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Bill· HRH.R. 2816 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Tax Treatment of Long-Term Care Insurance Title II: Protection of Assets Under Medicaid Through Use of Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Title III: Studies Long-Term Care Security Act of 1993 - Title I: Tax Treatment of Long-Term Care Insurance - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of qualified long-term care insurance as accident and health insurance for purposes of insurance company taxation. Excludes from gross income benefits provided under a long-term care insurance contract. Includes in gross income employer-provided coverage for long-term care services. Includes amounts paid for qualified long-term care services as medical expenses for individual itemized deductions. Includes any parent or grandparent as a dependent for purposes of such expenses. Provides for the nonrecognition of gain or loss on the exchange of any life insurance contract or an endowment or annuity contract for a long-term care insurance contract. Excludes from gross income certain amounts withdrawn from individual retirement accounts and certain employer cash or deferred arrangements to pay long-term care premiums. Provides for the exclusion as a death benefit of any amount paid or advanced to an individual under a life insurance contract because such individual is terminally ill or chronically ill and confined to a qualified facility. Allows insurance companies to issue accelerated death benefit riders on life insurance contracts. Title II: Protection of Assets Under Medicaid Through Use of Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to disregard assets which are attributable to coverage under a qualified long-term care insurance contract for purposes of eligibility. Title III: Studies - Directs the Comptroller General to study the feasibility of: (1) encouraging health care providers to donate their services to homebound patients; and (2) providing heads of households who care for elderly family members in their homes with a tax credit.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 245 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Requires a three-fifths majority of the whole number of each House of the Congress before a bill increasing any revenue may pass. Provides that total revenue of the United States Government for each fiscal year shall not exceed 20 percent of the gross domestic product and that any revenue in excess of this limit shall be used to reduce the public debt. Authorizes a specific amount of additional revenue above such limit for the current or next fiscal year when a bill for this sole purpose is passed by a three-fifths majority of the whole number of each House of the Congress and becomes law. Authorizes the Congress, upon the President's request, to waive the provisions of this joint resolution by a roll call vote for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Requires any law that has the effect of increasing any revenue, if adopted when a waiver is in effect, to expire within two years after the law is adopted.
Bill· SS. 1318 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Tuberculosis Title II: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Title III: Injury Control and Violence Prevention Title IV: Breast and Cervical Cancer Amendments Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions Early Detection and Preventive Health Act of 1993 - Title I: Tuberculosis - Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Amendments of 1993 - (Sec. 103) Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to authorize appropriations for grants for the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis. Mandates State tuberculosis plans. Authorizes the conduct or support of applied research and training on the surveillance, diagnostic methodologies, prevention, control, and treatment of tuberculosis. Removes the cap on the percentage of appropriations under certain provisions that may be used for additional grants under other provisions. (Sec. 104) Requires that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases conduct or support basic research and research training on the cause, diagnosis, early detection, and treatment of tuberculosis. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 105) Amends the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to authorize a tuberculosis drug and device research program. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Sexually Transmitted Diseases Amendments of 1993 - (Sec. 202) Amends the PHSA to authorize appropriations for research, demonstration, public information and education, project grants to States, and innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to prevention and control regarding sexually transmitted diseases. (Sec. 203) Authorizes appropriations for grants and related service delivery regarding treatable sexually transmitted diseases that can cause infertility in women. (Sec. 204) Authorizes grants for innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases and their sequelae. Title III: Injury Control and Violence Prevention - Injury Control and Violence Prevention Act of 1993 - (Sec. 303) Replaces provisions mandating a report by a specified date in 1992 with provisions authorizing research and technical assistance regarding performing research in, and conducting training and public health programs for, the prevention of injuries and deaths associated with family and interpersonal violence. Authorizes related grants. Mandates support for the establishment of national systematic surveillance of injuries, including those caused by family and interpersonal violence. (Sec. 304) Establishes an advisory committee on injury prevention and control. (Sec. 306) Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions relating to injury prevention and control, including a related report. Title IV: Breast and Cervical Cancer Amendments - Breast and Cervical Cancer Amendments of 1993 - (Sec. 402) Authorizes States to make limited payments from breast and cervical cancer screening grant amounts to private as well as to public or nonprofit private entities. Modifies matching requirements and requirements regarding the percentages of grant funds devoted to specified services. Replaces provisions relating to breast and cervical cancer screening quality assurance and to guidelines on the quality of mammography and cytological services with provisions requiring States to assure screening quality. Authorizes related grants to tribes and tribal organizations. (Sec. 403) Authorizes grants to up to three States for demonstration projects regarding preventive health services (including blood pressure and cholesterol screening and health education) and related referrals and evaluations. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 404) Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions relating to breast and cervical cancer preventive health measures. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 501) Requires that a specified minimum and maximum (currently, a specified maximum) portion of amounts appropriated under the PHSA (currently, under certain parts of the PHSA and other Acts) be used to evaluate programs authorized by such Acts. Mandates an annual report. (Sec. 502) Authorizes providing certain allowances and benefits for personnel appointed or assigned to serve abroad. (Sec. 503) Authorizes a program of health professionals who have a substantial amount of educational loans relative to income agreeing to conduct prevention activities, as employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, in return for Federal payment on educational loans. (Sec. 504) Mandates biennial reports on the relationship between nutrition and health. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 505) Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions relating to prostate cancer prevention, cancer registries, and health promotion and disease prevention centers. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that all Acts regarding the authorization of CDC programs should be authorized only through a specified fiscal year, after which the Congress should reauthorize the CDC and its programs in one comprehensive Act on a regular cyclical basis.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 32 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1993
Establishes the budget for FY 1994 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1995 through 1998. (Sec. 2) Sets forth recommended budgetary levels of Federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, and credit activity. (Sec. 3) Sets forth the increase in the public debt subject to limitation. Sets forth Social Security trust fund revenues and outlays for Senate enforcement purposes. (Sec. 5) Sets forth funding levels for each major functional category. (Sec. 6) Requires the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance to report reconciliation legislation to their respective Houses containing recommendations to change laws to increase the statutory limit on the public debt to not more than a specified amount. (Sec. 7) Limits the levels of social security outlays and revenues for this resolution to the current services levels. (Sec. 8) Establishes Senate enforcement procedures to extend the system of discretionary spending limits to budget resolutions for FY 1996 through 1998 and enforce "pay-as-you-go" spending. (Sec. 9) Expresses the sense of the Senate that legislation should be enacted that: (1) caps the growth of mandatory spending for all programs except Social Security at a level that allows for beneficiary and inflation growth; (2) prohibits, through a super-majority point of order, the consideration of congressional budget resolutions or direct spending legislation that would cause the mandatory cap to be exceeded; and (3) provides processes, including reconciliation and sequestration procedures, to provide for orderly restraint in mandatory spending growth except Social Security if such spending exceeds the cap. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the conference report on this concurrent resolution on the budget should: (1) include spending limits on aggregate mandatory spending excluding Social Security, at levels that allow for inflation and beneficiary growth; (2) include spending limits on defense and non-defense discretionary spending for FY 1994 through 1998; and (3) include reconciliation instructions to restrain mandatory spending growth to meet the mandatory cap. (Sec. 10) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the budget effects of the President's economic stimulus package should not be exempted from the congressional budget process and that if such legislation is enacted it should abide by "pay-as-you-go" and not cause an increase in the deficit. (Sec. 11) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the budget should be balanced and that legislation should be adopted mandating a balanced budget. (Sec. 12) Expresses the sense of the Congress that budget enforcement procedures should be enacted including: (1) individual statutory caps on defense and non-defense discretionary spending enforced by points of order and sequester orders; (2) pay-as-you-go discipline for mandatory spending programs enforced by super-majority points of order and sequester orders; and (3) fixed statutory maximum deficit amounts that are enforced by super-majority points of order and sequester orders.
Bill· HRH.R. 2802 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt unemployment compensation from Federal income tax. Amends Federal law to exempt unemployment benefits from State or local income tax.
Bill· SS. 1301 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Intelligence Activities Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Title III: General Provisions Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency Title V: Department of Defense Title VI: Federal Bureau of Investigation Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for Federal intelligence activities. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to employ civilian personnel in excess of the personnel ceiling when necessary for the performance of important intelligence functions. Authorizes appropriations for the Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 1994. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 237 full-time Community Management Account employees. Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act to exclude interest earned from voluntary contributions to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System from the definition of "lump-sum credit." Prohibits a former spouse of a participant from being entitled to an annuity from the Fund unless such spouse elects to receive it instead of any survivor annuity (currently, any other annuity) to which such spouse may be entitled under any Government retirement system on the basis of a marriage to someone other than the participant. Prohibits the payment of retirement annuities to former spouses unless an application was submitted by June 2, 1990 (currently, 1991). Makes amendments under this title effective as of February 1, 1993. Title III: General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for increases in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to establish a General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency. Title V: Department of Defense - Revises the formula for determining foreign language proficiency pay for reserve members of the armed forces. Title VI: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require consumer reporting agencies to furnish reports to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at the FBI's request if the records are necessary to conduct a foreign counterintelligence investigation and there is reason to believe that the consumer whose report is sought is a foreign power or agent of a foreign power as defined under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. Makes Federal agencies that obtain or disclose credit information in violation of this Act liable for damages to the consumer.
