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Bill· HRH.R. 913 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Voluntary Drug Abuse Education Checkoff Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate on their income tax returns contributions (not less than one dollar) to the Drug Abuse Education Trust Fund. Establishes such Trust Fund to make grants to States for drug abuse education programs and to pay administrative expenses to carry out this part.
Bill· HRH.R. 884 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitation on travel expense deductions applicable to State legislators who reside within 50 miles of their State capitol.
Bill· HRH.R. 885 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1993
Amends rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider any measure appropriating amounts for salaries and expenses of the House unless such measure prohibits availability of any such amount for obligation after the end of the fiscal year for which such amount is appropriated. Adds rule LII to require amounts made available to a Member of the House under the Clerk Hire, Official Expenses, and Official Mail Allowances to be used only with respect to the calendar year or session of Congress for which the amounts are made available. Requires any amount remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for the year or session to be submitted to the Treasury to be used for deficit reduction.
Bill· SS. 314 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Requires an appropriation separate from the appropriation for the National Archives and Records Administration.
Bill· SS. 320 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Unemployment Compensation, Reemployment, and Fairness Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow States to pay unemployment benefits to eligible individuals while they participate in qualified self-employment training programs. Amends the Social Security Act to require the State agency administering unemployment compensation to provide: (1) early reemployment review of unemployed workers; (2) technical and training program staff to assist with reemployment services; and (3) followup reevaluation and assistance to individuals participating in reemployment activities. Requires such agency to provide: (1) reemployment review information to other State employment and training program staff; and (2) job search and placement services, counseling, testing, occupational and labor market information, assessment, and referral to employers. Allows such agency to provide reemployment reviews and services for workers who have received notice of permanent layoff or impending layoff, or workers in occupations experiencing limited demand due to technological change, impact of imports, or plant closures. Amends the Social Security Act to require States to grant administrative hearings for employers with respect to their liability for paying unemployment taxes. Outlines the Secretary of Labor's administrative responsibilities under this Act.
Bill· SS. 322 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Land and Water Conservation Fund Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to require the submission with the annual budget of the United States of a comprehensive statement of the estimated requirements during the ensuing fiscal year for appropriation from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for land acquisition by eligible Federal agencies and by States and local governments. Sets forth requirements with respect to: (1) allocations from the Fund, including funds for Indian tribes and Alaska Native Village Corporations; and (2) multipurpose acquisition by States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to States for outdoor recreation maintenance and security. Repeals a restriction on assistance to enclose or shelter facilities used for outdoor recreation activities. Permits the use of funds, subject to limitations, for: (1) maintenance of facilities acquired and developed with financial assistance provided pursuant to the Act; (2) costs of law enforcement and security measures; and (3) development of sheltered facilities for public health or safety in connection with projects otherwise eligible for assistance under the Act. Authorizes the transfer of funds by grant recipients to private nonprofit organizations, subject to specified requirements, to be used for projects approved in writing by the grantor of the funds in connection with the acquisition of lands (or interests in lands) and the development of recreation facilities, but not for administrative expenses. Sets forth requirements regarding maintenance of expenditures by State and Federal grant recipients.
Bill· SS. 354 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include under the program for discharge of indebtedness for student loans any loan to an individual made by a State which had no accredited professional schools for the study of law or medicine, if the individual resided for a period of time in the State after completion of attendance at the educational organization.
Bill· SS. 346 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Working Families Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an inflation adjustment for the dollar limitations on the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (the dependent care credit). Bases such cost-of-living adjustment on the consumer price index for calendar year 1992 instead of calendar year 1989.
Bill· SS. 342 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Modification of Passive Loss Rules Title II: Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investments by Pension Funds Title III: Discharge of Indebtedness Real Estate Stability and Recovery Amendments of 1993 - Title I: Modification of Passive Loss Rules - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain rental real estate development activities from treatment as a passive activity for purposes of determining passive activity losses and credits. Title II: Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investments by Pension Funds - Modifies exceptions to the exclusion of real property acquired by a qualified organization from the meaning of acquisition indebtedness. Makes certain exceptions inapplicable to sales out of foreclosure by a financial institution. Applies the meaning of acquisition indebtedness to investments in certain large partnerships where the principal purpose of partnership allocation is not tax avoidance. Repeals the special rule for publicly traded partnerships with respect to the treatment of unrelated business taxable income. Permits a tax-exempt title-holding company to receive unrelated business taxable income of up to ten percent of its gross income, if the income is incidentally derived from the holding of real property. Excludes from unrelated business taxable income: (1) gains from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of real property acquired from financial institutions that are in conservatorship or receivership; (2) amounts received or accrued as consideration for entering into agreements to make loans; and (3) all gains on the lapse or termination of options, written by an organization in connection with its investment activities, to buy or sell real property. Provides for the tax treatment of pension fund investments in real estate investment trusts. Title III: Discharge of Indebtedness - Excludes from gross income income from the discharge of qualified real property business indebtedness. Applies the excluded amount to reduce the basis of the depreciable real property. Limits such amount to the amount of outstanding indebtedness over the fair market value of the property, reduced by any other qualified real estate business indebtedness. Excludes qualified farm indebtedness from the definition of "qualified real property business indebtedness."
Bill· SS. 352 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 and the Internal Revenue Code to provide that in determining net earnings from self-employment, the basis of a vessel, barge, or container shall not be reduced by any qualified withdrawal from a capital construction fund.
Bill· SS. 348 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend the period during which qualified mortgage bonds and mortgage credit certificates may be issued.
Bill· SS. 353 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 to permit Alaska Native Corporations to litigate the validity of the sale of their net operating losses to other corporate buyers as reported on their tax returns, if the buyers so agree. Increases the interest on the underpayment rate for any underpayments resulting from such litigation.
Bill· SS. 351 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 and the Internal Revenue Code to permit participants in a capital construction fund to reduce their self-employment income by the amount of contributions to such fund. Makes nonqualified withdrawals subject to the self-employment tax.
