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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 103 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year unless the Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Requires the approval of a majority of each House by roll call vote before any bill to increase revenue may become law. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect. Waives these provisions when the United States is engaged in a military conflict which poses a threat to national security as declared by a joint resolution adopted by a majority of each House.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 99 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to six terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
Bill· SS. 286 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Office of Educational Research and Improvement Title II: Improved Statistics Regarding American Schools Title III: Educational Improvement Programs Title IV: Definitions Office of Educational Research and Improvement Reauthorization Act - Title I: Office of Educational Research and Improvement - (Sec. 101) Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to reauthorize and revise provisions for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). Eliminates the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement. Provides that OERI, administered by the Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement (the Assistant Secretary), shall include: (1) the Distinguished Board of Governors for Educational Research (the Board); (2) the Directorates for Educational Research; (3) the regional educational laboratories; (4) the Office of Educational Dissemination; (5) the National Education Library; (6) the Education Resources Information Clearinghouses; (7) the National Center for Education Statistics, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress; and (8) such other entities as the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate. Requires open competition for all awards of grants or contracts by OERI. Requires the Assistant Secretary to establish the following five national directorates for educational research on: (1) Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment; (2) Early Childhood Learning, Families and Communities; (3) the Educational Achievement of Historically Underserved Populations; (4) School Organization, Structure and Finance; and (5) Postsecondary and Adult Education. Limits the number of regional educational laboratories that the Assistant Secretary shall support (minimum ten, maximum 15). Sets planning and reporting requirements and a five-year minimum contract duration. Leaves existing regional educational laboratory contracts in effect. Provides for a teacher research dissemination network program. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to award grants or contracts to regional educational laboratories to carry out specified summer program activities. Requires each teacher participant to assume certain responsibilities during the school year. Requires an independent evaluation of such program to be submitted to the Congress. Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish an Office of Educational Dissemination (which may include the Education Resources Information Clearinghouses, the National Diffusion Network, and the National Education Library). Authorizes the National Diffusion Network to: (1) provide information through its State facilitators (directly and without program effectiveness panel approval) on model or demonstration projects funded by the Department of Education; and (2) disseminate other information which is available through the Office of Education Dissemination through the Network itself. Establishes a National Library of Education at the Department of Education. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to appoint a task force of librarians, scholars, teachers, parents, and school leaders to advise on the Library's establishment, prepare a workable plan, identify other supplemental activities and functions, and report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to appoint a librarian to head the Library for a five-year renewable term. Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish and support 16 Education Resources Information Clearinghouses (ERICs) (including directly supporting dissemination services). Authorizes appropriations for OERI programs. Authorizes OERI, when more than one Federal agency uses funds to support a single OERI project, to act for all such agencies in administering such funds. Title II: Improved Statistics Regarding American Schools - (Sec. 201) Revises and reauthorizes GEPA provisions for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), including the National Assessment of Educational Progress (National Assessment). Authorizes appropriations. Directs the National Assessment to conduct certain trial assessments in 1994 and 1996. Requires independent technical review of the National Assessment Governing Board replication and validation studies. Provides for Congressional Budget Office (CBO) access to NCES information, subject to specified disclosure restrictions. Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study and report to the Congress on: (1) the process whereby achievement goals are set; (2) whether they are set at an appropriate level; and (3) the ability of NAEP to maintain valid data with respect to student performance trends. (Sec. 202) Directs the Commissioner of Educational Statistics to report annually to the Congress on school dropouts, using State-provided information. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements (with the Secretaries of Defense and of the Interior, respectively) to include in the the National Assessment: (1) the defense dependents education system; and (2) schools for Indian children operated or supported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (Sec. 204) Amends the Department of Education Organization Act (DEOA) to authorize the Secretary to use certain funds to pay the expenses and fees of non-Federal experts (field readers) necessary to review applications and proposals. (Sec. 205) Amends DEOA and GEPA to establish an Office Educational Technology (OET) in OERI. Directs the Assistant Secretary to appoint a Technology Board. Transfers the Office of Training Technology Transfer to OET. Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study to: (1) estimate costs of implementing a national technology repository and transfer system; and (2) assess availability of technology at local levels to access the educational technology to be transmitted. Authorizes OET appropriations. Title III: Educational Improvement Programs - Part A: International Education Programs - (Sec. 311) Directs the Secretary to carry out an International Education Program that shall provide for: (1) grants to study, evaluate, and analyze education systems in other nations (particularly Great Britain, France, Germany, and Japan); (2) development or identification of tests to compare international achievement levels in various subject areas; and (3) an International Educational Exchange Program, which shall in part assist Central and Eastern European and former Soviet educators in adapting exemplary civic government and economic education programs developed in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to award up to three competitive contracts with independent nonprofit educational organizations, with specified types of experience, to carry out the Program. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Transfer of Education and Training Software - (Sec. 315) Amends the Training Technology Transfer Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for the program for transfer of education and training software. Part C: Amendments to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act - (Sec. 321) Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act to include postsecondary employment and training programs among those whose common occupational information needs must be met by the system developed and implemented by the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. Requires each State board for higher education to develop a data collection system whose results can be integrated into the occupational information system. Part D: Satisfactory Progress Study - (Sec. 325) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to study the satisfactory progress requirement, particularly with respect to: (1) institutions with short-term periods of instruction; and (2) first year students. Part E: National Education Standards and Assessments Council - (Sec. 331) Establishes a National Education Standards and Assessments Council (the National Council) within the Department of Education, which shall establish national education content and student performance standards. (Sec. 337) Authorizes appropriations. Part F: Elementary Science Equipment Programs - Elementary Science Equipment Act - (Sec. 343) Authorizes the Secretary to allot funds to State educational agencies to award grants to local educational agencies to provide hands-on instruction equipment and materials to elementary schools to improve mathematics and science education. Authorizes appropriations. Part G: Parents as Teachers Program - (Sec. 354) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for parents as teachers program. Gives grant priority to programs that target parents and children at risk, including families on public assistance. (Sec. 355) Sets forth program requirements, limiting services to families during the period from the last three months of a mother's pregnancy to the child's attaining age three. (Secs. 357 and 358) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a Parents as Teachers National Center for information dissemination and technical and training assistance for States with such programs; and (2) evaluate such programs within four years. (Secs. 360 and 360A) Provides for a gradually declining Federal share. Authorizes appropriations. Part H: Media Instruction - (Sec. 361) Directs the Assistant Secretary to enter into a contract with an independent nonprofit organization to establish a national multimedia television-based project, directed to homes, schools, and after-school programs, to motivate and improve the reading comprehension and writing coherence of elementary school-age children. Authorizes appropriations. Part I: Migrant Education - (Sec. 365) Amends the Elementary And Secondary Education Act of 1965 to modify, for programs for migratory children, the definition of "currently migratory child" to include a child who: (1) resides in a school district of more than 15,000 square miles; and (2) migrates at least 20 miles to a temporary residence to enable the child, a parent, or a member of the immediate family to engage in fishing activity. Part J: History and Principles of the Constitution - (Sec. 371) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to educate students about the history and principles of the Constitution and Bill of Rights by continuing and expanding the educational activities of the Chief Justice Warren E. Burger National Historical Map Contest (the contest) sponsored by the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary, through an open competition process, to contract with an independent nonprofit educational organization to carry out such program. Authorizes appropriations. Part K: Classrooms for the Future - Classrooms for the Future Act of 1992 (sic) - (Sec. 377) Directs the Secretary to award competitive three-year grants to eligible consortia to develop instructional programs and technology-based systems for complete courses or units of study for a specific subject and grade level, if these are commercially unavailable locally. Requires eligible consortia to consist of: (1) State or local educational agencies in partnership with businesses; and (2) institutions of higher education or other public or private nonprofit organizations. Requires priority to be given to applications for programs developed: (1) so that they may be adapted and applied nationally; and (2) to raise the achievement levels of students, particularly disadvantaged students not realizing their potential. (Sec. 378) Authorizes appropriations. Part L: Buddy System Computer Education - Buddy System Computer Education Act - (Sec. 383) Directs the Secretary to award a competitive grant to each of three States to create a computer-based education project for children