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Bill· HRH.R. 4432 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1994
Public Housing Regulatory Relief Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the waiver (with specified exceptions) of public housing requirements. Permits a public housing agency (PHA) to retain savings realized through efficient management. Authorizes the recapture of public housing modernization funds. Authorizes PHAs to borrow against future modernization funds. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to study PHA labor and acquisition requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 4434 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Elimination of Baseline Budgeting Title II: Changes in Discretionary Spending Limits Title III: Expedited Rescissions and Targeted Tax Benefits Title IV: Treatment of Emergency Spending Common Cents Budget Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Elimination of Baseline Budgeting - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) with respect to the baseline to remove requirements for inflation adjustments, except for purposes of adjusting discretionary spending limits. Removes the requirement that adjustments made for expiring housing contracts be sequential and cumulative. Requires the President's budget to include: (1) estimated expenditures and appropriations for the current year; (2) new budget authority in budget outlay comparisons; and (3) a certain comparison of levels of estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations that includes the proposed increase or decrease in spending in percentage terms. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make conforming changes to the development of the concurrent resolution on the budget. Requires the Congressional Budget Office to include in reports to budget committees certain current year comparisons and a table on sources of spending growth under current law in total mandatory spending for the budget year and the ensuing four fiscal years. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to report annually to the Congress on all programs and activities with permanent or indefinite spending authority or those programs for which budget authority is not provided for in advance by appropriation Acts. Title II: Changes in Discretionary Spending Limits - Reduces discretionary spending limits for new budget authority for any fiscal year by the amount in the Deficit Reduction Account. Requires each appropriation or rescission bill to contain a Deficit Reduction Account containing amounts resulting from reduced spending. Title III: Expedited Rescissions and Targeted Tax Benefits - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of proposed rescissions of budget authority or repeals of targeted tax benefits. Title IV: Treatment of Emergency Spending - Limits emergency appropriations and legislation to the matter of emergency. Allows such a statute to contain other offsetting provisions that reduce spending or non-emergency appropriations for the designated emergency. Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution containing an emergency designation, if the legislation provides an appropriation for any other item or matter.
Bill· HRH.R. 4414 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Time-Limited Transitional Assistance Title II: Make Work Pay Subtitle A: Health Care Subtitle B: Earned Income Tax Credit Subtitle C: Child Care Subtitle D: AFDC Work Disregards Subtitle E: AFDC Asset Limitations Title III: The Work First Program Subtitle A: AFDC Subtitle B: Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Title IV: Family Responsibility and Improved Child Support Enforcement Subtitle A: Enhancement of Ability to Identify and Locate Noncustodial Parents Subtitle B: Paternity Establishment Subtitle C: Improvement of Child Support Order Establishment Process Subtitle D: Child Support Enforcement Title V: Teen Pregnancy and Family Stability Subtitle A: Federal Role Subtitle B: State Role Title VI: Program Simplification Subtitle A: Increased State Flexibility Subtitle B: Coordination of AFDC and Food Stamp Programs Subtitle C: Fraud Reduction Title VII: Financing Subtitle A: Ineligibility of certain Aliens for certain Social Services Subtitle B: Other Provisions Relating to Aliens Subtitle C: Limitation on Emergency Assistance Expenditures Subtitle D: Family Day Care Homes Program Improvements Subtitle E: Collection of Certain State and Local Taxes on Out-of-State Sales Title VIII: Effective Date Independence for Families Act of 1994 - Title I: Time-Limited Transitional Assistance - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require States opting below to have work first programs to make ineligible for AFDC any family with a member who has participated in such work program for two years; (2) condition eligibility for AFDC on participation in job search activities except during unsubsidized full-time private sector employment; (3) provide transitional child care for families cut off AFDC after two years; and (4) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Service (Secretary) to establish a database of work first and community service programs participants for use by States opting to have work first programs. Title II: Make Work Pay - Amends SSA titles XIX (Medicaid) and IV part A (AFDC), as well as the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and other specified Federal law, to make various specified changes with regard to, among others, extended Medicaid enrollment for former AFDC recipients, increased AFDC earned income disregards, limited AFDC income and resource disregards of savings for education, first time home or automobile purchase, microenterprise initiatives, increased child care funding and transitional benefits for two parent families, and refundable tax credits for dependent care and other expenses connected with gaining employment in order to enable AFDC recipients to become self-sufficient. (Sec. 229) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Child Care Development and Block Grant Act should be reauthorized to allow States greater flexibility to use their funds to strengthen child care; and (2) States should institute a child care voucher system to enable families on AFDC to purchase child care services, create Consumer Information Centers for providing information on eligible child care providers, and loosen their regulations to allow for reimbursement of certain provider costs. Title III: The Work First Program - Amends SSA title IV to: (1) replace the current Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program under part F with a new Work First Program that allows participating States to establish work programs similar to those operated by Riverside County, California and the State of Oregon; (2) add a new part G (Community Service Program); (3) include a work supplementation component under each such program that provides for subsidized private sector or State or local government jobs; (4) give States the option of having such programs; and (5) require States exercising such option to provide participants with the necessary case management services to ensure integrated benefits and services provided under such programs. (Sec. 311) Amends IRC to provide for an increase in the minimum period of employment required to receive a targeted jobs tax credit. Title IV: Family Responsibility And Improved Child Support Enforcement - Amends SSA title IV parts A and D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to make specified changes with regard to AFDC recipient cooperation in establishing paternity of illegitimate children, locate services for enforcing child support orders, parenting services for new fathers, and distribution of child support proceeds. (Sec. 411) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) certain actions pursuant to a child support order, such as the denial of visitation rights, should be treated as irrelevant in actions brought to enforce other provisions of the order; (2) the Secretary should investigate accessing certain Federal data banks not linked to the Parent Locator Service; (3) the national network established under this title for handling locate requests should be used to access State records only through the agency administering the State part D plan; (4) social services should be provided in hospitals to women whose pregnancy results from rape or incest; and (5) States should implement methods for verifying locate information and develop programs like the State of Wisconsin's program for noncustodial parents unable to meet support obligations. (Sec. 421) Establishes the National Child Support Guidelines Commission to: (1) study and develop a national child support guideline if one proves advisable; and (2) submit a report on the study's results to the President and the Congress. (Sec. 431) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a system for enabling child support information to be obtained at the workplace via W-4 form reporting by employees. Amends IRC to require employers to: (1) deduct and withhold child support obligations from employee wages; (2) pay withholdings to the appropriate payee; and (3) include withheld obligations on the employee's W-2 form. Makes various other specified changes to SSA title IV part D involving: (1) State procedures for comparing information in the national registry of child support orders (NR) established under this title with information obtained above from W-4 form reporting, and for imposing monetary penalties on employees who fail to report support obligations; (2) development of uniform withholding orders; (3) garnishment of certain Federal benefits and seizure of lottery winnings and other payouts to satisfy support arrearages; (4) State reporting of support obligations to credit bureaus; and (5) liability of grandparents for financial support of children of their minor children. Title V: Teen Pregnancy and Family Stability - Amends SSA title IV part A (AFDC) with respect to Federal and State roles in reducing teenage pregnancy and promoting family stability; by: (1) requiring States to deny AFDC for additional children (except those born as a result of rape or incest) of AFDC families unless the State plan explicitly provides for such additional children; and (2) providing for unmarried minors who are pregnant or who have children to live under adult supervision in order to receive AFDC. (Sec. 503) Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a task force to reduce teenage pregnancy. (Sec. 511) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) children should be educated about the risks of early parenthood; (2) reproductive family planning and education should be made available to potential parents; and (3) States should use SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) funds to provide comprehensive services to high-risk youth and work with schools for early identification and referral of such children. Title VI: Program Simplification - Amends SSA titles IV part A and XI, as well as the Food Stamp Act of 1977, to give States increased flexibility in providing AFDC benefits (including restoring those wrongfully terminated) through, among other means, use of electronic benefit transfers, quicker action on waiver requests, and coordination with food stamp rules. (Sec. 631) Expresses the support of the Congress for certain efforts by the Social Security Administration to reduce fraud and abuse in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program under SSA title XVI. (Sec. 632) Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of issuing a single counterfeit-resistant ID card to replace the current social security card and any health security card issued under health reform legislation. Title VII: Financing - Amends the SSA, the IRC, and the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make certain aliens ineligible for AFDC, SSI, Medicaid, food stamps, and the earned income tax credit. (Sec. 711) Sets forth special rules concerning aliens and general public assistance. (Sec. 714) Authorizes appropriations for financial assistance to States for assistance to resident aliens. Specifies the annual allocation of such Federal financial assistance for each State and the District of Columbia through FY 1988. (Sec. 721) Amends SSA title IV part A (AFDC) to revise: (1) the definition of "emergency assistance to needy families with children"; and (2) the limitation on State expenditures for such assistance. (Sec. 731) Amends the National School Lunch Act to: (1) modify family and group day care home reimbursement provisions under the child and adult care food program; and (2) provide grants to States for making grants to family and day care homes. Tax Fairness for Main Street Business Act of 1994 - States that the Congress: (1) recognizes that some States will be adversely affected by provisions of this Act which deny immigrants certain public assistance; (2) pledges to help those States offset the potential cost shift; and (3) encourages States, in authorizing them below to require out-of-State companies to collect sales taxes on certain purchases, to use increased revenues resulting from such collections to offset such cost shift and design assistance programs addressing special needs of immigrants. (Sec. 744) Authorizes a State or local jurisdiction to require certain out-of-State businesses to collect sales taxes on tangible personal property sold to residents of the State or local jurisdiction. (Sec. 745) Provides an in-lieu fee rate where local taxes are not uniform. (Sec. 746) Prohibits a State from requiring out-of-State businesses to file reporting returns more than once every calendar quarter. (Sec. 749) Requires a State to establish toll-free information services to provide such businesses with necessary forms and instructions. Title VIII: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4411 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Environmental Response Training Program Subtitle A: Certification, Training, and Accreditation Program Subtitle B: Health and Safety Program Title II: National Environmental Response Employment Program Title III: Federal Environmental Coordination Committee and Related Provisions Title IV: Administration and Enforcement National Environmental Training and Employment Act of 1994 - Provides for training, health and safety, employment opportunities, and certification for environmental response employees and employers, emergency responders, and environmental training providers. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the various titles of this Act. Allows other funds to be used to carry out this Act from appropriations for programs, projects, or activities administered by the Departments of Defense, of Energy, of Housing and Urban Development, of the Interior, of Labor, and of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Environmental Protection Agency. Title I: National Environmental Response Training Program - Subtitle A: Certification, Training, and Accreditation Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to establish a National Environmental Training Program to: (1) certify environmental response employers (through a National Certification Program in the Department of Labor); (2) train and certify environmental response employees and emergency responders; and (3) accredit environmental training providers. Subtitle B: Health and Safety Program - Directs the Secretary to establish a national safety and health program covering environmental response employees and emergency responders. Allows such program to be implemented and managed, at the Secretary's discretion, by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Requires such program to include minimum standard medical examination protocols, a medical surveillance program, and a national injury/illness/fatality surveillance system. Title II: National Environmental Response Employment Program - Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a program to ensure employment of minorities and women in activities covered by this Act; and (2) in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, a program to ensure availability of training and employment in activities covered by this Act for displaced military personnel. Directs the Secretary to provide grants to: (1) public agencies and nonprofit employee organizations qualifying as accredited providers to train environmental emergency responders; (2) joint labor-managed training trust funds and labor organizations accredited as providers for training and related activities for environmental workers subject to this Act; (3) nonprofit veterans' organizations for recruitment and counseling services for recently separated members of the military and other veterans, in connection with environmental response training; and (4) nonprofit minority and women's organizations for recruitment and counseling services for minority and female applicants, in connection with environmental response training. Title III: Federal Environmental Coordination Committee and Related Provisions - Establishes the Federal Environmental Coordination Committee, including the heads of the aforementioned Federal departments and agencies. Provides for: (1) enforcement of this Act through Federal contracting procedures; (2) cooperation with States; (3) accreditation and certification/licensure fees; and (4) environmental workforce research and studies. Title IV: Administration and Enforcement - Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to seek judicial relief and civil penalties for failure to comply with this Act.
Bill· SS. 2105 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Interdiction Title II: Alien Smuggling Title III: INS Investigators Title IV: Government Benefits Title V: Criminal Aliens Title VI: Terrorist Aliens Title VII: Inspections Title VIII: Asylum Title IX: Funding Illegal Immigration Control Act of 1994 - Title I:Interdiction - Directs the Attorney General to install additional physical barriers in high illegal-entry border areas. (Sec. 102) Authorizes appropriations for additional Border Patrol personnel. (Sec. 103) Directs the Attorney General and the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to: (1) implement an interior repatriation program for illegal aliens who have been deported at least three times; and (2) increase border detention facilities. (Sec. 104) Authorizes the transfer of closed military bases to be used as Federal incarceration facilities for illegal aliens. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Attorney General to require vessels to provide INS with port of entry notification. Title II: Alien Smuggling - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) to expand INS forfeiture authority for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens. (Sec. 202) Brings alien smuggling operations under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions. (Sec. 203) Amends the Act to increase penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses. (Sec. 204) Amends Federal law to authorize INS wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations. Title III: INS Investigators - Authorizes additional appropriations for additional INS investigators. Title IV: Government Benefits - Prohibits direct Federal benefits (except for emergency medical care) or housing assistance to an alien who is not a permanent resident, a refugee, an asylee, or a parolee. (Sec. 402) Prohibits unemployment benefits to an alien who has not been granted INS work authorization. (Sec. 404) Authorizes appropriations for the Save System. (Sec. 405) Reduces Federal assistance by 20 percent to any locality that refuses to cooperate in the arrest and deportation of illegal aliens. (Sec. 406) Establishes a uniform vital statistics pilot program for three States with high numbers of undocumented aliens. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Criminal Aliens - Amends the Act to include aliens on criminal probation or criminal parole among the categories of aliens subject to special registration. (Sec. 502) Expands the definition of "aggravated felony." (Sec. 503) Expedites deportation proceedings for specified criminal aliens. (Sec. 504) Provides for judicial deportation of aliens convicted of an aggravated felony. (Sec. 505) Restricts specified deportation defenses. (Sec. 508) Directs the Commissioner to operate a criminal alien tracking center. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 509) Directs the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to study the use and effectiveness of the Prisoner Transfer Treaty with Mexico to remove convicted aliens from the United States. (Sec. 511) Directs the Attorney General, upon State or local request, to: (1) incarcerate convicted alien felons; or (2) compensate States or localities for such incarceration costs. Title VI: Terrorist Aliens - Amends the Act to establish procedures for the removal of alien terrorists, including a special court to hear such cases. (Sec. 602) Makes membership in a terrorist organization a basis for U.S. exclusion. Title VII: Inspections - Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) specified numbers of preinspection stations at foreign airports identified as last departure points for the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving passengers and at those with the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving undocumented aliens; and (2) an air carrier consultant program. (Sec. 702) Provides for the training of airline personnel in fraudulent document detection. (Sec. 703) Amends Federal law to increase specified passport and visa penalties. Title VIII: Asylum - Amends the Act to revise asylum procedures. (Sec. 802) Sets forth mandatory and discretionary conditions for granting provisional asylum. Title IX: Funding - Provides overhead cost reductions incurred in federally sponsored research.
Bill· HRH.R. 4390 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1994
FHA Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the National Housing Act to: (1) revise single family housing insurance mortgage limitations; and (2) authorize a single family risk-sharing mortgage insurance program with State and local agencies.
Bill· HRH.R. 4396 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1994
FHA Mortgage Upgrade Act - Amends the National Housing Act to revise single family housing insurance mortgage limitations.
Bill· SS. 2058 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title XXI (sic): Army Title XXII: Navy Title XXIII: Air Force Title XXIV: Defense Agencies Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 - Title XXI (sic): Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, and to improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years after 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1994 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1994 for the Guard and Reserve forces for acquisition, architectural planning and design activities, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in the preceding titles of this Act on October 1, 1997, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1998, whichever is later. Extends certain FY 1991 and 1992 military construction projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 4310 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Assistance for the Homeless Subtitle A: Reorganization of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act Subtitle B: Emergency Food and Shelter Title II: Public and Indian Housing; Cross-Cutting Authorizations Subtitle A: Enhance Flexibility for Public Housing Agencies Subtitle B: Severely Distressed Public Housing Program Subtitle C: Anti-Crime Initiatives Subtitle D: Authorizations and Extensions Subtitle E: Applicability Title III: Homeownership; FHA Mortgage Insurance Authorization Subtitle A: Expand Single Family Homeownership Opportunity Subtitle B: National Homeownership Fund Demonstration Subtitle C: Authorization Title IV: Economic Opportunity; Expansion of Affordable Housing Subtitle A: Economic Opportunity Subtitle B: Section 8 Initiatives Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Title V: Preservation and Production Title VI: Expand Fair Housing Title VII: Community Development and Empowerment Subtitle A: Neighborhood Leveraged Investments for Tomorrow (LIFT) Program Subtitle B: Community Viability Fund Subtitle C: Colonias Assistance Program Subtitle D: Zone Economic Development Initiative Subtitle E: Authorizations of Appropriations Title VIII: Management Reform Subtitle A: Improve the Allocation and Use of Assistance Subtitle B: Office of Public and Indian Housing Subtitle C: Office of Housing Subtitle D: Office of Community Planning and Development Subtitle E: Nonjudicial Foreclosure of Defaulted Single Family Mortgages Title IX: Miscellaneous Amendments Housing Choice and Community Investment Act of 1994 - Title I: Assistance for the Homeless - Subtitle A: Reorganization of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act - Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Reorganization Act of 1994 - Authorizes appropriations for comprehensive assistance systems for homeless individuals and families. (Sec. 106) Reorganizes the following programs under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act into a combined matching grant program: (1) emergency shelters; (2) transitional housing; (3) safe havens; (4) single room occupancy dwellings; (5) shelter plus care; and (6) rural homeless housing assistance. Includes a permanent housing component in such program. (Sec. 115) Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to authorize appropriations for the innovative homeless program. Subtitle B: Emergency Food and Shelter - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to transfer the emergency food and shelter program from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Authorizes program appropriations. Title II: Public and Indian Housing; Cross-Cutting Authorizations - Subtitle A: Enhance Flexibility for Public Housing Agencies - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize direct modernization and replacement loans for public housing agencies (PHAs). Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 202) Authorizes PHAs to use modernization funds for replacement housing. (Sec. 204) Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 with regard to the early childhood development program to: (1) authorize grants for the expansion or refunding of pre-existing child care centers; and (2) permit homeless families with children to use program services. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 205) Authorizes an entrepreneurial PHA and resident management corporation (RMC) demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for program evaluations. (Sec. 208) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the sale of public housing to nonprofit organizations to facilitate resident homeownership. Subtitle B: Severely Distressed Public Housing Program - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise the severely distressed housing program, including: (1) redefining severely distressed housing; (2) increasing planning grant levels; and (3) including community service and support service activities. Subtitle C: Anti-Crime Initiatives - Community Partnerships Against Crime Act of 1994 - Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to establish a community partnerships against crime program of grants to PHAs and owners of federally assisted low-income housing. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 222) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize PHAs and assisted housing owners to ban guns. (Sec. 223) Directs law enforcement entities to make criminal records available to requesting PHAs for screening and eviction purposes. Subtitle D: Authorizations and Extensions - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase budget authority for specified public and Indian housing programs. (Sec. 232) Authorizes appropriations for: (1) public housing operating subsidies; (2) the family self-sufficiency program; (3) public housing family investment centers; (4) the revised congregate services program; and (5) the Indian housing loan guarantee program. Subtitle E: Applicability - Applies specified public housing provisions to Indian housing. Title III: Homeownership; FHA Mortgage Insurance Authorizations - Subtitle A: Expand Single Family Homeownership Opportunities - National Homeownership Fund Demonstration Act - Amends the National Housing Act to make Federal Housing Administration (FHA) home loan insurance available in targeted revitalization areas to low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers. (Sec. 302) Revises FHA single family mortgage limits. (Sec. 303) Creates a streamlined refinancing procedure for qualifying HUD-held mortgages. (Sec. 304) Authorizes innovative affordable housing demonstration programs through the use of alternative financing instruments. (Sec. 305) Amends the National Housing Act to establish a single family risk-sharing mortgage insurance program. (Sec. 306) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1968 to expand, and authorize appropriations for, housing counseling services. Subtitle B: National Homeownership Fund Demonstration - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to revise the national homeownership fund demonstration. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Authorizations - Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the flexible subsidy program. (Sec. 322) Authorizes appropriations for specified multifamily housing program service coordinators. (Sec. 323) Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize an aggregate amount of guaranteed loan principal under the mortgage-backed security program. (Sec. 324) Amends the National Housing Act to authorize an aggregate amount of FHA mortgage insurance. Title IV: Economic Opportunity; Expansion of Affordable Housing - Subtitle A: Economic Opportunity Economic Opportunities for Residents in HUD-Assisted Programs (sic) - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to provide grants for Economic Opportunity Centers to link low-income residents with employment generated by housing and community development assistance. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 402) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise and expand the resident management program. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Section 8 Initiatives - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to merge the section 8 public housing certificate and voucher programs into a single revised certificate program. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for: (1) the supportive housing for the elderly program; and (2) the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program. (Sec. 424) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize appropriations for: (1) the HOPE homeownership program; (2) the Youthbuild program; and (3) housing for persons with AIDS. Title V: Preservation and Production - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for the low-income housing preservation program. (Sec. 504) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize HOME program loan guarantees. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 506) Amends the National Housing Act to extend the termination date for certain insured mortgage auctions. (Sec. 507) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend: (1) the FHA multifamily risk-sharing pilot program; and (2) the housing finance agency pilot program. Title VI: Expansion of Fair Housing Metropolitan Areawide Strategy Demonstration - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out through local government a demonstration program of assisted housing availability in three metropolitan areas. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 604) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for the fair housing initiatives program. (Sec. 605) Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to authorize civil money penalties for reporting violations by nonsupervised lending institutions. Title VII: Community Development and Empowerment - Subtitle A: Neighborhood Leveraged Investments for Tomorrow (LIFT) Program Authorization - Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance for neighborhood revitalization and competitive project-based grants to stimulate public and private investment, employment, and creation of essential services in disadvantaged communities (LIFT program). Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Community Viability Fund - Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to authorize a program of grants for: (1) strategic planning and urban design; and (2) community institution building and neighborhood development. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Colonias Assistance Program Authorization - Authorizes, and authorizes appropriations for, a colonias assistance program, including creation of model programs. (Sec. 727) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to extend the colonias community development block grant (CDBG) set-aside. Subtitle D: Zone Economic Development Initiative Authorization - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to localities with designated Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities to implement community revitalization strategies. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 737) Authorizes appropriations for activities under this subtitle. Subtitle E: Authorization of Appropriations - Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to authorize appropriations for the capacity building for community development and affordable housing program. (Sec. 742) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for: (1) the CDBG program; (2) special purpose grants including insular areas, historically Black colleges, technical assistance, university activities, readjustments, and work study programs; and (3) the economic development initiative. Title VIII: Management Reform - Subtitle A: Improve the Allocation and Use of Assistance - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to section 8 housing to: (1) limit rental increases for rents exceeding fair market rent levels; (2) provide high interest mortgage refinancing incentives; and (3) provide preference for working families. Subtitle B: Office of Public and Indian Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to set aside funds for oversight and technical assistance activities with respect to the public and Indian housing modernization program. Subtitle C: Office of Housing - Amends the National Housing Act with respect to: (1) lower-income family homeownership refinancing; (2) elimination of multifamily development program mortgage insurance; and (3) project manager indemnification. Subtitle D: Office of Community Planning and Development Management Information Systems - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to set aside CDBG funds for management information systems. Subtitle E: Nonjudicial Foreclosure of Defaulted Single Family Mortgages - Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994 - Authorizes and establishes procedures for the Secretary to foreclose defaulted single family mortgages. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Amends the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to: (1) set aside funds for technical assistance and capacity building; (2) expand research authority; and (3) authorize appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4304 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1994
Public Housing Improvement Act of 1994 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal the public housing demolition one-for-one replacement requirement. Permits the use of modernization funds for cost-effective new construction. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to transfer the management of chronically troubled public housing agencies to private management.
