United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2025
Provides that, notwithstanding executive orders or Federal laws to the contrary, funds appropriated under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 for military pay raises and basic allowances may be obligated and expended for such purpose. Terminates such authority on April 2, 1996.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Burma Freedom and Democracy Act of 1995 - Imposes certain unilateral and multilateral economic sanctions against Burma until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that an elected government of Burma has been allowed to take power. Requires the Secretary of Labor to report to the appropriate congressional committees on Burma's unfair labor practices.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to entitle owners of famous marks to injunctions against, and relief for, another's commercial use in commerce of a mark or trade name if such use begins after the mark becomes famous and causes dilution of its distinctive quality. Limits owners to injunctive relief unless the person against whom the injunction is sought willfully intended to trade on the owner's reputation or to cause dilution of the mark. Provides for additional remedies if such intent is proven. Provides that ownership by a person of a valid registration shall be a complete bar to an action against such person that is brought under common or State law and that seeks to prevent dilution of the distinctiveness of a mark, label, or form of advertisement. Provides that the following uses shall not be actionable: (1) fair use of a famous mark in comparative commercial advertising or promotion to identify the competing goods or services of the owner of the famous mark; (2) noncommercial use of a mark; and (3) all forms of news reporting and news commentary.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Highway Rail Grade Crossing Safety Formula Enhancement Act of 1995 - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to direct the Secretary of Transportation, for each of specified years, to set aside five percent of the funds authorized for the surface transportation program to be apportioned among the States for railway-highway crossings based on a formula which takes into account the number of accidents and fatalities at public railway-highway crossings over a three-year period, the number of such crossings, and the number of such crossings with passive warning devices, in each State relative to all States. Provides for exclusive availability of specified apportioned funds for railway-highway crossings and for hazard elimination programs in FY 1997.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Amends Federal law with respect to the general restriction against acceptance by a Federal or a District of Columbia (D.C.) government officer or employee of voluntary services for either government, or employment of personal services exceeding that authorized by law, except for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property (essential employees). Deems all Federal and D.C. government officers and employees to be performing such emergency services (thus deeming them all to be essential employees). Makes such amendment only for the period December 15, 1995, through February 1, 1996.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the United States Courthouse located at 3rd Street and Constitution Avenue Northwest, in Washington, D.C., as the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding impact aid payments. Provides hold-harmless payment amounts for impact-aid payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property. Provides that no eligible local educational agency shall receive less than 85 percent of the preceding year's amount in such a payment for any fiscal year. Provides for ratable reductions and increases in certain types of impact-aid payments in specified circumstances. Allows two specified school districts in South Dakota to claim eligibility as heavily-impacted districts for the current year, and amend their applications for increased payments. Revises provisions with respect to maximum payments for certain heavily impacted local educational agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 2021
Amends Federal law with respect to the general restriction against acceptance by a Federal or a District of Columbia (D.C.) government officer or employee of voluntary services for either government, or employment of personal services exceeding that authorized by law, except for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property (essential employees). Deems all Federal and D.C. government officers and employees to be performing such emergency services (thus deeming them all to be essential employees). Amends such law only for the period December 15, 1995, through February 1, 1996.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Protecting Class Action Plaintiffs Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal judicial code to require the attorneys representing the class in a class action lawsuit, no later than ten days after a proposed settlement is filed, to serve the attorney general of each State in which a class member resides and the Department of Justice (DOJ) with specified information, including a copy of the complaint, notice of any scheduled judicial hearing in the class action, and any proposed or final class action settlement. Specifies that: (1) a hearing to consider final approval of a proposed settlement may not be held earlier than 120 days after such notice is served; (2) a class member may refuse to comply with, and may choose not to be bound by, a settlement agreement or consent decree in such a lawsuit if the class member resides in a State whose attorney general has not been provided such notice; and (3) any court order certifying a class or approving a proposed settlement in a class action and any written opinions concerning such court orders and decrees shall be made available for publication in official court reporters and electronic legal databases. Directs any court with jurisdiction over a class action in which the plaintiff is a class to require that: (1) any written notice provided to the class through the mail or publication in printed media contain a short summary written in plain, easily understood language describing the subject matter of the class action, the legal consequences of joining such action, and specified other information; and (2) any notice provided through television or radio to inform the class of its rights to be excluded from a class action or a proposed settlement indicate and explain in plain, easily understood language the individuals that may potentially become class members and that the failure of individuals to exercise their right to be excluded will result in the individual's inclusion in the class action.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Restitution Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions Victims Justice Act of 1995 - Title I: Restitution - Amends the Federal criminal code to require the court to order restitution of the victim when a convicted defendant is being sentenced for specified offenses (see Sec. 103). Authorizes the court to order restitution in certain other cases. Makes specified procedures (see Sec. 105) applicable to all orders of restitution. Requires the court to provide, as an explicit condition of a sentence of probation, that the defendant make restitution as ordered, pay the assessment imposed, and notify the court of any material change in his or her economic circumstances that might affect his or her ability to pay restitution, fines, or special assessments. Repeals specified restrictions on the court's authority to order the making of restitution. (Sec. 103) Directs the court to order, in addition to any other penalty authorized by law, that the defendant make restitution to the victim of the offense or, if the victim is deceased, to the victim's estate. Defines "victim" as a person directly and proximately harmed as a result of the commission of an offense for which restitution may be ordered, including any person directly harmed by the defendant's criminal conduct in the course of an offense that involves a scheme, conspiracy, or pattern of criminal activity. Permits a legal guardian or the representative of the victim's estate (other than the defendant), another family member, or any other person appointed as suitable by the court to assume the victim's rights in the case of a victim who is under age 18, incompetent, incapacitated, or deceased. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) restitution to persons other than the victim; (2) the form and amount of restitution; and (3) plea agreements not resulting in a conviction. Requires restitution in all sentencing proceedings for convictions of, or plea agreements relating to charges for, any offense: (1) that is a crime of violence, an offense against property (including fraud), or an offense relating to tampering with consumer products; or (2) in which an identifiable victim has suffered a physical injury or pecuniary loss. Makes exceptions where the number of identifiable victims is so large as to make restitution impracticable or where determining complex issues of fact or the amount of the victim's losses would create an excessive burden on the sentencing process. (Sec. 104) Authorizes the court, when sentencing a defendant convicted of specified offenses under the Controlled Substances Act, to order that the defendant make restitution to any victim of such offense. Specifies that a participant in an offense may not be considered a victim of the offense. Specifies that, in determining whether to order restitution, the court: (1) shall consider the amount of the loss sustained by each victim as a result of the offense, the financial resources of the defendant, the financial needs and earning ability of the defendant and the defendant's dependents, and such other factors as the court deems appropriate; and (2) may decline to order restitution upon determining that the complication and prolongation of the sentencing process resulting from fashioning such an order outweighs the need to provide restitution to any victims. Sets forth provisions regarding situations in which there is no identifiable victim. Directs that an order of restitution in such case be based on the amount of public harm caused by the offense. Limits the amount of such restitution ordered to the amount of the fine ordered for the offense charged in the case. Directs that such restitution be distributed as follows: 65 percent to the Victim Assistance Administration of the State in which the crime occurred and 35 percent to the State entity designated to receive Federal substance abuse block grant funds. Prohibits the court from making an award if it appears likely that such award would interfere with a civil or criminal forfeiture. Specifies that certain penalty assessments or fines shall take precedence over a restitution order. Directs that requests for community restitution be considered in all plea agreements negotiated by the United States. Requires the Commission to promulgate guidelines to assist courts in determining the amount of restitution that may be ordered. Prohibits any restitution from being ordered under this section until such time as the Commission promulgates its guidelines. Makes conforming changes to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and to telemarketing fraud provisions of the Federal criminal code. (Sec. 105) Revises procedures for the issuance and enforcement of restitution orders. Directs the court to: (1) order the probation service of the court to obtain and include in its presentence report, or in a separate report, information sufficient for the court to exercise its discretion in fashioning a restitution order (which shall include a complete accounting of the losses to each victim, any restitution owed pursuant to a plea agreement, and information relating to the economic circumstances of each defendant); and (2) disclose to both the defendant and the attorney for the Government all portions of the report pertaining to such matters. Directs the probation service to inform the court if the number or identity of victims cannot be reasonably ascertained, or other circumstances exist that make such requirement impracticable. Makes specified provisions of the Federal criminal code and Rule 32(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure the only rules applicable to proceedings for the issuance and enforcement of restitution orders. Directs the attorney for the Government, within 60 days after conviction and not later than ten days prior to sentencing, to: (1) provide the probation service of the court with a listing of the amounts subject to restitution, after consulting with all identified victims; (2) provide notice to all such victims of the offenses of which the defendant was convicted, the listing of amounts subject to restitution, the victim's right to submit information concerning losses, and the scheduled date, time, and place of the sentencing hearing; (3) advise any victim that he or she may file a separate affidavit relating to his or her losses. Directs each defendant (within such time frame) to prepare and file with the probation service an affidavit fully describing the defendant's financial resources. Authorizes the court, after reviewing the report of the probation service, to require additional documentation or hear testimony. Specifies that the privacy of any such records filed or testimony heard shall be maintained and such records may be filed or testimony heard in camera. Directs the attorney for the Government to inform the court if the victim's losses are not ascertainable ten days prior to sentencing and the court shall set a date for the final determination of the victim's losses. Provides a victim who subsequently discovers further losses 60 days after discovery to petition the court for an amended restitution order (which order may be granted only upon a showing of good cause for the failure to include such losses in