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Bill· HRH.R. 3860 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Interdiction Title II: Alien Smuggling Title III: Employment Title IV: Government Benefits Title V: Criminal Aliens Title VI: Terrorist Aliens Title VII: Inspections Title VIII: Asylum Illegal Immigration Control Act of 1994 - Title I:Interdiction - Directs the Attorney General to install additional physicial 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. (Sec. 106) Directs the Commissioner to collect a user fee for each U.S. land entry. (Sec. 107) Establishes a Border Control Trust Fund. 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: Employment - Amends the Act to revise alien employment documentation and employer verification provisions, including social security card enhancements. (Sec. 302) Authorizes 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. 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.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 205 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1994
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should: (1) allow census block group data to be used in the same manner as census tract data in determining whether areas are eligible for designation as empowerment zones and enterprise communities authorized by the Internal Revenue Code; and (2) treat census tracts or blocks that have no population, or (if more than 75 percent of the tract or block is zoned for commercial or industrial use) have populations of less than 2,000, as counting towards all poverty rate requirements for designation of such zones and communities.
Bill· SS. 1832 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Title II: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Title III: Department of Defense Title IV: Energy and Water Development Title V: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Agencies Title VI: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Title VII: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Title VIII: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Title IX: Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Title I: Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Rescinds FY 1994 funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture for the Rural Development Administration, Farmers Home Administration, and Rural Electrification Administration. Rescinds specified foreign assistance funds available for the cost of direct credit agreements and ocean freight differential costs. Title II: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies - Rescinds FY 1994 funds appropriated to the Department of State for the Administration of Foreign Affairs and the Board for International Broadcasting for the Israel radio relay station. Title III: Department of Defense - Rescinds FY 1994 funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for military procurement and research, development, test and evaluation. Title IV: Energy and Water Development - Rescinds FY 1994 funds appropriated to the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Title V: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Agencies - Rescinds FY 1994 funds appropriated to the President for international security assistance. Title VI: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies - Rescinds FY 1994 funds appropriated to the Department of the Treasury for biomass energy development. Title VII: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies - Rescinds FY 1994 funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation for essential air services and rental payments, the Coast Guard for operating expenses, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Federal Railroad Administration. Title VIII: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government - Rescinds FY 1994 funds appropriated to the General Services Administration for the Federal Buildings Fund. Title IX: Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies - Rescinds FY 1994 funds made available to: (1) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for certain housing programs; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, space flight expenses, and construction; and (3) the National Science Foundation for academic research infrastructure.
Bill· SS. 1833 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1994
Life Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title, title XXVII: Life Care: Public Insurance Program for Nursing Home Care. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, under such new title, to establish a voluntary insurance program for individuals 45 years of age and over to cover the nursing home stays of such individuals. Sets forth provisions of the program concerning: (1) benefits; (2) eligibility; (3) premiums; (4) providers; and (5) reimbursement to nursing homes. Directs the Secretary to contract with entities to act as Long-Term Care Screening Agencies which shall assess the eligibility of individuals for services under the new title.