Bill· HRH.R. 2790 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Workplace Fairness Subtitle A: Equal Remedies Act Subtitle B: Federal Employees Fairness Act Subtitle C: Congressional Employees Fairness Act Subtitle D: Sexual Harassment Subtitle E: Part-Time and Temporary Workers Protection Act Subtitle F: Unemployment Insurance Reform Subtitle G: Federal Temporary Workers Protection Act Subtitle H: Legislative Pay Equity Study Title II: Economic Opportunity Subtitle A: Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act Subtitle B: Microenterprise Opportunity Expansion Act Subtitle C: Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act Subtitle D: Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering Work Force Act Subtitle E: Job Training Self-Sufficiency Act Title III: Work and Family Subtitle A: Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act Subtitle B: After-School Child Care Subtitle C: Dependent Care Tax Credit Refundability Subtitle D: Tax Incentives for Family-Friendly Workplaces Subtitle E: Federal Parental Leave for Education Activities Title IV: Economic Self-Sufficiency Subtitle A: Child Support Subtitle B: Pension Reform Subtitle C: Social Security Reform Subtitle D: Former Military Spouses Protection Subtitle E: Unremunerated Work Act Economic Equity Act of 1993 - Title I: Workplace Fairness - Subtitle A: Equal Remedies Act - Equal Remedies Act of 1993 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to remove limitations on the amount of compensatory and punitive damages that may be awarded in cases of intentional discrimination in employment. Subtitle B: Federal Employees Fairness Act - Federal Employee Fairness Act of 1993 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to permit a Federal employee filing a discrimination complaint to file it with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Makes it an unlawful employment practice if the employee demonstrates that the filing of a complaint contributed to an adverse personnel action against such employee. Requires that any such complaint filed with an agency other than the EEOC be transmitted to the EEOC. Sets forth procedures for filing and processing such complaints. Permits a Federal employee to file a complaint up to 180 days following an alleged discrimination. (Sec. 113) Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to permit the filing of a complaint with the EEOC in accordance with the amendments made to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by this Act. Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to apply its remedies and attorney fee provisions to complaints by individuals with disabilities with respect to employment in the Library of Congress. (Sec. 114) Amends title V of the United States Code, concerning government organization and employees, to permit an employee, under a negotiated grievance procedure, to raise matters dealing with actions involving discrimination. Subtitle C: Congressional Employees Fairness Act - Congressional Employees Fairness Act - Makes applicable to the Congress: (1) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; (2) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (3) specified provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; and (4) the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. (Sec. 122) Makes applicable to the Congress any provision of Federal law to the extent that it relates to: (1) the terms and conditions of employment (including hiring, promotion, or demotion, salary and wages, overtime compensation, benefits, work assignments or reassignments, and termination) of employees; (2) protection from discrimination in personnel actions; (3) the health and safety of employees; (4) the availability of information to the public; or (5) other areas deemed appropriate by the Independent Office of Compliance (Office). (Sec. 123) Establishes the Office, in the legislative branch for the Congress, to study and report to the Congress on the application of such laws. (Sec. 124) Sets forth provisions relating to congressional procedures for approval of the Board of Directors' recommendations relating to the application of future Federal laws to the Congress. Directs the Office to carry out an education program for Members of Congress and other employing authorities of the Congress respecting the laws applicable to them and a program to inform individuals of their rights under laws applicable to the Congress and under this Act. (Sec. 125) Requires the procedure for consideration of alleged violations of such laws to consist of the following steps: (1) counseling; (2) mediation; (3) formal complaint and hearing by a hearing board; and (4) judicial review of a hearing board's decision. (Sec. 129A) Authorizes a congressional employee or any Member of the Congress to petition the Personnel Appeals Board of the General Accounting Office to review a final decision if it is unconstitutional. (Sec. 129D) Declares that any intimidation of, or reprisal against, any employee because of the exercise of a right under this Act constitutes an unlawful employment practice that may be remedied in the same manner under this Act as is a violation of a law made applicable to the Congress. (Sec. 129E) Requires the records and decisions of hearing boards to be made public if required for judicial review. (Sec. 129H) Limits a congressional employee to the judicial proceeding provided by this Act to redress prohibited practices. Subtitle D: Sexual Harassment - Sexual Harassment Prevention Act of 1993 - Directs employers (including Federal and congressional agencies) to keep posted in conspicuous places a notice prepared or approved by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that sets forth: (1) the definition of sexual harassment found in the Code of Federal Regulations; (2) the fact that sexual harassment is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (3) information describing how to file a complaint with the Commission alleging such harassment; (4) an address and toll-free number to be used to contact the Commission; and (5) other information required by the Commission. (Sec. 133) Provides for annual notices by employers to individual employees which provide such information and a description of the procedures used by the employers to resolve allegations of sexual harassment. Requires employers to provide to each supervisory employee information specifying the responsibility of, and the methods to be used by, such employee to ensure that immediate and corrective action is taken to address allegations of sexual harassment. (Sec. 134) Directs the Commission to make model notices and voluntary guidelines for procedures dealing with allegations of sexual harassment available to employers at no cost as well as a toll-free number for information regarding this Act. (Sec. 135) Prescribes civil penalties for willful violations of this Act. Subtitle E: Part-time and Temporary Workers Protection Act - Part-Time and Temporary Workers Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain individuals seeking part-time employment. (Sec. 143) Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to establish and carryout an annual survey relating to temporary workers. (Sec. 144) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to set forth special participation, vesting, and accrual rules applicable to part-time and temporary employees. Allows limited reductions in employer-provided group health plan premiums for part-time employees. Modifies, with respect to employee benefit rights, the definition of "employee" to include persons who have performed at least 500 hours of service per year. Subtitle F: Unemployment Insurance Reform - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for unemployment compensation eligibility for certain individuals who leave work or fail to return to work for certain qualified family-related reasons (for which they would be entitled to unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, or would be so entitled if the employer were subject to such Act). Subtitle G: Federal Temporary Workers Protection Act - (Sec. 161) Amends Federal civil service law to extend Federal Employees Health Benefits Program coverage to temporary employees with the equivalent of one year of service within the preceding two years. Subtitle H: Legislative Pay Equity Study - Establishes the Commission on Employment Discrimination in the Legislative Branch to: (1) employ a nongovernmental consultant with expertise in job evaluation to study and compare the compensation paid within and between job classifications in the Library of Congress and to analyze its personnel policies and practices; (2) evaluate the Library's personnel policies and practices for compliance with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and to make specific recommendations (other than any that would result in a pay reduction for any position) to the Congress for action necessary to achieve compliance; (3) develop a comprehensive plan for application of title VII principles throughout the legislative branch; and (4) make specific recommendations (other than any recommendation that, if implemented, would result in a reduction in the rate of pay payable for any position) to the Congress for improvement of personnel policies and practices in the legislative branch necessary to eliminate all forms of discrimination that adversely affect pay or working conditions of any employee. Title II: Economic Opportunity - Subtitle A: Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act - Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act of 1993 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the President and the head of each Federal agency to include small business concerns owned and controlled by women within the Federal procurement contract process. (Sec. 205) Requires the Director of the Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization section in each Federal agency to designate a "women-in-business" specialist responsible for the execution of programs designed to assist small business concerns owned and controlled by women. (Sec. 207) Establishes in the Small Business Administration the Office of Women's Business Ownership. (Sec. 208) Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the number of small businesses owned and controlled by women procuring Federal contracts. Expresses the sense of the Congress that if the number of such businesses procuring such contracts does not rise significantly, then further legislative steps should be taken. Subtitle B: Microenterprise Opportunity Expansion Act - Microenterprise Opportunity Expansion Act - Amends the Social Security Act to exclude certain small enterprise (microenterprise) business assets from accounting for public assistance purposes. (Sec. 213) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize unemployment compensation for individuals starting microenterprises. (Sec. 214) Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to treat microenterprise loans and grants as investments in a financial institution's community. (Sec. 215) Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to treat microenterprise loans made by savings associations as qualified thrift investments. (Sec. 216) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to permit the use of assistance provided under the Act for the administrative and operating costs of entities assisting microenterprises. (Sec. 217) Requires each Federal banking agency to establish a Microenterprise Technical and Operations Office to offer technical assistance, training, and support for microenterprise start-ups, or institutions providing microenterprise financial services. (Sec. 218) Directs the Financial Institutions Examination Council to study and report to the Congress on the best means to make credit available for small businesses unable to obtain microenterprise loans and in need of credit in smaller amounts than is generally available from financial institutions or the Small Business Administration. Subtitle C: Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act - Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act - Cites activities constituting illegal discrimination with respect to surety bond issuance transactions. Mandates that a surety bond applicant be notified in writing of the reasons for denial of a surety bond. Subjects a surety to civil liability to the aggrieved applicant for violations of this Act. (Sec. 224) Proscribes Federal approval of a surety company that is not in compliance with this Act. Subtitle D: Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering Work Force Act - Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering Work Force Act - Establishes the Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces. Terminates the Commission one year following submission of its required report. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Job Training Self-Sufficiency Act - Self-Sufficiency Standard Act - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to establish economic self-sufficiency standards for disadvantaged adult training programs, according to a formula to be developed by the Secretary of Labor and local economic self-sufficiency tables to be developed by service delivery areas. (Sec. 245) Prohibits incentive grants to service delivery areas that do not have in effect, after two years, an approved local economic self-sufficiency standards table. (Sec. 246) Requires inclusion of such a table and related reports in the job training plan and in the Governor's coordination and special services plan. (Sec. 248) Directs the Secretary to make up to six grants in each of three fiscal years to States for demonstration and exemplary programs to increase the number of participants in disadvantaged adult training programs who are trained and placed in jobs that yield long-term economic self-sufficiency in accordance with the local economic self-sufficiency tables. Title III: Work and Family - Subtitle A: Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act - Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a business-incentive grant program to provide child care through public-private partnerships. (Sec. 302) Provides program grants for: (1) businesses or consortia (two or more businesses acting jointly, which may also include a nonprofit private organization) to start up, or provide additional, employee child care services; and (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide employee child care services. (Sec. 305) Gives priority in grant selection to businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees and to business and consortia applications. Requires equitable geographic distribution. (Sec. 307) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: After-School Child Care Act - After-School Child Care Act of 1993 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies for programs to provide affordable and quality after school care for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade six. Limits participation to public elementary school students who: (1) are children of a single working parent or guardian, or two working parents or guardians, or of those who work in the after-school program, or of those who attend school or job training for career development; or (2) are recommended by the school on the basis of educational need, subject to available resources. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Dependent Care Tax Credit Refundability - Repeals the Internal Revenue Code's nonrefundable income tax credit for employment-related dependent care expenses, replacing it with a corresponding refundable 50 percent credit, reduced (but not below 20 percent) as the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $15,000 (adjusted for inflation). Includes within the scope of the new credit up to $1,200 ($2,400 in the case of more than one qualifying individual) of respite care expenses incurred in the care of: (1) a dependent of the taxpayer who is at least 13 years old; or (2) a spouse or other dependent who is physically or mentally incapable of self-care. Subtitle D: Tax Incentives for Family-Friendly Workplaces - Tax Incentives for Family-Friendly Workplaces Act - Allows eligible small businesses a small business family and medical leave credit equal to 50 percent (up to $2,000) of family and medical leave costs paid or incurred in connection with complying with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. (Sec. 333) Allows a business credit for wages paid to an employee who is permitted to shift hours of employment or work at home in order to reduce dependent care needs. Subtitle E: Federal Parental Leave for Educational Activities - Amends Federal law relating to Federal employees to provide for parental leave for certain educational activities. Title IV: Economic Self-Sufficiency - Subtitle A: Child Support - Child Support Economic Security Act of 1993 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the organizational unit for administering a State plan for child and spousal support to reside at the State level and administer such plan under rules that apply uniformly throughout the State. (Sec. 412) Requires: (1) State procedures to ensure that the administering agency has on-line access to all data base information maintained by the State or local government; (2) child support payments to continue until certain events occur; (3) all income (as well as lottery winnings, insurance payments, and cash settlements) to be subject to withholding to meet child support obligations; (4) property transaction recordings to be conditioned upon the party's payment of any overdue child support; (5) occupational and professional licenses to be denied to parents with overdue child support obligations in excess of $1,000; and (6) social security numbers to appear on marriage licenses and child support orders. (Sec. 416) Revises procedures for the reporting of overdue child support obligations to consumer credit reporting agencies. (Sec. 419) Requires State procedures providing for separate treatment of cases alleging nonsupport and cases alleging denial of visitation rights. Eliminates statutes of limitations in child support cases. (Sec. 420) Provides for timely response to interstate locate requests. (Sec. 421) Requires the Secretary to issue regulations establishing standards and procedures governing the processing of interstate child support cases. (Sec. 422) Amends SSA title IV part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) to subject child support enforcement funds instead of AFDC funds to reduction in cases of substantial noncompliance with part D requirements. Amends SSA title IV part D to increase payments to States for the operation of their part D plans. Repeals incentive payments to States under part D. (Sec. 423) Requires States to adopt a specified form of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act in order to have their part D plans approved. (Sec. 424) Establishes the Commission on Child Support Guidelines to make recommendations to the Congress for national guidelines for child support award amounts. (Sec. 441) Amends Federal bankruptcy law to declare that the filing of a petition in bankruptcy does not operate as an automatic stay of actions for establishment of paternity or concerning certain debts for child and spousal support and maintenance. Includes among priority claims and expenses those for certain child and spousal support and maintenance. (Sec. 445) Precludes a trustee in bankruptcy from avoiding a transfer if it was a bona fide payment of a debt for child or spousal support, maintenance, or alimony. (Sec. 446) Amends the guidelines for what constitutes the property of the bankrupt estate of either a family farmer or an individual with regular annual income. Conditions the confirmation of a plan, for such debtors, upon payment of all allowable claims arising after the order for relief for debts for child and spousal support, maintenance, or alimony. (Sec. 448) Permits representatives of child support creditors to appear in court without charge and without meeting any special local court rule requirement for attorney appearances in any judicial bankruptcy proceeding if such representatives file information detailing the child support debt, status, and other characteristics. (Sec. 451) Amends SSA title IV part D to allow use of the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) along with appropriate safeguards for parentage establishment and child support and visitation enforcement. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) denial of visitation rights under a child support order should be treated as irrelevant in any action to enforce its support provisions; and (2) failure to pay child support pursuant to such an order should be treated likewise in any action to enforce visitation rights. (Sec. 452) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement to provide the Secretary (Secretary) of Health and Human Services (HHS) with access to quarterly estimated Federal income tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Requires that: (1) State agencies charged with child support enforcement maintain child support order registries and be allowed access to medical, financial, employment, and other specified data base information on absent parents; and (2) registry information from each State be sent to the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) within HHS for a national registry of all State child support orders. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should investigate accessing certain Federal data banks not linked with FPLS. (Sec. 453) Requires the Secretary to expand FPLS to provide State agencies and courts with a national locate and case tracking network. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the network should be used to access State records only through the agency administering the State's part D plan. (Sec. 454) Requires that private attorneys and pro se obligees be given access, in accordance with appropriate safeguards, to State locate resources and enforcement techniques with respect to child support, visitation, and parentage orders. (Sec. 455) Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to require employers to withhold from employee wages amounts owed for child support. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the W-4 form completed by new employees in order to enable employers to obtain employee child support and other information for the appropriate State employment security agency. (Sec. 456) Requires the heads of national and regional individual tracking systems to allow child support enforcement agencies access to their information for paternity or child support purposes. (Sec. 456) Requires that State: (1) broadcast warrants issued in child support proceedings over their crime information systems; (2) remit, in a criminal case, to any individual owed child support any security posted by or on behalf of the individual owing the support and then forfeited, to the extent of any arrearage in support owed; and (3) establish procedures to obtain access to financial records for purposes of child support establishment and enforcement. (Sec. 461) Amends the Federal judicial code to establish the jurisdictional basis for State court recognition, enforcement, and modification of parentage and child support orders of other States. (Sec. 462) Amends SSA title IV part D to provide for service of process on Federal employees and members of the armed forces in connection with parentage and child support proceedings. (Sec. 463) Requires that: (1) parents' identification and locate information be filed with the appropriate adjudicating entity in parentage and child support actions; (2) there be appropriate safeguards on such information where a court has ordered that the custodial parent or child receive physical protection against the noncustodial parent; (3) appropriate administrative agencies make reasonable attempts to timely notify any individual owed child support of any proceeding to establish, modify, or enforce the support obligation; (4) States allow parties seeking both parentage and child support establishment in a judicial proceeding to bring a joint action in a single cause of action; (5) States provide for continuation of parental child support obligations until they terminate as described; (6) States allow parties to participate in interstate parentage and child support proceedings by telephonic means; (7) marriage licenses, birth certificates, and divorce and parentage decrees contain social security numbers; and (8) appropriate State agencies be allowed subpoena power in connection with child support hearings. Sets forth guidelines for uniform State procedures regarding jurisdiction and venue in parentage and child support cases. (Sec. 469) Expresses the sense of the Congress that, if children receive child support while obtaining postsecondary education, they will attain higher levels of education affording them a greater chance to break the welfare cycle. (Sec. 466) Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) to allow appropriate State agencies to obtain from credit reporting agencies information for establishing and modifying child support awards. (Sec. 467) Creates a National Child Support Guidelines Commission to study and report to the President and the Congress on national child support guidelines, and to develop such guidelines for congressional consideration should it be advisable. (Sec. 468) Amends SSA title IV part D to specify certain principles to be used in accordance with the application of State child support guidelines. (Sec. 470) Requires the new OCSE Assistant Secretary to develop: (1) a national subpoena duces tecum for distribution to child support agencies and others to use to reach income information; and (2) a uniform abstract of a child support order for State court use. (Sec. 475) Requires the Legal Services Corporation to ensure the use of a specified amount of funding for child support cases. (Sec. 476) Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to Indian child support and support orders outreach and demonstrations. Amends the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 to require Indian tribes to give full faith and credit to child support orders of other Indian tribes, to the extent such entities already give full faith and credit to the acts, records, and proceedings of the other entity. Amends SSA title IV part D to set forth specific measures designed to secure child support services in underserved areas and combat domestic violence. (Sec. 481) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) require State to provide for hospital-based paternity outreach programs and adopt various specified procedures for voluntary paternity acknowledgment; and (2) provide for 90 percent Federal matching for such programs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in a proceeding to establish paternity, once paternity is alleged, the burden of proof should shift to the alleged father. (Sec. 491) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) require States to mandate that any individual or entity engaged in commerce, as a condition of doing business in the State, comply with wage withholding orders issued by any State court or administrative agency, and keep records of wages withheld for child support; (2) specify the priority for applying amounts withheld from income for child support and child health insurance; (3) subject to withholding for child support any income from workers' compensation and other specified Federal sources; (4) prohibit State court application of the election of remedies doctrine to prevent collection of child support; (5) deny State occupational, professional, and business licenses, and driver's licenses and vehicle registrations to delinquent noncustodial parents; (6) authorize liens on vehicle titles, seizure of bank accounts, and holds on lottery winnings, settlements, payouts, bequests, and proceeds from the sale of forefeited property to satisfy child support arrearages; (7) require States to make a rebuttable presumption that any transfer of property by an individual who owes a child support arrearage is made with the intent to avoid payment of the arrearage; (8) revise the mechanism for collection of past-due child support from Federal tax refunds to cover interests without a separate court order to satisfy child support arrearages; (9) mandate reporting monthly child support obligations to credit bureaus; (10) permit enforcement of any child support order until the child is at least 30; (11) require interest on all child support judgments; (12) require States to adopt the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Laws in August 1992; (13) allow State courts to order the assignment of life insurance benefits and interests in jointly held property to satisfy child support arrearages; and (14) require States to treat international child support cases in the same manner as interstate child support cases. (Sec. 494) Amends CCPA with respect to State laws and garnishments for securing child support. Gives Federal debts a lower priority than child support debts when the obligor's disposable income cannot satisfy both debts through withholding. Prohibits employers from discharging any employee whose earnings are subject to garnishment for additional indebtedness arising from a child support order. (Sec. 496) Denies Federal occupational, professional, and business licenses of delinquent individuals until the license hold is released. (Sec. 499C) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the IRS Commissioner should instruct IRS field officers to give a high priority to requests for the use of full collection in delinquent child support cases. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to simplify the full collection process and reduce the amount of child suport arrearage needed before an individual may apply for full collections. (Sec. 499I) Amends the Federal bankruptcy code to: (1) allow parentage and child support case establishment, modification, and enforcement to proceed uninterrupted after a bankruptcy petition is filed; (2) treat as outside chapter 11, 12, or 13 plans any debt owed to child support creditors, excpet as specified; and (3) allow a claim for payment of a debt for child support to be asserted in court. (Sec. 499J) Sets forth requirements pertaining to parentage establishment and child support payments in the armed forces. (Sec. 499L) Directs the Comptroller General and Secretary of the Treasury to study an annual reconciliation process for paying child support arrearages as part of the Federal income tax process. (Sec. 499M) Authorizes the Secretary of State to refuse, revoke, or restrict passports in cases where the applicant or holder is a noncustodial parent subject to a State arrest warrant for nonpayment of a substantial child support arrearage. (Sec. 499N) Prohibits Federal benefits, loans, guarantees, and employment for individuals owing certain child support rrearages. (Sec. 499Q) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should ratify the United Nations Convention of 1956. (Sec. 499R) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) set priorities for State distribution of child support collections; (2) require States to limit claims against noncustodial parents for reimbursement of a child's portion of AFDC to the amount in the child support order; (3) revise part D plan provisions concerning fees; and (4) require States to provide for collection and disbursement points for child support cases. (Sec. 499R) Requires Comptroller General studies and pilot projects with respect to requiring State systems to pay the child support collected under a State plan to the individuals to whom the support is owed before making any payment to reimburse any State for AFDC provided with respect to the child in question. Amends IRC to revise the Federal income tax refund offset mechanism. (Sec. 499V) Expresses the sense of the Congress that States should encourage parents to use the State child support agency to process and distribute child support payments. (Sec. 499W) Amends SSA title IV part D to: (1) designate the separate organizational unit currently charged with various parentage and child support responsibilities as the OCSE; (2) change OCSE's organizational structure. (Sec. 499X) Requires: (1) the new OCSE Assistant Secretary to provide training assistance to the States; (2) States to provide training of child support personnel; and (3) the Secretary to study staffing at State child support enforcement programs and reduce payments to States that have not implemented recommended staffing levels. (Sec. 499Z) Requires the Secretary to: (1) authorize demonstration projects to test alternative approaches to incentive funding for State child support programs; and (2) reduce payments to States which have not reinvested incentive payments in their child support programs. Provides that "support" under SSA title IV part D with respect to incentive payments to States includes premiums paid for health insurance coverage pursuant to a support order. Expresses the sense of the Congress that States should not use amounts paid to them pursuant to SSA title IV part D, which are reinvested in child support activities, to supplant State funding of such activities. (Sec. 499BB) Requires the Secretary to: (1) contract for a study of OCSE's audit process to develop criteria and methodology for auditing activities of State child support enforcement agencies; and (2) provide for State demonstration projects for the purpose of ensuring tht custodial parents owned child support have a consistent source of income for the support of their children. (Sec. 499CC) Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) children should have a consistent source of income to meet their education and medical needs; (2) the provision of public assistance to a custodial parent for the support of a child with respect to whom the noncustodial parent owes child support does not absolve the latter of the obligation to provide such support; (3) the States must continue to vigorously pursue efforts to establish parentage and establish and enforce child support obligations; and (4) OCSE should develop a mechanism to publicize the best State practices in child support. (Sec. 499DD) Amends the IRC to establish in the Treasury a Children's Trust Fund to hold the contributions designated by individuals on their tax returns for funding child support programs. (Sec. 499EE) Requires: (1) the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on delinquent child support payments and the effectiveness of administrative versus judicial adjudication of parentage and child support cases; and (2) OCSE to produce and update a certain compendium of State child support laws published by the National Conference of State Legislatures, and establish a permanent child support advisory committee. (Sec. 499II) Amends SSA title IV D to require States to: (1) promote the greatest economic security possible for children, within the obligor's ability to pay; (2) provide custodial parents with certain information on child support cases and the services available under their part D plans; and (3) require any changes in child support payees to be made only through administrative procedures. (Sec. 499KK) Expresses the sense of the Congress that States should: (1) work closely with parents to improve the quality of child support services; (2) have offices in areas accessible to public transportation with convenient hours that allow parents to meet privately with attorneys and caseworkers; and (3) establish administrative procedures to process child support cases and a child support council to recommend improvements in State paternity and child support programs. (Sec. 49900) Expresses the sense of the Congress that any Federal program to provide jobs for noncustodial parents should be administered so as not to adversely affect any Federal program for custodial parents. Requires the Secretary to transmit evaluations of certain projects under the JOBS program under SSA title IV part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) to the Secretary of Labor for study and possible action, including authorizing States to provide services of greater scope and duration to unemployed noncustodial parents under such program. (Sec. 499QQ) Child Support Enforcement Improvements Act of 1993 - Absolves of liability under State or Federal law any person who discloses any financial record of an individual to a State child support enforcement agency attempting to establish, modify, or enforce a child support obligation of such individual. Requires such an agency to disclose such records only for child support purposes. Authorizes civil damages for unauthorized disclosures. (Sec. 499SS) Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to access to and use of consumer reorts by State child support enforcement agencies in child support cases. (Sec. 499TT) Amends SSA title IV part D with regard to: (1) health care support; (2) reporting of State compliance with time limits for providing certain child support assistance; (3) employer wage withholding for child support obligations; (4) the national parents locator network; and (5) the reporting of delinquent parents to consumer credit agencies. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on incentives to encourage States to enforce health care support obligations of noncustodial parents. Subtitle B: Pension Reform - Pension Reform Act of 1993 - Amends ERISA and the IRC with respect to pension integration, participation, and vesting requirements. (Sec. 502) Extends applicability of new integration rules under the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to all existing accrued benefits. Amends the IRC to disallow integration for simplified employee pensions, by repealing provisions relating to permitted disparity under rules limiting discrimination under simplified employee pensions. Repeals for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, IRC provisions relating to: (1) pension integration exceptions under nondiscrimination requirements for qualification; and (2) nondiscriminatory coordination of defined contribution plans with Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance. (Sec. 503) Revises IRC minimum coverage requirements with respect to separate lines of business. Sets forth a special rule where the employer operates a single line of business. Limits a line of business exception. (Sec. 504) Eliminates a special vesting rule for multiemployer plans under IRC and ERISA. (Sec. 505) Provides for division of pension benefits upon divorce unless otherwise provided in qualified domestic relations orders. (Sec. 507) Provides for studies and reports by the Comptroller General relating to cost-of-living adjustments and pension portability. (Sec. 509) Provides for the continued availability of remedies relating to rights of spouses to accrued benefits under pension plans under divorce case domestic relations orders entered before 1985. Subtitle C: Social Security Reform - Social Security Caregiver Act of 1993 - Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) to: (1) provide for an increase of up to five in the number of years of either zero or low earnings disregarded in determining average annual earnings on which benefits are based provided such year were used to provide care to a child under the age of 12 or to a chronically dependent spouse or relative; (2) repeal the seven-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability; and (3) provide full widow's or widower's insurance benefits to disabled widows or widowers without regard to age. Subtitle D: Former Military Spouses Protection - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to make certain amendments regarding military retired pay to former spouses applicable to divorces, dissolutions of marriage, annulments, and legal separations that became effective before such Act's enactment (currently, such amendments apply only to those events that become effective 90 days after such Act's enactment). Permits any change in payments of military retired or retainer pay due to such amendment to apply only to payments for months beginning 90 days after this Act's enactment. Subtitle E: Unremunerated Work Act - Unremunerated Work Act of 1993 - Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to: (1) conduct time use surveys of unremunerated work performed in the United States (including household, agricultural, and volunteer work and work related to child care and other care services, food production, and family businesses); and (2) calculate the monetary value of such unremunerated work, separately for men and women, and include such value in statistics used to determine the gross national product.
Bill· HRH.R. 2788 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1993
Self-Sufficiency Standard Act - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to establish economic self-sufficiency standards for disadvantaged adult training programs, according to a formula to be developed by the Secretary of Labor and local economic self-sufficiency tables to be developed by service delivery areas. Prohibits incentive grants to service delivery areas that do not have in effect, after two years, an approved local economic self-sufficiency standards table. Requires inclusion of such a table and related reports in the job training plan and in the Governor's coordination and special services plan. Directs the Secretary to make up to six grants in each of three fiscal years to States for demonstration and exemplary programs to increase the number of participants in disadvantaged adult training programs who are trained and placed in jobs that yield long-term economic self-sufficiency in accordance with the local economic self-sufficiency tables.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 229 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1993
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2330 (intelligence activities and Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System funding).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 230 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1993
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 1964 (Maritime Administration authorization).
