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Bill· SS. 815 (103rd)open

Water Pollution Control and Estuary Restoration Financing Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

Water Pollution Control and Estuary Restoration Financing Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the State water pollution control revolving fund program through FY 2000. Requires a specified percentage (increasing with each succeeding fiscal year) of such appropriations to be used for capitalization grants for estuary plans to qualified States. Makes States that fail to submit approved need estimates ineligible for assistance. Directs States to establish separate Estuary Accounts in their water pollution control revolving funds, to be used for implementing approved estuary plans. Permits loans made with Account funds to be for terms of up to 40 years or for the useful life of a facility constructed with the loan, whichever is less, if the borrower demonstrates financial hardship. Establishes a State matching requirement for deposits into Accounts. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants for the implementation of estuary conservation and management plans. Authorizes appropriations. Permits certain grants under the National Estuary Program to be used for interim actions adopted by management conferences to protect the water and sediment quality of estuaries. Extends the authorization of appropriations for management conferences, grants, conservation and management plans, and research under the National Estuary Program through FY 2000. Directs the Administrator to issue a guidance document establishing requirements for: (1) management conferences to follow in developing, implementing, and monitoring conservation and management plans; and (2) approving and implementing interim actions to protect water quality of estuaries for which plans are developed. Requires management conferences to be convened for periods of at least five years (currently, up to five years). Permits extensions for an additional five years if the affected Governors concur and the extension is necessary to meet requirements. Revises approval and implementation procedures for estuary conservation and management plans and establishes procedures for interim actions.

Bill· SS. 818 (103rd)open

National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 1993 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the sale of beer, mineral water, soda water, wine coolers, or carbonated soft drinks in beverage containers by retailers and distributors unless such containers carry a refund value of ten cents. Requires distributors to collect from retailers the refund value for each beverage sold to retailers and retailers to collect from consumers the refund value for each beverage sold to consumers. Requires retailers and distributors to pay the refund on returned containers of brands (in the same kind and size of container) sold. Directs distributors to pay annually to a State unclaimed refund amounts (the amount by which the total refund value of all containers sold by distributors exceeds the amount paid by distributors to persons in that State). Makes unclaimed refunds available to a State for carrying out pollution prevention and recycling programs. Prohibits distributors and retailers from: (1) selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings; and (2) disposing of containers subject to this Act or any metal, glass, or plastic from such containers (other than the top or seal) in landfills or solid waste disposal facilities. Makes this Act inapplicable to States that have adopted requirements similar to those under this Act or that have demonstrated achievement of a recycling or reuse rate for beverage containers of at least 70 percent. Prohibits States or political subdivisions that impose taxes on the sale of beverage containers from imposing any tax on the amount attributable to the refund value of such containers. Provides for the adjustment for inflation of the ten-cent refund amount at ten-year intervals. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of this Act.

Bill· SS. 808 (103rd)referred

Volunteer Protection Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

Volunteer Protection Act of 1993 - Prescribes circumstances under which volunteers working for nonprofit organizations or government entities shall be immune from personal financial liability for acts on behalf of the organization or entity. Sets forth exceptions and conditions that a State may impose on the granting of such immunity. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase by one percent the fiscal year allotment which would otherwise be made to a State to carry out the Social Services Block Grant Program under title XX of the Social Security Act if such State has, within two years, certified to the Secretary that it has enacted a State law which provides such immunity. Provides for the continuation of such increase based on an annual recertification.

Bill· SS. 810 (103rd)referred

Interstate Banking Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

Interstate Banking Act of 1993 - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to authorize the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) to permit an adequately capitalized and adequately managed bank holding company to acquire existing out-of-State banks, whether or not the host State permits such transactions. Permits an adequately capitalized and adequately managed bank holding company to combine into a single bank its subsidiary banks which are located in more than one State. Permits a host State to levy a bank shares tax upon an out-of-State bank with branches within the host State. Subjects national or State bank branches to the regulatory scheme of the host State. Grants the States a specified period within which to elect to either permit or prohibit interstate combinations of bank holding company subsidiaries within their borders. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize host State regulatory authorities to enter into cooperative agreements to coordinate their examination of out-of-State bank branches. Authorizes a State to enact laws expressly permitting adequately capitalized and adequately managed out-of-State banks to establish new branches within its borders. Amends Federal banking law to authorize the Comptroller of the Currency to approve interstate branching by a national bank if the law of the host State expressly permits such activity. Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to include within its purview evaluations of the interstate branches of regulated financial institutions. Amends Federal banking law to permit State taxing authorities to review the records of a federally chartered depository institution for State tax purposes. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to set as a prerequisite for interstate branching by Federal savings associations the approval of the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Bill· HRH.R. 1841 (103rd)open

