Immigration

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1995

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1995

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1995 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to remove provisions ending, on a specified date, the application of provisions: (1) deeming health care practitioner officers, employees, or contractors of certain entities (migrant and community health centers and grant recipients for health services to the homeless and to residents of public housing) to be employees of the Public Health Service (PHS); and (2) making a malpractice action against the United States the sole remedy against such practitioners. Adds governing board members to the list of practitioners deemed to be PHS employees. Allows, in certain circumstances, deeming the practitioners to be PHS employees while treating individuals who are not patients of such entities. Requires approval of an application for the deeming. Sets forth an application process. Directs the Attorney General to appear in State court actions to advise the court whether an officer, governing board member, employee, or contractor has been deemed to be an employee of the Public Health Service. Provides for the application of coverage to managed care plans. Revises the requirements: (1) to be considered a contractor of such an entity; and (2) of due process regarding exclusion of specific individuals from coverage. Reduces the maximum limit on the fund set up to cover annual estimated claims.

Entschädigung von Opfern terroristischer Brandanschläge (G-SIG: 13010588)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 June 1995

Zahl der Anschläge auf türkische Einrichtungen, Entschädigungsleistungen, Täterschaft, gesetzliche Regelungen

Law Enforcement and Intelligence Sources Protection Act of 1995

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1995

Law Enforcement and Intelligence Sources Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide waiver authority for written notice of visa denial requirements, except in cases of intent to immigrate.

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate on border crossing fees.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1995

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should not impose or collect a border crossing fee along its borders with Mexico or Canada.

Government-Sponsored Enterprise Privatization Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1995

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Student Loan Marketing Association Title II: College Construction Loan Insurance Association Title III: General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance Programs Title IV: Repealers and Other Amendments Privatization Act of 1995 - Title I: 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. Title II: 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 III: General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance Programs - Amends HEA to revise the definition of proprietary institution of higher education to require, for purposes of student aid program eligibility, that such an institution have at least 15 percent of its total institutional revenues from all sources, including contract training and revenue, that are not derived from HEA student aid funds, as certified by the institution's independent auditor using generally acceptable accounting practices. Title IV: Repealers and Other Amendments - Repeals: (1) various provisions under HEA, 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; (2) 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; and (3) 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.

Respecting the relationship between workers' compensation benefits and the benefits available under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1995

Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to provide that where State workers' compensation laws are applicable and provide coverage for a migrant or seasonal agricultural worker, workers' compensation benefits shall be the exclusive remedy for actual damages for loss from an injury or death of such a worker for all cases in which a final judgment has not been entered. Provides that this does not preclude recovery for statutory damages or an injunction under such Act.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that no person born in the United States will be a United States citizen unless a parent is a United States citizen, is lawfully in the United States, or has a lawful immigration status at the time of the birth.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1995

Constitutional Amendment - States that no person born in the United States shall be a U.S. citizen unless a parent is a U.S. citizen, is lawfully in the United States, or has lawful immigration status at the time of the birth.

Erfassung der monatlichen antisemitischen Straftaten (G-SIG: 13010541)

Germany · German Bundestag · 23 May 1995

Angaben des Vorsitzenden des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland, Ignatz Bubis, über die Schändung jüdischer Friedhöfe in 1992, monatliche Erfassung dieser Straftaten durch das Bundeskriminalamt

Gesetz zur Änderung des Asylverfahrensgesetzes (G-SIG: 13020170)

Germany · Bundesrat · 23 May 1995

<b>Inhalt:</b> Einbeziehung asylsuchender minderjähriger unbegleiteter unter 16 Jahre alter Flüchtlinge in das allgemeine Verfahren zur Weiterleitung von Asylbewerbern; Änderung der §§ 12, 14, 19, 47 und 52 Asylverfahrensgesetz. Es entstehen keine Kosten. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Flüchtling/Einbeziehung minderjähriger Flüchtlinge in das Weiterleitungsverfahren für Asylbewerber * Minderjähriger/ Einbeziehung minderjähriger Flüchtlinge in das Weiterleitungsverfahren für Asylbewerber * Asyl/Einbeziehung minderjähriger Flüchtlinge in das Weiterleitungsverfahren für Asylbewerber

Work and Gainful Employment Act

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.