Bill· SS. 1824 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reform of the Senate Title II: Reform of the House of Representatives Title III: Reform of the Congress Subtitle A: Budget Process Subtitle B: Staffing; Administration; and Support Agencies Subtitle C: Abolishing the Joint Committees Subtitle D: Legislative and Executive Relations Title IV: Effective Date Legislative Reorganization Act of 1994 - Title I: Reform of the Senate - Amends rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require appointments to standing and all other committees to be made by the majority and minority leader for each member of their respective parties, subject to any rules adopted by the respective party caucuses. (Sec. 102) Amends rule XXV to revise the structure of the standing, special, and select committees of the Senate (leaving their assignment undesignated). Lists the committees as: (1) Appropriations; (2) Armed Services; (3) Finance; (4) Foreign Relations; (5) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (6) Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; (7) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (8) Energy and Natural Resources; (9) Environment and Public Works; (10) Governmental Affairs; (11) Judiciary; (12) Labor and Human Resources; (13) Aging; (14) Budget; (15) Indian Affairs; (16) Rules and Administration; (17) Small Business; (18) Veterans' Affairs; (19) Ethics; and (20) Intelligence. Modifies the number of: (1) committees and subcommittees on which a Senator may serve as a member or as the chairperson; and (2) subcommittees a committee may establish. Waives these limitations upon the adoption by an affirmative yea and nay vote of a privileged resolution (without an amendment) offered by the majority leader with the minority leader's approval that designates the Senator or Senators receiving the waiver. Limits the debate on the resolution to one hour equally divided. Requires: (1) the majority and minority leaders to notify the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration within 30 days after the convening of a Congress if the number of majority and minority members of a Senate committee for such Congress each fall below 50 percent of the number of such members serving on the committee at the end of the 102d Congress; (2) the Committee to report a resolution to the Senate abolishing such committee after receiving the notice; and (3) the majority and minority leaders to adjust the membership of other committees to provide for members of the abolished committee. (Sec. 103) Amends rule XXVI to designate Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday for committee and subcommittee meetings and hearings. Prohibits a subcommittee from meeting at the time its committee is meeting. Requires the consent of the majority and minority leaders before the committee or its subcommittee can conduct business on a day other than the day designated by this Act. (Sec. 104) Prohibits a proxy vote from being cast by a member of any committee if it effects the result of the vote. (Sec. 105) Requires each Senate committee chairman to publish semi-annually in the Congressional Record the committee attendance and voting records of each member of the committee. (Sec. 106) Amends rule XXII to require an affirmative three-fifths vote for post-cloture appeals from the decision of the Presiding Officer, except on a measure or motion to amend the Senate rules, in which case a necessary affirmative vote shall be two-thirds of the Senators present and voting. Amends rule VIII to limit debate to two hours on a motion to proceed to the consideration of a measure made by the majority leader or his designee after the first two hours of a new legislative day. Makes a motion to proceed to any motion, resolution, or proposal to change any of the Standing Rules of the Senate debatable without this limitation. Amends rule XXII to charge the time consumed by a quorum call to the Senator who requested it under cloture. Amends rule XXVIII to dispense with the reading of a conference report (if such report is printed and available one day prior to the motion to consider) before determining a question of proceeding to its consideration. Amends rule XV to prohibit (on a point of order made by any Senator) an amendment expressing the sense of the Senate or the sense of the Congress, or an amendment thereto, from being received unless the amendment is signed by at least ten Senators. (Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary of the Senate: (1) by January 1, 1995, and each year thereafter through 1998, to certify and publish in the Congressional Record a list identifying each Senator who has used less than the amount allocated to his or her personal office during the preceding fiscal year and the amount of such unused allocation; and (2) by January 1, 1999, and each year thereafter, to notify each Senator of the difference between the total obligations incurred by his or her personal office and the allocations for administrative expenses, legislative assistants, and clerk hire available to the Member for the preceding fiscal year. Authorizes the Member to direct the Secretary to submit a rescission request for such amount from unobligated balances for that fiscal year. Requires the Senate committees to include a plan to reduce the disparity between appropriations and allocations to Members when they conduct the performance review required by this Act. Title II: Reform of the House of Representatives - (Bill text to be supplied at a later date.) Title III: Reform of the Congress - Subtitle A: Budget Process - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to revise the Federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Devotes the first session of any Congress to the budget resolution and to appropriations decisions, retaining current deadlines in most cases. Changes certain deadlines to conform to the biennial scheme. Devotes each second session to authorization activity, subject to specified deadlines. Conforms provisions governing the President's budget to the biennial framework. Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to conform to the biennial framework. Prohibits the House or Senate from considering any legislation that authorizes appropriations for a period of less than two fiscal years, unless the activity for which the funds are to be spent is of less than two years duration. Requires the Congressional Budget Office to make quarterly budget reports to the House and Senate Committees on the Budget. Provides for permanently extending the rule on extraneous matter in reconciliation legislation and applies such rule to conference reports. Directs the Comptroller General to give priority to congressional requests for audits and evaluations of Government programs and activities during the second session of each Congress. Subtitle B: Staffing; Administration; and Support Agencies - Requires the Senate Committees on Rules and Administration and Appropriations and the appropriate House committees or task force to submit to the leadership of their respective Houses a performance review together with any necessary implementing legislation to achieve efficiencies, economies, and reductions in the total number of full time equivalent (FTE) positions in the legislative branch comparable to those proposed and implemented for the executive branch in the President's National Performance Review. Requires the reductions to be made from a base of the total number of FTEs in the legislative branch on the date of introduction of S.Con. Res. 57 (102d Congress, 1st Session), establishing the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress. (Sec. 332) Requires the following entities to be authorized by the enactment every eighth year of an Act to authorize appropriations for that office for the next eight fiscal years: (1) the General Accounting Office (GAO) beginning with FY 1997; (2) the Library of Congress (LOC) beginning with FY 1999; (3) the Government Printing Office (GPO) beginning with FY 2001; and (4) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) beginning with FY 2003. Vests jurisdiction over the required authorizations in the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the appropriate House committee. Requires each instrumentality of the Congress providing support to the Congress to prepare an annual report by December 31 detailing the cost to the instrumentality of providing support to each Senate committee and Senator. Requires the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the appropriate House committee to study and report to their respective Houses concerning the feasibility of establishing a voucher allocation system for committees using the services of such instrumentalities. Repeals provisions authorizing appropriations for GAO, CBO, LOC, GPO, and OTA. (Sec. 333) Requires the cost of the service on detail to a congressional committee or the personal office of a Member of Congress of a person who is regularly employed by an instrumentality of the Congress (GAO, CBO, LOC, GPO, or OTA) or an executive agency to be fully reimbursed to the instrumentality or agency by the committee or personal office that receives the service. Subtitle C: Abolishing the Joint Committees - Part I: Joint Economic Committee - Abolishes the Joint Economic Committee and transfers its responsibility to the Senate Budget Committee and the appropriate House committee to review the President's Economic Report. Part II: Joint Committee on Taxation - Abolishes the Joint Committee on Taxation. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to: (1) require CBO to provide technical guidance to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Ways and Means with respect to taxation and tax legislation; and (2) perform the responsibilities formerly assigned to the abolished Joint Committee. Requires the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the appropriate House committee to report to the Congress a plan for the transfer of the Joint Committee's responsibilities and staff. Part III: Joint Committee on the Library of Congress - Abolishes the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress. Transfers the responsibilities of the Joint Committee to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the appropriate House committee. Part IV: Joint Committee on Printing - Repeals provisions of Federal law establishing the Joint Committee on Printing. Transfers all duties, authorities, responsibilities, and functions of the Joint Committee to the Public Printer except that the Committee's legislative oversight shall be performed by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the Committee on House Administration. (Sec. 372) Revises provisions of Federal law to abolish the position of Deputy Public Printer. Requires the President to nominate and, by and with the consent of the Senate, appoint a Legislative Deputy Public Printer (who shall also serve as the Superintendent of Documents for no additional compensation), an Executive Deputy Public Printer, and a Judicial Deputy Public Printer. Requires all GPO duties relating to the legislative, executive, and judicial branch to be performed by the appropriate Deputy Public Printer. (Sec. 373) Requires the Public Printer to include in the annual business-type budget program for the operations under the GPO revolving fund a report on: (1) the printing costs of each branch of the Government; (2) a cost comparison of specified Government publications; and (3) the cost of all authorized individual printing orders. (Sec. 375) Authorizes an executive department or agency to order individual printing orders if the cost is not more than $1,500 and the work is printed by any executive department or agency or the work is printed under a contract by a non-Federal commercial source. Requires any Federal officer who orders or contracts for an individual printing order to require the printing to deliver a sufficient number of any document printed under such order or contract to the Superintendent of Documents for inclusion in the depository program. (Sec. 376) Requires each Federal department and agency to submit by November 1 of each year to the Public Printer a report of its cost of publishing Government publications in the preceding fiscal year. Exempts GPO and publications published under contract with a non-Federal commercial source. Subtitle D: Legislative and Executive Relations - Makes it the responsibility of each standing congressional committee: (1) by March 1 in the first session of each Congress