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United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1995
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 1977 (Department of the Interior and related agencies appropriations).
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1995
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2126 (Department of Defense appropriations).
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1995
Higher Education Investment Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a credit of 20 percent of the interest paid on any qualified education loan. Limits the maximum credit allowable to $500 for an individual and $1,000 for two or more individuals. Imposes a limit on the amount of credit based on modified adjusted gross income of the taxpayer over $40,000 ($60,000 for a joint return). Limits the period the credit is allowed to a taxpayer or spouse to the first 60 months in which interest payments are required. Provides that any loan and all refinancings of any loan shall be treated as one loan. Allows a credit, if the education loan was used to pay the education expenses of an individual other than the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse, for certain dependents. Defines qualified education loan and qualified higher education expenses. Allows a credit to a married couple only if such couple files a joint return. Requires that an individual engaged in a trade or business who receives from any individual interest aggregating $600 or more on any qualified education loan, make a return with respect to each individual from whom such interest was received. Directs that in the case of returns which would be required to be made by two or more persons, only the person first receiving such interest shall be required to make the return.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1995
Congressional Award Act Amendments of 1995 - Amends the Congressional Award Act to extend through 1997 the requirement that the Comptroller General determine that the Director of the Congressional Award Program has ensured that appropriate procedures for fiscal control and fund accounting are established for the financial operations of the Program and that such operations are administered by personnel with expertise in accounting and financial management. Extends the Congressional Award Board until October 1, 1998.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1995
Second Amendment Reaffirmation Act of 1995 - Repeals: (1) the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; and (2) the Assault Weapon Manufacturing Strict Liability Act of 1990 (D.C. Act 8-289). Amends the Firearms Owners' Protection Act (the Act) to: (1) provide that, where discontinuance of a firearms or ammunition business is to be absolute, the records required to be kept shall be delivered within 30 days after such discontinuance to another Federal firearms licensee; and (2) make provisions regarding the award of attorney's fees to the prevailing party, including when the court finds that the action was without foundation or initiated in bad faith, applicable to certain actions and proceedings under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provisions concerning excise taxes for machine guns, destructive devices, and certain other firearms, including a proceeding before an administrative law judge. Authorizes: (1) any person aggrieved by the violation of a civil or constitutional right in connection with the lawful possession or use of a firearm by the U.S. Government, any official or employee thereof, or the government of any State or subdivision or official or employee thereof to bring an action for actual and punitive damages in the Federal district court in which such person resides or transacts business; and (2) the court to award a prevailing plaintiff, other than the Government, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. Bars: (1) the application of any legal provision or any State or local statute enacted to regulate the level of any pollutant from being applied to the sale, transportation, possession, importation, or use of any firearm or ammunition; and (2) any officer or employee of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) from undertaking any investigation of a single individual, organization, or business which will reasonably require expenditures in excess of $4,000, or any investigation in consultation or cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service, without prior written approval by the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. Sets penalties for violations. Prohibits any U.S. officer, agent, or employee from listing, recording, copying, or computerizing the names of firearm owners (other than those required to be maintained under the IRC), transferring information concerning the identities of firearms owners to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof, or participating in the establishment of any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions. Requires that any such list, record, copy, computerization, facility, or system that would have violated this Act had it been created or expanded following the effective date of this Act be destroyed. Creates a cause of action for persons aggrieved by the violation of any civil or constitutional right in connection with a violation of the Act by the Government for actual and punitive damages, including the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff other than the Government.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1995
Congressional Award Act Amendments of 1995 - Amends the Congressional Award Act to extend through 1997 the requirement that the Comptroller General determine that the Director of the Congressional Award Program has ensured that appropriate procedures for fiscal control and fund accounting are established for the financial operations of the Program and that such operations are administered by personnel with expertise in accounting and financial management. Extends the Congressional Award Board until October 1, 1998.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Grants to Encourage Establishment of Community Rural Health Networks Title II: Incentives for Health Professionals to Practice in Rural Areas Subtitle A: National Health Service Corps Program Subtitle B: Incentives Under Other Programs Title III: Assistance for Institutional Providers Subtitle A: Hospital-Affiliated Primary Care Centers Subtitle B: Assistance to Rural Providers Under Medicare Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects to Encourage Primary Care and Rural-Based Graduate Medical Education Title IV: Medicare Payment Methodologies Title V: Hospital Antitrust Fairness Title VI: Financing Rural Health Development Act - Title I: Grants to Encourage Establishment of Community Rural Health Networks - Mandates grants to a State to develop plans to increase health care access for residents of chronically underserved areas. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 102) Requires that funds be made available for technical assistance for certain entities seeking to establish or enhance a community rural health network in an underserved rural area. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 103) Mandates financial assistance for developing and implementing community rural health networks. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Incentives for Health Professionals to Practice in Rural Areas - Subtitle A: National Health Service Corps Program - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any payment made on behalf of a taxpayer by the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. (Sec. 202) Mandates a study regarding possible modifications to the statutory and administrative criteria for the designation of health professional shortage areas. (Sec. 203) Amends the Public Health Service Act to modify priorities in assigning National Health Service Corp members. Requires that certain funds be reserved to ensure that a certain number of participants in the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program are being educated as nurses. Subtitle B: Incentives Under Other Programs - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to mandate an incentive payment of 20 (currently, 10) percent for physician primary care services (currently, for physician services) in a health professional shortage area. Continues the incentive payments in an area for three years after withdrawal of the health professional shortage area designation. Mandates a study of the effectiveness of additional payments in recruiting and retaining physicians to provide services in such areas. (Sec. 212) Requires publication of a model State law to increase individuals' health care access in underserved rural areas by expanding the services which non-physician health care professionals may provide in such areas. Title III: Assistance for Institutional Providers - Subtitle A: Hospital-Affiliated Primary Care Centers - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that certain funds be reserved for the establishment and operation of hospital-affiliated primary care centers. Subtitle B: Assistance to Rural Providers Under Medicare - Amends Medicare provisions to include rural emergency access care hospitals (REACHs) in the definition of "hospital" for purposes of provisions relating to examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in labor. (Sec. 312) Adds inpatient REACH services to the scope of benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance). Applies existing deductible and coinsurance requirements to such services. Regulates the amount of payments for inpatient rural primary care hospital services. Adds references to REACHs to the definition of "spell of illness." Includes REACHs in the scope of Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Authorizes benefit payments. Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects to Encourage Primary Care and Rural-Based Graduate Medical Education - Mandates a demonstration project (to increase the number and percentage of medical students entering primary care practice) involving payments to not more than ten States and not more than ten health care training consortia. Requires corresponding reductions in payments (under specified Medicare provisions) to recipient States and hospitals for direct graduate medical education (GME) costs. Authorizes planning and evaluation grants to participating States and consortia. Authorizes appropriations for the grants. Title IV: Medicare Payment Methodologies - Mandates development of a methodology for making payments under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for telemedicine services furnished on an emergency basis in a health professional shortage area. Amends Medicare provisions relating to payments to health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and competitive medical plans to modify the definition of "adjusted average per capita cost" to require that amounts be incrementally adjusted after contract year 1995 so that, before contract year 2002, the amount determined for each geographic area is within ten percentage points of amounts determined for all other geographic areas. Title V: Hospital Antitrust Fairness - Makes antitrust laws inapplicable to hospital mergers or contracts between hospitals to allocate services if each of the hospitals: (1) is outside of a city, or in a city with less than 150,000 inhabitants; (2) received more than 40 percent of its gross revenue from payments under Federal programs; and (3) the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has issued a certificate specifying that HCFA has determined that the merger or contract would reduce Federal expenditures, not increase consumer costs, and not reduce access to health care services. Title VI: Financing - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on Medicare-covered individuals with modified adjusted gross incomes above specified amounts. (Sec. 602) Declares that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out these programs for FY 1996 or any subsequent fiscal year: (1) the grant program for rural health transition under specified provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987; (2) the program for rural outreach grants and the telemedicine grant program that were, for FY 1995, carried out by the Health Resources and Services Administration with funds under a specified Federal law; (3) the program under specified Public Health Service Act provisions relating to State offices of rural health; and (4) the programs under specified parts of title XII (Trauma Care) of the Public Health Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1995
Extends through March 30, 1996, the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a demonstration project of guaranteeing veterans' housing loans in a manner similar to that in which adjustable rate mortgages are insured by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the National Housing Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Preventing Fraud and Abuse Title II: Regulatory Relief Safeguarding Medicare Integrity Act of 1995 - Title I: Preventing Fraud and Abuse - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) make certain ongoing efforts to alert Medicare beneficiaries of any fraud or abuse committed against the Medicare program as well as of the toll-free telephone line for reporting such fraud and abuse; (2) provide an explanation of Medicare benefits with respect to each item or service for which payment may be made regardless of whether or not a deductible or co-payment may be imposed; and (3) issue special Medicare-related fraud alerts upon request after investigation. Directs the Secretary to establish certain incentive programs to: (1) encourage the reporting of Medicare fraud and abuse; and (2) collect information on program efficiency. (Sec. 103) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise contracting requirements, allowing imposition of intermediate sanctions for specified program violations in lieu of contract termination under guidelines for the payment of health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans. Applies such sanctions to any Medicare program violation. (Sec. 104) Amends SSA title XI (General Provisions and Peer Review) to direct the Secretary to establish a voluntary disclosure program for an individual or entity with information on acts or omissions of such individual or entity which constitute grounds for a sanction. Authorizes the Secretary to waive or mitigate any applicable sanction in the event of such a voluntary disclosure. (Sec. 105) Amends SSA title XI to revise current sanctions, increasing criminal fines and establishing a minimum period of exclusion for certain individuals and entities subject to permissive exclusion. (Sec. 106) Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to create the Medicare Integrity Program for contracting with eligible entities to conduct various anti-fraud and abuse review and audit activities. Establishes the Anti-Fraud and Abuse Trust Fund in the Treasury, consisting of specified fines, penalties, and amounts transferred from the Federal Hospital Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, to carry out such activities. Provides for a direct appropriation of funds to carry out the program. Prohibits any agency or organization (including fiscal intermediaries and insurance carriers) from carrying out any such activities that have been contracted out. (Sec. 107) Permits Medicare carriers to carry out prior authorization for certain items of durable medical equipment. (Sec. 108) Directs the Attorney General to establish a Health Care Anti-Fraud Task Force within the Department of Justice to prosecute health care fraud offenses. (Sec. 109) Directs the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (acting through the Office of Research and Development) to contract with a private entity to study for a report to Congress on the adequacy of private quality assurance programs and consumer protections used by eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under Medicare, including an analysis of the effectiveness of such organizations in protecting enrollees against the risk of insufficient provision of benefits which may result from utilization controls. Title II: Regulatory Relief - Amends SSA title XI to provide for regulatory relief with regard to: (1) the imposition of civil monetary and anti-kickback penalties (and associated exceptions); and (2) the effect and application of safe harbor exceptions. (Sec. 203) Provides for solicitation of proposals for and publication of modifications to existing safe harbors and addition of new ones. (Sec. 204) Directs the Secretary to issue advisory opinions regarding prohibited remuneration, inducements to reduce or limit Medicare or Medicaid services, or qualification of any activity or proposed activity for the imposition of specified sanctions. Prohibits advisory opinions with respect to fair market value of goods, services, or property, or to an individual's status as a bona fide employee.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1995
Capital Gains Exclusion Expansion Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 100 percent exclusion of the gain from the sale or exchange of certain small business stock held for more than ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1995
Capital Expenditure Expansion Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disregard up to $15 million of capital expenditures in applying the provisions permitting a $10 million limit on qualified small issue bonds.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1995
S Corporation Investment Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit small business corporations to have not more than 40 (currently, not more than 35) shareholders, treating members of a family (currently, a husband and wife) as one shareholder. Terminates a small business corporation's election to be an S corporation when passive investment income exceeds 40 (currently, 25) percent of gross receipts for three consecutive years and other requirements are met. Imposes a tax when an S corporation has C earnings and profits and has gross receipts more than 40 (currently, 25) percent of which are passive investment income. Allows S corporations to elect to deduct payments to a reinvestment reserve.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1995
Investment Tax Credit Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the ten-percent investment tax credit for property used as an integral part of manufacturing, production, or extraction or of furnishing transportation, communications, electrical energy, gas, water, and sewage disposal services.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1995
Pollution Control Equipment Investment Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds for air or water pollution control facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1995
