Environment

Environmental Risk Reduction Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1993

Environmental Risk Reduction Act of 1993 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to use resources pursuant to environmental laws to reduce risks to human health and welfare and ecological resources through the assessment and ranking of relative risks and options for their management. Requires the Administrator to establish: (1) a Committee on Relative Risks to provide advice on ranking the relative risks of stressors to human health and welfare and ecological resources; (2) a Committee on Environmental Benefits to provide advice on estimating quantitative benefits of reducing risks and the costs of existing or proposed laws or regulations; and (3) a Committee on Communicating Risk to provide advice on communicating information on risks to the public. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to: (1) protect human health and the environment by using careful risk assessments and evaluation of options for reducing risks; and (2) develop and revise, as necessary, guidelines to ensure consistency and technical quality in risk assessments by specifying minimum standards for risk assessment approaches. Requires the Administrator to conduct a core environmental risk assessment research program to insure that the risk assessment process is based on adequate environmental data and scientific understanding. Requires at least half of research conducted under this Act to be under agreements with universities or not-for-profit organizations. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes an Interagency Panel on Risk Assessment and Reduction for purposes of coordinating Federal research, data gathering, and implementation of environmental risk assessment and risk reduction activities. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on: (1) a prioritized list of the human health and welfare and ecological resource risks considered by the Committee on Relative Risks; (2) public awareness of the likelihood, seriousness, magnitude, and irreversibility of each risk; (3) alternative options for reducing risks and estimated costs and benefits to society; (4) the time required for reducing risks through each option; (5) evaluation of the uncertainty associated with aspects of the assessment process; and (6) research or data collection that would reduce such uncertainty. Provides for biennial updates of such report.

Women's Health Environmental Factors Research Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1993

Women's Health Environmental Factors Research Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute to carry out research on the effects of environmental factors on women's health conditions, including their effect on breast cancer, immune disfunction, and estrogen-like and related compounds. Authorizes appropriations.

Urban Schools of America (USA) Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Urban School Improvement Title II: School Bulding Repair and Renovation Title III: Urban School Research Title IV: General Provisions Urban Schools of America (USA) Act of 1993 - Title I: Urban School Improvement - Authorizes appropriations and sets forth funds allocation factors. (Sec. 105) Requires LEAs to use funds under this title to meet national education goals through programs designed to: (1) increase the academic achievement and graduation rates of urban school children to at least the national average; (2) prepare urban school graduates to enter higher education, pursue careers, and exercise their responsibilities as citizens; (3) recruit and retain qualified teachers; and (4) decrease the use of drugs and alcohol by urban students, and enhance their physical and emotional health. (Sec. 106) Sets forth program accountability requirements. (Sec. 107) Authorizes the Secretary to make competitive incentive awards to individual participating schools that demonstrate exemplary progress in meeting specified program requirements. (Sec. 108) Directs the Secretary to report on the impact of Federal regulations, guidelines, and policies on urban public schools. (Sec. 109) Requires LEAs desiring to receive an allotment to establish (or designate) a local advisory group. (Sec. 110) Sets forth special rules relating to ranking of schools to determine relative need, in general, on the basis of achievement, poverty, and racial isolation. Requires each LEA receiving a grant to serve between ten and 20 percent of its schools. Requires eligible LEAs to have flexibility to serve homeless children, desegregating students, immigrants, migrants, or other highly mobile populations, within the program assisted under this title. Title II: School Building Repair and Renovation - Authorizes appropriations to assist eligible LEAs in repairing and renovating instructional facilities in city schools and for programs for school environmental concerns and safety improvement. (Sec. 203) Limits the period covered by a grant application to three years, and requires annual review by the Secretary. Title III: Urban School Research - Authorizes appropriations for the National Institute for Urban Education (the Institute), established in the Department of Education by this title. (Sec. 302) Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create an Assistant Secretary for Urban Education (the Assistant Secretary), who is to establish the Institute in the Department. Requires the Institute and allows LEAs to use funds for specified functions involving research, information, and evaluation relating to urban education and title I programs. Title IV: General Provisions - Establishes the Interagency Council on Urban Schools to: (1) review Federal programs to determine effects on urban schools' ability to meet national education goals; (2) track school progress toward such goals; (3) solicit advice and information from urban education experts and urban school representatives on improvement of Federal programs; (4) review Federal regulations for duplication or contradiction; (5) report annually to the Congress and the President on urban school progress; (6) review and recommend improvement or streamlining of Federal data collection in urban schools; and (7) conduct research to help urban school practitioners improve school performance. (Sec. 402) Directs the President to conduct a White House Conference on Urban Education. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 403) Establishes a National Commission on Urban Education, which shall: (1) study specified issues relating to urban schools; and (2) report, and recommend changes in Federal legislation, to the President and appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations.

Rural Schools of America (RSA) Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Rural School Improvement Title II: School Building Repair and Renovation Title III: Evaluation of Results Title IV: General Provisions Rural Schools of America (RSA) Act of 1993 - Title I: Rural School Improvement - Establishes, and authorizes appropriations for, a rural school improvement (RSI) grants program to help meet national educational goals. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of Education, under such program, to: (1) reserve specified funds for competitive grant awards to exemplary school programs; and (2) make allotments to State educational agencies (SEAs), for suballotment to local educational agencies (LEAs), based on relative Chapter 1 funding (for educationally disadvantaged students under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965). Requires recipient LEAs to make subgrants to community-based organizations or nonprofit partnerships between the LEA, local colleges or universities, or area-wide collaboratives of private sector businesses. (Sec. 103) Sets forth: (1) requirements for applications, local planning, uses of funds, accountability, and local advisory groups; and (2) special rules for ranking schools within an LEA by need, flexibility, and coordination with Chapter 1 planning. (Sec. 107) Authorizes incentive awards to individual schools that demonstrate exemplary progress. (Sec. 108) Directs the Secretary to report on the impact of Federal regulations, guidelines, and policies on rural public schools. Title II: School Building Repair and Renovation - Establishes, and authorizes appropriations for, a program of assistance for rural school building repair and renovation. (Sec. 202) Allots program funds to SEAs based on relative Chapter 1 funding, with suballotments to LEAs based on number of: (1) children from families below the poverty line; (2) school buildings used for instructional purposes; and (3) school buildings more than 25 years old used for instructional purposes. (Sec. 204) Requires eligible LEAs to use half of their suballotment for programs for school building repair and renovation, and half for programs for school environmental concerns and safety improvements. Authorizes SEA waivers of such requirement. Applies Davis-Bacon Act requirements to such programs. Title III: Evaluation of Results - Establishes, and authorizes appropriations for, a program of rural school research and evaluation. (Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary to establish for each region a National Rural Regional Education Research Center, to be operated by the appropriate regional educational laboratory. (Sec. 303) Requires each Center to make direct grants to rural LEAs in its region participating in a program assisted under title I of this Act, to conduct local schoool district research and evaluation of efforts toward meeting the national education goals. Title IV: General Provisions - Establishes the Interagency Council on Rural Schools. (Sec. 402) Directs the President to conduct a White House Conference on Rural Education. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 403) Requires eligible LEAs to use Federal funds received under this Act only to supplement but not supplant non-Federal funds.

Foreign Assistance Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reform of Foreign Assistance Policies and Programs Title II: Bilateral Economic and Development Assistance Title III: Security Assistance Title IV: Multilateral Assistance Part A: International Development Association Part B: Asian Development Fund Part C: Global Environment Facility Part D: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Part E: Other Provisions Title V: Regional Provisions Part A: Provisions Relating to Sub-Saharan Africa Part B: Provisions Relating to East Asia and the Pacific Part C: Provisions Relating to Europe and the Former Soviet Union Part D: Provisions Relating to the Middle East Part E: Provisions Relating to Latin America Title VI: Bosnia and Hercegovina Self-Defense Act of 1993 Title VII: South African Democratic Transition Support Act of 1993 Title VIII: General Provisions Title IX: Effective Date Foreign Assistance Act of 1993 - Title I: Reform of Foreign Assistance Policies and Programs - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise provisions concerning U.S. policy on foreign assistance. (Sec. 102) 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. Sets forth immediate reform actions to be taken by the President, including: (1) establishing criteria for the closure or termination of agency field offices or programs; and (2) reducing by 20 percent, by the end of FY 1994, the number of countries in which such agency has either a field presence or programs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that private and voluntary organizations participating in development assistance programs should obtain a greater share of their resources from private contributions. (Sec. 103) Directs the President to establish a program performance evaluation capacity in the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance and 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. (Sec. 104) Revises congressional purposes of development assistance. Sets forth as the four basic objectives of development assistance programs and U.S. economic cooperation policy: (1) the promotion of sustainable economic growth and development; (2) the building of democratic participation in development; (3) the prevention and resolution of specified transnational issues; and (4) the response to emergency humanitarian needs. Revises authorized uses of development assistance. (Sec. 105) Revises policies and objectives of military assistance programs. (Sec. 109) Prohibits the use of funds authorized for foreign assistance for FY 1994 for: (1) financial incentives to induce businesses 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; (3) support for any project designed to increase exports of agricultural, import-sensitive textile, or apparel commodities from a developing country if such exports are in direct competition with U.S. exports or are expected to cause substantial injury to U.S. exporters (exempts activities designed to increase food security); or (4) assistance for a project that contributes to the violation of workers' rights. (Sec. 111) Prohibits foreign assistance funding to a country on a grant basis except pursuant to an agreement which authorizes the administrator of the agency responsible for administering development assistance to deobligate such funds without the country's approval. (Sec. 112) Requires the annual deobligation of specified unexpended foreign assistance funds that have been obligated for more than four years. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of State to report to specified congressional officials on U.S. military and economic assistance, focusing on the balance and appropriate uses of each. (Sec. 114) Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) to report to specified congressional officials on the potential of programs to provide conflict resolution assistance. Title II: Bilateral Economic and Development Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) specified development assistance; (2) international disaster assistance; (3) American schools, libraries, and hospitals abroad; (4) assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States; (5) assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet Union; (6) the International Fund for Ireland; (7) the Multilateral Assistance Initiative for the Philippines; (8) the Inter-American Foundation; (9) the African Development Foundation; and (10) the Peace Corps. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the President to reduce the debt owed by an eligible country as a result of housing guarantees, credits or guarantees made under the Arms Export Control Act, or loans or guarantees made under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. Defines an "eligible country" as a country with a heavy debt burden that is eligible to borrow from the International Development Association (IDA) but not from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and that meets other specified conditions. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 203) Provides for the establishment of a Microenterprise Development Fund within the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance. (Sec. 206) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for worldwide housing guarantees and raises the ceiling on the amount of loans available under such program. (Sec. 207) Supports development education programs to involve U.S. citizens in programs about developing countries or in the development process. (Sec. 208) Authorizes the President, subject to certain conditions, to provide assistance through nongovernmental organizations to the people of a country that would otherwise be restricted from receiving foreign assistance. (Sec. 210) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for AID operating expenses. Title III: Security Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) foreign military financing (grants) for Israel, Egypt, and other recipients; (2) foreign military financing (loans) for Turkey, Greece, and Portugal; (3) economic support fund (ESF) assistance for Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, cooperative projects, and other recipients; (4) international military education and training; (5) anti-terrorism assistance; (6) peacekeeping operations; and (7) nonproliferation and disarmament activities in the independent states of the former Soviet Union. (Sec. 303) Establishes limits on additions to stockpiles in South Korea, Israel, and Thailand. (Sec. 306) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to revise provisions concerning presidential certifications and congressional procedures for certain arms transfers. (Sec. 310) Prohibits sales, the extension of credits or guarantees, and the approval of licenses with respect to the sale of defense articles or services to a foreign country unless the U.S. supplier certifies that it will not make any third-party incentive payments for purposes of satisfying an offset agreement with such country. Defines an "offset agreement" as an agreement under which the supplier agrees to purchase goods from the country in consideration for the country's purchase of defense articles or services. Imposes sanctions on foreign parties to coproduction agreements that violate restrictions concerning unauthorized third party transfers or unauthorized dispositions of defense articles or services or technical data if the President notifies the Congress or the Congress so determines by bill or joint resolution. Prohibits military assistance involving coproduction or licensed production outside the United States of any defense article of U.S. origin unless the President furnishes full information on the proposed transaction to the appropriate congressional committees. (Sec. 311) Prohibits the sale or lease of defense articles or services to any country or international organization which is known to have sent letters to U.S. firms requesting, or soliciting information about, compliance with the secondary or tertiary Arab boycott. Provides for presidential waivers, subject to certain conditions. (Sec. 312) Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. foreign policy is best served when ESF assistance is provided either in the form of U.S. goods and services or in the form of direct support for projects in the recipient country. Requires at least 15 percent of annual ESF assistance to be provided in the form of commodity import programs. Title IV: Multilateral Assistance - Part A: International Development Association - Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize appropriations for the U.S. contribution to the tenth replenishment of the IDA. (Sec. 402) Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to encourage the U.S. executive directors of the IDA and World Bank to advocate, and to report to specified congressional committees on, policies regarding improvements in the standard of living, economic empowerment of women, environmental protection, debt relief, and support for the rule of law. Part B: Asian Development Fund - Amends the Asian Development Bank Act to authorize appropriations for the U.S. contribution to specified replenishments of the Asian Development Fund. Part C: Global Environmental Facility - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreement Act to authorize appropriations for the U.S. contribution to the Global Environment Facility subject to certain conditions. Part D: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to oppose Bank lending to countries which have: (1) failed to take adequate steps to prevent drug trafficking; (2) expropriated property owned by a U.S. citizen; (3) taken steps to nullify contracts with U.S. citizens; or (4) imposed discriminatory taxes or restrictive operational conditions. Part E: Other Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for contributions to international organizations and programs. Removes the South West Africa People's Organization from the list of organizations and countries for which funding is prohibited. Adds Myanmar, Iraq, North Korea, and Syria to such list, but makes the withholding of funds inapplicable to contributions to programs of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or the United Nations Children's Fund in such countries. Earmarks funds for the United Nations Population Fund subject to prohibitions on funding for programs in China and other restrictions regarding commingling of funds and approval of projects. (Sec. 442) Prohibits funding for technical assistance to specified international financial institutions. (Sec. 443) Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to require the U.S. executive directors of specified international financial institutions to promote policies to encourage developing countries to reduce excessive military expenditures and enhance resources for primary health care and basic education. (Sec. 444) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should consider withholding U.S. payments to multilateral development organizations or international financial institutions that do not take steps to establish independent audit and review agencies. Title V: Regional Provisions - Part A: Provisions Relating to Sub-Saharan Africa - Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize the African Development Foundation to employ persons who are not U.S. citizens. (Sec. 503) Prohibits, unless certain conditions are met: (1) military and economic assistance for Sudan; (2) foreign military financing for Kenya; and (3) economic and military assistance for Zaire. (Sec. 505) Authorizes the President to provide reconstruction assistance to Somalia. (Sec. 508) Allocates assistance for establishing conflict resolution capabilities within specified African organizations and for facilitating reductions in the size of armed forces of Subsaharan African countries. Part B: Provisions Relating to East Asia and the Pacific - Sets forth the Multilateral Assistance Initiative for the Philippines. (Sec. 512) Authorizes the President to use funds for the independent states of the former Soviet Union to provide assistance to Mongolia. (Sec. 513) Includes the Lao People's Democratic Republic in the list of Communist countries to which foreign assistance is prohibited. (Sec. 514) Requires the President, before certain arms sales or licenses are approved under the Arms Export Control Act with respect to Indonesia, to determine whether there have been improvements in the human rights situation in East Timor. (Sec. 515) Sets forth the sense of the Congress with respect to human rights in India. (Sec. 516) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should show clear support for Taiwan. Part C: Provisions Relating to Europe and the Former Soviet Union - Makes East European countries eligible to receive excess defense articles. (Sec. 525) Earmarks funds for winter-related and other humanitarian assistance for the people of Bosnia-Hercegovina. (Sec. 526) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should allocate more resources for Ukraine. Part D: Provisions Relating to the Middle East - Prohibits assistance to Syria until the President reports to the appropriate congressional committees that Syria has taken specified steps with regard to emigration and human rights, terrorism, weapons proliferation, withdrawal of troops from Lebanon, and antinarcotics efforts. Withholds all assistance for Jordan if Jordan has not substantially complied with United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq. Part E: Provisions Relating to Latin America - Extends the administration of justice assistance program. Makes such assistance available for Panama. (Sec. 543) Prohibits foreign assistance to Peru until the President certifies to the Congress that Peru has paid compensation to the survivors of a specified member of the Air Force who was killed by the Peruvian armed forces. Title VI: Bosnia and Hercegovina Self-Defense Act of 1993 - Bosnia and Hercegovina Self-Defense Act of 1993 - Declares that the President should terminate the arms embargo of Bosnia and Hercegovina upon receipt of a request from such government for assistance in exercising its right of self-defense under the United Nations Charter. (Sec. 604) Authorizes the President, if such request is made, to direct the drawdown of defense articles and services and military education and training to provide assistance. Bars members of the armed forces who provide such assistance abroad from performing combatant duties. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: South African Democratic Transition Support Act of 1993 - South African Democratic Transition Support Act of 1993 - Repeals specified provisions of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 (to be completely repealed when the President certifies to the Congress that an interim government that was elected on a nonracial basis through free and fair elections has taken office in South Africa). Urges all State or local governments and all private entities in the United States to rescind any restrictions on economic interaction with South Africa. (Sec. 705) Authorizes the President to provide assistance to support the transition to nonracial democracy in South Africa, subject to certain limitations. (Sec. 706) Sets forth U.S. policy on investment, trade, and exchanges with South Africa, listing steps to be taken by specified Federal agencies and international financial institutions. Title VIII: General Provisions - Terminates foreign assistance to any recipient who uses assistance for unauthorized purposes. (Sec. 802) Prohibits foreign assistance for: (1) lobbying activities; (2) private and voluntary organizations that fail to provide documentation for auditing purposes; (3) assessments, arrearages, or dues to the United Nations of any foreign member country; (4) any country whose elected head of government is deposed by a military coup; and (5) any country that provides lethal military equipment to a terrorist government (subject to presidential waivers). (Sec. 812) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to enhance the enforcement of nonproliferation treaties through the adoption of a Security Council resolution that would state that any non-nuclear weapon state that is found to have terminated or violated an IAEA safeguards agreement would be subject to international economic sanctions. Prohibits foreign assistance or funding under the Arms Export Control Act to non-nuclear weapon states that have terminated or violated such agreements. (Sec. 813) Directs the Secretary of State to notify specified congressional committees in advance of any proposed deployment of U.S. military personnel to undertake civic action or humanitarian assistance programs in a foreign country. (Sec. 814) Withholds assistance to a foreign country in an amount equivalent to total unpaid parking fines and penalties owed by the country to the District of Columbia. (Sec. 815) Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress on efforts to promote the elimination of discrimination against people with disabilities and on discriminatory practices against such people around the world. Title IX: Effective Date - Requires this Act to take effect on October 1, 1993.