Bill· SS. 347 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Promotion of Economic Growth in the Manufacturing Sector Title II: Progressive Capital Gain Rates Title III: Research and Experimentation Title IV: Employer-Provided Educational Assistance Manufacturing Revitalization Incentives Act of 1993 - Title I: Promotion of Economic Growth in the Manufacturing Sector - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional depreciation deduction under the accelerated cost recovery system of 15 percent of the purchase price of new qualified manufacturing equipment. Makes such allowance an adjustment in computing alternative minimum taxable income for depreciation purposes. Increases the percentage allowed in the declining balance depreciation method for certain property placed in service after January 31, 1993. Eliminates the adjusted current earnings depreciation adjustment under the alternative minimum tax for property placed in service on or after February 1, 1993. Excludes automobiles from the classification of five-year property under such depreciation system and imposes a weight requirement on trucks to be so classified. Alters the depreciation schedule for such vehicles and increases the cap on the amount of allowable depreciation. Title II: Progressive Capital Gains Rates - Replaces the present law maximum marginal rate of the capital gains tax with a progressive rate system for noncorporate taxpayers. Extends the holding period required for long-term capital gain treatment from more than one year to more than five years. Revises the recapture rules on depreciable real property. Title III: Research and Experimentation - Makes permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities and the rules on the allocation of research and experimental expenditures. (Currently, such credit expires on June 2, 1992, and such rules expire on August 1, 1992.) Title IV: Employer-Provided Educational Assistance - Makes permanent the tax exclusion for educational assistance provided by an employer. Increases and provides an inflation adjustment for the dollar limitation on such exclusion.
Bill· SS. 339 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the availability of the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals for six months (currently, such deduction is inapplicable to tax years after June 30, 1992).
Bill· SS. 325 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Immediate Reforms Subtitle A: Small Employer Health Insurance Market Reform Subtitle B: Community Health Services Expansion Subtitle C: Expansion of Tax Incentives for Self- Employed Individuals Subtitle D: Expanding the Supply of Health Professionals in Rural Areas Subtitle E: Malpractice Reform Subtitle F: Joint Ventures Title II: Long-Term Reforms Subtitle A: Establishment of Commission and Advisory Board Subtitle B: Reform and Standardization of Private Insurance Subtitle C: Low-Income Assistance Subtitle D: Congressional Consideration of Commission Recommendation Subtitle E: Enforcement Provisions Subtitle F: Financial Provisions Subtitle G: Definitions BasiCare Health Access and Cost Control Act - Title I: Immediate Reforms - Subtitle A: Small Employer Health Insurance Market Reform - (Sec. 101) Regulates small employer (fewer than 51 employees) accident and health insurance regarding: (1) price; (2) sales practices; (3) issuance; (4) core benefits (requiring the same benefits as title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act); (5) deductibles, out-of-pocket expenses, and copayments; and (6) children's preventive benefits. Preempts State and local laws. Regulates eligibility, exclusion of preexisting conditions, renewability, waiting periods, and rating requirements. Allows application of State standards instead of these requirements, provided core benefits and sales practices requirements are met. (Sec. 106) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to prohibit deductions for the tax imposed by this Act on insurers offering plans that do not qualify as BasiCare plans. Subtitle B: Community Health Services Expansion - (Sec. 111) Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to establish a program of allotments to States for grants for community-based primary health services to low-income or medically underserved populations regarding infant mortality and referrals for the health management of infants and pregnant women. Earmarks for the allotments specified percentages of appropriations under certain provisions added by this Act. (Sec. 112) Mandates grants to federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and other entities for providing access to services for medically underserved populations or in high impact areas not currently being served by a FQHC. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Expansion of Tax Incentives for Self-Employed Individuals - (Sec. 121) Amends the IRC to increase the portion of health insurance costs self-employed individuals may deduct. Removes provisions ending the deduction on a specified date. Subtitle D: Expanding the Supply of Health Professionals in Rural Areas - (Sec. 131) Amends the PHSA to authorize appropriations to carry out provisions relating to the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment program. Earmarks certain portions to carry out provisions of this Act relating to FQHCs. (Sec. 132) Amends the IRC to allow a credit for service by a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who: (1) provides primary health services to individuals in a rural health professional shortage area; and (2) is not receiving a National Health Service Corps scholarship or loan repayment and not fulfilling service obligations under such programs. Excludes National Health Service Corps loan repayments from gross income. Allows, with regard to elections to expense depreciable business assets, a higher aggregate cost to be taken into account for rural health care property in a rural health professional shortage area. Allows a deduction for a limited amount of the interest paid on medical education loans by an individual performing services under an agreement with a rural community to perform professional services in the community. Authorizes use of the deduction in computing adjusted gross income. Subtitle E: Malpractice Reform - (Sec. 142) Declares that these provisions apply to any health care liability action brought in any Federal or State court. (Sec. 143) Limits the dollar amount of: (1) recovery by an individual and the individual's family members in a health care liability action, regardless of the number of providers or the number of actions; and (2) single payments which may be required. Requires collateral source offset. Limits punitive damages. Regulates attorney's fees and joint and several liability. Sets forth time limits on initiation of actions. Preempts State laws in certain circumstances. (Sec. 148) Mandates grants to States for the development and implementation of alternative dispute resolution systems (ADRs). (Sec. 149) Requires the Commission to advise the Secretary on ADR eligibility, approval, and review requirements, providing for the establishment of a panel of advisors. (Sec. 150) Authorizes appropriations for the ADR grants. (Sec.151) Mandates grants for demonstration private sector no-fault compensation programs, using the same panel of advisors. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle F: Joint Ventures - (Sec. 161) Amends provisions of the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 allowing, notwithstanding antitrust laws, certain cooperative research agreements to add references to joint health care provider ventures, defined as a group of activities by two or more hospitals for the provision or delivery of health care services. Title II: Long-Term Reforms - Subtitle A: Establishment of Commission and Advisory Board - (Sec. 201) Establishes the Commission on National Health Care Access and Reform and the National Advisory Board. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Reform and Standardization of Private Insurance - (Sec. 212) Requires the Commission to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal with specified elements, including: (1) a uniform national health benefits package (BasiCare); (2) a national health care insurance reform plan applicable to all carriers of health insurance in the United States; (3) self-insured plan requirements; and (4) a program to assist low-income individuals in the transfer from coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to BasiCare coverage and financial assistance in obtaining BasiCare coverage. (Sec. 213) Sets forth the Commission's continuing duties, including: (1) submission of a legislative proposal annually for the next two years if the Congress does not approve the Commission's recommendation; (2) annual review and revision, subject to congressional recision, of benefits and premiums; (3) oversight of provider participation and billing; (4) oversight of the supplemental health insurance market; and (5) submission of plans for the long-term disposition of Medicaid benefits not covered or subsumed by BasiCare and assimilation of Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act), the veterans health care program, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), the Indian health service program, and the Federal employees' health benefits program into the BasiCare system. (Sec. 214) Includes in BasiCare coverage basic hospitalization, basic outpatient services, protection against catastrophic out-of-pocket costs, coverage against extraordinary long-term care costs, and coverage for preventive care. (Sec. 215) Requires each carrier to offer BasiCare. Preempts inconsistent State and local laws. Prohibits duplication of BasiCare benefits. Prohibits discrimination based on health status, including preexisting conditions. Requires guaranteed issue, a minimum plan period, guaranteed renewability, and community-wide ratings. Applies these standards to reinsurance policies. Mandates guidelines for a risk adjustment structure. Regulates premiums. (Sec. 217) Prohibits employment-related BasiCare plans from imposing waiting periods. Requires: (1) such plans to apply equally to employees of all income levels; and (2) total contributions for an employer for low-income employees to equal or exceed the total for other employees. (Sec. 219) Regulates self-insured plans. (Sec. 220) Requires providers, as a BasiCare participation condition, to accept any BasiCare payment as full payment. (Sec. 221) Mandates development of recommended managed care plan standards regarding benefits, coverage, and delivery systems. Establishes the Managed Care Advisory Committee. Preempts certain laws regarding managed care plans. Subtitle C: Low-Income Assistance - (Sec. 231) Requires the Commission to provide for the termination of Medicaid program coverage duplicating BasiCare. Terminates, after five years, any remaining Medicaid benefits. Mandates financial assistance, through a voucher system, to low-income individuals for BasiCare premiums, deductibles, and other cost-sharing. Subtitle D: Congressional Consideration of Commission Recommendation - (Sec. 241) Declares that these provisions are enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate with recognition of the right of either House to change the rules as any other rule of that House. Provides for the introduction and consideration of a joint resolution approving of the Commission's legislative proposal under subtitle B of this title. Subtitle E: Enforcement Provisions - (Sec. 251) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove provisions relating to a tax on any employer or employee organization that contributes to a group health plan or large group health plan that does not comply with certain Medicare provisions. Imposes a tax on: (1) insurers offering plans that do not qualify as BasiCare plans; (2) the failure of any service provider under a BasiCare plan to comply with specified provisions of this Act; and (3) the failure of any person to comply with provisions of this Act relating to employer responsibilities and self-insured plan requirements. (Sec. 252) Disallows personal exemptions unless the individual's BasiCare policy number is included in the individual's tax return. Subtitle F: Financial Provisions - (Sec. 261) Creates the BasiCare Trust Fund and transfers to the Fund: (1) a specified percentage of wages and self-employment income; (2) all of the taxes imposed by this Act; (3) additional revenues resulting from this Act; (4) the State's Medicaid share; and (5) all unobligated amounts in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Appropriates to the Fund: (1) the Federal Medicaid share; and (2) amounts equal to appropriations for the veterans health care program, CHAMPUS, the Indian health service program, and the Federal employees' health benefits program. Authorizes appropriations for additional sums as required to make expenditures under specified provisions of this Act. Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to exclude amounts under certain provisions of this Act from appropriation to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. (Sec. 262) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income employer-provided coverage under a BasiCare plan (currently, under an accident or health plan); (2) prohibit deductions for employer expenses for a group health plan unless the plan qualifies as a BasiCare plan; (3) include amounts paid for a BasiCare plan (currently, for insurance) in the definition of "medical care" for provisions relating to medical and dental expenses; and (4) allow a deduction, without regard to adjusted gross income, for BasiCare premiums. Subtitle G: Definitions - (Sec. 272) Defines various terms as used in this Act.
Bill· SS. 327 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Military Separation Retirement Benefits Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow rollovers into individual retirement accounts of military separation pay.
Bill· SS. 321 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make available to an employer an income tax credit for expenses paid or incurred to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, or expand a qualified on-site day care facility operated by the employer for the care of enrollees, at least 30 percent of whom must be dependents of the employer's employees. Terminates the credit after December 31, 1996.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 41 (103rd)failed
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits in any fiscal year total Federal outlays from exceeding total receipts, unless a three-fifths roll call vote of both Houses of Congress authorizes a specific excess. Prohibits any increases in the public debt unless a three-fifths roll call vote of both Houses enacts legislation permitting otherwise. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Permits any revenue-increasing bill to become law only if approved by a majority of the whole number of each House by roll call vote. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 64 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Declares that the Congress opposes any attempt to lower the estate tax exemption or raise the effective rate of taxes on estates, or impose additional taxes on estates such as a capital gains tax at death, because such measures contradict the fundamental goal of the United States Government of encuraging long-term private saving through which productive investment that promotes economic growth can be realized.
