bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
103-s-2567,103,s,2567,Commercial Aviation Fuel Tax Exemption Extension Act,Taxation,1994-12-01,1994-12-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA]",WA,R,G000333,2,"Commercial Aviation Fuel Tax Exemption Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the fuel tax exemption for commercial aviation until September 30, 1998.",2025-08-26T13:52:22Z,
103-s-2568,103,s,2568,Public Land Emancipation and Management Improvement Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1994-12-01,1994-12-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY]",WY,R,W000092,0,"Public Land Emancipation and Management Improvement Act - Vests all U.S.  interests in real property in the State in which such property is located, subject only to specified limitations and any valid existing rights, effective January 1, 1998. Excludes from the definition of ""real property"" under this Act: (1) any lands or interests therein owned by the United States as of such date within the exterior boundaries of any unit of the National Park Service (NPS lands) which the United States holds title to in trust for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe, a member thereof, or an individual allottee (Indian lands) and which the Governor of the State in which such lands are located does not wish to have transferred, as identified in writing to the President prior to such date as not subject to transfer (unwanted lands); and (2) such lands as the President identifies for continued Federal retention, except that the total of all lands identified, when combined with any other U.S. lands (excluding Indian lands and unwanted lands), may not exceed 20 percent of the total acreage within any given State. Directs the President, by January 1, 1997, to prepare a comprehensive inventory of all real property owned by the Federal Government within each of the States and transmit such list to each Governor, accompanied by an identification of NPS and Indian lands or which have been identified for continued Federal retention. Authorizes each Governor to bring an action in any Federal district court within the State to modify the list if the real property identified for continued Federal retention exceeds 20 percent of the total acreage within the State.  Limits review to whether the acreage exceeds 20 percent (and if the court concludes that it does, the court shall exclude such acreage as necessary to reduce the total to no more than 20 percent). Specifies that the acreage to be excluded shall be based solely on a priority list furnished by the Governor and that the list shall be final and not subject to review or modification. Makes the Federal Government strictly liable for the costs of any cleanup associated with hazardous materials or contamination associated with any lands transferred pursuant to this Act.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
103-s-2569,103,s,2569,High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1994-12-01,1994-12-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]",AK,R,S000888,1,"High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act - Prohibits the United States from entering into any international agreement with respect to fisheries, marine resources, the use of the high seas, or trade in fish or fish products that would prevent full implementation of the global moratorium on large-scale driftnet fishing on the high seas, as such moratorium is expressed in a certain United Nations (U.N.) resolution. Directs the Secretary of State to seek to enhance the implementation and effectiveness of U.N. resolutions and decisions regarding the moratorium on large-scale driftnet fishing on the high seas through appropriate international agreements and organizations. Requires the President to utilize appropriate assets of the Federal government to detect, monitor, and prevent violations of such U.N. moratoriums.",2025-08-26T13:51:32Z,
103-sres-288,103,sres,288,"A resolution to request that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw proposed regulations concerning rights-of-way granted under section 2477 of the Revised Statutes, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1994-12-01,1994-12-01,Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,4,"Requests that the Secretary of the Interior:  (1) immediately withdraw a proposed rule regarding rights-of-way across lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and (2) reissue such proposed rule for public review and comment only after consulting with specified congressional committees and after revising such proposed rule to adequately reflect and comply with all pertinent laws, executive orders, rules, and historical and legal precedent.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
103-sres-289,103,sres,289,A resolution to authorize the President of the Senate to administer the oath of office to the Honorable Fred Thompson of Tennessee.,Congress,1994-12-01,1994-12-01,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S15466-15467)",Senate,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",KS,R,D000401,0,"Authorizes the President of the Senate to administer the oath of office to the Honorable Fred Thompson of Tennessee on December 9, 1994.",2021-06-02T20:16:00Z,
103-sres-290,103,sres,290,A resolution appointing a committee to notify the President concerning the proposed adjournment of the session.,Congress,1994-12-01,1994-12-01,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S15467)",Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,1,Provides for a committee of Senators to join a similar committee of the House of Representatives to notify the President that the two Houses have completed their business and are ready to adjourn.,2021-06-02T20:16:00Z,
103-sres-291,103,sres,291,"A resolution tendering the thanks of the Senate to the Vice President for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of the Senate.",Congress,1994-12-01,1994-12-01,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S15467)",Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,1,"Thanks the Honorable Al Gore, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, for the manner in which he has presided over the Senate during the second session of the 103d Congress.",2021-06-02T20:16:00Z,
103-sres-292,103,sres,292,"A resolution tendering the thanks of the Senate to the President pro tempore for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of the Senate.",Congress,1994-12-01,1994-12-01,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S15467)",Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,1,"Thanks the Honorable Robert C. Byrd, President pro tempore, for the manner in which he presided over the Senate during the second session of the 103d Congress.",2021-06-02T20:16:01Z,
103-sres-293,103,sres,293,A resolution to commend the exemplary leadership of the Majority Leader.,Congress,1994-12-01,1994-12-01,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S15467)",Senate,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",KS,R,D000401,0,"Thanks the Honorable George J. Mitchell, Senate Majority Leader, for his exemplary leadership during the second session of the 103d Congress.",2021-06-02T20:16:01Z,
103-sres-294,103,sres,294,A resolution to commend the exemplary leadership of the Republican Leader.,Congress,1994-12-01,1994-12-01,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S15467)",Senate,"Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME]",ME,D,M000811,0,"Thanks the Honorable Robert Dole, Senate Republican leader, for his exemplary leadership during the second session of the 103d Congress.",2021-06-02T20:16:01Z,
103-s-2563,103,s,2563,"A bill for the relief of land grantors in Henderson, Union, and Webster Counties, Kentucky, and their heirs.",Private Legislation,1994-11-30,1994-11-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY]",KY,D,F000268,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a sum to be specified in full satisfaction of all claims by certain individuals (or their heirs) who were the former owners of properties in Henderson, Union, and Webster Counties, Kentucky, which were condemned or otherwise procured by the Government to provide for a military training camp.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
103-s-2564,103,s,2564,"A bill to delay the required implementation date for enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs under the Clean Air Act and to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reissue the regulations relating to the programs, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-11-30,1994-11-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]",NH,R,G000445,0,"Provides that States will not be required to implement enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs under the Clean Air Act prior to March 1, 1996. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to immediately rescind regulations relating to the operation of such programs on a centralized basis and issue new regulations to allow the operation of such programs on a centralized or decentralized basis at the option of each State. Prohibits, until the Administrator carries out such requirements, the imposition of sanctions for failures by States to implement such programs or specified adverse actions against States by the Administrator or the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. Requires the Administrator to:  (1) deem that emissions reductions calculated by States for inspection and maintenance under State implementation plans would be achieved as if the planned program had been implemented; or (2) consider the operation of the program on a decentralized basis as equivalent to operation on a centralized basis if the State demonstrates that such equivalency is reasonable.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
103-s-2565,103,s,2565,Court Reporter Fair Labor Standards Act of 1994,Labor and Employment,1994-11-30,1994-11-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,1,"Court Reporter Fair Labor Standards Act of 1994 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to allow an exemption from certain Federal wage and hour requirements for State and local official court reporters while they are performing transcription duties for a private party outside of normal working hours, provided there is an understanding between the court reporters and their State or local court employer.",2025-08-26T13:51:30Z,
103-s-2566,103,s,2566,"A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to restore State control over the allocation and granting of water rights and FERC control over the licensing of hydroelectric projects, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-11-30,1994-11-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY]",WY,R,W000092,0,"Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the authority of each State to allocate quantities of water within its jurisdiction from being superseded, abrogated, or otherwise impaired. (Currently, it is the policy of the Congress that such authority not be superseded, abrogated, or impaired.) Provides that nothing in such Act authorizes:  (1) the regulation of quantities of water or impairs or affects any State authority with respect to the allocation of water; (2) an action that affects any water right established by a State law, an interstate water compact, or a Supreme Court decree; and (3) an action with respect to other matters, including aesthetics not directly related to water quality. Declares that discharges into navigable waters will comply with narrative and numeric water quality criteria based on designated uses adopted in water quality standards.  Prohibits State certifications with respect to discharges from regulating water use or quantities. Revises existing State authorities to incorporate the amendments made by this Act.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
103-sres-286,103,sres,286,"A resolution to refer S. 2563 entitled, ""A bill for the relief of land grantors in Henderson, Union and Webster counties, Kentucky, and their heirs,"" to the Chief Judge of the United States Claims Court for a report thereon.",Private Legislation,1994-11-30,1994-11-30,Referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY]",KY,D,F000268,0,"Refers S. 2563, a bill for the relief of certain land grantors, to the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
103-sres-287,103,sres,287,"A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding regulation of mercury hazardous waste, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-11-30,1994-11-30,Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN]",MN,D,W000288,2,Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Environmental Protection Agency should not exempt mercury hazardous wastes from hazardous waste regulation but should adopt waste management policies and rules that seek to minimize all releases of mercury into the environment while encouraging the recycling of mercury-containing fluorescent lamps and other mercury-containing devices.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
103-hconres-318,103,hconres,318,"Expressing the sense of the Congress relating to the slaughter of Greek civilians in Kalavryta, Greece, during the Second World War.",International Affairs,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.,House,"Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]",NJ,D,P000034,0,"Expresses the sense of the Congress that the victims of the slaughter of Greek civilians in Kalavryta, Greece, during World War II should be honored and remembered and that the United States should renew its commitment to ending tyranny and bigotry.",2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
103-hconres-319,103,hconres,319,"To express the sense of Congress regarding regulation of mercury hazardous waste, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-11-29,1994-12-14,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5]",MN,D,S000005,1,Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency should not exempt mercury hazardous wastes from hazardous waste regulation but should adopt waste management policies and rules that seek to minimize all releases of mercury into the environment while encouraging the recycling of mercury-containing fluorescent lamps and other mercury-containing devices.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hjres-429,103,hjres,429,"Designating May 26 through 29, 1995, as ""Peruvian Institutions in the United States of America Week"".","Arts, Culture, Religion",1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]",IL,D,G000535,0,"Designates May 26 through 29, 1995, as Peruvian Institutions in the United States of America Week.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
103-hr-5291,103,hr,5291,National Policies Toward Gambling Review Act of 1994,Sports and Recreation,1994-11-29,1994-12-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs.,House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29]",NY,D,L000556,0,"National Policies Toward Gambling Review Act of 1994 - Establishes a Commission on the Review of National Policies Toward Gambling to conduct a comprehensive legal and factual study of:  (1) gambling activities in the United States; (2) their social and economic impact; and (3) existing Federal, State, and local policy and practices with respect to legal prohibition and taxation of such activities, particularly the relationship between the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and State and local laws.",2025-08-26T13:48:51Z,
103-hr-5292,103,hr,5292,To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to extend the deadline for the submission of nominations for the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.,Armed Forces and National Security,1994-11-29,1994-12-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9]",CA,D,D000222,0,Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to extend the deadline for the submission of nominations for the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.,2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
103-hr-5293,103,hr,5293,Congressional Travel Reform Act,Congress,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.,House,"Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5]",WI,D,B000177,0,"Congressional Travel Reform Act - Requires that travel awards that accrue by reason of official travel of a Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives be used only with respect to official travel.",2025-08-26T13:51:27Z,
103-hr-5294,103,hr,5294,Subsidy Termination for Overdue Payments Act of 1994,Families,1994-11-29,1994-12-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.,House,"Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]",FL,R,B000463,0,"Subsidy Termination for Overdue Payments Act of 1994 - Prohibits any Federal agency or instrumentality from providing financial assistance to an applicant unless the applicant certifies that he or she is not more than 60 days delinquent in the payment of any child support obligation imposed by a court or an order of a State administrative process, or if so delinquent, is in compliance with a plan or agreement with the person to whom the payment is to be made, or with a State providing support collection services to that person. Requires each Federal agency or instrumentality providing financial assistance to prescribe regulations to comply with this Act.",2025-08-26T13:51:05Z,
103-hr-5295,103,hr,5295,"To provide for the withholding of contributions to certain organizations that assist Iraq, Iran, Libya, and Cuba.",International Affairs,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,"Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.",House,"Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21]",FL,R,D000299,0,"Requires the President to withhold assessed and voluntary contributions of the United States to any international financial institution that furnishes assistance to Iraq, Iran, Libya, or Cuba.",2024-02-06T19:38:08Z,
103-hr-5296,103,hr,5296,To oppose Cuba's admission as a member of international financial institutions.,International Affairs,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,"Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.",House,"Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21]",FL,R,D000299,0,Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors to international financial institutions to oppose the admission of Cuba as a member of such institutions until Cuba holds free and fair internationally-supervised elections and commits to compensate U.S. persons for property expropriated in Cuba.,2024-02-06T19:38:08Z,
103-hr-5297,103,hr,5297,To deny visas to aliens involved with the foreign expropriation of property of United States persons.,Immigration,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21]",FL,R,D000299,0,Denies a visa to an alien who has been involved in the foreign expropriation of property of any U.S. person.,2021-06-02T20:14:19Z,
103-hr-5298,103,hr,5298,To prohibit the importation into the United States of sugar from countries that import sugar from Cuba.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-11-29,1994-12-12,Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.,House,"Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21]",FL,R,D000299,0,"Prohibits the importation into the customs territory of the United States of any sugars, syrups, and molasses that are the product of a country that has imported Cuban sugar, syrups, or molasses. Declares that such prohibition shall cease to apply to such a country if it certifies to the President that it will not import Cuban sugar, syrups, or molasses until free and fair elections are held in Cuba, conducted under the supervision of internationally recognized observers. Authorizes the President to reallocate to other countries the quota of sugars, syrups, and molasses allocated to such a country during the period in which a prohibition is in effect.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
103-hr-5299,103,hr,5299,To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the tax subsidies for alcohol fuels involving alcohol produced from feedstocks eligible to receive Federal agricultural subsidies.,Taxation,1994-11-29,1994-11-30,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2341),House,"Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7]",NJ,R,F000349,6,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to phase out the tax subsidies for alcohol fuels produced from feedstocks which are eligible to receive Federal agricultural subsidies. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the Dredging Material Account in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.  Transfers 50 percent of the amounts received from increased tax liabilities under this Act to such Account.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