Fairness in Education for Girls and Boys Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Gender Equity in Mathematics and Science Education Title II: Elimination of Sexual Harassment and Abuse Fairness in Education for Girls and Boys Act of 1993 - Title I: Gender Equity in Mathematics and Science Education - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise the Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education program with respect to: (1) grants to higher education institutions for elementary and secondary mathematics and science programs of school teacher training in gender-equitable instruction, targeted intervention and followup to encourage historically underserved students, and community-based informal education for historically underserved and underrepresented students; (2) State application statistics on sex and race (or ethnicity) of students and teachers involved; (3) Federal model standards for reporting data by sex within race (or ethnicity) and socioeconomic status; and (4) model program grant priority for gender equity in computer use and teaching practices; and (5) national clearinghouse information dissemination; (6) regional consortia use of funds; and (7) programs for computer-based instruction. Title II: Elimination of Sexual Harassment and Abuse - Amends ESEA to make an environment free from sexual harassment and abuse a distinguishing feature of effective schools. Adds to certain targeted uses of funds certain programs of training, technical assistance, and education designed to eliminate sexual harassment and abuse in schools. Adds programs to address sexual harassment and violence as part of efforts to ensure that educational institutions are free from threats to student and employee safety (among programs which may receive Women's Educational Equity assistance). Includes the areas of sexual harassment and assault, depression and suicide, and eating disorders among those for which grants for comprehensive school health education may be used.

Coastal Waters Improvement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Beach Testing and Monitoring Title II: Coastal Protection Title III: Pollution from Ships Coastal Waters Improvement Act of 1993 - Title I: Beach Testing and Monitoring - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue water quality criteria for pathogens in coastal recreation waters. Requires States to adopt consistent water quality standards. (Sec. 103) Requires the Administrator to publish regulations specifying methods to be used by States to monitor coastal recreation waters, during periods of use by the public, for compliance with standards. Requires notification of local governments and the public of water quality standards violations. Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue guidance on uniform assessment and monitoring procedures for floatable materials in coastal recreation waters; and (2) specify the conditions under which the presence of floatable materials constitutes a threat to public health and safety. (Sec. 104) Requires an ongoing study and report to the Congress on developing better indicators for detecting harmful bacteria and viruses in coastal recreation waters. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to fulfill requirements under this Act. (Sec. 107) Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Coastal Protection - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the EPA Administrator to: (1) submit a coastal environment toxics release strategy to the Congress; and (2) prepare an annual assessment of the extent and environmental effect of certain industrial discharges into marine waters. (Sec. 204) Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Estuary Program. (Sec. 205) Directs the Administrator to list each marine water that does not support the protection and propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of fish and wildlife and allow for recreational activities in and on the water. Requires the Administrator, with respect to such waters, to: (1) implement certain ocean discharge criteria requirements when issuing a permit for point source discharges; (2) consider prohibiting the use of such waters as disposal sites or restricting their use; (3) prohibit the discharge of sewage from vessels; (4) implement a management program for the watershed areas; and (5) enforce programs for the pretreatment of industrial waste discharges. Requires States to adopt standards for any pollutant for which the Administrator has established criteria if the pollutant is likely to be present in such waters. (Sec. 206) Directs the Administrator to establish a national program to provide information and technical assistance to owners of marine land. (Sec. 207) Makes it unlawful to discharge sewage: (1) into waters designated under this Act; and (2) that has not been treated by a marine sanitation device. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to provide for a public use pumpout station for marine sanitation devices at each Coast Guard installation. Waives such requirement under certain circumstances. (Sec. 208) Directs the Administrator to submit a five-year plan for the development, review, and revision of criteria for pollutants found in marine waters to the Congress. Requires each State that borders on marine waters to establish marine and numerical water quality standards. (Sec. 209) Conditions the issuance of permits for discharges into the territorial sea, the waters of the contiguous zone, the oceans, or waters designated under this Act on the protection of fish and wildlife and recreational activity and the attainment of marine water quality standards. (Sec. 210) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to provide financial assistance to local governments for the construction of facilities for the control of overflows from combined storm and sanitary sewers to marine waters. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 212) Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on Federal activities that may result in degradation of marine waters. Directs Federal agencies to minimize degradation and to consider alternative actions to avoid adverse effects on marine waters. Title III: Pollution From Ships - Amends the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate attesting to the adequancy of garbage reception facilities at a port or terminal only if an onsite inspection has been conducted prior to the issuance of a certificate. Makes such certificates valid for a period of five years unless there is a change of operator. (Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations that require the operators of ports or terminals subject to MARPOL Protocol (the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973) requirements relating to reception facilities to post placards stating that users should report facility inadequacies to the Secretary. Requires all vessels to display placards and conduct briefings that notify the crew and passengers of requirements of Annex V of the Convention. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse or revoke certain clearances or permits to proceed or depart of foreign vessels in violation of MARPOL requirements. Provides for a toll-free telephone number for reporting MARPOL violations. (Sec. 303) Amends the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 to prohibit ports or terminals from charging a vessel a separate fee for the disposal of waste that is not regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out the functions of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Expresses the sense of the Congress that certain shipper insurance policies should not provide for the payment of penalties under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. Requires persons in charge of vessels to include information on the disposal of onboard waste in the notice of arrival to the port. Directs the EPA Administrator to establish a Marine Debris Coordinating Committee.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide priority health care to veterans who were exposed to ionizing radiation or to Agent Orange.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1993

Extends eligibility for hospital, nursing home, or outpatient medical care through the Department of Veterans Affairs to: (1) a veteran who may have been exposed to a herbicide agent while serving on active duty in Vietnam during the Vietnam era if the National Academy of Sciences has, in a report issued under the Agent Orange Act of 1991, made specified determinations regarding an association between exposure to a herbicide agent and occurrence of the veteran's disease; and (2) a radiation-exposed veteran if the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, based on advice of the Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards, determines that there is credible evidence of a positive association between exposure to ionizing radiation and the veteran's disease. Terminates eligibility for herbicide-exposed veterans under this Act after September 30, 1996.

International Development and Debt Relief Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: International Development Association Title II: Asian Development Bank Title III: Global Environment Facility Title IV: Regional Multilateral Development Banks Title V: Special Debt Relief Title VI: Measures of Military Spending International Development and Debt Relief Act of 1993 - Title I: International Development Association - Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize appropriations for the tenth replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA). Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to encourage the U.S. executive directors of the IDA and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) to advocate, and to report to specified congressional committees on, policies regarding improvements in the borrowing country's standard of living, involvement of local populations in projects, economic empowerment of women, redirection of military expenditures, environmental protection, debt relief, and support for the rule of law. Requires the Secretary to instruct the U.S. executive director of the IDA to encourage the IDA to emphasize the importance of facilitating the demobilization of military forces. Title II: Asian Development Bank - Amends the Asian Development Bank Act to authorize appropriations for specified replenishments of the Asian Development Fund. Title III: Global Environment Facility - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize appropriations for the U.S. contribution to the Global Environment Facility, subject to a specified certification by the Secretary. Title IV: Regional Multilateral Development Banks - Requires the Secretary to instruct the U.S. executive directors of each regional multilateral development bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to advocate, and to report to specified congressional committees on, policies regarding improvements in the borrowing country's standard of living, involvement of local populations in projects, economic empowerment of women, the redirection of military expenditures, and environmental impact assessments. Title V: Special Debt Relief - Authorizes the President to reduce debt owed by an eligible country as a result of Export-Import Bank loans or guarantees in order to implement the Paris Club minutes (multilateral debt reduction agreements). Defines an "eligible country" as a country that has burdensome external debt and is eligible to borrow from the IDA, but not from the World Bank. Excludes countries that have unacceptable human rights records or excessive military expenditures. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Measures of Military Spending - Provides for joint development and reporting on measures to reduce military spending by developing nations by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank (currently, the Fund is solely responsible for developing such measures).

Women's Health Equity Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Research on Women's Health Subtitle A: NIH Women Scientist Employment Opportunities Act Subtitle B: Women and AIDS Research Initiative Amendments of 1993 Subtitle C: Women and Alcohol Research Equity Act of 1993 Subtitle D: National Breast Cancer Strategy Act of 1993 Subtitle E: Lupus Research Amendments of 1993 Subtitle F: Women's Midlife Health Research Act Subtitle G: Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disorders Research Education, and Health Services Act of 1993 Subtitle H: Ovarian Cancer Research and Information Amendments of 1993 Subtitle I: Antiprogestin Testing Act of 1993 Subtitle J: Women's Health Environmental Factors Research Act of 1993 Subtitle K: Federal Risk Assessment in Women's Health Act of 1993 Subtitle L: Pharmaceutical Interactions Safety Act Subtitle M: Pharmaceutical Testing Fairness Act Subtitle N: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Studies Act of 1993 Title II: Services Regarding Women's Health Subtitle A: Equity in Health Professions Education Act Subtitle B: Women's Health Office Act of 1993 Subtitle C: Women's Health Information Act of 1993 Subtitle D: Breast and Cervical Cancer Amendments of 1993 Subtitle E: Women's Preventive Health Amendments of 1993 Subtitle F: Postreproductive Health Care Act Subtitle G: Medicare Bone Mass Measurement Coverage Act of 1993 Subtitle H: Mickey Leland Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Parenthood Act of 1993 Subtitle I: Adolescent Health Demonstrations Projects Act of 1993 Subtitle J: Eating Disorders Information and Education Act of 1993 Subtitle K: Women and HIV Outreach and Prevention Act Subtitle L: Standby Guardianship Act Subtitle M: Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 1993 Subtitle N: Smoking Prevention and Cessation in WIC Clinics Act Subtitle O: Family and Medical Leave Health Care Reform Resolution of 1993 Subtitle P: Veteran Women's Health Improvement Act of 1993 Subtitle Q: Defense Women's Health Improvement Act of 1993 Subtitle R: International Population Stabilization and Reproductive Health Act Women's Health Equity Act of 1993 - Title I: Research on Women's Health - Subtitle A: Women Scientists Employment Opportunities Act - NIH Women Scientists Employment Opportunity Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to: (1) establish policies for NIH on matters relating to the employment of women scientists by NIH; and (2) monitor compliance with such policies and take appropriate actions if the policies have been violated. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Women and AIDS Research Initiative Amendments of 1993 - Women and Aids Research Initiative Amendments of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to cases of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, to establish a program, under the Public Health Service Act, for the purpose of conducting biomedical and behavioral research on such cases in women, especially on the prevention of such cases. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Women and Alcohol Research Equity Act of 1993 - Women and Alcohol Research Equity Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to obligate a specified amount to carry out research projects on alcohol abuse and alcoholism among women. Subtitle D: National Breast Cancer Strategy Act of 1993 - National Breast Cancer Strategy Act of 1993 - Establishes an Office of Breast Cancer within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health to coordinate activities of Federal agencies relating to breast cancer. (Sec. 118) Establishes the National Breast Cancer Commission to conduct a study on current efforts on both the public and private sectors relating to the prevention, early detection, treatment, education, and research relating to breast cancer. (Sec. 119) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 through 1996 for conducting and supporting research on breast cancer through the National Cancer Institute. (Sec. 120) Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to: (1) conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs with respect to breast cancer; and (2) establish the Rose Kushner Scholarship Program for the purpose of entering into contracts with individuals under which the Institute provides scholarships to individuals for attending health professions schools and the individuals agree to study oncology and serve as employees of the National Institutes of Health for a specified period. (Sec. 121) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 through 1996 for at least ten research programs on breast cancer, lung cancer, or prostate cancer under designated programs. Subtitle E: Lupus Research Amendments of 1993 - Lupus Research Amendments of 1993 - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with respect to lupus. Authorizes appropriations. Subpart F: Women's Midlife Health Research Act - Women's Midlife Health Research Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute on Aging to provide for the development or expansion of not less than five centers for research on: (1) the process by which the functioning of the ovaries diminishes or ceases completely; and (2) conditions arising from the diminished or complete cessation of the functioning of the ovaries. Subtitle G: Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disorders Research Education, and Health Services Act of 1993 - Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disorders Research, Education, and Health Services Act of 1993 - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the Director of the National Institute on Aging, and the Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to expand and intensify research on osteoporosis and related bone disorders. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an Interagency Council on Osteoporosis and Related Disorders. Sets forth the duties of such Council. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an Advisory Panel on Osteoporosis and Related Disorders. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to make grants or enter into contracts with eligible organizations to establish a Resource Center on Osteoporosis and Related Disorders. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle H: Ovarian Cancer Research and Information Amendments of 1993 - Ovarian Cancer Research and Information Amendments of 1993 - Amends provisions of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 which added provisions to the Public Health Service Act to make revisions concerning ovarian cancer funding and public information education. Subtitle I: Antiprogestin Testing Act of 1993 - Antiprogestin Testing Act of 1993 - Provides for research on antiprogestin drugs for any potential use, including termination of pregnancy and contraception and when used therapeutically for cancer, endocrine disorders, and endometriosis. Subtitle J: Women's Health Environmental Factors Research Act of 1993 - Women's Health Environmental Factors Research Act of 1993 - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to carry out research on the effects that environmental factors have on women's health conditions. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle K: Federal Risk Assessment in Women's Health Act of 1993 - Federal Risk Assessment in Women's Health Act of 1993 - Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy to conduct a review of all Federal programs that assess or mitigate the risks to women's health from environmental exposures. Subtitle L: Pharmaceutical Interactions Safety Act - Pharmaceutical Interactions Safety Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to require clinical investigations to include investigations of the possible interaction of the drug or biological product with relevant female or male hormones, unless inappropriate. Subtitle M: Pharmaceutical Testing Fairness Act - Pharmaceutical Testing Fairness Act - Requires new drug clinical investigations, device clinical investigations, and biological products clinical investigations to include women and minority groups as subjects, unless inappropriate. Subtitle N: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Studies Act of 1993 - Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Studies Act of 1993 - Directs the Federal Trade Commissions to conduct specified studies concerning tobacco advertising and its effect on women and minorities, as well as its targeting of women and girls concerning weight loss, and the demographics of such advertising. Title II: Services Regarding Women's Health - Subtitle A: Equity in Health Professions Education Act - Equity in Health Professions Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study to determine the extent to which health professions schools provide adequate education to students on women's health conditions. Subtitle B: Women's Health Office Act of 1993 - Women's Health Office Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health an Office of Women's Health. Sets forth the duties of such Office. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 208) Establishes within the Office of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention an Office of Women's Health. Sets forth the duties of such Office. Requires the Director of such Office to establish the Coordinating Committee on Research on Women's Health. Sets forth the duties of such Committee. (Sec. 209) Establishes within the Office of the Director of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research an Office of Women's Health. Sets forth the duties of such Office. Requires the Director of such Office to establish the Coordinating Committee on Research on the Women's Health. Sets forth the duties of such Committee. (Sec. 210) Amends title VII of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment within the Office of the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration an Office of Women's Health. Sets forth the duties of such Office. Requires the Director of the Office to establish the Coordinating Committee on Research on Women's Health. Sets forth the duties of such Committee. (Sec. 210A) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish within the Office of Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration an Office of Women's Health. Sets forth the duties of such Office. Requires the Director of such Office to establish the Coordinating Committee on Women's Health. Sets forth the duties of such Committee. Subtitle C: Women's Health Information Act of 1993 - Women's Health Information Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Interagency Committee on Health Communications to provide advice to the Secretary on developing and coordinating Federal promotion and education activities, including activities within the Public Health Service. Requires the Committee to give priority to carrying out activities regarding women's health. (Sec. 214) Directs the Assistant Secretary for Health to establish the Clearinghouse on Women's Health to compile, archive and disseminate information concerning women's health and to publish a yearly summary of such materials to be made available upon request. Subtitle D: Breast and Cervical Cancer Amendments of 1993 - Breast and Cervical Cancer Amendments of 1993 - Amends provisions of the program under the Public Health Service Act which provides for breast cancer screenings to place certain limits on the amounts which may be paid to promote entities for such screenings. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1998 for the screening program. Subtitle E: Women's Preventive Health Amendments of 1993 - Women's Preventive Health Amendments of 1993 - Provides for grants for demonstration projects relating to preventive health care for women. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle F: Postreproductive Health Care Act - Postreproductive Health Care Act - Provides for grants to provide specified health services to women who are of menopause age or older. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle G: Medicare Bone Mass Measurement Coverage Act of 1993 - Medicare Bone Mass Measurement Coverage Act of 1993 - Provides for Medicare coverage of bone mass measurements for qualified individuals. Subtitle H: Mickey Leland Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Parenthood Act of 1993 - Mickey Leland Adolescent Pregency Prevention and Parenthood Act of 1993 - Revises title XX of the Public Health Service Act. Renames such title as Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Care, and Research Grants. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to provide prevention and care services to pregnant adolescents and their male partners, adolescent parents, and nonpregnant adolescents. Sets forth provisions affecting: (1) how such grants are to be used; (2) priorities, amounts, and duration of such grants; (3) grant application requirements; (4) program coordination; and (5) research. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle I: Adolescent Health Demonstrations Projects Act of 1993 - Adolescent Health Demonstrations Projects Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary to make grants to establish or support adolescent health demonstration projects in secondary schools for the purpose of demonstrating how such projects may be established throughout the United States. Requires that priority be given to projects serving low-income or minority populations. Prohibits the use of any project funds to perform or pay for abortions. Subtitle J: Eating Disorders Information and Education Act of 1993 - Eating Disorders Information and Education Act of 1993 - Provides for a program of information and education to the public on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle K: Women and HIV Outreach and Prevention Act - Women and HIV Outreach and Prevention Act - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for a program that provides to women preventive health services that are related to acquired immune deficiency. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 253) Authorizes the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to make grants for the treatment of women for substance abuse, including counseling to prevent infection with and transmission of AIDS. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 254) Authorizes appropriations for the AIDs early intervention program for women under the Public Health Service Act. Subtitle L: Standby Guardianship Act - Standby Guardianship Act - Amends part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State, in order to be eligible for payments under such part, to have in effect standby guardianship laws and procedures. Subtitle M: Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 1993 - Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the imprisonment or fining of any individual who knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of any person under the age of 18. Directs the Secretary to carry out outreach activities in communities that traditionally practice female circumcision. Subtitle N: Smoking Prevention and Cessation in WIC Clinics Act - Smoking Prevention and Cessation in WIC Clinics Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the State agency responsible for nutrition education and drug abuse education to establish a smoking cessation demonstration program for pregnant participants. Subtitle O: Family and Medical Leave Health Care Reform Resolution of 1993 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that any bill to address the ongoing and unmet health insurance needs of this country that is enacted should require that paid or unpaid leave, as detailed in the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, be incorporated as a basic or elective option in specified situations. Subtitle P: Veteran Women's Health Improvement Act of 1993 - Veteran Women's Health Improvement Act of 1993 - Includes women's health services within the definition of medical services authorized to be furnished to eligible veterans. Includes as women's health services pap smears, breast examinations, and reproductive health care. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to contract with non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for outpatient women's health services when Department facilities are inadequate or inaccessible. Requires information on the provision of women's health services to be included in a report from the Secretary to the Congress concerning women veterans. (Sec. 278) Amends the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 to: (1) require consultation by the Secretary with various officials, advisory committees, and task forces with regard to appropriate women's health research; (2) expand the research related to women to include specified topics; (3) include certain appropriate personnel of the Department in conducting such research, including women veterans and veteran members of minority groups; and (4) direct that a women veterans population study report required under such Act include an examination of the medical and demographic histories of women veterans comprising the study sample. (Sec. 279) Makes applicable to Department medical facilities provisions of the Public Health Service Act regarding mammography quality standards. Requires all Department facilities to meet such standards within two years. Subtitle Q: Defense Women's Health Improvement Act of 1993 - Requires female members and former members of the armed forces who are entitled to medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to be furnished primary and preventive health care services for women as part of such care. Provides the same coverage for female dependents of members and former members of the armed forces. (Sec. 283) Directs the Secretary of Defense to prepare and submit to the Congress a report evaluating the provision of health care services through military medical treatment facilities and CHAMPUS to female members of the armed forces and female covered beneficiaries. Requires the Secretary to include a study to determine the needs of female members and dependents for health care services, including primary and preventive health care services for women. (Sec. 284) Directs the Secretary to establish a Defense Women's Health Research Center within the Department of the Army to be the coordinating agent for multidisciplinary and multiinstitutional research within the Department of Defense on women's health issues related to service in the armed forces. (Sec. 285) Directs the Secretary of the Army, during FY 1994, to continue the breast cancer research program as established under prior law. (Sec. 286) Directs the Secretary of Defense, in conducting or supporting clinical research, to ensure that women and minority group members of the armed forces are included as research subjects. Provides a waiver of such requirement. (Sec. 287) Directs the Secretary to submit three annual reports on research relating to female members and dependents within the armed forces. (Sec. 288) Directs the Secretary to establish at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences a women's health curriculum advisory committee to promote the comprehensive integration of women's health issues into the curriculum. Subtitle R: International Population Stabilization and Reproductive Health Act - International Population Stabilization and Reproductive Health Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to set forth population assistance authorities and requirements. (Sec. 292) Makes such assistance available to a country that: (1) accounts for a significant portion of the world's annual population increment; (2) has significant unmet needs for methods of contraception, prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, and obstetric and gynecological care and requires foreign assistance to sustain quality reproductive health services; or (3) demonstrates a strong commitment to population stabilization and reproductive health strategies. Prohibits nongovernmental and multilateral organizations from being subjected to requirements which are more restrictive than those applicable to foreign governments for such assistance. Makes funds available for: (1) the United Nations Population Fund if it agrees to prohibit the use of funds for coerced abortion or involuntary sterilization; and (2) the Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training to further international cooperation in the development of contraceptive technology. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 294) Makes development assistance available on a priority basis for countries which have agreed to address specific education, literacy, and health issues. Authorizes the President to establish a grant program, to be known as the Safe Motherhood Initiative, to improve the access of girls and women to reproductive health care services. Earmarks amounts of development and economic assistance for programs in support of equalizing male and female levels of primary and secondary school enrollment. Authorizes appropriations for the Child Survival Fund, the Safe Motherhood Initiative, and for research on, and treatment and control of, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries. (Sec. 296) Requires the U.S. executive directors of specified international financial institutions to report annually to the Congress on allocations to population activities and, if such allocations total less than $1 million, to set forth actions to encourage increased allocations. (Sec. 297) Establishes the Commission on World Population Stabilization and Reproductive Health to coordinate U.S. participation in the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 298) Provides for certain actions to support the United Nations Forward Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

