103rd Committee Summary
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Summary of Activity, Public Laws and Hearings
Legislation introduced and referred to the Committee:
PUBLIC House Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 House Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 House Concurrent Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 House Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 PRIVATE House Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 House Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 House Concurrent Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 House Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
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PUBLIC Senate Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Senate Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Senate Concurrent Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PRIVATE Senate Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Senate Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Senate Concurrent Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Total Bills and Resolutions Referred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021
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PUBLIC Bills signed into law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 PRIVATE Bills signed into law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Total Bills Enacted Into Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 The Committee on the Judiciary had referred to it 1,021 bills and resolutions during the 103rd Congress. This represents 19% of the 5,310 bills and resolutions introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives for that Congress. Of this number, 934 were public bills and resolutions, and 87 were private bills and resolutions. A total of 49 which received consideration by the Committee were enacted into public law; and a total of 7 measures considered by the Committee were enacted into private law.
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NUMBER OF LAW Public Law 103–7 TITLE To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for the treatment of settlement agreements reached with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. “Aircraft Equipment Settlement Lease Act of 1993”. (Approved March 17, 1993). To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for refugee assistance for fiscal years 1993 and 1994. (Approved June 8, 1993). To amend the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 with respect to joint ventures entered into for the purpose of producing a product, process, or service. “National Cooperative Production Amendments of 1993”. (Approved June 10, 1993). To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes. “National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993”. (Approved June 10, 1993). To extend the period during which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code remains in effect, and for other purposes. (Approved August 6, 1993). To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 7 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994. “Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993”. “Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1993”. “Student Loan Reform Act of 1993”. “Veterans Reconciliation Act of 1993”. “Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993”. “Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act”. (Approved August 10, 1993; effective dates vary). To protect the free exercise of religion. “Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993”. (Approved November 16, 1993). To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain certain telephone subscriber information. (Approved November 17, 1993). To provide for a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun, and for the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system to be contacted by dealers before the transfer of any firearm. “Brady Handgun Firearms Violence Prevention Act”. “Federal Firearms License Reform Act of 1993”. (Approved November 30, 1993; effective dates vary). BILL NUMBER S. 400
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1994 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. “National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1994”. “Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993”. “Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Amendments of 1993”. “National Shipbuilding and Shipyard Conversion Act of 1993”. “Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994”. “Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994”. (Approved November 30, 1993; effective dates vary). To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of programs to encourage Federal employees to commute by means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles. “Federal Employees Clean Air Incentives Act”. (Approved December 2, 1993; effective date January 1, 1994). To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to parental kidnapping, and for other purposes. “International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993”. (Approved December 2, 1993). To authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce for Fiscal Year 1994, and for other purposes. “Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1993”. (Approved December 3, 1993). To implement the North American Free Trade Agreement. “North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act”. “NAFTA Worker Security Act”. (Approved December 8, 1993; effective dates vary). To extend arbitration under the provisions of chapter 44 of title 28, United States Code, and for other purposes. (Approved December 14, 1993).
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To provide for the extension of certain authority for the S. 1764 Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Policy. (Approved December 14, 1993). To amend title 17, United States Code, to establish copyright royalty panels to replace the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, and for other purposes. “Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993”. (Approved December 17, 1993). H.R. 2840
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For reform in emerging new democracies and support and help for improved partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and other new independent states of the former Soviet Union. “Act for Reform in Emerging New Democracies and Support and Help for Improved Partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and Other New Independent States.” “FRIENDSHIP Act”. (Approved December 17, 1993). To amend the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 to control the diversion of certain chemicals used in the illicit production of controlled substances such as methcathinone and methamphetamine, and for other purposes. “Domestic Chemical Diversion Control Act of 1993”. (Approved December 17, 1993; effective date April 16, 1994). Making a technical amendment to the Clayton Act. (Approved December 17, 1993). To provide for the remaining funds needed to assure that the United States fulfills its obligations for the protection of depositors at savings and loan institutions, to improve the management of the Resolution Trust Corporation (“RTC”) in order to assure the taxpayers the fairest and most efficient disposition of savings and loan assets, to provide for a comprehensive transition plan to assure an orderly transfer of RTC resources to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to abolish the RTC, and for other purposes. “Resolution Trust Corporation Completion Act”. (Approved December 17, 1993). To establish procedures for national criminal background checks for child care providers. “National Child Protection Act of 1993”. (Approved December 20, 1993).