Bill· SS. 1298 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations Title I: Procurement Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Title III: Operation and Maintenance Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations Title V: Military Personnel Policy Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits Title VII: Health Care Provisions Title VIII: Acquisition Policy Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management Title X: General Provisions Title XI: Prevention and Control of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Title XII: Cooperative Threat Reduction with States of Former Soviet Union Division B: Military Construction Authorizations Title XXI: Army Title XXII: Navy Title XXIII: Air Force Title XXIV: Defense Agencies Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations Title XXVIII: General Provisions Title XXIX: Base Closure Assistance Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs Title XXXII: Nuclear Safety Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile Title XXXIV: Civil Defense Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Funding Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, defense agencies, the Defense Inspector General, and the reserve components of the armed forces. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the chemical demilitarization program (the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions). Subtitle B: Army Programs - Authorizes appropriations for the procurement of certain carriers and turbine engines. Earmarks specified FY 1993 funds for the procurement of nuclear, biological, and chemical protective masks. Prohibits new funding for the Improved Chemical Agent Monitor program. Subtitle C: Air Force Programs - Earmarks limited funds for the B-1, B-2, and B-52 bomber aircraft programs, with specified limitations. Provides for Comptroller General access to information concerning heavy bomber programs. Places specified limitations on the FY 1994 and 1995 Air Force acquisition of the C-17 aircraft. Prohibits funding for the Joint Primary Aircraft training system until the Secretary of Defense has met certain congressional reporting requirements. Authorizes certain Department of Defense (DOD) with respect to the solid rocket motor upgrade program. Subtitle D: Other Programs - Earmarks prior funding for certain intelligence aircraft programs. Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent study on the management and funding of the Global Positioning System for the future. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Navy should move expeditiously to award sealift conversion and construction contracts that represent a fair price to the taxpayer. Provides permanent authority to carry out a memorandum of understanding with respect to the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the armed forces and defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D), earmarking specified amounts of such funds for: (1) basic research and exploratory development; (2) the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program; and (3) defense conversion and reinvestment R&D programs. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - Outlines various requirements, restrictions, or limitations with respect to: (1) the kinetic energy antisatellite program; (2) the javeline missile program; (3) a plan for testing a new electronic countermeasures system for B-1B bombers; (4) the development of a space launch plan that takes into account new space launch vehicles and technology; (5) the earmarking of FY 1994 funds for the medical component of DOD's biological defense research program; (6) a baseline report for the Arrow tactical ballistic missile defense system; and (7) the procuring of work from federally funded research and development centers. Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs - Provides for the conditional funding of certain ballistic missile defense programs. Requires the Secretary to review various systems and components of ballistic missile defense systems in order to determine their current compliance with the Antiballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty). Limits funding until such review is completed. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress an updated master plan for theater missile defenses. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to extend through FY 1994 the authority for the transfer of responsibility with respect to far-term follow-on technologies. Directs the Secretary to review and report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (the defense committees) on the opportunities to streamline the weapon system acquisition process applicable to the development, testing, and deployment of ballistic missile defenses. Earmarks FY 1994 funds for ballistics missile defense programs. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Limits the underground explosion testing of certain nuclear weapons until certain congressional notifications are met. Terminates the Advisory Council on Federal Participation in Sematech as established under prior law. Establishes the Semiconductor Technology Council to perform semiconductor-related advisory functions. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to acquire the Navy Large Cavitation Channel on President's Island, Memphis, Tennessee. Revises the membership of the Strategic Environmental Research Council. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for operation and maintenance for the armed forces (including its reserve and National Guard components), the defense agencies, the defense health program, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Defense Inspector General, drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration, defense, the Global Cooperative Initiatives Fund, support for the 1994 World Cup Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, and for the former Soviet Union threat reduction. Authorizes appropriations for working capital funds of DOD. Renames the National Defense Strategic Sealift Fund as the National Defense Strategic Lift Fund, and revises provisions with respect to Fund purposes, deposits, and budgets. Authorizes appropriations for the Armed Forces Retirement Home. Provides certain transfer authorities. Subtitle B: Defense Business Operations Fund - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to: (1) extend through December 31, 1994, the authority for the use of the Defense Business Operations Fund; and (2) revise provisions concerning Fund implementation. Limits during FY 1994 the obligations against such Fund. Subtitle C: Environmental Provisions - Directs the Secretary to permit and encourage each military department, defense agency, and other DOD instrumentality to participate in programs conducted by any water utility for water management or water conservation. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a military construction project for water conservation. Extends through FY 1996 the applicability of Federal provisions requiring contractor reimbursement to the United States for certain liabilities relating to the handling of hazardous waste from defense facilities. Prohibits FY 1994 DOD funds from being used to purchase surety bonds or other guaranties of financial responsibility in order to guarantee the performance of any direct function of DOD. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Authorizes the Commandant of the Marine Corps to undertake necessary minor maintenance and repair of Pacific battle monuments until such responsibilities are assumed by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Revises provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 relating to a pilot program to use National Guard personnel in medically underserved communities. Allows National Guard training to include the provision of such health care. Requires the JCS Chairman to submit to the Congress in each of FY 1994 through 1996 an assessment of the readiness and capability of U.S. armed forces to carry out its full range of assigned missions. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Authorizes the end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1994. Allows an FY 1994 through 1997 variation in the number of Marine Corps commissioned officers authorized to be serving on active duty as majors or lieutenant colonels. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes the end strengths for reserve personnel for FY 1994. Provides the end strengths for reserve personnel serving on active duty in support of the reserves. Subtitle C: Military Training Student Loads - Provides the average military training student loads for FY 1994. Subtitle D: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to DOD for FY 1994 for military personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Awards constructive service credit for advanced education achieved in a heath profession for both active-duty and reserve officer personnel. Provides for the involuntary separation of certain regular warrant officers from the armed forces during FY 1993 and 1994. Extends through FY 1995 the authority for the temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. Subtitle B: Reserve Components - Extends through FY 1995 (currently FY 1993) certain reserve officer management authorities. Provides an exception to the normally-required 12 weeks of basic training for persons already possessing skills in the civilian sector that can be readily applied in the armed forces. Requires physical examinations at least every five years (currently four) for members of the Selected Reserve. Subtitle C: Service Academies - Authorizes the Secretary to establish and appoint civilian faculty members at the U.S. military academies. Requires each teaching staff member at such academies to report to the Academy Superintendent any incident of hazing or any violation of an academy regulation by a cadet or midshipman, with penalties for failure to so report. Subtitle D: Force Reduction Transition - Extends through various periods certain personnel management and benefits transition authorities. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Repeals Federal provisions restricting the assignment of women in the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to prescribe the kinds of duties which women members of such armed force may be assigned. Reduces from five to three years the maximum period to be on the temporary disability retired list. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to reduce the active duty service obligation incurred in connection with advanced education assistance. Provides for the award of the Purple Heart to military personnel killed or wounded in action by friendly fire. Expresses congressional policy that a member of the armed forces shall be separated from military service if the member has, or has attempted to, engage in homosexual conduct or admitted to being a homosexual. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Waives the application of FY 1994 military personnel pay adjustments in conformity with increases made in the General Schedule of the Federal Government. Provides, effective January 1, 1994, a 2.2 percent increase in the rates of basic pay, basic allowance for subsistence, and basic allowance for quarters for members of the armed forces. Subtitle B: Bonuses, Special Pay, and Incentive Pay - Revises the authority relating to the payment of certain Selected Reserve bonuses. Extends through FY 1995 the authority relating to the payment of certain bonuses, payment of special pay, and the repayment requirement for certain educational loans. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Increases the authorized period of lodging in connection with the reimbursement of temporary lodging expenses of military personnel. Provides for the treatment of advance pay paid to military personnel evacuated from Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, due to Hurricane Andrew. Subtitle D: Matters Related to Retired Pay and Separation Benefits - Provides for the concurrent payment of disability compensation and retired pay for persons with disabilities rated as total. Increases from five to six years the minimum service requirement for eligibility for certain separation benefits. Applies the reserve component defense conversion transition initiatives enumerated in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to the Coast Guard Reserve. Subtitle E: Benefits for Former POWs and Other Members Held Captive - Amends the War Claims Act of 1948 to allow the Foreign Claims Settlement of the United States to hear, determine, and compensate former prisoners of war under claims under the Geneva Conventions. Defines such a former prisoner of war as a person held involuntarily during a period declared by the President or the Congress as a period in which U.S. armed forces were involved in a force hostile to the United States. Provides for appeal of a negative claims decision in a U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Authorizes certain compensation for victims of terrorist acts. Subtitle F: Other Matters - Provides authority to limit the direct payment of pay and allowances to certain members during war, hostilities, or national emergency. Postpones the performance of certain tax-related acts for certain persons serving in contingency operations. Revises provisions concerning the payment of benefits to dependents of military personnel who lose (and possibly, regain) the right to retired pay as the result of a military court-martial. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to designate military health care facilities and civilian health care facilities as specialized treatment facilities. Provides for full or partial reimbursement of transportation expenses related to travel to such facilities for specialized treatment. Terminates such program as of the end of FY 1995. Prohibits the Secretary from providing a health care service under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) if determined not medically or psychologically necessary by a CHAMPUS peer review organization. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984, to delay through December 31, 1998, the termination of the status of certain health care facilities as uniformed services treatment facilities. Provides for enrollment in the dependents' dental program by certain military personnel returning from overseas assignments. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy - Subtitle A: Defense Technology and Industrial Base, Reinvestment, and Conversion - Directs the Secretary to establish a Manufacturing Science and Technology program to enhance the capability of industry to meet the manufacturing needs of DOD. Provides funding from amounts authorized under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a University Research Initiative Support Program for the award of grants and contracts to eligible institutions of higher education to support the conduct of R&D relevant to DOD requirements. Provides funding. Subtitle B: Acquisition Assistance Programs - Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for the procurement technical assistance program and the pilot Mentor-Protege program. Extends the program admission date under the latter program through FY 1995. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Revises provisions concerning defense contractor dealings with entities owned or controlled by foreign governments. Requires defense contractors to report to the Secretary any commercial transactions conducted by such contractors with terrorist countries or nationals of such countries. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Establishes an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. Repeals a Federal provision which terminates the position of Director of Expeditionary Warfare on November 1, 1997. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Authorizes the Secretary to transfer DOD authorizations made in this Division between any such authorizations for that fiscal year, with limitations. Requires congressional notification. Authorizes (currently requires) the Comptroller General to conduct annual audits of DOD acceptance of property and services from foreign countries in connection with mutual defense. Subtitle B: Fiscal Year 1993 Authorization Matters - Provides the authority, with exceptions, for the obligation of certain unauthorized FY 1993 defense appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to use certain FY 1993 Air Force funds for higher priority FY 1994 Air Force projects. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1993 for certain defense operations, CHAMPUS, and the repair of flood damage at Camp Pendleton, California. Obligates a specified amount for such purposes from the National Security Education Trust Fund. Subtitle C: Joint Officer Personnel Matters - Extends until January 1, 1999, certain exceptions to the requirement of a joint duty assignment for promotion to a general or flag officer. Provides joint duty credit for certain duty performed during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Subtitle D: Matters Relating to Reserve Components - Directs the Secretary to review Air Force plans to transfer certain heavy bombers units from the Air Force active-duty to its reserve component. Requires the transfer of certain air refueling aircraft from Air Force active duty to its reserve. Subtitle E: International Peacekeeping Activities - Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance, with a limit, for international peacekeeping activities during FY 1994. Repeals a current termination of such activities. Authorizes similar assistance to the United Nations for such activities. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a report on U.S. policy on multinational peacekeeping and peace enforcement. Establishes the Department of Defense Global Cooperative Initiatives Fund and authorizes appropriations to such Fund. Revises provisions concerning the scope of U.S. authority to enter into cooperative agreements with the United Nations and regional security organizations to acquire and provide logistic support, supplies, and services. Subtitle F: Matters Relating to Allies and Other Nations - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with U.S. allies and other friendly governments for the exchange of military and civilian personnel between such countries. Authorizes the Secretary to accept from Japan, Kuwait, and the Republic of Korea contributions for U.S. defense efforts there. Transfers to Korea certain obsolete or surplus defense articles currently in the war reserve allies stockpile. Authorizes the President during FY 1994 to issue guarantees for the sale of defense articles and services to NATO member nations and Israel, Australia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Amends the Foreign Assistance to revise provisions relating to the transfer to certain countries of excess defense articles. Subtitle G: Other Matters - Requires a report to the Congress by the Secretaries of Defense and Energy entitled "Manpower Required to Implement Export Controls on Certain Weapons Transfers." Authorizes the Secretary to employ as many civilian directors, deans, professors, etc. at the George C. Marshall European Center for Securities Studies as considered necessary. Recognizes the memorial to the USS Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a national memorial. Title XI: Prevention and Control of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction - Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation Prevention and Control Act of 1993 - Directs DOD, the Department of Energy, and the Intelligence Community, in a manner consistent with U.S. nonproliferation policy, to continue to maintain and improve their capabilities to identify, monitor, and respond to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as well as delivery systems for such weapons. Provides for the establishment of a committee on nonproliferation activities, and the submission to the Congress of a report on such committee's findings. Directs the Secretary to carry out an international nonproliferation and counterproliferation initiative, providing international financial assistance for certain nonproliferation activities, with specified limitations. Provides funding. Earmarks specified funds authorized under this Act for the Defense Technology Security Administration of DOD for support of U.S. nonproliferation policy. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies during FY 1994 in support of such policy. Provides funding. Title XII: Cooperative Threat Reduction with States of Former Soviet Union - Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 - States that it is in the national security interest of the United States to facilitate within the independent States of the former Soviet Union the dismantling, safe transportation, storage, and elimination of its weapons of mass destruction and certain conventional weapons. Authorizes the President to conduct programs to assist such States in their demilitarization, with restrictions. Authorizes appropriations. Requires prior notice to the appropriate congressional committees of obligation of funds for such purposes. Requires a semiannual report from the President. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Title XXI: Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire military family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing units in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 1993 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Terminates the authority to carry out certain prior year Army construction projects. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations and terminations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations and terminations paralleling those provided for the Army under title XXI. Provides for the relocation of certain Air Force construction projects. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after 1993 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized in this title. Terminates the authority to carry out certain FY 1992 military construction projects. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to the NATO Infrastructure Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1993 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1993 for the Guard and Reserve forces for acquisition, architectural planning and design activities, and construction of facilities. Reduces the amount authorized to be appropriated for certain prior year Reserve military construction projects. Title XXVII: Expiration of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 1996, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1997, whichever is later. Extends certain prior year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes - Revises certain lease requirements with respect to the military family housing rental program. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of electricity from generation facilities for certain military construction projects. Defines certain energy conservation measures to be adopted under a DOD energy performance plan. Provides the authority to acquire certain existing facilities in lieu of carrying out military construction projects authorized by law. Extends through FY 1995 the authority to lease real property for special operations activities. Subtitle B: Defense Base Closure and Realignment - Requires certain additional information in a report on the activities of the Defense Base Closure Account 1990 as required under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Requires base closure selection criteria to include the direct costs of such closures and realignments to other Federal departments and agencies. Provides a limitation on the expenditure of funds from the above Account for military construction in support of the transfer of functions. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to evaluate, and report to the defense committees on, proposals for the purchase or lease of certain buildings located in Arlington, Virginia. Requires information concerning the residual value of overseas installations being closed to be included in certain annual reports required under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. Subtitle C: Land Transactions - Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to convey to: (1) Washington Gas Company, Virginia, the natural gas distribution system at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; (2) American Water Company, Virginia, the water distribution system at Fort Lee, Virginia; (3) Blackstone, Virginia, the waste water treatment facility at Fort Pickett, Virginia; (4) New Windsor, New York, the water distribution system and reservoir at the Stewart Army Subpost, New York; and (5) Jersey Central Power and Light Company, New Jersey, the electricity distribution system at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) lease to Tri-City Municipal Water District, California, certain real property at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, California; and (2) convey to Broward County, Florida, a portion of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida. Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to modify provisions concerning the termination of lease and sale of facilities at the Naval Reserve Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to: (1) convey to Conrad, Montana, the radar bomb scoring site in Conrad; and (2) provide financial assistance to Maricopa County, Arizona, for the improvement of the Dysart Channel at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Department of the Interior the Harry Diamond Army Research Laboratory in Woodbridge, Virginia. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit to the defense committees an environmental impact statement with respect to construction and operation of the Mine Warfare Center of Excellence at Ingleside, Texas. Prohibits the use of this Act's funds for architectural planning and design activities in connection with the DOD vaccine production facility. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make a grant to the Fairfax County School Board, Virginia, for the construction of a public elementary school there. Title XXIX: Base Closure Assistance - Base Closure Communities Act of 1993 - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to authorize the Secretary to transfer real property and facilities at military installations to be closed or realigned to the redevelopment authority of a community located near the installation, or the State in which the installation is located. Provides authority for the lease of certain property at closed installations. Requires the Secretary to ensure the expedited determination of the transferability of excess property at installations to be closed. Requires the Secretary to designate a transition coordinator at each military installation to be closed under a base closure law, and requires such coordinator to establish and direct a property disposal, cleanup, and reuse team for such installation. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to area redevelopment authorities for the conversion and redevelopment of former military installation property. Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and implement programs of employment assistance to communities adversely affected by the closure of a military installation. Directs the Secretary of Defense to identify uncontaminated property (no hazardous substances) at installations to be closed. Directs the Secretary to conduct seminars on the reuse or redevelopment of former defense property and the provision of employment assistance to members of the local community adversely affected by its closure. Requires the Secretary to ensure compliance with certain environmental requirements relating to such closures. Amends the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to authorize the Secretary to contract with local governments for the provision of police, fire protection, and other community services by such governments at military installations to be closed. Provides identical authority under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1994 for operating expenses incurred and for plant projects and capital equipment necessary in carrying out national security programs in the following areas: (1) weapons activities; (2) new tritium production and plutonium disposition activities; (3) environmental restoration and waste management; (4) materials support and other defense programs; and (5) defense nuclear waste disposal. Provides certain funding uses and limitations with respect to specified national security programs and systems. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding 105 percent of the program authorization or $10,000,000 more than the amount authorized, whichever is the lesser; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy (Secretary, for purposes of this title only) transmits to specified congressional committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have expired since such notification. Places certain funding limits (requiring congressional reports when amounts exceed such limits) for general plant and construction projects of DOE. Provides fund transfer authority. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out advance planning and construction design services in connection with proposed construction projects not exceeding $2,000,000, requiring certain congressional notification for projects exceeding $300,000. Authorizes the use of DOE funds for emergency planning, design, and construction services in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property, public health and safety. Makes funds available for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this Subtitle available for all DOE national security programs. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Directs the Secretary to pay to the Hazardous Substances Response Trust a civil penalty assessed against the Hanford Project in Hanford, Washington. Establishes in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs the Office of Tritium Production and Plutonium Disposition to undertake activities relating to the development and construction of a tritium production facility and a facility to treat and dispose of excess plutonium. Authorizes the transfer by the Secretary of certain DOE property to be closed. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989, to reauthorize and expand the authority of DOE to loan personnel and facilities for certain programs. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out training programs for the management of hazardous materials and hazardous materials emergency response activities. Requires the Secretary to review for compliance specified DOE environmental compliance agreements. Subtitle D: Cooperative Research and Development - Authorizes the Secretary and DOE laboratories to carry out research, development, and demonstration activities and activities relating to the commercial applications of technology that utilize the demonstrated abilities of DOE laboratories. Assigns specified DOE missions to such laboratories. Allows the Secretary and DOE laboratories to enter into agreements and partnerships with non-DOE entities to carry out such activities and complete such missions. Provides a certain goal for partnerships between certain DOE multi-program laboratories and U.S. industry for the sharing of the costs of partnership activities. Provides funding for such partnerships. Revises provisions of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 with respect to Federal agency review of certain cooperative agreements under such Act. Title XXXII: Nuclear Safety - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Requires transmission to the Congress of certain information prepared by such Board under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Title XXXIII: National Defense Stockpile - Subtitle A: Authorizations of Disposals and Use of Funds - Authorizes the President to dispose of obsolete and excess materials contained in the National Defense Stockpile (NDS). Revises the authority to dispose of chromite and manganese ores in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. Authorizes the NDS Manager, during FY 1994, to obligate specified amounts from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for authorized uses under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. Subtitle B: Programmatic Changes - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to: (1) add to the goals of the NDS; (2) authorize the President to change his annual materials stockpiling plan without notice in the event of war or national emergency; (3) provide for the rotation of stockpiled materials to prevent technological obsolescence; (4) add to the authorized uses of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund; and (5) direct the NDS to make an annual grant for FY 1994 and thereafter from NDS sale proceeds to the American Metalcasting Consortium for conducting research and casting application development activities. Title XXXIV: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for carrying out the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Title XXXV: Panama Canal Commission - Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Authorizes the Panama Canal Commission to make such expenditures as necessary for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal for FY 1994, with specified limitations. Authorizes up to 35 passenger motor vehicles to be purchased for transporting Commission personnel across the Isthmus of Panama. Grants congressional consent to the acceptance by non-U.S.-citizen Commission employees of civil employment with Panamanian agencies and organizations. Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to revise certain employee grievance procedures.
Bill· SS. 1296 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Policy of Friendship and Cooperation Between the United States and Russia, Ukraine, and the Other Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Title II: Trading and Business Relations Title III: Cultural, Educational and Exchange Programs Title IV: Arms Control Title V: Provisions Related to Diplomatic Relations Title VI: Provisions Related to Oceans and Environment Title VII: Regional and General Diplomatic Issues Title VIII: Internal Security Provisions; Soviet Conspiracy to Establish Worldwide Communist Dictatorship Title IX: Miscellaneous Act for reform in emerging new democracies and support and help for improved partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and other new independent States or FRIENDSHIP with Russia, Ukraine, and Other New Independent States Act - Title I: Policy of Friendship and Cooperation Between the United States and Russia, Ukraine, and the Other Independent States of the Former Soviet Union - (Sec. 102) Affirms that certain existing statutory provisions that impose limitations on the Soviet Union or utilize language that reflect the tension that existed between the Soviet Union and the United States should not be construed as being directed against the independent states of the former Soviet Union, connoting an adversarial relationship between the United States and these states, or implying unfriendliness toward such states. Title II: Trading and Business Relations - (Sec. 201) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to remove the Soviet Union from the list of countries ineligible for the generalized system of preferences. (Sec. 204) Amends the Federal criminal code to consider persons engaged in legal commercial transactions as agents of Cuba or any other country determined by the President to pose a threat to national security interests to be foreign agents subject to notification requirements. (Current law considers agents of the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania as foreign agents for such purposes.) (Sec. 205) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Authorization Act, 1975 to remove the Soviet Union and the aforementioned Eastern European countries from the definition of a "controlled country" under provisions restricting exports of Department of Defense-funded items to controlled countries. (Sec. 206) Authorizes the President, with respect to the former Soviet Union, to waive a requirement that nondiscriminatory trade treatment be limited to periods during which a country is not in arrears on lend-lease obligations. Title III: Cultural, Educational, and Exchange Programs - (Secs. 301 through 306) Changes references in specified laws concerning exchanges from the Soviet Union to the independent states. Title IV: Arms Control - (Secs. 401 through 404) Changes certain references to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact in the Arms Control and Disarmament Act and the Arms Export Control Act to the independent states, Russia, and Eastern Europe. Title V: Provisions Related to Diplomatic Relations - (Secs. 501 through 503) Repeals specified provisions concerning: (1) personnel restrictions on Soviet national employees of foreign missions or international organizations; and (2) Soviet embassies and consulates (particularly with regard to security measures) and U.S. embassies in the former Soviet Union. (Sec. 504) Repeals a provision of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 which authorizes appropriations to carry out such Act in the Soviet Union. Title VI: Provisions Related to Oceans and Environment - (Secs. 602 and 603) Replaces references to the Soviet Union in specified provisions of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 and the Global Climate Protection Act of 1987 with Russia and the independent states. Title VII: Regional and General Diplomatic Issues - (Secs. 702 and 705) Repeals specified provisions concerning U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and Angola and removes references to Communist countries under policy provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Title VIII: Internal Security Provisions; Soviet Conspiracy to Establish Worldwide Communist Dictatorship - (Secs. 802 and 803) Repeals provisions of law concerning: (1) reports on Soviet press manipulation in the United States; and (2) findings on Communism and prohibitions on communications with members of Communist parties and on attempting to establish a totalitarian dictatorship. Title IX: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 901) Repeals provisions of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 concerning: (1) Soviet missile tests near Hawaii; (2) emigration from the Soviet Union; (3) delivery of international mail within the Soviet Union; and (4) persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union. (Sec. 902) Repeals provisions of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 concerning: (1) the murder of a certain U.S. army officer; and (2) Soviet policy toward pentecostal Christians.
Bill· SS. 1287 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reductions in Congressional Spending Title II: Congressional Agenda and Priority National Issues Title III: Reorganization of Committees of the House and Senate Title IV: Biennial Budget Congressional Reorganization Act of 1993 - Title I: Reductions in Congressional Spending - Reduces budget authority and outlays for congressional committees and supporting offices by specified percentages in FY 1994 through 1996. Requires all unobligated funds remaining in the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account and all such funds available for House Members' personnel and office expenses on September 30 of a fiscal year to be returned to the Treasury for reducing the Federal deficit. Title II: Congressional Agenda and Priority National Issues - Requires the Senate and the House, at the beginning of each Congress, to determine up to five issues that need priority attention and create independent task forces to study and recommend legislative remedies. Title III: Reorganization of Committees of the House and Senate - Establishes a new standing committee structure to consist of 17 committees, including a Committee on Leadership and National Priorities to replace the Budget Committee. Title IV: Biennial Budget - Biennial Budget Act of 1993 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the Federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Devotes the first session of any Congress to the budget resolution and to appropriations decisions, retaining current deadlines in most cases. Changes certain deadlines to conform to the biennial scheme. Devotes each second session to authorization activity, subject to specified deadlines. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to issue four-year (currently, five-year) projections of congressional budget action. Amends provisions relating to the reconciliation process to: (1) increase from 20 to 100 hours the time of debate permitted in the Senate with respect to reconciliation measures; and (2) make it out of order in both the House and the Senate to consider any reconciliation legislation changing any provision of law other than one relating to new budget or spending authority, revenues, or the public debt limit. Conforms provisions governing the President's budget to the biennial framework. Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to conform to the biennial framework.