to submit Committee Review Agendas that list the discretionary programs, entitlement programs, and tax expenditures under the committee's jurisdiction which it intends to review during that Congress and three Congresses thereafter; (2) coordinate with other congressional committees having jurisdiction over related programs; (3) prepare a separate section in its oversight agenda that summarizes what actions and recommendations occurred with respect to implementing the agenda for that Congress; (4) transmit its oversight agenda to the Committee on House Administration and the Committee on Rules and Administration for consideration during the committee funding process; and (5) adopt legislative procedures to assure that any recommendation proposed by the appropriate standing committee is considered by the full Senate or House of Representatives. Requires each congressional committee to hold hearings during each Congress to review appropriate reports relating to executive agency activities over which the Committee has oversight responsibility, including reports of the Inspector General, the GAO, and agency audits. (Sec. 382) Provides that any law requiring an executive agency to report to the Congress shall be effective for not longer than five years. Title IV: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective January 1, 1995, and applicable to bienniums beginning after FY 1995.
Bill· HRH.R. 3793 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1994
Community Enterprise Revitalization Amendments Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make economic development grants to enhance the security of housing loan guarantees under section 108 of such Act. Authorizes such grants' funding with recaptured urban development action grant (UDAG) amounts. Authorizes a UDAG amnesty program. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee section 108-backed obligations.
Bill· HRH.R. 3804 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 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 projects 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. 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. Revises provisions concerning such Centers at historically black colleges and universities. Requires grants to be given to African American individuals. 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. 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· HRH.R. 3768 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Housing and Urban Development Emergency Food and Shelter Program Title II: Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Formula Grant Program Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance and Prevention Formula Grant Amendments Act of 1994 - Title I: Department of Housing and Urban Development Emergency Food and Shelter Program - Amends the Stewart B. Mckinney Homeless Assistance Act to transfer responsibilities for the emergency food and shelter program (program) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Makes safe haven facilities eligible for emergency food and shelter grants. Extends program authorization of appropriations. Title II: Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Formula Grants Program - Amends the Act to revise the existing emergency shelter grants and supportive housing programs into a homeless housing assistance and prevention formula grant program. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 3767 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
HOME Investment Partnerships Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Cranston - Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to provide for State agency participation in the HOME investment partnership program (program). Eliminates the program's first-time homebuyer requirement. Requires HOME investment trust funds and specified homeless assistance programs to comply with current housing affordability strategy. Revises program matching requirements. Eliminates the program's independent audit requirement and revises environmental review provisions. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to: (1) permit the use of community development block grant (CDBG) funds for program administrative costs; and (2) suspend certain CDBG requirements for disaster areas. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to reduce matching grant requirements under the HOPE for homeownership of single family homes program.
Bill· HRH.R. 3775 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1994
Agency for International Development Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 1994 - Reduces budget authority and outlays for development assistance by specified amounts below the Congressional Budget Office baseline in FY 1995 through 1999. Requires the Agency for International Development (AID) to narrow its focus and fund fewer development assistance projects to achieve such budget savings. Directs AID to target assistance to lower income countries that have economic policies designed to encourage growth through free markets and trade, thereby reducing the number of countries that receive development assistance to approximately 60. Bars development assistance for middle income countries or lower income countries where such assistance has not shown results. Permits AID to provide assistance only for projects that focus on alleviating poverty and promoting economic development. Terminates the housing investment guaranty program under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 after September 30, 1994. Requires the President to transfer responsibility for administering all development assistance programs that have an objective other than alleviating poverty and promoting economic development from AID to a Government agency whose mission is closer to the objective. Transfers: (1) private sector activities to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; and (2) environmental protection activities in developing countries to the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires transferred programs to be carried out with funds appropriated for that agency rather than with development assistance or international affairs program funds. Provides that this Act supersedes existing law applicable to AID development assistance.
