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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Rescissions Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED RESCISSIONS.

    (a) In General.--Part B of title X of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by 
redesignating sections 1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, 
respectively, and inserting after section 1012 the following new 
section:

       ``expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions

    ``Sec. 1013. (a) Proposed Rescission of Budget Authority.--In 
addition to the method of rescinding budget authority specified in 
section 1012, the President may propose, at the time and in the manner 
provided in subsection (b), the rescission of any budget authority 
provided in an appropriations Act. Funds made available for obligation 
under this procedure may not be proposed for rescission again under 
this section or section 1012.
    ``(b) Transmittal of Special Message.--
            ``(1) Not later than 3 days after the date of enactment of 
        an appropriation Act, the President may transmit to Congress 
        one or more special messages proposing to rescind all or any 
        part of any item of budget authority provided in that Act and 
        include with each special message a draft bill or joint 
        resolution that, if enacted, would rescind each item of budget 
        authority (or part thereof) proposed to be rescinded.
            ``(2) Each special message shall specify, with respect to 
        the budget authority proposed to be rescinded, the matters 
        referred to in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 1012(a).
    ``(c) Procedures for Expedited Consideration.--
            ``(1)(A) Before the close of the second day of continuous 
        session of the applicable House after the date of receipt of a 
        special message transmitted to Congress under subsection (b), 
        the majority leader or minority leader of the House of Congress 
        in which the appropriation Act involved originated shall 
        introduce (by request) the draft bill or joint resolution 
        accompanying that special message. If the bill or joint 
        resolution is not introduced as provided in the preceding 
        sentence, then, on the third day of continuous session of that 
        House after the date of receipt of that special message, any 
        Member of that House may introduce the bill or joint 
        resolution.
            ``(B) The bill or joint resolution shall be referred to the 
        Committee on Appropriations of that House. The committee shall 
        report the bill or joint resolution without substantive 
        revision and with or without recommendation. The bill or joint 
        resolution shall be reported not later than the seventh day of 
        continuous session of that House after the date of receipt of 
        that special message. If the Committee on Appropriations fails 
        to report the bill or joint resolution within that period, that 
        committee shall be automatically discharged from consideration 
        of the bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint 
        resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
            ``(C) A vote on final passage of the bill or joint 
        resolution shall be taken in that House on or before the close 
        of the 10th calendar day of continuous session of that House 
        after the date of the introduction of the bill or joint 
        resolution in that House. If the bill or joint resolution is 
        agreed to, the Clerk of the House of Representatives (in the 
        case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the House of 
        Representatives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case of 
        a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate) shall cause 
        the bill or joint resolution to be engrossed, certified, and 
        transmitted to the other House of Congress on the same calendar 
        day on which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.
            ``(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to the 
        House of Representatives or the Senate pursuant to paragraph 
        (1)(C) shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations of 
        that House. The committee shall report the bill or joint 
        resolution without substantive revision and with or without 
        recommendation. The bill or joint resolution shall be reported 
        not later than the seventh day of continuous session of that 
        House after it receives the bill or joint resolution. A 
        committee failing to report the bill or joint resolution within 
        such period shall be automatically discharged from 
        consideration of the bill or joint resolution, and the bill or 
        joint resolution shall be placed upon the appropriate calendar.
            ``(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint resolution 
        transmitted to that House shall be taken on or before the close 
        of the 10th calendar day of continuous session of that House 
        after the date on which the bill or joint resolution is 
        transmitted. If the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in 
        that House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives (in the 
        case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the House of 
        Representatives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case of 
        a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate) shall cause 
        the engrossed bill or joint resolution to be returned to the 
        House in which the bill or joint resolution originated.
            ``(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to 
        proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint resolution 
        under this section shall be highly privileged and not 
        debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, 
        nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by 
        which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
            ``(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a bill or 
        joint resolution under this section shall not exceed 4 hours, 
        which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 
        opposing the bill or joint resolution. A motion further to 
        limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order 
        to move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under this 
        section or to move to reconsider the vote by which the bill or 
        joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
            ``(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relating to the 
        application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the 
        procedure relating to a bill or joint resolution under this 
        section shall be decided without debate.
            ``(D) Except to the extent specifically provided in the 
        preceding provisions of this subsection, consideration of a 
        bill or joint resolution under this section shall be governed 
        by the Rules of the House of Representatives.
            ``(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the 
        consideration of a bill or joint resolution under this section 
        shall be privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the 
        motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move 
        to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
        disagreed to.
            ``(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint resolution 
        under this section, and all debatable motions and appeals in 
        connection therewith, shall not exceed 10 hours. The time shall 
        be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority 
        leader and the minority leader or their designees.
            ``(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or 
        appeal in connection with a bill or joint resolution under this 
        section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally 
        divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager 
        of the bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the 
        manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of any such 
        motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be 
        controlled by the minority leader or his designee. Such 
        leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control 
        on the passage of a bill or joint resolution, allot additional 
        time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable 
        motion or appeal.
            ``(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a 
        bill or joint resolution under this section is not debatable. A 
        motion to recommit a bill or joint resolution under this 
        section is not in order.
    ``(d) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to a bill or joint 
resolution considered under this section shall be in order in either 
the House of Representatives or the Senate. No motion to suspend the 
application of this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor 
shall it be in order in either House to suspend the application of this 
subsection by unanimous consent.
    ``(e) Requirement To Make Available for Obligation.--Any amount of 
budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a special message 
transmitted to Congress under subsection (b) shall be made available 
for obligation on the day after the date on which either House defeats 
the bill or joint resolution transmitted with that special message.
    ``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) The term `appropriation Act' means any general or 
        special appropriation Act, and any Act or joint resolution 
        making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations.
            ``(2) The continuity of a session of the Congress shall be 
        considered as broken only by an adjournment of the Congress 
        sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session 
        because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain 
        shall be excluded in the computation of the periods of 
        continuous session referred to in subsection (c) of this 
        section. If a special message is transmitted under this section 
        during any Congress and the last session of the Congress 
        adjourns sine die before the expiration of 10 calendar days of 
        continuous session (or a special message is transmitted after 
        the last session of the Congress adjourns sine die), the 
        message shall be deemed to have been transmitted on the first 
        day of the succeeding Congress and the periods of continuous 
        session referred to in subsection (c) of this section shall 
        commence on the day after such first day.''.
    (b) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--Section 904 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 621 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and 1017'' in subsection (a) and 
        inserting ``1013, and 1018''; and
            (2) by striking ``section 1017'' in subsection (d) and 
        inserting ``sections 1013 and 1018''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``1013'' and 
                inserting ``1014''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) by striking ``1016'' and inserting 
                        ``1017''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``1017(b)(1)'' and 
                        inserting ``1018(b)(1)''.
            (2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685) (as 
        redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``1012 or 1013'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``1012, 1013, or 1014'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``1012'' and 
                inserting ``1012 or 1013'';
                    (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``1013'' and 
                inserting ``1014''; and
                    (D) in subsection (e)(2)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (A);
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                        subparagraph (C);
                            (iii) by striking ``1013'' in subparagraph 
                        (C) (as so redesignated) and inserting 
                        ``1014''; and
                            (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
                        the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) he has transmitted a special message under 
                section 1013 with respect to a proposed rescission; 
                and''.
            (3) Section 1016 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686) (as 
        redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended by striking ``1012 or 
        1013'' each place it appears and inserting ``1012, 1013, or 
        1014''.
    (d) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections for subpart B of 
title X of such Act is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 1013 
        through 1017 as items relating to sections 1014 through 1018; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 1012 
        the following new item:

``Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed 
                            rescissions.''.
[EX A]: Enhanced Rescissions Act of 1993 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to allow the President to transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for expedited consideration, one or more special messages proposing to rescind all or part of any item of budget authority provided in an appropriation bill. 
Requires that such special message be transmitted not later than three days after the enactment of an appropriation bill and be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be rescinded. 
Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such a proposal.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Colonial New Mexico Commemorative 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) in 1598, almost a decade before the first permanent 
        English settlement was established at Jamestown, Spanish 
        colonists entered New Mexico, beginning more than 2 centuries 
        of colonization that would indelibly mark the character of the 
        American Southwest;
            (2) because of the flow of history, New Mexico has remained 
        a unique area of the Spanish borderlands;
            (3) as a result of its remoteness, New Mexico changed more 
        slowly than other settlements and has retained many significant 
        remnants of colonial customs, language, and attitudes; and
            (4) the interaction of the American Indian and Hispanic 
        colonial heritages resulted in customs, architecture, and many 
        other manifestations that are unique to today's American 
        culture.
    (b) Purpose.--In order to enhance the preservation, interpretation, 
and public understanding of various aspects of colonial New Mexico, the 
purpose of this Act is to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
formulate a program for the research, interpretation, and preservation 
of various aspects of colonial New Mexico history.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Committee.--The term ``Committee'' means the Colonial 
        New Mexico Preservation Advisory Committee established by 
        section 6.
            (2) Plan.--The term ``plan'' means the comprehensive 
        management plan described in section 5.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 4. DUTIES OF SECRETARY.