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise taxes on luxury items.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the luxury excise tax on passenger vehicles, boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs.

Bill· HRH.R. 1807 (103rd)open

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for certain gratuitous transfers of employer securities for the benefit of employees.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code regarding estates and trusts to provide rules for the gratuitous transfer of qualified employer securities to an employee stock ownership plan from charitable remainder trusts.

Bill· HRH.R. 1830 (103rd)referred

Global Environmental Cleanup Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

Global Environmental Cleanup Act - Directs the Secretary of State to prepare an annual report regarding the environmental protection requirements of each foreign country with respect to air and water quality and hazardous and solid waste disposal. Directs the President to use 20 percent of the aggregate amount of foreign assistance allocated each fiscal year for a foreign country to make loans to enable the country to purchase U.S. pollution control products and services and for administrative expenses. Makes such requirement inapplicable if a country assures compliance with pollution control standards and promotes protection of the local environment from damaging industrial practices. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of each international financial institution to oppose proposed lending unless the Secretary of State determines that: (1) the borrowing country assures compliance with pollution control standards that will protect local environments from damaging industrial practices; or (2) the lending will support an industrial program that has the potential to adversely affect air or water quality or involves hazardous or solid wastes but is designed to protect the environment from damaging industrial practices.

Bill· HRH.R. 1818 (103rd)referred

National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 1993 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the sale of beer, mineral water, soda water, wine coolers, or carbonated soft drinks in beverage containers by retailers and distributors unless such containers carry a refund value of ten cents. Requires distributors to collect from retailers the refund value for each beverage sold to retailers and retailers to collect from consumers the refund value for each beverage sold to consumers. Requires retailers and distributors to pay the refund on returned containers of brands (in the same kind and size of container) sold. Directs distributors to pay annually to a State unclaimed refund amounts (the amount by which the total refund value of all containers sold by distributors exceeds the amount paid by distributors to persons in that State). Makes unclaimed refunds available to a State for carrying out pollution prevention and recycling programs. Prohibits distributors and retailers from: (1) selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings; and (2) disposing of containers subject to this Act or any metal, glass, or plastic from such containers (other than the top or seal) in landfills or solid waste disposal facilities. Makes this Act inapplicable to States that have adopted requirements identical to those under this Act or that have demonstrated achievement of a recycling or reuse rate for beverage containers of at least 70 percent. Prohibits States or political subdivisions that impose taxes on the sale of beverage containers from imposing any tax on the amount attributable to the refund value of such containers. Provides for the adjustment for inflation of the ten-cent refund amount at ten-year intervals. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1806 (103rd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt transportation on certain ferries from the excise tax on transportation of passengers by water.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on transportation of passengers by water a ferry voyage of less than 12 hours between a port in the United States and a port outside the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 1837 (103rd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that low-income housing shall not be ineligible for the larger low-income housing credit by reason of assistance provided under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that low-income housing shall not be ineligible for the larger low-income housing credit by reason of assistance under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act. Provides for the tax treatment of partnership investment expenses in computing the alternative minimum tax. Applies the special rule for the rental use of a dwelling for less than 15 days per year to certain rental use where the community holding the event cannot provide sufficient commercial accommodations.

Bill· HRH.R. 1816 (103rd)referred

Stripper Well Operators Preservation Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

Stripper Well Operators Preservation Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the percentage depletion for stripper wells. Repeals the net income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and gas properties. Expands the enhanced oil recovery tax credit to apply to stripper well production costs.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 159 (103rd)referred

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 24) to give the President line-item veto authority in appropriations bills for fiscal years 1994 and 1995.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1993

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 24 (presidential line-item veto authority).