Bill· HRH.R. 834 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Immediate Reforms Subtitle A: Small Employer Health Insurance Market Reform Subtitle B: Community Health Services Expansion Subtitle C: Expansion of Tax Incentives for Self-Employed Individuals Subtitle D: Expanding the Supply of Health Professionals in Rural Areas Subtitle E: Malpractice Reform Subtitle F: Joint Ventures Title II: Long-Term Reforms Subtitle A: Establishment of Commission and Advisory Board Subtitle B: Reform and Standardization of Private Insurance Subtitle C: Low-Income Assistance Subtitle D: Congressional Consideration of Commission Recommendation Subtitle E: Enforcement Provisions Subtitle F: Financial Provisions Subtitle G: Definitions BasiCare Health Access and Cost Control Act - Title I: Immediate Reforms - Subtitle A: Small Employer Health Insurance Market Reform - (Sec. 101) Regulates small employer (fewer than 51 employees) accident and health insurance regarding: (1) price; (2) sales practices; (3) issuance; (4) core benefits (requiring the same benefits as title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act); (5) deductibles, out-of-pocket expenses, and copayments; and (6) children's preventive benefits. Preempts State and local laws. Regulates eligibility, exclusion of preexisting conditions, renewability, waiting periods, and rating requirements. Allows application of State standards instead of these requirements, provided core benefits and sales practices requirements are met. (Sec. 106) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to prohibit deductions for the tax imposed by this Act on insurers offering plans that do not qualify as BasiCare plans. Subtitle B: Community Health Services Expansion - (Sec. 111) Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to establish a program of allotments to States for grants for community-based primary health services to low-income or medically underserved populations regarding infant mortality and referrals for the health management of infants and pregnant women. Earmarks for the allotments specified percentages of appropriations under certain provisions added by this Act. (Sec. 112) Mandates grants to federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and other entities for providing access to services for medically underserved populations or in high impact areas not currently being served by a FQHC. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Expansion of Tax Incentives for Self-Employed Individuals - (Sec. 121) Amends the IRC to increase the portion of health insurance costs self-employed individuals may deduct. Removes provisions ending the deduction on a specified date. Subtitle D: Expanding the Supply of Health Professionals in Rural Areas - (Sec. 131) Amends the PHSA to authorize appropriations to carry out provisions relating to the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment program. Earmarks certain portions to carry out provisions of this Act relating to FQHCs. (Sec. 132) Amends the IRC to allow a credit for service by a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who: (1) provides primary health services to individuals in a rural health professional shortage area; and (2) is not receiving a National Health Service Corps scholarship or loan repayment and not fulfilling service obligations under such programs. Excludes National Health Service Corps loan repayments from gross income. Allows, with regard to elections to expense depreciable business assets, a higher aggregate cost to be taken into account for rural health care property in a rural health professional shortage area. Allows a deduction for a limited amount of the interest paid on medical education loans by an individual performing services under an agreement with a rural community to perform professional services in the community. Authorizes use of the deduction in computing adjusted gross income. Subtitle E: Malpractice Reform - (Sec. 142) Declares that these provisions apply to any health care liability action brought in any Federal or State court. (Sec. 143) Limits the dollar amount of: (1) recovery by an individual and the individual's family members in a health care liability action, regardless of the number of providers or the number of actions; and (2) single payments which may be required. Requires collateral source offset. Limits punitive damages. Regulates attorney's fees and joint and several liability. Sets forth time limits on initiation of actions. Preempts State laws in certain circumstances. (Sec. 148) Mandates grants to States for the development and implementation of alternative dispute resolution systems (ADRs). (Sec. 149) Requires the Commission to advise the Secretary on ADR eligibility, approval, and review requirements, providing for the establishment of a panel of advisors. (Sec. 150) Authorizes appropriations for the ADR grants. (Sec.151) Mandates grants for demonstration private sector no-fault compensation programs, using the same panel of advisors. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle F: Joint Ventures - (Sec. 161) Amends provisions of the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 allowing, notwithstanding antitrust laws, certain cooperative research agreements to add references to joint health care provider ventures, defined as a group of activities by two or more hospitals for the provision or delivery of health care services. Title II: Long-Term Reforms - Subtitle A: Establishment of Commission and Advisory Board - (Sec. 201) Establishes the Commission on National Health Care Access and Reform and the National Advisory Board. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Reform and Standardization of Private Insurance - (Sec. 212) Requires the Commission to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal with specified elements, including: (1) a uniform national health benefits package (BasiCare); (2) a national health care insurance reform plan applicable to all carriers of health insurance in the United States; (3) self-insured plan requirements; and (4) a program to assist low-income individuals in the transfer from coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to BasiCare coverage and financial assistance in obtaining BasiCare coverage. (Sec. 213) Sets forth the Commission's continuing duties, including: (1) submission of a legislative proposal annually for the next two years if the Congress does not approve the Commission's recommendation; (2) annual review and revision, subject to congressional recision, of benefits and premiums; (3) oversight of provider participation and billing; (4) oversight of the supplemental health insurance market; (5) submission of plans for the long-term disposition of Medicaid benefits not covered or subsumed by BasiCare and assimilation of Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act), the veterans health care program, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), the Indian health service program, and the Federal employees' health benefits program into the BasiCare system; and (6) submission of a legislative proposal for affordable and easy access to prescription drugs. (Sec. 214) Includes in BasiCare coverage basic hospitalization, basic outpatient services, prescription drugs, protection against catastrophic out-of-pocket costs, coverage against extraordinary long-term care costs, and coverage for preventive care. (Sec. 215) Requires each carrier to offer BasiCare. Preempts inconsistent State and local laws. Prohibits duplication of BasiCare benefits. Prohibits discrimination based on health status, including preexisting conditions. Requires guaranteed issue, a minimum plan period, guaranteed renewability, and community-wide ratings. Applies these standards to reinsurance policies. Mandates guidelines for a risk adjustment structure. Regulates premiums. (Sec. 217) Prohibits employment-related BasiCare plans from imposing waiting periods. Requires: (1) such plans to apply equally to employees of all income levels; and (2) total contributions for an employer for low-income employees to equal or exceed the total for other employees. (Sec. 219) Regulates self-insured plans. (Sec. 220) Requires providers, as a BasiCare participation condition, to accept any BasiCare payment as full payment. (Sec. 221) Mandates development of recommended managed care plan standards regarding benefits, coverage, and delivery systems. Establishes the Managed Care Advisory Committee. Preempts certain laws regarding managed care plans. Subtitle C: Low-Income Assistance - (Sec. 231) Requires the Commission to provide for the termination of Medicaid program coverage duplicating BasiCare. Terminates, after five years, any remaining Medicaid benefits. Mandates financial assistance, through a voucher system, to low-income individuals for BasiCare premiums, deductibles, and other cost-sharing. Subtitle D: Congressional Consideration of Commission Recommendation - (Sec. 241) Declares that these provisions are enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate with recognition of the right of either House to change the rules as any other rule of that House. Provides for the introduction and consideration of a joint resolution approving of the Commission's legislative proposal under subtitle B of this title. Subtitle E: Enforcement Provisions - (Sec. 251) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove provisions relating to a tax on any employer or employee organization that contributes to a group health plan or large group health plan that does not comply with certain Medicare provisions. Imposes a tax on: (1) insurers offering plans that do not qualify as BasiCare plans; (2) the failure of any service provider under a BasiCare plan to comply with specified provisions of this Act; and (3) the failure of any person to comply with provisions of this Act relating to employer responsibilities and self-insured plan requirements. (Sec. 252) Disallows personal exemptions unless the individual's BasiCare policy number is included in the individual's tax return. Subtitle F: Financial Provisions - (Sec. 261) Creates the BasiCare Trust Fund and transfers to the Fund: (1) a specified percentage of wages and self-employment income; (2) all of the taxes imposed by this Act; (3) additional revenues resulting from this Act; (4) the State's Medicaid share; and (5) all unobligated amounts in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Appropriates to the Fund: (1) the Federal Medicaid share; and (2) amounts equal to appropriations for the veterans health care program, CHAMPUS, the Indian health service program, and the Federal employees' health benefits program. Authorizes appropriations for additional sums as required to make expenditures under specified provisions of this Act. Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to exclude amounts under certain provisions of this Act from appropriation to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. (Sec. 262) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income employer-provided coverage under a BasiCare plan (currently, under an accident or health plan); (2) prohibit deductions for employer expenses for a group health plan unless the plan qualifies as a BasiCare plan; (3) include amounts paid for a BasiCare plan (currently, for insurance) in the definition of "medical care" for provisions relating to medical and dental expenses; and (4) allow a deduction, without regard to adjusted gross income, for BasiCare premiums. Subtitle G: Definitions - (Sec. 272) Defines various terms as used in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 850 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Tax Enterprise Zone Act of 1993 - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act 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. 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. Increases the limitation on expensing certain depreciable business assets. 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 844 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the research credit (currently terminates on June 30, 1992).