in grades four through six. Gives preference to applications: (1) from States with demonstrated ability or commitment to computer-based technology education; and (2) for school districts serving a large number or percentage of economically disadvantaged students. (Sec. 384) Requires such projects to: (1) be continuous projects for two consecutive groups of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders; (2) operate in not more than seven public elementary schools in a State; and (3) ensure each student participates and has access to a computer at school during the school year and at home during the school year and summer. (Sec. 386) Requires the use of grant funds to provide: (1) hardware and software components to all sites; and (2) training for classroom teachers as well as parents, administrators, and technical personnel. (Sec. 389) Authorizes appropriations. Part M: Compensation - (Sec. 391) Amends Federal law relating to civil service positions and compensation to: (1) increase by four (from six to ten) the number of Assistant Secretaries of Education, at level IV; and (2) eliminate the category of four additional officers of the Department of Education, at level V. Part N: Star Schools - (Sec. 395) Amends the Star Schools Assistance Act to revise the formula for the required reservation of funds for an independent evaluation of the Star Schools Assistance Program. Title IV: Definitions - (Sec. 401) Defines "field-initiated research" as research in which the topics and methods of study are generated by the investigators, not by the source of the research funding.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 40 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
Bill· HRH.R. 803 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Hudson River Artists National Historical Park Act of 1993 - Establishes, as a unit of the National Park System, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, New York. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Hudson River Artists National Historical Park, subject to specified requirements. Specifies that: (1) the Secretary shall take no action with respect to the lands and structures owned by the State within Park boundaries except through cooperative agreements in accordance with this Act; and (2) with regard to lands within the State Forest Preserve, the provisions of such cooperative agreements shall be in strict conformance with the pertinent provisions of the New York State Constitution. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance to cooperating entities for the marking, interpretation, restoration, preservation, or interpretation of Site property; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements to plan and coordinate the interpretation of the cultural and natural history of the region, and with the Greene County Historical Society to provide for the establishment of a library and research center at the Site. Directs the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site and Park. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 91 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President line item veto authority with respect to appropriations bills, except for an item of appropriation for the judicial branch of the Federal Government.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 89 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall prohibit the inclusion of voluntary prayer in any public school program or activity. Specifies that neither the United States nor any State shall prescribe the content of any such prayer.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 31 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits in any fiscal year total Federal outlays from exceeding total receipts, unless a three-fifths roll call vote of both Houses authorizes a specific excess. Prohibits any increases in the public debt unless a three-fifths roll call vote of both Houses of Congress enacts legislation permitting otherwise. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Permits any revenue-increasing bill to become law only if approved by a majority of the whole number of each House by roll call vote. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 37 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Grants the Congress the power to set reasonable limits on campaign expenditures by, in support of, or in opposition to any candidate in any primary or other election for Federal office. Grants the States such power with respect to State or local elections.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 33 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than four consecutive terms as a Representative or more than two consecutive terms as a Senator (excluding any term served before adoption of this Amendment).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 26 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits fiscal year Federal outlays (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding receipts (except those derived from borrowing), unless the Congress authorizes a specific excess by a three-fifths vote of both Houses. Directs the President to submit to the Congress prior to each fiscal year a proposed budget that meets this standard. Permits any bill for raising taxes to become law only if a majority of the whole number of both Houses of Congress approves it by roll call vote. Authorizes a waiver of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 25 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress prior to each fiscal year. Requires the Congress to: (1) approve a proposed balanced budget for each fiscal year; and (2) adopt measures necessary to assure that fiscal year appropriations do not exceed revenues. Permits any bill that would cause a violation of this latter requirement to become law only if passed by two-thirds of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Authorizes a waiver of these provisions during times of declared national emergency.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 77 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than four consecutive terms as a Representative or more than two consecutive terms as a Senator (excluding any term served before adoption of this Amendment).
