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Bill· SS. 840 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Transitional Aid Program Title II: Work and Gainful Employment (Wage) Program Title III: Working Parents Child Care Block Grant Title IV: Child Support Responsibility Subtitle A: Improvements to the Child Support Collection System Subtitle B: Child Support Enforcement and Assurance Demonstrations Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects to Provide Services to Certain Noncustodial Parents Subtitle D: Severability Title V: Transitional Medicaid Title VI: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Title VII: Children's Eligibility for Supplemental Security Income Title VIII: Financing and Food Assistance Reform Subtitle A: Treatment of Aliens Subtitle B: Revenue Provision Subtitle C: Food Assistance Provisions Subtitle D: Supplemental Security Income Title IX: Legislative Proposals; Effective Date Work and Gainful Employment Act - Title I: Transitional Aid Program - Amends title IV part A (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) (AFDC) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to repeal the current AFDC program and replace it with a program of transitional aid to families with needy children to: (1) enhance the well-being of such children; and (2) enable their parents to obtain and retain work and become self-sufficient. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 101) Prescribes requirements for State transitional aid program plans, including requirements that parents or caretaker relatives enter into a Parental Responsibility Agreement (as well as a WAGE Plan if participating in the WAGE program). Makes qualified aliens eligible for such State programs, except temporarily certain newly legalized aliens. Sets forth guidelines for payments to States, including payment stoppage for substantial noncompliance with plan requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit recommendations to the Congress to streamline the system for: (1) monitoring the accuracy of transitional aid payments to families; and (2) transforming the transitional aid program into a system that measures a State's performance in moving aid recipients into permanent employment. Deems the income and resources of a sponsor and spouse to be the unearned income and resources of an alien, unless the alien is a needy child and the sponsor is the child's parent. Authorizes a State to elect to establish a fraud control program operated according to specified guidelines. Declares that an Assistant Secretary for Family Support within HHS shall administer the transitional aid, child support and paternity establishment, and Work and Gainful Employment (WAGE) programs. Title II: Work and Gainful Employment (WAGE) Program - Amends part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) (JOBS) of SSA title IV to replace the current JOBS program with a Work and Gainful Employment (WAGE) program. (Sec. 201) Entitles each State operating a WAGE program to a block grant for each fiscal year, including a performance award equal to the sum of the full-time and part-time employment savings of the State, determined according to specified formulae. Prescribes participation rate percentages a State must meet each fiscal year between FY 1996 and 2000 in order to avoid a five percent reduction of its base Federal payment. Prescribes requirements for flexible State WAGE programs, including a priority for private sector job creation. Requires the State agency to develop, together with the individual participant, a WAGE plan: (1) setting forth an employment goal; (2) requiring that the participant spend at least 20 hours per week in certain activities, including job search and mandatory acceptance of any bona fide offer of unsubsidized full-time employment; (3) specifying educational obligations; (4) describing State-provided child care services and assistance; and (5) providing, at State option, for conditioning transitional aid on the number of hours spent on job-related activities, and for requiring participants to undergo substance abuse treatment. Applies special requirements to WAGE programs for Indian tribes and Alaska Native organizations. Title III: Working Parents Child Care Block Grant - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for child care and development block grants to States. Changes from discretionary to mandatory the Secretary's authority to make such grants. Requires set-aside of at least 50 percent of a State's grant funds to carry out child care activities to support low- income working families residing in the State. Sets forth a matching formula for non-Federal contributions to a State's program. (Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary to establish a child care quality enhancement bonus to States demonstrating progress in the implementation of innovative teacher training programs or enhanced child care quality standards and licensing and monitoring procedures. Revises reserve requirements with respect to Territories and possessions and Indian tribes as well as State allotments. Title IV: Child Support Responsibility - Child Support Responsibility Act of 1995 - Subtitle A: Improvements to the Child Support Collection System - Part I: Eligibility and Other Matters Concerning Title IV-D Program Clients - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of SSA title IV to require States to adopt procedures under which: (1) every child support order established or modified on or after October 1, 1998, is recorded on a central case registry; and (2) child support payments are collected through a centralized collections unit. (Sec. 401) Repeals certain paternity establishment requirements with respect to State plans for child and spousal support. Requires services under a State plan to be made available to nonresidents on the same terms as to residents. (Sec. 402) Revises requirements for the distribution of support payments through the State child support enforcement agency. (Sec. 403) Requires States to provide child support service applicants and recipients with: (1) notice of all proceedings in which support obligations might be established or modified; and (2) access to a fair hearing or other formal complaint procedure. Declares that a State may not provide a noncustodial parent with representation relating to support order establishment or modification unless it makes provision outside the State agency. (Sec. 404) Requires States to establish privacy safeguards against: (1) unauthorized disclosure of information on paternity or support proceedings; and (2) release of information on the whereabouts of one party to another party against whom a protective order has been entered, or where there is reason to believe release may result in physical or emotional harm to the former party. (Sec. 405) Requires State procedures to provide that the State agency will: (1) determine whether an individual is cooperating with efforts to establish paternity and child support; and (2) advise individuals of the grounds for good cause exceptions to the cooperation requirement. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) with respect to good cause exceptions to the cooperation requirement under the Medicaid program. Part II: Program Administration and Funding - Amends part D of SSA title IV to prescribe increasing Federal base matching rates over three fiscal years for State child support collection programs. Revises requirements for performance-based incentive payments, with respect to paternity establishment, and for administrative penalties. (Sec. 413) Requires State agencies to establish a process for annual reviews of and reports to the Secretary on the State program. Revises requirements for State reporting procedures. (Sec. 415) Requires a State to operate a single statewide automated data processing and information retrieval system capable of performing specified tasks. Sets forth a special Federal matching rate for the development costs of such automated systems. (Sec. 416) Directs the Secretary, directly or by contract, to study and report to the Congress on the staffing of each State child support enforcement program. (Sec. 417) Makes funds available to the Secretary for information dissemination and technical assistance to States, training of State and Federal staff, and specified related activities, as well as operation of the Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS). Part III: Locate and Case Tracking - Requires the automated system established under this subtitle to perform the functions of a single central registry of child support records. (Sec. 422) Requires a State agency, on and after October 1, 1998, to operate a centralized, automated unit for the collection and disbursement of support payments. (Sec. 423) Requires each State, by the same deadline, to establish a State Directory of New Hires containing employer-supplied names, addresses, and social security numbers of each newly hired employee, which shall also be transmitted to the National Directory of New Hires (established under this Act). (Sec. 424) Requires States to establish procedures for mandatory withholding of child support payments from an employee's income. (Sec. 425) Requires State procedures that ensure that a State will neither fund nor use any automated interstate network or system for locating individuals for motor vehicle or law enforcement purposes unless all Federal and State agencies administering child support programs have access to information in such network or system to the same extent as any other user. (Sec. 426) Revises FPLS requirements to include an automated Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders and a National Directory of New Hires. (Sec. 427) Requires State procedures requiring the recording of social security numbers on marriage licenses, divorce decrees, birth records, child support and paternity orders and acknowledgements, motor vehicle and professional licenses, and death certificates. Part IV: Streamlining and Uniformity of Procedures - Requires States to adopt in its entirety the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in August 1992. (Sec. 432) Specifies rules a court shall apply if one or more child support orders have been issued in the court's State or another State with regard to an obligor and a child. (Sec. 433) Specifies expedited State procedures for establishing paternity and establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support obligations without judicial or other administrative order. (Sec. 434) Prescribes requirements for administrative enforcement in interstate cases. Part V: Paternity Establishment - Requires State procedures: (1) under which the State agency shall pay the costs of genetic testing, subject to recoupment from the putative father if paternity is established; and (2) for a simple civil process for voluntary acknowledgement of paternity. (Sec. 442) Requires States to publicize the availability and encourage the use of procedures for voluntary acknowledgement of paternity and child support through a specified variety of means. Part VI: Establishment and Modification of Support Orders - Establishes the National Child Support Guidelines Commission, which shall, if it decides it is appropriate, develop a national child support guideline or needed improvements on any existing guideline models. (Sec. 452) Requires States to provide for a simplified process for triennial review (upon request by either parent of a child) and adjustment of child support orders. Part VII: Enforcement of Support Orders - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and SSA title IV part D to revise: (1) the order of tax refund distribution with respect to reductions of a refund for overdue child support payments; (2) Internal Revenue Service collection of support payment arrearages; and (3) authority to collect support from Federal employees and military retirees. (Sec. 464) Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a centralized personnel locator service containing the address of each member of the armed forces (including, upon the Secretary of Transportation's request, Coast Guard members). Requires the Secretary of each military department (including the Secretary of Transportation for the Coast Guard) to prescribe regulations to facilitate the granting of leave to armed forces members to attend a paternity or child support establishment hearing. (Sec. 465) Amends SSA title IV part D to require State procedures for placing liens for child support arrearages on motor vehicle titles. (Sec. 466) Requires States to: (1) enact specified uniform laws specifying indicia of fraud which create a prima facie case for the voiding of any income or property transfer where overdue child support is owed; (2) authorize suspension of the driver's, professional and occupational, and recreational licenses of individuals owing overdue child support; (3) require periodic reporting of child support delinquents to consumer credit bureaus; (4) extend the statute of limitations for collection of child support arrearages; and (5) charge interest or penalties for arrearages. (Sec. 471) Requires the HHS Secretary to transmit any State certification that an individual owes more than $5,000 (or over 24 months' worth) of child support to the Secretary of State, who shall refuse to issue such individual a passport, or may revoke, restrict, or limit a previously issued passport. (Sec. 472) Requires any State to treat international child support cases in the same manner that it treats interstate cases. Declares the sense of the Congress that the United States should ratify the United Nations Convention of 1956. Part VIII: Medical Support - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) with respect to enforcement of medical child support orders. Part IX: Access and Visitation Programs - Authorizes appropriations for grants to States for access and visitation programs. Subtitle B: Child Support Enforcement and Assurance Demonstrations - Directs the HHS Secretary to make grants to three States for demonstrations, lasting from seven to ten years, to determine the effectiveness of programs to provide assured levels of child support to custodial parents of children for whom paternity and support obligations have been established. (Sec. 494) Specifies eligibility requirements for child support assurance payments. Sets the range of benefit levels: (1) $1,500 to $3,000 (indexed annually) for a family with one child; and (2) $3,000 to $4,500 (indexed annually) for a family with four or more children. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects to Provide Services to Certain Noncustodial Parents - Directs the Secretary to make grants to up to five States to conduct demonstration projects providing services to noncustodial parents unable to meet child support obligations due to unemployment or underemployment. Specifies the services to be provided, including: (1) referrals to job training and education programs; and (2) court monitored job search. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Severability - Sets forth severability provisions. Title V: Transitional Medicaid - Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to give State Medicaid plans the option to extend for an additional year Medicaid enrollment for former transitional aid program recipients. Title VI: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention - Amends SSA title IV part A to require State plans to prescribe a residency condition for transitional aid to families with needy children for an individual under age 18 who has never been married but is pregnant or has a dependent child in his or her care. Requires such an individual to reside in the home of the individual's parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative. Requires that the transitional aid be provided to such parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative on behalf of the individual and child. (Sec. 601) Requires State assistance to such an individual in locating appropriate adult-supervised supportive living arrangements in exceptional cases. (Sec. 602) Entitles each State to funds for the establishment and support of second chance houses for custodial parents under age 19 and their children. Describes a second chance house as a supportive and supervised living arrangement in which such parents would be required to learn parenting skills, including child development, family budgeting, health and nutrition, and other skills to promote their long-term economic independence and the well-being of their children. (Sec. 603) Requires State plans to prescribe specified high school or alternative educational or training requirements for teenage custodial parents. Gives States the option to provide additional incentives and penalties to encourage teenage parents to complete high school and participate in parenting activities. (Sec. 604) Authorizes State agencies to provide for projects to reduce teenage pregnancy. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the relative effectiveness of the different approaches for preventing teenage pregnancy used in such projects. Authorizes appropriations. Entitles States and Indian tribes to certain payments to defray the costs of such projects. (Sec. 605) Directs the Secretary, within an existing HHS office, to establish a National Clearinghouse on Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Programs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 606) Prohibits Federal housing assistance to individuals under age 18 who bear children out-of-wedlock. Sets forth conditions for obtaining such assistance, including marriage to the child's biological father. (Sec. 607) Declares the sense of the Congress that the President should lead a national campaign against teenage pregnancy according to specified guidelines. Title VII: Children's Eligibility for Supplemental Security Income - Children's SSI Eligibility Reform Act - Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to revise SSI benefit eligibility criteria for disabled children. (Sec. 703) Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to modify specified regulations with respect to individualized functional assessments and to medical criteria for evaluation of mental and emotional disorders (especially destructive behavior requiring protective intervention). (Sec. 704) Prescribes administrative penalties for coaching children to feign impairments in order to obtain benefits. Revises representative payee requirements, including documentation of expenditures. Provides for downwardly graduated benefits for certain additional eligible children. Requires continuing disability reviews at least: (1) every year for a disability for which medical improvement is expected; (2) every three years for a disability for which medical improvement is possible; and (3) every seven years for a disability for which medical improvement is not expected. Requires a disability review: (1) after 12 months for a low birth weight baby receiving SSI disability benefits; and (2) for all disabled children turning 18. Authorizes the Commissioner, at a representative payee's request, to pay any lump sum payment for a child's benefit into a dedicated savings account exclusively for the child's education, job training, or other special needs and therapy. Directs the Commissioner to establish a system of information and referral for treatment and services available to eligible children receiving SSI benefits. Title VIII: Financing and Food Assistance Reform - Subtitle A: Treatment of Aliens - Amends SSA title XI (General Provisions and Peer Review) to make a uniform definition of qualified alien for all social security assistance programs. (Sec. 802) Extends, with specified exceptions, through the date (if any) an alien becomes a U.S. citizen the deeming period during which the sponsor's income and resources are attributed to the alien for purposes of eligibility for the transitional aid, SSI, and food stamp programs. (Sec. 803) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the admission, at the Attorney General's discretion, of an otherwise excludable alien if: (1) the alien has received a sponsor-signed guarantee of financial responsibility that meets certain criteria; and (2) it is reasonable to expect that the sponsor has the financial capacity to meet the guarantee's obligations. Extends the requirement for affidavits of support to specified family-related and diversity immigrants. Subtitle B: Revenue Provision - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require social security numbers on a claim for the earned income tax credit (thus denying such credit to individuals not authorized to be employed in the United States). Subtitle C: Food Assistance Provisions - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to allow recovery of any coupon overissuance from Federal tax refunds. (Sec. 822) Reduces the basic food stamp benefit level by revising the annual adjustment to the cost of the thrifty food plan from 103 percent to 100 percent of such cost for FY 1996 and thereafter. (Sec. 824) Requires disqualification for benefits, with specified exceptions, of an individual who has received an allotment for six consecutive months during which the individual has not been employed at least an average of 20 hours per week, unless such individual is employed at least 20 hours per week or is participating in a workfare program, or an approved employment and training program. Provides for development of a WAGE plan for such a participant. (Sec. 825) Extends current claims retention rates, with respect to administrative cost-sharing and quality control, from FY 1995 through FY 2002. (Sec. 826) Prohibits for FY 1996 and 1997 the annual adjustment of the standard deduction from household income for purposes of food stamp eligibility. (Sec. 827) Authorizes FY 1996 appropriations for nutrition assistance to Puerto Rico. (Sec. 828) Repeals the special rule qualifying as an individual household certain disabled persons over age 60 who live with others but do not purchase and prepare food separately. (Sec. 829) Reduces from 21 to 18 the maximum age of children whose income is excluded from computation of household income. (Sec. 830) Includes State energy assistance as well as vendor payments for transitional housing in the computation of household income. (Sec. 832) Makes ineligible for food stamp benefits for ten years certain individuals found to have fraudulently misrepresented residence to obtain benefits. (Sec. 833) Authorizes a State plan to deny food stamp benefits to certain individuals during any period they have child support payments overdue. (Sec. 834) Requires the annual adjustment to a household allotment to the nearest $10 instead of (as currently) the nearest $5. (Sec. 835) Prohibits increase of a household allotment to the extent that its income has been decreased as the result of a penalty for failure to comply with the work requirements of other programs. (Sec. 836) Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to authorize FY 1996 appropriations for discretionary grants to States for nutrition education and training programs. (Sec. 837) Amends the National School Lunch Act to revise requirements governing reimbursement of organizations sponsoring family or group child or adult day care homes for the cost of obtaining and preparing food and prescribed labor costs, especially with respect to low- or moderate-income homes. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide census data to each State agency administering a child and adult care food program, and each such agency in turn to provide such data to family or group day care home sponsoring organizations. Requires certain allotments of appropriations to provide grants to States for grants to family and group day care home sponsoring organizations, including funds to assist low- and moderate-income family or group day care homes, to become licensed, registered, or overcome other barriers to the program. Subtitle D: Supplemental Security Income - Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to mandate periodic eligibility review of certain recipients of SSI disability benefits. (Sec. 842) Disqualifies from receipt of SSI disability benefits individuals for whom alcohol or drug addiction would be a contributing factor material to the disability determination. Title IX: Legislative Proposals; Effective Date - Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal for technical and conforming amendments in Federal law required by this Act. (Sec. 902) Specifies the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1658 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1995
Provides for the construction of barriers and vehicle access roads along the U.S. border and the temporary forward deployment of Border Patrol Agents in the San Diego, California, area. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 88 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1995
Constitutional Amendment - Limits citizenship at birth to persons born in the United States who have either a mother or father who is a U.S. citizen.
Bill· HRH.R. 1638 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1995
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit immediate relative petition fees.
