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Bill· HRH.R. 1106 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 1078 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Improved Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 1993 - Increases FY 1994 personnel levels and funding for the Border Patrol and support personnel levels for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Provides for inservice training to familiarize Border Patrol personnel with the rights and varied cultural backgrounds of aliens and citizens. Authorizes FY 1994 appropriations. Increases FY 1994 personnel levels in: (1) the Wage and Hour Division with the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor, and assigns such additional personnel to areas with high concentrations of undocumented aliens; and (2) the Investigations Division within INS, and assigns such additional personnel to investigate violations of the employer sanctions provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act). Increases for FY 1994 the number of Assistant United States Attorney positions, and assigns such additional personnel to prosecute persons who harbor or bring into the United States illegal aliens. Amends the Act to increase penalties for harboring or bringing into the United States aliens for profit (but specifies that mere employment of an individual by itself shall not be deemed to constitute harboring). Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Attorney General and the Secretary of State should initiate programs with Mexico and Canada to prevent and prosecute the smuggling of aliens into the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 1082 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Directs the Attorney General to hire as additional border Patrol agents in the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 2,500 former military personnel involuntarily discharged under honorable conditions. Provides for inservice training for such individuals. Provides funding for such additional personnel from sums appropriated to the Department of Defense for FY 1994.
Bill· HRH.R. 1081 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Illegal Alien Transportation Prevention Act of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the transportation of illegal aliens for employment purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 1083 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1993
Prohibits Federal financial assistance to localities whose officials refuse to cooperate in the arrest and deportation of illegal aliens.
Bill· HRH.R. 1067 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a criminal record report for certain aliens residing in the United States who apply for immigrant status.
Bill· HRH.R. 1031 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Social Security Administration and with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Labor, to develop a counterfeit-resistant social security card. Directs the Attorney General to designate the social security card as the single acceptable work authorization document under the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1034 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Amends Federal law to extend certain retirement-related provisions of the Civil Service Retirement System for Federal law enforcement officers to: (1) revenue officers in the Internal Revenue Service; (2) customs inspectors and canine enforcement officers in the U.S. Customs Service; and (3) inspectors in the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Bill· HRH.R. 1030 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Provides for the separate administration within the Department of Justice of the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Bill· HRH.R. 1029 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Authorizes appropriations for increased border patrol personnel.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 117 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Limits citizenship at birth to persons born in the United States to a mother or father who is a U.S. legal resident.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 47 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1993
States that the Federal Government should acknowledge its responsibility to enforce U.S. immigration law and that the Attorney General should establish as a priority the identification and deportation of criminal aliens.
Bill· HRH.R. 1017 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, during each fiscal year, to make up to 10,000 Department of Defense personnel available to assist: (1) the Immigration and Naturalization Service in preventing the entry into the United States of terrorists, drug traffickers, and illegal aliens; and (2) the U.S. Customs Service in the inspection of cargo, vehicles, and aircraft at points of entry into the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 1022 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
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 Comprehensive Services for Youth Act of 1993 - Title I: School-Based or School-Linked Health and Social Services Center Grants - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Secretary), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (the Administrator), 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 (as described under subtitle A of title II) or has become part of a statewide network (as described under subtitle B of title II). 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 Augustus F. Hawkins Human Resources Reauthorization 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. 986 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Authorizes the adjustment of status to permanent resident of certain Haitians.
Bill· HRH.R. 985 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens infected with the HIV virus from admission into the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 945 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1993
Primary Health Care Investment Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations to carry out specified provisions relating to migrant and community health centers, the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and health services for the homeless. Amends provisions of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act relating to payment to hospitals for inpatient services to modify requirements regarding the determination of approved FTE (Full-Time Equivalent) resident amounts.
Bill· SS. 357 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Considers a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 887 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality to exclude aliens infected with the HIV virus from admission into the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 852 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Authorizes additional appropriations for increased border patrol personnel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Makes amounts from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund available (to the extent provided in appropriations Acts) for such purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 851 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Immigration Service Volunteer Assistance Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Immigration and Naturalization Service to accept volunteer services.
Bill· SS. 286 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Office of Educational Research and Improvement Title II: Improved Statistics Regarding American Schools Title III: Educational Improvement Programs Title IV: Definitions Office of Educational Research and Improvement Reauthorization Act - Title I: Office of Educational Research and Improvement - (Sec. 101) Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to reauthorize and revise provisions for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). Eliminates the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement. Provides that OERI, administered by the Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement (the Assistant Secretary), shall include: (1) the Distinguished Board of Governors for Educational Research (the Board); (2) the Directorates for Educational Research; (3) the regional educational laboratories; (4) the Office of Educational Dissemination; (5) the National Education Library; (6) the Education Resources Information Clearinghouses; (7) the National Center for Education Statistics, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress; and (8) such other entities as the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate. Requires open competition for all awards of grants or contracts by OERI. Requires the Assistant Secretary to establish the following five national directorates for educational research on: (1) Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment; (2) Early Childhood Learning, Families and Communities; (3) the Educational Achievement of Historically Underserved Populations; (4) School Organization, Structure and Finance; and (5) Postsecondary and Adult Education. Limits the number of regional educational laboratories that the Assistant Secretary shall support (minimum ten, maximum 15). Sets planning and reporting requirements and a five-year minimum contract duration. Leaves existing regional educational laboratory contracts in effect. Provides for a teacher research dissemination network program. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to award grants or contracts to regional educational laboratories to carry out specified summer program activities. Requires each teacher participant to assume certain responsibilities during the school year. Requires an independent evaluation of such program to be submitted to the Congress. Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish an Office of Educational Dissemination (which may include the Education Resources Information Clearinghouses, the National Diffusion Network, and the National Education Library). Authorizes the National Diffusion Network to: (1) provide information through its State facilitators (directly and without program effectiveness panel approval) on model or demonstration projects funded by the Department of Education; and (2) disseminate other information which is available through the Office of Education Dissemination through the Network itself. Establishes a National Library of Education at the Department of Education. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to appoint a task force of librarians, scholars, teachers, parents, and school leaders to advise on the Library's establishment, prepare a workable plan, identify other supplemental activities and functions, and report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to appoint a librarian to head the Library for a five-year renewable term. Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish and support 16 Education Resources Information Clearinghouses (ERICs) (including directly supporting dissemination services). Authorizes appropriations for OERI programs. Authorizes OERI, when more than one Federal agency uses funds to support a single OERI project, to act for all such agencies in administering such funds. Title II: Improved Statistics Regarding American Schools - (Sec. 201) Revises and reauthorizes GEPA provisions for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), including the National Assessment of Educational Progress (National Assessment). Authorizes appropriations. Directs the National Assessment to conduct certain trial assessments in 1994 and 1996. Requires independent technical review of the National Assessment Governing Board replication and validation studies. Provides for Congressional Budget Office (CBO) access to NCES information, subject to specified disclosure restrictions. Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study and report to the Congress on: (1) the process whereby achievement goals are set; (2) whether they are set at an appropriate level; and (3) the ability of NAEP to maintain valid data with respect to student performance trends. (Sec. 202) Directs the Commissioner of Educational Statistics to report annually to the Congress on school dropouts, using State-provided information. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements (with the Secretaries of Defense and of the Interior, respectively) to include in the the National Assessment: (1) the defense dependents education system; and (2) schools for Indian children operated or supported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (Sec. 204) Amends the Department of Education Organization Act (DEOA) to authorize the Secretary to use certain funds to pay the expenses and fees of non-Federal experts (field readers) necessary to review applications and proposals. (Sec. 205) Amends DEOA and GEPA to establish an Office Educational Technology (OET) in OERI. Directs the Assistant Secretary to appoint a Technology Board. Transfers the Office of Training Technology Transfer to OET. Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study to: (1) estimate costs of implementing a national technology repository and transfer system; and (2) assess availability of technology at local levels to access the educational technology to be transmitted. Authorizes OET appropriations. Title III: Educational Improvement Programs - Part A: International Education Programs - (Sec. 311) Directs the Secretary to carry out an International Education Program that shall provide for: (1) grants to study, evaluate, and analyze education systems in other nations (particularly Great Britain, France, Germany, and Japan); (2) development or identification of tests to compare international achievement levels in various subject areas; and (3) an International Educational Exchange Program, which shall in part assist Central and Eastern European and former Soviet educators in adapting exemplary civic government and economic education programs developed in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to award up to three competitive contracts with independent nonprofit educational organizations, with specified types of experience, to carry out the Program. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Transfer of Education and Training Software - (Sec. 315) Amends the Training Technology Transfer Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for the program for transfer of education and training software. Part C: Amendments to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act - (Sec. 321) Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act to include postsecondary employment and training programs among those whose common occupational information needs must be met by the system developed and implemented by the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. Requires each State board for higher education to develop a data collection system whose results can be integrated into the occupational information system. Part D: Satisfactory Progress Study - (Sec. 325) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to study the satisfactory progress requirement, particularly with respect to: (1) institutions with short-term periods of instruction; and (2) first year students. Part E: National Education Standards and Assessments Council - (Sec. 331) Establishes a National Education Standards and Assessments Council (the National Council) within the Department of Education, which shall establish national education content and student performance standards. (Sec. 337) Authorizes appropriations. Part F: Elementary Science Equipment Programs - Elementary Science Equipment Act - (Sec. 343) Authorizes the Secretary to allot funds to State educational agencies to award grants to local educational agencies to provide hands-on instruction equipment and materials to elementary schools to improve mathematics and science education. Authorizes appropriations. Part G: Parents as Teachers Program - (Sec. 354) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for parents as teachers program. Gives grant priority to programs that target parents and children at risk, including families on public assistance. (Sec. 355) Sets forth program requirements, limiting services to families during the period from the last three months of a mother's pregnancy to the child's attaining age three. (Secs. 357 and 358) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a Parents as Teachers National Center for information dissemination and technical and training assistance for States with such programs; and (2) evaluate such programs within four years. (Secs. 360 and 360A) Provides for a gradually declining Federal share. Authorizes appropriations. Part H: Media Instruction - (Sec. 361) Directs the Assistant Secretary to enter into a contract with an independent nonprofit organization to establish a national multimedia television-based project, directed to homes, schools, and after-school programs, to motivate and improve the reading comprehension and writing coherence of elementary school-age children. Authorizes appropriations. Part I: Migrant Education - (Sec. 365) Amends the Elementary And Secondary Education Act of 1965 to modify, for programs for migratory children, the definition of "currently migratory child" to include a child who: (1) resides in a school district of more than 15,000 square miles; and (2) migrates at least 20 miles to a temporary residence to enable the child, a parent, or a member of the immediate family to engage in fishing activity. Part J: History and Principles of the Constitution - (Sec. 371) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to educate students about the history and principles of the Constitution and Bill of Rights by continuing and expanding the educational activities of the Chief Justice Warren E. Burger National Historical Map Contest (the contest) sponsored by the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary, through an open competition process, to contract with an independent nonprofit educational organization to carry out such program. Authorizes appropriations. Part K: Classrooms for the Future - Classrooms for the Future Act of 1992 (sic) - (Sec. 377) Directs the Secretary to award competitive three-year grants to eligible consortia to develop instructional programs and technology-based systems for complete courses or units of study for a specific subject and grade level, if these are commercially unavailable locally. Requires eligible consortia to consist of: (1) State or local educational agencies in partnership with businesses; and (2) institutions of higher education or other public or private nonprofit organizations. Requires priority to be given to applications for programs developed: (1) so that they may be adapted and applied nationally; and (2) to raise the achievement levels of students, particularly disadvantaged students not realizing their potential. (Sec. 378) Authorizes appropriations. Part L: Buddy System Computer Education - Buddy System Computer Education Act - (Sec. 383) Directs the Secretary to award a competitive grant to each of three States to create a computer-based education project for children in grades four through six. Gives preference to applications: (1) from States with demonstrated ability or commitment to computer-based technology education; and (2) for school districts serving a large number or percentage of economically disadvantaged students. (Sec. 384) Requires such projects to: (1) be continuous projects for two consecutive groups of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders; (2) operate in not more than seven public elementary schools in a State; and (3) ensure each student participates and has access to a computer at school during the school year and at home during the school year and summer. (Sec. 386) Requires the use of grant funds to provide: (1) hardware and software components to all sites; and (2) training for classroom teachers as well as parents, administrators, and technical personnel. (Sec. 389) Authorizes appropriations. Part M: Compensation - (Sec. 391) Amends Federal law relating to civil service positions and compensation to: (1) increase by four (from six to ten) the number of Assistant Secretaries of Education, at level IV; and (2) eliminate the category of four additional officers of the Department of Education, at level V. Part N: Star Schools - (Sec. 395) Amends the Star Schools Assistance Act to revise the formula for the required reservation of funds for an independent evaluation of the Star Schools Assistance Program. Title IV: Definitions - (Sec. 401) Defines "field-initiated research" as research in which the topics and methods of study are generated by the investigators, not by the source of the research funding.