103-hr-5300,103,hr,5300,Affordable Health Care Now Act of 1994,Health,1994-11-29,1994-12-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18]",IL,R,M000692,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Improved Access to Affordable Health Care           Subtitle A:  Increased Availability and Continuity of                Health Coverage for Individuals and Their Families           Subtitle B:  Reform of Health Insurance           Subtitle C:  Preemption              Subtitle D:  Health Deduction Fairness           Subtitle E:  Improved Access to Community Health                Services           Subtitle F:  Improved Access to Rural Health Services           Subtitle G:  Assistance in Enrolling Uninsured Children                in Health Insurance           Subtitle H:  Medicaid Reform           Subtitle I:  Remedies and Enforcement with Respect to                Group Health Plans           Subtitle J:  Delivery of Health Care Services to Illegal                Immigrants      Title II:  Health Care Cost Containment and Quality           Enhancement           Subtitle A:  Medical Malpractice Liability Reform           Subtitle B:  Administrative Cost Savings and Fair Health                Information Practices           Subtitle C:  Deduction for Cost of Catastrophic Health                Plan; Medical Savings Accounts           Subtitle D:  Anti-Fraud           Subtitle E:  Increased Medicare Beneficiary Choice;                Additional Medicare Reforms           Subtitle F:  Health Care Antitrust Improvements           Subtitle G:  Encouraging Enforcement Activities of                Medical Self-Regulatory Entities           Subtitle H:  Reform of Clinical Laboratory Requirements                for Simple Tests           Subtitle I:  Miscellaneous Provisions      Title II:   Long-Term Care           Subtitle A:  Tax Treatment of Long-Term Care Insurance           Subtitle B:  Establishment of Federal Standards for                Long-Term Care Insurance           Subtitle C:  Protection of Assets Under Medicaid Through                Use of Qualified Long-term Care Insurance           Subtitle D:  Studies           Subtitle E:  Volunteer Service Credit Demonstration                Projects Affordable Health Care Now Act of 1994 - Title I:  Improved Access to Affordable Health Care - Subtitle A:  Increased Availability and Continuity of Health Coverage for Individuals and Their Families - Part 1:  Required Coverage Options for Eligible Employees, Spouses, and Dependents - Requires each employer to make available to each eligible employee a group health plan under which: (1) coverage of each eligible individual with respect to such employee may be elected on an annual basis; (2) coverage is provided for at least the required coverage specified; and (3) employees may elect to have premiums collected through payroll deduction.  Does not require employer contributions to the cost of coverage under such a plan. Provides for the exclusion of:  (1) employers who have been employers for less than two years or who have no more than two eligible employees or no more than two eligible employees not covered under any group health plan; and (2) family members under specified circumstances.  Specifies that a group health plan shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements of this Act solely because a period of service by an eligible employee of not more than 60 days is required for coverage. Specifies that the required coverage is standard coverage, except that in the case of a small employer that has not contributed during the previous plan year to the cost of coverage for any eligible employee under any group health plan, the required coverage for the plan year is coverage under a MedAccess standard, MedAccess catastrophic, and MedAccess medisave plan.  Requires standard coverage to include at least one option, either a fee-for-service option and if available, a point-of-service option and a managed care option. Provides for a five-year transition for existing group health plans. (Sec. 1002) Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) compliance with applicable requirements through multiple employer health arrangements; and (2) coverage options under a State medical health allowance program. Part 2:  Portability and Nondiscrimination - Prohibits a group health plan from imposing (and an insurer from requiring an employer from imposing through a waiting period for coverage under a plan or similar requirement) a limitation or exclusion of benefits relating to treatment of a preexisting condition if:  (1) the condition relates to a condition that was not diagnosed or treated within three months before the date of coverage under the plan; (2) the limitation or exclusion extends over more than six months after the date of coverage, applies to an individual who, as of the date of birth, was covered under the plan, or relates to pregnancy; or (3) an eligible individual has such coverage at the time the individual first became eligible.  Specifies that, in the case of an individual who is eligible for coverage under a plan but for a waiting period imposed by the employer, the individual shall be treated as having been covered under the plan as of the earliest date of the beginning of the waiting period.  Provides a one-time amnesty period for pre-existing condition exclusions. (Sec. 1012) Requires each group health plan to waive any period applicable to a preexisting condition for similar benefits with respect to an individual to the extent that the individual, prior to enrollment in such plan, was covered for the condition under any other health plan. (Sec. 1013) Prohibits:  (1) a multiemployer plan and an exempted multiple employer health plan from canceling or denying renewal of coverage under such a plan for an employer other than for nonpayment of contributions, fraud or other misrepresentation, noncompliance with plan provisions, or because the plan is ceasing to provide any coverage in a geographic area; (2) an insurer from canceling a health insurance plan or denying renewal of coverage other than as prescribed above; and (3) an insurer who terminates the offering of health insurance plans in an area from offering such a plan to any employer in the area until five years after the date of the termination. Part 3:  Standards for Managed Care Arrangements and Essential Community Providers - Sets forth requirements for group health plans and insurers that provide health care coverage through managed care arrangements.  Requires such arrangements to assure that covered individuals have reasonably prompt access through the entity's provider network to the benefits package and to centers of excellence. (Sec. 1022) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to establish standards for utilization review programs and periodically review and update such standards to reflect changes in the delivery of health care services. Part 4:  Enforcement; Effective Dates; Definitions - Makes provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 applicable with respect to enforcement of this Act (by the Department of Labor). Amends the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to impose a tax ($100 per day for each individual involved, subject to specified limitations) on the failure of an insurer to comply with the requirements under part 2, unless the Secretary determines that the State has in effect a regulatory enforcement mechanism that provides adequate sanctions. Subtitle B: Reform of Health Insurance - Part I:  Marketplace for Small Business - Requires each insurer that makes available a health insurance plan to a small employer in a State to make available to each small employer in the State a MedAccess standard, MedAccess catastrophic, and MedAccess medisave plan, with exceptions for health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and if a State provides for guaranteed availability (rather than guaranteed issue). Requires each insurer that offers a MedAccess plan to a small employer in a State to accept:  (1) every small employer in the State that applies for coverage; and (2) every eligible individual who applies for enrollment on a timely basis.  Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) special rules for HMOs; (2) timely enrollment requirements; and (3) enrollment of spouses and dependents.  Makes such requirements inapplicable in a State that has provided (in accordance with specified standards) a mechanism under which each insurer offering a health insurance plan to a small employer in the State must participate in a program for assigning high-risk small employer groups (or individuals within such a group) among some or all such insurers, if the insurers comply. (Sec. 1102) Defines ""MedAccess coverage"" as a health insurance plan that:  (1) is designed to provide standard coverage with substantial cost-sharing, only catastrophic coverage, or medisave coverage; (2) includes only essential and medically necessary services; (3) meets applicable requirements relating to guaranteed issue; and (4) meets specifies consumer protection standards.  Defines ""MedAccess standard coverage,"" ""MedAccess catastrophic coverage,"" and ""MedAccess medisave coverage"" to mean a MedAccess plan that provides for at least standard coverage, for only catastrophic coverage, or medisave coverage, respectively. Requests the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to submit to the Secretary a set of rules which is sufficient for determining the actuarial value of coverage offered by a plan. Directs the Secretary to certify such set of rules for use under this subtitle if they meet such requirements or establish such a set of rules. Specifies that a health insurance plan is considered to provide:  (1) standard coverage if the benefits are determined, in accordance with certified rules of actuarial equivalence, to have a value that is within five percentage points of an established target actuarial value for standard coverage; (2) catastrophic coverage if benefits are available under the plan for a year only to the extent that expenses for covered services in a year exceed a deductible amount that is consistent with a specified requirement for a catastrophic health plan under the Code, and are determined, in accordance with certified actuarial equivalence rules, to have a value that is within five percentage points of an established target actuarial value for catastrophic coverage; and (3) medisave coverage if such plan consists of a catastrophic health plan within the meaning of the Code and a medical savings account.  Requests NAIC to submit to the Secretary target actuarial values for standard and catastrophic coverage. Permits NAIC to submit periodic revisions of, and permits the Secretary to revise, the set of rules of actuarial equivalence and target actuarial values where necessary to take into account changes in the relevant types of health benefits provisions, in deductible levels for catastrophic coverage, or in relevant demographic conditions. (Sec. 1103) Directs the Secretary to request NAIC to develop model regulations that specify standards with respect to requirements:  (1) that insurers make available MedAccess plans; (2) of guaranteed availability of MedAccess plans to small employers; (3) relating to limits on premiums and certain consumer protections; and (4) relating to limitation of annual premium increases.  Requires the Secretary to review such standards and, if NAIC fails to specify standards meeting such requirements, to promulgate standards.  Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) the application of MedAccess standards and consumer protection standards by the States; and (2) the Federal role. (Sec. 1104) Sets forth provisions:  (1) regarding limits on premium rate variations, including discounts for employer wellness programs; and (2) requiring an insurer, at the time of offering a health insurance plan to a small employer, to fully disclose rating practices for health insurance plans, including rating practices for different populations and benefit designs. (Sec. 1105) Requires the Secretary of Labor to monitor the prevalence and impact of adverse risk selection in the full insured plans made available to small employers resulting from the decision of small employers to self-insure. (Sec. 1106) Directs the Secretary to:  (1) request NAIC to develop models for reinsurance or allocation of risk mechanisms for health insurance plans made available to small employers for whom an insurer is at risk of incurring high costs under the plan; and (2) review such models or specify models.  Sets forth provisions regarding implementation of reinsurance or allocation of risk mechanisms by the States and the Federal role. Part :   Marketplace for Individuals - Makes the provisions of Part 1 applicable to insurers offering health insurance coverage to individuals and their dependents. Part 3:  Voluntary Health Purchasing Arrangements - Provides for the establishment of voluntary health purchasing arrangements. (Sec. 1124) Requires such arrangements to offer enrollment in health insurance coverage only to:  (1) all eligible employees employed by small employers in a service area; and (2) all eligible individuals residing in such area. Part 4:  Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides definitions for purposes of this subtitle. (Sec. 1134) Requires the Secretary to make annual reports to the Congress on the implementation of this subtitle and the need for additional reforms to assure and expand coverage. (Sec. 1135) Authorizes the Director to conduct:  (1) research on the impact of this subtitle on the availability of affordable health coverage for employees and dependents in the small employers group health care coverage market and other specified topics; and (2) demonstration projects relating to such topics.  Requires the Director to develop:  (1) methods for measuring the relative health risks of eligible individuals in terms of the expected costs of providing benefits under health insurance plans and, in particular, MedAccess plans; and (2) a model for equitably distributing health risks among insurers in the small employer health care coverage market.  Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C:  Preemption - Part 1:  Scope of State Regulation - Makes inapplicable to a group health plan any State or local law requiring coverage of specific benefits, services, or categories of health care, or services of any class or type of provider of health care. (Sec. 1202) Makes inapplicable any State or local law prohibiting two or more employers from obtaining coverage under a multiple employer welfare arrangement under which all coverage:  (1) consists of medical care described under specified provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA); and (2) is fully insured. (Sec. 1203) Preempts, for a five-year period, State law provisions which restrict:  (1) reimbursement rates or selective contracting; (2) differential financing incentives; and (3) utilization review methods.  Directs the Comptroller General to study benefits and cost effectiveness of use of managed care in health services delivery and to report to the Congress, including recommendations as to whether such preemption should be extended. Part 2:  Multiple Employer Health Benefits Protections - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide a limited exemption from certain restrictions on ERISA preemption of State law for health plans maintained by multiple employers subject to certain Federal standards. Relieves such exempted multiple employer health plans of certain restrictions on preemption of State law, and treats them as employee welfare benefit plans. Sets forth exemption procedures, application and eligibility requirements, and additional notice, reporting, and actuarial requirements applicable to exempted multiple employer health plans. Requires multiple employer welfare arrangements providing certain medical care benefits to issue specified disclosures to participating employers. Requires each multiple employer welfare arrangement which is or has been an exempted multiple employer health plan, and under which coverage is not fully insured, to establish certain minimum reserves. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to permit alternative means of compliance. Sets forth corrective actions, including actions to avoid depletion of reserves and actions in connection with termination of arrangements. Provides for expirations, renewals, suspensions, and revocations of exemptions.  Provides for review of actions of the Secretary, including denials of applications and suspensions or revocations of exemptions.  Provides for alternative means of distribution of summary plan descriptions. (Sec. 1212) Revises provisions relating to scope of preemption rules, treatment of single employer arrangements, and treatment of certain collectively bargained arrangements. (Sec. 1215) Sets forth special rules for employee leasing health care arrangements, providing that they be treated as multiple employer welfare arrangements. (Sec. 1216) Sets forth enforcement provisions relating to multiple employer welfare arrangements and employee leasing health care arrangements, including enforcement of filing requirements, actions by States in Federal court, criminal penalties for certain willful misrepresentations, cease activities orders, and responsibility for claims procedures. (Sec. 1217) Sets forth solvency requirements for certain self- insured group health plans. (Sec. 1218) Sets forth filing requirements for multiple employer welfare arrangements providing health benefits. (Sec. 1219) Provides for cooperation between Federal and State authorities, including:  (1) agreements for State enforcement of ERISA provisions applicable to multiple employer welfare arrangements which are or have been exempted multiple employer health plans; and (2) enforcement and technical assistance to States with respect to issues involving multiple employer welfare arrangements. (Sec. 1220) Sets forth transitional rules. Part 3:  Encouragement of Multiple Employer Arrangements Providing Basic Health Benefits - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the commonality of interest or geographic location requirement for tax-exempt trust status in the case of determining whether any multiple employer health plan or insured multiple employer health plan is a voluntary employees' beneficiary association meeting certain requirements, if:  (1) such plan provides at least standard coverage consistent with specified provisions of this Act (the Affordable Health Care Now Act of 1994); and (2) in the case of such an insured plan, it meets specified ERISA requirements not preempted by this Act. (Sec. 1222) Amends ERISA to direct the Secretary of Labor to prescribe an alternative method for the filing of a single annual report with respect to all employers participating under a multiple employer welfare arrangement under which all coverage consists of medical care and is fully insured. (Sec. 1223) Sets forth provisions for determining compliance with coverage requirements through multiple employer health arrangements. Subtitle D:  Health Deduction Fairness - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for:  (1) a permanent extension and an increase in the health insurance tax deduction for self-employed individuals; and (2) a deduction of health insurance premiums for certain previously uninsured individuals. Subtitle E:  Improved Access to Community Health Services - Part 1:  Increased Authorization for Community and Migrant Health Centers - Directs the Secretary to provide for grants to migrant and community health centers to promote primary health care services for underserved individuals.  Allows grants to be used to promote the provision of off-site services, to improve birth outcomes in areas with high infant mortality and morbidity, to establish primary care clinics in areas in need, and for recruitment and training costs of necessary providers and operating costs for unreimbursed services. Authorizes appropriations.  Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the impact of such grants on access to health care, birth outcomes, and the use of emergency room services. Part 2:  Grants for Projects for Coordinating Delivery of Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities: (1) to carry out demonstration projects to increase access to outpatient primary health services in specified geographic areas (i.e., areas that are rational areas for the delivery of health services, have a population of not more than 500,000 individuals, and have been designated by the Secretary as areas with a shortage of personal health services or that have a significant number of individuals with low incomes or insufficient health care insurance) through coordinating the delivery of services under Federal, State, local, and private programs; and (2) for developing plans to carry out such projects.  Authorizes appropriations. Part 3:  Community Health Networks - Sets forth qualifications for community health network arrangements. Subtitle F:  Improved Access to Rural Health Services - Part 1:  Establishment of Rural Emergency Access Care Hospitals Under Medicare - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for:  (1) establishment of rural emergency access care hospitals under Medicare; and (2) coverage of and payment for rural emergency access care hospital services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Part 2:  Rural Medical Emergencies Air Transport - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants to States to assist in the creation or enhancement of air medical transport systems that provide victims of medical emergencies in rural areas with access to treatments.  Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) application and State plan requirements; (2) considerations in awarding grants; (3) State administration and use of grants; (4) the number of grants; and (5) reporting requirements.   Authorizes appropriations. Part 3:  Emergency Medical Services Amendments - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to:  (1) establish an Office of Emergency Medical Services, headed by a Director; (2) engage in specified emergency medical services activities, including disseminating information obtained in carrying out specified activities to public and private entities, providing technical assistance to State and local agencies, coordinating Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) activities with those of other Federal agencies; and (3) ensure that such activities are carried out consistent with certain requirements regarding maintaining an adequate number of health professionals with expertise in the provision of services, developing, periodically reviewing, and revising as appropriate guidelines for the provision of such services, appropriately using available technologies, and serving the unique needs of underserved inner-city and rural areas. (Sec. 1522) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the purpose of improving the availability and quality of emergency medical services through the operation of State offices of emergency medical services, subject to specified matching fund, budgetary, and other requirements. (Sec. 1523) Provides for demonstration projects to establish telecommunications between rural medical facilities and medical facilities with expertise or equipment.  Directs the Secretary to ensure that the telecommunications technologies demonstrated include interactive video telecommunications, static video imaging transmitted through the telephone system, and facsimiles transmitted through such system. (Sec. 1524) Authorizes appropriations for:  (1) emergency medical services (including for State offices of Emergency Medical Services and for telecommunications demonstrations); and (2) trauma care and certain other activities. Part :   Additional Rural Health Care Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to develop health plans to provide services exclusively in rural and frontier areas.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 1532) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private hospitals in medically underserved rural communities, and to public and nonprofit outpatient facilities in such communities, to develop or increase capacity to provide primary health services. (Sec. 1533) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to such entities to conduct research and carry out demonstration projects to develop innovative approaches to the delivery of health care in rural areas, such as the use of telemedicine and mobile delivery units. (Sec. 1534) Authorizes appropriations for the training of rural health professionals other than physicians. Subtitle G:  Assistance in Enrolling Uninsured Children in Health Insurance - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for the establishment of State premium subsidy programs to assist eligible needy children with premiums for standard health coverage. Subtitle H:  Medicaid Reform - Amends SSA title XIX to:  (1) provide for the establishment of State health allowance programs under which the State makes payments to an approved group health plan which provides coverage to eligible individuals as an allowance towards the costs of providing the individual with benefits under the plan; (2) modify Federal requirements to allow States more flexibility in contracting for coordinated care services under Medicaid; (3) make changes regarding the period of certain waivers under Medicaid; and (4) reduce the amount of Federal payment adjustments under Medicaid for disproportionate share hospitals. (Sec. 1713) Eliminates the duplicative pediatric immunization program under Medicare. Subtitle I:  Remedies and Enforcement with Respect to Group Health Plans - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to set forth claims procedure special rules for group health plans. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a mediation program for disputes involving group health plan claims.  Requires the Secretary to maintain a list of individuals with expertise to serve as facilitators under such program, and to propose a facilitator for each mediation subject to one objection by each party.  