Job Training Tax Credit Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business tax credit for 20 percent of expenses incurred by reason of the participation of an employee in any job training program funded in whole or in part with Federal funds.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1995
Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, notwithstanding provisions for the accelerated phase-out of class I substances (primarily chlorofluorocarbons and halons) or any other provision of law, to promulgate regulations allowing the production of chlorofluorocarbons and halons listed as class I substances to the extent that production does not exceed the limitations set forth in production phase-out schedules, thus superseding any previous regulation relating to the phase-out of the production or consumption of such substances. Permits any unused allowances of any producer or consumer to be equitably redistributed to other producers and consumers. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the base tax amount, effective with calendar year 1996, used to calculate the amount of the excise tax on ozone-depleting chemicals.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1995
Foreign Trust Tax Compliance Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the requirements regarding information that must be reported regarding certain foreign trusts. (Sec. 3) Modifies the circumstances (with regard to foreign trusts having one or more U.S. beneficiaries) in which a transferor is treated as the owner. (Sec. 4) Replaces provisions setting forth a special rule applicable to foreign grantors with provisions declaring that provisions relating to treating grantors and others as substantial owners shall apply only when that application results in an amount being currently taken into account in computing the income of a U.S. citizen or resident or a domestic corporation. (Sec. 5) Requires a United States person to report information regarding foreign gifts or bequests when the gifts' aggregate value during a taxable year exceeds $10,000. (Sec. 6) Modifies requirements regarding the interest charge on accumulation distributions from foreign trusts. (Sec. 7) Changes the circumstances in which an estate or trust is included in the definition of "United States person." Modifies the definition of "foreign estate" and "foreign trust." Requires (for provisions relating to the imposition of a tax on transfers to avoid income tax) treating a trust which is not a foreign trust and which becomes a foreign trust as having transferred, immediately before becoming a foreign trust, all of its assets to a foreign trust.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1995
Extends through December 31, 1998, the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide: (1) hospital care and medical services to Persian Gulf veterans exposed to toxic substances or environmental hazards during such service; and (2) outpatient services to such veterans. Extends through December 31, 1997: (1) the authority to contract with community-based treatment facilities for the care of eligible veterans suffering from alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disabilities; (2) the authority of a pilot program for furnishing veterans with noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care (requires a report); (3) the Department's health professionals scholarship program (requires a report); (4) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases of Department real property (requires a report); (5) the authority under the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 for a pilot program providing community-based residential care for homeless chronically mentally ill veterans; and (6) the Department's compensated work therapy and therapeutic transitional housing program. Extends through December 31, 1998, the authority under the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Service Programs Act of 1992 for a pilot program to expand and improve Department benefits and services to homeless veterans. Extends through FY 1998 the authorization of appropriations for such pilot program. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the advantages and disadvantages of consolidating specified veterans' programs. Directs the Secretary to review and report to the veterans' committees on the scientific evidence concerning military service during the Persian Gulf War and any disease associated with such service. Repeals the authority of the Secretary to make contracts and grants for providing care and treatment for veterans at the Department's Veterans Memorial Medical Center in the Philippines. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to authorize the display of the POW-MIA flag on the grounds of Department medical centers on any day in which the U.S. flag is displayed. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for the provision of utilities to the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington, as the Jonathan M. Wainwright Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1995
Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation Incentive Act of 1995 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, within two years after the listing of an animal or plant as endangered under this Act, to develop a plan for the conservation or recovery of the endangered species, or upon finding that such a plan will not promote the conservation or recovery of such species, to develop a conservation or recovery statement. Requires the Secretary: (1) in developing and implementing the plans, to give priority to those endangered species that are most likely to benefit; and to those endangered species that are more genetically complex, taxonomically unique or ecologically, medicinally, or economically valuable; and (2) to give priority to the latter with respect to developing statements. Requires each such plan or statement to include: (1) site-specific conservation or recovery actions; (2) criteria for removal from the endangered species list; (3) time estimates for carrying out measures; (4) species population goals and current population estimates; (5) social and economic benefits of species conservation; and (6) a description and the status of animals of the same species or sub-genus. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) procedures for making the draft of a plan or statement available for public comment; (2) approval of the plan or statement; (3) public notification of such approval; (4) amendment of the plan; (5) outside assistance for the development of a plan or statement; and (6) applicability of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to recovery teams. Allows the Secretary, upon determining that it will contribute to the conservation or recovery of an endangered species, to provide scientific, technical, administrative, or financial assistance to private, State, or lesser government entities to: (1) establish voluntary agreements with non-Federal land owners for up to 25 years to improve, maintain, or create habitat for endangered species; (2) promote conservation through commerce by providing assistance to, entering into agreements with, or otherwise encouraging for-profit and not-for-profit companies, organizations, and individuals involved in such activities; (3) acquire property from willing sellers; and (4) take other nonregulatory conservation or recovery measures. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a system of awards and rewards for participation in voluntary and cooperative programs that further the conservation or recovery of endangered species; and (2) maintain a public database of information valuable to the conservation of endangered species. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with any State that is designed to directly further the management of endangered species or their habitat and thereby promote the conservation or recovery of such endangered species through the provision of scientific, technical, or managerial assistance or through the provision of contracts. Allows the Secretary to provide scientific, technical, or administrative assistance to other Federal agencies to promote the conservation or recovery of endangered species. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess whether major Federal projects will directly and significantly reduce the likelihood that an endangered species may be conserved or recovered; and (2) transmit such findings to the Federal agencies conducting the projects and to the Congress. Defines, for purposes of this Act, "major Federal project" to mean any individual Federal undertaking, permit, or license directly resulting in a Federal expenditure of more than $2 million. Authorizes the Secretary to bring an action to enjoin any activity which the Secretary can reasonably demonstrate to destroy an endangered species or its habitat and to bring one additional action to enjoin such activity if attempts, during the injunction, to negotiate a voluntary conservation agreement with the property owner are unsuccessful. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) limitations on such injunctions; (2) orders to enter a property to capture or collect and remove endangered species that otherwise face imminent damage or destruction; (3) U.S. liability for all damages and losses incurred by a property owner resulting from such entry; (4) acquisition of property pursuant to this Act; and (5) a requirement for the Secretary to monitor the success of voluntary agreements and other voluntary efforts under this Act in conserving and recovering endangered species. (Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary to determine whether any animal or plant is endangered based on: (1) the present or imminent destruction, adverse modification, or curtailment of a significant portion of its habitat or range; (2) disease or predation; (3) an extremely limited range or population; (4) other adequate and verifiable scientifically valid data indicating natural or manmade factors adversely affecting the species' continued existence. Allows the Secretary of Commerce to recommend to the Secretary of the Interior that an animal or plant is endangered and that it should be enumerated in, or removed from, the list of endangered species published under this Act. Requires such action to be implemented if the Secretary of the Interior concurs. Prohibits inclusion of an animal or plant in such list or its removal from the list without a prior favorable determination made by the Secretary of Commerce. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the procedures and requirements for determining whether an animal or plant should be included in, or removed from, the list; (2) an emergency listing of animals or plants determined to be in danger of imminent extinction; (3) the effectiveness of such determination for up to one year; (4) a one time renewal of such emergency listing; (5) termination of the effectiveness of such emergency determination after the date of its publication in the Federal Register; and (6) the establishment of an emergency listing. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, within one year of determining that an animal or plant is endangered, to determine whether recovery is a feasible goal for the endangered species and to publish such determination and the basis for it in the Federal Register. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register and make available to the public through electronic means a list of every animal and plant for which there is in effect a determination by the Secretary or the Secretary of Commerce that the animal or plant is endangered. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) petitions for judicial review by persons who may be directly and substantially affected by actions taken or determination or finding pursuant to this Act; (2) court standards in reviewing such petitions; and (3) the definition of "substantial evidence" when applicable to any act or determination under this Act which is reviewable under the Administrative Procedure Act. Requires the Secretary to implement a system, in cooperation with the States, to monitor effectively for at least five years the status of all animals and plants which: (1) have recovered to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to this Act are no longer necessary; and (2) have been removed from the list. Requires the Secretary to report biennially to the President and to the Congress on efforts to conserve and recover endangered species. (Sec. 6) Sets forth civil or criminal penalties for: (1) directly and intentionally killing or physically injuring a member of any vertebrate species which is properly included in the list, except that uses of endangered species such as hunting, fishing, captive propagation, and harvesting that contribute to the endangered animal's survival or conservation shall be allowed; (2) knowingly and intentionally violating an injunction or order issued pursuant to this Act; (3) in knowing violation of this Act, maliciously and in the pursuit of personal gain as a direct result thereof, intentionally killing or directly and intentionally physically injuring a member of a vertebrate species which is properly included in the published list or a member of an endangered species while trespassing on private property or while in a National Park or National Wildlife Refuge. Sets forth civil penalties for intentionally capturing, collecting, or trapping, and for directly and intentionally killing or directly and intentionally physically insuring, any listed vertebrate animal or plant on any property subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, while trespassing on private property, or while on federally owned lands within a National Park and National Wildlife Refuge. Sets forth provisions: (1) prohibiting penalties from being imposed upon a defendant, under certain conditions, who was acting to protect himself or herself or other individuals from bodily harm or to protect private property from significant damage; and (2) specifying as a defense against charges brought under this Act that the defendant had the owner's consent and the animal or plant was owned before the date of inclusion of its taxonomic unit on the list or that it was the progeny of such animal or plant or was otherwise lawfully acquired. Allows the Secretary to waive the violations in this Act to protect public health and safety or for national security or a national, regional, or local emergency. Directs the Secretary, under certain conditions, to permit persons or States to commit actions to contribute to furthering the conservation of an endangered species. (Sec. 7) Directs Federal departments and agencies to conserve or recover endangered species on Federal lands and, with the owner's consent, on State and private lands and to utilize their authorities in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. Requires Federal agencies to cooperate with State and local agencies to resolve water resource issues in concert with conservation or recovery of endangered animals and plants in a manner consistent with, and governed by, State water law. Prohibits water rights protected under State law from being injured or adversely affected in carrying out this Act without just compensation. Provides that this Act shall not be construed so as to modify the allocation of water among or between States pursuant to either interstate compacts or decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Requires the Secretary to make the following information available by electronic means such as Internet and to seek to make access to such information available at minimal cost and inconvenience to those seeking the information: (1) notices issued by the Secretary under this Act that would appear in the Federal Register or other forums of public notice; (2) recovery or conservation plans and statements; (3) the list; (4) the biennial report to the President and to the Congress; and (5) other materials received regarding or produced in implementing this Act. (Sec. 8) Establishes the Endangered Species Recovery Fund in the Treasury to be made available to the Secretary to carry out this Act. Provides that nothing in this Act authorizes the Secretary, except with respect to federally designated wilderness areas, to: (1) establish or impose any user or admission fees for lands for which such a fee is not in effect on this Act's enactment; (2) increase that portion of any user or admission fee which shall be directed to the Fund by more than one dollar; or (3) direct any more than that amount from such fee to the Fund. Requires the Secretary to establish and issue to individuals a Lifetime User Pass for a fee not to exceed $500 which shall permit such individual to enter National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, National Recreation Areas, National Seashores, National Lakeshores, or National Monuments. Allows the Secretary to accept donations from the public to carry out this Act, with the exception of donations from persons having business with, or matters pending before, the Secretary's department. (Sec. 9) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) a 100 percent property tax credit for private property or a portion thereof that is managed to promote the conservation or recovery of an endangered species by providing habitat which is used or occupied by an endangered species; and (2) a credit of up to 100 percent for expenditures for furthering the conservation or recovery of an endangered species pursuant to an agreement entered into with the Secretary under this Act. (Sec. 10) Authorizes the Secretary to undertake activities to further the conservation or recovery of endangered species by the collection, storing, and use of: (1) genetic materials, eggs, sperm, or tissue of endangered animals; and (2) genetic material, seeds, or tissue of endangered plants. (Sec. 11) Amends the Endangered Species Act (the Act) to define "harm" for purposes of such Act to mean an intentional and direct action that injures or kills any member of an endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife other than as an unintended consequence of otherwise lawful activity. Prohibits an action permitting activity on private property from being subject to the requirements or procedures outlined in such Act. Prohibits the Secretary from taking actions under the Act to determine endangered and threatened species and to designate critical habitat. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) inclusion of, or removal from, the list of species determined to be endangered or threatened pursuant to the Act; and (2) compensation to a owner of property whose use of any portion of that property has been limited by an action taken after this Act's enactment that diminishes the fair market value of such portion by 20 percent or more. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1995
Congressional Pay Accountability Act of 1995 - Repeals provisions of Federal law which appropriate funds for compensation of Members of Congress at levels authorized by law and recommended by the President for Federal employees for a fiscal year (thus subjecting congressional pay to annual appropriations).
