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| 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 | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5237 |
| 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;… | 2025-08-26T13:48:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5243 |
| 103-hr-5278 | 103 | hr | 5278 | Jobs and Investment Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-10-07 | 1994-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 6 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Physical Capital Investment Subtitle A: Highways and Mass Transit Subtitle B: Airports Subtitle C: Railroads Subtitle D: Water and Sewage Treatment Facilities Subtitle E: Environmental Restoration Subtitle F: Community Development Assistance Subtitle G: Education Infrastructure Subtitle H: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Title II: Human Capital Investment Subtitle A: Job Training Subtitle B: Education Subtitle C: Head Start Subtitle D: Programs Under Public Health Service Act Title III: Amendments of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Subtitle A: Reduction in Employee Payroll Taxes; Credit for First-Time Homebuyers Subtitle B: Revenue Increases Title IV: Appropriations Title I: Physical Capital Investment - Subtitle A: Highways and Mass Transit - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to authorize additional appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for interstate maintenance, surface transportation, and bridges. (Sec. 1002) Amends the Federal Transit Act to authorize additional appropriations and make available additional funding from the Mass Transit Account for certain formula grants and discretionary grants transit programs. Subtitle B: Airports - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to make available additional amounts for airport improvement program grants (including grants for airport noise compatibility planning). Subtitle C: Railroads - Amends the Department of Transportation Act to increase and extend the authorization of appropriations for local rail freight assistance. Subtitle D: Water and Sewage Treatment Facilities - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds. Subtitle E: Environmental Restor… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5278 |
| 103-hr-5282 | 103 | hr | 5282 | To provide a mechanism for dedicating spending cuts in discretionary spending programs to deficit reduction. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-10-07 | 1994-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] | SC | D | S000749 | 0 | Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to reduce discretionary spending limits for new budget authority for a fiscal year by the net aggregate amount for that fiscal year in all deficit reduction line items set forth in an appropriation bill or rescission bill. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish congressional procedures for the inclusion of deficit reduction line items in such bills. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5282 |
| 103-hr-5218 | 103 | hr | 5218 | Living Wage, Jobs For All Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-10-06 | 1994-10-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9] | CA | D | D000222 | 11 | A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act - Declares that the Congress affirms the basic economic rights and responsibilities under the 1944 "Economic Bill of Rights", while updating and extending it to include that: (1) every adult American able and willing to earn a living through paid work has the right to a free choice among opportunities for useful and productive part- or full-time paid employment at decent real wages or for self-employment; and (2) every adult American unable to work for pay or find employment has the right to an adequate standard of living that rises with increases in the wealth and productivity of the society. (Sec. 2) Makes it the responsibility of each Federal agency and commission, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to perform so as to help establish and maintain conditions under which all adult Americans may freely exercise the economic rights specified in 1944 and in this Act. Prohibits Federal agencies or commissions from directly or indirectly promoting recession, stagnation, or unemployment as a means of reducing wages and salaries or inflation. (Sec. 3) Directs the President to establish a program to implement such basic economic rights and responsibilities. Sets forth policies and projects to be included under such program. Includes such program in the annual submission of budget. (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide grants and other incentives to States and local governments to encourage short- and long-term public works and public services planning in urban, suburban, and rural areas, in order to implement such basic economic rights and responsibilities. Requires applications for such assistance to include strategic and tactical plans. (Sec. 5) Makes it the policy of the Federal government to cooperate with other nations' governments and the United Nations to help develop an international community based on rising living standards, particularly for those people with the lowest levels of income, wealth, access to public facilities, free … | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5218 |
| 103-s-2514 | 103 | s | 2514 | Economic Equity Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-10-06 | 1994-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Workplace Fairness Subtitle A: Equal Remedies Act Subtitle B: Federal Employees Fairness Act Subtitle C: Congressional Employees Fairness Act Subtitle D: Sexual Harassment Subtitle E: Part-Time and Temporary Workers Protection Act Subtitle F: Unemployment Insurance Reform Subtitle G: Federal Temporary Workers Protection Act Subtitle H: Legislative Pay Equity Study Title II: Economic Opportunity Subtitle A: Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act Subtitle B: Microenterprise Opportunity Expansion Act Subtitle C: Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act Subtitle D: Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering Work Force Act Subtitle E: Job Training Self-Sufficiency Act Title III: Work and Family Subtitle A: Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act Subtitle B: After-School Child Care Subtitle C: Dependent Care Tax Credit Refundability Subtitle D: Tax Incentives for Family-Friendly Workplaces Subtitle E: Federal Parental Leave for Education Activities Title IV: Economic Self-Sufficiency Subtitle A: Child Support Subtitle B: Pension Reform Subtitle C: Social Security Reform Subtitle D: Former Military Spouses Protection Subtitle E: Unremunerated Work Act Economic Equity Act - Title I: Workplace Fairness - Subtitle A: Equal Remedies Act - Equal Remedies Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to remove limitations on the amount of compensatory and punitive damages that may be awarded in cases of intentional discrimination in employment. Subtitle B: Federal Employees Fairness Act - Federal Employee Fairness Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to permit a Federal employee filing a discrimination complaint to file it with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Makes it an unlawful emp… | 2025-08-26T13:48:50Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2514 |
| 103-s-2527 | 103 | s | 2527 | A bill to amend section 257(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defecit Control Act of 1985 to modify the treatment of losses from asset sales. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-10-06 | 1994-10-06 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 0 | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to allow the proceeds from the sale of an asset to be applied to offset the loss of any revenue or receipts resulting from such sale. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2527 |
| 103-hr-5159 | 103 | hr | 5159 | Capital Budget Commission Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-10-03 | 1994-10-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | W000654 | 14 | Capital Budget Commission Act of 1994 - Establishes the Capital Budget Commission to study and report to the Congress on capital budgeting, including an evaluation of what should be included in a capital budget for the Federal Government. Requires the Commission to: (1) focus on growth-sustaining investments; and (2) establish a process encouraging long-term investment. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:49:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5159 |
| 103-hconres-301 | 103 | hconres | 301 | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding entitlements. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-09-30 | 1994-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Orton, Bill [D-UT-3] | UT | D | O000108 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that current trends in entitlement spending are not sustainable and Congress must act to resolve the long-term imbalance of the entitlement promises and available funds to ensure that today's debt does not fall unfairly on America's children. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/301 |
| 103-hr-5120 | 103 | hr | 5120 | National Infrastructure Development Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-09-28 | 1994-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 1 | National Infrastructure Development Act of 1994 - Establishes as a wholly owned Government corporation: (1) the National Infrastructure Development Corporation (NIDC); and (2) the National Infrastructure Insurance Corporation (NIIC) which shall be a subsidiary of NIDC. Requires NIDC and NIIC to conduct their respective businesses as self-supporting entities. (Sec. 6) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) NIDC's and NIIC's powers and limitations; and (2) eligibility criteria for assistance from NIDC and NIIC. Directs the boards of directors of each to establish criteria for determining eligibility for financial assistance, disclosure and application procedures to be followed by States, revolving funds, and other entities to nominate projects for assistance, and such other criteria as appropriate. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) initial targeting of ready-to-go projects; (2) development risk insurance; (3) discretion of NIDC and NIIC to provide assistance; (4) final decisions regarding providing assistance to be made by an independent investment committee; (5) required State and local permits; (6) annual reports; and (7) capitalization, organization, and management of NIDC and NIIC. (Sec. 12) Requires that all meetings of the full board of directors held to conduct the business of NIDC and NIIC be open to the public and be preceded by reasonable notice. Permits the respective board of directors to close a meeting if there is likely to be disclosed information which could adversely affect or lead to speculation relating to: (1) an infrastructure project under consideration for assistance under this Act; or (2) financial or securities or commodities markets or institutions, utilities, or real estate. (Sec. 13) Requires the NIDC to prepare and revise as necessary a strategic plan for the transition of NIDC and all subsidiaries thereof to a government-sponsored enterprise and for the sale or transfer to investors other than the Federal Government of NIDC's voting securities. Sets forth provisions regardin… | 2025-08-26T13:50:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5120 |
| 103-hr-5121 | 103 | hr | 5121 | Defense Industrial Conversion Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-09-28 | 1994-10-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4] | PA | D | K000270 | 0 | Defense Industrial Conversion Act of 1994 - Establishes within the Department of Commerce the Office of Economic Conversion Information to serve as a central clearinghouse on matters relating to economic adjustment and defense conversion programs and activities of the Federal, State, and local governments and to help applicants in locating and applying for economic adjustment and defense conversion assistance. Provides for: (1) the establishment of an Office Director and staff; (2) the development in the Office of information databases with an appropriate range of programs; (3) a survey of all Federal departments and agencies to identify assistance and resources available to assist defense-dependent communities, businesses, and workers; and (4) the establishment of a defense cutback early warning database, a database of defense conversion efforts and their successes, a database of reference lists and bibliographies related to all facets of defense economic adjustment and conversion, and a databank of potentially commercializable technologies and products matched to the capabilities of defense-dependent industries and firms. Directs the Office to establish several mechanisms to assure easy access by the public and others to such databases, including a toll-free number, online access through existing computer networks, printed manuals and orientation materials and workshops, and on-call information specialists to address special problems. Directs the Office to conduct a regular review of the various agencies and programs in the Federal sector involving economic adjustment and defense conversion and to conduct community roundtables on such subject on an annual basis. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a defense conversion employment credit of ten percent of the qualified wages paid or incurred by a qualified employer during such year. Provides a defense conversion investment credit of five percent of the qualified conversion investments made by a qualified business for taxable years ending after December … | 2025-08-26T13:52:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5121 |
| 103-hr-5113 | 103 | hr | 5113 | Competitive Communities Demonstration Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-09-27 | 1994-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | W000654 | 0 | Competitive Communities Demonstration Act of 1994 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish and carry out a Competitive Communities Demonstration Program under which the Secretary makes grants to eligible intermediaries to provide financial assistance to high growth businesses in distressed communities. Outlines grant application requirements and directs the Secretary to establish a panel of experts to review grant applications. Requires the panel to use specified criteria in its review and to give special consideration to applicants who: (1) operate existing revolving loan funds; (2) have applied for but failed to receive designation as empowerment zones or enterprise communities under the Internal Revenue Code; and (3) represent communities adversely affected by the closure or realignment of military installations or defense cutbacks. Provides funding from amounts appropriated under the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee loans made to private borrowers by private lending institutions, community development financial institutions, and other lenders as considered appropriate to carry out the economic adjustment purposes of the Act. Includes as eligible activities for such loans the development of land and facilities for industrial or commercial usage and the provision of working capital. Provides funding from amounts appropriated under the Act. Directs the Secretary to include in an annual report required under the Act an assessment of the competitiveness of the economic base of the Nation's distressed areas, the progress made in encouraging investment in such areas, and the success of the demonstration and guaranteed loan programs established under this Act. | 2025-08-26T13:51:08Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/5113 |