Sets forth provisions for participation of attorneys, initiation of mediation, mediation procedures, time limits, costs, legal effect of participation, and confidentiality and admissibility. Sets forth court remedies for participants and beneficiaries with respect to group health plans. Subtitle J:  Delivery of Health Care Services to Illegal Immigrants - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of health care to illegal immigrants, including the effect of illegal immigration on health costs and the shifting of health costs.  Requires a report to the Congress, with recommendations on appropriate means of:  (1) alleviating health problems peculiar to illegal immigrants; (2) financing health care provided to illegal immigrants; and(3) increasing intergovernmental cooperation and coordination of efforts of the United States and other countries to alleviate such health problems and finance such efforts. Title II:  Health Care Cost Containment and Quality Enhancement - Subtitle A:  Medical Malpractice Liability Reform - Part 1:  General Provisions - Makes this subtitle applicable with respect to any medical malpractice liability claim and to any medical malpractice liability action brought in State or Federal court, except a claim or action for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death to the extent that title XXI of the Public Health Service Act applies. Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) preemption of State law; (2) effect on sovereign immunity and choice of law or venue; (3) jurisdiction; and (4) effective dates. Part 2:  Medical Malpractice and Product Liability Reform - Prohibits a medical malpractice liability action from being brought in any State court during a calendar year unless the relevant claim has been initially resolved (i.e., a decision has been reached on whether the defendant is liable to the plaintiff for damages and on the amount of damages) under a certified alternative dispute resolution (ADR) system or an alternative Federal system. Prohibits a medical malpractice liability action from being brought in Federal court based on diversity of citizenship during a calendar year unless the relevant claim has been initially resolved under such a system in the State whose law applies. Directs the Attorney General to establish an ADR process for tort claims consisting of medical malpractice liability claims brought against the United States under chapter 171 of the Federal judicial code (U.S. Court of Federal Claims).  Prohibits a medical malpractice liability action based on such a claim from being brought in any Federal court unless the claim has been initially resolved under such process. Sets forth procedures for filing actions. (Sec. 2012) Limits to $250,000 the amount of noneconomic damages that may be awarded to a claimant and family members in a medical malpractice liability action.  Sets limits on punitive damages and on periodic payments for future losses.  Reduces damages by any other payments made to compensate an individual for injuries. (Sec. 2013) Set forth provisions regarding:  (1) limits on attorney fees and other costs; (2) joint and several liability (generally, liability may be found only for those damages directly attributable to the person's proportionate share of fault or responsibility for the injury); (3) a statute of limitations of seven years; and (4) a uniform standard for determining negligence (the defendant's conduct at the time of providing the health care services was not reasonable). (Sec. 2017) Specifies that in the case of a medical malpractice liability claim relating to services provided during labor or the delivery of a baby, if the health care professional did not previously treat the injured individual for the pregnancy, the trier of fact may not find that the defendant committed malpractice nor assess damages unless the malpractice is proven by clear and convincing evidence. Part 3:  Requirements for State Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems - Lists requirements for State ADR systems, including that such a system:  (1) applies to all medical malpractice liability claims under the jurisdiction of the courts of that State; (2) requires that a written opinion resolving the dispute be issued within six months after each party against whom the claim is filed has received notice of the claim; (3) is approved by the State or local governments; (4) provides for the transmittal to the State agency responsible for monitoring or disciplining health care professionals and providers of any findings of malpractice; and (5) provides for the regular transmittal of information on disputes resolved under the system to the Administrator for Health Care Policy and Research in a manner that protects the identity of the parties involved. (Sec. 2032) Directs the Secretary, by October 1 of each year, to certify State ADR systems that meet such requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish an alternative Federal ADR system for the resolution of medical malpractice liability claims in States that do not have in effect a certified ADR system. (Sec. 2033) Directs the Secretary, within five years, to submit to the Congress a report describing and evaluating State ADR systems and the alternative Federal system, including:  (1) information on the effect of the ADR systems on health care costs, access to health care, and quality of care provided within the State; and (2) to the extent that such report does not provide information on no-fault systems operated by States as ADR systems, an analysis of the feasibility and desirability of establishing a system for resolving medical malpractice liability claims on a no-fault basis. Part 4:  Other Provisions Relating to Medical Malpractice Liability - Authorizes a State agency responsible for disciplinary actions for a type of health care practitioner to enter into agreements with State or county professional societies to permit their participation in the licensing of such practitioner and to review any health care malpractice action, claims, or allegation, or other information concerning the practice patterns of any such practitioner.  Sets forth agreement requirements. (Sec. 2042) Directs the Secretary to study incentives adopted by State and local governments, insurers, medical societies, and other entities to encourage physicians to volunteer to provide health care services in medically underserved areas. (Sec. 2043) Directs each State to require:  (1) each health care professional and health care provider to participate in a risk management program to prevent, and provide early warning of, practices which may result in injuries to patients or endanger patient safety; and (2) each provider of health care professional and provider liability insurance in the State to establish risk management programs or sanction programs of risk management for health care professionals and providers provided by other entities, and require each such professional or provider, as a condition of maintaining insurance, to participate in one such program at least once in each three-year period. (Sec. 2044) Directs the Secretary to make grants:  (1) for basic research in the prevention of, and compensation for, injuries resulting from health care professional or provider malpractice and for research of the outcomes of health care procedures; (2) to States to assist in improving their ability to license and discipline health care professionals; and (3) to States and local governments, private nonprofit organizations, and health professional schools for educating the general public about the appropriate use of health care, realistic expectations of medical intervention, and the resources and role of health care professional licensing and disciplinary boards in investigating claims of incompetence or health care malpractice, and for developing programs of faculty training and curricula for educating health care professionals in quality assurance, risk management, and medical injury prevention.  Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B:  Administrative Cost Savings and Fair Health Information Practices - Part 1:  Administrative Cost Savings - Subpart A:  Standards for Data Elements and Transactions - Directs the Secretary to adopt standards and modifications to standards that a:   (1) consistent with the objective of reducing the costs of providing and paying for health care; and (2) in use and generally accepted, developed, or modified by the standard-setting organizations accredited by the American National Standard Institute. (Sec. 2104) Directs the Secretary to adopt standards:  (1) for data elements of health information; and (2) for transmitting information electronically. Subpart B:  Requirements With Respect to Certain Transactions and Information - Specifies standard transactions. Subpart C:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the Secretary to establish standards with respect to the operation of health information network services. (Sec. 2124) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects to promote the development and use of electronically integrated community-based clinical information systems and computerized patient medical records. Subpart D:  Assistance to the Secretary - Establishes the Health Care Information Advisory Committee to:  (1) assist the Secretary in complying with requirements under this Act; (2) be generally responsible for advising the Secretary and the Congress on the status of the health information network; and (3) make recommendations to correct problems in the network and to refine and improve the network. Part 2:  Fair Health Information Practices - Subpart A:  Duties of Health Information Trustees - Specifies the duties of health information trustees with respect to inspection of protected health information. (Sec. 2142) Provides a procedure to amend protected health information. Subpart B:  Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information - Sets forth general limitations on the use and disclosure of protected health information by health information trustees. (Sec. 2152) Authorizes a health information trustee to disclose protected health information pursuant to a written authorization by the protected individual. (Sec. 2153) Describes the circumstances under which health information trustees may disclose protected health information to:  (1) health plans, health care providers, and oversight agencies; (2) next of kin; (3) public health authorities; (4) health research entities; (5) authorities under emergencies; (6) courts or administrative agencies; (6) law enforcement agencies; (7) entities under subpoenas, warrants, and search warrants; and (8) health information service organizations. Subpart C:  Access Procedures and Challenge Rights - Prohibits a government authority from obtaining protected health information about a protected individual from a health information trustee through subpoenas, warrants, and search warrants unless there is probable cause that the information is relevant to the law enforcement inquiry. (Sec. 2172) Establishes challenge procedures to such subpoenas. Subpart D:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Restricts the information a health information trustee may disclose when a protected individual pays for health care through a payment card or electronic means. (Sec. 2183) Directs the Secretary to develop standards for electronic documents and communications. (Sec. 2184) Provides for the disclosure of protected health information to affiliated persons and agents and attorneys. (Sec. 2187) Requires States to establish a process for the maintenance of certain protected health information. Subpart :   Enforcement - Provides for civil actions against health information trustees. (Sec. 2192) Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil money penalty against such trustees for a demonstrated pattern of failure to comply with this subpart. (Sec. 2193) Requires the Secretary to develop an alternative dispute resolution method for resolving claims for civil actions. (Sec. 2194) Amends the Federal criminal code to impose penalties for violations in disclosing and obtaining protected health information. Subpart F:  Amendments to Title 5, United States Code - Requires certain Federal agency heads to promulgate rules protecting health information. Subpart G:  Regulations, Research, and Education; Effective Dates; Applicability; and Relationship to Other Laws - Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this part not later than July 1, 1996. (Sec. 2197) Makes this part effective on January 1, 1997, except for certain provisions that take effect upon enactment. Subtitle C:  Deduction for Cost of Catastrophic Health Plan; Medical Savings Accounts - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include under the medical expense deduction the portion of such expense attributable to coverage under a catastrophic health plan. (Sec. 2202) Allows individuals a tax deduction for a percentage of contributions made to a medical care savings account established for the benefit of an eligible individual. Allows such deduction whether or not an individual itemizes deductions. Disallows distributions from such accounts as medical expense deductions. Excludes employer contributions to such accounts from employment taxes. Establishes an excise tax for excess contributions to medical care savings accounts. Subtitle D:  Anti-Fraud - Directs the Attorney General to establish an all-payer health care fraud and abuse control program. (Sec. 2302) Authorizes additional appropriations for such program and AG investigations of possible health care fraud. (Sec. 2303) Establishes in the Treasury the Anti-Fraud and Abuse Trust Fund for use in preventing anti-fraud and abuse law violations and repaying Medicaid and other beneficiaries for cost-sharing. (Sec. 2311) Amends SSA title XI and the Federal criminal code to: (1) revise current sanctions to provide for, among other things, mandatory exclusion from Medicare and State health care program participation of individuals or entities convicted of a fraud-related felony in connection with the delivery of a health care item or service, and criminal penalties of fines and imprisonment for health care fraud; and (2) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to issue advisory opinions with regard to specified matters, including matters concerning prohibited remuneration and service inducements. (Sec. 2315) Modifies:  (1) current limitations under Medicare (SSA title XVIII) on physician self-referral; and (2) effective date exceptions under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 for such referrals made for clinical laboratory services. (Sec. 2316) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on the costs of peer review contracts for Medicare HMOs. (Sec. 2332) Amends SSA title XVIII to require the Secretary to issue advisory opinions relating to prohibited referrals under Medicare. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations establishing systems under SSA titles XI and XVIII for the issuance of advisory opinions. Subtitle E:  Increased Medicare Beneficiary Choice; Additional Medicare Reforms - Amends SSA title XVIII and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to make specified changes in HMO and Medicare supplemental policy provisions.  Imposes mandates on the Secretary in order to afford Medicare beneficiaries additional avenues for choosing health care coverage, including enrollment in private health insurance plans. (Sec. 2411) Extends current rules for computing Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) premiums. (Sec. 2412) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the imposition of a Medicare part B premium tax for high-income Medicare part B beneficiaries. (Sec. 2413) Directs the Secretary to take such steps as necessary to consolidate administration of Medicare parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B. (Sec. 2414) Makes specified extensions with regard to Medicare as secondary payer, including those concerning data matches. Subtitle F:  Health Care Antitrust Improvements - Exempts from all antitrust claims an activity relating to the provision of health care services that is:  (1) within a ""safe harbor"" designated by the Attorney General, except for claims for injunctive relief asserted by the Attorney General or the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission in extraordinary circumstances; and (2) specified in and in compliance with the terms of a certificate of review issued by the Attorney General, where the activity occurs while the certificate is in effect, except for claims for injunctive relief.  Sets forth provisions regarding the award of attorney fees and costs of suit to the prevailing party in an action based on a claim involving activity found to be exempt. (Sec. 2502) Directs the Attorney General to develop and designate specified safe harbors relating to the following, as well as to such other categories of activities as the Attorney General may designate (subject to specified requirements):  (1) joint purchasing of health care services; (2) small hospital mergers; (3) startup and operation of collaborations between State-licensed providers through partial or full integration; (4) standard setting and enforcement activities by medical self-regulatory entities; (5) health care providers collectively supplying non-price medical information to buyers and consumers; (6) health care provider participation in surveys; (7) health care joint ventures' purchase or use of equipment or provision of advanced tertiary care services; (8) provision of market power screens at appropriate levels below which combinations of providers are too small to pose a realistic antitrust threat; (9) joint purchasing arrangements; and (10) good faith negotiations relating to legitimate collaborative activities. Directs the Attorney General to publish notice in the Federal Register soliciting proposals for additional safe harbors. Authorizes the Attorney General to modify or remove a safe harbor following notice and comment upon a determination that the safe harbor does not meet specified criteria. Sets forth criteria in establishing safe harbors, including:  (1) the extent to which a competitive or collaborative activity will accomplish an increase in health care access and quality, the establishment of cost efficiencies, and increased ability of health care facilities to provide services in medically underserved areas or to underserved populations; and (2) whether designation as a safe harbor will result in specified desirable outcomes. (Sec. 2503) Directs the Attorney General to issue certificates of review for providers of health care services and to assist persons in applying for such certificates.  Sets forth procedures regarding applications for, renovation of, and review of determinations regarding, such certificates.  Limits the disclosure of information. (Sec. 2504) Sets forth provisions regarding notifications providing for a reduction in certain penalties under the antitrust laws for health care cooperative ventures. (Sec. 2505) Directs the Attorney General to periodically review the safe harbors, certificates of review, and notifications. (Sec. 2507) Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of Health Care Competition Policy. Subtitle G:  Encouraging Enforcement Activities of Medical Self- Regulatory Entities - Part 1:  Application of the Clayton Act to Medical Self-Regulatory Entities - Provides that no damages, cost of suit, or attorney fee may be recovered under section 4, 4A, or 4C of the Clayton Act, or under any similar State law, except by a State or the United States, from any medical self-regulatory entity as a result of engaging in standard setting or enforcement activities that are: (1) designed to promote the quality of health care provided to patients; and (2) not conducted for purposes of financial gain. Directs the court to award the cost of such a suit, including a reasonable attorney fee, to a substantially prevailing defendant. Part 2:  Consultation by Federal Agencies - Requires any Federal agency engaged in the establishment of medical professional standards to consult with appropriate medical societies or associations, specialty boards, or recognized accrediting agencies, if available, in carrying out medical professional standard setting and guidelines or standards relating to the practice of medicine.  Subtitle H:  Reform of Clinical Laboratory Requirements for Simple Tests - Amends the Public Health Service Act to exempt clinical laboratories performing only simple examinations and procedures from certificate requirements.  (Sec. 2703) Directs the Secretary to use existing appropriations to conduct the study relating to the reliability and quality control procedures of clinical laboratory testing programs and the effect of errors in the testing procedures and results on the diagnosis and treatment of patients.  (Sec. 2704) Directs the Secretary to revise the membership of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee to contain a number of practicing physicians proportionate to the number of physician regulated clinical laboratories.  Subtitle I:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires certain Government agencies to prefund health benefit contributions for their annuitants.  (Sec. 2802) Makes aliens ineligible for social security and Medicaid benefits.  (Sec. 2803) Limits the eligibility for social security benefits of certain drug and alcohol addicts.  Title III:  Long-Term Care - Subtitle A:  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.  (Sec. 3002) 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.  (Sec. 3003) 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.  Subtitle B:  Establishment of Federal Standards for Long-Term Care Insurance - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate the establishment of model Federal standards for long-term care insurance.  Prohibits the offering of a long-term care insurance policy in a State unless the State has a regulatory program meeting the requirements of this Act or the policy has been certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.  Authorizes grants to States for demonstration programs to improve enforcement of the standards.  Authorizes appropriations.  Imposes on agents selling long-term policies a duty of good faith and fair dealing.  Prohibits twisting, high pressure tactics, and cold lead advertising.  Mandates minimum financial standards, including income and asset criteria, for advising individuals considering the purchase of a long-term policy.  Prohibits sales:  (1) to an individual eligible for assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; (2) of duplicate service policies; and (3) of policies that reduce, limit, or coordinate benefits on the basis of eligibility for other coverage or benefits.  Provides for:  (1) criminal and civil penalties; and (2) agent training and certification.  Sets forth additional carrier responsibilities relating to refunding of premiums, mailing of policies, providing information on denials of claims, reporting of information, and limiting compensation to agents for the sale or renewal of policies.  Prohibits cancellation or nonrenewal of a long-term care policy except for nonpayment of premium or material misrepresentation.  Sets forth continuation and conversion rights for group policies, regulating premiums for converted policies.  Requires guaranteed issuance to an individual if the individual meets the minimum medical requirements of the policy.  Mandates standards regarding upgraded benefits.  Limits cancellation for nonpayment by an incapacitated individual.  Requires:  (1) subject to exceptions, uniform language and definitions, a uniform format, and at least one standard benefit package; and (2) disclosure of certain matters, including an outline of coverage.  Mandates recommendations by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) regarding informing consumers on the long-term economic viability of long-term care insurance carriers. Limits certain conditions on benefits.  Requires, if benefits are provided for home health care or community-based services, that certain minimum benefits be provided.  Prohibits treating cognitive or mental impairments (including Alzheimer's disease and mental illness) differently from other medical conditions.  Limits preexisting condition requirements.  Requires:  (1) each claimant to have a functional assessment by an individual or entity meeting NAIC qualifications and unconnected to the policy issuer; (2) inflation protection, unless rejected in writing by a policyholder; (3) disclosure of certain premium increases; and (4) nonforfeiture benefits.  Prohibits a carrier from contesting a policy or claim based on fraud or misrepresentation unless notice is provided within a time period set by NAIC.  Establishes the right of a purchaser to return a policy within a specified period.  Defines ""long-term care insurance policy,"" excluding:  (1) any basic Medicare supplemental policies; (2) other insurance offered primarily to provide specified types of coverage; and (3) certain life insurance policies.  Authorizes grants for programs to provide information, counseling, and assistance regarding the procurement of long-term insurance. Authorizes appropriations.  Subtitle :   Protection of Assets Under Medicaid Through Use of Qualified Long-term Care Insurance - Amends the title XIX of the Social Security Act to require State Medicaid plans to disregard some or all of the individual's assets attributable to coverage under a qualified long-term care insurance contract in determining the individual's eligibility for long-term care services.  Subtitle D:  Studies - Requires 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 home with an income tax credit.  (Sec. 3303) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of encouraging or requiring the use of a single designated public or nonprofit agency to coordinate, through case management, the provision of long-term care benefits under current Federal, State, and local programs in a geographic area.  Subtitle E:  Volunteer Service Credit Demonstration Projects - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to establish and operate a volunteer service credit demonstration project in each State.",2025-08-26T13:51:12Z,
