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Bill· SS. 726 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
National Health Safety Net Infrastructure Act - Title I: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Health Care Facilities Providing Indigent Care - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments for capital financing assistance to eligible health care facilities. Sets forth general eligibility requirements. Imposes certain public service responsibilities on health care facilities accepting capital financing assistance. Creates in the Treasury the Health Safety Net Infrastructure Trust Fund (Fund). Authorizes appropriations. Establishes a loan guarantee program under which the Trust Fund will provide a Federal guarantee of loan repayment to non-Federal lenders making loans to qualified health care facilities for health care facility replacement, modernization and renovation projects, and capital equipment acquisition. Establishes an interest rate subsidy program that provides a partial Federal subsidy of debt service payment where State or local entities demonstrate a significant commitment to financing health care facility replacement, modernization, and renovation projects by undertaking the issuance of bonds. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide direct matching loans to eligible health care facilities unable otherwise to obtain essential financing; and (2) make direct grants to eligible health care facilities with urgent capital needs. Makes direct grants available for three types of projects: (1) emergency certification and licensure grants to facilities threatened with closure or loss of accreditation or certification of a facility or of essential services as a result of life or safety code violations or similar facility or equipment failures; (2) emergency grants for capital renovation, expansion, or replacement necessary to the maintenance or expansion of essential safety and health services; and (3) planning grants to facilities which require pre-approval assistance to meet regulatory requirements related to management and finance in order to apply for loans, loan guarantees, and interest subsidies under this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to give tax-exempt status to bonds guaranteed by the Fund.
Bill· SS. 721 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Land and Water Conservation Fund Emergency Funding Act of 1993 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make available in FY 1994 through 1998 to the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture a specified sum to be deducted from the authorized but unappropriated balance of the Fund to: (1) reduce the significant backlog of unacquired lands within the authorized boundaries of units of the national park, wildlife refuge, wilderness, wild and scenic river, trail, and forest systems; and (2) provide critically needed funding to the States for outdoor recreation, including planning, acquisition of land, waters, or interest in land and water, or development. Earmarks specified sums to be utilized by the Secretaries for Federal and State purposes pursuant to the Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior (for National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management land acquisition projects) and the Secretary of Agriculture (for Forest Service land acquisition projects) as part of the Department of the Interior's annual budget submission to the Congress for FY 1995 through 1998, to transmit to specified congressional committees priority lists of land acquisition projects within each agency or bureau which have been authorized by law. Prohibits any one agency from being allocated more than 50 percent or less than ten percent of the funds made available under this Act for land acquisition needs. States that: (1) funds made available pursuant to this Act shall be allocated to projects in accordance with the transmitted priority lists unless modified by law; and (2) no funds shall be made available for the purpose of this Act until after the enactment of the Appropriations Act for the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies for the appropriate fiscal year.
Bill· SS. 733 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Comprehensive Child Health Immunization Act of 1993 - Amends the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to regularly contract for the purchase of specified childhood vaccines in amounts: (1) necessary for distribution under the Public Health Service Act to meet anticipated needs and for the maintenance of a reserve vaccine supply sufficient for a six-month period; and (2) which take into account minimum waste due to breakage or other unavoidable losses. Requires: (1) the Secretary to negotiate a reasonable price for vaccines to be purchased; and (2) a manufacturer of such vaccines to provide cost or pricing data in support of the manufacturer's proposed price (and other data whenever the Secretary determines that contract modifications are necessary). Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the confidentiality of such data; (2) the prohibition of additional shipping or handling charges; (3) multiple suppliers; (4) reporting requirements; (5) funding the program under this Act (including establishment in the Treasury of a Comprehensive Child Immunization Account); and (6) termination of the program. Directs that: (1) the term "early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services" under such Act include administration of specified childhood vaccines, taking into account the health history of the individual (currently, appropriate immunizations according to age and health history); and (2) payments from State plans to providers include reimbursement for the administration of recommended childhood vaccines. Directs the Secretary to promulgate: (1) a list of vaccines that provide immunization against naturally occurring infectious diseases which are recommended for universal use in children; and (2) recommendations regarding appropriate dosages and ages of children at which each vaccine should be administered. Amends: (1) the Internal Revenue Code to remove a limitation on the use of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund; and (2) the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 to provide for a permanent extension of authority to impose taxes for such Fund. Directs the Secretary to implement a program to ensure participation of all health care providers in a national immunization tracking system.
Bill· SS. 728 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Health Care Access for Uninsured and Medically Underserved Individuals Subtitle A: Tax Credits for Low and Moderate Income Individuals Subtitle B: Rural Health Initiatives Subtitle C: Certified Model Health Care Insurance Benefits Plans Title II: Health Care Cost Control Subtitle A: Medical Malpractice Reform Subtitle B: Standardization of Claims Processing Subtitle C: Electronic Medical Data Standards Subtitle D: Preventive Health Practices Promotion Title III: Long-Term Care and Senior Health Promotion Subtitle A: Long-Term Care Insurance Promotion Subtitle B: Medicare Benefit Improvements Subtitle C: Senior Health Insurance Consumer Protection Comprehensive American Health Care Act - Title I: Health Care Access for Uninsured and Medically Underserved Individuals - Subtitle A: Tax Credits for Low and Moderate Income Individuals - Amends provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to refundable credits to allow a credit for a portion of the qualified health insurance expenses paid by an individual who is not covered by a health plan maintained by an employer of the individual or the individual's spouse. Provides for coordination with advance payments of credits, special rules relating to Medicare-eligible individuals and subsidized expenses, and coordination with the minimum tax. (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of: (1) the Treasury to enter into an agreement with each State for advance payments of the credit to individuals in the form of certificates usable for the purchase of health insurance; and (2) Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish a program to inform the public of the availability of the health insurance credit. Sets forth special rules regarding self-employed individuals. Excludes expenses paid as a credit from treatment as expenses paid for medical care under provisions relating to itemized deductions. Subtitle B: Rural Health Initiatives - Amends: (1) title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary and the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission to each submit to the Congress a report recommending a methodology for the elimination of the system of determining separate average standardized amounts for hospitals in large urban, other urban, or rural areas; (2) National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and Loan Repayment Program provisions of the Public Health Service Act to set forth additional priorities in the approval of applications and the acceptance of contracts; and (3) the Internal Revenue Code to exclude National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program payments from gross income. (Sec. 114) Directs the Secretary to provide for a demonstration project evaluating the availability, accessibility, and use of prenatal care services by pregnant women residing in rural areas. (Sec. 115) Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants to county health departments to provide preventive health services. (Sec. 116) Requires the Secretary to: (1) review the requirements in regulations with respect to rural hospitals developed under specified provisions of the Social Security Act, including standards related to staffing requirements, to determine which requirements could be made less administratively and economically burdensome; and (2) conduct a study to determine factors preventing or discouraging physicians from volunteering to provide health care services in underserved areas. Subtitle C: Certified Model Health Care Insurance Benefits Plans - Directs the Secretary to develop model health care insurance benefits plans. Title II: Health Care Cost Control - Subtitle A: Medical Malpractice Reform - Applies this subtitle to any civil action against any individual based on professional medical malpractice, in any State or Federal court, for damages for physical injury, or physical or mental pain or suffering, or economic loss. (Sec. 202) Requires a court to award costs and attorney's fees to the prevailing party. (Sec. 203) Prohibits joint and several liability in actions under this subtitle, except in cases of concerted action. Allows a person to be found liable only for their pro rata share of fault. (Sec. 204) Requires each attorney in cases under this subtitle to advise the party they represent of the existence of alternative dispute resolution options, including extrajudicial proceedings. Requires the court, if all parties agree to alternative proceedings, to issue an order governing the conduct of the proceedings. Makes such issuance a waiver, by each party subject to the order, of the right to proceed further in court. Subtitle B: Standardization of Claims Processing - Directs the Secretary to adopt standards relating to: (1) data elements for use in paper and electronic claims processing under health benefit plans, as well as for use in utilization review and management of care; (2) uniform claims forms; and (3) uniform electronic transmission of the data elements. Provides for periodic review and revision of standards. Subtitle C: Electronic Medical Data Standards - Directs the Secretary to: (1) promulgate standards for hospitals concerning electronic medical data; and (2) establish an advisory commission. Subtitle D: Preventive Health Practices Promotion - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary to develop a summary of recommended preventive health care practices for elderly individuals entitled to Medicare benefits. Requires distribution of the summary when an individual first becomes eligible for benefits under specified provisions and in conjunction with general mailings to individuals eligible for Medicare benefits. Title III: Long-Term Care and Senior Health Promotion - Subtitle A: Long-Term Care Insurance Promotion - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that: (1) a long-term care insurance contract be treated as a health insurance contract; (2) amounts received under such a contract be treated as received for personal injuries or sickness; and (3) any employer plan providing qualified long-term care services be treated as an accident or health plan. Adds long-term care services to the definition of medical care in provisions relating to itemized deductions. (Sec. 303) Prohibits employer payments for long-term care insurance from being treated as deferred compensation. Prohibits treating amounts paid or incurred for any long-term care insurance contract as deferred compensation in connection with cafeteria plans. (Sec. 304) Allows a tax credit for a portion of the qualified long-term care premiums paid. Provides for coordination with regard to advance payments of credit and with regard to minimum tax. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with each State for advance payments of the credit to individuals in the form of certificates usable for the purchase of long-term care insurance. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to inform the public of the availability of the credit. (Sec. 305) Excludes early distributions from qualified retirement plans used to pay for long-term care insurance contracts from the ten percent tax imposed on other early distributions. Prohibits the recognition of gain or loss on the exchange of a contract of life insurance or an endowment or annuity contract for a long-term care insurance contract. Subtitle B: Medicare Benefit Improvements - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to add in-home respite care for chronically dependent individuals to the list of benefits under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program. (Sec. 312) Adds home intravenous drug therapy services to the list of entitlement services under Medicare and authorizes payments of certain amounts for the services from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Excludes the services from provisions requiring a deductible payment. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with agencies or organizations to facilitate payment to providers of the services on a regional basis. (Sec. 313) Describes the circumstances under which nursing care and home health aide services will be considered to be provided or needed on an intermittent basis. Allows Medicare part B payments to be made for such services. Subtitle C: Senior Health Insurance Consumer Protection - Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a procedure for certification by the Secretary of insurance policies for the elderly as meeting minimum standards set forth in this subtitle; and (2) conduct a study and report to the Congress on health insurance policies for the elderly.