Bill· HRH.R. 2759 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1993
Equity Expansion Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow corporations to issue performance stock options to employees. Requires employees to hold such stock for at least one year. Provides an exclusion from gross income of 50 percent of the gain from such stock if it is held for at least two years. Excludes gain from the exercise of such stock options from wage withholding and employment taxes. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the charge against earnings on the exercise of certain performance stock options.
Bill· HRH.R. 2741 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1993
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior to be transferred to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to be used to acquire an undeveloped, open space tract of land presently owned by the Sterling Forest Corporation to protect the watershed, outdoor recreational, wildlife habitat, and Appalachian Trail values in the Sterling Forest area of the New York/New Jersey Highlands Region. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the Government, or relieve the Commission and New York of any obligation otherwise imposed under New York State law, to pay property taxes or provide for the costs of stewardship and management of any lands located in New York that may be acquired through this authorization. Requires the Commission to hold and manage all property acquired with funds made available in this Act for the purposes specified in it.
Bill· HRH.R. 2743 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1993
Reduces the total amount available to the Department of Defense for obligation for each fiscal year by the total lifetime costs expended by the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps for each member of such service branch who is discharged for homosexuality. Requires appropriate allocation of such reductions. Makes an identical reduction in funds available to the Department of Transportation with respect to each member of the Coast Guard who is discharged for homosexuality.
Bill· HRH.R. 2740 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the issuance of exempt facility bonds to provide spaceports.
Law· SS. 1284 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Provisions Title II: Federal Assistance for Priority Area Activities for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Title III: Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights Title IV: University Affiliated Programs Title V: Projects of National Significance Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of 1993 - Title I: General Provisions - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to repeal provisions regarding: (1) the Federal share of projects for persons with developmental disabilities; and (2) Federal recovery of funds for facilities which are sold or cease to be facilities for persons with developmental disabilities. (Sec. 108) Revises reporting requirements. Title II: Federal Assistance for Priority Area Activities for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities - Revises State plan requirements to require plans to: (1) provide for a State Developmental Disabilities Council; (2) contain a comprehensive review and analysis of the extent to which services and supports are available to individuals with such disabilities and their families; and (3) provide specified objectives and assurances with respect to use of funds, financial participation, conflicts of interest, a poverty areas, program standards, individualized services, human rights, minority participation, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded reports, volunteers, employee protections, and staff assignments. (Sec. 204) Repeals habilitation plan provisions. (Sec. 205) Replaces provisions concerning State Planning Councils with provisions requiring States to establish State Developmental Disabilities Councils in order to receive Federal assistance. Requires a Council to: (1) serve as an advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities and conduct programs to carry out the purposes of this Act; (2) examine the need for Federal and State priority areas to address assistance for such individuals; (3) develop and implement the State plan by supporting the Federal priority area of employment and other priority areas through systemic change, capacity building, and specified advocacy activities; (4) review the appropriateness of the State agency designated to support the Council; and (5) prepare reports, approve and implement budgets, and carry out staff hiring and assignments. Sets forth provisions concerning State agencies designated to support the Councils. (Sec. 206) Revises provisions concerning State allotments, including allotment formulas for assistance to U.S. territories and States. (Sec. 207) Prohibits the Federal share of all projects in a State supported by an allotment from exceeding 75 percent of the aggregate costs of such projects or 90 and 100 percent, respectively, for projects targeting individuals with developmental disabilities who live in poverty areas and projects to implement State plan priority activities. (Sec. 212) Extends the authorization of appropriations for allotments through FY 1996. (Sec. 213) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the allotment formula in effect prior to this Act's enactment to determine whether the formula is consistent with the purposes of this Act; and (2) alternative formulas for allocating funds. Title III: Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights - Makes technical amendments to provisions concerning State systems to protect the rights of individuals with developmental disabilities. Expands the list of system requirements to include requirements that a system: (1) have access to any resident who has a developmental disability in a facility that is providing assistance to such resident; (2) hire and maintain sufficient numbers and types of staff to carry out the system's functions, except that such State shall not apply hiring freezes, reductions in force, or other policies that negatively affect the provision of staff support to the system or restrict travel to training and technical assistance activities; and (3) have the authority to educate policymakers. Revises allotment formulas. Requires the Secretary, in any case in which amounts appropriated for a fiscal year exceed $24.5 million, to: (1) use up to two percent to provide technical assistance to eligible systems; and (2) provide grants to American Indian Consortiums to provide protection and advocacy services. Directs the Secretary to provide advance public notice of any Federal programmatic and administrative review and solicit public comment on the system through such notice. (Sec. 143) Extends the authorization of appropriations for allotments for systems through FY 1996. Title IV: University Affiliated Programs - Revises provisions concerning the purpose and scope of university affiliated programs (UAPs) for individuals with developmental disabilities. (Sec. 403) Limits grants for UAPs to a period of five years. Revises provisions concerning grants for training personnel. Sets forth requirements for training projects in the following areas of national significance: (1) early intervention; (2) aging; (3) community services; (4) positive behavioral supports; (5) assistive technology services; and (6) the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Sec. 404) Revises provisions concerning application requirements for such grants. Includes individuals with developmental disabilities within the membership of consumer advisory committees required to be established under UAPs. Limits the Federal share of projects to 75 percent of the total cost (90 percent for projects which target individuals in poverty areas). (Sec. 405) Establishes priorities for the awarding of grants, with first priority to be given to existing State UAPs. (Sec. 406) Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants through FY 1996. Limits the amount of funds to be used for peer review. Title V: Projects of National Significance - Requires the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public or nonprofit private entities for projects of national significance relating to individuals with developmental disabilities to: (1) support ongoing data collection; and (2) provide technical assistance that expands or improves the effectiveness of State Developmental Disabilities Councils, protection and advocacy programs, and UAPs. Authorizes the Secretary to make such grants and contracts to conduct other nationally significant initiatives that hold promise of improving opportunities for such individuals. Provides for a special initiative to investigate the expansion of Council activities to individuals with severe disabilities other than developmental disabilities. (Sec. 504) Extends the authorization of appropriations for such projects through FY 1996.
Bill· SS. 1281 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of State Title II: United States Informational, Educational, and Cultural Programs Title III: United States International Broadcasting Act of 1993 Title IV: Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy Title V: Spoils of War Act of 1993 Title VI: The Khmer Rouge Prosecution and Exclusion Act Title VII: Miscellaneous Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 - Title I: Department of State - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 1994 and 1995 for the administration of foreign affairs. (Secs. 102 through 105) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 for: (1) international organizations, programs, and conferences; (2) international commissions; (3) offsetting adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; (4) migration and refugee assistance; (5) U.S. bilateral science and technology agreements; and (6) the Asia Foundation. Part B: Authorities and Activities - (Sec. 111) Establishes limits on the number of Foreign Service personnel in the Department of State and the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). (Sec. 114) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to procure the services of experts for use in prosecuting a proceeding before an international tribunal or a claim by or against a foreign entity. Establishes an International Litigation Fund for meeting expenses related to such proceedings. (Sec. 115) Prohibits the Department of State from entering into any contract that expends funds for an amount in excess of the small purchase threshold with: (1) any foreign person who complies with the Arab League boycott of Israel; or (2) any foreign or U.S. person who discriminates in the award of subcontracts on the basis of religion. Provides for waivers of such prohibition if in the national interest. (Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to implement an upgrade of all overseas visa lookout operations to computerized systems with automated multiple-name search capabilities. Establishes procedures for the processing of visas for admission into the United States and considers failures of consular officers to follow such procedures as a negative factor in annual performance evaluations. (Sec. 120) Directs the Secretary, together with other specified officials, to report to specified congressional leaders on the feasibility of consolidating domestic administrative operations for the Department of State, USIA, and the Agency for International Development (AID). (Sec. 123) Removes a condition on rewards for information relating to international narcoterrorism that requires that such crimes occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. (Sec. 125) Establishes a Capital Investment Fund in the Department of State to provide for the procurement of information technology and other related capital investments and to ensure the efficient management of such resources. Part C: Department of State Organization - (Secs. 131 through 138) Reorganizes the Department of State by eliminating, consolidating, and redesignating certain official positions. Part D: Personnel - (Sec. 142) Permits the Secretary, if exceptional circumstances so warrant, to waive a limitation on claims for losses incurred by Government personnel subject to a chief of mission in a foreign country in cases of emergency evacuation. Makes such waiver retroactive to claims made as of October 31, 1988. (Sec. 144) Prohibits the Secretary from making performance payments for FY 1994 and 1995 for certain members of the Senior Foreign Service until the Director of the Office of Personnel Management issues regulations or authorizes the payment of rank or performance awards to other Federal employees. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to make such performance pay subject to specified limitations on payments under Federal civil service provisions. (Sec. 146) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a classification audit of all Senior Foreign Service positions in Washington, D.C., assigned to the Department of State, AID, and USIA and to review the methods of classification of such positions. (Sec. 150) Requires the Secretary, during FY 1994 and 1995, to appoint as Foreign Service officers qualified women and minority applicants who are participants in specified priority placement or referral programs. (Sec. 151) Directs the Secretary to establish a system that provides job placement assistance to eligible Department of State personnel. (Sec. 152) Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to require refresher language training for Foreign Service personnel whose foreign language proficiency has declined and provide for proficiency reevaluations of personnel who are receiving language differentials. (Sec. 153) Directs the Secretary to appoint a Foreign Language Resources Coordinator to coordinate Federal foreign language resource efforts. (Sec. 154) Requires the Secretary to establish a Foreign Language Translator and Interpreter Career Service Program. Part E: International Organizations - Subpart A: United Nations and Related Agencies - (Sec. 161) Prohibits U.S. contributions to any affiliated organization of the United Nations or to the United Nations if they grant full membership as a state to a group that does not have internationally recognized attributes of statehood. (Sec. 163) Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional leaders on the World Health Organization's progress in implementing certain reforms. (Sec. 165) Permits the President to withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations if the United Nations has failed to implement consensus-based decisionmaking procedures on budgetary matters which assure that sufficient attention is paid to the views of the United States and other member states who are major financial contributors. (Sec. 166) Directs the President to propose the establishment of an advisory committee within the United Nations to supervise audits and promote economy and efficiency in the administration of the United Nations. (Sec. 167) Requires the President to submit a cost assessment report to specified congressional committees prior to any obligation of funds for U.S. participation in peacekeeping operations and any vote by the Security Council to take action which would involve the use of U.S. armed forces. (Sec. 168) Directs the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on U.S. contributions to United Nations peacekeeping activities. (Sec. 170) Declares that the United Nations should reimburse the United States for use of armed forces personnel, goods, and services in peacekeeping activities. (Sec. 170A) Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to the establishment of an international criminal court. Subpart B: Other International Organizations - (Sec. 172) Authorizes the President to maintain membership in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization. (Sec. 175) Prohibits funds authorized by this Act to be used for contributions to the International Coffee Organization. Part F: Other State Department-Related Provisions - (Sec. 181) Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 to raise the ceiling on the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Emergency Refugee Migration and Assistance Fund. (Sec. 182) Sets forth U.S. policy on providing assistance for, and protecting, refugee women and children. (Sec. 183) Revises the amounts authorized to be appropriated annually for the Mexico-United States and Canada-United States Interparliamentary Groups. (Sec. 186) Requires the Office of Diplomatic Security to ensure that congressional committees of jurisdiction are granted easy access to the Department of State in the conduct of their duties. Title II: United States Informational, Educational, and Cultural Programs - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 to carry out specified international information activities and educational and cultural exchange programs. Part B: USIA and Related Agencies Authorities and Activities - (Sec. 212) Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to establish a Buying Power Maintenance Account for USIA to offset fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or changes in overseas wages and prices. (Sec. 214) Applies the same prohibition on religious discrimination applicable to Department of State contracts under title I to USIA contracts. (Sec. 219) Requires the USIA Director to establish an office in Lhasa, Tibet. (Secs. 221 through 224) Establishes scholarship and exchange programs. (Sec. 226) Permits the Director to establish and support collections at university libraries abroad to further the study of the United States. Part C: Mike Mansfield Fellowships - Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act - (Sec. 232) Establishes the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program to provide for fellowships to eligible Federal employees to: (1) study the Japanese language and political economy; and (2) serve in an agency of the Government of Japan or, subject to Center approval, a nongovernmental Japanese institution associated with their interests. Title III: United States International Broadcasting Act of 1993 - United States International Broadcasting Act of 1993 - (Sec. 303) Establishes a Broadcasting Board of Governors within USIA. (Sec. 304) Sets forth the authorities of the Board, including to: (1) provide guidance and oversight to the International Broadcasting Bureau; (2) review the mission and operation of the Bureau and assess its programming within the context of U.S. foreign policy objectives; and (3) review the mix of traditional Voice of America programming at least annually. (Sec. 306) Establishes an International Broadcasting Bureau within USIA. Requires the Bureau to consist of: (1) Voice of America; (2) the Office of Surrogate Broadcasting (to administer Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia, and other surrogate services that may be established); (3) services of WORLDNET Television and Film Service as determined by the Board; and (4) Engineering and Technical Operations. (Sec. 307) Authorizes the Director to create a Radio Free Asia service. (Sec. 308) Authorizes the President to transfer all authorities of the Board for International Broadcasting to USIA, the Board, or the Bureau to implement this title. Requires the Director and the Chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting to submit to the President a plan for the dissolution of RFE/RL, the creation of the Office of RFE/RL within the Bureau, and the consolidation of nonmilitary international broadcasting services. Repeals the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973. Title IV: Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy - Protection and Reduction of Government Secrecy Act - (Sec. 402) Establishes a Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy to make recommendations to reduce the volume of information classified and to strengthen the classification of legitimately classified information. Title V: Spoils of War Act of 1993 - Spoils of War Act of 1993 - (Secs. 502 and 503) Permits spoils of war in the possession or control of the United States to be transferred to any other party only to the extent and in the same manner that property of the same type, if otherwise owned by the United States, may be so transferred. Prohibits spoils of war from being transferred to any nation whose government has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. (Sec. 504) Requires the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on spoils of war obtained subsequent to August 2, 1990, that were transferred to any party. Title VI: The Khmer Rouge Prosecution and Exclusion Act - Khmer Rouge Prosecution and Exclusion Act - (Sec. 603) Establishes an Office of Cambodian Genocide Investigation within the Department of State. (Sec. 605) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into the United States any alien who was a member of the national Khmer Rouge military or political leadership between April 17, 1975, and January 7, 1979. Lists specified individuals to be excluded. Title VII: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 701) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 and 1995 to carry out the Peace Corps Act. (Secs. 705 and 706) Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for providing material support to terrorists and committing, or attempting to commit, torture outside the United States. (Sec. 708) Requires an annual report on economic relations with Taiwan. (Sec. 709) Sets forth U.S. policy on Iraqi Kurdistan. (Sec. 710) Prohibits any transaction involving: (1) the commercial sale of goods or technologies to North Korea; and (2) the provision of services for travel to North Korea which was not otherwise authorized as of January 2, 1989. Waives such prohibition if North Korea maintains its status as a party to, and is in compliance with, the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. (Sec. 711) Authorizes the President to exempt U.S.-supported programs involving reform of the electoral process or development of democratic institutions from sanctions imposed against the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro. (Sec. 712) Amends the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to authorize funds in U.S. banks that have been blocked under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in accounts of foreign banks that issued letters of credit for the benefit of U.S. nationals to be released to pay such letters of credit if the U.S. beneficiaries lawfully shipped or performed underlying contractual obligations before the declaration of a national emergency. (Sec. 713) Bars assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to any non-nuclear weapon state that has terminated, abrogated, or materially violated an International Atomic Energy Agency full-scope safeguard agreement.