| 103-s-2458 | 103 | s | 2458 | Common Cents Budget Reform Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-09-23 | 1994-10-05 | Committee on Budget. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 13 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reform of Baseline Budget Title II: Changes in Discretionary Spending Limits Title III: Expedited Rescissions and Targeted Tax Benefits Title IV: Treatment of Emergency Spending Common Cents Budget Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Elimination of Baseline Budgeting - Baseline Budgeting Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) with respect to the baseline to remove requirements for inflation adjustments, except for purposes of adjusting discretionary spending limits. Removes the requirement that adjustments made for expiring housing contracts be sequential and cumulative. Requires the President's budget to include: (1) estimated expenditures and appropriations for the current year; (2) new budget authority in budget outlay comparisons; and (3) a certain comparison of levels of estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations that includes the proposed increase or decrease in spending in percentage terms. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make conforming changes to the development of the concurrent resolution on the budget. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to include in reports to budget committees certain current year comparisons and a table on sources of spending growth under current law in total mandatory spending for the budget year and the ensuing four fiscal years. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to report annually to the Congress on all programs and activities with permanent or indefinite spending authority or those programs for which budget authority is not provided for in advance by appropriation Acts. Title II: Changes in Discretionary Spending Limits - Guaranteed Spending Cut Act of 1994 - Reduces discretionary spending limits for new budget authority for any fiscal year by the amount in the Deficit Reduction Account. Requires each appropriation or rescission bill to contain a Deficit Redu… | 2025-08-26T13:50:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2458 |
| 103-s-2442 | 103 | s | 2442 | Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-09-20 | 1994-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 1 | Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize: (1) appropriations for administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission and for the construction of an Appalachian development highway system and related purposes (increases the Federal share for such construction); and (2) the leasing of office space for any term expiring no later than September 30, 1999. Redefines "Federal grant-in-aid programs" to mean Federal grant-in-aid programs authorized on or before September 30, 1999. Repeals a provision prohibiting the authorization of financial assistance under the Act to be used to finance the cost of: (1) industrial plants, commercial facilities, machinery, working capital, or other industrial facilities or to enable plant subcontractors to undertake work theretofore performed in another area by other subcontractors or contractors; or (2) facilities for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy or for the production, transmission, or distribution of gas (natural, manufactured, or mixed). Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act. Terminates the Act on October 1, 1999, except with respect to the Appalachian development highway system. | 2025-08-26T13:51:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2442 |
| 103-sres-253 | 103 | sres | 253 | A resolution relating to monetary policy. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-08-25 | 1994-08-25 | Referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that in the immediate future it would be a mistake to raise interest rates further, and that the Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-resolution/253 |
| 103-s-2417 | 103 | s | 2417 | Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-08-24 | 1994-08-24 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 0 | Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to limit emergency appropriations and legislation to the matter of emergency. Allows such a statute to contain rescissions of budget authority. Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution containing an emergency designation if the legislation provides an appropriation for any other item or matter. | 2025-08-26T13:52:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2417 |
| 103-hconres-284 | 103 | hconres | 284 | Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to funding for the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-08-17 | 1994-09-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-28] | CA | R | D000492 | 10 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) trade agreements which promote free trade by reducing trade barriers are free in that they do not exact a cost on U.S. taxpayers by reducing net Federal revenues; and (2) budget rules which inaccurately calculate the revenue impact of trade agreements by ignoring the U.S. growth caused by tariff changes in other countries should not be applied to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade implementing legislation in a way that requires increased taxes or program reductions to "offset" expected tariff revenue reductions. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/284 |
| 103-hr-4975 | 103 | hr | 4975 | To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exclude changes in tariffs from the paygo scorecard and to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to exempt changes in tariffs from certain points of order. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-08-17 | 1994-08-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-28] | CA | R | D000492 | 1 | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exclude tariff changes from the pay-as-you-go enforcement provisions. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to exempt tariff changes from certain points of order with respect to budget authority. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4975 |
| 103-hr-4963 | 103 | hr | 4963 | Social Security Protection Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-08-12 | 1994-08-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Margolies-Mezvinsky, Marjorie [D-PA-13] | PA | D | M000129 | 0 | Social Security Protection Act of 1994 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to declare that no expenses of administering the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) programs shall be subject to sequestration, or reduction under sequestration, under the latter Act. Declares that no amendment made by this Act shall cause any adjustment to any discretionary spending limit. | 2025-08-26T13:49:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4963 |
| 103-hr-4918 | 103 | hr | 4918 | To reduce the discretionary spending limits to reflect spending cuts approved by the House of Representatives. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-08-08 | 1994-08-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Deal, Nathan [D-GA-9] | GA | D | D000168 | 3 | Reduces discretionary spending limits for new budget authority for FY 1995. Reduces adjusted discretionary spending limits for outlays for FY 1995 through 1998. Sets forth programmatic assumptions for such reductions. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4918 |
| 103-hr-4906 | 103 | hr | 4906 | Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-08-05 | 1994-08-18 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report of be discharged. | House | Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] | SC | D | S000749 | 0 | Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to prohibit the Office of Management and Budget from exempting emergency funding from spending caps if such spending is in a measure with nonemergency spending. Amends the Congressional Budget Act to make it out of order in the House or Senate to consider emergency legislation if it also provides for spending for any other item or contains any other matter. Allows such legislation to contain rescissions of budget authority, reductions of direct spending, or amendments to reduce amounts for the emergency. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4906 |
| 103-hr-4907 | 103 | hr | 4907 | Baseline Reform Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-08-05 | 1994-08-16 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | House | Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] | SC | D | S000749 | 0 | Baseline Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise the definition of baseline to provide for certain inflation adjustments only for the purpose of adjusting discretionary spending limits. Requires the President's budget to include: (1) estimated expenditures and appropriations for the current year; (2) new budget authority in budget outlay comparisons; and (3) a certain comparison of levels of estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations that includes the proposed increase or decrease in spending in percentage terms. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make conforming changes to the development of the concurrent resolution on the budget. Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include in reports to budget committees certain current year comparisons and a table on sources of spending growth under current law in total mandatory spending for the budget year and the ensuing four fiscal years. Requires the CBO to include in cost estimates of pending legislation a comparison of prior year spending levels to current year levels. Requires the CBO to report to the Congress annually on all programs, projects, and activities that fall within the definition of direct spending. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4907 |
| 103-hr-4913 | 103 | hr | 4913 | Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-08-05 | 1994-08-17 | Provisions of Measure Contained in H.R.4906. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 2 | Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to limit emergency appropriations and legislation to the matter of emergency. Allows such a statute to contain other offsetting provisions that reduce spending or non-emergency appropriations for the designated emergency. Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution containing an emergency designation, if the legislation provides an appropriation for any other item or matter. | 2025-08-26T13:48:48Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4913 |
| 103-hr-4914 | 103 | hr | 4914 | Baseline Reform Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-08-05 | 1994-08-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 2 | Baseline Reform Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to declare that the estimated budget outlays submitted to the Congress by the President each year shall not include an inflation adjustment for programs and activities subject to discretionary appropriations. Requires the President's budget to include: (1) estimated expenditures and appropriations for the current year; and (2) a certain comparison of levels of estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations that includes the proposed increase or decrease in spending in percentage terms. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make conforming changes to the development of the concurrent resolution on the budget. Declares that: (1) the starting point for any deliberations in the Committee on the Budget of each House on the budget resolution for the next fiscal year shall be the estimated level of outlays for the current year in each function and subfunction; and (2) any increases or decreases in the congressional budget for the next fiscal year shall be from such estimated levels. Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include in reports to budget committees certain current year comparisons and a table on sources of spending growth under current law in total mandatory spending for the budget year and the ensuing four fiscal years. Requires the CBO to include in cost estimates of pending legislation a comparison of prior year spending levels to current year levels. Requires the Comptroller General to report annually to the Congress all programs and activities with permanent appropriations or that fall within a specified definition of spending authority. | 2025-08-26T13:49:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4914 |
| 103-s-2335 | 103 | s | 2335 | A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require that OMB and CBO estimates for paygo purposes to recognize the increased revenues generated by economic growth resulting from legislation implementing any trade agreement. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-07-28 | 1994-07-28 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO] | CO | R | B000919 | 2 | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require pay-as-you-go estimates with respect to legislation implementing a trade agreement to take into account increased revenues generated by growth in the gross domestic product resulting from such legislation to offset any loss in tariff revenues due to that legislation, subject to the condition that such increased revenues shall not be used as offsets beyond the total of lost revenues due to that legislation. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2335 |
| 103-sres-245 | 103 | sres | 245 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should exercise the line-item veto without awaiting the enactment of additional authorization for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination of its constitutionality. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-07-26 | 1994-09-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should exercise the line-item veto without waiting for enactment of additional authorization for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination of its constitutionality. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-resolution/245 |
| 103-hr-4766 | 103 | hr | 4766 | Economic Growth and Stabilization Financing Demonstration Act 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-07-14 | 1994-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Credit Formation. | House | Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] | PA | D | K000008 | 3 | Economic Growth and Stabilization Financing Demonstration Act 1994 - Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary of Commerce may conduct demonstration programs in economically distressed communities to: (1) guarantee loans made by lending institutions to private parties; (2) pay interest rate subsidies; (3) implement an equity financing program; and (4) provide secondary market credit enhancements to pools of financial instruments related to economic growth and stabilization in such communities. Directs the Secretary to conduct performance evaluations and submit an annual status report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-26T13:50:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4766 |
| 103-hres-480 | 103 | hres | 480 | Establishing July 10, 1994, as "Cost of Government Day". | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-07-14 | 1994-07-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] | TX | R | D000217 | 21 | Recognizes July 10, 1994, as Cost of Government Day. Encourages all Federal, State, and local elected officials to carefully consider Government spending costs and regulatory schemes in the year to come. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-resolution/480 |
| 103-s-2273 | 103 | s | 2273 | A bill to reduce Government spending by $100,000,000,000 each fiscal year until a balanced Federal budget is achieved. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-07-01 | 1994-07-01 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 1 | Requires the Congress, beginning with FY 1995, to reduce Government spending by $100 billion each fiscal year until a balanced budget is achieved. Makes such reductions permanent. Sets forth sequestration procedures if such savings are not achieved. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2273 |