Bill· SS. 795 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1995
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1617 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Workforce Development Infrastructure Subtitle A: State and Local Responsibilities Subtitle B: Amendments to Wagner-Peyser Act Title II: Youth Workforce Preparation and Development Consolidation Grant Subtitle A: State Funding Subtitle B: State Organizational, Planning, and Reporting Responsibilities Subtitle C: Subgrants for In-School and At-Risk Youth Programs Subtitle D: National Programs Title III: Adult Employment and Training Consolidiation Grant Subtitle A: Adult Employment and Training Consolidation Grant Subtitle B: Federal Programs Title IV: Adult Education, Family Literacy, and Library Technology Consolidation Grant Subtitle A: Funding Subtitle B: Grants to States Subtitle C: National Programs Title V: Amendments to Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Subtitle A: Vocational Rehabilitation Consolidation Grant Subtitle B: Other Amendments to Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Title VI: Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 Subtitle A: Student Loan Marketing Association Subtitle B: College Construction Loan Insurance Association Title VII: Repealers and Other Amendments Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment, and Retraining Systems Act (CAREERS Act) - Consolidates and revises workforce development and literacy programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title I: Workforce Development Infrastructure - Provides for the establishment of an infrastructure within the States of a system on which to build a comprehensive system of workforce development and literacy. Subtitle A: State and Local Responsibilities - Requires any State desiring to receive a grant under specified workforce development and literacy programs (WDL) (participant State) to: (1) establish a collaborative process regarding its State system; (2) develop a consolidated State workforce development and literacy plan to be submitted to the Secretaries of Education and of Labor; and (3) otherwise comply with this Act's requirements, including designating a State administrative agent for each grant requiring such an agent under this Act. (Lists the WDL programs as under: (1) the title II Youth Workforce Preparation and Development Consolidation Grant; (2) the title III Adult Employment and Training Consolidation Grant; (3) the title IV Adult Education, Family Literacy, and Library Technology Consolidation Grant; and (4) subtitle A of title V, revising title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.) (Sec. 106) Requires any participant State to ensure establishment of a Local Workforce Development Board in each local workforce development area that it designates. Requires each local board to develop a biennial local strategic plan to be approved by local government officials. (Sec. 108) Requires participant States to ensure that each local board establish or designate a one-stop career center system in its area. Requires establishment of State criteria for such purpose, to be consistent with specified minimum requirements for such center systems. (Sec. 109) Provides for certification of education, training, and vocational rehabilitation service providers as eligible to receive funds under this title, through receipt of vouchers or otherwise, if they are eligible to participate in student aid programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 or are determined to be eligible under State-established eligibility procedures, and if they provide certain performance-based information. Exempts providers of on-the-job training from such eligibility requirements. Directs the Workforce Development Board to collect such performance-based information from on-the-job training providers as the Governor may require, and to disseminate such information to the one-stop career centers. (Sec. 110) Requires each State to use a portion of the funds it receives under this Act to design a unified management information system that meets specified requirements. Subtitle B: Amendments to Wagner-Peyser Act - Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to coordinate its provisions with those of this Act. Requires that at least 25 percent of authorized appropriations under such Act be used for the new labor market information program. Eliminates a Federal Advisory Council under such Act. (Sec. 132) Establishes a labor market information program under such Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to oversee development, maintenance, and continued improvement of a nationwide system of labor market information. Requires such system to be planned, administered, overseen, and evaluated by a cooperative governance structure involving the Federal Government and the States. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prepare an annual plan, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to be the operational mechanism for achieving a cooperative Federal-State governance structure for labor market information. Title: I: Youth Workforce Preparation and Development Consolidation Grant - Subtitle A: State Funding - Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) reserve a specified portion of funds under this Act for national programs under subtitle D; and (2) make allotments to States under this Act based on a formula derived from funding allotments under specified provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act and the Job Training Partnership Act. (Sec. 211) Requires Governors to: (1) make at least 90 percent of such State allotments available to local providers, and to use not more than eight percent for State programs and activities and two percent for administration; and (2) allocate 40 percent of the funds for local providers to eligible institutions for school youth programs, and 40 percent to local workforce development boards for at-risk youth programs, with the remainder to go to either or both of such types of programs. Sets minimum grant amounts for local educational agencies, postsecondary institutions, and local development boards. Subtitle B: State Organizational, Planning, and Reporting Requirements - Sets forth title II requirements for State plans to be submitted to the Secretary of Education. (Sec. 222) Requires State programs and activities to include an assessment of programs conducted with title II assistance, including development of: (1) program performance standards and measures; and (2) program improvement and accountability. Lists additional permissible uses of such funds. (Sec. 223) Authorizes States to make performance incentive awards to one or more eligible institutions or local providers that have exceeded performance goals or implemented exemplary workforce development systems at the local level. (Sec. 224) Requires each State receiving title II funds to develop and implement a statewide system of core standards and performance goals and measures, including specified characteristics. Subtitle III: Subgrants for In-School and At-Risk Youth Programs - Requires local workforce development boards and eligible institutions to form partnerships and submit comprehensive workforce development plans for in-school and at-risk youth, in order to receive subgrants under this subtitle. (Sec. 232) Directs States to distribute funds for: (1) in-school youth programs to eligible institutions; and (2) at-risk youth programs to local workforce development boards. Chapter 1: In-School Youth Programs - Sets forth certain requirements for eligible institutions' uses of funds for in-school programs, as well as additional permissible uses of such funds. Chapter 2: At-Risk Youth Programs - Sets forth certain requirements for local workforce development boards' uses of funds for at-risk youth programs, as well as additional permissible uses of such funds. (Sec. 246) Requires that the local workforce development board not operate such programs, but contract with eligible providers of (or providers using methodologies with) demonstrated effectiveness in serving the workforce preparation needs of at-risk youth. Subtitle D: National Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Education directly or indirectly to carry out research, development, dissemination, demonstration programs, evaluation, capacity-building, and technical assistance activities with regard to services under this title, including support for occupational and career information systems. Directs the Secretary to establish a system to disseminate information resulting from research and development activities under this title. (Sec. 252) Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, to conduct an annual assessment of services and activities under this title, through competitive awards for independent studies and analyses. (Sec. 253) Authorizes the Secretary to establish one or more national centers in the areas of applied research, development, and dissemination. Provides that the center in existence on the date of enactment of this Act shall continue to receive assistance in accordance with its current award. Requires such centers to prepare annual summaries of key research findings, for submission to the Secretaries of Education and of Labor and specified congressional committees. Title III: Adult Employment and Training Consolidation Grant - Subtitle A: Adult Employment and Training Consolidation Grant - Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide a grant for employment, job training, and related assistance for adults to each State that submits a state workforce development and literacy plan under title I. Sets forth requirements for: (1) allotments to States, based on certain allotments under the Job Training Partnership Act; (2) within- State allocation, with reserved funds for statewide activities, and with mandatory and discretionary activities; (3) additional State plan requirements; (4) required use of funds for provision of core services through one-stop career centers, and permissible uses of funds for specified types of intensive services, education and training services, and additional supportive services and needs-related payments; (4) statewide systems of core standards and performance goals and measures. Subtitle B: Federal Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to use such certain funds to make national discretionary: (1) grants for dislocated workers to specified eligible entities to address major economic dislocations resulting from plant closures, base closures, or mass layoffs; and (2) incentive grants to States as performance incentive awards for having achieved exceptional performance through implementing statewide workforce development systems. (Sec. 312) Authorizes the Secretary to use such funds also to provide disaster relief employment assistance to Governors of States with areas that have suffered an emergency or major disaster as defined under specified provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. (Sec. 313) Directs the Secretary to use such funds also to carry out specified research, demonstration, capacity-building, technical assistance, and evaluation activities. Authorizes special grants to eligible entities to carry out activities most appropriately administered at the national level. (Sec. 314) Authorizes the Secretary to use such funds also to provide grants to States for up to 50 percent of the costs of providing loans to eligible entities for skills upgrading of non- managerial employees. Requires the State to establish: (1) a reserve fund for such loan guarantees with such assistance; and (2) criteria for such loan guarantees. (Sec. 315) Directs the Secretary of Labor to use such funds also to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for specified entities to provide employment, training, and education for Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Hawaiian Natives. Authorizes a transfer of authority to the Secretary of Labor from the Secretary of Education to carry out any portion of such assistance devoted to vocational education activities, including support for the United Tribes Technical College and Crowpoint Institute of Technology. Allows recipient entities to consolidate such assistance with that for related programs under the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act. (Sec. 316) Directs the Secretary of Labor to use such funds also to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with specified eligible entities to provide certain types of employment, training, and education assistance for migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Authorizes a transfer of authority to the Secretary of Labor from the Secretary of Education to carry out any portion of such assistance devoted to education activities. Title IV: Adult Education, Family Literacy, and Library Technology Consolidation Grant - Subtitle A: Funding - Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve specified amounts annually for: (1) national competitive incentive grants; (2) the National Institute for Literacy; and (3) national leadership and evaluation activities. Provides for an initial allotment, and additional allotments to States according to formulas based on State population and number of qualifying adults. Defines qualifying adult as one who is between ages 16 and 61, beyond age of compulsory school attendance, without a secondary school diploma or equivalent, and not currently enrolled in elementary or secondary school. Subtitle B: Grants to States - Directs the Secretary to make an annual grant allotment to a State if it has satisfied requirements under title I and this title and enters an agreement about use of grant funds. (Sec. 422) Requires States to use grant funds to distribute competitive grants to local service providers and provide assistance to the State library administrative agency for specified purposes. Requires local service providers to use their grants from the State to establish or operate one or more programs providing instruction or services within described categories of: (1) adult basic education; (2) adult secondary education; (3) English literacy instruction; and (4) family literacy services. (Sec. 423) Sets forth additional grant requirements, including goals, progress indicators, and performance measures in specified categories. Subtitle C: National Programs - Directs the Secretary of Education to designate up to ten States as meeting the preliminary criterion for receipt of an incentive grant, based on the quality of plans submitted by States for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the State desires such grant. (Sec. 431) Requires such plans to describe a methodology, along with goals and performance measures, by which the State educational agency will collaborate with other state agencies to provide services to raise the education level and improve the employment skills of these target populations: (1) parents who are educationally disadvantaged adults and who have a child less than eight years old; (2) families on public assistance; and (3) adults with more than one barrier to self-sufficiency, such as being unemployed or educationally disadvantaged. Requires the Secretary to make such grants for a fiscal year to those eligible States that are successfully implementing the plan and achieving the plan goals, under an allotment formula based on State population and success in achieving plan goals. (Sec. 432) Establishes a National Institute for Literacy, to be administered according to an interagency agreement of the Secretaries of Education, of Labor, and of Health and Human Services (the Interagency Group), with daily operations to be carried out by an appointed Institute Director. Establishes an Advisory Board to make recommendations on planning Institute goals and on implementing programs to achieve such goals. Sets forth Institute duties, authorized activities, and biennial reporting requirements. Authorizes the Institute to award literacy leadership fellowships, as well as paid and unpaid internships. (Sec. 433) Authorizes the Secretary to establish and carry out a program of national leadership and evaluation activities to enhance the quality of adult education and family literacy programs nationwide, directly or through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. Title V: Amendments to Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Subtitle A: Vocational Rehabilitation Consolidation Grant - Chapter 1: Transition Period - Directs the Secretary of Education, through the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), to administer the amendment made by chapter 2 in a specified manner during a transition period. Chapter 2: Revision of Title I of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA) to revise title I, Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Directs the Secretary of Education, through the Commissioner of the RSA, to make RA formula grants to States that submit workforce development and literacy plans that meet requirements under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 102) Requires States to reserve not more than ten percent of such a grant for carrying out specified responsibilities of State administrative agents, and at least 90 percent for carrying out certain responsibilities of local workforce development boards and one-stop career centers with respect to workforce development areas. (Sec. 105) Sets forth requirements for: (1) individual eligibility; (2) State Rehabilitation Advisory Councils; and (3) allotment amounts. Subtitle B: Other Amendments to Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Eliminates RA provisions: (1) (under title III, Training and Demonstration Projects) for vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with disabilities, loan guarantees for community rehabilitation programs, construction of the Commissioner's authority and appropriation of excess funds, migratory workers program grants, special recreational programs grants, and supported employment programs and grants; and (2) (under title VI, Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities) for community service employment pilot programs for individuals with disabilities, supported employment services for individuals with disabilities, business opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and (after a two-year period) projects with industry. Title VI: Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 - Subtitle A: Student Loan Marketing Association - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to provide for the reorganization of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) through the formation of a holding company and the cessation of Federal sponsorship. Subtitle B: College Construction Loan Insurance Association - Amends HEA to provide for the privatization and renaming of the College Construction Loan Insurance Association and the cessation of Federal sponsorship. Title VII: Repealers and Other Amendments - Repeals: (1) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act; (2) the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994; (3) the Adult Education Act; (4) the National Literacy Act of 1991, except certain provisions; (5) the Library Services and Construction Act; (6) the library media resources program under the Technology for Education Act of 1994; (7) the Job Training Partnership Act, except provisions for the Job Corps and its authorization of appropriations; (8) provisions of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act relating to State literacy initiatives for adult education for the homeless and to job training for the homeless (except homeless veterans' reintegration projects); (9) various provisions under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (including ones relating to articulation agreements, access and equity to education through telecommunications, academic libraries and information services, national early intervention scholarships, presidential access scholarships, model program community partnerships and counseling grants, database and information line on student financial assistance, technical assistance for teachers and counselors, State student incentive grants, special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farmwork, special child care services for disadvantaged college students, loan forgiveness for teachers and nurses and individuals performing national community service, training in financial aid services, State postsecondary review entity programs, State and local programs for teacher excellence, national teacher academies, Douglas teacher scholarships, the Teacher Corps, class size demonstration grants, middle school teaching demonstration programs, new teaching careers, national mini corps programs, demonstration grants for critical language and area studies, foreign languages and cultures instructional materials development, small State teaching initiatives, faculty development grants, early childhood staff training and professional enhancement, intensive summer language institutes, foreign language periodicals, academic and library facilities, cooperative education programs, women and minority participation in graduate education, Harris fellowships, Javits fellowships, faculty development fellowships, legal training for the disadvantaged, law school clinical programs, special projects in areas of national need, science and engineering access programs, women and minorities science and engineering outreach demonstration programs, Eisenhower leadership programs, and community service programs); (10) provisions of the Education Amendments of 1986 relating to a National Academy of Science study and to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian culture and art development; (11) provisions of the Education Amendments of 1992 relating to American Indian postsecondary economic development scholarships, American Indian teacher training, a national survey of factors associated with participation, a study of environmental hazards in higher education institutions, a national job bank for teacher recruitment, a national clearinghouse for postsecondary education materials, school-based decisionmakers, sexual offenses education, Olympic scholarships, and advanced placement fee payment programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 1597 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1995
Emergency Immigration Parole Correction Act of 1995 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Attorney General from: (1) using parole authority based upon immigrant or family status, refugee claim, or public interest for detainees; and (2) adjusting the status for Cubans or Haitians paroled into the United States in the public interest.