103-hr-5301,103,hr,5301,Illegal Alien Credit Denial Act,Taxation,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Hayes, James A. [D-LA-7]",LA,D,H000390,0,Illegal Alien Credit Denial Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make illegal aliens ineligible for the earned income credit. Requires the verification of taxpayer identification numbers of the taxpayer and qualifying children on returns claiming such credit. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish expedited procedures on the verification and issuance of such identification numbers.,2025-08-26T13:51:32Z,
103-hr-5302,103,hr,5302,Health Insurance Equity Act of 1994,Health,1994-11-29,1994-12-14,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.",House,"Rep. Hayes, James A. [D-LA-7]",LA,D,H000390,0,"Health Insurance Equity Act of 1994 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXI (Standards for Health Coverage) prohibiting discrimination in health insurance coverage, benefits, and premiums based on health status or claims experience, except with regard to certain preexisting conditions.  Limits the conditions under which an insurer may refuse to renew the coverage of individuals or small employers.    Authorizes appropriations for State enforcement programs.",2025-08-26T13:50:35Z,
103-hr-5303,103,hr,5303,To make technical corrections in the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994.,Commerce,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]",NJ,D,H000930,0,Makes technical corrections to the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994.,2021-06-02T20:14:20Z,
103-hr-5304,103,hr,5304,"To amend the Clean Air Act to modify provisions relating to the redesignation of areas and motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4]",PA,D,K000270,0,"Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that if a State Governor submits a redesignation of an area from nonattainment to attainment and such designation is based upon attainment of the relevant national ambient air quality standard for three consecutive years, such redesignation shall become effective immediately upon receipt by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires the Office of Technology Assessment to study methods for implementing enhanced inspection and maintenance programs.  Includes within such study an evaluation of the cost effectiveness of such methods.  Directs the Administrator to republish the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance guidance document and incorporate the study's findings. Grants States one year from the study's publication date to submit or revise implementation plans with respect to the enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5305,103,hr,5305,"To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to air carrier safety.",Transportation and Public Works,1994-11-29,1994-11-30,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2355-2356),House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,0,"Amends Federal law to apply certain minimum safety standards uniformly to all air carrier operations, regardless of the seating or payload capacity of the aircraft involved. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe alternative safety standards for the operation of aircraft of a type:  (1) approved for transportation of no more than nine passengers (exclusive of flight crew); (2) approved for transportation of no more than 30 passengers (exclusive of flight crew), if such aircraft is not used for scheduled air transportation; and (3) designed for transportation of no more than 19 passengers (exclusive of flight crew) for which application for design approval was made before February 17, 1987. States that alternative standards of the third kind may be prescribed only for specific areas found necessary because the aircraft's approved design makes compliance with one or more of the uniform standards impossible.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-hr-5306,103,hr,5306,Tax Rate Reduction Act of 1994,Taxation,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]",NJ,R,S000097,11,"Tax Rate Reduction Act of 1994 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the highest income tax rate for individuals, lower the highest taxable income threshold, and reduce individual income tax rates from 1995 until 1998. Repeals the overall limitation on itemized deductions and the phaseout of personal exemptions.",2025-08-26T13:49:40Z,
103-hr-5307,103,hr,5307,"To amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to photographing, recording, and broadcasting court proceedings.",Law,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9]",NY,D,S000148,0,"Amends the Federal judicial code to:  (1) direct the Judicial Conference to authorize an experimental program in which the presiding judge of a court of the United States may, in his or her discretion, permit photographic or electronic media coverage of criminal court proceedings, including trials (requires that at least 15 Federal judicial districts participate in the experimental program); and (2) authorize any presiding judge to permit such coverage of civil court proceedings, including trials. Authorizes the court in any case to refuse, limit, or terminate such coverage in the interests of justice to protect the rights of the parties and the dignity of the court, or to assure the fair administration of justice. Prohibits any changes in the scheduling, form, or procedure of any court proceeding by virtue of this Act for the benefit of the media in providing such coverage. Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) requests for permission to use media coverage; (2) prohibited coverage; (3) equipment and personnel; (4) pooled coverage; and (5) other photographing, recording, or broadcasting. Provides for the creation of a committee to evaluate whether photographic or electronic media coverage of criminal court proceedings should be permitted after June 30, 1998, or whether such coverage so disrupts or interferes with the fairness of criminal court proceedings as to justify its prohibition.  Directs:  (1) the committee to evaluate, analyze, and monitor the effect of media coverage of criminal court proceedings on the administration of justice and make recommendations to the Congress and the Judicial Conference; (2) the Federal Judicial Center to cooperate with the committee in connection with the review of the impact of such coverage; and (3) the Judicial Conference to promulgate appropriate rules to carry out this Act after affording all interested persons, agencies, and institutions an opportunity to review and comment thereon. Terminates the experimental program on June 30, 1998, unless the Judicial Conference extends the program and notifies the Congress in writing before that date. Makes rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (prohibiting taking photographs in the court room during judicial proceedings or radio broadcasting such proceedings) inapplicable during the period that the program is in effect. Allows the Judicial Conference to authorize such coverage of criminal proceedings before the program terminates.",2021-06-02T20:14:20Z,
103-hr-5308,103,hr,5308,Social Security Payment Equity Act of 1994,Social Welfare,1994-11-29,1994-12-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.,House,"Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]",MI,R,S000597,0,"Social Security Payment Equity Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to set limits on payment of OASDI benefits during any year, based on the work record of an individual with higher levels of income for such year, if total payments of such benefits have exceeded prior contributions plus interest.  Specifies schedules of benefit reductions from ten percent to 100 percent for single and for married individuals. Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to provide annual social security account statements to eligible individuals with respect to such benefit limitations. Adjusts the gradual increase in retirement age from 65 to 68 so as to commence with calendar year 1996 and reach age 68 for those who would attain age 65 in or after calendar year 2031.",2025-08-26T13:51:46Z,
103-hr-5309,103,hr,5309,To amend the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to prohibit the restoration of certain flows in the San Joaquin River.,Water Resources Development,1994-11-29,1994-12-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.,House,"Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]",CA,R,T000188,0,"Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from making releases for the restoration of flows between Gravelly Ford and the Mendota Pool on the San Joaquin River as a measure to implement the Central Valley Project Improvement Act without a specific Act of Congress authorizing such releases. Repeals provisions of such Act directing the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan to address fish, wildlife, and habitat concerns on the San Joaquin River.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
103-hr-5310,103,hr,5310,To eliminate Segregationist language from the Second Morrill Act.,Agriculture and Food,1994-11-29,1994-11-30,Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition.,House,"Rep. Washington, Craig A. [D-TX-18]",TX,D,W000177,0,"Eliminates racially segregationist language in the Second Morrill Act, which relates to land-grant colleges and institutions.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
103-hres-585,103,hres,585,"Authorizing and directing the Speaker to administer the oath of office to the gentleman from Oklahoma, Mr. Steve Largent.",Congress,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18]",IL,R,M000692,0,Authorizes and directs the Speaker to administer the oath of office to Mr.  Steve Largent from Oklahoma. Directs that the question of the final right of Mr. Largent to a seat in the 103rd Congress be referred to the Committee on House Administration.,2021-06-02T19:16:37Z,
103-hres-586,103,hres,586,"That Members of the House express their profound thanks and appreciation to the Honorable Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the House of Representatives for the very fair and impartial manner with which he has presided over our deliberations and performed the arduous duties of the chair during his tenure as Speaker.",Congress,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18]",IL,R,M000692,0,"Thanks the Honorable Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the manner in which he has presided over the House.",2021-06-02T19:16:37Z,
103-hres-587,103,hres,587,"Concerning the profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable Dean A. Gallo, a Representative from the State of New Jersey.",Congress,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5]",NJ,R,R000465,0,"Expresses sorrow at the death of the Honorable Dean A. Gallo, a Representative from New Jersey.",2021-06-02T19:16:37Z,
103-hres-588,103,hres,588,Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for transition salary continuation for certain committee staff.,Congress,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred jointly to the House Committee on House Administration.,House,"Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15]",CA,D,M000794,0,"Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to direct the Clerk of the House to notify the Committee on House Administration of the name of each displaced staff member (i.e., an individual employed by a committee or subcommittee for at least 183 days whose service as a House employee is terminated solely and directly as a result of a change in the political party of the chairman or ranking minority member of a committee). Directs that each displaced staff member continue to be paid for a period not to exceed 60 days following the staff member's date of termination or until the staff member becomes otherwise gainfully employed. Specifies that a statement in writing by any such employee that he or she was not gainfully employed during the period for which payment is claimed shall be accepted as prima facie evidence that he or she was not so employed. Makes funds necessary to carry out this Act available from the contingent fund of the House.",2024-02-07T14:47:33Z,
103-hres-589,103,hres,589,"To express my deep appreciation and gratitude to my current and former staff members for their loyalty, support and dedication to the Congress and the residents of the 20th and 22nd Congressional Districts of Pennsylvania during my 18 years as a member of the United States House of Representatives.",Congress,1994-11-29,1994-11-29,Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.,House,"Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-20]",PA,D,M001088,0,Expresses appreciation to specified current and former staff members for their dedication to the Congress and to the residents of the 20th and 22nd congressional districts of Pennsylvania.,2024-02-07T11:39:48Z,
103-s-2556,103,s,2556,"A bill to provide for the portability of validly executed advance directives, to provide patients with a better understanding of their health care choices, and to promote study of the quality of care for the gravely or terminally ill or injured, and for other purposes.",Health,1994-10-08,1994-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]",MO,R,D000030,0,"Provides for the portability among States of validly executed advance directives under Medicare and Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require written policies and procedures of service providers to provide for effective communication with individuals regarding relevant aspects of health care decisions affecting such individual, including obtaining informed consent, individual prognosis and treatment decisions, and the formulation of advance directives. Requires a report to the Congress on a study of issues relating to care at the end of life, including how to determine the application of medically necessary or appropriate care for gravely or terminally ill or injured persons.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
103-s-2557,103,s,2557,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the 80-percent limitation on the deductible portion of meal expenses.,Taxation,1994-10-08,1994-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY]",WY,R,S000429,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the deductibility of meal and entertainment expenses and items to allow a deduction of 80 percent of the amount of such expenses, or 50 percent of the amount of such items.",2025-01-14T18:59:41Z,
103-s-2558,103,s,2558,World War II Home Front Commemorative Act,Armed Forces and National Security,1994-10-08,1994-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]",AK,R,S000888,0,"World War II Home Front Commemorative Act - Authorizes the World War II Home Front Council to reissue the World War II ""E"" Award for Excellence in Industrial Production to individuals, firms, and businesses to which they were originally awarded in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II. Directs the Council to:  (1) establish the ""Excellence in Production Award Account"" to receive all proceeds derived from its activities to commemorate Home Front efforts; (2) implement Home Front education and commemoration programs; (3) establish a volunteer advisory committee; and (4) submit semi-annual status reports to the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T13:49:40Z,
103-s-2559,103,s,2559,A bill relating to implementation of Oil Pollution Act with respect to animal fats and vegetable oils.,Environmental Protection,1994-10-08,1994-12-01,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15423),Senate,"Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]",IA,D,H000206,2,"Requires Federal agencies, in implementing the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, to differentiate between animal fats or oils of vegetable origin and other oils, including petroleum oils, on the basis of their physical, chemical, biological, and other properties and their environmental effects.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
103-s-2560,103,s,2560,"A bill to allow the collection and payment of funds following the completion of cooperative work involving the protection, management, and improvement of the National Forest System, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1994-10-08,1994-12-06,"Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.",Senate,"Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]",VT,D,L000174,3,Amends Federal law with respect to nonprofit group donations to the National Forest System to permit the Forest Service to fund a project with appropriated moneys provided the nonprofit has a written Forest Service reimbursement agreement. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish written rules for contribution acceptance.,2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
103-s-2561,103,s,2561,Housing Programs Extension Act of 1994,Housing and Community Development,1994-10-08,1994-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]",MO,R,B000611,0,Housing Programs Extension Act of 1994 - Authorizes section 8 housing contract extensions and related displaced tenant assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend funding for the low-income housing preservation and ownership program. Amends the National Housing Act to extend authority to use rental assistance amounts for flexible subsidies. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to extend authority for housing counseling programs. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend set-asides for reconstruction of public housing for disabled families. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend rural housing set asides for:  (1) underserved areas; and (2) rental housing funds for nonprofit entities.  Makes rural multifamily rental housing loan authority permanent. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend authority for the multifamily mortgage risk-sharing pilot program. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to extend community development block grant set-asides for colonias.,2025-08-26T13:50:48Z,
103-s-2562,103,s,2562,Presidential Succession Clarification Act,Government Operations and Politics,1994-10-08,1994-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules.,Senate,"Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL]",IL,D,S000423,0,"Presidential Succession Clarification Act - Declares that for purposes of the 20th Amendment of the Constitution (with respect to presidential and vice presidential succession) a candidate for whom a majority of electors have cast their votes for President or Vice President shall be deemed to be ""President- elect"" or ""Vice President-elect"" from the time that the votes are cast, whether or not the candidate is living at the time the votes are counted in the Congress. Provides that if:  (1) a major party candidate for the office of the President dies 14 or fewer days prior to the date specified for the appointment of electors of the President and Vice President, the electors shall be appointed in each State 14 days after the candidate's death; or (2) a leading candidate for the office of President dies 14 or fewer days prior to the date specified for the meeting of electors, the electors shall meet and give their votes 14 days after such candidate's death. Authorizes the House of Representatives, in the case of the death of any candidate from whom the House may choose a President after the right of choice has devolved upon them, to consider the designated running mate of the deceased candidate as the candidate's replacement for purposes of choosing a President. Permits the Senate, in the case of the death of any candidate from whom the Senate may choose the Vice President, to consider a candidate designated by the deceased candidate's political party as the candidate's replacement for purposes of choosing a Vice President.",2025-08-26T13:52:08Z,
103-sres-284,103,sres,284,A resolution increasing the efficiency of the deportation process and the removal of deportable aliens.,Immigration,1994-10-08,1994-10-08,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S15026)",Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,1,Expresses the sense of the Senate that:  (1) the Attorney General should consider implementing pilot projects to increase the efficiency of the deportation process by assuring alien orientation and representation; and (2) this resolution should not be construed as creating a right of representation at Government expense.,2021-06-02T20:15:59Z,