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1995
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for contributions made by an individual who is younger than the age of 40 to an individual retirement plan designated as a Retirement Years Savings Account (RYS). Prohibits any rollover contribution to an RYS account unless: (1) such contribution is from another RYS account; or (2) such contribution is from another individual retirement plan (other than an RYS account) and is made before January 1998.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1995
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the termination date of provisions requiring a refund of gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel taxes when that fuel is used to produce certain alcohol fuels.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1995
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a domestic corporation to make an irrevocable election to determine the post-1986 undistributed earnings and the post-1986 foreign income taxes of a foreign corporation (if the domestic corporation owns 80 percent or more of the foreign corporation's stock) by taking into account the earnings and profits of the foreign corporation accumulated in, and the amount of foreign income taxes paid with respect to, all periods beginning on and after the first day that percentage of stock is so owned. Regulates the time for making the election.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1995
Foreign Trust Tax Compliance Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the requirements regarding information that must be reported regarding certain foreign trusts. (Sec. 3) Modifies the circumstances (with regard to foreign trusts having one or more U.S. beneficiaries) in which a transferor is treated as the owner. (Sec. 4) Replaces provisions setting forth a special rule applicable to foreign grantors with provisions declaring that provisions relating to treating grantors and others as substantial owners shall apply only when that application results in an amount being currently taken into account in computing the income of a U.S. citizen or resident or a domestic corporation. (Sec. 5) Requires a United States person to report information regarding foreign gifts or bequests when the gifts' aggregate value during a taxable year exceeds $10,000. (Sec. 6) Modifies requirements regarding the interest charge on accumulation distributions from foreign trusts. (Sec. 7) Changes the circumstances in which an estate or trust is included in the definition of "United States person." Modifies the definition of "foreign estate" and "foreign trust." Requires (for provisions relating to the imposition of a tax on transfers to avoid income tax) treating a trust which is not a foreign trust and which becomes a foreign trust as having transferred, immediately before becoming a foreign trust, all of its assets to a foreign trust.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1995
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 1817 (military construction appropriations).
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1995
Medicare Contractor Reform Act of 1995 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make various specified changes in the way Medicare administers its contracts for administrative operations. Provides chiefly among such changes for: (1) expanding the types of entities eligible to serve as carriers under the program; (2) allowing service providers their periodic choice of fiscal intermediaries; (3) repealing certain contract termination, cost reimbursement, and non- cost-effective fiscal intermediary requirements; and (4) requiring competition in cases of certain new contracts and in cases involving poor contract performance. Waives competition requirements under specified circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Fund for Health Research Title II: Financing Provisions National Fund for Health Research Act - Title I: National Fund for Health Research - Establishes the National Fund for Health Research. Transfers to the fund amounts received as a result of Internal Revenue Code amendments made by this Act plus any overpayment designations or contributions as provided for in this Act. Mandates distributions from the Fund to the National Institutes of Health, to the National Center for Research Resources, and for carrying out specified Public Health Service Act provisions relating to health information communications. Excludes amounts in the Fund from consideration or enforcement with regard to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Title II: Financing Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes. (Sec. 203) Requires such materials exported without tax payment to be marked as regulations require. Imposes, for related violations, a monetary penalty and requires forfeiture of the materials and any vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used. Regulates reimportation. Adds references to importers to provisions relating to permits, inventories, reports, and certain criminal penalties and forfeitures. Ends: (1) tax-free consumption by manufacturers' employees; and (2) tax-free removal for the use of the United States. Subjects to taxation all books or sets of cigarette papers regardless of the number of papers. Allows denial of a permit to operate as a manufacturer, importer, or export warehouse proprietor if minimum capacity or activity requirements are not met. (Sec. 204) Imposes an excise tax on roll-your-own tobacco manufactured in or imported to the United States. (Sec. 205) Allows an individual to designate that a portion of any tax overpayment and a cash contribution be paid over to the Fund. Terminates the designation provisions when the sum of all designations for the second and third preceding years is less than $5 million.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1995
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a pension plan to make an irrevocable election regarding the interest rate (within a specified minimum and maximum) to be used in determining present value for purposes of provisions relating to restrictions on cash-outs. Modifies provisions limiting certain assumptions relating to annual benefit limitations for defined benefit plans.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Tax Incentives Title II: Regulatory Flexibility Title III: Low-Income School Choice Title IV: Resident Management and Homeownership Incentives Enhanced Enterprise Zones Act of 1995 - Title I: Federal Tax Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any qualified capital gain recognized on the sale or exchange of a qualified zone asset held for more than five years. Includes as requirements for qualifying as a zone asset that the asset be: (1) stock in an enterprise zone business; (2) business property used in an empowerment zone or enterprise community; or (3) a partnership interest in an enterprize zone business. Allows a taxpayer to elect to deduct the amount paid for the purchase of enterprise zone stock. (Sec. 102) Allows a credit for a portion of qualified rehabilitation expenditures for buildings meeting certain requirements, including being in an empowerment zone or enterprise community. Title II: Regulatory Flexibility - Amends Federal law relating to Government organization and employees to modify the definition of "small entity" (for purposes of provisions concerning the analysis of regulatory functions) with regard to enterprise zone businesses, governmental units that nominate areas as empowerment zones or enterprise communities, and certain not-for-profit enterprises operating in such zones or communities. (Sec. 202) Authorizes an agency to waive or modify rules as the rules pertain to activities in such zones or communities. Title III: Low-Income School Choice - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title. (Sec. 303) Mandates grants to eligible entities (including States and State and local educational agencies) for certificates to low income parents for the costs of enrolling children in a school (including a private sectarian or public charter school) involved in a project assisted under this title and located in a zone served by that project. (Sec. 304) Requires each project to involve at least one local educational entity. (Sec. 306) Requires that the amount of a child's certificate be determined by the eligible entity and be an amount that provides the certificate recipient maximum choice. (Sec. 308) Requires the eligible entity to notify parents regarding the project. Title IV: Resident Management and Homeownership Incentives - Amends Federal law to authorize grants to nonprofit organizations for: (1) enterprise zone home ownership opportunity programs to promote home ownership in enterprise zones; and (2) the development of resident management corporations in enterprise zones. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Highway System Title II: Highway Funding Restoration Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 - Title I: National Highway System - Designates the National Highway System (NHS) as submitted by the Secretary of Transportation on September 1, 1995. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to submit to specified congressional committees for approval a proposed modification of the NHS, subject to specified requirements, which shall take effect only if a law has been enacted approving such modification. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) initial proposed modifications to the NHS; (2) congressional high priority corridors; and (3) interim eligibility for Federal highway funds. Title II: Highway Funding Restoration - Highway Funding Restoration Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary to allocate among the States specified amounts for Interstate highway substitute, NHS, surface transportation program, Interstate, congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, bridge, hazard elimination, and rail- highway crossings projects (State High Priority Project Restoration Program, hereinafter referred to as the High Priority Program) for FY 1996 and 1997. Specifies allocation percentages by State. Provides that such allocations shall not affect a State's minimum allocation of Federal-aid highway funds or specified allocations under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the period of availability; (2) a special rule for the obligation of allocations in urbanized areas with a population of over 200,000; and (3) limits on planning expenditures. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 204) Rescinds funds from various previously authorized projects and from unobligated balances of funds previously made available and derived from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). Reduces the authorized funding levels for certain programs (regarding magnetic levitation and highway safety) funded from the HTF for FY 1996 and 1997. Transfers certain funds (regarding the Congestion Pricing Pilot Program) derived from the HTF made available for such fiscal years to carry out the High Priority Program. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary: (1) to notify each State of the total amount of the reduction in authorized funds for FY 1996 that would have been allocated and apportioned to such State, as a result of specified ISTEA provisions; and (2) in determining such amount, to deduct the amount allocated to each State in FY 1996 pursuant to the High Priority Program and certain other amounts available for FY 1996. Requires: (1) each State to designate on or before November 1, 1995, or as soon as possible thereafter, unobligated balances of funds apportioned or allocated on or before September 30, 1995, and which are subject to the obligation ceiling, that may be made available for any purpose currently eligible under the Minimum Allocation Program; and (2) the Secretary to make such funds available to the States before November 15, 1995, or as soon as possible thereafter. Prohibits unobligated balances of funds attributed to urbanized areas with a population of over 200,000 from being designated by the State without the concurrence, in writing, of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) designated for such area. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) congestion mitigation and air quality balances; (2) interstate construction balances; (3) periods of availability; and (4) limits on statutory construction. (Sec. 206) Revises provisions regarding the method of distribution of funds made available under the Minimum Allocation Program in FY 1996 and 1997. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) a special rule for urbanized areas of over 200,000 in FY 1996 and 1997; and (2) funding. (Sec. 207) Prohibits the Secretary from penalizing States for failure to implement various highway and transportation management systems during FY 1996. Repeals a requirement that States meet minimum utilization requirements for asphalt pavement containing recycled rubber and the penalties for failure to meet those requirements. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to distribute any limitation otherwise imposed on transit operating assistance so that each urbanized area that had a population of less than 200,000 under the 1990 decennial census will receive for FY 1996 75 percent of the amount the area received under such distribution for FY 1995. Requires the Secretary, in the distribution of such limitation to urbanized areas that had a population under such census of one million or more, to direct each such area to give priority consideration to the impact of reductions in operating assistance on smaller transit authorities operating within the area and to consider the needs and resources of such authorities when the limitation is distributed among all transit authorities operating in the area. (Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary to: (1) require each recipient of Federal financial assistance for a highway or transit project with an estimated total cost of $1 billion or more to submit to the Secretary an annual financial plan, which shall be based on detailed annual estimates of the cost to complete the remaining elements of the project and on reasonable assumptions (as determined by the Secretary) of future increases in the cost to complete the project; (2) make a recommendation to the Congress on whether or not future Federal assistance should be withheld regarding any such project for which an annual financial plan is not submitted or for which the Secretary determines that the estimates or assumptions are not reasonable; and (3) submit to the Congress an annual report on the financial plans submitted and any such recommendation. (Sec. 303) Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation, after this Act's enactment and before the date on which Federal-aid highway and transit programs are reauthorized, from issuing a letter of intent, or entering into a full financing grant agreement or early systems work agreement for a project or operable segment of a project unless the full amount of Federal financial responsibility for the project or segment has been included in an authorization law. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to any project: (1) for which a letter of intent was issued before this Act's enactment date; and (2) included as an element of an interrelated project which also includes another project for which a letter of intent was issued before such date. (Sec. 304) Requires an annual report on Capital Projects for Fixed Guideway Systems and Extensions of Existing Fixed Guideway Systems to include: (1) an analysis of potential funding requirements of the project in the succeeding five fiscal years; and (2) a description of the planning and study process undertaken to select the locally preferred alternative, and of efforts undertaken to seek alternative funding sources, for the project. (Sec. 305) Repeals the authorization for the Long Beach Metro Link Fixed Rail Project. Reduces the authorization for the Honolulu Rapid Transit Project. (Sec. 306) Modifies various previously authorized transit projects and makes funds available for certain additional projects. (Sec. 307) Adds consideration of recreational travel and tourism to the metropolitan planning process under the transit program. (Sec. 308) Requires that any contract or subcontract awarded for engineering and design services, whether funded in whole or in part with Federal transit funds, be performed and audited in compliance with cost principles contained in the Federal acquisition regulations. Requires the recipient of Federal funds to: (1) accept and use indirect cost rates established by a government agency in accordance with such regulations for one-year applicable accounting periods in estimating, negotiating, and administering contracts; (2) notify affected firms before requesting and using the cost and rate data; and (3) keep such data confidential. Makes this section effective two years after this Act's enactment, but grants a State the option of adopting by statute an alternative process intended to promote engineering and design quality and to ensure maximum competition by professional companies of all sizes providing engineering and design services. (Sec. 309) Allows Federal participation in the construction of ferry boats and terminal facilities that operate between a State and a point in Canada. (Sec. 310) Directs the Secretary to issue guidance to encourage States to utilize private sector sources for surveying and mapping services for highway projects. (Sec. 311) Specifies that the hiring of law enforcement or security personnel is an eligible expense under the transit security program. Allows half of the publicly funded ferry boat service provided to the City of Avalon, California, to be counted under the formula grant transit program. (Sec. 312) Amends the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 to require that accessibility requirements for private over-the-road buses be met by small providers within three years, and by other providers within two years, after the issuance of final regulations. (Sec. 313) Makes the Alaska Railroad eligible for certain fixed guideway modernization funds for improvements to its passenger operations. (Sec. 314) Amends Federal transportation law to authorize (current law requires) preemployment alcohol testing of: (1) mass transit, railroad, air carrier, and Federal Aviation Administration employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions; and (2) operators of commercial motor vehicles. (Sec. 315) Provides that a State shall be treated as having met the requirement of having a statewide program for roadside sobriety checkpoints if such a program would violate the constitution of the State and if the State meets certain other safety requirements. Moves from the Supplemental Grants Program to the Basic Grants Program the requirement that a State provide that any person under age 21 with a blood alcohol concentration of .02 percent or greater when driving a motor vehicle shall be deemed to be driving while intoxicated. (Sec. 316) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of technologies and practices to improve the driving performance of older drivers and other special driver groups; (2) undertake demonstration activities which incorporate and build upon gerontology research related to the study of the normal aging process, and initially implement such activities in States with the highest population of aging citizens for whom driving a motor vehicle is their primary mobility mode; and (3) carry out the study by entering into a cooperative agreement with an institution that has demonstrated competencies in specified fields. Requires the Secretary: (1) in carrying out the work zone safety program under ISTEA, to utilize a variety of methods to increase safety at highway construction sites, including conferences, creation of a national clearinghouse, and a national promotional campaign; and (2) to conduct a study to develop and evaluate radio and microwave technology for a motor vehicle safety warning system in furtherance of safety in all types of motor vehicles, and determine whether such technology has other appropriate safety applications. (Sec. 317) Amends ISTEA to extend until the reauthorization of the Federal-aid highway and transit programs a temporary waiver from axle weight limitations for any vehicle regularly and exclusively used as an intrastate public agency transit passenger bus. (Sec. 318) Freezes funding allocations under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) at the FY 1994 levels for the remaining years of ISTEA, and provides that CMAQ funds may be used for projects for the maintenance of air quality standards. Provides that certain funding equity provisions will not be affected by this section. (Sec. 319) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to require States to conduct an analysis of the life-cycle costs of, and carry out a value engineering analysis for, all projects on the NHS with an estimated total cost of $25 million or more. (Sec. 320) Specifies that transportation conformity requirements only apply to areas that are designated as nonattainment areas and to areas that have been designated at attainment areas but that are still subject to maintenance requirements under the Clean Air Act. (Sec. 322) Exempts certain specialized vehicles operating on the 104-mile portion of Wisconsin State Route 78 and U.S. Route 51 from vehicle weight limitations upon the inclusion of the route as part of the Interstate System. (Sec. 322) Sets forth provisions regarding contracting for engineering and design services funded in whole or in part with Federal-aid highway funds (analogous to provisions under Sec. 308). Repeals a pilot program under ISTEA for uniform audit procedures. (Sec. 323) Includes the Centennial Bridge, Rock Island, Illinois, under provisions relating to toll agreements. (Sec. 324) Prohibits the Secretary, before September 30, 1997, from requiring the States to expend any Federal or State funds to construct, erect, or otherwise place, or modify, a highway sign relating to any speed limit, distance, or other measurement using the metric system. (Sec. 325) Specifies that the Federal ban on outdoor advertising on scenic highways does not restrict the authority of a State with respect to commercial and industrial areas along a scenic byway, nor does it prevent a State from establishing standards stricter than those in Federal law. (Sec. 326) Adds recreational travel and tourism to the factors that must be considered by MPOs in developing transportation plans and programs. (Sec. 327) Allows any non-Federal funds expended for the seismic retrofit of certain toll bridges to be credited toward the non-Federal share required as a condition of receipt of Federal funds for such retrofit made available after the date of the expenditure. (Sec. 328) Specifies that data collected for safety reports or surveys shall not be subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in Federal or State court proceedings. (Sec. 329) Revises the National Recreational Trails Program under ISTEA, including a provision requiring States to provide 20 percent of the program costs in the sixth year of the program. Requires a State to give priority to projects which mitigate and minimize impacts to the environment. Permits a State to apply to the Secretary for an exemption from requirements for the distribution of Federal trail program funds. (Sec. 330) Revises ISTEA regarding the routing of certain existing high priority corridors and adds additional high priority corridors. Designates certain of these routes as future Interstate routes, if they are not already designated, when the Secretary determines that such routes meet Interstate standards and connect to an existing Interstate segment. (Sec. 331) Amends ISTEA to authorize a feasibility study to identify routes that will expedite future emergency evacuations of coastal areas of Louisiana. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a route for the East-West Transamerica Corridor in West Virginia and Virginia. (Sec. 334) Delineates the route of the East-West Transamerica High Priority Corridor. (Sec. 341) Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to make the High Street to Causeway Street section of Central Artery project eligible for Interstate construction funds. Makes certain revisions to the Interstate 95 and Pennsylvania Turnpike project authorized by the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982. Prohibits the use of Federal funds to construct Type II noise barriers, other than for projects already approved. (Sec. 342) Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement modifying an existing agreement that provides Orange County, California, with a line of credit. Allows the Secretary to require an interest rate higher than that previously specified. (Sec. 343) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study: (1) and report to the Congress on the adequacy of and the need for improvements to the Pan American Highway; (2) to determine the cost, need, and efficacy of establishing a highway sign for identifying routes on the NHS; and (3) and report to the Congress on compliance with the Buy American Act with respect to contracts entered into using amounts made available from the HTF. (Sec. 344) Provides that tolls collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York, shall continue to be collected for only those vehicles exiting from such bridge in Staten Island. (Sec. 345) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1996 for the National Driver Register. (Sec. 346) Modifies ISTEA provisions to: (1) provide that not less than two and a half percent of the mileage of new or replacement permanent or temporary crashworthy barriers included in awarded contracts along Federal-aid highways within the boundaries of a State in each calendar year shall be innovative crashworthy safety barriers; and (2) define "innovative crashworthy safety barrier" as a barrier, other than a guardrail or guiderail, classified by the Federal Highway Administration as experimental or classified as operational after January 1, 1985, which meets or surpasses the requirements of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program 350 for longitudinal barriers. (Sec. 347) Allows signs, displays, and devices identifying and announcing free motorists aid call boxes and their sponsorship by corporations or other organizations in areas adjacent to the Interstate System and the primary system. (Sec. 348) Repeals: (1) the national maximum speed limit and all related enforcement requirements; and (2) the penalty States face for not having a law requiring individuals on motorcycle to wear a motorcycle helmet. (Sec. 350) Adds safety rest areas to the list of safety projects that qualify for 100 percent Federal funding. (Sec. 351) Sets forth exemptions from requirements relating to commercial motor vehicles and their operators, regarding: (1) transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies; (2) transportation and operation of groundwater well drilling rigs; (3) transportation of construction materials and equipment; and (4) snow and ice removal. Authorizes the Secretary: (1) to conduct a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether granting any such exemption is not in the public interest and would have a significant adverse impact on the safety of commercial motor vehicles; and (2) if so, to prevent the exemption from going into effect, modify it, or revoke it). (Sec. 352) Deems traffic control signs erected under the experimental project conducted in the State of Oregon in December 1991 to comply with requirements of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices of the Department of Transportation. (Sec. 353) Allows the Brightman Street Bridge in Fall River Harbor, Massachusetts, to be reconstructed to result in a clear channel width of less than 300 feet.