Bill· HRH.R. 2731 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Space Launch and Launch Support Facilities Title II: Purchase of Space Transportation Services Title III: Intellectual Property Disposition Title IV: Tax Incentives for Commercial Space Activities Title V: Miscellaneous Omnibus Space Commercialization Act of 1993 - Title I: Space Launch and Launch Support Facilities - Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a comprehensive inventory of all U.S. space launch and launch support facilities. Requires all facilities identified as surplus to be referred to the General Services Administration for disposition. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish criteria for and designate launch facilities as Commercial Space Centers. Exempts all Centers and associated property, services, and products from Federal corporate income and other taxes and excises, imports, duties, and all other Federal tariffs. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to make public land available for new space launch and launch support facilities. Title II: Purchase of Space Transportation Services - Space Transportation Services Purchase Act of 1993 - Amends the Launch Services Purchase Act of 1990 to require the Federal Government to purchase space transportation services from commercial providers, unless the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or the Secretary of Defense determines: (1) the payload requires the unique capabilities of the space shuttle; (2) commercial services are not available; or (3) the use of commercial services poses an unacceptable risk of loss of a unique scientific opportunity. Title III: Intellectual Property Disposition - Requires that a commercial provider making an invention under contract with the Government have the same rights as would a small business firm under specified provisions of Federal patent law. Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to require (current law permits) each Federal agency to permit the director of any of its Government-operated Federal laboratories and, in certain circumstances, the director of any of its Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories to enter into cooperative research and development agreements and to negotiate licensing agreements. Title IV: Tax Incentives for Commercial Space Activities - Space Business Incentives Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for the amount of the purchase of Commercial Space Center stock. Excludes from gross income gain on the sale or exchange of common stock of a corporation that is substantially engaged in space-related activities. Adds space launch and launch support facilities to the list of exempt facility bonds. Excludes from gross income: (1) income from the commercial sale of any product manufactured in space and returned to Earth; and (2) income from services performed in space in a commercial space activity. Excludes products manufactured in space and returned to Earth from all Federal excises, imposts, duties, and other Federal tariffs. Directs the President to encourage State and local governments to offer tax and other incentives for commercial space activities. Title V: Miscellaneous - Declares that, notwithstanding specified provisions of the Clayton Act and the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984, standing to conduct litigation arising from activities carried out under this Act is reserved to the Department of Justice. Establishes in the Department of Commerce the Office of Space Commerce. Requires NASA to purchase space science data from the private sector. Requires the Administrator to establish within the Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology a procurement demonstration program. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator to provide specified farmers with grants to purchase land remote sensing information.
Bill· HRH.R. 2717 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993
Family Heritage Preservation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the estate tax, gift tax, and tax on generation-skipping transfers.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 226 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1993
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2667 (emergency supplemental appropriations for relief from the flooding in the Midwest).
Bill· HRH.R. 2708 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers primarily engaged in a farming-related business an investment tax credit for a percentage of: (1) the costs of agricultural environmental property; and (2) the amount allowed as a deduction for soil and water conservation expenditures.
Bill· SS. 1271 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1993
Homestead Rebate Exemption Act of 1993 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the Housing Act of 1959 to exclude from consideration as income certain New Jersey property tax rebates.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 221 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1993
Waives points of order against the consideration of H.R. 2490 (Department of Transportation and related agencies funding).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 220 (103rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1993
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2667 (emergency supplemental appropriations for relief from the flooding in the Midwest).
Bill· SS. 1261 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1993
Board for International Broadcasting Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to extend through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations necessary to offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
Bill· HRH.R. 2672 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to retain the 80-percent deduction for certain meal expenses of drivers subject to the hours of service limitations of the Department of Transportation.
Bill· HRH.R. 2671 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1993
Authorizes the heads of designated Federal agencies to use up to 50 percent of unobligated funds for administrative expenses for bonuses to personnel, with the remainder to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury and used exclusively for deficit reduction. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to designate such agencies and to report annually to the Congress on the effectiveness of this Act in reducing the deficit.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 218 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1993
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2530 (Bureau of Land Management funding).
Bill· SS. 1254 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title XXI (sic): Army Title XXII: Navy Title XXIII: Air Force Title XXIV: Defense Agencies Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations Title XXVIII: General Provisions Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Part A: Fiscal Year 1994 - Title XXI (sic): Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, to carry out architectural planning and design activities, and to improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for FY 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of the Army. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the previous title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 1994 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Infrastructure Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1993 for such contributions. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 1993 for the Guard and Reserve forces for acquisition, architectural planning and design activities, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in the preceding titles of this Act on October 1, 1996, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 1997, whichever is later. Extends certain FY 1991 military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to undertake military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law in connection with military contingency operations. Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to: (1) provide for the use of proceeds received from the disposal or closure of military installation property; and (2) authorize the Secretary to contract with local governments for the provision of community services at military installations to be closed. Makes miscellaneous changes with respect to the military family housing programs, military construction programs, and activities related to the closure or realignment of military installations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to: (1) Washington Gas Company, Virginia, the natural gas distribution system at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; (2) American Water Company, Virginia, the water distribution system at Fort Lee, Virginia; and (3) Blackstone, Virginia, the waste water treatment facility at Fort Pickett, Virginia.
Bill· SS. 1253 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Procurement Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations Subtitle B: Other Matters Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Title III: Operation and Maintenance Subtitle A: Authorization Appropriations Subtitle B: Other Matters Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations Subtitle A: Active Forces Subtitle B: Reserve Forces Subtitle C: Military Training Student Loads Title V: Military Personnel Policy Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters Subtitle C: Service Academies Subtitle D: Education and Training Subtitle E: Other Matters Title VI: Compensation and Other Peronnel Benefits Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances Subtitle B: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits Subtitle C: Other Matters Title VII: Health Care Provisions Subtitle A: Health Care Management Subtitle B: Other Matters Title VIII: Department of Defense Organization and Management Subtitle A: Office of the Secretary of Defense Subtitle B: Professional Military Education Subtitle C: Other Matters Title IX: General Provisions Title X: Matters Relating to Allies and Other Nations National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for FY 1994 for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and for other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the Defense Health Program; and (4) the chemical demilitarization program. Repeals a separate budget account requirement for the chemical demilitarization program. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Repeals the current requirement for a separate budget request for the procurement of reserve equipment. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation (R&D). Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (DOD) for operation and maintenance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 for DOD working capital and revolving funds. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to include within the funding provided by the Defense Business Operations Fund the activities of the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Defense Contract Management Command. Authorizes the obligation during FY 1994 of a specified amount from the National Security Education Trust Fund. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Repeals a current limitation on the number of military and civilian employees assigned or detailed to headquarters and non-management headquarters and headquarters support activities. Limits the authorized FY 1994 sale of stockpiled materials in the National Defense Stockpile (NDS). Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to impose a moratorium on new material acquisition in order to reduce existing excess NDS materials. Authorizes the Commandant of the Marine Corps to provide minor maintenance and repairs to Pacific battle monuments with specified operation and maintenance funds. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Provides for the authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of FY 1994. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Provides the authorized end strengths for reserve personnel as of FY 1994 and for certain reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Subtitle C: Military Training Student Loads - Provides the authorized FY 1994 military training student loads. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to delete from certain reports and promotion lists the names of officers erroneously considered for promotion by promotion selection boards. Provides for the involuntary separation of certain regular warrant officers. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Matters - Provides certain reserve personnel call-up authority for the Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation when the Coast Guard is not under the jurisdiction of the Navy. Repeals the current requirement for physical examinations in the Army and Air National Guard. Requires each member of the Ready Reserve to be examined every five years (currently four). Subtitle C: Service Academies - Revises provisions concerning the procedure for nominating candidates for admission to the service academies. Subtitle D: Education and Training - Revises the eligibility requirements for advanced training in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. Subtitle E: Other Matters - Repeals the statutory restriction on the assignment of women in the Navy and Marine Corps. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - Authorizes the Secretary concerned, in times of war, hostilities, or national emergency, to limit the direct pay to military personnel serving in prescribed areas. Makes permanent the authority for certain bonuses and special pay for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists serving in the armed forces. Extends specified expiring authorities for certain other special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve armed forces. Subtitle B: Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits - Provides disability coverage for certain officer candidates granted excess leave. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Provides permanent authority for former prisoners of war to claim payments because of violation of the Geneva Conventions (inhumane treatment). Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Subtitle A: Health Care Management - Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to: (1) revise, and extend until October 1, 1995, the authority to provide nonemergency inpatient hospital care to certain spouses and dependents of military personnel who reside outside of a 40-mile radius of a military medical facility; (2) revise and codify changes to the CHAMPUS physician payment program; (3) award constructive service credit for certain advanced health degrees obtained by defense health personnel; and (4) authorize the Secretary to obtain additional distinguished pathologists and scientists (currently limited to six) if determined to be in the best interests of DOD. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Repeals the statutory restriction on the use of DOD funds for abortions. Title VIII: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Office of the Secretary of Defense - Authorizes certain organizational and administrative changes within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, including establishing the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and renaming the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology. Subtitle B: Professional Military Education - Authorizes the President of the National Defense University to confer master of science degrees in national security strategy and national resource strategy. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Authorizes payment of escort and flag expenses incident to the death of a civilian employee who dies while serving with an armed force in a contingency operation. Title IX: General Provisions - Authorizes the award of gold star lapel buttons to survivors of service members killed by terrorist acts. Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to establish and maintain an Aviation Leadership Program to provide undergraduate pilot and related training to selected air force personnel of friendly, less-developed foreign countries. Title X: Matters Relating to Allies and Other Nations - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to exchange U.S. military and civilian defense personnel with the defense departments or ministries of allied and friendly foreign governments. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the Republic of Korea certain excess or obsolete defense articles. Authorizes the Secretary to accept cash or other contributions from Japan, Kuwait, and the Republic of Korea as defense burdensharing payments.