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 81 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the second amendment to the Constitution (the right of the people to keep and bear arms).
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 82 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the right to employment opportunity shall be guaranteed to each person by the United States.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 76 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President the authority to reduce or disapprove any item of appropriation in any Act or joint resolution, except any item of appropriation for the legislative branch.
Bill· SS. 186 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reauthorization of Government Programs Title II: Program Inventory Title III: Program Reexamination Title IV: Miscellaneous Spending Control and Programs Evaluation Act of 1993 - Title I: Reauthorizations of Government Programs - Requires each Government program to be reauthorized at least once during each sunset reauthorization cycle. (Sunset reauthorization cycle means the period of five Congresses beginning with the 103d Congress and with each sixth Congress following the 103d Congress.) Sets forth the procedure in the House of Representatives and the Senate for the consideration of any legislation which authorizes new budget authority. Subjects to congressional review only those programs which have as their objectives the protection and implementation of civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution and specified social security and retirement pay and benefits. Title II: Program Inventory - Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare an inventory of Federal programs to advise and assist the Congress in carrying out titles I and III of this Act. Directs the congressional committees, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional Research Service to review the program inventory and to suggest revisions. Requires that the program inventory be revised at the end of each session of the Congress and that such revisions be reported to each House. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office and the Comptroller General to include in certain reports to the Congress an assessment of the adequacy of functional and subfunctional categories for grouping programs of like missions or objectives. Title III: Program Reexamination - Establishes a procedure for each committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to reexamine selected programs or groups of programs over which it has jurisdiction. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Directs the President, with the cooperation of the head of each appropriate agency, to submit to the Congress a regulatory duplication and conflicts report for all programs scheduled for reauthorization in the next Congress. Requires appropriate congressional committees to introduce a sunset reauthorization bill not later than 15 days after the beginning of the second regular session of the Congress. Sets forth discharge procedures to apply to motions to discharge such bills. Requires specified congressional committees to report on a review of the procedures established under this Act by December 31, 1998, and every five years thereafter. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years ending before October 1, 2003.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 74 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Directs the Congress to assure that total fiscal year Federal outlays do not exceed receipts and that Federal indebtedness is eliminated. Presents a mandatory six fiscal year timetable for achieving a balanced budget. Permits waiver of these balanced budget requirements (not to exceed a ten percent receipt to outlay deficit) in times of national emergency, but only by roll call vote of three-fourths of the total membership of both Houses. Requires a surplus budget with total Government receipts exceeding outlays by two and one-half percent of Federal indebtedness during the 40 fiscal years following achievement of a balanced budget. Requires that any indebtedness ensuing after an emergency waiver shall be extinguished within three fiscal years of being incurred.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 73 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any person from serving: (1) as a Representative for more than ten years in a 12-year period; (2) as a Senator for more than 12 years during any 14-year period; or (3) as a judge of the Supreme Court or an inferior court for more than ten years in a 12-year period.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 72 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Modifies the fifth amendment to the Constitution to: (1) state that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself except in open court; and (2) provide that a person shall not be confronted with prior criminal convictions except where they are an element of the crime charged. Modifies the sixth amendment to entitle the accused in all criminal prosecutions to be informed of the evidence of the accusation (in addition to the nature and cause of the accusation, as currently provided).