Bill· SS. 2049 (103rd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Assistance for the Homeless Subtitle A: Reorganization of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act Subtitle B: Emergency Food and Shelter Title II: Public and Indian Housing; Cross-Cutting Authorizations Subtitle A: Enhance Flexibility for Public Housing Agencies Subtitle B: Severely Distressed Public Housing Program Subtitle C: Anti-Crime Initiatives Subtitle D: Authorizations and Extensions Subtitle E: Applicability Title III: Homeownership; FHA Mortgage Insurance Authorizations Subtitle A: Expand Single Family Homeownership Opportunities Subtitle B: National Homeownership Fund Demonstration Subtitle C: Authorizations Title IV: Economic Opportunity; Expansion of Affordable Housing Subtitle A: Economic Opportunity Economic Opportunities for Residents in HUD-Assisted Programs (sic) Subtitle B: Section 8 Initiatives Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Title V: Preservation and Production Title VI: Expansion of Fair Housing Metropolitan Areawide Strategy Demonstration Title VII: Community Development and Empowerment Subtitle A: Neighborhood Leveraged Investments for Tomorrow (LIFT) Program Authorization Subtitle B: Community Viability Fund Subtitle C: Colonias Assistance Program Authorization Subtitle D: Zone Economic Development Initiative Authorization Subtitle E: Authorization of Appropriations Title VIII: Management Reform Subtitle A: Improve the Allocation and Use of Assistance Subtitle B: Office of Public and Indian Housing Subtitle C: Office of Housing Subtitle D: Office of Community Planning and Development Management Information Systems Subtitle E: Nonjudicial Foreclosure of Defaulted Single Family Mortgages Title IX: Miscellaneous Housing Choice and Community Investment Act of 1994 - Title I: Assistance for the Homeless - Subtitle A: Reorganization of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act - Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Reorganization Act of 1994 - Authorizes appropriations for comprehensive assistance systems for homeless individuals and families. (Sec. 106) Reorganizes the following programs under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act into a combined matching grant program: (1) emergency shelters; (2) transitional housing; (3) safe havens; (4) single room occupancy dwellings; (5) shelter plus care; and (6) rural homeless housing assistance. Includes a permanent housing component in such program. (Sec. 115) Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to authorize appropriations for the innovative homeless program. Subtitle B: Emergency Food and Shelter - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to transfer the emergency food and shelter program from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Authorizes program appropriations. Title II: Public and Indian Housing; Cross-Cutting Authorizations - Subtitle A: Enhance Flexibility for Public Housing Agencies - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize direct modernization and replacement loans for public housing agencies (PHAs). Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 202) Authorizes PHAs to use modernization funds for replacement housing. (Sec. 204) Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 with regard to the early childhood development program to: (1) authorize grants for the expansion or refunding of pre-existing child care centers; and (2) permit homeless families with children to use program services. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 205) Authorizes an entrepreneurial PHA and resident management corporation (RMC) demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for program evaluations. (Sec. 208) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the sale of public housing to nonprofit organizations to facilitate resident homeownership. Subtitle B: Severely Distressed Public Housing Program - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise the severely distressed housing program, including: (1) redefining severely distressed housing; (2) increasing planning grant levels; and (3) including community service and support service activities. Subtitle C: Anti-Crime Initiatives - Community Partnerships Against Crime Act of 1994 - Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to establish a community partnerships against crime program of grants to PHAs and owners of federally assisted low-income housing. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 222) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize PHAs and assisted housing owners to ban guns. (Sec. 223) Directs law enforcement entities to make criminal records available to requesting PHAs for screening and eviction purposes. Subtitle D: Authorizations and Extensions - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase budget authority for specified public and Indian housing programs. (Sec. 232) Authorizes appropriations for: (1) public housing operating subsidies; (2) the family self-sufficiency program; (3) public housing family investment centers; (4) the revised congregate services program; and (5) the Indian housing loan guarantee program. Subtitle E: Applicability - Applies specified public housing provisions to Indian housing. Title III: Homeownership; FHA Mortgage Insurance Authorizations - Subtitle A: Expand Single Family Homeownership Opportunities - National Homeownership Fund Demonstration Act - Amends the National Housing Act to make Federal Housing Administration (FHA) home loan insurance available in targeted revitalization areas to low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers. (Sec. 302) Revises FHA single family mortgage limits. (Sec. 303) Creates a streamlined refinancing procedure for qualifying HUD-held mortgages. (Sec. 304) Authorizes innovative affordable housing demonstration programs through the use of alternative financing instruments. (Sec. 305) Amends the National Housing Act to establish a single family risk-sharing mortgage insurance program. (Sec. 306) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1968 to expand, and authorize appropriations for, housing counseling services. Subtitle B: National Homeownership Fund Demonstration - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to revise the national homeownership fund demonstration. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Authorizations - Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the flexible subsidy program. (Sec. 322) Authorizes appropriations for specified multifamily housing program service coordinators. (Sec. 323) Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize an aggregate amount of guaranteed loan principal under the mortgage-backed security program. (Sec. 324) Amends the National Housing Act to authorize an aggregate amount of FHA mortgage insurance. Title IV: Economic Opportunity; Expansion of Affordable Housing - Subtitle A: Economic Opportunity Economic Opportunities for Residents in HUD-Assisted Programs (sic) - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to provide grants for Economic Opportunity Centers to link low-income residents with employment generated by housing and community development assistance. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 402) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise and expand the resident management program. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Section 8 Initiatives - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to merge the section 8 public housing certificate and voucher programs into a single revised certificate program. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for: (1) the supportive housing for the elderly program; and (2) the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program. (Sec. 424) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize appropriations for: (1) the HOPE homeownership program; (2) the Youthbuild program; and (3) housing for persons with AIDS. Title V: Preservation and Production - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for the low-income housing preservation program. (Sec. 504) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize HOME program loan guarantees. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 506) Amends the National Housing Act to extend the termination date for certain insured mortgage auctions. (Sec. 507) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend: (1) the FHA multifamily risk-sharing pilot program; and (2) the housing finance agency pilot program. Title VI: Expansion of Fair Housing Metropolitan Areawide Strategy Demonstration - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out through local government a demonstration program of assisted housing availability in three metropolitan areas. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 604) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for the fair housing initiatives program. (Sec. 605) Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to authorize civil money penalties for reporting violations by nonsupervised lending institutions. Title VII: Community Development and Empowerment - Subtitle A: Neighborhood Leveraged Investments for Tomorrow (LIFT) Program Authorization - Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance for neighborhood revitalization and competitive project-based grants to stimulate public and private investment, employment, and creation of essential services in disadvantaged communities (LIFT program). Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Community Viability Fund - Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to authorize a program of grants for: (1) strategic planning and urban design; and (2) community institution building and neighborhood development. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Colonias Assistance Program Authorization - Authorizes, and authorizes appropriations for, a colonias assistance program, including creation of model programs. (Sec. 727) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to extend the colonias community development block grant (CDBG) set-aside. Subtitle D: Zone Economic Development Initiative Authorization - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to localities with designated Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities to implement community revitalization strategies. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 737) Authorizes appropriations for activities under this subtitle. Subtitle E: Authorization of Appropriations - Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to authorize appropriations for the capacity building for community development and affordable housing program. (Sec. 742) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for: (1) the CDBG program; (2) special purpose grants including insular areas, historically Black colleges, technical assistance, university activities, readjustments, and work study programs; and (3) the economic development initiative. Title VIII: Management Reform - Subtitle A: Improve the Allocation and Use of Assistance - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to section 8 housing to: (1) limit rental increases for rents exceeding fair market rent levels; (2) provide high interest mortgage refinancing incentives; and (3) provide preference for working families. Subtitle B: Office of Public and Indian Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to set aside funds for oversight and technical assistance activities with respect to the public and Indian housing modernization program. Subtitle C: Office of Housing - Amends the National Housing Act with respect to: (1) lower-income family homeownership refinancing; (2) elimination of multifamily development program mortgage insurance; and (3) project manager indemnification. Subtitle D: Office of Community Planning and Development Management Information Systems - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to set aside CDBG funds for management information systems. Subtitle E: Nonjudicial Foreclosure of Defaulted Single Family Mortgages - Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994 - Authorizes and establishes procedures for the Secretary to foreclose defaulted single family mortgages. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Amends the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to: (1) set aside funds for technical assistance and capacity building; (2) expand research authority; and (3) authorize appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2055 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1994
Guaranteed Rural Housing Fairness Act - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to modify pooling requirements for the guaranteed rural housing loan program.
Bill· HRH.R. 4302 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Army Title II: Navy Title III: Air Force Title IV: Defense Agencies Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title VII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 - Title I: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title II: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under Title I. Title III: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under Title I. Title IV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units and to improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal years after 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title V: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1994 for such contributions. Title VI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1994 for the Guard and Reserve forces for acquisition, architectural planning and design activities, and construction of facilities. Title VII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles I through VI of this Act on October 1, 1997, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1998, whichever is later. Extends certain FY 1991 and 1992 military construction projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 4254 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1994
Public and Federally Assisted Housing Security Act of 1994 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to terminate public housing and assisted housing tenancy for persons involved in firearm-related criminal activity.
Bill· HRH.R. 4237 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1994
Gun-Free Public Housing Zones Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a public housing zone, with exceptions for security and law enforcement personnel. Provides for fines of up to $5,000, up to five years' imprisonment (to be served consecutively with regard to any other term imposed), or both for violations of this Act. Encourages authorities to post signs warning of the prohibition against the illegal possession of firearms in public housing zones.
Bill· SS. 2018 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1994
Reauthorizes and revises specified Federal law relating to construction of school facilities in areas affected by Federal activities (school construction portion of impact aid program). Provides for financial assistance to federally impacted school districts urgently in need of: (1) school facilities in districts having substantial increases in school membership resulting from new or increased Federal activities and whose membership includes children in need of minimum school facilities; and (2) facility improvements or structural modifications to meet life safety codes, average daily attendance requirements, Federal laws or regulations, or curriculum improvements. Extends the authorization of appropriations. Divides equally between payments to school districts for militarily-connected children (or other children residing on or with a parent working on Federal property) and payments to districts for Indian children (or children with inadequate school facilities due to the revenue impact of Federal property) the remaining funds after the Secretary of Education has determined the portion of funds for temporary school facilities and for children whom local educational agencies (LEAs) are unable to provide education. Prohibits approval of applications for payments based upon increases in the number of students residing on, or residing with a parent employed on, property which is part of a low-rent housing project assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937 until all other applications for payments relating to militarily connected children and Indian children have been approved for that fiscal year. Revises formulas used in determining: (1) the Federal share for any project; and (2) limitation on total payments to LEAs. Revises application provisions to require: (1) assurance of compliance with Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements, except for emergency relief impact aid; and (2) resubmission of applications after a three-year period. Provides that provisions for certain additional payments shall take effect only when funds are specifically appropriated for such purpose. Requires that, prior to transfer, facilities meet all State and Federal building health and safety requirements. Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out school construction impact aid, to use and pay for the services and facilities of other Federal agencies and public or nonprofit agencies or institutions. Sets forth criteria for certain determinations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4218 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1994
Low-Income Housing Incentive Act - Requires a General Accounting Office study regarding public housing demolition and disposition and the need for larger public housing dwelling units. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a five-year demonstration assistance program to State housing agencies for development of affordable rental housing. Requires participating housing agencies to carry out qualifying affordable housing incentive loan programs. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) merge the section 8 certificate and voucher programs into a new low-income housing program; and (2) temporarily exclude from eligibility determinations income increases resulting from employment of previously unemployed family members.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 354 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1994
Designates May 22, 1994, as National Neighbor Day.
Bill· HRH.R. 4197 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Punishing Violent Crime Subtitle A: Violent Felonies and Drug Offenses Subtitle B: Capital Offenses Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Use of Firearms and Explosives Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Title II: Equal Protection for Victims Subtitle A: Victims' Rights Subtitle B: Judicial Reform Title III: Protecting Families and Communities Subtitle A: Safe Neighborhoods Subtitle B: Crimes Against Children Subtitle C: Punishment of Serious Junvenile Offenders Title IV: Protection of Women Subtitle A: Spouse Abuse and Stalking Subtitle B: Sex Offenses and Punishment Title V: Prevention of Terrorism Subtitle A: Enhanced Controls on Entry into the United States Subtitle B: Deportation of Alien Terrorists Subtitle C: Penalties for Engaging in Terrorism Title VI: Criminal Aliens and Alien Smuggling Subtitle A: Deportation of Criminal Aliens Subtitle B: Prevention and Punishment of Alien Smuggling Title VII: Expanding Prison Capacity Title VIII: Elimination of Delays in Carrying Out Sentences Subtitle A: Post Conviction Petitions: General Habeas Corpus Reform Subtitle B: Special Procedures for Collateral Proceedings in Capital Cases Subtitle C: Funding for Litigation of Federal Habeas Corpus Petitions in Capital Cases Title IX: Public Corruption Title X: Funding Citizens' Crime Prevention and Punishment Act of 1994 - Title I: Punishing Violent Crime - Subtitle A: Violent Felonies and Drug Offenses - Amends the Federal criminal code to require the court to sentence a defendant convicted of a Federal violent felony to life imprisonment if the defendant had previously been convicted of another violent felony. Provides that the defendant shall be subject to the death penalty if death results from the violent felony. (Sec. 102) Provides that any individual who is convicted of a Federal or State crime of violence shall, at the discretion of the court, be ineligible for any or all Federal benefits for up to five years upon a first conviction, up to ten years upon a second conviction, and permanently upon a third conviction. (Sec. 103) Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to eliminate judicial discretion in the denial of Federal benefits in cases of certain drug offenses. (Sec. 104) Provides for an enhanced penalty for the discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime. (Sec. 105) Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to provide for mandatory minimum prison sentences for those who sell illegal drugs to minors or who use minors in drug trafficking activities. (Sec. 106) Amends the Federal criminal code to require: (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to establish a program of drug testing of criminal defendants on post-conviction release; and (2) the chief probation officer in each district to arrange for the drug testing of such defendants. Requires, as an explicit condition of probation, parole, or supervised release for 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. (Sec. 107) Amends the Armed Career Criminal Act to include within the definition of "serious drug offense" an offense under State law which, if it had been prosecuted as a CSA violation at the time of the offense and because of the type and quantity of the controlled substance involved, would have been punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more. (Sec. 108) Sets mandatory penalties for firearms possession by persons previously convicted of a violent felony or a serious drug offense, and a mandatory minimum sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, fugitive from justice, or transferor or receiver of a stolen firearm. (Sec. 110) Increases: (1) the general penalty for violation of Federal firearms laws; and (2) enhanced penalties for possession of a firearm in connection with a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime. (Sec. 112) Sets penalties for smuggling firearms in aid of drug trafficking or violent crime. (Sec. 116) Establishes: (1) a temporary prohibition against possession of a firearm by, or transfer of a firearm to, persons convicted of a drug crime; and (2) enhanced penalties for possession of a firearm during a drug crime. Subtitle B: Capital Offenses - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. Requires: (1) the Government, for any offense punishable by death, to serve notice upon the defendant that it intends to seek the death penalty and the aggravating factors upon which it will rely; and (2) the court to conduct a separate sentencing hearing before a jury, or the court along upon motion by the defendant with the approval of the attorney for the Government, when the defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty to an offense punishable by death and the attorney for the Government has met the notice requirements. Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing, 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. Permits the Government to present information concerning the effect of the offense on the victim and the victim's family. Specifies mitigating and aggravating factors. Sets forth special aggravating factors for: (1) treason, espionage, homicide, and the attempted murder of the President; and (2) drug offenses punishable by the death penalty (such factors include previous serious drug felony convictions, use of a firearm in committing or furthering certain continuing criminal enterprises, use of minors in trafficking, and lethal adulteration of controlled substances). States that no person who was under age 18 at the time of the offense may be sentenced to death. Requires the court to instruct the jury not to be influenced by prejudice or bias relating to the race, color, religion, national origin, or sex of the defendant or any victim in considering whether to recommend a sentence of death. Sets forth procedures regarding imposition of, appeal from, and implementation of, a sentence of death. Prohibits: (1) a sentence of death from being carried out upon a person who lacks the mental capacity to understand the death penalty and why it was imposed on that person, or upon a woman while she is pregnant; and (2) requiring any employee of a State department of corrections, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Marshals Service, or any person providing services to that department, bureau, or service under contract to be in attendance or to participate in any execution if such participation is contrary to such person's moral or religious convictions. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) appointment of counsel; (2) deadlines for collateral attacks on judgments imposing a sentence of death; and (3) stays of execution. Limits the circumstances under which a person subject to the criminal jurisdiction of an Indian tribal government may be executed under this subtitle. (Sec. 122) Declares that the death penalty and all other penalties shall be administered by the United States and by every State without regard to the race or color of the defendant or victim, and that neither the United States nor any State shall prescribe any racial quota or statistical test for the imposition or execution of the death penalty or any other penalty. (Sec. 123) Specifies that, in a prosecution for an offense against the United States for which a sentence of death is authorized, the fact that the killing of the victim was motivated by racial prejudice or bias shall be deemed an aggravating factor whose existence permits consideration of the death penalty, in addition to any other aggravating factors that may be specified by law as permitting consideration of the death penalty. (Sec. 124) Extends the protection of civil rights provisions regarding conspiracy against rights and deprivation of rights under color of law to cover persons in (currently, limited to inhabitants of) any State, territory, or district. (Sec. 125) Provides for imposition of the death penalty for specified Federal crimes, including: (1) murders committed by prisoners while confined in a Federal prison; (2) murder of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers; (3) homicides and attempted homicides involving firearms in Federal facilities; (4) civil rights murders; (5) gun murders; (6) murder by escaped prisoners; (7) torture, where death results, subject to specified limitations; (8) carjacking resulting in death; (9) genocide; and (10) specified drug-related offenses, committed as part of a continuing criminal enterprise. Subtitle C: Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Use of Firearms and Explosives - Chapter 1: Instant Check System for Handgun Purchases - Provides for the establishment of a system for identifying felons and persons adjudicated mentally incompetent. Requires the Attorney General of the United States to create a national, computerized list of prohibited persons, incorporate State criminal history records into the Federal criminal records systems maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), develop hardware and software systems to link State lists with the national list, and provide any responsible State agency with access to the national list, upon request. Directs teach State to create and maintain a computerized list of all persons who are prohibited persons by reason of a conviction or adjudication in the State and, within two years, achieve and maintain at least 80 percent currency of case dispositions in the computerized list for all cases in which there has been an entry of activity within the immediately preceding five years. Requires the State transportation agency, before issuing, reissuing, or reinstating a license, to: (1) conduct a record check to determine whether the applicant is a prohibited person; and (2) affix to the license of the person a magnetic strip on which is encoded information to identify such a person. Provides for the seizure and voiding of a driver's license upon a felony conviction or adjudication of mental incompetency. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the funding of records checks; (2) procedures for correcting erroneous records; and (3) judicial review. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to reduce by 25 percent the annual allocation to a State for a fiscal year under title I (drug control and system improvement grant program) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) for States with a waiting period or a system for identifying felons before the purchase of a handgun not meeting specified requirements. (Sec. 133) Prohibits a licensed firearms dealer from knowingly selling a handgun to an unlicensed individual without reading the magnetic strip, or failing to notify local law enforcement authorities within 72 hours of any person attempting to purchase a handgun who is identified as a prohibited person through the use of such a device. Sets penalties for violations. Chapter 2: Other Firearms Provisions - Increases penalties for: (1) interstate gun trafficking; (2) making knowingly false, material statements in connection with the purchase of a firearm from a licensed dealer; and (3) a second offense of using an explosive to commit a felony. (Sec. 142) Prohibits: (1) transactions involving stolen firearms which have moved in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) the receipt of firearms by non-residents of the State in which the transferor resides, unless such receipt is for lawful sporting purposes; (3) the possession of explosives by felons and others; and (4) the possession of explosives during the commission of a felony. (Sec. 145) Provides for mandatory revocation of supervised release for possession of a firearm in violation of a condition of release. (Sec. 156) Authorizes the summary destruction of explosives subject to forfeiture under specified circumstances. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous - Increases penalties for Travel Act crimes involving racketeering and conspiracy to commit contract killings. (Sec. 162) Makes it a criminal offense to fail to obey an order to land an aircraft issued by an authorized Federal law enforcement officer under specified circumstances. (Sec. 164) Provides enhanced penalties for drug trafficking in prisons. Title II: Equal Protection for Victims - Subtitle A: Victims' Rights - Enacts Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers in Federal Practice, including provisions regarding: (1) a prohibition on attorneys engaging in actions deemed abusive to clients or others; (2) a duty of enquiry (to elicit from the client a truthful account of the material facts concerning the matters in issue); (3) a duty to expedite litigation; and (4) a duty to disclose information necessary to prevent the commission of a crime. (Sec. 202) Revises Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure: (1) 24(b) to entitle each side to six peremptory challenges (currently, six for the Government and ten for the defendant or defendants jointly); and (2) 32 to provide for a victim's right of allocution in sentencing for a crime of violence or sexual abuse. (Sec. 204) Provides for the enforcement of restitution orders through the suspension of Federal benefits. (Sec. 205) Sets penalties for retaliatory killings of witnesses, victims, and informants. Subtitle B: Judicial Reform - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) to allow evidence of similar offenses in criminal or civil sexual assault and child molestation cases. (Sec. 212) Revises FRE 412 (sex offense cases; relevance of victim's past behavior) to: (1) expand the scope of the rape shield law and to require that an order admitting evidence of a victim's past sexual behavior explain the reasoning leading to a finding of relevance and the basis of a finding that the probative value of the evidence outweighs the danger of unfair prejudice; and (2) make inadmissible evidence to show invitation or provocation by a victim in sexual abuse cases. (Sec. 214) Specifies that evidence obtained as a result of a search or seizure shall not be excluded on the ground that the search or seizure was in violation of the fourth amendment to the Constitution if carried out in circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment. (Sec. 215) Provides that in a criminal trial in any Federal or State court: (1) on motion of the defense attorney or prosecutor, the risk of racial prejudice or bias shall be examined on voir dire if there is a substantial likelihood that such prejudice will affect the jury; (2) on motion of the defense attorney or prosecutor, a change of venue shall be granted if an impartial jury cannot be obtained in the original venue because of such prejudice; and (3) neither the prosecutor nor the defense attorney shall make any appeal to such prejudice in statements before the jury. (Sec. 216) Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that a list of veniremen and witnesses need not be furnished in capital cases if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that providing the list may jeopardize the life or safety of any person. (Sec. 217) Increases penalties for attempting to influence or injure court officers or jurors. (Sec. 218) Provides for imposition of the death penalty for the murder of a Federal witness. (Sec. 219) Requires (current law authorizes) the court to order restitution of the victim when a convicted defendant is being sentenced for specified offenses. Authorizes a court to order restitution of any person who, as shown by a preponderance of the evidence, was harmed physically, emotionally, or pecuniarily by unlawful conduct of the defendant during the offense or during the course of a scheme, conspiracy, or pattern of unlawful activity related to the offense. Directs the court: (1) to order restitution in the full amount of the victim's losses without consideration of the economic circumstances of the offender or the fact that a victim is entitled to receive compensation from insurance or any other source; and (2) upon determination of the amount owed to each victim, to specify in the restitution order the manner of, and schedule for, restitution in consideration of the financial resources and other assets, projected earnings and other income, and financial obligations of the offender. Specifies that: (1) a restoration order may direct the offender to make a single, lump-sum payment, partial payments at specified intervals, or such in-kind payments as may be agreeable to the victim and the offender; and (2) such in-kind payments may be in the form of the return or replacement of property or services rendered to the victim or another person or organization. Provides that when the court finds that more than one: (1) offender has contributed to the loss of a victim, the court may make each offender liable for payment of the full amount or may apportion liability among the offenders to reflect the level of contribution and economic circumstances of each offender; and (2) victim has sustained a loss requiring restitution by an offender, the court shall order full restitution of each victim but provide for different payment schedules to reflect the economic circumstances of each victim. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) compensation with respect to losses from insurance or other sources; (2) set-offs against amounts later recovered as compensatory damages by the victim in Federal and State civil proceedings; and (3) payment by the offender to the clerk of the court for accounting and payment in accordance with this section. Specifies that a restitution order shall constitute a lien against all property of the offender. Makes compliance with a restitution order a condition of any probation, parole, or other form of release of an offender. Specifies actions the court may take, including revocation of probation or supervised release, if a defendant fails to comply. Provides for enforcement of restitution orders. Authorizes: (1) a victim or offender to petition the court to modify a restitution order in view of a change in the economic circumstances of the offender; and (2) the court to refer any issue arising in connection with a proposed restitution order to a magistrate or special master for proposed findings of fact and recommendations as to disposition, subject to a de novo determination of the issue by the court. Title III: Protecting Families and Communities - Subtitle A: Safe Neighborhoods - Amends the CSA to increase penalties for drug trafficking in or near schools. (Sec. 302) Authorizes: (1) a school district to elect to qualify as a Federal safe school district by decision of a local educational agency or by referendum of the voters in a school district served by such an agency; and (2) the Attorney General to make grants to local educational agencies or local law enforcement agencies of Federal safe school districts to pay for enhanced school security measures. (Sec. 303) Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to local governments and community groups to increase the police presence in communities. Requires the Director to develop a written model that informs community members regarding how to identify the existence of a drug or gang house and what civil remedies and mediation techniques are available. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 306) Amends: (1) the Omnibus Act to include among drug control and system improvement grant funding objectives law enforcement and prevention programs relating to gangs or to youth who are involved or at risk of being involved in gangs; and (2) the CSA to increase penalties for drug trafficking in or near public housing. Subtitle B: Crimes Against Children - Provides for imposition of the death penalty for murder during the sexual exploitation of children. (Sec. 312) Increases penalties for: (1) sex offenses against victims below age 16; (2) assaults against children; (3) using minors in drug trafficking; (4) drug distribution to minors; and (5) using a minor in the commission of a Federal offense. (Sec. 313) Sets penalties for international trafficking in child pornography. (Sec. 315) Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to increase the base offense level for sex offenses, consider whether any other changes are warranted, review the appropriateness and adequacy of existing offense characteristics and adjustments applicable to such offenses, and (in any subsequent amendment of the guidelines) maintain minimum guidelines sentences for such offenses which are at least equal to those required by this section. (Sec. 316) Provides for interstate enforcement of child support orders. (Sec. 319) Makes it a Federal offense to remove a child from, or retain a child outside, the United States to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights. (Sec. 320) Authorizes appropriations to carry out State court programs regarding international parental child abduction. (Sec. 321) Provides for imposition of the death penalty for the kidnapping of a child resulting in the child's death. Subtitle C: Punishment of Serious Juvenile Offenders - Makes serious juvenile drug offenses predicates to a violation of the Armed Career Criminal Act. (Sec. 332) Requires that juveniles found guilty of certain offenses be fingerprinted and photographed, with such fingerprints and photographs sent to the FBI, Identification Division. Directs the court to transmit to such division information concerning the adjudication. (Sec. 333) Provides for the prosecution as adults of violent juvenile offenders. Prohibits the incarceration in an adult prison of a juvenile prosecuted as an adult. Title IV: Protection of Women - Subtitle A: Spouse Abuse and Stalking - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) set penalties for interstate travel to commit spouse abuse or to violate a protective order; and (2) provide for full faith and credit of protective orders among the States. Subtitle B: Sex Offenses and Punishment - Establishes a civil remedy for victims of sexual violence. (Sec. 412) Authorizes the restitution of victims of sex offenses. (Sec. 413) Provides for pretrial detention in sex offense cases. (Sec. 414) Mandates life imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault. (Sec. 415) Provides for imposition of the death penalty for persons engaging in sexual abuse resulting in death. (Sec. 416) Increases penalties for recidivist sex offenses. (Sec. 417) Directs the Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to increase the base offense level for sex offenses. (Sec. 418) Provides for testing for human immunodeficiency virus for persons charged in sex offense cases and the disclosure of the test results to the victim. Directs the Sentencing Commission to amend existing guidelines for sentences for sex offenses where the offender knew or had reason to know that he was infected with such virus, except where the offender knew or had reason to know that he was infected with such virus, except where the offender did not engage or attempt to engage in conduct creating a risk of transmission of the virus to the victim. Title V: Prevention of Terrorism - Subtitle A: Enhanced Controls on Entry into the United States - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to require exclusion from admission to the United States of anyone who is a member of an organization that engages in terrorist activity or who actively supports or advocates terrorist activity. (Sec. 503) Provides for the exclusion of an alien for presenting fraudulent documents, or for failing to present documents used to board a common carrier, 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. 504) Limits court jurisdiction with respect to habeas corpus review, other judicial review and action, and collateral enforcement proceedings. Subtitle B: Deportation of Alien Terrorists - Establishes 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 deportation 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 by disclosing 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 provisions for appointment of counsel and appeals. Subtitle C: Penalties for Engaging in Terrorism - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit providing material support to terrorists; and (2) extend the statute of limitations for certain terrorism offenses. (Sec. 522) 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 the crime. (Sec. 524) Increases penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for violation of orders regarding the declaration of a national emergency and the Federal criminal code for passport and visa-related violations. (Sec. 525) Sets penalties for: (1) specified acts of violence at international airports; (2) violence against maritime navigation; (3) violence against maritime fixed platforms; and (4) the use of weapons of mass destruction. (Sec. 529) Directs the President to establish a National Task Force on Counterterrorism. (Sec. 530) Provides for imposition of the death penalty for causing death through the use of a bomb or other destructive device. Title VI: Criminal Aliens and Alien Smuggling - Subtitle A: Deportation of Criminal Aliens - Amends the INA to permit an alien sentenced to imprisonment to be deported prior to the termination of such imprisonment if the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) petitions the appropriate court or other authority to release the alien into INS custody for execution of a deportation order. Prohibits the deportation until all direct appeals of the conviction have been exhausted. (Sec. 602) Authorizes the registration of aliens on criminal probation or criminal parole within the United States. (Sec. 603) Expands the definition of "aggravated felony" to include illicit trafficking in explosive materials and a crime of violence for which the term of imprisonment imposed is at least five years. (Sec. 604) Amends the INA to authorize the Attorney General to issue a final order of deportation without an administrative hearing or administrative review for any alien who was not lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or who had permanent resident status on a conditional basis, and whom the Attorney General determines is deportable and has been convicted of an aggravated felony. Limits judicial review of such determinations. Provides that an alien convicted of an aggravated felony shall be conclusively presumed to be deportable. (Sec. 605) Grants a U.S. district court jurisdiction to enter a judicial order of deportation at the time of sentencing against an alien convicted of an aggravated felony if such order has been requested prior to sentencing by the U.S. Attorney. (Sec. 606) Restricts defenses to exclusion and deportation for certain aliens convicted of aggravated felonies. (Sec. 607) Enhances penalties for failing to depart or reentering after a final order of deportation. Limits collateral attacks or deportation orders. (Sec. 609) Authorizes appropriations for a criminal alien information system. Subtitle B: Prevention and Punishment of Alien Smuggling - Authorizes appropriations for Border Patrol agents and investigators. (Sec. 613) Increases penalties for bringing in and harboring certain aliens. Title VII: Expanding Prison Capacity - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include within the definition of "exempt facility bond" certain bonds issued to provide for correctional facilities. (Sec. 702) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a Regional Prison Task Force; and (2) create a plan for the establishment of a nationwide regional prison system. Sets forth provisions regarding State and prisoner eligibility requirements. Establishes in the Treasury a Regional Prison Fund. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 703) Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to make provisions concerning the rate of wages for laborers and mechanics inapplicable to prison construction. (Sec. 704) Amends the Federal judicial code to deny the district court, in any action challenging the constitutionality of conditions of confinement in any correctional institution housing persons accused or convicted of a crime or juveniles adjudicated delinquent, jurisdiction to: (1) impose a ceiling on the population of any correctional institution or to require any adjustment of the release dates of inmates; or (2) prohibit the use of tents or prefabricated structures for housing inmates. Prohibits any consent decree in any such action from providing relief greater than the minimum required to bring the conditions of confinement into substantial compliance with the Constitution. Provides for modification of orders or decrees. (Sec. 705) Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to require the Secretary of Defense, before any action is taken with respect to the disposal or transfer of real property at a military facility being closed or realigned, to notify the State and each local government in which the facility is located, as well as other interested persons, of the suitability of the property or facility for conversion and use as a youthful offender boot camp. Requires the State, local government, or interested party to whom such real property is so transferred to certify that the property or facilities will be promptly converted and used for such purpose. Directs the Secretary to develop a model program intended to incorporate military basic training, instruction, and disciplinary procedures into the design and operation of youthful offender boot camps at the Federal, State, and local levels. (Sec. 706) Amends the Omnibus Act to reallocate between public agencies and private nonprofit organizations the percentage of grant funds authorized under such Act for correctional options that provide alternative to traditional modes of incarceration and offender release programs. Title VIII: Elimination of Delays in Carrying Out Sentences - Subtitle A: Post Conviction Petitions: General Habeas Corpus Reform - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. (Sec. 802) Vests authority to issue certificates of probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. (Sec. 804) Permits the denial of a habeas corpus petition on the merits notwithstanding the failure of the applicant to exhaust State court remedies. (Sec. 805) Imposes a two-year period of limitation for filing for collateral relief by Federal prisoners. Subtitle B: Special Procedures for Collateral Proceedings in Capital Cases - Amends the Federal judicial code to set forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases. Subtitle C: Funding for Litigation of Federal Habeas Corpus Petitions in Capital Cases - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of BJA to provide grants to the States to support litigation pertaining to Federal habeas corpus petitions in capital cases. Title IX: Public Corruption - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed upon: (1) anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State of the honest services of a State official or of a fair and impartially conducted election process; and (2) any State or Federal official who, in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against another official. Authorizes such adversely affected official to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice. (Sec. 902) 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. 903) Sets forth prohibitions regarding narcotics-related public corruption. Title X: 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. 1002) Reduces the overhead expenses identified and reduced by the President in Executive Order 12837 by an additional five percent.
Bill· HRH.R. 4208 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1994
Community Partnerships Against Crime Amendments Act - Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 (the Act) to create a new chapter (which may be cited as the Community Partnerships Against Crime Act of 1993), under which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make grants for use in eliminating crime in and around public housing and other federally assisted low-income housing projects to public housing agencies (PHAs) and private, for-profit and nonprofit owners of federally assisted low-income housing. Revises the Act to include among authorized uses of grant funds: (1) providing funding to nonprofit public housing resident management corporations and resident councils to develop security and crime prevention programs involving site residents; (2) the employment or utilization of individuals, including law enforcement officers, made available by contract or other cooperative arrangement with State or local law enforcement agencies, to engage in community- and problem-oriented policing involving interaction with members of the community in proactive crime control and prevention activities; (3) programs and activities for or involving youth; and (4) service programs for residents that address the contributing factors of crime. Expands the use of anti-drug crime public housing grants to cover all crime. Requires the Secretary, in each fiscal year, to make a grant to each PHA that owns or operates 250 or more public housing dwelling units that has submitted an application for a grant for such fiscal year which includes a five-year crime deterrence and reduction plan that has been approved by the Secretary, subject to specified requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) plan requirements, grant amounts, performance reviews, submission of applications, plan review and approval, disapproval of applications, and failure to approve or disapprove an application or plan; (2) requirements for PHAs with fewer than 250 units and owners of federally assisted low-income housing; and (3) criteria for approval of applications and additional criteria for federally assisted low-income housing. Establishes requirements regarding technical assistance and funding allocation. Authorizes appropriations, including appropriations for public housing youth sports programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 4195 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1994
Elderly Housing Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for an individual who maintains a household which includes a qualified elderly relative.
Bill· HRH.R. 4169 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1994
Urban Revitalization Act of 1994 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to make certain building, health and safety, and environmentally related activities eligible for community development block grants and loan guarantees.
Bill· HRH.R. 4165 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1994
Public Housing Development Reform Amendments - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into contracts with high-performing public housing agencies to eliminate certain housing development interim review procedures.
Bill· SS. 1986 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1994
Low-Income Housing Preservation Act of 1994 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a 15-year recovery period for the depreciation deduction for new investments to rehabilitate qualified low-income housing projects. Exempts a specified amount of such rehabilitation costs from the passive loss limitations.
Bill· SS. 1995 (103rd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1994
Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize migrant, community, and homeless health center programs, and health services programs for residents of public housing.
Bill· SS. 1970 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Authorities of the Secretary Title II: National Appeals Division Title III: Farm and International Trade Services Title IV: Rural Economic and Community Development Title V: Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Title VI: Natural Resources and Environment Title VII: Marketing and Inspection Services Title VIII: Research, Economics, and Education Title IX: Food Safety Title X: Miscellaneous Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 - Title I: General Authorities of the Secretary - Delegates, with specified exceptions, all Department of Agriculture functions to the Secretary of Agriculture. Grants the Secretary general reorganization authority. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to make specified employee reductions. (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary to consolidate Washington, D.C. headquarters offices. Title II: National Appeals Division - Directs the Secretary to establish a National Appeals Division within the Office of the Secretary. Sets forth related provisions. Title III: Farm and International Trade Services - Establishes in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and International Trade Services. (Sec. 302) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a Farm Service Agency to carry out specified agricultural assistance programs. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the Secretary to establish an International Trade Service. Title IV: Rural Economic and Community Development - Amends the Rural Development Policy Act of 1980 to establish in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Economic and Community Development (in lieu of the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development). (Sec. 402) Authorizes the Secretary to establish within the Department: (1) the Rural Utilities Service; (2) the Rural Housing and Community Development Service; and (3) the Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service. Title V: Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services - Establishes in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services. (Sec. 502) Authorizes the Secretary to establish within the Department: (1) the Food and Consumer Service; and (2) the Nutrition Research and Education Service. Title VI: Natural Resources and Environment - Authorizes the Secretary to establish in the Department the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Title VII: Marketing and Inspection Services - Authorizes the Secretary to establish within the Department the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. Title VIII: Research, Economics, and Education - Authorizes the Secretary to establish within the Department: (1) the Federal Research and Information Service; (2) the Cooperative State Research and Education Service; (3) the Agricultural Economics and Statistics Service; and (4) the Program Policy and Coordination Staff. Title IX: Food Safety - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to direct the Secretary to establish within the Department the Food Safety Service. Title X: Miscellaneous - Establishes within the Department six positions of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. (Sec. 1004) Terminates, with specified exceptions, the Secretary's reorganization authority two years after enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4129 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Credit for Rural Business Enterprises Title II: Credit for Rural Infrastructure Title III: Credit for Rural Housing Rural Credit and Development Act of 1994 - Title I: Credit for Rural Business Enterprises - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to permit farm credit banks and production credit associations to purchase loans and loan interests from non-Farm Credit System institutions. Enlarges the scope of farm-related business for credit availability purposes. Authorizes banks for cooperatives to provide loans and other financial services to entities providing certain farm-related services or products under specified conditions. Title II: Credit for Rural Infrastructure - Authorizes Farm Credit banks to make community facility loans. Authorizes banks for cooperatives to finance utility-related services. Title III: Credit for Rural Housing - Enlarges rural housing credit availability by: (1) increasing eligible population areas; (2) increasing farm credit bank and production credit association loan portfolios for non-farmer rural housing loans; and (3) authorizing loans to rural residents for personal, family, or household needs other than housing finance.