    (a) Plan.--
            (1) Preparation.--The Secretary shall prepare the 
        comprehensive management plan in accordance with section 5.
            (2) Implementation.--In close consultation with the Office 
        of Cultural Affairs of the State of New Mexico and the 
        Committee, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) coordinate the activities of Federal, State, 
                and local governments, and private businesses and 
                organizations, to carry out the plan and the purpose of 
                this Act; and
                    (B) consistent with standards established by the 
                Secretary for the preservation of historic properties 
                and for educational programs, and consistent with the 
                National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et 
                seq.), prepare guidelines and standards for projects, 
                as identified in the plan, that will further public 
                understanding of colonial New Mexico history.
    (b) Grants.--
            (1) In general.--From funds appropriated, donated, or 
        otherwise made available to the Secretary, the Secretary shall 
        award grants to tribal, governmental, and nongovernmental 
        entities to conserve and protect structures, objects, and 
        sites, and help support cultural events, that have outstanding 
        significance in the commemoration of colonial New Mexico, 
        except that the Federal share shall not exceed 50 percent of 
        the cost of each project.
            (2) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share may be in the 
        form of cash or services, including donation of labor for 
        project implementation.
    (c) Surveys and Archaeological Investigations.--The Secretary shall 
contract for surveys and archaeological and historical investigations 
of sites relating to colonial New Mexico, including the preparation of 
reports and maps, and the curation of artifacts.
    (d) Publications.--The Secretary shall publish study reports and 
educational materials.
    (e) Nominations to National Register of Historic Places.--The 
Secretary shall prepare thematic nominations to the National Register 
of Historic Places of colonial sites and resources in New Mexico.
    (f) Staff of Other Agencies.--On a reimbursable basis, the 
Secretary may procure the services of personnel detailed from the State 
of New Mexico or other Federal agencies.
    (g) Donations.--The Secretary may seek and accept donations of 
funds or services from public and private entities to carry out this 
Act.

SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after funds are made 
available for purposes of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Committee, the State of New Mexico, units of local government, and 
private groups, shall prepare a comprehensive management plan to 
provide direction for commemorative actions and projects.
    (b) Contents.--The plan shall--
            (1) establish a process and procedures for undertaking 
        research relating to colonial New Mexico and a program for 
        regular publication of research materials and findings;
            (2) develop a survey program to further evaluate known 
        resources and identify sites and features that require 
        additional study;
            (3) identify a core system of interpretive sites and 
        features that would provide a comprehensive overview of the 
        colonial New Mexico story;
            (4) prepare interpretive materials to address the colonial 
        New Mexico story and identify locations where this material 
        will be available to the public;
            (5) evaluate and recommend high priority sites and 
        resources that need protection and assistance;
            (6) with the assistance of site owners, prepare options for 
        the protection and management of high priority colonial New 
        Mexico resources;
            (7) evaluate and recommend highway routes, in existence on 
        the date of the plan, that could be designated by the State of 
        New Mexico as colonial New Mexico tour routes; and
            (8) evaluate the feasibility of and need for developing 
        commemorative centers in New Mexico in accordance with section 
        7(a).

SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) In General.--There is established in the Department of the 
Interior the Colonial New Mexico Preservation Advisory Committee to 
advise the Secretary with respect to the administration of this Act.
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Composition.--The Committee shall be composed of 15 
        members who have knowledge of New Mexico colonial history and 
        culture and who shall be appointed by the Secretary, of whom--
                    (A) three members shall be appointed from 
                recommendations submitted by the Governor of New 
                Mexico, of whom one member shall represent the Office 
                of Cultural Affairs of the State of New Mexico;
                    (B) one member shall be appointed from 
                recommendations submitted by the All Indian Pueblo 
                Council;
                    (C) one member--
                            (i) shall be from the general public; and
                            (ii) shall have knowledge of colonial 
                        history in New Mexico;
                    (D) four members--
                            (i) shall be appointed from recommendations 
                        submitted by local governments in New Mexico; 
                        and
                            (ii) shall represent Hispanic communities;
                    (E) one member shall be appointed from 
                recommendations submitted by the President of the 
                University of New Mexico;
                    (F) one member shall be appointed from 
                recommendations submitted by the President of New 
                Mexico State University;
                    (G) one member shall be appointed from 
                recommendations jointly submitted by the Navajo and 
                Apache tribal governments;
                    (H) one member shall have professional expertise in 
                the colonial history of New Mexico;
                    (I) one member shall have professional expertise in 
                architectural history; and
                    (J) one member shall be the Secretary or the 
                Secretary's designee and shall serve in an ex-officio 
                capacity.
            (2) Chairperson.--
                    (A) In general.--The Committee shall elect a 
                chairperson from among its members.
                    (B) Term.--The chairperson shall serve for a term 
                of 2 years.
            (3) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Committee shall be filled 
        in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
            (4) Terms.--
                    (A) In general.--Each member of the Committee shall 
                be appointed for a term of 5 years.
                    (B) Members filling vacancies.--A member appointed 
                to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the 
                term for which the member's predecessor was appointed.
                    (C) Extended service.--A member of the Committee 
                may serve after the expiration of the member's term 
                until a successor is appointed.
            (5) Compensation.--Members of the Committee shall serve 
        without compensation.
            (6) Travel expenses.--While away from their homes or 
        regular places of business in the performance of services for 
        the Committee, members of the Committee shall be allowed travel 
        expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the 
        same manner as persons employed intermittently in the 
        Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of 
        title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Meetings.--
            (1) In general.--The Committee shall meet at least twice 
        annually or at the call of the chairperson or a majority of the 
        members of the Committee.
            (2) Quorum.--A simple majority of members of the Committee 
        shall constitute a quorum.
    (d) Hearings.--To carry out this section, the Committee may hold 
public hearings, take testimony, and record the views of the public 
regarding the plan and implementation of the plan.
    (e) Termination.--The Committee shall terminate 10 years after 
completion of the appointment of the first group of members.

SEC. 7. COMMEMORATIVE CENTERS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may develop commemorative 
        centers, operate educational programs, provide technical 
        assistance, conduct cultural events, and prepare media 
        materials, except that the Federal share of a project shall not 
        exceed 50 percent of the total cost of development.
            (2) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share may be in the 
        form of cash or services.
    (b) Espanola Plaza Center.--
            (1) In general.--In consultation with the Committee, the 
        Secretary may pay to the city of Espanola, New Mexico, the 
        Federal share of planning, developing, and operating a 
        commemorative center as an element of the Spanish Commemorative 
        Plaza.
            (2) Federal share.--The Federal share may not exceed 50 
        percent of the total cost of the Espanola Plaza project.
            (3) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share may be in the 
        form of cash or services.

SEC. 8. GALISTEO BASIN STUDY.

    In accordance with the National Park Service document entitled 
``Alternative Concepts for Commemorating Spanish Colonization'' and 
dated February 1991, the Secretary shall undertake a special resource 
study of the major prehistoric and historic sites in the Galisteo Basin 
relating to colonial New Mexico. The study shall include evaluations of 
significance, site integrity, threats, and protection and management 
options.