Bill· HRH.R. 836 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to: (1) increase the allowable deduction from 25 percent to 100 percent; and (2) make the deduction permanent (under current law it will not apply to tax years after June 30, 1992).
Bill· HRH.R. 813 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove charitable contributions of appreciated capital gain property as an item of tax preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.
Bill· HRH.R. 827 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 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· HRH.R. 815 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions governing the income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to: (1) make the deduction permanent; and (2) phase in an increase in the allowable deduction, reaching 100 percent for taxable years beginning in 1998 and thereafter.
Bill· HRH.R. 848 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends Federal law which authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip space in the East Court of the National Museum of Natural History to provide that the appropriation authorized for such purpose is to continue for fiscal years after FY 1991.
Bill· HRH.R. 846 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the corporate income tax exclusion of contributions to the capital of the taxpayer. Includes as a qualifying contribution any amount of money or property received by a regulated public utility which provides water or sewage disposal services that: (1) is a contribution in aid of construction; (2) meets certain expenditure requirements; and (3) is not included in the taxpayer's rate base. Excludes amounts paid as service charges for starting or stopping services. Determines the depreciation deduction for such property by using the straight line method and provides for a 25-year recovery period.
Bill· HRH.R. 826 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 - Amends Federal law to require the head of each agency to submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a strategic plan for performance goals of program activities. Requires the inclusion of performance plans in the President's budget. Directs the Director to require each agency to prepare annual performance plans covering each program activity set forth in the agency's budget. Requires the head of each agency to submit to the President and the Congress a report on program performance for the previous fiscal year. Authorizes the Director to exempt any agency with annual outlays of $20,000,000 or less from strategic and performance plan reporting requirements. Allows performance plans to include proposals to waive administrative procedural requirements and controls in return for specific individual or organization accountability to achieve a performance goal. Outlines proposal requirements. Requires the Director to designate: (1) not less than ten agencies (representing a range of Government functions) as pilot projects in performance measurement; (2) not less than five agencies (selected from agencies in performance measurement pilot projects) as pilot projects in managerial accountability and flexibility; and (3) not less than five agencies (selected from agencies in performance measurement pilot projects) as pilot projects in performance budgeting. Requires the Director, as an alternative budget presentation in the budget for FY 1999, to include the performance budgets of the designated agencies for this fiscal year. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to develop a strategic planning and performance measurement training component for its management training program and otherwise provide managers with an orientation on the development and use of strategic planning and program performance measurement.
Bill· HRH.R. 841 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Worker and Military Personnel Assistance Programs Title II: Defense Economic Development Title III: National Technology and Industrial Base Initiatives Defense Economic Reinvestment Act of 1993 - Title I: Worker and Military Personnel Assistance Programs - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to assist displaced defense workers, at-risk defense workers, and military personnel involuntarily separated from active duty in obtaining reemployment in defense dependent areas. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements to pay 25 percent of the first-year wages of such workers to public or private employers who hire them. Provides a similar incentive program with respect to defense facilities that have begun or announced the termination of employees before enactment of this Act due to completion or curtailment of a defense contract. Authorizes FY 1994 appropriations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an additional credit against Federal unemployment tax for employers who contribute to a reemployment assistance fund maintained under a State law certified by the Secretary of Labor; (2) lower the percentage rate of Federal unemployment tax paid by employers; (3) revise the definition of "Federal taxable wages"; and (4) revise the method of computing installment payments of Federal unemployment tax to take into account the additional credit allowed against such tax. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a program to establish cooperative arrangements between the Department of Defense and specified entities for providing retraining services and placement assistance for displaced and at-risk defense workers; and (2) establish a program under which retraining services (and fellowship assistance) are provided to such defense workers and involuntarily separated military personnel to obtain employment in environmental engineering. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Defense Economic Development - Directs the Secretary to make grants to communities located in defense dependent areas to assist in the economic transition necessary due to reductions in defense spending or the closure of defense facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: National Technology and Industrial Base Initiatives - Directs the Secretary to conduct a program to provide assistance for the establishment or continuation of cooperative arrangements between institutions of higher education and State government agencies and other entities to establish new, or enhance existing, programs of alternative technology development and application. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education in defense-dependent areas to assist in the establishment or operation of environmental and entrepreneurial technology centers that would focus on the transfer of technology and human resources from defense-related industries into growth sectors of the environmental field. Directs the National Defense Technology and Industrial Base Council to make a grant to each State to carry out a survey of eligible firms engaged in manufacturing activities to determine the manufacturing technology capabilities of that State's industrial base. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a loan guarantee program to assist a defense facility holding a major defense contract or subcontract to finance economic development projects related to conversion and diversification from defense-related production and operations to nondefense-related uses.