To address the policy of the United States on plutonium use.

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1993

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the start-up or continued operation of any plutonium separation plant presents serious environmental hazards and increases the risk of nuclear proliferation and should be suspended until specified proliferation and environmental concerns have been resolved. Urges the President to: (1) convey such opinion to the Governments of the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and Russia; and (2) address the proliferation and environmental implications of the new Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) in the United Kingdom in high-level discussions with the Government of the United Kingdom before the conclusion of such Government's internal review of whether THORP will be allowed to start up.

ASSENT No 7/93 given by the Council pursuant to Article 55 (2) (c) of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, concerning a draft Commission Decision on the granting of financial aid for ECSC social research projects in the field "Technical control of nuisances and pollution at the place of work and in the environment of iron and steel works"

European Union · Council of the European Union · 13 September 1993

A bill to help schools achieve the sixth goal of the National Education Goals, which provides that by the year 2000, every school in America will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning, by supporting school and communitywide efforts to make schools and neighborhoods safe and drug free.

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1993

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise drug education programs to assist States and local educational agencies to attain the national educational goal of safe and drug-free schools and communities. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to States and local education agencies for drug and violence prevention programs. Requires each recipient State to establish a State Drug and Violence Prevention Coordinating Council. Allows local agencies that demonstrate implementation of the basic program to carry out an expanded program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contracts with higher education institutions and consortia for drug and violence prevention programs. Authorizes the Secretary to support a national center to provide training and technical assistance in developing model strategies to prevent violence and the use of illegal drugs by students at postsecondary educational institutions. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out national programs to prevent illegal use of drugs and violence among students at all educational levels. Prohibits the Secretary from prescribing the use of specific curricula for programs supported under this Act, but allows evaluation of the effectiveness of such curricula and other strategies in drug and violence prevention. Prohibits use of funds under this Act for: (1) construction, except minor remodeling; (2) drug treatment or rehabilitation; and (3) psychiatric, psychological, or other medical treatment or rehabilitation, other than school-based counseling for students or school personnel who are victims or witnesses of school-related crime.

Industrial and Commercial Land Recycling Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: Innocent Landowner and Responsible Owner Cleanups Title III: Abandoned Industrial Land Redevelopment Title IV: No Action Determinations Title V: Registration of Environmental Professionals Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions Industrial and Commercial Land Recycling Act - Title I: General Provisions - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement this Act. (Sec. 105) Declares that this Act does not apply to properties listed or proposed on the National Priorities List established under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). Title II: Innocent Landowner and Responsible Owner Cleanups - Applies this title to a person who is an innocent landowner or a responsible owner. Defines an "innocent landowner" as a person who: (1) intends to own or owns a parcel of real property on which industrial activities take place; (2) did not cause or contribute to any contamination or the release of hazardous substances; and (3) intends to reuse or redevelop the property to retain or expand employment or who is using the property for such purposes. Defines a "responsible owner" as a person who: (1) owns a parcel of real property on which responsible industrial activities take place; (2) uses or intends to reuse or redevelop the property to retain or expand employment. (Sec. 202) Authorizes such individuals to submit cleanup plans for such property to the EPA Administrator. Requires persons submitting such plans to submit certifications that they intend to retain the same level of employment at the property or expand employment opportunities for at least five years after the plan is approved. (Sec. 203) Absolves the following persons of liability under CERCLA or the Solid Waste Disposal Act if the EPA certifies their actions to remove or remedy contamination or releases of hazardous substances under a cleanup plan: (1) a landowner of the identified property; (2) a person providing financing to the person undertaking activities under a cleanup plan; (3) a person who develops or occupies the property as a result of a lease or rent agreement; and (4) a successor or assign of any person to whom the liability protection applies. (Sec. 204) Requires persons with approved cleanup plans to submit cleanup guarantee fees to EPA. Earmarks such fees for EPA use if cleanup measures fail to contain a release or do not reduce risks presented by the site. Provides for the return of such fees upon certification of plan completion. (Sec. 205) Establishes a Cleanup Loan Fund to provide funding to persons undertaking environmental assessments as part of a cleanup plan and for implementing such plans. (Sec. 206) Requires property owners who fail to retain or expand employment to pay a penalty to the Industrial Land Recycling Fund. Title III: Abandoned Industrial Land Redevelopment - Applies this title to a person who: (1) intends to own or owns a parcel of real property used for industrial activities where there is no financially viable responsible person to clean up contamination on the property; (2) did not cause or contribute to contamination or the release of hazardous substances; and (3) intends to reuse or redevelop the property to expand employment opportunities. (Sec. 302) Requires prospective purchasers or property owners to conduct environmental assessments on identified property to establish a baseline of existing contamination. Directs the EPA and such individuals to enter into agreements based on such assessments which outline cleanup liabilities for the property. (Sec. 303) Makes prospective purchasers or property owners responsible for remediation of threats to health or the environment which would prevent the property from being occupied for its intended purpose, such as drummed waste. Provides that such individuals shall not be responsible for the remediation of contamination identified in the environmental assessment. (Sec. 305) Provides for the transferability of agreements to any subsequent property owner who did not cause or contribute to contamination. (Sec. 306) Declares that no person who submits environmental assessments or who is granted liability protection shall be subject to citizen suits or other contribution actions. (Sec. 307) Makes persons redeveloping abandoned property under this title eligible for funding under the Cleanup Loan Program established under title II. Title IV: No Action Determinations - Authorizes property owners to request determinations from EPA that it will take no enforcement or cleanup actions under CERCLA or the Solid Waste Disposal Act against an innocent landowner in cases in which: (1) an environmental assessment or transaction screen analysis performed by a registered environmental professional indicates no significant contamination or health and environmental risks; or (2) contamination or releases originate from a source on nearby property. (Sec. 405) Provides for the transferability of such determinations to landowner successors or assigns who are not responsible for contamination. (Sec. 406) Provides that persons who are subjects of no action determinations or otherwise protected from liability shall not be subject to citizen suits or contribution actions. Title V: Registration of Environmental Professionals - Permits EPA to accept environmental assessments or transaction screen reviews required under this Act only if they are prepared by environment professionals registered with EPA. (Sec. 502) Sets forth qualification and registration fee requirements. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Establishes the Industrial Land Recycling Fund to be used by EPA for remedying a release that poses a significant health or environmental risk where a certified cleanup plan has been completed. Makes Superfund monies available for such purposes as well. (Sec. 602) Sets forth enforcement authorities. (Sec. 603) Authorizes the delegation of authority for programs under titles II and III to States that have adopted industrial and commercial land recycling programs. Makes such States eligible for funding from the Industrial Land Recycling Fund.

To amend the Water Quality Act of 1987 relating to the treatment works being constructed by the International Boundary and Water Commission in San Diego, California.

United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1993

Amends the Water Quality Act of 1987 to require a minimum capacity rate of 50 million gallons per day for a certain treatment works in San Diego, California. Requires such treatment works to be constructed by December 31, 1995. Directs the United States to negotiate an agreement with the Mexican Government for payment of any increase in construction costs resulting from the construction deadline.

Yakima Basin Water Enhancement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Yakima Basin Water Enhancement Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer a Yakima River Basin Water Conservation Program for the purpose of evaluating and implementing measures to improve the availability of water supplies for irrigation and the protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources, including wetlands, while improving the quality of water in the Yakima River basin. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities for the purpose of carrying out this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish the Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for the implementation by the Yakima Indian Nation of: (1) an irrigation demonstration project on the Yakima Indian Reservation that shall provide for the construction of distribution and on-farm irrigation facilities to use water savings resulting from system improvements to the Wapato Irrigation Project; and (2) a Toppenish Creek corridor enhancement project to demonstrate integration of management of agricultural, fish, wildlife, and cultural resources to meet tribal objectives. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for initiation, operation, and maintenance of such projects and for implementation of system improvements to the Wapato Irrigation Project. Details the instream flows the Secretary is required to provide through the Yakima Project Superintendent, requiring flow increases (obtained through voluntary sale and leasing of water or water rights) to facilitate anadromous fish mitigation. Dedicates water savings resulting from improvements to the Wapato Irrigation Project to fish, wildlife, and on-reservation irrigation. Authorizes appropriations for Chandler Power Canal operations for the delivery of water to the Kennewick Division. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) modifying the radial gates at Cle Elum Dam to provide additional storage capacity in Lake Cle Elum; (2) providing for shoreline protection of the Lake; (3) constructing juvenile fish passage facilities at the Dam; (4) operation and maintenance responsibilities of the Federal Government for the Dam; and (5) environmental mitigation. Provides for the enhancement of water supplies for Yakima River Basin tributaries for fish and wildlife and irrigation purposes. Requires a study to determine the measures to be implemented to enhance water supplies for such purposes on Taneum Creek. Authorizes appropriations for such enhancement and for the Taneum Creek study. Makes implementation of this Act contingent upon compliance by the Secretary with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Authorizes appropriations for environmental compliance activities.

Antarctic Scientific Research, Tourism, and Marine Resources Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Antarctic Scientific Research, Tourism, and Marine Resources Act of 1993 - Directs the President to appoint a U.S. officer or employee as the representative to the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. Makes it unlawful to: (1) conduct an activity within Antarctica in a manner inconsistent with the Protocol; (2) violate any terms of this Act; (3) refuse to permit an authorized U.S. employee to board a U.S. vessel subject to U.S. jurisdiction for conducting a search or inspection; or (4) interfere with any search or resist or interfere with a lawful arrest or detention. Prohibits the following activities in Antarctica, except in accordance with a permit issued by the Director of the National Science Foundation: (1) tourism or nongovernmental expeditions; or (2) the operation of U.S. facilities, including the construction or decommissioning of a base, building, or airfield. Grants the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency responsibility for implementing Annex III of the Protocol. Directs the Administrator to: (1) prohibit incineration in Antarctica; and (2) require that discharges into the sea in Antarctica after January 1, 1995, meet secondary treatment standards that are the same as those applicable to U.S. navigable waters. Requires environmental assessments of proposed Federal and nongovernmental activities in Antarctica. Provides for environmental impact statements of activities with more than a minor or transitory impact and additional procedures to be taken before such activities can proceed. Requires: (1) a plan for monitoring activities within Antarctica; and (2) contingency plans for incidents with potential adverse effects. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Amends the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 to make it unlawful to introduce a dog or any nonindigenous animal or plant into Antarctica. Amends the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships to apply Annex IV of the Protocol to all ships of U.S. registry and all ships under U.S. jurisdiction. Requires ships to have sufficient capacity to retain all oil, noxious liquid substances, and garbage on board and to have concluded arrangements to discharge such substances outside of Antarctica. Repeals the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.

Unincorporated Community Wastewater Treatment Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Unincorporated Community Wastewater Treatment Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for wastewater treatment to an unincorporated community that serves a population: (1) of 20,000 or fewer residents; and (2) with a median household income that is less than or equal to the median household income for non-metropolitan areas of the State in which the community is located. Sets the maximum Federal share of a grant at 75 percent of total project costs. Authorizes appropriations.

Common Sense Amendments for All Endangered Species Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Common Sense Amendments for All Endangered Species Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to: (1) wildlife management effects evaluation; (2) fish and wildlife conservation and management projects; (3) sport hunting; (4) foreign laws; and (5) subspecies and population criteria. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a specified funding augmentation study.

Wastewater Treatment Operator Training and Certification Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Wastewater Treatment Operator Training and Certification Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to revise provisions concerning training grants and contracts to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) implement a national program to train persons in the operation of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment works and other water pollution control facilities; (2) make grants to, or contracts with, institutions of higher education to support such programs; and (3) publish guidance on the minimum elements of such programs. Requires chief operators and other designated personnel of publicly owned treatment works to be certified as proficient by the Administrator. Directs the Administrator to publish: (1) guidelines on minimum standards for certification; and (2) a treatment works operator's manual. Authorizes the delegation of authority for a certification program to a State, subject to certain conditions. Makes certifications valid for a five-year period. Permits recertification for an additional five years provided that the individual complies with in-service training and related education. Requires institutions of higher education, in addition to other requirements for receiving scholarships for individuals planning to enter occupations involving treatment works, to: (1) have participated in the treatment works training program; and (2) ensure representation of minorities and women in the scholarship program. Authorizes appropriations.

National Institute for the Environment Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

National Institute for the Environment Act - Establishes the National Institute for the Environment to: (1) increase scientific understanding of environmental issues by supporting scientific environmental research and other environmental programs; (2) assist decision-making on environmental issues by providing assessments of existing knowledge of such issues; (3) serve as the foremost provider of access to current scientific and technical information about the environment; (4) sponsor higher education and training in environmental fields; (5) support the development of methods and technologies that increase understanding of the environment and minimize adverse environmental impact; (6) evaluate the status and needs of the various environmental sciences and fields; (7) foster interchange of scientific information about the environment; (8) address emerging environmental issues and aspects of environmental problems; and (9) establish research priorities for environmental issues. Establishes a Governing Board for the Institute and an Interagency Advisory Committee to ensure that the environmental efforts of the Institute and Federal agencies are complementary. Makes scientists, engineers, and other researchers eligible to receive funding from the Institute.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and operate the Walter B. Jones Center for the Sounds at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct and operate the Walter B. Jones Center for the Sounds at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, to: (1) provide public opportunities, facilities, and resources to study the natural history and natural resources of northeastern North Carolina; (2) offer a variety of environmental educational programs and interpretive exhibits; (3) foster an awareness and understanding of the interactions among wildlife, estuarine and wetland ecosystems, and human activities; and (4) provide office space and facilities for refuge administration, research, education, and related activities. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the design, size, and location of a facility constructed under this Act are consistent with the cultural and natural history of the area with which the facility will be concerned. Authorizes the Secretary to accept contributions of funds from non-Federal sources to pay the costs of operating and maintaining the facility authorized under this Act. Directs the Secretary to take appropriate steps to obtain such contributions. Sets forth reporting requirements.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate and assist in environmental and other studies and to execute and implement a contract for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities in the South Delta, California, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement a contract for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities in the South Delta, California. Provides implementation conditions, including requirements regarding: (1) environmental studies; (2) a Delta barrier facilities testing and monitoring program; (3) interim water flow; and (4) compatibility with the nearby Old River barrier. Sets forth conditions for cost sharing under such contract among the United States, the California Department of Water Resources, and the South Delta Water Agency. Authorizes appropriations.

Risk Communication Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Risk Communication Act of 1993 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to apply the following principles when preparing risk assessments to assure that such assessments are scientifically objective and inclusive of all relevant data: (1) explicitly distinguish scientific findings in such assessments from other considerations affecting the design and choice of regulatory strategies; (2) consider and discuss both negative and positive laboratory or epidemiological data when presenting assessments of human health risks; and (3) where the assessment process involves selection of any significant assumption, inference, or model: present a representative list and explanation of plausible and alternative assumptions, inferences, or models; explain the basis for any choices; and identify policy or value judgments. Directs the Administrator, in characterizing risk in any risk assessment document, regulatory proposal or decision, report to the Congress, or other document made available to the public, to: (1) characterize the populations or natural resources at risk; (2) explain the range of exposure scenarios used in the assessment and provide a statement of the size of the corresponding population at risk and the likelihood of the exposure scenarios; (3) provide appropriate comparisons with estimates of other risks; (4) include a statement of any known and significant substitution risks when a risk assessment or characterization for proposed and final regulatory actions is provided; and (5) present the summary of results of an assessment provided by a commenter in any case in which a public commment period is provided with respect to an assessment or regulation. Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue guidance consistent with the risk assessment principles of this Act and to provide a format for summarizing assessment results; (2) publish a plan to review and revise risk assessments with respect to which new information or methodologies that could significantly alter assessment results become available; and (3) report to the Congress on policy and value judgments which are made in risk assessments for programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act and the effect such judgments have on the regulatory decisions of such programs.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for a Great Lakes pollution prevention demonstration program.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish a multimedia Great Lakes pollution demonstration program to increase the use of modernizing industrial source reduction practices; and (2) maintain a registry of modernizing toxic use and waste reduction technologies requiring demonstration. Exempts participants in the program from paying fees under such Act for the development of revised effluent guidelines and grants them an additional year to comply with new or revised effluent standards if the extension is appropriate. Directs the Administrator to establish a: (1) pollution prevention extension service to provide an outreach effort to encourage pollution prevention by industrial discharges to the Great Lakes system; and (2) Great Lakes pollution prevention clearinghouse. Authorizes municipalities within the Great Lakes basin to apply for technical and financial assistance from the Administrator to implement source reduction of toxic pollutants in urban runoff, wastewater, and stormwater. Permits funding for such source reduction to be obtained from State water pollution control revolving funds.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for grant funding of the Columbus Combined Sewer Overflow Advanced Research Project and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make a grant to the city of Columbus, Georgia, for constructing wastewater treatment works known as the Columbus Combined Sewer Overflow Advanced Research Project to conduct research and demonstrate the use of combined technologies. Sets the Federal share of projects at 85 percent of the cost of construction and providing information to other municipalities. Authorizes appropriations.