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 71 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term of office of Members of the House of Representatives to be four years. Prohibits persons from being elected to the office of Representative more than three times and to the office of Senator more than twice.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 70 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for a four-year term of office for Members of the House of Representatives. Limits Representatives to three consecutive four-year terms and Senators to two consecutive six-year terms. Makes exceptions for special elections to fill vacancies for less than a full term. Requires such Representative or Senator (after a consecutive 12-year term) to be absent for at least one term before he or she can be elected to that seat again. Prohibits a Representative or Senator from serving more than six or four consecutive terms, respectively.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 40 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) release all humanitarian, development, and economic assistance that was authorized and appropriated by the Congress for Nicaragua in FY 1992 and 1993; (2) direct development-related assistance to small farmers and businesses, maternal and child health care programs, education programs for children, and programs that will assist Nicaragua in strengthening institutions that promote democracy, human rights, and the rule of law; and (3) encourage the democratically elected Government of Nicaragua to make progress in resolving property disputes, investigating and prosecuting human rights violations, and reducing military expenditures.
Bill· SS. 77 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Exclusionary Rule Limitation Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that evidence obtained by a search or seizure shall not be excluded in a Federal proceeding if the search or seizure was undertaken in an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment to the U.S. Constitution. States that evidence obtained pursuant to and within the scope of a warrant constitutes prima facie evidence of such a reasonable belief (unless the warrant was obtained through intentional and material misrepresentation). States that, except as provided by statute or a rule of procedure, evidence which is otherwise admissible shall not be excluded on the ground that the evidence was obtained in violation of a law, rule, or regulation.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 9 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions. States that no person shall be required by the United States or any State to participate in prayer. Provides that neither the United States nor any State shall compose prayers to be said in public schools.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 3 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit voluntary individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions, or to prohibit prayer at public school baccalaureate services, athletic events, or other extracurricular activities. States that no person shall be required by the United States or any State to participate in prayer or be present during any prayer. Provides that neither the United States nor any State shall compose prayers to be said in public schools or other public institutions or at events sponsored by such schools or institutions.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 18 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a Member of the House of Representatives from serving more than six full terms in the House and a Senator from serving more than two full terms in the Senate (excluding any part of a partial term to which the person may have been elected or appointed).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 10 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress has the power to set reasonable limits on campaign expenditures by, in support of, or in opposition to any candidate in any primary or other election for Federal office. Declares that the States have such power with respect to State or local elections.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 16 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit voluntary individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions, or to prohibit prayer at public school baccalaureate services, athletic events, or other extracurricular activities. States that no person shall be required by the United States or any State to participate in prayer or be present during any prayer. Provides that neither the United States nor any State shall compose prayers to be said in public schools or other public institutions or at events sponsored by such schools or institutions.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 15 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President line item veto authority with respect to appropriations bills.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 8 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Requires a balanced Federal budget, unless a three-fifths roll call vote of both Houses of Congress provides for a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Prohibits any bill raising taxes from becoming law unless by a majority roll call vote of both Houses.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 17 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Ends the terms of office of the President and Vice President on December 10 and the terms of office of Members of Congress on December 1 of the years preceding the years in which their terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified. Begins the terms of their successors on such dates.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 13 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Requires any Federal official appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, upon conviction of a felony, to forfeit office and all benefits and compensation thereof.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 61 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits in any fiscal year total Federal outlays from exceeding total receipts and Federal outlays from exceeding 19 percent of the Nation's gross national product. Allows such prohibitions to be suspended by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House of Congress. Grants the President the authority to separately approve, reduce, or disapprove any spending provision of a bill.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 62 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits in any fiscal year total Federal outlays from exceeding total receipts, unless a three-fifths vote of both Houses authorizes a specific excess. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 65 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States by a majority vote.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 64 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - States that all U.S. citizens shall have a right to decent and affordable housing, which shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 60 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 63 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President the authority to reduce or disapprove any item of appropriation in any Act or joint resolution, except any item of appropriation for the legislative branch.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 59 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the tenure of Federal judges to ten years unless the Senate consents to a continuance in office.
Bill· HRH.R. 212 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Provides that the rate of pay of Members of Congress, judicial officers, and Executive Schedule positions shall be that in effect as of November 1, 1989, increased by 3.6 percent. States that nothing in this Act shall have the effect of reducing the pay of any individual whose compensation may not, under certain provisions of the U.S. Constitution, be diminished during such individual's continuance in office. Prohibits the pay of U.S. justices and judges from being increased to reflect any of the next five adjustments taking effect, beginning on or after the enactment of this Act. Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to provide that recommendations of the President for pay adjustments for Members of Congress and other governmental officials shall be of an advisory nature only and shall have no force or effect.