the initial claim for restitutionary relief). Sets forth provisions regarding referral of any issue arising in connection with a proposed restitution order to a magistrate or special master. Directs the court to order restitution to each victim in the full amount of each victim's losses as determined by the court without consideration of the defendant's economic circumstances. Sets forth further requirements, including provisions regarding the form of payments, situations involving multiple defendants, a prohibition on considering the fact that a victim has received compensation with respect to a loss from insurance or any other source in determining the amount of restitution, notification of material changes in the defendant's economic circumstances, and such adjustment of the payment schedule as the interests of justice require. Specifies that: (1) a defendant's conviction for an offense involving the act giving rise to a restitution order shall estop the defendant from denying the essential allegations of that offense in any subsequent Federal civil proceeding or State civil proceeding, to the extent consistent with State law, brought by the victim; and (2) a restitution order may be enforced by the United States, as specified, or by a victim named in the order, in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action. Requires a person obligated to provide restitution or pay a fine who receives substantial resources from any source, including inheritance, settlement, or other judgment, during a period of incarceration, to apply the value of such resources to any restitution or fine still owed. (Sec. 106) Amends Rule 32(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require that: (1) a presentence investigation and report, or other report containing information sufficient for the court to enter an order of restitution, be required in any case in which restitution is required to be ordered; and (2) a presentence report contain, in appropriate cases, information sufficient for the court to enter an order of restitution. Adds restitution to existing provisions governing the imposition of a fine in Federal criminal cases. Directs the court to impose a fine or other monetary penalty only to the extent that such fine or penalty will not impair the ability of the defendant to make restitution required to a victim other than the United States. Sets forth provisions regarding payment schedules, notification to the court of material changes in the defendant's economic circumstances, and default on a restitution fine or payment. Adds restitution provisions to provisions governing the post-sentence administration of fines, including collection. Makes it the responsibility of each victim to notify the Attorney General or the appropriate court entity of any change in the victim's mailing address while restitution is still owed. Directs that the confidentiality of any information relating to a victim be maintained. Sets priorities for the disbursement of money received from a defendant. Authorizes the court, upon a finding that the defendant is in default on a payment of a fine or restitution, to revoke or modify the terms or conditions of probation or a term of supervised release, resentence a defendant, hold the defendant in contempt of court, enter a restraining order or injunction, order the sale of property of the defendant, accept a performance bond, enter or adjust a payment schedule, or take any other action necessary to obtain compliance with the order of a fine or restitution. Allows any hearing arising out of such default to be conducted by a magistrate judge, subject to de novo review by the court. Requires that proceedings in which the participation of a defendant who is confined in a correctional facility is required or permitted be conducted by telephone, video conference, or other communications technology without removing the prisoner from the facility. Prohibits incarcerating a defendant solely on the basis of inability to make payments because of indigency. (Sec. 107) Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend or promulgate guidelines to reflect this Act and the amendments made by this Act. (Sec. 108) Requires the Attorney General to amend or promulgate guidelines to carry out this Act and to ensure that: (1) in all plea agreements negotiated by the United States, consideration is given to requesting that the defendant provide full restitution to all the victims; and (2) restitution orders are enforced to the fullest extent of the law. (Sec. 109) Doubles the special assessments on persons convicted of a felony in Federal cases. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to: (1) prohibit payments to delinquent criminal debtors by State crime victim compensation programs; and (2) exclude victim assistance from income for purposes of determining eligibility for Federal benefits. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime to make supplemental grants to States: (1) to provide compensation and assistance to residents who, while outside the United States, are victims of a terrorist act or mass violence, subject to specified limitations; and (2) for eligible crime victim compensation and assistance programs to provide emergency relief for the benefit of victims of domestic terrorist acts or mass violence and to provide funding to U.S. Attorney's Offices for use in coordination with State efforts in providing emergency relief. Sets forth or revises provisions regarding the funding of compensation and assistance to victims of terrorism, mass violence, and crime, the use of unobligated funds, and the base amount. (Sec. 203) Sets forth provisions regarding the severability of this Act. (Sec. 204) Directs: (1) the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, to conduct a study of the funds paid out of the Crime Victims Fund and the impact that the amendments made by this Act have on sums available in the Fund; and (2) the Attorney General and the Director to report interim findings to the Chairman and ranking Member of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Victims Restitution Enforcement Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to revise procedures for the issuance and enforcement of restitution orders. Directs the court to: (1) order the probation service of the court to obtain and include in its presentence report, or in a separate report, information sufficient for the court to exercise its discretion in fashioning a restitution order (which shall include a complete accounting of the losses to each victim, any restitution owed pursuant to a plea agreement, and information relating to the economic circumstances of each defendant); and (2) disclose to the defendant and the attorney for the Government all portions of the report pertaining to such matters. Makes specified provisions of the Federal criminal code and Rule 32(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure the only rules applicable to proceedings for the issuance and enforcement of restitution orders. Authorizes the court, upon application of the United States, to enter a restraining order or injunction, require the execution of a satisfactory performance bond, or take any other action to preserve the availability of property or assets necessary to satisfy a criminal restitution order, if specified circumstances apply. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) notice requirements; (2) evidence and information that the court may consider at a hearing; (3) the use of temporary restraining orders; (4) disclosure of financial information regarding the defendant; (5) the use of consumer credit reports; (6) timetables for the attorney for the United States to provide the probation service of the court with information available to the attorney, including matters occurring before the grand jury relating to the identity of the victims, the amount of loss, and financial matters relating to the defendant. Directs the attorney for the Government to provide notice to all victims. Authorizes: (1) the court to limit the information to be provided or sought by the probation service under specified circumstances; (2) a victim who objects to any information provided to the probation service by the attorney for the United States to file a separate affidavit with the court; and (3) the court to require additional documentation or hear testimony after reviewing the report of the probation service. Provides for the privacy of records filed and testimony heard and permits records to be filed or testimony to be heard in camera. Establishes procedures regarding the court's ascertaining of the victims' losses. Permits the court to refer any issue arising in connection with a proposed restitution order to a magistrate or special master for proposed findings of fact and recommendations as to disposition, subject to a de novo determination of the issue by the court. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) consideration of compensation for losses from insurance or other sources; and (2) the burden of proof. Directs the court to order restitution to each victim in the full amount of each victim's losses as determined by the court without consideration of the defendant's economic circumstances. Sets forth provisions regarding situations where the amount of the loss is not reasonably ascertainable, and where there is more than one defendant. Specifies that no victim shall be required to participate in any phase of a restitution order. Requires the defendant to notify the court and the Attorney General of any material change in the defendant's economic circumstances that might affect the defendant's ability to pay restitution. Authorizes the court to adjust the payment schedule. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) court retention of jurisdiction over criminal restitution judgments; and (2) enforcement of restitution orders. Specifies that: (1) a conviction of a defendant for an offense giving rise to restitution shall estop the defendant from denying the essential allegations of that offense in any subsequent Federal civil proceeding or State civil proceeding, regardless of any State law precluding estoppel for a lack of mutuality; and (2) the victim, in such subsequent proceeding, shall not be precluded from establishing a loss that is greater than that determined by the court in the earlier criminal proceeding. (Sec. 3) Adds restitution to a provision governing the post-sentence administration of fines. Provides that an order of restitution shall operate as a lien in favor of the United States for its benefit or for the benefit of any non-Federal victims against all property belonging to the defendant. Authorizes the court, in enforcing a restitution order, to order jointly owned property divided and sold, subject to specified requirements. (Sec. 4) Specifies that a defendant shall not incur any criminal penalty for failure to make a payment on a fine, special assessment, restitution, or cost because of the defendant's indigency. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the court, where a defendant knowingly fails to pay a delinquent fine, to increase the defendant's sentence to any sentence that might originally have been imposed under the applicable statute.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Continues existing average fuel economy standards for passenger and non-passenger automobiles until such standards are specifically amended or changed by law.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that certain marking requirements with respect to imported articles and containers shall not apply to: (1) certain coffee and tea products; and (2) spice products.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) neither the United States nor any State shall deny benefits to or otherwise discriminate against any private person or group on account of religious expression, belief, or identity; and (2) the prohibition on laws respecting an establishment of religion shall not be construed to require such discrimination.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 2026
Medicare Medication Evaluation and Dispensing System Act of 1995 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and operate the Medicare Medication Evaluation and Dispensing System to provide for: (1) prospective and retrospective review of prescription drugs furnished to Medicare beneficiaries; (2) education of physicians, patients, and pharmacists in the appropriate use of prescription drugs; (3) the establishment of standards for counseling Medicare beneficiaries regarding the appropriate use of prescription drugs; and (4) review, information, and counseling with respect to any prescription drug furnished to a Medicare beneficiary without regard to whether or not payment may be made for the drug under Medicare. Sets forth requirements for review of prescriptions. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress: (1) an analysis of the effect on net aggregate Medicare expenditures from the establishment of such a System; and (2) any recommendations on Medicare coverage of pharmacist professional services. Directs the Secretary to publish and disseminate a consumer guide to outpatient prescription drugs to assist: (1) Medicare beneficiaries in reducing expenditures for them; and (2) individuals and entities furnishing items and services to such beneficiaries in determining the cost-effectiveness of such drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2025
Urges the Department of State to make the release of Chinese imprisoned or detained on religious grounds a major objective of U.S. foreign policy with China. Prohibits the Department of State, the U.S. Information Agency, the Agency for International Development, or any other Federal agency or entity from obligating or expending funds for the participation of certain Chinese individuals and organizations in any conference, exchange program, or activity relating to education, culture, training, or any other purpose, until the President certifies to the Congress that specified imprisoned or detained Chinese citizens have been unconditionally released by the Chinese Government.