Bill· SS. 761 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Substantive Criminal Law Enhancements Title II: Immigration Law Improvements Title III: Controls Over Terrorist Fund-Raising Title IV: Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives Title V: Nuclear Materials Title VI: Procedural and Technical Corrections and Improvements Title VII: Antiterrorism Assistance Title VIII: Substantive Investigative Enhancements Title IX: Substantive Prosecutive Enhancements Title X: Criminal Penalties Title XI: Funding Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995 - Title I: Substantive Criminal Law Enhancements - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries. Sets forth provisions regarding limits on prosecution, investigative responsibility, evidence, extraterritorial jurisdiction, the statute of limitations, and detention. (Sec. 102) Sets penalties for conspiring to kill, kidnap, or maim people in (currently, limited to injuring property of) a foreign government. (Sec. 103) Makes penalties for an individual committing an offense on an aircraft in flight outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States applicable regardless of whether such individual is later found in the United States. Grants jurisdiction over such an offense if: (1) a U.S. national was or would have been on board the aircraft; (2) an offender is a U.S. national; or (3) an offender is found in the United States. Provides that if the victim of specified offenses is an internationally protected person outside the United States, the United States may exercise jurisdiction if: (1) the victim is a representative, officer, employee, or agent of the United States; (2) an offender is a U.S. national; or (3) an offender is found in the United States. Title II: Immigration Law Improvements - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to establish procedures for the removal and expulsion of alien terrorists. Specifies that an alien subject to removal under these provisions shall have no right to discovery of information derived from electronic surveillance authorized for national security purposes, nor shall such alien have the right to seek the suppression of evidence. Authorizes the Government to use in removal proceedings the fruits of electronic surveillance, unconsented physical searches, or both, authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the conduct of a special removal hearing; and (2) the treatment of classified information, appeals, the right to counsel, standards of proof, the designation of judges, and deportation. Establishes penalties for reentry of an alien who was deported pursuant to this title. (Sec. 202) Revises INA provisions regarding the exclusion of an alien for terrorism activities. Considers an alien who is a representative of any terrorist organization designated by proclamation by the President as detrimental to the interest of the United States to be engaged in such activities. Defines: (1) "terrorist organization" to mean any organization engaged, or which has a significant subgroup engaged, in terrorism activity, regardless of any legitimate activities conducted by the organization or subgroups; and (2) "terrorism" to mean premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets. Limits the access of aliens to records, documents, and classified information under specified circumstances. (Sec. 203) Allows the Attorney General (and, in some cases, an employee or official of the Department of Justice or any bureau or agency thereof) to authorize an application to a Federal court of competent jurisdiction for, and allows a judge of such court to grant, an order authorizing disclosure of information contained in an alien's application for adjustment of status for: (1) identification of an alien believed to have been killed or severely incapacitated; or (2) criminal law enforcement purposes against the alien if the alleged criminal activity occurred after the legalization application was filed and such activity poses an immediate risk to life or national security or would be prosecutable as an aggravated felony, without regard to the length of sentence that could be imposed on the applicant. Title III: Controls Over Terrorist Fund-Raising - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the President to regulate or prohibit within the United States or by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction: (1) fund-raising or the provision of funds for use by or for the benefit of any foreign organization that the President has designated as being engaged in terrorism activities; or (2) financial transactions with any such foreign organization. Permits the President to revoke such designation, in whole or in part, when conditions so warrant. Makes any finding made in such designation that a foreign organization engages in terrorism activity conclusive. Prohibits any person within, or subject to the jurisdiction of, the United States: (1) from raising, receiving, or collecting funds on behalf of, or providing funds to or for, an organization or person so designated; and (2) acting for or on behalf of any organization or person so designated, from transferring or disposing of any funds in which such organization or person has an interest. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to publish regulations setting forth the procedures to be followed by persons seeking to raise or provide funds for an organization so designated. Requires any person within the United States or subject to its jurisdiction who seeks to solicit funds for or to transfer funds to any organization or person so designated to first obtain a license from the Secretary (and thereafter allows solicitation or transfer of funds to a designated organization or person only as permitted under the terms of a license issued by the Secretary). Directs the Secretary to grant a license only after the person establishes that: (1) the funds are intended to be used exclusively for religious, charitable, literary, or educational purposes; and (2) all recipient organizations in any fund-raising chain have effective procedures in place to ensure that the funds will be used exclusively for such purposes and will not be used to offset a transfer of funds for terrorist activity. Sets forth recordkeeping requirements. Requires any financial institution which becomes aware that it has possession of or control over any funds in which an organization or person so designated has an interest to retain possession of or maintain control over such funds and report to the Secretary the existence of such funds. Sets penalties for violations of this provision. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) investigations; (2) recordkeeping and reporting requirements and civil procedures; (3) penalties; (4) injunctions; (5) extraterritorial jurisdiction; (6) interlocutory appeals and the discovery and introduction of classified information in civil proceedings brought by the United States. Title IV: Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives - Marking of Plastic Explosives for Detection Act - Prohibits (with exceptions) the manufacture, importation, exportation, shipment, transport, transfer, receipt, or possession of any plastic explosive which does not contain a detection agent. Prohibits any person (other than a U.S. agency or the National Guard of any State) possessing any plastic explosive on the effective date of this Act from failing to report to the Secretary the quantity of such explosives possessed, the manufacturer or importer, any identification marks, and such other information as the Secretary may prescribe. (Sec. 405) Sets forth: (1) penalties for violations of this title; and (2) affirmative defenses. (Sec. 407) Directs the Attorney General to exercise authority over violations of this title only when they are committed by a member of a terrorist or revolutionary group (and, in such case, the Attorney General shall have primary investigative responsibility). Title V: Nuclear Materials - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand the scope of provisions regarding prohibited transactions involving nuclear materials (for example, to include nuclear byproduct material) and the jurisdictional bases (such as to cover a situation where an offender or a victim is a U.S. national or a U.S. corporation or other legal entity). Title VI: Procedural and Technical Corrections and Improvements - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand the provision regarding the use of weapons of mass destruction to cover threats to use such weapons. Subjects to the death penalty any U.S. national who, outside of the United States, uses or threatens, attempts, or conspires to use a weapon of mass destruction. (Sec. 603) Makes specified terrorist offenses predicates to a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. (Sec. 604) Adds terrorism offenses to the money laundering statute. (Sec. 605) Authorizes interceptions of communications in certain terrorism related offenses. (Sec. 606) Revises provisions of the Federal criminal code to provide that there is U.S. jurisdiction over specified maritime violence: (1) regardless of whether the activity is prohibited by the State in which it takes place; and (2) committed by a U.S. national or by a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the United States regardless of whether the activity takes place on a ship flying the flag of a foreign country or outside the United States. (Sec. 607) Expands Federal jurisdiction over bomb threats. (Sec. 608) Increases the penalty for explosives-related conspiracies. (Sec. 609) Includes assaults, murders, and threats against former Federal officials on account of the performance of their official duties within the scope of provisions proscribing influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a Federal official by threatening or injuring a family member. (Sec. 610) Adds conspiracy to specified terrorism-related offenses. Title VII: Antiterrorism Assistance - Revises the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to: (1) authorize antiterrorism training services conducted outside the United States during a period of not more than 180 (currently, 30) days; and (2) require U.S. Government personnel authorized to advise foreign countries on antiterrorism matters to carry out their responsibilities within the United States when determined most effective or outside the United States for periods not to exceed 180 consecutive calendar days. Repeals a provision prohibiting funds made available for antiterrorism assistance from being used for personnel compensation or benefits. Title VIII: Substantive Investigative Enhancements - Amends the Federal criminal code to require that any application for an order or an extension of an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device, with respect to foreign counterintelligence and international terrorism investigations conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), include: (1) the identity of the attorney for the Government and the fact that the investigation is being conducted by the FBI; and (2) a certification by the applicant that the information likely to be obtained is relevant to an ongoing foreign counterintelligence or international terrorism investigation being conducted by the FBI. Directs that all such applications and orders be maintained by the FBI. (Sec. 802) Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency (CRA) to furnish to the FBI the names and addresses of all financial institutions at which the consumer maintains or has maintained an account when presented with a written request for such information, signed by the Director of the FBI, which certifies compliance with this section. Authorizes such certification upon a written determination by that official that: (1) such information is necessary for the conduct of an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation; and (2) there are specific and articulable facts giving reason to believe that the consumer is a foreign power or a person who is not a U.S. person and is an official of a foreign power or is an agent of a foreign power and is engaging in or has engaged in international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities that involve a violation of U.S. criminal statutes. Sets forth provisions regarding CRA furnishing of identifying information respecting a consumer, court orders for disclosure of consumer reports, confidentiality, payment of fees, limits on dissemination, damages and disciplinary actions for violations (with a good faith exception), limits on remedies, and injunctive relief. (Sec. 803) Requires the Secretary to conduct a study and make recommendations concerning: (1) the tagging of explosive materials for purposes of detection and identification; (2) whether common chemicals used to manufacture explosive materials can be rendered inert and whether it is feasible to require it; and (3) whether controls can be imposed on certain precursor chemicals used to manufacture explosive materials and whether it is feasible to require it. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, receipt, possession, or distribution of any explosive material that does not contain a tracer element. Permits the Secretary to provide for the addition of tracer elements to explosive materials manufactured in or imported into the United States. (Sec. 804) Amends the Federal criminal code to require any common carrier, public accommodation facility, physical storage facility, or vehicle rental facility to comply with a request for records in its possession by the FBI when the Director certifies in writing that such records are sought for foreign counterintelligence purposes and that there are specific and articulable facts giving reason to believe that the person to whom the records pertain is a foreign power or agent of a foreign power. Limits disclosure. (Sec. 805) Makes provisions regarding the prohibition of the use as evidence of intercepted wire or oral communications inapplicable to the disclosure by the United States in a criminal trial or hearing or before a grand jury of the contents of a wire or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, unless the violation involved bad faith by law enforcement. (Sec. 806) Grants authorization for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in cases involving terrorism-related or explosives felonies. Excludes from the definition of "electronic communication" information stored in a communication system used for the electronic storage and transfer of funds. (Sec. 807) Grants temporary emergency wiretap authority involving terrorist crimes and expanded authority for roving wiretaps. (Sec. 809) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) enhanced access to telephone billing records; (2) a requirement to preserve evidence; and (3) permission to request military assistance with respect to offenses involving chemical and biological weapons. Prohibits and sets penalties for the use of chemical weapons against: (1) a U.S. national outside of the United States; (2) any person within the United States; or (3) any property owned, leased, or used by the United States anywhere. (Sec. 812) Authorizes the Attorney General to pay rewards and receive from any U.S. department or agency funds for the payment of rewards to any individual who assists the Department of Justice in performing its functions. Title IX: Substantive Prosecutive Enhancement - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the possession, or pledge or acceptance as security for a loan, of stolen explosive materials moving in interstate or foreign commerce. (Sec. 902) Revises provisions regarding the protection of U.S. officers and employees to set penalties for killing or attempting to kill any U.S. official or judge, Federal law enforcement officer, member of the uniformed services, or any other U.S. officer or employee of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch while such officer or employee is engaged in, or on account of the performance of, official duties or any person assisting such individual in the performance of such duties. Sets penalties for threats to assault, kidnap, or murder an immediate family member of any person who formerly served as a U.S. official or judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or other specified officials, with intent to retaliate against that person for the performance of official duties. Title X: Criminal Penalties - duties. Title X: Criminal Penalties - Sets mandatory penalties for transferring a firearm or explosive material knowing that it will be used to commit a crime of violence. (Sec. 1003) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the period of limitations under the National Firearms Act for offenses relating to firearms and other devices. Title XI: Funding - Amends the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act to provide for a surcharge of 40 percent of the principal amount of any civil monetary penalty to be added to each such penalty at the time it is assessed by the United States or an agency thereof. Directs that payments relating to a civil monetary penalty be applied in the following order: (1) to costs; (2) to principal; (3) to such surcharges; and (4) to interest. Makes such provisions inapplicable to any civil monetary penalty assessed under the Internal Revenue Code. Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Justice Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for offsetting collections and termination of the Fund.
Bill· SS. 759 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1995
Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act of 1995 - Establishes in the Immigration and Naturalization Service an Office for the Enforcement of Employer Sanctions which shall: (1) investigate and prosecute unlawful employment of aliens; and (2) educate employers about employment requirements and related employment discrimination. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits status adjustment to permanent resident: (1) based upon employment; or (2) of an alien who worked illegally. Directs the Attorney General to develop a database to identify aliens who overstay their visas.
Bill· SS. 754 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Border Enforcement Title II: Control of Unlawful Employment and Verification Title III: Illegal Alien Removal Title IV: Alien Smuggling Control Title V: Inspections and Admissions Title VI: Miscellaneous and Technical Amendments Immigration Enforcement Improvements Act of 1995 - Title I: Border Enforcement - Authorizes appropriations for Department of Justice illegal immigration prevention efforts. (Sec. 102) Provides for Border Patrol and land border inspector increases. (Sec. 104) Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to increase penalties for failure to depart, illegal reentry, and passport and visa fraud. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Attorney General to establish an interior repatriation pilot program for excludable or deportable aliens. (Sec. 106) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) to authorize the Attorney General, under extraordinary migration situations, to order without referral to an immigration judge the exclusion or deportation of an alien who appears to an examining immigration officer to be excludable. (Sec. 107) Permits Federal agency reimbursement from the immigration emergency fund. Provides, in situations of mass alien influx, for: (1) vessel controls; and (2) local delegation of immigration enforcement authority. (Sec. 108) Expands commuter lane pilot border programs. Title II: Control of Unlawful Employment and Verification - Amends the Act to authorize the Attorney General to require an individual to provide his or social security number for employment verification papers. (Sec. 202) Directs the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct employment verification pilot projects (which shall provide for confidentiality of personal information). (Sec. 204) Amends the Act to authorize the Attorney General to require an alien to provide his or her social security number. (Sec. 205) Increases civil and criminal penalties for specified employer-related violations. (Sec. 212) Authorizes a telephone verification system fee. (Sec. 213) Authorizes appropriations for activities under this title. Title III: Illegal Alien Removal - Amends the Act to subject aliens to civil penalties for failure to depart after an order of exclusion or deportation. (Sec. 302) Expands the scope of judicial deportation. (Sec. 303) Permits deportation proceedings by telephone or video electronic media. (Sec. 304) Authorizes an immigration judge to issue subpoenas in exclusion or deportation proceedings. (Sec. 305) Provides for stipulated orders of exclusion or deportation. (Sec. 306) Revises exclusion and deportation appeal provisions. (Sec. 307) Authorizes visa discontinuance sanctions against a country that refuses to accept deportation of its nationals. (Sec. 308) Authorizes the release of an alien convicted of an aggravated felony from an exclusion or deportation proceeding under specified circumstances. (Sec. 309) Sets forth specified limitations on relief from exclusion and deportation. (Sec. 311) Authorizes appropriations for a pro bono representation pilot program (or programs) to increase the efficiency of exclusion and deportation proceedings. Title IV: Alien Smuggling Control - Amends Federal criminal law to: (1) authorize wiretaps for alien smuggling and document fraud investigations; and (2) bring alien smuggling operations under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions. (Sec. 403) Amends the Act to: (1) expand Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) forfeiture authority for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens; and (2) increase criminal penalties for alien smuggling. (Sec. 405) Authorizes INS to use appropriated funds for specified undercover activities. (Sec. 406) Amends the Act to revise the definition of aggravated felony. Title V: Inspections and Admissions - Amends the Act to make it unlawful to bring an illegal alien into the United States from a foreign contiguous territory. Increases civil penalties for bringing an illegal alien into the United States. (Sec. 502) Defines "stowaway" for purposes of the Act. Subjects such an alien to exclusion and deportation. Establishes carrier liability for related detention costs. (Sec. 503) Revises carrier provisions regarding: (1) passenger lists; (2) cruise ship passenger immigration fees; and (3) U.S. indemnification of costs for aliens without visas. (Sec. 507) Establishes a border services user fee for every land border entry, including ferry arrivals. Authorizes States to establish Border Service Councils at ports of entry. Title VI: Miscellaneous and Technical Amendments - Amends Federal criminal law with regard to alien prostitution. (Sec. 602) Authorizes appropriations for State medical assistance to undocumented immigrants. (Sec. 605) Authorizes the INS to use volunteers for specified activities.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 87 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1995
Constitutional Amendment - Grants U.S. citizenship to only those persons: (1) born to a parent who is a U.S. citizen; (2) born within the United States to a parent lawfully in and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States at the time of that parents' entry into the United States; and (3) naturalized according to U.S. law. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) restrictions on services or payments to non-U.S. citizens; (2) English language requirement for naturalization; and (3) apportionment of Representatives based on number of citizens of each State.
Law· SS. 735 (104th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Substantive Criminal Law Enhancements Title II: Combating International Terrorism Title III: Alien Removal Title IV: Control of Fundraising for Terrorism Activities Title V: Assistance to Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Subtitle A: Antiterrorism Assistance Subtitle B: Intelligence Subtitle C: Additional Funding for Law Enforcement Title VI: Terrorist Interdiction Title VII: Criminal Procedural Improvements Subtitle A: Habeas Corpus Reform Subtitle B: Criminal Procedural Improvements Title VIII: Marking of Plastic Explosives Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention Act of 1995 - Title I: Substantive Criminal Law Enhancements - Amends the Federal criminal code to increase penalties for: (1) conspiracies involving explosives; (2) specified offenses, including the murder of foreign officials, official guests, or internationally protected persons; and (3) the use of explosives or arson. (Sec. 102) Establishes penalties for acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries. Sets forth provisions regarding limits on prosecution, investigative responsibility, evidence, extraterritorial jurisdiction, the statute of limitations, detention, and wiretap authority. (Sec. 103) Sets penalties for: (1) conspiring to kill, kidnap, or maim people in (currently limited to injuring property of) a foreign government; and (2) possessing stolen explosives. Title II: Combating International Terrorism - Amends: (1) the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit assistance to countries that aid, including providing military equipment to, terrorist states; and (2) the International Financial Institutions Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive director of each international financial institution to oppose assistance by such institutions to terrorist states. (Sec. 205) Revises provisions regarding antiterrorism assistance to permit arms and ammunition to be provided under such provisions only if they are directly related to antiterrorism assistance. Limits the value of equipment and commodities provided. Repeals a prohibition on using such funds for personnel compensation or benefits. Sets a $1 million limit on assistance provided to a foreign country for counterterrorism efforts in any fiscal year, subject to specified conditions. (Sec. 206) Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that a foreign country designated as a state sponsor of terrorism (state sponsor) shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts. (Sec. 207) Directs the Secretary of State to provide annual reports to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that include: (1) a list of all products and technologies that could be used to promote or engage in terrorist acts (critical technology) (and prohibits any product or technology manufactured or developed in the United States or by a subsidiary of a U.S. body that is determined to be critical technology from being sold by the U.S. Government or private U.S. commercial interests to a state sponsor to any entity or organization operating within such state); and (2) detailed assessments of any country that provided support for international terrorism, individual country efforts to take effective action against state sponsors, and U.S. Government efforts to implement provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1979 regarding terrorism. Title III: Alien Removal - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to establish procedures for the removal of alien terrorists. Authorizes the Attorney General to take into custody and retain in custody any alien with respect to whom the Attorney General certifies, under seal to a special court (created by this title), that: (1) the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General has approved of the proceeding under this title; (2) an alien terrorist is physically present in the United States; and (3) removal of such alien terrorist by normal deportation proceedings would pose a risk to U.S. national security by disclosing classified information. Requires the Chief Justice of the United States to publicly designate not more than five judges from up to five U.S. judicial districts to hear and decide cases arising under this title. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) custody and release pending a hearing; (2) special court procedures; (3) the special removal hearing, including the introduction in camera and ex parte of evidence; (4) deportation determinations; (5) appeals; and (6) extradition of aliens who have committed crimes of violence abroad. (Sec. 303) Revises INA provisions regarding terrorist activities, including the definitions of "terrorism activity," "terrorist organization," and "terrorism." Limits alien access to Government information. (Sec. 304) Authorizes Attorney General access to certain confidential immigration and naturalization files through court order for specified identification and criminal law enforcement purposes. Title IV: Control of Fundraising for Terrorism Activities - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the President to regulate or prohibit, within the United States or by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the States anywhere: (1) fundraising or the provision of funds for use by or for the benefit of any foreign organization, including persons assisting such organization in fundraising, that the President has designated as being engaged in terrorism activities; or (2) financial transactions with any such foreign organization. Authorizes the President to designate any foreign organization based on a finding that: (1) the organization engages in terrorism activity; and (2) the organization's terrorism activities threaten the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States. Directs the President to prepare and transmit to the Congress a report containing a list of the organizations that the President has determined engage in, or provide support for, terrorism activity. Sets forth provisions regarding revocation of such designation, supplemental reports, and judicial review. Prohibits any person within, or subject to the jurisdiction of, the United States from: (1) raising, receiving, or collecting on behalf of, or providing funds to or for, an organization or person so designated by the President, or attempting to do so; and (2) acting for or on behalf of any such organization or person to transmit, transfer, or receive any funds raised in violation of such provision or to transmit, transfer, or dispose of any funds in which such an organization or person has an interest. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) authorized transactions (including regulations setting forth procedures to be followed by persons seeking to raise or provide funds for designated organizations and licensing requirements); (2) special requirements for financial institutions; (3) investigations; (4) recordkeeping and reporting and civil actions by the Attorney General; (5) penalties and injunctions; (6) extraterritorial jurisdiction; (7) discovery and introduction of classified information; and (8) penalties for providing material support to terrorists. Title V: Assistance to Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Subtitle A: Antiterrorism Assistance - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to study all applicable guidelines and laws regulating domestic surveillance and report to the Congress its findings and suggestions for enhancing domestic surveillance in support of investigations. (Sec. 502) Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency (CRA) to furnish to the FBI the names and addresses of all financial institutions at which a consumer maintains or has maintained an account when presented with a written request for that information signed by the Director which certifies compliance with this section. Authorizes such certification only if the Director has determined in writing that such information is necessary for the conduct of an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and specified other conditions are met. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the furnishing of identifying information by a CRA; (2) court orders for disclosure of consumer reports; (3) confidentiality; (4) payment of fees; (5) limits on dissemination; (6) damages and disciplinary actions for violations, with a good-faith exception; and (7) limitation of remedies and injunctive relief. (Sec. 503) Authorizes administrative subpoenas to be served upon a common carrier or innkeeper determined to have records or other tangible objects that may be relevant to a foreign counterintelligence activity. (Sec. 504) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 and the Federal criminal code to increase the maximum rewards for information concerning international terrorism. (Sec. 505) Requires the Director to report to the Congress on the effectiveness of Federal provisions regarding providing material support to terrorists. Subtitle B: Intelligence - Directs the Attorney General and the Director to: (1) study all applicable laws and guidelines relating to electronic surveillance and the use of pen registers and other trap and trace devices; and (2) report to the Congress its findings and recommendations for the use of electronic surveillance of terrorist or other criminal organizations and for any legal modifications. (Sec. 512) Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize: (1) wiretapping for terrorism and related offenses; (2) the participation of foreign and State government personnel in interceptions of communications; (3) the disclosure of intercepted communications to foreign law enforcement agencies; and (4) interceptions of communications for specified terrorism-related offenses. Subtitle C: Additional Funding for Law Enforcement - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1996 through 2000 for FBI activities to combat terrorism. Directs the Attorney General, with such funds, to: (1) develop digital telephony technology; (2) support and enhance the technical support center and tactical operations; (3) expand legal attaches; (4) enhance Federal wireless communications and antenna site lease shortfall; (5) expand and improve the instructional, operational support, and construction of the FBI academy; (6) expand and improve investigative and managerial training courses for State, Indian tribal, and local law enforcement agencies; (7) construct an FBI laboratory and provide laboratory examination support; and (8) create a special FBI counterterrorism and counterintelligence fund for costs associated with terrorism cases. (Sec. 522) Authorizes additional appropriations for the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (Sec. 524) Authorizes appropriations to the Drug Enforcement Administration for FY 1996 through 2000. Directs the Attorney General, with such funds, to: (1) fund permanent change of station transfers for special agent personnel; (2) establish and maintain an adequate motor vehicle base; and (3) purchase aircraft and replacement parts. (Sec. 525) Directs the Attorney General to hire additional Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Authorizes additional appropriations for the Department of Justice. (Sec. 526) Permits funding for authorizations provided in this subtitle to be paid for out of the Crime Control Trust Fund. Title VI: Terrorist Interdiction - Directs the Secretary of State to implement an upgrade of all overseas visa lookout operations to computerized systems with automated multiple-name search capabilities. Declares that the Department of State shall be considered a law enforcement agency for purposes of access to the National Crime Information Center and other FBI criminal records with respect to functions involving the processing of visas and passports and for other immigration-related purposes. Amends the INA to make membership in a terrorist organization a basis for exclusion from the United States. Sets forth provisions regarding the use of the Automated Visa Lookout System and the convening of an Accountability Review Board with respect to the processing of visas for admission into the United States. Title VII: Criminal Procedural Improvements - Subtitle A: 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. 702) Specifies that: (1) there shall be no right of appeal from a final order in a habeas corpus proceeding; and (2) unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability, an appeal may not be taken to the court of appeals from the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding in which the detention complained of arises out of process issued by a State or Federal court. Permits such certificate to issue only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a Federal constitutional right. Requires the certificate to indicate which specific issue or issues satisfy the showing. Provides that if the applicant has failed to develop the factual basis of a claim in State court proceedings, the Federal court shall not hold an evidentiary hearing on the claim unless: (1) the claim relies on a new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive by the Supreme Court, that was previously unavailable or on a factual predicate that could not have been previously discovered through the exercise of due diligence; and (2) the facts underlying the claim would be sufficient to establish by clear and convincing evidence that, but for constitutional error, no reasonable factfinder would have found the applicant guilty of the underlying offense. Requires that a second or successive motion be certified by a panel of the appropriate Federal Court of Appeals to contain: (1) newly discovered evidence sufficient to establish by clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable factfinder would have found the movant guilty of the offense; or (2) a new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive by the Supreme Court, that was previously unavailable. (Sec. 706) Sets further limitations on second or successive petitions. (Sec. 707) Sets forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases. Requires (with exceptions): (1) a district court to render a final determination of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought in a capital case within 180 days after the date on which the application is filed; and (2) a court of appeals to hear and render a final determination of any appeal of an order granting or denying such application within 120 days after the date on which the reply brief is filed and to decide whether to grant a petition for rehearing en banc within 30 days after the date on which the petition for rehearing is filed. Sets forth provisions regarding failure to render a timely determination. Requires the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts to submit to the Congress an annual report on the compliance by the courts of appeals with the time limitations under this section. Subtitle B: Criminal Procedural Improvements - Grants U.S. courts jurisdiction over an offense of: (1) aircraft piracy if a U.S. national was aboard the aircraft, an offender is a U.S. national, or an offender is afterwards found in the United States; and (2) destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities if a U.S. national was or would have been on board the aircraft, an offender is a U.S. national, or an offender is afterwards found in the United States. (Sec. 722) Declares that all the territorial sea of the United States is part of the United States, is subject to its sovereignty, and for purposes of Federal criminal jurisdiction, is within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. Provides that whoever commits on, above, or below any portion of the U.S. territorial sea specified crimes which would be punishable if committed within the jurisdiction of the State, territory, possession or district in which it is situated, shall be guilty of a like offense and subject to a like punishment. (Sec. 723) Makes exceptions to foreign sovereign immunity in certain cases involving acts of international terrorism, torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, and genocide in a foreign state. (Sec. 724) Adds: (1) foreign murder as a money laundering predicate offense; (2) terrorist offenses to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute; (3) terrorism offenses to the money laundering statute; and (4) conspiracy to terrorism offenses. (Sec. 725) Expands the weapons of mass destruction statute to set penalties with respect to any U.S. national who, outside of the United States, uses, threatens, attempts, or conspires to use, a weapon of mass destruction. Includes within the definition of "weapon of mass destruction" any poisonous chemical agent or substance, regardless of form or delivery system, designed for or capable of causing widespread death or injury. (Sec. 731) Provides for pretrial detention for possession of firearms or explosives by convicted felons. Title VIII: Marking of Plastic Explosives - Prohibits: (1) the manufacture, importation, exportation, shipment, transport, transfer, receipt, or possession of any plastic explosive which does not contain a detection agent, with exceptions; and (2) any person (other than a U.S. agency or the National Guard of any State) possessing any plastic explosive on the effective date of this Act from failing to report to the Secretary of the Treasury the quantity of such explosives possessed, the manufacturer or importer, any identification marks, and such other information as the Secretary may prescribe. Sets forth: (1) penalties for violation of this title; and (2) affirmative defenses. Directs the Attorney General to exercise authority over violations of this title only when committed by a member of a terrorist or revolutionary group (and, in such case, the Attorney General shall have primary investigative responsibility). (Sec. 802) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to study and report to the Congress on the tagging of explosive materials for purposes of identification and detection, the possibility and practicality of rendering inert common chemicals used in manufacturing explosives, and the feasibility of imposing controls on certain precursor chemicals used to manufacture explosives. Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for severability of provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 736 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Family Investment Program and Other Welfare Reform Title II: Increasing Work and Self-Sufficiency Subtitle A: Work Incentives Subtitle B: Incentives to Save Subtitle C: Microenterprise Development and Other Projects to Create Jobs Title III: Improving State Flexibility Title IV: Combating Teenage Pregnancy Title V: Improving Child Support Collection Subtitle A: Improvements in the Collection of Child Support Subtitle B: Improvements in Paternity Establishment Title VI: Savings Provisions Title VII: Effective Date Welfare to Self-Sufficiency Act of 1995 - States that it is U.S. policy that all programs, projects, and activities assisted below be carried out so that: (1) welfare recipients accept responsibility for their families from their first welfare office visit by signing an agreement to achieve self-sufficiency; (2) failure to sign such agreement will reduce and eventually eliminate cash benefits; (3) welfare programs are for temporary assistance to needy families with children and must provide the support and skills needed for full-time private sector employment; (4) States must have more flexibility to design programs for responding effectively to recipient needs; (5) actions must be taken to combat illegitimate teen births; and (6) children have a right to receive parental financial support from which parents shall not escape. Title I: Family Investment Program And Other Welfare Reform - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require State AFDC plans in States without a waiver from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for a program in which the State agency negotiates an agreement with AFDC recipients outlining the steps non-exempt individuals must take. Includes among such steps participation in education or job training programs, or in substance abuse treatment or parenting programs, in order to obtain self-sufficiency within a certain period of time. Requires supplemental services, such as transportation and child care, when necessary for achieving such goal, as well as support and case management when adapting such agreement for changing family circumstances. Requires the State agency to offer such recipients enrollment in a limited benefit plan under which benefits are suspended after six months, and in which families failing to comply with the agreement are automatically enrolled. (Sec. 104) Requires the Secretaries of HHS, of Labor, and of Education to ensure appropriate coordination in planning, developing, and operating family investment programs above and other specified programs, including the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (JOBS) under SSA title IV part F in order to improve departmental services and reduce program overlap and administrative costs. (Sec. 105) Revises JOBS and JOBS-related provisions, among other changes removing restrictions on JOBS participation of pregnant AFDC recipients, in addition to changes involving job searches, work assignments, and grievance procedures. Title II: Increasing Work and Self-Sufficiency - Subtitle A: Work Incentives - Makes numerous miscellaneous amendments to SSA title IV part A, providing States with various specified options for moving AFDC recipients towards self-sufficiency, including options for: (1) increasing income disregards for work expenses, earned income, and automobiles; (2) disregarding certain earned income of new employees and dependent children; and (3) further extending transitional child care benefits. (Sec. 205) Amends the Family Support Act of 1988 (FSA) to permanently extend its transitional child care program. Subtitle B: Incentives to Save - Creates State incentive-to-save options, including options for increasing asset limits and disregarding certain income and resources designated for education, training, and employability, as well as interest income. Subtitle C: Microenterprise Development and Other Projects to Create Jobs - Creates further State options, including options for disregarding income and resources related to microenterprise initiatives. (Sec. 222) Provides for inclusion of microenterprise training and activities in JOBS. (Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary to establish demonstration projects for developing a wage supplementation program under which certain AFDC-eligible individuals would receive monthly incentive payments from the State out of funds available for AFDC and food stamp benefits in lieu of receiving such benefits directly. (Sec. 224) Amends FSA with respect to its demonstration projects for expanding job opportunities for low-income individuals, making such projects permanent at increased funding. Title III: Improving State Flexibility - Amends SSA title IV part A to make various specified changes, among other things, in provisions containing certain requirements for unemployed parents, including elimination of the principal earner requirement, as well as modification of other specified requirements, and in other provisions providing for the equivalent treatment of stepparent and parent income and permanent extension of the AFDC-UP program. (Sec. 303) Modifies payment formulae for the JOBS program and child care, increasing the JOBS program's authorization, among other changes. (Sec. 304) Provides for optional State: (1) assessment, monitoring, and evaluation under the AFDC program in order to increase the percentage of families moving from welfare to self-sufficiency; and (2) modification of individual family AFDC payment amounts in order to ensure that the children of families on AFDC receive proper immunizations and well-child care. Title IV: Combating Teenage Pregnancy - Amends SSA title IV part A to: (1) provide for additional adult-supervised living arrangements for unmarried minor parents with dependent children in order for them to receive AFDC; and (2) give States the option, in cases involving custodial parents below age 20 who have not completed high school and are required to participate in JOBS, to require them to participate in an educational activity. (Sec. 403) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize additional funding for family planning grants for combating teenage pregnancy. Title V: Improving Child Support Collection - Subtitle A: Improvements in the Collection of Child Support - Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) and the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the establishment of a system under which the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would collect child support via wage withholding and estimated tax payments and disperse it as appropriate. Requires the entire amount of child support owed to be paid to the IRS by the end of the applicable tax year along with the individual's tax return. Subjects delinquent individuals to generally the same penalties applicable to back taxes. (Sec. 503) Gives States the following options in order to discourage overdue child support: (1) periodically making available for publication the identity of certain individuals owing overdue child support; (2) enacting laws authorizing suspension of driver's, professional, and other specified licenses of such individuals; and (3) requiring community service participation by such individuals. (Sec. 506) Provides for optional State laws concerning modification of child support orders. Subtitle B: Improvements in Paternity Establishment - Creates various specified State options regarding paternity establishment, including options for a simple civil process for voluntarily acknowledging paternity, as well as optional State plan requirements for voluntary paternity establishment outreach. (Sec. 513) Establishes: (1) penalty reductions in Federal matching payments to States under AFDC for certain children for whom paternity has not been established; and (2) incentive payments to families to encourage paternity establishment, including requirements for related demonstrations. Title VI: Savings Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for consolidating Federal assistance in the form of a single Federal administrative payment to each State for administrating its Medicaid, AFDC, and food stamp programs, with discretion to allocate such amount in any manner between such programs. (Sec. 602) Extends, with certain exceptions, the deeming of income and resources under AFDC, SSI, Medicaid (SSA titles XVI and XIX, respectively), and food stamp programs with respect to aliens through the respective dates they become citizens. (Sec. 603) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) provide requirements for a sponsor's affidavit of support; and (2) extend requirements for affidavits of support to family-related and diversity immigrants. (Sec. 604) Sets limitations on expenditures for emergency assistance under AFDC and makes other specified changes with regard to such assistance. Title VII: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1490 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1995
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1995 - Waives the English language naturalization requirement for certain aliens (or their spouses or widows) who served with special guerilla units in Laos. Provides for naturalization under the Immigration and Nationality Act through such service.
Bill· HRH.R. 1377 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1995
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) declare it to be U.S. policy that illegal aliens not be entitled to public education benefits in the same manner as U.S. citizens and lawful resident aliens; and (2) authorize States to deny public education benefits to illegal aliens.
Bill· HRH.R. 1378 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1995
Requires the Secretary of State to publish the name of an individual who renounces his or her U.S. citizenship.
Bill· HRH.R. 1363 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1995
Citizenship Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act do deny automatic U.S. citizenship at birth to children born in the United States to parents who are not U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens.
Bill· HRH.R. 1374 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1995
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fee.
Bill· SS. 638 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1995
Insular Development Act of 1995 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1996 through 2001 for: (1) the Northern Mariana Islands for capital improvement projects in the environmental, health, and public safety areas, administration and enforcement of immigration and labor laws, and contribution toward costs of the compacts of free association (for the same purposes for which funds are provided for Guam by this Act); (2) Guam for costs that result from increased demands for education and social program benefits by immigrants from the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau (currently, amounts as necessary are authorized for FY 1986 and subsequent years for Hawaii, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands as well); and (3) grants for capital infrastructure in American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. Sets forth conditions on funding for capital improvement projects, including that the recipient government submit specified capital needs and maintenance plans. Extends funding for such projects for an additional three years, subject to certain conditions. Prohibits, after FY 1995, certain continuing financial assistance to the Northern Mariana Islands.
Bill· SS. 617 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Supplementals and Rescissions Title II: General Provisions Second Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act, 1995 - Title I: Supplementals and Rescissions - Makes FY 1995 additional supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the Agricultural Research Service, the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Commodity Credit Corporation, and the Food and Nutrition Service. Rescinds appropriations made to the Department of Agriculture for the Office of the Secretary, Agricultural Research Service, the Cooperative State Research Service, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Rural Development Administration and Farmers Home Administration, the Alcohol Fuels Credit Guarantee Program Account, the Rural Electrification Administration, the Food and Nutrition Service, and the Foreign Agricultural Service. Makes FY 1995 additional supplemental appropriations to the National Bankruptcy Review Commission and the United States Information Agency. Rescinds appropriations made to: (1) the Department of Justice for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Office of Justice Programs; (2) the Department of Commerce for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Under Secretary for Technology-Office of Technology Policy, the National Technical Information Service, and the Economic Development Administration; (3) the Judiciary for the United States Court of International Trade and for defender services; (4) the Small Business Administration; (5) the Department of State; (6) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; (7) the Board for International Broadcasting; and (8) the United States Information Agency. Rescinds appropriations made to: (1) the Corps of Engineers-Civil; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior; (3) the Department of Energy; (4) the Appalachian Regional Commission; and (5) the Tennessee Valley Authority. Rescinds funds appropriated to the President for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs. Rescinds appropriations made to: (1) the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and territorial and international affairs; (2) the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service; (3) the Department of Energy for fossil energy research and development, naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, and energy conservation; (4) the Department of Education for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Rescinds appropriations made to the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. Rescinds appropriations made to the Department of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rescinds appropriations made to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, the Health Care Financing Administration, the Social Security Administration, the Administration for Children and Families, the Administration on Aging, and the Office of the Secretary. Rescinds appropriations made to specified Department of Education programs, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Railroad Retirement Board. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to decrease the appropriated funds for FY 1995 for the Federal Direct Student Loan Program. Rescinds funds made available to the Legislative Branch for: (1) the payments to widows and heirs of deceased Members of Congress; (2) Joint Economic Committee and the Joint Committee on Printing; (3) the Office of Technology Assessment for salaries and expenses; (4) the Congressional Budget Office for salaries and expenses; (5) the Architect of the Capitol for capitol buildings and grounds; (6) the Government Printing Office for congressional printing and binding and salaries and expenses; (7) the Botanic Garden for salaries and expenses; (8)the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses; and (9) the General Accounting Office for salaries and expenses. Rescinds funds made available to the Department of Defense for: (1) military construction; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and (3) Base Realignment and Closure Account, Parts II and III. Rescinds funds made available to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration; (4) the Federal Highway Administration; (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; and (7) the Federal Transit Administration. Reduces certain obligation limitations for DOT. (Sec. 901) Rescinds funds from the DOT working capital fund. (Sec. 902) Cancels a specified amount for DOT civilian and military compensation and benefits permanently. Makes FY 1995 additional supplemental appropriations to the General Services Administration and the Office of Personnel Management. Rescinds funds made available to the Department of the Treasury for departmental offices, the Financial Management Service, the United States Mint, the Bureau of the Public Debt, and the Internal Revenue Service. Rescinds funds made available to the Executive Office of the President for the White House Office and Federal drug control programs. Rescinds funds made available to the General Services Administration for the Federal Buildings Fund and the Office of Personnel Management for salaries and expenses. Makes FY 1995 additional supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief and the National Flood Insurance Fund. Rescinds funds made available to: (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care and major projects construction; and (2) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing programs. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) permit a public housing agency to use modernization assistance for any eligible activity, including demolition, replacement housing, and temporary relocation assistance, authorized by this or other applicable appropriations Acts; (2) permit replacement units to be built on the site of the original demolished public housing unit only if the number of replacement units is significantly less than the number of units demolished; (3) repeal provisions prohibiting public housing projects from transferring title unless there is Federal funding assistance providing for a unit for unit replacement for each transfer; and (4) permit the reuse of any budget authority that is recaptured on account of termination of a housing assistance payments contract only for one or more the following, tenant-based assistance or project-based assistance. Rescinds funds made available to the: (1) Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (2) Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; (3) Corporation for National and Community Service; (4) Environmental Protection Agency; (5) National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (6) National Science Foundation; and (7) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Title II: General Provisions - Directs the Secretary concerned to: (1) prepare, offer, and award contracts for salvage timber sales from Federal lands; and (2) perform the appropriate revegetation and tree planting operations in the salvage area. Subjects such sales to judicial review only in the United States district court for the district in which the affected Federal lands are located. Permits such an action only if made within 15 days after the initial advertisement of the challenged timber sale. (Sec. 2002) Amends the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995 and other Federal law provisions concerning overtime for criminal investigators. (Sec. 2006) Prohibits the use of funds available in FY 1995 appropriations being used for specified purposes by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Bill· SS. 599 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1995
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)) of title IV, and title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (SSI)) of the Social Security Act, the Food Stamp Act of 1977, and the United States Housing Act of 1937 to make fugitive felons and probation and parole violators ineligible for certain benefits under such Acts. Requires that certain Federal information compiled pursuant to such Acts concerning such individuals be furnished to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. Requires the appropriate agencies to furnish the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the names, addresses, and other identifying information on illegal aliens. Amends AFDC provisions to terminate benefits for dependent children absent from the home for specified periods of time, with allowance for good cause exceptions.
