprise communities and enpowerment zones in a manner similar to exempt facility bonds. Excludes enterprise zone facility bonds from the interest deduction limitations on financial institutions. Provides States an additional housing credit ceiling for each zone and community through 1996. Allows a limited empowerment zone employment credit to employers for a percentage of qualified zone wages paid during calendar years 1994 through 2004. Allows businesses a zone resident empowerment savings credit of 50 percent of the qualified savings contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan on behalf of a zone employee. Limits the credit amount based on the employee's compensation. Increases the limitation on expensing certain depreciable business assets. Increases the volume cap applicable to enterprise zone facility bonds if the business owners meet specified ownership requirements with regard to abiding in such zones. (Sec. 14302) Allows use of the targeted jobs credit for hiring empowerment zone residents. Part II: Credit for Contributions to Certain Community Development Corporations - Allows a general business tax credit for contributions to selected community development corporations for low-income individuals who are residents of the operational area of the community. Subtitle D: Other Provisions - Part I: Disclosure Provisions - Extends the authority to disclose tax return information to the Department of Veterans Affairs through September 30, 1998. (Sec. 14402) Authorizes the disclosure of certain tax return information to the Department of Education to implement the direct student loan program and to the Department of Housing for income verification. Part II: User Fee Provisions - Requires establishment of a program requiring the payment of user fees for the processing of applications for certificates of alcohol label approval and exemption, formula reviews, and statements of process (including laboratory tests). (Sec. 14412) Removes authority to use the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses of certain customs fee collections. (Sec. 14413) Increases the tax on fuel used on commercial transportation on inland waterways. Part III: Public Debt Limit - Increases the public debt limit and repeals the temporary limit on such increase. Part IV: Vaccine Provisions - Makes permanent: (1) the excise tax on certain vaccines; and (2) the authority to pay compensation from the Vaccine Trust Fund under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program for certain damages resulting from vaccines administered after September 30, 1988. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to specified congressional committees on uses of such Fund. (Sec. 14431) Imposes a floor stocks tax on taxable vaccines. (Sec. 14432) Requires contribution coverage under group health plans of the costs of pediatric vaccines. (Sec. 14433) Establishes the Childhood Immunization Trust Fund for the entitlement program under the Public Health Service Act.

Lower Mississippi Delta Initiatives Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Initiatives Within the Department of the Interior Title II: Initiatives Within the Department of Energy Lower Mississippi Delta Initiatives Act of 1993 - Title I: Initiatives Within the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to: (1) establish a scholarship program for natural resource and environmental studies; (2) encourage pre-college enrichment programs in designated subject areas; (3) implement a volunteer education enrichment program in cooperation with State departments of education and local school districts in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region (the Delta Region); and (4) implement a program to encourage women and minorities in the Delta Region to pursue science careers. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to transmit to the Congress: (1) a study of nationally significant sites within the Delta Region; (2) recommendations for a transportation network linking such sites; and (3) a study outlining recommendations for funding Native American and Delta African American Heritage Routes and Centers. (Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to historically Black colleges and universities to undertake a survey of historic and prehistoric structures on campus. Title II: Initiatives Within the Department of Energy - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to establish the Delta Energy Technology and Business Development Center (the Center). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to the Center. (Sec. 203) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Secretary to make grants to schools or hospitals for energy conservation projects, and to provide supplemental Federal financing for energy conservation projects at schools and hospitals in the Delta Region. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 204) Requires the Secretary to: (1) report annually to certain congressional committees regarding opportunities for minority colleges and universities to participate in Department of Energy (DOE) activities and laboratories; (2) encourage partnerships involving minority colleges or universities, or private sector entities owned or controlled by disadvantaged individuals; (3) establish scholarship programs for students pursuing energy-related and/or technical disciplines either at minority colleges and universities, or at colleges and universities in the Delta Region; (4) encourage pre-college enrichment programs in energy-related and/or technical disciplines; (5) implement a volunteer program for education enrichment at DOE; and (6) implement a program to encourage women and minorities in the Delta Region to pursue careers in technical disciplines. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary to conduct a research and demonstration program to determine the economic viability of integrated biomass energy systems within the Delta Region. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 206) Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to direct the Secretary to make grants to States and Indian tribal organizations in the Delta Region for weatherization of low-income dwelling units. Authorizes appropriations.

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1993

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for energy conservation expenditures by an electric or gas utility during a taxable year in connection with its trade or business, as long as the rates for the sale of such electricity or natural gas have been approved by the appropriate governing body.

Helium Act Amendments of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1993

Helium Act Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Helium Act to: (1) delete a provision limiting the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to contract for the acquisition and storage of helium and helium-bearing natural gas; (2) delete a provision guaranteeing that the Secretary receive the lowest purchase price for helium from private plants; (3) replace the Atomic Energy Commission with the Department of Energy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as purchasers from the Secretary of the major Federal requirements of helium; (4) delete provisions concerning helium sale interest rate determinations and prices of helium sold for medical purposes; and (5) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to cancel certain accrued and unpaid interest, and certain principal, of the helium production fund incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

Omnibus Nuclear Power Safety and Security Enhancement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1993

Omnibus Nuclear Power Safety and Security Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to require certain persons (including owners and operators) with information about a defect or safety violation at nuclear facilities regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including those leased by the United States Enrichment Corporation, to notify the NRC immediately if such defect or violation could create a substantial safety hazard. Authorizes the NRC to issue regulations requiring such persons to devise and implement notification compliance procedures. Mandates that the notification requirements be prominently posted on the business premises of persons subject to this Act. Provides a civil penalty for non-compliance. Grants the NRC enforcement powers. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish civil penalties for violations of its licensing or certification strictures. Declares that each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation for purposes of computing the civil penalty. Repeals the requirement that the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards submit an annual status report to the Congress on reactor safety research. Authorizes the NRC to: (1) permit its licensees to carry firearms while in the discharge of their official duties; and (2) issue regulations regarding the introduction of dangerous weapons or instrumentalities upon property within its licensing purview. Includes within the penalty guidelines for the sabotage of nuclear facilities those facilities subject to NRC licensing during their construction where the damage could affect public health and safety during the operation of the facility. Sets forth guidelines for the NRC to conduct warrantless searches and to enter certain premises with a judicially approved administrative search warrant.

To improve the negotiation and implementation of arms control treaties.