103-sres-285,103,sres,285,A resolution to express the sense of the Senate concerning phasing in implementation of Forest Management Plans by the Department of Agriculture.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1994-10-08,1994-10-08,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S15030-15031)",Senate,"Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]",MS,R,L000447,8,"Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to forest management plan implementation, including that the Secretary of Agriculture recognize the multiple uses of national forests.",2021-06-02T20:15:59Z,
103-hconres-313,103,hconres,313,Providing for a technical correction in the enrollment of S. 21.,Congress,1994-10-07,1994-10-08,Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]",CA,R,T000188,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of S. 21 (designating certain lands in the California desert as wilderness and establishing the Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks).",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
103-hconres-314,103,hconres,314,Providing for the printing of a collection of statements made in tribute to Representative Jamie L. Whitten.,Congress,1994-10-07,1994-10-12,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,House,"Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3]",MS,D,M000865,0,Provides for the printing of a collection of statements made in tribute to Representative Jamie L. Whitten as a House document.,2024-02-07T11:39:48Z,
103-hconres-315,103,hconres,315,Providing an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.,Congress,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,"Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S14788)",House,"Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]",MD,D,H000874,0,"Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from October 7 until November 29, 1994, and a recess or adjournment of the Senate on any day from October 7 through 14 until November 30, 1994. Provides for an adjournment sine die of the House on November 29, 1994, and of the Senate on December 1, 1994.",2021-06-02T19:14:12Z,
103-hconres-316,103,hconres,316,Declaring the sense of the Congress with respect to the use of racial quotas and statistics in connection with death penalty cases.,Crime and Law Enforcement,1994-10-07,1994-10-31,Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.,House,"Rep. Franks, Gary A. [R-CT-5]",CT,R,F000348,0,Expresses the sense of the Congress that racial quotas and statistics should not be used to determine whether or not to impose the death penalty.,2021-06-02T19:14:12Z,
103-hconres-317,103,hconres,317,"To express the sense of Congress that the President, the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Commerce must take all appropriate and necessary steps to eliminate, through international agreements or otherwise, restrictive foreign shipping practices which restrain or prevent U.S. flag vessels from fair and equitable participation in the transportation of motor vehicles into the United States.",Foreign Trade and International Finance,1994-10-07,1994-10-17,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment.",House,"Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3]",IL,D,L000342,1,"Urges the President, the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Commerce to take appropriate steps to:  (1) eliminate, through international agreements, restrictive foreign shipping practices which restrain U.S.-flag carriers from equitable participation in the ocean transportation of imported motor vehicles into the United States from countries that export more than 50,000 motor vehicles to the United States; (2) increase the number of U.S.-flag vessels owned by U.S. citizens that transport such vehicles in foreign commerce; and (3) report to the Congress on the steps taken and progress made.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
103-hjres-425,103,hjres,425,Providing for the convening of the First Session of the One Hundred Fourth Congress.,Congress,1994-10-07,1994-10-22,Became Public Law No: 103-395.,House,"Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]",MD,D,H000874,0,"Provides for the convening of the first session of the 104th Congress at noon on January 4, 1995.",2021-09-25T05:35:03Z,
103-hjres-426,103,hjres,426,"Designating October 24, 1995, as ""United Nations Day"".",International Affairs,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14]",PA,D,C000846,0,"Designates October 24, 1995, as United Nations Day.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
103-hjres-427,103,hjres,427,Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to disqualify from certain offices persons who have been convicted of a crime for which a penalty of imprisonment of 6 months or more may be imposed.,Crime and Law Enforcement,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Franks, Gary A. [R-CT-5]",CT,R,F000348,0,"Constitutional Amendment - Declares that no person who has been convicted in any jurisdiction of a criminal offense for which a penalty of six months' imprisonment or more may be imposed shall hold office as President, Vice President, Senator, Representative, or as any popularly elected official of the district constituting the seat of government or of any other territory of the United States not in a State.",2021-06-02T19:18:00Z,
103-hjres-428,103,hjres,428,Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the desecration of the American Flag.,Government Operations and Politics,1994-10-07,1994-10-31,Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.,House,"Rep. Pickett, Owen B. [D-VA-2]",VA,D,P000326,0,Constitutional Amendment - Empowers the Congress to enact and enforce laws prohibiting the desecration of the U.S. flag.,2021-06-02T19:18:00Z,
103-hr-5236,103,hr,5236,Opal Creek Forest Preserve Act of 1994,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1994-10-07,1994-11-21,"Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.",House,"Rep. Kopetski, Mike [D-OR-5]",OR,D,K000312,0,"Opal Creek Forest Preserve Act of 1994 - Establishes the Opal Creek Forest Preserve consisting of Federal lands in the Willamette and Mt. Hood National Forests, Oregon. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare a Preserve management plan. Prohibits, with specified exceptions:  (1) logging or other timber harvesting; (2) off road motorized travel; and (3) road construction and the use of specified existing roads. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire private lands within the Preserve.",2025-08-26T13:50:46Z,
103-hr-5237,103,hr,5237,"To amend title 31, United States Code, to close appropriation accounts available for an indefinite period.",Economics and Public Finance,1994-10-07,1994-10-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.,House,"Rep. Santorum, Rick [R-PA-18]",PA,R,S000059,0,Amends Federal monetary law to revise the guidelines for the closing of appropriation accounts available for indefinite periods.,2025-02-04T16:54:13Z,
103-hr-5239,103,hr,5239,"To amend the fishing endorsement issued to a vessel owned by Ronnie C. Fisheries, Inc.",Private Legislation,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Management.,House,"Rep. Kopetski, Mike [D-OR-5]",OR,D,K000312,0,Amends the fishing endorsement issued to a vessel owned by a specified corporation.,2021-06-02T20:14:06Z,
103-hr-5240,103,hr,5240,For the relief of Jose J. Aceves.,Private Legislation,1994-10-07,1994-10-31,Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.,House,"Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34]",CA,D,T000316,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States arising out of unfounded and unsupported targeting, harassment, allegations, and criminal actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation since July 1987.",2021-06-02T20:14:06Z,
103-hr-5241,103,hr,5241,To amend section 9147 of Public Law 102-396.,Law,1994-10-07,1994-10-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.,House,"Rep. Unsoeld, Jolene [D-WA-3]",WA,D,U000017,0,"Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to transfer to North Bonneville, Washington, all rights and interest to certain municipal facilities, utilities, fixtures, equipment, and any remaining lands designated as open spaces or municipal lots not previously conveyed to the city, along with a school lot and related parcels and easements.  Declares that such conveyances are intended to resolve all outstanding issues between the United States and the city.  Requires the city to execute a release of all claims against the United States upon such transfer.  Requires the Attorney General to dismiss any pending litigation in such regard upon execution of such release.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
103-hr-5242,103,hr,5242,"To amend the Act commonly referred to as the ""Johnson Act"" to limit the authority of States to regulate gambling devices on vessels.",Sports and Recreation,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the Subcommittee On Merchant Marine.,House,"Rep. Schenk, Lynn [D-CA-49]",CA,D,S000119,0,Amends the Johnson Act to provide that States may not regulate the possession or use of gambling equipment on vessels whose voyage consists of a segment:  (1) that begins and ends in the same State; (2) that is part of a voyage to another State or to a foreign country; and (3) in which the vessel reaches the other State or foreign country within three days after leaving the State in which it begins.,2021-06-02T20:14:07Z,
103-hr-5243,103,hr,5243,Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 1994,Economics and Public Finance,1994-10-07,1994-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,House,"Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2]",WV,D,W000654,6,"Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for grants to public works facilities through FY 1997. Repeals a limitation on financial assistance for sewer and other waste disposal facilities. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to:  (1) conduct projects to demonstrate methods of assisting isolated small businesses to access small business services provided by Federal, State, and local governments; and (2) establish three business outreach centers. Directs the Secretary to establish:   (1) an Office of Strategic Economic Development Planning and Policy within the Economic Development Administration; and (2) within such Office an Office of Economic Development Information. Establishes a Federal Coordinating Council for Economic Development to develop a Government-wide strategic plan for economic development. Authorizes appropriations. Requires applicants for economic development assistance to certify that a redevelopment area meets at least one criterion regarding per capita income, unemployment rates, job losses, population growth, employment declines, concentrations of low-income individuals, or outmigration. Voids designations of redevelopment areas made before this Act's enactment. Revises annual review provisions to permit assistance to a project only if the applicant has submitted an overall economic development plan or investment strategy to the Secretary for approval.  Provides for approval of existing economic development plans and programs to the maximum extent practicable. Directs the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development to publish guidelines to expedite the processing of applications for assistance under this Act. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) issue and implement regulations containing criteria and procedures to prioritize allocations of Federal assistance made under this Act so that the level of economic distress in an area is the primary factor in determining whether the area receives an allocation; (2) develop a general, simplified application form for grant assistance under this Act that may be used by all Federal agencies that provide such assistance; and (3) conduct biennial evaluations of university centers and economic development districts receiving grant assistance to assess performance and contribution toward job creation. Authorizes:  (1) the Secretary to establish a competitive communities pilot program for the purpose of investing in identified business transactions that will create opportunities for long-term employment in economically distressed communities; and (2) assistance to be available for projects on military installations to be closed or realigned or for communities adversely affected by such closure or realignment.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires funds expended pursuant to this Act to be in compliance with the Buy American Act.",2025-08-26T13:48:51Z,
103-hr-5244,103,hr,5244,Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1994,Armed Forces and National Security,1994-10-07,1994-11-02,Became Public Law No: 103-446.,House,"Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3]",MS,D,M000865,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Persian Gulf War Veterans      Title II:  Board of Veterans' Appeals Administration      Title III:  Adjudication Improvements      Title IV:  Veterans' Claims Adjudication Commission      Title V:  Miscellaneous Provisions      Title VI: Education and Training Programs      Title VII:  Employment Programs      Title VIII:  Cemeteries and Memorial Affairs      Title IX:  Housing Programs      Title X:  Homeless Veterans Programs      Title XI:  Reductions in Department of Veterans Affairs           Personnel      Title XII:  Technical and Clerical Amendments Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1994 - Title I:  Persian Gulf War Veterans - Persian Gulf War Veterans' Benefits Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a uniform and comprehensive medical evaluation protocol that will ensure appropriate medical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of Persian Gulf War (War) veterans who are suffering from illnesses the origin of which are unknown but may be attributable to service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the War.  Requires the protocol to include an evaluation of complaints relating to illnesses involving the reproductive system.  Requires a report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees (veterans' committees) if the protocol has not been developed within 120 days after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to ensure that information collected through the protocol is collected and maintained in a manner that permits the effective and efficient cross-reference of such information with information collected and maintained through the comprehensive clinical protocols of the Department of Defense (DOD) for War veterans. (Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to implement a comprehensive outreach program to inform War veterans and their families of the medical care and other benefits that may be provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and DOD arising from service in the War. Requires such outreach program to include:  (1) a semiannual newsletter distributed to veterans listed on the Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Registry; and (2) the establishment of a toll-free telephone number to provide War veterans and their families information on the Registry and health care and other benefits provided by the VA. (Sec. 106) Authorizes the Secretary to pay compensation to any War veteran suffering from a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness that:  (1) became manifest during service on active duty during the War; or (2) became manifest to a degree of ten percent or more within a presumptive period (such period to be prescribed by the Secretary) after such service .  Requires a report and appropriate regulations. (Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the health status of spouses and children of War veterans, including diagnostic testing and appropriate medical examinations.  Requires the Secretary to develop standard protocols and guidelines for such testing and examinations in order to ensure the uniform development of the medical data.  Requires study results to be entered into the Registry. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) conduct appropriate outreach activities in connection with the study; (2) make the protocols and guidelines developed under such study available outside the VA; and (3) provide study reports to the Congress. (Sec. 108) Amends the Persian Gulf War Veterans' Health Status Act to include diagnostic tests within the allowable scope of health examinations provided under such Act for veterans eligible for inclusion in health-related registries. (Sec. 109) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a survey of the incidence and nature of health problems occurring in War veterans and their families. (Sec 110) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out an epidemiological study on the health consequences of service in the War if the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) includes in a required report a finding that a sound basis exists for such a study.  Requires certain oversight. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 111) Allows surviving spouses eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation to elect to instead receive a death pension. Limits the FY 1995 cost-of-living increases for various veterans' compensation to the percentage increase under title II (Old age, survivors and disability insurance) of the Social Security Act beginning on December 1, 1994. Title II:  Board of Veterans' Appeals Administration - Requires members of the Board of Veterans' Appeals other than the Chairman to be appointed by the Secretary, with the President's approval, based upon recommendations of the Chairman.  Directs the Chairman to establish a panel of Board members to review the performance of each member at least every three years.  Provides for the granting of a conditional recertification or recommendation for noncertification of a Board member not meeting the required performance standards. (Sec. 202) Requires Board member performance standards to be established within 90 days after enactment of this Act.  Requires a report. (Sec. 203) Allows a Board Chairman to continue in such office until either reappointment or the appointment of a successor. Title III:  Adjudication Improvements - Authorizes the Secretary to accept the written statement of a claimant as proof of the existence of a marriage or its dissolution, the birth of a child, of the death of a family member.  Authorizes the acceptance of reports of private physician medical examinations in support of a claim for benefits. (Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary to take any necessary action to provide for the expeditious treatment of benefit claims that have been remanded from either the Board or the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals (Court). (Sec. 303) Allows for the screening of appeals to:  (1) determine the adequacy of the record for decisional purposes; or (2) develop a record found to be inadequate for decisional purposes. (Sec. 304) Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility of the reorganization of the adjudication divisions located within the regional offices of the Veterans Benefits Administration. Title IV:  Veterans' Claims Adjudication Commission - Establishes the Veterans' Claims Adjudication Commission to study and report to the Congress on the VA system for the disposition of claims for veterans' benefits.  Provides Commission funding for FY 1995. Title V:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Presumes a service connection (and, therefore, eligibility for veterans' disability compensation) between radiation exposure during the detonation of a nuclear device and radiation-related illness in a veteran, whether or not the nation conducting the nuclear test was the United States. (Sec. 502) Extends through December 31, 1999, the authority to maintain VA regional offices in the Republic of the Philippines. (Sec. 503) Allows for reapplication (without penalty) for veterans' pension benefits or parents' dependency and indemnity compensation within one year after renouncement of such rights. (Sec. 505) Adds to the list of herbicide-exposure related diseases and illnesses presumed to be service-connected and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation if they become manifest to a disability degree of ten percent or more:  (1) Hodgkin's disease; (2) porphyria cutanea tarda; (3) respiratory cancers; and (4) multiple myeloma. (Sec. 506) Excludes from consideration as income, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits, any cash, stock, land, or other interests received by an individual from a Native Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. (Sec. 507) Eliminates the requirement for payment in Philippine pesos of certain veterans' compensation for service in the Philippine Scouts. (Sec. 508) Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement for the Medical Follow-Up Agency of the Institute of Medicine of the NAS to convene a panel to evaluate the feasibility of carrying out a study of the relationship of exposure to certain ionizing radiation while participating in military service and the presence of certain birth- related defects and illnesses. (Sec. 509) Establishes in the VA a Center for Minority Veterans and a Center for Women Veterans.  Requires the Secretary to include in annual budget documents detailed information on each Center's budget and a report on each Center's activities and accomplishments. (Sec. 510) Directs the Secretary to establish the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans with respect to the administration of VA benefits for veterans who are minority group members.  Requires an annual report from the Advisory Committee on its programs and activities.  Defines ""minority group members"" as Asian Americans, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific-Islander Americans.  Terminates the Advisory Committee on December 31, 1997. (Sec. 511) Provides that a notice of appeal of a final Board decision shall be deemed to be received by the Court on the date of its receipt or the date of the U.S. postal service postmark stamped on the envelope. Title VI:  Education and Training Programs - Repeals the requirement that a course of flight training must commence before October 1, 1994, in order to be approved as a course of education under the veterans' basic educational assistance program for active-duty, reserve, and post-Vietnam era veterans. (Sec. 602) Authorizes the Secretary to use the facilities of any federally recognized Indian tribe in order to provide training and rehabilitative services for veterans with service-connected disabilities.  Allows veterans to pursue on-job training or work experience on such facilities. (Sec. 603) Allows veterans to use basic educational assistance benefits for attending alternative teacher certification programs at educational institutions that provide State-approved programs. (Sec. 604) Prohibits a veteran, in using educational assistance benefits, from enrolling in a course outside the United States unless the institution is an approved institution of higher learning and is also approved by the Secretary. (Sec. 605) Provides that approved programs of education under veterans' educational assistance benefits shall include certain correspondence programs from approved educational institutions. (Sec. 606) Increases from $12 to $13 million the annual amount authorized to be reimbursed by the VA to State educational approving agencies for travel and administrative expenses incurred in determining the qualifications of educational institutions under the veterans' educational assistance program.  