| 103-hr-4708 | 103 | hr | 4708 | Job Creation and Infrastructure Restoration Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-30 | 1994-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 10 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Commerce Grants Title II: Public Works and Job Restoration Subtitle A: Jobs 2000 Subtitle B: Employment in Support of Community Renewal Subtitle C: Employment Activities: Repair and Renovation of Educational Facilities Title III: General Provisions Job Creation And Infrastructure Restoration Act of 1994 - Title I: Department of Commerce Grants - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to any State or local government for construction, renovation, repair, restoration, or other improvement of local public works projects, including those for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under other titles or Acts. Limits the Federal share to not more than 90 percent of project cost. Prohibits any new grants after the expiration of any three-month period during which the national unemployment rate remains below five and one-half percent for each such month, or after September 30, 1997, whichever occurs first. (Sec. 103) Provides for allocation of funds and for preferences. Gives priority to State or local governments with unemployment rates higher than the national average. Requires State and local prioritization of applications. Allows localization of unemployment determinations. (Sec. 105) Sets forth general limitations, including Buy American and minority participation requirements and applicability of laws regarding individuals with disabilities. (Sec. 106) Authorizes appropriations and deems such amounts to be emergency spending. Title II: Public Works and Job Restoration - Subtitle A: Jobs 2000 - Jobs 2000 Act of 1994 - Provides for jobs for the unemployed and underemployed, especially youth, through payments for labor and related costs for: (1) construction, repair, or rehabilitation of community and educational facilities; (2) reclamation and conservation of public lands; and (3) creation, repair, rehabilitation, and restoration of public safety, public transportation, health, soci… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4708 |
| 103-s-2255 | 103 | s | 2255 | Social Security Trust Fund Protection Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-30 | 1994-06-30 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 5 | Social Security Trust Fund Protection Act of 1994 - Amends the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 to prohibit the House of Representatives or the Senate from considering any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would increase the aggregate tax liability: (1) on Social Security benefits and does not deposit the revenue resulting from such increase in the trust funds under increase title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act; or (2) of certain Railroad Retirement benefits and does not deposit the revenue resulting from such increase in the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account. | 2025-08-26T13:48:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2255 |
| 103-s-2257 | 103 | s | 2257 | Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-30 | 1994-09-30 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 703. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 20 | 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. (Sec. 4) Repeals a limitation on financial assistance for sewer and other waste disposal facilities. (Sec. 9) 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. (Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of Strategic Economic Development Planning and Policy within the Economic Development Administration. Establishes a Federal Coordinating Council for Economic Development to develop a government wide strategic plan for economic development. (Sec. 11) Requires the Secretary to establish an Office of Economic Development Information within the Office of Strategic Economic Development Planning and Policy to: (1) serve as a central information clearinghouse on matters relating to economic development, economic adjustment, disaster recovery, industrial retention, and defense reinvestment programs; and (2) help applicants in locating and applying for assistance in such areas. (Sec. 12) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 13) 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. (Sec. 14) 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. (Sec. 16) Requires the Secretar… | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2257 |
| 103-hr-4678 | 103 | hr | 4678 | Budget Resolution Accountability Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-29 | 1994-06-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Orton, Bill [D-UT-3] | UT | D | O000108 | 0 | Budget Resolution Accountability Act of 1994 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Budget Committee report accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget to include each specific deviation from the President's budget by program and amount. Prohibits the offering of amendments in the House of Representatives or the Senate that increase or decrease spending in any functional category unless a statement has been inserted in the Congressional Record that identifies the specific program, project, or activity that is to be increased or decreased. Expresses the sense of the House that during consideration of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Committee of the Whole, the Committee on Rules should allow specific amendments to increase or decrease particular functional categories and not only amendments in the nature of a substitute. | 2025-08-26T13:52:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4678 |
| 103-hr-4649 | 103 | hr | 4649 | Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-24 | 1994-09-30 | Became Public Law No: 103-334. | House | Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | D000373 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Fiscal Year 1995 Appropriations Title II: Fiscal Year 1994 Supplemental District of Columbia Funds Title I: Fiscal Year 1995 Appropriations - District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1995 - Appropriates funds to the District of Columbia for FY 1995 for the Federal payment to the District of Columbia and the Federal contribution to retirement funds. Appropriates specified sums out of the District of Columbia general fund for the current fiscal year for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) human resources development; (4) public safety and justice; (5) public education; (6) human support services; (7) public works; (8) the Washington Convention Center Fund; (9) repayments of specified loans and interest; (10) repayment of the general fund deficit; (11) short-term borrowing; (12) employees' optical and dental benefits; (13) employees' pay adjustments; (14) the D.C. General Hospital deficit payment; (15) the Rainy Day Fund; (16) job-producing economic development incentives; (17) the Cash Reserve Fund; (18) capital outlay; (19) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund; (20) the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund; (21) the Cable Television Fund; and (22) the Starplex Fund. Requires the District of Columbia Mayor to reduce appropriations and expenditures for personal and nonpersonal services by $13.632 million. (Sec. 101) Sets forth certain uses of and restrictions on the expenditure of appropriations made by this Act. (Sec. 110) Requires that the annual budget for the District of Columbia government for FY 1996 be transmitted to the Congress by April 15, 1995. (Sec. 123) Directs the Mayor to submit to the D.C. Council, within 30 days after the end of the first quarter of FY 1995, the FY 1995 revenue estimates. (Sec. 132) Requires each agency, office, and instrumentality of the District to implement a hiring freeze, to fill only vacancies in essential positions, and to fill essential positions from among employees … | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4649 |
| 103-hr-4638 | 103 | hr | 4638 | To consolidate the administration of defense economic conversion activities in the Executive Office of the President. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-23 | 1994-07-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 0 | Directs the President to consolidate within, and coordinate through, the Executive Office of the President all defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs of the Department of Defense. Establishes in the Executive Office a Special Assistant to the President for Economic and Defense Conversion. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer the Office of Economic Adjustment and the Advanced Research Projects Agency to the jurisdiction of the National Economic Council in the Executive Office of the President. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to transfer the Economic Conversion Information Exchange to the same jurisdiction. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4638 |
| 103-hr-4644 | 103 | hr | 4644 | To amend the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990 to give priority in the provision of community economic adjustment assistance to those communities most seriously affected by reductions in defense spending, the completion, cancellation, or termination of defense contracts, or the closure or realignment of military installations. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-23 | 1994-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Credit Formation. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 0 | Amends the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990 to require the Economic Development Administration, in making economic adjustment assistance available under such Act, to give priority to communities substantially and seriously affected by the closure or realignment of a military installation or the curtailment, completion, elimination, or realignment of a major defense contract or subcontract. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4644 |
| 103-hr-4623 | 103 | hr | 4623 | Entitled, "The Anti-Hypocrisy Deficit Reduction Act", to provide for anti-hypocritical adjustments for fiscal year 1994. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-22 | 1994-06-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 6 | Reduces discretionary spending limits for FY 1994 through 1999 by the amount of rescissions under this Act. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4623 |
| 103-hr-4624 | 103 | hr | 4624 | Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, andIndependent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-22 | 1994-09-28 | Became Public Law No: 103-327. | House | Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-11] | OH | D | S000948 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development Title III: Independent Agencies Title IV: Corporations Title V: General Provisions Title VI: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 - Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Provides for the use of such appropriations. Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Title III: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 to the: (1) American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account; (3) Consumer Product Safety Commission; (4) Corporation for National and Community Service; (5) Court of Veterans Appeals; (6) Department of Defense-Civil for cemeterial expenses, Army; (7) Environmental Protection Agency; (8) Executive Office of the President for the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (9) Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality; (10) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); (11) General Services Administration for the Consumer Information Center; (12) Department of Health and Human Services for the Office of Consumer Affairs; (13) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); (14) National Credit Union Administration for the obligations of the Central Liquidity Facility; (15) National Science Foundation; (16) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (17) Selective Service System. Rescinds funds previously made available to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. Title IV: Corporations - Authorizes certain corporations and agencies of HUD to make commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as necessary to carry out provisions under the Government … | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4624 |
| 103-hres-462 | 103 | hres | 462 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the funds needed to compensate for decreased revenues resulting from the implementation of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-22 | 1994-06-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] | MD | R | B000208 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any funds needed to compensate for decreased revenues resulting from the implementation of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) should come from reductions in spending and not from revenue increases. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-resolution/462 |
| 103-hr-4603 | 103 | hr | 4603 | Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-21 | 1994-08-26 | Became Public Law No: 103-317. | House | Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] | WV | D | M000844 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Justice and Related Agencies Title II: Department of Commerce Title III: The Judiciary Title IV: Related Agencies Title V: Department of State and Related Agencies Title VI: General Provisions Title VII: Fiscal Year 1994 Supplemental Appropriations Title VIII: Department of Justice Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 - Title I: Department of Justice and Related Agencies - Department of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 - Makes FY 1995 appropriations to the Department of Justice. (Sec. 103) Prohibits the use of funds to require any person to perform, or facilitate the performance of, any abortion. (Sec. 112) Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to extend the base amount in the Crime Victims Fund through FY 1995. (Sec. 114) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President and the President-elect of Mexico should meet as soon as possible to discuss bilateral issues of mutual concern, including the flow of citizens across the border between Mexico and the United States. (Sec. 115) Criminal Justice Information Services Placement Assistance Act - Makes certain employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation scheduled to be relocated to Clarksburg, West Virginia, eligible for competitive service appointments in other agencies. Makes appropriations for the following related agencies for FY 1995: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (3) the Federal Communications Commission; (4) the Federal Maritime Commission; (5) the Federal Trade Commission; (6) the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (7) the State Justice Institute. Title II: Department of Commerce - Makes FY 1995 appropriations to the Department of Commerce and related agencies. Title III: The Judiciary - Judiciary Appropriations Act, 1995 - Appropriates FY 1995 funds for activities of the Judiciary, including: (1) the Suprem… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4603 |
| 103-hr-4604 | 103 | hr | 4604 | Budget Control Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-21 | 1994-07-22 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | House | Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] | SC | D | S000749 | 0 | Budget Control Act of 1994 - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit a report to the Congress setting forth projected direct spending targets for FY 1994 through 1997. Makes the initial targets equal to the total outlays for all direct spending (except net interest and deposit insurance) as determined above by OMB, subject to annual adjustment for increases in numbers of direct spending program beneficiaries, and for revenue and emergency legislation. Requires an annual review of direct spending and receipts by the President as part of the budget process. Specifies the information to be included in the President's budget, such as information on target adjustments, and, in appropriate cases such as where direct spending outlays for the current year are projected to exceed applicable targets, a special direct spending message that includes a draft resolution recommending reduced outlays or increased revenues by specified amounts. Sets forth procedures governing congressional consideration of such recommendations (which may not consist of any proposed changes under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program), including: (1) requirements for a separate vote in the House of Representatives to increase direct spending targets; and (2) special rules regarding the applicability of budget process and enforcement provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) whenever budget resolutions or reconciliation legislation proposing target changes, outlay reductions, or revenue increases are reported. States that: (1) the procedures set forth in this Act shall not apply when the coverage for any fiscal year is less than one-half of one percent of the direct spending target for that year; and (2) the President and the Congress should seriously consider all other alternatives before recommending reductions in means-tested programs. Declares it shall not be in order in the House to co… | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4604 |