Law· SS. 801 (103rd)enacted

A bill to authorize the conduct and development of NAEP assessments for fiscal year 1994.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1993

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to direct the National Assessment of Educational Progress to conduct certain trial assessments, and develop other trial assessments for administration, in 1994.

Bill· SS. 802 (103rd)referred

A bill to require the President to seek to obtain host nation payment of most or all of the overseas basing costs for forces of the Armed Forces of the United States in such nation, to limit the use of funds for paying overseas basing costs for United States forces, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1993

Directs the President to enter into negotiations to conclude agreements that require the following countries to pay at least 75 percent of the overseas basing costs incurred for stationing of U.S. armed forces and related civilian employees: (1) member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); and (2) foreign nations with which the United States has defense agreements providing for the assignment of U.S. armed forces or combat equipment in such nations. Makes this Act inapplicable to foreign nations that receive assistance under the foreign military financing program or other military assistance pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Phases in limitations on Federal funding for overseas basing costs, setting a maximum payment of 25 percent of such costs for fiscal years after 1995. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act pursuant to national security interests.

Bill· HRH.R. 1776 (103rd)referred

Defense Industrial Diversification and Community Assistance Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Industrial Diversification Study Title II: Presidential Council on Economic Diversification and Adjustment Title III: Industrial Diversification Accounts; Alternative Defense Investment Tax Credit Title IV: Small Business Diversification Title V: Small Business Assistance Title VI: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Employees Title VII: Community Economic Adjustment Planning Title VIII: Commercial and Defense Production Integration Title IX: Commission on Military Budget Reform Defense Industrial Diversification and Community Assistance Act of 1993 - Title I: Industrial Diversification Study - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to study the extent to which diversification of defense industries to non-defense production can be effectuated. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Presidential Council on Economic Diversification and Adjustment - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Council on Economic Diversification and Adjustment, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor, and the Office of Economic Diversification and Adjustment. Outlines Council duties, including the identification of defense-related impact problems of States, metropolitan areas, or communities requiring assistance, the dissemination of aid and assistance information, and the development of strategies and plans for Federal, State, and local economic adjustment efforts necessitated as the result of the termination or reduction of a defense contract or the closure or realignment of a defense facility which substantially adversely affects the local community involved. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Industrial Diversification Accounts; Alternative Defense Investment Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow any qualified defense facility to establish an industrial diversification account for the purpose of providing qualified plant and equipment in the United States or the retraining of employees in order to diversify qualified defense facilities from predominately relying on defense contracts to nondefense lines of business. Restricts deposits to such accounts. Provides for the nontaxability of earnings deposited into such accounts. Allows withdrawals over a ten-year period for: (1) acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of qualified plant and equipment; (2) the payment of principal on indebtedness incurred in connection with plant and equipment acquisition, construction, or reconstruction; or (3) the retraining or continued education of employees. Provides for taxation of nonqualified withdrawals. Provides for computing the alternative minimum tax on earnings deposited in such accounts. Allows an eligible corporation which does not have an industrial diversification account an industrial diversification credit as an alternative investment tax credit. Title IV: Small Business Diversification - Establishes in the SBA a Committee on Defense and Economic Diversification and an Office of Economic Diversification. Directs the Committee to: (1) carry out programs under title V of this Act; (2) identify defense-related problems of small businesses that require assistance; (3) disseminate information useful to small business concerns; (4) prepare a plan for coordinating the efforts of the SBA and the Administration's programs for assisting firms adversely affected by defense cutbacks; and (5) work with and coordinate efforts with the President's Office of Economic Diversification and Adjustment to assist small businesses in finding alternative procurement opportunities with Federal agencies. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Small Business Assistance - Empowers the Administrator of the SBA to make either loans or grants to a qualified small manufacturing firm to assist such firm to diversify from defense-related to nondefense-related business. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Employees - Requires all displacements of workers employed by a defense agency, or of civilian workers employed by the armed services, to be reported by the management of the defense facility to the Office of Economic Diversification and Adjustment and to the State employment security agency acting as the agent of the Secretary of Labor for the administration of the program under this title. Requires the Office to certify eligibility of displaced workers under this title for benefits. Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to decrease from 80 to 75 percent the portion of funds available under such Act for job training and retraining that are to be divided among the States. Increases from 20 to 25 percent of such amount the funds that are to be set aside for special grants to substates for special employment problems (intending displaced worker assistance under this Act to qualify as one such special problem). Directs the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Council, to develop statistical data on the permanent dislocation of defense workers due to reductions in defense expenditures, termination or reduction of defense contracts, or the closure or realignment of defense facilities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from individual retirement accounts early withdrawal penalties any withdrawals made by dislocated workers and used for either mortgage payments on a primary residence or rent payments for one year following the worker's layoff. Title VII: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Requires the Secretary of Defense, upon release of the President's budget or any announcement of the realignment or closure of a qualified defense facility, to promptly notify any State or local government affected by the realignment, closure, or contract slowdown or termination which is being proposed or will likely result. Makes eligible for economic adjustment planning assistance any community which: (1) is likely to be substantially and seriously affected by the realignment or closure of a defense facility, or the slowdown, termination, or cancellation of any defense contract; and (2) prepares an analysis and forecast of the effect of any such action on the local economy and workforce as well as a proposal for an economic adjustment plan to reduce the adverse effect of any such action. Requires the Council to review the analyses, forecasts, and proposals submitted and take specified action to assist such communities. Provides that any substantially and seriously affected community shall also be eligible for economic adjustment assistance authorized under title IX of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. Title VIII: Commercial and Defense Production Integration - Establishes within DOD the Office of Commercial and Defense Production Integration to develop and implement policies, practices, and procedures designed to achieve an effective integration of commercial production processes and defense procurement practices. Calls for the elimination of unique military specifications in the procurement of defense products and the identification of commercial suppliers that have exhibited high standards of product quality and reliability in commercial or defense production. Requires the Office to assist the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition in the acquisition and increased usage of nondevelopmental items in defense procurement (items that are generally available in the commercial marketplace). Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct not fewer than three projects to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving effective integration of commercial production processes and military procurement practices. Title IX: Commission on Military Budget Reform - Establishes the Commission on Military Budget Reform to conduct a study of the desirability and feasibility of the Congress instituting a three-year budget cycle program for DOD. Terminates the Commission 30 days after its report. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 1767 (103rd)open