Bill· HRH.R. 4159 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Public Housing Rent Reform Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) revise public housing maximum rent provisions; and (2) exclude private health insurance payments and increase and expand earned income exclusions from related income eligibility determinations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4143 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to eligible community organizations to establish urban open space and parks on municipally owned vacant lots. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4141 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
Neighborhood Crime Fighters Housing Assistance Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide public housing rental assistance on behalf of a family that has provided law enforcement assistance and is likely to be subject to retaliatory violence. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to set aside funds for such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 4125 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Compliance and Increased Participation Title II: Flood Insurance Premium Rates and Coverage Amounts Title III: Revolving Loan Fund for Flood and Erosion Damage Mitigation Activities and Additional Mitigation Coverage Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Flood Insurance Risk Management Act of 1994 - Title I: Compliance and Increased Participation - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD Secretary) to: (1) prohibit any lending institution from making, increasing, extending, or renewing any loan for residential real estate or a mobile home located in a special flood hazards area unless such real estate is covered by flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1976 (Flood Insurance Act); and (2) require that any real estate in such an area which is acquired by the Government National Mortgage Association be covered by such flood insurance. Prohibits any other Federal agency lender from making such a loan for appropriate real estate not covered by such flood insurance. (Sec. 103) Requires residential real estate lenders who normally utilize escrow tax and insurance accounts to establish flood insurance premium escrow accounts for appropriate real estate. Requires Federal lenders, regulated lending institutions (banks, savings and loans, credit unions), and loan servicers to notify borrowers of special flood hazards and of the need to purchase and maintain flood insurance. Requires such entities, after 60 days' notice, to purchase such insurance on behalf of the borrower and charge the borrower for premium costs. Provides for the review of special hazards determinations by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA Director). Imposes civil penalties upon lenders who fail to require flood insurance or to provide appropriate borrower notification of the need for such insurance. Allows for other actions against regulated lending institutions in order to remedy a pattern of noncompliance with such requirements. (Sec. 106) Requires the transferor of a loan to notify the transferee of a special flood hazards area determination with respect to the real estate that is the basis of such loan. Provides exceptions. Requires similar notification on loans transferred by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Resolution Trust Corporation. (Sec. 107) Allows the charging of fees for determining the applicability of flood insurance purchase requirements. (Sec. 109) Requires the FEMA Director to develop a standard flood hazard determination form for use in connection with loans for residential properties located in special flood hazards areas and in which flood insurance is available. (Sec. 110) Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to require regulated lending institutions to conduct examinations and report to the Congress with respect to compliance with the national flood insurance program (program). Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to require the FEMA Director to annually determine whether enterprises under such Act are in compliance with requirements of the program. (Sec. 111) Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to direct the Financial Examinations Council to coordinate with Federal entities for lending regulation and the HUD Secretary to develop uniform lender standards. Title II: Flood Insurance Premium Rates and Coverage Amounts - Amends the Flood Insurance Act to establish a preference for charging actuarial rates, with exceptions, in the determination of flood insurance premiums. (Sec. 202) Provides for a community rating system and premium rate incentives for community floodplain management, allowing area-wide premium adjustments for adoption of rating system goals or participation in flood or erosion control projects and activities. Provides funding. Requires biennial reports from the FEMA Director to the Congress concerning such program. (Sec. 203) Requires the FEMA Director to carry out a community flood insurance premium-pooling program in which premiums in an area are collected by an appropriate public body or agency and paid through such body or agency directly to the FEMA Director. (Sec. 204) Increases flood insurance coverage amounts for nonresidential, single family, and multifamily structures. (Sec. 205) Requires the FEMA Director to conduct and report to the Congress on a study of the economic effects that would result from increasing to actuarially-based rates the national flood insurance premium rates for pre-FIRM structures (structures not constructed or substantially improved after the later of December 31, 1974, or the effective date of the initial rate map published by the Director under the Flood Insurance Act). (Sec. 206) Directs the Comptroller General to submit to the Congress a report assessing the economic impact of the denial of flood insurance and the establisment of actuarial rates on communities likely to be identified as having erosion hazard areas. Title III: Revolving Loan Fund for Flood and Erosion Damage Mitigation Activities and Additional Mitigation Coverage - Amends the Flood Insurance Act to establish in the Treasury the Flood and Erosion Risk Management Fund to be used for making loans for flood damage and erosion mitigation activities. Provides terms and conditions, including an initial $20 million payment into the Fund from the National Flood Insurance Fund. Authorizes the FEMA Director to assess one-time premium surcharges with respect to properties covered by national flood insurance, such amounts to be deposited into the Fund and used for flood risk management purposes. (Sec. 303) Requires insurance made available under the Flood Insurance Act to include coverage for land use and control measures (mitigation activities). Requires the FEMA Director to assess appropriate surcharges for such coverage and deposit amounts received into the National Flood Insurance Fund. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend through FY 1999 an annual ten percent increase limit on the rates charged for flood insurance premiums under the Flood Insurance Act. Amends the Flood Insurance Act to: (1) extend through FY 1999 the national flood insurance program and provisions concerning the emergency implementation of the program; (2) terminate (with transition and savings provisions) the erosion-threatened structures program; (3) define the chargeable rate and limit the premium increases with respect to any repetitively damaged structure; (4) require the FEMA Director to establish a schedule of and charge penalties for repetitive claims for losses covered by flood insurance; and (5) permit flood insurance private sector participation without regard to provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. (Sec. 406) Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 1960 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1994
Indian Housing Development and Reform Act of 1994 - Transfers the Housing Improvement Program from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Authorizes appropriations. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) obligate assistance for additional Indian housing units; and (2) limit, with exceptions, low-inome housing operated by an Indian housing authority to Indian low-income families. Authorizes the Secretary of HUD to make housing-related technical assistance grants to Indian tribes. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4092 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Victims of Crime Subtitle A: Victims of Crime Subtitle B: Crime Victims' Fund Subtitle C: Report on Battered Women's Syndrome Title II: Applicability of Mandatory Minimum Penalties in Certain Cases Title III: Assaults Against Children Title IV: Consumer Protection Title V: Mandatory Life Imprisonment for Persons Convicted of Certain Felonies Title VI: Violent Repeat Offender Incarceration Title VII: Death Penalty Title VIII: Habeas Corpus Reform Title IX: Racially Discriminatory Capital Sentencing Title X: Crime Prevention and Community Justice Subtitle A: Model Intensive Grant Programs Subtitle B: Ounce of Prevention Grant Programs Subtitle C: Police Partnerships for Children Subtitle D: Midnight Sports Subtitle E: Drug Courts Subtitle F: Assistance for Delinquent and At-Risk Youth Subtitle G: Police Recruitment Subtitle H: National Triad Program Subtitle I: Local Partnership Act Subtitle J: Employment and Skills Crime Prevention Subtitle K: Miscellaneous Title XI: Youth Violence Title XII: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Act of 1994 Title XIII: Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act Title XIV: Community Policing Title XV: DNA Identification Title XVI: Violence Against Women Subtitle A: Safe Streets for Women Subtitle B: Safe Homes for Women Subtitle C: Domestic Violence Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle E: Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Title XVII: Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Title XVIII: Use of Formula Grants to Prosecute Persons Driving While Intoxicated Title XIX: Youth Handgun Safety Title XX: Substance Abuse Treatment in Federal Prisons Title XXI: Alternative Punishments for Young Offenders Title XXII: Juvenile Drug Trafficking and Gang Prevention Grants Title XXIII: Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 - Title I: Victims of Crime - Subtitle A: Victims of Crime - Amends Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to give victims of violent crimes and sexual abuse the right to address the court concerning the sentence to be imposed on convicted offenders. Permits such right to be exercised by a parent or guardian if the victim is under 18, or by one or more family members if the victim is deceased or incapacitated. Subtitle B: Crime Victims' Fund - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to revise the formula for allocation of sums in the Crime Victims Fund for costs and grants. Requires the retention of any portion of the Fund that was deposited during a fiscal year that is in excess of 110 percent of the total amount deposited in the Fund during the preceding fiscal year as a reserve for use in a year in which the Fund falls below the amount available in the previous year. Limits such reserve to $20,000,000. Allows any sums awarded as part of a grant that remains unspent at the end of a fiscal year in which the grant is made to be expended for grant purposes at any time during the succeeding two fiscal years, at the end of which year any remaining unobligated funds shall be returned to the Fund. (Sec. 112) Provides that if the compensation paid by an eligible crime victim compensation program would cover costs that a Federal, or a federally financed State or local, program would otherwise pay: (1) such victim compensation program shall not pay such compensation; and (2) the other program shall make its payments without regard to the existence of the crime victim compensation program. (Sec. 113) Limits to five percent of: (1) a grant the amount that may be used for the administration of the State crime victim compensation program receiving the grant; and (2) sums received for the State crime victim assistance program for the administration of such program. (Sec. 114) Authorizes grants for demonstration projects. (Sec. 116) Requires each entity receiving sums made available under the Act for administrative purposes to certify that such sums will not be used to supplant State or local funds, but to increase the amount of such funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available for such purposes. Subtitle C: Report on Battered Women's Syndrome - Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to specified congressional committees on the medical and psychological basis of "battered women's syndrome" and the extent to which evidence of the syndrome has been considered in a criminal trial. Title II: Applicability of Mandatory Minimum Penalties in Certain Cases - Amends the Federal criminal code to require the court, with respect to specified drug-related offenses, to impose a sentence pursuant to U.S. Sentencing Commission guidelines, without regard to any statutory minimum sentence, if the court finds at sentencing that: (1) the defendant does not have more than one criminal history point under the Commission's Guidelines Manual; (2) the defendant did not use violence or credible threats of violence, or possess a firearm or other dangerous weapon (or induce another participant to do so), in connection with the offense; (3) the offense did not result in death or serious bodily injury to any person; (4) the defendant was not an organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor of others (as determined under the Manual) in the offense; and (5) no later than the time of the sentencing hearing, the defendant has provided to the Government all information the defendant has concerning the offense or offenses that were part of the same course of conduct or of a common scheme or plan (without regard to whether the defendant has relevant or useful information). Authorizes the Commission to: (1) make such amendments as deemed necessary to harmonize the sentencing guidelines and policy statements with, and the amendment made by, such provisions; and (2) promulgate policy statements to assist in the application of such provisions and such amendment. (Sec. 202) Directs the Commission to promulgate or amend existing sentencing guidelines with respect to cases where statutory minimum sentences would apply but for such provisions to carry out the purposes of such provisions, so that the lowest sentence in the guideline range is not less than two years in those cases where a five-year minimum would otherwise apply. (Sec. 203) Specifies that, with respect to a prisoner the court determines has demonstrated good behavior while in prison, the changes in sentencing made as a result of this Act shall be deemed to be changes in the sentencing ranges by the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Federal judicial code regarding revision of the sentencing guidelines. Title III: Assaults Against Children - Increases penalties for simple assault. Sets penalties for assault resulting in substantial bodily injury. Removes dollar limitations on various types of assaults. Includes assaults against individuals under age 16 committed in Indian country among offenses which are subject to the same law and penalties as all other persons committing such offenses within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. Title IV: Consumer Protection - Sets penalties for insurance industry crimes, including embezzling from insurance companies, making false entries in insurance company books with intent to deceive, and corruptly influencing or obstructing proceedings before State insurance regulatory agencies or insurance examiners. Prohibits persons convicted of criminal felonies involving dishonesty or breach of trust from engaging in the insurance business without the written consent of an insurance regulatory official authorized to regulate the insurer. Title V: Mandatory Life Imprisonment for Persons Convicted of Certain Felonies - Requires that a person convicted in a court of the United States of a serious violent felony be sentenced to life imprisonment if: (1) the person has been convicted (and those convictions have become final) on two or more prior occasions in a court of the United States or of a State of a serious violent felony, or of one or more serious violent felonies and one or more serious drug offenses; and (2) each serious violent felony or serious drug offense used as a basis for sentencing under such provision, other than the first, was committed after the defendant's conviction of the preceding serious violent felony or serious drug offense. (Sec. 502) Limits the authority of a court to modify an imposed term of imprisonment to include a requirement that the defendant be at least age 70 and have served at least 30 years in prison for the offense or offenses for which the defendant is currently imprisoned, and that a determination has been made by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons that the defendant is not a danger to the safety of any other person or the community. Title VI: Violent Repeat Offender Incarceration - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to individual States and to States organized as multi-State compacts to develop, expand, modify, or improve correctional facilities and programs to ensure that prison cell space is available for the confinement of violent repeat offenders. Sets forth provisions regarding State eligibility and matching requirements, technical assistance and training, and evaluation. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Death Penalty - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the imposition of the death penalty for specified drug-related offenses committed as part of a continuing criminal enterprise, and where a defendant has been found guilty of treason or espionage, or of specified other offenses involving the intentional: (1) killing of the victim; (2) infliction of serious bodily injury resulting in death; (3) participation in an act contemplating that the life of a person would be taken or intending that lethal force would be used and the victim died as a direct result; or (4) specifically engaging in an act of violence, knowing that the act created a grave risk of death, that constituted a reckless disregard for human life and the victim died as a direct result of the Act. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) mitigating and aggravating factors to be considered in determining whether a sentence of death is justified; (2) the conduct of a special hearing to make such determination; (3) procedures for the imposition, review, and implementation of such sentence; (4) use of State facilities to carry out such sentence; and (5) special provisions for Indian country. (Sec. 703) Authorizes the death penalty for various offenses, including, where death results: (1) hostage taking; (2) murder for hire; (3) racketeering; (4) genocide; (5) carjacking; (6) rape and child molestation murders; (7) sexual exploitation of children; (8) homicides involving firearms in Federal facilities; (9) murder of Federal witnesses; (10) foreign murder of U.S. nationals; (11) civil rights murders; (12) murder by a Federal prisoner, or by escaped prisoners; (13) drive-by shootings; (14) gun murders during Federal crimes of violence and drug trafficking crimes; (15) murder of State or local officials assisting Federal law enforcement officials and State correctional officers; (16) use of weapons of mass destruction; (17) violence at international airports; (18) violence against maritime navigation or fixed platforms; (19) torture; and (20) genocide. (Sec. 715) Makes an exception to the requirement that the court furnish to a defendant a list of the veniremen and witnesses if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that providing the list may jeopardize the life or safety of any person. Title VIII: Habeas Corpus Reform - Amends the Federal judicial code to impose a one-year period for the filing of Federal habeas corpus petitions for applicants under sentence of death, beginning after the date of: (1) denial of a writ of certiorari, if a petition for such writ to the highest court of the State on direct appeal or unitary review of the conviction and sentence is filed, within the time limits established by law, in the Supreme Court; (2) issuance of the mandate of the highest court of the State on direct appeal or unitary review of the conviction and sentence, if a petition for a writ of certiorari is not filed within such time limits in such Court; or (3) issuance of the mandate of the Supreme Court, if on a petition for a writ of certiorari the Supreme Court grants the writ and disposes of the case in a manner that leaves the capital sentence undisturbed. Tolls such time limits during: (1) any period in which the State has failed to provide counsel as required by this Act; (2) the period from the date the applicant files an application for State postconviction relief until final disposition of the application by the State appellate courts, if all filing deadlines are met; and (3) an additional period not to exceed 90 days, if counsel moves for an extension in the district court that would have jurisdiction of a habeas corpus application and makes a showing of good cause. (Sec. 802) Provides an automatic stay of execution through the consideration of the first Federal habeas corpus petition. Permits a stay of execution to be granted thereafter only if the petition on its face satisfies the requirements for successive petitions. (Sec. 803) Prohibits a Federal court from applying a new rule to grant relief to a habeas corpus petitioner, except where the new rule places the claimant's conduct beyond the power of the criminal law-making authority to proscribe or punish with the sanction imposed or requires the observance of procedures without which the likelihood of an accurate conviction or valid capital sentence is seriously diminished. (Sec. 804) Prohibits the court from either presuming a finding of fact made in a State court proceeding to be correct or declining to consider a claim on the ground that it was not raised in such proceeding at the time or in the manner prescribed by State law unless: (1) the relevant State maintains a mechanism for providing legal services to indigents which meets specified requirements; (2) the applicant was eligible for the appointment of counsel and did not waive such appointment, and the State actually appointed counsel to represent the applicant in the State proceeding in which the finding of fact was made or the default occurred; and (3) the attorney or attorneys so appointed substantially met specified qualification and performance standards. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) State establishment of a counsel authority; (2) claims of the ineffectiveness or incompetence of counsel; and (3) attorney compensation, reimbursement for expenses incurred in representing clients, and support services for staff attorneys of a defender organization or resource center. (Sec. 805) Requires that a claim presented in a second or successive application be dismissed unless: (1) the applicant shows that the basis of the claim could not have been discovered by the exercise of reasonable diligence before the applicant filed the prior application, or the failure to raise the claim in the prior application was due to action by State officials in violation of the U.S. Constitution; and (2) the facts underlying the claim would be sufficient, if proven, to undermine the court's confidence in the applicant's guilt of the offense or offenses for which the capital sentence was imposed, or in the validity of that sentence under Federal law. (Sec. 806) Prohibits an appeal from being taken to the court of appeals from the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding where the detention complained of arises out of process issued by a State court, unless the justice or judge who rendered the order or a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of probable cause. Grants an applicant under sentence of death a right of appeal without a certification of probable cause, except after denial of a second or successive application. (Sec. 807) Sets forth duties of the district court in adjudicating the merits of claims, in handling claims of innocence, and in declining to consider claims under specified circumstances. Title IX: Racially Discriminatory Capital Sentencing - Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit the execution of a sentence of death imposed on the basis of race. Specifies that: (1) an inference that race was the basis of a death sentence is established if valid evidence is presented demonstrating that, at the time the sentence was imposed, race was a statistically significant factor in decisions to seek or to impose the death sentence in the jurisdiction in question; and (2) evidence relevant to establish such an inference may include proof that death sentences were, at the pertinent time, being imposed significantly more frequently in the jurisdiction in question upon, or as punishment for capital offenses against, persons of one race than persons of another race. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) validity of evidence presented to establish such inference, and rebuttal of such inference; and (2) access to data on death eligible cases. Title X: Crime Prevention and Community Justice - Subtitle A: Model Intensive Grant Programs - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to not more than 15 chronic high intensive crime areas to develop comprehensive model crime prevention programs that: (1) involve and utilize a broad spectrum of community resources and appropriate State and Federal agencies; (2) attempt to relieve conditions that encourage crime; and (3) provide meaningful and lasting alternatives to involvement in crime. (Sec. 1002) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) uses of grant funds; and (2) program, application, and reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Ounce of Prevention Grant Programs - Part I: Ounce of Prevention Grant Programs - Directs: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to convene an interagency task force to be known as the Ounce of Prevention Council, chaired by the Attorney General, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary; (2) the Council to advise and counsel the Secretary regarding administration of the programs established by this title; and (3) the Secretary to adopt regulations or guidelines to ensure that funding under this title shall be used primarily for assistance in distressed communities and for individuals in any area who are particularly in need of assistance. (Sec. 1011) Requires the Secretary to make grants to States, local governments, and other public and private entities for: (1) summer and after-school programs; (2) mentoring, tutoring, and other programs involving participation by adult role models; (3) programs assisting and promoting employability and job placement; and (4) substance abuse treatment and prevention, including outreach programs for at-risk families. Part II: Family and Community Endeavor Schools Grant Program - Authorizes grants for community-based organizations to assist in carrying out programs in public school facilities, where appropriate, and in certain other locations, for specified uses, including: (1) supervised sports programs and extracurricular and academic programs, offered after school and on weekends and holidays during the school year, and as daily full-day or part-day programs, during the summer months, including curriculum-based supervised education programs, health education and service programs, tutorial and mentoring programs, and other related activities (required use of funds by such organizations); and (2) renovation of facilities and development or expansion of school programs designed to improve academic and social development of at-risk children (permissible use of such funds). (Sec. 1017) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) eligible community identification (to be eligible to receive a grant, a community-based organization shall identify an eligible community to be assisted, meeting criteria such as significant poverty and juvenile delinquency); (2) application requirements and priorities in awarding grants; and (3) participant eligibility. (Sec. 1020) Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) establish a peer review panel comprised of individuals with demonstrated experience in designing and implementing community-based programs; and (2) conduct such investigations and inspections as necessary to ensure compliance under this part. (Sec. 1022) Sets forth provisions regarding the Federal share and regarding program evaluation. Part III: Administration - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to: (1) provide technical assistance, training, and evaluations to further the purposes of this subtitle through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements with other entities; and (2) conduct or support evaluations of programs that receive support under this subtitle. (Sec. 1026) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Police Partnerships for Children - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to partnerships (defined as cooperative arrangements or associations involving one or more law enforcement agencies (LEAs), and one or more public or private agencies that provide child or family services) for: (1) teams or units involving participants from both the law enforcement and child or family services components of the partnership that respond to or deal with violent incidents in which a child is involved as a perpetrator, witness, or victim; (2) training for law enforcement officers in behavior, psychology, family systems, and community culture and attitudes that is relevant to dealing with children who are involved in violent incidents or at risk of involvement in such incidents, or with families of such children; and (3) programs for children and families that are designed jointly by the law enforcement and child or family services components of the partnership. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to units of State or local government, public housing authorities, owners of federally assisted housing, and owners of housing in high crime areas in order to provide dwelling units to law enforcement officers without charge or at or substantially reduced rent for the purpose of providing greater security for residents of high crime areas. (Sec. 1032) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) administration; and (2) technical assistance, training, and evaluation. (Sec. 1033) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Midnight Sports - Directs the Secretary of HUD to make grants, to the extent that sums are approved in appropriations Acts pursuant to this subtitle, to eligible entities (i.e., certain entities under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and nonprofit organizations providing crime prevention, employment counseling, job training, or other educational services, or federally-assisted low-income housing) to assist such entities in carrying out midnight sports league programs. Sets forth program, application, selection, and reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary of HUD to make a grant to one qualified entity to carry out a study of the effectiveness of midnight sports league programs and require such entity to report its conclusions and recommendations to the Congress, the Secretary of HUD, and the Attorney General. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Drug Courts - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to units of State and local government, and to other public and private entities, for programs that involve continuing judicial supervision over specified categories of persons with substance abuse problems, and that involve the integrated administration of other sanctions and services including: (1) testing for the use of controlled substances or other addictive substances; (2) substance abuse treatment; (3) diversion, probation, or other supervised release involving the possibility of prosecution, confinement, or incarceration based on noncompliance with program requirements or failure to show satisfactory progress; and (4) programmatic or health related aftercare services. (Sec. 1043) Authorizes the Attorney General to provide technical assistance and training in furtherance of the purposes of, and to carry out or make arrangements for evaluations of programs that receive support under, this subtitle. (Sec. 1044) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle F: Assistance for Delinquent and At-Risk Youth - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to public or private nonprofit organizations to support the development and operation of projects to provide residential services to youth aged 11 to 19 who have dropped out of school, come into contact with the juvenile justice system, or are at risk of doing so. Requires that such services include, with respect to such youth, activities designed to increase self-esteem, assist in making healthy and responsible choices, improve academic performance pursuant to a plan jointly developed by the applicant and the school which each such youth attends or should attend, and provide vocational and life skills. Sets forth application and reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle G: Police Recruitment - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to qualified community organizations to assist in meeting the costs of qualified programs designed to recruit and retain applicants of police departments. Sets forth requirements regarding qualified community organizations, qualified programs, applications, grant disbursement, grant period, and grantee reporting. Directs the Attorney General to prescribe guidelines on content and results for programs receiving grants under this subtitle. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle H: National Triad Program - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to conduct a qualitative and quantitative national assessment of: (1) the nature and extent of crimes committed against older Americans and the effect of such crimes on the victims; (2) the numbers, extent, and impact of violent crimes and nonviolent crimes against older Americans and the extent of unreported crimes; (3) the collaborative needs of law enforcement, health, and social service organizations, focusing on prevention of crimes against older Americans, to identify, investigate, and provide assistance to victims of those crimes; and (4) the development and growth of strategies to respond effectively to such matters. (Sec. 1068) Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make grants to coalitions of local LEAs and older Americans to assist in the development of programs and execute field tests of particularly promising strategies for crime prevention and related services based on the Triad model (which calls for the participation of the sheriff, at least one police chief, and a representative of at least one older Americans' organization within a county, and which may include participation by general service coalitions of law enforcement, victim service, and senior citizen advocate second service organizations), which can then be evaluated and serve as the basis for further demonstration and education programs. Sets forth provisions regarding application requirements, distribution of grant awards, and post-grant period reporting. (Sec. 1069) Requires, in conjunction with the national assessment, the Director of: (1) the BJA to make awards to organizations with demonstrated ability to provide training and technical assistance in establishing crime prevention programs based on the Triad model for purposes of aiding in the establishment and expansion of pilot programs under this subtitle, and to public service advertising coalitions for purposes of mounting a program of public service advertisements to increase public awareness and understanding of the issues surrounding crimes against older Americans and promoting ideas or programs to prevent them; and (2) NIJ to make awards to research organizations for purposes of evaluating the effectiveness of selected pilot programs and conducting the research and development identified through the national assessment as being critical. (Sec. 1070) Sets forth reporting requirements. (Sec. 1071) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle I: Local Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make specified payments to units of local government to carry out programs related to education to prevent crime or substance abuse treatment to prevent crime. Requires that, of such payments, not less than ten percent of the total combined amounts obligated by the unit for contracts and subcontracts be expended with small business concerns controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and women, and colleges and universities which are historically Black and which have a student body in which more than 20 percent of the students are Hispanic Americans or Native Americans, with exceptions. Authorizes appropriations to a Local Government Fiscal Assistance Fund of the Department of the Treasury. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) qualification for payment; (2) State area allocations, and allocations and payments to territorial governments; (3) local government allocations; (4) income gap multipliers; (5) State variation of local government allocations; (6) adjustments of local government allocations; (7) information used in allocation formulas; (8) public participation; (9) prohibited discrimination; (10) discrimination proceedings and related issues (including enforcement by the Attorney General of prohibitions against discrimination and civil actions by adversely affected persons); (11) judicial review; (12) audits, investigations, and reviews; and (13) reporting requirements. Subtitle J: Employment and Skills Crime Prevention - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants to local governments to fund targeted youth employment and skills development projects to help reduce crime in target areas (defined as neighborhoods which are high crime areas with high unemployment among young adults and other serious economic and social problems). (Sec. 1084) Makes young adults residing or attending school in target areas eligible to participate in programs funded under this subtitle if they are between 16 and 25 years of age (and, in certain circumstances, young adults up to age 30 and youth age 14 and 15). Sets conditions for continued participation in such programs, including avoiding crime, regular attendance and satisfactory performance at work, paying child support when paternity has been established and the participant has income, in-school young adults remaining in school until graduation, and requiring young adults ages 16-17 who have dropped out of high school and who have not obtained a General Equivalency Diploma to return to school or an alternative education program. (Sec. 1085) Authorizes the expenditure of funds for crime prevention related activities (subject to specified requirements), such as: (1) apprenticeship programs linking work and learning; (2) youth conservation and service corps; (3) work experience in private nonprofit organizations and public agencies; (4) initiatives to increase educational attainment, occupational skills, and career aspirations of target area young adults; and (5) job placement and related case management, followup, and other supportive services. (Sec. 1086) Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) grant applications; (2) award priorities; and (3) grant duration and number. (Sec. 1087) Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a system of performance measures for assessing programs established pursuant to this subtitle. Authorizes the Secretary to provide appropriate technical assistance to carry out youth employment and skills crime prevention programs under this subtitle. (Sec. 1090) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1091) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to terminate or suspend financial assistance, in whole or in part, to a recipient or refuse to extend a grant for a recipient, if the Secretary determines that the recipient has failed to meet specified requirements. (Sec. 1092) Makes labor standards under the Job Training Partnership Act applicable to programs under this subtitle. (Sec. 1093) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) regulations or guidelines; (2) waivers; (3) private rights of action; and (4) acceptance of gifts. Subtitle K: Miscellaneous - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to permit the award of drug control and system improvement grants to State and local governments for the purpose of participating in multijurisdictional gang task forces. Title XI: Youth Violence - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the prosecution as adults of juveniles age 13 or older for specified crimes of violence and crimes where the juvenile possessed a firearm during the offense, with exceptions regarding persons subject to the criminal jurisdiction of an Indian tribal government. Repeals restrictions on the Attorney General proceeding in Federal court against such juveniles with respect to such crimes. (Sec. 1102) Specifies that a juvenile shall not be transferred to adult prosecution nor shall a hearing be held under section 5037 (disposition after a finding of juvenile delinquency) (currently, proceedings against a juvenile or as an adult shall not be commenced) until specified conditions are met. (Sec. 1103) Provides that no juvenile committed, whether pursuant to an adjudication of delinquency or conviction for an offense (currently, no juvenile committed) to the custody of the Attorney General may be placed or retained in an adult jail or correctional institution in which he has regular contact with adults incarcerated because they have been convicted of a crime or are awaiting trial on criminal charges. Title XII: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Act of 1994 - Sets penalties for: (1) international trafficking in child pornography; and (2) traveling in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to engage in a sexual act with a juvenile. (Sec. 1202) Expresses the sense of the Congress that each State that has not yet done so should enact legislation prohibiting the production, distribution, receipt, or simple possession of materials depicting a person under age 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and providing for a maximum imprisonment of at least one year and for the forfeiture of assets used in the commission or support of, or gained from, such offenses. Title XIII: Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs requiring any person convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to register a current address with a designated State law enforcement agency for ten years after release from prison, or being placed on parole, supervised release, or probation. Subjects to criminal penalties a person required to register under a State program who knowingly fails to register and keep such registration current. Title XIV: Community Policing - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Attorney General to make grants and provide technical assistance to units of State and local government, and to other public and private entities, to increase police presence (including the rehiring of law enforcement officers laid off as a result of State and local budget reductions, as well as the hiring and training of new, additional career law enforcement officers, for deployment in community-oriented policing), expand and improve cooperative efforts between LEAs and members of the community, and otherwise enhance public safety. Sets forth matching fund, application, and related requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title XV: DNA Identification - DNA Identification Act of 1994 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement grants to develop or improve in a forensic laboratory a capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for identification purposes. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1503) Requires the Director of the FBI to appoint in advisory board on DNA quality assurance methods and issue standards for quality assurance. Authorizes the Director to establish an index of DNA identification records of persons convicted of crimes, and of analyses of DNA samples recovered from crime scenes and from unidentified human remains. (Sec. 1505) Sets forth proficiency testing and privacy protection requirements, and penalties for violations. (Sec. 1506) Authorizes appropriations. Title XVI: Violence Against Women - Violence Against Women Act of 1994 - Subtitle A: Safe Streets for Women - Safe Streets for Women Act of 1994 - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to reduce the rate of violent crime against women to States, Indian tribes, units of local government, tribal organizations, and nonprofit nongovernmental domestic violence and sexual assault victims services programs in the States or Indian country; and (2) the Attorney General to request any Federal agency, with or without reimbursement, to use its authorities and resources to support such State, tribal, and local efforts. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1603) Specifies that no State is entitled to funds under this title unless the State: (1) incurs the full cost of forensic medical exams for victims of sexual assault; (2) certifies that their laws, policies, and practices do not require, in connection with the prosecution of any domestic violence offense, that the abused bear costs associated with the filing of criminal charges or with the issuance or service of a warrant, protection order, or witness subpoena; and (3) can certify that its laws and policies treat sex offenses committed by offenders who are known to, cohabitants or social companions of, or related by blood or marriage to, the victim no less severely than sex offenders committed by offenders who are strangers to the victim. (Sec. 1606) Authorizes the Director to make education and prevention grants to reduce sexual assaults against women. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1607) Directs: (1) the NIJ to establish criteria and develop training programs to assist probation and parole officer and other personnel who work with released sex offenders in the areas of case management, supervision, and relapse prevention; and (2) the Attorney General to compile information regarding sex offender treatment programs and ensure that information regarding treatment programs in the community into which a convicted sex offender is released is made available to persons imprisoned in Federal penal or correctional institutions for sexual abuse offenses, including halfway houses and psychiatric institutions. (Sec. 1609) Amends the Federal criminal code to require that a court order restitution for violations of Federal sexual abuse laws, with exceptions. (Sec. 1610) Directs the Attorney General to provide for a baseline study to examine the scope of the problem of campus sexual assaults and the effectiveness of institutional and legal policies in addressing such crimes and protecting victims. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Safe Homes for Women - Safe Homes for Women Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for traveling across a State line with intent to: (1) contact that person's spouse or intimate partner and, in the course of such contact, intentionally committing a crime of violence causing bodily injury to such spouse or partner; and (2) engage in conduct that violates a protection order, any portion of which involves protection against credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury, to the person or persons for whom the protection order was issued and violates that portion of such order, or that would violate such order if the conduct occurred in the jurisdiction in which the order was issued and engaging in such conduct. Requires that, in any proceeding for the purpose of determining whether a defendant charged shall be released pending trial, or the conditions of such release, the alleged victim be given an opportunity to be heard regarding the danger posed by the defendant. Mandates that a court order restitution to the victim of an offense under this Act, with exceptions. Requires, provided that certain conditions are met, that a protection order issued by the court of one State or Indian tribe be accorded full faith and credit by the court of another State or tribe. (Sec. 1623) Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director to make grants to eligible States, Indian tribes, or units of local government to encourage arrest policies in domestic violence cases, including mandatory arrest programs for protective order violations and improving judicial handling of such cases. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Domestic Violence - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the sale or other disposal of firearms or ammunition to, or the receipt of firearms of ammunition by, persons convicted of offenses involving domestic abuse. (Sec. 1626) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow an alien spouse to self-petition for immediate relative or second preference status if the alien demonstrates to the Attorney General that the alien is residing in the United States: (1) the marriage between the alien and the spouse was entered into in good faith by the alien, and during the marriage the alien or child of the alien has been battered by or has been the subject of extreme cruelty perpetrated by the alien's spouse; or (2) with the alien's spouse, the alien has been married to and residing with the spouse for not less than three years, and the alien's spouse has failed to file such a petition on behalf of the alien. Provides that, in the case of abused spouses and abused children who are self-petitioning, divorce may not be the basis for revocation of the petition. (Under current law and regulations, divorce results in the automatic revocation of an immediate relative and a second preference petition.) (Sec. 1627) Directs the Attorney General, in acting on spousal waiver applications, to consider any credible evidence submitted in support of the application (whether or not the evidence is supported by an evaluation of a licensed mental health professional). Specifies that the determination of what evidence is credible and the weight to be given the evidence shall be within the sole discretion of the Attorney General. (Sec. 1628) Waives the current seven-year residence requirement to apply for suspension of deportation. Makes suspension of deportation available to alien spouses and children who have been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by a spouse or parent who is a citizen or lawful permanent resident, provided that the alien spouse or child proves that he or she is a person of good moral character and that deportation would result in extreme hardship. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a study of the means by which abusive spouses may obtain information concerning the addresses or locations of estranged or former spouses, and transmit to the Congress a report based on the study; and (2) submit to the Congress a report and recommendations on problems of recordkeeping of criminal complaints involving domestic violence. (Sec. 1643) Directs the Attorney General to establish an Attorney General's Task Force on Violence Against Women to review Federal, State, and local strategies for preventing and punishing violent crimes against women and to make recommendations to improve the response to such crimes. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1652) Amends the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 to direct the Attorney General to authorize the Director of the Office of Victims of Crime to provide for the payment of the cost of up to two tests of the victim for sexually transmitted diseases during the 12 months following sexual assaults that pose a risk of transmission, and the cost of a counseling session by a medically trained professional on the accuracy of such tests and the risk of transmission of such diseases to the victim as the result of the assault. (Sec. 1653) Directs the Attorney General to provide a grant to a nonprofit private organization to establish and operate a national, toll-free telephone hotline to provide information and assistance to victims of domestic violence. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1654) Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of the BJA to provide grants to establish projects in local communities involving many sectors of each community to coordinate intervention and prevention of domestic violence. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Equal Justice for Women in the Courts - Authorizes the State Justice Institute (SJI) to award grants for the purpose of developing, testing, presenting, and disseminating model programs to be used by States in training judges and court personnel in the laws of the State on rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, and other crimes of violence motivated by gender. (Sec. 1663) Directs the SJI to ensure that such model programs are developed with the participation of law enforcement officials, public and private nonprofit victim advocates, legal experts, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and recognized experts on gender bias in the courts. (Sec. 1664) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1665) Encourages the circuit judicial councils to conduct studies of the instances of gender bias in their respective circuits. Directs the: (1) Judicial Conference of the United States to designate an entity within the judicial branch to act as a clearinghouse to disseminate any reports and materials issued by gender bias task forces; and (2) Federal Judicial Center to disseminate information on issues relating to gender bias in the courts. (Sec. 1666) Authorizes appropriations to the: (1) Salaries and Expenses Account of the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other Judicial Services; (2) Federal Judicial Center; and (3) Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Directs the Judicial Conference to allocate funds to Federal circuit courts that undertake their own studies of gender bias or implement reforms recommended as a result of such studies in their own or other circuits. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the executive branch, working through the SJI, should examine programs which would allow the States to consider whether expert testimony regarding battered women's syndrome should be admissible by the defendant in criminal trials and specified related issues. Title XVII: Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement - Directs the Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend existing guidelines to provide sentencing enhancements of not less than three offense levels for offenses that the finder of fact at trial determines beyond a reasonable doubt are hate crimes (assuring reasonable consistency with other guidelines, avoiding duplicative punishments for substantially the same offense, and taking into account any mitigating circumstances which might justify exceptions). Title XVIII: Use of Formula Grants to Prosecute Persons Driving While Intoxicated - Amends the Omnibus Act to permit the use of drug control and system improvement grant funds for programs for the prosecution of driving while intoxicated and the enforcement of other laws relating to alcohol use and the operation of motor vehicles. Title XIX: Youth Handgun Safety - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the possession of a handgun or ammunition by, or the private transfer of a handgun or ammunition to, a juvenile, with exceptions. Sets penalties for violations. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) evaluate existing and proposed juvenile handgun legislation in each State; (2) develop model juvenile handgun legislation that is constitutional and enforceable; (3) prepare and disseminate to State authorities the findings made as the result of the evaluation; and (4) report to the Congress findings and recommendations concerning the need or appropriateness of further Federal action. Title XX: Substance Abuse Treatment in Federal Prisons - Amends the Federal criminal code to direct the Bureau of Prisons to provide residential substance abuse treatment for not less than 50 percent of eligible prisoners by the end of FY 1995, for not less than 75 percent by the end of FY 1996, and for all eligible prisoners by the end of 1997 and thereafter. Grants priority for such treatment based on an eligible prisoner's proximity to release date. Permits sentence reductions of up to a year for a prisoner's successful completion of a residential substance abuse treatment program. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title XXI: Alternative Punishments for Young Offenders - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to States, for use by States and local government, for the purpose of developing alternative methods of punishment for young offenders to traditional forms of incarceration and probation. Sets forth provisions regarding State and local applications, review of State applications, allocation and distribution of funds, and evaluation. (Sec. 2102) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 2103) Expresses the sense of the Congress that States should impose mandatory sentences for crimes involving the use of a firearm or other weapon on, or within a 100-yard radius of, school property. Title XXII: Juvenile Drug Trafficking and Gang Prevention Grants - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to States and units of local government, or combinations thereof, to assist them in planning, establishing, operating, coordinating, and evaluating projects for the development of more effective programs to reduce the formation or continuation of juvenile gangs and the use and sale of illegal drugs by juveniles. Sets forth provisions regarding permissible uses of grant funds and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title XXIII: Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to States, for use by States and local government, for the purpose of developing and implementing residential substance abuse treatment programs within State correctional facilities in which inmates are incarcerated for a period of time sufficient to permit substance abuse treatment. Sets forth provisions regarding State application requirements, review of applications, allocation and distribution of funds, and evaluation. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4076 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1994
Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to direct the Federal Housing Finance Board to appoint additional elective directors for Guam and the Virgin Islands to represent bank members located in those Islands until directors representing their interests are elected.
Bill· HRH.R. 4067 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Multifamily Property Disposition Reform Title II: Other Program Reforms Subtitle A: HOME Investment Partnerships Program Subtitle B: HOPE Homeownership Program Subtitle C: Community Development Block Grants Title III: Technical Amendments Multifamily Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Multifamily Property Disposition Reform - Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to revise provisions regarding the management and disposition of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-held multifamily properties and mortgages. (Sec. 102) Authorizes the use of emergency assistance funds for residents in multifamily housing disposition projects. (Sec. 103) Repeals the State agency multifamily property disposition demonstration. (Sec. 104) Sets forth multifamily mortgage assessment procedures. Revises multifamily housing funding provisions. Requires General Accounting Office studies concerning: (1) General Insurance Fund and Special Risk Insurance Fund loan reserves; and (2) actuarial soundness of the nursing home, hospital, and retirement service center insurance programs. (Sec. 106) Amends the National Housing Act to authorize appropriations for such Funds. Title II: Other Program Reforms - Subtitle A: Home Investment Partnerships Program - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to make State agencies eligible to participate in the HOME investment partnerships program (program). (Sec. 204) Eliminates from the program the first-time homebuyer requirement. (Sec. 206) Eliminates from the program the separate (Comptroller General) audit requirement. (Sec. 208) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to permit the use of community development block grant (CDBG) funds for program expenses. (Sec. 209) Suspends program requirements (with exceptions) for certified disaster area use. Subtitle B: HOPE Homeownership Program - Reduces the HOPE single-family ownership program recipient matching requirement. Subtitle C: Community Development Block Grants - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the guarantee of section 108 loan-backed obligations. (Sec. 233) Suspends CDBG requirements (with exceptions) for certified disaster area use. Title III: Technical Amendments - Revises environmental review provisions for the lead-based paint hazard reduction program under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 and for assisted housing programs under title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937. (Sec. 306) Extends contract authority for certain leased housing contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937. (Sec. 307) Amends the National Housing Act to revise specified multifamily mortgage limits. (Sec. 308) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to revise the: (1) multifamily housing risk sharing program; and (2) housing finance agency pilot program. Reauthorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development's authority to enter into mortgage commitments under the risk sharing program. (Sec. 309) Authorizes subsidy layering review by a housing credit agency certification of appropriate assistance limits.
Bill· HRH.R. 4062 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1994
Safe Public Housing Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) prohibit a resident of a covered public housing development that has decided by referendum to prohibit firearms from possessing such a weapon; and (2) require a resident to register any firearm with the public housing agency (PHA) if the public housing development has so required by referendum. Sets forth referendum and related provisions. Provides for expedited termination of tenancy for firearms violations. Amends criminal law to prohibit firearms possession in a covered housing development by a nonresident (with exceptions for law enforcement and other authorized persons). Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to make PHA firearms limitation activities eligible for drug elimination grants.
Bill· HRH.R. 4055 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Boot Camp Title II: Stonger Penalties for Drug Offenders Title III: Violence Against Women and Children Title IV: Immigration and Asylum Reform Title V: Child-Related Sex Offenders Title VI: Truth in Sentencing Title VII: Three Strikes and You're Out Title VIII: Habeas Corpus Reform Subtitle A: Post Conviction Petitions: General Habeas Corpus Reform Subtitle B: Special Procedures for Collateral Proceedings in Capital Cases Subtitle C: Funding for Litigation of Federal Habeas Corpus Petitions in Capital Cases Title IX: Increase Penalties for Juveniles Title I: Boot Camp - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to require the Secretary of Defense, before any transferring or disposing of real property at a military facility being closed or realigned, to notify the State and each local government in whose jurisdiction the facility is located and other interested persons of the suitability of the property or facility for use as a youthful offender boot camp. Requires the State, local government, or interested party to whom such real property is so transferred to certify that the property or facilities will be promptly converted and used for such purpose. Directs the Secretary to develop a model program intended to incorporate military basic training, instruction, and disciplinary procedures into the design and operation of youthful offender boot camps at the Federal, State, and local levels. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to reallocate between public agencies and private nonprofit organizations the percentage of grant funds authorized under such Act for correctional options that provide alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration and offender release programs. Title II: Stronger Penalties for Drug Offenders - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide for life imprisonment without parole, probation, or suspension or the death penalty for certain drug trafficking offenses. Makes procedures applicable to the death penalty for certain offenses under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 applicable to the death penalty for an offense under this title. Title III: Violence Against Women and Children - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for: (1) pretrial detention in sex offense cases; and (2) the death penalty for murders committed by sex offenders. (Sec. 303) Increases penalties for: (1) recidivist sex offenders; and (2) sex offenses against victims under age 16. (Sec. 305) Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to increase by at least four levels the base level for aggravated sexual abuse or sexual abuse offenses and to consider whether any other changes are warranted with respect to such offenses. (Sec. 306) Requires a judicial officer, in a sex offense case, to include in an order for release or detention of a defendant pending trial a requirement that a test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) be performed upon the person and that followup tests for the virus be performed six to 12 months following the date of the initial test, unless the judicial officer determines that the conduct of the person created no risk of transmission of the virus to the victim. Directs the Sentencing Commission to amend existing guidelines for sex offenses to enhance the sentence if the offender knew or had reason to know that he was infected with HIV, except where the offender did not engage or attempt to engage in conduct creating a risk of transmission of the virus to the victim. (Sec. 307) Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to allow evidence of similar offenses in criminal or civil sexual assault and child molestation cases. (Sec. 308) Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for interstate travel to commit spouse abuse or to violate a protective order. (Sec. 309) Provides for full faith and credit of protective orders among the States. (Sec. 310) Expresses the sense of the Congress that, for purposes of determining child custody, evidence establishing that a parent engages in physical abuse or a spouse should create a statutory presumption that it is detrimental to the child to be placed in the custody of the abusive spouse. Title IV: Immigration and Asylum Reform - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide expedited exclusion procedures for aliens who arrive without proper documentation or who are determined by a special asylum officer not to have a proper claim of asylum (based upon a credible fear of persecution). Limits judicial review to habeas corpus. (Sec. 402) Increases penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses. Extends penalties to persons who contract to bring in illegal labor. Treats smuggling as an aggravated felony. (Sec. 403) Expands forfeiture for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens. Includes alien smuggling as a racketeering activity for purposes of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. (Sec. 406) Revises asylum procedures. Sets forth mandatory and discretionary conditions for granting provisional asylum. Establishes new applicable deadlines. States that asylum applications shall be determined by specially trained asylum officers. Terminates an alien's claim for failure to appear at the application hearing unless the alien can show exceptional circumstances. (Sec. 409) Directs the Attorney General to cause to be issued new registration and identification cards to all aliens who are qualified to hold employment in the United States for the purpose of providing proof of employment eligibility. (Sec. 410) Requires each alien who is authorized to be employed in the United States to turn in any alien registration and identification card on or before October 1, 1994. Prohibits any resident alien from receiving the new card until: (1) the alien has surrendered the old green card, provided proof of identity, provided such other documents as may be required under law, and paid a fee (not to exceed $75, subject to waiver or reduction if the alien shows that he or she cannot afford the full fee) that is reasonable and sufficient to cover the costs of administration of this section; and (2) the Immigration and Naturalization Service has verified the lawful status of the alien. Sets forth provisions regarding the: (1) posting of notices of the requirements of this section; (2) invalidity of old cards as of midnight October 1, 1997; (3) use of new cards with respect to income and eligibility verification requirements under the Social Security Act and conditions for the provision of financial assistance for individuals under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980; and (4) limitations on required uses of such cards (not a national identity card). (Sec. 412) Directs the Attorney General to conduct a nationwide program to inform employers about their responsibilities under the INA and the uses of the new alien registration and identification cards. (Sec. 413) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 414) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) continue to conduct employment eligibility verification demonstration projects under the INA to establish the feasibility of determining the employment eligibility of aliens authorized to work in the United States through the use of a telephone and computation capability that is available on the date of this Act's enactment; and (2) report to the Congress on such projects. Title V: Child-Related Sex Offenders - Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding: (1) criminal background checks for prospective employees or volunteers of schools and other State-licensed or tax-funded organizations that interact with children; (2) registration of persons convicted of a child-related sex offense with the local law enforcement agency (LEA); (3) LEA submission of information on individuals convicted of such offenses to the national criminal history background check system and LEA access of the Federal Bureau of Investigation data base for criminal background checks on employees, prospective employees, or volunteers in State-licensed or federally funded organizations that interact with children; (4) release of police information on whether a person has been convicted of such an offense where the convicted person lives in the same country as the person making the request; (5) criminal penalties for violating confidentiality requirements governing the release of information obtained through the registration of individuals who have committed such offenses; (6) a prohibition against a school, child care institution, foster family or group home, or child placing agency hiring or utilizing an individual convicted of such an offense; and (7) notification of the school superintendent by the LEA or prosecuting attorney regarding the arrest or filing of charges against a person known to be employed by such school. Title VI: Truth in Sentencing - Violent and Repeat Offender Accountability Act of 1994 - Requires each State, to be eligible for funds under this title, to conduct and report to the Attorney General on a systematic review of its criminal sentencing laws and practices, including analyses related to: (1) the State statutory criminal sentencing scheme; (2) sentences actually imposed for specified crimes; (3) time actually served; (4) practices and procedures relating to probation, parole, and other alternatives to incarceration; (5) restitution; (6) pretrial detention; (7) victims' rights; (8) post-conviction relief procedures; (9) application of adult sentencing laws to juvenile offenders; and (10) prison capacity. (Sec. 605) Directs each State to submit to the Attorney General for approval a plan that evaluates the criminal sentencing system and, if necessary, creates a sentencing system which provides for: (1) State constitutional or statutory authority for pretrial detention of dangerous criminals; (2) mandatory minimum prison sentences which do not allow probation or suspension of sentence for certain violent or repeat offenders; (3) mandatory life sentence with no release for a third or subsequent conviction of a violent crime; (4) provisions which restrict parole, good-time credit release for violent offenders, or other early release to not more than a total reduction of 15 percent of the sentence imposed; and (5) State constitutional or statutory provisions which guarantee victims the right to be informed, present, and heard at all critical stages of the criminal case, and which ensure the collection, tracking, and enforcement of restitution from the offender in all cases involving economic loss to the victim. (Sec. 606) Makes funds available from amounts appropriated for foreign operations, trade promotion, travel and tourism activities, and Federal land purchases. Limits the Federal share of grants under this title to 50 percent of total project costs. Title VII: Three Strikes and You're Out - Requires the court, in the case of a conviction for a Federal violent felony, to sentence the defendant to prison for life if the defendant has previously been convicted of two other violent felonies. Provides that the defendant shall be subject to the death penalty if a death results from the violent felony. Defines "violent felony" as a State or Federal crime of violence: (1) that involves the threat, use, or risk of physical force against another person; (2) for which the maximum authorized imprisonment exceeds one year; and (3) which is not designated a misdemeanor by the law that defines the offense. Title VIII: Habeas Corpus Reform - Subtitle A: Post Conviction Petitions: General Habeas Corpus Reform - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. (Sec. 802) Vests authority to issue certificates of probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. (Sec. 804) Permits denial on the merits of habeas corpus writs notwithstanding the failure to exhaust State remedies. (Sec. 805) Establishes a two-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by Federal prisoners. Subtitle B: Special Procedures for Collateral Proceedings in Capital Cases - Sets forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases, including provisions regarding: (1) the appointment of counsel for indigent prisoners and limitations on claims for the ineffectiveness or incompetence of counsel; (2) mandatory stays of execution, limits on stays of execution, and successive petitions; (3) time requirements and tolling rules for the filing of petitions; (4) evidentiary hearings, the scope of Federal review, and district court adjudication; (5) certificates of probable cause (inapplicable except when a second or successive petition is filed); (6) application to State unitary review procedure; and (7) limitation periods for determining petitions. Subtitle C: Funding for Litigation of Federal Habeas Corpus Petitions in Capital Cases - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to provide grants to the States to support litigation pertaining to Federal habeas corpus petitions in capital cases. Title IX: Increase Penalties for Juveniles - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize prosecution as an adult of a juvenile who was age 13 or older and in possession of a firearm at the time he or she committed one of the following offenses: (1) assault with intent to commit murder, to commit any felony except murder, or to do bodily harm without just cause or excuse; (2) murder, attempted murder, or manslaughter; (3) taking from the person or presence of another anything of value by force, violence, or intimidation; (4) bank robbery and certain incidental crimes; or (5) an aggravated sexual abuse by force or threat or by other specified means. Prohibits the juvenile from being incarcerated in an adult prison. Entitles the juvenile to petition for resentencing when he or she reaches age 16. Requires the Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend existing guidelines, if necessary, to permit sentencing adjustments that provide for supervised releases for defendants who have clearly demonstrated an exceptional degree of responsibility for the offense and a willingness and ability to refrain from future criminal conduct.