United States · United States Congress · 2 January 2025
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an ambulatory care facility for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Brookhaven, New York, by leasing an existing facility or constructing a new facility, whichever is more cost effective.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability Subtitle A: Group Health Plan Rules Subtitle B: Individual Health Plan Rules Subtitle C: COBRA Clarifications Subtitle D: Private Health Plan Purchasing Coalitions Title II: Application and Enforcement of Standards Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions Health Insurance Reform Act of 1996 - Title I: Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability - Subtitle A: Group Health Plan Rules - Prohibits insurers from declining to provide coverage, and plans from establishing certain types of requirements, based on health status, medical condition, and similar factors. (Sec. 102) Mandates plan renewability, except for nonpayment of premiums, termination of the plan, or other specified reasons. (Sec. 103) Regulates the circumstances in which a plan may impose a benefit limitation or exclusion because of a preexisting condition. Allows State laws that limit preexisting conditions to shorter periods than the provisions of this paragraph. (Sec. 104) Mandates special enrollment periods for individuals who have certain types of changes in family composition or employment status. (Sec. 105) Regulates disclosures an insurer must make to a small employer (as defined in State law or, if not defined in State law, employers with not more than 50 employees). Subtitle B: Individual Health Plan Rules - Prohibits an insurer from establishing, for an individual in a period of previous qualifying coverage, eligibility, continuation, or enrollment requirements based on health status, medical condition, and similar factors. (Sec. 111) Mandates renewability of coverage for individuals, except for nonpayment of premiums, misrepresentation of material fact, or termination of the plan. (Sec. 112) Requires that State law in effect on, or enacted after, enactment of this Act apply in lieu of the standards above in this subtitle unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that the State law is not as effective in providing access. (Sec. 113) Mandates a study and report on ensuring the availability of health insurance to individuals, the need for Federal premium variation standards, and the effectiveness of this Act and State laws in stabilizing the small group health insurance market by providing for the broad pooling of risk. Subtitle C: COBRA Clarifications - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to modify continuation coverage requirements. Subtitle D: Private Health Plan Purchasing Coalitions - Requires a State to certify health plan purchasing coalitions (HPPCs) meeting the requirements of this paragraph. Provides for Federal certification if a State fails to do so. Regulates HPPC organization, duties, and activities. Preempts, for a HPPC meeting these requirements, State fictitious group laws, State rating requirement laws (subject to exception), and other State laws in direct conflict. Applies to HPPCs the requirements of ERISA provisions relating to fiduciary responsibility and administration and enforcement. Title II: Application and Enforcement of Standards - Deems a requirement or standard under this Act imposed on: (1) a plan to be imposed on the insurer; and (2) a self-insured plan to be imposed on the plan sponsor. (Sec. 202) Requires each State to mandate that each plan in the State meet the standards under this Act pursuant to an enforcement plan filed by the State with the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary, for self-insured health plans, to enforce the standards under this Act. Subjects failing plans to civil enforcement under specified ERISA provisions. Provides for Federal enforcement if a State fails to do so. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow a health maintenance organization, if notified by a member that a medical savings account has been established for the member and if the member requests, to reduce the basic health services payment by requiring the payment of a deductible for basic health services. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the Congress should take steps to further the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Federal Accountability and Institutional Reform in Education Act of 1995 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise the accountability provisions and reform certain programs of such Act. (Sec. 3) Revises provisions for student loan cohort default management. Requires proof that the institution was contacted, under certain administrative and fiscal procedures. Requires, under certain reimbursement provisions, a demonstration (rather than a certification) to the Secretary of Education that diligent attempts, including direct contact with the institution, have been made. Prohibits the Secretary from reimbursing or permitting any eligible lender, servicer, or guaranty agency (or its affiliates) who previously filed a claim for reimbursement on a loan to retain any proceeds from rehabilitation of a defaulted loan to the extent that such funds, when added to the amount of prior reimbursement, exceed the whole amount of the original principal of the loan. Revises provisions relating to notice to the Secretary, payment of loss, and cohort default rate. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report annually to the Congress that lenders, servicers and guaranty agencies have attested to their compliance with servicing and due diligence requirements; and (2) provide information on the successful practices of low-default lenders, servicers, and guaranty agencies to other financial, servicing, and guaranty institutions participating in HEA student aid programs, to encourage duplication of successful servicing and collection programs. Requires that certain mitigating circumstances, which allow an institution to continue in the student loan insurance program despite its having a high default rate, be uniformly applied to all eligible institutions, requiring that they meet the following criteria: (1) at least 50 percent of the students enrolled in eligible programs qualify for a Pell grant; (2) an institution's student completion rate is 60 percent or greater; and (3) the initial job placement rate of program graduates is 60 percent or greater. (Sec. 4) Revises the definition of proprietary institution of higher education, for purposes of eligibility for HEA student aid programs. Requires, for purposes of the requirement that such an institution have at least 15 percent of its revenues from sources that are not derived from funds provided under HEA student aid programs, a review by the institution's independent auditor using generally accepted accounting principles. Requires further that revenues from sources that are not derived from HEA student aid program funds include revenues from programs of education or training that do not meet the definition of an eligible program, but are provided on a contractual basis under Federal, State, or local training programs, to business and industry, or to other eligible applicants. Prohibits the Secretary from considering the financial information of any institution for a fiscal year that began on or before April 30, 1994. (Sec. 5) Revises accounting procedures for institutional program participation to require that specified information be based on an audited financial statement using any generally accepted accounting principles.