Bill· SS. 591 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1995
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1292 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1995
Codifies certain general and permanent laws relating to aliens and nationality as title 8, United States Code, "Aliens and Nationality."
Bill· SS. 580 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Illegal Immigration Control and Enforcement Title II: Illegal Immigration Incentive Reduction Title III: Enhanced Smuggling Control and Penalties Title IV: Admissions and Document Fraud Control Title V: Border Crossing User Fee Illegal Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 1995 - Title I: Illegal Immigration Control and Enforcement - Part A: Increased Border Patrol, Support, Training, and Resources - Provides for: (1) increased Border Patrol personnel levels; (2) deployment in areas of high-illegal entry; (3) bilingual hiring preference; (4) improved training; and (5) technology and equipment transfer to the Department of Justice; and (6) land border infrastructure improvements. Part B: Expanded Border Inspection Personnel, Support, and Facilities - Provides for: (1) increased border inspection personnel levels; and (2) deployment in areas of high-illegal entry. Part C: Detention and Deportation - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) to limit collateral attacks on deportation hearings. (Sec. 132) Permits the use of electronic and telephonic media in deportation hearings. (Sec. 133) Amends Federal criminal law to permit deportation as a condition of probation. Part D: Enhanced Criminal Alien Deportation and Transfer - Amends the Act to expand the definition of "aggravated felony." (Sec. 142) Restricts certain deportation defenses. (Sec. 144) Provides for judicial review of an alien convicted of an aggravated felony. (Sec. 145) Authorizes the Secretary of State, with the Attorney General, to negotiate agreements with foreign countries for home-country incarceration of aliens subject to U.S. deportation. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 147) Amends the Act to permit the use of videotaped witness testimony under specified circumstances in a case of bringing in and harboring certain illegal aliens. Title II: Illegal Immigration Incentive Reduction - Part A: Public Benefits Control - Authorizes States and localities to limit general public assistance to aliens or classes of aliens. (Sec. 212) Increases penalties for forging or counterfeiting the seal of a Federal department of agency to facilitate benefit fraud by an unlawful alien. (Sec. 213) Revises alien sponsorship and related provisions. (Sec. 214) Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit high illegal immigration States to place Medicaid anti-fraud investigators in State, county, and private hospitals. (Sec. 215) Directs the Attorney General to make grants to States for ports-of-entry benefits task force demonstration projects. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Employer Sanctions Support - Authorizes the hiring of additional Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) investigators and staff to enforce employer sanctions. (Sec. 222) Increases certain penalties for unlawful employment or related extortion of aliens. (Sec. 223) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to 1986 to require a person to have a social security number (and a spouse's number) in order to claim the earned income tax credit. (Sec. 225) Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a counterfeit-resistant system to verify work and public assistance eligibility. Part C: Enhanced Wage and Hour Laws - Authorizes additional Department of Labor hiring to enforce employer wage and hour law sanctions. (Sec. 232) Authorizes the hiring of additional Assistant United States Attorneys to help preclude illegal immigration. Title III: Enhanced Smuggling Control and Penalties - Amends Federal criminal law to revise alien smuggling penalties. (Sec. 302) Amends the Act to expand INS forfeiture authority for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens. (Sec. 303) Amends Federal criminal law to authorize INS wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations. Title IV: Admissions and Document Fraud Control - Amends Federal criminal law to revise and increase document fraud penalties. Title V: Border Crossing User Fee - Establishes in the Treasury the Immigration Law Enforcement Fund. Imposes a $1 border crossing user fee.
Bill· HRH.R. 1271 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1995
Family Privacy Protection Act of 1995 - Declares that, in conducting a program or activity funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government, a person may not, without parental or guardian consent (or, if the minor is emancipated, without the minor's own prior consent), require or otherwise seek the response of the minor to a survey or questionnaire intended to elicit information concerning: (1) parental political affiliations or beliefs; (2) mental or psychological problems; (3) sexual behavior or attitudes; (4) illegal, anti-social, or self-incriminating behavior; (5) appraisals of other individuals with whom the minor has a familial relationship; (6) relationships legally recognized as privileged, such as those with lawyers, physicians, and clergy; or (7) religious beliefs. Exempts from this prohibition: (1) the seeking of information for the purpose of a criminal investigation or adjudication; (2) any inquiry made pursuant to a good faith concern for the health, safety, or welfare of an individual minor; (3) administration of the immigration, internal revenue, or customs laws of the United States; or (4) the seeking of any information required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance. Provides that any restriction under any provision of Federal law on the seeking of information from minors through surveys, questionnaires, analyses, or evaluations shall not apply to any test intended to measure academic performance. Prescribes agency notice and compliance requirements. Provides for judicial review in certain cases. States that this Act does not apply to any program or activity which is subject to the General Education Provisions Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1284 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: School-Based or School-Linked Health and Social Services Center Grants Title II: State and Local Coordinated Youth Services Grants Subtitle A: Local Consortia Grants Subtitle B: Statewide Youth Services Center Grants Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Both Local and Statewide Grant Programs Title III: Implementation Provisions Title IV: Federal Coordinated Youth Services Initiatives School-Based Clinic Health Service Act of 1995 - Title I: School-Based or School-Linked Health and Social Services Center Grants - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants to eligible local community partnerships to coordinate and deliver comprehensive education, health, and social services to children or youth in school-based, school-linked, or community-based locations. Requires partnership use of grant funds for coordination and delivery of specified core services at a school-based, school-linked, or community-based location or locations accessible to and used by at-risk children, youth, and their families. Gives priority to grant applicants whose comprehensive services plan demonstrates: (1) continuity of access to core services on a year-round basis or beyond traditional school or service hours, either on site or through a backup referral system of community-based providers; and (2) the offer of services beyond the in-school population, including core services to out-of-school youth, to the extent practicable. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administration, to award planning grants to eligible entities that agree to establish a local community partnership to deliver comprehensive services. Title II: State and Local Coordinated Youth Services Grants - Subtitle A: Local Consortia Grants - Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to award grants to eligible consortia to coordinate and deliver comprehensive core education, health, and social services to at-risk youth through an integrated service delivery network directed by a consortium. Requires such consortia membership to include specified types of local representatives. Requires specified financial or organizational commitments by consortium members. Subtitle B: Statewide Youth Services Center Grants - Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to award grants to eligible States to provide for coordination and delivery of comprehensive education, health, and social services to at-risk youth through the award of State grants to local community partnerships or consortia. Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Both Local and Statewide Grant Programs - Sets forth requirements for applications and use of grant funds for a consortium or State entity awarded a grant under subtitle A or B. Requires coordination and delivery of the core services through a system of school-based, school-linked, or community-based youth centers to serve in-school and out-of-school youth and their families. Requires coordination and co-location of existing core services in a broader system of health and social services centers accessible to in-school or out-of-school youth (including adolescent parents and runaway and homeless youth), as well as coordination of core services with alternative education and job training and placement opportunities for them. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to award planning grants to consortia or States. Title III: Implementation Provisions - Makes ineligible for title I funds any community that: (1) is currently receiving State funds to deliver co-located education, health, and social services; or (2) will receive funding from a State funded under subtitle B of title II. Allows such a currently funded community partnership to form a consortium to seek funding for an expanded citywide or countywide youth services network under subtitle A of title II. Requires a local consortium operating in a locality receiving State funding for delivery of such co-located services to include participation from the entities receiving such State funding. Makes eligible for continued funding, at the completion of its five-year grant period under title I, a partnership that has expanded into a citywide or countywide consortium or has become part of a statewide network. Directs the Secretary to: (1) disseminate information on programs under this Act as well as successful and model programs, and to provide technical assistance; and (2) collaborate with the Departments of Education and Labor and the Commission on National and Community Service in such efforts. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Federal Coordinated Youth Services Initiatives - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to establish and administer a special projects of national significance program to award direct grants to public and nonprofit private entities to fund model programs to integrate health and social services, including HIV prevention, provided to special populations of youth at risk. Allows such special projects to include projects targeting youth who are: (1) runaway, homeless, or street youth; (2) immigrants or migrants; (3) in the juvenile justice system; (4) in foster care; (5) in gangs; (6) with a history of substance abuse; (7) with HIV disease; (8) adolescent parents; and (9) Native American. Amends the Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 to direct the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families to: (1) identify program regulations or practices that impede coordination and collaboration; and (2) develop recommendations for creating jointly funded programs, unified assessments, application procedures, confidentiality regulations that facilitate information-sharing, and pertinent legislative action.
Bill· HRH.R. 1267 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Time-Limited Transitional Assistance Title II: Make Work Pay Title III: The Work First Program Title IV: Family Responsibility and Improved Child Support Enforcement Title V: Teen Pregnancy and Family Stability Title VI: Program Simplification Title VII: Child Protection Block Grant Program Title VIII: SSI Reform Title IX: Financing Title X: Food Assistance Reform Title XI: Deficit Reduction Title XII: Effective Date Individual Responsibility Act of 1995 - 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 to have work first programs to make ineligible for AFDC any family with a member who has participated in such work program, generally, for two years (and so is prohibited from further participation), while preserving the eligibility of such families for Medicaid; and (2) 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), the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and other specified Federal law, to make various specified changes with regard to certain program aspects, including: (1) extended Medicaid enrollment for former AFDC recipients; (2) increased AFDC earned income disregards; (3) limited AFDC income and resource disregards of savings for education, first time home purchase, or microenterprise initiatives; (4) child care, including replacement of current Federal child care programs with State-administered block grant programs for child care services, as well as child care for work first program participants; and (5) refundable tax credits for dependent care and other expenses connected with gaining employment in order to enable AFDC recipients to become self-sufficient. (Sec. 213) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require participating residents to receive advanced earned income payments from a responsible State agency pursuant to a State Advance Payment Program in lieu of receiving earned income advance amounts from an employer. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to designate up to four State Advance Payment Demonstrations. Title III: The Work First Program - Amends SSA title IV to replace the current Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program under part F with a new program for assessing the employability of AFDC recipients and providing for their participation in job search activities, as well as a new Work First Program that allows participating States to establish one of two types of work programs, with one type similar to the programs operated by Riverside County, California and the State of Oregon. (Sec. 301) Requires a State to develop an individual responsibility plan, involving job search and other employment-related activities, for each aid applicant or recipient 18 years of age or older who has not completed high school or obtained a certificate of high school equivalency, and is not attending secondary school. Requires States establishing a work first program to have a workfare program (including community service) or a job placement voucher program with respective requirements for obtaining private sector employment. Requires a work supplementation component under such programs that provides for subsidized private sector or State or local government jobs. Requires States to provide program participants with the necessary case management services to ensure integrated benefits and services provided under such programs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) States should target individuals who have not attained 25 years of age for participation in work first programs; and (2) the Secretary and the States should consider the needs of rural areas in designing State plans under SSA title IV part G. (Sec. 305) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to community- based organizations that move AFDC recipients into the private work sector. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Family Responsibility and Improved Child Support Enforcement - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of SSA title IV to require States to have statutorily prescribed procedures to: (1) record child support orders in a central case registry; and (2) collect child support payments through a centralized collections unit. (Sec. 401) Revises the guidelines for: (1) State plans for child and spousal support; and (2) payments distribution. (Sec. 403) Requires State plans to establish procedural guidelines for: (1) notification of all proceedings and orders affecting child support obligations; and (2) privacy safeguards regarding paternity and child support actions. (Sec. 411) Revises the formula for: (1) Federal matching payments to the States; and (2) incentive adjustments to the Federal matching rate. (Sec. 413) Requires a State plan for child and spousal support to include prescribed procedures for State reviews and audits. Revises the guidelines for Federal evaluation and audit of State programs governing paternity, child and spousal support, and parent location. (Sec. 415) Revises the automated data processing requirements for State plans to mandate a single statewide automated data processing and information retrieval system which can perform specified tasks. (Sec. 416) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to conduct staffing studies of each State child support enforcement program and to report the results to the Congress. (Sec. 417) Makes funds available to the Secretary for: (1) training of Federal and State staff, research and demonstration programs, and special projects of regional and national significance; and (2) operation of the Federal Parent Locator Service. (Sec. 421) Mandates that the single statewide automated data system function as a single central case registry of State-provided services and support orders. Delineates contents of case records and data matching activities, including data exchange with sister States. (Sec. 422) Requires State plans to include a centralized, automated unit for the collection and disbursement of support payments. (Sec. 423) Requires the States to have statutorily prescribed procedures: (1) for mandatory income withholding for support payments subject to enforcement; and (2) under which child support orders issued before October 1, 1996, shall become subject to withholding from wages if arrearages occur, without the need for a judicial or administrative hearing. Revises the procedural guidelines for income withholding for child support enforcement. (Sec. 425) Revises the Federal Parent Locator Service to add kinds of information which may be transmitted to locate individuals and assets for purposes of establishing parentage and executing child support obligations. Requires the Secretary to establish in the Service a Data Bank of Child Support Orders and an automated Directory of New Hires. (Sec. 426) Requires State plans to include procedures for recording social security numbers on certain family legal documents and records, including all applications for motor vehicle licenses and professional licenses. (Sec. 431) Requires each State to have the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act in effect as of January 1, 1997. (Sec. 432) Amends the Federal judicial code to revise the procedures for a court to apply when determining which State order to recognize for purposes of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction and enforcement for child support orders. (Sec. 433) Amends SSA title IV part D to revise State plan guidelines for mandatory expedited administrative and judicial procedures to include: (1) authorized genetic testing to establish paternity; and (2) the securing of assets and increasing of monthly payments to satisfy a support arrearage. (Sec. 441) Expresses the sense of the Congress that social services should be provided in hospitals to women who have become pregnant as a result of rape or incest. (Sec. 442) Requires the States to have statutorily prescribed procedures for providing new fathers with parenting counseling that stresses the importance of paying child support in a timely manner. (Sec. 443) Mandates that a State plan for child and spousal support have procedural guidelines for the State agency to determine whether an individual is cooperating with efforts to establish paternity and secure support. (Sec. 444) Sets forth the applicable percentage for Federal matching payments. (Sec. 445) Revises the guidelines for performance-based incentive adjustments to the Federal matching rate with respect to Statewide paternity establishment and the overall performance of the State in child support enforcement. (Sec. 446) Revises the guidelines for statutorily prescribed procedures governing genetic testing and outreach for voluntary paternity acknowledgment. (Sec. 451) Establishes the National Child Support Guidelines Commission to develop and recommend to the Congress a national child support guideline that is based on a study of various guideline models. (Sec. 452) Revises the requirements for State plan procedures for the review and adjustment of support orders. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the priority of refund distribution with respect to past-due support owed to individuals. (Sec. 463) Amends SSA title IV part D to revise procedural guidelines for: (1) consent by the United States to income withholding, garnishment, and similar proceedings for enforcement of child support and alimony obligations of current and retired Federal employees; and (2) enforcement of child support obligations of current and retired members of the Armed Forces. (Sec. 465) Requires States to have statutorily prescribed procedures for: (1) placing liens for child support arrearages on motor vehicle titles of the debtor; (2) voiding fraudulent transfers by a child support debtor; (3) suspending any driver's, business, or occupational license issued to any person who owes past-due child support; (4) reporting to credit bureaus the name of the parent in arrears for child support; (5) extending the statute of limitations for collection on child support arrearages; and (6) calculating interest or penalties on such arrearage. (Sec. 471) Prescribes procedural guidelines for passport denial (including revocation) upon certification of nonpayment of child support. (Sec. 472) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should ratify the United Nations Convention of 1956. Requires State plans to provide that the State must treat international child support cases as interstate cases. (Sec. 473) Amends SSA title IV part D to authorize holds on lottery winnings, settlements, payouts, bequests, and proceeds from the sale of forfeited property in order to satisfy child support arrearages. (Sec. 474) Requires States to have statutorily prescribed procedures that impose liability upon grandparents for the financial support of a grandchild whose parent is less than 18 years of age to the extent the parent is unable to provide such support. (Sec. 475) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the States should develop programs that are designed to work with noncustodial parents who are unable to meet their child support obligations. (Sec. 481) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to include within the definition of medical child support order an order issued through a State administrative process. (Sec. 482) Mandates that a State plan for aid and services to needy families with children extend Medicaid eligibility for families losing AFDC due to increased child support collections. (Sec. 491) Sets forth effective dates for this Act. Title V: Teen Pregnancy and Family Stability - Amends SSA title IV part A with respect to Federal and State roles in reducing teenage pregnancy and promoting family stability, among other things by: (1) giving States the option to deny AFDC for additional children (except those born as a result of rape or incest) of AFDC families while preserving their eligibility for Medicaid; and (2) requiring unmarried minors who are pregnant or who have children to live under adult supervision in order to receive AFDC. (Sec. 503) Amends SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) to provide for the establishment of the National Clearinghouse on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs. (Sec. 504) Requires State plans to reduce by 25 percent the aid payable to a family with a parent under 20 who has not completed secondary school (or obtained an equivalency certificate) if that parent has failed without good cause to maintain minimum attendance at an educational institution. (Sec. 505) Grants States the option, with respect to families in which both parents are married, to disregard any standard that limits: (1) the time during a month that a family's principal earner may be employed (100-hour rule) under the AFDC-UP (Unemployed Parent) program; or (2) the length of time (six-month limit) such a family may receive AFDC payments. (Sec. 506) Repeals the quarters of work coverage requirement under the AFDC-UP program for families in which both parents are under age 20. (Sec. 508) Places restrictions on Federal housing benefits to minors who bear children out-of-wedlock. (Sec. 509) Give States the option of denying AFDC to minor parents. (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, among other things 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 Commissioner of Social Security 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. (Sec. 641) Sets forth additional AFDC changes involving: (1) State payment options under the program for dependent children of unemployed parents; (2) State determination of the needs of the dependent child and relative with whom the child is living; (3) "fill- the-gap" budgeting; (4) repeal of the requirement for supplemental payments in States paying less than their needs standards; (5) collection of AFDC overpayments from Federal tax refunds; and (6) disregard of student and nonrecurring lump-sum income. (Sec. 646) Amends SSA title XI to raise the limitations on payments under SSA titles I (Old Age Assistance), X (Aid to the Blind), XIV (Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income)(SSI), and IV parts A and E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance). Title VII: Child Protection Block Grant Program - Amends SSA title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) to convert the current program into a child protection block grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Title VIII: SSI Reform - Amends SSA title XVI to limit the payment of SSI benefits for children by reason of disability and make specified changes with regard to disability reviews for certain children and young adults. (Sec. 811) Provides for the denial of SSI benefits by reason of disability to drug addicts and alcoholics. Title IX: Financing - Amends SSA, IRC, and the Immigration and Nationality Act with regard to the treatment of aliens concerning AFDC, SSI, and food stamp benefits, among other things to: (1) provide for an extension of deeming of income and resources under the AFDC, SSI, and food stamp programs; (2) prescribe requirements for sponsor's affidavit of support; (3) extend requirements for affidavits of support to family-related and diversity immigrants; (4) revise the definition of "emergency assistance to needy families with children" and the limitation on State expenditures for such assistance; (5) include certain Federal assistance (such as AFDC and food stamps) in gross income; (6) make payments of certain assistance reportable to the Internal Revenue Service; (7) deny the earned income tax credit to individuals not authorized to be employed in the United States; (8) phaseout the earned income credit for individuals having more than $2,500 of taxable interest and dividends; and (9) ignore AFDC and food stamp benefits for purposes of determining the earned income tax credit. Title X: Food Assistance Reform - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to establish specific time periods for: (1) retail food stores and wholesale food concerns (stores) to apply for food stamp program (program) participation; and (2) prohibition of program participation based on lack of business integrity. (Sec. 1003) Includes income and sales tax information among the types of eligibility verification information which may be requested. (Sec. 1004) Establishes a six-month reapplication waiting period for a store that does not meet participation requirements. (Sec. 1006) Authorizes suspension of a store pending administrative and judicial review. (States that the Secretary shall not be liable for lost sales during such period.) (Sec. 1007) Provides for disqualification of a store that is disqualified from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). (Sec. 1008) Provides for permanent disqualification of a store that knowingly submits a falsified application. (Sec. 1009) Expands civil and criminal forfeiture for specified violations of the Act. (Sec. 1010) Amends the Social Security Act as amended by the Social Security Administrative Reform Act of 1994, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended by the Social Security Administrative Reform Act of 1994, to authorize information sharing with State WIC enforcement instrumentalities. (Sec. 1011) Amends the Act to expand the definition of "coupon." (Sec. 1012) Amends the Act to increase ineligibility penalties for program violations. (Sec. 1013) Makes mandatory the collection of overissuance of coupons from Federal pay or Federal tax refunds (as authorized by this section). (Sec. 1016) Revises work requirements to: (1) disqualify a non- exempt individual not employed a minimum of 20 hours per week nor participating in a State workfare or training program; (2) revise exempt individual categories; and (3) disqualify a household that includes an individual who refuses to comply with work requirements. Increases and extends authorization allotments for employment training. Coordinates work requirements with the AFDC program under part A of SSA title IV. (Sec. 1017) Extends current claims retention rates. (Sec. 1019) Encourages States to implement electronic benefit transfer systems. (Sec. 1020) Freezes the standard deduction rate through October 1, 1995. (Sec. 1021) Extends the Puerto Rico block grant. (Sec. 1022) Revises specified income exclusion requirements. Commodity Distribution Act of 1995 - Authorizes the Secretary to purchase and distribute food assistance commodities to the States through FY 2000. (Sec. 1053) Requires the Secretary to establish procedures for supplemental State, local, and private commodity donations. (Sec. 1054) Requires a State seeking commodity assistance to submit an administrative plan to the Secretary every four years. (Sec. 1055) Establishes program allocation guidelines. Requires States to make emergency feeding organizations their first priority. (Sec. 1057) Authorizes the Secretary to use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to pay initial commodity processing and packaging costs. (Sec. 1059) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1060) Obligates specified funds for a commodity supplemental food program for women, infants, and children or the elderly. Requires the CCC to donate specified amounts of cheese and nonfat dry milk to such program. (Sec. 1061) States that commodities received under this title shall not be considered income or resources for any Federal, State, or local means-tested program. (Sec. 1068) Repeals the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983. Eliminates specified provisions of: (1) the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987; (2) the Charitable Assistance and Food Bank Act of 1987; (3) the Food Security Act of 1985; (4) the Agricultural and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; (5) the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990; and (6) the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988. Title XI: Deficit Reduction - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to use savings resulting from this Act for specified deficit reductions. Title XII: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for amendments made by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1287 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1995
Declares two named individuals to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· SS. 546 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1995
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1224 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Assistance of the Armed Forces in Border Protection Activities Title II: Ineligibility of Certain Aliens for Certain Social Services Title III: Grants to States to Compensate for Resident Lawful Aliens Border Integrity Act of 1995 - Title I: Assistance of the Armed Forces in Border Protection Activities - Amends Federal law to authorize the use of members of the armed forces in border protection activities. Title II: Ineligibility of Certain Aliens for Certain Social Services- Part A: Ineligibility of Certain Aliens for Certain Social Services - Amends part A (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to limit alien eligibility for AFDC benefits. (Sec. 202) Amends part A (Determination of Benefits) of title XVI of the Social Security Act to limit alien eligibility for supplemental security income (SSI) benefits. (Sec. 203) Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to limit alien eligibility for food stamp benefits. (sec. 204) Amends title XIX of the Social Security Act to limit alien eligibility for Medicaid benefits. Subtitle B: Other Provisions Relating to Aliens - Requires an alien's sponsor to assume financial liability for any income-based public assistance provided to such alien until the date he or she becomes a U.S. citizen. (Sec. 213) Authorizes States and localities to limit assistance to aliens and to distinguish among classes of aliens in providing income-based public assistance. Title III: Grants to States to Compensate for Resident Lawful Aliens - Authorizes grants to States (including the District of Columbia) to compensate for specified services to resident lawful aliens. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1204 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1995
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to redefine legitimate or illegitimate children as children born in or out of wedlock, respectively, for purposes of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1200 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Establishment of a State-Based American Health Security Program; Universal Entitlement; Enrollment Title II: Comprehensive Benefits, Including Preventive Benefits and Benefits for Long Term Care Title III: Provider Participation Title IV: Administration Subtitle A: General Administrative Provisions Subtitle B: Control Over Fraud and Abuse Title V: Quality Assessment Title VI: National Health Security Budget; Payments; Cost Containment Measures Subtitle A: Budgeting and Payments to States Subtitle B: Payments by States to Providers Subtitle C: Mandatory Assignment and Administrative Provisions Title VII: Promotion of Primary Health Care; Development of Health Service Capacity; Programs to Assist the Medically Underserved Subtitle A: Promotion and Expansion of Primary Care Professional Training Subtitle B: Direct Health Care Delivery Subtitle C: Primary Care and Outcomes Research Subtitle D: School-Related Health Services Title VIII: Financing Provisions; American Health Security Trust Fund Subtitle A: American Health Security Trust Fund Subtitle B: Taxes Based on Income and Wages Subtitle C: Increase in Excise Taxes on Tobacco Products Title IX: Conforming Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 American Health Security Act of 1995 - Title I: Establishment of a State-Based American Health Security Program; Universal Entitlement; Enrollment - Establishes in the United States an American Health Security Program (AHSP) to be administered by the States (including the District of Columbia and, if they so choose, U.S. territories) in accordance with Federal standards established under this Act. Requires a State to establish a State health security program (program) in accordance with this Act to receive Federal health care funding. (Sec. 102) Entitles every individual who is a resident of the United States and is a U.S. citizen or national or a lawful resident alien to benefits for health care services under this Act under the appropriate State program. Sets forth provisions regarding the treatment of nonimmigrants and other individuals. (Sec. 103) Requires each State program to: (1) provide a mechanism for the enrollment of individuals entitled or eligible for benefits (which includes a process for the automatic enrollment of individuals at the time of birth, immigration, or other acquisition of lawful resident status in the United States and provides for the enrollment of all individuals who are eligible to be enrolled as of January 1, 1995); and (2) issue a health security card to enrolled individuals. (Sec. 104) Makes benefits portable when enrollees move or travel between States. Prohibits imposition of a minimum residence or waiting period in excess of three months for program benefit eligibility. Allows reciprocal arrangements between programs in adjacent States for coverage for enrollees residing in the border region. (Sec. 105) Makes benefits available under this Act for items and services furnished on or after January 1, 1996. (Sec. 106) Supersedes Medicare, Medicaid, the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, and CHAMPUS, which must pay for completion of services they covered before January 1, 1996. Specifies that nothing in this Act affects the eligibility of veterans for Veterans Administration health benefits and services, or of Indians for benefits and services of the Indian Health Service. Title II: Comprehensive Benefits, Including Preventive Benefits and Benefits for Long Term Care - Entitles all eligible individuals to have payment made (if medically necessary and appropriate for the maintenance of health or for the diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of a health condition) for inpatient and outpatient hospital services, professional services of State-authorized practitioners, community-based primary health services, preventive services, long-term, acute, and chronic care services, prescription drugs, biologicals, insulin, and medical foods, dental services, mental health services and substance abuse treatment services, diagnostic tests, and other specified items and services, including outpatient therapy, durable medical equipment, home dialysis, ambulance, prosthetic devices, and other items and services specified by the American Health Security Standards Board (Board) (established by title IV of this Act). Specifies that: (1) no deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments may be charged for acute care benefits, except for specified cost-sharing for long-term care services; (2) no provider may charge a patient for covered services; (3) no private insurance may duplicate program benefits; and (4) States and employers may provide additional benefits at their own expense. (Sec. 203) Covers home and community-based long-term care services for persons unable to perform at least two of five listed activities of daily living without assistance. Limits the cost of such services to 65 percent (or an alternative percentage determined by the Board) of the cost of nursing home care for an individual in the same area in which the services were provided. (Sec. 204) Sets forth special delivery requirements for mental health and substance abuse treatment services provided to at-risk children. Directs the Board to make national determinations on coverage of experimental services, with professional and public input. Specifies that where the Board has recognized practice guidelines, coverage is limited to services provided according to the guidelines or any established exception process. Allows the Board to limit quantities of eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, and durable medical equipment that will be covered. Excludes from coverage cosmetic procedures, personal comfort items, and services furnished in non-participating facilities. (Sec. 205) Specifies that: (1) States may require providers to certify that covered services were provided according to program requirements; (2) quality review programs must meet Federal standards; and (3) States may require plans of care for coverage of certain services. Title III: Provider Participation - Requires providers, to receive payment, to agree: (1) not to discriminate based on race, national origin, income, religion, age, sex or sexual orientation, disability, handicapping condition, or (subject to the professional qualifications of the provider) illness; (2) not to charge patients for covered services; (3) to furnish necessary information to the Board or program; (4) not to employ other providers whose participation has been terminated for cause; and (5) to submit bills within a specified time frame. (Sec. 302) Considers a health care provider to be qualified if it is licensed or certified and meets State law requirements, applicable Federal requirements, and additional standards that the Board may specify. Requires: (1) the Board to establish, evaluate, and update national minimum standards to assure the quality of services provided and to monitor efforts by programs to assure such quality; (2) a reasonable transition period for any new standards; and (3) the Board to provide for an exchange of information among programs with respect to quality assurance and cost containment. (Sec. 303) Defines a "comprehensive health service organization" (CHSO) as a public or private organization which, in return for a capitated payment amount, furnishes or arranges a full range of health services and out-of-area coverage in the case of urgently needed services to an identified population in a specified service area which enrolls voluntarily in the organization. Sets forth various CHSO requirements regarding enrollment, withdrawal for cause, accessibility of services, continuity of care, consumer and provider representation on the board of directors, a patient grievance program, medical standards committees, premiums, utilization and bonus information, provision of services to enrollees at institutions operating under global budgets, marketing of services, and provision of emergency services to nonenrollees. (Sec. 304) Extends current Medicare prohibitions on physician self-referrals to other services and applies such prohibitions to AHSP. Title IV: Administration - Subtitle A: General Administrative Provisions - Establishes the American Health Security Standards Board to develop policies and procedures for enrollment, benefits, provider participation, national and State funding levels, assisting programs with planning for capital expenditures and service delivery, and other functions and to establish uniform reporting standards for health services and programs. Authorizes the Board to make statistical and other studies, test alternative payment methods, and develop and test information and budget systems. Provides for the appointment of an Executive Director of the Board and an Inspector General. (Sec. 402) Directs the Board to provide for an American Health Security Advisory Council to advise the Board on matters of general policy, in the formulation of regulations, and in the performance of the Board's duties and to study the operation of, and utilization of health services under, this Act. (Sec. 403) Directs the Board and the Secretary to consult with private entities. (Sec. 404) Requires: (1) each State to submit to the Board a plan for a program for providing health care services to residents of the State (but allows neighboring States to join in regional plans); (2) the Board to provide incentives for States to develop regional planning mechanisms to promote the rational distribution of, adequate access to, and efficient use of, tertiary care facilities, equipment, and services; (3) State programs to meet Federal standards, including single-agency administration, a State health security budget, provider payment and quality review methodologies consistent with Federal standards, freedom to choose providers, a consumer ombudsman, an annual report, and a fraud and abuse prevention and control unit; and (4) the Governor of each State to provide for appointment of a State Health Security Advisory Council to advise and make recommendations to the Governor and State regarding program implementation. Allows: (1) programs not meeting Federal requirements, after notice, to be placed in receivership under the Board's jurisdiction; and (2) States to use fiscal agents, after competitive bidding, to process claims. (Sec. 405) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to direct all activities of the Department of Health and Human Services toward contributions to health of the people in a manner complementary to this Act. Subtitle B: Control Over Fraud and Abuse - Authorizes the Board to exclude providers from participation, impose civil monetary penalties, and seek criminal prosecution for fraud or abuse, based on current Medicaid standards. Requires providers to disclose relevant information about their ownership interest in health facilities and services, based on current Medicaid standards. (Sec. 412) Requires the Board: (1) through the Inspector General, to establish a national health care fraud and abuse data base, including the identity of any provider who has been convicted, had a license revoked, has been excluded or suspended from participation, or has been subjected to a civil penalty with respect to a State program, Medicare, Medicaid, or any other federally funded health program; and (2) to establish rules to protect the confidentiality of information in the data base. Requires States to provide relevant information for this purpose and to periodically inquire of the data base to determine provider qualifications to participate in programs. Sets penalties for submitting false information. (Sec. 413) Requires each program to establish and maintain a health care fraud and abuse unit. (Sec. 414) Directs the Board to provide for the assignment of a unique identifier to each participating provider and to each individual eligible for services, which shall be used for claims and payment. Title V: Quality Assessment - Establishes the American Health Security Quality Council in order to: (1) review and evaluate each practice guideline developed under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act; (2) review and evaluate each standard of quality, performance measure, and medical review criterion developed under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act; (3) develop criteria for entities conducting quality reviews; (4) report to the Board annually; and (5) perform the functions of the Council described in sections 502 and 505. (Sec. 502) Directs the Council to: (1) adopt methods for profiling the patterns of practice of health care professionals and for identifying outliers; (2) develop guidelines for certain medical procedures to be performed only at tertiary centers; (3) develop standards for education and sanctions with respect to outliers; and (4) disseminate such methods, guidelines, and standards to the States. (Sec. 503) Requires each participating State to establish an entity to conduct quality reviews of persons providing covered services under its program which meet Federal standards for the adoption of practice guidelines, identification of outliers, development of remedial programs and monitoring for outliers, and the application of sanctions. Allows the State to adopt alternative methodologies to those adopted by the Quality Council provided that the State can demonstrate that the efficacy of such review and education programs meets Federal standards. Requires the quality review entity to meet the criteria for competence for such entities developed by the Council. (Sec. 504) Expresses the intent to replace random utilization controls with a systematic review of patterns of practice that compromise the quality of care by January 1, 1998. Supersedes all existing Federal utilization review programs, including random case-by-case reviews and programs requiring pre-certification of medical procedures on a case-by-case basis, with exceptions. Specifies that nothing in this section shall preclude case management of catastrophic, mental health, or substance abuse cases where necessary to achieve appropriate, cost-effective, and beneficial comprehensive medical care. (Sec. 505) Requires: (1) each State program to develop and use a uniform electronic data base in order to perform systematic quality review and support comparative outcomes research and analysis; (2) the Council to establish a set of clinical data derived from patient medical records to be transmitted to State electronic data bases to be used by State health security programs; (3) the Board to designate standards for software in order to assure compatibility; and (4) the Council to establish standards, as specified, for the use and disclosure by a State health security program of such data. Title VI: Health Security Budget; Payments; Cost Containment Measures - Subtitle A: Budgeting and Payments to States - Directs the Board to establish a national health security budget which specifies the total expenditures to be made by