Bill· HRH.R. 4052 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Definitions Title II: Compliance and Increased Participation Title III: Ratings and Incentives for Community Floodplain Management Programs Title IV: Mitigation of Flood and Erosion Risks Title V: Task Force, Advisory Council, and Studies Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions National Flood Insurance Program Improvement Act of 1994 - Title I: Definitions - Defines specified terms under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. Title II: Compliance and Increased Participation - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to expand flood insurance purchase requirements for borrowers securing loans through the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and Federal agency mortgage lenders. Requires residential real estate lenders to establish flood insurance premium escrow accounts. Requires Federal lenders and regulated lending institutions (banks, savings and loans, credit unions) and loan servicers to notify borrowers of special flood hazards and of the need to purchase and maintain flood insurance. Requires such entities, after 60 days' notice, to purchase such insurance on behalf of the borrower and charge the borrower for premium costs. Provides for review of special hazards determinations by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Requires the Director to develop a standard flood hazard determination form for use in connection with loans for residential properties located in an area of special flood hazards and in which flood insurance is available. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to require regulated lending institutions to conduct examinations and report to the Congress with respect to compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program. Provides penalties for lenders who fail to require flood insurance, maintain escrow accounts, or provide appropriate borrower notification with respect to the need for flood insurance. Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council Act of 1978 to direct the Financial Examinations Council to coordinate with Federal entities for lending regulation to develop uniform lender standards. Title III: Ratings and Incentives for Community Floodplain Management Programs - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for a community rating system and premium rate incentives for community floodplain management. Requires the FEMA Director to carry out a community erosion hazard management program which provides incentives for reduction of erosion damage and promotes the reduction of Federal flood insurance losses related to erosion hazards. Provides program funding. Title IV: Mitigation of Flood and Erosion Risks - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to require the FEMA Director to coordinate all flood and erosion mitigation activities under the Federal Insurance Administrator. Provides funding for such activities. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the FEMA Director to develop and implement a State, community, and individual flood and erosion mitigation financial assistance program for structures insured under such Act. Requires such activities to be technically feasible and cost-effective. Provides assistance limitations. Repeals (with a transition period) the current program for the purchase of certain insured properties, as well as the current program for the demolition or relocation of threatened structures. Title V: Task Force, Advisory Council, and Studies - Establishes a two-year interagency Flood Insurance Task Force to: (1) develop standardized flood insurance enforcement procedures; (2) study Federal agency and secondary mortgage market assistance with respect to such enforcement; and (3) study the possibility of existing Federal and corporate flood insurance programs as models for new programs. Establishes the Technical Mapping Advisory Council to undertake certain activities with respect to the preparation, dissemination, and use of flood insurance rate maps. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the FEMA Director to report to the Congress on whether it would be feasible for the national flood insurance program to be administered by the private insurance industry, as well as on such industry's impact on the availability and affordability of flood insurance. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to: (1) increase flood insurance coverage amounts for nonresidential, single family, and multifamily structures; (2) allow additional coverage for compliance with land use and control measures; (3) permit flood insurance private sector participation; and (4) require an assessment (and revision if necessary) of flood insurance maps (with identification of erosion hazard areas) at least every five years. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to: (1) allow for the repair and restoration of certain flood damaged agricultural structures; (2) require the National Flood Insurance Fund to be maintained as a separate account in the Treasury; (3) require the FEMA Director to establish a ten-day waiting period for the initial purchase of flood insurance; and (4) require the Director to include in a certain biennial report the effects of provisions of this Act on the national flood insurance program. Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the waiver of flood insurance purchase requirements for recipients of Federal disaster assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 4033 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Model Intensive Grant Programs Title II: Ounce of Prevention Grant Programs Subtitle A: Ounce of Prevention Grant Programs Subtitle B: Family and Community Endeavor Schools Grant Program Title III: Police Partnership for Children Title IV: Midnight Sports Title V: Drug Courts Title VI: Community Youth Academies Title VII: Police Recruitment Title VIII: National Triad Program Title IX: Local Partnership Act Title X: Miscellaneous Crime Prevention and Community Justice Act of 1994 - Title I: Model Intensive Grant Programs - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to not more than 15 chronic high intensive crime areas to develop comprehensive model crime prevention programs that involve and utilize a broad spectrum of community resources, attempt to relieve conditions that encourage crime, and provide meaningful and lasting alternatives to involvement in crime. Directs the Attorney General to give priority in awarding grants to proposals that are innovative in approach to the prevention of crime in a specific area and that vary in approach. (Sec. 102) Sets forth provisions regarding program, application, and reporting requirements and permissible uses of funds. (Sec. 107) Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Ounce of Prevention Grant Programs - Subtitle A: Ounce of Prevention Grant Programs - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to: (1) convene an interagency task force to be known as the Ounce of Prevention Council, chaired by the Attorney General, the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary, to advise and counsel the Secretary regarding administration of programs established by this title; and (2) ensure that funding provided under this title shall be used primarily for assistance in distressed communities and for individuals in any area who are particularly in need. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, local governments, educational institutions, eligible coalitions, and other public and private entities for: (1) summer and after-school programs; (2) mentoring, tutoring, and other programs involving participation by adult role models; (3) programs assisting and promoting employability and job placement; and (4) substance abuse treatment and prevention, including outreach programs for at-risk families. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and training for, and evaluations of, programs receiving support under this title. (Sec. 204) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Family and Community Endeavor Schools Grant Program - Directs the Secretary of Education, for a fiscal year in which the sums reserved to carry out this section equal or exceed $20 million, to allocate to community-based organizations in each State an amount bearing the same ratio to such sums as the number of children in the State who are from families with incomes below the poverty line bears to the number of children in all States who are from families with incomes below the poverty line. Authorizes such Secretary, for such a fiscal year, to award grants from the appropriate State allocation on a competitive basis to eligible community-based organizations to pay for the Federal share of assisting eligible communities to develop and carry out programs under this subtitle. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) reallocation of funds; and (2) fiscal years in which the sums reserved by such Secretary are less than $20 million. (Sec. 212) Requires a community-based organization that receives a grant under this subtitle to: (1) ensure that such program is carried out in a public school or another appropriate local facility that is easily accessible to children in the community and in compliance with applicable local ordinances; and (2) use such funds to provide to children in the eligible community services and activities that include supervised sports programs and extracurricular and academic programs offered after school and on weekends and holidays during the school year and as daily full- or part-day programs during the summer months and programs such as curriculum-based supervised educational programs, work force preparation, entrepreneurship, cultural programs, arts and crafts, health, dance, tutorial and mentoring programs. Authorizes the use of such funds for the renovation of facilities and to develop or expand programs designed to improve academic and social development of at-risk children by instituting a collaborative structure that trains and coordinates the efforts of teachers, administrators, social workers, guidance counselors, parents, and school volunteers to provide concurrent social services for at-risk students. Prohibits the use of such funds to provide sectarian worship or instruction. (Sec. 213) Requires a community-based organization, to be eligible to receive grant funds, to identify an eligible community to be assisted that meets certain criteria, such as significant poverty and significant juvenile delinquency. (Sec. 214) Sets forth application requirements and requirements concerning eligibility of participants. (Sec. 216) Directs such Secretary to establish a peer review panel comprised of individuals with demonstrated experience in designing and implementing community-based programs. (Sec. 217) Authorizes such Secretary to conduct such investigations and inspections as necessary to ensure compliance with provisions of this subtitle. (Sec. 218) Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) payments to community-based organizations, the Federal share, and the non-Federal share; and (2) program evaluation. Title III: Police Partnership for Children - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to partnerships (i.e., cooperative arrangements or associations involving one or more law enforcement agencies and one or more public or private agencies that provide child or family services) for: (1) teams or units involving participants from both the law enforcement and child or family services components of the partnership that respond to or deal with violent incidents in which a child is involved as a perpetrator, witness, or victim; (2) training for law enforcement officers regarding behavior, psychology, family systems, and community culture and attitudes that is relevant to dealing with children who are involved in violent incidents or at risk or with families of such children; and (3) programs for children and families that are designed jointly by the law enforcement and child or family services components of the partnership, including providing 24-hour response to crisis situations affecting children and programs that provide training in non-violent conflict resolution, after-school activity and neighborhood recreation programs, parent support groups, and mentoring programs. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to units of State or local government, public housing authorities, owners of federally assisted housing, and owners of housing in high crime areas to provide dwelling units to law enforcement officers without charge or at substantially reduced rent for the purpose of providing greater security for residents of high crime areas. (Sec. 303) Sets forth requirements regarding administration, technical assistance, training, and evaluation. (Sec. 305) Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Midnight Sports - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to assist eligible entities in carrying out midnight sports league programs. Requires each eligible entity receiving a grant to establish a sports league meeting specified requirements, including that: (1) there be not less than eight teams of ten players each, with at least half the players being residents of federally assisted low-income housing; (2) the program be designed to serve primarily youths from a neighborhood or community whose population has not less than two of specified characteristics, such as a substantial problem regarding use or sale of illegal drugs, high incidences of crimes committed by youth, persons infected with sexually transmitted diseases, or pregnancy, and high rates of youth unemployment or of high school drop-outs; (3) each player be required to attend specified counseling, job training, and other educational classes; and (4) the program serve only youths demonstrating a need for such counseling, training, and education, obtain sponsors for each team in the league, and comply with criteria established by the Attorney General. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) eligibility (entities eligible under specified provisions of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act and nonprofit organizations providing crime prevention, employment counseling, job training, other educational services or federally-assisted low-income housing); (2) use of grant amounts; (3) grant amount limitations; (4) non-Federal funds; and (5) application, selection, and reporting requirements. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make a grant to one qualified entity to study the effectiveness of midnight sports league programs of entities receiving grants; and (2) require such entity to report to the Congress, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Drug Courts - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to State and local governments and other public and private entities for programs that involve continuing judicial supervision over specified categories of persons with substance abuse problems and that involve the integrated administration of other sanctions and services, including: (1) testing for the use of controlled or other addictive substances; (2) substance abuse treatment; (3) diversion, probation, or other supervised release involving the possibility of prosecution, confinement, or incarceration based on noncompliance with program requirements or failure to show satisfactory progress; and (4) programmatic or health related aftercare services such as relapse prevention, education, vocational training, job placement, housing placement, and child care or other family support services. (Sec. 502) Sets forth requirements regarding administration, technical assistance, training, and evaluation. (Sec. 504) Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Community Youth Academies - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to qualified community organizations, States, or units of local government to assist in meeting the costs of developing and operating qualified instructional programs for juveniles who have been incarcerated under a juvenile justice system or who are determined to be at risk of violating criminal law. Specifies that such programs are to be designed to provide the academic, moral, and social development of juveniles to enable them to become independent, responsible, and productive citizens. Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) qualified community organizations; (2) the instructional program; (3) applications; (4) action by the Attorney General; and (5) grantee reporting. (Sec. 602) Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Police Recruitment - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to assist qualified community organizations in meeting the costs of qualified programs designed to recruit and retain applicants of police departments. Specifies that a program is a qualified program if: (1) it is designed to recruit and train applicants to a police department from underrepresented neighborhoods and localities; and (2) it provides recruiting services which include tutorial programs to enable individuals to meet police force academic requirements and to pass entrance examinations, counseling to applicants to police departments who may encounter problems throughout the application process, and retention services to assist in retaining individuals to stay in the application process of a police department. Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) qualified community organizations; (2) applications; (3) action by the Attorney General; (4) grant disbursement; (5) the grant period; and (6) grantee reporting. Directs the Attorney General to prescribe guidelines on content and results for programs under this title. (Sec. 702) Authorization of appropriations. Title VIII: National Triad Program - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Justice to conduct a national assessment of the: (1) crimes committed against older Americans and the effect on victims; (2) numbers, extent, and impact of violent and nonviolent crimes against older Americans and the extent of unreported crimes; (3) collaborative needs of law enforcement, health, and social service organizations, focusing on prevention of crimes against older Americans, to identify, investigate, and provide assistance to crime victims; and (4) strategies to respond effectively. (Sec. 804) Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to coalitions of local law enforcement agencies and older Americans to assist in the development of programs and to execute field tests of particularly promising strategies for crime prevention and related services based on the Triad model (which calls for the participation of the sheriff, at least one police chief, and a representative of at least one older Americans' organization within a county and which may include participation by general service coalitions of law enforcement, victim service, and senior citizen advocate second service organizations), which can then be evaluated and serve as the basis for further demonstration and education programs. Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) applications, distribution of grant awards, and post-grant period reporting; (2) training assistance, evaluation, and dissemination awards (to mount a program of public service announcements to increase awareness and understanding of issues surrounding crimes against older Americans); and (3) reporting requirements. (Sec. 807) Authorizes appropriations. Title IX: Local Partnership Act - Local Partnership Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make specified payments to units of local government to carry out programs related to education, or health, to prevent crime. Requires that not less than ten percent of the total combined amounts of such payments obligated by a unit for contracts and subcontracts be expended with small business concerns controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and women and colleges and universities which are historically Black and which have a student body in which more than 20 percent of the students are Hispanic Americans or Native Americans, with exceptions. Authorizes appropriations to a Local Government Fiscal Assistance Fund of the Department of the Treasury. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) qualification for payment; (2) allocations to State, local, and territorial governments; (3) income gap multipliers; (4) State variation and adjustments of local government allocations; (5) information used in allocation formulas; and (6) public participation. Prohibits any person in the United States from being excluded from participating in, denied benefits of, or subject to discrimination under, a program or activity of a unit of general local government receiving a payment pursuant to this title because of race, color, national origin, or sex. Makes specified prohibitions and exemptions (regarding discrimination based on age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, discrimination against an otherwise qualified handicapped individual under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and discrimination because of religion under the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968) applicable to such a program or activity. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to try to make agreements with heads of Federal and State agencies to investigate noncompliance with such provisions. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) discrimination proceedings; (2) suspension and termination of payments in discrimination proceedings; (3) compliance agreements; (4) enforcement by the Attorney General of prohibitions on discrimination; (5) civil actions by adversely affected persons; (6) judicial review; (7) audits, investigations, and reviews; and (8) reporting requirements. Title X: Miscellaneous - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit the award of drug control and system improvement grants to State and local governments for the purpose of participating in multijurisdictional gang task forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 4036 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1994
Hate Group Public Funding Exclusion Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make an organization controlled by an individual or individuals who promotes bias ineligible for HUD assistance.
Bill· SS. 1917 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1994
Anti-Redlining in Insurance Disclosure Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish annual disclosure requirements for non-commercial insurers (providers of homeowners, dwelling fire, allied lines, and other personal lines of insurance), including: (1) the availability, affordability and type of insurance coverage by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and the region, race, and gender of policyholders; (2) the racial characteristics and location by MSA of the principal place of business of current and terminated insurance agents; and (3) for designated insurers, the total number of policies, exposures, nonrenewals, and racial characteristics of licensed agents, and the aggregate loss experience. Provides for disclosure requirements for certain commercial insurers. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the availability, affordability, and quality of types of commercial insurance for residential properties and small businesses in urban areas. Instructs the Secretary to establish requirements for insurers to report annually on the availability, affordability, and quality or type of insurance in designated rural areas. Authorizes the Secretary to waive certain disclosure requirements if the States collect equivalent information. Directs the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council to determine the extent to which private mortgage insurers disclose to the public and regulatory agencies information that is equivalent to that required under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975. Requires noncompliant insurers to submit the requisite information to the Secretary. Prescribes guidelines for information compilation and maintenance and for a public availability and access system. Prescribes guidelines for disclosures by insurers to applicants and policyholders, stating the reasons that an insurance application was declined. Authorizes the Secretary to provide immunity to insurers, agents, and brokers regarding their communication of a cancellation, denial, or nonrenewal of insurance. Sets forth enforcement guidelines, including civil penalties and injunctions. Directs the Secretary to establish a task force on insurance agency appointments to report to certain congressional committees on the appointment and retention of inner-city and minority agents representing property and casualty insurers. Instructs the Secretary to study and report to certain congressional committees on insurance industry practices regarding: (1) prescreening of insurance applicants; (2) meeting of the property and casualty insurance needs of the residential and small business community in low- and moderate-income and minority neighborhoods; (3) disparate claims treatment of policyholders based on race, gender, and income level; (4) basing of premium amounts on the territory in which the insured risk is located; and (5) the feasibility of establishing community reinvestment requirements for insurers comparable to those applicable to depository institutions.
Bill· HRH.R. 3986 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1994
Supplemental Appropriations Rescissions Act of 1994 - Rescinds FY 1994 funds made available to: (1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the automation of fingerprint identification services; (2) the Federal Railroad Administration for the conversion of a post office to a train station and commercial center; and (3) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for assistance to sugarcane mills on the Hilo-Hamakua Coast of Hawaii. Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to use specified funds to relocate, repair, and lay up the nuclear ship SAVANNAH.