Law· HRH.R. 3759 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1994
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994 - Makes additional appropriations available to the Department of Agriculture for the Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Stabilization Service for repair damage to the waterways and watersheds resulting from the Midwest floods and California fires of 1993 and other natural disasters. Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation to use available funds to replant, reseed, or repair damage to commercial trees and seedlings. Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1994 for disaster assistance activities resulting from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters. Makes additional funds available to: (1) the Small Business Administration for the disaster loans program account; (2) the Department of Defense for military personnel, operation and maintenance, and procurement; and (3) the Army Corps of Engineers-Civil for flood control and coastal emergencies. Amends the Small Business Act to require that priority be given to contract proposals to restore State or Federal lands in presidentially-declared major disaster areas. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot specified funds to States to meet emergency needs. Makes supplemental amounts available to: (1) the Department of Education for impact aid and student financial assistance; (2) the Department of Transportation for the Federal Highway Administration; (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care and construction projects; (4) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing programs and community development; (5) the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief; and (6) the President for unanticipated needs. Prohibits benefits under this Act from being made available to individuals not lawfully within the United States. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on a study regarding Federal laws, unfunded Federal mandates, and other Federal regulatory requirements that may prevent or impair the ability of States and local authorities to rebuild expeditiously the areas devastated by the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California.
Bill· HRH.R. 3750 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1994
Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act - Requires the U.S. Government to: (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weapons and refrain from replacing them at any time with weapons of mass destruction; (2) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military operations; (3) actively promote policies to induce all other countries to join in these commitments for peace on earth; and (4) redirect resources that are currently being used for nuclear weapons programs to constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime activities and to address human needs such as housing, health care, education, agriculture, and environmental protection. Makes this Act effective when the President certifies to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nuclear weapons have established legal requirements comparable to those set forth in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3735 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1994
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance Because of the Los Angeles Earthquake Act of 1994 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1994 for disaster assistance activities resulting from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters. Makes additional funds available to: (1) the Small Business Administration for the disaster loans program account; (2) the Department of Education for impact aid and student financial assistance; (3) the Department of Transportation for the Federal Highway Administration; (4) the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care; (5) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing programs and community development; (6) the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief; and (7) the President for unanticipated needs.
Bill· HRH.R. 3721 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Targeting Habitual Repeat and Violent Criminal Offenders Subtitle A: Expanding the Capacity of State Correctional Facilities Subtitle B: Major Offenders Programs and Felony Parole Violators Title II: Ending the Double Victimization of Society Subtitle A: Denial of Federal Benefits Subtitle B: Prison Work Programs Title III: Repeal of Supervised Release Program Title IV: Drug Paraphernalia Tax Title V: Financing Subtitle A: National Security Subtitle B: Physical Capital, Natural Resources, and Science Subtitle C: Government Management Subtite D: Human Resources Subtitle E: Social Services and Retirement Violent and Repeat Offenders Act of 1994 - Title I: Targeting Habitual Repeat and Violent Criminal Offenders - Subtitle A: Expanding the Capacity of State Correctional Facilities - Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States to construct additional correctional facilities for the purpose of increasing prison capacity to make habitual and violent criminal offenders serve the full term of their sentences. Specifies that such construction should aim to provide sufficient capacity to incarcerate such offenders who exhibit a high risk for continued or violent criminal activity for such terms, including individuals: (1) with three or more arrests by age 18; (2) with a history of violent criminal offenses; and (3) exhibiting a pattern of crimes of premeditation and deliberation for whom a prison stay may have a significant deterrent value. Authorizes the Director to make such grants to States to operate prison facilities including costs for administration and staff. (Sec. 102) Sets forth application requirements. Directs that each State application include a comprehensive plan containing: (1) a description