Emergency Medical Services Enhancement Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1993

Emergency Medical Services Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by organizations which provide rescue or emergency medical services.

Bill· HRH.R. 1790 (103rd)referred

To provide for the treatment of Indian tribal governments under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of an Indian tribal government as a tax-exempt organization for purposes of provisions relating to the taxability of a beneficiary under an annuity purchased by a tax-exempt organization.

Bill· HRH.R. 1789 (103rd)referred

To provide for the tax treatment of certain distributions made by Alaska Native Corporations.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1993

Declares that, for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code, any qualified distribution made by a Native Corporation shall not be treated as a distribution made out of earnings and profits. Defines a qualified distribution as any distribution to a Native (as defined under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) or descendant of a Native which: (1) is made after the date of enactment of such Act; and (2) but for this Act would have been treated as a dividend.

Bill· HRH.R. 1756 (103rd)referred

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1993

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993 - Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Labor for advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other funds to remain available until September 30, 1994. Title II: General Provisions - Prohibits such appropriations from remaining available beyond the date provided by this Act. Designates such funds as emergency requirements for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 155 (103rd)referred

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require economic impact statements for reported bills and amendments that create or increase any taxes, duties, or other fees on the maritime industry, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1993

Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to add a new rule LII that requires, before consideration, each reported bill or amendment that establishes or increases any tax, assessment, duty, tariff, user fee, or other charge imposed upon specified cargo, persons, or vessels to be accompanied by a report setting forth: (1) the economic impact on such persons and vessels; (2) the effect on international trade; (3) the amount of revenue that will be raised; and (4) an identification of the entities that will benefit from the revenue raised and those who will be adversely affected for the first five fiscal years that the bill applies. Requires the Congressional Budget Office to compile and report to the chairman and ranking minority member of certain standing committees an itemized list of all Federal taxes, assessments, duties, tariffs, user fees, and other charges currently imposed upon such cargo, persons, and vessels.