Bill· HRH.R. 3980 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1994
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to State and local governments and to other public and private entities for programs that involve continuing judicial supervision over specified categories of persons with substance abuse problems and the integrated administration of other sanctions and services, including: (1) testing for the use of controlled substances or other addictive substances; (2) substance abuse treatment; (3) diversion, probation, or other supervised release involving the possibility of prosecution, confinement, or incarceration based on noncompliance with program requirements or failure to show satisfactory progress; and (4) programmatic or health related aftercare services such as relapse prevention, education, vocational training, job placement, housing placement, and child care or other family support services. Authorizes the Attorney General to consult or collaborate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any other appropriate officials and utilize any component of the Department of Justice in carrying out this Act. Sets forth grant application requirements. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) provide technical assistance and training in furtherance of the purposes of this Act; and (2) evaluate programs that receive support under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 3958 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Committee on Agriculture Subtitle A: Administration Subtitle B: Commodity programs Subtitle C: Crop Insurance and Disaster Relief Subtitle D: Food Stamps Subtitle E: Agricultural Trade Subtitle F: Conservation Title II: Committee on Armed Services Subtitle A: General Program Reductions Subtitle B: National Defense Stockpile Title III: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Title IV: Committee on Education and Labor Title V: Committee on Energy and Commerce Title VI: Committee on Foreign Affairs Title VII: Committee on Government Operations Title VIII: Committee on the Judiciary Title IX: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Title X: Committee on Natural Resources Title XI: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Title XII: Committee on Public Works and Transportation Title XIII: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Title XIV: Committee on Small Business Title XV: Committee on Veterans' Affairs Title XVI: Committee on Way and Means Title XVII: Multiple Committee Jurisdiction Subtitle A: Benefits for Illegal Aliens Subtitle B: Economic Development Administration Sunset Subtitle C: Reductions in Spending Under Medicare Subtitle D: Economic Development and Disaster Assistance Subtitle E: International Trade Administration Assistance Subtitle F: Agricultural Export Bonus Program Title XVIII: Unfunded mandates Subtitle A: General Limitations Subtitle B: Commission on Unfunded Federal Mandates Subtitle C: State Mandate Estimates Title XIX: Legislative Branch Provisions Title XX: Enforcement Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1994 - Title I: Committee on Agriculture - Subtitle A: Administration - Consolidates the Agricultural Research Service, the Cooperative State Research Service, and the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture. (Sec. 102) Reduces the number of specified farm agencies field offices. Subtitle B: Commodity Programs - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to repeal nonrecourse loan authority for rice, cotton, feed grains, wheat, oilseeds, sugar, and other nonbasic commodities. (Sec. 112) Reduces target prices for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice (basic commodities). (Sec. 113) Eliminates the 0/85 and 50/85 conservation use programs. (Sec. 114) Reduces basic commodities payment acres. (Sec. 115) Eliminates the tobacco price support and marketing quota programs. (Sec. 116) Eliminates the peanut price support program. (Sec. 117) Eliminates the cotton price support and related programs. (Sec. 118) Eliminates the price support and related programs. Subtitle C: Crop Insurance and Disaster Relief - Repeals the Federal Crop Insurance Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to implement an annual emergency crop loss assistance program. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Food Stamps - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to reduce State administrative reimbursement amounts. Subtitle E: Agricultural Trade - Discontinues the Foreign Agricultural Service's cooperator market development program. (Sec. 142) Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to eliminate the export enhancement program. (Sec. 143) Reduces funding levels for short-term export credit guarantees. (Sec. 144) Eliminates the market promotion program. Subtitle F: Conservation - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to eliminate the conservation reserve program. Title II: Committee on Armed Services - Subtitle A: General Program Reductions - Directs the Secretary of Defense to prohibit the obligation of funds appropriated for a fiscal year after FY 1994 for procurement of the Trident II missile, except for necessary contract termination costs. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of the Navy, by the end of FY 1995, to end the use of double crews on ballistic missile submarines and to reduce the operating tempo of such submarines so that only about one-third are at sea at any one time, with an exception for national security reasons. (Sec. 203) Requires: (1) an FY 1995 five percent reduction in the amount spent by the Government on intelligence activities; (2) cancellation of the Air Force Follow-on Early Warning System; (3) by the end of FY 1997 a reduction to no more than 100 cruisers, destroyers, and frigates in the active forces of the Navy; (4) a reduction in the rate of procurement of DDG-51 destroyers; (5) cancellation of construction of any new TAGOS-23 vessels and MHC mine-hunting vessels; (6) by the end of FY 1998 the elimination of four Army light divisions; (7) the cancellation of the Army tank upgrade program; (8) procurement of no more than 60 C-17 aircraft; (9) during FY 1995 a ten percent reduction in the amounts spent by the Department of Defense (DOD) for independent research and development; (10) the cancellation of the National Aerospace Plane program; (11) the termination of funding for SEMATECH; (12) the Secretaries of the military departments to utilize temporary early retirement authority for personnel within their departments; (13) by the end of FY 1998 a reduction in the number of officer personnel; (14) a reduction in drills for noncombat reserve units; and (15) a denial of unemployment benefits to individuals who voluntarily leave military service. (Sec. 219) Directs the Secretary to: (1) reduce the DOD civilian work force to 813,000 by the end of FY 1997; (2) downsize the amount expended on recruiting by 13 percent by the end of FY 1995; (3) reduce the number of DOD civilian personnel performing support functions at military installations; and (4) implement a one-year tour of duty for personnel assigned to duty in Europe (with exceptions) by the end of FY 1996. (Sec. 223) Directs the President to negotiate with Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Korea toward a greater assumption of (not less than 75 percent of annual costs) of the costs of stationing U.S. troops there. (Sec. 224) Directs the Secretary of Energy to sell the naval petroleum reserves. Subtitle B: National Defense Stockpile - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to require (current law authorizes) the disposal of obsolete and excess materials in the National Defense Stockpile (NDS). Requires all proceeds from the sale of NDS materials to be placed in the Treasury and used to reduce the Federal deficit. Title III: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to eliminate the community development block grant program. (Sec. 302) Amends specified housing Acts to increase family rental contributions. (Sec. 303) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to freeze public housing and section 8 Federal rental assistance levels at FY 1994 levels. (Sec. 304) Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from entering into new assistance agreements for construction of (non-Indian) public housing, housing for the elderly, and housing for persons with disabilities. Increases voucher authority and set-asides for housing for the elderly and persons with disabilities. (Sec. 305) Prohibits the Secretary from making special purpose grants. (Sec. 308) Amends the National Housing Act to terminate the Government National Mortgage Association. (Sec. 313) Repeals the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990. (Sec. 315) Prohibits the Secretary from making or insuring any new rural rental housing loans under the Housing Act of 1949. (Sec. 316) Limits annual rural housing loan or loan guarantee amounts under such Act. (Sec. 317) Prohibits U.S. assistance to the International Development Association through FY 1999. (Sec. 318) Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize specified appropriations through FY 1999 for the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Title IV: Committee on Education and Labor - Repeals special programs for State assistance for vocational education support programs by community-based organizations and for consumer and homemaking education under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act. (Sec. 402) Repeals the program of grants to States for public library construction and technology enhancement under the Library Services and Construction Act. Repeals the Follow Through Act and its Follow Through program. Repeals the law-related education program under the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (ESEA). Repeals the law school clinical experience program under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). (Sec. 403) Repeals the State student incentive grant program under HEA. (Sec. 404) Repeals certain ESEA mathematics and science education programs (also known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act). (Sec. 405) Repeals the following campus-based student financial assistance programs under HEA: (1) supplemental educational opportunity grants; (2) work-study; and (3) Perkins direct loans. (Declares that the purpose is to permit one-half of the savings from terminating such programs to increase the amount available for the Pell grant program.) (Sec. 406) Repeals the Older Americans Community Service Employment Program under the Older Americans Act of 1965. (Sec. 407) Amends the National School Lunch Act to prohibit cash and commodity assistance for paid lunches for children in high income families. Increases assistance for reduced price lunches for children in lower-middle income families. Decreases assistance for meals or supplements for children in middle and high income families under the family or group day care home meal program. (Sec. 408) Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (an Act which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works). (Sec. 409) Repeals the Service Contract Act of 1965. (Sec. 410) Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to modify certain limitations on the use of Federal funds. Extends (sometimes in decreased amounts) the authorizations of appropriations for: (1) program grants by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); (2) funds to match non-Federal funds received by NEA and NEH; and (3) administration of NEA and NEH programs. Limits total appropriations authorized under such Act. Directs the Chairperson of the NEA to investigate and report to specified congressional officials on State compliance with the requirement that grants to States under such Act not be used to supplant non-Federal funds. Title V: Committee on Energy and Commerce - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reduce to 45 percent the matching rate for administrative costs under the Medicaid program. (Sec. 502) Provides for the general termination of the Clean Coal Technology program. (Sec. 503) Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to: (1) provide for a reduced research budget for the National Institutes of Health; and (2) establish an authorization at unspecified levels through FY 1997 for programs for minority and disadvantaged students as exclusive PHSA title VII programs. (Sec. 504) Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to abolish the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration. (Sec. 505) Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize reduced appropriations for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Title VI: Committee on Foreign Affairs - Prohibits the aggregate amount of U.S. contributions to the United Nations and its agencies for calendar years after 1986 from exceeding an amount which bears the same ratio to the total budget of the United Nations as the total U.S. population bears to the total population of United Nations members. (Sec. 602) Repeals title I (trade and development assistance) and III (food for development program) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. (Sec. 603) Reduces outlays for the following programs incrementally for FY 1995 through 1999 such that FY 1999 outlays for: (1) the foreign military financing program are at least 20 percent less than those for FY 1994; and (2) the Economic Support Fund are 50 percent less than those for FY 1994. (Sec. 605) Requires the President, at the beginning of each fiscal year, to deobligate and return to the Treasury any foreign economic assistance funds that, as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, have been obligated for more than three years but have not been expended. Makes exceptions for funds for winding up program expenses. Waives such requirement in any case that the President reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the funds: (1) are being used for a construction project that requires more than three years to complete; or (2) have not been expended because of unforeseen circumstances. Title VII: Committee on Government Operations - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter contracts to procure services for locating Federal amounts in dormant accounts in financial institutions. (Sec. 702) Limits the amount of Federal grant or contract funds for research and development (R and D) which an institution of higher education may use toward the indirect costs incurred. (Sec. 703) Provides for the sale of surplus Government-owned aircraft and motor vehicles. Places restrictions on the acquisition of aircraft and motor vehicles by the heads of covered Federal agencies. (Sec. 704) Limits the amounts that may be expended for specified overhead expenses by entities of the executive and judicial branches (except the Department of Defense and the U.S. Postal Service) through FY 1999. Title VIII: Committee on the Judiciary - Prohibits authorization of appropriations for the Legal Services Corporation. (Sec. 802) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to lower the Federal share of funds for grants to States for criminal child support enforcement. Title IX: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of all ownership interest of the United States in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet, not acquire any new ownership interests, and obtain any new vessels for NOAA only through private sources. Terminates authority to make any new grants or contracts under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 and National Sea Grant College Program Act. Title X: Committee on Natural Resources - Places a five year moratorium on the use of appropriated funds for new land acquisition by or for the Forest Service, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or Bureau of Land Management, except acquisitions determined by the President to be vital to national security interests. (Sec. 1002) Repeals the Helium Act and provides for the sale of Federal property held in connection with that Act which is not required for other Federal purposes, as well as the sale of unneeded helium reserves held by the United States, with all funds received to be used to reduce the Federal debt. Title XI: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - Amends Federal law to: (1) repeal provisions allowing the unlimited accumulation of annual leave by members of the Senior Executive Service; and (2) eliminate administratively uncontrollable overtime for supervisory law enforcement officers. (Sec. 1103) Requires the General Accounting Office to study and report to the Congress and the President on how increased agency flexibility in the appointment and separation of employees can be expected to result in higher levels of efficiency and productivity. Provides for limits on personnel costs in annual executive agency budgets over a six-year period. (Sec. 1104) Revises Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement System provisions relating to the: (1) maximum annuity allowable pursuant to cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs); and (2) accrual rate applicable for purposes of computing an annuity. (Sec. 1105) Sets limitations on COLA increases under Government retirement systems for FY 1995 through 1999. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and armed forces provisions to eliminate the delay in COLAs for Federal civilian and military retirees. Title XII: Committee on Public Works and Transportation - Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds to construct, erect, or modify highway signs using metric system measurements (except in Puerto Rico) unless the Congress specifically authorizes such expenditure. (Sec. 1202) Amends the Federal Transit Act to decrease to or set at 50 percent the Federal share of costs for: (1) specified mass transit projects; (2) training of personnel in the transportation field; (3) establishment of university transportation centers and university research institutes; (4) acquisition of transportation equipment required by the Clean Air Act or the American with Disabilities Act of 1990; (5) nonurban transportation projects; (6) management oversight of transportation construction projects; (7) bicycle facilities; (8) a suspended light rail sytsem technology pilot project; and (9) establishment of a national transit institute. Eliminates grants for operating assistance for certain urban mass transit projects. Repeals Federal transportation assistance for: (1) mass transit projects to meet the needs of elderly persons and persons with disabilities; and (2) emergency operating expenses of the Consolidates Rail Corporation (CONRAIL), the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK), and other railroads. Eliminates Federal assistance for: (1) local transportation service in nonurban areas; and (2) user-side subsidies for intercity bus transportation. Eliminates the Federal share and the system vendor's share of operating costs for any deficit in the suspended light rail system technology pilot project. (Sec. 1203) Renders ineffective after FY 1994 the application to motor carriers of certain Federal transportation law and regulations. (Sec. 1204) Amends Federal law to terminate, as of October 1, 1995, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) as an independent executive agency of the U.S. Government. Transfers, according to a plan developed by the Secretary of Transportation and submitted to the Congress, all duties and functions of the ICC to other Federal agencies. (Sec. 1205) Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to repeal the authorization of appropriations for FY 1995 through 1997 for: (1) certain highway demonstration projects; and (2) high cost of bridge projects. (Sec. 1206) Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to eliminate authorization of appropriations for FY 1995 through 1998 for the essential air service program. (Sec. 1207) Prohibits the Administrator of General Services through FY 1998 from obligating funds for construction or acquisition of new Federal buildings. (Sec. 1208) Directs the President to develop, and submit to the Congress, a plan for transferring all real property, facilities, and equipment of the Tennessee Valley Authority to appropriate public and private entities. (Sec. 1209) Repeals the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. Terminates the Appalachian Regional Commission. (Sec. 1210) Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to limit the total amount appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FY 1995 through 1999 for grants for airport development and planning to no more than 75 of the amount appropriated for such grants from such fund for FY 1994. Title XIII: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), with respect to its FY 1996 budget request to the Congress, to cancel one of the following programs: (1) the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility; (2) the Cassini mission; or (3) the Earth Observation System. (Sec. 1302) Prohibits the Administrator of NASA from entering into any contract in furtherance of a space station program. (Sec. 1303) Makes ineligible to receive a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) any individual with a taxable income over $120,000, and any corporation with a gross income in a taxable year of over $5 million. Title XIV: Committee on Small Business - Sets forth specified limits on FY 1995 through 1998 appropriations for direct and deferred participation loans under the Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Terminates such credit programs as of October 1, 1998. Title XV: Committee on Veterans' Affairs - Entitles the United States to recover from a third party the reasonable cost of medical care and services provided (currently, provided before October 1, 1998) to a veteran for a non-service-connected disability for which the veteran would otherwise have been entitled to receive payment from the third party. Repeals the September 30, 1997, termination date before which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to receive certain veteran's income verification from the Secretaries of the Treasury and Health and Human Services. (Sec. 1502) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reduce the number of surgical and other acute care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs that have low rates of use or occupancy so that there are four percent fewer Department hospital beds at the end of FY 1999 as compared to the end of FY 1994. (Sec. 1503) Directs the Secretary to manage the Department's medical care system so as to achieve savings of $2.25 billion by the end of FY 1999 as compared to the end of FY 1994. Requires the Secretary to establish a prospective payment system in order to achieve such savings. (Sec. 1504) Authorizes the Secretary, during FY 1995 through 1998, to carry out a major construction project (MCP) only in a geographic area that does not contain underutilized non-Department facilities through which a contract could be entered. Requires the Secretary to revise projected expenditures for MCPs during such period in order to reduce such expenditures by ten percent. Title XVI: Committee on Ways and Means - Amends SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) to provide for the consolidation of various specified social services programs, including the at-risk child care program under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of SSA title IV, into a single block grant program. (Sec. 1602) Amends SSA title IV part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to limit the amount of Federal payments to States for child placement and administrative costs. (Sec. 1603) Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to provide for an unearned income exclusion under the SSI program. (Sec. 1604) Provides for reduced Federal reimbursement to States for administrative costs of State AFDC plans. (Sec. 1605) Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to eliminate entitlement to child's insurance benefits of children of individuals who retire before attaining retirement age. (Sec. 1606) Requires that veterans' disability benefits be taken into account when determining reductions in social security old-age and disability benefits. (Sec. 1607) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to establish additional requirements for the approval of State unemployment compensation laws by the Secretary of Labor. Includes among such requirements prohibitions on unemployment compensation payable to individuals with taxable incomes of over $120,000. (Sec. 1608) Terminates all general trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 after FY 1994, except the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program, which shall not terminate until the end of FY 1998 (as under current law). Title XVII: Multiple Committee Jurisdiction - Subtitle A: Benefits for Illegal Aliens - Prohibits, generally, the payment of direct Federal financial benefits, food stamps, and unemployment benefits to aliens who are not lawful permanent residents. Subtitle B: Economic Development Administration Sunset - Economic Development Administration Sunset Act - Abolishes the Economic Development Administration (EDA). Repeals the: (1) Public Works and Economic Development Act 1965; and (2) Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to take appropriate action to conclude EDA affairs. Allows for the expenditure of EDA funds received before its termination. Allows the continued use of the Economic Development Revolving Fund to finish EDA business, but requires Fund termination upon certification by the Secretary that business is concluded. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Reductions in Spending Under Medicare - Provides for reduced payments under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) to hospitals for the indirect costs of medical education. (Sec. 1742) Eliminates Medicare part A payments to hospitals for enrollees' bad debts attributable to deductibles and copayments. (Sec. 1745) Provides for co-payments under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. (Sec. 1746) Increases the Medicare part B monthly premium beginning after December 1994. (Sec. 1751) Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1994 through 1997 for peer review activities, enforcement of Medicare payment prohibitions, and other activities to reduce waste and fraud in the administration of Medicare. (Sec. 1752) Makes specified extensions with regard to Medicare as secondary payer. (Sec. 1753) Amends IRC and SSA to extend Medicare coverage of, and application of the hospital insurance tax to, all State and local government employees. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Economic Development and Disaster Assistance - Makes ineligible for specified Federal business development or disaster assistance: (1) individuals with taxable incomes over $120,000; and (2) corporations with taxable incomes over $5,000,000. Subtitle E: International Trade Administration Assistance - Make the same individuals and corporations described in Subtitle D ineligible for financial assistance from the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce. Subtitle F: Agricultural Export Bonus Program - Makes ineligible for agricultural commodities or cash payments under the export enhancement program of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 any individual with an annual taxable income exceeding $120,000 and any corporation with an annual gross income exceeding $5,000,000. Title XVIII: Unfunded Mandates - Subtitle A: General Limitations - Federal Mandate Relief Act of 1994 - Provides that any new requirement under a Federal statute or regulation that a State or local government conduct an activity shall apply to the government only if all funds necessary to pay the direct costs incurred in conducting the activity are provided by the Federal Government. Subtitle B: Commission on Unfunded Federal Mandates - Establishes the Commission on Unfunded Federal Mandates to: (1) investigate and review the role of unfunded Federal manadates in relations among local, State, and Federal governments; and (2) study and make recommendations to the Congress regarding the termination or suspension of unfunded Federal mandates. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: State Mandate Estimates - Requires the Director of the congressional Budget Office (CBO) to submit to the House of Representatives or the Senate for each joint resolution and conference report an estimate of the costs of State and local government compliance with the legislation in question. (Makes generally conforming amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which already requires, to the extent practicable, such estimates for every public bill and resolution, except those reported by the Committee on Appropriations of each House.) (Sec. 1822) Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to add the same requirements under the Mandate Relief Act of 1993 with regard to committee report cost estimates and consideration of legislation for which a CBO estimate is required. Title XIX: Legislative Branch Provisions - Limits: (1) appropriations for official congressional mail costs for FY 1995 to 50 percent of the total appropriated for FY 1994; and (2) such appropriations beginning with FY 1996 to 103 percent of the total appropriated for the preceding fiscal year. (Sec. 1902) Repeals provisions of: (1) Federal law establishing the Joint Committee on Printing: (2) the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 establishing the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library; and (3) the Employment Act of 1946 establishing the Joint Economic Committee. Transfers all functions of the Joint Economic Committee to the appropriate House or Senate Committee on the Budget. (Sec. 1903) Limits: (1) funding for congressional committee staff for FY 1995 to 75 percent of the total appropriated for FY 1994; and (2) such funding beginning with FY 1996 to 103 percent of the total appropriated for the preceding fiscal year. (Sec. 1904) Repeals provisions of Federal law to eliminate payments of expenses for former Speakers of the House of Representatives. (Sec. 1905) Prohibits a Member of the House from hiring more than 16 full-time employees under the clerk hire allowance. (Sec. 1906) Limits: (1) funding for congressional committee staff for FY 1995 to 75 percent of the total appropriated for FY 1994; and (2) such funding beginning with FY 1996 to 103 percent of the total appropriated for the preceding fiscal year. (Sec. 1907) Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to establish the annual rates of pay of $100,000 for each Senator, Member of, and Delegate to, the House, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico $109,000 for the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House, and $131,000 for the Speaker of the House, until adjusted by law. (Sec. 1908) Repeals provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1971 that established the Office of Technology Assessment. (Sec. 1909) Limits: (1) funding for the Congressional Budget Office and the Architect of the Capitol for FY 1995 to 90 percent of the total appropriated for each entity for FY 1994; and (2) such funding beginning with FY 1996 to 103 percent of the total appropriated for the preceding fiscal year. Title XX: Enforcement - Provides that none of the changes in direct spending and receipts resulting from this shall be reflected in Office of Management and Budget estimates of changes in outlays and receipts under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to make specified downward adjustments in the discretionary spending limits (new budget authority and outlays), as adjusted, set forth in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for FY 1995 through 1999.
Bill· HRH.R. 3943 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1994
Senior Citizens Housing Safety Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying dwelling units in assisted housing designated for elderly families.
Bill· HRH.R. 3892 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Registry of Child Support Orders Title II: Enforcement of Child Support Orders Through Employer Withholding Title III: Enforcement of Criminal Penalties for Flight to Avoid Payment of Child Support Title IV: Credit Bureau Reporting Title V: National Jurisdiction Title VI: Administrative Process Title VII: Medical Child Support Orders Issued by Administrative Adjudicators Title VIII: Elimination of Operating Subsidies for Vacant Public Housing Child Support Enhancement Act of 1994 - Title I: National Registry of Child Support Orders - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national registry of all child support orders the information in which must be in computer data base form. Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require State procedures to ensure that a copy of each child support order issued or modified in the State is transmitted to the national registry. Requires the national registry, upon the receipt from an employer of a W-4 form completed by an employee, to: (1) compare information on the form with its information on the child support obligations of the employee; and (2) report to the employer information on whether the employee is subject to a child support order and, if so, the amount of monthly support involved, as well as the individual to whom such support is owed. Title II: Enforcement of Child Support Orders Through Employer Withholding - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to require all: (1) employees to file with their employers new W-4 forms including information on child support obligations and health insurance coverage for dependent children; and (2) employers to provide a copy of each such form to the national registry. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require employers to: (1) deduct and withhold child support obligations from employee wages; (2) pay such obligations to the person entitled to them; and (3) include withheld obligations on the employee's W-2 form. Title III: Enforcement of Criminal Penalties for Flight to Avoid Payment of Child Support - Authorizes appropriations to the Attorney General for the enforcement of criminal penalties for flight to avoid payment of child support. Title IV: Credit Bureau Reporting - Revises SSA title IV part D provisions for State child support enforcement procedures concerned with providing information on overdue support to consumer reporting agencies. Title V: National Jurisdiction - Amends the Federal judicial code to require the appropriate authorities of every State to enforce according to its terms a child support order made by a court of another state, provided that the court has personal jurisdiction of the contestants. Specifies the conditions under which a court: (1) has personal jurisdiction over nonresident contestants; (2) may modify an order for the same child made by a court of another State; and (3) may exercise jurisdiction in any proceeding for an order commenced during the pendency of a proceeding in a court of another State. Requires that reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard be given to the contestants before an order is made. Amends SSA title IV part D to require State procedures for child support enforcement to include procedures under which States may assert personal jurisdiction over nonresident contestants for purpose of adjudicating parenting and/or establishing child support orders under certain conditions. Declares that the Congress finds that due process is satisfied when a child's State of domicile asserts personal jurisdiction (long arm jurisdiction) over a nonresident contestant who is the parent or presumed parent of that child in an action to adjudicate parent or establish a child support order. Outlines the duration of parental obligations to provide child support, including extensions thereof to cover disabilities and college enrollment, for children born to a marriage or out-of-wedlock whose parentage has been determined under law. Title VI: Administrative Process - Revises SSA title IV part D provisions for expedited process procedures for obtaining and enforcing support orders to require procedures for obtaining expedited administrative process are used to establish paternity in contested paternity cases and to establish and enforce support orders in all cases. Title VII: Medical Child Support Orders Issued by Administrative Adjudicators - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to include medical child support orders issued by an administrative adjudicator within the definition of medical child support order under that Act. Title VIII: Elimination of Operating Subsidies for Vacant Public Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to eliminate: (1) operating subsidies for vacant public housing units; and (2) the annual contribution reserve. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to recapture any amounts reserved from annual contributions for public housing agencies and deposited in accounts established on behalf of the agencies.
Bill· HRH.R. 3888 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Enhanced Program Flexibility Title II: Technical and Other Amendments Public and Indian Housing Amendments of 1994 - Title I: Enhanced Program Flexibility - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the severely distressed public housing program to: (1) repeal the designation of eligible projects requirement; (2) increase maximum planning grant amounts; (3) revise eligible grant activities; (4) require implementation grantees to carry out related community service activities; (5) permit grants to be used for demolition or disposition activities or for job training and youth services; (6) set forth replacement unit requirements; and (7) administer the program through block grant funding. (Sec. 102) Restructures current annual contributions for lower income housing projects as a grant program. Provides public housing agencies (PHAs) with maximum project design flexibility and savings incentives. (Sec. 103) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the HOPE home ownership programs. (Sec. 104) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude certain health insurance payments and earned income from housing eligibility and rent determinations. (Sec. 106) Increases the project assistance ceiling for resident management technical assistance and training. Title II: Technical and Other Amendments - Applies specified public housing provisions under the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to Indian public housing. (Sec. 207) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to apply labor standards to specified housing construction projects. (Sec. 211) Revises the PHA payment in lieu of taxes requirement.