United States · United States Congress · 2 January 2025
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to transfer the Eastern Regional field office of the FAA to a municipality in Union County, New Jersey, with a population of under 55,000.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 2026
Mercury Environmental Risk and Comprehensive Utilization Reduction Initiative - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the sale or offering for sale or promotional purposes of: (1) alkaline-manganese batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1996, with a mercury content that was intentionally introduced (limits the content in alkaline-manganese button cells to 25 milligrams of mercury per button cell); (2) zinc carbon batteries manufactured on or after January 1, 1997, that contain mercury that was intentionally introduced; (3) button cell mercuric-oxide batteries for use in the United States on or after January 1, 1997; and (4) any mercuric-oxide battery on or after January 1, 1997. Authorizes imposition of civil penalties and commencement of civil actions by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce these prohibitions. Defines a "regulated battery" as a rechargeable battery that contains a cadmium or lead electrode or contains other electrode chemistries and is the subject of a specified determination by the Administrator. Prohibits any person from selling for use in the United States a regulated battery or a rechargeable consumer product introduced into interstate commerce on or after one year after this Act's enactment date unless: (1) the battery is easily removable from the product, is contained in a battery pack that is easily removable from the product, or is sold separately; and (2) the rechargeable consumer product and the battery are labeled in accordance with this Act. Sets forth labeling requirements, including that the label contain a statement that the battery must be recycled or disposed of properly. Authorizes the Administrator, upon determining that other rechargeable batteries having electrode chemistries different from regulated batteries are toxic and may cause substantial harm if discarded for land disposal or incineration, to promulgate requirements for: (1) labeling such batteries and related products; and (2) easy removability of regulated batteries from rechargeable consumer products designed to contain such batteries. Provides for exemptions from these requirements under certain conditions. Makes certain EPA regulations regarding reclamation of spent lead-acid batteries, as in effect on January 1, 1993, applicable to persons collecting, storing, or transporting batteries or products regulated under this Act. Sets forth requirements for a report to the Congress by the Administrator on the disposal of used regulated batteries and rechargeable consumer products. Directs the Administrator to establish a program to provide information on the proper handling and disposal of such batteries and rechargeable consumer products with easily removable batteries. Establishes civil penalties for violations of the regulated battery and rechargeable consumer product requirements of this Act, recordkeeping requirements, and access authorities for the Administrator. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 4) Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) to prohibit the sale or offering for sale of an alkaline or lead-acid battery unless the container is clearly labeled with a refund value, to be determined by the Administrator according to class or category. Requires distributors of batteries to collect amounts of refund values from retailers and retailers to collect such amounts from consumers. Establishes procedures for return of refund values (and handling costs) and disposition of refunds that are unclaimed or in excess of amounts collected. Makes amounts of unclaimed refunds available for pollution prevention and recycling programs in the State. Prohibits disposal of such a battery by a retailer or distributor in any landfill or other solid waste disposal facility. Makes the refund program's requirements inapplicable in States with procedures substantially identical to those imposed by this Act or which demonstrate a battery recycling or reuse rate of at least 70 percent. Establishes civil penalties for violations of refund program requirements. (Sec. 5) Prohibits, with stated exceptions, the intentional introduction of mercury to the manufacturing or distribution of packaging or a packaging component. Sets threshold levels for mercury presence in packaging or components. Requires manufacturers and suppliers to furnish certificates of compliance to purchasers and make such certificates available, upon request, to the public. Establishes civil penalties for violation of these prohibitions. (Sec. 6) Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to prohibit the Administrator from registering or reregistering any fungicide containing phenylmercuric acetate and cancels existing registrations of such fungicides. (Sec. 7) Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on the use and disposal of mercury by the Department of Defense. Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a program to the Congress, within three years after enactment of this Act, for reducing mercury use in military products. (Sec. 8) Amends SWDA to prohibit Federal agencies, State and local governments, and other waste management jurisdictions, after December 31, 1996, from issuing a permit or other prior approval for the construction or expansion of a municipal solid waste incinerator unless the applicant completes an environmental impact statement. Requires State solid waste plans to provide for separation, for recycling purposes, of mercury-containing items to be listed by the Administrator, including batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, electrical switches, and thermostats. (Sec. 9) Amends the Clean Air Act to remove an exemption of electric utility steam generating units from the applicability of standards promulgated by the Administrator regarding certain hazardous air pollutants. Requires as part of a permit program administered by an air pollution control agency, in the case of such generating units and municipal and medical waste incinerators, the imposition of an additional fee of $500 per pound of mercury emissions from the unit or a greater amount determined by the Administrator to be necessary to cover the costs of a program to research technologies to reduce mercury emissions and remediate mercury contamination. (Sec. 10) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Food and Drug Administration, to: (1) compile a list of drugs and foods containing intentionally introduced mercury compounds, together with a quantitative and qualitative analysis of such compounds; and (2) study the effect on humans of the use of such compounds in nasal sprays.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Public Debt Relief Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to allow a State to exercise flow control authority over solid waste if, on or before January 1, 1984, the State: (1) adopted regulations under a State law that required or directed the transportation, management, or disposal of such waste from residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial sources to specifically identified waste management facilities and applied those regulations to every political subdivision; and (2) subjected the facilities to the jurisdiction of a State public utilities commission. Allows a State or political subdivision of the State meeting the requirements of this Act to exercise flow control authority over all classes and categories of solid waste that were subject to flow control by the State or subdivision on May 16, 1994, by directing it from any existing waste management facility to any other such facility, existing or proposed. Sets limitations on the duration of authority under this Act according to the length of a revenue or general obligation bond issued to finance waste management facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Campaign Finance Reform, Fairness, and Citizens Involvement Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to prohibit: (1) a candidate for Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, for a reporting period for an election, from accepting contributions from persons other than in-State individual residents in excess of 50 percent of the total of contributions accepted; and (2) any person from acting as an intermediary or conduit for any contribution from another in the form of a check or other negotiable instrument that is made payable to a candidate for Federal office or a campaign committee of such candidate. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual to take a tax credit for up to $100 ($200 for a joint return) of Federal campaign contributions, subject to verification procedures. Limits the exemption from taxation on labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations to such organizations which do not participate or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office. Sets forth or revises provisions regarding: (1) denial of a tax exemption by reason of expenditures to influence legislation; (2) a prohibition on treatment as a civic league or organization not organized for profit because of substantial lobbying or political activities; (3) taxation of excess expenditures to influence legislation; (4) taxation of political expenditures generally; (5) termination assessments for flagrant political expenditures; (6) actions to enjoin flagrant political expenditures; and (7) declaratory judgments relating to status as exempt labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations. Amends FECA to prohibit an eligible House of Representatives candidate, with respect to an election, from: (1) making expenditures totaling more than $500,000; and (2) using more than $25,000 from such candidate's personal funds. Provides that if any opponent of an eligible House candidate uses more than $50,000 from personal funds with respect to an election, specified limits shall be inapplicable to contributions to the eligible House candidate by individuals who are residents of the State in which the congressional district involved is located. Specifies that any payment by the national or State committee of a political party or by a corporation or labor organization for a mixed political activity: (1) shall be subject to limitation and reporting under FECA as if such payment were an expenditure; and (2) may be paid only from an account that is subject to the FECA requirements. Repeals the building fund exception to the definition of the term "contribution." Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to revise provisions regarding broadcast media rates to provide that charges made for the use of any broadcasting station by a legally qualified candidate for public office in connection with such person's nomination campaign shall not exceed, during the 30 days preceding the date of a primary or primary runoff election and the 60 days preceding the date of a general or special election in which such person is a candidate, the lowest charge of the station for the same amount of time for the same period on the same date. Specifies that, in the case of an eligible House candidate, the charges for the use of a broadcasting station during such 30- and 60-day periods shall not exceed 50 percent of such lowest charge. Prohibits a licensee from preempting the use, during any such period, of a broadcasting station by an eligible House candidate who has purchased and paid for such use, with an exception for circumstances beyond the station's control. Allows the Federal Communications Commission to revoke any station license or construction permit for willful or repeated failure to allow reasonable access to, or to permit purchase of reasonable amounts of time for the use of, a broadcasting station by a legally qualified candidate for Federal elective office on behalf of his or her candidacy under the same terms, conditions, and business practices as apply to its most favored advertiser. Amends Federal law to include the principal campaign committee of an eligible House candidate within the term "qualified political committee" (thus making such committee eligible for reduced postage rates).
United States · United States Congress · 2 January 2025
Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to: (1) require all retail domestic and imported perishable agricultural commodities to have country of origin labeling; and (2) impose penalties for labeling noncompliance.