Bill· HRH.R. 51 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
New Columbia Admission Act - Declares the State of New Columbia (presently, the District of Columbia) to be a State of the United States of America. Admits New Columbia into the Union on an equal footing with the other States in all respects. Reserves Federal title to certain lands and property in the National Capital Service Area. Directs the Governor to report to the Congress each fiscal year on the effects on the revenues and expenditures of the State because of the presence of the Federal Government's seat within or adjacent to it. Prohibits the State from changing any provision of its Constitution concerning height limitations on buildings without the consent of the Congress. Declares that nothing in this Act or the Constitution or laws of the State may be construed to permit it to refuse to allow an individual to serve as a qualified registered elector of the State solely because the individual resides in the National Capital Service Area. Sets forth election protocol for popular ratification of statehood. Provides for election of one member of the House of Representatives as well as two Senators. Maintains the laws that were territorially in effect. Continues any lawsuits already pending in District of Columbia courts. Establishes a Statehood Transition Commission.
Bill· HRH.R. 135 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Individual Privacy Protection Act of 1993- Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to increase the minimum amount of civil damages against the United States when an agency fails to maintain a record on an individual with accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness in order to assure fairness. Sets limits on such recoveries. Establishes an Individual Privacy Protection Board to: (1) study the data banks, automated data processing programs, and information systems of public and private organizations to determine standards and procedures in force for the protection of personal information; (2) recommend to the President and the Congress the extent to which provisions of the Privacy Act should be applied to such organizations; (3) develop guidelines and provide continuing assistance for, and investigate compliance with, individual records maintenance requirements; (4) review Federal law, Executive orders, regulations, directives, and judicial decisions and report on their consistency with the rights of privacy, due process of law, and other guarantees in the Constitution; and (5) comment on the implications for data protection of proposed Federal, State, or local statutes, regulations, or procedures. Provides penalties for violations of privacy rights.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 44 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the act of physical desecration of the U.S. flag and to set criminal penalties for such act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 57 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits fiscal year expenditures from exceeding revenues and from exceeding 20 percent of the gross national product, except in cases of national emergency determined by a three-fifths vote of each House of the Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 54 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress and the President, prior to each fiscal year, to agree on an estimate of total receipts for that fiscal year by enactment of a law devoted solely to that subject. Prohibits outlays for that year from exceeding this amount unless the Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires a two-thirds roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Requires a two-thirds roll call vote of the total membership of each House before any bill to increase revenue may become law. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect. Grants the President the authority to disapprove any appropriation or provision and approval any other appropriation or provision in the same appropriation bill.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 49 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement in which total Federal outlays do not exceed total receipts, unless a three-fifths vote of both Houses authorizes a specific excess. Limits the rate of increase in receipts in the statement to that of the increase in national income in the previous calendar year, unless law is enacted solely to approve specific additional receipts. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget. Authorizes waiver of these provisions in time of war. Sets a permanent limit on the amount of Federal public debt, prohibiting any increase unless legislation enacted by a three-fifths majority of both Houses become law.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 56 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits fiscal year Federal expenditures from exceeding revenues, except during any national emergency declared by a three-fifths vote of the Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 43 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Requires a two-thirds vote of both Houses of the Congress to pass any concurrent resolution on the budget in which outlays exceed revenues.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 17 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement in which total Federal outlays (except those for repayment of debt principal) do not exceed total receipts (except those derived from borrowing), unless a three-fifths vote of each House authorizes a specific excess. Limits the rate of increase in receipts in the statement to that of the increase in national income in the previous calendar year, unless a law is enacted solely to approve specific additional receipts. Authorizes a suspension of these provisions for any fiscal year in which the Congress has declared war.
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