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To provide temporary authority to Government agencies H.R. 3345 relating to voluntary separation incentive payments, and for other purposes. “Federal Workforce Restructuring Act 1994”. of (Approved March 30, 1994) To authorize appropriations for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and related agencies, and for other purposes. “Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995”. “Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act”. “United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994”. “Spoils of War Act of 1994”. “Anti-Economic Discrimination Act of 1994”. “Cambodian Genocide Justice Act”. “Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994”. “Arms Control and Nonproliferation Act of 1994”. “Nuclear Proliferation Act of 1994”. “Protection and Reduction of Government Secrecy Act”. (Approved April 30, 1994; effective dates vary). H.R. 2333
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To amend title 18, United States Code, to assure freedom of S. 636 access to reproduction services. “Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994”. (Approved May 26, 1994). To authorize the independent counsel law for an additional 5 years, and for other purposes. “Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994”. (Approved June 30, 1994; effective dates vary). To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, “Transportation”, and to make other technical improvements in the Code. (Approved July 5, 1994). To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish time limitations on certain civil actions against aircraft manufacturers, and for other purposes. “General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994”. (Approved August 17, 1994; not applicable with respect to civil actions commenced before the date of enactment). S. 24
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To control and prevent crime. “Violent Crime Control and H.R. 3355 Law Enforcement Act of 1994”. “Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994”. “Community School Youth Services and Supervision Grant Program Act of 1994”. “Family and Community Endeavor Schools Act”. “National Community Economic Partnership Act of 1994”. “Family Unity Demonstration Project Act”. “Violence Against Women Act of 1994”. “Safe Streets for Women Act of 1994”. “Safe Homes for Women Act of 1994”. “Civil Rights Remedies for Gender-Motivated Violence Act”. “Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994”. “Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994”. “Drive-By Shooting Prevention Act of 1994”. “Drunk Driving Child Protection Act of 1994”. “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”. “Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act”. “Morgan P. Hardiman Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children Act”. “Drug Free Truck Stop Act”. “Police Corps Act”. “Law Enforcement Scholarships and Recruitment Act”. “DNA Identification Act of 1994”. “Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act”. “Senior Citizens Against Marketing Scams Act of 1994”. “Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1994”. “Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994”. “Safer Streets and Neighborhoods Act of 1994”. “Recreational Hunting Safety and Preservation Act of 1994”. (Approved September 13, 1994; effective dates vary).
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To reduce administrative requirements for insured depository institutions to the extent consistent with safe and sound banking practices, to facilitate the establishment of community development financial institutions, and for other purposes. “Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994”. “Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994”. “Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994”. “Small Business Loan Securitization and Secondary Market Enhancement Act of 1994”. “National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994”. (Approved September 29, 1994). To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, the Revised Statutes of the United States, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for interstate banking and branching. “Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994”. “National Bank Consolidation and Merger Act”. (Approved September 29, 1994). To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. “National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1995”. “Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Amendments of 1994”. “Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act”. “Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995”. “Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995”. (Approved October 5, 1994 effective dates vary). To revise and streamline the acquisition laws of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. “Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994”. “Community Improvement Volunteer Act of 1994”. (Approved October 13, 1994; effective dates vary).