Indoor Air Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1993

Indoor Air Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate a national strategy to reduce human exposure to indoor air pollutants. Requires the Administrator to promulgate a list of common indoor air hazards and guidelines for identifying, eliminating, and preventing such hazards. Directs the Administrator to establish programs to accredit persons to train individuals in the identification, elimination, and prevention of such hazards and to certify indoor air contractors. Imposes fees for accreditation and certification. Authorizes suspension or revocation of accreditations or certifications for violations of this Act's requirements. Requires the Administrator to establish a national campaign to increase public awareness concerning the health risks of, and encourage action to reduce exposure to, indoor air pollutants. Provides for the concurrent publication of health advisories and technology bulletins (to assess methods for the measurement and reduction of exposure to such pollutants). Requires the Administrator to establish a national indoor air quality clearinghouse. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a program to identify, eliminate, and prevent indoor air hazards in Federal facilities; and (2) develop a voluntary, incentive-based program to provide Federal recognition to buildings that are designed and constructed and operated and maintained in a manner that prevents indoor air pollution. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) provide grants to States and local governments to implement programs to measure and reduce indoor air pollution; and (2) conduct, or provide financial assistance to, indoor air quality studies. Provides for civil actions and penalties to enforce this Act. Authorizes appropriations.

Colonia Assistance Authorization Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1993

Colonia Assistance Authorization Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to transfer funds to another Federal agency or award grants to any appropriate entity or border State (Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas) to provide assistance to low-income communities in such areas that lack basic sanitation facilities for: (1) the conservation, development, use, and control of water; and (2) the construction or improvement of sewers, wastewater treatment works, and essential community facilities. Requires such funds to be used in communities subject to a significant health risk due to lack of access to a water supply system and wastewater treatment works. Authorizes appropriations.

Good Neighbor Environmental Assistance Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1993

Good Neighbor Environmental Assistance Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, for purposes of carrying out construction of treatment works in the U.S.-Mexican border region, to: (1) transfer funds to the Secretary of State or the heads of other Federal agencies; and (2) make grants to appropriate entities or border States designated by the President. Permits the Administrator to make grants for construction projects in Mexico if an existing treatment works is not sufficient to protect residents of border States from water pollution originating in Mexico. Requires such projects to be constructed in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Administrator. Provides for full funding of projects by the Federal Government unless a cost-sharing agreement with the Mexican Government is executed. Authorizes appropriations.

Chlorine Zero Discharge Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1993

Chlorine Zero Discharge Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require pulp and paper manufacturing facilities to achieve zero discharge into water of organochlorine compounds, byproducts, or metabolites formulated as a result of the use of chlorine or any other chlorinated oxidizing agent in the pulp and paper manufacturing process. Requires permits for paper and pulp mills which use chlorine or chlorinated oxidizing agents to require compliance with the zero discharge requirement. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) evaluate alternatives to the use of organochlorines in pulp and paper manufacturing and to publish a report on the transfer to chlorine-free technology in the pulp and paper industry as a model for pollution prevention; and (2) provide technical information and support to assist permit applicants in the use of such alternatives.

Coastal Cities Clean Water Initiative of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1993

Coastal Cities Clean Water Initiative of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to New York, New York, Los Angeles and San Diego, California, the county sanitation district of Los Angeles County, California, the municipality of metropolitan Seattle, Washington, and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for constructing wastewater treatment works. Limits the Federal share of a project to 75 percent of total costs. Bars the use of funds appropriated to carry out this Act to expand the capacity of the North River Waste Water Treatment Plant located in New York, New York. Authorizes appropriations.

Environmental Education Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1993

Environmental Education Act of 1993 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants, through a national competition, to establish and support a National Environmental Education Center.

Neighborhood Security Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Safe Streets Subtitle A: Police Subtitle B: Prisons Title II: Safe Schools Title III: Criminal Aliens and Alien Smuggling Subtitle A: Deportation of Criminal Aliens Subtitle B: Prevention and Punishment of Alien Smuggling Subtitle C: Border Patrol Title IV: Gangs, Juveniles, Drugs, and Prosecutors Subtitle A: Criminal Youth Gangs Subtitle B: Gang Prosecution Title V: Drug Control and Rural Crime Subtitle A: Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas Subtitle B: Rural Drug Prevention and Treatment Subtitle C: Rural Areas Enhancement Subtitle D: Chemical Control Subtitle E: Personnel Title VI: Punishment and Deterrence Subtitle A: Death Penalty Subtitle B: Equal Justice Act Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Use of Firearms and Explosives Subtitle D: Exclusionary Rule Subtitle E: Pre-Trial Interrogation Title VII: Elimination of Delays in Carrying Out Sentences Subtitle A: General Habeas Corpus Reform Subtitle B: Death Penalty Litigation Procedures Subtitle C: Equalization of Capital Habeas Corpus Litigation Funding Title VIII: Prevention of Terrorism Subtitle A: Penalties and Offenses Subtitle B: Removal of Alien Terrorists Subtitle C: Enhanced Entry Controls Title IX: Victims' Rights and Child Abuse Subtitle A: Victims' Rights Subtitle B: National Child Protection Act Subtitle C: Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act Title X: Violent Crimes and Law Enforcement Support Subtitle A: Violent Crimes Subtitle B: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Title XI: Civil Rights Offenses Title XII: Public Corruption Title XIII: Funding Neighborhood Security Act of 1993 - Title I: Safe Streets - Subtitle A: Police - Chapter 1: Defense Conversion - Establishes an America's Safe Streets Program under which the Attorney General may enter into agreements with State or local law enforcement agencies to pay, and may pay, for a six-year period, the salaries of former members of the armed forces who are hired as police officers assigned to neighborhood patrol duties. Grants priority to agencies located in communities adversely affected by recent military base or facility closings. Sets limits on diminishing the size of the police force during the term of such agreements. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Cops on the Street - Cops on the Street Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make between 50 and 100 grants to units of local government for the purpose of increasing police presence in the community. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Police Corps Program - Establishes in the Department of Justice an Office of the Police Corps, headed by a Director. Sets forth: (1) provisions regarding the designation of a lead agency and submission of State plans, scholarship assistance, selection of participants, and service obligation (four years); and (2) State plan requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 4: Community Policing Grants - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to units of local government and community groups to establish or expand cooperative efforts between police and a community for the purpose of increasing police presence in the community. Requires the Director to develop a written model that informs community members regarding identification of the existence of a drug or gang house, civil remedies (such as public nuisance violations and civil suits in small claims court), and mediation techniques. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 5: Improved Training and Technical Automation - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make grants to units of State and local law enforcement to improve law enforcement agency efficiency through computerized automation and technological improvements; and (2) expand and improve investigative and managerial training courses for State and local law enforcement agencies, including improvements of the training facilities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Academy at Quantico, Virginia. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Prisons - Chapter 1: Regional Prisons for Violent Criminals and Violent Criminal Aliens - Directs the Attorney General to construct a minimum of ten regional prisons, situated throughout the United States, each containing space for at least 2,500 inmates. Specifies that at least 50 percent of the overall capacity of such prisons in the aggregate shall be dedicated to qualifying prisoners from qualifying States. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Federal Grants for State Prison Construction and Operation - Authorizes the Attorney General to enter into agreements with qualifying States to provide construction grants or operating grants for new prisons. (Defines a "new prison" as a prison: (1) or city or county detention facility, including an addition to an existing prison or city or county detention facility, certified by the State and approved by the Attorney General as providing additional prison capacity beyond that which the State previously had available or had already planned to construct; and (2) that is principally dedicated to housing repeat violent offenders and sex offenders.) Authorizes the Attorney General to pay up to half of construction and operating costs. Sets forth provisions regarding the canceling and distribution of grants. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Judicial Remedies for Prison Crowding - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit a Federal court from: (1) holding prison or jail crowding unconstitutional under the eighth amendment except to the extent that an individual plaintiff inmate proves that the crowding causes the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment of that inmate, and limit relief to that necessary to remove the conditions causing such punishment of such inmate; and (2) placing a ceiling on the inmate population of any Federal, State, or local detention facility as an equitable remedial measure for conditions that violate the eighth amendment unless crowding is inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on particular identified prisoners. Requires that each Federal court order seeking to remedy an eighth amendment violation be reopened at the behest of a defendant for recommended modification at a minimum of two-year intervals. Chapter 4: Sentences to Account for Costs to the Government of Imprisonment, Release, and Probation - Amends the Federal criminal and judicial codes, respectively, to: (1) require the court, in determining whether to impose a fine, to consider the expected costs to the Government of any imprisonment, supervised release, or probation component of the sentence; and (2) authorize the U.S. Sentencing Commission to include, as a component of a fine, the expected costs to the Government of any imprisonment, supervised release, or probation sentence that is ordered. Title II: Safe Schools - Establishes an America's Safe Schools Program under which the Secretary of Education may enter into agreements with local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay, and may pay, for a six-year period, the salaries of former members of the armed forces who are hired as teachers assigned to public elementary and secondary schools. Sets limits on diminishing the number of teachers in such schools in the school district served by the LEA during the term of agreement. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 203) Authorizes: (1) a school district to elect to qualify as a Federal safe school district by decision of an LEA or by referendum of the voters in a school district served by an LEA; and (2) the Attorney General to make a grant to an LEA serving a Federal safe school district or to a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the school district, as appropriate, to pay for enhanced school security measures. Provides for enhanced mandatory penalties for carrying a firearm into a public or private elementary or secondary school, or possessing a firearm within such a school, that is located within a school district that has elected to qualify as a Federal safe school district. Directs the Sentencing Commission to increase offense levels for such activity. Requires the U.S. Attorney for the judicial district in which the school district is located to prosecute as an adult any juvenile 16 years of age or older who uses or carries a firearm in or within 1,000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Criminal Aliens and Alien Smuggling - Subtitle A: Deportation of Criminal Aliens - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to issue a final order of deportation against any alien who was not lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or who had permanent resident status on a conditional basis, whom the Attorney General determines to be deportable under provisions relating to conviction of an aggravated felony. Limits judicial review of such determinations. Provides for deportation of permanent resident aliens under specified circumstances. Conclusively presumes an alien convicted of an aggravated felony to be deportable from the United States. (Sec. 302) Grants a U.S. district court jurisdiction to enter a judicial order of deportation at the time of sentencing against an alien whose criminal conviction causes such alien to be deportable under provisions relating to conviction of an aggravated felony, if such an order has been requested prior to sentencing by the U.S. Attorney, subject to specified requirements. (Sec. 303) Restricts defenses to deportation for certain criminal aliens based on seven years of permanent residence and based on withholding of deportation or return to a country where such alien's life or freedom would be threatened. Enhances penalties for failing to depart or reentering after a final order of deportation. Limits collateral attacks on deportation orders. Subtitle B: Prevention and Punishment of Alien Smuggling - Increases penalties for: (1) alien smuggling; and (2) smuggling aliens for the commission of a crime. (Sec. 313) Makes alien smuggling a predicate to a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). (Sec. 314) Expands: (1) forfeiture for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens; and (2) the definition of "aggravated felony" to include illicit trafficking in explosive materials, a crime of violence for which the term of imprisonment imposed is at least five years, and other specified offenses. (Sec. 316) Directs the Sentencing Commission to increase offense levels with respect to various immigration-related offenses. (Sec. 317) Increases the penalty for visa fraud. (Sec. 318) Authorizes: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to refund out of the Immigration User Fee Account expenses incurred by the Attorney General in the training of, and technical assistance to, commercial airline personnel on detection of fraudulent documents used by passengers traveling to the United States (and directs the Attorney General to provide for specified expenditures for such training and assistance); and (2) the Attorney General to suspend the entry of some or all aliens transported to the United States by a commercial airline that has failed to comply with regulations relating to requirements of airlines for the detection of such fraudulent documents. Subtitle C: Border Patrol - Authorizes appropriations for the hiring of 1,000 additional Border Patrol agents and 1,000 additional Immigration and Naturalization Service criminal inspectors. (Sec. 323) Directs the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to operate a criminal alien tracking center to assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in identifying and locating aliens who may be subject to deportation by reason of their conviction of aggravated felonies. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Gangs, Juveniles, Drugs, and Prosecutors - Anti-Gang and Youth Protection Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Criminal Youth Gangs - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful to: (1) commit specified "predicate gang crimes" (including murder, assault, kidnapping, arson, and retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant) with intent to promote or further the activities of a criminal street gang (gang) or for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in such gang; (2) participate in, or induce another to participate in, a gang; (3) employ any individual to commit or facilitate the commission of a predicate gang crime with such intent; or (4) use any communication facility in causing or facilitating the commission of such an offense with such intent. Sets penalties for such offenses. Provides for forfeiture of proceeds obtained from, and property used to commit, the violation. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate such offenses. Directs the Sentencing Commission to increase the base offense level for any felony committed for the purpose of gaining entrance into, or maintaining or increasing position in, a criminal street gang. (Sec. 412) Makes: (1) offenses against the United States involving the use of minors predicates under RICO; and (2) serious juvenile drug offenses Armed Career Criminal Act predicates. (Sec. 414) Expands the scope of offenses warranting adult prosecution of serious juvenile offenders. Directs the court, in considering the nature of the offense, to consider the extent to which the juvenile played a leadership role in an organization, or otherwise influenced other persons to take part in criminal activities, involving the use or distribution of controlled substances or firearms (which factor, if found to exist, shall weigh heavily in favor of transfer to adult status, but its absence shall not preclude such a transfer). (Sec. 415) Increases penalties under: (1) the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) for employing children to distribute drugs near schools and playgrounds, and for drug trafficking near public housing; and (2) the Federal criminal code for Travel Act crimes involving violence and conspiracy to commit contract killings. (Sec. 418) Revises procedures under the Federal criminal code with respect to the use of records of crimes committed by juveniles, including the repeal of special probation and expungement procedures for drug possessors. (Sec. 419) Amends the Omnibus Act to include among drug control and system improvement grant funding objectives law enforcement and prevention programs relating to gangs or youth who are involved or at risk of involvement in gangs. Subtitle B: Gang Prosecution - Authorizes appropriations for the hiring of additional Assistant U.S. Attorneys to prosecute violent youth gangs. (Sec. 432) Directs: (1) the Attorney General to develop a national strategy to coordinate gang-related investigations by Federal law enforcement agencies; and (2) the Director of the FBI to acquire and collect information on incidents of gang violence for inclusion in an annual uniform crime report. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 433) Continues the current Federal-State funding formula for drug control and system improvement grants under the Omnibus Act through FY 1993. (Sec. 434) Exempts grants awarded to State and local governments for the purpose of participating in multijurisdictional drug and gang (currently, drug) task forces from specified limitations on the use of drug control and system improvement grants. Title V: Drug Control and Rural Crime - Subtitle A: Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) authorize appropriations for rural drug law enforcement assistance; and (2) increase the base allocation to each nonrural State. (Sec. 502) Directs the Attorney General to establish a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in each of the Federal judicial districts that encompass significant rural lands. (Sec. 503) Authorizes the Attorney General to cross-designate up to 100 law enforcement officers from agencies with jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the CSA on non-Federal lands and the Federal criminal code to the extent necessary to effect the purposes of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to ensure that each of the task forces are adequately staffed. (Sec. 504) Requires the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to develop a specialized course of instruction devoted to training law enforcement officers from rural agencies in the investigation of drug trafficking and related crimes. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Rural Drug Prevention and Treatment - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office of Treatment Improvement to establish a program to provide grants to hospitals, community health centers, migrant health centers, health entities of Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and other appropriate entities that serve nonmetropolitan areas to assist such entities in developing and implementing programs to provide, or expand the availability of, substance abuse treatment services. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Rural Areas Enhancement - Requires that assets seized as a result of investigations initiated by a Rural Drug Enforcement Task Force be used primarily to enhance the operations of the task force and its participating State and local enforcement agencies. (Sec. 522) Directs State and Federal prosecutors, when bringing charges against the operators of clandestine methamphetamine and other dangerous drug laboratories, to include counts involving infringements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or any other environmental protection Act, including illegal disposal of hazardous waste and knowing endangerment of the environment. Authorizes Federal prosecutors to bring suit against the operators of clandestine methamphetamine and other dangerous drug laboratories for environmental and health related damages caused by the operators in their manufacture of illicit substances. Subtitle D: Chemical Control - Chemical Control Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the CSA to: (1) replace references to "listed precursor chemicals" with "list I chemicals" and "listed essential chemicals" with "list II chemicals"; and (2) revise the definition of "regulated person" to include individuals who act as brokers or traders for international transactions involving a listed chemical, tableting machine, or encapsulating machine. Redefines "regulated transaction" to mean any transaction in a listed chemical that is contained in a drug that may be marketed or distributed lawfully in the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as under current law) unless: (1) the drug contains ephedrine as the only active medicinal ingredient or contains ephedrine and therapeutically insignificant quantities of another active medicinal ingredient; or (2) the Attorney General has determined that the drug or group of drugs is being diverted to obtain the listed chemical for use in the illicit production of a controlled substance; and (3) the quantity of ephedrine or other listed chemical contained in the drug included in the transaction or multiple transactions equals or exceeds the threshold established for that chemical by the Attorney General. Defines: (1) "international transaction" to mean a transaction involving the shipment of a listed chemical across an international (other than a U.S.) border in which a broker or trader located in the United States participates; and (2) "broker" and "trader" to mean a person that assists in arranging an international transaction in a listed chemical by negotiating contracts, serving as an agent or intermediary, or bringing together a buyer and seller, buyer, and transporter, or a seller and transporter. Requires the Attorney General to remove from exemption a drug or group of drugs that the Attorney General finds is being diverted to obtain a listed chemical for use in the illicit production of a controlled substance. Sets forth provisions regarding factors to be considered, specificity of designation, reinstatement of exemption with respect to particular drug products, and status pending application for reinstatement. (Sec. 533) Authorizes the Attorney General to promulgate rules and regulations and to charge reasonable fees relating to the registration and control of regulated persons and regulated transactions. Directs the Attorney General to register an applicant to distribute, and to import or export, a list I chemical unless the Attorney General determines that registration of the applicant is inconsistent with the public interest, with exceptions. Prohibits regulated persons from knowingly or intentionally distributing, importing, or exporting a list I chemical without the registration required by the Act. (Sec. 534) Requires a regulated person that manufactures a listed chemical to report annually to the Attorney General information concerning listed chemicals manufactured by such person, with exceptions. (Sec. 535) Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA) to subject U.S. brokers and traders for international transactions in a listed chemical regulated solely because of such persons' involvement as brokers and traders to specified notification, reporting, recordkeeping, and other requirements placed upon exporters of listed chemicals. (Sec. 536) Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) require that the 15-day notification requirement under the CSIEA apply to all exports of a listed chemical to a specified country, regardless of the status of certain customers in such country as regular customers, if the Attorney General finds that such notification is necessary to support effective chemical diversion control programs or is required by treaty or other international agreement to which the United States is a party; and (2) waive such requirement under specified circumstances. Prohibits knowingly or intentionally importing or exporting a listed chemical with the intent to evade specified reporting or recordkeeping requirements by falsely representing to the Attorney General that the importation or exportation qualifies for a waiver of the 15-day notification requirement, or by misrepresenting the actual country or final destination of the listed chemical or the actual listed chemical being imported or exported. (Sec. 537) Amends the CSA to add benzaldehyde and nitroethane, and delete D-lysergic acid, N-ethylephedrine, and N-ethylpseudoephedrine. (Sec. 538) Eliminates "regular supplier" status and creates "regular importer" status. (Sec. 539) Includes within the definition of "controlled premises" places where regulated persons may lawfully hold, manufacture, or dispose of controlled substances or listed chemicals, or where records relating to those activities are maintained. (Sec. 541) Prohibits a person who possesses a listed chemical with the intent that it be used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance to manage the listed chemical or waste from the manufacture of a controlled substance otherwise than as required by regulations issued under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires violators to be assessed the costs of initial cleanup and disposal of the listed chemical and contaminated property and of restoring property damaged by exposure to a listed chemical for rehabilitation under Federal, State, and local standards. Makes violations punishable as a class D felony, or in the case of a willful violation, a class C felony. Expresses the sense of the Congress that guidelines issued by the Sentencing Commission regarding sentencing for such an offense should recommend a term of not less than five years imprisonment, nor less than ten years in the case of a willful violation. Authorizes: (1) the court to order that all or a portion of the earnings from work performed by a defendant in prison be withheld for payment of such costs; and (2) the Attorney General to direct that assets forfeited in connection with a prosecution under this Act be shared with State agencies that participated in the seizure or cleanup of the contaminated site. Specifies that a discharge in bankruptcy does not discharge an individual from any debt for costs assessed with respect to the management of listed chemicals under the CSA. (Sec. 543) Amends the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to provide for access by the Attorney General to information in the National Practitioner Data Bank. Subtitle E: Personnel - Authorizes appropriations for the hiring of additional Drug Enforcement Administration agents. (Sec. 552) Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to require the Director of National Drug Control Policy to select, appoint, employ, and fix compensation of at least 75 and such additional (currently, of such) officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Title VI: Punishment and Deterrence - Subtitle A: Death Penalty - Federal Death Penalty Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. (Sec. 602) Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing (including victim impact statements), but permits evidence to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of creating unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, or misleading the jury. Sets forth: (1) procedures for the implementation of, and appeal from, a sentence of death; and (2) provisions regarding the appointment of counsel, deadlines for collateral attacks on judgments imposing a death sentence, and stays of execution. (Sec. 610) Provides for the imposition of the death penalty for various offenses, including: (1) murder committed by prisoners in Federal prisons; (2) murder for hire; (3) murder in the aid of racketeering activity; (4) specified violations of the CSA; (5) murder of Federal witnesses; (6) rape and child molestation murders; and (7) murders in the District of Columbia. Subtitle B: Equal Justice Act - Equal Justice Act - Requires that the death penalty and all other penalties be administered by the United States and by every State without regard to the race or color of the defendant or victim. Bars the use of any racial quota or statistical test for the imposition or execution of any penalty. (Sec. 653) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) safeguarding against racial prejudice or bias in criminal courts; and (2) jury instructions and certification, and racial motivation in killings as an aggravating factor, in Federal capital cases. (Sec. 655) Amends specified civil rights provisions to cover conspiracy against rights, and deprivation of rights under color of law, of any person in (currently, inhabitant of) a State, territory, or district. Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Use of Firearms and Explosives - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for smuggling firearms in aid of drug trafficking and for theft of firearms and explosives. (Sec. 663) Increases penalties for: (1) making knowingly false, material statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm from a licensed dealer; and (2) interstate gun trafficking. (Sec. 664) Authorizes the summary destruction of explosives subject to forfeiture under specified circumstances. Sets forth requirements for reimbursement of the value of destroyed property. (Sec. 666) Prohibits: (1) the receipt of firearms by non-residents of the State in which the transferor resides, unless such receipt is for lawful sporting purposes; (2) transactions involving stolen firearms which have moved in interstate or foreign commerce; and (3) the possession of explosives by felons and specified others. (Sec. 671) Amends: (1) the Internal Revenue Code regarding the disposition of forfeited firearms; and (2) the Federal criminal code regarding the definition of burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984. Subtitle D: Exclusionary Rule - Amends the Federal criminal code to bar the exclusion of evidence obtained as a result of a search or seizure carried out under circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment. Subtitle E: Pre-Trial Interrogation - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General shall instruct all U.S. Attorneys, and implement policies consistent therewith, that confessions obtained in conformity with Federal provisions related to such admissibility will be offered into evidence. Title VII: Elimination of Delays in Carrying Out Sentences - Subtitle A: General Habeas Corpus Reform - Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. (Sec. 704) Vests authority to issue certificates of probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. Subtitle B: Death Penalty Litigation Procedures - Death Penalty Litigation Procedures Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to set forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases. Subtitle C: Equalization of Capital Habeas Corpus Litigation Funding - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of the BJA to provide grants to the States to support litigation pertaining to Federal habeas corpus petitions in capital cases. Title VIII: Prevention of Terrorism - Subtitle A: Penalties and Offenses - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) make it a criminal offense to provide material support to terrorists; (2) provide for forfeiture of assets used to support terrorists; (3) establish penalties for removing a child from, or retaining a child outside, the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights; (4) provide for the prosecution of individuals who murder U.S. nationals abroad; and (5) permit FBI access to telephone subscriber information under specified circumstances. (Sec. 802) Increases penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (for violation of orders with respect to the declaration of a national emergency) and the Federal criminal code (for passport and visa-related violations). (Sec. 803) Directs the Sentencing Commission to provide for an increase in the base offense level for any felony involving or intended to promote international terrorism, unless such involvement or intent is itself an element of a crime. (Sec. 804) Extends the statute of limitations for certain terrorism offenses. Subtitle B: Removal of Alien Terrorists - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish procedures to apply whenever the Attorney General certifies under seal to a special court (established pursuant to this subtitle) that: (1) the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General has approved of the proceeding; (2) an alien terrorist is physically present in the United States; and (3) removal of such terrorist by deportation proceedings would pose a risk to national security because such proceedings would disclose classified information. Directs the Chief Justice of the United States to publicly designate up to seven judges to hear and decide such cases. Sets forth procedures for a special removal hearing, including provision for appointment of counsel and appeals. Subtitle C: Enhanced Entry Controls - Provides for the exclusion of an alien for presenting fraudulent documents and failure to present documents to an immigration officer upon arrival at a port of entry into the United States. Specifies that any alien who is excludable under such provisions may not apply for or be granted asylum, with exceptions. (Sec. 833) Limits court jurisdiction with respect to habeas corpus review, other judicial review and action, and collateral enforcement proceedings. Title IX: Victims' Rights and Child Abuse - Subtitle A: Victims' Rights - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) restitution and suspension of Federal benefits; and (2) the number of peremptory challenges under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Subtitle B: National Child Protection Act - National Child Protection Act of 1993 - Provides for: (1) State reporting of child abuse crime information to a national criminal background check system; (2) funding to improve such information; and (3) the withholding of a portion of such funding to States not in compliance with a timetable established under this Act. Subtitle C: Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs requiring any person who is convicted of a criminal offense against a minor to register a current address with a designated State law enforcement agency for ten years after release from prison or being placed on parole or supervised release. Sets forth registration, State compliance, and related requirements. Title X: Violent Crimes and Law Enforcement Support - Subtitle A: Violent Crimes - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for attempted: (1) robbery; (2) kidnapping; (3) smuggling; and (4) malicious mischief. (Sec. 1002) Increases penalties for: (1) certain assaults; (2) manslaughter; (3) interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises; and (4) conspiracy to commit murder for hire. (Sec. 1006) Establishes Federal penalties for carjacking. (Sec. 1007) Increases mandatory minimum sentences for criminals using firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime. (Sec. 1008) Amends the CSA to provide for life imprisonment without release for criminals convicted of specified drug-related offenses (including distribution to persons under age 21, distribution in or near schools, and employment or use of persons under age 18 in drug operations) after two previous convictions of such an offense, a felony drug offense, or a crime of violence. Subtitle B: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement - National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act - Establishes a National Commission to Support Law Enforcement to study and recommend changes regarding law enforcement agencies and law enforcement issues on the Federal, State, and local levels. Authorizes appropriations. Title XI: Civil Rights Offenses - Increases maximum penalties for certain civil rights violations under the Federal criminal code and the Fair Housing Act, including damage to religious property. Title XII: Public Corruption - Anti-Corruption Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed upon any: (1) person who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State or political subdivision of a State of the honest services of a government official or employee, or of a fair and impartially conducted election process; and (2) official, or person selected to be a public official, who, in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States, or any State or political subdivision (and authorizes such adversely affected individual to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice). (Sec. 1203) Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. (Sec. 1204) Sets forth prohibitions regarding narcotics-related public corruption. Title XIII: Funding - Requires each head of a Federal agency making a grant to, or entering into a contract with, an institution of higher education for research and development to reduce the overhead payment rate under the grant or contract to 90 percent of the current level and return the amount saved to the general fund of the Treasury. (Sec. 1302) Reduces the overhead expenses identified and reduced by the President in Executive Order 12837 by an additional five percent. (Sec. 1303) Reallocates the amount of available budget authority resulting from the enactment of such provisions as specified.