Bill· HRH.R. 874 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Control of Congressional Campaign Spending Subtitle A: Expenditure Limitations, Contribution Limitations, and Matching Funds for Eligible House of Representatives Candidates Subtitle B: General Provisions Title II: Independent Expenditures Title III: Expenditures Subtitle A: Personal Loans; Credit Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Soft Money of Political Parties Title IV: Contributions Title V: Reporting Requirements Title VI: Federal Election Commission Title VII: Ballot Initiative Committees Title VIII: Miscellaneous Title IX: Effective Dates; Authorizations Congressional Campaign Reform Act of 1993 - Title I: Control of Congressional Campaign Spending - Subtitle A: Expenditure Limitations, Contribution Limitations, and Matching Funds for Eligible House of Representatives Candidates - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to limit an eligible House of Representatives (House) candidate, in an election cycle, to aggregate expenditures of $600,000, of which not more than $400,000 may be expended in the general election period. (Sec. 101) Limits run-off election and special election expenditures for such a candidate, with additional allowances for closely contested primaries. Requires annual adjustment of such limits according to a specified price index, using calendar 1993 as the base year. Waives expenditure limitations for an eligible House candidate if any opponent is not eligible for FECA benefits and spends in excess of 80 percent of the general election period limit. Requires any noneligible House candidate who receives contributions exceeding 50 percent of the general election period limit, or makes expenditures exceeding 80 percent of such limit, to report to the Clerk of the House of Representatives within 48 hours. Excludes from the computation of expenditures subject to limits under this title: (1) any payments for legal and accounting compliance and Federal, State, or local taxes with respect to a candidate's authorized committees; and (2) certain fundraising costs, including salaries and overhead. Sets forth graduated civil penalties for low, medium, and large amounts of excess expenditures. Limits the aggregate contributions an eligible House candidate may accept with respect to any election cycle to $600,000. Waives contribution limitations for an eligible House candidate if any opponent is not eligible for FECA benefits and spends in excess of 50 percent of the general election period limit. Limits to $50,000 in any election cycle the personal contributions of an eligible House candidate from his or her own funds. Waives this limitation if any other House candidate in the same election is ineligible for FECA benefits and receives contributions exceeding 50 percent of the general election period limitation. Sets forth graduated civil penalties for low, medium, and large amounts of excess contributions. Excludes from the computation of contributions subject to limits under this title any used for legal and accounting compliance costs and Federal, State, or local taxes with respect to a candidate's authorized committees. Requires annual adjustment of contribution limitations according to a specified price index, using calendar 1992 as the base year. Entitles an eligible House candidate to receive, for a general election, an amount from the Commission matching up to $400,000 of contributions from individuals (but not to the extent that contributions from any individual during the election cycle exceed $250 in the aggregate). Entitles an eligible candidate to additional matching payments if independent expenditures totaling a certain amount are made against him or her or in favor of another candidate. Prohibits conversion of any matching funds to personal use other than for reimbursement of verifiable prior campaign expenditures. Requires the Commission to examine and audit, for FECA compliance, the campaign accounts of ten percent of the eligible House candidates, and the campaign accounts of all opponents of such candidates as well. Requires candidates to refund to the Commission any excess payments. Provides for judicial review of Commission actions and requires Commission reports to the House of Representatives. Denies any payments to any eligible House candidate unless he or she certifies that all his or her television commercials permit closed captioning. (Sec. 102) Limits to $200,000 the maximum aggregate contributions of political committees to a House candidate, and to the same amount the maximum aggregate contributions of persons other than political committees whose contributions run over $250 (large donors). Subtitle B: General Provisions - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a broadcast station to make broadcast time available to all House and Senate candidates in the last 30 (currently 45) days before a primary and the last 45 (currently 60) days before a general election, at the lowest unit charge of the station for the same amount of time (currently, the same class and amount of time) for the same period on the same date. Prohibits broadcasters from preempting advertisements sold to political candidates at the lowest unit rate, unless the preemption is beyond the broadcaster's control. (Sec. 122) Amends Federal law to permit eligible House candidates to mail up to one piece per eligible voter (voting age population) at the lowest third-class non-profit postage rate, during a general election period only. (Sec. 124) Requires a clear statement of responsibility in advertisements with: (1) a clearly readable type and color contrasts for print advertisements; (2) clearly readable type, color contrasts, the candidate's image, and for a duration of at least four seconds, for television advertisements; and (3) a clearly spoken message by the candidate for both television and radio advertisements. (Sec. 126) Restricts mass mailings of a Member of the House to the Member's district. (Sec. 127) Requires a candidate to participate in at least one pre-election public debate in order to receive any benefits under this title. Title II: Independent Expenditures - Amends FECA to define "independent expenditure" as an expenditure for an advertisement or other communication that: (1) contains express advocacy; and (2) is made without the participation or cooperation of a candidate or a candidate's representative. Excludes from the meaning of "independent expenditure" any expenditure by: (1) a political committee of a political party; (2) persons who communicate or receive information about activities that have a purpose of influencing a candidate's election; and (3) persons with other specified relationships with a candidate or candidate's agents in the same election cycle. Defines "express advocacy" as any communication that when taken as a whole: (1) expresses support for or opposition to a specific candidate, a specific group of candidates, or candidates of a particular political party; or (2) suggests taking action with respect to an election, such as voting for or against, contributing to, or participating in campaign activity. Title III: Expenditures - Subtitle A: Personal Loans; Credit - Amends FECA to prohibit the use of contributions after the date of a general election to repay loans to a candidate (or authorized committee) by the candidate himself or herself or by members of the candidate's family. (Sec. 302) Treats as a contribution any extension of credit of more than $1,000 for more than 60 days to Senate and House candidates (or authorized committees) by vendors of advertising and mass mailing services. Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Soft Money of Political Parties - (Sec. 311) Amends FECA to limit to an aggregate $10,000 in any calendar year: (1) an individual's contributions to political committees established by a State committee of a political party; and (2) a multicandidate political committee's contributions to State party committees. Increases the $25,000 per year limit on an individual's contributions to a candidate by the amount of contributions (up to $5,000) made to State party committees. (Sec. 312) Prohibits a State party committee (including any subordinate committees) from making expenditures in connection with the general election presidential campaign of the party nominee which, in the aggregate, exceed a certain indexed amount. Subjects to certain limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements any amount ("soft money") solicited, received, or expended directly or indirectly by a national, State, district, or local committee of a political party (including any subordinate committee) with respect to an activity (such as voter registration and get-out-the vote activities, among others) which, in whole or in part, is in connection with an election to Federal office. Prohibits a national political party committee from soliciting or accepting contributions not subject to FECA limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements. Cites conditions under which any amount received by the national, State, district, or local committee of a political party (including any subordinate committee) from a State or local candidate committee shall be treated as meeting the soft money requirements of this title. (Sec. 313) Places