Bill· SS. 731 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Rural Rail Infrastructure Act of 1993 - Amends the Department of Transportation Act to increase the FY 1994 authorization of appropriations for local rail freight assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance for FY 1995 through 1997. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, in addition to other criteria used in considering applications for rail freight assistance, to give priority to projects which enhance safety, including projects which improve, rehabilitate, or reconstruct bridges. Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to authorize specified amounts of loan guarantees for any fiscal year for railroad improvements. Revises repayment, prepayment penalty, and interest rate provisions with respect to such guarantees.
Bill· SS. 719 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the provisions permitting small issues of tax-exempt bonds to finance manufacturing facilities and farm property.
Bill· SS. 689 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Locate and Case Tracking Title II: Establishment Title III: Parentage Title IV: Enforcement Title V: Collection and Distribution Title VI: Federal Role Title VII: State Role Title VIII: Effective Date Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act - Title I: Locate and Case Tracking - (Sec. 101) Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow the Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS) to be used for parentage establishment and child support and visitation enforcement if there are appropriate safeguards. (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement to provide the Secretary (Secretary) of Health and Human Services (HHS) with access to quarterly estimated Federal income tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Requires that State agencies charged with child support enforcement maintain child support order registries and be allowed access to medical, financial, employment, and other specified data base information on absent parents. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should investigate accessing certain Federal data banks not already linked with FPLS. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary to expand FPLS to provide State agencies and courts with a national locate and case tracking network. (Sec. 104) Requires that private attorneys and pro se obligees be allowed limited access to State locate information and enforcement techniques for purposes of establishing and enforcing child support and other orders if there are appropriate safeguards. (Sec. 105) Requires the heads of national and regional individual tracking systems to allow child support enforcement agencies access to their information. (Sec. 106) Requires that States: (1) broadcast failure-to-appear warrants, capiases, and bench warrants issued in parentage and child support proceedings over their crime information systems; and (2) remit any subsequent forfeiture to the child support obligee to the extent of any child support arrearage if a defendant posts security after being arrested. Title II: Establishment - (Sec. 201) Amends SSA title IV part D to set forth requirements for State laws on service of process and jurisdiction in child support and parentage actions. Declares that the Congress finds that due process is satisfied if State courts exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident who is the parent or presumed parent of a resident child in order to establish, enforce, or modify a child support order or to establish parentage. Requires States to recognize and enforce parentage and child support orders of other States where jurisdiction has been properly exercised. Specifies the conditions under which a State court may modify a parentage or child support order made by another State court. (Sec. 202) Provides for service of process on Federal employees and members of the armed forces relating to child support, alimony, and parentage obligations. (Sec. 203) Requires that parents' identification and locate information be filed with the State court adjudicating parentage and child support actions. Requires safeguards on such information where there is a court order for the physical protection of the child or one parent entered against the other parent. (Sec. 204) Requires State child support agencies to timely notify any individual owed child support of all hearings in which such support might be established, modified, or enforced, and promptly provide copies of any such orders. (Sec. 205) Requires States to allow parties seeking both parentage and child support establishment in a judicial proceeding to bring a joint action in a single cause of action. Sets forth guidelines for uniform State procedures regarding jurisdiction and venue, and Federal employee residential status. (Sec. 206) Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) to allow appropriate State agencies to obtain from credit reporting agencies information relevant to the setting of a child support award without having to obtain a court order. (Sec. 207) Creates a National Child Support Guidelines Commission to study and report to the President and the Congress on national child support guidelines, and to develop such guidelines for congressional consideration should it be advisable. (Sec. 208) Amends SSA title IV part D to specify certain principles to be included in State child support guidelines. (Sec. 209) Requires States to provide for continuation of a parental child support obligation until a child's marriage, emancipation by a court, or the later of a child's 18th birthday or graduation from high school, except in cases of disabilities arising during childhood or where a court (as allowed by this Act) has ordered support payable to an adult child in college. (Secs. 210 and 211) Requires the new Assistant Secretary of the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) (designated under title VI of this Act) to: (1) draft and distribute a national subpoena duces tecum for use by child support agencies and others to reach employee income information; and (2) develop a uniform abstract of a child support order for State court use. (Sec. 212) Requires States to: (1) list on marriage licenses the applicants' social security numbers; and (2) use procedures that require individuals who have been issued subpoenas to produce and deliver documents to or to appear at a court or administrative agency on a certain date. Title III: Parentage - (Sec. 301) Aments SSA title IV part D to: (1) require States to provide for hospital-based paternity outreach programs and adopt various specified procedures related to paternity establishment; and (2) provide for 90 percent Federal matching for such programs. Title IV: Enforcement - (Secs. 401 and 402) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) revise anti-assignment provisions to allow child support to be withheld from certain governmental sources; and (2) require procedures for State verification of W-4 form information on outstanding child support obligations and imposition of monetary penalties for failures involving W-4 form reporting and subsequent employer withholding of child support obligations. (Sec. 402) Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the W-4 form completed by new employees to include information on outstanding child support obligations; and (2) employers to provide a copy of such form to the appropriate State child support enforcement agency. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to require employers to withhold from employee wages amounts owed for child support. (Sec. 403) Requires States to mandate that any individual or entity engaged in commerce, as a condition of doing business in that State, honor income withholding notices or orders issued by a court or agency of any other State, and maintain records of payroll deductions for child support obligations. (Sec. 404) Specifies the priority for applying proceeds withheld from income for current and past due child support obligations and health insurance for dependent children. (Sec. 405) Allows workers' compensation income to be subject to income withholding. (Sec. 406) Amends CCPA with respect to State laws and garnishments for securing child support. Gives Federal debts a lower priority than child support debts when the obligor's disposable income cannot satisfy both debts through withholding. Prohibits employers from discharging any employee whose earnings are subject to garnishment for additional indebtedness arising from a child support order. (Secs. 407 through 412, 414, 416 through 421, and 424) Requires States to: (1) provide that the election of remedies prohibition does not apply in child support cases; (2) refuse to issue or renew professional and business licenses of noncustodial parents subject to outstanding child support warrants; (3) prohibit motor vehicle departments from issuing or renewing the driver's licenses of any such parent; (4) authorize post-judgment bank account seizure without a separate court order to collect overdue child support payments; (5) impose liens against lottery or gambler's winnings, insurance settlements or policy payouts, court awards, judgments, or settlements, and property seized in forfeiture cases to collect such payments; (6) void fraudulent conveyances of property made to avoid paying child support; (7) allow the posting of a cash bond, security deposit, or personal undertaking to provide for timely child support payments in cases not involving absent parents; (8) authorize attachment of a child support obligor's retirement investment funds without a separate court order to collect overdue child support payments; (9) mandate reporting to credit bureaus of overdue child support equaling two month's child support payment; (10) enact laws that provide for criminal penalties for non-support; (11) permit enforcement of any child support order until at least the child's 30th birthday; (12) assess and collect interest on all child support judgments; (13) provide for health care insurance for the child; and (14) adopt without material change the officially approved version of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. (Sec. 408) Prohibits States and the Federal Government from issuing or renewing professional and business licenses of individuals delinquent in making child support payments until the license hold is released. (Sec. 413) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the IRS Commissioner should instruct IRS field officers and agents to give a high priority to requests for the use of full collection in delinquent child support cases. Requires the Secretary of Treasury to simplify the full collection process and reduce the amount of child support arrearage needed before an individual may apply for full collection. (Sec. 415) Permits Federal and State tax refund procedures to be used by non-AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (SSA title IV part A) recipients to collect past-due child support regardless of the child's age. (Sec. 422) Amends the Federal bankruptcy code to: (1) allow parentage and child support case establishment, modification, and enforcement to proceed uninterrupted after a bankruptcy petition is filed; (2) treat as outside chapter 11, 12, or 13 plans debt owed to child support creditors, except as specified; and (3) allow a claim for payment of a debt for child support to be asserted in court. (Sec. 423) Sets forth requirements pertaining to parentage establishment and child support payments in the armed forces. Title V: Collection and Distribution - (Secs. 501 through 504) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) set priorities for State distribution of child support collections; (2) require States to limit claims against noncustodial parents for reimbursement of a child's portion of AFDC to the amount specified under a child support order; (3) allow States to assess charges above the application fee for non-AFDC child support services against persons other than custodial parents; and (4) require States to provide for collection and disbursement points for child support cases. (Sec. 501) Authorizes the Comptroller General to analyze the existing child support distribution system and authorize, under certain circumstances, pilot projects for the distribution of arrearages in a specified manner. Amends the IRC to revise the Federal income tax refund offset mechanism. Title VI: Federal Role - (Sec. 601) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) designate the separate organizational unit charged under current law with various child support and parentage responsibilities as the OCSE; and (2) change OCSE's organizational structure. (Secs. 602 and 603) Requires the new OCSE Assistant Secretary to provide training assistance to the States and study staffing at State child support enforcement programs. (Sec. 602) Requires States to provide for training for child support personnel. (Sec. 604) Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on the incentive formula operating with respect to State child support agencies. (Sec. 605) Defines "child support" to include periodic and lump sum payments for current and past-due economic support, payments of premiums for health insurance for children, payments for or provision of child care, and payments for educational services. (Secs. 606 and 607) Requires the Secretary to: (1) contract for a study of and report to the Congress on the OCSE audit process to improve the criteria and methodology for auditing State child support enforcement agencies; and (2) make grants to provide for demonstration projects for the purpose of establishing or improving a system of assured minimum child support payments. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: State Role - (Sec. 701) Amends SSA title IV part D to prohibit States from denying establishment, enforcement, or modification services to applicants because of nonresidency. (Secs. 702, 703, and 705) Requires States to: (1) promote the greatest economic security possible for children, within the obligor's ability to pay; (2) provide custodial parents with certain information; and (3) allow changes in child support payees without a court hearing or order. (Sec. 704) Expresses the sense of the Congress that State and local child support enforcement agencies should provide: (1) offices in easily accessible locations near public transportation; (2) office hours that allow parents to meet with attorneys and caseworkers without taking time off work; and (3) office environments suitable for discussion of matters related to privacy. Title VIII: Effective Date - (Sec. 801) Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1600 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Locate and Case Tracking Title II: Establishment Title III: Parentage Title IV: Enforcement Title V: Collection and Distribution Title VI: Federal Role Title VII: State Role Title VIII: Effective Date Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act - Title I: Locate and Case Tracking - (Sec. 101) Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow the Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS) to be used for parentage establishment and child support and visitation enforcement if there are appropriate safeguards. (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement to provide the Secretary (Secretary) of Health and Human Services (HHS) with access to quarterly estimated Federal income tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Requires that State agencies charged with child support enforcement maintain child support order registries and be allowed access to medical, financial, employment, and other specified data base information on absent parents. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should investigate accessing certain Federal data banks not already linked with FPLS. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary to expand FPLS to provide State agencies and courts with a national locate and case tracking network. (Sec. 104) Requires that private attorneys and pro se obligees be allowed limited access to State locate information and enforcement techniques for purposes of establishing and enforcing child support and other orders if there are appropriate safeguards. (Sec. 105) Requires the heads of national and regional individual tracking systems to allow child support enforcement agencies access to their information. (Sec. 106) Requires that States: (1) broadcast failure-to-appear warrants, capiases, and bench warrants issued in parentage and child support proceedings over their crime information systems; and (2) remit any subsequent forfeiture to the child support obligee to the extent of any child support arrearage if a defendant posts security after being arrested. Title II: Establishment - (Sec. 201) Amends SSA title IV part D to set forth requirements for State laws on service of process and jurisdiction in child support and parentage actions. Declares that the Congress finds that due process is satisfied if State courts exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident who is the parent or presumed parent of a resident child in order to establish, enforce, or modify a child support order or to establish parentage. Requires States to recognize and enforce parentage and child support orders of other States where jurisdiction has been properly exercised. Specifies the conditions under which a State court may modify a parentage or child support order made by another State court. (Sec. 202) Provides for service of process on Federal employees and members of the armed forces relating to child support, alimony, and parentage obligations. (Sec. 203) Requires that parents' identification and locate information be filed with the State court adjudicating parentage and child support actions. Requires safeguards on such information where there is a court order for the physical protection of the child or one parent entered against the other parent. (Sec. 204) Requires State child support agencies to timely notify any individual owed child support of all hearings in which such support might be established, modified, or enforced, and promptly provide copies of any such orders. (Sec. 205) Requires States to allow parties seeking both parentage and child support establishment in a judicial proceeding to bring a joint action in a single cause of action. Sets forth guidelines for uniform State procedures regarding jurisdiction and venue and Federal employee residential status. (Sec. 206) Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) to allow appropriate State agencies to obtain from credit reporting agencies information relevant to the setting of a child support award without having to obtain a court order. (Sec. 207) Creates a National Child Support Guidelines Commission to study and report to the President and the Congress on national child support guidelines and to develop such guidelines for congressional consideration should it be advisable. (Sec. 208) Amends SSA title IV part D to specify certain principles to be included in State child support guidelines. (Sec. 209) Requires States to provide for continuation of a parental child support obligation until a child's marriage, emancipation by a court, or the later of a child's 18th birthday or graduation from high school, except in cases of disabilities arising during childhood or where a court (as allowed by this Act) has ordered support payable to an adult child in college. (Secs. 210 and 211) Requires the new Assistant Secretary of the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) (designated under title VI of this Act) to: (1) draft and distribute a national subpoena duces tecum for use by child support agencies and others to reach employee income information; and (2) develop a uniform abstract of a child support order for State court use. (Sec. 212) Requires States to: (1) list on marriage licenses the applicants' social security numbers; and (2) use procedures that require individuals who have been issued subpoenas to produce and deliver documents to or to appear at a court or administrative agency on a certain date. Title III: Parentage - (Sec. 301) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) require States to provide for hospital-based paternity outreach programs and adopt various specified procedures related to paternity establishment; and (2) provide for 90 percent Federal matching for such programs. Title IV: Enforcement - (Secs. 401 and 402) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) revise anti-assignment provisions to allow child support to be withheld from certain governmental sources; and (2) require procedures for State verification of W-4 form information on outstanding child support obligations and imposition of monetary penalties for failures involving W-4 form reporting and subsequent employer withholding of child support obligations. (Sec. 402) Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the W-4 form completed by new employees to include information on outstanding child support obligations; and (2) employers to provide a copy of such form to the appropriate State child support enforcement agency. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to require employers to withhold from employee wages amounts owed for child support. (Sec. 403) Requires States to mandate that any individual or entity engaged in commerce, as a condition of doing business in that State, honor income withholding notices or orders issued by a court or agency of any other State, and maintain records of payroll deductions for child support obligations. (Sec. 404) Specifies the priority for applying proceeds withheld from income for current and past due child support obligations and health insurance for dependent children. (Sec. 405) Allows workers' compensation income to be subject to income withholding. (Sec. 406) Amends CCPA with respect to State laws and garnishments for securing child support. Gives Federal debts a lower priority than child support debts when the obligor's disposable income cannot satisfy both debts through withholding. Prohibits employers from discharging any employee whose earnings are subject to garnishment for additional indebtedness arising from a child support order. (Secs. 407 through 412, 414, 416 through 421, and 424) Requires States to: (1) provide that the election of remedies prohibition does not apply in child support cases; (2) refuse to issue or renew professional and business licenses of noncustodial parents subject to outstanding child support warrants; (3) prohibit motor vehicle departments from issuing or renewing the driver's licenses of any such parent; (4) authorize post-judgment bank account seizure without a separate court order to collect overdue child support payments; (5) impose liens against lottery or gambler's winnings, insurance settlements or policy payouts, court awards, judgments, or settlements, and property seized in forfeiture cases to collect such payments; (6) void fraudulent conveyances of property made to avoid paying child support; (7) allow the posting of a cash bond, security deposit, or personal undertaking to provide for timely child support