| 103-hr-4606 | 103 | hr | 4606 | Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-21 | 1994-09-30 | Became Public Law No: 103-333. | House | Rep. Smith, Neal Edward [D-IA-4] | IA | D | S000596 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Labor Title II: Department of Health and Human Services Title III: Department of Education Title IV: Related Agencies Title V: General Provisions Title VI: Emergency Appropriations Title VII: Crime Reduction Programs Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1995 - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for agencies within the Department of Labor. (Sec. 101) Amends Federal law to generally require convicted felons to forfeit workers' compensation benefits. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for false statements or fraud in obtaining Federal employee compensation. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1995 - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services. Provides limitations on the use of appropriated funds. (Sec. 209) Requires a transfer of funds for the security protection of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Sec. 210) Requires the Secretary to receive assurances from States that funds for low-income home energy assistance will assist households with the lowest incomes that pay a high proportion of income for home energy. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1995 - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for agencies and programs within the Department of Education. Sets forth general provisions relating to the use of appropriated funds. (Sec. 304) Prohibits the use of funds to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for the following agencies or programs: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) … | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4606 |
| 103-hr-4600 | 103 | hr | 4600 | Expedited Rescissions Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-17 | 1994-10-05 | Committee on Budget. Hearings held. | House | Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] | SC | D | S000749 | 0 | Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to allow the President to transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for expedited consideration, one or more special messages proposing to rescind amounts of budget authority or to repeal any targeted tax benefit provided in a revenue Act. Requires that such special message be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, only rescind the budget authority or repeal the targeted tax benefit Requires such bill to include a Deficit Reduction Account. Allows the President to place rescinded amounts in such Account. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such a proposal. | 2025-08-26T13:50:39Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4600 |
| 103-hr-4602 | 103 | hr | 4602 | Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-17 | 1994-09-30 | Became Public Law No: 103-332. | House | Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | Y000013 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of the Interior Title II: Related Agencies Title III: General Provisions Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 - Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 operation of the Department of the Interior. Sets forth the uses and limitations for such appropriations, including use of Bureau of Indian Affairs school system funds. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service. Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for, among other things, fossil energy research and development, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), and the SPR Account. Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service for Indian health services and facilities. Appropriates funds to: (1) the Department of Education for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for Indian education; (2) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation; (3) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (4) the Smithsonian Institution; (5) construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park; (6) restoration and repair of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution; (7) the National Gallery of Art; (8) the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; and (9) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Makes appropriations for: (1) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; (2) the Institute of Museum Services; (3) the Commission of Fine Arts; (4) National Capital arts and cultural affairs; (5) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (6) the National Capital Planning Commission; (7) the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission; (8) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and (9) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Sets forth uses and prohibitions on such funds. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth uses and limi… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4602 |
| 103-hr-4585 | 103 | hr | 4585 | Freedom and Fairness Restoration Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-16 | 1994-06-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | A000217 | 16 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Tax Reduction and Simplification Title II: Spending Restraint and Budget Process Reform Subtitle A: Joint Budget Resolution Subtitle B: Zero Based Budgeting and Decennial Sunsetting Subtitle C: Spending Caps on the Growth of Entitlements for Fiscal Years 1995 Through 2000 Subtitle D: Balanced Budget by Fiscal Year 2000 Title III: Regulatory Relief Subtitle A: Private Property Rights Protection and Compensation Subtitle B: Measuring Costs of Federal Regulations Subtitle C: Risk Assessment and Cost/Benefit Analyses and Reports Freedom and Fairness Restoration Act of 1994 - Title I: Tax Reduction and Simplification - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 20 percent tax (17 percent after December 31, 1996) on the taxable earned income of every individual. Bases such amount on the standard deduction. (Replaces current income tax procedures for individuals.) Increases the basic standard deduction for individuals and includes an additional standard deduction for dependents, with inflation adjustments. (Sec. 102) Replaces the current tax on corporations with a tax on every person engaged in a business activity equal to 20 percent (17 percent after December 31, 1996) of the business taxable income of such person. Makes the person engaged in the business activity liable for the tax. (Sec. 103) Repeals income tax withholding. Title II: Spending Restraint and Budget Process Reform - Subtitle A: Joint Budget Resolution - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reform the budget process by requiring a joint resolution on the budget instead of the concurrent resolution on the budget. Subtitle B: Zero Based Budgeting and Decennial Sunsetting - Terminates spending authority for unearned entitlements and high-cost discretionary spending programs for FY 1994, and discretionary spending programs (not including high-cost programs) fo… | 2025-08-26T13:48:54Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4585 |
| 103-hr-4593 | 103 | hr | 4593 | Entitlement Control Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-16 | 1994-06-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 4 | Entitlement Control Act of 1994 - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report to the Congress on the direct spending targets for each of FY 1995 through 2000. Requires inclusion in such targets of all mandatory Federal spending except deposit insurance and net interest. (Sec. 4) Requires the OMB Director to establish direct spending limits (caps) for FY 1995 through 2000, allowing for growth each year to reflect the consumer price index, the number of beneficiaries, and an additional growth allowance of one percent per year through 1998. Requires further cap adjustments to reflect increased direct spending resulting from any health reform legislation. Requires the President's budget to reflect the same adjustments as OMB's. (Sec. 5) Requires the President's budget to include a proposal to offset any OMB-projected excess of the caps for each year. Authorizes the President to propose, with justification in writing, increases in cap levels to allow for all or part of such excess. (Sec. 6) Requires the Congress to: (1) pass a budget resolution including reconciliation instructions to offset any OMB-projected excess in entitlement spending for each fiscal year; or (2) increase the caps. Prescribes procedures for congressional consideration of such a budget resolution. (Sec. 7) Provides for expedited spin-off legislation, following passage of a budget resolution conference report, to allocate spending among the budget functions under the overall entitlement cap for a fiscal year, establishing individual caps for each budget function based on the budget resolution. Makes such caps binding in law when the President signs such spin-off legislation. (Sec. 8) Mandates separate sequestrations for any would-be excess direct spending in each budget function covered by enactment of a spin-off law. (Sec. 9) Mandates a comprehensive sequestration with across-the-board cuts in all entitlement programs to keep direct spending within the aggregate budget cap in any year when spin-off legislation… | 2025-08-26T13:49:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4593 |
| 103-s-2202 | 103 | s | 2202 | A bill to provide for increased economic growth, job creation and opportunity by reducing the Federal deficit. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-16 | 1994-06-16 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] | TX | R | G000365 | 0 | Declares that the discretionary spending limits (new budget authority and outlays) for each of FY 1994 through 1998 set forth in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as adjusted in strict conformance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), shall be reduced, as calculated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in amounts equal to the aggregate amount of rescissions in any Act enacted on or after the enactment of this Act for such fiscal years. Waives such reductions with respect to any rescissions enacted in any Act designated by the President and the Congress as emergency appropriations to the extent that the aggregate amount of rescissions in such Act reduces the aggregate amount of budget authority and outlays designated as emergency appropriation by the President. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/2202 |
| 103-hr-4554 | 103 | hr | 4554 | Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-09 | 1994-09-30 | Became Public Law No: 103-330. | House | Rep. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL-20] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agricultural Programs Title II: Conservation Programs Title III: Farmers Home and Rural Development Programs Title IV: Domestic Food Programs Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration Title VII: General Provisions Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for FY 1995 for the following programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (3) Chief Financial Officer; (4) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (5) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations; (6) Office of Communications; (7) Office of the Inspector General; (8) Office of the General Counsel; (9) Economic Research Service; (10) National Agricultural Statistics Service; (11) World Agricultural Outlook Board; (12) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education; (13) Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Revolving Fund; (14) Agricultural Research Service; (15) Cooperative State Research Service; (16) Extension Service; (17) National Agricultural Library; (18) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services; (19) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (20) Food Safety and Inspection Service; (21) Federal Grain Inspection Service; (22) Agricultural Marketing Service; (23) Packers and Stockyards Administration; (24) Office of the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs; (25) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; (26) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; (27) Commodity Credit Corporation Fund; (28) Departmental Administration; (29) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economics; and (30) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services. Title II: Conservation Programs - Appropriates funds for… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4554 |
| 103-hr-4556 | 103 | hr | 4556 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-06-09 | 1994-09-30 | Became Public Law No: 103-331. | House | Rep. Carr, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | C000178 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Transportation Title II: Related Agencies Title III: General Provisions Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) the Federal Highway Administration; (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Federal Transit Administration; (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) the Research and Special Programs Administration; and (10) the Office of the Inspector General. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; (2) the National Transportation Safety Board; (3) the Interstate Commerce Commission; (4) the Panama Canal Commission; and (5) the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth specified prohibitions, limitations, permissions, and mandates with respect to the use of appropriations under this Act. (Sec. 308) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or implementation of any change in the current Federal status of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (except for further development planning that does not alter such status) or the Turner- Fairbank Highway Research Center. Limits employment at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to no more than 550 full-time staff in FY 1995. (Sec. 310) Requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to distribute, on a ratio-formulated basis, Federal-aid highway State obligation limits for FY 1995 for Federal-aid highways. Prohibits any State from obligating more than 25 percent of its allocation for such projects during the first three months of FY 1995. Sets forth additional specified obligation limits for States during FY 1995. (Sec. 311) Li… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4556 |
| 103-hr-4502 | 103 | hr | 4502 | Exchange Rate Policy Reporting Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-05-26 | 1994-06-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Credit Formation. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 3 | Exchange Rate Policy Reporting Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to direct the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) to report to certain congressional committees biannually and contemporaneously with the Secretary of the Treasury on the effect of monetary policy upon: (1) the exchange rate of the dollar; and (2) the status of currency swap agreements with any foreign entity. Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to modify the Secretary's report to such committees to include: (1) the Secretary's objectives with respect to the exchange rate of the dollar; (2) a specified analysis of the exchange rate of the dollar; and (3) the status of currency swap agreements with any foreign entity. Instructs the Secretary to report to the Congress within 24 hours if the Secretary intervenes, or directs the Board or any Federal Reserve Bank to intervene, in the currency markets. | 2025-08-26T13:51:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4502 |