SEC. 9. PUEBLO TRAIL.

    (a) Redesignation.--The Masau Trail, as designated by title II of 
Public Law 100-225 (16 U.S.C. 460uu-11 et seq.), is redesignated as the 
Pueblo Trail.
    (b) Legal References.--Any reference in any record, map, or other 
document of the United States to the Masau Trail is deemed to be a 
reference to the Pueblo Trail.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) The title heading of title II of Public Law 100-225 (16 
        U.S.C. 460uu-11 et seq.) is amended by striking ``MASAU'' and 
        inserting ``PUEBLO''.
            (2) Public Law 100-225 (16 U.S.C. 460uu et seq.) is amended 
        by striking ``Masau'' each place it appears in sections 201, 
        204, and 510 and inserting ``Pueblo''.

SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall submit an annual report to 
Congress that lists with respect to this Act--
            (1) actions taken by the Secretary;
            (2) entities to which any grants were made during the 
        fiscal year and any recipients of technical assistance; and
            (3) actions taken to protect and interpret significant 
        sites, structures, and objects relating to colonial New Mexico.
    (b) Cost Estimates.--The report shall include detailed cost 
estimates of projects that are proposed to be funded under this Act 
during the next fiscal year.

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the 
Interior $5,000,000 to carry out this Act, to remain available until 
expended.
[EX A]: Colonial New Mexico Commemorative Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a comprehensive management plan to:  (1) establish procedures for undertaking research relating to colonial New Mexico and a program for publication of research; (2) develop a survey to evaluate known resources and identify features that require additional study; (3) identify a core system of interpretive sites that would provide a comprehensive overview of the colonial New Mexico story; (4) prepare interpretive materials to address the colonial New Mexico story to be made available to the public; (5) recommend high priority sites that need protection and assistance; (6) prepare options for the management of priority New Mexico resources; (7) recommend highway routes that could be designated as colonial New Mexico tour routes; and (8) evaluate the feasibility of and need for developing commemorative centers in New Mexico. 
Requires the Secretary to award grants to tribal, governmental, and nongovernmental entities to conserve and protect structures, objects, and sites, and help support cultural events, that have significance in the commemoration of colonial New Mexico. Directs the Secretary to prepare thematic nominations to the National Register of Historic Places of colonial sites and resources in New Mexico. 
Establishes the Colonial New Mexico Preservation Advisory Committee in the Department of the Interior. 
Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) develop commemorative centers, operate educational programs, provide technical assistance, conduct cultural events, and prepare media materials; and (2) pay to the city of Espanola, New Mexico, the Federal share of planning and operating a commemorative center as an element of the Spanish Commemorative Plaza. 
Directs the Secretary to undertake a special resource study of the major prehistoric and historic sites in the Galisteo Basin relating to colonial New Mexico. 
Authorizes appropriations. 
Redesignates the Masau Trail as the Pueblo Trail.

[EX Q]: That this Act may be 
cited as the ``Hispanic American Affairs Act of 1993''.

                          statement of purpose

    Sec. 2. It is the purpose of this Act to--
            (1) assure that Federal programs and resources are reaching 
        all Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, Cuban Americans, 
        and all other Hispanic Americans and are providing the 
        assistance needed by such individuals;
            (2) assure that the laws, policies, and practices of the 
        Federal Government provide equal opportunities for Hispanic 
        Americans in all areas, including the areas of employment, 
        education, health, housing, community development, economic 
        development, and grant and contract procurement; and
            (3) seek out and develop new programs and resources that 
        may be necessary to handle problems that are unique to Hispanic 
        Americans.