payments in cases not involving absent parents; (8) authorize attachment of a child support obligor's retirement investment funds without a separate court order to collect overdue child support payments; (9) mandate reporting to credit bureaus of overdue child support equaling two month's child support payment; (10) enact laws that provide for criminal penalties for non-support; (11) permit enforcement of any child support order until at least the child's 30th birthday; (12) assess and collect interest on all child support judgments; (13) provide for health care insurance for the child; and (14) adopt without material change the officially approved version of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. (Sec. 408) Prohibits States and the Federal Government from issuing or renewing professional and business licenses of individuals delinquent in making child support payments until the license hold is released. (Sec. 413) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the IRS Commissioner should instruct IRS field officers and agents to give a high priority to requests for the use of full collection in delinquent child support cases. Requires the Secretary of Treasury to simplify the full collection process and reduce the amount of child support arrearage needed before an individual may apply for full collection. (Sec. 415) Permits Federal and State tax refund procedures to be used by non-AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (SSA title IV part A) recipients to collect past-due child support regardless of the child's age. (Sec. 422) Amends the Federal bankruptcy code to: (1) allow parentage and child support case establishment, modification, and enforcement to proceed uninterrupted after a bankruptcy petition is filed; (2) treat as outside chapter 11, 12, or 13 plans debt owed to child support creditors, except as specified; and (3) allow a claim for payment of a debt for child support to be asserted in court. (Sec. 423) Sets forth requirements pertaining to parentage establishment and child support payments in the armed forces. Title V: Collection and Distribution - (Secs. 501 through 504) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) set priorities for State distribution of child support collections; (2) require States to limit claims against noncustodial parents for reimbursement of a child's portion of AFDC to the amount specified under a child support order; (3) allow States to assess charges above the application fee for non-AFDC child support services against persons other than custodial parents; and (4) require States to provide for collection and disbursement points for child support cases. (Sec. 501) Authorizes the Comptroller General to analyze the existing child support distribution system and authorize, under certain circumstances, pilot projects for the distribution of arrearages in a specified manner. Amends the IRC to revise the Federal income tax refund offset mechanism. Title VI: Federal Role - (Sec. 601) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) designate the separate organizational unit charged under current law with various child support and parentage responsibilities as the OCSE; and (2) change OCSE's organizational structure. (Secs. 602 and 603) Requires the new OCSE Assistant Secretary to provide training assistance to the States and study staffing at State child support enforcement programs. (Sec. 602) Requires States to provide for training for child support personnel. (Sec. 604) Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on the incentive formula operating with respect to State child support agencies. (Sec. 605) Defines "child support" to include periodic and lump sum payments for current and past-due economic support, payments of premiums for health insurance for children, payments for or provision of child care, and payments for educational services. (Secs. 606 and 607) Requires the Secretary to: (1) contract for a study of and report to the Congress on the OCSE audit process to improve the criteria and methodology for auditing State child support enforcement agencies; and (2) make grants to provide for demonstration projects for the purpose of establishing or improving a system of assured minimum child support payments. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: State Role - (Sec. 701) Amends SSA title IV part D to prohibit States from denying establishment, enforcement, or modification services to applicants because of nonresidency. (Secs. 702, 703, and 705) Requires States to: (1) promote the greatest economic security possible for children, within the obligor's ability to pay; (2) provide custodial parents with certain information; and (3) allow changes in child support payees without a court hearing or order. (Sec. 704) Expresses the sense of the Congress that State and local child support enforcement agencies should provide: (1) offices in easily accessible locations near public transportation; (2) office hours that allow parents to meet with attorneys and caseworkers without taking time off work; and (3) office environments suitable for discussion of matters related to privacy. Title VIII: Effective Date - (Sec. 801) Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1636 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Line-Item Veto Title II: Capital Gains Title III: Social Security Earnings Test Title IV: Urban Tax Enterprise Zones and Rural Development Investment Zones Subtitle A: Designation and Tax Incentives Subtitle B: Redevelopment Bonds for Tax Enterprise Zones Subtitle C: Credit for Contributions to Certain Community Development Corporations Subtitle D: Indian Employment and Investment Subtitle E: Study Title V: Workfare Title I: Line Item Veto - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to grant the President legislative line item veto rescission authority. Authorizes the President to rescind all or part of any budget authority if the President determines that such rescission: (1) would help balance the Federal budget, reduce the Federal budget deficit, or reduce the public debt; (2) will not impair any essential Government functions; and (3) will not harm the national interest. Requires the President to notify the Congress of such a rescission by special message. Makes such a rescission effective unless the Congress, during a review period of 20 calendar days, enacts a rescission disapproval bill. Describes: (1) information to be included in the President's message; and (2) procedures to govern consideration of rescission disapproval legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Title II: Capital Gains - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth a formula for the determination of a deduction for gain on investments in new small business stock (seed capital) held for at least five years. Establishes special rules for such investments. Provides for determining the maximum capital gains rate for small business net capital gain or seed capital gain. Treats capital gains on the sale of such stock as a preference item for purposes of the minimum tax. Title III: Social Security Earnings Test - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase the retirement test exempt amount and lower the reduction factor with respect to certain earnings. Title IV: Urban Tax Enterprise Zones and Rural Development Investment Zones - Declares it to be the purpose of this title to establish a demonstration program of providing incentives for the creation of tax enterprise zones in order to: (1) revitalize economically and physically distressed areas; (2) promote meaningful employment for zone residents; and (3) encourage individuals to reside in the zones in which they are employed. Subtitle A: Designation and Tax Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of tax enterprise zones during calendar years after 1992 and before 1998: (1) by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in the case of an urban tax enterprise zone; and (2) by the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, in the case of a rural development investment zone. Sets forth the eligibility criteria for such designation for urban tax enterprise zones and for rural development investment zones. Allows an enterprise zone employment credit to small employers as a general business credit of 15 percent of the qualified zone wages. Allows a deduction for the purchase of enterprise zone stock paid in cash. Excludes from gross income 50 percent of qualified capital gain recognized on the sale or exchange of a new qualified zone asset held for more than five years. Subtitle B: Redevelopment Bonds for Tax Enterprise Zones - Sets forth special rules for tax-exempt redevelopment bonds which provide financing for tax enterprise zones for the first 60-month period after a zone is so designated. Subtitle C: Credit for Contributions to Certain Community Development Corporations - Allows a general business tax credit for contributions to selected community development corporations to provide employment of, and business opportunities for, low-income individuals who are residents of the operational areas of the community. Subtitle D: Indian Employment and Investment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an Indian reservation credit as a tax credit for investment in qualified Indian reservation property. Allows businesses an employment credit of ten percent (30 percent in the case of an employer with at least 85 percent Indian employees) of the sum of the qualified wages and qualified employee health insurance costs paid or incurred during a taxable year. Subtitle E: Study - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the appropriate Secretary, to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to report to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance on the effectiveness of the incentives provided by this subtitle in achieving its purposes. Title V: Workfare - Requires the Secretary of Labor to report to the Congress on a comprehensive legislative proposal which would require adults receiving aid to families with dependent children under the Social Security Act to enter the workforce within two years of receiving such aid.
Bill· HRH.R. 1619 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Public Housing Rehabilitation Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the low-income housing credit permanent. Makes such housing credit available for rehabilitation of public housing.
Bill· HRH.R. 1621 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Declares that the President should enter into revised host-nation agreements with the European member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) under which such nations agree that, for FY 1995 and thereafter, these nations will: (1) pay at least 50 percent of the personnel costs, and 75 percent of the nonpersonnel costs, of maintaining U.S. military personnel and installations in Europe; (2) relieve the U.S. armed forces of all tax liability that is incurred under the laws of the NATO member nation and community where such forces are located; and (3) ensure that goods and services furnished in these nations to U.S. armed forces are provided at minimum cost and without the imposition of user fees. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to maintain U.S. military personnel and installations in such nations after FY 1995 unless the President certifies to the Congress that they have entered into revised agreements. Makes this Act inapplicable if the U.S. armed forces are actively engaged in armed conflict in Europe or the threat of imminent U.S. engagement in conflict in Europe exists.