Eliminates the requirement of a quarterly report by such agencies relating to such expenses. Eliminates the requirement that the Secretary supervise the provision of course approval services by such agencies. (Sec. 608) Extends through December 31, 2003, the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education. (Sec. 609) Increases from $5 to $6 million the annual fiscal year funding for VA contracting for veterans' educational and vocational counseling services. (Sec. 610) Amends the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of 1992 to: (1) eliminate the current 18-month limit on training for former military personnel for employment in stable and permanent positions; (2) revise the amount of payments made to employers under the program; and (3) allow entry into a job training program with the employer on the day that notice is transmitted to the implementing official. Title VII:  Employment Programs - Designates within the Department of Labor a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, to perform duties as prescribed by the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training.  Requires disabled veterans' outreach program specialists to be paid at rates comparable to those paid other professionals performing essentially similar duties.  Adds certain veterans to a list of those to be subjects of a biennial study concerning unemployment among categories of veterans.  Requires a report to the Congress on the study's results. (Sec. 702) Allows contractors of contracts of $10,000 or more for the procurement of personal property and non-personal services to exclude certain positions from a requirement that such contractors first offer positions under such contract to disabled and Vietnam veterans.  Excludes any amounts received under the All-Volunteer Force educational assistance program from the needs or qualification requirements of the veterans' employment and training programs. Title VIII:  Cemeteries and Memorial Affairs - Provides eligibility for burial in national cemeteries for:  (1) spouses who predecease veterans; and (2) unremarried surviving spouses who had a subsequent remarriage which was terminated by death or divorce. (Sec. 803) Extends through FY 1999 the authorization of appropriations for grants to States for establishing, expanding, or improving veterans' cemeteries. (Sec. 804) Authorizes the Secretary to provide for flat grave markers at the Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon. Title IX:  Housing Programs - Makes eligible under the veterans' home loan program:  (1) former members of the Selected Reserve who were discharged or released before completing six years of service because of a service-connected disability; and (2) surviving spouses of reserve personnel who died while on active duty.  Revises provisions regarding the determination of the aggregate home loan guaranty amount. (Sec. 903) Prohibits the use of veterans' home loan funds for the purchase or construction of new residential housing that is not served by a public or community water and sewage system. (Sec. 904) Authorizes the use of veterans' guaranteed home loan funds to refinance existing guaranteed loans to make home energy efficiency improvements and to refinance adjustable rate mortgages as fixed rate mortgages. (Sec. 906) Provides that, with regard to the veterans' home loan program, any manufactured housing unit properly displaying a certification of conformity with Federal home construction and safety standards pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 shall be deemed to meet standards required by the VA.  Authorizes the Secretary to deny guaranteed or direct loan financing in the case of other types of manufactured homes.   Repeals a provision requiring housing inspection results to be reported annually to the Congress. (Sec. 907) Permits the VA to acquire property from the lender at the price provided for under applicable State law, whether or not the lender's bid at foreclosure exceeds such price. (Sec. 908) Includes, as an exception to the minimum two-year active duty service requirement for entitlement to certain veterans' benefits, military personnel discharged before such period due to a reduction in force. Title X:  Homeless Veterans Programs - Directs the Secretary to report annually to the veterans' committees on VA activities during the preceding year to assist homeless veterans. (Sec. 1002) Amends the Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1992 to:  (1) require updates during FY 1995 through 1997 of assessments of VA programs for assisting the homeless; and (2) require the Secretary to report to the veterans' committees with regard to such assessments as well as progress made in developing a homeless veterans assistance plan. (Sec. 1003) Amends the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Service Programs Act of 1992 to: (1) raise from four to eight the authorized number of demonstration centers for the provision of comprehensive services to homeless veterans; and (2) repeal a prohibition on the use of funds to carry out certain provisions of such Act unless expressly provided for in an appropriations Act. (Sec. 1005) Expresses the sense of the Congress calling for a more proportionate share of Federal homeless assistance funds to be appropriated to the Secretary to assist homeless veterans.  Requests the Secretary to encourage Federal agencies that provide assistance to the homeless to be aware of and make referrals to the VA for homeless assistance benefits. Title XI:  Reductions in Department of Veterans Affairs Personnel - Requires a minimum number of 224, 377 full-time equivalent positions in the VA during a fiscal year from the date of enactment of this Act until September 30, 1999.  Excludes certain full-time personnel from those to be considered full-time for purposes of the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994, including personnel paid with funds other than appropriated funds.  Prohibits the Secretary from reducing the number of full-time VA personnel unless:  (1) necessary due to a reduction in available funds; or (2) required under a law enacted after enactment of this provision which specifically refers to this provision.  Requires a report from the Secretary to the veterans' committees annually through 2000 on any such reductions. (Sec. 1103) Precludes from application during FY 1995 through 1999 certain Federal provisions prohibiting the VA from contracting to have VA direct patient care or activities incident to such care from being converted to activities performed by non-VA providers.  Requires that, whenever any activity at a VA health-care facility is so converted, the Secretary must:  (1) require in the contract an employment priority for VA employees displaced due to the contract; and (2) provide to such former employees all possible assistance in obtaining other Federal employment or job training or retraining.  Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on all contracting-out authority exercised. (Sec. 1104) Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a non-federal entity under which such entity carries out a study of the feasibility and advisability of alternative organizational structures for the provision of health care services to veterans. Requires the Secretary to submit such report to the veterans' committees.  Authorizes appropriations. Title XII:  Technical and Clerical Amendments - Makes technical and clerical amendments to Federal veterans' benefits provisions.",2024-02-07T16:12:44Z,
103-hr-5245,103,hr,5245,Housing Programs Extension Act of 1994,Housing and Community Development,1994-10-07,1994-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,House,"Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20]",TX,D,G000272,0,"Housing Programs Extension Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to offer owners 24-month extensions of expiring section 8 assistance contracts.  Authorizes tenant displacement assistance in cases of unextended contracts.  Authorizes appropriations. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to:  (1) include Rockland County, New York, as a special median income area; (2) reduce disaster and emergency modernization funding set-asides; and (3) set aside specified modernization funds for anti-crime activities. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend set-aside grant authority through FY 1995 for low-income housing preservation and homeownership acquisition grants and technical assistance and capacity building. Amends the National Housing Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1995 for the flexible subsidy program. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations through FY 1995 for specified housing counseling services. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend set-aside authority through FY 1995 for public housing reconstruction for disabled families. Provides for:  (1) assistance conversion of certain projects in Michigan and Pennsylvania; (2) rehabilitation compliance for certain projects in New Jersey; and (3) eligibility of certain public housing for demolition in Texas. (Sec. 3) Amends the Housing Act of 1949 with regard to rural housing to:  (1) extend the underserved area set-aside through FY 1995; (2) eliminate the termination date for the multifamily housing loan insurance program, and make such loan available for a 50-year period; (3) extend the set-aside through FY 1995 for rental housing funds for nonprofit entities; (4) make certain properties in North Carolina eligible for rural homeownership loans; and (5) consider South Tucson, Arizona, a rural area. (Sec. 4) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend the multifamily housing mortgage risk-sharing program through FY 1995. (Sec. 5) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to extend through FY 1995 community development block grant (CDBG) set-asides for colonias. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1994 to:  (1) extend through FY 1995 CDBG public services limitations; and (2) provide certain cities in California with a 20 percent CDBG public services use limit. Authorizes Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to retain and use certain urban development action grant funds. Directs the Secretary to cancel certain housing and related debts for Richmond, Virginia, and Lockport Township, Illinois. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend through FY 1995 insurance authority and authorization of appropriations (including mortgage and community development assistance) for the New Towns Demonstration Program for Los Angeles, California. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the Earth Conservancy in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, to reclaim coal mining-damaged land. (Sec. 6) Amends Federal law to permit qualifying State agencies to be treated as sureties.",2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
103-hr-5246,103,hr,5246,International Narcotics Control Corrections Act of 1994,International Affairs,1994-10-07,1994-11-02,Became Public Law No: 103-447.,House,"Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2]",CT,D,G000120,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  International Narcotics Control      Title II:  NATO Participation Act of 1994 International Narcotics Control Corrections Act of 1994 - Title I: International Narcotics Control - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to redefine a ""major illicit drug producing country"" as a country in which 1,000 hectares or more of illicit opium poppy or coca is cultivated or harvested annually or 5,000 hectares or more of illicit cannabis is cultivated or harvested annually unless the President determines that such cannabis production does not significantly affect the United States. Provides for advance notification to the appropriate congressional committees of any transfer by the Government to a foreign country, for narcotics control purposes, of property or funds seized or forfeited in connection with narcotics-related activities. Reallocates foreign assistance (currently, security assistance) withheld from countries that fail to take adequate steps to halt illicit drug production or trafficking. Extends certain international narcotics control strategy reporting requirements and annual certification procedures for FY 1993 and 1994 through FY 1995.  Makes such requirements and procedures currently applicable after September 30, 1994, effective after September 30, 1995 (the beginning of FY 1996). Repeals specified international narcotics control Acts. Exempts specified narcotics control-related transfers of excess defense articles, foreign military financing, and international military education and training from a prohibition on assistance to foreign law enforcement agencies. Waives all restrictions on assistance (except for countries that are ""decertified"" under narcotics control certification provisions) with respect to narcotics-related assistance provided during FY 1995 if the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees in advance. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to any country or international organization during FY 1995 for the prevention and suppression of international criminal activities.  Exempts such assistance from the prohibition on assistance to foreign law enforcement agencies. Requires the President to take steps to ensure that the immediate relatives of any individual involved in drug trafficking are not permitted entry into the United States consistent with the Immigration and Nationality Act. Title II:  NATO Participation Act of 1994 - NATO Participation Act of 1994 - Authorizes the President to establish a program to assist the transition to full North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) membership of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and other designated Partnership for Peace countries. Permits the President, in carrying out such program, to provide excess defense articles, international military education and training, and foreign military financing assistance to such countries.",2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
103-hr-5247,103,hr,5247,To provide for extensions and modifications of certain hydro and renewable energy programs.,Energy,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2]",IN,D,S000294,1,"Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of certain licensees, to extend the time required for commencement of construction of specified hydropower projects for a maximum of two years.  Terminates such authorization three years after enactment of this Act. Authorizes FERC to reinstate, effective May 23, 1993, a certain previously issued hydroelectric license.  Terminates such authority three years after enactment of this Act. Directs FERC to exempt a specified portion of the El Vado Hydroelectric Project in New Mexico from certain Federal Power Act licensing requirements. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to:  (1) change from discretionary to mandatory the authority of FERC to exempt certain hydropower projects in Alaska from certain Federal Power Act licensing requirements; and (2) report to the Congress its reasons for any failure to grant such exemptions. Directs FERC to initiate a proceeding for the purpose of making recommendations to the Congress for legislation to transfer to the State of Hawaii all or part of its licensing authority for new hydroelectric projects in Hawaii. Amends the Federal Power Act to extend from 1994 to 1996 the deadline for certain small solar, wind, waste, or geothermal power production facilities to submit the requisite applications for certification as qualifying facilities.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5248,103,hr,5248,Comprehensive One-Call Notification Act of 1994,Transportation and Public Works,1994-10-07,1994-10-08,Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,House,"Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-2]",IN,D,S000294,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  One-Call      Title II:  High Risk Drivers Program           Subtitle A:  High-Risk and Alcohol-Impaired Drivers           Subtitle B:  Young Driver Programs           Subtitle C:  Older Driver Programs           Subtitle D:  High Risk Drivers           Subtitle E:  Funding      Title III:  Correction of Location Title I:  One-Call - Comprehensive One-Call Notification Act of 1994 - Directs:  (1) the Secretary of Transportation to provide for the establishment of a nationwide toll-free telephone number system to be used by State one-call notification systems; and (2) each State to consider whether to adopt a comprehensive statewide one-call notification program as described in this Act to protect underground facilities from damage due to excavation. (Sec. 105) Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) program elements, including 24-hour coverage for emergency excavation, effective mechanisms for penalties and enforcement, a fair schedule of fees to cover the costs of providing for, maintaining, and operating the State program, and an opportunity for citizen suits to enforce such program; and (2) penalties for violations. (Sec. 107) Requires the Secretary to:  (1) make grants to States, or to operators of one-call notification systems in such States, to establish and maintain a State program pursuant to this Act; (2)  review and report to the Congress on the extent to which any policies, programs, and procedures of the Department of Transportation (DOT) could be used to achieve the purposes of this title; (3) develop and make available to States a model State program; (4) consult with other agencies as to the availability and affordability of technologies which will help relocate pipelines from above-ground and remote locations; and (5) carry out a followup study to the vision waiver study program to include drivers who otherwise would have qualified to participate but for time limits on applications and the failure to learn of the program in a timely manner. (Sec. 114) Expresses the sense of the Congress that all equipment and products purchased with funds made available under this title should be American-made.  Directs the Administrator of the Research and Special Programs Administration of DOT to provide a notice describing such statement to each recipient of financial assistance under this title. Title II:  High Risk Drivers Program - Subtitle A:  High-Risk and Alcohol Impaired Drivers - Directs the Secretary to develop and implement effective and comprehensive policies and programs to promote safe driving behavior by young drivers, older drivers, and repeat violators of traffic safety regulations and laws. Requires the Secretary to promote or engage in activities that: (1) advance cost effective and scientifically-based guidelines and technologies for the nondiscriminatory evaluation and licensing of high risk drivers, uniform or compatible State driver point systems and other licensing and driver record information systems as a means of identifying and initially evaluating high risk drivers, and driver training programs and the delivery of such programs; and (2) improve model driver training, screening, licensing, control, and evaluation programs. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) explore the feasibility and advisability of using cost efficient simulation and other technologies as a means of enhancing driver training; (2) advance knowledge regarding the perceptual, cognitive, and decision making skills needed for safe driving and to improve driver training; and (3) investigate the most effective means of integrating licensing, training, and other techniques for preparing novice drivers for the safe use of highway systems. Subtitle B:  Young Driver Programs - Directs the Secretary to make basic and supplemental grants to those States which adopt and implement programs for young drivers which include measures to reduce traffic safety problems resulting from the driving performance of young drivers. Subtitle C:  Older Driver Programs - Directs the Secretary to undertake specified programs, research, and other activities with respect to older driver safety.  Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D:  High Risk Drivers - Directs the Secretary to:  (1) complete a study to determine whether additional or strengthened Federal activities, authority, or regulatory actions are desirable or necessary to improve the driver record and control systems of the States to identify high risk drivers more rapidly and ensure prompt intervention in their licensing; (2) consider and evaluate, as part of such study, the future of the national information systems that support driver licensing; and (3) encourage and promote State driver evaluation, assistance, or control programs for high risk drivers. Subtitle E:  Funding - Authorizes appropriations. Title III:  Correction of Location - Makes a technical correction to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.",2025-08-26T13:49:26Z,
103-hr-5249,103,hr,5249,Historic Homeownership Assistance Act,Taxation,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25]",TX,D,A000209,2,Historic Homeownership Assistance Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 20 percent of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures made by a taxpayer with respect to a qualified historic home.  Imposes dollar limitations on such credit.,2025-08-26T13:49:12Z,
103-hr-5250,103,hr,5250,Flow Control Act of 1994,Environmental Protection,1994-10-07,1994-10-24,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]",MI,D,D000355,0,"Flow Control Act of 1994 - Authorizes a State or qualified political subdivision to exercise flow control authority for municipal solid waste, incinerator ash, and construction or demolition debris generated within its boundaries if, before May 15, 1994, such entity:  (1) adopted a law, regulation, or legally binding provision that contains such authority and directs the waste, ash, or debris to a waste management facility designated before such date or identifies the use of waste management methods; and (2) committed to the designation of a facility for such methods.  Authorizes such an entity to exercise such authority for voluntarily relinquished recyclable materials generated within its boundaries.  Establishes similar authority for States and subdivisions that meet such requirements after this Act's enactment. (Sec. 202) Provides that laws, regulations, or legally binding provisions that implement flow control authority shall be considered to be a reasonable regulation of commerce. Permits such authority with respect to recyclable materials only if:    (1) the generator or owner of the materials voluntarily made the materials available to the State or subdivision and relinquished any rights to, or ownership of, such materials; and (2) the State or subdivision assumes such rights or ownership. Allows such authority with respect to solid waste or recyclable materials only if the State or subdivision establishes a program to separate or divert recyclable materials for purposes of recycling, reclamation, or reuse.  Makes such condition inapplicable in certain cases. Establishes additional conditions on the exercise of flow control authority, including requirements that such authority is necessary to meet current or anticipated waste management needs, revenues derived from the exercise of such authority are devoted primarily to solid waste management services, and States and subdivisions implement a competitive designation process with respect to waste management facilities or facilities for recyclable materials. Retains the applicability of certain existing laws and contracts and considers such laws and contracts to be a reasonable regulation of commerce.",2025-08-26T13:50:52Z,