of the correctional facility needs in the State, including relevant supporting data; (2) a description of the resources available to build additional correctional facility capacity, together with an account of the expenses involved that cannot be met with existing resources at the State and local levels; (3) an explanation of how the State will be able to sustain the increased operation and maintenance costs of expanded correctional facility capacity; and (4) an evaluation component, including quantifiable data, that measures progress toward meeting the prison capacity goals under this subtitle. (Sec. 103) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) fund allocation; (2) grant renewal and limitations; and (3) grant approval and disapproval procedures. Subtitle B: Major Offenders Programs and Felony Parole Violators - Authorizes the Director to make grants to States, for use by the States and units of local government, for purposes of developing and increasing the capacity and the effectiveness of major offenders programs that prioritize the arrest and prosecution of habitual and violent criminal offenders. Specifies that such programs shall include: (1) establishment or expansion of specialized major offender units in law enforcement and criminal prosecutor offices to identify, monitor, arrest, and prosecute major offenders; and (2) establishment or expansion of a State crime information center computer database to include the complete arrest histories of major offenders and parole violator units and other relevant information for use by law enforcement officers and criminal prosecutors. (Sec. 113) Sets forth application requirements. Directs that each State application include a comprehensive plan containing: (1) a description, with supporting data, of the crime problems attributable to major offenders and parole violators that improved law enforcement and prosecution programs may be able to decrease; (2) a description of the resources available to implement or expand major offenders and parole violators programs; and (3) an evaluation component. (Sec. 114) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) local applications; (2) fund allocation; (3) grant renewal and limitations; and (4) grant approval and disapproval procedures. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Ending the Double Victimization of Society - Subtitle A: Denial of Federal Benefits - Makes any individual who is convicted of three Federal or State felony offenses ineligible for any Federal benefits. (Sec. 212) Requires: (1) State and Federal courts to send information, as determined necessary by the Director of the Office of Justice Assistance, regarding the conviction of third-time felons to such Office in a timely manner; (2) such Office to maintain a computer listing of individuals convicted of a third Federal or State felony offense and update such list in a timely manner; (3) such Office to transfer the names of such individuals to the General Services Administration for inclusion in the publication "Lists of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement or Nonprocurement Programs"; and (4) representatives of a Government agency that is responsible for the distribution of a Federal benefit to consult such publication before granting such benefit. (Sec. 214) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Prison Work Programs - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a State, in order to avoid a reduction of available funds by 25 percent (for redistribution to other participating States), to implement or continue a prison workfare program that requires an inmate who is physically able (as determined by the State Director of Corrections) to work a portion of each day. Title III: Repeal of Supervised Release Program - Repeals provisions authorizing the court to include a term of supervised release after imprisonment. Title IV: Drug Paraphernalia Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax, equal to 100 percent of the price for which sold, on taxable smoking paraphernalia manufactured in or imported into the United States. Increases the tax on cigarette papers. Title V: Financing - Subtitle A: National Security - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should negotiate with member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and any other foreign nation with which the United States has a bilateral or multilateral defense agreement, with certain exceptions, to seek an agreement that provides for such nation to pay at least 50 percent of the overseas basing costs incurred by the United States for stationing its members and civilian personnel in that nation. Limits the U.S. share of overseas basing coats for FY 1995 and thereafter, lowering such percentage from 84 percent of such costs for FY 1995 to 50 percent of such costs for FY 1998 and thereafter. (Sec. 502) Directs the Secretary of the Army to reorganize and reduce offices of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in order to achieve at least $50 million in net annual savings by FY 1998. (Sec. 503) Rescinds specified military construction and defense procurement funds during FY 1994, as well as specified funds for the MK-19 grenade launcher program. (Sec. 505) Directs the Secretary of Defense to cancel the C-26 aircraft program and the Mobile In-Shore Undersea Warfare Vans program. (Sec. 507) Rescinds or reduces: (1) FY 1994 defense operation and maintenance funds; (2) funding for the Food for Peace program under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (with a modification of loan terms); (3) funds for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (4) funding for the International Development Association under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994; (5) funds for foreign military financing under the same Act; and (6) funds for the Agency for International Development, Department of State, and the United States