Bill· HRH.R. 1603 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Authorizes appropriations for the programs, functions, and activities of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior for FY 1994 through 1997. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (the Act) to add riparian areas as a priority for the Secretary of the Interior's inventory of all public lands and their resource and other values. Provides for congressional disapproval of the Secretary's decision to implement land use plans by the enactment of a joint (currently concurrent) resolution. Requires that land use plans be developed for all public lands outside Alaska no later than January 1, 1998, and for all public lands by January 1, 2000. Requires the Secretary to make certain evaluations and establish certain priorities with respect to the development and revision of land use plans. Changes the title of the Associate Director of BLM to Deputy Director and adds positions of BLM State Directors. Amends the Act to increase from $1,000 to $10,000 the maximum fine for violations of regulations with respect to public land management and use and for causing the death of free-roaming horses or burros on public lands. Requires the Secretary to minimize adverse environmental impacts on such lands. Adds certain environmental and outdoor recreation policies to the concerns to be represented through appointments to the Secretary's advisory councils. Changes the Secretary's submission date for a request of authorizations for programs, functions, and activities of BLM. Prohibits a regulation from imposing liability without fault with respect to a right-of-way granted, issued, or renewed under the Act to certain entities. Authorizes the sale of public lands in excess of 2,500 acres unless the Congress enacts a joint (currently concurrent) resolution disapproving such sale. Provides for judicial review of any agency actions or failure to implement the Act. Requires claimants to certain highway rights-of-way granted across public lands to file notice of their intent to maintain or abandon such claims with BLM. Provides for claim investigations and appeals for claims found to be invalid. Prohibits the Secretary from removing any wild free-roaming horses or burros from sanctuary public lands operated as such on May 22, 1991, or altering existing arrangements for the care and maintenance of such animals. Directs the Secretary to: (1) study and report to the Congress on the nature and extent of the salt loss at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, and on how best to preserve the resources threatened by such loss; (2) take no action to diminish the long-term sustainability of the biological resources and productive capacity of public lands; and (3) identify any portion of the public lands suitable for designation as one or more national conservation areas.
Bill· HRH.R. 1597 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Line Item Veto Act - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to grant the President an additional method of rescinding budget authority. Allows the President to transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for expedited consideration, one or more special messages proposing to rescind all or part of any item of budget authority provided in an appropriation bill or the repeal of any tax expenditure in any revenue Act. Requires that such special message be transmitted not later than seven days after the President approves the appropriation bill or revenue Act and be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be rescinded or repeal that tax expenditure. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such proposals.
Bill· HRH.R. 1640 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Comprehensive Child Immunization Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate: (1) a list of vaccines that provide immunization against naturally occurring infectious diseases which are recommended for universal use in children; and (2) recommendations regarding the appropriate dosage and the ages of children at which each vaccine should be administered. Directs the Secretary to: (1) periodically purchase recommended childhood vaccines in amounts necessary for distribution to meet anticipated needs and for maintenance of a six-month reserve supply; and (2) negotiate a reasonable price for such vaccine. Requires a manufacturer of recommended childhood vaccine to provide costs or pricing data. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the confidentiality of such data; (2) the prohibition of additional shipping or handling charges; (3) multiple suppliers; and (4) reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to provide for the distribution without charge of such vaccines to health care providers who serve children and meet other specified requirements. Permits a health care provider receiving a vaccine under such provisions to: (1) use such vaccine only for administration to children; and (2) impose a fee for the administration of the vaccine, but not for the vaccine itself, subject to specified limitations. Directs the Secretary to establish a national system to track the immunization status of children. Establishes in the Treasury a Comprehensive Child Immunization Account. Makes funds from such account available for vaccine purchases by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide coverage of immunizations under early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and testing provisions of State Medicaid programs; and (2) require that payments to providers include reimbursement for administration of such vaccines. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) termination of the vaccine purchase program; (2) use of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund; (3) the permanent extension of authority to impose taxes for the Trust Fund; (4) the addition of vaccines to the vaccine injury table; (5) the extension of time for decision in proceedings on petitions for vaccine-related injuries or deaths; and (6) vaccine information materials (requiring a concise description of vaccine risks and benefits and a statement of program availability).
Bill· HRH.R. 1611 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Diversity in Media Act of 1993 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require holders of mass communications licenses to submit to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) an annual report describing the proportion of ownership and control of such licensee that is held by minorities and women. Outlines situations under which the FCC may award a communications license to a party on the basis of increasing diversification of media ownership or promotion of the public interest. Provides either demerits or credits to license applicants based on their history of minority and women ownership and control. Requires the FCC to issue a tax certificate for assignment of a license or transfer of control of a corporate licensee for a broadcast, common carrier, private radio, or other telecommunications facility to an assignee or transferee owned or controlled by members of a minority or women if such action is consistent with increasing the participation of minorities and women as employees or owners of telecommunications facilities. Prohibits discrimination in employment by: (1) licensees of commercially operated or public broadcast stations or networks; (2) common carriers; (3) satellite operators; and (4) the headquarters of any of these entities. Establishes a program within such entities to ensure equal employment policies, including the filing with the FCC of an equal employment opportunity program by applicants for a construction permit, assignment of a license, transfer of control, or license renewal. Requires: (1) reports to the FCC by covered entities concerning equal opportunity programs of the entities; and (2) reports to the Congress by the FCC on women and minority participation as employees and owners of telecommunications facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 1588 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a windfall profits tax (after recovery of the total investment in drug development) on the profits from orphan drugs for rare diseases or conditions.
Bill· HRH.R. 1598 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Transfers the cost of international peacekeeping activities from the international affairs budget function to the national defense budget function. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, of the amount requested by the President's budget for military functions of the Department of Defense, one percent should be for international humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 1585 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard mileage rate deduction for charitable use of a passenger automobile. Provides that the Secretary must adjust such standard mileage rate consistent with an adjustment to the business standard mileage rate for any period after 1993.
Bill· SS. 685 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
Amends the American Folklife Preservation Act to authorize appropriations for the American Folklife Center for FY 1994 through 1997.