                        establishment of office

    Sec. 3. There is established in the Executive Office of the 
President the Office of Hispanic American Affairs (hereinafter referred 
to as the ``Office''). The Office shall be headed by a Director 
(hereinafter referred to as the ``Director'') who shall be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

                         duties of the director

    Sec. 4. (a) The Director shall--
            (1) advise Federal departments and agencies regarding 
        appropriate action to be taken to help assure that Federal 
        programs are providing the assistance needed by Hispanic 
        Americans;
            (2) advise Federal departments and agencies on the 
        development and implementation of comprehensive and coordinated 
        policies, plans, and programs which focus on the special 
        problems and needs of Hispanic Americans including economic 
        development, education, housing, and health care programs and 
        advise such departments and agencies on the priorities of such 
        policies, plans, and programs;
            (3) advise and assist Hispanic American groups and 
        individuals in receiving assistance available under law;
            (4) establish and maintain a Hispanic American information 
        clearinghouse which shall collect, analyze, and disseminate 
        information concerning the social and economic conditions 
        encountered by Hispanic individuals;
            (5) carry out the functions relating to equal employment 
        opportunity for Hispanic Americans transferred to the Director 
        under section 8; and
            (6) appraise the laws, policies, and performance of the 
        Federal Government with respect to the achievement or denial of 
        equal opportunities for Hispanic Americans, and report such 
        appraisal annually to the President and the Congress in the 
        report required under section 11.
    (b) In carrying out the functions of the Director, the Director 
may--
            (1) conduct, directly or by grant or contract, such 
        surveys, studies, research, and demonstration and technical 
        assistance projects;
            (2) establish such relationships with State and local 
        governments and the private sector as may be appropriate; and
            (3) promote the participation of State and local 
        governments and the private sector as may be appropriate to 
        identify and assist in solving the special problems of Hispanic 
        Americans.
    (c) The Director shall utilize the Special Assistants for Hispanic 
American Affairs established in each Federal department or agency under 
section 12 to carry out the functions transferred under section 8.

                          advisory task forces

    Sec. 5. (a) The Director may appoint one or more advisory task 
forces from among persons who are representative of and involved in the 
affairs of the Mexican American, Puerto Rican American, and Cuban 
American communities, and of other elements of the Hispanic American 
community. Each such task force shall--
            (1) advise the Director with respect to the functions of 
        the Director under this Act;
            (2) be subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
        Committee Act; and
            (3) each year and at the time of completion of work of the 
        task force, transmit to Congress and the President a report 
        concerning the activities of the task force.
    (b) Each member of an advisory task force appointed under 
subsection (a) who is not otherwise employed by the United States 
Government shall receive compensation at a rate equal to the daily 
maximum rate prescribed for a position above GS-15 under the General 
Schedule under section 5108 of title 5, United States Code, for each 
day, including traveltime, such member is engaged in the actual 
performance of duties as a member of a task force. A member of a task 
force who is an officer or employee of the United States Government 
shall serve without additional compensation. All members of a task 
force shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary 
expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
    (c) The Director shall provide staffing and support to any task 
force appointed under subsection (a) in order to assist the members of 
the task force in carrying out their duties.

                       administrative provisions

    Sec. 6. (a) In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the 
Director is authorized--
            (1) to appoint such personnel as the Director considers 
        necessary without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 
        States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, 
        and to pay such personnel without regard to the provisions of 
        chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title 
        relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates;
            (2) to employ experts and consultants in accordance with 
        the provisions of section 3109 of such title, at rates of pay 
        which do not exceed the maximum rate prescribed for a position 
        above GS-15 of the General Schedule under section 5108 of such 
        title;
            (3) to promulgate such rules, regulations, and procedures 
        as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Office, 
        and to delegate authority for the performance of any function 
        to any officer or employee of the Office under the direction 
        and supervision of the Director;
            (4) to utilize, with their consent, the services, 
        equipment, personnel, information, and facilities of other 
        Federal departments and agencies and of State, local, and 
        private agencies and instrumentalities, with or without 
        reimbursement therefor;
            (5) to enter into agreements with other Federal departments 
        and agencies as may be appropriate;
            (6) to operate such regional offices as may be necessary to 
        carry out the provisions of this Act;
            (7) without regard to the provisions of section 3324 of 
        title 31, United States Code, to enter into and perform such 
        contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other 
        transactions as may be necessary in the conduct of the 
        functions of the Office, with any public agency or with any 
        person, and make payments (in advance, by transfer, or 
        otherwise) and grants to any public agency or private nonprofit 
        organization;
            (8)(A) to accept voluntary and uncompensated services, 
        without regard to the provisions of section 1342 of title 31, 
        United States Code;
            (B) to accept volunteer service in accordance with section 
        3111 of title 5, United States Code; and
            (9) to request such information, data, and reports from any 
        Federal department or agency as the Director may from time to 
        time require and as may be produced consistent with other law.
    (b) Upon request of the Director, the head of each Federal 
department or agency shall promptly make the services, equipment, 
personnel, facilities, and information of the department or agency 
(including suggestions, estimates, and statistics) available to the 
Office to the greatest extent practicable.
    (c) Upon request of the Director, the head of each Federal 
department or agency shall promptly detail any of the personnel of the 
department or agency to the Office. Any such detail shall be made on a 
reimbursable basis.