| 103-hr-4520 | 103 | hr | 4520 | To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require that the President's budget submission separately reflect the budget aggregates relating to activities within the unified budget and aggregates relating to activities required by law to be excluded from the unified budget. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-05-26 | 1994-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Margolies-Mezvinsky, Marjorie [D-PA-13] | PA | D | M000129 | 6 | Amends Federal law to require the President's budget submission to set forth all budget aggregates (including receipts, disbursements, and deficits) as follows: (1) one set of aggregates shall relate solely to activities of the Federal budget which are within the unified budget; and (2) one set of aggregates shall relate solely to activities of the Federal budget which are off-budget. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4520 |
| 103-hr-4539 | 103 | hr | 4539 | Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-05-26 | 1994-09-30 | Became Public Law No: 103-329. | House | Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] | MD | D | H000874 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of the Treasury Title II: Postal Service Title III: Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President Title IV: Independent Agencies Title V: General Provisions Title VI: Governmentwide General Provisions Title VII: Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Funding Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1995 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury and its related agencies for FY 1995. Sets forth provisions on the uses of such appropriations. (Sec. 112) Amends Federal law to require payment from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund for: (1) State or local costs for joint law enforcement operations with Treasury law enforcement organizations; and (2) certain seizure and forfeiture program expenses. (Currently, such payments are at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury.) (Sec. 113) Requires the Director of the United States Secret Service to conduct a security survey of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Title II: Postal Service - Postal Service Appropriations Act, 1995 - Makes appropriations to the Postal Service Fund for FY 1995. Title III: Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President - Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1995 - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for the Executive Office of the President and related offices and programs. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for the following independent agencies: (1) the Administrative Conference of the United States; (2) the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; (3) the Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or Severely Disabled; (4) the Federal Election Commission; (5) the Federal Labor Relations Authority; (6) the General Services Administration; (7) the Merit Sys… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4539 |
| 103-hr-4454 | 103 | hr | 4454 | Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-05-19 | 1994-07-22 | Became Public Law No: 103-283. | House | Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3] | CA | D | F000053 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Congressional Operations Title II: Other Agencies Title III: General Provisions Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 - Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1995 - Appropriates funds for FY 1995 for the operation of the Senate. Provides for a payment to the widow of Representative William H. Natcher of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Appropriates funds for FY 1995 for the operation of the House of Representatives and for joint items between the House and the Senate. Makes FY 1995 appropriations for: (1) the Office of Technology Assessment; (2) the Congressional Budget Office; (3) the Architect of the Capitol; (4) the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress; and (5) congressional printing and binding of the Government Printing Office. Title II: Other Agencies - Appropriates FY 1995 funds for the salaries and expenses of the Botanic Garden, the Library of Congress (with administrative limitations), the Copyright Office, the Government Printing Office, and the General Accounting Office. Appropriates funds to the Architect of the Capitol for maintenance of Library of Congress buildings and grounds. Title III: General Provisions - Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 to remove the requirement that ten percent of employee positions reduced in FY 1994 be at grade levels GS-14 and above. (Sec. 307) Amends Federal law to raise the mandatory retirement age for Capitol Police from 55 to 57. (Sec. 308) Expresses the sense of the Congress that funds under this Act should be used to purchase American-made equipment and products. (Sec. 310) Makes funds available to the Capitol Police Board for the purchase and installation of x-ray machines and magnetometers. (Sec. 311) Requires certain amounts to be withheld from obligation and only made available to the extent necessary to cover certain increases in pay and allowances. (Sec. 312) Architect of the Capitol Human Resources Act - Directs the Archit… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4454 |
| 103-hr-4457 | 103 | hr | 4457 | To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide special look-back treatment for emergency appropriations, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-05-19 | 1994-05-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 3 | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to repeal the rule for emergency appropriations. Requires, when emergency appropriations are enacted for a fiscal year in progress, a reduction in discretionary spending limits in the following fiscal year. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4457 |
| 103-hr-4434 | 103 | hr | 4434 | Common Cents Budget Reform Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-05-17 | 1994-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 42 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Elimination of Baseline Budgeting Title II: Changes in Discretionary Spending Limits Title III: Expedited Rescissions and Targeted Tax Benefits Title IV: Treatment of Emergency Spending Common Cents Budget Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Elimination of Baseline Budgeting - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) with respect to the baseline to remove requirements for inflation adjustments, except for purposes of adjusting discretionary spending limits. Removes the requirement that adjustments made for expiring housing contracts be sequential and cumulative. Requires the President's budget to include: (1) estimated expenditures and appropriations for the current year; (2) new budget authority in budget outlay comparisons; and (3) a certain comparison of levels of estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations that includes the proposed increase or decrease in spending in percentage terms. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make conforming changes to the development of the concurrent resolution on the budget. Requires the Congressional Budget Office to include in reports to budget committees certain current year comparisons and a table on sources of spending growth under current law in total mandatory spending for the budget year and the ensuing four fiscal years. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to report annually to the Congress on all programs and activities with permanent or indefinite spending authority or those programs for which budget authority is not provided for in advance by appropriation Acts. Title II: Changes in Discretionary Spending Limits - Reduces discretionary spending limits for new budget authority for any fiscal year by the amount in the Deficit Reduction Account. Requires each appropriation or rescission bill to contain a Deficit Reduction Account containing amounts resulting from reduced spending. Title III: Expedited Rescissions and Targeted … | 2025-08-26T13:50:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4434 |
| 103-hr-4259 | 103 | hr | 4259 | National Security Budgeting and Deficit Control Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-04-20 | 1994-04-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] | MO | D | S000465 | 56 | National Security Budgeting and Deficit Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) to extend the caps on defense and nondefense discretionary spending through FY 1998. Requires the special budget authority adjustment required in the final sequestration report for FY 1995 under such Act to be equally divided between the defense and nondefense categories for each applicable fiscal year. | 2025-08-26T13:51:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4259 |
| 103-hr-4267 | 103 | hr | 4267 | Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-04-20 | 1994-05-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development. | House | Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] | PA | D | K000008 | 11 | Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 1994 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to reenact such Act as the Economic Development Financing Act of 1994 (the Act). Prohibits any more than 15 percent of the total appropriations made for grants to States for public works and development facilities from being expended in any one State unless the Secretary of Commerce determines such expenditure is necessary due to the occurence of a major natural disaster. Authorizes appropriations for public works and development facilities grants for FY 1994 and 1995. Allows for the use of funds for: (1) projects constructed under projected costs; and (2) projects for which the purpose or scope is changed after the grants are made if approved by the Secretary. Allows the Secretary to make public works and development facility loans to States, Indian tribes, or any private or public nonprofit organization or association if, among other conditions, the area for the proposed loan has an approved investment strategy (currently, an approved economic development program) for the funds provided. Allows the Secretary to assist in financing and industrial or commercial activity (currently, only those in a redevelopment area). Allows the Economic Development Revolving Fund established prior to this Act to continue to be available to the Secretary in connection with financial assistance extended under this Act before October 1, 1991. Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of Strategic Economic Development Planning and Policy to support research, evaluation, and demonstration projects, to provide and coordinate policy development, and to disseminate information with respect to economic development planning and policy. Directs the Secretary to establish and conduct a continuing program of study, training, and research into causes of long-term economic deterioration and to make such research available to interested parties. Requires an annual report. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and report to the… | 2025-08-26T13:48:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4267 |
| 103-hr-4250 | 103 | hr | 4250 | Human Services Amendments of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-04-19 | 1994-04-28 | Laid on the table. See S. 2000 for further action. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 12 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Head Start Programs Title II: Community Services Block Grant Amendments Title III: Low-Income Home Energy and Assistance Amendments Title IV: Community-Based Family Resource Programs Human Services Amendments of 1994 - Title I: Head Start Programs - Head Start Act Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Head Start Act to reauthorize and revise its provisions. (Sec. 103) Includes parental involvement among Head Start program services. (Sec. 104) Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act and its Head Start program. Reserves specified amounts for a longitudinal study of Head Start participants, the Head Start Transition Project Act, and transition coordination with schools and parent involvement activities. (Sec. 105) Allocates at least 25 percent of certain excess funds to specified quality improvement activities. Includes, under discretionary payments, payments for the costs of reviewing Head Start agencies and programs and of developing and implementing quality improvement plans. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Secretary) to make collaboration grants, from certain reserved funds, to States to facilitate collaboration between Head Start activities and other activities targeted to low-income children and families. Directs the Secretary to take certain factors into consideration in allocating funds for program expansion. Provides for flexibility in satisfying the requirement that a certain number of hours be provided to children in Head Start programs. Requires migrant Head Start programs to give priority to eligible children of migrant families whose work requires them to relocate most frequently. (Sec. 106) Repeals outdated provisions for a comprehensive report to the Congress. (Sec. 107) Revises provisions for designation of Head Start agencies to provide that those on Indian reservations include members of Indian tribes living near the reservation. Revises conditions for giving priority in designations. Revises… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4250 |
| 103-hr-4224 | 103 | hr | 4224 | Lower Mississippi Delta Initiatives Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-04-14 | 1994-07-27 | See S.21. | House | Rep. Lambert, Blanche M. [D-AR-1] | AR | D | L000035 | 13 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Initiatives Within the Department of the Interior Title II: Initiatives Within the Department of Energy Title III: Lower Mississippi Delta Development Center Lower Mississippi Delta Initiatives Act of 1994 - Title I: Initiatives Within the Department of the Interior - Establishes within the Department of the Interior an Office of Education to: (1) promote education in selected areas of environmental, natural, historic, and cultural resources; and (2) establish initiatives at minority schools of higher education. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) report annually to certain congressional committees on opportunities for minority schools of higher education to participate in Departmental programs; (2) establish a scholarship program for degrees in natural resource and environmental related fields at minority schools of higher learning in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region; (3) encourage pre-college education programs in designated subject areas; (4) implement a volunteer educational enrichment program in cooperation with State departments of education and local school districts in the Delta Region; (5) establish a Center for Excellence in the Sciences and a Center for Aquaculture to encourage women and minority students in the Delta Region to pursue careers in the sciences and in aquaculture; and (6) coordinate the educational programs under this Act with those of other Federal agencies. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to transmit to the Congress: (1) a study of nationally significant sites within the Delta Region; (2) recommendations for a transportation network linking such sites; and (3) a study outlining recommendations for funding a Delta Region Native American Heritage Corridor and Heritage and Cultural Center, and a Delta Region African American Heritage Corridor and Heritage and Cultural Center (including a Music Heritage Program). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State Humanities Councils to assist minority and rural museums … | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4224 |