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1993

Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to grant the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency membership on the National Security Council. Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to grant the Director primary responsibility for the preparation and management of U.S. participation in all international negotiations and implementation forums in arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide for the participation of the Director in specified arms export and licensing activities. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consideration of the Director's judgment in specified nuclear export activities. Requires all determinations under such Act to remove data from the Restricted Data category to be made only after consultation with the Director. Amends the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to require the Department of Commerce to maintain controls over all export items, other than those licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which could be, if used for purposes other than those for which the export is intended, of significance for nuclear explosive purposes. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish procedures for establishing a list of such items, permitting automated access to all license applications, and for interagency referral of applications for the export of items on the list.

Harold P. Smith, Jr., of California, to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy, vice Robert B. Barker, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 18 May 1993

Archer L. Durham, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Human Resources and Administration), vice William H. Young, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 18 May 1993

William J. Taylor, III, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional, Intergovernmental, and International Affairs), vice Greg Ward, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 18 May 1993

William H. White, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, vice Linda Gillespie Stuntz, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 18 May 1993

Ways and Means Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Short Title; References to Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 Titles II-XII: (Reserved) Title XIII: Committee on Ways and Means-Savings Subtitle A: Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program Subtitle D (sic): Customs and Trade Provisions Subtitle E: Customs Officer Pay Reform Subtitle B (sic): Human Resources Amendments Subtitle C: Medicare Program Title XIV: Revenue Provisions Subtitle A: Training and Investment Incentives Subtitle B: Revenue Increases Subtitle C: Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, Etc. Subtitle D: Other Provisions Title I: Short Title; References to Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Ways and Means Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Deems any reference in this Act to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to be a reference to the Ways and Means Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Titles II-XII: (Reserved) Title XIII: Committee on Ways and Means: Savings - Subtitle A: Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OMBRA '90) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to reestablish and maintain in service the same number of telephone lines to each local social security office that were in place on September 30, 1989. (Sec. 13002) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to raise the threshold at which election services become subject to social security employment taxes. (Sec. 13003) Amends SSA title II to: (1) permit States which already collect social security numbers under current law to use them to eliminate duplicate names and names of convicted felons from jury source lists; (2) extend to all States the option to provide police officers and firefighters participating in a public retirement system with social security coverage under voluntary agreements with the Secretary; (3) disregard the windfall elimination provision in computing any U.S. totalization benefit and the amount of a regular U.S. benefit of an individual who receives a foreign totalization benefit based in part on U.S. employment, and who does not receive any other pension which is based on noncovered employment; (4) provide that military pensions based wholly on service in the military reserves before 1988 shall not trigger application of the Government pension offset or windfall elimination provision to the individual's social security benefits; (5) repeal the facility-of-payment provision; (6) make the guaranteed primary insurance amount the basis for calculating the guaranteed maximum family benefit; (7) make unauthorized disclosure of information and fraudulent attempts to obtain personal information under SSA a felony, and increase penalties for such offenses; (8) increase the time for which an extension may be granted for filing an annual earnings report; (9) permit the Department of Agriculture to share its list of names, social security numbers, and employer identification numbers of the owners and officers of retail grocery stores which redeem food stamps with other Federal agencies for the purpose of investigating food stamp fraud and violations of other Federal laws; (10) prohibit the misuse of Department of the Treasury names, symbols, etc.; (11) prohibit a State from using an individual's social security number in the administration of any driver's license or motor vehicle registration law where the State has not entered into a contract to provide death certificate and related information to the Secretary, or where such a contract restricts the Secretary's use of death information; and (12) require the Secretary to study improvements in gathering and reporting of death information. (Sec. 13005) Exempts from payment liability and penalties any ministers who were American citizens and residents of Canada prior to the 1984 totalization agreement between the United States and Canada and failed to file a tax return or pay self-employment taxes. (Sec. 13010) Amends IRC to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose information from tax returns on individuals' mortality status to the Secretary for epidemiological research purposes; (2) provide for the coordination of the collection of domestic service employment taxes with the collection of income taxes; and (3) change threshold requirements with respect to social security employment taxes on domestic services. (Sec. 13015) Requires the Secretary to study the rising costs of disability benefits for a report to the Congress with recommendations for legislative changes. (Sec. 13016) Amends the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980 to extend the Secretary's authority to conduct disability work incentive demonstration projects. Subtitle D (sic): Customs and Trade Provisions - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize appropriations for the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). Prohibits use of such funds for any special study, investigation, or report requested by an agency of the executive branch unless such agency reimburses the ITC for its costs. (Sec. 13601) Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the United States Customs Service for: (1) noncommercial and commercial operations; and (2) the air and marine interdiction programs. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the Office of the United States Trade Representative. (Sec. 13602) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to collect customs user fees. (Sec. 13603) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to remove the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from the list of countries ineligible for designation as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Extends duty-free treatment provided under the GSP. (Sec. 13604) Extends the worker trade adjustment assistance program (trade adjustment assistance benefits for workers adversely affected by import competition or the relocation of U.S. production facilities abroad) as well as authorization of appropriations for it. (Sec. 13605) Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to extend the authority of the President, for a specified period of time, to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries for the reduction or elimination of tariff or nontariff barriers if the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) has not resulted in such trade agreements by May 31, 1993. Provides that implementing bills involving tariff and nontariff trade agreements shall be effective only if, among other things, the President, at least 120 calendar days (currently, 90 days) before he enters into such agreement, notifies the Congress of his intention to enter into it, and publishes such intention in the Federal Register. Extends congressional "fast track procedures" to such implementing bills through April 16, 1994. (Sec. 13606) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to eliminate the East-West Trade Statistics Monitoring System. Subtitle E: Customs Officer Pay Reform - Amends Federal law to revise the pay system for United States Customs Service Inspectors (customs inspectors). (Sec. 13702) Authorizes cash awards to customs officers for foreign