                              coordination

    Sec. 7. In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Director 
shall provide leadership and coordination for all Federal departments 
and agencies, particularly the offices established under section 12, 
and shall provide such guidance to Federal departments and agencies as 
the President determines is appropriate in implementing this Act. Each 
department or agency shall issue appropriate rules and regulations to 
further the purposes of this Act.

     transfers of functions from the office of personnel management

    Sec. 8. All functions of the Office of Personnel Management under 
section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Executive Order 11478, 
issued August 8, 1969, which the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget determines relate to equal employment opportunity for 
Hispanic individuals, commonly known as the Hispanic Employment 
Program, are transferred to the Director.

                   transfer of personnel and property

    Sec. 9. (a) All personnel, liabilities, contracts, property, and 
records as are determined by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget to be employed, held, or used primarily in connection with 
any function transferred under this Act, are transferred to the Office.
    (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), personnel engaged in 
functions transferred under this Act shall be transferred in accordance 
with applicable laws and regulations relating to the transfer of 
functions.
    (2) The transfer of personnel pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
without reduction in classification or compensation for one year after 
such transfer.

                            transfer matters

    Sec. 10. (a) All laws relating to any office, agency, or function 
transferred under this Act shall, insofar as such laws are applicable, 
remain in full force and effect. All orders, determinations, rules, and 
regulations made or issued in connection with any function transferred 
by this Act, and in effect at the time of the transfer, shall continue 
in effect to the same extent as if such transfer had not occurred, 
until modified, superseded, or repealed.
    (b) The provisions of this Act shall not affect any proceedings 
pending at the time this section takes effect before any agency, or 
part thereof, functions of which are transferred by this Act, but such 
proceedings, to the extent that they relate to functions so transferred 
shall be continued before the Office.
    (c) No action or other proceeding commenced by or against any 
office or agency or any officer of the United States acting in the 
official capacity of such officer shall abate by reason of any transfer 
made pursuant to this Act, but the court, on any motion or supplemental 
petition filed at any time within twelve months after such transfer 
takes effect which shows a necessity for the survival of such action or 
other proceeding to obtain a settlement of the question involved, may 
allow the action or proceeding to be maintained by or against the 
appropriate office or agency or officer of the United States.

                             annual report

    Sec. 11. Within six months after the end of each fiscal year, the 
Director shall submit a report to the President and the Congress 
concerning the activities of the Office during the preceding fiscal 
year. Such report shall include the appraisal of Federal performance in 
achieving equal opportunity for Hispanic Americans required under 
section 4(a)(6) and recommendations for legislative action relating to 
the achievement of the purposes of this Act.