Information Agency. Subtitle B: Physical Capital, Natural Resources, and Science - Terminates the spacelifter program. (Sec. 522) Department of Science, Space, Energy, and Technology Organization Act of 1993 - Establishes the Department of Science, Space, Energy, and Technology (Department). Transfers the following entities to the Department: (1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (3) the National Science Foundation; (4) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (5) the Patent and Trademark Office; (6) the Department of Energy, renamed the National Energy Administration, except for specified facilities to be transferred to the Department of Defense; and (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. (Sec. 523) Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to eliminate and rescind funding for the magnetic levitation prototype development program. (Sec. 524) Rescinds funding from specified National Institutes of Health, independent agencies, and Department of Defense accounts for federally sponsored university research and development programs. (Sec. 525) Directs the Secretaries of Energy and Commerce to establish procedures for recoupment of certain grants undertaken by their respective Departments. Authorizes the Secretaries to require recoupment as necessary. (Sec. 526) Eliminates the competitive contracting exclusion for contracts involving federally funded research and development centers and Federal executive agencies or the Department of Defense. (Sec. 527) Terminates (and rescinds funding for) the Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor program. (Sec. 528) Establishes the Department of Energy Facilities Closure and Reconfiguration Commission which shall review and recommend (based upon the Secretary of Energy's recommendations) closures and reconfigurations for Department of Energy facilities. Appropriates Commission funds. Terminates the Commission not later than 20 months after enactment of this Act. Sets forth the procedures for facilities closure and reconfiguration, including presidential and congressional review. Establishes in the Treasury a Department of Energy Facility Closure Account. (Sec. 529) Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to sell: (1) the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project to the Alaska Power Authority (now known as the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority) or its successor; and (2) the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project to the Municipality of Anchorage, doing business as Municipal Light and Power, the Chugach Electric Association, Inc., and the Matanuska Electric Association. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Energy to assess alternative options before making such sales. (Sec. 531) Rescinds funding for the SPR petroleum account. (Sec. 532) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the termination of the helium subsidy. (Sec. 533) Rescinds funding for certain water projects. (Sec. 534) Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act to establish a preference for interim measures rather than permanent treatment technologies in Superfund response actions. Amends the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to authorize appropriations for the Superfund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit funds from the Superfund to such authorization amounts. (Sec. 535) Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury a Disaster Relief Account. Rescinds specified disaster relief funding under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 536) Repeals title VII (weather office closure procedures) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992. Rescinds specified National Weather Service funding under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 537) Rescinds specified funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research fleet and certain other activities under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 539) Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to jointly study the feasibility of merging the Bureau of Reclamation and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. (Sec. 540) Rescinds specified Cooperative State Research Service facilities funding under the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 541) Repeals authority for the: (1) airway science program; (2) collegiate training initiative; and (3) air carrier maintenance technician training facility grant program. Rescinds specified funding for Federal Aviation Administration operations and facilities and equipment. (Sec. 542) Repeals the Symms National Recreational Trails Act of 1991. (Sec. 543) Repeals specified Economic Development Administration funding under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 544) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to eliminate funding for public telecommunications facilities. Rescinds specified telecommunications funding under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994. (Sec. 545) Establishes a moratorium on construction or acquisition of new Federal buildings. Subtitle C: Government Management - Transfers the position of Public Printer (PP) and all associated functions (except those of the Superintendent of Documents (SD)) to the executive branch. (Sec. 551) Transfers the SD position and all associated functions to the Library of Congress where they will be carried out by the SD under the direction of the Librarian of Congress (LC). Requires the SD to be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the LC. Revokes all existing authorized printing plant charters. Requires all Government publications to be available throughout the Government to any department, agency, or entity of the Government for use or redissemination. Requires Government entities to: (1) establish and maintain a comprehensive inventory of their publications; (2) make such inventory