language proficiency. (Sec. 13703) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) to provide for reimbursement of appropriations from the Customs User Fee Account (Account) for agency retirement contributions. (Sec. 13704) Amends Federal law with regard to the treatment of certain pay of customs officers for retirement purposes. (Sec. 13705) Revises COBRA congressional reporting requirements respecting Account reimbursements. Requires additional General Accounting Office reports to the Congress concerning the financing of overtime inspectional services through user fees. Subtitle B: (sic) Human Resources Amendments - Chapter 1: Child Welfare Services, Foster Care, and Adoption Assistance - Amends SSA title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) to: (1) create a capped entitlement program to provide child welfare services designed to strengthen and preserve families; (2) repeal provisions linking the payment of certain SSA title IV part B funds to the implementation of certain protections for children in foster care; (3) require that the State part B plan provide for the foster care protections currently outlined in such provisions as well as for State review of its procedures in effect for children abandoned at or shortly after birth, as well as enactment of any procedures necessary to enable permanent child placement decisions to be made expeditiously; (4) provide that the funds withheld or recovered from a State owing to its failure to comply with such protections may not be reallotted among other States; (5) require State part B plans to contain a description of the specific measures taken by the State to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act; and (6) provide for child welfare traineeships. (Sec. 13212) Directs the Secretary to provide grants for State courts to assess and improve proceedings relating to foster care placement and adoption. (Sec. 13216) Amends SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) (FCAA) to: (1) change the reimbursement policy with respect to foster care maintenance payments made on behalf of certain children whose adoption has been set aside by a court or whose voluntary placement in foster care has been judicially determined to be in the best interests of the child; (2) provide for 90 (and later 50) percent matching of State expenditures for planning, design, development, or installation of statewide mechanized data collection and information retrieval systems, and 50 percent matching of State expenditures for operation of the systems; (3) require States to review periodically their foster care maintenance payment and adoption assistance levels to ensure their continuing appropriateness; (4) revise the case review system to provide that hearings after the initial dispositional hearing take place at least every 12 months, rather than periodically; (5) require the health and education records in each child's case plan to include a record that the foster care provider was advised (where appropriate) of the child's eligibility for early and periodic Medicaid screening, diagnostic, and treatment services; (6) provide for the treatment of assets of youths participating in the independent living program; (7) make permanent the authorization for the independent living program; (8) repeal authority to transfer unused foster care funds to the child welfare services program; (9) require the Secretary to promulgate regulations for on-site reviews and audits of State expenditures for foster care maintenance and adoption assistance payments; (10) set forth case plan requirements for children placed in foster care a substantial distance from their homes or in a different State; (11) require the dispositional hearing for a child placed in foster care in a different State to determine whether the out-of-State placement continues to be appropriate and in the child's best interests; (12) require the adoption and foster care data collection system to provide information on the number and characteristics of children placed in foster care outside the State; and (13) codify Federal regulations providing a timetable for the treatment of State claims for foster care and adoption assistance. (Sec. 13218) Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the ways in which States implement the reasonable efforts requirements for State SSA title IV part E plans. (Sec. 13225) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (OMBRA '89) to extend permanently (and retroactively to October 1, 1992) the level of Federal reimbursement under SSA title IV part E for the training of personnel employed or preparing for employment by the State or local child welfare agency, and for the training of foster and adoptive parents. (Sec. 13227) Amends SSA title XI part A to: (1) bar the Secretary from imposing financial penalties on States for the failure of State programs under SSA title IV parts B and E to comply with State plan requirements, except pursuant to final regulations meeting specified requirements; (2) provide for certain demonstration projects to promote the objectives of such parts; and (3) overturn certain limitations in Suter v. Artist M. on private enforceability of State plan requirements. (Sec. 13232) Prohibits the Secretary: (1) until October 1, 1994, from reducing any payment to, withholding any payments from, or seeking any repayments from any State under SSA title IV parts B or E by reason of a determination in connection with a review of State compliance with SSA title IV part B foster care protections; and (2) from reducing any payments to, withholding any payments from, or seeking any repayments from any State under SSA title IV part E by reason of a determination in connection with any on-site Federal financial review, or any audit conducted by the Inspector General using similar methodologies. (Sec. 13233) Requires the Secretary to make grants to eligible institutions to train individuals to deliver culturally sensitive and bilingual child welfare services in border areas with Mexico. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Child Support Enforcement - Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to: (1) set up new paternity establishment performance standards and procedures for State child support enforcement programs; (2) outline State SSA title IV part D plan requirements applicable to health insurers, employers, and State Medicaid agencies with regard to health insurance coverage for children of parents subject to a support order; and (3) require State child support enforcement agencies to periodically report, at no charge, the names of obligors at least two months delinquent in child support payments to bona fide consumer reporting agencies capable of making accurate use of such information. Chapter 3: Supplemental Security Income - Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) and other Federal law to: (1) require the Social Security Administration to charge States fees for the Federal cost of administering State supplemental SSI payments; and (2) require the Secretary to charge fees for additional services requested by the State that are beyond the level customarily provided in administering such payments. (Sec. 13252) Amends OMBRA '90 to make permanent the exclusion of State and local relocation assistance from countable income under SSI. (Sec. 13253) Amends SSA title XVI to: (1) deem to be living in a household a spouse or parent of family members on SSI who is absent from the household solely because of active duty military assignment; (2) exclude hazardous duty pay received while on active military duty from countable income; (3) continue SSI benefits to children who are U.S. citizens if they received SSI in the United States and then accompany their parents on military assignment to any U.S. territory or possession; and (4) extend the SSI definition of disability for children under 18 to any person under 18. (Sec. 13257) Amends Federal law to exempt income of up to $2,000 per year received by individual Indians that is derived from leases on individually-owned trust or restricted Indian lands in determining eligibility and benefit levels under AFDC (SSA title IV part A) and SSI. Chapter 4: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - (Sec. 13261) Amends SSA title IV part A to: (1) reduce to 50 percent the enhanced Federal matching available for certain categories of State administrative expenses; (2) make optional a State's verification of an individual's immigration status with the Immigration and Naturalization Service through an immigration status verification system; (3) delay Federal requirements regarding AFDC-UP participation rates; and (4) increase the amount of stepparent earnings disregarded in determining the eligibility and benefit amounts of AFDC recipients and applicants. (Sec. 13263) Amends SSA title IV part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS) to require the Secretary to develop criteria for performance standards in the JOBS program, rather than performance standards themselves, by a certain date. (Sec. 13264) States that the Congress hereby declares that: (1) it is the policy and responsibility of the Federal Government to reduce the rate and degree to which families depend on income from welfare programs, to assist them toward self-sufficiency, and to increase the living standards of low-income families; and (2) the Federal Government should help welfare recipients as well as individuals