Gesetz gegen Rassismus und die Diskriminierung ausländischer Bürgerinnen und Bürger (Antirassismusgesetz) (G-SIG: 13020186)

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 May 1995

<b>Bezug:</b> Vergleiche den von der Gruppe der PDS/LL in der 12.WP eingebrachten Gesetzentwurf gleichen Titels (s. GESTA 12.WP 2a-B83) Siehe auch C184 und C191 <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Gesetz zur Wiedergutmachung rassistischer Diskriminierung: gesetzliche Regelung der Wiedergutmachung rassistisch motivierter Diskriminierung in allen Lebensbereichen; Gesetz über die oder den Ausländerbeauftragten des Deutschen Bundestages: Stärkung der verfassungsrechtlichen Stellung und der Befugnisse; Gesetz zur Änderung des Grundgesetzes: Änderung der Artikel 8, 9, 11, 12 und 33, Einfügung Art. 45d: Wahl der oder des Ausländerbeauftragten; Erstes Gesetz zur antirassistischen Normenbereinigung: Beseitigung diskriminierender Regelungen in 13 Gesetzen. Es entstehen Mehrkosten, u.a. im Bereich des Ausländerbeauftragten, der Berufsbildung und Arbeitsförderung sowie anderer sozialer Leistungen. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Fremdenfeindlichkeit/Gesetz gegen Rassismus und die Diskriminierung ausländischer Bürgerinnen und Bürger * Ausländerbeauftragter/Gesetz über die oder den Ausländerbeauftragten des Deutschen Bundestages betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Grundgesetz/Gesetz zur Änderung des Grundgesetzes betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Grundgesetz: Art.45d/ Einfügung Art. 45d GG: Wahl der oder des Ausländerbeauftragten * Beamtenrechtsrahmengesetz/Änderung § 4 BRRG betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Bundesbeamtengesetz/Änderung § 7 BBG betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Pflichtversicherungsgesetz/Änderung § 4 Pflichtversicherungsgesetz betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Versicherungsvertrag/Änderung der §§ 1 und 15a Versicherungsvertragsgesetz betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Arbeitsförderungsgesetz/Änderung versch. §§ AFG betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz/Änderung § 8 BAföG betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Hochschulrahmengesetz/Änderung § 27 HRG betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Handwerksordnung/Änderung versch. §§ HandwO betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Ausländergesetz/Änderung § 46 AuslG betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Sozialgesetzbuch IV/Änderung § 51 SGB IV betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Sozialgesetzbuch VIII/Änderung § 6 SGB VIII betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Vereinsgesetz/Streichung § 14 Vereinsgesetz betr. Antirassismusgesetz * Zivilprozeßordnung/ Streichung § 110 ZPO betr. Antirassismusgesetz

Situation algerischer Flüchtlinge in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (G-SIG: 13010517)

Germany · German Bundestag · 18 May 1995

Zahl der in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland asylsuchenden Algerier seit 1988, Ausweisung und Rücküberführung algerischer Staatsangehöriger, Abschiebehaft, Verbot der politischen Betätigung und Einschränkung der Freizügigkeit für in Deutschland lebende Algerier, Überwachung, Menschenrechtssituation in Algerien, Behandlung abgeschobener algerischer Staatsangehöriger durch die Sicherheitskräfte

Gesetz zur Änderung des Ausländergesetzes (G-SIG: 13020172)

Germany · German Bundestag · 18 May 1995

<b>Bezug:</b> Der Gesetzentwurf ist nahezu textidentisch mit dem von den Ländern Sachsen-Anhalt und Schleswig-Holstein im Bundesrat eingebrachten Gesetzesantrag auf BR Drs 25/95 (s. B009) <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Änderung § 54 Satz 2 Ausländergesetz: Aufhebung des Einvernehmens der Bundesländer mit dem Bundesministerium des Innern bei Abschiebestoppanordnungen der Länder über sechs Monate hinaus, wenn der Bundesrat dies mit Mehrheit beschließt. Es können nicht näher zu quantifizierende Kosten entstehen. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Abschiebung von Ausländern/Abschiebestopp für Ausländer

To enhance border security in the vicinity of San Diego, California through the construction and improvement of physical barriers at the United States border and through the forward deployment of Border Patrol agents to the border.