| 103-hr-4189 | 103 | hr | 4189 | To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for budgeting for emergencies through the establishment of a budget reserve account, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-04-13 | 1994-04-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] | DE | R | C000243 | 30 | Requires the establishment of a budget reserve account for the funding for natural disasters and national security emergencies. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to include such funding in the budget process. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to repeal provisions relating to emergency appropriations. Requires annual reports to the Congress on expenditures from such account. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4189 |
| 103-hr-4198 | 103 | hr | 4198 | To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require that OMB and CBO estimates for paygo purposes score increased revenues caused by economic growth resulting from legislation implementing any trade agreement. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-04-13 | 1994-04-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] | IL | R | E000282 | 30 | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require pay-as-you-go estimates with respect to legislation implementing trade agreements to take into account increased revenue caused by economic growth resulting from such legislation to offset any loss in tariff revenues due to that legislation. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4198 |
| 103-hr-4178 | 103 | hr | 4178 | Federal Credit Cost Reduction Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-04-12 | 1994-04-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 11 | Federal Credit Cost Reduction Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 to include administrative costs (which, currently, are expressly excluded) in the estimated long-term costs to the Government of direct loans and loan guarantees. Amends Federal law to require the President's annual budget to contain a separate listing of administrative costs for direct loans and loan guarantees on a cash accounting basis and an appendix of such costs by program, by agency, and for the Government. Establishes maximum permissible subsidy rates for each credit reform program account. Reduces such rates from 40 percent for FY 1995 to five percent by FY 1999. | 2025-08-26T13:49:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4178 |
| 103-hr-4130 | 103 | hr | 4130 | To require that all Federal recurring payments be paid by electronic funds transfer, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Darden, George (Buddy) [D-GA-7] | GA | D | D000051 | 3 | Amends Federal monetary law to require that all recurring Federal payments shall be paid by electronic funds transfer, according to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury (except with respect to the Congress). Prescribes procedural guidelines for such transfers. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4130 |
| 103-sres-195 | 103 | sres | 195 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President currently has authority under the Constitution to veto individual items of authority without awaiting the enactment of additional authorization. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-24 | 1994-06-15 | Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Constitution grants to the President the authority to veto individual items of appropriation; and (2) the President should exercise that authority without awaiting the enactment of additional authorization. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-resolution/195 |
| 103-s-1955 | 103 | s | 1955 | Budget Process Reform Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-22 | 1994-03-22 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 18 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Statement of Congressional Purpose Title II: Binding Budget Law Title III: Enforcement Mechanics Title IV: Sustaining Mechanism Title V: Protection of Social Security Title VI: Timetable Title VII: Conforming Amendments Title VIII: Definitions and Rules of Interpretation Title IX: Effective Date Budget Process Reform Act - Title I: Statement of Congressional Purpose - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to facilitate rational, informed, and timely decisions by the Congress in the course of the Federal budget process. (Sec. 102) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal budget process should focus the attention of policymakers and the public on the aggregate impact of Federal spending on the economy, and on the tradeoffs that must be made among priorities in order to control overall levels of spending. (Sec. 103) Declares that the budget process should contain safeguards against delay and inaction, so that temporary shut-downs of the Government may be avoided. Title II: Binding Budget Law - Requires the Congress to enact a binding budget law, in the form of a joint resolution, by April 15 of the calendar year before that in which the fiscal period commences. (Sec. 202) Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives of the Senate to consider any spending bill affecting spending in a major functional category unless and until a joint resolution on the budget is enacted. (Sec. 203) Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit baseline budgeting. (Sec. 204) Requires the President to submit to the Congress on or before the 15th day after a joint resolution on the budget is enacted a detailed budget for the fiscal period beginning on October 1 of the current calendar year. Title III: Enforcement Mechanics - Subtitle A: Supermajority Required to Break Budget Law - Requires a three-fifths majority vote in the House and the Senate to consider any spending bill prior to the enactment of the budget law. (Se… | 2025-08-26T13:50:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1955 |
| 103-sconres-63 | 103 | sconres | 63 | An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-18 | 1994-05-12 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN] | TN | D | S000068 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Levels and Amounts Title II: Budgetary Procedures Title III: Sense of Congress Provisions Title I: Levels and Amounts - Establishes the budget for FY 1995 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1996 through 1999. (Sec. 2) Sets forth recommended budgetary levels of Federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, and credit activity. (Sec. 3) Sets forth the increase in the public debt subject to limitation. Displays Federal retirement trust fund balances. Sets forth Social Security trust fund revenues and outlays for Senate enforcement purposes. (Sec. 6) Sets forth funding levels for each major functional category. Title II: Budgetary Procedures - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Government should sell assets from time to time; and (2) the amounts realized from such sales will not recur on an annual basis and do not reduce the demand for credit. (Sec. 22) Limits the levels of social security outlays and revenues for this resolution to the current services levels. (Sec 23) Establishes Senate enforcement procedures to continue pay-as-you-go enforcement procedures through FY 2003. (Sec. 24) Allows budget authority and outlay allocations for legislation that increases funding for certain purposes when legislation has been reported that will not, if enacted, increase the deficit for FY 1995 through 1999. Describes such purposes as funding: (1) to improve the well-being of families through welfare or other reforms, to provide for services to support or protect children, or to improve the health, nutrition or care of children; (2) to provide comprehensive training or job search assistance or to reform unemployment compensation; (3) to make continuing improvements in ongoing health care programs and comprehensive health care reform; (4) to preserve and rebuild the United States maritime industry; (5) to reform the financing of Federal elections; (6) to implement trade-related legislation; (7) for reforms relatin… | 2025-01-14T18:22:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/63 |
| 103-hr-4084 | 103 | hr | 4084 | Community Services Block Grant Amendments of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-17 | 1994-04-28 | See H.R.4250. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 4 | Community Services Block Grant Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize a community initiative grant program to carry out economic development activities in economically distressed communities. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the community services block grant program. Obligates funds for the community initiatives program. | 2025-08-26T13:50:19Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4084 |
| 103-hr-4043 | 103 | hr | 4043 | Lower Mississippi Delta Initiatives Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-16 | 1994-07-27 | See S.21. | House | Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-4] | LA | D | F000110 | 33 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Initiatives Within the Department of the Interior Title II: Initiatives Within the Department of Energy Lower Mississippi Delta Initiatives Act of 1994 - Title I: Initiatives Within the Department of the Interior - Establishes within the Department of the Interior an Office of Education to: (1) promote education in selected areas of environmental, natural, historic, and cultural resources; and (2) establish initiatives at minority schools of higher education. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) submit annual status reports to the Congress regarding the inventory and coordination of Departmental education programs; (2) report annually to certain congressional committees on opportunities for minority schools of higher education to participate in Departmental programs; (3) establish a scholarship program for degrees in natural resource and environmental related fields at minority schools of higher learning in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region; (4) encourage pre-college education programs in designated subject areas; (5) implement a volunteer educational enrichment program in cooperation with State departments of education and local school districts in the Delta Region; (6) establish a Center for Excellence in the Sciences and a Center for Aquaculture to encourage women and minority students in the Delta Region to pursue careers in the sciences and in aquaculture; and (7) coordinate the educational programs under this Act with those of other Federal agencies. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to transmit to the Congress: (1) a study of nationally significant sites within the Delta Region; (2) recommendations for a transportation network linking such sites; and (3) a study outlining recommendations for funding a Delta Region Native American Heritage Corridor and Heritage and Cultural Center, and a Delta Region African American Heritage Corridor and Heritage and Cultural Center (including a Music Heritage Program). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State Hu… | 2025-08-26T13:52:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4043 |
| 103-hr-4057 | 103 | hr | 4057 | Deficit Reduction Lock Box Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-16 | 1994-03-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 154 | Deficit Reduction Lock Box Act of 1994 - Establishes the Deficit Reduction Trust Fund consisting of amounts contained in deficit reduction lock box provisions of appropriations Acts. Reduces discretionary spending limits by amounts transferred to the Fund. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that amounts resulting from reduced spending under general appropriations bills be placed in the Fund. Requires the Congressional Budget Office to score all general appropriations measures as passed by the House and Senate and to publish such scorecard in the Congressional Record. | 2025-08-26T13:51:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4057 |
| 103-s-1937 | 103 | s | 1937 | Community Services Block Grant Amendments of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-16 | 1994-03-24 | Referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Community Services Block Grant Amendments of 1994 - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize a community initiative grant program to carry out economic development activities in economically distressed communities. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the community services block grant program. Obligates funds for the community initiatives program. | 2025-08-26T13:50:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1937 |
| 103-s-1940 | 103 | s | 1940 | Spending Reduction and Budget Control Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-16 | 1994-03-16 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have 30 days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 0 | Spending Reduction and Budget Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require each House of the Congress to agree to a joint resolution on the allocation of budget authority and outlays made by the Committees on Appropriations. Requires amendments that reduce appropriations to also reduce relevant subcommittee allocations and discretionary spending limits. | 2025-08-26T13:50:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1940 |
| 103-hjres-336 | 103 | hjres | 336 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-11 | 1994-03-17 | See H.J.Res.103. | House | Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | W000654 | 6 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Federal outlays of operating funds from exceeding receipts to such funds for any fiscal year. Waives such prohibition: (1) when a declaration of war is in effect; (2) when the United States by law is engaged in military conflict; or (3) if economic growth has been or will be negative for two consecutive quarters. Requires the President to propose a budget in accordance with this Act. Provides that the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund shall not be counted as receipts or outlays. | 2021-06-02T19:17:42Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-joint-resolution/336 |
| 103-hr-4000 | 103 | hr | 4000 | Spending Reduction Enforcement Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-10 | 1994-03-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Miller, Dan [R-FL-13] | FL | R | M000720 | 26 | Spending Reduction Enforcement Act of 1994 - Establishes the Spending Reduction Commission to propose cost savings and changes in law to achieve at least $65 billion of budget outlay reductions for the budget year and each outyear until a balanced budget is reached. Sets forth the procedure for implementation of the Commission's recommendations by the Office of Management and Budget, the President, and the Congress. Makes any budget outlay reductions permanent. Sets forth sequestration procedures if the full amount of required savings is not achieved by the end of a session of Congress. | 2025-08-26T13:52:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4000 |
| 103-hr-3986 | 103 | hr | 3986 | Supplemental Appropriations Rescissions Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-09 | 1994-03-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 65 | Supplemental Appropriations Rescissions Act of 1994 - Rescinds FY 1994 funds made available to: (1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the automation of fingerprint identification services; (2) the Federal Railroad Administration for the conversion of a post office to a train station and commercial center; and (3) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for assistance to sugarcane mills on the Hilo-Hamakua Coast of Hawaii. Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to use specified funds to relocate, repair, and lay up the nuclear ship SAVANNAH. | 2025-08-26T13:50:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3986 |