Bill· SS. 797 (103rd)open

Federal Employees' Optional Early Retirement Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1993

Federal Employees' Optional Early Retirement Act - Authorizes early retirement for certain Federal employees after: (1) completing 25 years of service; (2) becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service; (3) becoming 55 years of age and completing 15 years of service; or (4) becoming 57 years of age and completing five years of service. Specifies those employees who are not eligible for such retirement. Subjects such retirement annuities to the applicable reduction for employees who retire under age 55. Directs the President to extend the early retirement provisions of this Act to: (1) participants in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System; (2) participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System; and (3) if determined appropriate, employees of the executive branch who are participants in any other Federal retirement system. Authorizes the President to exempt employees from early retirement provisions in cases of essential occupational categories, projects, or locations. Authorizes the head of an executive agency to hold over essential employees who are entitled to early retirement for a period not to exceed six months. Establishes a five-year hiring limitation period for the replacement of retirees. Authorizes the President to waive the application of such limitation for essential positions and positions financed by user fees. Makes such limitation inapplicable to certain reinstatements, and transfers, and during periods of war or national emergency. Directs the President to ensure that there is no increase in contract procurement of personal services by reason of enactment of this Act. Requires that the savings in any fiscal year resulting from this Act be credited to personnel costs required to be sequestered under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to evaluate for the Congress the optional early retirement program and the limitation on the replacement of retirees. Requires specified congressional committees to report to their respective Houses revised allocations and budget aggregates resulting from this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1726 (103rd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Internal Revenue Service to pay interest on late refunds of certain required payments made by entities electing not to have a required taxable year.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service to pay interest on late refunds of required payments by partnerships or S corporations electing not to have a required taxable year.

Bill· HRH.R. 1722 (103rd)referred

Every Fifth Child Appropriations Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1993

Every Fifth Child Appropriations Act - Appropriates funds to carry out the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC program) authorized in the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Declares that, in order to achieve full funding for the program, there should be specified amounts appropriated in certain fiscal years. Appropriates funds to carry out the Head Start programs authorized in the Head Start Act. Declares that, in order to achieve full funding for the programs, there should be specified amounts appropriated in certain fiscal years. Appropriates funds to carry out the Job Corps program authorized in the Job Training Partnership Act. Declares that, in order to establish a minimum number of additional centers, serve a minimum additional number of youths, and achieve full funding for the program, there should be specified amounts appropriated in certain fiscal years.

Bill· HRH.R. 1736 (103rd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that certain deductions of members of the National Guard or reserve units of the Armed Forces will be allowable in computing adjusted gross income.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for travel, meals, lodging, transportation, and uniform expenses paid or incurred in connection with the taxpayer's performance of services as a member of the armed forces reserves or the National Guard.

Bill· HRH.R. 1747 (103rd)referred

Family Farm Tax Relief and Savings Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1993

Family Farm Tax Relief and Savings Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to nontaxable exchanges to allow the rollover of gain from the sale of a qualified farm asset into one or more individual retirement plans, to be known as asset rollover accounts. Denies an itemized deduction for contributions to such accounts and sets forth contribution limitations. Provides that rollover contributions to an asset rollover account may be made only from other such accounts. Sets forth reporting requirements for individuals making contributions to such accounts and taxes excess contributions.

Bill· HRH.R. 1720 (103rd)referred

DeLauro-Lowey Water Pollution Control and Estuary Restoration Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1993

DeLauro-Lowey Water Pollution Control and Estuary Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the State water pollution control revolving fund program through FY 2000. Requires a specified percentage (increasing with each succeeding fiscal year) of such appropriations to be used for capitalization grants for estuary plans to qualified States. Makes States that fail to submit approved need estimates ineligible for assistance. Directs States to establish separate Estuary Accounts in their water pollution control revolving funds, to be used for implementing approved estuary plans. Permits loans made with Account funds to be for terms of up to 40 years or for the useful life of a facility constructed with the loan, whichever is less, if the borrower demonstrates financial hardship. Establishes a State matching requirement for deposits into Accounts. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants for the implementation of estuary conservation and management plans. Authorizes appropriations. Permits certain grants under the National Estuary Program to be used for interim actions adopted by management conferences to protect the water and sediment quality of estuaries. Extends the authorization of appropriations for management conferences, grants, conservation and management plans, and research under the National Estuary Program through FY 2000. Directs the Administrator to issue a guidance document establishing requirements for: (1) management conferences to follow in developing, implementing, and monitoring conservation and management plans; and (2) approving and implementing interim actions to protect water quality of estuaries for which plans are developed. Requires management conferences to be convened for periods of at least five years (currently, up to five years). Permits extensions for an additional five years if the affected Governors concur and the extension is necessary to meet requirements. Revises approval and implementation procedures for estuary conservation and management plans and establishes procedures for interim actions.