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.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that no person born in the United States be a United States citizen on account of birth in the United States unless a parent is a United States citizen at the time of the birth.

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.

Aufnahme und Eingliederung der Spätaussiedler (G-SIG: 13010513)

Germany · German Bundestag · 17 May 1995

Aufnahme von Spätaussiedlern in den Jahren 1993 und 1994, Verteilung auf die einzelnen Bundesländer, berufliche Eingliederung, Sprachkenntnisse, Erwerb der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit durch ausländische Ehepartner, Wohnungsunterbringung, Eingliederungshilfen

Einrichtung einer Expertenkommission zur Überprüfung der Gesetze, Verordnungen und Verwaltungsvorschriften des Bundes auf Ausländerinnen und Ausländer diskriminierende und rassismusfördernde Bestimmungen (G-SIG: 13010562)

Germany · German Bundestag · 17 May 1995

Einsetzung einer Expertenkommission für eine Bestandsaufnahme der Normen des geltenden Bundesrechts betr. Ausländerbehandlung, Berufung von Ausländerbeauftragten des Bundes, der Länder und Kommunen, von Mitgliedern des Bundestages und gesellschaftlicher Institutionen

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that petitioners for immigration classification on the basis of immediate relative status to a citizen shall be required to pay only one fee when such petitioners are filed at the same time.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1995

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit immediate relative petition fees.

Ausländerfeindliche und rechtsextremistische Ausschreitungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Monat April 1995 (G-SIG: 13010499)

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 May 1995

Anzahl der Ermittlungsverfahren, U-Haft, Verurteilungen, verletzte bzw. getötete Personen

Abschiebung von ausländischen Minderjährigen (G-SIG: 13010497)

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 May 1995

Abschiebungen seit 1993, Änderung § 57 Ausländergesetz betr. Abschiebehaft von Minderjährigen, Umsetzung der UN-Kinderrechtskonvention

A bill for the relief of Pandelis Perdikis.

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.

Workforce Development Act of 1995

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.

Emergency Immigration Parole Correction Act of 1995

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.

Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995

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.

Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act of 1995

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.

Immigration Enforcement Improvements Act of 1995

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.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding citizenship in the United States.

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.

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

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.

Welfare to Self-Sufficiency Act of 1995

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.

Gesetz zur Änderung des Ausländergesetzes (G-SIG: 13020150)

Germany · German Bundestag · 25 April 1995

<b>Bezug:</b> Siehe auch B001, B018, B023 und B066 <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Änderung der §§ 19 und 46 Ausländergesetz: Schaffung eines eigenständigen Aufenthaltsrechts für ausländische Ehegattinnen auch bei Aufhebung der Ehe. In Fällen, in denen der Lebensunterhalt nicht gesichert ist, können Sozialhilfekosten entstehen. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Aufenthaltserlaubnis/Aufenthaltserlaubnis für ausländische Ehegatten bei Scheitern der Ehe * Ehegatte/Aufenthaltserlaubnis für ausländische Ehegatten bei Scheitern der Ehe

Menschenrechtsverletzungen in der Türkei und Abschiebungen von Angehörigen der kurdischen Minderheit in die Türkei (G-SIG: 13010419)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 April 1995

Folter und menschenrechtswidrige Behandlung von Kurden nach ihrer Abschiebung in die Türkei, "Garantie-Erklärung" des türkischen Innenministers, Einsatz von Anwälten für aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Abgeschobene

Abschiebungen nach Zaire (G-SIG: 13010403)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 April 1995

Irrtümliche Abschiebung und Einreiseverweigerung von vier Personen nach Zaire, rechtliche Grundlage und Grund der von Schengener Vertragsstaaten gemeinsam durchgeführten Abschiebung, Verhinderung von politischer Verfolgung bzw. unmenschlicher Behandlung abgeschobener Personen in Zaire, durchführende Fluggesellschaft, Polizeibegleitung und Kosten der Aktion, Kompetenzaufteilung bei multinationalzusammengesetzten Begleitkommandos, Unterbindung weiterer irrtümlicher Abschiebungen

Abschiebeabkommen zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Republik Türkei (G-SIG: 13010402)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 April 1995