United States · United States Congress · 2 January 2025
Provides that any individual who performs Operation Joint Endeavor services (United Nations-sponsored peacekeeping activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina) shall be entitled to the same tax benefits under the Internal Revenue Code that are provided to U.S. military personnel who perform service in an area designated by the President as a combat zone. Makes this Act effective for periods beginning on or after December 4, 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 2 January 2025
Amends a specified Federal law making continuing appropriations to extend the specific termination date of appropriations and authority under that Act to September 30, 1996 (currently, December 15, 1995). Removes provisions of that law prohibiting distributions and grants in FY 1996 for programs that had high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of funding at the beginning of FY 1995. Mandates compensation at standard rates for any U.S. or District of Columbia officer or employee furloughed because of a lapse in appropriations after December 15, 1995. Ratifies certain types of obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations made and authority granted by this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Cache La Poudre River National Water Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Cache La Poudre River National Water Heritage Area in Colorado and the Cache La Poudre River National Water Heritage Area Commission. Directs the Commission to prepare, submit for the approval of the Governor of Colorado and the Secretary of the Interior, implement, and support a Water Heritage Area Interpretation Plan. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land in the Area that has been identified by the Commission and approved by the Governor and affected political subdivision, with the owner's consent. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance and to detail two employees to the Commission. Directs Federal entities conducting or supporting activities directly affecting the flow of the River through the Area or the natural resources of the Area to consult with the Commission with respect to such activities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or the Administrator of a Federal agency to acquire land in the Area's floodplain by exchange for other lands within such agency's jurisdiction within Colorado, based on fair market value, to be used to fulfill the purposes for which the Area is established. Requires that such lands be identified by the Commission for acquisition by a Federal agency and that the Governor and political subdivision of Colorado or the owner where the lands are located concur in the exchange. Directs the Commission and the Secretary, in carrying out this Act, to emphasize voluntary cooperation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1995 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) to exempt from land disposal restrictions (other than requirements pertaining to applicable specific methods of treatment promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under SWDA) solid waste identified as hazardous based on characteristic alone if such waste: (1) is managed in a treatment system that subsequently discharges to waters of the United States pursuant to a permit issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), undergoes pretreatment for purposes of compliance with toxic and pretreatment effluent standards of such Act, or is managed under a zero-discharge system that the Administrator determines to be engaging in Clean Water Act-equivalent treatment; (2) no longer exhibits such characteristic prior to land disposal; (3) has met any applicable specific method of treatment promulgated by the Administrator; and (4) would not generate toxic gases, vapors, or fumes due to the presence of cyanide at the point of generation when exposed to pH conditions of a specified range. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study of hazardous waste managed in accordance with this Act to characterize the risks to human health or the environment associated with such management, upon completion of which the Administrator may impose additional requirements or defer management of such risks to other State or Federal programs or authorities. Amends SWDA to exempt from land disposal restrictions solid waste identified as hazardous based on characteristic alone if the waste no longer exhibits a hazardous characteristic at the point of injection into any Class I deep well regulated under safe drinking water provisions of the Public Health Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Captive Exotic Animal Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and set penalties for knowingly transferring, transporting, or possessing a confined exotic animal for purposes of allowing the killing or injuring of that animal for entertainment or the collection of a trophy.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Fishing Families Relief Act of 1995 - Amends the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 to revise requirements regarding assistance (currently, grants) for fishery disaster relief, including: (1) allowing assistance to State and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations as well as to individuals; (2) removing and modifying assistance limits; (3) removing requirements that the Secretary of Commerce establish assistance limitations, terms, and conditions regarding the means of demonstrating loss.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Prison Litigation Reform Title II: Prisons Title III: Equal Protection for Victims Title IV: Domestic Violence Title V: Firearms Title VI: Exclusionary Rule Title VII: Federal Death Penalty Title VIII: Habeas Corpus Title IX: Criminal Alien Deportation Improvements Title X: Gangs, Juveniles, and Drugs Title XI: Public Corruption Title XII: Administrative Subpoena Title XIII: Computer Crimes Title XIV: Computer Software Piracy Title XV: Internet Gambling Crime Prevention Act of 1995 - Title I: Prison Litigation Reform - Revises provisions of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act to prohibit any action from being brought with respect to prison conditions by a prisoner until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted. Specifies that the failure of a State to adopt or adhere to an administrative grievance procedure shall not constitute the basis for an action. Directs the court, if satisfied that the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief, to dismiss any such action and authorizes the court to dismiss the underlying claim without first requiring the exhaustion of administrative remedies. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) limits on recovery; (2) hearing location; and (3) waiver of reply. (Sec. 102) Amends the Federal judicial code to require: (1) a prisoner of a Federal, State, or local institution seeking to bring a civil action or appeal a judgment in a civil action or proceeding without prepayment of fees or security, to submit a certified copy of the prisoner's trust fund account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint or notice of appeal; and (2) a prisoner who brings a civil action or files an appeal in forma pauperis to pay the full amount of a filing fee (and directs the court to assess, and, when funds exist, to collect as a partial payment of any court fees required by law an initial partial filing fee of 20 percent of the greater of the average monthly deposits to the prisoner's account or the average monthly balance in the prisoner's account for such six-month period). Sets forth similar provisions regarding the payment of costs by the prisoner. Revises provisions regarding the appointment of counsel in forma pauperis proceedings to require the court to dismiss the case at any time if the allegation of poverty is untrue or if the action or appeal is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief. Makes an exception to the discharge of debt in a bankruptcy proceeding for a fee imposed by a court for the filing of a case, motion, complaint, or appeal or for other costs and expenses assessed with respect to such filing, regardless of an assertion of poverty by the debtor or the debtor's status as a prisoner. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the payment of costs; (2) successive claims; and (3) judicial screening of complaints in civil actions brought by prisoners against governmental entities. (Sec. 104) Prohibits any person convicted of a felony who is incarcerated while awaiting sentencing or while serving a sentence from bringing a civil action against the United States or a Government employee for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody without a prior showing of physical injury. (Sec. 105) Requires that, prior to payment to the prisoner: (1) any compensatory damages awarded to a prisoner in connection with a civil action brought against any Federal, State, or local correctional facility or agent thereof be paid directly to satisfy any pending outstanding restitution orders; and (2) reasonable efforts be made to notify the prisoner's victims concerning the pending payment of any such damages. (Sec. 107) Authorizes the court to revoke earned release credit under specified circumstances. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) direct the Bureau of Prisons, in awarding credit toward service of sentence for satisfactory behavior, to consider whether the prisoner has earned or is making satisfactory progress toward earning a high school diploma or an equivalent degree; and (2) provide that credit awarded after the date of this Act's enactment shall vest on the date the prisoner is released from custody. Title II: Prisons - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the court, in any civil action in Federal court regarding prison conditions, to appoint a special master to conduct hearings and prepare proposed findings of fact during a sufficiently complex remedial phase, subject to specified requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the process of, an interlocutory appeal of, and review of such appointment; (2) compensation for a special master; and (3) limits on a special master's powers and duties. Title III: Equal Protection for Victims - Amends: (1) rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to entitle each side to six peremptory challenges if the offense charged is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year; (2) rule 404 of the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) to allow the prosecution to introduce evidence of a pertinent character trait of the accused if the accused offers evidence of a pertinent character trait of the victim; and (3) rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require the court, before imposing sentence for a crime of violence or sexual abuse, to address the victim personally if the victim is present at the sentencing hearing and to determine if the victim wishes to make a statement or present information in relation to the sentence. (Sec. 304) Enacts Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers in Federal Practice. (Sec. 305) Amends the Federal criminal code to repeal a requirement that notice of release of prisoners be used solely for law enforcement purposes. Amends the Federal judicial code regarding balance in the composition of rules committees. Title IV: Domestic Violence - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the death penalty for fatal domestic violence offenses. (Sec. 402) Amends FRE: (1) 404 to allow the use of evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts as proof of a defendant's disposition toward a particular victim; and (2) 702 to allow testimony concerning the behavior and mental or emotional conditions of victims to explain a victim's failure or delay in reporting an offense, recantation of an accusation, or failure to cooperate in the investigation or prosecution. (Sec. 404) Amends the Federal criminal code to require: (1) the testing of defendants for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in sexual assault cases, with exceptions, with disclosure of the results to the court, the victim, the attorney for the Government, and the person tested; and (2) the United States Sentencing Commission (Commission) to amend existing guidelines for sex crime offenses to enhance the sentence if the offender knew that he or she was infected with HIV, with exceptions. Revises: (1) the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (VCCLEA) to authorize the Government to obtain an order requiring that the defendant be tested for the presence of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and that the results be communicated to the victim's parent or legal guardian, if appropriate; and (2) requirements to be met by the victim to obtain an order for such test. Title V: Firearms - Imposes the following minimum penalties: (1) ten years for using or carrying a firearm during the commission of a Federal crime of violence or drug trafficking crime; (2) 20 years if the firearm is discharged; and (3) life imprisonment or punishment by death if the death of a person results. (Sec. 502) Provides mandatory penalties for firearms possession by persons with one (five years' imprisonment) or two (ten years' imprisonment) prior convictions for violent felonies or serious drug offenses. (Sec. 503) Makes specified mandatory penalties applicable when firearms are used in connection with counterfeiting or