San Gabriel Basin Demonstration Project Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993

San Gabriel Basin Demonstration Project Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority to provide water treatment to remove volatile organic compounds from the groundwater in the San Gabriel Basin. Requires the Authority to provide treatment for water withdrawn from the Basin by qualified public water systems unless otherwise provided by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Prohibits water treatment under such agreements unless specified conditions are met, including that: (1) at least 65 percent of notified potentially responsible parties (PRPs) have entered into cost-sharing contracts that provide for payment of at least 50 percent of costs incurred by the Administrator; and (2) contracts with participating parties provide for environmental site assessments and for removal and remedial action with respect to hazardous substances in the soil above the water table on the property. Sets forth cost-sharing requirements. Sets the maximum obligation of a participating party at 200 percent of the party's share of estimated total Federal costs for water treatment. Requires water treatment to comply with the most stringent standards for drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act or any State law governing drinking water quality. Authorizes appropriations. Makes Federal costs under this Act recoverable under Superfund from PRPs not participating in contracts. Absolves participating parties of liability for removal or remediation costs with respect to hazardous substances in the Basin or for damages to natural resources to the extent that releases occurred before this Act's enactment and are identified in site assessments. Removes the exemption from liability if the party: (1) has failed to make the required contribution or to carry out required activities; or (2) has filed a suit against another person for contribution of costs. Prohibits participating parties from bringing actions against other persons for contributions of costs. Absolves public water systems of liability in suits brought by PRPs who are not participating parties. Requires participating parties to establish Comprehensive Environmental Compliance Programs and to conduct Environmental Site Assessments.

Department of Energy National Competitiveness Technology Partnership Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993

Department of Energy National Competitiveness Technology Partnership Act of 1993 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy and the directors of departmental laboratories (laboratories operated by or on behalf of the Department of Energy (DOE) or facilities that would be considered to be laboratories under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980) to enter into partnerships that enhance the economic, scientific, or technological competitiveness of U.S. industry. Directs the Secretary to develop a multi-year critical technology strategy. Authorizes the Secretary and the directors of departmental laboratories to enter into partnerships that build on the core competencies of the laboratories to conduct research, development, demonstration, or commercial application activities in nuclear energy, energy efficiency or supply, high-performance computing, the environment, human health, advanced manufacturing technologies, advanced materials, transportation, space, or quality technologies, or technologies listed in the annual defense critical technologies plan. Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a Laboratory Partnership Advisory Board within DOE; and (2) a program to encourage scientists and engineers from departmental laboratories to serve as visiting fellows in the research facilities of governments, educational institutions, and industrial organizations in the United States and foreign countries. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on opportunities for minority colleges and universities to participate in DOE or departmental laboratory programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a career path program to recruit employees of the national laboratories to serve in DOE positions. Amends the Federal criminal code and the Federal Procurement Policy Act to make certain post-employment restrictions inapplicable with respect to the national laboratories. Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to provide for cooperative projects involving DOE or DOE laboratories and non-Federal entities to test and apply high-performance computing and high-speed networking technologies. Authorizes appropriations. Increases the number of DOE Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries. Authorizes appropriations.

San Gabriel Basin Demonstration Project Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1993

San Gabriel Basin Demonstration Project Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority to provide water treatment to remove volatile organic compounds from the groundwater in the San Gabriel Basin. Requires the Authority to provide treatment for water withdrawn from the Basin by qualified public water systems unless otherwise provided by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Prohibits water treatment under such agreements unless specified conditions are met, including that: (1) at least 65 percent of notified potentially responsible parties (PRPs) have entered into cost-sharing contracts that provide for payment of at least 50 percent of costs incurred by the Administrator; and (2) contracts with participating parties provide for environmental site assessments and for removal and remedial action with respect to hazardous substances in the soil above the water table on the property. Sets forth cost-sharing requirements. Sets the maximum obligation of a participating party at 200 percent of the party's share of estimated total Federal costs for water treatment. Requires water treatment to comply with the most stringent standards for drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act or any State law governing drinking water quality. Authorizes appropriations. Makes Federal costs under this Act recoverable under Superfund from PRPs not participating in contracts. Absolves participating parties of liability for removal or remediation costs with respect to hazardous substances in the Basin or for damages to natural resources to the extent that releases occurred before this Act's enactment and are identified in site assessments. Removes the exemption from liability if the party: (1) has failed to make the required contribution or to carry out required activities; or (2) has filed a suit against another person for contribution of costs. Prohibits participating parties from bringing actions against other persons for contributions of costs. Absolves public water systems of liability in suits brought by PRPs who are not participating parties. Requires participating parties to establish Comprehensive Environmental Compliance Programs and to conduct Environmental Site Assessments.