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Fiscal Year 1996 Appropriations Title II: District of Columbia Schools Improvement Act Subtitle A: Establishment and Organization of Commission on Consensus Reform in the District of Columbia Public Schools Subtitle B: Charter Schools Title I: Fiscal Year 1996 Appropriations - District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996 - Appropriates funds for FY 1996 for: (1) the Federal payment to the District of Columbia ($600 million); and (2) the Federal contribution to the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters', Teachers', and Judges' Retirement Funds ($52.07 million). Appropriates specified sums for the District of Columbia out of the District of Columbia general fund for the current fiscal year for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice; (4) the public education system; (5) human support services; (6) public works; (7) the Washington Convention Center Fund; (8) repayment of specified loans and interest; (9) repayment of the general fund deficit as of September 30, 1990; (10) repayment of interest on short-term borrowing; (11) the Rainy Day Fund; (12) the incentive buyout program; (13) outplacement; (14) capital outlay; (15) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund; (16) the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund; (17) the Cable Television Enterprise Fund; (18) the Starplex Fund; (19) D.C. General Hospital; (20) the D.C. Retirement Board; (21) the Correctional Industries Fund; (22) the D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (Authority); and (23) the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund. Prohibits the use of revenues from Federal sources to support the Statehood Commission and Statehood Compact Commission. Requires the District to operate a free, 24-hour telephone information service where residents of the area surrounding Lorton prison can obtain information about all prison disturbances. Requires the Mayor of the District to reduce appropriations and expenditures in specified amounts for: (1) personal services by decreasing rates of compensation for District government employees through the renegotiation of existing collective bargaining agreements and otherwise, if necessary; (2) boards and commissions; and (3) personal services costs, in consultation with the D.C. Council and the Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority. (Sec. 101) Sets forth certain uses of and restrictions on the expenditure of appropriations made by this Act. (Sec. 110) Requires that the annual budget for the District of Columbia government for FY 1997 be transmitted to the Congress by April 15, 1996. (Sec. 123) Directs the Mayor to submit to the D.C. Council, within 30 days after the end of the first quarter of FY 1996, the FY 1996 revenue estimates. (Sec. 131) Prohibits funds appropriated under this Act from being: (1) used by the District to provide for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the offices of U.S. Senator or U.S. Representatives under the District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979; or (2) expended for any abortion unless it is necessary to save the life of the mother or if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. (Sec. 135) Amends the District of Columbia Real Property Tax Revision Act of 1974 to require the D.C. Council, if it extends the time to establish rates of taxation on real property for a tax year, to establish such rates by permanent legislation. Changes the date by which the Council should establish the rates from July 15 to October 15. Applies, during a tax year, the rates of taxation for the prior year if the rates are not established and the Council does not extend the time. Makes the real property tax rates for taxable real property in the District for FY 1996 the same rates in effect for FY 1994. Repeals provisions of the Act which require such rates to be those submitted by the Mayor or the D.C. Council. (Sec. 137) Requires the Mayor to submit to the D.C. Council a report delineating the executive's action to effect the directives of the Council in this Act with respect to certain reductions. (Sec. 140) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated in this Act to enforce or implement: (1) any registration system for unmarried, cohabitating couples that are homosexual, lesbian, or heterosexual, including registration for the extension of employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis that such benefits are extended to legally married couples; or (2) the District Domestic Partner Act (also called the District of Columbia Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992). (Sec. 145) Prohibits an agency from filling a position wholly funded by appropriations authorized by this Act which is vacant on October 1, 1995, or which becomes vacant during FY 1996, unless the Mayor or the independent agency submits a proposed resolution of intent to fill the vacant position to the D.C. Council for approval or disapproval. Prohibits any reduction in the number of full-time equivalent positions or any reduction-in-force due to privatization or contracting out if the Authority disallows the full-time equivalent position reduction provided in this Act in meeting the specified ceiling of 39,778 for FY 1996. Allows the appropriate personnel authority to fill a vacant position with a District government employee currently occupying a position that is funded with appropriated funds. Exempts local school-based teachers, officers, or teachers' aides. (Sec. 149) Modifies D.C. reductions-in-force procedures to allow a personnel authority to establish lesser competitive areas within an agency on the basis of all or a clearly identifiable segment of an agency's mission or a division or major subdivision of an agency. Authorizes each agency head to identify positions for abolishment. Outlines procedures for abolishment of such positions for FY 1996. (Sec. 150) Extends until August 11, 1996, the date by which the General Services Administration has to convey specified lands in the District to the Columbia Hospital for Women to construct a facility to house the National Women's Health Resource Center. Title II: District of Columbia Schools Improvement Act - Subtitle A: Establishment and Organization of Commission on Consensus Reform in the District of Columbia Public Schools - Establishes the Commission on Consensus Reform in the District of Columbia Public Schools. Grants the Commission the power to: (1) exercise financial control over the D.C. schools exercised through the Authority; and (2) approve, monitor, and facilitate development and implementation of the System-Wide Educational Reform Goals and Objectives Plan of the D.C. Board of Education. (Sec. 204) Requires the Board to develop, adopt, and submit such a Plan for the upcoming school year on or before March 1 of each year for the Commission's approval. Requires that each Plan: (1) meet specified objectives and reflect the cumulative effect of the Local School Restructuring Team in terms of student needs, financial requirements, and timeliness for implementation; and (2) include specific provisions to ensure the best possible utilization of public school space. (Sec. 205) Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) Plan goals; (2) Commission standards, procedures, or forms for preparation and submission of such Plan by the Board; (3) the Commission's approval criteria for the Plan and the Commission's rejection and revision of it; (4) reporting requirements of the Board to the Commission concerning implementation of each approved Plan; (5) notice of modification of approved Plans. (Sec. 206) Prohibits the Board from: (1) entering into any contract, agreement, or other obligation unless it is consistent with the Plan in effect; or (2) impairing any existing contract or obligation of the Board. Authorizes the Commission to: (1) direct the Board to modify or amend the Board's rules or policies that the Commission deems necessary to facilitate development or implementation of the Plan; and (2) request that the Authority review proposed or existing contracts or leases pursuant to the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995. (Sec. 207) Allows the Commission to: (1) examine and audit the Board's records or require the Board to do so; (2) investigate actions or activities which may hinder the progress of any part of an approved Plan; and (3) submit recommendations to the Board, Mayor, D.C. Council, and the Congress on actions the District government or the Federal Government should take to ensure implementation of the approved Plan. (Sec. 210) Requires: (1) the Board to notify the Commission within ten days of the occurrence of a vacancy in the Superintendent of Public Schools; (2) the Commission to search for candidates for such office and submit the names of three candidates to the Board; and (3) the Board to choose one to be the Superintendent of the D.C. Public Schools. (Sec. 211) Terminates the Commission on September 30, 2016. Subtitle B: Charter Schools - Permits the District of Columbia to establish charter schools to improve the education of students and encourage community involvement in education. Defines a charter school as a nonsectarian elementary or secondary school that: (1) operates under a charter granted for five years by the Commission or the Board; (2) functions independently of the D.C. public schools as a local education agency; (3) is exempt from significant local rules that inhibit flexible operation and management; and (4) does not charge tuition (Sec. 214) Requires a petition for a public school charter to be a written proposed agreement between an eligible applicant seeking to establish a public charter school and the Commission or Board. Sets forth charter school selection criteria.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1995
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for contributions to a medical savings account. Excludes from the gross income of an employee with catastrophic health plan coverage any employer contribution to such an account. Sets forth account requirements. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that: (1) there should be parity for all health insurance, whether provided or purchased by individuals, self-employed, or employers; and (2) long-term care services and insurance should be provided tax status similar to medical care services and insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1995
Family Medical Savings and Investment Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual covered under a catastrophic health plan a deduction in an amount equal to the amount paid by the individual to such individual's medical savings account not to exceed the lesser of: (1) $2,500; or (2) the catastrophic health plan deductible. Allows the deduction whether or not the individual itemizes deductions. Excludes employer-provided coverage under an accident or health plan from the gross income of an employee. Amends Federal law to allow a Government contribution to be made under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program for both a medical savings account and a catastrophic health plan.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1995
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a cooperative organization to elect to apportion pro rata any portion of the small ethanol producer credit among patrons on the basis of the quantity or value of business done with or for the patrons for the taxable year. Provides for the treatment of the organization and the patrons.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Taxpayer Advocate Title II: Modifications to Installment Agreement Provisions Title III: Abatement of Interest and Penalties Title IV: Joint Returns Title V: Collection Activities Title VI: Information Returns Title VII: Awarding of Costs and Certain Fees Title VIII: Modification to Recovery of Civil Damages for Unauthorized Collection Actions Title IX: Modifications to Penalty for Failure to Collect and Pay Over Tax Title X: Modifications of Rules Relating to Summonses Title XI: Relief From Retroactive Application of Treasury Department Regulations Title XII: Miscellaneous Provisions Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2 - Title I: Taxpayer Advocate - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the Office of Taxpayer Advocate to: (1) assist taxpayers in resolving problems with the IRS; (2) identify areas in which taxpayers have problems in dealings with the IRS; and (3) propose administrative and identify legislative changes to mitigate the problems. Requires a formal response to all recommendations submitted to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue by the Taxpayer Advocate. Replaces the Office of the Ombudsman with the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate. (Sec. 102) Allows Taxpayer Assistance Orders to require the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) act within a specified time period; and (2) take certain actions (currently, only to cease or refrain from taking certain actions). Title II: Modifications to Installment Agreement Provisions - Requires prior notification to taxpayers under an installment agreement to pay tax liability before altering, modifying, or terminating such an agreement. (Sec. 202) Provides for administrative review of installment agreement terminations. Title III: Abatement of Interest and Penalties - Authorizes the abatement of interest in the case of an assessment due to the unreasonable error or delay (currently, due to the error or delay) of an IRS act. (Sec. 302) Grants the Tax Court jurisdiction over actions brought by a taxpayer meeting specified requirements to determine whether the failure to abate interest was an abuse of discretion. (Sec. 303) Extends from ten to 21 days the period for which interest will not be imposed after notice and demand for payment, if such payment is less than $100,000. (Sec. 304) Allows abatement of the penalty on a person's: (1) inadvertent failure to deposit any employment tax in certain circumstances; and (2) first inadvertent sending of the required deposit to the Secretary instead of the appropriate depository. Title IV: Joint Returns - Directs the Secretary and the Comptroller General to each conduct separate studies and report to specified congressional committees regarding certain issues related to joint returns. (Sec. 402) Removes limitations on filing a joint return after filing separate returns for the same taxable year. (Sec. 403) Requires the disclosure of collection activities to an individual requesting such information in the case of a joint return where such individual is no longer married to or resides in the same household as the other joint filer. Title V: Collection Activities - Authorizes the Secretary, in certain cases, to: (1) withdraw a notice of a lien; (2) return property that has been levied upon; and (3) offer compromises in civil or criminal cases. Requires the Secretary to provide a copy of such notice of withdrawal to the taxpayer and, at the request of the taxpayer, to make reasonable efforts to notify credit reporting agencies and financial institutions of such withdrawal of notice. (Sec. 502) Waives a requirement of filing of a Treasury Department General Counsel's opinion regarding compromises involving amounts less than $100,000 (currently, less than $500). Title VI: Information Returns - Establishes civil damages for filing fraudulent information returns. (Sec. 602) Imposes on the Secretary, in any court proceeding where a taxpayer disputes income reported on an information return filed by a third party and the taxpayer has fully cooperated with the Secretary, the burden of producing reasonable and probative information concerning the deficiency in addition to the return. Title VII: Awarding of Costs and Certain Fees - Shifts, in the awarding of certain costs and fees to the prevailing party, the burden of proof (regarding establishing whether the United States was substantially justified) from the prevailing party to the United States. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that the U.S. was not substantially justified if the IRS did not follow its published guidance in the administrative proceeding. (Sec. 702) Increases the limit on attorney's fees. (Sec. 703) Provides that any failure to agree to an extension of time for the assessment of any tax shall not be taken into account in determining whether a prevailing party has exhausted all administrative remedies. (Sec. 704) Allows the awarding of litigation costs in declaratory judgment proceedings. Title VIII: Modification to Recovery of Civil Damages for Unauthorized Collection Actions - Increases the dollar limit on the recovery of civil damages for unauthorized collection actions. (Sec. 802) Allows a court to reduce (currently, prohibits) damages if the plaintiff has not exhausted administrative remedies. Title IX: Modifications to Penalty for Failure to Collect and Pay Over Tax - Establishes preliminary notice requirements regarding failure to pay tax. (Sec. 902) Directs the Secretary to disclose certain information where more than one person is liable for a penalty. Allows each person who paid the penalty to recover proportionately from other liable persons. (Sec. 904) Prohibits imposing a penalty (for a failure to collect and pay over a tax) on unpaid, volunteer, honorary board members of tax-exempt organizations who do not participate in day-to-day financial operations or have actual knowledge of the failure. Directs the Secretary to ensure that IRS employees are aware of their responsibilities under the tax depository system, the circumstances under which they may be liable for penalties, and certain reporting responsibilities. Title X: Modifications of Rules Relating to Summonses - Includes enrolled agents in the definition of "third-party recordkeeper" for purposes of provisions relating to third-party summonses. (Sec. 1002) Revises designated summons provisions concerning the standard of review and the persons to whom such a summons may be issued. Title XI: Relief from Retroactive Application of Treasury Department Regulations - Prohibits, subject to exception, retroactive regulations. Allows taxpayers to elect retroactive application in certain circumstances. Title XII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees, by a specified date, a report on the pilot program for appeals of enforcement actions. (Sec. 1202) Requires payee statements to provide the phone number (as well as the name and address) of the person providing payment. (Sec. 1203) Requires notification of a taxpayer from whom a payment is received if the Secretary cannot associate the payment with the taxpayer. (Sec. 1204) Authorizes a taxpayer to bring a civil damage suit against the United States if any U.S. officer or employee intentionally compromises the determination or collection of any tax due from an attorney, certified public accountant (CPA), or enrolled agent representing a taxpayer in exchange for information conveyed by the taxpayer for purposes of obtaining advice concerning tax liability, except where conveyed for the purpose of perpetrating a fraud or crime. (Sec. 1205) Mandates annual notice to each taxpayer who has a tax delinquent account. (Sec. 1206) Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to extend the termination date of certain rules relating to undercover operations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify related reporting and audit requirements. (Sec. 1207) Authorizes disclosure to Federal, State, local, or foreign country governmental agencies of information in returns filed under Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to cash received in a trade or business, subject to the same conditions as apply to reports filed under provisions of Federal law relating to reports on coins and currency transactions. (Sec. 1208) Allows disclosure of returns and return information to a designee of a taxpayer on the taxpayer's request (currently, on the taxpayer's written request) for or consent to the disclosure. (Sec. 1209) Mandates a hearing, study, and report on the manner in which the IRS has implemented the netting of interest on overpayments and underpayments and on the policy and administrative implications of global netting.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Workforce Development Infrastructure Subtitle A: State and Local Responsibilities Subtitle B: Amendments to Wagner-Peyser Act Subtitle C: Worker Rights Title II: Youth Development and Career Preparation Consolidation Grant Subtitle A: State Funding Subtitle B: State Organizational, Planning, and Reporting Responsibilities Subtitle C: Subgrants for In-School and At-Risk Youth Subtitle D: National Programs Title III: Adult Employment and Training Consolidation Grant Subtitle A: Adult Employment and Training Consolidation Grant Subtitle B: Federal Programs Title IV: Adult Education and Family Literacy Consolidation Grant and Library Services and Technology Consolidation Grant Subtitle A: Adult Education and Family Literacy Consolidation Grant Subtitle B: Library Services and Technology Consolidation Grant Title V: Amendments to Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Subtitle A: Vocational Rehabilitation Consolidation Grant Subtitle B: Other Amendments to Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Title VI: Higher Education Privatization Title VII: Repealers and Other Amendments Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment, and Rehabilitation Systems Act (CAREERS Act) - Consolidates and revises workforce development and literacy programs. (Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretaries of Education and of Labor to take appropriate steps to provide for the orderly transition from any authority under provisions of statutes amended or repealed by this Act or any related authority under provisions of this Act. Title I: Workforce Development Infrastructure - Provides for the establishment of an infrastructure within the States on which to build a comprehensive system of workforce development and literacy. Subtitle A: State and Local Responsibilities - Requires any State desiring to receive a grant under specified workforce development and literacy (WDL) programs (participant State) to: (1) establish a collaborative process regarding its State system; (2) develop a consolidated State workforce development and literacy plan to be submitted to the Secretaries of Education and of Labor; and (3) otherwise comply with this Act's requirements. (Lists the WDL programs as under: (1) the title II Youth Development and Career Preparation Consolidation Grant; (2) the title III Adult Employment and Training Consolidation Grant; (3) the title IV subtitle A Adult Education and Family Literacy Consolidation Grant; and (4) subtitle A of title V, revising title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA).) (Sec. 106) Requires any participant State to ensure establishment of a Local Workforce Development Board in each local workforce development area that it designates. Requires each local board to develop a biennial local strategic plan to be approved by local government officials. (Sec. 107) Requires participant States to ensure that each local board establishes or designates an integrated career center system in its area. Requires establishment of State criteria for such purpose, to be consistent with specified minimum requirements for such center systems. Sets forth requirements for provision of core services, authorized sites for distribution of career grants, special arrangements, permissible customized services for fees, and alternative State strategies for integrating workforce development programs differently than through such center systems. (Sec. 108) Provides for identification of education, training, and vocational rehabilitation service providers as eligible to receive funds under title III of this Act (and title I of RA), through receipt of career grants or contracts, if they are eligible to participate in student aid programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 or are determined to be eligible under State-established eligibility procedures, and if they provide certain performance-based information. Exempts providers of on-the-job training from such eligibility requirements. Directs the Workforce Development Board to collect such performance-based information from on-the-job training providers as the Governor may require, and to disseminate such information to the local integrated career center systems. (Sec. 109) Requires each State to use a portion of the funds it receives under this Act to design a unified management information system that meets specified requirements. (Sec. 110) Requires each State receiving funds under this Act to develop, or have developed, a statewide performance accountability system. Sets forth system requirements relating to: (1) indicators of performance; (2) expected levels of performance; (3) challenging levels of performance; (4) reports; (5) consequences for poor performance; and (6) core indicators of performance. (Sec. 111) Sets forth: (1) a limitation on Federal regulations under this Act; (2) a prohibition against mandating that any individual be required to choose a specific career path or major, meet federally funded or endorsed industry-recognized skill standards, or attain federally funded or endorsed skill certificates; and (3) provisions for subsequent repayment of certain disallowed expenditures. Subtitle B: Amendments to Wagner-Peyser Act - Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to coordinate its provisions with those of this Act. Requires that at least 25 percent of authorized appropriations under such Act be used for the new labor market information program. Eliminates a Federal Advisory Council under such Act. (Sec. 132) Establishes a labor market information program under such Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to oversee development, maintenance, and continued improvement of a nationwide system of labor market information. Requires such system to be planned, administered, overseen, and evaluated by a cooperative Federal, State, and local governance structure. Provides for such information's confidentiality and immunity from legal process. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) carry out specified duties with respect to collection, analysis, and dissemination of labor market information, including establishing confidentiality standards; and (2) prepare an annual plan, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to be the operational mechanism for achieving a cooperative Federal-State governance structure for labor market information. Sets forth State Governor and State agency responsibilities with respect to such information system. Subtitle C: General Provisions - Requires that programs under titles II and III of this Act meet specified worker rights requirements, including: (1) provision of a safe and healthful workplace; and (2) prohibitions on displacements or replacements of certain current or former workers, and on impairment of contracts. (Sec. 142) Authorizes the State Governor, through the collaborative process, to transfer up to ten percent of a State's total allotment under titles II or III between such titles. Title II: Youth Development and Career Preparation Consolidation Grant - Subtitle A: State Funding - Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) reserve a specified portion of funds under this Act for national programs under subtitle D; and (2) make allotments to States under this Act based on a formula derived from funding allotments under specified provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act and the Job Training Partnership Act. Requires that funds under this title supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds. (Sec. 211) Requires Governors to: (1) make at least 90 percent of such State allotments available to local providers, and to use not more than eight percent for State programs and activities and two percent for administration; (2) allocate 40 percent of the funds for local providers to eligible institutions for school youth programs, 40 percent to local workforce development boards for at-risk youth programs, and ten percent of the remainder to eligible institutions or local boards, with any further remainder to go to either or both of such types of programs; and (3) establish within-State allocation formulas taking into account specified factors. Sets minimum grant amounts for local educational agencies, postsecondary institutions, local development boards, and secondary-postsecondary consortia. Subtitle B: State Organizational, Planning, and Reporting Responsibilities - Sets forth title II requirements for State plans to be submitted to the Secretary of Education. (Sec. 222) Provides that State programs and activities under this title may include an assessment of programs conducted with title II assistance, including development of: (1) program performance indicators and measures; and (2) program improvement and accountability. Lists additional permissible uses of such funds. (Sec. 223) Authorizes States to make performance incentive awards to one or more eligible institutions or local providers that have: (1) exceeded performance goals; (2) implemented exemplary youth development and career preparation programs at the local level; or (3) provided exemplary education services and activities for at-risk youth. Subtitle C: Subgrants for In-School and At-Risk Youth - Requires local workforce development boards and eligible institutions to form partnerships and submit comprehensive youth development and career preparation plans for in-school and at-risk youth, in order to receive subgrants under this subtitle. Authorizes State Governors to develop procedures to resolve issues in disputes within partnerships about local plan contents. (Sec. 232) Directs States to distribute funds for: (1) in-school youth programs to eligible institutions; and (2) at-risk youth programs to local workforce development boards. Chapter 1: In-School Youth - Sets forth certain requirements for eligible institutions' uses of funds for in-school programs, as well as additional permissible uses of such funds. Chapter 2: At-Risk Youth - Sets forth certain requirements