Bill· SS. 1255 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1993
Department of Energy National Security Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1994 for operating expenses, plant projects, and capital equipment necessary in carrying out the following under national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) environmental restoration and waste management; (3) nuclear materials support and other defense programs; and (4) defense nuclear waste disposal. Subtitle B: Recurring General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this title for: (1) the cost of a program exceeding the lesser of 105 percent of the program authorization or $10 million more than the amount authorized; or (2) programs which have not been presented to, or requested of, the Congress, unless the Secretary of Energy transmits to specified congressional committees a full statement of the action proposed and 30 days have expired since such notification. Places certain funding limits for general plant and contruction projects of DOE and requires congressional reports for amounts in excess of such limits. Limits fund transfer authority. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out advance planning and construction design services in connection with proposed construction projects not exceeding $2 million and requires certain congressional notification. Authorizes the use of DOE funds for emergency planning, design, and construction activities in order to meet the needs of national defense or to protect property and public health and safety. Makes funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects under this subtitle available for all national security programs of DOE. Subtitle C: Fiscal Year 1995 Authorization - Authorizes appropriations to DOE for FY 1995 to carry out national security programs and environmental restoration and waste management programs.
Bill· SS. 1235 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993
Treats Indian tribal governments and instrumentalities as employers with regard to any pension contract (under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code) purchased in a plan year beginning before January 1, 1993.
Bill· HRH.R. 2642 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993
Provides for the issuance of exempt facility bonds the proceeds of which are to be used to provide sports facilities located in, or in the immediate vicinity of, the White Mountain National Forest as part of a single recreational complex located in one town, provided that a portion of the facilities are described in a resolution adopted by a State industrial development authority on July 17, 1985. Requires such resolution to be treated as if it describes all of the sports facilities in or to be in such recreational complex and such facilities to be treated as if they were a single facility the acquisition and construction of which began before September 2, 1972, and which is not now substantially complete.
Bill· HRH.R. 2653 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1993
Community and Education Investment Act of 1993 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise the method of calculating the amounts paid by public housing agencies in lieu of State and local real and personal property taxes.
Bill· SS. 1231 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1993
Social Security Domestic Employment Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to change the threshold (currently, $50 a quarter) at which cash remuneration for domestic services becomes subject to social security employment taxes to an applicable dollar amount required for a quarter of coverage under title II. Excludes the employment of domestic employees under age 18 from such coverage. Sets forth rules for filing returns with respect to domestic service employment taxes and requires such returns to be made on a calendar year basis. Subjects such taxes to estimated tax provisions. Makes filing requirements inapplicable to any employer liable for tax concerning remuneration for services other than domestic service in a private home. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with States to collect the State unemployment tax imposed on remuneration for domestic service and transfers such amounts to a State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
Bill· SS. 1215 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Increasing the Number of Primary Care Providers Title II: Community Health Services Expansion Title III: Expanding the Supply of Health Professionals in Rural Areas Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Primary Medical Act of 1993 - Title I: Increasing the Number of Primary Care Providers - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise Medicare medical education payments with the goal of achieving an increase in the number of primary care physicians by: (1) providing that payments for primary care residency programs relative to nonprimary care residency programs shall be 50 percent higher; and (2) requiring hospitals and health care training consortia receiving Medicare assistance for their residency programs to pay primary care residents at least 20 percent more than the amount paid to nonprimary care residents. Defines health care training consortium as an association that includes at least one school of medicine, teaching hospital, and ambulatory site that is organized in such a manner that at least 50 percent of the involved medical school's or schools' graduates become primary care providers. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for the purposes of payments made pursuant the provisions of this paragraph, to: (1) establish criteria to be used to determine which residencies in pediatrics, internal medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology shall be approved as primary care training programs; (2) approve such programs, using such criteria; and (3) approve health care training consortium. Authorizes appropriations for grants and contracts for the training of: (1) physician assistants; and (2) nurse practitioners and nurse midwives. Directs the Secretary to award grants to States or nonprofit entities for at least ten demonstration projects which will evaluate increasing and enhancing the delivery of primary care services. Amends the Health Education Extension Amendments of 1992 to authorize appropriations for data bases concerning postgraduate training programs for primary care providers. Title II: Community Health Services Expansion - Directs the Secretary, under the Public Health Service Act, to establish and administer a program to provide allotments to States to enable such States to provide grants for the creation or enhancement of community-based primary care entities that provide services to low-income or medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary to fund such program with 50 percent of the funds appropriated for grants to federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) for the purpose of providing access to services for medically underserved populations or in high impact areas not currently being served by a FQHC. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Expanding the Supply of Health Professionals in Rural Areas - Authorizes appropriations for the scholarship program and loan repayment program of the National Health Service Corps. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth specified tax incentives for primary health services providers practicing in rural areas. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth effective date provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 2624 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal and State Administration Subtitle A: Federal Administration Subtitle B: State Administration Title II: Health Care Services Subtitle A: National Health Insurance Program Subtitle B: Payment Amounts for Health Care Practitioner Services and for Covered District Health Care Services Title III: Malpractice Insurance Reform Title IV: Provisions Relating to ERISA and Federal and State Antitrust Laws Title V: Health Care Education Trust Fund Title VI: Tax Treatment of Health Insurance Premiums Title VII: Private Options Title VIII: Prescription Drug Review Board Title IX: Termination of Programs Comprehensive Health Care and Cost Containment Act of 1993 - Title I: Federal and State Administration - Subtitle A: Federal Administration - Subtitle A: Federal Administration - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a Federal Health Board. Requires the Board to: (1) determine national per capita spending rates for covered district health care services and for health care practitioner services; (2) establish a single national insurance premium for enrollment catgories; (3) make Federal payments to States and insurers; (4) certify State compliance with this Act; (5) enter into reciprocity agreements with foreign countries; and (6) report to the Congress on duplicative Federal health care programs. Requires an annual report to the Congress on the status of the health care system in the United States. Establishes within the Department of Education a Federal Health Education Commission to manage the Federal grant program to States for consumer education programs and for primary care practitioners. Subtitle B: State Administration - Requires each State to provide for a State Health Board to establish health districts to appoint district health care boards, set global budgets for each health care district, establish fee schedules for practitioner groups, and develop long-range plans for future health care infrastructure. Requires each State Health Board to establish a State Health Care Education Commission to be responsible for specified activities. Title II: Health Care Services - Subtitle A: National Health Insurance Program - Sets forth national standards for health insurance for district health care services or health care practitioner services, including enrollment requirements. Authorizes reduced premiums for low-income individuals. Subtitle B: Payment Amounts for Health Care Practitioner Services and for Covered District Health Care Services - Requires each State to provide for the chartering of practitioner associations with respect to fee schedules and medical malpractice insurance. Provides for the establishment of annual per capita rates for district health care costs and the development of State and district budgets for health care services. Requires the Board to disseminate Federal payments to States for such services. Title III: Malpractice Insurance Reform - Sets forth requirements for States with respect to physician medical malpractice liability in order to be eligible for Federal payments. Title IV: Provisions Relating to ERISA and Federal and State Antitrust Laws - Declares that provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act are superseded to the extent inconsistent with the requirements of this Act. Provides that the antitrust laws do not apply to health service entities covered under this Act. Title V: Health Care Education Trust Fund - Establishes the Health Care Education Trust Fund to be administered by the Federal Health Care Commission in making grants for health care consumer education. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the tax on cigarettes and distilled spirits. Title VI: Tax Treatment of Health Insurance Premiums - Allows a tax deduction for health insurance expenses, whether or not the taxpayer itemizes deductions. Title VII: Private Options - States that individuals are not precluded from obtaining insurance for services that are covered health care services. Title VIII: Prescription Drug Review Board - Establishes in the executive branch the Prescription Drug Price Review Board to develop guidelines for determining excessive prescription drug prices. Permits the Board, after following specified procedures, to determine: (1) if such a price is excessive; and (2) to revoke the patent of a drug determined to have an excessive price. Title IX: Termination of Programs - Amends the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Repeals specified CHAMPUS provisions. Repeals the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Bill· HRH.R. 2617 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1993
Military Separation Retirement Benefits Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow rollovers into individual retirement accounts of military separation pay.
Bill· SS. 1195 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Title II: Improved Wetlands Permitting; Revisions to Wetlands Delineation Procedures Title III: Wetlands Restoration Program Title IV: Tax Incentives for Wetlands Conservation Wetlands Reform Act of 1993 - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make any pollutant discharge or alteration of navigable waters unlawful. Authorizes the issuance of permits for other alterations of navigable waters. Prohibits the issuance of permits if there is a practical alternative to the proposed activity that would have less adverse impact on navigable waters. Title II: Improved Wetlands Permitting; Revisions to Wetlands Delineation Procedures - Directs the Comptroller General to submit to the Congress an analysis of needs of the Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency for additional personnel, administrative resources, and funding to improve implementation of the wetlands permit program. Requires funds to be used for specified wetlands delineation and education programs. Requires the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service to use funds for wetlands mapping and for the delineation of wetlands in watersheds and ecosystems for which the need for delineation is particularly acute. Prohibits revisions to or clarifications of any Federal manual for identifying and delineating jurisdictional wetlands or regulations related to the definition, delineation, or identification of wetlands until a specified National Academy of Sciences study has been completed. Title III: Wetlands Restoration Program - Directs the Secretary of the Army to initiate a pilot program of wetlands restoration. Title IV: Tax Incentives for Wetlands Conservation - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to designate a nonprofit organization to be a Wetlands Stewardship Trust if such organization conforms to certain regulations, and includes among its primary purposes the acquisition of interests in wetlands, former wetlands, and associated real property for preservation purposes. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth special rules for charitable contributions of wetlands to such trusts. Excludes from gross income amounts received by the owner of wetlands for allowing any person to use such lands in a compatible use (one that does not degrade the functions or values of such lands).
Bill· HRH.R. 2610 (103rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Health Care Eligibility and Benefits Title II: Cost Containment Title III: Financing Provisions Mediplan Health Care Act of 1993 - Title I: Health Care Eligibility and Benefits - Adds a new title XXI to the Social Security Act (SSA) entitled "Mediplan Health Benefits." Makes all U.S. residents eligible for Mediplan benefits, which include prescription drugs and biologicals. Requires the development of a Mediplan enrollment mechanism that includes automatic enrollment at birth and the issuance of Mediplan cards for identification and claims processing purposes. Provides the same benefits under the Mediplan program as are provided under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to individuals who are entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) and enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program. Provides additional Mediplan coverage to children under age 23, pregnant women, and low-income individuals. Establishes the Mediplan Trust Fund which shall consist of revenues raised by this Act's financing mechanism. Requires the modification of Medicaid (SSA title XIX) and other Federal health programs to avoid their duplication of Mediplan coverage. Requires group health plans which provide their current beneficiaries with benefits in addition to Mediplan benefits to continue to do so, though they need not provide such additional benefits to individuals not entitled to them before this Act's enactment. Provides for the regulation of Mediplan supplemental policies. Allows States to elect to have health care benefits made available instead under an alternative program meeting specified requirements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to impose an excise tax with respect to Mediplan supplemental policies which fail to meet certain requirements. Title II: Cost Containment - (Sec. 201) Establishes a national budget for Mediplan expenditures. Details formulae for determining such expenditures and subsequent adjustments to them. (Secs. 202 and 203) Provides for the establishment of separate classes of health care services and the allocation of the national Mediplan expenditure budget by class of service. (Sec. 204) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national health expenditures reporting system for purposes related to the national Mediplan expenditure budget. (Secs. 205 and 206) Provides for the adjustment of Medicare payment rates for purposes related to Mediplan health expenditure allocations and graduate medical education. Title III: Financing Provisions - (Sec. 301) Amends IRC to impose an additional income tax on individuals and health service providers in order to finance Mediplan health care premiums.
Law· HRH.R. 2608 (103rd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Amends Federal law to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program.
Bill· HRH.R. 2585 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to set forth maximum deficit amounts starting with FY 1994 which reduce the deficit to zero by the end of FY 2000. Repeals the budget agreement enforcement provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Applies to FY 1994 through 2000 the emergency powers to eliminate deficits in excess of the maximum deficit amount set forth under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as in effect immediately prior to November 5, 1990. Extends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 until September 30, 2001.
Bill· HRH.R. 2612 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax exemption for charitable risk pools organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 2613 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) defer the deduction for depreciation and amortization with respect to any Japanese-constructed building for ten years; (2) defer the recognition of any loss with respect to such building for 15 years; and (3) deny the use of tax-exempt bonds to provide Japanese-constructed facilities. Defines "Japanese-constructed building" as a building of which one percent or more of the cost is attributable to services performed by Japanese persons.
Bill· HRH.R. 2597 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Worksite Wellness Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow eligible small employers a tax credit for 50 percent of qualified wellness program expenses incurred for their employees. Makes such credit a part of the general business credit and limits it to $10,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 2603 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the transfer of the assets and liabilities of a tax-exempt scholarship funding corporation in its conversion to a taxable corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 2591 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt services performed by full-time students for organized seasonal children's camps from social security taxes.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 118 (103rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1993
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any limitation under Federal tax law on the deductibility of compensation exceeding $1 million paid to executives individually should be expanded to apply to compensation paid to entertainers and athletes.