Crime Control Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Death Penalty Title II: Habeas Corpus Reform Title III: Exclusionary Rule Title IV: Rural Crime and Drug Control Title V: Firearms and Related Amendments Title VI: Juveniles and Gangs Title VII: Terrorism and International Matters Title VIII: Sexual Violence, Child Abuse, and Victims' Rights Title IX: Equal Justice Act Title X: Funding, Grant Programs, and Studies Title XI: Illegal Drugs Title XII: Public Consumption Title XIII: General Provisions Title XIV: Technical Corrections Title XV: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Title XVI: Federal Prisons Title XVII: Pre-Trial Interrogation Title XVIII: Funding Crime Control Act of 1993 - Title I: Death Penalty - Federal Death Penalty Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. (Sec. 102) Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing (including victim impact statements), but permits evidence to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of creating unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, or misleading the jury. Sets forth: (1) procedures for the implementation of, and appeal from, a sentence of death; and (2) provisions regarding the appointment of counsel, deadlines for collateral attacks on judgments imposing a death sentence, and stays of execution. (Sec. 110) Provides for the imposition of the death penalty for various offenses, including: (1) murder committed by prisoners in Federal prisons; (2) murder for hire; (3) murder in the aid of racketeering activity; (4) specified violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA); (5) murder of Federal witnesses; (6) rape and child molestation murders; and (7) murders in the District of Columbia. Title II: Habeas Corpus Reform - Subtitle A: General Habeas Corpus Reform - Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. (Sec. 204) Vests authority to issue certificates of probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. Subtitle B: Death Penalty Litigation Procedures - Death Penalty Litigation Procedures Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to set forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases. Subtitle C: Equalization of Capital Habeas Corpus Litigation Funding - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to provide grants to the States to support litigation pertaining to Federal habeas corpus petitions in capital cases. Title III: Exclusionary Rule - Amends the Federal criminal code to bar the exclusion of evidence obtained as a result of a search or seizure carried out under circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment. Title IV: Rural Crime and Drug Control - Subtitle A: Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize appropriations for rural law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and increase the base allocation to nonrural States for rural drug enforcement assistance. (Sec. 402) Requires: (1) the Attorney General to establish a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in each Federal judicial district which encompasses significant rural lands, and to cross-designate up to 100 law enforcement officers from specified Federal agencies to enforce provisions of the CSA on non-Federal lands and the Federal criminal code; and (2) the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to develop specialized training for rural law enforcement officers. Subtitle B: Rural Drug Prevention and Treatment - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office for Treatment Improvement to establish a program to provide grants to hospitals, community health centers, and other appropriate entities in developing and implementing projects that provide, or expand the availability of, substance abuse treatment services. Subtitle C: Rural Areas Enhancement - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) forfeiture of assets seized as a result of investigations initiated by a Rural Drug Enforcement Task Force; and (2) the bringing of criminal charges (including counts involving illegal disposal of hazardous waste and knowing endangerment of the environment) and civil actions (including assessment of environmental and health-related damages) against the operators of clandestine methamphetamine and other dangerous drug laboratories. Title V: Firearms and Related Amendments - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for smuggling firearms in aid of drug trafficking and for theft of firearms and explosives. (Sec. 503) Increases penalties for: (1) making knowingly false, material statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm from a licensed dealer; and (2) interstate gun trafficking. (Sec. 504) Authorizes the summary destruction of explosives subject to forfeiture under specified circumstances. Sets forth requirements for reimbursement of the value of destroyed property. (Sec. 506) Prohibits: (1) the receipt of firearms by non-residents of the State in which the transferor resides, unless such receipt is for lawful sporting purposes; (2) transactions involving stolen firearms which have moved in interstate or foreign commerce; and (3) the possession of explosives by felons and specified others. (Sec. 511) Amends: (1) the Internal Revenue Code regarding the disposition of forfeited firearms; and (2) the Federal criminal code regarding the definition of burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984. Subtitle B: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act - Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for a five (business) day waiting period for the purchase of a handgun. Sets forth: (1) interim procedures (pending the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system) for checking with the chief law enforcement officer of the place of residence of the purchaser as to whether the purchaser has a criminal record or whether there is any other legal impediment to such individual's receiving a handgun; and (2) permanent procedures for conducting criminal background checks. Sets penalties for violations. (Sec. 502) Directs the Attorney General to establish a national instant criminal background check system that any licensee may contact for information on whether receipt of a firearm by a prospective purchaser would violated specified legal provisions. Provides for the correction of erroneous information in the system. (Sec. 503) Permits the use of formula grants under the Omnibus Act for improvements in State criminal records. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth provisions with respect to the withholding of State and Department of Justice funds for failure to meet set deadlines. Title VI: Juveniles and Gangs - Anti-Gang and Juvenile Offenders Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Increased Penalties for Employing Children to Distribute Drugs Near Schools and Playgrounds - Amends the CSA to increase the penalty for employing, using, inducing, or coercing individuals under age 18 to violate provisions of such Act, or to assist in avoiding detection or apprehension for certain offenses under such Act by Federal, State, or local law enforcement officials. Subtitle B: Antigang Provisions - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to States and units of local government to assist them in planning, coordinating, and evaluating projects to reduce the formation or continuation of juvenile gangs and the use and sale of illegal drugs by juveniles. (Sec. 623) Sets penalties for the commission of a felony crime of violence, felony involving a controlled substance, and specified other offenses in, for, or in association with a criminal street gang. Subtitle C: Juvenile Penalties - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) add certain firearms offenses to those over which the United States has juvenile delinquency jurisdiction; and (2) provide for the treatment of violent juveniles who commit firearms offenses as adults under certain circumstances. (Sec. 632) Classifies as serious drug offenses for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act serious drug offenses committed by juveniles. (Sec. 633) Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of the BJA to make grants to States, for use by States and units of local governments, to develop alternatives to incarceration and probation for young offenders which promote reduced recidivism, crime prevention, and victim assistance. Subtitle D: Other Provisions - Includes among permissible uses of drug control and system improvement grants (under the Omnibus Act) programs that address the need for effective bindover systems for the prosecution of violent 16- and 17-year olds in courts with jurisdiction over adults for specified crimes. (Sec. 642) Directs: (1) the Attorney General to develop a national strategy to coordinate gang-related investigations by Federal LEAs, and prepare a report on national gang violence to be submitted to the President and the Congress; and (2) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to acquire and collect information on incidents of gang violence for inclusion in an annual uniform crime report. (Sec. 643) Prohibits a juvenile from being transferred to adult prosecution or a hearing held under section 5037 (disposition after a finding of juvenile delinquency) until any prior juvenile court records have been received by the court or other specified conditions are met. Title VII: Terrorism and International Matters - Repeals the Antiterrorism Act of 1990. Establishes a civil remedy for U.S. nationals (and their survivors or estates) injured, in their person, property, or business, by acts of international terrorism. (Sec. 702) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) make it a criminal offense to provide material support to terrorists; and (2) provide for forfeiture of assets used to support terrorists. (Sec. 704) Authorizes the Attorney General to waive immigration admission and other legal requirements and grant permanent resident status for alien witnesses who cooperate with the Government in Federal or State prosecutions. (Sec. 713) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) establish penalties for removing a child from, or retaining a child outside, the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights; (2) provide for the prosecution of individuals who murder U.S. nationals abroad; and (3) permit FBI access to telephone subscriber information under specified circumstances. Title VIII: Sexual Violence, Child Abuse, and Victims' Rights - Subtitle A: Sexual Violence and Child Abuse - Sexual Assault Prevention Act of 1993 - Chapter 1: Sexual Violence - Subchapter A: Penalties and Remedies - Provides for: (1) pretrial detention in sex offense cases; and (2) the imposition of the death penalty for murders committed by sex offenders. (Sec. 803) Increases penalties for: (1) recidivist sex offenders; and (2) sex offenses against victims below age 16. (Sec. 805) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) sentencing guideline increases for sex offenses; (2) human immunodeficiency virus testing, penalty enhancement, and cost of testing in sex offense cases; (3) restitution and suspension of Federal benefits; and (4) creation of a civil remedy for victims of sexual violence. Subchapter B: Rules of Evidence, Practice, and Procedure - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to allow evidence of similar offenses in criminal or civil sexual assault and child molestation cases. (Sec. 822) Revises the rape victim shield law, including making the past sexual behavior of an alleged victim inadmissible in civil as well as criminal cases. Makes inadmissible evidence to show provocation or invitation by the victim in a sex offense criminal case. (Sec. 824) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) review of proposed Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers in Federal Practice; (2) a victim's right to allocation (to be present, make a statement, and present information) at the sentencing hearing of a defendant convicted of a crime of violence or sexual abuse; and (3) a victim's right of privacy. Subchapter C: Safe Campuses - Directs the Attorney General to provide for a national baseline study on campus sexual assault. Subchapter D: Assistance to States and Localities - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to support projects and programs relating to sexual violence, and supplementary grants for States adopting effective laws relating to sexual violence. Chapter 2: Domestic Violence and Offenses Against the Family - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) set penalties for noncompliance with child support obligations in interstate cases; and (2) require full faith and credit for protective orders. (Sec. 853) Creates a presumption against child custody for spouse abusers. (Sec. 854) Directs the Attorney General to report to the Congress on: (1) the status of battered women's syndrome as a medical and psychological condition and its effect in criminal trials; (2) the means by which abusive spouses may obtain information concerning the addresses or locations of estranged or former spouses; and (3) problems of recordkeeping of criminal complaints involving domestic violence. (Sec. 857) Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to support projects and programs relating to domestic violence and other unlawful acts that particularly affect women. Chapter 3: National Task Force on Violence Against Women - Directs the Attorney General to establish a National Task Force on Violence Against Women. Subtitle B: Victims' Rights - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) restitution and suspension of Federal benefits; and (2) the number of peremptory challenges under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Subtitle C: National Child Protection Act - National Child Protection Act of 1993 - Provides for: (1) State reporting of child abuse crime information to a national criminal background check system; (2) funding to improve such information; and (3) the withholding of a portion of such funding to States not in compliance with a timetable established under this Act. Subtitle D: Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs requiring any person who is convicted of a criminal offense against a minor to register a current address with a designated State law enforcement agency for ten years after release from prison or being placed on parole or supervised release. Sets forth registration, State compliance, and related requirements. Title IX: Equal Justice Act - Equal Justice Act - Requires that the death penalty and all other penalties be administered by the United States and by every State without regard to the race or color of the defendant or victim. Bars the use of any racial quota or statistical test for the imposition or execution of any penalty. (Sec. 903) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) safeguards against racial prejudice or bias in criminal courts; and (2) jury instructions and certification, and racial motivation in killings as an aggravating factor, in Federal capital cases. (Sec. 905) Amends specified civil rights provisions to cover conspiracy against rights, and deprivation of rights under color of law, of any person in (currently, inhabitant of) a State, territory, or district. Title X: Funding, Grant Programs, and Studies - Subtitle A: Safer Streets and Neighborhoods - Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) authorize grants to State and local agencies for the hiring of law enforcement personnel; (2) continue the Federal-State funding formula through 1994; and (3) revise the funding formula with respect to the allocation and distribution of funds under formula grants. Subtitle B: Retired Public Safety Officer Death Benefit - Includes retired public safety officers who have died or become permanently and totally disabled as a result of injuries sustained while responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency among those eligible for death and disability benefits. Subtitle C: Study on Police Officers' Rights - Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study of the procedures followed in internal, noncriminal investigations of State and local law enforcement officers to determine if such investigations are conducted fairly and effectively. Subtitle D: Cop-on-the-Beat Grants - Cop-on-the-Beat Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to units of local government and community groups to establish or expand cooperative efforts between police and a community for purposes of increasing the police presence in the community. Subtitle E: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement - National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act - Establishes a National Commission to Support Law Enforcement to study and recommend changes regarding LEAs and law enforcement issues on the Federal, State, and local levels. Subtitle F: Other Provisions - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) require the Director of the BJA to establish guidelines and oversee the implementation of family-friendly policies within law enforcement-related offices and divisions in the Department of Justice, identify and evaluate model programs that provide support services to law enforcement personnel and families, and take other specified actions; and (2) authorize the Director to make grants to States and local LEAs to provide family support services to law enforcement personnel. (Sec. 1063) Requires the Bureau of Prisons to notify, in writing and within a specified time frame, the chief law enforcement officer of the State and local jurisdiction in which a prisoner released on supervised release will reside. Title XI: Illegal Drugs - Subtitle A: Drug Testing - Amends the Federal criminal code to require: (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish a program of drug testing of criminal defendants on post-conviction release; and (2) the chief probation officer in each district (where feasible) to arrange for the drug testing of such defendants. Requires, as an explicit condition of probation, parole, or supervised release of a defendant involving a felony or a specified violent or drug offense, that the defendant refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance and submit to periodic drug tests. Subtitle B: Precursor Chemicals - Chemical Control and Environmental Responsibility Act of 1993 - Amends the CSA to replace references to "listed precursor chemicals" with "list I chemicals" and "listed essential chemicals" with "list II chemicals." (Sec. 1123) Requires every person who manufacturers or distributes, or who proposes to engage in the manufacture or distribution of, a list I chemical to obtain annually a registration issued by the Attorney General. Makes provisions regarding the denial, revocation, and suspension of registration relating to the manufacture, distribution, or dispensation of controlled substances explicitly applicable to list I chemicals. (Sec. 1131) Makes it a felony for a person who possesses a listed chemical with intent that it be used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance to manage the listed chemical or waste from such manufacture other than as required under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. (Sec. 1132) Amends the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to grant the Attorney General access to information in the National Practitioner Data Bank. Subtitle C: Other Provisions - Sets forth miscellaneous provisions and amends various laws concerning controlled substances. Title XII: Public Corruption - Anti-Corruption Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State or political subdivision of a State of the honest services of a government official or employee, or of a fair and impartially conducted election process. (Sec. 1202) Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed upon any official, or person selected to be a public official, who, in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States, or any State or political subdivision. Authorizes such an adversely affected employee or official to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice. (Sec. 1203) Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. (Sec. 1204) Sets forth prohibitions regarding narcotics-related public corruption. Title XIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Violent Crimes - Sets penalties for attempted: (1) robbery; (2) kidnapping; (3) smuggling; and (4) malicious mischief. (Sec. 1320) Increases penalties for: (1) certain assaults; (2) manslaughter; (3) interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises; and (4) conspiracy to commit murder for hire. Subtitle B: Civil Rights Offenses - Increases maximum penalties for certain civil rights violations, including damage to religious property. Subtitle C: White Collar and Property Crimes - Establishes penalties for knowingly receiving the proceeds of: (1) a postal robbery; (2) extortion; and (3) a kidnapping. (Sec. 1330) Includes within mail fraud provisions depositing specified matter to be sent by any private or commercial interstate carrier. (Current law applies only to matter sent by the U.S. Postal Service.) (Sec. 1332) Increases penalties for trafficking in counterfeit goods and services. (Sec. 1333) Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make it a felony to knowingly transmit an unauthorized program or code that alters the information stored in a computer with the intent to damage the system or information contained within the affected computer or computer system, or to withhold or deny the use of such system or information, if the transmission: (1) occurred without the authorization of the person responsible for the system receiving the program; and (2) causes damage exceeding $1,000 in any one-year period, or modifies or impairs the medical care of any individual. Creates a civil cause of action for persons suffering damage or loss by virtue of a violation of this Act. Subtitle D: Other Provisions - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) venue for espionage and related offenses; (2) required reporting by criminal court clerks; and (3) audit requirements for State and local LEAs receiving Federal asset forfeiture funds. (Sec. 1364) Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement grants to develop or improve in a forensic laboratory a capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for identification purposes. Authorizes the Director of the FBI to establish an index of DNA identification records of persons convicted of crimes, and of analyses of DNA samples recovered from crime scenes and from unidentified human remains. (Sec. 1365) Authorizes the Director of the BJA to make grants to local educational agencies for the purpose of providing assistance to such agencies most directly affected by crime and violence. Title XIV: Technical Corrections - Makes technical corrections to the Omnibus Act, the Federal criminal code, the CSA, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. Title XV: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Federal Law Enforcement Act of 1993 - Authorizes appropriations for the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. attorneys, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the U.S. courts. Title XVI: Federal Prisons - Authorizes appropriations for new prison construction. Title XVII: Pre-Trial Interrogation - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General shall instruct all U.S. attorneys, and implement policies consistent therewith, that confessions obtained in conformity with Federal provisions related to such admissibility will be offered into evidence. Title XVIII: Funding - Rescinds 16 percent of unobligated funds to specified Federal agencies, and for specified funds and purposes, for FY 1992 and 1993.

Interstate Transportation of Municipal Waste Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1993

Interstate Transportation of Municipal Waste Act of 1993 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize a State Governor to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State municipal waste in any landfill or incinerator in the State. Exempts from a Governor's authority to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State waste: (1) landfills that received documented shipments of such waste in 1991 and are in compliance with Federal and State laws relating to design and location standards, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring, and financial assurance for closure and post-closure and corrective action; (2) proposed landfills that, prior to January 1, 1993, received an approval from the affected local government or solid waste planning unit to receive municipal waste generated outside the jurisdiction of the local government, planning unit, or State and a State notice of decision to grant a construction permit; or (3) incinerators that received documented shipments of such waste during 1991 and are in compliance with performance standards under the Clean Air Act and Federal and State laws relating to facility design, operations, and emissions. Authorizes State Governors, beginning in 1993, to further limit the quantity of out-of-State waste received for disposal, or the disposal of such waste, at specified landfills and incinerators. Applies the authorities of this Act to industrial waste to be disposed of at landfills or incinerators that receive municipal solid waste. Prohibits discrimination against shipments of out-of-State waste on the basis of State of origin. Authorizes a State Governor to limit or prohibit the exportation outside the State of municipal waste generated within the State.

Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 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 of Authorizations Title XXVIII: General Provisions Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Subtitle B: Defense Base Closure and Realignment Subtitle C: Land Transactions Subtitle D: Other Matters Title XXIX: Base Closure Assistance Military Construction Authorization Act for 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 military family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1993 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Terminates the authority to carry out certain prior year Army construction projects. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations and terminations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations and terminations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI. Provides for the relocation of certain Air Force construction projects. 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 fiscal years after 1993 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Terminates the authority to carry out certain FY 1992 military construction projects. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to the 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. Reduces the amount authorized to be appropriated for certain prior year Reserve military construction projects. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI 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 prior year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - Revises certain lease requirements with respect to the military family housing rental program. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of electricity from generation facilities for certain military construction projects. Defines certain energy conservation measures to be adopted under a DOD energy performance plan. Provides the authority to acquire certain existing facilities in lieu of carrying out military construction projects authorized by law. Extends through FY 1995 the authority to lease real property for special operations activities. Subtitle B: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Requires certain additional information in a report on the activities of the Defense Base Closure Account 1990 as required under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Requires base closure selection criteria to include the direct costs of such closures and realignments to other Federal departments and agencies. Provides a limitation on the expenditure of funds from the above Account for military construction in support of the transfer of functions. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to evaluate, and report to the defense committees on, proposals for the purchase or lease of certain buildings located in Arlington, Virginia. Requires information concerning the residual value of overseas installations being closed to be included in certain annual reports required under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. Subtitle C: Land Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy 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; (3) Blackstone, Virginia, the waste water treatment facility at Fort Pickett, Virginia; (4) New Windsor, New York, the water distribution system and reservoir at the Stewart Army Subpost, New York; and (5) Jersey Central Power and Light Company, New Jersey, the electricity distribution system at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) lease to Tri-City Municipal Water District, California, certain real property at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, California; and (2) convey to Broward County, Florida, a portion of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to modify provisions concerning the termination of lease and sale of facilities at the Naval Reserve Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to: (1) convey to Conrad, Montana, the radar bomb scoring site in Conrad; and (2) provide financial assistance to Maricopa County, Arizona, for the improvement of the Dysart Channel at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Department of the Interior the Harry Diamond Army Research Laboratory in Woodbridge, Virginia. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit to the defense committees an environmental impact statement with respect to construction and operation of the Mine Warfare Center of Excellence at Ingleside, Texas. Prohibits the use of this Act's funds for architectural planning and design activities in connection with the DOD vaccine production facility. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make a grant to the Fairfax County School Board, Virginia, for the construction of a public elementary school there. Title XXIX: Base Closure Assistance - Base Closure Communities Act of 1993 - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to authorize the Secretary of Defense to transfer real property and facilities at military installations to be closed or realigned to the redevelopment authority of a community located near the installation, or the State in which the installation is located. Provides authority for the lease of certain property at closed installations. Requires the Secretary to ensure the expedited determination of the transferability of excess property at installations to be closed. Requires the Secretary to designate a transition coordinator at each military installation to be closed under a base closure law, and requires such coordinator to establish and direct a property disposal, cleanup, and reuse team for such installation. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to area redevelopment authorities for the conversion and redevelopment of former military installation property. Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and implement programs of employment assistance to communities adversely affected by the closure of a military installation. Directs the Secretary of Defense to identify uncontaminated property (no hazardous substances) at installations to be closed. Directs the Secretary to conduct seminars on the reuse or redevelopment of former defense property and the provision of employment assistance to members of the local community adversely affected by its closure. Requires the Secretary to ensure compliance with certain environmental requirements relating to such closures. Amends the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to authorize the Secretary to contract with local governments for the provision of police, fire protection, and other community services by such governments at military installations to be closed. Provides identical authority under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Procurement Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Title III: Operation and Maintenance Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations Title V: Military Personnel Policy Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits Title VII: Health Care Provisions Title VIII: Acquisition Policy Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Title X: General Provisions Title XI: Prevention and Control of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Title XII: Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of Former Soviet Union National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, defense agencies, the Defense Inspector General, and the reserve components of the armed forces. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the chemical demilitarization program (the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions). Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes appropriations for the procurement of certain carriers and turbine engines. Earmarks specified FY 1993 funds for the procurement of nuclear, biological, and chemical protective masks. Prohibits new funding for the Improved Chemical Agent Monitor program. Subtitle C: Air Force Programs - Earmarks limited funds for the B-1, B-2, and B-52 bomber aircraft programs, with specified limitations. Provides for Comptroller General access to information concerning heavy bomber programs. Places specified limitations on the FY 1994 and 1995 Air Force acquisition of the C-17 aircraft. Prohibits funding for the Joint Primary Aircraft training system until the Secretary of Defense has met certain congressional reporting requirements. Authorizes certain Department of Defense (DOD) with respect to the solid rocket motor upgrade program. Subtitle D: Other Programs - Earmarks prior funding for certain intelligence aircraft programs. Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study on the management and funding of the Global Positioning System for the future. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Navy should move expeditiously to award sealift conversion and construction contracts that represent a fair price to the taxpayer. Provides permanent authority to carry out a memorandum of understanding with respect to the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the armed forces and defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D), earmarking specified amounts of such funds for: (1) basic research and exploratory development; (2) the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program; and (3) defense conversion and reinvestment R&D programs. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Outlines various requirements, restrictions, or limitations with respect to: (1) the kinetic energy antisatellite program; (2) the javeline missile program; (3) a plan for testing a new electronic countermeasures system for B-1B bombers; (4) the development of a space launch plan that takes into account new space launch vehicles and technology; (5) the earmarking of FY 1994 funds for the medical component of DOD's biological defense research program; (6) a baseline report for the Arrow tactical ballistic missile defense system; and (7) the procuring of work from federally funded research and development centers. Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs - Provides for the conditional funding of certain ballistic missile defense programs. Requires the Secretary to review various systems and components of ballistic missile defense systems in order to determine their current compliance with the Antiballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty). Limits funding until such review is completed. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress an updated master plan for theater missile defenses. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to extend through FY 1994 the authority for the transfer of responsibility with respect to far-term follow-on technologies. Directs the Secretary to review and report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) on the opportunities to streamline the weapon system acquisition process applicable to the development, testing, and deployment of ballistic missile defenses. Earmarks FY 1994 funds for ballistics missile defense programs. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Limits the underground explosion testing of certain nuclear weapons until certain congressional notifications are met. Terminates the Advisory Council on Federal Participation in Sematech as established under prior law. Establishes the Semiconductor Technology Council to perform semiconductor-related advisory functions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire the Navy Large Cavitation Channel on President's Island, Memphis, Tennessee. Revises the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research Council. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for operation and maintenance for the armed forces (including its reserve and National Guard components), the defense agencies, the defense health program, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, defense, the Global Cooperative Initiatives Fund, support for the 1994 World Cup Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, and for the former Soviet Union threat reduction. Authorizes appropriations for working capital funds of DOD. Renames the National Defense Strategic Sealift Fund as the National Defense Strategic Lift Fund, and revises provisions with respect to Fund purposes, deposits, and budgets. Authorizes appropriations for the Armed Forces Retirement Home. Provides certain transfer authorities. Subtitle B: Defense Business Operations Fund - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to: (1) extend through December 31, 1994, the authority for the use of the Defense Business Operations Fund; and (2) revise provisions concerning Fund implementation. Limits during FY 1994 the obligations against such Fund. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - Directs the Secretary to permit and encourage each military department, defense agency, and other DOD instrumentality to participate in programs conducted by any water utility for water management or water conservation. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a military construction project for water conservation. Extends through FY 1996 the applicability of Federal provisions requiring contractor reimbursement to the United States for certain liabilities relating to the handling of hazardous waste from defense facilities. Prohibits FY 1994 DOD funds from being used to purchase surety bonds or other guaranties of financial responsibility in order to guarantee the performance of any direct function of DOD. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Authorizes the Commandant of the Marine Corps to undertake necessary minor maintenance and repair of Pacific battle monuments until such responsibilities are assumed by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Revises provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 relating to a pilot program to use National Guard personnel in medically underserved communities. Allows National Guard training to include the provision of such health care. Requires the JCS Chairman to submit to the Congress in each of FY 1994 through 1996 an assessment of the readiness and capability of U.S. armed forces to carry out its full range of assigned missions. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Authorizes the end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1994. Allows an FY 1994 through 1997 variation in the number of Marine Corps commissioned officers authorized to be serving on active duty as majors or lieutenant colonels. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes the end strengths for reserve personnel for FY 1994. Provides the end strengths for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Subtitle C: Military Training Student Loads - Provides the average military training student loads for FY 1994. Subtitle D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to DOD for FY 1994 for military personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Awards constructive service credit for advanced education achieved in a heath profession for both active-duty and reserve officer personnel. Provides for the involuntary separation of certain regular warrant officers from the armed forces during FY 1993 and 1994. Extends through FY 1995 the authority for the temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. Subtitle B: Reserve Components - Extends through FY 1995 (currently FY 1993) certain reserve officer management authorities. Provides an exception to the normally-required 12 weeks of basic training for persons already possessing skills in the civilian sector that can be readily applied in the armed forces. Requires physical examinations at least every five years (currently four) for members of the Selected Reserve. Subtitle C: Service Academies - Authorizes the Secretary to establish and appoint civilian faculty members at the U.S. military academies. Requires each teaching staff member at such academies to report to the Academy Superintendent any incident of hazing or any violation of an academy regulation by a cadet or midshipman, with penalties for failure to so report. Subtitle D: Force Reduction Transition - Extends through various periods certain personnel management and benefits transition authorities. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Repeals Federal provisions restricting the assignment of women in the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to prescribe the kinds of duties which women members of such armed force may be assigned. Reduces from five to three years the maximum period to be on the temporary disability retired list. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce the active duty service obligation incurred in connection with advanced education assistance. Provides for the award of the Purple Heart to military personnel killed or wounded in action by friendly fire. Expresses congressional policy that a member of the armed forces shall be separated from military service if the member has, or has attempted to, engage in homosexual conduct or admitted to being a homosexual. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the application of FY 1994 military personnel pay adjustments in conformity with increases made in the General Schedule of the Federal Government. Provides, effective January 1, 1994, a 2.2 percent increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for subsistence, and basic allowance for quarters for members of the armed forces. Subtitle B: Bonuses, Special Pay, and Incentive Pay - Revises the authority relating to the payment of certain Selected Reserve bonuses. Extends through FY 1995 the authority relating to the payment of certain bonuses, payment of special pay, and the repayment requirement for certain educational loans. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Increases the authorized period of lodging in connection with the reimbursement of temporary lodging expenses of military personnel. Provides for the treatment of advance pay paid to military personnel evacuated from Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, due to Hurricane Andrew. Subtitle D: Matters Related to Retired Pay and Separation Benefits - Provides for the concurrent payment of disability compensation and retired pay for persons with disabilities rated as total. Increases from five to six years the minimum service requirement for eligibility for certain separation benefits. Applies the reserve component defense conversion transition initiatives enumerated in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to the Coast Guard Reserve. Subtitle E: Benefits for Former POWs and Other Members Held Captive - Amends the War Claims Act of 1948 to allow the Foreign Claims Settlement of the United States to hear, determine, and compensate former prisoners of war under claims under the Geneva Conventions. Defines such a former prisoner of war as a person held involuntarily during a period declared by the President or the Congress as a period in which U.S. armed forces were involved in a force hostile to the United States. Provides for appeal of a negative claims decision in a U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Authorizes certain compensation for victims of terrorist acts. Subtitle F: Other Matters - Provides authority to limit the direct payment of pay and allowances to certain members during war, hostilities, or national emergency. Postpones the performance of certain tax-related acts for certain persons serving in contingency operations. Revises provisions concerning the payment of benefits to dependents of military personnel who lose (and possibly, regain) the right to retired pay as the result of a military court-martial. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to designate military health care facilities and civilian health care facilities as specialized treatment facilities. Provides for full or partial reimbursement of transportation expenses related to travel to such facilities for specialized treatment. Terminates such program as of the end of FY 1995. Prohibits the Secretary from providing a health care service under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) if determined not medically or psychologically necessary by a CHAMPUS peer review organization. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984, to delay through December 31, 1998, the termination of the status of certain health care facilities as uniformed services treatment facilities. Provides for enrollment in the dependents' dental program by certain military personnel returning from overseas assignments. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy - Subtitle A: Defense Technology and Industrial Base, Reinvestment, and Conversion - Directs the Secretary to establish a Manufacturing Science and Technology program to enhance the capability of industry to meet the manufacturing needs of DOD. Provides funding from amounts authorized under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a University Research Initiative Support Program for the award of grants and contracts to eligible institutions of higher education to support the conduct of R&D relevant to DOD requirements. Provides funding. Subtitle B: Acquisition Assistance Programs - Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for the procurement technical assistance program and the pilot Mentor-Protege program. Extends the program admission date under the latter program through FY 1995. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Revises provisions concerning defense contractor dealings with entities owned or controlled by foreign governments. Requires defense contractors to report to the Secretary any commercial transactions conducted by such contractors with terrorist countries or nationals of such countries. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Establishes an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. Repeals a Federal provision which terminates the position of Director of Expeditionary Warfare on November 1, 1997. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOD authorizations made in this Division between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification. Authorizes (currently requires) the Comptroller General to conduct annual audits of DOD acceptance of property and services from foreign countries in connection with mutual defense. Subtitle B: Fiscal Year 1993 Authorization Matters - Provides the authority, with exceptions, for the obligation of certain unauthorized FY 1993 defense appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to use certain FY 1993 Air Force funds for higher priority FY 1994 Air Force projects. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1993 for certain defense operations, CHAMPUS, and the repair of flood damage at Camp Pendleton, California. Obligates a specified amount for such purposes from the National Security Education Trust Fund. Subtitle C: Joint Officer Personnel Matters - Extends until January 1, 1999, certain exceptions to the requirement of a joint duty assignment for promotion to a general or flag officer. Provides joint duty credit for certain duty performed during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Subtitle D: Matters Relating to Reserve Components - Directs the Secretary to review Air Force plans to transfer certain heavy bombers units from the Air Force active-duty to its reserve component. Requires the transfer of certain air refueling aircraft from Air Force active duty to its reserve. Subtitle E: International Peacekeeping Activities - Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance, with a limit, for international peacekeeping activities during FY 1994. Repeals a current termination of such activities. Authorizes similar assistance to the United Nations for such activities. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a report on U.S. policy on multinational peacekeeping and peace enforcement. Establishes the Department of Defense Global Cooperative Initiatives Fund and authorizes appropriations to such Fund. Revises provisions concerning the scope of U.S. authority to enter into cooperative agreements with the United Nations and regional security organizations to acquire and provide logistic support, supplies, and services. Subtitle F: Matters Relating to Allies and Other Nations - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with U.S. allies and other friendly governments for the exchange of military and civilian personnel between such countries. Authorizes the Secretary to accept from Japan, Kuwait, and the Republic of Korea contributions for U.S. defense efforts there. Transfers to Korea certain obsolete or surplus defense articles currently in the war reserve allies stockpile. Authorizes the President during FY 1994 to issue guarantees for the sale of defense articles and services to NATO member nations and Israel, Australia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Amends the Foreign Assistance to revise provisions relating to the transfer to certain countries of excess defense articles. Subtitle G: Other Matters - Requires a report to the Congress by the Secretaries of Defense and Energy entitled "Manpower Required to Implement Export Controls on Certain Weapons Transfers." Authorizes the Secretary to employ as many civilian directors, deans, professors, etc. at the George C. Marshall European Center for Securities Studies as considered necessary. Recognizes the memorial to the USS Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a national memorial. Title XI: Prevention and Control of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction - Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation Prevention and Control Act of 1993 - Directs DOD, the Department of Energy, and the Intelligence Community, in a manner consistent with U.S. nonproliferation policy, to continue to maintain and improve their capabilities to identify, monitor, and respond to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as well as delivery systems for such weapons. Provides for the establishment of a committee on nonproliferation activities, and the submission to the Congress of a report on such committee's findings. Directs the Secretary to carry out an international nonproliferation and counterproliferation initiative, providing international financial assistance for certain nonproliferation activities, with specified limitations. Provides funding. Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for the Defense Technology Security Administration of DOD for support of U.S. nonproliferation policy. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies during FY 1994 in support of such policy. Provides funding. Title XII: Cooperative Threat Reduction with States of Former Soviet Union - Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 - States that it is in the national security interest of the United States to facilitate within the independent States of the former Soviet Union the dismantling, safe transportation, storage, and elimination of its weapons of mass destruction and certain conventional weapons. Authorizes the President to conduct programs to assist such States in their demilitarization, with restrictions. Authorizes appropriations. Requires prior notice to the appropriate congressional committees of obligation of funds for such purposes. Requires a semiannual report from the President.

Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 1994

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs Title XXXII: Nuclear Safety Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 1994 Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1994 for operating expenses incurred and for plant projects and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) new tritium production and plutonium disposition activities; (3) environmental restoration and waste management; (4) materials support and other defense programs; and (5) defense nuclear waste disposal. Provides certain funding uses and limitations with respect to specified national security programs and systems. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; 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 (requiring congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits) for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Provides fund transfer authority. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out advance planning and construction design services in connection with proposed construction projects not exceeding $2,000,000, requiring certain congressional notification for projects exceeding $300,000. Authorizes the use of DOE funds for emergency planning, design, and construction services in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property, public health and safety. Makes funds available for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this Subtitle available for all DOE national security programs. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to pay to the Hazardous Substances Response Trust a civil penalty assessed against the Hanford Project in Hanford, Washington. Establishes in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs the Office of Tritium Production and Plutonium Disposition to undertake activities relating to the development and construction of a tritium production facility and a facility to treat and dispose of excess plutonium. Authorizes the transfer by the Secretary of certain DOE property to be closed. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989, to reauthorize and expand the authority of DOE to loan personnel and facilities for certain programs. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out training programs for the management of hazardous materials and hazardous materials emergency response activities. Requires the Secretary to review for compliance specified DOE environmental compliance agreements. Subtitle D: Cooperative Research and Development - Authorizes the Secretary and DOE laboratories to carry out research, development, and demonstration activities and activities relating to the commercial applications of technology that utilize the demonstrated abilities of DOE laboratories. Assigns specified DOE missions to such laboratories. Allows the Secretary and DOE laboratories to enter into agreements and partnerships with non-DOE entities to carry out such activities and complete such missions. Provides a certain goal for partnerships between certain DOE multi-program laboratories and U.S. industry for the sharing of the costs of partnership activities. Provides funding for such partnerships. Revises provisions of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 with respect to Federal agency review of certain cooperative agreements under such Act. Title XXXII: Nuclear Safety - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Requires transmission to the Congress of certain information prepared by such Board under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

A joint resolution to designate the week of October 17, 1993, through October 23, 1993, as "National Radon Action Week".

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1993

Designates the week of October 17 through 23, 1993, as National Radon Action Week.

Federal Forage Fee Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1993

Federal Forage Fee Act of 1993 - Subjects grazing operations on Federal land to applicable Federal, State, and local environmental and land use requirements. Sets forth a forage fee formula for lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior.

Wetlands Conservation and Regulatory Improvements Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1993

Wetlands Conservation and Regulatory Improvements Act - Prohibits the issuance of revisions to or clarifications of the guidelines for identifying and delineating wetlands under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act until the National Academy of Sciences has completed a specified wetlands study. Provides for the continued use of the 1987 Corps of Engineers wetlands delineation manual until such guidelines are issued. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue guidelines to identify and delineate wetlands. Earmarks funding for: (1) wetlands delineation training and certification programs; and (2) assistance to private landowners who lack financial capacity to identify or delineate wetlands in order to apply for dredge or fill permits or avoid impacts to wetlands. Provides for a public information program on Federal regulations, permitting requirements, and wetlands delineation. Expands the definition of "discharge of dredged or fill material" to include draining, mechanized landclearing, ditching, and excavations (thus, making such activities subject to permit requirements). Sets forth permit decision deadlines and administrative appeal procedures. Authorizes the issuance of general permits on a State, regional, or nationwide basis for any category of activities involving discharges of dredged or fill materials if the activities are similar in nature and will cause only minimal adverse environmental effects when performed separately and cumulatively. Requires specified Federal officials to enter into agreements to make technical determinations concerning wetlands on agricultural lands. Exempts prior converted croplands and certain waters and activities from regulation under dredged and fill permit provisions. Provides for the establishment of mitigation banks (wetlands restoration projects that provide compensation credits to offset foreseeable wetlands losses from future discharges of dredged or fill material into navigable waters where compensatory mitigation is not practicable). Authorizes funding to States for wetlands conservation and watershed management planning. Requires the Administrator to initiate a wetlands and watershed management research program. Establishes a committee to coordinate Federal, State, and local government wetlands policies. Provides for the development of a National Cooperative Wetlands Restoration Strategy.

Designating the week beginning October 17, 1993, as "National Radon Action Week".

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1993

Designates the week beginning October 17, 1993, as National Radon Action Week.

National Aquaculture Development, Research, and Promotion Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993