forgery offenses. (Sec. 504) Prohibits possession of an explosive during the commission of a felony. (Sec. 505) Doubles the penalty for a second offense of using an explosive to commit a felony. Title VI: Exclusionary Rule - Amends the Federal criminal code to bar the exclusion of evidence obtained as a result of a search or seizure carried out under circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the fourth amendment. Specifies that evidence that is otherwise excludable shall not be excluded if the search or seizure was carried out in circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with the statute, administrative rule or regulation, or rule of procedure the violation of which occasioned its being excludable. Title VII: Federal Death Penalty - Revises Federal death penalty standards and procedures, including requiring the jury (or the court, as applicable) in determining whether a death sentence is justified, to consider and determine (as an aggravating factor) whether the defendant: (1) during and in relation to the commission of the offense, or in escaping or attempting to escape apprehension, used or possessed a firearm; or (2) has previously been convicted of a Federal or State offense punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than one year, involving the use of a firearm against another person. Requires the defendant to give notice of mitigating factors that will be relied on in a capital sentencing hearing. Permits the information presented by the Government in support of factors concerning the effect of the offense on the victim and the victim's family to include oral testimony, a victim impact statement, and any other relevant information. Directs the jury to recommend a sentence of death if it unanimously finds at least one aggravating factor and no mitigating factor, or it finds one or more aggravating factors that outweigh any mitigating factors. Repeals Controlled Substances Act (CSA) provisions establishing death penalty procedures specifically for persons convicted of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise where the Government seeks the death penalty. (Sec. 702) Includes murder of a witness as an aggravating factor to be considered in determining whether a death sentence is justified. (Sec. 703) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) limits on filing motions for collateral attack on a judgment imposing a sentence of death; (2) stays of execution; and (3) finality of a decision on review. (Sec. 704) Provides for imposition of the death penalty for: (1) murders committed with firearms; and (2) murders committed in the District of Columbia. Title VIII: Habeas Corpus - Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit an application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to a judgment or order of a State court from being entertained by a judge or a court of the United States unless the remedies in the courts of the State are inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of the person's detention. Title IX: Criminal Alien Deportation Improvements - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to expand the definition of "aggravated felony." (Sec. 902) Subjects a conditional permanent resident alien convicted of an aggravated felony to expedited deportation. (Sec. 903) Revises the seven-year residency defense against a deportation or exclusion order to permit deportation or exclusion of a permanent resident alien who has been sentenced (currently, imprisoned) to five or more years for an aggravated felony. (Sec. 904) Limits collateral attacks on deportation orders. (Sec. 905) Amends the VCCLEA to: (1) rename the criminal alien tracking center as the criminal alien identification system; (2) specify that the system shall be used to identify and locate deportable aliens who have committed aggravated felonies; and (3) transfer the system from the Attorney General to the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (Sec. 906) Amends Federal criminal law to authorize wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations. (Sec. 907) Amends the INA to expand the criteria for deportation for crimes of moral turpitude. (Sec. 908) Directs the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to report on the effectiveness of the Prisoners Transfer Treaty with Mexico. (Sec. 909) Directs the Attorney General to designate a Department of Justice (DOJ) office which shall provide States and local entities with technical and prosecutorial assistance with respect to aliens who flee prosecution for crimes committed in the United States. (Sec. 910) States that the Congress advises the President to negotiate bilateral prisoner transfer treaties. Requires annual presidential certification that a treaty is effectively returning illegal aliens incarcerated in the United States to finish their prison term in their home country. (Sec. 911) Directs the Attorney General and the Commissioner to develop an interior (home country) repatriation program. (Sec. 912) Amends the INA to authorize deportation of nonviolent offenders prior to Federal or State sentence completion. Title X: Gangs, Juveniles, and Drugs - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful to: (1) commit specified "predicate gang crimes" (including murder, assault, kidnapping, arson, and retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant) with intent to promote or further the activities of a criminal street gang or for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in such gang; (2) participate in, or induce another to participate in, a gang; (3) employ any individual to commit or facilitate the commission of a predicate gang crime with such intent; or (4) use any communication facility in causing or facilitating the commission of such an offense with such intent. Sets penalties for such offenses. Provides for forfeiture of proceeds obtained from, and property used to commit, the violation. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate such offenses. Directs the Commission to increase the base offense level for any felony committed for the purpose of gaining entrance into, or maintaining or increasing position in, a criminal street gang. (Sec. 1002) Treats serious juvenile drug offenses as predicate offenses for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act. (Sec. 1003) Permits adult prosecution down to age 13 of juvenile offenders who commit serious violent felonies. Creates a presumption in favor of adult prosecution for such offenders who are 15 or older. (Sec. 1004) Amends the CSA to increase to three years the mandatory minimum penalties for a recidivist who distributes drugs to a minor or uses a minor in trafficking. (Sec. 1005) Revises procedures under the Federal criminal code regarding the use of records of crimes committed by juveniles, including the repeal of special probation and expungement procedures for drug possessors. (Sec. 1006) Sets penalties for drive-by shootings. (Sec. 1007) Amends the CSA to set penalties for physical trainers or advisers who attempt to get others to use steroids. (Sec. 1008) Adds hair analysis to the permissible forms of drug testing. Title XI: Public Corruption - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State or political subdivision of the honest services of a government official or employee, or of a fair and impartially conducted election process. Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed upon any official, or person selected to be a public official, who, in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States or of any State or political subdivision. Authorizes such an adversely affected employee or official to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice. (Sec. 1102) Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. (Sec. 1103) Sets forth prohibitions regarding narcotics-related public corruption. Title XII: Administrative Subpoena - Grants the United States Secret Service administrative summons authority. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) grounds for issuance; (2) the form of the summons; (3) service of process; and (4) place of service. Authorizes a U.S. district court judge for the district in which an investigation is pending to issue an ex parte order prohibiting any person served with such a summons from disclosing the existence of the summons for up to 180 days upon a showing that the materials being sought may be relevant to a legitimate law enforcement or protective intelligence inquiry and that there is reason to believe that such disclosure may result in endangerment to the life or physical safety of any person. Permits renewal for additional periods. Sets forth: (1) penalties for disclosure, with exceptions; and (2) enforcement provisions. Title XIII: Computer Crimes - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to penalize individuals who knowingly access a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access and obtain: (1) certain restricted data or information (data) and, with reason to believe that such data could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicate, deliver, or transmit such data to any person not entitled to receive it or willfully retain and fail to deliver it to the U.S. officer or employee entitled to receive it; (2) information from any U.S. department or agency (department); or (3) information from any protected computer if the conduct involved an interstate or foreign communication. (Sec. 1303) Modifies such Act to penalize persons who intentionally, without authorization, access any computer of a U.S. department: (1) where such computer is exclusively for the use of the Government; or (2) where such conduct affects use by or for the Government. (Sec. 1304) Increases penalties for: (1) significant unauthorized use of a computer system; and (2) those who have previously violated such Act. (Sec. 1305) Modifies such Act to penalize individuals who, without authorization, intentionally or recklessly cause damage to a protected computer. (Sec. 1306) Makes unlawful the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of threats directed against computers and computer networks with intent to extort any thing of value. (Sec. 1308) Revises such Act to limit damages to economic damages where the violation causes a loss of $1,000 or more during any one-year period (but sets no limit where damages are imposed for violations that modified or impaired, or potentially modified or impaired, the medical examination, diagnosis, or treatment of a person). (Sec. 1309) Repeals a requirement that the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury report annually to the Congress concerning specified computer crime investigations and prosecutions. (Sec. 1310) Directs the Commission to review existing sentencing guideline levels for fraud and related activity in connection with computers and to amend such guidelines to ensure that individuals convicted of specified offenses under such Act are incarcerated for at least one year. (Sec. 1311) Provides for asset forfeiture for fraud and related activity in connection with computers. Title XIV: Computer Software Piracy - Amends Federal copyright law to set penalties for willfully infringing a copyright by the malicious reproduction, distribution, or transmission (or assisting others in such activity) of one or more copies of one or more copyrighted works with a total market value of at least $5,000. (Sec. 1402) Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding criminal infringement of a copyright to penalize individuals who commit an offense consisting of the reproduction or distribution of at least ten copies or phonorecords, or one or more copyrighted works, with a retail value of not less than $5,000. Directs the court, in imposing a sentence on a person convicted of such an offense, to order that the person forfeit to the United States any property used or intended to be used to commit or promote the commission of such offense. Title XV: Internet Gambling - Modifies Federal criminal code provisions regarding the transmission of wagering information (wagering provisions) to set penalties for anyone (not just those in the business of gambling) engaged in betting or wagering who knowingly uses a wire or electronic communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets, wagers, or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers (bets), or for the transmission of such a communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets. Directs the court, in imposing a sentence for transmitting wagering information, to order that the defendant forfeit to the United States for deposit in a DOJ account any property (including hardware and software) involved in the offense and any property traceable to gross profits or other proceeds obtained from the offense. (Sec. 1502) Directs the Commission to: (1) review the deterrent effect of existing guidelines applicable to the wagering provisions and report to the Congress; and (2) amend or promulgate guidelines to ensure that individuals convicted under such provisions are imprisoned for not less than one year. (Sec. 1503) Requires the Attorney General to submit a report to the Congress that includes: (1) an analysis of the problems associated with enforcing the wagering provisions; (2) recommendations for the best use of the resources of DOJ and the Federal Communications Commission to enforce such provisions; and (3) an estimate of the amount of activity and money being used to gamble on the Internet.