limitations on fundraising by Federal candidates and officeholders and certain political committees for State and local elections. Prohibits Federal candidates or officeholders from soliciting contributions to, or on behalf of, any tax-exempt organization if a significant portion of the organization's activities include voter registration or get-out-the-vote campaigns. (Sec. 314) Requires the national committee of a political party and any congressional campaign committee (and any subordinate committee) to report all receipts and disbursements during the reporting period, regardless of whether or not in connection with a Federal election. Title IV: Contributions - Specifies circumstances in which contributions made or arranged to be made directly or indirectly by a person to or on behalf of a particular candidate through an intermediary or conduit shall be treated as contributions from such intermediary or conduit to the candidate (thus subjecting them to the FECA limitations otherwise applicable to that intermediary or conduit). (Sec. 402) Treats contributions by a dependent not of voting age as having been made by the individual on whom that dependent is a dependent. (Sec. 403) Prohibits a candidate for Federal office from accepting, with respect to any election, any contribution from a State or local political party committee (or subordinate committee) if such contribution, when added to the total of contributions previously accepted from all such committees of that political party, exceeds the relevant contribution limitation. (Sec. 404) Excludes from the meaning of "contribution" any campaign expense voluntarily paid for by a campaign worker as an advance to the campaign, provided the amount does not exceed $500 and is reimbursed by the committee within ten days. Title V: Reporting Requirements - Requires all Federal candidates and authorized committees to aggregate information on their financial activity reports on an election cycle basis (instead of a calendar year basis, as at present). (Sec. 502) Requires candidates to report any expenditure in excess of the reporting threshold made to a person who provides services or materials for the candidate, whether the payment was made directly or indirectly under subcontract to another person providing personal or consulting services. (Sec. 503) Reduces from $200 to $50 the threshold for reporting certain information by persons other than political committees. (Sec. 504) Requires the Commission to maintain computerized indices of all contributions of at least $50 (currently $200). Title VI: Federal Election Commission - Prohibits a political committee that is not an authorized committee from using a candidate's name in a way to suggest that the candidate has authorized such committee. (Sec. 603) Provides for filling any vacancy in the office of general counsel, and revises the general counsel's rate of pay. (Sec. 604) Revises the basis for an enforcement proceeding from "reason to believe that a person has committed or is about to commit a violation of FECA" to "facts have been alleged or ascertained that, if true, give reason to believe that a person may have committed, or may be about to commit" such a violation. Authorizes the Commission to initiate a civil action for a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction at any time during an enforcement proceeding that it believes there is substantial likelihood a FECA violation is occurring or about to occur, and the need for expeditious action meets certain criteria. (Sec. 606) Authorizes the Commission to conduct random audits of political committees. (Sec. 607) Prohibits contribution solicitation by false representation as a candidate or a representative of a candidate, a political committee, or a political party. (Sec. 608) Directs the Commission to promulgate rules to prohibit devices or arrangements which have the purpose or effect of undermining or evading provisions of FECA restricting the use of non-Federal money to affect Federal elections. Title VII: Ballot Initiative Committees - Defines a ballot initiative political committee as any committee, club, association, or other group of persons which makes ballot initiative expenditures or receives ballot initiative contributions exceeding $1,000 during a calendar year in order to influence the outcome of any ballot initiative involving specified Federal issues voted on at the State, commonwealth, territory, or District of Columbia level. (Secs. 702 and 703) Excludes ballot initiative contributions and expenditures from the usual meaning of contributions and expenditures under FECA. (Secs. 704, 705, and 706) Makes the political committee organizational and reporting requirements (and attendant civil penalties) under FECA applicable to ballot initiative committees. (Sec. 707) Applies to ballot initiative contributions the current prohibition against: (1) making a contribution in the name of another person or knowingly permitting one's name to be used to effect such a contribution; and (2) knowingly accepting a contribution made by one person in the name of another person. (Sec. 708) Limits ballot initiative contributions of currency to an aggregate of $100 per person. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Prohibits Federal candidates and officeholders from establishing, maintaining, or controlling any political committee (such as a "leadership committee") other than a principal campaign committee of the candidate, authorized committee, party committee, or other political committee designated as an authorized committee. (Sec. 802) Requires that contributions of polling data to Federal candidates be valued at fair market value on the date of the poll's completion, depreciated at a specified rate (Sec. 803) Denies FECA payments to any general election candidates of a political party for President or Vice President unless both candidates for such office agree in writing to at least four debates for the office of President, and at least one debate for the office of Vice President, sponsored by a nonpartisan or bipartisan organization, with all other candidates for the office eligible for FECA benefits. (Sec. 804) Prohibits foreign nationals from directly or indirectly directing, controlling, influencing or participating in any person's election-related activities, with respect to any local, State, or Federal office. (Sec. 805) Permits union and corporate expenditures for candidate appearances, debates, and voter guides in Federal elections if certain conditions are met. (Sec. 806) Directs the Commission to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of developing telephonic voting for persons with disabilities. (Sec. 807) Prohibits the use of any aircraft owned or operated by the Federal Government in connection with a Federal election, except for travel of the President or Vice President as long as the portion of the cost of any such travel allocable to election activities is paid by the President's authorized committee. (Sec. 808) Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Congress should consider legislation providing a Constitutional amendment to set reasonable limits on campaign expenditures in Federal elections. Title IX: Effective Dates; Authorizations - Sets forth the general effective date of this Act. Provides for: (1) budget neutrality of this Act; and (2) direct, expedited appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court from any court rulings on the constitutionality of any provision of this Act or amendment made by it.
Bill· HRH.R. 862 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free distributions from an individual retirement account or an individual retirement annuity for the purchase of long-term care insurance coverage when: (1) the entire amount received is used to buy such insurance for the individual or individual's spouse within 90 days of its receipt; and (2) the individual or individual's spouse has reached age 59 and one-half by the date of the distribution. Describes the method, based on the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year, for determining the applicable percentage of the distribution or payment amount to which tax-free treatment will be accorded. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to the Congress, within one year after this Act's enactment, a proposal for the regulation of long-term care insurance policies, including minimum standards and an evaluation of the various catastrophic and long-term care policies currently available.
Bill· HRH.R. 865 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Ronald Reagan Peace Dividend Investment Act of 1993 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for a reduction in the deficit and an increase in the personal income tax exemption when outlays in the defense category for FY 1994 or 1995 are estimated to be below such outlays for FY 1993. Requires an adjustment to the discretionary spending limits (calculated pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) under such circumstances. Provides that it shall not be in order in the Senate or House of Representatives to consider any legislation reducing defense spending below the FY 1993 level if such legislation does not allocate the total amount of such reduction to deficit reduction and personal tax exemption increases.