available through the electronic directory; and (3) furnish their publications to the SD in the prescribed form and manner. Imposes additional specified responsibilities on: (1) the PP with respect to the executive and judicial branches, including using all necessary measures to remedy duplication and waste in public printing and prescribing publishing standards and procurement requirements; and (2) the SD with respect to dissemination of Government publications, including making publications available to designated depository and State libraries. (Sec. 552) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs should be reorganized as specified; and (2) such reorganization should be pursued in coordination with the Task Force on Bureau of Indian Affairs reorganization. (Sec. 553) Makes specified rescissions of various executive agencies' FY 1994 funding for printing and reproduction and for supplies and materials. (Sec. 554) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to streamline HUD, including eliminating a specified number of employee positions and consolidating various offices. (Sec. 555) Terminates the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), transfers all associated functions to the Secretary of Transportation, and rescinds specified FY 1994 ICC funding, and transfers other ICC funding to the Department of Transportation. (Sec. 556) Makes specified rescissions of Tennessee Valley Authority and Appalachian Regional Commission funds. (Sec. 558) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement a prospective payment system for the Veterans Health Administration. (Sec. 559) Makes a specified rescission of FY 1994 funding for the Legal Services Corporation. (Sec. 560) Repeals the State Justice Institute Act of 1984, thereby abolishing the State Justice Institute (SJI), and rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 SJI funding. (Sec. 561) Reorganizes the U.S. Marshals Service. (Sec. 562) Makes specified rescissions of FY 1994 funds for: (1) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (2) construction of Federal offices and courthouses; (3) the Executive Office of the President and the legislative branch (except the Senate); (4) House of Representative franking; and (5) certain official Government travel. (Sec. 568) Eliminates the 1994 calendar year cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Members of Congress, and limits future adjustments for Members to the same percentages as those for Federal employees. (Sec. 569) Ends unlimited accumulation of annual leave for members of the Senior Executive Service and rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 funds for executive agency accrued leave payments. (Sec. 570) Sets specified limits on the total number of full-time equivalent executive agency positions each fiscal year through FY 1998. Gives the Office of Management and Budget enforcement authority over such limits, and, provides for waivers from such limits under certain conditions. Rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 funds for executive agency employee compensation. (Sec. 572) Terminates specified Federal advisory committees. (Sec. 573) Increases the threshold for application of the Davis-Bacon Act. Rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 executive agency funds for construction activities under Davis-Bacon. (Sec. 574) Amends Federal law commonly known as the Copeland Act to require employers on contracts covered by Davis-Bacon to certify compliance with applicable labor law standards at least once a month to the Department of Labor, instead of submitting weekly payroll records. Rescinds a specified amount of FY 1994 funds for executive agency construction activities under Copeland. (Sec. 575) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program requiring user fees for applications for alcohol labeling and formula reviews. (Sec. 576) Amends the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to increase registration fees. Requires the amounts collected as registration fees to be deposited into the Treasury for use towards the salaries and expenses of Securities and Exchange Commission employees. (Sec. 577) Requires States participating in marketing activities or tourism promotion abroad through the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration to pay user fees to fund the Administration. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program requiring the payment of user fees for all services provided to all non-Federal entities by the International Trade Administration in carrying out its export promotion programs. Subtitle D: Human Resources - Terminates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assistance for public housing construction, other than Indian public housing. Reallocates specified rescinded funding to the Section 8 housing voucher program. (Sec. 582) Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to revise provisions regarding the management and disposition of HUD-held multifamily properties and mortgages. (Sec. 583) Terminates specified annual grant assistance to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as of September 30, 1993. Subtitle E: Social Services and Retirement - Amends Federal civil service law to add special rules for certain post-1993 new employees and Members of Congress. (Sec. 592) Makes changes with regard to Government contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan. (Sec. 593) Defers until age 62 COLAs for military retirees who first entered military service on or after January 1, 1994. (Sec. 594) Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to consolidate into a single block grant program various specified social services programs, including the at-risk child care program under SSA title VI part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). (Sec. 595) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the award of Pell grants to prisoners.