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Entitles the owner of the right to market a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that contains a previously patented active agent, that has been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for more than 120 months as a new drug application, and that was approved as safe and effective by the FDA on October 29, 1992, to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing such active agent for two years beginning October 29, 1997. Applies the prohibition on infringement of patents to such entitlement. Prohibits submission of an application under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for introduction into interstate commerce of a drug claimed in a patent, or the use of which is claimed in a patent, before the expiration of such entitlement.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Disaster Victims Crime Prevention Act of 1995 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Attorney General, following the declaration of a major disaster by the President: (1) to consult with the appropriate U.S. Attorney and State and local law enforcement officials to determine the extent to which victims of the disaster are being further victimized by fraudulent or otherwise unscrupulous activities of suppliers offering consumer goods and services for the cleanup, repair, and other recovery from the effects of the disaster (cleanup); and (2) if it appears that resources of such officials are insufficient, to establish an anti-fraud task force to quickly and adequately investigate and prosecute the activities. Sets penalties to be imposed against: (1) any supplier who, during the 180 days following declaration of a major disaster, obtains anything of value through false pretenses or fraudulent conduct in connection with an agreement to provide a consumer good or service for the cleanup; (2) any person who obtains through false pretenses any form of Government assistance for the cleanup; and (3) any supplier who provides or offers to provide during such period any consumer good or service at an unconscionably excessive price, based on a specified formula (and authorizes actions by victims and by State attorneys general for relief). Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) develop public information materials to assist victims of major disasters in detecting and avoiding unscrupulous suppliers; and (2) provide for the distribution of such materials to the victims of each major disaster as soon as practicable after the President's declaration of the existence of the disaster. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if necessary, amend the sentencing guidelines to make the commission of specified offenses in connection with the provision of a consumer good or service for the cleanup an aggravating factor that may result in the imposition of a sentence twice as great as that which would otherwise be imposed.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Amendments Act of 1995 - Amends the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 to authorize appropriations to carry out the Act and to support the efforts of specified interstate commissions to develop interstate fishery management plans. Revises requirements regarding assistance (currently, grants) for fishery disaster relief, including: (1) allowing assistance to State and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations as well as to individuals; (2) removing and modifying assistance limits; (3) removing requirements that the Secretary of Commerce establish assistance limitations, terms, and conditions regarding the means of demonstrating loss.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
International Dolphin Conservation Program Act - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow authorizations for the incidental taking of marine mammals during commercial yellowfin tuna fishing. Removes provisions requiring that, for purse seine yellowfin fishing, the goal of reducing incidental kill or serious injury to insignificant levels approaching zero be satisfied by the best safety techniques and equipment economically and technologically practicable. Modifies requirements regarding export by another nation to the United States of yellowfin tuna harvested with purse seine nets in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Exempts a U.S. citizen from the Act in specified circumstances. Changes requirements regarding the issuance of general permits for the taking of marine mammals. Amends the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act regarding the circumstances in which tuna products may be labeled "Dolphin Safe," including allowing such labeling if (among other qualifying circumstances): (1) with regard to harvesting in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, the vessel's captain and a Program-approved observer state that no dolphins were killed during the sets in which that tuna was caught; and (2) with regard to harvesting outside the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, the vessel's captain (or in certain circumstances the captain and an observer) state that no purse seine net was intentionally deployed on or to encircle dolphins during the voyage. Mandates implementing regulations, including regulations addressing the use of weight calculation and well location. (Sec. 5) Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to declare that it is U.S. policy to support the International Dolphin Conservation Program and to ensure that the U.S. market does not act as an incentive to tuna harvesting that is not in compliance with the Program. Mandates regulations to authorize and govern the incidental taking of marine mammals in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, including any species designated as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 but not listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Authorizes emergency regulations in certain circumstances. Requires undertaking or supporting scientific research to further the Program's goals. Repeals existing research program provisions. Repeals provisions relating to bans on imports from countries failing to implement a moratorium on purse seine harvesting of tuna. Replaces provisions concerning permits for taking dolphins with provisions mandating issuance of a permit to a U.S. vessel authorizing participation in the Program. Prohibits U.S. vessels from operating in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean yellowfin tuna fishery without such a permit. Authorizes permit sanctions for violations of prohibited acts provisions of the Act. Modifies the list of prohibited acts. (Sec. 6) Amends the Tuna Conventions Act to modify the composition of the U.S. representation on the International Commission for the Scientific Investigation of Tuna and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Modifies requirements regarding a related advisory committee.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Snowbasin Land Exchange Act of 1995 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to specified terms and conditions, to transfer certain lands within the Cache National Forest in Utah to the Sun Valley Company in exchange for specified Company lands of approximate equal value to become a part of the Wasatch or Cache National Forests as appropriate. Adjusts the boundaries of such Forests to encompass the lands. Requires such lands to be managed in accordance with the Weeks Act and other applicable laws, rules, and regulations of National Forest System lands. Finds that, based on congressional review, the Phase I facilities identified and described in the Snowbasin Ski Area Master Development Plan dated October 1995 to be located on National Forest System lands, or any modifications thereof mutually agreed to by the Secretary and the Company, are reasonable and necessary to accommodate the 2002 Olympics. Directs the Secretary to issue all necessary permits and authorizations for construction and operation of such facilities in accordance with specified procedures and provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on whether construction and operation of Phase I facilities have provided for sufficient environmental protection on National Forest lands affected by such facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Amends Federal civil service law to authorize a Federal agency to train any of its employees for reemployment in anticipation of involuntary separations. Requires each agency's program and plan for the training of employees to be aligned with the agency mission and strategic plan to ensure that such program and plan contribute effectively to the achievement of such mission, and that training priorities are based on enhancing organizational and individual performance.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Sound Science for the Environment Act - Establishes as an independent agency the National Institute for the Environment to: (1) initiate, facilitate, and perform comprehensive assessments of the current state of knowledge of environmental issues and their implications; (2) establish a Center for Environmental Assessment; (3) award competitively grants and contracts for extramural scientific research; (4) establish a Directorate of Research and a universally accessible National Library for the Environment; and (5) sponsor education and training of environmental scientists and professionals and improve public environmental literacy. Establishes a Board of Governors for the Institute. Provides for interagency acquisition of information and establishes an Interagency Advisory Committee to ensure that the environmental efforts of the Institute and other Federal agencies are complementary. Makes scientists, engineers, and other researchers eligible to receive funding from the Institute. Requires the President to submit to the Congress recommendations regarding existing non-regulatory Federal programs that are appropriate for transfer to the Institute, together with legislation to effect such transfers.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 2025
Requires that the basic pay of Members of Congress be treated in the same manner as the basic pay of the most adversely affected Federal employees who are not compensated for any period in which: (1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any Federal agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution; or (2) the Federal Government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt limit has been reached. Requires the same treatment for the President's basic pay. Directs the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to promulgate any regulations needed to implement this Act in a manner consistent with the U.S. Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Authorizes the head of a Federal agency to offer early retirement to employees of such agency: (1) in any component thereof; (2) in any occupation; (3) in any geographic location; or (4) in any combination of the three. Redetermines the reduction in retirement benefits for such employees caused by such early retirement based on the age the employee attains on his or her next birthday after the commencement of such employee's annuity. Sets forth conditions for early retirement under this Act, including acceptance of early retirement during an election period chosen by the employer. Makes eligible for such early retirement election employees under both the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for continued eligibility of such employees for Government health and life insurance benefits as retired Federal employees. Places on the retiree responsibility for any Government contributions otherwise payable with respect to an annuitant.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Temporary Duty Suspension Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the administering authority to suspend for up to one year the imposition of antidumping or countervailing duties with respect to a product if such authority determines that prevailing market conditions relating to the availability of such product in the United States make the imposition of such duties inappropriate. Requires potentially affected parties to be given an opportunity to comment before a suspension takes effect. Authorizes the extension of such suspensions for additional periods of up to one year each. Allows the reinstatement of such duties upon a finding of an insufficient basis for continuance of their suspension.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Pension Audit Improvement Act of 1995 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise requirements with respect to the auditing of employee benefit plans. Repeals certain provisions for limited scope audits. Adds certain reporting and enforcement requirements for employee benefit plans. Requires certain notifications by plan administrators and accountants regarding: (1) irregularities that may have occurred with respect to plans; and (2) termination of an accountant's engagement for auditing services. Sets forth civil penalties for failures to provide the Secretary of Labor with such notifications. Sets forth additional requirements for qualified public accountants. Revises provisions relating to certain fiduciary penalties under ERISA (and similar provisions under the Internal Revenue Code). Modifies a prohibition of assignment or alienation. Makes discretionary: (1) the imposition and the amount of civil penalties for breach of fiduciary responsibility; and (2) certain provisions relating to an applicable recovery amount.