Law· HRH.R. 783 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Nationality and Naturalization Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant U.S. citizenship at birth to certain persons born outside the limits and jurisdiciton of the United States to an alien father and U.S. citizen mother who, prior to the birth of such person, had resided in the United States. Waives the English language and government knowledge naturalization requirements for certain persons. Revises: (1) residence requirement language for purposes of naturalization of children born outside the United States; (2) provisions regarding naturalization of children on application of citizen parent; and (3) provisions regarding former U.S. citizens regaining citizenship.
Bill· HRH.R. 782 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit an alien spouse to file a petition for immediate relative or second preference family status. Permits the use of credible evidence whether or not supported by a licensed mental health professional in a spousal hardship waiver application (for removal of conditional permanent resident status).
Bill· HRH.R. 739 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Declaration of Official Language Act of 1993 - Declares English to be the official language of the U.S. Government. States that English is the preferred language of communication among U.S. citizens. Requires the Government of the United States to promote and support the use of English for communications among U.S. citizens. Requires communications by officers and employees of the Government with U.S. citizens to be in English. Directs the Immigration and Naturalization Service to establish: (1) an English language proficiency standard for all applicants for U.S. citizenship; and (2) a written and oral examination to test for the achievement of such standard by such applicants. Repeals the Bilingual Education Act (title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965). Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to repeal bilingual election requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 723 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Criminal Alien Deportation and Exclusion Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the expedited deportation (and subsequent exclusion) of convicted aliens.
Bill· HRH.R. 717 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the deadline dates for special immigrant status applications for specified retired officers or employees of an international organization.
Bill· HRH.R. 709 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Directs the Attorney General, for purposes of preventing the illegal entry of aliens into the United States, to: (1) acquire a permanent easement for the United States extending 50 feet outwards along the length of the U.S.-Mexico border in California for erecting and maintaining a security fence and access road; and (2) establish a 500-foot setback located along the length of such border for the purpose of restricting any development within such setback.
Bill· SS. 213 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Declares three named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 620 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit information furnished on an application for status adjustment to be used to identify a deceased individual if no other means of identification is available.
Bill· HRH.R. 573 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· SS. 18 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Health Care Insurance Reform Provisions Subtitle A: Model Health Care Insurance Benefits Plan Subtitle B: Managed Care Subtitle C: Small Employer Purchasing Groups Subtitle D: Insurance Market Reform Subtitle E: Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals Title II: Primary and Preventive Care Services Title III: Disclosure of Certain Information to Beneficiaries Under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs Title IV: Patient's Right to Decline Medical Treatment Title V: Primary and Preventive Care Providers Title VI: Medicare Preferred Provider Demonstration Projects Title VII: Cost Containment Title VIII: Long-Term Care Subtitle A: Tax Treatment of Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Policies Subtitle B: Tax Incentives for Purchase of Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Subtitle C: Medicaid Amendments Comprehensive Health Care Act of 1993 - Title I: Health Care Insurance Reform Provisions - (Sec. 101) Mandates development of: (1) a model health care insurance benefits plan containing standards that entities offering health insurance policies should meet; and (2) recommended standards that insurers offering managed care plans should meet. Establishes the Managed Care Advisory Committee. (Sec. 112) Preempts State laws regarding certain aspects of managed care. (Sec. 121) Sets forth small employer purchasing group requirements. Allows participating carriers to use risk sharing. Requires carriers to offer substantially similar benefits to enrollees. Prohibits carriers from varying rates to employers or enrollees based on claim experience, health status, or issue duration. Mandates a mechanism to collect premiums from employers, including remittance of the enrollee's premium share. Authorizes formation and initial operation grants. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 122) Preempts State mandates for small employer purchasing groups. (Sec. 131) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to prohibit considering a small employer health insurance contract as a contract (for certain provisions of the IRC relating to insurance companies) unless the contract: (1) provides benefits consistent with the model plan; (2) meets pricing and marketing requirements; (3) is guaranteed issue; and (4) meets rating and renewal disclosure requirements. Sets forth eligibility, preexisting condition, renewability, and rate requirements. Authorizes an agreement between the Secretary of Health and Human Services and a State to: (1) apply the standards set by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in place of these requirements; and (2) have the State make the initial determination whether a person is in compliance. Requires NAIC to adopt standards substantially similar to these provisions. (Sec. 141) Increases and makes permanent the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals. Title II: Primary and Preventive Care Services - (Sec. 201) Authorizes grants: (1) to States for coordinated, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive primary health care and social services for pregnant women and infants; and (2) for the development of model health and nutrition curricula for children in primary and secondary education. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 202) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for: (1) immunization programs; (2) tuberculosis and sexually transmitted disease prevention programs; (3) migrant and community health centers; (4) health services for the homeless; (5) family planning services; (6) breast and cervical cancer prevention; (7) preventive health and health services block grants; and (8) early intervention services regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) of the Social Security Act to authorize appropriations to improve the health of all mothers and children. (Sec. 203) Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replace provisions relating to school health education with provisions mandating grants to States for local programs of comprehensive health education and prevention, early health intervention, and health education in elementary and secondary schools. Establishes the Office of Comprehensive School Health Education. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 204) Mandates grants to Head Start training agencies for training and technical assistance regarding health education to Head Start teachers and other child care providers. Reserves funds for the development of innovative model health education programs or curricula. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Disclosure of Certain Information to Beneficiaries under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - (Sec. 301) Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to mandate regulations requiring each provider receiving payment under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) make available to service recipients an annual report regarding rates of mortality and nosocomial infection, frequently-performed tests, and malpractice claims; (2) make certain information available before an invasive procedure or treatment is performed; and (3) inform individuals of their right to refuse information and treatment, to refuse provider attendance, and to leave the premises. (Sec. 302) Authorizes grants for outreach activities to inform Medicare beneficiaries of the information. Authorizes appropriations. Mandates a Medicaid outreach program. Title IV: Patient's Right to Decline Medical Treatment - (Sec. 401) Prohibits State restrictions, except to protect a third party, on the right: (1) of a competent person to consent to or decline medical treatment; or (2) of an incompetent person to consent to or decline medical treatment through mandated national forms containing advance directives and durable powers of attorney. Requires all health care providers to honor the forms. Shields providers who act in good faith from criminal or civil liability or professional discipline. Denies Medicare and Medicaid payment for services contrary to advance directives. (Sec. 403) Declares that this title does not permit, condone, authorize, or approve suicide or mercy killing or any affirmative act to end a human life. (Sec. 405) Requires conforming changes to policies relating to Medicare and Medicaid advance directives provisions. (Sec. 406) Requires that information on an individual's right to consent to or decline treatment be provided periodically to beneficiaries under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI), XVI (Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled), XVIII (Medicare), and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. (Sec. 407) Mandates recommendations to the Congress concerning the medical, legal, ethical, social, and educational issues related to this title. Title V: Primary and Preventive Care Providers - (Sec. 501) Amends Medicare provisions to modify or establish payment requirements regarding certified nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and physician assistants. Mandates bonus payments for such individuals and for certified registered nurse anesthetists for service in health professional shortage areas. (Sec. 502) Includes physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists in the Medicaid definition of "medical assistance" for which payment will be made. (Sec. 503) Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish grants programs to: (1) provide medical (including osteopathic medical) students for programs to interest high school or college students in careers in general medical practice; and (2) develop strategies for recruiting and placing medical students interested in practicing general medicine. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 505) Amends Medicare provisions to allow entities with approved medical residency training programs (as well as hospitals) to receive payments for direct medical education costs. Mandates payments for indirect costs of medical education. Modifies requirements regarding payments to hospitals for such indirect costs. Title VI: Medicare Preferred Provider Demonstration Projects - (Sec. 601) Provides for up to ten demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of providing payment under Medicare for primary and specialty procedures and services furnished by preferred provider organizations. Allows waiver of Medicare requirements as necessary. Title VII: Cost Containment - (Sec. 701) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program of clinical trials regarding promising new drugs and disease treatments. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 702) Authorizes appropriations for the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on health insurance premiums. Requires that the tax be paid by any person who makes, signs, issues, or sells any of the documents and instruments subject to the tax or for whose use or benefit the same are made, signed, issued, or sold. Establishes, and deposits the resulting taxes in, the Trust Fund for Medical Treatment Outcomes Research. Mandates annual distributions from the Trust Fund for outcomes research. (Sec. 703) Requires a report to the Congress on the establishment of national spending targets for health care and health care services. Establishes the Health Care Cost Control Advisory Committee. Title VIII: Long-Term Care - (Sec. 802) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define "qualified long-term care premiums" to include dollar premium limits. (Sec. 803) Requires, for provisions relating to insurance companies, references to noncancellable accident or health insurance contracts to be treated as including a reference to qualified long-term care insurance. (Sec. 804) Excludes from gross income amounts paid under a life insurance contract to an individual who is terminally ill, has a dread disease, or is permanently confined to a nursing home. (Sec. 811) Allows a tax credit for a portion of long-term care insurance premiums. (Sec. 812) Allows a deduction for such premiums, including premiums for long-term care insurance for a parent or grandparent. (Sec. 813) Excludes from gross income benefits received under long-term care insurance. (Sec. 814) Provides for the treatment of long-term care insurance with regard to deferred benefits and employer deductions and cafeteria plans. (Sec. 816) Excludes from gross income amounts: (1) distributed from an individual retirement plan or section 401(k) plan if the amounts are used for long-term care premiums or expenses, increasing the maximum amount of individual retirement plan deductions; (2) on the surrender, cancellation, or exchange of a life insurance contract if the individual is at least a specified age and the amount is used to pay for long-term care insurance; and (3) on a home equity conversion sale-leaseback, if a portion of the proceeds are used to purchase long-term care insurance. (Sec. 821) Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to outline eligibility requirements for: (1) nursing facility benefits; and (2) medical assistance for home and community-based long-term care.