Menschenrechtssituation in der Türkei, Inhalte der Abschiebevereinbarung, Europäische Kommission für Menschenrechte über die Lage in der Türkei, Briefwechsel zwischen dem Bundesinnenminister Kanther und dem türkischen Innenminister vom 10.3.1995

Ausländerfeindliche und rechtsextremistische Ausschreitungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Monat März 1995 (G-SIG: 13010393)

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 April 1995

Anzahl der Ermittlungsverfahren, U-Haft, Verurteilungen, verletzte bzw. getötete Personen

Statistische Angaben zur Anerkennung ausländischer Flüchtlinge und zum Abschiebungsschutz (G-SIG: 13010395)

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 April 1995

Statistische Angaben des Bundesamts für die Anerkennung ausländischer Flüchtlinge für das Jahr 1994 und die ersten Monate 1995: Anerkennung als Asylberechtigte, Ablehnungen, Gewährung von Abschiebeschutz gem. § 51 Abs. 1 AuslG, Feststellung von Abschiebungshindernissen gem. § 53 AuslG, Ablehnung wegen Einreise aus einem sicheren Drittstaat bei gleichzeitiger Gewährung von Abschiebeschutz (jeweils absolut, prozentual und aufgeschlüsselt nach den zehn wichtigsten Herkunftsländern), künftige Veröffentlichungspraxis

Menschenrechtssituation in Zaire und Abschiebung von abgelehnten Asylbewerbern nach Zaire (G-SIG: 13010399)

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 April 1995

Schwere Verstöße gegen die Menschenrechte und Grundfreiheiten in Zaire, Inhaftierung und Folter aus Deutschland abgeschobener Asylbewerber nach ihrer Rückkehr

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1995

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.

Gesetz zur Änderung des Ausländergesetzes (G-SIG: 13020144)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 April 1995

<b>Bezug:</b> Siehe auch B001, B018, B024 und B066 <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Schaffung eines eigenständigen Aufenthaltsrechts für ausländische Ehefrauen; Änderung der §§ 19 und 46 Ausländergesetz. Kosten können durch erhöhte Aufwendungen für die Sozialhilfe entstehen. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Aufenthaltserlaubnis/Eigenständiges Aufenthaltsrecht für ausländische Ehefrauen * Ehefrau/Eigenständiges Aufenthaltsrecht für ausländische Ehefrauen

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Cosmas delivered on 6 April 1995. # Rijksdienst voor Arbeidsvoorziening v Joop van Gestel. # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Arbeidshof Brussel - Belgium. # Social security for migrant workers - Designation of the competent State in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) Nº 1408/71 - Residence and employment in a Member State other than the competent State - Unemployment benefits provided pursuant to Article 71 (1)(b)(ii). # Case C-454/93.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 6 April 1995

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize States to deny public education benefits to aliens not lawfully present in the United States.

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.

To require the Secretary of State to publish the names of United States citizens who renounce their citizenship.

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.

Mißbrauch der Skelettreifebestimmung durch Handwurzelröntgenuntersuchung bei unbegleiteten jugendlichen Flüchtlingen (G-SIG: 13010364)

Germany · German Bundestag · 3 April 1995

Kenntnisse der Bundesregierung über die Praxis der o.a. Röntgenuntersuchungen, Rechtmäßigkeit der Anweisung, Anzahl der seit Inkrafttreten der Asylrechtsänderung diagnostizierten Jugendlichen, Häufigkeit der als Gutachten in Verwaltungsgerichtsverfahren anerkannten Röntgenuntersuchungen, abgelehnten Asylanträge und Abschiebungen, Möglichkeiten des Widerspruchs oder sonstiger rechtlicher Interventionen, Anspruch auf Sozialbetreuung und sonstige Leistungen nach dem Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz, Zulässigkeit der Unterbringung in einer ZAST

Citizenship Reform Act of 1995

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.

For the relief of Fanie Phily Mateo Angeles.

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.

Insular Development Act of 1995

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.

Second Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act, 1995

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.

A bill to eliminate certain welfare benefits with respect to fugitive felons and probation and parole violators, and to facilitate sharing of information with law enforcment officers, and for other purposes.

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.

A bill for the relief of Ang Tsering Sherpa.

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.

To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to aliens and nationality, as title 8, United States Code, "Aliens and Nationality".

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."

Illegal Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 1995

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.