                 offices in various executive agencies

    Sec. 12. (a) The President shall establish and maintain an Office 
of Hispanic American Affairs in the following Federal departments and 
agencies:
            (1) the Department of State;
            (2) the Department of Treasury;
            (3) the Department of Defense and each military department;
            (4) the Department of Justice;
            (5) the Department of the Interior;
            (6) the Department of Agriculture;
            (7) the Department of Commerce;
            (8) the Department of Labor, including programs of the 
        Office of Federal Contract Compliance;
            (9) the Department of Health and Human Services;
            (10) the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
            (11) the Department of Transportation;
            (12) the Department of Energy;
            (13) the Department of Education;
            (14) the Department of Veterans' Affairs;
            (15) the Office of Personnel Management;
            (16) the Federal Communications Commission;
            (17) the Small Business Administration;
            (18) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
            (19) the National Science Foundation;
            (20) the Federal Home Loan Bank Board;
            (21) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission;
            (22) the Postal Rate Commission;
            (23) the Environmental Protection Agency;
            (24) the General Services Administration;
            (25) the United States Postal Service; and
            (26) such other Federal departments or agencies as the 
        President may designate.
    (b) Each Office of Hispanic American Affairs established under 
subsection (a) shall be headed by a Special Assistant for Hispanic 
American Affairs, who shall be appointed by the head of the Federal 
department or agency in which the office is located. The Special 
Assistant for Hispanic American Affairs designated within each 
department or agency shall assist the Director in carrying out within 
each department or agency the functions transferred under section 8.
    (c) The Special Assistant for Hispanic American Affairs of each 
department or agency may participate in all policy planning and 
development for all programs of the department or agency to insure the 
consideration of factors impacting on the various Hispanic communities. 
The head of each Federal department or agency shall insure the 
participation of the Special Assistant for Hispanic American Affairs in 
the review of all pertinent and relevant rules, regulations, and 
guidelines, and other management directives to assure that the laws, 
policies, and practices of the Federal Government are providing equal 
opportunities for Hispanics in all areas, including the areas of 
education, health, housing, community development, economic 
development, grant and contract procurement, and employment. The 
Special Assistant for Hispanic American Affairs shall make 
recommendations to the head of the Federal department or agency 
concerning problems and special needs that are unique to Hispanics, and 
shall be available to advise and assist Hispanic groups and individuals 
who seek assistance or services from the department or agency.

                  duties of the secretary of commerce

    Sec. 13. The Secretary of Commerce shall take necessary steps to 
insure that existing information clearinghouse functions within the 
Department of Commerce encompass the collection and dissemination of 
information in easily accessible form concerning the social, economic, 
employment, health, and housing needs and conditions of the Hispanic 
population of the Nation.

                  ban on partisan political activities

    Sec. 14. No funds authorized to carry out this Act shall be used to 
finance any activities designed to influence the outcome of any 
election to Federal office or any voter registration activity, or to 
pay the salary of the chairperson or any employee of a political 
committee after the date on which such persons engage in such activity, 
as determined by the Office of Personnel Management. For the purposes 
of this section, the term ``election'' has the same meaning as in 
section 301(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431(1)), the term ``Federal office'' has the same meaning as in section 
301(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431(3)), and the term ``political 
committee'' has the same meaning as in section 301(4) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 431(4)).

                    limitation on contract authority

    Sec. 15. The authority of the Director to enter into contracts 
under this Act shall be to such extent or in such amounts as are 
provided in appropriation Acts.

                        compensation of director

    Sec. 16. Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following:
            ``Director, Office of Hispanic American Affairs.''.

                    authorization of appropriations

    Sec. 17. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this Act.

                             effective date

    Sec. 18. The provisions of this Act shall take effect upon the date 
of enactment of this Act, except that the provisions of sections 8 
through 10 shall take effect on the date which is 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act or on such earlier date as the President 
shall specify by Executive order.
[EX A]:
Hispanic American Affairs Act of 1993 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Hispanic American Affairs to be headed by a Director. 
Makes it the duty of the Director to advise Federal departments and agencies regarding, and assist Hispanic Americans in receiving, the various types of assistance available under law for Hispanic Americans. Requires the Director to establish a Hispanic American information clearinghouse and carry out transferred functions relating to equal employment opportunity for Hispanic Americans.  Mandates annual reports by the Director to the President and the Congress appraising equal opportunities for Hispanic Americans. 
Requires the President to establish an Office of Hispanic American Affairs (to be headed by a Special Assistant for Hispanic American Affairs) in various specified executive departments and agencies.  Makes these Special Assistants responsible for advising and assisting American Hispanics who seek assistance or services from the department or agency. 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to take necessary steps to insure that existing information clearinghouse functions within the Department of Commerce encompass the collection and dissemination of information related to the needs of Hispanic Americans. 
Authorizes appropriations.