Bill· SS. 684 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Health Care Program Title II: Benefits and Provision of Services Subtitle A: Scope of Services Subtitle B: Provision of Services Title III: Revenue Subtitle A: Budget Process Subtitle B: Payments to Health Care Providers Subtitle C: Sources of Revenue Title IV: Administration Subtitle A: Federal Administration Subtitle B: State and Local Administration Title V: Transition and Relationship to Other Programs Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions National Health Care Act of 1993 - Title I: National Health Care Program - Establishes a national health care program involving payments to States for State programs that provide covered services to individuals. Provides for approval or disapproval of State programs by the Administrator of the National Health Care Administration (established under title IV of this Act). Makes eligible for enrollment an individual who: (1) maintains a primary residence in the State; and (2) is a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful resident alien, or an eligible alien nonimmigrant. Requires each State program to provide an enrollment mechanism, including: (1) a process for automatic enrollment at birth or immigration; and (2) issuance of a card for identification and claims processing. Provides for portability of coverage and reimbursement. Title II: Benefits and Provision of Services - Subtitle A: Scope of Services - Declares that covered services are all medically necessary services, except as provided, that contribute to the physical, mental, or psychosocial health of an individual or family. Lists included and excluded services. Prohibits States from limiting covered services on the basis of preexisting conditions. Sets forth eligibility criteria for: (1) long-term care services; (2) hospice care services; and (3) services provided in schools, work places, and assisted living programs. Allows State programs to provide, at non-Federal expense, additional services not specifically excluded. Prohibits duplicative private insurance. Allows private insurance for uncovered services. Subtitle B: Provision of Services - Requires States to: (1) include procedures for certification and licensing of participating health care providers; (2) regulate providers and ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, consumer protection standards, and other Federal and State law; and (3) debar providers from payment for repeated violations or convictions for an offense involving medical malpractice. Allows State programs to implement innovative delivery systems. Requires State approval or disapproval of health plans as Integrated Health Service Plans (IHSPs). Defines an IHSP as a nonprofit, consumer-controlled health plan that provides all covered services and operates as a single organization in the health care facilities of the organization. Mandates establishment of State long-term care coordination agencies (LTCCAs) to ensure a continuum of care. Makes LTCCAs responsible for screening all potential long-term care recipients and authorizing services. Sets forth requirements for the services provided. Applies specified provisions of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to this Act. Prohibits discrimination in the provision of services on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, health condition, sexual preference, income, language, or geographic residence in an urban or rural area within the State. Title III: Revenue - Subtitle A: Budget Process - Requires the Administrator to annually establish a national health budget and, for each State, a State health budget. Specifies factors on which State budgets must be based, including population and price differences. Prohibits expenditures in the national budget from exceeding expenditures for the preceding year, adjusted by the percentage increase in the gross national product. Requires inclusion of amounts in national and State budgets for capital expenditures and direct medical education expenses. Subtitle B: Payments to Health Care Providers - Requires State programs: (1) to provide for a timely and administratively simple mechanism for provider payment; (2) in order to avoid fragmented care and promote a continuum of services, to develop financial incentives in payment methods; (3) to limit acquisition of highly specialized or expensive medical equipment; and (4) to establish schedules and incentives to encourage the provision of services in rural and health professional shortage areas. Requires providers who receive program payments to accept the amount recognized under the State program as payment in full. Requires: (1) payment for institutional care through annual prospective budgeting; and (2) each hospital to receive prospectively a global budget developed through negotiations. Allows hospitals to raise private funds. Requires subsidies in health professional shortage areas. Allows: (1) States to determine whether to pay other health care facilities by prospective global budget or per capita fee; and (2) per diem reimbursement for certain services. Requires subsidies for rural essential facilities. Requires that payment to individual providers be on a fee-for-service basis based on State-established (after negotiations) payment schedules and on a national relative value scale. Allows alternative payment mechanisms not exceeding the standard method. Allows group practices to elect to be paid prospectively on a per capita basis. Requires payment to IHSPs (except for inpatient and hospital services) to be paid prospectively on a per capita basis or by a negotiated global budget, as determined by the State agency. Provides for the establishment, by the Administrator, of a list of approved prescription drugs and biologicals, as well as a list of approved durable medical equipment and devices, that are necessary for the maintenance or restoration of health. Requires the head of each State agency to establish a State Payment Grievance Board, allowing use by providers denied payment and to consumers for whom a provider has determined that a requested service is not medically necessary. Subtitle C: Sources of Revenue - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase individual, estate and trust, corporate, and minimum tax rates. Increases tax rates on, and imposes taxes on floor stocks of, cigarettes, distilled spirits, certain wines, and beer. Imposes additional: (1) payroll taxes on employees and employers; and (2) taxes on self-employment income. Makes similar changes to railroad retirement tax provisions. Provides for the treatment of: (1) the applicable contribution base; and (2) certain State and local employees. Terminates certain hospital insurance taxes currently applicable to employees, employers, and self-employed individuals. Imposes a tax equal to the amount an employer would have paid for individual or family coverage of retired employees under group health plans in existence on a specified date. Terminates the tax after 2012. Excludes from gross income amounts received for injuries or sickness through the national program (currently, through accident or health insurance). Terminates the exclusion from gross income of amounts received through such insurance. Repeals provisions excluding from gross income employer-provided accident or health plan coverage. Removes provisions specifying the circumstances in which a cafeteria plan shall not be treated as discriminatory. Replaces provisions regarding health insurance costs of self-employed individuals with provisions allowing a deduction for employer expenses for on-site employee first aid. Repeals provisions: (1) allowing deductions for medical expenses; and (2) relating to the provision by pension or annuity plans of medical benefits for retired employees and their spouses and dependents. Terminates the deduction for health insurance which includes at least one child. Increases the portion of social security benefits and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits which must be included in gross income. Reduces related income thresholds. Mandates a national health care program premium for persons over 64 years old, determined according to certain provisions of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act plus a specified amount. Reduces the premium for low-income persons. Makes each State responsible for establishing a financing program for the State program. Declares that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no individual is eligible for services under this Act unless the State of residence makes available amounts, determined under a specified formula, in addition to State health block grant funds. Requires each State to make available all State health block grant funds, including funds made available under title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grants) of the Social Security Act. Requires each State program to impose cost-sharing for specified services, except for low-income consumers. Establishes the National Health Care Trust Fund (Fund) and transfers to it: (1) the additional revenues resulting from this Act; and (2) unobligated amounts in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Authorizes additional appropriations. Authorizes and appropriates payments to each State. Declares that amounts in the Fund shall be available for grant programs relating to health care services. Prohibits inclusion of the receipts and disbursements of the Fund and the additional taxes resulting from this Act in the Federal budget and exempts such amounts from any general budget limit. Title IV: Administration - Subtitle A: Federal Administration - Establishes a National Health Care Administration as an independent establishment, mandating an Administrator appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Mandates establishment, directly or through grants or contracts, of ombudsman programs, complaint hotlines, and consumer and provider information and education programs. Establishes a national health care data base, requiring it to include information on the quality, effectiveness, utilization, and cost of covered services. Establishes the National Health Board to advise the Administrator. Requires appointment of the Board by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes the National Council on Quality Assurance and Consumer Protection to conduct studies and oversight and prepare recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes the Medical Malpractice Commission to conduct a study and prepare recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Amends title XI (General Provisions and Peer Review) of the Social Security Act to require that utilization and quality control peer review organizations be composed of: (1) health care providers (currently, doctors of medicine and osteopathy) engaged in providing covered services under this Act (currently, engaged in the practice of medicine or surgery); and (2) health care providers representative of the groups of health care providers providing services under the Act, with no group providing a majority. Requires such organizations to make recommendations regarding quality assurance standards under this Act. Establishes Peer Review Organization Consumer Boards (Consumer Boards) within geographic regions specified by the Administrator to: (1) conduct annual evaluations of such peer review organizations, including making recommendations for awards of contracts; and (2) carry out consumer education programs. Authorizes appropriations. Replaces certain references to titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, or to the Social Security Act as a whole, with references to this Act. Establishes the Public Health Functions and Activities Commission to study and report to the Administrator regarding: (1) public health functions and activities that should remain separate from the national health care program; and (2) integration of public health programs into the national health care program. Authorizes appropriations. Requires provision on a regional basis, directly or through contracts, of technical assistance centers. Subtitle B: State and Local Administration - Requires a State to designate a State agency (agency) to be the sole State agency to carry out the State program under this Act. Requires each: (1) agency to establish a State planning board; and (2) State to establish local planning boards. Title V: Transition and Relationship to Other Programs - Repeals titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Repeals certain provisions of Federal law concerning: (1) the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); (2) medical care and medical facilities relating to veterans; and (3) Federal employees' health benefits. Requires provision of covered services to eligible individuals not enrolled in the program through the Indian Health Service in lieu of health services provided by the Service on the date of enactment of this Act. Mandates grants to States planning and developing State programs. Authorizes appropriations. Requires a study of strategies for accomplishing transitions under this Act. Gives the study's recommendations the force of law unless the Congress disapproves within a specified time. Provides for the rules governing congressional consideration of a disapproval resolution, specifying that these provisions are enacted as an exercise in the rule making power of the House of Representatives and the Senate and retaining the right of either House to change the rules as any other rule of that House. Supersedes provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to the extent they are inconsistent with this Act. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that consumers in the national health care program shall have specified rights set forth in a bill of rights. Requires the Administrator to make grants for research projects. Mandates grants to establish: (1) innovative statewide or local prevention and health promotion programs; and (2) health awareness programs in schools, work places, and health and social agencies. Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to include within the definition of "eligible dislocated workers" individuals who have been terminated from their jobs as a result of reductions in health insurance industry jobs due to the establishment of the national health care program under the National Health Care Act of 1993.
Bill· HRH.R. 1545 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Congressional Exemptions Title II: Congressional Perks Title III: Miscellaneous Citizen Representative Reform Act Stop Special Treatment Provision - Title I: Congressional Exemptions - Makes applicable to the Congress the following Federal laws, to the extent that they relate to the terms and conditions of employment, the health and safety of employees, and the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees: (1) Social Security Act; (2) National Labor Relations Act; (3) Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; (4) Civil Rights Act of 1964; (5) Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; (6) Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; (7) title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; (8) Rehabilitation Act of 1973; (9) Privacy Act of 1974; (10) Age Discrimination Act of 1975; (11) Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and (12) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Makes applicable to the Congress the Freedom of Information Act and specified provisions of Federal law relating to the independent counsel. Title II: Congressional Perks - Directs all Members of Congress to pay full market value for all medical services, medical tests, and medications provided by the Office of the Attending Physician. Establishes the Office of Attending Physician Revolving Fund in the Treasury (within the contingent fund of the House of Representatives) for deposit of such payments and monies received from any other source. Orders the closing of all beauty and barber shops on the premises of any property belonging to the House of Representatives. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Members of Congress should be charged rates comparable to those in other parking facilities at Washington National Airport; and (2) records of such expenses should be made accessible to the public. Directs all Members of the House to pay full market value for the use of the health facilities on the premises of the Capitol or any House office building. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government shall not bear any of the cost of health insurance for its Members. Directs the General Accounting Office to: (1) identify and report to the Congress on all benefits that accrue to Members of the House; and (2) determine the market value or a close approximation of each of those benefits and to what extent tax dollars are used to pay for them. Title III: Miscellaneous - Requires the House and the Senate to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1576 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the excise tax on certain vaccines and the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund through 1994. Requires a report to specified congressional committees on a study of the administration of such trust fund. Imposes a floor stocks tax on certain vaccines.