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for H.R. 4299 intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. “Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995”. “Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements Act of 1994”. (Approved October 14, 1994; effective dates vary). To resolve the status of certain lands in Arizona that are subject to a claim as a grant of public lands for railroad purposes, and for other purposes. “Arizona Wilderness Land Title Resolution Act of 1994”. (Approved October 14, 1994). S. 1233
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To amend title 17, United States Code, relating to the definition of a local service area of a primary transmitter, and for other purposes. “Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994”. (Approved October 18, 1994; effective dates vary). To provide that a State court may not modify an order of another State court requiring the payment of child support unless the recipient of child support payments resides in the State in which the modification is sought or consents to the seeking of the modification in that court. “Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act”. (Approved October 20, 1994). To grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact. (Approved October 22, 1994). To amend title 11 of the United States Code. “Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994”. “National Bankruptcy Review Commission Act”. (Approved October 22, 1994; effective dates vary). To amend the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act to increase authorization for appropriation to compensate Aleut villages for church property lost, damaged, or destroyed during World War II. (Approved October 22, 1994). To amend title 18, United States Code, to make clear a telecommunications carrier’s duty to cooperate in the interception of communications for law enforcement purposes, and for other purposes. (Approved October 25, 1994). To amend title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes in the laws relating to nationality and naturalization. “Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994”. (Approved October 25, 1994). To amend the United States Commission on Civil Rights Act of 1983. “Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994”. (Approved October 25, 1994). To make improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes. “Judicial Amendments Act of 1994”. (Approved October 25, 1994). To codify without substantive change recent laws related to transportation and to improve the United States Code. (Approved October 31, 1994). To make technical improvements in the United States Code by amendment provisions to reflect the current names of congressional committees. (Approved November 2, 1994).
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To facilitate obtaining foreign-located antitrust evidence by authorizing the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission to provide, in accordance with antitrust mutual assistance agreements, antitrust evidence to foreign antitrust authorities on a reciprocal basis; and for other purposes. (Approved November 2, 1994). To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to certain crimes relating to Congressional medals of honor. (Approved November 2, 1994). To approve and implement the trade agreements concluded in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations. (Approved December 8, 1994).
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SERIAL NO. AND TITLE 1 Naturalization and Nationality Amendments and Parole for Funerals. Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. March 10, 1993. (H.R. 783 and H.R. 97). Aircraft Equipment Settlement Leases Act of 1993. Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. March 10, 1993. (H.R. 1140). Extension of Family Farmer Bankruptcy Provisions. Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. March 10, 1993. (H.R. 416). National Cooperative Production Amendments of 1993. Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. March 18, 1993. (H.R. 1313). Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. March 3, 1993. (H.R. 811). Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption (Parts 1 and 2). Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. March 31, 1993. September 22, 1994. Asylum and Inspections Reform. Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. April 27, 1993. (H.R. 1153, H.R. 1355, and H.R. 1679). Competition in the Airline Industry. Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. June 9, 1993. Alien Smuggling. Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. June 30, 1993. State Taxation of Nonresidents’ Pension Income. Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. July 22, 1993. Copyright Reform Act of 1993. Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. March 3, 4, 1993. (H.R. 897). Employer Sanctions. Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. June 16, 1993.
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Deceit That Sickens America: Health Care Fraud and Its Innocent Victims. Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice. July 19, 1994. Impact of Crime on Small Business. Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on SBA Legislation and the General Economy of the Committee on Small Business. December 15, 1993. (Buffalo, New York). (Committee on Small Business Serial No. 103–114). Prior User Rights (Relative to Patents). Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration. September 13, 1994. Correcting Revolving Door Justice: New Approaches to Recidivism. Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice. March 1, 1994. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT): Intellectual Property Provisions. Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration of the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. August 12, 1994. (H.R. 4894 and S. 2368). (Senate Committee on the Judiciary Serial No. J–103–77). Immigration and Naturalization Service’s General Operations. Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. October 5, 1994. Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act. Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice. April 25, 1994. (H.R. 3527 and H.R. 4296). Domestic Violence: Not Just a Family Matter. Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice. June 30, 1994. Employment Eligibility Verification System. Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. October 3, 1994. Events Surrounding the Branch Davidian Cult Standoff in Waco, Texas. Committee on the Judiciary. April 28, 1993. Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing. Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice. July 28, 1993. Digital Telephony and Law Enforcement Access to Advanced Telecommunications Technologies and Services. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on Technology and the Law of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. March 18, August 11, 1994. (Oversight and H.R. 4922 and S. 2375). (Senate Committee on the Judiciary Serial No. J–103–46).