Bill· HRH.R. 852 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Authorizes additional appropriations for increased border patrol personnel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Makes amounts from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund available (to the extent provided in appropriations Acts) for such purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 840 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
National Stalker Reduction Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States which include programs that increase awareness, reporting, and prevention of stalking; and (2) provide for a reduction of formula grants for noncompliance by States with specified requirements. Directs each State which receives drug control and system improvement formula grants under the Act in a fiscal year to allocate not less than five percent of such funds for the development of records regarding stalking and other forms of domestic violence, including: (1) the development or expansion of maintaining records regarding the dispositions of all complaints and arrests for stalking and other forms of domestic violence; (2) the full automation of such records; and (3) the frequency and quality of reports sent to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Authorizes the Director to waive compliance with such allocation requirement by a State, or to authorize a State to reduce the minimum amount such State is required to allocate, if the Director finds that the quality of the States' records regarding stalking and domestic violence complaints and arrests does not warrant expending the amount allocated. Requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to: (1) define terms that relate to stalking and make such definitions available to individuals and groups that request such information; and (2) compile a national database regarding stalking and other forms of domestic violence. Requires the Director to submit annual reports to the Congress, evaluating the effectiveness of State anti-stalking efforts and legislation.
Bill· HRH.R. 828 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from State unemployment tax law coverage any service performed in the employ of a tax-exempt elementary or secondary school that is operated primarily for religious purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 854 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Senior Citizen Capital Gains Rate Reduction Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual capital gains rate for the sale of retirement assets by a taxpayer who has attained the age of 60 or older. Allows such reduced rate, in the case of a joint tax return, if either person has attained such age. Reduces the alternative minimum tax rate on capital gains for such taxpayers. Provides for indexing such retirement assets held for more than five years before their disposition for purposes of determining gain or loss. Declares that the deduction for depreciation, depletion, and amortization shall be determined without regard to the indexed basis. Provides for determining the indexed amount based upon the gross national product deflator. Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of such taxpayers.
Bill· HRH.R. 838 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Energy Security Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the first sale within the United States of imports of: (1) crude oil; (2) refined petroleum products; and (3) petrochemical feedstocks or petrochemical derivatives.
Bill· HRH.R. 861 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Declares that a building shall not be treated as being ineligible for the rehabilitation credit by reason of being relocated if the rehabilitation at the relocated site began before the date of a specified Treasury regulation.
Bill· HRH.R. 822 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Middle Class Flexible Savings Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the retirement savings deduction and the maximum individual retirement account contribution from $2,000 to $3,000. Raises income phase-out limits. Provides an inflation adjustment for such amounts. Allows higher retirement savings deductions for nonworking spouses in households with one or more children under the age of six. Allows penalty-free distributions from certain retirement plans for: (1) qualified higher education expenses of the taxpayer, spouse, or child; (2) business start-up expenditures; and (3) medical expenses. Limits such distributions to individuals whose adjusted gross income does not exceed: $60,000 in the case of an unmarried individual, $70,000 in the case of a joint return, and $35,000 in the case of married individuals filing separately.
Bill· HRH.R. 816 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the firearms tax certain reloaded previously used shells and cartridges returned to a customer if they are identical in type and quantity to the ones supplied by the customer.
Bill· HRH.R. 817 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Farm Estate Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to estate tax valuation to allow a qualified heir to rent the property to a member of the heir's family on a net cash basis.
Bill· HRH.R. 831 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to prohibit a cost-of-living adjustment from being implemented for Members of Congress in a calendar year if there was a Federal budget deficit for the last fiscal year ending before the first day of such calendar year. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine and submit a written report to the Congress on whether there was a Federal budget deficit for such fiscal year and, if so, the amount of such deficit.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 100 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress and the President, prior to each fiscal year, to agree on an estimate of total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year by enactment of a joint single subject resolution. Prohibits outlays for that year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding this amount unless the Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires the Congress, whenever actual outlays exceed actual receipts for any fiscal year, to provide by law for the repayment of the excess in the ensuing fiscal year. Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Requires the approval of a majority of the total membership of each House by roll call vote before any bill to increase revenue may become law. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 103 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year unless the Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Requires the approval of a majority of each House by roll call vote before any bill to increase revenue may become law. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect. Waives these provisions when the United States is engaged in a military conflict which poses a threat to national security as declared by a joint resolution adopted by a majority of each House.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 36 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1993
Declares that any economic growth package passed by the 103d Congress should include the permanent extension of the mortgage revenue bond and low-income housing tax credit programs.
Bill· SS. 292 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Minority and Women Capital Formation Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide incentives for investments in disadvantaged and women-owned enterprises. Allows a tax deduction for investments in qualified minority fund interests and qualified women's fund interests (domestic corporations or partnerships). Limits investment in such venture capital funds to $300,000 ($150,000 in the case of separate return by a married individual). Allows a deduction for amounts invested through stock in small minority or women's corporations. Limits the amounts of such deduction. Allows taxpayers to elect a credit, in lieu of a deduction, equal to 15 percent of the aggregate bases of investments in minority or women's fund interests with limitations. Allows taxpayers to elect a credit, in lieu of a deduction, equal to ten percent of investments in small minority or women's business corporations with limitations. Sets forth recapture provisions for instances in which such businesses fail to remain qualified. Imposes an interest charge if investments are disposed of within five years. Excludes from gross income 50 percent of the gain on the sale or exchange of property by a qualified minority or women's fund if such property was acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act and was held for at least five years. Defers capital gain reinvested in qualified disadvantaged and women-owned businesses. Terminates such deferral where the property is disposed of within five years of its purchase. Establishes a three-year statutory period for the assessment of any deficiency with respect to such gain.
Bill· SS. 288 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Capital Gains Tax Fairness Act of 1993 - Title I: Reduction in Capital Gains Tax for Individuals - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a reduction in the capital gains tax for individuals. Allows as a capital gains deduction an amount equal to the sum of: (1) the annual capital gains deduction, plus the lifetime capital gains deduction for nontradable property. Declares the annual capital gains deduction to be the lesser of the net capital gain or $1,000. Declares the lifetime capital gains deduction for nontradable property to be 50 percent of the qualified gain. Makes taxpayers whose incomes exceed $150,000 ineligible for such deduction. Bases the qualified gain on sales and exchanges on or after January 27, 1993. Title II: Depreciation Recapture - Revises provisions concerning the gain from dispositions of certain depreciabale realty to provide for the total amount of depreciation.
Bill· SS. 289 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the corporate income tax exclusion of contributions to the capital of the taxpayer. Includes as a qualifying contribution any amount of money or property received by a regulated public utility which provides water or sewage disposal services that: (1) is a contribution in aid of construction; (2) meets certain expenditure requirements; and (3) is not included in the taxpayer's rate base. Excludes amounts paid as service charges for starting or stopping services. Determines the depreciation deduction for such property by using the straight line method and provides for a 25-year recovery period.
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