Bill· HRH.R. 1551 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare that unrelated trade or business does not include the activity of soliciting and receiving qualified sponsorship payments (payments received by tax-exempt organizations from corporations and other sponsors in connection with certain athletic and other public events) for purposes of the tax on unrelated business income of charitable, etc., organizations. Excludes royalties received by certain tax-exempt olympic organizations for the 1996 Olympics as income from an unrelated trade or business.
Bill· HRH.R. 1567 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirement that tax-exempt interest be taken into account when determining the portion of social security and railroad retirement benefits that is subject to tax.
Bill· HRH.R. 1546 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
Citizen Representative Reform Act Merit Pay Provision - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the annual salary of a Member of Congress by five percent if the total expenditures of the Federal Government exceed its total receipts for a fiscal year. Requires such reductions in salary to be disregarded the first pay period beginning on or after the date the Congress receives a report indicating that total receipts of the Federal Government are greater than or equal to its total expenditures for a fiscal year. Requires restoration of the Member's salary for such position to the level which would then be in effect without enactment of this Act. Mandates such pay adjustments before any other adjustment scheduled to take effect on the same day for the same position. Makes it out of order for the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution increasing the salary for Members of Congress, with specified exceptions, unless the bill or resolution deals with no subject matter other than a pay increase for members. Requires a recorded vote by the House or Senate in the passage or adoption of such bill or resolution.
Bill· HRH.R. 1575 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a deduction for the social security taxes imposed on wages paid for dependent care services. Allows such deduction in computing adjusted gross income.
Bill· HRH.R. 1559 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow businesses an investment tax credit for costs incurred for noise modification of aircraft from stage 2 levels to stage 3 levels. Allows such credit against the regular tax and alternative minimum tax.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 145 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H. Con. Res. 64 (congressional budget).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 146 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1993
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the inland waterway fuel tax should not be increased beyond those increases scheduled under current law; and (2) H. Con. Res. 64, setting forth the budget for FY 1994 through 1998, should not be considered to assume any increase in such tax.
Bill· SS. 678 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans.
Bill· SS. 675 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions determining the effectively connected net investment income of foreign companies carrying on insurance business in the United States. Requires such companies to recompute their effectively connected net investment income for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997. Provides for increases (or decreases, as appropriate) in such income where the recomputed amount exceeds (or is less than) the income for the recomputed year. Requires payment (or receipt) of interest on the underpayment (or overpayment) of adjusted amounts.
Bill· HRH.R. 1521 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Political Relationship Title II: Applicability of Federal Law Title III: Foreign Affairs and Defense Title IV: Courts Title V: Trade Title VI: Taxation Title VII: Immigration Title VIII: Labor Title IX: Transportation and Telecommunications Title X: Land, Natural Resources and Utilities Title XI: United States Financial Assistance Title XII: Technical Amendments and Interpretation Guam Commonwealth Act - Title I: Political Relationship - (Sec. 101) Creates the Commonwealth of Guam. Grants the people of Guam the right of full self-government through adoption of a Constitution and within specified guidelines. (Sec. 102) Recognizes the right of self-determination of the people of Guam. Directs the U.S. Government to promote preservation of the Chamorro culture, enhanced economic, social, and educational opportunities for Chamorros, and training of Chamorros for employment. Directs Guam to establish a land trust for the benefit of the indigenous Chamorro people and to establish residency requirements under the Constitution of Guam for voting and holding elective office. (Sec. 103) Allows this Act to be modified only with the mutual consent of the Governments of the United States and Guam. Title II: Applicability of Federal Law - (Sec. 201) Makes specified provisions of, and amendments to, the U.S. Constitution applicable to Guam. (Sec. 202) Makes Federal laws, rules, or regulations passed after the date of this Act inapplicable unless mutually consented to by the Governments of the United States and Guam. (Sec. 203) Creates the Joint Commission on the Applicability of Federal Law. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the President to delegate to the Governor of Guam performance of functions now vested in Federal administrative agencies. Title III: Foreign Affairs and Defense - (Sec. 301) Grants the United States responsibility for authority with respect to matters relating to foreign affairs and defense that affect Guam. (Sec. 302) Prohibits the establishment of military security zones or the stationing of foreign military personnel on the Island of Guam without the approval of the Government of Guam except in time of declared war, or the establishment of military bases without consultation with the Governor. (Sec. 304) Prohibits the United States from using Guam or the water surrounding it for the dumping or storage of nuclear waste or hazardous chemicals. Provides for the clean up by the United States of chemical dump sites used by the military. Requires the United States to compensate any person injured as a result of hazardous materials stored, used, or disposed of by the U.S. Government in Guam or its waters. Title IV: Courts - (Sec. 401) Specifies provisions governing the relations between U.S. courts and the local courts of Guam, the jurisdiction of the District Court of Guam, and the applicable district court rules. (Sec. 404) Provides for the appointment of a judge for the District Court of Guam, a U.S. attorney, and a U.S. marshal for Guam. Title V: Trade - (Sec. 501) Establishes a Guam-United States free trade area. Authorizes Guam to impose, increase, reduce, or eliminate duties and other restrictions on certain imports and exports. Title VI: Taxation - (Sec. 601) Makes U.S. income tax laws applicable to Guam. Deems such laws to impose a separate tax to be known as the Guam Commonwealth income tax. (Sec. 603) Allows the Government of Guam to provide for the rebate or reduction of taxes in order to assist new industries or economic development. (Sec. 604) Grants Guam the power to determine the nature and amount of taxes imposed upon the income and property of persons within its jurisdiction. Repeals applicable U.S. tax laws one year after Guam has enacted a replacement comprehensive local income tax. (Sec. 605) Exempts all bonds or other obligations issued by Guam from taxation by Federal, State, or local governments of the United States. Title VII: Immigration - (Sec. 701) Applies the Immigration and Nationality Act and pertinent Federal regulations to Guam for two years from enactment of this Act. Directs Guam to enact a comprehensive law on immigration to become effective at the end of the two-year period. (Sec. 702) Authorizes U.S. consular officials to issue visas for travel only to Guam for any alien seeking to enter Guam as a non-immigrant in order to encourage investors and tourists to come to Guam. Title VIII: Labor - (Sec. 801) Grants preference to qualified residents of Guam in all Federal civil service vacancies occurring in Guam. (Sec. 802) Grants Guam the authority to enact and enforce all laws regulating or affecting employment in Guam. Title IX: Transportation and Telecommunications - (Sec. 901) Precludes application of any U.S. law barring the U.S. registration and use of any foreign-built vessel within the waters around Guam for any purpose. Exempts from the coastwise laws of the United States any shipment of fish or fish products from Guam to any U.S. coastwise destination. Directs the Commission to examine the applicability of such laws and to recommend their termination upon determining that such laws constrain Guam's economic development. (Sec. 902) Authorizes the Governor of Guam to sponsor any qualified air service carrier to come to Guam, subject to presidential consultation concerning U.S. foreign policy and security interests. Exempts Guam from all bilateral treaties between the United States and foreign states with respect to scheduling and technical specifications of aircraft, other than safety requirements. (Sec. 903) Defines Guam as "domestic" for Federal Communications Commission rate setting purposes. Title X: Land, Natural Resources and Utilities - (Sec. 1001) Grants the Government of Guam the power of eminent domain. (Secs. 1001, 1002) Sets limits on U.S. acquisition of real property on Guam. Exempts Guam from Federal regulations governing the transfer or sale of excess Federal real property. Provides for the transfer of all excess Federal property to Guam, with specified exceptions. (Sec. 1003) Provides for access and use by the residents of Guam of certain retained Federal property, subject to military security requirements. (Sec. 1004) Directs the United States to transfer ownership of island utilities to Guam. Title XI: United States Financial Assistance - (Secs. 1101, 1102) Provides for the return of U.S. revenues from taxes and fees collected in Guam to the Government of Guam. Makes U.S. laws providing Federal benefits and financial assistance which are applicable to the States equally applicable to Guam. (Sec. 1104) Directs the Governor of Guam, in preparing an annual budget, to identify the costs and benefits to Guam brought about by its role as one of the principal U.S. military bases. (Sec. 1105) Provides for assistance to aid Guam's transition to a Commonwealth. Title XII: Technical Amendments and Interpretation - (Sec. 1203) Makes technical and conforming amendments. (Sec. 1204) Requires this Act to be submitted to the registered voters of Guam for ratification after being passed by the Congress. Repeals the Organic Act of Guam.