Bill· HRH.R. 3869 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Office of Minority Health Title II: Primary Health Services Title III: Health Professions Programs Title IV: Research Title V: Native Hawaiian Health Care Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VII: General Provisions Minority Health Improvement Act of 1994 - Title I: Office of Minority Health - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the duties of the Office of Minority Health. Provides for the establishment of the Advisory Committee on Minority Health to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services concerning minority health. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1997. (Sec. 102) Requires each of the following agencies to establish its own Office of Minority Health: (1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (2) Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; (3) Health Resources and Services Administration; (4) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; and (5) National Institutes of Health. Reserves 0.5 percent of an agency's appropriation for such Office. Title II: Primary Health Services - Provides for the treatment of pregnant women for substance abuse by migrant health centers and community health centers. Authorizes the development and operation of more than one migrant or community health center in a catchment area if specified circumstances exist. Permits such centers to offer offsite services. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 202) Extends, through FY 1998, authorizations of appropriations for health services for: (1) the homeless; and (2) residents of public housing. (Sec. 204) Sets forth provisions concerning grants for: (1) loan repayment programs regarding obligated service of health professionals; (2) the operation of State offices of rural health; and (3) demonstrations for community scholarship programs regarding obligated services of health professionals. (Sec. 207) Revises provisions concerning programs regarding birth defects. (Sec. 208) Authorizes grants for up to 19 demonstration prjects for the purpose of reducing the incidence of: (1) infant mortality; (2) fetal deaths; (3) maternal mortality; (4) fetal alcohol syndrome; and (5) low-birthweight births. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 209) Provides for demonstration projects regarding diabetic-retinopathy. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Health Professions Programs - Revises provisions concerning scholarships for students of exceptional financial need. Requires students receiving such a scholarship to be from a disadvantaged background. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 304) Revises provisions concerning Centers of Excellence. Requires grants to be made only to designated health professions schools. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 305) Revises provisions concerning educational assistance regarding undergraduates. Authorizes grants to assist disadvantaged students who are interested in a career in the health professions who are students of either elementary, secondary, or higher level schools. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Research - Directs the Director of the Office of Research on Minority Health to establish the Advisory Committee on Research on Minority Health. (Sec. 402) Revises activities of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. (Sec. 403) Authorizes appropriations for the National Center for Health Statistics for health statistical and epidemiological activities. Title V: Native Hawaiian Health Care - Revises the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act completely, including: (1) the findings, declaration of policy, and intent of the Congress; (2) the comprehensive health care master plan for Native Hawaiians; (3) functions of Papa Ola Lokahi; (4) provisions concerning Native Hawaiian health care systems; (5) administration of grants and contracts; (6) scholarship provisions; (7) assignment of personnel; and (8) definitions. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2000 to carry out the Act. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations through FY 1997 for health services for Pacific Islanders under the Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act of 1990. (Sec. 604) Provides for the establishment of such technical and scientific peer review groups and scientific program advisory committees as are necessary to carry out the functions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Title VII: General Provisions - Sets forth effective date provisions.
Bill· SS. 1843 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Saving the Taxpayers Money Subtitle A: Specific Spending Cuts Subtitle B: Reducing the Size of Government Subtitle C: Eliminating Government Printing Monopoly Title II: Streamlining the Federal Bureaucracy Subtitle A: Department of Agriculture Reorganization Subtitle B: Procurement Streamlining Subtitle C: Other Streamlining Reforms Title III: Improving Government Performance and Accountability Title IV: Improving the Legislative Process Title V: Enforcement Government Downsizing, Performance, and Accountability Act of 1994 - Title I: Saving The Taxpayers Money - Subtitle A: Specific Spending Cuts - Rescinds 7.5 percent of remaining FY 1994 appropriations for the legislative branch (except the House of Representatives and the Executive Office of the President). (Sec. 1003) Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to limit annual cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for Members of Congress to those for other Federal employees. (Sec. 1004) Rescinds certain FY 1994 appropriations to provide for reductions in FY 1994 budgetary outlays for, and thereafter through FY 1996 sets general obligational limits on, various specified agency administrative expenses (except Department of Defense (DOD) and other specified expenses), as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). (Sec. 1005) Makes specified rescissions in current FY 1994 appropriations for: (1) the Agency for International Development's (AID) Development Assistance Fund; (2) Department of State Diplomatic and Consular Programs; and (3) salaries and expenses of the United States Information Agency (USIA) and USIA's North/South Center. (Sec. 1006) Raises the minimum threshold for application of the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act from $2,000 to $100,000 for Federal or District of Columbia contracts within the geographical limits of the 48 contiguous States. Prohibits artificially splitting contracts above the $100,000 threshold into contracts smaller than $100,000 for the purpose of evading such Act. (Sec. 1007) Permits the use of funds under the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1994 to implement or administer certain regulations pertaining to utilization of helpers on Federal construction projects subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. (Sec. 1008) Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to phase-in through FY 1998 a ten percent reduction in Federal funding for the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities. Requires a phase-in of eight percent funding reductions for the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, and Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (Sec. 1009) Places a one-year moratorium on construction of new Federal buildings and agency leasing of building space, except construction of buildings primarily used for education, and certain pending projects. Rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 obligational authority from the Federal Buildings Fund for new construction and acquisitions. (Sec. 1010) Makes specified rescissions of FY 1994 funding for: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Legal Services Corporation; (3) community development block grant programs; (4) the Tennessee Valley Authority; (5) public housing; (6) the Economic Development Administration; (7) the International Developmental Association (IDA); (8) the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and (9) United Nations (UN) peacekeeping. (Sec. 1012) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to reauthorize at slightly increased levels and extend through FY 1998 the community development grant program for States, local governments, and Indian tribes. (Sec. 1014) Replaces programs providing Federal assistance for the construction of new non-Indian-related public housing with a tenant-based voucher assistance program. (Sec. 1016) Expands the program which assists Federal employees permanently disabled on the job in order to help them find new employment. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to expand the Federal Employees' Compensation Act Periodic Roll Management Projects to all offices of the Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Program. Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994 to impose limitations on the availability of funding for the IDA in FY 1994 and 1995. (Sec. 1018) Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to allow the use of any cogeneration process for other than federally owned buildings or other federally owned facilities when entering into contracts for achieving energy savings at Federal agencies. (Sec. 1019) Amends the National Housing Act to revise mortgage refinancing provisions to authorize the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to use amounts recaptured under such provisions for the refinancing incentives and costs payments authorized under them. Subtitle B: Reducing the Size of Government - Alaska Power Administration Sale Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, in accordance with specified purchase agreements, to sell: (1) the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project to Alaska; and (2) the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project to the Anchorage Municipal Light and Power, the Chugach Electric Association, Inc., and the Matanuska Electric Association, Inc. (Sec. 1101) Directs the Secretary to: (1) close out the Alaska Power Administration; (2) report to the Congress on the sales; and (3) return to the Treasury unused balances of funds appropriated for the Alaska Power Administration. Repeals specified Federal law concerning water resources investigations in Alaska by the Secretary of the Interior. (Sec. 1102) Rescinds a specified amount of funds available for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fleet for research. (Sec. 1103) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to phase-out and close certain Department of Veterans Affairs supply depots in New Jersey, Illinois, and California and transfer funding back to the Treasury. (Sec. 1104) Repeals the State Justice Institute Act of 1984, thereby terminating the State Justice Institute. Rescinds half the FY 1994 appropriations for salaries and expenses of the State Justice Institute. (Sec. 1105) Eliminates the National Small Business Tree Planting Program. (Sec. 1106) Amends Federal law to: (1) permit DOD to contract for certain non-core functions such as data processing, billing, and payroll; (2) authorize appropriations out of a special fund credited with a portion of the delinquent debts collected in order to improve debt collection activities; (3) allow the U.S. Customs Service to utilize private debt collection companies; (4) subject the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, and the U.S. Customs Service to statutorily prescribed debt collection reporting requirements; and (5) repeal requirements pertaining to Department of Justice contracting for private legal services in connection with indebtedness cases. Subtitle C: Eliminating Government Printing Monopoly - Government Information Dissemination and Printing Improvement Act of 1994 - Transfers the position of Superintendent of Documents (SD) and all its functions to the Library of Congress, to be carried out by an official of the same title under the direction of the Librarian of Congress. (Sec. 1202) Revokes all existing authorized printing plant charters. (Sec. 1203) Requires all Government publications to be available for use throughout the Government. (Sec. 1204) Requires each department, agency, and other entity of the Government to: (1) establish a comprehensive inventory of its publications; (2) make it available via the electronic directory; and (3) furnish its publications to the SD. (Sec. 1205) Imposes additional specified responsibilities on the: (1) Public Printer with respect to the executive and judicial branches; and (2) SD with respect to dissemination of Government publications. (Sec. 1206) Requires the head of a Government department, agency, or entity to furnish any of its publications to the SD. (Sec. 1207) Requires the SD to make Government publications available to designated depository libraries and State libraries. Title II: Streamlining The Federal Bureaucracy - Subtitle A: Department of Agriculture Reorganization - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) consolidate field, regional, and national offices within the Department of Agriculture; and (2) reduce personnel in order to achieve a specified expenditure reduction by FY 2000. Subtitle B: Procurement Streamlining - Replaces armed forces provisions giving preference to nondevelopmental items in supply procurements with provisions for the acquisition of commercial items (property regularly used by the general public or non-governmental entities for non-governmental purposes) in equipment or supply procurements. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to develop and acquire non-commercial equipment or supplies only if no commercial items are available. Makes cost accounting standards under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (OFPPA) inapplicable to acquisitions of commercial items. (Sec. 2052) Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (FPASA) to make similar changes with respect to civilian agency acquisitions. (Sec. 2061) Amends OFPPA to raise the small purchase threshold (renamed the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT)) to $100,000. Makes the same change with regard to armed services acquisitions, except with regard to the contingency operation exception for certain contracts and purchases. Extends the new threshold under OFPPA to FPASA. (Sec. 2066) Requires simplified procedures under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) for SAT acquisitions. (Sec. 2068) Amends OFPPA and the Small Business Act to: (1) repeal references to "the small purchase threshold" and continue existing notice thresholds for procurements over $25,000 (except that the requirement to allow 30 days for bid and proposal submission would apply only to contracts or orders in excess of SAT); and (2) prescribe additional contents for notices with respect to contracts between $25,000 and $100,000. (Sec. 2071) Exempts: (1) subject agency (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Coast Guard, DOD, and respective military departments) contracts below SAT from contingent fee certifications, prohibitions on limiting subcontractor direct sales and doing business with certain contractors, and requirements for audits, supplier and supply source identification, and use of U.S. vessels for supply transportation; (2) civilian agency contracts below SAT from similar requirements with regard to subcontractor direct sales; (3) prime contracts below SAT from procedural and other requirements of the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986; and (4) contracts below SAT from the Miller Act (MA), the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, Service Contract Act of 1965, and Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, requirements regarding certain disabled veterans, and specified requirements under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Buy American Act, and Davis-Bacon Act. Requires the FAR to provide various alternative payment protections, including payment bonds, for suppliers of labor and materials on certain contracts under MA. (Sec. 2081) Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to review the FAR to identify and amend regulations applicable to acquisitions below SAT. Requires agency heads to take similar action with respect to applicable supplemental regulations, policies, and procedures. Subtitle C: Other Streamlining Reforms - Amends the Copeland Act to require employers on contracts covered by the Davis-Bacon Act to certify compliance with applicable labor law standards at least once monthly, instead of weekly, to the Department of Labor. (Sec. 2102) Consolidates into the Block Grants to States for Social Services program under title XX of the Social Security Act (SSA) various social services programs under the Community Services Block Grant Act, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, titles III (Grants for State and Community Programs on Aging) and VII (Nutrition Program for the Elderly) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, the State Dependent Care Development Grants Act, and the SSA title IV part A (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) program for at-risk children. (Sec. 2103) Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to revise the contractor system under Medicare, including eliminating the Railroad Retirement Board's authority to contract for processing the Medicare claims of railroad retirees, in order to provide for increased flexibility in contracting for Medicare claims processing. (Sec. 2104) Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) to restructure the current program for death information exchange: (1) to use, for example, a Federal Clearinghouse on Death Information as the vehicle for all such exchanges; and (2) in the case of individuals with respect to whom federally funded benefits are provided by (or through) a Federal or State agency other than under SSA, to require such agency to pay a set fee to cover all costs connected with the provision of such information for them. Ends the exemption from Internal Revenue Code requirements for Social Security Administration sharing of State collected death information with Federal, State, and local agencies granted to two States under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. (Sec. 2105) Amends SSA title II to earmark specified levels of administrative funding for continuing disability reviews of disabled beneficiaries. (Sec. 2106) Amends SSA title XI to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank (renamed the Health Care Coverage Data Bank) to determine whether veterans receiving VA health care benefits have private insurance. (Sec. 2107) Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to revise requirements for the management and disposition of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-held multifamily properties and mortgages. Title III: Improving Government Performance and Accountability - Requires that all authorization and appropriation legislation contain performance goals for any programs they fund. Provides for waivers from such requirement under certain conditions. (Sec. 3002) Amends Federal civil service law to: (1) link Federal within-grade pay increases to job performance; (2) provide for the modification of reduction-in-force (RIF) regulations to give an employee's efficiency or performance rating greater weight than tenure of employment and length of service during a RIF. (Sec. 3003) Requires the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board to recommend comprehensive and uniform Federal accounting and financial standards to the Congress and the President. (Sec. 3005) Revises current law regarding annual agency financial statements and agency audits, with changes requiring audited statements covering all accounts and associated activities of each office, bureau, and activity of the concerned agency. (Sec. 3006) Amends the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) to: (1) make it a felony to lie on FECA benefit applications; (2) bar from FECA program participation those individuals convicted of defrauding it; and (3) generally cut off FECA benefits to individuals in correctional facilities who have been convicted of a felony. (Sec. 3007) Allows Federal agencies to reduce employees or positions below mandated personnel levels. Title IV: Improving the Legislative Process - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require that each line-item in an appropriations bill and each tax expenditure in a revenue bill be enrolled as a separate bill to be presented to the President (effectively giving the President line-item veto authority over such measures while ensuring that the override provisions of the U.S. Constitution apply). (Sec. 4002) Amends rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate to allow a point of order against reception or consideration of any appropriations bill or amendment containing a provision that has not been previously authorized by law within the preceding five years. (Sec. 4003) Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make congressional consideration of emergency legislation subject to the same budgetary points of order and super-majority waiver requirements as other legislation. Title V: Enforcement - Provides that none of the changes in direct spending and receipts resulting from this Act shall be reflected in OMB estimates under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Directs the Director of OMB, upon enactment of this Act, to make specified downward adjustments in discretionary spending limits under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for FY 1994 through 1999. Makes specified reductions in budget outlays and authority for the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Authorizes and directs each Committee on Appropriations to adjust its suballocations among its subcommittees for FY 1994 to reflect the lower allocations provided above. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to provide for the establishment of a defense firewall through FY 1998.
Bill· HRH.R. 3838 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Housing Assistance Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Public and Indian Housing Subtitle C: Section 8 Assistance Subtitle D: Homeownership Programs Subtitle E: Other Programs Title II: Home Investment Partnerships Title III: Supportive Housing Programs Title IV: Mortgage Insurance and Secondary Mortgage Market Subtitle A: Mortgage Insurance and Loan Guarantee Programs Subtitle B: Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Subtitle C: Secondary Mortgage Market Programs Subtitle D: Emergency Mortgage Relief Title V: Rural Housing Title VI: Community Development Subtitle A: Community Development Block Grant Program Subtitle B: Other Community Development Programs Title VII: Regulatory and Miscellaneous Programs Title VIII: Housing Programs Under Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act Subtitle A: Housing Assistance Subtitle B: Interagency Council on the Homeless Subtitle C: Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program Housing and Community Development Act of 1994 - Title I: Housing Assistance - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase low-income housing budget authority. Sets forth assistance uses. (Sec. 103) Authorizes appropriations for the family self-sufficiency program. Subtitle B: Public and Indian Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to temporarily exclude earned income of a previously unemployed family member from public housing rent determinations. (Sec. 113) Extends set-aside authority for public housing for disabled families. (Sec. 114) Extends authority for construction of projects for disabled families. (Sec. 115) Authorizes appropriations for public housing operating subsidies. (Sec. 119) Authorizes appropriations for public housing resident management. (Sec. 120) Authorizes appropriations for public housing family investment centers. (Sec. 121) Amends the revitalization of severely distressed public housing program to: (1) increase individual planning grant ceilings; (2) increase implementation grant support services ceilings; and (3) add community service activities as eligible planning and implementation grant activities. (Sec. 122) Applies public housing amendments to Indian housing. (Sec. 123) Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations for public housing early childhood development services. (Sec. 124) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize appropriations for: (1) Indian housing childhood development services; and (2) public housing one-stop perinatal services demonstration. Subtitle C: Section 8 Assistance - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for the moving to opportunity for fair housing demonstration program, including counseling activities set-asides. (Sec. 142) Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to authorize appropriations for the community investment demonstration program. (Sec. 143) Merges the section 8 certificate and voucher rental assistance programs into a single rental assistance program. Subtitle D: Homeownership Programs - Amends the Cranston - Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize appropriations for the HOPE multifamily unit and single family homeownership programs. Reduces recipient matching funds requirements. (Sec. 152) Extends the termination date and authorizes appropriations for the National Homeownership Trust Fund. Subtitle E: Other Programs - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to entitle chapter 124 of such Act as the Community Partnerships Against Crime Act of 1994. Authorizes grants to public housing agencies (including Indian housing agencies) and to nonprofit and for-profit owners of federally-assisted low-income housing for crime elimination activities. Increases the grant period for public housing agencies with severe crime problems. Authorizes appropriations, with technical assistance set-asides. (Sec. 162) Authorizes appropriations for public housing youth sports programs. (Sec. 163) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for low-income housing preservation, with set-asides for grants and technical assistance and capacity building. (Sec. 164) Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the flexible subsidy program. (Sec. 165) Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for specified housing counseling services. (Sec. 166) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 with regard to multifamily housing projects to: (1) authorize operating assistance and capital improvement assistance for troubled projects, and loan management assistance; (2) set aside allocations for incentives to extend low-income use; and (3) revise the refinancing program. Directs the General Accounting Office (GAO) to evaluate the adequacy of specified loan loss reserves and recommend steps to prevent future losses. (Sec. 167) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize appropriations for the youthbuild program. Title II: Home Investment Partnerships - Amends the Cranston - Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act with regard to the home investment partnerships program to: (1) authorize appropriations; (2) make State agencies eligible participants; (3) revise income targeting, resale, and matching provisions; (4) eliminate the first-time homebuyer requirement; and (5) permit the use of community development block grant (CDBG) funds for certain program expenses. Requires a GAO study of HOME program funds. Title III: Supportive Housing Programs - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for supportive housing for the elderly and for persons with disabilities. (Sec. 302) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to set aside funds for the elder cottage housing demonstration program. (Sec. 303) Authorizes appropriations for the revised congregate services program. (Sec. 304) Authorizes appropriations for the elderly independence demonstration program. (Sec. 305) Authorizes appropriations for the housing opportunities for persons with AIDS program. Makes program revisions, including making certain non-profit organizations eligible participants. (Sec. 306) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize appropriations for service coordinators. Title IV: Mortgage Insurance and Secondary Mortgage Market - Subtitle A: Mortgage Insurance and Loan Guarantee Programs - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to enter into (limited) commitments to insure mortgages. (Sec. 402) Extends the Federal Housing Administration Advisory Board's termination date. (Sec. 403) Extends the program of home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners. (Sec. 404) Extends and revises the risk sharing multifamily mortgage pilot program and the housing finance agency pilot program. Authorizes appropriations for the National Interagency Task Force on Multifamily Housing. (Sec. 405) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for the Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund. Subtitle B: Multifamily Housing Property Disposition - Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to revise provisions regarding the management and disposition of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - held multifamily properties and mortgages. Subtitle C: Secondary Mortgage Market Programs - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) to issue guarantees of mortgage-backed securities. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Emergency Mortgage Relief - Amends the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Act to extend and authorize appropriations for emergency mortgage relief assistance. Title V: Rural Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend and authorize appropriations for specified rural housing and related programs. (Sec. 510) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a rural housing capacity demonstration program for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. (Sec. 511) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance for rural community development initiatives. (Sec. 512) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a rural housing loan delegated processing demonstration program. Title VI: Community Development - Subtitle A: Community Development Block Grant Program - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for: (1) the community development block grant program; and (2) special purpose grants. (Sec. 603) Extends authority for the Section 108 loan guarantee program. (Sec. 609) Extends authority for the colonias program. Subtitle B: Other Community Development Programs - Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act to authorize appropriations for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. (Sec. 632) Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations for the John Heinz neighborhood development program. Title VII: Regulatory and Miscellaneous Programs - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for the fair housing initiatives program. (Sec. 702) Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to authorize appropriations for HUD program monitoring and research. (Sec. 703) Authorizes appropriations for HUD salaries and expenses. (Sec. 705) Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for HUD research and development. (Sec. 706) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize additional appropriations for the National Institute of Building Sciences. (Sec. 707) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for residential lead-based paint hazard reduction. (Sec. 708) Authorizes appropriations for the New Towns demonstration program for emergency relief of Los Angeles, including mortgage and community development assistance. (Sec. 709) Authorizes appropriations for the Solar Assistance Financing Entity. (Sec. 710) Authorizes appropriations for the National American Indian Housing Council. (Sec. 711) Authorizes appropriations for the Housing Assistance Council. Title VIII: Housing Programs Under Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act - Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Housing Assistance Amendments Act of 1994 - Subtitle A: Housing Assistance - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to authorize appropriations for the emergency shelter grants program. (Sec. 812) Authorizes appropriations for the supportive housing program. (Sec. 813) Authorizes appropriations for the safe havens for homeless individuals demonstration program. (Sec. 814) Increases budget authority for section 8 assistance for single room occupancy dwellings. (Sec. 815) Authorizes appropriations for the shelter plus care program. (Sec. 816) Authorizes appropriations for the rural homelessness grant program. (Sec. 817) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to extend the time for the Secretary to develop and publish a strategy for the elimination of unfit transient facilities. (Sec. 818) Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to extend and authorize appropriations for the innovative homeless initiatives demonstration program. Subtitle B: Interagency Council on the Homeless - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to extend and authorize appropriations for the Interagency Council on the Homeless. Subtitle C: Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to authorize appropriations for the Federal emergency food and shelter program.