National Aquaculture Development, Commercialization, and Promotion Act of 1993 - Amends the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 to establish the Department of Agriculture as the lead Federal agency for the development of national policy and programs for private aquaculture. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish within the National Agricultural Library a National Aquaculture Information Center; (2) assign new aquaculture programs to the appropriate Federal agencies; and (3) use specified funds for aquaculture development, research and marketing, and export promotion programs. (Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to pay the Federal share of grants and contracts for aquaculture commercialization research. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to: (1) implement a national policy for private aquaculture; (2) implement a Department Aquaculture Plan; (3) revise the National Aquaculture Development Plan; and (4) treat private aquaculture as a form of agriculture. (Sec. 9) Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out grant and cooperative agreement programs to demonstrate aquaculture's application to environmental enhancement, including a pollution assessment program. (Sec. 10) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out grant and cooperative agreement programs for Native American fishpond revitalization. (Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to provide disaster assistance to eligible aquaculture farmers for weather-related losses. (Secs. 12 and 13) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) establish aquaculture education programs in secondary and postsecondary vocational schools; and (2) support international aquaculture scientific exchanges. (Sec. 14) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 15) Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make aquaculture farmers eligible for farm credit assistance. (Sec. 16) Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to direct the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service to establish an international aquaculture information and data collection program. (Sec. 17) Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to make aquaculture farms eligible for the emergency conservation program.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations Title I: Procurement Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Title III: Operation and Maintenance Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations Title V: Military Personnel Policy Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits Title VII: Health Care Provisions Title VIII: Acquisition Policy Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Title X: General Provisions Title XI: Prevention and Control of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Title XII: Cooperative Threat Reduction with States of Former Soviet Union Division B: Military Construction Authorizations Title XXI: 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 of Authorizations Title XXVIII: General Provisions Title XXIX: Base Closure Assistance Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs Title XXXII: Nuclear Safety Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile Title XXXIV: Civil Defense Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, defense agencies, the Defense Inspector General, and the reserve components of the armed forces. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the chemical demilitarization program (the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions). Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes appropriations for the procurement of certain carriers and turbine engines. Earmarks specified FY 1993 funds for the procurement of nuclear, biological, and chemical protective masks. Prohibits new funding for the Improved Chemical Agent Monitor program. Subtitle C: Air Force Programs - Earmarks limited funds for the B-1, B-2, and B-52 bomber aircraft programs, with specified limitations. Provides for Comptroller General access to information concerning heavy bomber programs. Places specified limitations on the FY 1994 and 1995 Air Force acquisition of the C-17 aircraft. Prohibits funding for the Joint Primary Aircraft training system until the Secretary of Defense has met certain congressional reporting requirements. Authorizes certain Department of Defense (DOD) with respect to the solid rocket motor upgrade program. Subtitle D: Other Programs - Earmarks prior funding for certain intelligence aircraft programs. Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study on the management and funding of the Global Positioning System for the future. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Navy should move expeditiously to award sealift conversion and construction contracts that represent a fair price to the taxpayer. Provides permanent authority to carry out a memorandum of understanding with respect to the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the armed forces and defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D), earmarking specified amounts of such funds for: (1) basic research and exploratory development; (2) the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program; and (3) defense conversion and reinvestment R&D programs. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Outlines various requirements, restrictions, or limitations with respect to: (1) the kinetic energy antisatellite program; (2) the javeline missile program; (3) a plan for testing a new electronic countermeasures system for B-1B bombers; (4) the development of a space launch plan that takes into account new space launch vehicles and technology; (5) the earmarking of FY 1994 funds for the medical component of DOD's biological defense research program; (6) a baseline report for the Arrow tactical ballistic missile defense system; and (7) the procuring of work from federally funded research and development centers. Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs - Provides for the conditional funding of certain ballistic missile defense programs. Requires the Secretary to review various systems and components of ballistic missile defense systems in order to determine their current compliance with the Antiballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty). Limits funding until such review is completed. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress an updated master plan for theater missile defenses. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to extend through FY 1994 the authority for the transfer of responsibility with respect to far-term follow-on technologies. Directs the Secretary to review and report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) on the opportunities to streamline the weapon system acquisition process applicable to the development, testing, and deployment of ballistic missile defenses. Earmarks FY 1994 funds for ballistics missile defense programs. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Limits the underground explosion testing of certain nuclear weapons until certain congressional notifications are met. Terminates the Advisory Council on Federal Participation in Sematech as established under prior law. Establishes the Semiconductor Technology Council to perform semiconductor-related advisory functions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire the Navy Large Cavitation Channel on President's Island, Memphis, Tennessee. Revises the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research Council. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for operation and maintenance for the armed forces (including its reserve and National Guard components), the defense agencies, the defense health program, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, defense, the Global Cooperative Initiatives Fund, support for the 1994 World Cup Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, and for the former Soviet Union threat reduction. Authorizes appropriations for working capital funds of DOD. Renames the National Defense Strategic Sealift Fund as the National Defense Strategic Lift Fund, and revises provisions with respect to Fund purposes, deposits, and budgets. Authorizes appropriations for the Armed Forces Retirement Home. Provides certain transfer authorities. Subtitle B: Defense Business Operations Fund - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to: (1) extend through December 31, 1994, the authority for the use of the Defense Business Operations Fund; and (2) revise provisions concerning Fund implementation. Limits during FY 1994 the obligations against such Fund. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - Directs the Secretary to permit and encourage each military department, defense agency, and other DOD instrumentality to participate in programs conducted by any water utility for water management or water conservation. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a military construction project for water conservation. Extends through FY 1996 the applicability of Federal provisions requiring contractor reimbursement to the United States for certain liabilities relating to the handling of hazardous waste from defense facilities. Prohibits FY 1994 DOD funds from being used to purchase surety bonds or other guaranties of financial responsibility in order to guarantee the performance of any direct function of DOD. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Authorizes the Commandant of the Marine Corps to undertake necessary minor maintenance and repair of Pacific battle monuments until such responsibilities are assumed by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Revises provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 relating to a pilot program to use National Guard personnel in medically underserved communities. Allows National Guard training to include the provision of such health care. Requires the JCS Chairman to submit to the Congress in each of FY 1994 through 1996 an assessment of the readiness and capability of U.S. armed forces to carry out its full range of assigned missions. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Authorizes the end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1994. Allows an FY 1994 through 1997 variation in the number of Marine Corps commissioned officers authorized to be serving on active duty as majors or lieutenant colonels. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes the end strengths for reserve personnel for FY 1994. Provides the end strengths for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Subtitle C: Military Training Student Loads - Provides the average military training student loads for FY 1994. Subtitle D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to DOD for FY 1994 for military personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Awards constructive service credit for advanced education achieved in a heath profession for both active-duty and reserve officer personnel. Provides for the involuntary separation of certain regular warrant officers from the armed forces during FY 1993 and 1994. Extends through FY 1995 the authority for the temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. Subtitle B: Reserve Components - Extends through FY 1995 (currently FY 1993) certain reserve officer management authorities. Provides an exception to the normally-required 12 weeks of basic training for persons already possessing skills in the civilian sector that can be readily applied in the armed forces. Requires physical examinations at least every five years (currently four) for members of the Selected Reserve. Subtitle C: Service Academies - Authorizes the Secretary to establish and appoint civilian faculty members at the U.S. military academies. Requires each teaching staff member at such academies to report to the Academy Superintendent any incident of hazing or any violation of an academy regulation by a cadet or midshipman, with penalties for failure to so report. Subtitle D: Force Reduction Transition - Extends through various periods certain personnel management and benefits transition authorities. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Repeals Federal provisions restricting the assignment of women in the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to prescribe the kinds of duties which women members of such armed force may be assigned. Reduces from five to three years the maximum period to be on the temporary disability retired list. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce the active duty service obligation incurred in connection with advanced education assistance. Provides for the award of the Purple Heart to military personnel killed or wounded in action by friendly fire. Expresses congressional policy that a member of the armed forces shall be separated from military service if the member has, or has attempted to, engage in homosexual conduct or admitted to being a homosexual. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the application of FY 1994 military personnel pay adjustments in conformity with increases made in the General Schedule of the Federal Government. Provides, effective January 1, 1994, a 2.2 percent increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for subsistence, and basic allowance for quarters for members of the armed forces. Subtitle B: Bonuses, Special Pay, and Incentive Pay - Revises the authority relating to the payment of certain Selected Reserve bonuses. Extends through FY 1995 the authority relating to the payment of certain bonuses, payment of special pay, and the repayment requirement for certain educational loans. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Increases the authorized period of lodging in connection with the reimbursement of temporary lodging expenses of military personnel. Provides for the treatment of advance pay paid to military personnel evacuated from Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, due to Hurricane Andrew. Subtitle D: Matters Related to Retired Pay and Separation Benefits - Provides for the concurrent payment of disability compensation and retired pay for persons with disabilities rated as total. Increases from five to six years the minimum service requirement for eligibility for certain separation benefits. Applies the reserve component defense conversion transition initiatives enumerated in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to the Coast Guard Reserve. Subtitle E: Benefits for Former POWs and Other Members Held Captive - Amends the War Claims Act of 1948 to allow the Foreign Claims Settlement of the United States to hear, determine, and compensate former prisoners of war under claims under the Geneva Conventions. Defines such a former prisoner of war as a person held involuntarily during a period declared by the President or the Congress as a period in which U.S. armed forces were involved in a force hostile to the United States. Provides for appeal of a negative claims decision in a U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Authorizes certain compensation for victims of terrorist acts. Subtitle F: Other Matters - Provides authority to limit the direct payment of pay and allowances to certain members during war, hostilities, or national emergency. Postpones the performance of certain tax-related acts for certain persons serving in contingency operations. Revises provisions concerning the payment of benefits to dependents of military personnel who lose (and possibly, regain) the right to retired pay as the result of a military court-martial. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to designate military health care facilities and civilian health care facilities as specialized treatment facilities. Provides for full or partial reimbursement of transportation expenses related to travel to such facilities for specialized treatment. Terminates such program as of the end of FY 1995. Prohibits the Secretary from providing a health care service under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) if determined not medically or psychologically necessary by a CHAMPUS peer review organization. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984, to delay through December 31, 1998, the termination of the status of certain health care facilities as uniformed services treatment facilities. Provides for enrollment in the dependents' dental program by certain military personnel returning from overseas assignments. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy - Subtitle A: Defense Technology and Industrial Base, Reinvestment, and Conversion - Directs the Secretary to establish a Manufacturing Science and Technology program to enhance the capability of industry to meet the manufacturing needs of DOD. Provides funding from amounts authorized under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a University Research Initiative Support Program for the award of grants and contracts to eligible institutions of higher education to support the conduct of R&D relevant to DOD requirements. Provides funding. Subtitle B: Acquisition Assistance Programs - Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for the procurement technical assistance program and the pilot Mentor-Protege program. Extends the program admission date under the latter program through FY 1995. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Revises provisions concerning defense contractor dealings with entities owned or controlled by foreign governments. Requires defense contractors to report to the Secretary any commercial transactions conducted by such contractors with terrorist countries or nationals of such countries. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Establishes an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. Repeals a Federal provision which terminates the position of Director of Expeditionary Warfare on November 1, 1997. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOD authorizations made in this Division between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification. Authorizes (currently requires) the Comptroller General to conduct annual audits of DOD acceptance of property and services from foreign countries in connection with mutual defense. Subtitle B: Fiscal Year 1993 Authorization Matters - Provides the authority, with exceptions, for the obligation of certain unauthorized FY 1993 defense appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to use certain FY 1993 Air Force funds for higher priority FY 1994 Air Force projects. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1993 for certain defense operations, CHAMPUS, and the repair of flood damage at Camp Pendleton, California. Obligates a specified amount for such purposes from the National Security Education Trust Fund. Subtitle C: Joint Officer Personnel Matters - Extends until January 1, 1999, certain exceptions to the requirement of a joint duty assignment for promotion to a general or flag officer. Provides joint duty credit for certain duty performed during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Subtitle D: Matters Relating to Reserve Components - Directs the Secretary to review Air Force plans to transfer certain heavy bombers units from the Air Force active-duty to its reserve component. Requires the transfer of certain air refueling aircraft from Air Force active duty to its reserve. Subtitle E: International Peacekeeping Activities - Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance, with a limit, for international peacekeeping activities during FY 1994. Repeals a current termination of such activities. Authorizes similar assistance to the United Nations for such activities. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a report on U.S. policy on multinational peacekeeping and peace enforcement. Establishes the Department of Defense Global Cooperative Initiatives Fund and authorizes appropriations to such Fund. Revises provisions concerning the scope of U.S. authority to enter into cooperative agreements with the United Nations and regional security organizations to acquire and provide logistic support, supplies, and services. Subtitle F: Matters Relating to Allies and Other Nations - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with U.S. allies and other friendly governments for the exchange of military and civilian personnel between such countries. Authorizes the Secretary to accept from Japan, Kuwait, and the Republic of Korea contributions for U.S. defense efforts there. Transfers to Korea certain obsolete or surplus defense articles currently in the war reserve allies stockpile. Authorizes the President during FY 1994 to issue guarantees for the sale of defense articles and services to NATO member nations and Israel, Australia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Amends the Foreign Assistance to revise provisions relating to the transfer to certain countries of excess defense articles. Subtitle G: Other Matters - Requires a report to the Congress by the Secretaries of Defense and Energy entitled "Manpower Required to Implement Export Controls on Certain Weapons Transfers." Authorizes the Secretary to employ as many civilian directors, deans, professors, etc. at the George C. Marshall European Center for Securities Studies as considered necessary. Recognizes the memorial to the USS Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a national memorial. Title XI: Prevention and Control of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction - Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation Prevention and Control Act of 1993 - Directs DOD, the Department of Energy, and the Intelligence Community, in a manner consistent with U.S. nonproliferation policy, to continue to maintain and improve their capabilities to identify, monitor, and respond to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as well as delivery systems for such weapons. Provides for the establishment of a committee on nonproliferation activities, and the submission to the Congress of a report on such committee's findings. Directs the Secretary to carry out an international nonproliferation and counterproliferation initiative, providing international financial assistance for certain nonproliferation activities, with specified limitations. Provides funding. Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for the Defense Technology Security Administration of DOD for support of U.S. nonproliferation policy. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies during FY 1994 in support of such policy. Provides funding. Title XII: Cooperative Threat Reduction with States of Former Soviet Union - Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 - States that it is in the national security interest of the United States to facilitate within the independent States of the former Soviet Union the dismantling, safe transportation, storage, and elimination of its weapons of mass destruction and certain conventional weapons. Authorizes the President to conduct programs to assist such States in their demilitarization, with restrictions. Authorizes appropriations. Requires prior notice to the appropriate congressional committees of obligation of funds for such purposes. Requires a semiannual report from the President. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Title XXI: 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 military family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1993 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Terminates the authority to carry out certain prior year Army construction projects. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations and terminations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations and terminations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI. Provides for the relocation of certain Air Force construction projects. 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 DOD for fiscal years after 1993 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Terminates the authority to carry out certain FY 1992 military construction projects. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to the 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. Reduces the amount authorized to be appropriated for certain prior year Reserve military construction projects. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI 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 prior year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - Revises certain lease requirements with respect to the military family housing rental program. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of electricity from generation facilities for certain military construction projects. Defines certain energy conservation measures to be adopted under a DOD energy performance plan. Provides the authority to acquire certain existing facilities in lieu of carrying out military construction projects authorized by law. Extends through FY 1995 the authority to lease real property for special operations activities. Subtitle B: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Requires certain additional information in a report on the activities of the Defense Base Closure Account 1990 as required under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Requires base closure selection criteria to include the direct costs of such closures and realignments to other Federal departments and agencies. Provides a limitation on the expenditure of funds from the above Account for military construction in support of the transfer of functions. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to evaluate, and report to the defense committees on, proposals for the purchase or lease of certain buildings located in Arlington, Virginia. Requires information concerning the residual value of overseas installations being closed to be included in certain annual reports required under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. Subtitle C: Land Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy 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; (3) Blackstone, Virginia, the waste water treatment facility at Fort Pickett, Virginia; (4) New Windsor, New York, the water distribution system and reservoir at the Stewart Army Subpost, New York; and (5) Jersey Central Power and Light Company, New Jersey, the electricity distribution system at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) lease to Tri-City Municipal Water District, California, certain real property at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, California; and (2) convey to Broward County, Florida, a portion of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to modify provisions concerning the termination of lease and sale of facilities at the Naval Reserve Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to: (1) convey to Conrad, Montana, the radar bomb scoring site in Conrad; and (2) provide financial assistance to Maricopa County, Arizona, for the improvement of the Dysart Channel at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Department of the Interior the Harry Diamond Army Research Laboratory in Woodbridge, Virginia. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit to the defense committees an environmental impact statement with respect to construction and operation of the Mine Warfare Center of Excellence at Ingleside, Texas. Prohibits the use of this Act's funds for architectural planning and design activities in connection with the DOD vaccine production facility. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make a grant to the Fairfax County School Board, Virginia, for the construction of a public elementary school there. Title XXIX: Base Closure Assistance - Base Closure Communities Act of 1993 - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to authorize the Secretary to transfer real property and facilities at military installations to be closed or realigned to the redevelopment authority of a community located near the installation, or the State in which the installation is located. Provides authority for the lease of certain property at closed installations. Requires the Secretary to ensure the expedited determination of the transferability of excess property at installations to be closed. Requires the Secretary to designate a transition coordinator at each military installation to be closed under a base closure law, and requires such coordinator to establish and direct a property disposal, cleanup, and reuse team for such installation. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to area redevelopment authorities for the conversion and redevelopment of former military installation property. Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and implement programs of employment assistance to communities adversely affected by the closure of a military installation. Directs the Secretary of Defense to identify uncontaminated property (no hazardous substances) at installations to be closed. Directs the Secretary to conduct seminars on the reuse or redevelopment of former defense property and the provision of employment assistance to members of the local community adversely affected by its closure. Requires the Secretary to ensure compliance with certain environmental requirements relating to such closures. Amends the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to authorize the Secretary to contract with local governments for the provision of police, fire protection, and other community services by such governments at military installations to be closed. Provides identical authority under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1994 for operating expenses incurred and for plant projects and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) new tritium production and plutonium disposition activities; (3) environmental restoration and waste management; (4) materials support and other defense programs; and (5) defense nuclear waste disposal. Provides certain funding uses and limitations with respect to specified national security programs and systems. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this title only) transmits to specified congressional committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have expired since such notification. Places certain funding limits (requiring congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits) for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Provides fund transfer authority. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out advance planning and construction design services in connection with proposed construction projects not exceeding $2,000,000, requiring certain congressional notification for projects exceeding $300,000. Authorizes the use of DOE funds for emergency planning, design, and construction services in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property, public health and safety. Makes funds available for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this Subtitle available for all DOE national security programs. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to pay to the Hazardous Substances Response Trust a civil penalty assessed against the Hanford Project in Hanford, Washington. Establishes in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs the Office of Tritium Production and Plutonium Disposition to undertake activities relating to the development and construction of a tritium production facility and a facility to treat and dispose of excess plutonium. Authorizes the transfer by the Secretary of certain DOE property to be closed. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989, to reauthorize and expand the authority of DOE to loan personnel and facilities for certain programs. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out training programs for the management of hazardous materials and hazardous materials emergency response activities. Requires the Secretary to review for compliance specified DOE environmental compliance agreements. Subtitle D: Cooperative Research and Development - Authorizes the Secretary and DOE laboratories to carry out research, development, and demonstration activities and activities relating to the commercial applications of technology that utilize the demonstrated abilities of DOE laboratories. Assigns specified DOE missions to such laboratories. Allows the Secretary and DOE laboratories to enter into agreements and partnerships with non-DOE entities to carry out such activities and complete such missions. Provides a certain goal for partnerships between certain DOE multi-program laboratories and U.S. industry for the sharing of the costs of partnership activities. Provides funding for such partnerships. Revises provisions of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 with respect to Federal agency review of certain cooperative agreements under such Act. Title XXXII: Nuclear Safety - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Requires transmission to the Congress of certain information prepared by such Board under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Subtitle A: Authorizations of Disposals and Use of Funds - Authorizes the President to dispose of obsolete and excess materials contained in the National Defense Stockpile (NDS). Revises the authority to dispose of chromite and manganese ores in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. Authorizes the NDS Manager, during FY 1994, to obligate specified amounts from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for authorized uses under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. Subtitle B: Programmatic Changes - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to: (1) add to the goals of the NDS; (2) authorize the President to change his annual materials stockpiling plan without notice in the event of war or national emergency; (3) provide for the rotation of stockpiled materials to prevent technological obsolescence; (4) add to the authorized uses of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund; and (5) direct the NDS to make an annual grant for FY 1994 and thereafter from NDS sale proceeds to the American Metalcasting Consortium for conducting research and casting application development activities. Title XXXIV: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for carrying out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal for FY 1994, with specified limitations. Authorizes up to 35 passenger motor vehicles to be purchased for transporting Commission personnel across the Isthmus of Panama. Grants congressional consent to the acceptance by non-U.S.-citizen Commission employees of civil employment with Panamanian agencies and organizations. Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to revise certain employee grievance procedures.

Interstate Recycling Promotion Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993

Interstate Recycling Promotion Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to make it lawful for any State to exclude from treatment, storage, or disposal any solid waste from another State which does not have a substantially equivalent law promoting or requiring the recycling of the solid waste products involved. Includes within such laws a law prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or introduction into commerce of any nonreturnable beverage container with respect to which no refundable money deposit is required by the consumer.

Ballona Wetlands Restoration Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993

Ballona Wetlands Restoration Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue regulations for the expedited consideration of permit applications submitted under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters at the Ballona Wetlands in Los Angeles, California. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a demonstration program to encourage the full restoration of such wetlands. Provides for mitigation credits to persons who conduct restoration activities. Permits credits to be used for obtaining permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material between Point Conception, California, and the Mexican border. Requires the Administrator to establish a mitigation banking system and authorizes the sale of credits to third parties with the Administrator's approval.

Ocean and Coastal Management Improvement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993

Ocean and Coastal Management Improvement Act of 1993 - Transfers to the Department of the Interior the following offices and assets of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: (1) the National Ocean Service; (2) the National Marine Fisheries Service; (3) the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; (4) the fleet of research and survey vessels; and (5) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Corps. Transfers to the Department of Environmental Protection (sic) components of the National Ocean Service that carry out coastal management and assessment programs.