| 103-hr-3989 | 103 | hr | 3989 | To reduce domestic and defense discretionary spending. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-09 | 1994-04-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 1 | Cancels the Space Station program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Authorizes appropriations to the NASA Director for termination costs and authorizes FY 1994 through 1998 appropriations to carry out NASA responsibilities. Rescinds funds authorized for the Space Station program under prior law. Rescinds funds authorized in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994 for the Ballistic Missile Defense program. Reduces for each of FY 1995 through 1998 the total amount authorized to the Department of Defense for such program. Directs the Secretary of Energy to terminate the Department of Energy's advanced liquid metal reactor program. Rescinds FY 1994 and prior year funds for such program. Changes the effective date of the requirement for a reduction to 100,000 in the number of U.S. military personnel stationed in Europe from October 1, 1995, to October 1, 1994. Requires certain further end strength reductions in personnel assigned to European member nations of NATO, providing a reduction formula and annual reduction goals based on allied contributions toward nonpersonnel costs for U.S. military installations in such nations. Allows an end strength of at least 25,000 U.S. personnel to be maintained in such nations. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3989 |
| 103-hconres-218 | 103 | hconres | 218 | Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-08 | 1994-05-16 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5] | MN | D | S000005 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Levels and Amounts Title II: Budgetary Procedures Title III: Sense of Congress Provisions Title I: Levels and Amounts - Establishes the budget for FY 1995 and sets forth appropriate budgetary outlays, deficits, public debt, and credit activity. (Sec. 2) Sets forth recommended budgetary levels of Federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, and credit activity. (Sec. 3) Sets forth Social Security trust fund revenues and outlays for Senate enforcement purposes. (Sec. 4) Sets forth funding levels for each major functional category. Title II: Budgetary Procedures- Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Government should sell assets from time to time; and (2) the amounts realized from such sales will not recur on an annual basis and do not reduce the demand for credit. (Sec. 22) Prohibits consideration of budget resolutions, and amendments thereto, which provide for a reduction in the Social Security surplus. (Sec. 23) Establishes Senate pay-as-you-go enforcement procedures effective through FY 2004. (Sec. 24) Establishes Senate procedures to enforce lower discretionary spending limits than those provided in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings). (Sec. 25) Provides for budgetary adjustments to reflect additional new budget authority or outlays for the Internal Revenue Service compliance initiative activities. (Sec. 26) Provides for adjusting budget authority, outlays, and new entitlement authority if health care reform legislation is reported in the House of Representatives. (Sec. 27) Allows for revised spending allocations and revenue aggregates in the Senate for legislation that increases funding for certain purposes when legislation has been reported that will not, if enacted, increase the deficit for FY 1995 through 1999. Title III: Sense of Congress Provisions - Expresses the sense of the Congress that legislation should be enacted providing enforceable limits to control th… | 2025-04-07T15:32:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/218 |
| 103-hr-3958 | 103 | hr | 3958 | Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-03 | 1994-07-19 | For Further Action on Helium Provisions See H.R.3967. | House | Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6] | CO | R | S000109 | 6 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Committee on Agriculture Subtitle A: Administration Subtitle B: Commodity programs Subtitle C: Crop Insurance and Disaster Relief Subtitle D: Food Stamps Subtitle E: Agricultural Trade Subtitle F: Conservation Title II: Committee on Armed Services Subtitle A: General Program Reductions Subtitle B: National Defense Stockpile Title III: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Title IV: Committee on Education and Labor Title V: Committee on Energy and Commerce Title VI: Committee on Foreign Affairs Title VII: Committee on Government Operations Title VIII: Committee on the Judiciary Title IX: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Title X: Committee on Natural Resources Title XI: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Title XII: Committee on Public Works and Transportation Title XIII: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Title XIV: Committee on Small Business Title XV: Committee on Veterans' Affairs Title XVI: Committee on Way and Means Title XVII: Multiple Committee Jurisdiction Subtitle A: Benefits for Illegal Aliens Subtitle B: Economic Development Administration Sunset Subtitle C: Reductions in Spending Under Medicare Subtitle D: Economic Development and Disaster Assistance Subtitle E: International Trade Administration Assistance Subtitle F: Agricultural Export Bonus Program Title XVIII: Unfunded mandates Subtitle A: General Limitations Subtitle B: Commission on Unfunded Federal Mandates Subtitle C: State Mandate Estimates Title XIX: Legislative Branch Provisions Title XX: Enforcement Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1994 - Title I: Committee on Agriculture - Subtitle A: Administration - Consolidates the Agricultural Research Service, the Cooperat… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3958 |
| 103-hr-3962 | 103 | hr | 3962 | Lower Mississippi Delta Initiatives Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-03 | 1994-07-27 | See S.21. | House | Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] | MS | D | T000193 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Initiatives Within the Department of the Interior Title II: Initiatives Within the Department of Energy Lower Mississippi Delta Initiatives Act of 1994 - Title I: Initiatives Within the Department of the Interior - Establishes within the Department of the Interior an Office of Education to: (1) promote education in selected areas of environmental, natural, historic, and cultural resources; and (2) establish initiatives at minority schools of higher education. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) submit annual status reports to the Congress regarding the inventory and coordination of Departmental education programs; (2) report annually to certain congressional committees on opportunities for minority schools of higher education to participate in Departmental programs; (3) establish a scholarship program for degrees in natural resource and environmental related fields at minority schools of higher learning in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region; (4) encourage pre-college education programs in designated subject areas; (5) implement a volunteer educational enrichment program in cooperation with State departments of education and local school districts in the Delta Region; (6) establish a Center for Excellence in the Sciences and a Center for Aquaculture to encourage women and minority students in the Delta Region to pursue careers in the sciences and in aquaculture; and (7) coordinate the educational programs under this Act with those of other Federal agencies. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to transmit to the Congress: (1) a study of nationally significant sites within the Delta Region; (2) recommendations for a transportation network linking such sites; and (3) a study outlining recommendations for funding a Delta Region Native American Heritage Corridor and Heritage and Cultural Center, and a Delta Region African American Heritage Corridor and Heritage and Cultural Center (including a Music Heritage Program). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State Hu… | 2025-08-26T13:52:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3962 |
| 103-hres-377 | 103 | hres | 377 | Instructing the Committee on the Budget to make the precise spending cuts set forth in this resolution to save $285 billion over the next 5 fiscal years unless the committee determines that any such cuts would be unjustified. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-03-02 | 1994-03-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1091) | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] | FL | R | G000336 | 4 | Directs the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives to make specific spending cuts over the five-year period beginning with FY 1995. | 2024-02-07T14:47:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-resolution/377 |
| 103-s-1875 | 103 | s | 1875 | National Security Budgeting and Deficit Control Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-25 | 1994-02-25 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 30 | National Security Budgeting and Deficit Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to extend the caps on defense and nondefense discretionary spending through FY 1998. | 2025-08-26T13:50:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1875 |
| 103-hconres-211 | 103 | hconres | 211 | To express the sense of the Congress that the President should convene a White House Conference on Savings. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-24 | 1994-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Deposit Insurance. | House | Rep. LaRocco, Larry [D-ID-1] | ID | D | L000098 | 0 | Calls for the President to convene a White House Conference on Savings to address: (1) the drop in the rate of personal savings and investment in the United States; (2) the effects of the decline in domestic savings on America's need to borrow capital abroad and on the U.S. economy, capital formation, investment, research and development, new technologies, entrepreneurship, employment, and job creation; and (3) possible actions to increase the rate of personal savings. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/211 |
| 103-hr-3908 | 103 | hr | 3908 | Office of Personal Savings Promotion Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-24 | 1994-02-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. LaRocco, Larry [D-ID-1] | ID | D | L000098 | 0 | Office of Personal Savings Promotion Act of 1994 - Amends Federal monetary law to establish, in the Department of the Treasury, the Office of Personal Savings Promotion to develop policies and recommendations for administrative and legislative action to increase the rate of domestic personal savings. | 2025-08-26T13:49:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3908 |
| 103-hr-3876 | 103 | hr | 3876 | To set forth the appropriate budgetary treatment of the health reform program. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-23 | 1994-02-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Allard, Wayne [R-CO-4] | CO | R | A000109 | 2 | Declares that for purposes of budget scorekeeping by the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office, any proposed change in law (such as those made by the Health Security Act) respecting: (1) any obligation, payroll tax, assessment, premium, or fee to be paid to a particular entity established pursuant to Federal law shall be treated as a Federal receipt; and (2) any related expenditure made by any such entity required pursuant to Federal law shall be treated as a Federal outlay. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3876 |
| 103-hconres-205 | 103 | hconres | 205 | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the use of census block group data, and data from low or no population census tracts or blocks, in the designation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-10 | 1994-02-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33] | CA | D | R000486 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should: (1) allow census block group data to be used in the same manner as census tract data in determining whether areas are eligible for designation as empowerment zones and enterprise communities authorized by the Internal Revenue Code; and (2) treat census tracts or blocks that have no population, or (if more than 75 percent of the tract or block is zoned for commercial or industrial use) have populations of less than 2,000, as counting towards all poverty rate requirements for designation of such zones and communities. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/205 |
| 103-hr-3853 | 103 | hr | 3853 | Economic Revitalization Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-10 | 1994-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Credit Formation. | House | Rep. Klein, Herbert C. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | K000262 | 5 | Economic Revitalization Act of 1994 - Amends Federal law to set forth conditions under which the Secretary of the Treasury may: (1) participate in and guarantee loans made by certain participating financial institutions to specified sound business enterprises ("qualified loans"); and (2) issue securities backed by a pool of qualified loans acquired by the Secretary for such purpose. | 2025-08-26T13:49:19Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3853 |
| 103-s-1843 | 103 | s | 1843 | Government Downsizing, Performance, and Accountability Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-10 | 1994-02-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 20 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Saving the Taxpayers Money Subtitle A: Specific Spending Cuts Subtitle B: Reducing the Size of Government Subtitle C: Eliminating Government Printing Monopoly Title II: Streamlining the Federal Bureaucracy Subtitle A: Department of Agriculture Reorganization Subtitle B: Procurement Streamlining Subtitle C: Other Streamlining Reforms Title III: Improving Government Performance and Accountability Title IV: Improving the Legislative Process Title V: Enforcement Government Downsizing, Performance, and Accountability Act of 1994 - Title I: Saving The Taxpayers Money - Subtitle A: Specific Spending Cuts - Rescinds 7.5 percent of remaining FY 1994 appropriations for the legislative branch (except the House of Representatives and the Executive Office of the President). (Sec. 1003) Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to limit annual cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for Members of Congress to those for other Federal employees. (Sec. 1004) Rescinds certain FY 1994 appropriations to provide for reductions in FY 1994 budgetary outlays for, and thereafter through FY 1996 sets general obligational limits on, various specified agency administrative expenses (except Department of Defense (DOD) and other specified expenses), as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). (Sec. 1005) Makes specified rescissions in current FY 1994 appropriations for: (1) the Agency for International Development's (AID) Development Assistance Fund; (2) Department of State Diplomatic and Consular Programs; and (3) salaries and expenses of the United States Information Agency (USIA) and USIA's North/South Center. (Sec. 1006) Raises the minimum threshold for application of the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act from $2,000 to $100,000 for Federal or District of Columbia contracts within the geographical limits of the 48 contiguous States. Prohibits artificia… | 2025-08-26T13:48:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1843 |
| 103-hjres-321 | 103 | hjres | 321 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing an item veto in appropriations bills and an item veto of contract authority or taxation changes in any other bill. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-09 | 1994-02-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Zimmer, Dick [R-NJ-12] | NJ | R | Z000008 | 6 | Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President item veto authority with respect to legislation concerning appropriations, contract authority, or tax changes. | 2021-06-02T19:17:39Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-joint-resolution/321 |