the Federal Government and the States for covered health care services, and allocates those expenditures among the States. Prohibits such budget from exceeding the budget for the preceding year increased by the percentage increase in gross domestic product. Divides the budget into quality assessment, professional education, administrative, and operating components. (Sec. 602) Provides for the allocation of funds in the budget by the Board to the States, based on the national average per capita costs of covered services adjusted for differences among the States in costs and the health status of populations. Permits the use of statistical models to estimate State capitation amounts. Sets forth State adjustment factors to reflect differences in relative needs for funds and directs that such factors be applied in a budget-neutral manner resulting in no change in total Federal expenditures from the national per capita average. (Sec. 603) Requires each program to submit to the Board a proposed and final annual budget broken into quality assessment, professional training, administrative, and operating components, with the operating component broken into facility-based services, individual practitioner payments, payments to CHSOs, and payments for other items and services. Sets forth provisions regarding proposed and final budget deadlines, adjustments in allocations, and expenditure limits. Permits programs to provide for a process for the approval of capital expenditures based on information derived from regional planning agencies. (Sec. 604) Provides for programs to receive Federal funds equal to a weighted average of 86 percent of their population-based share of the budget, which the Board may adjust between 81 and 91 percent based on State economic conditions. (Sec. 605) Requires each program to establish a separate budget account for health professional education expenditures and to distribute funds consistent with the achievement of specified national and program goals, including the receipt by the Board of reports to monitor compliance, and taking into account the potentially higher costs of placing health professional students in clinical education programs in health professional shortage areas. Subtitle B: Payments by States to Providers - Directs that: (1) payment for operating expenses for institutional and facility- based care under State programs be made directly to each institution or facility under an annual prospective global budget approved under the program; (2) such budgets take into account discharges by diagnosis-related group, prior expenditures, the extent to which debt service for capital expenditures has been included in the proposed operating budget, the extent to which capital expenditures are financed directly or indirectly through reductions in direct care to patients, change in the consumer price index and other price indices, compensation, occupancy levels, past financial and clinical performance, training, technological changes, and incentives to maintain costs without reducing care; and (3) facility budgets be adjusted to reflect payments made by CHSOs. Allows programs to permit institutions and facilities to raise funds from private sources to pay for newly constructed facilities, major renovations, and equipment. (Sec. 612) Requires: (1) State programs to pay individual practitioners on a fee-for-service basis, as negotiated between States and practitioner representatives; (2) the Board to establish models for such payment and for global fee payment methodologies to encourage payment for combinations of services; and (3) practitioners to bill State programs within 30 days of providing services. Permits States to require electronic billing. (Sec. 613) Authorizes programs to pay CHSOs based on annual budgets or risk-adjusted capitation payments, reduced by the costs of covered services not provided by the CHSO. (Sec. 614) Directs that programs pay for community-based primary health services based on global budgets, basic primary care capitation amounts for enrollees, or fee-for-service, taking into account costs of serving non-covered patients, providing case management, transportation, and translation, and providing health professional education programs. (Sec. 615) Requires: (1) the Board to establish a list of approved prescription drugs and to determine maximum prices; and (2) each program to pay for such drugs based on such maximum prices and to pay separate dispensing fees to pharmacies. (Sec. 616) Directs the Board to establish a list of approved durable medical equipment and therapeutic devices and equipment and programs to pay for such items based on maximum prices determined by the Board. (Sec. 617) Requires State programs to pay for other items and services based on methodologies to be adopted by the Board, consistent with the State health security budget. (Sec. 618) Directs the Board to establish model payment methodologies and other incentives to promote the provision of services in medically underserved areas. Permits programs to adjust payments amounts within their budgets to encourage provision of appropriate services in underserved areas. (Sec. 619) Authorizes programs to utilize alternative payment methodologies, provided that such methodologies do not affect the entitlement of individuals to coverage, the weighting of fee schedules to encourage an increase in the number of primary care providers, the ability of individuals to choose among qualified providers, the benefits covered under the Program, or compliance with the State health security budget. Requires States to report on the operation and effectiveness of alternative methodologies to enable the Board to evaluate the appropriateness of applying such methodologies to other States. Subtitle C: Mandatory Assignment and Administrative Provisions - Specifies that participating providers: (1) must accept payment from a program as full payment for covered services; and (2) may not impose additional charges on patients. Permits the Board to exclude from participation and subject to civil penalties violators of such provision. (Sec. 632) Requires programs to establish: (1) procedures for reimbursing providers within 60 days of bill submission; and (2) an appeals process to handle grievances pertaining to provider payments. Title VII: Promotion of Primary Health Care; Development of Health Service Capacity; Programs to Assist the Medically Underserved - Subtitle A: Promotion and Expansion of Primary Care Professional Training - Makes the Board responsible for: (1) coordinating health professional education policies and goals to achieve national goals; (2) overseeing program health professional education expenditures; (3) developing and maintaining a system to monitor the number and specialties of individuals through their health professional education, any postgraduate training, and professional practice; and (4) developing, coordinating, and promoting other policies that expand the number of primary care practitioners. Sets as national goals that: (1) at least 50 percent of graduate medical residencies be in primary care within five years of this Act's enactment; and (2) there be a certain number, specified by the Board, of midlevel primary care practitioners employed in the health care system as of January 1, 2001. Directs the Board to: (1) establish a method of applying such goals to program goals for each medical residency program or consortium of programs and reducing payments for residency programs failing to meet their goals; (2) advise the Public Health Service on allocations of funding under specified programs to increase the supply of midlevel primary care practitioners; and (3) commission a study of the potential benefits and disadvantages of expanding the scope of practice authorized under State laws for any class of midlevel primary care practitioners. (Sec. 702) Requires the Board to establish an Advisory Committee on Health Professional Education to advise the Board concerning graduate medical education policies under this title. (Sec. 703) Directs the Board to transfer specified revenues from the American Health Security Trust Fund (Trust Fund) for specified existing programs supporting health professional education and nursing education and for the National Health Service Corps. Subtitle B: Direct Health Care Delivery - Requires the Board to transfer specified Trust Fund revenues to the Public Health Service for: (1) maternal and child health block grants, prevention and treatment of tuberculosis, prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, preventive health block grants, grants to States for community mental health services and prevention and treatment of substance abuse, grants for HIV health care services, and public health formula grants; and (2) primary care service expansion grants. (Sec. 713) Directs the Board to make primary service expansion grants to primary care centers (i.e., nonprofit community health centers, migrant health centers, and other federally qualified health centers) to serve medically underserved populations in urban and rural areas. Specifies that grant funds may be used to plan, develop, and deliver primary care in such areas. Subtitle C: Primary Care and Outcomes Research - Requires the Board to transfer specified Trust Fund revenues to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research for health outcomes research. (Sec. 722) Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) an Office of Primary Care and Prevention Research to be headed by a Director who shall identify and coordinate research activities relating to primary care and prevention, including care provided by multidisciplinary teams. Requires the Director of NIH to establish a national data system and clearinghouse on primary care and prevention research. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: School-Related Health Services - Authorizes appropriations through FY 2002 for this subtitle. (Sec. 734) Directs the Secretary to make grants to State health agencies or to local community partnerships to develop and operate school health service sites. Requires preference in making grants to be given to those communities showing the most substantial level of need. Title VIII: Financing Provisions; American Health Security Trust Fund - Subtitle A: American Health Security Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to create the American Health Security Trust Fund. Appropriates to the trust fund the increase in tax liabilities attributable to the application of amendments made by this title and receipts from the following programs: Medicare, Medicaid, Federal employees' health benefits program, and the CHAMPUS program, Maternal and Child Health program (under title V of the Social Security Act), vocational rehabilitation programs, drug abuse and mental health services programs under the Public Health Service Act, programs providing general hospital or medical assistance, and certain other Federal programs. Transfers to such trust fund amounts in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Subtitle B: Taxes Based on Income and Wages - Creates a health care excise tax on every employer with respect to each employee equal to 8.7 percent of wages paid. Imposes the tax on the self-employed, railroad employers, and railroad employee representatives. Imposes an individual health care income tax equal to 2.2 percent of taxable income. Prohibits credits against the tax and any effect on the minimum tax in relation to the individual health care income tax. Subtitle C: Increase in Excise Taxes on Tobacco Products - Increases the excise taxes on tobacco products. Title IX: Conforming Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Makes ERISA inapplicable to health coverage arrangements under State health security programs. Exempts State health security programs from ERISA preemption. Prohibits employee benefits duplicating State health security program benefits and requires that a liable workers' compensation carrier reimburse the State health security plan. Repeals continuation coverage requirements under ERISA.
Bill· HRH.R. 1158 (104th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Title II: Rescissions Title III: General Provision Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations - Makes FY 1995 emergency supplemental appropriations to the: (1) Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief; and (2) the Coast Guard for certain operating expenses. Title II: Rescissions - Rescinds appropriations made to the Department of Agriculture for the Office of the Secretary, alternative agricultural research and commercialization, the Agricultural Research Service, the Cooperative State Research Service, the Rural Development Administration and Farmers Home Administration, the Rural Electrification and Administration, and the Food and Nutrition Service. Rescinds appropriations made to the Department of Justice for the Working Capital Fund, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the Office of Justice Programs. Rescinds appropriations made to the Department of Commerce for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Office of Technology Policy, the National Technical Information Service, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the Economic Development Administration. Rescinds appropriations made to the: (1) Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial services for defender services; (2) the Small Business Administration; (3) the Legal Services Corporation; and (4) the Board for International Broadcasting. Rescinds appropriations made to the: (1) Corps of Engineers-Civil; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior; (3) the Department of Energy; (4) the Appalachian Regional Commission; and (5) the Tennessee Valley Authority Fund. Rescinds funds appropriated to the President for multilateral economic assistance, bilateral economic assistance, military assistance, and export assistance. Rescinds appropriations made to the: (1) Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Land Management and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (2) the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service; (3) the Department of Energy for fossil energy research and development, naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, and energy conservation; (4) the Department of Education for Indian education. Rescinds appropriations made to the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. Rescinds appropriations made to the Department of Labor for the Employment and Training Administrations, the Employment Standards Administration, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Rescinds appropriations made to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, the Health Care Financing Administration, the Administration for Children and Families, and the Administration on Aging. Rescinds appropriations made to specified Department of Education programs, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Railroad Retirement Board. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to decrease the amount of funds available for FY 1995 for the Federal Direct Student Loan Program. Rescinds funds made available to the Legislative Branch for: (1) the Joint Economic Committee and the Joint Committee on Printing; (2) the Office of Technology Assessment for salaries and expenses; (3) the Architect of the Capitol for capitol buildings and grounds; (4) the Government Printing Office for congressional printing and binding and salaries and expenses; (5) the Botanic Garden for salaries and expenses; (6) the Library of Congress; and (7) the General Accounting Office for salaries and expenses. Rescinds funds made available to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration; (4) the Federal Highway Administration; (5) the Federal Railroad Administration; and (6) the Federal Transit Administration. Reduces certain obligation limitations for DOT. (Sec. 801) Rescinds funds from the DOT working capital fund. (Sec. 802) Cancels a specified amount for DOT civilian and military compensation and benefits permanently. Rescinds funds made available to the Department of the Treasury for departmental offices, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Financial Management Service, the Bureau of the Public Debt, and the Internal Revenue Service. Rescinds funds made available to the Executive Office of the President for the White House Office and Federal drug control programs. Rescinds funds made available to the General Services Administration, the Federal Election Commission, and the Office of Personnel Management. Rescinds funds made available to: (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care and major projects construction; and (2) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing programs. Rescinds funds made available to: (1) the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation board; (2) the Community Development Financial Institutions; (3) the Corporation for National and Community Service; (4) the Environmental Protection Agency; (5) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (6) the National Science Foundation; and (7) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Title III: General Provision - Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for any direct benefit or assistance to individuals not lawfully within the United States, other than that of an emergency nature or to reduce immediate threats to public health and safety.
Bill· HRH.R. 1124 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1995
Includes revenue officers in the Internal Revenue Service, customs inspectors and canine enforcement officers in the U.S. Customs Service, and inspectors in the Immigration and Naturalization Service as Federal law enforcement officers for purposes of provisions governing the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System.
Bill· HRH.R. 1120 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Consolidation of Federal Employment Assistance Programs Subtitle A: Block Grants to States Subtitle B: Consolidation and Repeal of Certain Federal Employment Assistance Programs Subtitle C: Effective Dates Title II: Notice of Availability of Earned Income Credit Title III: Repeal of Temporary Futa Surtax Employment Enhancement Reform Act - Title I: Consolidation of Federal Employment Assistance Programs - Subtitle A: Block Grants to States - Establishes a block grant program to prepare individuals for employment by increasing their occupational and educational skills. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make such grants, for up to five-year periods subject to annual approval and availability of appropriations, to States to provide employment assistance to eligible individuals. Reserves funds for grants to Indian tribes and migrant and seasonal farmworker organizations. (Sec. 103) Allocates such grants to States on the basis of relative numbers of: (1) unemployed in areas of substantial unemployment; (2) excess unemployed; and (3) economically disadvantaged adults. (Sec. 104) Sets forth requirements for applications, use of grants, and conduct of State programs. Requires State programs to provide employment assistance to the following types of eligible individuals: (1) economically disadvantaged and 14 years or older; (2) certain types of dislocated workers; (3) individuals with disabilities; (4) Armed Forces members being separated under other than adverse conditions; (5) unemployed veterans; and (6) displaced homemakers. Requires States to: (1) profile and evaluate individuals to determine the employment assistance services to be provided; (2) notify individuals of other sources of supportive services; (3) provide appropriate employment assistance, within specified limits; (4) monitor rates of individuals successfully obtaining employment after separation from the program, according to specified criteria; and (5) establish one-stop-shop centers throughout the State for program information and profiling and evaluation. Authorizes certain discretionary activities under State programs. (Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary to make biennial determinations of State success in placing individuals in employment. Authorizes reduction or termination of payments when a State has not been successful, and reinstatement or increase of payments when a State implements appropriate modifications of its program. (Sec. 110) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Consolidation and Repeal of Certain Federal Employment Assistance Programs - Chapter 1: Consolidation of Programs - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to eliminate community mental health services demonstration projects for homeless individuals who are chronically mentally ill. (Sec. 112) Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to add requirements for State collaborative programs of supported employment services for individuals with the most severe disabilities, special recreation activities and services, and projects with industry. Repeals other provisions for special project grants for supported employment programs, special recreational programs, projects with industry, and supported employment services for individuals with severe disabilities. Chapter 2: Repeal of Programs - Repeals Higher Education Act of 1965 provisions for special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farm work. (Sec. 122) Repeals: (1) the disabled veterans outreach program and the local veterans employment representative program under Federal law relating to veterans; and (2) the homeless veterans reintegration project under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. (Sec. 123) Repeals: (1) the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act; (2) employment and training program provisions under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (but allowing college students who are parents responsible for care of a dependent child under age six to be eligible for the food stamp program); and (3) the older American community service employment program under the Older Americans Act of 1965. (Sec. 124) Repeals the Job Training Partnership Act, except those provisions relating to the Job Corps. Authorizes appropriations for the Job Corps. (Sec. 125) Repeals the Appalachian vocational and other educational facilities and operations program under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. (Sec. 126) Repeals certain provisions relating to rules for computing the targeted jobs credit under the Internal Revenue Code. (Sec. 127) Repeals the JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills training) program provisions for recipients of AFDC (Aid to Families With Dependent Children) under the Social Security Act. (Sec. 128) Repeals: (1) the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of 1992; (2) the Adult Education Act; (3) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act; (4) the National Literacy Act of 1991; and (5) the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992. (Sec. 133) Repeals special programs relating to adult education for Indians, under the Indian Education Act of 1988. (Sec. 134) Repeals special Social Security Act provisions relating to Indian tribes and JOBS training programs. (Sec. 135) Repeals provisions for the VISTA Literacy Corps under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. (Sec. 136) Repeals: (1) the Wagner-Peyser Act (employment agencies); (2) the adult education for the homeless grants program and the job training for the homeless demonstration grants program under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; (3) the trade adjustment assistance for workers program under the Trade Act of 1974; (4) FY 1993 and 1994 authorizations of appropriations for certain grants, as well as certain technical assistance conditions, under the Homeownership and Opportunity through HOPE Act; and (5) the State legalization impact-assistance grants program under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Subtitle C: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates. Title II: Notice of Availability of Earned Income Credit - Amends the Social Security Act and the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require that notice of availability of the earned income tax credit be provided to applicants for and former recipients of AFDC, Medicaid, or food stamps. (Sec. 202) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to require printing of a notice of the availability of the earned income tax credit and the dependent care tax credit on W-4 forms for employee withholding exemptions. Title III: Repeal of Temporary FUTA Surtax - Repeals the temporary FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) surtax under the Internal Revenue Code.