Law· SS. 779 (103rd)enacted

A bill to continue the authorization of appropriations for the East Court of the National Museum of Natural History, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1993

Amends Federal law which authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip space in the East Court of the National Museum of Natural History to provide that the appropriation authorized for such purpose is to continue for fiscal years after FY 1991.

Bill· HRH.R. 1703 (103rd)referred

Equitable Health Care for Neurobiological Disorders Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1993

Equitable Health Care for Neurobiological Disorders Act of 1993 - Sets standards for the nondiscriminatory and equitable treatment by employer health benefit plans of individuals with neurobiological disorders (defined as affective, anxiety, attention deficit, developmental, psychotic, and Tourette's disorders), including coverage that is no more restrictive than that provided for other major physical illnesses. Deems a plan to meet such standards if it provides for: (1) stop-loss protection for catastrophic expenses; (2) coverage of facility-based care and specified outpatient medical management; (3) coverage of visits for psychological, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services, with coinsurance and fees to ensure effective cost control; and (4) coverage of prescription drugs and medically necessary services for comorbidity of other disorders. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the failure of a heath insurance carrier or an employer health benefit plan to comply with standards under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1691 (103rd)referred

National Health Security Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Eligibility and Enrollment Title II: Benefits Subtitle A: Health Care Services Subtitle B: Long-Term Care Services Subtitle C: Modification of Services Title III: Federal and State Administration Subtitle A: Federal Administration Subtitle B: State Administration Title IV: Financing Subtitle A: Health Budgets Subtitle B: Payments to Providers Subtitle C: Revenues Title V: Congressional Consideration Title VI: Private Options Title VII: Expansion of Outcomes Research and Delivery of Services in Underserved Areas Title VIII: Malpractice Reform Title IX: Effective Dates; Terminations; Transition; Relation to ERISA National Health Security Act of 1993 - Title I: Eligibility and Enrollment - Entitles every U.S. resident citizen, national, and lawful resident alien to health care services and long-term care services under this Act. Requires each State program to provide for a mechanism for enrollment and issuance of an identification and processing card. Provides for portability, including mandating use of a uniform claims form. Title II: Benefits - Subtitle A: Health Care Services - Includes as covered services: (1) inpatient and outpatient hospital care; (2) diagnostic and screening tests; (3) services furnished by health care professionals, including medically necessary dental care; (4) preventive care; (5) prescription drugs, biologicals, and devices; (6) substance abuse services; (7) inpatient and outpatient mental health services; (8) hospice care; (9) habilitation and rehabilitation; (10) home medical equipment and prosthetic devices; and (11) approved experimental treatment. (Sec. 202) Prohibits States from limiting the amount, duration, or scope of services except as provided in this Act. Excludes cosmetic surgery and certain inpatient amenities. (Sec. 203) Requires: (1) the Federal Health Board established by this Act to provide, subject to certain requirements, for copayments and out-of-pocket limits; and (2) the Federal Health Priorities Council established by this Act to study specified issues. Subtitle B: Long-Term Care Services - Requires the Board to: (1) set standards for eligibility, long-term care services coverage, income protection, and case management; and (2) establish an income-related cost sharing schedule. (Sec. 212) Provides for the appointment of a Long-Term Care Services Assessment Commission. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Modification of Services - Requires annual recommendations by the Priorities Council regarding changes in services under this Act. Title III: Federal and State Administration - Subtitle A: Federal Administration - Establishes the Federal Health Board to administer this Act and take other actions, including establishing national minimum quality standards and uniform reporting requirements, developing a uniform claims form, reviewing and approving interstate consortia minimizing fragmented care, and combating fraud and abuse. (Sec. 302) Requires the Board to appoint the Federal Health Advisory Council. (Sec. 303) Establishes the Federal Health Priorities Council to conduct hearings and studies and make recommendations on how health care dollars should be allocated in the context of a publicly funded national health insurance plan. (Sec. 304) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: State Administration - Provides for Board review and approval of State programs. Includes in requirements for State programs: (1) financing of services through a designated fund; (2) designation of a single nonprofit State