for local workforce development boards' uses of funds for at-risk youth programs, as well as additional permissible uses of such funds. (Sec. 246) Requires that the local workforce development board not operate such programs, but contract with eligible providers of (or providers using methodologies with) demonstrated effectiveness in serving the youth development and career preparation needs of at-risk youth. Subtitle D: National Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to directly or indirectly carry out research, development, dissemination, replication of model programs, demonstration programs, evaluation, capacity-building, and technical assistance activities with regard to services under this title, including support for occupational and career information systems. Directs the Secretary to establish a system to disseminate information resulting from research and development activities under this title. (Sec. 252) Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, to conduct a biennial assessment of services and activities under this title, through competitive awards for independent studies and analyses. (Sec. 253) Authorizes the Secretary to establish one or more national centers for conducting applied research, development, dissemination, and technical assistance activities to improve development and career preparation of youth. Provides that the center in existence on the day before the date of enactment of this Act shall continue to receive assistance in accordance with its current award. Requires such centers to: (1) prepare annual summaries of key research findings, for submission to the Secretaries of Education and of Labor and specified congressional committees; and (2) maintain a data and information clearinghouse. Title III: Adult Employment and Training Consolidation Grant - Subtitle A: Adult Employment and Training Consolidation Grant - Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide a grant for employment, job training, and related assistance for adults to each State that submits a State workforce development and literacy plan under title I. (Sec. 312) Provides for: (1) allotments to States, based on certain allotments under the Job Training Partnership Act; (2) within-State allocation, according to a formula taking account of specified factors, with reserved funds for statewide mandatory and discretionary activities; (3) additional State plan requirements; (4) required use of funds for provision of core services through integrated career center systems, specified types of intensive services, and education and training services, and permissible uses of funds for additional supportive services and needs-related payments; and (4) priority for dislocated workers and economically disadvantaged individuals. Subtitle B: Federal Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to use certain funds to make: (1) national discretionary grants for dislocated workers to specified eligible entities, to address major economic dislocations resulting from plant closures, base closures, or mass layoffs; and (2) national discretionary incentive grants to States, as performance incentive awards for having achieved exceptional performance through implementing statewide workforce development systems, and as assistance in implementing exemplary system designs. (Sec. 322) Authorizes the Secretary to use such funds also to provide disaster relief employment assistance to Governors of States with areas that have suffered an emergency or major disaster as defined under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. (Sec. 323) Directs the Secretary to use such funds also to carry out specified research, demonstration, capacity-building, technical assistance, and evaluation activities. Authorizes special grants to eligible entities to carry out activities most appropriately administered at the national level. (Sec. 324) Authorizes the Secretary to use such funds also to provide grants to States for up to 50 percent of the costs of providing loans to eligible entities for skills upgrading of non- managerial employees. Requires the State to establish: (1) a reserve fund for such loan guarantees with such assistance; and (2) criteria for such loan guarantees. (Sec. 325) Directs the Secretary of Labor to use such funds also to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for specified entities to provide employment, training, and education for Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Hawaiian Natives. Authorizes a transfer of authority to the Secretary of Labor from the Secretary of Education to carry out any portion of such assistance devoted to vocational education activities, including support for the United Tribes Technical College and Crownpoint Institute of Technology. Allows recipient entities to consolidate such assistance with that for related programs under the Indian Employment, Training, and Related Services Demonstration Act. (Sec. 326) Directs the Secretary of Labor to use such funds also to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with specified eligible entities to provide certain types of employment, training, and education assistance for migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Title IV: Adult Education and Family Literacy Consolidation Grant and Library Services and Technology Consolidation Grant - Subtitle A: Adult Education and Family Literacy Consolidation Grant - Chapter 1: Funding - Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve specified amounts annually for: (1) the National Institute for Literacy; and (2) national leadership and evaluation activities. Provides for an initial allotment, and additional allotments to States according to formulas based on State population and number of qualifying adults. Defines qualifying adult as one who is between ages 16 and 61, beyond the age of compulsory school attendance, without a secondary school diploma or equivalent, and not currently enrolled in elementary or secondary school. Chapter 2: Grants to States - Directs the Secretary of Education to make an annual grant allotment to a State if it has satisfied requirements under title I and this title and enters an agreement about use of grant funds. (Sec. 432) Requires States to use grant funds to distribute competitive grants to local service providers and provide assistance to the State library administrative agency for specified purposes. Requires local service providers to use their grants from the State to establish or operate one or more programs providing instruction or services within described categories of: (1) adult basic education; (2) adult secondary education; (3) English literacy instruction; and (4) family literacy services. Authorizes local service providers to receive payments also from title II or III programs under specified conditions. (Sec. 433) Sets forth additional grant requirements, including goals, progress indicators, and performance measures in specified categories. Chapter 3: National Programs - Establishes a National Institute for Literacy, to be administered according to an interagency agreement of the Secretaries of Education, of Labor, and of Health and Human Services (the Interagency Group), with daily operations to be carried out by an appointed Institute Director. Establishes an Advisory Board to make recommendations on planning Institute goals and on implementing programs to achieve such goals. Sets forth Institute duties, authorized activities, and biennial reporting requirements. Authorizes the Institute to award literacy leadership fellowships, as well as paid and unpaid internships. (Sec. 442) Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish and carry out a program of national leadership and evaluation activities to enhance the quality of adult education and family literacy programs nationwide, directly or through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. Sets forth specified required activities and reports, as well as authorized activities. Subtitle B: Library Services and Technology Consolidation Grant - Authorizes appropriations for a Library Services and Technology Consolidation Grant program to: (1) consolidate Federal library service programs; (2) improve public access to information through electronic networks; and (3) provide linkages among and between libraries and integrated career center systems. Sets forth program requirements for allotments, grants to States, uses of funds, and annual applications. Title V: Amendments to Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Subtitle A: Vocational Rehabilitation Consolidation Grant - Chapter 1: Transition Period - Directs the Secretary of Education, through the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), to administer the amendment made by chapter 2 in a specified manner during a transition period. Chapter 2: Revision of Title I of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA) to revise title I, Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Directs the Secretary of Education, through the Commissioner of the RHA, to make RA formula grants to States that submit workforce development and literacy plans that meet requirements under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 511) Requires States to reserve not more than 20 percent of such a grant for carrying out specified responsibilities of State administrative agents, and at least 80 percent for carrying out certain responsibilities of local workforce development boards and integrated career centers with respect to workforce development areas. Sets forth requirements for: (1) individual eligibility; (2) State Rehabilitation Advisory Councils; (3) allotment amounts; (4) availability of funds; and (5) a State option for waivers regarding alternative delivery systems. Subtitle B: Other Amendments to Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Eliminates RA provisions: (1) (under title III, Training and Demonstration Projects) for vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with disabilities, loan guarantees for community rehabilitation programs, construction of the Commissioner's authority and appropriation of excess funds, migratory workers program grants, special recreational programs grants, and supported employment programs and grants; and (2) (under title VI, Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities) for community service employment pilot programs for individuals with disabilities, supported employment services for individuals with disabilities, business opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and (after a two-year period) projects with industry. (Sec. 523) Makes available certain amounts for carrying out title I of RA in specified fiscal years. Title VI: Higher Education Privatization - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to provide for the reorganization of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) through the formation of a holding company and the cessation of Federal sponsorship. (Sec. 602) Amends HEA to provide for the privatization and renaming of the College Construction Loan Insurance Association (Connie Lee) and the cessation of Federal sponsorship. Title VII: Repealers and Other Amendments - Repeals various provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), including ones relating to articulation agreements, access and equity to education through telecommunications, academic libraries and information services, national early intervention scholarships, presidential access scholarships, model program community partnerships and counseling grants, early awareness postsecondary information program, technical assistance for teachers and counselors, special child care services for disadvantaged college students, loan forgiveness for teachers and nurses and individuals performing national community service, training in financial aid services, State postsecondary review entity programs, State and local programs for teacher excellence, national teacher academies, Douglas teacher scholarships, the Teacher Corps, class size demonstration grants, middle school teaching demonstration programs, new teaching careers, national mini- corps programs, demonstration grants for critical language and area studies, foreign languages and cultures instructional materials development, small State teaching initiatives, faculty development grants, early childhood staff training and professional enhancement, intensive summer language institutes, foreign language periodicals, academic and library facilities, cooperative education programs, women and minority participation in graduate education, Harris fellowships, Javits fellowships, faculty development fellowships, legal training for the disadvantaged, law school clinical programs, special projects in areas of national need, science and engineering access programs, women and minorities science and engineering outreach demonstration programs, Eisenhower leadership programs, and community service programs. Repeals provisions of the Education Amendments of 1986 relating to a National Academy of Science study and to Native Hawaiian (and Alaska Native) culture and art development. Repeals provisions of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 relating to American Indian postsecondary economic development scholarships, American Indian teacher training, a national survey of factors associated with participation, a study of environmental hazards in higher education institutions, a national job bank for teacher recruitment, a national clearinghouse for postsecondary education materials, school-based decisionmakers, sexual offenses education, Olympic scholarships, and advanced placement fee payment programs. (Sec. 702) Revises HEA student aid program eligibility requirements relating to proprietary institutions of higher education. (Sec. 703) Repeals: (1) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act; (2) the Smith-Hughes Act; (3) the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994; (4) the School Dropout Assistance Act; (5) the Adult Education Act; (6) the National Literacy Act of 1991, except certain provisions; (7) the Library Services and Construction Act; (8) the library media resources program under the Technology for Education Act of 1994; (9) the Job Training Partnership Act, except provisions for the Job Corps and veterans' employment programs and their authorization of appropriations; and (10) provisions of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act relating to State literacy initiatives for adult education for the homeless and to job training for the homeless (except homeless veterans' reintegration projects).