at risk of welfare participation to improve their education and job skills, to obtain access to high quality child care and other necessary support services, and to take such other steps as may assist them to meet their responsibilities to become financially independent. Directs the Secretary to develop welfare participation measures and predictors, and report annually on welfare participation to specified congressional committees. Establishes the Advisory Board on Welfare Participation to assist the Secretary in the development of such measures and predictors. (Sec. 13265) Directs the Secretary to provide for a demonstration project offering low-income residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, employment, wage supplements, health and child care, and counseling and training for job retention or advancement. (Sec. 13266) Amends the Family Support Act of 1988 to: (1) delay the requirement for implementation of the Unemployed Parent program in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Soma until the limitations on Federal matching payments to these jurisdictions with respect to AFDC and FCAA maintenance payments are repealed; and (2) extend the authorization for early childhood development projects. (Sec. 13269) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OMBRA '87) to extend New York State's Child Assistance Program demonstration. (Sec. 13267) Amends SSA title XI to provide that, with respect to AFDC, one adult member of a family or household may sign, under penalty of perjury, a declaration attesting to the citizenship or satisfactory immigration status of other family or household members. Permits an adult to sign a declaration on behalf of a newly born child no later than the next eligibility redetermination date. Chapter 5: Unemployment Insurance - Amends IRC and SSA title III (Unemployment Compensation) to provide for the treatment of short-time compensation programs under which individuals whose workweeks have been reduced by at least ten percent (especially as an alternative to a temporary layoff) are eligible for unemployment compensation, under certain conditions. (Sec. 13275) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to increase the reimbursement rate and repeal special eligibility requirements under the extended unemployment program. (Sec. 13276) Amends IRC to: (1) extend the current Federal unemployment tax rate; and (2) require disclosure of information about certain taxes to the Railroad Retirement Board for purposes of its administration of the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts. Chapter 6: Technical Provisions - Makes technical corrections related to the income security and human resources provisions of OMBRAs '89 and '90. (Sec. 13283) Amends SSA title XVI to repeal certain obsolete provisions relating to treatment of the earned income tax credit. Subtitle C: Medicare Program - Chapter 1: Provisions Relating to Part A - Subchapter A: Elimination of Inflation Update for Services Provided under Part A: - Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to eliminate updates for inpatient hospital services and hospice care under Medicare part A in FY 1994 and 1995. (Sec. 13402) Prohibits the Secretary from applying an update factor to the cost limits for skilled nursing facility cost reporting periods beginning in FY 1994 and 1995. Subchapter B: Other Provisions Relating to Part A - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) provide that a change in classification of hospitals from one area to another cannot result in a reduction in the wage index for an urban area if the area has a wage index below the rural wage index for the State or if the area is the only urban area in a State with no rural areas; (2) change certain requirements with respect to the standards for designating metropolitan statistical areas that are used in determining treatment of certain hospitals in rural counties adjacent to one or more urban areas; (3) require the Secretary to phase out payments for day outlier cases starting in FY 1995; (4) revise and authorize appropriations for the Essential Access Community Hospital (EACH) demonstration program; (5) provide for a prospective payment system for determining payments for outpatient rural primary care hospital services; (6) continue special payments for Medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals for discharges occurring through FY 1994, with reduced payments for certain discharges; (7) extend the regional floor provision with respect to certain hospital discharges the payment for which is set at 85 percent of the national amount and 15 percent of the regional amount; (8) allow to participate in Medicare hospitals where the care of patients receiving qualified psychologist services is under a clinical psychologist; (9) provide for additional medical education payments for interns and residents providing services at a community heath center under a hospital's ownership or control; (10) require skilled nursing facilities to inform beneficiaries of the hospice benefit under Medicare, except under certain conditions; (11) reduce the part A premium, on a phase-in basis, for individuals with 30 or more quarters of social security coverage (and their spouses); (12) require the Secretary to update periodically the salary equivalency guidelines for physical therapy and respiratory therapy services using the most recent available data; and (13) provide that diagnosis-related group (DRG) window provisions will not apply to hospitals that are not paid on a DRG basis. (Sec. 13414) Amends OMBRA '87 to: (1) reauthorize and extend the rural health transition grant program; and (2) provide that all hospitals classified as regional referral centers on September 30, 1992, shall retain such status through FY 1994. (Sec. 13415) Requires the Secretary to: (1) make a lump sum retroactive payment to any such hospital for payments lost as a result of the loss of its regional referral center status; and (2) provide any hospital which fails to qualify as a rural referral center as a result of its urban reclassification with the opportunity to decline such reclassification and retain rural referral center status. (Sec. 13418) Amends OMBRA '90 to require the Secretary to continue limited-service rural hospital demonstration projects through calendar 1995. (Sec. 13419) Amends OMBRA' 89 to extend the hemophilia pass-through program. (Sec. 13420) Declares that, in the case of a State with a Medicare-approved payment system, no other provision of law shall be construed as preventing the system from providing that payment for covered services be made on the basis of rates provided for under such system. (Sec. 13423) Prohibits the Secretary from taking action to recover certain amounts paid by Medicare to uniformed services treatment facilities in Boston, Baltimore, and Seattle for services that were provided between October 1, 1986, and December 31, 1989, except to the extent that funds are made available for that purpose under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993. Requires a study and report to the Congress by the Secretary on establishment of joint medical facilities among the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other public and private entities. (Sec. 13424) Requires the Secretary to: (1) review ]the DRGs assigned to discharges of patients with intractable epilepsy; (2) revise, for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 1994, the assignment of discharges to such groups as the Secretary considers appropriate to account for the resource requirements of such patients; and (3) begin collecting the data necessary to compute a skilled nursing facility wage index adjustment to the routine service cost limits required under Medicare. Requires the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission to study and report to the Congress on the impact of applying routine per diem cost limits for skilled nursing facilities on a regional basis. (Sec. 13429) Allows hospitals that have been reclassified from urban to rural as a result of revisions to metropolitan statistical area definitions issued by the Office of Management and Budget on December 28, 1992, to apply to the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board for reclassification in FY 1994. Chapter 2: Provisions Relating to Part B: Subchapter A: Elimination of Inflation Update - Amends SSA title XVIII part B to eliminate the inflation update for physician and related professional services and other specified items and services. (Sec. 13432) Freezes payments for enteral and parenteral nutrients, supplies and equipment, rural health clinic, federally-qualified health center, and comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility services, dialysis services, and other part B items and services. Subchapter B: Physicians' Services - Amends SSA title XVIII part B to: (1) repeal the OMBRA '90 prohibition on separate payments for EKG interpretations; (2) repeal the reductions in payments to new physicians and practitioners; (3) prohibit the Secretary from changing the methodology in effect as of January 1, 1992, for calculating anesthesia time in the fee schedules for anesthesia services; (4) revise requirements with respect to geographic adjustment factors and beneficiary liability for amounts billed above the limiting charge; (5) require pre-payment screening by carriers of unassigned claims submitted by nonparticipating