Bill· SS. 116 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· SS. 8 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Death Penalty Title II: Habeas Corpus Reform Title III: Exclusionary Rule Title IV: Rural Crime and Drug Control Title V: Firearms and Related Amendments Title VI: Juveniles and Gangs Title VII: Terrorism and International Matters Title VIII: Sexual Violence, Child Abuse, and Victims' Rights Title IX: Equal Justice Act Title X: Funding, Grant Programs, and Studies Title XI: Illegal Drugs Title XII: Public Corruption Title XIII: General Provisions Title XIV: Technical Corrections Title XV: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Title XVI: Federal Prisons Title XVII: Pre-Trial Interrogation Crime Control Act of 1993 - Title I: Death Penalty - Federal Death Penalty Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. (Sec. 102) Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing (including victim impact statements), but permits evidence to be excluded where its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of creating unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, or misleading the jury. Sets forth: (1) procedures for the implementation of, and appeal from, a sentence of death; and (2) provisions regarding the appointment of counsel, deadlines for collateral attacks on judgments imposing a death sentence, and stays of execution. (Sec. 110) Provides for the imposition of the death penalty for various offenses, including: (1) murder committed by prisoners in Federal prisons; (2) murder for hire; (3) murder in the aid of racketeering activity; (4) specified violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA); (5) murder of Federal witnesses; (6) rape and child molestation murders; and (7) murders in the District of Columbia. Title II: Habeas Corpus Reform - Subtitle A: General Habeas Corpus Reform - Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. (Sec. 204) Vests authority to issue certificates of probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. Subtitle B: Death Penalty Litigation Procedures - Death Penalty Litigation Procedures Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to set forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases. Subtitle C: Equalization of Capital Habeas Corpus Litigation Funding - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to provide grants to the States to support litigation pertaining to Federal habeas corpus petitions in capital cases. Title III: Exclusionary Rule - Amends the Federal criminal code to bar the exclusion of evidence obtained as a result of a search or seizure carried out under circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment. Title IV: Rural Crime and Drug Control - Subtitle A: Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize appropriations for rural law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and increase the base allocation to nonrural States for rural drug enforcement assistance. (Sec. 402) Requires: (1) the Attorney General to establish a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in each Federal judicial district which encompasses significant rural lands, and to cross-designate up to 100 law enforcement officers from specified Federal agencies to enforce provisions of the CSA on non-Federal lands and the Federal criminal code; and (2) the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to develop specialized training for rural law enforcement officers. Subtitle B: Rural Drug Prevention and Treatment - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office for Treatment Improvement to establish a program to provide grants to hospitals, community health centers, and other appropriate entities in developing and implementing projects that provide, or expand the availability of, substance abuse treatment services. Subtitle C: Rural Areas Enhancement - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) forfeiture of assets seized as a result of investigations initiated by a Rural Drug Enforcement Task Force; and (2) the bringing of criminal charges (including counts involving illegal disposal of hazardous waste and knowing endangerment of the environment) and civil actions (including assessment of environmental and health-related damages) against the operators of clandestine methamphetamine and other dangerous drug laboratories. Title V: Firearms and Related Amendments - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for smuggling firearms in aid of drug trafficking and for theft of firearms and explosives. (Sec. 503) Increases penalties for: (1) making knowingly false, material statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm from a licensed dealer; and (2) interstate gun trafficking. (Sec. 504) Authorizes the summary destruction of explosives subject to forfeiture under specified circumstances. Sets forth requirements for reimbursement of the value of destroyed property. (Sec. 506) Prohibits: (1) the receipt of firearms by non-residents of the State in which the transferor resides, unless such receipt is for lawful sporting purposes; (2) transactions involving stolen firearms which have moved in interstate or foreign commerce; and (3) the possession of explosives by felons and specified others. (Sec. 511) Amends: (1) the Internal Revenue Code regarding the disposition of forfeited firearms; and (2) the Federal criminal code regarding the definition of burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984. Title VI: Juveniles and Gangs - Anti-Gang and Juvenile Offenders Act of 1993 - Subtitle A: Increased Penalties for Employing Children to Distribute Drugs Near Schools and Playgrounds - Amends the CSA to increase the penalty for employing, using, inducing, or coercing individuals under age 18 to violate provisions of such Act, or to assist in avoiding detection or apprehension for certain offenses under such Act by Federal, State, or local law enforcement officials. Subtitle B: Antigang Provisions - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to States and units of local government to assist them in planning, coordinating, and evaluating projects to reduce the formation or continuation of juvenile gangs and the use and sale of illegal drugs by juveniles. (Sec. 623) Sets penalties for the commission of a felony crime of violence, felony involving a controlled substance, and specified other offenses in, for, or in association with a criminal street gang. Subtitle C: Juvenile Penalties - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) add certain firearms offenses to those over which the United States has juvenile delinquency jurisdiction; and (2) provide for the treatment of violent juveniles who commit firearms offenses as adults under certain circumstances. (Sec. 632) Classifies as serious drug offenses for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act serious drug offenses committed by juveniles. (Sec. 633) Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of the BJA to make grants to States, for use by States and units of local governments, to develop alternatives to incarceration and probation for young offenders which promote reduced recidivism, crime prevention, and victim assistance. Subtitle D: Other Provisions - Includes among permissible uses of drug control and system improvement grants (under the Omnibus Act) programs that address the need for effective bindover systems for the prosecution of violent 16- and 17-year olds in courts with jurisdiction over adults for specified crimes. (Sec. 642) Directs: (1) the Attorney General to develop a national strategy to coordinate gang-related investigations by Federal LEAs, and prepare a report on national gang violence to be submitted to the President and the Congress; and (2) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to acquire and collect information on incidents of gang violence for inclusion in an annual uniform crime report. (Sec. 643) Prohibits a juvenile from being transferred to adult prosecution or a hearing held under section 5037 (disposition after a finding of juvenile delinquency) until any prior juvenile court records have been received by the court or other specified conditions are met. Title VII: Terrorism and International Matters - Repeals the Antiterrorism Act of 1990. Establishes a civil remedy for U.S. nationals (and their survivors or estates) injured, in their person, property, or business, by acts of international terrorism. (Sec. 702) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) make it a criminal offense to provide material support to terrorists; and (2) provide for forfeiture of assets used to support terrorists. (Sec. 704) Authorizes the Attorney General to waive immigration admission and other legal requirements and grant permanent resident status for alien witnesses who cooperate with the Government in Federal or State prosecutions. (Sec. 713) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) establish penalties for removing a child from, or retaining a child outside, the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights; (2) provide for the prosecution of individuals who murder U.S. nationals abroad; and (3) permit FBI access to telephone subscriber information under specified circumstances. Title VIII: Sexual Violence, Child Abuse, and Victims' Rights - Subtitle A: Sexual Violence and Child Abuse - Sexual Assault Prevention Act of 1993 - Chapter 1: Sexual Violence - Subchapter A: Penalties and Remedies - Provides for: (1) pretrial detention in sex offense cases; and (2) the imposition of the death penalty for murders committed by sex offenders. (Sec. 803) Increases