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1995
Distilled Spirits Tax Payment Simplification Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify or impose requirements regarding: (1) the transfer of distilled spirits between bonded premises and between importation and bonded premises; (2) operations as a bonded dealer conducted on the bonded premises of a distilled spirits plant; (3) establishment and operation of such a plant by a bonded dealer; (4) election to be treated as a bonded dealer; (5) the time at which the tax on distilled spirits is determined; (6) distilled spirits lost or destroyed in bond or returned to bonded premises; (7) the time for tax payment and payment by electronic transfer; and (8) application to a plant used by a bonded dealer of provisions relating to sales by proprietors of controlled premises.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1995
Individual Training Account Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a deduction for amounts paid yearly into an individual training account for the benefit of such individual. Describes such account as one to pay the expenses of job training and job-related relocation.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: Federal Aviation Administration Streamlining Programs Title III: System to Fund Certain Federal Aviation Administration Functions Air Traffic Management System Performance Improvement Act of 1995 - Title I: General Provisions - Amends Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to delineate the powers and duties of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the FAA. (Sec. 104) Authorizes the Administrator to issue, rescind, and revise regulations as necessary to carry out the FAA functions. Prohibits the Administrator, without prior approval of the Secretary, from issuing a proposed or final regulation that is significant or is likely to result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $50 million or more in any year. Excepts emergency regulations from such prohibition, but subjects them to rescission if the Secretary fails to ratify them. Requires the Administrator to review any unusually burdensome regulations, which would result in the annual expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $25 million or more (adjusted annually for inflation) in any year. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Administrator to utilize personnel of other Federal agencies. (Sec. 107) Amends Federal transportation law to revise FAA budget provisions to require the Administrator, after the first fiscal year in which the FAA is funded entirely by user fees, to prepare a budget for the FAA for each fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to review such budget, recommending modifications to it to ensure consistency with the needs of the national transportation system. (Sec. 110) Directs the Administrator to establish a select panel to review and report to the Congress regarding a limited innovative program to fund specific facilities and equipment projects, and to provide limited additional funding alternatives for airport capacity development. (Sec. 112) Directs the Administrator to establish the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council which shall: (1) provide advice and counsel to the Administrator on issues which affect or are affected by the Administrator's operations; and (2) function as an oversight resource for management, policy, spending, and regulatory matters. (Sec. 113) Requires the Administrator, in order to protect the public health and welfare from aircraft engine emissions, to prescribe air pollutant emission standards for aircraft engines. Title II: Federal Aviation Administration Streamlining Programs - Directs the Administrator to develop an innovative program for air traffic control modernization using an acquisition management system for FAA procurement of goods and services. (Sec. 202) Requires the Administrator to terminate programs funded under the Facilities and Equipment account, and to consider the termination of substantial acquisitions, that fail meet specified established project criteria. (Sec. 203) Directs the Administrator to develop an innovative personnel management system for the management, compensation, and advancement of FAA employees. Title III: System to Fund Certain Federal Aviation Administration Functions - Directs the FAA to submit to the Congress a performance-based fee system for various FAA services. (Sec. 303) Directs the FAA to enter into an agreement with the Department of Defense (DOD) for the reimbursement to the FAA of the net cost of air traffic control services provided to DOD. (Sec. 304) Directs the FAA to submit to the Congress a proposed fee system for air traffic control services. (Sec. 306) Increases for FY 1998 and 1999 Airport and Airway Trust Fund spending caps for certain direct costs for air navigation facilities and joint air navigation services. (Sec. 307) Requires the multiyear appropriation of funds (not less than three years) for Trust Fund activities.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Choice Care Program Title II: Tax Provisions Relating to Choice Care Plans Medicare Improvement and Choice Care Provision Act - Title I: Choice Care Program - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to outline a new Medicare part D (Choice Care) program involving Federal contracts with both private indemnity or fee-for-service plans and private managed or coordinated care plans (including health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organization plans). (Sec. 101) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make monthly advance payments to such a plan with respect to an individual enrollee of either a monthly choice care value amount (determined according to a specified formula) or of a monthly premium, whichever is less. Requires the Secretary to pay each eligible individual 75 percent of any excess over the plan premium of the weighted average of the choice care value amounts with respect to all individuals in a reimbursement area (rebate amounts), with the remainder of the excess amount deposited in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary, after obtaining appropriate experience in operating the choice care program, to establish one or more demonstration projects to determine the choice care value amount through competitive bidding by choice care plans in reimbursement areas in which at least three such plans (including national indemnity plans) participate in the bidding. Title II: Tax Provisions Relating to Choice Care Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for: (1) Medicare medical savings accounts (MSAs) for income-excludible deposit of rebate amounts or equivalent cash deposits to cover the qualified medical expenses of individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for whose benefit the Medicare MSA is maintained; and (2) the tax treatment of Medicare MSAs, their distributions, and Medicare Choice Care program rebates not deposited in an MSA.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1995
Requires that any markup in the committees or subcommittees of the House of Representatives of any legislation changing existing law concerning Medicare or Medicaid pursuant to the reconciliation instructions of the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1996 be preceded by a minimum of four weeks for public disclosure of and public hearings on the legislative text of such changes. Prohibits such legislation from being considered in the House until such requirements have been met. Expresses the sense of the House that the Senate should adopt a similar schedule for public disclosure and hearings on the legislative text of any such changes.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1995
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to deferred compensation plans to treat length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers as not providing for the deferral of compensation. Specifies such volunteers as those providing fire fighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and ambulance services. Exempts such deferred amounts from social security taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Debt Collection Initiatives Title II: Justice Debt Management Title III: IRS Levy Authority Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1995 - Title I: General Debt Collection Initiatives - Amends Federal claims and civil service law, revising general administrative, salary, and tax refund offset authorities, and making changes as well under the Debt Collection Act of 1982, Social Security Domestic Employment Reform Act of 1994, and other specified Acts. Includes among such revisions and changes: (1) making the House of Representatives a legislative agency for purposes relating to claims of or against the Federal Government; (2) providing agencies with the authority to require the taxpayer identification numbers of the persons doing business with them; (3) expanding various specified collection and offset authorities and Governmentwide cross-servicing; (4) barring delinquent Federal debtors from obtaining Federal loans or loan guarantees; (5) adjusting Federal civil monetary penalties for inflation; and (6) establishing in the Treasury the Debt Collection Improvement Account to reimburse agencies for expenditures for improvement of tax administration and agency debt collection and debt recovery activities. (Sec. 201) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to exempt means-tested programs from any offset when notified by the head of the respective agency. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt other payments from offset upon written request (including justification under Secretary-prescribed standards) of the head of the payment certifying agency. (Sec. 203) Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to exempt from computer matching requirements matches for administrative offset or claims collection or any other payment intercept or offset program authorized by statute. (Sec. 1001) Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish guidelines to assist agencies in the performance and monitoring of debt collection activities; and (2) consolidate all reports concerning debt collection into one annual report. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to the Congress on debt collection services; and (2) prescribe regulations requiring certain agency reports on loans and accounts receivable managed by the head of the agency. Title II: Justice Debt Management - Repeals specified provisions of Federal law to provide for expanded use of private attorneys in Federal debt collection efforts. (Sec. 1201) Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for nonjudicial foreclosure of mortgages. Title III: IRS Levy Authority - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a continuing levy on non-means tested Federal payments, modify the levy exemption under such Code, and provide for the disclosure of return information to the Financial Management Service in levies with respect to any applicable government payment.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1995
Termination of Energy and Natural Resource Tax Subsidies Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the expensing of intangible drilling and development costs and of mining exploration and development costs. Repeals limitations on percentage depletion in the case of oil and gas wells. Repeals the exception from passive loss rules for working interest in oil and gas property. Terminates the credit for any qualified fuels produced from a nonconventional source. Repeals the alcohol fuels credit. Repeals the reduced fuel tax rates for certain fuels.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1995
Exempt Organization Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excess benefit transactions excise tax on a disqualified person and on an organization manager. Defines excess benefit transaction as any transaction in which an economic benefit is provided by a tax-exempt organization to or for the use of a disqualified person, if the value of the benefit exceeds the value of the consideration. Defines disqualified person and organization manager. Requires 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations to report certain excise taxes paid. Revises requirements concerning the public inspection of the returns of exempt organizations. Requires certain organizations to disclose, in a conspicuous and easily recognizable format, in an advertisement or solicitation the nonexempt status of such organization. Provides for a penalty, not to exceed $10,000, of $1,000 for each day on which a failure occurred to disclose such nonexempt status with respect to any advertisement or solicitation. Provides for an increase in penalties on exempt organizations for failure to file complete and timely annual returns. Provides for a larger penalty for exempt organizations having gross receipts exceeding $1,000,000 for any year.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1995
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat certain expenses incurred by whaling captains while carrying out sanctioned activities for Native Alaskan subsistence whaling as a charitable contribution deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 1995
Federal Aviation Administration Revitalization Act of 1995 - Establishes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an independent Federal agency to succeed the FAA which is currently part of the Department of Transportation (DOT). (Sec. 3) Establishes a Federal Aviation Board (Board), which shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer. Directs the Board to develop, and submit to the Congress, a personnel management system for the Administration. Establishes the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Committee to provide advice and counsel to the Administration. Prohibits the FAA, without the prior approval of the Board, from issuing a proposed or final regulation, airworthiness directive, or advisory circular that may result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, or by the private sector, of $10 million or more in any one year. Provides an exception in cases of an emergency. Requires Department of Transportation (DOT) review of all proposed or final FAA regulations. Directs the Board to develop, and submit to the Congress, an acquisition management system for the FAA. Permits the judicial review of Administration actions. (Sec. 4) Revises Federal transportation law to require the Chief Executive Officer to prepare, subject to Board approval, an annual budget for the FAA. (Sec. 5) Requires the FAA to publish cost-benefit analyses of minimum aircraft safety regulations that result in annualized compliance costs in excess of $25 million. (Sec. 6) Declares that receipts and disbursements of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the President's or Congress' budget; (2) shall be exempt from any general budget limitations; and (3) shall be exempt from the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires the FAA to make annual estimates of unfunded aviation authorizations and net aviation receipts at the close of the following fiscal year. (Sec. 8) Directs the Administrator of the current FAA to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking or a denial of the petition in Docket 27791 of the FAA relating to increasing the fee that airlines retain in collecting passenger facility charges. Makes such fee increase sought in such petition effective if the Administrator fails to respond to the petition. (Sec. 9) Requires the Board to establish a select panel to review and report to the Congress on innovative financing mechanisms for ensuring adequate funding for existing and future aviation infrastructure needs. (Sec. 13) Terminates the FAA of the DOT. (Sec. 14) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to terminate 200 employee positions in the Office of the Secretary to reflect reductions in the aviation responsibilities in such office. (Sec. 15) Amends Federal transportation law to make conforming amendments to reflect FAA changes.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 1995
Legal Aid Act of 1995 - Revises the Legal Services Corporation Act to replace the Legal Services Corporation with a program of block grants to the States and to rename the Act the Legal Aid Grant Act. Directs the Attorney General to make grants to States for the provision of qualified legal services. Specifies that grants shall be made in such proportion as the number of residents of each State which receive a grant who live in households having income equal to or less than the poverty line established under the Community Services Block Grant Act bears to the total number of U.S. residents living in such households. Authorizes each State to retain for administrative costs not more than five percent of the amount granted to the State under this Act in a fiscal year, with the remainder paid under contracts to qualified legal service providers in the State. Bars a State from receiving such a grant unless the State has certified to the Attorney General that the State will comply with and enforce the requirements of this Act. Prohibits the use of grant funds by legal service providers for specified purposes, including: (1) making available funds, personnel, or equipment for certain activities relating to reapportioning a legislative, judicial, or elective district, including influencing the timing or manner of taking a census; (2) attempting to influence the issuance, amendment, or revocation of an executive order, regulation, or policy by a Federal, State, or local agency, or the passage or defeat of any legislation, constitutional amendment, referendum, or confirmation proceeding; (3) supporting or conducting training programs for the purpose of encouraging political activities, boycotts, strikes, and demonstrations; (4) participating in litigation, lobbying, or rulemaking regarding abortion, or any litigation or representation on behalf of a prisoner; (5) paying for any personal service, advertisement, written matter, or administrative expenses associated with prohibited activities; (6) soliciting in-person any client for the purpose of providing any legal service; or (7) paying voluntary membership dues to any private or nonprofit organization. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) limits on the use of State funds; (2) attorney's fees; and (3) requirements regarding State contracting for legal services. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 1995
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply to taxpayers other than C corporations (currently, other than corporations) the rules applicable to real property subdivided for sale.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 1995
Endangered Species Conservation Incentives Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to designate any overpayment for endangered species conservation. Establishes the Endangered Species Conservation Trust Fund in the Treasury into which the designated amount will be transferred. Deducts from the value of a taxable estate an amount equal to the value of any endangered species agreement property included in the estate. Provides for the recapture of such benefit in certain cases. Sets forth a provision providing for the valuation of a conservation easement. Allows a limited credit for endangered species conservation agreement costs.