physicians; (6) require the Explanation of Benefits form to contain information on amounts billed in excess of the applicable limiting charge; (7) specify the practitioners who may only bill for services on an assignment-related basis; (8) include antigens prepared by a physician on the physician fee schedule; (9) prohibit the imposition of user fees in specified circumstances in the administration of claims relating to physicians' services; and (10) specify the conditions under which the Secretary can recognize substitute billing arrangements between two physicians. (Sec. 13444) Requires the Secretary to: (1) study and report to specified congressional committees on the data necessary to review and revise geographic indices; and (2) review and revise such indices and the geographic index values applied for all fee schedule areas by a certain date. Requires the Physician Payment Review Commission to conduct a study to develop criteria for use in redefining the localities used within States for adjusting physicians' fees. (Sec. 13446) Requires the Secretary to: (1) fully develop, by not later than July 1, 1994, relative values for the full range of pediatric physicians' services; and (2) study and report to the Congress on the relative values for pediatric and other services. Subchapter C: Ambulatory Surgical Center Services - Amends SSA title XVIII to extend special payment rates for certain eye or eye and ear hospitals to any hospital that otherwise meets current law criteria but, on October 1, 1987, operated as a physically separate or distinct eye or ear unit of a general acute care hospital which has since disposed of a substantial portion of its other acute care operations. (Sec. 13452) Amends OMBRA '90 to extend the cap on payments for intraocular lenses through 1994. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the costs to providers of intraocular lenses provided to individuals enrolled under Medicare part B. Subchapter D: Durable Medical Equipment - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) remove aspirators and nebulizers from the category of durable medical equipment (DME) items requiring frequent and substantial servicing; (2) specifically provide for payment of accessories relating to aspirators and nebulizers; (3) set forth requirements which suppliers of medical equipment and supplies must satisfy in order to qualify for Medicare reimbursement; (4) require the Secretary to develop standardized certificates of medical necessity forms for use in documenting the medical necessity of DME items and supplies; (5) require DME suppliers to submit claims to the carrier having jurisdiction over the geographic area that includes the permanent residence of the patient to whom the item is furnished; (6) place restrictions on certain marketing and sales practices by DME suppliers; (7) specify the circumstances under which Medicare beneficiaries are not financially liable for covered items and services furnished by a supplier on an unassigned basis; (8) address adjustments made to final DME payment amounts for inherent reasonableness generally and require adjustments for certain items where the final payment amounts are found reasonable; and (9) subject ostomy supplies, tracheostomy supplies, and urologicals to national payment limits. Subchapter E: Other Provisions - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) freeze at the 1992 level the conversion factor used to determine payments to medically directed certified registered nurse anesthetists; (2) provide that in subsequent years such factor shall be the previous year's conversion factor increased by the update for physician anesthesia services for that year; (3) provide for Medicare coverage of oral cancer drugs, under certain conditions; (4) provide for uniform coverage of "off-label" anti-cancer drugs; (5) cap the part B premium penalty for late enrollment for Federal employees who meet certain conditions; (6) authorize the Secretary to enter into agreements with States to allow them to pay the late enrollment premium increases of eligible individuals; (7) establish statutory definitions for speech-language pathologists and audiologists consistent with current coverage guidelines; and (8) provide for the treatment of certain Indian health programs and facilities as federally-qualified health centers. (Sec. 13473) Requires a study and report to specified congressional committees by the Secretary on Medicare coverage of patient care costs associated with clinical trials of new cancer therapies. (Sec. 13476) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend municipal health service demonstration projects. Subchapter F: Part B Premium - Amends SSA title XVIII to extend current law provisions for establishing the monthly Medicare part B premium for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare. Chapter 3: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B - Subchapter A: Elimination of Updates - Amends SSA title XVIII to eliminate updates in payments to hospitals for the direct costs of graduate medical education for cost reporting periods beginning during FY 1994 and 1995. (Sec. 13502) Prohibits the Secretary from providing any update in the cost limits for home health services for cost reporting periods beginning during FY 1994 and 1995. Subchapter B: Medicare Secondary Payer Provisions - Specifies numerous changes with regard to Medicare as secondary payor. Subchapter C: Physician Ownership and Referral - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) apply the ban on certain referrals by physicians to all payers, extending it to cover additional specified health services as well as new exceptions; (2) expand current standards used to define a group practice; and (3) provide that Federal law shall not preempt State laws that relate to referrals not covered under the ban, or that relate to referrals covered under the ban but are even more restrictive. Subchapter D: Other Provisions - Requires the Secretary to: (1) redetermine the full-time-equivalent (FTE) resident amount to reflect the amount that would be allowed if the hospital had been liable to pay FICA taxes or make other specified retirement contributions for residents during the base year, but did not make such payments, yet now must do so as a result of OMBRA '90; and (2) establish outreach to Medicare beneficiaries who may qualify for Medicaid payment of their out-of-pocket Medicare expenses. (Sec. 13551) Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) reduce payments for erythropoientin; (2) require home health agencies to inform Medicare beneficiaries of their entitlement to hospice care under Medicare; (3) provide for interest payments to be made on clean claims if payment is not made within 30 days of receipt; (4) provide for adjustment in Medicare capitation payments to account for regional variations in application of Medicare secondary payer provisions; (5) provide for adjustments for certain publicly- funded family practice residency programs; (6) extend on a graduated basis to three years (after 1997) the current one-year period following a transplant procedure during which Medicare covers immunosuppressive drug therapy for beneficiaries who have received organ transplants; and (7) provide that user fees imposed under the Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act of 1967 are not subject to the general ban on user fees for determining compliance with any requirement of Medicare. (Sec. 13555) Amends OMBRA '87 and the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to: (1) extend social health maintenance organization demonstration projects for an additional two years; and (2) permit one of the projects to enroll Medicare end-stage renal disease beneficiaries. Increases the limit on the number of individuals who pay participate in such projects. (Sec. 13558) Amends SSA title XI to repeal the requirement that peer review organizations precertify selected surgical procedures. (Sec. 13560) Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide that to the extent that appropriations are enacted providing budget authority for Medicare administrative costs above a base level of spending in FY 1992 of $1.526 billion, the appropriate discretionary spending limits shall be adjusted to accommodate additional budget authority in FY 1994 and 1995. Chapter 4: Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies - Amends OMBRA '90 and Medicare to make specified changes to Federal standards respecting the sale and regulation of Medicare supplemental insurance policies. Chapter 5: Treatment of Certain State Health Care Programs - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide that: (1) the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act will not be preempted by ERISA unless the Secretary of Labor notifies the Governor of Hawaii that, as a result of any amendment to such Act, the proportion of the population covered would be less than the current proportion or the level of coverage would be less than the actuarial equivalent of the current level of coverage; and (2) State tax laws relating to employee benefit plans will continue to be preempted. Title XIV: Revenue Provisions - Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Training and Investment Incentives - Part I: Provisions Relating to Education and Training - Makes permanent after June 30, 1992: (1) the tax exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance; and (2) the targeted jobs credit. Allows the use of the targeted jobs credit, with limitations, for the hiring of a qualified participant in an approved school-to-work program. Part II: Investment Incentives - Subpart A: Research Credit - Makes permanent the credit for increasing research activities. Modifies the fixed base percentage of such credit for startup companies for taxable years after 1993. Subpart B: Capital Gain Provisions - Allows a taxpayer other than a corporation to exclude from gross income 50 percent of gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock held for more than five years. Set forth rules and limitations for such exclusion. Treats one-half of such exclusion as an item of tax preference for minimum tax purposes. (Sec. 14114) Allows the rollover of gain from the sale of publicly traded securities into specialized small business investment companies. Subpart C: Modifications to Minimum Tax Depreciation Rules - Modifies the method of determining the depreciation deduction for certain personal property placed in service after 1993. Eliminates the depreciation adjustment for computing adjusted current earnings for such property. Subpart D: Increase in Expense Treatment for Small Business - Increases the dollar limitation on the election to expense certain depreciable small business assets. Part III: Tax-Exempt Bond Provisions - Provides a complete tax exemption (currently a 75 percent tax exemption) for bonds used to finance high-speed intercity rail facilities. (Sec. 14122) Permanently extends the authority to issue qualified small issue bonds to finance manufacturing facilities and farm property. Part IV: Expansion and Simplification of Earned Income Tax Credit - Repeals certain interaction rules with respect to the medical expense deduction, the deduction for health insurance, and the dependent care credit. Revises credit and phaseout percentages for 1994. Part V: Incentives for Investment in Real Estate - Subpart A: Extension of Qualified Mortgage Bonds and Low-Income Housing Credit - Makes permanent: (1) the authority to issue qualified mortgage bonds and qualified mortgage credit certificates; and (2) the low-income housing credit. (Sec. 14142) Provides that assistance under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act should not result in certain buildings being federally subsidized. Subpart B: Modification of Passive Loss Rules - Provides for the treatment of rental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities. Subpart C: Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investments by Pension Funds - Modifies exceptions to the exclusion of real property acquired by a qualified organization from the meaning of acquisition indebtedness. Makes certain exceptions inapplicable to sales out of foreclosure by a financial institution. (Sec. 14145) Repeals the special rule for publicly traded partnerships with respect to the treatment of unrelated business taxable income. (Sec. 14146) Permits a tax-exempt title-holding company to receive unrelated business taxable income if the unrelated income is incidentally derived from the holding of real property. (Sec. 14147) Excludes from unrelated business taxable income: (1) gains from the sale, exchange or other disposition of real property acquired from financial institutions that are in conservatorship or receivership; and (2) loan commitment fees and certain option premiums. Provides for the tax treatment of pension fund investments in real estate investment trusts. Subpart D: Discharge of Indebtedness - Excludes from gross income the income from the discharge of qualified real property business indebtedness. Subpart E: Increase in Recovery Period for Nonresidential Real Property - Increases the depreciation recovery period for nonresidential real property. Part VI: Luxury Tax - Repeals the luxury excise tax on boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs. (Sec. 14162) Modifies the luxury excise tax on automobiles to index the threshold for inflation occurring after 1990 and make such tax applicable to the first retail sale. Exempts from the luxury excise tax parts for accessories installed for use of passenger vehicles by disabled individuals. (Sec. 14163) Extends the current diesel fuel excise tax to diesel fuel used by noncommercial motorboats. Retains such taxes in the General Fund of the Treasury. Part VII: Other Changes - Repeals the tax preference for the appreciated property charitable deduction. Disallows an adjustment related to the earnings and profits effects of any charitable contribution from being made in computing adjusted current earnings. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to specified congressional committees on the development of a procedure for taxpayers to seek an agreement with the Secretary on the value of tangible personal property prior to the donation of such property to a qualifying charitable organization. (Sec. 14172) Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to make permanent the treatment of certain railroad retirement benefits as received under employer plans. (Sec. 14173) Provides for the temporary extension of the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals. Subtitle B: Revenue Increases - Part I: Provisions Affecting Individuals- Subpart A: Rate Increases - Lowers the tax rates for certain taxpayers and increases the tax rate for certain higher incomes. Imposes a surtax on certain higher incomes. (Sec. 14203) Increases the tentative minimum tax for taxpayers other than corporations. (Sec. 14204) Makes permanent the overall limitation on itemized deductions and the phaseout of personal exemptions for high-income taxpayers. (Sec. 14206) Sets forth provisions to prevent the conversion of ordinary income to capital gain in certain financial transactions. Repeals certain exceptions to market discount rules. Provides for the treatment of purchases of stripped preferred stock after April 30, 1993. Revises the methods of: (1) computing the limitation on the deductibility of investment interest; and (2) determining substantial appreciation of partnership inventory items. Subpart B: Other Provisions - Repeals the limitation on the amount of wages subject to the health insurance employment tax. (Sec. 14208) Increases and makes permanent the highest estate and gift tax rate. (Sec. 14209) Reduces the deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses. (Sec. 14210) Disallows a tax deduction for social club membership dues, except for employee recreational expenses. (Sec. 14211) Disallows a deduction as a trade or business expense remuneration to certain employees in excess of $1 million. (Sec. 14212) Reduces the compensation taken into account in determining contributions and benefits under qualified retirement plans. (Sec. 14213) Removes qualified residence sales, purchases, or leases and meals from the deduction for moving expenses. (Sec. 14214) Revises the limitation on using the preceding year's tax to calculate an individual's estimated tax payments. (Sec. 14215) Increases the amount of social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits to be included in the gross income of certain taxpayers. Part II: Provisions Affecting Business - Increases the tax rate for corporate income in excess of $10 million and the tax rate on personal service corporations. (Sec. 14222) Denies a tax deduction for lobbying expenses. Subjects lobbying organizations to special reporting requirements. (Sec. 14223) Requires any security which is inventory in the hands of the dealer to be included in inventory at its fair market value. Requires any dealer in securities that holds any security which is not in inventory at the close of any taxable year to: (1) recognize gain or loss as if the security were sold on the last business day of the taxable year; and (2) take into account any such gain or loss for such year (the mark-to-market requirement). (Sec. 14224) Requires taking into account: (1) certain Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) assistance as compensation for loss; and (2) any FSLIC assistance for any debt for determining whether such debt is worthless and in determining the amount of any addition to a reserve for bad debts arising from such worthlessness or partial worthlessness. (Sec. 14225) Increases the required annual payment for corporations that fail to pay estimated income tax. Modifies the periods for applying such annualization. (Sec. 14226) Limits the Puerto Rico and possession tax credit to 60 percent of the possession corporation's qualified possession wages. (Sec. 14227) Modifies the limitation on corporate deductions for interest paid to related persons to take into account disqualified guarantees of indebtedness and the imposition of a gross basis tax. Part III: Foreign Tax Provisions - Subpart A: Current Taxation of Certain Earnings of Controlled Foreign Corporations - Requires U.S. shareholders of controlled foreign corporations to include in gross income a pro rata share of the corporations excess passive assets. Sets forth rules for determining such amounts. Modifies the rule on taxation of investment in United States property and takes into account excessive passive assets. Requires a report to specified congressional committees on a study of investments by controlled foreign corporations in U.S property. (Sec. 14233) Excepts from foreign personal holding income any dividends attributable to earnings and profits