penalties for: (1) recidivist sex offenders; and (2) sex offenses against victims below age 16. (Sec. 805) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) sentencing guideline increases for sex offenses; (2) human immunodeficiency virus testing, penalty enhancement, and cost of testing in sex offense cases; (3) restitution and suspension of Federal benefits; and (4) creation of a civil remedy for victims of sexual violence. Subchapter B: Rules of Evidence, Practice, and Procedure - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to allow evidence of similar offenses in criminal or civil sexual assault and child molestation cases. (Sec. 822) Revises the rape victim shield law, including making the past sexual behavior of an alleged victim inadmissible in civil as well as criminal cases. Makes inadmissible evidence to show provocation or invitation by the victim in a sex offense criminal case. (Sec. 824) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) review of proposed Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers in Federal Practice; (2) a victim's right to allocation (to be present, make a statement, and present information) at the sentencing hearing of a defendant convicted of a crime of violence or sexual abuse; and (3) a victim's right of privacy. Subchapter C: Safe Campuses - Directs the Attorney General to provide for a national baseline study on campus sexual assault. Subchapter D: Assistance to States and Localities - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to support projects and programs relating to sexual violence, and supplementary grants for States adopting effective laws relating to sexual violence. Chapter 2: Domestic Violence and Offenses Against the Family - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) set penalties for noncompliance with child support obligations in interstate cases; and (2) require full faith and credit for protective orders. (Sec. 853) Creates a presumption against child custody for spouse abusers. (Sec. 854) Directs the Attorney General to report to the Congress on: (1) the status of battered women's syndrome as a medical and psychological condition and its effect in criminal trials; (2) the means by which abusive spouses may obtain information concerning the addresses or locations of estranged or former spouses; and (3) problems of recordkeeping of criminal complaints involving domestic violence. (Sec. 857) Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to support projects and programs relating to domestic violence and other unlawful acts that particularly affect women. Chapter 3: National Task Force on Violence Against Women - Directs the Attorney General to establish a National Task Force on Violence Against Women. Subtitle B: Victims' Rights - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) restitution and suspension of Federal benefits; and (2) the number of peremptory challenges under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Subtitle C: National Child Protection Act - National Child Protection Act of 1993 - Provides for: (1) State reporting of child abuse crime information to a national criminal background check system; (2) funding to improve such information; and (3) the withholding of a portion of such funding to States not in compliance with a timetable established under this Act. Subtitle D: Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs requiring any person who is convicted of a criminal offense against a minor to register a current address with a designated State law enforcement agency for ten years after release from prison or being placed on parole or supervised release. Sets forth registration, State compliance, and related requirements. Title IX: Equal Justice Act - Equal Justice Act - Requires that the death penalty and all other penalties be administered by the United States and by every State without regard to the race or color of the defendant or victim. Bars the use of any racial quota or statistical test for the imposition or execution of any penalty. (Sec. 903) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) safeguards against racial prejudice or bias in criminal courts; and (2) jury instructions and certification, and racial motivation in killings as an aggravating factor, in Federal capital cases. (Sec. 905) Amends specified civil rights provisions to cover conspiracy against rights, and deprivation of rights under color of law, of any person in (currently, inhabitant of) a State, territory, or district. Title X: Funding, Grant Programs, and Studies - Subtitle A: Safer Streets and Neighborhoods - Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) authorize grants to State and local agencies for the hiring of law enforcement personnel; (2) continue the Federal-State funding formula through 1994; and (3) revise the funding formula with respect to the allocation and distribution of funds under formula grants. Subtitle B: Retired Public Safety Officer Death Benefit - Includes retired public safety officers who have died or become permanently and totally disabled as a result of injuries sustained while responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency among those eligible for death and disability benefits. Subtitle C: Study on Police Officers' Rights - Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study of the procedures followed in internal, noncriminal investigations of State and local law enforcement officers to determine if such investigations are conducted fairly and effectively. Subtitle D: Cop-on-the-Beat Grants - Cop-on-the-Beat Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to units of local government and community groups to establish or expand cooperative efforts between police and a community for purposes of increasing the police presence in the community. Subtitle E: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement - National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act - Establishes a National Commission to Support Law Enforcement to study and recommend changes regarding LEAs and law enforcement issues on the Federal, State, and local levels. Subtitle F: Other Provisions - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) require the Director of the BJA to establish guidelines and oversee the implementation of family-friendly policies within law enforcement-related offices and divisions in the Department of Justice, identify and evaluate model programs that provide support services to law enforcement personnel and families, and take other specified actions; and (2) authorize the Director to make grants to States and local LEAs to provide family support services to law enforcement personnel. (Sec. 1063) Requires the Bureau of Prisons to notify, in writing and within a specified time frame, the chief law enforcement officer of the State and local jurisdiction in which a prisoner released on supervised release will reside. Title XI: Illegal Drugs - Subtitle A: Drug Testing - Amends the Federal criminal code to require: (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish a program of drug testing of criminal defendants on post-conviction release; and (2) the chief probation officer in each district (where feasible) to arrange for the drug testing of such defendants. Requires, as an explicit condition of probation, parole, or supervised release of a defendant involving a felony or a specified violent or drug offense, that the defendant refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance and submit to periodic drug tests. Subtitle B: Precursor Chemicals - Chemical Control and Environmental Responsibility Act of 1993 - Amends the CSA to replace references to "listed precursor chemicals" with "list I chemicals" and "listed essential chemicals" with "list II chemicals." (Sec. 1123) Requires every person who manufacturers or distributes, or who proposes to engage in the manufacture or distribution of, a list I chemical to obtain annually a registration issued by the Attorney General. Makes provisions regarding the denial, revocation, and suspension of registration relating to the manufacture, distribution, or dispensation of controlled substances explicitly applicable to list I chemicals. (Sec. 1131) Makes it a felony for a person who possesses a listed chemical with intent that it be used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance to manage the listed chemical or waste from such manufacture other than as required under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. (Sec. 1132) Amends the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to grant the Attorney General access to information in the National Practitioner Data Bank. Subtitle C: Other Provisions - Sets forth miscellaneous provisions and amends various laws concerning controlled substances. Title XII: Public Corruption - Anti-Corruption Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State or political subdivision of a State of the honest services of a government official or employee, or of a fair and impartially conducted election process. (Sec. 1202) Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed upon any official, or person selected to be a public official, who, in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States, or any State or political subdivision. Authorizes such an adversely affected employee or official to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice. (Sec. 1203) Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. (Sec. 1204) Sets forth prohibitions regarding narcotics-related public corruption. Title XIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Violent Crimes - Sets penalties for attempted: (1) robbery; (2) kidnapping; (3) smuggling; and (4) malicious mischief. (Sec. 1320) Increases penalties for: (1) certain assaults; (2) manslaughter; (3) interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises; and (4) conspiracy to commit murder for hire. Subtitle B: Civil Rights Offenses - Increases maximum penalties for certain civil rights violations, including damage to religious property. Subtitle C: White Collar and Property Crimes - Establishes penalties for knowingly receiving the proceeds of: (1) a postal robbery; (2) extortion; and (3) a kidnapping. (Sec. 1330) Includes within mail fraud provisions depositing specified matter to be sent by any private or commercial interstate carrier. (Current law applies only to matter sent by the U.S. Postal Service.) (Sec. 1332) Increases penalties for trafficking in counterfeit goods and services. (Sec. 1333) Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make it a felony to knowingly transmit an unauthorized program or code that alters the information stored in a computer with the intent to damage the system or information contained within the affected computer or computer system, or to withhold or deny the use of such system or information, if the transmission: (1) occurred without the authorization of the person responsible for the system receiving the program; and (2) causes damage exceeding $1,000 in any one-year period, or modifies or impairs the medical care of any individual. Creates a civil cause of action for persons suffering damage or loss by virtue of a violation of this Act. Subtitle D: Other Provisions - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) venue for espionage and related offenses; (2) required reporting by criminal court clerks; and (3) audit requirements for State and local LEAs receiving Federal asset forfeiture funds. (Sec. 1364) Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement grants to develop or improve in a forensic laboratory a capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for identification purposes. Authorizes the Director of the FBI to establish an index of DNA identification records of persons convicted of crimes, and of analyses of DNA samples recovered from crime scenes and from unidentified human remains. (Sec. 1365) Authorizes the Director of the BJA to make grants to local educational agencies for the purpose of providing assistance to such agencies most directly affected by crime and violence. Title XIV: Technical Corrections - Makes technical corrections to the Omnibus Act, the Federal criminal code, the CSA, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. Title XV: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Federal Law Enforcement Act of 1993 - Authorizes appropriations for the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. attorneys, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the U.S. courts. Title XVI: Federal Prisons - Authorizes appropriations for new prison construction. Title XVII: Pre-Trial Interrogation - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General shall instruct all U.S. attorneys, and implement policies consistent therewith, that confessions obtained in conformity with Federal provisions related to such admissibility will be offered into evidence.
Bill· SS. 42 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
AIDS Control Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require recordkeeping of cases of individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Requires: (1) that any entity that collects or distributes blood or blood derivatives test all donors for HIV and allow directed and autologous blood donations; (2) recipients of grants under population research and family planning provisions to provide individuals with HIV infection prevention information; (3) that physicians and medical technicians report to public health authorities the names and addresses of HIV-infected individuals in accordance with State sexually transmitted disease confidentiality laws; (4) notification of the spouse of an AIDS-infected patient; and (5) closure of all bathhouses where a pattern of continuous homosexual sexual activity or continuous illegal intravenous drug use occurs. Prohibits the use of certain funds: (1) to provide hypodermic needles or syringes or distribute bleach for illegal drug use; (2) to promote or provide condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS; (3) to provide AIDS education, information, or prevention materials and activities that promote or encourage, directly or indirectly, homosexual sexual activities; or (4) unless the State requires marriage license applicants to be tested for infection with HIV and both individuals to be notified of each test result. Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for penalties for any individual donating blood, semen, or organs if that individual is knowingly infected with HIV, is a member of certain groups (including African and Haitian immigrants, hemophiliacs, prostitutes, homosexuals, and intravenous drug users), or has engaged in high risk activity. Mandates testing of each person incarcerated in a Federal correctional institution at any appropriate time. Prohibits the induction or retention in the armed forces of a person infected with HIV. Requires testing at induction and at other times as appropriate. Amends the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 to mandate testing of each VA patient. Amends Federal law relating to veterans' benefits and confidentiality of medical records to require a physician or counselor to disclose information indicating that a patient or subject is infected with HIV to a spouse or sexual partner. Requires recipients of funds under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act to routinely test for HIV infection each person receiving treatment for tuberculosis, substance abuse, or a sexually transmitted disease. Directs the President, under specified provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to add infection with HIV and syphilis to the list of dangerous contagious diseases in specified Federal regulations. Prohibits assistance under the Public Health Service Act to a State that fails to protect health care professionals from HIV and hepatitis B during exposure prone invasive procedures. Allows professionals to require HIV testing of patients. Mandates criminal penalties for provision by a health care provider of invasive treatment without prior patient notice of known provider HIV infection.
Bill· SS. 123 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to provide, on an expedited basis, for the parole admission of an alien admissible into the United States to attend the funeral of an immediate blood relative.
Bill· SS. 58 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· SS. 117 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· SS. 63 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· SS. 57 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· SS. 45 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: "Terrorism Death Penalty Act of 1991" Title II: Terrorist Alien Removal Title III: Counterintelligence Access to Telephone Toll and Transactional Records Protection Against Terrorism Act of 1991 (sic) - Title I: Terrorism Death Penalty Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the imposition of the death penalty upon any individual who kills a person while inside the United States, or kills a U.S. national while such national is outside the United States, if the killing is a first degree murder. Makes penalties with respect to homicide, attempt or conspiracy to commit homicide, and engaging in physical violence with the intent or result of causing serious bodily harm applicable to persons inside the United States or U.S. nationals while outside the United States. (Current law only applies where such person was a U.S. national.) Increases penalties for: (1) killings other than first degree murders; and (2) attempted murder and for engaging in physical violence with the intent or result of causing serious bodily harm. Title II: Terrorist Alien Removal - Terrorist Alien Removal Act of 1993 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make terrorist activity (as defined by this Act) grounds for deportation. Establishes removal procedures for alien terrorists, including a special removal hearing. Includes as excludable aliens those with respect to whom an appropriate consular officer or the Attorney General knows or has reasonable ground to believe are engaging in, have engaged in, or probably would, after entry, engage in terrorist activity. Grants exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to review excludability orders. Provides for a ten-year prison sentence, to run concurrently with any other sentence, and a fine, for entering (or attempting to enter) the United States subsequent to exclusion or removal. Title III: Counterintelligence Access to Telephone Toll and Transactional Records - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain (after submitting a written request) from a wire or electronic communications service provider subscriber information regarding a person or entity which is relevant to an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation.
Bill· SS. 174 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Title I: Restriction on Ideological Restrictions - Amends Federal law to repeal specified ideological-based immigration exclusion authority. Title II: Publication of Total Intelligence Expenditures - Provides for the publication of total intelligence expenditures.