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Antimicrobial Pesticide Registration Reform Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to exclude: (1) bacteria from the definition of "fungus"; and (2) liquid chemical sterilant products for use on a critical or semi-critical medical or dental device from the definition of "pesticide." Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) coordinate data requirements, test protocols, timetables, and standards of review and reduce burdens and redundancy caused to the registrant, whenever data in support of a pesticide registration is requested by one or more State or Federal agencies; and (2) develop a process to identify and assist in alleviating future disparities between Federal and State data requirements. Provides, with respect to the labeling of an antimicrobial pesticide product, that: (1) a registrant may modify the labeling to include relevant information on the product's efficacy, composition, or container or other characteristics unrelated to a pesticidal claim or activity; (2) such labeling shall not be false or misleading or in conflict with statements required as a condition of registration and be substantiated upon request; (3) modifications shall be subject to a notification and approval process; and (4) different cautionary statements for use dilutions may be included in the labeling upon approval of the Administrator. Directs the Administrator, to the maximum extent practicable, to identify and evaluate changes to the process for registration of antimicrobial pesticides that will reduce current time periods for review. Details rulemaking requirements regarding the review of such pesticides. Requires an annual report to the Congress on measures taken to effect such changes. Exempts from applicability of certain FIFRA storage, disposal, transportation, and container requirements household, industrial, or institutional antimicrobial products that are not subject to regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, unless the Administrator determines that their application is necessary to prevent an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Requires the Directors of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Personnel Management to take necessary actions to convert each excepted service position in the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control, as established under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (the Act), to a competitive service position. Continues all service benefits and seniority of such converted employees. Amends the Act to authorize the Superintendent of the Academy to appoint faculty members to competitive service positions.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2026
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River in Washington State as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Provides that only public land adjacent to the segment, and no privately-owned land, shall be included in it. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) manage the segment as a recreational river; and (2) meet specified criteria in developing and periodically revising a plan for the management of the segment. Retains access corridors in existence on the enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation and coordination with the heads of relevant Federal agencies and State and local governments, to develop a comprehensive plan of improvement for restoration and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, river access, and overall aesthetics of the levees and other rivershore areas downstream of the segment in the Tri-Cities area of the Washington State. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Chief and subject to receipt of a statement of interest from the non-Federal interests for the following projects, to complete a preliminary restoration plan under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 for: (1) a portion of the Clover Island rivershore and a portion of the levee immediately upstream of Clover Island; (2) the rivershore immediately upstream of the portion in the city of Kennewick, Washington, to the U.S. Route 395 bridge; (3) the levee modified in 1994 between Road 39 and the U.S. Route 395 bridge in Franklin County, Washington; and (4) the levee between the U.S. Route 395 bridge to the area immediately downstream of the 10th Avenue bridge in the city of Pasco, Washington. Directs the Secretary, subject to the receipt of necessary commitments from the non-Federal interests, to complete a modification report for each project.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Uniformed Services Medicare Subvention Demonstration Project Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services (HHS) to jointly establish a demonstration project (project) to provide the Department of Defense (DOD) with reimbursement, under provisions of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, for health services provided through DOD to certain Medicare-eligible covered military beneficiaries. Requires the project to be conducted in one or more regions in which the TRICARE program (a DOD managed health care program) has been implemented. Allows such project to be conducted for up to two years. Requires such Secretaries to jointly submit to the Congress a first annual report and a final report containing specified information concerning project participants and such project's effects on military medical care access, readiness, and training. Directs the HHS Secretary to make monthly payments to DOD from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund (HHS trust funds) representing appropriate reimbursement amounts. Provides for the determination of such amounts. Directs such Secretaries to jointly: (1) establish a base level of TRICARE coverage required in a geographic region for eligibility under the project; (2) determine baseline costs of such care and coverage; and (3) establish upper reimbursement limits. Directs the Secretary of Defense to waive the enrollment fee for individuals enrolled in a TRICARE program participating in the project. Establishes in the Treasury the Medicare Subvention Fund (Fund) for providing payments to the HHS Secretary for reimbursement of the HHS trust funds and for the payment of all expenses related to the participation of Medicare-eligible covered military beneficiaries in excess of the base level established under this Act, as well as administrative expenses. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1997 and 1998 for deposit into the Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Public Servant Priority Placement Act of 1995 - Amends Federal civil service law to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a Government-wide priority placement program, and each Federal agency to establish a similar agency-wide program, for Federal employees affected by a reduction in force.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Construction Authorization Title II: Strategic Planning for Health Care Resources Title I: Construction Authorization - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out specified major medical facility projects, in specified amounts, in Florida, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Texas, and Arizona. Provides an obligation limitation with respect to two outpatient clinic projects. (Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into leases for two medical facilities in Florida and New York, in specified amounts. (Sec. 103) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 1996 for two Construction, Major Projects, accounts and for the Medical Care account, in specified amounts, with a limitation. (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees (veterans' committees) on the health care needs of veterans in east central Florida. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the conversion of the former Orlando Naval Training Center Hospital in Orlando, Florida, until such report is submitted. Title II: Strategic Planning for Health Care Resources - Directs the Secretary, based on an analysis and recommendations of the Under Secretary for Health, to submit to the veterans' committees an annual report regarding long-range health planning of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary to report annually to such committees showing the current Department priorities (listing the top 20) for proposed major medical construction projects. (Sec. 202) Specifies additional information required to be included in a prospectus submitted by the Secretary to the veterans' committees in connection with proposed medical facilities. (Sec. 203) States that the definition of "major medical facility project" shall include a project involving a total expenditure of more than $5 million in the case of a project which is principally for the alteration of a medical facility in order to provide additional space for the provision of ambulatory care. Repeals a provision of the Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1992 which makes inapplicable to projects for which funds were appropriated prior to the enactment of such Act a prohibition on the appropriation, obligation, or expenditure of funds for any major medical facility project unless funds for such project have been specifically authorized by law. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating funds in excess of $500,000 from the Advance Planning Fund of the Department toward design or development of a major medical facility project until the Secretary submits a report to the veterans' committees on the proposed obligation and 30 days have passed since the receipt of such report. (Sec. 205) Requires the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to include such professional and auxiliary services as the Secretary finds necessary to carry out VHA functions. Requires the Under Secretary for Health to ensure that his office is staffed so as to provide appropriate expertise. Amends Federal provisions concerning the Office of the Under Secretary to: (1) repeal the requirement that the Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health be a qualified doctor of medicine; (2) no longer require such Office to include a Director of Nursing Service, Pharmacy Service, Dietetic Service, Podiatric Service, and Optometric Service; and (3) no longer require one Assistant Under Secretary for Health to be a qualified doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine and another to be a qualified physician trained in geriatrics.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System Act of 1995 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Fort Peck Rural County Water District in Montana for the planning, design, and construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System. Requires the System to provide for safe and adequate rural water supplies under the jurisdiction of the District in Valley County, northeastern Montana. Sets the Federal share at 80 percent of such costs. Prohibits the total Federal expenditure from exceeding $5.8 million (the amount authorized under this Act). Authorizes appropriations, allowing for increases or decreases due to fluctuations in development costs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 2025
Juvenile Records Act of 1995 - Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding the use of juvenile records. Requires: (1) throughout and upon completion of the juvenile delinquency proceeding, such records to be treated in the same manner as the records of adults; and (2) the records of juveniles charged with crimes which would be felonies if committed by adults to be released in the same manner as those of adults charged with similar offenses. Repeals provisions: (1) requiring district courts exercising jurisdiction over juveniles to inform a juvenile and his or her parent or guardian of rights relating to his or her juvenile record; and (2) prohibiting making public the name or picture of a juvenile, except a juvenile who is prosecuted as an adult, in connection with a juvenile delinquency proceeding. Directs the court, whenever a juvenile has been found guilty of committing an act which, if committed by an adult, would be a felony crime of violence or other specified offense, to transmit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Identification Division, information concerning the adjudications. (Currently, such requirement applies only after the second conviction.) Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require State plans submitted to receive Federal assistance to provide that the State will ensure that whenever, in a juvenile proceeding, a juvenile is found to have committed an act that would be criminal if committed by an adult: (1) a record is kept that is equivalent to the record kept relating to the conviction of an adult, the record is retained for an equivalent period, and the record is made available to law enforcement and school officials to an equivalent extent, with an exception; (2) the juvenile is fingerprinted and photographed and the fingerprints and photographs are retained and distributed in the same manner as those of adults so convicted; and (3) the court in which such proceeding is held transmits to the FBI the information concerning such proceeding. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a State to comply with such requirements within a specified time period or have its formula grants reduced by 20 percent. Authorizes the Attorney General to extend such period upon determining that the State has made a good faith effort to comply.