of the distributing corporation accumulated during any period during which the person receiving such dividend did not hold such stock. Requires the establishment of an excess limitation account by taxpayers who receive foreign tax credits in a year they receive previously taxed earnings and profits. Subpart B: Allocation of Research and Experimental Expenditures - Reduces the amount allowed as allocation and apportionment of research and experimental expenditures from sources within the United States. Subpart C: Other Provisions - Excludes passive dividends or interest income from foreign oil and gas income. (Sec. 14236) Modifies accuracy-related penalties for tax underpayments. (Sec. 14237) Denies the inclusion of certain contingent interest in the exemption for portfolio interest for nonresident aliens. (Sec. 14238) Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations recharacterizing any multiple-party financing transaction as a transaction directly among any two or more of such parties where appropriate to prevent any tax avoidance. Part IV: Energy Tax Provisions - Subpart A: Energy Tax Based on Btu Content - Imposes an excise tax on the following energy products: (1) taxable refined petroleum products removed from a U.S. refinery or terminal entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing, and sold to a nonregistered person; (2) natural gas removed from any pipeline in the United States, entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing, and entered into any nonregistered pipeline; (3) coal received at any facility for use as a fuel at such facility; and (4) the sale of electricity to ultimate users in the United States and the use of electricity which was not subject to such tax. Bases the rate of tax on such products on the applicable Btu factor and content. Provides for refunding certain amounts to ultimate vendors of petroleum used for heating oil and international commercial transportation. Repays certain sums to persons who use petroleum to produce calcined coke. Provides exemptions from such excise tax for certain uses. Refunds the tax paid by certain users of methane recovered from biomass or coal mining. Imposes a tax on the use of any fossil fuel: (1) in the manufacture or production of a fuel other than at a U.S. refinery; or (2) as a fuel. Specifies the application of such tax and exceptions. Imposes a tax on floor stock of taxable fuels held on the date of the tax increase. Allows a credit against such tax. Provides for such tax increases to begin July 1, 1994. Imposes an imported Btu tax on certain imported products that contain significant levels of direct energy inputs that would be taxable if the products were manufactured in the United States. Imposes a penalty on persons who sell dyed fuel for taxable uses. Subpart B: Modifications to Tax on Diesel Fuel - Imposes an excise tax on diesel fuel (separate from the gasoline tax and the tax on aviation). Exempts from such tax diesel fuel: (1) used by trains and intercity, local, or school buses; and (2) which is dyed or marked in accordance in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides that the Airport and Airway Trust Fund financing rate does not apply to aviation fuel sold by a producer or importer for use by the purchaser in a nontaxable use. Imposes a civil penalty on persons who use reduced-rate fuel for a taxable use. (Sec. 14243) Imposes a floor stocks tax on any person holding diesel fuel April 1, 1994. Subpart C: Extension of Motor Fuel Tax Rates; Increased Deposits Into Highway Trust Fund - Increases the tax on gasoline and diesel fuels for purposes of the Highway Trust Fund financing rate. Increases the amount to be transferred to the Mass Transit Account from such Fund. Part V: Compliance Provisions - Requires information reporting on payments to corporations for services. (Sec. 14252) Modifies provisions concerning substantial understatement and return-preparer penalties to allow reasonable cause exceptions. (Sec. 14253) Requires certain financial entities (including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration, and their successors or subunits) to file information returns regarding discharges of indebtedness of $600 or more. Part VI: Treatment of Intangibles - Allows an amortization deduction with respect to certain intangible property, including goodwill, that is acquired and held by a taxpayer in connection with the conduct of a trade or business or an activity engaged in for the production of income. Part VII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Establishes substantiation requirements for charitable contributions of $750 or more. (Sec. 14272) Sets forth disclosure requirements for an organization that receives a quid pro quo contribution (payment made partly as a contribution and partly in consideration for goods or services provided to the payor by the donee organization). Imposes a penalty for failure to make such disclosure. (Sec. 14273) Expands the 45-day interest-free period for refunding tax overpayments to all returns, as well as to amended returns and claims for refunds. Provides that if interest is not refunded within 45 days after the taxpayer files an amended return or claim for refund, interest will be paid only for periods after the date on which the return or claim is filed. (Sec. 14274) Denies the business travel expense deduction for spouses, dependents, or others. (Sec. 14275) Increases the withholding rate for supplemental wage payments. Subtitle C: Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities- Part I: Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, Etc. - Provides for the designation of 100 tax enterprise communities and ten empowerment zones during calendar years after 1993 and before 1996: (1) by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in the case of an urban area; (2) by the Secretary of Agriculture in the case of a rural area; and (3) the Secretary of the Interior for an Indian reservation. Sets forth eligibility criteria for such designations. Makes certain buildings in such communities or zones eligible for the low-income housing credit applicable to buildings in high-cost areas. Provides for the issuance of enterprise zone facility bonds in enterprise communities and empowerment zones in a manner similar to exempt facility bonds. Excludes enterprise zone facility bonds from the interest deduction limitations on financial institutions. Provides States an additional housing credit ceiling for each zone and community through 1996. Allows an empowerment zone employment credit to employers for a percentage of qualified zone wages paid during calendar years 1994 through 2004. Limits the amount of such credit. Allows businesses a zone resident empowerment savings credit of 50 percent of the qualified savings contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan on behalf of a zone employee. Limits the amount of such credit based on the employee's compensation. Increases the limitation on expensing certain depreciable business assets. Increases the volume cap applicable to enterprise zone facility bonds if the business owners meet specified ownership requirements with regard to abiding in such zones. (Sec. 14302) Allows the use of the targeted jobs credit for hiring empowerment zone residents. Part II: Credit for Contributions to Certain Community Development Corporations - Allows a general business tax credit for contributions to selected community development corporations to provide employment of, and business opportunities for low-income individuals who are residents of the operational area of the community. Subtitle D: Other Provisions - Part I: Disclosure Provisions - Extends the authority to disclose tax return information to the Department of Veterans Affairs through September 30, 1998. (Sec. 14402) Authorizes the disclosure of certain tax return information to: (1) the Department of Education to implement the direct student loan program; and (2) to the Department of Housing for income verification under certain housing programs. Part II: User Fee Provisions - Requires the establishment of a program requiring the payment of user fees for the processing of applications for certificates of alcohol label approval and exemption, formula reviews, and statements of process (including laboratory tests and analyses). (Sec. 14412) Removes authority to use the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses of certain customs fee collections. (Sec. 14413) Increases the tax on fuel used on commercial transportation on inland waterways. Part III: Public Debt Limit - Increases the public debt limit and repeals the temporary limit on such increase. Part IV: Vaccine Provisions - Makes permanent: (1) the excise tax on certain vaccines; and (2) the authority to pay compensation from the Vaccine Trust Fund under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program for certain damages resulting from vaccines administered after September 30, 1988. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to specified congressional committees on various uses of such Fund. Imposes a floor stocks tax on taxable vaccines. (Sec. 14432) Requires continuation coverage under group health plans of the costs of pediatric vaccines. (Sec. 14433) Establishes the Childhood Immunization Trust Fund for the childhood immunization entitlement program under the Public Health Service Act.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1993