Bill· SS. 86 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title I: Child Labor Provisions Title II: Miscellaneous Child Labor Amendments of 1993 - Title I: Child Labor Provisions - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that a prior offense is not a prerequisite for imprisonment for willful violations of child labor provisions. Makes willful violators of child labor provisions who are repeat offenders ineligible: (1) for any direct or indirect Federal grant, contract, or loan, for three years after determination; and (2) to pay a special training wage below the minimum wage rate. Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to make available to affected school districts for posting and distribution the name of each employer who violates child labor provisions or regulations, together with the location and nature of the violation. Prohibits employment of any individual under age 18 who is not a high school graduate unless the employer has in effect a certificate for such employment issued annually with the approval of the minor's parents and appropriate local school officials. Requires employers to notify the State agency when they employ a minor. Requires employers of minors who in the the course of employment suffer death or injury resulting in lost work time of more than three days to provide the State agency with a written description of the death or injury within days after its occurrence. Directs the Secretary to find and declare as particularly hazardous for employment of children between the ages of 16 and 18 the following occupations (among others): (1) poultry processing; (2) fish and seafood processing; and (3) pesticide handling. Sets forth child labor protections relating to migrant or seasonal agricultural labor. Prohibits under the definition of oppressive child labor, employing any person under the age of 14 in agriculture, except where the child's parent owns or operates the farm. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on actions taken to carry out, and the effect of, this Act, including national and State-by-State information on: (1) certificates of employment issued to minors; and (2) reports of deaths and injuries to minors during employment. Title II: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out this Act.
Bill· SS. 59 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
AIDS Control Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require recordkeeping of cases of individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Requires: (1) that any entity that collects or distributes blood or blood derivatives test all donors for HIV and allow directed and autologous blood donations; (2) recipients of grants under population research and family planning provisions to provide individuals with HIV infection prevention information; (3) that physicians and medical technicians report to public health authorities the names and addresses of HIV-infected individuals in accordance with State sexually transmitted disease confidentiality laws; (4) notification of the spouse of an AIDS-infected patient; and (5) closure of all bathhouses where a pattern of continuous homosexual sexual activity or continuous illegal intravenous drug use occurs. Prohibits the use of certain funds: (1) to provide hypodermic needles or syringes or distribute bleach for illegal drug use; (2) to promote or provide condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS; (3) to provide AIDS education, information, or prevention materials and activities that promote or encourage, directly or indirectly, homosexual sexual activities; or (4) unless the State requires marriage license applicants to be tested for infection with HIV and both individuals to be notified of each test result. Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for penalties for any individual donating blood, semen, or organs if that individual is knowingly infected with HIV, is a member of certain groups (including African and Haitian immigrants, hemophiliacs, prostitutes, homosexuals, and intravenous drug users), or has engaged in high risk activity. Mandates testing of each person incarcerated in a Federal correctional institution at any appropriate time. Prohibits the induction or retention in the armed forces of a person infected with HIV. Requires testing at induction and at other times as appropriate. Amends the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 to mandate testing of each VA patient. Amends Federal law relating to veterans' benefits and confidentiality of medical records to require a physician or counselor to disclose information indicating that a patient or subject is infected with HIV to a spouse or sexual partner. Requires recipients of funds under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act to routinely test for HIV infection each person receiving treatment for tuberculosis, substance abuse, or a sexually transmitted disease. Directs the President, under specified provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to add infection with HIV and syphilis to the list of dangerous contagious diseases in specified Federal regulations. Prohibits assistance under the Public Health Service Act to a State that fails to protect health care professionals from HIV and hepatitis B during exposure prone invasive procedures. Allows professionals to require HIV testing of patients. Mandates criminal penalties for provision by a health care provider of invasive treatment without prior patient notice of known provider HIV infection.
Bill· SS. 28 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: School-Based Health Insurance Title II: WIC Program, Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program, and Medicaid Title III: Expansion of the Migrant and Community Health Center Program Title IV: Revision of National Health Service Corps Priorities Title V: Childhood Immunizations Title VI: Children at Risk Children's Health Care Improvement Act of 1993 - Title I: School-Based Health Insurance - Establishes a program under which local educational agencies receiving Federal assistance are required to offer basic health insurance coverage to eligible students in schools. Sets forth student eligibility requirements, including: (1) being uninsured for at least six months; and (2) not being covered by title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Authorizes withholding from a noncomplying local educational agency a specified percentage of Federal educational assistance. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for qualified amounts paid for policies under this Act. Phases out the credit as income goes from 100 percent to 200 percent of the poverty line. Title II: WIC Program, Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program, and Medicaid - Requires development of a single model uniform application form and process for benefits under the Special Supplemental Food Program (WIC Program) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Maternal and Child Health Service Block Grant Program (title V) of the Social Security Act, and Medicaid (the Programs). Mandates grants to not more than five States for demonstration projects to encourage women to obtain prenatal and well-baby care under the Programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Expansion of Migrant and Community Health Center Program - Authorizes appropriations for grants for additional migrant and community health centers under the Public Health Service Act in medically underserved areas. Authorizes appropriations for operational assistance to the centers developed. Title IV: Revision of National Health Service Corps Priorities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate a strategy to provide incentives to encourage primary care physicians to serve in migrant or community health centers or related programs or in medically underserved inner-city and rural areas. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Childhood Immunizations - Authorizes appropriations for grants for the provision with charge of immunizations. Title VI: Children at Risk - Establishes a demonstration program of grants to five States for healthy start programs to: (1) track mothers and children at high risk of abuse and neglect and at risk of not receiving necessary services and care; and (2) enable such services to be obtained. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 551 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Vietnam POW/MIA Rescue Act - Directs the Attorney General to grant asylum to certain nationals of Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, or Burma (Myanmar) who personally deliver into U.S. custody a living Vietnam POW/MIA (or participate in such a delivery).
Bill· HRH.R. 492 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1993
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the government knowledge naturalization requirement for persons over age 60 who have resided in the United States as permanent residents for at least 20 years.
Bill· HRH.R. 487 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Declares four named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 445 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Declares four named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 447 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.