| 103-s-1832 | 103 | s | 1832 | A bill to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on February 7, 1994, in accordance with title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-07 | 1994-05-24 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] | WV | D | B001210 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter I: Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Chapter II: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Chapter III: Department of Defense Chapter IV: Energy and Water Development Chapter V: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Chapter VI: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Chapter VII: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Chapter VIII: Legislative Branch Chapter IX: Department of Defense-Military Construction Chapter X: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Chapter XI: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Chapter XII: Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Chapter I: Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Rescinds funds made available to the Department of Agriculture for the Economic Research Service, the Cooperative State Research Service, the Agricutural Stabilization and Conservation Service, the Soil Conservation Service, the Farmers Home Administration, the Rural Electrification Administration, and the Food and Nutrition Service. Chapter II: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies - Rescinds funds made available to the Department of Commerce for the International Trade Administration, export administration, the Minority Business Development Agency, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the Economic Development Administration. Rescinds funds made available to the Department of State for the Administration of Foreign Affairs. Rescinds funds made available to the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial services. Rescinds funds made available to the Board for International Br… | 2025-01-14T18:22:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1832 |
| 103-hr-3789 | 103 | hr | 3789 | Budget Accountability Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-03 | 1994-02-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Grams, Rod [R-MN-6] | MN | R | G000367 | 17 | Budget Accountability Act of 1994 - Provides for the termination of Federal programs that are not reauthorized by the Congress. Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of legislation that does not contain an authorization period for the use of appropriated amounts. Prohibits the imposition of any tax unless a later date for such tax to terminate is specified by law. Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of such legislation. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the House rule concerning the reporting requirements in general appropriations bills should be vigorously applied; (2) laws that affect the Federal revenue should be periodically reviewed by the appropriate congressional committees to determine, based on the health of the economy, whether such laws should continue in effect; and (3) reducing the debt of the Federal Government is critical to the long-term health of the economy. | 2025-08-26T13:49:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3789 |
| 103-hr-3793 | 103 | hr | 3793 | Community Enterprise Revitalization Amendments Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-03 | 1994-03-24 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E551) | House | Rep. Ridge, Thomas J. [R-PA-21] | PA | R | R000243 | 0 | Community Enterprise Revitalization Amendments Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make economic development grants to enhance the security of housing loan guarantees under section 108 of such Act. Authorizes such grants' funding with recaptured urban development action grant (UDAG) amounts. Authorizes a UDAG amnesty program. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee section 108-backed obligations. | 2025-08-26T13:49:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3793 |
| 103-hr-3802 | 103 | hr | 3802 | To provide that cost-of-living adjustments to payments made under Federal law shall be determined using a new price index which does not take into account tobacco products and distilled spirits. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-03 | 1994-02-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 3 | Provides that any payment made under Federal law which is subject to any cost of living adjustment made using a price index that takes into account prices of tobacco products and distilled spirits shall be subject instead to a cost of living adjustment made using a new price index that does not take such prices into account. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3802 |
| 103-s-1826 | 103 | s | 1826 | Deficit Reduction Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-03 | 1994-02-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 9 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Rescissions of Fiscal Year 1994 Spending Subtitle A: Agriculture Subtitle B: National Defense Subtitle C: Foreign Relations and Intelligence Subtitle D: Government Employees and Government Operations Subtitle E: Energy and Commerce Title II: Permanent Program Changes for Fiscal Years After 1994 Subtitle A: Agriculture Subtitle B: National Defense Subtitle C: Foreign Relations and Intelligence Subtitle D: Government Employees and Government Operations Subtitle E: Energy and Commerce Deficit Reduction Act of 1994 - Title I: Rescissions of Fiscal Year 1994 Spending - Subtitle A: Agriculture - Rescinds FY 1994 appropriations made available to the Department of Agriculture. Subtitle B: National Defense - Rescinds FY 1994 appropriations made available for nuclear weapons activities, the Selective Service System, the D5 (Trident II) Missile Program, the Follow-On Early Warning System Program, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Programs, armed forces recruiting activities, the Titan IV missile launch systems, and the National Aerospace Plane Program. Subtitle C: Foreign Relations and Intelligence - Rescinds FY 1994 appropriations made available for intelligence activities, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and foreign military financing grants. Subtitle D: Government Employees and Government Operations - Rescinds FY 1994 appropriations made available for Senior Executive Service accrued leave upon termination of employment, the acquisition of new Federal buildings, and the Federal Information Center. Subtitle E: Energy and Commerce - Rescinds FY 1994 appropriations made available for the Superconducting Super Collider, the Tennessee Valley Authority Fertilizer Program, the United States Space Station Freedom Program, the modular High-Temperature Gas Reactor Program, and the Advanced Liquid M… | 2025-08-26T13:49:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/1826 |
| 103-hconres-201 | 103 | hconres | 201 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal Government mandated health care reform should be on-budget. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-02 | 1994-02-23 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H566) | House | Rep. Allard, Wayne [R-CO-4] | CO | R | A000109 | 144 | Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that any federally-mandated health care reform should be on-budget. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/201 |
| 103-sconres-59 | 103 | sconres | 59 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal Government mandated health care reform should be on-budget. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-02 | 1994-02-02 | Referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] | MT | R | B001126 | 16 | Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that any federally-mandated health care reform should be on-budget. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/59 |
| 103-hr-3759 | 103 | hr | 3759 | Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-02-01 | 1994-02-12 | Became Public Law No: 103-211. | House | Rep. Natcher, William H. [D-KY-2] | KY | D | N000009 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Title II: Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September 11, 1994 Title III: Rescinding Certain Budget Authority Title IV: General Provisions Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations - Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994 - Makes additional appropriations available to the Department of Agriculture for the Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service for repair damage to the waterways and watersheds resulting from the Midwest floods and California fires of 1993 and other natural disasters. Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation to use available funds to replant, reseed, or repair damage to commercial trees and seedlings. Authorizes the Corporation to provide relief for losses of papaya crops and for losses of trees, shrubs, or nursery stock in 1993, 1994, or 1995. Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1994 for disaster assistance activities resulting from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters. Makes additional funds available to: (1) the Small Business Administration for the disaster loans program account; (2) the Department of Defense for military personnel, operation and maintenance, and procurement; and (3) the Army Corps of Engineers-Civil for flood control and coastal emergencies. Amends the Small Business Act to require that priority be given to contract proposals to restore State or Federal lands in presidentially-declared major disaster areas. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to allot specified funds to States to meet emergency needs. Makes supplemental amounts available to: (1) the Department of Education for impact aid and student financial assistance; (2) the Department of Transportation for the Federal Highway Administration; (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care and construction projects; (4) the Department of Housing an… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3759 |
| 103-sconres-58 | 103 | sconres | 58 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that any government mandated health care reform should be included on budget and should be subject to the same budget rules as other tax and spending measures. | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-01-26 | 1994-01-26 | Referred to the Committee on Budget. | Senate | Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] | NH | R | G000445 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that any Government-mandated health care reform should be included on budget and should be subject to the same budget rules as other tax and spending measures. | 2025-01-14T18:22:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/58 |
| 103-hr-3721 | 103 | hr | 3721 | Violent and Repeat Offenders Act of 1994 | Economics and Public Finance | 1994-01-25 | 1994-04-28 | See H.R.4278. | House | Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25] | TX | D | A000209 | 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Targeting Habitual Repeat and Violent Criminal Offenders Subtitle A: Expanding the Capacity of State Correctional Facilities Subtitle B: Major Offenders Programs and Felony Parole Violators Title II: Ending the Double Victimization of Society Subtitle A: Denial of Federal Benefits Subtitle B: Prison Work Programs Title III: Repeal of Supervised Release Program Title IV: Drug Paraphernalia Tax Title V: Financing Subtitle A: National Security Subtitle B: Physical Capital, Natural Resources, and Science Subtitle C: Government Management Subtite D: Human Resources Subtitle E: Social Services and Retirement Violent and Repeat Offenders Act of 1994 - Title I: Targeting Habitual Repeat and Violent Criminal Offenders - Subtitle A: Expanding the Capacity of State Correctional Facilities - Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States to construct additional correctional facilities for the purpose of increasing prison capacity to make habitual and violent criminal offenders serve the full term of their sentences. Specifies that such construction should aim to provide sufficient capacity to incarcerate such offenders who exhibit a high risk for continued or violent criminal activity for such terms, including individuals: (1) with three or more arrests by age 18; (2) with a history of violent criminal offenses; and (3) exhibiting a pattern of crimes of premeditation and deliberation for whom a prison stay may have a significant deterrent value. Authorizes the Director to make such grants to States to operate prison facilities including costs for administration and staff. (Sec. 102) Sets forth application requirements. Directs that each State application include a comprehensive plan containing: (1) a description of the correctional facility needs in the State, including re… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3721 |
| 103-hconres-195 | 103 | hconres | 195 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the government should require that all tax benefits or other subsidies afforded to businesses operating in the United States as part of health care reform should be used for investment and job creation within the borders of the United States. | Economics and Public Finance | 1993-11-23 | 1993-11-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 6 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that all government health care tax benefits or subsidies provided in the context of health care reform to businesses operating in the United States be in a form, such as an investment tax credit, that will ensure that the benefits or subsidies are directed toward investment in the United States to promote job creation and the competitiveness of United States industry and agriculture. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/195 |
| 103-hr-3629 | 103 | hr | 3629 | Postal Service Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1993-11-22 | 1993-11-24 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3063) | House | Rep. Coppersmith, Sam [D-AZ-1] | AZ | D | C000767 | 24 | Postal Service Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1993 - Rescinds a specified amount of the funds made available for the U.S. Postal Service in the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1994 on January 1, 1994, unless, before such date, the Postmaster General notifies the Congress that the Postal Service will not proceed with the adoption and implementation of a new corporate logo. | 2025-08-26T13:50:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3629 |
| 103-hr-3645 | 103 | hr | 3645 | Family, Investment, Retirement, Savings, and Tax Fairness Act of 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1993-11-22 | 1993-12-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Grams, Rod [R-MN-6] | MN | R | G000367 | 99 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Family Tax Credit Title II: Reducing the Cost of Capital by Reducing Capital Gains Tax Rates and Indexing the Basis of Certain Assets Title III: Neutral Cost Recovery Title IV: Increasing National Savings Through Individual Retirement Plus Accounts, Indexing for Inflation the Income Thresholds for Taxing Social Security Benefits, etc. Title V: Cap on Federal Spending and Establishment of Commission to Reduce Federal Spending Title VI: Elimination of Social Security Earnings Test Family, Investment, Retirement, Savings, and Tax Fairness Act of 1993 - Title I: Family Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a tax credit of $500 multiplied by the number of qualifying children who have not attained age 18. Places limitations on such credit and adjusts it for inflation. Title II: Reducing the Cost of Capital by Reducing Capital Gains Tax Rates and Indexing the Basis of Certain Assets - Reduces the individual and corporate capital gains rate from 34 percent to 15 percent. Reduces such tax to 7.5 percent for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Provides for the phaseout of personal exemptions and the overall limitation on itemized deductions to take into account adjusted gross income which has been reduced by net capital gain. Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of noncorporate taxpayers. Title III: Neutral Cost Recovery - Allows the depreciation deduction to be computed based on a neutral recovery basis for property placed in service after December 31, 1993. Disallows the interest deduction for such property to ens… | 2025-08-26T13:51:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3645 |
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