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and to its Office of Inspector General. Prescribes allocation guidelines.

International Nonproliferation Safeguards Reform Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1993

International Nonproliferation Safeguards Reform Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of State, during FY 1994 and 1995, to provide additional assistance to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for: (1) the implementation by the IAEA of reforms to strengthen the effectiveness of IAEA safeguards; and (2) contributions to the IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Fund. Conditions such assistance on the President's certification to the Congress that the IAEA is taking steps to implement such reforms. Requires the President to direct the U.S. representatives to the IAEA to work toward the early adoption of reforms, including: (1) improving access to nuclear facilities within non-nuclear weapon states; (2) increasing the transparency of internaional nuclear commerce; (3) improving access to information about nuclear activities of IAEA member states; and (4) examining the advisability of conducting less frequent inspections at nuclear facilities in member states which consent to short notice, unrestricted inspections and which accept construction or modification safeguards and agree not to place certain limitations on inspectors. Authorizes additional appropriations.

Freedom Exchange and Training Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Educational Exchange Programs Title II: Other Training and Exchange Programs Freedom Exchange and Training Act - Title I: Educational Exchange Programs - Requires the Director of the U.S. Information Agency to establish an exchange program with the independent states of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic states, under which the Director shall award competitive grants to eligible organizations to finance exchanges of: (1) secondary school students; (2) secondary school teachers and administrators; (3) postsecondary students (both college and graduate); and (4) college and university educators (the "sister" university program). Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Other Training and Exchange Programs - Directs the President to establish technical assistance and exchange programs with the independent states of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic States, which may be implemented by grants to eligible organizations or otherwise. Funds the following types of exchange, training, and technical assistance programs under this title: (1) public administration and governance; (2) modification or restructuring of laws and legal systems; (3) agriculture and agribusiness; (4) energy and environment; (5) health and medicine; (6) trade and investment; and (7) leaders training. Requires foreign participants to be sufficiently proficient in English to fulfill program purposes. Requires the Agency for International Development or another Government agency with appropriate experience and expertise to administer training and other exchange programs under this title. Authorizes appropriations.

To amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to promote the export of goods and services that benefit the environment.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1993

Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Export-Import Bank of the United States to take into account the potential beneficial and adverse environmental effects of projects for the export of goods and services in cases where medium- or long-term support of $7 million (currently, $10 million for long-term) or more is requested from the Bank for such projects. Directs the Bank to encourage the use of its programs to support the export of goods and services that have beneficial effects environmentally such as by encouraging environmentally sustainable development, promoting efficient use of resources, and promoting energy efficiency. Authorizes appropriations.

Clean Fuels Infrastructure and Incentives Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1993

Clean Fuels Infrastructure and Incentives Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program for providing grants to eligible States to fund the construction of clean fuel refueling facilities in certain ozone nonattainment areas. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for the distribution of funds based on the pro rata number of licensed motor vehicles in a State. Limits the total amount of funds to be received by a State. Requires recipient States to distribute at least 50 percent of funds for the installation of clean fuel refueling facilities in the private sector. Makes a State eligible for a grant only if it has: (1) submitted a revision of the applicable implementation plan expressing its intention to adopt standards under the California clean fuel vehicle pilot test program; and (2) has adopted such standards no later than model year 1996.