agency to administer the program; (3) establishment of boards to negotiate with hospitals and practitioners; and (4) freedom of individuals to choose providers. (Sec. 312) Allows States to contract with fiscal intermediaries, in a process of competitive bidding, to administer the State program. (Sec. 313) Provides for waivers for States to: (1) implement alternative and innovative provider reimbursement, cost sharing, and administration; and (2) provide services through a capitation method. (Sec. 314) Allows any group of States to establish a regional consortium in lieu of State programs. Provides for congressional disapproval of the consortium agreement. (Sec. 315) Mandates grants to: (1) cooperative agreements with States for programs, research, and treatment relating to environmental health and health promotion and disease prevention; and (2) States or regional consortia for the establishment and initial operation of the State or regional plan. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Financing - Subtitle A: Health Budgets - Requires the Board to establish an annual or biennial budget for Federal and State expenditures under this Act. Entitles each State with an approved State program to a Federal contribution of the Federal share plus that State's total projected expenditures for services under this Act. (Sec. 403) Prohibits a State from restricting timely access to medically necessary and appropriate services under this Act or permitting queues to form that have the potential to be life threatening. Subtitle B: Payments to Providers - Provides for State payments to hospitals and other health care and long-term care institutions for the areas of operating, capital, and health training expenses. (Sec. 412) Requires the State practitioner reimbursement negotiation board to negotiate with the State organizations representing each of the practitioner disciplines to derive a relative value scale fee schedule fulfilling specified principles. Subtitle C: Revenues - Requires the Board: (1) to develop a mechanism for determining and collecting a premium from individuals and employers; and (2) subject to congressional disapproval, to collect premiums from individuals and employers according to certain requirements. (Sec. 422) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define "accident or health insurance," for purposes of provisions relating to exclusions from gross income, to mean an approved State program under this Act. Removes provisions relating to amounts paid to highly compensated individuals under a discriminatory self-insured medical expense reimbursement plan. (Sec. 423) Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Health Care Trust Fund. (Sec. 424) Makes each State responsible for establishing a financing program for the implementation of the State program. Title V: Congressional Consideration - Sets forth rules, changeable as any other rule of the House of Representatives or the Senate, regarding congressional disapproval resolutions under this Act. Title VI: Private Options - Declares that this Act does not prohibit private insurance coverage supplementing the services covered under this Act. (Sec. 602) Allows private insurance coverage for services covered under this Act, subject to specified limitations. (Sec. 603) Declares that the purchase of any private insurance does not relieve the purchaser of the payment of premiums under this Act. Title VII: Expansion of Outcomes Research and Delivery of Services in Underserved Areas - Amends: (1) the Social Security Act to authorize appropriations for health care outcomes research; and (2) the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to local communities to finance health-related education of residents, provided such residents agree to practice in a health-related field in that community for at least four years after graduation, and to authorize appropriations for the National Health Service Corps. (Sec. 703) Mandates grants to expand the availability of comprehensive primary health services in medically underserved areas. Title VIII: Malpractice Reform - Requires the Board to make grants to States for the development and implementation of medical malpractice reforms meeting specified criteria. Authorizes appropriations. Title IX: Effective Dates; Terminations; Transition; Relation to ERISA - Repeals: (1) titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; (2) provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to hospital insurance; and (3) specified provisions of Federal law relating to the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services and to health benefits for Federal officials and employees. (Sec. 903) Requires the Board to recommend to the Congress amendment or repeal of any other Federal program inconsistent with or duplicative of the principles of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1695 (103rd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make permanent the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1993

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit to individuals only of up to $100 ($200 for a joint return) of the value of an individual's total political contributions to congressional candidates for the State in which the contributor is a resident.

Bill· SS. 762 (103rd)referred