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SERIAL NO. AND TITLE 1 2 3 4 Is There a Constitutional Convention in America’s Future? February 1993. Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. December 1, 1993. February Rules of Civil Procedure. December 1, 1993. Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. December 1, 1993.
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H. DOC. NO. AND TITLE 72 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Communication from the Chief Justice of the United States transmitting amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure as adopted by the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2072. April 22, 1993. (Executive Communication No. 1100). Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. Communication from the Chief Justice of the United States transmitting amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure as adopted by the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2075. April 22, 1993. (Executive Communication No. 1101). Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Forms. Communication from the Chief Justice of the United States transmitting amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Forms as adopted by the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2072. April 22, 1993. (Executive Communication No. 1102). Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Communication from the Chief Justice of the United States transmitting amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure as adopted by the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2072. April 22, 1993. (Executive Communication No. 1103). Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence. Communication from the Chief Justice of the United States transmitting amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence as adopted by the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2076. April 22, 1993. (Executive Communication No. 1104). Drafts of Proposed Legislation. Message from the President of the United States transmitting drafts of proposed legislation entitled the “National Service Trust Act of 1993” and the “Student Loan Reform Act of 1993”. Referred jointly to the Committee on Education and Labor; Ways and Means; Post Office and Civil Service; and the Judiciary. May 5, 1993. (Presidential Message No. 21). Proposed Legislation—Expedited Exclusion and Alien Smuggling Enhanced Penalties Act of 1993. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a draft of proposed legislation designed to address the growing abuse of legal immigration and political asylum systems by illegal aliens holding fraudulent documents and by alien smugglers; including a section-by-section analysis. July 27, 1993. (Presidential Message No. 37).
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North American Free Trade Agreement, Texts of Agreement, Implementing Bill, Statement of Administrative Action, and Required Supporting Statements. (Volume 1 and 2). Message from the President of the United States transmitting the North American Free Trade Agreement, texts of agreement, implementing bill, statement of administrative action, and required supporting statements. Referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means; Agriculture; Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; Energy and Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Government Operations; the Judiciary; and Public Works and Transportation. November 4, 1993. (Presidential Message No. 67). Proposed Legislation: “The Health Security Act of 1993”. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to ensure individual and family security through health care coverage for all Americans in a manner that contains the rate of growth in health care costs and promotes responsible health insurance practices, to promote choice in health care, and to ensure and protect the health care of all Americans. Referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and Labor; Armed Services; Veterans’ Affairs, Post Office and Civil Service; Natural Resources; the Judiciary; Rules; and Government Operations. November 20, 1993. (Presidential Message No. 76). Proposed Legislation: Reemployment Act of 1994. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled, “Reemployment Act of 1994”. Referred jointly to the Committees on Education and Labor; Ways and Means; the Judiciary; and Veterans’ Affairs. March 16, 1994. (Presidential Message No. 99). Opposition to the Proposed Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting a letter in writing to reaffirm his opposition to the proposed balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States (H.J. Res. 103). March 17, 1994. (Executive Communication No. 2791). Amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Communication from the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court of the United States, transmitting amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure as adopted by the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2072. May 2, 1994. (Executive Communication No. 3082). Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. Communication from the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court of the United States, transmitting amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure as adopted by the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2075. May 2, 1994. (Executive Communication 3083). Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Communication from the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court of the United States, transmitting amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure as adopted by the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2072. May 2, 1994. (Executive Communication No. 3084). Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence. Communication from the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court of the United States, transmitting amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence as adopted by the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2076. May 2, 1994. (Executive Communication No. 3085). Proposed Legislation—“Work and Responsibility Act of 1994”. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled, “Work and Responsibility Act of 1994”. Referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means; Education and Labor; Agriculture; Energy and Commerce; the Judiciary; and Foreign Affairs. June 21, 1994. (Presidential Message No. 128).
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