103-hr-5251,103,hr,5251,Resolution Trust Corporation Contract Reform Act,Finance and Financial Sector,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,"Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.",House,"Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]",AL,R,B000013,0,Resolution Trust Corporation Contract Reform Act - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to direct the Resolution Trust Corporation to use competitive procedures when procuring property and services to implement its responsibilities.,2025-08-26T13:51:23Z,
103-hr-5252,103,hr,5252,Social Security Act Amendments of 1994,Social Welfare,1994-10-07,1994-10-31,Became Public Law No: 103-432.,House,"Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]",CA,D,S000810,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Medicare Provisions           Subtitle A:  Provisions Relating to Part A           Subtitle B:  Provisions Relating to Part B           Subtitle C:  Provisions Relating to Parts A and B           Subtitle D:  Provisions Relating to Medicare Supplemental                Insurance Policies      Title II:  Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program           Subtitle A:  Child Welfare, Foster Care, Adoption           Subtitle B:  Child Support Enforcement           Subtitle C:  Supplemental Security Income           Subtitle D:  Aid to Families With Dependent Children           Subtitle E:  JOBS Program           Subtitle F:  Other Provisions Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 - Title I:  Medicare Provisions - Subtitle A:  Provisions Relating to Part A - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to:  (1) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take occupational mix into account in developing Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board (MGCRB) guidelines for determining the area wage index; (2) provide that if labor markets are no longer based on Metropolitan Statistical Areas, the method of calculating the wage index for reclassification would not apply and the MGCRB guidelines may be revised; and (3) require the Secretary to set the labor and non-labor portion of each standardized amount equal to the national average beginning in FY 1995. (Sec. 102) Revises the essential access community hospital (EACH) program, with changes:  (1) increasing the number of participating States; (2) providing for treatment of inpatient hospital services provided in rural primary care hospitals; (3) extending the authorization of appropriations for grants to States and hospitals; and (4) addressing adjoining State hospital designation, rural primary care hospital skilled nursing services, payment for inpatient and outpatient hospital services, and physician staffing. (Sec. 103) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OMBRA '87) to:  (1) authorize appropriations for the rural health transition grant program; and (2) make rural primary care hospitals eligible for program grants. (Sec. 104) Revises requirements with regard to hospital psychology services, Medicare-dependent, small rural and sole community hospitals, notification of hospice services availability, qualifications for service on the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, budget neutral adjustments for changes in payment amounts for transfer cases, and DRG payment window expansion. (Sec. 106) Requires the Secretary to begin collecting the data necessary to compute a wage index based on wages specific to skilled nursing facilities. Subtitle B:  Provisions Relating to Part B - Part I: Physicians' Services - Requires the Secretary to develop and report to the Congress on a methodology for implementing a resource-based system for determining practice expense relative value units for each physicians' service.  Repeals the existing payment methodology when the new payment methodology takes effect for services provided in years beginning with 1997. (Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary to:  (1) review and revise the geographic practice cost indices; (2) use the most recent available data on practice and malpractice expenses and physician work effort in establishing such indices; and (3) study and report to the Congress on index construction, data used for indices revision, and other related specified matters. (Sec. 123) Revises rules for billing Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) beneficiaries for physician services in excess of the applicable limiting charge involved (extra-billing limits). Imposes new obligations on carriers before making payment.  Provides for refunds of excess amounts billed. (Sec. 124) Requires the Secretary to:  (1) fully develop and refine the relative values for the full range of pediatric physicians' services; and (2) study and report to the Congress on such values to determine whether there are significant variations in the resources used for similar services to different populations. (Sec. 125) Prohibits the Secretary or a carrier from imposing fees for filing claims for physicians' services, claims errors or denials, administrative appeals, obtaining unique identifiers, or responding to inquiries concerning physicians' services. Permits the Secretary to recognize substitute billing arrangements between two physicians under specified conditions. Part II:  Durable Medical Equipment - Requires suppliers of medical equipment and supplies to have a certified supplier number, except with regard to medical equipment and supplies furnished as incident to a physician's service, in order to be reimbursed under Medicare.  Prohibits a supplier from having a number without meeting prescribed standards. Prohibits the issuance of more than one supplier number, except in certain circumstances. (Sec. 131) Requires the Secretary to develop one or more standardized certificates of medical necessity for medical equipment and supplies. Allows suppliers to distribute to physicians or beneficiaries a certificate of medical necessity containing certain limited information.  Requires that any supplier distributing a certificate with such information must also list the fee schedule amount and charge involved before distributing it to the physician for completion. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) develop and establish uniform national coverage and utilization review criteria for select items of medical equipment and supplies; (2) review annually and determine whether to subject to such criteria any items not already subject; (3) study and report to the Congress on the effects of the methodology for determining payments for items of durable medical equipment (DME) on the ability of persons entitled to disability benefits to obtain such items; and (4) report to the Congress on prosthetic devices or orthotics and prosthetics that do not require individualized or custom fitting and adjustment. (Sec. 132) Places restrictions on certain telephone marketing and sales activities by DME suppliers. (Sec. 133) Specifies the circumstances under which Medicare beneficiaries are not financially liable for covered items furnished by a supplier. (Sec. 134) Requires the Secretary to:  (1) determine whether the payment amounts for decubitus care equipment, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators, and any other items considered appropriate are inherently reasonable; and (2) adjust payments for such items if the amounts are not inherently reasonable. (Sec. 135) Requires the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to collect and report to the Congress on data on DME supplier costs and analyze them to determine costs attributable to service and product components and the extent to which they vary by type of equipment and geographic region. Part III:  Other Items and Services - Addresses payment adjustments for ambulatory surgical center services and new technology intraocular lenses. (Sec. 142) Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on: (1) patient care costs for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in clinical trials of new cancer therapies; and (2) continuation of the annual limitation on the payment amount for outpatient services of independently practicing physical and occupational therapists. (Sec. 144) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with the States for allowing them to pay the penalties applicable to individuals for late enrollment premium payments under Medicare part B. (Sec. 145) Requires mammography facilities providing covered screening or diagnostic mammograms to Medicare beneficiaries to hold a certificate (or provisional certificate) issued under the Public Health Service Act. (Sec. 146) Changes the terms ""speech therapy"" and ""speech pathology services"" to ""speech-language pathology services."" (Sec. 147) Makes miscellaneous and technical amendments, among other things, to:  (1) apply outpatient payment limits to diagnostic services; (2) exclude the services of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists from the definition of inpatient hospital services; and (3) allow individuals who have employer group health coverage to enroll in part B at any time they are enrolled in the group health plan, rather than after they leave the plan. Subtitle C:  Provisions Relating to Parts A and B - Makes various specified changes with regard to Medicare as secondary payer. (Sec. 152) Modifies reporting requirements under physician ownership and self-referral prohibitions to require physicians to report investment and compensation arrangements (in addition to ownership) with respect to designated health services provided. Includes magnetic resonance imaging, computerized axial tomography scans, and ultrasound services among those subject to such prohibitions. (Sec. 153) Allows the Secretary to recognize any successor exam to the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences for payment of direct graduate medical education. (Sec. 154) Requires the Secretary to establish and implement a method for obtaining information from newly eligible Medicare beneficiaries that may be used to determine eligibility for Medicaid payment of their out-of-pocket Medicare expenses. (Sec. 155) Amends SSA title XI to require hospitals and rural primary care hospitals to enter into an agreement with the organ procurement agency designated by the Secretary for the service area in which the facility is located, unless it has obtained a waiver, in order to participate in Medicare or Medicaid. Requires an Office of Technology Assessment study and report to the Congress with respect to such hospital agreements and organ procurement and distribution. (Sec. 156) Amends SSA title XI to:  (1) repeal the requirement that peer review organizations (PROs) precertify selected surgical procedures; and (2) revise provisions on the notification of State licensing boards by PROs. (Sec. 157) Requires the Secretary to:  (1) treat as a separate class Medicare beneficiaries with respect to whom there is a primary group health plan in defining classes to be used in determining the annual per capita rate of payment to an eligible health maintenance organization with a risk-sharing contract; and (2) submit a proposal to the Congress providing for revisions to the payment method.  Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the proposed revisions. (Sec. 158) Requires use of the most recent hospital wage data in constructing the home health wage index for cost reporting periods beginning July 1, 1996. Extends the limits on liability under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 for claims disallowed by a lack of medical necessity. (Sec. 159) Makes permanent the authority provided under the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 for the Secretary to enter into agreements with fiscal intermediaries and carriers on other than a cost basis. (Sec. 160) Provides that user fees imposed under the Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act of 1967 are not subject to Medicare's general ban on user fees. Modifies the phase-in schedule under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OMBRA '93) for Medicare beneficiaries who receive immunosuppressive drugs following an organ transplant. Subtitle D:  Provisions Relating to Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies - Makes various technical corrections to provisions relating to Medicare supplemental policies. (Sec. 172) Provides for a six month extension of THE period for issuance of such policies. Title II:  Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program - Subtitle A:  Child Welfare, Foster Care, Adoption - Amends SSA title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services):  (1) to increase the authorization of appropriations for the maternal and child health services block grant program; and (2) to repeal provisions requiring foster care protection for additional Federal payments and require instead that the State part B plan provide for such protections.  Requires:  (1) State review of its policies and administrative and judicial procedures in effect for children abandoned at or shortly after birth; and (2) implementation of those policies and procedures determined necessary to enable permanent decisions to be made expeditiously regarding the placement of such children. (Sec. 202) Prohibits reallotment among other States of any funds withheld or recovered from a State due to its failure to provide the above protections. (Sec. 203) Amends SSA title XI part A to require the Secretary to promulgate regulations to determine whether programs under SSA title IV parts B and E are in substantial conformity with State plan requirements, implementing regulations, and the relevant approved State plans. (Sec. 204) Requires a State part B plan to describe specific measures taken by the State to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act. (Sec. 205) Specifies the assurances that grant applications for child welfare traineeships must provide in order to win approval. (Sec. 206) Amends SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to:  (1) require each foster child's case plan to be designed not only to achieve placement in the least restrictive (most family-like) setting available, but in the most appropriate setting available as well; (2) require subsequent dispositional hearings to take place not less frequently than every 12 months after the first one, rather than periodically; (3) eliminate foster care ceiling and fund transfer provisions; (4) provide for accountability in cases of children placed in foster care a substantial distance from the home of their parents, or outside the State; and (5) codify the regulations for the treatment of State claims for foster care and adoption assistance. (Sec. 208) Amends SSA title XI part A to:  (1) authorize the Secretary to permit up to ten States to conduct demonstration projects which the Secretary finds likely to promote the objectives of SSA title IV parts B or E; and (2) overturn certain limitations in Suter v.  Artist M.  on private enforceability of State plan requirements. Subtitle B:  Child Support Enforcement - Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to require State child support enforcement agencies to report periodically the names of obligors who are at least two months delinquent in support payments as well as the amount of the delinquency to consumer reporting agencies choosing to receive such information.  Repeals provisions on payment of fees by consumer reporting agencies. (Sec. 214) Requires the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Attorney General under which the services of the Parent Locator Service shall be made available to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, upon request, for the purpose of locating any parent or child. Subtitle C:  Supplemental Security Income - Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to extend the SSI childhood definition of disability to any person under 18. Subtitle D:  Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends SSA title XI to allow any adult member of a family or household to sign a declaration, under penalty of perjury, on behalf of other adults in the household for purposes of receiving welfare payments.  Provides that in the case of a newborn child, an adult member of the family or household may sign a declaration on behalf of the child no later than the next redetermination of the eligibility of the family or household. (Sec. 232) Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 - Declares certain policies of the United States, among them:  (1) reducing the rate at and the degree to which families depend on welfare and its duration; (2) strengthening families; (3) improving the education and job skills of welfare recipients and individuals at risk of welfare receipt; and (4) providing the public with generally accepted measures of welfare receipt so that it can track it over time and determine whether progress is being made in reducing family dependency on welfare. Requires the Secretary to develop indicators and predictors of welfare receipt for a report to the Congress. Creates an Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary on the development of indicators, and on the development and presentation of annual reports on welfare receipt by the Secretary. (Sec. 233) Requires the Secretary to provide for a demonstration project for a qualified program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operated by The New Hope Project, Inc., a private not-for-profit corporation offering low-income Milwaukee residents employment, wage supplements, health and child care, and counseling and training for job retention or advancement. (Sec. 234) Amends the Family Support Act of 1988 to delay the requirement for implementation of the Unemployed Parent program in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa until repeal of the limitations on Federal matching payments to these jurisdictions for making Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and other maintenance payments. (Sec. 235) Gives States the option to decide, with respect to categories of families, whether or not to use monthly reporting, retrospective budgeting, or a combination of the two. Subtitle E:  Jobs Program - Amends SSA title IV part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) (JOBS) to count all Indians who live on a reservation, regardless of whether they are members of the tribe, in determining the tribe's allocation of JOBS funds. (Sec. 242) Delays the submission date for the Secretary's recommendations to the Congress with regard to JOBS performance standards.  Requires the Secretary to develop criteria for the performance standards, rather than the standards themselves. Subtitle F:  Other Provisions - Amends the Family Support Act of 1988 to reauthorize and extend certain demonstration projects to create employment opportunities for low-income individuals. (Sec. 262) Authorizes appropriations for early childhood development projects. (Sec. 263) Reallocates to the States certain funds received by an empowerment zone or enterprise community but not used, for use under SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services).",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
103-hr-5253,103,hr,5253,Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 1994,Health,1994-10-07,1994-10-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.,House,"Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10]",NC,R,B000104,0,"Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 1994 - Limits to $250,000 the total amount of noneconomic damages that may be awarded to a claimant and members of the claimant's family for losses resulting from the injury which is the subject of a medical malpractice liability claim or action (claim), regardless of the number of parties against whom the claim is brought or the number of actions brought. Provides for a reduction of the total amount of damages received by an individual under such claim by any other payment made to compensate for the injury. Specifies that, in any such claim in which future economic damages exceed $100,000, a defendant shall be permitted to make payments periodically, rather than in a single, lump-sum payment, based on when the damages are found likely to occur.  Permits a court to waive such provision if the court determines that it is not in the plaintiff's best interests to receive payments on a periodic basis. Prohibits an attorney from charging or collecting a contingency fee for services rendered in connection with such a claim in excess of:  (1) 25 percent of the first $150,000 (or portion thereof) recovered, plus; (2) ten percent of any amount in excess of $150,000 recovered. Makes this Act applicable to any such claim brought in State or Federal court, except with respect to a claim for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death to the extent that title XXI of the Public Health Service Act applies. Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) preemption; and (2) effect on sovereign immunity and choice of law or venue.",2025-08-26T13:49:36Z,
103-hr-5254,103,hr,5254,Special Envoy for Tibet Act of 1994,International Affairs,1994-10-07,1994-10-17,Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.,House,"Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26]",CA,D,B000410,8,"Special Envoy for Tibet Act of 1994 - Establishes a U.S. Special Envoy for Tibet within the Department of State, to be appointed by the President.  Grants such envoy ambassadorial rank. Authorizes and encourages the Special Envoy to:  (1) promote substantive negotiations between the Dalai Lama and senior members of the Chinese Government; (2) promote good relations between the Dalai Lama and the U.S. Government; and (3) travel regularly throughout Tibet and Tibetan refugee settlements. Requires the Special Envoy to:  (1) consult with the Congress on policies relevant to Tibet; (2) coordinate U.S. Government policies, programs, and projects concerning Tibet; and (3) report to the Secretary of State on the state of relations between the United States and Tibet and on conditions in Tibet.",2025-08-26T13:49:56Z,
103-hr-5255,103,hr,5255,Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act,Finance and Financial Sector,1994-10-07,1994-11-08,Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance.,House,"Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10]",MI,D,B000619,6,"Thomas Alva Edison Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the inventions made by Thomas A. Edison in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of his birth. Instructs the Secretary to conduct an open design competition for the design of the obverse and reverse of the coins. Terminates the authority to mint such coins after December 31, 1997.  Mandates that certain surcharges received from coin sales be distributed to specified entities.",2025-08-26T13:50:27Z,
103-hr-5256,103,hr,5256,Pharmacy Compounding Preservation Act of 1994,Health,1994-10-07,1994-10-24,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Brewster, Bill K. [D-OK-3]",OK,D,B000817,1,"Pharmacy Compounding Preservation Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make such Act inapplicable to:  (1) licensed retail pharmacies that compound drugs in conformance with applicable local laws regulating the practice of pharmacy and medicine; and (2) bulk drug products intended to be used by pharmacies for compounding, except to the extent that such provisions relate directly to the purity and quality of such bulk drug products.",2025-08-26T13:52:16Z,