Law· HRH.R. 1087 (104th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1995
Declares two named individuals to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1056 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Political Relationship Title II: Applicability of Federal Law Title III: Foreign Affairs and Defense Title IV: Courts Title V: Trade Title VI: Taxation Title VII: Immigration Title VIII: Labor Title IX: Transportation and Telecommunications Title X: Land, Natural Resources and Utilities Title XI: United States Financial Assistance Title XII: Technical Amendments and Interpretation Guam Commonwealth Act - Title I: Political Relationship - Creates the Commonwealth of Guam. Grants the people of Guam the right of full self-government through adoption of a Constitution and within specified guidelines. (Sec. 102) Recognizes the right of self-determination of the people of Guam. Directs the U.S. Government to promote preservation of the Chamorro culture, enhanced economic, social, and educational opportunities for Chamorros, and training of Chamorros for employment. Directs Guam to establish a land trust for the benefit of the indigenous Chamorro people and to establish residency requirements under the Constitution of Guam for voting and holding elective office. (Sec. 103) Allows this Act to be modified only with the mutual consent of the Governments of the United States and Guam. Title II: Applicability of Federal Law - Makes specified provisions of, and amendments to, the U.S. Constitution applicable to Guam. (Sec. 202) Makes Federal laws, rules, or regulations passed after the date of this Act inapplicable unless mutually consented to by the Governments of the United States and Guam. (Sec. 203) Creates the Joint Commission on the Applicability of Federal Law. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the President to delegate to the Governor of Guam performance of functions now vested in Federal administrative agencies. Title III: Foreign Affairs and Defense - Grants the United States responsibility for authority with respect to matters relating to foreign affairs and defense that affect Guam. (Sec. 302) Prohibits the establishment of military security zones or the stationing of foreign military personnel on the Island of Guam without the approval of the Government of Guam except in time of declared war, or the establishment of military bases without consultation with the Governor. (Sec. 304) Prohibits the United States from using Guam or the water surrounding it for the dumping or storage of nuclear waste or hazardous chemicals. Provides for the cleanup by the United States of chemical dump sites used by the military. Requires the United States to compensate any person injured as a result of hazardous materials stored, used, or disposed of by the U.S. Government in Guam or its waters. Title IV: Courts - Specifies provisions governing the relations between U.S. courts and the local courts of Guam, the jurisdiction of the District Court of Guam, and the applicable district court rules. (Sec. 404) Provides for the appointment of a judge for the District Court of Guam, a U.S. attorney, and a U.S. marshal for Guam. Title V: Trade - Establishes a Guam-United States free trade area. Authorizes Guam to impose, increase, reduce, or eliminate duties and other restrictions on certain imports and exports. Title VI: Taxation - Makes U.S. income tax laws applicable to Guam. Deems such laws to impose a separate tax to be known as the Guam Commonwealth income tax. (Sec. 603) Allows the Government of Guam to provide for the rebate or reduction of taxes in order to assist new industries or economic development. (Sec. 604) Grants Guam the power to determine the nature and amount of taxes imposed upon the income and property of persons within its jurisdiction. Repeals applicable U.S. tax laws one year after Guam has enacted a replacement comprehensive local income tax. (Sec. 605) Exempts all bonds or other obligations issued by Guam from taxation by Federal, State, or local governments of the United States. Title VII: Immigration - Applies the Immigration and Nationality Act and pertinent Federal regulations to Guam for two years from enactment of this Act. Directs Guam to enact a comprehensive law on immigration to become effective at the end of the two-year period. (Sec. 702) Authorizes U.S. consular officials to issue visas for travel only to Guam for any alien seeking to enter Guam as a non-immigrant in order to encourage investors and tourists to come to Guam. Title VIII: Labor - Grants preference to qualified residents of Guam in all Federal civil service vacancies occurring in Guam. (Sec. 802) Grants Guam the authority to enact and enforce all laws regulating or affecting employment in Guam. Title IX: Transportation and Telecommunications - Precludes application of any U.S. law barring the U.S. registration and use of any foreign-built vessel within the waters around Guam for any purpose. Exempts from the coastwise laws of the United States any shipment of fish or fish products from Guam to any U.S. coastwise destination. Directs the Commission to examine the applicability of such laws and to recommend their termination upon determining that such laws constrain Guam's economic development. (Sec. 902) Authorizes the Governor of Guam to sponsor any qualified air service carrier to come to Guam, subject to presidential consultation concerning U.S. foreign policy and security interests. Exempts Guam from all bilateral treaties between the United States and foreign states with respect to scheduling and technical specifications of aircraft, other than safety requirements. (Sec. 903) Defines Guam as "domestic" for Federal Communications Commission rate setting purposes. Title X: Land, Natural Resources and Utilities - Grants the Government of Guam the power of eminent domain. Sets limits on U.S. acquisition of real property on Guam. Exempts Guam from Federal regulations governing the transfer or sale of excess Federal real property. Provides for the transfer of all excess Federal property to Guam, with specified exceptions. (Sec. 1003) Provides for access and use by the residents of Guam of certain retained Federal property, subject to military security requirements. (Sec. 1004) Directs the United States to transfer ownership of island utilities to Guam. Title XI: United States Financial Assistance - Provides for the return of U.S. revenues from taxes and fees collected in Guam to the Government of Guam. Makes U.S. laws providing Federal benefits and financial assistance which are applicable to the States equally applicable to Guam. (Sec. 1104) Directs the Governor of Guam, in preparing an annual budget, to identify the costs and benefits to Guam brought about by its role as one of the principal U.S. military bases. (Sec. 1105) Provides for assistance to aid Guam's transition to a Commonwealth. Title XII: Technical Amendments and Interpretation - Makes technical and conforming amendments. (Sec. 1204) Requires this Act to be submitted to the registered voters of Guam for ratification after being passed by the Congress. Repeals the Organic Act of Guam.
Bill· HRH.R. 1049 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1995
Young American Workers' Bill of Rights - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise and increase requirements relating to child labor standards, including: (1) reporting, recordkeeping, and certification; (2) orders and regulations; (3) penalties; (4) coverage regardless of sales volume; (5) civil actions; and (6) migrant or seasonal agricultural labor. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) compile annual data relating to child labor (jointly with the Census Bureau); (2) provide for coordination among enforcement personnel for Federal and State labor standards, occupational health and safety laws, and Federal immigration laws; (3) establish an Advisory Committee for Child Labor; and (4) publicize violators of child labor laws. Authorizes appropriations.
Law· HRH.R. 1031 (104th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1995
Prohibits the Attorney General from disapproving a named individual's petition for classification as an immediate relative, or application for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, on the grounds that his marriage to a named individual was entered into in order to evade U.S. immigration laws.
Bill· HRH.R. 1018 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1995
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 1995 - 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 implement an interior repatriation program for illegal aliens who have been deported at least three times. (Sec. 104) Directs the Attorney General and the Commissioner of INS to increase border detention facilites. 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: 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) Restricts specified deportation defenses. (Sec. 503) Authorizes electronic or telephonic deportation proceedings. (Sec. 504) Directs the Commissioner to operate a criminal alien tracking center. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 505) 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. 506) Expedites deportation proceedings for specified criminal aliens. 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. Title VIII: Asylum - Amends the Act to revise asylum procedures. (Sec. 802) Sets forth mandatory and discretionary conditions for granting provisional asylum.
Bill· HRH.R. 1024 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1995
Repeals provisions regarding the Joint Committee on Printing. Transfers responsibilities of the Committee to the Public Printer. Directs the Public Printer to: (1) remedy neglect, delay, duplication, and waste in public printing and binding and the production of Government publications; (2) prescribe quality standards; (3) utilize requests for proposals and similar authorized purchasing methods where total or partial migration to new technologies is appropriate or when requested by the user; (4) prescribe Government specifications for printing paper and writing paper; (5) assist with the acquisition and transfer of equipment requisitioned by facilities previously authorized and with the disposal of such equipment; and (6) establish policy for the acquisition of printing and Government publications, formulated to maximize competitive procurement from the private sector (but which may provide for use of Government in-house printing and duplicating operations if they provide printing and duplicating at the lowest cost to the Government). Requires the Public Printer to promulgate rules and regulations for the procurement of printing and Government publications by the Government Printing Office (GPO) not inconsistent with this Act. Mandates that the annual report to the Congress include a report on: (1) the printing costs of each branch of Government; and (2) a cost comparison of printing and publications as procured through GPO, produced by each Federal agency, produced by commercial sources that are not Federal entities under contract with a Federal agency (other than GPO), and produced by commercial sources that are not Federal entities under contract with GPO. Directs the Public Printer to establish and maintain the following separate GPO accounts: (1) Superintendent of Documents; (2) Executive and Judicial Print Procurement; and (3) Congressional Services. Requires that all printing and Government publications for the Congress, the executive office, the judiciary (other than the Supreme Court), and every executive department, agency, independent office and establishment or Government entity be procured from private sector commercial entities by GPO, with exceptions. Revises provisions regarding: (1) competitive procurement; (2) limits on Government printing production; (3) the use of illustrations; (4) the form and style of work for departments. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) departmental distribution of publications; (2) availability, inventory, dissemination, and re-publication of Government publications; (3) projections and reporting on costs for printing by Federal agencies; (4) scoring of sales of assets; (5) "Buy American" requirements; and (6) cost ceilings for certain congressional documents.
Law· SS. 457 (104th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1995
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to redefine legitimate or illegitimate children as children born in or out of wedlock, respectively, for purposes of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1005 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1995
National Language Act of 1995 - Makes English the official language of the U.S. Government. Requires the Government to conduct its official business in English, including publications, income tax forms, and informational materials. Provides that this Act shall not apply to the use of a language other than English for religious purposes, for training in foreign languages for international communication, to programs in schools designed to encourage students to learn foreign languages, or by persons over age 62. Permits the Government to provide interpreters for persons over age 62. Repeals the Bilingual Education Act. Terminates the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs in the Department of Education. Sets forth provisions regarding the recapture of unexpended funds and transitional provisions. Repeals provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 regarding bilingual election requirements and regarding congressional findings of voting discrimination against language minorities, prohibition of English-only elections, and other remedial measures. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that all public ceremonies in which the oath of allegiance is administered pursuant to such Act be conducted solely in English. Specifies that this Act shall not preempt the law of any State.
Bill· HRH.R. 993 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1995
Denial of Passports to Noncustodial Parents in Cases of Nonpayment of Child Support - Authorizes the Secretary of State to refuse, revoke, restrict, or limit a passport if the Secretary determines or is informed by competent authority that the applicant or passport holder is a noncustodial parent who is the subject of an outstanding State arrest warrant for nonpayment of child support, where the amount in controversy is not less than $10,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 999 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Child Care Block Grants Title II: Family and School-Based Nutrition Block Grants Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Family Nutrition Block Grant Program Subtitle C: School-Based Nutrition Block Grant Program Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions Title III: Restricting Alien Eligibility for Certain Education, Training, and Other Programs Title IV: Other Repealers and Conforming Amendments Title V: General Effective Date; Preservation of Actions, Obligations, and Rights Welfare Reform Consolidation Act of 1995 - Title I: Child Care Block Grants - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to add the following as goals for such Act: (1) to allow each State maximum flexibility in developing child care programs and policies that best suit the needs of children and parents within such State; (2) to promote parental choice to empower working parents to make their own decisions on the child care that best suits their family's needs; (3) to encourage States to provide consumer education information to help parents make informed choices about child care; (4) to assist States to provide child care to parents trying to achieve independence from public assistance; and (5) to assist States in implementing the health, safety, licensing, and registration standards established in State regulations. (Sec. 101) Reauthorizes and extends such Act through 2000. Makes various specified technical and other changes to the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 with regard to lead State agency designation, State application and plan, and limitations on State allotments. Repeals earmarked required expenditures. Requires each State to report a plan for annual evaluations of the extent to which the State has achieved each goal established by this Act. Authorizes a State to transfer funds to carry out other State programs operated under specified provisions of Federal law, including State Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) and Child-Welfare Services programs. (Sec. 102) Repeals certain child care assistance authorized by specified Acts other than the Social Security Act, including Native Hawaiian Family-Based Education Centers under the Native Hawaiian Education Act. (Sec. 103) Repeals AFDC's transitional and at-risk child care programs. Title II: Family and School-Based Nutrition Block Grants - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Sets forth the definitions of various terms used in this title. Subtitle B: Family Nutritional Block Grant Program - Replaces the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 with a State family nutrition block grant program with goals that include the following: (1) to provide nutritional risk assessment, food assistance based on such risk assessment, and nutrition education and counseling to economically disadvantaged pregnant women, postpartum women, breastfeeding women, infants, and young children at nutritional risk; and (2) to provide food assistance, including nutritious meal supplements, to such women in order to reduce incidences of low-birthweight babies and babies born with birth defects as a result of nutritional deficiencies. (Sec. 222) Sets forth the formula for allotting appropriations among the States. Specifies the use of grant amounts, and establishes penalties for misuse of funds. Sets out State reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: School-Based Nutrition Block Grant Program - Replaces the National School Lunch Act with a school-based nutrition block grant program to provide assistance to schools to establish and carry out nutritious food service programs that provide affordable meals and supplements to students. Sets forth similar grant allotment, application, use, reporting, and penalty provisions. (Sec. 257) Provides that if, by reason of any other provision of law, a State is prohibited from providing assistance received from a grant under this subtitle for children enrolled in a private elementary or secondary school, the Secretary shall arrange for the provision of such assistance to such children through arrangements which shall be subject to the requirements of this subtitle. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals the following Acts: (1) the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; (2) the National School Lunch Act; (3) the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987; and (4) the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989. Title III: Restricting Alien Eligibility For Certain Education, Training, And Other Programs - Makes illegal aliens ineligible for specified higher education, job training, aged, child care, and other Federal programs. Limits the eligibility for such programs of a lawful alien to one who: (1) has fulfilled the residency requirements, and has an application pending, for naturalization under the Immigration and Nationality Act; or (2) is a veteran with an honorable discharge, or is on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, or is the spouse or unmarried dependent child of one or the other. T: e IV: Other Repealers and Conforming Amendments - Repeals: (1) the JOBS program under part F of title IV of the Social Security Act; (2) the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 with conforming amendments to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; (3) the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act with conforming amendments to the Victims of Crime Act of 1984; (4) the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978; and (5) the Missing Children's Assistance Act. (Sec. 402) Makes technical amendments to the Temporary Child Care for Children with Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act of 1986, removing references to crisis nurseries, among other changes. Repeals family support center provisions of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and certain investigatory and prosecutory provisions of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990. Title V: General Effective Date; Preservation of Actions, Obligations, And Rights - Specifies the effective date of this Act and the application of its amendments and repeals.
Bill· SS. 453 (104th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating to the Earned Income Credit Title II: Provisions Relating to International Taxation Title III: Additional Empowerment Zones Tax Compliance Act of 1995 - Title I: Provisions Relating to the Earned Income Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the earned income tax credit to individuals without a social security number that is valid for employment purposes. (Sec. 102) Denies such credit to individuals whose interest and dividends includible in gross income exceed $2,500. Title II: Provisions Relating to International Taxation - Provides that if a U.S. citizen relinquishes citizenship, all property held by such citizen at the time immediately before relinquishment shall be treated as sold at such time for its fair market value and any gain or loss shall be subject to U.S. income tax. Excludes $600,000 in gain from taxation. Excepts U.S. real property interests and interest in certain retirement plans. Allows the deferral of the tax on expatriation with respect to interests in closely-held businesses. (Sec. 202) Revises provisions governing information reporting on foreign trusts. Includes as reportable events a domestic trust becoming a foreign trust, the death of a U.S. citizen or resident who is a grantor of a foreign trust, and the residency starting date of a grantor of a foreign trust having one or more U.S. beneficiaries. Increases penalties for failure to file information returns with respect to certain foreign trusts. (Sec. 203) Modifies the rules relating to the taxation of foreign trusts having one or more U.S. beneficiaries to prevent abusive transactions with respect to transfers at death, sales to foreign trusts, pre-immigration trusts, and outbound trust migrations. (Sec. 204) Provides for a person to be treated as owning trust assets under the grantor trust rules only if that person is a U.S. citizen, U.S. resident, or domestic corporation. (Sec. 205) Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to recharacterize purported gifts by partnerships and foreign corporations to persons who are not partners or shareholders to prevent the avoidance of tax. (Sec. 206) Requires U.S. persons to report any gifts from foreign persons that exceed the value of $100,000. Establishes a penalty for failure to make such report. (Sec. 207) Modifies the rules regarding the rate of interest on accumulated distributions of foreign nongrantor trusts to make such rate correspond to the interest rate on underpayment of tax. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to prevent abusive transactions. Provides for the taxation of the use of foreign trust property (valued at more than $2,500) by a trust participant as distributed income. (Sec. 208) Provides for the treatment as a domestic estate or trust: (1) one which a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of; and (2) in the case of a trust, one in which one or more U.S. fiduciaries have the authority to control all substantial trust decisions. Title III: Additional Empowerment Zones - Authorizes the establishment of two additional urban empowerment zones. Increases the aggregate population of such zones that are eligible for such designation.
Bill· SS. 437 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1995
Northern Border States Council Act - Establishes the Northern Border States-Canada Trade Council. Sets forth the duties of the Council, including: (1) advising the President, the Congress, the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of Commerce, and other appropriate Federal and State officials with respect to the administration of U.S.-Canada trade policies, taxation of trade in goods and services, and customs and immigration matters; (2) monitoring trade issues and disputes that involve one of the Council-member States and either the Canadian Government or one of Canada's provinces; and (3) making recommendations with respect to such disputes. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 450 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1995
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 981 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating To the Earned Income Credit Title II: Provisions Relating To International Taxation Title III: Additional Empowerment Zones Tax Compliance Act of 1995 - Title I: Provisions Relating to the Earned Income Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the earned income tax credit to individuals without a social security number that is valid for employment purposes. (Sec. 102) Denies such credit to individuals whose interest and dividends includible in gross income exceeds $2,500. Title II: Provisions Relating to International Taxation - Provides that if a U.S. citizen relinquishes citizenship, all property held by such citizen at the time immediately before relinquishment shall be treated as sold at such time for its fair market value and any gain or loss shall be subject to U.S. income tax. Excludes $600,000 in gain from taxation. Excepts U.S. real property interests and interest in certain retirement plans. Allows the deferral of the tax on expatriation with respect to interests in closely-held businesses. (Sec. 202) Revises provisions governing information reporting on foreign trusts. Includes as reportable events a domestic trust becoming a foreign trust, the death of a citizen or U.S. resident who is a grantor of a foreign trust, and the residency starting date of a grantor of a foreign trust having one or more U.S. beneficiaries. Increases penalties for failure to file information returns with respect to certain foreign trusts. (Sec. 203) Modifies the rules relating to the taxation of foreign trusts having one or more U.S. beneficiaries to prevent abusive transactions with respect to transfers at death, sales to foreign trusts, pre-immigration trusts, and outbound trust migrations. (Sec. 204) Provides for a person to be treated as owning trust assets under the grantor trust rules only if that person is a U.S. citizen, U.S. resident, or domestic corporation. (Sec. 205) Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to recharacterize purported gifts by partnerships and foreign corporations to persons who are not partners or shareholders to prevent the avoidance of tax. (Sec. 206) Requires U.S. persons to report any gifts from foreign persons that exceed the value of $100,000. Establishes a penalty for failure to make such report. (Sec. 207) Modifies the rules regarding the rate of interest on accumulated distributions of foreign nongrantor trusts to make such rate correspond to the interest rate on underpayment of tax. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to prevent abusive transactions. Provides for the taxation of the use of foreign trust property (valued at more than $2,500) by a trust participant as distributed income. (Sec. 208) Provides for the treatment as a domestic estate or trust one that: (1) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration; and (2) in the case of a trust, one or more U.S. fiduciaries have the authority to control all substantial trust decisions. Title III: Additional Empowerment Zones - Authorizes the establishment of two additional urban empowerment zones. Increases the aggregate population of such zones that are eligible for such designation.
Bill· HRH.R. 962 (104th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1995
Amends the Immigration Act of 1990 to add two named individuals to the United States Commission on Immigration Reform (thus increasing the Commission's membership from 9 to 11 persons).