Bill· HRH.R. 1522 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1993
Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Authorizes expenditures by the Panama Canal Commission for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal for FY 1994. Authorizes certain expenditures for administrative expenses, limiting reception and representation expenses of the Board, Secretary, and Administrator of the Commission. Authorizes the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only.
Bill· HRH.R. 1543 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1993
Forfeiture Equity Act of 1993 - Makes the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund available for purposes of the payment of State and local property taxes on forfeited property, beginning on the date of the offense giving rise to the forfeiture.
Bill· HRH.R. 1526 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1993
Health Insurance Fairness Act of 1993 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXI, Health Plan Standards. Prohibits an individual health plan, and any person which issues such a plan, from denying, limiting, or conditioning coverage of benefits for an individual, or varying premiums charged, based on the individual's health status or claims experience, except that plans may, for a limited period, exclude coverage of services related to treatment of a preexisting condition. Sets forth similar prohibitions with respect to group health plans. Outlines general requirements for health plans issued to small employers, as well as requirements related to restrictions on rating practices. Requires individual and group plans to be certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services or approved by a State regulatory program before such plans may be issued. Requires the Secretary to establish specific standards that incorporate the requirements of this Act for individual and group health plans. Provides for establishment of a toll-free telephone information system to: (1) handle the receipt and disposition of consumer complaints regarding plan compliance with applicable standards; and (2) provide information to small employers about insurers that offer health plans meeting such standards. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on issuers of plans that do not meet applicable standards established under this Act. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of such tax. Requires the General Accounting Office to study and report to the Congress on the impact of the standards for rating practices for small group health insurance on the availability and price of insurance offered to small employers.
Bill· HRH.R. 1527 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1993
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a model grant program to provide coordinated social, health, and education services to elementary and secondary school students and their families (under the chapter 1 title I programs for educationally disadvantaged children). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such grants to selected local educational agencies (LEAs) to conduct model programs in schools where at least 30 percent of families meet poverty criteria and in such schools in partnership with community-based organizations if the LEA is responsible for fiscal administration. Sets forth program elements, Federal share, application, selection, and reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 1542 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that export property eligible for certain tax incentives does not include any unprocessed softwood timber for purposes of: (1) taxation of foreign sales corporations (FSCs); and (2) taxation of domestic international sales corporations (DISCs). Requires any income from the sale of such unprocessed timber which was cut from an area in the United States to be sourced in the United States. Excludes such income from rules under which: (1) gains, profits, and income involving inventory property purchased in the United States but sold or exchanged elsewhere may be sourced foreign; and (2) income derived from the manufacture of products in the United States and their sale elsewhere may be treated as having a divided source. Repeals the deferral for income of the controlled foreign corporation from sales or milling (outside the United States) of unprocessed softwood timber to the extent that any controlled foreign corporation is owned by ten percent or more U.S. shareholders.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 167 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 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. 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. Prohibits an increase in the public debt limit unless three-fifths of both Houses provide by law for such an increase by a roll call vote.
Bill· HRH.R. 1514 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1993
Expedited Consideration of Proposed Revenue Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to allow the President, not later than three days after the enactment of a law amending the Internal Revenue Code, to propose the repeal of any provision contained in that law by special message to the Congress. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for expedited consideration of such a proposal.
Bill· SS. 666 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1993
Research and Development Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend permanently (currently, terminated on June 30, 1992) the research credit. Allows such credit to offset 50 percent of the tentative minimum tax of a taxpayer. Revises the definition of the fixed-base percentage of research expenses in various taxable years for purposes of computing the amount of the research credit. Provides a flat research credit for eligible small businesses (those having gross receipts no greater than $100 million) of ten percent of the qualified research expenses for the taxable year. Provides special rules for the defense and aerospace industries with respect to such credit determination. Allows a research credit of 20 percent of qualified cooperative research expenditures, with limitations on the amount of contributions to cooperative research consortia and on private source funding of such research. Provides special tax rules with respect to such consortia and requires each such consortium to provide specified information with respect to its research expenditures (and their funding) to the Secretary of the Treasury. Includes university affiliated hospitals among those qualified organizations to which a research credit will be allowed for contributions.
Bill· SS. 663 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Refundable Credit For Children Title II: Earned Income Tax Credit Increased for Larger Families Title III: Child Support Insurance Demonstration Projects Title IV: Community Employment Opportunity Demonstration Projects Family Income Security Act of 1993 - Title I: Refundable Credit for Children - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit of $1,000 for each child under the age of 19 in lieu of the deduction for personal exemptions for children. Provides an inflation adjustment for such tax credit. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance payments of refunds to which eligible taxpayers are entitled by reason of the tax credit for children. Provides that such advance payments shall be made through reductions in employer wage withholdings, if the employee has in effect a child tax credit eligibility certificate. Directs the Secretary and the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service to establish a taxpayer awareness program to inform the public of the availability of the credit for children. Title II: Earned Income Tax Credit Increased for Larger Families - Increases the earned income credit. Bases the credit percentage on one child, two children, or three or more children. Repeals such credit's interaction with the medical expense deduction, the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed, and the dependent care credit. Title III: Child Support Insurance Demonstration Projects - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in order to encourage States to provide a guaranteed minimum level of child support for eligible children not receiving such support from a noncustodial parent, to make grants to between four and six States to establish or improve a system of insured minimum child support payments. Requires States to use such grants to carry out a child support insurance project to provide a minimum monthly child support benefit for each eligible child to the extent that such support is not paid by the noncustodial parent. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Community Employment Opportunity Demonstration Projects - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to implement community employment demonstration projects under which waivers may be granted to eligible economically depressed communities to enable them to use Federal funds to create jobs for low-income parents who are willing to work as an alternative to welfare.
Bill· SS. 651 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1993
Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require the Federal Acquisition Regulation to include regulations to ensure the participation (except in specified circumstances) of at least five historically Black colleges and universities and nonprofit organizations owned and controlled by Black Americans in research and development (R&D) activities conducted for executive agencies. Outlines the requirements to be imposed on executive agencies through such regulations, including the requirement that each such agency reserve a specified percentage of its FY 1995 through 1998 appropriations for R&D activities to be conducted by the Black colleges it must designate under this Act as federally funded R&D centers. Increases such set-aside on a graduated basis for such fiscal years. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress annually on the activities of executive agencies in carrying out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1487 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1993
Requires that of the amounts appropriated for FY 1994 for travel expenses for officers and employees of the Federal Government, not more than 75 percent be obligated or spent for such expenses and 25 percent be returned to the Treasury to reduce the Federal budget deficit.
Bill· HRH.R. 1484 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1993
Makes appropriations for official mail costs of the House of Representatives for FY 1994.
Bill· HRH.R. 1489 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1993
Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that include unemployment compensation in the gross income of an individual and require information reporting with respect to such compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 1485 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1993
Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) from applying to electronic benefit transfers established under a State or local governmental entitlement program certain disclosures, protections, responsibilities, and remedies (in effect, the liability limits currently applicable to private sector ATM and consumer credit cards), unless the payment under such program is made directly into a consumer's account held by the recipient. Declares such prohibition inapplicable to benefit payments made through the use of a debit card unless the Board determines that certain emergency services are available to the recipient in the event the card is reported lost or stolen.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 74 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the energy excise tax proposed by the President will seriously harm middle income citizens, rural residents, and the economy and should not be approved.
Bill· SS. 645 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that a qualified veteran, for purposes of eligibility for mortgage revenue bond financing, is one who meets applicable State law requirements. (Current law specifies deadlines to be met by such veterans.)
Bill· HRH.R. 1465 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 1441 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1993
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to enter into cooperative agreements relating to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: (1) with appropriate organizations or groups (on a matching grant basis) to promote education concerning the natural and cultural resources of the Area and adjacent lands; and (2) in which the Secretary agrees to maintain the facilities at 2600 Franklin Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills, California, for eight fiscal years and to provide funding for programs of the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom that utilize those facilities (in return for which the Classroom agrees that at the end of the term of such agreement, all right, title, and interest in and to such facilities will be donated to the United States for addition to the Area). Authorizes appropriations.
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