103-hr-5257,103,hr,5257,"To authorize a study regarding the incidence of breast and prostate cancer, and for other purposes.",Health,1994-10-07,1994-10-24,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]",OH,D,B000944,0,"Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to study and report to specified congressional committees on the potential risk factors contributing to the incidence of breast and prostate cancer in northeastern Ohio. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director to carry out activities to inform individuals of the availability, in the geographic areas in which they reside, of programs that:  (1) provide screenings for breast and prostate cancers or other services for the prevention or early diagnosis of such cancers; and (2) provide such services without charge or according to a schedule of discounts based on ability to pay.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
103-hr-5258,103,hr,5258,Health Fraud and Abuse Act of 1994,Health,1994-10-07,1994-10-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.,House,"Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]",MI,D,C000714,0,"Health Fraud and Abuse Act of 1994 - Directs the Inspector General (IG) of each of the Departments of Health and Human Services, Defense, Labor, and Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management to conduct audits, civil and criminal investigations, inspections, and evaluations relating to the prevention, detection, and control of health care fraud and abuse in violation of any Federal law, with exceptions. Sets forth provisions regarding the powers of IGs. Directs the IGs to:  (1) jointly establish a program to prevent, detect, and control health care fraud and abuse which considers the activities of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies (LEAs), Federal and State agencies responsible for the licensing and certification of health care providers, and State agencies designated under this Act; (2) develop an annual investigative plan; and (3) regularly consult with each other, such LEAs, Federal and State agencies responsible for the licensing and certification of health care providers, and Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Units. Requires the Governor of each State to designate State agencies which conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits, civil and criminal investigations, inspections, and evaluations relating to such prevention, detection, and control.  Authorizes each Governor to establish and maintain a State agency to act as a Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Unit. Requires that each Unit be a single identifiable entity of State government which is separate and distinct from any State agency with principal responsibility for the administration of health care programs and which meets specified requirements, such as being a unit of the State Attorney General or other State department that possesses statewide authority to prosecute individuals for criminal violations.  Authorizes each Unit to submit each year to the IG a plan for preventing, detecting, and controlling health care fraud and abuse. Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) IG approval of annual plans; (2) reporting requirements; (3) payments to States; and (4) data sharing. Establishes: (1) within the Treasury the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account; and (2) the Account Payments Advisory Board, which shall make recommendations to the IGs regarding the equitable allocation of payments from the Account.",2025-08-26T13:52:32Z,
103-hr-5259,103,hr,5259,To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude long-term capital gains from gross income.,Taxation,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-28]",CA,R,D000492,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income 100 percent of long-term capital gain recognized on the sale or exchange of property.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
103-hr-5260,103,hr,5260,Ozark Wild Horses Protection Act,Animals,1994-10-07,1994-11-21,"Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.",House,"Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8]",MO,R,E000174,2,"Ozark Wild Horses Protection Act - Revises provisions setting forth the purposes for establishing the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri, to include the protection and preservation of free-roaming horses. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from removing or allowing or assisting in the removal of, free-roaming horses from Federal lands within the boundaries of the Riverways, except in medical emergencies or natural disasters.",2025-08-26T13:52:41Z,
103-hr-5261,103,hr,5261,To require the Secretary of State to establish a set of voluntary guidelines to promote socially responsible business practices for United States businesses operating in foreign countries.,International Affairs,1994-10-07,1994-10-17,"Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights.",House,"Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]",IL,D,E000250,4,"Directs the Secretary of State to establish guidelines which U.S. nationals should use in conducting business operations in any foreign country.  Requires such guidelines to be based on principles contained in guidelines or standards of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the International Labor Organization, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as well as on the MacBride, Sullivan, and Slepak Principles. Directs U.S. nationals conducting business operations in any foreign country to submit a statement to the Secretary indicating whether they are complying with such guidelines and to register with the Secretary. Authorizes Federal agencies to intercede with foreign governments or nationals regarding export marketing activities on behalf of a U.S. national only if such national is in compliance with the guidelines.",2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
103-hr-5262,103,hr,5262,To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide for community approval before Indian class III gaming operations may take effect.,Native Americans,1994-10-07,1994-11-21,Referred to the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs.,House,"Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2]",AL,R,E000268,1,Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to require community approval of Tribal-State class III gaming compacts.,2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
103-hr-5263,103,hr,5263,To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to prohibit any individual convicted of a crime subject to a term of imprisonment of 6 months or longer from serving as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia or as the Mayor of the District of Columbia.,Government Operations and Politics,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on District of Columbia.,House,"Rep. Franks, Gary A. [R-CT-5]",CT,R,F000348,0,"Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to prohibit any individual convicted of a crime subject to six months' imprisonment or longer from serving as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, including the Office of Chairman, or as Mayor of the District.",2021-06-02T20:14:13Z,
103-hr-5264,103,hr,5264,To prohibit use of education funds to make condoms available in an elementary school.,Education,1994-10-07,1994-10-26,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Franks, Gary A. [R-CT-5]",CT,R,F000348,0,Prohibits use of any funds made available under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to make condoms available in an elementary school.,2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
103-hr-5265,103,hr,5265,To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to increase the number of college students who register and vote.,Government Operations and Politics,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.,House,"Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]",IL,D,G000535,0,Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for voter registration and polling places at State-funded institutions of higher education.,2024-02-07T11:39:48Z,
103-hr-5266,103,hr,5266,Small Business Occupational Safety and Health Compliance Incentive Act,Commerce,1994-10-07,1994-10-26,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety.",House,"Rep. Hayes, James A. [D-LA-7]",LA,D,H000390,4,"Small Business Occupational Safety and Health Compliance Incentive Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to revise provisions relating to small businesses' compliance with such Act. Increases the Federal share of a grant for administration and enforcement for States that demonstrate their meeting State plan requirements.  Requires the State to use such additional amount to carry out a consultation program to:  (1) enable employers to consult with the State or the Secretary of Labor respecting their responsibilities under OSHA; and (2) provide education and training to employers respecting such responsibilities, including methods of hazard identification and mitigation.  Directs the Secretary to provide technical and other assistance to States to establish and operate such consultation programs. Exempts any employer with less than 100 employees from being subject under OSHA to:  (1) any fee, if the employer solicits such consultation services and has not been found in violation of OSHA within the previous 12 months; (2) certain inspections, if the employer requests a consultation visit and the consultant entity later determines that its recommendations have been implemented; or (3) a civil penalty of more than $1,000, if the employer abates a non-willful hazard in what the consultant entity deems a reasonable period of time and if a subsequent inspection finds that any such hazard no longer exists.  Bases the amount of such penalty on the employer's cooperation and due diligence in abating the hazard.",2026-03-23T12:47:58Z,
103-hr-5267,103,hr,5267,National Composting Act of 1994,Agriculture and Food,1994-10-07,1994-10-19,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Credit and Rural Development.",House,"Rep. Hochbrueckner, George J. [D-NY-1]",NY,D,H000670,0,"National Composting Act of 1994 - Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint a national composting coordinator to develop source-separated composting programs, guidelines, and related activities. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to include compost usage as a conservation practice eligible for Federal cost sharing.",2025-08-26T13:51:26Z,
103-hr-5268,103,hr,5268,"To authorize the exchange of National Park Service land in the Fire Island National Seashore in the State of New York for land in the Village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1994-10-07,1994-11-21,"Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.",House,"Rep. Hochbrueckner, George J. [D-NY-1]",NY,D,H000670,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain National Park Service lands in the Fire Island National Seashore, New York, for specified Village of Patchogue lands in Suffolk County, New York, to be added to and administered as part of the Seashore.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
103-hr-5269,103,hr,5269,To encourage liberalization inside the People's Republic of China and Tibet.,International Affairs,1994-10-07,1994-10-17,"Referred to the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights.",House,"Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]",CA,D,L000090,2,"Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. economic cooperation projects in China or Tibet should adhere to specified principles, including to:  (1) suspend the use of merchandise manufactured by convict or forced labor; (2) seek to ensure political and religious freedom without fear of one's employment status; (3) ensure that methods of production do not pose a danger to project employees and the surrounding environment; (4) strive to use business enterprises that are not controlled by China; and (5) promote specified freedoms in China.  Requires the Secretary of State to forward a copy of such principles to member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and encourage them to promote such principles. Requires each U.S. parent company conducting an economic cooperation project in China or Tibet to register with the Secretary and indicate whether they agree to implement such principles.  Sets forth specified reporting requirements.  Authorizes Federal agencies to intercede with a foreign government or national regarding export marketing activity in China or Tibet on behalf of such a parent company only if such company adheres to such principles.",2025-01-23T13:18:47Z,
103-hr-5270,103,hr,5270,Farm Viability and Pest Management Improvement Act of 1994: A National Program for Pesticide Reduction,Agriculture and Food,1994-10-07,1994-10-20,Executive Comment Requested from USDA.,House,"Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-11]",GA,D,M000523,10,"Farm Viability and Pest Management Improvement Act of 1994:  A National Program for Pesticide Reduction - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a pesticide reduction council in each EPA region. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out specified activities with respect to assessing and approving integrated pest management systems and pesticide reduction plans and goals and implementing programs to assist farmers in adopting such systems. Requires the Administrator to reduce or restrict the use of pesticides that contribute significant health and environmental risks or to amend labels of such pesticides in regions where goals of this Act have not been met. Requires the Administrator to set quantitative goals for reducing or eliminating the use of nonagricultural pesticides and carry out plans to achieve such goals within six years. Directs Federal agencies to establish pesticide reduction goals and to implement integrated pest management systems. Requires the Secretary to determine the percentage of food purchases throughout the United States that are organically produced. Directs Federal agencies to develop procurement plans that ensure that the percentage of an agency's purchase of organically produced food meets or exceeds such percentage, and meets or exceeds twice such percentage, within three and six years of this Act's enactment, respectively. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to establish a national pesticide use recordkeeping and reporting system for agricultural and nonagricultural applications.  Imposes penalties for violations of recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Repeals certain existing pesticide recordkeeping requirements. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the goal of:  (1) all pest and weed management research and extension activities within the Agricultural Research Service and the Cooperative Extension Service is the development and transfer of technology related to integrated pest management systems that reduce pesticide use; and (2) pest management research by the National Research Initiative in the areas of plant systems and natural resources and environment is development of biological, cultural, and other nonchemical methods of pest control that reduce pesticide use. Requires the Secretary to adopt regulations establishing priorities and resource allocations for competitive grants research in integrated pest management systems.  Allocates at least ten percent of Agricultural Conservation Program funding for the integrated crop management program.",2025-08-26T13:51:54Z,
103-hr-5271,103,hr,5271,Minority Enterprise Development Act of 1994,Commerce,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.,House,"Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]",MD,D,M000687,5,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Amendments to Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership           Development Program      Title II:  Amendments to Contracting Program Minority Enterprise Development Act of 1994 - Title I:  Amendments to Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program - Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to rename the small business and capital ownership development program as the Minority Enterprise Development Program (Program).  Extends certain Program time limitations with respect to small businesses participating in Program activities on the date of enactment of this Act. Provides for a nine-year Phase III period of small business participation in the Program, requiring Program participants to attempt to meet certain business plan goals during the first four years, and again during the last five years, of Phase III.   Prohibits small business forecasts or contract support levels from being used by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to declare a firm ineligible for the award of a contract under the Act. (Sec. 106)  Allows a protest to be brought by various interested parties regarding a self-certification by a business concern of its status as a small business owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.  Requires the SBA's Office of Hearings and Appeals to hear and determine such protests. (Sec. 107)  Allows a Program participant to remain eligible for Program participation after transfer of an ownership interest in the business if ownership and control is retained by the socially and economically disadvantaged individuals upon whom Program eligibility is based. Allows, after certain certification, the continued participation of a tribally owned corporation which does not have a Native American as the firm's chief executive officer. (Sec. 108)  Empowers the Division for Program Certification and Eligibility to make recommendations on requests for reconsideration of denied applications for entry into Phase III of the Program, to make requests for suspension, termination, or graduation proceedings, and to implement such policy directives as may be issued by the Associate Administrator for Minority Enterprise Development. (Sec. 109)  Directs the SBA to segment the Program into three phases:  (1) Phase I, a startup phase; (2) Phase II, a developmental phase; and (3) Phase III, a contracting stage.  Provides time limitations for participation in each phase of two years, three years, and nine years, respectively. (Sec. 111)  Allows an agency with contracting authority, upon the request of a Program participant, to grant an exemption from a surety bond requirement (requiring the participant to obtain a surety performance bond and a bond protecting persons furnishing materials or labor under the contract) if the Program participant provides a certain certification, has otherwise provided for the protection of suppliers and laborers, and the award value of the contract does not exceed $1 million. (Sec. 112)  Allows small businesses that have completed the nine-year Phase III program (Program graduates) to assist current Phase III participants in meeting their developmental goals. (Sec. 113)  Revises the percentage of the outstanding loan balance that will be guaranteed by the SBA to 95 percent when the purpose is to finance government contracts, and to 90 percent when the purpose is for general working capital as a line of credit. Title II:  Amendments to Contracting Program - Directs the SBA to seek the establishment of procurement contract goals which will assure that contracts sufficient to satisfy the contract support levels identified by participants in the Program are designated by the various Federal agencies for award.  Allows the SBA or its designee to enter into sole-source prime contracts with Phase III program participants. Provides, with respect to individual contracting opportunities, for:  (1) the negotiation of contract terms and conditions; (2) the resolution of performance controversies; and (3) appeals of an adverse agency decision regarding the award of a contract. (Sec. 202) Provides that whenever a requirements-type contract is to be awarded, the competition thresholds shall be calculated on the basis of the estimated total contract value. (Sec. 203) Requires the SBA, upon notification that a Federal agency intends to consider a Program participant for award of a procurement contract, to:  (1) notify the agency regarding the participant's eligibility for contract award; and (2)  identify any matters that could render the Program participant ineligible at the time of contract award.  Provides conditions under which a Program participant may be found eligible or ineligible for the awarding of Federal agency procurement contracts.  Requires a determination of ineligibility to be supported by specific findings furnished to both the participant and the agency's appropriate contracting officer. (Sec. 204) Revises provisions regarding the time limitations for requests for waiver of a provision of the Act requiring contract termination when there is a relinquishment of ownership or control of a business, or an incapacity or death occurs, during its performance. (Sec. 205) Allows Program graduates to participate in the competition for a Federal procurement contracting opportunity, under specified conditions.  Terminates such authority as of the end of FY 1997. (Sec. 206) Allows the head of a participating executive agency, for purposes of attaining such agency's goal for the participation in procurement contracts of small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, to enter into contracts using:  (1) less than full and open competition; and (2) a price evaluation preference of up to ten percent when evaluating an offer received from such a small business as the result of an unrestricted solicitation.",2025-08-26T13:50:22Z,
103-hr-5272,103,hr,5272,Official Mail Accountability Act of 1994,Government Operations and Politics,1994-10-07,1994-10-07,Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2]",MN,D,M000795,0,"Official Mail Accountability Act of 1994 - Replaces references to the franking privilege and franked mail in specified Federal law with references to official mail (thus, eliminating the franking privilege).",2025-08-26T13:50:05Z,
103-hr-5273,103,hr,5273,Superior National Forest Fund Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1994-10-07,1994-11-21,"Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.",House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,0,"Superior National Forest Fund Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to collect recreation use fees and sell recreation use passes on a temporary basis within the Superior National Forest, Minnesota.",2025-08-26T13:48:50Z,
103-hr-5274,103,hr,5274,Independent Federal Aviation Administration Act of 1994,Transportation and Public Works,1994-10-07,1994-10-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.,House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,0,"Independent Federal Aviation Administration Act of 1994 - Establishes as an independent Federal agency the Federal Aviation Administration (Administration).  Declares that the Administration shall be administered by an Administrator, who shall be appointed by the President to a five-year term, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to the new Administration all functions of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the Department of Transportation and of the Secretary of Transportation which are administered through the FAA.",2025-08-26T13:51:18Z,